BUTLER CITIZEN JOHN H. I W. C I E6LEV, PROP'BS, Entered at tKe rot/office at Butler as second-claws matter. COURT, special term, commences next Monday and continues three weeks. J ('STICKS' blanks on hand and for sale at the CITIZEN office. Also other , blanks prepared on short notice. SOME fifty nominations were made in the Senate and House at Harris burg on tie 12th inst, for United States Senator. HON. ABRAHAM MCCANDLKKS, the newly elected Associate Judge for this county, was sworn into his office on Monday week last. COMMUNION services will be held in the Mount Chestnut U. P. Church, on next Sabbath, 16th inst., and preaching in the evening at 6i P. M., by the pas tor, Rev. T. W. Yoong. MR. REUBEN SIIANOR, of Prospect, was appointed a paster and folder in the House at Harrisburg last week. This was the only position this county received in the Legislature. THERE were 42 degrees difference in the thermometer at this place between the mornings of Wednesday, 12th and Thursday 13th insts., Wednesday be ing 12 below and Thursday 30 above zero. ____ _ A. M. CUNNINGHAM, the newly elected District Attorney for this county, took the oath of office as such on Monday week last We under stand he has nominated to the Court Mr. Levi H. Edmondson, of Prospect, as County Detectiye. AN event announced to take place on the 26th inst., is the marriage of O. D. Thompson, Esq., late of this place, to a Boston lady. The newly made couple will receive their friends at the Monongahela House, Pittsburgh, on and after February 10th. JUST how those members of the Legislature from counties whose con stituents last Bummor, when nominat ing them, instructed them to vote for Mr. Grow for Senator, can go back of those instructions it is very difficult to see. They certainly will be held to an account by their people, if they do so. HON. DANIEL AGNEW, Ex-Chief JUS. tice of the Supreme Court of thip State, will lecture before the Ladies' Association of this place, in the Court House, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 18, inst. His subject will be, "The Philo sophical Nature and Fitness of the Christian System and Pennsylvania a Christian State." A rare treat is ex pected. Let all hear Judge Agnew. MR. POMEROY, the Chairman of the noose caucus at Harrisburg, last Monday evening a week, was certain ly the fairent man we ever heard of. He was authorized to appoiut a com mittee of fifteen on "the slate," as it is called, and appointed every oue of said fifteen from one side and of members who voted for him as said Chairman— not giving his opponents a simple member .on the committee. MR. AND MRS. JUDGE BREDIN on Tuesday evening last gave a reception at their residence for the benefit of the Rev. Edmund Burke and wife, the new Episcopalian minister of this place. Tbe other ministers of the place and their wives, with a few other friends were invited. The idea (a good one) was to introduce and make acquainted the families of the different ministers with that of the new one. A good supper was served and the occasion is said to have been very entertaining and pleasant. IN the organization of the House at Harrisburg laet week, Mr. Brabam vo ted with the anti-ring element and Mr. Bell otherwise. But this difference be tween our members, we have reason to believe, will not extend to tbe more important matter of electing a United States Senator. Mr. Bell has said he will not vote for Oliver, who is pressed by tbe ring managers. We have no doubt but that the votes of Messrs. Braham and Bell, with that of Mr Greer, our Senator, will be in accord with- tbe very general sentiment pre vailing among their constituents and in favor of a fit man for Senatot as against the man put up by the machine managers. THANKS. We return our thanks to the fire companies of the town and our citizens generally for their prompt aid iu ex tinguishing the fire in the CITIZEN of ficfi last Tuesday morning. The ex ceeding cold weather and tbe early hour at which, the fire occurred, to gether with some of the water plugs being frozen, caused delay in arresting the progress of the fire. But our loss might have been much greater than it is, being principally to the tmilding, which is insured in the Butler Mutual Insurance Co., of this place. The presses and printing ma terial, so far as we can yet know, arc but little injured. We desire also to return our thanks to the other papers here, the Eagle and Herald, for their kiud offers of assist ance towards issuing a paper