VOL. XX A. TEOUTMAN, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. TRIMMINGS. Carpets. Oil Cloths, Hup, Mats, Druggets, Stair Rods, Etc, ( u) FOR FALL. FOR FALL. New Black Silks. New Colored Silk*. New Colored Cashmeres. New Black Cashmeres. • New Black Silk Velvets. New Colored Silk Velvets. New Colored Silk Plashes. >ew Black Silk Plushes New Shades Ladies' Clotbf. New Dress Goods. ' 2SEW HIBBOSS, FINCHI*. TIES, HAND SATCHELS, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Corsets, Velvet Ribbons, Knitting Silks, Embroidery Silk on spools, all colors. New Fall Hosiery, j Underwear for men, ladies and chil- ] dren. Largest assortment, lowest prices. CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS Carpet Room Enlarged. Stock En larged; Prices tlxe Lowest. NEW FALL STYLES —We are now prepared and showing our entire Fall Stock of Carpets and Oil Cloths, in all the Newest Designs. OIL CLOTHS, 1 to 2 YARDS WIDE, I* ALL QUALITIES. Please call and examine stock and prices. A. TROUTMAN. BITLEK, PA. HENIIY BtEHL§~COi Dealers in AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Remington Clipper Plow. IMPROVED KELLER GRAIN, SEED AND FER TILIZING DRILL, TOLEDO I. X. L WOOD PUMPS. The Celebrated American Fruit Dryer, or PNEUMATIC EVAPORATOR, It is portable, dura'do, almolulely flre-proof. economical and will euro fruit and vegetables in lew time and with lew fuel then tt.y Dryer in lie market. It will pay for iUelf in lens than thlrtj dav« if properly attended. Its products aro ui.bu 11 #►f c d rt> lo fjcalily and color,'and are in great demand at high prices. Full InetrnctioiiH how to dry, bleach, pack and market the pro dnctH, a.-compajiy each machine. WILL EVAPORATE 8 BUSHELS OF ANY FRUIT PER DAY. ROOFING DEALERS m SPOUTING !>"!><- H AKI> DONE TO ORDER wKtKHKw I WAHK. 13 u tier, Peim'a. WHERE TO BUY MENS' AND BOYS' CLOTHING, At the Store of the undersigned, the acknowledged leader in CARPETS, CLOTMNG GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. We wish to say to the trade thin fall that we have a lnr«er and more varied stock of Carpet*, Clothing, HATS AND CAPS, and Gent*' Furnishing Goods than ever before. REMEMBER WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK, The LATEST STYLES, the LOWKST PRICES. We have all grades and nil prices, from the Cheapest to the Host made. 3> A.. H EC K, The Leading One Price Clothier and Gents' Outfitter, 2nd DOOR, DUFFY'S BLOCK. BPTLEB, PA. Union Woolen Mill, BUTLER, PA. n. FULLERTOX, l»rop'r. Manufacturer ol BLANKET!.. FLANNELS, V AIINK, Ac. AI»o cuatoin work done to order, aucb us omliuc ttoll«,mi>kinjr Blnnk«i., Flannels, Knit |nK and Weaving Yarn*, at very low orices Wool worked on I lie aliaren, II de ,»rw\ n,v7 - I >' C_ « ■ 0% ■ M (Urtnrato IM *lt)i T!1 rtThtOrtmapgrea iSS3BSBSIemE3S Uttfle® Cilfep. FOR FALL. FOR FALL. New Flannels, White Blankets, Red Blankets, Blue Blankets, Bed Comforts, i White Quilts. . Canton Flannels. Yarns of all kinds. Germantown \arns, Midnight Yams, German Worsted Yarns, Cashmere Yarns, Saxony \ arns, ! Country Factory Yarns, Zephyrs. Tne above Yarns in all colors. i Ladies' Sacques jln new Fall Shades, Ladles' Jersey ' jackets, Lace Curtains, Lace Lambre | quins. Large stock, prices low. PURE H CP INDIA A Jj AM From the Dietrirls ol ASSAM, CHITI'AOONG, CACH AII. KANOKA VALLEY, DAKJEEL | NO, DEIIKA DOOM, ar.d ether*, Al>K)lutcly Pure. H(i;>crlor In Flavor. Th« Moat Econom ical. Kequirin only half Hie m»ual <|iianllty. Bold l»y all Grocers. JOHN C. PHILLIPS «fc CO , Aceuta of tl>e Calcutta Tea Syndicate. 