SCBHCBIFTION RATES: Per year, in adranoe $1 60 Otherwise 2 00 No subscription will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Poutmanters neglecting to noUty uo when subscribers do not take out their papers will be held liable for the anbscripticn. Subscribers removing from one postoffice to another should give us the name of the former M well act the present office. All communications intended for publication n this paper must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not for publication but as a guarantee of good faith. Marriage and dentil notices must be accompa iied by a responsible name. Address THE BVTT.BR CITIZEN. CUTLER. TA. Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Yard. J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS S.G. Purvis & Co., M4IUrACTI'HFKS AND DEALKKb IN Rough and Planed Lumber OF EVERT DESCRIPTION, FRAMES, MOULD IN (-JS, SASH, DOOIO, FLOORING, SIDING, BAT! ENS, Brackets, Gauged Corniceßoards PORCH POSTS, STAIR RAILS Newell Posts and Balusters FENCE PALIfcOS, Ac., Ac , MICHIGAN SHINGLES Barn Boards; Plastering Latb ; llen> look Bill Stuff, suoh as Joist Raf ters, Scantiiue. Ac., all sizes constantly on hand. All of which we will sell OD reasonable terms md guar antee satisiaction. PLANING MILL AND YARD Near German Catholic Church j»n»-«0-lj A. Haffner, SUCCESSOR TO H. BAUERIBROS., BOTI.EK, PA., FLANiNCf HILL AND Lumber Yard, MANCrACTCREB AND DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SIDING, FLOORING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gauged Gotnice Boards, PORCH POSTS, STAIR RAILS, NEWELL TOSTS & BALUSTERS, FENCE PALINGS, kc., &c. MICHIGAN SHINGLES Barn Boards, Plastering Lath, Hem lock Bill Stuff, of all kinds, constantly on hand, All of which I will sell on reasonable terms and guarantee satisfaction. Planing Mill and Lumber Yard on Jefferson street, Butler, Pa. ldetfly A. HAFFNER. " HOTELS -J-HE BBHREIBER HOUSE. L. NICKLAS. Prop'., MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. Having taken poneitsion of the above well kcown Hotel, and it being furnished in the best of style (or the accomodation of guests, the public are respectrully invited to give me a call. I have also posse»Biou of the barn in rear of hoto), which furnishes excellent stalling, ac comodations for my patrons. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. G. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. VVM. CAMPBELL. TREASURER H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt, William Campbell, J. W, Buikhurt, A. Troutman, Jacob Schoene, O. C. Rocssing, John Caldwell, Dr. W. lrvin, J. J. Croll J. W.Christy H. C. Heineraan. JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen- Ae't- BXJTLER IF A T„. RESOURCES OF KANSAS AOOOMPANIEO BY A COUNTY MAP OF THE STATE AHP A FINE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, WIU. BE MAILED FREE. WRITE RO* A COPY TO A. S. JOHNBON, LAHO COMMISSIONER. TOPEKA, KAN3AB. H. Bickelj LIVERY &FEKB STABLE JEFFERSON STREET, WEBT OP LOWRY HOUSE, BUTLER, PA. Having removed all my stock ♦<» the above Stable, the public are respect fully invited to call. The best Horses, Carriages, Bug gies, &c. kept constantlv for hire. Open all hours, day and night. NOTICE. In Re the petition of citizens of Butler town ship, at Q. S., No. 4ti, Sept., 1880. Praying the Court to appoint viewers to change and out a dividing or boundary line between Butler and Summit townships, as will be in accordance with the draft or lines as made and decreed at Q. S , No. 23, June, 1853, and to make draft and report whether such change as prayed for would be to the benefit of the inhabitants of the respective townships or either of them. March 7th, 1881, report of viewers filed. March 10th, 1881, report confirmed nisi. BY THE COURT. No W, therefore, all parsons interested will take notice that the above report will be pre sented to the Court of Quarter Sessions for con firmation on Wednesday, the Bth day of June. 1881. W. A. WRIGHT, Clerk of (Jttart'er Seteions. VOL. XVIII. BOOTS&SHOES. THE OLD AND RELIABLE BOOT MDJIE USE B. C. HUSELTON, Is now Receiving Fresh New Goods in the Latest Styles the Eastern Markets produces. All his Spring and Siimiiiei* Stocli OF BOOTS AD SHOES Are now ready for inspection. These goods are made to his own special order by 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 find no where else. It pays to sell goods low and he means to do it. The attractions which he offers in the as sortment, in the quality, and in the prices, are such that no one can resist going to the LARGEST BOOT & SHOE HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, B. C. HUSELTON, MAIN STREET, BUTLER PENN'A. Sonic and only a few of the Bargains Offered: Gents' Fine Buff Congress