BUTLER CITZIENi_ JOHN H. k W. C. WESLEY, PROP'RS, Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as second-class# matter. Republican County Ticket. AsMclate Judge. JL D. WEIR, Buffalo township. Sheriff. FEBGUB M. BHIRA, Parker township. Prothonotary. M. N4GBEER,|Buffalo township. Clerk ®t Courts. W. BL DODDS. Maddjrereek township. Reelster d Recorder. HENDERSON" W. CHRISTIE, of Butler, Treasurer. J. HARVEY MILLER, of Butler. Comfy Commissioner*, CHARLES COCHRAN, of Concord township. GEORGE W. HAYS, of Middlesex township. County Auditors, G. W. CROW, of Forward township. J. H. SHANNON, of Franklin township. Corouer. WILLIAM KENNEDY, of Penn township. WE give the news from the Presi dent op to Monday night. PRXBIDKNT GARFIELD stood the sur geon's operation like a hero. THE Philadelphia Press says: "In spite of all the high priced soap the State is made to pay for, the Harris burg ring is not clean." W. MILNOR ROBERTS, an eminent civil engineer, and well known in for mer years at Pittsburgh, died in Bra zil on the 14th inst. lie left this country some years ago to accept the of fice of chief engineer of the Brazilian Government, receiving, it is said, a salary of $20,000 a year. THB comb of Boss Conkling has been cot. Boss Mahone is in deep tribulation. There is revolt against Boss Cameron in Pennsylvania and Boas Logan in Illinois. This has been a bad year for bosses—but then we hare no boss in Maryland and don't expect to have aay.— Baltimore Qa lette, W. P. MURPHY, of Freeport, thinks there Is a striking resemblance be tween Conkling'* present position and his own st a certain period of his life. When a boy, Mr. Murpby says his sister was teaching the district school, and he made tip his mind that he would ran the school or be would not go. Acting on this determination pretty soon be kicked up a row, and wsa punished as he deserved. He went home and told his father about it, expecting to be sent back the next day, wheg he would make more trouble thaa-erer: but bis father, instead of sending him back where he would an noy the rest of the school and tbo ad ministration, put a mattock in his hand and set bim to digging around the stamps. He thinks that the New York people will set Roscoe to digging around stumps, and hopes the great Conkling will learn as useful a lesson from the exercise as he did.— Freejjorl Journal. THE account found in another place of the manner in which tbe Clerks of the Senate and House, and other officers of the legislature last winter, defrauded tbe State of Pennsylvania, is shameful in tbe extreme. It surpasses, in cool rascality, anything that has yet come to light, except .tbe Post office Star Roots swindles on the National Gov ernment. How this cheating of tbe State is done at this late day will be a matter for the Republicans of this, and every other county in the State, to en quire into. Members and Senators as a general thing we presume knew noth ing of tbe dishonesty practiced in their namea and for their use, but they can only relieve themselves now by caus ing a thorough exposure of the whole villany and corruption. What the Senate or House 'needs with a barber shop, bay rum, tonic, soap, brushes, etc., is something new and should be investigated. It would seem as if tbe Legislature bad become a very dirty plate, and that the members, as soon as they entered tbe halls of tho two houses, became unclean. Considering that they all have boarding bouses and private rooms, and are presumed to keep themselves clearly therein, it is bard to understand why they need so much cleaning during the few hours of each day they are engaged in legislat ing. These barber shops, etc., are all things of recent invention, and the ex posure now being made will probably end tbem. . RAILROAD MATTERS. We give bat little credence to tbe reports going as to tbe routes of some of the projected new railroads herea bouts. We have generolly found that railroad men build their roads on the route or routes that suits them best. And in this connection, we know of no route that the Narrow Gauge interest on tbe north-east of Butler, can reach their interest to tbe south-west, at or near Evansburg, except by way of Butler. Still it is the duty of every property boldiug citizen to render all encouragement possible to the making of railroads. That they are a great im provement. and a very general advan tage, cannot IKS denied. There may be such a thing as the refusal or neglect of a community to take tbe proper in terest, in a contemplated road, having a bail effect. But this we think cannot be said of the people of this town or vicinity. They have always shown the projier interest in such matters and we have no doubt will do so on the present and all coming occasions. WHEN a man can get a Democratic shave for five cents it looks like throw ing money away for the State to fur nish shaving-mugs for State Senators at $55 a dozen and have them scraped for nothing. The mug of the average State Senator isn't worth any such price.