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J i L.I .1 1 1 flVm-rW] MY FRIENDS: \ I am a rambling wreck of nudity, B. a of WATCHES, IEWELRY, PLATED AND SILVER WARE,is now being offered at astonishing- k 7 low prices at the popular and reliable V j tore \ / B JEWLLBT, fit, Note What an old and Reliable House can do Regarding Prices. 50u,,,! Nickel Clock. |jj iM Striking, Clock. .*« J » 4 S A Good Striking Clock 200 2 Oz. Silver Case, with Amer'ninovement 10 00 . " " closed in the back 450 Ladies Gold Watches at sl2 75 All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles at 35 cents per dozen, and No. 1 Sperm Oil at 10 cents per bottle. „J*gl The only place in Butler where you can find a full and complete stock of KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, &c 1847.—Rogers Bros.—A I.—none genuine unless stamped ("1847.— Rogers 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 at tention, and is done promptly and warranted. E. GRIEB, Main Street, Butler, Pa. . -HndK — Chicago & North-Western » a mwj~wr jm.sr Is the OLDEST! BEST CONSTRUCTED ! BEST EQUIPPED ! and hence the LEADING RAILWAY OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. It Is the short and best route between Chicago and all points In Northern Illinois, lowa, Dakota, Wyoming, Ne braska, California, Oregon, Arizona. Utah, Colo rado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and lor COUNCIL BLUFFS, OMAHA DENVEH. LEADVILLE, SALT LAKE, SAN FRAHOISCO DEADWOOD, SIOUX CITY, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines. Columbus and all Points in the Territories, and the West. Also, for Milwaukee, (liven Hay. Oshkosh. Sheboygan, Maruuette. Fond du Lac, Watertown, Houghton, Neetiah, Menasha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Huron, Volga, Fargo, Bismarck, Winona, LaCrosse, Owatonna, and all points in Minnesota, Dakota, Wisconsin and the Northwest. At Council Blults the Trains of the Chicago & North-Western and the U. P. K'ys depart from, arrive a laud use the same Joint Union Depot. At Chicago, close connections are made with the Lake Shore, Michigan Central, Baltimore 6 Ohio, Ft. Wayne and Pennsylvania, and Chicago & Grand Trunk K'yi, and the Kankakee and Pan Handle Routes. Close connection* made at Junction Points. It is the ONLY LINE running Pullman Hotel Dining Cars BETWEEN Chicago and Council Bluffs. Pullman Sleepers on all Night Trains. Insist upon Ticket Agents selling you Tickets via tins road. Examine your Tickets, and refuse to buy if they do not read over the Chicago & North-Western Kail way. If you wish the Best Traveling Accommodations you will buy your Tickets by tills route, AND WILL TAKE NONKOTHKR. All Ticket Agt nts sell Tickets by this Line. MAKVIN HUCIIITT, 2d V. P. & Gen'l Mang'r Chicago. MUSICT 100 Popular Songs, words and music, 30 cts. 100 Comic Songs, words and music, 30 eta. luo Sentimental Songs, words and music, 30 cts 100 Old Favored Songs, words and music, 30 cts. too Opera Songs, words and inuslc, 30 cts. luu Home Bongs, words and music, 30 cts. 100 Irish Songs, words and inuslc, 30 cts. 100 Ethiopian Songs, words and music, 30 ct*. 100 Scotch Songs, words and music, 30 cLs. Any four of the above lots for One Dollar. All of tho above for Two Dollars. The above comprises ueasly all of the most popu lar music ever published and Is the best bargain ever offered. Order at once. Postage stamps taken, l'ianoettes, Violins, Guitars and Musical Instruments at low prices. World Manuf. Co. 120 Nassau St. New York. Estate of Hans Baker. letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Hans Baker, dee'd, late of Middlesex township. Butler county, l'a.. all |iersons knowing themselves indebted to saui estate will please make immediate payment and itlty having claims against the same to pre sent Oiein duly authenticated for settlement. KOBERT THIMBLE, Adm r. Haxontmrg, Bytltr Co., Pa. Dr. Frease's Water Cure. A health Institution In IU 38th year. For nearly all kind of Cbronlc diseases, and espe cially the diseases ol Women. Invalids are in vited to correspond with ns. Circulars free. AdJress, S. KKEASE, M. D., New Brighton, JJeiver Co., Pa. lyjune!39 VOL. XIX. PUBLIC SALE . OP mint mil mm. BY order of Court, the undersigned Receiver of the First National Bank, of Butler, Pa., ' will offer at public sale, at the Court House, in Butler, on Thursday, March 16th, 1882, I at I o'clock, p. m., the undivided three-eighths {%) of the following described tract of land, of said bank, to wit : Situate in Concord township. Butler county, Pa., bounded on the north by McClelland farm, east by Wick farm, south by land of Byers and others, and west by Kepler farm; one-story frame bouse, log