_BOTLER CITIZEN*
WEDNESDAY AUG. 2, 1883.
Tocal and general.
—Bangs must go. Mrs. Langtry says so and
th*t settles it.
—Fans, Fans, all styles and prices at
L. STF.IX 4 Sox's
—The celabrated Johnston Reaper—wrought
ron frame and folder.
J. XIGOT.L BKO., Agents.
—lt is about as safe to pass the day fighting
duels as to go on an excursion.
—A full line of Straw Hata— latest styles, at
Chas. R Grleb's.
Bakery.
—We have the largest line of White Geods
ever shown in the county, at
L. STEIN 4 Sox's.
—"Grate" opportunities will come to all o
us with cooler weather.
—Sewing Machine attachments and repairs
of all kinds, at E. Grieb's Jewelry store.
—Wall paper and window-shades at
J. F. T. STEHLE'S.
—Half price on Straw Hats at
PATTERSON'S, Duffy Block.
—Some folks commit suicide on the over
crowded excursion plan, but a majority stick to
the old-reliable revolver.
—Wali paper and.window-shades at
J. F. T. STEELE'S.
—See our splendid line of Parasols and L in
brellas at
L. STEIX 4 Sox's.
—We have now on hand the choicest line of
Neck wear and Handkerchiefs ever displayed
.» L. STEIN 4 Sox's.
—The reduction of the tax one-half enables
the dealers to continue as usual to furnish good
6-cent cigars for 10 cents straight. It is a tariff
for revenue only.
Full line of Summer Underwear, at Chas
R. GriebV
—Hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, big
line, at J. F. T. STKHLE'B.
—Trunks, valises and traveling bags at
J. F. T. STEHLE'B.
The telegraph service does not improye
with amazing rapidity, and the good-natured
public is becoming a trifle irritable. Is there
no way to patch up a peace ?
—Before buying Clothing, Hats, Caps and
Genu Furnishing, see Patterson's Prices, Duf
fy Block.
—Trunks, valises and traveling bags at
J.F. T. STEULE'S,
—We arc now showing an elegant line of
Gloyes, in Kid, Silk and Lvsle Thread at
L. STEIN- A SON'S.
—At a picnic party in Canton, N. Y., twenty
persons were struck by lightning. Four were
badly burned, and '»ne lady had her shoes torn
from her feet.
—Send or leave your order for a Sewing Ma.
chine, of any make, at E. Grieb's Jewelry store
—See the Chrolithian Water-proof Collars
and Cuffs, at
PATTERSON'S, Duffy Block,
—We will offer for a short time a line of
dark Kid Gloves for 25 cents a pair, all sizes at
L. STKIN & SON'S.
—An Indiana woman sues for divorce on the
ground of extreme cruelty, the instance alleged
being the stealing of her face powder to polish
up his big brass chain.
—Bargains in everything at
PATTERSON'S, Duffy Block.
—Everybody should call and see our Satines
at 25 cent* a yard, the nicest summer wash
goods in the market at
L. STEIN <FC SON'S..
—Trunks, valises and traveling bags at
J. F. T. STIHLE'S.
—"Subscriber" asks "which is the best way
to tell a rotten egg." If you have anything to
say to a rotten egg, the best way is to use the
telephone.
—We have all the new shades in dress goods
from 10 cents a yard up at
L. STEIN &, BON'B.
—Hosiery! Hosiery! Corsets, Hoops, Bus
tles, etc., in Great Variety at
L. STEIN & SON'S.
—Gents fine Neck Wear cheap, at
PATTERSON'S, Duffy Block.
—Write your telegram carefully, not failing
to observe the notice printed at the top of the
blank. This done, place it in an envelope and
•end it by mail.
—Fresh bread and cakes always on hand a
the City Bakery, Vogely House block.
—Two valuable books given away. Ask for
them at Patterson's Oue Price Clothing House,
Duffy Block.
—Hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, big
line, at J. F. T. STEULE'S.
—lf you cannot go to a watering place get a
pitcher of iced lemonade and a palm-leaf fan,
and go into th e back yard. Two to one there
will be as much fun in it.
—Chrolithian Wat<r-proof Collars and Cuffs.
Low Prices at
PATTERSON'S, Duffy Block.
Seamless nose, 3 pairs for 25c. at
PATTERSON'S, Duffy Block.
—See our line of Lawns at 5 cents a yard and
up, at
L. STEIN & SON'S.
—ID the little town of Butler up the West
Penn Road, if a man washes his face twice a
day and wears a colar, they call him a dude. —
Ex. You're another.
—Wall paper and windowshades at
J.F. T. STEULE'S.
—See Patterson's 20c. Suspender. Cheapest
in Butler county.
Ice for sale in large or small quantities at
Morrison's City Bakery, Vogeley House block.
—Old bachelors go fishing and hunting in
the woods. Old maids go fishing and hunting
at the summer hotels. In the fall it will be
known what they catch and bring down.
—Just received at Chas. R. Grieb's a com
plete line of Celluloid Collars and Cuffs.
