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SLIKNANOO AND ALLEOHENT KAILKOAD Trains leave Hilliard's Mill, Butler county, for Harrisville, Greenville, etc., at 7-50 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Trains arrive at HilHard s Mills at 1:45 A, M., and 5:55 P. M, „ . . Hacks to and from Pctrolia, Mnrtinsbur , Fairview, Modoc and Trontiuan, connect at H.l llard with all trains on the 3 & A road. r*?i*STLVAMA RAILROAD. Tralus leave Butler (Butler or Pittsbnrgb Time. Market at 5.0P a. in., goes through to A lie ffheny, arriving at 9.01 a. m. This train eou- Lects at Frecport with Freoport Accommoda tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a - m i railroad time. Exprot at 7.16 a. m„ connecting at Bully Junction, without change ol cars, at 8 -6 with Kxpress west, arriving in Allegheny at V.oti a. m., and Express east arriving at Blaimille at 10.55 a. m. railroad lime. Mail at 2.26 p. m., connecting at Butler Juuc tionwiibout change ol cars, with Express west, arriving in Allegheny at 501 p. tn., aud Ex press east arriving at Blnirsvilie Intersection it 5.55 p. m. railroad time, which connects wHh Philadelphia Kxpreis cast, when on tunc. The 7.21 a. m. train counccts at Blalrsyille at 11.05 a. m. with the Mail east, and the p. m. traiu at 6.59 with the Philadelphia Ex arrive at Butler on West Venn li. R. at V 5(? a. m., 4.51 and 7.01 p. m., Butler time. The 9fi6 and 4.58 trains connect with trams OD the Butler & Parker R. R. Main Line. Through trains leave Pittsburgh lor the Eas< at 2.54 and 8.26 a. m. and 12 51, 4.21 and 8.06 p. m., arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and I.M ... m. and 3.W), 7.0• and 7.40 a. m.; at Baltimore about the same time, at New York three b ° nr ® iaier, and at Washington about one and a hall houis later. Time of Holding Courts. The several Court* of the county of Butler commence on the fliat Monday of March, June, September and December, and continue two weeks, or so long me necessary business. No causes wo put downltortrial or traverse jurors summoned for the first ween 01 the several terms. attorneys" at law. " R. p. SCOTTT Attonwv at Law, Butler, Pa. Office in Ruff s hntuilngjfoaiii street. JOHN K. KELLY, OfHee with E. G. Miller, E*q., in Brady Low Building. nug!7 81 A. M. CORNELIUS, Office with W. D. Brandon, Berg Building, Wain Btreet, Butler, Pa. J. F. BRITTAIN, Office with L. Z. Mitchell, Diamond. A M. CUNNINGHAM, Office in Brady's Law Building. Butler, Fa. S. H. PIERSOL. Office on N. E. corner Diamond, Biddle build tag. noTla M7G lIEER. Office on N- E. corner Diamond. novl* ~ WM. H. LUSK, Office with W. H. H. Biddle. Esq. . SEW TON BLACK, Office on Diamond, near Court House, south ■ide. E. L JSRUGH, Office in Kiddle's Law Building. STfTbowseij. Office in Biddle's Law Building. [marß'7S riTWcJUNKIN. Special attention given to collections Offic-r opposite Willard Bouse. JOSEPH B. BREDIN, Office north-east corner of Diamond, Butle* fb H. H. GOUCHER, Office in Schneideman's building, up staiis. j, TTDONLY Office near Court House. H W7D. BRANDON, •M 7-75 Office In Berg's building. CLARENCE WALKER, Office in Brady building- marl 7 FEUD REIBER, Office In Relll tp, farmer. HuU-hiuson J M. Oakland tp, fsriner. Hopkins W ft. Fairvie.v, pumper. Hale i K, Brady tp, farme". Hindman A S, Concord tp, laimcr. Hartzog George, Jackson tp, farmer. JamUou W I', Fairview, farm< r. Jamison G .VI, Fa rview, farmer. Kelly Daniel, Slipper)rock ip, farmer. Kornieltcr Joseph, Saxonburg, landlord. Kemcrer G D, Fairview, tauuer. Lylle Joseph, J..< ksou tp, clerk. Leslie Samuel, Middlesex tp, farmer. Lajton Wm, Venango tp, larmer. Miller John, Clearfield tp, farmer. McGee George, Sr, Muddycreek tp. farmer. Morltz J 8, Lancaster tp, laborer. McCallcrty Jam's, Bullalo tp, produce deakr. Mai tin Chris, Venango tp, farmer, McDevitt Neal, Clay tp, larmer. Morrow W J H, Worth tp, farmer. McKee W P, Allegheny tp. farmer. Nibicck Jacob, Connoqueneislng tp, Hirtner. Rockeustein Casper, Butler boro, merchant. Timblin S W, Clay tp, farmer. Winfleid A W, City, ctrpenter. Watson J A, Butlalo tp, farmer. Whltmire Harper, Ceutre tp, larmer. Wolford John, Slipperyroek tp, farmer. Crowl M L. Brady tp, farmer. Conway John M, Cherry tp, farmer. We, the high Sljerifl and Jury Commissioners ol Bullet county, Pa., do certify lo the above lists, drawn for the June Term of Court, A. D., 1882, as being true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. THOMAS UONAGHY. fcheriff. HUGH MCCREA, t j Comm'rs. JOHN W. MOKKS, *> J Attest: GEO. B. MCCBEA Jury List lor June Speelal Term. List of Jurors drawn for the June Term of Court, commencing the Third Monday, A. I). 