SUBNCItIPTIOJV BATES: Per ye*r, in advance 91 50 Otherwise 2 00 No subscription will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Poetmaoterg neglecting to uotify tin when subscribers do not t&ke out their papers will be held liable for tiie subscription. Subscribers removing from one postotfice to another should give us the name of the loriner as well m the present office. All communications intended for publication n this paper must be accouip&uled by the real name of the writer, not for publication but as • gnaiantee of good faith. Marriage and death notices must be accompa nied by a responsible name. Address THE BUTI.BR CITIZEN, BUTLER. PA. BOOTS&SHOES. THE OLD AND RELIABLE 1007 Aljp HOUSE B. C. HBSELTON, Is now Receiving Fresh New Goods in the Latest; Styles the Eastern Markets produces. All his Spring- and Summer Stock OF BOOTS 11 SHOES Are now ready for inspection. These goods are made to his own special order by the largest manufacturers, and cominjr 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 PENKSYLVANIA. B. C. HUSELTON, STREET, BUTLER FENiV'A. Some and only a few of the Bargains Offered: Gents' Fine Buff Cougress 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 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, SI.OO and upwards. " Grain Peg Polish, elegant goods, SI.OO. " " Standard Polish, elegant goods, $1 25, all warranted. " Kid Button Boots, $1.50 and upwards. " Grain and Peb. 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. Old Ladies Shoes Wide, Low Heels a Soecialfcy. In Ladies, Misses and Children, the stock is the largest I have ever offered. telipiDers. Low and Kutton 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.HUSELTOFS. 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 the same. FARMERS TAKE NOTICE !! Look to Your Own Interest, The Celebrated Clydesdale Stallion PLEASANT LADDIE, Will stand for service the ensuing season, com mencing April 11th and eudiug August Utli. 1881, at the following places, viz : BUTLER. At the stable of Walter A Poos, in the bor ough of Butler, on April 11th, 12th. 13th. 14th, 15th. 16th, 25th, 26th. 27th. 28th. 29tli and 30th. Mav 9th, 10th. 11th, 12th, 18th, 14th, 23rd. 24th, 251 h. 2Gth. 27th and 28th. June 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, Uth, 20tli, 21st, 22nd, 23rd. 24th and '.'sth. Juiv 4th, sffc. i'th, 7th. Bth and 9th. LEA«UREVILLE. At the stable of John Law&U, in Leasnreville, Winlield township, on April 18th, 19th. 20th, 21st. 2 - 2 d and 23d. May 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. 6th. 7*h, 16th. 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th. 21st. 30th aud 31st. Jun« let 2J. 3d 4th. 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th. 18th. 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th July Ist and 2d. and so alternately. the six days of each alternate week at the above places. PEDIGREE.—This splendid Stallion was im ported by Lawall A Boo*, and has been pro nounced by the most competent lu.lges to be the best Draught Horse in the State. He is a dark bay. nine years old : without blemieh, aud muscle cannot be excelled. He was got by Clyde who gained many pre miums, including the Sterling premium: when on» and two years old he gained the premium of the Codder Farmers' Show, <t°. He is nearly connected with the great Sir Walter Scott, who is well known and who obtained the Glasgow premium of £6O. two years in succession ; h« also won the first prize at the Royal Show held at Bittersea. London. His Dam was a pure Clydesdale Mare who won many first prizes at Kiikintullock SUow. He is known to De the best foal getter in this part of the State TERMS: Fifteen Dollars for insurance, to be paid whan the mare is known to be with foal. Irregular attendance, or persona parting with a mate before she is known to lie with foal for feits the insurance, ('are will be taken but no accountability far accidents. BOOS, LAWALL k CO.. mar 30:3 m owners. MARSHAL'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of Alias Venditioni Expo nas iVgued out of the Circuit Court of the Uui tei} States for the Western District of Pennsyl vania. and to me directed. I will expose at pub lic sale, at tne U. K Marshal's Office, in tlie oity of Pittsburgh, on WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th, 1881, at ten o'clock, a m , alt the right, title, interest and claim of the defendants, tne Bu'lcr Gas Companv, of, in and to all that certain piece of laud, rituate in the borough of Butler, Pennsyl vania. bounded and described as follows : On the north by the West P«nn a Railroad: east by lot of C. Otto: south by Conno<|ueuessing creek.' and west bv lot of Charles Duffy; containing one acre of land, more or less, having erected there on a brick gas house, meter, boiler, purifiers, scrubbers, a gas tank of ten thousand feet ca pacity. together with all cqtins, pipes, CQiinec •iqiis. meters *i|d the property fixtures, rights, franchises, olaims. an 4 demands of said Q»s Cenpanv, or belonging or attaohed thereto. Bei#«d and taken in execution as the property of the Butler Oas Company, at the suit of John N Pnrviauce. Receiver of the First National Bank of Butler, Pa. JOHN HALL, w U - 8 - Marshal. Marshal's Office, June 13, 1881-3t A f T R NT Tft i ). VE YOU in every xa " TI J . i I *> i ! County, to sell our NKW AU TOMATIC CARPET SWKKPKK. YOU can make from 53.00 to 55.W) per day the year round. C,«o<l profits and rapid