. BUTLER CITIZEN ftKM A WTC. NE6LEV. WIOFR#. Entered at the Po*toffice at Butler as Beamd-cla*** matter. • Ftft PRESIDENT, IWO. HOB. JAKES 0. BLAISE, OP MAINE *#-Th« choi<* of Peai»vlv»nia, subject to Ih« decision of Republican National " onv*n tion. Th« (36th Pa. ! district pneticallr unan imous and instructed for hiw -I wish to nx-ak for the million* ofjai political «a*tic*. ami m their naine to de.-l.ii* that the _bc- L.KI.. mu»t be strong enough, aud nhall I* Motigh. to protect "le lU their right*. "—JAM** **■ 81-AIJTR. Republican State nominations. FOB JUDGE SUPREME COURT, Hon. Henry Green, OW HOBTHAMPTOT COCNTY. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL. Hon. John -A.. Lemon, or BLAJB COUNTY. SLCMTABT SH*BMAN'S speech Bt Mansfield, Ohio, last week contains a frank and manly avowal of his candi dacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency, which, accompanied by hie emphatic statement that unless be is supported With practical unan mity by his own State his name will not be presented to the National Con vention, is creditible alike to his can dor and his pride. There is no ambi guity at least in the statement of Mr. Sherman's position, bat the meaning of it ia that be knew and feared his own State was really for Blaine and hence bis visit home aod effort to save it. Ocrart. A special term of Court for the trial of civil causes convened on Monday last, Judge McJunlrfn and Associate Storey and Dodds on the Bench. After the bearing of several motions and ap plications the first case taken up was that of D. A. Renfrew, Adm'r of H. Smith against John McCandless, in which a verdict of $14.66 was rendered for the defendant. The next two cases ware James Yaraer and Z T. Wood ward, plaintiffs,' against James and John McGee; verdict for plaintiff in first case for $79.90, and in second case for 979.31. The case of J. P. Jones, for use, vs. H. C. Moser, was then taken up, and is on trial at time of going to press. _ Surrendered. Messrs. Rumberger, Salter, Petroff and Crawford, four of the members of the late Legislature recently convicted of corrupt practices and who had escaped from sentence, returned to Harrisburg last Monday and surrendered them selves to the Sheriff of Dauphin county, i The Court not being in session they were admitted to bail until the 26th of this month, to which time the Court on the 3rd inst. bad adjourned. The legal authority for thus admitting them to bail after flight And consequent con tempt of Court, is disputed. The prac tice has been different here. On the 86th, however, we presume they will receive sentence, unless some further dodge is successful. Mr. Eemble, the chief of the fugitives, has not as yet re turned, but it is supposed soon will. Refuse to Ansvcr. THBBB is no use waiting any longer for Messrs. Gordon and Robinson to answer the questions about what they propose, as delegates from this Con gressional district, to do at Chicago. Tbey are doubly instructed—by their district and by the State Convention. They know very well who is the choice of the great majority of the Republican voters of this district and of Pennsylvania, and they either dis dain or dislike to say whether they will have any regard for the will of the voters or not. It is time for Crawford county Republicans to range themselves alongside the Republicans of Lancaster, York, Cumberland. Sny der, Tioga and Chester. There should be concerted and vigorous action taken at once. What it shall be it is best to leave to the representatives of the party when they are assembled.— Crawford Journal, April 1. We were very much surprised on reading the above in last week's Jour nal. We expected to see and read jast the reverse when we opened the Meadville papers last Saturday. And this for the reason that it was known the committee appointed by the Craw ford county Republicans had performed their part in addressing letters to Messrs. Gordon and Robinson, and that such letters had been received by said Gordon and Robinson, and that of course tbey would reply to the same and be in haste to do so. But from the above it seems the worst fears of the Republicans of the district may be realized. Will the Journal please as certain from tbd committee there the particulars in this matter and make them public. It has been given out here privately by the delegate here that he intends and will vote for Senator Blaine in the Chicago Conven tion. But who can further believe this if be shirks and refuses to answer a respectful letter of inquiry sent him on the subject by Republicans who were appointed for that purpose, and who have a right to know ? The Re publicans of this county are just as uneasy on the subject as arc the Re publicans of Crawford, and this for the reason that they know the man, and know that he has betrayed them in the past and believe be will do so again if opportunity offers. The idea of JWO sucli men, or of any two men, wfeo happened tp slip in as delegates Urtbe -National Convention in the manner in which tbey did, thus trifling wilb the great Republican party of this district, a district tbs largest in population and rots of any in the State, and none more intelligent ; tbe mm, w say, at these two men claw jpg to pyctKtfit y«t to say whether or not tbev will fairly