BUTLER CITIZEN.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
—There will be at least two contest
ed aeata in the Legislature.
—Large assortment of Fine Neck
wear suitable for Holiday Gifts at
L. STEIN & SON'S.
—"Go sit on a nail and hatch tacks,"
la the latest juvenile saroasm.
Silk Handkerchiefs, Lace Hand
kerchieft, Fancy Handkerchiefs for the
Holidays at L. STEIN & SON'S.
—Christmas is coming, and oor
atorefl are making preparations for it.
Corsets, Hosery and Gloves very
low at L. STEIN & SON'S.
Turkeys were very scarce in the
market last Wednesday.
Ladies' Black Coata and Dolmans
at cost at L. STUN & SON'S.
The corner loafer has not gone in
to winter quarters. All seasons are his own.
—Silk Handkerchiefs, Silk Handker
chiefs, don't forget to see our stock
before purchasing.
L STEIN & SON.
A mild winter is predicted, be
came the crop of Shellbarks and hickorynuts
was so small.
Yarns, Zephyrs, Knitting Silk,
Canvas and all Materials for Fancy
work at L. STEIN A SON'S.
Soon it will be in season for some
hardened sinners to promise to "turn over a
new leaf."
A full stock of Blankets, Flannels'
Canton Flannels, Bed Comforts, Ac.»
AT L. STUN & SON'S.
Vennor promises as an abundance
•t snow about the holiday#. Boys, get your
aleda in order.
Largest stock of Dress Goods in
Butler county and lowest prices at.
L. STEIN & SON'S.
—Notwithstanding the larg# nam
ber of houses built the past season, there ia still
a cry for more.
Highest price paid in cash for
buckwheat and buckwheat flour, at
Jfoos' Store, south end of Main street,
Butler, Pa. tf.
—Every hunter should inform him
■elf thoroughly of the penalities in the law
against tresspass.
—Plushes, Plush Ribbons and Vel-
Tets, a full line at Mrs. S. Sloan's, Cun
ningbnm street. novls-5t
—The nature of a dog is very far re
moval from that of man, because the dog is
«■ >i'ited mad when he refuses to take •ouisthing
tu drink.
__Far Trimming in all widths at
L. STEIN & SON'S.
—The Washington, Pa., Reporter
rises to remark : " I guess ire can say without
profanity that the faith care of Arawell town
ship is a ZtocM-blasted cure."
We are selling all Black Coats
and Dolmans at cost at
L. STEIN & SON'S.
Veteran soldiers are warned
against the firm of Gazzam <fc Co., New York,
who promise to locate lands for soldiers, get a
tee, and then drop the matter.
Fresh oysters received twice a
week at the City Bakery, Yogely
House block. "
—A man down South recently sold
hii interest ia heaven for fifty cents. He can
devote all his tim* »ov to his interest in the
other place, whew he is sura of £ warm fire, if
nothing else.
—Large line of Collars, Ties, Fishus
and fine Neckwear at
JJ, BTEIN & SON'S.
—A late decree is tbat gentlemen do
sot wear glove* at dinner parties. A load has
been lifted from our breast. We never oould
get a good grip on a turkey, while earving it,
when we wore 6i kida.
—Stamping done to order at Mrs.
Sloan's, Cunningham street. novls-5t
—Mr. Joseph Reed Lane, of Daven-
Eort, lowa, can now sing "I'm a daddv," and
is grandfather, Major Read of this place, can
go him two better and sing I'm a great grand
daddy.
—Bilk Handkerchiefs, Colored Bor
der Handkerchiefs, Fancy Handker
chiefs, Immense Stock and low prices,
at L. STUN & SON'S.
—While sled-riding on the side walks
last week, two or three boy* of this town were
injured by running into wagons and upeeting
into putters. There is a borough ordinance
prohibiting coasting on tka side walks.
—C. Roessing, on Jefferson St., has
the largest Buffalo Robes we ever saw
to r the money.
—Wa direct attention to the adver
tisement of the N, Y. Observer—a religious
weekly— in another place. The charm or this
paper is "Irenseos' Letters." There is no pret
tier writer in the country than Dr. Prime.
—An exchange with a level head
remarks that when our clocks are a little fast,
we always set them right at once. People
ought to do as much for their fast sons and
daughters; but they generally let them run.
—WANTED. —Agents to sell Singer
Be wing Machines.
The Singer Mfg. Co.,
J. R. Spang, Ag't, Butler, Pa.
'—Butler had a little comet of its
owm lest Wednesday evening. While the snow
was falling, the gas well east of town threw a
fine streak of light up toward the zenith, that
might readily have been mistaken for a comet.
—For canvas and materials tor Fan
cy Work, go to Mrs. S. Sloan's, Cun
ningham street. novls-5t
—Sup't. Murtland reauests us to
mj that he desires a complete list of the
teachers who are teaching in tne oounty before
the Institute convenes. Secretaries of Boards
who have not reported or whose schools have
not been visited will please report at once.
—A lot of second-handed Watches
cheap for cash at £. Grieb's
—Onr merchants are receiving daily
large in voice* of goods in their reepeotive line
of business, and are evidently anticipating a
lively hoiidisy trade. The goods generally are
of a better quality and at more reasonable
priees thon they have been heretofore, and the
people, seeing this will be veir apt to patron
ize all of our merchants liberally.
