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ju29:4w] JOHN BERG SOX.
Local auil General.
—Pittsburgh is having another
f?mall-pox scare.
—The Nation has never known so
sad a birthday as the one just passed.
—Guiteau was sane enough to
swindle anyone who would trust him.
Secretary Blaine i 9 having un
usual experience in the line of dispatch
es.
The comet has now two distinct
nuclei. It seems to be putting on
style.
—Don't let the United States be
come Mexico. Give us more peace in
politics.
ln politics men are responsible for
the logical results of the ideas they
propagate.
—At noon last Saturday several
thermometers in this town registered
100 in the shade.
—The last letter written by Presi
dent Garfield before the attack was to
General Hancock.
—A jury of boarding-house keepers,
whom he has swindled, would make
short work of Guiteau.
—Eleven persona died from heat
and sunstroke in and about Pittsburgh
and Allegheny last Sunday.
—The picnic of the Presbyterian
Sunday School of this place, on the
4th, passed off very pleasantly.
—Communion services will be had
in the Reform Church of this place on
next Sabbath, July 17. T. F. Stauffer,
pastor.
—All the evidence goes to show that
the fellow who attacked the President
is a vagabond, without one redeemirig
quality.
—The Butler camp meeting will
commence Thursday August the 25th,
and close Monday evening September
the sth.
—Since the fighting was going on at
Gettysburg there has not been such an
anxious Fourth of July in the Uuited
States.
—Fresh troubles have broken out in
South America. This time the armies
of Buenos A* res are marching against
Uruguay.
—More mowing and reaping ma
chines have been sold in this town this
year, than have ever been sold here be
fore during one season.
—America has known no time filled
with more sadness than that following
the report of the attempted assassina
tion of President Garfield.
—The Butler Water Co., for use of
James McCo'.lougb Jr., Lessee, has
brought suit against the borough of
Butler, claiming $2588.28.
—An oil well at Pleasant Unity,
Westmoreland Co., is said to be flow
ing thirty barrels of lubricating oil per
day. This oil sells at about five dol
lars per barrel.
—A recent game of base ball was
opened with prayer so acceptably that
the officiating clergyman was promptly
elected not only chaplain of the club,
but also umpire.
—The store house of Mrs Dean, of
ibis place, was entered on Friday night
last by a person supposed to be intend
ing some theft, but who was frighten
ed off before he succeeded.
—We understand that the agents of
the Phillips Bros, arc leasing a belt of
territory extending from Herman sta
tion on the Branch R. R., across to the
Bald Ridge territory, and that the
Bros, intend testing it.
—lf Vice President Arthur is wise
he will remain away from Albany.
His sincerity and sympathy at the
present time will go far toward condon
ing many past offenses. Th ! s is his
golden opportunity, and none equal
t? '£•
—There is no shadow of excuse for
political assassination in this country.
If a tyrant should become President
he can be impeached, or at the worst
endured to the close of his term. Let
this fact be impressed upon the minds
of the rising generation.
—"The Lord help me; I think the
Lord will carry him through." A pray
er for help—a declaration of faith,
these were the first words uttered by
tjie mother of the President, when the
j}P\ys of thp fptil attempt upon the life
of her son was broken to her.
—Nasby, who was at the late Eng
lish Derby, states that there were three
hundred thousand people at and about
the race course, and that going home
to London that evening two hundred
thousand of them wore drunk, or more
or less under the influence of strong
drink.
—"The actual and sole cause of the
disaster was the very bad construction
of the bridge." So reports the com
missioner authorized by the Mexican
Government to examine and report the
cause of the recent railway disaster,
tiy'whifib }VTO ftwpd'rp'd P?eß \verp lost.
The Mexican manner of stating (acts
might with advantage be copied in
countries further north.
—The 4tb of July, this year, was a
very sorry day for several people of
this town. It was a sorry day for
Esquire John Black's family, in whose
house their son and brother George A.
Black, Esq., one of our best citizens
lie dead, it was a sorry day for the wid
ow Roessing's family, whose beloved
and broth# Cftnjad Rowing djed
that day at 4 o'clock P, Mi
—The finding among Gulteau's pa
pers of many clippings from so-called
"Stalwart" papers would seem to indi
cate that the men who have lately
been opposing thr Administration so
villianously are indirectly responsible
for the attempted assassination of the
President. There has been nothing
c.oro disgusting In our national poli
os' fdfc a 'ong tiftie tfoaß ' the articles
entitled "The Wriggler," "Mulligan
Guard," "Chum Cabinet." etc , ridicul
ing the President and bis cabinet, that
appeared in Conkling's New York or
gan, and which are supposed to have
been written or dictated by hi to.
—The authorities at Washington are
to lie commended f«»r one thinir. 'I be
insect bv wuose hand the President
fell has not been allowed to drivel him
self. his ideas and his theories, before
the pulilic in the public prints. He is
described as having been willing to do
anything for notoriety. The one
thing now to do is to keep him away
from the sight and hearing of men.
—'Of what awaits me I cannot now
speak, but I shall carry to the dis
charge of the duties that lie before ine
and to the problems and dangers I
may meet a sense of your cofidence and
love, which will always be answered
by my gratitude.
Neighbors, friends, constituents,
farewell., —[Garfield's Farewell Speech
at Mentor. April 30th, 1881.
—The grand jury ot Allegheny coun
ty found true bills against three hun
dred saloon keepers for selling liquor
without license. The prosecutions
grow out of a difficulty betweeu the
liquor men and the State, on a question
of licenses. Most, if not all of the
dealers, offered to pa} - a license of fifty
dollars, which has hitherto been taken,
but which was refused this time on ac
count of a law passed in 1872 makiug
the license in Allegheny county three
hundred dollars.
—Everywhere, fioni North, from
South, from East, from West, comes
but one verdict—that the men who
precipitated the recent political crisis
upon the country, are re
sponsible for the tragedy that has been
one of its outgrowths. Mr. lloscoe
Conkling said;
The President leaves me the alter
native of suicide or murder. I 'prefer
muder."
The egotist laid the train. The as
sassin applied the brand. Behold the
result!
