BUTLER CITIZEN. JOHN M. 4 W. C. NE6LEY. PROP'BS. SEVERAL communications have been crowded out this week for want of space to insert them. THKRE will be no session of the Legislature this winter to disturb the public mind, for which the people of the State will feel thankful. MB. ANTHONY ALLEN, of Zelieno ple, has been appointed by the Com missioners Mercantile Appraiser of this county for the coming year. COURT convened again on Monday, with Judge McJunkin and Associates Storey and Dodds on the Bench. The trial of criminal cases is progressing, an account of which will be given next week. IN a case before tbe Supreme Court from Washington county, at the late term, a test question as to whether a wife or a mother is heiress to the estate of an illegitimate child, was decided in favor of the mother. THE editor of the Eagle, Thomas Robinson, Esq., affects not to under stand why the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette should allude to hirn in con nection with the National bank affairs of this place. To any one who bad been noticing tbe slang and insinua tions used toward Mr. Reed in the Eagle, it was not surprising to see that Mr. Robinson should have got a shot back in a tender place. And be sides, a near relative of Mr. Reed is one that may lose money in the bank by tbe failure, so far, of its debtors, like Mr. Robinson, to pay what they owe it. His piteous whinings and begging of mercy from tbe Gazette is, therefore, all characteristic hypocrisy and deceit. His insinuations lately as to this paper have been equally ma licious and false, to which, until now, we have paid no attention. Last week be charges that tbe Gazette and CITI ZEN are organs of what he terms a syndicate, whatever that may be. In reply we have only to say that, unlike him, we are tbe organ of no person or persons, save only of the right, and t-i give news to the community that it onght to have. In regard to tbe Na tional bank, ont of consideration for some parties, we hive not given all that perhaps should have been. He, being a debtor to the bank, accounts for his different action and motives. Bnt tbe public are not deceived. Cov ering up property with mortgages and giving other parts away, as is alleged, and then biding behind tbe name of another in tbe abuse be puts in bis paper, is bad enough, but deceives no one. But all tbis has caused the fre quent expressions used in this commu nity when bis manners are referred to, soch as "natural sneak," "hypocrite and liar," "a nuisance," etc. Death of Judge Ketcham. Hon. Winthrop W. Ketcham, Uni ted States Judge for tbe Western Dis trict of Pennsylvania, died suddenly at his hotel in Pittsburgh, on Saturday night last, from apoplexy. Judge Ketcham was a very amiable arid worthy man and a true friend. He was also an able and impartial Judge, and bis integrity on tbe Bench or in any other official position he ever held, was never questioned. He was ap pointed Judge in 1876, in place of Hon. Wilson McCandless, resigned, and bis death makes a vacancy that, from tbe duties of that office, will have soon to be filled. There are but few public men whose death will be more sincerely regretted. He was aged 58 years. His remains were taken to tbe place of his family residence. Tho President's Meesage. Tbe most important parts of Presi dent Hayes' recent message to Con gress will l>e found upon the first page of the CITIZEN tbis week. They will be read with interest and all approved of, excepting his recommendation or views as to the retiring of the legal tender or greenback currency. His views on this took the country gener ally by surprise, coming so soon after resumption and the successful efforts of tbe Government in getting the greenback at par with coin. All par ties are of the decided opinion that money matters are working so well that there should lie a rest from any agitation, and hence the President's views were immediately opposed by bis party friends in Congress and by tbe Republican