M». J. H. BATES. New»p»j*r Advertising:
Ajrent. 41 Park How (Time* Buil.liup). New
York, is authorized to coi.tract for advertise
ments in the CiTtzr.s.
IBU iq pA WP mo'be fou-vi on file a; <Xv
XHIS lArAA y (Swell t >v»«p.!*r
AdvertlnlDK Bureau (mSpruce Si. i. when- : d">-rTl»'ng
contracts ui-y Lo laudc lor It 12# MICW lOIIH.
Mew AdTerlltM'menls.
Chrvntaline —J.C. Redick.
Auditor*' Report of Poor Fund of Butier.
Notice for Charter of Bald Ridge Oil Co.
Orphan*' Court Sale—Estate of J. 11. Wi
roer.
Administrators Notice—Estate of James Al
len and Mary Ann Allen.
IJOCKI and <*<»n«-ral.
Layinar hens just now require
special attention in their food.
—Nervous diseases, it is said, may
be cured by the free use of butter.
—Mr. Jamps Newton, his been ap
pointed postmaster for Portersville.
—The difficulty in readjusting the
United States Senate still continues.
WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor,
has just opened the largest line of uoolens for
men and boys wear ever offered in Butler.
Enough superfluous soil could be
ga hered out of our street? to start a
farm.
—Farmers needing any plows, should
call and examine the Ohio Chilled, at
J. NIGOBL A; BROS.
Our State Legislature ended the
hundredth day ot the session last
Thursday.
—Disraeli or B ;aconsfield, the late
English prenver died in London yes
terday morning.
—The Government sixes which fall
due in July next aggregate $195,690,-
400 in face value.
The M:Sherry Force Feed Grain
Drill, at reduced prices, at
J. NIGGEL <fc BROS.
—For covering iron fences, bridges,
tin roofs, <fec.. Crystalene is the best
paint in the world.
A SOLID Silver Case and a Genuiue
American Movement as low oh $lO, at
E. GSIEB'S.
—Somebody is hammering out the
nickel three cent piece, so that the bead
side will pass for that of a dime.
—The Philips Bros and their fore
min were out t iking a look at the
Bald Ridge oil territory yesterday.
SPECIALTIES in woolens at William
Ala id's Merchant Tailoring establishment not
to be had elsewhere in the county.
—Carpets aft r sbak ng are bright
ened in c dor by sprinkling salt over
th« surface and sweeping carelully.
—Th>! oil from the Bald Ridge well
is said t» be better and more valuable
than any yet obtained in this county, j
—Thirty-two sea lions, lassoed at
Santa Barbara Islands, have been ship
ped East for circuses and zoological
gardens.
—Mr. Klingler will pay the unusual
ly large price of-$ 1.10 per bushel, for
wheat delivered at his mill. See bis
card in another place.
—An act for the relief ofEvaSlator,
of this county, widow of Heury Sbtor,
a soldier of the war of 1812 passed the
State Senate last week.
SUE a woman in another column, nearSpeer's
Vineyards with a bunch of grapes from which
Speer's Port Gr;i|>e wine is made, that is so
highly esteen.cd by the medical profession for
the use of invalids, weakly persons and the
aged.—Sold by all Druggists. 2saply
—The Bradford Era says 'Clark Wil
son will hold gospel meetings in the
Tarport M. E. Church this week, eve
ry afternoon and evening.'
—Greece has accepted the terms
offered by Turkey and the Powers, and
the war cloud has disappeared from
the horizon of Eur >pe for the present.
—The prospect brightens. Reports
to the Department of Agriculture .-how
a good increase in the percentage of
wheat sown throughout the United
States.
—A New York man has discovered
an 'invisible soup.' It is the same arti
cle that fin;ill boys have used in their
morning ablutions ftom the most re
mote periods.
—Mr. James Wilson, administrator
of Robert Gilliland, deceased, lately
sold the farm of Mr. G , in Middlesex
township, 176 acre*, for $.->, 800, cash,
or about #SO per acre.
—The general appropriation bill was
reported to the State Senate, from the
committee, list Tuesday. The bill
appropriates $1,200 for salary of each
member for the present session.
—Two Ohio fanners bought 'hullcss
oats' from traveling 'agents' and found
afterwards they had signed notes ag
gregating $l,lOO, which they were
compelled to pay, but never received
the oats.
—Mr. Wm. McNeal, the division
boss or supervisor of the Branch Road,
between this placo and Summit, died of
consumption at bis home in this place,
last Friday night. lie was an Indiana
county man.
—Under the judicial apportionment
bill as reported from the committee to
the State Senate last Tuesday, there
are fifty-one districts, and Butler, Bea
ver and Mercer counties are each sepa
rate districts.
—-Judge Henderson, of Dauphin
county, ban decided that Building and
Loan Associations are taxable under
the general revenue act of 1870. The
associations will carry the matter to
the State Supreme Court.
—Many market gardens near large
cities pro luc- from SSOO to SI,OOO per
acr»\ as an average «if !-everal years, on
tracts of te ito twenty acres each. But
it takes a t-ood deal of knowledge and
business c pacity to do it.
