BUTLER CITIZEN
JOHN H. L W. C. NEGLEY, PROP'RS,
Entered, at the Postojffice at Butler ««
second-clrsss matter.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2, 1883.
Republican State Tieket.
For State Treasurer,
WM. LIVSEY, of Allegheny county.
For Auditor General,
JEROME B. NILES, of Tioga county.
Republican County Ticket.
For Olstriet Attorney,
SAMUEL B. SNYDER, of Butler.
For County Surveyor,
B. P. HILLIARD, of Washington twp.
GEN. ORD, U. S. A., died of yellow
fever at Havana on Monday week last.
MR. DONLY of the Legislature has
oar thanks for public documents.
A GOOD effect of the strike may be
new and competing lines of telegraphic
communication.
THI Democratic State Convention
for this year meets in Harrisburg to
day.
WB are indebted to the managers of
tbe Venango County Agricultural
Society for a copy of premium list, of
Fair to be held October 2, 3, 4 and 5.
IT is announced that State Senator
Lee, of Venango county, is soon to
marry Miss Clara V. Kauffman, daugh
ter of Hon. C. S. Kauffman, of Lancas
ter county.
DR. F. N. HARE, who resided be
tween Karns City and Buena \ ista,
this county, has removed to Bradford,
Pa., where he proposes locating.
WHILE the American Rifle Team
has been beaten again by tbe English
Team yet they did better shooting
than last year and the contest was
close.
WK regret to learn that our highly
esteemed fellow citizen, James Gilmore
Campbell, Esq., is prostrated by an
other stroke of paralysis, which has
rendered him almost helpless.
JUDGE AONIW, of Beaver, Judge
Long, of Lancaster, and a Dr. Belfordi
are said to be the only three surviving
members of the State Constitutional
Convention of 1838.
NOTWITHSTANDING the many and
heavy rains our farmers have succeed
ed in gathering in the crops. Some
hay may be damaged but as a general
thing it is secured.
AN exceedingly heavy rain fell at
Parker and vicinity last week, doing
much damage to the railroad tracks
there. The Allegheny river was at
flood hight shortly afterwards.
W. D. BRANDON, ESQ , we under
stand, declines being a candidate for
tbe office of District attorney, to which
be was nominated by the late conven
tion of tbe Prohibition party of this
county.
B. K. JAMISON, banker of Philadel
phia, is a prominent candidate for the
Democratic nomination for State
Treasurer. Mr. Jamison is a son of the
late Maj. S. S. Jamison, of Indiana
county, and who we believe has a
number of relatives in this county.
JUDGE BREDIN, at an Argument
Court on Monday last, confirmed the
Master's report in the cases of Thorn
ley Johnston and Mrs. Ramsey against
Mr. William S. Boyd. The Master,
General Eckley, bad reported in favor
of Mr. Boyd. The plaintiffs are among
those known as the Allen heirs and are
ordered to pay all the costs.
MR. ISAAC N. PHILLIPS, of New
Castle, Pa., died at his residence in
that place on July 22, nit., aged 65
yaars. Mr. Phillips was the oldest of
five brothers well known in Western
Pennsylvania, Mr. Thomas W. Phil
lips, well-known in this county, being
the younger brother. They at one
time were largely engaged in oil pro
ducing and had a high reputation for
correct, fair and honest dealing. Asa
family of brothers they are noted
'jr their enterprise and interest in
all works having for their object the
good of society.
THE telegraphers strike continues,
each side holding out with remarkable
firmness. The Western Union Com
pany is the principal object of attack by
the strikers. One company, the Rapid
Telegraph, has yielded to the demands
of its employees so far as to grant ten
per cent, increase on their wages.
Others it is hoped will soon follow—or
at least there should be a speedy settle
ment of this question. The public, as
we said last week, have an interest in
the matter higher than any other.
Business has been much interfered with
and such strikes may cause very serious
loss to many innocent parties. It will
not be long until the possibility of their
happening will have to be prevented
by law and in some fair way.
Liable to Change.
The N. Y. Times, anxious to find
out the preferences of the people on the
Presidential question, sent inquiries to
400 different points, in the 38 States,
and from the answers deduces the fol
lowing : On the Republican side,
Blaine leads largely, with Arthur sec
ond, but a long way behind ; Edmunds,
Grant and Sherman come next to
Arthur. On the Democratic side,
Tilden leads the column, with Mc-
Donald, Bayard and Hancock following
at respectful distances. This may be
the apparent sentiment now, but mat
ters political revolve and change very
rapidly these days, and nine months
hence may see the now foremost nags
in the race, wholly in the background.
As to the passage of bills forming
the State into new Congressional, Sen
atorial and Assembly districts, there is
nothing encouraging comes from Ilar
risburg up to this time. Different com
mittees of conference of the two Houses
have failed to agree and have reported
to their respective branches aDd been
discharged. New committees have
generally been appointed—at least in
the House—and the very general ex
pression of the people, of all parties
aud sides, is, that continued efforts
should be made and no adjournment
thought of until this work is done. We
have given our opinion heretofore on
this subject and need not repeat it.
