BUTLER CITIZEN JOHN H. &. W C. f; EG LEY, PFOP'RS. Entered at the J'oxtojice at Butler an seco7id-clo*SH matter. GARFIELD'S majority iu Oregon is 763. _ MASSACULBETTB, official: Garfield, 165.198; Hancock, 111,960; Weaver, 4,»18; Dow, <>B2. ILLINOIS, official, on Governor — Cuiiuin, 314.565 ; Trumbull, 277,532; Streeter, 23,898. Cullum's plurality, 37,033; majority, 8,135. THE oldest inhabitant finds it diffi cult to recollect the year when we Lad as cold weather in November as wo have been experiencing for a week or more past. ON November 1, 1880, the estimated amount of gold and silver coin and bullion in the United States was as follows: Gold, $454,012,030; silver, $158,271,327. Total gold and silver, $612,283,357. THE New York State canvassers have declared the ft.l owing the result? of the late election in that State: Gar field, 555,544; Hancock, 534,511 Weaver, 12.373; Dow, 1,517, whicl would make Garfield's plurality 21, 033. ACCORDING to the Tribune, nearly » majority of the Republican members OI the-next Pennsylvania Legislature are instructed to vote for IIo::. Galushn A. Grow us United States Senator,and his fricuds are quite confident of hi.- election. TUE official returns of California show that Henry Edgerton, Republi can, received 507 more votes for elec tor than does Judge Terry, the lowest on the Democratic ticket, and is elect ed. The other Democratic electors have majorities ranging from 87 tc 143.. THE project of forming a new coun ty out of parts of Armstrong, Alleghe ny and Westmoreland count es, i again revived. The new county would embrace the towns of Freeport, Natro na. Tarentum, Leeehburg and Apollo with Freeport probably as the county seat. No territory is asked from But ler county. This new county would undoubtedly be of great convenience to the large population included within its proposed limits. THE Philadelphia North American says care should be taken .that a man thoroughly in tavor of protection lie chosen as Senator Wallace's successor. The suggestion is a good one, but the Republican -members ol the Legisla ture need not go farther than Hon. Ga lusha A. Grow to find such a man. Mr. Grow's soundness on this question was placed beyond doubt by an inquiry in to his record previous to the late elec tion. THE Cincinnati Weekly Commercial, the BUTLER CITIZEN and a good book, can all be obtained for the sum of $2.40. The Commercial is one of the leading papers of the country, and the book can be selected by the subscriber from a list of ten standard works—postage paid, and free of all cost. The above is the best offer we have been author ized to make this year to new subscri bers, and will extend it to the present subscribers of the CITIZEN paying a year in advance. THE organs represent Senator Cam eron as "hunting for a man to beat Grow." If Cameron don't look out he will find that in "beating" he will beat Cameron, somewhat worse, maybe, than he was beaten at Chicago last .June. There is a day of reckoning not far off for those who engineered the February steal at Ilarrisburg. It will not take much more of the same sort of business to put a hundred thousand Pennsylvania Republicans in a posi tion where they will mash somebody's machine, and it wont be Grow's eith er.— Crawford Journal, Nov. 25. TILE Democrats, through the mis take of an election officer, have secured an elector in the State of Indiana. This will offset the one lost by them in Cal ifornia, and bring the count back to what it has been given at, to wit: Garfield 213 electors, Hancock 156; Garfield's majority, 57, unless some more mistakes are found. By the way, what a lively lime there would have been four years ago if a stray elector or two had turned up here and there as at present. The late election has done much to demonstrate that the present mode of electing our Presidents ought to be changed. The popular vote, as in all other officers, will be safer in the future than the present system. JAMES E. BROWN, ESQ., of Kittan n:ng, died at his residence in that place