press generally, and he has wisely abandoned tbern or at least caused it to Is: known that he has no desire to further press them. Death of John T. Bard, Esq. John T. Bard, Esq., of Centreville, tbis county, died at his residence on Thursday last, aged 63 years. But few men of the county were better known or exercised more influence than Mr. Bard. In business matters be was a man of decided tact and energy, and as a party leader always bad a controlling influence with his friends. In 1851 he was elected Pro tbonotary of the county, and on sev eral occasions since was chosen to posts of honor by bis party, the last of which was as the Democratic nominee for Congress in tbis district, in which position be displayed that honesty of purpose and principle that distin guished bim through life. Although defeat stared him in the face he yet adhered to bis standard. He will be remembered and bis personal charac ter admired by all who knew him. His funeral, we understand, was very largely attended on Friday last. The Butler Back. HON. JOHN M. GREF.R AND THOS. BOB INsON, E>Q.. DISOIJARtiED AFTER A FL'LL HEARING ON SATURDAY. Some three weeks ago criminal in • formations were made against the offi cers of the Butler National Bank, and in one of its informations Hon. John M. Greer and Thos. Robinson, Esq.. were charged with being aiders aDd abettors, in having had a note for $1.212.65 discounted by the bank when they, tbe officers of the institution, knew them to be insolvent. Bail wa= entered for their appearance o'n Satur dav last, when a hearing took place. • Both tbe parties named proved to tbe satisfaction of U. S. Commissioner McCandless that they did not connive with the officers of tbe bink, and that they were innocent of wrong intention, and" that they believed they would be able t3 pay tbe note and intended doing so. The Commissioner dis charged them, as there was no evi dence showing any fraud. The above we clip from the Pitts burgh Commercial Gazette of Monday and publish it in justice to the parties i named, just as we published from the seme paper when the informations were made against them. We could not see at the time how they could be implicated as mere borrowers from the 1 bank, but did not know what evidence might be produced on the charge of aiding and abetting the taking of so much of its funds. People are in the ! habit of getting money from banks if ' they can, and its tbe bank's business to know whether they are solvent or : insolvent before they get the money. ! In this case it therefore rests on the management of tbe bank, and Messrs. Greer and Robinson having shown that they used no fraud in obtaining the money, or at least no evidence being produced to that effect, they were properly discharged. Communicated. Editor* Citizen —Having in" com pany with a great many others l>een compelled to pay a royalty on a patent slide or roller gate, arid finding that the parties have no right under the rulings of tbe United States District Court to collect the same, I deem it my dutv to make public the following decision which I clip from the Ameri can Agriculturist: "The suit* for th<> recovery of a royally on a farm gate extonshrelv used in Michigan ancr'a Kerry for the purpose of inaugurating a grand liberation of the slaves. Nothing could have been more foolhardy, and in a short time the old man and his little band were besieged in the engine house of the Government arsenal. The Vir ginia militia discreetly kept out of the range of Brown's rifles, but a company of United States marines carried the place by assault after tbe old man was severely wounded, and nearly all his adherents including his two sons were killed. Brown was tried and hung for treason, and the heroic manner he bore himself throughout won the admiration of his enemies. Gne of Brown's party was a colored man named Anderson, whose father lived in West Chester a number of years. Anderson escaped capture with another man by being cut off from the engine house by the cordon of troops, and when they found them selves unable to join their commander, fled to Pennsylvania.