BDTLER CITIZEN. LOCAL AND GENERAL. —The last victim of the Scioto disas ter was recovered last Wednesday afternoon. —Lace Curtains from cents a yard up at L. STEIN & SON'S. —The dog days began last Thurs day— a Sirius thing, by the way. —Zephjr Shawls from 75 cents up at L. STEIN & SON'S. —Major Storey has been elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment. —Waring's Fertilizers and Peruvian Guano—for sale by J. NIGGLE A BRO. —We understand that the Harmony National Bank, which closed its doots some time ago has gone into liquidation. —Parasols, Parasols, Parasols, full line, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —Bev. Oiler of the Presbyterian church, of this town, baptized a round dozen of fat, hearty looking babies, last Saturday after- noon. —A lot of second-handed Watches cheap for cash at E. Grieb's —Anybody who wants to buy a New Iloinc or Victor sewing machine can hear something to their Advantage by calling at this office. —For bargains in Dry Goods of all kinds go to L. STEIN & SON'S. —Brick laying was commenced at the Glass Works yesterday. The stack will be 55 feet high, and it will take almost 100,000 bricks to ouild it and the oven. —For bargains in Dry Goods of all kinds go to L. STEIN & SON'S. —Constable Williamson gave a drunken man a free ride on a whecl-barrow, the other evening. lie found him lying in an alley and took him to the county cooler. —Just received another large stock of White Dress Goods at L. STEIN A SON'S Both the Southern Presbyterians and Southern Methodists anpear to be opposed to reunion with their Northern brcthern. Per haps they do not like the manner of the wooing. —Waring's Fertilizers and Peruvian Guano—foe sale by J. NIGGLE & BRO. -rßer. M. M. Gibson, D. D., of San Francisco will lecture in the U. P. Church, Tuesday evening, 18th inst., subject: Califor nia and the Chinese. —For bargains in Dry Goods of all kinds go to L ST filr & SON'S. —Beaver College and Musical Insti tute opens iti 28th year Sep. 12th, for girls and young ladies, send for new circular to the Pres ident, Rev. R. T. Taylor, Beaver, Pa, —Sewing Machine attachments and repairs of all kinds, at Grieh's Jewelry store. may3l-tf. —Every young teather should spend a term or more at the Normal School. It is just the place to learn how to teach well. Address for circulars, J. A. Cooper Edinboro, Pa. —Best assortment of Dress Goods, ( and lowest prices, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —Mr. John Burkhart, of Butler twp., has erected on his farm a fine new residence for himself. Mr. B. is one of the most prosperous farmers in this section. —Ladies' Linen Dusters, all sizes, qualities and prices, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —The Sheitemant'e well on the W«ber farm, Peon twp. is expected to reach the sand this week. It is located less than half a mile south or south a little east, of the Sim cox A Myers well. —Bargains in Russia Crash, Towels, Table Linens and Napkins, at L. STEIN & SON'S. . —We direct attention to the adver tisement, in another place, of a valuable house and lot in Butler borough, for sale or exchange The property is for sale or exchange at a great bargain, in can also be rented on reasonable terms. —Kentucky Jeans and Cottonades from 10 cents a yard up, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —About one hundred feet of the tunnel of the new railroad, on the place of Jacob Held in Forward twp., fell in from the surface last Wednesday evening. None of the workmen were hurt, as thev had just left the tunnel, and the night gang nad not yet arrived. —Fans, Fans, Fans, a large assort ment, at very low prices, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —The normal class of the Wither spoon Institute, of this place, will be examined by Superintendent Murtlsnu, on Saturday, fie 29th inst. The class will be large and outsiders will not be admitted. —Collars, Collars, Ties, Fishus, latest styles of Neckwear of all kinds in large stock, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —The Allegheny County Commis sioners on Thursd' y opened the bids submitted for tearing down the walls of the burned Court Bouse and excavatine to the depth of eight feet on the sit*. The bids ranged from SIO,OOO to $38,090. —New and large stock of Trimmings Laces and Embroideries to suit t* White Dress Goods at L. STEIN & SON'S —On a recent cool and rainy Sun • day, a Coney Island saloon-keeper was heard to ooraplain that he had only sold two hundred and ninety kegs of beer, and it looked as if Providence was against him. —Send or leave your order for a Sewing Machine, of any make, at Grieb's Jewelry store. may3l-tf —Prof. R. D. Crawford, of North Washington Academy, has organised a normal class. About twenty-five teachers and pros pective teachers are in attendance, and thej will be examined on the Bth of Angust next, for certificates by Superintendent Murtland. —Cheviott Shirtings from cents a yard up at L. STEIN & SON'S. —The Prohibition amendment which lowa put into her Constitution a few days ago was framed, engineered and carried almost entirely by the influence of women, and yet there are lunatics who still contend that woman can have no influence in politics until (be votes. —"What will the harvest be ?" All the accounts coming in say it will be a big one of wheat, with good prospects for corn and all other grains. Here and there the reports are less favorable, but, taken as a whole, the out- Jook is highly promising. .