—There is a young lady living near this
town who has a white feather growiug among
the eyelashes of one of her upper eyelids. This
almost incredible but it is nevertheless
true.
—Summer Underwear for Gents. Cheap as
PATTKRSON'B, Duffy Block.
—How many know that a horse geU up be"
fore and a cow geU up behind, and the cow
eats grass from her and the horse eats to him ?
How many known that a surveyor's mark on a
tree never get* any higher from the ground or
what trees bear fruit without bloom ?
—Hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, big
line, at J. F. T. STEIILK'S.
—Chrolithian Water-proof Collars and Cuffs
nearly as cheap as Linen, at
PATTKRSON'S, Duffy Block.
—The most satisfactory remedy for the cab
bage worm tried at the New York experiment
station last year consisted of a mixture of half
a pound each of hard soap and kerosene oil in
three gallons of water. The dose should be
frequently repeated.
KITS : All Kits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Oreat
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise anil $2.00 trial bottle
free to Kit cases. Send to Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St,
Plnia., Pa.
—Western freight agents have been for some
time considering the question whether the
tomato is a vegetable or a fruit. If a fruit, the
freight charges will be about four times as
heavy as they would be if it were a vegetable-
They finally decided it to be a fruit. If they
bad looked into Webster's Dictionary, they
could have seen this definition : "Tomato, a
plant and its fruit,"
—There will be preaching in tne Baptist
Church on next Sabbath morning and evening.
All are invited.
—Cal. Christie, Esq., has gone on a visit to
Renova, and his office will be closed for the
next few days.
—Our country friends are cordially invited
to call at our office whenever in town, and re
port any item of news coming under their ob
servation.
—Two men named James Carlon and James
B. Rowe were killed by an explosion at the
Isabella limestone quary, in Lawrence county,
on Monday of last week.
—A water spout between Parker and Fox
burg last Friday evening washed out the R. R.
bridge over Tom's run and interfered with travel
and the carrying of mails.
—Dear reader, Day's Soap is just elegant for
purifying and making white all linens, laces,
etc., without the slightest degree of injury.
Try it on your skin, and try it on everything
needing soap, at our risk.
—The survivors of the Tenth Regiment,
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, have arranged
to hold a re-union in Franklin, on Friday,
September 14th, the anniversary of the battle
of South Mountain.
—Messrs. R. M. Sipes and James B. Mates
were admitted to practice at the bar of the
several courts of this county last Monday. Mr.
Alf. Bowser has also applied for admission but
has not yet been examined.
—The Minister of Spain to the United States >
shot and killed himself at a hotel in New ork
city last Saturday night. Fashionable life at
Washington had financially stranded hiin and
his troubles were more than he could stand up
to.
—A sudden rise in the Allegheny river last
Sunday morning, flooded Herr's Island and the
banks of the river down to the Point, and car
ried off about $200,000 worth of lumber. An
unknown man was drowned at the first pier on
the Pittsburgh side of the Suspension bridge.
■ —The post office at Gomersal, this county,
Cherry township, was opened for business on
Monday of last week. Mrs. M. E. Wolford is
the postmistress. John Gillespie was appoint
ed tor Flick, the new office on the line of
Clinton and Middlesex townships.
—A medical journal says that sneezing can
be stopped by plugging the nostrils with cotton*
batting. Is a man expected to take a roll of
cotton-batting to church with him ? An easier
way than this is to press the finger upon the
upper lip. That will stop sneezing immediately
Two new wells were completed in the Bald
Ridge district last Saturday—one on the Smith
and one on the Reiber, Hoffman and Piersol
farm. Both have water in them which has not
yet been exhausted, and therefore their produc
tion is not yet known.
The two years at the Normal School, Edin
boro, I regard of more value than four years at
college. Allen J. Maxwell, Jackson, Mich.
Now ready; a special circular, showing why
one year at school in Edinboro is better than
two years elsewhere. Address J. A. Cooper,
Edinboro, Pa.
We have received from the publishers
Clarke Bros., of New York— a copy of their
new magazine entitled "Dm Lewix'* Monthly.
This magazine is edited by the famous doctor
and auther whose name it bears, and will be
devoted to Sanitary and Social Science. It can
be had at Ileineman's.
—A man named Shrurap, a section man on
the Branch R. R., met with a serious accident
near Sarvers Station last Friday evening. He
and another man were riding down grade on a
hand car, when he was by some means, thrown
backward off the car. He fell heavily upon his
back and injured his spine. It was thought, at
first, that his injuries would prove fatal, but
we hear that he is recovering.
—Thejfirst female physician who has ever
practiced in this county registered at the Pro
thonotary's office a few days ago, and produced
a diploma from the Starting Medical
College of Columbus, 0., endorsed by the
Womans' Medical College, of this State. She
claims to be a native of Sheboygan, Wis., and
with her husband has located at Bald Ridge.
—ln the stated case in ejectment, of C. S.
