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, upon<being subjected (o a
chemical analysis, was found to contain enough
arsenic to have killed several men. It seems
likely that Mrs. Scoville poisoned the boquet
and then found hersel * unable to acqua'-it the
assassin with this fact. She gave him a hint
of the truth, but he failed to take it, and so lost
his only opport jnity to cheat the gallows.
Had he been more qu'ck-w'.tted to catch his
sister's meaning and courageous enough to
have followed out her idea, there would, likely
enough, have been no execution ; but then we
should have been spared the disgraceful fea
tures of that performance.
—The ironclads mentioned as doing
the work of bombarding Alexandria on one side
»re the inflexible, Superb, Temera'rc, Alexan-
Ira and Sultan. The first inamed is a turret
ihip of the first class, having two turrets and
carrying four eighty-one ton guns, each throw
in? a shot of 1,600 pounds, with 300 poum's of
sowder. The second carries four twenty-five
:on guns. The third has four twenty-five ton
uid four eighteen-ton guns. The fourth has
;wo twenty-five ton and ten eighteen-ton guns,
rhe fifth has eight eighteen-ton and four twelve
ion guns. Three ironclads baite-ed the fortifi
:ations from the other side, these being (he
Monarch, with four twenty-five ton and two six
ind a half-ton gnns; the Invincible and the
Penelope, each with ten twelve-ton guns. The
tambardment was carried on with sixty-six
weighing 1,371 tons, supposing all the
juns were brought into action.
—The Pittsburgh physicians are
;arnestly werning against the t'se of "soothing
wruos" and otaer Exjierieiiced
factors aver that a large nu nber of the chil-
Jren supposed to die of bowel complaints are
in fact "drugged «o death." Oae who has given
much attention to the mctter savs that these
remedies are not t'sed by educated
parent •. but nurses will resort to them to soothe
troublesome children, or when they want to
iake ' their eve liug out." Anoil'er" physician
knows twenty cases, within h's owu knowledge,
where death has been tracea'de to some s:>rt 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
>oison<ng." Taylor, the greatest English
luthority oa toxicology and medical jur/snrn
lence, says that "ininats and young persons
ire lia : »le to be killed by very small doses of
ip'urn." One somewhat well-known repre
sentative of the ' syrups" appear? lo be a com
pound resembling syup of poppies. Its effects
ire those of a narcotic. The Pharmaceu.ica
Society's Journal records the death, in 1872, of
i child, aged fifteen months, with the usu.l
symptoms of narcotic poisoning, from two do es
»f tais preparation. And the same journal
states that an analysis of the syrup showed
Lhat "one ounce contained nearly a grain of
morphia, with other opium alkaloids." All
these sorts of preparations are as strongly con
lemned by the great German as by
the English and American; but unprincipled
nurses, and poor women wearied and exhausted
t>y 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. <fc
W. R. R. Co. Court appointed Enos
McDonald, Abner Shaner, Thos.
Garvey, W. W. Dodds, Woi. Dick,
John Martin and Matthew Shannon,
and fixed Thursday, Aug. 3, ae time
of meeting.
George 11. Ilerdman has brought
suit for damages against Nicholas
Sailer for cutting him with an axe on
the sth inst., and claims damages in
$25,000.
Mr. James N. Moore, and Mr.
Frank Kohler, students at law, have
applied for admission to the bar.
Messrs. Marshall, Thompson and
Lyon have been examined and admit
ted.
Tbe Overseers of the Poor of Jeffer
son twp., have petitioned Court to ap
po:nt a trustee to take charge of the
estate of Sarah Ann Derimore. Rule
granted.
Special terms of Court for the trial
af cases have been fixed for the Third
Monday of September, Second Mon
day of October and Fourth Monday of
October. Venires to issue for forty-
Lwo Jurors for each week, irom Com
mon Pleas and Quarter Session Courts.
W. A. Nolan has brought suit vs.
W. T. Wylie, for debt; balance claim
s4ss.
Tbe argument in the case of the Al
lan estate vs. W. S. Boyd was com
menced on Monday a.ternoou of last
iveek and was not finished until noon
Friday.
Closed fts Doors.