But if this Legislature can refuse or
can fail to district the Slate, as the
Constitution commands, then the next
Legislature could do likewise, and the
next also, and so on to the end of a
decennial census; and the object of the
law be thus defeated entirely. As there
seems to be a fair prospect of a Judicial
bill being agreed upon, we hope yet
to see an agreement, upon terms fair to
all, upon Congressional and Legisla
tive bills. We notice Mr. Ziegler, of
this county, offered in the House and
bad passed, a resolution providing for
a committee of five Senators and five
members of the House, called a "Free
Committee of Conference," on Con
gressional apportioning. If the Sen
ate acts upon this proposition it may
bring about a good result.
Judicial Districts.
A bill re-districting the State into
Judicial districts passed the House at
Harrisburg last Thursday. It is a bill
reported by Conference Committees
of both Senate and House. The House
having adopted this report it is believ
ed the Senate will do likewise, although
that body adjourned on Thursday un
til Monday evening of this week, with
out taking a vote on the report. The
proceedings in the House upon its pas
sage will be seen in another place of
this paper.
As to our county, we are, in the
bill made a separate district. The old
number, 17th, is retained and Butler
county is declared to be that district.
But the county of Lawrence is "attach
ed," and the district is given two
judges as at present. One of these
judges, however, the bill says "shall
reside at New Castle, Lawrence coun
ty." In order that it may be fully un
derstood we give the section of the bill
relative to our county in full, as fol
lows :
"The Seventeenth district shall be
composed of the county of Butler, to
which the county of Lawrence is here
by attached, and shall have two judges
learned in the law, and the additional
law judge shall reside at New Castle
in Lawrence county."
If this bill passes the Senate and is
approved by the Goyernor it will be
seen that one of the judges hereafter
elected will have to reside at New Cas.
tie. This is making sure to Lawrence
countv the residence of at least one of
the two judges. They could not say
in the bill that one of them should be
elected from the county of Lawrence,
as that would not be in accordance
with the Constitation. But simple to
require one of them to reside there after
his election does not seem to violate
the Constitution, while it does at the
same time appear to be doing indirect
ly what could not be done directly.
As the complaint of our neighbor of
Lawrence has been the want of a judge
there,in cases of sudden need for thesame
and when no Court was in session,
this arrangement may probably supply
that want and answer all purposes.
We express no opinion here as to other
provisions of the bill, such as making
Beaver county a separate district, or
the not uniting two adjoining counties,
neither of which had forty thousand of
a population at the last decennial cen
sus. But so far as we of this county
are concerned we believe there is a dis
position to accept this bill as the best
that can be obtained under the circum
stances.
Being made a separate district, the
office of Associate Judge will, therefore,
be abolished in this county at the ex
piration of the present terms of those
oflicers. The same will be the caso in
Lawrence county, as that county is
merely attached to this, a separate dis
trict.
There would, therefore, be two
judges, '-learned in the law," to elect in
this district next year. Where the
President Judge of any court shall be
re-elected he will continue to be the
President Judge of that court.
Since writing the above the Senate
at its session on Monday evening this
week passed the above Judiciary bill,
by a vote of 28 for to 6 against. It
now goes to the Governor for his ap
proval.
Mrs. (Jladstonk, whom Disraeli
once described as "the woman without
a single redeeming vice," devotes her
life to the suffering and the poor, who
are her special charge. She spends
scarcely anything upon herself, wear
ing the shabbiest of clothes, to save
money lor charity.
The Kittaning, (Armstrong C 0.,)
Free Press, in speaking of the |Repub
lican Senators at Harrisburg, and the
position they on the appor
tionment bills, says as follows : "It
is certainly not the proper thing to do
for the Republicans to pass their ulti
matum and then fold their arms and do
nothing. The State Convention of the
Republican party did not mean this
when they endorsed the Republican
Senators. It did not mean thereby that
they were to do nothing towards pass
ing these bills. What the State Con
vention meant was to sustain our Sen
ators in endeavoring to obtain a obtain
a fair apportionment. They must
show the people that they are doing
this, and if they fail, then each Sena
ator must answer for himself to his
constituents."
JUDICIAL APPORTIONMENT
The House Accepts the Confer
ence Bill, But the Senate
Postpones It.
HARRISBURG, July 26—The House
had a very lively session this after
noon over the question of concurring
in the report of the conference commit
tee submitting a judicial apportion
ment bill. The matter brought the
lawyers to the fore, who talked and
wrangled all the afternoon about the
Constitution, and a few who were not
lawyers took a hand at the discussion.
It was nearly 7 o'clock when a result
was reached and the first real step
taken in the direction of the apportion
ments. When the report was laid be
fore the House Sponsler took the floor
and spoke long and earnestly against
the bill, which he said covered every
subject connected with the judiciary.
Sharpe denounced tha bill in unmeas
ured terms and said it had evidently
been framed for a veto.