Passavant and others versus the School Dis
trict of the borough of Zelienople, Judge
Bredin filed an opinion on Monday, giving
judgment for the School District. The appeal
of the overseers of Muddycreek township from
an order removing Adam Beighley, a pauper,
to said poor district from Connoquenessing
was dismissed at costs of appellant, and Adam
remains a charge on Muddycreek.
For a home-made disinfectant dissolve a
bushel of salt in a barrel of water, and with the
salt waterslack a barrel of lime, which should
be wet enough to form a kind of paste. For a
home-made disinfectant this chloride of lime is
nearly as good as that purchased at the shops.
Use it freely about the sinks, cellars, gutters
and out-houses, and in this way prevent sick
ness, suffering and expenses.
—The match tax, now abolished, small as it
was apparently, being only one cent on a
constituted nearly two-thirds of the price for
which matches were sold. The tax amounted
to $1.44 a gross, while the matches were sold
for $2. This instance of nearly til tax and
but little property has had no match in our
Internal-Revenue system since whisky worth
fourteen cents a gallon paid a tax of $2.
Matches now sell at eighty-five cents a gross,
showing that the manufacturers have not
thrown off all the tnx which they do not pay.
—lt is always the xunepected that happens.
An excursion under the auspices of the Mount
Royal Beneficial Society of the Catholic church
of Corpus Christi sailed on Monday of last
week, from Baltimore to North Point Tivoli,
a distance of ten miles. In the evening when
the picnic party was about to return, the
wharf on which the crowd stood waiting for
the boat suddenly gave way and many persons
were thrown into the water. The work of res
cuing the drowning persons was greatly lm.
peded by darkness, and many persons were
knocked insensible in the water by chairs and
other objects thrown to them. A coroner's in
quest was held and some of the witnesses tes
tified that the beams in the pier were rott« n-
Seventy-five people were drowned.
—Quite a "number of our citizens "took in''
tlie dedication of the new Orphans' Home near
Ilannahstown last Sunday, and report having
had a pleasant time. Some years ago Mr-
Christian G. Oertel left a farm near the town
to the Missouri Synod of the German Lutheran
Church, and on this the synod built a large
three story frame building suitable for an
Orphans' Home. Last Sunday was dedication
day, and about .'SOOO people came up in .three
special trains from the cities, to take part in the
services. A regular programme, which includ
ed three sermons, was gone through with and
there was some good singing by the three city
choirs. Arrangements had been made for feed
ing 4000 people, so that nobou j went away
hungry.
—The roof of the old Bauer machine shop
was discovered to be on fire last Monday after
noon. The alarm was sounded and the hose
companies had streams of water playing on the
roof so soon after that but little damage was
done. The fire probably originated froin sparks
from a farm boiler and engine that was stand,
ing near the building and which was fired up.
These engines exhaust through the smoke
stack and as they were feeding with sawdust, a
great many sparks were flying at the time. In
running to the fire with one of the hose car
riages Will Heineman tripped and fell, and
was struck on the head by one of the wheels
and knocked insensible. Our hose companies
deserve great credit for their extraordinary ex
pedition in getting to the scene of a fire.
|jgf~Adverti«a in the CixiziN
—Captain Webb has "gone to meet" Sam
Patch. His body was found on Saturday.
—Several of the great shoe factories of the
country suspended business last Monday, with
liabilities amounting to over three millions.
—Mr. Eitenmiller's new house at the north
end of Main street, is almost completed, and
Mr. Philip Schenck's new house on Jeflerson
street is under roof.
—Now that the American Rapid Telegraph
Company, which is one of the large companies
of the country, has compromised with the
striking operators, the lattrr bid fair to win all
around.
—Dispatches from Naples dated on Mondav,
put the number of persons who perished by
the earthquake on the island of Isehia, last
Saturday night, at 4,000. Three towns, one of
which contained 5,000 inhabitants were destroy
ed. The island was a summer resort for the
wealthy people of Rome and Naples, and there
were at the time some 2,000 visitors on it
mjinv of whom perished. The ground opened
in many places and hundreds of houses contain
ing people were engulfed. Two thousand sol
diers digging in the ruins saved 1,000 lives up
to midday Sunday and exhumed 24 persons
alive on Monday. This is the horror of the
many horrors of the year.
Two Allegheny City saloon keepers, nam
ed Rummel engaged in an enterprise in this
county last Sunday, that came to grief. Know
ing that there would be and immense crowd at
the dedecation of the Orphans' Home, uear
Hanuahstown, on that day, they had a shanty
built in the woods, about half a mile from the
grounds of the Home, and on Saturday shipped
a large lot of beer, 40 or 50 kegs, together with
sarsaparilla and other stuff, to it. Sheriti
Donaghy heard of it and went down Sunday
morning. Arriving there he found four men
handing out beer as fast as they could and a
crowd of perhaps 500 men and boys around the
shanty drinking and waiting to be served.
