BITLER CITIZEN. New AdvfrilMnteHiH. Edison's Electric Music. Notice Regarding License Court. Financial Report of Teachers Institute. SCloaiug oat Sale at Bickel's Shoe Store. Sheriff's Sale of John A. Harris, property. Local aud Cleuerul. able to meet the demands made upon tbem. —Donegal township has lately been the scene of some horse stealing opera tions. Prime Oak Kips, at 50 cents per pound, at Roessing's tannery. Altoona Sunday schools are al most exclusively taught by railroad conductors. Fifty-six new. cases of small-pox were reported in Pittsburgh and Al legheny last Monday. —A full stock of Gents' Underwear, cheap and good, at Heck & Patterson's. John Bickel will sell boots and ■hoes at less than cost prices, for the next sixty days. See his advertise ment. J. W. Hamill was sentenced last Tuesday, in the adultery conviction, to six months in the workhouse and fined $lO. . A lot of second-handed Watches cheap for cash, at E. Grieb's —Bob. McClelland came home from Pittsburgh a few days ago and is now lying sick, at bis mother's home on Water 'street. —Messrs. John H. Telford and W. 8. Fulktnan, formerly of Centreville, this county, have purchased the Beaver Falls Tribune. Another new lot of Gents' over coats, cheap, at Heck & Patterson's. There are twenty-five boys in Easton each having lost a leg or arm while attempting to jump or off mov ing freight trains. Mrs. Cruz, living at Florence, Los Angeles county, California, was delivered of six perfectly formed fe male children, lately. —We are agents f >r the Pearl White Shirt, the.be- a.id e' eapeisr sh rf n:.i '< —try one—Heck Pattersou —Seven- were banned in country la.-t Friday: one in NV* York, one in New Jersey, two in j Louisiana and three in Missouri. Mr. P Pollock, formerly of New Castle, and bis wile, were murdered and robbed at their home, in Six Mile Canon, near Virginia city, Nevada, lately. —Bargains in our Carpet depart ment. See prices before buying, at Heck k Patterson's. —The ladies of Washington have organized a secret society known as 'The Guardian Angels,' with the avow ed purpose of attempting to reform Congressmen. —The oil country papers say that Mrs. Bioyde, who claimed to have been cured of a dangerous illness by faith and prayer, has had a relapse and ia as bad as ever. —Don't neglect to see Heck A Pat terson's Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs. Low prices. — GOT. Hoyt has just issued a proclamation announcing the final dis charge of $421,851 60 Of the principal of tbcTpublic debt of the State for the year ending December 30, 1881. —Hats Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods, cheapest in Butler, at Heck A Patterson's. —The Martlncourt House, Prospect, will oontinue to be open for the ac commodation of the public, as hereto fore, and will be managed by Mrs. Martincourt and her son 8. B. Martin court. —A Mercer, Pa., jeweler named Hildebrand is reported to have ab sconded leaving a number of firms in Pittsburgh, and other cities in the lurch to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars. —Write to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, No. 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamphlets relative to the curative properties of her Vegetable Compound in all female complaints. —Reuben McElrain, of this place, lost a child by typhoid fever a few days ago. AH the family of Mr. Pearce,-of Botler lownsbipr with tbe exception of his wife, are down with the same disease. —Good all wool suits for Men's wear, jrisf received at $lO, at Heck & Patterson's. —Six men were injured bv the ex plosion of a can of dynamite, at a rail road cut, near Wampum, Lawrence county, lately. They will all recover although Wilford Cunningham's in juries are quite serious. —St. Louis reports thirty-Bix homi cide* and eighty-two suicides during 1881. .Chicago will go some better— or wjrse—than this if it has to kill a dozen Chinamen to make up deficien cies. Great is the rivalry between these, burgs. —Mr. Orr will make all negatives himself leaving to his assistant other work,> He has over twenty years ex perience as a practical photographer. All work finished in the highest per fection of the art —lt is now the settled rule for every lady to have her ago indicated on her bat brim. Every inch of the brim represents three years. A ten inch brim means that the lady is thirty years old, a twenty inch brim shows that she is sixty, and so on. —Blankets, and Yarns wholesale and retail, at Union Woolen Miili Butler, Pa. octl2tf —AJcording to a San Francisco pap#/ there