BUTLER CITIZEN.
JOHN H. T W. C. WESLEY. PBOP'BS.
GKN. GRANT will be in Pittsburgh
on Saturday, the 13th inst. Low ex
cursion rates are expected on all the
roads leading to the city.
ROBERT WOODS, Esq., one of the
oldest member of the Pittsburgh Bar,
died at his residence near this city on
Nor. 30th ult, in the 66th year of his
•g«- , .
MR. WILLIAM I. BURTON, formerly
clerk in the Dnffy store of. this place,
is now with Boggs & Buhl, of Alle
gheny City, where he will be pleased
to see bis old Butler county friends
when they go to the city.
Hoif. WILLIAM G. THOMPSON, of
lowa, and member of Congress from
that State, spent a portion of last
week with his relatives and friends in
this place. He left for Washington
on Friday last, and we see has taken
his seat We predict for Maj. Thomp
son a creditable and useful career in
Congress.
President's Message.
President Hayes' Message to Con
gress is quite lengthy and dwells upon
nearly every public question of inter
est. We have not as yet bad the
time to give it a careful reading and
therefore can give no opinion as to its
merits. It will be laid before our
readers in our next issue, or at least
such portions of it as are of more gen
eral interest.
First Lecture.
Rev. Alfred Taylor, of New York,
will deliver the first lecture before the
Toung Men's Lecture Association of
this place, on Tuesday evening next,
December 9th. Subject, "Good Man
ners and Bad."
Mr. Taylor is said to be a first-class
lecturer, and it is confidently announced
that his lecture on the 9th will give
entire satisfaction.
Kind Remembrances.
The good people of "Plains Church,"
Cranberry township, this county, im
proved last Thanksgiving day by,
among other things, presenting a log
cabin quilt to Mrs. Criswell, the min
ister's wife.
On the evening of the same day the
members of the M. E. Church, of this
place, took possession of the parson
age, and showered numerous timely
and useful presents upon their new
pastor, Rev. W. P. Turner. The oc
casion was a very pleasant one.
The New Telegraph.
The fact that a new telegraph office
is now in operation in this town is a
matter of very general congratulation.
The rates for dispatches sent from the
office of the old company here were so
high that competition was cordially
welcomed, and now that a new com
pany has brought this competition and
a reduction of rates, it no doubt, will
meet with general encouragement.
Within the past ten days the wires
were placed upon the poles along our
streets and an office established in the
Yogeley Hotel building, which is now
in operation. The office is in part of
the same rooms occupied by Messrs.
Boyd and Tebay as Real Estate
Agents.
State Bribery Oases.
Considerable of our space this week
is given to an account of the trials
commenced at Harrisburg last week
for bribery and corrupt solicitations of
and by members of the last Legislature,
and the people will read with regret
that, through mere technicalities, the
trials will probably be postponed yet
longer. Motions were made on part
of the defendants to quash the bills of
indictment, the principal ground laid
being that one too many men, by some
means or other, got into and served
upon the Grand Jury finding the bills.
This objection to proceeding with the
trials has, so far, caused delay and will
likely end in a continuance of the
cases. To the credit of Mr. Rum
berger, the member from Armstrong
county under indictment, he announced
that be was ready and willing to go to
trial, not desiring to take advantage of
the technical pleas raised by other of
the defendants. His constituents and
the people of the State generally will
think his case strengthened by this
action.
Associate Judge.
On Monday last a commission ar
rived here from Gov. Hoyt, appointing
William W. Dodds, Esq., of Prospect,
an Associate Judge of the county in
place of Hon. Samuel Marshall. Out
side of the question that is raised, as
to whether any vacancy exists in this
office at the present time or not, we
can freely say that Mr. Dodds is as
competent and worthy a gentleman as
could have been selected. But it is
and has been questioned whether a
vacancy really exists. Judge Mar
shall, although in an asylum, has not
resigned, nor have any legal steps
been taken to declare him insane or
incompetent to further hold the office,
and until this was done it would seem
to be a serious question as to a vacancy
existing. He was placed in the asylum
as a private patient by his relatives in
the hopes of a recovery, and for what
any one yet can know he may recover.
