Butler citizen. (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, December 06, 1882, Image 3
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 PROSPECTUS FOR 1883. 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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. 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