on Saturday last, Bged 81 years. Mr. Brown was well known to many ol our citizens, and his name is associa ted with many of the earlier events of Butler County. We remember some vcars ago of him remarking that he bad made the survey and located the pres ent Butler and Kittanning turupik.' road, in the year 1821, near sixty years ago. His early occupation was that of a surveyor; but there have been few enterprises along the Allegheny Valley, or in fact in Western Pennsyl vania, that he has not been a promi nent figure in for many years past. He was remarkable for his energy and in dustry ; very temperate in habits and careful in all things, the result of ail iwhieb is that he leaves behind him an •estate, worth more than a million of •dollars. He was largely interested in lihe l'aiker, Karns City and Butler railroad, and in many of the oil adven tures of this and adjoining counties. A wife, son and grand daughter 6Ur- Fivtf him. COUi T—ACCIDKN i'. The special terra of Court heretofore innountvd, convened on Monday morn ng last, Judge McJunkiu presiding jnd Associate Storey being present. Judge Dodds met with an accident shortly after arriving in town on Mon tlav morning that will probably prevent him from taking his seat this week or Tor some time to come 1 lie pavements being iced and very slippery, he fell when near the Court House, dislocat iu», it is thought, one of the thigh joint bones. lie was removed to his home at Prospect. MEETING- OF TilE ELECTORS. This is the day, "first Wednesday in December," that the Presidential Elec tors meet in each State of the I- nion and vote for a President and \ ice President. The language of the Con stitution of the United States is as follows : "The electors shall meet in their respective states, (ou the fir»t Wednesday of December,by act of Con i gress) and vote by ballot for 1 resident and Vice President, one of whom at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President," etc. Lists of all persons voted for are to be signed and trans mitted "to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate ; the President of the Senate shall, iu the presence of the Senate and House of Representa tives, open all the certificates (on the second Wednesday iu February, by act of Congress) and the votes shall then be counted, etc." We have in the above referred to as much of the Constitution as will give oui readers an idea of what the electors art to do 10-day in their respective meet ings. And our object is to show, that although the people expressed their choice at the late election, yet full effect can only be given to their will through the Electoral Colleges that meet to-day. We did not, under pres ent law, choose a President on the 2d of November last—we only then dele gated to certain men called "electors" the power to choose one for us. This is the way our forefathers, the framers of the Constitution of the United States, fixed the matter, and this is the wav it remains. They would at that time seemed to Lave had a mistrust of the capacity of the people to make a proper selection, and hence provided for the selection and election of these certain supposed men of wisdom and due intelligence. The majority of the American people look at the subject in i different light now, and see no rea son why their President should not be sleeted by the popular cote, as Gover nors and all other servants of the peo ple are. The reason for the law hav ing ceased (if there ever was a good reason) the law itself should cease, and the Constitution be changed. The electors when they met to-day were under no legal bonds or restraint as to how or who they should vote lor. Their duty may be said to be a moral one—or rather a political one ; but it nevertheless is a plain one. They must in honor obey and cavry out the wishes of the party that elected them. Any other course would bring upon their heads the universal execration of that party. This results from the par ty machinery now existing in nominat ing candidates by party Nat'onal