landed in this country during 1881 just 805 Chinese, and on December 92d tbe Oceanic, sailing from San Frabcisco, carried back to China 800 of her citizens. Tbe Chinese question btlr evidently been solved. —Two rooms filled with Carpets and Clothing, cheapest in Butler Co., at Heck A Patterson's. -<-On account of tbe lack of snow for logging purposes in tbe pineries this winter, it is claimed that lumber will be scarce j)nd consequently high next summer. This may prove to be a boonrfbr glaas factories Pittsburgh papers hare long claimed that build tug* can be made of glass better and cheaper than of wood. ( "The American" (Philadelphia;, is a high-class political and literary weekly. We call attention to its pros pectus elsewhere printed, and especially to its subscription price, which is bat $3 a rear. W H. Miller, a well-known poli tician, temperance reformer, of Mercer county, celebrated the advent of the new year by going home on Monday evening and beating his wife—no doubt overjoyed at the failure of Moth er Shipton's prophecy. Every week brines new stock for Heck & Patterson's. See their prices before buying. Institute procedings last week we ac cidently omitted the part referring to the displays of penmanship by Messrs. O. P. Cochran and R. O. vValdron, both of whom displayed much skill in handling the subject and who are both excellent pensmen. Highest cash price paid for corn, oats and all kinds of produce at the store of Jacob Boos, nearly opposite the Willard Hotel, Main street, But ler, Pa. nlfltf —'How to keep the boy at home' is a question which agitates parents all over the land. The solution of this depends a good deal on the boy. One of our contemporaries says that the es tablishment of a beer saloon in the basement will do the business where some of them are concerned. Go to J P. Orr's photograph gallery and aet for one of those fine cabinet pictures he is now turning ouf. —Guiteau was not at all shocked at the proposition made by a doctor to pay SI,OOO in advance for his body and take the chances of getting it in a month or of waiting for years. When Mr. Scoville told bim of the offer he suggested that perhaps some other feU loir would give $2,000. When you want anything in the line of Watches Clorks, Jewelry, Sil verware, Spectacles, •! - sire to purcij i.->; if ui that. nhaT».\ [n tbi* shape i: m»K«.- n v ~y iir<- -t-tdh ■ monthly i>:agu£ •• ot < u. —We invite the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Buckeye M'f'g Co., Marion, Ohio, in another column. Tbev offer rare in ducements to earn an honest livhg. Sept. 21, 8-m. —The first lecture for the benefit ol the U. P, Sabbath school building fund, will be delivered on Thursday evening, January 12th, (to-morrow evening) at 8 o'clock p. m., in the Court room. The lecture will be by Rev. R. B. Ewing, D D., of East End, Pittsburgh, and the subject will be "Courage aud its Counterfeits." —J. P Orr has recently fitted up new and elegant reception rooms, has added new accessions, etc., his operat ing room has the largest sky and side lights of any gallery in the county. —Mrs. Richard White, of Indiana Pa., received some days sinceapension from the Government, on account of th«» death of her husband Col. Richard White, the sam of six thousand and eighty odd dollars, which is supposed to be the largest amount of money ever paid out by the Government at one time on a pension. —Comets will have an easy time of it this year. No patent medicine man has offered two hundred and fifty dol lars for each ooe bagged, and in the every-day markets comets are not worth fifty cents a bunch. Astrono mers will be obliged to join 'Patience' troupes or something to make a living. —Norrintown Herald. —The County Superintendents, of the western part of the State, met in convention in Allegheny city yesterday and will continue in session for three days. 'I he convention will discuss the methods of conducting institutes, of electing County Superintendents and issuing certificates to teachers, ajid will also examine the school laws of the State. —Connecticut still leads the country in patents, her Yankee genius having produced last year one new invention for every one thousand and twenty of her population. Massachusetts and Rhode Island come next in the order, and in spite of Mr. Edison's prodigious patent-productiveness, New England may yet boast of containing the in ventive geniuses of the country 'by a large majority.' —A protracted religious argument on the omnipotence of the Holy Ghost, be tween William Itoss and his wife, of