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THE BUTI.ER CITIZEN.
BCTLER. PA.
PHYSICIANS.
JOIIN ETBYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON,
myttl-ly] HUTLKR. PA.
Office on Jefferson street, opposite
Klingler's Flour Store.
~~ DENTISTS
D ENTISTR Y -
Oft# WALDRON. Graduate ot the Phil-
IB adclphia Dental College.ls prepare
■ 11 ■to do anything in the line of hU
profession in a satisfactory manner.
Office on Mala street, Boiler, Union block,
up stairs, apll
FARMERS TAKE NOTICETi
Look to Your Own Interest.
The Celebrated Clydeadile Stallion
PLEASANT LADDIE,
Will stand for service the ensuing season, com
mencing April 11th and ending August 14th,
1881, at the fallowing place*, viz:
BUTLER.
At the stable of Walter & Booe, in the bor
ough of Butler, on April lltb. 13th. 13th. 1 4th,
15th. 16th, 25th, Mth. 27th. 38tli. 29th and 30th.
May 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th. 13th, 14th, 23rd
34tb, 2Kb. 26th. 27th aud 28th.
Jane 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, lltb, 20th, 21st,
22a<1, 23rd. 24th and *sth.
Jul* 4th, 6tb. «tb, 7th. Bth and 9th
LEASUREVIfiLE.
At the stable of John Lawall. in Leasuri'vilie.
Winfield township, on April 18th, 19th. 20tb.
21st. 2?d and 23d.
May 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. 6th. 7'b, 16th. 17th, 18th,
19th, 20tb. 21st. 30th aad 81st.
Jun« let 2d, 3d. 4th. nth. 14th, 15th. 17th,
18tli. 87th, 2*th. 29th and 30th
July Ist and 2d. and so alternately, the six days
of each alternate week at the above places.
PEDIOREE.—Thie sp'endid Stallion was im
ported by Lawall A Boos, and ha« been pro
nounced by the mo»t competent lodges to be
the best Draught Horse in the State. He is a
dark bay. nine Years old ; without bletnuh. and
muscle cannot be excelled
He was got by Clyde who gained many pre
miums, including the Sterling preirium : when
on* and two years old be gained the preminm of
the Codder Farmers' Show. An He is nearly
connected with the great Sir Walter Sco t, who
ia well known and who obtained the Glasgow
premium of £6O. two years in sooeeasiou ; b«
also won the first piize at the Royal Show held
at Bat terse*. London. His Dam was a pure
Clydesdale Mare who won many first piizes at
Kirkintnllnek Show. He is known to O" the best
foal getter in this part of the State
TERMS: Fifteen Dollars for insurance, to
be paid when the mare is knoirn to be with foal.
Irregular attendance, or persons parting with
a mate before she is known to be with foal for
feits the insurance. Care will be taken but no
accountability tor accidents.
BOOS, LAWALL A CO .
marSOiSra owners.
KIDNEY REGULATOR
AND DIURETIC.
R|I)NE(iE\ is highly recoiamemled and nn
purpaned for WEAK or FOUL KIDNEYS, DROP
SY. HRIGHT'B DIHEAHE, IXWM ol ENERGY,
NERVOUS DEBH.ITY, or anv OBSTRUCTIONS
arising Iroin GRAVEL or HLADDEH DISEASES.
Also fir YELLOW FEVER, BLOOD and KIDNEY
POISONING, In Infected in alanal mictions.
jar-Ry the distillation of a FOREST LEAF with
JUNIPER BERRIKS and BARLEY MALT we
have discovered KIDNEGKN. which acts speci
fically on the Kidneys and Urinary Organ*, re
moving deposits In the Bladdej and any straining,
smarting, heat or Irritation in the water passages
giving tliein strength, vigor and causing a healthy
color and easy fiow of unue. It can be taken at
all times, in all climate*, without Injury to the
system. Unlike any other preparation for Kidney
dlOleiiltles, it has a very pleasant and agreeable
taste ud flavor. It contains positive diuretic pro
perties and will not nauseate. Ijidles especially
will like it. and Gentlemen will And KIDNEGEN
the hesLKlilney Tunic ever used I
®,W". «!!?„?
(lovernment stamp, which permits KIDNKOEN
to lie sold (without license) by druggists, grocers
and other persons everywhere.
Put up in Quart-size Bottles for General and
Family use.
LAWRENCE 4 MARTIN, Prop'rs Chicago II
jyHald by Druggists. Grneers and Dealer*
everywhere, and by LAWRENCE & MARTIN, No.
6 Barclay St, New York. oeti.i-iv
W(«fE OAK SPRIN6S
NORMAL SCHOOL,
fhe White Otk Spring* Normal School will
epen August 8, and continue six weeks. Tie
design of the Normal is to prepare teachers for
thorough work in the school room. Tuition,
SI.OO. For particulars address the principal
R. C. DODDS, A. B.
jelo:4w Mt. Chestnut, Butler Co., Pa.
Summer Normal Term.
'4- be Normal Xerui of the Wittier
spoon Institute, Butler, Pa., conducted by Pro:
fewvor* P. 8. Bancroft and J. C. Tinstraan, will
open on Monday, Jane 20, 1881, continuing six
weeks and closing July 30. Tuition $4.50. A
thorough coarse of instruction will be given in
all branches taught in the public schools.