—The Pennsylvania State Fair and Pittst'Uf*h Exposition Society have determined to offer iberal premiums for the best drilled companies in the National Guard. The trial •will lie mh!e on October 2 and 3, during the lime the Grand Army of the Republic have their meeting io Pittsburgh. —The School Directors, of Harmony, intend building a new school house. They have engaged an architect to make plans of a two story brick, with two school rooms on the flrst floor and one large room on second floor, to be used as a public hall until needed for school purposes. —Quite a number of the citizens of Venango township were in town Monday, on business connected with one of the schools cf that township. Some of the people of the township want to change the location of one of the school houses, to which the directors will ■ot agree. Some depositions in the case were taken on Monday. —The will of the late Judge Wilson MeCandless was filed for probate at Pittsburgh on Friday. It is dated September 19, J872, and except the oil paintings, which are beqneathed to his sou and daughter, the entire estate is left to his "incomparable wife, Sarah, her heirs and assigns." 8. C. McCandless, son of the deceas ed, is sole executor. —Lightning struck the bouse of Mrs. Moyer, at tl.e foot of Cunningham street, during the storm last Friday. It struck the comb of the roof, went down the wail into the sitting room and oat through the kitchen. Three women were in the house at the time, but none of them were injured. —One of the prettiest new things in home decoration is an old fashioned ottoman, covered with crown velvet, upon the sides and top of which are einbro'derjd uasturtium leaves and flowers in profusion. It is too preitv to sit upon and costs the price of an ordinary "par lor set,' but who cares for comfort and money when art may be enjoyed'! —The bombardment of Alexandria, according U> the dispatches, began exactly at 7A. M. Tuesday. Tne news was cabled^?' - oni London at 6 A. M., and received in the news paper offices of this country at 1:15 A. M., the same mourning. The telegraph had gained five hours and foriy-five minutes on time. Le-s than one hundred years ago that would have been a miracle. —Miss Lizzie M. Hunter, a daugh ter of Mr. A. A. Hunter, of Oakland twp., and but 18 yeais of age, started alone on the 11th inst., iron this place to Florida. She has an uncle liv'ng i'i Leesburg, that State, who de sired her to live with l> : m and she concluded to take the journey, a dis'ance ofabjut a thous and miles, and to be traveled by laud and water. For a girl so voting this was a long journey to go alone. —Jay Gould is as fond of flowers as he s of railroads, and owns the largest private conservatory in the United States. It is on the g.ou-ids of his summer residence at Irvington, N. Y., is 400 feet long, with several uings of eighty feet each, and eontans over 4,000 var ieties of plants, most of which were brought from Europe this yea". The grounds are jOO acres in extent, and there are large flower and vegctab'e gardens. - -The "Four-mile law" has been indorsed by the conventions of both political parties in Tennessee. The "Four-mile law as it is called, simply rna'es it il'egal to sell intox'cai ng liquors wit Jin a radius of four miles of any scnoothousc, an 1 the eJfect has been to utterly wijie out dra .1 shops iu manv count'is of the State. The emperanee people of Te.ine*ste rejoice because t-.iey have found the happ'est solufion of the temperance prob lem yet auva ictd. —The old Summit twp., road case that has been on the dockets since 1573, was disposed of during Argument Court last week, in favor of the petitioners. The case was de cided by the Associate Judges as both the law Judjes have been concerneo in it. The decision opens a road from a point at No. 5, School House to a point on the old State road leading from Butler to near the hojse of Adam Rettick. Tne de endants in the case talk of taking it to the Supreme Court. —So long ago as 1835, the bar in Pennsylvania revived to erect a statue of Chief Justice Marshall, and raised three thou sand dollars towards its cost. The l the effort stopped, out the rand bas increased by honest, jocd management to twenty thousand. Con gress having passed an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for tne same purpose, the Pennsylvania lawyers propose to add their fund to the appropriation and secure a fine statue to je made oy W. W. Story and erected in Wash ington. —An eastern paper tells of a dentist »ho was visited by a loving couple about to jart for a year or two, who were ro .aevotcd hat they insisted upon exchanging physical ;okens of regard, so the demist drew one of the ady's largest back teeth and'one of the gentle nan's, transp'anting each in the jaw Jrom which he other ca.ne. Rut within haK a year the ady married another fellow, upon hear'ng vhich her first lover had the faithless one's ■ooth extracted from his mouth and threw it nto a spittoon. —Oa Tuesday evening, St. Peter's Episcopal Chapel, iu Pctrolia, was consecrated >/ Right Key. Cortlandt Whitehead, Bishop »f the Diocese of Pittsburgh, assisted by the ftev. Euiauud Burke, o" ISutler. the chapel, vhich was beautiiully and ta&tefa'ly decorated, »as crowded to its ut.nost capacity, and many ve;e compelled to go away. The Bishop ireached a most eloquent seimon, both doctri lal and practical. The music for the occasion vas furnished by the Episcopal choir iro.n Sutler, which was highly appreciated by the ludience.— £ecord. —Some surprise has been expressed it there being any Europeans lelt in Alexandria 0 be massacred by the Arabs befo'e their re reat, as it was supposed all the Europeans had aken refuge on the fleet before the bom bard - nent. All or nearly all of those having claims >n the various governments represented by the laval ship ), or who had money to pay the'r fay on tne private steameis, lelt the city at hat time, but a considerable number, general y classed as Levantine Christians, remai led >ecause they were citizens or subjects of no jovernment in particular and were witlioat neans to take them away. As a rule they are 1 low class and of mixed race, the Greek ele nent prevailing. —Mr. Alfred Wick, proprietor of the Wick Hou e, has, for some time, been mak'ng ixtensive improvements on IPS hotel builcing. !Ie has had the exterior of the buMdingre'iaint hl, the wood work of the iute.ior peiuteu and jrained, and the walls repapered. Besides this, le is putting new carpets and furniture in his parlor and ladies sitting room, and also in mcavofhis bed rooms, of which, since the tmilding of the addition to his house, he has some thirty. When Mr. Wick has comple.eu the improvements he is making, he will have as neat, as co-nfortable and as ha- dsome a hotel as there is in the county. Mr. Wick is doing a good s.eady business. Although pait of h's house is all torn up at present, he, on Monday, furnished dinner to over sixty persons, besides his regular boarders. —Mrs. Scoville's belief, expressed on the day before the hanging of Guiteau, that there would be no execution, is apparently ac counted for bv a discoyery made since. The boquet which she presented to the assassin at the>r last meeting, uponrt of 'soothing syrup," 'T am sure," he says, "that i great many mental and physical defects sup f>osed to be hereditary are really due to opiu.u >oisony work and heat, and led astray by the fine words with which these insidions medicines are recommended, resort to them to allay the rest less and fractious condition of their babies, more especially jij hot weather. — The American. I ii H ii rn nee. Geo. W. Shaffer, — office with K- Marshall Esq., Brady Block, Butler Pa. paayl7-tf Wk* WntttK Cltineu: $Da., 19, ISS?. THE WAR IN EGYPT. Early on Tuesday morning of last week, the English ileet in the harbor , of Alexandria, Egypt, opened fire upon ! the fortifications surrounding the city. I The fire was returned by the forts and i the ships were s ruck seyeral times, I but by night, ali the forts were silenc ed. The to the English during the day wr five killed and some twen !ty wounded; the Egyptian loss was not learned, but is believed to have been htavy. Next day, Wednesday, some of the forts that had been repair ed during the night were bombarded, but did not answer, and at night flames were issuing from various quarters of the city. On Thursday it was discov ered that Arabi Bey with his army and a majority of the people of the city had evacuated it, leaving the city to the mercy of a rabble, who butchered what Europeans they could find and L t the European pan of the city on fire. On Friday the city wai still burning, aDd fire increasing, men were seen running about with torches completing the work of destruction. Admiral Seymour telegraphed: "I have occupied Ras-el-Tin palace with marines, and spiked the guns in six batteries opposite. The city is still burning,- but I am clearing the streets. The Khedive is safe in the palace, which is gairisoned by 700 marines." The number of persons massacred by the mob is estimated at 2 000 The Admiral had determined to land a foice, but the refugees informed him that 9,000 Egyptians occupied a posi tion outside the city ready for an at tack, while Admiral Seymour could only land 300 men. He therefore in stead of landing men ordered shots to be fired over the city in order to >right en the rioters. Twenty armed Europeans wJo escaped the massacre were told on their way through the town, by a Pasha, that the Egyptian killed numbered over fioo. The English and French Consulates have been burned to the ground. Some field pieces were landed with marines at Kas-El-Tin Fort. The Khedive's Raß-E!