Administration Spokesman Amer
man came to the rescue after the bill
had been battered for over an hour by
Sponsler and Sharpe, and made a
speech in advocacy of the measure,
couched in apologetic terms. He did
not claim that it was right or construct
ed on correct principles, but only that
it was the best that could be had. He
said it would save the -people in the
aggregate $150,000 by dispensing with
twelve Associate Judges at four dol
lars a day.
THE BILL BITTERLY ASSAILED.
Ziegler pitched into the bill right
and left as an outrage upon the people
of Butler county because Lawrence
was attached, while Beaver, with less
than the requisite population, was
made a separate district. He styled
the bill" a monstrosity and asserted
that the slimy snake of the Beaver dis
trict had been crawling the halls of the
Legislature since last January.
Emory, of Lawrence, assailed the
bill as bitterly as Ziegler, Bullitt op
posed the bill and replied sharply to
the remarks of Ammerman. Upton
H. White moved to recommit the re
port to the committee, which motion
brought out McDonald, of the commit
tee, in defense of his report. He grew
excited and pounded the desks and
pranced about in very lively style for
an old man. He claimed that the bill
was honest, fair and constitutional, and
in support of this position cited Sena
tor YVallace and Attorney General
Cassidy and said that he would put
their judgment against the lofty pre
tensions of the brilliant genius from
Perry (Sponsler). Colborn said the
bill was full of unconstitutional pro
visions and that, for instance, Beaver
had been treated like a kingdom, while
Butler had been robbed of her rights
and Lawrence had been trampled un
der foot. Sterrett, Crawford, Collins
ana Parcells all supported the bill, the
latter holding that it was this or noth
ing, now or never. White's motion
to recommit was lost by a vote of 60
ayes to 78 nays.
The question then came up on con
currence. It was very doubtful wheth
er the required 101 votes could be ob
tained and some of the friends of the
bill wanted to adjourn, but Speaker
Faunce determined to put it through.
After all the names bad been called
and tbe Speaker had voted it was dis
covered that only 98 votes were re
corded in the affirmative. By dint of
hard work one more vote, that of Hig
"gins, of Schuylkill, was secured, and it
was cast amid the objections of twenty
members, who were on their feet vocif
erating that Higgins had no right to
vote under the rules. Parkhill, of Al
legheny, then changed from no to aye,
and this made a hundred. McCrum,
of Crawford, who had voted "no," as
he claim«d, for the purpose of moving
a reconsideration, then asked leave to
change. Bullitt challenged his right
to do so and inquired whether he voted
under a misapprehension McCrum
did not reply and the Speaker said it
was presumed he voted under a misap
prehension. This did not satiafy Bul
liti, and he persisted in repeating the
question and demanding an answer,
the Speaker rapping vigorously with
his gavel meanwhile.
THE BILL DECLARED PASSED.
Finally McCrum said that he had
voted under a misapprehension, and he
thought the bill would be defeated,
and he desired to move a reconsidera
tion. This was not satisfactory to
Bullitt and his sympathizers and they
expressed their dissent. The Speaker
rapped them down. McCrum's vote
was counted, making the constitution
al number.
THE Republican party in Pennsyl
vania mutt run back through many
years of its history before it will fin I
a ticket whose approval is so general,
so wide and emphatic. All shades of
Republican opinion unite in commend
ing the methods and praising the re
sults of the Convention which nomin
ated Niles and Livsey.— Philadelphia
Frew.
TIIE Pittsburgh Com-Gazette Bay a :
"Geo. A. Jenks, the last Democratic
candidate for Supreme Judge before
Silas Clark, was a carpenter, and so
awkwanl that he averaged four fingers
and a thumb of bis left hand in rags
all the time, lie read law, and six
years ago made such a speech before
the Electoral Commission that Simon
Cameron seized him by the hand with
the enthusiastic greeting: 'Jenks, I
don't like your politics, but as a Penn
sylvanian, lam proud of you.' Isaac
Gordon, from the same county of Jef
ferson, was a moulder until he spilled
hot metal in his shoe. He was lamed
for life and couldn't work at his trade,
so he read law. He is now on the Su
preme Bench of this State.
THE Clarion Democrat say?; Our
old newspaper friend, Clark Wilson,
was in town on Tuesday and gave us
a call. He is now editor of the Mc-
Kean Democrat. His newspaper ex
perience has been varied. He began
in Strattonville, setting type and "roll
ing" for the Clarion Republican —the
name by which the present Democrat
was then known. Afterwards he run
the JJroolcville Jeffersoniun ; then the
Mahoning Register, at I'unxsutawney;
then the Clearfield Republican, the
present organ of Democracy in that
county; then the Democratic Messen
ger at Indiana, now Republican in pol
itics; then the Union Herald, of But
ler, now Uncle Jake Zieg!er's paper;
then the Democratic Sentinal, at
Ebensburg; next the Oil Man's Jour
nal, at Parker, and now the McKean
Democrat, at Smethport. He has
worked long and hard in the harness
and has done good service for the De
mocracy in many parts of the country.