this week, and ulso for their friendly notices. With an effort the CITIZEN appears bat a day or two behind its usual time. Our readers will under stand tbe cause. We should also say that the Alu. trial Company here, in which we are insured, promptly proposed to make all repairs and replace all damage done Un huildiug. MANY matters hue l>een crowded out of this week's paper. THE LEGISLATURE. The State Legislature convened on the 4th inst. The Senate was organ ized bv the election of Senator Newell, of Philadelphia, as its President pro tern., with the usual list of other offi cers •The House organized by the election of Hon. B L. Hewit, of Blair county, as its Speaker, with a full list of Republican officers. The Gover nor's message was received and read, and after the transaction of some other business, both branches adjourned for a week. It re-assembles to-day. We will endeavor to keep the readers of the CITIZEN posted on all legislation proposed of any interest to us here, and also of the proceedings of Congress this winter. DARK HORSES. Many arc the "dark horses" for the U. S. Senator soon to be chosen by Legislature. And we think this is a favorable sign. It shows the people are taking great interest in this great question, and that they are not dis posed to let one man or a few men only say who shall be our U. S. Sena tors. At Harrisburg last week, in the preliminary organization of the Legis lature, all of the "dark horses" con ceived it to be their interest to break up, as it was termed, the forces or strength of Mr. Grow, who was known to be the leading candidate. In this they claim to have succeeded, though the friends of Mr. Grow do not admit it, but are still claiming that he will pull through. But the eftect of the assault upon Grow was to strengthen Oliver, the "Dungannon Boy," as his friends call him. This result was un expected by tbe "dark horses" gen erally, and now the question among them is bow to "break up" the forces of the youug Irishman. It will keep them busy to do it, but the general opinion is that it will be done and a "dark horse" carry away the prize in the end. Just who that "dark horse" may be is "what no feliow can find out." We look for a lively time in the caucus to be held Thursday even ing for settling upon tbe coming man. THE~BUSINESS BOOM. Some three or four weeks ago we referred to the increase of business taking place in Butler, and we are pleased to state tbe fact that it con tinue3. Never was there a winter in which more country produce has been brought in, particularly of grain For this "boom," as it is termed, wo are mainly indebted to the enterprising owners of our steam flouring mills, Messrs. Walter & Boos, Klingler «fc Sons and Reiber k Sons. The amount of grain they purchased from the farmers is said to be very large, and paying for it in cash at good prices. This has helped all other branches of business. These mills have introduc ed all the latest improvements in Hour making and the competition among them has not only made a plentiful supply of flour at low rates but mu :h is being shipped to other parts. If the same spirit of rivalry could only be started in other branches of business it would still add to the good times ex isting. If grain alone produces the trade it has, and brings to the farmers the money they need, we hope to see still further attention given by thorn to tbe amount put in the ground and the proper cultivation of the same. Lime is now being much used to eu rich the soil and this, with other im provements going on, is destined to soon make Butler tbe leading grain growing county in western Pennsyl vania. WHO WILL BE SENATOR ? The above question, ia ull probabili ty, will be determined in the caucus of Republican members of the Legislature that will be held to-morrow evening at Harrisburg. If the choice shall IK; of one known to tbe party and people of the State as fit for the high trust, then all will be satisfied. But if of one not so known, and having no strength ex cept what is given him by "the ma chine," then the tamper of the party will be to hold to a strict accountability ail who thus trifle with one of the high est offices in its gift. The western part of the State, with much reason and force, claims the present Senator. But it wants a man of known ability and one who will honor himself, the party and the Stute. So far there has been no settling upon such an one. It may be done in the general Republican cau cus to-morrow evening But