BUTLER CITIZEN. JOHM H. k W. C. NEGLEY. PROP'RS. Entered at the Poftojfice at Butter as second-cla*** matter. llo.v. A. L CAMPBELL, of Petrolia, who has been ill for some weeks pa-t. we are glad to learn i- recovering. WE are sorrv to learn that our friend A. 15. Pattern. of Ilarrisville, i- quite * ill. but hojie it may not prove -erious. jEFiiBSOX RsYNoLDe, Esq., a mem ber of the Bar of Armstrong county, died sudden I v at his residence in Kit tanning on last Tuesday week, of ap oplexy. WE invite correspondents in all parts of the county to send u- any thing of local interc.-t happening in the same, or their opinions on any sub ject of general interest. MR. ANDREW BARCLAY, of Penn township, sold the other day his farm at ?50 |XT acre. Several other sales of real estate have recently been made in this neighborhood and the demand for farms is on the increase. A LAWE number of new subscribers have lieen added to the CITIZEN sub scription list within the last month, for which we are thankful to friends. There is still room for more and any present patrons taking an interest in further enlarging our circulation will be duly remembered. ANOTHER week of special Court is being held for the trial of civil cases, Judge Bredin presiding and Associates Storey and Dodds present. The first case taken up was that of C. \\ . Knee v«. Allegheny township, which is still on trial at this writing, Tuesday. Full proceedings next week. State Convection. The Republican State Convention meets in llarrisburg to-day. The ex citing question will be the Presidency. Until the last few days we did not be lieve the friends of Gen. Grant would suffer his name to come before the Con vention, inasmuch as the strong Blaine tcntimeut expressed in the State indi cated the majority of the Republicans of the State were for Blaine ; and in asmuch, further, as a due respect for (/fen. Grant's position and fame in the Nation and the world, would, in our opinion, prevent his friends from forc ing a contest or vote in the Conven tion, bv which it would be manifested there was a divided sentiment as to bis name. Gen. Grant could only ac cept tlie nomination if tendered by the people. He could not in justice to his name and past history struggle and eon test for another nomination. This is the view we thought his friends would take of the matter. But we notice Al legheny County instructing for him, to which if Philadelphia be added in the Convention, it may lie the old thing of the two cities dictating to and ignor ing the honest masses of neatly all the other counties of the State. But we will not believe, until we see it, that the rights of the Republicans of the State have been so outraged. If it be done, and the ''unit rule" also put in play, by which the State Convention will undertake to ignore the delegates sent from the different counties or dis tricts to the National Convention, and appoint new ones in their stead, and . instruct them to vote as a "unit'' in the National Convention, regardless of the feelings and opinions of the Repub licans of those counties; if all this be done, tben we say it will be time for every free Republican in the State to look around and inquire, who is doing all of this, ami why ? The Witherspoon Entertainment. Fridav evening last the Witherspoon Institute of this place, or rather the scholars of the same, gave a literary tind musical entertainment in the Court House, being a sulmtitute for one of the lectures provided by the Young Men's Lecture Association for the in struction and enjoyment of our citizens this winter scusou, and as we have mode favorable mention of all the pre vious entertainments we stip[»oKc some reference will Is* ex|s>eted from us of this lust one. Before doing ««>, how ever, it might Is- questioned, as a mat te* of criticism, whether tin; entertain ment by the pupils of the Institute was a fair equivalent for a Iwture such us those we have had. While the enter tainment last Friday evening was very good, vet it was such as we have fre quently had here by the pupils of all our schools, and will likely soon have again, and was therefore not new. The young men and ladies of the Institute, however, acquitted them selves very well. , The declamations of Messrs. Frank Kohler, George Cum mings and Elmer K. Huselton: the select readings and music by the Misses McCaudless, Cupps, Golf, Pillow, Wick, McNair, Donaghy, Xeymati, Linn and Mitchell; and the original orations «»f Messrs. E. 11. Varnum and G. W Ziegler, all showed study and profi ciency and gave promise of future use fulness. The declamation of Mr. Kohler, a "Selection from luge-rsoll," was an ex tract from the recent and universally admire*, as we supposed, rcs|suise of Col. Ingcrsoll to the toast he was ap pointed to speak to at the recent ban quet ol the Ariily of the Tennessee given on the esicasion of Gen. Grant's arrival in Chicago. The toast was, "The Volunteer Soldiers of the I niou Army," and Col. In ger soli, himself one of them, paid that beautiful and elo quent tribute to *tbe. volunteer soldiers of the &W tMii and stlivtf, from which the selection ot Mr. Kohler wa- taken. There is certainly not a word or a thought iu it that is irre ligious or parti-an. It is purely ymtri otic, and in fact deals kindly and geuer ou-iv toward the .South. Col. Inger soll i- perhaps the rao-t brilliant orator in the country to-day. ar.d no doubt was chosen to resjxind to that toa>t from hi- well-known ability to do It therefore -hnuld certainly matter not what his religious opinion- are. ii he did not in any way intrude them ou that occasion; and to say that a man cannot do good on or in anything' merely because he uiay be wrong in one thing, is to go a great way back into the past and ignore all our modern and well settled principle- of democracy and free toleration of opinion. The oration of Mr. \ ariiura. entitled "No Prize Without Cost. was well prepared and well delivered. In illus trating hi--übject he referred to -m at events and gr<-at character- in history, and among thein notably to the Rcfor mation and it.