New Advertisements To-Day.
Jadwin's Tonie Laxative.
.Etna ln«urance Corojianv.
Local and General.
NEW ENGLAND has 1,500,000 sheep
and four philosophers.
THERE are eighty-two Mormon
churches in Great Britain aud Ireland.
IT is wronar to stop your team at
street crossings. You ain't that kind
of a man, are you ?
IT is a great mistake to clear out all
the trees from a pasture field, though
farmers often do it.
AN exchange speaks of a mule that
"squandered its hind legs" trying to
kick an engine off the track.
THE question of properly paving the
streets is one that sooner or later must
be grappled with in this town.
IT usually takes twenty able-bodied
men to stand and look at one poor little
sign painter while he is at work.
JAS. A. NEG LEY, of the firm of Jas.
A. Negley & Co., of Allegheny, made
our town a short visit a few days ago.
VALENCIA is the name of the new
Postoffiee iu Adams township, at Sun
nys'de station, narrow-gauge railroad.
ROCKLAND Courier: Directions for
curing a pimple: First hold the piiupie
over a slow fire until it comes to a
boil; then "bust" it.
REV. HOPKINS, a colored minister
from North Carolina, will preach in
the Presbyterian Church of this town,
next Sunday, morning and evening.
A FARMER residing near Bingham
ton, Pa., cut his hand off while en
gaged in chopping wood. The ax
caught in his cjothing and the sharp
blade fell across his left hand.
THE voung men who stand around
the church doors watching the people
come out and trying to smile hand
somely at the girls, will some day
hang around the gates of heaven while
decent people go in.
MRS. DINSMORE, mother of the
Dinsmore boys of Beaver, was the re
cipient on Monday, of Uncle Sam's
check for $1,500, arrears of pension
due her on account of the death of her
son in the army in 1862.
THERE are fourteen counties in the
State free from debt. These are
Adams, Bradford, Butler, Centre, Col
umbia, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Lu
zerne, Mercer, Snyder, Susquehanna,
Washington, and Westmoreland.
A ri R EAT snow blockade lately oc
curred on the Central Pacific Railroad,
the snow having fallen to a depth of
eight or ten feet. Several snow-slides
added to the difficulty of locomotion,
and caused the crushing of sheds.
RALPH BAGALEY, Esq., of Pitts
burgh, one of the proprietors of the
Evening Telegraph , of that city, has
purchased 1,150 acres in Paint town
ship, Clarion county, and proposes to
erect a large saw mill on the tract.
UPON representations made by the
Bee-keepers' Association, the Postof
fiee Department has decided to allow
queen bees to be "carried in the mails
with their necessary attendants, as no
person is injured in handling them."
A SCIENTIFIC writer in the Quar
terly Review asserts that a piece of
bread about the size of a French bil
liard ball tied up in a linen bag and
placed in a pot of boiling vegetables
will prevent unpleasant odors arising
from the same.
A WRITER in Harper 1 * Magazine
tells us that in 1774 George Wash
ington was a member of the "Friend
ship Fire Company." It was thrilling
to hear George shout through his horn,
"Turnof thewaterf-iendship-o-o-o-ose!"
Although George was a fireman he
eoiddn't tell a lie.
BI SINESS is quite brisk in Allegheny
township, this county, the oil operations
there continuing extensive and pro
ductive. Mr. B. F. Hitchcock's coal
mines are supplying the wells. Within
the past month or so some thirteen
thousand bushels of coal were taken
from his coal banks to the wells.
ANOTHER terrific mine explosion oc
curred in England a few days ago, the
number of victims being estimated at
from seventy to ninety. That makes
something like two hundred persons
who have lost their lives in two disas
ters alone within a month. The new
year opens gloomily enough in Great
13ritain.
THE United States Supreme Court
decided lately, affirming the judgment
of the Court of Claims, that an invalid
pensioner who has contributed to the
funds of the National Soldiers' Home
during his term of service may avail
himself of the benefits of that institu
tion without surrendering his pension
to the Home.
PRIOR to 1852 General Scott was
almost idolized as a soldier by the
people of all the States. In that year
he accepted the Whig nomination for
the Presidency, and Massachusetts,
Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee,rep
resenting 42 electoral votes out of a
total of 206, were the only States
which he carried.
FINANCIAL debate broke out in both
House and Senate last Wednesday. In
the Senate Mr. Beck delivered a long
speech in opposition to the Bayard res
o,ution, and in the House there was
discussion of the bill relative to Na
tional bank reserves, a sharp and
rather amusing tilt occurring between
Mr. Townsbend and Mr. Chittenden.
WHEN the casual visitor to Butler
arrives in front of Ritter k Ralston's
store, he or she can easily imagine
themselves before one of the fine stores
on Federal street or Fifth avenue. The
display of carpets and dry goods in
their show windows is equal to those
of any store in the two cities, and the
stock back of the show windows is of
the freshest and best.
THE moonshiners on Butler creek, in
Wayne county, Tenn., have organized
under oath to kill any revenue officer
or marshal who goes into that locality.
They killed W. A. Fowler for guard
ing Deputy Collector Davis and his
friends. The revenue officers will not
dare to go after wildcat concerns in
that region without a sufficient force to
overcome any resistance.
