SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Per year, in advanoe t 1 50 Otherwise 2 00 No subscription will be dincoiitinncd until *ll arrearages are pail. lortmaetere neglecting to nottiv un when subscriber* do not take oat their raceru will be held liable for the subscription. Subscribers removing from one poetofiiee to another should give na the name of the former as n ell as the present ofS.o. All comraunicat ious intended for publication in this paper must be accon&pauied by the real name of the writer, not for publication, but as • iraaiantee of good faith. Marriage and d?ath noticee must be accompa nied by a responsible name. Address BUTI-BR CITIJSKH. BUTLER. PA. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. BUTLER, KARSS CITT AND PARKER RAILROAD (Butler Time.) Trains leave Boiler for St. Joe, Millerstown, Kr.ms City, Petrolla, Parker, etc., at 7.25 a. m., and 2.06 and 7.20 p. tn. [See below for con nections with A. V R. R.J Trains arrive at Butler from the above named point* at 7..5 a. m.. ana 1.55, and 6.M P_ m - The 1.56 tiain connect!* with train ou the West Pour. road '.brooch to Httsbursrh. SQSNINOO AND ALLEGHENY RAILHOAD. Trains leave Hilliard's Mill, Butler county, for Harriuviiie, Greenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m. and 12.20 and 2.20 p. m. Stapes lea-e I'etrolia at 530 a. m. for 7.40 train, and at 10.00 a. ui. tor 12 20 train. Remrn Mages leave Milliard on arrival of trains at 10.27 a. m. and 1.50 p. m. Stage leaves Martinsburg at 9.30 for 13.50 train. PENNSYLVANIA BAJT.r.OAD. Trains leave Butler (Batler or Pittsburgh Time.) Market at 5.06 a. in., goes through to Alle gheny, arriving at 9.01 s. m. This train con teot* "t Fret-port with Freeport Accommoda tion. which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. in., railroad time. Erprett at 7.21 a. m„ connecting at Butler Junction, without change of cars, at 8.26 wilh Exp.ess west, arriving In Allegheny at a. nt., and Express east arriving at Blairsville at 11 00 a. m. railroad time. Mail at 2.86 p. m., connecting at Butler Juno tlon without change ol cars, with Express west, arriving in Allegheny at 526 p. ia., and Ex press east arriving at Blairsviile Intersection at 6.10 p. in. railroad time, whicb connects w.Uh Philadelphia Kxpri-ss east, when ou time. The 7.21 a. m train connects at Blairsville at 11 05 a. m. with the Mail east, and the 2.36 p. m. train at 6.59 with the Philadelphia £x pref-f east. Trains arrive at Butler on West Penn R. R. at 8.51 a. m , 5 0« and 7.30 p. m.. Butler time. The 951 and 5.06 trains counect with trains ou the Butler <& Parker R. R. Sun ay train arrives at Builc at 11.11 a. m., connecting with train lor Parker. Main Line. Through trains leave Pittsburgh for the Eayt nt 2.56 and 8.26 a. m. and 12 51, 4.21 and 8.06 p. m., arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and 7.20 p. m. and 3.00, 7.0 and 7.40 a. m.; at Baltimore about the same time, at New York three hours later, and at Washington about one and a hall boars later. PHYSICIANS. JOHN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, my2l-ly] BUTLER. PA. DENTISTS DBNTiSTE/T. OM WALDRON. Graduate ol the Pbil ■ adelpbia Dental Collegers prepared • l« •to do anything in the line of hla profession In a satisfactory manner. Offk-e on Main street, Butler, Union Block, up stairs, apll BANKST THi: BUTLER SAVINGS BANK BUTLER. I' A. NEARLY OPPOSITE LOWRY HOUSE. CAPITAL STOCK" 60,000. WM. CAJITBELL, JAS. D. Andibson, President. Vice President. W*. CAXPBKIX, Jr., Cashier. DIRCCTORI William Campbell, J. W. Irwin, Jw. 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 Excnange and Government Bonds bought and sold. Commercial paper, bonds, Judgment and other securities bought at fair rates 1a20:ly LAND FOR SALE. FORSALE^ A handsome six-room frame house, located on Bluff street, northwestern part of Butler. Lot 50x176. All necessary outbuildings. TERMS—OL-e-third cash and tahnce in four equal annual payments, inquire at this office. JsnMtl For teale. The well-improved farm of Rev. W. R. Hutch ison, in the northecst corner of Middlesex town ship, Butler county. Pa . is now offered for sale, low. Inquire of W. K. FIUSBEE, on the prem ises. aplCtf FOR SALE. $5 will buy a one-half interest in a good bus iness in Pittsburgh. One who knows some thing abont farming preferred. An honest mnn with the above amount will do well to address by letter, SMITII JOHNS, care 8. M. James, 93 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa. |au27-ly INSURAN(Jjj . Incorporated 1819. £TNA INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. Aeets $7,078,224.49. Losses paid In Si years, 151,000,000. J. T. McJL NKIN A BON, Agents, Jan2Bly Jcfterson street, Butler, Pa. HSUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. G. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER H. C. HEINEMAN, SKCRBTART. • DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helraboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Borkhart, A. Trout man, _ Jacob Schoene, G. C. Roessing, John Caldwell, Dr. W. lrvin, W. W. Dodds, J. W. Christy H. C. Heineman. JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen, AS't- BIJTIJER FA. NOTICE TO FARMERS! PHOSPHATE AMD FERTILIZERS FOR SALE BY JAMES ENGLISH, marl7-2m PORTERSVILLF,. PA. II JE If BY O. HALE, " FINE MERCHANT TMIQR, COR. PENN a*D SIXTH STREETS, PiU*huroh Pa .B Roessing, [Successor to A. C. Roessing A Bro.] DEALER IN Groceries, GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, OIL, —AND— Anthracite Goal. THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID IN FOR QBAIN OF ALL KINDS. VOL. xvir. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY! CALL AT THE Boot and Shoe Store John Bickel, MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. The largest and most complete stock of Goods ever brought to Butler is now being opened bj- 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 mv stock, and customers can take their choice. I Mean What I Say: NO ADVANCE ON OLD PRICES !«^r All can call and see for themselves. The best of satisfaction will be given for CASH. THE MAKE, STYLE AND FINISH of Goods in my store cannot be excelled by anv other house in the county, for proof of which a personal inspection is all that is necessary. Leather and Findings at Pittsburgh "prices. Shoemakers should come and purchase it they wish to obtain material cheap. SUPERIOR MILLING! WALTER & BOOS, Proprietors of the Weil-Known Splendid FLOURING MILL BUTLER, IP.A.. We wish to inform the public that we have remodeled our Mill with the latest improved Gradual Reduction System Machinery, which is well known by Millers to be the best in existence. We can say to Farmers and Producers of wheat that-it will be profitable to them to give us a trial. We claim that we can make a BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, AND MORE OF IT, out of the same number of bushels of wheat than any other Mill in the county, and equal to any first-class Mill in the city, or Western Mills. The new Under-running Mill, used for Regrinding, bought if Munson & Bro., Utica, N. Y.; the George T. Smith Middlings Purifier, bought at .Jackson, Mich., together with Bolting Cloths, Reals, Conveyers, &c., suitable for the Machinery, cannot be Excelled in the United States or elsewhere. This may seem an exaggeration to some, but we wish the pub lic to know that we are able to perform all that we publish, as we have given our machinery a thorough test in the presence of several good Millers and Millwrights, and it has proven even better than it was guaranteed to do. We are also remodeling our Mill for Grinding Other Kinds of Grain, which will be entirely satisfactory to our customers. Farmers wishing to have their grist home with them the same day, can do so on short notice. They will thereby save another trip. WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST GRADES OF WHIAT FLOUR. 6RAHAM FLOUR, RYI FLOUR, Buckwheat Flour, Bolted and Unbolted Corn Meal, different kinds of Chop, Bran and Mill Feed, all of the best quality and at the LOWEST PRICES. Parties in town purchasing from us will have their orders promptly fetonded to and articles delivered at their place of residence. We Pay the Highest Market Price for all Kinds of Grain. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1880. BOOTS and SHOES AL. KITFF'S I rviorv BLOCK, Main Street, - - - - Butler, Pa. I have just received my entire Spring and Summer stock of BOOTS and SHOES direct from the manufacturer, and am able to sell them at OLD PRICES, and a great many lines at PRICES THAN EVER. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Button, Polish and Side Lace Boots in endless variety, and at bottom prices. Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock, and is the most complete I have ever offered. The prices are lower than ever, and styles elegant. Parties wanting BOOTS & SHOES made to order can do no better than by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ. LEATHER and FINDINGS will be found in my store in superior quality and at lowest market rates. fy/~AII goods warranted as represented. AK«. RUFF, OPENING DAILY" A.T b. c. mm, THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF Boots and Shoes To be found in any House In Western Pennsylvania, em bracing ail the Newest Spring Styles in the Market. .. 1 l am selling all this stock at lemurs.™ ill ßecollect, NO ADVANCE. Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All my customers have the benefit in buying by getting Boots and Shoes that come direct from the manufacturer to my house. No middle profits to divide np that parties are compelled to pay that buy from jobbing houses. This Stock of Boots and Shoes is Very Large in the Following Lines Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button Boots, - - $1.50 and upwards. " " " " Side Lace Boots, ... 1.25 " " " Grain, Pebble and Kid Button and Polish, - 1.25 " " Polish, 95 " " " Standard, very prime, - 1.25 " " " Serges, in Congress and Polish, .... 