BUTLER CITIZEN. LOCAL AND GENERAL. — l Typhoid fever baa assumed an epidemic l'orm on the hill district in Pittsburgh. Bargains in White Quilts at L. STEIN & SON'S {♦ is estimated that the "button ha- got away with 1,-300 dogs iu Pittsburgh and vicinity. —The Perfection Bustle can only be had at L. STEIN & SON'S. —Silas Orav, of Westmoreland comty, latelv found guilty of murder in the first degree, tiari been sentenced to be hung. A lot of second-handed Watches cheap for cash at E. Grieb's A man has beeD sentenced to three months' imprisonment and cost of prose cution for stealing an umbrella in theater county. Waring's Fertilizers and Peruvian Quano—for sale by J. NKKJLE & Bao —lt is just possible that the potato rot will effect some of the tubers growing upon rich, damp ground. It is to soon to talk ot io cent potatoes yet. —New Dark Prints, in choicest styles, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —Messrs. S. G. Purvis & Co. started the old Bauer mill last week and are now man ufacturing bull-wheels aad sand-reels, two im portant parts of an oil well rig. —New styles in Collars, Ties and Fishus, at L. STEIN & SON'S A daughter of James Cochran, of this borough, aged 14 years, died last Saturday, after having been sick for about two weeks, with typhoid fever. —Waring's Fertilizers and Peruvian Guano —for sale by J. NIOGLE & BRO —The fashions this year are im mense. Several ladies ot this town have lately had big figured calico dresses made, and had them trimmed with satin. At $1.50 home-made Bed Comforts AT -L. STEIN & SON'S. —According to a census bulletin lately issued, Butler county has 16,126 native white males over 21 years of age, 2,319 white males of foreign birth over 21 years of age, and 37 colored men over 21 years of age. —Kalsominers' Muslin for lining houses, very cheap, at L. STEIN & SON'S. —James G. Allison, of Canton, Washington county, lately, sold thirty-si x Spanish-American meri.io ewes, one and two years old, for twelve hundred dollars, cash in hiiml—an average of $33,334. —Send or leave your order for a Sewing Machine, of any make, at Grieb's Jewelry store. may3l-tf —We acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary to the Armstrong County Ag ricultural, Horticultural and Driving l'a-k As sociation, whose Fair, thi" year, will be held on the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th insts. Bargains in Muslins, Sheeting, Ticking, Blankets, Flannels and Yarns, L. STEIN & SON'S. A man named Lewis Roberts was arrested atKarnsCity, charged with stealing horses in Maryland and selling them in this State. One horse was found in his possession when caught. He is now in jail awaiting the requisition of the Governor ot Maryland. —Sewing Machine attachments and repairs of all kinds, at Grieb's Jewelry store. mav3l-tf. Mr. James D. Ma.kin, paymaster for his brother Chas. Mackin, the railroad con tractor, lost a pocket-book, a few days since, containing stme S7O in money, a pair of gold eye glasses, some papers and other articles. He offers a liberal reward for its return. —A large stock of Hoop Skirts, Bustles, Ac., at very low prices, at L. STEIN & SON'S. road will be completed to Bald Ridge to-day. By working night and day the company had the track almost entirely completed last Sun day and quite a number of men and boys who were loafing about the depot last Sundav alter noon got a free ride to Kinser's bridge and back. The bridge erected at Kinsers is but a temporary affair. —At $5 Fine all wool Country Blankets at L. STEIN & SON'S. —E. G. Miller, Esq., has decided to remove to Bradford, McKean county, where he will practice with N. B. Smiley, Esq., the choice of the people of that county for Presi dent Judge of the district. Should Mr. Smiley receive the district nomination and be elected Mr. Miller will fall heir to his business. A full line of Ladies' Cloths and Sacking Flannels, in all the newest shades, at L. STEIN & SON'S. A barn belonging to James Adams, of Venango county, was burned a few nights since, with a large guantity of grain and hay. With ponsiderable difficulty the live stock in the barn was rescued; The Ore is supposed to lave been the work of tramps. L«oss, $2,000; insurance, SI,OOO, A full stock of Canvas, Zephyrs Macrame Cord and all materials for fancy work, at L. STEIN & SON'S. The Parker Plicenix says that it has been informed that stockholders of the late Parker Savings Bauk have submitted a propo sition to the committee appointed by the de positors to pay forty cent* on the dollar as a compromise. * The proposition, it adds, was not received with open arms. The State Normal School, Edin boro, opened its fall session Aug. 15, and has a total attendance of over 450. During the vaca tion improvement* and additions of books, ap paratus and furniture were made to the value of $3,000.00. Several line instruments have lieeji ordered from Europe. —4. Mifflin man had a novel fishing adventure the other day, A pike darted by his hook closely followed by a larger pike. The big fish swallowed the little one and theu turned and swallowed the hook. The fish were twenty-oue and ten inches in length respectively. —The latest news from thp recent flool iu the Concho River, Texas, shows that it was a frightful disaster, the lull extent of which was not apparent. It is now said that 120 jiersons were drowned, and thousauds of horses, catle and sheep perished. According to a telegraphic dispatch, the river rose fifty feet. —The arbitrators in the case of O. C. Bolingcr ami wife vs. Robert J. Hindman for slander, met in Suubury last Wednesday and continued in session till next day, when fyqnd that the plaintiff had no oanse for action and awarded in favor of the defendant for costs, whioh amount to $11!