BUTLER CITIZEN IOHITHTk w. C. ME6LEY, PROPERS, Entered at the Po&toffire at Butler as Mecond-clatms matter. THE project in Congress to reduce the Internal Revenue taxes has virtual ly failed. THE Venango county Bar endorses Maj Brown for the Republican nomi nation for Judge ot the Supreme Court. Nearly the whole of western Pennsyl vania has now spoken out in his favor. A NUMBER of Democratic members of Congress voted against the bill to suppress polygamy. This would seem to indicate they rather sympathize with the Mormon idea. KKV. SAMIEL JOHNSTON, of Har mony, this county, has resigned his pastorate of the Presbyterian church of that place and Whitestown, and is about to remove to Kansas PETITIONS are flowing in for the par don of Sergeant Mason, convicted by a Court Martial for shooting at Uuiteau The ground is taken that a military court bad no right or power to try him in a time of peace, and if it had that the sentence of eight years to hard labor in a penitentiary is exces sive and unjust. T) K. JOHN W. WALLACE, of New Castle, was in town .last week, attend ing Court as a witness in the case of tbe Commonwealth vs. Miss Smith, (now Mrs. Bollenger). His evidence was very important in the case and bad more to do with the result of the same than that of any other. He was supported in his medical opinions by Dr. Cowden and other physicians, who were also called by tbe defense. THB "BLACK DIAMONDS:" —Mr. Al fred Aggas, of Centre township, brought to the CITIZEN office last week some lumps of the fine coal found on his farm. The specimens fairly glisten with bitumen and his farm, like many more in Centre, Clav, Cherry, Concord, Washington, Marion, Venango, and in fact, nearly all of the upper end of this county, is underlaid with this fine bituminous coal. Our county is one of the richest in the State in this valu able fuel. IN tbc CITIZEN this week, under the bead of' State Politics," we give arti cles from various papers, reflecting the different shades of opinion existing as to State candidates and State issues for this fall. Uur object in doing so is to give the Republicans of this county, and especially the members of tbe pres: ent Republican County Committee, all the information we can as to the pres ent run of politics in this State. Tbe Committee is railed to meet on the 7th April inst., and as they will have, very probably, important work to do, it is all important that they lie thoroughly posted on all current poli tics, and have a proper insight as to the nature and hearing of tbe same on candidates that may lie proposed for our suffrage or votes. CANDIDATES, ETC. We have been enquired of as when announcements will lie made this year; and have also l»een requested to an nounce several names for the Assembly as soon as any other names are an nounced. In an article in otlnr place we have referred to what we suppose is tbe apparent holding back as to an nouncments, to wit: awaiting tbe ac tion of the County Committee meet ing on April 7, which will fix the time for the primary election. When that is fixed we presume candidates will be duly-announced. We have a Con gressman, two Assemblymen and two Jury Commissioners to elect this fall. Only one Jury Commissioner can be voted for, however, by any one voter. Quite a number of gentlemen will lie announced for the Assembly or Legis lature. THE LAW FOR PRIMARIES. Wo bad intended to publish thin week the law passed by the late Legis lature for the regulation and govern ment of primary elections in thin State, but will havo to defer it until our next. It in something ne win the line of law making, and is juHt now of interest to all political parties. What ever might be tbe decision of the courts, if its constitutionality was brought before them we need not dis cuss now. It will be binding upon all parties at their primary meetings, con ventions, etc., until it is declared, not binding. We published it last winter, at tbe lime it was enacted, but will do so again in order that the Republicans of this county may be made fully aware of its requirements, and be thus able to act accordingly at tin; next pri mary, whenever that m.iy come. MERCER COUNTY. The Republican County Committee, of Mercer county, met last week and fixed May Ist for the holding of their primary election this year, and the fol lowing day, May 2nd, for their County Convention. The selection of delegates to tbe State Convention was postponed until tbe meeting of the County Con vention'on May 2nd. The law passed at'the laxt Legislature, regnluting the holding of primary elections, wan (lis cussed and a committee appointed to report rules, in accordance with the provisions of the law, for the conduct ing of tbe primaries. Hon. S. 11, Miller, member of Con gresH for this district, tvns strongly commended on his course in Congress, and a resolution passed tendering him 1 a renomination by the Republicans of*< that county if be again became a can diciate. i COUNTY COMMITTEE MEET TNG. About the first thing the committee will consider when it meets on April 7, is, whether it will elect the delegates j to the Harrisburg State Convention of j May 10, or whether it will pass that duty oyer to the next committee, aris- j ing out of the next