NOTICE Td^FARWERSr -
Large number of Farms for sale or exchange
a in? pric-q no e**y pnymepta.
etuull farms IrOiu 83 to 50 acres wanted. Also,
limns furnished to luruiers having improved
farms on long time urd »t low rates. Address
W.J. KISKADDEN. Free port, Pa.,
Or call an Office days: Every Monday at
Freepqtt. Every Tacsday al No. 00, Fourth
Avenue, Pittsburgh.
PBNBXONS
Procured for all soldiers disabled in the U. S.
nervine Iron) any oau«e, also for heir of deceas
ed soldiers. The slightest disability entitle! to
pension. PENSIONS INCREASED. Bounty
and new discharges procured. Those in doubt
as to whether entitled to anything, should send
two 3 cent stamps for our "circular of informa
tion." Address, with stamps, STODDART A Co.,
Solicitors of Claims and Patents, Washington,
D.C.. Lock box 623. llinaylm
Notice,
tjopce is herebv giyen that an application
for a charter will be made to Hon. James
Bredin, Law Judge, of the Courts of Butler
county, at Chambers on she 24th day of Jnne,
18H|, incorporating the Newt Hope Presbyterian
Church, in New Hope said county. The char
icter for said proposed corporation is religious
tnd the obiect thereof the promotion of religion
in the world.
"• ' T. J. BHAXXOS, )
J. I). STKPHKSSON, > Tnistoi.
r' #' A-
A(lmlni«<rfftor , « Notice.
Latters of *dminiatrai ion having b>«n granted
o the uudersigued on the aetata of Wra Trimble
leoaaaed. lata of Middlesex tow»sbip, Butler
purity. P*., all persuos knowing thamselvs*
it deb'ed to said estate will please make tmmedi
te payment, and any having claims against
aid ontate will present tb«m duly authenticated
or payment.
ROBERT TRIMBLE,
June l-flt Adm'r, Saxonborg. f. 0. , Pa.
inp\T I WK WANT VOU In every
\VJ lJ 1.1 I Ol County, to sell our NEW Au-
DMATIC T'AKI-KT SwKKPKK. You can make
om $3.00 to s.'i.oo per day the year round. Good
mflts and rapid sales. Capital not necessary If
»u can furnish good references. Address at once
fAuu CAurXf - o
WEEK. SI'J a day at liotQe easily made
> f •c'ostiv outfit free. Address THLJE & Co.,
ugiista, Maine. 2mariy
VOL. xvin.
BOOTS&SHOES.
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
BOOT AiJHOE BOOSE
B. C. HUSELTON,
Is now Receiving Fresh New Goods iu the Latest Styles the Eastern
Markets produces. All Lis
Spring and Summer Stock
OF
BOOTS ADO SHOES
Are now ready for inspection. These goods are made to his own
special order by the largest manufacturers, and comin? direct from
them to his House there are NO MIDDLE PROFITS TO
PAY. HP 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 goiDg to the
LARGEST BOOT & SHOE HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA,
B. C. HUSELTON,
MAIN STREET, BUTLER PENN'A.
Some 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, warranter! $2.15 and upwards.
" Brogans and Plow Shoes, 90c and upwards.
Large line 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, SI.OO and upwards.
" Grain Peg Polish, elegant goods, SI.OO.
" " Standard Polish, elegant goods, $1 25, all warranted.
" Kid Button Boots, $1 .50 an I upwards.
" Grain and Peb. Button Boots, $1.40 and upwards.
" " Sewed Polish Bootß, good, $1.25 and upwards.
Very large stock of the very finest styles in Kid, St. Goat and Peb. Button
Side Lace Shoes.
Old Ladies Shoes Wide, Low Heels a Soecialty,
In Ladies, Misses and Children, the stock is the largest I have ever offered.
fc>]ipt)ers. Low and Kutton Newports-
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.O.HUSELTON'S.
LARUE STOCK OF LEATHER A 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 the same.
!— ■sygswt**——■*»'■" i ■■
A PERFECT BTRENCTHENER.A SURE REVIVER.
IRON BITTERS are h glily recommended for all diseases re- I
quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially Indigestion, lhjtpcpsia, Inter
mittent Fevers, Want of Appetite, Loss of Strength, L'ick of llnrrgy, etc. Enriches
the blood, strengthens the muscles, ana gives new life to the nerves. They act
like a charm on the digestive organs, removing al I dyspeptic symptoms, such
as Tasting the Food, Belching, Jleat in the Stomach, Heartburn, etc. TllO only
Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give
headaehe. Sold by all druggists. Write for the ABC Book, 32 pp. of
useful and amusing reading— smt free.
fcUHKMICAL CO., Baltimore, sf<l.
BITTERS
EXECUTORS' SALE! I
The undersigned executors of Robert Tliorap
son, deceased, lite of Clinton township, liutlor >
Co., Pa., oiler for sale the following described
property, located in said Clinton township :
Oue hundred acre* of land, partly cleared,
bounded on the south by lands of John Glasgprr,
thu e»«> by LAII'LT) of Jattied
on tne north by laud of Wq) rbompguu and on
the we«t by lapd of Absoluru Monks, nit unfed on
the three-degree road, which patten near the
bonne. 60 to 70 acrcu in good »tate of cultiva
tion, good frame and log homta. wagon-xhed and
fprlug liouae. good itpriug of water noar the
liouite. and a flrxt-cIaHH young orchard of bearing
fruit freea. Convenient to schools, churchcH,
MILLX coal bank, etc.