—At a meeting of the school direc
tors of this town last Moaday evening,
Mrs. McLure and Misses Rowe, Cu tu
rnings, Colbert, Coulter, Brittain and
Boyd were elected female teachers.
The election of Principal and two male
teachers was postponed till next Mon
day evening. Messrs. Joseph Mech
ling, T. J. Moffit, N. M. Crow, M. L.
Campbell, J. G. Itogc and E Mackey
are applicants for the prinoipalshlp, and
Omer Cochran, Geo Barr, J. A. Bran?
don and Wallace Mechling for positions
a* teachers.
—The appearance of the lunntic Mc-
Namara in Washington, with the avow
ed intention "to kill Secretary Blaine,"
shows the need of vigilance on the part
of high officials in Washington. There
are two many lunatics, or half-lunatics,
abroad who are susceptible to the in
fluence of such an excitement as now
exists, and are quite capable of being
stimulated by it to the point of imita
ting Guiteau in some way. This is a
fact of which it would be wise to take
cognizance, and to do so will not bo
by any means a confession of foolish
alarm.
An Ohio farmer had his log cut off
by a mowing machine lately while cut
ting wheat on his farm. The knives
were choked with straw and he was
standing in front engaged in cleaning
them, when some of the straw thrown
from bis hand struck the leg of one of
the horses and the team started. The
left leg was cut off midway between
the ankle and knee and the right leg
badly lacerated. The doctors amputa
ted the left leg just above the amputa
tion performed by the machine. YVhile
the physicians were being brought he
came near bleeding to death.
—Nineteen Mormon missionaries
landed at New York last Thursday with
750 coverts they had gathered togath
er in Norway and Sweden and the
British Isles. As usual, the mission
aries say in their blandest manner that
polygamy is a matter left entirely to
the direction of the individual. Hap
pily, the growing influence of modern
ideas in Utah is weakening the hold
of the polygamists, and this declaration
of the liberty of the convert, though
doubtless as devoid of honesty as it was
in days of Brigham Young's sternest
despotism, may prove to have some
unintentional truth in it after all.
—There now seems to be no doubt
but that the prayers of fifty millions of
freemen wiil be answered in the preser
vation of President Garfield's life.
One of the most beautiful and affecting
spectacles ever witnessed since the be
ginning of t}ie world's history hag
been the spontaneous union of t|)fi ciy
ilistcd nations of the earth in supplica.
tion to the Great Buler of the destinies
of man that the American President
might be spared to his people. So
soon as all danger is past, a day of
thanksgiving for the safe deliverence
of this precious life should be appoint
ed by the Governors of the several
States.
—A thief who was following the
show that was here last Saturday,
slipped into IVfr. Weigand'§ shop that
ftftprnoon wh»'p he was |n his btK'k
yard, and stole five watches, two gold,
two silver and one brass one. As soon
as Mr. Weigand discoveied his loss he
went down to the show grounds and
mentioned the mutter to the agent, who
refered him to two men said to be de.
teetives in the employ of the proprietor
ot the show. These detectives bad j
seen a former employee of the show j
sell the watches to the men who had a
candy stand on the grounds, and went
and secured them. They then came
up street to find the man, and finally
found him in jail, to which he had been
committed on a charge of drunkenness
and disorderly conducf ppefereji
Sheriff Hoffman, lie open pehjaefl
admittance to see a friend of his, who
had been arrested here that morning,
for stealing clothing in Preeport, when
the show was there the day before, but
was determined to go in, and attempt
ing to do so had knocked over some
flower pots belonging to the Sheriff.
The man had received sl6 for the
watches from the candy men, and on
searching him, fifteen dollars and forty
cents was found in the toe of one of
his boots. He was ta}ten Jjefoj-p JSsu.
\\*a.lkep and' committed on the npw
charge. Mr. Weigand got back all hi#
watches excepting the brass one, which
could not be found, and the fifteen
forty was returned to the candy men.
The detectives promised to return and
testify against the man in jail, when
be is brought to trial but as they were
not put under bail to do so, it is not
likely.that they will, and the prisoner
tffco goes by tqe qf tyerrymaq
and Gore may not be convicted.
Blackberry Brandy
is an excellent medicine to keep always
jon hand. Get a bottle of the best at
I the liquor store of A. Bauck, 34 Fed
eral St, Allegheny, Pa.
'(Ely* P«., 3ul» 13, 1881.
! ASSASSINATION.
A Deadly Attempt on the
President's S.ife.
SHOT DOWN
■angering Willi Hopes of
Keoovery.
THE COUNTRY AROUSED AND IN
TENSELY EXCITED.
At 9:20 o'clock Saturday morning,
July 2, a dastardly attempt was made
to assassinate James A. Garfield, Pres
ident of the United States, in the Balti
more and Potomac Railroad Depot at
Washington, where he bad gone in
company with Secretary Blaioe and
other gentlemen to take the 9:30 a. in.
train north. The name of the would
be assassin is Charles Guiteau, an ad
venturer and disappointed office-seeker.
He was immediately arrested, while
the President, who was thought to be
mortally wounded, was removed to the
White House, where he has lain ever
since. Although his death was hourly
expected, Mr. Garfield bore himself
with great courage and cheerfulness
and his condition has steadily improv
ed.
STOKV OF THE CRIME.
WAHHISGTOS, July 2.—' That the deed was
well planned and long premeditated there can
not be a doubt. It has been well known for
several days that the President, accompanied
by several members of his Cabinet and their
ladies, would leave Washington this morning
for a two-weeks' trip in New England. Gen
eral Garfield had l>een looking forward to the
journey with great pleasure. Mrs. Garfield
was to lie one of the party. Her sojourn at
Jyong Branch had completely restored her to
health, iwid Qei), Sifaim hiid been sent to the
Elberon Hole! to Ciourt her to Ke*V York,
where she was to have joined the President
that afternoon. Two sons and a daughter of
Gen. Garfield were with their mother, while the
elder boys, James and Henry, were to have ac
companied their father.
GOJXG TO THE DEPOT—THE St EXE OK MUR
DER-
The day was a magnificent one ft>r traveling.
