MB. J. U. HATEB. A.lvfrti. iiiK Agent. il Paik How (Time* Building). r>e* IY-ik, IM toUiorixcd to contract L>r artvertixr unute iu Use CITIZEN. THIS PAPER r^TsTeiuMv? N.» Vc r Voa-i! Local ami UcHfral. Tramps are now called turnpike tourists. —lt will pay you to call at HITTER fc R ALSTON'S. Spring began Sunday, dejure, but de facto —scarcely. The "Prince of Whales*' is still on exhibition at Pittsburgh. Yennor, though he falls far short of winning affection, compel Is respect. Ycu will find everything as adver tised, at BITTER & RALSTON 'B\ A SOLID Silver Case and a Genuine American Movement as low as .fiO, p. T. Birnum has recovered nearly all the flesh he lost. It pa\s to advertise. SPECIALTIES in woolens at William Aland's Merchant Tailoring establishment not to be had elsewhere ia the county. —The Austrian Goverment has pro hibited the importation of hog products from the United States. Farmers needing any plows should call and examine the Ohio Chilled, at J NIOOEL k Baos. WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor, ha« pist opened the line of v/f»o!e!i> »"i men awl boys wear ever offerwl !n TJutier. The Gevernor of Minnesota has appointed General A. J. Edgertoti to succeed Secretary Windom in the Sen ate. All the necessary papers have been signed and the holding of the next State Fair at Pittsburg is a fixed fact. Our "ship is on the way. It is expected that within a month twelve millions in gold will arrive from Europe. A Lancaster man drank a quart of alcohol and then committed a burglary The wonder is that he didn't commit a murder. The World's Fair at New York promises te bs a fizzle. Perhaps some other city can show more courage and put up more money. —Mrs. Thomas McXair, of this pla e, slipped and fell on their porch last Friday morning, and broke h-r left arm above the elbow. —The fate of a Pennsylvanian last Friday should warn all men that pis tols are worth more than fists in a disagreement with a burglar. Thev are still drilling at the bald rid, ge well, and are now about 40 fee: in the sand. The sand is deep and is said to lie improving in quality. About $40,000 went to the dead leUer office at Washington last year. People who owe us money should ad dress their letters more carefully. The combined ayes of two broth ers and three si.-ters living in Wash ington county, of the Ashbrook/amily are four hundred and thirteen years. PI"K n woman en »nnth<*rcer'>« Vinevards wif'i :i crap-'* from wli eh 1 Spoor's r.«rl 'JrMiie wine «< is * . bizhly osteon.. 1 hv the medical profusion for tile liw of invalids, willy persons and t'i" a?fd.—S.ild by nil Protista. -'-'i.?' l —Tt is estimated that OVy starvation mi ranches west of the Missouri this win- i and their carcasses are still lying in the snow. —A Rotten Rop« compelled some reputable citizen of South Carolina last Firdav to perform th" most horrible nrid brutal slaughter that has been reported for years. —For fear the "swell" pantaloons would develop into bloomers the tail ors or persons who pet the fashions now announee tijrht fitting garments, and shorter co ts for men. —Secretarv Rlaine. it is reported, has set his heart upon having an extra session of Conarre.ss. and it is therefore, probable that Congress will be called together about the middle of May. —A mail carrier in Montana has swam the Marias river with his horsD and mail three times this winter, and the stage company whose employee he is have ordered him not to do so again. —Chicairo proposes to commemorate her great fire by the erection of a mag nificent buildincr. at a cost of $500;000, for her public library No difficult vis anticipated in securing the money re quired. —Women have cheek enough to wear men's hats on their heads, but there is one thinar they dsire not do. Not one of them dares to remove her hat in public and dust off the bald spot. This conumlrnm is sent us 'Whv is main street like the Atlantic ocean ?' and for the life of us we can't tell unless it is because if vou fall in the middle of it you have to be fished out. Ask us a tough one. —There was a party at .ludl, durinar the spring season which will begin Tuesday. March 29th. 1881. Isaac C. Ketler, Principal. —A portion of a railway train in ConneCtViit, hopped over an iron rail chair which a wonld-be train wrecker had fastener] in a frog, the wheels of the first sleeper in the train tearincr it out of place and avertinir further risk. —Bishop Simps >n preached to a lar?e conjrregation in tin- M. E. f'hnrch of this p'nee last Sunday, and after the sermon, the congregation of the church and its