primaries. If the present committee elects the said dele gates, then the next primary may prob ably be put at a period beyond the 10th of May probably in June sometime. But if the present committee think they should not elect the delegates to the State Convention, and that that matter ought to be referred to the people and come more directly from the people than it can from the present committee, then the primaries will probably be fixed in the early part of May, at a date prior to the 10th of May, the date of the State Convention. In other words ; if tin* present committee, when it meets on April 7th, proceeds to select the State delegates, then there will be no necessity for fixing the pri mary election of this year before the date of the State Convention, May 10 This for the reason that it, the present committee, will have doue all the work that required action relative to the State Convention, and consequently the coming primary need not have, and will not have, any relation, as to time, with the State Convention. On the other hand, if the present committee, when it meets on April 7, should be of opinion, that, inasmuch as the members of it were chosen nearly a year ago, and without reference to or possible knowledge of the political questions or candidates that have arisen this year, there should, therefore, be a direct ap peal to the people on all such new or present questions, then, if this view :s taken, the committee on April 7, will very likely name the early part of May for the primary, in order that it may come off before the State Convention, and in order that the delegates be ap pointed by the County Convention springing from the next primaries. Owing to the many new questions and State candidates that have arisen this is the view and course that many think should be taken by the coming committee. We have thus stated the position as fully and fairly as possible, so that can didates, committee men and all, may understand the situation. END INO OF MISS SMITH CASE. INTERESTING SCENE IN COURT. The case of the Commonwealth against Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith, now Mrs. Bollinger, of Cherry town ship, this county, was given to the jury about 11 o'clock last Saturday. We might liere explain that she was indicted under her maiden name, as the offence charged was committed lie fore her marriage. The jury was oat but a short time, returning before the noon adjournment of the Court with a verdict of not guilty. When this was announced quite a scene followed. The jurymen who rendered the verdict, upon being discharged from their long and patient lal.or, immediately assem bled around Bollinger and con gratulated her very heartily on the re sult of the trial. This was followed by the congratulations of her relatives, neighbors and friends, 1o such an ev tent that the desire to congratulate the young woman became very general. There were tears seen in the eyes of brave, stout men, as well as in those of the women present. Altogether it was an unusual scene to happen in a Court room after a trial, and many present were deeply, affected. The jury further prepared a copy of their verdict, and each one signed his name to the same, and then, in a body, called ed upon the lady at her stopping place and in due form presented it to her This will be a keepsake to ber worthy of all regard and preservation. The names of the jurymen are as follows : 11. W McConnoll, Slipperyrock twp.; Daniel Denny, Winfield twp. ; Adam Dumbach, Jr., Centre twp.; W. M. Porterfield, Allegheny twp. ; M. W. Shannon, Connoquenessing twp. ; John H. Flick, Clinton twp. ; Samuel Brown, Mercer twp. ;J. C. Patterson, Worth twp. ; Isaac Meals, Washington twp. ; Walter A. Monks, Middlesex twp.; George Morrow, Slipperyrock twp. ; M. B Rowan, Penn twp. Thi» trial, in Homo of itH phaucH, wiw perh&pa the irloHt remarkable one ever bad in the county. The trial wa« for what might IK; connidend infanticide. Many pointed to .MJHH Smith ns the mother of a dead child found under the coal houHC of her home. Hut many other liti and the testimony of ex perienced phyHiciariH, all concurred in Haying that nbe waH not itH mother. If it waH cooHpiracy to injure her—the placing the dead body of an infant where found-then it wan the mout wick ed and depraved act ever committed in thix county. Hut we hope now to hear no more of thin matter in any way. We join in congratulating all that HO deep a ntain haH been removed from one HO young, HO fair arid BO well connected by marriage and in Hociety. {) () V Kit NO It V f/A'.S 77 ON. Center, Clearfield, JcfTerHon ami Lycoming eonntioH, have iijatructcd their delegaten to the Slate Conven tion in favor of (Jen. Heaver an tl*' Republican candidate for next Gov ernor. ChcHter county ban instructed her her clelegateH in favor of the Jlou. Samml Hutler for Governor. Subscribe for the CJII/LN J V ntUK €itxn*u : fl*., 31l«»clf 22» 1882. STATE POLITICS. j i ix.r. AU.VEW. Some Imporlant Extra-Judi eial Opinion* from tlie Veteran. HARRISBURG, March 13. —Ex-Chief Justice Agnew, being asked by the Dispatch correspondent whether' be agreed with the decision of the Supreme Court.affirming the constitutionality of the Salary act, said that he was not