130 Water St., N. V. Novß-ly. ASSIO\EE S NOTICE. On the 7th of September, 1883, the Ihmsen Glass Manufacturing Company made a y on the estate of William Ihompscn. late of Middlesex twp., Uutler county, la., have this day been granted by the Register of | wills to the undersigned, to whom all per- i so,-., indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands aguiiut the same will make . them known without delay. W. S. THOMPSON, \ ... , \V. K. THOMPSON, J J Glade Mills P. 0., DutJer Co., Pa. Pv. P. SCOTT, Attorney. Sept. 7, 18S3. Administrator'* Xolleo. Notice itf hereby given that letters cf a Imiuis trstion on tlie entile of I'bomas A. Denny, lato of Middlesex twp.. Butler county, Pa., deed., have been granted to the underline 1. all i er- Hona therefore owing t-aid eitate will p.eaee make immedia c payment, a id .any having claims againt-t the tame will present them, duly au thenticated, to the eut, Adtn'r Thos A Denny. Sept. 12, 'B3, 4,. I*. O. iiakcr.tOHji. Pa. ' AduiintMlralur'M. Xuilce. Letters of administration having been grant ed to the undersigued, on the estate ot itobert D. McGarvey, '-te of Fairview township, dec d, notice is liereby given to all parties knowing themselves indited to said estate to make im mediate pavmeut, and thofte having claims against said estate will mi-.ke the same known without delay. JAMES M< GAPvV EY , Adm'r. Barnharts Mills, P. 0., liutler Co., Pa. A. T. BLACK, Au'y. seplJMit Eatatc of Rachel I)o., I a. sepl9-Ct. NOTICE. All persons who gave notes for articles purchas ed at my vendue, in Franklin twp., Isutler county. !■»., on April 3. art- hereby uutiUed to pay said notes only to myself, as I am still the owner of the si'.inc ; and I any ol the saw<- ar.! out ■>! my actual itosse slon they are wrongfully so out. 1 have not sold or aisignetl saitl note's to any per son and will not recognize any payment to any other than myself. JOHN WDLhOKI). Prospect, Butler Co., I*a,. Sept. 3 It. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. Bv virtue oi an older of the Oiplums' Couit of Butler county, the undei signed will expose at public outcry or. the premises, on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 'B3, at one o'clock p. m , the following described real estate of James Newton, dee'd, late of the borough ot Portersville, to-wit : TWEXTY SIXE ACHES of land, more or less, situate partly in Porters ville borough mid partly in Muddycrcck town ship, Butler county, Pa., bounded on the north by land ot Mis. Cutliaiiuc McDonald, e ist tiy Mercer road, souih by Koliert Stewart, and ue.-t by Henderson Oliver and New Castle road ; nil cleared aud in a good slate of eultiva lou ai.d well w .tered. TEKMS—One-third in hand on con firm at ion of talc and the balance in two equal annual in sitallui'-utH with lutercst. Deterred payments to be secured by bond r.nd mortgage. W J KENNEDY, Artiniuietralor, Sept. 19, 188:>. Portersvill , I'a. ORPHANS'COURT SALE. By virtue ol an order and decree ol I lie Or phan*' Court of Butler eoutily, to me directed I will offer Cor sale on tlio premise*, in l-.au easier towiinhip, on Thursday, the 15th of November next, at oue o'clock P.M.. the fa m «wn.i(l by the late John Zicgler, dte'd, conliiiiji g <,i e hundred and titty acre*, more or Icssjal out one hundred and twenty-live acres cleared, balat.tu in timber Two-story Irame h »n«c, large bsi.k turn, double tioor, and .ili the out bouse- lirci 8- saty and convenient for good firming, two good ofthards, will-site and saw mill the:eou. The lyiid ;* well watered and i.< good farming laid 1 i» one and n quarter ml oi from Uar monv, on the Pro.-peet road. TEll>i>.