MR. PHILIP REMLINOER, an old sub
scriber to our paper and well known in the
whole surrounding country, informed ns the
other day, that bta wife, who for two weary
years bad suffered with Rheumatism in the
shoulder,- during which time ehe had been
treated by several physicians without success,
httd been completely eared by a single bottle ot
i»T. JACOBS Qiu—hvcyrw, £M«o, Courier, fab.
1.1, 1879.
WARM the bits on vour bridle in
frosty weather before putting it in the
horse's mouth. The bit full of frost
coming in contact with the tongue and
lips, adheres to these soft tissues the
same as it would do when red hot,
| leaving the animal with a sore mouth.
If vou do not believe it, place your
own tongue on a frosted iron some
morning and be convinced.
THE skunk skin trade is just now
yielding a fair revenue to many farmers
in Franklin county, who make a busi
ness of hunting" the strong-smelling
but verv docile little animals. The
pelts find a ready sale at good prices,
and a good skunker can realize more
than average day's wages if he has
anv kind of luck The season lias
not fairly oj>ened in this county yet.
UNDERWEAR of all kinds, from 25
cents up, at Charles R. Grieb's.
THERE is an abundance of talk
among Congressmen about an early
adjournment coupled with a plentiful
lack of that pushiug of business that
will make the session short. With fair
work Congress might get away by the
middle of April. If there must be
President making and political spar
ring the session will in all probability
drag its slow length along to the dog
davs.
THE idea of finding proof of a man's
guilt in admissions of crime implied in
the incoherent ejaculations of a dream
is, of course, preposterously foolish,
but the circumstance is a proper one
to justify an investigation by detec
tives as any other grounds for suspi
cion would l>e. The mutterings of a
dreaming man in Chicago a week ago
have led to his arrest on a charge of
murder.
A SOLID Silver Case and a Genuine
American Movement as low ns f 10, at
E. GRIEB'S.
A NEW schedule went into operation
on the West Penn Railroad last Mon
day. The Sunday trains are taken oft
the Branch, but still run up as far as
Preeport, leaving that town at 8.30 a.
m. and 5.25 p. m., and arriving at 2.55
and 11.28 p. m. The Market train
leaves Butler nt 5.06 a. m., five min
utes earlier than before. No other
changes.
CLOSE on the heels of the news of
the great Tokio fire, in which scores
of persons lost their lives and thou
sands of families found themselves left
without a roof to shelter them, comes
the announcement that San Salvador
has probably been levelled to the
ground, for the third time, by an earth
quake. Luckily the populace had
timely warning of the danger that
menaced them.
GRATE tile, flue rings and fire brick,
at J. Niggle & Bro.'s
THE pension law as amended last
year granted a pension of $72 per
month to soldiers who lost both arms
or both legs or incurred total blindness
in the service. The Senate Committee
on Pensions basjust recommended the
passage of a bill lately introduced ex
tending the provisions of the <aw of
last year to all soldiers who were to
tally disabled. The bill ought to pass
without opposition.— Er.
THE Clarion Republican says that
about one-third of all the seveu mil
lions of barrels of oil stocks is held by
four men—Dr. Hostetter, of Pittsburgh,
J. J. Vandergrift, President of the
United Pipe Lines; George 11. Van
Yick, and Foster W. Mitchell, of
Franklin. The latter alone holds a
block of a million barrels. Russell
Sage, the New York broker, also holds
a large amount of certificates.
LADIES' Solid Gold Watches at sls
and upwards, at E. Grieb's.
SOME of our readers who are so for
tunate as to have money at interest
will l»e pleased to learn that it has
been decided that that class of prop
erty is only taxable for State pur
poses, which is only four mills on the
dollar, and that for county, school or
other purposes it is exempt. This de
cision will lighten the hearts of some
who have been taking considerable
trouble lest they be taxed into poverty.
NEITHER the Commonwealth nor
the defence seemed very anxious to pro
ceed with the trial of the Riot Bribery
cases, and so they go over to next
March. The defendants will gain no
undue advantage by the postponement.
The matter is now in better shape
than before, as the accused have plead
ed to the indictments, which is an ad
mission of their technical sufficiency,
and puts.them to answer upon the
merits.
SPECIALTIES in woolens at William
Aland's Merchant Tailoring establishment not
to be had elsewhere in the eouuty.
A FEW days ago Mrs. Jos. Cook, of
Wilkesbarre, left her three-year-old
child at the breakfast table, on which
a lamp was burning, while she stepped
out for a few moments. When she
returned she found her child burned to
a crisp on the floor. The child had
evidently drawn the lamp to it by the
table cloth, when it upset aud ex
| ploded. This may serve as a warn
ing not to leave children and lamps
together.
NEORO insurrections, together with
vast wandering bands of desperate
banditti who threaten to capture and
sack entire towns, are among the
cheerful accompaniments of the bloody
war that is raging in South America.
All that is wanting to complete the
people's comfort is a series of hill-to|>-
pling earthquakes, and there arc hints
that this want will at an early day be
supplied. Take one consideration with
another, life on the sunny Pacific slope
of the Andes has its drawbacks.
WORKING and Dress Shirts of all
kinds, from 20 cents up, at ('harks R. Grieb's.
ACCORDING to the law pronounced
by a Western judge a man who is
walking has as much right to be in
the road as a horse has. The driver
of the horse having plenty of room,
refused to turn out; saying the road
belonged to him and his horse and
wagon. The man who was injured
took ordinary precaution, but the dri
ver, who was a farmer in good cir
cumstances and a deacon in the church,
insisted that the man ought to be»run
down. The judge thought differently.
