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<*rc<dnrmi.nenr SiM>er'>«
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 OV<T 500.0f 0,
cattle have perished l>y 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 .lud<re Mc-1
Candless' residence last Friday even-!
in?, and quite a number were present, j
The most interesting features c.f the
evening. were solos rendered bv
several of the persons.
—The trustees of the Pine Grove
Normal Academy will purchase six
hun red dolltirs worth of apparatus for
the s;dio>l, 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 »<rains c.f nl
lowa nee. •'
—There is an unmistnk J le opposi
tion growing up on all sider to the
creation of "contm ssie»ns " "boards."
Ac., to do n<*w work for the Govern
ment for which there : s no neeess'tv
and no d mand except by ti <*« who
&ot'k tbo sinecure pluccc.
Wanted.
Contractors for a job of sawing. In
quire at the CITIZEN office.
—There will be a temperance meet
ing in the Butler United Presbyterian
Church on Thursday evening. March
24:h, at 7:30 o'clock. Rev I> 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< ;.<ls have
been in: in many towns f<»r
weeks Hay anel «'e>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<<rm is erood ; and,
though not fat,she weighs 3 OOOnounds.
Her color is red and white, red pre
dominating. Ape, six years. Her
present owner lives iu Stark County,
Illinois.
—Thirtv-one men and women are
on trial at Greenville, <>., 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 <FC R ALSTON'S. j
Mr. Robert R. McGlung, formerly
of this county, and who removed to
Kansas in the year and settled
in Jewell county of that arrowing new
State, writes us a very inte'est'ng and
gratifying fetter concerning l some old
events in this county. Mr. McClung
is a brother of Wm McClung. late of
Oakland township, deceased, and an
uncle of Robert McClung. esq , of
Buena Vistn. this county He and his
family a?e. prospering in their new
home, and if any of his old friends here
desire anv information about Kansas
he will be pleased if they write him.
His address is Jewell City, Jewell Co.,
Kansas.
i;j«' for InriilbN,
The Port Grape Wine of New Jersey
is the best mcdii-iial wine in the mar
ket and it is sa'd that the vintage of j
A. Speer far < xce'ls any other produced, j
It is heavv in bo.lv. rich in flavor and
well ad.ip < d f :• s : < k persons and for
general family i; - For sale by D. 11.
Wuller.
A Washington news item says
that five hun Ir. I r-pplicitions for con
sulships have n'i*»'ady beeMi received
since the new A (ministration came in
to office. Now, ihere are only 1 (53 Con
sular appointments which pay a salary
of SI,OOO a yea • or. mere, and as a con
sideTab!e number of the men holding
these officer m i fa rly be presumed to
•be doing their d ry so acceptably that
there is no rea-o i for displacing them,
the prospects of the five hundred gen
tlemen ambitious to represent their
country abroad are noj, particularly
flattering. Pr .iiably most of them
will be the gain, rs in the long run
however, if tbei lo not succeed.
Prlo« 8 <»»> 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<ro, and have met with the general
reprobation of h ne.-t men. As fast as
rogues invent II w methods of swind
ling it is tlft l (K. v of society to set up
new safeguard.- f r the unwary and to]
devise new puni.-hmeiit for new
crimes. The whole business
of insurance si. tild be brought
under 'the watch id supervision of State
officials en p< v» h d to deal with all
forms'cf sharp ;> 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 <OUBT-BBd OF APrh,. nrl. dal
_ Xo~. Trrm. Yr Plaint iff't Attorney. ~7 Plaintiff. j JJrfnidanU. " -7 —]),/y H d£ifaTuvnt^E
A. IV 20" .hine ls-o Thompson A Scott. James McElroy W C Anderson et al. ~' j-fj *VeJu3to''
'• 140 Dec'r 5579 Purviance. jEdward Gardner Allison Thompson et al. i c in)a t.||
C. P. 21 t'une " Sullivan Bros. David Hunter James S Wilson, adm'r ' Chr stie " »
" 4*l .Sept " BritUin. !i-'reeport Plaining Mill Company Johu Johnston I William*
A. D. 18 .Dec'r ISSO Mitchell. -Margaret F Putterson Jacob Emrael ;Th™ noin *
C. P. 008 June 1879 Campbell. James Keari*s Butler Water Company BranrtVrT
" 681 j " " Sullivan Bros. 'Graft". lluphes A <.'• W M Martin Rrandon
" 301 Sept " Thompson A Scott. Kerr, Glider ACo -T W Evans 1 Mitchell'
" 123 " *' Thompson A Scott. Sample Love et ux. Peter Gallagher el HX. iJ. I>. 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 <FC VIOT IN STRINGS,
CST Fine Watch and Clock repairing a speci
ality All work warren ted.
