BUTLER CITIZEN
. jajtll K. 4 X!. C. NESLEY, PROP'RS,
Entered at the Poetoffice at Butler as
tecond-classs matter.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For State Treasurer.
GEN. SILAS M. BAILY, of Fayette county.
AMoeiate Judge.
A. D. WEIR, Buffalo township.
Sheriff.
FEBGUB M. BHLRA, Parker township.
Prothonotnry.
M. N. GREER, Buffalo township.
Clerk •! Courts.
W. B. DODDS, Muddy creek township.
Betfater * Recorder.
HENDERSON W. CHRISTIE, of Butler,
Treasurer.
J. HARVEY MILLER, of Butler.
Caaiij Commissioners,
CHARLES COCHRAN, of Concord township.
GEORGE W. HAYS, of Middlesex township.
Couuly Auditors,
G. W. CROW, of Forward township.
J. H. BHANNON, of Franklin township.
Coroner,
WILLIAM KENNEDY, of Penn township.
No news—about proposed railroads.
COMPLAINTS— with our delegates to
the State Convention.
ACQUITED for want of evidence—
some prisoners this week.
Ma. W. D. ROWAN, of Cranberry
township, and for some time past con
nected with the "Carry Institute," of
Pittsburgh, Berved on the grand jury
last week.
SPECIAL COUR TS.
The Court last week made an order
for the holding of two weeks of special
Courts in October for the trial of civil
can see. The first week will commence
on Monday, October 10th and the sec
ond on Monday, October 24th- During
(be week intervening between the
above an argument court will be beld,
commencing on Monday October 17th.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
The Hon. Charles S. Wolf, of Union
county, has announced himself as an
independent candidate for the office of
State Treasurer. He has published in
detail his reasons for doing so and the
following dispatch to the press will ex
plain his motives in brief:
To the Editor of The Preu, Philadelphia :
LEWIS BUBO", Pa., September 9.—The black
flag has been raised against the Independent
Republicans of Pennsylvania. Please announce
that on my own responsibility I am an Inde
pendent Republican candidate for State Treas
urer, in full sympathy with the Administration
and against the rule of the bosses. I will
•tamp the State and give my reasons for this
action. CHARLES S. WOLFE.
THE PRESIDENT.
Although the reports for the past
week from the President have been
rather conflicting, still we continue to
take the meat hopeful view of his case.
We believe the change to the sea coast
is benefiting him, and we base our
hopes on bis final recovery a good deal
upon this chango. It may be some
time yet before he may be up and well,
bat we have hope it is coming.
We give the latest official bulletins
as to iiis condition for the past few
days.
THE CANDIDA TE.
In another place we have given our
views of the manner in which the nom
ination of the Republican candidate for
State Treasurer was made at Harris
burg last week. But notwithstanding
the objection made, the nominee, Gen.
Silas M. Bailey, of Fayette county,
we believe to be a good and a worthy
man, and we therefore place bis name
at the head of our ticket. The simple
story of the whole matter is, that a
a good man was taken hold of and
selected by some leaders to beat anoth
er good man, Davies, who bad been a
little too independent for them. But
as between Davies and Baily, the latter
was a western man and we think the
western part of the State was entitled
to this nomination. Besides, the plat
form on which he is placed is all right.
This the "bosses," as they are termed,
had to submit to.
MONEY A T INTERES T.
Some time ago a question arose in
this borough as to whether money at
interest .was liable to taxation for
sbhool purposes. The assessor of this
piece had assessed Mr. C. Otto for
school purposes with surplus money he
had on interest. He denied the legal
right to do so and a case was stated
and submitted to Court for its opin
ion. A 'decision was filed last week
by Judge McJunkin sustaining the
right and power of the assessor to
assess such money for school purposes.