Erie, Pa , culminated in the insanity of both, and but for police interfereuce it would have ended iu a deadly solu tion of the problem. The question was argued with words first and after ward with axes. The couple were ar rested and are now confined in the asy lum. —lt has been the custom in this and adjoining counties for Sheriffs to pay money made in writs to Pro thonotaries without first asking leave of the courts. Our State Supreme Court says this is not legal, and ren dered a decision in a case mentioned elsewhere, a few days ago, making ex- Sheriff Walters responsible for some four hundred dollars, that he paid over to the Prothonotary of Venango county. —Pennsylvania taxation and reve nues are under consideration by a rev enue commission, at its meeting a few days ago, received a report from a sub committee in reference to the tax now levied on manufacturing corporations. The report states that the revenues of the State are now in excess of its needs, and that tbe tax on these corporations, estimated as yielding three hundred thousand dollars per annum, may be spared without embarrassment. Its repeal is therefore recommended. —The Pittsburgh Dispatch of last Friday stated that "Friends of Jas H. Graham, of Cranberry township, But ler county, who disappeared some time ago, are in the city hunting traces of tbe missing man. They are of the opinion that the man who was found drowned in the James river, at Rich mond, Va., with a Pittsburgh paper in hia pocket, was Mr Graham, as tbe descriptions answered to bis appear ance. Tbey have communicated with the Richmond authorities regarding > tbe matter." Hfe* UtttUx: : UStxtLec, P«., .JcCttttJttg 11, 1882. —The N, rth American Review will present ia its February number, to be published on tbe loth of the present month, Part 111. of its series of articles on "The Christian Religion." It will be from the pen of Geo. P. Fisher, the eminent professor of ecclesiastical history in the Yale Divinity School, — as thorough a scholar and as able a defender of the Christian faith as this country affords. A powerful presenta tion of the claims of Christianity is ex pected. A queer marriage case is reported from Montreal, Canada. A couple of youDg French Canadians of the Catho lic faith went to a protestant minister to be married, the pareuta of the girl having refused their consent to tb? union. An action was subsequently brought by the parents to annul the marriage, on the ground that it was not legal owing to the celebrant being a Protestant, In an elaborate judg ment, abounding in research upop the subject treated of, the Judge referred the case to the Catholic Bishop of Montreal for his decision, under an old French law which is still in force. , The recent grpat land purchases fn Florida and Mississippi, togptber with the earlier establishment of the colony at Rugby, Tenn., indicate that English capital and enterprise is look ing to the South as a promising field for investment. As every such pur chase involves Lhe coming of hundreds of emigrants, of the most desirable class, the expenditure of large sums of English money for the development of portions of our country that sadly need it, ao4 a dirupt increase of production, there is little prospect of any jealosy or opposition. Fr»z<>r Axle tircane. One greasing with Frazer Axle Grease will last two weeks, all others two to three roiijfhi hefine i tie court: martial, there wold have been no ver dict against Geueral Porter. Lecture. For the benefit of St. Paul's Or phan Home, Butler, Pa. Rev. Scott F. Hershey, the popular lecturer of the west, has been engaged to deliver his popular lecture "Success in Life," in the Court house of Butler, January 19th, at 8 o'clock, p. m. T. F. Stauffer, Supt. < —Although monej is scarce in this town at present, the German Catholic Fair, lately held in the Opera House, was very successful The receipts of the fair amouuted to about SI2OO and after paying their expences they will have about SBOO of a profit, which they intend to turn over to the church, to pay for a new slate roof on it and the tower. The gents watch was won by conductor Grey; the boy's suit by Gusuie Leonard; the ladies gold watch by Miss Shultz; the lounge by Miss Heinizer ; the silver boquet holder by Miss Kockenstein ; the chairs by Miss Wagner; the lap robe by Frank Koch, and the caster by Miss Kemper. Chas. Kaufman was lucky in the raffles, winning three prizes. —"The American," Philadelphia's political and literary weekly, proposes to print soon a number of articles on American authors, giving