BUTLER CITIZEN JOHN H fc W. C. NE6LEV, PBOP'BS, Entered at the PosiojJice at Butler as ftecond-clcxss matter. VALENTINE'S I>aj —this day—leb ruary 14. WE regret to learn of the continued illness of Mr. John J Croll, of Brady twp., and hope to bear of bis recovery. MR. LEVI R. GIBSON, lateof l air view twp , this eounty, died recently at his present residence in Meicer county. BOROK.H and township elections next Tuesday, Feb. 20. Tickets printed at the CITIZEN Office, neat and cheap. _ A st'iT has been brought in the Mercer County Court by citizens of Greenville, to test the legality of teaching music in the public school. LENT came early this year, and will not agflin come so early in the year until 1894. Ash Wednesday was on the 7th of February, and Easter is the 25th of March. MR. JOHN B. MONTOOMKRY, of Clin ton twp., who has been ill for some time past, we are pleased to learn has so far recovered as to be considered out of danger. BOTH Houses of Congress are giving almost their entire time to the tariff. The Democrats in the House are doing their best to delay the bill, but it is a question whether they can succeed. ONE hundred and two thousand and four hundred new five cent pieces were put into circulation in Pbiladel-. phia, Feb. 1 The new coin will be struck at the rate of one hundred thou sand pieces a day. IN answer to an inquiry of a friend, wishing to subscribe, we state you can begin the year with any issue of the paper. We count by numbers, giving 50 issues a year, tor $1.50 a year, post age paid by us. THOS. A HUMPHREY, ESQ , for many years a citizen of this county, and afterwards a citizen of Lawrence coun ty, residing at Rose Point, died on the 31st ult., at his new home in Hope, Arkansas. THB answer of Judge Agnew, ex plaining his connectiou with the word ing of the proposed Constitutional A mendment, will appear in our next issue, being crowded out this week by other matter iu progress of publication before its receipt. THE baby doll plays an important part in every family, and it forms no inconsiderable item in the revenue re turns. ' The duties paid last year on dolls and other toys amounted to $580,- 000. The value of dolls imported aggre gated $800,000; and that of other toys reached SOOO,OOO. Thesegewgaws cost the American people who purchased them nearly $2,000,000. So Santa Clausis a very extravagant old fellow. LEGISLATIVE. The Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution has beeu reported from tho House Committee. It has added a clause providing for the reimbursement of persons who may suffer in business bv the abolition of the liquor traflie. The action of the Committee is re gared as sure to kill the bill. If it should be passed in the present form the people would defeat the constitu tional amendmeut, because its pas sago would take from the State Treas ury, it is estimated, between thirty and forty million dollars. Senator Wolverton has introduced a bill to abolish the office of mercantile appraises in all counties except 1 hila delphia and put tho duties of the ap praisers upon the assessors^. In the Senate Messrs. Gordon, Lee, Anil, Agnew and Ilall were appoint ed a committee to whom shall be re ferred the bill reeeutly introduced by Gordon to investigate the miseries of persons confined in insane asylums. This bill is the one recommended by a commission on lunacy appointed by Governor Hoyt. Amoug the bills favorable reported in the Hcwjse were these: Prohibiting dealing in futures in corn, grain, etc.; abolishing the con tract system in prisons and all reform atory institutions; prohibiting the man ufacture and sale of liquor, providing the State shall pay damages to manu facturers and dealers. A bill was in troduced by Martin, of Mercer, making it a misdemeanor for a physician to give a prescription for liquor as a bov- cra & e - . vr-f On Monday evening a week a Mu ffin county member, who was pledged to support tbe Constitutional Amend ment bill, planted himself squarely on the side of the liquor interest. \\ bile he wus receiving the congratulations of the liquor men a lady approached him and indignantly said had better have staid at home, and you will never be sent hrre again. I his was an unexpected rebulF, and the member departed without waiting for further congratulations. The members of the Legislature cling to those conveniences, "free parses," and the Judiciary Committee of the' House has negatived tbe bill making tbeir acceptance or use by State and Judicial officers and legisla tors a misdemeanor punishable by SSOO liue. .They hate to acknowledge that tbey have