- great moral hero, Mar tin Luther, as examples of the fact that there has been and can l>e, 'no prize without cost." \\ bile we agree that there shonld not I* 1 anything -aid at these lectures that is calculated to of fend anv religious denomination or po litical partv, yet but few, we think, who listened to Mr. Varnum. could or did draw any such conclusion from his oration. Tie- merit.- ol the gn-at Ref ormation, and tin* name and fame of Luther, are so world-wide that they have Ik-cu and are almo-1 daily referred to iri a thousand way-. No more forci ble illustration could certainly be made of the great fact, that there is no great prize or principle won without great labor and cost, than is found in the lives of the great moral heroes of Re past. The oration of Mr. Ziegler, "The Doomed Race," was al-o well prepared and forcibly delivered. It was a -ad and melancholy history of the Indian races of this country, and their pro lia ble future and final extinction. Under the circumstances, we have thought it but just to say the above of the efforts of these young men. Grant and Buchanan [J. K. Young'* Around the Worlel with Grant. "There is nothing I have longed for so much," said the General, "as a period of repose in our politics, that would make it a matter of indifference to patriotic men which party is in power. I long for that. 1 arn accused I see, as having a special aversion to Democracy. People used to remind me that I voted for Buchanan, and call me a renegade. The reason 1 voted for Buchanan was that I knew Fremont. That was the only vote I ever cast. If 1 had ever had any po litical sympathies they could have been with the Whigs." I was raised iu that school. I have rio objection to the Democratic party as it existed be fore the war. I hope again to see the time when I will have no objection to it. Before the war, whether a man was Whig or Democrat, he was al ways for the country. Since the war, the Democratic party has always been againftt the country. That is the fa tal defect in the Democratic organiza tion, and why I would see with alarm its advent to power. There are men in that organization, men like Bayard, McClellan, Hancock and others whom I know. They are as loyal and pa triotic as any men. Bayard, for in stance, would make a splendid Presi dent. I would not be afraid of the others in that office; but, behind the President thus elected, what would you have ? The first element yon would have would be the solid South, a south only solid through the dis franchisement of the negroes. The second would be the foreign element in the north, an element which has not been long enough with us to acquire the education or experience necessary to true citizenship. Neither of these elements has any love for the Cniou. The first made war to destroy it, the second ha» not learned what the Union is. These two elements constitute the Denu>cratic party, and once they gain power I should IK: conceited for the welfare of the country. They would sway their President, no matter how able or patriotic. My fear of this re sult has always made me wish that some issue would arise ut home that would divide parties upon some other question than the war. I hojM-d that would Is* one of the results of the Greenback agitation. The triumph of a Democratic party as is was before the war—of an opposition party to the Republicans as patriotic as the Demo cratic party before- the war—would be a matter to be viewed with indiffer ence so far as the country is concerned. The triumph of the Democratic party us now organized I would regard es a calamity. I wish it were otherwise. I hope every year to see it otherwise. But as yet lam disappointed. I am a Republican because 1 am an Ameri can, and la'cause I believe the first duty of an American—the paramount duty—is to save the results of the war aud to save our credit. Ma. RALPH MEEKER, whose father was murdered in the White River Agency massacre, writes a bitter letter to the Denver Tritmnr iu which he denounces the miserable gessijw who circulated the story of his sister's and mother's private wrongs while in the hands of the savages. It was expressly stipulated that this feature of the horror should l»e kept secret except from the Government officials und other persons whose connection with the investigation made secrecy, so far us they were concerned, impossible. WHAT look like preparations for war are going on everywhere—nearly —except in this happy land of the free. Germany is getting ready to increase her army, Russiu has been making preparations on a grand scale, Italy and Austria are quietly brushing up, the recent Turkish iu Eu rope have never stopped making war preparations since they became full fledged kingdoms, and last, even if least, the Kanucks have shipped the heavy guns in the citadel of Queliec to Monireal to be converted iuto rifled cannon. All these preparation would have an ominous look, were it not for the fact 'that In. lime vi 'po»ei people yjVpttfv ktr vaix. Hail** <&itx9*n : gutter, P*., iFjfkcuitcg 4, 1880. Matters in Maine. THF sO'RF.ME COUKT AGAIN DECIDES IX FAVOB OF THF. H EPF BI.ICANS THE DIAL GOVEKVMKNT 1B«'BABLY AT AS END. BANGOB, Jan. 27.—The following is the full text of the unanimous decision (•f th-- Supreme Judicial Court, com pleted this evening, declining to recog nize the Fusi<>uist bodies at Augusta, and explicitly declaring the House and Senate now holding ses-ion- in the State 11-.