and Alexis $1.25 and upwards. " " Strap Low Shoes, SI.OO and upwards. " " Calf Boots, warranted $2.15 and upwards. " Brogans and Plow Shoes, 90c and upwards. Large liue of the very finest Machine aud 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, $1 00. " " Standard Polish, elegant goods, $J 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. Yery large stock of the very finest styles in Kid, St. Goat aud Peb. Button Side Lace Shoes. Old Ladies Shoes Wide. Low Heels a Soficialty. In Ladies, Misses and Children, the stock is the largest I have ever offered. feiipuers Low and J-Jutton ISTewports- BOYS AND YOUTHS' SHOES in proportion to Men's. Can't give many prices, space will not permit, suffice to say you find every thing in the Boot & Shoe line and verv low figures at B.C.HUSELTON'S. LARUE STOCK OF LEATHER & FINDINGS. REPAIRING of all kinds done at Reasonable Prices. Be certain to examine this stock aud prices before you buy. Thanking you for past favors I still solicit a continuance of the same. EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD * SHOULD USE IT. Herfoaline Syrup, THE GREAT MEXICAN REMEDY. The only Medicine m the World Compunded from the Natural Roots and Herbs of Mexico. HERBALINE 8 YRU 1?, (NO ALCOHOLIC DRINK.) Tlu» most valuable remedy ever discovered in the Vege table Kingdom for the speedy and permanent cure of Dyspepsia, Habitual Costiveness, Liver and Kidney Complaints, Scrofula, Rheumatism, Piles, Dropsy, Heart Disease, Ner vous Atfcctiens aud Chronic Diseases. HERBALINE SYRUP, 1 (NO VINEGAR COMPOUND.) The purest and best Medicine ill the world for delicate i Females, whether younu or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or the turn of life, relieving and curing their complaints as if by Magic. For the aged and the feeble this Tonic Syrup has uo equal. HER BA L I N E SYRUP, (NO MINERAL POISON.) A swift and sure relief in Mental and Physical Prostration caused by over-taxing the mind and body with business and professional cares. HERBALiNE SYRUP, (A VITALIZING TONIC.) Unequaled as a medicine for Children,being easy of admin istration, iileasant and refreshing to take, prompt In its action ; certain in its results, and always safe and reliable. No Vermifuge, Lozenges, or other medicines will free the sys i tem from Worms like this wonderful Wild Herb Tonic. HERBALINE SYRUP, (THE LIKE (liVING PRINCIPLE.) Skin diseases of whatever name or nature,such as Eruptions, Blotclies, Pimples, Ringworms. Scrofula, &c., are literally dug up aud carried out of the system by this great Tonic and Alternative, while the complexion is rendered clear and beautiful. td E R B AL I N _E SYRUP, (PURELY HERBAL.) A genuine medicine warranted fp'e from Calomel. Arsenic, Opium, Quinine, mid Alcohol in all its forms. The most valuable Family Medicine in the World. •■ . <><»«» ■«. «c W jm. ■«. h» is offered for a case of Chronic Disease I that this great Tonic Syrup will fail to cure or greatly benefit, if the directions are strictly followed. TRY IT, PRICE SI.OO PER BOTTLE. PREPARED BY THE STAIMED MEDICINE CQMPAHY, PITTSBURGH, PA. FOR mi at A ILL D RUGGISTS. D. L. Cleeland, (FORMERLY OF HARRI*VILLE) DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SPECTACLES & VIOT.IN STRINGS, $2" Fine Watch and Clock repairing a speci ality. All work warranted. Store between Wtiher's Drug store and Butlea Savings Bank, Main street, butler. Pa. mm win m. By virtne of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bailer county, the under.* igued ndmiulstra-j to"- ol J II Wiiuer, liite ot Worth township, > Duller county, Pa., will expose to sale by pub lic vendue or outcry, on Wednesday. Nn} 25. 1881, at one o'clock, p. M , on the premises, all the right, title, interest and claim ot said decedant, being the undivided one-halt of all that certain tract of land situate in Worth township, Butler couniy. Pa., bounded on the nortb by lands of •Jonathan Wimer, deceased; on the east by lands of Catharine Kaiillmaii; south b> lands ot J. Wi mer, et ul., containing about thirty-four acres, all cleared; log house thereon. TERMS OF PAYMENT: On»-third ol purchase money 'n hand on cor tinnation of sale, and the balance in two equal aunual installments thereafter with interest, to be secured by bond and mortgage, including five per cent, attorney's tee in case the same shall have to be collected bv legal process. JEFFERSON WIMER. Adrj'r of J. H. dee'd, Portersville. j Thompson A Bc'ott, Att'ys. DIRECTIONS. IfCftEAM Mn«, h e«e" *jS{*£°s/r/ u-cir insert with little finger ffg UATARRH, COLDS I IN' RSJ a particle of tiie Halm R3 yiav-,-,., Ctr.-PH,. n« tHU] into the nostrils ; draw I strongbreaths through EST Uie " ose - H w«H P r «£XLS v J2S;*£J absorbed, cleansing, fNAs/J.P^,, c o ,/ti and healing the dis c.