friends in the other churehes of the town, raised $:J.400 <>n tie church debt. —All stories "Jabe young Irishmen, organized and equippeel for battle, leaving nny of li e ports of the United States to jro to Ireland and be gin the fi>rht for freedom on Irish s< il must be taken with mtmy » C. Bab cock, State Secretary of the Temper ance Union will be present. All are very cordially invited to attend. Com mittee. Lvdia E Pinkhani's Vegetable j Compound will at all times, and under I sill circumstances, act in harmony with ! the laws that govern the female sys [ tem. Address Mss Lvdia E. I'inkham, •JS3!Western Avenue' Lynn, Mass., for "circulars. I —A new steam cotton mill is to be erected in Charleston, S. C., at a cost 'of $400,000. This enterprise will more il.n:i make up for the political loss resulting from the defecti '!i of Mahonc in the Senate. If it can get cotton mills the South can afford many politi cal defeats. There is a growing feeling in New York that the crew of the Italian bark Ajace, recently wrecked of!" Coney Island, did not meet their dcatu, as alleged, hv their own hands, but were murdered bv their fellows in some mutinous uprising, cr in an effort to rob the vessel. a crown The death of the Czar has no doubt giv. n much uneasiness to the ruler.-, of Germany, Italy and Spain, where the same influence of despera tion prevails in regard to hatred of the Government which destroyed an Em peror in Russia. --William Story found guilty at {une and September terms IS*O. of forcing a judgment note and embezzle ment, was last Monday sentenced to pav fines i.i both cases amounting to SG3S costs of prosecution and to be confined in Allegheny Co Workhouse for eighteen mouths. -Vonnor'slatest prognostications say that spring will he fairly early, hot and ; dry, and the midsummer cool and wet. i The autumn promises to he open dry and fine. There is likely to be a great Ideal of sickness during the year, liut the weather—except in a f-w isolated sec , t jons—will be favorable to agricultural pursuits. j _i_A Baltimore man is under arrest charged with saturating his wife's cloth inu with kerosene while she lay asleep on a li unge and then setting her on | fire. The flames were extinguished I before the woman was fatally burned ! '■ he brute intended to make it hot for , his wife, and she now proposes to make , it hot for him. ) A sensation was created through j the oil country last Thursday by the : announcement that the Standard Oil j Company has bought the United Pipe i Lines. Thev have worked together in the past hut sometimes the managers I of the Pipe Lines have made the Stand ard yield to them, and it was said that | the purchase was made to prevent this ! iti «he future. • Tin- United States Government by a concerted movement one day lhfct wee k, secured the arrest of almost a st ore of so-ral'ed land a<:enis residents of Cleveland, Pittsburgh. New York and S . Louis, who are said to have been for vears past encased in transac tions hv which the Government has been defrauded out of several hundred thou-and acres of land in Missouri. i —A young (Herman who was wit ness: ncr the shoeing <»f n horse was | struck hv a small particle of iron, which penetrated the pupil of his eye burying itself in the hodv of the orenn. In an eve hospital at \Viesh%den the extraordinary operation of withdrawing j the irrn by means of a magnet was recently performed with entiro suc cess. I —The cat show in New York is call eel a Cot Concrress.' When the 1 pro jector christened it l e must l.a<'p been laborinc under ihe deluamn that when cats are veil in or 'Mi rrr-i aia-» r 'jn seven lan«rUßffes,they are.calling* each other liars and traitors and falsifbre and things. Thepurrceedimrsin a Cat ' Congress are more harmonious.—Nor rixfcuw Herald. —The Kentuckv moonshiner's who loaded an old six pounde'r |o the muzzfie with rusty nails and broken pot metal, the other day, and let fly at Pupnty Ilcflin and his ten revenue officers. Ineki'v overshot the mark, or there would have been none of.the revenue army left to tedl the tale. There is plenty of material for an exciting ro mance in this moonshine guerrilla war fare. —Rn'ter is very scarce nowadays. In regard to butter, there is nothing tolerable short of what is thoroughly qrood ; anvthinsr less than that is an insult to the bread it is put upon. Tt is a much easier matter to do without butter than many pe-ople imagine, and if those who cannot afford to use a good article will do without anv, as the>y dispense with other luxuries, their stoniae-hs will be greatly the gain