- One-third ol ihu putt-base money on eolith tuition of sale, one third in one .year and the icuiaining third in two year there I'ter, with inti- e-t,lo be sc-cu'ed by bon I and mort gage. JACOB F. WISE, Alm'r, Harmony, Pit. W. J), "iianhon, Esq., Att'y. HOTICK IN DIVORCE, In the matter of the peti- | Iu thet'oirtof C. tion of XI i;;ie Christie for I*. ol Butler < divorceii vu.culo luafri n< • f A. !'., No. 10, oia from I'hiiip M.Christie. J June Term, '.s.'i. HI!TI.!K < OL'NTY, SS : And iiow, la-wit: September W, IK&3, the subpr. Chaso'# Keeeipcs ; or Information tor Kveryhi ih , In evcrv county in the t'ultcd Stales ami Cana'das. Krlattjed by the publlshi-r touts I pages. I! contains over 2,000 household rcceipe* and is suited lo all classes and condition-; of so ciety. A .•.inderfut book and a household neces sity. I' ■ ell, at s'uhl. Creatcst Inducements ever ottered lo hook agents. Sample eutopics sent by mail, postpaid. for *!.Wt. Exclusive territory given. Agents nior.- than double their money. Address li r Clia Steam Printing House, Ann Atbor, Michigan. » k '-"Vim. BKICKS ! BcUCKS | The subscriber continues the making of bricks common pavement, hay window tuul other qual ities at Ins kiln on the Fair tiround road, half a mile nc |of Puller lie Will Keep on hand a lot of bricksa| all limes, lie will also inake anit burn brick in Hie country for anyone desiring In have them made on their own tariu or premises. As lie Intends carrying on the brick makiiiK business. In-invites the custom ol all. promising lo give cnlire satisfaction to all who may patron tee hflil- All oidum promptly lilletl id reasonable rattMt. Call on or address, J. (iI'.OttUEHTAMM, mai2S-omo llatler I'a. \KM, KELLEW, Washington, Pa., presents to the public a CE, M ENT ! More duraWe than IRON for f.tovest ranges, lire places ami steam mills. Also, set grates iu w.irki/»an-l|ko manner. Thin Ciiuien • takes tl.e place pf stove ba< Ks. All v>"rk guar an teed. july2s-l2t. EXPOSITIO N r Visit'.rs should not fail to call and examine the largest and finest stock of Impoiti d and Ifpipesf j*- ! ; iuip>r» in l|ie Sfefc, Hi Mill Iti<-i■>, K— Pctlcrtil Klrt'd, Allegheny City, Pa. Opposite I'ort Wayne Passenger Depot. "THE BEST IS CHBAPKST." wsines, THRFSHFRS BVW MIMI, Morse Power* » nnLOnLnO flover Httlleia (Hultod toail wUooft. t Writ* rdtrmiCK 111 tin. |'amphl«% I'rioM to iuc AuiUuiui l o 1 - t v. 'i n t:io.,e j we love r.ro Uiua villi to-sc U-rribb cliijr-s.s. |i • I The U-auty «.f PERRY DAVIS'o I PAIN KILLER i iu i, SJ pronely, ■ ur \y ..:ul cflici.'.illy. '••V' I Doh't ho vllhout I'm:; 1..;.i.i:u! Ilavc it rca.ly for ii:ste:.t i ;! Keep it v. illi you r.t li-.jr. or abroad ! ALL THE DRUGGISTS SELL IT i j A looli n 1 i h ni Opium Itliriimntixiii, Kperinator rli«\ or Si-ininul Weakness, nnrvine,H< wolvcnt, I,i-:r.« ] v. l properties meet all tliaecmditiuuii licroiu Ivftrrcd :•>. It' < known worl!{. S. A. IJIC'H MOND MKD.cn., Proprietor*, ht .Jo«;,h,Mo. Cb'.s. I'. Cr'.tteniw, Agent. Nov York City. (1) TUTT'S IM—BMHKaBEaHB FILLS A DISORDERED IUVER IS THE SANE of the prgggttt generation. It is for tho Cur" of this di:tr>fi«o lUiM it a it' t> r.cituit :i. HCK-HUAUACHE. BIUOTJSHiviS. DYS PEPSIA, CONSTIPATION. PILE •. etc., thai jfjTt'l J>IJ,LS htivc ur.meci n v, >rld-wi3o reputation. Ku Itemed 7 ibaa • ver been discoverod that NETS PO KOR:( V on tho dißentivo organs, irivintc them v igor to ii> ainiilatcs' food. Aa n natural i<;.;ult, th.i liervouß fclyntoni io liracod, tl : Uusctloa Bf o Dovelopud, aud tlio Body 1 Icbimt. Obillsi and Fc.vor. B. RIVAL., a Planter at Bayou Btm, Lr..,n:ijn: My plantation la In a malarial tl! t.lct. For several y.arn I could not sna'.:o Ji r. crop on account of blllou* (llonasoH anil eMIU. I v;n,i nearly dl(i<'ouraf?od when I b- (fa.. tho una at TtlTT'a FIUI.B. The reeult w»» marvelouiiT my laborer* noon berame heajty nucl robcit, uud I bave had no Turther trouble. TlirT wllnftUffniroiurd I.l* |hr lilcKKl fmiii Jin n»d rniiUi «>:•' fcotvda U> :»<-t nntKri.lljf, wll!i --out uhlrb n» one ran Ifil « oil. Trr ll» !