-Tin palace was looted shortly before the mariners arrived. A whole battallion of Aiubs was blown up in one of the forts during the bombard ment. WHAT ALL THE ROW IS ABOUT. Now that the peace of the world has been disturbed by the thunder of British guus in the hurbor of Alexan dria and all the European governments in possesion of a navy n-e rapidly fitiag out their ironclads for active service, not knowing what may be required of them,there is an anxiety to know what all the trouble is about, and why Eng land which was looked upon as as vir tually the protector of Egypt, is engag ad single-handed in battering down its defenses The Egyptian question is as compli cated as that famous one of the Schleswig-llolstein duchies, which jnly two men professed to comprehend —and both of them arc dead—but which has changed the face of Europe without being nearer a final settle ment than it was when the Prusso- Austarian forces entered as allies and rnme out fighting each other. A few leading points will, however, make the present situation reasonably intel igible. Passing over the complica tions proceeding the accession of the present Khedive, following the deposi tion of his father in 1876, it is suffic eut to say that Egypt is self-govern ing but subject the sovereign rights of the Sultan of Turkey, who holds the power of deposing the Khedive and jxercised it in the case of Ismail, the Father of the present ruler. Owing tp the personal extravagance and ill-judged jnterprise of the late Khedive the Egyptian Government was heavily in debt to English and French capitalists, and one of the conditions on which the present Khedive was placed on the throne was the surrender of the control of the finances to a Board of Control made up equally of represen tatives of England and France. The receipts are divided by the Board, a certain sum being appropriated to the payment of the interest on the debt, another stipulated sum to the main tenance of the Khedive and his family, and the remainder to the general pur poses of the Government. It will be seen that as the holder of the purse strings is master of the situation, the Anglo-French Board of Control vir tually formed the Government ol Egypt, the Khedive being their sub missive servant. It should also be premised that from the time when Egypt wa3 but a Turkish province all the principal officials, civil and military, have been Turks or Circassians, the native Egyptians being but the hewers of wood and the drawers of wat«r in civil life and the "mere food for powder" in the army. The disturbing element is Arabi Bey, a native Egyptian who won his way in the army to a major's commis sion by his ability and daring and was made by the late Khedive a Colonel, in defiance of precedent. Having thus passed the bitherto insurmountable barrier, Arabi intrigued until two other Arab officers were promoted to the same grade. The three continued their intrigues until Ihey had won nearly the whole army to f heir views and had by a succession of steps developed a scheme for the nationalization of Egypt and its emancipation from foreign dic tation. By insurrectionary demonstra tions the Khedive was coerced into dismissing the Mioisiers objectionable to Arabi and appointing a new set; in disregard of the protests of the Anglo- French representatives. A constitu tion was granted by the Khedive, one feature of which was the complete con trol of Egyptian finances by the native Legislature. Although pledges were volunteered that the rights of the bond holders would be religiously respected, it was well understood that the foreign claims would be regarded last in the distribution of the revenues, instead of first, as at prerent. It was at this point that the Anglo-French alliance intervened with an emphatic re.usal to permit the programme to be carried any farther It was ordered that Arabi Bey must go, aad affairs be restored to their old position. But how was this to be done ? The Khedive was now ruler only in name. Ar»bi Bey, with the army at his back, was dictator. The allies could not de cide upon any decisive step because their interests, aside from the Egyp tion bonds, were not alike. England wished to invoke the power of Turkey, bijt France, fearing the effect of such invocation in Algeria and Tunis, ob jected. The Sultan in the meantime intrigued with both the Khedive and Arabi Bey for bis own advantage. Then came tbe outbreak at Alexandria in which both foreigners and natives were massac.ed with great ferocity, and responsibility for the origin of which remains in dispute. No one of the governments who e