j ers thereby. —Knjrland is now eating beef slaugh ; tercel in Australia, and carried to Liver pool in a frozen condition. One of the promptings of the English press to . raise the crv about pleuro pne>unionia I among the be'ef e-attle of America was to drive* it out of the English market, and thus make room for the Australian artielp. It requires froeii tejti to eleven days to make the vovaire from New York to Liverpool, while fiom Austra , lia it takes sixty. —ln no interest of labor has the* country advanced more steadily than in that of tunninir hide's, the leather biisiress of the United State's having risen to an importance se*coiid to that of no c:the«*.prcKluctlve industry, if it is not really the most important. Without a donbt the tanning of bides has lie-en more improved, so far as machimrv and competition are concerned, than . that of any other manufacturing inier e st in i he country. The scarcity eif filed in the We-st . is one of the- noteworthy results of , the se-veTc winter. The- heavy snow , storms, some of them continuing days ai a ti*• e■ . so oe ne rallv imprisoned the fanners that in lowa. Minnesota, and other Western States the' r< ;.rn is extensively - u eel t< r tin 1. hut there i.- danger of e*x ■ hausting eve n that materia] Farmers ' say that t he w inte-r set in so early and ■ severely that much of the corn still stui ds in the fie-lds under the- snow, ' ii! d II m-h of IHl'ir re gular fall we.ik . was ci iinitfity Kltundcue. &ntl*K P*.» W'dnlrd. All kinds of erain for which I will par the , hishest market prive in cash at mv mill. GEO. liEIBF.R, Nov. 3, 1880. Butler, Pa. Posey Countv, Indiana claims to have raised the largest cow in the world. lier name is Lady Posey; breed, mix ed Durham and Big English Her measurements are ; Greatest heicrht, feet 10 inches ; girth, S feet 9 inches ; i length. 10 feet (5 inches, or including: tail, IT feet. Her f<., on n charge of conspiracy to murder. Jacob Long opened a Iwer saloon in the town, and the Palestine Crusaders, a total abstinence society, drove him away. He boldly returned, and was informed by a paper stuck on his door that his life would be taken if he sold a drop of beer He presented nroof to a grand jury that the threatening docu ment had been voted by the crusaders, and they were indicted. —SAD ACCIDENT AT A BLASTING.— While Mr Lewis Rattig and some other men were blasting rock in a field in Summit town-hip last Friday wet k, an unexpected explosion Icoke h: s ritrht arm below the elbow, shattered his rijrht hand and injured his eyes. He walked to his home, where he re ceived medical attention and i.s doing i well. There were using loose powder : for fusinsr, and supposing that the fuse i had miscarned, they approached the j blast, when it exploded, injuring Mr. i Rat tig, but none of the others. The attention of Market Gardeners Flrrists an(> Dealers is called to the great inducements the Mohawk Val ley seed gardens offer in seeds to the trade. The proprietor informs us that large quantities of both Vegetable and Flower -eeds are grown there and sold direct to the trade. Home grown Onion & Cabbage Seed, a speciality. Sampler to test, for a three cent stamp. Wholesale list free to the trade. Sample copy of his beautiful quarterly and packet of veg etable or fl >wer sevl to all for a 3c. stamp. Address, A. C. Nellis, Can- I ajoha-ie, N. Y. \«ilon». At 5 cts. ladies hose, at S cts , gents hose, at 10 cts , ladies colored hose New buttons, new cords, new tassels, new laces, new collars, new ties new fringes, new ribbons, new gloves. All the new things in early spring goods at BLTTER iJetior tioAiN. At 50 cts., gord white quilts, at 25 cts , good .abb; damask, at 65 cts., good biack dress silk, at n0 cts., good eolored silks, at 25 cts., doubY fold cashmere, at 'Octs., all w d cashmere, at 75 cts., mela ge cashmere, at 75 cts., brocade silks, at HiTTER k IvALsTON'S. —lf the Lcg'fh.ture adjourns with out devising proper legal checks against the evils of speculative life in surance a grave • üblic duty will have been neglected. The rascally features of the business as now carried on were fully exposed in this journal months a act ice and tcf pun ish frauds.— ] I < 1 nord t> . liri : ,4. Ladies, y< r <■ > i:ot ii.i ke fair skin, rosy iluks ! «' paikling eyes with all the eosmet'ei- of Frauee, or beautiliers of the world, \v ie in poor health, and nothing will f;iv • y< u such good health, strengil l;< u\: i 1 fpirits and buautv as Hop Hitlers A trial is certain proof See another c't a n.