A LYNCHBURG, Virginia woman
having discovered that her husband
was a Republican, sued for a divorce
on that solid ground. The Corpora
tion Court of Lynchburg decreed that
divorce, but it was overruled by the
Court of Appeals. Judge Anderson
dissented on the grouud that the hus
band bad been untrue, baviug gone
over to the enemy, aud that the moral
taint of his action would cause the
wife to be excluded from the beßt so
ciety of tbo State.
SJuiLec Cifciawtt: PuU*v t 3;uroaj;« 2%* 1880.
I WE arc in receipt of a beautiful al
manac published by tbe Philadelphia
Record. The Record is now one of the
Ixvst papers published in that city, and
it- popularity is shown by an average
circulation of about 55,000 daily. It is,
! perhaps, the cheapest first class daily
: published in the country, the price per
i vear to mail subscribers being but ?■•>,
lor 30c. per month. The Saturday edi
' tion, a large eight-page sheet, lull of
i general news and good miscellany,
' will he sent one year to any address
; for one dollar.
THE largest Stock of Half Hose
i ever offered in Butler, you can find at
CHARLES R. GRIEB'S.
THE nomination of Supervisors of
! Census have l>een sent to the Senate.
| Mr. D. S. I iiehinond, a> we reported
i last week is to be the Supervisor of
this district, whereat all the < 'olnncl's
friends will rejoice, and his friends are
manv. The lirst thing ii< will d < after
he is confirmed, will be to divide his
territory into about 4,000
inhabitants each, whicn is no slight
task, and then he will appoint tli"
enumerators. Doubtless he will w;.-h
before he gets them all appointed that
he had let the thing alone.— Meadville
Journal.
T HE law which makes the unlawful
sale of that undesirable, though possi
bly harmless, substitute for butter,
known as oleomargarine, punishable
by fine and imprisonment ought to be
generally and rigorously enforced. It
appears that the sales of the genuine
product of the dairy have fallen oft' 50
per cent, on account of the dishonest
competition of this counterfeit. The
law requires that every package of
oleomargarine shall be plainly marked
as such. This requirement appears to j
be complied with only by wholesale j
dealers, while the city* retailers gener- j
ally disregard it.
SHAFTS, finished and rough, at the
J. Niggle .& Bro.'s Hardware Store, Jefferson
street, tiuller, l*a.
APPARENTLY it is as true now as it
was in Paul's time that the office of
bishop is one to lie desired. Aside
from all its other advantages, it seems
to be eminently conducive to longev
ity. The venerable Presiding Bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
this country, now in his 80th year, has
been making a calculation on the sub
ject. He reports that the youngest of
his predecessors in office lived to see
70 years, and that the average age at
death, if he himself were to die to
morrow, would be years. One ol
his predecessors reached HO and
another 80 years.
WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor,
has just opened the largest line of woolens for
men and boys wear ever offered in I'utler.
' THE population of the globe," says
a late English paper, ' may be roughly
estimated at 1,421,000.000; Europe,
309,000,000; Asia, 824,000,000; Af
rica, 199,000,000; Oceaniea, 4.000,000;
America, 85,000,000. It has been cal
culated from the mortality tables of
known countries that the annual num
ber of deaths throughout the world is
5,693,850, or that, in other words,
97,790 die each day. On the other
hand the balance of population is more
than kept up by births at the rate of
104,800 per day. Seventy new li \
are ushered in every minute of the
twenty-four hours.
AT.L kinds of Stove and Flue pipe
to be had at the Hardware Store of
J. NUjOLIi & 15RO.
THE Pennsylvania Returning Board
is young and has a good deal to learn,
but it is a child of promise. The board
was in session about an hour and a
half and managed to spend eight hun
dred of the thousand dollars appropri
ated to meet its expenses. Of this
amount seventy-five dollars apiece was
given to the Western members for
expenses, fifty dollars apiece to the
Eastern members, and the four able
clerks received twenty-five dollars a
head for their arduous services. With
extreme liberality on tie part of the
majority, the Democrats were allowed
one of those twenty-five dollar clerk
ships.
LATEST styles in Men's, Youths'and
Children's Caps, at Charles It. Grieb's.
THERE was once a man who stole
his enemy's body and had a pair of
shoes made of his skin, so that he
could say lie "trod him under foot," and
we have heard of a drum-head made of
tanned man-skin; but of all things for
which parts of the human form divine
have been used we think that being
made into soap is the worst; yet it has
been found that a soap factory in At
lanta, Georgia, has been utilizing the
tenants of a cemetery for that purpose.
One would think that a man was a
horse or an as.s that he should be used
so. As a Southern paper says, "the
friends and relatives of the deceased
are inclined to make a row about it."
So we should think.
ASK for the So So Hat, at
CiiAUI.ES It. GIUEB'S.
MR. T. I). KENNEDY while engaged
in stripping limestone in a quarry near
New Castle, l'a., met with a fatal ac
cident on the morning of the 16th.
By an unexpected giving way of a
body of earth he was so crushed that
death followed in two hours. Mr.
Kennedy was conscious until the last,
and although anxious about the wel
fare of his family was willing to obey
the summons. His remains were
taken to his home in West Sunbury,
this county, and the funeral services
took place at Prospect on Monday. Mr.
