hLB«CHIffIOW *ATICM: P«r mr, in W M Otlienvieo 00 No subscription wilTta discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Po*tma«tere neglecting to bolilv UB whonjmbacriber* do not take out their papers will I* held liable for the subecripnon. salucribeis removing from one ixwtoffic* to a>. other should give us the name of the former an well as the present office. All communications intended for puhUcaticn in thin paper must be accompanied by the real mmc of the writer, not for publication, but as a guaiantec of good faith. Marriage and death notices must be accompa nied by a responsible name. Add.ess THK CITIZKII BCTLEB. PA. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY! I CALL AT THE : Boot and Shoe Store OF t John Bickel, MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. The largest and most complete stock of Goods ever brought to Butler is now being opened b3' me at my store. It comprises Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Misses' & Children's Shoes, in great variety. All these Goods were purchased for CASH in the Eastern markets, and therefore I can sell them at the Old Prices, and NO ADVANCE. Lines of Philadelphia, New York and Boston Goods embrace my stock, and customers can take their choice. I IVTean "What I Say: ADVANCE ON OLD PRICES !-=^T All can call and see for themselves. The best of satisfaction will be given for CASH. THE MAKE, STYLE AND FINISH 1 of Goods in my store cannot be excelled by any other house in the county, for proof of which a personal inspection is all that is necessary. Leather anil Findings at Pittsburgh prices. Shoemakers should come and purchase if tliey wish to obtain material cheap. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. j BUTLER, KAHV9 CITY AND PARKER RAILROAD ! (Butler Time.) Trains leave Butler for Bt. Joe, Millerstown, ! Kr.rns City, Pet rolls, Parker, etc., at 7.25 a. m, j r and 2.05 and 1.90 p. m. [See below for con- I ncctions with A. V R. R.J Trains arrive at Bntler from the above named c points nt 7. 5 a. ra.. and 1.55, and <5.55 p. m. The 1.55 train connects witb train on the West Fcnn rend through to Pittsburgh. 6HENANOO AND ALI.EQDKST RAILROAD. Trains leave Billiard'* Mill, Butler county, for Hnrrlsvllle, Greenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m. * and 12.20 and 2.20 p. ra. ' Stages lea ,- e Petrolla ot 5.30 a. m. for 7.40 ' train, and at 10.00 a. m. for 12 20 train. J Return statics leave Hllllard on arrival of 1 trains at 10.27 a. m. and 1.50 p. m. Slate leaves Maitinsburg at 9.90 for 12.80 train. v. A w. R. R. (Nerow Gauge.) The morning train leaves Zelienople at 6 11 Harmony 6.16 and Evauaburg at 6.32, arriving < at Etna Station at 8.20, and Allegheny at 9.01. ' The afternoon train leaves Zelfenop'e at 1.2G, Harmony 1.81, Evausburg 1.68. arriving at Etna Station at 4.11 and Allegheny at 4.46. ' By getting oil at Sharpstui'g station and ! crossing the bridge to the A. V. R. R., passen- ; trers on ttio morning train can reach the Union depot at 9 o'clock. Trains connecting at Etna Station with this road leave Allegheny at 7.11 and 9.31 a. m. and 3.41 p. m. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Trains leave Butler (Bntler or Pittebnrgh Time.) Market at 5.06 a. in., goes through to Alle gheny, arriving at 9.01 a. ra. This train con i ects at Freeport with Frecport Accommoda tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. m., railroad time. Exprett at 7.21 a. m, connecting at Butler Junction, without change of care, at 8.36 with Eip.e«s west, arriving in Allegheny at 9.58 a. m , and Express east arriving at Blalrsville at 11 00 a. in. railroad time. Mail at 2.86 p. ra., connecting at Butler Junc tion without change ol cars, with Express west, arriving in Allegheny at 526 p. in., and Ex press east arriving at Blalrsville Intersection at 6.10 p. m. railroad time, which connect* w'th Philadelphia Express east, when on time. The 7.21 a. ra. train connects at Blalrsville at 11.05 a. in. with the Mail east, and the 2.36 p. ra. train at 6.59 with the Philadelphia Ex press east. Trains arrive at Bntler on West Penn R. R. at 9.51 a. m , 5 OH and 7.20 p. m., Butler time. The 9,51 and 5.06 trains connect with trains on the Butler & Parker R. R. Sun ay train arrives at Butle" at 11.11 a. m., connecting with train for Parker. Main Lint. Through trains leave Pittsburgh tor the Eag». Nt 2.56 and 8.26 a. ra. and 12 51, 4.21 and 8.06 p. m., arriving at Philadelphia at 8.40 and 7.20 j>. m and 3.00, 7.0 and 7.40 a. m.; at Baltimore about the same time, at New York three hours Inter, and at Washington about one and a half hours later. PHYSICIANS .JOHN E. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, myai-ly] BUTLER, PA. DENTISTS. DENTISTBY. 