\Y ANTED!
10,000 Baahela Wheat,
10,000 Buhela Rye.
10.000 Bushels Otto,
For which we will p»r the highest market
price in CASH. JNO. BERG & SON,
Aug. 3-3 m Butler, Pa.
NOTICE TO FARMEUS
—AMD
PRODUCERS OF 6RAIN.
GEORGE WALTER WANTB AT HIS MILL,
25,04M> Bnafcela tf Wheat.
28.000 Basket? at Rye.
10,000 BavbeU *f Cars.
Highest market price paid iu cash at all
times on delivery at the Mill, »outh end of Bui
ler. 31aug2m
New Advertisements.
Agents Wanted.
Jury Lists for October term.
Auditor's Notice—Jonas Hurtle I estate.
Administrators Notice—Estate of Christo
pher Miller.
Laeal and General.
The street at night is a bad school
for boys and girls.
—Going to the fair you must 'keep
in de middle of de road.'
—Fourteen cases of small-pox were
reported in Allegheny last week.
—Dr. Sadler, Oculist and Aurist,
No. 256 Penn avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
aug27-6t
—A post of the Grand Army of the
Republic was established at Millers
town last Tuesday evening.
—We are requested to announce
that there will be a wedding in this
town on Tuesday, Oct. 4th.
There are 8,000,000 bushels of
coal at Pittsburgh awaiting a rise in
the river to be shipped away.
—Gribben thinks that some kind of
an electric-phonograph could be made
to do the duty of a Court crier.
—Rev. Yertigan, has returned home
and is soliciting subscriptions in aid of
the suffertl-s by the Michigan fire.
—A physician in Armstrong county
is reported to have cured a wealthy
man of cancer, and received as a fee
$5,000.
—Forest fires destroyed several
houses and barns in Crawford county
last week, and several thousand acres
were burned over.
—The Grand Lodge of Pennsjdva
nia Knights of Honor met in Phila
delphia last week. A. T. Black, Esq.,
represented the Butler Lodge.
—Frank Dale, the circus man, who
stole the watches from Weigand's shop,
was acquitted last week. The prose
cution had not suficient evidence.
—S. F. Bowser, Esq., received the
sad intelligence Monday morning that
his father bad died the day previous,
at his farm in Armstrong county.
—A great many of the citizens
of Adams township, were in town last
week as witnesses in tbe Belfour and
Kennedy assault and battery case.
—At tbe depot at this ■ place last
Wednesday, fifty excursion tickets were
sold for the market train and one hun
dred and eijrbty-five for tbe 7:20 train.
—Mr. Asa Campbell, a son we learn of
the Hon. A. L. Campbell, of Petro
lia, was severly burned on Friday last,
by the explosion of a boiler at a well
near Criswell, Armstrong county.
—There will be State elections in
tea States this year, iu only six of
which Governors will be chosen, viz :
In Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missis-'
sippi, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconoiu.
—Washington county, tliis State,!
celebrated the centennial ol its existences
as a county, last .Wednesday aad
Thursday week. Butler county will
likely do the same, some nineteen years
hence.
—Five hundred more Mormon con
verts arrived at New York September
13, of whom 250 were Scandinavians
and 150 English. There were many wo
men in the party, all unmarried or
widows.
—A steam hammer weighing seven
teen tons bas just been put into opera
tion at the Black Diamond steel works
in Pittsburgh. It will be used in
pounding into shape steel ingots two
feet square.
—Prof. King and six other "sky
sailors" started in bis great air ship
from the Fair grounds of Minneapolis
last Tuesday. They went up 3000
feet, got becalmed and came down
again, and passed the night at a farm
house.
—Three old ladies of Centreville,
Mrs. Wilson, Miss McQafßck and an
other whose name we could not learn,
have lately died of dysentery, a disease
which seems to have attacked that
community.
—-Every Virginian ovnr 10 years of
age is asked by the State Commission
er of Agriculture to celebrate the York
town Centennial by planting a walnut
or other tree. This is the most sensi
ble commemoration yet suggested.
—Go to the Concert to-night (Tues
day), for the benefit of the sufferers
from the Michigan fire, will be given
by the Germania Orchestra, of this
place, in the Court House. Doors
open at 7:30 o'clock, concert at 8 P. M.
—lt is alleged thai Mr. Vanderbilt
is willing to spend $10,000,000 to carry
hia point in the railroad fight in which
be ia now engaged. He is determined
to choke off financial aid to parties de
airing to build new trunk lines from
th 4 Atlantic coast westward.
—Upon the news of the President's
death reaching town yesterday morn
ing, many of our business men draped
their buildings in mourning, and the
Court House officials draped the Court
House and placed a large engraving of
the dead President over the door.
—lt is difficult to explain the work
ings of the youthful mind. A boy
who will liatea indifferently to the sub
limest truths of theology, will be
aroused to the acutest interest by the {
progress of a caterpillar over the collar
of a bald-beaded man in the pew in
froat of him.