On what ground the appointment has
been made we are not informed. If
valid, it will bold good from this to
January 1, 1881, a year and a month,
an election being held next year for a
full term. Mr. Dodds, it is said, will
not be a candidate for nomination. J
Court.
On Monday Court commenced,
Judge Bredin presiding and Associate
Judge Storey on the Bench. The
Grand Jury was sworn and are
in session acting upon bills. Some
Surety of the Peace cases are being
heard, as well as motions and petitions
of various kinds. Fuller proceedings
will be given next week.
BRIBERY OASES.
MOTION TO QUASH SALTER'S INDICT
MENTS SUSTAINED—THE ILLEGAL
JURY PLEA EFFECTIVE —SIMILAR AC
TION PROBABLE IN ALL THE OTIIF.R
CASES —SENATOR CARPENTER IS IN
SULTED AND RESENTS IT.
HARRISBURO, Nov. 26. —As was fore
shadowed yesterday the Court this af
ternoon quashed the indictment against
ex-Representative Slater, charged with
having offered money to members of
the Legislature for their votes for the
$4,000,000 Riot claims bill, and with
having afterward committed perjury by
swearing before the Legislative Com
mittee that he had corruptly approached
nobody, ,
Although the prosecution had engaged
such distinguished lawyers as Judge
Black, of this State, and Senator Car
penter, of Wisconsin, it was evident
after the defense had shown that 24
persons participated in the findings
that the Court would set aside the in
dictments. The prosecution relied up
on the record, which showed that only
23 grand jurors had been sworn, but
the evidence showed that one more was
on the jury, and that the one supposed
to have been excused took part in the
deliberations of the body. The Court
overruled all the motions of the defense
to quash the indictments except that
relating to the defective grand jury,
At the conclusion of the decision
Judge Pearson says:
"I am verv sorry to have come to this
conclusion, because it is not trying the
case on its merits, and these men escape
their trial at this time escape on what
might be called substantial technical
ities." .
The Judge also indicated that the in
dictments against the eight others ac
cused of corrupt solicitation of members
of the Legislature, and two others ac
cused of a similar offense and perjury,
would fall with the decision.
Judge Black quickly rose to his feet
and challenged the attention of the
Court by the announcement that when
the next case was called the Common
wealth would either contradict the tes
timony offered by the defense relative
to the numerical defect of the grand ju
ry, or reject all testimony.
This was a surprise to defendant's
counsel, who had supposed that they
could go to their homes, as the Judge
had indicated that all indictments in
the bribery cases had been quashed.
Mr. Cassidy became very indignant,
said Judge Black's proposition was a
subterfuge, and asked the Court to enter
judgment in all the cases. If, however,
the Commonwealth was ready to pro
ceed with the argument on the other
bills the defense was prepared for the dis
cussion.
There was considerable confusion,
lawyers congregating near the Judge
and the audience moving toward the
legal disputants. The defense firmly
maintained that the distinct under
standing was that the judgment in the
Salter case would be the judgment in
all the others, and the prosecution
contending that they had differently
understood the matter. Many sharp
and some impertinent remarks passed
between the lawyers, after which
Mr. Armstrong moved that the indict
ment against W. F. Rumberger be
quashed for the same reasons on which
the Salter indictment was quashed, and
supported his motion with a short
argument.
Mr. Carpenter said the Common
wealth was ready for trial in that case.
Mr. Armstrong said if the case was
called the defense would go over the
same ground as in the Salter indict
ment.
Mr.Carpenter said the Common
wealth were better prepared in the
other cases and wanted to be heard.
Mr. Cassidy moved that all the other
indictments be quashed, on which Mr.
Carpenter said tho Commonwealth
wanted to be heard.