sales. Capital not neeessarv if you cau furutsh good references. Address at once I'AOK CAHPKT SWKEW.R CO. Toledo, O. VOL. XVIII. Xolioe lo Contrnclorii. T|je Board of School Directors of Penn twp., will receive sealed proposals up to one o'clock p. m., of the 25th day of June, 1881, for the erection of two new school houses, one No. 2, Bulford and the other No. 4, Maliarg. The di rectors reserve the ri„'ht to reject any or all bids, said bids to be opened on the 25th day of June, at 1 p. m., at Mahood school house, and contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Plans aud specifications can be seen at the house of J. B. Dodds, near Brownsdule. All letters should be addresed to J. B. Dodds, Brownsdale, Butler 0., Pa. There will also be sold at same time and place, the two old brick school houses (seats and stone work ex cepted). For further information address J. B. Dodds. By order of the Board. J. W. KALTENBACH. Sec'y. WHITE OAK SPRINGS NORMAL SCHOOL. The White Oak Springs Normal School will open August ft, and continue six weeks. The design of the Normal is to prepare teachers for thorough work in the school room. Tuition, $4.00. For particulars address the principal It. C. DODDS, A. li. jels:4w Mt. Chestnut, Butler Co., Pa. Summer Normal Term. The Summer Normal Term of the Wither spoon Institute, Butler, Pa., conducted by Pro fessors P. S. Banc 'oft and J. C. Tinstman, will open on Monday, June 20, 1881, continuing six weeks and closing July 30. Tuition $4.50. A thorough course of instruction will be given in all branches taught in the public schools. NOTICE TO FARMERS. Large number of Farms for sale or exchange at low prices and on easy payments, Be'era 1 small farms Irom 35 to 50 acres wauled. Also, loans furnished to tanners having improved farms ou long time ar.d :it low rates. Address W.J. K IS K A DDEN, Frceport, Pa., Or call in Office days : Every Monday 'at Frceport. Every Tuesday at No. 60, Fourth Aveuue, Pittsburgh. Notice. Notice is hereby given that an application for n charter will be made to Hon. James Bredin, Law Judge, of the Courts of Butler county, at Chambers on the 24th day of June, 1881, incorporating the New Hope Presbyterian Church, in New Hope said county. The char acter for sqid proposed corporation is religious and the objeot thereof the promotion of religion in the world. T. J. SHANNON, ) J. D. STEPHENSON, \ Trustees. R. A. HARTLEY. J June 8, 'Bl,St. Ailmiiiislrutor'tt Xolk'e. Lettem of *dministration having b"en granted to the undersigned on the estate of Win Trimble deceased, late of Middlesex towship. Butler county. I'*.. all persons knowing themselves ill deb'ed to said estate will please make immedi ate payment, and any having claims against said eetato will present tb«m -inly authenticated for paj merit. ROBERT TRIMBLE, I june 1 -fit Adm'r, Saxonburg, P. 0., Pa. Union Woolen Mill. BUTLER, PA H- FCVXEItTO.V. Prop'r. Manufacturer of BLANKETS, FLANNELS, YAKNS. Ac. Also custom work done to order, such as carding Roll*, making Blankets, Flannels. Knit ting and Weaving Yarns, Ac., at very low prices Wool worked on the shares, if de "Ired <n v7-l v \A/ A Kl "I™ C H German girl for ww/ * I 1 L_ (general housework. Inquire of Henry. G. Hnie, corner of Penn aqd Sixth rti'eeti, Pittiihtjrsfh. 3tmy3o FOB RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of ike Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals ST. JACOBS On. as t snrc, siniplr and cheap External Remedy. V trial entaili but the comparatively triflinjf outlay >i 50 Cents, :.nd every one suffering with pain an have cheap and positive proof of its claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. SOLD BT ALL DBU<JGIST3 AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A, VOG£L£R 8c CO., Baltimore, Md., U. 8. A* WHS. LfUIA E. PINKHAM. OF LYNN, MASS. - DISCOVERER 07 LYDIA E. PINKHAM'B VEGETABLE COMPOUND. ThePosltiveCure For all Female Complaints. This preparation, oa its name tirnJHc*, consists of Tcj*U&to Propc.-tles aro Lurmlc.j to tho most tie t icato invalid. Upon ono trial tho merits of this Cora pound will bo recognised, a.; relief is i;nracdiate ; and vh«n its UJC is continued, In ninety-nine casej i:i n. hun. c! red, a permanent cure is elTccted,as thousands will toe tif j. On account of itj proven merits, it i 3 to-<!ay re commended and prescribed Ly tho Lc>t physicians in the country. It will cure entire!/ vorst form of falling of the uterus, Lcucon he. a, and jainTuJ Menstruation,allOvariaiiTruubic*, Inflammr.tiou and Ulceration, Flooding*, all Displacements and the con sequent spinal T.-eaknosj, t:ul is especially adapted to the Cbangre of Life. ItwiUdbcolve and erpel tumors frolh the uterus In an car! j s*?.£o of development. The tendency to cancerous humors there Lj cLecked rery speedily by Its use. In fact it has proved to be the rreat est and best remedy that has ever been discover ed. It permeates every portion of the system, onJ £ives new life and rig or. 11 removes fain inccr,flatulency, de stroys ail craving for stimulants, an 1 relieves weakness of the sioraa-'h It C.