prepared to state his opinion on the subject. not having given the requisite examination. Hut he strongly inti mated that in arriving at a decision the debate- in the Constitutional Conven tion. which authorised the legislature to fix its salaries for the session, should have been consulted to determine what was the intention of that body. Ihe fact that the decision of the Supreme Court was rendered so close to it* action in emasculating the middle and western districts, to enable the judges to sit almost permantly at Philadelphia, he thought, had much to do with the unfavorable comment passed on the action of the Supreme Court on the salarv question. As to the constitu tionality of the act fixing the iionjpeu sati'»n of members of the Legislature, there was a great diversity of opinion, some of lhe finest legal minds main taining that there is a conflict between the Constitution and the law, and others equally well calculated to judge entertaining a different opinion. ECBQIXO THE PUBLIC VIEW. Judge Agnew »-J «nrpserved in Lis disapproval of the action of Supreme Court in changing the several districts so as to have nearly all the counties in the State thrown into the eastern district. He considered it a violation of tha epirit of the law which empowered the Supreme Court to form new districts, although tho act roigt»t be stretched to include the power which the Court exercised. Under tho law of 1836 dividing the State into four districts, many abuses arose which gave the Supreme Court great annoy ance. Counties which were dissatis fied with tbair assignment frequently had themselves transferred by special legislation to districts which them better. The effect of this wad that the business in the eastern dis trict was overcrowded, making it al most impossible to dispose of it in the time allotted fur sitting in Philadelphia. To cure this defect the Supreme Court had the Legislature pass an act givi'ij? exclusive control over the several dis.- tricts. Judge Agnew, who waa then Chief Justice, undertook the arrange ment of the districts under this law, and, with a view of properly assigning the counties of the State, wrote to all the Prothonotarics for and received from them reports showing the number of writs of error issued in their conn ties the thr«cj preceding years, iii order that he might strike a average. The matter of convenience entered largely into the arrangement of the dis tricts which were formed as they stood before the recent action of the Supreme Court, ufter the most careful considera tion of the claims of the several coun ties. The evident intention of the Legislature was to have the districts as conveniently arranged for all the counties as possible. Judge Agnew expressed his surprise that the Supreme Court should almost entirely Wot out two districts and concentrate nearly all the businees in Philadelphia. The undertaking was certainly courageous, in view of the inevitable condemna tion which it would bring down on the heads of the Judges. He thought t'je proceeding was a particularly gross injustice to the junior legal profession in Central and Western Pennsylvania, who could not conittiant fees to proper ly compensate them, because of their INEX|>erience, for t In* EXPENSE* to trips to Philadelphia to argue CUKTS in the Supreme Court. Judge Ago' * - says, reports t'> the contrary notwith standing, the lawyers of Western Pennsylvania art- generally dissatisfied with the arrangement of the districts, by which nearly all the counties are thrown into the Eastern district He informed Judge (jreen of this fact re cently, and that gentlemen appeared surprised that this sentiment should prevail, as he supposed it was in favor of the action which the Supreme Court had taken. At this point of the interview Judge Agnew left for his home in JJoaver county. Judge Green, of tbe Justice* of the Supreme Court, was tbe most active in exerting his influence with the Legislature layt year in favor of the act providing that all the sessions of the Supreme Court should be held in Philadelphia. Chief Justice Shara wood and Judge I'axson were con trolled in their partiality for Philadel phia as the permarnent sitting place of the court by local considerations, and Judge Mercur by tbe hospitable treat ment extended to the judges in Phila delphia. It is also staled that Judge Sterrett, of Allegheny, was not much shocked by the order of tbe court trans ferring nearly all the businessfroju t}u; middle and western districts to the eastern. Tlx; Choice of Out of tbe aixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania, there are not more than ten where tbe delegates to the Repub lican State Convention are likely to be chosen by representative county or dis trict conventions coming directly from the |Msople sin'e the call. Twelve counties appointed their delegates last year, before tbe personal or the public issues of this canvass had taken any shape. They were chosen at the local conventions which named the county candidates for the election of last November —that is, more than a year iri advance of the election for which they are to participate in select ing the State candidates. Of cour.se, under such circumstances they were designated without