Judge Black said if the Court was
prepared to quash all these indictments
without hearing witnesses for the Com
monwealth, who would swear to a
totally different state of facts from those
presented by the defendant's witnesses,
then the.counsel for the Commonwealth
want it to appear on the record, so their
skirts might be clear.
After a few more remarks of the
same tenor the District Attorney called
up the case of the Commonwealth
against Mr. Leisinring.
Gen. Albright said his client was
not present; but he could have him here
iu a few hours.
Mr. Herr characterized this proceed
ing as trifling with the Court, and said
the Commonwealth's conusel should
put in writing what they could prove.
During the discussion Judge Brew
ster made some remarks, which Senator
Carpenter took as an insult. He repli
ed that his honesty of purpose had
never been questioned in a court of
justice, that Judge Brewster's treat
ment might be courtesy in the month of
a Philadelphia lawyer, but it would not
pass current west of the Allegheny
mountains.
This very sensibly subdued Judge
Brewster, and he apologized.
The Court finally agreed to have a
session on Friday afternoon beginning
at 2 o'clock, to try the case of A lexandcr
W. Leisinring, President of the First
National Bank at Mauch Chunk, who
is alleged to have offered to divide with
two members of the Legislature from
his county the expected profits from
speculation in Pennsylvania Railroad
stock, which would enhance in value on
the passage of the Riot bill.
In the event of the Court deciding
all cases in favor of the defense, the
Legislative Prosecuting Committee
will have new hills drawn in the saveral
cases, which will be submitted to the
grand jury at the January term of
court.
JUDGE PEARSON'S DECISION OVERRULING
THE MOTION TO QUASH THE VENIRE
OF THE JURY.
On the opening of Court Tuesday
morning, Judge Pearson read an opin
ion of some length overruling the mo
tion made Monday by Mr. Lamberton
for the defense to quash the venire
and challenge the array, as follows:
The motion was made to quash the
venire or summons of the grand jury
at the August session, at which time
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the bill in the present case was found, I
also to quash the array of the grand
jurors. We have taken this whole
subject into very careful consideration
and examined it as far as we are able
to in a short time, and come to the
following conclusion: It is alleged
here that the oath which was taken by
the Sheriff was not in the proper form.
We have examined the oath of office
made by him on the same paper with
the general oath, and which is re
corded in the recorder's office, accord
ing to law, and we think he substan
tially swore to everything that is re
quired of the Sheriff in regard to sum
moning, etc., the grand jurors. It is
alleged that he ought to take the oath
to impartially draw and select grand
jurors, but we say he has no power to
select at all; therefore he took only
the oath required. In the following
January, before entering upon the
duties of drawing jurors at all, he took
the second oath, which is drawn up
in a very formal way, and I see no
defect in it whatever, except the same
one suggested before, that he was not
sworn to impartially select, which he
could not do, and which certainly the
Legislature never intended by this act
that he should do. We conceive that
the Sheriff who summoned the grand
jury was regularly sworn, and there
was no necessity for his taking the
oath eight or ten times a year—every
time he draws a jury ; that he is not
required to take the oath except upon
entering upon the duties of his office,
and also before he draws any jurors
at all, which, was done strictly accord
ing to law.
The next is that it is necessary for
the Sheriff and Jury Commissioners
to swear to their returns of the venire.
That is not only uncommon, but I
never heard of its being done. lam
aware that the Court in Westmoreland
county decided recently that it was
necessary, but I cannot find that the
act of 1834 or any subsequent act re
quires it to be done. In the present
case they signed the return. I doubt
whether that even is necessary, but
when they have done that it is all that
is required.
In regard to the venire it is certainly
by no means in proper form. It is in
the form which has been generally
used in this Commonwealth, with the
exception of one word, but at the same
time it is a vicious form undoubtedly.