75 to sl. " Calf Peg Shoes, all warranted. MY STOCK EMBRACES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE, A FULL LINE OF ALL THE FINER GRADES IN WOMEN'S, MISBES' AND CHILDREN'S. The dents' Department is very complete in every line in Calf Button, Dom Pedros, Congress and English Walking Shoes, and especially in Calf Boots, at $2 and upwards, Brogans and Plow Shoes, at $1 and upwards, Fine Buff Alexis and Congress, at $1.25 and upwards, Low Strap Shoes, in every style, at $1.25 and upwards. Boys' and Youths' Shoes in same styles as Men's, but lower in price. • Infants' and Children's Shoes, in Colors and Black. Fancy Slippers and Walking Boots, All Colors. This stock is the most complete I have ever offered, the prices are lower, than ever, and the styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button New ports, good, $1 to $1.25. uytee STOCK OF (LEATHEK AM© FIMBIHGS Always in stock. None but the best brands of Leather kept, and prices guar anteed at lowest market rates. me a call and I will save you money in your Boots and Shoes. A careful inspection of this stock will convince you that the above is correct. No other house can give you lower prices or better goods. B. G. HPSELTOM. CARPETS! OIL CLOTHS! MATS! RUGS! STAIR RODS b NEW STOCK! NEW STOCKt > H HQ | HECK & PATTERSON'S 1 ! NEW CARPET BOOM ! m NOW OPEN! JT g @!t© ©f ©liQtltltlg C Daily's Block, eeptao-tf Bntler, Pa, S 0 ■ 1 SQOH HIVXS iSf)QH iSXVW i SHLLOIO HO i feUgdaVO Union Woolen Mills. I would desire to call the attention of the pnblic to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa., where I have new and improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred and Gray Flannels, Knitting and Weaving Yarns, and I can recommend them as being very dura ble, an they are manufactured of pure Butler county wool. They are beautiful in color, su perior in texture, and will be sold at very low prices. For samples and prioes. address. 1 fa. FULLERTON, Butler, Pa OTSPL D W 13 eto P"' 3 " et Beeds, 2 Knee UllUt.ii.iaM Swells. Stool, Book, only 187.50. 8 Stop Organ, Stool, Book, only $63.75. Piano*, Stool, Cover, Book, %190 to t'JC/5. Illus trated catalogue free. Address apli-Sm W. 0. BUNNELL, Lewis town, Pa. Stoek Speculation and Investment Operation* on Margin or by Privileges. Spe cial bußin(B» in Mining Stocka. Full particulain on application. JAMEH BROWN, Dealer in Stocks and Bonda, 64 l, from them keep' aloof, The cat has sought for safety on the roof. And in the dining room, where I had thought To find a toothsome dinner, they have got A fiend of Afric bi.jod, who jovs to swing A whitewash brush and spatter everything. But lam not forgot. My I'ea.st is spread Oat in the wood shed on a barrel head, One slice of bread, a plate of warmed-up beans, Some water in a mug, a dish of greens. Oh, banquet rich ! And best of all, you see, I've brought a fellow home to dine with me. A SLIGHT MIS UNDEItS TAND IKG. He was a little lawyer man, Who meekly blushed while he began Her poor dead husband's will to scan. He smiled while thinking of his fee, Then said to her, so tenderly : "You have a nice tat legacy." And when he lay next day in bed, With plasters on his broken head. He wondered what on earth he'd said. Correspondence to the BlTl.kii CITIZEN. BUTLER NATIONAL BANK. WHERE SOME OF TNE MONEY WENT. EDITORS BCTLER CITIZEN :—I have been intending to call the attention of the people of this county to some facta connected with the First National Bank, of Butler, and for two reasons, one to place the public right with re gard to Mr. Henry B. Cullum, Receiv of the Bank, and the other to lay facts before the people of the county which, in my opinion, affect the fitness of Thos. Robinson and John M. Greer to hold office, and upon which the public have the right to receive information. I consider myself relieved from any obli gation to remain silent longer on ac count of an article in the Eagle of recent date, in which I am spoken of as the author of an information made against Thomas Robinson, in connection with the First National Bank. The First National Bank, of Butler, upon an examination made by the Bank Examiner for this district, was found to be insolvent, and on the 18th of Ju ly, 1879, its doors were closed by the Government. A few days after that the Comptroller of the Currency ap pointed Mr. Henry B. Cullum Receiver of the Bank. Mr. Cullum was a man who was eminently fit for the position. As a man he was affable, a true gentle man, making the best impression upon all with whom he came in contact, either in a business way or socially, except those who were displeased by reason of his strict attention to his du ties. As an officer, he was capable ; he had had a large experience as a banker and as a Receiver of National Banks ; he had no desire except to do his duty, and to sustain the reputation he then enjoyed with the department as an efficient Receiver. He was