>u-i the legal Legislature of Maine: Iu response to the foregoing commu nication the undersigned Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court have the honor to sav that, while we cannot admit, even by implication, that the state ment and que-tions now before us are presented by any legally organized leg t i-lative body so as to require any opin j ion from us under constitutional pro ' vision, we feel that we should be omit : ting an important service which jteople of this lieioved State and the gentle men who have presented these ques tions, presumably for an honest desire to know their duty a - citizens in the premises, might fairly expect of us were we to ignore them, but we are bound to declare that these questions are not presented by a legally consti tuted legislative body for the following reasons, briefly stated: When different bodies of men, each claimiug to I»e and to exercise the functious of the Legislative Depart ment of the State, apjtear, each asser ting their title to be regarded as law giver.- for the jieople, it is the obvious dutv of the Judicial Department, which must inevitably at no distant day Is; calh d to pa.-- upon the validity of laws that may IK* enacted by the respective claimants to legislative authority, to inquire and ascertain for themselves, with or without questions presented by claimants, which of those bodies lawfully represents the people from whom they derive their power. There i can be but one lawful Legislature. The Court must know for it»cl( whose en» actmcnts it will recognize us laws of binding force, whose levies ol taxes it will enforce when brought judicially Itefore- it, and whose choice of prosecu ting officers before the Court it will res pect. In a thousand ways it becomes essential that the Court should forth with ascertain and take judicial cogni zance of the question, which is the true Legislature. . The existance of certain facts raising questions as to the powers and duties j of the Governor and Council in can-) vassing the votes for memis-rs of the Senate and House of Representatives, wa» necessarily implied in the questions propounded by Gov. (iarcelon and an we red by this Court under date of Jan. To put questions in the absence ol j facts requiring their solution would Is- 1 an abuse of power of the Executive to call for an opinion of the Court upon questions of law on solemn occasions. These questions were fuilv answered, and by the an-wers it appeared that the acts and doings of the Governor and Council in issuing certificates of election to certain men us Senators and uiemls-rs of the House ol Representa tives who did not appear to be elected, and declining to issue cert ilicutes and summonses to certain men who did ap pear to IK; elected, were in violation of thuir legal and constitutional obligj ' tious and duties. We ure bound to take judicial notice of the doings of the Executive and Legislative Depart ments of the Government, and when callen upon by proper authority to |tuso upon their validity. "We are bound to take judicial notice, of historical facts, mutters of public notoriety and inter cut transpiring in our midst. We can not accept a statement which asserts as facts matters that are iu conflict with the record and historical facts that we are not at liberty to disregard. We cannot -hut our eyes to the fact that the Governor and Council then in office disregarded the opinion of the Court given In answer to the Govcr nor's questions, omitted to revoke sum monses illegally issued to men who did not appear to lie elected or to issue summonses to men who did apiiear to Is; elected. We know that officers who presided in the Conventions of meui-! IsTs-eleet of the Senate and House: on ] the first Wednesday in January recog- ; nixed as members of both these bodies men who were unlawfully introduced into them by the unconstitutional ami illegal methods pursued by the Govcr- i nor and Council, and refused to recog- , nize men who appeared to be legally elected, and refused to permit any up peal from illegal decisions to the bodies over which they were temporarily pre- ; siding. The report of the Committee of, Council and the action of the Gover nor and Council thereon, of which we j must take judicial notice, show that men were thus admitted and excluded upon grounds which this Court de clared, iu their answer to Gov. Garee lon's questions, to be untenable and il legal. It cannot bo successfully claimed that there was even a quorum iu the House of Representatives which un dertook to organize on the first Wed nesday of January without counting men who could only appear to be elected, because the late Governor and Council pursued modes which this Court declared in their answer to his questions to Is- unconstitutional, illegal and void. These men were not in fact elected. They did not appear to be elected by the returns canvassed iu the manner in which the Constitution and laws, rightly interpreted, required the Governor and Concil to canvass them. We cannot recognize a House of Rep resentatives to make a quorum iu which the presence of tle-sc men was necessary as a lawfully constituted body, or capable of performing any functions of the House of Representa tives, when due protect was made iu Is-half of those who were iu (net elected by the people. Iu like manner the presence in the State of men claiming seats to the exclusion of those whom a canvass legally conducted would show to be elected, and Is-ing recognized as members of the Convention by tempo rary presiding officer, who, though pro test against his illegal action was made on the spot, refused to permit an ap|s-al from his decision to the t 'in vention of Senators-elect, vitiated the organization of that body. We have only to reaffirm the principals we as serted in our answers of January IU, 18X0, upon these subjects in coming to the result that the bodies propound ing to us the foregoing questions are not a legally organize! House of Rep resentatives and Senate under the Con stitution of the State. It remains to l>e consielere;el