Ms. J. H. BATES, Newmptper ADVERTISING Agent, 41 Park Bow (Timed Building), Mew York, i* Authorised to contract for ■dvertie»- mentA in the Cmm. THIS PAPTO WANTED! 50,000 POUNDS ot WOOL, for which the highest market price will be paid in cash. ja29:4w] JOHN BERG k SON. New AdveniKeuiculH. Good News to All. Jefferson Academy. Veoßor'* Predictions. Pittsburgh Female College. Steubenville Female Seminary. Local and Geueral. —Bradford had quite an extensive Are last Friday. The wise man makes hay while the moon shine*. Dr. Yon Meyerhoff gives music lessons to beginners at the reduced rate of 50 cents a lesson. july2oml A man recently arrived in this State from Yuma, Arizona, states that the mer cury there reached 112° at midnight. The Whitehall Times thinks that men should furnish wives with politics and that women should furnish husbands with reli gion. Arkansas people have great confi dence in the power of lvnch law. Nine men have been lynehed in that State within a month. Dr. Von Meyerhoff tunes pianos. Orders by mail, addressed to his name will re ceive prompt attention. july2oml —An exchange says, if hard and continual praying won't bring rain, the next best thing is to get up a picuic, and it will surely come. The Detroit Free Press wonders why colored ladies do not wear bits of white court plaster on their faces and become perfect ly bewitching. And now Griscom, the Chicago fitster, tarns out to be an Ohio man. Ohio, it seems, is to have the lean as well as the fat places of the land. An ice cream festival for the ben efit of St. Paul's Orphan Home will be held at the Home Wednesday evening. The public are invited to attend. WANTED. —A limited number of pupils on Orchestral, String and Brass Instru ments. For particulars and terms inquire of 11. A. Lowman, Butler, Pa. The particularly fashionable young men of our country will soon begin to wear colors. Blue coats, brass buttons and pink tights may be expected to appear next year. The teachers'examination appoint ed for the 28th inst., at Unionville, will be held at Holyoke, in the same township, on the same date, by request of Board of Centre township. The storm last week destroyed iom« of the handsomest shade trees in town, among others two large maples that stood in front of Esq. Roessing's place on Washington street. —An old lady in a Michigan village on the Fourth of July, rote during the delivery of the oration and left. She explained that she had heard that speech about twenty times before. —A Chester county ben hatched a white duck from a tnrkey egg. This it some thing on the order of the boy who said all their family was named Jim except Sam and his name was Bill. —The Universal Life Insurance Co. of New York city ia badly involved. The defi ciency amounts to nearly one million dollars, and the stockholders have been called upon to make up the amount at once. A McKean county man was sen tenced a few day* ago, to seven years in the Western Penitentiary for chaining ties on a railroad track near Bradford. He will have ample time for reflection upon his dastardly crime. —The Savannah News says that gold is found in thirty-six counties in Georgia. The trouble With the Georgia gold is that it is too widely distributed. There is gold in the olay that underlies Butler, but so little of it to the ton that we seldom mention it. —The catalogue of the Piue Grove Normal Academy, which we have receive*l from the Principal, Mr. Isaac C. Ketler, shows that the school is prospering. The total attendance by terms during the year 'BO-81 was 584 ; differ ent students 422, many of whom were from this ooantjr. —King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich laludc, want* to sell his Kingdom. No doubt the price asked is moderate, Vuid the title is un questioned. Such an opportunity for wealthy bat untitled snobs does not often occur. We give his Majesty the benefit of this notice with out eharge, and hope he may find a purchaser. —Dr. Von MeyerhofiF will give the 3d Children-Matinee for the benefit of the par sonage fur.d of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Butler, Pa. The matinee will take place on Saturday, August 6th, at 4 j\ M., at the Butler Conservatory of Music. Children 10 cents a ticket; adults 25 ceats, sold by the Mite Society, or on the day of the matinee at the door. •—Allan Rutherford of Toronto, an etaploye of a horse-car company, turns out to ba an earl and entitled to an estate worth $60,- 000 per year. Why is it that decayed and un recognised noblemen take so naturally to pilot ing a car horse, waiting at table or propelling a razor T One never heard of a lawyer, clergy man, or even an editor, turning up in the char acter of lost heir. —For the second time this season we lay before onr readers the Premium List for the Agricultural Fair to be held here on the 20th, 21st and 22nd days of September next. It should be earefully scanned of everybody in this vicinity ami all should endeavor to have something to exhibit at it. The managers of the Society are energetic and reliable, and their efforta should meet with success. —bmall-pox seems to oe on tne in crease in Pittsburg and will likely spread to tl)e rural districts. Medical science has given to tbe world a preventative of Ms dreadM dis ease, |t has (wen proved beyond doubt that persons properly vaccinated are practically safe fam this contagion. Small-pox is a disease that is liable to appear in any city at any