The President arose at an early hour, attended
to considerable executive business, left his in
structions with Private Secretary Brown, and
was preparing to start when Secretary Blaine
came to t|i|i White Hopse. Tjjp other'members
of the party, it appears, had gone to the depot
some minutes before the time for the train to
start, 9:30 a. in. Secretaries Windom, Hunt,
Lincoln ami Postmaster General James, accom
panied by Mrs. Windom, Mrs. Hunt and Mrs.
James, had taken seats in the special car at
tached to the train. It was within five minutes
of (hp tluio ftf staring the President's
carriage drove up to the B Street entrance to
the depot. Mr. Blaine had accompanied Gen
eral Garfield to the train, and both gentlemen
slowly alighted from the carriage. The scene
of the assassination of President Garfield was
the ladies' reception-room. This room is situa
ted on the north side of the building, and has
one main entrauoe }o (he centre of the B Street
tront and two doors on the opposite side con
nect with the general reception rootu. The la
dies' room is provided with wooden seats, ar
ranged so as to be perpendicular to the B Street
front and leave an aisle from the B Street en
trance and a passage-way by the ends of the
peats through either the right or left door,
which are about fllteen apart.
THE ASSASSIN'S ENTRY AND THE SHOOTING.
The President and Secretary Blaine, arm in
arm aud walking slowly, had taken but two or
three steps in this aisle near the B street door
when Guitaau entered by the left door from the
general rcceptioi} ; room and, passing thickly
around the buck of the benches, came behind
the President and fired the shot that struck
him on the arm. The President walked about
ten feet to the other end of the aisle aud was
in the act of turning to fac-e his assailant when
the second shot struck hiu) ii) the snjall of the
back and he fell diagonally across the aisle. A
scene of the most intense excitement followed.
There was a larger crowd present at the depot
than usual, many persons having been attract
ed there to see the President and the members
of the Cabinet. As soon as the reports of the
pistol were heard a rush was made for the la
dies' waiting room. Somebody shouted:
1 Blaine is murdered !" but the Secretary of
State rushed frantically into the main room
shouting for Ropkwell, Mr*. White,
the woman in oharge of the waiting room was
the first to reach the President. The crowd
stood aghast with horror. She lifted up his
bead, lie was deathly pale but retained his
consciousness. His sou bent over hi* father
and sobbed frantically. The Sepretary qf State
could hardly repress his cmotiou. Mr. Jauie
son and others called upon the police to dis
perse the crowd, that the president might have
air. A small space was made, but the police'
men were absolutely powerless to preserve or
der. The news of the assassination flew along
the streets like wildfire, and within ten minutes
there were over a thousand people at the sta
tion. The members of the Cabinet and their
wives were notified of the eveut. A man burst
into tho car exclaiming, "The President has
l>een murdered !" The guntlenittn rushed from
the oar into the station, while the ladies were
'eft iu a state of speechless suspense.
CARRYING THE VICTIM I P-STAIRS.
As soon as those who surrounded the Presi
dent recovered their almost paralyzed senses a
mattress was brought down from the Pullman
office and the President was laid upon it. Blood
was oozing from his wounds and soaking
through his clothes upon the floor. He vomi
ted profusely, lie was tenderly carried upon
the mattress through the large waiting-room
and up-stairs into one of the private offices.
The officers succeeded but poorly iu keeping
the crowd back, and the doors of the de|»ot
were closed and fastened against the people.
Physicians were immediately called.
THE ASSASSIN CAPTURED.
A preliminary examination of the President's
wounds was made at the depot, and meantime
the assassin had not been allowed to escajic,
After tiring the fatal shot he started at a rapid
pace through the main waiting-room, apparent
ly intending to escape by the entrain e on the
Sixth street side. He held the smoking revol
ver iu his baud, but w:ts prevented from pass
ing by the crowd, which pushed toward the
spot where the President was lying. He turn
ed sharp about, passed within ten feet of his
victim, and attempted to pass out at the B
street entrance, through which the President
had just gone. A policeman named Kearney
was standing on the corner of Sixth and B
Streets when the shots were fired, and he ran i
to the entrance of the last-named street just in
time to meet Guiteau as he was coming out of
the door. Without knowing that be was the
assassin, blit attracted by the man'" desire to
get away, the officer grabbed him and held him
as in a vise. Guiteau struggled a little to get
away, his shirt being torn iu the enoounter,
but Special (.Htioer Scott oame to Kearney's as
sistance and the murderer submitted quietly,
'•Yes," sfiid the assassin, ''i have killed Gar
field ; Arthur is President of the I'nited Stutsi*,
I aui a Stalwart. I have a letter that will tell
you all about it. 1 want you to take it up to
General Sherman." His pistol was taken from
him and ne was removed without delay to Po
lice Headquarters, corner of Pennsylvania Ave
nue and Four-nnd-a half Street- Quite a crowd
followed the officers and the prisoner to head
quarters. But no violence toward him was at
tempted. In fact, but few of the people who
saw him rushed through the streets were aware
of the gravity of his offense. He was entered
on the liolice books as follows :
Charles Guiteau, arrested at 9.25 a. m., Jqly
2, for shooti|)£ President Gart)clq i
3ti, white, torn in (iiiitcil States and tt lawyer
by profession; weight 130 pounds; has dark
brown hair, thin whiskers aud sallow com
plexion ; dressed in a dark suit with black
slouch hat.
HIS LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
After answering the questions which led to
the entry above quo'.ed, Guiteau was searched
and placed in one of the cells at headquarters.
A number of papers were found upon the
assassin, all but one of which the authorities
refuse to make public. This one is as follows.
It shows clearly that the murder was premedi
tated :
JpiY 2. 1881.
Tq the, Whiff ffu ime r
The Preiiidont 1 * tragio death was a sad neoes
aity, but it will unite the Republican party and
save the Republic. Life is a flimsy dream, and
It matters little when one goes. A human life
is of small value. During the war thousands
of brave boys went down without a tear. I
presume the President was a Christian and that
lie will be happier in Paradise than here. It
will be no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to
part with her husband this way than by natural
death. lie is liable to goat any time, anyway.