— Village Record, Dec. .'J. BRIDMKSAND KOAIJU.—In all parts of the State there is a demand for free bridges, the old toll system having be come odious to the great mass of people. There is no doubt that toll bridges art: vn impediment to travel and an in jury to local merchandising. But be fore we have a system of free bridges, let us have better township roads. The township roads of Pennsylvania are not what they ought to Is:, arid never have been. In the meantime let the agitation on the subject of free bridges be coupled with a movement for Im proved township roads.— Beaver Ar gus UntUe Citizen: UniUr, fl*., lElecetubuej: 10, ts?9* ' Beauties of Civilized Warfare. LONDON, NOT 22.—A letter from Autofopasta, in a supplement to the Star and Herald, Panama, giving tbe details of the fight with the Peruvian iron clail Huascar,says: "The scenes on board the Huascar at the moment of tbe surrender, baffled description, and on seeing the wreck composed of pieces of thick iron twisted into every eon eeiveable shape, splinters of wood, broken rifles, swords and furniture, all mixed UJI with fragments of flesh, the deck flowing in blood, one could gaze in wonder at the deadly effect of modern arms. The cabin of the commander was a wreck, and where it existed were a number of dead bodies. The only part that could be found of Commander Grau was a foot and the small part of one leg. Tbe body of the second com mander was in a frightful condition, one of the balls had struck him on the head, carrying the whole of the upper part away and leaving only a fragment of the lower jaw, with a part of the beard attached. In the right leg were four wounds, and the right arm and side were completely mashed. Accor ding to the Huascar's roster there are over sixty persons missing. These are accounted for by the statement that from tbe bursting of shells some of the crew were blown into the sea, while others were torn into fragments. One shot killed eighteen persons. So rapid and fatal was the firing that the deck of the Huascar was completely cleared, and it was difficult to find one to run the risk of coming up to lower the flag, four in succession having lost their lives in the attempt, until it was successfully accomplished by a negro. It is thought that $30,000 will make the Huascar fit for sea and tight again, although her whole upper works were knocked to pieces by the Chilian lire. Uncle Sam's Pensioners. An abstract is given below of the an nual report of the lion. J. A. Bentley, Commissioner of Pensions to the Sec retary of the Interior: On the 30th of .June last there were 242, persons in the United States receiving pensions from the Govern ment. The pension list is now larger than at any previous time. The high est point heretofore reached was in 1873, but the number now reported ex ceeds the list of that year by 4.344. The present list is composed as follows: Army invalid pensioners, 125,158. Army widows, children and depend ent relatives, 81,174. Navy invalids, 1,844. Navv widows, etc., 1,772. Surviving soldiers of the War of 1812, 11,621. Widows of deceased soldiers of the War of 1812, 2,110. During the year 31,346 new names were added to the list; 908 names which had previously l>ecn dropped from the rolls, mainly from a failure for three y«iars to claim their pensions, were re stored, and 13,4'J7 names were for vari ous reasons dropped. The aggregate amount of one year's pension to all pensioners is $25,493,742.15, but the actual annual payment exceeds that sum by several millions of dollars. Important to Pensioners. The following circular has been is- Hued from the Department of the Inte rior, Pension Office : To Peru/ion Claimant* and their At torneys : To enable this office to dispatch with better facility the rapidly increasing current of business, a change in the sys tem of arranging records and files