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 <lee<l of
i voluntary assignmeut to me for the benefit ot
creditors. All creditors will present their
; claims to me, and those indebted to the com
j panv will make pavmeut to the undersigned.
' " EDWAItD KKLLY, Jr.
Cor. Fifth ave., and Grant St, Pittsburg, Pa.
sep26,Ot j
Fxt'fulc-r'fj V«tlw.
(ESTATE OF WM. THOMPSON, DEC'D.)
Notice is hereby given that Letters Testt
men ta>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)<!r»hciuicr.
letters testamentary having been granted to
the undersigned on the estate of .Mrs. Rachel
Dersheimer, dee'd, LATE OK CONNOQI'KNKS
-BING TOWNSHIP, Butler county, I'a.,all persons
knowing themselves indebted to saidestate wi.l
please make immediate payment, ami any
having claims against said estate will present
them to'the undersigned, duly authenticated for
settlement. S. W. HAYS, Executor
Whitestown, Butler <>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
subp<cn;i and alias suhracua having been issued
and riturned non. eat Inventus in above case,
antl publication awarded in due form of law.
Now, therefor*, you the said Philip M.
Ohrbtie, respondent, are hereby notified to ap
pear at r ft nit of Common I'lra", to tin held at
Itutler, i-i and for the c.unty ot Culler, on the
tirst Monday of December, IM.'!, to answer the
petition or "libel filed in above stated case mid
show, if anything you have to way, why tl.e
praver ol said petition should not lie granted
onddncne made accordingly.
THOS. |)ONA(IHY, ' lierilf.
Sheriil 's office, llatler, PH.,
oct'S-fit.
LIVE AGENTS WANTED-
To sell I>r. 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 <Sc Tajrlor Co., ManMd, Ohio.
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1383
GERML^MOT
FOR
CURES
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbago, BucVache. Headache. Toothache.
Sore Tlirnnt. •ine!llns«. .Sprain*, in ul»«,
lltiraift. sira)d«. Frool Mil***.
AND ALL OIIIEIi BODILY PA 158 AND ACIIES.
Soi4 by Druggists and Dealers every* here. Fifty Cents a little
Directions in II Language*.
THE CHARLFft A. VOGKLF.it CO.
to A. VCX<-LCH * CO.) Baltimore, lid.. 1.9. A.
\ DYSentery
:
Q§ jft/SMER
i E u S i
|
| There i , no time I > 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, nn<l fifty oilier
complaints*" We claim it " tpeciflr, nm
piy. licccst thcvira3 0f till diseases ari rsfrom
tlicblood. JtsN>rvine,H< wolvcnt,
I,i-:r.« ] v. l properties meet all tliaecmditiuuii licroiu
Ivftrrcd :•>. It' < known worl<l vi'U in
o®®
It ciu:ct3 and compo?ps the patient—not by tho
introduction of opiuh sand drastic cathartiea, but
by tho roHtorntion of aetivitvto the Ktoruarh {irm
nervous ny#tein, wii reby tho bruin 1s relieved
iit morbid fancies, which aro created by tho
causes above referred to.
To « lrrpjymon, Lawyers. Litcrnry men, M«*r
chantH, Uan'Lcm, I.adi - and all tlios • who. •hi d
cutary employment causes vnoua pro.-tration,
Irregnl-rities of tho blood, stomach, bowels or
kidneys or who roqnire a nerve tonic, appetiz< ror
ftiinulnnt, HAMAV.ITAN NKKVIVK in invaluable.
Thou Mt.i 'ft proclaim it the moat wonderful invitf
orant tiiat ever sustained thy linking system,
fcl.r.o. Sold by all DmpjgiM*. Tho !>!{. 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. <qh. pa. 1
JAMES McKEE,
,1 10 W KIjKI N
AMERICAN WkTOII f, S,
Diamond Clocks,
Jewelry, Silver ai.il Table Ware,
No. 13 FIFTH A VKN UE,
Olio iloor below Marli' t £st,
MTTSBURGH, FA.