such details, personal and literary, as may properly interest the public. Mr. Horace How, Furnesß, the Shakespeare in scholar, whose great "Variorum edition" is re garded as a crowning achievement in its field, will be the subject of an article, as will Mrs. Harding Davis, the novel ist ; Mr. Paul H. H«*yne, the poet, and Mr. Frank R. Stockton, the humorist, and others. All these, it will be re marked, except Mr. Havne, are Phila delphians by residence, or by birth ; but The American ijjay have intend ted this, its theory "being that the literary culture and prodqpts of the Middle States are entitled to more at tention and a fuller exposition. —Apropos of the latest Newnrk defalcation it is remarked by many of the newspapers, with an air almost of surprise, that the defaulting Auditor was a man 'highly renpected in the community, and had everybody's con fidence.' Since when has it been the custom to entrust public money to notorious thieves, or to put men of known bad character into places of trust? No man can get an opportuni ty to commit crimes of this sort who has not first gained tbe confidence of the community by his ability and in tegrity. The weak split in his charact er is not discovered, even by himself, until be is trusted to so great an ex tent that be is able to steal without immediate discovery. Such exag gerated trust is wrong. In positions of public trust the most honest man should be treated as a potential villain —that is to say, he should be subject ed to such tests and restrained by such checks that the temptation to dishon esty will be greatly lessened. How many times must this lesson be taught before the community will learn it? —Tbe Revenue Reform Club of Brooklyn has determined to have a series of lectures on Free Trade and Protection \bis winter. It has asked four Free Traders—Mr. Beecher, Mr. Scburz, Professor Sumner and Profes sor Perry,—and two Protectionists— Judge Kelly and Professor Thompson, —to take part in the course. The N. Y. Herald speaks of the series as a de bate of the question. Our contempo rary must regard the Protectionists as doughty warriors, since two of them can sustain their side in a debate against four. Mr. Beecher, the Presi dent of the Club, delivered the first of tbe Beries last week. It is no discredit to a gentleman who is so strong in many other directions, to say that economic discussion is not his strong point. The lecture, however, was i very valuable in one direction. There 1 has been some doubt as to Mr. Beech er's exact position in theological belief. It is now clear that be adheres to the religion which The Saturday Review says came into vogue in Kngland about 1851, and which is 'made up of Free Trade and tbe pleasanter parts of ( Christianity.'— The American. Court Hou*e Xotw. T. C. Jenkins for use of Jacob Zeijr ler vs. John A. Richev and A. B. Richey, Sci. Fa to revive judgment, j John Maizland vs. David McMillan land James Walker, summons in ejectment. j D. Cupps, John F. Lowry, Geo. W • Sheiver and John West vs. Building ! & Loan Association of Butler. Rule i to show cause granted, returnable to third Monday of this month. Wr, Weigand vs. John Stock. Sci. Fa. to revive judgment. The will of John Ragan was pro bated last week. Mrs. Ragan and VV. F. Ragan, executors, also that of Abraham Moyer. S. A. Moyer and G. D. Swain, executors. pXpCyTJONS ISSUED. R. W. McKee, for use of Mrs. Mc? Clymonds vs. Joseph Flick. Lewis Teets vs. John A. Harris and Edwin Zehner. John C. McCombs, for use of S. M. Lane ys. Wm- A. Reed C. Walker vs. John 11. Hauk and Ben. Roach. Supreme Court Decisions. Commonwealth, for use, vs. Geo. Walter et al. Error to Common Pleas, Putlpr poqntv. Judgment reversed judgment on the yeFdicf; iu favor of the Oil City Sayings Bank for $438- 65. Opinion by Sterrett, J. Adam Miller vb. William Pollock et al. Error to Common Pleas. Butler county Judgment affirmed. Opinion by Sterrett, J. —Bald Ridge well, No. 3, is said to be flowing three thousand barrels of water per day. The well is nos ygt completed and this strong ' of water will likely interfere with its be ing completed —Ths gross area of the United States is ascertained to be 3,0250,600 square miles. The land surface covers 2,9f0,000 sijuare miles, and the water 55,600. The water surface is again divided into 23,900 miles of lakes and ponds, 14,500 miles of river- and smaller streams, and 17,-00 miles of coast waters, or bays, gulf sounds and creeks. —Tho man who came to this town from Allegheny city some time ago aud was shortly ifti r k'*/) w. . u (-mail-poi