house, log barn, and orchard thereon, containing thirty-thrae acres, more or less. TEBMS— One-half cash on day of sale, and the other half within six months thereafter, with in terest, and with such security as shall be satis factory to the Receiver, and no deed to be made to the purchaser until the consideration shall be fully paid. JOHN N. PURVIANCE, (4 times) Receiver. Butler. Feb. 14, 1882. ■■BSSSHBBaiHEBaBBBH If you wish to i GARDENING "° W iK!S' J FOR PROFIT. If vou wish to l PRACTICAL become a Commercial • Florist, read ! FLORICULTLRE. If you wish to Garden | GARDENING for Amusement or for \ T>r „ , Q¥T „„ Home Use only, read j FOR PLEASURE. A. 11 by Peter Henderson- Price $1.50 each, postpaid by mail. Our Combined Catalogue of AND ■ PLANTS For 1882, sent free on application. B PETER HENDERSON K CO 35 Cortlandt St., New York. OUVANISM and ELECTRICITY U The great Curative Agents. I fl A GALVANIC BATTERY I II Imbedded In this Medicated PUster, which, when H applied to the body produces a constant but lulld H current of Elcctrteltj, which ii most ezhlhumtlnfr, H aifordlnic Immediate reHef to the most excrucl&tlru H pains or wliatnoever nature. They an acknowf B edged by Physician* to b« the most scientific raeth od of application of those subtle and mysterious ■ elements of nature for the positive and speedy curs H of the followlry complaints, vis.: ■ Rheumatism; Neuralgia; Slelc Head. Haehe; Weak and Inflamed Kjres; All A?Te«tlons of the Brain; Spinal Cam plaints; Kidney and Liver Complaints; Sciatica, Paralysis and Lumbago; Dys pepsia; Asthma and Laag Diseases; Dis eases of the Heart; Nervous Prostra- ■ tlons; Ac. I PRICE ONLY SI.OO. H THE BELL If ANN CO.. Prop'rs, I 812 BroaAvay, Cor. 13th St., K«« Tort I AGENTS WANTED. M BK.NI> BTAMP KOK OIKCL'LAM. H FOB SALE BY ALL DUUOOIUTB. - I Hcutiou thin paper. S«nt by MalL B Estate of W'ni. G. Nliortn. Letters of administration having been grunted to the undersigned on the estate of William G. Shorts, deceased, late of Connoqucucpsinj; twp., Hutler county, Pa , all persons knowing them •elves Indebted t(' said estate will please make Immediate payment, and any having claims against the same will present them duly authen ticated for payment. T. P. SHORTS, Ex'r. ConnoqueuUeing P. 0., butler Co., Pa. lm AT E. BUB'S. Planing Mill -AND- Lumber Yard. J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS, S.G. Purvis & Co., M&HUVACTITBBB6 AND DSALBBB IK Rough and Planed Lumber OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS, FLOORING, SIDING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards, SHINGLES & LATH. PLANING MILL AND YARD Nemr German Catholic Church j»n7-80-1y BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. GK C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER. H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Burkhart, A.. Trout man, Jacob Schoene, G. C.'Roessing, John Caldwell, Dr. W. lrvin, J. J. Croll. A. B. Rhodes, H. C. Heineman. JAS. T3 M'JUNKIN, (Jen. A«'t Union Woolen Mills. , I would desire to call the attention of the public to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa., where I have new and improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred and Gray Flannels, Knitting and Weaving Yarns, and I can recommend them as being very dura ble, a* they are manufactured of pure Butler county wool. They are beautiful in color, su perior in texture, and will be sold at very low prices. For samples and prices, address, H. FtJLLERTON, lum.'7B-ly) Butler. Pa REMOVAIT Tho undersigned has removed his place of busi ness to his own building one square south of Court House, Main Street, east side. opj>osite Donaldson House, where he has a full stock of Watches, docks, Jewelry, Spectacles, etc. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, etc., promptly repaired and satisfaction guaranteed. D t: CLEELAND. FEItIUS ARMOR; Justice of the Peace Main street, opposite Postofliee, IJ* ZKLIEHOPLK , PA. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15,1882. POETRY. THE FARMER'S SOXG. I'm of the banihthat till the land, And draw from earth her store; Right happy indeed's the life we lead, While onr days are passing o'er; Many they are, in riches far Surpassing the farmer's purse, While other pursuits may yield more fruit Yet often bring forth much worse. We envy not the statesman's lot. Still clamoring for his class ; Nor his that tights for glory's rights, At some rebounded pass. No risk have we on boisterous sea Nor fears lest tempest whelm All we possess, without redress, While laboring at the helm. The fruitful field its bounties yields A rich reward for toil; Be ours the trade to ply the spade, And deeply plough the