—lf yon want to see a fine stock of
Buffalo robes sold at bargains, call at
0. Roessing'g Harness and Leather
Store, Jefferson street.
—A young man named Voight, of
Sarversville, attempted suicide a few days ago
by taking arsenic. Dr. Blaine pumped tne
poison out of his stomach aad Voight is around
•gain. Me was caught stealing eorn from a
field near Sarversville week before last, and the
disgrace probably made him desperate;
—Send or leave your order for a
Sewing Machine, of any make, at
Grieb's Jewelry store. may3l-tf
Soldiers Attention! Milo B.
Stevens k. Co.. the well known War Claim
Attorneys will be represented at BUTLXB, PA.,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DEC. 15 AND 16, by
their special agent, J. B. Beckerle. Soldiers
and others interested in claims for Pension, In
crease of Pension, Arrears of Pay and Bountv
of those charged with desertion, or oiherclaims,
it is hoped will give him a call. Mr. Beekerle
will be at the offioe of the Clerk of the Courts.
—Another new invoice of Charles
Simon and Leven Kips and Calf will
soon arrive to add to onr already large
etock of Leather and Findings, on
Jefferson street C. Roessing.
The foundry of Albin & Sykes, at
M?rcer, Pa ,TU burned last Wednesday. Lots
f 5,003 and no insurance.
C. Roessingbuvs all kinds of hides
and furs, on Jefferson street
Rev. Oiler of this place joined
three couples in the holy bonds of matrimony
last Thursday.
Sewing Machine attachments and
repairs of all kinds, at Grieh's Jewelry
store. mav3l-tf.
A New Castle man received
thirteen cats by express from New Wilmington,
the other day. * He suspects a practical joker
for sending the felines, regardless of the recipi
ent's feelin's.
—For elegant long feathers go to
Mrs. S. Sloan's, Cunningham street
nov!s-5t
—lt has been found by experiment
that a crevice under a door large enough to
push a penny through will let enough cold air
into a room to require 400 extra pounds of coal
per month.
Fresh bread and cakes always on
hand at the City Bakery, Yogely
House block.
The new Episcopal church at
Foxburg, Clarion county, was formally opened
Sundav before last, by Bishop Whitehead, as
sisted by Rev. H. L. Yewens. It is said to be
a neat little edifice, and was built by the Fox
family.
Blankets, full size and weight, with
two buckles for SI.OO, call at Roessing's
Harness and Leather Btore, Jefferson
Street, Butler, Pa.
Those who expect excursion rates
to County Institute must have an order for ex
cursion ticket from the County Superintendent,
and present it to agent when applying for ticket
and must have ticket stamped with Institute
stamp in order to return free.
Lunches and meals can be had at
all hours at Morrison's City Bakery,
Yogely House block.
-=Mr- John Caldwell, whose farm is
in Jefferson, has extra stp)t>ljng for five or six
horses, and will take that number of horses to
keep through the winter on reasonable tertis.
He will guarantee good feed and attendance.
For particulars inquire of him, in person or by
mail to Bqtler p. 0'
—gee a woman in aa(*u«# 6ol<M»(n. pn horse
back picking grapes fron. which Speer e Sort
Grape Wine is made, and that is so highly es
etem«d by the medical profession, for the use of
invalids, veaklv persons and the aged. Sold by
DrnggM*». Nov " 1 y*
—The Presbytery of Butler at a
meeting called for the purpose on the 28th ult.,
dissolved the pastoral relation between Rev.
Thomas M. Thompson and the churches of
JJ&rtiasburg, New Salem and North Washing
ton, and dismissed hijn to the Presbytery of
Kittanning. He ia removing to
where he receives a call.
Wm. Aland, merchant tailor, But
ler, Pa., has just received from first
hands &11 the leading novelties in
French and Domestic fine woolens for
men and boys' wear, and solieits the
patronage of all lovers of fine and well
fitting garments. octll-3m.
—Small boys with cigars or cigar
ettes in their mouths can be seen in Butler
every day. Why not prohibit all dealers in
tobacco from selling it in any form to minor#?
Liquor dealers are not allowed under severe
penalties to tell to children. A similar restric
tion on the venders of tobacco and cigars would
ten<J decrease this rom of juvenile dissipa
tioa.
W. B. Tallman, Philadelphia/"Says:
"I have suffered for years with dys
pepsia and found nothing to relieve me
but Brown's Iron Bitters."
—Recently a gentleman in Redbank
township. Armstrong county, made a grab for
a fellow that was stealing his corn but missed
him. A few nights afterwards the iellow was
discQyered at his old trick, when the farmer
gave chase. 'i'iie thief run into a double har
row leaning against the b*rn, causing one wing
to fall, which caught and held him tight as a
rat in a trap. The farmer got a rope, tied him
and giving him a good whipping sent him
home.
latest swindling racket now
being operated in the farming districts is that
of offering a lot of nice patterned calicoes at
about half rates, and then, when the prospective
buyer is captured with visions of bargains, a lot
of valuless shoddy goods are offered at about
three times their actual value, and thus the
buyer is bitten. The yarn is told that the so
called oasaimeres were thought at a bankrupt
sale in frapoe, hence they sre great bargains.