time, and perhaps none of the larger cities ever be come entirely free from it. —Tbe Scientific American gives currency to the statement of a German journal that cases of tetanus, or lock-jaw, have been successfully treated by merely applying to the nape of the neck and along tbe spine large pieces of flannel dipped in hot water of a tem perature just bearable to the hand. Thisreme . fir W yertftinl* a very simple one, accessible to all, and ah ould it be successful one would prove a veritable boon to suffering humanity. —The usual gushing temale idiot begins to bass about Gaiteau, as sooner or later she must. Iler first approach was an attempt to carry him in some toothsome dainties to sus tain hu shrinking frame during these trying times. Pretty soon she will be sending him sending him flowera, flirting with him through the bars, and .wanting to kiss him for his moth er. The female idiot at a convict's cell, especi |l)f »F «I}S ii younif, good tanking, qnd r*i»id to Know better, is about the most exasperating form of brain-spavin known to man. —The Board of School Directors of this town met Monday evening, the 18th inst., at the School House, and on fifteenth ballot elected E. Mackey, of this place, Principal. Joseph Mechling was elected on first ballot and unanimously to be one of the male teachers, and Omer Cochran was elected on third ballot to be the other male teacher. Mr. Mackey. the new Principal, is a graduate of the Mercers burg, Pa., (Allege, lie is considered a thor ough scholar, and he will no doubt be a suc cessful Principal. '? SWfrtbjßS yiciopsly co R: tfw 1? W. that a)jrait American owners. If everybptjy ifcai an Immense property, all in eftsh, lies rusting in the vaqlb of tbe Bank of England merely because the American heir* bare n«t spirit enough lo send oyer far it, and if the helm, goaded to Mertlun by the reproachful speeches of their neighhors, finally combine, employ an attorney and send him after the money, the chances are about a million to one thattne bank's officials will say that they never heard of any such estate. On the other hand, somebody dies in England and the heir cannot be found, even if he or she has been traced to America. The Tichborne estate is a case in point. And recently the heir to two million dollars has been vainly advertised for. Court Notes. Charles C. Stewart has brought suit against Samuel C. Thompson for slander, claiming damages in $5,000. The petition of Jeff. Allen for a writ of ha beas corpus was awarded and he was discharg ed from custody. Peter Kaylor, administrator of John Hemp hill, was discharged from custody under the in solvent laws. A motion and argument court convened on Monday morning. —The daylight robbery which oc cured in New York City, by which an employe of a large brewery firm lost nearly SIO,OOO, is the heaviest of the kind ever perpetrated in the metropolis, where similar crimes have been of frequent occurrence. The peculiarly busy life of the great city and the frequent street block ades, collisions and disputes involved, give especial opportunity for such thefts, as a street disturbance att<-aets little attention anil passers by are not apt to appreciate the import of 9uch an affair, until after it is over. —Congress is not authorized to make a uniform law of divorce for the States. Dr. Woolsey suggests that, in view of the difficul ties arising under conflicting laws in relation to marriage and divorce, a convention compos ed of delegates appoiuted by the Governors of the several States meet and agree upon a uni form system to be submitted to the Legislature of every State, with a recommendation that it be adopted. The suggestion is one that might result in good, though the question is one of great difficulty. —On Tuesday, the 12th inst., the barn of Mr. Eben Crawford, of Crawford's Cor ner's, Venango Co., was struck by lightning, and together with several tons of hay, thirty dozen of wheat, a wagon, buggy and other arti cles was entirely consumed by fire. Walter Crawford, sou of Samuel, Josh. Crawford and James Montgomery were in the barn when it was struck. Walter was made insensible by the shock and for a time was supposed to be dead, but has since recovered. —A special meeting of the Board of Health of Wilmington, Del., was held Friday evening, to further consider the question as to using bovine virus by physicians throughout the city. After some'discussion the following resolution was unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, In the opiniou of the Board of Health the bovine quills or points for vaccina tion are inefficient, therefore be it Rnolved, That we, as a board, discourage their use in the city as a peventative for small pox. —Some ambitious faster may yet beat Griscom's record of forty-five days with out food, but we don't believe that any can beat Griscom. Dr. Tanner at the close of his fast was very much prostrated ; but Griscom, after fortv-five days' fasting, apparently was not buffering for want of food, and seemed able to go on indefinitely. In fact, it looked as though he could have fasted until he died, and by doing so he might have conferred a much "greater benefit on science than he has now done. Then we would have known exactly how long a man can live on nothing. Now we still have to guess at it. —The case of Heber Donaldson, an attorney at Emlenton, Venango county, con victed by a lower court of his church of the of fense of danciug, was before the Clarion Pres bytery, on appeal, a few days ago. The trial occupied a whole day ; and, though the defend ant vigorously defended himself the appeal was rejected by a vote of twenty-two to one. An other and final appeal was then taken to the Synod of Erie. It came out in tlie evidence tliat Mr. Donaldson was not a success as a dancer—in short, that he couldn't dance worth a cent. Yet he was convicted for trying, which the brethren regarded as not less siuful or per haps worse than dancing.