soil, We walk abroad o'er carpet sod, And flow'rets kiss our feet, Whose odors rise to catch the skies— A tribute pure aud meet. To all we give the means to live, As brother shares with brother ; And thus fulfill the holy will That bills us "love each other." Oh! life secure from guile, and pure, To thee my soul cling ever With all its might, in fond delight, To change from thee, no never. SELECT. COURTING WITH A GUN. Over in the wilds of New Jersey, not far from the outskirts of one of its most populous and prosperous cities, a well-to-do farmer tills his acres, and raises fine crops and a fine family. One daughter, just verging on womanhood, is the beauty of the farm, not to speak of the handsome cattle, nor even the lily and sunflower that adorn the fields She is a comely maiden in the eyes of the young farmers, who often met her at the frolics and the feasts which the country so highly enjoys. Innocent, amusing, and very ancieat are the pastimes that rural life has cul tivated with the soil in all ages, as history, sacred and profane, doth record. Not these only. Her beauty had captivated a youth from a neighboring city, who, in some evil hour, had cross ed her path, and fell a victim to her unconscious charms. More skilled in the ways of the world than the less cultured men who worshipped her at a distance, he boldly marched to the siege and demanded a quick surrender. He pressed his suit with ardor, and began to reckon himself already a con queror. One day, while she was sit ting and enjoying his fun and folly, he seized a gun (hat was standing in the corner, and pointed it directly toward the breast of his intended bride He did not know it was loaded. He did not think of doing any harm. Proba bly he thought to frighten her, and then to have amusement over the idea of a lover shooting the object of his af fection. A very coarse kind of court ing this, of course: but there is nothing in life that is so silly as much that goes by the name of fun. We have all been there, and know how it is our selves. But of all the ways and means of pleasing a maiden, this courting with a gun caps the climax of the curious. The wise man in the Book of Proverbs said, 2,500 years ago: 'There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst ot the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.' But if Solomon had lived in this our day, in the State of New Jersey, he would have seen a bigger fool of a man than the maids of Judea or the Queen of Sheba ever dreamed of. The way of this gallant Jerseyman with the maid of his affections, was to court her with a gun, and make believe he was going to shoot her through the heart. If the men of Judea, with Jewish maid ens, had ways of winning them that were too wonderful for the wisdom of Solomon, who knew all there is about it worth knowing, from observation and very considerable experience, what would have been the wonder of this much-married king had he taken a Paterson newspaper of February, 1882, and read the trial, conviction and sen tence of this youth, who sought to win his way into the heart of a maid by pointing at her bosom a loaded gun ! He did not know it was loaded! He did not know it was not loaded, but it was / More than this, he pulled the trigger, and, horrible to relate, a tre mendous charge of buckshot was driven into her breast from the month of the gun almost against her, and she sank to the floor as one dead, the life-blood pouring from the gaping, awful wound !! Was ever wicked folly car ried to such a frightful end ? Surgical aid was summoned. The shot were found to have touched no vital part: some were extracted: the girl's life was spared. She awoke at last after long weeks of suspended life, and it was soon apparent that the young man had taken the wrong way to reach the young lady's heart. She did not cotton to the idea of being courted with a eun. She had favored his suit, but did not wish him to shoot. His idiocy lowered him {-mew bat in the eves of her understanding, and her heart followed her judgment, as it does in all sensible women. Her father took an unfavorable view of the young man's fitness to be the husband of his daughter. The parties all live in New Jersey : as good a State for good men to live in as there' is : and the law took this shooting-courtier by the collar, and haled him into another court to answer for this as a criminal offence. The in dictment was in two counts : the first charged him with intent to do bodily barm, and the second simply charging an assault. The prosecuting officer laid no stress on the first, but insisted righteously and vigorously that, point ing a gun at another person, was an assault, and punishable under the law. So