Don't buy.
—Crude oil has been worth 90 little
for some months put that many operators
stopped drilling and got to speculating jp the
article. Week before last the Standard Oil
Company, whose interest it is to keep the price
of crude down, they being the only refiners in
the country, set up a game that cleaned out
almost all tne speculators id a 9mail way—the
producers, of course, included—while they
made millions of dollars by the operation and
got control of nearly all the oil. This action
of the Standard has made the producers so hate
them, that we would not suppose it would be
84$ for the company to repeat the trick again
this winter,
The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany is adopting a new style of through tickets,
which it is thought will prevent them being
transferred and head ofi the scalpers. They
are entirely different from those now in use,
having the name of the purchaser written on
the bank instead of being stamped with the
customary seal of the eompany. The date of
the sale will be punched directly over the signa
ture, which will prevent the erasing of both
names and stamp from the ticket. It is the in
tention to gradually supersede the present style
with this new style, as the company has been
troubled considerably by the sale of through
tickets by scalpers.
—By a singular coincidence we
were called upon, last Thursday, to celebrate
not only a Thanksgiving anniversary, but also
the centennial anniversary of the couclusion
of the Paris Weaty of peace. One hun
dred years ago Adams, Franklin, Jay
and Laurens, on the part of the United States,
and Strachey, Oswald and Fitzherbert, on the
part of Great Britain—all names that were
familiar in Colonial days—entered into a com
pact, by virtue of which the independence of
the United State? was formally acknowledged
by the mother country. That was indeed an
occasion for American Thanksgiving, and iU
centennial anniversary should not be forgotten.
—The members of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce have been discussing the
moral aspeots of speculation, and have left off
just where they started. A special pommittee,
to whom a condemnatory resolution was referred,
thus disposed of the whole matter : "The evils
of manias in trade are naturally inherent in
human society ( or at least in commercial com
munities, ana it is simply impossible to define
where legitimate trade ends and speculative
operations begin. We must, therefore, content
ourselves with pointing out to business men the
danger they run in acoepting rumors and sen.
sational stories designed to mislead and bring
about panics for the benefit of the few origi
nators."
—Two or three interesting cases of
prayer cures have been published in the news
papers lately, and if tney are not hallucina
tions on the part of the patients, as often hap
pens in like reported cures, the age of miracles
is not passed. But no more practical use of
ttrayflr BAN been reported than that of Daniel
Van Wagner, an inmate of the lonia prison in
Michigan. The other night Vat) Wagner made
a very eloquent prayer in the prison prayer
meeting, and within an hour made his escape.
That subsequent investigation showed that the
esoape was carefully planned should not detract
in the least from the effect of the prayer—upon
the prison keepers. Van Wagner evidently be
lieved that works Bhould accompany faith. The
prison officials should be admonished to "watch
and pray."
—''A lady living not a thousand
miles from this place in a hurry to go to church
took from the dark oloset what she thought to
be her dolman. She hnng the garment oyer
her arm and did not' discover until she had
thrown it over the back of the pew ,in front of
her in church, that she had brought by mistake
a pair of her husbands trousers. She and her
lady companion laughed so loud that they at
tracted the attention of the eptire congrega
tion, and no one except themselves understood
the fresh burst of cachinatory enthusiasm when
the choir led off with, 'As Pants the Heart."
Kilanning Centennial. The above item credit
ed to some other localify, is said to be many
y^arsold, but we know of an almost similar in
cident tb»t happened iu this town a short
I time fiaee.
The Supreme Court has as yet
file i no decisions regarding cases taken upln m
i liiis county and heard ai the l«itc siUiLg,
One of Dabbs' stylish Cabinet Pho
tographs w ill make an . c eptable Cbristmsa
present.
The Orphan's Court Sale of the
property of Samuel G. Meal*, dec,d, late ot
Washington twp., has been continued until
Monday, Feb. 5, 1883. See advertisement in
another place.
Dabbs, the celebrated Pittsburgh
Photographer, makes all his negatives by the
instantaneous process.
A large hawk circled over Butler
las t Sunday alternoon.
There are but twenty-seven cases
tor the grand-jury to hear this week.
—Dan Wuller, the druggist, has
lately received and put in pliu-e 111 his store,
the handsomest show case we have ever seen.
The frame is an imitation of ebony and agate ,
made out celluloid, and the glass is plate glass.
The case is circular in shape, was made to
order, and fits on the circular part of the coun
ter.
Whether lying is ever justifiable
is a question that a debating society recently
discussed at some length. The subject is
not a new one. The man who has not
discussed both sides of this question, all
to himself, would be hard to find. Adam be
gan it while wondering what to say in answer
to an expected interrogation about the unwar
ranted disappearance of some apples, and a
few years later a young man named Cain follow
ed in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor.
It must be admitted that the weight ot argu
ment that is based on experience is overwhelm
ingly in the aflirmative, and that many who
talk on the negative side are not remarkable
for putting their theories into practice. In- j
deed, if lying were qot usually considered justi
fiable whenever there is anything to bo gained
by it the world would lack many of its princi
pal distinguishing features.