The Judge carefully reviews all the
statu teg bearing on the subject and con
cludes, "that whatever is or may be
made taxable for State or county pur
poses, bacomes'at once, unless express
ly otherwise provided, liable to taxation
for school purposes." That the laws
"exempt all mortgages, judgments and
recognizances, and all money due on
articles of agreement, for sale of real
estate, from all taxation except for
State Durposes." "Bat the case stated
admits that the defendant's monev at
interest is not purchase money for real
estate sold, and therefore the provisions
and exemptions of the acts do not
apply." Judgment was entered for
the plaintiff for $35.
Erie Besieged by Fire.
ERIE, PA.. September 7— The tre
mendous fires raging in Erie county
are endangering the city, having rapid
ly approached to the city limits. Hun
dreds of men have been fighting the
flames for days, but the work is of no
avail. The city is full of smoke aud
trains are stopped by the flames.
[ CONVENTION OR CAUCUSi
What was suppoFcd would be a Re
publican State Convention assembled
at Harrisburg last Thursday, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
State Treasurer. But it seems when
the delegates got there they became,
by some process or other, members,
not of a convention but of a caucus.
Two of these caucuses, it seems, were
organized in the interests of the two
leading candidates for the Treasury
nomination. There was a "Baily cau
cus" aud a "Davies caucus." Wo are
told that it was in that form the notices
were posted up. Mr. Campbell, of this
county, was the only other candidate
for nomination besides the above two,
Bailey and Davies. The first inquiry
that naturally arises is, what became of
a "Campbell caucus ?" Why was
there no ' caucus" for him. Our dele
gates, Messrs. Purviance and Williams,
it would seem forgot our candidate and
his interest. By some mistake or other
they wandered into the "Bailey cau
cus." Mr. Campbell states that there
were 37 delegates to the convention
that were ready to vote for him in con
vention. But the caucus system took
away all his votes before they got into
a convention. Our delegates, Purvi
ance and Williams, not only failed to
have a caucus for him, but decided
which of the other two caucuses they
would go into, and went into the
strongest one, on the same principle,
we suppose, that the bat decided be
tween the beasts and the birds.
Now, most seriously do we thiuk,
that if ever there was a time—if ever
there was a State Convention, at which
all "caucuses" should have been laid
aside-repudiated-it was at the one that
assembled for this State last week. With
the shadow of death still hovering over
the head of the Nation itself, under cir
cumstances of peculiar sadness a ad sor
row, this was a most fitting time for
the representatives of the Republican
party, sent as delegates to a "conven
tion," to have gone into a convention,
pure and simple, and there voted for
their choice uatil they fouud the right
man. Had this been done Mr. Camp
bell, of this county, would have got at
least the votes that were instructed for
him, and might Dossibly have been
nominated. Messrs. Purviance and
Williams were instructed by the Re
publicans of this county to vote for
him, yet they never did so. Why ?
Why simplj because they went into a
"caucus" called for aud bearing the
name of another candidate, Mr. Baily.
By so doing they shut out entirely any
hope or chance tor their candidate. It
may be that he had but little chance
for the nomination, but that could only
have been ascertained for certain by
the voting in the convention itself.
And, in all respect, we are compelled
to say, that when Messrs. Purviance
and Williams got to Harrisburg and
found two caucvses in progress for two
other candidates, then there was a
good reason for them not to go into
cither of them, and they lost an oppor
tunity to promote the interests of the
candidate for whom they were instruct
ed by so going. Had they and other del
egates done this they could possibly
have overthrown "king caucus" and
forced the nomination of a man not
identified with either faction or with
any caucus. And what we mean to
denounce and expose is this "caucus"
tyranny. It prevents delegates from
carrying out their home instructions,
which we have always beld was wrong.
It is an invention of receut, origin, and
it was thought after the experience of
last winter it would be dropped in this
State forever. We know that the
great mass of the party were not ex
pecting a caucus rule at the preseut
time. For, as we have said, now waj
a time, of all others, in which it should
have been set aside. The people sup
posed they were sending delegates to
a convention, the majority of which
rule. For the delegates to the late
convention to start out with not only
one, bnt with two caucuses, and those
in the interests of the two leading can
didates, thus cutting off all the chances
for equally meritorious, if not so active
candidates, was a proceeding not look
ed for and one that should lie exposed.