the court ruled, and so the jury found, and the suitor and shooter found himself liable to State's prison and fine. He was brought from jail last Monday morning, and placed at the bar of the court to receive his sen tence, which I shall give in the words of the Judge : "You have been convicted on the second couut of the indictment against you. The jury, in their verdict, call your crime assault and battery, the word atrocious being left out. It is difficult for the court to reconcile the terms of this verdict with the facts, it being clearly laid down in the law that any battery with a dangerous weapon, or that causes blood to flow, is iu its very nature atrocious. If this was not a case of atrocious assault it is difficult to tell what an atrocious as sault is. The jury seem to have found this verdict iu the fear that the court would impose too severe a sentence if they found in accordance with the facts. You have been convicted of assault and battery by taking up a loaded gun in the presence of a human being, as it appears, without any effort to ascertain its condition, but with the most criminal recklessness, and hand ling the same in such a way that it was discharged and the charge entered the body of the young lady who was the victim. You had no business to meddle with the gun, passing your hand over the hammers, the triggers, etc., and are guilty of criminal negli gence—that is the precise term. The court assumes that your character has been good, and although a sentence of imprisonment for two years, or a fine of SSOO, or both, might be imposed, in consideration of your good character, your youth, and the conviction that there was no intention whatever to in jure anyone, the court will spare you the disgrace of a term in the State prison and impose a fine of SSOO and costs of the prosecution, and to be held until payment is made." A civil suit for damages has been commenced against the young man, and he begins to gpt a realizing sense of the crime he has committed. I have treated the subject too lightly perhaps; but I wished to exhibit the Bpirit in which the offence was perpe trated, and to enforce the truth that carelessness in the use of firearms is a sin and a crime punishable by the statute. You may not put other peo ple in jeopardy, even in sport, without guilt and peril. And almost every newspaper you read mentions instances of fatal or of fearfully sad examples of this folly and wickedness. Thousands of families are in mourning because of death or dreadful wounds of loved ones by what is called the accidental discharge of firearms. Last week a father was fined SSOO for leaving a loaded gun where a child got hold of it to his inquiry. Pistols are made in to toys, and children slay one another with them. Parents who permit their children to have such playthings de serve fine an imprisonment. Men car ry concealed weapons which often kill those for whom they are not intended. The law very wisely forbids the prac tice, but the law is rarely enforced. Firearms have their lawful use. It is becoming more and more necessary to have their protection in our houses in the city, and in some parts of the coun try. There is no adequate protection of life and property in New York by the civil authorities; and, while gov ernment is the slave of politics, there will be none. Therefore, self-protec tion requires a well-fortified castle, and suitable weapons of defence. But such is not the purpose of this letter. I am writing to parents and to young people to inculcate a deeper sense than now prevails of the sacredness of hu man life, and of the exceeding wicked ness of trifling with it. How many ag onizing instances of 3udden death have we read, where a gun, supposed to be not loaded, has been pointed at a friend in play ; and, in an instant, a soul has been hurled into eternity. We say, 'what a fool to trifle with a deadly weapon !' But there are thousands of such fools in and out of New Jersey. If they were all sent to prison the jails could notcontain them. But they are worse than fools. They are great criminals. This conviction of the young man who went courting with a gun is a triumph of law and ritrht, for which the country is largely indebted to a faithful public prosecutor, who de manded that the law should be upheld, and to tne judge, who maintained the traditional honor of the New Jersey bench by the firmness of his instruc tions. I magnify the case, and repeat it thus clearly, in the hope that its lessons may not be in vain— N. Y. Observer. The Cost of European Uovern iii en l h. A recent British Parliamentary re port gives a comparative statement of the revenues of several European States, from which it appears that