if not, the Republicans of this county, to our cer tain knowledge, prefer any man of abil itv and fitness for the place, no matter from what particular part of the State, rather than to one of no reputation or ability, and who is the candidate of the machine politicians only. The selection of such a one will be iu open contempt and defiance of the sentiment and hon or of the Republicans of this great Commonwealth. Shall they be humili ated ? Shall they lie compelled to drop their heads in shame ? Shall they be compelled to admit that the honest and great masses of tbe parly are powerless, and that a few, who bold positions bu stowed upon them by the party, can now use those very positions to defeat the will and wishes of that party ? Can they force upon us and into so high and honorable a place as the United Str.tes Senate, a man without experience, with out the age, education or ability to de fend the State or speak in her behalf when necessary? We do not lielicve such au iusiilt to the intelligence of the Republican party of this State awaits h*. i , Ctpe i&ulUJc P«u, Jattmtrff 12, 1881. GOVERNOR'S ME3SAGE . There ar<- many matters of interest to the people of this State referred to in Gov. Hoyt's Message 4 to the Legisla ture, some of which we may notice hereafter. The following as to our public schools and educationa' affairs will be found of much interest: EDUCATION. The State is carrying on its system of public instruction in three directions : Public Schools, Normal Schools, and the Soldiers' Orphans Schools. The report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dr, J. P. W ickersham, w:ll receive your careful attention. His views and recommendations are en titled to your consideration, by virtue of bis loDg, intelligent, and effective service ; and his very extensive expe rience with public schools in our own State, ip other States, and in the Old World. It is most gratifying that he reports the organization of the common schools more complete than ever be fore, and "in all departments charac terized by a vigorous life and a pro gressive spirit." The whole number of graded schools is 7,037 —the number of schools not graded, 11,018. The total number of pupils on the rolls is '137,310, with an average attendance of 77 per cent. The expenditures of all kinds for the year ending June, I3SO, not including orphan or normal schools, were £7,482,577 75. The value of the school property of the State is $25,467,097. The total indebtedness of all the school districts in the State, including those in cities and boroughs, is only $2,648,495 84, while there re main iu the various treasuries of the districts, balances amounting to sl,- 425,213 16. These are satisfactory figures, and indicate the permanent value which this agency of progress holds in tha minds of the people. NORMAL SCHOOLS. The condition of the normal schools and of their property will require your notice. There ha»e been twenty-nine hundred students in attendance during the past year. The value of their property is estimated at $1,366,395 17. These schools are ten in number. In their establishment, there may be set down as contributed by private sub scriptions $400,000 The State has contributed for grounds, buildings and apparatus, up to year 1878, £645,000. The debts of the schools may be put at $250,000. The appropri tions by the State to these schools has, for some years, been SIOO,OOO annually. By a mere arbitrary mode of distribution, and no other seemed feasible, this sum has been parcelled out equally—slo,- 000 to each. For these sums, liens have been taken in favor of the State. They have been compelled to use their appropriations in jpaying old floating debts, or in keeping down interest on the mortgages and other liens against them. Resources which should be ex pended in the active conduct of the schools are thus absorbed in the reduc tion of debts which cripple them ; arid this reduction is not being accomplish ed in the liest and most economical manner for the State or the schools. Besides, the annual appropriation has a tendency to induce the belief that it is to be a permanent relief, and weak ens the administration and efficiency of the system. The correst policy for the State now to adopt will be to pay off the entire indebtedness of the normal schools; and, so far as a surrender of the rights of shareholders and contributors can be secured, place the ownership of the several properties and all liens, in the State. After such