Potter County Journal

              CdiintB juiiriial
STABLISHED 1848.
COUDERSPORT, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1897.
VOLUME 49, NUMBER 5
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PROFESSIONAL.
ISS ANNA H01)I>KK
Superintendei.t of Common
Schools of I'ottar County, ce days-First .Saturday of every month. cu over M. .S. Thomi)son's Drug Store, 48 Coudersport, Pa.
HKCK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office   First floor of .Mauu & Ormerod Build¬ ing, Tliird Street. 46-2:3 Coudersport, Pa.
HOTELS.
/'^ LASSMIRE HOUSE,
J. HAKI.AN  HARRISON, PROP'R,
Coudersport, Pa. This well  known  House has received ex¬ tensive repairs and is now in flrst-class condi¬ tion.   Rates SI.50 to S2.00 a day.   Bus  to and from all trains. 47-43 ly
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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LLEGANY HOTEL,
JA.MES -MC GONNELL, PROP'r,
\  UTHUU   1). HILTON,
'. ATTOl:NKV-AT-LA W,
18-12 Harrison Valley, Pa.
South Side, Couder.sport. This uew house with  the Sullivan House annexed is run with all modern equipments. One dollar a day. 16-46
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N. CRANDALL,
ATTOi:Ni:V-AT-I.AW,
Coudersport, Pa. Proni]>t  and careful  attention  given  to all
kinds of legal business. Oflice over Olmsted's Hardware. 47-4
L. PECK,
ATTO I'.NKV-AT-LAW,
Coudersport, Pa. rner Main and Second Streets. 39-13
npHE HOTEL, THOMPSON, E. H. THOMPSON,
PROP R,
Re-modeled, re-painted, re-papered and pleasantly arranged for the comfort of pa¬ trons. Located at the uorth of Main Street. The pleasantest location in Coudersport.
A livery will also be run lu connection with this house.   I solicit your patronage.      47-4
The Haneyville flurder.
The   newspaper   di.scriptions   of !     „rom our rkoular cokrespodent. Hanevville. the scene ot the horrible I t-t^   , . .        ^  -.^n-
dcath of little Edna Crider,  are  en-; Washino-ton. Aug. 9, lb9-.
tireh^ misleading. It is a very ' Secretary Sherman is again at his pretty little ville on the slope of the , desk in the State Department, and mountain along the Coudersport ; his flat-root ed declaration that this and Jersey Shore turnpike. A ; government would not guarantee to former teacher at that place in eon- Japan the e.xecution of the decision versation with the writer a few days of the arbitrator who will pass on ago .said : "Haneyville is a very i tlie controversy between Japan aud quiet orderly neighborhood and Hawaii shows that his backbone is contains some people of culture and; in tip top condition. He says his refinement.    The  Lebos  are  not of i little outing and rest did him  much
LAW COLUMN. ACTS  OF ASSEMBLY.
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A.RMERS' HOTEL,
KEED .t  MCFALL, PROP'RS,
Coudersport, Pa.
Rates-Sl per day.   '1 his is the best hotel in
town for the price. Main St., South Side. 46-20
R. COTTEK.
OTTER & NELSON,
HARRY W. NELSON.
ATTORN E YS-AT-LA W,
Coudersport, Pa. -Corner Main and Second Streets,
(Jver Joerg's Drug .Store.
HAKLES BARTLES,
¦jV/rC GONIGAL HOUSE,
E. MC GONIGAL, PROP'R,
Oswayo, Pa. Everything flrst-classand at reasonable rates.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Williamsport, Pa. Office 3,32 Pine Street.   .Ml  professional  busi¬ uess given prompt, careful attention.     48-1-")
. DORNAN .TOUN ORMEROD
OR.NAN &. OK.MEUOD,
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
Coudersport, Pa. Office—Coruer Main and Third .Streets.
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B. HACKETT,
.\TTORNKY-AT-LAW,
46-48
Raymond, I'a.
O WEDEN VALLEY HOUSE.
A. L. HERRINGTON, PROP'K,
Sweden Valley, Pa. Livery iu connection.
This House lias been repaired and refur¬ nished throughout and every attention will be sliown to guests. 47-il
that class however.'"