— Phila. Press. SITUATION OF THE PRESI DENT. The hearts of our people were again cast down on Saturday last on learn ing of the sudden change in President Garfield's condition. He hr.d been getting along so favorably that fear had about ceased, and hope bad taken its place, that he would recover. He may yet recover, for while there is life there is hope. An operation, which is the last and extreme remedy, has been performed by the most skillful surgeons and physicians of our country, and with much apparent success. An ac count of this operation will be seen in another place of this paper. The course of the ball and its place of lodgment are now pretty well ascertained,and the open : iDg made to its track is for the purpose of drawing off pus or matter that must come away, to save his life. This had been discharging so well at the month of the wound that all was supposed well. But the chills and high fever of Saturday and Sunday showed that all was not as well as was supposed. The faith of the people however is as strong as ever that he will survive. They will not give him up until the stern an nouncement of his death is made. Lat est news that we have before going to press is still favorable. The operation performed seems to have been a great success in draining the wound of un healthy matter. CONK LING'S O VEH THROW. The Legislature of the State of New York, last Friday, ended the long con test about her United States Senators by electing the Hon. E. G. Lapbam to the seat vacated by ltoscoe Conkling. It had previously, the week before, elected the Hon. Warner Miller in place of I'latt, who had also vacated his seat with Conkling. When Conkling re signed his seat and induced Piatt to do so with him, his idea doubtless was that the Legislature of New \ ork would send them back, and thus re buke President Garfield for making ap pointments to office that did not suit him, the said Conkling. But the legis lature and Republican party of New York looked upon his act of resigning in the same light that the Republicans all orcr the country looked at it And they resolved to punish him for so causeless an attack upon an Adminis tration that was doing every thing in its power to harmonize all interests in the Republican party. For weeks and weeks he kept the Legislature in ses sion and vainly attempted to force him self back into the Senate. But the contest is ended, and be is utterly over thrown. And nothing in the history of the Republican party gives its peo ple more real solid pleasure, than does the discomfiture of this reckless and pompous man. He is not only defeat ed but his power for evil is gone foreve.*, and the people rejoice. For some years past the policy of himself, and a few others, was to rule the party, and if not, then to ruin it. But instead of that, he is himself driven out of pub lic life, and it is the most earnest hope of all good men that nothing may ever arise by which such men will be restor ed to place or power. (Joiniuon NeuMe at Alb;t»y. The Indiana, Pa., Messenger con tains the following relative to the* overthrow of "bossifm" in New York State and the election of new Senators in. the place of Conkling and Piatt: Nothing could more plainly show the complete collapse of Bossism in New York. The tumbling to pieces of Mr. Conkling's Machine is even more complete than the destruction of the Cameron Machine in Pennsylva nia; for in New York, the Speaker of the Assembly himself took the initia tive and acted boldly for a confessed anti-Machine candidate. At Inst even the politicians arc reaching the conclusion that the wel fare of the Republican party is of greater importance than the welfare of a few leading, selfish, unscrupulous schemers The first results of this in dependence may not be all that is de sired by the most earnest reform lie publicans, but they are highly satisfac tory when the degradation of the for mer rule is remembered. Many Penn sylvaninns might have been selected who would have been more satisfac tory to the best elements of the Re publican party than Mr. Mitchell. Many citizens of New York might be found whose election would meet with a warmer reception than will greet Mr. Miller or liapharu. But the movement of which these men are the result, is far more important than the men them selves, and if it ripen and bear the full fruit now promised, the day is not far distant when the best offices will be filled by men who are irnmeasureably above the scheming, petty politicians who have been bred and nursed in the pesti'ential atmosphere of the pothouse. DcedN Muhl be Hecordnd, In the ejectment suit of Duncan Mcßanc vs. George W. Wilson etal., for the recovery of a tract of land in Jefferson county, to which both par ties laid claim, Judge Acheson, of the United States Circuit Court, filed an opinion yesterday which orders that judgment shall Is; entered for the plaintiff in the amount claimed. The caße, which involves a considerable sum of money, hinged entirely upon the point of law which provides that unless a deed of conveyance is recorded within six months after its execution it shall become null and void. TSe deed of Alexander Smith from whom Mcßane purchased the land was re corded Sept. 8, 1H74, while that to Henry Mctzgar, from whom Wilson received his title was not recorded I until June 8, IS7<>, although the latter to all intents and purposes had owned > the land over a year before Smith'sJ fife* Wntt»v : Pull**, P*-» 3«ltj 2t, 1881. purchase. On account, of this neglect j to record the deed within the stated time, judgment for the plaintiff was given.— Pills. Com. Oaz. 14th inU, SUDDEN RELAPSE AIiARMIXG CHANGE I.\ TIIE PItESIDEXT'S CONDITIO*, j BUT ENCOURAGING SYMPTOMS RETURNj AS THE RESULT OF A SURGICAL OPERATION, AND HOPES OF RECOVERY REVIVED. WASHINGTON, Saturday, July •23.- At T o'clock this morning the Presi nent showed his usual morning symptoms of recovery, but about 8 o'clock be was attacked with something like a chill. He shook all over, and his muscles became rigid with what surgeons call a rigor. I his chilly, shaking sensation lasted until about 9 o'clock, when fever set in and rose rapidly. The pulse went up to 130 and the temperature above 101. In an hour or so the fever declined some. The doctors are not yet able to define the cause of the change. 