has re.eov. red, and the rli-- [ ease was prevented From spreading even to the members of Lin own fitmily*. • Kobett alcClellaod oi this *>lu.»» came home irwtn riushurgii wLerp tie ti nl been working, a few diiys ago, aud is now sick of varioloid, at his mother's house on Water street This is the only case of the kind in Butler, and as it is in an out of the way place, we see no reason why it t should prevent people from coming to town. The discovery of a deserted city, sixty miles long, cut out of the rocky face of a winding cliff, rewarded the efforts of Mr. Stevenson's Smithsonian Institution exploring party during its researches in New Mexico and Arizo na the past season. This is by far the most important find yet made among the ancient haunts of the cliff dwellers. Some of the houses contain four or five dwellings, one on top of the other, and on the plateau above the cliff were found many ruins of temples of worship built of well-cut square stones. A comparison of the collections of pot tery and implements gathered in the cliff houses by the exploring party with those obtained in the Pueblo villages strengthens the thcorv that the Pueblo Indians are the degenerate descend ants of the once powerful race that built the ruined cities of the plains, and then, retreating before some more warlike foe, carved out these singular dwellings on the sheer walls of dizzy precipices, and fouud in them, it may be for centuries, both fortresses and homes. Perhaps tho hieroglyphic in scriptions seen by Mr Stevenson will one day be deciphered and be found to contain the tragic history of tho wast ing away by wars and famines of this ill-fated people who, like the coneys,,of the Bible, made the rocks their refuge. —The announcement by the Treas urer of Pennsylvania that the State will probably hare this year a surplnß revenue of a million of dollars, has the natural result of drawing out sundry suggestions how to dispose of the ex cess. The revenue commission took the view that tbey should reform it altogether by the reduction of taxes, and doubtless this will he the most ap proved plan. There is plausibility, however, in the suggestion of one of the State newspaper-*, the Time a of Reading, that the surplus million should be distributed, as the school fund is, to the various townships and boroughs throughout the State, for use in the improvement of th' public roads. To secure a systematic and judicious expenditure of the money, it proposes to establish a 'department of public roads,' with State, county and town ships supervisors, (the last-named al ready exist,) to carry out the details of the work. It must be admitted by all that roads are in great want of some comprehensive and sys tematic sceme of improvement. Many of them are substantially unusable dur ing four or five months of the year, and can never be entirely depended on in the seatfsns of rains. To improve the roads of the State up to the mark demanded by our assumed advance ment in civilization, would be one of the greatest steps in material progress that Pennsylvania could take.— The American. Ml it it ■»;■>. KYKKH .HUTCHINSON- Dw. HJMI, Iqr it. v. < . 1,. Streamer, Mr. James H. Byerß of Omened township, to Miss Clara Hutchinson o!' Fairv.ew township KAFI It WIC.AND- Dec. 28th 1881, bv Rev. • \. Li in berg at his residence, Mr. Fred. Kd 'er :ind Mitts Lena Wigand, both of Butler. KEI.LY—WIMEE—Dee. 2f»th 1881, by Rev. S. Williams, Mr. (i. W. Kelly to Miss MaKKie Wimer, both of Butler county. Pa. BROWN—MONSON—At the M. E. Par sonage, Petrolia, Pa., Dec. 22, 1881 by Rev. M.Miller, Mr. Joel L. Brown and Miss Hattie M. Monson, both of Millerstown, Butler Co., Pa l»E 4 IMS. Mi KLVAIN —ln il'is place, of typhoid fever, on Friday morning, January 6, 1882, Charles, son of Mr Reuben McKlvain, aged 15 years. HAFFNER O t Fridav January 6, 1882. Jaco" Howard, infant child of Adam and Ami e (1 iffiier. o. Butler. PATTON—In Fairview this connty, on Dec. 25, 1881, Mrs. Patton, wife of Mr. Win. , Patton, aged 57 years. GILLFTT —In Kansas City ou Dec. 25, 1881, ! A. B. Oillett, aged 04 years. ( POLLOCK—Died at her residence in Muddy creek township on Dec. 30th 1881. Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock widow of the late Mr. John Pollock, in the 77 year of her age. Mrs. Pollock was a constant member of the U. P. Church of Portersville, verv highly re spected iu the community and leaves several enildren and aum«ruua friends to mourn her loM. j —A question of great Gravity is agi tating the Mormon mind in Salt Lake i City. It is not whether Cannon or j Campbell is to be seated in the Nation ! al House of Representatives during the , life of the present Congress, or wheth jer Polygamy is to be connived at or i stamped out by the General Govern ment. These are important matters, but not of such serious moment as that which is now convulsing Mormom society to its center. The church, j which regulates everything connected ' with the Mormon life, collective and individual, recently pronounced solemn judgment on the subject of dancing. It was admitted that young people will dance, and that being the case, it was deemed advisable to let them dance so long as they do so under proper restrictions. The Head of the Church, therefore, proclaimed with a|j the weight of inspired authority, that dancing may be indulged in when held under the supervision of the bishop, but that round dances are not to be encouraged. The decree b»viqg been repeated through all the subordinate estates and degrees of the church the dancers put new strings in their pumps and the fiddlers rosined their bows in preparation for a series of hops' in the church assembly rooms under church authority. Deaih ot Mrs. Michael Nulton; We are called upon this week to re cord the death of the oldest citizen of the county and perhaps the oldest in the State, in the person of Mrs. Sarah Ann Funk Nulton, relict of the late Michael Nulton, who died at the resi dence of her daughter Mrs- Stone, in this borough, on Saturday morning last, in the one hundred and seventh year of her age. Mrs. Nulton was born in the State of Virginia, near (Culpepper court house, the 14th day of September, 1775. Which would make her one hundred and six years, three months and seven teen days old at the time of her death It i- an incident worth tu<-ntionin uurri'-d. Si.« and her i:U!-batid then weutt«> Germantown ; • ar Phi ■ < lphia. wlu-w ti.ev livul 1 -r « nomber of years, towards moved :'. .j »! o ij ' 1.1 : ••• v u.Miie to Amijftro.ig couuty and localed in Kittanning. Deceased was the mother of the late Associate Judge John F. Nulton, of this place, and Geo. W. Nulton, of Valley township. She was the mother of six children, two boys and four girls. She has had thir. ty-iwo grand-ohildren, twenty-six of whom are still living. She "has had sixty-five great-grand-children, fifty-one of whom still live, and one great-great grand-child. Altogether she had eigh. ty-one descendants, twenty of whom are now dead. She was a remarkable woman not on'y as regarded her age ; but she retained her mental faculties, her eyesight, and her health almost unimpaired to the last, and what was also remarkable about the old lady, her complexion was as clear and as fresh looking as a healthy young wo man ot thirty, and retained that fresh ness even after death. She was buri ed on Monday afternoon last in the old burial ground, alongside of the grave of her husband. The remains were taken from her residence to St. John's Luthern church, of which she had been for many years a member and communicant. The services were conducted by the Rev. Michael Swei gurt, of this place, and the Rev. Mr. Kitzmiller, of Freeport, the Rev. S. J. Glass of the U. P. Church pronounc ing the benediction.— Kittaning Sen tinal, January 5. John MnrtiiM'ouri, Ef»q M De feated. Seldom has the composed little town of Prospect lieen more startled than on Sunday, December 25th last, when it was told from one to another the news that Mr. Martincourt was dead. He had been missed for a few days. To inquiry made concerning him came the reply, "'He is sick." As he was a constant sufferer the reply did not create any surprise. For forty years tie bad suffered from the oppressive malady, known as asthma. As an in dication, of how deeply he suffered, is given in hie reply to a companion eimi larly afflicted, who said it was easier to lift a hundred pounds than draw a breath. "Yes, indeed," he replied, "it is far easier to lift a hundred pounds; for you can lift the weight but you can't draw a breath " He was born in the beautiful city of Nancy, in France, June, A. !