provision in their behalf, the schools ought to be self supporting, and doubtless will become so. No further aid from the State should thereafter be expected by them. HOLIM Kits' ORPHANS' SCHOOLS. The conduct of these schools calls for no abatement in the pride with which all have watched their organiza tion and growth. The supervision over them has been intelligent and rig id The inspections have been thor ough HM to the physical surroundings and material well-being of the inmates of the several schools, Children ad mitted under existing laws must be, long to one of three classes; 1. Those whose fathers were either j killed or died of disease while in the | army. Only one hundred of this class remain. 2. Those whose fathers have died since the close of the war of wounds or disease contracted while in the ser vice. 3 Those whose fathers are living, but are so disabled by wounds or dis ease contracted while iu the army,that they are unable to support their fami lies ; and in all the eases, the children must be under sixteen years of ag , and in destitute circumstances. It must be said that the Superintendent of Public Instruction, while under the pressure of those who say he is too strict and is admitting too few, and the criticism of those who say be is too lax and is admitting too many, has, at all times, justly and firmly construed the statutes governing fbese schools—al ways aiming to provide foi> u-nlly meritorious, and to guard the State against fraud. There are two thousand five bun dred and eighty children under the care of the State in these schools, and the cost of the system the past year was $351,421 59. For the years 1881 and 1882, about $700,000 will be need ed. The Superintendent, in bis annual report, says: "In making the usual appropriations for the orphan schools, the Legislature of 1878 provided that no more children should be admitted i' to them after the first day of June, 1882, and that they should be finally cloyed on the first day of June, 1885. Should this law stand, the system can be made to come to an Pfjd in a way both creditable to it and the State. Tli.i record it will leave, will form the brightest page in our history. It will have supported, educated and prepared for uaeiijiijeSii twelyp of the sons and daughters or dead U'l'i 'Jisa bled soldiers, and will have expended in this noble work the magnificent sum of $8,000,000. The whole world may bo spqrcl)ed in vaiu for another such example of Jjeneyolencc." The following from the Governor';; message, relative to sending -children to poor houses, etc., must attract the earnest consideration of all the benevo lent men and women iu the Common- Wt'ft'tb : EUILOASY JI? POOR HOUSES. From the State Hoard c»f J'ljbJje Charities, from tin? official declaration* made iu the State conventions of Poor Directors, and from the testimony of interested citizens on all sides, comes a swelling protest against the longer ( continuance of the evil and disgrace : attending the presence of children in j our alms houses and poor houses. In the past five years over three thousand \ children, under sixteen years old, have been temporary or permanent residents i of these insiitut'ons. A disclosure of ; some of the facts, gathered from the sources above indicated, would shock the community, nor would a sense of propriety permit more than a reference to them herein These children, iu a word, are enervated by idleness, cor rupted in body and soul, without the possibility of acquiring or recovering their self-respect, prepared for pauper ism and crime, effectually wrecked at outset of life. This situation of affairs is earnestly commended to your action. Acts of Assembly touching the remedy of this evil have been prepared by sev eral parties, who have studied in this phase of the social problem- The sub ject is not without difficulty A stat ute forbidding the reception or reten tion in any alms house or poor house of any child between two and sixteen years of age, will be an indispensable starting point. Private charity would best point out the direction of the next steps. In the absence of understood facts to stimulate the enthusiasm and fervor of private charity in this behalf, and of adequate reasons to have sug gested the economy of private associa tions to look after this class of children, it may become your duty to devise the entire scheme. It would be gratifying if we had, throughout the State, more corporations of benevolent persons ad dressing themselves to this evil. Upon them, as a basis, the alms house and poor boards, could operate with money aid, official inspection, and administra tive sanction. Any and all routes to the re.