any intelligent un derstanding of the questions upon which they would be called to pass, and without any regard 'o them. The coun ties thus appointing their delegates last year were Adams, Herks, Rucks, Car bon, Clarion, Lebanon, Montour, North umberland, Juniata, Miltlin, Schuylkill and York. Since the election, ami chiefly since the call for the State Convention, sev eral other counties have* named their delegates—but all of them have been named by the (.'ounty Committees, ex cept in the single county of Chester. Chester has just held a popular repre sentative convention, but in none of the others have the delegates been named by conventions from the people. The counties were the delegates have thus been appointed by the committee iri cludc Cameron, Centre, Clear lie Id, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Lehigh, and | Monroe. The great majority of counties are still to name their delegates, and in j most they will be designated by the j County Committees. The only coun ties besides Chester where the dele-! gates are likely to be elected by con ventions chosen directly by the people iu primaries held for this purpose are Allegheny, Delaware, Fayette, Frank lin, Lancaster, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Montgomery and Philadelphia This leaves fortv-fiye counties where the delegates are to be named by County Committees appointed a year ago for an entirely different object, and of the remaining twenty-two which send del egates elected by popular conventions twelve designated them last year. Only ten elect their delegates direct from the people since the questions of the canvass took form. This is plainly all wrong. To state the facts is to show tho mistake- The delegates elected a year in advance may t»e exeellent men and may fairly reflect public sentiment of the present time. The delegates chosen by Coun ty Committees, instead of popular con ventions, may also represent the real will of the |>eople. But there is no assurance of it, and the principal can not l>e sustained. The delegates ought to be elected by represntatiye conven tions of the people, held after the cal) of the State Convention has been issu ed, and after the questions of the can vass have assumed shape, and the State Convention should be held at a time which would permit such general popular action. This is one of the po litical reforms which are before us. Meanwhiif, if; it? absence, care should be taken by sending the and worthiest men under the old plan and bv respecting the public sentiment, to secure the impression and the approval of a real representation.— Philadelphia Press, M ar ■ l - Clie*ter Coiiqtf politics. WEST Cuestkr, March 14— Republican County Convention mot in Horticultural Hall this morning at eleven o'clock. The members were called to order by Chairman Pierce, who called the roll of delegates, to which one hundred and nineteen ans- Wfifpf} as present. A permanent or ganisation fcffccted by the election of A. P. Iteid, of West GLe§f?r, $s chairman, his opponent being General B, F. Fisher, of Schuylkill Township. The only busiuess before the conven tion was the selection of one Senator ial and fP4r Represenative delegates to the State WHliam M. Hayea, of West Chester, was ated and elected Senatorial ddagato. The convention then elected Repreaen tativ delegates in the following order: Northern District—l)r. W. P. Snyder, of Spring City. Southern District— Dr. Benjamin Thompson, of New Oar den Township. Eastern District— George 11. Hoopea, of West Chester. Western District—E. D. Baldwin, of Goatps^iile. The following resQljjtion was offered by Colonel F. C. Iloo'ton,'chairman qf the Butler Committee, and carried unanimously. Resolved, That the delegates elected to the State Convention are instructed to support Hon. Samuel Butler for the office of Oovernor, and to use all hon orable means to secure his election. ,J. 0. K. Robarts, editor of the I'boen- Uvilje and a delegate, offer ed the following resolution : whereas, Primal source of (ioyeru. ment of this Nation Is of the people j and, WHEREAS, The tendencies 01 politi cians are towards wresting from the many this fundamental prerogative and the relegation of power to the few who make politics a business; and, WHEREAS, This State of affairs has naturally resulted In the abridgement r/f inalienable rights and the elevation t(} office <)f ruerp of mediocrity and doubtful character, tbys casting odium Upon the once proud fame of this Com monwealth, therefore, be it, Reaolred, That Ihe delegates this day chosen to represent Obeatar Coun ty in the approaching Republican Con vention of the State of Pennsylvania, be and are hereby instructed to use their best endeavors at that gathering to wrest the party there represented from machine influences and boss methods, to nominate candidates for suffrage on the first Tuesday in November next whose past records do not savor of the ring and whose claims for popular favor rest eojely upon fitness, probity and a full appreciation of tfio idea that the people are supreme. This resolution was abiy seconded bv both General Fisher and Colonel 1100 ten, who denounced the machine politics and boas rule in strong terms. The resolution was carried without op position, after which the convention adjourned. AakliiK lor Nimiiii'a Pardon. Washinoton, March 18.