—To-day for several hours, begin
ning at about 9 o'clock A. M., the planet that
we call Venus will be directly between the
Earth th» Sqn tipd *yill make a spof op the
sun's face which can be seen, i# the sky is dear,
by the aid of a smoked glass. The planets
Mercury and Venus are the only two whose
orbits are inside that of the earth, and the orbits
of all the planets are nearly on the same plane.
It is a great pity there is not a good telescope
I ii} Butler, fq almost eyery other town of this
size in Pennsylvania,'*omebodv'itj»s a telescope,
with which the planets can be distinguished
from the stars. This county is full of people
who have no idea of the wonderful sights to be
seen in the skies. If the county has to build a
qevp pqblio bqi.'dlqg for fh« spcommo(J»tioq of
its words," woyKi i> not be a sjood idfen to L M ild
an observatory upon it, and iuount a good tele*
scope It would not cost much, probably not
more than ten cents apiece for every taxpayer
IZ the county, and it would be of great advant
age to us.
—Judge McCandless, Commissioner
Collins, Cal. Christie, Esq. Mr. Rieber and
Mr. Badger got home from the wilds of for
est county last Friday, bringing eight deer with
them. Thev spent seven or eight days in the
yoods of the gasutru part of that eouiity, logg
ing and getting their meals at the house of a
settler in the woods. The Judge got but one
shot and brought down his deer a distance of
about eighty yards. Deer are plenty in the
dense woods there, but as they are very keen
and wild, it is hard to get uear them, and the
underbrush in the woods is Su thiok that it i«
almost impossible to penetrate it. Judge
McCandless, who is now an old man, thinks
that he could have done better fifty years ago.
He shot the last deer killed in this county,
over twenty years ago, on the hill about
half a mile east of Butler, and trapped the
last wolf killed in this county, over twentv
flve years ago, iu the glades of Clearfield
twp. He got sl2 from the county for killing
that wolf, and $2.56 for the hide, making
$14.50 in all, a sum that in those days was
worth as much as SSO is now.
—Mr. James Slater of this town,
! son of Nathan Slater, Esq , met with a very
serlousjnccident last Wednesdaymorniug at their
well near Renfrew, under the following circum
stances. They had raised the tools out of the
hole with the engine, had bailed out the welland
ungeared the engine and commenced to lower
the tools, when finding it again necessary to
raise them a lew inches, attempted to do so by
hand, using the bull wheel. Jim jumped pn one
wheel and loosened thebrake, but he was up 100
high on the wheel for his weight to be much of
a lever, and the tools started down the hole, and
the wheel commenped revplving rapidly, throw
ing him up and between the wheel and some
planks nailed on the derrick, called the girt.
He held on to the brake and this saved his life.
As it was, bis left leg was caught between the
wheel and the girt and badly lacerated. The
other men at the well oame to his assistance
as soon as they recovered from their fright,
and getting the brake down rescued him from
his perilous position, but not until seven of the
pins on the wheel bud been broken on nnd the
tools had descended some 200 teet. From tt-e
fact that a set of oil well tools weigh about 3000
pounds, the force with which the bull wheel
would revolve is appparent, and it will be seen
tbat his escape from instant death was almost
miraculous. Ills wounds were dressed np by
Drs. Campbell apd Pillow, aud he is now do
ing well, but will uot be able to be around
again for some weeks.
—Will Forquer, Esq., returned home
a few days ago from a trip to Boseman, Mon
tana, to which place he was called by a tele
gram stating that his brother Joe, who had
been sick with typhoid feyer, was very low
and was not expected to live. While there,
however, bis brother passed the crisis of the
fever and when he left was sitting up and
doing well. Will went to Boseman via. Oma
ha & Ogden. He left the Union Pacific at
Ogden and traveled north some 348 miles on
the Northern Utah R. B. to Dillon, from
whence hshad to stage it I*o miles to B«wemar,
a-town that polls 1100 votes but has a popula
tion of not over 2,500, as there are, compare*
tively, but few women and children. The
principal occupations of the people there are
mining and stock-raising. Sheep are worth
more money there than here. The soil is fer
tile, but t°. raise crops it must be irrigated
from tlie rivers. The people there have a
fashion of making short work of any desper
ate characters wno come among them and
commit any outrages. Lvnchings are com
mon. Oil his return trip, Will came via. the
Northern Pacific, staging it some forty miles
to th% present Western terminus of the road
from where to a side track, 80 miles further
on he rode on an engine. From here to St.
Paul, Minnesota, a distance of about 1000 miles
he rode in a passenger car and the fare was $44.
On account of the railroad war, not yet over,
between the different lines between St. Paul
and Chicago, a distance of over 400 miles, his
ride from St. Paul to Chioago cost him but one
dollar, although the usual fare is sl4. The
Northern Pacific road will soon be finished and
it will open up a vast wheat and stock-raising
country. The climate of the country through
which it passes is much colder than that of the
Unioq Pacific, but is a much better country.
The Western terminus of the road will either
be at some point on Puget's Sound or at the
mouth of the Columbia river, and there in the
couse of time will arise the great city of the
Western coast.
When a lecturer has worked the
ladies of bis audience so near to the
weeping point that they have gotten
out their handkerchiefs, and then sud
denly changes his tone and speaks of
the merits of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
he is bound to rouse a feeling of indig
nation,
Garfield Monument Fair.