1883. W C Allen, Parker twp. Richard Allen, Cranberry twp Joseph Beck, Summit twp Oliver Bovard, Cherry twp 8 L Cheesman, Muddycreek twp Edward Chantler, Clinton twp Wm Carutliers, Clay iwp Isaiah Collins, Parker twp Johu Carl, Cherry twp Jacob Dershimer, Butler twp E G Duncan, Couuoquenessing twp Geoite Davison, Ceutre twp R N Emery, Concord twp William Forquer, Washington Iwp Thomas Fleming, Concord twp Casper Freeliug, Wlulk'ld twp W J Gilkey, Adams twp A B Gildersleeve, Mercer twp William Gold, Clav twp Thomas Gray, Coijni.quenegsing twp £amu< I G'l er, Clay twp Albert Hickey, Middlesex twp William Kelly. Butler twp F.lias W Kirk, Butler twp J::mcs D Lytic, Jackson twp George Lebler, Bntkr twp Henry Lanjcbcrst, Adairs twp Frederick Miller, Lancaster twp Mlcbacl Muisel, Lancaster twp James McLaughlin, Mercer Iwp Jchn McNannra, Parker twp m J C Park, Mercer twp Peter Piatt, Donegal twp Samuel Russell, t'oncord twp Jam s B Rodgers, Clearfield twp Wlldam giator, Summit twp James A Stewart, Franklin twp Oweu Thomas, Puiker twp Jonathan Taylor, Slipperyroek twp Joseph Wilson, Penn iwp J C William*, Allegheny twp Craincr Wilson, Middlesex twp Lewis S Wldtmire, Oakland twp James Whitesides, Middlesex twp Estate of Jauifs McOlll. [LATE OF CHEB' Y TOWNSHIP, DEC D. Letters tentamentary 011 the estate of James McOill, dee d, late of Cherry township, Butler county. Pa., having been gfcnted to the under signed. all pertous knowning themselves indebt ed to said estato will please make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present tliem duly authenticated for payment. j D STE p H ENSON, Ex'r. Slipperyroclt P. 0., Butler county, Pa. Estate of Conrad Wieli. Notice is hereby given that letters of Admin istration. with tho will annexed, have been crant-d the undersigned on tho estate of Con red Wich lato of Connoqiv neasing township, Butler county, deserved. All persons therefore ow-ng said estate will please make immediate paymeir. and all having claims against tho tine will pie-ent them, proper.y authenticated, to tho undersigned Administrator Pnt'eiP. O. Butler county, Pa. Estate of Wm. G. Shorts. Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned 011 the estate of Wilium G. Shorts, deceased, late ol Conuoquencesinp twp., Butler county, Pa., all persoqs knowing them selves Indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment, and any- having claims ngaiuet the same will present them duly authen ticated for payment. T. P. SHORTS, Ex'r. Conuoquencesiug P. 0., Butler "0., Pa. im Estate of William Fleming. (LATE OF BUIFALO TOWNSHIP, DEC'D.) Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned 011 the estate oi Wm. r lem iDg deceased, late ol Buffalo towualiip, Butler county Pa., all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will phase mi ke pay ment. and thof-e having claims against fe same will present them duly authentic-tied for settlement. EDWARD R. FLEMING, ) IJ. M. HARBISON > Adin rs. Sarverevil'.e P. O- Butler county, Pa. Estate of Philip Memn. [I. ATE OF MUDDY CHEEK TWP., DEC 1»] Letters testauieutary 011 the estate of fPhillip Melvlu, dee'd., late ot Muddycrcek twp , Butler county, Pa., having been granted to the unde signed, nil persons ki.owing thcuiselve# Indebt ed to said estate wi'l please make immediate payment, and any having claims against Mid estate will present them duly authenticated for ■ettlement. WM MYEIW, ) K TORS. J. W. Scurr. S Portersvilie P. O , l'.uller county. Pa. Estate or Susannah Mllllson. (LATE or Mtn>DYCBKEK TWP., DEC'D ) Letters testamentary on the estato of Susan na'i Millison. dee'd., lato of Muddy creak twp. Butler county, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons knowniug themselves indebted to said estate will please make immed iate pavment and anv having claim* against tlio same will present them duly authenticated for pavment P JAMES MORRISON, Ex'r. Middle Lancaster, ilutler county, Pa. Estate ot Jolin K. Hays. (LATE OK FHANKIJN TWP., DEC'D.) Letters' of administration on the estate of John K. Havs. dee'd. Ute of Franklin twp.. Sut ler county, Pa , having been granted to the un dersigned, all persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate will pleas-o make immediate navmert and any having claims against the same will present them duly authenticated for pavment. J- PARK HAVS, Adm r, Prospect, Butler connty, Pa. Estate of Aliee Dotigan. (LATE OF OAKLAND TWT., DEC'D. Letters tesiarosiitary with the will