We take no exception to the man nom
inated, but to tie manner of his nom
ination. He is nominated by a faction,
or by the "bosses" as it is generally
termed, and thus eudangers success. If
he were not a worthy man—as we be
lieve be is —there is nothing would
prevent the better elements of the party
this year from showing their disap
proval of this caucus system and the
manner in which he was put in nomin
ation.
Fearful Forest Fires iu Mich
igan.
DETROIT, September 7.—Reports
are beginning to arrive from northern
and northeastern portions of the State
showning a terrible condition of affairs.
The long-continued drought has burn
ed everything as dry as tinder. Sana
lac and Huron counties, lying on the
shore of Lake Huron, between Port
Huron and Sagiuaw Bay, are the
scenes of the greatest destruction,
which is growing positively appalling
in character. Hundreds of farms have
already been reduced to blackened
ashes. Stock, crops, form buildings
and fences all have been 6wept away.
Men, women and children have been
overtaken by the flames and several
lives are known to have been lost It
is feared when full accounts are received
that the loss of life will prove terrible.
The little ham'ets, Anderson, Rich
mondville, Charleston, in Sanilac coun
ty are all reported to have been wiped
out, while Port Hope, Verona Mills
and Bad Axe, Huron county, are re
ported wholly or partly burned up.
The people are Hocking to the shore of
Lake Huron •from the interior of these
counties as the only refuse fruin the de
vouring flames. Some were overtaken
QPfc*
by the spreading fire. Not less than
twenty deaths are alresdv reported, '
but it is hoped that these statements
may prove incorrect
ELEVKXTH WEEK lIEGIX.
The Condition of President
Garfield.
LONG BRANCH, September 12—The
official bulletin of last Sunday even
ing was as follows: 'The President
has passed a quiet day, although the
temperature has been somewhat higher
and his pulse more frequent during the
past twenty-four hours. At the even
ing dressing quite aslough of connective
tissue was removed from the parotid.
He continues to take a sufficient
amount of nourishment and enjoys it.
At the noon examination the tempera
ture was 100, the pulse 110 aud respi
ration 20. At the evening dressing
his temperature was 100.6, pulse 110,
respiration 20.' When this bulletin
was posted in the hotels and cottages,
people read it over many times before
finally accepting it as an official de
scription of the President's condition
at the beginning of theeleventh week of
his illness—all uuofficial reports during
the day bad been so favorable and they
were so sure of a favorable bulletin last
evening l . Not more than twenty min
utes before the official bulletin was
given out, some of the immediate at
tendants upon the President publicly
said there was every reason to be
lieve the exarnnation then going on
would result in the most favorable bul
letin issued for days.
Following is the official bulletin of
Monday morning:
ELBEBON, September 12—8:30 A.
M. The President passed an unusual
ly good night, his sleep being uninter
rupted except occasionally to enable
him to take nourishment. Suppura
tion from the parotid has almost en
tirely ceased The opening from
which the pus discharged is
rapidly healing. The cough is less
and expectoration materially dimin
ished. Temperaturo 98 4-10, pulse
100, respiration 18,
D. Haves Agnew,
D. W. Bliss.
Declaration of Principles.