WASHINGTON, November 25.—The
Garfield Monument Fair was formally
opened in the rotunda of the Capitol
by President Arthur at 2:15 to-day.
Every inch of space was occupied.
The President expressed regret that
the managers of an enterprise so worthy
of support had been unable to secure a
place in which they could more ap
propriately open the exhibition, lie
formally declared the fair open to a gen
erous public, and said that there was
no spot in which the monument to
Garfield could better be erected than in
the city where he spent so much of his
ljfe. The President then retired and
the company then dispersed to all seer
tions of the fair. Among the pictures
unveiled are several portraits of Gar
field, and portraits of Grant, Blaine,
Bancroft, the historian, Mrs. Haves
and Queen Yictoria. The national
character of the fair la made apparent
on every band by exhibits which trace
the history of the country. The fair
promises to be a great success.
I Advertise m tbe Cms**.
| Kolea oo Current Erenl*.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
j has submitted bis annual report to the
. President. Two and a half million
packages of seed have been distributed
and two hundred and sixty thousand
copies of special reports printed by the
department. The statistical division
estimates the following as the yield of
1832: Corn, 1.635,000,000 bushels;
oats, 470 000,000 bushel.-; barley, 4.">,-
000,000 bushels; rye 20,000,000 bush
els; buckwheat, 12.000,000 bushels.
No wonder prudent men look sus
picously at our railroad growth, aud
ask if it is not going on too fast? The
Railroad Age reports 1,068 miles of
road completed, making 9,143 miles
in ten months of this year, against
6,763 miles in the corresponding ten j
months of 1881. In 1880 the country
had 95,000 miles of railroad in oppera
tion, by the end of this year it will
probably have 116,000; yet without
any apparent demand to justify such
an increase. Think of investing some*
thing like $500,000,000 actual cash
in railroads in the last two years !
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany collected for the year ending last
month, over seventeen million dollars
for sending messages for the people of
the United States, and of this amount
seven million dollars represent profits.
The growth of the business is indica
ted in the fact that the revenue is twice
as great as the average for sixteen
years. That the pole nuisance Is a
very great one, appears from the com
pany's report, which shows that it
owns a forest of 131,000 poles. There
are over twelve thousand offices, and,
in 1882, they sent and received nearly
thirty-nine million passages Wuit of
them' brief, as may be judged from the
fact that the receipts average less than
fifty cents per message. The number
of messages sent has more than
doubled since 1876.
Tall about evasive revenue—the
pensioo business will take care of that
presently. Commissioner Dudley says
the estimates of the amount needec[
next year (iIOI,§QO,QQO) will not be
sui&cfent, and that the pension roll is
growing all the time. The latest sug
gestion is that a pension bill be intro
duced in behalf of who (Jid
go to war because they were infants at
the time, but who will now swear they
would have gone bad they been old
enough. This is good, so far as it
goes, but ought it qos to |?e £}ade to
inolude their children also P
The Census Bureau has just issued
a bulletin showing the percentage of
illiteracy in the United States. Out
of a total of 36,761,607 peraqnp
operated over ten years of age, 4,923,-
451 were returned as unable to read,
and 6,239,958 as unable to write The
per cent of those unable to read is
13.4, and unable to write 17. Of those
unable to read and write New Mexico
the greatest per oentage, name
ly, 60.2 for one and 65 for the other.
lowa shows the smallest percentage
of illiteracy, namely, 2-4 of those una
able to read, and 3 9 of those unable
to write. Of 3,203,215 persons enu
merated in Pensylvania, 146,130 could
not read, and 228,014 could toqt write,
a percentage of 4-6 of the former, and
7.1 or the latter.
Good Reading.
An excellent opportunity is now of
fered the people of this place and viciu.
ity of obtaining a large amount of good
reading for a small amount of money.
A canvass is being made for tbe pur*
pose of obtaining subscribers for a cir
culating library olub. These books
are published by the Harper Brothers,
New York, and are of the Franklin
Square series. It requires forty mem
bers to form a club, to whom will be
furnished sixty books by the standard
authors, and every paying member
added, over forty, adds another book to
the library withoqt any additional
cost to the members. By the payment
of SI.OO you have the use ot this library
for two years. No money is asked for
until the olub is formed and the books
are in the bands of the librarian of the
club. There are no books on the list
anyone can object to. The Agent will
be here for a week, or until the club is
formed.
The National Thanksgiving.
It may not be generally known that
tbe Governors in the several States in
appointing tbe last Thursday of No
vember as a day of Thanksgiving, were
prevailed upon by a woman to select
the same day. The lady who edited
Godev's Lady Book more than thirty
years, Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, urged
the Governors of the several States to
fix upon one day. Not satisfied with
recommending year after year concerted
action—through the columns of the
magazine she edited, she addressed the
Governors of the States individually,
and at the end of many years enjoyed
the satisfaction that attends well di
rected and successful effort. Procla
mations formerly were issued as the
spirit moved the Governor. Washing
ton recommended a day of Thanks
giving for the adoption of the Constitu
tion, and Lincoln issued a proclamation
recommending special Thanksgiving
for victories, and twice recommended
annual thanksgivings, but the war
memories interfered with the universal
observance of the day until a woman's
appeals brought about the widespread
observance that distinguishes the
American Thanksgiving Day from all
other National holidays.
