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THE BdTLER SAVINGS BANK II UT L EH. PA. NJCARLY OPPOSXTK LOWBT IIOUSIS. CAPITAL STOCK" 60,000. W*. CAWPBRIX, JAS. D. A*r>r.nsow, President. Vice President. W*. CAWWIEJ.I., Jr., Cashier. niRCCTORI William Campbell, J. W. Irwin, it*. D. Andemon, George Weber, Joseph L. Purvis. Does a General Banking 4 Exchange business. Interest paid on time deposit*. Collections made and prompt returns at low rates of Exchange. Gold Exchange and Government Bonds bought and nold. Commercial paper, bond*, Judgment and other securities bought at fair rates f tritely LAND FOB SALE. FOIi HALE. A handsome six-room frame house, located on Hlutl street, northwestern part of Butler. I»t 50x174. All neccasary outbuildings. TERMS—Or.e-Ibird cash and balance In four eqa.il annual payments. Inquire at this office. j*n)4tl For teale. The well-improved farm of Rev. W. R. flntch leon.in the northeast comer of Mi'lJlesex town ship, Butler county, I'a., is now offereETNA INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. Asels 17.078,224.4 a. Losses paid In 81 yesrs, 151,000,000. J. T. McJL'NKIN A HON, Agents, Jan2Bly Jeflerson street, Butler, Pa. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. G. €. ROESBINO, PRMIDEHT. WM. CAMPBELL, TRKABURKR. H. C. HEINEMAN, SKCRKTAHT. DIRECTORS: J. L. Fnrrls, | E. A. Helmboldt, William ('ampl>ell, J. W. Burkhart, A. Trontinan, Jacob ftchoene, (i. 0. Roesslng, John Caldwell, Dr. W. Irvin, ; W. W. Dodds, J. W. Christy I H- C. Heine man. JAS, T. M'JUNKIN, Gen, A«c't .BTTTLER FA. NOTICE TO FARMEBS. PHOSPHATE AND FERTILIZERS FOIt HALE BY JAMES ENGLISH, marl7-2m PORTERHVILI.E, PA. HENRY G. HAI.K, FINE mm TAILOR, COR. PENN AMD SIXTH HTREKTH, J'ittuhuryh Pa IS. lioen^ing, [Huccesscr to A. C. Roesslng A Bro.J DEALER IN Groceries, GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, OIL, -AND- Anthraoite Goal. THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID IS irOABH-« 108 QIiAIN or ALL KINDS. Mpitl VOL. XVII. BOOTS and SHOES AL. RUFF'S TJxVIOrV 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 pell them at OLD PRICES, and a great many lines at LOWER 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 Ac SHOES made to order can do no better than by me, as I keep none but the l>est of workmen in my employ. LEATHER and FINDINGS will be found in my store in superior quality and at lowent market rates. ISTAII goods warranted as represented. AWj. RUFF, OPENING DAILY A.T B. L HOSELTOIfS, THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF Boots and Shoes To be found in any House In Western Pennsylvania, em bracing all the Newest Spring Styles in the Market. j, I am selling all this stock at gjßif^>LDPfflro.:s WmSmW Rrnlh'i, NO ADVANCE, Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All my customers have the benefit in buying by Boots and Shoes that come direct from the manufacturer to my house. No middle profits to divide up that parties are compelled to pay that buy from jobbing houses. This Stock of Boots nnd Shoes is Wry Large in the Following Lines Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button Boots, - - SI. fi(> arid upwards. " " " " Side Lace Boots, ... 1.25 " " Grain, Pebble and Kid Button and Polish, - J.2f> " " " Polish, % " " " Standard, very prime, ------ 1.2.0 " " " Serges, in Congress arid Polish, - - - - 7.0 to sl. " Calf Peg Shoes, ull warranted. MY STOCK KM ISBAC'ES, IN CONNECTION WITH TIIK ABOVE, A Ft t,t, LINK <>F A LI. THE FINF.II (JRABEH IN WO.MKN'H, MISSKS' ANI» CHILDREN'H. The CJriilw* Ilrpnrf iiK'iit is very complete in every line in Calf Button, Dom i'edros, 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 $1.2.0 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 Slipper 3 and Walking Boot 3, All Colors. This stock is the most complete I have ever offered, the prices are than ever, and the styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button New- 1 ports, good, $1 to $1.25. LARGE STOCK. OF LEATHER AHO FINDINGS 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 yoiM- Moots and Shoes. A careful inspection of this stock will convince you tbut the above is correct. No other house can give you lower prices or better goods. B. C. HPSSLTON. CAKI'KTS! OIL CLOTHS! MATS! IUJGS! STAIII RODS | NEW STOCKt NEW STOCK! > | HECK & PATTERSON S g ! NEW CARPET ROOM § w isrow Ctfi® Ptotop South of thfcto Clothing House, 5 a* H Dully'M Blovk, •Bptao-tr