represent it, according to the v>ice and wish of its Republicans, is unheard of and calls for remedy. They may think tbev are playing smart, aud their papers, which they edit or con trol, may be silent and remain so until the mischief is done, but they may i»e assured that there is no political mat ter more engrossing the attention ol the Republicans of this district, and none other will be allowed to engross it while this one remains in so unsatis factory a position. Other counties and districts in the State are moving and taking steps also to be fairly repre sented by their district delegates in the National Convention. The right to do so cannot be denied. We have given the Republicans of this county full information on this subject, and now again direct their attention to the danger they are in of not being hon estly represented in their choice for President. The matter is now in their hands for such action as may be deemed necessary. POT President. We this week place the name of Hon. James G. Blaine at the head of our columns, as the choice of the He publicans of this county and of this Congressional district for the next Presidency. It may with equal truth be affirmed that he is the choice of a large majoritv of the Republicans of Pennsylvania. But we all know the action of the Harrisburg State Con vention of February 4, by which the State delegates, or four delegates at large, as they are termed, were taken from him and instructed for another candidate. They, we presume, will vote for Gen. Grant in the National Convention, for whom they were in structed, the methods by which that was done being beyond redress, and there fore of no longer any use or effect in discussing. But as to the district del egates to the National Convention, two from each district, the masses of tbe party have a right to be heard and are making their wishes known. They are repudiating tbe unusual haste and disrespectful and untimely action taken by tbe State Convention. They are for Blaine for President, and are deter mined their choice shall be respected in the National Convention. They are for him because he is the truest type of Republicanism of any of tbe candi dates named ; because thev believe he is tbe strongest man, aud will create more enthusiasm with the people than any other; because all Republicans will vote for bim ; because he is able and deserving, and has all the quali ties necessary to fill the chief Execu tive office of the Nation ; and finally, because they believe he was unfairly deprived of the nomination four years ago and should now receive it. In raising his nsme we are therefore but expressing tbe wishes of the great majority, which all must respect. With his name we place an extract from one of his speeches, which con veys tbe proper sentiment and the only one upon which this Government can stand: "The Republic must be strong enough, and shall be ttrong enough, to protect the weakest of its citizens in all their rights." The "Republic"—not any man, but "tbe Republic"—the laws and the Con stitution, are and must be strong enough to protect all. Whenever the sentiment embraced in those words shall be lost sight of, and a single man come to be regarded as stronger than the laws, then we are in danger of man power as against the power of the laws of the Nation. The law it is that is supreme, and, when properly enforced, is our great strength and bul wark. Tbe political history and career of James G. Blaine show him to pos sess both the executive ability aud tbe nerve to enforce the law, as fully as Gen. Grant or any man could or would do. That he as President would be both safe and wise in administering tbe Government, there cannot be any doubt. Tax Troubles. The taxpayers of the county just now are considerably excited over the increased valuation of property made this year by the Assessors, under the instruction and direction of the County Commissioners. The valuation of this borough has been increased to the amount of eighty per cent, on former assessment, and many of the taxpayers in consequence called upon the County Commissioners on last Saturday rela tive to the same. This increase, it is claimed, the Commissioners lmd no legal authority to make, that work beinff confined to and made the duty of the Assessors only. On the other hand, the Commissioners allege that the law requires them to equalize the taxes throughout the county, after the differ ent Assessors have made their returns, and that they have proceeded in the way pointed out by the law for that purpose. From all the examination we have made of the law it does not seem clear to what extent the Commissioners have a right to alter or even interfere with the valuations made by the As sessors, yet it would seem but reason able that they should have some super vising or correcting power in the mat ter, and this from the fact that the dif ferent Assessors of the townships or boroughs may make and return a dif ferent valuation, being hijrh in one ease and low in another. Our tax laws certainly need a careful revision. But in the case of this borough it is quite plain that the increase of the eighty per cent, is out of all proportion. Some of-tbe properties here, it is al fefod, oouM pot now be sold at tbe tax (Elpe bailee Ciiisteu: SVpeil T t ISBO. valuation now put on them, and we presume a correction will be made. A remedy in some eases may be had on • the day of apj>eais, hut tho complaint ,is that the valuation itself is much ' higher in proportion than in other ports lof the county. And it is fun her al i leged that this will require us to pay a greater amount of State tax hereafter than would be our ju>t share, and al-o that for local purposes the tax may at anv time be doubled by reason of the nearly doubled valuation now put on. Taxes are. at all times, an interesting question, and just now particularly so, for certainly nothing but positive ne cessity would justify at this particular tirue the increasing of the valuation of real estate. It is now so depressed in value that it cannot he sold for the one half it could three years ago; in fact, it cannot be sold at any price, and therefore this was certainly no time to be raising our valuations. THE VOICE OF TIOGA. AN EMPHATIC DECLARATION FOB SEN ATOR BLAINE—THE REPUBLICANS OF THE OLD WILMOT DISTRICT RALLY IV FORCE. The meeting of the Republicans of Tioga county at Wellsboro, last week, to declare their preference for Senator Maine as the Republican candidate for President was briefly reported at the time in a special despatch to The Pre**. The meeting was a very large one and representatives were present from nearly every township and bor ough in the county The following extracts are taken ftora the very full report of the meeting printed in the Tioga county Agitator of Tuesday last. Hon Butler B. Strang presided, and in his speech said : "It is against the clear denial of the right of the district to choose its own delegates that I am here to protest. It is not for the pur pose of inaugurating a Blaine 'boom,' or to oppose Grant, or to say that I will not vote for Grant or any other man who may IK? fairly nominated at Chicago, that I am here to-night. I am satisfied a majority of the people wish Blaine nominated. We are not here to organize a bolt, or for the pur pose of growling, but as representa tives of Tioga county, a part of the glorious old Wilmot district, where the Republican party was born, we are here to assert our rights When we are told that nothing can come of it, I say when the Republicans of this county make up their mind to stand up for their rights they will find some wav to maintain them. We are here for the sole purpose of asserting and maintaining our right to be honestly represented in the National Conven tion—the supreme council of the party and of making known here and there our choice of a presidential can didate.'' [Applause.] After the reading of a letter from Congressman Mitchell, in which he insisted upon the right of the district to elect their own delegates to Chi cago, Hon. J. B. Niles made a speech in which he said: "We are now en tering upon a most important presi dential campaign, and we should not do anything to render the tinal result doubtful. A prominent Democrat said to me this day that it made no difference who won at Chicago—it would make no difference in the result; that no combination could be made by the Democrats that could beat our weak est man. But in times like these we should take no. chances. Under all the circumstances, I believe James G. Blaine the most acceptable candidate now before the people. The events which have recently transpired in his own State have most completely dem onstrated that he has great executive ability, and no man now doubts that he would make a most excellent chief magistrate. His name is known and honored in every household. In my judgment, with bim for our standard bearer, we can arouse all the old-time enthusiasm of our Lincoln and Grant campaigns aud at the same time pre sent a name around which Republi cans of all shades and differences of opinion and choice can heartily and enthusiastically rally." Tht; resolutions reported by a com mittee, consisting of Major George W. Merrick, S. B. Elliott, David Cameron, T. C. Sanders and C. H. Seymour, were adopted as follows : Rrtotvt't, That we a**ert, andinsint up>«n the right of each CongreiMional district to select and instruct its d«*le(fates to the National Con vention without dictation or coercion from any source ; we condemn and denounce the ac tion of the late Republican State Convention at HBrrisbnrir, taken in disregard of that ri|»lit anil ajjaiust tne spirit and the letter of the call for the National Republican Convention at Chicago, for Republicans '"to choose two delegates from each ( ongremiional dis trict," and against the protest of our represen tatives in the Slate Convention, and against the prevailing and well-know choice of the Republican party in this district ; and in this particular, and iu the enforcement of the "unit rule" ujHHi the delegation so selected tor the Congressional districts, we repudiate such ac tion as unauthorized and unwarrantable and not binding upon the Republican party of this district. Raotnrd, That we earnestly favor the nomi nation of Hon. James ectfully requested to appoint the aboved named com mittee as conferees to act with conferees Irom other counties of this district for the selection of delegates to the National Republican ('on vention. Major Merrick made an address saying the