The following are the Resolutions
passed at the Republican State Con
vention. They are sound and appro*
priate as to President Garfield and his
Administration. The third one is a
condemnation of "stalwartism." It
denounces the infamous assault upon
the President for "a conscientious ex
ercise of a proper executive power." It
matters but little who is the candidate
while he stands upon a platform so
explicit on the ruling question of the
hour:
Resolved, First—That the republican party
of Pennsylvania is in most hearty accord with
the administration of President Garfield, and
while uniting in the prayers of all good people
for hi* speedy recovery, pledges continued
fralty and the' ?»08t active eupport in the
prompt and courageous (.owejifio'l of all govern
mental ainjses. An republicans ve ai'g ifi fovor
of any proper and well-considered reform,
either in the government of the isution, the
state, municipality or county; and we court
suggestions to any or all these ends, and only
ask that in their advocacy well-established
safeguards shall not be hastily supplanted by
experiments. The administration of President
GariU'Jtj lift* set the right example in this di
rection, and wJ)iie.fir;iily julliering to the princi
ples and better practices of the grpat party
which called it into cxifctanee, it yet insists
upon faithfulness aud honesty in every branch
of the public service. The bullet of ftu assas
sin should not interrupt this work. It should
be pursued while its author lives, and beyond
his life, if, through increasing misfortune, it
should be taken away.
Second— The republican party has ever been
and reformatory, and while realix
ing that nothing i,i govftnnents is wholey right,
we desire it to be always bttwp poonjip {© seek
every avenue of approach to the riant, to tne
end that all our people many enjoy the ever-in
creasing blessings of good goverment.
Third—That to President James A. Garfield,
this tender and loving, this struggling and suf
fering, this pure and brave man, now become
the beloved of this people and the admired of
all peoples, we tender for otjrsjilye.s and our
constituents assurances of doep and heartfelt
sympathy ; and keenly appreciating the value
of such a life to his country we expres the
prayerful hope that he may soon be restored to
the discharge of the important duties for which
he is remarkably qualified, and from which
by a peculiarly infamous crime and an unde
served assault for a conscientious exercise of
proper executive power, he lias been tempora
lly withdrawn.
Fourth—That in fcUJe, as hi pation, the re
publican party is committed to the pojirse of
economical and honest administration. We
demand the use of ail necessary means and the
enforcement of all laws intended to prevent
fraud and waste, and we require a close and
watchful guardianship over all of the multifa
rious interests committed to the care of our or
ganization.
Fifth—That in any revision of our tariff
legislation which may be made, care shall be
taken to discriminate in favor of our industries
aud thereby to promote the causes which are
rapidly makiug America a controlling uo*er
in finances as it already is an established leader
in political thought.
Sixth—That the administration of Governor
floyt merits our warmest approval. We re
gard with satisfaction the results of a purely re
publican administration under his leadership, in
which all departments have been faithfully
conducted, the credit of the state raised to the
highest point, and its finances placed upon a
proper basis without increasing the burdens of
the jMJople. _
The Platform Redeems I lie
W bole.
The trained leaders of the machine
can beat the people every time In the
tactics of organization. They never
sleep nor rest upon their arms, and
they are never more active than in an
'off year,' when the issues of a cam
paign do not involve any issue of po
litical importance. They showed im
mense shrewdness this time in select
ing General Bailey as their rallying
point, for, personally, he is an unex
ceptionable man, and has a good record
as a soldier a:;d is popular as a citizen
where he is best known. The engi
neers of the Pardon Mill had a power
ful motive in concealing the odor of
their past record with the cosmetics of
a good name and a patriotic record for
their candidate. Hence they took a
stronger man thau could be found in
any one of their own number It was
a smart dodge, and, as such, deserved
success. Thanks to the clear-headed
ness and perseverance of McPherson,
the convention builded better than the
majority knew. The third resolution
is a self-condemnation of 'Stalwartism.'
It declares that President Garfield has
been temporarily withdrawn from the
discharge of important duties, for which
he is remarkably qualified, "by a pecu
liarly infamous crime and in undeserved
assault for a conscientious exercise of
a PROPER EXECUTIVE POWKFT." This is
an explicit condemnation of the Sena,
torial bosses and unqualified indorse
ment of the course of the President in
resisting their dictatorial attempt to j
over-ride his Administration. We j
would rather have these blazing words'
in the platform than our choice of can
didate on the ticket. They fully atone
for any other mistakes made, and will
do more to strengthen the party in the
approaching campaign than could
accomplished by the personal or
political strength of any candidate. In
fact, on such a platform almost any '
candidate, except a member of the odi
ous Partlon Mill, would be assured of j
ian easy victory.— Lancaster Neic j
I Era, Rep.
