BUTLER CITIZEN.
JOHN N. 4 W. C. NE6LEY, PROP'RS,
Entered at the Pottofice at Butler as
tecondrclasss matter.
BEPDBLICAN TICKET.
For State Treasurer.
OflK. SILAS M. BAILY, of F»yette county.
Associate Judge.
A. D. WEIR, Buffalo township.
Sheriff.
FERGUS It. BHIRA, Parker township.
Prothonotary.
M. N. GREER, Buffalo township.
Clerk mi Courts.
W. B. DODDS, Muddycreek township.
Register St Recorder.
HENDERSON W. CHRISTIE, of Butler,
Treasurer.
J. HARVEY MILLER, of Butler.
Couu'y Commissioners,
CHARLES COCHRAN, of Concord township.
GEORGE W. HAYS, of Middlesex township.
County Auditors,
G. W. CROW, of Forward township.
J. H. BHANNON, of Franklin township.
Coroner.
WILLIAM KENNEDY, of Penn township.
OHIO ELECTION.
An election for Governor of Ohio
came off yesterday. Hon. Charles
Foster, present Governor, is the Re
publican candidate, and Mr. John W.
Bookwalter the Democratic candinate.
There is also a Temperance candidate.
Gov. Foster regards his re-election as
a certainty, bat of coarse we have no
news yet We believe however he
baa been re-elected.
THE Supreme Court is now in ses
sion at Pittsburgh.
STEPS have been taken to impeach
District Attorney Isaac L. Johnson, of
Fayette county, Pa., for malfeasance
in oSce.
A SPECIAL Court commenced on
Monday for the trial of civil causes,
which are now progressing. Judge
Bradin is presiding .with Associates
Story and McCandiess.
THE rig material for the new well
by the Phillips Bros., to be pat down
near Herman Station, this county,
was haaled through this place last
week. It came principally, we learn
from the Bullion district.
ML ALEXANDER REYNOLDS, SB., of
Kittanning, Pa., died at his residence
there last week, aged 72 years. He
was a prominent citizen of Armstrong
county, and well and favorably known
to many of the citizens of Butler
county.
HON. GEO. H. GRAHAM and Capt.
Thomas Hays, of Fairview borough,
were in town last Saturday on busi
ness. Mr. Hays was on business con
nected with the settling op of the ac
counts of tbe late Fair here, of which
ha was an active and efficient member
of tbe board of directors.
IN tbe Supreme Coort at Pittsburgh
on Monday, last week, every case from
tbe counties of Cameron, Potter, Tioga,
Lancaster, Mifflin, Perry, Union,
Centre and Blair, was reversed. Such
a state of facts is not calculated to
give outsiders a very exalted opinion of
tbe judicial machinery in those coun
ties.
THE celebration of tbe one hundredth
anniversary of the surrender of tbe
British forces, commanded by Lord
Cornwallis, will commence at York
town on Tuesday next, October 18th,
and continue until tbe 21st. On Thurs
day, tbe 20tb, a grand military review
will take place, to be followed on Fri
day by a naval review, in which
several French ships of war will take
part.
THE New York Herald last week
contains seven columns of what pur
ports to be an autobiography of Gui
teau. It is evidently gotten up to
help the insanity dodge in his defence.
Coming at tba time it does, its style
and general make up, all indicate a pur
pose of this kind. The closing part of
the lot of stuff Guiteau is made to put
forth will be seen in another place in
this paper.
THB Conference of theM. E Church
assembles in this place to-day. The
ministers present it is said number
about two hundred. On Sunday next
the various pulpits of the churches of
the other Protestant denominations in
this place will, by invitation, be occu
pied by M. E. clergymen This is al
ways an act of courtesy on such oc
casions and we are pleased to learn it
has not been overlooked on the present
occasion.
GUITIAU, the assassin, was formally
indicted for murder by the grand jury
of the District of Colombia last week.
The bill of indictment contains eleven
counts, covering every possible phase
of the case, as to where the shooting
was done and where the President
died. He is defended by his brother
in-law, an attorney of Chicago. It is
natural to suppose that trial, convic
tion and execution will speedily follow
the action of the grand jury in this
most atrocious case.
ON Wednesday morning last, sth
inst., there was a heavy frost at this
place, and the themometer was down
to 30°. The verdure however does not
appear to have been effected, the trees
and grass still looking as green as ever
seen at this time of the year. The
late rains have restored the pasture
and the farmers are not now so uneasy
as to feed for their stock through the
winter. This is also bringing down
the price of butter, which had gone up
to a high figure during the dry weath
er.
NEW YORK CONVENTION—
"S TAL WAR TISM" 0 VER
THROWN.
The Republicans of the State of
New York met in State Convention in
the city of New York last week. The
object was the nomination of a State
ticket. As the Republican organiza
tion in that State had been under the
control of Roscoe Conkling, for some
years past, it was determined to free
it from his dictation. This was doue
last week fully and completely. On a
test vote, for the chairmanship of the
Convention, the anti (Jonkling Repub
licans elected their man by a majority
of 108. A majority of all the commit
tees of the Convention were anti Conk
ling and anti "stalwart." The dele
gates from his own town and county
that were opposed to him and his
further rule, and the seat of one of
whom he himself was contesting, were
all admitted to seats in the Convention.
I The new State Committee appointed is
against him, and, in a word, the party
in New York has freed itself from his
selfish grasp. And thus ends "boss
ism" in New York- When can the
same be said of Pennsylvania ? If all
signs do not fail it will come soon.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania are
as heartily sick and tired of boss rule
as they are in New York, and for simi
lar causes. It is a question that ap
peals to the self respect and the man
hood of every intelligent Republican
in the State For, while bossism or a
few dictate and rule, there is no fair
play or equal chances in the party for
its honors or its offices. The great
mass have suffered from it so loug that
patience has ceased to be a virtue and
they have resolved to suffer no longer.