— Telegraph. —The v wt:e to break ground on | the narrow p Due road connecting l'aiker & Fo.I i'"g yesterday. The road will tun up this side of the river and c oss sit F< .\burg. Aft< r this con necting lit k is c< n pleted, work will likely he coinn taed on the road con necting Ilutler with livunsburg. This road with the- prospective road from Sharpsvilie, M • c«r county to Pitts burgh, the exti : sii n ol the West Pcnn lJram h from I ctb.r to lb niewi od, the extei sion ef tl.« !SI ennngo Re ad to the Allegheny, wi'l Live liutler c< un'.y all the railroad f; elites she wants. Re sides these une New York parties are talking of I u Ming an air line road between Sew «i k ami Omaha, which if built will pa s through the- centre of this county —The hog cholera" scare has been the chief object of agricultural interest 0:1 both sides of the Atlantic during the past week In the British Parliament a discussion arose last Thursday as to the danger to the community from eat ing American pork, and during the progress of the debate a forged telegram was received in the House from Liver pool, insisting on the widespread pre- I val*nce of the disease here and the ne cessity for prohibiting the importation of hog products from this country. The author of the forgery has not yet been discovered Secretary Blaine has pro tested against any hostile action by the British Government, insisting that the rumors of disease among our swine are grossly exaggerated. —ELY'S Cnr.AM BALM has cured me of Catarrh of several years' stanoing. I have recovered my sense of taste and smell bv its use, and can truthfully say truthfully say the Balm has no equal as a cure for this terrible disease. Frank C, Ogden, Elizabeth, X. J., Aug. 14, 1876.—See Adv't. During the past- five years I have stiff red from Catarrh and have used without relief remedies prescribed by various physicians. I was advised to !rv Ely's Cream Balm, am using it wita beneficial results, and fell confident 1 shall be completely cured of a disease that has seriously affected not only my nostrils but also mv ej es and hearing. W. A. Brintzinghuffer, Jr., Wholesale Tobacconist, Newark, N- J. May 20 1879. Carp.'ts for Sj»ria;. At 18 cts., best hemp carpet, at 25 cts.. good cottage carpetr at 30 cts., good ingrain carpet, at 35 cts., good rag carpet, at 40 cts., fancy ingrain carpet, at 50 cts., extra heavy ingrain carpet, at GO, ('5, 70, 7 >, 80, 85, 90 and SI,OO beautiful new styles in carpets, at 25 cts , good floor oil cloth, at 25 cts., good stair carpet. Everything kept in a first-class car pet house at less than city prices, at lIITTER it RALSTON'S. —The project to make everybody rich bv making coffee from dates may be very generous, but it has the grave fault of" being too expensive. Where is the sense in spoiling a dried fruit that is so delicious to the palate of the small boy, and that is worth at least a few cents per pound, when other materials that are ten times as cheap have al ready been sold by the ton under the name of coffee and at good prices ? Beans peas, t.uts of several kinds, roasted corn, sweet potatoes, mahogany .-awdust, dried liver, locust pods, vari ous barks and "roots, and dozens of other cheap materials, all of American production, have been roasted, ground and sold at a handsome profit as coffee. Why, then, should we go abroad for materials from which to supply the American breakfast table with the fa vorite morning drink ? Slow ii DOllO. •'How do you manage," said a lady to her friend, "Hi appear so h.ippv and good natured all the time? ' "1 always have Parker's Gin ;»er Tonic handy," was the reply, "and thus easily keep myself and family in good health. When I am well 1 always feel good natured." Herd about it in another column. —President Garfield's references in his inaugural address to the Mormon question and the necessity of dealing sternly and resolutely with the polyg amous sa nt have created a small storm lin Salt Lake City. The same old de fence is made by the organs and ad vocates of the "twin relic'' that plural ity of wives is part of the Mormon creed and that tb supreme law of the land prohibits intenerenee with relig ion. It would be idle to enter into a discussion of a subject upon which every argument that cau be advanced has been said a thousand times. The country has made up its mind in re gartl to the Mormon iniquity, and the universal judgment is that its existence is a blot upon our civilization. Presi dent Garfield, if he shall succeed in wiping it out, will render a great ser vice to humanity and make his ad ministration one of the most memora ble in our history. Sonat* >!