>.17, so far as taxed. The arbitrators wero Hugh McCrca, S. 11. Piersol, Esq., and Alex. lin-mll, —Four masked men lately entered the honce «>i Orrin Farver, Mercer county, while one with a revolver kept the inmates from giving the alarm the others searched the house tiking SHO, two notes of the value of £2OO each, a large quantity of clothes and jewelry. Two of them were captured by the farmers in the neighborhood who turned out in pursuit in large numbers. —At Washington, Pa., ono day last week, a titWn-ywMr old daughter of a Mr. Wolfe elo|>ed with a young man named |,ogan, aged eighteen, of Cincinnati!. The pair pro ceeded to a neighboring town i)t which place they were married. On Sunday morning last the girl went to her parent's house, but her father drove her from the house and told her not to again leturn. —Oo Wednesday evening constable William Magill, of Cherry township, Butler county, came to town with a warrant for the arrest <>f Dr. Cal Cook, who is charged with committing rape upon Miss E. Handy, of Ve nango county, oti the 12th of June last. Mr. Mag.il! found his man in the front r%;ik at thi camj.meeting, gazing with a most saiiutlino nious countenanoe tjpon a lady who was lyint in a trance. He was at once arrested and wa» tak~n to Butler yesterday morning.— Mcrcn hitfuiU k. Cook was not oommitted here ami nobody here, that we have enquired of, knowi anything about the case. —The jury list for the special Oc tober terms cau be seen in another place. The postmaster at Edenburg, Cla rion county", who four years ago received a sal ary of #2,000, now gets hut S7OO. —Work on th »S. & A connecting link of railroad wan commenced on Monday. Two wagon loads of Hungarians lett Butler that morning to wcrk on the road. Mr. W. T. Hut/, the Secretary ol the Lawrence county Agricultural and Horti cultural Society Mends us a complimentary tu their Fair, to be held on the 1 Ith, loth and It;tb, in«ts. —Burglars are around town again grocery was broken into a few night* .-i.ic<-' an<l s,ine t'.bacco, c.~ars and other ar.'c.es stolen A.i entrance to the ware room wa» effected through a window »nd a bole cut through the door between the ware room and storeroom. —The egg plant crop, of this vicini ty, is very suiali I his yea.*, and the eggs com mand high prices. Some lelt at one grocery stores, l;' **t week, brought from l.*» to 25 cents each. There is no better vegetable, when pioperly prepared and cooked. A few months ago a Pittsburgh man lent SI4OO to a friend who was going out West t.» speculate in niir.es '1 he other day that Pittsburgh man received by express" from his debtor a gold bnek worth SII,OOO, not, as an accompanying letter exp.ained, to pay the debt, but merely as an evidence of good will. Shade trees in town are not only ornamental but rseful, but when the limbs hang so low that a m m must drop his umbrel la on a rainy day while passing them, and be compelled to pick up his hat frequently, it is not pleasant by any means. Trim up the trees so that predestrians can pass under them with out being compelled to double themselves up. Pittsburgh has added to her other troubles a water fami.ie, which is not only closing many of her mills ar.d shops, throwing thousands of men out of work, but is breeding disease through the lack of the Means of cleans ing public and private houses. Engine after engiie has broken down at the water works. It is singular that a city supplying so much good uacbiuery to other parts of the country should lack eme'ent pumping engines for its daily water supply. Some months ago James Wasson, who was iraployed at the lime stone quarrv near Wampum,"Lawrence county, was waylaid, knocked down and robbed, and left lying on the railroad track, from which perilous position he was rescued by a passer l»y. A few nights since he was again wayla'd near the same spot and again left lying senseless upon the track. This time, however, there was no passerby to rescue him and he was run over and killed and his body terribly mangled by an express train. At a meeting of the Building and Loan Association, of this town, last Saturday evening, the following changes were made in the By Laws of the Association : In regard to fines as follows: "For each weekly default on each share of stock not borrowed on 5 cents, and for each weekly default of each sha'c. bor rowed on 10 cents." this to take the place of the old rates. In regard to calling special meeting the Br Laws were chaaged to read so that at the request of "one-fifth of the number of shares of stock in force" the President of the Association must call a meeting. The body of a man was found hanging to a tree in the woods near the water station of Butler Branch R. K. last Monday morning. He was an elderly man and bad on a good suit of blue clotbes. In his pocket was found a Testament belonging to a man in Sax nnbu g. The noose of the rojie by which he was hang'ngdid not pass around his neck, but around the back of his head, his ears and lore head the knot restiog on bis frrehead. He had apparently been hanging for some days. Coroner Kejnedy held an inqrest yesterday, a report of which we have not yet received. —Our local military company and several members of the G. A. R. attended the funeial of Mr. Fleming, in a body, dressed in uniform. Mr. Fleuiiug was a member of the G. A. li.pndwas we« -i lg its uniform at the time he was attacked bv the Swede. A post mortem exarninat'on was held on his remains on Tuesday night of lasi week, by Drs. Key man, Graham and Bye-s, who found tl.at an abscess had formed at the bottom of the wound, made by the knile of the Swede, in the pleural cavity of the left lung, Rod tnat thi.i was the cause of his death. The wound was five inches deep. Mr. Fleming's lungs and all his other vital orfcans were found to be healthy and in good condition. —Sometime ago a certain Dr. Huntingdon, who was slopping at the Mi'ler House, Kvansburg, brought buit against Mr. Miller l'or selling liquor on Sunday. When the case came up on Wednesday of last week, the Doctor (?) failed to put in an appearance and of course thechargi fell to the ground. It was simply a matter ofspite, because Mr. Miller would not let the "Pghtning rod erector' (jlide no : slessly froui the premises without liquidat ing a little IOU of $.50 or S6O. Part of this was paid, and a large box was left as security for the balance. On ope.iing the box it was found to contain a lot of stones and other rub bish. So Mr. Miller is still sliort that balance. Some hard stories are told of this redoubtable Doctor, ami which, when fully verified, we jnay give to onr readers.