Advance Argus

Greenville, May 5, 1898

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Excerpts from the Advance Argus, Greenville, Mercer County, PA, May 5, 1898, page 1

AT THE COUNTY SEAT

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The County Committee of the Democratic

Party Fixes rate of Primaries and Convention.

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Special Correspondence ADVANCE ARGUS.

MERCER, May 3—The Democratic county committee met in the court house at 2:30 p. m., yesterday, with W. G, Barker presiding W. T. McBurney, of Sandy Lake, and L. A. Harshman, of West Middlesex, were appointed secretaries.

It was decided to hold the primaries of the townships and boroughs on Saturday evening June 11, between the hours of six and eight p. m., but if it was thought best by the township committee men to hold them at an earlier hour they were to do so.

The county convention will be held in Mercer, Monday, June 13, at 10 a. m.

A resolution was adopted in which the administration, in this crisis, was upheld in its firm and resolute course.

MERCER, MAY 3—Judge Rayburn was not in Mercer yesterday as per appointment to hear arguments in the cases pending before him. Judge Miller is in Armstrong county today, specially presiding.

James C. Mercer asked to have the sale of 18 acres of land sold from him by the sheriff set aside. Mr. Mercer was bail for his father, the late Lyle Mercer, of Wilmington township. The father’s property was sold for an amount to meet, all claims, and the land in question was only sold for sufficient to meet a mortgage upon it. Mr. Mercer offers to pay all claims against it and asks to be’ allowed to do so and hold his property. A rule to show cause was granted returnable on May 16th.

The further acknowledgement of sheriff’s deeds was postponed until the 16th.

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Same last year twin boys, aged ___ [illegible – possibly ten] years, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Irwin of Mill Creek became wards of the county because of the separation of the parents and the inability of the mother to care for them. The poor directors indentured the children to the Children’s Aid society and they were placed in good homes. Recently the father bad a writ of habeas corpus issued to reclaim the boys. Testimony was taken Monday in proof of above facts and the court is asked to refuse the demand.

Ephraim Amon, who plead guilty last week to the charge of felonious rape, appeared for sentence. The court said his case was worse than that expressed by the indictment, and he hardly knew what to do. The maximum punishment for his crime was fifteen years’ imprisonment. He would not make his sentence that heavy, however, although be feared be was making a mistake in favor of leniency. The sentence of the court was that he pay a fine of $1 and the costs in the case, and that he undergo an imprisonment in the Western penitentiary for a period of six years. 

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

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WILL ISSUE BONDS.

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Council Decides to Pay the Borough’s Floating Debt

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THE COUNCIL MEETING

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Borough’s Floating indebtedness is to be Bonded--Which Ward Gets the Most Improvements?

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The May meeting of council was held Tuesday evening. Present were President Mathers and Councilmen Leech, Benninghoff, Scott and Kuder.

J. L Riley and Charles Anderson appeared in behalf of the Franklin street sewer project. It was finally agreed that the ten property owners of that street desiring sewerage should construct the sewer at their own expense and that they be exempt from future assessments. Parties afterwards connecting with this line must pay borough for the privilege.

It was announced that the borough has’ various notes which will soon be due, amounting in all to $7,000 or $8,000. The finance committee was instructed to arrange for a bond issue to cover floating debt.

The tax levy was made the same as last year; Borough tax, five mills; sinking fund, one mill.

The auditors’ report was ordered published in the Advance Argus.

Amounts due firemen for April fires were reported as follows: Near Arlington hotel, $13.50; barn rear of Emery’s store, $69; Siefried, barn, $17.50; H. M. Hamblin’s residence, $15.50. Total, including chief’s pay, $119.50.

Outside of salary bills the following were ordered paid:

Greenville Gas Co           $ 2.60

J. L. Baker, livery              2.00

P.E.L.H. & P. Co            196.44

W.H. Fry, stone                5.02

Shenango Printing Co      10.35

Livingston & Moyer           3.04

Borough Auditors            15.00

An accountant will be secured to as certain what proportion of improvements each ward gets in proportion to its tax. There is some dissatisfaction in regard to this matter and the truth ought to be easily discovered.

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Largest line of Tinware in Town at lowest prices

Cash Racket Store,

GEO. TABLER & Co.,

160 Main Street, Greenville, Pa

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Red Blossom 7310

Will make the season of 1898 at the stable of his owner in Greenville, Pa

DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE —Red Blossom’s record, 2:31; trials, 2:26 3/4; sire of Red Grant, 2:25 1/4. Chestnut horse 15.3 hands high, weighs 1200 pounds, is kind and gentle; sired by Red Wilkes 1749, one of the best sons of George Wilkes 519. He has 127, with marks from 2:30. His dam was by Bowman's Clark Chief, son of Clark Chief 89, second dam by Ashland 47, third dam by Toronto Chief 85.

TERMS.—Service fee, $10, to insure a living colt. If mares are not returned regularly, the owner will be held for above amount.                           B. BOWERS

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