£SO-MKSSRS. J. WEAVER 4 CO., No. 116 Smithfield street, Pittsburgh, are our agents in the two cities for the soliciting of advertise ments for this paper. Read the Price*. At 5c., heavy Plaid Dress Goods; At dark shades Bourette Dress Goods; At 10c., all the new dark shades in heavy Mattallasse Dress Goods; At heavy dark Dress Goods, silk lustre; At 15c., double-width Alpacas ; At 20c., Alpaca Lustres, all shades; At 25c., double-fold Cashmeres, black and colored; At 20c., heavy Barred Flannel; At 30c., all-wool Country Flannel; At $1.75 per pair and up, Blankets, at HITTER & RALSTON'S. New Advertisements To-Day. Lands in Kansas. Profits in Stocks. Notice in Divorce. Homes in Missouri. Increased Pensions. Copper Patch Plate. Dollar Weekly Times. Clothing—Wa'iamaker. Cloth i ng—Schneideraan. * A. Bradley & Co.—Furnaces. Bissell & "Co.—Mantels and Grates. Assignee's Sale —Stoughton Property. G. W. Reed & Co.—School Books, etc. A'hninistnitors' .Notice —Estate of Philip Snytier, dee'd. Local and General. CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. LOOK out for the cold wave. YESTERDAY was election day in Ohio. UNCLE SAM sold 8,650,000 acres of land last year. SMOKE Zimmerman & Hawk's choice Brands. A GILT horseshoe is an indispensable parlor ornament now. IT is the flaunel that sticketh closer than a brother these days. ADAM was the first man who went in the go-as-you-please style. SPRINKLING salt on cabbage plants will, it is said, keep away the worms. PAINTS, Oils, Varnishes, &c., at low Cash prices, at Zimmerman 4 Hawk's. ILLINOIS has a State red-head as sociation, which has nearly 400 members. CHESTNUTS are being shipped from one of our adjoining counties to St. Louis. BY dipping fish in boiling water for an instant the scales will come off more easily. You cannot be too careful in secur ing your premises from sneak thieves and bur glars. THE first snow of winter is predicted for the 7th of December. So say the almanac makers. THE New York Express thinks the nn wa of spelling is a great saving of alfabet and tim. THERE were never more handsome designs in wall paper shown than at the pres ent time. OUR merchants are paying but one dollar per bushel for chestnuts. Over produc tion is the cause. A NEW use has been found for to mato cans. It is said they make excellent pans for bread baking. "CARRY the news to Mary!" Health and happiness are found in every box of "Sel lers' Liver Pills." ALMOST all our exchanges gives the pleasing intelligence that the tramp law is a auccess. It seems to be a success here. MR. WILLIAM BOYD raised a Cali fornia squash in his garden this year which is five feet long. It can be seen in his office. ANDREW JNGLEHART, of this county, fell through a railroad culvert near Freeport, on Monday last, and was seriously injured. A FRAGRANT Havana is the amoker's delight. We have it. ZIMMERMAN & HAWK. TNE State has made provisions for the education of teachers at the Normal School. For information A. Cooper, Edinboro, Pa. A POULTRY CLUB has been formed in this place. They intend having a fair or •how some time during December. It's a good idea. THE Smith family recently held a reunion in New Jersey. Their principal senti ment was: "Pocahontas, the preserver of our nee." THEY fine men $lO for attempting to commit suicide in New York. A man must either make a sure thing of it or lose his money. AN exchange says there are four words in the English language ending in cion. Who can tell the readers of the CITIZEN what they are? A NEW postoffice has been estab lished in Allegheny township, this county, called Sandy Point, with Mr. James Hill as Postmaster. AN exchange says its a walking match when two engaged young people go home from church together. Yes, but the lap's at the end of the walk. ORANGES, lemons, olives and al monds are to be cultivated in Florida soon by a large numbef of Italian colonists, now on their way to that State. CRAWFORD county, this State, walked off with all the cheese premiums at the late State Fair in Philadelphia. The Western Re serve will have to look to its laurels. SOMEBODY has said (we forget who) that beets added to apples, in the proportion of one bushel of the former to ten of the latter, will make better cider than apples alone. ANOTHER Molly Maguire, named Peter McManus, was hanged at Sunbury, this State, last Thursday. O'Neil, who was to have been liungthe same day,was reprieved for thirty days. FROM the front once more comes the old familiar expression, "The colored troops fought nobly." In the brush with the Utes the colored company especially distinguished itself. MR. 11. J. KLINGLER bought some 1,200 bushels of buckwheat at his mill on MilHin street last Thursday afternoon. The street there was blockaded with wagons for some hours. THE Postofflce Department is at tempting to stop the lottery business, but so long as the different States charter the lottery companies, we think the P. O. department will not succeed. THE Hanlan-Courtney boat race at Chautauqua Lake to-morrow will no doubt draw a large crowd. The men are in splendid condition, with the odds among betters slightlv in favor of Hanlan. ' THEY had a case of "eleven obstinate jurymen" in our Court House last week, but after the said eleven found out that the twelfth juryman was a relative of one of the parties to the suit they didn't feel so bad. A VEIN of petroleum has been struck in Trumbull county, Ohio, which, just as it comes from the well, is eaual to lubricating oil of the finest quality, and commands $lO per barrel. The well yields five barrels per day. That is a bonanza for the owner. KANSAS cattle men are buying young cattle in Eastern Ohio and are shipping them to Kansas to feed, when they will be shipped back to Eastern markets. The price paid is from seven to nine dollars a head, and they are worth twenty dollars when they get to Kansas. THE Russian Court invited Dr. Ayer and his family to the Archduke's wed ding in the Royal Palace. This distinction was awarded him not only because he was an American, but also because his name as a phy sician had become favorably known in Russia on it* passage round the world.