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, <fcc., do not fail to
call in at K. Grieb's and examine the
stuck j no trouble to show goods.
—The publisher of the ''Golden
Dayx." the best paper for young folks
1 published in America, now issues the
week'v in mi»r»«My parts, with a hond
soiiif-r . ■ ..-i', f-jr tiioso wSi<"> •! -
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 <lavs.
Try it. It received first premium at the Cen
tenfhal and Paris Exposition. [2isep3m
—Genera' Grant announces, through
a newspaper interview, that h« has en
tirely changed his trind on the ques
tion of the delinque ity of General Fiu-
Johu Porter at the second battle of
Bull Run At the urgent request of,
General porter, he consented to read
the testimony in the pourt-ipartial,
and also the orders and reports of the
Confederate • eiijrayed in the !
• •• . T.« i<-ult U thi» I" fin-is rht'l
!";i different from wß*i be had 1. -
i'"vetl, mid is of the opinion ; hat. bu;' j
t; i •! e- ui"»y <"i.i -ii" - oa ■
available m-t-u i>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<r 'hat
she died on the last day of the week,
the last day of the month and the last
day of the year. Deceased migrated
Ht an early age from Virginia to tyary*
land, living for a time in Baltimore, at
which pl;»i-e «t about '!:• of thirtv
t I'iryeai -! -ii» w»> 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. ***
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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 <l Hauler. INM.
M v stock of Woolens for Fall and
Winter is now complete, comprising
many choice new styles in Trowserings,
Suitings and Overcoatin -s 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.
FarmerM Look Here,
The undersigned are now taking or
ders for fruit trees for spring planting.
We represent one of the most reliable
nurseries in Rochester, N. Y. Ploaso
send your orders in immediately.
nlGtf WALKER <FC BEIDERMAN.
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.Second Year begun October 18 th, 1881.
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and other timely and Into'<<sting items.
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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 <ffer and
w.'ot by Main atreet, ooutainirtg 70 by 320 feet
more or le"*. a two story log houae weather*
boarded frame nlackamith ahop log atable and
fruit treoa thereon. Heited and taken In exe
cution ae the property of John A. Harria at th*
■uit of Wm Humphrey la truat for Porterarill*
Having* Bank. Jaraee M. Marshall and Lewis
Teeta. THOS. DONAOHY, Hheritf.
Sheriff '• Offlee, Butler, P», Jan. 9tta. IW3-
I AT IL 6K