COMMUNICATIONS.
FOB THE CITIZEN.]
United Presbyterian Convention
A convention will be held on Aug.
14th and 15th in the 4th U. P. Church
of Allegheny city, having for its ob
ject the prevention of the use of instru
ments in the worship of God.
Representative men from all parts of
the Church will be present and discuss
the subject at issue in its various
phases.
The Presbytery of Butler at its late
meeting advised her ministers, elders
and members to attend said convention
in as far as it would be practicable for
them to do.
The subscribers having been appoint
ed a committee of correspondence for
this Presbytery would earnestly urge
every session within its bounds to heed
this advice and appoint one or more of
the brethren to represent them at the
time and place indicated.
Let the names of the persons ap
pointed be forwarded immediately to
any of the undersigned, and they will
be furnished with credentials, which
will entitle them to a seat in the con
vention Reduced railroad fare and
reduced fare at hotels and boarding
houses to delegates A large meeting
is anticipated, and it is eminently
proper that this portion of the church
should contribute its full quota towards
its being so.
SAMUEL KERB, )
J. C. MCELREE, Com. of Cor.
W. D. EWING, \
Bruin Items.
EDS. CITIZEN :—We are very glad
to see that there is one at least, ("Milo"
of Mercer township), who takes an in
terest in the well being of the people of
this county—especially the farmers—
and admire many of his sugestions, in
regard to weeds, refuse matter, etc., but
will he be kind enough to say what
disinfectant properties "road dust" con
tains; it is surely not a deodorizer.
We have been asked how we like the
llarrisburg platform, well now, not
very w 7 ell, for what it omits, we did ex
pect that after the effort of last winter,
we would have a plank in response to
Constitutional Amendment, in the next
Republican platform, but we got a late
idea in, that of the "Trade Dollar,"
which, if they were all declared coun
terfeit, would not do one tenth the barm
that liquors do.
The slipping of the rings in the cyl
inder of the engine at the stave mill,
which caused it to reverse so suddenly
that the cross head was broken and a
cylinder head busted out, stopped work
for a few days, but all things are in
running order again.
A little son of 11. A. Ritner was
playing over head in the barn of L. C.
Miller, and fell through, seriously in
juring himself; hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
The Indian preacher, "Talamasmi
co," preached a sermon here in the
Presbyterian Church on last Sunday,
and will lecture in same place on Thurs
day evening.
The people here say they are disgust
ed with the puerile quarrels of the Leg
islature and begin to think that, "what
they are thinking about, is ten dollars
a day." Eight minute sessious look a
little that way, would that the press of
the State would hoot jjthem out. The
Prohibitions will come into power
sooner than we expect, at this rate.
Mrs. Dennison and her daughter ar
rived home on Monday from Ohio,
where they were attending the funeral
of her mother.
The oats and corn crops look splendid
although the cool nights have been re
tarding the growth. The wheat, crop
was light but other crops seem to prom
ise remuneration. JONES.
TheCoeburg Oil Field.
COEBURO, July 28, 1883.
EDS. CITIZEN :—There has been one
new strike oi the Kirck farm, a good
paying well owned by the Millerstown
Co. Iloch Bros. & Co., sold their in
terest to Showalter Bros. <fc Hoffman
for $9,500; it is located on the Lewry
farm.
The two wells on tbe Vosbrink farm;
one on Dirkens, one on Hoffman, one
on Mulligan, all are drilling and •vill be
down in good time, as the contractors
mean business now. It is generally ex
pected that, some big strikes soon as all
the indications are favorable.
By taking a stroll to St. Joe to see
some of my old friends, 1 found that
town pretty well deserted. Joseph
Graham is still carrying his jolly face
around there, but when I seen him it
looked rather on the down, because he
was exercising himself with a pick in
the middle of the road, laying water
pipes to his barn, it is quite an improv
ident. He gets the water from a water
well in front of the hotel which is being
drilled by the Virgin spring pole, and
the pumping is done by steam power
carried there by means of a line from a
neighbors pumping well. Joseph is an
enterprising man. If you see his house
and splendid barn and also his sur
roundings there, it proves that he has
not all his money derived from the
"boom" laid out for nothing. The poo
ple out there may justly feel proud of
Joe.
Dan Heck takes in Lis royalty as
good as ever and it don't make him a
bit proud.
B. Vosbrink is out here working on
his coal bank again; he is bound to take
all there is in it this time.
I do not write anything but facts; I
do not want the people to be deceived
this time by getting crazy on the boom
like they did seven or eight years ago.
But it appears to me now that we have
a selfish set of operators working the
Coeburg belt who claim, or who have
to a great extent all the leases, and
they try to keep any other party who
would like to operate there from doing
so by telling them that they have leas
ed all the laud. This is not so, as still
there is plenty as good territory not
leased, but that party cannot get it if
do not change their tactics, as
they are doing injury to the land
owner. B.