U. S. SENA TE.
The news we have from the special
meeting of the U. S. Senate on Mon
day indicates that the Democrats will
take all they can get from the present
state of affairs in that body. They
elected Senator Bayard, a Democrat,
as President pro tem. of the body in
place of Vice President Arthur, now
President. It looks as it they were
also intending to elect a clerk before
the new Republican Senators trom
New York and Rhode Island were
sworn in. They have the power, but
the general opinion was they would
not exercise it under the present state of
affairs in the Senate. After electing
the President they adjourned to next
day and further proceedings will be
looked for with much interest.
PARKER FAIR.
We are pleased to learn of the suc
cess attending the Petroleum Agricul
tural Fair held at Parker last week.
The exhibits of stock are said to have
been very good, onr county not being
behind others in that line. Mr. Wil
liam Martin, of Venango township,
this county, is reported to have had
the finest cattle that was upon the
ground. The Fair was well attended
and is said to have been a success in
all respects.
THE bullet which was cut from Pres
ident Garfield's body at the autopsy
was given into the hands of Dr. Bliss,
who immediately handed it over to the
custody of Private Secretary Brown
Mr. Brown carefully wrapped the ball
and sealed the package, and will pre
serve it till such time as it may be
needed in evidence at the trial of Gui
teau. The fractured vertebrae is in
the hands of a scientific gentleman
who is cleaning and preparing it, after
which it will be placed on exhibition
in the National Medical Museum in
Washington.
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS has a high
opinion of President Arthur'* judg
ment and believes he will select a
Cabinet of men who are capable and
in no way obnoxious to the Republi
can party. "I think," he says, "that
Grant or Conkling will be the last
persons selected in the formation of the
President's Cabinet. Arthur cannot
afford to make such appointments in
view of what has passed. No man
ever asceuded to the Presidential chair
with such splendid orportunities of be
coming popular, not only with his
own party, but with the masses. No
man knows to-day the popular feeliug
better than Arthur, and be <viil shape
his course accordingly." Time will,
of course, tell all.
CONKLING BADLY BEATEN —The
spoils or boss system of politics got a
very black eye in New York last Wed
nesday. Conkling used every effort to
sway the State Convention that met
that day. When it assembled the In
dependents elected their chairman,
Senator Warner Miller, by 298 to 190,
or 108 majority. Now it President
Arthur will just let Boss Conkling
alone where the people have buried
him, there will be a nice large cemetery
in a few vears.— New Caxtle Courant,
Oct. 7.
PRIVATE SECRETARY BROWN is quot
ed, says the Philadelphia I'reiw, as
authority for the statement that the
late President's family will request the
presentation of all bills incurred bv the
sad calamity. Congress owes it to
itself and to the country to administer
a pernio but practical rebuke to this
generous impulse. The shot which
felled President Garfield was fired at
the people. Through those eleven
weeks of heroic bearing under intense
suffering be was the nation's patient.
The people expect to defray the w hole
cost, from th<i day of the shooting to
the day of burial. Congress must ap
propriate the money. The widow and
children must not be allowed to pay a
dollar of it.
tten. liairiiMldtt'M Niiccefutor.
The Rhode fcland Legislature met
Tuesday week to .eject a United States
Senator to succeed general Burnside.
Nelson W. AUrieh received 22 votes
in the Senate and 33 in the iiouse, a
majority of both. The new Senator
is now a member of Congress.
QPlpe JlntUe Ctth*n slSutlMt $!*•• ©ctalset 12, 1881.
STATE POLITICS.
WHAT 18 SAID AND DOING IN REGARD TO
STATE TREASURER.
We give below as news what is go
ing on in various parts of the State as
to ihe candidates for the office of State
Treasurer, to be elected next month :
Gen. Beaver will take the stump for
Gen. Baily.
~ The Wayne county Prohibitionists
have endorsed Wolfe for Siate Treas
urer.
Many members of the Chester, Dela
ware county, Republican League are
outspoken for Wolfe.
The New York Herald in enumerat
ing Orange Noble's good qualities,
says he has a furnace, a watch factory,
an organ factory, an iron foundry and
several other virtues.
The Americus Club, of Philadelphia,
has endorsed Orange Noble, on motion
of John S. Davis, his late competitor
for the nomination. Col. L. Rogers,
Secretary of the Republican State Com
mittee, has assumed control of the cor
respondence of the organization.
Chairman Watson, of the Green
back State Committee, has called his
committee to meet in Harrisburg next
week, at which it is thought that the
Greenback candidate for State Treas
urer, Mr. Reno W. Jackson, of Mercer
county, will allow his name to be with
drawn from the campaign, and the State
Committee will pass resolutions endors
ing Mr. Wolfe. Prominent members
of the party state that Mr. Wolfe repre
sents one of the highest principles of
their party, opposition to 'Bossism,'
and they can safely vote for him. The
party polled 21,000 votes in the Presi
dential campaign last year.
The Phila. Times says Mr. Wolfe
surpassed expectation.
The Phila. Press says Wolfe's
speech was "a strong and able one in
itself and its power was doubled by
the evident honasty and earnestness of
the speaker."
Mr. Wolfe will be justified in con
cluding after last evening that his
'boom' is not to be confined to the east
ern part of the State. The formation
of a very solid nucleus of an orgauiaa
tion in this city, coupled with his en
thusiastic reception in New Castle, fur
nishes a strong indication that the
Committee of One Hundred and the
National Republican League of Phila
delphia will not be allowed to carry off
all the Independent honors. It is no
exaggeration to say that tjip Garfield
Republicans of Pennsylvania seem as
earnest in their determination to crush
Bossism out of existence as the Gar
field Republicans of New York.—
Pittsburgh Dispatch, Oct. 7.
A strong effort is being made to com
pel the Erie Evening Herald to sup
port Mr. Noble for State Treasurer.
According to the Williamsport Ga
zette and Bulletin, Orange Noble is a
bloated bond holder, aud can expect no
sympathy from the Greenbackers.
Wilkesbarre Record: "Wolfe is now
moving out into the country districts
and getting down among the people.