Whoever may have put little Edna to death.' the responsibility for the awful crime rests with her parents or guardians who allowed her to mingle with the desperate drunken wretches that haunted the Lebo ranch.
The Williamsport Xeirs says that it is rumored that Detective Vernes visited the scene of the Enda Crider murder, near Haneyville. and searched the Lebo residence, and in
good and that if the weather in XVashington remains as pleasant as it has been for several days he will not go away again this summer Secretary Sherman .says he doesn't think there is anything in that story about Minister Sewall having last week declared a protectorate over Hawaii, and that if •'Old Glory"" has been raised over the islands it was because some act of the Japanese had caused Minister Sewall to con¬ sider such  a   course  necessary  to
a bedroom found a large blood stain | avoid future trouble and  complica-
upon the floor. Bloody clothes were also discovered hidden in an upstairs room. Mrs. Lebo, upon being ques¬ tioned, became confused and told conflicting stories.    The bedclothes
tions. Mr. Sewall has authority to raise the flag over Hawaii at any time he may consider it necessary. The innoVation of the Navy De¬ partment,   that   our   naval   vessels
have been  sent to Philadelphia to must be put to a  better   use than
undergo a chemical anal\'sis. If the analysis demonstrates the presence of human blood, it will no doubt put
being made to serve as attractions at seaside fashion resorts, will not please  the  young dancing   officers
different phase on the  case, prov- i who have found pleasure  in  posing ine that the crime was committed in | as summer resort mashers, but it is
H
OTEL SATTERLEE,
W.M. SATTERLEE, PROP'R,
Lewisville, Pa.
The traveling public will be glad to kuow that Lewisville has a flrst-class hotel, refur- uished and refltted new throughout.
Bus to aud from all traius. 47-42
TTOTEL GOODYEAR,
GEO. C. CRONIN, PROP'R,
Austin, Pa.
New House; New Furniture: Heated by Gas;
Hot and Cold Baths ; Special Inducements
to Commercial   Trade.    Sample Rooin in
conuectiou. 4T-23
the Lebo house. It is believed by the detectives that the girl was murdered in the bed room where her body was also mutilated, and that under cover of night the dead girl was carried out and hid among fhe bushes. Should such be the case Koitsch is undoubtedly innocent of the crime.
As Others See  Us.
Editor  Samuel Lindsey.
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BALDWIN,
47-23
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ATI-OI'.NKY-AT-LAW, ANI) N(JTAJ:V  I'l'BLIC,
Austin, Pa. -Rooms 1 and 2 Starkweather Block.
•y   P. COLLINS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
Office over S. Deiches' .Store, Main .Street, 42-24 Coudersport, Pa.
H
ORTON HOUSE,
S. C. .SARTWELL, PROP'K,
48-2.1 Port Allegany, Pa.
Remodeled and Refurnished throughout. Every convenience for tlie comfort ol guests. Free 'Bus meets all Trains.
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AKKABEE, LEWIS &  LEONARD,
ATTORN EY.S-AT-LAAV,
/^OLES HOUSE,
AV. R. COLES, PROP'R.,
Wellsboro, Pa. The largest hotel in town. 48-49-1 yr
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Coudersport, Pa. Offlce-Opposite Court House. Practice in Cameron,   McKean aud    Pottei
Counties.   .Supreme Court ol Pennsylvanijj
and United Stales Court.
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ELSON  L. ALLEN,
ATTORNEY  AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
NOTAKY PUBLIC.
Galetou, Potter Co., Pa 48-19tf
EUGENE .MULLIN
ULLIN A SEIBERT
L. 15. SEIIJEKT
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Benson Block.
Coudersport, Pa.
48-3'J
»EUK & STONE,
iHE UPDEGRAFF,
U. UPDEGRAFF, PROP'R,
Williamsport, Fa. Corner of Pine and West Fourth Sts.
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ARNER HOUSE,
RILEY WARNER, PROP'R,
Emporium, Pa. Free bus to and from all trains, and no pains spared for the comfort ol guests. 46-26
y UNCTION hou.se,
H. G. AULT, prop'r,
Emporium, Pa.