Kuflcr, Pa. S O —— M mmmmm—mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MM M l£z isxvw isiLLo r i:> r no Union Woolen Mills. I wonid de*lre to fall the attention of the public to the Union Woolen Mill, I'.utler, I'a., where I have now ami Improved machinery for the maimfacture of Barred ana Or«y Flannoln, Knitting and Weaving Yarns, " Mid I can recommend Ultra ax b«ing very dura ble, an they are manufactured of \mri> lintler county wool. They are beautiful In color, *u l>erior in texture, and will be sold at very low price*. For aainple« and price*, addraaa, 11. FULLKIITON, Ju134,'78-iy) Uutler. I'a HO ft fl 18 atop*, 3 net lteed*, 'J Knee " UnUtJ\laM Hwella, Htool, Hook, only *87.60. 8 Stop Organ, Htool. Hook, only W6.75. Piano*, Htool, Cover, Book, *IOO to 126 G. Illua trated oataJogue free. Addree* apll-8m W. 0. BUNNELL, LewUtowu, i'a. ! Stock Specula! ion and Invwlmcnl. Operation* on Marxin or by Privilege*. Hpe clal biiMiiu MM In Mining Htocl>*. KIIII particular* on application. .(AMKM MiIOWN, I'ealcr in Mock* ami Ilondn, 04 .t I'AI iiroadway, Now York. marl7-Urn Forty Dollars Reward. IIOKHK HTOIJ4N. On Tm-wlfty night, April 27th, then? wii* ■toicn from the premlw* of the auhiwribcr, living in I'cnn townahip, Hutlcr comity, I'a., a ilurk bnv borne, *i* year* old, weigh* between 1,300 and 1,400 pound*, Miiall *tar on the fore head, ahoulden xomewhat aore from the wear of the collar. A reward of S4O will lie paid for information that will lead to the recovery of ' theliorae. IIARVY OHIIOKN, niy V3t. Glade Mill*, I*. O. ilutler Co. i'a, | BDTLER, PA., MEDKIbLAY, , C. WATTLEY&CO ARE DATLY RECEIVING Fresh and Seasonable Goods! SUCH AS Spring Gloves, Cotton and Li ah' Threat} Hone, Fringes, Trimmings, Buttons, Ribbons, Laces, Embroideries, Handler I kiefs, Lace and Embroidered Ties, Summer Underwear, Elegant Neck wear for Men, AND FULL STOCK OF Ladies and Men's Furnishing Goods. t3T~()ur Increased Koints in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kan sas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Ne braska or < aliloriiia, by the direct "I'AN-L! AN DLE ROUTE," at your nearest Railroad Sta tion, please address W. ■ Gen'l Passenger. Agent, 'Pan-Handle Route,' COLUMBUS, OHIO. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, On the European JPlari 54 to 66 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Single Rooms 50c., 7F>c. an, Dlt. Amount received from Adam Schenck collector oi LK7I» * WW 4.1 State appropriation 255 03 Total $1,142 (Hi CR. Ily teachers orders !•> 750 (XI Paid for coal, AC..,, 5)1 K(i Contingencies 40 41 Stoves and pipe, Ac 23 4"> Repairing and lumber I'l 50 J. Ilinchlierg, services clerk. 10 20 Collectors percentage 4 CR. Worked taxes 11,741 45 Unworked taxes 2.'! IH» Percentage SO !»2 Exonerations on duplicates... 4!' 33 Audited April L.'tlh, I ISO. HPK' IAL TAX. Account of special tax of IH7!F, for the Adams case, DR. To ain't of H. M. Duffort's and Klias Heeks Duplicates $ !i22 II CR. Money paid on Adams eaM\..s 724 71 Plank, posts, board*, nails Ac SH 5!I Collectors iiercentage 41 (14 Money in Collectors bands... .'ls 12 Uncollected money. 211 05 .* J122 II Audited April 13th, ISBO. » POOR TAX. Overseers of the Poor iu account with llutlcr township for the year IK7!>. DR. To balance from farmers Overseers * 21 02 " " from collector of IH7H 150 55 " " from collector of IB7L> 400 00 &-.71 57 CR. Support Mrs. Millison $ 20 50 " Mrs. Miller 12li 35 " Mrs. HIRIITB 122 13 " Wanderlies 105 K2 " Cross and Young If 4S " ('oobert. 3 3H Paid for medicine 1 70 Fare to < HI < 'ily •> 3D Auditors fee 3 00 .». Keck Eso 2 (SI Paid .1. W. Ihirhirnr for servi ccs as overseers 31 50 Paid WM. Colwell for services a< overseers 31 110 Paid for auditing and publish ing II 5(1 Paid Wauderly and Miller for clothing (> SM Pittance due from treasury 711 13 $57J 57 Audited April 12, |XH(|. ADAM HCIIKNCK, I .... R . ALFRED SARVER. I A,,,|,T " R,, • 1J LVTL! I I/ \ C R I"*' FV Holdler disabled hlNnn/iNniin in.c „r duty, i, y wound, disease or injury, Is entitled to a |MI,*IOII. pension* date I,UCK to time or DISCHARGE or death of soldier. Claims of all descriptions prosecuted. Copies of lost DLMCLMRUC* olitalncd. Claims tiled L>y Attorneys who have since died, or from other , iiuses have CEASED to practice, Itnlshcd without delay. Address, with stamp, II K. Ill, 1(1,1 N At CO.. Attorneys, INYOKTUIJ I'. O. Ikix, Ml, Washington, D. C. TIIE