He finds that the abundance of froth
that ran over in the city hasn't much
real beer at the bottom The conven
tion of one which nominated him hasn't
a much larger constituency."
Meetings in favor of Mr. Wolfe, In
dependent candidate for Treasurer, have
been held in Philadelphia, We3t Ches
ter, New Castle and Tltusville, Tho
New Castle meeting was participated
in by many of its leading citizens,
amoDg them, says the account, were
Capt. D. C, Irish, Thos. W. Phillips,
Chas. M. Phillips, Alderman Samuel
Bowman, Alderman John Piatt, James
Linton, John M. Pcrmar, Writ. War
noch, James E. Wh'ppo, Dr. Andrew
Lewis, Dr. James Pollock, Win. B.
Lutton, James McMillen, Dr. S. Doud
and Andrew Kelly. Of the young Re
publicans among the Vice Presidents
were E. E. Caswell, H. P. Stockman,
Edward More, A. McC. Smith, Eli
Hazen, L. E Wood, J. S. Connelly, A.
C. Moore, Hiram McCunnell, J. C.
Vance, W. M. Stocking, J. W. Peters
and Dr. Samuel McCreary.
An analysis of the personnel of these
Vice Presidents develops the some
what singular phase that the Wolfe
movement has assumed in Lawrence
county. The Independent Republicans
have been with him since be first bo
gan to assail Bossism in the Legisla
ture, but two-thirds of the men men
tioned above are those who have never
been known to scratch a ticket or bolt
a nomination. They have been lead
ers in the party, and three of them are
now members of the Executive Com
mittee of Lawrence county. Among
these Vice Presidents are the Phillips
Brothers, the well-known oil opera
tors, who were warm personal friends
of General Garfield. They arc all men
of standing, and could uot fail to add
dignity to any meeting in which they
might participate.
AT TITUSVILLK.
TITUSVILLE, PA., October 9.— Mr.
Wolfe addressed an enthusiastic meet
ing in the Opera House last night.
The gathering was composed largely
of old line Republicans and men inden
tilied with the best interests of the
party. The meeting was called to or
der by Hon. George E. Mapes and or
ganized by electing Hou. Fred. Bates
Chairr>an. The Vice Presidents were
E. O. Emerson, A. P. Bennett, J. W.
Butters, Y. W. Ames, Marcus Brown
son, W. A. Byers, John W. Jackson,
Edtfar Hale, E. G. I'atterson and U.
C. Welton. The Secretaries were ki.
L. Williams and J. A. Pincott.
These men are among the foremost
Republicans of the city and their busi
ness Interests are the largest in the
Oil Region. They represent the heavi
est producing, refining, banking and
manufacturing firms in the entire re
gi' n, and have heretofore worked faith
fully with the straightout wing of the
party.
Wolfe's speech was largely identical
with the one delivered in Philadelphia
last week and was delivered with an
earnestness which created a sensattob
in his audience.
Experience the Host €>iil<te.
The constant practice most women
have in caring for the «-ick, 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,
beea«i£o they have learned by that
best of jfuidJsr—experience—that this
excellent family iu&.<ii/.'ine speedily
overcomes despondency, p*j°jjQdieal
headache, indigestion, livercomplaint*,
pain or weakness in the back and kid
neys, and other troubles peculiar to tne
sex.— Home Journal. See adv.
GUITEAIJ'S CASE.
HE 18 INDICTED FOB MURDER BY THE
GRAND JURY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The Grand
Jury concluded the examination in the
Guiteau case at 11 a. m , having ex
amined several additional witnesses,
and re-examined Surgeon-General
Barnes and Dr. Lamb. A true bill
was voted unanimously, but the jury
did not return it at once to the court,
but took up another case. It is sup
posed by some that Guiteau will be
arraigned before the adjournment of
the Court to-day, in order that there
shall be no crowd gathered in expecta
tion of it.'
About 1 o'clock the Grand Jury
took a recess and Foreman Churchman
proceeded to the office of the District At
torney, and placed in Corkhill's hands
a presentment against Charles J. Gui
teau for the murder of James A Gar
field, President of the United States,
by wounding him with a bullet fired
from a pistol, in the hands of Charles
J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Po
tomac depot, on or about the 2d dav of
July, A. D. 1881.
George Scoville, Guiteau's brother
in-law and counsel, arrived, and paid
a visit to the prisoner at the jail, and
later bad an interview with District
Attorney Corkhill, relative to the man
ner of proceeding with the trial. The
District Attorney informed Scoville
that it is intended to pursue the usual
course in a murder case.
HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—HE INDULGES IN
MATRIMONIAL AND PRESIDEN
TIAL ASPIRATIONS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—The Herald
publishes what purports to be a re
sume of the autobiography which Gui
teau has written while in jail, occupy
ing seven columns of that paper. It
contains no new statements regarding
the commission of the crime. In bring
ing his autobiography to an end he
he says; 'And now I speak of two
matters strictly personal. First—l am
looking for a wife and see no objection
to mentioning it here. I want an ele
gant Christian lady of wealth, under
thirty, belonging to a first class family.
Any" such lady can address me in
the utmost pQn^dP My
died when I was only seven, and I
have alway felt it a great privation to
have no mother. If my mother had
lived I never should have gpt into the
Oneida Community, and my life, no
doubt, would have been happier every
way. Nearly three years after I left
the Community I was unfortunately
married- |a»t J made up my mind
that I would sever the bonds, and I
was divorced in 187-4. I am fond of
female pociety, and I judge the ladies
are of me, and I should be dpligbtecj
to find my mate.'
'The second subject in which be de
sires to take the public into his confi
ijerjce refers to the Presidency 'For
twenty years,' he wntps, 'f had
an idea that J should be President- f
had the idea when I lived in the Oneida
community; and it has never left me.