subjects were murdered i'u that affair took immediate action, for each shrauk .rom being the first to provok; whit might become a great international quarrel. At last all the powers concerned by general treaty in the fate of Turkey and its de pendencies consented to consider the pacification of Egypt on the lines laid down for their deliberations by England, which looked simply to the re-estab lishment of the order of things existing before the appearance of Arabi Bey as a disturbing force. Meaawhile Arabi Bey bad thrown off the mask. He re fused to obey the counsels or com mands of the Sultan, paid no heed whatever to the Khedive, raised the cry of "Egypt for the Egyptians," de fied foreign interference and especially by the English, and not only hastened to place Alexandria in a condition of defense, but made threatening demon strations against the Suez Canal. In inviting a general European con ference the English Government dis tinctly announced that the Suez Canal question would not be subnrtted for consideration, it being one exclusively for the English under the present con dition of affairs. England also reserv ed the light of independent action at any moment. It was soon apparent the conference could reach no i>ractical solution of the difficulty, so England availed itself of its reserved right bv sending an ultimatum to Arabi Bey and following it up with a bombard ment of the Alexandria fortifications and the seizure of tne Suez Canal, no ships other lhan the British war fleet being allowed to pass through it. COURT SEWS. Mr. Peter Pfife.- petitioned Court for the appointment of viewers to view and assess damages against, the P. ks at.... $1 00 A Good Striking Clock, walnut case 300 Nickel Watch at 300 w >th alarms 1 50 " " " " " 8 day 365 Nickel Watch, Stem Winder 400 A. Good Striking Clock 200 2 Ox. SilverCasc, with Amer'n movement 10 o(>,, " " " closed im the hack 450 Ladies Gold Watches at sl2 75 tw* All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles at 35 cents per dozen, aud No. 1 Sperm Cil at 10 cents per bottle. The only place in Butler where yon can find a full and complete stock of KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, &c 1847.—Rogcis Bios—A I.—none genuine unless stamped ("184:.—Rogers Bros.—A 1.") I also carry a full line of Eye Glasses and Spectacles, suitable for all eyes and mounted in the most elegant and substantial manner, and am of fering very superior goods at the most reasonable rates. Repairing of Watches and Clocks leceives our Fery strict at tention, and is done promptly and warranted. E. GRIEB, Main Street, Butler, Pa. $103,000,000 A pproprla(ed for KVUMIOIIM for the Next FISCAL Year. WASHINGTON, July 16.—A very imporcaat section was ruled out of the Pension Appropriation bill yesterday on a point of order. It provided that the Sec-etarv of the Intjrior should annually transmit to Congress, at the begiuuing of each regular session, a I list of persons bo. ne on the pension rolls classified according to their post-1 office addiess by States and counties, the amount paid annually to each, and also a statement each year of those dropped from the rolls and those added to the rolls. One object of this ; clause was to prevent the adjudication I of fraudu'ent claims. Substantially the same provision has '> L-U agreed upon by the Senate Committee on Pensions. It will be reported to the Senate some time this week, and wi'l p. ooably pass as a separate proposition. MAY PREVENT FRAUD. It is conceded by the Commissioner of Pensions that under .the present system a large number of claims are allowed on audi'leot nflfida/its, which it is necessai ily impossible to detect at the time. The purpose of requiring this report to be made to Congress is that by publ : cation of the names of claimants and pejsioners the cover of secrecy will be removed, and there will be fewer fraudulent affidavits in the future. The enormous expenditure? made on account of the Pension Bureau renders it important that the large pe-centa&e of fradi'lent pen ions should be reduced. In the year 1881 there was paid f or pensions $32,- <104,000, in the original aporopration, and for deficiencies $18,305,031, making n total of $50,700,031. For the fiscal vea-just passed, 1882, the pension approp r iatiou bill was $50,- 000,000 and the deficiency $16,000,000, making a totil of $66,000,000. AN ENORMOUS SUM. The appropriation for the present fiscal year is $103,000,000. Representa tive Morris. en filed in the office of the Prothonotary of the Common Pleas o " But- * ler county, State of Pennsylvania,. at J".. I>., No. 16, June term, 1880, and that tee same will he presented to said court for confirmation and allowance, on Wednesday the 6th day of Sep tember, 1882. M. N. GRfcKR, Prot'.ionot ;ry. Prothonotary's office July 19, 1882. CP 5 week in your own town. Terms and •> »l*«outflt fr.'e. Address 11. HALLMT & Co. Portland, Malno. mar29,l jr I JIT L BRUSH'S.