A Sergeant of llie Unaril At-;
tempt* to li.il! taiiiieau.
WASHINGTON, September 11.—Ser
geant Mason, of Battery B, Second
Artillery, when relieving the guard at
the jail here this afternoon, shot at
Guiteau through the window of his cell
and came near killing him. The ball
grazed his head and was embedded in !
the cell wall. Mason was promptly j
arrested, taken to the arsenal and in- i
carcerated.
.4 Tornado of Fire.
CHICAGO, September i).—The Rev. Z.
Grenell, Jr., pastor of the First Bap
tist Curch of Detroit, has arrived in
that city from Sand Branch by the Nar
row-gauge and Grand Trunk, passing
through most of the burned region in
Sanilac County. He gave a reporter a
graphic and fearful description of the
calamity as he saw it and heard of it
from eye-witnesses. On his way to
Port Huron by the Narrow-gauge
Railroad it was noticed that in some
places the track had proved an effectu
al barrier to the flames, which did not
find fuel in the gravel of the road-bed.
In other places, however, it burned the
ties and twisted and destroyed the
rails, which Jhad to be replaced, In
other places it had leaped clear over
♦he road aud taken a new start on the
other side. For the most part, it got
across in some way, and the spots of
uuburnt country were small, few and
far between. From the car-windows,
all the way, it presented to the view
• the aspect of a burned desert of ashes
and smouldering embers, without a
sign of animal or vegetable life, a
country abandoned by God aud man,
and to'which it was impossible to im
agine any one returning. The tele
graph poles had all burned and the
wires had been reset upon any stick
that could be found, and for long dis
tances were merely laid along the ties
beside the rails.
DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE.
The scenes of horror in the woods
vyerp too frightful for any pen to por
tray. The dead W?r« found every
where, very rarely recognizable, and in
most cases undistinguishable as human
beings. Many were mere masses of
burnt flesh, which fell apart when
touched, and in very few could sex or
age be distinguished. From one body
the head fell >bf-'U it lifted up;
from another, that of a young woipau,
the k'g separated and bung suspendeq
by the tendon*. In sopie places fam
ilies were fouud reduced and blackened
llocks of flesh where they fell together,
overwhelmed by the rushing (lames.
The manifold horrors of the calamity
were multiplied by fearful tornadoes,
which t'Mt retreat in every direction.
The awful heat of the atmospherp raised
the smoke a little from the ground,
and it hung above the earth in an im
penetrable mass, shutting out every
ray of light, aud leaving the poor
below, helpless and blind,
until the lire caught thefu and closed
their agony in death. Now aud then
flames shot up in tremendous masses,
which would be seized by a tornado
and carried bodily a quarter of a mile
away, and then pushed down again to
start the flames in a new quarter. In
this helpless fugitives flying for
life were penned iu 'by Spas of flame
and roasted like rats iu a r-age,
Killing ol Lieut. Smith.
The following additional particulars
of tie killing by the Indians of Lieut.
George W. Smith, Jr., raised Here,
Jiave been furnished us by Mrs. Walk
er of this rpother of Lieutenant
Leverett Walker, uow in cooioiafid
Fort Bayard, New Mexico, to which
place, Lieut. Walker writes to his
mother, the retnaius of Lieut. Smith
were taken and interred, and money
j-aispd f or his family, a wife and two
children, also there. Th e accppnt of
the battle, as found in the Army and
Navy Journal of the 3rd ipst. among
other things gives the following ;
"The following dispatch from Col.