When I left Boston for New York in
J uno, 1880, I remember distinctly I
felt that I was on my way to the
White Hoqse. I had this feeling all
through the canvass last fall in New
York, although I mentioned it to only
two persons. My idea is that I shall
be nominated and elected as Lincoln
and Garfield were—that is, by the act
of God. If I were President I should
seek to give the nation a first class ad
ministration in every respect; I want
nothing sectional or crooked aronnd
me. My objeot woulcj be tQ UQ'fy the
American people and make them hap.
py, prosperous and God-fearing.'
The publication of Guiteau's biogra
phy occasions much unfavorable com
ment on the methods of District At
torney Corkbill. The deception prac
ticed upon the prisoner is generally
condemned as not in the interest of jus?
tice, as the whole document is suseept
ible of proof as the genuine words of
Guiteau, and would tend rather to for
tify the plflft pf insanity. Guiteau dic
tated the narrative under the belief and
with the understanding that it should
be published in pamphlet form for his
benefit, the money to go to aid bim in
his defense, whereas it was sold by the
stenographer of the District Attorney
to the Herald for his own benefit
THE CASE OF GUITEAU IN NEW JERSEY.
At the opening of the Monmouth
County Court, at Freehold, New
Jersey, yesterday week. Judge
Scudder informed the Grand Jury that
it would not be necessary for them to
take any action in regard to the prose,
cution of Guiteau at the present time,
unless they should be notified that
prosecution and indictment of the of
fence in that county are required to
prevent the failure of justice, which
does not appear probable, according to
the statement made by the proper
legal authority of the city of Washing
ton.
The Neuale HCHNIOU.
WASHINGTON, October 10. —While
the Democrats carried out their pro
gramme in the election of Bayard as
President pro Ism. before the swear
ing in of the new Senators, they were
much surprised at the course of Sena
tor Davis, of Illinois, who voted with
the Republicans on all questions ex
cept the substitution of the uame of
Sonator Anthony in place of Bayard,
iu which case he withheld his vote.
The new Senators, it is expected, will
be sworn In to-morrow. It is under
stood when the question of the election
of a Republican President pro lem. is
again before the Senate that Senator
I>avi« will withhold his vote, which
will give the Republicans a majority.
An impression prevails
tors that the democrats are disposed to
make an attempt to secure the entire
organization, the first step in that di
rection being taken to-day, when they
forced the election of a Democratic
President pro tem. against the decisive
verdict of the people at the polls last
year. In their caucus to-day many
Democrats insisted upon taking all the
advantage they could of the situation
of the Republicans,
The UarHeld Iff <*iifim<'ipi r
CLEVELAND, October 4. —The Mon
ument Fund Committee announces
that it has lithograph certificates ready
to be issued to all persons who may
contribute one or more dollars to the
Garfield Monument Fund. These cer
tificates are for one, five or ten dollars,
or more, according If) the amount of
the contribution. The cowtffipfpoß,
bankers, postmasters and all other duly
appointed agencies, in soliciting funds
in any portion of the country, will
these certificates forwarded on
application or on sending in a list of
contributors. Total amount contri
buted to date, $5,430.
The Maine Statesman's Accept
ance ot the Secretary
ship of State.
PHILADELPHIA, October 6.—The
Press to-morrow will publish the let
ter of Secretary Blaine accepting the
tender of the State Department made
by the late President Garfield:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 1880.
MY DEAR GARFIELD—Your gener
ous invitation to enter your Cabinet
as Secretary of State has been under
consideration for more than three
weeks. The thought had never really
occurred to my mind until at our late
conference you presented it with such
cogent argument in its favor, and with
such warmth of personal friendship in
aid of your kind offer. I know that an
early answer is desirable, and I have
waited only long enough to consider
the subject in all its bearings, and to
make up my mind definitely and con
clusively. I now say to you in the
same cordial spirit in which you have
invited me, that I accept the position.
It is no affectation for me to add that I
make this decision not for the honor of
the promotion it gives me in the public
service, but because I think I can be
useful to you as the responsible leader
of the party and the great head of the
Government". I am influenced some-'
what, perhaps, by the shower of letters
I have received urging me to accept,
written me in consequence of the mere
unauthorized newspaper report that
you had been pleased to offer me the
[dace. While I have received these
etters from all sections of the Union, I
have been especially pleased, and even
surprised, at the cordial and widely ex
tended feeling in my favor throughout
New England, where I had expected
to encounter local jealousy, and, per
haps, rival aspiration.
In our new relation I shall give all
that I am and all that I can hope to be,
freely and joyfully, to your service.
You need no pledge of my loyalty in
heart and in act. I should be false to
myself did I not prove true both to
the great trust you confide to me and to
your own personal and political fortunes
io the present and in the future. Your
administration must be made brilliant
ly succeesful and strong in the confi
dence and pride of the people, pofc
a)l directing its energies for re-election,
and yet compelling that result by the
logic of events and by the imperious
necessities of the situation. To that
most desirable consummation I feel
that, next to yourself, I can possibly
contribute as much influence as any
other one man. I say this not from
egotism or vaiuglory, but merely as a
deduction frptfl pbiq analysis of the
political forces which have been at
work in the country for five years past,
and which have been significantly
shown in two great national ponven :
tions.
I accept it as one of the happiest
circumstances connected with this af
fair that in allying my political fortunes
with yours, or, rather, for the time
merging mine in yours, my heart goes
with my head, and that J carry to you
not only political support, but personal
and devoted friendship. 1 can but ret
gard it as somewhat remarkable that
two men of the same age, entering
Congress at the same time, influenced
by the same aima, and cherishing the
same ambitions, should never, for a
single moment in eighteen years' close
Intimacy, have bad a misunderstanding
or coolness, and that our friendship has
steadily grown with our growth and
strengthened with our strength. It is
this fact which has led me to the conclu
sion embodied in this letter; for however
much, my dear Garfield, I might ad
mire you as a statesman, J would not
enter your Cabinet if I did not believe
in you as a man and love you as a
friend. Always faithfully yours,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
A Physician's Terrible Suicide.