Con ventions. Our forefathers, it would seem, did not contemplate the forma tion of political parties and the hold, ing of National Conventions for the designation of candidates to be voted for by the electors. The experience we have had in this and the Presiden tial election of four years ago go a good ways to show us the danger we are in under the present system. There will not, we presume, be an)- trouble in the Colleges of electors that met to-day. But no man knows nor can foretell what may come to pass "on the 2d Wednesday %f February," when the certificates from all the states come to be opened in Congress and the Presi dent and Vice President declared. Fortuuately there is no reason to ap prehend trouble out of the present elec tion, but it is very easy for all to see trouble in the future, unless our states men soon supply the remedy. FOREIGN MINISTERS—PAEDCN BOdRD. A friend writes us for information on the two following points: "First. How and by whom are Ministers to foreign countries appointed? Second. By whom is the Board of Pardons in this State appointed or elected ?" In answer to the first inquiry : Min isters to foreign countries are appoint ed by the President of the United States, subject to the approval of the Senate of the United States. The language of the constitution of the U. S., Art. 2, Sec. 2, is that he, the Presi dent, shall "nominate" them to t' e Senate, and the Senate must consent to the nomination. This is the law. But the practice we believe is, for the Secretary of State to make suggestions to the President as to proper persons to be sent abroad. Thfl Secretary of State of the U. S. is at the heart of otjr foreign office and affairs, and of course he would be consulted, and generally in fact coutrols all those appointments. As to the second inquiry, as to bow or who creates the Pardon Board of IVnnsvlvania, we answer, that the Lieut. Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Secretary of Internal AlFairs and the Attorney General of the State, compose under our new State Constitution, a board of pardons bf thefefe ft/at ofVbVnj. Jfcftftl** t s£*.» ©jec/ewfajcj; t, tSSOL Lieut. Governor and Secretary of In ternal Affairs, are elected by the peo ple, and by virtue of their said offices i»re members of the board. The other two, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Attorney General, are appointed by the Governor to their offices and by virtue of the same become members of the board. So that it will be seen,two of the board are in fact elected by the , people, and the other two appointed by tiie Governor. The Governor has the | power to pardon, but only on the rec | ot.iruendution, in writing, of these four j outers or a majority of them. See Constitution of Pennsylvania, Art. 4, Sec. 9. Before the present Constitu tion the Governor had sole power to pardon, but now this board must rec ommend. Whether this board has been any improvement is now a much mooted question. But a still more im p >rtant question is, should there be any pardoning power lodged in the Gover nor? We incline to think it should be in the Courts. A. Thanksgiv.ng Day Cremation. WASHINGTON, PA., November 2.>. A slight ripple upon the quiet of Thanksgiving day was caused here by the cremation of Lucia Burton Morse Noyes, the young wife of C. H. Noyes, Esq., of Warren, Pa. Dr. George P. Haves, at the request of the Rev. Mr. Rankin, pastor of the deceased, offieia ted at the crematory at 1:30 P. M., in the regulai burial services of the Pres bvterian Church. Her husband and Henrv C. Morse, a brother of the de ceased, will remain here until Saturday morning to receive the ashes. Ihe voung husband and wife were pledged 'to each other in this disposition of the body of each after death. Cremation having lost its novelty in this commu nity, is generally regarded as a chaste and reasonable disposition of human bodies. This was the eighth crema tion in the LeMoyne furnace, five men and three women. The trustees have lately received a number of