The Sheriff ordered them to desist, but wa 9
met with a flat refusal, whereupon he arrested
tbem, and the crowd jumped over the counters
and captured the beer. A rumpus ensued and
the beer slinglers escaped, but they lost all
their stock in trade,
—We clip the following from an exchange
It contains wliolt6ome advice. The cholera
which is now desolating Damietra and other
Egyptiau towns, appears to have had its origin
in the filthy condition of the streets, the houses
and the people. And this has almost always
been the case. The scourge of our own
typhoid fever, originates in much the same
way. Impure water, foul sewers, offensive
odors, these are the breeders of disease which
sweep annually into the grave its thousands.
The one lesson is, and it has been urged in
these columus again and again, that regard for
the safety of human life requires the mos 4
strenuous exertions to keep the streets and
alleys, the homes of the people themselves as
free from filth as possible. Providence only
protects those communities and those persons
that render Providence all the assistance in
their power.
—Correspondent "W." in last week's Iltr
altl says: "The merchant or mechanic who ad
vertises his goods in the papers does well, but
the man who brings his goods before the eye
does better. Many would buy an article they
sec who would not if read about." And after
reading this, the merchant or mechanic, may
wonder what easier or cheaper methoAhere is
for bringing his goods "before the eye." than
by advertising them in the papers and thereby
inducing people to come to his store or shop,
where they can have the goods "before the eye"
to their heart's content and compare qualities,
styles and prices at their leisure. Does "\V"
want the merchant to make a travelling cara
van of his store and cart his goods all over the
country, or does he want him to stretch a rope
across the street and hang them on that. Any
thorough going business man will inform "W"
that newspaper advertising is the best of all
advertising, where you have the stock to back
up your advertisments.
—That terrible disease—diphtheria— has
already appeared in some of oar neighboring
towns, anil if Butler escapes another epidemic
from this or some similar disease this Fall it
will not be because it has not been invited by
an almost total neglect of sanitary measures in
many quarters. It is the duty of everyone
to see that his own premises are at once put
into the best possible sanitary condition and to
insist that his neighbor's *hall be also. These
diseases are the direct and inevitable result of
neglect of these matters. There are many
gutters, drains, pig-pens and privies in this
town that need immediate looking after. The
stench that arises from some of them is terri
ble and undoubtedly disease producing. By
the laws of this State boroughs have the power
to prohibit and remove any nuisance or offen
sive matter, either on public or private grounds
or to require the removal of the same by the
owners, and to prohibit the keepißg of hogs
within the borough or within such limits as
the council may prescribe and it is made the
duty of the Burgess or chief officer to remove
such nuisancer. If any information is made
against a jierson maintaining a nuisance, and
the person be convicted, he or she can be fined
or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the
Court, and the Court can direct either the de
fendant or the sheriff at the expense of the de
fendant, to remove the nuisance.
The Battle of Bushy Run.
We have received an invitation to attend the
celebration of the 120 th anniversary of the bat
tle of Bushy Run, to be held on the buttle field,
in the western part of Westmoreland county
near Manor Station on the P. K. R., on the oth
inst. Several distinguished orators will be
present, as will also the military organizations
of the county and neighborhood and several
brass bands. Refreshments will be furnished
on the grounds and the affair will probably par
take of the nature of a big picnic. Most of the
trains on the P. R. R. will stop at Manor that
day, anil hacks and carriages will run from the
station to the ground.
The battle of Bushy Run was fought on the
sth and P>th days of August, 17*53, between the
British and Colonists on one side anil the In
dians under the lead of the celebrated cheifs,
Pontiac and Guyasootha, on the other, and re
sulted in the complete defeat of the Indians.
The Guzrtte of a late date contained the fol
lowing interesting history of the battle :
"The treaty of peace between England and
France, made at the close of the French and
Indian war, was disregarded by the Indians,
who continued their attacks upon the forts and
settlements along the frontier of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and \ irginia. After all the blood
and treasure that had been expended in estab
lishing English supremacy over the territory
extending from the Ohio to the Lakes, only
three of the strongest of the forts remained in
English hands —Fort I'itt, Detroit and Niagara.
The savages had made determined efforts to
capture the fortification at the head of theJOliio,
had cut off all communication, and the garrison
was in very great danger of being captured.
Niagara and Detroit were reached by water and
more easily relieved, but Fort Pitt required a
long and laborious march through an unbioken
wilderness before it could be saved from threat
ened danger.
Colonel Henry Bouquet was ordered to march
to the relief of the beleagured garrison at Fort
Pitt, and it was on his march from Carlisle * >
Pittsburgh that the battle of Bushy Run was
fought. The first prominent mention of the
name of Bouquet in our cjloiiial records was in
a letter from Washington, who differed with
him as to the route which General Forbes
should pursue from Bedford to Fort Duquesne,
in his expedition of 1758. Washington urged
the old Braddock'road, but Bouquet favored a
new route through Pennsylvania by the Loyal
Hanning, which was adopted by Forbes. It
was never satisfactorily explained why a new
road through a wilderness and over mountains,
for the distance of 100 miles, should have been
preferred to one already o|>ened to a point near
the fort, but 'Pennsylvania influence' is assign
ed as the reason.
