NEWS: Hollidaysburg News, Altoona Times, July 17, 1903, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG

  Mr. and Mrs. Farrell, of New York, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Paris, 
on Hickory street.
  Miss Bessie Agnew, of Waukesha, Wis., is a guest at the home of her former 
school mate, Mrs. Guy R. Lingefelt.
  Shoemaker's "Beauts" and the Athletic base ball team of Juniata will play a 
match game at Dell Delight on Saturday afternoon at 2:30, for a purse of $50.
  Martha, the 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Calvin, of 
Montgomery street, yesterday, accompanied by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and 
Mrs. Faucet, went to Brooklyn, N. Y., where she will remain for one year and 
attend school.
  Miss Carolina Bachman, daughter of Mrs. Bachman, of Montgomery street, left 
last night for Philadelphia, where she will be married on Saturday to Mr. 
Hugo Felber.  The prospective bride was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Mary 
Fox, of Altoona.
  The hearing of the injunction proceedings instituted by the George W. 
Rhodes heirs against the Pennsylvania railroad et al., to restrain the 
defendants from proceeding to make railroad improvements on the plaintiffs' 
lands in East Hollidaysburg, will take place this morning at 9, before Judge 
Bell at the court house.
  Mr. James Dysart, of Pittsburg, a former resident of Altoona, purchased the 
Roller property on Allegheny street yesterday at a reported price of $10,500.  
Mr. Dysart has just returned from his wedding trip to Europe.  It is 
understood that he will make extensive improvements to the premises, which he 
will occupy as a home.
  In re. suit of Stackhouse vs. Louis Plack, Carl Olmes et al. and partition 
proceedings relative to seven acres of land in Logan township, Judge Bell 
granted a rule yesterday, returnable at argument court, to show cause why 
order made July 1, 1903, fixing compensation for attorney, Robert W. Smith, 
should not be revoked or the amount lessened.
  W. S. Hammond, auditor to make distribution in the Gardner, Morrow & Co. 
assigned estate, as shown by the third and final account of Assignee John 
Cree, opened the audit at the court house yesterday morning at 10.  Among the 
attorneys present were O. H. Hewit, who appeared for the assignee W. I. 
Woodcock, J. Lee Plummer, B. F. Warfel, Edmund Shaw, Charles Geesey, M. M. 
Morrow and W. L. Pascoe, representing the creditors.  It was unanimously 
agreed that the claims of the creditors as proven at the first and second 
audits be accepted at this audit without further proof, Mr. Hewit moved 
"that, as a portion of the general creditors had received about 50 per cent, 
of their claims from James Gardner's estate, all such creditors should be 
allowed only a pro rata in this distribution for the respective balances 
unpaid."  The attorneys present were disposed to favor this motion, but it 
was thought that the executors of James Gardner would resist such a 
proposition, inasmuch as their liability would be increased, the . . .

Altoona Times, Friday, July 17, 1903