— Valley News. The suggestion of an eastern society that the brewers shou'd combine at once, have their beer analyzed and the analyses pub lished is a good one. The prohibitionist*, as Mr, Hadley says, are making a j>owe, ful argu ment of the unwillingness of some breweis to let the public know of what materials toeir beer is made. As the only proper ingredients of beer are malt and hops every honest brewer should be glad to have anyone of his brewiugs analyzed and the resafts published. li' any of them decline let the analyses and publication go on without them ; the public will then at least know what' brewers to trust and whose beer to regard with suspicion. Al>out secret* of manufacture the beer consumers care nothing, but about ingredients they care a great deqlif they are denied the right to kuow them they will be foolish to drink mystprious brew house concoction while they can get the honest result of malt and hops. —One of the Swedes named John? son, who was with J. \V. Johnson on the night when he stabbed Mr. Fleming, tltme to town in a wagon last Saturday, with the intention of takiqg the trpin for Jamestown, N. Y, j\mv jog here it yras found that he was very sick. He was taken out of the wagou and placed oil a chair on the Court House veranda and a physician called who pronounced his disease to be typhoid fever. Sheriff llonaghy procured a bed for hint in a house iu Springdale aud con stable Williamson is to nurse him. The Poor Board, of the borongh, were applied to take charge of him, but they refused to do so. The man has been working iu Butler township and they thought that that township should care for him, and complain of having to care of too many stranger*. In this case, however, the county will pay the costs of his keeping ana nursing, as lie was under bail to appear as a witness In the Fleming ease and is now consid ered under orrekt for alternating to skip the county. Court .VOIOH. In the case of Fullerton vs. the P. <fc W- R. K., the Court on Monday morn ing after hearing the of the attornics for the petitioner and It. 11. Co., ordered that the R. It. Co. tile a new draft of the premises showing ex actly how much space they intend to use, and on Mr. Scott's application put Mr. Sol. Dunbar on the Board of Viewers in place of Enos McDonald Psq. Mrs. Mary C. McOinber by her nc*t friend, George Reiber, has brought suit vs, John A. McOiubcr for divorce for reason of desertion. Benedict 1101 l applied for a writ of Habeas Corpus and a hearing was fixed. Rachel M. Besnecker by her next friend A. J. McCord has brought suit iu cquety vs. Loremt Besnecker to re cover land in Adams twp (j. F. Fetzer has brought suit in equity vs. the Karns City and Butler R. 11. Co. to recover amonnt of |i(. C. it 11. II it. bonds stolen from his safe in the night of Nov. loth 1880. |f ciiiorrlioi«l«, FJsMirc. Ulcer and FIMIUIC Cured. Dr. S. 11. Matheson can accomplish a cure of Piles, or your money will be refunded. With his scientific remedies, astonjsbing those who have been suf fering for years. Ho cau give refer ences of males arjd females at Pontiat:, Michigan, and adjoining places, and also here in Butler. S. 11. Matheson, Butler, I'a. Females who had been for years invalids have lieen restored permanently to health and comfort. Slpe WntlxK Citxaett: JStttLe*, P«u, 6, ISB2. \OUH ON Current Events. I Remarkable figures come from Kan sas. A corn crop of 200,000,000 i worth $<50,000,000 is the estimate for 1882; besides the oat crop of 21,000- I 000 bushels, the heaviest ever known. It promises to be a big year for Kan i sas. A strange story comes from Tennes see of a colored woman who was struck ; dumb on the witness stand wbile tes ; tifving to a falsehood. This is about lon a par with the Richmond yarn ' about a vouth who was similarily af flicted until the application of a galvan j ic battery suddenly revived his power I of speech. A verdict of murder in the first de gree brought against a prisoner in San Francisco has just been set aside by the Supreme Court of California and a new trial ordered on the ground of misconduct on the part of the jury. The alleged misconduct consisted in 'an indulgence in twenty gallons of beer ancf several gallons of wine, be- j sides whiskey and brandy in unknown j quantities, during the progress of the trial, which lasted eight days. The "Free Thinkers" held a nation al convention at Watkins Glen a few days ago, at which the usual amount of profane and blasphemous nonsense was uttered. The feature of the meet ing was the proposal to found a free thinking University, where Atheism and Infidelity in all their branches should be taught. It strikes us this is what may be termed a work of super erogation. Why should another free thinking University be founded? Do not Harvard and Cornell and other like institutions fill the bill? lowa has a population nearly one third of foreign birth. Yet about five out of nine of its voters cast their votes for a prohibitory constitutional amend ment. If all its foreign-born voters had opposed the amendment, only about one in six of its native voters, includ ing grown sons of foreign parents, could have done so. If, on the other hand, the