5 A "Calamity" Indeed.
One of the Democratic-Greenback
Congressman elect of lowa is known
as "Calamity" Wheeler. In a speech
recently he said—"l know as a fact
that I can get nearer heaven in 15
minutes with three straight drinks of
whiskey than any other way I know
of. I know, because I have tried it."
If ho does not change that creed, he
will find himself a shocking "Calam
ity," in more senses than one, before
he has been a great while in Washing
ton.—Ex.
Cholera Raging in Egypt.
On last Friday week the deaths from
cholera are reported at 242, Among
these were four Europeans
LONDON, July 21. —A Cairo corres
pondent of the Central News, says,
that actual numbers of deaths during
the last twenty-four houre was nearly
six hundred, and that the official fig
ures are under the estimated number
of fatalities. The cordon around Alex
andria has been moved nearer the city.
CAIRO, July 21.—The coffins in
which the victims of cholera are
buried, are covered with only a few
inches of earth. The minister of the
Interior declines to interfere to com
pel the safe interment of bodies,
The condition here is pitiable in the
extreme. Nothing can now stop the
plague here, and all attempts at local
quarantine have been abandoned not
only as useless, but because men can
not longer be obtained to maintain a
cordon line. That "men lay dead in
the street," is literally true. Where
men have died they have teen allow
ed to remain for twenty-four hours,
despite the hot sun and filthy surround
ings. The dead, half a dozen at a
time, lie in the dead carts which are
allowed to stand in the streets while
the drivers dicker with the friends of
the dead man in the next house as to
price of carrying the body away. The
streets of Ghizeh are deserted, and of
its 15,000 population not 1,000 remain,
if popular rumor can be credited, for
no one goes there now. Burials are
only a pretense and the atmosphere of
the southern section of Cairo, the dis
trict so familiar to travellers who visit
Ghizeh and the pyramids, is said to be
fietid. The trenches are dug in the
sand, and the dead are piled so close
to the surface that the first gust of
wind exposes the putrid remains, which
have not been covered up deep enough
to prevent the heat of the sun from
reaching them through the sand. No
cordon is necessary to prevent people
from visiting the infected districts for
they are avoided by every one, except
derserting Negro, Portuguese, African
and English sailors, who have been
acclimated in the east or in the yellow
fever district ot South America, and
who will bury a body for ten pounds
or any amount offered.
THE HORROR OF 1883.
ROME, July 29.—The town of Casa
micciola, on the island of Ischia, near
Naples, was almost entirely destroyed
by an earthquake last night. The
neighboring towns of Forio and Lacco
were greatly damaged. One hundred
persons more or less severely injured
have arrived at Naples by steamers.
The number of people killed is not
known.
The Minister of Public Works has
gone to Cassamicciola to organize
measures for relief. The shocks began
at 9:30 last night. At that hour the
majority of the people of the upper
classes were at the theatre. Nearly all
the houses in the town collapsed. It
is estimated that 1,000 persons were
killed and 800 injured. A number of
steamers have been brought into ser
vice to carry .the injured to Naples.
The impression produced by the dis
aster is indescribable. Many of the
victims belong to good families.
Advices from Naples state that
stea-ners loaded with injured people are
constantly arriving from the scene of
the calamity. The hospitals are al
ready filled with sufferers.
The Island of Ischia has an area of
2fi square miles and a population of 25,-
000. It is situated at the northern en
trance of the Bay of Naples. Near its
centre is the volcano of Epomeo, 2,500
feet above the sea; its last eruption
was in 1310. There are also 12 smal
ler volcanos on the island. The in
tervening valleys are of extraordinary
fertility. Its warm baths, the most
celebrated of which are those of Casa
micciola and Lacco, are much frequent
ed, and, with its salubrious climate and
luxuriant vegetation, make it a favorite
resort in every season of the year.
The chief town, Ischia, has about 7,000
inhabitants, and is the seat of a Catho
lic Bishop. Its castle, a picturesque
structure, stands on a high, isolated
rock of volcanic tafa and ashes, which
rises out of the sea opposite the island
of Vivara, and is connected with the
mainland by a mole.
How Changed !
Alex McClure, in attendance at the
Republican State Convention, tele
graphed the Times as follows : "It is
marvellous how soon a commanding
name may drop out of politics. I have
not witnessed a Republican State Con
vention during the last 25 years that
Cameron and Cameronism were not
discussed in every caucus, conclave and
curbstone group. Of late years, there
there was but one distracting element
in the Republican party, and that was
the despotic mastery of the present
Senator Cameron. lie governed the
party arbitrarily by orders, and his
lieutenants and dependents were always
in line of battle, always ready for ac
tion, and always commanded the
honors and policy of the organization.
This year I did not hear the name of
Cameron mentioned in connection with
any movement in or about the conven
t ion.