Republicans of Tioga "pro posed to be represented at Chicago. We propose not to submit to a so called representation by men who misrepresent us both by their politi cal character and the manner of their ap ' pointment." , F. E. Smith, Esq., detailed a part of the political history of I*lso, show ing that at that time this district claimed and exercised the right to ap point its own delegates to the Na tional Convention, and that the delt - gates so appointed refused to be i bound by the instructions of the State Convention and voted in opposition to ! such instructions. \ Other speeches in the same vein i made, after which the resolutions were adopted and the meeting adjourned i with clivers* fur sfcaator JiJaiuv. JAMES O. BLAINE, OF MAINE. A Sketch cf his Career. HIS ANCESTRY, EARLY LIFE AND RAPIT> RISE IN PIBLIC ESTIMATION A PROM INENT REPUBLICAN LEADER AT TWEN TY-FIVE— HIS BRILLIANT CAREER IN CONGRESS. Written bj J-ont» King, /"/<* Surgron General of Pen ntyl r< i>i ta. Prominence in a public career al ways leads to erroneous statements in regard to a man's early life. It is our purpose to give a brief sketch of Sena tor Blaine iu the vicinity of his birth place. in the midst of his friends and relatives. James Gillespie Blaine was born on the 31st of January, 18-30, at the In dian Hill Farm, Washington county. Pennsylvania, opposite the town of Brownsville. The old stone house where be first saw light is still stand ing. and is now included within the limits of West Brownsville, though at time of his birth it was simply the mansion house on tbe Gillespie farm. The house was built by Mr. Blaine's great-grandfat her. the elder Neal (iil lespie, in 177*, on what then the frontier of civilization. The late James L, Bowman, of Brownsville, accurate in the local history of the valley, said it was tbe first stone house ever built on the western side of the Mononga hela river. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA' ANCESTRY. Mr. Blaine canie into public life, if not by a law of heredity, yet by a strong association in his immediate family. His great grandfather. Col. Ephraim Blaine, of Carlisle, Cumber "and county. Pa., was Commissary General of the Revolutionary army from 1778 till tbe close of the struggle in 1783. Hon. Frederick Watts, of Carlisle, in a recent sketch, thus speaks of Colonel Blaine's services as Com missary General: "In "this great field of patriotic duty Col. Blaine won a splendid reputation. Through himself and his immediate friends he was able at different times, when the Continental treasury was empty, to advance large sums of money toward purchasing supplies for tbe armv : and during the terrible winter at Valley Forge Washington attributed the preservation of hi* troops from ab solute starvation to the heroic and self sacrificing efforts of Colonei Liaine The high esteem in which Colonel Blaine was held by Washington and his great compatriot leaders in the Hevolntion is attested by numerous letters from them, official and unofficial, still in possession of Colonel Blaine's descendants in this State. It is yet one of the pleasing local traditions of Carlisle that in 179:5, when the whisky insurrection arose in the western coun ties, President Washington, accom panied by bis Secretaries of the Treas ury and War Departments, Hamilton and Knox, on their way to the scene of the trouble, halted for many days at Middlesex as the quests of Colonel Blaine, and while there heard of the dispersion of the insurgents and re turned to Philadelphia. Their visit was the occasion of a most lavish hos pitality and an old-fashioned merry making. and was long remembered with pleasure by the generation of Carlisle residents who have just passed away." Mr. Blaine's grandfather, for whom he is named, intended originally to enter upon a professional and political career, but a somewhat prolonged resi dence in Europe after he had completed his studies diverted him, as it has so many young Americans, from follow ing his first and better ambition He returned to his home in 1793, bringing with him, as special bearer of dis patches, a celebrated treaty with a foreign Government, since become his toric, and afterward led chiefly the life of a private gentleman Mr. Blaine's father was born and reared iu Carlisle, and after an extended tour in Europe, South America and the West Indies, returned to spend the greater portion of his life in the adjoining county of Washington, where he died before his son was fully grown. He came west about 1818, having the largest landed possession of any man of his age in western Pennsylvania, owning an es tate which, had it been preserved, would have amounted to-day to many millions. As a single item in that estate, it may interest the present gen eration of Pittsburghers to recall that in 1825 Mr. Ephraim L. Blaine (the Senator's father) deeded to the Ecouo mitea the splendid tract of lain! on which their town with all its improve ments and all its wealth now stands; receiving $25,000 for a property whose value to-day, even if unimproved, would be a princely fortune. There were also timber tracts on the Alle gheny and coal tracts on the Monon gaheia, at that day of no special value, which now represent large fortunes in the hands of those lucky enough