—The American Agriculturist says
say- th tth- n/ention of the Auto
mat c Binlerhis caused a great de
mand for flax cord, and is likely to
give a ODH : d< rvile impetus to the cul
tivation of flax in this countr.
—ELIXIR VITVE FOR WOMFN. —Mrs
Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Ave
nue, Lvnn, Mass., has made the dis
covery I Her Vegetable Compound is
a positive cure for female complaints.
A line addressed to this lady will elicit
all necessary information.
—The celebrated anti-treating law of
Wisconsin has been pronounced null
and void by one of the State Courts,
on account of an error in the text, the
bill specifying the repeal of an old law
that bad alreudy been repealed.
—Speer's Grape Vines, one, two and three-
Years old Conoord, vigorous vine*, tor sale in
large quantities at 3, 5 and 10 ceuu. By retail
at 10, 15 aad oeuut.. Small lots may l>e sent
t»v wail. Address, ALFICKD SPKER, Passaic,
N. Y., { Mount Prospect Vineyard,) or, 34 War
ren St., New York. My vines are kept in the
A BIG PRICF FOR WHEAT.
We will pay the extraordinary price
of sl.lO per bushel in cash for good
wheat, delivered at our Mills on Mif
flin street, and guarantee this price for
twcntv days.
' H. JULIUS KLINGLER,
—A man in Bridgeport was examin
ing his vruu tyhile two of his little chil
dren stood in front of the muzzle, just
a- his wife entered the room he raised
the hammer and—softly let it down
again. The mother and children still
1 ive.— Xorristovn Herald.
—The Port Grape Wine of New
Jersey is the best medicinal wine in the
market, and it is said that the vintage
of A. Speer far excells any other pro
duced. It is heavy in body, rich in
flavor and well adapted for sickly per
sons and for general family use. For
sale by I). 11. Wuller.
All kinds of grain for which I will pay the
highest market price in cash at mv mill.
GEO. KEIBKR,
Nov. 3, 1860. Butler, Pa.
It is hardly necessary to go to Italy
for stories of briga idage when a party
of masked Arkansas men, the other
day, cooly took possession uf the town
of Toledo, blew ojwn the safe in the
Ccunty Treasury, stole the coutents,
aud rode off in triumph.
—The Western Nail Association
met at Pittsburgh last Wednesday,
and after discussing the state of trade,
unanimously agreed to advance the
price from to $3.15, the prevailing
opinion being that the advance was
justified by the increased demand.
To Arrive
On or about May 2'ltb next, at 11. C.
Heinemau's, an edition of the Revised
New Testament. Those wanting it
should leave their orders early.
—Last Wednesday was the sixty
third anniversary of the birthday of
the American fl.ig, as adopted in its
present shape by the Congress of the
United States in 1818, when it was
fur the first time hoisted over the House
of Representatives.
—The annual meeting of the stock
holder of the Allegheny Valley rail
road was held in Pittsburgh last Moo
day. The old board of directors was
re elected. President Scott's report
showed that the earnings for 1830 were
$1,910 528 TO ; expenses, $1,036,33(5-
71.
—The Indiana members of the Re
formed Church of America and the
Presbyterians of that State a.e moving
upon the Mormon stronghold. They
have emphatically denounced polygamy
and call upon the Government to 'erase
this 'foul blot' from our National terri
tory, reputation, and character.'
t lowing Oul.
I waut to close out my stock in the
next sixty days. My stock consists of
hats, flowers, feathers, notions, &c.,
which I will sell at reduced rates. Al
so, yarns and zephyrs which I will sell
at cost. Store at my own re.-idence on
Cunningham street, between Main and
Washington, and nearly opposite the
post office. MRS. S. E. SLOAN.
April 20:4t.
—Edward Strauss, the composer and i
leader of dance inusie, wiil visit this !
country in June. He has made ar- ;
rangeinents to lead concerts during the i
summer months. He is the leader of
the Court balls in Vienna, and is said
to be a far more spirited leader than
Joban Strauss, who was here a few
years ago.
—The death of the wife of ex-Sher
iff Harvey Thompson, lately, left Har
vey in a very desolate condition. His
six small children, including the new
born babe, are left motherless, and to
add to bis distress his married daugh
ter, who had come to see and help her
step-mother, is now lying very tick at
his home.
Underwear,
For Spring and Summer, at
RITTER &, RALSTON'S.
—We neglected last week to direct
attention to Mr. B. C. Huselton's new
advertisement of his boot, shoe and j
leather store. Mr. 11. always has the j
best and latest styles of goods in the i
market. His show windows are al- j
ways tastefully arranged by his indus- !
trious clerk, and will repay e. passing
glance.
—Miss Couden, of Allegheny, will
open a Kindergarten in the public
School Buiidiug at the close of the
Public school term, about May 10th.
It is for children between the ages of 3
and 7 years. Terms, $lO for 3 months.
Iu the afternoon she will teach a pri
vate school for children from 7 to 12
years old- Terms $5 per quarter.