1 had no ill-will toward the President. His
death was a political necessity. I4m a lawyer,
# thgolpgiaq, &nd 4noliwpiat;. J 'am a Stalwart
af thu Ski .vans, t was with General Grant
and the rest of our men in New York during
the canvass. I have some papers for the press
which I shall leave with Uyron Andrews and
his co-journalists at No. 1420 New York Ave
nue, where all the reporters can ''ee them. I
am going to the jail. CHARLES GI ITEAI'.
I The following letter, found on the street
[ sUtfft'y after tfc* amet, fetfcldsenl ui au eureltfpe
unsealed and addressed: "Please deliver at
once to General Sherman, or his first assistant
in charge of the War Department,' - also shows
that he had carefully planned the crime:
To Gent ml Sherman :
I have just shot the President. I shot hiiu
several times, a* I wished him go as easily as
possible. His death was a political necessity.
I am a lawyer, theologian, nnd politician. I
am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts. I was with
Genera! Grant and the rest of our men in New
York during the canvass. lam going to the
jail. Please order out your troops and take
possession of the jail at once.
Very respectfully,
CHAKX.ES GriTKAt*.
On receiving the above General Sherman
gave the following endorsement:
HEADQUARTERS OF TIIE ARMY,
WASHINGTON, July 2. issi—ll.33 A. M. j
Tnis letter ■**«■** was handed me
this minute bv Major William J. Twining,
United States Engineers, Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, nnd Major William G.
Brock, Chief of Police. I don't know the
writer, never heard of or saw him to my knowl
edge, and hereby return it to the keeping of
the above named parties as testimony in the
case. W. T. SHERMAN, General.
DRIVING TO THE JAIL.
Anticipating a possible attempt to lynch the
prisoner, it was determined to take him at once
to the District Jail, which is a mile east of the
Capitol. The prisoner was considerably excit
ed, and evidently feared rough treatment at the
hands of the crowd. On the way the prisoner
conversed freely. In conversation with De
tective McElfresh he said: "Mr. McElfresh, I
contemplated this act six weeks ago and in
tended to shoot the President at that time. I
laid for him at the depot when the party went
to Long Branch, but Mrs. Garfield looked so
sick ami delicate I didn't have the heart to
shoot him. No accomplices were associated
with me. I did it all myself.
"What induced you to commit this abomin
able crime," asked McElfresh.
"It was to save the Republican party. We
were in danger of destruction under such an
Administration as that initiated by Garfield,"
calmly replied the assassin.
THE PRESIDENT'S MOTHER INFORMED.
The news of the shooting of the President
was broken to his mother Suuday foren on at
Solon, Ohio. She had been so much overcome
by the fatal accident vyhich resisted >■> the
death of Thomas Garfield and Mr*. Arnold that
the family had kept from her the intelligence
of the attempted assassination. But Snnday
morning she felt better and spoke of attending
Mrs. Arnold's funeral, which took plaee at
Bedford that day. In announcing her inten
tion she remarked : ''Last Satnrday Thomas
was buried ; to-day Cornelia. I wonder who it
will be next Sunday." Mrs. Trowbridge, at
whose house she then was, sent for Mr*. Lara
bee, another daughter. When the latter ar
rived Mrs. Garfield inquired if she was going
to Mrs. Arnold's funeral. Mrs. Larahee rt-ji!>r
! ed she guessed she could not as something had
happened, so the sister thought it best not to
go. "What has happened?" inquired Mrs.
Garfield, "We have heard that James is hurt, - '
replied Mrs. Larabee. "How? By the cars?"
asked the mother. "No he was shot by an
assassin but he was not killed answered the
daughter. "The Lord help me," exclaimed
Mrs. Garfield. Mis Larabee assured her
mother that the latest reports were favorable
and showed that the President was resting
ouietly, and in a fair way to recover. "When
did you hear this?" queried Mrs. Garfield.
"Yesterday noon, but we thought it best not to
tell you. The news was not as favorable as
to-dav," was the reply.
"You were very thoughtful. lam t?la«l voq
did not tell me," said Mi'-?. Garfield, atwinf?
that she thought something had happened as
she had noticed that the manner of her daugh
ter had been peculiar toward her yesterday
She bore up under the intelligence with much
fortitude.
She road the dispatches calmly and said :
"How could anybody be so eold-hearted as to
want to kill my baby ?" In general conversa
tion she expressed wonder as to •■'hat was com
ing next, and inquired what would probably be
done witli the assassin. Upon some one saying
"Hang him." She replied. 'He deserves it."
That afternoon she dictated ll*e following dis
patch to her grandson, Henry A. Garfield, Exe
cutive Mansion, Washington :
"The news was broken to me this morning,
and shocked me very much. Since receiving
your telegram I feel much more hopeful. Tell
James that J hear he is oheerful and that I am
glad of it. Tell him to keep in good spirits
and accept the love and sympathy of a mother,
sisters and friends." " ELIZA* GARFIELD.
THE NEWS IN NEW YORK.
"The greatest danger I see in the President's
death." said a well-known ciitlxen, "is in the
course that the Vice-President might bt> in
duced to follow. Should he attempt to undo
the work of Mr. Garfield or to allow his faction
to profit at the expense of the whole party, as
represented now in ihe President, it would be
practically placing a premium on assassination.
Such a course would demoralize the party and
the country, and lead to deplorable conse
quences, (in the other hand, if Mr. Arthur
snoqld follow In the footstep* of President Gar
field, and tfy to unitu 'he party aud harmonize
the countrv, he would win favor for himself,
which he doos not now possess, aud confidence
for Ills administration. The great uncertainty
of what may follow the President's death adds
to the sorrow of the Nation at this time."
The general tone of the talk in the hotel cor
ridors and in other parts of the city was not at
all favorable to Mr. Conkling and his partisans.
It was commonly remarked that Guiteau would
never have onmmitted his dastardly crime if
the malignity offiietiou had not lieen pushed to
such an extreme that the President hail beeu
assailed with the vilest calumnies. For the
bitterness of feeling whioh had been aroused,
and for the attacks on the President in speech
and in print Mr. Conkling and his followers
were held responsible in the current comments
on the crime, and they were censured unspar
ingly for the course tiiev had pursued.