—We will pay the following prices
for produce at our store this week :
While Navy Baaoa, par bunhel J?2 00#S2 50
Pot* toe* " " ..._ W>(g, 1001
Onion* " " 1 00
Butter, per pound .. 35
■R>, per down.... 16
O. WILSON MILLER A BRO.
-i-We invite the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of the
Buckeye M'Pg Co., Marioo, Ohio, iu
another column. Thev offer rare iu-'
ducements to earn an honest living.
Sept. 21, 6-m.
Whenl Market at Kllngler't*
Mills! |
One dollar and forty cents per bushel
for one week from date.
1881. Fall ami Winter. 1882. 1
My stock of Woolens for Fall and
Winter is now complete, comprising
many choice new styles in Trowserings,!
Suitings and Overcoatings of the best
French and home manufacture, pur
chased direct from first hands.
Early orders are solicited to avoid
the many disappointments of the great
rush of the season.
WILLIAM ALAND,
Merchant Tailor,
21sep4m Butler, Pa.
—According to tte English Colonel
Gordon, the King of Abyssinia, who
does not approve of the use of tobacco,'
has a singularly effective cure for those,
afflicted with the habit. He cuts off
the noses of those who take snuff and
the lips of those who smoke, and if ob-:
jection is raised, off goes the whole (
bead. !
Senator Conger appeals in God's
name for help for the Michigan suffer-;
crs. Among the pathetic incidents of
the fire it is related that a local relief
committee met a farmer travelling
eastward with an old horse and wagon'
containing four boxes. The boxes con-'
tained the charred remains of his wife,
and six children. He had lost every-:
thing.
This State is to lie represented at,
the Yorktown celebration by the Leg ,
islature and 1,500 men. They are to!
go to Yorktown via Philadelphia, ins
three steamers that have been engagedj
by the committee appointed by the
State Legislature, which appropriated!
|IO,OOO last winter towards paying ex-J
peases.
—ANOTHER HOUSE BURNED —The|
bouse of Mr. Thomas Thompson, o/l
Clearfield township, this county, withj
all its contents, was burned down on!
Thursday last, 15th inst. Mr. Thomp-j
son is a son of the late Robert Thomp-J
son, living near Carbon Center Thej
loss is a very serious one as no insur-r
ance was on the property. ;
—The entries for the Fair this week«
really astonishing, already over 300/
entries of live stock and fowls have been?
made which by far exceeds any exhi
bition ever made in the county. The
Bycicle race on Thursday will be one
of the principal features and will be
the largest and best Bycicle race ever
witnessed in this end of the State.
I)ont fail to see it.
—Dr. W. W. Farrell, of Dillsburg,
York county, has been arrested under
the uew State law requiring all phy
sicians to register at tbe Prothonotary's
office. This is the first arrest made
for non-compliance with the law, and
excites considerable interest. Other ar
rests are expected to follow. The pen
alty on conviction is SIOO fine or one
year's imprisonment.
—Talk of China not adopting Euro
pean civilization! The last of a fleet
of twelve gunboats, built iu England
for tbe Chinese Government, have just
left the Tyne, manned by Chinese
officers and crews and flying tbe
Chinese flag. Doee that look as though
China were backward or unappreciative
of what she has learned from tbe pro
gressive and Christian West?
—What a thing it is to be a King or
an Emperor, to be sure. The poor,
pent-up Czar of Russia no sooner plans
a brief escape from his own Nihilist
haunted dominions by proposing a
meeting with Kaiser Wilbelm ot Gcr§
many and other potentates, than theE
Austrian Emperor gets jealous, and/
'from the talk it might appear that theS
Iraap of Europe was to be reconstructed!
in consequeuce of a frieudly conference.!
—ln 1872 wc built 4,4ft8 iniles ofg
railroad, and thought we were a won-1
derfully enterprising and
people. Iu 1873 we didn't build halif
as many miles of railroad, and didn't!
have half as high an opinion of our en-fi
terprise and prosperity. In 1881 wc
have already built 4018 miles of rail
road, and, before the year is ended, will
be close upon the figures of 1872. Spec
ulation is running riot in new schemes
involving greater outlay. llow shall
we stand in a year hence ?
—The echoes of Guiteau's shot vi
brated in many strange and remote
places, where even those who think
they appreciate most clearly the inten
sity of the national excitement would
have suspected it least. Away up in
northern New York two inmates of a
county jail, one of them under sentence
of life imprisonment for murder, quar
relled in a discussion of the assassina
tion, and the murderer killed his com
rade. Last Thursday he was sentenced
to be hanged in November.
—A dispatch from Youngstown, O.
to a Pittsburg paper of last Friday
said that the Rev. Gordon Mackay left
that city on the three o'clock train for
Pittsburg that afternoon, and it was
supposed had gone to North Washing
ton, Pa., to interview Mrs. Meals. The
lusband of the latter left next morning
also for the East, and it was rumored
intended to follow up the blonde
preacher and make it interesting for
him if be fooled around bis wife any
more.
—A man named Edwards, formerly
of this place, was arrested at Ackron,
Ohio, lately for selling liquor to men of
intemperate habits, and according to
the law of that State, the owner of the
building in which he bad bis galoon
wai made to pay roundly for Edward's
misdoings. The proprietor to get
square with Edwards had him prose
cuted for liviug with a woman who is
not bis wife and bad bim imprisoned,
and Edwards has now brought suit
for false imprisonment.