A Certificate,
The history of Fairview township,
(including the boroughs of Fairview,
Petrolia and Karns City) prepared for
Waterman, Watkins & Co.'s history
of Butler County, has been read to the
undersigned and we have no hesitation
in saying that it is a thorough, care
fully prepared and interesting history
of said township. All important in
dustries, organizations, etc., are no
ticed. The pioneer history is very
complete and accurate and the borough
histories present a good outline of the
leading events and features of each.
ROBERT CAMPHELL,
Gso. H. GRAHAM,
A. L. CAMPBELL.
COURT NOTES.
The Court fixed the number of Jur
ors for 1883, at 700, and appointed
Monday, Jan., §d, as the day for meet
ing of the Jury Commissioners to fill the
wheel.
The Court appointed two weeks of
Court for trial of civil cases, beginning
Monday, Jan., 8, and Monday Jan.,
15, J 833- Veniries to from the
Quarter Sessions for tame weeks.
T. H. Lyon, Esq, was appointed
Court Auditor for 1883.
Six appeals from Justices' decisions
were entered on Monday.
3i'
GERManreMEOY
FOR. -PATTSJ.
CURCt
Rheumatism, Neuralqia, Sciatica,
Lumbago, Backache. Headache, Toothache,
•ore Throat Swelling*. Sprain*. Bruise*.
Burns* >ealda. Frost Bites,
AKD ALL OTHKB BODILY PAIRS AND AC HIS.
Said by Uru||iiti and Dealers everywhere. Fifty Casta a trtlllt
Directions la 11 LtD(Uf«.
THE CHARLES ▲. TO«E*£R CO.
u A. V QQUXK » 00.) Balttsaia, M, C. f. A.
The Auiericnn Institute on
Speer's Wines.
A committee was appointed to visit
Alfred Speer's Vineyards at Passaic,
N. J., to examine bis wines and cellars
and report. The following is a part of
the report: Many will be a little sur-1
prised to learn that within a short dis-1
tance from this city, has been prosecu
ted an enterprise of so much' impor
tance, and with so much success.
The qualities of tbeao wines are not
excelled by any produces in the world
and during the season when the opera
tions of handling the grapes, express
ing the juices and the other treatment
are in active progress it is interesting
and instructive to visit the vineyards
and witness the operation,
ft. 14- MAMIN.
A. S. HEATH, M. D. Committee.
J. DISTUBNELIi, )
For sale by D! H. WCLLKR.
B»tler Comity Teat-hero'
Institute.
The annual meeting of the Butler County Teach
ers' Institute for 1882 will be held in the Court
House, Hutler Pa„ Deoember 2*—&», iuolneive.
Beginning m (uiif-njM pi; j on Monday.
A»anF»IT,; WELCOME- Hou. James Bredm.
RfeseONSK-.lehu Golden. K. A. Hoover.
INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. John H. Freuch, Xorihampton, Mass.
Prof. L. H. lJurli'.g, Indiana, Pa
Prof. H. V. Mac Cully. rmia., Pa.
l.ttC*i'URES j
MONDAY EVENING.— Dr. John H. French;
"Big Bugs, Little Bugs and all sorts of Bugs, ex
cept Humbugs."
TUESDAY EVENING.— Prof. H. V. Mac Cully
"Photography of Wit HU(P£* "
THURSDAY EVKNiNf}.—Dr. J. J. Viliiers, llu-
Meet " a Impersonator; "Funny People Wo
HQME TALENT.
"Opening and Organising School."-Geo. K.
Ralph. PUPNSSIOD opeued by Prof. Gallagher.
Paper.—"lnfluence of Teachers with Parents."
Miss Nannie McMahan, Discussion opened by E.
Mackey.
"Voice Culture."—.!. C, Trainer. Dimension
opened by E. Bixler. followed by W. G. Russell
"Teachers Work Outside of Text-books."—Prof-
P. S. Brancoft. Discussion ojiened by J. B.
Morrow, followed by J. C. I tickets.
"The Importance of Grammar as a Study and
Methods of Teaching It."'—J. R. Rankin, followed
by R. O. Waldrdh.
"Teachers Mistakes."—John Flndley, followed
by J, A. Brandon and J. B. Mechllng.
•'The Nineteenth."—Prof. J. C. Tintsman.
"Spelling in the Public Schools."—E. McDon
ald, followed by Prof. R. D. Crawford and J. A.
McCafferty.
'Method of Teaching Doolmals.'*—"Moral and
Social Training Is. School." "W hat are the Main
Duties of ".Methods of Teaching
Fractions.''—Some of these topics will lie dis
cussed at the Informal meetings from 8 to 9, A.
M.
On Wednesday, the27th. Directors will meet at
1, P. M., and occupy one hour and a half. Meet
ing will be called to order by Joseph Hartman,
Esq.
We hope to jiee a large attendance of teachers
and directors, and earnestly hope they will
prepared to give their views on the various
-•u'ljects for discussion,
JAS. H. MVRTI.AND.
Co. Supt.
FALL AND WINTER.
A. TROUTMAN.
Extraordinary Large and Attractive
stock of New Fall Dress goods, Silks,
Plushes, Velvets, &c.