"This is the result of a faction fight," said a
well known Judge, "and Mr. Conkling is re
sponsible for that fight. The bitter spirit
shown toward the President by Mr. Conkling's
friends has led this deluded assassin to believe
that he could make a hero of himself bv kill
ing Mr. Garfield." The fact that the Vice-
President went to Washington accompanied by
citv detectives, and the remarkable scene at
the depot when Mr. Conkling talked before
him the cars, carrying his two valises, while
the Vice-President fallowed without anything
but a coat on his arm, caused considerable
comment.
LATEST FROM TIIE PRESIDENT.
We give below the latest telegraphic news
oonoerning the condition of the President. Be
ing impossible to give all we select only those
authorized by the physicians and during this
week :
WASHINGTON, July 11. —The President ha.l
a comfortable night. His pulse is down to i)i>,
and no unfavorable symptoms have appeared.
The Jennings ventilating apparatus is working
nicely, and the temperature of tlje sjck roo>fl is
uniformly comfortable. The presidunt says he
fepls befter to-ilay and thinks he is vetting well.
Dr. Bliss says the President is right.
0:25 A. M. — The official bulletin just issued
gives the President's condition at Ba. m., a
follows: The President has passed a comfort
able night and his condition shows an improve
ment <»ver that of ymtordav. Pulse, 98 ; tem
perature, U'J; respiration, 22.
1). W. Buss.
J. K. RARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROUT. REYBI KN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Midnight—The
President passed a quiet day, but had a little
more fever than usual this afternoon). lie
has taken 25 ounces of milk, an ounce of rum
and a piece of milk toast during the day.
without any indications of gastric disturbance
| the (late of the last official bulletins. His
pulse and teni|>eralure have fallen to ai>oi)t the
mean of the.past thrjje vtyy?. and (it! ii uoyr sleep
ing cmietly. Ifis tQQrij vf ( roitgl\out the day has
been kept a steady temperature of 75 degrees.
On two different occasions by way of experi
ment the temperature was lowered to 70degrees.
Kauh time President Uarfield complaiued of
being too 0001.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July LL—EXECUTIVE
MANSION 1:30 A. >l.— The President's favor
| able condition continues. He is now sleeping
: quietly.
—The male elephant "Chief" attach-
I ed to Robinson's show and his keeper
had a battle back of the Court House
last Saturday morning. The brute left
the procession and was determined to
have his own way and his keeper had
ty beat and jab him fearfully with his
iron book betore subduing him. This
elephant is an unusually vicious one,
and the chain passing over his trunk,
body, and under bis lore legs has to be
kept on continually, and occasionally
he has to be tied up and beaten till he
lays down. A few months ago at
I Charlotte, N. C., bis old keeper
I \yas always veiy Kind to him, trlppod
and fell across the railroad track as be
was getting bim out of a car, and the
brute instantly took advantage of the
situation to crush his keeper's head and
chest with his stubby tusks. After
killing the man he started off, but was
followed by the female elephant attach
ed to tfce show, a larger a&imitf, who
knocked "Chief' down with her trunk
several times and made him stay down
I till the showmen came up His present
keeper, according to the agent, is paid
S2OO a month for managing him and
I the lions.
—lt is stated that the bullet that
entered the President's back, broke off
the end of oue of the short ribs, passed
j through his liver and was prevented
| from coming out by striking one of the
large ribs in front. His recovery from
such a wound will be remarkable. An
elderly gentleman who was in our of
fice Moniay, was telling us about the
remarkable recovery of Abraham Max
well, who, about fifty five years ago,
while out surveying os» hunting on the
hill west of town, now the Mrs. Grout
place, was shot from an ambush. The
ball entered bis back, cutting the mid
dle or straight seam of bis coat, and
coming out took off one of his vest but
tons. After l>eing shot he turned and
raised his rifle liefore falling. lie was
taken home by the man who was with
him, and although he lay abed for a
long time, he recovered and lived for
twenty or thirty years afterwards, dur
ing part of which time he was Sheriff
of Butler county, He said he knew
who shot him, but would not tell s<>
long as he believed he would recover.
Butler Produce Market.
BAOOS- -Sides. 8c
BEAKS —White, $1.75 "3 bnahel: green, 60a75c
per bmhel.
BUTTER— Good cents 11 tb.
CHICKENH— Spring. 35 to 40 cts. oor pair.
CALF SKINS —6 ®loc "e» tb. Beef Hides. 6@7c.
Eoos—l2>£ cts V
FLOCK—S2.SO to $3.00 per cwt.
GHAlN —Wheat, $1.10; rye ttic; qats, soa42;
corn 55 ; seed bucks-heat. 75.
LARD—Country, 10c ft lb.
POTATOES —New, 75c ¥ bushel.
PEAS— Green, 60 to 75c per bushel.
Carpels. Clothing and Gent*'
Furnishing Goods.
Fine all wool two ply Carpets at
a 0 cents, at IJeck 4 Patterson's.
The best stock of Gents' Fine Cloth
ing at Heck & Patterson's.
New gtylps ifl Cbina Mattings, cheap
at Heck & Patterson's.
The best aod cheapeststock of Gents'
Furnishing Goods at Heck & Patter
son's.
Good Rag Carpet at 30 cts., at Heck
& Patterson 1 *
Trunks and Satcheb, cheap at Heck
& Patterson's.
The finest and cheapest stock of
Carpets in Butler at Heck & Patter
son's.
Children's Clothing, large stock and
low prices at Heck & Patterson's.
The best Brussels Carpets at 02 and
65 cts., at Heck & Patterson's.
Finp Straw Hats |bf Men, Boys and
Children's wear, loss than cost at Heck
& Patterson's.
Good two plv Carpets for 30 cts., at
Heck & Patterson's.
The cheapest place to buy Dusters
white vests &c., is at Heck & Patter
son's.
Good wear floor Oil Cloths at 25 cts.,
at Heck A" Pattersons.
Not a Beverage.
