BUTLER CITIZEN. JOHN H. 4 W. C. NEGLEY. PROP'RS Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as second-classs matter. Republican State Nominations. FOR JUDGE SUPREME COURT, Hon. Henry Green, OF SORTHAMITON COVSTY. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, Hon. John A. Lemon, OF BLAIK CQfXTY. THE State of Indiana has given a majority of her district delegates to Blaine. SEVERAL communications and other matters have necessarily been crowded out this week. PON'T forget to go and hear the Readings of Mr. Neil Grey, in the Opera House, to-morrow (Thursday) evening. IT is admitted that Blaine was cheated in 1876 out of a nomiuation which was his due. Shall this wrong be repeated ? ThE people are above conventions and cannot be debarred the privilege of revising their action and correcting their blunders. BLAINE divides New York with Conkling, Pennsylvania with Cam eron, Ohio with Sherman, but nobody divides Maine with Blaine. THE Democratic State Central Com mittee of this State is called to meet in Pittsburgh, on March 18th, to fix the time for their State Convention. RULES adopted by conventions to force a unity which does n^ k exist axnonsr the people, are, and ought to be, odious, because intended to gag and control those whose right it is to rule. FOR what is a National Convention called ? To register the edict of a peo ple's will, or the orders of cliques of politicians who may happen, by chi canery, to be able to run the State Conventions ? IN New York three attempts were made to strike out the names of dele gates to Chicago chosen by the dele gates from the Congressional districts, but they were all defeated by the con vention. The "machine" was not strong enough to break down this val uable principle. THE Wilkesbarre Record thinks the result of tbe New York Tribune's can vass of Pennsylvania the "most signifi cant development that has yet been made of Mr. Blaine's overwhelming popularity among the Republicans of Pennsylvania." It adds that "such unanimity cannot be ignored by the leaders of any political organization that hopes for a long and victorious ca reer in the future, and they are blind who attempt it." That is the right way to put it. ILLINOIS has been claimed by the friends of Gen. Grant, but the friends of Blaine had tbe triumph last week, iu fixing the time for her State Con veniton to suit themselves. The Grant men wanted an early date and the Blaine men a later one. The Con vention will not he held until the mid dle of May. We believe Grant is about at the end of bis string with the Conkling and Cameron expressions in New York and Pennsylvania. He cannot .possibly be nominated unless he receives the votes of nearly all the Southern States, and if he is thus nom inated it will be by votes of States that can not help to elect him in No vember. THE following resolution was unan imously adopted by the Republicans of Crawford county, at their recent meeting protesting against the action of the State Convention. Mr. liloss, of Titusville, was one of the delegates to that Convention and was instructed to vote for Blaine, but forgot his instruc tions when he got to Ilarrisburg and voted for the other man (Grant). His constituents, therefore, say of him as follows: Rettolved, That H. C. Bloss, Esq., the delegate to the recent State Con vention at Ilarrisburg, by his failure to obey the instructions of his constitu ents, violated one of the fundamental principles of a Republican or Repre sentative form of Government and thereby demonstrated his utter unfit ness for any position of political re sponsibility whatever, and we him hold up to the opprobrium of the Republicans of Crawford county. WE have received a letter from the Hon. Daniel Fiedler relative to the comments we have felt it our duty to make on the action of the delegates from this county to the late Harrisburg State Convention. As the Judge's letter is respectful in tone and style, and as we have the kindliest personal feelings toward him, we will endeavor to explain the matter more fully. Our charge, and the charge of the Blaiue Republicans of this county is, that our delegates—Greer,M'Kee and the Judge —did not fairly represent the couuty, or carry out their positive instructions, when they gave any vote in that Con vention inconsistent with the interest of Mr. Blaine for the Presidency. And the specification is, that they, in caucus on the evening before the Convention, and in the Convention itself on the next day, did vote for Hon. Russel Er rett as the organizing Chairman of the Convention, he being the man propos ed by the Grant delegates and Grant George V. Lnrave, fcopoyti by tjpo friends of Mr. Blaine; and that in con sequence of such votes the Convention was converted from what was really a Blaine one to a Grant one. Judge Fied- j ler does not deny that he, with Greer and M'Kee, gave such votes, but justi fies himself as follows. We give his own words, as we want to state the case fairly. He says: . "The fact is that at the general caucus held on Tuesday evening he (Errett) was chosen by a Mr. Lawrence been chosen at this cau cus in place of Mr. Errett, I am sure you would have expected every mem ber of the Convention to vote for him the next day." Now, just here is where the Judge is mistaken. We would not have ex pected any such thing a s we read t he pub lished proceedings of that caucus. What are the facts ? The Blaine men, finding