— Pueblo ((Jul.) People. i. A G. F. KECK'S stock of fine woolen cloths cannot be beaten in Butler. Call and see for yourself. THE tramp who conceals his calling under the ostensible desire to dispose of, for a trifling amount, a massive gold ring which he has picked up upon the highway, is said to be circulating around the country and defrauding the people out of their hard earned gains. Ihe rings are only washed with gold and are of no value whatever. THE best heavy Sheeting in the market, at HITTER «FC RALSTON S. A MACHINE for scraping dead hogs has been invented in Chicago. At a recent trial it worked in a very satisfactory manner. Seven hogs were [Kissed through the machine in 57 seconds. Each one came out as hairless as could be desired. It is expected the ma chine will be so improved a* to scrajte li,(J00 hogs in ten hours. JUST before he was hanged last Thursday Peter McManus confirmed bis pre vious written declaration that the crime for which he had been condemned to die was in fact the work of two of the State's witnesses, who had sworn away his life. If Peter told the truth, the State of Pennsylvania committed a murder, in hanging him. HAMILTON county, Ohio, has had a cooking contest, and the young lady who won the prize didn't carry off #24,000 in gate money. And yet cooking contests are of more benefit to this country than walking matches. The time mav not be far distant when we shall have cooking contests and wood sawing matches for the championship of the world.— Sorrintoirn Herald. IF you wish a good education attend the State Normal School, Edinboro. DR. JEFREYS lectured before the students of the West Sunbury Academy and others last Friday evening. Notwithstanding the absence of moonlight a large and attentive audience was in attendance, and from the inter est which was manifested one would infer that his hearers possessed a fair amount of the arti cle which constituted the Doctors theme, "Brains." 'MR. GEORGE SCIIAFFNER, of this place, is now working at the Davis Island im provement in the Ohio river, near Sewickley, Allegheny county, being engaged as overseer of a quarry in taking out stone for the Govern ment, for the building of the river dam there. George is the very man for a position of that kind and can be relied upon as giving satisfac tion to his employers. MILWAUKEE Sun: In about two weeks more General Grant will have to begin to keep house, and as he goes down the back street at Galena with a market basket under his arm, he will find it far different from traveling as a distinguished guest. lie will feel a good deal like a country editor when he gets home from an editorial convention. The contrast is what is the matter. WHEN out buying Gents' Furnishing Goods drop in at Charles R. Grieb's. A LEARNED professor at Lyons, has been inoculating rabbits with the virus of rnad dogs, in order to find whether the malady will yield to any treatment he can devise, but has not been successful. The madness shows itself in the rabbit in about three weeks. M. Galtier finds that the virus of a mad dog will be as powerful, when preserved in water, twenty-four hours afterward, as it was at first. WILLIE WHITE was the three-year old pet of a farmer's family at Fulton, Wiscon sin, and Georgie Baumgartner, aged sixteen, was the drudge. George contrasted his own hard usage with the tender treatment of his employer's child until violent envy and hatred were the result. One day Willie was found hanged by the neck, his throat cut from ear to ear, and George was missing. THE nomination of Mr. John Quincy Adams for Governor of Massachusetts bv the Democratic regulars at Boston closes the list of competitors for the office. The practical choice rests between Gen. Butler and Mr. Long, the republican candidate. Everybody knows that Mr. Adams is put up merely to preserve the chrysalis of an organization from which four fifths of the voters have flown away like butter flies into Gen. Butler's pasture. "KEEP your seats till the train stops." "Enter at the back door of the car; leave by the front." "Show your tickets at the gate." "Don't put your arms, legs or head out of tlie window." ''Don't stand on the plat form," etc. What are we coming to ? Is this not a free country ? Are these despotic rail road men to go on inventing these little de vices to prevent a free and enlightened com munity from risking its life at its own sweet will. WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor, has just opened the largest line of woolens for men and boys wear ever ottered in Butler. DR. EZRA BRUGH, of New Wil mington, Pa., an uncle of Ezra Brugh, Esq., of this place, was found dead in his office a few days ago. He had been at the New Castle Fair the day previous, and when last seen at home was in his usual health. Failing to come to breakfast, his office was broken open at about 10 a. m., and he was found sitting in his chair, cigar in hand, and cold in death. Immediate cause of death unknown. He was a widower, and about 55 years of age. WHILE the revenue of the country collected has increased over s2,ooo> used was a poor, patched up, and mended affair, and the aeronauts were reckless enough to go up when there was a pale of wind blowing. A j very large proportion of balloon voyages are I made in safety, yet the air ship is not a vehicle which can be "trilled with by those who ride in it. JOHN W. CARROLL, a resident of the suburbs of Oil City, was taken to Dixmor.t lately, a raving maniac. The Derrick says he had been attending the camp meeting recently held in South Oil City, and became much in terested in the proceedings. On the 21st of September he went to Chautauqua to hear Hob Ingersoll's address before the Free Thinkers' Convention. It is thought that the conflicting views of the two meetings caused his derauge raent. At all events a great change was no ticed in his actions when he returned from Chautauqua. He now imagines that he is Jesus Christ, and that he is eoing to save the world. At other times he exclaims, "I'm the biggest fool in the world." It is a very sad case, what ever may be its cause. HATS, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods, at Charles R. Grieb's. THE old, old question as to whether fall or spring transplanting is better, now come 3 up again to perplex all who are about to take their