—School directors and others fre
quently inquire where and how a copy
of the school law may be obtained. A
letter shown us from Dep. State Supt.
Lindsey states that 20,000 copies arc
published and distributed every third
year. Enough copies are sent to each
County Superintendent, to furnish
each board with about four copies.
This distribution is made about Janu
ary every third year. Copies can bej
had when on hand by addressing]
the Department or County Superin-j
tandant, if the necessary Gve cents is
enclosed. j
—The defence of the Standard Oil!
Company against paying taxes in;
Pennsylvania is that it does not do
business in the State. Yet it is the'
heaviest oil purchaser, the heaviest oil'
producer and the largest oil transpor
ter in the country. It has bought up
or forced into bankruptcy nearly all op
position refineries in the Common
wealth. Nine-tenths of all the oil pro-
Wntl*K ®ii*»e« : puttee, :P»., 2l» IBBl*
duced in tbe United States is produced
iin Pennsylvania. How it may be that
»the Standard Oil Company can make
a business of buying and selling, trans
sporting and exporting oil without "do
'ing business" in Pennsylvania we can
inot see.
J There is a fitness in all things, and
fthere must be a sense of it in the pul
* pit, or the minister is sure to be dis
comfited. Thus a -vriter in the far
[West, in the course of stating the de
mand for preachers with snap and "go"
in them, adds a word of caution by
saying that the chaplain from Berk
shire County who preached to the sol
diers the first Sunday they camped in
Yirginia on "Infant Damnation," would
not De any more likely to succeed as a
pioneer Dreacher in the new West thau
was tbe Nevada minister to whom the
chairman of the farewell committee
Isaid, "Now, you git, pard; we ain't
eagin religion out here, but it riles us
ito see a feller spilin' it. Git!" Which
lis doubtless somewhat exaggerated,
lbut there is a sound him in it, never
theless.
| Travel through Chicago and re
f mote Western points and New York
|never was done at as low rates as it is
fnow, the fare between the two cities
I named being only five dollars. But
Htbis does not include stops. The trav-
Seler must remain on the train by which
Ihe leaves New York for Chicago or,
Jforfeit his ticket. Under former rate-j
fcutting of this kind, people living at
along the line bought tickets ai
|the end of the road and then only tray
leled a certain distance, selling their
3tickets to another traveler for the bal-j
iance of the route. By the present sys
tem, ticket scalping is broken up. The,
same competition is going on from!
Washington to Chicago and remote.
Western points. It is the most tre-j
mendous rivalry in passenger rate-cut
ting the trunk lines ever engaged in,
and will not stop until one or more,
corporations are seriously injured.
| A New-York physician who went (
Jto Panama to establish himself in his,
(profession there, has come back witlr
[anything but a pleasant tale. He,
(found plenty, indeed altogether too
jmuch practice, but no pay. The poor
rpatients were in want of medicine and]
money too, which a moneyless doctor,
certainly could not provide. As forj
the Canal, he says there are about 150.
men at work on it. nearlv all negroes,
and half of them sick, haggard and
staiving, with an alarming death-rate.
Tbe Canal Company offers high wages,
and free passage, but procures laborers
with the greatest difficulty, and keepsj
them till they die off simply
they havep't the money or strength to:
get away. Various other items equally)
disagreeable are mentioned, with thej
conclusion that the country is a "sickly, j
poverty stricken and forsaken place, "j
the best on tbe continent to keep away!
from. All this is to be taken with a
grain of salt as the story of a disaD-j
pointed doctor who was perhaps him-j
self a trifle touched with tbe
down there, but the history of
Panama Railroad's building proved,
sufficiently that any great work carried
through there must be built in goodj
part, as they used to say, of human
bones and blighted hopes. i
—lt is often urged as an
against prison reform, that the attempt (
to turn prisons into reformatory insti-j
tutions would only result in a vast in-,
crease of hypocrisy among the con-'
yicts without producing any genuine
reforms. This objection gains Bonie (
force from what has just happened in.
the Ohio Penitentiary. Certain en-'
terprising and skilful prisoners by af-j
feeling good behavior disarmed the;
suspicions of the wardens, and were
enabled to turn their cells into a man-j
ufactory of counterfeit money. The'
coins were put into circulation by an
other prisoner whose apparent reforma-j
tiou had proceeded so far that he was,
"trusted" by the officers, and allowed
to drive a team outside of the prison. 1
But this occurrence really proves noth-j
iug but this: the wardens ia charge of i
a prison where it is attempted to apply|
the reformatory principle ought to be,
shrewd and experienced men. Of J
course there will be attempts to de-|
ceive, and a wily convict will
unless he has to do with some one"
quite as keen as himself. But it is byi
no means demonstrated yet that aj
prison in proper hands could not bej
made a reformatory as well as a
tive institution. The experiment has
never been fairly tried with adult crim-;
inals, but its success with juvenile of
fenders is already acknowledged.
—Thousands of ladies to-day cherish
grateful remembrances of the help de
rived from the use of Lydia B. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound. It posi
tively cures all female complaints. Send
to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 West
ern Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamph
lets.