CiS it in fjioKMiiiiier UlsU'rw
For Ladies, Misses and Children, at
<Sc., at RITTER & RALSTON 's
—The following item we glean from
an exchange, and of which we heartily I
endorse: The man who permits a
patent right swindler to induce him to !
sign a promissory note in this day of
newspapers don't deserve much consid- j
oration at the hands of a jury of his j
countrymen. Certainly no man who
pays for a newspaper is caught by such
a stupid trick.
—The Bald Ridge Oil Company
have elected a board of directors, and
are thinking of jutting down another
well. Une contractor has offered to
complete one in 50 days. Since the
well has been completed it has averaged
about eight barrels p:r day, the salt
water is not yet exhausted and the
well has not been torpedoed.
—President Garfield has taken
prompt measures for the relief of the
sufferers from the floods in Dakota.
At the Cabinet meeting last Friday, be
directed attention to the subject, and it
was determined to issue army rations
for two weeks with clothing and sup
plies. The Interior Department is also
to co-operate iu the work of relief.
—Messrs. Ely Bros., Druggists,
Owego, N. Y. To your inquiries re
gardiug our sales of "Cream Balm" for
Catarrh, Hay Fever, &c., I will say
that it has by iis superior merits nearly
supplanted the use of other like reme
dies with my customers and is constant
ly and rapidly increasing its sales.
Though opposed to recommending pat
ent medicines as a class. 1 make this
oue of a few exceptions, and offer it to
my friends and customers as the best
remedy for its purposes that I have
ever 8 dd
My son, aged nine years, was afflict
ed with Catarrh; the use of Ely's Cream
Balm effected a complete cure. W. F.
&UUUN ?t».
slr* t SUttUee, Pa., Slp>?U 20,
—The seeds of hardy vegetables
should be planted as soou as the soil
is dry enough to work, and heavy
frosts are over. Tender vegetables
should wait until the soil is warm as
well as dry. The leading hardy varie
ties are: beets, cabbage, cauliflower,
celery, cress, leek, lettuce, onions, pars
ley, parsnips, peas, potatoes, radish,
spinach early turnip; the leading tender
varieties ; beans, cu-juinber, okra, pump
kin, squash, sweet-corn, tomato, water
melon, and muskmelon.
—Ought a physician to know Greek
and Latin ? The Pennsylvania State
Medical Society, three years ago,
passed a resolution that no member of
any county society should instruct
pupils who could not make a show of
knowing these languages. The Phila
delphia County Medical Society refuses
to appoint the examining committee
required by the State society. Phila
delphia delegates will therefore be ex
cluded from the annual State Conven
tion.
—The new invasion of Mexico—the
railroad invasion—creates no little lo
cal distrust and anxiety, if we may
judge from the report that Governor
Terrassas of Chihuahua has stationed
500 troops of El Paso to keep order
when the railroad builders from this
side of'the Rio Grande shall have got
further into Mexico. Terrassas is an of
ficer whose vigilance and military
skill have been shown by his pursuing
and killing Vietorio and dispersing his
band, after the Apache chief had baf
fled our soldiers fc- years.
Jackets.
Sacques, and Ulsters, all styles and
prices, at
RITTER <FC RALSTON'S
—Both branches of the Legislature
have approved the proposal to submit
to the people an amendment to the
State Constitution proiibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors in the State. But under the
provisions of the new
this requires the approval of a secoud
Legislature before it goes to the people,
so that it cannot become law until 1883
Fancy I>r<*«s SilUs
At 50, 55. fiO, 75. 85, 90 cts., 1.00,
1.25 and 1 50 per yard—all the new
shades—at
RITTER & RALSTON'S.
—ln view of the number of men
and newspapers that think they are
perfectly competent to conduct the na
tion's affairs wisely and peacefully,
President Garfield might excusably
quote the words of Mr. Joshua Bil
lings, who says: "Thar iz advice
enuff now laying around loose to ruu
three just such words as this; what
we are suffering most for iz sum good
examples."
Black Silk*
At 50, 65, 80 cts., 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 200,
2.50 and 300 per yard. All the above
are special bargains, at
RITTER & BALSTON'S.
—To the younger people of this
generation, who have heard from child
hood that familiar refrain, 'John
Brown's body lies a-mou dering in the
ground," it will seem like turning back
a page in our history to learu that
John Brown's widow, after living long
years in poverty and destitution with
her daughter on a little farm in Cali
fornia, has come to Washington to ask
a place under the Goverumeut that
will secure her a living.
' Boa': kii'Mt hnlfilicir Value."*
'They cured nie of Ague, Billious
ness and Kidney Complaints, as recom
mended. I had a half bottle left which
I used for rny two iittle girls, who the
doctors and neighbors said could not
be cored. I would have lost both of
them one night if I had not given
Hop Bitters. They did them so much
good I continued their use until they
were cured. That is why I say you
do not know half the value of llop
Bitters, and do not recommend them
high enough.'—B., Rochester, N. Y.
See other column— Amervan Rural
llon.e.
—Five Nihilists were hanged in St.
Petersburg last Friday for their share
in the murder of the late Czar. There
are, however, no doubt plenty more to
take their places in the assertion of the
doctrines of their party, and a few exe
cutions, it is already sufficiently well
known, will not stop their plans f or as
sassination. By this time the present
Czar has been coudemned to death also,
and operations against his life are what
may next be looked for.
