BUTLER CITIZEN.
MNN H. k W. C. NE6LEY, PROP'RS,
Entered at the Postojffice at Butler ms
secondt.lcßSß matter.
"WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 1884.
THE article in another place, on the
origin of pany names in the past in
this country, is supposed to be from
the pen of Judge Agncw. It is a cor
rection of some recent utterances of Hon.
Simon Cameron, in which Judge Ag
aew appears to greatly have the ad
vantage of that gentteman in the mat.
ter of dates, origin and causes that led
to the formatioa ol some of our politi
cal parties in the past.
THE Hon. S. H. Miller, member in
Congress from this district, it is relia
bly stated, has entered the contest for
the Judge nomination of Mercer county,
and will thereiore not be a candidate
for renomination for Congrese in this
district. He will have as competitors
for the Judge nomination in Mercer, it
is said, the Hon. E. W. Jackson, and
perhaps other aspirants, and the contest
as to who shall be the successor of J ndge
McDermitt in that county promises at
present to be a lively and interesting
one
THE Countv Auditors of Huntington
county, this state, aro investigating the
eost of a new Court House recently
erected in that county. The report of
the Auditors, it is stated, "is looked for
with more than usual interest this
year on account of the large expense in
which the county has been involved by
the repairing of the old Court House,
as it is technically, or the building of a
new one, as it is in reality." This state
of facts would seem to be similar to
what may arise in this county in regard
to our Court House, and hence the care
that should be taken with contractors.
"Go Away For News."
The common saying that "You
■WBt g° away from home to hear the
news of your home," was well illustra
ted last week by a communication to
the Pittsburgh Ditpatch, written from
Mercer, in which the writer attempts
to give not only the politics ot Mercer
eounty but Bntler county as well.
The writer, "St. Geo.," seems not to
bare visited Butler. Had be done so
there would probably not have been so
many errors,or mere rumors, in his
•pistle from Mercer concerning politi
cal affairs in this county.
Court House Matter.
We understand there has been no
final settlement as yet between the
County Commissioners and the insur
ance companies relative to the loss by
the Court House fire. The question of
repairing or rebuilding the old house
we believe is also undetermined. This
question in all probability cannot tie
fiilly decided lor ft time yet, from the
circumstances surrounding the case.
The first matter necessary is a settle,
tnent with the insurance companies
In the mean time the walls of the old
building are undoubtedly being affected
by this winter weather, which may
have a bearing on the question and
cost of repairing or rebuilding.
Time of State Convention.
There seems to be some confusion of
opinion as to the time of the Republi
can State Convention for this year
may be held. This, It is claimed,
arises fron a misprint of the rnle adopt
ed by the National Committee at its
late meeting on the subject. By that
rule as published no State Convention
can be hold more than sixty days from
the National one, thus making it possi
ble that it might be held much nearer.
But it is now discovered that the words
"not less than thirty" were omitted by
the misprint of the National rule. If
this be so it makes a materlal.difference,
und settles the question that our com
ing State Convention cannot be less
than thirty days from the coming
National one of June 3. instead of not
more than thirty days from it. In
what has appeared in the CITIZEN late
ly on the subject we have been guided
by the Philadelphia Press. In an ar
ticle upon the "New Party Rules" the
Press stated this matter as follows:
"Henceforth all delegates to Repub-1
lican State Conventions must be chosen
in the manuer in which candidates for
the Assembly are nominated, except in
Senatorial districts composed of more
than one county, in which conferees for
the selection of Senatorial delegates
shall be chosen. The second Wednes
day of July is fixed as the time for
State Conventions to be held, except in
a Presidential year, when it may be
called earlier, but it must not lie more
than thirty days previous to the day
fixed for the National Convention, and
sixty days notice must be given by the
State Committee."
Now if the Press be correct in the
above, then the State Convention can
not be more than thirty days from
the National one and therefore can be
anytime within thirty days of sarao.
But if it cannot be held ICSH than tliir.
ty da}'S from the National one, then
there is no getting nearer the National
one than thirty days. The difference
in the two words is a serious matter to
tha Republicans iu the Western conn
tics. We notice the papers of some of
the adjoining counties are also referring
to the matter and if in any manner the
State Convention can l»o held about
the middle of May, at which time all
county Primaries for the nomination of
of county tickets could also be held
this year, it would not only l>e a conven
ience but secure a full vote at the elec
tion made necessary for sending dele
gate! to the State Convention
Delegates to National Conven
tions.