The venire commands the Sheriff to
draw from the wheel containing the
persons selected according to law to
be grand jurors, and then commands
him to summon 24 persons to be grand
jurors. The time to draw from the
wheel is surplusage and entirely un
necessary. There is no such wheel;
there never has been such a wheel
kept in Pennsylvania, except, perad
venture, under the jury law in Phila
delphia, but in no county in the State
is there a separate wheel for grand
jurors. They are always drawn ac
cording to law; first 24 drawn from
the wheel are grand jurors; the next
traverse or petit jurors. The word
"grand" has been interlined there
where it ought not to have been. I
treat it as a surplusage entirely and a
matter of no consequence. If the
motion had been made at the time
when the grand jury came forward to
be sworn, or when they came forward
to act on particular bills, the grand
jury would probably have been set
aside on account of the irregularity in
the venire ; but it is entirely too late
to make the motion now. They can
not quash the grand jury after it has
been discharged for three months or
more. It has gone—preformed its
duty. If it was anything that could
affect a party we might listen to it
with more gravity and more care, but
it can affect the interest of no one.
There was the regular number of grand
jurors summoned and 23 out of 24 are
sworn. They were all there, served,
found their bills, and if there was any
desire on the part of any person who
was going to be indicted to quash the
array, they could have challenged
either polls or array of the graud jury ;
but if they did not do it, they cannot
do it after the grand jury is discharged.
The party is bound to be present by
the terms of the recognizance, and
therefore he is treated as actually pres
ent. It is said that the case was con
tinued at defendant's request, but that
is a matter of little moment and not
material. There was afterward an
argument that this case shall be tried
on the fourth Monday of November,
instead of the third. I do not con
ceive that after the grand jury has act
ed, found their bills and been dis
charged that a motion to quash the
array could be sustained at all or to
quash an indictment because it was
drawn by an improper grand jury.
Witnesses were called to prove that
the Sheriff did not summon the grand
jurors in person. That. I think, has
never been required since the present
mode of selecting grand jurors was
adopted by law. There was a time
when the Sheriff went out and selected
persons to serve as grand and traverse
jurors, which duty was judicial and
could not be delegated, but that ceased
from the time that the Sheriff and
Commissioners were directed to se
lect and draw the jury. If the jury
came that was the only question and
all the Courts required. The motion
is therefore overruled.
THR PROSECUTION MAKES ANOTHER AT
TEMPT TO SUSTAIN THE INDICTMENTS.
IIARRISBURQ, NOV. 28. —The Com
monwealth appeared to much better
advantage in the Legislative Bribery
cases to-day than it did on the first
three days of the argument, and the
opinion is confidently expressed by
the counsel representing it that the
remaining indictments against the per
sons accused of corrupt solicitation
and perjury will not be quashed. Cer
tain it is, if they had presented an
equally strong case during the previ
ous argument Salter would now be an
swering the crimes of which he is
charged before a Dauphin county jury.
The most intense interest has been
manifested since the defeat of the pros
ecution on Wednesday in the next
movement of the Commonwealth.
There were rumors that a general in
vestigation into the grand jury ir
regularities would be instituted, in the
expectation that it would result in the
discovery of the means by which the
twenty-fourth man came to be on the.
jury. In fact, the arguments after the
Salter case had been decided indicated
that additional witnesses would be put
on the stand for that purpose ; but as
the only effect of such a proceeding
could in any event have been to show
crookedness iu connection with the
grand jury, with a certainty that it
would end in the quashing of all the
indictments, the prosecution wisely
adopted a more sensible method to
i promote their cause. I
The Court convened at two p. m.,
at which time the roor- was about
half filled. Soon after all the lawyers
engaged in the case were in their seats,
Judge Black and Senator Carpenter
having chairs adjoining each other.
Presently F B. Gowen, President of
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, through whose agency
principally the Mollie Maguire order
in the coal regions was broken up, ap
peared and ranged himself on the side
of the Commonwealth. Brewster,
Mann, Albright, Armstrong, Cassidy,
Herr, Lamberton and Weiss, for the
befense, were early in their seats.
