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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.
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nnllican newspaper in Butler county, (a Bepub
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mon that ft is the medium they should use ii.
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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.