> i iistf I'riet's. " At 5 cents, good calicoes, at 5 cents, bleached muslin, at 61 cents best prints, at (i| cts., soft finished bleached muslin. ' at filets., yard wide brown muslin, a t cts., all linen crash, at cts, heavy dark dress goods, at 8 cts., dark grey suitings, at 10 cts., new fancy dress goods, at 15 cts., double told brocades, at 15., good jeans for prints, at, 15 cts., fine alpacas, at RITTEB & RALSTON'S. —Among tne many curiosities of mail matter that pass daily through the New York Post Office are the letters that come from China to Chinamen in that city. They ore written and ad dressed in Chinese characters. The ad dress is on the left-hand corner of the envelope. Addresses are always trans lated into English in San Francisco. Of the names that the translator turns out from the curious little marks on the envelopes, the Lees are the most nu merous. The superscriptions, after be ing translated, read something after this fashion : "Sam Lee, laundryman, New York city." The Sam Lees are the most numerous ; next come the Hop Lei s, then the Wnh Lees, and the Hung Lees The VVahs are not far be hind The Lung family is not so nu merous. The Won Lungs and the Ling Lungs are the most notable. The Yiks, too, are quite a colony. Sam Yik is a prosperous laundry man. The Chin Chins are yet scarce, as are the Chow Chows. It is surprising to notic the number of O'Briens and Cullins and other Irish names. This is accounted for by the fact that Chinamen sometimes marry Irish women and taketh* ir wives' i. antes. Ti IIIU <• I TOWIIMII : |> <>Hi « r*. The terms of all township officers, excepting School Directors and Justices of the Pence, ended this year on the first Monday of March, instead of the li»t Monday of April, as was the case in previojs years. This change was j brought about by an act of tne Legis , lature, approved June 4, 1879, the fir>t J and second sections of which read as j follows : SECTION 1. That the term of office jof every township officer hereafter I elected, whose term of office would un j tier existing laws expire on the first | Monday of April, of any year, s-lallex i pile on the first Monday of March next ! preceding said fir.-t Monday of April, i and that the terms of the successors of such township officers shall begin on the Monday of March, and shall continue for the duration thereof by j existing laws. SEC. 2. That the Township Audi tors shall meet on the second Monday of March of the year 1831, and on the second Monday of March in each year j thereafter, for the settlement of all ac counts, except the accounts of the School Direstors and School Treasurer. Thus it will be seen, toconform with the provisions of this act, the terras of , Township officers elected in February, i 1880. ended on the first Monday of March, 1881—excepting 1 School Direc tors and Justices of the Peace. The; 'Town-hip' officers elected last y< ar served but eleven months. Were all the township officers inducted into of- Gce on Monday, the 7th iust. ? Court l(t»nMt> Doing*. The Court 0:1 Monday last, appoint ed tipstaves for the following year. There were some forty or fifty applica tions, and owing to the needy circum stances of some of them, and the press lire made gfor them on that account, the Court concluded to divide the ser vice among as many of them as possi ble, thus affording temporary relief to as many as possible. There were therefore eight appointed, four to serve one week of any Court and four the next, thus alternating through the year and making the expense to the county no greater than if but four were continued. For thfc first weeks, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Hinchberger, John W. Fleming and Thomas Sbull were appointed; and for the second weeks, John Maharg, George A Hay, William Williamson and Henry Korn, were appointed. E. W. Vogeley prayed leave to join in a petition to sell real estate in Al legheny county, which was granted. Thomas F Christley, administrator of Michael Hamilton, reported sale of 100 acres of land in Cherry township. Jacob Ehrman and M X. Greer, executors of G. C. Smith, made report of sale of 50 acres of land in Buffalo township, at Orphan's Court sale. William Campbell was discharged as executor of R. Thornc, dee'd. C. M. Drown executor of David Reed, prayed leave to sell real estate which was granted. W. II Martin, student at law, made' application for admission to the bar. An appeal by tea or more of the citizens of Butler county, was filed in the Prothonotary's office, from the Auditors report of the financial condi