K. haves a wife and three children to
mourn his loss. They have the sym
pathy of their friends and neighbors in
this trying visitation.
SLEIOII and Bob runners can be had
at the J. Niggle <fc Itro.'s Hardware Store, Jef
ferson street.
THE kissing boom is making the
most energetic headway, but it is get
ting a good miny ministers into trou
ble. A kiss is ti very little thing, and
for its size about the nicest thing in
the world, but even ministers have to
be careful what they do with their
stock of kisses over and above what
may be needed at home. The New
York preacher who kissed the young
and goodlooking ladies of bis parish in
a moral way was sustained by his
church, but the New Jersey preacher
whose kisses, as he said, were merely
of a fatherly character, is looking
around for another church. The public
is anxiously awaiting the next case to
see what new variety of kiss may
come in vogue.
THE value of being fully acquainted
with all the important uews of the day is as up- 1
parent to evory thinking man as the entertain
uient afforded at the the family ti reside. This
can be secured in sueli full decree by subscrib
ing to our paper and receiving the Pittsburgh
Weekly Jhe/MttiJi for the full year, and all
should tuke udvuntfcjfe of tUe offer.
AT Lancaster, this State, there is a
Judge Patterson, who evidently is en
tirely out of place on the bench. The
Constitution of Pennsylvania contains
a liberal provision for the security of
tlie freedom of the press. The Lan
caster Intelligenrer is au old journal of
high character. The Intelliyencer crit
icised some proceedings in Judge Pat
, terson's court. Thereupon Judge Pat
terson waxed exceeding wroth, and j
| summoned the editors of that paper
before him. He thou proceeded to cat-.
echise them in genuine star chamber j
fashion. The editors properly refused !
jto answer iiitn. It seems "they are :
1 members of the Bar. and Judge Patter- ,
| son has ordered them to show cause j
| why they should not lie disbarred.
TIIF. latest styles in Xeckwear, at
i Charles B. Grieb's.
IT is reported that the opinion pro
| vails in South America that the in
| tervention by England to put an end
!to the war in South America is im
minent. Perhaps this story has been
! exaggerated in transmission. Eng
land has probably got her hands suf
! ficieutly full just now in several other
quarters of the globe to deter her from
anv peculiar activity on the Pacific
coast of the neighboring continent.
Afghanistan, South Africa and Ire
i land may reasonably attract her at
; tent ion for a while yet. It is very pos
| sible, however, that the British Gov
! ernment has diplomatically proffered
' its good offices, as the United States
did some months since, for a friendly
endeavor to overcome the differences
between the belligerent States.
MR. B. C. HCSELTON has just re
turned from the East, having placed
all his orders for his Spring and Sum
mer Stock of Boots and Shoes, while ■
there, with the best manufacturers, and
says he will in a very short time receive
his entire stock and will seii all of it
at old prices, some lines selling even j
less than last season's prices. These
goods are the same in every particular
as sold before, with some new lines
added. His spring styles arc very
handsome. He does not buy from
Jobbing Hoaxes, and doesn't allow the
amount of his bills published and would
prefer not to show his bills to jicrsons
that it does not interest, but will inter- !
est them by showing them Fresh
Spring. Styles in Boots and Shoes and
giving them prices that defy competi- j
tion. dive him a call. t
A BEACON in distress is "Dr. Sellers' .
Cough Syrup," the most efficacious remedy for
coughs, colds, and whooping cough. Price 25c.
TIIE discovery of reputed Masonic I
emblems in the foundation of the obel- •'
isk at Alexandria, soon to be conveyed '
to New York, tidings of which have
been given to the world by the
State Department at Washington, on
the authority of a telegram from Lieu
tenant Commander Gorringe, are sure
to arouse the attention not only of the
three millions of "Free and Accepted
Masons" thoughout the world, but of ,
all intelligent men and women. Few "
questions have been so fiercely debated
in the present sceptical century as the
claims to antiquity made by the breth- j
rcu of the mystic tie. Our age is not r
distinguished for unquestioningaacce- t
tance of ancient traditions, of however
sacred a character, and when to the in
trinsic difficulty of accepting current
Masonic versions of the rise and his- \
torv of the fraternity there is super- j
added a refusal to allow the profane ]
world to inspect the credentials of its ,
origin it is no wonder that unbelief in <
Masonic antiquity should be still more ,
prevalent than unbelief in much other l
imaginary history. (
THE Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch, is 1
in a measure one of the necessaries of life in l
Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West i
Virginia. (
A NEW swindle is reported as being f
perpetrated by "artful dodgers" in i 1
some of the rural districts of this State. '
They send a letter written in the fa- t
miliar tone of an oltl acquaintance, re
minding the recipient that when he
left their boarding house he owed a lit
tle hill, possibly $2. He is further in- ]
formed that they can readily sell the •
jewelry, which he left behind in a
satchel, for S2O or S3O. If he will re
mit the $2 tliey will send him the
satchel and contents. The gullible one •
knows well that he never possessed 1
such property, nor boarded in such a
place, but lie is willing to quietly ob
tain some other person's valuable jew
elry, and therefore sends the $2. He j
receives nothing. This swindle is
based solely upon the idea that a large I
percentage of the people are by nature i
dishonest enough to take that to which
they have not the slightest just claim,
if they have the chance. People that
are beaten by the trick are served ex
actly right. There is not the slightest
danger that they will put officers of i
the law upon the track of the swind
lers. Shame will keep them from expos
ing their own intentions.— Altoona
Tribune.