LOWEST PRICES IN THE Vv.O CITIES.
ENDED IN SMOKE.
The Disastrous Fate of the Ex
position.
From Pittsburgh Telegraph.]
A few minutes before 2 o'clock tlii3
morning, October 3, an alarm of fire
was turned in from box 15, in Allegh
eny City, and asthe sound of the clang-
bells reached the ears of the people,
few dreamed of the immense aud de
structive conflagration which the alarm
heralded. It proved to be the Expo
sition buildings were on fire, aud when
this fact was spread through the city,
hundreds of men tumbled from their
beds and hastily made their way to the
scene. The entire horiaon in a three
mile circuit was lighted up by the
flames at.d made the roads to the
grounds as light as day. The usual
excitement incident to large fires pre
vailed, and men looked in each other's
faces for information concerning it,
which they knew it was hopeless to ex
pect to receive. The frightened neigh
ing of hcrses, the shouting of excited
men, the roaring of the crackling flames,
all tended to make the scene one of
terror and grandeur combined, and will
always form a never-to-be-forgotten
event In the men's minds who witness
ed it. One of the great curses in many
such cases, turned up here, viz: a
scarcity of water, aud when the de
partments of both cities arrived on the
ground, much of their work proved in
operative from this cause. In very
(juiek time, Chief Evans and the engines
of district No. I were on the ground,
but the flumes had augmented to such
a pitch of fierceness that no amount of
water, had it been accessible, could do
any good, and the spectacle of a
thorough fire department forced to look
helplessly on, was an incident of this
fire.
How the fire originated is still a
mystery. The first alarm wasgivenat
1.50 A. M. from the boiler room at the
pouth end of the building, near Ma
chinery Ilali. The tinder like eondi
tion of the building made easy prey for
the flames, and almost quicker than it
takes to write it, the whole southern
end of the structure was a seething
mass of uncontrollable flames. The
hundreds of gingerbread jimcracks
which adorned the cornices and walls
served as powerful assistants to the
fierce flames, sending forth a crackling
roar, which could be plainly heard all
round the enclosure. In a short time,
Hope Engine Company were on the
ground, but to the practiced eye, it was
evident that human aid could not avert
the total destruction of the entire build
ings.
Tbe following statement of an eye
witness will give an idea of tho rapidi
ty with which the whole structure was
consumed. He said: "I have been
hoarding just across the street from the
building. 1 heard the alarm and was
soon on the spot, and, in company with
another man, made the first entrance to
the building. When we got inside the
door the flumes were in power hall, and
1 thought 1 could save some of my
property, but in less than one ruinuto
the flags were burning about my head
and 1 barely escaped in safety. My
property was on the left of the School
street entrance. When we entered
there was u policemen at the door, and
he made the remark that he and anoth
er man were the only persons in the
huildmg, which led me to believe that
the building was not properly guarded.
Of the hundreds who gathered on the
grounds, all agree that the destruction
was the swiftest and most complete
they ever witnessed. Prompt action
! v the watchmen, was the cause of the
successful removal of the valuable
horses in the Exposition stables, anil
though much difficulty was experienced
in the task, the men worked with a
will and the frightened*and frantic
animals were removed to places of
safety. Among those so removed were
many costly horses of the racing stables
Along the river front as far as the eye
could see, were gathered the thousands
of visitors who witnessed the parade <>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 wav<J9 of flame, would de
stroy it in a few moments. Not a
vf.-tage of any structure on the ground
is left, even the fences being destroyed,
and the lire was as swift and fierce in
the remote parts of the ground
as at the main buildings. The
heat was so intense from the main
buildings that the sidewalks and fences
of the adjacent dwellings were being
scorched, forcing the firemen to retire.
The buildings which were the most in
jured were the dwellings of W. IV
Moore, Kstj , the well known lawyer,
liobert .\le(Jraw, and .J allies Thompson.