Hatch, giving a report of the fight
with the Indians in which Lieutenant
Smith was killed, has been received by
the War Department:
"This piornipg, Aug. 2U, JSSI, Jiieqt. Smith,
whom 1 i:u< 1 pushed out oj Cuminmgs to head
off the hostiles, struck the baml 15 miles west.
A severe fight followed. Our long: Lieut.
Smith and lour meu killed and seven men
wounded. George Daily, with a party of citi
zens, joined Smith when in pursuit of the
Indians. Daily was kilied. Lieut. Taylor,
yth Cavalry detachment aud scouts, came up
atyer the Indians were driven otf" last night aud
will take Hp t(ie pursuit. The ludians were
going toward Mini tires, J ordered troops yes
terday from Uayard aud Cummings to watch
the country between Cummings aud Bayard.
HATCH, Colonel."
A correspondent of the Journal un
der date of Aug. 21, 1881, writes as
follows:
"In reference to the Indian fight, it
seems the troops were allowed to enter
a canon, and from a hill running
obliquely to it, the Indians formed and
poured in a volley upon them. Lieut.
Smith, 9th Cavalry, commanding, was
shot through the breast, falling at once
from h ; s horse, exclaiming: "I have
got it uow, dismount!" The men dis
mounted, firing and retreating in sue
cessive lines, occupied a hill, from
which the Indians tried to dislodge
them. The fight coutinued from 10 A.
M. till 3 P. M-, when the Indians with
drew. The bodies of the dead weie re
covered. Smith's body lay on its face,
the back and arm burnt, and from his
face his nose had been cut, also his
moustache, which was hung on a bush.
The Republican's Santa Fe special
says Nana's bands of Apache, after a
bard fiirht (I 'd before the soldiers and
succeeded in crossing the Sonora line.
The soldiers were but live hours be
hind. Since the campaign began the
troops have engaged the Indians in
fifteen fights. The latest accounts say
the body of Lieut. Smith, who was
killed near Nutt Station, fell into the
hands of the Indians and was horribly
mutilated. A squaw cut of his uose
and lips, slashed his face, and severed
other members from his body.
Experience the llent Cinlde.
The constant practice most women
have in caring for the sick, makes them
often more skillful than physicians in
selecting medicines. The reason why
women are everywhere using and rec
ommending Parker's Ginger Tonic is,
because they have learned by that
best of guides—experience—that this
excellent family medicine speedily
overcomes despondency, periodical
headache, indigestion, liver complaints,
pain or weakness in the back and k'd
nevs, and other troubles peculiar to the
sex.— Home Journal. See adv. 1
BEING cut—the corn.
IN session—the Court.
A CHANGE—in the weather.
EXPOSITION s BOILER, PI
OK
BOOTS & SHOES.
Fresh New Fall and Winter Stock at Exceedingly Low Prices
AT
The Reliable and Popular
BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE
OF
B. C. HUSELTON.
EVERY DAY ADDS STILL CHOICER STYLES AND
LOWER PRICES UNTIL HIS HOUSE IS FULL
OF EVERY KIND AND STYLE OF
Boots & Shoes.
LADIES', MISSES' AND CHILDRENS'
Kip, Calf, Grain, Pebble, Goat, Kid& St. Goat in Ib'ish, Button and
Side Lace. Old Ladies Waim Shoes, Slippers, Rubbers
g.nd Arties,
MEN'S BOYS' AND YOUTHS'
Brogans Plow Shoe*, Calf Shoes, Kip and CaJj Boots. The larg
est ttock of Men's Hand-made Kip Boots in Butler,
, ami loicer prices.
Men 1 s Boots as low as " ' - - $l5O
Women's Heavy Shoes at 90
Customers are all treated alike ; DO misrepresentations made as to quafity of
stock and wear; prices same to all. We don't sell to one custom
er at half price and next one charge double to make
it up. This is tfie
Largest Stock of Boots & Shoes
in Butler County—best styles and loicett prices, and murk the larg
est steel:; bought for CASH direct from the manufacturers.