FOUNDER OF THE PRE.S- B Y TEIIIA N Cli UR CH IX BUTLER PRESBYTERY. BY A. L. O. B The Rev. John McPherrin was born in York now Adams county, Nov. 15, 1757. His father was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church of lower Marsh Creek. lie learned the langua ges preparatory to his going to college, under Bev. Robert Smith, I). L)., of Peguea, and graduated May 7th, 1788, at Dickinson College, Carlisle, during the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Nesbit. He studied Theology under the direc tion of the Rev. John Clark, pastor of Bethel, Allegheny county, Pa. He was licensed to preach the gospel Au gust 20th, 17.89, by the Presbytery of Redstone, and ordained and installed by the same Presbytery, pastor of the united congregations of Salem and Unity in Westmoreland county, Pa., on the 23rd of September, 1790. Dr. McMillan presided at his ordination, and Rev. James Fiuley give the charge. He labored with great success in these congregations for years. The work of the church in America before his time had been largely of a missionary char acter, and Mr. McPherrin possessed this missionary spirit in a great degree. Accordingly we find him in 1797 mak ing his first trip through Butler county, and then his mind was fixed upon it as possibly his future field of labor, though at that time he was only passing thro' it on a missionary tour, to the region bordering on Lake Erie and extending west nearly as far as Fort Wayne. He remembered, and believed the promise, "They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him," and did every thing in his power to hasten the spread of the gospel. In after years wo find him actively engaged in the same work —he was one of the editors of the "Western Missionary Magazine," a monthly published for a few years. In 1799 he visited Butler county again, when he organized his first churches in it. June 25th, 1800, lit; resigned the charge at Unity, and on the 20th of April, 180.'5, that of Salem, having ac cepted a call from two congregations in Butler county. Soon after this he pur chased a farm—the town of Sunbury now occupies a part of that farm. In the fall of 1804 he brought his family. A description of their journey would no doubt IK; of interest if there were time and space to give it. There were no bridges and very few roads. Mr. and Mrs. McPherrin came on horseback, Mrs. McPherrin carrying the youngest child, and her husband the next in age; the older children came with the wag ons that brought their goods. They had to bring as much as possible with them as there was no place to buy; even medicines had to Be brought, and Mr. M. always kept a little chest of stand ard mediciues and Apothecaries weights for weighing them, the nearest doctor for many years being thirty miles dis tant. Kven the town of Butler was in woods; tie natural forest still remain ed at what is now the corner of Main and Jefferson streets, where the Lowry House stands; and very few houses made up the town. April 9th, 1805, ho was received by the Presbytery of Erie. He took great pleasure in his congregations of Concord and Harmo ny, they were now hardy little congre gations, over five years old and a great comfort and help to him. He founded the church in the town of Hutler, and worked very hard to lay as far as wns in his power a sure foundation. Soon after bis settlement here several fami lies from bis former charges in West moreland county came out and bought farms near him. Their coming added to the strength of the churches, and as soon as possible houses of worship were built, in the meantime the services were held wherever it was most, con venient—at the school houses, and fre quently at the house of some of the neighbors. Communion services were held in the groves, no building being sufficiently large. His jn-ople came, some of them ten and fifteen miles, nearlv always walking, at any rate dur ing the first years. In 1805 he acted as Moderator of the Synod of Pittsburgh. For many years after ho was settled in the ministry hf! taught a class of young men, most of whom became ministers of tlie gospel. Ho took great interest in teaching. He was a thorough Lat in and Greek scholar; he also possess ed aknowledge of the Hebrew language which was a rare acquirement in this region of country at that time. He never left his congregation if he could avoid it; but he was away on one oc casion several months by appointment