Colonel Bouquet set out from Carlisle with a
large quantity of military Htoresand provisions,
escorted by what were left of two regiments
lately returned from service iu the West Indies,
with some provincial troops. General
Amherst had no other soldiers to spare, al
though the expedition required men ol the i
highest vigor and courage. The fate of Brad
dock was before the little army, and the whole
country was panic-stricken through fear. His
regular soldiers, about five hundred in number,
were courageous and resolute, but worn out by
fatigue and unaccustomed to Indian warfare.
He reached Fort Bedford July 2t>, 1763, left
that place on the 26th, and when he arrived at ■
Fort l.igonier he left his wagons there and pro- |
ceeded on pack-horses. The Indians had heard
of his com ins, abandoned the siege of Fort Pitt
and went out to destroy his army as they had (
destroyed that of General Braddock eight years
before. '
The defile at Turtle Creek was much dread
ed, as it had to be passed through, was several ;
miles in length and commanded bv craggy j
hills, with which the Indians were perfectly |
familiar. Bouquet's plan was to make a short '
stop at Bushy Run to refresh the troops, and to j
pass through this defile at night by a forced
march. When within half a mile of Bushy
Run, at one o'clock of the afternoon ot August
5, after a hard march of seventeen miles, they
were attacked by the Indians, who were very
strong and able to surround the whole detach
ment and attack the convoy in the rear. The
main body had to fall back and protect the con
voy. The action became hotter and hotter, but
the savages were finally repulsed and driven
from all their posts with fixed bayonets. The
engagement ended only with the day.
An anxious night was passed, and at day
break the savages reuewed the attack with
great vigor. They had takcu possession of all
the springs, and the army suffered terribly
from thirst. Many horses had been lost, it was
impossible to advance, and the army expected
to be cut to pieces by degrees. Then it was
that Colouel Bouquet re orted to strategy
whish gave him a complete victory. By a
feigned retreat he completely deceived the
savage- and led them into a lata', snare. Seeing
what they supposed to be a backward move
ment, the' Indians hurried headlong on the Eng
lish, but soon received a galling fire in the
flank, in which many were killed and the rest
put to flight. Some stores had to be abandoned
for want of horses, but the savages gave up all
further attempts to prevent the movement of
the army, which reached Fort Pitt in safety
four days after the battle, and to the great joy
and relief of the garrison and the settlers. '1 he
Indians lost some of their bravest warriors in
this battle and were completely subdued."
Accident at Portersville.
Mrs. Jacob Von Gordcr, an estimable old
'ady residing in Perry township, Lawrence
county, met with quite a serious accident Tues
day, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs-
Aiken, who lives at Portersville. The latter
went to the cellar to get something for supper,
and Mrs. Van Gorder, wishing to assist, went
to meet her. It was quite dark, and the old
lady missed the first step, becoming overbal
anced, fell to the g-iound alighting on her head
and breaking her collar bone. The jar on the
nervous system is very great, and no hopes are
entertained for her recovery. The unfortu
nate lady and the members of her family have
the sympathy of many friends, who are sin
cere in the hope that she may yet rally and re
cover, improbable as it seems at present.—
New Castle News.
Ninety-six young men and women,
from Butler county attended the Pine
Groye Normal Academy last year.
Expenses very low. A wide scope of
work provided by this school. Fall
term will begin Tuesday Aug. 14th
ISAAC C. KETLER, Principal,
Grove City, Pa.
—Dabbs, the Pittsburgh Photo
grapher, is deserving of his great repu
tation. lie is one of the most success
ful Photographers in the Country.
Do Not Fail
to examine the large stock of Fall and
Winter Styles of Carpets, at Hitter &
Ilalston's, all marked in plain figures,
at lower prices than ever. The double
weight ingrains at 45 cents are going
off lively.
At 25 Cents,
heavy Doeskin Jeans, at
ITITTEII IT RALSTON'S.
Indigo Blues.
All the new figures and styles, at
RITTER & RALSTON'S.
APPALLING SCENES.
Twenty-Two Travelers Instant
ly Killed and Many are
.ALBION, N. Y., July 29.—The steam
boat express on the Niagara Falls di
vision of the Rome, Watertown and
Ogensburg Railroad met with an acci
dent frightful in its consequences late
Friday night. The train was an enor
mous one—a double header, as those
are called that are dragged by two en
gines—and the engines were followed
by six sleepers and six ordinary
coaches. It was bound from Niagara
to Clayton, whence its passengers were
to take a boat to the Thousand Islands.
It was behind time and swept along at
40 miles an hour. The way was
along the south shore of Lake Ontario.
Suddenly, when it neared Clayton it
dashed into a thunder squall of unusual
violence. The rain fell in sheets, the
wind roared and pressed heavily
against the cars, and while the thunder
was heard above the rumble and clat
ter of the train, frequent flashes of light
ning illuminated the couotry side.
There were two hundred people in the
cars, mainly pleasure seekers, and near
ly all from Michigan.