\TM Bloating:, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Incli pestlcn. That feeling of bearing clown, causing pain, and backache, is always permanently cured by its use. It will at all times, and unilcrr U circumbtan ocs, act in harmony with the law that £_yvems the female system. For Hidney Complaints of either sex this compound is unsurpassed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is prepared at 233 and 2X Western Avenue, Lynn, Mast. Price SI.OO. Six bottles for ST».OO. Sent by laail iu the form of pills, aldo in the form of Lozenges, on receipt of price, SI.OO, per box, for either. Mrs. nXKILAM froely anvrrers all Utters of inquiry. Send for pam ph'.ct. Address as ahove Jlention this paper. To faml y should be without LYDIA E. PIXKHA3T LTVUn Plllo. They cure Constipation, Biliousness, | and Torpidity of the Liver. 23 e ntailer bo* GEO. k. KELLY & CO.. General Agents. Pittsburgh Pa. Sold by D. H. Wuller, - Butler Pa. If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have fre quent headaches, mouth tastes badly, poor ap|>e tite and tongue coated, you are suffering from tor pid liver, or "Dllliousiiess," and nothing will cure you so sp«edilv and permanently as to take Sim mons I.iver Rkci'i.atok <>u Medicine. The Cheapest. Purest and lies! Katntlv Medi- cine in the World ! * »lli r.KfA An Effectual Si-k- V ||*h Km cikio lor all diseases of I.iver. Stomach and Regulate the Liver ™ and prevent CHII.I.S AM) FEVEK, MALARIOUS KbV- J,"„,,, NESS, JAUNDICE and A NAUSEA. BRJSdTBT Nothing is so nothing so common as bad breath, ard in nearly every ease It comes from the stomach, and can be so easily corrected if you will take Simmons' Liver Regulator. Do not neglect so sure a rc niedy for this repulsive disor der. It will also improve your Appetite, Comple xion and General Health. FILES! How many suffer torture day after day, making lite a burden and robbing existence of all p'etsure owing to the secret suffering from Piles. Yet re liet is ready to the hand of almost any one who will use systematically the remedy that has per manently cured thousands. Simmons' I.ivek Rkculatok. is no drastic violent purge ; bat a gentle assistance to nature. CO*YS TlPcf Tl QW ! SHOULD not be regarded as a trifling ailment—in fact nature demands the ut most regularity of the bowels, and any deviation from this demand paves the way often to serious danger. It is quite as necessary to remove impure accumu lations froiii the bowel.-? as jt is to eat or sleep, and 110 lieaith can be expected where a costive habit of body prevails. &/CK HKd'OdCHK This distressing afllidion occurs most frp<|iiont lv. The disturbance of the stomach, arising from the imperfectly digested contents, causes a severe pain in the head, accompanied with disagreeable nausea, and this constitutes what is popularly known as Sick Headache. 31ANTJFACTORED ONLY BY J. 11. ZKIi.IX CO., PHILADELPHIA. PA. 22jely] SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. YOUNG CLYDESDALE, Prince of Scotland, Can be seen at the stable ol the subscriber, near Lens'irevlle. Wlnlield township, Butler Co., Pa, the first three days ot each week,and Thursdays and Fridays at the stable ot Joseph Flick in Coylesville. PRINCE OF SCOTLAND is a beauiitul dapple bay. rising six jea's old, with immense t>one and muscle, superior iction, aud a perfect foot, wherein most heavy horses lack, and for disposition is unexcelled ; stands IBJi hands high, weiirhs over 1,8<»0 pounds, and was bred Iron, one of the finest draught horses in Scotland. Further trace of pedigree Is un necessary, as his appearance will recommend hitn to competent bid-res. RUPERT iOrtprSra Owner. BUTLER. PA.. WEDNESDAY, JI'LY 13.1881 NKW LAWS. Work- of the Session. Below will be found the acts of gen eral interest passed by the Legislature and which have been signed by the Governor: An act to authorize councils of cities containing less than 10,000 of popula tion to limit the number of street com missioners and tax collectors. An act granting power to cities, (ex cept of the first and second classes), boroughs and school districts, which have issued bonds or other interest bearing evidence of indebtedness, to re deem the same and issue new bonds therefor. An act making it a misdemeanor for an}' minor to knowingly and falsely represent himself to l>e of full age for the purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquors A supplement to an act relating to executions, providing for the return of writs of fieri facia* issued within ten days of the next succeeding term of court, and fixing the number of jurors on inquest upon real estate levied upon by virtue of such writs. An act extending the provisions of an act providing additional remedies against trustees of a trust created for life or during marriage to the Orphan's Courts of the respective counties of the State. An act granting power to school dis tricts which have issued bonds, etc., to redeem the same and issue new bonds at the same or lower rates of interest. An act to provide proper means of conveyance of persons injured in or about mines to their homes. An act amending a supplement to an act allowing parties in interest to be witnesses. A supplement to an act relating to actions of ejectment. An act to prevent the statute of Hm itation running during the time of the pendency in courts of writs of certio rari to justices of the peace. An act to extend the time for the completion of railroads in this State. A further supplement to an act to authorize the formation and regulation of railroad corporations, authorizing railroad companies incorporated under said act, not extending fifteen miles in length, to extend their lines. An act to enable mining, manufac turing and tradine companies to wind up their affairs after the expiration of their charters. An