whether the;ru is a legally organised Legisla tor to uurtt&U; WtnHxi ui vutx-t htwt | that must IK- binding upon the people and Courts of the State, The action of those controlling proceedings on the . first Wednesday of January, Isßo. has not been acquiesced in by a quorum of j those appearing to have been elected to j i either House. It is matter of history that after unsuccessful resistance to the J illegal action of the officers attempting to create legislative organization on | | that day, a majority of the persons who apjs'ared to he elected in the two ! Houses formed an organization of ; ! themselves. They refrained from form- I I inL r an indejx-ndent organization until ! ' the 12ih of January, hoping until then Ito obtain their rights. They were ! forced into such a position by the iiie- j j gai action of minority of members j whose action they were not obliged to | I submit to, which they could in no : other reasonable manner resist. Ihe j organization made on January 12 was j made by a majority of mem'sTs ap-, {tearing to be elected, and having prima faeie rights to seats. The point is raised by the statement ! and questions submitted, that no legal j organization could l»e formed on .lunu arv 12. because no notice of intended action was given to them to participate therein. The minority were not ex cluded. The organization was made in a public manner. The minority were at the time claiming to Is-, and are still claiming to Is - , the lawful Legislature. It is not presumed that they would j have abandoned that organization at that time had notice Ijecn given. \\ e do not think that want of notice inval idates the organization of January 12. There may be irregularities in the man ner in which such organization was formed, but the voice of the people is I not on that account to lie stifled, nor the true Government to fail to l»e main tained No essential defects anywhere | exists, bui only such departures from j ordinary forms as circumstances com pelled. History can never fail to dis close the vital fact that the organiza tion of January 12, was formed by full quorum of persons appearing by the re cord* and returns as duly elected mem bers of either House. It cannot lie that such a construction must Is* given to the Constitution of the State as will subvert the plain and obvious intentio;i of its framers, or place it in the power, of a few men to perpetuate their hold upon officers in the gift of the people in defiance of the will of the voters, con stitutionally expressed and ascertained, because their own neglect of duty has made some departure from directory provisions and ordinary forms inevita ble. A legally authorized Legislature be ing now m existauce and exercising its constitutional functions, it follows that no Convention of members-elect of either House can exist which can be treated as a nucleus for another organ ization. Two Governments claiming to be iu existence as valid and entitled to oltedience of the people cannot right fully exist a! the same time ; but one Government can be recognized and obeved. The responsibility and solemn duty are imposed upon us to determine which is entitled to judicial recogni tion. We, therefore, after due delils-r --ation and consideration of ull matters involved, aflinn and declare our judge ment to Is- that the Senate whose pre siding officer is Hon. Joseph A. Locke, and the House of Representatives whose presiding officer is lion George E. Weeks, constitute the legal aud constitutional Legislature of the State. JOHN ACIU.KTOX, CIIAUI.KS W. WALTON, WM. G. BI IIBOWS, CII YKL.KS DANFOKTII, JOHN A PKTKRS, AIITKMLS LIBUKY, J OSEI'II VV. SVMONOS. To Albert G. Andrews and li. 11. t'heevcr, Augusta Maine. MAJolt SMITH BAYS HE II As OOT THROUGH I'LAYINU GOVERNOR ANI» WIM, (to HOME—OTIIKtt FI SIOMSTS RKAItY TO SI. IIMIT. AI OI STA, Jan. 2ft.— Fusionists are very much depressed at the reception of news from Court. Maj. Smith .<aid he believed that the controversy had now euded. He said that while the pre vious opinion of the Judges was based on a Republican statement there was room for reasonable doubt, but in view of the fact that the (,'oitrt had deeded against them on a Fusion statement they could but gracefully submit, lie had got through playing Governor and should go home. Mai. Smith's views will lie adopted by the lietter part of the Fusionists, who will take their seats in the Legislature. Sawyer says he still considers himself Secretary of, Stute. Henrv iugalls, leading member I of the Fusion House, says he is not i prepared to give an opinion to-night, I i>llt he has always been in favor of j yielding to Court. Kearney's StatemanHhlp. CHH UIO, Jan. 21.- Dennis Kear-J ney, interviewed bv a Sunday Tele, i ifrniih reporter, makes some startling ! political assertions. Dennis says our j workinginen wield four fifths of nil the , votes polled in this country, and they ure bound to have th"ir rights. Labor candidates nominated on the lull of June next ure bound to l>e elected ; it not, blood will How from one end of the country to the other Many work ingiuen elected to office in California wen unable to furnish the bond re quired without going to the capital ists and monopolists. These men would not go on their bonds without they could appoint the deputies and virtually control the offices. Therefore I tenuis would abolish all laws requir ing office-holders to give bonds, lie Would elect no one except the people have perfect confidence in his integrity, and the jteople should lie his bondsmen, This would be just as safe as the pres ent system, for bonds are seldom made gooif in ease of a defalcation. Dennis would abolMh national banks. Till winter which is now far spent, seems destined to take a memorable place in the annals of meteorology. Although its extraordinary thermome- \ trie ranges have yet to be fully made , up, it bills fair to exhibit the most j marked record of sunshine and warmth east of the Mississippi and south of j the fortv-fifth parallel. The historian has been at pains to chronicle remarka bly cold winters, as that of 1x12., which as early as November Is com-j pel led the famous retreat of Napoleon's ' army from Moscow and turned the j tide of Kuropean affairs. But little notice lias been taken of the remarka bly warm winters, which probably exort no less decisive an influence on national health ami wealth, and uo scientific work could yield a more practical and magnificent service to the world 'thin an Investigation,allowing t ho cuutfcv of duel} "h Important to Pensioners. The following bill has passed the Senate and will no doubt become a law: It provides that all soldiers and ! sailors now receiving a pension uf £"irt per month under the act "to-increase \ the pension- of totally disabled s.«l --• diers and sailors, \c." shall receive iu ' !i< u of ail pension- now pii i thoai 572 j per month. The committee on Pen sions reported the bill with amendment, providing that all per.-ons whose p.-n --i sioiis are thus increased shall Is- paid ! the difference between said sums from June 1", ls-s. to the time of the pas • sage of this act. Mr. Kirkwood ex plained the bill as follow.- : In IS7I a ' bil! was pa--ed increasing from * )1 to ! SSO }*-r mouth pensioners of soldiers j and sailor- totally disabled a.- to ro | quire constant sittention. This cia-s in ] eluded those who had lost both hands. ! both feet or b tjh eyes ; but outside of j that class there were many persons even mm helpless than they; paral t vzed and unable to move about. Iu I June, '7 s , a bill was passed increas j iug the pension of the first-named cla.-s I to $72 per month, but not increasing that of the last-named da.--. The h:!l remedies the injustice. There are 7l:» of these pensioners altogether. Of that number 377 had received an increase of pension- to $7 2. The rest will re ceive it by this act, and the amend ment above named will carry the effect j of the bill back so as to give them the same benefit as enjoyed by the others. The amendment was agreed to and the bill was read a third time and passed." Remarkable Surgery. Thomas Coulter, aged 22, lies iu the Bellevue hospital, New York city, awaiting the growth of a new nose. Thomas has a splendid physique, but being of a very pugilistic nature, has on various occasions had his nose se verely punished. It became ulcerated, was seized by lupoid, .something very much like cancer, and the proboscis was entirely eaten away. Somehow he had heard of an Eng lish surgeon ut Birmingham building up a nose for one of her Majesty's sub jects and he importuned the surgeons at Bellevue to try the experiment on him. So earnest were his entreaties that at last the operation was deter mined upon. About the Ist of No vember last, six weeks before the sur gical operation, the first step toward the end to be attained was taken. The middle finger of the left hand was frozen by being put iu a freezing mix ture of ice and salt. Then the nail was removed Nitric acid was ap plied to destroy the matrix of the nail so that no nail would grow. During all these preliminary operations Tom my's courage flagged not. Importu nity and endurance had triumphed and on the afternoon of the i2th of Decem ber last, the operation was performed. The linger was stitched on in the place where the nose ought to lie, and the wound was made air light with plaster of I'aris aud linen bandages. Tommy is under the influence of mor phine, his head is immovable, arid in the month which has passed since the operation was performed the flesh of | the linger and face have 'gradually been uniting. In the course of time if all goes well clipping and shaving d twii will be necessary to make Tom my's nose a thing of beauty. Ampu tation will be made at th- 1 middle joint ; the first joint will become hard and stiff, aud the boqe of what ii left will L' jrruspond to the bridge of the noise. Wolfe on the Bribery Case 3. PIIILAHELIMIIA, Jan. 2:'.— Represen tatives Charles S. W olfe and George E. Mapes registered vesterday at the Girurd House. These gentlemen are the members of the Legislature who are guarding the interest- of the Com monwealth In the "corrupt solicitation and perjury eases" in which Mcssers. Kcmble, Salter and others are defend ants. Last night Mr. Wolfe said: "The upshot of the whole matter is that the cases, all of them, will conn on for trial on the second Monday of March, and there can be; no more dila tory motions made, but they must pro ceed to trial on their mcrrits. No, sir; Senator Carjientcr has not withdrawn from the cases, he has lieen unwell for some time; in fact, when lie was he-re In-for. The public can disabuse- their minds of any idea that these case-s will not Is- brought te» a final issue. The committee; em prosecution intend to dis charge- the duty which was assigned I them. So far as the ea««-s arc conejerned, we; regarel them as Iteing in a better -hapc for proseemtion than they have lie-e-n at miy tiiue since lejgal proceed ings were; Initiated, and the Court und the counsel for tin- Commonwealth have- a more intense determination to have the-m tried than they had at thc [ outset, hi-cau-e- of the ejilatory and tcchuie-al obstacle** thrown in the way." Robbing tho Mallft. 