'They arc not a beverage, but a med
icine, with curative properties of the
highest degree, containing no poor
whiskey or poisonous drugs. They
do not tear down an already debilita
ted system, but build it uu. One bot
tle contains more hops, t. e. more
real hop strength, than a barrel of or
dinary beer. Every druggist in Ro
chester sells them, and the physicians
prescribe them.'— Evening Express.
on Hop Bitters.
—Don't pay ten cents a pound for
Bradley Stove Plates when you can
get them at Ilookenstein's for six
—All kinds of ready made shirts, at
J. F. T. Stehle's.
A Difficult Problem Solved.
Ambition, competition and over-ex
ertion use up the vital powers of men
and women, so that a desire for stim
ulants seems to be a natural human
passion, and drunkenness prevails oil
account of this necessity for bodily and
mental invigoration. Parker's Ginger
Tonic I'airly solves the difficult problem,
and has brought health and happiness
into many desolate homes It does
not tear down an already debilitated
system, but builds) it up without intox
ieatiug.— Enquirer, bee other column.
>—The celebrated Eighmie shirt,
with a bosom that cannot break or
wriiikle, at J. F. T. Stehle's.
WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor,
lias just opened the largest line of woolens for
men and l>oys wear ever offered in Butler.
A SOLID Silver Case and a Genuine
American Movement as low as $lO, at
E. GKIEB'S.
Wanted.
All kinds of grain for yrh'<'h I will pay tho
highest mqrkst UHOts iu cash at ray mill,
GEO. REIBER,
Nov. 3, 1880. Butler, Pa.
—lmmense stock of straw hats, at
J. F. T. Stehle's.
—Before buying your tinware call
and see what yi u can get for 99 cents
at Chris. Stock's. This set is warran
ted, made by himself, and of best char
coal tin. Regular price 51.30. Also,
a great variety on the 5 and 10 cent
counters. je23:4
SPECIALTIES in woolens at William
Aland's Merchant Tailoring establishment not
to be had elsewhere in the county.
—Rockenstpip haa none but first
plaas Tisiwavo on his counters.no 5 and
10c truck tinware. Beware of 99c
buckets, they are N. G. jels:4\v
—House and lot on Penn street, in
Butler—for small family—for sale or
rent. Inquire at CITIZEN office. jlstf
Important to Traveler**.
Special inducements are offered you
by the Burlington Route. It will pay
you to read their advertisement to be
found ebewhere in this issue. (may2stf
—Chris. Stock nas pooe but th? orig
;nal and genuine odd plates, at 8c per
lb, for Bradley's Stoves. no Cc
truck plates; those are N. G. at any
price. You can take every plate from
his store and compare with sham plates
and be convinced that the genuine are
cheapest and best. je22:4
—Good violins for one dollar, at J.
F. T. Stehle's.
AX O>T,Y miI«HTRII CUB
ED Of 1 CONSUMPTION
When death wan hourly expected, all remedies
having failed, and I)r. U. James was ex|>enment
ui|; with the many herbs ol Calcutta, he accident
ally made a preparation which cured his only chid
of COKHCMITJON. His child Is now in this coun
try, and euioviug the best of health. He has
proved to the world that CONSUMPTION can be
positively and permanently cured. The now gives
this Recipe free, only asking two three-cent
stamps to pay ex|K-nses. Ti'ls Herb also cures
Night Sweats. Nausea at the Stomach, and will
break up a fresh cold iu twenty-four hours. Ad-
| > The Largest |
J | STBAW HIS I BUTLER lilt
#1 Si <"fc 5
\ ? Vl " <5 i
| a CHARLES H. GRIEB S, ? I
«U MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. "f f
| A FINE LINE OF 3. §
Jcq spoof) J?my swung t s)UdO J? |
Anon iicemrnt.
Dr. George's 'New System of Herb
Medicines. Thegreatest triumph of this
scientific age is the wonderful discov
eries of Dr. George in tbe fundamen
tal or foundation causes of all diseases
and the certain adaption of 'Herb
Remedies' to their cure. After many
years experience in the Practice of
Medicine under, first, the Allopathic,
then the Homeopathic system, Dr.
George, finding it impossible to cure
by them, gradually, by the most untir
ing scientific research among Medical
Herbs, sacrificing time, fortune, mind,
energy, industry and skill to the ac
complishment of the one Grand Hu
mane object, perfected an entirely
New System, composed of some forty
difierent remedies, and has proven tbe
soundness and reliability of bia the
ories and discoveries by the most mar
velous success in the treatment of all
those diseases of the Lungs, Throat,
Nasal Region, Stoviach, Heart, Licer,
Spine, Eye, Ear, li-ain and Nervous
System, most of which have been and
are still regarded as incurable ; and his
crowning success is his universal and
complete mastery over all Urinary and !
Sexual Diseases and Weaknesses of
both males and females, which are the
cause of more evils and suffering than
all other diseases put together, and
which all other systems have utterly
failed to successfully treat. Dr.
George's cures, by his pure and harm
less Herb Remedies, are thorough
aud permanent, leaving no evil traces
behind of Poisonous Mineral Drugs,
but so renovating and renewing the
whole system as to. give new life,
freshness, vigor and activity. The
sufferer need no longe drag out a life-
I'Ss, weary, painful existence.
These Pure Herb Medicines are
masters of all diseases, and their mis
sion tbe alleviation of human suffering.
The wonderful unerriug success of
Dr. George's Pure Herb Remedies in
Pittsburgh, where the Central Office
and Laboratory is established under a
lately organized firm of business men
and capitalists as Dr. H. S Qeorge <(•
Co. who have gone into the extensive
manufacturing of these Medicines, is a
sufficient guarantee to the public of the
reliability of the representations con
cerning them, and of tbe claims made
of their astonishing curative powers.
Reception Parlors 296 Penn avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pa., above 9th street,
where he will be glad to receive all
vi ho may desire to place themselves
under his treatment. Consultation
free. Cures guaranteed.
If given your patronage and confi
dence, Dr. George will perform all that
is claimed for these wonderful reme
dies.
All persons calling will receive kind
and considerate attention.
Those who have not received Dr.
Georire's twenty-eight page Pamphlet,
explaining his New System, can pro
cure one by enclosing a three-cent
stamp to Dr. H. S. George & Co.