Mus. JANE GRAY SWTSSIIELM is still
dangerously sick at her home in Swiss
vale, a suburb of Pitsburgh. The dis
ease is fever of the typhoid type,
coupled with lossof vitality consequent
upon old age. The attending physi
cian has no hope of her recovery. She
is nursed by her daughter, Zoe, of Chi
cago. Mrs. Swisebelm is a lineal de
scendant of Lady Jane (iray, who for
ten days was (Jueen of England. She
was among the first to join the Aboli
tion movement. Later she threw her
ir-fluence in favor of temperance, doing
effective work with voice and pen. She
has written voluminously. She is
the author of two volumes on autobiog
raphy and "letters to country girls,"
both interesting works. Jler attack
upon Daniel Webster, in 1848, and her
controversy will be remembered by the
general reader. She was born, and
with a few exceptions has always lived
in Allegheny county. She resided in
this county a year or two and made her
home in a handsome little cottage near
Diamondville, surrounded by a beauti
ful grove of young pines. The ground
was given her by the late Dr. Mitchell
who admired her greatly for her strong
anti-slavery sentiments. During her
absence in the city the cottage was burn
ed duriug a forest fire and she declined
to rebuild it and shortly after left the
county and located at Swissvale, Alle
gheny county; however, making fre
quent visits to her friends here.— In
diana (Messenger.
Fatal Accident.
A sad accident occurred just before 6
o'clock Monday evening at what is
known as the Ilouk quarry, justeaatof
the ore mines in Shenango township,
that resulted in the loss of two lives.
It appears that James Carlin and
James B. Roe were engaged in tamp
ing powder in a drilled hole prepara
tory to making a blast, when the pow
der prematurely exploded. Roe was
killed instantly, and Carlin lived about
twenty minutes before death relieved
him of his sufferings. Both were ter
ribly burned and mutilated by the ex
plosion. Carlin was about 38 years of
age and leaves a wife and one child.
Roe was buried at Slipperyrock this
afternoon, and the remains of Carlin
were interred in St. Mary's cemetery
in this city at 2 o'clock to-day.
Both parties were well known in the
vicinity of the quarry and had the rep
utation of being hard working citizens,
and their families have the sympathy
of all.
Coroner Pollock was notified of the
accident and he at once left for Shenan
go. The following jury was empannel
ed and held the inquisition: J. R.
Sherard, David Newton, John Ward,
W. G. Warnock, D. F. Houk and
Christian Roch. From the evidence
introduced it appears that Roe in pre
paring the blast had permitted a match
to drop into the powder and that his
son and a man named Hudson had
notified him of the fact and told him
not to tamp the powder until the match
was removed.
Carlin and Roe, however, did not
heed the notice and went ahead with
the blast at the cost of their lives. The
jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the above facts. Roe's son, who
had gotten about 10 feet from where
the blast was being prepared when the
explosion occurred, received several
bruises about the face and arms. Why
the men did not remove the match is a
mystery as they must have known
what the result of striking it would be.
—New Castle Courant.
Into Thin Air.
The N. Y. Sura's libels upon the
memory of the dead Garfield, furnished
by the sweet-scented Dorsey, are fading
one by one, into thin air. Its state
ment, that, in order to raise campaign
funds, Garfield made a bargain with a
syndicate of New York bankers, for the
refunding of Government fives and
sixes, amounting to over $500,000,000,
is shown to be totally false, by the
fact, that when the alleged "bargain"
was made, all syndicate operations had
been practically closed—that the fives
and sixes were refunded through the
direct agency of the Government—and
that not a dollar of refunding, through
auy syndicate, has been done since the
date of the inauguration of President
Garfield. The Jay Gould Stanley
Matthews story is punctured by no
less a person than Watterson, of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, who says
that when that alleged "bargain" was
made, "there was no vacancy on the
Supreme Bench—when a vacancy did
occur, Hayes sent Matthews' name to
the Senate—not being acted on, it was
afterward sent in by Garfield, and con
firmed by Democratic votes —the Stal
warts, whom the Sun assails, being all
against Matthews."
MARRIED.
CARR—SHAW—At the Presbyterian parson
age, Plaingrove, July 16th, 1883, by Rev A.
M. Reed, John M. Carr, of Butler Co., and
Miss N. J. Shaw, of Lawrence Co.
BUTLER MARKETS.
Rutter 14 to 16 cents.
Eggs 13 to 15 ceuts.
Potatoes 50 to 60 cents.
Wheat, No. 1, $1.15.
Buckwheat 80 cents.
Oats 45 to 50 cents.
Core 60 cents.
Rye 62 cents.
Flour, high grade, per barrel $6 to SB.
Flour, No. 1, per sack $1.75.
Bran, per ton $lB to S2O.
Middlings, per ton sl4 to $25.
Chickens, per pair 50 to 60 cents.
Onions, new, 5 cents per pound.
Ham, per pound 12 to 15 cents.
Sides, per pound 14 cents.
Shouluers, per pound 121 cents.