proportion of native voters who opposed the amendment was lar ger than about one, iu six, it follows that an equal number of foreign-born voters gave their votes in its favor. These results are startling. They open a new chapter in political history. The question whether the new pro hibitory amendment to the State Con stitution is lawful or not has already arisen in lowa. A storekeeper, who has been sued for the price of beer by the brewers who made it, defends the action on the ground that at the time the beverage was sold to him the amend ment section of the Constitution had taken effect, and he contends that no recovery can be had on an account of a sale which the fundamental law forbids. In making the defence he assumes that the amendment is directly operative of itself, without the enactment of any law under it by the Legislature. It is not always that a married man con be soothed in bis dying moments by the thought that bis widow will weep at his grave; how enviable, there fore, was the fortune of the late lament ed Thomas Smith, a colored citizen of New Orleans, on whose grave seven of his widows recently wept in unison! The late lamented Thomas had two other wives who did not participate in the watering operation, but to have been loved to the extent of tearfulness by seven women should have made the deceased happy enough to sit up in his coffin and exult in his superiori ty over the male bystanders, many ot whom probably had wives who, if their tears ever flowed while thinking of husbands, wept because their liege lords did not show auy signs of dying at, all. Besides fighting Arabi's soldiers, the British troops will find anothf-r enemy to contend with in the endemic hema turia. The name looks formidable, and so is the thing itself, it being a disease caused by a parasite that is taken in from the water. According to a correspondent of the London Times, about three-fourths of the fella heen population suffer from this trou ble, aud while often fatal, its effects in any case are lasting—it "might deci mate the army with permanent inva lids after their return from Egypt." This is not pleasant for those who are ambitious to acquire military glory in the region of the still, it is wel) for them to know beforehand what the price of this glory is likely to be. The jury in the Star Route cases are sincerely to be pitied. They are in as helpless a condition as were the pris oners of a certain African country who were buried in tho sand up to their necks ay a mode of pinishment, ami whom, in the impossibility of their tun ning away, the would-be poets of that country made their audience. The jury have to listen day after day to interminable talk. They were treated to some rare diversion last week, how ever, in the remarkable speech of Mr. McSwpony, who is said to rank as tne ablest criminal lawyer in Ohio. His exhibit of himself in behalf of Mr. Dorsey was something uniciue for d Washington court-roopi. It' was char acteristic of a regiou that has been cel ebrated in a song and story by Mr. Bert Hftrte, and that is a long way west of Ohlq. State Fair anil Fxpoxif ton Coiul>iiie<l. The combined exhibition of these two well known societies commences September 7th, and continues two weeks to September 20th. From present indications the exhibition will be the i largest, grandest and most varied that has ever < been held at any point west of Pliilapelnhia. The premium list is the most complete aud thoioug'.i thai has ever been presented by any similar organization, and offers for competition the handsome sum of $11,600 in prizes beside.) nil immense number of gold, silver anil bronjje ni 0(1*1*. Thin y«eir, so promising to the farmers and others, has materially aided in making this ex hibition the wonderful success that is promised to OU" people. The entries in the various de partments far exceed 'hose of any other year, not only iti quantity, but in quality. The dis play will include a large number of tboroiigh, line bred and draught herds of short horn, Devon, UoUteiu, Jersey, Ayrshire and Guernsey'cattle ; the choicest breed of sheep, swine and poultry, together with a mechanical, vegetable and manufacturing collection seldom, if ever, brought together in any community. The floral <|i play will bo of sijcti a character to makf! Ibis department one of the grandest features oi'the great show. The ipsplay iu the main building will be particularly elegant and varied in churaoter, embracing silk weaving, dairy productions, cloths and wealing apparel, all kinds of fine machinery, business ami plea aire wagons, furniture, jewelry and plate, household machines, fine arts, and taken together, will make an exhibition of it self that wi'l weil repay any one for a visit to the fair. Throughout the exhibition all the machinery will be constantly iu motion. Excursion tickets will be sold qu all the railroads centering in «>i4 glipny, and exhiljitA will Ire carried to and from the fair on liberal terms. —Extra values in Cashmeres and . Dress Goods $t L. STEIN & SON'S TJie Kewunec Haul* Robbery. ST. LOUIS, August 21). —0n the after noon of August 13 the first national 1 hank at Ke vanee, 111., was robbed of about $25,000 in the following ruan i net': Two men called at the bank and ; asked permission to leave a satchel for a short time. About 0 o'clock, while ! Cashier I'ratt and his first assistant ! Miss Palmer, wire cicsiug up, the meu knocked on the door and asked for the satchel. Miss Palmer cpened the door, i when one of the men grabbed her by ■ the neck and kicked her nearly insensi ble. The other mau rushed by her to ; wards the vauir, near which Pratt was ' standing, and struck him on the head J with a revolver, knocking him sense less. Pratt and Miss Palmer were 1 ! then forced iuto the vault, when the j ' men secured about $20,000, of which ! $6,000 was in