At i£."» CViiw,
Red and White Table Damask, at
RITTER A RALSTON.
A simple method of testing the
presence of glucose in sugar is rec
ommended by Mr. Casamajor, of Brook
lyn. It consists in putting about a
tenspoonful of cold water in a tumbler,
and adding successively several pinches
of sugar. After eaeh addition the liquid
is shaken with r. little stick or a spoon,
or with any other convenient stirrer.
After putting in four or five pinches of
sugar the starch glucose, if present will
be seen as chalky-white specks. This
test takes three or four minutes.
I.nre <'urinlatH
At 12£. 15. 20. 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60,
75 cts. and 1.00 p*r yard, at
BITTER & KALSTON'S.
—M iss llattie Duell, who must now i
be known as a greater American taster
than even Dr. Tanner, died last week,
having lived without food as reported
for forty-seven days. Inasmuch as
she deliberately set out to commit sui
cide by abstinence, a day more or less
made no difference to her, and she was
not deterred from exhibiting the ex
treme limit of a woman's endurance in
ill's direction bv any apprenension that
fhe might reach a point from which
recovery would be impossible. It is,
however, of no great scientific impor
tance to have it demonstrated how long
this particular woman could live with
out food, since her case, perhaps, does
not establish any general principle.
A Ifig Micccsn.
My wife bad been ailing a long time
with dyspepsia and nervousness and
was in l>ed two years with a complica
tion of disorders her physicians could
! not cure, when I was led by reading a
circular left at my door to try Parker's
Ginger Tonic. Having been so often
deceived by worthless mixtures nothing
but my wife's dangerous condition
could have led us to make any more
■ experiments. But it was a big success,
j Three bottles cured her, at a cost of a
dollar and fifty cents, and she is now
as strong as any woman, and regularly
docs her household duties.—R. D.,
i Uuii'uto Sco uUiW Wluwo.
LEADING CASH GROCERY.
CLIPPINGS FROM APRIL PRICE LIST.
SUGARS AND COFFEES.
124 lbs Fair Brown Sugar for 3d 00
12 lbs Good Brown for 00
114 lbs Rest Brown Sugar 1 00
104 lbs White Coffee Sugar 1 00
7 lbs GOOD Boasted Coffee 1 00
6 lbs Prime Roasted Coffee 1 00
5 H>s Our own Roasted 1 00
OCR 50 CENT LIST.
7 Balls Babbitt's Potash 30c
7 Boxes Concentrated Lve 50c
12 lbs Oat Meal 50c
fi lbs Turkey Prunes 50c
« lbs Carolina I'iee 50c
5 lbs Valencia Raisins 50c
6 lbs Dried Peaches 50c
FLOUR.
Rod Ball, per sack 4!» ll>s $1 '>s
Riverside, per sack 4!) lbs 1 50
Butler Mills, per sack 4!) lbs 1 40
Empire Mills, per sack 49 lbs 1 25
Florence, per sack, 40 lbs I 00
Sugar Cured Hams, 124 cents per pound.
Winslow'a < aimed Corn, 15 cents per can.
3 lbs Tomatoes, best in market, 12c per can.
No. 3 Mackerel, Hoc |>er kit 15 pounds.
Lake Herring, £2.00 per i barrel-
Extra No. 1 Salt, $1.20 t)er barrel.
Cleveland White Lime by the barrel or smal
ler quantities.
jzif Agents for D. M. Ferry «fc Co.'s Garden,
Field and Flower Seeds.
Everything reduced to a CASH BASIS and
retailed at wholesale prices.
G. WILSON MILLER & BRO.
—The sale of the New Castle and
Franklin Railroad took place on Wed
nesday afternoon, as had been pre
viously advertised. It was knocked
down to Thomas P. Simpson of New
York, the gentleman that has the con
tract for building the P. N. C. k L.
E Railroad from New Castle to Wur
temburg, for the snug little sum of
$775,000. It is understood that the
road was bought in the interest of Jay
Gould's Wabash system of Railroads,
or the Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Western
Railroad, which is substantially the
same thing. It will result in giving
us a through liue irom Pittsburgh to
Buffalo, and to the west, and it is justly
regarded as being a big thing for New
Castle.— New Castle Guardian.
r»o»|i;il|eH for t'allfM
At 10,
yard, the best bargains we ever offered,
at HITTER AT RALSTON'S
—The only practical issue of the
heated contest between the Legislature
and the Attorney General U the bill,
which now goes to the Governor, au
thorizing the Court of Common Pleas
to issue writs of mandamus against
State officers. It would have been
wiser to confer the right upon the
•Judges of Dauphin, who are paid to
attend to the State's legal business
with its officers, but the principle of the
bill is right, and it is to be hoped that
with its passage the unseemly strife be
tween two branches of the State Gov
ernment may subside. The retaliatory
measures which now occupy so much
space in the legislative proceedings
make a bad impression upon the public
and cannot have any good effect. Let
us have peace.
J 31 111 «>BI »W 11 C'IIHMI HI eres.