'I he flow of pus from the wound stopped this morn ing, and the surgeons say this may have caused the. change in the Presi dent's condition. A longer drainage tube was substituted, and the doctors prcssd on his stomach and bowels, but very little pus exuded. Whether this means that the wound is healing be tween where the ball is and the mouth of the wound, or that an abscess is forming, is not yet knowu. The attending surgeons in consulta tion considered the i'residenl s condi tion such that the consulting surgeons, Haujilton, of New York, and Agnew, of Philadelphia, hud better be called for at once. A telegram wag gent at noon asking them to come immediate ly. 11:30 A. M.—Dr.Boynton, who has just come from the President's cham ber, attributes the sudden rise in the President's pulse and temperature to some obstruction in the wav of a free discharge of pus from the WOH«d. Symptoms of granulation were noticed along the track of the ball yesterday, and it is possib'e that this liuajing pro cess i« going on at some poiut com parr ativcly near to the external surface of the body, and has dammed up a quan titv of the pus in the deeper part of the Wound, and that the chill and increas ed fever are to be thus accouuted for. The discharge this morning, although perfectly normal and healthy in its character, was unusually scanty, which would stem to indicate that its flow has been in some way impeded or in terrupted. The chill mentioned in the official bulletin commenced about 8 o'clock and lasted until 9, being quite severe, the pulse running up at onc.time to 130. At this hour tho fever is said to be gradually disappearing, and the patient's condition is considered better than when the bulletiu was issued. The following was sent by tho Sec retary of State this afternoon: "To Lowell, London: About noon to-day the President's condition be came very suddenly worse. lie had cjjills, alter nating with fever, increased pulse aud very high temperature. His symp toms at half-past four are better and he is much better in every respect. The consulting surgeons, Drs. Hamilton, of of New York, and Agnew, of Philadel phia, have been summoned and are now enrouto to Washington by trains. J)LAINE." THK PRESIDENT UNDERGOES A SUHOIOAL OPERATION WITH BENEFICIAL RESULTS, Sunday 11 A. M.—lnformation has just been received from the President's chamber that the examination which commenced about 8 o'clock has just been concluded. It is understood that at the instance of I>r. Agnew nn inci sion was made in the President's body a few inches from the original wound for the purpose of reaching what is thought to Is- a pus cavity in the track of the wound. After the operation had been performed a drainage tul>e was inserted and a small quantity of pos it is said made its appearance. It cannot be ascertained at this writing what the effect of tho operation had upon the patient, or what his condition is at the present time.' The surgeons are now in consultation in their own room arid a bulletin will probably be issued very soon. CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS. 1:30 A. M—At this hour the Presi dent's pulse is 102, which indicate a gradual decrease of fever. His tem perature is He has taken a second allowance of beef tea and seem ed to relish it. Ho has Ijecu resting very quietly since tin; operation was performed, dozing at intervals. His condition now sho vs very clearly that h« has experienced a reaction from the incision and is considered better at present than he has been during the past thirty-six hours. P. M.—Dr. Agnew, one of the consulting surgeons, will leave for his home near Philadelphia on the r >: 4o P. M. train to-day. Dr. Hamilton, the other consulting surgeon, will remain here for the present. The laLtcr says, "We feel encouraged at the President's present condition." Col. Rockwell says the President is still resting quietly, that hifr pulse and temperature are going down gradually The Colo nel believes the President will pull through. Postmaster General James just said Dr. Bliss told him a few moments ago that the President's con dition thus far to-day was more favora ble, that he is resting well, and that his general appearance is better. The favorable reaction which followed the operation is very encouraging to the surgeons and they consider the patient's condition improved. 7 I'. M. [Official] —The President has been much relieved by the opera tion of this morning and the pus has been discharging satisfactorily through the new opening. At noon to-day his pulsij was lis, temperature res piration 2 4 At present his pulses is 101, temperature 2, respiration 2'i. D. W. Buss, J. K.'BAHNKS, J. J- WOODWAKO, ROKKKT RKYUURN. !:.'{() A. M.—The President is resting quietly. The attending physicians are dozing and iricmbcrn of tin; household, excepting the watchers in the sick room, are asleep. Dr. Agnew had the cooling appara tus taken out of the President's room. He said jt kept the President's tem perature uneven. MM'ATINd THE ISt'l.l.KT. Experiments were made in the presence of Dr. Agnew to day by Prof. Hell with his electrical indicator with I a view of ascertaining how it would work in indicating where the bullet I lies in the President. A soldier from J the Soldiers' Home, who carries a bul let in his body, was made a subject of tests. It was known by the doctois precisely where this bullet laid, but they took two persons who did not possess this knowledge, and by the use of the indicator both of them located the ball. This ball, however was within two inches of the surface of the body, aud though the tests were very satisfactory, it is not believed the in dicator would point out a ball any deeper than two inches. The results of