Store between Wnlior'a Drug store and Butler
searings Bank, Main street, Butler. Pa.
WHITE OAK SPRINGS
SELECT SCHOOL !
The Spnng Term of the Select School at
White o*k Springs, Butler county. Pa., will be
gin April 4, IHBI. and continue 12 weeks.
TERMS :—rotnmcn branches •* per term ;
Advanced studies #6 anl *8 per term.
For particulars address the Principal.
R. C. DuDDS, A. 8.,
Mt. Chestnut, Butler Co. Pa.
"FOR SALE.
A good four-room frame house, two town lota
and
ins icies or gboosd,
all connected, situate in Petorsville; Bntler Co ,
Pa., is for sale. Possesion on first of April next.
For terms address the undersigned at Harmo
ny, Bntler Co.. Pa.
Janl2.Bm RUDOLF BARNHART.
For Sale or Exchange for a Farm.
Three acrM of land, large house, store room
and hall above, and stable and out buildings six
miles from Bntler, on the Olade Mill and H an
nalist wn road at Jefferson Centre. Young or
chard of good fruit thereon. Auy person want
ing to purchase or exchange for a farui will in
quire at Cituus office, or address
MRS. KATE I NF.GT.EY,
Saxonburg, Sutler county, Pa.
FOR SALE.
$5 will buy a one-half interest in n good bus
iness in Pittsburgh. One wbo knows some
thing about farming preferred. An honeat man
with the above amount will do well to address
tiy letter, SMITH JOHNS, care 8. M. James,
93 Liberty strret, Pittsburgh, Pa. |»u37-ly
Exeeator's Wotlce.
Letters testamentary having been granted to
the undersigned on the estate of Martha E. ,
Roeulgh lat« of Winfleld township, Butler Co.,
Pa., deceased, all persons knowing themselves
indebted to said estate will please make pay
ment and any having claims agaiust said estate
wiil present them duly authenticated for pay
ment. G. O- ROENIGH. Ex'r.
Sarver Station. Butler Co . Pa.
Executor's Notice.
Letters teatimeuury in the estate of Jolm
Garrard, dee'd, la'e of Centre township, Butler
county, Pa., liavirg been granted to the under
finned all pcrsom knowning themselves in
debted to said e-late will please make immedi
ate payment and any having claims against
-aid estate will present tliem duly authenticat
ed for payment. HENRY BRIGHT, Ex'r.
Mt. Chestnut, Butler county, Pa.
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
Large number ol Farms for sale or exchange
at low priC's and on easy payments. Several
fmall fanns from 35 to 50 acres wanted. Also,
loans furnished to tanners having improved
farms on long time and at low rates. Address
W. J. KISKADDEN. Free port. Pa.,
Or call nn Office d»ys: Every Monday at
Frcepotl. Eveiy Tuesday at No. ttO, Fourth
Avenue, Pittsburgh.
Executor-* Xollfe.
Letters tesiiiuentary with the * ill annexed
having been granted to the undersigned on the
estate ol Thomas E- Yandike. dee'd, late of
Marion township, Bntler county, Pa., all per
sons knowing themselves iudebted to said es*
tate w.ll plea-e make immediate paymeut and
any having claims against said estate will pre
sent thetu duly authenticated lor payment.
RICHARD VANDIKE, Ex'r.
Mnrrinsville, Bntler county. Pa.
wmm* Only 920
■H for this MY Is of PRII.ADKLPHIA
KINGKR. Equal toany Singer in tb«
aurkei. It r*nmtb*T, %ve sru4i
kU it to br rxatniufd brforr you
pny for it Thia ia tha aama
JJUm atria other com pones retail for S6O.
B#~ Ah llarhicea warranted for threa
MKF JA 1 yeara. Sand for our Illustrated Cir
-OM|l cultr and Teaiimomala. Addreaa
CHARMN A. WOOD £ CO.,
17 1. ItaU St, Phiiadalphia, Pa
Kxeentor'it Holiee.
Whereas letters, testamentary have been
crated to the undersigned on the estate of
James Milford. late of Allegheny township.
Butler count*. Pa., dee'd. all persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate will please
make prompt payment, anil any having claims
against the same will present the same dnly
authenticated to the undersigned for settlement.
J. P. MILFORD,
T. J. MIT.'ORD,
Parkers Landing P 0., Pa,
BaWtttbe for the Oinzes.