-ults you seek, will lead to the well tried expedient of placing these children in natural families, or the fam ily and farm school. Good examples will occur to you among the various "Homes for Friendless Children," al ready iu existence, and no better mod els can be found than many of the "Soldier's Orphans' Schools," now un der State patronage. Confessedly, there is a danger in this mode ci relief to lie avoided. A too careless or too profuse provision might render pauperism a desirable occupa tion The tendency, at the best, of such enactments, is to release parents from a responsible sense of the dutv of pro viding for their offspring, and to en courage improvidence. In a certain sense, they cannot cure distress, but only shift it from one part of the com munity to another. Any plan will be confronted with a fatal objection which enables the recipients of State bounty to elude, in any serious degree, the necessities of their social existence. In your wisdom, you will devise some relief from the perplexities of this situation. This relief should, however, lie a local and not a State charge. The burden of the renft>dv should be borne bv the local poor boards. It is only by localizing this form of charity that effi cient supervision can be secured, tbe guarantee of economical administration be preserved, and the risk of mendi cancy becoming profitable be avoided. The Governor has the following to pay about our prisons and prison dis cipline, houses of refuge and reform schools, all of which is worthy of tbe attention of all good citizens: HOUSES OJf REFUGE AM) REFORM SCHOOLS. Fortunately, the policy and the right of the State to organize a system of public instruction have passed beyond the region of contention. Results have vindicated its wisdom as well as its cost. Following close upon it, is another topic upon which much of the very best thought of the ablest and purest philanthropists has been exp"n ded : the duty of society to its dan gerous and criminal classes. It is not material, htre am} now, to discuss the objects of the enforcement of ppfflinal law, whether it be mere punishment for the sake of punishment, the protec tion of society, the reformation of the offender, or all of these. Nor is it my purpose to enter upon the details of prison management, whether they should be ordered un4 or the separate system, or the congregate Jsygtem ; nor is it indispensable, as a preliminary, to settle the question of the proper dis. position of the products of convict la bor. What rights has society over its criminals,and the classes out of which they come ? There can be no prompt method of putting down crime. It is incurable, except by a gradual process Whoever employs that process expect ing to realize any romantic results, or with Utopian theories, will relize noth ing. But we are no| H'itl)t»U{. certain definite and practical resists, which have been reached in our own State as Well as in many others- The whole ground is by no means unexplored, nor has the wh&lp gruyin) Ijeen, by any means, fully covered. We have ascertained facts and relia ble data, in view of which we can go forward and in the safe direction of as sured progress. We have undertaken J.O educate the ignorant, tD feed the hungry, jpjd to cure lljc diseased, by State appliances, am} at the public cost. How can we best curb tlje vicious? A distinguished publicist has that "whoever has the right to hang has the right to ejJjjcate." Or, as no one now disputes "the right" to educate, it may justly be said that whoever has the light to hang has „the duty" tc educate. The prison statistics of the whole country show some startling a l "} unexpected facts. Too inu h care capupt be tajiep to avoid hasty, immature, and unwarran ted conclusions from statistics. There is no imposition which vip may not make upon ourselves by hasty jugglery with half-facts. For instance, there haye been since 1870, in the Eastern J'eiijb-'iitiary at Philadelphia, convicts twenty-one yeiifij of ajje atjd under, to the number of nine hundred and fody six. Of these' six hundred and fifty eight bad attended public schools, seventeen private schools, and two LumJre*o ;,;|_»cli for their educational relations. When their in dustrial relations are looked after, we find thut out of the nine hundred and forty-six, as