act authorizing and requiring county treasurers in counties where by existing laws they collect State and county taxes, to collect delinquent taxes in certain cases. An act granting courts of common pleas the power to issue writs of man damus on State and county officers. An act to authorize the several Boards of School Directors in Com monwealth, except in cities of the first, second and third class, to refund any indebtedness of their respective school districts at a lower rate of interest, and declaring bonds or certificates hereto fore issued for such purposes valid. An act relative to the acknowledge ment of deeds and other instruments of writing taken before any alderman, ratifying and confirming the same. An act to regulate the advertising of sales by County Commissioners of lands bought by them for non-payment of taxes. A supplement to an act for the bet ter protection of sheep airainst the ravages of dogs in the several counties of this Commonwealth. An act providing a rate of taxation for the bonds of an}' county issued for the payment of losses occasioned by riot. An act to prevent the keeping, main taining or permitting the game or amusement of pool played with balls or any other game of chance for drinks of vinous and other liquors, and defin ing the punishment therefor. An act to prevent the use of poison ous or deleterious drugs or chemicals, or impure or injurious materials, or those prejudicial to the public health, in the brewing or manufacture of ale, beer or other malt liquors or in the fermentation, distillation or manufac ture of any vinous or spiritous liquors and to provide for the punishmeut of any person using the same. An act making taxes assessed upon real estate a first lien, and to provide for the collection of such taxes and a remedy for false returns. An act to amend an act to provide the-means for securing the health and safety of persons employed in bitumin our coal mines. An act requiring th>» school directors of the several school districts of this Commonwealth to allow the school teachers time and wages while attend ing the County Institute, and prescrib ing certain duties of the county and city superintendents respecting the same. An act to regulale priority of lien as between advance money mortgage and mechanics liens. An act amending the provisions of an act entitled 'An act for the organi zation, disipline and regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania," approved May 4, 1804, and the supplements thereto. An act authorizing county commis sioners lo rebuild bridges destroyed by ice. An act to authorize the Courts of Quarter Sessions to amend and set aside decrees annexing the land or parts thereof of persons resident in one township or borough to another for school purposes. An act to provide for the registra tion of all practitioners of mediciueand surgery. An act to authorize the Courts of Common Pleas of this Commonwealth on sale of real estate bv surety for the Sheriff or Coroner, on application by petition, to release the lien of recogniz ance on said real estate. An act to better provide for the auditing of the accounts of poor dis tricts composed of one or more town ships and boroughs of this Common wealth. A supplement, to an act in regard to boundary monuments on the line be tweeij the State of Pennsylvania and tlit States of Ohio and Weßt Virginia, appropriating money for the further carrying out of the provisions of said act. An act to provide a remedy for the j recovery of property by bailees when ihe possession has been parted with by mistake. An act relating to appeals and writs of certiorari and error. A further supplement to the school laws of this commonwealth and to abolish all distinction of race or color in the public schools thereof. THE NEW MILITARY BILL. The new military bill was passed finally just before the Legislature ad journed and has been signed by the Governor. The following f-ethe most important provisions of the act. Section 1 enacts that transportation shall be furnished officers by orders of division or brigade commanders at t°nding upon courts-martial, boards of examination or other necessary ser vice required by law. Section 2. That there shall be held every year an encampment not to exceed eight days duration, during which an inspection shall be held as now provided by law. Transportation and subsistence to be furnished the troops and also a per diem allowance made them for service not exceeding five days at rates as provided for by act of June 12th. 1878. The troops shall be inspected during the months of April or May by a brigade staff offi cer, the State to pay his necessary ex penses. Section 4 and 5 provides that there shall be enlisted and attached to each brigade a military band of not less than twe ity nor more than thirty mu sicians, who shall be entitled to the pay, clothing and allowance prescribed by law for musicians, and in addition thereto said band shall be entitled to receive from the State an annual ap propriation and an amount for armory rent equal to one-half the amouut giv en to a company of infantry. The leader shall be entitled to the rank, pay and allowance of a Sergeant Major. The band shall be subject to the orders of the brigade commander and shall furnish music for the troops at regular parades required by law and upon such other military oceasiens as the brigade commander shall direct. That in lieu of all allowances now made each divis