0 1# VVALDRON. Graduate of the Pliil- H adelpbia Dental College,is prepared • It sto do anything in the line of bis profession in a satisfactory manner. Office on Main street, Bntler, Union Block, np stslrs, apll FOB SALE. (5 will huy a one-half interest in a good bus iness In Pittsburgh. One who knows some thing ahont farming preferred. An boneet roan witb the above amount wllj do well to address by letter. SMITH JOHNS, care S. M James, 93 Liberty stmt; Pittsburgh, Pa. [mST-lf VOL. xvir. LAND FOR SALE. ~ FOR^ALE. A handsome six-room frame house, located on Blnff street, northwestern part of Butler. Lot 50x176. All necessary outbuildings. TERMS —Ore-:hird cash and balance In four equal annual payments. Inquire at this ofllce. janS4tf For Hale 01* Rent. Three acres of ground, large house and store room, with outbuildings, good water at the <loor, aiul good young orchard. Is six miles from Bntler, and a good location for a country store. If not sold before April Ist next, will be for rent to a good tenant. Inquire of JOHN H. NEGLEY, janl2-llt Bntler, Pa. Farm foi* Hale. The undersigned will sell the firm of Jacob Slianor, dee'd, situated in Centre township, three miles from Butler. It consists of 175 acres, about a hundred cleared, the balance in good timber, two orchards, frame bank barn, frame house, frame wash house and granary If not sold in a body U can be divided without injury. Inquire of DANIEL HHJTNOR, ) _ . J. G. MUXfZ, janll-2rn Soulier, Pa. Valuable Farm for Sale. The undersigned offers at private sale the farm l&tejv owned by Robert Oillelaud, dee'd, late of Middlesex township, containing 162 Acres, more or less, with a two-story brick house and bank barn, hay house wagon shed and other outbuildings. Two good orchards thereon. 130 acres cleared, balance in' good timber, easy of access, bv about one-half mile from Butler ami Pittsburgh plank road and milos from now narrow-gauge railroad, is well unproved and in good condition, and is well adapted for dairy purposes. For terms apply to JAMES WILSOX, Agent. decl7tf] Bakerstown, Allegheny Co., Pa. For teale. The well-improved farm of Rev. W. R. Hutch ison, in the northeast corner of Middlesex town ship, Butler county, Pa . is now offered for sale, low. Inquire of W. K. FIUSBEE, on the prem ises. apl6tf |Af ML A compKtnt butioeM mar. in each I KM L# county in Vie l'. S. to icll lbs **tjrlopHU of TlitMK* Worth knowing" by tu xtription. To such men, with good refefeucei, we furiiith the uul.lt fr«-«», *c.d fi»« terms that will injure a worker ovrr * month. Addres. IMI.U.MTiO.VU' I'LB. CO., box 2-itJ, St. Louis, Mo. BANKS. THE BUTLER SAVINGS BANK BUTLEII. PA. NEARLY OPPOSITE LOWRY nOUSE. CAPITAL STOCiT 60,000. W«. CAMPBELL. JAB. D. AMDF.KSOX, President. 'Vice President. WH. CAMPBELL, Jr., Cashier. DIRECTORS William Campbell, J. W. Irwin, 'a*. D. Anderson, George Weber, Joseph L. Purvis. Does a General Banking A Exchange business. Interest paid on time deposits. Collections made and prompt returns at low rates of Exchange. Gold Exchange and Government Bonds bonght and sold. Commercial paper, bonds, judgment and ttftVMrttoritiai twpgfet at fair rstoe. 1a20:ly LIVERY. ! L.. n. coruBAK, Livery, Sale, Feed and Exchange j STAIiLE, Rear of Lovrry House, - - IH TI.EB, PA. . june4-ly Livery, Feed and Sale STAULE, Cunningham St., netr Hoincman's Bookstore, HI TLER, FA. A 'arse number of first-class and safe horees always ot hand. Horses fed at reasona ble rales. Horses bought and sold. DAVID CCPPS, PKOPBIETOB. , Ig^."'Person? desirinjr conveyance by the Buss 1 can leave their orders at this stable. j julySOtt I aWamer s Safe Kidnsy airt Liver Cure, H I Fjrmcrlv r> r . C" ; 7*» Al' m r.irr.) M A vegetable preparation and the only t»:re H rciiK'ib' in the v.'or! I tor iiiwiwf, fc «n,i AI.L lti.br/, Li-.fr, sm«i 3 I'riuapj B! in, th? highest order la proof B of statement B I .. t-'.jr liiiiSielos, call for Wnr- 1 Iner'uK.tO ;<•- Ciiiv. 9 i... For u.-i c i ,-j firUli! * and themher ■ . iii for Warnei'a Hr.ie lillney fti h :»il LlTfv < PC. V WAF!NER'3 SAFE BITTERS. 3 It is UioUst I»So«» I S*«irh/lrr, and rtimul.'itea ■ evnry function to roor-- hPnlLbfbl action, aud Bis thus a benefit in ail illse uses. H Jt curesft<*roruloG* and other Skit* Stio:t» and i)lh. ::s<-s. iticlu<Lu«; C'uii<«*r»s 11* B 4. «>:«**, a;i«» < 1 4 *er Sores. H DyK{K>|Niia. of Iho SJomnch, ■ OxiHtipalfori. l.'lzxinr)i**,firnei: I l>«*bi£- ■ iljr, etc.. are cured by ti;t- fcaA* CUKT«. Il in ■ unequaletl as&:i appetiser a" 1 regular tonf»\ 3 lollies of two . : pru e.-*. M*'. ami M-t*'. 1 WARNER S SATE NERViNE f ■ Q vrkly ?ivc« and t«> the suffering, Mr:: res and Ri. pr. venw IS DpUrpli;- FiiK, and relievesUn voiw !»••«>»- K frasioii on by excessive drfnL, ov*tr luork, mental shocks, and other eansH-*. Powerful as It is to atop pain and s >othf* dis turbed JCervea, it mver injures fin* system, whr'bor taken in r,mai: or ! r-#» <\>><.<v of two sizes; prices, 30c. .md ftl.Q*). 1 WARNER S SAFE PILLS . Are an Immediate an'! active stfr.uiUis for a Ii? ROCHESTER, H. Y. ft c Vnl r.r TanphM 13. Iloessiiig;, [Succeteor to A. C. Heeding & Dro.] DEALER IN Groceries, GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, OIL, —AND— Anthracite Coal. THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID IN I^CASH^ FOR GRAIN OF ALL KINDS. sep4tf fcTCnri ft VCHFI to <;««» aclenl 5 £IjU M We have the best tuingH fer aiicni". Over aw ajenis are now nt.;kin; from f i to ?1 !i a lii'.y. S'»ad r'amp {■* particulars. At! .rc»3 AG'.N r.S' ITEIt \L!> ii.i.t It. PiiUaiU lphin. l'l^ fiTUCC PCTf VO ALP, rntiL on 5 ! Address AGENTS LI.UALD, Eos 15,1 l.;i.:(lc!;. .i . AGENTS! READ THIS! We v. 11l payAgc!l H a s'lrvr. )I>w c-:N --tiission to sell ot:,- i>e-,v 'ind wonderful v Utlon-:. Wc ;aeau v.aa( we »:»)'. f j~ Sanir'o free. AGENTS' lir;:AL*>, I.«s n. PMlarl- Ir.'