to hold them. Very near the large tracts owned by his father and grandfather. Senator Blaine is now the possessor of one of the most valuable coal properties iu the Monongahela valley. In area it is but a fraction of that which he might have hoped to inherit, but in value it is manifoldly greater than the whole landed estate of his father fifty years ago. It is not a mitt or of much interest in political annals, hut there are some still living who remember that Mr. Blaine's father and grandfather were especially and widely noted as gentle men of great elegance of manner and of culture. Both had traveled in for eign lands in the early days when traveling abroad was rare, both were highly educated, and both had a great deal of that aristocracy of bearing and pride of family from which the Senator is robustly and cheerfully free. JNTKL r,E("r l A L Tlt AINI NO. Special pains were taken by Mr. Blaine's father to give his son a thor ough intellectual training. He was under the J>est tutorage in his earliest years, ami at the age of eleven was sent to Lancaster, Ohio, to school, where he lived in the family of his relative, Hon. Thomas Kwing, at that time Secretary of the Treasury. Gen eral Thomas Kwing, at present in Con gress, his cousin, and of the same ago, was his classmate under the tuition of an Englishman named William Lyons, a brother of the elder Lord Lyons and uncle of the late British Minister at Washington. In November, 1843, Mr Blaine en tered the Freshmen class of Washing ton College, and was graduated in September, 1847, at the age of seven teen years and eight months. In a class of thirty-three members, Mr. Blaine shared the fir»t honor with John C. Hervey, now Superintendent of Public Instruction at Wheeling. He was a diligent, ambitious studt-nt, specialty etwilwl io L»tio *u4. It was the delivery of this speech and some discussions which took place shortly after that caused Thaddeus Stevens to say that "Blaine of Maine had shown as great aptitude and abil ity for the higher walks of public life j as any man that had come to Congress j during his period of service." During the first session of Mr. Blaine's service as member of the Postollice Committee he took an active part, in co-operation with the chair man. Hon. John B. Alley, and the late James Brooks, of New \ ork, in en couraging and securing the system of postal cars now in universal use. Dis tribution on the cars had not been at tempted on any great scale, and the first appropriations for the enlarged service were not granted without op- position. Following the war and throughout the period of reconstruction Mr Blaine was ever active, energetic and intel ligent. He was especially prominent in shaping some of the most important features of tbe fourteenth amendment —particularly that relating to the basis of representation. The discussions on this great series of questions, in wbicb Mr. Blaine figured largely, are among the most interesting and valuable In vbe bibtory of tbe Auwrivau Cvatfrwe- THE tiRKENHACK lIEHfc»V. In ISHT. while Mr. Blaine was ab sent in Europe, the theory of paying the public debt in greenbacks was started in Ohio by Mr. Pendleton ami in Massachusetts bv (Jen. Butler. Ju.-t after his return in the autumn, at a special or adjourned session of Con gress in November, Mr. Blaine as saulted the proposition in a speech of great research, logic and force. It thus happened that he was the first man in either branch of Congress who >poke against the financial heresy that ' in subsequent years has engrossed so ! much of public attention. From that i time, both in Congress and before the ] people, Mr. Blaine has been indefati- j gable in bringing the public opinion of : the country to the right standard of financial and National honor. Others may have lx>en more prominent than he in Congress, but it is hazarding little to say that Mr. Blaine, more than any other man, has reached the miud and aroused the judgment of the people by addresses from the stump through the East aud West. In his thirty-ninth year Mr. Blaine was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was re-elect«d for the two succeeding Congress. It has often beeu said that no man since Clay's Speakership presided with such an absolute knowledge of the rules of the House or with so great a mastery in the rapid, intelligent and faithful discharge of business. His knowledge of parliamentary law was instinctive and complete," and his administration of it so fair that both sides of the House united at the close of each Congress in cordial thanks for his impartiality. As Mr. Blaine presided over some of the most exciting scenes and sessions of the House, the approval he secured is especially noticeable. A MEMORAHLE EVENT. Eveu more marked, at least in the popular eye, than his career as Speaker, was Mr. Blaine's course in the House when he returned to the floor at the close of his Speakership. Few have forgotten the sudden tilt by which, in a day, a victorious and exultant Dem ocratic majority was changed into a surprise, subdued and saddened crowd under Mr. Blaine's aggressive and un expected tactics. The debates of that memorable session on the proposition to remove the disabilities of Jefferson Davis are still fresh in all minds, and more