About 2:20 p. m. the case against
A. W. Leisinring was called up by
the District Attorney.
General Albright moved to quash
the indictment on the same grounds
on which that in the Salter case was
set aside by the Court. After a brief
debate the defense proposed to offer
the same evidence submitted on Mon
day to show the illegality of the in
dictment.
The Commonwealth agreed that it
should be submitted for the purpose
of argument as taken down by the
phonographer, subject to exceptions.
Mr. Simonton objected to the re
ception of testimony for the following
reasons: That it is not competent to
introduce any evidence extrinsic to the
record; that a grand juror's testimony
cannot be admitted to contradict the
record. Mr. Simonton cited a number
of authorities to show that it is error
to quash an indictment for a matter
that is not in the body, extrinsic mat
ters depending on trial by juries.
Judge Black then proposed to offer
a paper for the consideration of the
Court.
Cassidy objected to it being read
until counsel for the defense had an
opportunity of reading it, but the
Court decided against him, and the
venerable Judge read it with unusual
distinctness, emphasizing the principal
points. The following is a copy :
JUDGE BLACK'S PAPER.
And now, to-wit, November 28,
1879, the District Attorney of the
Commonwealth and other counsel
specially appearing with bim in this
case, being in Court, and heariug the
above motion of the defendant to
quash the indictment, ask that the said
motion be refused, and object to all
affidavits, depositions or other proofs
to sustain it, and this opposition to
the said motion is on the following
grounds, to-wit:
First—The facts asserted by the de
fendant as reasons for quashing the
indictment are all of them extrinsic to
the record ; it is a well settled rule of
the common law, adopted in Pennsyl
vania by the highest judicial authori
ties of the State, that facts not appa
rent in the body of the indictment or
the caption thereof cannot be produced
in any form of proof to sustain such a
motion as this.
Second—This indictment and all
previous proceedings which lead to it
are conclusively proved by the record
to have been perfectly free from any
defect in form or subtance, for it
was found by a grand jury of twenty
three persons, regularly impaneled and
sworn, duly presented to the Court,
and made part of the record in per
petua m rei memoriam. The absence
of any averment to the contrary in the
objections which the defendant and his
associates have made is itself an ad
mission that it is regular.
Third—Such a record is sacred, and
cannot be falsified or contradicted by
any extrinsic proof to the Court which
made it up. What allegation of misbe
havior or negligence committed by the
judge, clerks or grand jurors might be
shown to sustain a plea in abatement is
not now a question before this Court,
and on that subject we affinn or deny
nothing.
Fourth—To allow the verity of the
record or the effect and force of the in
dictment to be called in question by mere
affidavits, not given upon any issue
made up between the parties, would be
a total denial of justice to the Common
wealth, for great criminals can at all
times have their spies and agents prow
ling about the ante-rooms or corridors to
watch for some irregularity or the omis
sion of some form, and affidavits can be
got in all cases. If this law, which sol
emnly declares that a regular indictment
cannot be defeated in that way, is now
to be held for naught, these defendants,
whether guilty or not, must go unwhipt
of justice, since there is not even a re
mote probability that any future indict
ment can stand against the objections
which their affidavit-makers may find
against it.
Fifth—We make no allegation that
this motion is prompted by motives not
creditable to the counsel by which it is
urged. We speak without personal
application to the defendants them
selves when we say that the success of
this movement upon the Court would
make a precedent fatal to public justice.
The integrity of the defendants in mak
ing it is not impugned, directly or in
ferentially. We accuse them of noth
ing worse than the perjury, bribery
and corrupt solicitation wherewith they
stand charged in the indictments, and
we only desire to give them a fair and
honest trial, upon which they will lie
triumphantly acquited if we do not
prove their guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt.
ELIAS HOLLINGER, Dist. Atty.