DP. Frease's Water Cure.
A healthy iusiilulion in its UStb year. For
nearly nil kinds ot Chronic disease*. and espe
cially the diseases ol Women. Invalids are in
vited to correspond with us. Circulars free
Address, S. FKEASK, M. D., New Brighton,
Beaver Co., P# l_vjune2(l
Linion Woolen Mills.
I would desire to call the attention of the
public to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa.,
where I have new and improved machinery for
the manufacture of
Barred and Gray Flannels,
Knitting and Weaving Yarns,
and I can recommend them as being very dura
ble. a» they are manufactured of pure Butler
county wool. They are beautiful in color, su
perior in texture, and will l>o sold at very low
prices. For samples aud prices, address.
H. FC'LLEUrON,
lnm. 78 ly) nnttor, Pa
Notice in Divorce.
Martha M. Cooper, by her next friend, Hugh
Young, vs Jatr.es J. Cooper In the Court of
Common Pleas of Butler county, I'a , A. D. No.
5, December term, 1880, libel in divorce.
And now, June fith, 1881, on motion of G. A.
& A. T. Black, attorneys for libellant, in open
Court, and it appearing by the Sheriff's return
to the subptena and alias bubp<vna in above
cause, that the respondent oannot lie found in
this county, puhjioatioii is awarded in the Bl'T-
I pis CITmKN according to law, returnable to
next term. BY THE Coi RT.
To the Respondent, James Cooper :
You are hereby notified to he ami appear in
your proper person before our judges at Butler,
at a Court of Common Pleas there to be held on
the sth day of September, 1881, next, to answer
the petition or libel of the ..aid Martha M.
Cooper, and to show cause, if any you have,
why the said Martha M. Cooper, your wife,
should not be divorced from the bonds of matri
mony, agreeably to the acts of Assembly in such
case made and provided.
\V 11. HOFFMAN,
juneStf Sheriff of Butler County.
Vtimted
AGEXTS! AGENTS! AGENTS!
JOHN H. GOUCH'S bran* new book, entitled
SUNLIGHTAND SHADOW
is the best chance offered to von. Its Scenes are drawn
from the bright and shady sides of life, portrayed as on.y
John B. Gough
can portray them. This *rand work— now for thefirst
time published —is the " booming " book for agents, and
is outselling all others te*\ to one. the thirty-third
is iu press! ' Its immense sale has been
inadc entirely by active canvassers. No other book com
pares with it for quick and profitable returns. NVe are
starting more aprents now than ever before, and we be
lieve the sale of this book uill reach Out Hundred
Thousand Copies in the next few months.
We want 1000 more acents at once, to supply this
erand book to the thousands who arc waitinc for it.
Remember the sale is only rnno commencing;. The book
as entirely new, and most of the territory is now clear.
Agents, tiow is your time to make monry, and at the
Soiiie time circulate a thoroughly /trtt<i*us book. Ex
clusive Territory and very S|*cial Terms given. Send for
ou- larre circulars containing full particulars.
A. D. WORTHING TON SL Co., Publishers, Hangup
ffi £Qf|pc4 uAy at bome. Sample# worth
•<vj iu jret?. Audrey & Co.,
pbftluodr Malue.
iJPRING § SUMMED
| It. TROUTMAN. MAIM STREET. BdTLtGt. PA.
IS NOW EXHIBITING A COMPLETE AND MOST ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF SEA
sonable goods at lowest prices in
Dry Goods, Notions, Trimmines. del
Black Silks,
ColomJ Silks,
Summer Silks.
Changeable Silks,
Black Cashmeres,
Colored Cashmeres,
Nun's Veiling,
Henrietta Clotli. Silk warp.
Black Monile Cloth.
Colored Momie Cloth,
Lace Hunting for Dresses,
Broclie Shawtri, Shetland Shaw Is, Summer Shawls. Skirts and Skirting, Cassimeres. Cloths, JetM
Twewis Cottonades, Tickings. Toweliiws, Shirtiugs. Car|>et Chain, Muslins, bleached and unbleached
111 all Widths and best makes ; Ladies' Sacking Cloths in great variety, Children's Sacking, &c., Sc.
| Curtain Lace by the yard.
lace curtains in cream and also in pure white. 3'i
1 ami 4 yards long,
Lace Lanihrekins,
l Table Covers, •
] Towels in great variety.
i Table Linnens. My Stock was never so complete
In b.eaehed, half bleached, unbleached, Turkev
| and German red and fancy,
i Napkins in bleached and red,
I QuiltSfall prices,
| India Mull, linen lawn.
| \ ictoria Lawn. Persian lawn,
i Nainsook, plain and strlnid.
j Figured Swiss. Plain Swiss. Ecru figured Swiss,
Irish trimming, collars for children, collars for ladies, cuffs, ribbons, feather-edged braid, ricrae
b.aid, IHCC ties, fancy ties, mull ties in plain and nice fine embroidered ends, handkerchiefs in cotton.
Ilneu and silk, some extra, fine linen handkerchiefs ; blacg crape and blat-k crape veils.
TRIMMINGS. TRIMMINGS. TItIMMINGS.- Broc.uli Silks. Plain Silks. Satins and Velvets, Fringes.
Diacx and colored. Fine assortment of Passemeutere ornaments, cords and tassels.
HOSIERY. HOSIERY, HOSIERY.—Fancy hosiery for children In great variety. Bal brigs an hose for
ladies, fancy hose for ladles, :dl qualities and prices. Men and boy's socks. 'My stoekw lane aud
prices low. £#- 1 mbrellas and Parasols In Silk. Alpacji, Serge, &c.
Buyers of the above line of goods are respectfully requested to give me a call before uurchaslne
i?vL e w bu i." E ST<K K aud LOW PRK'ES. {4r~ I also keep a full line of GROCERIES and
tfcASWAKK, sc.
April 27,3 m os. , A• TROUTMAN,
9* mm*
i*
MARCH Ist, XSSI.
Special Bargain, One Let, 10 Pieeea
LIGHT BLUE SILKS,
Extra quality and delicate shades, clear and fresh, at the
Remarkable price of 45 cts-, worth 75c to $1 per yard.