likely to be appreciated, perhaps, to-day, th:m at any time within the last three days. Mr. Blaine's speeches laid the foundation of success in the campaign of 187 5, though he was not selected as the standard-bearer. The excitement growing out <>f this exciting session with all its attendant events brought Mr. Blaine more prominently before the country than any other cit izen for the time, centered upon him indeed a hostility more malignant and a love more enthusiastic than ar<* often inspired by public service, and his failure to be nominated at Cincinnati was a disappointment to the great mass of Republicans throughout the country. To thousands in Pennsylvania his de feat came as something like a personal grief. On the final ballot Mr. Blaine had 351 votes, Mr. Hayes had 37'J, aud Mr. Bristow 23, so that Mr. Hayes only had a majority of five. During the seven ballotings 404 different dele gates voted for Blaine, but they were not combined in one ballot. CAM P A ION OK 1870 ' A fter tbe elect ion of President Hayes, to which Mr. Rlaine devoted all hn powers, he entered the Senate, taking , his seat in December, 187»i. Many resetted that the able Speaker of the ' 4lou.se, the dashing and brilliant de hator in Committee of the Whole, should, as they expressed it, be shelved in it Senate. Three years have passed, and it would be hard to name a man who has been less securely shelved, a Senator who has moved so promptly to the front and stood there so firmly as Mr. Blaine. The Senate contains a large number of able men and some skillful debaters; but in logical, off ! hand discussion, in tjuick perception, full command of every resource and i entire forgetfulness of self, it contains 'no man superior to Mr. Blaine. He | lias I icon called dramatic. lie i* dra ! niHtie ; not because he poses, but be ' cause he is absoluely natural, and i nature is always dramatic. His career ! in the Senate is as active as that in . the House. He has taken a prominent part in every important debate ; and though not fearing to differ from his party, has always been a strong party man. and is tu-dav one of the recog nized leaders on the Republican side. PECULIAR TRAITS. Mr. Blaine is a man of good temper and temperament, though with a cer tain intellectual vehemence that might sometimes be mistaken for anger ; of strong physique, wonderful powers of endurance and of recuperation ; of great activity of industry, kindly and frank, easily approachable, and ready to aid all good cause# with tongue, pen and purse. His studies have been largely on political questions and political ' history. Everything connected with the development of the country in- 1 terests him, and fie is a dangerous an- : tagonist in any matter of American , history—especially of the United States I —since the adoption of the Federal constitution. He is an intense believer j in the American Republic—one and individual—.jealous and watchful for her honor, her dignity and her right of , eminent domain ; ready to brave the j wrath of the Kast for the welfare of. the West, as in the Chinese question; ready to brave the wrath of the Had- j icals rather than permit the indefinite j suspension of the writ of habeas cor- 1 /tus ; ready to brave the wrath of the ; Conservatives for the rights of the Southern blacks, as in opposition to ; President Haves' Southern policy, and perfectly ready to give the British lion's inane a tweak when that fine old king of beasts crashes too clumsily among our fishing flakes ! HIS BRMAKKAIiI.K MEMORY. Mr. Blaine's knowledge of facts, | dates, events, men in our historv, is j not only remarkable but almost unpre- j cedented. In his college days be was j noted lor his early love of American ' history and for his intimate knowledge j of its details. That field of reading has been enlarged and cultivated in all { his subsequent years, until it would ; lie difficult to find a man in the United States who can on the instant, without reference to book or note, give so many ; facts and statistics relating to current j interests, to our financial and revenue ! svgtem, to our manufacturing industries of all kinds, to our river and harbor improvements, to our public lands, to our railway system, to our mines and minerals, to our agricultural interests, in fact to everything that constitutes ami includes the development, achieve ment au4 tfuuxnw of the Uuiuni Cjvaaw. i This h*.-> bet-u Ibe study of Lis life, and his memory is an encyclopedia. He remembers because ic u easier than to forget. THE LATE TKOL'HLE IN MAINE. Those who hare ltet-n disposed to regard .Mr Blaine n-s an impulsive ainl possibly rash man were kindly fur nished by the Democratic party the opportunity to lie completely unde ceived in witnessing the coolness ' steadiness, persistence aud success with i which he conducted the Republican j party in Maine through its recent | troubles, anil brought order and law out of chaos an«l threatened - violence. No finer display of statesmanlike qual ities has been seen in this country, and the American peoplp are not slow to perceive that in the protracted and perilous struggle in Maine Mr. Blaine exhibited all the qualities required for the discharge of the most difficult and delicate duties of an executive station. Many persons warndy disposed to support Mr. Blaine for the Presidency complain that he does nothing for him self. Nor is it likely that he will do anything. If chosen President, his nomination must be won by the Re publican masses, and his election by a frank and confident appeal to the people. No man is freer from the spirit of the demagogue and time server. His friends believe that his candidacy would evoke* an enthusiasm not equaled in this? country ' since the famous campaign of 1840. Significant Remark. President Hayes a few days ago wotind up an interview on the Presi dential question, with the following sen.