Attractive Prices. Bargains in all
kinds of Dry Goods and Trimmings,
(Jaahmeret Black and Colored—the
very best goods fur lowest prices.
Hosiery, Passmentries, Spanish and
Guipure Laces, Ladies' cloths in all
shades, Flannels, Blankets, Ladies',
Gents' and Chiklrens' Underwear,
Towels, Napkins, Table Linens, yams,
Gloves, Jeans, Cossimeres, Tickings,
Muslins, Quilts, Lace Curtains,
Shawls, Buttons, Fringes, Corsets and
Oil Cloths.
Infant's Robes, Skirts, Capes, Hoods
and Sacks, Fur Trimmiugs, Ladies',
Misses' and Cbildrens' Coats and
Jackets, Ladies' Dolmans, Ac.
Our assortment and our Low Prices
—Quailty of goods considered--are the
inducements which we offer. Give me
a call. A- TROLTMAN, Butler, Pa.
CIIRISTMAS GOODS.
Go to J. F. T. Stehle for your toys
—best selection in tbe town.
Hats, Caps, and Gents furnishing
goods, at low prices, at J. F. T. Stehle's.
Call at J. F. T. Stehle's before pur
chasing your toys—prices to suit the
times.
Dolls of all kinds at J. F. T. Stehle's
You will be surprised to see the
stock that J. F. T. Stehle has iu toys
—baby dolls a specialty.
Dead 01* Alive.
The Republican who is sorry for the
overthrow of bossism in New York
and Pennsylvania is yet to be found.
We offer one dollar reward for him
Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune, Rep.
Erie's Experience.
ANOTHER CUBE UTTERLY WITHOUT A
PBSCEDENT.
ERIE, PA., Sept. 10th, 1881.
Dr. Hartman: I cannot but express
my thanks to you for the great benefit
I received from tbe use of Peruna and
Manalin One bottle of each placed
me squarely on my feet, after a long
sickness, which had laid me in bed and
then left me lame and crippled. Three
days' use of these remedies dispensed
with the cane, and in a week I was
perfectly well. N. J. WRIGHT,
Business Agent, Erie Evening Herald.
Ask your Druggist for Dr. Hart
man's Book on the "Ills of Life." He
will givk it gratis. If not, address Or.
H. at Osborn, 0-
Millinery.
Miss M. H. Gilkey keeps constantly
on hand a full supply of the newest
Millinery and Trimmings, Boys' Hats,
Black and White Laces, Ruchings,
Collars, Old Ladies' Caps, Infant's
gnit Goods, Gloves, Stockings and
Stocking Supporters, Ladies' and
Misses' Corsets, Hair Goods and Hair
Nets, Buttons and Dress Findings,
Fine Yarns and materials for Fancy
Work, Perfumery and Toilet Powdew.
Press &nd Cloak making done to order.
Insnrance.
Geo. W. Shaffer, Agent office
with K. Marshall Esq., Brady Block,
Bu\ierPft. wayll-tf
% I
| CHARLES R. 6RIEB. f
| HATS. CAPS, |
|| GENTS' rUKNISHUTO GOODS, |
£ Hal* St., Bmtler, Ps.
% $
| |
« £
| Jt
JEWELRY, SC.,
fTI Id I I*l I agv
MY FRIENDS: \
I am a rambling wreck of nadity, B.
Frogg, Esq., at your service, advertising
agent for the best Jewelry house in this
section. I wish to inform the public
that a full line of WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, PLATED AND SILVER
WARE,is now being offered at astonishing- k
ly low prices at the popular and reliable V /
store of V w \ I H
Note What an old and Reliable House can do Regarding Prices.
Round Nickel Clocks at — *JOO i A Good Striking Clock, walnut case 3 00||Nickel Watch at 300
api«» -v r>i v I " " 8 day 365 N'ickel Watch, Stem Winder 400
A _Good Striking ( lock 200 | 2 Ox. Silver Case, with Amer'n movement 10 00| " " " closed in the back 450
Ladies Gold Watches at |l2 75
i3F° All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles at 35 cents per dozen, and No. 1 Sperm Oil at 10 cents per bottle. .
, a , ' rhe u P lace in But,er wh ere you can find a full and complete stock of KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, &c
184 7-—Rogers Bros.— A l._none genuine unless stamped ("1847— Rogers Bros.— A 1.") I also carry a full line of
Eye Glasses and Spectacles, suitab.e for all eyes and mounted in the most elegant and substantial manned and am of
fering very superior goods at the most reasonable rates. Repairing of Watches and Clocks receives our very strict at
tention, and is done promptly and warranted. * E. GRIEB, Main Street, BuUe" Pa.
Some Big Ficuros.
WASHINGTON, November 30.—Mr.
Nininio, Chief of the Bureau of Statis
tics, Riving a clergyman some facts t >r
a Thanksgiving sermon, writes: "The
corn crop this year is estimated at
1,680,000,000 bushels, agaist 1.194,-
946,000, bushels in 1881. The latest
estimate of the wheat crop of the sea
sou of 1882 is 500,000,000 bushels
as against 380,280,000 in 1881. The
value of domestic exports of the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1882, was $733,-
239,732, as against $882,925,947 dur
ing 1881, a fulling off of $150,786,215.