11- r'ltri lie- ('i.intie-rciitl,] F< r it Ion." time, letters containing moncv have; lieen stolen from the-mails while in transit over tie* Pennsylvania Railroad ami the Government officers have be-e-n em the ah-rt j for tin; thieves since; early last spring. Ou the arrival ai the- Crtioii Depot of the Fast Line; Monday night J. I! Bunibaugh, one of the postal i lerks oil the train, was ar retted and seurche*el, and in his pock ets were found several bank note*s which had been marke-d by a elete;ctive aud pluccel in decoy letters. The pris oner was lodged in the; Custom House until yesterday, morning, when lie was committed to jail by I'. S. Commis sioner MeCanellcss, in elcfuult of OHO bail, for leering on Monday m-xt. Bunibaugh is a resident eif Lancaster, Pel., ami has be en in the railway postal service fur nearly ten ye-urs. lie is about forty years of age ami has a wife and se-veral children. A Lady'H Wish. "Oh, how I do wish my skin was as clear and soft yours," said a lady to her friend. "You can easily m ike it so," auswe-reai the; triend "How inquired the; lir-it lady. "By u-ing 11 op Biltetrs, tint makes pure rich blood und blooming health, it did it for me, as you observe-." A I)KMoi'iiATiej Mouse has, by the vote eif I'M yeas to '.it nays, passe-el tie- I*e>st Route bill, declaring all high ways to be post reilltes, so e-olistrue-- tiyclv backing up Mr. Brady, <-rring Brother Key, the Post Office- manage ment In general, aud the star service in particular. Mr. Brady claimeel that his Htar service inflations—in euic e;ase from 000 a year to SIOO,OOO over the same route—were in accorelance with the desires «»f Ce»ngre-ssiue-n, and that he expected them tei stanel by and viudicate him. Apparently he did not Com municatioii*. No. 8, Worth Township. Mr.<. r.<. Editor* —The object of life is human perfection. The process by which this object is s:.is educa tion. The agent of education is the teacher. The true and faithful hs»- trials to contend with that none can know save s»y experience, and yet how little sympathy does he •l' often do we hear th«* remark that none teach oniv those who are too lazy to work : that they only have to labor six hours a day, listening to the chil dren reciting lesions. It this were all a teacher had to d<> it might be con sidered an easy task, and well mijrht he he envied in his position. The foundation <<f a good school start- at home. Where you parents takuig part with ti !• children in every tell-tale .-tory that they bring home at close of day, you may be sure that the parent takes i ; ttie or no iutere.st in education. You will hear that parent abusing the teacher in every comer that he gets a chance. Ask these fault-finders how often they have visited the school, the answer is, ' I have not been there at all." We as teachers wisit to have some sympathy shown to our responsi ble position. Parents, can you lighten our burden any ? Are you so busily engaged that you cannot visit the school and see how your schawl is pro gressing'/ Have you no interest in the education of \our children If you have come and visit us. and if in your visitation you discover anything wrong you, as parents and Christian friends, should speak of that wrong and suggest such improvements as you would think best for the school. The winter term of Uniou School, Worth township, ojiened on Nov. 24. Our report for last month shows a total attendance of forty-seven. The per centage of attendance is: Girls, 95 per cent; boys. 1)5 per cent. Those who were not absent a day during the last month are: Clyde I>ean, Kmma Rowlcs, Hobby Dean, Annie Dean, John l)ellie Pounds, John Moore, Zoella Neiper, Grant* I'hcebe <'oojM-r, Jaiues Book, llurbert Vugan, Willie Hook, Charley Camp bell, George Howies, Frank Campbell, Porter Hook, Charley Campbell, Sr., Janx's Wimer, Kmest Winter, Horace Wimer, Willie Wimer, Clarence Vogan, Clifford Hunt. HARRISON I'ISOR. VOL' ean buy Boots and .Shoes at old 11 rices a i B. C 11 uselton. MAltttl IUI S. JA< 'KH< >N" ( K \ I't—.lnn. 27. IS.-0, by Rev. ('. A. l.imlxTL', in is o.vn residence, Mr. It»-u --ben 'l'll, .lack-mi ami Miss Julia 11. < rnif.', both <>l' OiklinJ township, tlii'J county. < AMPBEI.I.-.STILI.MAN Inn. IT, lt»0, at ilit- resident e of the brides lath- r, Hiiukirk, X. Y., by K"v. K. I*. Adams, Mr. .1 T. Camp bell. of Franklin. I'a., and Miss Mattic !.., daughter of Otis Still nun. I>i:4TIIS. AONF.It Jan. HI, ls.Hi, in t|iis place, Mr fieorge Agm r, nged »*1 yrars, i months ami I'.' iUy«. (•UEKI! .lan. .11, 1.5.50, in Jefferson town ship, this county, Mr. Thomas <• r«-<-r, died sud denly, aged about >'■'.) years. BAIUMX I <n. It. I*■■>'», ia I'lay township, this county, Flmcr K , son of Mr. John It:ir• roil, aged 17 yearn, II months an I 10 days Imil'll* March 17, 1 in Franklin town whip, this county, Mr. Thomas I'odd". aged al>out 77 years, Ilt'Ml'ltltlfJ* lin -I, l*si, in Sunburv, this county, of iistliina, Mr.s. Su-au llumpli rii s well nigh so v<ar> of itge. The ilwi'a«*l lived i ipiiet, r.'tired, unosten tatious an<l harm I -.■>* life, moved iu the lower circles of society, ami .eemed tpiite content with the position I Iter in tlx' provi dence of 1.-hI. Nile vi'i , moreover, a woman ot U'ioil common sen -u . As n |)-(»!e -or of re!i:;iou, she thought mii.'li and iecm«,"d herself much in reference to li'ir stale and 1 haraeter as a siuil'T, resting her hojte of acceptance with (iod and eternal life solely on the merits and death of t'hrlwt. 11l this t'aith sl.c lived and died. W«*. B (littler HitrkclM. BirrTKii (looil i't leiiix 1.1 ib. Bacon Plain x'nisr c<tr*d hams 11 Mr. ¥ H>. Hh illldi-rn, 14 : widen, H BKANH White. *ir«>l 2'< t' bus|i. {'HI aim. 25 l" 21; < i«. pin' pair. Oiiki sr. IS <•!» Y lb. f!oiis Mi.AI. -14 cln. f 1 '•> C.M.i' SKI <H #' ">• K'l IK IJ ft H V ('(I/All Fl.oCa Wheat, ♦fifo'H t' Idil. sack 7I '2.V® t'2 - buckwheat. t2.50 V cwt (iaAiN Oats,;l2i ts ¥ hiii>hfll: corn 15 ; wheat *1 5 ; rye 7ft cants : hckwheat, 00, HOSI:Y 20 cts. V Hi. |.uir> -7< - V lt». Tallow. MOLAHSILS Wlti'iMie i* <*le>ii. Hvrap, s'.»