been bribed. Tbe Board of Pardons has decided not to consider questions of law in cases which come before it. Counsel will hereafter be limited in their argu ment to matters ef iact. Governor Pattison will not regard days of the week in issuing death warrants, lie considers any other secular day as good as Friday for banging. Another evidence of the voung man s level headedness. Insurance. Geo. W. Staffer, Agent office with K. Marshall Etq., Brady Block, Sutler Pa mayll-tf REMARKABLE IGNORANCE, The Philadelphia Press of the 4th iast. presents a ease of the most re markable ignorant e that has come un tier our notice for 6ome time. In its issue of that date is a long article upon the bill introduced in the Legislature bv Mr. Donly, of this county, to sup press the growth of the weed known as the "ox-eye daisy" \\ hile we hardly know what the Prezs is driving at, yet its want of information as to the daisies of our country is apparent, as will be seen by the article itself, the greater part of which we give bolow in order that no injustice may be done to our city contemporary. It3ays: DONLY AND THE I>AI>Y. * * * Donly has presented a bill in the House to "suppress the growth, propagation and going to seed of the weed commonly known as wild daisies, or ox-eye daisies." The daisy cannot strike back at Donly as Pattison struck back at the Senate, but it can hold#)n longer, and with a firmer grip then Recorder Lane him self. * * * * * * The daisy has won for itself a place in the fields of literature as well as in the fields of Batler county. Burns begins by calling the daisy Wee modest, crimson tippeJ tfnwer. Donly begins: " Beit enacted by the Sinale and House, etc., that it shall be the duty of any person or persons, and of every corporation holding lands in this Commonwealth, on which wild daisies or ox-eye daisies may be grow ing, to cut the same and prevent such weeds or wild daisies from growing, going to seed, etc., or otherwise pay a fine of sls. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall alc'o embrace a weed commonly known as the wild carrot." The critics tell us that one of the most difficult things in literature is to give a successful ex pression to a mood. We know that the genius of Burns has surmounted the difficulty of suitably expressing his regret at overturning a daisy with his plow; and here we see how the genius of Donly has soared over all embarrassments and hindrances, and successfully given expression to an en tirely different mood—one of haired felt for the man on the adjoining farm, who permitted the daisies to flourish in his fence corners. But Donly has a larger purpose than simple to uproot the daisies; be had a higher aim than simple to make a contribution to the Legislative Record, to enrich the statute book of Purdon, and to improve the condition of the op pressed agriculturist. Over the tops of the ox-eye daisy heads Donly strikes a vigorous blow at Oscar Wilde, at the boy with a man's stat ure everywhere who bangs his hair. Donly is too much of an agriculturist himself not to know the hopelessness of a war of extermination waged on the daisy. But, with the manly vigor that characterized the pioneer, and is still happilv preserved in a few isolated cases "iu the pioneers' decendants, Donly has sought to express bis dis approbation, his contempt for the male effeminacy of which the daisy has of late years been the chosen symbol. He hurls, as it were, across the wide waste of waters to Oscar Wilde, the self-selected apostle of a'stheticism, the message that bis mission has failed. Donly and the other free-born Ameri can citizens of the best Republic the sun ever shone upou declare that so long as the American eagle circles about their heads they will continue to be free, full-grown men—not squaws. The impression is created that there is in Donly's bill irony or satire of even a profounder meaning. The daisy has long been regarded as sug gestive of all that is fresh and inno cent It is suspected that Donly wants to uproot the ox-eye daisy, which has become so plentiful in Penn sylvania politics within the lastmontb; that his bill is a satire aimed at the fresh politicians, and the attention of the literary critics of the day is called to the skill with which the author has concealed what he is really driving at, thus proving himself to be possessed of genuine geuius. Now the first thing in the above that strikes the country editor is the mar velous failure of the city editor to dis tinguish between the modest and favorite little daisy, our garden flower, and the great, big field