—THERE IS BALM IN GILEAD. —The
success which has marked tbe intro-i
duction of Cream Balm, a Catarrh rem
edy, prepared by Ely Bros., Owego,
N. Y., is indeed marvelous. Many
persons in Pittston and vicinity are>
using it with most satisfactory results.!
A lady down town is recovering the'
sense of smell, which she had not en-|
joyed for fifteen years through the use
of tbe Balm. She had given up her
case as incurable. Mr. Barber, the
druggist, haa used it in bis family and
commends it very highly. In another
column a young Tunkhannock lawyer,
known to many of our readers, testifies
that he was cured of partial deafness.
It is certainly a very efficacious reme
dy.—PitMon, Pa., Gazette, Aug. 15,
11879.
My son, aged nine years, was afflict
ed with Catarrh; the use of Ely's Cream
Balm effected a complete cure. W. E.
IIAMANN, druggist, Easton, Pa.
Wanted.
AH kindx of grain for which I will pay the]
highest market price iu ciudi at mv mill. 1
GEO. REIBER, i
Nov. 3, 1880. Butler, Pa
For a Sir inly Pure Article
of Whisky, Wine, Brandy, Ac., go to'
E. Bauck, 34 Federal Street, Alleghe-J
ny city. This gentleman makes a spe
cialty to keep nothing but of first qual
ity- *
A WOIIIUH'M Experience. i
Mothers aud Daughters .should feel!
.alarmed when the feeling of weariness'
and languor too constantly oppresses
them. 'lf lam cross and fretful from'
.the exhaustion of vital powers and the]
'color id fading from my face, I always
lliud immediate relief in that excelentj
remedy, Parker's Ginger Tonic, which
'seems to build up my system aud drive]
( away pain aud mclaucholy with won
derful certainty. Several of my friendw
experienced the same benefit from;
its use.'—A Buffalo lady.
A Farewell.
Stx POINTS, Sept. 8, 1881.
MESSRS EDITORS :—Would you please
allow me a small space in your paper 1
to give an account of a social picnic on *
the farm occupied by Mr. George
Sloan, in Allegheny township. .Mr *
Sloan sold his farm last spring, and.
expects to remove with his family to ■
Kansas in course of a few weeks. -
sWednesday the 7th inst. was chosen
las the day for a farewell picnic, and •
|Mr. Sloan's friends and relatives (of'
a which there are not a few) gathered J
from far and near with their basketsj
bountifully and appropriately filled. jj
Dinner was served from the baskets,s
and the huge twelve basket-fulls ofs
fragments that remained, placed ou njj
table in the orchard, furnished a mag-1
nilicent evening repast for all. Tljeij
intervening space of time was spent ins
sociable enjoyment and conversation.fi
A swing suspended from a "sour apple!
tree" was made to perform its mission?
■by the children and some of a larger!
grow.b. I
The old folks mostly dispersed after
supper, and about dusk the young folks!
from the neighborhood were gathered,i
and tbe grand moonlight party or pa-|
rade began. The performances for thei
evening were quite diversified. I'hejj
swing having been erected for the 3
children when the larger folks wereJE
jfput in motion it was found to be in-a
Jclined about three and one half
too much towards the center of thejj
earth. Swinging was followed by thejj
"Wild Irishman"and "Virginia Reel. ''2
A frsand tournament to decide whicha
should be the "hindmost of three" end-S
ed satisfactorily without loss of life org
limb. E
More swinging, followed by "Vir-S
ffinia Reel" aud 'Wild Irishman," per-a
formed by ninety-nine characters.
The company were also highly grat
ified in witnessing a splrndid foot race.
Then followed more swinging succeed
ed by the "Virginia Irishman" and
"Wild Reel."
Tbe time for dispersing came far too]
soon and after an exchange of goodj
byes the party dispersed. Mr Sloan'sa
family will carry with them the sincere®
wishes of a host of friends for their suc-3
cess and prosj>erity iu their new home S
j We started on our homeward journey, gj
jour |>ediil encasements keeping time toa
the thought that it is best to "sow ourS
wild oats in our youthful days." -
CHICKAHOMINY. H
An Appeal to tlie Humane oiU
I lie lulled Male*.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 14—The fol-g
lowing appeal has just been issued bvR
the Citizen's Relief Committee of De-1
troit: »
To the people of the United States : Bj
Tbe counties of Huron and Sanilac,M
and parts of the counties of Tuscolag
and Lapeer, in Michigan, have beenn
visited by a dreadful calamity. Forestg
fires driven by high winds swept overS
more than 1,500 square miles of this®
region. Iu a portion of it the destruc-9
tion is only partial. In tbe greater!!