\J®°.,>a eased membrane, For Deafness ' apply a particle into ELY'S CREAM BALM HAVING gained an enviable reputation, displac ing all other preparations in the vicinity of discov ery, is, on its merits alone, recognized as a won derful remedy wherever known. A fair trial will convince the most skeptical of its curative pow ers. It effectually cleanses the nasal passages of Catarrhal virus, causing healthy secretions, al- I lays inflammation and irritation, protects the : meinbrsuial linings of the head from additional ■ colds, completely heals the sores and restores the | sense of taste and smell. Beneficial results are I real teed by a few applications. A thorough treat j ment as directed will cure Catarrh. As a house- I hold remedy for cold in the head is unequaled. The Halm is easv to use and agreeable. Sold by druggists at 50 cents On receipt of .so cents will ; mail a package. Send for circular with full infor ! illation. KLVS CREAM BALM CO., Owego, N. Y. For sale In lintler by I>. H. Wuller, J. C. Redick, Zimmerman & W idler. Coulter & I.inn. Union Woolen Mill. BUTLER, PA. 11. FULLKBTOX, Prop'r. Manufacturer of BLANKETS, FLANNELS, YARNS, Ac. Also custom work done to order, such at carding Roll®, making Blankets, Flannels. Knit ting and Weaving Yarns, Ac., at very l< w prices. Wool worked on the shares, il de sired. mv7-l»- w 'eek in your own town. Terms and *5 JOOoutfit tr-e. Address H. HALLETI & Co., Portland, Maine. BUTLER, PA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 25,1881. yjpp lajftit FOR Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns end Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals PX. JACOBS OIL as c sute.ntrr, simple and cheap External ltemedy. A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of ,"0 Cents, and every one suffering with pain can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. SOLD BY ALL DBUGGIBTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, Md., U. 8. A» MRS. LYDIA ETPINKHAM. OF LYNN, MASS. DISCOVERER OP LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. The Positive Core For all Female Complaints. This preparation, as its name sicrr.if.cs, consi*tn of Vetcetabi > Properties are to the most del icate invalid. Ujx>n ono trial tlio merits of this Co*i pound will be recognized, as relief is immediate; end when its use is continued, in ninety-nine caaesi.i a hurt drcd, apcrmanc".tcurei3eCrcctcd.asthousanri3 w!!l to» tlCj. Oa account of Its proven merit?, it to-.00. Sent by la&il in the form of pills, also in the form of Lozenges, on receipt of price, SI.OO, per box, for cither. Mrs. PINKIIAM freely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pain phlet. Address a3 aLovc JlTmtion thij payer. No family should be without LTDIA E. PINK HAH' LIYEIt TILLS. They euro Constipation, Eiliousness, and Torpidity of the Liver. 25 cents Der bo* GEO. A. KELLY & CO.. General Agents, Pittsburgh Pa. Sold by D. H. Wuller, - Butler Pa. (A llledicine, not c Drink.) CONTAINS I nors, urciiu, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, AND TTI-'. rrni"T *vn F.FST Mwwc M. QriLl- TIJiS OK AI.L OTUDU UITI KUS. THEY CUKE All Dlscnspsof thcStonmch, Bowels.Flood, Liver, Kidneys, ami Urinary Organs, Ner- jfl vousucda, S*leeplcHsnc:.saiii! (.specially ■ 1 ewaie Complaint*. SIOOO IN COLD, -^i Will be pnid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in tlicm. yr>nr drujrpist for lion Bitters nnd t**y tiicm before you sleep. Take no oihcr. D T. r. is an absolutcand Irresistible cure for Drunkenness, use of opium, tobacco and narcotics. Send FOB CiucrLAß. ■■■■■■■ Ail above told by dnijTirta. Hop Bitten Mf?. Co., Rochester, N. V., A Toronto, On I. WILL IT CURii MB? Said a man, whose woebegone counten ance and broken-down constitution plain ly showed traces of disease—a sufferer with Nervous Dysprpslr, in whose stomach the most delicate morsel lay like lead. Re freshing sleep and quiet nerves were stran gers to him, and he despaired of ever being well. We advised him to take SIMMS LIVER REGULATOR, which he did. and In a short time was e.ot only relieved but cured. Header, if you are suffering with .Dyspep sia or Liver Disease in any form, do not wait until the disease has taken a fast hold upon you. but use the Reguia'or when the symptoms first show themselves. SIM MONS LIVER HLCt'LA'IoK is not an al coholic stimulant, but a FI'KEI.Y VEGE TABLE KKMEDV hat will cure when everything else fails. It is a faultless fam ily medicine. Does not disarrange the system. Is no violept drastic purge, but nature's own remedy. The friend of eve ryone. and will not disappoint you. A single trial will convince you that it is the cheapest, purest and best family Medicine in tile world. ASK the recovered dyspeptics, billions sufferers, victims of fever and ague, the mercurial diseased patient how theey re covered their health, cheerful spirits and good appetite—they will tell you by taking Simmons Liver Regulator. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR Ninimon^ Liver Regulator! Original and genuine prepared only by J. 11. ZEILIX A CO., Pkila. Apr 28-iy | MIDNIGHT GOLD HUNTERS. Strange Scenes on the Ontski'ts of Allegheny City. The Pittsburg Pos£ of a late date has the following: At about midnight on Wednesday a strange, weird, and ro mantic scene could have been witnes ed on the north bank of the Allegheny river, opposite Herr's Island, near the small dam which extends from the Al legheny shore to the i.- land. The dis closures made remind one of the story of Captain Kidd's buried treasure, and ! the search thereafter. At the same time a mystery was solved which for ! some time has bothered the minds of | the good people of Herr's Island and of j the Eighth ward, Allegheny. It ap ' pears that a year or so since a rumor gained circulation that a large amount jof gold and silver coin, together with ! other treasures, were buried in the bank of the Allegheny rivtr, at a spot ; opposite Herr's Island. A couple of men and boys placed credence in the ! story, and it is said they actually did j find a few Spanish coins, beside what jis known as the Indian rock. No vast ness of wealth was discovered, howev er, and they gave up the search. The rumors died away, and in the course of a few months people apparently forgot all about the alleged hidden gold. It was believed that the coins were part of the large sums of money said to have 1 been buried in the vicinity of Pitts • burgh by the French at the time of the evacuation of old Fort Duquesne. This theory, however, was not believed by many. They claimed that the French must have buried their treasures farth er west. No matter whether it was French or American wealth, the fact remains that for two or three weeks past some most mysterious sights and sounds have been seen and heard by persons living on the island. So unfathomably mys terious did they seem that the oldest inhabitants rubbed up their memory in hopes of finding a solution in some horrible murder or Indian slaughter, the ghostly victims of which might possibly pay nightly visits to the his toric island. But no crime of that na ture could he thought of. Seyeral of the residents claim tbey have seen moving lights on the Allegheny shore in the vicinity of the Indian rock, which like the will-o'-wisp, disappear ed upon going near them. The lights were small, and gave one the impress ion that tbey might be dark lanterns, as they shed no light around, but only in front of each. On several occasions a muffled boom, sounding more alike the report of a cannon in an under ground mine, was heard in the same direction. What all these things meant, no one had the slightest idea The mysterious incidents occurred generally between 11 o'clock and 3 o'clock at night. Examinations of the Indian rock and the surrouuding embankment in the day time, disclosed nothing. Everything appeared undisturbed. The mystery at last became a nui sance, so to speak, sleepless nights in several households pot beiug conducive to comfort and amiability. Smith Walker, the select councilman from the Eighth ward, conceived the idea of swooping down on the 'haunted' spot with a band of citizens. Accordingly he gathered together nearly a dozen men on Wednesday night and lay in wait until tie lights appeared on the Allegheny shore. Between 11 and 12 o'clock a moving figure was observ ed near the big rock, aud a small light flashed out upon the water. This was not all Sounds similar to those pro duced by pick and shovel were heard proceeding from the shore near the Al legheny end of the small dam Coun cilman Walker now g ve his men a signal and they deftly crossed the bridge, passed up along the railroad, Bnd prepared to go down on the shore. Mr. Walker approached the top of the embankment, and cautiously leaning over, at once discovered the source of the strange sights and sounds. Six men were hard at work digging out an excavation whice had already been dug pretty deep. They had lanterns, and had thrown up a sort of an abuscade with boards and old brushwood to hide them from sight. The six men wore slouch hats and red shirts. The whole group formed quite a romantic scene. Mr. Walker quietly gave instructions to his companions and they were on the point of rushing down to the diggers, when a low whistle was given some where in the immediate vicinity of the Indian rock, and the next instant all lights below bad vanished, and the si lence of a graveyard settled down on the very spot where Mr. Walker had