The question is frequently asked as
to how delegates to the National Re
publican Conventions are now to be
chosen. Until four years ago, 1880,
they had generally been selected by
State Conyentions. Out of this prac
tice grew what was known as the
"Unit rule," that was, to have the
State delegation to the National Con
vention a unit or solid for one man for
President Great opposition arose to
this, from the fact that it deprived the
people of any particular Congressional
district in a State from having their
choice, or being heard in the matter.
ILence the last National Convention at
Chicago, in 1880, distinctly recognised
the right of the Republicans of auy
single Congressional district to select
their delegates, two in number, to thu
National Convention. This right has
since been recognized by the Republi
can National committee. At a meeting
of that Committee on December 12,
last, the following was therefore order
ed :
"The Republicans of the various
Congressional Districts shall have the
option of electing their delegates at
Conventions, held in the district at any
time within fifteen days next prior to
the meeting of the State Convention;
or by sub-divisions of State Conven
tions into District Conventions; and
such delegates shall be chosen in the
latter method if not elected previous to
the meeting of the Slate Conventions."
From this it is clear the Republicans
of any district have the right to select
their two delegates to the National
Convention. We see nothing to pre
vent their being designated by a direct
vote of the people of any district, or the
different counties of a district. But
the trouble is, they will not have the
time necessary or opportunity to do
so, unless they hold distinct and separ
ate primaries for that purpose. The
coming National Conyention is called
for June 3d. The time for the State
one, in this State, has not as yet been
determined, but the fear is that it may
not be fixed later than May 3d, and as
the delegates to a National one, if se
lected by a Congressional district, have
to lie selected "fifteen days prior to the
meeting of the State Convention," this
would require the districts to act by
the middle of April; and this date is
earlier than county priraariers are gen
erally held, at which all delegates
might be chosen without the inconven
ience to the voters of holding a separ
ate primary and Convention for that
sole purpose. Then, if not so chosen,
the rule, as above quoted, says they
may be chosen "by snb-divisons of the
State Conventions into District Con
ventions." By this we understand
that the delegates in a State Conven
tiou from the different counties of a dis
trict may form themselves into a "sub
division or District Convention," and
choose the two district delegates. This
has sometimes been done in this State,
but was liable to objections. A better
way, perhaps, would be for the County
Committees of the different counties of
a district to meet early enough and
select conferees, to meet similar con
ferees from, the other counties of a dis
trict and thus choose the two delegates
to represent it in the National Conven
tion. This would be the most direct
expression of the people upon the sub
ject, and while being committee work
might in some respects be not a true
expression of the people, yet it is a
feasible way and under existing cir
cumstances and rules seems to be al
most the only way left a district to have
direct represention in the National Con
vention. In this Congressional dis
trict, and in all others, the County
Committees can be called at a time early
enough to choose such conferees, who
would have no difficulty in meeting at
a date earlier than fifteen days before
the State Convention, as the rulu re
quires. We see no other way out of
this matter only through the conferees
thus chosen, unless wo let the matter
go to and into the hands of sub-com
mittees of the State Convention.
Railroad Wars.
This seems to lie a season of wars, or
suits, among railroad companies, par
ticularly in the Shenango Valley of
Mercer county. The custom recently
seems to have been for parties to get a
charter, or use some old one, organize
a company, take large amounts oi
stock in it, without having or putting
in one real dollar, and then go to work
and borrow money by bonds or mort
gage on the supposed road, and all this
for the purpose of not making a road
but for making money for themselves.
In other words, it is a plan of bow to
make something out of nothing, and
has been carried to such an extent in
railroading, hereabouts and elsewhere,
as to finally cause the end that inevi
tably follows such mode of business.
Just now we are witnessing the result
of these fraudulent practices, which
will end only in exposing to public
view, through the legal wrangles
among themselves, the rottenness of
the whole system of some railroad
making.
Congress.