first lessons in experience. There are good arguments in favor of each—some against fall transplanting —one against spring trans planting. If transplanting is to be done this fall, do it as soon after the leaves have changed color as possible. Dig holes large enough to admit the roots without cramping them. Work the soil well between the roots and fibers and make the soil compeict, so that the roots shall be in contact with the soil. liaise a slight mound about the stem, and over this, in a circle three feet in diameter, place two or three inches of straw, old manure or iitter. Currants, rasp berries, gooseberries and grapes may be planted with perfect safety until the ground freezes. ALTHOUGH the thought of paying for all the damage done in the Pittsburgh riot cannot be a pleasant one to contemplate by residents of Allegheny county, the Pittsburgh Telegraph frankly saVs : "It may as well be admitted openly and at once that the Supreme Court decision upon responsibility for riot losses rests upon a powerful and compact ar gument. It is knit like chain mail. One will search in vain for a weak spot at any point of connection in the discussion. 9 e s » * All the citizens of the county can do now is to set their heads together and determine what is best under the circumstances. The circum stances are not cheerful; at the same time they are not crushing. This county can and will do anything that exacting justice may demand." SPECIALTIES in woolens at William Aland's Merchant Tailoring establishment not to be had elsewhere in the county. • SPAIN is once more sending troops to Cuba; the telegraph reports the arrival of the first contingent, twelve hundred strong, at Havana, "to put down the insurrection." It is a vcrv tiresome business, this of the per petual Cuban insurrection. Is there no Spanish statesman able enough to deal with Cuba in such a manner as to make her native people contented? Is it indispensable that we shall have this continuous clatter at our doors ? The plan of holding Cuba down by force of arms certainly does not pay. We all understand that the' island is precious to Spain, because by dint of hard squeezing, by heavy taxation levied in the most cumberous ways, it is made to yield a large revenue to the Spanish Treas ury. Hut we doubt much whether Spain has not spent more on troops and arms during the last dozen years in Cuba than her share of the Cuban plunder came to. LAST Tuesday morning, in the State Supreme Court sitting at Pittsburgh, the counsel for Brandt and Hummel, two of the six men who were convicted of the murder of old man Ruber, in Lebanon county, for the in surance which they had on his life, moved for a postponement of the hearing of the motion for a new trial. The grounds for this motion were that Brandt and Hummel were too poor to pay counsel for preparing the case for the Supreme Court, ana some time was consumed by their friends in raising the necessary funds; that owing to the large amount of testimony, . the printer had been wholly unable to prepare , a proper book, and that great injustice would J be done these two men, who are now under , sentence of death, if the argument was called j up now. The District Attorney of Lebanon ] county protested against the delay, and asked the Court not to grant it, but Chief Jiistiee s Sharswood announced that the case would go j over until January. I If you wish a good education attend J the State Normal School, Edinboro. THE yearly term of the U. S. Su- f preme Court is to begin on October 13. It is 1 expected that important jiolitical causes will 1 be heard and decided. Thus far the Supreme I Court has been very slow to pronounce upon 1 the validity of that part of the reconstruction legislation the constitutionality of which is in . dispute. But events have so shaped themselves that the issue can now scarcely be avoided. l Early in the term, and most likely on the * second day, the Virginia case relating to the rights of negroes to be tried by juries of their own race is to be called. This case is to be argued by the Attorney Generals of Virginia and the Lnited States respectively. The ques tion as to the validity of the election laws is to come before the Court in connection with the case of the Cincinnati election judge and the habeas corpus eases of the Maryland election judges. It is well that these important ques tions are likely to be adjudicated before the Presidential election is upon us. ONE day last week, a wag of Sharon, Mercer county, taking advantage of the low rates offered by the railroads, visited the Pitts burgh Exposition, accompanied by his wife, mother, sister and a sister-in-law or two of the same name. Arriving at the hotel he regis tered his name with a grand flourish, adding after it, "Mormon Elder, Utah," and then added in regular order the names of his female companions. Instantly he and his ladies were the observed of all observers, and during the next twentv-four hours were the target for curious and wondering eyes, wherever they moved, not only about the hotel but on the street, for the news of the presence of a much married Mormon went out, and large numbers visited and hung about the place, to get a good view of the polygamist. The lady excursion ists wondered what it was all about, while he grew fat over his little joke, and cauie away without explaining, but with his ribs full of laugh which report says breaks loose, every few hours, in a hearty guffaw! You can buy a fine white shirt for sixty-five cents, at Charles B. Orieb's. A MAN named Murphy won the O'Lcary belt at the walking match in New York last week. Spellacy, of Petrolia, with drew when he yet had a chance of winning and his withwrawal was no small disappointment, not only to himself but to a good many who had backed, hilil for place. It seemed a little curious that after he nad sprawled along in his ungainly fashion for .'MO miles without show ing distress he should have suddenly stopped, and he was interviewed ill his room at the Putnam House to learn the reason. "It's the doctor's orders ; I look all right, don't I?" he exclaimed, leaping out of bed and executing a war dance with startling vigor considering the size of the room and the length of his limbs. "You