An inspect ion of this stock will at once convince .
you that ice do not advertise u small,
cheap, shoddy stock <f
BOOTS AND SHOES,
An the Bt-st, Cheapest and Largest in Butlfr Countg, but ice have
the Stock and Prices to sho-ic f>r what we say.
LARGE STOCK OF LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
l-WRepairing of All Kinds Neathj and Promptly Bone.
CAIL AN-O EXAMINE BEFORE YQUB UY.
B. C. HUSELTOIVT.
A.IROUTMAN,
DEALER IIV
SILKS, SATINS,
ERES,
ALPACAS, BROCADES, PLAIDS, DELAINS, CALICOES,
CHINTZES, GINGHAMS, MUSLINS, TICKINGS, FLAN
NELS, BLANKETS, CAhSLUERES, CLOTHS,
SHAWLS, SKIRTS, SHIRTINGS,
TABLE LINENS,
WHITE GOODS, QUILTS, LACE CURTAINS, CAR
PET CHAIN, YARNS. ZEPHYR, CORSETS,
GLOVES, BUTTONS, FRINGES. LACES,
RUCHING, COLLARS, CUFFS,
TIES. &c,, &c.,
My Stock is largo and prices low. I also keep an assortment of
Queensware, Glassware and Choice
Family Groceries.
A. TROUTMAN.
A U g. 24. BUTLER, PA.
Trouble Between the Weal
Penn A F. A W. K. R*H.
The Pittsburg and Western Railroad
came to the front yesterday in another
tussel with the Pennsylvania company,
or that portion of the big corporation
kuown as the West Penn Railroad, in
connection with the iron firm of Graff
Bennett & Co. It seems that early
yesterday the employes of the West
Peun Railroad, together with a num
ber of workmen from Graff, Bennett <fc
Co.'s mill at Bennett Station, began
the work of laying a side track on the
Bntler plank "road near that point.
They had nearly completed the work,
and bad shoved a box car laden with
pig iron on the track, when a force of
men in the employ of the Pittsburgh
and Western Railroad arrived on the
ground and immediately proceeded to
tear up the rails and chuck the pig
iron in the box car located on the
track, and the car itself, out of the
way. When this work was in pro
gress the West Penn men in company
with Graff, Bennett & Co.'s meu drew
off the field of action. Shortly after
wards Constable England, of Alder
man Leslie's office, where an informa
tion had been lodged against the track
layers for trespass, put in an appear
ance and arrested several of the P. «fc W.
R. K. workmen, who were taken before
the Alderman aud released on bail.
The constable let a posse of men on the
ground to prevent the possibility of
immediate trouble in order that the
knot may be untangled in a legal
manner. The West Penn forces were
under the command of Supervisor Mil
ler ; J. J. Saint marshaled the Pitts
burgh and Western men. A reporter
had a talk with a Pittsburgh and Wes
tern official as to the trouble, Said he;
Onr company some time ago, an will
be remembered, purchased the Plank
road where the trouble occurred to-day
from the Butler Plank Road Company
and we now own it in fee simple. It
was stated at that time that we would
Use part of the road for a track and
leave the remainder Jor a public high,
wav. Now what we object to is hav
ing the West Penn Railroad and Graff,
Bennett & Co. tresspassing on our
ground ; we are willing to accord them
all the rights open under the railway
laws of the State, but we insist that
we shall be protected in our rights.'
No further attempt was made yester
day afternoon to lay th£ track by the
West Penn people, and it was stated
that the matter would rest until legal
ly decided.— Gazette, 10</i inat.