A well-fllled lunch couuter spread with every thinga hungry traveler could wish, ready on arrival of all traius east and west.
Rates 51 50 per day. 46-36
ATTORNEYS-AT-].A\V,
Office over Fir.st N
Coudersport, Pa. itioual Bank.
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DITH G. STEVENS,
PRACTKINC;  I'HYSICIAN,
Coudersport, Pa. Calls promptly attended to.   Offlce—At W. A. Crosby Residence,ftiaiu .Street. 47-23
J.
B. COLCORD,  M. D.,
» PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
16-20 Port Allegany, Pa.
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1 RAND CENTRAL CAFE,
ROBT. GRAVES, PROP'R,
(Near the Depot) 210 Uuiou St., Olean.
Regular Meals,      -      '20 cents. Open day and night.   Dining Rooms for both
Ladiirs and Geutlemeu.
47-42-ly
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^HE PARK HOTEL,
CHARLES DUFFY, MANAGER,
Williamsport, Pa.
Tlie largest and Most Pleasantly Located
Hotel.   Rates, S2.00 to S4.00 per day.      48-lS-ly
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33-T
ELLISON, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Coudersport, Pa.
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R. S. A. PHILLIPS,
DENTIST,
Dfiita DruL
Coudersport, Pa. Oiiice—Over M. .S. Thompsou & Co's Store, Main Street.
38-32
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R. GUSTIN, M. 1\,
PIIYSICIA.N AND SURGEON,
47-4 Roulette, Pa,
H
ENRY D. HART, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN  AND SURGEON,
Office hours 1 lo4 p. m. days.
Genesee, Pa, Tuesdavs aud Satur- 47-16
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R. W. J. McGRANOR,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Roulet, Pa.
A. & F. G. REESE,
PHYSICIANS 4 SURGEONS,
Coudersport, Pa. Offlce over Doane & Hitchcock's Grocery.
OTEL FASSET,
GEO. M. FOX, prop'r,
Wellsville, N. Y. Largest aud Best Equipped Hotel in Town. Free Bus to and Irom all traius. Rate, S2.00 per day. 47-13
MISCELLANEO US.
-'mrONEY TO LOAN,
On i.Mi'KOVED rp;al   estate. Send for circular "H."       W. S. Calhoun, 48.40 Coudersport.
of the Smethport Ih utoerat being in town recently has this to say of Potter's capital: " 'Coudersport has for many vears enjoyed the reputation of being one of tlie prettiest towns in Penn¬ sylvania, and after a pretty thorough inspection of the place, we have no hesitation in adding our testimony to that of many others that the picture has not been overdrawn in any particular. It is certainly a town of beautiful homes and well kept grounds. No better evidence is wanted that Coudersport is a thrifty and up-to-date town than the fact that go in any direction that you mav within the borough limits you will notice that new buildings are in course of erection, or else old ones are being remodeled so as to conform to modern architecture. A town that is furnishing plenty of employment to the carpenters and painters in these stringent times '_,:'__ can be counted on as a pretty good place to tie to.
•'Potter county, of which Couders¬ port is the county seat, has been twitted considerably in time gone past as being the abiding place of the highly flavored leek, and at one time of our own 'Barney Jack.son," but aside from these little Potter countv pleasantries, no one will at this late day undertake to deny that it is one of the most prosperous counties in the state, and Couders¬ port. its capital, as a matter of course, could not help reaping the benefits, in a large measure, of the county "s prosperity, and as a conse¬ quence manufacturing plants have sprung up on every hand, which are giving employment to many hands, among which are numbered many young men andAvomen. AVhere manufacturing plants abound pros¬ perity is sureto be found, and we be- licveCoudersport is receiving its full share of the good things of life.
'•Politics aside, Coudersport is one of the live, progressive business towns of this section of the State, and if the politicians select that town for the purpose of hatching up political schemes that will not bear the search light of truth, the peace¬ able, law-abiding and hospitable people of that boro cannot in any way be held responsible for their actions and the Demoerat will not be so ungenerous as to undertake to fix the blame on any of her citizens for this state of affairs.