applications, showing that the interest in this mode of disposing of the dead is increasing One was from New-York and the others from Washington City. The Thermometers —Topics for the Cold Weather. During a prevalence of cold wcath i-uch as the inhabitants of this city are now experiencing, says the Detroit News, when the wintry bine s come from the north with piercing keenness, and shivering humanity hurries along the streets enveloped in great coats, muffle s and furs, if it be so fortunate as to possess them, each one anxious to get within the warming radius of a base burner or a system of steam pipes, the question which assails one lrom everv quarter is "How cold is it."' "How did the thermometer go last night?" "How many degrees below zero is it ?" and allelic various chang es of the same tune are hurled at each other by people on the street, in the horse cars, at home, abroad, every where. The delicate little instruments by which humanity is wont to measure its misery are hunted up and consulted with eagerness, for the purpo.-e of as certaining just how much anguish is to be embodied in the facial expression to conform to the state of the weather, such consultation not unfrequently re sulting in the aggravating discovery that the sufferer is not nearly so bad off as he supposed. Fabulous tales are circulated of ob scure thermometers registering impos sible degrees of cold, all of which wild rumors are usually exploded by that exasperating Government thermome ter, which somehow or other is always eight or ten degress above the ordinary instruments in winter, and as far below them in summer. The science of measuring tempera ture is based on the quality of expan sion and contraction, from heat and cold, possessed by solids, liquids and gases. In 1:130 Cornelius Drebbel, a Hollander, proposed a method of indi cating the atmospheric change by means of a glass bull) and stem, which was dipped into a liquid, and rose or fell according to the change in temper ature. The contrivance, however, was found to be impracticable, on account of the extreme delicacy of the indications and the size of the instrument. The use of alcohol in a close tube with a scale attached was first suggested by Boyle. Newton took up the subject am" established the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water as two fixed temperatures, and divided the range between them into equal parts or degrees. In the preseut day mercury and al cohol are chiefly used in the construc tion of thermometers. The use of mercury was first sug gested by Reaumur. This metal has a very high boiling point, apd follows nearly the same laws of expansion as gases, and is better adapted to the measurement of high temperatures than any other material. For the measurement of low temperatures alco hol is generally employed, »s it does not solidify at any known degree of cold. Mercury freezes at 40 degrees F. below zero." The irregular expan sion of alcohol, anu its low point, are serious objections to its use in ascer taining high temp ratures In the manufacture of thermometers the bulb and tube are blown from glass, the end of the tube being left open. The air is then expelled by heating the bulb,when it is dipped into a vessel containing mercury or spirit, which is forced into the vacuum by atmospheric pressure. The end of the tube is then closed her metically. The thermometer is then immersed in melting ice to establish VUo freezing point and held in boiling water to fix the boiling point the inter mediate space beiqg divided into equal parts varying in number with the dif ferent systems in use. The method of dividing the scale most in use in the Un ted States and England is known as the Fahrenheit, and is founded on the inventor's arbi trary and erroneous assumption that at 32 degrees below the freezing point of water there is no absolute heat. The scale is divided into 180 parts between the Bering point, 32 degrees, and the boiling point, J tjo grees. In France and on the continent generally the scale commonly