ox-eye daisy. Thero is about the same difference be tween them that there is between an ox and calf. And we cannot account for this woeful want of knowledge on the part of city editors, except on the ground that they have never been in the country, or been away from home. They doubtless have daisies in Phila delphia, but they have no fields there for the ox-eye ones to grow and flour ish iu. If they bad they would have more botanical knowledge on the sub ject The idea of classing the daisy of the poet Bums with the great pest of the fanner shows a woeful want of weed and flower knowledge. Phila delphia may boast of its acute lawyers, its refinement, and its learuing in gen eral, bat in the matter of the different varieties of the daisy, the Press and her people seem to be lacking in infor mation. Then again, the absurdity of asso ciating the bill of Mr. Donly with the name of Oscar Wilde, in any way, is ridiculous. This is a further mixing up, as it confounds the ox-eye daisy with the sun (lower. Wilde's great hob by was the sun flower, to point out the beauties of which he left the shores of the old country and came to this. But he was simply laughed at. We venture to say Mr. Donly never had him in bis mind when he introduced his bill. The only objection we see that can be made to tbe bill is the pro viso embracing the "weed commonly known as the wild carrot.'' This per haps will be a weight upon it and had better be stricken out. The object now is to uproot tbe ox eye daisy, and tbe question of the wild carrot can come up hereafter. When the bill comes up, and Mr. Donly is heard in its defease, he cau give such an array of facts and figui'63, as to tbe aggres sive and destructive nature of tbift great ] est, the ox-eye daisy, as will open the eyes of the city editor of the Press, and convince him that be has been writing upon a matter that he knows nothing about. Man Drowned in Bear Creek. On Saturday afternoon, as James King was crossing over Bear Creek on a rudely constructed foot-bridge near Donnelly station, leading a ssven-year old son, the plank on which he had stepped having for its support two pipe lines running parallel, slipped from under their feet, precipitating both into the angry stream. The boy clung to a wire that was used as a hand mil, and was rescued with great difficulty. The father was carried down with the current and drowned. Diligent search has been made for the body, but up to the present has not been discovered King was about forty years of age and was engaged iu mining coal. lie leaves a wife aud six children to mourn his sad aud deplorable death. The body was found frightfully cut and mangled yesterday morning lodged in some driftwoed about a hundred yards below the place he fell in.— Parker Pha'jiix. Peruna. This medicine was introduced to the medical profession and to the pub lic at large by S. B. Hartman, M. D., in 1877, after he had prescribed to over 40,000 patients in almost every disease to which flesh is heir. It is wholly composed of numerous vegetable ingredients, each one of which is acknowledged by the medi cal profession to be the most potent of all the herbal remedies known to med ical science. But its great virtue is mainly attri butable to the new aud peculiar pro portions in which the harmonious in gredients are combined, and to the ex treme care exercised in its manufacture, using only the pure, active principles, and excluding all that is crude or irri latiug. No one should be without Pel una. Picnic at Plaingrove. New Castle News.] About a week ago Mr. Noah McCon ncll, of Plaingrove, and a Miss Graham were married iu Butler county, and alter th» joyful ceremony bad been per formed they returned to the home of the smiling groom. Here he learned tl at a party of serenaders would visit him, and he started out with his bride for a ride, hoping that by the time he returned the visit would have been made, aud the place already rid of the pesteriug screnader. Instead of this, however, he got back just in time to see the line of 70 of the noisiest fel lows in that township headed for the house. The boys began their hideous noises, with tin caus intermingled with a half dozen songs at the same time. The groom became desperate and for a time it looked like war. One serenad es bolder than his noisy companions, broke a pane of glass and stuck his head through aud gave out a fearful yell, but some oue from the inside got even with biin by giving him a good blow on his cranium, which knocked him out beautifully. Another fellow from the crowd put a ueck yoke up at the broken window and stuck his head through, and commenced singing. A ladv in the house went to hit this fel low but instead struck the neck yoke with hr fist. A cry of pain reut the air, followed by loud shouts from the boys. Just how the latter driven awav we have not learned, but it was not until they had a sufficient amount of their alleged fua and until patience even in a groom ceased to be a virtue. A Double Tragedy in Court. ST LOI IS, Feb. s.