ALSO— Farm of WM Thompson, adjoining
came tract, and containing about 100 acres, and
having ou it a goodibrick liouae, good ne r frame
bank barp and OUTBUILDING*, (GOOD uruhard, it
ot •nfe, l' ''
J. W MONKS. J T X "■
ot Robert Thompson, deu'd. late of Cliuton t«vp.
YOUNG CLVOESOAtE,
Prince of Scotland,
Can be seen at the stable of flic subscriber, near
Leas'irey'lle, W|U||cld lo*indiip, UutierCo., pa ,
pie Ul>t tbree DAYS o| each week, and Thursdays
and "Fridays at l£ie 'stable ol Joseph 1 flick in
Cojlesvllle.
PRINCE OF SCOTLAND
is A benuiliul J ipple buy, rising sis yea's old,
with luiuieutie bote and muscle, XQPEIIOR >ELJOU,
4UD A I'Prlecl loot, «h< rein iuoi»T PE;»V> borees
lack, and lor disposition ID unexcelled ; .-lands
hands high, WEIGHS over 1,400 pounds, and
was bred Iron, one of tlie fluent DRAUGHT horses
In tk!otlaiid. Further truce ol pedigree Is un
necessary, as his appear nice will rccoiu'ncnd
HI ill to competent judges.
KOUKKL HES3ELGE-HEK,
20npr2m Owner.
Union Woolen Mill,
BUILKit, fA
H. FULLEKTOX. Prop'r.
Manuiacturer ol BLANKBTS, FLANNELS, YAUSS,
4c. ABO eustuiu work DONE to order, such as
carding Koil», in >LIIUL' Blatfkets, Flunnels Knit
ting and Weaving Yams, &$., at very low
prices. Wool worked on the shares, il do
•trtd. mj'-ly
DIRECTIONS.
filßf/SiXf. iIV For Catarrh, hay fever
BrtUv" In the Head. Ac.,
insert with little tinirer
P3 LATA RRH,coi Sj nl ii particle of tne Ifalm
E* tfAv-»>. nJ7tAII| into the nostrils ; draw
- I -itroiiL-breal lis through
cffifll Uu II,'JO', II will he
Y"iALb vHWfiB il h*orl'Cd. cldansliiK.
,CG , :lml '"■Hlhitf the dls
menXra,,e'
For r "" rneM '
\V ]y a |,art,cle
ELY'S CRFAM BALM
HAViXG gained an enviable reputation, displac
ing all oilier preparations in the vicinity of discov
ery, is, on Its merits alone, recognized as a won
derful remedy wherever Wmnm. A tor trial will
(miiHUKh the most Sfc,. p!\e,'il ot its cnni^y v - VtlW
eis. It effectually «J6anseA tue nasal 'passages of
(Catarrhal virus, causing healthy seerelluns, al
lays Inflammation and Irritation, protects the
inen|lir:inal lluinus „t the head from additional
oolipi, eompleieiv lieals the sores and restores the
sejfie of taste ami smell. Keneflcial results are
realized hy a few applications. A thorough treat
ment as directed will cure Catarrh. As a house
hold remedy for cold in the head is nnequaled.
The llalin Is easv to use and agreeahle. Sold by
druggists at VJ cents <>n receipt of !>o cents will
mall a package. Send for clrcill?' with tub IIIK>A
in at lon. " B '
oi.l. hCKKAM BAI.M CO.. Owego. N. Y.
Kor sale In Butler hy I>. 11. Waller, J. C. Redick,
Zimmerman & W tiller. Coulter & IJun.
VIA-SANO
THE GREAT 4 CpmpooadofUitprinciple#*♦
y m Sticalvpriii, B«r«aparilla, Mandrake,
I I\MEm W I>"ud«lion, Kidnay-Woft. Bnebo,
It-I V U'P*> 4c., which act' i r»wp» : 7 <*
Mtomarh
1/inilL V anU floKala a»tl.« sain* tuna.
Hill HI ■ I organ* ar* a<» lotioiaieljT oann#ct««l
|\ IUl« Li I u oat 1* diiaawt. th*r all
jrT) baootna uvir« »r Ictt affected llenea
at a H tha frrai valu* and tiipariorUr of
D I || |l || th>s com pound, which rattorat them
|b U V wM all to healthy aeti<>n. and u a tome,
n rnumnv boilds up the entire syvtom. Ik is
XV rJ iu. Jt»A-l X »]><• » nioet valuable remedy f«*r H«a4>
& AntUßlliout
TONIC- Bktu Ixsoaees. >er •fuloua and 6rr>t.i*
Htlc affectiona, old eorei and ulrera. F«*»ant t* take. Trial
bottle*. 2'eta Large bottlee. iUcte. AH dr««irieta»nd
etor-i bat« it. or will get it tor yon. Alao pror ared in
•uatcd piila. aod inailed for «TI eta. a bo*. A'.KMTS )/V AXJTIB
JiUMfc SIEUICINt: I frhiiodophlfr
WANTED ■general housework.