cold, and walked out of | town. Pratt and Miss Palmer, after working over an hour succeeded in ! breaking the lock and released them- j selves. The usual scenes incident to a pursuit ensued, scouting parties wore j organized, and the whole country was reported up iu arms. The cashier and his assistant seemed unable to give a very good description of the robbers, and it seemed that they never would be captured. There were ill-defined rumors at the time of collusion with some employes of the banks. Pink erton took charge of the case, and has bagged the men who did the job. On the 26 inst. , Edward Welch, a traveler for a Boston fish house, was arrested in Chenango Co., N. V. From him enough was learned to lead to the capture of the ring leader of the gang in St. Louis in the person of Dr. James S. Scott, a dent ist of this city, having a place of busi ness at 111G Washington avenue. A Pinkerton detective arrived here last Sunday and soon spotted his man. The arrest was made about midnight last night, and the matter kept quiet bv the police. I>r. Scott says he has been at St. Louis about six months. llis home was formerly in the vicinity ofKewauee. The plan to rob the bank, he savs, was formed about a year ago, the parties to the ulot being Welch, Scott, and the cashier, Pratt. Before making up their minds to rob the bank this same high-toned trio, as Scott says, defrauded the bank of about SSOOO by means of forgeries. Dr. Scott, as seen to-day, looked like any thing but a robber. He is a rather pretty well-fed, comfortable looking young gentleman with a pleasant countenance, and a happy smile on his face and Que clothes on bis back. He is a fluent talker, but it was hard work to get anything about the crime out of him. He has a very pretty wife, who was with him nearly all day at police headquarters. It was on his acknowl edgement to the detective, which, the latter says, constitutes a complete con fession of the crime, that tho cashier was arrested today. Scott was taken to Chicago to-night. A II ratal A flair. The most brutal affair that we have ever known to take place on our streets occurred last Monday afternoon shortly after ono o'clock. Four broth ers, named William, Isaiah, Richard and Findley Yensel from the neigh borhood of Millerstown, but who are now contractors for the drilling of some wells in the Buid Ridge region, attacked a man named Michael Mc- Crea, of Sugar Creek twp , Armstrong county, on Main street, near the First National Bank corner and following him up, knocked him down and pound ed and kicked him so terribly that for a while it was thought that b° would die of his injuries. McCrea had just arrived in town and not feel ing well was on his way to the drug store to get some medicine. Pass ing along Main street just above tho Bank corner he noticed the four Yen sel men two of whom followed him and one of whom struck him a blow on the back of his neck. He turned around and pushed the man who had takea hold of him away, and remaik ing that he did not want to fight, com menced to run. The Vensels follow ed, one of them saying "kill the s— of a b —,"and McCrea thinking to scare them off, discharged his revolver, aiming, he says, at the pavement, continued to run with the Yeusela following. Mr. I. 4- McCqndless followed and caught him aud took his pistol from him, but while he (McCandless) yet bad hold of him, three of the Yensels came up aud knocked McCrea down and pounded and kicked him on the face and body. Some spectators now interfered and got McCrea away from the Vensels and told him to run. He did so, but QDly got across the street till the Yea scls were upon him again,and again beat and kicked him. The bystanders again interfered, getting McCrea away and took him to the Justice's office, and afterwards to the doctor's, where for a time he seemed in a precarious condition but afterwards rallied, yesterday morning was feeling quite well, though his face was pretty badly cut up. Duriug the affray the Yensels showed a disposition to fight anybody who in* terfereil, quij onp of them is said to haye aunounccd that he was armed. 'Squire Irvin ordered them to desist and got called some pretty names for his troublp. After tpe affray the Vensels visited one or two men who interfered aud wanted to whip thani. They were arrested on charges of aggravated assault and battery and surety of the peace, and held in S3OO each to appear at a hearing fixed for next Saturday. McCrea was ar rested on a charge of felon as sault piefprad by Isaiah Vessel. This affray was the result of an old feud between McCrea and one of the Vensels, who have oome to blows before, originating it is suid, in McCrea refusing to take one of tho Ycu sel's part at a fight at a country picnic. Oil XoUH The well on tho Win. Brown farm is down. It was drilled to a depth of 1,600 feet and no sand found. The Schmick well was torpedoed last Sunday, whim it bridged over, The Forest county "Mystery" will be opened this week. A v»00 barrel well has been struck iu Cranberry township, Venango Co. The new pipe line has not yet reached the Bald IJidge region on ac count of a scarcity of pipe caused by the iron workers strike. Several wells in that region, however, will bo com pleted this week. liiHiirauee. 