has been made, which will render it neces sary that all inquiries for the condition of pension claims on account of service rendered after March 4, 1801, should, contain the name of the soldier who performed the military service, with his I State, company and regiment, as well as the number of the claim or pension certificate, as the case may be. Inqui ries which do not contain the above in formation will not bo answered, except in special cases where the failure to fur nish it is explained. [Signed] J. A. HKNTLKY, Commissioner of Pensions. A NEW POSTAL REGULATION. — A postal regulation has been in force now for two months, which is not well known among business men, or it would be more generally availed. We refer to the fact that statements, bills, etc., can now be mailed in an unsealed envelope with a one-cent stamp. Thus the many monthly statements which are made out by wholesale arid retail dealers each month can Is: mailed for one cent, but no writing other than the legitimate bill can be placed upon tbe statement. No such words as "please remit" can Is*, neither can a bill receipt ed be sent. If it is necessary to have the words "please remit" on the state ments or bills, they can l»e printed as part of the heading. Publishers of newspapers have the right to enclose bills for subscription in their papers, and also receipted bills for the same, but riot to write the words "please remit," which, however, may Is: printed on the bill without infringing the law. CONOKESMMAN FEI.TOW, of the 7th Georgia District, has written a letter in which be declares bis intention of not affiliating with the Democrats in the present session of Congress. It is rumored also that Congressman Speer, of the same State, will tuke his stand by the side of Mr. Felton, and that Hon. A. 11. Stephens will make an other Democrat who will no longer muster with the Bourbons. The late elections are having an admirable effect upon the Solid South. THE Philadelphia Time* is given to making good suggestions, and the latest is that our Presidents should issue mes sages about a foot long, with every thing boiled down. It would have turned the tables most effectually on the parties who stole bis last message if President Hayes had issued a new one, in a concise form. POTTKK county appears to Is: the model county of tbe State. There were so few criminal cases for trial at the late term of court, and they so unimportant, that it was thought not worth while to put the county to the expense of bring ing the jury together and holding court. By consent of counsel all the cases were continued until next court. THE different liverymen in the coun ties of Mercer, Venango, Lawrence, Crawford, Butler arid Clarion will meet in Franklin on the 17th of December, 1870, for the purpose of organizing a "Liverymen's Union and Protective As sociation." Thcobjeetof this association is to form a protection against theft, cruelty to animals, etc. We Believe That if everyone would use Hop Bit ters freely, there would be much less sickness and misery in the world; and people are fast finding this out, whole families keeping well at a trifling cost by its use. We advise all to try it.— U. d- A., Rochester, X. Y. Here is a Chance to Learn Some thing. We have sent for and have on hands 500 copies of the famous SIOO Prize Essay on the "Cultivation of the Po tato," by D. H. Crompton. of Wape county, Pa. The prize was offered by a gentleman at present a citizen of Butler, several years ago, and was competed for by twenty persons. A committee of three thorough agricul turists awarded the prize to Mr. C., whose essay, with that of the cele brated French cook, Pierre Blot, on "How to Cook the Potato," and a few pages containing illustrations and de scriptions of the different varieties of potatoes, have been printed and put into book form. Thebookcontains forty pages and is handsomely illustrated throughout, the copyright alone of one of the pages containing cuts of all the insects which