see, I'm supple and active still. There's nothing the matter with, my legs and feet. But the doctor says if I go on the track again he won't be answerable for the consequences. I'm likely to have a hemorrhage of the lungs." His lungs were indeed congested and there was imminent peril. His "weak spot" had been found in time and he escaped, by withdrawing, from what might have been a fatal result. You can transplant trees with safety, just as soon as the leaves have performed their functions. This varies with different genera, species and even varieties, For instance, some pears lose their leaves In inid-Sbptemhor ; better transplant them then than to wait uutii after frosts ; the roots have so much the more time to become established in new soil. The discoloring of the leaves is proof positive (if the tree is in health) that they can be of ser vice to the tree no longer. They have become clogged with mineral matter; the leaf-stalks, though still clinging, are really severed from tliu utMos. The buds for another year are matured, and the UOOIJ TRPM SO cjrpn instanced are removed, the better is their ohaiice of pass ing the winter unscathed and of making a vigorous growth the ensuing spring. During long, favorable seasons, such as the present has been in this part of the country, many kinds of trees are prone to make a late fall growth. This lias little time to mature and generally perishes before spring. Better re move such trees before the late growth starts, in which case the tendency is effectually checked. THE finest line of hosiery, at lowest prlcps, Oijii Ije seen at Charles Grieb's. Butler. FIFTY human beings weve killed W maimed or mangled last Friday in Michigan, through the heedless indifference of mi em ploye in the service of the Michigan Central lUilway. He occupied the main lino of the railroad with a switch engine and caboose, ; making up a freight train, at the time when j the express train was due at that point, and the train consequently collided with this obstacle and was completely wrecked. This person thought that the express was late. It had left ] Detroit forty minutes behind time, and he thought that once behind it would remain behind, and that he could have the track for j that forty minutes. But the train had made tip its time, and hence the slaughter. Now, I the man who on this thin chance of the safety of this transaction put in jeopardy the lives of all those in the train, and actually killed or i maimed «a whole car full, ought to have a chance to reflect on this subject for some years in the tranquility of a State prison. Every railway traveler's life would be the safer for such a result. But the company in whose service it is possible for such a tiling to hapjten is as much implicated in the responsibility as this more immediate author of the calamity. If its service were properly organized and its servants properly disciplined it would not l>e possible for one heedless individual thus to take the chances on the lives of all the occu pants of a crowded train. Fortunately the company can be made to suffer finauciallly; but another remedy is needed to teach heedless switchmen that human life is entitled to more respectful consideration than this one gave it. BEFORE ordering your winter cloth ing call at J. G. 1". Keek's Merchant Tailor ing establishment. Misses' »V Children's Cloaks, all styles and prices, at HITTER & RALSTON'S. LEADING CASH GROCERY. COMPARE PRICES! SUGARS. 14J pounds good brown Sugar $1 00 124 " fair brown 1 00 111 " best light " 100 11 " white coffee " 100 10 " granulated " 100 TEAS AND COFFEES. Fair Young Hyson Tea, 25c. jier pound. Good " " 3.3 c. " Choice " " 50c. " Our own Roasted Coffee, 30c. " Fair " '* 15c. " Good " " 17c. " Choice " " ISc. " SALT. Extra No. 1 Salt still selling at $1.33 perbbl. G. WILSON MILLER i BRO-, Butler, Pa. Carpets Have Adranecd, I3ut you can buy them at old prices, at RITTER IT RALSTON'S. Proceedings of Court Last Week. CASES TRIED IN COMMON FLEAS. Eminger vs. McClintock, assumpsit. Verdict for defendant. Slatterly vs. Crowley, action in assumpsit. Verdict for plaintiff for SIOO. Gardner vs. Gardner, appeal from Justice Lewis. Verdict for plaintiff for f'3C. Clark vs. Reed, appeal from Justice Stewart. Verdict for $18.20. Humphrey vs. Marshall, action in assumpsit. Verdict for plaintiff for $175. Lawrence vs. Armstrong, sci. fa on mechanic's lien. Verdict for £S:J.-14. Neal vs. Kiester et al., action in assumpsit. Defendant confesses judgment for $75 with costs. Brenuan vs. Goldinger, assumpsit. Verdict for £2OO. Dunlap vs. Cooper, appeal from Justice Bard. Defendant confesses a judgment for $8 and half costs. Stein vs. Millinger, feigned issue. Settled by the parties. Thompson vs. Collins, feigned issue. Settled by the parties. All the other cases continued because not time to try. Kockenstein vs. Tebay, feigned issue. Jury disagree. Judge McJunkin is on the bench this week. 4» -<»- *m The Rest Slock And lowest prices in Butler county, at RITTER & RALSTON'S. A Card. To the Building Public: The Building Committee of St. Mark's Evan gelical Lutheran congregation of Butler, Pa., after inspection of the new church structure, corner of Washington and Jefferson streets, and a very agreeable settlement with Messrs. Bauer & Bro., contractors and builders, with hearty unanimity passed the following: Resolved, That while we congratulate our selves in having secured the services of Messrs. Henry Bautjr & Bro., of this place, in the building of our Church, we deem it justly due to the contractors to make public our satisfac tion with them aud their work ably and faith fully done according to contract, and we, there fore, herewith unhesitatingly and cordially recommend the firm for fidelity to agreement, competency of workmanship, honesty and dis patch of execution, and gentlemanly business courtesy in dealing and intercourse," JOHN C. GROMAN, Pres't. JACOB KECK, Secretary. 