1 (Jeo. W. Shaffer, Agent office with K. Marshall Esq., Brady Block, I Butler Pa. mayl7-tf Advertise iu tho CITIZEN. OI K SITUATION* \OW. Ma. EDITOR: —From all we see of our suuouudings we can come to no other conclusion than that we live iu a fast or progressive age. That our na tion and people are living fast is self evident, our broad land is all dotted j over with school houses and churches, an 1 these have their influence on some of our people to make them wiser and l better and more useful citizens, and ; again this same broad land of ours is i all dotted over with another set of j buildings that are used for purposes that have baneful influence or effect on : others of our people in the good old ' State of Pennsylvania. We still have [ the old License Law by which our i Judges of the Court are forced to grant license to any who comply with the demands of the license law. Such I am told is the compulsory nature of the act, and that our Judges in the State have no discretionary power in the matter. This most certainly is a great wrong. Our Judges should have a negative power in the matter of'jrrant ing license. lam sure that three fourths of the good people of your bor ough would say that we do not want any beer saloons or drinking places li censed in our town, for many good rea sons. They know very well that in those places their husbands, sons and fathers are led astray and many times, while under the influence of strong drink get into trouble. The man who is a constant drinker spends mo-ey for that which is injurious to him and the money that his family may possibly need goes into the pocket of the saloonist. Now I do not wish to be understood as finding fault with the men who are engaged in the sale of intoxicating drinks. I suppose they are acting up on their moral convictions of right, and are doing God's service in selling strong drink; of this they must be the judges, but as to the effect of their trade the people have a right to judge, and all the citizens of your town could bear testimony to the evil that is being done by the sale of alcoholic drinks in the plaoe. Your streets from night to morning and from morning to night are never clear of more or less persons stag gering along the pavements, especially at night, and making night hideous with their blasphemous orgies, especial ly on Saturday the ears of your wives, daughters aud children are salut ed with the most terrible oaths, and ob scene and vulgar language that it is possible to conceive, and it does not re quire a Soloman to tell where it all originates, and it is a duty that par ents owe to their children to protect them from such surrounding influences as these, for they will surely have their effect, and the taxpayers of the county shold see to it, for it will be to their interest to abate the nuisance, for from these places of resort your jail is filled almost all the time. There are not ten persons committed to the jail in a year but the cause of the whole trouble had its origin in those places of resort where the screen is across the door,and nine-tenths of all cases tried in the Criminal Court of our county can be traced to the same origin, and I am credibly informed that it costs the Commonwealth about S3O per hour to run the Court of this couutv. Will you sit still and see this terrible e.courge sweep your town continually ? I once heard a lawyer say when plead ing a case in Court that had its origin iu a beer saloon, "that these places were nothing but the gates of bell and sinks of iniquity," and I thiuk he wa3 half right. It is time the people would reflect and tee where we are drifting to, before it is too late, for the end will surely come. It is strange to think that men will sign petitions asking the Court to license places of this sort that wont bear the light of day-, for they always have a screen across the entrance and a blue or red light over the door. And from these places nine times out of ten starts all our muider, assault and battery cases and thefts. I could cite many cases in your own Quarter Sessions to prove the truth of the above statement. It is high time that all good citizens an! fathers and mothers who love their children would awake to their danger and drive this monster of iniquity from their door, or will you sit still with folded bands and see your friends and neighbors dragged down to the lowest depths of degra dation and misery without trying to save them ? As ever yours, IDEM. The N. A A. Extension. W. W. Reed, Esq., to whom was awarded the contract for constructing the Butler extesion of the S. <fc A. 11. R., was in town several days last week, duriug which he sub-let a considerable portion of the work. We understand that Breckenridge & Übers got all the atone work. Mr. Weaver, of Freeport, Pa., got the "deep cut." John Me- K'ssick, got two miles. The first three miles were not let, and Mr. Reed will probably do that work himself. The nub-contractors, as far as we kuow them, arc good men. We understand that such provisions are incorporated in contracts as will protect laborers and men who furnish material for tho work from defalcations on tho part of sub-contractors, which was a wise thing to do. The officers of the S. & A. R. R. desire that all concerned in the con struction of the road shall be treated with the utmost fairness, and, as far as they are able to do so, this will be done.— Qreeri\\il\e Atgus. An Altercation. There is great excitement at Brook villc, Jefferson county, over an unfor tunate affray between to well known citizens of the place aud the subsequent death of ono of them. It appears that Dr. C. W Stelibins, a dentlsl, had been drinking quite freely of late, and on Tuesday afternoon while in this con dition he got into an altercation with I>r. Sweeny, an old resident uf Brook ville. F/pithots were exchanged which was followed by a stunning blow, which Dr. Sweeny planted on the forehead of his antagonist. Tho latter feel hack, striking the back of his head against a post. Further hostilities were prevented and Steb biua, after having his wound dressed, continued his perambulations about the town. In the evening be became very ill and died suddenly. Opinion fs di vided as to whether death was caused by the blow, by the fall against the post or from natural causes. I'r. Stebbins was over lifty years of age, as is Dr. Sweeny, who ii* a man of ex cellent reputation. Advertise in the CITIZEN. «j IMMENSE DISPLAY 1 f- OF P | STRAW GOODS, IIATS, CAPS I I AND I | Gents' Furnishing Goods tf e a %l AT BARGAIN PRICKS. || II SUMMEiI UNDERWEAR. I In this Department I<fW a New Riok. at IMMENSE BARGAINS. PLEASE EX- A MINE them aii'l 3011 will save money. | CHARLES H. GRIEB, & MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. MY FRIENDS: X I a I I am a rambliug wreck of nudity, 15 Frogg, Esq., at your service, advertising agent for the best Jewelry bouse in this j '*■s section. I wish to inform the public j that a full line of WATCHES, CLOCKS, $ JEWELRY, PLATED AND SILVER- | j WARE,is now being offered at astonishing- 2 | &■* at the | JEWELRY, SC., Note What an old and Reliable House can do Regarding Prices. Round Nickel Clocks at..