Nearly every man in Butler wears
Jamestown Cassimere Suits. They
aie the most serviceable goods iu the
market.
RITTER & RALSTON, Sole Agents.
—A curious attempt is now being
made to correct a bit of history. It
has long been considered a settled fact
that at ibe beginning of the battle of
Shiloh the Army of the Tennessee suf
fered a surprise which came near end
ing iu disaster. But the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee, at its recent
reunion in Cincinnati, in a very late
but very unanimous manner, under
takes to prove that there was no sur
prise at all. The Army of the Cum
berland, which came to the rescue on
the second day of the light, always en
tertained a different opinion, as does
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, who was a wit
ness to the afiair on both days of its
continuance, and who wrote down his
impressions at the time as war cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Qazelte.
—There is an old road song that
reads something like this—
"The roads are impassible,
Not even jnckassible.
And those who would travel 'em,
Must turn out and gravel 'ein."
and it seems to us that the condition
of our principal streets are very well
described in it; they are "jackassible,"
nothing more, and so is the policy that
dictates digging the disease producing
filth out of our gutters every spring
aL:d throwing it upon ».he streets, only
to be washed back again by the first
heavy rains, where it impedes drainage,
causes the streets and crossings to be
overflown, and 110 doubt pollutes the
atmosphere. We are not in favor of
this expensive mac-adamizing of our
streets at preseut, but we think
that if ibis filth that accumulates
in the gutters every winter were carted
away and the low places in the streets
tilled with gravel, they would soon be
in a better condition and our town be
freer from contagious diseases.
—lt is reported that a party of bodv-
met with an unexpected
reception in Plain City, Ohio, last Sun
day night. Not long ago a daughter of
Russel O'Harrel died and was buried iu
the cemetery at that place, and a torpe
do was ph ced in the grave for the pur
pose of interfering with any attempt to
remove the remains. On Sunday night
some scouudrels, or devotees of medical
science as they would probably prefer
to be called, were endeavoring to steal
the body, when the torpedo exploded.
The ground for a considerable distance
around the grave was torn up, and the
indications are that the desecrators
were injured by the explosion, one of
them perhaps fatally. A few more ex
periences of this sort would probably
convince the men engaged in this devil
ish business that the science of anato
my can get along without robbing
graveyards.
—lt is said that some eastern rail
road men want another through line of
railroad between New York and Chica
go, and have leased and bought roads
running through New Jersey, this
Slate, Ohio and Indiana, with th»* in
tention of connecting them. One re
port has it that two of the roads bought
or leased are the low-grade division of
A. V. R. R. which strikes the Allegh
eny river at Mahoning, and the She
nango and Allegheny road, which now
terminates a: Hilliard's Mills, and
that it is their intention to build a road
between the two points At present
there are four east a'*d west "trunk"
lines between Chicago and New York,
viz : the N. Y Central, Erie, Pennsyl
vania Central, and Baltimore and Ohio,
and why they should want anoth
er is more than we cau tell, uuless it be
that they waut a through freight line
for grain and stock between the two
■ points, thai will not pass through any
[ h*vu city.
I OI RT \I.WS.
CIVIL CASES HEARD LAST WEEK.
Sarah Belz vs. Henry Belz. verdict for the
plaintifl in the issue, April 14, 18S1. Decree
of divorce granted.
Edward Gardner vs. A. Thompson and others,
partners as Gardner & I'hompson, verdict for
Defendants. Motion for new trial made and
entertained.
D. Hunter vs. Jas. S. Wilson. Plaintiff not
appearing judg nent entered against him and
for costs.
Freeport Plaining Mill Co., vs. E M. £- John
Johnson. Juror withdrawn and ease settled.
M. I". Patterson vs. Jacob Emmel. Compul
sory non-suit granted by the Cocrt. Motion on
part of Plaintiff to take off same, made and en
tertained.
James Kearns vs. Butler Water Co. Verdict
for plaintiff fo' $25.50.
Kerr, Geider & Co., vs. Evans. Settled.
SamplejUive and Nancy, his wife, in right of
said Nancy vs. Peter Gallagher and wife.
Juror withdrawn and ease settled by the parties,
each party to pay one-halt the record costs and
their own witnesses:
James Vaughn vs. H. E. Paine. Papers sub
mitted to the Court.
E. Collins vs. United Pipe Line. Verdict for
plaintiff for $145.
Henry Knepp vs. F. A. Edmonds. Case set
tled by parties, defendant to pay costs.
Andrew Blakely vs. Robert and Mary Mc-
Candless. Verd'Ct for defendants.
Hammond i Campbell vs. A. J. Jack. Case
settled as per paper tiled.
Wra. Anderson vs. James Anderson, verdict
for plaintiff for $346.04. Payable June 12,1581.
Jas. Me Kirov v.s. W. C. Anderson and others.
Case settled.
All other cases on the list for last week were
continued.