-ible and significant observation: ' What the Republican party ought to do is-to nominate a man for President who is so strong with the people that the machine men will not dare oppose him '' Which remark, many thousands of Republicans all over the laud would naturally construe just now to apply to the "man from Maine.'' THE Republican primary election of Beaver county is to come off on Thurs day, May 27th. When will ours be held ? is the question now very fre quently a.>kcd THE attorneys of Blair county are required to Wear black suits and white neckties while in Court. At least that is a rule they have established. Mrs. Partington S lys : "Don't take any of the quack ros trums, as they are regimental to the human cistern ; but put your trust in Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits and all comic diseases. They saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever. They are the ur pus unum of medi cines.— Boston Globe. .Mew |M P 1 I>| To roiioit order* for our \ur vi'll ii I)liEi tery Block. Men of integrity VI L 1 V Rood habits. energy aud fail ill IJ -i butuneett capacity can easiiv ac -1 A V Tl7 11 quire a knowledg •of the tiOi-i --" *»•' 1 " uefcf. must give entire attention to tiie work ami be able to go to any part of their own or adjoining comities. PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT. GOOD I'AY AND EXPENKEB. Give age, previous occupation and reference*. Addrens It. G. CHASE A CO., aprVlm 10 N. Merrick St., Fhila. PENSIONS! New Lawn. Thousands entitled. Kvery sol dier even slightly disabled, by wound*, dineaee or accident, entitled to pension, dating hack to da'v of discharge. Even the loos of a'finger or toe. entitle** to pension. Also, all widows aud dependent patents, and minora, entitled. Time limited. Apply at once. Many pensioners now entitled to increase. IJounty ve» due to thous ands. Land cases settled. Patent* procured for inventors- Fees fixed by law. Send two stimpa for new laws, blanks and instructions to E. H. GELBTON A CO.. Pension and Patent Attor neys, Lock Hox 725, WUHUINKTO*. D. C. |as-lm FARMERS, LOOK HKRKI LH'I ITI.I: NH IKI: FANNIN G-M ILL. SIMPLE! DURABLE! It Has No Equal! This Mil! will take every grain of COCKLE and CHKSS out of Seed Wheal ; all the KOR KEL out o' Timothy Seed, and all the PLAN TAIN' HEED out of C over Seed This Mill has two Shoes working in oppmite direo'ioua , has MoliE SCUKI.N SI-HFAI r than the old-fashioned mills,"and will go in a door three feet wide. Sei.d stamp for prices. Agents wanted. Address W, I. BROWN, MiimifaclunT, ap's-1 tn NEW LISBON, OHIO. ii«l i t oi*?-;* A. t FTHBERT, the Poor Hoard of flatlcr borouirli, for the year 1 s7i*. DR. To ain't hiil. .>n duplicate of 1878 $1,0i!4 07 f 1.-7. • 2,1M06j " reo'd from ntlier districts 24.> t>4 i " Mrs Melyelland, in terest Nov. 8, 1577 3.8 30 ; Total *3,522 46 j . I t/UJ'l tifM I*'( lit t I P»U|KT« for groceries, fuel, Ac $ 2S' 77 ( Dr. Conn, Mrs. Berringer M> 00 ( Jack son township. Kischner etise -17 l>7 Mrs. Geo. White iind medicine bill :• t 99 G. A. Black, Esq., attorney fee no , J. Black family, Farker townshij 2<>l *■'> Mrs. Gueiither, maintenance, Ac 7.' 51 ' John Cricks, " ol 94 j shovels and scraper 2 10; J. Zicglt r, printing 7 00 Miss Biddy Coll. I"><> 00 , Mary Wellt.r, Dixuiotit 161 93 : Marv \. Vullem, St. Francis llosp'l.. 17") 07 Mrs." 11. Strawick 66 S. Burnsides and family 57 88 .John Marquis and family JK) I*l Mrs. John Johnston and med. bill -II 30 John Lawall, services, Ac 11 00 George Vogeley, Secretary 7*> 00 A. Cuthbert, services, expenses, Ac.... 150 00 A. N. McCandless, costs I 50 .1. Keek, stationery 1 60 Auditing accounts ls7s and 187!' 30 00 Tat returned U> Co. Treasurer 157>>.... 1!' »>4 Exonerations 1878 82 52 Collector's commission I*7# 52 2.> Tax returued to Co. Treasurer 1879 43 52 Exonerations 1871' ■ «- ( olleetor's commission I*7!' Balance on duplicate for 1*79 7l!> #2 Judgment of Mrs McLeliand »28 39 Treasurer's percentage 42 85 i ild warr't* red'med and acc't* settled 531 26 Balance due from Treasurer 32 49 Total *3.822 46 Audited April 5, 1880. JOHN M«tJ. SMITH,) Aprf] IJ. M. M< U RE, Aud r». Holler. In pursuance of an order of the Court of ' Common Fleas of Batler county, obtained nn- j der the direction of tho Comptroller of the Cur- ; rency. nonoe is imreby given that on the lOtb i day of Apri'. 18H0. at the hour of 10 o'clock, A. ! M.