— Spectator. A legislator from the interior of York State demands that the skunk be protect ed in-his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the reason being that he destroys grubs that otherwise would destroy hop vines. He therefore becomes practically a protector of the beer trade, and as whoever does anything for beer touches more than half the adult male population in a very tender spot, the future standing of the skunk may be foreshadowed as one of eminent resjiectability. And in spite of all that is said of bis distinguishing peculiarity he may make himself at home in three-quarters of the beer shops in the laud without making them smell any worse than they do now. —Scarcely have we got clear of oce comet when another is announced. The expect ed visitor is Encke's comet—one with which the astronomers are well acquainted. It has a period of three years and half. Its epliemeris, which has already been computed, fixes the date of its urrival at July 29, and of its disap pearance at November 12. Probably during October It will be visible to the naked eye, but during the grcutcr part of its stay in our heav ens it will only be visible bv means of a tele scope. This comet is regarded with peculiar in terest by astronomers mi account of its gradu ally shortening periods. The theory is that there is a slight resitting medium in space, which is constantly bringing the comet nearer the sun, into which it will ultimately fall. —The Supreme Court of Illinois has decided that the right of a divorced wife to ali mony from the estate of the husband from whom she is parted ceases upon her marriage to a second husband. The principle upon which the decision is made i » that the obliga tion to support the wife rests upon the husband on the marital relation, and may not be trans ferred to another man eveu though the latter may once have been the husband of the wife. Alimony is the equivalent of the support due by the husband under the marriage contract, and which-is lost when the decree of divorce annuls that contract. When by a subsequent marriage the woman acquires an obligation on an existing husband for her support, she can not hold a former husband for tlie same sup port. The decisions of the Courts of some other States are to the same effect. —The public anxiety in regard to Mr. Garfield's condition has very much abated, because of the continuance and increase of fa vorable svmptoms. He ii not yet out of danger, but is clearly on the way out; and a great weight has been lifted from men's minds by the intelligence. The weather has been anything but favorable to him, the heat having reached a point which must make Washington all but intolerable even to those who arc in perfect health, and especially so to one of the Presi dent's build. For a time the efforts to cool his room were not successful, and the patient must have suffered from the heat, although the room is large and well ventilated. He bears himself with the same courageous hopefulness, quiet humor, and thoughtful courtesy, as all through the days since he was wounded. It is this he roic attitude in the face of death which impress es mankind always. —During the storm that visited this place last Tuesday afternoon, the greater part of the tin roof of *he First National Bank Build ing was ripped off by the wind. On its way to (bp street the tin passed oyer the Saving* Bank and Baldauf buildings, to the Wuller building, where it knocked over a chimney and then fell to the street and side walk, demolishing Dan's awning. One of the chimneys of the First Na tional Duilding and some of the timbers of the roof, fell upon the roof of the Savings Bank and knocked several large holes in the roof. Will Campbell and Ed. Vogeley were iu the Savings Bank, and thinking that the whole block was coming down, took refuge in the vault, as the falling tin, timbers and bricks made it unsafe to go out at either end of the building. Cleeland was in his store in the Baldauf building, which had a hole knocked jn the jroof, and also found it safer tu ruuiaia in the building. —The locust, about whose coming, there has been so much excitement and so much fear, lest the year's crop of grain shall be largely destroyed, is not that sort of an in sect. The coming creature is the seventeen year locust and his friend the thirteen-year lo cust, In other words there are two broods which will appear this year simultaneously, the first time such a thing has occurred since IC6O, and which will not occur again until 2102. Bofh (}re entirely fynn the species known as tne Rooky Mountain locust, that de stroys without conscience the growing crop?, sweeping off remorselessly every growing thing that comes in its way. They devote their at tention entirely to trees and shrubbery, boring holes in the branches to deposit their eggs. Should they, as is expected, make their appear ance this Summer, while the grass and flowers may he full of