—Subscrip tions for the family of Sergeant Mason are oeirig litketi up in all tho (lovern mcnt departments. The indications arc that it handsome num. will l>e real ized. for executive clem ency are pouring in tfjo ffeniilfnt from all quartern. IliH counsel is confident that he haw discovered pointH that will invalidate the findings of the court martial. Nkw York, March 18. —Tho Gar field Club propone to diHtribute for signatures petitions to the President for the pardon of Mason. Chicago, March JB.—A petition for the pardon of Mason, 2,400 feet Jong and containing 120,000 signatures wan sent to the {'resident to-nigbt. ICka inno, March 18.At a meeting of the citizens to-nigbt, the Mayor pre siding, reHolutioriH were adopted rcqucs ing the pardon of Sergeant Mason at once. MIL. DOUGAFJH WILL. A special court in in session thin week, Judge A reus Mi:l)crnilt, of Mercer, presiding. Ah we go to press the case involving the validity of a will of the late Oavid I>ougal in on trial. The case in exciting much in terest and a full report of it will be given next week. Hon. (leorge A. Jenks, of Hrookville, Pa., is concerned an counsel with Messrs. Brandon and Campbell against the will, and Messrs. Thoinpaon, McCandless, Walker, Fleegor and MctjuisMon appear for the will. Ukv. Frank Sii.vki s, pastor of the ('umhorlnml Presbyterian churches of l'r<> pict and West Ijila rty, this coun ty, bus resigned the same and will re move to Ureenboro, Fayette couuty, Pa. THE OABITED FLOODS. | RELIEF FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WASHINGTON, March 15,1882. —The ! House to-day passed the Seuate bill : makiug further appropriations to re- ; lieve the suffers by the overflow of the Mississippi, with amendments increas- j ing the amount to $150,000 and author- . izing the Secretary of War to expend such part thereof as he may deem ad visable for labor-only in strengthening J levees of the .Mississippi where there is danger of immediate breaks ; but he shall only employ persons to whom he is issuing rations on account of desti tution caused by the overflow of said j river and its tributaries. FRESH CREVASSES REPORTED AT NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 13, 1882. —The first crevasse in Louisana this season occurred in the levee of Con cordia parish, near the Tenpas line, about a month ago. It was then sta ted that the \yater from this crevasse would be reinforced by the waters of the Ouachita River and submerge Con cordia and Tensas parishes. On Mon day four crevasses were reported in the levees along the river front of Tensas parish, within a distance of fifteen miles, which, it was said, would inun date those parishes. To-day another crevasse occurred, and many similar cases may be mentioned, where the rapidly encroaching flood waters have caused the people to more than realize the widest exaggerations of the report ed damage by overflow. Captain T. P. Leathers, of the steam er Natchez, telegraphs to-day from Port Gibson, Miss., as follows: Ships Bayou levee, twenty-two feet high, this morning. This will run water broadcast over Tensas and Concordia. The people of these places require immediate assistance or there will be great suffering. The West Baton Rouge levees, cov ering as they do a number of the prin cipal in State, cqqtiqi)e {.q be the subject of great interest and anx iety. A despatch from C. J. Barrow, president of the police jury of that parish, says : We are all right so far and can hold the fort. Our expenses are over $1,500 per day and by to-night our funds will be exhausted. The river stjll continues to eucroach upon us at the »ai*> of onf; a fmlf inches in twenty.four hours. All Ihe levels yjlj have to be raised. The river is now within three inches of the high water of 1874. STORIES OF THE FLOODS. A. If. Rathmope, of Philadelphia, arrived at Littile Rock, A&k-, to-Aigfct from the overflowed conntay. He said to a (JutvUts reporter that on Friday he went around the neighborhood of Ar kansas City on an inspecting tour. 'After taking abservatious, and while rowing through the woods in a skiff, we came on a half submerged log house. Rowing along side an upper window we looked in, and discovered a man, his wife and two children occupying the TJjp man on being ques tioned said i—'We did qo't expect a break in the levee. The other morn? ing wo awoke and found water all around the house, and that the floor was lifted up by pressure. We bad no means of effecting an escape, as we live a great distance from the river. We have no boats, and did not think that the flood would become so seri ous, I have bcee living here ten years, am} Li aye neyvr before suffered any in convenience from ihe watel"- j <|id not think it would become very deep or we could have waded out first. I was fool enough to think the break in the levee had caused the overflow, an 3 that other breaks would occur shortly ami distribute the water, but it k«pt on raising till we were forced to go up stairs and for two days we have had nothing to eat. The water is gradual ly rising, and but for this timely de li •'jjfar)}-•?' must have soon been Urov.ne^.' •W« took this family to jun<| about ten mi lew distant and provided food for the in. (joijig out in a skifl' again we came upon a knoll where si* or seven people had taken refuge. They had been driven from home and, unable to get out of the bottom, had remained on the little knoll, although it could be but a temp>rary relief; starvation if not flood must soon como. An old man sat near the edge of the water and looked with inexpressible sadness out on the great watery waste before him. He said bis name was Mansion, and that he had lived in the neighborhood for nearly twenty years. 