Ipquire-of Ilcnry U. llale, corner of Penn and
Sixth streets, Pittsburgh. 3tnly2s
BUTLER. PA.. WEDNESDAY, JI NE 2-2.1881
THE WHITE MURDER CASE.
EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.
The first witness sworn was Mr. J.
P. Holland, the bar-keeper of the
saloon in which the tragedy occurred.
He testified as follows :
Am a resident of Du Bois, Clearfield
county; am 22 years old; lived in
Millerstown at the time of the murder;
was an employe in tbe beer bottling
bouse of Delameter where the row oc
curred ; (as to capacity in which wit
ness was employed, the Court instruct
ed him he need not criminate himself
as to illegal sale of cigars ;) the saloon
was called the ''Ocean;" don't recol
lect of seeing White there duriug the
day; Eatran was there iu the after
noon; he was pretty "full ;" he and I
had a squabble about the price of a
bottle of beer; he and Jimmy Hill,
who loafs around tbe "Ocean" bad
some talk about White going to whip
him (Eagan;) Eagan said White had
whipped him once and he ought to be
satisfied ; he admitted that White could
whip him; Eagan boasted he came
from Cork and good men came from
there; about eleven o'clock at night
White came into the "Ocean ;" Ww.
Morrisey, Perry, Brenau, Ainswortb,
Billy Frederick and Eagan were in at
the time; Eagan was sitting at a table
in the rear of the saloon ; first saw
White in the middle of the floor; he
went back to Eagan and said "lads
let's have aome beer; I set out two
pint bottles ot beer; before that and
when White went back to the table
where Eagan was sitting White hol
lowed "danger;" after I set out the
beer White filled up two glasses and
Eagan took one and White the other,
and White jammed his glass again-»t
Eagan's and spilled the beer as they
were coming up to the bar; White
kicked a piece of paper into EatraD'-s
face and Eagan kicked it back again to
wards White; Eagan said to White
you are going to lick me; White said
something 1 do not recollect; Eagan
said if you are going to lick me put up
that knife; Morrisey went to Eagan,
kind of searched bis coat and said he
hadn't any knife.
When I beard White say "danger,"
I wenfr and turned out the light in
the rear of the room ; I tried to blow
out the light in tne front part with a
feather duster, when Morrisey knock
ed the duster out of my hand and told
me to let the lights alone; I anticipated
trouble when White said "danger;"
I heard him say he had said "daneer"
once to Eagan, and if he ever said it
again, it would be tbe last of him ;
White struck Eagan, down at ihe Leo
pold House, some months before this,
wheu be was drunk, knocked him
down, sta ted away from him, then
turned back and kicked him down into
the gutter some five or six feet, Eagan
falling on his shoulders in the ditch.
When they were at the counter getting
the beer, aud after Morrisey said White
had no knife, saw Eagan and White
get into holds, and get back into the
corner ; don't know whether Egan
pushed White, or White pulled Eagan
back ; saw White with a knife in his
hand striking twice at Eagan's should
er, Eagan said 'He is cutting me ;' saw
White strike an under and an upward
blow , beard Eagan hollow 'police ,' I
started to go out at the frout door;
could not get out l>eeause Morrisey was
standing with his back to the door;
then went arouud to back door, passed
around to front and tbree doors below
the Ocean to drugstore and called Fish
er, the chief of Police; when I came
back Eagnn was down iu the corner
about where I saw White and him
struggling and a stream of blood run
ning from him ; a doctor was called in
who said it was no use be was gone ;
did not aee W r iiite there when I came
back; license was refused to Delarnater
the next week, and the place was closed
up, and I did not go back there iu tbe
business. Eagan would weigh about
215 pounds, about 75 pounds heavier
than White.
William P> rry, sworn —Reside in
Millerstown; am a boiler-maker; am
hard of hearing, that is a trouble with
all our craft; was in the 'Ocean' when
the trouble began) was sitting at the
same table with Kagan, Brennan and
Alnsworth ; didn't pay much attention
to White, who came in the back door,
was talking on business to the other
men ; heard White cal! for the beer;
heard Eagan ask White if he was
going to lick him ; White said 'no not
by a (}—d d—d sight;' next saw Eagan
catch White by the shoulders and they
both got back into the corner, where I
could only partly see them; I saw
their hands moving, but saw no knife ;
1 went out just alter Holland at the
back door; saw iVlorrisey standing
with his back against the frontdoor.
H. Ainswortf\, in
Millerstown ;am a boiler-maker; was
sitting at a table with Perry in the
Ocean saloon when the row occurred ;
did not |iay much attention to it; 1
saw them scuffling, and thought if
there was going to lie any trouble I
had better fro home.
Robert Qirrard, sworn— In
Millerstown when tfce murder wfts
committed ; sa\v White unit Morrisey
at the tejehreiber House ; they left in a
short time; I left to go home ; heard a
racket over in tbe 'Ocean heard some
one say, '1 have got tbe better of him
and am going to keep it;' don't know
who said it; went across and looked in
at tbe window snd saw Kagan 011 the
floor, and the blood running ;saw Perry
aod Ainsworth come around from the
back way to the front; Morrisey was
the only one I saw in tbe house when
I looked in and saw Eagan; 1 then
went up to tell Charley Johnson at
the Schreiber House, and saw White
talking to Charlie ; h"ard bim a>k for
money to get away ; asked me if Eagan
was dead; told him the doctor said he
could not get well; Johnson asked him
if he had cut hi.ll ; said he had cut him
for all that was in him, but he was
forced to do it; Johnson did not give
him money; said he would go aud try
to get it from Ford.