also a stranger to our community; he knew no one and had no motive in preferring one creditor at the expense of another, or in being indulgent to one debtor whilst harsh with another. I had the honor of being thought fit by the Comptroller of the Currency and by Mr. Cullum, to be the legal adviser of the Bank, and was so appointed shortly after Mr. Cullum assumed tbe duties of the Receivership Mr. Rob inson informed the public that the ap pointment was an unfortunate one, on accoant of my position with regard to the bank. I presume because I was the son of one of the unfortunate de ceived share-holders of tbe Bank. It was no doubt for the same reason that the officers of the Government thought my appointment one fit to be made, for as business men they knew that my personal would be added to my profes sional interest, m influencing me to make every effort to collect every dollar from the debtors of tbe Bank that could be collected, as a financial benefit to the share-holders of the Bank could only be worked out through a recovery in favor of the creditors of the assoc-ia* tion. I have also reason to believe that e. large majority of the creditors of tht? Bank have so viewed it, and have been satisfied with the efforts I have made for tbem since I was em ployed as attorney. Upon going into the Bank I found a list of debtors which wculd even have brought a blush to the cheeks of the managers of the Freedmen's Bank. Bank notes had been handed out to the amount of ninety or one hundred thou sand dollars, aud tbe money was rep resented in the Bank by worthless notes, made by insolvent .Directors of the Bank and by their and po litical friends. At first Musk the con clusion would be irresistible that a con spiracy had been formed to gut the Bank, and this impression would only be confirmed by time. As thesfl mat ters are now of record there can be no reason for concealing them. The indebtness of Thomas Robinso*n to the Bank as maker and endorser was upwards of four thousand seven hun dred dollars. Of this amount he was en dorser for John M. Greer for one thou sand dollars, and for John B. Butler, Greer's father-in-law, lor one hundred and fifteen dollars. The other indebt ness, of upwards of thirty-six hundred dollars, was Robinson's own and was made up of two notes, one of them for upwards of four hundred dollars, en dorsed by Charles M'Candless, and the other, of upwards of three thousand dollars, endorsed by John M Greer. The indebtedness of John M. Groer to the Bank as maker and endorser was upwards of seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars. Of this amount he was maker on about six thousand dol lars of paper, which was made up of two notes : one of about five thousand dollars endorsed by Charles McCand less, and the other ol one thcrusand dol lars endorsed by Thomas Robinson. The endorsements of Mx. Greer amounted to upwards of «eleveu thous and eight hundred dollars; of this amount about seven thousand four hundred dollars was Mr. Greer's own paper, that is, it was made by accom modation makers for Greer's benefit, signed by tbem at Ins request although they did not receive one dollar of the consideration. The maker of one of these accommodation notes, amounting to between four and five thousand dol lars, was a law student of Mr. Greer at the time the note was signed, and his position in the office was taken ad vantage of to get his signature to a note for this amount of money. That student is now just entering upon his professional life, loaded down with this judgment, a prisoner at the gal leys as with a ball and chain fastened upon hint by his tutor. If the money for which the note was given had been borrowed for legitimate purposes and had been so used that the property purchased would have been some protection to the maker of the paper, it would at least have been some justifi cation in favor of Mr. Greer although no vindication, but it was borrowed for the purpose of speculating in oil, a very dangerous speculation, and no jus tification can be made. It is true that Mr. Greer offers the < xcuse that he was drawn into the speculation by another, but it does not sound well to hear the baby act plead by a man of Mr. Greer's inches or age. It would certainly be wrong for his constituents to place such an infant again in the clutches cf the alligators of that politi cal Ganges of America, Harrisburg, where so many innocents have hereto fore been sacrificed. Now Mr. Greer's motives, in getting nis friends to make notes for him for the purpose of dis count in the National Bank, requires soma comment so as to be more read ily understood. One of the wisest provisions of the National Banking law provides that the liabilities of any one per son to an association shall not ex ceed the one-tenth part of the capital stock of the Bank. Any banking asso ciation faithfully adhering to this pro vision is not likely to be seriously in jured. No failure could endanger the Bank, nor could ten failures