A LADY in East Liberty, Pa., 1
whose face was covered with sores, was cured
by using one bottle of "l>r. Lindsey's Blood
Searcher."
THE Centennial of a declaration of
war was observed in 1870 by an in- 1
ternational Industrial Exhibition, at J
which all the foremost nations of the
world brought their wares and pro
duct?,. It is now proposed to observe
the Centennial of a treaty of peace, by '
which the colonies were recognized as 1
a nation, in a similar way, the island
of Manhattan being the place and 1883
the time. These great international
bazaars are peculiarly a modern insti
tution ; they are the most effective in- 1
formers in the world of commercial in
dustry, and the most effective levellers j 1
in the sphere of commercial nionopo- 1
lies. No event in 1876 can compare
with the reciprocity of knowledge that
was continually going on between
foreigner and foreigner during the '
summer at Philadelphia. Many a
Yankee found himself lifting his hat '
'in honor of some one besides himself, (
and the foreign inventors who were *
j compelled to entirely reconstruct their 1
methods of manufacture may lie counted
by the hundred. Again, the exhibits '
of countries abroad gave us a glimpse '
of foreign needs, and a glance through ■
the list of exports during the last four :
years reveals an unprecedented (lum
ber of "first exports"—articles never
before shipped to foreign ports.
WE have compiled the following
facts about the year 1880, which we
are sure will be interesting to our read
ers : The first of April will fall on
Thursday, the 4th of July comes on
Sunday, and Christmas ou Saturday.
| It is loap year, and February has 29
; days; and as the girls will then bo
privileged to go courtiug, they will
i have the opportunity to do plenty of
[it as the altaauac-oiaker was consider- (
ate enough to put five Sundays iu the
month of February. Easter comes
within a week of as early as it ever
came—on the 2Sth day of March. The
year 1880 will have six eclipses, four
of the sun and two of the moon, but
only one of them will be visible here,
namely, the sixth, which is a partial
eelipse of the sun on the last day of the
year very early in the morning A
very unusual thing about these
I eclipses is that three of them occur in
■ December—a circumstance that will
not again occur in many years. Both
j eclipses of the moon will be total, but
invisible in North America. About
, the middle of the year Winneck's
: comet will make its appearance in the
j heavens after an absence of five years
' and seven months. The year will be
generally more humid than cold—that
is, the almanac says so. The year of
1830, of course, goes out on Friday.
MEN'S and Bovs' Winter Caps from
l"c. up, at Charles it. Grieb's.
WHEN a gang of Philadelphia poli
ticijns go to llcrrisburg to seek the
pardon of oue of their associates,
whose devotion to his party has got
him iuto trouble, it is generally safe to
assume that the pardou ought not to be
granted, especially when no public no
tice has been given of the intended ap
plication and the effort is made to con
duct the business secretly. In the case
of James Niekson there is no ground
on which the appeal to clemency can
reasonably be made. It was proved at
the trial that Niekson employed men,
at a dollar a head, to vote on assumed
names, going with them from poll to
poll and vouching for them, and the
only defense that was offered was that
he was drunk on election day. The
jury rightly held that this was no ex
cuse for a deliberate and grievous
crime, and Nickson's sentence was in
no degree too severe. One of the men
whom he employed, and with whom
he drank, is now in prison for his ille
gal voting, and no effort is made to se
cure a pardon for him. But Mackenzie
is not a power in his ward, as Niekson
is. Makenzie went to prison in the van ;
Niekson was escorted thither in a car
riage. And now Mackenzie may stay
there, while a party of high officials
join in an effort to set Niekson free.
The Board of Pardons will not need to
think twice over this application. It
should be dismissed on the first hear
ing and the corrupter of elections left
to serve out his well-earned sentence.
—Phila. Times.
IF you want Dress Gloves, if you
want Street Gloves, if you want Driving Gloves
or Mittens, if you want Working Gloves or
Mittens, you can buy them at Charles R.
Grieb's.
Tin; Lively Sale
of Carpets at Ritter k Ralston's shows
that the people appreciate the fact that
now is the time to buy. They have
received their Spring Stock, consisting
of all the new things in Brussels,
Three-plys, Ingrains, kc. It will pay
you to call.
Feed ! F«»e«l! Ford !
25,000 lbs. of Chop, Bran and Mill
Feed for sale at Walter k Boos' Mill.
This is a rare chance to purchase feed,
as we are selling it cheap.
The New York Tribune.
For the Presidential year every well
informed citizen should have a lead
ing metropolitan newspaper. We com
mend to all such the annual prospectus
of THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, which
we print in another column. For
nearly forty years THE TRIBUNE has
been a great power for good in this
country, and it never was a better pa
per than it is now, and never wielded
a greater influence in favor of the right
in politics as well as morals than it
does to-day. We commend it to every
family as a paper which cannot be
read without profit. Its offer of Cham
bers's Cyclopaedia as a premium is on
terms so low as to be phenomenal.
Rye! Rye!
10,000 bushels of Rye wanted at
Walter Boos' Mill, to be ground
into flour. 75 cents paid per bushel.
WALTER A Boos.