A few minutes before twelve o'clock
to-day a man thrust bis bead under the
wheels of a locomotive at the Sandus
ky street, Allegheny, crossing of the Fort
Wayne road, and was instantly killed.
Engine No. 68 was slowly approaching
the crossing when the Engineer, Evans
noticed a well dressed gentleman stand
ing close to the track, aud intently
looking at the engine. He was fa?
enough from the track to be out of dan*
ger, and the engineer did not sound
any alarm, but kept bis eyes on the
man, attracted by the peculiar staring
look on his face. Just as the cowcatch
er passed the man he stepped suddenly
forward, stooped, and thrust his head
under the engine, back of the truck
whoela, and immediately before the
revolving driving wheels, The tnoye r
mcnt was so sudden and unexpected
that there could be but one result.
The engineer's hand was on the lever,
and the engine was reversed in a mo
ment, but it was too late. The pon
derous driving wheels rolled over the
man's head, and crushed bis skull like
paper. Death was almost ia*t&ut&nfi:
ous. When the body was taken up,
the features were crushed beyond hope
of recognition. Letters were found on
the body of tbo man addressed to Dr.
Louis H. Christie, and further Investi
gation of the case developed the fact
that he was a brother of Dr. James H.
Christie, of No. 22 Arch street, Alle
gheny. He gives the following story of
his dead brother's life : 'My brother,'
said the doctor, 'made his home at
Franklin, Pa., and was practicing med
icine there until last March, whon bo
was attacked with softening of the
brain and we bad him put in Dixmont,
where he remaiued until the middle of
last month, Then we thought him suffi
ciently recoverod to briqg |iini oat a
while. Accordingly, I brought blm Iq
uiy house and here be has been ever
since, coming aud going as he pleased.
Although >ve did not consider his
mind sound, yet there did not seem to
be any danger of violence by himself
upon himself. Ho had only been out
of the house a little more than fifteen
minutes when we heard of bis death.'
The deceased was about forty-two
years old and unmarried. The body
was placed on the engine that ran over
hiin and taken to the train dispatcher's
office, at the Outer Depot. Dr. James
H. Christie ordered Charles & Peeples,
uudertqjfefs. to take charge of the body
and prepare if for burial —pUtebunifr
Telegraph, Qct. §.
The C'sur,
LONDON, October from
St Petersburg state the most compre
hensive measures have been taken for
the safety of Annitchkoff Palace, the
Czar's favorite St. Petersburg resi
d/L'npe. Subterranean passages have
been constructed all around the palace,
which can be patrolled by gp/jfineja
and immediately placed under water
The Czar is negotiating for the par- [
chase of various houses surrounding
the palace A
Taxing Banks and Banker*.
Commissioner llaum has rendered
bis decision in relation to the taxation
of banks and bankers. After detailing
thn various transactions of banking
bouses, he holds that 'every person,
firm or company having a place of bus
iness where stocks, bonds, bullion bills
of exchange or promissory notes are
received for discount or for sale, is re
garded by law as a bank or as a bank
er, and the capital and deposits of such
bank or banker are subject to taxation.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR goes to the
.White House with no family except a
son nearly twenty years old and a
daughter twelve years old. Mrs. Ar
thur died a year ago last winter and
was buried in the cemetery at Albany.
She was a lady of fine attainments and
was specially accomplished in music.
Her power as a vocalist was of the
first order among amateur singers.
The President's family relatives con
sist of a brother, William Arthur, who
is in the army, a sister at Cohees, the
wife of the postmaster, Mr. Masten ;
and two sisters in Albany, one of whom
is Mr?. John E. McElroy, whose bus
band is a brother of Wm. 11. McElroy
of the Albany Evening Journal. It
is said that this lady will be likely to
have charge pf the domestic affairs of
the White House. In facial expression
she resembles her distinguished broth
er. She is of medium size, has black
hair with light complexion and a nat
urally bright countenance. She is a
lady of culture and of domestic tastes,
and is admirably fitted to correctly
represent at the national capital the
dignity and benevolence of American
womanhood. The lady of the Execu
tive Mansion is always an important
factor in Washington society. Mrs.
Grant, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Garfield
well sustained their parts. If Mrs.
McElroy consents to reside at the
White House itp social status and tra
ditional hospitality will not suffer in
comparison with the past character of
the famous residence.— Utica Herald.
GENERAL
Election Proclamation I
WHEOMAS. In and by an Act of the General
assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
entitled "An act relating to the elections'of the
Commonwealth, passed the 2nd day of Joiy, A.
D. 1839. it is made the duty of the Sheriff of
every county within this Commonwealth to give
public notioo of the General Election and in
such notice to enumerate :
1. The officers to be elected.
2. Designate the place where the election is
to be held.
I, WM. H. HOFFMAN. High Bhwiff at the
county of Rqtler. 4o hereby make known and
give tin* public notice to the elector* of the
county of Butler, that on Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November, being the
Bth day of November, 1881.
a general Election will be held at the several
election dint pots established by law in aaid
county, at whioh time they will vote by ballot
for the several officers hereinafter named, viz:
One person for the office of Treasurer of the
State of Pennsylvania.
One person for the office of Associate Judge
of Butler oounty.
One person for the office of Sheriff of Butler
county.
One person for the office of Prothonotary of
Butler county.
One person for the office of Clerk of Courts of
Butler oounty.
One perton for the office of Register and Re
corder of Butler county.
One person for the office of Treasurer of But
ler county.
Two persons forth* office of County Commis
sioners pf Butler oounty.
Two parsons for the office of County Auditors
of Butler oounty.
One person for the office of Coroner of Batler
county.
The said elections will be held throughout the
county aa follows:
The eteotors of Adams township at the bouse
of J. 8. Douthett.
The electors of Allegheny township at School
House No. 5, in said township.
The electors of Buffalo township at the house
of Robert Gregg, now George Truby, now RoU
ert Bartley.
The electors of Butler township at the Court
House in Butler,
The electors of Brady township at the School
house at West Liberty.