ion, brigade, regimental or battalion headquarters shall be allowed one hun dred dollars annually for rent of quar ters and necessary expenses. Section G exacts that the Ad'utant General shall provide for and issue to the Guard for rifle and artillery prac tice such ammunition as may be nec essary for the efficiency of the service and provided such conveniences for rifle practice as shall be prescribed bv the Cammander-in-Chief. Section 7. That soldiers failing to appear for duty shall be subject to trial by court-martial, and upon con viction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $25, and upon failure to pay within twenty days may be im prisoned for a term not exceeding thirty da vs. Section 9. That when the fines or dues imposed by the company by-laws shall amount in the aggregate to five dollars the person delinquent may be prosecuted before a regiment or bat talion court-martial and upon his con viction or failure to present a satisfac tory excuse he shall be sentenced to pay the' same or on his failure so to do within twenty daVs after such sen tence to undergo an imprisonment not exceeding five days. Section 11. If any person shall pur chase or receive in pawn or pledjre any arm, accoutrement, article of military clothing, or equipment tent, or fly, or any quartermaster or ordinance stores, the property of the State of Pennsyl vania, be shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and being convicted thereof shall be sentenced to an imprisonment not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding S3OO. Section 13. That military duty re quires the attendance of commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, mu sicians and privates on all occasions of drills, parades, encampments and ac tive service to which he shall be or dered, as provided for by the company by-laws, unless excused therefrom bv the officers having authority to grant such excuses. Section 14 Fines and penalties col lected shall be paid into the State Treasury. Section 23 repeals the act authoriz ing the appointment of Regimental Paymasters and Commissaries, and directs the honorable discharge of those now in commission. No decision has been made as to when or where the encampment will be. It is probable, however, that the Ist, 2d and 3d Brigades will be en camped together, and the 4th and sth the same as last summer. [Fall River, (Mass.) Daily Herald.] Cariiard Mini niacin ring Com pany Mr. Isaac L. Hart, Superintendent, No. 3 Ashton street, says: I have used that superior remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, in a severe case of rheumatism in my arm, and its effect was wonderful, hav ing banished, after a thorough trial, all pain, leaving my arm as well as ever. Several persons were making pur chases in a grocery yesterday when an old man with a cane in one hand and a bundle in the other stood in the door and asked : 'Did any of you drive up here in a wagon ?' 'Yes, I did,' replied one. 'Was it an old white horse? 'Yes' ! And an old woman in the wagon ?' 'Yes.' # 'And she can manage the horse ?' 'I guess she can.' 'Then it's all right,' said the man of the cane and bundle. 'The old horse has run away and the old woman is hanging to the dashboard and yelling murder! with all her might, but if she can manage him there's no use of any one getting excited over it. Let me i r quire what the price of cranberries is^to-d^y." Had very sore eyes, almost blind. Peruna cured rue. A, Beuder, S. S- Pittsburgh, Pa. PARTY PRIMARIES REGU LATED BYLAW. One of the most important laws passed by the late Legislature, is the act to prevent bribery and fraud at nominating elections, approved by Gov. Hoyt on the Blh instant. It was ridiculed and obstructed in every pos sible way without public demonstra tion, but it was finally passed just at the heels of the session, when the roos. ters had too many other bills to watch and defeat in which they hid contin gent pay. The full text of the law will be of interest to our readers. The following is the law in full: An act to prevt nt bribery and fraud at nominating elections, nominating conventions, returning boards, county or executive committees and at elec tion ol delegates to nominating con ventions in the several counties in this Commonwealth. SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That hereafter if a candidate for any office within this Commonwealth shall di rectly or indirectly give, offer or prom ise to give, or procure any other per son, to give, offer or promise to give any elector any gift or reward, in mon ey, goods or other valuable thing, or any security for the payment of the de livery of money, goods or other valua ble thing, or any offi-e, emolument or employment on condition expressed or implied that such eleco* shall cast, give, retain or withhold Ins vote or use his influence at a nominating election or delegate election, or cast, give or substitute another to cast or give his vote or use his influence at a nominat ing convention for or against the nom ination of any particular candidate for nomination so as to procure such per son to be voted for at any election to take place, the person so hiring, pro curing, influencing, abetting, endeavor ing or offering either directly or indi rectly through others, their aiders or abettors to procure the person to be voted for by such electors, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on con viction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars and be imprisoned for a period not ex ceeding three months. SEC. 2. If any elector authorized to vote at any public election afterwards to take place within this Common wealth for any office shall, directly or indirectly, accept or receive from any person desiring to be nominated ascan didate for' office, or from the friends of any such person, any gifts or rewards in money, goods or otherwise valuable thing, or any office or employment un der an agreement or promise.expresscd or implied, that such elector shall give or withhold his vote for the nomina tion of such a person as a candidate for office at such elections, or shall accept or receive the promise of any person that he shall thereafter receive any gift or reward in money, goods, position or other valuable thiug if he will vote for the nomination of such a person as a candidate for office, and shall thereaf ter vote for the nomination of such person, he shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and, on conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding three hundred dol lars and be imprisoned for a term of time not exceeding three months. SEC. 3. If any elector shall directly or indirectly offer to give his vote or influence at any nominating election, delegate election or nominating con vention to any person desiring to be nominated as a candidate for office, or, to the friends of any such person, in ' consideration that for such vote or in fluence he is to receive any gift or re ward in money, goods or other valua ble thing, or any office or employment, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, aud on conviction shall pay a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars and undergo a period of imprisonment not exceeding three montln. SEC. 4. If any person not qualified to vote at a geueral election shall vote at a nominating election held by any political party, or if any person Shall procure, advise or indorse such disqual ified person to so vote, or if any person shall vote at more than one election district or otherwise vote more than once on the same day for the nomina tion of a candidate, or shall fraudulent ly vote m >re than one ticket for the same candidate at tbe same time, or if any person shall advise or procure an other to do so, he or they shall be guil ty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars and imprisoned for a term of time not exceeding three months. SEC. 5. In all cases where a person is elected or chosen, or shall act as a delegate to the convention to make nominations for offices, and shall re ceive, accept or solicit any bribe in money, goods or thing of value, or any office or position, as an inducement to make or joiu in any nomination for any person to be voted for as an officer or candidate for office, or shall, in like manner and for like reason, agree to abstain from voting for any particular person, shall be guilty of a misdemean or, and, on conviction, shall be sen tenced to pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding three months. SEC. 6. Any person elected, chosen or acting as a member of thecouuty or executive committee of aiy party, or as a judge of a return board to count up and cast the votes polled at a primary election, held to make nominations for office, or auy person appointed a clerk of such return board, who shall direct ly or indirectly accept, receive or solicit money, office, appointment, employ ment, testimonial, reward or any other thing of value, or the promise of all or either of them to influence his vote or action in the discharge, performance or non performance of any act, duty or obligation pertaining to such office, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one hun dred dollars and to be imprisoned for a time uot exceeding three months. Any person or persons who shall di rectly or indirectly by offer or promise of money, office, appointment, employ ment, testimonial, reward or other thing of value, or who shall by threats or intimidations endeavor to influence a member of a county or executive committee of any party, a judge or 1 clerk —any returning board in tbe dis charge, performance or non-perform i ance of any act, duty or obligation per taining to such office shall be jruiltv of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred dollars and to undergo an imprisonment not exceeding six months. Approved the Bth day of June,lßßl. HENRY M. HOYT. THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD. Damascus-is the oldest city in the world. Tyre and Sidou have crumbled on thd shore; Baalbec is a ruin ; Pai mpra is buried iu a desert ; Nineveh and Babylon have from the Tigris and tbe Euphrates. Da mascus remains what it was before tbe days of Abraham—a centre of trade and travel—an isle of verdure in tbe desert; 'a presidential capital' with martial and sacred associations extend ing through thirty centuries. It was near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw litfht above the brightness of the sun; the street which is called Sfait, in which it was said 'he prayed,' still runs through the'city. The cara van comes and as it did a thousand years ago; there is still the sheik, the ass and the water wheel; the merchants of the Euphrates and the Mediterranean still occupy the streets 'with the multi tudes of their wares.' The city which Mahomet surveyed from the neighbor ing height, and was afraid to enter, 'be cause it was given to