Austria (not including Hungary) has direct taxes of £7,762,553; indirect ones of £21,406,978, and miscellaneous ones of £4,726,447, or a total tax of £33,895,979 (about $166,129,500) for a population of 22,132,684 souls, which is more than $7 tor each man, woman, or child. Hungarians are somewhat better off, the total tax being £19,965,- 263 (about $99,826,000) and the popu lation 15,608,623 —say $5.50 per per son But the Austrians and Hun garians are taxed much less heavily than their neighbors in Prussia, where the total is £56,421,875, and the popu lation 27,251,067 —showing and aver age of about $lO per person. The French are still worse off. The totals for them are £107,303,975 of taxes and 36,905,788 of population, or about sls of tax per head. This the people of Belgium, a neutral country, free from wars and Nihilism, nearly equals, their showing being, taxes £14,911,502, and population 5,476,939. Better off than any of these people are the Rus sians—or apparently so, one should say, for the burden of a tax lies not so much in the amount of it as in the in ability to pay it. The Russians pay £60,362,731 in taxes, several millions more, that is, than the Austria-Hun gary people, or the Germans and Poles of Prussia, but they outnumber their neighbors by tens of millions—the Prussians by 45,000,000, the Austria- Hungary races by 34,000,000. For these $300,000,000 of Russian taxes there are 72,692,000 people among whom to divide them. Thus every European Russian pays a tax of $4, while every Frenchman pays some sls, and yet Russia is internally the most disturbed great country in Europe, and I France the most peaceful. Coilrention of (he Schools of Concord Township. A convention of the schools of Con cord township met at Concord Preaby- I terian Church on Feb. 24th, 1882, and | was called to order by J. S. Campbell, I and opened with prayer by J. G. Chris ! tie. County Superintendent Murtland was called to the chair and A. Q. Meals chosen secretary. The Superintendent on taking the chair made 6ome very appropriate remarks on our common school wages and the importance of an education. No. of scholars present, 175 ; teach ers, 9; directors, 6; and a good at tendance of citizens. Some of the schools were fully represented but oth ers not so fully on account of sickness. Schools were taught by the follon* ing teachers: No. 1, H. H. Elliott; No. 2, Kate Hilliard ; No. 3, Isaac Thompson; No 4, Maria Glenn ; No. 5, S. W. McGarra; No. 6, Emma Arthur; No. 7, Anise Rose; No. 8, Robert Em ory; No. 9, Alice Caldwell. Performances by scholars of the schools were as follows : DECLAMATIONS. School No. 1, subject, "No excellence without labor," by W. 11. Turner. School No. 2, subject, "Why should the spirit of mortal man be proud," by Harry Meals. School No. 3, subject, "Painter of Saville," by Willie Campbell. School No. 4, "Oration over the dead body of Caesar," by J. H. Marshall. School No. 5, "Fall of Hamilton," by Smila Graham. Music by school No. 1. School No. 6, subject, "Parting of Marmioa and Douglass," Harry Blair. School No. 7, performance same as No. 1. School No. 8, subject, "Love God," by John Crawford. Music by school No. 2. HEADING. School No. 1, "What a teacher should be," by Wilbur Campbell. School No. 3, "Snow of age," by Cora Murtland. School No. 4, "Face against the pane," by Fannie Starr. School No. 5, "Your Mission," by Miss Aggas. Music by school No. 4, "Our old black cat," which was applauded. School No. 6, "Hate of the bowl," by 9 of a class. School No. 7, "Our Country," Byers. School No. 9, "Who is thy friend," Hattie Jamison. RECITATIONS. School No. 1, "Burial of President Garfield," by Emma Campbell. School No. 2, "If Eve knew," by Lizzie Cumberland. School No. 3, "Good reading the greatest accomplishment," by Mary Campbell. School No. 4, "Barbara Fretchie, of Fredericktown," by Clara McWilliams. School No. 5, "John Brainard," bv Tillie Graham. Music by school No. 5. School No. 6, "McClain's child," by Emma Kamerer. School No. 7, "Teacher," by Laura Turner. School No. 8, "Poor Lillie Moore," in concert, by Ida Parks and E. Dilion. School No. 9, "Reaper of Death," by Ada Young. Music by school No. 6. ESSAYS. School No. 1, "An honest man is the noblest work of God," by Lizzie McKinnev. School No. 2, "Effect of Idlenesss," by Delia Stoops. School No. 4, "Our Influence," by Ida Bell. School No. 5, "Popularity," by E. H. Campbell. School No. 6, "Love," by Lew Barn hardt. School No. 7, not called. School No. 8, read Caudle's umbrolla lecture, Maggie Sailor. Music by school No. 9. All the performances of the schools were well done without a single failure, for which they deserve the highest praise, which showed that