ICuch of these was burned about the
cornice, the frame work scorched, and
many of the windows broke, tho dilfcr
ent floors being flooded with water by
the streams thrown to extinguish the
fire. The loss by lire a|oug School
street, however, will not amount to
moro than u few hundred dollars, out
side of the destruction of fences and
shrubbery. After a fierce fight by the
firemen to save the dwelling houses,
they turned their streams of water on
the rujin ti! the i-euier buiidiug, to
leasi>rt 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. <fc O. R. R. Co.
Krupp's Great Cannon Works,
Mr. Kobert P. Porter writes to the
Tribune from Essen, Germany, as fol
lows: Herr Krupp, whose works are
now lurger than Essen itself, employ
ing, including those engaged in mining,
20,000 persons, began life on a much
smaller scale. Iu 1848 he did not em
ploy over seventy persons in the east
steel manufactory. It is difficult to es
timate his wealth, as it is any man's
who is engaged in manufacturing,
though it is put here at 300,000,000
marks (about $75,000,000). The ex
tent of these works may be imagined
from the fact that after nearly four
hours' steady and rapid walking
through myriad shops, some making
crucible steel, some puddled steel, some
Bessemer steel and some Martin steel;
through mills making steel rails, steel
tyres, iron and steel plate; iron foun
dries for machine castings and for pro
jectiles; locomotive and wagon wheel
works, boiler and girder shops, gun
shops, mechanical shops, smiths aud a
score of other kinds of shops, one is
conscious only that he has had a birds
eve view of Krupp's works. In these
shops there are no less than 1,500
furnaces of various construction ; not
far from ;iOO boilers; between 80 and
<io steam hammers'froin 100 to 50,000
Kg. weight; 25 rolling trains; :>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 <a-llar L'J lo -7
For tlirt ■ room lioa.se with cellar 30 t'i 10
Kor four room limine Willi cellar
Kor live room house with cellar 52
The single men at Krupp's aro pro
vided for in a boarding house capable
of keeping 1,800 boarders, at a cost of
about 80 pfennigs (20 cents) a day,
bread not included, making the proba
ble cost about one mark or about 25
cents per day. Ilerr Klupfel, the di
rector, who has charge of the labor de
partment at Krupp's, told me that no
men were now being paid less than i>
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<l TO HOAKIHSIIS.
Mr. Merkle related how, when he
kept a tavern, he had boiled a 'fine, fat'
Newfoundland dog and served him to
his boarders as veal, and how, when
he told them afterward about the de
ception, two of them were taken death
ly kick Mrs. Merkle says she likes
cat meat, although it is not "so goot
ash dog," having a llavor more akin to
rabbit. The meat of both dog and
cat is dark, that of the former being
tenderer. The meat of the hindquar
ters of the cat is especially firm, and
they esteem it the tidbit of the feline
nnatoo.y. Not long age a man living
in Manayuuk named Metzlcr gave
Fritz an old pet-dog called "Spot."
Some days afterwards Fritz called and
told him that Spot had made "splendid
eating." Merkle owns, besides his
farm, property in the city, and it is
not poverty, but an eccentricity of
taste which has led him to prefer the
meat of cats aud dogs to that of sheep
or lieef.
Natural Gas.
Natural gas is not confined to the
few wells that have hitherto been dis
covered accidentally, as one might say
sometimes, in our neighborhood. The
probabilities are that the gas is even
more uniformly distributed than petrol
eum. Both are products from a vast
body of rocks termed the lluronian
Shale, which is from 8,000 to li\ooo
feet in thickness, and which underlies
the entire western slope of the Allegh
enies from the Lakes to Virginia. It
is qijite probable that oil is only a con
densation of the gas formed fiom the
shale. Those who hold this notion
point to the siguifieaut fact that gas
often is found below the levels, where
oil is expected. It has been so found
in Butler county, and a trustworthy
gentleman, long connected with an oil
company which has
prosecuted the business, thinks that it
ten years all our manufactures in this
neighborhood will be run by natural
gas. This gas contains a caloric in
tensity, higher than almost any known
fuel. The heat'was not only intense,
but what is of greater importance, is
absolutely pure, uniform aud capable of
complete control.