J. S. BLACK,
MATT H. CARPENTER,
J. C. MCALARNEY,
GEO. 11. IRWIN,
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN.
THE ARGUMENT.
In the argument the Commonwealth
was represented by Messrs. Simmon
ton, Gowen and Carpenter, and the de
fense by Gen. Albright and Messrs.
Cassidy, Mann, Herr, Armstrong and
Brewster.
Col. Gowen asserted that no indict
ment had been quashed in the State by
evidence contradictory of the record.
There must be some defect in the body
of the indictment to warrant such a pro
cedure. It would be monstrous to al
low the record to be contradicted, lead
ing to complications dangerous to the
administration of public justice. Such
a precedent established, the records of
the Court would be overturned at will.
The only proper way for the defense to
reach their point is to plead for abate
ment.
Judge Pearson agreed that the pro
per way to reach the facts was on a
plea in abatement, but he thought the
Commonwealth were not expediting
the trial of the cases by this movement.
Senator Carpenter made the closing
argument, which commanded not only
the careful attention of Court, bnt all
others in the room, lie started out
with the statement that he bad come
here under a misapprehension. A i
Grand Holiday
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RITTER & RALSTON.
number of men had been indicted for
a heinous crime, and he had supposed
that their counsel would be anxious to
try the cases on their merits. Instead,
the Commonwealth was confronted
with technical objections to a trial,
and he and his colleagues, not having
known anything of the grand jury ir
regularity, had not made the necessary
preparation, and consequently per
mitted some things to go on which
tL~y should have prevented. Since
Judge Pearson's decision, counsel for
the Commonwealth had examined a
number of authorities, and were now
able to show by the decisions of the
best Courts that evidence contradict
ing the record cannot be allowed. He
quoted one of the decisions of Chief
Justice Gibson on the point, which he
claimed fully sustained his position,
lie thought the counsel for the Com
monwealth was responsible for Judge's
decision in Salter's case, because of
their want of preparation, and indulged
the hope that they had now presented
a case which would be sustained by
the Court.
Judge Pearson announced a session
for Monday, December Bth, when he
would deliver the opinion of the Court
on the admissibility of the evidence
proposed to be submitted.
At that time the date for a hearing
.will also be fixed. In any event the
cases will not be tried until the third
week in January. There will be a
session of the Court to morrow for the
purpose of giving the several accused
an opportunity to renew their bail.
WABBIIfICT.
WALKER—M AIZLAN D—Nov. 27th 1879,
bv Rev. James T. Patt'rson. Mr. Jas. Walker
ami Miss Harriet Maizlana, both of-Clinton
township, this county.
HEATHM. ~
SHIRA—Nov. Bth, 187!+, in Washington
township, this county, Mrs. Clara Shira, wife
of Mr. Robert O. Shira, aged 29 years.
Xew Advertisements.
~~A M. CUNNINGUAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in Brady's Law Building. Butler, Pa.
Notice to Creditors.
In the mUter of the assignment of D McDon
ald for the benefit of creditors, O. P. 873,
June Term. 187(5.
Petition of I. N Graham. Assignee, for leave to
reconvey. <fc and to bo dischwgw.
Now, Dec. 1, H79, ordered that notice be
given to creditors of said assignor and other
parties intere»ted, by publicatiin for two sue
coHßive weekn in at leant ono newspaper pub
lished in the borough of Butlar; that the prayer
of tho foregoing petition will be granted, and
decree mado as prayed for, unless objections
thereto are filed on or before the 15tli inst.
B* THE CoCBT.
dec3-2t A. RUSSELL. Prothy.
Valuable Town Property
FOR NiTiR.
The undersigned wishes to sell the following
described property in tho borough of Butler,
Butler cotuitv; Pa.:
TWO LOitJ, 20 feet front each, and running
back 10'J feet, located on Main street, adjoining
the Rockenstein property.