The Great Establishment
of Ritter & Ralston is filled up with
the best bargains ever offered.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician retired from practice, hav
ing tiad placed iu his hands by an Fast India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and
all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and nil
Nervous complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative |>o\vers in thousands of
e ises, has felt it his duty to make it known to
his .suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will
send free of charge to all who desire it, this
recipe, iu German, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, earning this
paj>er, \V. W. SHEARER, HIT J'oicer'n Mock,
Rnchr."lrr, X. I'.
At O 1-4 C'ciilM.
Canton Flannels, at
RITTER k RALSTON'S
Wlieal ! Wheal!
The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter k Boos'
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER A Boos.
(■rain Mauled.
I w ill pay the highest market price
for wheat, rye and buckwheat, at my
mill, south end of town, Butler, Pa.
JACOB Boos.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The following statement of the busi
ness of all lines of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company east of Pittsburgh
and Erie for December. 18T0, as com
pared with the same month in I*7B,
shows an increase in gross earnings of'
$848,020; an increase in expenses of
$2r»8,509 ; an increase of net earnings
of $580,120. The twelve months of
1879, as compared with the same period
in 1878, show an increase in gross
earnings of $2,983,544 ; an increase in
expenses of $1,913.740; an increase in
net earnings of $1,(JL89,798. All lines
west of Pittsburgh and Erie for the
twelve months of 1879 show a surplus
over liabilities of $1,520,817, being a
gain over the same period in 1878 of
$1,082,830.
Clearance Male
of Blankets and Flannels, at
HITTER & RALSTON'S.
Wheat! Wheat!
i The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter k Boos'
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER A Boos
Rye! Rye t
10,000 bushels of Ryo wauted at
Walter & Boos' Mill, to be ground
iuto flour. 75 centß paid per bushel.
WALTBA & Boos.
TBIIL LIST FOB SPECIAL. COI'RT-nO.VOAY. FKRKIAUI 2, 1880.
So., Term aitU Ytar. I'laintiff't Attorney | r!:,nt,f. Defendant. ~~ HjfmdmftAlt«m«jr"
C. P. 439, June, l<7»i McCandless and Crosl>y <> W Knee et tit Allegheny Township W l» Rnndon
" 1 HI, " 1 "-To same Annie Boyle mum name
" -1, March, 1878 Sullivan Brother* H Harri<" t'onncHv Nr.* Thompson «L Scot:
" 14, .liiii ', l-< 79 L McQui>tiou •leiirjc S<-hle|pv .(ame» Anderson '*t al Ki'r« I' >1 l' i-iti an
A. ft. 3->, Mar. I*#o »a:ne John Suniiiier- lhn;hrrlr «V IWlin -iolitt M <>r»cr
E. 1>.255, June, 1 >7!'Thompson A Scott I. Heidrick William l'att I. UcVuisimii
A. T>. <7, I>ee., 1879 L Z Mitchell \\ illiuui I*»-key Calvin t»rcer and Pnui Km
C. I*. 460, Mar., 1878 Mcianiiless A Greer Samuel G \V Browu John V a nan^d'il** Tliom|>x>a A Scott
" ~'-i, June, 1378<ireer ami Walker John Smith Samuel Smith Uilchell and I'leeger
1-"»1, Oct. 1 "*7-1 \Y 1) Brandon Jacob Wciland 11 11 Barr Thompson & Scott
" 37!', " 1875 John M Ureer Camp & liandall H L Tavlor ACo McJtin kin A Campbell
325, " 1576 L Z MitcheU J O K Wilson (>eor.ee \Valter, Sheriff, et al F M Eastmau
" <>4o, June, 1877 Crosby ati<l (ireer Il' (iordon Thomas Jennings !M N Miles
" O-t.. I ->77 I- Z Slixhell I Morrison Butler Co Mutual Fire Ins Co Met'and less. T <St S
" Jan'y 1878 McCandles-, T A S Allen Wilson \ Bolt et al Sullivans and Mitchell
" 341, " 1878 G S Crosby et al Xaomi M Ward et al it S Bussell et al K Marshall et al
" 132, June I*7B (} A i A T Blnck Odd Fellows' Hall Association J Frpdley et *1 .'ohn M Greer
" 174, " I*7* (1 8 Crosby et al H II Say Hugh Sprout C Walker
" 64>5, " I>7B Mitchell and Sullivans jS Addleraan et at Borough of Petrolia (J H Bemus
" 442, Pec., 1878; same Frederick Tramble et nx Hermnn I.e*n»r L Me<Jni«tir.n
" C2">, M;fr. 1*79 \V P Brandon H I' McF.lwee et al f. Wilt C Walker
" C.June, I>7!. Brandon and F.n4man II 1» Thompson * Harmony. Having Bank 1 McOuisti.m
" " WM \V !> Brandon .1 11 Jack ftieodore ]lus.dt<oi V. O Williatm
-• X «v F S I'urv innee William A Duffy limes K IMd < Wulker
" IV.. Sept. IS7S J N PM> dull F F WUw ' I .ur I>»-p- -- t Bud. WII 11 Bi.tdl.-
A. UI'SSKI.I., I'rot honour v.
The Pittsburgh and Western.
[Pittsburgh Dispatch, Jan. 24.]