* rrmrilr fith'ly, nnil J« '.B til rnln ft tirr.ll ■•>' Uiir<-««»«">. Vlsrnrml« RIMIT. t-uro Illood. Nlrenir XI-I »<••, »>»' » Wonml 1.1 l pr. Prlw.XSCrnU. OJUcc,•» Jlunv / fit., N. V. Turn HAIR (t it A Y HAIK or WITJKKFIW < HATM' • >atli.os.sy lit.Ai'K by a single application of Mil . I>vi It Impnrts :i natural color,awl ariv In' "ii-onrly Holij by jirtiKKliW, or Hcnt t>> v *1 01, Mrrljit pf One Dollar Qffice, 86 Murrny St.'oet, Now Yorlt, (Mr. TI'TTS .« IVI 1 1. ft » thiuHlr V #.i fnrmutl'tn mill l'»r/>tl t rrviytm 1 trill hv IHWUCII I KEI. on '.illjilivalivti./ KSiSJ K- : •'Loss" FETITi PwsflSHf.liHi tilN|l irms I it. k ~sfufj:sS: 'fin'■-> *1 pmpmetors. prrrs&u. f yesterday, and when the progress of the fire bad involved the whole form of the building, from the centre of which arose a vast cone of flame and smoke, studded with myriads of sparks, tho scene was grand and sublime to a de gree, so much HO, that in the mile or more of spectators, crammed on the levee, a perfect silence wan maintained, such as is always the; ease when flames inuke havoc, beyond tho control of hu man hands. -The lire spread rapidly from one building to another, and as fast as the firemen were ready to fight for the safety of a building the victori ous flames leap towards it, driving its dcfenders away liy the blinding smoke and heat, and wrapping the doomed building in wavrt the intense heat if possible. I?y the regulations of the Exposition, there were thirteen watchmen on t lie ground, and even when their number was aug mented by the police fofCe, they could not keep back the horde ol petty | thieves, who helped themselves to | everything portable to be found on the ' grounds. k In one hour after the alarm was I given not a vestige of the Grand Ex position could be recognized, aud noth ' left to mark its existence but a large mass of smoking ruins. Among the losses to be regretted is that of the "Arabian" the oldest loco motive in the United States anil the property of the B. 2O steam engines of from -J to 1,000 horse [lower; aud about 1,700 machine tools of various kinds. Nearly 3,000 tons of coal and coke are consumed daily in the works. The establishment Las its own water aud gas works, and besides the electric lights there are nearly 25,- 000 burners. "The firm have their own chemical laboratory, photographic and lithographic establishment, printing shop and bindery. There are about 50 miles of telegraph and 35 telegraph stations belonging to the establishment. The firm of Fried. Krupp at present owns 3,250 well built aud to all ap pearances healthy dwelling houses, in which over 10,000 individuals arc liv ing. The annual rent for the family dwellings varies as follows: Per Year. Kor two roonu ; n lo lioas< sor bar rack liousi' sl~> to Kor two room lions - with marks a day (about 75 cents). This of course to unskilled laborers. SkiUNl labor is paid from 3\ marks to as high as 7 and even !) marks a day for skilled mechanics in the machine shops, but this was of course exceptional, the wages not often exceeding 5 mark-* or a little over one dollar American mon ey. For these same classes of labor the