The Parker Savings Bank, at
Parker, Pa., closed its doors last
Weduesday evening. The Parker
Chcenix says that the cause of the
dosing "is not of recent date, but a
matter that transpired several years
»go and one that has been held over
Trom time to time. Tne recent de
velopment at Garfield caused many
3perators to draw their reserves .rom
the bank, which proved too much for
the institution. The managers and
directors of the bank are men who
have had the unbounded confidence of
the people and the majority to-day be
lieve that all is not lost. Mr. J. P.
Parker, President of the bank, states
that every dollar will be paid."
The following judgments have been
entered here against Mr. Jaire3 P.
Parker, President of the bank: Parker
Savings Bank, $12,284.77; Samuel
Craig, Trustee, $6,250.00; John B,
Leonard, $18,000.00; Mr. Ball and
wife, $1,200.00; E. Robinson, $7,-
350.50; John B. Leonard, $5,000.00.
The failure of the bank, will, it is
said, also cripple the glass manufactory
there.
A Wealthy Wliitc Woman Weds
a Colored Man at Washing
ton. PH.
"Little" Washington is greatly ex
cited over a case of miscegenation
which involves one of the most prom
inent families. The contracting par
ties are John Miller a hotel portei —
black as they make them—and Miss
Venie Clokey, an attractive lady, 35
years old, who controls considerable
wealth in her own right and belongs
to one of the most respectable and
wealthy families in the county. For
the past two years she had been se
cretly receiving visits from her dusky
admirer, and openly admitted to some
iriends that she loved and intended to
marry him some day. She kept her
word, and at midnight of Wednesday
the two were joiaed by the Rev. Mr.
Ross, a colored exhorter. Some years
ago, the friends of the eccentric girl
a3sert, she received a sp ; nal injery
which affected her brain. Her mind
became so unsettled that she was con
fined for a short time in Dixmont
asylum, being released two months
since. When Miss Clokey returned
to her friends she told them that she
felt convinced she would make a fatal
mistake by marrying Miller, but it is
believed she made this assertion roere
to allay their suspicions. Immediate
step will be taken by her friends to
sunder the knot which the colored
preacher tied.
End ol the Roberts' Suit.
Five weeks ago, P. C. Boyle, editor
of theOi'/ Echo, published at Richburg,
N. Y., made information against Sena
tor Roberts of Titusville, charging him
with having procured his election by
corrupt means, and with having com
mitted perjury in taking the oath as a
member of the Legislature. A hear
ing was had before Alderman Kinnard,
of Harrisburg. Two witnesses
whom Boyle had subpmnaed testified
that Roberts had made no corrupt
propositions to them. They had
knowu him well, but he had placed no
money in their hands, or under
their control to be used to assist his
election. Xo evidence having been
produced to substantiate the charge
made by Boyle the caso was dismissed.
JjjgT'Advertise in the CITIZEN.
TILI, TAPPIXCJ I:\TK.IOU
UI.\4KV.
Stealing *2,000 Willi a 81 ring,
a Lead Plate, and a bit ol
Shoemaker'* Wax-
A unique method of theft was acci
dentally exposed in the State National
Hank in Elizabeth, X. J., on Mondav
last, and the janitor, George Washing
ton Acke-man, alias Bennett, who was
arrested, admitted that he had stolen
more than $2,000 in the past two
| years.
Edward Sherwood, the former pay
ing teller, a strictly honest young man,
| could not make his accounts balance.
On July 16, 1881, he was short S2OO ;
on Sent. 19 he was short $340; on Nov.
27 he misted $320, and on Jan. 9 of
this year he was short SIBO. He
could not afford to lose the money, for
which he was personally responsible,
aud he asked the bank people to relievo
him. Joseph McGuire, the book-keep
er, a brother of the cashier, also offered
to resign. He and Sherwood had
stood at the same desk, and the cash
had been taken during business hours
only from the drawer under Sherwood's
desk. Chief of Police Keron was sat
isfied that the thief was employed in
the bank, but he could not fasten the
crime upon any one. Sherwood and
young McGuire were, by their own re
quest, relieved from the position of
paying teller and book-keeper, and
Charles Halsey, a member of the Com
mon Council, was made paying teller,
Fiank Newcombe taking McGuire's
place. On Jan. 16 last, just one week
after Sherwood's last loss, Ilalsey was
unable to balance his accounts within
S4BO, the largest loss of all. On June
10 he missed $350, and he and the
bank officers, as well as ex-Chief Keron
and William D. Jenkins, the present
Chief of Police, were puzzled.
