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,