do more than injure the stock The creditors would still be safe. It was the failure of the managers of the Butler Bank to regard this provision of law that prin cipally accounts for its insolvency. In order to get around the act they con strued its meaning to be that no man should be the maker of paper discounted for more than one-tenth of the capital stock, but it made no difference how much paper he endorsed. This con struction violated both the letter and the spirit of the law, but its effect was to place the funds of the Bank in the hands of two or three individuals. Greer knew all this. lie knew that he could borrow no more money from this Bank as maker of paper, and he de termined to violate the law by induc ing others, whether they were good financially or not made no difference, to sign notes for him ; he would then endorse them and take the money out of the Bank. Here then was a bold fraud perpe trated upon the creditors of the Bank by Mr. Greer, and the money obtained by this fraud has never been replaced, but is still due the Bank. The total liabilities of the National Bank amounts to about one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. There has been about $1,500 of Mr. Greer's liabilities to the Bank paid, and no more, and none of Mr. Robin son's. The remaining liabilities of both of them to the Bank, is therefore about $21,000, or about one-sixth of the lia bilities of the Bank, so that these gen tlemen owe every creditor of the Bank about one-sixth of his claim. It is true, that these Honorable gen tlemen claim to have a defence to these claims of the Bank against them, that of usury, and Mr. Greer has gone so far as to set it up in the Circuit Court of the United States. They evidently do not agree with Judge Paxson of our Supreme Court, who says that a very large class of honorable and upright men would regard it as dishonest to repudiate a contract for the payment of more than six per cent, interest. They seem to forget also, that accord ing to Judges Strong and McKennan of the United States Courts, it is neither wrong nor unlawful in Penn sylvania for a National Bank to con tract for more than six per cent, inter est. An effort was made by Mr. Cullum to make a collection from Mr. Robin son, but after an execution bad been issued and a levy was about to be taken, Mr. Cullum received orders to do nothing further with it for thirty days. This would carry the matter over until Mr. Cullum was out of of fice, and his successor in, when it was supposed Mr. Robioson might be out of danger. Who had this done, Ido not know; I cvn only guess. It seems strange though that all efforts to collect from these gentlemen for the creditors of the Bank, should be opposed by politicians, over whom, by reason of favors conferred, Mr. Robin son and Mr. (Jreer are supposed to have some influence. It is charged in the article referred to in the Eagle, that I procured Messrs. Robinson and Greer to be indicted so as to in fluence the nomination of Mr. McJun kin for Congress. Even if I had pro cured these informations to be made, y e> f . so far is the reason assigned from the /ruth that when the informations were jnade I did not know that Mr. McJunkin contemplated being a candi date fc* any office, nor do I think he did for .'t was long after that and only after repeated requests from numerous friends from many parts of the county that he consented to stand for the office. These informations were brought about in this w.*y and no other. Mr. Cullum was called upon by his su perior officer for a report upon the con dition of the Hank and the causes of its failure- He made the report and included in it the names of the prin cipal debtors and their connection with the directors and officers of the Bank. The report having been sent away, nothing further was heard from it un til Mr. Cullum received a letter from the United States Attorney request ing him to come into Pittsburgh and see bim concerning criminal informa tions to be made in matters growing out of the Bank. I went down to Pittsburgh shortly afterwards to at- ADVERTISING BATES, One «Tniro, one insertion, 91 . «wh nbw- PKBI iaMTtian, t the medium they should Mla advertising their busineea. NO. <:6 tend the Supreme Court aud Mr. Col | lum went down to see the District Attorney. I went with him aad it was then arranged that the followiag week the books of the Bank should be | sent down and a full consultation should be had. Mr. Cullum tpiA went to Pittsburgh and I went with him to the District Attorney's office. The District Attorney had orders from Washington to have informations made against the Directors aud officers of the Bank and others implicated. I had so little influence that when I made the suggestion that two or three of the Directors should be omitted from the informations, for the reason that I did not think they had wilfully violated the law, it was not receiTea. None of the informations were made under my advice, and when they were prepared