known as the Centigvad/j, i;>trod:Ted by Celsi us in 1842, is used, tjie the freezing l and the boiliug poiutrf le ing divided into 100 parts, zero b.eing the freezing point. Jll tjje Re aumur the range between fixed points id dir vided into eighty parts. Thermometers are to under go cb'a n™vs in tiicV, an'd where per ft*'t ac- curacv is desired they are laid away j for several years to "season," and are then scalded Tiierinometersare made j in various styles and at prices ranging ' from 2i> cents to as many dollars. A reliable instrument can be purchased ( for 50 cents, Ti../ self registering in- j strunients f- • i .1 »tr th • hijrhest and lowest point- <•! ? i . ,y.y j g-iven time are the ui e.\o :sive. . The registration is effected by a small | arrow in the tube, which rises or falls, as the case may be, with the mercury or spirit, and remains at the maximum or minimum point when the fluid re cedes. Some thermometers are con structed to registerbot'i extremes. The fever self-registering thermometer if a very delicate and accurate instrument, used f r determent eg the temperature of the bio id. The mercury in it i-; di vided into two portions by the intro duction of a very small quantity of air, the portion of the metal that is upper most in the tube is very small com pared with the remaining portion, :>nd when the instrument has been used re mains in the place to wta'ch it s,as been forced, when the main body recedes. There are a number of other kinds made for scientific purposes, descrip tions of which would not be interest ing to the general reader. New Jers9y's Official Vote. Trenton, Nov. 28. —The following is the official vote of New Jersey, as canvassed to-dav : Electors—Demo cratic, 122,565; Republican, 120,555; Greenback, 2,617; Prohibition, 195.. Hancock over Garfield, 2,010. Pclitical Points. It is a curious fact that in New ork city not a single electoral ticket was scratched. Every Republican elector had 81,686 votes; every Democrat 123,015; every Greenbacker 610, and every Prohibition elector 26 votes. A Pittsburgher connected with Truth, says that the paper printed 263,000 copies of the number contain ing the fac simile of the Morey forgery, after Hewitt and Randall endorsed it as Garfield's Penmanship. The Dem ocratic National Committee took "?•),- 000, and ffi-neral Hancock bought 15,- 000 . The laws of Tennessee do not allow a saloon near a school house. Mr. Thomas Hughes says the only annoy ing circumstances couuected with his Tennessee colony thus iar was the presence of two Tennesseeans who squatted on a piece of ground, the title to which was so involved that it could not be purchased, and opened up a 1 quor saloon. They could not be driven away until two Indiana ladies started a school next door, when, in ac cordance with the State laws, the sa loon-keepers were obliged to move. Xeicr Think." If the crabbed ol<l bachelor wb° Uttered this sentiment could but witness the intense thought, deep study and thorough investigation of whem in determining the bost medicines to keep their fannies well, and would note their sagacity and wisdom in select in.' Hop Hitters as the "best, and demonstrating it by keeping their families in perpetual health, at a mere nominal expense, he would be forced to ac knowledge l Uat such sentiments are baseless and false.— : icai/tine. EigllO-fiVC r.O»t. "You do not tell me that your husband is up and about ajjain, and entirely cured by so sim ple H medicine as I'irker's Ginger Tonic?" "Yes. indeed, I do," said Mrs. Benjamin to her enquiring neighbor," and that too when we had foolishly paideighty-tivedollars in doctor's bills and prescriptions, and after he had been given up by his physicians to die. Now my husband feels as well as ever, entirely cured by this excellent Tunic." And in any a sick man might be well in a week if they would only try it. ill AII It 110 D. BRYSOX -CHRISTIE—Nov. l'"., i.W, by Rev. 8. Williams, J. A. Bryson, M. I), of Glade Mills, tcCMiss E. I'. Christie ,of (near) West Sunbury, Butler county, i'a. GOLD— PATTERSON—Xov. 2.', ISBO, by Rev. C. L. Streamer, Mr. Thomas Gold to Miss Nancy L. Patterson, both of Clay townships. MITCHEf.L—KL'RTZ—Nov. 23, 18S0, at the residence of J. I). Jackson, Esq., by Rev. W. P. Turner assisted Uv* Rev. N'eal, Mr. James B. Mitchell and Miss Ella M. 