A box freight car had been standing
in a siding near Carylon, and had
either been blown along to the junction
of the siding and main track or had
been pusned there by some malicious
person. It rested so that one of its
corners projected beyond one rail of the
main track, and the swiftly moving ex
press train ran against it. Instantly,
and without any apparent ioss of head
way, the engines, baggage car and two
of the sleepers left the rails and heaped
one upon the other—a mass of wreck
age—beside the track, blocking the
way of the rest of the cars and partial
ly wrecking many of them. It is re
ported that the crash was heard three
miles away. The cries and shrieks of
the wounded added to the horrors of
the situation for those who have des
cribed the scene, and who could not in
the darkness and amid the blinding and
deafening storm comprehend the ex
tent or exact nature of the disaster.
The country is very sparsely settled
there, and assistance came slowly.
The awful details were speedily
gathered, and it was soon known that
'22 persons had l>een killed and twice
as many injured Eighteen of those
who suffered death were passengers
and four were train hands.
—The ease and naturalness in the
Photographs made by Dabbs is their
great merit.
At $4.50 Per Pair,
S. Bradley & Son's celebrated all wool
Country Blankets, at
HITTER & RALSTON'S.
S. Bradley & Son's
Solid Red Blankets, at
RITTEK & RALSTON'S
—The Indiana, Pa., State Normal
School does not claim to be "50 per
cent, better for training teachers, and
20 per cent cheaper than any similar
school," but it does claim to be among
the best. For catalogue
Address L. H. PURLING.
75 LIVES LOST. #
BALTCMORE, July 24.—A steamer
has just arrived here with 31 more
bodies from the Tivoli disaster. This
makes about 75 bodies in all. It is
thought the deaths will amouDt to 100.
The greatest excitement prevails here.
Up to noon 65 bodies have been
brought to the city. All, except four,
have been identified.
A3 soon as the bodies had been de
posited on the wharf the barge went
back to Tivoli, and before 7 o'clock this
morning had returned to Henderson's
wharf with her second load of dead
bodies, number over 30. By this time
the news of the calamity had spread
throughout the city and thousands gath
ered at the wharf and in the vicinity.
Throughout the night many persons,
fathers, mothers, brothers and friends
connected with the excursionists had
gathered at the Light street wharf,
where the barge usually lands, anxious
ly awaiting her arrival and apprehend
ing a disaster when the boat did not
come at her usual time. As the hours
wore on past midnight, and there were
yet no tidings of their friends, their
fears were increased to almost a con
viction that a dreadful accident had be
fallen the party. At a latter hour their
fears were realized when the facts be
came known. As fast as the bodies
were identified by relations and friends
they were taken to their respective
homes.
The unidentified bodies were carried
to the Eastern Police Station, to re
main until recognized or otherwise dis
posed of. The coroner will commence
an official investigation this evening.
Statements in regard to the immediate
cause of the accident are conflicting. It
is stated by some that the barge was
already lying alongside the wharf, and
a gang plank being run out, when it
gave way and that it fell from the sheer
weight of the crowd upon it. Others
are of the opinion that the wharf was
carried away by contact with the
barge.
—Dabbs, the celebrated Pittsburgh
Photographer, succeeds in getting a
good likeness and at the same time a
pleasing picture.
At 5 Cents Per Yard,
Gray I)e Beige Dress Goods, 20 yardj
for one dollar, at
BITTER & BALSTON'S.
At 6 1-4 Cents,
nice plain Dress Goods, at
BITTER & BALSTON'S.
At 4 Cents,
25 yards for SI.OO, nice Lawns, at
BITTER & BALSTON'S.
Lost His Life.
BUFFALO, July 24. —The fool-hardy
attempt of Capt. Webb, of England, to
swim through the rapids near the old
Suspension Bridge this afternoon, re
sulted as nearly everybody predicted,
in the noted swimmer's death. John
McClay rowed Webb into the middle
of the river near the new bridge and at
a few minutes past four o'clock he
jumped out and began his swim down
the stream. There were few people in
attendance and little interest was taken
in the affair. Webb had calculated to
keep near the Canadian shore as he
passed the rapids but the bend in the
river here threw him to the opposite
side, unpset his calculations and sent
him to eternity beneath a forty-foot
wave that the next instant dashed
against the rocks on the right shore.
The last seen of Webb he was throw
ing up both arms and signaling vainly
for aid. He leaves a wife and two
children in rather destitute circum
stances in England. Frederick Kyle,
Webb's manager, has caused a dili
gent search to be made for the body,
but without success.
BUFFALO, X. Y., July 29.—A1l
speculation aa to the fate of Captain
Matthew Webb, the courageous swim
mer who tried to pass through the
Niagara whirlpool, is now at rest, the
body of the unfortunate man having
been found at noon yesterday in the
Niagara river, a mile and a half below
Lewiston. The body was fully identi
fied. The corpse was much swollen,
and was rigid in the position of a man
swimming, both arms and legs being
extended. There were no fractures o
discolorations of the limbs, but on the
top of the head was a contusion which
was the evident cause of death.
The bodies of two Indians who were
drowned while bathing near the
Devil's Hole on Monday night were
also found in the river near where
Webb's body was recovered.
The Great Northwest.