and Mr. Cullum asked to sign and swear to tbem, he at first re fused, saying, that it was no part of his duty as Receiver; but his tions were overruled by the District Attorney. It was then determined to bare Mr. Cullum removed. From week to wwk libelous articles against bim appeared in tbe columns of the Eagle, mad I was not forgotten. Tbe most abmtd charges were made. Charges in which there was no truth; not even ita shadow. Neither Mr. Cullum nor my self answered these articles, for wa desired no newspaper controversy aad relied upon our record. A meeting of creditors of the Bank was then called. The cards inviting tbe creditors to be present were written, some of tbem by the former cashier of the Bank, otbera in the office of Mr. Greer and otber places in tbe town. The meeting waa called altogether in the interest of the debtors of the bank. A number of the creditors were deceived and appeared upon tbe appointed day. The otyect of tbe meeting was stated to be, io get up a petition to bave Mr. Cullom re moved. Mr. McJunkin, who waa a creditor of the Bank, was there and took part against tbe debtor class aad tbe result was that the creditora do clined to ask for Mr. Cullum'sremoval. They, the debtors, succeeded bow ever in getting a very few of the cred itors, who were interested in favor of the debtors, to sign a petition taking for Mr. Cullum's removal, and Mr. Greer posted off to Washington to have it done. When be accompliahed bis purpose it was first known here by a dispatch sent by Greer to the ex cashier of the Bank. Tbe debtacn were jubilant and tbe creditora spondant. How this was done ia at least partially explained by Mr. Greer'a conduct at Harrisburg shortly after, when a member of the State Coavea> tion. lie was instructed by the County Committee for Senator Blaine for President. This with an honora ble man meant not only a vote for tbe Maine Senator on the direct qaeetioa* but also on all collateral question*. The first vote to be cast was for Chair man of the Convention, and there «M a contest between Errett, a Grant man and in Grant's interest, and a Blaine man and in Blaine's intereat, yet Mr. Greer is found with the Grant men upon this question. Other* were found who were also recreant to tbeir trust and Mr. Errett was elected. Tbe chance to instruct for Blaine waa un doubtedly lost in this way. Tbe aa» cret of this vote was explained by Mr. Greer, this honorable gentleman,, wbo said to a member of the Convention that he would Lave preferred to vole for Mr. Lawrence but he was under a promise to vote as he did upon ail col lateral questions, the promisee having for him affected the removal of Mr. Cullum. This letter has already grown to® long. I can only justify it by my earnest desire to right a wrong com mitted and prevent the commiseioa of another. I might point to the Leg islative records of these gentlemen, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Greer, the flint surely never to be forgotten by tbe voters of Butler county; the second of no value, for I think I am safe in saying, that during his present term of office he has offered no bill of value to tbe public, unless it had been drawn for him by others. I might farther point to the fact that tbeir election means the continuation of tbe moat corrupt political system; a system that makes bribery possible and par dons the offenders ; a system that would defeat such men as Galu&ha A. Grown for United States Senator and elect such a man as M. S. Quay of the Par don Board; and a system that will surely sooner or later defeat and des troy the Republican party in Pefettyl vania. I assume tbe whole responm bility of this letter.. No candidate boa been consulted concerning it and aooe will be. It is in the interest of ao candidate except so far as a letter which exposes corrupt practices of one candidate necessarily is a benefit to his opponent. T C. CAMI'BILL. —Guilt edge butter—Oleomarga rine. —The man who gave weight to bla feelings found them very heavy. > "Take care!'' says "a timid ex change. Yes, but take it in small doeea. —lf brooms are wet in boiling snda once a week they will become very tough, will not cut a carpet, will la«k much longer, and always sweep lika a new broom. —After tbe learned Bishop Bioom field had preached a sermon on the ex istence of God, an admiring farmer waa heard to say: "Our Bishop's a main good preacher; but I can't help think es bow there be a God, after all." —Scene at College.— Junior (trana lating :) "An'the— an'the Lord aeld. Lord said unto—unto Moses." Hern he hesitated, and looked appealiagly to a neighbor, wbo whispered: "Skip it." Junior (going on:) "And the Lord said unto Moses, skip it." —Among the replies to an advnr* tisoment of a music committee for candidate as organist, music teachar," etc., was the following one: "Genti* men, I notice your advertisement tor an organist and music teacher, either lady or gentleman. Having been both for several years, I offer yon my Wf vices."