are enemies of the potato, costing the publishers fifteen dollars. We will send this book by mail to any person sending us the price, 25 cents. " W. C. NEULKV, But'er, Pa. Boef Hides. Wm. Mardorf is paying from 7 to 9 cents per pound for good Beef Hides. Charles Gardner, Of 19 Federal street, Allegheny City, desires to inform our readers that he will make to order suits of the most fashionable cuts at lower prices than any other Merchant Tailor west of the mountains. Wheat! Wheat! The highest Pittsburgh market price paid for Wheat, at Walter Boos' Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER Boos. It is a Pleasure For us to call tbe attention of our read ers to tbe fact, that they cannot find a better establishment to order their Winter Clothing from, than H. 11. Niemann's, 101 Smithfield street, Pittsburgh. • —« m Uje! Rye! 10,000 bushels of Rye wanted at Walter ."» -Plain sugar cured bams 11 jts. HI IT»; shoulders, 8 : sides, 8 BEAKS —White, tI.ZVSiI 50 T> bush. CitlCKESe —2s to 30 cts. per pair. CILKESE—IB Ct» V It). Cons MM;.— 2 cis. V lb. CAI.V SKISS 9OC/FOTL T! lb. Eoon —2o cts I'o/.en. PIY.TM-Wheat, TC(S;B * bbl, sack |125»F2 ; bnekwheat. *2.50 V EST. OKA iff — Oats, 32 cts V bushel : corn 45 ; wheat %1 <5 : rye 7-'< cents : buckwheat, 00. Ito'SKY 2'L cts. V lb. LARK -7c V IT'. Tallow, >\rw 7. LEATHER -Bole 'IVWA cts. V lb.; upper *2.50 GTIV-I a side : kip OOCO.'FOC V lb. MOLUIKM—WMS-OOC V gallon. Syrup, 50 <:. f* blshel. Ht;o/.lt-Yellow ; whits D'FE'lOc. V lb. HALT— No. 1. *lB5 V barrel. MABBIACIEiI. MA ILK HART ("A I.Kit Nov. 20th LH7!I, by HUM. WatU-rson, Mr. Ocorge Markhart, or Butler county, and Mis* Jennie Caler, of Heaver couuty. ■IRATHM. ISRITTAIN- Dec. 3, 1871), In iSutler, Areliy Wallace llriltain, aged 0 years and 8 months. HKIUVIL K March, 1S7!», at West Monterey, Clarion county, Pa., Mr. William T. Hedwicfc, aged about 70 years. New Advertisement*. Worth jffulual. The nnnuiil NI'I llng of the meiiilx rs ol the Worth Mutunl Fire 1 n»u rauce COM panv will Is; held In the 8choolhou»e ut West Liberty, on the second Haturrh.y of Juitinry, 18SO, bring the 10th day. J. M. MAKBIIAI.L, deelOtd Secretary. 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The miscellany of rpirit"d writers, cov ering every variety and range of subject and thought will be maintained as of old by contrib utors who stand at the head of their speeisltioe. A special feature will BO tbe continuation of the ''ASWALS OR MT WA«," graphically written by soldmrs, North aud Hontb, descriptive of Mcimea and events In which they took an active part, one chapter of which will appear IN each number. These AHNAIX have |>roved so valuable that the bound volume containing their first series has found an Immense sale. TKILMH—I/NK YK\H : O*E COPY $2 I TEX Oopttat 916 FIVE COPIES »8 | TWEWTY C0P1E5..126 A* EXIHA COPY PIIEE TO THE OETrEtt IIP of A U.VU. THK TIMKH, TIMES nvitmvo, PHILADELPHIA- Election Notice. An election tor twelve Directors of the But ler Mutual Fire Insurance Company, to serve ; tor the ensuing y- ir, will b ■ held at the ofllce of the- Bocr<-: >rv, in Hutler, Pa., on the second Tuesday of January, ISSO, beine the l»th day of the mouth, betwe 11 the hours of 1 and 2 P.M. H 0. HF.tNF.MAN, declO Secietarv. Dissolution Notice, Notice is Lereby given that on the 34th day of November, IS7B. the firm of Miller Bros , cursed in the Furniture business in the bor ough or Butler, was dissolved by mutual con sent, J. U. Miller tetiriug. The bu»iuc--s will hereafter be carried on under the firm name ot Miller Bros. & Co.. with whom the books ol the late firm have been left for settlement. J. MILLER, J. 11. MILLER, G. P. MILLER, declO-Ct I MILLER. CL'T IT our FOP. 