tion of the county. This appeal re lates to the bridge statement in said report. The grand jury made presentment recommending the putting doors on the pigeon holes in the office of the Prothonotary. G. W. Fleeger, Esq., filed his report as Auditor, distributing the proceeds of sale of the estate of Mary O'Donnell. Levi Dale, guardian of Sarah Mc- Elwee, prayed leave for sale of real estate, to raise money for his ward, which was granted. In the final account of P. 11. Lauf ruan. administrator of W. Leonard, dee'd, C. Walker, Esq., was appointed Auditor to distribute the monies in hands of administrators. Rose Ann Martin, executor of John Martin, reported sale of 65 acres of land in Jefferson township to F. Dodds for $1,700. D. Patton, administrator of Ann Clark, late of Concord township, pre sented a petition for leave to sell nine acres of land, which was granted by the Court. Lydia Emmd presented her peti tion for partition of the estate of S. Lnndis, late of Cranberry township. Granted and rule on the heirs to show cause. A. B. Euierick and Susan Man gel, executors of D. Mangel, prayed to be discharged from the trust. A rule was granted on the heirs to show cause. William Black, guardian of Maggie Black, a petition to sell real estate of his ward. Granted. Margaret Grant, widow of 11. W. Grant presented a petition for parti tion of 300 acres of land in Buffalo township. Rule on the heirs to show cause. The Overseers of the Poor of Sum mit township, obtained on petition an appeal from an order of removal of John Earnest against Clearfield town ship. The citizens of Fairview township petitioned for a public road from the T. 11. Banks farm to Big Troutman oii well. G. H. Graham, William Alexander and J. J. Maxwell were ap pointed reviewers. ProceediiiKN of onrf. Commonwealth vs. William Story for forginga judgement note and settling the same. Motion to quash and over ruled. Yertict of not guilty and defeu dent to pay the cost. Same vs. same for some offense and same verdict. Same vs. same, the verdict as above. James B. Story prosecutor in all three cases. Com. vs. John A. Stepp for deser tion. This case settled by th«; parties Com. vs. Joseph Flick f r assault and battery, settled. Same vs. Jeff. Kegis for assault and battery, Lydia A. Swin prosecutrix. Defendant plead nol. con. and sentenced to pay the costs. Same vs Higgins, F. A*. 8., settled. Same vs. Daniel Denny. Four in dictments against defendant as of the election of Winfield township, for refusing the votes of legal voters. Also four bills against John Rivers, as inspector, for the game offence. Verdict of not guilty and the count}' to pay the costs. Thomas Stehle, jr. plead nol. con to an indictment for selling beer without license Also to minors and also keep ing a disorderly house. Sentenced six months to Claremont. John Mininger was tried and found guilty of the larceny of a revolver from S. M. Wright, and also on another charge of larceny of chickens front Mrs Martin. Sentenced 4 months to the Work Louse. Cotu. vs. A. Marks, et. al. were in dicted on oath of I). M. Ward for con spiracy to defraud. And also for se creting goods to defraud creditors. On motion both bills were quashed. John Frederick was tried for keep ing a disorderly and Bawdy house in MillerstoWn and found quilty. Sen tenced five months to Claremont. Henry Beltz was tried and found guilty of assault and battery on the persou of his wife Sarah Beltz and sen tenced to pay fine of $5, and costs of prosecuton. William Smith was indicted for lar ct nv of a watch front Fred Troutian. Verdict not guilty. William Gibson was found guilty of an assau t and battery with intent to ci mmit rape on the person of Susan bhuster: Sentenced to pay coats of i \ X &SJ - F £ THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS AND CAPS \S BUTLER / K I |GO TO R, GRIEB'FFOR IF | I H HATS, CATS, GLOVES, SHIRTS, ! "KEH- IF* K J ~ 1 . t i CHIKFS. » |J | | HALF HOSE, UNDER! WEAR, | i j* COLLARS,| CUFFS, j NECK WEAR, I &c,&c., I | 7 ~ MAIN STKfcET, BUTLER, PA, - jBT ;. |jj fKIAIi i.INT F#E XRT4'!4L . M'j end Mitcbill " 433 " " Robinson. Lowu-an Shearer Wm Hryson *u>vianc« A. D. • 3 Dec'r " James Vaughn II E Paine Thomn»on A " 108 " " Sullivan Bros. A M'C. Tlugh Collins 'United Pipe Line Mftler and BramJnn " 100 " " Sullivan Bros. A M'C. Elizabeth Collins United Pipe Line Miller and ' ' " 61 March 1830 Sullivan Bros. jH A Mardorf et ux. Patrick Kellv Miller. " 70 " " Mitchell. Tlenry Knepp IF A Edmonds MoQuistiou. •' So " " Marshall and Greer. Andrew Blskelev Hubert Mcl'andless et ax. Brandon. " S9 > " " McC., Greer and McQ. Kennedy Man-hall, eonimitl#« W A Lewis et at. Purviance. " 113 " ' " Newton Black. J a P Campbell A J Jack J. D. McJunkia. " '2l June " Thompson A Scott. John C Anderson James Kobinsoa Cunnineham4W,-tTtrna " 33 " " Brandon. M McCendlesa Isaac- Blakeley et al. T. AS. and Marshall " 4'i 1 " " Thompson A Scott. Wm Anderson, ei'r. Jan.