Fish, Mackeral No. 1, 121 cents.
toUco
OR COMPOUND EXTRACT OF
ASPARAGUS,
Hum been pronounced by lead
ing pbyniclann a sure cure
lor all dIMCiiMCM ol I lie
Bladder, Kidneys- Urinary Organs,
PAIN lIV THE BACK
Is a symptom of some serious trouble of the
kidneys or ulcriue trouble. When nature
wa>ns ycu by a pain in the buck, especially a
dull, heavy, or a severe burning and sharp pain
lhat seems almost unendurable, or a constant
hearing Uown pain, and you ure restless and
nervous, wrlh more or less dyspepsia, you
should be prompt in selecting a remedy.
ASPARGO
Promptly curt* these distressing complaints.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Price $1 per hotilc, or <5 bottles for $5. Bcnt to
any address In the United Htatcs, free of
expense, on receipt of cash or P. O. order.
Dr. Pounder Family Medicine Co,
24 S. SECOND Street, Philadelphia.
PRESENT POWER.
To-Morrow A Long Way Oil
When Jlel|> It* Wauled
To-Day.
Comfort is never in u hurry. Tain and dis
tress are in hot haste. It is to the "friend in
need"—the friend who docs something now—
that the old adage pays the compliment of be
ing "a friend indeed/' That they do not keep
the sufferer in suspense 1# the salient excellence
ofBKNSON'SCAI'CINKPOKUS PLASTERS.
The plasters of other days--whether porous or
otherwise—said—"Wait until to-morrow : We
can promise nothing on the spur of the
foment." Ilut pain unrelieved, like hope de
ferred, makoth the heart sick. Benson's
plasters not on application. They permeate,
soothe, warm and uual, containing, as they do,
chemical anil medicinal ngeuts of the highest
efficiency. Their motto is NOW, and the gen
nine have the wordCAPCINE cut in the mid
dle of each plaster. Price 25 cents. Seahury
& Johnson, Chemists, New York.
A. TROUT MA N,
PEALEB IN
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. TRIMMINGS.
Carpets. Oil Cloths, Bugs, Mats, Stair Rods, Etc.
DRESS GOODS AND SILKS
At lowest prices of black and Colored Silks.
New shades m C.ehmers. A fine and large as
sortment of Nuns* Veiling 1 , buntings and thin
Summer Dress Goods.
WHITE DRESS GOODS,
Largest assortment, lowest prices. Infants'
White Dress Cloaks. White Dresses lor chil
dren 1, 2, and 3 years old.
Large Stock of Laces in White and Black Huchings, Embroideries, Insert
ings, Irish Trimmings, Collars for Children and Ladies, Cuffs, Sash Ribbons,
Fishues, Lace Ties, Handkerchiefs in Silk, Linen and Cotton. Black Crape
and Crape Veils.
HOSIERYI HOSIERY! HOSIERY
Fancy Hosiery for children in great variety.
Fancy Hosiery for ladies, all qualities and
prices. Men and boys' Socks. Stock the
largest; prices the lowest.
Summer Underwear
For children, ladies and men. Umbrellas and Parasols in fancy Satin, Silk
Alapacas, Ginghams, Serge, &c.
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS
Large and fine selected stock, all absolutely new styles. Brussels, Ingrains
Cottage Hemp, Rag, Mattings, Rugs, &c.
Please call and examine stock and prices.
A. TROUTMAN.
BUTLER, PA
NEW STORE. NEW STOCK
A" NEW AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
" lUHim IIP FIHDIHES JUST BftflllDJ ~
OAK AND HEMLOCK SO I.E.
FRENCH AND DOMESTIC KIPAND CAI,F,
COLLAR. WELT, SKIRTING
UPPER, BELTING, HARNESS AND LACE LEATHER
ROA"N A IST ID ZFHSJIEC XjI2STI3STC3-S, ETC.
ALSO MASI'FACTCRKR OF ALL KINDS OF
Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Harness, Collars, Etc., Etc.
And carry a fall stock of Whips, Robes, Blanket?, Brushes, and all other Goods belonging to
the Business.
All Kinds of Repairing will Eeceive Prompt Attention.
fcJ~Pleaee call and examine our Goods and get Prices before you purchase elsowliere.
Plastering Hair Always on Hand.
CASH PAID FOR HIDES AND FELTH.
C. ROESSING,
Reiber's Block. Jefferson Street, opposite Lowry House, Butler, Pa
D. A. HECK,
CARPETS, CLOTHING
AND
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
JUSTICE TO
ON £ E PRICE ONLY.
TERMS GASH.
DUFFY'S BLOCK. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
CORTICELLI PURSE TWIST.
The great popularity of this brand of PURSE SILK is obtained by the excellence of Hi
colon, the peculiarity of iia twist, and the facility with which it may be wrongbt into thote ex-
NONOTUCK SILK Co., Florence, Mass., Sole Manufacturers.
PARSMSWzzSfILLS
Ana will «oapl«u<r tha"«» tb. Mood in th. «tlre i.ittn In three monthi. Any perton who wi 1 1 <**« OSE PTI.L
KACH NIGHT FROM OSK TO TWF.I.VE WKEKS.»»r *>«reitored to.o»nd h«»lth.if inch »thing it poiiibU.