part of it the ruin is complete. More a
it ban 200 people were burned to deaths
in flame or sufl'oeated in smoke. ManyS
[others who escaped were severely|j
[burned, and yet survive in great sul'-H
'fering More than 15,000 people wereS
made shelterless. The greater part of|j
these lost all they posessed. Their
;houses, barns, fences, crops, cattle, ag- i
ricultural implements and clothing are
entirely consumed, and they are ab-g
solutely destitute aud depended on thejj
[generosity of the humane for the neces-jB
'saries of life. Immediately after tbe3
[magnitude of the disaster was knownjß
'the mayor of Detroit by proclamation rj
'called a meeting of citizens to aid the'i
sufferers. At this meeting all of theß
prominent commercial, manufacturing"
and bunking bouses of the city were a
!represented. They appointed a reliefs
[committee consisting of Hon. Williams
[(J. Thompson, mayor of tbe city ; .J as #
iMcMillin, president of the Detroitß
Car Company; Edward K. Norton,fi
president of tbe Detroit Hoard oil
[Trade ; Martin Butzel, of the firm 018
[Heineman, Butzel Hi, Co. ; (ieorge Mc-I
[Millan, of the firm of G. 11. McMil-J
lan ; R. W. King, of R. W. King it®
Son. It is needless to say that these
'gentlemen are among the most honor
able and enterprising citizens of De
troit. This committee immediately
organized and appointed well-known
reliable business men of the burnt dis-j
trict as agents for the distribution of
.relief Tbe citizens of Detroit linme
[diately contributed to this committee
large sums of money and tbe work of
[raising contributions goes steadily on.
jDetroit and Michigan will give liberal
ly, but the wants of tbe sufferers are
beyond their capacity to relieve. We
therefore appeal to the generous
throughout the United States to assist
us in discharging this duty of humani
ty to the destitute sufferers. They
[need food, clothing, bedding, furniture,
shelter, cattle, feed for crops, agricul
tural implements, table ware, kitchen
[utensils, medicines and a multitude of
other necessaries : ,
All individuals, societies, corpora-J
tions, committees and organizations,ffi
are earnestly invited to send their con
tributions, whether money or supplies
promptly, directed to Hon. William O.
[Thompson, chairman of tbe committee,
Detroit, Mich. All contributions will
be acknowledged iu the Detroit daily
'papers.
[Funeral ot Menutor lluriiHide.
I PROVIDENCE, It. 1., bept. 16.—The
.funeral ceremonies over the remains of
'Senator Burnside took place to-d;iy.
(The body has lain in state iu tberotun
day of the City Hall since yesterday
[noon and was viewed by many thous
ands of people. A procession compris
ing the State Militia, veteran organi
zations, members of tbe State and
City Governments, aud a large cortege
of citizens, escorted the hearse through
the streets to the First Congregatioual
Church, the houses along the route
[being draped iu mourning, tbe city
[bells tolling aud minute guns being tir
ed. The funeral services were conduct
ed by the Rev. Thomas O. Styer, and
[the Rev. Augustus Woodbury, of
[Westminister Church, this city, deliv-[
[ered the eulogy. On leaving the
church, the procession was joined by
United States Senators aud Represen
tatives, Government officers, the Cor
poration of Brown University, repre
seutatives of the Board of Trade, the
Historical Society, the Loyal Legion
and many local associations. The re-1
mains were conveyed to tbe Swan .
Point Cemetery and deposited iu thej
family plot with a military salute. The*
places of busintss were closed during j
the passage of the procession, and thus
banks, courts, aud city departments]
were closed for the day. The schoolss
celosed halt tbe day. There was an ini-j
rmense concourse from all parts of the!
Stale and the surrounding country and
A deep feeling was manifested.
i I
iThe Producer Excites in \ lew
j oi an Oil Famine.
It would be a most unfortunate,
" t thing if no new oil territory of large'
? capacity should be discovered and :
Jnpened up within a twelvemonth from"
Think for one moment of thc :
of men engaged in this business
a means of livelihood, such asdrillers,
and employees generally."
IjThev have given up everything else to
this trade and have served an at
tprenticeship to it. These men have"
I families dependent on them,
a Then there are the factories that .
.furnish the supplies for wells, of every ;
description, that gives employment tos
thousands of men. The capital invest-;
ed in the prosecution of oil develop- 1
ment in its different stages has grown* l
to enormous dimensions.
Imagine then the oil reservoirs of
Bradford drained dry like its predeces-,
sors of the Oil Creek region, and
Icr aud Clarion, and history will
peat itself. t
Each of these divisious have engag-'J
cd the attention of the operator about ■
ten years each. Bradford, which open
ed in 1875, is already showing signs ;
of exhaustion. g
The productiveness of Bradford hasj
been accelerated and advanced by thejj
use of the torpedo, and while it has
proved the richest field ever developed, "
it will according to universal testimony"
also prove the most rapid in decline
We repeat that in view of the world's >
demand for 65,000 barrels of crude per
day, and in view of the vast number of'
men engaged and vast amount of capi-'
tal invested, it would be a calamity if .
no new field is found to supply the,,
wants of the trade iu the immediate
future. f
We have now 17,000 producing I
wells that are now declining, nor can
this decline be arrested by any means
known by the trade.
It is this deep and painful
that is driving the operator and specu-;*
lator pellmell over the State line in the .
Allegany oil field, even if tbe average'
well struck is but 10 barrels.
But allowing to that locality five to j
ten thousand production within a year,'
the conceded decline in Bradford is"
that amount "per month.