preaching at Erie. While absent at that time he organized the congrega tion of North-east, lie was a leader in the temperance movement of ISM. In Ih 1H he found it necessary to bo nearer itutlcr and accordingly bought a farm about three miles north of the town on the Mercer road. In all his congrega tions he ha«l prayer meetings, sabbath schools, or Uible study in some form, and congregational examinations on the Larger and Shorter Catechism. In the church in Butler he had in addition to the sabbath school and prayer meet ing, a monthly concert the first Mon day of each month in the afternoon. The ladies of the congregation kept up a female prayer meeting for a number of years. When the Presbytery of Al legheny was erected in 1820, he was included within its limits as one of its original members and presided at the first meeting held in the town of But ler the first Tuesday of April, 1820. His health was giving away for some years before his death, but ho did not suffer it to interfere with his duties. Ho was entirely absorbed in his work, and continued to lill all his appoint ments till a few months before his death. His last sermon was delivered in Butler, but overcome with weakness he had to be carried from the pulpit be fore be finished it. After this he lived a few months but could not attempt to preach again. It has been truly said of him, "lie was an able, faithful and devoted minister of Jesus Christ." He died Feb. lOth, 1822, in the sixty-lifth year of his nge. His death was the first one in his family. His wife, two daughters and seven sons were left to mourn their loss. His third son, John McPherrin, was the first member of his family to become a missionary. He was one of the mission family who went out uuder the superintendence of the Rev. Samuel Tait to the mission, then about to be located among the Ot tawa Indians on the Maumee river, known as the ' Maumee Mission.*' The Rev. Cyrus Riggs, his daughter Miss Hannah Riggs, and Mr. John McPher rin, with one or two others made up the mission family. While there ho was very successful in his work. But the second year his health was failing so rapidly that their physician advised him to return home at once. This he did, making the trip alone on horse back when he was so weak that he had to stop frequently through the day, when he would lie down on a dry log by the wayside to rest. It took him several weeks to reach Butler. Some days he did not see a settler's cabin from morning till night. He reached home safely to die and be buried by the side of his father in the old hurry ing ground, which is still in Butler. In later years three of. Mr. McPherrin's grandsons became Foreign Missionaries. Another of his grandsons, the Rev. Josiah McPherrin, is now pastor of the Presbyterian church of Emlenton, Pa. Thus some of his children are still em ployed in the work that was so dear to his heart. THE GROWTH OF CITIES. The science of statistics is distinc tively a modern one and is as much indebted for the materials of its elabor ation to the United States as to any other country. Prior to the com mencement of this century there was no thorougly reliable census of any European country. The first formal census of the United States was taken in 1790; the first in (Ireat Britain not until 1801. The population of any country at a given time before the pres ent century is a matter of conjecture, admitting of wildly varying estimates. The less civilized European countries, the republics of South America and all the nations of Asia and Africa are without any statements of their population that can be received as even approximately exact. As to China and Japan, which used to figure in geographical text books with mar vellous accounts as to the size of their capital cities, the results of recent in quiries have shown such statements to be utterly unreliable. China, instead of having a population of 450,000,000 or 500,000,000, as is still generally Ixdieved, is found to have less than 200,000,000, while the enlightened government of Japan has decreased by a half the figures it used to palm ofr upon confiding foreigners. Under these circumstances it is not strange that the laws of the growth of population should, until quite recently, iiave been so little known that previ ous estimates of any given census were usually very wide of the mark. President Lincoln, in a message to Congress in 18U2, committed himself to the absurdity of