.lin, Pa. r r-rallt • t fa_'.te:-t-*e!lir{f HvJLil I 0 j'ictori'il r>.ibK< rlpi2ut» Z3ooU* f>d itiM-y. J o" vo time, at llu WAfi ih'J uemni'i ij ei:i>p!/ in.,. and ter ritory being npidly tai: a. >A <>;i.*ell any oth( r bo..!;«. The opportanity • ver oiftrj <1 to persons out «« <*ii» j»ioyiucut or \V!»kK : ire to r.eld t ) tin ir incon; 'by c:i.' igin-i In an hon orable r.::d |»rt;L{a!>!o !■' int-i. Prices re duc-'d fro::i 10 to !0 i rt. ..r. Addrt-SH AGEN i'S' lIERAI O, IJOIH, l-Uil- lclphln, Pa. vr-y WWiO IVure fit Dlaiiulac 01aJb JilL'ti ('ji-crs' Cost I'rlrc:,. The utter %\orlMfv-- m cf ti,e stuJT l>y n rumber of flrtas In ? -A' Cincinnati and Boston.fonipels tlio v 0.-:.I nov;ucd Tremont Spoon Co., cf Phi adr!p!;i". to <every one sample Heti of llicir Ye y Lest . prlrci inncU lower tliaa r.ny j.-wcler pavs f.»rt.ieiatt wiioiesaie. Wcmako this olTer for „ ti.i.r: t::a j simply to introduce our F The "Rose" id ''Cllvo" Kranib Piated Ware - . ; AF follow.;IL' r.it«s : '» A r pons, «.I.(W do/. ; I.i 'espoous, s 1.i.0; F'-rk-, J.'.(K): But.'irKtii'-es, '■>: S ict shells, S: "5; PI 'ted Steel Knives, S-' . ; 'l'ippe-i <;er»naii KllverTableaßooii*, '!'• S I ." ■'lain «. N. T :1. 8!.S0; Vffl-i-wns f!.4i). C oils tent ,/repaid on receipt ot money or ; ost:ice stanip-<. TKE.MGN'i' Si'Oi > •'• " . P>. Pail.ai-lplii.i. Pa. §s i a;! aby Bail For I'eaK Tiuy ura luadojti.t liheany Ca<>r. K»-<i Itrituni.la X -taLironil Uiassand ituttle-. Kvcry Agcat ran cavil) K»U 25 grona of thosa pcrfrct Toys, lii-fnre (liri :tni".s. In t ihe article f..r C <anter.Sti res iteubyEvprcKiSt.uO. I gs :s l,y K\press >*: I.' 0. l\f al n hav > a ( ollapiini: ( up. « .lih (uloeopes t,<Ke!l"-r and car be carried in N't i'.rkt.. Mainple by ?!n!l • * ,"' Z | n K\preiHfi2l .OL). All tl:eiibn»o coiMla are iiov,!. 911r;ietlvc, hi.-lily palikiied and «iil scil I'ltKMOx/sPOON ((K, > l» »v l iiilwlci: Ma, r&. r* TUCTIIS. SHOP BITTERS, I (A Medicine, not a Drink,) CONTAINS HOPS, BUrill , 7IANDH.VKE, SA.\°B£UO.V, Ayr, THE PCTIK?T \yn PIMT QI.-AJ.ITIM or Ala. uruts Enrtlii. THsr CUHE All Diseases cf tho Stomarh, Bowels, Blood, Liver Kidneys and Urinary Or i cans, Nervonsness, Sleeplessness, Female Complaints and Ilrunkcnesa. SIOOO IS COLD Will be paid for a case tliey will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injuri ous found in tlioin. Ask your druggist for llop Bitters and free books, and try the Bitters before you sleep. Take no other. The Hop Cough Cure and Pain Relief is JI the Cheapest, Surest and Best. I ron BAIAX BY ALL DIIUGCISTS. HEMKY O. HAM], . fiat HStCMT TlllSß. t COR. PENN and BIXTH STREETS, v Pittsburgh, J'o BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. IBSO. INSURANCE Eui'orpoi'aitd ISI9. /ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICU f. Ascts *7.078,*424.49. paid in r»l years, *51,000,000 J. T. Mi JI'NKIN & SUN, Atuts, Jan2Bly Jefferson street, Butler, Pa. "BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. J G. C. ROESSIXG, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER 11. C. IIEINEMAN, SECRETARY DIRECTOIiS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Ilelmboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Huikhnrt, A. Troutman, Jacob Schoene, G. C. Roessing, John Caldwell, [)r. XV. Irvin, W. W Dodds, J. W.Christy H. C. Heineman. JAS. T, M'JUNKIN, Gen- Ae't-, BUTLER PA. | LIST OF JURORS Drawn fur March Term, 1880, Commencing on Uie First Montiav, being the Ist Day. GRAND JURORS. Brady—T. B. MiCl\inon<l>. Butler—loseph < aid well. C«>ninii|inue >i;iK~J- Shannon. ( lav—H in. Tiniblin. Win. Wise, W. J. Stoner. Donegal— WalsSe D. Ford. Fain lew —J. M. CampbeU. Franklin Sine Belli;^. J;.<K.soii—Jacob Fiedler, Jr.. B. F. White. Lancaster -.John M -.rtin, Esq. Marion —C. F. Kliod-*. Middlesex— W. J. Whiteside. Mnddyereelc—Win. Humphrey, Jackson McCol lough. >.' pperyrock- • Jos. Billingsley, Wm. M. Clark. Winfiel'd—Norman Kirtiand, George Weigand. Butler borough—G. I!. Harvey. Fuirvicw— H. <Black. K. M. Kelly. Kains city A. 1.. Timbiin. TRAVERSE JL'RORS—2XI> WEEK—BTH DAV. Adams- Wilson Young. Allegheny—iS. I'. Eakin. Butler—Samuel Ke!ly. Buffalo- Samuel Moorhead. Concord— Edward Graham, Sutton Harper, ("berry—Amos Smith. Conno<iuenes>ing—Samuel Bolton. Clinton—Andrew Gral>e. Amos Heckart, Craw ford Jones, Thomas Woods. I lor.egal—Wm. Bromfleld. Fain iew—ls:>ac Weible. James Young. Franklin—.Tames Y. F.nglili. Robert Meßride. Jefferson—Thomas Martin. Etq. Jackson—P. F. Shaffer. Marion—J. M. ('lceland. Middlesex—(Jeoree Cooper. James Croft. John R. Logan. John UiHey. Muddycreek—Wm. Badger, John Gancy, Jos. I Lehman. Parker —T. M. Hawks. James P. Robinson. Penn—Alex. Welsh. Slippery rook—S. C. Bovard, J. W. Black. A\ in. I Curry. Summit—Robert Gilleland. . I Washington—W. H. Fithian, Wm. Rodgers, J. I M. Wick. „ , , i \\ infield—Jacob Ader. Henry Keasev. Jr.. John , Cypher. „ . „ 'Built r borouuh—Leonard NiculaK, M. J. Keiber. > Harrisville— R. J . Brown. KaiusCiiv—H. 11. Ferguson, J. L. Henry. Petrolia -M. S. Arnold. Piospect— Lvman Croup. Zelienople—F. G. Cline. CollrriorN lor 1880. The Comity Commissioners have made the following appointments for Collectors for tlie : yearlßSo : Adams—Joseph Johnson. Alhglienv- George McClelland. Butler—Abo liaraolftr.an. Brady—William McQaistion. Buffalo—Jchn Fa'.krer. Concord—H. J. Clark, Clav—Samuel Lowden. Clinton—George