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.