„ $ 1 00 i A Good Striking Clock, walnut case 3 00 Nickel Watch at 3 00 with alarms 1 50 " " " " " s uuy 3 05 Nickel Watch, Stein Winder 4 00 A[Good Striking Clock 200 | 2 Oz. Silver Case, with Amer'n movement 10 00 " " " cloned iu the back 450 Ladies Gold Watches at sl2 75 All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles at 35 cents per dozen, and No. 1 Sperm Oil at 10 cents per bottle. _i£| The only place in Butler where you cau find a full aud complete stock of KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, Ac 1847.—Rogers Bros.—A I.—none genuine unless stamped (" 1847—Rogers Bros.—A 1.") I al«o carry a lull line of Lye Glasses aud Spectacles, suitable for all eyes and mounted in the most elegant and substantial manner, ami am of fering very superior goods at the most reasonable rates. Repairing of Watches and Clocks receives our verv strict at tention, and is done promptly and warranted. K. QRIKB, Main Street, Butler, Pa. TKI.4JL MOT FOR NFECIAf, COURT, COMMKXI'IXft NKFT. lStii. IHS2. jVo.l Term. Yr. Plaintiff** AUomeg. PtaiiUiffs. Drfentimnii. 1 /Attorney. A I), 47 MarchltiSl'McDonald A.Goucher Adam Metzer W C Mobl< y, et al II I'Scott 78 " " L Z Mitchell James Dodds A L Shrader, lix'r Campbell it Brandon FID, 2 Sept ISB2 J M Greer Small Moore, hy her next friend James £ Moore I, / Mitchell CP, 199 June 1872 Black A Thompson MM Allen Robert Allen Mitchell " 804 " 1870 W L Graham Theodore Thompson I'earl McCandless Kasttnan A Campbell " 363 Supt. 1879 Robinson A Goucher June Boreland, et al John Young, el al McCandless, et al AD, 98 Dec. 1879 Pier.vol A Eastman W S Boyd, for use JII Miller lireer, Sullivan Urn. 126 Sept. 1880 N. Blaok. Jonathan Snyder I! L ISarnes LZ Mitchell 16 Man li 1881 Joseph F Lytic Pittsburgh A Western It RCo Scott " 41 June " Brandon. Hannah Harvey James Harvey Bowser A Creer 17 Sent. " Goucher A Lowry John B Roller II W Roeniglc Mitchell aud Bowser 25 " " Brandon Butler Water Company, for use Borouirh of Butler Kastman A Walker •W " " Heed A Br.ilin Clias (' Stewart Samuel C Thompson Williams A Mitehell " 38 " " Williams A Goueher Win Huseltou, et al Henry WeUu.an Soolt " 23 June 1882 Foruuer Joseph Hockenl>erry .11' llockcnberiv Mcljuistiou " 51 Sopt. 1881 I, Z Mitehell E It Brown, et al F N Mare, et al ' Walker 6 Dee. " Newton Black James Dougan, Kx'r Win G Smith AT. Hlaek. " 15 " " Thompson A Scott. II C Turk Jno (irossman Mitehell 19 " " Brandon Grove A Bair Geo II (iraham MeCaadles " 20 " , " Campbell Bentel, et al Mellon, et al J M Greer " 53 " " LZ Mitchell John K Giluhist Robert McDowell Kleeger A Brittain " 02 " " JI» Bredin Alex Garroway I'oor district, Winfiebl W D llmndou " 40 March 1882 Fleeger E Christy, Adm'r John Smith Thomiwon A Son A R«ed ti<> I- /- Mitehell hzekial Dougherty Idling Mortland A Vandcrliu " 3, June " Brandon N YA Pa Mining Company H Dindingw MeQnWM I'rothonotary's Offue, August, 21 1882. M. N. GREER, I'rothonotwy. FarinerH ! Look to Your Inter- CSIH, The best is always the cheapest. Buy the Farmer's Favorite, Oram I Drill. The only drill that has double distribution, double reversible steel points and solid steel axle. It has force feed grass seeder, either behiud or in front, is adapted to plant any variety of seed trom tho finest to the coarsest, from flax seed to corn and lputnpkin seed. On hand all the tin e and sold by Wm. Crookshanks, Sar versville, Butler county, Pa. jilt) THE trial of Ileber Donaldson for "unchristian conduct" opened before the session of tho Presbyterian Church at Emleuton on Monday. Tho mem bers of the session present were Rev. McPherrin, R. W. Portorfield, P. F Porterfield and Alex Crawford. There are four specifications in support of the charge, the principal and original ones being tnat Djnuldson did engage in some promiscuous dancing at the Opera House, Emlenton, in the early part of 1881, and at a hotel in Clinton ville, March 2, 1881; also, that he took part in a "phantom dance" at Emlen ton, Feb. 21, 1881. Defendant in an swer pleads that the causes of this ac tion were not committed within one year before the conimcncmeut of the suit ; that satisfactory acknowledge ments were made by him and were ac cepted by the session at his former trial; and, in general, that he is not guilty as specified. The session sat witli closed doors and reserved their verdict. It is understood that defend ant was found guilty and that he will appeal to Presbytery. Franklin l'rcss. "Treiwury of MOIIK." It is seldom that we can commend a book so strongly as that named above. "TKKASI IIY OF S<INU," i«i indeed a treasury. It contains nearly 300 choice selections of son,' from the various departments, sacred, classical, humor ous. Thcc extend over 500 royal octavo pages, well printed on superior paper, and giving tho instrumental accompaniments wherever neces sary. Myron W. Whitney, the great American Basso, writes the publishers thus : "If gener al ly introduced in musical homes, yon will de prive vocalists of their bent rj;ii.tr for not sing ing on invitation, since the assertion, '1 have no music with me.' will have no force in the prose nee of