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Kven'g Hiiiletin.j For -to.'Ji THK I.IVIXII A«IE and any one of the American *1 .Monthlies inr Harper's Weekly or Bazar) wili be sent for a year, postpaid ; or. for s;i..yii I'Hi*: l.i V i NII AUK and the St. Nicholas, I>r Appleton's Journal, or I.ippineott's Monthly. \ildress F. 1 TT I H.L.& CO.. Boston. BAUER & BAXTER, liray. Sale and feed Stables, HEAR OF YOGELEY HOUSE, jmi9-3m BUTLEB, PA. HUSKY O. UALK, fIRE WERCHiST Tlllfiß, COR. PENN AND SIXTH BTKEETB. Pitfsh.jrQi) fa r r-u -\ ncelt in vour own town. Terms and ?5 on-lit fr-n. Address II H«.i.m it Co., Portland. MSo.Vc. (Jec3-1y fbV ftftf CfrfZEN. j A. Hafmer, sa/ HWi! T"> H. BAUER 5 BROS. :A. PL AM* HQ AND Lumber Vard, M YNUK'.c rt'UZJ* AND DKAi.HR IN Rough and Piar.cd Lumber or i.YLF.Y DSSCI IPriCN, 1)00 ns. S A -11, FRAMES. MOULDING?, SIDING, FLOORING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gaug : d Gornxe Board', ! PORCH POSTS, STAIR RAILS, j NEWELL POSTS & BALUSTERS,! FENCE PALINGS, Ac., &c. MICHIGAN SFINGLES Barn Hoards, Plastering Lath, Hem lock Bill Stuff, of all kiuiis, constantly on band, All of which I will sell on reasonable terms and jru.ira.ntee satisfaction. Plauinir Mill ami Lumber Yard on Jefferson street, Butler, Pa. 1 dec 1 y A. H VFFNER. {Sliorill Sales. By \"f a., i! y writs of Fieri Farias. Venditioni Exponas. Levari Facias. Ac., issued out of the Court of Comir.on I'ioas i f Butler count v ami to mo directed, tin re will be es poaed t > I'nbiic Silt >t th« Conrt H .'iro. it. the boron.ill of Bntier, .n Fritinv. Dei', A »>.. IMSO. at one o'ei.v.l;. I'. M . tbo lo:iowiug described prope:'v Jl*. folio* K D, N - 7' ,<c T.;, I> e r. 1 s«0. G A & A T ; • toi.l • ,!h 1. Brt:s. Ali'y . All :.i it 1.". I::' j:■:i -1 i,(J cl.iiiri of Eii COOP «•'. in ML :•« * v.-R of I.url, more or le-s, m a 'l> .i ai I u: i r iu!i t duller county. I'a. hounded l- fo!!.iin »it . on the north > v lot formerly of Chas. i-f".iml 1 ; east by Lookout Avenue; *ou'h by ') o Shi l:n-r. :ml west by cherry Way. A lwo-.-iory train • dvrel h !ke and bnruo ft Wu tlur. on. S.-ir.-.l and taken in est. uli >n as t!u- pr >|>eriy »' E i Conn at tie suit of F.'i .s Kirk f>r t;s.- .n 1 -»:t' i van Uros et atl ED, No 73 & 73. Dec Term, ISSO. UA& A T Black and Sullivan Hio-., Att'.\s. All the fir lit, title. interest and etarin of E i Ooun ">f, in ud to IJxttiO i.-et i'l land, more or less, Mtuated in liut'er borough. Buticr county, Pa.. bounded » follows, t:| wit - o:i t\e north by lo: o Di C'»wd. i ; east by an a!lc ; soul , t v Dona'dsnn, and v.ot by Main street. A two stoiy Iraii-.e d-.veliiny; house ami oi.il/ui dini> thereon. Seized and taken i.: execution as Hi, propei ty of E!i Conn at tie suit oi Eiias Kirk lor Use am'. Sullivan Bros. et al. K 1), No ?"3 A i Dee T, IhSO t; A.v A 1 K! u I. a i'! Sill!* IV.IJ ilrug . Att'y. A'! tie: tijdil li'.le. Interest "ml el .;iu ol E i Conn of. in .mil to I'VxISQ !•■< t ol land. more or lets, situated in L'utlcr Butler C-i Fa., bounded as lo'.lo <s. to wii . < n the uorili by an alley; east b) Mrs <Jri"b; sorb by E Church prop- i: v, alio west by MeKean street. Known as the Barnes House a two-sri,;y Iran e lions.- creeled thereon —d a hotel <>■ bontdinjr house. Si 5/.it • ind iikeu in cxecntio;! as the ptQpe;!} o' liii Coin: at the s-:it ol Etias Kirk lor u«c, and ?< 1 v-.n Kros. it al E D. No 73 A 71. P c <\ 1 -;iO. Cr A ,'c A 1 B.'a.- and Suli van liros et ai. All the rii;ht. title. interest an 1 of Hi Conn or, i:i and 'o oua !i;-,;t4wd and s x mires of laud. s tUite ill ' W'.'u'iiiijjl i;i to.y udii;i. Butler COUUty. Pj . h mode lis follow'", to wit: <<|> the noitli !■}' K-'l'y heira; ot,( by Ka': «fc 'IN in»ii ton: .