'I was liv ing with my faugktfF,' he'said. The other night the flood rushetf in us. We did not have time to make any arrangements. I called to uiy daughter to follow me, but just then a swift current Btruk me and bore away. I head mydaughter scream and I at tempted to answer her, but was strangled. I was borne on with the rapid waters. Striking a tree I seized bold of it and held on. Lifting my head above water I called my daughter, but the mighty rush of waters was my only response. When d«ylight came I saw the ountry was fl loded. I uwaui /ror.i th.e tree and by accident reached the knoll./ again brought into use. The poof people were nearly starved, and when food was given them they ate raven ously. There are hundreds of peopel who have not yet received government aid and their condition is so deplorable that something must be done. The government, of course, is doing every thing possible fojr L'UD rpljjif of the suf-" ferers, but I tell you the sight oi if supplies would Im> a glorious picture to j a great many people I have recently seen. Every man says the situation is indescribable. I can ouiy re[>eat the expression.' A CATFISH IN TIIK I'ARI.OR. The Cairo (111.) correspondence of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat furnish er the following in the course of an in terview with a merchant of Columbus, K jr.. relatiye to tfte of the town : 'How high did the water come?' 'Well, the Belmont Hotel was built above high water mark of I HOT, the highest flood ever known, and the water was two feet deep in the house. Why, the proprietor actually caught a huge catfish in the parlor on the ground floor.' THE RIVER FoRTY MII.ES WIDE. St Loiis, March 14.—The South en. Relief Committee of St. Lojis is sued this moriHug appeal to the citizi us generally for momy, foo<J, clothing, medicines and unythius that can be of service. The officers and passengers of the utcuiucr City of Baton Rouge, which arrived here yesterday from New Or leans. pay that the river has an aver age width of the forty miles nearly all the way from Cairo down, and with the exception of some sixty miles above and below Vieksburg the levees are either washed away or are covered with water and are of no particular benefit. The Uovenment steamer Anita, which left here veaterday with a quan tity of provisions on board for the suf ferers from the Mississippi floods, will go direct to Memphis, where she will be taken in charge by an army officer, probably Major Benvard. She will then proceed to Friar's Point, from which place a number of boats will be sent out over the submerged bottoms. The j»eople, now huddled together on bits of broken levees and other dry spots, but still surrounded by water, will be transported to places where they can be provided for. MEMPHIS, March 17.—A Helena, Ark., special says: The destitution now prevailing iu the sunk lauds of the Upper St. Francis lliver is unequalled in the annals of disasters which have been visited upon man. These people, all whites, have received no help of any kind. Hundreds of families are living upon rafts, eating dead animals; floating carcases are seen in every di rection with large slices cut from them by these starving creatures, who grasp at everything, no matter how revolting. The Sironga, a small river running out from the St. Francis, with the Lit tle River, and other points are thickly settled with whites, who are on rafts, scaffolds and logs. Families are hud dled together like animals, praying for food. For a distance of 300 miles no land is to be seen. The river con tinues fa|ling at Helena, but the over flow in the city lumaius about thp same. SOTICK. Meeting ot Republican County Committee. The mptpbers of the RepqWipan County Committer are requested to meet in the Arbitration room in th« Court House, at Butler, on Friday April 7th, at one o'clock sharp, for the purpose of fixing a time for holding the primary election and transacting all other business that may properly come before it. A full attendance is desired. A. L. CIIAIQ, Chairman. i|apc}i 15, 1882. The following are the names of the members composing the present County Committee: Allegheny tp., James S. Craig. Adams tp.. Miles Covert. , Brady tp., Conrad .Snyder, ttutlttlo tp , Thomas Douglass. Hjinpr'tp.', Johq iiurkjjart. Centre tp., Suuiuel Irwi«. Cherry (p., J. F. McCoy. Clay tp., 8. P. Painter, Clearfield tp., P. Fennell. Clinton tp., John B. Davi*. Concord tp., L. Christy. Couiio<|uenessing, N. tp., A 1« Stewart. Connoquenessinj;, S. tp., Jacob Fry. Cranberry tp., N. B. Duncan. Donegal tp. ; J. B. Orbison. Fairview, t. tp., Thomas Jamison. Fairview, W. tp , Robert MoClung. Forward tp., Thomas Graham. Franklin tp., Samuel Moore. Jackson E. tp., Elias It. Boyer. Jackson \y. tp., I|. Week broker. Jelfersoij tn., fy'qi. Supcop. Lancaster tp,, J. N, Ivirkef, Marion tp., Wm. Canton. Mercer tp., W. W. Johnson. Middlesex tp., Samuel Leslie. Muddycreek tp., Fred Bauder. Oakland tp., Robert Hamilton. Barker tp., W. J. Beatty. Penn tp., Nathan Brown. Slip|>eryrock tp., Jos. Dougherty. Summit tp., Johu Eiurick. Venango tp., J. L. Chambers. Washington tp., Samuel Smith. Win Held tp., Casper J" reeling. Wdrttf tj)! ( '\J. N. Moore. Bijtler bo'rr), Ist Walker. Uutlar bora, lind ward, A. T- Hlack, Centroville borough. C, W. Coultur. Fillrvluw borough, Thomas Hays. Karns City borough, Joseph Thomas. Mill.rUiwu borough, J. B. Shouulter. PMrolia borough, M.C. Benedict Prospect borough, C. C. Sullivan. Saxonburg borough, I'. Hurtner. Sunbury borough, A. Meehling. /elienople borough, A. V. Cunningham. I*l tlCltll.l*. BROWN MTAItlt On Murcli l/illi, IXM2, at ihh .Majeure o." Jom-uh Criivell, by Kev. will T. MOiM, Mr. N L. Brown ami Mis* Wijdn St/trf, both" of l'epn toiviuluii, Itutler county, MCCONNKM, JONF.S On March ir,, 1882, by INVJHIIIIH A. ( lurk, Mr. Juuiea Homer M<'( ■Hini'll ami M inn Annie F- Jones, both of Mgddyurcck township, tilaaHuty. VOOKI.EY WOIJJXKU On March lfl, lAH2, at tli« bride'* rcxidenoe ( by Kev. Tieman, Mr. Jae.ob 0. Vog.tlny, of Sun Francisco, to MiM Anna ('. Wohlleb, of Tareutuin, Allegh eny county, IV DEATIIN. McC'IJKDY—At hi* home at kinsman, Ohio, March l.'lth, I*B2, Mr. John W. Mot.'urdy, in the 78th year of hla age, olilest aon of the late Jatnea McC'urdy, ftxq., of Itutler oountv, ALHKKT—In Franklin township, thin oouii ty, on Huuday morning, March lftk. 1882, Mr*, yaffch Albert, wife of jj r _ William 11. Albert,' aifed aljotf't fo ytur*. The deceased wa* it vrry faithful member of the I'roajtect Knpliah Lutheran Church for a oeriod of ul>out forty year* ( of whioh church her nuaband waa one of the original founder*. McDKAVITT -On Thursday evening, Feb. 23, 1882, at bin residence near Weal Liberty, Itutler county, IV, Juuiea McDeavitt, in hut 80th year. He wan one of the oldeat citizen* of Itrody townabip. taSKrit FOR RHEUMATISM, Heuralgla, iciatica, (.umbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Bout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swel/inas and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all othor Pains and Aches. N'i Preparation on earth equal* Ht. Jamm <>ii. aa a BHfr, mart, eimplr mill KxtiTiial Itemi'dy. A trial eMail* hut ll<- comparatively trltllnif outlay of si> tenia .-vrry one luffi rlni; with |*iu can have cheap anil positive proof ol IU claim*. Direction* lu Klevi u ttOLll BY ALL URllOdlrtTri KUh lILALLKH IV meuioini:. A. VOOEJLER SL CO., il«Mi»i«r»i MU-, V. M• A> , REMOVAL. PORTER & DONALDSON, WHOLESALE MILLINERY Have Removed to TSEMf&TtWSssm . |BM™W|pR/w &■ A- ! I lOIWnXTO I i jgr ~. ■sm «• «Trsiw|JiM I ate-' fewHlSll* NEW BUILDING, 260, 262 and Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Elevator Entrance, 201. Special attention giveu to Pattern Bonnets and Trimmed Hut*. Full line of Straw Goods, Rib bon?, Silks, Flowers, Nets and Laces. Hoop Skirts, Coreets, Crapes and Ladies Neck Wear, SPECIALTIES. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO ORDERS. LARGEST STOCK. LATEST STYLES. LOWEST PRICES. roar22,Bm 1882. OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE OF 1882^ JAMES SHIDLE & SON, No. 59 SMITIIFIKLP PITTSBURGH, PENN'A, GKETJ&R C. SHIDLE. Art Paper Hangings, Embossed Bronzes, Dadoes, &c. mat 22,3 m F U R N I URE. A OF sjJTFreif;ht paid on all over $25. ■ I ill I H 51 and M J.-J.-DEKAL ST., ALLEGHENY, PA. BETWEEN DEPOT J±JN ID BRIDGE. marls,3nioß. D. & E\ S. WEL.TIT, iUliilEKb AMP J)EA.LfcRB CARPETS AND WALL PAPER, OILCLOTHS, MATTINGS, WINDOW SHADES. &c. The oldest, largest uud most complete House iu the Trtule in the City. nils,3ruoß. 115 und 117 Federal St., Allegheny City, I'a. GREAT (iiIEM DESTROYER DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. ——j Pitting of SMALL SMALL POX I'OX Prevented. ERADICATED. (laiigrcne prevented siml Dywulrry cuii'd. rontagloiiil«»lH»vwl. UvUinds healed rapidly. Sick rooms purilfcd uud cureci in short llladc pleasant. Ullle Fevered ami Si. lt Per Tcltcr'dried up. HOIIS relieved and ic- || | s IH'RFN'II y harmless. I V s . .. ,' v For Sore Throat II is n . rf 1 : 1 : t L v! 1 "IIHTHI. . lit added to tile Vviip'f ■" Soft While Complexions 9H secured t»y It* IISC - i I" hiuIIIIIK HIPTHFRIA I impure Air wade harm- FIR I NCNIFT | less ami purified liy, ririr , /r -., Tr n I HjjrinklUiK Daiby •> PREVENTED. I I' lllld itlx)|lt. 1 To purify til" breath, Cleanse the Teeth. It cjui't be surpassed. ('holera dissipated, Catarrh relieved ami Ship Fever Prevented by cured. It* use. Kryslpelascured. 