them, they will disturb nothing but the trees, but orchards and limber lands will tell the story of their presence. —Up to Saturday evening last some eighty-five hundred dollars had been subscribed to start the proposed Glass Works at thisplacei If $1,500 more is secured tbe company \yill get a charter anil l>ui[osition to any payment, based on various considerations. The conclusion was the voting her the balance of the one year's sal ary and the conferring upon her for life of the franking privilege. The money received lasted her but a short time —it must be remembered that the President's salary was then but $25,- 000 a year—and five years after Lincoln's death Congress granted his widow a pension of $3,000 a year. —A meeting of the heirs of the Lord Say fortune, said to amount to $100,000,000, was held in Indiana, Thursday, June 30th. At this meeting measures were taken to secure the for tune as soon as possible. The letters written by the attorney who is working np the case in England, were read by George W. Hood, Esq., of Indiana, who is the attorney employed to conduct the business here. It seems the mouey has been on interest for more than one hundred and twenty-five vears, and has now reached the enormous amount of $100,000,000, withont the real estate. There are said to be about eighty four heirs, so each heir will receive more than $1,000,000. Several of the heirs live in Indiana county, Joseph R. Smith, editor of the Jle**en grr, being one of them. We learn, also, that the heirs of Hugh M. Speedy, deceased, late of Conemaugh township, one of whom is Mr. B. F. Speedy, of Johnstown, will have their share of the estate. — Johimtowti Tribune. We have several families in this county of the name of Say, and we would merely say they may be "of the heirs of Lord Say." —A Washington dispatch shows that there are two excellent reasons for believ ing that the Postoffice Department may become self-sustaining. The first is theone with which the country has become familiar —that the re forms already effected by Postmaster-General James will work a reduction of ex|>enses of uearly $1,250,000 a year. The second is that there is a gratifying "increase in the revenues. The recipts of the Post Offices of New York, Boston, Baltimore and Chicago for the quarter ending June 30,1881, show an increase ot $250,- 000 over the receipts for the same quarter last year. The increase in the value of the postage stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards, etc., sold in the last fiscal year over the preceding fiscal year was $2,550,000. This growth in the revenues necessarily involves a growth in ex penses, but not in the same proportion ; and the day does not seem to be far distant when, with the increased receipts and the savings through the abolition of Star Routes, the dream once thought Utopian will be realized, .and the postal service will actually pay its way. —We have repudiated the idea that the Stalwart Republicans have any even indi rect responsibility for the attempt on Mr. Gar field's life, which is not shared equally by all our political factions. And we should notiiave commented on anything that Mr. Conkling has said if it had been possible to avoid doing so. Hut the ex-Senator's utterances have been such in their tone, as to excite unpleasant feeling even among the most stalwart of his admirers. The O!obe-I>emocrat, of St. Louis, is one of the few Republican newspapers which have stood by Mr. Conkling in all his recent extravagan ces; but it confesses that it listened in vain for one tone of genuine svrapathy in what he was pleased to say. Mr. Smallev telegraphs from London that comments of the same character are to be found in the English papers, The Tel egraph's New York correspondent having taken tne trouble to send them what Mr. Conkling said. The ex-Senator's concern seems to have been concentrated on two points. The first was that the public should not be excited over Mr. Garfield's murder; the second, that it should rally with every confidence »o the support of Mr. Arthur as President! This irresponsive ness to the popular feeling is the more remark able, ns it contrasts with what the country has heard from those who are in politics the farth est removed from the President. Even Mr. Jefferson Davis has spoken words which Mr. Roscoe Conkling might copy. This is the sad effect of illimitable self-conceit, that its victim at last finds himself unable to contemplate any event, even the most important, except in its relations to his own over-valued self. With Mr. Arthur it has not been so. With all his faults, he has lost nothing of his capacity for right human feeling, and the country knows to-day that if this calamity, or any like it, should make him President, he would assume the office with genuine and siucere sorrow for the cause of his elevation to it.