first seeu the strangers. He saw it was a ruse, and was not to be baffled. So, with his assistants, he at once sur rounded the excavation, and came face to lace with the diggers. They seem ed much astonished, and would answer no questions Their captors finally threatened to call the police aud have them all arrested unless they would tell what they were doing at such an unseasonable hour. Tbey then replied that tbey were digging for the hidden treasure, and that they bad been at work nearly three weeks every night, excavating at, various places along the shore. When they struck a rock they would use blasting powder, which ac counted for the mysterious reports heard by the residents of the island. The men further stated that they did not dig through daylight, as they would 'break the charm.' It would also 'break the charm' to have any person see them at night when at work They refused to give their names, but said tbey resided on Troy Hill. Two are quite old and the other four are young men. As they bad committed no offence, Mr. Walker concluded to let them alone, but they declined to re sume their digging, declaring that the fharm bad been broken for the night. They are superstitious, but firmly be lieve there are treasures of immense value buried here. Whether they have found any or not, tbey did not say. During the day they kept the excava tion covered with boards and earth. Crystalene paint will cover more surface, will last longer and look better than lead and oil, or any other kind of paint. Communicated. CLINTON TWP.—A CONCERT. MAY 16th, 1881. MESSRS. EDITORS Being a constant reader of your valuable paper and see ing frequently different parts of our county puffed up fur their progress in intelligence and gentility, I feel that it is due to us that our vicinity be men tioned. Well, in the first place, 'Squire Johnny Davis has been teaching a singing school in the Clinton l\ P. Church the past winter The large edifice was frequently filled *o its ut most capacity, yet the order could not be excelled, not even in church. The writer having an occasional experience in such meetings for over forty years can safely say that he has never seen it equaled and feels like coming down on the croakers who persist in saying the morals of our country are gettiug worse. But still further, the ladies of the congregation having in contempla tion the improvement of the church building proposed to Johnny that he hold a concert for that purpose. John ny says, yes ; and the class responded willingly, and Friday eveuingthe 13th of May was appointed as the time. It was a pleasant evening and the house was well filled with an intelligent au dience of all ages ; three ministers were present. The music was all that could be desired, both vocal and instrumen tal, and whilst all done well, some de serve special mention. Mrs. Norris won the praise of ali as an organist whilst performing the sacred music and and solos, and Miss Jennie Trimble in playing in concert with other musical instruments ; and also little Lizzie Da vis, a child of six years, played the or gan so correctly you would have thought her to be a lady in her teens. The 'Squire used the violin whilst leading the class, accompanied by Augustus Wickenhagen on the clario net. The affair was a complete success, netting some sixty dollars All seemed to be satisfied that whether you seethe 'Squire pounding on the anvil, leading a class of singers, or drawing a bow on a violin, you see a master mechanic, a workman that need not be ashamed. Yours, etc., J. B. M. AN EIGHT THOUSAND DOL LAR BIBLE. The third part of the sale of the col lection of books of the late George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn., was com pleted in New York on the 7th of April. The most notable book sold was the Gutenberg or Mazarine Isible, which brought SB,OOO. Though this copy bears no date it is supposed to have been printed between 1450 and 1455. the printing probably occupying the greater part of the five years. For four centuries the book lay buried in the ob scure library of the Predigerkirche, at Erfurt, where it was discovered some fifteen years ago. It was purchased by Mr. Brinley in 1873. This Bible belongs to the extraordi narily rare first edition, and may prop erly claim to be first book printed with types The text is the vulgate of St. .Jerome. The type is Gothic, and not only the hundreds of illuminated capi tals, brilliantly colored and decorated, but the paucity of typographical errors and the nice execution of detail evince its title to precedence of many other copies in point of origin, and its pro duction as au exemplar. The capitals are many of them emblazoned with or namentation in gold, and the two vol umes are in the original binding—thick