—The most original of the many
proposed laws for the suppression of in
tern perauce is the bill now under con
sideration in Indiana, requiring that
anv man desiring to drink shall take
out a yearly license, price ten dollars,
the money to go to the support of in
ebriate asylums and Jie license to be
cancelled the first time its holder is
found drunk. Such a law would be ef
fective in many ways. In the first
place, it would distinctly draw the
line between drinkers and the non-drink
ine class. The church committee that
mignt want to know ot the habits of
candidates for admission, and the lath
er of marriageable daughters who are
much sought after by young men,
would not have to depend upon hear
say instead of evidence; they could
satisfy themselves fully by referring to
the official list of license holders. The
licensed would be compelled, in order to
continue in indulgence, to devise some
way of learning when they have drank
enough, which is something that, up to
the present time, no drinking man has
ever been able to discover.
Millinery.
At 15 ets., Misses Schr ol Hats.
At 40 ets., Rustic Hats.
At 50 ets., Fancy Col'd Sailors.
We have a very large assortment in
Spring and Summer Millinery, in llats,
lionnets, Flowers, Feathers, Tips,
Ornaments, Ribbons, Silks, Steel
Laces, and every new thing in the
market, at
RLTTER & RALSTON'S.
—By the will of Colonel E. A. L.
Rjberts, the late Titusville millionaire,
all his real estate was left to his ne
phews and nieces, and except a few
small bequests, the rest of his property
to his nephew Owen M. Roberts' of
Bradford. Mrs. Roberts had separa
ed herself from her hus and and had
a divorce suit pending, which came to
an end by the death <>f the defendant
Colonel Roberts had two daughters
aged respectively eight and ten years
He had beeu urged by his brother.
Senator Roberts, and by his legal ad
viser, to modify his will so as to pro
vide for his children, and a few days
before bis death instructed his lawyer
to prepare a codicial to that effect.
The codicil be did not live to execute.
All the parties in interest have had a
consultation, and an amicable arrange
ment has been made, by which Owen
M. Roberts consents to .-hare in the es
tate equally with the two daughters of
the deceased. Mrs. Roberts elects to
keep her dower interests as provided
for by law. This agreement will pre
vent litigation and is said to be satis
factor to all concerned.
—The decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of the Mor
mon Miles, makes it plain that polyg
amy cannot be broken up under the
present laws. The progress of the
case up to this point had given rise to
hopes that the Courts might, after all,
by rigorous enforcement of the law, be
able to put a cheek on this growing
evil. Miles, who was clearly a polyg
amist if ever there was one, was con
victed of bigamy in the District Court
of Utah. It was recognized as a test
case, and the result was hailed with
joj- by the enemies of the abomination
which Miles represented. He appealed
to the Territorial Supreme Court, and
the conviction w»s affirmed, a second
triumph for good morals. He appeal
ed then to the United States Supreme
Court, which has now set aside the
lower ruliug and accorded a new trial,
I his was done on the ground that,
while the District Court did right in
refusing to allow Mormons t-> sit 011
the jury, it did wrong iu permitting
Mile's second wife to testify in proof
of his first marriage. The second wife
was considered a wife in the eyes of
the law, hence could not be used as a
witness against her husband. And as
the same rule would apply equally to
the firot wife, it is clear that the case
must go by default for want of proof.
T— The beneficial influence of ozone
upon mentality was the subject of a
recent medical lecture in New York,
and Moses, John Adams, Webster,
Greeley, Longfellow, Whittierand Hry
i ant were named as specimens of what
1 could be dune by an ozonic atmosphere.
Tracing the gentlemen named back to
j their birthplaces it is found that all of
them but Moses took their ozone in
; New England, which section already
, has more brain than it knows what to
' do with, and would, therefore, object
: to the free importations of feeble head
' ed statesmen and authors to be charged
with the vivifying force that has made
the Yankee a marvel and a terror to
the rest of the world. Egypt, the
, birth-place of the remaining great man
: named, is too far away, although quite
i near enough as u site for a brain sup
| ply station for politicians, if, however,
| instead of sending home-made intel
lects away to be braced up, we were to
| import ozone generators from the coun-
I tries named there might be a desirable
! change wrought in the contents of the
! American cranium. New England's
peculiar features are pine trees, codfish
' balls and baked beans, while bullrushes
i and brickyards appear to have been the
1 principal environments of Moses. All
j these influences can be transplanted to
1 every locality on the continent, even to
the national capital where the supply
of brains has of late been runniug
alarmingly low. To have the mental
quality of their Repre»eiitatives and
Senators improved the public would
jghttilj plow tfuub og'MJN gvumtvra ttu
%r, y%?, --ftv. ? - %jr
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& ■ ,-' &
™ ]:> ' LARGEST OK HVrSnnd CAPS IX BI'TLHW.-
i s Go to CiIaIM.KS ]{~ Gin Kii'S \ur ?
- hH J
x ITAND- $
£ r: HATS, CAPS, GLOVES, SHIRTS, KEIi- « $
I c "--- * I
I HALF HOSE, I*M)EU WEAR, lSl p[^ ND |
« ~ ! 1 v
f. E~ ' I >£ «
£ > COLLARS. CtFFS, NECK WEAR, &c,&c., 5 1
J! g ! : • K
'; / MAIX SI KEET, BUTLER, PA. . $
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baked be.tns and fishballs in all the
cloak rooms, lill the Congressional
green-house with bullrushes brought
all the way froiu the Nil" and turn th •
Capitol grounds inu one huge brick
yard, with plenty "f soft spots to bury
the party taskmasters in.