our schools were second to none. The evening session was opened with music by the choir Declamation by H. 11. Elliott, teach er of No. 1. Music by school No. 7. QUESTIONS DISCUSSED. "Should the common school system be abolished." Opened by 11. N. Em ory, teacher No. 8. lie took the ground that our Nation would fall if our com mon school system be taken away. He was followed by Co. Supt. Murtland. The question was ably discussed. "Resolved, Do the citizens of Con cord township take sufficient interest in their schools." Opened by S. W. McGarra, teacher No. 5. Ho spoke in the affirmative, and compared our pres ent schools to those of 50 years ago. H. H. Elliott concurred in the above. R. N. Emory in negative, that parents should visit schools and see what is going on in the school room, and see that scholars were properly classed. Concluded by 11. A. Kinser in the af firmative, that it was the teachers place to class scholars and no others, and that if a teacher did and could not have his or her classes properly classed was not fit to teach school, which many think struck the key note, and that parents should not visit schools much, and as long as scholars said nothing about school all was well. Music by the choir. "Should Concord township have a central graded public school." Opened by Isaac Thompson, in the affirmative, and Oliver Thome and It. N. Emory. R. A. Kinser in the negative, that it would be too distant for scholars in the distant parts of the township. Conclud ed by Co. Supt. Murtland who thought there was no law for it—others think otherwise. Calisthenics by school No. 2, which was led by the organ, which was ap plauded. Music by school No. 2. Rehearsal by teacher of No. 4, subject, "Famine." Vote of thanks to the teachers for their efficiency in the getting up of perform ances. Closed bv singing doxologv. J. H MURTLAND, Preset. A O. MEALS, Sec'y. Spring fevisr has laid its ttrong grip on the cigarette young man. .\alhan MHrnliall Kill* Ilim- Ht-ll (o Avoid TcHtilyiiiK. Rather than go on the witness stand to testify against a life-long friend, death was preferable, Is the charitable explanation given for the suicide of one of Camden's most estimable citi zens yesterday morning. Nathan D. Marshall, a well-known produce dealer, doing business on Dock street, above Front, in this city, ended bis life by cutting his throat with a pocket knife in the bath-room of his house, No. 403 Broadway, Camden. Mr. Marshall was one of the earliest victims of Horace Hammel, the former secretary of the Newtown Building Association, who defrauded numerous persons out of sums of money aggre gating $40,000, by means of forged certificates of stock. The two men had been brought up together from boyhood, and their friendship had ever been strong and unwavering. When unmistakable evidence of Hammers guilt was presented to Mr. Marshall, bis love for the false friend was never shaken, and he resolutely refused to breathe a single syllable against him. For a few days he hoped that in his own case there might be some mistake, some explanation that would account for a treachery that he could not be lieve. The unpleasant truth at last forced itself upon his mind that he had been betrayed by his long-trusted friend, and he sought him out. The sum out uf which Mr. Marshall had been so cruelly victimized approximat ed $3,000. He was not a wealthy man, and could ill-afford to lose the money. An interesting family of a wife and three lovely children, to whom he was devotedly attached, claimed his constant labor, and when he went to see Hammel his mind was almost equally balanced between his strong friendship for the base friend and the love he bore bis wife and chil- dren. To lose the sum be had imagin ed to be safely invested would be to beggar tbem. This he told to Ham mel, and it was mutually agreed that Mr. Marshall should obtain a judgment against Hummel's property, which he did through his counsel, Thomas B. Earned. HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE IIAMMEL. The glaring frauds committed bv the ex-secretary of the building association continued to come to light, and with every fresh discovery poor Marshall seemed to feel the disgrace as keenly as keenly ns though be had been called upon to suffer himself. Hammers ar rest followed soon after, and when the victimized friend found that he would be a principal witness for the prosecu tion he became nervous and low spirit ed. The trial was to have taken place in February, but as the prisoner's counsel was njt ready to proceed it was postponed until yesterday. The brief respite only seemed to add to the unfortunate man's anguish. His claim bad been almost satisfied, and all his