annexed, having been granted to Ihe undersigned on the estate of Alice Dongan, dee d, lato of Oakland twp , Butler, Pa., all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment, and any having claims against the same will present them duly authen ticated for settlement. .... ELEANOR DOUGAN, Adm x. St. Jo® P. 0., Butler county, Pa. LEGAL AD VFll TI SEME NTS. K*tate of" Harriet Hays. (LATE OF CONXOQCKXESSIXG twp., dee'd.) I Letters testamentary on the .estate of Harri et Hays, dee'd, late of Cnnnoquenessing twp., Butler County, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly au thenticated for payment. ROBERT S. HAYS, ] , JAMES S. If AYS, j Whitestown P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. Entate of Adam Albert. Letters ol administration l.aving been granted to the igned on tho estate of Adam Al bert, deed., late of Franklin twp., Butler Co., Pa., a'l persons knowing themselves indeWed to said estate will please make oayinetit and any liavtnK claims against the same will present tliem duly authenticated for payment. H. H. GALLAGHER. Admr. Box 395, Butler, Pa. Administrator's Kale. In persuance of an order of the Orphans' Court, of Butler county, made tho 15th day of May. A. D., 1882, the undersigned will offer at p-iblic bale, on the premises, on Thursday, the Bth day of June, A. D-, 1882, at 2 o'clock, P. M., all the nndividi d one-half interest of Elizabeth Hoguo, dec'J, of and in the following described real estate, situate in Muddycreek township, Butler coantv, Pa., bounded on the north by Kennedy, et. aL, east by Simcn Stickie's heirs, soutn by Thomas Cleland, ct. al. and west by same, containing three-and one-half acres with allowance; frame house and stable thereon erected, orchard Ac. TERMS One-third on confirmation of sale, remainder in two equal annual installments with interest from that date, to be secured by bond and mortgago. JAMES W. McGEARY, m"yl7-4t. Administrator. Administrator's Sale. In pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court, of Butler county made the 15tli day of May, A. I>. 188*2. Hie undersigned will offer at public sale, on tho premises, on Thursday, the Bth day of June, A. D. 1882. at 2 o'clock, P. M-, all the undivided cue-half mterest of Martha Hogue, dte'd. of and in the following described real estate, situate in Muddycreek townehip, Butler county, Pa„ bounded t>n the north by Kennedy, et." al.. east by fcimon Stickie's heirs, south by Tin-mas Cleland, et. al. and west by same, containing three and onfl-half acres with allowance; frame house and stable thereon erected, orchard Ac. TERMS:-One-third on conflimation of sale, remainder in two equal annual installments with interest from that date, to be secured by bond and mortgage. JAMES W. McGEARY. mayl7-4t. Administrator. KOTICE Notice is hereby given that J. R. Johnson, assignee of Flick & Albert has filed his final account in the office of the Prothonotary of the Court nf Common Picas of Butler Co. at M's. D.. No. US. September term, 1880, and that the same will be presented to the saidcourtfor con firmation and allowance on Wednesday, the 21st. day June 1882. M. N. GREER, PRO. Prothonotory's office, May 20, 1882. 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Gnadenhutten, when translated, means 'tents of grace,' and at this ! quiet spot with a holy name was per jietrated a wholesale butcher}* of inno cent people which will always remain a foul blot on the early history of Ohio. Twenty-nine men, twenty-seven women and thirty-four children were slaughter ed. Two buildings were selected for the horrible purpose, the women and babes being killed in one, the men and boys in the other. It is recorded that they died almost cheerfully, the hymns and prayers of those about to perish mingling with the death groans of their unhappy companions. The story of the crime and the circum stances which led up to it forms an in teresting but awful chapter in the chronicles of the time. In order that our readers may thoroughly comprehend the significance of the event it is necessary to go back to the year 1750. It was then that David Zeisberger, the Moravian mis sionary, a man of rare piety, faith and purity, was pursuing bis great work among the Indian tribes. He suffered hardships in the wilderness ; he endur ed ill treatment at the hands of the savage tribes whom he bad resolved to convert, and never was heard to mur mur a complaint. He worked wonders. Qoing among the heathen he found them demoralized by whisky sold to them by white traders, wicked and un scrupulous. He gently