Miss Jane Emerick, swoxn —On tbe
night of tlie murder, at a quarter from
ten, 1 was opposite the Ocean saloon,
coming home from church; met White
and another man much taller; did not
know him; heard White say, 'You do'
—or, 'play your part, and I willuiijie)'
saw them cross the street and look iuto
the window of the Ocean saloon.
Patrick O'Brien, sworn —Saw
White purchase a large knife at Simp
son's hardware store; the knife was
similar to one I purchased a the same
time. [Knife shown to the jury.]
Char If 8 H. Johnson, sworn —Am
proprietor of the Schrieber House;
White and Morrisey were at my house
on the of the murder, drinking;
White said O'Brien told him Jimmy
Hill was going to pick a fuss with him,
and Charley Eagan was to take it up
and lick him; he said he had come up
by the Oceau, but did not go in bo
cause Eagan was in; White got a chew
of tobacco from Frederick, cut it with
his knife, and said if Eagan would
jump <'u him he w*,uld use that knife,
if he had nothing else; be said if Ea
gan did not kill him the first blow, he
would kill said he would not
begin to fight Ea<ran, and he would
kill him; then they all left; I was about
closing up when White came to the
front door with a knife in his hand
with blood on it, and said: 'I fjuess I
have killed Eagan;' He wanted $25;
1 said I hadn't it; he wanted $10; did
not give it to him, be was bleeding
i'rom the face and nose; said his shoul
der was out of place; aud he was forced
to cut Eagan.
Simeon O'Brien, sworn. —l am a
machinist; live in Pittsburgh; was at
Millerstown the day of the murder ;
was in the Ocean on the afternoon of
the trouble; heard Eagan said he did
not want to light; he had got out of a
scrape that cost bim SSO and did not
want anv more ; told White between
5 and 6 o'clock this evening, that Ea
gan would fight him, not to go to the
Ocean; White 'said he would not un
less he bad business; White said if Ea
gau crossed his path he would leave
his wife a widow; he said Eagan had
paid Maddon S2OO to shoot nimat Fair
mount Park.
John Knox, sworn. —Heard White
say to some persons last October that
Eagan was a treacherous son of a
aud he would cut the heart out of him
the first opportunity he had.
John Hammerly swears he heard
White express a threat to leave Ea
gan's wife a widow before night.
The balance of the testimony was
mostly corroborative.
Mrs. Eagan, wife of the murdered
man, was on the stand in the after
noon. Her testimony created a pro
found sensation in the court because of
the vehemencv of her speech and part
ly on account of an air of settled dis
tress into which her sudden and great
bereavement had thrown her. Her
testimonv ran as follows:
My husband left home about a quar
ter to eight on the morning of the mur
der. He was supposed to be in the of
fice at eight. He was repairing on the
Western Union Telegraph line. Had
been in their employ fourteen years,
building lines in the east and west, and
finally was stationed at Millerstown,
where we lived. About midnight I
heard footsteps in tbe yard, and think
ing it was Charley, I ealled, 'Charley,
is it you ?' Somebody answered, 'it's
about Charley. He's hurt.' I asked
them to bring him home. They said
they could not, and that I must come.
Thinking he was hurt on the railroad,
and would find him in the telegraph
office, I went with tbem. Up by the
telegraph office we went and stopped
before tbe 'Ocean' saloon I saw bim
lying there. Thai's the last I remem
ber. When I came to again I saw by
tbe clock it was a quarter to oue, aud
Bill Morrisey stood looking down on
me. I asked who had done this. They
said Billy White. I never heard of
White before but twice, and did not
see him until yesterday.
Here the witness broke down com
pletely. Counsel for the common
wealth asked here where she came from
aud how long she had been in this
countrv.l
Colonel Thompson, counsel for the
defence objected on humane principles.
Judge Bredin interposed a mild ob
jection, saying that he lailed to see
what it all meant.
'lt means,' said the grief-stricken
woman, rising, 'that I am left u widow
with two children, one of them born
since his murder, and without a friend
this side of tbe sea.'
Dr. Rumberger, sworn —Am a prac
ticing physician and surgeon; was cal
led in bv the inquest to make a post
mortem examination; found six wounds
ujHMi the body, one underneath the
right color-bone, about an inch or three
quarters of an inch long and penetrat
ing down underneath the head of the
bone of the arm, one down about three
inches below anil to the right, striking :
the junction of the second rib with the '
breastbone, one in the right ariu-pit
about two inches long, one across «,he j
right arin with a ragged edge, as if a |
double cut or the knife had turned in
the fleshy part of the arm, one in the
right side between the eighth and
ninth ribs, which cut the cartilage, atid
another wound in tho left groin, which
almost severed the large artery and
from which he would bleed to death in
a few minutes; my opinion is that
death resulted from shock and hem- '
morrhage combined.