many us eight hundred <1 uj eighty-four were iinapprenticed, and seven hijiiifrc-l &V«")ty-t\yo had no trade. In the Western penitentiary, at Pittsburgh, of three hundred and twelve prisoners admitted during 1879 : Could not read or write - - 34 Re.i'l and write ini|»erfectly - 96 Read and write - 181 ' Supefiyf education - 1 Total 81* ' Attended public schools - 265 Attended private chools 4 Never went to school - - 43 312 | Now, of those who had "attended j schoo'," it would be unfair to assume ■ thut they ha I re eiwd a IV more than an j imperfect au*- ! chief. Perhaps the time ought not tQ ! be far distant when every child and young man of Pennsylvania may be enabled to become a voluntary pupil in a State industrial or technical school; but we manifestly owe an earlier duty in another direction. . ' Aifvertfae in tbfa CITIKHf. Refused To Tako The Oath* A remarkable incident occurred at Harrisburg, last Tuesday, during tbe organization of the Senate. When the roll of Senators returned as elected had In en called, and Judge Pearson was engaged in administering the oath of office to them. Hon. Eckley B. Coxe, of Drifton, Luzerne county, elected as a Democrat from the Twenty-first Senatorial district, arose and announced that he declined to take the oath of of fice, because he could not consistent! v do so. He read a !<>ng address to his constituents, in which he says that he spent money fur politic.il assessments and contributions, advertising political meetings, organizing clubs and paying their expenses, paying taxes, clerk hire, naturalization, to men at the polls for work, etc. In conclusion Mr. Coxe says : It may be asked, why did I spend this money, knowing the consequen ces ? The answer is : I did not under stand, until I was well into the cam paign, what I would be called upon to pay fur, and when I did I felt that if I should retire I would, as there was a third ticket in the field, endanger not only tbe success of the county ticket, which I was very auxious to see elec ted, but also, perhaps, of the national ticket; and, although in the heat and confusion of the campaign, I was always very particular not to contrib ute a cent for any improper purpose, I was nut able, in the few weeks it lasted, to consider the whole question as I have since. I did, however, determine twice to retire froth the hold, bat upon reflection I resolved to fight it out on the line of spending what I could honestly for the success of the whole ticket, so as not to endanger its defeat by my with drawal, and to decline to take my seat if upon careful consideration of the subject in the nine weeks that would elapse betweoi election day and the meeting of the Senate I should decide that any part of the money was used for "expenses not expressly authorized by late." Having made this full aud frank statement of the facts, I wish to say that if I had doue anything that 1 considered wrong or anything which I would isb tit hide, 1 could have resigned before the meeting of the Senate, giving as a reason my busi ness engagements, or something of that kind, but such is not the case. I have nothing to conceal, nothiug to be ashamed of, aud am ready, as every houest man should be, to suffer the consequences of my actions. I make no claim to having been deceived or kept in ignorance. What J did, I did with my ov'iM opttu. Lieutenant Governor Stone ordered Mr. Coxe's statement to be placed upon the journal, and no further action was taken, Mr. Coxe's declination t'> be sworn being respected apparently by common consent. Tho address of Mr. C >xc, from which the foregoing extract is made, bears his name prin ted at the bottom as "late Senator elect for the Twenty-sixth district." The refusal of Mr. Coxe to take the oath from purely conscienii JUS motives has created sensation, it being tho first time in ihe history of the Legislature that any member has refused to be sworn in. Mr. Co.