Westerman. Centre—H. A. McCandless. Clearfield—H. H. Dtiffy. Cherry—B. V. Hutchison. Cranberry--Elias Easton. Counonneneesing—Jacob Kihlock. Donegal—George Ililterbrand. Fa ir vie w— I'en jam in Rankin. Forward—W. D. Knox. Franklin—William Wigton. Jackson—Samuel Cooper. Jeffci son—William Hegenbothom. Lar.earter— Fredeiick Miller. Muddycreek—James Wallace. Mercer —Andrew Hamilton. Marion—William At well. Middlesex—Carbon Dunbar. Oakland—Henry Money. Parker—L. L. Daubenspeck. Penn—George Graham. Summit—Adam Redick. Slipperyrock—Jonathan Taylor. Venango—M Kelly- Washington—William M. Shira. Winfield— John Huts'er. Worth—John Boyle. Harrisville Boro—P. S. Pew. Butler—Martin J. Reiber. Centreville—T. S. Coulter. Fail view—A. J. Nicholson. Milleratowi:—Charles Johnson. Prospect—Lewis lioth Portereville -A. Henshoe. Petroiia—Maj. Wilson. Saxonburg —Joseph Kohnfelder. Suiibwy- -Amos Timbiin. Karns City—A. N.. H amor. Zelienople—James Wallace. Ha: mom—Esq. Covert. Bv Order of Commissioners. S. McCLYMONDB, Clerk. Commissioner's Office, February 2, 1880. tiwnt Pdiey [MI PAD THE ONLY CURE F<n- Diabetes, Gravel, Drrissy, Briaht's Dis ease, Pain In the Back, Inability to Re'ttin or Expel the Urine. Catarrh ol the Bladder, Burn ing or Painlu' Uringing, Rrick Pu«t Deposit, Affection* ol the Spine, Nervous Debility, Fe male Weakness, and all Diseases of the Kidneys. Bladder & Urinary Organs It avoids INTERNAL met hanes. Is comforta ble the patient. Certain in its effect, and ] ( URES when nothing else can. Avoid all other I KIDNEY PADS, as many worthless imitations are being forced upon the market. We will send certificates of cures, ntid our book, "How a Lite was fcaved," free upeu the receipt ol your addre-s. DAY'S PAD is sold by Druggists, or sent by mail ou receipt of price, ?2. DAY KIDNEY PAD CO., SOLE PROPRIETORS, TOLEDO, - - - OHIO. J. C. REDICK. Agent for Butler Co. Notice Extraordinary. Persons desiring t® have their Old Furniture repaired, or New Work made to order, such as Music Stands. Book Cases. Wardrobes. Otli.-e Desks. Office Tables, A-c.. would do well to call on A. 13. AVN.SON, Practical Cabinet Maker. I hold that a piece of furniture made by hand is worth two made by machinery, ami will cost but little more, if any." Then why not have hand made ? All work made in the latent styles and of the beat material. I guarantee entire sat isfaction in stvle, workmanship and price. Give me a call. Shop on Mifflin street four doors west of Main street, and opposite A Trout man's store, Butler, Pa. sepl7-ly Union Woolen Mills. I would desire to call the attention of the public to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa., where I have new and improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred and Q-ray Flannels, Knitting and Weaving Tarns, and I can recommend them as being very dura ble, as they are manufactured of pure Butler I county wool. They are beautiful in color, su perior in texture, and will bo sold at very low prices. For samples and prices, address. H. FULLEBTON, jnl2V7B-Iy) Butler, P» COMMENTS OF THE PRESS, j A VIRTUAL VICTORY, f Phila. Pres., Feb. •"> ] When the predictions concerning llic irarrisbnrg convention are compared with the result the contrast is ludi crous. It was called at an unusual time and on short notice, with the avowed purpose of making a unani mous declaration of Pennsylvania in fa vor of a third-term nomination of Pres ident Grant. Those who called the con vention had general possession of the machinery of County Committees, aud trained hands of officials to help create public sentiment and elect delegates. All advantages were in favor of the movement. Pride of State was appealed to ; the distinction in leadership which it would give was glowingly painted : jiersonal aud public considerations were freely plied, and in ordinary cir cumstances this powerful combination would have been successful. It has wholly failed because the people, touched in a most tender point and roused by the dangers which the situ ation exposed, baffled the well-laid plans. This convention, called to make (irant the next Republican candidate for president, has unmade him as such ; it was intended to promote his inter ests, but it has overthrown them ; in tended to be mfde the means of still ing the popular will, but it has become tho voice of the people ; intended to build up the varied schemes which it was called to consolidate, but it has swept them with a besom of destruct ion, and strewed with wrecks the scene of its meetings. The contest was a fierce one, and the anti-Grant leaders deserve great praise for the courage, skill and effect with which they waged it. The few timid men among them were quickly sent to the rear. Bolder spirits took their places. Plausible sug gestions, which were cunningly made, but which gave away their whole case, were scouted, and a policy entered upon which was intended to assert their parliamentary rights and to force to the severe test of a yea-and-nay vote the threatened indorsement of the "third term." A few men fell bv the way, who were tripped by temptations, ! caught by power or decoyed by blan ' Tiishment. Powerful influences brought 1 to bear during last Tuesday detached ' several men from their duty and their ' instructions ; but all did not avail to stem or turn the current which