''The only criticism that we have to offer at this   time   in   regard   to 1
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LMSTED & SONS,
DEALERS IN  HARDWARE, &C.,
17 Coudersport, Pa.
J
AMES MANSEL,
DEALER IN HARDWOOD LUMBER,
Williamsport, Pa.
Offlce-234 W 4th Street,
Yard—Foot Of Elmira Street. 48-36
Z.
THOMPSON,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Coudersport, Pa. Collections made and promptly paid over
Offlce ou Second Street.
47-48
A."
H. KYSER,
GENERAL BLACKSMITHING,
Andrews Settlement, Pa. A full and complete stock. All work first class.
47-&0 lyr
being strongly endorsed by men who wished to see otir navy made as ef¬ ficient as possible by practice in sea drills. There has never been any good reason for making our navy an adjunct to seaside society.
Senator Gorman's little blutt' about his uot being a candidate for re¬ election is regarded in ATashington as about the'poorest one he ever made and as indicatingjhis despera¬ tion. He knows that' there are a considerable number of democrats in 3Iarylaud who intend to aid the republicans to elect a majority of the legislature, in order to be sure that he cannot be returned to the Senate.
Some of the testimony in the hear¬ ings, now going on.   as  to  whether John AVedderburn & Co., should be disbarred from practice  before  the Patent Ofiice has developed a condi¬ tion that ought to open the  eyes of everybody to the manner  in   which those who become victims of theget- rich-quick-through-a-patent   fever, given them  by insidiously  worded advertisements   and   circulars,   are being worked for their hard  earned monev. or the money of their neigh¬ bors who are caught by false reports made upon their alleged  inventions by unscrupulous   patent  attorneys. Officials of  the  Patent  Office   have d in their testimony that only about   one-half of the thirty-seven hundred-odd applications for patents filed by John   AA'edderburn   &   Co.. during the past two years have con¬ tained anything that Vas patentable, and  that"' the   portions   that   were patentable in many of the remainder were of such a nature that it  was practically impossible for the invent¬ or to ever get back  the money   it cost him  to get the  patent.    They further stated that AA^edderburn  & Co..   solicited and got in many  in stances, additional fees  for  making applications    for    foreign     patents upon   these   devices,   which    they knew, or should have  known  were unpatentable; also that they sought to obtain, anti did obtain, money for advertising them for sale at a  fabu¬ lous   price    when   they   knew,   or should have known that they  were worthless.
Ex-Congressman Robert J. Trace- well, oi' Ind., has qualified as Comp¬ troller of the Treasury. This is the position that was held under the Cleveland admini.stration.by Robert B. Bowler, of Ohio, who obtained some unenviable notoriety by setting himself up as higher authority than the courts or an act of Congress, onlv to tumble ignominously off his self-erected pedestal. Mr. Trace- well is a very ditt'erent sort of an individual, and will perform the duties of this important office in the same careful and thorough manner that he served his constituents in Congress.
Hon. Benj. Butterworth. Commis¬ sioner of   P'atents.   is  living  up  to
Coudersport. is that its main  street j expectations in the matter of raising
IS in bad t-ondition. and is usuallv that wav. but there is .strong talk that it will be paved in the near future. This accomplished. Couders¬ port will not have to take a back seat for any town in this section of the State. The borough is well lighted bv electricity, which is several steps | in  advance  of her neighbors,   and !
the standard of practice before the Patent Office. His latest and most important move is an order provid¬ ing that a register shall be kept of all persons entitled to practice be¬ fore that oHice. and establishing rules under which attorneys may get their names upon tliat register. Tn   these   rules   Maj.   Butterworth
Approved by the Qovernor and no'w in force in Pennsylvania.
Continued from last  week.
No. 20.5. An act to amend section 119 of an act entitled ''an act relating to the elections in this Commonwealt."' approved July 2. 1889. so as to in¬ crease the penalty for fraudulent and illegal voting and aiding and abetting the .same. Approved July 14. 1897.
Xo. 209. An act to regulate the remunera¬ tion of policemen and constables em¬ ployed as policemen throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and prohibiting them from charging or accepting fee or other compensation in addition to their salary except as public rewards and mileage for traveling expenses. Approved July 14. 1897.