saying that the child is already born who will see our population reach 150,000,000. Charles Sumner and the members of the Con gressional Census Committee of 1809 felt no hesitation in announcing Irefore hand that the census of 1«70 would reach a total of 42,500,000, whereas it . fell short of 39,000,000. On the other hand the accurate methods pursued for many years by Dr. Farr, the Brit ish Registrar General, enabled him to forecast the population of London at the census of 1871 within 8,000 of the official return. On equally good authority we are now informed that the census of England and Wales, to be taken next April, will aggregate not far from 20,000,000, as against 22,- 712,200 in 1871. While the usual rate of increase of civilized countries is now reduced to the domain of science the growth of cities cannot be predicted with any similar accurancy. In the United States there is a uniform tendency to exaggerate the population of our grow ing cities, and each decennial census demolishes a great many air castles built upon directories and tax returns. The population of the chief American cities by the census of 18H0 is now known with a near approach to accur acy, and while Chicago and St. Louis are deeply disappointed at not passing the half-million milestone which they long ago set up, there is no reason for them to fie dissatisfied with the result. Abnormal growth in very large cities is not a healthy feature, and they are rather to be congratulated at having settled down to a steady, regular in crement. The results of the new cen sus will surprise the average reader in many particulars. The order of pop ulation remains as it was in IH7O, with rare exceptions. Chicago has attained tint fourth place among Ameri can cities, numbering 475,000 to 376,- 000 in St. Louis. Boston has out stripp ed Baltimore with 3(10,000 and Bf>o,- 000 respectively, while Cincinnati, which retains the eighth place, lags behind with 250,000. Pittsburgh has about 154,000 ami Allegheny about 80,000. The greatest surprise is in the growth of Cleveland and Milwau kee, amounting to 70 and 80 per cent., placing them respectively at 158,000 1 .'{o,ooo. Buffalo and Washington average 150,000, while Louisville has rapidly climbed up to 145,000. De troit and Providence have passed the 100,000 limit, and take rank as seven teenth and eighteenth among our great cities. Among the lesser cities, our readers will probably be surprised to learn that Kansas City rcanlied 115,- 000; Indianapolis, 77,000; Minneapo lis, 45,000; St. Paul, 42,000; Reading, Pa., 43,000; Lowell, Mass., <11,000; Denver, 34,000; Wheeling, 32,000; Wilmington, 42,000; ljuincy, 111., 30,000; St. Joseph, Mo., 35,000; Chester, Pa., 23,000 ; Pawtucket, It. 1., 29,000; Camden, N. J., 37,000; Waterbury, Conn., 22,000; Meriden, 19,000; Peoria, 111., 28,000; Spring field, Mass., 31,500; Springfield, 111., 19,000; Dayton, Ohio, 39,000 and Eliuira, N. V., 21.500. The returns of other cities, not yet received, will probable afford equal surprises. New York has exceeded 1,200,000, Philadel phia attains nearly 850,000, and Brooklyn more than holds her relative rank with 500,000 iuhibitants. I JUNE MEETING OF BUTLER PRESBYTERY. The Presbytery of Butler met iu Piue Grove, .June 22, 18S0, and was opened with a sermon by Ilev. S. M. Glenn, Gal. 6. 14., "Ood forbid that I should glory save in the cross of Jesus Christ ," Ac. The committee that had been ap pointed to do so, reported that they had organized a church at North Washing ton on the 18th of May. A call from this church for one-fourth of his minis terial labors was put into the hands of Rev. Thos. M. Thompson and accepted by him—New Salem church having agreed to receive hereafter but one fourth of his labors, instead of one-half heretofore taken, and Presbytery ap proving of this arrangement Mr. Ttompsou was installed as Past< r of North Washington church on Saturday July 10th, at l£ P. M. ; Rev. I. I). Pecker to preach, Rev. J. M. Marshall to preside and deliver the charge to the Pastor, Rev. J. R. Coulter to address the people. The Sessions were called upon to re port what they had done towards in creasing the circulation of the Foreign Missionary. More or less attention was reported as having been given to this matter, and more or less success as having been attained. The Sessions were directed to continue their efforts in this affair and report again at the Fall meeting. A church was