— The American. Pittsburgh Female College. If you have a daughter to educate and desire to find a first-class school, send for a Catalogue of the Pittsburgh Female College. There are seven distinct schools, with special facilities for each, under one management, and the rates are very low. In the Conservatory of Music connected with the College, one hundred full lessons are giveu for eighteen dollars. A Cata logue containing full information, can be had free, by applying to Rev. I. C. Pershing, D. D., Pittsburgh, I'a. A Great Kueyeloptedia. The completion of the great "Library of Uni versal Knowledge" Hie first, of July will mark an epoch in the lives of thousands of ambitious young men and women, as it places a liberal education easily within the reach of every one who chooses to aspire to it. Every department of human knowledge is in a large measure here laid open to the understanding of the intelli gent reader. Heretofore such a valuable and magnificent compendium of knowledge has l>een inaccessible to ordinary people on account of extremely high cost. This, the largest ency clopaedia ever published in this country, in large type, excellently printed and bound, can be secured at the trifling cost of sls, and even beyond this, liberal discounts are allowed to clubs of three, five, ten or more persons, and during the months of July and August SIO,OOO special reward is offered to club agents. It is well worth while sending at once to the pub lishers for specimen pages and particulars. See also their advertisement elsewhere. American Book Exchange, Publishers, New York. —EMPLOYMENT FOR LADIES. The Queen City Suspender Company, of Cincinnati, are now manufacturing and introducing their new Stocking Supporters for Ladies and Chil dren, and their unequaled Skirt Suspenders for Ladies. None should be without them ; our leading physicians recommend them, and are loud in their praise. These goods are manufac tured by ladies who have madl- the wants of the ladies and children a study, and they ask us to refer thern to some reliable an energetic lady to Introduce them in this county, and we certainly think that an earnest solicitation in every house hold would meet with a ready response, and that a determined woman could make a hand some salary anil have the exclusive agency for this county. We advise some lady who "is in need of employment to send to the Company her name and address, and mention this paper. Address Queen City Sus|>eiider Company, Nos. 147 A 149 West Fourth street, Cincinnati Ohio. Announcement! To the music-loving people of Butler, Pa.: Permit me to announce that I have decided to reside permanently in your town in order to make myself more useful to the community. Louis VON MEYEKHOFF. MARRIED. LAWRENCE— THOMAS—At Fannington, Butler Co., Pa , July 13, 1881, by Rev. Win. Bran'ield, Mr. Samuel E. Lawrence, of Scrub grass township, and Miss Erilla A. Thomas, of Rockland township, Venango Co., Pa. CAMPBELL—HILLIARD—At Farmington Rutler Co., Pa., July 11, 1881, by Rev. Wm. Braufield. Mr. J. 11. F. Campbell and Miss Jenney M. Hilliard, both of Scrnbgrass town ship, Venango Co., Pa. ANDERSON --DKSHNLR—At Fry burg, Pft., July a, 1881, by Rev. j. K. Bricker, Mr. J. If. Andtirtiun. tu Mius Bertha E. Deshner, all of Centreville, Butler Co., Pa. McQARVEY—FOSTER—At North Wash ington, this county, July 5, 1881, by Rev. T. M. Thompson, Mr. Matthew S. McGarvey, of North Washington, Butlea county, and Miss Phiehe Fuster, of Cowansville, Armstrong county, Pa. I>EATHH. _ McGEAßY—Suddenly, at his residence in Freeport, on Tuesday morning, July 12, John McGeary, aged 75 years. SLOAN—Iu Venango township, this county, June 21>th, ult., Mrs. Ellen Sloan, wife of Mr. Joseph Sloan, aged 68 yrs. The Westmoreland OH Well The Greensbursr Tribune and Her ald, of the 13th inst., gives the follow -Ing interesting account of the oil well recently struck in Westmoreland county near Greensburg. The owners of the the well it seems live in this county. It says : "Oil has been struck and a steady stream is now flowing from out the bowels of the earth in old Westmore land. How long it will continue to flow is a mystery yet to be unfolded. But it is pouring out its slippery store now and tbis gives rise to tho hope that it will "flow on forever." On Thursday last news was brought to town that oil had been struck at the new well on Brinker farm, four and a half miles south of town, and a mile and a half on this side of Pleasant Unity. The excitement began, and in a brief space of time every one seemed to see visions of oil wells and oil tanks dotting the fair farms heretofore rendered pictur esque only by the cattle upon the thousand hills. Everybody was excit ed, and the person who had looked into this mysterious hole whence pour ed the oily flood was looked up to with respect which amounted almost to reverence. '•The strike was entirely unexpected as they bad only reached a depth of five hundred feet, and the flow at first was fifteen barrels per day. The owners of the property, Messrs Joliu Scot & Co., of Butler, had confidence in the staying qualities of the hole, an ij : uiuie diately proceeded to make arrange ments for tankasre. The farming popu lation entered into the spirit of the affair and showed their interest by coming from far and near to not only see but also to get some of the valua ble stuff. Wagons from all portions of the neighborhood soon gathered at the place. "In order to find out the real value of the fluid Mr. John T. Stephenson, the druggist, who is a skilled chemist, analyzed it and pronounced it lubricat ing oil of a superior quality. Its abso lute genuineness added considerably to the excitement. The well continued to flow steadily, rather increasing than diminishing, until Sunday when it rested from its labors for a few hours, making up for lost time by a somewhat stronger gush. Yesterday it got down to the old basis and was doing about fifteen barrels per day. The flow is regular being ou an average of about four pulsatious to the minute. The