To what, then, are we destined ? j
We leave the reader to form his ownj
conclusion from those premises. Thcj
assertion has been made upon
'weakening' of past fields, What nextlt
where shall we go? And the
was forthcoming; but now the oracle isj
dumb. Who will cause the sphynx to"
speak!— Tituscille Herald.
The Dividend*. [•
HARitiBBURa, Pa., Sept. 14.
refusal of the Board of Public
to allow a readjustment of the
of over $3,100,000 settled against thejjj
Standard Oil Company, has
that corporation to prepare a state-g
ment in the nature of an
from the settlement of the Auditor,'
General's Department of
showing the business of the company, fc
This corporation has heretofore sedu-,
lously endeavored to conceal its affairs!
from the public. The company
that even if it be taxable the amounts*
charged against it are out of all pro-5
portion to the dividends.
The company claims that the
officers of the State had not made
ficient efforts to procure an exhibit
the company's business on which to:2
base calculations, and that they had no 3
power to estimate an account against it
as they had done in their settlement.j-j
The said account is defective, incoin-'j
plete, insufficient, says the company, l
jin that it does not set forth the capital/--
stock, dividends, profits, business, or
other bases or particulars on which thejj
'estimated cases are charged, and have,?
[by withholding the same, deprived thej
company of the full exercises aud er.y
'joyment of its right of app< al.
I The company sajs it is not subjects
to taxation in the State, as it has iiOLj
property and exercises no franchises oru
privileges here. One of the points ofg
the company is that, as a foreign cor-B
Iporation it is not taxable on its capitals
stock or franchise in Pennsylvania, by?
reason of the fact that it obtains a por-S
tiou of its supplies of oil from tliatn
State, because it would thereby beg
subject t6 oppressive and double taxa-5
;tiou and might on the same
be made subject to taxation in everys
'State in the Union, Its supplies of ma-B
iterials used in manufacturing,
and barreling oils being drawn from!
.the various portions of the Unitedß
States.
Another point is that tbe Standanlj|
jOil Company has frequently and fronijj
jtiine to time, during all of the years!
from 1872 to, and including, 1880, fora
which tax is charged, made
of crude petroleum for shipment out OIK
Pennsylvania, formerly by its owtijj
agent, but since Juno 7, 1870, byW
means of orders, sent by telegram org
letter, to resident brokers in I'ounsyl-B
vania; but if any law of the State re-J
quires the said company, its capital,B
stock or shareholders to pay any taxg
to the said State for an amount of, org
by reason of the said purchases of oilß
for shipment out of Pennsylvania, tlienl
the law is unconstitutional, because itn
conflicts with the provisions of thus
Federal constitution, relative to ex p.
ports and imports. The company®
claims that, in no event is it liable fori
a greater tax than one half mill upon 3
the proportion of capital stock, if auy,H
shown to have been invested or usedH
in business in Pennsylvania for each*
one per centum of dividend declared. K
For the year ended November, 1873,9
the appeal sets forth that the dividendsj|
of the Company were $.'547,010 ; 1874,5
$358,605; 1875,1414,230; 187«,5501.-J
285; 1877, $3,150,000; 1880, $1,050,-1
000. The foregoing dividends, the
Company says, were all declared and
paid in Ohio. If taxable at all, it is
claimed that the Company's liability
for the years mentioned is $502,269,
instead of over $3,100,000. In arriv
ing at that amount the States charges,
in addition to the tax, $689,701,64 in
'terest, at 12 per ceut„ aud a* penalty of
$223,250 for failure to make the neces
sary reports to the Auditor General.—
Titutrville World.
Union Woolen MIIU
BUTLER, PA.
IX. lULLKKTON. I'rop'r.
Manufacturer of BI.ANKETS, KLANNBI.S, YAHNA,
Also custom work ilonc to order, such 11*
'carding Rolls, making Blnnketb, Klannels lKnlt
■tlng aud Wcavlug Yarns, Ac., at very low (
i prices. Wool worked ou the shares, It de
sired. my'ty I
• Sicnhcnvillc, Ohloi FemnleJ
| Ncminary. I
I 62 Yrart Suceruful Experience. Virtl-da** j
School. Terms low. .Send for Catalogue. A j
I M.' RKID, I'h. D., I'rin. iul v2(im it
|~ raT"Advertise in tbe OIIIIM.
i -k GO TO |
I * CHARLES R. CRIER'S, I" |
I I FOR |
\ %«O a «
\iZ - —npP
; I dents' Furnishing Goods, 1
i| f
Sir IYIAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
' |
) A.S IN TH E PAST
-SO WIIjLt IT I6IE IN THE FUTURE !
Ths Largest, The Cheapest, The Most Satisfactory Place of its Kind
j IN THE ENTIRE bTATE !
iPEERLESS, UNAPPROACHABLE AND ALONE
After the two months of steady preparation, during which time we have made extensive im
provement, we formally announce our OPENING FOR THK FALL AND WINTER OF 1881-
|B2. For variety of textures, for immensity of stock, for novelty in styles, lor thoroughness of
Lmanufacture and exquisiteness of finish, we challenge the entire trade to produce the equal. Nev-
before has our stock been so grand, so complete, so incomparable as now, for we were determined
should be left undone to utterly surpass anything before attempted. For the ot
Rafter dark purchasers we have placed nine electric burners (equal to 18,000 candle lights) making
|the interior of our stores light as day.