ear- I ried the convention fiercely forward to its work, and all observent politicians : admit that the Grant movement has J met its Waterloo. The debate of the afternoon was an- I imated and searching. The most strik ing speeches were those of Stewart, of Franklin, Moreland, of Allegheny, and j Wolfe, of Union. The former was de voted to the proposition that the con ; vention had no right to elect delegates j to the Chicago convention in disregard ! of the power of the representatives of ! the districts in this convention. The only reply made to his argument was a conclusive vote of the majority ex pressing their purpose to elect whom they pleased. Moreland of Allegheny made an effective speech in endorse ment of Grant instructions, and Wolfe an equally vigorous arraignment of the Koontz of Somerset mar red the force of his argument by per sonal allusions to Senator Cameron, and Herr of Dauphin weakoned his by apparent inability to come a point. Gen. Albright's plea against instruc tions was effective except as he injured it by detaching it from the third-term question. Gen. Bingham's discussion in a mysterious way, of possibilities which might have flowed from a differ ent line of policy by the minority of the convention, attracted attention during its delivery but led to no result. Mr. Harvey, of Clinton, and Mr. Dar lington, of Chester, gave expression to the feeling of their constituents, and vigorously resisted the Grant move ment. Mr. Strang's motion, which brought the convention to a direct vote on the candidacy of Senator Blaine, was a personal act. and, as be stated, was induced hy a desire to place on the record some delegates under Blaine instructions who were dodging, lie declined to withdraw it. Among those < who voted against it were some of the strongest Blains men in the conven tion, who were opposed on principle to instructions Tor anyone. This class ! joined the other wing of Blaine men in | swelling the negative vote on the Grant instruction to one hundred and thirteen. Philadelphia voted steadily for Grant instructions, though but one member of the delegation is known to be for him. The others so voted, not meaning it, because they were un willing to leave Senator Cameron in a hopeless minority in the convention. ' Could a vote Lave been obtained free from all personal influence and en -1 tanglement the Grant vote would have I scarcely exceeded thirty. If a conven -1 tion can prove anything, this one I proves the entire absence of real strength in the third-term movement. Its failure is utter. BF.TTER THAN WAS EXPECTED. [Commercial Gazette.] On the whole, we look upon the ac ■ tion of the Pennsylvania convention as much more promising to the Re publican party than was expected when it was called. It seems to be ! an awakening which will bring the ! Republican party to assert their con- I trol of themselves. IT gives token that one man will not be able hold in one hand that delegation in the National I Convention. | "MORE OF DANGER THAN OP BENEFIT." [Philadelphia North America.] 5 Under such circumstances, the en -1 dorsement of General Grant yesterday, * made without spirit and without sin cerity, must be regarded as threaten ing more of danger than of benefit to his cause. B * * * * * TH ERE j 3 A SCENE in T which Senator Cameron deserves to he congratulated. He has won the vic tory in the teeth of an adverse public opinion iu spite of the 6treuuous up position of a minority so active, oour * ageous and united as to take the con- I vention and the public by surprise. Ho has won by the exercise of a capac ity for GENERALSHIP WORTHY of bis father in his best days. But there are victories which are more disastrous than defeats. HOW BLAINE RECEIVED IT. [Washington special to the Phila. Times.] lllaine was at a dinner party at Senator Allison's, and attended the wedding of D. C. Forney's daughter j afterwards. Returning home about J midnight, he received several dis patches giving the result of the day's session, but declined saying anything about the matter further than to sug gest that the moral effect of twenty or thirty majority would not be a very strong example to other States, es pecially when Cameron controls the State as he does. A NEW YORK VIEW. [New York Times.) It may be an open question whether the action of the convention is in per fect harmony with the preponderating Republican sentiment of the State, but strong as may L»e the popular feel ing in favor of Blaine, it is certain that a good deal of his support in the convention came from men who es poused his cause quite as much from opposition to the rule of the Cameron's as from any special attachment to his claims on the Presidential nomination. WHITELAW BEIN'S OPINION. [New York Tribune ] The majority for Grant, .small as it is, is unquestionably due in part to the firm refusal of Sir. Blaine's imme diate representatives to authorize any bitter assault upon Senator Cameron. In view of all these things, it may well be doubted whether, in voting as they have been instructed to vote, the Penn sylvania delegation will fairly repre sent Pennsylvania sentiment. But, however this may be, one thing is clear — the claim that there is an over whelming demand among the Repub lican masses for the nomination of General Grant, the claim that they believe him to be the