to-day's experience convinced Drs. Agnew and Bliss that if tbe bullet is within two inches of the surface of the President's body they will l>e able to locate it. THE SURGICAL OPERATION. WASHINGTON, July 24. —The condi tion of the President to-day was the source of much anxiety, and in the ab sence of official information later than the morning bulletin all sorts of wild and unfounded rumors were in circula tion. Since the evening bulletin, how ever, a more hopeful feeling has pre vailed and the excitement of to-day bas to a great extent subsided. The at tending surgeons to-night do not hesi tate to say there has been substantial aud permanent improvement in the President's condition. This afternoon I)r. Ileyburn expressel the opiuion that the crisis of the disturbance caus ed by the formation of a pus cavity has passed, and that there is now every reason to believe in the entire disap pearance of the unfavorable symptoms of the last thirty-six hours. Jo explaining the nature of the oper ation performed by I)r. Agnew this morning, and the necessity for it, J)r. Reyburn made in substance the follow ing' statement: The direction taken by the ball after it entered the body was forward and slightly downward until it struck one of the ribs. It was thence deflected still farther downward and a little to the right so as to make an acute angle with the line of tho back. In other words, when the probe was introduced into the wound to the depth of three or three and one-half inches, its direction was such that its juner end was only about an inch and a half froip t'fie outside of the body at a point lower down r 4 n examination, which was made in the presence of Drs. Agnew and Hamilton this morn r ning, showed that a ptjs cavity had formed in the track of the ball near and beyond the point where it glanced from the rib, and that this cavity could be reached by a direct Incision three inches below the mouth of the wound. It was decided at once to perform the operation. No aniesthetics were used, but the part Jo be operated upon was benumbed by a spray of ether and a wide cut was made into ti(e pi|s cavity, which was reached at a depth of a little more than an inch. With the aid of a probe and a pair of forceps a drainage tube, which is a small, flexible tube of rubber, perforated with holes, was then introduced into the wound made by the ball, and after being carried through the pus cavity, was brought out through tbe newly mac'o incision. One end of the tube then projected from the cut made by the surgeon's knife and the other from the mouth of the original wound. As the pus oozed into the tube through the perforation it could escape from either ppd, and wa? repeatedly washed out with a weak solution of carbolic acid and water, which was thrown through the tube ill a stream. The discharge which follow ed the opening of the pus cavity was entirely satisfactory to the surgeons, ai)d was soon followed by relief to the patient- Tl'P dP'inage tube has been left as it was originally placfjf} ftnd w ill remain there for the present. Jf |hp wound discharges freely through the new opening, the tube may perhaps be withdrawn from the old one in order to allow the latter to heal, " lie incision made to-dny is in a direct line with the deeper parts of the wound, and it is thought the pus will escape through it without any of the obstructions which impeded its ouiflow along the track of the ball, and which caused the pua cavity. In reply to the question whether another pus cavity is likely to form anil bring about a recurrence of the alarming symptoms of yesterday, Dr. Reyburn icaid, "I cannot answer posi tively, but as tho pus HOW has free egress, I do not think it possible that another cavity will form." Being asked whether there were or had been any symptoms in the Presi dent's case of pytemia, or blood poison ing, Dr. Reyburn paid, "None what ever. Rigor of course may be a symp tom of pya'mia, but it is aluo a symp tom of various other complications and it does not point to pytemia. In tins present case the pus continues healthy and all the characteristic symptoms of pyieinia are all wanting. You may say, upon my authority, that no indi cations of blood poisoning has been ob served, and we have no reason to ex pect any." In conclusion Dr. Reyburn said the President's condition and symptoms to night are more favorable and more encouraging than at any time since the chill of yesterday morning. IIIS CONDITION THROUGH MONDAY —Oil lILISS CONSIDERS THE PRESIDENT ftil.l.V AS WELL AS IIKKORK TIIK RKLAPSK. WASHINGTON, Monday, July 25. The President has got through to-day admirably and everybody feels greatly encouraged üboiit him to-night, lie has rested well all day, aud the bene filial cfleets of yesterday's operatiou are plainly visible. To-night's bulletin showed fever, and this caused feeljng of uneasiness outside, but the surgeons said they had anticipated fever aud that it really had not gone as bigh as they expected ; that it was the same surgical fever which has nil along at tended the case and will continue with it, aud was not significant of any dan ger whatever. The Western Associated Press agent iihked l>r. Bliss at nine o'clock to-uight jf th-J rise of fever caused any alarm, lie replied; "Not the least. The fever was not uu high as W" thought it would go, ami it came on later than it has on former evenings. Instead of a febrile rise being an unfavorable symptom to-night, on the contrary, it is very favorable. It was later in mak ing its appearance, and it proves that tbe incision made yesterday bas thoroughly opened tiie wound and is draining it well." "|)octor, iu the light of to-day's ex perience