This was duo almost entirely to the
failure of the crops of the country dur
ing the season of 1881, a result attribu
table to drought and other unfavora
ble meteorological influences which
prevailed so extensively throughout
the country during that season. The
imports during the fiscal year were
$724,639,574. larger than during any i
previous year in the history of the j
country. The number of tons trans
ported on fifteen leading railroads of
the United States during the last fiscal
year was 96,663,160, as against
84,199,344 tons during the preceding
fiscal year. The railroad mileage of the
Uni ed States on the first of January,
1882, was 104,813 miles. The West
ern Union, the company which owns
the priucipal part of the telegraph lines
of tbe United States, increased its
number of iniles of wire from 233,534
in 1880 to 374,294 in 1882. Tbe
wires operated by that company would
reach fifteen times around the world."
Holiilay Goods at Blehl's.
Fire Irons and Coal Yases, Beauti
ful Library Lamps, Toys of all kinds,
Toilet Articles, Paint Boxes, Childrens'
Trays, China Tea Sets, Tool Chests,
Kitchen Sets, Toy Sad Irons, Jumbo
Toys, Toy Watches, Mouth Organs,
Tin Trumpets, Spinning Tops, Tin
and Iron Banks,—Frog Bank, Kicking
Mule Bank, Negro Bank, Rabbit Bank,
Organ Banks. On our Five and Ten
Cent Counters can be found almost
anything in the toy line and many
useful articles tf
A Wonderful Medicine
Is Dr. Roger's Liverwort and Tar.
It has cured more desperate cases of
coughs and consumption than any
other preparation. Read the following
letter from
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown of Washing
ton, D. C :—I have suffered for many
years with chest and luDg troubles, tbe
doctors having given up all hopes of
my recovery, and I have been expect
ing death at any moment, until a few
weeks ago, when a friend who had
used Dr. Roger's Syrup of Liverwort,
Tar and Caocbalagua in his family
Persuaded me to try it. After taking
tbe fiast bottle I felt great relief, my
cough being easy, and tbe hemorrha
ges ceased. lam pleased to testify to
what a blessing your medicine is.
feimldiug'* Cephalic Pills
Cure headache and regulate tbe Stom
ach and Liver.
Dlsaolutiou Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership
heretofore existing between G. M. Zimmerman
and Joseph WuUor, umler tbe firm name of
Zimmerman & Wuller, doing business in the
borough of Hutler, Butler couutv, I'a., has been
dissolved by mutual oonseut. The book* are in
the pofitesxiou of Joseph Wuller, and those in
debted to the late firm are requested tQ Wttka
immediate settlement.
I). M EIM.MhK.MAN,
JOSEPH WULLEB.
Having sold out iny interest in the drugstore
to Joseph Wuller, I cm cheerfully recommend
him to the public as a careful, competent and
reliable druggist, and ask for him a pfenUnu*
ance of the liberal patron(\gp .ktemted to the
late firin,
©. M. ZIMMERMAN, M. D.
Decti 4U
Webb's Eclectric Medicine*
Is a positive and effectual remedy for all Ner
vous Diseases in every stage of life—young or old,
male or female. Such as Impotencv. Prostration,
loss of Si reiiu-th, loss of Vitality, Defective Memo-
r J r ., Impaired Brain Power, and diseases from
which an unnatural waste of life springs, all of
which cannot fail to undermine the whole system.
Every organ is weakened, every power prostrated,
and many forms of disease are generated which,
If not checked, pave the wajrto an earlv death. It
reiuvinate?* age anil rein vibrates youth.
Kach.paokap* contains si fftcient for two weeks
treatment. Write for pamphlet, which will be
sent free, with fu'l particulars.
Sold by all Druggists at Bo cents a package, or
twelve iiaekages for sr>.oo. Will be sent tree by
mall on receipt of money, b" addressing
WEBRfi ECLECTRIC MEDICINE CO..
A cure guaranteed. Buffalo. N. Y.
Sold DV D. H. Wnller. Butler. Pa. Jan 3 :ly
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Orphans' Court Sale.
By virtue of a decree of the Orphans' Court
of Butler county, to us directed, as well as by
the authority given U s in the last will and tes
tament of Samuel O. Meals, dee'd, we will offer
for sale at public outcry on the premises in
Washington township, on
MONDAY, FEBUARY 5, 1883.
at 1 o'clock p. m., the following real estate:
8© Acres and 73 Perches
more or less, out of the northwest corner of the
farm lately occupied by the said Samuel G.
Meals, dee'd. About 75 acres cleared, balance
good timber. Good two-story frame house and
bank barn recently erected thereon.
TERMS —One-third of the purchase money
on confirmation of tMlt> by the Court, aud the
remainder in two equal annual installments
with lawful Interest from that date, to be secured
by bend and mortgage. G. W. MEALS.
'iec6 one of the Executors.
Electlou,
The annual election of twelve Directors of the
Butler CQ, Mutual Fire insurance Co., to
, nerw far the ensuing year, will be held at the
' otttoe of the Secretary in Butler, Pa., on the sec*
and Tuesday of January next, being the Otk
inst., 1883, between the hours of 1 aud y p. m.
H. C. JUNKMAN,
i Butler, Pa., Dec 4 1942.
M Bat Cough Byrap. Tanescood. 131
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