oak boards sheathed in calf, beautifully stamped, protected at the comers with ornamented shields of brass, and deco rated at the center with designs in the same metal and bisses. The edges of many of the leaves are uncut and show traces of the cues of the rubicator. They are very broad, measuring 15£ by ll£ inches on the leaf. The book is without title pages; there is no pagination. The 641 leaves are printed in double columus, of 42 liues each, and the initials and rubrics are in manuscript. The large folio volumes are of nearly equal thickness, the first, of 324 leaves, ending with the Psalms, and the second, of 317, completing the text. One leaf of the first volume is in facsimile aud sixteen of the second. The copy is in an excellent state of pre servation, unstained by time or mildew, and has evidently never been washed. The decoration is arabesque, and Dr. Trumbull infers from its general sump tuousness that it was originally intend ed for the library of some prince or no bleman—possibly some kindly patron of the struggling inventor. A BIG LOAD OF COTTON. On Saturday, April 2nd, there arriv ed in New Orleans the Mississippi River steamer Henry Frank, with the largest cargo of cotton ever brought in to the Crescent City—9,223 baks. Other freight brought this cargo up to an equivalent of over 10,000 bales, ihe Frank is a stern-wheel steamer of not unusual size, but specially designed for the transportation of baled cotton. Of this tremeudous cargo, only 2.500 bales were stored in her hold, the balance be ing built up over the entire steamer, so that her appearance was that of a float ing fortress. Only her smokestacks, escape pipes, pilot bouse, and wheel were visible. Here and there port holes were located to admit air to the furnaces, or ingress and egress to and from the cabin. The bales were tight ly packed, fourteen tiers high, the joints being broken as in brickwork. A force of twenty men were constantly on the aleit with appliances for quench ing any fire that break out. The carpo was insured for $400,000, and average weight of each bale was 450 lbs. The Henry Frank's cargo was picked up between Memphis and New Orleans, and its arrival safely at the latter city evoked great interest. When it is remembered that 4,000 bales of non-compressed aud fi.OOO bales of com pressed cotton is considered a large cargo for an ocean-going steamer, the size of the Frank's load of the non compressed article becomes more appa rent. The freight would average $1 25 per bale, and the money advanced ship pers by the boat on account of this trip was Over $20,000. THE END OF THE WORLD. Every once in a while the communi ty is startled out of its ordinary equili brium by an authoritative prediction that the end of the world is rapidly ap proaching. This time the warning voice comes from a scientitic seer in Washington. The hour is even now at hand, he says, when the crack of doom will be felt and heard. The only consolation allowed us is the somewhat anonymous character of the authority. Hope that the untoward event may be omitted from the general programme on account of unforseeu difficulties al ternates with fear that the managerial preparations have really been complet ed, and that there will be no postpone ment on account of the weather. We are told that there is a vast and black body floating somewhere in space, and that there is to be a collision between that black substance and the earth. The result will be disastrous and probably fatal, not to the piratical substance with the black flag (would it might be) but to the honest little earth, which is minding its own business and not interfering with the other celestial bodies in any way. When Stephenson was asked in the early railroad days if it would not be bad if a farmer's cow were to stand persistently across the track when the engine was approach ing, his naive answer was, "Vera bad for the coo." In this case, however, it is the cow which wrecks the regular train. What business, we should like to ask, has a great black body of mat ter to be loaming through space with out any definite object, and why should it want to cross our track just at the moment when we are ourselves passing that particular point ? By all stellar laws we have the right of way. Why can't it get up an extra head of steam and rush along in advance of us, or why can't it put on the brakes and hold up for twenty minutes until we get by ? It occurs to us just here that the sci entific gentleman in Washington who makes this awful prediction admits that he has not seen the "great black mass in space" which istocoliide with us, but that he is looking for it every night. The glass with which he makes his ob servations has close resemblance, we suspect, to the common