are you convinced that it was the obstruction to the f|ow of pus which produced the unfavorable change ?" "There is no doubt what ever of that, Tim flamming up of the pus in a wound like that of the Presi dent's always makes itself felt at once. It invariable produces constitutional disturbance. It was so in the rase of the President on Saturday morning ! when we dressed the wound. "*I ob served a change in the patient. He was restless and the dressing disturb- : ed him more than usual. I made an examination and ascertained that a pus cavity had formed at the bend in the track of the wound, and I knew immediately that it was caused by the j fractured rib. I drained the sac or' pus cavity by pressure, but it only gave patial relief, and we determined that an incision must be made and im mediately to telegraph for tbe consult ing surgeons. "Doctor, do you apprehend other formations of these pus sacs?" "No, we do not; the channel for the flow of pus is now straight. You see, we kept the incision open and that makes a straight channel. We know this, because we have inserted our fingers deep enough to find out the fact. Now that the pus will not have to make a bend in comiDg out, we be lieve the flow will continue even and uninterrupted." "Doctor, do you regard the Presi dent as once more on the road to re covery?"' "Yes, undoubtedly improv ing, and the chances are favorable. We are all very hopeful now, as we believe the worst is passed." ■lobbing I lie Slate— B«ret«ccd Swindling. The Philadelphia Press of the 21st inst., contains al most starring revela* tion of the manner li which the State was robbed during the late session of the Legislature. We cannot give all, but the following, among tbe items, of expenditure paid for by the State, will give sopie idea of the way in which business is carried on at Harrisburg. The Press says as follows : "PAY RUM AND TON jr." A very good illustration of this loose manner of doing business, which shows how boldly the swindling operations are carried on, is furnished by tbe fol lowing bill, which was paid in full on June 2. The bill is the more interest ing because, it is alleged by one who knows, that not one itrm charged in lite bill was furnished: nui.ij oy TJIF. KINO. II Aitßisni'Kfi, May 2?. l.«Sl. Senate of Pennsylvania. To Wiflian) if. limy, Pr, March 1, To it tiowen euru tcoown, at $3,«0 $ 18 00 , To 3 dozen wrub brushes, at 93,34.... 07? To 3 ilo*en three-hooped paiU at $2.65 705 To 7 gallons buy rum, at ~.. 3a 00 To 2 dozen long-handled window brushes, at .1i7.50 15 00 March 12. To 4 dozen shoe brushes, at $2 8 00 To 2 shoe-top brushes, nt 15 cents 30 To 75 yards crash toweling, at IS cts.. 13 50 To A fl'tzen popi wisi*, at $1.75 5 25 Marc|| 2J. TFT ; I PlT!"!'"'* SKM)", $1.40. 4 30 To *1 matulus, nt J2 60 To li dozen blacking, at $1.05 t> 30 To 3 dozen water-pitchers, at $3 9 00 To 5 dozen clothes-brushes 27 00 April 2. To 2 dozen feather dusters, 12-in., at s2'» 50 00 To I, gallons bay rum 30 00 To 10 fonip 30 00 April ft. fo H dt-'porjitpd cuspadores. ohina ..,,.. ttrt; . tt(r .... : . ...... 00 00 Tu K i|o*en shaving soap, at .*3.20,..,,, 25 (in To 10 IT>s vasallne soap ~,, 20 00 April 11. To 10 dozen toilet soap, at $3.20 32 00 April Di. To 4 dozen Hint goblets, at «0 cents 2 40 April ;20. To 21 dozen 'hair brushes (Clinton), 75, at S2O 50 00 May 3. T° t dojen black enameled dust brushes, tit 20 40 May 10. To 7 gallons bay 3$ 00 Total ~,,..*626 82 Cr. By 5 dozen clot hen-brushes not de livered., 27 00 $49!) 32 Attached to this bill is the following certifi cate HAKRISIIUKO, May 31, IHHI. The tthoyp g»od» feceiyed by me .or use of the SeuatC, and J mtify tb" l t|ie pilaris are oorrept, J, C, Librarian of thu Senate. Not only were the goods charged and paid for but they were not receiv ed by Mr. Delaney for the use of tho Senate, and some of them were not even contracted for. The bay rum itpnis in this one bill together amount to galhms at sl(lp—sipp for buy rum for the Senate barber shon with one barber for two months! One of the largest barber shops lu Philadel phia with four chairs and as many bar liers uses only 2£ gallons per week and they dose nearly every customer with it. If this bav rum had been furnished the Senators could have bathed in it for a weefc —t||ose t||at do bathe—and had enough left to dcodoriite the Chief Clerk. Tim K I'll NI SI 11N11 OONTRAOT AT H'UU I'lll('KM—SUA VINO-M I (IS yoR SK.NA TOIIU, The duty of opening tbo proposals and awarding the contracts is express ly imposed by law on the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A stipulation so clear that the proposal shall be by him and the contracts awarded by him, ii is plain cannot be delegated to deputy or clerk in the absence of any provision in the law authorizing it. Yet on the jj>ltb of last month, the day named in the advertisement, whim tbp l|o«ir ar rived to make tho awards, Air. f|uay was not present, and S. A. Losch, Chief Clerk of the State department, dischurged the duty, if this act is not sufficient to render all contracts then and there awurded void it is dilllcult to imagine what an express provision iu a law is ic.tended for. There were pres ent Governor Hoyt, Auditor General Lciuon and State Treasurer Butler. John C. Delaney, and Samuel Adams and others, supposed to be interested, were also I here. The bids were opened iu tho Kxccutivo Chamber. From the first the old game of buying off bidders was resorted to. For the reoairs con tract tjie bidders were Lewis A. Thompson of Philadelphia and lloyd Co., of Harrisburg. Th« linn was composed of Hauiuel Adams, Boyd Martin and Peter Boyd. Thomp son nut the contract iu spite of the un tiring euergii-s of Boyd At Co., who supposed they had cleared the field of all com|H)titors. For furnishing the Senate and House Adams competed with Thompson, and Thompson won. This being one of the contracts which has been approved, aud may cost the several thousands of dollars for a few hundred dollars' W»rt|» of guilds, a statement of some of the prices to be charged will not lie out of place. The oil cloth awarded at ninety cents jH-ryard can be bought for the purpose intended at eighteen cents and is now retailed at that figure ; cocoa matting awarded at seveuty cents is dear at sixty cents ; rugs, (10x30, sll, retail for $6; rugs, iMx.'JO, sl, sell for $1 ; walnut armchairs at s2l, cost 13; lounges, s'27, sell for sll, and yield $3 profit; jjrqpscls carpet at sl.