The electors of Clearfield township at the
house of John Green.
The electors of Clinton township at the house
of John C. Riddle, now John Anderson.
The elector* of Concord township at the
School house No. 4, in Middletown.
The electors of Clay township at the Centre
School house in said township.
The eleotor* of Centre township at the house
(formerly oocupied by Jesse Harvey) formerly
owned by W. L>. McCandless.
The electors of Cherry township at the house
of William Lindaey
The electors of Connoqueneesing township,
Northeni precinct, at School house No. 7, in
Whitcetowu ; Southern precinct at the house of
Petor Staff, in Petersville.
The electors of Cranberry township at the
house of Frederick Meeder.
The electors of Donegal township at the
house of Adam Schreiber, HI Millerstown-
The electors of Fairview towuship at the
house of J. Dickey in Fairview borough.
The electors of Forward township at the
house of Robert H. Brown
The electors of Franklin township at Grange
Hall in the borough of Prosnect.
The electors of Jackson township, Western
precinct, at the house of Jacob Heil in Har
mony ; Eastern precinct at the house of John
P. Miller in Evansburg.
The electors of Jefferson township at the
house of Morris Reighter.
The doctor* of Lancaster township at the
Public Sohool house Mo. 6,
The electors of Middlesex township at the
liouso of George Cooper.
The electors of Marion township at James
Bailey's.
The electors of Muddycreek township at the
Town Hall in Portersville.
The electors ef Meicer towm-liip in the School
house No. 4. in said township.
flie electors of Oakland township at the
house of IvilUaifc MpClunj.
The elector* of Parker Township at the bqtyije
of John Roily in Martinsburg.
The electors of Penn township at the house of
Richard Fisher.
The elector* of Summit township at the house
of Adam Frederick.
The electors of Slippcryrock township at the
School house, at the North end of the borough
of Ceutreville.
The electors of Venango township at the
house of James Murriu.
The 'electors of Winfleld township at School
house No. 5, in aaid township.
The electors of Washington township at the
Town Hall in North Washington
The electors of Worth township at the Town
H»ll iu Bpclnoigsburg jn ufid township.
The electors of the borough of BuUer »t thp
Court House in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Ceutreville at
the School house, now ware room .of J. 8 Wil
so'i, in said borough.
Tlie electors of the borough of Zelienople at
the Council house in said borough.
The electors of the borough ot Prospect at
the uey School House in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Saxonburgh at
the School house in said borough
The electors of the borough of West tjunbury
at the Public School house in Suubury.
The electors of the borough of M|llep<town at
the houso of Adam Schreiber in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Petrolia at the
Towu Hall (q said thorough
The electors of the borough of Pajryiew i»t the
School house in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Kara* City at
the Town Hall in said borough.
And I, the said Sheriff, do further give aotloe
to ail election offioors, oitiaena, aud others, of
the following provisions of the constitution and
laws of this commonwealth, relating to elections
—viz:
OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORB.
CONSTITUTION OK I'BNNSFLV ANIA— AKT. VIM.
SECTION 1. Every male citizen twenty-one
years oi .igu, pq»w*slnir the following qualltlra
tiohf, Bliilr he entitled to vote i-f all elections :
1 Ffrst -Hckhall have h tfltbfcn 'of the
L'niled States at h-ast one mont'h. * •
Second—He shall have resided jr. the State
one year'(of jf having previously been a quail
I It-4 °F native horn citizen of the State
h« shall hftVK r»tuu<Jeii Una'*. i)U{] retqrneij, Wee
tlx months) Immediately ptecediug the cltt.
lion.
Third—Ho shall have resided In tbe election
district where he shall offer his vote st least two
months immediately | receding the election.
Fourth—lf twenty-two years or upwards, he
sha'l have paid within two years a State or coun- i
ty IK, wljfCff lihalt have been asaeserd at least
two months anil paid al IMIS.I ope month before i
the election.
SECTION 5. Electors shall In all coses except
treason, felony aud breach or surely of the <
A. TROUTMAN,
FALL AND WINTER
DRY GOODS,
ITIMTIPIBI
LARGEST STOCK, LOWEST PRICES !
DRESS GOODS OF ALL KINDS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS,
DOLMANS, CLOAKING, CASSIMERES,
BLANK ETS
LADIES' & CHILDRENS'
Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Yarns, &c.
am Bhowi "g the LAKGEST AND MOST COM
PLETE LINE OF GOODS EVER SHOWN.
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE.
. 0i TROUTMAN,
A "g- U - BUTLER, PA.
BQ. 49 FIFTH AYENCK,
been thS*,? Duff€?on^'e BUSrNBBS EDUCATION has, for many years and with great success,
sphe^^Jflilfe I '' tra ' nlnt * 43 wl " Mm lor au immediate
addreiw P. DI'FF & SON. Pittsburgh. Pa.
."T Fsi BOOKKEEPING. published by Hurptr & Bros . uri!it6<l in colors 400 NAMN Thp LAW
couSs°" i!iice'& " u,,lis " ed! A work ' or bS.ke^,S£is3?'
pence, be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance on elections and in going to aud re
turning therefrom.
T SECTION 6. Whenever any of the qualified
elector* of thin Commonwealth sha'i be in act
ual military service iwdur.a: requisition Ironi the
President of the United Slates, or by the author
-1 Ity of this Common we xlth, such electors may
i exercUe the right of suffrage in oil elections by
the citizens, under inch regulations as are or
shall be prescribed by law, as fully as if they
i were present at their usual places ol election.
BSCTIOK 7. All laws rcgulatlug t':e holding
' «>f the elections by the citizens or for the regis
tration ol electors shall be uniform through
out the State, but no elector shall be deprived
ol the privilege by reason of his name not being
registered.