The great increase of travel to the
Northwest, has the "Famous
Albert Lea Reute" to put upon its
line magnificent Dining Cars, in which
passengers will be served meals second
in quaJity to no first-class hotel, for
the small sum of seventy-five ceuts
each.
The Chicago, ltock Island & Pacific
Railway, which controls this route,
has always maintained a reputation
for giving travelers first-class meals on
its Dining Cars, and in putting on this
line the SP me class of cars, it fills a
want that the traveling public will ap
preciate.
"The Albert Lea llou*V is carry
ing a very large share of the North
western travel, and, although early in
the season, has commenced to sell
tourists' tickets to the various pleasure
resorts in a volumn eulliciently large
to guarantee an immense summer traf
fic.
New Fall Style
Dress Goods, at
RITTF.K <FC RALSTON'S.
For Money.
All kinds Goods, Carpets,
Trimmings and Furnishing Goods, at
Rittek & Ralston's.
IIIMII ranee.
Geo. W. Shaffer, Agent office
with K. Marshall Esq., Brady Block
Butler Pa. mayl7-tf
For Sale.
A good oow —fresh this spring. Inquire at
this ollice.
To Township Auditors.
According to the act of Assembly of 1H74.
township and borough auditors are required to
file a copy of the report with the Clerk of
Courts or be subject to a tine ol twenty dollars
for neglect of the same.
ARSSMSS X
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PITTSBXT RQK. ?A-
!<i KAX I) opening!
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t i spring goods] !J
3 - 1
1 ' AT
I CHARLES 11. GrltlEß'S f
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| Union Block, Main Street, SluJler, Fa. |
—DHIIHII ESTABLISHED
E. CHEtXEHB,
THE JEW EL E 11,
Butler,
Two Doors North of Duffys and opposite Troutman's Dry Goods Store.
DEALER IN
Fine Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Etc.
Agent lor Rockford Railroad Watches and King's Combination Spectacles.
ENGBAVING AND BEPAIBING OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, ETC., A SPECIALTY
.A.ll Work Warranted.
All Goods Sold by us Engraved Free of Charge. Call and See our Stock before purchasing.
£. GRIEB.
1850 ' °) IS--50
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC.
Having op a new stand in UNION BLOCK, where can be seen a Iresh stock of evertliing to be found in a
FIRST - CLASS JEWELRY STORE,
I would invite the public to call and offer a share of their patronage. Remember the stock is of
THE latest designs, and entirely new.
Bepairing of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc., will receive our strict attention.
J. It. GRIEB, UNION BLOCK, MAIN ST. BUTLER, PA
Happy Homes! Happy Homes!! Happy Homes!!!
THE NUMBER OF* HOMES MADE HAPPY
by the oae of the Celebrated Leber and Health-Saving
Pay's Soap DAY'S SOAP oay ' s Soa P
to beyond power of cementation. Our ikcllttlee for the production of It are taxed to the ptmost «• »ppply Oio order*
that pour im upon «u from tkli irreat wide and progreulr* country. Riffnt here In your section It U;
being uaed extensively apd many can testify to lta wonderful properties
The wrappers are jlsave your health,
waxed and can be /gj l/AY S jSave your time,
used for smoothing <JAAT> U,RE9 ' 1 Save your patience,
the surface of your Mk ißy using ttis Soap.
hand-irons, giving u fPS rSo unpleasant odor
them a polish and \. | sickness as
smoothnc^s s. tjgl
Remember this ; baUtothes nice and
'' white and a,
Ihe market°ani yet 1 arant as new iwcvfft
jKST" Wash-day haa no terrors for the household where DAY'S SOAF is used, no unpleasant
and sickening odors to fill your houses, no laborious rubbing on the wash-board, while the
washing caa be done in one-half the time necessary by following the old worn-out method.
IfAMM —for it is to the ladies we desire to speak more are the interested per
son in this matter; you it is that suffers the ills arising from the wash tub and its heavy cares; you it is
to whom the perplexities and responsibilities of the household rightfully belong, and you it is that should
interest yourself in a trial of the qualities of this soap, that has always proven itself to be a boon of salvation
TO SUFFERING HUMAMTO— —
We do not come to you with a olausible story calculated to have you try it, simply for the amount
of money such a sale would bring us; we do not come to you as irresponsible parties who have no reputa
tion to suffer calumny, but we do present to you this brand cf soap upon an absolute guarantee ana
recommendation of a well-known industrial establishment of Philadelphia, cf sixteen years existence.
Do vou suppose for a moment it would compensate us to make false statements to you and ruin our
well-earned reputation ? No, dear reader; what wo say about DAY'S SOAP is the truth, and it is sus
tained by the evidences of thousands of housewives from all over the country, besides which we stand
ready to endorse it all with ready cash. MGTDAI'S SOAJP is the Original and, Only Patented .-©1
7 __ ( Will clean the Miners' Skin and Clothe*.
M » J Will cl« an th« Blacksmiths'Bkln and Clothes.
A ▼%£ U| M 1 Will clean Om> M«cUnlal>> Skin and CloUu*.