111 cases of death In the Hum* relieved Instantly ' house. It should always Hear* prevented. l>e used ahniil tile Keiuovcs all unpleasant corpse It will prevent odor*. any unpleasant Ninell. All Antidote for Animal or Vegetable Poisons, Stings, &c. CPA PI CT Dangerous cllliivia* of PCI/CD room* and lio*- rtVtn pnal* lemoved by It* CUBED. " K«AI>t;:ATJU». In f.wf It I* the great Disinfectant and Purifier, I'HKI'A KKi> HV J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Manufacturing Chemist*. SOI.IC FHOJ'HI KTORS ATTENTION. SHIPPERS and FARMERS. LIVE POULTRY, BUTTER, EG US. WOOL, GRAIN, VINEGAR, HIDES, FURS, PELTS, LAMBS, ETC. NKNI) FOR I'ltK'i: MHT. KkFF.KKNCKS: A. K. Mcstole, Mechanic's Hunk, Oreou polnt, L. 1., New York. J. A. Whltinore, Having* Hank, Urcenpolnt, L- 1., New Yoik. Kev. W. Held, Green point, 1.. I , New York. T. A. lint Held, New YorK- H GASTON & CO.. General Mo. !um lUiMiiiUi.*"l("i Merchants, t'7 Front BtrciH,' New York. mar'Jii,Out REUABALE NURSERY STOCK, OF GROVER & KINNE S MOKKIH NUKBEKIE.S, West Chester, Chester county, Pa. Fruit, Shade nr.d Ornamental trees, Shrubs, Ko*c«, etc, line Flowering Shrub* ami Mollis a specially, either by subscription or C. O. I). 44dr«M H R. LOVTHT, Wotm Agent, room iln. ti, i;;i FIHIi •venite, I'iltnfutig|i, ■tM>» Kmlnln of William FICIIIIIIK. (I. *TI oi - nuiKAi.O MWNMIIP, nuc'n.) I.ellei* of administration having bei n ((rallied li< the undersigned on Ihc estate id Win. Flem ing, declined, late nl Mull .lo township, lillller county, IV, all person* knowing themselves lud. bled to said estate will please tuakc pay*, incut, ami those having claims again.! f'C same will preM'iit Ihclil dul< authenticated lor •eltieiuciit. FI'WAKD H. FI kmimi, j IT M. IIAIIMISON { Adlu'r*. Hsrvcrsville l'.O . Iluller county, Fa. ££T Advw tuviu the C'UMAW. To Iluller Comity IIOUMC. keepers, I would respectfully call your attention to the fact that lam Hole Agent In liuller countv for the sale of the WAI.KKIt WASIIHK, the be*t and cheapest washer made, Orders re*pectfully no helted. For lurtlier particulars, address WM, .1. J'KACO, Local agent* wanted. Hakerstown. Fa, HMKY O. UAI.K, FINE MERCHANT TAILOR, COB, I'ENN ANDIBIXTU BTHEKTB, I'ittuburgh, Pa I n ion Woolen BI'TLPK, PA. 11. FDLLKUTOX, Prop'p. Manufacturer of Ki.ANKRTS, FJ.ANNKI.*, YAKNS, Ac. AIHO custom work done to order, sucb as carding Rolls, making Blankets, Flannels, Knit ting uud Weaving Yarns, Ac., at very low prices. Wool worked on the shares, II de sired. niy7-ly Webb's Eclectric Medicine is a i.oftltivc ami etfcetuitl remedy for litl Ncr vo'u* l)|scasAs in cferr rttftue ('f Hie- i'ounK male pr female. Kuril a* i|ii|H»te|ir.y, Fmnraiiuij, loss of Strength, loss pf Vitality, Defect fv« Mr|(iu ry. Impalrxil Itralu Power, ami diseases from whloh an unnatural waste or life spring*, all »( which cannot full to undermine the whole system, Kvury organ |s weakened, every power prat rated, and many form* of illsease are generated which, II not chocked, pave the way to an earlv death. It reiuvlnates age and relnvlgorates youth. Each package contains sufficient for two week* treatment. Write (or pamphlet, which will bo sen! free, Willi full particulars. Sold by all Druggists at Mi cent* a package, or twelve packages for fft.W. Will be sent free by mall on receipt of inonnv. by addressing WKllfl'H KCI.KOTKIr MKDICrNK CO., A cure guaranteed, Hullulo, N. Y. Sold by l>. 11. Wuller, llutler. Pa. jan3 :ly Jury I.lNt lor Npeclnl March Term. I.lst of traverse Juror* drawn for a special term of t'oiirt. commencing on the third Monday <if Man |i byjnj. tin .qtli lay, A. O , 1862 l.ewls ft!,'line. Franklin towlwhip" farmer, It M tllack, ( berry lowiisblp, farmer. Fred Herry. FraiiKlln twp, fanner. Charles llook. Cherry township, farmer. Dixon llartly, Parker township, farmer. F. N Christy, Coneonl township, farmer. Itobert Dunn, Karns City, J. r. Thomas Denny. Middlesex twji, fanner. .1 W Kkas, Clinton tow nship, farmer. (Inim Fllnner, Mmblycreek twp, fanner. Martin I'linner, ConiiiM|uenes*lng tp. farme Michael Fllnner. Lancaster twp, farmer. A II faller. It..iler liorotigb. clerk. .1 A Foruuer, Marlon Iwp, tanner. GiMirge tiraham. Worth township, merchant, .lames Calbrcuih. Wlulleld township, farmer. II II (iallaglicr. Iluller bor.. ex-recorder, W C ilnllaml, Washington twp, farmer, tmirgii ixiug. Mercer tow..slnp, fann. t. ruler Kittle, Iluller towiH|iip. farpitl', - .lames II l.ovi', Clliiloii towiisldp. farmer. Samuel MeCoUiiell, SII|I|MT\ rock Iwp., farmer, .lames Metlarvey. Kairvlew tw |>, fanner, •lames \tcMlehael Millerstowu Imr.eoal C It Metilnuls. Wnango township, farmer. M D McKlwee, Oakland lownslllj), farmer. Ilenry Maurliolf, forward twp, farmer. •i A Mahood. Washington twp, farmer. D It Mei*nllough. Worth township. .lames Piillerson, Sli|i(>crvroek twt>, farmer. Win Hansel, borough. Win Klcliards, Karns City, drayman. Ileiij Itlchanlson, Adams township, fanner. Ilenry shutter. Zellenopl# bor. laborer. H. M. Marr, Concord twp., farmer. John Hlaples, Adam* tw|>., farme,. Kohl, blcrrelt, .Jr., ilnriop tw-jt., farpiff- J. W. Hhoalf, Hardy two., laliort i. A .1 Wick. Mercer towii*nlp, fnrmer. It.>l,eii Walters. Adams township, laimer. Joseph West, Cranberry twp, tanner. John Wilnell, Fa Irv lew twp, farmer. Formnnont Employment. Wantinl—Men of inU-grity an<l uhili ty to tuku oriltTH for trees, shrubs and vines front our (Jenev»(N. \ .)Nur iHerieH. flood wnffen ami steady em ployment to good Hftlosmen. Address ivitli references, I). II I'ATTY it Co., urtjfjuitu, CI cuv va, N. Y.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers