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THE BUTLER CITIZEN,
BUTLER. PA.
TBAVELEHS' GUIDE.
BUTLBR, KARNS CITY AND PARKER RAILKC Al'
Trains leave Butler for St. Joe, Millerstown
Earns City, Petrolia, Paiker, etc., at 7.27 a. in
and 2.5 ft and 7.25 p. in.
Trains arrive at Butler from the above named
points at 7.17 a. in., and 2.15, and 7.15 p. ur
The 2.15 train connects with train on the West
Penn road through to Pittsburgh.
SHENANGO AND ALLEGHENY RAILROAD.
Trains leave Hiiliard's Mill, llutler county,
for Harrisville, Greenville, etc., at 7.50 a. m.
and 2.25 p. m.
Trains arrive at Hiiliard's Mills at 1:45 A, M.,
and 5:55 P. M.
Hacks to aud from Petrolia, Martinsbuu,
Fairview, Modoc and Trontnian, connect at Hii
liard with al! trains on the 3 & A road.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Trains leave Butler (Butler or Pittsburgh Time.
Market at 5.06 a. m., goes through to Alle
gheny, arriving at #.Ol a. m. This train con
nects at Freeport with Frecport Accommoda
tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. m.,
railroad time.
Exprett at 7.16 a. m., connecting at Butler
Junction, without change of cars, at 8.20 with
Express west, arriving in Allegheny at 9.50
a. in., and Express east arriving at Blairsvllle
at 16.55 a. m. railroad time.
Mail at 2.16 p. m., connecting at Butler Junc
tionwithout change ol cars, with Express west,
arriving in Allegheny at 5 01_ p. m., and Ex
press east arriving at Blaireviile Intersection
at 5.55 p. m. railroad time, which connects with
Philadelphia Kxpress east, when on time.
The 7.16 a.m. train connects at Blalrsville
at 11.06 a. m. with the Mail east, and the 2.36
p. in. train at 6.59 with the Philadelphia Ex
press east.
Trains arrive at Butler on West Penn R. R. at
9.51 a. m., 5.17 and 6.51 p. m., Butler time. The
9,51 aud 5.17 trains connect with trains on
the Butler & Parker R. R.
Main Line.
Through trains leave Pittsburgh tor the Eas<
at 2.56 and 8.26 a. m. and 12 51, 4.21 and 8.06 p.
B>., arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and 7.20
p. m. and 3.00, 7.00 and 7.40 a. m.; at Baltimore
abont the same time, at New York three hours
later, aud at Washington abont one and a half
hours later.
Tine of Holding; Courts.
The several Courts of the county of Butler
commence on tlie first Monday of March, June,
September and December, and continue two
weeks, or BO loDg as necessary to dispose of the
business. No causes are put down for trial or
traverse jurors summoned for the first week of
Che several terms.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
" R. P. SCOTT,
Attorney at Law, Butler, Pa. Office in Ruff's
building Main street.
JOHN K. KELLY,
Office with J£. G. Miller, Esq., In Brady Law
Buildiug. augl?'6l
A. M. CORNELIUS,
Office with W. D. Brandon, Berg Building, Main
Street, Butler, Pa.
J. F. BRITTAINT"
Office with L, Z. Mitchell, Diamond.
A. M. CUNNINGHAM,
Office in Brady's Law Building. Butler, Pa.
~~ S. H. PIERSOLT"
Office on N. E. corner Diamond, Kiddle build
lag. novlU
JOHN MTGREEK
Office on N. E. comer Diamond. novl2
~ WM, H. LUSK,
Office with W. H. H. Riddle, Esq.
" NEWTON BLACK,
Office on Diamond, near Court House, south
aide.
ETL BRUGH,
Office in Riddle's Law Building.
' S. F. BO VP SER.
Office in Riddle's Law Building. [marß'76
" J. B. McJUNKIN.
Special attention given to collections Offio
opposite Willard House.
JOSEPH B. BREDIN,
Office north-east corner of Diamond, Butlei
Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER,
Office in Schneideman's building, np staiis.
J, T. DONLY
Office near Court House. J - 74
W. D. BRANDON,
et>l7-76 Office in Berg's building/
CLARENCE WALKER,
Office in Brady building- marl 7
FERD REIBER,
Office in Reibcr's building, Jefferson St. apfllj
F. M. EASTMAN,
Office in Brady building.
LEV. McQUISTION,
Office Main street, 1 door south of Court House
JOS. C. VANDERLIN,
Ofile*Main street, 1 door south of Court House.
FORQUER,
O" Office on Main street opposite Vogeley
House.
GEO. R. WHITE,
Office N. E. corner of Diamond-
J. D. McJUNKIN,
Office In Schneideman's bulldinp, west side
Main street, 2nd square from Court House.
" T. C. CAMPBELL,
Office in Berg's new building, 2d floor, east
aide Main at., a few doors south of Lown
Houae. nuufl—tf
C A. SULLIVAN,
may 7 Office S. W. cor. of Diamond.
A. T. BLACK,
Office on Main street, one door south o
Brady Block, BuUer. Pa. (scp. 2,1874.
EUGENE G. MILLT^,
Office in Brady's Law Building, Main street,
» Month of Court House. 260ct81
THOMAS ROBINSON,
BUTLER. PA.
JOHNHTNEGLEY
particular attention tc xansaction*
in real eatate throughout the coui-.y.
OHJCKOX DIAMOWI>, HEAB HOCSB, in
OLTOB* WOTUTKO
E. R. ECKLBT, KBHNKDT MARSHALL
{Late of Ohio.)
ECKLEY A MARSHALL.
Office U' Brady's Law Building. Bept.9,7J
C G. CHRISTIE,
Attorney at Law. Legal business carefully
transacted. Collections made and promptly
remitted. Business corro«pondence promptly
attended to and answered.
Office opposite Lowry Honse, Butler, Fa.
PHYSICIANS.
JOHN E. BYERS,
TPHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
.my2l-ly>] BUTLER, PA.
Office on Jefferson street, opposite
Xlinejler's Flour Store.
DENTISTS.
DENTISTR X.
OIS WALDRON, Graduate ol the Phil
M adel pbla Dental College,is prepare."
• II ■to do anything in the line of hit
profession in a satisfactory manner.
Office on street, Butler, Union Block,
op ateln,
VOL. XIX.
LEO A L AD VFR TJ SEMEN TS.
> Estate of Was* C 3. Shorts.
Letters of administration having been grouted
to the undersigned on the estate ol WiilLun G
Shorts, deceased, late ol Connoquer.cssing twp.
1 Hntler county, Pn , all persons knowiug them
selves indebted to said estate will please makt
1 immediate payment, and any having claims
against the same will present thc;;i duly authen
timed for payment. T. I'. SHORTS, Es'r.
1 Conuotjueucssing P. 0., Butler' 0., Pa. lm
Estate of ISai'riet Kays.
(LATE OK COSSOQUENESSIXG twp., dee'd.)
Letters testamentary on the estate of Harri
et Havs, dee'd, late of Onnoquenessing 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.
ROBEKT S. HAYS, )
JAMES S. IIAVS,]"
Whitestown P. 0., Butler Co. Pa.
Estate of Adam Albert.
Letters of administration having fcetn granted
to ihc undersigned on tbo estate of Adam Al
beit, deed., late of Frankliu twp., Butler Co.,
Pa., all persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate will please make payment and any
having claims against, the same will present them
duly authenticated for payment.
H. H. GALLAGHER, Adm'r.
Box 395, Butler. Pa,
Notice to Teachers.
The Board of School Directors of the borongh
of Butier, will meet ou tbe first Monday in July
next, for tbe purpose of selecting teachers for tbe
present school year. All applications must be
m writing accompanied by certificates and filed
with tbe Secretary on or before the Ist day of
July. BY OHDEK OF THE BOARD,
FRANK M. EASTMAN. Secretary.
June 13,1882. jiweH St.
Auditors' Notice.
Petition of James Morrison. Ex'r of Daniel
Millison, for appointment of Auditor. 0. C.,
No. 80, March Term, 1882.
And now to wit: May 17th, 1882, J, M. Gal
breath is appointed an Auditor as prayed for.
BY THE'COI RT.
Butler County, SS: Certify from the record
this 31st day of May 1882. W*. B. DODDS.
Clerk O. C.
Notice is hereby giyen, to all concerned, that
the undersigned has been appointed Auditor,
[ to make distribution in the matter of the estate
of Daniel Millison, dee'd, and that he will at
tend to the dutief of said appointment at my
office in Butler, on Thursday, the 29th day of
June, at the hour of 10 o'cloek, A. M.
june7-3t. J. M. GALBKEATII.
NOTICE INDIVORCE
In the matter of the application of Mary R.
Elliott for divorce a vinculo matiiironia from
h«r husband, Ifarry A. Elliott.
A. I)., No. 55, March Term, 1882. To Harry
A. Elliott, respondent.
Y.'hcroas a subpoena and an alias subpoena in
the above bt&ted case liava been returned N. E.
I. Now this is to require you to be and appear
in your proper person before said Oourt, on the
first Monday of September Term next, A. D.,
1882, being the 4th day of said month, to answer
to said complaint, and to show cause, if any you
have, why the praver thereof should not be
granted. THOS. DON'AGHY, Sheriff.
And now, June Bth, 1882, having been appoint
ed Commissioner by the Court to take testimony
in above stated case and to report the same to
Court, notice is hereby given that I v,ill attend
to the duties of said appointment at my office,
at Butler, on Friday, the 14th day of July, A. D.
1882, at 10 o'clock, A. M. of S»id day, at which
time and place all peisons interested may at
tend if they see proper.
GEORGE C. PILLOW, Commissioner.
junel4-6t.
Petition of Johu Grossman.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BTJTI.EB
COCXIY, EQUITY NO. 1 SKIT. TEEM, 1882.
In Be petition of John Groat-man to have
perpetual testimony relative to a deed lrom
Jacob Q. Grossman and wife to Jolui N. Hoon,
which deed is now lost.
And now, to wit: Dec- 3, 1881, petition pre
sented and on due consideration thereof, subp<u
na is awarded to John N. Hoon and Jacob G.
Grossman, and to any and all persons who may
be interested in tho said petition or bill to ap
pear in the Court of Common Pleas of said
county, on the 4th day of September, 1882, to
make an oath or affirmation to Raid petition or
bill, and in case no anbwer thereto is filed, and
in case the said persons subpoenaed or any
others do not attend oij or before said day,
George C. Pillow is hereby appointed a commis
sioner to proceed on said 4th day of September,
1882, at 2 o'clock, p. M., of said day at the office
of the Prothonotary of said county to take the
depositions of all witnesses who may be produc
ed by said petitioners respecting the proof of
the facts alleged in Baid bill or petition, and to
ascertain and establish the same and to make
return of said depositions unto said Court when
such order and decree in the premises will be
madp as to justice and equity appertain, and
further it appearing from said petition that the
residence of the said Jno. N. Hoon and Jacob
G. Grossman is unknown and believed not to be
within this commonwealth, it is ordered that
notice of this subpoena and order of Court be
given by publication theroof for three (3) suc
cessive weeks in one of the woeklv newspapers,
published in Butler prior to said 4th day of Sept.
1882. BY THE COUBT.
Butler County 8. S : Certified from the re
cord this 10th day of June, 1882
M. N. GIUiEB, Prothonotary.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, county of
Butler: To John N. Hoon and Jacob G. Gross
man, Greeting: We command you, that all
business and excuses beicg laid aside, you be
and appear in your proper persons bofore our
Judges at Butler, at our County Court of Com
mon Pleas, there to be held for ihe county
aforesaid on Monday, the 4tn of Sept-, 1832, to
show cause, if any you have, why tlie witnesses
on behalf of John Grossman, on his petition to
have perpetual testimony relative to a deed
from Jacob G. Grossman and wife to John N.
Hoon, (deed now lost) should not be examined
and other testimony reduced to writing, and
filed of record in our said Court in order to per
petuate the same agreeably to the constitution
of our Government and the act of Afsembly in
such case made and provided, on the part of
petitioners and herein fail not, under tho penal
ty of one hundred pounds.
Witness the Honorable E- McJunkin, Prosi
eent of our said Court, at Butler, this 10th day
of June, A. D., 1882. M. N. GBBEB,
junel4-3t. Prothonotary.
FOR SALE.
The following described valuable pieces of
property situated in the borough of Butler are
offered for wale by the German National Bank of
Millerstown, Pa., to-wit:
One lot of ground on Fulton street, between
properties of Mrs. Louisa McClnre and 11. H.
Goucher, Esq., containing one acre, more or
less, being one of the Lest building sites in the
town.
ALBo.—One lot of ground near the Witlier
epoon Institute, and formerly owned by I*. G.
Linn. Esq., containing one acre, more or less,
on which there is a good two-story frame house
and stable. This property is oleasantly located
near the depot and commands a magnificent
view. 1
ALSO.—Lot on MeKean street, formerly own
ed by H. J. Mitchell, Esq., on wlifch there is a
good two-story frame house and 6tablo.
Possession given in 30 days after purchase.
For further particulars enquire of
CLAIiENCE WALKER.
Union Woolen Mills.
I would desire to call the attention of the
public to the Union Woolen Mill, Butlor, Pa.,
where I have now and improved machinery for
the manufacture of
Barred and Gray Flannels,
Knitting and Weaving Yarns,
and I can recommend them as very dura
ble, they are manufactured of pure Butler
county wi>ol. They are beautiful in color, su
perior in texture, awl will be sold at very low
Dricos. For samples and prices, address,
F %FCLLEBTON,
JnH4.*7B-ly) Butler, Pa
WANTED—
-1 000 Cords of Bolts at tlie Butler Stjire Mill,
Wood will be paid for each Saturday.
ma3l,lm D- COURTNEY.
MARYLAND FARMS.—Book and Map free
By C. E r SJIANAHAN, Att'y, Eastcn, Md
rf* t i A (Uiy iU iiiHiik'. tSuiu )les wort ll
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For the relief anil cu«
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W' ™f" Tjf flicuon take Simmons
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DYSPEPSIA.
The Regulator will positively cure this terrible
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CONSTIPATION
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Nature demands the utmost regularity of the
bowels. Therefore assist Nature by taking Sim
mons Liver Regulator. It is harmless, mild and
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PILES.
Kelief is at hand for those who suffer day aftei
day with l'ilcs. It has cured hundreds, and will
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MALARIA.
Persons jnay avoid all attacks by occasionally
taking a dose "of .Simmons IJver Regulator to keep
the Liver in healthy action.
BAD BREATH
generally arising from a disordered stomach, can
be corrected by taking Simmons Liver Regulator.
JAUNDICE.
Simmons Liver Regulator soon eradicates this
disease from the system, leaving the skiu clear
and free from all impurities.
COLIC.
Children suffering with Colic soon experience
relief when Simmons Liver Regulator is adminis
tered. Adults also derive great benefit from this
medicine. It not unpleasant, it is harmless and
effective. Purely vegetable.
CAUTION-
Be careful that you get t:ie genuine Simmons
Liver Regulator iu our engraved White Wrapper
with red "Z" Trade-Mark, Stamp and Signature
unbroken.
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That is what a great
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They don't know just what
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a combination of pains,and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy .
yet found is BROWN'S IRON
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DON'T FORGET IT.
THE NEW WARRIOR is warranted
to be the Lightest Draft Machine
made.
POSITIVE PROOF.
The only reliable test of the draft Mowers made
in 1*7!), or since, was conducted under the auspices
of the Queen's County, N. Y„ Agricultural Society,
June 20, Baldwin's Dynamometer, that can
not be made to lie, was used, with the following
result :
WAititiOß, 155 lbs. 4 ft. 3 in. cut; Buckeye, 218
lbs. 4 ft. cut ; Anson Wood, 197 lbs. t ft. 3 in. cut ;
Walter A. Wood, 202 l 4 lbs. 4 ft. 3 in. cut: Eureka,
222 lbs. i> ft. «Mit ; Champion Haymaker. IX2'J
lbs 4 ft. 3 in. cut; Champion, (rear cut) 172 V« lbs.
4 ft. eut.
No. 1. at nine fairs in every ten where it was ex
hibited and premiums were awarded.
HO It SALK BY
J. IUGGLE & 880.
C ATARF? H Elys'Creamßalm
Effectually cleanses
the nasal passages of
>1 okOn* Catarrhal virus, caus-
Wtg.(?tAM nig healtlivsecretions.
8| rirjf HEAD I protects theniembrane
I from additional colds,
GhvlvticM completely heals the
M sort's and restores the
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WK / few applications. A
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_.r*., will cure Catarrh, Hay
Fever, &c. Unequaleu
| for colds in the head.
I Agreeable to use. Ap
u AV. rrupn ply by the little finger
™ ~IX into the nostrils. On
receipt of soe. will mail a package.
Sold bv Butler druggists.
ELY'S CREAM BALM CO., Owego, N. V.
Old Established Carriage Factory
(ESTABLISHED 1839. J
Spring Wagons and Buggies in stock and
tnnde to order of ali styles and description.
Ourwoikis of the beat and latest style, well
made and finely finished. We give special at
tention to repairing, painting and trimming.
When iu want of anything in our line we ask
you to call and examine our stock. LOUDEN
& PAKK, I)uque6oe Way, between Sixth aud
Seventh streets, above Suspension Bridge,
Pittsburgh, Pa. aps,3m
Union Woolen >lill,
BUTLER, PA.
If. FCLLEHTOX. Prop'r.
Manufacturer of BI,ANKBTS, FLANNELS, YAKNS,
<fcc. Also custom work done to order, such as
carding Rolls, making Blankets, Flannels, Knit
ting and Weaving Yarns, &c., at very low
prices. Wool worked on the shares, il de
sired. my7-ly
JJMOR,
Justice of tne t*eace'
Main street, opposite rostomce,
ZELIENOPLE .PA.
u cioa WEEK. sl2 a day at home easily mad(
~ 9/lcoßtly Outfit free. Address TRUE & Co
A»guat», mw2»,iy
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, .JUNE 21. 1882
POETRY.
~TO A PICI IKK.
r,Y K. M. M'LCUE.
I would love thee far better,
If thou were only real;
Yet, 1 know thou art lovely,
s Oh, my saintly ideal,
There's a heaven of love
5 In the hire of tliiue eve*.;
And the pout on the Up
Brings'a pleasant surp-ise.
Such a smile rarely greets me
In palace or hall;
Suc;i a form rarely .neets me
At seance or bail;
And I know thou art lovely,
And pure, too, oT heart;
Though encased in Jie trappings
And tusel or art.
A child, thou, of Nature,
And a lover of flowe.-s :
Thou art happy, yet lonely,
In life's sunny hours;
Then, sweet mniden. I take thee
To my leart as a orient!;
And forever wiil make thee,
Mine own to life ; s end.
But the years have flown onward :
Tiius, 1 sang in the past;
In the heyday of passion,
Too sweet, long to last.
I loved thy sweet image,
Oh my saintly ideal!
NOT, I elasp to my bosom,
T'ie t.v.e and the real.
SELECT.
ICEBERGSAND FOGST
NEW YORK, June 10.—Icebergs of
enormous proportions continue to be
met with by ocean steamers with
amazing frequency even in very south
erly latitudes. An illustration of
this may be found in the statements
of four ship captains who have just ar
rived in this city. Captain Hansen, of
the Hamburg steamer Frisia, said:
'We left Hamburg on May 28. We
had light variable winds and moder
ate weather. On June 5 we entered
latitude 42.37, longitude 47.08. The
temperature, both of the atmosphere
and the water, then fell considerably,
and I concluded that icebergs were not
far off. I had already gone through
the mill before, you know. Well, of
course, I was not mistaken. When the
first iceberg hove in sight—about 12 P.
M. —we were running parallel with
the Bremen steamer Main. The
Mosel and an unknown English steam
er were also near by. This iceberg
was a big fellow and was being carried
toward us with great rapidity by the
Gulf Stream. Its height above water
was fully 200 feet, and as that portion
always represents but a seventh part
of tLe entire mass, it must have been
1,400 feet high. It covered an area
of probably 500 square feet. At 12:30
it arrived at an equal distance be
tween the Main and my steamer,
creating a number of small whirl
pools around us.
Indeed, both vessels heaved heavily
from one side to another in conse
quence of the commotion produced in
the water. On the rear portion of the
iceberg a number of Northern birds
resembling eidt-r ducks were visible.
A black object also appeared for a
moment between the crevices of the
ice, which one of the men who saw it
through a telescope declared to be a
sea-horse. We saw two more icebergs
of an average height of one hundred
feet before the day was over. This
was latitude 42.06, longitude 49.04.
The two knocked together shortly
after passing us and a third iceberir,
considerably smaller than the rest, was
formed. The sight was magnificent,
though enough to make any one dizzy.
THE FRt'ITS OF A MILD WINTER.
I account for the presence of icebergs
so far South this year by the fact that
we have had a very mild winter,
which has severed the the bergs from
the mainland. They have drifted
southwestwards as far as Newfound
land, which is in latitude 50, and not
being able to gain a foothold on shore
there, owing to their depth, have
drifted eastward. They are to be
found in many dfferent latitudes, but
pretty near the same longitude, that is
between 47 and 50. I do not think
any of them are more to westward
than that.
Navigation is greatly impeded, and
it is a wonder to me that no accidents
have occurred so far. After meeting
the three icebergs I spoke of just now,
a heavy fog enveloped us, and I know
I never slept a wink that night. Had
an iceberg approached us there would
have been no means of discovering the
fact in time to steer out of its way.
The only manner of ascertaining the
presence of icebergs in Southern waters
is by testing the temperature; but
then, of course, this does not tell one
how near the ice is. There is prac
tically no way of eliminating this dan
ger to ocefiu travel, unless a very
southerly and consequently rounda
bout course is taken by the steamers,
that is what most of them are doing,
by the way, and as to my self, I intend
running two or three degrees further
south on my return journey.'
ICEBERGS AND FOGS.
Captain liarre, of the Bremen steam
er, Main, corroborated the above
statement of his brother captain, and
added: 'My experience with iceoergs
on this trip was, perhaps, even move ex
tensive than that of Captain Hansen.
Late in the afternoon of June 5, we
lost sight of the Frisia, and very near
ly missed coming in collision with an
iceberg as large as any I have yet seen.
This was owning to the dense fog
which came in the wake of the first
three berirs. Indeed, strange to say,
most of the large floating masses of
ice I have mot have been followed by
mists. Luckily the approach ot the
monster was noticed in titue by the
seething of the waters around it, and
we escaped without a scratch, so to
say. Judging by the extreme coldness
of the water during the night, we must
have passed several icebergs. That
we escaped collision and instant death
on this trip was nothing short of a
miracle.'
CAITAIN HILMERS' STATEMENT.
Captain Ilillmers, of the German
bark Amaranth, from Hamburg, had a
still niore interesting story to tell.
'We left Hamburg In the middle of
May,' he said. 'Winds were very
variable, but mostly westerly. On
s May 23, latitude 44, longitude 46.50,
'■ we narrowly missed coming in collis-
ion with three icebergs from foriy to
fifty feet high. This was only a fore
taste of what was to follow. When day
dawned on the 24th we almost thought
ourselves transplanted to the North
Pole. With the exception of a few
hundred feet around us the surface of
water was covered with huge masses
of ice, some of which rose in peaks to
an unpreccdent height. In other
words, we were completely hemmed
in ; and as the icebergs continued to
drift nearer around us, and the circle
became smaller, almost all hope was
finally abandoned. At this critical j
moment a channel sufficiently large to j
allow of our passing through it pre-1
sented itself to view, and without a j
moment's delay we steered for it. Luck j
and good seamanship combined proved
our salvation, and we dodged our way to
clear water. The icebergs with which
we had coped were of an average
height of 100 feet each, and occupied
400 to 500 square feet of the water's
surface. Two white bears were seen
on the plateau of one of them, and
many gulls, ducks and other North
ern birds were perched on the peaks.
On May 24, latitude 42, longitude
51.20, three icebergs passed us being
[ rapidly drifted along by the stream in
a northeasterly direction.'
Captain Young, of the American
bark H. Routb, who left London,
April 2G, with general merchandise,
that from lat. 47.15, lon. 44.G0, to lat.
45.20, lon. 50, he sailed through a sea
covered witn icebergs of various sizes
He met the largest on May 24, lon.
54. It was almost split in two and
covered a large area.
The Country's Live-stoek.
The Census Bulletins increase in
interest as they give the completed
work of the Bureau. Onejnstnowat
hand contains the statistics of farm
live stock in the States and Territories,
and compares the present number of
each class of animals with the number
reported in the census oflS7o. The
j totals are well worth looking at. It
is a fact of decided significance that
all classes of live-siock except work
ing oxen show a rate of increase con
siderably larger than that of popula
tion. I'aim stock alone i 3 included ia
the figures, no account being here
taken of ranch or city and village
stock. The following table of totals
will explain itself at a glance:
Rate of
Classes of Animals. Total Number. Increase.
Horses 10,"57,981 45
Mules ai>d Asses 1,812,932 Gt
Working Oxen 993,970 —25
Milch Cows 12,4 13,593 39
Other Cattle; . 22,4S Q ,590 6G
Sheep 35,191,056 24
Swine 47,683,951 90
The rate of increase in population
was 30 per cent., it will be noted that
all classes of animals excepting work
ing o.ven show* a considerably larger
increase than that, the exception in the
case of sheep coming doubtless from
the ii'fccurp.cy of the census of 1870.
As for working oxen, there bas been in
crease in but fiiieen Suites and Terri
tories, while the loss iu some places was
great, as in lowa 89 per cent., in Illi
nois S3, in Missouri 86, ia Co'orada
63, iu Indiunna 72, in Nebraska 69
aud in Ohio 65. The largest gain was
437 per cent, in Dakota. The largest
number in one Suite is Texas 90,603,
the next Alabama's 75,534.
Iu the stock of horses the leading
States a e : Illinois, 1,023,032 , Texas
80-,099, lowa 792,322 ; Ohio 736,-
473; Ali-sou'i 667.776; New York
610.358; Indiana 051,444; Penn
sylvania 533,087 ; Kansas 430,907 ;
Michigan 378,738; Kentucky 372,648;
and Wisconsin 452,425. The smallest
number in a Stale is Rhode Island's
9,661.
Of milch cows, New Yo>-k leads
with 1,437,855 ; Illinois lias £65,913 ;
lowa 854,187 and Pennsylvania
85i,J56; Ohio 767,043; Missouri
661/05; Texas 606,717: Indiana
494,944"; and Wisconsin 473,374. In
oilier cattle the West and South lead,
Texas having 3,287,967 ; lowa 1,755,-
313; Illinois 1,515,063; Missouri
1,410,507; Ohio 1,034,917 ; and Kan
sas 1,015,935 while New \"ork has
862,233, and Pennsylvania 861,519.
The chief sheep State, as well as
Presidential, is Ohio, with ' 4 ,902 486.
California comes close with 4,152,349.
Texas has 2,411,837 ; Michigan 2,189,-
389; New Mexico 2,083,83'.; Pennsyl
vania 1,776,598 ; New York 1,715,1 SO;
Missouri 1,411,298; Wiscousiu 1,336,-
807, Indiana 1,! 00,511: Oregon 1,083,-
162; Illiuois 1,037,073; Kentucky
1,000,269.
lowa stands first fur swine, w'th
6 034,3*6; Illinios is second, with
5,170,?66: Missouri has 4,553,1?3;
Indiana 3,186,113; Ohio 3,141,33?:
Kentucky 2,225,225; Tennessee 2,-
158,169; Texas 1,954,948; Kansas
1.787,969; Arkansas 1,565,098 ;Qeo'--
gia 1,47J .003 ; Alabama 1,252,462;
Nebiaska 1,241,724; while Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Mississippi and North
Carolinia have abovo a million each.
New York Is hoggish enough with
751,907.
.Looking at the rate of increase we
find that it has been largest in the
\Yest and Sduihwesl. For ius.ance,
in horses, Ar'zona 1,929 per cent.;
Dakota 1,550; Colorada, Montana and
Nebraska over 500 per cent. each.
And so it runs throughout the list.
The country certainly has no reason to
be dissatisfied with these figures of
a ten years' growth.
A Western wiiter suggests that the
summer food of hogs should be more
nitrogenous than corn, and recom
mends green oats and peas. The pea
is very rich in muscle and bone-build
iug elements, aud oats are also superior
to corn in this respect. The crop
should be sown in the proportion of
two bushels of peas one of oats per
a:re, and well covered. The pigs
should be turned in when the pea is
just passing out of the milk.