*, I will expose ten (10) shares of the capital ' stock of the German National Bank of Millera town to pnblic sale, at or in front of said Bank, in the of Millerstown, Bntler oonqtr. l*a.. subject to an asseiwment "f 145.11 pet share. JOHN N. FFUVIANCE , Becoiver of ihe Firm National Bank, I Bwai-at* 4 Treasurer's Sales. All per«.m« interested will Lake not;it that on MONDAY. JCSK 14, IB*O. and each sm*e«d i:ig day until all are sold, there will be oftered »t pnblic "utcry, st the Court House in Butler, by the County Treasurer, the following lands t>r ui.xcs entere 12 j Anderson William. 24 acres $ 14 SO I Hartley Thomas, 53 acres 16 70 Blakeley James. 100 acres 22 06 Hamilton Joseph, 22 acres 4 76 Meals Christian, 45 acres 14 23 Boscnherg David, 45 acres 2 16 Stewart William, 12 acres 5 92 Womer Samuel, 8 acres 1 77 BRADY TOWNSHIP. Phillips Bros., 47 acr«a._ 6 20 BTTI.EE TOWNSHIP. Graham W. L., 2 acres 1 90 Graham John, heirs, 25 acres 4 73 Hart A Conkle, 6 acres 2 35 Negley A. G., 30 acres 10 30 liheilander William, 5 acres 2 12 Young Amelia, 40 acres 7 00 CONCORD TOWNSHIP. Bredin A Roessing, 29 acres fl 67 Black John, 94 acres 21 11 Curran William, 50 acres. 10 35 Conway Albert, 17J acres 4 02 Given George, 3 acres 18 69 Leonard R. E. A Co., 28 acres 132 00 Mitchell Alexander, 33 acres 6 90 McCartney A McConnell, 2 acres 10 14 McLaughlin A Co., 1 acre 3 68 Phillips Bros., 2 acres 2 34 Ren.i Ileal Estate Co., 13 acres 16 10 Stahl A Benedict, 2 acres 1 38 Shakely Polly, S6 acres 20 80 Thompson J. M., 65 acres 14 00 Wilson Allen, 45 acres 17 52 United Pipe Lines, 11 acres 21 45 CENTRE TOWNSHIP. H u«el ton Theodore, 65 acres 7 33 Huselt"n Theodore, 2tX) acres 23 60 Jack, William S., 75 acres 4 20 Maxwell M. C., 2 acres 1 19 Snodgrass J nines, 4i> acres 2 68 CIIERBY TOWNSHIP. Gilmore A., 70 acres 18 33 CLEARFIELD TOWNSHIP. Kearns J. R., 30 acres 8 70 Ilagertv Margaret, 57 acres 11 40 Fiick James, 1 lot 2 70 Goldinger David, 70 acres I Over* Joseph, 75 acres... 5 42 Rheilander W'illiatu, 31 acres 35 VENANGO TOWNSHIP. Addleman Robert, 17 acre* 3 30 Briceland Alexander, 6;"> acre* 13 98 Kakin Joseph, 25 acres 45 Higgius Andrew, 50 acres 10 75 Lincoln Mary, 25 acres 1 58 Leison T. 8., 46 acres 11 00 Mcßride A., 50 acres 2 40 Mclaughlin J. 8., 50 acres 10 75 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. Anderson Samuel, 2 acres 1 67 Kakin William, li acres 3 00 llollv Ann, 1 acre 31 Hillfard, Burnett A Co., 193 acres 34 63 Kelly Patrick, 90 acres 25 19 Maxwell Robert, 1 acre 15 McMahan L. C. f 8 acres 2 07 Stewart William L., house and lot 3 00 Thompeon J. M., 60 acres 11 16 WORTH TOWNSHIP. Book Harlan, 50 acres 2 80 Stoughton O. P., 33 acres 2 31 HITLER BOROUGH. Aggas George, bouse and lot 7 05 Bell William, 1 lot 70 Clark Hale, house aud lot 7 20 Chiinon John, 5 lots 10 00 Dougsn Bridget, 2 lots 7 95 Dickev Henry, house and lot 1 75 Fiuaimmons Andrew, house and lot 8 58 Glenn Walker, 1 lot. 5 30 (ilenn James, ileo'd, house ami lot 3 50 Ilaney John Mrs., 1 acre 2 40 llarley Christian, house snd lot 14 40 Ilildebrand Henry, 1 lot 4 00 Johnston George, honse and lot 5 80 Maxwell William Mrs , house and 10t... 660 McCandless Moore, house and lot 3 25 McCandless Matthew, house and lot 1 05 MeOuistion W. W., house and lot 24 30 Richards A. Mrs., house and lot 10 00 Roake James, house and lot 6 58 Skillinan James, 1 lot 3 30 S|ta II gen berg Mary Mrs., house and lot.. 480 Smith H. S., house and lot 3 15 Slater Valentine, house and lot 1 40 Tracy James, house and lot 5 »0 Young John, 1 lot 4 65 GREECE CITY, Campbell George, 40 acres 54 40 Morrison Jiune", 6 acres 6 84 McKibben A Co., 8 acres 39 10 A. L. CRAIG, npr.Tj County Tressurer. .% «l in iII i«tl i*iil«: r*w Sol fee. Notice is hereby given that letters of admln ' istration have been granted to the undersigned | nn the estate of Margaret McAiiallen, deceased, : iaie of Washington township. Butler county. Pa. VII jJeiaons, therefore, knowing themselves In debted to said estate, aill please make lramedi ,.!•) payment, and any having claims agnina. the "Kino will present them, duly authenticated, to J the underaigned for netf lenient THOMAS Mr AN ALLEN. Adm'r, | iuiivi!-4t Auaiiriale P. 0., Bntlbr Co., Pa. Appoals from Assessment*. 1 The Court of Appeals for the Townships and Boroughs of this county, will be held at the County Commissioners' Office, in Butler, Pa., 1 its follows: Ydarns township 1 Allegheny township ' 12 Butler towuship " 10 Brady township " 14 Bulliilo township ' 20 t'oucord township ! I lay township.. " [ ('1 in ton township 21 Centre township | Clearfield township Cherry township " 15 Crnniicrry township " 22 Connoqnenessin|f township " 23 Donegal township. JJ 7 Fairview township v .... " 6 Forward township " 26 Frauklin township " 27 Jackson township - " 19 Jefi'erson township " 28 Lancaster " 20 Muddycreek township " 15 Mercer township " " Marion township *' 13 Middlesex township " 29 Oakland township " 9 Parker township ' 5 Penn township " 30 Summit township " ft Slippery rock township " Venango township ' 13 Washington township " 14 Winlield township May 3 Worth township April 16 Harrisville liorough May 4 Butler bonuigh April 24 Centreville Ixircugh " 26 Fairview borough " 6 Millerstown borough " 7 Prospect borough " 27 Portersville borough " 23 Petrolia borough May 5 Saxonb'irg borough April 30 Karn* City bon>ugh Mav 4 Zelienople borough S Harmony borough April 28 Sunbury Imrough 23 By order of Commiseioners, 8. McCLYIfONDS, Clerk. Cotu'ra Office, Butler, Mar. lt>> tbtiO.