—Thejury room of the Criminal Court was to day the scene of an extraordiuary tri.gedy. John C. Parker, a criminal who has a record of the blackest kind in many Western cities, killed his wife and him self. He was a native of St. Louis, and about 33 years old. He was awaiting trial for killing John Peyton in Furber's saloon. His pretty youug wife Nellie, with their five months' old baby, was in the court room in company with his two sisters. The wife leaned against the wire screen aud talked to her husband fcr some time while another case was being heard. It was remarked at the time that they were very affectionate to one another. A deputy sheriff, who noticed their behavior, said to the re porter that the only redeeming trait in Parker's uature was his love for his wife, whom he had married about two and a half years ago. She was con siderably above him in the social scale, and sacrificed her family ties to link her fate with his. While the husb.md and wife were conversing Parser's lawyer asked that he might have a conference with his client. Accordingly the prisoner was taken from the cage by adeputy sheriff, and walked through the court into the jury room. His wife walked by his side, and his sisters and attorney fol lowed. They took seats, and the prisoner began to give his lawyer a list of witnesses. The wife was seated by her husband's side Something drew the attention of those present from the prisoner, when a shot rang out, and before any one could interfere a second one was fired. The first shot sent a bullet through Mrs. Parker's brain, killing her almost instantly. The second shot Parker fired while he held the weapon close to his own temple. He died within an hour. Neither he nor his wile spoke after they received their wounds Late this evening a letter was found written yesterday by Parker, wherein he shows that tbe whole plan was ar ranged that he should kill himself and his wife to-day, and that she had help ed him plot against her own and bis life. When she went to the court room, therefore, she new she was going to meet deith. Yet she walked across the room without a tremor and entered the jury room, though she knew that to cross the threshold was to step into the grave. MONTPELIEK, Yt., March 24, 1882. More thau filty years ago, when I was a boy and suffered from a cold or any throat or lung affection, I took Downs' Elixir, and considered it a sovereign remedy for all such difficul ties. And from its frequent use in all the cubsequeut years I have seen no reason to qualify my opinion of this standard remedy for all tboae diseases which are so fatle in our cli mate. JOSEPH POLAND, Pub. Vt. Watchman and State Journal. How the Timber Goes. The increasiug \'alue of the standing timber in our county is indicated by two sales which took place iu Scrub grass township. Wm. Perry sold to Foulk & Co., of Mercer, the timber on 100 acres of lund, consisting of oak and chestnut, for $37.50 pt>r acie, or $3,?50 for the whole. .las Anderson sold the hickory, oak and ash timber fr«>m the same amount of acreage to Seaton & Parshall, of Mercer, at S4O per acre, or $4,000 for the whole. We understand ttat mills will be erected at once to work up the purchase for market. This looks like a slight improvement on the times when a farmer had to pay money to sret his land cleared. But if this stripping of our forests keeps on for another generation, there will be proph esy as well as satire in that picture which one of our humorists draws of a scene in court in the year 2,000 in which the accused pleads guilty to stealing a plank, one-half of which be longed to the prosecutor, and is sen tenced to seven years and six months at hard labor.