American manufacturer probably pays $2 50 $3 and even s■'> a day. Connected with Krupp's are sick and pension institulious out of the funds of which temporary support anil pensions arc paid to members who have been disabled iu the service of tue firm, or to their widows. Also to those who have worked for many years and are too old for further service. There are also a hospital, bathing establishment, life in surance union and primary and indus trial schools, all connected with the firm. The labor of women aud children is excluded from the works. A Chapter on All-wool Blankets. "A 11 wool" blankets have grown wonderfully cheap of late, and some people have been laboring under the delusion that wool raising was becom ing less profitable, A reformed dealer iu blankets explained the drop iu the price in this wise: "This blanket," he said, holding up one of a pair that had been warranted all wool, "has a little wool of the second class and the rest is hair that once pranced over the prairies on the scarred flunks of a long horned Texas steer. It is a product of the tanneries and a valuable one at that. The people think that the hair from the tanneries is used by plasterers, and such, and so part of it is, but the white hair goes to the factory. When the hair is taken olf the hides in tba flesh ing room of the tannery, the white por tions are picked out and packed in sep arate bundles. It is sold to cloth man ufacturers, who extract the llmo and wash the hair carefully. It is mixed with enough wool of low grade to enable the manufacturer to cord it and work it into blankets and a rough sort of goods that cheap clothing is made of. The better part of the brown hair is used in making army blankets and some of it goes into clothes but not a great deal. The blankets and cloth made in this way arc worm and wear fairly well, but they are a long way from being all wool. There is only one way to t«-lI them, but it is simple. When you can pull short hairs out of an all wool blanket, you wan know that it is three-fourthseo'v's hair." —Mr. Frank Charles, Wrightsville, Pa , cttjM "Brown's Iron Bitters is the best remedy for chills and fever 1 ever used." poverty is no crime, except when a man hasn't the money to pay his fine Then the lack o( money is a crime that sends him to jail. \ Western paper says: Nothing will cure some sick men more quickly, than an office, properly applied This 'cure' may be very successful in many cases, but we would say: If a man suffers from a cough or cold, give him Dr. Bull's Couyh Syrup. A DOG-EATING MAN. The Strange Taste of Fritz Mer kle For Canine Meat. From I'hil. Pre-.* S«-|>t. 21. Beneath the thatched roof of a vine bowered cottage, nestied lovingly at the foot of a sloping hillside in Lower Meriou Township, a few miles from Manayunk. lives Fritz Merkle and his wife. The farmers iu the neighbor hood call him "dog eating Merkle." lie cats not only dogs, but cats. This taste he acquired from his mother-in law, who lives in (jlermany, where Fritz himself was boru a good many years ago. lie formerly kept a tavern and eating-house in Manayunk, near the 1 leading railroad depot. Through close economy and fortunate specula tions in a small way, he saved up enough money to purchase the form upon which ho now lives. He is a slender-built man, with keen brown eyes, moustache modeled after that of Bismarck, and a curly head of hair. In his dress he affects the manners and customs of the city folks He is well known in Manayunk and through the surrounding country as a dog-eater, aud it is not stretching the line of truth an inch out of the