old friendship returned with double force. On Wednesday night be was very much worried, and told several friends that the ordeal he would be called upon to go through would be more than he could bear, and he made a strong effort to have his name stricken off as a witness. In this he failed, however, and was subpoenaed to appear as a witness for the prosecu tion. It EAD BY HIS OWN HAND. The family sat down to breakfast, and after the meal had been finished, Mrs. Marshall began making prepara tions to out for the day. Her husband came up stairs a few moments later and the wife noticed a peculiar expres sion about his eyes. She asked him if he was ill, and receiving an evasive reply, went down stairs. Mr. Mar shall then went into the bath-room and locked the door after him. Not ap pearing after the lapse of a half hour, Mrs. Marshall went up stairs to call him, and receiving no response, she got upon a chair and looked through the transom. Her husband lay on the floor. Strong with fear, the frightened woman put her shoulder to the door and forced it open. In another mo ment her shreiks were ringing through the house, and when a servant ran np stairs to learn the cause of the alarm, she found Mrs. Marshall hold ing her husband's body in her arms, with his life blood running in a crim son stream over her dress. He had at tempted to cut both jugular veins, bat only severed one of the great arteries, and from that his life was ebbing out. He was still alive and conscious, aud managed to ga?p out the words: "I couldn't appear against Pete," using the old familiar cognomen with which be used to address his friend Hammel. Dr. Tullis, a homu-pathic physician, and Prs. Suitzer and Schenck, two allo pathic doctors, were summoned with all possible speed. Their skill availed nothing, however. Stimulants were administered, but the unfortunate man was too far gone from loss of blood. Within an hour after be had been dis covered he was a corpse. IIAMMEL FOUND GUILTY. The trial of Hammel was then In progress at the Court House, and when the news became known there was a decided sensation. The defendant saw the stir, bat made no comment, and when he had been taken back to bis cell after the morning adjournment of the court he was told of bis faithful friend's tragic end. He said little and exhibited no emotion. When spoken to an hour later by a Prens reporter, Hammel said a cruel thing about the man whoso friendship be had betrayed. 'He was afraid be' would implicate him self,' said he, 'because he got half the mcfney.' Hammers trial was concluded at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He was found guilty as charged in the indictment. The only witnesses called were Herman A. Helmbold, president of the New town Building Association; Watson ADVKUTISINO KATES, One square, one insertion, 91; each sober • <]:ient insertion, 50 cents. Yearly advertisemei tk exceeding one-fonrth of a column, *5 per inch Fignre wort doul le these rates; additional charges where wee dy or monthly change® are made. Local adve -tiM-ments 10 ct-ntfc jer line f° r fip't iimertion, aud 5 cents per line Tor each additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub lished free of charge. Obituary notices charged as advertisement*, and pay able* when handed in Auditors' Notices. 94; ExucutulV and Admiuis trators' Notices. #3 each; Estrav, Cantion ai>4 Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact that the CITIZEN is 'he oldest established and most extensively circulated Ke- Eublican newspaper in Butler county, (a ltepub- CAD county; it mtu«t be ipparent to business th\t it is ;he medium they bbould QN in advertising their business. NO. 17 Oupuy, cashier of the First National I Bank of Camden ; Edmund K. Iteed, , one of the directors of the bank, and William Calluhan, whoso name had been forged on a fraudulent transfer of stock to Ilaiumel. The cvi fence prov ed conclusively that Hammel bad ne gotiated a loan of SI,BOO on his indi vidual note, and gave the bogus stock calling for 12,000 as collateral. There was no testimony offered by the defense. A ten minu*.es'deliberation by the jury resulted in a verdict of guilty. The name of poor Marshall was not on the list of witnesses, and the perfidious friend was convicted, while the widow and children were weeping over their dead.