Dr. McCaskey, sworn —l agree j
with Dr. Rumberger in every particu- 1
lar as to wounds on *Eagan's body; I
was in Turner's drug store the night of
the murder; some one told me to come
up to tbe 'Ocean,' Egan was bleeding
to death; I went up; he was about
gasping his last: I don't think he made
more than oue or two respirations after
I went in.
TESTIMONY OF THREATS.
11. L. Frederick, sworn —Played
pool with White the evening before
the murder happened; al»out 7 o'clock
White said, 'Eagan tackkd to me again
last night, but if he ever tackles me
again 1 will leave his wife a widow ' j
J. L. Tuffs, sworn —Heard White
say the evening of the murder at tbe
Lockhart House, that Jim O'Brien
told him Jliumy llill was going to pick
a quarrel with bim and Eagan was
then going to do him (White) up;
White said, 'So help me God, if Eugan
tacklas me I will kill him.'
. James Hill, sworn —Reside in Mil
lerstown; attended to Walsey Ford's
horse aud do chorea around town; am
acquainted with White and knew Ea
gan; sometime, last February White
was showing his arm where ho said
Madden had shot him at Fa<rtuount;
he said Eagan and some of his Irish
friends bad done that; he says, 'I will
get even with him; 1 will leave bis
wife a widow before she expects it;' in
the afternoon I was at the 'Ocean;'
this was the day of the murder; Eagan
was there; went out and in a few min
utes White came in: he said, 'that fel
low has got it up bis uose; the big
Irish son of a don't like a bone in
my body, and if he conies across my
path before uight I will kill him;' at
the time of the tragedy I was asleep
up over Gaisford's billiard room.
WITNESS DENIES RESPONSIBILITY.
Cross-pxamined —l don't feel that I
am largeU' to blame for Eagan's death;
I neve agitated Eagan to lick White;
I never spoke to Eagan about White;
I do not go around picking fights;
when then' is going to be a fight I go
away; O'Brien never heard me say so;
If O'Brien and Holland said so, they
lied; I sat up with the corpse, washed
it and laid it out, and stayed there un
til it was put into the cufiin, and sent
to Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Eagan offered
to give me some of Eagan's clothes,
but I would not touch them; I watched
the corpse as an act of kindness; I drank
ten or twelve glasses of beer that day,
and ate two sandwiches; don't think
the quantity of bread was out of pro
portion to the beer—it might be to you,
(Col. Thompson); I was not at Bemus'
livery stable, the day of the murder,
with Eagan, hunting White, and did
not hear Eagan say he was going to
lick the son of a ; at one time I was
bartender iu the O'Brien House; am
not janitor of a gambling bouse; I
swept out Roberts' gambling room
sometimes; worked for anboydy that
paid me; I was about fourtoeu months
on the police force of Millerstown; no
one contributed to keep me, at Millers
town; William Duffy loaned me money
to pay my fare to Butler; White said
it was Eagan and bis Irish clique got
him shot; I belong to the same politic 1
organization as Eagan; both Democrats;
don't go to same church; don't know of
any su?h organization as Mollie Mu-
Guircs in Millerstown; never heard of
the like until I heard it here at court;
Billy Perry was in the saloon that day;
I bad no talk with Perry about White
that day; did not say to Perry 'Now
Billy, stay in a little while and see Ea
gan kick the O— d d stuffing out of
White,' I did not say any such thing,
aud any man as would run away and
get captivated and go into the prisoner
and see him and make up such a state
ment as that, lies; Perry ran off with
out paying his bill and they put a de
tachment on his tools at the depot and
he had to come back; I did not bear
much of the testimony; I was taking
care of Mrs. Eagan's little boy, seeing
he did not run down street and get lost;
would do that for any child.
Question by Col. Thompson—Then
vou were going around like the good
Samaritan, like an angel without wings
looking after the child ?
Answer—The wings is all right, but
I den't think either you or me will ever
get many of them to wear.
Tbe Colonel intimated that they
might go wheie tbe wings would get
scorched, aud Jimmy replied, 'you and
me will get our share of that.'
James Smith, sworn. —Corroborated
Frederick and Tuffs as to threats in the
billiard room.
Hugh AleFadden, sworn. —Am con
stable of Donegal township; arrested
White on the (ith of March on the Mi
chael Barnbart farm; went to a shanty,
heard a window back of shanty falling
down; went around, saw a man run
ning towards the woods, started after
him; fired a couple of shots; he stum
bled aud fell and I came up with him
and found it was White; he had a pair
of overshoes and his boots in his baud;
ho said, 'Mac, if I bad of bad my boots
on I would have led you a lively
chase;' brought him to jail; he told me
to tell be had given himself up; I claim
tbe reward offered by the County Com
missioners.
I'. C. Boyle, sworn. —Was at East
Brady on the Gth of March; rode over
iu a cuttor from there to Millerstown
with Mr. Maloney and Johnson; was
present when the arrest was made ;
White said if he had had his boots on
he would have led us a lively chase; I
asked him why he did not get away ;
he said it was on account of the snow
on the ground ; he could not get away
because they would track him.
Cross-examined —Did not know
when we were coming over that Malo
ney and Johnson were after White ; I
learned that after the arrest ; I found
out all I could about it as a newspaper
reporter.