\e says ho consul ted biji lawyers (one of them being franklin B. Gowen), and was advis ed that ho could not conscientiously take the oath of office. It is remarked that if Coxe's reasons, as set forth in his address to his constitqpnU, are the only reasons for his self-disbar ment, then the great marjority of offi ocps (Senators included) arc in the same boat. Mr. C'oxe is not a pro fessional politician, and consequently i» not the paaauwir of an elastic coa aciontie, ](U reference to tho manner of his expenditure of money created some laughter, and there was a gen eral expression of sympathy for him among the "old stagers." It is already intimated that the people of his dis trict should re-elect him unanimously, but Mr. Coxe says he will not run. Ajore'n the pity : for a raro qvj« him is not often taund as a candidate. Judge Pearson was asked regarding Mr. Coxe's refusal to take the oath, aud said the Senate could do nothing more than declare his seat vacant ami order a uew election. The Judgo tyoiild not express an opinion as to whether Mr. Coxe could be prosecu ted criminally. Regarding the chances of Mr. Miner, who ran as Code's oppo. nent, ,the Judge said that ho could have QQ vyhatevpr. County IJelecllve, SUMMIT TP., JAN. 10, 1881. | EDITOR* CITIZEN:— WiII you please j inform the people of the county what I necessity there now is for the office o! I County Detective. That offiee wm j iptcMitiet), Yfts ijntleriatantj, for tlnjes ! when the business of the Court was | large and a special officer needed. Hut I has not that occasion passed n\vay, ! ai)(J cannot tbe tfon»Ub|e« qow (|o »IJ i the worlj pen qifpd > A nc| ■st ould not the #:>00 salary pai(i 11 I County Detective now l>e saved to the tax payers? The Court, we learn, ! under the law IKIS a discretionary ! power to appoint such an officer or not, j and the very general opinion ig t|io utjjee |)Uri bpuuifju useless and almost a sinecu'p. A TAX PAYER J (The above wriier sccips to under stand the matter be writes of, and WO bylieye l|e expresses the (JPMefal opinion of the community on the question of continuing the office of County Detec ! tive.— KD.) ><» Hospital \ee«lefo palatial bospiul nfwdud for Hop Hitters patients, nor large-salaried tal ented puffers to tell what l{op Bitters will do or t-ure, as they tell their own story by their ce tain and absolute cures at home. — New itir£ Independ ent. V. li> .Should I'liCj No man or woman can do satisfac tory w or k when the brain is dull, the nerves unsteady, tjie system relaxed and they feel generally wretched. Why should lawyers, merchants, cler gyman, doctors, mechanics or mothers often miserably drug "through their work in this condition, wben a sipalj amount of I'arjcer's Ginger Touic will always, at moderate cost, clear the brain and give them the strength and the will to perform their duties satis, factorily. We have felt its strengthen ing and bracing effects and can recom« mend it most highly- See other col umn.—Ejo. An Ebensburg man stole a ride on a freight truin near Altoona, stole he conductor's watch and then irked he conductor, ilis energy landed bim la jail. [ HOLIDAY PRESENTS! GRAND BISPLAY THIS WEEK AT Rosenbaum & Co.'s, 112* 11-+ i HO, Market Street, Cor. Liberty Street, PITTE BURGH, FOR BUY KID GLOVES. PKESFNTS SILK UMBRELLAS, °* ALPACA UMBRELLAS, LEATHER SATCHELS, PORTMONNIES, I'RT SENTS. GENTS CARD CASES, SILK MUFFLERS, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, ■K'T, . LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, I IILBI'.A I>. HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFB, . EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS. MOTTO HANDKERCHIEFS, PRITSPVI'VI JEWELRY BOXES, I UR.NL,.> I R*. BREASTPINS, CUFF BUTTONS, PRFL> LV RV'l'C LADIES' FANCY SETS, 1 IB. • FUR SETS, FUR CAPS, TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS. ESF" Ami 1,000 oth«r useful Presents at Immense LOW PRICES- I. FIRE & Bro. fQQ audi IQ2 Pcderai St, All«g!i©aj. We Are New Daily Opening New and Choice FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS I I Of Fvory Description, Comprising in part the following • ■ ' a- Mlxed I>re-« Goods. r.>;, a. id. ic, •. l'lain Ores.* Co.>.|s. hi all colors and .-.hades, 124 10. 20.-. I i 'ashmeres. IS, at, 2>c <'akbiik'n>. very \yio. io. 75c. Henrietta C.oth, Si!k W :trp, 91, Si.a", s\.r. lliack mid Colored, new and beoutiful styles. 