On Monday morning last Frank
Newcombe heard a light 'tap-tap' in
the drawer under the desk, and at first
he thought that a boy who was lean
ing on the counter had rapped with
his fingers. On hearing the noise a
second time he saw something move
in the drawer, which he quickly shut
and thinking that a mouse was in the
drawer he decided to remove the bank
bills. Then he discovered that his
sudden shutting of the drawer had
broken a finely woven fish line and
in the drawer was a bit of lead
weighing 2 ounces and shaped like the
flat seal used by custom officers. On the
lower suiface of the lead was a piece of
shoemaker's wax, and fastened to the
wax was a S2O bill No less than
S2OO, had been taken «rom the SSO and
S2O pockets of the drawer since the
money had been counted, half an hour
before. Jauitor Ackerman, who was
k lown in Elizabeth a j George W. Ben
nett, confessed his guilt when he was
arrested. He was a soldier during the
late war.
Ackerman's method of abstracting
the money was novel and ingenious.
In the floor under the cash drawer is
an o'd gas pipe hole, though which
Ackerman had passed the fish line
from the cellar to the drawer. Into
the bottom of the counter, directly
over the center of the diawer, he had
fastened a screw ring or 'dead eye,'
and another turned into the face of the
counter so that a cord running through
both would work at right angles to
itself and without sound. The thin
piece of lead was fastened to the end
of the sti ing that passed through the
dead eyes into the drawer, and the
contrivance was so arranged that by
pulling on another string the lead
could be lowered on the bills aud then
pulled through the slit between the
drawer and the counter. Once outoide
of the drawer it was easy to draw the
lead and bill down to the cellar
through the old gas-pipe hole in the
floor. There was nothing in sight,
and nothing could be seen by anybody
in the bauk. The trap was arranged
on Sundavs or evenings, when, as jan
itor, he had access to the bank. Dur
ing business hours he went to the cel
lar, aud guided by bis ears, pulled the
string that let the lead drop on the
bills in the diawer, and then pulled
the string which drew the lead and
bill out. He could hear when the
paying teller quilted the desk, and
therefore he could work the drawea
with l'tlle fear of detection.
Bennett restored $332 which he had
placed on the top of a wall in the cel
lar. Bennett's real name is G. W.
Ackerman, and under this name he
served in the navy. He had been jan
itor of the bank for over five years, and
had a good reputation. He received
pay, but was given the rent of a
small bouse in the rear of the bank.
He was believed to make his living by
working at his trade of paintiog. In
vestigation shows that he did very
little work the past year, but spent a
good deal of money. He bought a
piano, a yacht, and a gun, and lost
money in start'ng a fish mat ket at
Elizabethport. When bis wife asked
him where got so much money, she
received abuse in return. He was
taken to Newaik yesterday and
bi ought before United States Commis
sioner Wlritehead, who held him in
$2,500 bail to answer before the
United States Grand Jury next Sep
jmber. He was confined in the Eliza
beth jail.
A Remarkable Feat.
Marcus Bibbero, a swimming teach
er recently performed the remarkable
feat of swimming across the East ltiv
cr from Brooklyn to New York, with
his hands and feet securely tied. Be
fore starting the swimmer's hands were
tied, being crossed behind hiai and se
cured at the w: ists by two flat knots.
His legs were then tied at the ankles
with a slip knot and he was dropped
into the river. Bibbero stared off
freely, swimming on his right side aud
headed directly for the opposite shore,
following the boat which was to fur
nish relief in case of need. The tide
was at flood, but it was not running
strong. In twenty minutes u*om the
time of leaving Brooklyn he reached
Joiner slip. Here he was taken in«,o
the boa*, where his feet were first un
tied and then his hands. He did not
seem at all distressed by the effort.
He received SSOO for the feat.
Farmer* ! Look to Your Inler
enlN.
The best is always tbe cheapest.