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Now, Dec. 1, 1879, ordered that notica be given to creditors of said and other partios interested, by publicatisn for two suc cessive weeks in ai least one newspapnr pub lished in the b irough of Dutlkr; that the prayer of tho foregoiuK p' titiou will bo granted, and decree made a* prayed for unless objections thereto are filed on or before the 13th iust. H* TIIE COURT. dec3-2t A, RUSSELL, Proth'y. HO LID AT CP THS MOST BEAUTim DESIGNS, AT k B. Reed I Co.': 93 MARKET ST^^" Pittsburgh,?^ EVERY DESCRIPTION. Alto, a very fine selection of *PIAMQITDS* Of the first water, hand" «omly mounted. * Ladies'and Seats' Sold and Silver Stem A Complete Aiiortment of tfrv SOLID SlLVEßij^>^ SILVER PLATED WARE Gold &. Silver Headed Canes on ?ik,?°o r^Jo o . rq n UO d">fu P bT?,"l great variety. Card Bajketi", Flower Stands, Marble and Bronze Clocks, BRONZE AND MARBLE STATTJ ART Solid Silver and Silver Plated Knivos, Forks and Spoons. Valuable Town Property FOR MALE. The under signed wishes to sell tho following described property in the borough of Butler, Boiler eountr; Pa : TWO LOTH, 20 feet front each, and running back 10 ) feet, located on Main street, adjoining the Rocltonatein property. MIX LOTS fronting on Cunningham street, 20 feet each iu front and luuiiiug l>wl. 120 r»ot. I will also sell the BRICK and FRAME build ings erec!o.J on port of the same property from wldcli the above lots are taken, together with the ground on which Uiny stand. Also —FIVE ACHES within tho borough of Duller, on tho old Mercer road, originally owned bv James M. R.odin, Esq. AIso—FORTY ACRE-* of c.ial land in Wash ington township, originally owned by Patrick O'Conner, and near to tho Hhonango Railroad depot. K-yFor terms apply to tho undersigned, living in Butler. PATRICK KELLY. detiMt (formerly I>r. CuOu'i Khtiisy Pure ) A V«*K«*lubln Jiri'purnt; HI ntt<| MM* oaalr •urn ri*m» il,r in tno W»rl«J for Ift ll^citac. iefa«l Alit Lhcr, ttllfl l i litjit r if imoiii I!M of Ui»* li Illicit order Iu proof Of tllW'M n('«tl>IIM a lll ». «•« For 111* cut" <-r i, mil for Wnt nrr's 4 vos (h* CHIT ' r iiiitft.i'i ht.'i tii* other •lIWUn'H, cull fur Uurtarr'4 Hui< lAJ«Jsa«*jr and Llvprl'iiri*. WARMERS SAFE B'TTERS. It IN INarf rt«e*. nnd ■»! itiu l(at«*n #vrry fiiiicMoii It; it»nr -I • nifhftil ucltOli, land In Itin«a a iM'iiHflt Kt ulI itlnna •« i. It r ur* i I «IIhIMI«I iti»n « iln-r Wfilaa Krt»t»- tti.aaft uti'l tllCluw.lJtf CiaiactN, I I wrn, ft lift f»f !.*»»• Horn, IVcithfirrsof»Jif Cotaullpaalloia. 'J.m rnl l.«l»ll llr,' fi\. Nt" v j.wO by lli«« ■»>•;«• >()•(«<••«. It u Illicit I*l*l Ml All f»H.I fj.HiHt laifilr. llottlfu of two WARNER S SAFE NERVINE Qul'-fclv «ivf* Ili-it itml Mrr|i totliominVuliiff, « ur• i llriaaliM lM* mii'l Ni iu ial;;ln. privwitii lifVi'i Nrrvom l*a'*>H i xffMiv" ilrmU, ovar ii tiitln n a til Nootlio «1l»- r lM)urf«i tlio «y«t« in, jr lurM** Icmk, DOc. nla*l fI.OO. IAFE PILLS •ir*l|v(* NtlintiliiN for A I ROC n fsTEiSCTh. T. l^ - | f»,r fumpliM Administrator's Sale. By virtue of an order and deer en of the Or phans' -res. morn or l"s*. honmle'l north by August Acre et al., east br Oalbreath, suntli l>v Thomas lln-Uett et al. and WXRI l>y Caspnr Frt-ehug ; mostly aloared and iiniier eullWatlim t dwelling house, barn and other outbuildings tliernon. TKIIMH One-third In hand on confirmation of sale, and tho rnmalnder In two eijnal annual Instalments, with lawful internet, to be securnd by bond and mortgagn. (' \HPEII FREELINO, 4l*<;.'l 41 Admlnlntralor. Wlili * wmik iu your own town. Tnrrns ami ♦# 9"" outfit free. Address 11. llal.i.MT A Co., I'ortland, Maine. deus-ly NEW GOODS! —AT— Schneideman's, Next door to Saving* Bank, Butler, ]?a. I MHE: MAN THAT GOES EAST US HAS RETURNED, A.ND HAS NOW ON EXHIBITION THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCK OF Q* - 2- | OVERCOATS, FINE SUITS, BUSINESS SUITS, YOUTHS' SUITS, BOYS' SUITS, CHILDREN'S SUITS, " } | ? in fact SUITS suitable for each and every one that is in want of a Suit. Also a very full line of r P H— < FURNISHING GOODS, TRUNKS, VALISES, Ac., «" bought in the East by Mr. Schr.eideman in person, and will be sold at less than any Competitor can now buy them. r 2 H. BCHNEIDEMAN. ? or ™