experts who have visited the surround ings say that is a bonanza, and that it will pan out better if sunk deeper. Others fear that further drilling will stop the present supply. "A veteran Pittsburg oil operator when consulted said: It is shallow oil, struck at a depth, it is claimed, of five hundred feet, and experience goes to show that such wells never hold out. I think that the Ureensburg well, from what I can learn, and from my experi ence of nearly|twenty years in the oil pro ducing business, will in a few days not produce over two barrels, instead of twenty-one, as now reported, and that it will finally dry up. This well can have no earthly effect upon the trade, any more than did the finding of heavy oil at Franklin, Smith's ferry, in Lawrence county and other places The lubricating oil trade may feel the new well's effect, provided the new well is as good as reported, but that is all." "Speculators have been busy trying to persuade the farmers to accept rea sonable prices for their land, but they decline to sell with a pertinacity which shows how firm is their belief in the existence of good paying fluid in that neighborhood. After the excitement abates a little, however, it is probable that other wells will be put down and the peaceful valley be made to resound with the steady hum of industry. "Just forty-three year ago while sinking a salt well not a great distance from the present location oil was struck, but as the owners did not then know its value, it was abandoned aud a new location sought. Even now the aban doned well emits a few gallons of oil occasionally, and ihe neighboring far mers gather up and use it. "Just how valuable the fluid is can be better determined when the well is in successful operation." !Vot a Ileverage. 'They are 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, i. e. more real hop strength, than a barrel of or dinary beer. Every druggist in Ro chester sells them, and the physicians prescribe them.'— Eveniny Express. on Hop Bitters. —The large and beautiful catalogue of the Pine Grove Norma Academy will be sent free to any address. Fall term of thirteen weeks will begin Tuesday, August 9th, 1881. Isaac C. Ketler, Principal, Pine Grove, Wolf Creek P. ()., Pa. —Facts to ponder: The State Nor mal School Edinboro, I'a., is one of the best schools in the following par ticulars : 1. Class rooms, largo, pleasant, con venient. 2. Library, located in one of the most charming of school rooms. 3 Society rooms, roomy, well fur nished, delightful. 4. Cabinets and apparatus, well se lected, well arranged and accessible. 5. Teachers, earnest and thorough. C. Students, diligent and faithful. 7. Expenses—-to teachers only $.1,00 per week for board and tuition. For full particulars send green stamp to J. A. Cooper, Edinboro, Pa. —'A word to the wise is sufficient.' An effective and agreeable remedy for the treatment of Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness is Ely's Cream Halm. A sure cure. Cream Balm ef fectually cleanses the nasal passages of catarrhal virus, causing healthy secre tions, ftllays inflammation and irrita tion, protects memhranal linings of the head from additional colds, completely heals the sores and restores the sense of taste and smell. Beneficial results are realized by a few applications A thorough treatment as directed will cure Catarrh. As a household remedy for cold in the head it is uacqualed. The Balm Is easy to use and agreeable. Sold by druggistss at 50 cents. On receipt of 50 cents will mail a package. Send for circular with full information. Ely's Cream Balm Co., Owego, N. Y. P'or sale in Butler by J. C. Kedick, I). 11. Wuller, Zimmerman and Wuller, Coulter and Liun Ruder Produce Market. BACOX- -Sides, 9c; hams, 10c; shoulders. 7c. BEANS —White, tl .50 V bash el; green, 40c per bushel. BCTTKB —Good 13 cento V lb. CUICKESS— Spriug. 35 to 40 eta. nor pair. CALF SKlNS —GrtrlOc V lb. Beef Hides, G<®7c. Eoos— cts V dozen. FLOUR— $2.50 to #3.10 per cwt. GBAlS —Wheat, $1.10; rye 90C ; oats, 35*40: LARD— Country, 10c ¥ lb. POTATOES —New, 50c V bushel. PEAS -Green, 40 to 50c per bushel. Carpels. Clothing and CieiilH' Furnishing (jtuod*. Fine all wool two ply Carpets at 50 cents, at lleck «fe Patterson's. The best stock of Gents' Fine Cloth ing at Heek it Patterson's. New styles in China Mattings, cheap at Heck & Patterson's. The best and cheapest stock of Gents' Furnishing Goods at Heck & Patter son's. Good Rag Carpet at 30 cts., at Heck & Patterson's. Trunks and Satchel 3, cheap at Heck & Patterson's. The finest and cheapest stock of Carpets in Butler at Heck & Patter sou's. Children's Clothing, large stock and low prices at Heck & Patterson's. The best Brussels Carpets at 62 and 65 cts., at Heck & Patterson's. Fine Straw Hats for Men, Boys and Children's wear, less than cost at Heck & Patterson's. Good two ply 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 & Pattersons. —Don't pay ten cents a pound for Bradley Stove Plates when you can get them at Rockenstein's for six. —All kinds of ready made shirts, at J. F. T. Stehle's. A l>ifticult 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 drunkeuness prevails on account of this necessity for bodily and mental invigoration. Parker's Ginger Tonic fairly 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 icating.