Wm. Mitchell, sworn. —Am turnkey
of the jail;.a man by the name of Jesse
Glenu was in jail; he and White were
talking about Jim Glenn who was out
at Petrolia ; Glenn said he lived three
or four days ; White said his man did j
not live that long.
Court took recess on account of the ;
absence of oue ot the Commonwealth's j
witnesses said to be on the road, and j
after his examination Commonwealth's i
counsel say they will rest.
Owen Brady, sworn. —Offered $25
as a reward for arrest of White; came
to Butler to induce Commissioners to i
increase the reward offered; did not
know at that time where White was;
I gave S3O toward a fund to carry oil
the prosecution; heard a collection was
taken up after church one Sunday; Ben
Forquer was raising funds to carry olf
the prosecution; Theo. Craig came to
me Saturday. March sth, and told me he
knew where White was; he said he
would come to my house on Sunday
and tell me; he came and gave me this
paper.
Commonwealth rests.
(Philadelphia Times.)
PlilitulelpliiH Police Depart
ment.
Tbe Philadelphia Ledger of Decem
ber 2'J, IXBO, mentions umong many
others, tbe case of Chief of Police of
that city, Samuel H. Given, Esq., who
says he ufed St. Jacobs Oil in his
family, for various painful ailments,
with excellent results. He has also
heard from many who have used it for
rheumatism, that it alone of all reme
dies did tbem good. i
C« >m municated.
31 Alt TTX SKI TR G TTEMS.
Banit, June 13tb, 1881.
MESSRS. EDITORS:—The last week
our town lias been very quiet; we miss
the smiling 1 faces of the candidates oil
our streets. The Republicans general
ly are satisfied with our ticket, and all
parties acknow ledge that we have
nominated a strong man for Sheriff. If
the Republicans of Butler county do
tbeir duty in the fall he will be our
next Sheriff. The Democrats cannot
nominate a better nnn.
Since T. U. Campbell has removed
bis store to North Washington the
people are beginning to feel the incon
venience of not having a good dry
goods store like his was We cannut
appreciate what is for our good until
we are deprived of it. Tuere is a grand
opening for a dry goods store here.
The creek at this place was very high
during the last week but it did no par
ticular damage further thau to flood
out some corn patches and gardens.
The Democratic primary, on Satur
day passed off very quietly after they
got the machine running. They polled
45 or 50 votes. Rut, as usual, they
had to have some bull-dozing at tbeir
headquarters. A native of Rutler coun
ty, born and raised among the hills of
Parker township, was brought into
town to attend the primary, but on ac
count of his color aud previous condi
tion of servitude, and not being willing
to vot« for the right man for delegate,
tbey held a caucus at Democratic head
quarters and issued a decree that as he
would not vote for their man for dele
gate, he had forfeited all rights that
Democrats were bound to respect and
must be annihilated. The delegate for
whom he would not vote was duly
commissioned to execute the decree,
with club iu hand and bull dog by his
side, he took the intruder into the mid
dle of the street, and after making a
speech to the assembled multitude, and
telling fhem what their fate would be,
if any of them dared to disregard the
sacred rights of Democrats, he then
proceeded with dog aud club to carry
out the decree, and soon had bim in
condition not to annoy Democrats any
more. Wood chucks must vote right
if they wish to live.
Yesterday was a Sabbat h long to be
remembered in this place. As it had
previously been anuounced that Rev.
Miller of'the M. E. Church would ad
minister the ordinance of baptism by
immersion, a great multitude of people
from the surrounding towns and coun
try came to witness the ceremony, and
by eleven o'clock our streets were
thronged with people, not more than
one-third of them could get into the
church. A', the close of the sermon
the congregation proceeded to the creek
where Rev. Miller baptized 6even by
immersion and three by pouring.
J. A. Kelley and wife came to town
on Saturduy to spend the Sabbath, it
being their first appearance since they
were married, the bovs could not let
opportunity pass without giving them
a serenade
I)r. Campbell says be saw the eclipse
and it was a grand sight.
BUHUBOIS.
LETTER FROM AN OLD BUT
LER SOLDIER.
SENECA, KANSAS, May 21, 1881.
EDITORS CITIZEN:—The writer has
just finished ihe jH-rusal of a character
istic southern production, viz : "Life of
Gen. 11. E. Lee," by J. E. Cooke. The
author serins to be deeply impressed
from the beginning with the conviction
that some reason must be given why
the great Confederacy was pounded out
of existence in less than four years. He
does not wish to admit the true reason,
(hat the yankee soldier, compared with
the rebel, was equally brave, more fer
tile in resources, more intelligent and
persistent. He represents the south
ern army as greatly inferior in num
bers and poorly furnished. This is the
usual explanation of southern writers.
It never occurs to these apologists that
this state of things was not creditable
to the people of those States, if they
were as devoted to the cause of seces
sion as represented
Hut we began this communication
wit]} the purpose of narrating an inci
dent of the war which this book recalls.
Perhaps some of your readers will
remember the determined but unsatis
factory battle fought at Gravelly Hun,
Va., March 31st, 1805 Butler county
was represented there. From the 'Life
of Lee' we learn some facts probably
not known to many of the survivors of
that battle. The rel>el force was much
greater than our own, and was com
manded by Lee in person, (page 443).