(if> per yunl can be bought for $| -H. a"d VV'l ton rugs at sl4 are worth but $/i,6U. While the contract was awarded to Mr. Thompson, it is supposed the real bidder is one Morrell of Philadelphia. J The contract for distributing' docu ments of the Seuate and House was awarded to John U. Leonard, suppos ed to be from Lancaster,*and set up by Delanev or Cochran. There were a number of bidders, but the parties used their power of persuasion and many dropped out. Among those that held on was John A. Lentz of this city, who stated that Delaney offered him SIOO to pull out, and he refused be cause Resident Clerk Patterson was interested with him and wouldn't as sent to the bargain. He was beaten, anyway, and got the contract. But, as usual, the bucket and broom contract was the bone of contention. E. W. Chell is, the proprietor of a 99c. store, was the individual favored this time, and, of course, Sam .Adams was the losing competitor. The latter was ba Uy treated. He claimed to have Chellis' promise not to bid, and was greatly chagrined after putting in a bid for a very high figure, IS per cent, below the maximum, to fiud that Chel lis had taken the prize with a bid of 21 per cent, below. Under the contract, besides bucket and brooms and other materials for the scrubbing brigade, arc included another batch of the luxuries of life, viz ' (» Jewett's filters and cool ers. 3 and 5 gallons, each sl7 and $35 (all the departments are now well sup plied with these same articles) ; 2 dos en shaving mugs with name of Sena tors and State coat.of-arius, same as now in use, per dozen, $55. or nearly $.") per Senator ; 3 dozen shaving brush es per dozen, sls, worth $0 per dozen; 5 gallons of alcohol. $7 per gallon ; 5 dozen linen Turkish bath towels, 30x(50, per dozen, S3O, and 5 dozeu cotton towels at $25 per dozen, besides damask towels, cut-glass goblets, hair and nail brushes, sufficient to slock a first-class hotel." OtHrevllle Hems. Messrs. J no. T. Bingham and Oettes Morrison, are about to establish a livery stable. Messrs. Cartwright and Forsythe will construct the stonework of the Cooper bridge. Rev. I). C. Cooper and wife, formerly residenis of Centreville, now of Lima, Ohio, are visiting friends here. Two horses \yere killed by lightning oi) Thursday, ou the fnpm of the late Uobt. Maxwell. A horse of Jas. Shields was badly injured by a mower on Saturday. It backed against the cutter bar in turn, illg, and received ft doep out between pasture aud hoof. A game of base ball was played on Friday, between our home club and a nine selected from a company of sports —men camping on Wolf creek. Result Cpntrevijlp, 23, Sports, 8. A yoHPg rn&q of our town Wfta niee ly tftkeu in to the tuae of $lO, while attending Dan Rice's show which ex hibited hero on Friday. lie saya he gave a person connected with the show a ten dollar bill from which to take ten penfa, the inafl hapding it bftck to him remarking that bp was short of ehange, The next day he looked at the bill and found it had by Home means changed from a ten to a one dollar note. • BETA. The President'* Mother. WASHINGTON, July 19. —News of {.bp eerioqs and possibly fatal illness of the President's pother reached here latP on Saturday night. Every effort will be made to keep the knowledge of the fact from the President, as the shock might be injurious to him at preseut. He is very much attached to his mother. W AHIIINUTON, July 19.—A dispatch was received this afternoon at the lite {loqgp announcing that tjie J'resjdeut'B jpothpr yva* hpttef. The news gave great satisfaction to all, as it was feared President Gardold would learn of her illness and be excit ed by it. The JtltNNlnir Itiillct. WASHINGTON, July lll. —District Attorney Corkbill found yesterday the missing bullet which was fired at tho President and for which there has been so much search. It appears that a German glazier, who tramps around the streets repairing windows, went into the depot to get a ten dollar bill changed on the morning the President was shot. He was standing in tho main room about forty feet from where th(! assassin stood and in a southeast direption. lie had begun to unstrap bis in which he carried glass, and had got one strap off his shoulders when he heard the noise of the pistol, and immediately three panes of glass in his box were shattered. He at onee rushed from the depot, thinking it was no place for safety. On Saturday he was cleaning out his box and found the ball in his putty, and was narrating the fuel to his friends, when one of them told him that it was lired at the time the President was shot, and took him to the district attorney's oflice, where he gave his statement, and gave lip t(ip ball. He thinks it was the first shut tjmt broke thoK|uss, b||t says they were so close together that he had not time to get away. His posi. tion confirms the statement of Senor Camache, the Venezuelan Minister, as to the exact position of tho assassin at the time of the fireing of the shots. Truth mid Honor. t^uery:—What is the liest family medicine in the world to regulate the bowls, purify the blood, remove cos tivencss and billiousncss, aid digestion and tone up the whole system '( Troth and honor compels us to answer, Hop Hitters; laiing pure, perfect and harm less. See auolher column.