11. J. KLINGLER, FRED'K IIENNINGKR, A. SCHENCK, SR, WM. SLEBERT, JOHN G. BIIT us, MATTHIAS KECK. Butler, Pa., Sept. 22, 1N79. Flannels, From 8 cents per yard up, at RITTER & RALSTON'S. Water is Free. That's so, but in most patent medicines you pay for it at the rate of a dollar a pint. Kidney- Wort is a dry compound and one package is enough to make six quarts of medicine without addition of any poisonous liquors. It is nature's remedy for Kidney-Diseases, Liver complaint and Piles, for it is both diuretic and cathartic, tonic and healing. Hats, ISonneta, Fealliers, Wings, Plumes, Tips, Silks, Satins, Ornaments, Velvets, everything new in Millinery, at RITTER & RALSTON'S. Pushing Advertising too Par. "Bless my soul!" said Col. Crawford, last Sunday morning, "This is too bad ! Here's Bull's Cough Syrup in the Bible !" The Colonel took off his specs, rubbed them and looked again. "Yes! here in the 23rd chapter of Isaiah, 15th verse -Over 500,000 bottles of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, &c. Well, I thought that Bull got everywhere else except in the Bible. Now I'll give it up; it mint be a good thing." Mrs. came in and explained that she had cut the slip out of a newspaper and put it in her Bible for safe keeping and it had stuck to the leaf. So the Colonel was satisfied— Staunton (Va.) Vindicator. At « 1-1 Cents, Good dark Calicoes, at RITTER & RALSTON'S. Consumption Cured. An old physician retired from practice, hav ing had placed in his hands by an missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat ami Lung Affections, also a positive ami radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive ami a desire to relieve human suffering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming t{iis paper, W. W. SHEARER, 149 Power's Jilock, Rochester, N. I'. At 50 Cent*, .A 11-wool French Cashmeres, in all tho new shades, at RITTER & RALSTON'S. Drunken Stuff. How many children and women are slowly and surely dying, or rather being killed, by excessive doctoring, or the daily use of some drug or drunken stuff called medicine, that no one knows what it is made of, who can easily he cured and saved by Hop Bitters made of I FOPS, ftuchu, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, which is so pure, simple and harmless that the most frail woman, weekost invalid or smallest child can trust in them. Will you be saved by them? See other column. At :tr, Cenis, Yard-wide English Cashmeres, in all colors, at RITTER & RALSTON'S. Jamestown Alpacas. RITTER & RALSTON, Agents. ' InfuiiiM' Merino Cloaks, at I RITTER & RALSTON'S. Genera! Election Proclamation, WHEREAS. In anu 1 y an Act of the General Assembly of t!:o Commonwealth of Penusylva nia entitled "An act relating to the elections of thp Commonwealth," the 2nd d«y of July. A. D. 1939. it is made the duty of the Sheriff of every county within this Common wealth to give pnldic notice of the General Elec tion and in such notice to enumerate : 1. The officers to be elected. 2. Designate the places where the election is to be held. I. W.V. H. HOFFMAN. High Sheriff of the county of Butler, do hereby make known and give this public notice to tiie electors of the county of Cutler, that on Tuesday next follow ing the first Monday of Novembsr. being The 4th day of November, 1879, a General Election will IKS hold at the several election districts established by law in said county, at which time they will vote by ballot for the several offices hereinafter named, viz : One person for the office of Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Penii6yleauia. Two persons for the office of Jury Commis sioner of the county of Butler. [No person can vote for more than one.] The said elections will be held throughout the county as follows : The electors of Adams township at tlio house of J. S. Donthett. The electors of Allegheny township at tlio house of John P. Crawford. Six Points. The electors of Buffalo township at the house of Robert Gregg, now George Truby, now Rob ert liartly. The electors of Cutler township at the Court house in Butler. The electors of Brady township at the School house at West Liberty. The electors of Clearfield township at the house of John Green. The electors of Clinton township at the house of John C. liiddle. now John Anderson. The electors of Concord townsliip at the School house No. 4. in Middlfctown. The electors of Clay township at the Centre School house iu said township. The electors of Centre township at the houso of W. D. McCandless, occupied by Jesse Har vey. The electors of Cherry township at the house of William Lindsey. The electors of Counoquenessing township, Northern precinct, at School houso No. 7, in Whit est own ; Southern precinct at the houso of Peter staff, in Petersville. The electors of Cranberry township at the house of Freederick Moeder. The electors of Donegal to.vnship at the house of Adam Schreilier, in Millerstown. The electors of Fairview township at the house of J. Dickey in Fairview borough. The electors of Forward township at the house of Robert H. Brown. Tlio electors of Franklin township at the School house in the borough of Pros[>ect. The electors of Jackson township, Western precinct, at the houso of Jacob H ul in Har mony : Eastern precinct at the house of John P. Miller in Evansburg. The electors of Jefferson township at the house of Morris lieighter. The electors of Lancaster township at the Public School house No. 5. The electors of Middlesex township at the house of George Cooper. The electors ol Marion township at James Bailey's. The electors of Muddvcreek township at the Town Hall in Portorsviile. The electors of Mercer township at tlio Town Hall iu Harrisville. The electors of Oakland township at the houso of William McClung. The electors of Parker townsliip at the houso of John Kelly in Martinsbnrg. The electors of I'enn township at the house of Richard Fisher. The electors of Summit township at the houso of Adam Frederick. The electors of Slipperyrock township at the School l.ouse, at the North end of the borough of Centreville. The electors of Venango township at the house of James Murrin. The electors of Winfield township at School houso No. 5, in said township. The electors of Washington township at the Town Hall in North Washington. The electors of Worth township at the houso of W. Humphreys. The electors of the borough of Butler at the Court House in said borough. The electors of the borough of Centreville at the School house in said borough. The electors of the borough of Zelienople