Buy the Farmer's Favorite
Drill. The only drill that has double
distribution, double reversible steel
points and solid steel axle. It has
force feed grass seeder, either behind
or in front, is adapted to plant any
variety of seed from the finest to the
coarsest, from flax seed to corn and
pumpkin seed. On hand all the time
and sold by Wm. Crookshanks, Sar
versville, Butler county, Pa. j1.19
I IMMENSE: DISPLAY $
OF 1^
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J Gents' Furnishing Goods S
f AT BARGAIN PRICES. [|
| SUMMER UNDERWEAR. I
v.' In this Department I offer a New Stock, nt IMMENSE BARGAINS. PLEASE EX
£ AMINE them and you will save money.
|| CHARLES R. GRIEB, f#
g MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
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I am a rambling wreck of nudity, R
rogg, Esq., advertisin
gent the best Jewc'rv bouse in
I wish to iufurni the
a of WATCHES, CLOCKS.
JEWELRY, PLATED AND SILVER
VA RE,is now being offered at ustonitfhing A
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NowS What an eld and Reliable House can do Regarding Prices.
Bound Nick ' >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. <n averages the yearly
amount required for pensions for the
next ten years at about $73,000,000,
and intima'i =< that it will cost to pay
off the present pensions two thousand
million of dollars, several hundred
of millions more than the total
National debt.
It is estimated that over 180,000 pen
sion claims have been allowed since
the passage of the Arrears of Pension
act.
If Nearly Dead.
after taking some highly puffed up
stuff', with long testimonials, turn to
Hop Bitters, and have no fear of any
Kidney or Urinary troubles, Bright's
Disease, Diabetes or Liver Complaint.
These diseases cannot resist the cura
tive power of Hop Bitters; besides it
is the best family medicine on earth.
Three Men killed About a Dog.
ST. LOUIS, July 14.—A Post-Dis
patchjspecialfrom Shrcveport, La., says
news from Orange county, Texas,
says John Godwyn killed W. Wind
ham's dog. W'ndham followed God
wyn and his brother-in-law Moian,
with a shotgun. He shot and killed
both, but was himself wounded and
died in an hour.
Good House and I.ot lor Kale.
Any person wanting to buy a first
class house of seven rooms, well fin
ished, good cellar, excellent well of
water, with pump, splendid stable,
large grapery, brick walks, all necessa
ry outbuildings, etc., located in Butler,
can hear of sams by inquiring at this
office. mar22,3m
' —The State tax on liquor, mercan
tile aid patent medicine licenses issued
to citizens of this county, amounted
this year to $5,300. This tax was due
aud payable on the first day of June,
and each yendor of these articles was
so notified by a printed slip left with
him or her by the Mercantile Apprais
er. As usual, there have been some
delinquents this year, persons who
neglected to pay their State tax, and
County Treasurer Miller left their ac
counts with a Justice of the Peace for
collection, as, by law, he is required to
do with all accounts not settled by the
9th of July. For doing so he has re
i ceived several abusive letters from
parties who neglected to pay their tax.
£^~N T o family Dyes were ever so
popular as the Diamond Dyes. They
never fail. The Black is far superior
to logwood. The other colors are
brilliant.
—The prospect increases that this
session of Congress will last through
the whole month. It has not indeed
been a barren session, as sessions go.
But for many years past no Congress
has been able to keep up with the
growth of public business; and, for the
i'uture, each in its turn will have to
sacrifice its convenience to the public
necessities. As it is, it compares very
favorably with the current session of
the British Parliament. Of the long
list of measures promised in the Queen's
speech, all have been abandoned except
the bill for the punishment of corrupt
practices in elections. The budget,
which lumps all appropriations into a
single measure, has been voted as
usual.
Celery Plants.
The undersigned has for sale 10,000
celery plants of all varieties, which he
will sell at the lowest market prices.
MARTIN EISLER, Butler, Pa.
—The Al'egheny Mail says that
"a number of missionaries from this
vicinity are engaged at certain points
in Egypt. When the massacre began
in Alexandria, a cablegram was re
ceived stating that the missionaries
bad left Egypt. Some went to Eng
land. Drs. Ewing and Watson remain
ed to protect property and subsequent
ly went on board of a United
States man-of-war. All the mission
aries in Egypt were called in and are
now believed to be in places of safety.