, At a sheep-shearing at Middlebury,
Vt., iu April, fourteen rams, three
years old or over, cut 277 pounds 12
ounces of wool or a small fraction less
than 28 pounds each. A ewe three
years old, with a lamb by her side,
yielded 21 pounds nine ounces, the
growth of 364 days. The carcass
weighed 65 pounds, so that the weight
of wool was nearly one third that of
the carcass.
0 Justice Eat*t auil West.
'I hate to live in a new* country,
r said Jones, 'where there is no law.
t''Yer be yer,' chimed in Thompson.
1 | 'Daw is the only thing that keep., us
7 out of everlasting chaos.' 'Yes, indeed,'
f said a legal gentleman present. 'lt is
? the bulkwark of the poor man's liberty,
) the shield which the strong arm of
• ijustice throws over the weak, the
[ ; solace of the balsam of the unfortunate
> ; ana wronged, the—
■ | 'Oh, stop, 'er,' remarked a man with
s one. 'I won't have it that way. Law
1 is a boss invention for rascals of all
i grades. Give me a country where
• j there is no law, and I can take care of
, myself every time. Now, for instance,
; i when I lived in Ohio I got a dose of
law that I will never forget. I was in
partnership with a man named Butler,
and one morning we found our cashier
missing with §3,000. He had dragged
the safe and put out. Well, I started
after him and caught him in Chicago,
where he was splurging around on the
money. I got him arrested, and there
was an examination. Well, all the
facts were brought out and the defense
moved that the case be dismissed, as
the prosecution diu not make out a case
in the name of the firm, and that if
there was a firm the copartnership had
not been shown by anv evidence before
the court. To my the
court said the plea was O. K. and dis
missed the case. Before I could realize
what was up the thief had walked off.
Well, I followed him t > St. Louis and
there I tackled'him again. I sent for
my partner and we made a complete
case, going for him in the name of the
Commonwealth and Smith, Butler & Co
Well, the lawyer for the defense claim
ed that the money being taken from a
private drawer in the safe was my
money evclusivc-ly, and that my partner
had nothiDg to do wiih it; that the
case should be prosecuted by me in
dividually, and by the tirru. The old
'bloke' who sat on the bench wiped
his spectacles, grunted round a while
and dismissed the case. Away goes
the man again. Then I got another
hitch ou him and tried to convict him
of theft, but the court held that he
should be charged with embezzlement
Some years after I tackled him again
and they let him go. Statutes of limi
tation, you see. Well, I concluded to
give it up, aud I did.
'But about four years afterward I
was down in Colorado and a man
pointed to another and said: 'That
fellow has just made a hundred thous
and in a mining swindle.' I looked,
and it was my old cashier. I followed
him to the hotel aud nailed him in his
room with the money. Now, I says :
'Billy, do you recognize your old boss V
and of course Le did. Says I: 'Bill, I
want that thiee thousand you stole
from me, with the interest, and all
legal and traveling expenses.' 'Ah,
you do V says he ; 'didn't the courts
decide that—'
'Curse the courts,'says I, putting a
six-shooter a foot long under his nose.
'This is the sort of legal document
that I'm travelin' on now. This is
the connlai<it, warrant, indictment,
judge, jury, verdict and sentence all
combined, and the firm of Colt & Co.,
New Haven, are my attorneys in this
case. When they speak they talk
straight to the poiut of your murg, you
bloody larceny thief. This jury of six,
of which I am foreman, is liable to bo
discharged at any moment. No tech
nicality or statuates of limitation here,
and a stay of proceedings won't last
over four seconds. I waut SIO,OOO to
square my bill or I'll blow your blasted
brains oui.' Well, he passed over the
money right away, and said ho hoped
there'd be no hard feelings. Now,
there's some Colorado law for you, and
it's the kind for me ! Eh, boys?' and
the crowd, with one acc nd, concurred
in the cheapness r.nd efficacy of the
plan by which a man could carry bis
court on his hip, instead of appealing
to the blind goddess in Chicago and St.
Louis.— Sail Lake Tribune.
What lla|»?»ene<l to a Pltts
* (HH'KII Man.
.Newspapers are full of stories now
a-days of the marvelous luck which has
befallen people who did not look for
anythingo r the kind to happen. Every
now and then we hear of somebody
having a large fortune left them by the
death of a distant relative, a cousin in
California, or something of that kind.
Not long ago a young I'ittsburgher had
a singular piece of luck happen to him.
One day the young geutleman in ques
tion was walking down Fifth avenue,
when he saw an old and rather de
crepit man slip ou a crossing and fall
rather heavily. He aided him to re
gain his footing, aud helped him into a
neighboring drug store, where the old
man had his leg mended with stacking
plaster, having knocked some skin off.
The old fellow seemed very grateful for
the courtesy wi ich had been sho vn
him, and alter asking the name of the
young man who had been of service to
him he wrote it down in a memoran
dum book, and said, as he shook
bauds :
'My name is : I am from Massa
chusetts. Some day, perhaps, you may
hear from me.'
Time passed on, aud all recollection
of the occurrence passed from the Pitts
burgher's mind. He became embarras
sed in business and reduced to extreme
poverty. One day he felt extremely
down-hearted, aud did not know which
way to turn for a livelihood, when he
chanced to pick up a Boston paper and
to his astonishment he saw that the
old man whom he had picked up on
Fifth avenue was dead, and by his
will, which was published in the paper,
the I'ittsburgher saw that a fortune of
over ibiee hundred thousand dollars
had been left by the dead man to found
a theological seminary.
"Itougli on Hals."
The thing desired found at last
Ask Druggists for "Rough on Rats."
It clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies,
bedbugs. 15c. boxes.
Yen nor is eorreot as usual. He
sj»vs during June and July changes ol
weather will occur on Saturdays and
Suudays. He has told the truth, but
not all the truth. He should have
added the other five days of the week
to those mentioned.