President Callery. of the Pittsburgh
and Western Narrow-Gauge Railway,
returned from Philadelphia yesterday
and reports that the contract with the
Pennsylvania Railroad has been finally
signed. The time table of the West
Peun Road will l>e changed somewhat,
and the timetable of the narrow-gauge
so made that trains will arrive in Alle
gheny at certain intervals instead of, a<
might otherwise occur, two trains come
in about the same time. The bridge,
about one hundred and fifty feet long,
over tiie Connoquene.-sing creek, is
nearing completion, and in the course
of three or four weeks the road will In
completed to within six miles of Wam
pum. The opening of the rich iron ore
and limestone regions will lie of im
mense benefit to this city, and the com
pletion of the road is awaited with
great interest.
What Makes You Siok?
You have allowed your Isv.vels to become
habitually costive, your liver has become tor
pid, the same thing ails your kidneys, and you
are just used up. Now be sensible, a pack
age of Kidney-Wort, take it faithfully and
soon you will forget you've got any such or
gans, for you will be a well man.
Hamburg
Immense stock, at
RiTTKII & RALSTON'S.
Wheal ! Wheat!
The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter & Boos'
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER & Boos.
Township Officers.
According to the provisions of an
act of the Legislature of this State,
passed June 4, 1871), the term of office
of every township officer hereafter
elected, whose term of office would, un
der existing laws, expire on the first
Monday of April of any year, shall be
giu on the first Monday of March next
preceding the said first Monday of
April, and the terms of the successors
of such township officers shall begin
on the first Monday of March, and
shall continue for the period now fixed
for the duration thereof by existing
laws. And township officers shall
meet on the second Monday of March,
1881, and so on each year thereafter.
As this act was passed subsequent to
the last spring election it is construed
as not to effect the officers whose terms
expire next spring.
Rlcaokcd anil Brown Muslim*
Retail at less than New York whole
sale prices, at
RITTKII & RAI.STON'S
Kyc! Rye!
10,000 bushels of Rye wanted at
Walter Si Boos' Mill, to be ground
into flour. 75 cents paid per bushel.
WALTER & Boos.
Great Merit.
All the fairs give the first premiums and
special awards of great merit to llop Bitters as
the purest and best family medicine, and we
most heartily approve of the awards for we
know they deserve it. They are now oil exhi
bition at the State Fairs, and we advise all to
test them. See another column.
An Insurance Case.
An important insurance case has
just Wen decided by Justice Paxson, of
the Supreme Court. A saloon keeper
named Paul, at the junction of the
Panhandle and Chartiers Valley Rail
roads, insured in the Armenia Com
pany. The application for the policy
was not filled out entirely, the ques
tion of external exposure having l)een
left hlank. The company refused to
pay tht; money when the house was
burned, because of the omission of
the answer, ami in a suit which was
subsequently brought against it, the
judgment was in favor of Paul. The
Company then appealed the ease to
the Supreme Court where the action
of the lower Court has just been af
firmed. The decision of Judge Paxson
states "that the issuing of a policy,
when a pcrtion of the questions in the
application remained unanswered, is a
waiver of answers to such questions. 1 '
Dr. C. 11. LEE,
lloiiMropatliic I'llywielaii.
Office *nd residence near tiie Wick HOURA,
North Main «treet, Butler. Pa. jan7
At 2<i CcuU,
All-Linen Table Damask, at
RITTER & RALSTON'S.
Hide Market.
S. Schamberg, butcher, pays the
best price for Beef Hides, Skins and
Pelts in Butler.
Wlioat! Wheat!
The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter & Boos'
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER A* Boos.
Ladlea" Fleeee-Lined ll«»«e,
at 15 cents, two pair for 2"> cents, at
BITTER & RALSTON'S.
Feed ! Feed! I*' eed !
2.">,000 pounds of Chop, Bran and
Mill Feed for sale at Walter A Boos'
Mill. This is a rare chance to pur
chase feed, as we are selling it cheap.
DOIIIIIIIIM! DOIIIIUIIM! Dolman**!
All styles and prices, at
BITTER & RALSTON'S.
Rye! Rye!
10,000 bushels of Rye wanted at
Walter k Boos' Mill, to tie ground
into flou. V 5 cents paid per bushel.
WALTER & Boos.
Xew (jirain .Market.
Will pay the highest market price* for Bye
uud Oats. McCUKA i OOLDINGER,
fouth of Depot, Butler, l'a.
-
it *l-50 and Fp,
j Ladies' Cloaks, at
HITTER 4 IIALSTON'B.
CAKPETS! 01L CLOTHS! MATS! RUGS!
| NEW STOCK! NEW STOCK! >
§ HECK & PATTERSON'S §
! NEW CARPET ROOM f
NOW OPEN!
H
g On© Poor Sewth of tftsfr o!<?thtrrg b
as
Dufly's Block, sept3o-tr Butler, Pa. HJ
q_ _ ?:
isqoliHiYxs isona isiVHr i sH.unJ no isx^raavo
NEW
BOOT 5 SHOE STORE,
UNION BLOCK,
Main Street, - Butler, Fa.
A.l. Kufif
Has received his entire stock of Fall and Winter
BOOTS and SHOES.
As I have an unusually larjre and attractive stock of BOOTS «fc SHOES
just opening, embracing all the newest styles, I invite the attention and close
scrutiny of buyers.