only man who can carry the country, has been ex ploded. HOW IT LOOKED. [Philadelphia Times.] Senator Cameron ruled what may by courtesy be called the deliberations of the body, but was confronted by an opposition more formidable in numbers, and more earnest in purpose, than has been common in his battles of the last ten years. * * * There are none so blind as not to see that the indorse ment of Grant by the Pennsylvania Convention is the veriest mockery and a cruel sacrifice of Grant before the world. NOT TO BE NOMINATED WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. [Cincinnati Commercial.] Whether Grant be a candidate or not in June next, the discussion of to day is a timely warning that* he can nut be nominated without a struggle ; that Blaine, of Maine, will come up with ranks as solid as at Cincinnati in 187fi, and that under no circum stances is he to Vie slaughtered as he was by those to whom he had a right to look for substantial aid. The strug gle in Pennsylvania, though resulting in a nominal triumph of Grantism, has placed the third term movement be fore the country iu such a form that it must henceforth take a down-hill course. THE GRANT BOOM FATED. [Pittsburgh Telegraph.] Grant must be a unanimous candi date, or none at all, and stubborn fights after State delegations will take all the freshness and spontaneity out of his canvass. It is too early to at tempt to indicate who the dark horse is, if there is any blanketed animal. It may be the evident popularity of Mr. Blaine with the masses will bring other managing politicians to his sup port, aud Pennsplvania may lead off for him, but of this there will be no sign until after the New York Con vention has been held. The one thing to be deduced from the Convention of yesterday is that the (irant boom is fated. THE CONVENTION. [Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.] In reviewing the proceedings of the Republican State Convention, A few thoughts suggest themselves. So far as there were antagonisms, they were personal as between the friends of Cameron and those who oppose Lim rather than political as between the partisans of Grant and Blaine. There was no misunderstanding, no unfriend liness between Blaine and Cameron. On the other hand, they were in the most perfect accord as to what course the convention should adopt. It was well understood that Cameron's first choice was Grant, and equally well known that he would just as cordially support Blaine if Grant's name were withdrawn. It has also been an open secret among politicians for some time, that Grant's name will not be sub mitted to the Chicago convention at all, unless his friends can count in ad vance a preponderating influence in his favor — such an influence as will command for him the almost unani mous endorsement of the convention. He is not a candidate at all in the or dinary sense. That is to say, his name will not be presented by his friends for the purpose of trying conclusions against the field, or availing themselves of whatever opportunities might be presented for forming combinations in his interest. They must sec their way clear before they will authorize the use of his name. JERSEY jurors do some very queer things. A citizen of that State re cently brought suit against a Penn sylvania!! for depriving him of the companionship of his wife. The wife either didn't amount to much, or the Jersey idea of feminine society is not very complimentary to the six, for af ter an absence of about twenty hours the jury disagreed, nine being in favor of acquittal of the defendant and three for giving the plaintiff tsix cents dam ages. REMONSTRANCES against the passage of the Weaver pension bill are being circulated in all parts of tbe West, aud oro largely sisrued BARGAINS IN PUTTER P. VY ING. • Here comes Robhy from Sleepy Hollow, with a load of butter. We're short, arn't we, Jonas?*' •"Yes, all gone but the bad lot, and they are all crying for something good." Robby, from his wagon—"Mr. Nip per, I've got some butter for ye." Nipper is busy and does not hear. "Hello there, Nipper: come and see this butter!" Nipj>er slowly closes his order book, directs the delivery boy to hop around with the codfish, shifts a yellow ham, near the door, from one peg to another, cocks his stovepipe hat on the back of his bald head, thrusts a thumb in each arm-hole of his vest, and shuffles slowly towards the street, as though about to squint at the state of the weather. "Why, Robby, what ye got there ?" "Butter, Mr. Nipper." "Butter, hey ? Now if ye had eggs I might buy. Butter's dull, Robby; the town's full of butter." "Is that so ? Daisy heard as it had gone up." "Goue up—well, yes; gone up the spout. Dick, take them turnips to Riehfinger," turning away. "Won't ye look at this lot, Mr. Nip per ?" "Robby. we're full. Jonas was jest savin' he couldn't store another tub. The town's glutted—glutted, Robby ; and heaps of it spoiling in New York, and no buyers." "But this is an extra fine lot, from the best feed of the pasture with the spring brook in it. where ye used to catch trout, Mr. Nipper; and Daisy made it with her own hands." "Yes, yes, but it looks salvy-like —worked too much—no texture you see, and full of buttermilk ; won't keep. Robby, won't keep. Then it lacks the gilt-edge tone and flavor. What do you ask for