SIX LOTS fronting on Cunningham street,
20 feet each in front and running
I will also sell the BRICK and FRAME build
ings erected ou p*rt of tho same property from
which the above lots are taken, together with
the ground on which they stand.
Also FIVE ACHES within the borough of
Butler, on the old Mercer road, originally owned
by James M. Bredin. Esq.
AIao—FORTY ACRES of coal land in Wash
ington township, originally owned by I a! nek
O Conner, and near to the Shenango Railroad
de SarFor term» top J to ihe under«gn»d, living
ID Butler. lAJLKICK KKLIJI »
deo3-4t
Administrator's Sale.
By virtuo of an order and decree of the Or-
Fhaiife' Court of Butler county, to me directod,
will offer for wale at public outcry on the prem
ises, in Winfield township. Butler county, on
Friday, Dec. 25th, 1879,
the farm lately owned by John Post, dac'd, con
taining one hundred an i hx acres. more or less,
bounded north by August Acre et at., east by
Galbreath, south by Thomas Bickett et al. and
trent by Casper Freeling; mostly cloared and
under cultivation; dwelling house, barn and
other outbuildings thereon.
TERMS—One-third in liand on confirmation
of sale, and the remainder in two eqnal annual
instalments. with lawful interest, to be secured
bv bond and mortgage.
C \BI ER FREELING,
dec3-4t Administrator.
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NLFIRE&BRO
100 & 102 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEfiHESY.
Having Made Yery Large Purchases in the Eastern Cities Before the Lata
Advance in Prices Took Place, We are Able to Offer
Our Goods as Low as Ever.
Cashmeres, very wide, fine quality, wc oiler /) Hr k Print». at E and 6ic.
in all colors and shades, at -oc. Bleached an l Unbleached Muslins at 5c., o*o,
We ofl'er an All-wool Cashmere, good quality, and gc
at 40c., 4;>c. and 50c. Gray Twilled Flannel at 10,15, and 20c.
At 60c. 72c. and 85c., we are selling an All- AU-wool County
wool French Cashmere, superior in quality to 8 and 10c.
any offered elsewhere, at even h.ghcr prices. UamaHk ls' jO and^c.
Extra fine All-wool French Cashmere, which Turkey lied Table Damask, fast colors, only
we are selling at sl, is generally acknowledged 50 cents. , . . ...... ,
to bo equal to any ofltred elstwhere at $1,35. We have an extra bargain in White We<l
. . 1 0.1 iits which we &rc selling fit 50. 7oc. and sl*
Black and Colored Silks, s;>, bo, 7oc. and rl. Rl(U ' lkets Colored and white, 41, *2 and $3.
We have a decided bargain in Black Uros All-wool country Blankets cheaper than ever.
Grain Silk, at sl, $1.50 and $2. Q nr g t#ck iu Ladies' and Gents' Underwear if
Our stock in Cloaks and Shawls is larger more complete than ever, and will be sold
than ever ui.d embraces everything imaginable. j )r j c gg which will astonish the purchaser. W6
Cloaks from $2.50 to S2O. have also very decided bargains in Gloves and
Shall* l'rom $1 to $lO. Hosiery.
rSfWe would call special attention to our very large stock of Plaids
and low-priced Dress Goods, which we are selling at 6s, Bs, 10 andl 12J cents.
They are of a very beautiful design, and some of these goods would be cheap
at twice their cost.
M.FIRE&BRO
inn Ar 102 Federal Street, Allegheny.
JUV a ivx reuciui
FOR SALE.
A good little farm of 58}{ acre* of laud in
Pcun township, Butler county, Pa., is hereby
Offered for sale. A good house, witli four
rooms, cellar, eto.; good stabling and outbuild
iugs ; a good young orchard : well watered, and
everything in good order on the farm : about 10
acres of good limber. Lavs on the Plank road.
For further particulars inquire of Andrew
Barclay: owner, on the premises. or of his
agent, JOhSj 11. NEGLEY
dec3-8t Butler; Pa.
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