persuaded them to relinquish liquor, and pointed out its evil effects so forcibly that whole tribes yielded to the fascination of his eloquence and the weight of his argu ments. From beiDg frenzied brutes they became sober and reasonable peo ple. His influence spread rapidly from nation to nation. Thousands, in fact, embraced Christianity; Zeisberger's enthusiasm and piety carried all before them. In 1700 great progress had been made and the missions were flourishing. But that same ycarcyents occurred which greatly put back the work of conversion. The Moravian Indians were accused ot being concern ed in Pontiac's conspiracy. He was a brave and famous Ottawa chieftain, who organized a plot among the various Indian tribes to murder at a given time I the English garrisons at all points. \ This was discovered, and, though it j was never proved that the Moravian j Indiaus took the slightest part in the ' conspiracy, they were persecuted as i much as if they had. The Scotch-Irish j settlers on the Pennsylvania frontier . treated them with great harshness and . severity. They pretended to believe— j or perhaps were, in fact, so ignorant | and bigoted as to believe—that the In- ' dians were the Canaanites of the Xew i World, and that the existing war had come upon the colonies as a judgment i for failing to totally exterminate the ! native tribes. The Moravian Indians being kind and gentle were very naturally tit and fair quarry for these highly civilized white settlers. An interesting chapter in the history of their early persecutions isthat which treats of the narrow escape from ex termination of a considerable body of the Moravian Indians. The threats against those who had settled on the Pennsylvania frontier were of so deadly a nature that David Zeisberger advised j them to deliver up their arms and to march to Philadelphia. They sought refuge in the military quarters there, , but the soldiers threatened to kill them j if they did not go away. The poor refugees were mobbed by an excited and angry rabble, and the streets rang with yells and shouts which sounded I as fierce as the warhoop of the savages, j Zeisberger was with them all the time, j standing by them and encouraging them. A goodly number of (Quakers who had suffered their share of cruelty and persecution not so long before also took the poor Indiaus by the hand, j heedless of the groans aud curses of the mob. They were finally removed j to an island in the river as a measure ' of precaution. Their lives were provi- | dentially preserved. A body of Scotch- Irish, several hundred strong, from Lancaster, calling themselves the'Pax ton Boys,' after butchering a number of Conestoga Indians, who bad sought protection in a jail, marched toward Philadelphia with the avowed object ot killing all the Moravian refugees. Zeisberger and others prevailed upon them to relinquish their murderous de signs and so the poor Indians escaped with their lives on that occasion Some of them, it is true, were reserved for a worse fate and were brutally killed in the Tuscarawas Valley. Meanwhile the Indians were taken off the island and conveyed to the upper Susquehanna i region, beyond the Wyoming Valley, where they built the hamlet of Frieden shutten, or 'Tents of Peace.' About 1768 Zeisberger established stations ou the Allegheny aud Beaver rivers. It was in 1770 that a number of Moravian Indians settled in the Tus carawas Valley. They worked hard tilling the fertile soil and living lives of exemplary frugality aud industry. The settlement flourished and Indians flocked from the extreme West to the pleasant tract in eastern Ohio. For ten years all went well. The country abounded in rich fields of waving corn. Each house had its Itardeu and or chard, peace und prosperity prevailed. In 1780 the British incited a body of Delawares commanded by Captain Pipe against the little colony at Unadeuhutten. They were joined by a party of Wyandottes, and they broke up the settlement, carrying the Indians to Sandusky, aud their teach ers to Detroit, the scat of the British headquarters. It was in the follow ing year that the slaughter took place, , and this was how it came about. The ! poor people, who had been so cruelly ! kidnapped from their homes at Unad enhutteu, left acres aud acres of corn standing in the fields. A party was 1 chosen to return to harvest it, and : | they accordingly took up their quar j ters in their old houses which had not been destroyed. .lust at t l ie time of their return some hostile Indians murdered a white settler aud all his family. The frontiersmen