— Toledo Waife. A <«oo«l |'oitii«l»t|o|| One of the greatest troubles of our people is weakness of the ttomach. As this soon causes Indigestion, Ner vouness and Rheumatism, they prevail in almost every American household. There is positively no need for anybody to suffer from these p'linful troubles who can buy a 50 ct. bottle of Parker's (linger Tonic; for this superi or medicine always tones up the atom &cl| anil nervous system, uud keeps the kidneys aetive in carrying off the foul matters, thus laying a jfood foundation for perfect health. —N. O. Picayune. KWAI/r In tliin place on tin* 2.'t<l liwt., Mr*. Harlmrii Kwalt, wile of Mr. Jr.cob r.wull, aijnl 7H yearn. MOKUIHON In Kant lliwljr, ThurwUy, July 'JUt, Jaiuts« Mvrrinoii, agml M yimn, ti mmilliH ami is iluyn. JAMKS J CAMPBKLIJ, m'mm mm mm * J*' Ollioe in borough, In TolograpL (Moo ANIN| BAI.DWIK I'. 0.. Hutlur Co., J'A. ur Advertise in the CITI/KN. Summer Complaints. At this season, various diseases of the bowels are prevalent, and many lives are lo«l through lack of knowledge of a safe and sure reuiedv. PEIUIY I>AVIS* PAIN KELLER is a sure cure for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Bummer Complaint, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, etc., and perfectly safe. Read the following: IUINBHIIX-.K, X. Y., March 22, 18F1. PEBBY DAVIS* PAIN KILLU mr-r it> in+amt rmlUf for cnunn and jmiii la tue .toiuach. JOSEPH HL ItDITT. Nlcnol.vn.lX, N. v., Tib. S. lffil. The rrr>j lest uAdidn .' I know of lor clytcntexy, ."'lo'era morbus, and crampa In the t tuumch. Have Ut'ed It for year , and it i > Bur* cur* ev, ry unte JULIUS V.. DEE. MOINOONA. IOWA, Mcrch 12,18GL I lure used your I'AIN KILI.KH la acverv at ca of rrAini>, colic.and cholcrA u-orbui-.in J it almost i'WUnt react. L. K CAT.Dwrt.ti OARNESVILLE, GA., Fell. S3. 1881. For twenty year* I have uaed your PAIN KILLEB ill my family. Hare um-d it l.ianv time* for bowel complain ts, :ijii it mliemys rare*. \\ oultt not fcvl rule without a bottle ia tlie house. J. B. I VIE. _ RACO. ME.. Jan. 21.1-Sl. Have used PrnnT DAVU 1 I>AIV KII.LEIC for twelve year*. Uia f*r», ami rrhabir. Jio uiothcr ahould allow it o bo out of the famli v. U. I. NATES. I No family can aafr!y be without thta invaluable remedy. Its price brings It within the reach of all. For su!e by all druirsists tit «3c. SOc. mid SI.OO a bottle. * PEIUtY DAVIS & SON, Proprietors, Providence, R. L KAUFMAIWS CHEAPEST CORNER, 83 to 87 Smith field Stieet, Coiner Diamond Street, THE LARGEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. OF MEN'S SUITS at Price List KAUFFMANNS CHEAPEST CORNER, 83 to 87 Smitbfijld St., Corner Diamond St.> $4 75 tor Men's Blue Flannel Suits, worth #ti -50. # 2 63 to H 10 for Men's Diagonal Suits. $1 M lor Veil's Durable Working Suits. #« -U to *i HX tor Men's Chcvoit Suits #5 SO lo #7 00 for Meu's all-wool Business ness Suits, cut t>y merchant tailors. #4 10 to #S 25 lor Men's English Cassltncre Suits, AS sljles lo select troui, worth #7 lo #l2. #ti 25 to #8 40 tor Mun's French Worsted Suit*, Bird Eve and Basket Pattern*. $7 00 lor Men's Indigo Yacht Cloth Suits, worth *l3. Of BOY'S and CHILDREN'S SUITS, at Price List KAUFFMANN'S CHEAPEST CORNER, BiJ to 8t SniithflcM St., oorner Diamond Street, (I'.Jy for Children's Ki't Suiu #i 87 to #3 «8 lor Children's Finest Kilt Suits n 1 an d 2 | tacts 61c tor Children's Suits, #1 1# to #2 »0 for Boj»' Chcvoit 8uil», some NWtf bargains. bftc to #1 75 lor Boys' Cassiniero Suits, 3 to 10 years. Children's best quality Drc*s Suiu In Tricot,| Worsted or Crape, elegant lacing aud trliu-i 13,000 MEN'S WHITE VESTS AND SUMMER COATS! SUMMER COATS. Brown Checks, Blue Checks, (Jrav Checks, Mohair, Silk Lusters, Mixed, Striped, «SfC., <fcc. AU *i»es from the sniullest to the largest, FKOM 25 CENTS UP. OF MEN'S PANTS, at Price List THE LARGEST CLOTHING HOUSE TN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 7vk) for Men's Casslmere »r Cheviot Pants. 05e tor Men's Diagonal Pants. ♦ 1 IS to #; 8i li.r Mru's Fancy Ca k *iinere Pants new aud nobby patterns. #1 70 to #2 87 lot Men's Fine Dress Pants 86c to #1 M 0 lor Men's Cheviot Pauls, 111 light ; uud medium tolors. 08c tor Men's White and Linen Duck Pauls. #1 70 to 8 42 lor Meu's French Worsted Pants. (I IM H»r Men's Wlille noil Linen Uuek Paul*, Of MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, at Price List kauffmanns cakapest corner. 83 to 87 Smith lied Street. IScJfor M»n's Pulley Suspender*. 'SiW- per dozen lor Men's ball llose. 80 per dozen lor Men's While T.es. IHc lor Mcu's Summer Undershirts. 24c for Men's (jenifiiiu Sjik SqM-cudtirs. Hp lor Men'* wiiliu Cambric llat.dkeroliief-'. iiUe lor 80,, s' Cambric «>r While Fine lire** Shirts. 43c lor Men's Percale Slilits, light colore.l, 13 patterns He lor Meu'i Polks-dot Handkerchiefs. 54c lor Men's Blue Kan net Ovcrshlrts. He pair lor Men's Sleeve Holders. 5e lor Large -use Turkey Red Handkcrchlclii. 7o for Men'* Knll Length Sus|>euden. 31c lor Men'* White Dress Sbirls. Price Lint of Jlcii'm LLAU, ut I'lttatMirgli** Mammoth Clothing House lia 11 Mm HIM IN C'hnipeMt Corner, Straw Hal* ! Black and Lluht Colored Hal* ! Canton Halo ! Straw Hats! Ulack aud Light Colored Hats! Mackinac llals! Straw Hals! Itlaik and I.lghl Colored liats! Saginaw Hals! TO UK BOLD AT O.IE-HALF THEIR REOULAR PRIJK. GI I E IS. S T O C K, Manufacturer of Tin and Sheet Iron Ware and dealer in Stove*, Ranges, Prewed, Japanned ami Knuineled Ware, (irtinilc Ware, Wooden Ware, HlnJ J,'ngr», mid general housekeeping good*. ltooliiiK, SiMi||titig and Repairing done on short notice und ut lowest murket rate*, Ihu only authorised for the sale of A- iWlley 4 <"«,'» well known Stoves aud Ranges, aud tha only iilnuti to gvi ihti original uml jfoimiuG «ml«| uliiN'h foi l thulr "tovtts, intuit* proudly by for hi(ii. 111-ware of sliaui plates b.-lng sold 111 (littler, madu of old aud inferior metal, none geu nine but from the Ageut, f HIIIB. STOCK, june ft 'MI Near Wiek and Schreiber Houses, Main street, liutler, Pa. M. C. ROGKENSTEIN, DEALER IN TREMDNT COOK STOVES AND RANGEH. ALSO, AGENT FOR CRYSTAL PALACE STOVES AND REPAIRS FOR SAME. Hird ('njren, Tinfare, Wood atu| Willow Wiru i Enameled and Granite Si'\m |Upe, Jr'if® Clay Stove Pipe. Urate Tile, Vtre llriek mid t'luv. , , It'oottug, Sp<i'iting and Heavy Sheet-Iron work done at short notice below market priors for I a iu also having manufactured to my order, nice clean mid smooth odd Plates to fit Ilradlev's Stoves wlileh I sell at six cents per pound, ami I will guarantee them to last longer and give better satisfaction than the so-called original and genuine plates sold by another party |f ten cents per itound. tJive lue a cull and be convinced. >l. C. HOCKENSTEIN, juuelft&u Ma' l ' Street, liutler, Pf. PITTSBURGH FEMALE COLEGE, AIM) PI tl» burgh Coiinrrvafory of Mu«ic t JU+- ONE HUNDRED FULL MI'SIC LESSONS FOR EIGHTEEN DOLLARS, -•■T Mrvcn distinct schools. Twcuty lour teachers. Attendance pest year,B?h. Superior advan tages in l.llMJial Arts, Music, Drawing and Palming, Klocutlon, Modem Language*, Noedle Woik und Wax Work. Charges less than any equal school ill the United Slates, Twenty-seventh year oiiuiis ii-pti-uilier tj. Send lor uew Catalogue to July 20:8 l KEV. I. C. PKKSIIING, D. D., Pittsburgh, Pa. CHEAP TICKETS t-i Buy |Kiint wont, hiiiid Kxploron, Itound Trip, Flrnt, Mrroiid or Third Cluwi. Ifvlliable Information ri-KitriliiiK lltmicKti'uil I*r«*-cn»|»ti«»n or Minium U»N. Cull on «r K. A. TAYLoII, Cimhirr Argylii Saving* Hunk, Mar M:(!m J'clrolia, l'n. I ON-rtiiA. T , Tcb. 1?, 1381. We began rrin': it over thirty yuan ago, and it alv.aya irivea imnw iat< relief. Would hardly daro toroto bed without a bottlein the house. W. O. SI'ERRT. COKWATEODO. 8. C., R; b. a. Mil. Nearly every family in tliia section keeusabotUa in tiie bout,'. DR. E. MOBTOS. U. S. CONSULATE, Cszrrj>, E:n:xisii Pr.uin LA. Ft b. 8,1881. I have known PKBEV D V VIS' PAIU KILLER alinurt from the day it wan introduced, tud alter yur.rs of uWrvtiioii tud u»u I rcyur i iu i>re*cnc» In my hoiucho.d as aa i*difcn*aMl nrrfmiity. I. 8. POTT tn, I . 8. Consul. , . ~ BUBTOK-ONTRA.'CT. EXO. I hrd been eevrral daya sutlcrm* »«>crcly from di-rruiea. aeoomiicnied with lr.tcnw pafiL worn I trie-1 JOUTPAEJ Kiu.Eit.aad found ulmoatißvtant relief. II J. NoOHK. A MOKTAOCE BT.,Lo.NDO»,EMA. Dunn* a reJidor.ee cf twnty-three yr.rs ia India, | I havo riven It ia uany cases of diarrhoea, dyten- I teiy, aad ahokra, and never knew it ti fail to giva I rt-lu f. H. CLABIDOE. #3 '2O to #<l 18 tor Meu's Scotch Cbevolt Suit*, iu nobby 1, 2 and 3 button Cutaway Sticks, light J and dark patterns. #2 75 tor Men's Blue and Brown Check Cas jsiuicru Suiu. ♦4 02 lo $6 39 for Meu's Blue Diagonal Suits , worth 97 and #lO. $4 90 to #7 50 for Men's Extra Chcvoit Suit*, light patterus, worth double. #7 10 to #l2 01 lor M-n's Finest Imported ITricot, Diagoual, Ac, Ac., Iu every respect [equal lo custom made. | mings, #.' ifi lo #•"> 75. #2 15 to #3 62 for Boys' English Casslmero Suiip, litw patterns. #2 00 to #4 10 tor Children's Fine Dress Suits worth #3 75 to #7 00. #1 37 lo #3 70 for Children's Worsted Suits. #1 jfl to #3 US tbr Boys' Diagonal Suits, i Boys' Imported Dress Suits, nobby silk pock | els aud l.iclrvirs, in Serge, Tricot aud Worsted, #3 70 to #7 02. WHITE VESTS. Marseilles Vests, Pique Vests, l)uck Vests, Figured Vests, Linen Vests, Linen Vests, Barred and Striped Linen Vests, FKOM 21 CENTS Ul*. 73c for Men's Union Cassiincro Pant*. #1 08 to #2 62 tor Meu's Fine all-wool Cassimcre Pants, handsome iiglit snipes aud checks. #1 86 lo IK) tor Meu's Uenuiue Scotch Che i \ lot Pants, light creams and tan colors —the tuosl -tjh.il we have ever shown. Men's Finest Dress Pants, in all st>les of goods worn, of loreltrn and domestic labrlcs, wide or spring bottoms, f 2 02 lo #4 37. 187 c fur Meu'» Silk Froul Undershirt*. jtWc tor the "Favorite" White Shirt, tb« best In i the world lor the inonoy. i?ie lor Mee's French Chlnl* Sh|rt>. separate ! cuff*. 81c fur Men's Unl'iuudrlckl Uo >i| While tthllt*. 41c lor Men'* I.isle Thread Underwear. •J2c fur Men's Exir* Quality Suspender*. :tt)j lor Men's Kiuu Clouded Underwear., •JMc lor Men's Hood Jean Drawers. (He lor Men's French Chintz Shirt*. 50c lor Men's Heaviest Cheviot Shirts. 8c lor Men's Itlack liowt, lie dozen lor Men's Chillis Ties, die lor Men's Kihbed Uauzc Underwear, j lie lor Mcu's Striped Hull' llo*e. Kfefute of Jane Jl'Can <1 !«>*»♦ Dfcriwcd. I.otter* toititinculnry with the will nnntxed liinliiK lio**n trmitcj to tli«i uudur»l|(iiod on the culHli- id Mr* Jniiu M«Candle**, doc'd, law of Knnklltl townHhlp, UulliT Co., Pa., nil person* knowliitf UHIIIKIMVIH ImlelituJ to »nld ratals will iiiuku luiuioi'lale payiqunl and any I uUllim k.U'l t'ulutc Will proauiil (U«IU dtl» 1 ly .lUlliiMil.nnlod lor |>hvmt'Ul. DAVID MAKSHAM., Circular. I July lU, IWJI. l'ro»|n('(, Hullcr Co., Pa.
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