MEN'S DEPARTMENT
i
At $2.12
MEN'S DURABLE SUITS.
$3.37 to $5 25
JJ MEN'S CABAIMR.UK AND WORSTED SLITS.
At 85.00 to $7.67
f MEN'S CHEVIOT AND DIAGONAL SUITS.
At $0 90 to $9 48
MEN'S FINE ALL WOOL CA3&IMERE SUITS.
5
5 At $3.75 to $ll.OO
5 MEN'S IMI'M TKICOT AND BLUE CASTOR SUITS
At SIO.OO to #l3 25
2MEN'S FINEST FRF.NCR WORSTEDS AND CABSI
- SUITS.
At 4'Je- Men's Working Pjiils.
At 'He. to ¥l.l2—Vi'iiVt CttM-lniuri! P.iiil.s.
QAI Use. to tl.f>2— Men's Worsted I'unts Wide or Pprinjr
3 Bottom.
aAi*ISO to s'i 24 Men's Scotch Clicvuk I'unt*.
JAI *1 us to f.'t.lO— Men'it Fii;t:
3At #'J 50 to it.NT—Men's Exlr i File Oassiinero I'.illta.
■i A t fJ. 15 to $1 Hit—Men's lin porieil F.uiey Worsted
A flints I IJII II to ni-loin made.
i
Kaufmann's Cheapest Corner.
THE LARGEST C OTHING HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA!
83, 85 & 87 SMITIIFIELD STREET, Gor. DIAMOND St.
scn<l C. O. I), by Express, with privilege to open. Everything w a minted as repre
sented or money cheerfully refunded.
TjRIAL I.IIIT FOR NI'F.CIAL COUBT-tod MOXOAY OF OITOBKR, l«lh day.
Term, ir. Plaintiff's Attorney. Plaintiffs. 1 Drftndani't Attorne//.
K. I). 1:;:; St• I>t IS7S Williams and Ftceger. Samuel Dull', adiu'r <?. Itoenink Walker.
<l*. June 1S7!I Goucher. John M. (ireer for use Jumes Melirath et nl. A.'t'. Black.
F I I). 1 Sept IHM Bowser. It. Salvage it Co. l.vinun Dusted et al. Knot nun.
A. D. 5.) March Is,so T. Black. Win. M. Shira, ex'r Washington llillianl et al. .Mitchell and Kleeger.
<l'. 43" Oct 1577 Ij. '/.. Mitchell. .lames F. Morrison Butler Co. Mutual Fire ins. Co. Scott.
" 17li June IS7B B< wser and L. Z. Mitchell Kittauniu); Ins. Co. Adam Miller (ioticher and M'Quistion.
12» | Deo'r " Scolt. William Wilson S. F. Shu lie L. Z. Mitchell.
" -141 " " L. 7.. Mitchell. K. A. Helmbold (surviv'j; partner) *Geor}fe Sweeney et n'x Walker and J. B. MeJ.
" 505 " " Some. Anna Axworthy, for use Eliuitieth Brooks (ireer.
" <;. r ).S " " Thompson, Scott, Marshall A. M. Monroe M. K. Armstrong et al. J. D. McJ.
151 j Sept 1879|McJuukin and Pillow. Mrs. S. A. Tweedy ct al. J. W. Wirner et al. McC., (ireer, T. «k S.
" 15(1 " " (ireer. jFairview township Thomas Days et al. Thompson.
A D. 11l Dee'r " Wiliinms and Mitchell. W. 11. Davis et ux, for use A. 11. Wilson et al. McOnistion.
" til " " L. Z. Mitchell. Jacob Larriiner et us Michael MeFlwceetul. J. D. McJ.
" 08 " " Mctiuistion. Mary J. Brewer .Robert Norris. Greer.
" 89 " " Walker and Mitchell. Pinion Grossman James Grossman. f. H.
" l' l .March I.ShO Goucher. Elizabeth Sedwick Joseph Busbnell trustee et al. Miller &i Walker.
" 32 " " Greer. I. F I*. McGinlcy et al., trustees J. N. Miller (Scott <t Marshall.
11 .'•■'( " " J.N. I'urviance et al. Kobert S. Kirker Joseph Johoson et al. 'Brandon ami (ireer.
" 3t> " " Scott. Jacob Frederick, assignee W. 11. Bradford et al. Walker and Bowser.
" #8 " " Mc(juistion. S. F. Shult/. William Wilson Scott.
" 8!) " " Met atuilcss ami Greer. Mary Douthelt et ill W. A. Lewii et al. Thoinptton et al.
" ill " " Greer. W.J. Kauglit John I'earce Walker.
" 92 " " Same. Same Elias Ziegler. Same.
100 " " Same. iThos. Hare et al. John T. Itiser et al. •_ Miller.
Proth'ys OtHce, Sept. 12, 1881. A. RUSSELL, l'rothonotary.