reported as having been organized at North Lib erty, on the 21st of June, and this church was allowed to procure supplies till the fall meeting. The installation of Rev. S. M. Gleun as Pastor of Centreville church was re ported as having taking place on the 4th of June. Churches still found delinquent in the payment of their Pastors were or dered to report again at the fall meet ing on this subject, and the temporary clerk was ordered to notify them of this requirement. The Presbytery, by a resolution, expressed their decided disapprobation of the buying of papers, and reading of secular news on the Sabbath. Rev. E. Ogden and elder Chas. McCafferty, Commissioners to the General Assembly, reported and their conduct was approved. Rev. I. D. Decker and elder R. W. McKee were appointed to call attention of Presbytery to items in the minutes of the General Assembly demanding our attention at'the fall meeting. Presby tery resolved to inquire of the churches at the fall meeting whether they have been contributing during the current year for the Boards. The four candi dates of Presbytery were recommended to the Board of Education for aid. I'resbytery united on Tuesday evening with delegates from the Woman's Mis sionary Societies of the churches, in holdinga Missionary Convention, which was addressed by Rev. E. I'. Dunlap, Missionary from Siam. The large au dience esteemed themselves most hap py on being permitted to hear such an address as it was. Presbytery adjourned to meet in Summit church on the 4th Tuesday of October, at 11 A. M., at which meeting reports will be made by standing com mittees on the work of the different Boards of the church. J. R. Coi i.TKK, Stated Clerk. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS HUE. Gratitude has been defined by a sat irist as "a lively sense of favors to come." The sharpest point in the beet satire is its close approach to simili tude with truth, and the edge of the above adage lies in its very close ap plication to the common events of hu man life. It is said that "the good that men do lives after them," and "the evil they have done dies with them." But this is far from true iu ordinary affairs, indeed the contrary is the more frequently true. Perhaps one of the most useful men was Benjamin Frank lin, to whom we owe the introduction of many of our commonest but most valuable household and industrial con veniences, many scientific discoveries and a vast amount of practical sense arid wisdom bound up in small pack ages and known as proverbs, which are only inferior in the aggregate val ue to the proverbs of Solomon him self. As an agricultural nation, we should never forget, as we use plaster or di late upon its value as a fertilizer, that it was to Franklin's observation and ready application of valuable things to practical purposes, that we owe the in troduction of plaster, for its use. lie observed the effect, of this mineral up on the grass at the gypsum quarries, near I'aris, and on returning home he tried it with remarkable effect, and thus brought it into use as a fertiflzer This truly scientific observer was the lirst to discover that lightning was simply an electrical discharge, and his discoveries led to the use of lightning rods as means of safety from the light ning stroke. We recently remarked that it was to his sagacity we owed the introduction of Broom corn, and it is but just t hat now and then our in debtedness to such men should be re called lest their services may be for gotten and our gratitude fail to be be stowed us it deserve to be. BUTLER COAL FOR COKE. The American Manufacturer says that "Messrs. Rawle, Spearman and Stager, of Shnrpsvillc" it undoubted ly means Messrs. Rawle, of Erie, Siiearman, of Sharon, Stage, of Green ville, —have been resisting the Coil nelsville coke regions, with the view of examining the different styles of coke ovens. They belong to a company which owns night in the early fall of 1864 a troupe of Indians gave an exhibition in the village. The young man and the youug lady in question attended it together. After he had escorted her home, he seized an opportunity that offered and asked her to become his wife. She re fused him. He went to bed disappoint ed and despondent. He had long eu tertained the idea of seeking his for tune in the oil regions, and before he retired that night ho had determined on carrying out the idea without fur ther delay. Before morning he had a