Here is something for housekeepers :
To thoroughly rid a bouse of red and
black ants, cockroaches, spiders, bed bugs
and all crawling pests, get two pouuds
of alumn and dissolve it in two or three
quarts of boiling water. Let it stand
on the fire till the alum disappears,
then apply it with a brush while near
ly boiling hot to every joint and crev
ice in your closets, bedsteads, pantry
shelves and the like. Brush the crev
ices iu the floor of skirting or mop
boards, if you suspect that tbey harbor
vermin. Cockroaches will flee the
paint that has been washed with cool
alumn water. If in washing a ceiling,
plenty of alumn is added to the lime,
it will also serve to keep insects at a
distance.
JAMES J. CAMPBELL,
Office in Furview borougb, iti Telegraph
Office.
mls] Baldwin F, 0., Butler Co., Fa.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
Extraordinary Bargains! '
IX
AT
JMBIB BICKBL'S.
WE TAKE THE LEAD IN
LADIES' MISSES' AND | MEN'S, BOYS' AND
CHILDREN'S, | YOUTHS',
BOOTS AND SHOES OF ALL KINDS !
GAITERS, RUBBERS,
SLIPPERS, ARCTICS, eto.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS
AND
SHOEMAKERS' SUPPLIES
OF ALL KINDS ALWAYS ON HANDS.
Rpairlng or all Kinds Neatly and Prawptly Dana,
JOHN BICKEL,
Aug. 31. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
M. E, ROEKENSTEXN,
DEALER IN
TREHONT 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, Fin
Clay Stove Pipe, Grate Tile, Fire Brick and Clay.
Roofing, Spouting and Heavy Sheet-iron work done at short notice below market price* for
cash.
I atu also having manufactured to my order, nice clean and smooth odd Platea to fit Bradler'a
Stoves, which I sell at six cents per pound, and I will guarantee them to last longer and gw*
better satisfaction than the so-called original and genuine platea aold by aaotker party at ten
cents per pound, Qiye me (t call and be oonvinoed.
M. C. ROCKENSTEIN,
junels:3m Main Street, Butler, Pa.
VISITORS
ATTENDING THE
State Fair and Exposition,
AT PITTSBURGH, PA.,
WISHING TO PURCHASE FINE AND RELIABLE
Clothing,
Should not fail to visit the leading house, 110, 112 and 114 Wood street, cor
ner Fifth avenue, where the largest and most complete stock of
Men's, Youth's, Boys' and Children's Clothing
Can be found in the city.
REMEMBER THE LOCATION.
EISNER & PHILLIPS,
110.112-114 Wood St, corner Fifth Ave.. Pittsburgh.
CHR I B T O O K,
Manufacturer of Tin and Sheet Iron Ware and dealer in Store*, Range*. Preaaed, Japaaaed
and Enameled Ware, Granite Ware, Wooden Ware, Bird Cage*, and general housektejrfag
good* Roofing, Spouting and Repairing done on abort notice and at lowest market ratea. Th*
only authorised agent for the sale of A. Bradley A Co.'* well known Btoyea and Ranges andtke
only place to get the original and genuine odd plate* for their atovea, made ex pre— lT by tk*F
for him. Beware of *ham plates being sold in Butler, made of old and inferior metal, non* |U-
U 'j , une U ß/Bi m AgeDt ' Near Wick and Schreiber Houses, Main atraet, Butler, Fa.
EXP OSITION t EXPOSITION 1
ESTABLISHED 1847!
JAMES 0. REED 4 CO.,
DIAMONDS, WATCHBS & CLOCKS,
JKW2LRY AND SILY2RWABB,
93 MARKET ST,
THIRD DOOR FROM FIFTH AVENUE,
. ... PITTSBURGH, PA.
"septM '
PERRY DAVIS'
PAIN KILLER
IS A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY
FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE.
OS£L
l/jStni6fY, Vftimpij UnOIOTd, aummer wiHpia«»i| vimk ■ luauauiiu,
to attmally, and certain to afford relief. No family
can affonltc Do without It. sold by all druggists at *»«., aoe. and ti.oo a bottle.
PERRY DAVIS A SON, Proprietor*, Prorldenco, R. I,