--out U ii> 2 il Conn, ami wc.it by Wads worth Doubio log hou.-o. frame him iryl chanl thereon; mostly clea-eb Si'i<r, < 1 u. id ia en in extenti >n as l!I i pro;>*ity of V,jj Uj.m at iho suit of Elias li rk fu» us. mid Su.livan Bros. el al. E D. No 72 .V 7.1. K ■ T. 1330. G A A A T Black and Sul'ivan U. H Att'vs. All (he right, title, iulerent and olai.n of Eli Conn of. in and to twmy four acres of ltti-J, more or 10.-s. situated in Bulier tocisbip. Batler countv. Pa, bounded us )'. !!•,.► .to wit: on the north by Frank Cook; -'a-! bv Brown: son I. l>y Brown and Snyder. snd «i>t by Bntier .v I'itl.s bnrg'i I'iink Ko&d, to^ctln-r with the coal for the onO'lialf interest in bilta "3 of t ie llftv eix acres of whioh tlie J-t ao: - es is a tmt, an 1 bo rne the H.imo properly <: vivaved to Eii C >-I'l hv Eliaa Kirk and wit.); lot and f ran?rt Uuusa. I barn and orchard t»,» m «i!y cleared. Haz el and lal.e:i in ox.-viiiion a-t th- property of K i i Poini at the unit of Kl: i- Kik for use an 1 S'ii!i- ! van Bros it al. El> No 72 A 73. D-c T, JSHO OA A A T Black rnd Sullivan Bros . Att'ys. All the light. title, iut.-rept and claim of Eli 00-iu of. iu and to one hundred and eleven aeie of land, more or less ft". ued in Batljr tr.w j whip, Butler eonnry. Pa., li >nu 1 ■ 1 as follows, to wit: on the north by 'i nd < < f l'earce: ea-t lv | lands of llr. din's heiix; Month by lands of MjC&I , mont l;e:rs, and weft by Af 'V.lmont heiis. Ik uit same land eon'eyed to Eli Conn by Baitley's • heirs, log and frame hoii-e. log barn and milliard j thereop: about ijfiy acres cleaied. Seiar-1 and taken in cx'O.ttiuu as the prop.-rly of Kii (»n i at the nut of Ehas \V Kirk for use ami Su'liva i Bros et al. T Ell MS OF SALE. T(ju following inii-t l.e Miieliy complied Willi when propeity is stricken c\ wn ; J. VYlicn II;- pl .i ■ li■ l <".■ otb< r 'ien become (lie I uri I; I IT, the co-ts on t.':e wril.- muet tie p;ud, fid a I the li mo'ljia e sea t-lr a «.n ilii propeitv m! 1, t • net her with such lien crediloi's ! <i ijn* lor the amotiui ol '!ie proceeds oI ilie -i!c ol neb portion thereof a* he i::av . laiiu, mti.-l l.c !nr nished I lie Slieii I. ■i■ All bids must be paid in 'ull. 3. Ad sales not s -Ul • : imuiediaiely will be ] continued u itil I oVlopk. it m., id v, > ill whjvli time all o:«i, -i t» pi,l geU ; J ler will ! Jtraili ho pis: a: .I at ■!;. i «:pei.~>; nai | risk of Ilie I ers..n l > who i llr-l sui I •dee Purdoirs iJii-e.-i. '.I li elllti in, and Snith's Cea-ms I WILLI \'i 11. HOFFMAN. ShuifT. ! Sheriff's Otll'e. Hitler. I'a.. Augutt 2:1; .i n, i TRY Tjf R NSW YORK OBS2RVER T.j I 3 YE.-'iH. The Largest and E si Family Paper iD l lid Wo I i lit Send r<irS:ii»|ili' { p|)} —Fret', XEIV l Oiili OKSKHIEK, :i7 I'r.i Ei Kiiw, «' h York. H. Bickel, LIVKHViK FKKIISTABLK JEFFEUSON STREET, WEST OF LOWRY HOL'.-E, BITLEIt, PA. Ilaviug removed nil mj stock to the above Stable, the public are respectful ly invited to call The I>est Horses, Carriages, Hug gics, &c. kept constantly for hire Open all hours, l>ay and Night. \ 41l JJotico is hereby givpn that H. JI. Bicker. Conimiltee of <l. Chur'ea Schmidt ban filed hie Final account in the ofi}ce of the I'rothoni taiy of the Court of Common l'ieas of Butlor co'inty, at C. P. No, 15. Juiijj Term. 1M77. and that the watn« will be presented to sanl Court for con firmation and allowance on. Wednesday the Bth day of December. A. 1). I*3o. A. Ilua-KLL, Proihy. A OOM) M ATCH FKKK. To every workihp agent, male of faiuele. Agents are elemiiig from j>"> lo ?l."> a day on our goods, in addition to a tan e preinimn. Send 10 nenta for .sample or #1 .