The pressure at which gas issues
forth is often as high as 300 pounds to
the square inch, and amount of energy
quite sufficient to furnish motive power
itself, just so soon as proper mechanical
devices for conveyance are arranged.
The first drawback to the carrying out
of the idea, as well as the utilization of
gas for fuel purposes, has beeu the un
certainty of the "life" of the wells, ami
the destructive influence of other wells
being bored adjoining. This drawback
may yet be overcome and doubtless
will be,considering the immense value,
and from merely an economical adjuuct,
the gas will become our chief reliance.
A very curious calculation was, a few
years ago, made by I'rof. Otto VVuth,
of Pittsburgh, as to the value for fuel
purposes of the Burns gas well in But
ler county lie found the velocity at
which the gas at a pressure of 200
pounds rushes into the air to be about
1,700 feet per second, giving one mil
liou of cubic feet per hour, equal to
about 1,200 tons of coal per day. Not
all gas wells furnish such large quanti
ties as the Burns, but those capable of
doing the service of 100,000 bushels of
coal per week are by no means rare.
—"Mrs. Partington, what do you
use for a bad cold?" asked Mrs. Dull.
"Handkerchiefs, ma'am," answered
the aged dame, looking over her spec
tacles. Handkerchiefs are a desidera
tum in the event of a cold, but a bottlo
of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is a neces
sity, because it uot only relieves, but
cures the worst cold or cough.
—Always too broad —the road to
ruin.
—Dr. Benson's Skin Cure is without
a peer. It consists of both external
and internal treatment aud costs only
sl. per package.
—A pair that lost the game—Adam
and Eve.
—Why is it so ruany sudor from
rheumatism, aches, pains, kidney dis
eases, liver complaints, heart affections,
etc.? It ia simply because they will
not come and be healed. All diseases
begin from a want of iron in the blood.
The want of iron makes the blood thin,
watery and impure. Impure bloo.l
carries weakness and distress to every
part of tbo body. Supply tbis lack of
iron by using Brown's Iron Hitters and
you will soon find yourself enjoying
perfect freedom from aches, pains und
general ill health.
—«<Jo<id weather to increase the
death rate.
It Seems to Satisfy.
A family want, and 1 wonder how wo
ever got along without Parker's CJiri
ger Tonic. It cured me of nervous
prostration, and I have used it sinco
for all sorts of complaints in our fam
ily. Mrs. Jines, Albauy.
—An over-the-garden weal—the
cat's mew-sick.
—Mrs. Burk, 1528 Elmers Street,
Cbambcrsb'irg, I'a., says she has been
entirely cured of dyspepsia by using
Brown's Iron Bitters.
—lf you are passionate and irritable
you must get a #ood grip on yourself
or you will pretty soon run away with
yourself and break something.
My Wife's Nervous AlTcction.
".YVe had ceased to hope that my
wife's nervous affection could be cured."
writes Rev. .1. A. Kdie, of Beaver, Pa.
"Many physicians failed to do her
good, but Samaritan Nervine has cur
ed her." At druggists.
At L. Stein & Son's.
New Flannels, new Blankets, Bed
Comforts, etc., at lowest prices.
At L. Siein & Son's,
New stock of Black and Colored Cash
meres, extra value.
At L. Stein & Sun's,
New Black and Colored Velvets
and Velveteens, very low.
The Reunion, Oct. 9th.
Ladies who are judges of Cashniero
are invited to call and examine our
line in Black and Colors. Wo have
the Black in Blue Black and .let Black
for mourning, at
RITTKII Si. RALSTON'S.
Do not Forget the Reunion.
We have a lino of Silk Luster Pui
('heck and- Brocade Combination Suit
ings at .'JO cents per yard; a decided
Bargain, at
Hitter & Ramton's.
Al L. Stein A: Son's,
White and Colored Canton Planr.ef, at
lowest prices.
At L. Siein & Son's,
New Dress (Joods, New I're.s Hoods,
all shades, all prices.
NO. 4(3