— Enquirer. See other column. WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor, has just opened the largest line of woolens for men and boys wear ever offered in Butler. A SOLID Silver Case aud a Genuine American Movement as low as $lO, at E. GRIEB'B. Wanted. All kinds of grain for which I will pay the highest market price iu cash at my mill. GEO. KEIBEIt, Nov. 3, 1880. Butler, Pa. —lmmense stock of straw hats, at J. F. T. Stehle's. —Before buying your tinware call and see what you can get for 5)9 cents at Chris. Stock's. This set is warran ted, made by himself, and of best char coal tin. Regular price $1.30. 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. —Rockensteiu has none but first class Tinware on his couuters.no 5 aud 10c truck tinware. Beware of 09c buckets, they are N. G. jels:4w —House and lot on Penn street, in Butler—for small family—for sale or rent. Inquire at CITIZEN office, jlotf lin port ant to Travelers. Special inducements are offered you by the Burlington Route. It will pay you to read their advertisement to be found elsewhere in this issue. (may2stf —Chris. Stock nas none but the orig inal 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. —The celebrated Eighmie shirt, with a bosom that cannot break or wriLkle, at J. F. T. Stehle's. Steuben ville, (Ohio) Female Seminary. 52 Years Successful Experience. First-class School. Terms low. Send for Catalogue. A. M. It KID, Ph. D., I'rin. july2oni2 VENNOR'S PREDICTIONS T For Ibis Month's Weather, prepared expressly tor STODIMRT'd REVIEW. Sample Copy Mailed for 3c Stamp. gj.l. M BTOHDAHT, l'ut>., New York, I'liila., or Chicago. t:ijuly3o JEFFERSON ACADEMY, CANNONBUURG, FA. Excellent preparation for College, (food Eng lish and Business Education ; Library of :i,OOO volumus; Gymnasium. In Hoy's Board ng Mali, students will lie taken in the family under the immediate care ot the principal. Commence* Sept. 30th July 30::im WM. EWINO, Principal. GOOD NEWS TO ALL parties troubled with baldness aud loss ol hair. The "Alpha Hair Restorer" is the first and only remedy ever known that has never failed in a single ease, and we will pay SIOO.OO in auy case where It fails to produce hair if pro[>«:rly used. Send tjr Circulars and sworn testimonials to JAMES MURPHY & CO., General Agents. 2'' Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Price per bottle, 12.00, or three iKiltles for #5.00 41* ONLY DAUGHTER (I K- Kl> OF COXSIIMPTIOX. When death was hourly expected, all remedies having failed, and l>r. H. James was ex|HTiment nig with the many herbs of Calcutta, he accident ally made a preparat ion which cured his only chid of CONSUMPTION. His child is now in this coun try, and enjoying the best of health. He lias 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 expenses. This Herb also cures Night Sweats. Nausea at the Stomach, and will break up a fresh cold in twenty-four hours. Ad dress Craduock & Co.. lura Itace Street, Philadel phia. naming this paper. PKNSIONS. Procured for all soldiers disabled in the IT, S. ser vice from any cause, also for heirs of deceased sol diers. The slightest disability entitles to pension. PENSIONS INCREASED. Bounty and new dis charges procured. Those in doubt as to whether entitled to anything, should send two II cent stamps for our "circular of Information." Address, with stamps, STODK A KT & Co.. Solicitors of Claims and Patents, Washington. I». C. I.ock box, GO. patentsT T. F. LEIIM ANN, Solicitor of Patents, cor ner Sixth avenue and Smithfield St.. Pittsburgh Pa. llranch office at Washington, I). C. No patent, no pay. Send for Circulars. [Xje-lni Blnlrnville (Pa.) Ladiew' Nemiiiary. Beautiful grounds, commodious building*. Healthful location. THOKOCHH INSTUCCTION. Thirty-llrst vear begins September 14. lssi. Apply 1 for catalogues to RKV. l'. R. EWIKU, Principal. July U: 2iu |1: The Largest f I ? STRAW HATS ill BUTLER I! 11 £ S v , r 1 II CHARLES B. ERIEB'S, ? I S MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA, "if I $ I I Si a fine line or 2. | |cq '»1' 00 Q Stm/muitf *)ii.>? } Dr. Frease's Water Cure. A healthy Institution in its 25th year. For nearly all kinds of Chronic diseases, and espe cially the disenpes ol Women. Invalids are In cited to correspond with us. Circulars Ircc. Address, 8. FKEASE, M. D., New Urieliton, Beaver Co , Pa. Iyjune29 Union Woolsn Mills. I wonld desire to call tho attention of the public to the Union Woolen Mill. Bntler, Pa., where I have new aud improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred and Gray Flannels, Knitting and Weaving Yarns, and I can recommend them as being very dura ble, as they are manufactured of pure Butler county wool. They are beautiful in color, su perior in texture, and will be sold at very low prices. For samples and prices, address, H. FULLERTON, Ju124.'78-1 y) Bntler, Pa Notice in Divorce. Martha M. Cooper, bv her next friend, Hugh Young, vs James .1. Cooper- In the Court of Common Pleas of Butler couuty, Pa., A. D. Xo. 5, December term, 1880, libel in divorce. And now, June (Ith, 1881, on motion of G. A. it A. T. Black, attorneys for libellant, in open Court, and it appearing by the Sheriff's return to the sub|Ki'ua and alias subpoena in above cause, that the respondent cannot IK- found in this county, publication is awarded in the LLUT LKK CITIZEN according to law, returnable to next term. BY THE C'Ol'RT. To the Respondent, Jttmea Cooper: You ure hereby notified to lie nutl appear in your pro|H*r |>ersou before our judges at Ituller, at n ('ourt of Common Pleas there to