at the Council houso iu said borough. The electors of the borough of Prospect at the in eaid borough. The electors of the borough of Saxonburg at the School house in said borough. The electors of the borough of West Sunbury at the Public School house in Sunbury. The electors of the borough of Millerstown at the house of Adam Sehreiber in said bor ough. The electors of the borough of Petrolia at the Town Hall in said borough. The electors of the borough of Fairview at the School house in said borough. The electors of the borough of Earns City at the Town Hall iu said borough. And I. the said Sheriff, do further give notice to all election officers, citizens, and others, of the following provisions of the constitution and laws ot this commonwealth, relating to elections ~ VIZ 'OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS. CONSTITUTION" OF PENNSYLVANIA —ART. VIII. SUCTION 1. Every male citizen twenty-one years of age, possessing tlio following qualifica tions, sliail be entitled to vote at all elections : First.—He shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one mouth. Second He shall have resided in the State one year, (or if having previously beou a qual ified elector or native born citizens of the State lie shall have removed from and returned, then six months) immediately precediug tlio elec tion. Third.—ne shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer his voto at least two months immediately preceding the election. Fourth.—lf twenty-two years or upwards, ho shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall liavo been a.mossed at least two months and paid at least ono month before the election. SKCTION s. —Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony aud breach or surety of the peace be privileged from arrest during their at tendance on elections and in going to and re turning therefrom. SECTION o.—Whenever any of the qualified electors of this Commonwealth shall he in actual military service under a requisition from the President of the United States, or by the authority of this Commonwealth, such electors may exercise the right of suffrago in all elec tions by the citizens, under such regulations as are or shall bo prescribed by law, as fully as if they were present at their usual places of elec tion. of elections by the eitiseeus or for the registra tion of electors shall bo unifonnod throughout the State, but no elect ir shall be deprived of the privilege by reason of his name not being registered. SUCTION 13.—For the purpose of voting, no person shall bo deemed to have gained a resi dence by reason of his presence or lost it by rea son of his absence, while employed iu the ser vice, either civil or military, of this State, or of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or ot' the United Htatos. or on the high aeau, nor while a student in any institute of learning, nor while kept iu any poor houso or other asylum at pub lic expense, nor while confined in a public prison. Election officers will take notice that the Act entitled "A Further Supplement to the Election Laws of the Commonwealth." disqualifying de seiters from the army of the United Slates from voting has receutly been declared unconstitu tional by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is now null and void, and that all persons for merly disqualified thereunder are now lawful voters, if otherwise qualified. OF ELECTION OFFICERS. CONSTITUTION OK PENNSYLVANIA—AHT. VIII. SEC. 14—District election boards shall con sist of a judge aud two inspectors, who shall be chosen annually by the citizens. Each elec tor shall have the right to vote lor the judge and oue inspector, and each inspector shall appoint oue clerk. Election oilieers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of election and while engaged in making up and transmit ting returns, except upon warrant of a court of record or Judge thereof, (or an election fraud, for felony, or lor wauton breach of the peace. No person shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall hold, or shall within two months have held any office, appointment or employment iu or under the government of the United States of ol this Statu, ar ol any city, or county, ov of any municipal board, commission or trust in any city, save only justices of the peace, and alderman, notaries public aud persons in militia services of the State; nor shall any election officer be eligi ble to any civil office to lie filled by an electiou at which be shall serve, save only to such sub ordinate municipal or local offices as shall be designated by general law. ACTJ ANI'AKY 30. IS7-J. SEC. 7.—Whenever tl|ii>-Q shall be a vacancy in au election bqani 0 n the morning of an elec tion, it shall be filled in conformity with exist ing laws. ACT JULY 2, 1 889. SEC. I'). 11l case the person who ahull have received tlio 'second highest number of votes lor inspector shall not attend on the day of any election, then the person who shall have re- I celved the second highest number of votes lor judge at the next preceding election shall act as inspector In his place. And in case the per son who shall have received the highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend, the person elected judge shall appoint au inspector in his place; and in en»e the pwsiu elected judge filial| in,l attend, then the inspector who received the highest cumber of voles shall appoint a judge in his place; aud it any vacancy shall continue in tiie board lor the space ol oue hour alter the time fixed by law lor the opening of the electiou, the qualified voters of tbe township, ward or dist-iet lor which such officer shall have been elected, present at the place of election, shall select oue of their uuiabcr to fill such vacancy. ACT JANUARY 30, 1874. SEC. 9. —ln addition to the oath now pro scribed by law to be taken and subscribed l>y election officers, they shall severally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any elector shall have voted unless required to do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerks and overseers of any election held under this act, shall helotc entering UJIOII their duties, lie duly sworn or affirm d in the presence ol each other. The judge shall be sworn by the minority inspector, if there shall be such minority inspector, and in ease there be no minority inspector, ihen by a justice ol the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over seers and clerks shall be sworn by the judge, certificate of such swearing or affirming shall be duly made out and signed by the officers so sworn, and attested by the officer who adminis tered the oath. ACT JAN-CART SO, 1871. SEC. B. At the opening of the polls at the elections it shall be the duty ol the judges ol election tor their respective districts to desig nate one of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be to have in custody the registry of voters.aud to make the entries therein required by law : and it fell ill be the duty of the. other of saij in spectors to receive and number the ballots pre sented at said election. MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS. ACT JANUARY 30, 1*74. SEC. 5.- AII the elections hereafter held tin der the laws ol this Commonwealth, the poll* shall be opened at 7 o'clock, A. M., and closed at 7 o'clock, i'. m. CONSTITUTION OK PENNSYLVANIA —AI'T. VIII. SEC. 4. —All elections by tlic citizens shall l>c by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be num bered ic the order iu which it was received, and the number recorded by the election officers on the list ol voters, opposite the name ot the elector who presents the ballot. Any elector may write bis name upon his ticket, or cause the same to be written thereon and attested by a citizen of the district. ACT MARCH 30, 1803. SEC. 1. — Be it enacted by tlio Senate and House of EcprcsciflLtivcs of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, iu General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority ol tiie same. That the qualified voters of the several counties of this Common wealth at all general, township, borough and special elec tions arc hereby hereafter authorized and re quired to vote by tickets, printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, severally classified as follows; Oue ticket shall contain the notnes of all per sons voted for tor the Electors of President and Vice Piesideut of the United States, aud shall be labelled on the outside with the word "Electors." One ticket shall contain the names of all per sons voted for for Member of Congress oi the United States, all persons voted for lor Member of tiie Slate Senate of the Co.nuionw. alth of Pennsylvania, all persons voted lor lor Member of the House ot Representatives ol the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, and all persons voted for for county offices of said couuty of Butler, aud to be labelled uu the ouuido with the word "County." Oue ticket shall contain the names of all pcr sous voted for for Judge of any of the couils of said county of this Commonwealth, aud he labelled ou the outside with the word "Judi ciary." Oue ticket shall contain the names of all per sons voted lor for officers of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, other than Judges of the Supreme Court of said Committee wealth, and be labelled ou the outside with the word "StaLe." OF THE ELECTION RETURNS. ACT JANUARY 30, 187-4. SEC. 13. —As soon as the polls shall close, the officers of the election shall proceed to count all the votes east for each candidate voted lor, and make a full return of tbc same in triplicate, with a return sheet in addition, iu all of which the votes received by each candidate shall be given after his name, first in words and again in figures, and sh all be signed by all the said officers and by overseers, if any, or it not so certified, the oveiseers and any officer refusing to sign or certify, or either ol them, shall write upon each ol the returns his or their reason for not signing or eertilying them. The vote, as soon as counted, shall also be publicly and fully declaied from the window to the citizens pres ent, and a brief statement showing the votes received by each candidate shall be made and signed by the election officers as soon as the votes are counted ; and the same shall be Im mediately posted upon the door of the electiou house lor information of the public. The trip licate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes ano be sealed in the presence ol the officers, and one envelope, with the unsealed return sheet given to the judge, which shall contain one list of voters, tally papers, and oath of officers, and auother of said envelopes shall be given to the minority inspector. All judges living within twelve miles ot the prothonolary's office, or within twenty-four miles, if their resi dence be in a town, city or village upon the line of a railroad leading to the county seat, shall belore two o'clock past meridian Ol the day alt r the election, deliver said return, together with return sheet, to the prothonotary of the court of common picas of the county, which said return shall be tiled, aud the day and the liwur of tiling marked thereon, and shall be pre served by the prothODOtary lor public inspec tion. At twelve o'clock oil the second day fol lowing any election, the prothonotary of the court of common ideas shall present the said returns to the said court. Iu counties where there is no resident president judge,the associate judge shall perform the duties imposed upon the court of common pleas, which shall con vene lor said purpose ; the return presented by the prothonotary shall be opened by said court and computed by such of its officers and such sworn assistants as the court shall appoint; in the presence ol the judge or judges of said court, the returns certified and certificates of election issued under the seal of the court as is now required to be done by return judges ; and the vote as so computed and certified shall be made a matter ot record in said-court. The sessions ot said court shall be opened to Ilia public. And iu case the returns ot an election district eliall bo missing when the returns are presented, or iu any case of complaint of a qualified elector under oath, charging palpable lraud or mistake, and particularly specifying the alleged lraud or.mistake, or where fraud or mistake is apparent 011 the return, the court shall examine the return and if, in the judg ment of the court, it shall be necessary to a just returu, said court shall issue summary process against the election officers and overseers, in any of the election districts complained 01, to bring them forthwith into court,with all election papers iu their possession; and il palpable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it shall, upon gqch bearing may bo deemed neces sary to enlighten the court, be corrected by the court and so certified; but all allegations of palpable fraud or mistake shall be decided by the saiil court within three days alter the day the returus are brought Into court lor computa tion ; and the s; iJ inquiry shall be directed only to palpable fraud or mistake, and shall not be deemed a judicial adjudication to con clude any co.