SICTION 18. For the purpose ol voting, no
person shall be deemed to have gained a resi
dence by reason of his presence or lost It by
reason ol his absence, while employed in the
service, either civil or military, ol this State, or
ol the United States, nor while engaged in the
navigation of the waters ol this State or of the
United States, or on the high seas, nor while a
student iu nuy Institute of learning, nor while
kept in any poor house or other asylum at pub
lie expense, nor while confined in a public pri
sou.
Eiectiou officers will take notice that the Act
entitled "A Further Supplement »o the Election
Laws of the Commonwealth," disqualitying de
serters from the army of the United States from
voting has recently been declared unconstitu
tional by the Supreme Court ol Pennsylvania,
Is now null and void, and that all persons for
merly disqualified thereunder are now lawfbl
voter*, if otherwise qualified.
WIIKBKAS, The fifteenth amendment of the
Constitution of the United States is as follows :
SKC. 1 The right of the citizens of the United
States shall not be denied or abridged by the
Unit ed States on acoonnt of raoe, color or pre
vious condition of servitude.
SEC. 2. That Congress shall have powor to en
force this article by appropriate legislation.
A«D WHEBKAS, The Congress of tbe United
States, Ou the 31st March, 1874, passed an act
entitled *'An Act to enforce the right of citizens
of the United States to vote in the several
States of tho Union and .for other purposes,'
the first and second sections of which are as
follows :
SEC. 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That all citizens of
the United States who are or shall be otherwise
quilified to vote at any election by the people of
any State, territory, district, city, parish, town
ship, school district, municipality, or other terri
torial subdivision, shall be entitled and allowed
to vote at all such elections, without distinction
of color, race, or previous condition of servitude,
aiiy constitution, law, custom, usage or regula
tion of any State or territory ; or by or under its
authority, to the contrary notwithstanding.
SKC. 2- And be it further enacted, That if,
by or under the Constitution or laws of any
State or territory, any act is or shall be requir
ed to be done as a prerequisite qualification for
voting, and by constitution and laws persons or
officers aie or shall be charged with the perfor
mance of duties in furnishing citizens an oppor
tunity to perform such prerequisites and become
qualified to vote, it shall be the duty of every
such person and officer to give all citizens of the
United States tbe same aud equal opportunity
to perform such prerequisites and to become
i|UabQed to vote without distinction of race,
color or previous ooudition of servitude; and if
any such person or officer shall refuse, or know
ingly omit to give effect to this section, ho shall
for every sucli offense forfeit aud pay the sum
of five hundred dollars to tbe person aggrieved
thereby, to be recovered by an action on the
case, with the full ousts and such allowance for
counsel fees as the cout t shall deem just, and
shall also for every such offence be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than five hundred
jollars t or be imprisoned not less than ono
month nor more than one year, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
AND WHERKAS. It is declared by tbe second
section of the Sixth Article of the Coustitutiou
of the United States, that 'this Constitution and
the Laws of the United States which shall be
made in pursuance thereof shall be the supreme
law of the laud * • * anything in the con
stitution or laws of any State to the contrary
not withstanding.
If any person should prevent or attempt to
C event any officer of such election under this
t from holding such election, or use or threat
en auy violence to auv such officer, or shall in
terrupt or improperly intefere with him in the
execution of his duty, or slialt block up the
Window or the avenue to any window where the
same shall be holding, or vhall use or practice
any intimidating threats, force or violence with
design to influence unduly or overawe any eloc
tor or to prevent him fio u vo I ig cr to restrain
tbe freedom of choice, such person on conviction
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars; be imprisoned for any time
not less than one month or more than one year,
aud if it be shown that the (terson so offending
was not a resident of tbe city, ward, district or
township where the said offense was committed,
and not entitled to yofe therein, aud on couvic
tiou he shall be sentenced to pay a tine of not
less than one hundred or mure than oue thou
sand dolars, and be imprisoned not less than sit
mouths or more than two years.
OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
CONSTITUTION or PENNSYLVANIA —ART. VIII.
Sic. 14 District election boards shall consist
of a judge aud two inspectors, who shall be cho
sen annually by the citizens. Each elector shall
have the right to vote lor the Judge and one In
spector, and each lus| ector shall appoint o:ie
clerk. Elcctiou officers shall be privileged from
arrest upou days ol election and yvhile uigaired
ju making up aud transmitting returns, except
ppon warrant oi a court of record or Judge
thereof, fur uu election fraud, for felony, or lor
wanton breach of the peace,
15, No person shall be quuliucu to *or\c >s nn
election officer who shall hold, or shall wi.um
two months have held an office, appointment
or employment In or under the government ol
the United mates or ol this State, or ol auy city
or county, or of any municipal board, commis
sion or trust in any city, save ouly justices ol
the peace, aud .ildcrmnn, nctnrles public and
persons in militia services of the State ; nor
shall any clecliou officer be eligible to any civil
office to be tilled by an election at which be
shall serve, save only to such subordinate mu
nicipal or local offices as ebtill be designated by
glncnil Jaw.' ■
ACT JANUARY TFO, 1874.
BSC. 7. Whenever there shall he a vacancy ID
au election board, on the morning of an elec
Ifui}, it thai} be tilled iu couloruiity with
e«istißfi la#*, ,
ACT JANVARY HO, 18T4.
SKC. 9. In addition to tbe oath now prescrlb- '
ed by law to be taken and subscribed by elec- (
lion officers, they shall be scverully sworn or (
affirmed not to disclose how any elector shall ,
have voted unless required to do so as witness- <
es iu a judicial All judges, inspec
tors, clerks and overseers of any election held ,
under this act, shall belore entering upon their j
duties, be duly sworn or affirmed in the pres-
- ence of each other. The judge shall be sworn
- | by the minority inspector, if there shall be such
| minority inspector, and In case there be no mi-
I j uorit.v inspector, then by a justice of the peace
- j or alderman, aud the Inspectors, overseers and
: clerks shall be sworn by the judge, certificate of
■ such sweariugor affirming shall be duly made
' out and sigued by the officers so 6worn," and at
' tested by the officer who administered the oath.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SEC. 8. At tbe opening of the polls at the
, elections it shall be the duty of the Judges of
I election for their respective district* todesig
nate one of the inspectors, whose duty it shall
I tic to have in custody the registry of voters, and
to m ike tbe eutries therein required by law ;
and it shall be tbe duly of the other of said ln
, spectors to receive aud number the ballots pre
sented at said election.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
ACT JANUARY 30, 1874.