NEW FOREIGN SUITINGS.
Choice New l'laids.
Choice New Home Spun Checks.
Choice New Stockinettes,
All 42 to 4U inch goods at 75c to Si Si |ht yanl.
Oue case Extra Value and Kxtra Wide. 40-lncli
COLOKEI) C ASHMEKES, at 85c,
Special Bargains.
Colored French Cashmeres,
37' ic, soc and fi2Hc up.
On Sale To-day.
100 pieces -ift-inch Black Cashmere, at &J!-ic up
an I'll usual Bargain,
4C-lnch Black Cashmeres, at o.">c anil *I.OO.
NEW FANCY BLACK GOODS.
Quadrilles, Dakka Crepes, Annures. Jersey Cords.
Brocaded Silk Cashmeres.
Choice Lines liest Makes Mourning Goods.
Crepes and Crepe Veils, Shawls, &c.
One case I>ouhle Fold American Black Kepps, at
15c, for School Suits. Wrappers, &c., a
great bargain and real valuo 25c.
BOGGS & BUHL,
118 and 120 Federal Street. -Allegheny.
N. B.— S|k cial close prices at retail or by the piece or package on Domestic and Housekeeping Dry
Goods. Linens, Towels and Napkins, Very special bargains in Quilts and Blankets.
CHRI«. ©TOOK,
Manufacturer of Tin ami Sheet Iron \\ arc and dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Pressed, Japanned
and Enameled Ware, Granite Ware, Wooden Ware, Bird Cages, and general housekeeping
goods. Rooting, S|M>uting and Repairing done on short notice and at lowest market rates. The
only authorised agent for the sale of A. Bradley & Oo.'s well known Stoves and Ranges, and the
only place to get the original and genuine odd plates for their stoves, made expressly by theoa
for him. Beware of sham plates being sold in Butler, made of old and inferior metal, none gea
uine but from the Agent, CHRIS. STOCK,
june 8, 'Bl. Near Wick and Schreiber Houses, Maiu street, Butler, Pa.
M. C. ROEKENSTEIN,
DEALER IIV
TREMONT COOK STOVES
AND RANGES.
ALSO, AGENT FOR CRYSTAL PALACE STOVES AND REPAIRS FOR SAME.
Bird Cages, Tinware, Wood and Willow Ware, Enameled and Granite Ware, Sewer Pipe, Fir*
Clay Stove Pipe, Grate Tile, Fire Brick and Clay.
Rooting, Spouting and Heavy Sheet-iron work done at short notice below market price* for
cash.
1 an; also having manufactured to my order, nice clean and smooth odd Plates to fit Bradley's
Stoves, which I sell at six cents per pound, and I will guarantee 'hem to last longer and five
better satistaction than the so-called original and genuine plates sold by another party at tea
cents per pound. Give me a call and be convinced.
>l. C. ROCKENBTEIN,
junels:3ui Main Street, Butler, Pa.
ftlJ A A nREWARD^EBPILR
BB- ■■■■■ ■ ■ rrotradlnc PIIm that rtl* | IImAbW
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ BfinHj fcll« to can. li 2u r *tk« ttrhisjfr•CwC Ks
I ■ I I I I I lumori. (Im imwiviK r»IW. Prspawd by J. f7lf1ll««,
all ■ ■■ ■ ■ PhlUdeli.hia.lt. «■ A »■■■■■■■ —lww#.
MV ■ prr on bottU contains hi »lgaUar« and * fIU sftSBM. '
All druggist! and country store* lure U or will pt it bf
CHEAP TICKETS
to any point west. Land Explorers, Round
Trip, First, Second or Third C'U»a,
11* liable Information
jcgir.liiig Homestead Pre-emption or Mining
laws. Call ou or address
E. A. TAYLOR,
Cashier Argyle Savings bank,
Mav H:€iu Ktttolia, l'a>
i Plain Bunting for Dresses,
I Brocades Cashmere* in all colon,
| Plain Dress Goods, all colaw,
! Alpacas, all colors,
| Mohairs,
Cotton l>ress Goo
I Chintzes,
1 Calicoes,
I-irur Stock of I.awns.
Large Stock of Dress Ginghams,
Black Cashmere Shawls, single and double
I CORSETS. CORSETS, CORSETS, largest stock Mtd
best \ ariety to select from.
! BI'TTONS, BUTTONS. BUTTONS, A large asaott
ment to select from for dress and sack.
GLO\ ES. GLOVES, GLOVES.
I Foster Kid Gloves,
; Imperial Kid Gloves under Foster's patent,
I Seamless Kid Gloves,
' Kid Gloves in all qualities and prices, - T
! Si!k Gloves, I!e,lin Gloves,
| ljsle Thread Gloves.
You will find my glove stock complete.
| Mitts, black and colored.
Large stock of Laces In white, cream, ecru and
i black ; ruehings, embroidery. Inserting, ftc.
Two lots Extra Choice Black Satin Damassos.
large elegant designs, at 92 25 and $2 M per yard,
that are fully no cents per yard less than usual
market value.
l-arge line Satin Dainaases, at ii.W, 91.25 and
St. 50.
SILKS AND SATINS,
Blacks and Colon.
Colored Silks. 37V*c cents up.
Black Silks, of best known makes, including the
celebrated Bonnet Goods.
Large lot Indies' Muslin Underwear, of superior
style aud finish, and at bargain prices.
Ladies' Unlaundried Muslin Chemises, on coun
ter at 30 cents each.
Choice Hue Bridal Sets, 91.00 to 920.00 each.
New Hou.ion or Irish Point Embroideries.
New Veldenia (Lace Edge) Embroideries.
New Hamburg*— great bargains.
New Swiss and Nainsook Embroideries.
New White Goods and Figured Swisses.
MlUJOireor
#) ins
TytW/VSf qouUUes at Mill low-
I Tiiii |T w r%tM. B«xl It* rre« H
JsBPsCMSBeX
JAMEB J. CAMPBELL, J
Ooumtjr CovonMP*
Uftice in Furri«w borough, ill TaUsraab
fUBm
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