75c and *l. We have this day open* d :i very lanci lot of Silk Fringe*, Trimming*, Silks. .Satins, Ac. In CI.OAKS ami IMM.MANS our assortment Is very complete, which enables us to suit every body. Buyers of Dry Goods are respectfully requested to give us a call befor* par chasing elsewhere, and we feel confident that every one will leave our establishment with the conviction of having saved money. M. FIRE & BEG., 100 and 102 federal Street, Allegheny "NEW FLOUR&FEED STORES, REIBER'S BLOCK Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. All the Flour made by the New Process and sold as low as $1.25 per aack, and up to 81.7 ft per sack. Also, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, and bolted and unbolted Corn Meal. All kinds of Feed—Chop, Bran, Corn, Oats and all kinds of Mill Feed. All kinds of grain bought at Store or Mill, and Highest Cash Price Paid. Custom Work done at Mill by the New Process Machinery and grists warranted to be equal in quantity and quality to those ground anywhere else. Greorge _Reil:>ei», Sr. «£*£» & DECEMBER Ist, 1880. J UST~ RECEIVED, 2,000 Yds. Genuine Silk Mixed' PERSIAN' NOVELTIES! And placed on sale at the REMARKABLE price of 20 cents, about one-third their value. h I ISAROAINB! I (.lie li>t Imported JlandkiTclilof VI aid*, at :i74c, fo:n er price, Tf.c. One li>t Handkerchief I'laitCue goocih qi.ailtles M-ii.eh All-Woo! French Dress (100 ts at ro. si ai d and correct shades to combine, with Satins, Mushes, Velvets and Kailn , Del.yon Brocades, uou sold It) Mtt'ii limp'sume de- |, signs at our silk counters at siioh low prlees for elcuivnt iih. in two fixes. to inntcli for ('oetiimee and JaoketK. rMnnnREWARD piiFs ■ I ■ II II I I Pctnidlri* Pit" , that DelUii*'* I'll© I IBmBbW | H| || || Beniprf.v fell -to cure It allaya the luhiof, abaorta the I I I | I fl | TNUIFI - kl'-« T'"'*"'!"'<•'Ll'F Prepared liyjTft Miller, M.D., ■ll 111 | ■ If | Pliilu<]rl|iliia, l*a. «'A tTIOW.- Afu frmmme tmlett iprey- Hv I VV Vrip V r >m 0-rtU caniuim in kiKoatsrv <■"«< a Mia efSteaea. All drugguta aeil cuuntry >tore* have it or will fet il for jroa. F.lcclloii \of in*. THK memliera of tin) Worth Mutual Fire In- Kiirauoe Co will tticol at theSehool House in Went Liberty. on tho wound Saturday of Jau uary, IHHI. bei-ig th« Bth ii.nl., at I o'clock, k m.. for tli" purp,>ite af electing uli'ern for the eiii-iutig y«*r J. M. MA"HMALL. HeoV cons&TO N 11 Curtd at boat* jjjJ . BP A (—fwaaof tit MMliuniM •>' vA V* air«ci i. ta* • "'* ! > %~ciwL M a wM,k> ' " **' l f- C&nauMM\«i« »« AUAmm. J. Fr»#» Pillrr, I U- j iiIHU CWT- » M 1 l/lrM Mi>> »#4Wto u, I Mr. IMh * Artb *•-, U r B a - Extra Bargains in Housekeeping Goods. Heavy Blankets »1.25, $1.50. $2. 1 Heavy country Blankets, Colored and White 95, *5.50, JC. Table Cloth. 20, 25. 35,50 c. Turkey Red Table Damask, fast color 50, 60, 75c, Grey Flannel, 124,16, 30 and 25c. Ked Flannels, 20, 25 and 3uc. Colored, While and Scarlet Underwear for In dies and Gents' from the lowest grades to the very best, at exceedingly low prices. Our Stock in Hosiery and Glove* is venr full and comprises in part the following: Ladles' Gloves, 124, 15, 20, 25, 35c. Indies' Gloves, verv su|>erior goods, 50, 73c, *t. Ladies' Hose, 8, 10, 124. 15c. Ladies' Hose, much better, 25, 35, BOc. Gents' Half-hose 10, 124, 15. aoe. Gents' Half-hose, extra value, 25, 33, B0«. We have Just received a large lot of regular made Hoisery, all wool, beautiful goods, and to b« sold very low. CI-OAK DEPARTMENT ! Dally replenished with New Styles. I Exquisite Kit and Stylish Materials. A large lot Elegant New Shapa Dolinann at fUO, the best garmeul ever sold at this price. J At KKTS AND CLOAKS At *a. $6, 96.30. »*. 910 and 913, that are Special Bargain*. Dolmans and Jackets at «*.M,910, 912.50, sls, 919 *» and 925, at these prtcua we invite special atten tion. Kino Wrv * and QarmenU at 935, #4O, 950, Jf>s, f 76. 9IM) and up to 9KO. stately and nobbr itvlaa. iu Bilk; Satin d'Lyou and Hicilieuue. hoed with Satin in black, wine and old gold and fnr, and trimmed with far, beaded paaaementeiia, plushes, Ac., to ault the fancy of almost any ; purchaser. BEAL BAOQDEB, 'Genuine London dye, 9125, 9150, 9175,9900 and i»260. Elegant Otter and Seal Dolmans 9265 to 9360. Extra large assortment Eur-heed Circulars, ; >35 to 990 each. Choice l.ine OircularH, ravle from new Ulster stte Cloths, #5 to 910, extra full made to meaa ,ure within two days, Mot lee. • K IOTICE In hwhy given that It is tho fnten d IN tiou of the citizen* of Clay townah'.p to ap - ply to the coining Legislature for the repeal of i tho pr»Mout roal law over the tame, known as i the ••Worth Tp . Road Law," and which was ex tended to ssid Olay township. by Act of Aseem hly of March. 187S, which said act it is here by sought to be repealed and the old law rein stated. ftdectt IVotlee to Tax Collectors. No further notice will 1 e given by the Com miiMiounrrf or Oo unly Trcanurer to delinquent i Tax Colloot >m back of 18H0. as it ia the inten tion of tilt Oom n isxionem to 1 sua on them im mediately after tli e tirst of Fehruuv next. bY OB I)EH OFCOMMIh&ONKRS. | Advertise in the OlTilI?.