-es Anderson. Marshall. " 101 " " Thompson A Scott. iC Scott ;llugh Collins ! Sullivan Bros. V*. " 6-1 Sept " Mitchell. IBorough Millerstown S I McKee et al. Mcßride et at. Proth'ys Offlee, Mar. 14, 1831. A. RUSSELL, ProthonotaryTv" Prosecution, fine of S2O and sixty days 'n Workhouse. James MeClymonds was tried for j obtaining poods under false pretense j from A. H. Smith. Not guilty aud the prosecutor to pay the costs. Samuel M. Thompson arraigned on two charges of larceny by employee, was found guilty on both charges. N. J. Hadirer and John McCorkle, prose cutors. Sentenced deferred. Com. vs. E. A. McCoy and John Kamsey, indicted for larceny. Nol. pros, on payment of cost. Com. vs. Snyder, and same vs. Barnes, cross suits for aggravated as sault and battery and assault and bat tery, were the last tried. The jury rendered a verd'et of guilty of assault and battery against both. Snyder fined S2O and costs. Barns, $5 and costs Auilitfr GviHTil 1 * Kcp'is'l. From the report of the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania for the year ending with the 30th day of November last, we take the follow ing notes of interest to people of this county: The following is a list of the amounts paid into the State Treasury by the county and by corporations whose property and business is partly or wholly within the county : TAX OX CORPORATION STOCK. Allegheny and Butler plank road Co..s 96 00 Butler water company 52 96 Building <& Loan of Butler 61) 77 Centreville Savings Batik 52 06 Carbon Biack Company 109 50 I\ A W. R. 11. Co 388 12 Pnrher & Karus City B. B. Co 414 00 West Pennsylvania R. It. Co 1,226 91 TAX OX GROSS KECK I ITS. Karus City <& Rutier R. B. Co 150 41 Parker & Karns City B. B. Co 166 56 Shenango & Allegheny B. B. Co 74-! 50 TAX OS BANK STOCKS. But'rr county $ 213 31 Butler Savings Bank 342 00 German National Bank 2So 00 Harmony National Hank 285 00 Harmony Savings Bunk 88 92 TAX ON NET EARNINGS OK INCOME. Prospect Savin rs Bank $ 77 73 TAX ON WRITS, WILLS AND DEED 3. fisitler c unty per Tebay, Russell and Gallagher $1,231 51 TAX ON COLLATERAL IN MKRITANCEB. Butler county per 11. 11. Gallagher $ 433 39 TAVERS LICENSES. Butler county per A. L. Craig $1,390 50 RETAILERS LICENSES. Butler county per A. L. Craig .$1,014 2S EATING HOUSE LICENSES. Per A. L. Craig $ 19 00 M ISCF.I.LAN EOL S. Billiard licenses per A. L. Craig $ 61 04 Liquor " " " " 142 50 I'auiplilet laws per A. L. Craig 15 96 NOTES.—The total amount of tax paid into the State Treasury by "For eign Insurance Companies, some of which have agents in this county, was $19(5,743.21. The total receipts of the State Government during the year, was 6,720,344.47. the two largest items of which were the tax on corporation stock of 1,352,868.37, and tax on coal companies of 811,139.16. The following amounts were re ceived by Butler county and by citi zens of this couuty, or institutions in it: E. Me Junk in, salary from September I, 1879, to August 31, 1880 $4,199 50 James liredin, salary, same time 4,625 50 Samuel Marshall, June 1, 1879, to N"V. 30, 1879 234 20 \V. W. Dudds, Nov. 30, 187S, to Aujt. 31, 1880 518 45 Robert Story, Sept. 1, 1879, to August 31, 1880... 660 00 J. G Muutz and L. P. Walker, costs in -nits delinquent dealers... 225 27 St. Pnul'e Orphans Home 2,:i22 31 Orphan's Home, Zelieaople 7 69 Co. A., liith Beg., W. 11. Ensminger Captain 600 0!) County Superintendent McKee 1,170 0" Common Schools, Butler county 13,665 91 19 pensions and gratuities 1,434 00 The total expenses of the State Government for the year, were $6.- 820,1 19.49, the largest items of which were common schools, $1,666,625.75; charitable institutions, $1,170,303 53; interest loans, $1,156,137.91; judiciary, $452,290.74 ; soldiers' orphan schools, 356,823.23 ; penitentiaries, $296,225.- 00; National guard, 281,775.73. In the item of common schools is included $lB2 809 22 paid to the ten "State Normal Schools" in the State. Getting Down to Business. WASHINGTON, March 14.