For curing Female Complaints these Fills hare noequal. PliysiclM»iiuse' n w.JL
or sent by mail for M ceiU in stamps. Send for pamphlet. LB. JOHNSON Sc CO.. Boston L Msss 1 _^ i
PITTSBURGH FEMALE RPLLEBE
tHD PITTSBURGH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC—fOO full Music Lessons for $lB.
Sit ii;-tlnrt wlinnl*. viz.: I.ih. -ul Arts. Mntlo. F.looir.lon. Driwlug Mist I\>lntin*.Modern I.sn
r- ,■■ ■ unl \rt N'.'»'.!i<-.-..<rlc uii l \V.ix--A. Rfc T-.veiity-cldlil tvacbvri. t'Uari;«w nuxScruie. Twrntj
v;:, r , Dfi. I. C. PERSHING, Pittsburgh, Pa.
WANTED,* SALESMEN. .
To nnrui for th® «al« of Nursery Stock. I nequnled
facilities. No experience required. Salary aud «x
--penueapald. 7m>acr'« of Fruit and Ornamental Treei,
Stiniba,itoees,etc. W. fcT. SMlTH. Uenava. N.Y.
MEN AND WOMEN
(aTOood Halary and Expenses Paid.
OUTFIT FREE. Noexnerience needed
•IAMKS K. WIIITMCV,
Nuricrynitit, Rochester) N. Y
m ay9-3m.
GREAT REDUCTION!
SISO A YEAR.
[LOCATED ON TUB N. Y., P. A O. R. R.)
CHAMBERLAIN INSTITUTE
and FEMALE COLLEGE, Randolph, N. Y«
It is a large and thoroughly equipped Seminary
for both sexes. Established in 1850. Property
free torn debt, $10.';,000. New Moulding Hal!
with steam-heat, etc., erected in 1883 ai a cost
ol $45,000. Excellent Hoard nnd home-like ar
rangements throughout. Total expense lor
board, tarnished room stenm heal, light, wash
ing and tuition for 14 weeks, f.V.I 70 for one
yearflSO. For catalogue or fllitlier informa
tion address, Pitur, J, T. EDWARD*, D. l>.,
Principal.
garKall term opens August 28th. Winter
term opens December 11th. Spring term opens
March 28. augl-Ct.
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TABLE LINEN
in Hleachcd and Unbleached, Turkey Rede,
German and fancy; Towels and Towcliujj, Nap
kins, White quilts in great variety; Liee Bed
Sets, Lace Lainbrequius, Lace Curtains.
DOMESTICS.
Bent makes of Ginghams. Muslim, Zephyr
Cloth, Sere6ueker, Lawns, Sh.rtings, Tickidgs,
Sheetings, Casbimers, Jeans, Tweeds, Ac.
GLOVES! GLOVES!
Kid Gloves in all qualities and prices; Silk
Glo\cs, Berlin Gloves, Lisle Thread Gloves,
You will find my Gloves etocK complete,
Mitt, black aud colored,
SALESMEN WANTED !
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT for Honest En
i irgetic Men. Salary and Expenses paid.
The Business easily learned.
THE CIIASE NURSERIES
Kieffer Pear. Champion Quince, Hansell Ila»-
berrv. and all the most desirable fruits and orna
mentals. ,
Only those need apply who can devote their
entire' time and attention to the work.
Address, It. Q. CHASE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
STOPPED FREE
■ I ■ m MaryftUux succtst
■ ■ ■ ( m Insane Panoni Rutorad
■ ■ ■ ■BDr.KLIME'B ORKAT
HA ■ ■
all BRAIN & NKRVI DISEASES. Only sure
(urg /or JVervt Ajftcticns, Fits, F/iA/sy, tfc.
INFALLIBLE if taken AS dire. ted. NJ Fits suffer
day's ust. Treatise and $2 trial bottle free to
,Fit patients, they paymgexpress charges on box when
received. Send names. P. O. and express address of
afflicted to DR. KLINE ,011 Arch St..rhiladelphla.Pa.
Druggists. BtH'ARLi OF IMITATING FRAUDS,
3iiEH@B»niasnßi
(IRIS WHEIE All fill fAIIS. H
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nialsa^g
c McCu(UT s,Co.. rhilxtelphUur*.
idNb V what fun you can have
■ W WIE «F with our new false mow
1 I V
II allttl" liarmleas niaa
tiuerading. The moustaches are made of the best
material, with genuine hair anil wire attachment,
and when worn'cannot be told from a genuine
moustache, (toys and young meu'ean have lots of
fun by putting them on In a crowd of friends who
will be greatly astonished at the transformation.
We will send you a moustache for only 5 three
cent stamps (1.1 cents), or a moustache and goalee
for 25 cents. There are three colors— llght. dark
brown and black. State which color you want.
Address HI'IISON MANUFACTURING CO..
Astor Place and Hroadway, N. Y.
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