were im ( mediately up in arm*. Although the | Moravian ludians were guiltless of I blood they accused them of aiding and abetting the crimes and determined to make an example of them. David Williamson seemed to be the moving spirit among them. lie organized a ; band, and with craft in the head and and murder in the heart rode into the Tuseawaras Valley and surrounded the Indians. With friendly smiles and smooth promises they greeted their victims. Dissembling their true pur pose they pretended that they were solicitous as to their safety and wish them well They finally induced them to give up what ever arms they had under the pretence of taking care ; of them, and promised to conduct them to a place where they would be free to pursue their avocations with out molestation. The guilless In dians, to the number of ninety, were completely deceived. They trusted iiuplicity in the word of the white j men, and at their suggestion set fire to j a uumber of their houses in order to prevent them becoming harboring j places for hostile and fighting Indians. ! After they had surrendered their arras the fell purpose of their captors soon became manifest. They were made prisoners, bound hand and foot and confined in several of the houses. DOOMED TO DEATH. Then a council of war was held and various methods of Jputting them to death were discussed. Their fate was soon decided, but it took a little further time to determine the fittest mode of butchery. One excited fron- tiersman suggested that they should be securely confined in two large houses and burned alive. The idea was met with shouts of approval, but one who had an eye for future glory advised that the victims should be tomahawk ed and scalped. He said that it was only riirht and fair that they should have some trophies of their campaign, and what more appropriate than the bleed ing scalps of the doomed Christian ludians? Though approving cries were accorded to the man who propos ed burniug them to death it is written that the scalping and tomahawking suggestion was received with even a greater demonstration of delight. It was at once adopted. The follow ing morning was appointed for the bloody deed, and the Indians were told that they must die on the mor row. At first they were inclined to treat the affair as a joke. They could not believe that the whites were capable of such barbarity. Tne demeanor of their captors, how ever, soon showed that it was no laughiLg matter. They realized that they must die How did they behave ? Never was truer heroism manifested than by that band of unlettered In dians who had nothing but faith to buoy them up. The night was pass ed in prayer. Hymns of praise were chanted and each one vied in encour aging the other to face death in Chris tain fortitude They had previously been divided in two parties and im- prisoned in two largo Louses. The murderers kept watch outside. The plaintive hymns of the doomed Indiau3 ascended heavenward, but produced no softening effect upon the hardeued hearts of the white savages. THE SLAUGHTER. At sunrise preparations for the crime were made. Two buildings were selected, and were appropriately called 'slaughter houses.' The men and boys were to be killed in one, and the women aud babes in the other. All being ready the slaughter began. Never had the sun risen on a more inhuman spectacle. The butch ers wero white men,.presumably Chris tians, the victims red men, women and children who had done no wrong. Babes were torn from their mothers' arms, brained with tomahawks and scalped in sight of their shrieking and heart-broken parents. The slayers almost waded in blood. After the children had been dispatched came the womens' turn. Dragged one by one by their Jong dark hair in the centre of the shambles they were soon hur ried into eternity by one quick and stunning blow from a tomahawk. Their scalps were then cut off after the most approved Indian fashion. The white men were intoxicated with the slaughter. While the women aud babes were being thus brutally slain in one house the men and older boys met with a similar fate in another. It is useless to dwell on the horrible crime. After ninety victims had been despatched, David Williamson and his gang marched back to their homes. David Zeisberger was horror-stricken when he heard ot the massacre. He did not, however, relax his efforts to convert and civilize the Indians. It is | recorded that after a lapse of sixteen ! years some of his converts led by Zeis berger returned to the Tuscawaras and settled there once more. Their stay was short. The