— Frank lin I'rets. A Card To the citizen* of Cooper down:—l have only been waiting to summon the nerve ere I make an acknowledg ment of gratitude to you for your very great kindness shown me the day 1 visited your little town with my hus band when the blighting winds passed through and swept him from earth to heaven. Thanking you all for your very great kindness, I will especially mention Dr. McCandless, Peter Kra mer and wife, and Mr. Donaldson and wife ; the others I did not know, but pray that all who witnessed that scene may stand ever at the foun tain drinking, so that when the Sav iour shall call "ye be also ready." MRS. SADE DTEFFENBACHER. Butler Pa., Feb. 13, Isß3. FA IJL AM> WIX I EB. A. TROUTMAN. Extraordinary Large and Attractive stock of New Fall Dress goods, Silks, Plushes, Velvets, &c. Attractive Pi ices. Bargains in all kiDds of Dry Goods aud Trimmings, Cashmere* Black aid Colored—the very best goods for lowest prices. Hosiery, Passmentries, Spanish and Guipure Ltces, Ladies' cloths in all shades, Flannels Blankets, Lfidies', Gents' and Children*' Underwear, Towels, X ipkins. Ta'.le Lineus, yarns, Gloves, Jeans, Cassiniercs, Tickings, Muslins, Quilts, Lace Curtains, Shawls, Buttons, Fringes, Corsets and Oil Cloths. Infant's Robes, Skirts, Capes, Iloods and Sacks, Fur Trimmings, Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' Coats and Jackets, Ladies' Dolmans, &c. Our assortment and our Low Prices Quailty of goods considered -are the inducements which we offer. Give mo a call. A. TBOPTMAM, Butler, Pa. Court House Notes. On Tuesday last, the Cih inst., Mr. Lorenz B. Itoessing anil his mother Mrs. Julia lloes siug, made a voluntary assignment of all their property, real and personal, to Geo. It. lioes sing, for the benefit of their creditors, and the Court on petition of the Assignee, appointed R. C. McAboy aud John N. Muntz to appraise the property. ilood, Bonbright & Co., of Phil'a, have sued Seott Jc Walker, of this county for •■?."> \V. L. (leary vs. A. L. Shrader, Executor, is a summons in assuinpsist—amount claimed $4006.30. The will of Robert Allison, of Centre twp., was probated last week, no letters. Also will of J no. Geo. Strobel, of Clearfield twp., Nicho las Reott, Ex'r. Letters of administration C. T. A., were granted to \V\ A. McConnick on estate of Elizabeth Steel, late of Butler Pa., dee'd. The Levi Brothers have brought s>uit vs. Scott & Walker for debt, claiming *235.68. The Harding Brothers have brought suit vs. Julia Roessing for note of $l5O. The Forest Oil Co. has brought suit in ejectment vs. Chas. A, Sullivan, Cross Slator, R. A. Lidecker and James Sliitnr for strip of land along the creek adjoiniug the Reufrew farm. Resolutions of Respect, At a special meeting of tlie offl.;ers and mem bers of Resolute Lodge, A. O. U. W. No. 84, held at their hall in Prospect, Pa., Jan. 31st, 188:1, the following action was taken. Tills lodge hiis heard with sincere sorrow thut the all-wise Master auil Makir of the uni verse has seeu lit to take to himself our loved aud respected Brother. John McLure, who was one of the charter members ot this Lodge- His v/ise judgment, and prudent and oonser valive manner nude him a valued mem he*. While In private lile, his kindly manners, en ergetic, thougu modest, deportment combined with a true conflder .tion for the feelings of his fellow-raea, chxracterizjd his daily walk In lile and made him respected of all who knew hlin as a cl izen and a neighbor. The sympathy ol this lodge Is especially ex tended to his bereaved family, and as a testi monial to his memory, a copy of this will be entered on the minutes ot the lodge,, printed in tle county papers, an I a copy sent to the family, also thrt we as a lodge attend his funer al- R. Shanor J A. Bowels > Oommiitee. J. M. Lieghner. > What is the DiiTorence Between a Pumpkin and a Squash ? lu his new Seed Catalogue for 1883, Joseph Harris, of Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y., says : "The Possum Nose Pumpkin has all the vigorand productiveness of the puinkin with the dryness, sweetuess and loug keeping quali ties of the squash. Can any one tell the difference between a pumpkin anil a squash ? Scientific Botanist* are unable to do so. What we call a squash is a variety of puuipkin; and what we call a pumpkin is a variety of squash. Mr. Harris seems to claim that his pet Possum Nose is both pumpkin and squash. It is undoubtedly a valuable variety, and is well worth a trial. A full account of it will be found in Mr. Har ris' Seed Catalogue for 1883, which is sent free to all applicants. Franklin Township. Report of Ridge School No. 1, for the 2d month, ending Jan. 17th, 1883. Whole number in attenance during the month 62 ; per cent, of attendance during the month 71 ; No. ot pupils that missed no days 20; No. of pupils that missed one day 5; No. of pupils that have a clear report 5; progress good, conduct middling, The Ridge school is situated on the west side of Rev. Young's farm. It has a pleasant location, and a splendid chance to fence off beautiful