Ri'iiiin licences of U'aNliiust )n
'Von Fay,' I remarked to the ol<
negro who drove the hack, 'that yoi
were General Washington's b .dv ser
vent ?'
"Dat'fi so. Dat's jes so, niassa.
done waited 0:1 Washington sence h<
was so high—llo higger'n a suial
chile.'
'You know the story, then, aboui
the cherry tree aud the hatchet?'
'Know it? Whj I was dar on thf
spot. I seen Massa Qawge climb the
tree after the cherries, and I seen him
fiing the hatchet at the boys who was
stonin' him. I done chase dem boy a
off the place myself. Yes indeedV
lie was a kinder short, chunky man ;
sorter fat and hearty lookiu'. lie had
;hin whiskers and mustache and spec
tacles. Mos' generally he wore a
bat; but I seed him in a fur cap wid
?ar warmers.'
,You were with him, of course, when
be crossed the Delaware—when he
went across the Delaware river?'
'Wid him ? Yes, sir ; I was right dar
T was not more'n two feet oiPn him ns
l r uv across de bridge in his buggy.
Dat's a fac'. I walked long 3ide of the
)ff hin' wheel of dat buggy all de
way.'
'You saw him when he fought the
British at Trenton ?'
'Sho's yer boru I did. I held
Massa Gawge's coat and hat while he
;ought the liritish at that very place.
Massa Gawge clinched him and then
they rasseled aud rasseled. and at
irst he flung Massa Gawge, and den
Massa Gawge flung him, and set on
aim till he he cried 'null'. Massa
liawge won dat fight. I seed him
aid my own eyes. An' I come home
kvid him in de kyars.'
'You wereu't with him, though,
when he shot the apple off the boy'
bead ?
'Who wa'nt with him? I wa'nt ? I
was de only pussun dar 'cc-ptin' one
white man. 1 loaded Massa Gawge's
■cvoiver an' handed it to him, and
jicked up de apple an' et it as soon as
tie kuocked it off. Xobodv can't tell
lis yer old niggah nuffin 'bout dat
:ircumstance.'
'You know the general's relations,
too, I suppose ? Martin Luther and
Peter the Hermit and the rest ?'
'Knowed 'email. Mauy and many's
lie time 1 done waited on de table
when Massa Gawge had 'em to dinuer.
[ remember dem two gemmen jes as
well as if I'd seen 'em yesterday. Yes,
sah, an' I bruv 'em out of'eu.'
'l've frequently seen pictures of
Washington in which be is represen
ted as silting upon a white horse.
Did he really ride a white horse, or
Jon't you recall the color of his horse?'
'Why, bress your soul, 'call do
color ob de hoss—'call de color ob it ?
Do yoa see dis yer nigh hoss dat I'm
drivia now? Massa Gawge used to
ride it. He lef it to me iu his will.
Just then we reaced the station and
I dismounted and paid Washington's
body servant for his services. No
doubt a longer conversation with him
would have revealed new and startling
tacts relating to the Father of his
Country. *
Equal to the Emergency.
A newly-arrived and singularly as
sorted couple at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, consisting of a Londoner and
an out-and-out American western man,
stood watching the throDg oi people
coming and going at the marble coun
ter the other evening, and listened
with surprise to the endless number of
quick questions made to the hotel
clerk about trains, rooms and indivi
duals, and his instantaneous replies,
when the Englishman broke out with:
'Most extraordinary man, seems to
know everybody and everything—won
der if there is any question about a
railway train or any person that he
eau't answer?"
•I'll bet half a dozen champagne I'll
put him a question about a train he
can't answer,' said the westerner.
'Done. I'll stand six to see him sent
to grass,' said Her Majesty's subject.
'Well, here goes, then,' and western
stepped up to the marble counter.
'Say! You appear to know every
thing and everybody; who is there
that's going to h—, and when'll the
train star L?'
'Charles J. Guiteau: starts June
30lh, sir,' replied the clerk, looking the
querist right in the eye without mov
ing a muscle.
'Well 1 reckon you are about right,
but you can't tell me where I can go
aud get a ticket, can you ?'
•Go to the devil,' said the clerk,
turning away.
'Mister,' said the western guest,
looking over to Parker, the blonde
book-keeper, after the laughter had
subsided, 'you can charge six bottles
of 'Fiz' in my bill for the use of them
gentlemen, for I must weaken on this
bet, it's agin me.' He withdrew, and
the clerk kept answering questions
about more familiar routes with per
fect equanimity.
A Check for £25,00© ou a
Miingle.
Joseph C. Palmer, a California
pioneer and at one time a banker and
politician, who died recently in Oak
land, at the age of G3, was a member
of the firm of Palmer, Cook & Co., a
bank which did an immense business
! and whose influence was felt through
: out the State. To show his readiness
: 10 adopt original methods in an emer
' gency, it is related that once a deposi-
S tor called to draw a large sum of money
($28,000) from the bank. Mr. Palmer's
| consent was necessary, but he had
j been called away to attend to some
' duty at a lumber yard a mile or
more from the bank. Thither the de
| positor hastened and made known his
wants and the necessity of having
them attended to at once. Mr. Palmer
could find neither pen, pencil, ink nor
paper. But without a moment's hesi
tation be picked up a shingle, borrow
j cd a piece of red chalk and with it
wrote a check on the shingle in large
| and distinct letters for $25,000. This
was good when presented for all the
money the depositor hand in the bank.
I —San francixco Bulletin.
Remarkable for overcoming dis
-1 eases caused by impure water, decay-
I itier vegetation, etc., is Brown's Iron
I Bitters.