^<W»o. ONioSa— fcl "H I'Ukli PirratOKs Uic. V btlahel. KIIOAII Yellow 7'o'Him white 9fi)loc, V lt>. SAI i No. I, |lJl <* lißrr«d. CANCER. This <lis<'iise liUu many others U re«ard«<l as ineiirablu. It is not so. II it is taken ill time it is a* easily cured as a wart <>r a corn. We know very well that it is a fearful disease Hil l will eat away until it destroys life, that IS if it is liiMfiected, but if it is attended to when it tirst makes its appearance, or soon after, there is no trouble iu eradicating it from the system. Persons will 1ll»vc to be h re during part of the treatment, eonsenuently there is no line writing to me for information whether it call he cured III)' M.uiiiK the caw.. I also treat with Hupturu, I'llcx, fistula, fleers, l'lo<*rate<l letfs, \ arioose Veiiss, Varicoeeli* Tumors, Hydrocele, and every form of Skin IMscasc. Dr. Keys, r, 240 Pcnn Avenue, Ouposite ('hi ist's ( hnn h, Pa. .4 < aril. To all who are siillerini; from the errors and indiscretions ot youth, nervous wcaknc-i*, early decay, loss of manhood, Ac., I will send n recijie that will cure you, I'lll'iF.Ol I'II AH<i l.. This threat remedy was disiioveied Lv a mission ary in Mouth Africa. Send a self addressed envelope to the Ut \ . JoHl.ril INM AN, Station l>, XcW York Cih/. New AdierlUemeiit*. JVotle«*. Notice is hereby uiveu that Wm I". Miller, AHsi|(ii«e of O. W l 'oh iimn, lias (ll"d hi' llnal it ■ count in thn office tbn I'lotuonotary of the t'omnion Pleas <'otnl of Butler e >iv ty. and that {tie rami' will l»e to sai.l t?nurt for coiitirmati'in and sllownnco. on Wn<buta'liy, the :trd <lav of M vr<'h Hi* it!. A. lU'HHKf.Ii, l*r«>t!i'.v. Jlollre. 1 .utters testamaiiiarv IIUVIIIK boon granted to the uinleret«liej on t IK-. <»t*te of Mrs. .Mary >lc tjuiatio.i. ilei'M, lam of llntlei lowimlup. llutlnr county. Pa., ail |<enH>n* tii<lebti«J to «.uJ estate 'are uotitUnl to uuka lui'iie.liste piiyiuent. and those having eUtms the Maine will pre* unit thoin Inlv aiitheniic tied for-••ItlcHB' nt. ' It II M.-gi'IHTION, I'A r, 1 Butler. Pa. Administratrix' Notice. Notice is lieraby given th it tetters of n Imln Ist ration have b««n graiitwl to tlu< und«rel|<ii«d on the estate of Wllii.im Mien. <l»'ciiaseil, liito of (J<>iiliO'piene -i»it» toAinhiu, llnlh't <'"i|ilty, Pa. All p' rsoos. Iherofiiro, ku i.viil]; tie' uoiWi s Indebted lo.stid .-<uio, will |ilnts.i make Immediate .io<l any 1wv.104 .onis acaiort tile sauln will piesent nuthoii tli ate lto tlie uielu atgicvl for settle neni Mas. PI'.NKIJIPK Md.KN. Ad'*, febt-tt* Wlnl«s|owii, Butler tin., P». 4<l in 1 vilfrulor'n Xoll ec. Notion in hoi el*? VOII tliil l«tti*rn of in(r«ti<*n li%v« Imnti hi tli« ui»«!i # on thn ontnLn at Ricliml Ann Paik, iIIS DIWWI, lain of f/'linloii towiirtliip, llutlrr county, I'i» Ail i>«m«iiia, tlinruforn. Kuowuig llif)i!innlvi n it* <J«ht«<l to e«tate. will pIoMA make iniiufnti at»» payiaeot. arid ai»y olanu«< aKaiiw ll»« auun will priMi'iiit «lul> aut'i<»utlc4l«xl, to I Hia iiii'l^rniji:ivl for MittUimiit UaVIU PA UK, AJm'r. I Wmrmm*: 1 SUPERIOR MILLING! WALTER & BOOS, Proprietors of the Weil-Known Fplendid FLOURING MILL BUTLER, Ir^Y. \\ < wish to inform the public that we have remodeled our Mill with the late.-t improved Gradual Redaction System Machinery, whi'-h i> well known by Millers to be the best in existence. We can say to Farmers and Producers of wheat that it will lie profitable to theiu to give us a trial. We claim that we can make a BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, ANO MORE OF IT, out of the same number of bushels of wheat than any other Mill in the county, atn! e<|ual to anv lirst-elass Mill in the city, or Western Mills. The new ruder-running Mill, used for Regrinding, bought of Munson Bro., Utica, X. V.; the (ieorge T. Smith Middlings Purifier, bought at Jackson, Mich., together with Bolting Cloths, Heals, Conveyers, Ac., suitable for the Machinery, cannot be Excelled in the United States or elsewhere. This may seem an exaggeration to some, but we wish the pub lic to know that we are able to perforin ail that we publish, as we have given our machinery a thorough test in the presence of several good Millers and Millwrights, and it has proven even better than it was guaranteed to d<>. We are aiso remodeling our Mill for Grinding Other Kinds oi Grain, which will be entirely satisfactory to our customers. Farmers wishing to have Iheir grist home with them the same day, can do so on short notice. They will thereby save another trip. WE IIAVK ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST UKADES OF WHEAT FLOUR, GRAHAM FLOUR, RYE FLOUR, Buckwheat Flour, Bolted and Cnholtcd Corn Meal, different kinds of Chop, Bran and Mill Feed, all of tho best qualitv and at the LOWEST PRICED. Parties in town purchasing from us will have their orders promptly a tended to and articles delivered at their place of residence! We Pay the Highest Market Price for ail Kinds of Grain. FOR SIXTY~DAYS! Now is the Time for Bargains! EMIT CLOSfpIT SALE BOOTS AND SHOES 2 in order qnit llie IIUFIIIUM, I lie cuorinous stock of Hoots mill Shoe* nl reclericlv's Slioe Store, BUTLER PA., Will lie offered ill KUcli ] lin-H never l>c'o'C known. Our »l*>ek nt present is exceedingly larjjn MILL COIIMMB nl noltili.tr but IIIYI-I'IIIM JT« »•»*!", eliibracluj; a full lite ol all kind* of Men'*, Hoys' and Youths' HooU mid Bhue», l.adlcs', Mlmuk' nnd Children'* Shot*, In every variety mid t>i)le, nil ill ulileli were l>ou*iit nl tlx- lowest pinlc price*. Kemeuilier, wo menu '*• l.at we fay. Wo uro iiciiiu' to quit business, and uui entire i-lork must lie mild luntilu ol II" day*. He Mire and e.ill early, while the Mock 1* 'ar»fc. and convince youri>clt that we ore selling Hoots in d Shoe* HI such l.ai|;iiins that will astonish tvciybody. Remember I TIC- place,or ask for Frederick's Boot and Shoe Store, MAIN STREET, BUTLER, 1»A. All persons having amiuM* will j leaac uiake initncdhte payment. All accounts not set- I led tiy Mareli Ist "ill U- Ictt lor collection. Notiw. Notice in Itorobv Kiven Henry Pillow. Assignee ll|' Mr*. Dorothea Fredeiiek, lian tiled lux Anal account intlio ofUceof