grounds. The directors and patrons should improve this chance of beautifying the school grounds. If they take a step in this direction they will never regret it. J.G. McCri.Lorr.n. Cultivation of Onions. Last spring the following item went the rounds of the papers: "Joseph Harris, who is an old onion grower, says the price ot onions has been so high for the past three years, that every body is going to sow onions the coming spring. His advice is, don't. Coming from a man who had onion seed for sale, the advice was certainly disinterested. And the result showed its correctness. Ouions are very cheap. Xow, Mr. Harris advises those who have h id ng exparienoe in the culti« vation of the onions, to sow a small patch in this spring. In onion growing a little experi ence is worth a whole cart-load of Agricultural books. Oaion seed is cheap, and it is a good time to learn the business. In a year or two ouions and onion Heed will be nigh as ever, and those who understand their cultivation will realise handsome profits. In his Cata logue for 1833, Mr. Harris gives some good di rections for ihe cultivation of onions. It is sent free. Address, Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y. Butler B. & L. Association. The annual raectiug of the Stockholders of ihe Building aua Loan of I utler, w 111 be held in the Arbitration room ol the Court House, ou Saturday eveqiug, l«ui i»>- an Umtarists and llilL ' jlllil n Dealer*. Directions In II languages. !, ' ' Jlr dS C! |i„ ij The Charles A. Vogeler Co. 1 Ijpr /if"# 1 i——• v, ,rup,rc Haltlmor*. JI«!.. I". H. A. ACHING NERVES CAUSE AGONY! PERiIY DAVIS'S PAIN KILLER BRINGS RELIEF! NEURALGIA SCIATICA TOOTHACHE EARACHE And t!:o wliol.' noxious family of nerve diseases are cured by I'eiTyikvi^iiinliii' SURC! ALL RESPECTABLE DRUGGISTS ! KCEP "PAIN KILLER." 81,000 » " will be paid If any Impurities or mineral • silbntaDivs are found in I'Kitl'XA. or for j— "3 any- case It will liotcureor help. ■■■■ o pEKCNAlspureiyavezetable compound. W fi tt is not equalled by all other medicines 2. combined. Stroiitf language, butitlstruc. «♦ 0 PERL'.VA Is more extensively prescribed a d by honest physicians than any other half- w „ do:en remedies known to the profession. *» PEIU'NA positively cures Consumption, 0 3 Chronic Catarrh, and ail l.uiut ant Heart © 55 disposes. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ " ff Asa<'oU£h remedy. it lias no t-qu'l; It co J E positively cures all Coughs. You cannot {J 1 a take an overdose, as it contains no mor- . yl'in". ■■■■■■■■■ » H For Intermittent Fever. < lillls and Fe- ° 13 ver. Dumb AHUM, the Infallible remedy LA £5 i'KRL'NA. ® No matter what y>ur disease is, where - located, 1)0 you young or old, male or fe- «t 75 male, goatoncefor oi n Aslt Jour druggist for Dr. Hartmau's o pamphlet on "Tlielllsof Life," gratis, o For l'lles and Pelvic Diseases, take T"HE i foil 5 1 —RHEUMATISM— - Ab it i» for all the painful diseases of the 13 g KIDNEYS,LIVER AND BOWELS. § O It cleanses the system of the acrid poisou (A that causes the dreadful euiTcring which 0 © only the victims of ILheumnris:n can realise. » £ THOUSANDS OF CASES -J £ of the worst forms of this terrible disease » 53 hare been quickly relieved, and in short time " (0 PERFECTLY CURED. O TRICE, sl. Lrqrrooit DRY. SOLD BY DBIGGISTS. -Q < 41- Dry enn be stmt by mail. 5 WHIRLS, RICHAHD3Oy & Co.. Burlington Vt. * Remember This. If you are sick Hop Bitters will surely aid Nature io making you well when all elre fails. If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you re main ill, for Hop Hitters are a sover eign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away with any form of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a cure to Hop Bitters. If you are sick with that terrible sickness Nervousness, you will find a "Balm in Oilead'" in the use of Hop Bitters. If you are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmatic district, barricade your system against the scourge of all couutries—malarial, epidemic, bilious, and intermittent fevers—by the use of Hop Bitters. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, Hop Bitters will give you fair skin, rich blood, and sweetest breath, health, and comfort. In short they cure all Diseases of the stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Hright's Disease. SSOO will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister aud mother, or daughter, can be made the picture of health, by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle. Will ) ou let them suffer? JOHN RICHEY, No. 46 Anderson St., Allegheny City Stair Building in all its Branches Turning, Scroll Sawing llaluaters. Newel., Stair Knll, Ac. Ilaud ltails worked to order with all joints cut aud oolted ready to be put up. Orders from a distance will receive prompt ttention. **'*CORKESroNDENCE SOLICITED^ A Reliable Port Wine. Mr. A. Speer, of New Jersey, whose Port Grope Wine has such a wide reputation, and which physicians pre scribe so generally, was the fir*t in j this country to import the Port Grape vines and to plant vineyards of them , and to introduce the art of making wine from the Oporto Grape which is now ( the best wine to be had, and has be- ; conic a great favorite among the most fashionable New York and Philadel- j pliia society. For sale by I). ll.Wul ler. Premature grayoesß avoided by using Parker's Ilair Balsam, distin guished for its cleanliness and per fume. Slifefm NEGLEY—COLEMAN—On Feb. 7, by Rev. J. K. Melhorn, at the bride's residence, Mr. Joseph l\ NVtjley, formerly :>t' this ; plaoe, and Miss Kate 15. Coleniau, bjtii of Pittsburgh, Pa. WIKE—WJLSOX-On Feb. 1, 1 -83, at the M- E. Parsonage, nc ir lirownsdale. Pa., by Kev. H. J. Altsman, AJr. Jas. |„. Wike and Miss Maggie Wilson, both of ibis oouuty. UKATIIS. _ ELLIOTT. —In Worth township, this county, on Feb. 3, ls-a. Mis-; Ann Eliza, daughter of j B. F. Elliott, Es»n ClearSe'd " J B McPivitt | Cherry •' James K> ed Cranberry " Jacob Wiguer Clay " " J M Browu Centre " A J Hutchinson Cliuton •* 1-aiah McCall ConuoquessiDg " Wm Fletcher Uonegal " Hugh McFadden Fair view " Daniei L il;inlln F rwatd " Janief Cooper | Fraukliii " f'iiui/n Blii k.e Jackson " Peler Nesbil. Jefferson " Henry Wagner Lancaster " Henry Beijlcy i Mercer " J<" Bwehanan Muddye:eelc " T .' Cle'.and Middlesex " W S Thompson Marion " James C V. uilyKe ! Oakland " John M Hutchinson Penn " ) Parker " TJ AI worth I 01. mil It " Jacob Recti I Hllpperyrock * E H Ad.m s Venaniio " Joseph Man in Washington " Herman Sentou Wintleld " Joseph Maiks Worth " S H Moore Butler borough Ccutn villa " James S Wi.sou Fairview " A C Gibtou Karne City " Millerstowu " Henry Frederick Pt-trolia '• James Buxard Prospect " Beubt.-u Shanor Portersville * Fred Beriy Sunbury " Albert Rhodes Saxonburg " Edward Marboff Ilarrisvilie " Harmony " John Ziegler Evans City " Zelicnoplc " Conrad Kins Coinmissoncrs oltice, Butler, Pa., Jan. 1 V intelligence iu from two «o three month-*. Have you heard of the new White system cf . SHORT HAND, and the wonderful ficiliity with which it can be | acquired ? Do vou know that iip'rien el j Stenographers iu any and all of our cities have an iucome to-day whi.-h i- >B*H I-TF independence f Do not fail to write us ! We have successfully established a method of LESSONS BY MAIL, whereby the Art can be learned in its entirety, in a very short lixo. The system .s at'know - edge have solved the i wouderful mysteries of the Art WITHOUT COMPETITION. If yon are smart and energetic and possess- I ed of a reasonable degree of of mental activity, you are ju-t the one to make your way in a short time to the front ranks of the Verbatim Arn.v. Write us for circular explaining WFH bis system is the most realily mi-tare 1 and ; the shortest known to the Stenographic world. Address American Phonetic Institute. Waverlv Palace. New \ >rk City .7-1 f Feb. j Valuable Farm For Sale. A farm, situated in Concord twp, llutier coun ty. Pa., midway between North Washington an I Middletown, on the Butler and Emlenton road, is for sale. The farm contains about 11X1 acres, SO cleared and in good state of culti vation, ami the balance iu KO""! timber. The farm is well watered; is underlaid with coal and lime-stone; contains two fine orchards of graft ed fruit; a two-story frame bouse, containing 10 large room.*, bank barn, larte frame milk house and other buildinifs thereon. For par ticulars, call on, or pddress C. B. Cox WAY, North Ho|>e, Butler Co., Pa. ■RATI WIAIM HAY. I.ATE OF CLIXTOJt TWP., DKr'd. Letters testamentary with the will annexed on the estate of J as. lfay, dee'd, late ol Clinton twp., Butler countv. Pa., having been granted to the'uiidersigned, ail persons|knowinif them-elves indebted to said estate will please make imme diate payment and any having claims a-ain«t said estate will present them duly authenti cated for settlement. THOM AS A. IIA\ . Executor. Saxonburg, Butler Co., Pa. CATARRH VrOfi kj DklJKv < atari hai l!i_' health* - eretloiis. VmCaTabZ'ucoldi '" T .n 1 mil•imiiialion. HEAD I protects the- i. rPVFD |'l> b> the little fliiK r Pa ** ■ ~6f |n||, the nostrils. <»n receipt of Vie.will mall a package. Sold bv Butler ilnigirists. Kf.Y S CKEAM BAI.M CO.. Owego. X. Y. VIRI ftVMAX (UTS. Pure ItnssiaD oats for sale, s.»od e<>t of John , son X Stokes, Pliila. Thev are not the D. M. I Ferry .t Co. oats, but ripen as early as onr com mon oato and yield nearly double Ten to twen ty stalks grow from ono prain. One and one- j half bushel is plenty to the acre Price ft 00 j per bushel. For sale by Aloti/o Mv:Candles*, i Prospect. Pa. And orders received and tilled at Miller Bros., or A A H. Beibei's. JanMl-'t. . AGENTS WANTED. RUSSUN HIHIIISM AN 1> EXILE UFE IN SIBERIA. 