SEC. 5. All the elections Wrealter held under
the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall
be opened at 7 o'clock, A. M., and closed at 7
o'clock, p. M.
CONSTITUTION OP PENNSYLVANIA —ART. VIII.
SEC. 4. All elections by" the citizens shall be
by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be number
ed In tbe order in which it was received, and
the number recorded by the eiectiou officers on
the list of. voters, opposite the name of the elec
tor who presents the ballot. Any elector may
write bis name upon bis ticket, or cause the
ssnie to be written thereon and attested by a
citizen of the district.
ACT MARCH 80, 1868. •
SKC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Tlousc
of Representatives of tbe Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in tleneral Assembly met, and It
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the qualified voters of the several counties
of this Commonwealth at all general, township,
borou»b snd special elections are hereby here
after authorized and required to vote by tickets,
printed or written, or partly printed and partly
writteu, severally classified as follows :
One ticket shall contain the uames of all per
sons voted for the Electors of President and
Vice President ot the Uuiled States, and shall
be labelled ou the outside with the word "Elec
tors."
One ticket shall contain the names of all per
sons voted lor for Men bcr ol Congress ol the
United States, all persons voted lor for Member
of the State Seuate of tbe Commonwealth of
Peuusylvunia, ull persons voted for for Member
ot the House oi Hepresentatives ot tbe Common
wealth ol Pennsylvania, and all persons voted
tor for count} offices of Bald county of 3utler,
and to he labelled on the outside with tbe word
"Counly."
Oue ticket shall contaiu the names of all per
sons voted for lor Jndge of any of tbe courts ot
said county or of this Common wealth,and be la
belled on tbe outside with the word 'Judiciary.'
One ticket shall contain tbe names ol all per
sons voted for lor officers ol the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, other than Judges ol the Su
preme Court ot slid Commonwealth, and l>e la
belled on the outside with the word "State."
OF THE ELECTION RETURNS.
ACT JANUARY 30, 1874.
3KC. 13. As soon as the polls shall close, the
officers of the election shall proceed to count all
the votes cast for each candidate voted for, aud
make u lull return of the same lu triplicate,
with a return sheet in addition, in all of which
the votes received by each candidate shall ba
given after his name, first in words and again
in figures, and shall be signed by all the said of
ficers and by overseers, if any, or il not so cer
tified, the overseers and an} - officer refusing to
sign or certlly, or either of them, shall write up
on each of the returns bis or their reason for
uot signing or certifying them, 'l'he vote, as
soon ns counted, shall also be publicly and ful
ly declared from the wintjow to the citizens
present, aud a brlcl statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made aud
signed by tbe election officer* as soon as the
votes are counted ; and the same shall be imme
diately posted upon the door of the election
house for information of tbe public. The tripli
cate returns shall be enclosed In envelope*
aud bo sealed In tbe presence of tbe officer*,
and one envelope, with the nnsealed return
sheet gflven to the Judge, which shall contain
one list Of volet», tally papers, and oath of offi
cers, and another of said envelopes shall be
given to the minority inspector. All judges liv,
ing within twelve miles of the prothonotary'*
office, or within twenty-four miles, if their resi
dence be in a town, city or village upon the line
of a railroad leading to tbe oounty seat, shall
before two o'clock past meridian or the day af
ter the election, deliver said return, together
with return sheet, to the prothonotary of tbe
court of common pleas of the county, wbieb said
return shall be filed, and the day aud the hour
of filing marked thereon, and shall be preserved
by the prothonotary for public inspection. At
twelve o'clock on the second dav following any
election, the prothonotary of the court of oom
mou pleas shall present the said returns to {he
said court. In counties where there is no resi
dent president judge, tho associate judge shall
perform the duties imposed upon the court of
common pleas, which shall convene for said par
pose; the return presented by the prothonotary
shall be opened by said court and computed by
such of its officers" and such sworn assistants as
the court shall appoint; iu the presence of the
judge or-Judges of said court, tiie returns certi
fied and certificate# of election issued under the
seal of tbe court as is now required to be done
by return judges: and the vote as so computed
and certified shall be made a matter of record in
raid court. The sessions of said court shall be
o|-utieU to the public. And in ease the returng
of an election district shall bp missing when tljq
returns are presented, or iu any case of com
plaint of a qualified elector under oath, charging
palpable fraud or mistake, and particularly speo
ifying the alleged fraud or mistake, or where
fraud or mistake is apparent on the return, the
court, shall examine tne return and if, in th®
Judgment of tbe court, it shall be neoessary to a
just roturn, said court shall issue summary pro
cess against the election officers and overseers,
in any of the election districts complained of, to
bring them forthwith into court, with all elec
tion papers iu their possession; and if palpable
mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it shall,
upou such hearing as may be deemed necessary
to enlighten the court, be corrected by the cour'
aud so certified ; but all allegations of palpabl
fraud or mistake shall be decided by the sail
coiu'i within three da,s afte.' the day the ra
tunis are brought into court for computation
and the siid inqtliry shßll bfe directed 'Only t'
palpable fraud or mistake, and shall not bt
deemed a Judicial adjudication to conclude auj
contest now or liereaftpr to be provided by law,
and the otnw e,t said tru>|io%te returns shall b$
placed in a box and sealed ui> with the ballots.
It auy of the sai-J judges shall himself be a can
didate for auy office at any election, lit. shall not
sit with tbe court, or act in counting the return*
of such election, snd in such cases the other
judges if any, shall act.
Uiveu under my hand at Butler, this Ist day
of Octobor, 1880. and in the 106tn year of the
Independence of the United States.'
WM. H. HOFFMAN, Sheriff,