man to have but one paradise, and for his part he was resolved not to have it in this world,' is to-da* what Julian called the 'Eye of the East,' as it was, in the time of Isaiah, 'the head of Syria.' From Damascus came the damson, our blue plums, and the delicious, ap ricot of Portugal, dalled damasco ; dam ask, our beautiful fabric of cotton and silk, with vines and flowers rising upon a smooth bright ground ; the dam ask rose introduced into England in the time of Henry VIII; the Damascus blade, so famous the world over, for its keen edge and wonderful elasticity, the secret of whose manufacture was lost when Tamerlane carried the artist into Persia ; and that beautiful art of inlay ing wood and steel with go'd and sil ver, a kind of mosaic engraving and sculpture united, called damaskeening, with which boxes, bureaus, and 3words are ornamented. It still is a city of flowers and bright water ; the stream of Lebanon and the 'silk of gold' still murmur and sparkle in the wilderness of the Syrian gardens. A YANK¥E GIRL JIL TS A PRINCE. It was announced in the leading journals of Paris a few months ago that the only daughter and heiress of a Lowell, Mass., millionaire was soon to marry one of the Bourbons, a cousin of Don Carlos, of Spain. But the mar riage never occurred, because the Yan kee girl wouldn't invest. The Prince called every day last winter at the hotel where the young woman resided. In the words of the Paris correspond ent of the San Frausisco Chronicle : 'Fancy the noble scion of the very illustrious and thrice puissant House of Bourbon going on his knees to $2,- 000,000 worth of sarsaparilla! But I may have overdrawn the picture. It is not certain that the noble Prince ac tually went upon his marrow bones in propria pergonae. He did that by proxy. Though he paid court assidu ously and daily in person, the Prince sent a formal demand, or, to speak ex actly, several demands by his cham berlain. For, though a prince may have no cash, as long as he can borrow money he keeps up a petty court, and of course must have his chamberlain. Oa oue occasion, when this deputy came to ask the hand of Miss in marriage, or rather to inform that young lady that his Highness the Prince A de Bourbon proposed to confer upon her, a plain, untitled American, the honor of his name and high-sounding title, Miss quite peremptorily refused the honor, where upon the chamberlain exclaimed : 'Do not SAV you refuse him ! His High ness the Prince is not a personage who can be refused! Oh, no! 'Tis im possible. Put it in some other form, I beg of you. Say you are unable to ac cept of the honor offered you. Any thing but a refusal! The prince is not an ordinary man, to be rejected in this manner!' Notwithstanding the fervid eloquence of the chamberlain, the ,no' of the Yankee girl was positive. 'Tell your master,' she said to the deputy, 'that I don't tvant titles half as badly as he wants cash.' CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER. Dr. J. W. Mallet, University pf Vir ginia. has undertaken for the National Board of Health, a special study of the methods of examining drinking water for organic impurities; and the board urgeutly request that physicians and sanitarians shall promptlv report to Dr. Mallet any well marked cases of disease which may seem on medical grounds to be fairly attributable to or ganic impurities in the drinking water used by the patient. It is further de sired that samples of each such water shall be forwarded' to Dr. Mallet for examination, but not uutil after the reasons for suspecting the water have been submitted to Dr. Mallet, and no tice has been received from him that the analyses are ready to proceed with its examination, Such notice of read iness will be accompanied by clear in structions as to the quantity of water required, and the mode of collecting, packing, and shipping it. The cost of packages and transportation will bf borne by the Board of Health. Dr. Mallet's post office is University of Virginia P. 0., Albemarle County, Va. It is to be hoped that physicians will not neglect to aid this important in quiry, especially as it furnishes so favorable an opportunity to have test ed gratis any wator the wholesomenes* of which they may have cause to doubt. Quit buying humbug medicines. If you are not well, taku Perud%. If cos tire. Maaalifl. AOVEBTISIHO BATES, One aqttare, one insertion, »1; each suba* quont Insertion, 60 cent*. Yeirly-advertisement exceeding one-fourth of • column, *o per inch Figure wort doable these rates; addition* charges where weekly or monthly changee irt made. Local advertisements 10 cents per line for Bp.t insertion, and 5 cent* per line for each additional insertion. Matriages and deaths pub livhed free of charge. Obituirv notirw charged as advertisements, and payable" when handed in Auditor*' Notices, *4 ; Ex ecu torn' and Adminia tnton Notices. #3 each; Estray, Caution an« Dissolution Notices, uot exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact that the Cmz: * is tbe oldes< established and most extensively circulated Re publican newspaper in Butler co'nnty. (a Repub lican county; it must be apparent to businesi inen that it is the medium they should use in advertising their business. no. m ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SON. Miss Clara Barton, in the Provi dence Press, relates an interview she recently bad with Secretary Lincoln. 