1 BY.!. W R.L'FI.. ' This splenrliil ih'W a flirillin^ ; panorama of Lift* ill Hiksnia an.l Silierla. II fur . iniHhesihv only full aud «»f tlrtr ' nivstpriiMM and wonderful known ;L« I Nihilism, it rhe imv%ri!t« ;» h.H|« i\ «»i th»' ' liuvsian Kmp'n*. It tolhof adwiittm-* ! with mvMrrions If d-*M rii»t-s j I tmml'to-tiand oomhats with |Hsr«*!s nn.i kmv«** in closed rooms Uetwt-en tin- |M»li»f and Nihilists. It paints KM LK I Mi: IN SIIIKIMA in vivid and startling colors. It rtdates famoiis m«t ad v<*iilur«,s willl \\ild animal" 4 o" the [n»/< 11 plains of the far North. It lor tin- tir-t tim • .tl« • i real hormrs of antoine the Sitwrian ctriiiie nts of I torture sanctioned and u*ed l»y the llo\ eminent. It relates the Person •• I Kxiwrteiicts of, the author during his travels. }i tclU all th.it one j tpuhl wish In know alMiut Kussia and Sitwria It is the most thrilling reeonl of travel and ;olw;i»- , tures ever written ; not retold stories, hut IV'l> i witnessed hv the author in lierson and sanctioned | l.v I lie t'lilted Stales c.oYernmerit. l ir." panes and over JUUfine illustrations. Price. .*1 No hook hk»- it on earth. Outsells all other hooks. \<;r.NTS WANTKD. Write at onee f..r P « tonal Circulars and full particular*, or send cents in money or stamps for Complete Canvassing outfit. Act quirk and secure first choice of territory. Address. _ _ HISTORIC'AI. PCBUSHINO CO 41s N, Thlnl Street. St I-onis. Mo. wwnvm. Notice is hereby civen that Wm lUrker. F- ] . "Ar-siniiee of Lewi- has iiled his final ac count in the otHce of th« Court of ( ommon ; Pleas of Butler t'ounty. Ms I). N > l>ec. Term. !*->«. and that th • same will be | r. fc"t- ' MX OIiEKR Prot lionotary | ProtUouotary ! s Vffice, February 6, 188U- NEW FALL- (i(MtI)S A. TBiTWR, +SBM KtSUSSt 1 iV 1 Vl \ Ii»»v->!ii rtriettt ill *ll Wnil» T lA< F P c VAPKIN .4 a•. \ . r« r mm MMMbi I lfe| Fr': .f Rr. vil.ekl Al JjaifitowM. N V. t *• Carjw* CVi*.n. . ab*J Famit Oil ffctra Har-cmuw m BLACK S!I.K< Wl>-ATl\-v VI HI re IXDPH SHE*. fjfcm ■■Mwmi ifauwr tor I alw. IlktlMlallW PcapMi La* of %LL-I Firfw* C«aam TW. Billimm. T*» • !w.■ •>7 < i h'ntby u.\w -fr« s >■ m, . » Hire | 9mmm y.Ciiw twX —< Ommmy Wmmmf ANL> COLOKED LAI>IE< CrOTII-* Twa* NewCorsets,Bustles,Hoop Skirts, T MM * ri' MT ''3"^ Mmm tvJ * * m «k A«t * «#« UNDERWEAR FOR MEN, LADIES and CHILDREN J a I LAUGH ST ASSOUTMi\ !\ V I IIY BH ST V A f.t"K «»N TBI !■>■■ GOt>l»S AT LOWKST PRICKS Pkase 4 all anil Examine. .\. TRIMTXA& ~ MAKE HENS LAY \ « A- I • < . «W|M« (M w 1 i*nl BbmmS. •% •* >»h r»» »r »ot toy ami for * LA. i*wr« .*m #<«».. £•#*«** W■— I . v%j, % VT* '• ~ u » ■ - |.x *» ' V I rVv (A - i rmamm "WILSONIA" I Magnetic Appliances ll.r* cti*"-** in f A n-st of ( -vi»rh. 7">va. 1 | MJMte. it' .4 of t.< 1 t*vr r T1 •. I j U>eo«n"i r Ataata, llinit -is, *• .1 I' ■ -.l' | nt-fi, ? «-«*, V" I' I •• r "U» -■ • : " I 'V tn-nn.i im. !• -i"-, N •. •.->*. • 1t» ♦ t.. day tre i .* ' - ~Wn>«»SIA." B, f . • irf BUT A|-i■'fatt~«. mlM,*- * f • - ru.-r-nt» a- ■«l !• -•!. 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T' r » tffri, viUiottt onarf »f **r». * o VU.cr.4o an ' EiriM'Citr.t •' B. * !»"*. - mjrfh A hi«on. Mum *poi » » it eonorctn in Umoti I»- t t« with " »i I'nesof roftJ th* AtJ»n v • V ißt t) e«n« I«i» •qntpm< at to nrr ' CT.t, b".:.c c. l ip* dof '• i bsr I>ay <»•»"* f Chair C*i-. l' • - in F»u«# iiod thr L: & ' 'i.o A • ' •• J l«;w«irs Ki vcr foiu a. 1w- ir v « - »«»- Cof" AD(I Mm: .sp'Xiflftßd tK. PiJj. f'.» tb' - l -«v«i "ALBtrir LEA J.OUTE." A K-w and D *-- • - .. ' y nicv i* i -nily • *. Nortc-i*. Nswsmrt K ;««, C3.»f vr.o« j;.». A*i . A >- i N»!iTill« ml tiUTLEU COUNTY Mitual Fire Insurance Co. : Ofi-ce C. r. M i-:' tiui ~ ''»• vl. C. HOESSINU, President. W'M CAMI'KKLI m T*B\HM:kk j I ( Hl*" IN KM AN. Skv hkt - ( a DIIiECTORS: 4. L* fMv.- E. A. MMll^ I Wi • "! <'i» PSrartu «» Uot>r K 1 ivi a i"i HESRI 6. HALE, II", (RlHilllll TiILOB. COH. PI*!I A'lD SIXTH fftterf*. Ptfl*bmr>fh. Pu D ENTISTx?- JC . 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