Men's Kip and Calf Boots very cheap. Ladies', Misses' and Children's
Button, Polish and Side Lace Boots in endless variety, and at bottom prices.
Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock.
Parties wanting BOOTS <fe SHOES made to order can do no l>cttcr th ; n
by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ.
I also keep a large stock of LEATHER and FINDINGS.
All goods warranted as represented. A ff<. RUFF,
J. &G. F. KECK, "
MERCHANT TAILORS,
-A-'J- MVUK IST s -A. UVTI.KK,
MHave Just Received and Keep Constantly cn Hand all the
LATEST STITXjTTS OIF 1
JFor&igii & I) oin§&£ie
Which they are making up to order in the latest stylos and
best workmanlike manner, at the most reasonable prices. All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
the place.
J. «fc €J. F. KECK. Main §t., Hutlcr, Pa.
The Time Has Come
When Every One in Need of Dry Goods Gacs Direct to
SVLFIRE&BfiO
100 & 102 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY,
Having Made Very Large Purchases in the Eastern Cities Before the Late
Advance in Prices Took Place, We are Able to Offer
Our Goods as Low as Ever.
A vrry lartjo and foil line of Cashmeres nt Don't tie alarmed nliout the late advance in
12Jc., 15c. ami 25e. Domestic- Dry fJoods, we arc Selling everything
Cashmeres, very wide, fine <iualitv, we offer as low as heretoloi*.
in all colors ami shades, at 2."> c. J!f" ut i', . .'l" I '",' a '•»
... ... ... *.. * , ... Hleachedand I nbleached Muslins at Sc., O'.o.
We offer an All-wool < ashinere,good quality,; j • -
ait 40e., 4.V. and .Vie. j ' ( ; rav Twilled Flannel at 10, 15. anil 30e.
At (M»c., 72c. and 85c.. we are selling an All- i All-wool Country Flannel, only 2Sc.
wool French Cashmere, superior in quality to! Canton Flannel til,
any offered elsewhere, at even higher prices. Good Crash 5, (>l, S and 10c.
... , ~, , ~ . Table Damask 18,20 and 25c.
l.x.ra fine All-wool French Cashmere, which Xl , rkey K ed Tahle Damask, fast colors, onlv
we art* wiling at .>l f is generally acknowledged *
to be equal to any offered elsewhere at $1,.t5. We have an extra bargain in White lied
Black and Colored Silks, 55, 65, 75c. and j-1 Quilts, which we are selling at 50, 75c. and SI.
We have a decide,l bargain in ltlaek (Jr.* ?!?"!"*?' Colored and white, #l. *t and *5.
Grain Silk, at sl, *l.su and *2. All-wool country Blankets cheaper thaaever.
Our stock in Cloaks and Shawls is larger <>>"• st-ek in ladies' and Cent*'l'ljderwear is
Cloaks from ?2.50 to S2O. have also very decided bargains in Gloves and
Shalls from $1 to $lO. Hosiery.
£jgT*We would call special attention to our very large stock of Plaids
and low-priced Dress Goods, which we are selling at (i.j, B.\, 10 and cents.
They are of a very beautiful design, and some of these goods would be cheap
at twice their cost.
fIFIRE&BRO
100 A. 102 Federal Street. Allegheny.
Administrator's Sale.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
ot Butler county, to me directed, I will expose
to public sale, on the premises, on Friday,
FEBRUARY 6, 1880,
at in A. M., T lie follow lug <lcscril>c<l piece ol j
property :
All the title .tnd int. rest ot Columlms
Millleon, de. 'd, late of MudJycreck township,
of, in and to a tract ol land situated in Muddy
creek towiwlilp, contiilninir ninety-five acres,
more or less ; bounded east by Conrad.Bnrjrley,
Sr., north by John Hartley, Conrad Bargley,
.fr., and the Widow Kclb, west by the Widow
Kolli und Ale*. Wristht, south »>y the public
road leading fiotn the Harmoiiy aud Porter#-
vll'e r«Kid to Yellow ereck.
TERMS OF SALE-One thlr : lu euali at the
confliUiatlou of the sale; one third lu «lx
tuouths, and the remainder lu one year from
thi dale ot ftald confirmation ; deferred pay
ment* to bo eecured by boud and mortgage,
aalf-lt ELMEK MILUUOTVAdm'r.
Union YV<>ol«»n Mill,
BUTLER, PA.
11. FUI.LKItTOX, Prop'r.
! Manuladnrcr ol BI.ANKRTS, KI ANNF.I.», YAKNF,
,<fcc. Also custom work done to order, such :in
! t'»r«linjr Koll«, making Blanket*, Klunnels, Knii
; titiir iiml Weaving Yarns, Ac., «t very low
(trices. Wool worked on the si.ure*, II dts
•died. »»»vT-1 v
ExeculorH XOHIT.
Letters teoumipulnry on tlie estate ol Wiu, W.
McDonald, dee'd, late -ol ip\
Uutler county. Pa., having I ecu granted to tin;
undersigned, all persons knowing llieintcltci
iuucUcd to tald estate wilt plciisu lliakc pay.
iiient, mi l any bavins claims against the aninu
will pre*cnt tlit-m duly nutbCUUcnteJ lor eettle
u,eut.
knos Mcdonald,
TIIOS. 1. DODQ*.
tuiT-U VfCk*pert. Batter Co , Pi.