Au«lifor"N holier. i
111 the matter of the ■•xeeplions to the final ae- I
count of < ieorge llarl/ell, executor of Jonas Itart- |
/.ell, dee'd, late of Jackson township, Orphans'
four', No. 10 of June term, liwi.
Having l«eeu appointed Auditor bv the Court to j
take testimony, pass upon the exceptions ami re- '
[state the account, if ncce-sary, anil report. I licre
i«y give notice that I will attend to the dudes of
tlie same at my oillee, Brady's I .aw lluildliiK. I'-ut
ler. fou Till liSDAY, tlie titli ilay of (leloher,
lssl, at 1 o'clock, p. M., when and where all par
ties Interested can attend if they sec proper.
21sep3w JOHN K. KKI.LV, Auditor.
EMPLOYMENT
FOB A 1.1,
To Si'll «t Household Article.
I'llK poor a< well as tin' rich, tlie old as well as
I the y tiling, the wife, as •11 as tlie iiusliaml,
the yoiini; mau'eii as well as the young man. the
girl .'is well as the hoy, may Just ;is welleani a few
I'loMars in honest emplovment. as to sit around I lie
[house and wait for otlu!r~. to earn It lor them. We
[can give you employment, all I he tune, or durliiK
'\our sp.iVi' hours only ; travtilliiK, or in >our own
Ineighhorhooil, among ) our friends and aei|iialut
laiiccs. If you (In not care lor employment, we
Fran imparl valuable Information to von Irei- of
[eost. It w ill cost you only one cent "for a I'nslal
raril to write for our Prospectus, aud It may lw
tin' means of making you a good many dollars.
l)o not neglect this opportunity You do not
have to invest a large sum of money, ami run a
great risk of losinjr It. Yon will readily see that
it will he an easy matter to make from sin to gluo
a week. and establish a lucrative, ami Indeitetid
cut business, honorable, straightforward and pro
tllable AI lend to this matter NOW, for there is
MONEY IN IT for all who engage with us. We
will surprise you and you will wonder why you
never wrote lo n» before. WK *KNI> I I 1.1. ivwt-
TK'I't.AUH KItKK. Address
lit'l KKVK JITG CO.,
(Name this I>a|MT.) I'.'lsepcinl M \ltio.\. OHIO.
SAMUEL FRY
AT HIS
livery! Feed Stable,
BACK OF THE LOWRY HOUSE,
BUTLER, PA.,
Is prepared to accommodate the pu'olic in his
line of business.
1 JWf-Gooil rigs and good horses guaranteed tV\
R I Leave your orders for the Omnibus either
"at the Ixiwry House, or at stable. [l isep.'lm
AdrerUae iu tho CITIZEN.
To such an aston
ishing degree has cur
'lrade increased in
our HAT, CAP aud
GENTS' FUKNJSII-
L\G GOODS I)<-
pmtmentß that wc
were forced to j>>re
pare for this season
on a scale of unex
ampled magnitiulc.
From 50c. to $1.50
sa red evert/ hat
bought of us, ant/ ev
ert/ article in Gents'
Furnishing Goods at
one-half the price you
mould be cotnjtelled to
pay elsewhere. No
tray can this be more
easily demonst ratal
thin by a visit of in
.sjtectioii, which costs
nothing.
PITTSBURGH EXPOSITION!
CiJ RAN 1 >—
Open Day and Evening until Oct. Bth, 1881.
Exhibits of Pennsylvania State Fair Remain
until the close of Exposition.
GRAND DISPLAY OP
MILLING MACHINERY IN
Operation. Magnificent Display of Cut Flowers daily.
Trials of Speed. Daily.
Classes all filled, 292 Entries in Speed Classen, Music by
the Great Western (18th Reg ) Hand, Morning,
Afternoon and Evening. Building and Grounds
Illuminated by 04 Electric Lights.
Admission, - - - - 25 Cents.
E. P. YOUNG, (Jon. Manager, JNO. D. BAILEY, Asst. Manager «V Cashr.
J. W. BATCHLOII, Prcst. J. C. PATTERSON, Secy.
BOYS' DEPARTMENT
At 81.25 to >r»2.02
BOYS' t'ASSIMKKK SUITS.
Al SI.SO t051.12
BOYS' WORSTED AND CHEVOIT SUITS.
At #2.«2 (o $1.75
BOYS' DIAfIONAL, SUITS.
At *M.SO lo'so.:i7
BOYS' BLUE CHECK "HOWAKD" SLITS.
Al 81.9.S to $7.50
Buys B'.ue Tiicot .aud Improved Casuimcrc Suits.
Al 1jH5.50.10 HH .75
Boys' Finest French Worsted Suits with nobhy Silk
Facing nu<i Lining
CHIIDBtrS BiPMM.
At 70c—Children's "Wear Well" Hints.
At ft .SO—''liildren'g WoreU'd Kuils.
At ft! ICbitdrcnV Fine Ca»?iiu< re Suit#.
At j:i I!7—Children's HcoU h Cheviot StiiU.
| Al $4.t!.V-ChlldrmiV Btui Trlenl Suit*.
I At f3.CO Ohildreii'n French Woitleii and English
; Suit*, flriely iin< d and trimmed.