dream. He thought ho stood in a wild, mountainous place, alone and friend less. Suddenly an Indian, hideous in war paint, sprang from a thicket and rushed toward him with his tomahawk raised. Tho dreamer was unarmed. Ho tried to save himself by flight, but he could not move. He bad resigned himself to his fate, when another per son appeared on the scene. It was the coquette who had rejected his suit. Sho had a rifle. She quickly placed tho weapon in her jilted lover's hands and disappeared. The lover covered the Indian with the rifle and fired. When the smoke cleared away the Indiau was gone. Where he had stood there gushed from the ground a stream of oil of great volume. It flowed down over the land in a miniature river. Tho young man awoke from his dream. It made a great impresson up on him. Ho interpreted it as a good omen for him, not ouly in business matters, but in his love affair. Ho de parted for Oil Creek, next day, and went first to the farm where his broth er was working. One day the superin tendent was showing his visiting broth er over tho Hyde & Egbert farm. Suddenly the latter stopped and looked about him with an exclamation of sur prise. "This is tho very spot," said ho, "that I saw in my dream." lie then related his dream to his brother. The spot was not considered a favorable one for striking oil, but tho dream of the young man so impressed the superintendent that he determined to sink a well there. Tho result was awaited with intense interest by tho two brothers. The drill, at tho depth of 600 feet, struck a literal river of oil. The rich deposit spouted out of tho earth at the rate of 2,000 barrels a day. The well became famous at once. Tt was given the name of tho "Coquette," because of the coquettishncss of the young lady that resulted in its boing drilled. Thousands of persons flocked to the farm to see it, and a fee of ten cents a bead was charged for a sight at it, pouring its wealth into Dr. Egbert's tanks. It flowed for fifteen months. Dr. Kgliert made au immense fortune from it, and then sold a one-twelfth Interest in it for $276,000. He gave $20,000 to the young man whoso dream led to tho discovery of the Coquette well. With thls*suin to start with, the fortunate dreamer iu a few months made a hand some fortune, lie returned to his na tive village. Still loving the young lady who had refused his hand, and learning that since his departure sho hud ceased entirely to go into society, ho proposed to her again. This time ho was accepted, ami he married the former coquette. Shortly afterward the well ceased to yield oil voluntari ly, fell to a small "pumper," and then became entirely exhausted A few rot ten timbers of the derrick that stood above the onco famous well is now all that marks the spot where tho river of oil burst forth. Subscribe for the CITIZEN now. A new book is entitlod "Man Pro poses." It is a fiction. A barrel on the tail of a Presiden tial ticket is oxpccted to have an ef fect similar to that produced by a tin can on the tail of a dog—make it run. An exchange says that a ton of gold is worth only about $500,000. Wo give this for what it is worth ; our time has been so taken up with politics and somebody has hidden away the scales. Bismarck has been trying tin* gem puzzle, or as the Germans call it, "Dos I'rincip'ls Vcizweiflung," and there is a "Boss Polke" in honor of it. One day nearly every member of tho Reich stair was iiusv with the nuzzle. The performance known as tl o Currie trial in Texas ended iu the ac quittal of the murderer on the plea < f insanity. That, was because he mur dered a mail Mad he stolen a horse, t lie culprit would not have escaped on that plea. A teacher asked a bright little girl: "What country is opposite us on tho globc'i"' "Don't know, was the answer. "Well, now," pursued the teacher, "If I were to bore a hole through tho earth, and you were to go in at thm end, where would you come out?" "Out of the hole, sir," replied tho pupil, with an air of triumph. A valuable horse in Lawrence town ship, Clearfield county, had a hind leg broken, on Wednesday last, by being kicked by another horse. The owner at once erected a he ivy frame and nut a roof over the horse, lie was then raiwd up by means of straps so that he stands on three feet, the broken leg was set ami a hole dug to prevent its resting on the ground, and the horse is still iu that position, with some prospects of recovering the use of hid leg.