— Ph ila. Press, March 3. llj drophobln—lt* Successful Treatment. Mr. Ruxton, a surgeon in the East Indies, reports a very remarkable case, which seems worthy of being classed with the smali number of cures that are now on record. A boy, between five and six years of age, was bitten in 1874, by a bull-bitch that was subsequently killed. The bites were deep and severe, but were freely cauterized with fuming nitric ac id, causing considerable loss of tissue. Carbolized oil was subsequently em ployed as a dressing. A month later he became unconscious, refused to drink, and was exceedingly nervous. Mr. R. finding him with saliva issuing from the mouth, suspected the worst, but ordered as a temporary measure, the tepid sheet, and a diaphoretic mix ture. Tranquil sleep and diaphoresis followed, but about one in the morning the patient awoke screaming, had fre quent convulsions, refused liquids, and foamed at the mouth. Thinking that as a palliative, cannabis indica might he usefully employed, Gve MINIMS of the tincture were given, and a short sleep followed. This dose wss repeat ed after an interval marked by scream ing fits and saliva spit from between the teeth. Deep sleep, lasting ten hours, now ensued. On awaking he recognized bis mother—the first time for twenty-seven hours. His pupils were now intensely contracted. A third dose of five minims was given on the evening of the second day of medi cal attendance, and sleep ensued for eighteen hours. Pulse and respiration remained good all the time. From th is point the progress toward recov ery was steady and continuous. Dr. Ewart, formerly deputy Furgeon general in the Bengal army, in the same number of the British Medical Journae (November 19, 1881), states that little confidence can be placed in drugs after the symptoms have develop ed. He advocates cauterization as a prophylactic and as practiced success fully by Youatt in four hundred cases ; and he quotes Sir William Gull, who states: "If I had to choose for myself, I would inhale ether and have the whole track of the wound destroyed by strong nitric acid or nitrate of silver." But Ewart places himself on the side of Sir Joseph Fahrer, who says : "If 1 were bitten by a dog or other animal, even suspected of rabies, I would suck the wound, put in a ligature, inhale ether .... and have the bitten part thoroughly cut out, and then cauterized with nitric acid or nitrate of silver, so as completely to disorganize any virus there might remain. Ex cision, he remarked, may be practiced successfully after the wounds are thoroughly cicatrized." The retention of any waste matter in the system produces injury. The collection of "phlegm" or diseased mucus in time of cold or throat affec tion should be removed. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup does it more qickly and effectually than any other cough syrup made. The Philadelphia Sunday Item offers a five dollar gold piece to the gentle man who writes the best proposal of marriage, and a five dollar gold piece to the lady who writes the best ac ceptance of the same. Chronic Rheumatism «nd Catarrh. Took Peruna. Am well. Mrs. Oling honsen, Brownsville, Pa. Between the ages of fifteen and fifty, woman has one more 'inspiration' per minute than a man. So say the scien tific sharps, and we have no reason to disbelieve them. Xo man ever had an 'inspiration' to buy fourteen yards of Hamburg edging just because it was "cheap,'and that's just the 'inspi ration' that possesses a woman's soul every minute she is in a dry goods store. Some New Hampshire people who are bewailing the loss of money loaned to a man who has fraudulently failed as a banker at Manhattan, Kansas, appear to have actually trusted the fellow be cause he had represented them in the Legislature. For nervousness and Chronic Ca tarrh take Peruna. I tried it. L. K. Mysler, Allegheny City, Pa. The State of Texas has contracted to give an Illinois firm a tract of land, for building the new State capital at Austin. The territory sold is larger than the State of Connecticut, and five times larger than Rhode Island. It is the northwest corner of the State. The survey extends south a distance of 197 miles, with an average width of twenty seven miles. This is probably the lar gest land- sale ever made to private individuals [Rochester Sentinel.] When a young husband had gone from home, and with fond solicitude telegraphed his little wife, —"What have you for breakfast, and how's tho baby ?"—he recieved the brief, suggest ive reply,— "Buckwheat Cakes and the Measles." We have the report of a case in our midst, not where Measles was in the bill of fare, but where Sci atic Rheumatism confined Mr. J. Daw son, the well-knowu druggist, to his room for a long period. It was stated to our reporter in the following words: The senior of this firm was attacked with Sciatic Rheumatism December last, and for four weeks could scarcly leave his room. He used St. Jacobs Oil, and is now able to be at bis place i of business, feeling no worse for his re- I cent affliction. The inference is con- I vincing.