North Ameri can tumbler, which fact may possibly prejudice some prudish people against his astronomical conclusions. lie is perfectly sure, however, that the world will come to an end during this current year because—well, because he is per fectly sure. WHEAT IN THE WEST. The Chicago Times, of a late date, published telegraphic reports from every spring wheat growing county in the northwest, from which it appears that the situation may be said to be highly encouraging, for the best reports come from those localities where the most spriug wheat is raised, and for the greater part the least encouraging re ports are from sections where winter wheat has been found the mo6t profita ble to cultivate. In Minnesota, Ne braska and Dakota, which are almost wholly given up to spring wheat, there is a largely increased average, and the prospect, is thoroughly good. In some of the newer counties of Minnesota the acreage has doubled, and the average increase for the State is twenty or twenty-five per cent. At the same time the condition is usually stated to have been better, and sometimes to have never been so good, and the prospect for an increased yield per acre is very certain In Nebraska the acreage is increased, and the probabilities are in favor of an exceptionally large harvest. From Kansas the reports are not quite so favorable as to the quality, though the prospects are generally fair to good and the acreage is reduced. This is mainly due to the fact that winter wheat in that State is supplanting the spring sowing. In Missouri, also, the fall sowing prevails. Not more than one-tenth of the wheat will be raised in that State this year will be spriug sown. The condition of the spring grain is not altogether satisfactory, and in some localities it is poor. In Illinois, Wisconsin and lowa the condition of the spring wheat ranges all the way from good to very poor. The average, in general, is much reduced. Where the average of spring wheat is largely reduced it is generally because the far mers have found that the fall is better than the spring sowing. A dispatch from Parsons, Kan., dated May 7, says: The late rains have greatly benefitted the crops, which were never better in : his section. The wheat crop is im mense. RUSH FOR REFUNDING. WASHINGTON, May 14.—There was received at the loan division of the Treasury Department to-day $28,829,- 400 five per cent, bonds for continuance at per cent., making a total $50,- 536,900 received since the issuance of the Secretary's circular on Thursday last. More than one hundred tele grams have been received during the day from holders of 5 per cent, desir ing to extend their bonds asking infor | niation on the subject. Comptroller of ! Currency says be has already in his ! hands papers for the exchange of six per cent bonds belonging to four hun dred and ten national banks, covering about forty million of bonds. Tnis would leave forty banks to be heard from having six millions of bonds, aud these are all believed tobeinthe hands of the Secretary. Two hundred and fifty millions of five per cent, registered bonds may be surrendered and extend ed, and of this amount two hundred and thirty-three national banks hold $108,276,000, nearly all of which the Comptroller thinks will be exchanged during next week. [Nashville Daily News.] Terrible. Such is the term M. C. W, Purcell, of the National Stock Yards, Chicago, 111., applies to his sufferings, nesays: I, for one, wish to speak a word of ' praise for St. Jacobs Oil. I suffered with a pain in my shoulder and arm for some six months and at times it was terrible. One bottle of St Jacobs I Oil, however, cured me thoroughly. 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The Remnants of the Grant Made by Charles II to Penn—A Curious Discovery—An Interesting Do'-nr. ent. The last of the line of William Penn, bearing his name, being dead, accord ing to the authorities on the subject, the agents of the property in Phila delphia, the Times, have been gradually settling up the estate, until now there is very little left. Four lots in Suuburv Manor, the ouly large pro prietary tract remaining; four more small tracts in Luzerne county, one of which is given up as lost through a long standing squatter's title, and a few irredeemable ground rents on im proved property in this city—the larg est one of S3OO a year, on the square on the north side of Race street, be tween Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets constitute the only remaining portion of an estate which once in cluded the whole of Pennsylvania and 'vbat is now the State of Delaware. The property never brought much in come to the Penns even in its palmiest days, and William Penn himself, as all acquainted with his history are aware, was