it ?" "Well, Daisy thought as bow she orter hev fifteen cents." "Too high ; can't buy ; good morn ing." "See here, Nipper, what'll ye give ?" "Robby, if 1 give ye ten cents for that butter, Jonas will be as mad as a boiled lobster—Jonas will swear and make things lively. But you're an old friend, and I'm goin' to do it, and take the consequences." SELLING. "Richfinger, come this way; I can show you an awful nice lot of butter; there it is. That's what I call ele gant; made by Daisy Buttercup, the neatest and prettiest girl in the coun try. I used to spark her mother be fore she married. She's dead now; old friends, ye see, and can't help dealin'. Look at the color—there's dandelions and buttercups; look at the texture—as free from salve as snowflakes, and if ye find a hair or bug I'll make ye a present of it. Smell of it—l dare say ve can scent the clover blossoms. Taste of it; no tice the tone, the mellowness, the aroma —equal to cream candy any time. What do ye think of it, Rich finger?" "What's the price, Nipper?" "Twenty-five cents, to an old cus tomer." "Pretty high, isn't it ?" "That depends on what ye're buy ing. Grease is grease, and butter is butter. Ifve want grease-1 can sell for less; but if ye want to lay in the best grade, the gilt-edged, the gold leaf, as it were, June butter—butter that'll keep, mind ye, ye might go further and fare worse. Let me tell ye that butter is on the rise ; the town is cleared out, and them New York chaps are out lookin' up round lots. That means a foreign demand, and great scarcity, sir—great scarcity." NOT A CRIME. From Maine to Oregon and from the lakes to the Gulf there will be joy over the recent decision by a Delaware court that kleptomania is not a crime. To be called a thief is very distasteful to any one, particularly if the appella tion is expressed in court, but to be termed a kleptomaniac is a very differ ent thing. Individual manias are gen erally inherited, and to be considered the victim of one implies that the per son concerned had ancestors, and pos sibly distinguished ones, for the fame and fortune of many a very old and rich family had its origin in practices that would come under the vulgar des ignation of theft were it not that his tory has sanctioned the use of such terms as "conquest," "sequestration," "confiscation," Ac., to express the acts that resulted finally in the property of some individuals and communities passing into the hands of others who were stronger. The plantation negro who is caught with a bag full of chick ens for which he cannot show a bill of sale is as clearly a kleptomaniac, for the tribe to which his ancestors be longed pained their livelihood princi pally by fighting weaker tribes and ap propriating their property, while the high-toned Wall street man who un loads a lot of Wild Cat Preferred upon a friend with money to invest can prob ably find the root of his family tree in some splendid old nobleman who, help ing his king to annex a slice of a weaker ruler's territory, received a share of the plunder by way of reward. Both operators, therefore, can claim upon undoubted evidence to l>e mere kleptomaniacs and consequently guile less. Indeed, kleptomania is not only not a crime, but a quality which in its larger developments is held in high es ! teem. Were it not so Germany could never have obtained Alsace and Lor ! raine, nor could England have annexed the Transvaal Republic; the Black Hills would still echo Indian gutturals | instead of the joyous shouts of the in j ebriated miner and the dulcet melodies that are wafted from the doors and win dows of scores of free concert saloons. A mania that allies a man to the great rulers, diplomatists and statesmen of the world is not to be underrated; to realize that in its minor forms it has until lately been regarded as theft is to comprehend anew what % wonderful I a*c of prtfgtfrtfe vc thf in. ADVERTIMIffI IUTFS One sqnar*. ma insertion, $1 ; each snbse qnoul insertion, 50 cents. Yearly advertisements excewiiug uno-fourtii of a column, per inch. iFi,:uo 'TUTK double the MO tatce; addition d I charged whore weekly or monthly change* are made I.oca! advertisements 10 cents per line for Bn>t insertion, and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub lished free of charge. Obituary notices charged as advertisement*. anil payable when handed in Auditor*' Notices. £4 ; Executors' and Adminis trators' Notice*. W each; Estray, Caution antf Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact th«t the Crm** is the oldef established and mo«t extensively circulated Re nnllican newspaper in Butler county, (a Bepub lican county > it must l>e apparent to bnsine«!