After explaining how great was the
force crowding down on their right,
the author informs us that the Rebel
force numbered 17,000. This force as
sailed and drove back the union troops
jin confusion. "The force opposed to
him, however, was too great, and he
, found himself unable to encounter it in
! the open field. He therefore fell back
j to his works."
Now for the facts. The force on
I which this furious assault first ft II was
the 2nd Division, sth corp, numbering,
all told, less than 3.000 men. These
i were driven back on the 3rd Division,
numlieriug about 5,000, and both were
forced back toward the Boyd too plank
road. Meantime the fragments of the
190 th and 191 st Pa. (successors of the
Pa Reserves), about 500 men, under
Lieut. Col. Pattee, had been holding a
position on the right of the corps. As
the fighting began, an order reached
them to report at the left of the corps
Before this eould be done, the two Di
visions were driven back, and this
i handful of men met tLc charging col
! UIUII of Rebels alone. After a fierce
struggle, they were driven back about
three hundred yards to Gravelly Run.
Here they rallied, and fought the entire
Reliel force for nearly three-quarters of
an hour, when a brigade from the 2nd
Corps came to their relief, and drove
the Rebels from the field. This is bow
and why Gen. Lee 'fell back to bis
works.'
The above narrative bfcs some his
toric interest from the fact that it dif
fers in one important particular, from
i every account of the battle that has
AUVEIITINING II AT KM,
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qucut insertion, SO cent*. Yeirly advertisement
exceeding one-fourth of a column, t6 per inch
Figure worn double these ratre; additions
charges whero weekly or monthly changes are
made. Local advertisements 10 cents per line
for fii>t insertion, and 5 cents per hue for each
additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub
hr-hed free of cliarge. Obituary notices charged
as advertisements, and payable wlun handed in
Au-iitors' Notices. *4 ; Executors' and Adminie
tratoro' Notices. $3 each; Estray, Caution ane
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
From the fact that the CiTiztx is the oldts'
established and most extensively circulated Re
publican newspaper in Butler county, (a Repub
lic*-, county i it must be apparent to business
men that it is the medium they should use ib
advertising their business.
NO. 31
' come to the notice of the writer. It is
generally stated that the sth Corps
was driveu back to the Boydton road.
The point at which the Rebel advance
was checked was at least half a mile
from the road. The field was held,
and disaster averted by Pennsylvania
soldiers. Truly yours,
R. E. MCBRIDE.
OFFICIAL CENSUS RETURN
OF RUTLER COUNTY.
Census bulletin Xo. 162, gives the
following returns for this county :
The statement of the population in relation
to any township, town, city or county is still
I subject to possible corrections by reason of the
discovery of omissions or duplications of names
in the lists of inhabitants returned.
Names of villages are identified and placed
under the township- in which they are respect
ively situated, and the population of the town
shil) includes, iu every case, that of all villages
within it.
The villages marked with an asterisk (•) are
unincorporated, and their population is given
only approximately, as their limits cannot be
sharply defined.
Places marked with a dagger <t) were not
separately rej>orted by the Enumerator.
Adams township 1,156
Allegheny township 2,287
Brady township, including the village of
West Liberty, 772
•West Liberty village 63
Buffalo township, including village of
S'arversville 1,263
"Sarversville village 37
Butler borough 3,163
Butler township 1,007
Centre township, including the village of
I'uionville 980
•Unionville village 44
Centreville borough 4!8
Cherry township 1,161
Clay township 1,036
Clearfield township 999
Clinton towu>hip 1,048
Concord township, including the follow
ing villages 1,512
*Middletowu village 94
•Modoc village 127
•Troutman village 320
Connoquenessing township, including
the following villages 1,190
•I'etersville village 90
•Whitestown village 90
Coylesville borough 57
Cranberry township 983
Donegal township 2,156
Fairview borough 333
Fairview township ; 3,930
Forward township, including village of
Evansbug 1,133
•Evaushug village 68
Franklih township 1,047
Greece City borough 142
Harmonv borough 497
Jlarrisville borough 386
Jackson township 1,267
Jefferson township, including the town of
Great Belt City 1,214
•Great Belt City town t
KarnsCity borough 701
Lancaster township 1,070
Marion township 1,086
Mercer township, including village of
Forrestville 985
•Forrestville village 233
Middlesex township 1,101
Millerstown borough 1,108
Muddycreek township 790
Oakland township 1,039
Parker township, including the following
towns 2,516
'Eldorado town 53
•Mnrtinsburg t0wn...... 287
Penn township 1,131
Petrol iu borough 1,186
Portersville borough 216
Prospect borough 362
Saxonburg borough 319
Slipperyrock township 1,006
Summit township 1,266
Sunbury borough 243
Venango township 1,322
Washington township, including the fol
lowing villages 1,287
•Milliard village 116
•North Washington village 147
Winfield township 1,092
Worth township, including the village of
Mechanicsburg 1,076
•Mechanicsburg village 52
Zelienople borough 497
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the reply, 'what is it?' 'Oh, there's
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Buying shoes for children's wear
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The baby didn't feel pretty good
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rybody else was cross and glum, and
the baby bad only one way in which
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the baby a little closer and fired back
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"shut up.