be held on the sth day of September, 1881, next, to answer the petition or libel of the saiil Martha M. Cooper, and to show cause, if any you have, why the said Martha M. Coojier, your wife, should not he divorced from the bonds of matri mony, agreeably to the acts of Assembly in such case "made and provided. w. n. HOFFMAN, juneStf Sheriff of Butler County. Battle Creek, Michigan, ITAKCTACTCBEIIS OF THE ONLY GENUINE Traction and Plain Engines and Horso-Powors. Jlo«t».'ompleteTlitc#her Factory " v Established in the World. > 1848 ff\ f\ VCA 3C of conlinuout and nicesj^/uHuii. J I I LHiiw ntii, without chanpe or name, O management, cr location, to "bark up" tkt ■ Hfiind mirrnnty yi'rn m n'f f—f-r— - ,*nJ C iver se**n in tho American market. A-r ultitmls of rpe. features and imprmnn+nU for 1681, ton- her with nperior qualities** construe* don ami muteri il* not dn*med of by other.ni&krra. I'onr rifcea of Separatern, from 6to 12 liorae C«"" 'acity. f»r steam or hor.te poirer. Two ntyW* )f •• Mount**! * Horso-Power*. Vf £/\f\ rnf\ 7cct of Helectci Lumber « ul/U)UUU (fron* three to six yt*irs atr-drted) o.hsl-•nt'y ou hano, from which i* btult the iu oomj>amlilo wood-work of our machinery. fR/iSTION ENGINES^ .mfl - I Fart.iera nail Threslicronen are invited to tliiM i-KitrliUi* Threshing Machinery. Oirjiiliii:' sent free. Address NICHOLS, SHEPAKD 4 CO. Rattla Creek. Mlch ,—a, »" Teachew' Kxnmiiiulions. Pisgali S. H., Venango twp fuly 5 Six Points " 6 Martinsburg ' ~ Kitrus Citv " K Cutler " » (ilade Mills '' 11 Surversville 12 Sax on burg " 13 Coylesville " 14 Millerstown " 15 Kvansburg " 18 Zelienople " l'i Portersville " 20 West Liberty " 21 Prospect " 2'J Harrisvilie " 2U Centreville " 27 Holyoke " 28 Middletowu \ugust 2 North Washington " 3 Sun bury " 4 New Hope " 5 Lower Whitcstown " 0 Special examinations at Butler the last Sat urday of each month. Applicants not attending the regular examiu ntions must give satisfactory reasons for non attendance, and present a written reque«t sign ed by at at least three members of the board stating that they wish to employ said applicant in their district. Examinations will begin at 9a. in., sharp. Applicants will come prepared for written examination, and with a stamped envelope for return postage. Evidence of good moral character must be furnished where applicant is unknown to Su perintendent. Persons not intending to teach in county nor at all will please not apply. Directors are resj>ect fully requested to we that the houses designated ure opened in time and fit for occupancy on the day of examina tion and also to be present if possible. .1. H. MURTLAND, je22-3t County Kujierintcndent. Notice is hkkkky civkx thai' an application will l>c made under the Act of Assembly of llie Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to pro vide for the lucorimrutlou and Regulation of cer tain Corporations, approved April '.".till. IsTl. and the supplements thereto, for tne charter of an Intended corporation to lie called the i'eniisylva-! lila Mutual Telegraph Company, the character awl object of which is the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telegraph line in the counties of Northampton, behigli, llcrks, l.ehanou. Dau phin, Montgomery.Carbon. I.uzenie. I.ackawannu. Schuylkill, Columbia, Montour. Northumberland. Lycoming. t'nloli. Krie. Warren. McKcan. ( raw lord. Vcuango, Clarion, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Washington. Fayette, Somerset, But ler, Mercer. I.awrencc. Beaver and Clinton, in the State of Pennsylvania, and for these purposes to have, (MISSCSS, and enjoy all the rights, benefits, franchises and privileges conferred by the said Act of Assembly and its supplements. It KAI) & PKTTIT. Solicitors. Julyl.t: ;it 518 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. riutitiM AitMon, Justice of the Peace Main street, opposite PostoftJcD, lieiy zklikkuple ,VA- SPRING SUMMED A. TROUTMAN, MAIN) STRUT. BUTLER, PA. I.S NOW EXHIBITING A COMPLETE AND MOST ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF SEA sonable goods at lowest prices iu Dry Goods, Notions, Trimmings, Ac: Black Silks, Colored Silks, Summer Silks. Changeable Silks, Black Cashmeres, Colored Cashmeres, Sun's Veiling, Henrietta Cloth. Silk warp, Black Momic Cloth, Colored Momle Cloth, Lace Bunting for Dresses, Broclie Shawls. Shetland Shawls, Summer Shawls. Skirts and Skirtings, Caxsimeros. Cloths, Jeans Tweeds, Cottonades, Tickings, Towe!in», shirtings. Carpet Chain, Muslins, bleached and unbleached hi all widths and best makes ; Ladies' sacking Cloths iu great variety. Children's Sticking. &e., &e. Curtain Lace by the yard. Lace curtains in cream and also in pure white. J l , and I yards long. Lace Lambrekiii-v Table Covers, Towels la great variety. Table I.imiens. My stock was never so complete • iu bleached, half bleached, unbleached, Turkey and German red and fancy. Napkins in bleached and red. Quilts, all prices, India Mull, linen lawn. Victoria Lawn. Persian I-awn. Nainsook, plain and stripid. Figured Swiss, Plain Swiss, Kern figured Swiss. Irish trimminK, collars for children, POIUIIB for Indies, iiiffs, ribbons, f* atli«'r-etl>tetl ltrwitl, ricmc br.Uii. lac.' tics, fancy tics, mull lies in plain and nice line embroidered ends, handkerchiefs in cotton, linen and silk, some extra line linen handkerchiefs ; bI::CK crape ami black crape veils. 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