—The Pres ident has given it out that rfter the present week it will be necessary to give more attention to public business, and the hours for receiving will be nec essari.y restricted. Since his acces sion to the Presidency his time has been chiefly occupied in receiving the congratulations of friends and the for mal visits of delegations for various pur poses, mainly to present the claims of their State or localities for recognition in the dispensation of patronage. He hopes, now that the pressure is largely over, to get the affairs of his adminis tration in running order this week. £. 1B CDTMAN. *> J— 3 ITS, 13TTS.) In Black and Colors. Seamless Kid Glores. Kid Gloves of different kinds. Cashmere Gloves, Lisle Thread Gloves and Berlin Gloves. CORSETS. You will find a large assortment to select from Extra value in Black and Colored Cashmeres. Black Silks and all kinds of dress poods. Notion and Trimming stock corn plete. You will find my stock large and prices low. Please call and examiue. A. Tboctman, Main Street. Butler, Pa., —The criminal code of Texas, in ar ticle 38fi, mokes intermarriage between blacks and whites a penal offense. Some two years ago, one Emile Fran cois, who harl married a quadroon wo men, was found guilty under this stat ute, and bv the state district court at Austin sentenced to five years'imprison ment in the state penitentiary, which is the extremedegree of the penalty impos ed by the law. The case was carried to the Texas Court of Appeals, and there judgment of the lower court was affirmed, and Francois was then re moved from jail to the penitentiary. An application was then made to Judge Duval, of the United States District Court, for a writ of ha'eax corpus, which was denied. From this decision an appeal waß taken to the United States Circnlt Court, held by Judges Bradley and Woods ; and this court re versed the decision of Jndge Duval. It declared the law of the State of Texas under which Francois was convicted to be in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and required the State of TVxas to surrender the prisoner to the Federal court, to be set at liberty. Ex-Jud«re Garland, of Austin, who has fought this case for Francois through four different courts, based his defence on two propositions : 1. That the state law is unconstitutional in so far as it prohibits race intermarriage. 2. That it is also unconstitutional in that it limits the punishment for such intermarriage to the white race only. The most bewildering announce ment of modern times ia that of the American Mutual Aid Association for Unmarried People, which has been in corporated at Harrisburg, Penn. The pssociation is open to all unmarried persons, male and female, between the aces often and seventy-five years, with out rejrard to race, color or previous condition of servitude. Upon payment of a certain sum, fixed by a graduated schedule, the member receives a certifi cate which entitles him or her upon proof of marriage after the expiration of at least one year to receive from SI,OOO to $5,000, according to the amount paid for membership. There are various annual dues and aHessments, which, in some mysterious way, are supposed to secure the financial standing of the as sociation. It is apparent at a glance that the balance of advantages offered by the society lies decidedly with the stronger sex. A man need not run the slightest risk in joining it, for it is i the blessed prerogative of his sex to , propose, and he would never think of joining it until he had a sure thing. But in the case of the other sex thecir ' cumstances are very different. For, al } thontrh to a woman whose personal i disadvantages "Have caused all hope to disappear Of ever winning man's affection," ' a certificate of membership in this as ' aociation wonld add positive and palp able attractions, jet she might eventu ally pass the prescribed limit of seventy fivc years without having anything to show for her money, not to speak of the mortification which she would en dure at bein-r thus debarred from further efforts in the very face of her fellow members. j JAMES J. CAMPBELL, 1 Conamty Covomea*. ; Office in Falrriew borough, in Telegraph Office. I Kilty Bits'*!* p, a, BatTdr Co., Pal. iRTH WASHINGTON ACMMf^ Spring Session opens Mar. 29,1881. TIIREE COURSES OF STUDY: Teacher's Preparatory.Col lege Preparatory and Neienlific. EXPENSES LOW: Table board, $2.00 per vreek. Room rent, 75 cents per month per student. TUITION*: Primary oo Classical 8 00 Instrumental music 8 00 Drawing and Vocal Culture free. R. D.CRAWFORD, Principal. Tf>n-her«- / K - A - OILFILLIX, ' ( Mils. llattie B. Ckawford. For circulnrs, address the Principal at North Hope, Butler Co., Pa. D. L. Cleeland, (FORMERLY OF HARRISVILLE) DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SPECTACLES