>., 1807 and in this city received bis education At the age of twenty-one he emigrated to America and located sometime after at Galipolis, Ohio. Forty years ago he first came to Butler county and then entered part nership with William Allen, in a gen eral store. This partnership business was continued with Robert Allen, and resulted disastrously to Mr. Martin court, leaving him only a large ac cumulation of experience. Having now no capital he became book-keeper and manager of certain furnaces in Clarion county. Having gathered some means he purchased a farm west of Prospect, on which be lived for some years. His next remove was to Pittsburgh, but it was for only a short time. Returning to Prospect, he pur chased and refitted the old Bailey or Allen property. After a thorough renovation he named it the Prospect Hotel. At this hotel he had establish ed the enviable reputation of "a host unexcelled in all the land." He was a man eminently fitted for the office of "mine host," genial, affable, polite to a fault, he left the impression of his gentlemanly character upon every traveller. No one ever had rea son to think him a boor. By this con duct he built up the reputation of "host unexcelled." During his sojourn in Prospect he was called upon to fill every position of trust and importance. In all these he did his work admirably, and special ly in the position of justice of the peace, which he filled for many years. Discontented parties ever found his decisions equitable,nor were they ever, on the same testimony, reversed bv a higher court. His life was a busy one. His vigor ous constitution enabled him to with stand the encroa hment of disease for many years. But finally the increase of years and the complication of dis orders prevailing, his body gave way, the mind continuing unimpaired to t'ie end. As a nks tho full orbed sun in theweat, so departed hia soul. *** II 1 c£\ a g*jd t=U-a*s "S « of--* 5Jj - X rfV W V' t* i 5 2 ® v ®a©Jn o * o 2-3 ®a a *y 1 1 x -bd „ S x 3 a J V* £ ' ! O 5 2aS= H=gc.SS.s?-33 & Y? rl x K*r s " >»t® =§£ 3 c •*Ja,.* > ~Sa® 2k tf. C—JCS 00 ~ ~ £«ita2 H <2_C 5 - '§£ S 2?l® ci K t9 s««^.SSa c *5: £ ■" £ ® $ — ti b^"§' a "I- 8 « §»= ® ® £ « . ° .2 s i32fljyl:^' j, r9 ««SjJ! = e SB <£ v ' I— ® § s2 3 a 8«g - *egj ? ^ a; l^ i -=.2j'2s3|Sj|-=.2- a <3£o l £ * o= - .- uj iisi 11 s-m :■ -11 - 3 iJ: ii * i | ■&-3-- 1 | -Ti in i YVi MY FRIENDS: X I am a rambling wreck of nudity, B Progg, Esq., at your advertisin igent for the best Jewelry Louse ection. I wish to inform the publi a of WATCHES, CLOCKS, V A RE.is now being offered at astonishing k v low prices at the popular and reliaol- ■ . \ I Butler, Pa. Note What an old and Reliable House can do Regarding Prices. Round Nickel Clooks at .$ 1 00 A Good Striking Clock, walnut case 3 00 Nickel Watch at 3 00 " " " with alarm-, 1 50 " " " " " 8 day 3 65 Nickel Watch, Stem Winder 4 00 A Good Striking Clock 200 2 Oz. Silver Case, with Amer'n movement 10 00;, " " cloeed in the back 450 Ladies Gold Watches at sl2 75 t-SF° All kinds of £ wing Machine Needles at 35 cents per dozen, and No. 1 Sperm Oil at 10 cents per bottle. _J£l The only place in Butler where you can find a full and complete stock of KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, Ac. 1847.— Rogers Bros.—A I.—none genuine unless stamped ("1847. —Bogers Bros.—A 1.") I also carry a full line of Eye Glasses and Spectacles, suitable for all eyes and mounted in the most elegant and substantial manner, and am of fering very superior goods at the most reasonable rates. Repairing of Watches and Clocks receives our very strict a tention, and is done promptly and warranted. E. GRIEB, Main Street, Butler, Pa. TRIAL. I,INT FOR NPKC'IAL CO (J RT—3rd MONDAY Of JANUARY. 1888. Xo. Tr.m. IV. Plaintiff'* Attorney. Plaintiff*. Dejentln nls. ! Defendant'* Attorney. C. I*. 230 June 1877 Scott and Marshall W W MoCord, for use. Thomas Robinson, adm'r MoCandlesa. " 262 Sept 1879 Thompson and Scott Walter Jackson Win Braden McCandless and Greer. A. I>. 23 Dec 1879 Forquer and Greer Hugh Collins, jr. Hugh Collins, Sr., C.A.Sullivan. " 100 Marchlßßo J. M. Greer. Thomas Hare et al. John T Riser et al. Miller. " 35 June " J.M.Greer. Marterer Albert Aderhold et al., adm'rs L.Z.Mitchell. " 82 " " Lev. McQuistion. V" McQuistion et al., adm'rs, John Scott R P Scott " 86 " " I " " [Thomas Carlin S D Hazlett Brandon and Greer. " 101 " " R.P.Scott. C Scott Hugh Collius iC. A. Sullivan. " 64 Sept " L.Z.Mitchell. borough of Mi llerstown S I McKee et al. Thompson, Walker, M'C. " 117 " " James W. Reed. John Emery et ux. Aroline Allen J.M.Greer. " 25 Marchlßßl Thompson and Scott William Woods William Leckie Reed. " 28 " " L. Z. Mitchell. James Thompson in trust Richard Hamilton MoC and Eastman " 38 " " Vanderlin Peter Schroyer Joseph McAnallen. A.T. Black. " 46 j " " Reed William Leckie William Woods Thompson, Soott, Brandon " 49 : " " J. D. McJunkin. A C Hawkins et al. ex'rs Parker & Karns City R. R. Co. " " " 75 " " J. D. McJunkin. Abraham Martin < >akland township Supervisor* McCandless " 47 June " J. D. McJunkin. David McMillan John Mainland J. M. Greer. " 53 Sept " R. I*. Scott. L C Dickey James H Gibson W. D. Brandon. •' 1!» Dec'r " Vanderlin Elias A Mortland et ux Poor District Marion township. L. Z. Mitchell. Proth'ys Office, Dec. 1 1881. A. RUSSELL, Prothonotary. TRIAfj E.INT FOR NPECIAI. COURT, COIHnKXUAO «©tli JANUARY, 1882. Xo. Term. IVT Plaintiff's Attorney. Plaintifft. Defendant*. Defendant'* Attorney. A. I). 