TItKAMI'KN '*F SiIN(J." The Kansas City ./»«rw"l savs: "There is not a song in the entire collection that could be omitted without marring llic completeness of the book." Tin- Itev. It. It. Hull, of New York City says. "It is impossible, I think, to make n better." Professor Hugh A. Clarke, of the University of Pennsylvania declares, "I am glad to bear my testimony to the excellence and variety of the selections it contains. Prof. Clarke, is one of the highest authorities m music. \ series of sketches, and portraits of eminent musicians and singers is included in the Intok, making in all about 550 pages. The binding is beautiful and in every respect the work is superb. It has been published by Hubbard Brothers, of Philadelphia. —Job Work done at reasonable rates at this office. roiiireilllo Ileitis. Oar Public Schools will begin on the 25th. J. B. Morrow will have charge of the advanced department, Johu Moore the intermediate, and Miss Cora Biugbam the primary, Thomas McUaffic has disposed of | lus farm to Norman and Lewis Patter son ; Will Hays, his house and lot to David Ilarbaugb, of Mercer, and Neyman Christlev, his share in the old farm to Will Hays. It is said that over one hundred bushels of blackberries were to town this season. W. W. Breckeuridge has the con tract for all mason-y on the S & A extension between Hutler and Coal town. He has already began work. The steam thresher recently brought into this neighborhood is giving gen eral satisfaction. Being a traction engine and self guiding, it is a terror to horses meetinir it on the highway, end timid drivers will go a long way around rather than come in contact with it. A new organ has been placed in the Presbyterian church; the instrument is of Mason & Hamlin manufacture, style 113, and is splendidly adapted to the use in which it is employed, beinf? of great power and yet of singular sweet ness of tone. Mr. .Icsse McGaffic will take charge of the stables attached \o the Christley Hotel and establish a first class livery stable. Coaltown had a Harvest Home last week, nobody bud 13' hurt. Lew Wick has returned from Indi ana, where he has been in business, ami with his father will establish a general store at Centreville Station. It is said that so much ol the pres ent route of the S «V A 11. R. as lies between Hrown's school bouse and Coaltown, will ere lon>r be changed to a location farther west, in order to avoid tho steep grade of tho present route and secure tho coal of the Patter son, McFate, Reed and other farms, which lie within a mile or so of our town. It is needless to say that the proposition strikes us favorably. "Centreville Tin Itand,"limited mem bership, all peiformers ijualified by a | life experience in the handling of their j respective instruments. Lovers of j music having asui»cruhundance of pies. 1 cake etc , will do well to convey the fact to the agent, BILLY WILLIAMS. \©l Ire. The Butler County Agricultural As sociation will hold their f>lh Annual Fair on their giounds, at Butler, Pa., commencing Tuesday, September 111 | and continuing until Sep .110. r 21. Kor Premium List with rules and cogn ations, address, W. P. UoEsaiNti, See'y , Aug. 2, Ot. Butler, Pa. I 18 A SURE CURE ! { for all diseases of th« Kidneys and I i I LIVER ' It ha* .peciflo >OllOll on this moat Important organ, enabUn« It to throw off torpidity and | ' inaction. etlmnlaUng the beaitliy aeoretlon of tho Bile, and by keoplii* tm bowels In ftee . ( condition, effecting lu regular diachar**. ' ; Malaria. i , are bilious, dyspeptic, or oooatipated. Kidney - \ Wort will euroly raller* and qolokly rare. | I lathe Spring to olaanaa the Byataa. e«*y ono should take a thorough oourae of it. 1 IL- SOLD »Y 1 EARS FOB THE MILLION! Foo Choo's Balsam of Shark's Oil Posittrely Ilestores the Hearing, and is the rmtrf Absolute Cure for Iteafness Known. Tli!s Oil 1* abstracted from jweullar specie of HIU:»II WHITE MUUK, CaUlfbt 111 Ihf YHI«»W >«•», known as CarrtiirodM Koudelelb. Every (.'bl uett lisberman know* it. Its v blurs tut it re storative of hearing were dinwrrtd by a Build hist Pi lest nlKiut the year 1410. Its cures wer® wo numerous am! ninny so seemingly in ir.ua lons, that tin- remedy *a» officially procUirm-d over t'.ie entire Empire it* use ln-came to uni versal that for over H<*> year* no iteafnrs* lint ex Ist ted among the Chinese people. Senl, ch.irues prepaid, to any address at sl.lO per bottle. Hear What The Deaf Say! It haa perforii eit a uiinicle in my rase. I have no uiiearlbly noises iu my IMXHI and hear inueh lietter. 1 have been Kre illy beueOteJ. My deafness bellied a i;reat deal—tbtuk another bottle will eure roe. "Its virtues are unquestionable and its «»rs tivu character aliaolute. as the writer enn |ier sonally ti-stlfy, liotb from esptrienee and i>l*wr vstiou. Write at ones to iluyUx k .X Ji uucy, I I»ry Htreet, Ni» York, euclosiuic #I.OO nnd you will rtielve by return » remedy tha will enable you to bear like anybody else, an«l wh«M curative effects will be pemaarnt. You will never regret doia; to." —EuiTuit or MEKCAI. Tii.r REVIEW. CT 1 " avoid )o«* HI tbc M |*!CI«SE M-nd iiioiM-y by Krjjii-U'ri d letter. Only Imported by HAYLOCK & JENNEY, (Late HAIUMI it C<> > SOI.E Ai.EHTS »'.>» \MgRI< \. 7 Dey St., N. Y. Juue7 ly. BUTLER COUNTY " Mutual Fire Insurance Ci. Office Cor. Main and Cunninghar G. C. KOESBINO, PRKMIDINT. \VM CAMPBELL. Tmusrw**. 11. C. IIKINEMAN. SitcUTi»*. DIKECTORS: J. L. Purvis, K. A. HrlmboMt, William C.unpbell, J. W. l>urkhnrt, A. Troutiuan, Jacob Beh«te»e, O. O. Ki>msin|C, John Caldwell, I»r. W. Irvin, J. J. Crnll. A B. Rhodes, it. C. HeineaMM. JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, (lea. Act- BUTLER IP A. RI:HHIH AIOIOK, Justice of tho Veace* Maiu street, opi»»lt« PoetnJErs, iILIINOfLI, PA. IT I GRIEB'S.
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