««• for full outfit and Vo'ir I'onntv. IHE MIIssKNiIEB J'CBLISIIING CO. LewUbiiru-. I'a. t2inyliil j Stock Sprciiliilion nud liiyestment. Operations on Margin or by PiirilogeH. Spe cial busimss in Mining Stocks. Full particulars on application. J'.MFS UftOWN. Dealer in Stocks and Bonds, Gi A CU B*iadway, Now Vork. [ marl7-Vni | HOLIDAY PRESENTS OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS. AT Cfe Co.'s 93 Market Street Pittsburgh, Pa. , T JP<> or KVKRY A Complfte . Dl>l KII'TION. Assortment of Gold * SUver/"*"'^^^^ ALSO. A VERY FINE SELECTION OF DIAMONDS of the First Water, Handsomely Mounted. SOLID SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARE. Gold and Silver Headed Canes. Onys, Coral, Torquou Pearl, Topaz, Cameo, and P.ubies in great variety. Card Baskets, Flower Stands. Marble and Bronze Clocks. Eronze and Marble STATUAEY. SOLID SILVEE AKD SILVEE PLATED KNIVES, FOEES and SPOONS. «S2» PJBNXIVG AT B. C, Huselton's, AX IMMENSE FALL & WINTER STOCK OF B0( m and SHOES. The Largest Stock of any House in Butler county. Goods guaranteed as represented. Prices as low as tho lowest. Call ami examine prices aud stock. \W. FIRE & Bro. 100 & 102 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY. We Are Now Daily Opening New and Choica ! PALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS I I <>r Kifry Oeseripllou. C'oiiipriKlue i»« I'art Ilic Following I Mixed ]in".< Goods. #, in. l2Vie. I Extra Itargains in Housekeeping Goods. I p ■••ti hri"x <oi »i'> in -ill colors and shades 12 I *. i Hoju V j n U;! n ,)rt in.ui colors aiMisiimits, i CmmiTy Jj lallketSf colored and White *5, i i '• \v!llii•»i*«»s 1"i *)i) ''"j* r' s i v(»rv v H«* e\tro va-ue I Table Cloth, 20, 25.35.50 c. I S rashiu'W All w£l. j... 1-;. Turkev lied Table Piunask fasr color 50, Go, 75c, French Cashmere. All-wool. very Ane 00, TV. sl. (!n;.v Flanue.. 12', ir>. 2u and 25c. M»'nri«'i! i Cloth « r rod <*«i*i*it v. .10, lUi, 7"K\ Red l'lanuels. JO. 25 aud .10c. n .»»» 1.-»I •, i "«»•'i* Warn *<! «1 ii 9150. Colored. White and Searlet I nderwear for I<a • * dies and (lints' from the lowest grades to the very 1.1 Blick and Cobred Silks, best, at low prices. , , „ Our Stock in Hosiery and Gloves t't, e .a i,clui*>ment in onler lo reduce ! |U«.V..':'.\ > ui) hand. isverv fail and comprises in part the following : | V.'e oil -r a ailiful i; ("1; \<at «> and ~•<•. Gloves, verv suj>eVlor goods, ro, "Jf. *l. ! I.r »■ ";.■ X t-fveN. ISlaeiv and l oloretl, new .Hid j^ u |i,- H * ||„se, N. to. 124, 13c. j ~ e:-:\ :es. , .«• a::<i rt. Indies' Hose much better, 25.35. 50c. 1 Weht ■ ;:iis d opened a very large lot o( SUk Gents' Half-hose 10 12! J. 15, 20c. j FrSiciev Tr '.r.na;.'* S:«s, Satin .;»<•. Cents' lialf-llose. extra value 25, 3\ 80c. ! In ( I.O\K - and HaI.MANS our ortment is We hive just received a large lot or regular verv .MUIIM*;». v.biel- enables i.. in salt every-: made Hosiery, all wool, beautiful goods, ana to be I I'O'lv sold very low. Itiiyer* «l l>r.v Goads an- rcspccilnl!.) requested (ogive n«n call bclorc pnr(iiii«iii|{ cloewlicrc, and we Iccl conlinciii iliat every one will leave our esial>li»lini«-iu WJIII Ilieeon vletioii of having wived money. M, FIRE & BRO., ItMl .V I'l il> r:> 1 *-ar.-.'l. A FEW OF THE MANY B A TIG AINS OFFERED AT ROSENBAUM & CO.'S 112, 114, 116, MARKET ST., Cor. Libert/ St, PITTSBURG. Black 1 Iri'ss Silks, 87c, SI 25, $1.50 to $2.25. Black Siik Velvets, 95c, $1.25, sl.s') Sio. 27 Inch Silk Velvets, $2.90 and $4 00. Black Cashmeres, Best Qualitiis, 5Cc, B.'c and SI.OO Silk Warp Cashmeres $1.20, $1.45 and $1.95. Kid Gloves, 3 Button 4Sc, 75c, SI 00 and $1.25. Finest Seamless $l.(!0, £1.75 and $2 00 Ladies' und Gent's Lined Kid Gloves. Ladies' and Gent's Cloth Gloves. Misses' and Infant's Cloth Gloves. Knit Hoods. Caps, Mitts Nubias, Extra Fine Reinforced Dress Shirts, sl. Uniauudried Reinforced Shirts. 75c and SI.OO. Misses' and Boy fi Scarlet In« derweur 75c, up. Bov's Grev L uderwear, .Vc. up. Woolen Ilos.erj of all kinds. Men's Extra Good Cnderwear, 50c., 75 SI.OO up. Men's Fine >~eck wear. M-en J * Scarlet Woven I'nderwear. 500 Styles Silk Handkerchief* from I0c:'to S3. Emliroujcred arni Late Handkerchiefs, Chenille Fringes good 45c. up. I'asso neiitrie, 30c. a yard up. Spiked, Cord and Tassels, Jfet'tqd BalL, Knotted Fringes aud Oiuameuu. Colored Chenille Fringes, liuttoua uf aTI lMVrijmous, «sTo.
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