-lcst now or hereafter to bo pro vided by hw , aud the othef o| said triplicate returns shall be J)IVP4 iu a box aud sealed up with the ballots. If any of the said Judges shall himself be a candidate for any office at any election, he thill not sit with the court, or net in counting the returns of such ejection, and In such cases the Judges, if any, shall net. Given 1 ndcr my hand at Butler, tnis Bth day of October, IS7!>, and in the 104 th ye.ir of the Independence of the United States. WM. 11. HOFFMAN, Shorlll. ~3Gth Year. ESTABLISHED 1853. H. McCALLUM, 77 Fifth Ave., Above Wood St., PITTttISUIKjJII, FA, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &c., &c. The beat quality that is mado of tlio different kinds of CARPETING ocl-2m] AT LOWEST PRICES. IVotice. TIIHASURY DEPARTMENT, 1 Oilier nf Comptroller of the Currency, ( WASHINGTON', Aug. 5,1879. Notice is hereby given to all persons who may have claims against the First National Hank of Ituller, that the same must be pre sented to Henry It. Ctillum, Receiver, at Hutler, Pa., with the legal proof thereof, within three months from this date, or tliev will lie dis allowed. .1. S. LANUWOICTHY, Acting Comptroller of the Currency. augl3-3m AN OPEN LETTER FROM JOHN WANAMAKEB. i JOHN WAN A MAKER, GRAND DEPOT, ) The LarycM Dry Qoods and Outjlltin<) Ho axe, ( PHILADELPHIA. ' ) [PRIVATE OFFICE.] SEPTEMBER 13, 1879. MR. NICHOLAS BAUGS, Manager Pittsburgh Branch Store: Dear Sir —l have concluded to close our Branch Store in Pittsburgh at the end of the present lease, which expires with this season. The people of Pittsburgh and vicinity gave us a cordial welcome and a most hearty support, and this makes it harder to shut up our house; but the fact is, the store room, 29 Fifth avenue, never suited us, and we were unable to get exactly what we wanted. And more than that, our business is increas ing so rapidly that we find it to our interest to CONSOLIDATE OUR EF FORTS and mass all our best clerks. You may have heard by this time that we have secured the propertv adjoining us on Chestnut street, and are now fitting it up for a NEW "DEPARTMENT for a BOYS' AND YOUNG MEN'S CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. You will also be glad to know that business is "booming" at OAK HALL—OUR OLD standby — where, for nearly 20 YEARS we have done the LARGEST BUSINESS in the United States. WE SHALL KEEP THE STOCK UP IN FULL ASSORT MENT UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE HOUSE, BUT YOU MAY MARK THE PRICES LOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH, as we prefer to sell everything out clean. Yours truly, JOHN WANAMAKER. ITHAVE TIE TRACK I This Train Unloads Its Immense Cargo BOOTS AND SHOES AT THE NEW STORE OF JOHN BICKEL, XT XI OX liT.OCK, Main Street, ----- Butler* Pa. Having just returned from the East with one of the most complete as sortmeuts of Boots-, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, &c., ever brought to Butler, I will be enabled to dispose of the same at greatly Ki-RSDCCSD PRICES.;®# It is unnecessarv to designate the different (jualitics and makes of the Boots, Shoes, Ace., to be found in my store, in an advertisement. A personal inspection will enable all to see that my stock is inferior to none iu Butler. Sullice it to say, I have all kinds of Ilea's, Women's and Children's Wear, guaranteed to be equal in make, quality and finish to any found elsewhere. Leather and Findings of all qualities, which will be supplied to Shoemakers at unexceptional prices. |3gr* CUSTOM WORK done to order, and at shortest notice. CALL 'AND SEE US. JOS, BRUFP, WITII Schmidt & Friday, 884 & ÜBC PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH, DEALERS IN— WINES AND LIQUORS, —IMPOUTEIifI OF — Foreign Wines and Liquors. nuglotf VKE B " BE * "° r L Real Estate Agency. W. H. IIOYD has opened a Real Estate ofllee In the Vogelev House, Butler, Pa., where all descriptions of Farms, Houses, Lots, Western Lands, niul heavy Timber Lands In Jeflerson county, I'a., are lor sale. Any person wishing to buy will please call and examine his Keg is ler of properties. Kest kind ol securities for sale. Hondf, Mortgages on Ileal Estate. Money loaned on lirst-claast mortgages. otu ItKUNIIAUH CAFK, Ladies' aud (ients' IDTUSTIHSTG- ROOMS, No. !>7 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, P». Mr. Urunhaus has the reputation of being the leading caterer ol that city He was for a num ber ol years connected with the leading restau rants of France and (Jermnny. also superintend ent. of the culinary department of the Monon gahcla House of Pittsburgh for the past two years. Our renders wlieu in the city should stop Mn and get their dinner ; It will cost only 33 cents and will always be the best the market affords. The cooking Is superintended by Mr: Brunlmus iu person. Also meals ou the "Euro pean plan, sepl7-2tn Jk 0% ■ nnd HOItPmXE k»bit ■bu ■Ta 111 l B Afl lutrly an J sprtdily cared. Fiin ■ fig Hp 111 HRjH 1.-M. No publicity. Send stamp 2J 8 I Pfl HWI for full particulars. Dr Carlton, %# I ■ BW II AX) S. Clark St., Cliicafo. 111. HinnF "y sendingßscents, with ago JUUUL height, color of eyes and hair, rnn you will receive by return run nm |[ „ coriect picture of your VmiDCri r future husband or wife, wltU Y UUnotLr name and date of marriage. Address W. FOX, Box 77, j1y3045m Fulumvllle, N. Y. NICK CRILEY. PHOTOGRAPHER, (In old Sam Sykes Oallorv,) decl 1-1 y BUTLER, PA.