No. 210. An act creating the office of assis¬ tant district-attorney in the severa' counties of this Commonwealth hav¬ ing over 500.000 and less than 800 - 000inhabitants, providingfor thea|,- pointment of said officers, prescrib¬ ing the powers, duties and terms of office and fixing the salaries of said officers. Approved July 14, 1897. No. 211. An act fixing the salaries and ti'aveling expenses of directors of the poor in the counties of this Com¬ monwealth having a poi^ulation of 500.000 or more, and regulating the pavment thereof. Approved Julv U; 1897.
No.   212. An act to amend  section 5  of an act entitled "an act to confer  upon the several Courts of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth jurisdiction of a court of equity  in   all cases   of dower and partition, and prescribing the method of procedure.""approved J illy 7.    1885,   so   as   to    authorize decrees   of   sales   of   purparts    in partition  on  refusal  to take.    Ap¬ proved Julv 14. 1897. No.   218., Au act authorizing the  payment into the Orphans "Ccmrt of the money due on  dowers,   legacies or  other charge upon land, where the person or   persons   to   whom   the   dov.ei-. legacy or other charge upon land  is due  and payable cannot  be found, and providing for the satisfaction, extinguishment or discharge  there¬ of, and to ascertain the amount there¬ of.    Approved Julv 14, 1897. No.   214. An act in relation to appeals from justices of the peace and  aldermen. Skct. 1.    Be it enacted, &c.. That from   and   after   Jul\-   1.   1897.   nc appeal shall be entertained from the judgement of a justice of the  peace or alderman unless the appellant or his attorney ov   agent   shall   make affidavit that the appeal  is  not  for dela3% but becausehe verily believes that injustice has been done. Approved July 14. 1897.
No. 215. An act to provide a more just and equitable method of distributing the school appropriation to common schools, and specifying the duties ot officers in counection therewith. Ap¬ proved July 15. 1897. No. 216. .^vAn act to amend section 2 of an act approved June 26. 1895. entitled •'an act authorizing the cities of the Commonwealth to purchase, acquire, take, use and approj^riate private proverty for public park purpo.ses,'" by providing the manner in which damages sustained shall be assessed and collected. Approved July 14. 1897, No. 217.
An act to prohibit assessments  of and demands for contributions from the officers  aud   emploj^ees of this Common wealth and of any county or city therein, and providing penalties therefor.    Approved July 15,   1897. No.   218. An act to prohibit the payment of any occupation or jjoll tax  assessed for state or county purposes of any elector by any person •other than the elector  against  whom  such  tax  is assessed, except upon  the  written and signed order of such  assessed elector, and prescribing penalties. Approved July 15,  1897. No.   219. An act relating to affidavits   of defence  in   the   several   Courts of Common Pleas of this Common wealth, and   authorizing   the    plaintiff    or plaintiff's in all actions to take judg¬ ment for any portion or portions   of a claim as to which the  court  shall adjudge the affidavit of defence to be insufficient in law.     Apj^roved July 15, 1897. No. 220.
An act to amend clauses 4, 5,  and
live,   progressive State.""
with o-ood streets Coudersport would ; has gone  to  the   extreme   limit   of
be in'^he  very  front  ranks  of the ' authority given him by the present ] 7 of an act entitled ••an act to amend boroughs of the ; somewhat un.satisfactory laws.    He paragraph 24 of the  second   sub- j has other reform   ideas   which   will ' division of the second section   of an require the   sanction   of Congress , act entitled 'an act to provide forthe
The  following   dialogue  between ^ before they can be carried out. | incorporations,' approved April  29,
two Republicans of the town was overheard.
First Republican—AVhat is the matter with the E)derprise^n(\.^xi(\.^e Morrison.
n Seeond Republican—Oh, the Enter¬ prise will be all right bye and bye. Morrison will'have to do what the rest of us have done—settle.
Ex-Secretary of State, John AV. 1874, and the several supplements Foster, has returned from his diplo-1 thereto, providing for the inorpora- matic trip to Europe in behalf of the tion and regulation of companies for seal fisheries, and expresseshimself I the constructian and maintenance of as being entirely satisfied with the j tunnels "of uuderground passage- result of his trip—a conference in, ways," rpproved June 25, 1895. AA^ashington next October, between I Approved July 15, 1897. representatives    of   this   Country, I No.   221.