- mon that ft is the medium they should use ii. advertising their business. NO. 13. DRESSING POUL TP Y. HOW TIB KEYS ARE PICKED ALT YE—AN EXPEDITTorS PROPER. The Indianapolis Nam says: The method of dressing, or more properly undressing poultry, employed in the large commission houses would be a revelation to the ordinary chicken kill er. The futile chase after the bird early in the morning, the capture of the same late in the evening; the con fusion, fuss, commotion and the yards upon vards of advice are all done away with. Everything there is done with neatness and dispatch. This is where it is done : A dirty, dingy room, fur nished with a carpenterVbeneb, a block of wood, several bloody barrels, some tubs of water, a wide mouthed iron kettle steaming over a short stove, and a score of stout cords suspended from the rafters. And this is how it is done. The executioner selects from the coop half a dozen of chickens" and with a skill which only comes from long prac tice, be lays their heads, one after an other, on the block. Quickly and with a single stroke to the neck, he cuts off heads and throws the bodies into a barrel, where they are given an oppor tunity to die in privacy. They are just allowed two minutes to finish this bus iness, when the picker is not in a hur ry, and at the end of that time they are sprawled out on the floor, and one at a time they are soused into the pot of boiling water and picked, and such picking! In less time than it takes to write it. the body is as bare as a bil liard ball. The operator passes his hands over the fowl as gracefully and seemingly with as little effort as a ma gician does over an empty hat upon which he will immediately produe six live rabbits and a dozen white pigeons, and the result is equally incomprehen sible. From his hands the bird passes into the tub of water and is ready for the market. This is the wet pick. The most popular method of picking for the eastern market is the dry pick. The wet pick, it is claimed, renders poultry more susceptible to the weather than the dry pick does. In dry picking in this city, only the larger kinds of poul try are chosen. It is the favorite way of dressing turkeys and geese. To dry and pick a turkey, the bird is taken alive from the coop and tied bv his legs with one of the hanging cords. His throat is cut, and before the first drop of blood has fallen, almost before the turkey has a chance to realize his situ ation, his tail is gone and long before he dies he is minus even his pin feathers. Sometimes the feathers come unwil lingly, the skin must then come with them. There is a reason for this cruelty. When the bird is dead the feathers be come set in their sockets, and to dress it, it is neccessary cither to soak it in hot water or tear all the skin off of the body in taking off the feathers. The first would injure the value of the fowl not less than tho second, and the only wayleft is to pick alive. Geese are al ways picked in this way. Ducks and chickens are usually treated to the wet pick in the West, although in the East the dry pick is the most popular man ner of dressing them. a veby'dark PICTURE. TTIE DISTRESS IN IRELAND, fAssociated Press Dispatch.] NEW YORK, Feb, 9—A Dublin let ter to a morning paper gives a terrible picture of the destitution in some parts of Ireland. The famine fear prevails to an alarming extent in some places and harrowing descriptions are given of the distress There are four parishes in Conemara, lying along the Southern coast of Galwav county, of which it is said not one of the three Commissioners, deputed by the Gov ernment to inquire into the state of things in Connaught, has visited. Similarly two gentlemen who traveled through the reported distressed dis tricts on behalf of the Duchess of Marlborough, are said to have left these parishes out of their inspection. They lie far away from all regular renters. The Workhouse, the legal refuge for the destitute, is twenty-six miles away. The process server, how ever, has visited these wilds, and these four parishes cover an area of about forty miles square, and there is not in the "whole island a more stricken and woe-begone region. Following is the re port about the condition of the par ishes named: Carnagh—With perhaps a couple of dozen of exceptions, the whole popula tion, 5,000, are on the highroad to starvation. Hunger has overtaken more than one-third of them already. Those who have anything to eat are living on the seed potatoes. Every dav some family is eating its last meal of them. Numbers of families squat in their hideous cabins around the morsel of live turf all day long, in order not to awaken the pangs ol huu ger by active exercise. The wretched peasant mothers stumble over miles of sharp-pointed rocks, with their bare feet, to implore Indian meal for their whining children. They also carry loads of turf or dripping sea weed on their backs for ten or fifteen miles, like beasts of burden. Starvation i 9 going on far and wide. The weather is cold and the people half naked. They have no beds, even for the sick. They lie in the daily clothes, with old tat tered rags around them. Assistance is promised the famishing in the spring, but it is a question how many Con nemara peasants from Ireland will live to see spring, and those who survive will lie emaciated and incapacitated. Nine-tenths of the whole coast popula tion of Connaught, from Galway round to Sligo, are on the brink of starvation. THE statement comes from the War •Department that Uncle Sam has, on paper at least, the formidable militia armv of 6,510,758 without counting the imposing array of gorgeous Brig adiers and the smaller fry of officers. This fact, however, is not made public at this time for the purpose of causing uneasiness in the civilized world. OWL egg hunters are gathering these trophies, iu the eastern counties, the eggs of the-great-borued owl beinjf tb<3 pciec rtfugbt fVr.
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