'I wished to see hitn because he was Abraham Lincoln's son,' she said, sl>wly and softly, 'and I went to his office desk, handing him my card as I approached him. 'I have no favor to a.-k of you, Mr Secretary/ I said, when he had ri.-« l and conversation bad opened, 'except you will take from me a burden 1 have carried about with me for many years. I knew President Lincoln well He was good and kind and helpful to me in whatever I tried to do for our soldiers. lie recognized and cared for the little thiugs I had succeeded in doing; aud when there came one great undertaking (referring to her making a record of the missing), so great as to appall r. women v» ith its seeming impossibility yet which the entreaties of many survivors forced me to attempt, when other officials said, 'lt cannot be done,' he, the head and heart of it all, said, I will help you.' And he smootLed my way, aud made it all possible and plain. When the task was ended, and I came back to Washington feeling the obligation I owed to him, he was not here to re ceive my grateful thanks. He had gone beyond all tnaf. It was a sad little burden to carry around with me unut tered aud unshared, but I have carried it. At home and beyoud the sea, wherever I have been, it has gone with me; and I have come to-day to ask you, as his representative, to ac cept that burden of thanks for him.' I felt my tears flowing before I had fin ished, and was ashamed that I had failed to control them, but when I glanced up at the Secretary I saw he he was weeping too. He reached out his hand, and said: 'I do accept jour tribute of thanks—for my father ;' and then I came away." 10 WASIVA LLED LA KE, Burlington, lowa, Hawkeye. The greatest wonder in the State of lowa, and perhaps in any State, in what is called the Walled Lake, iu Wright county, twelve miles north of the Du buque and Pacific railway, and one hundred and fifty miles west cf Du buque. The lake is two or three feet higher than the earth's surface. In some places the wall is ten feet high, fifteen feet wide at the bottom, and five feet wide at the top. Another fact is the size of the ston« used in the con struction, tbe whole of them varviug in weight from three tons down to one hundred pounds. There is an abund ance of stones in Wright cou jty, but surrounding the lake to the extent of five or ten miles there are none. No one can form an idea of the means em ployed to bring them to the spot or who constructed it. Around the entire lake is a belt of woodland half a mile in length, composed of oak. With this exception, the country is a rolling prairie. The trees must have been planted there at tbe time of tbe build ing of the wall. In the Spring of the year 1856 there was a jrreat storm, and tbe ice on the lake broke the wall in several places, and the farmers in the vicinity were obliged to repair the damages to prevent inundation. Tbe lake occupies a ground surface of 2,800 acres, depth of water as great as twenty five feet Tbe water is clear and cold, soil sandy and loamy. It is singular that no one has been able to ascertain where the water comes from nor where in goes, yet it is always clear and fresh. AN OLD, YET GOOD STORY. When Dary Crockett was iu Wash ihgton he was one day fitting in a hotel toasting bis shins when a Senator from Massachusetts entered. Approaching the old frontiersman the latter said: 'Crockett, a large procession of your constituents are marching up the street. You ought to go out aud greet them.' Crockett hurriedly arose and went out upon the hotel steps, when a large drove of mules caught bis eye. He quietly watched them until the last one had passed and then returned to his seat by the stove. The Massachusetts Senator was still there, and as the re doubtable Davy dropped into his chair, asked: 'Well, did you see your friends?' 'Oh, yes.' was the response. 'They are looking remarkably well, too.' 'Did you ascertain their destination?' 'Certainly, sir.' 'And where arc they going in such a solid body V Crockett turned to the Seuator with quiet, calm expression, and replied : 'The blamed fools are all going down to Massachusetts to teach school.' And then they gazed a moment in to each other's faces and sadly walked up to exercise the barkeeper awhile. ROBERTSON'S UNPARDONA BLE SIN. It General Grant had not said so many things recently that were unbe coming, the statement that he said 'Robertson was a traitor to me at Chi cago' would be incredible. General Grant ought to know but 10 per cent of his force at Chicago had Republican constituencies behind them; that the strong Republican districts were al most without exception against him; that Robertson was elected a delegate as a Blaine man, and refused to obey instructions that the State Convention had no authority to give. It would be a consistent thing now for General Grant to join Vice-President Arthur at Albany, and labor with the mem bers of the Assembly in behalf of the deserters. Cincinnati Commercial. Substitute tor Calomel and Quinine. Simmons Liver regulator, purely vegetable, is equal in power to blue mass or calomel, but without any of their injurious properties. 'I have nsed Simmons Liver Regulator, and find it a most excellent medicine, act ing liko a charm on the liver. It is a most excellent substitute for calomel. Have tried it ia several cases of bilious disorders, chills and fever, and find it effects a cure in a most satisfactory MANNER. Da. J. H. BROWN, Clinton GFa."
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