till) Protlioiiotaiy of Hie Common I'lnan Court of Hutler ••oiintv, ami (liJit tin) name will Im' preaente tto Maid Court for Cutitiiiaaliou ami allowance on the 3rd Uy of Mitri'li next. A. fehi-41 Prolhonoiary. ( ollt'florN lor IHHW. The County Coimnl»*ioner* havo inmlo the following appointments for Collector* for the yum IMMfi ; AiUmii Jtmeph Johnaon. All»«li"nv Oeorye M«)C'lellaud. Itntler John Cradle. I irmly William MrQuintion. li'tlfalo John F*lkimr. Coiiuonl -II J. Clark, Clay SamtU'l Lowleu. Clinton I leorye Woi-torman. C«nlie II A. MeCail'llmi*. Cleartlelil 11. II Huffy. Cherry H V. flnto'ii«on. Cranberry C.lian Kwlou. Con inn | Jacob Ni block. I).illegal - Fairview l'i njunio Itankin. F irwaril -Adam llader. franklin William t\|gton. J»ak*oii -Samuel Cooper Jefferaon William H«tfenbntl»Oill. Lancaster -Frederick Miliar. Moddycreck Jaimia Wallace. Meteor Amlrew Hamilton. Marimi William At null. Middlesex Carson Dunbar. Oakland Henry Money. , I'arker L 1.. f>*nli»n«|ieck. I'enn—George (iraharn. Summit -Adam Itmlick. Mll|'|iiiyroi'k fon a til an Taylor. Vouango M Kolly. Waalilnjrtoti William M. Hlilra. Winflold —John lllit .lor. Worth John IVjvle. Hariiaville lloro I'. S. I'ow. Butler- Mai tin .1 lleihur. Centii-vill.l I. S WilHon. Fa|ive:W A. J Ntcliolann. Millcretnwu Charlfx Johnaon. I'roapc.t I.KtM* lti.ll! I'mtura.iile \ lie. inline. Petrnila Ml l Wilton. Nnvinbiir„' KolmfeMer. Ktli.burv \mint TllllOlln K:ittn- ' 'tty A. N. Humor. /«li 'ii'iplit Jama* Wallace. Hum no lv«j Oovi rt. ll\ (li'li r ol Coiiililiaeioiier*. S MiCLYMONOH. Clerk. Coininiaaiotmr'a Oltk-c, Pitluiitry it, • HM'i Register's Notice. Notice m Irireby lint llni following flnal anil otli'-r ai ('• i.nitn of executor*, ailiniuintratora an I f.oinrdUlu have been Iliad tit Hie Ite,-later'a ollli-e, according ' • law. >ll I will lie preac dad to Court for coiilliiiiati HI nti I allowamo on WiMlui'Klav, tin trd il**r of March. A. 1' IHsll, at i ..'tiliH-k, P. M ' I. I'imil account of .lohn Buhner, Exeoutor "t I>itvi<l Hitrr, dee'd, late of <'rnnlierry town •liip. Filial mnl di«trihutioti account of Juliet W. I timiilifll, Administratrix of Jamne It. t nmpli'ill, ilrc'tl, late of Ciuiroril townahp. \. Filial account of Caapcr Freelm*. Admin intralor t.'. T. A. of the estate of John Pont, dee'd, late of Winilnld townahip. 4. Final niiil distribution ai'i-oiinl of H. B. I'liWirr, Aduiiuimrator of Sarah Kowwi, tho'il, late ol' Itutli-r borouKb. r>. Final acconnt of John Mpohn, K\e«*utor of Vlicliwl Hitohti, litc'J, lata oi Summit towu (!. Filial areount of A. C. Illiu k. Kxecutor of Willium WHaou, dee'd, lute of Nli|i|>eryrock townahip. 7. Final aivount of Wm. 8. Hinirhain, Ad \ roinlHtrator of Hauitiel Itanl, dou'd, lute of Cen r treville. f M. Final account of Charlen Met alb-rty ami ItolH'rt ItuNtoii, K\nciitori( of the la*t will of ItolaTt (ialhrcath, dee'd, late of Winfield tovn _ nliip. It. Firnt luvmint of A. Aderliold and F. Hauinaii, Admlnintrator« of Henry F. Adur n hold, dee'd, late of Haxonhurit b lu. Aeeount of Henry lleclt and .Itto. ItiH'rr, Kxei'utora of Moretx liot-rr, dee'd, lale of Jef fernon townahip. 11. Aeeount of Ikijril f'rumrine and C. K. I tower, K.teeutora of the will of O. I*. Bower, dee'd. I'.'. Partial atttount of Mm. M. A. Gotham, Adinini«triitrix of M. <>. Uiithani, dee'd. 1.1. Final aocount of Matthew W. Sliminou, Kxeeutor ot the en late of Liule A. Dim 1(1*, dee'd, late of Franklin townahip. M. I'artial amMiutit of Uanlel Fiedler, Ad miniatrator of Samuel Sable, dee'd, late of JaekHun townahip. 1.1. Account ol ('. E. Bower, oue of the Ex ecutor* of • >. !'• Bower, dee'd. I»l. Final account of Martin 11. Sitler and John Funicn, Kxeeutor* of the lift will and tchlamcnt of Jacob 11. Zie«ler, dec I, late of Jackaon townahip. 17. Final account of A. <J. Moore. < oiurdiau of Sarah J. Campbell, of Fairview townahip. Ih. Final account of A. 0. Moore, Guardian of Aluamla M. Campliell, of I'alivii w town ship 1 !♦. Final account of A <i. Moore, (iuardian of Hubert J. Campbell, of Fairview township. 20. Final amount of A. <i. Moore, 'luardiau of Wm. W. Campbell, of Fairview townahip. 21. Final account of Frunk I'. Murriti, Guar dian of Emma Mcßride (now Kohlineyer>, 1..-MIK A. Mcßride and Thoinu* .1. Vleltride, minor children of Marv Mcßride, dei 'd. 22. Final account of I'lm*. Dully, (iuardian ■if Mary MdAlllatcr, minor child of die late McAlliater, deo'd. 2.1. Final account of J. M. Lawrence mid C. O. Kinir*burv, Aduilniatrntor* oi Eliaha Kitijr*- btiry, dee'd, late of Celitrcville. 21. Filial account of J. C ttltoiincl, tinnr dlan ol Annie O'Donncl, minor cliiM oi Mi* clliu-l O'Dounel, dee'd, laic of J >ak! unl town aillp. 2.". Final account of J. C. O'Donncl, (jtnir ilian ol Term* O'Dounel, minor ch'ld oi Mi chael O'Donnel, dee d, late of Oakland town ahip. 2l(. Final account of (ieo. 11. Grab.im, (iuar dian of Marv E McKliiney, n-.w .1.-c.iimil, a minor child of (leorire and Polly McKinney, dee'd, lute of Fairview townahip. i 27. Final account of tieo 11. Graham, t.uar i iltau'of Thoinii* McKinney, a mil liild of I lieorK'e and Polly McKinney, dee'd, late of i Fairview townahip. 2a. I null account of A. J. Iturd. I'.a ecu tor of Jauie* Diven, dee'd, late ol' Ceutreville. 2n. Account of Frank M. Euatmun, Trustee of 11. C DeVVolf. ;H». Final account of John Martin, ilec'd, Executor of the la*t will oi Michael Hamilton, dee'd, a* ntated by hi* Executor*. .HI. Final account of Win. W. McQuiuion, Administrator C. T. A. of Wm. Uiniw, dee'd, late of Bltppervroek townahip. 32, Final awount of John A. Irwin and W. 8. Waldron, Executor* of G. W. Irwin, dee'd, late of Foward townahip. 33. Final aocount or Jacob Keck, Guardian of John Luta, minor child of George I.utx, ilee'd, late of Huminit townahip. Mb 4 Si & U4LLAtikEJi,
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