'. (Will aleaa KTerjrbodjr'a Skin and Clotho^
Ila then mot economy In the nso of Soap that will clean the akin as well •* the olothsa J Oils Day's Soap will surely §
do. It will In no way liij tiro the flaest fabrics or the most delicate eo
No soda, no washing crystals, no lyes are to be used, but simply supply yourself for the
next wash-day with a bar of DAY'S SOAP, then carefully read the directions and follow them to
the exact letter, and if you don't say pitch out that old wash-boiler, for I am a wiier woman, you
will be the first person we have yet heard of that has been disappointed. .
Bta£»Now remember—lf you don't intend to follow the directions do not try the soap at ail, lor
unless you do this you will be disappointed, and then you will scold us and yourself as well.
The cost of one cake will convince you that it is the be.it and cheapest soap ever offered you,
while the smiles that will encircle your brow will do justice to a golden sunset.
Have vou confidence in this newspaper ? If so, do you suppose the owner would allow us
to swindle his readers by offering them tempting inducements? He uses it m his own home and can
certify to its merits. Now you get a cake from your grocer in time for the next wash-day, and become
acquainted with its intrinsic worth. * ~ . , . . , e „
Ask your grocer for it, and do not allow him to put you off with anything else for a for
every dealer can obtain it, and should he refuse you, send direct to
DAY & FRICK, Prop's, of the Philadelphia Steam Soap limits,
1764-66-58-60-62 Howard Street, Philadelphia.
NOTICE,
Notice is hereby given that application will
be made to tlie Governor ol the Ooiumouweilth
of Pennsylvania lor a charter ol incorporation,
bv tl'u undersigned and others, to incorporate a
company lor insurance upon the lives ol horses,
cattle and other live stock, on the mutual prin
ciple, Willi lt« principal office at Butler, Butler
county. Pa.
ISAAC LBFBVKR,
A. D. WIEK,
J NO. E. DYERS, ET. At,.
July 31, 1883. augl-St.
UK NEVA C 01-LIKJE.
Opens September 4th. Instruction thorough
and practical, Mor.il tone high, Discipline strict,
Expense moderate. Good facilities for scll
boaidiug. Situation healthtnl and romantic. A
Ladv Principal hits charge ol Ladies' and Nor
iniil 'department. Prizes a d work for needy
students during vacation. Conn* and welcome.
Address lurtiicr KEV. 11. 11. (lEOKGE, l>. I*
President, Beaver Falls, Pa, a'»tllst
Dr. Frease's Water Cure Es
tablishment.
Ahe iltli liiHlitution in ils HOtli year. For
nearly all kinds ol Chronic dUeases, anil es
pecially the disease# of Women. Invald« are
Invited lo correspond with us. Circulars tree.
Address, H. FKKASE, M. I).,
jylS-ly New Brighton, Heaver Co , Pa.
SILVER AtiERYE WHISKEY.
Endorsed by the medical Iralenrty. Families
supplied for medical purposes. Lamest and
best selected stock of Imported and Domestic
Wines and Brandies.
MAX KI.EIN WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER,
B'J Federal street, Allegheny, opp. Fori Wayne
Patenter Depot and « doom above West Peiin
Depot.
" THE BEST 19 CHEAPEST."
ENGINES. TUDCCUCDC SAW MILLS,
Horsepowers floter llnllffi
(Snll#*<| toall mi tluiif Wr11•• for •*■«•':§■: I! 1 un. l'.imphict
l'ncv# U>lliu Auitmiui A, l»>lvr CV., M.uu»lk id, uliio.
SWITHIN C. SHORTLIDGE'S
Academy fur Young Men iiml Hoys, Media. Penn.,
11' in. from Philadelphia. School year opens Sept.
12 Fixed price em en every expense. eyea looks,
e. No extril chlilves. No. hiciden'al e\|»Time«.
No examination for ndhib-lon. Thirteen ex
perienced teachers. all men and all graduates,
Siii olnl opiiorl unities fur apt students to advance
rapliilv. Special drill fur dull and backward Itoyn.
Patrons or 'lndent- may sel. . t anv .studied or
choose the regular Kngllsh, Scientific, Piuslness,
i lassical, or < ivll Engineering Course. Students
titled at Media Acdeiiiy are now in Harvard,
Vale, lilld ten other College and Polytechnic
Helmuts. \ Physical ami a Chemical l.aiiorator* ;
a line Hviiinasiuni and iSall ground. 1.-'ion vols,
addeil ti> L.ilirars ill ISK.I, Apparatus doubled 111
lss-j. Ten students sent to Colli". .• in IA
graduating class in Coiiiniercial Hc|»"t in I*B3.
Ml dKt has 7 churches and atempciauee charter
which prohibits (lie sale of all Intoxicating drinks,
l or new Illustrated Clreilliiraddri'ss the rnnclpiil
ami Proprietor, sWnil IX C. SIIOIITI.IIX.K, A.
M. (Harvard t'lilverslty (iradiiatel, Media, Peirti.
augt-lt.
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