England, Russia and Japan. I    An act establishing a Bureau of
Mines in the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, defining its purposes and authority, providing for the appointment of a chief of said bureau and assistants, and fixing their salaries and expenses. Ap¬ proved July 15, 1897. No. 222. An act to amend section 2 of an act entitled ••An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations." approved xVpril 29. 1874. providing for the incorporation of associations for receiving and holding jDroperty, real and personal, of and for unin¬ corporated religious. benevolent, charitable, educational and mission¬ ary societies and associations, and , executing trusts thereof. Ap¬ proved Julv 15. 1897. No. 228. An act authorizing the commission¬ ers of the counties of the Common¬ wealth to transfer and cover into the general fund of the several counties any money now placed to tho credit of any city, borough or township upon any duplicate for taxes, where the sum has remained uncalled for during a period of ten years. Pro¬ vided, the right to the same is not in litigation or a matter of dispute. Approved July 15. 1897. No. 224. An act requiring the weighing of bituminous coal before screening, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. Approved July 15, 1897. No. 225.
An act  to  protect  the  lives  and limbs of  miners  from   the  dangers resulting from  incompetent  miners working in the anthracite coalmines of this Commonwealth, and to provide for the examination of persons seek¬ ing  employment as miners   in   the anthracite   region,   and   to  prevent the    employment    of    incompetent persons as miners in anthracite coal mines, and and providing penalties for a  violation of the   same.    Ap¬ proved July 15. 1897. No.   226. An act   authorizing the auditor- general to prescribe the form and requirements of vouchers,   monthly and quarterly returns and statements of county  offiicers  and   institutions receiving State aid.  and  to obtain from State institutions the evidence of State ownership, and  making  an, api»ropricuion to meet the expenses \ thereof and authorizing the ajJiDoint- mcnt of expertacc-ouiitants in certain cases, and providing for the ixtyment of the same. Approved July 15"! ]8!)7. No.   227. An act to provide revenue bj^ tax¬ ation.    Approved July 15. 1897. No. 22S. An act to amend, section 1 of an act     entitled   •'an    act to   protect timber lands  from   fire." approved June 2, 1870. providing f'or a penal¬ ty in case of the failure of county commissioners to comply with the terms   of   said   act    after demand made   upon  them   by  the   Commis¬ sioner  of Forrestry. and providing for the Commonwealth bearing j^art of. the expenses incurred under said act.    Approved Julv 15. 1897. No. 229. An act to amend section 80 of an act entitled •'an act regulating l)or- oughs,''   approved   April   1,    1851, empowering thc burgess and town council of any boroi;gh to annex ad¬ jacent lots or out-lots ( r other tracts of land on a petition of a majority of the  freehold  owners  thereof.    Ap¬ proved Julv 15, 1897. No. 280.
An act authorizing the transfer by the judges of the several courts of the Commonwealth of licenses for the wholesale or retail of vinous, spirituous, malted or brewed liquors from one person to another and from one place to another. Approved July 15. 1897.
No. 281. An act entitled an act to make the proceedings of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic a part of the public records of the State. Approved July 15, 1897. No. 282.
An act to provide for the current' expenses of the board of public charities for thc two fiscal years commencing June. 1897. Approved July 15. 1897.
No. 288. An act relative to costs in suits before magistrates, aldermen and justices of the peace, and for the re¬ turn of the same to the jilaintitt' in case of ajipeal by the defendant.
Sect. 1. Be It enacted, ke. That from and after the pas.sage of this act, it shall be the duty of every magistrate, alderman and justice of the peace, upon an appeal being- taken by the defendant in any case, to return to the plaintiff' therein all costs i^aid by him. .xVpproved July 15, 1897.
No, 234. An act regulating applications for commissions   to    inquire   into   the lunacy or habitual drunkeness of in¬ mates of any  soldiers'  and sailors' home,    almshouse,    home   for   the friendless or other charitable insti¬ tution.    Approved July 15, 1897. No. 285. An act   in   relation to patenting lands lying within or along naviga¬ ble rivers.   Approved July 15, 1897.