perpendicular to say that at least a dozen of the choicest, sleekest, fattest canines iu the before mentioned suburb have inhabited, upon various occasions, in cold, carved sec tions, his domestic clap-board. Fritz kills the dogs with his trusty gun, skins them after the orthodox which prevails :n slaughtering beef, and then quarters them. lie especially prizes the hams, or hind quarters, which he salts, cures, and ests with as much gusto as though the meat in question were viel. HOW lIECOOKS THEM. When he gets a fat pup—a New foundland or plump mastiir or setter— he boils that portion of the anatomy contiguous to the backbone, reaching from the ears to the tail, and extracts therefrom a pale amber-colored oil, which he pronounces a certain and speedy cure for consumption, sore throat and kindred bronchial complaints, sells large quantities of this oil to quacks and rural druggists, who dis pose of it as opportunity offers, at seventy-five cents per half pint. From a canine of average size, he obtaius a gallon of the oil. Mrs. Merkle, a thrifty, buxom matron, who looks Teu tonic every inch of her, even with her mouth shut, cooks the cats and dogs and superintends the making of the oil. A reporter of The Press spent a por tion of yesterday afternoon with the queer family, whose home life, when victuals are not in question, does not not differ from that of ordinary mor tals. When the visitor reached the place Fritz was leaning on the front gate, mechanically whittling a slip of willow wood. Mrs Merkle was vi brating between the "shed-kitchen" and the cellar, busily bottling dogs' oil. A fut Towser lazily slept near the pump, the picture of innocent con tentment, utterly unconscious of the awful fate in store for him. An at tenuated roan mare had her gaunt head poked wistfully out of a hole in the barn door. A faded sunflower rested against the weather-boarding of the kitchen, apparently tired of life. Near the burn was what proved, upon sub sequent inspection, to be a bleached heap of doirs' and cats' bones. The reporter dismounted from his stylish equipage, and giving the cultivated Jehu ou the box a cigar with which to while away the tedious moments, opened the gate, saluted Fritz and walked into the dining room. Fritz followed with wondering eyes. The newspaper man I:.id a silver half-dollar upon the table and asked for a bottle of dog's oil, as a medium of opening tlx; conversation without exciting suspicion as to his i lentity. "What is this oil good for?" asked he "Say, Annie, for vat goot ish dis oil ?" inquited Fritz of his spouse, who was just descending into the cel lar. "For kunshumpshun," replied she. "How do you kill your dogs?" pur sued the reporter "Say Annie, how haf ve kill 'em ?" again asked Fritz of his spouse. "Shoot him," was the impatient re sponse, from the intermost depth of the eel la r. "They say you eat dogs," said the visitor, prepared to climb up the chim ney. "Say, Annie, no ve eat dog?" called out Friiz to Mrs. Merkle. "Dog ish goot," she remarked, her wrath evidently rising as she began to ascend the cellar stairs Mrs. Merkle vouchsafed the informa tion that the hams were boiled or fried and eaten with an abundance of salt and pepper. She said dog meat was tolerably tender, with a flavor like veal, jet peculiar withal, aud ought to be eaten by cutting it line, like a lobster for salad. The reporter asked Fritz if he ever eat cats, lie turned to his wife and asked, "Say, Annie, we have eat cats ?" "Urn, sometime, yah Cat ish goot, too," replied Mrs. Merkle, as she prepared to again descend into the cel lar. HKIIYINO A I>o