THE spirit of the State press on the
subject of the adjournment of tRe Leg
islature may be briefly summed up.
The greater number of the influential
journals believe and say that much of
the time of the session has been eou
sumed by the dead-I >ck in the Senato
rial contest, and much more of it has
been wasted in discussing frivolous
questions of minor political import,
which created dissensions and unfitted
the members for the proper considera
tion of legitimate legislation. To ad
journ is always a proper thing to do
when the end of the regular session ha<-
been reached, but undue haste in break
ing up and leaving important business
unattended to is not statesmanlike nor
desired by the people in any section of
the State, whose views are reflected by
their local newspapers, so far as our
observation extended. A special
session next winter should be avoided,
and to do this the Representatives
should remain at Harrisburg long
enough to dispose of the most needed
legislation. The prevailing sentinie. t
throughout the Common wealth un
doubtedly favors the continuance of the
session until the liles have been cleared
of all important bills, but there should
not be a single moment more wasted
in nonsensical debate. Stick close to
your duties, gentlemen.— l'hila. Prens.
( urpei rric( M.
At 13 ets., Best Hemp Carpet.
At 25 ets., Cottage Carpet
At 25 ets., Ingrain Carpet.
At ;55 ets., Good Hag Carpet.
At 25 ets , Floor Oil Cloth.
At o5 ets., Fancy Ingrain Carpet.
At 45 ets., Extra Heavy Carpet.
At 20 ets., Good Stair Carpet.
We have a very large stock of all the
new Spring styles in Carpets. You
are cordially invited to call and ex
amine them at
HITTER it KALSTON'S.
Ist. C 5 SttWBI
hair* l*obls>iiß*'
!CBectr 5 c Sosep of
your €* rorer.
2bb<3. Ask hi'se
to y<s>ia I*ll3
of" i 2.
:!<!• Ulail 1!§ hi*
bill aetd your
IsslJ address,
4th. We will mail you FREE
seven beautiful curds, in .six col
ors ana »oltl. representing Shaks
penre's "Seven Ages ol Man.
I.L. CRAIGIN & Co.,
110 South Fourth Street,
Philadelphia, Fa.
To llie School Director* of ISiii-
I»T I'oiiniy.
Ci KNTLEMF? lii purnnunoe of TLI o forty-third
Becton of the Act of the Stii of May. 1851. vou
»r - lierely notified t > meet in convention nl I lie
Court House, in Butler. on tlie lne»day HI
M.*v A. D. IXHI, hoing tlie third day of rlie
month at I o'clock in the afternoon, unit neleer,
"viva voce." hv a un.j-rity ot the L■ ! • number
of director* prennnt, one pei> 11 of literary mid
Hc'u ititic aci|iiireuici tn. aud of nkill a..cl exiier
ieuce in the ait of teaching, a* County StijM-riti
tendent. for the three xuec t-ding yi art<; and
certify th«-. rewnU to il • Stut.i S'i| 01 i ilcn ii-i.t at
Harritdmrg. aH reijuirral bv ttie thir.y-nintU ajid
fortieth aiction« of naid act.
D. F. McKEE.
apf>-4t Cf'tinly Rup't 01 Butler ( onnty.
For S«i!<' or for« Farm.
Three acres <>f land. lar«e IIOUHC. n'oro room
and hall above and stable and otit-buildiugK nix
iiaU-H from Builer, on tlie (Jla<l« Mill 'mil Han
ualixt wn road at .fffferc in Centre. Young or
chard of good fruit thereon. \< v po-*on wimt
llK to puichnne or eicbangi- To' a farui wilt in
quire at Cirt/.KN i'lii i or adtlr-ns
M«S KATE I \-KtU I'.Y.
Hvxonburg, liutlcr conuiy, l'a
Kx(«»"*M x * oliee.
Letters tivtuui'-utiiiy linvins* Iwn Ui »»it< d to
the u deiMifticd on ttie e*iiite ol Homy Ftieh*.
Sr.. line o! Win livid lownnhip Huilert'o., l'a.,
iln-easetl, I hit, ir- to uive imlic to all per on*,
knoivinir iheuifehe* lo 1 "• Indebt 'd Kiiald v>i
talc thin Imiuediale ] ayu cnt i-< Mi|uu'- .1 and
IIIOM- having ciaiiii* the mime lo preseut
tlietu duly aniheiil l'*-'i ■ I I n" eltu 'ueut.
[ HENRY FUClls, -In,
p , 1 Carbon Black, Pa.
txee r» < JaColj t JSOKIt,
Turcot uni I'u.
Aiidinir'N Notice.
In the matter of the final sccount of I*. 11.
Laufman. ailui'r of Williard Leonard, lute of
tif I'enn towusbip. dee'd. O. 0., No. :i J . Dec T.
And now. March 15, A. D., 1881. et an Or
phniiß' Court held ut IJuller. iu 1 nd for the coun
ty of Butler. The following action wa~ had viz:
On motion of Tlioinpson A Scott, attorney*, the
exceptions being treated a« uillaba»n. us per
rul" of Court, th. uit coliQrmed the account
of 1' II Laufman. administrator, abHolutoly. R.i d
appoint Clarence Walker. EM)., an auditor to
niari-hal and dlistnbnte the money in the hands
of the administrator, as shown by his account
(on tile) now continued, 10 and among tho«e en
titled to the tund. BY THE C'OVIIT.
BTNXKR COUNTY, SS :
■{ SKAI. )-C'ertitted from the r"Cord this 17tli day
of March, 18M1. W A. WKIOHT, Clerk.
Notice in hereby given that I will attend to the
duties of th.- air ve ap|iointment at mv office in
the Ixirotvh of Butler, i a., on F illav. t e loth
day of Apnl. IHBI, at 11 o'clock, A M . when and
wlwrj all parties interested will i lease appear.
OLAAiiNUi WAL&£K) AMAfto.
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
MOT AND SffOE fIOH
OF
Is now Receiving 1 Fresh New Goods in tlie Latest Styles tbe Eastern
Markets produces. AH bis
Spring and Sumiiiei* Stock
Are now ready fur inspection. These goods are made to IIH own
special order bv the largest manufacturers, and coming direct from
them to his House there are NO MIDDLE PROFITS TO
PAY. He intends to give to the public BOOTS and
SHOES at prices that they can fmd no whe'e else.
11 pays to sell (roods low and he means to do it.
The attractions which lie offers in the as
sortment, in the quality, and
in the prices, are such that 110 one can resist going to the
LARGEST BOOT & SHOE HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
B. C. HUSELTON,
M-A.IIST STREET, BUTLER PENN'A.
Some and only a few of the Bargains Offered:
Gents' Fine Buff Congress and Alexis $1 25 and upwards.
" " Strap L«>vv Shoes, SI.OO and upwards.
" " Call Boots, warranted $2.15 and upwards.
" Brognns and Plow XHoes, ( Joc and upwards.
Large line of the very finest Machine and Hand sewed goods in stock.
Ladies Serge Congress and Polish, 75c and upwards.
" Grain Fox and Polish, elegant goods, §1 00 and upwards.
" Grain Peg Polish, elegant goods, SI 00.
" " " Standard Pelish, elegant goods, $1.25, all warranted.
" Kid Button Boots, $1 50 and upwards.
" Grain and Feb. Button Boots, $1.40 and upwards.
" " Sewed Polish Boots, good, $1.25 and upwards.
Very large stock of the very finest styles in Kid, St. Goat and Peb. Button
Side Lace Shoes.
Ok 4 XadifS Shoes Wide. Low Heels a SnecuilJy.
In Ladies, Misses and Childten, tbe stock is tbe largest I have ever offered.
Mipoeis Low and Kuttori iSTewports-
BOYS AND YOUTHS' SHOES in proportion to Men's. Can't give many prices,
space will not permit, sutti.e to say you find every thing iu the Boot & Shoe
line and verv low figures at
B.(UII!SELTON'S.
LARUE STOCK, OF LEATHER &• FINDINGS REPAIRING of all kinds done at
Reasonable Prices. Be certain to examine this stock and prices before you
buy. Thanking you for past favors I still solicit a continuance of tbe same.
CARPETS! OIL CLOTHS! MATS! RUGS' STAIR RODS
k\ NEW STOCK! EJKV.V STOCK! >
5 a
E HECK. & PATTERSON'S g
f NEW CARPET ROOM !
I 1
m NOW OJPEIST!
On© Docu South of their* Clothing tto«9® a o
J IslocU, «eptao-tf I! 11 tier. Pa, 3
dl „ jg
I - <l(T?r MIVJ>' iSO.IM iSLVIV is'! funOTIQ iS,LSMHVj)
HOLIDAY PRESENTS !
GRAND DISPLAY THIS, WEEK A?
Rosenbaum & Co.'s,
112, 114, 110, Market St red. Cor. Liberty Street,
JL J ITTfc?IiUKGH, Jr*A.
PGR
PKESEKTS.
PRESENTS.
PIiESKNTS.
PRKSENTS.
PRESENTS.
PRESENTS.
PRESENTS.
{2?" And 1,000 other useful Presents at Immense 1.6W-f RIOtS.
BUY
KID GLOVES.
SIEK IMHRELLAB,
ALPACA I'MBRELLAB,
LEATHER SATCHELS,
PORTMONNIEB.
GENT'S CARD CASES,
SILK MUFFLERS,
SILK HANDKERCHIEF,
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
IIEMSTFICHED HANDKERCHIEFS,
EN! BROI DERED HANDKERCHIEFS,
MOTTO HANDKERCHIEFS,
JEWELRY BOXES,
BREAST PINS.
( I FF BUTTONS,
SCARF FINS,
UNDERWEAR,
.SILK SUSPENDERS,
CARDIGAN JACKETS.
LACK SCARFS.
GENT'S SCARFS: "" '
SCISSORS, KNIVES.
LADIES" ANCY SETS,
IT K WETS, FUR CAPS,
IF I.MAI ED HATS AND BONNETS.