89 Marehlßßo McCandless K Marshall, committee, W A Lewis et al. Purviance et al. FID. 1 Dec. 1881 Reed and Bredin Matthew McCullough Edward Mellon J M Greer E. D. 123 " 187 'J M'C., Riddle mid Mitchell I> A Ralston Daniel Evans Tk 8, Walker and Miller A. D. 1 Sept. 1881 McQuistion Frederick Barr, in right of, ER R Boyer, ex'r, Brandon " 46 Dec. " L.Z.Mitchell 'E C Dunlap, bv next friend, R C Baughman Walker " 47 " " | " W McCannon, liy next friend, j " ! " " 64 " " A M Cornelius J B Mathers John Ervin jScott C. P. 739 Marchlß7"> McJunkin and Campbell ;R Straw & Co., Harriet Croup 'Bowser K. I). 332 Jan'y 1878 McCandlewi Weisx, Brittain & Co., John Pearce et al ;McQ. and Thompson C. P. 34 June 1579 R P Scott The Parker Savings Bauk, for use J W Christie et al. |A T Black A. D. 38 Dec. '• " R S Gibson, for use W H Timblin et al. Voucher et al. " 39 " " I " LB Gibson, for use " " 112' " " J D McJuukin and Pillow Webber and Mitchell Wm Starr and S J Jamison C A Sullivan " 32 March 1880 Greer JF P McGinley et al., trustees, J N Miller Thompson et al. " 41 " " Campbell J N Purviance, Rec. Ist Nat. B'k W D McCandlcss Thompson and Scott " 111 June " Brandon, Greer, Colliert E G Leiiihthold & Co. Philip W Snyder et ux. Scott " 9 Dec. " Brittain J. R. Johnson, ass'e FlickiAlbert Solomon Albert jG R White " 14 " " ,L Z Mitchell William Murrin Margaret O'Donnell, adm'x, rhompson and Scott " lti " " John M Greer Samuel Rodgers, by next friend, 'John McCafferty Bowser " 17 " " " | " " [ John McCafferty et al. " " 23 " " L Z Mitchell, fampbell G W Allen, assignee, 'Smith Shuler et al. Christie , " 37 " " J B Bredin, J Thompson Augustus McElwain, |Jacob Kellerman (Forquer, McC., Vanderlin " 54 " " \J7J Mitchell Frederick M Hilliard LY McCandless et al. i McQuistion " m " W A Forquer 'Venango Twp. School District, jG W Jamison et al. ; McCandless " i<: Marchlßßi McQuixtion Joseph L. Lytle Pittsburgh A Western R. R. Co. Marshall I'rortionotary'n Office, January 2. 18*2. M- N '- GREER, Prothonotary. ISM. Fall it ll THE AMERICAN. 736 Chestnut Street, P. 0. Hol kW. Plulad*4>liia, Pa. Great Reduction in Prices. FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS ——A.T JOHN BICKEL'S BOOT AND SHOE STORE, MAIN ST., BUTLER.PA. I have in stock $6,000 worth of BOOTS £ SHOES Which I will sell at greatly reduced prices, some of which will be sold at a small profit, gome at cost and part of my stock 1 will close out at leas than cost in order to get ready for spring stock. My stock is large and varied, and at the low prices at which I am offering it must be sold for cub. Youry truly, JOHN BICKEL. Financial Report of County Inntitute. Dr. Cr. Lecture*. Inhtiucton. pxpeuoea (215 75 Mnaio hook* and iiniHic - 26 90 Printing .... 83 86 Janitor fee .... 10 (K) Uterography and tran*cribing 8 00 Incidental* .... S3 84 Total - t326 84 Btiirnw fiom last year - #OOO 00 From Co Tr.-aMiirer - - 200 00 Membership fee* ... 113 85 Receipt* at tlie door - 60 10 Total t»79 45 Balance to credit of Inatitute t 52 61 Butler, Jan. 6. 18-4 J. . Application lor Charter. Notice « hereby given that application will be before Hon. F. Mclnukin in cli«mbira, on Baturdav, Knb. 4tli 1882, at 3 o clock, p m . for a charter of incorporation of the United llott Oompauv of the Borough of IVtrolia. Butler county i'a. Til* object of hU prupweil koorpjraticm ie i to afford protection from Are in the borough of Pet oli». I W. 8. WOLOOTT, .1 i'i f», 1872. Secretary. Nherlflr'* Sale. E. D. No. 16 March T. 1882, W. A. Porquer, atty " " 15 " " " "• "i 44 «" M H " er *°'' Mty. Bv virtue of writs of Pi. Pa*.. leaned ont of the Court of Common Pleaae of Butler countr, and to me directed, there will be expoeed to public wale, at the Conrt Honee, in the borough of Butler, on Monday, the 30th of January, A. I) 18*2. at one o'clock, P. M., the following deeci'bed property, to wit : All the right, title, intereet and claim of John A. Hairia ot, in and to a certain lot or parcel of ground Mitnate tn the borough of Zelienople, Bntler county. Pa, ttouniled north by ncbool lot and Conrad King, eawt by ntreet. aourh by Jacob Hoh