influx of the whites was so great, the temptations of rum so strong, the outrages so fre quent that the fertile valley was soon forsaken by the Indians, who retired first to Canada and then to the Mora vian mission station in Kansas. The good and pious Zeisberger died in 1808, having labored for sixty years among the red men Such then, is a brief story of the massacre of Gnadenhutten. It is hard in these days to imagine such a state of affairs that could lead to so heartless a slaughter. It Is also pleasant to re flect that a repetition" of so monstrous a crime would be impossible anywhere in these days of civilization, the State of Missouri not being excepted. A cemetery for eats is about to be opened near London, England. The prospectus in which it is called "The Zoological Necropolis Association (Limited)," has an imposing array of patrons, directors, bankers and brokers, solicitors, and secretaries, and shows that the scheme is being pushed in commercial fashion. In due time, says the Pall Mall Gazette, we shall have a cats' undertaker setting up in busi ness, but for the present it is sufficient to say that the offices of the cats' Cem etery Company are at No. 27 Henri etta street, Cavendish square, W. Wliy Beer IK Away ('p. TLe prevailing high prices lor al kinds of meat is the subject of mud anxiety to house-keepers, who fear a meat fam : ne. Since last fall theprice. ; have been slowly but gradually in creasing, although it has only beeu within the past four weeks that sudJen jumps have btv.j made in the cost ol meat, as well as of other farm produc tions. The high prices of to-day, say the more reliable among the wholesale dealers, are not at all likely to change this year, except that there may be a slight and temporary reduction when the grass-fed cattle come in about the middle of next month. The reason why was ascertained by means of a series of calls on the principal vendors in the wholesale trade yesterday after noon. They are very jolly people to talk to—these butchers. Said one, whose opinions were en dorsed by a "So say we all of us" in the fraternity: "There are several causes for the high prices which peo ple have to pay for theii steaks and roasts nowadays The principal oue is the scauty grass and corn crops in the west. A large number of cattle died because of insuiiicient food and those which survived curne into the barns light in flesh and generally in a very poor condition. There the supply of corn was so light that breeders were compelled to buy at high prices, and it cost a great deal to fatten up a lean beast for market. Some herders who had no money with which to buy corn gent their cattle to the shambles at a very low price, thus creating a waste in the supply. The western States, therefore, cannot keep up with the de mand and charge prices in proportion. Another cause for the decreased sup ply is found in the f>ict that foreign shipments have been greater than dur ing any previous year, and we have left only a limited quantity for home consumption." "What has been the percentage of increase in price during the past month, for instance?" "Well, four weeks ago we were sell ing a good grade of fourquarters of beef for 8 cents per pound; to-day that abrade sells readily for 10^cents. Hind quarters, which commanded 14 cents then, arc sold for 14inow. One cause af this discrepancy is shown in the fact that hindquarters had previously increased so much in price that people refused to purchase them, and there was created a large demand for fore quarters. The price of 'the after part jf the critter' therefore only went up one-half a cent, but the general average increase is $1 per 100 pounds. "Dees this effect your sales ?" "I should say it did, more especial ly as it regards beef." ' How iong are these pri.es to be kept up ?" "At present nobody anticipates any material change this year. It takes four years to build an ox into proper ihape for slaughtering and it does not seem as if the small number which will mature this year can make the slightest difference in the market. Boarding house keepers and men of small means have a dark prospect ihcad this summer and fall. These people generally buy round steak, be cause it is cheaper, and the demand for such steak increases daily.— Boston Herald. __ JUIt insertion, and 5 cento per line for each additional insertion. Damages and deatl.it pub lished free of ciiaige. Obituiry notices charged as advertisement*, and payable when handed in Auditors' Notice*. #4; Executors' a::d Adminia tratora' Notices. 