imprisoned for debt upon his re turn to England. What is now the State of Pennsylvania was part of a grant to William Penn by Charles 11, ostensibly in consideration of the serv ices to the Crown of Admiral Penn ; his father, but really in consideration of large sums of money owed him. Two beaver-skins a year were requir ed as a rent, and the receipts for these skins by officers of the household at Windsor Castle up to the time of the Revolution can be seen now at the rooms of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. A remarkable and in some sense a ludicrous circumstance has been dis covered within a few days. It is that the paper treasured with great care in the archives at Harrisburg as the original charter of Charles 11, to Wil liam Penn is not that document at all, hut a copy of it, made very long after wards. This supposed original paper has been photographed and lithograph ed and reproduced in all its details ft great expense, which strikes a great many Philadelphia archaeologists as extremely funny. Members of the Pennsylvania Historical Society are on the track of the original and are trying to trace it up. From 1683 down to the Revolution sixty-seven manors in Pennsylvania were surveyed and reserved for them selves by Penn and his descendants as proprietors of the soil. The other prop erty wns sold at fixed rates and immi gration encouraged. Penn, thinking his estates in Ireland the most valuable, left them to his children of his first wife. All hit- territories and rights in A raerica he left to his second wife, Hannah, and bis children by her and their heirs. Thus the property remain ed in the family by 'tail male general' as long as that lasted, and then by 'tail female general,' going to the chil dren of grand-daughters until the Rev olution, when the government of Penn solvania seized all the lands belonging to the proprietors except the reserved manors and voted in compensation the sum of £130,000. As this involved a loss to the heirs Parliament passed an act grantingan annuity of £4,000 a year to Penn's heirs-at-law f orever. In late years the Radicals in Parliament have been trying to do away with this and other perpetual anuuities, but it is still paid, although an effort will be made in the preseut parliament to keep it from Colonel William Stuart, who succeed ed to the Penn estates, but whose standing as heir-at-law has been ques tioned. The last of the name of Penn died childless and insane in 1869. His two sisters were married, the elder to Earl Ranfurly and the younger to Archbishop Stuart of Armagh. The Countess of Ranfurly had a daughter, but William Stuart, the present Colonel Stuart's father and eldest son of the Archbishop of Armagh, succeeded to the estates. A remarkable paper now in the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania, being a confirmation of all existing titles by a deed from William Stuart, was drawn up by W. Brooke Rawle. Thus it is that there is practically nothing left of the estate once containing the whole of Pennsylvania, and there are none of the name of Penn living who are de scendants of the. founder of the State. Some property in Philadelphia deeded by William Penn was parted with con ditionally, and upon violation of the conditions the property, now a hundred times more valuable than when he gave it, would revert to bis heirs. In the case of the Friends' Meeting House and grounds at Fourth and Arch streets there is a proviso that if at any time the practices or doctrines shall be at variance irith London Yearly Meet ing the property will revert to Penn's heirs. W* ile nothing definite is known as to whether the project to have Penn's remains removed to Philadelphia and reinterred there at the approaching bi centennial celebration will be success ful. the Pennsylvania Historical Socie ty have determined, in any event, to make the occasion as great a one as possible, and are taking steps to secure that result. John G. Whittier bascon sented to write a poem, and a great many other interesting features are being arranged. Ex-Minister Welsh is now in communication with the Lon don Yearly Meeting of Friends to se cure permission for the removal of the remains The following we over-heard yester day. Lizzi—Why, George; how ex quisitely you do smell. George—Yes; I am wearing a Days Kidney Pad. A Boston paper says that 'May is aa unlucky month for marriages.' Th« other unlucky months are June, July, August, Sptember, October, November, Do-ember, January, February, March, and April. Gilhooly bought a cigar the other day, and, as he lit it, the tobacconist said with pride: 'That's a fine imported cigar.' Is it?' responded Gilhooly. 'lt has always been a mystery to me why Galveston does not raise her own cabbages.'