ADVERTISING RATHE
One squire, one insertion, II; each i.nbw
quont insertion, 50 cents. Yearly advertiseir.ei ts
exceeding one-fourth of a column, 95 per inch,
I Figure work doab'.e these rates; additional
charges where xvetkfr or monthly changes *r«
made T.o al adveitiaen euts 10 "cents per line
for f ret institii n, ti d 5 <•> nts per line for each
j additional insert:.- n. znd deaths pab
l Ih-hvil fioe < f cna-ge. Obituvy notices charged
i a» advertisements. and payable when handed in.
I Auditors' Notices. $4: JSxec'itcrs' aiici Adminis
trator*' Notices." $3 each; Ketray, Caution and
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
, each.
| From tho ff.ct tl: A.t the CITIZEN IG'he oldest
■ established and most extensively circulated Re-
I publican newspaper in Butler county, (a Repub
lican county.) it must be apparent to business
men that it is the medium they should use ui
i advertising their business.
NO. 31
\ Historic Lore Affair.
A valentine seen by a reporter of
the Kaston (Mii.) Ledger, which was
J to n girl in Easton by a youth in
iin Washington, brings* to uund
j the story of a name aud of a name of
J note in American history. The name
, of rhe sender of too missive is Keturn
J. Meigs, and the same Christian
name iias been iu ihe Meigs family for
several generaiiouH. Many years ago,
in ante-revolutionary days, Jonathan
Meigs coui ied a young lady who re
jected bis addresses. Meigs continued
I to love the girl, and, (hough too proud
and sensitive to try a second time to
win her, he determined never to mar
ry any one els* 1 , and to live and die a
bachelor unless she, of her own violl
tion, relented.
After a few years the lady did re*
[ lent, or perhaps got to know her own
heart beuer. and sent a letter to her
fo/mer suitor. Meigs got the letter
and found iu it only the two words :
'Return, Jonathan.' It was enough
Jonathan did return and made her his
wife. Their first child was baptized:
■Return Jonathan.' to commemorate
the brief letter that saved the Meigs
family from extinction, and from that
day to this there has been a Return J.
Meigs in every generation. The send
er of the valentioe referred to is the
grandson of General M. 0. Meigs, late
Quartermaster General, now retired.
Safest Place ia a Railroad
Train.
It is very well known that the car
nearest the engine is exposed to the
least dust, and that the rear car of a
train is generally safer than the front
car. The safest, says the Railroad
Journal, is probably the last car but
one iu a traiu of more than two cars ;
that is, there are fewer chances of ac
cidents to this than any other. If it is
a way train at moderate speed, or any
train standing still, a collision if possi
ble from another train in the rear, in
which the last car receives the first
shock. Again, the engine and front
cars of a train will often run over a
broken rail or a cow, or a stone, with
out detriment, while the Inst car, hav
ing nothing to draw it into the line of
the traiu, is free to leave the t r ack.
Next to the forward car, the rear car is
probably the most unsafe in a train.
The safest seat is probably near the
centre of the last car but one.
Speculation as to the Word
'• Yankee."
There is a familiar poem, reciting
the tragic fate of a grasshopper attacked
by a turkey, which runs thus :
■'A grasshopper sat on a sweei-potnto vine,
Sweet-potato viae, sweet-potato vine,
A w'iil turkey cuoie ruuniiiß up behind
And yanked the poo. - giasdhoppcr
Oil'the sweet-po.ato vine, sweet-potato vine.
This little classic is quoted by Prof.
Skeat ia his great Etymological Dic
tionary to illustrate the derivation of
the word "yankce." This he traces to
the verb "to yank," i. e., to jerk,
Yankee, therefore, meaning quick-mor
ing, and hence spry, smart, active. The
same verb in Dutch and German is
"jagen."— Boston Journal.
The power of pleasing 13 founded
upon the wish to please. The strength
of the the wish is the measure of the
power.
Men's lives should be like the days,
more beautiful in the evening or like
the spring, aglow with promise; and like
the autumn, rich with golden sheaves,
were good works and deeds are ripened
on the field.
Melons, in their season, suggests
The New-England Farmer, ought to
be plenty on every farmer's table.
They require no cooking, make an ever
welcome dessert, and are not only bet
ter and cheaper, but more wholesome
than much of the pastry which they
would or might replace.
A memorial window to the late
President Garfield was placed in St.
James' Episcopal Church at Long
Branch recently. It contains a fine
likeness of the dead President. It
will be remembered that this is the
Church where be attended divine wor
ship for the last time on the Sunday
preceeding his assassination.
Senator Lapham's constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage has got
out of the Senate Committee with a
favorable recommendation. The amend
ment it is scarely possible can pass the
Senate, but the women will look upon
it as a great stride forward that a Sen
ate Committee has been induced to
recommend its passage.
Gratitude is the dew that moistens
and nourished all the plants in the
garden of piety. The moment that the
earth refuses to send forth the hidden
moisture, which returns in dew and
rain, that moment the trees and fruits
begin to lose their stores of refreshment,
and must soon wither. In like manner,
ingratitude will make our very bless
ings begin to parch and soon become
dry and unfaithful.
A pig recently born near Brown's
Mills, N. J., without hind legs has
become extraordinarily expert in the
use of its fore legs When in no par
ticular hurry it draws itself along on
its hind quarters, but when it is a ques
tion of getting to the trough at feeding
time the singular beast balances itself
upon its fore feet and trots along with
the happiest combination of grace and
efficiency.
An exchange says: At this season,
when rats leave their winter retreats,
thev are more troublesome and de
structive than at any other season.
A person who has suffered much dam
age from this detestible vermin, found
that whitewash made yellow with
copperas, covering stones and rafters
with it and putting the crystals of the
copperas in holes made by rats, not
only completely routed them, but
cockroaches and mice also. Every
spring the dose should be repeated.
About barns, kitchens *and cellars
there is generally so mueh food obtain
ed by rats and mice that it is not sur
prising that they increase in the man
ner they do, in the absence of gocd
cats.
for the CITIZEN.