Regarding Fev. Dr. Hogg, stationed
at Asyoot, 150 miles up the Nile from
Cario, however, there is some doubt.
Dr. S. C. Ewing is a native of West
moreland county, a graduate ef Jeffer
son College and Allegheny Theo
logical Seminary. He has been in
Egypt since 1860. Dr. Andrew
Watson is also a graduate of the Alle
gheny Seminary and has be«n in
Egypt since 1861. Dr. Hogg is a
Scotchman and has been laboring in
Egypt for twenty years.
Farmer* Look Here,
The undersigned is now taking or
ders for fruit trees for fall planting
He represents one of the most reliable
nurseries in Rochester, N. Y. Please
send your orders in immediately.
nl6tf JOHN BIEDKRMAN.
Farmer* Look fo Your Inlerettt.
By using Bradley's Sea Fowl Peru
vian Guano and also Bradley's Alka
line Dissolved Bone, you will increase
your crop J from 75 to 100 per cent. It
ran lie had at all times at Sarver's Sta
tion, and also at the Niggle Bros., in
Butler. Send in your orders early.
WM. CROOK SHANK,
Agent for Butler Co.
Sarver's Station, Butler Branch R. R.
junc2l 2m.
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$200,00 REWARD!
Will be paid for the detection and con
viction of any person gelling or dealing
in any bogus, counterfeit or imilation
HOP BITTERS, especially Bitters or
preparations with the word HOP or
HOPS in their name or connection there
with, that is intended to mislead and
cheat the public, or for any preparation
put in any form, pretending 1 to be the
same as HOP BITTERS. The genuine
have cluster of GREEN HOPS (notice
this) priated on the white label, and
are the purest and best medicine on
earth, especially for Kidoev, Liver and
Nervous Diseases. Beware of all others,
and of all pretended formulas or recipes
of HOP BITTERS published in papers or
for sale, as they are frauds and swindles.
Whoeyer deals in any but the genuine
will be prosecuted.
HOP BITTERS MPO. Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
EARS FOR THE MILLION T
Foo Ohoo's Balsam of Shark's Oil
Positively Hi-stores the H'aring, and is the only
Absolute Cure for Deajness Known.
This Oil 18 abstracted iron peculiar specie of
small WHITE BUARK, cauzht In the Yellow s'- 1,
known as Carcharodon Rondelelh. Every Chi
nese fisherman knows it. Ita virtues as a re
storative of bearing were discovered by • Budd
hist Priest about the year 1410. Its cures were
so numerous and many so seein<nglv miracu
lous, that the remedy was officially proclaimed
over the entire Empire. Its use became so uni
versal that for over 300 years no deafne«B bas
exlslted among the Chinese people. Sent,
charges prepaid, to any address at fI.CO per
bottle.
Hear What The Deaf Say!
It has performed a miracle In my case.
1 have no unearthly noises In my bead and
bear much better.
I have been greatly benefited.
My deafness helped a great deal—think
another bottle will enro me.
"Its virtues are unquestionable and Its ours
tlve character absolute, as the writer can oer
sonally testily, both Irom experience and o ser
vation. Write at once to Hnylock & Jenncy,
7 Dey Btrecl, New York, enclosing #I.OO and
you will receive by return a remedy that will
enable you to hear like anybody else, and whbea
curative effects will be permanent. You will
never regret do!n? so."—EDITOR or MERCAN
TILE REVIEW.
fgr To avoid loss in the Mails, please send
money by Registered letter.
'Only imported by HAYLOCK L JENNEY,
(Late HAYLOCK & Co.)
SOLE AOENTS POR AMERICA. 7 Dey St,, N. Y.
jnnc7-ly.
Mrn. II ay ward's and Nlm
Parked Hoarding and Day
School for Young JLadlen
and Children.
46 STOCKTON AVE., ALLEGHENY CITY,
PA. In addition to a thorough collegiatecourse
in English and Latin, French and German ar«
taught by natives. Mr. Carl Itetter has c'iarge
of the musical department. Send for pr -pec
tus. julyt.M m.
WOTIC'E- ~
Notice is hereby given that the final ae
connt of John Bauder, Jr., assignee of Peter
Schneidemantle, hps !> 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
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