43 each; Est ray, Caution an# Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact that the CITIZEN IS 'lio o'dcat established and most ex'ensively circulated Re publican newspaper in Butler county, (a i'.ijub iican county J it must be apparent to btu.ii.esa men that it ia the medium tbey should me in advertising their business. NO. 29 A SiircaHtio Letter. The following letter, written by San.uel Johnson to the Karl of Ches ■ terfield (who had ignored Johnson's J, advances made in time of need, but ' who wished to be his patron when ho found that Johnson's- Dictionary was to immortalize the compiler), is con sidered unequalled in Engiisb literature fur the polish of its stylo, the elegance of its language, and especially the keenness of its sarcasm : MY LORD—I have been lately in j formed, by the proprietor of the World, i that two papers, in which my Dic tionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be ' so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowl edge. \\ hen up- n some slight encourage ! ment, I first visited your lordship. I ( was overpowcri !, like the rest of man kind, by the enchantment of your ad j dress; and could not forbear to wish I that 1 might boast myself Le vainqueur \du vainqueur de la terre: —that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but 1 found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to coutinue it When I had once addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulseJ from your door; during which time I have been pushing OP my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of as sistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man strug gling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labor.-*, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am iudifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till lam known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where uo benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Provi dence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligations t<^any favorer of learning, J shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less bo possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which 1 once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON. A Ft. Wayne, Ind., minister censur ed one of the members of his church for alleged misbehavior and thrashed bim the following day in a justice court, where he bad been arraigned on the charge of assault and battery. The pugilistic pastor has entered ft plea of guilty, and announces himself ready to pay a good round fine for the satisfac tion of whipping the offender. We understand that it is a commou thing and almost certain cure for chil dren having the whooping cough to take them to the gas works to breathe the fumes of ammonia and sulphur from the purifying pans, It is nothing new, however, for this remedy has been re sorted to for at least fifteen to twenty years past. Indians, like their pale-face brothers, have a great horror of smallpox. The other day a Missouri river steamer put off a couple of afflicted passengers at Woli' Point, in Montana, where they were quarantined in a hospital tent. The Indians located several miles from the place heard of it, and a regular stampede followed, men, women and children breaking camp and striking out for purer atmosphere. The disease has been introduced into the country by the tide of emigration swarming over the West. Nervous debility, the curse of the American people, immediately yields to the action of Brown's Iron Bitters. Grave-robbing just now is a very dan gerous "pastime," as Jerry Cruncher termed it. The shooting of a promin ent young physician new Syracuse last week, caught in the ghoulish task, is now followed by the reported cap ture of another robber at Fiye Points Ind., who, to save himself from severe punishment, has made a confession, implicating a large number of people and some well known physicians in different parts of the State engaged in the traffic of dead bodies. South Carolina comes to the front with a hideous tragedy. A seventeen year-old girl, with an infatuation for a handsome but poverty-stricken dry goods clerk named Adams, was in dued to discard him and marry a well to-do farmer, Jacob Comely. The knot was tied, but the old infatuation lingered iu the heart of the bride, and Adams, bv his surreptitious visits and protestations to affection, fanned the flame until it led the girl-bride to be a party in acts of questionable reckless nes. Three weeks after the wedding, and in the absence of Mr. Comely, young Adams visited the home of th