themselves betraved and de ceived in the caucus by professed friends, plainly made known their opinions and feelings. They did not feel in honor bound to respect it, as was plainly manifested by them the next day in the Couvention itself by nominating and voting for Mr. Lawrence for Chairman, and had all who should ba\e voted foi him done so he would have been chosen and a different character be~u given to the Convention. No Blaine dele gate, under the circumstances, should have voted for a Grant organization of the Convention. And while Judge Fiedler did do so, yet no one who knows him accuses him of an intentional vio lation of his instructions. But the case is believed to be quite different with Mr. Greer and also, from circum stances, with Mr. M'Kee. Mr. Greer knew full well the whip that could lie cracked over his head if he went to that Convention. Yet he wanted to go, and he and Mr. Robinson and their friends wanted Mr. M'Kee along, who was but a short time in the county, but little known, and with no claims to represent the county. But he was in the Committee also, and was chosen over the heads of old Republicans and citizens of high character both politi cally and personally. He seems to have been thought safe, and so he proved. Neither he nor Mr. Greer gave a vote in Mr. Blaine s interest except that they were compelled to give by the letter of their instructions. The spirit of them was violated from the first. Mr. Greer bad a master in Senator Cameron to whom he was un der obligations greater than he seems to have regarded the instructions of his party in this county. He so expressed himself in Harrisburg, as we are very reliably informed, saying what the fa vors received from the Senator were, and that he could not antagonize his interests. Being in that condition he should have kept away from that Con vention. Nothing justifies the viola tion of instructions. So far as we are concerned we could have overlooked the manner of his selection, but when we saw the Republicans of this county betrayed, we felt it a duty we owed them to speak out; and now, having done that duty, we leave the matter with them. The Committee. J. W. Cree, P. A. Laffer and J. J. Henderson, Esqs., of Crawford county, are the Committee of three appointed by the recent meeting in that county " to confer with the delegates (Messrs. Robinson and Gordon,) appointed to represent this Congressional district in the National Republican Conven tion, to ascertain whether they consid er themselves bound by the instruc tions of the State Convention, or wheth er they will respect the preferencesof the Republicans of this district and vote for James G. Blaine." That Com mittee, we presume, if it h.is notalready done so, will take early action to carry ont the object of our Crawford county friends. It was a timely move and in the proper direction and the responses of the delegates should be obtained as early as possible, so that the Republi cans of the three counties may know the same and whether any further ac tion on their part is necessary in the premises. Court— Lefevre Case. March Term of the Courts of this county convened on Monday morning last, Judge McJunkin and Associates Storey ami Dodds upon the Bench. The Constables elect were sworn in, but their time for service will not com mence until April Ist, as will be seen by the late law wc give in another place. The Grand Jury was charged and is now in session, the most important case before it being that of the Com monwealth against John Lefevre, who is charged with the murder of his wife. If a bill be found against him we understand that both sides will be ready for trial next week, and that a trial will likely then take place. We have made arrangements to give the proceedings in this case In the CITIZEN as fully as possible. Norman Kirkland, Esq., of Winfield township, was appointed foreman of the Grand Jury, The Plea of the Juciases. The plea used by some of the dele gates in the late Ilarrisburg State Con vention is, that it was necessary, in ef fect, to defeat Blaine in order that Cam eron should be spared the apjtearai.ee of defeat. The Senator had committed himself to Grant, and in this State it may truly be said he represented and embodied the whole Grant element. There were so many delegates in the State Convention who were under obli gations to Senator Cameron, for favors received, that it was necessary for them to vitiate- tUu spirit of their iastnjctioijs Citiasjew ? HuJUUir, 3J*xr«l? 3, ISSO. for Blaine, on all preliminary votes thev | could give, and yet adhere to their in- j structions when it came to the final vote between Blaine and Grant. Or. in other words, they were trying to serve two masters—always a difficult task This, . we think, was the unfortunate condition of Mr. Greer, one of the delegates from this county. The Eagle, of this place, whose editor was present at Harrisburg as an escort to our delegates, as usual, justifies our delegates in their course and votes in not antagonizing Sena tor Cameron in any of his wishes, or rather demands, upou them, although the obeying such involved the disobey ing the true intent and meaning o! their instructions from home. The Meadville Journal exposes the absurd plea made by such delegates, in the following manner: " We have seen nothing tojustify the assuuiptiou which some of the Judases in the late State Convention offer as an excuse for their conduct, namely, that the anti-Graut movement was in point of fact nn anti-Cameron movement. There is no doubt but that, on account of Senator Cameron's efforts to force an endorsement of Gen. (traut upon the Convention he aroused personal oppo sition to himself. Ijecause it was believed that he was exerting au undue influence over the delegates who came in fresh from the people, and who were supposed to know the wishes of the people. No bodv can deny that this was so, nor can anybody deny that, but for such " influ ence " Senator Blaine would have re ceived the hearty endorsement of the Convention. But had Senator Came ron been indifferent to the result or had he been on the other side of the ques tion, it is preposterous to suppose that a single Blaine delegate would have an tagonized him. Senator Cameron was "under the load'" simply liecause he voluntarily chose to put himself there, and to antagonize what he, as well as his best friends knew to be pub lic sentiment, and the "opposition" manifested towards him, was not oppo sition to him personally, but to hia po sition and methods." Indiana—Tho Right Way. The Republicans of the State of In diana last week expressed their pref erence on the Presidential question in the only true and right way. This expression, as to districtde legates to the National Convention, was by "the Congressional districts, ' we are told. She had no State Convention for that purpose. The Republicans of the counties composing a Congressional district met by conferees, and made known their preference among the Re publican candidates for the next Presi dency, and selected by districts the district delegates to the National Con vention. When this plan is adopted by all the other States we will have arrived at the right doctrine and the true intent of representation in Na tional Conventions. Indiana will also have a State Convention, of course, and some time soon, but only for the purpose of selecting the four delegates at large and the formation of an elec toral ticket for the sitate. The result in ludiana shows Mr. Blaine to bo her choice for the next Presidency. This would have the result in Penn sylvania if a similar course had been pursued. Blaine will divide with Sherman the vote of Ohio, and we Ixi lieve will in time carry every •Western State. Districts Cannot Bo Gagged. This, from the New York Tribune, flu Pennsylvania's case precisely as well as it does New York. We com mend it to the Republicans who favor Qen. Grant's candidacy : There is not the least doubt—in fact there has at no time l>een any doubt—that the friends of Mr. Conk ling will control the Convention to morrow at Utica. There is no doubt either, we suppose, that they have all along been fully resolved to exert their utmost power to secure the nomination of Gen. Grant. To this no exception can be taken. It is their right. We think them gravely mistaken in policy ; but there are more members of the Convention of their way of thinking than of ours ; and where two ride a horse, oue must ride behind. But it is not their right to destroy the representative character of the district delegations, and they cannot attempt it without invitiug disaster. Several of the Congressional districts are for Blaine, and will choose Blaine dele, pates to Chicago. The Utica Conven tion cannot compel those delegates to vote against the known will of their constituents. It ha» no such power. It is coutrary to tho whole theory of representative conventions to giant such a power. The call for the Chicago Convention cannot be construed to permit the exercise of such a power. No wise politicians, at all familiar with the popular temper of this State, will dream that an attempt to use such a power now can fail to be perilous. The Utica assemblage may fairly in struct the State delegates to vote as its majority may decide. It cannot forbid the district delegates to vote as the distriet majorities have decided, for its j duty is to give voice to the wishes of the people—not to stifle that voice. The ivai/ to ruin their candidate at the jxjlh is to show that they tried to prevent over one-third the voters of their party from being heard in the Convention that selected them. In Pennsylvania the attempt was made to prevent nine-leniha of tJje voters of the party from being heard in the Convention that is to name the candidate they are to help elect by their votes. Mass Temper an oe Meeting. A mass temperance meeting was held in the Court House on last Mon day evening, at which Rev. Wylie presided, and addresses made by Revs. Ferguson, Stauffer and others. Tho object of the meeting was more par ticularly with reference to the numer ous applications now before the Court for tavern and restaurant licenses in this place. A petition, we understand, was numerously sigued to be presented to tbe Court oa tbe subject Admitted. A. Murray Cornelius, John K. Kel ley and James M. Denny, Esqs., were, on Tuesday morning last, ad mitted to the practice of the law in the several Courts of this county. We understand they all passed creditable examinations as students. THE stockholders of the Lawrence Coal, Iron and Ore Association, com posed of Thomas A. Scott, Thomas ] 11. Wells, C. D. Arms, the Messrs. Wick, the Coleman heir- 1 and others, own 28.000 acres of uudevelopeu lands in Butler and Lawrence coun ties. extending from Butler to the Slip peryroek regions. At a recent meet ing of the Association a committee was appointed to make arrangements for the disposal of these lands. This is the company, we believe, in which our friend Robert Allen, of Franklin township, has a good interest. We hope he may yet realize largely out of these 'eases. Utica Convention. [New York Tribune.] The Bepublicans of New-York may be congratulated upon the absence uf brow-lieating and ill temper, and upon the general disposition toward harmony which prevailed in the State Conven tion yesterday. There was a sharp dif ference of opinion a* to the wisdom of endorsing the candidacy of General Grant, which found free expression in the debate, and divided the body into two sections of nearly equal strength, but this differenee produced no hostile feeling. and no wounds were iuflict<-d in the debate which will rankle in the ap ' proaching campaign. There seemed to be an undercurrent of conviction run ning throughout the proceedings that the old factional fights of former years should be buried and forgotten, in view of the paramount necessity for good will and earnest devotion to the Re publican cause on the part of all ele ments of the party in this momentous Presidential vear. The advocates of the third-term pro ject controlled the Convention. Every body knew that this would be the case when it was called at so early a date. Their majority in the body was much smaller than tfiey expected, however — so small, in fact, that they felt obliged as prudent politicans. to seek to accom plish by indirection what they had per haps purposed to do boldly and with a strong hand. They refrained from in structing the delegates to Chicago to vote for Grant; they refrained from adopting the unit rule ; they did not copy the Pennsylvania plan of overrid ing the wishes of the Congressional districts, and forcing upon them dele gates selected to misrepresent their views. Perhaps they knew that they could not violate the settled practice of New-York Conventions and the terms of the call for the National Convention without arousing such a spirit of antag ouism as would endanger the success of the Chicago nominee. However this may lie, Mr. Conkling and his associ ates in this third-term business netod with fairness and courtesy toward the minority in the steps taken in making up the Chicago delegation. Nor can any complaint lie made of the resolution expressing their preference for General Grant and pledging New York to sup port him, as far as it affects the dele gates at large. The resolution is objec tionabhi because it has the color if not the form of positive instructions, and seeks to do what the Convention hail no right to do—compel a portion-of the district delegates to vote at Chicago against their consciences and against the known wishes of their constituents. It was the right of the majority to in struct the delegates at large or to plixigu their vote, which amounts to the same thing. But here the power of the Con vention stopped. The efforts of the Grant managers did not stop, however. They sought to make the delegates from anti-Grant dis tricts believe they are in honor bound to accept the pledge as applying to i hum as well as to the delegates at large. Some of these delegates are reported to have made the mistake of giving in their submission to this interpretation of the resolution. If they have really done so they had better correct their error at onee, Xo man chosen (u represent a Blaine district at Chicago can vole for Grant and plead tin- Convention's reso lution in justification of his course, un less the nomination of Grant should be a foregone conclusion. In case of a con test, a delegate who disobeys the in struction- of his district will have a reckoning to »ettle with Lis constituents, and will find himself instantly retired by them from public life. It will not do to argue that four years ago the entire New-York delegation with the exception of one man accepted the request of the Convention as equiv alent to instructions and voted for Ros coe Conkling at Cincinnati Then- U no parallel between the two cases. Mr. Conkling was distinctively the New- York candidate, and the delegates nat urally felt bound by their respect for their State to stand by him. There no qnt-iftion of prineiple at issue then; it was simply a choice between three or four men. Now the question is not one of personal preference or State j pride at all. It is whether the tradition ; of two Presidential terms and no more, which goes back to the Ihe foundation of the Government, shall be violated. Certain districts in the State are oppos ed to departing from this unwritten law which has heretofore been respected by all parties. They have chosen delegates to Chicago to represent their views. A Hindi majority of the State Convention disagreed with then), but that is of no account. The delegates are bound by all considerations of political honor to vote at Chicago as the constituents who chose them expect them to vote, and they w ill be held closely to their duty. The Utica Convention will be certain Jo have the effect of making the discus sion of the Presidential, which began in earnest among the masses of the Repub lican party after the snap-judgment in Pennsylvania, more vigorous and excit ing. It is a good time, therefore, to put in a plea for moderation and good tem per. Let everybody express his mind on the subject as freely and forcibly as he pleases. The Republican party is a party of ideas, and is never harmed by the fullest discussion of principles or candidates. But let every Republican push his end of the argument with good nature, au4 with entire confidence that the Chicago nomination is goingto rep resent the clearly expressed wish of the majority of the party, and that the nom inee is going to be elected. GEN. BUTLER is after the Standard Oil Oouipwy wKb • sbwp eticte Tha Voice of the People. [Cleveland Herald.] The New York Convention was in charge of Roscoe Conkling, Gov. Cor nell. Gen. Chester A. Arthur, and Ed wards Pierreponi. Under the lead of j such eminent politicians and wire pull ers. there was hut little difficulty in se curing by party machinery a majority of delegates to the Convention in favor of Gen. Grant. If any fact is perfectly well known, it is that a majority of the State of New York do not desire the re nomination of Gen. Grant. But the greatest leaders of the party of the State determined in his favor, and the work of securing delegates lor his sup port was easily accomplished. Had Conkling, Cornell, Arthur, and Pierre pont desired tbe nomination of Blaine, or Sherman, tbey could have carried the Convention by an overwhelming vote. That these gentlemen should favor Gen. Grant is quite natural. They are bound to him by ties of gratitude and personal obligation. It was Grant who tendered to Mr. Conkling the place of Chief Justice of the United States. It was Grant who made Gov. Cornell Surveyor, and Gen. Arthur Collector of the Port of New York. It was Grant who made Judge Pierrepont U. S. Dis trict Attorney. Minister to Russia, At torney General of the United States, and Minister to England. It was Grant who made Don Cameron Secretary of War, and all of these prominent per sons are still ambitious for power and future patronage. Everybody knows that if Conkling and Cameron bad been opposed to the renomination of Gen. Grant he would not have been thought of for a moment as a candidate. It is their will that has dictated the re sult in Pennsylvania and New York, and not any belief on the part of the people that the renominntion of Gen. Grant for a third term was wise or ju dicious. If a few prominent men can control great States, and use them Xg advance the interest of any man they sec fit to select for the Presidency, if the real wishes of the jieople are to be ignored or a large minority arc by party tactics and party machinery left without rep resentation or voice in nominating a President of the United States, we might as well dispense with a Conven tion altogether. A few gentlemen can arrange the whole matter at Washing ton, notify the country of their inten tions, and let the people keep step to the music carefully prepared for the oc casion. The programme of Mr. Came ron is spread out fairly before the country, lie was to take care of Penn sylvania, Conkling was to answer for New York. Logan is to take charge of Illinois, antl then a mob of delegates from Southern States, that in no con tingency will cast a Republican vote, are relied upon to do tbe rest of the work. In this way the wishes of the people are to be fully carried out, the right to select a President left free and unrestricted, a most profound respect is thus paid to public opinion, and in this artless and simple manner, the wishes of the majority are made known and the views of the minority treated with the tenderost consideration Every County for Blaine. [Philadelphia Press.] From all the indications of public sentiment which can be gathered from newspapers, from votes of Republicans at their recent primaries and from pri vate sources, it is, we believe, within the bounds of truth to state that there is not a single county in Pennsylvania a large majority of the votes of which are not in favor of the nomination of James G. Blaine, of Maine, for Presi dent. There has rarely been such unanimity and every day adds to its strength. Notwithstanding this, it is true that as a r«sult of the action of the Harrisburg Convention, ihe Penn sylvania delegates to Chicago are in structed to vote for another person whose nomination the majority of the Republicans of not one county can be assumed to desire. There are many indications that the people will not rest till tjjese delegate* are giyen the opportunity of choosing which instruc tions they will follow, those of their own districts or those of the Conven tion. The Chicago Convention. The National Republican Conven tion wiH be composed of 74*> delegates, apportioned to states and Territories j as follows :' ! Alabama 20] New .1 erscy 1 15 ! Arkansas 12 New York.... To | California 12 North Carolina 20 | Colorado iJjOhio 44 j Connecticut 12; Oregon t> ! Delaware '• Pennsylvania 58 j Florida S .Khofjc Islfind...B I Georgia ..,,.22 South Carolina 14 j Illinois 42' Tennessee 24 Indiana flnTexp* l'i I lowa 22. Vermont 10 | Kansas 10; Virginia 22 > Kentucky 21 West Virginia 10 ' Louisiana l'i Wisconsin 20 | Maine 14' Dirt. Columbia 2 I Man kind It; Arizona 1 I Massadusetts 20 Dakota 1 ( Michigan 22 Idaho 1 Mii.net-.lu ~l" Montana . 1 I Mississippi l'i New Mexico 1 Missouri '<o t'tah 1 Nebraska Washington 1 Nevada '< Wyoming 1 ! New Hampshire 10 THE "National Blaine Club," a pub lication in Washington, states that it has assurances that more than twenty of the district delegates to Chicago from Pennsylvania will vote for Mr. Blaine on the first ballot, and that thereafter they will be joined by many others. This revolt i=> evidently attracting at tention at Washington. It is stated in several newspapers that a "confidential agent" of the Graut men is now in Pennsylvania armed with full authority to stay the revolt—if he can find out j how to do it. If he will make Ihe j Press his organ of communication with the people, we will be pleased to record his experience. He'd better not aggra vate the -kickers," as they might harm him. And yet we doubt whether "lick line:" them will answer the purpose. The case appears to be desperate. The people are an unmanageable element when roused, and this appears to be tijeir present condition. — Press. SENATOR William Elliott, who is a Republican delegate to Chicago from the First Pennsylvania District, de clares publiclv and emphatically that he is against Grant. "I will vote against Grant." he says to a reporter of the Philadelphia Record, "if 1 am the only mau in the Pennsylvania del egation and the only man in the Con vention to do so. I think wbeu the time comes there will be a very serious defection in the ranks of the delegation. There has been no concerted action among the delegates who are opposed to a third term, but my own opinion, based upon previous action, ie the best guide, coupled with apparent dia ewitffevtvofc wfewi exist? VKrtr." Utica Convention—Prees Opinions. The New York Herald .says : "Th»-; Conkling --tar is in the ascendant, i but if chines with fadod lu-tro. The : Senator suweded in controling the Con vention, but by a mud) narrower ma jority than his supporters exported and his opponents conceded. The resistance i to the third term has proved altogether . stronger than anybody dared to hop*- or j ventured to predict 24 hours ago. On | the exciting question which ha? been j the hinge ot the controversy—theques- j tion which ha- caused all the >tir of po- j litical activity in the Assembly distrietn during the choice of delegates, the ques tion that was deemed paramount to ev ery other in the estimation of lioth the Republican factions and of all outsiders —on this central question, which dwarf ed and eclipsed every other, Mr. Conk ling and his powerful machine has had a narrow escape from defeat. The pros peet looks hopeful for a rapid subsidence of the third term boom, and the with drawal of the ex-Presidcat licforc the National Convention meets." The Tribune, remarks: ' The advo cates of the third term project controlled the Utica Convention. Everybody knew that tiii- would IN- the case when it was called for so early a date Their majority in the body was much smaller than they exjiected. however—so small, in fact, that they felt obliged, as pru dent politicians, to seek to accomplish by indirection what they had. perhaps, proposed to do boldly and with a strong hand. Mr. Conkling and his associates in this third term business acted with fairness and courtesy toward the minor ity in the steps taken in making up the Chicago delegation. Nor can any com plaint be made of their resolution ex pressing their preference for General Grant, and pledging New York to sup }K»rt him, as far as it affects the delegates at large. The resolution i< objectiona ble lx-cause it has the color, if not the form, of positive instructions, and seeks to do what the t "onvention had no right to do—compel a portion of the district delegates to voteat Chicago against their consciences and against the known wish es of their constituents." THF. Buffalo Ejpre**>. which is a vig orous advocate of Grant's nomination, protests against reaching that result at the sacrifice of " absolute fairness and freedom in the party's elections," but if the E.rprexs was published in Pennsyl vania in the interest of Grant's nomina tion it would be compelled to justify re fusals to permit the party to have any election at all on the subject. The re sult in the Pennsylvania Convention was controlled by the delegations from Allegheny, Dauphin and Lancaster, w hor-e County Committees deliberately and purposely refused to permit a pop ular expression on the Presidency. The outrage was an unspeakable one, but it marks the tactics by which this State was dragooned into the proclamation of a gigantic fraud at Harrisburg. The E.rj>ren>> winds up its homily in opposition to "snap caucuses," and oth er contrivances for cheating the people, with the remark: Tliev arc not tlio true friends of Gen. Grant, nor >ho l.ont ui is behalf. wbo endea vor to prevent & fall SJid fair expression of the opposition to his nomination. If this be true, Grant cannot have any "true friends" among the political work ers in Pennsylvania, for their great ef fort was from the beginning to prevent " a full and fair expression of the oppo sition to his nomination." Had such an "expression" been permitted, the "third-term" sche'.no WuuM have per ished on the 4th of February at Harris burg. It was only saved by unheard-of efforts and by means which w ill not ln-ar the light. The Ejcpren* further says of General Grant: He wants uo vote in the Convention unless tliev fairly represent the Itepiib'icsii sentiment of their respective distn-ts. If this rule !>u fairly applied he will gid no \utes from the Pennsylvania delegation, for there i~ not a district or a county or a township in the entire State in which a majority of the Re publican voters are u<»t opposed to his nomination as inexpedient and as un wise, and this, not i* cause of hostility to (it ricrul Ui'-aiit, but because of general considerations which are deep-seated in the popular heart and which the people are unwilling to give up.— Phil. Prt>.<j. Important Supremo Court Deoision. The .Supreme Court, sitting in Phil, adelpbi!*, recently, rendered a decision id the appeal of I)r. Packard's heirs from the Orphans' Court of Mercer county. The Orphans' Court decided that a relative, by being adopted, does not escape the payment of the collat eral inheritance tax. The Supreme Court sustains the decree of the lower court, and says the intention of the act relating to adoption was never in tended to deprive the rommonwealth of its five per cent, tax: at least it ought not to l>e taken away without express words. A Good Account. "To sum it up, sis long years of bed-ridden sickness and suffering, cost ing S2OO per year, total $1,200 —all of which was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters taken by my wife, who has done her own housework for a year since without the loss of a day, | and I want everybody to know it fo<- their benefit. JOHN WEEKS, Rutler, N. Y." Riifler Market*. BrTTER—Good 25 cents "P lb. BACON- -Plain sugar cured hams It ats. i? th; shoulders, 8 : sides. 8 BEANS —White. sl©l 98 V bush. CHICKEKS— 2S to 90 cte. per pair. CHEESK — 18 CtS V to. COKN MEAL— '2 cts. ? th. CALK BKIXS— 9OE<G>SI V LB- Eo«s—ls etß V ('o/.en FLOUR —W r ho*t. V !>bl, sack buckwheat. f2.50 V cwt. Ghux—Oate,33 cts i» buahel: com 15 ; wheat sl. 5 ; rye 75 cent* : buokwheat, 60. HONMY— 'JO otu. V LAnD—7c > lb. Tallow, ««7. MoLASsEs--50(ij-0()c V gallon. Syrap, 50£60 c. Osvisk— st V bush POTATOKS —40c. ¥ bushel. RCOAB— Yellow white 94 10 c. V lb. KAI.T— So. 1. >1.85 V harrel. CANCER. This disease like many others is regarded as incurable. It is not so. If it is taken in time it is as casilv cured as a wart or a corn. We know very well that it is a fearful disease and will cat away until It destroys life, that is if it is neglected, hat if it is attended to when it first raskes its appearance, or soon alter, there is no trouble in eradicating it front the system. Persons will have to be here during part of the treatment, consequently there is no use writing to me for information whether it can ►«! cured without my seeing the case. I also trent with success, Rupture, Piles, Fistula, fleers, I'loerated leifs, Varicusu \ei|is, Varicocele Tumors, llvdrooele, and every lorm of Skin Disease. Or. Keyser, 240 Penn Avenue, Opposite Christ's Church, Pittsburgh, Pa- A Card, To all who am suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, ear!y decay, loss of manhood, Ac., I will send a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This trreal remedy was discovered bv a missiou arv in South Afriea. Send a self-addressed envelope to the REV. JO6KPH 1N1U.5, StuUon V. Stvf Ofty. Established in 1830. Hats. Caps & Straw Goods. • IIARTEV COLBERT TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO HIS FRIENDS AND PA TRONS THAT HE IS NOW OPENING THE FINEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF GOODS EVER OFFERED. NII.K, FCH, WOOL AMD CI.OTII HATS A.ISTD CAPS FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDREN, AND WILT, BE HOLD AT LOWEST POBBIBLE PRICFB EVERY NOVELTY OF THE SEASON" WILL BE INTRODUCED AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR IN THE EAST. WE ALSO KKEP A FULL STOCK OF Goods. i :3f~THE PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC SOLICITED.^^ REMEMBER THE PLACE: 8 Doors North of Berg & Co/s Bank. To the Ladies & Gentlemen: Prof. FRENCH KIDNEY PAD A POSITIVE AND PERMANENT CUBE GUARANTEED In a!! eAS.IP of Gravel, Diarfter. Dropsy. Br.ir.n's Disease or nni Kton-ets. Iscosttnevce avt> Retention or Übise. Inflammation of th e Kidneys. Cat*akrh of the Utoh '"'ot/ireb Urisf.. Pais in' the Back Side or Loin*. Nervous Weakness, and in fact all disordcs ( ,f the Blunder and T'rinarv Orpans. whether contracted by private diseases or otherwise. This Great • remedy lias been used with success for nearly ton years iu France, with the most wonde '\i! enra tive effects. IT cures by absorption, no nt ißeonn internal medicines being required. We have bundled* of testimonial.* of cures by tliis I'ad when all else had fulled. LADIES. if you are suffering from Female Weakness. Leiicorrhoea. or diseases peculiar to fe males. or in 'act any diseases of the Kid' cvs, Bladder or Urinary Organs ask yonr dni 'gist for Prof. GI'ILMETTF.'S FRENCH KIDNEY "PAD, am> takf no otueb. If he has not got it send #2 and you will receive the Pad by retain mail. Address U. 8. Branch, FRENCH i'AD CO., Toledo, Ohio. Prof. Guilniette's French Liver Pad Will positively cure Fever and Ague, Dumb A true. Ague Cake. Billions Fever, Janudice. Dyspep sia and all diseases of the Liver. Stomach and Blood. The pa.l cures by absorption, and m per manent. Ask yonr druggist foi this pad and take no other. If he does not keen it send ?1.50 to the FRENCH PAD CO , (.U S. Branch) TOLEDO, OHIO, and receive it by return mail. J. II F.XDFKIHOV A' Ul*«.. marS-6m Wholesale Druggists, Pittsburgh. General Agents. 'XKW BOOT! SHOE STORE, UNION BLOCK, Main Street, - - - - Butler, Pa. Ruff Has received his entire stock of Fall and Winter BOOTS and SHOES. As I have an unusually larg. and attractive stock of BOOTS & SHOES just opening, embracing all the newest styles, I invite the attention and close scrutiny of buyers. Men's Kip and Calf Boots very cheap. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Button, Polish aud Side Lace Boots in endless variety, and at bottom prices. Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock. Parties wanting BOOTS & SHOES made to order can do no bettor than by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ. I also keep a large stock of LEATHER and FINDINGS. £jgf~Al] goods warranted as represented. AI im R1 5'F, MA»B»A€H». YOING—FAIR—Feb, J4. KvO. at the Pres byterian Parsonage, Bntier, bv Rev. V. T. \\ vlit-, Mr. Alexander L. Young, of Fairview, and Miss Martha J. Fair, of Kavlor City. lIEATHW. SNYDF.R—Feb. 17, I s *O, of diphtheria, William John, soikof i'hilipand Eliza Snyder, aired 1 years, 8 months and 13 days. \»*h Advertisements. Fairview Academy. This institution, with Rev. H. D- DarbaLer a* Principal. will open its Summer session April Jst. A new feature of this school which will at oi:ce commend itself ti> pub'.ic favor, will be to TRAIN STUDENTS FOR TEACHING BV AC TUAI. EXPEDIENCE. Yonng persona in. end ing to teach should avail themselves of this advantage msi3-3t LATtfD FOR iiALE —AND— William S. Ikiyd has 320 acres of No. 1 Prairie Land in Puller couutv, Kansas, which h*t will exchange for 100 acres in this county, ui pay difference if any- A large number of CHEAP FARMS fo*- sale in this county. West Virginia, Missouri and Kan sas. Applv to WM. S. BOYD, marJ-2m Vogeley House. Butler, Pa. Admiiiintmlortt* Sotkc. Notice is hereby given that letters of admin istration have been granted to the unders gned on the estate of Henry Smith, deceased, late of Buffalo township. Butler county. Ta. All parsons, therefore, knowing themselves m debtel to Haul estate, will please make imojedi- ; ate payment, and any having claims again- the same will present them, duly authenticated, to the undersigned for settlement SAMUEL SHEARER. < MARGARET X. SMITH, { A ' ,m ' mat.l-41 Sarvenjvillc P. 0., Butlbr Co.. Pa Annual Financial Statement Receipts and Expenditures of BKADY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Butler county. Pa., for the year ending June Ist, 1879. BKC FIFTH. Gross amount tax duplicate for sohool purposes i 907 96 Exonerations ..i 12 26 Outstanding tax 132 11— 114 37 Total tax receipts % 761 59 Cash from ex-Tieasurer VI 33 Btate Appropriation 179 13 Cash itoiu ex-Collector 1-5 00 From other sources 29 00 Total receipts 11.147 05 KJErKJiPITtntF-S. Paid teachers' salaries %9>4 35 •' fuel 71 47 " repairs 6 56 " Secretary's salary ... .. 1500 " Treasurer »nd Collector. 64 38 " nii.-cel.aaxiUß expenses. 6 50— 1,093 14 Balance in Trea-tiry * 54 01 : SOLOMON FISHER, Prut. | Attest —Jos!\n M. Thomihon. Ooncei*t. There will be a Concert at Groat I'«•' on the night of March 12th. liev. John 1 inks will take the leading part. A train will leave Butler that evening at 7 o'clock, and ret tit titer the ' Conecrt Come and have a good time. msr3-2t CO M M FT TEE. FORHK\r. Three acres of ground, larre hor- j u:d store room, with outbuildings. good water a - ue door, and good yonng orchard. I« six n s from Butler; and' a good location for a country store. Will give possession immediately. li"i ire at crnziN OFFICE. mar3tf Butler. Pa. Sale of Livsry Stcsk. David Cnppe. Esq.. who owns the largrf T.iverv Stable on Cunningham street, this boioigh, has conclu- ed to go to Colorado or some other sec tion i f the West in the Spring, and therefore will dispose of his enti.e Livery Stock the sale to commence on MONDAY, MARCH 8. 1880. at 10 o'clock. A. M., and to continue until all is sold. This is a rare chance fur bargains, as the Horses, Buggies, Carriage*, -Wagon*. Robes, Ac., are all in good condition. The Horses are of that age which renders them serviceable for driving or other employment, whi < the vehicles have been fcept ia constaut good re; air, not painted up for the occasion. AM this will be one of the largest sales of Livery Stock that ever took place in Butler, our readers are invited to give it (heir attention, and if any of them wish to make a purchase they should em I '' are the opportunity. uiar3-lt Life Insurance Agents WANTED! A ti rut-clans Life Insurance Company in New York wants SPECIAL, GENERAL and LOCAL AGENTS, in unoccupied feritory in tie State of Penusytvaiiia. Address Mavaoi.u or Aot.y cias. Box" 100, New Yobk Postofti k. f f2s—it LOKr. In the borough of Butler, on Monday last, 21rd iiibt., A ItOLL OF BILLS, amour ting to ♦SO. After coiniDg to town I was Br-.t at the Trout man store, then at Heck A Pat* eraon s, then at the Miller grocery, then at the Wick House, and theu at the office of Chas. lcOaud less, Esq.. whero I first missed the won »y. Any person finding ani returning tin- money to me. or leaving it at the Citizkn oft' will be liberally rewarded. A. O. SIVW Mtf, feb2s-.lt Wbitestowu, Butler ( ,la. - ■ Woodlawn A:ad:ny, Situated 20 Miles from Pittsbur h, on the Ohio River and P. & L. E. R R. SPRING TERM OPENS MARCH 29: <t, 1890. ACADEMICAL INSTRUCTION EQUAL TO THE BEST- Ewy means have been used to procure flrat elasa Normal Instruction Free Lect-t: will be delivered to the school on the theory and prac tice of teaohing, by prominent Educatora.— • Vocal Music and Elocution without ex ra charge. Boarding anil rooms re*s .able For circular address the Principal, Rev P J. CUMMINQB, fefcWHt VPoodlawp, Dwvr Co., Pa.
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