Congress reassembled lust Monday
week. ID the House 670 L>ills were in
troduced, among them bills abolishing
the tax on tobacco; extending the bond
ed whiskey period; to prevent the un
due contraction of the currency; requir
ing banking associations to pay a tax
of 1 per cent, upon their average de
posits; providing for the issue of $. r >oo,-
000,000 in treasury notes, with which
to pay soldiers and sailors the difference
in value between the paper currency
with which they were paid off and gold,
with interest at 8 per cent.; and pro
viding for retaliating against foreign
governments that prohibit the importa
tion of .American products
The Snow Storm.
The paat week was certainly cue of
severe "weather," as people generally
express it. At the time we then went
to press (Tuesday week) we statfd the
snow was a foot deep. But in a few
hours after it was found to have fallen
to the depth of near two feet. The re
sult was an almost total blockading of
all manner of travel and business.
Train- and mails upon the railroads
were delayed. Persons caught in this
place by the storm, were held here, and
those waiting to come could not reach
here. For more than a quarter of a
century no such snow storm had been
recollected by the oldest citizens. The
snow yet lays upon the ground—near
ly as deep as ever—and creates a rather
serious apprehension as to its manner
of goiug off. If it should do so sudden
ly there may be tremendous floods ail
around. No particular harm has been
done by the storm in this neighbor
hood, but it was rather amusing to see
people shovel and dig their way by
roads through the enow. The result
is huge banks yet standing along our
streets with nil waiting for Rome sun
shine to melt them away.
To Nemo.
The rule among all journalists is
that no notice should be taken of
anonymous articles in a paper. And
this rule is from the fact that any man
who writes under an assumed name is
afraid to give the public his real one,
and is therefore a coward, to whom no
attention should be paid, We departed
from this rule in noticing Mr. Nobody
—more properly Mr. Nincompoop—in
his cowardly attacks in the Eagle upon
us, and challenged him to come out in
his true colors. Ho has been careful
not to do so, and therefore must stand
published as a coward, one who seeks
to do wrong to another in the dark and
secretly. The CITIZEN appears to be
a thorn in his side, and his object is to
injure us and it politically. But his
falsehoods are so absurd that he but
further established his known bad
character for truth. As several can
testify, the man who has nothing more
than the word of this Mr. Nemo-Nin
compoop-Buffoon, for anything, has
but little indeed. His proper place, in
stead of representing intelligent people
in a legislative or any capacity, would
be one where he could amuse others by
low, vulgar jokes. As a mimic, a harle
quin, a mountebank or clown, he is a
success. To conduct the performances
of a circus as clown would perhaps be
his most natural and appropriate voca
tion, the one nature has most fitted him
for. And in conclusion we have only
to add that we have always regarded
it as the duty of this paper to expose
humbugs and deceivers. Its good rep
utation gained in that respect will be
maintained. It is a duty it owes to
and will continue to give to the people
of this county—all the nemos, nincom
poops, buffoons or frauds to the contra
ry notwithstanding.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Mercer Township School.
MESSRS Ens:—The following pupils
of White Oak Point School were not
absent during the month ending Jan.
4th :
Mary Hamilton, Ada McClintock,
Clarence Orr, Lamont Gildersleeve,
Elmer Milt cr, David Ramsey, Ira Mc-
Clintock, Charley McClintock, Willie
Orr, Luther Stuart, Preston Camp! ell,
Sidney Huddleson, Herbert Gilder
sleeve, Willie Hamilton, James Bell,
Miles Dunlap. SAOE L. COCHRAN
Teacher.
A Card.
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KINO EDITORS :—Permit us through
your columns, to express our thanks to
kind friends ofSunbnry and vicinity,
for many valuable presents received
during the holidays; especially do we
feel grateful for a beautiful buffalo robe
which come to us from an unknown
source. It has been highly appreciated
by us during the stormy days which
have intervened since the date of its
reception.
flood friends, for these and many
other substantial tokens which we have
received of your good-will during our
brief acquaintance you have our sin
cere thanks.
11. C. and S. Dodds.
A Card.
EDS. CITIZEN :—A very pleasant af
fair occurred at the Lutheran parson
age at North Washington on the 2d of
January, to which we would refer as
an expression of our gratitude to the
kind people of our congregation of here
and others of our friends, who on that
day came in numbers without the least
intimation to us and took possession of
our house, bringing with them every
thing needful in the way of provisions,
grain, <sic , so that our larder, and the
boxes and barrels in the stable were all
filled; and also the sum of five dollars
in money, the gift of a cherished friend.
The whole company, proposing to give
us a good social call, provided a most
bountiful dinner, to which all sat down
and partook liberally; after which we
had a good time generally.
It was a delightful occasion and will
Ite ever gratefully remembered.
Some time before, our Springdale
congregation presented us, by tho
hands of Mr. S. P. Painter, with an
excellent fresh milch cow, a gift we all
d>< most highly appreciate; and our
Kider congregation, through tho kind
ly solicitation of Miss Kate By®rs, pre
sented us with a liberal sum of money,
which aided us very materially in the
purchase of a horse.
Truly our people arc very good to
us and wo hope *vo fully appreciate
their generosity, while, upon them all,
we invoke the divine blessing.
CHAS. L. STREAMER and Family.
—There is, it seems, to be an um
brella that cannot be stolen. A. geu
ius has invented a detachable handle,
upon withdrawing which the ribs are
automatically locked. Replacing it
unlocks them. No two handles fit the
name umbrella
GEN. CAMERON'S HISTORY.
An Old-Line Wbig Finds Some
Points to Criticise.
'ft' the F.dttur of the Pre??-.
SIR :—I have read with interest
Gen. Cameron's account of parties, and
the attitude of the Democratic party to
ward the tariff. The latter is general
ly correct, but his history of the rise of
the Whig party, ami the cause leadiog
to it, is not so accurate. He gives the
! time about 1938 or 1839 (during Vau
I Huren's administration ) It took its
name partially in 1832, and became
fully established in 1533 on the remov
; al of the deposits from the Bank of the
; United States, when, as the Whigs s-aid,
i "the hand which heid the sword of the
j nation seized its purse." lie makes a
greater mistake when he says the Whig
party was one "of leaders rather than
principles.'' The General was then a
Democrat, his first aberration uotl>eiug
until 1846, when he supported James
M. Power fur canal commissioner. lie
was not likely to view the series of acts
of Gen. Jackson which led to the for
mation of the Whig party with the eyes
of those who formed it. There were,
indeed, grand leaders then, but the
party itself rose upon a foundation of
great principles and pursued a path of
right, until it fell asunder, in 1854, on
the great slavery issue, culminating in
the Kansas trouble and the repeal of
the Missouri compromise. The Re
publicans of to-day, who were the
Northern Whigs of that day, have a
deep interest in their principles and
history.
A brief statement of the prior con
dition of parties is essential to a proper
understanding of the state of parties
during General Ja« kson's administra
tion. The Federal party was so broken
up by the war of 1812 that Mr. Mon
roe was re-elected in 1820 without op
position. John Quincy Adams had
long been in the Democratic fold and
was made his Secretary of State. Dur
ing the administration of Mr. Jefferson,
with whom Mr. Adams held confiden
tial relations, he had separated from
the Federalists on the question of em
bargo. He fiad also held offices under
the administration of Mr. Madison.
He was, therefore, a Democrat in 1524
and as Secretary of State under Mon
roe in the line of "presidential succes
sion." In the presidential contest of
that year he and Henry Clay, Gen. Jack
son and W T m. H. Crawford, all Demo
crats, were tbe only candidates. None
receiving a majority of the electoral
vote, the contest went into the House
of Representatives. Mr Cameron
does not state the vote correctly. In
stead of Mr. Adams being lowest in the
electoral vote, he stood next to Geueral
Jackson, having eighty-four, the latter
having ninety-nine, while Crawford
had forty-one and Clay thirty-seven.
Mr. Adams appointed Clay Secretary
of State, and out of this grew the
charge of "bargain and sale," Mr.
Clay's influence being thrown for Mr.
Adams in the election by the House.
In the election of 1828 there was no
party issue, Adams and Jackson both
being Democrats and the only candid
ates. The contest was wholly personal,
and of the most virulent kind. The
writer has a vivid recollection of it.
He was then nineteen years of age, re
siding in Pittsburgh, and a student at
law. He well remembers the coffin
hand bills reprinted by John B. Butler,
of the Statesman, then an Adams man,
afterwards a prominent Democrat.
They were placarded on the office of
the Statesman, corner of Wood and
Fourth streets. Many, perhaps a ma
jority, of the former Federalists sup
ported Jackson, who had favored the
election of Mr Monroe, instead of Mr.
Madison, whom Jefferson desired as
his successor. Jackson had also, dur
ing the trial of Aaron Burr for treason,
publicly denounced Mr. Jefferson for
his course toward Burr. On the other
hand, Mr. Adams was considered by
many Federalists a renegade on ac
count of the part he took against them
during the administrations of Mr. Jef
ferson and Mr. Madison.
The charge of bargain and sale
against Mr. Clay, und the bitterness of
the canvass of 1828, led General Jack
son, alter his accession to the Presi
dency, into opposition to Mr. Clay's
favorite measure, known as his "Amer
ican System." One of his first acts
wan his veto of the Maysville Road
bill, May 27, 1830, soon afterward fol
lowed by his veto of the Portland
Canal bill. In his Maysville Road
veto he took ground against the con
stitutional power of the United States
to construct internal improvements
without the consent of the States but
conceded that money already raised
under the power of Congress (an old
doctrine; might be applied to promote
such improvements. (By the way,
how does this apply to Mr. Blaine's
distribution plan '() On the tariff, he
took ground against Mr. Clay's doc
trine, alleging it to be the high protec
tion, though his dislike of, and quarrel
with, Mr. Calhoun led him to assert
the authority of the Government
against nullification. In his second
annual message, of December 9, 1830,
Jackson approached the tariff question
very cautiously, conceding the power
and expediency of incidental protection
in raising revenue But he narrowed
the doctrine by circumscribing the sub
jects of protection, and attacked the ex
isting tariff on various grounds, protest
ing also against partisan measures. I n
his next annual message, December ♦>,
1831, he became more unequivocal, and
making the speedy extinction of the
public debt bis pretext, he recommend
ed a modification of the tariff and a re
duction of duties. This led to a thor
ough change in the tariff by the act of
July 14, 1832 But South Carolina,
under the lead of Mr. Calhoun, not be
ing satisfied ami taking measures to
obstruct the execution of the law by
nullification, a new element entered in
to the contest, General Jackson had
pledged himself to a single term, and
Mr. Calhoun had expected to become
his successor. This was defeated by
management ol the politicians, and
Jackson was called to become a candid
ate for a second term. A former cool
ness between him and Calhoun now be
came an open feud, and ended in Jack
son's Proclamation of Force against
nullification of December 11, 1832
But now the contr«versy had waxed
so hot, and Jackson's opposition to
Clay's policy had become so strong,
Mr. Clay fearing war as the result, in
troduced his "Compromise" bill, which
passed March 2, 1533, and not in 1832,
as General Cameron states. The great
feature of this act was the reduction of
all duties over 20 per cent, by an an
nual diminution of 10 per cent, ol the
excess When this roductio® became
complete in 1842, and resulted in a
| horizontal duty of only 20 percent, the
: country had reached universal bank
ruptcy, necessitating a sub-treasurv
law to supply the place of the suspend
ed State banks, a bankrupt law to re
lieve individuals, and a new tariff
(1842) to relieve the country. General
Cameron is, therefore, right in the tact
that the doctrine of protection to Auier-
I ican industry was repudiated and the
system itself broken down by the Dem
ocratic party.
I So Jar, we see, two fundamental
j meaMires for the protection of Auieri
, can iutcreots were broken down before
i the spring of 1833. But that was only
one part of the policy of Jackson's
administration which led to the birth
of the Whig party. Georgia had pass
ed laws to take jurisdiction over the
Indian Territory (chiefly the Cherokee)
within her boundaries, to survey the
j lands, and to punish acts therein con
j dieting with this jurisdiction. These
! laws were utterly in eoutliet with
| several solemn treaties of the United
: States with the Cherokees. Under
one of these laws Samuel A Worcester,
I a citi/en of Vermont, and a missionary
j nuder the permission of the United
! States, was indicted, convicted and
I senteueed to the penitentiary for four
j years. The case was taken up to the
j Supreme Court of the United States
where it was decided that the sentence
was, under color of law, void, as being
repugnant to the Constitution and
treaties of the United States, and the
sentence was reversed. Opinion by
Ch. J. Marshall; C Peters Rep. 515.
Notwithstanding the unqualified right
of the Cherokees to their lands as guar
anteed to them by treaties, President
Jackson not only refused his protection
to them, and determined on their re
moval to territory beyond the Missis
sippi, but declined to be bound by the
decision of the court, saying that, as a
co-ordinate branch of the Government,
he would construe the Constitution for
himself. The Cherokees persisted in
their right 3, and the Presidents' de
termination to remove them is seen in
every annual message until 183 a. It
ended, when might overturns right.
They finally had to remove.
Another doctrine of Jackson was
that he was "responsible for the entire
action of the Executive Department,"
and, therefore, had the power to relieve
and appoint all officers at pleasure—a
doctriue which, at a later day, during
the administration of Andrew Jackson,
Congress was compelled to legislate
against. "Responsible?' said Mr
Webster, replying to Jackson's protest.
"What does he mean by being respon
sible? Does he mean legal responsi
bility ? Certainly not—no such thing.
Legal responsibility signifies liability
to punishment for misconduct or mal
administration. A Briareus sits in the
centre of our system, and with his
hundred hands touches everything,
moves everything, controls every thing.
I ask, sir, is this Republicanism ? is
this a government of laws ? is this legal
responsibility ?"
Omitting a number of other matters
in which Jackson kept still extending
his own authority and advancing to
ward autocratic will, we come to the
crowning act of bis administration,
which entitled the opponents of arbi
trary power to the name Whigs, as
representing a party refusing to bow to.
royal prerogative and as defending the
Constitution against new and unauthor
izeJ interpretation in favor of executive
claims of power. Not satisfied with
the rightful exercise of the veto power
against the re-charter of the Bank of
the United States, General Jackson,
without a provision of Congress for the
rightful deposit and keeping of the pub
lic money, and without a pretense of
legal authority, except his claims to
remove a public officer at will, dis
missed William J. Duane, secretary of
Treasury, to whom alone the power
was confined by the charter of the bank,
because he would not remove the pub
lic deposits from the bank, and appoint
ed Roger B Taney as secretary, who
obeyed his command. The money of
the United States went into the vaults
of State banks, upon individual bond
security, without a shadow of law to
authorize either the deposit or the
bond. Well did Senator Ewing, of
Ohio, in January, 1834, say : "Sir,
the public money in the local banks is
not a deposit for safe keeping ; it is
lent to them, without interest P' Well
did he also say : "The purse of the
nation is thus seized iu the hand of the
the Executive, and is subject to his
will," und well d'd he refer to the union
of the sword and the purse, as describ
ed by Patrick Henry in regard to the
King of England.
Such were the causes which led to
the birth of the Whig party in 1832
'33, and the great principles of liberty
and constitntional government which
it espoused in opposition to the arbi
trary will of the Executive. The party
took its name from the time-honored
designation of their forefathers in the
Revolutionary war, who had adopted
it from the lovers of liberty who had
defended their rights against royal pre
rogative in England.
Iu regard to the rise of parties, Mr.
Cameron seems io intimate that the
"National Republican'' began before
the election of 1828. If this be his
meaning, he is mistaken. In that
election parties were known only as
Adams and Jackson men. The Nation
al Republicans arose afterwards and
supported Mr. Clay in 1832; the name
Whig being suggested in that year, but
not fully adopted until 1833. The
present I >emocratic party began to take
its name in 1831, and became fully
recognized in 1832-33. I have before
me papers of both the National Repub
lican and Jackson parties in 1831.
One called the "Republican" had the
ticket headed "Democrat Republican
candidate lor President in 1832, An
drew Jackson." On the other Bide in
1831, the papers were headed, "Na
tional Republican candidate for Presi
dent in 1832, Henry Clay." I was
myself the secretary of a National lie;
pnblican Club in 1832, and have the
minutes now before me.
The reference of Ueneral Cameron
to Mr. Tyler reminds me of a fact con
cerning his aominotion for Vice Pres
ident 1 have never seen in print. It
was given to me by John Dickey, State
Senator in ISM and afterward a mem
ber of Congress from Heaver District,
who di« din IBf>.'s. He wus a delegate
to the Whig Convention of 1840 which
nominated Harrison and Tyler. After
the nomination for President many of
th<> delegates desired to nominate a
Virginian for the N ice Presidency. A
delegation, among them Mr. Dickey,
called on Benjamin Watkins Leigh, a
prominent Virginian and friend of Mr.
Clay They proposed the Vice Pre^l
J. R. GRIEB, THE JEWELER,
MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. f
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1'; Same Same Mfcrtha Matthews Same
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SO Cunningham Emily E Lepley, John Leplev Brandon and Welsh
2 Sept, " Sullivan, Thompson A Son John Eberhart j Simon A Barn hart Scott
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tt ti tf JB Bre-'in Eekart Kalb P& W Rail road Company : Scott
£ „ Vm-pI 0 ,T, , Frank Fisher Sarah McCoy, et al " Robinson A Moore
oo \i iooo I 1 V" m » >son * Brandon G C Keomgk, Fx'r Henry W Roenigk Mitchell and Bowser
i, ' Brandon Butler Savings Bank John Scott Scott
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Robinson A Moore Com. Pa. for use [as pi'tt James Dunlup, Adm'r, et al McUuistion
' Mitchell BFt overt Jane Hentel Campbell and Brandou
ProthonuUiry's unic, Feb. 14, lv*. M. N. GREER, Prothonotary
TRIAL I,IST FOR BPBCIAL COI'RT, COMWEXC'IX© FI RRI AKV lllli, 1884.
7?r»i. Jr. Ptainiif* Attorney. Plrtuitiffs. Defendant!. Defendant'* AtiorneyT
A -' Ma . 'i'l r, Z l>ou?herty " 1 3 A Mortland et al V A Thoinp
-58,60,83 1 horopson A Son S\\ Glenn for we School Dis, Brady twp Greer A Brandon [son
~ 0 Hobiuaon ai.d Moore Com of Fa. lor use W H Hoffman et al i Walker
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* ,J " '* 1" leeger Jefl'erson Allen E Z Courtuey et al 'Greer
( 22 Dec " McCandle»s aod Mitchell W A Hogue Harriet Galbreath et al Campbell
" vc vl' pt f f eo " George Reiber Jacob Boos et a 1 j Walker,Estm'n A Thoms'n
ii (i andless John H Douthett et ux John Magee -Christie
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il June J I> McJunmn Mclinda Coe W II Coe McCaudless A Irvine
; "10 Dec " Thompson Jc Sou, J H Thomp- C F Wick Clay Township Bowser
!' , [son S HCritehlow adm'r W C Douthett et al Thompson A Son
W' ' 'J H Thompsoa Sc Bcott C M Burnett Trout Run Oil Co. • 'J Sraullen
Proth,.notary's Office, .Inn. 11, 1884. M. N GREER, ProthonoU^T
a, My Ve«etable and Flower Catalogue for
iQ I the rtault thirty eiperlt nce iu
Wkv * -••red «»rower, will be Kent t'reo touJl whu u|i>
V Ny- All ny Ke««l b warninUrd to bi- rrc«h uud
d® rf; f| true til nunc, to fur thut should It prove other.
*!*<'« l »grfe to reflli order* (rutk Hy cullco-
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'JSMNV • jtffe P«rt of U ol' my own growiac. An the
A | IK jMUr orlgflnnl introducer of EcUp»e Beet* 11 urbank
AiVUsSyßr I'otutoe*. Marblchead Karly Cora, the Hub*
bard *Hjua*b. aad acore« of other new Vege*
. tables, I Invite the patronage of the pabllr. la the
f curdeaa aad on the farms or those who plaat my seed
<OP/ mIU be fouad my best advertisement.
dency to him, but he said : "No, gen
tlemen, I cannot accept upon any con
sideration. I came here as the warm
friend of Mr. Clay, and, as you know,
exerted all my powers to nominate him.
I cannot suffer myself to occupy an at
titude in which my good faith might
be impugned.'' Pausing for a moment,
he said : "But, gentlemen, if you wish
to honor Virginia there is John Tyler
—take him " It was so done, and all
know the consequences to the Whig
party.
THE NUTT TRIAL,
The Prisoner at the Pittsburgh
Jail.
From Pittsburgh papers of Jan. 14.]
The interest in the Nutt murder
trial increases hourly as the time for
the opening the case this morning
grows near. Saturday morning James
Nutt was brought from the Uniontowu
jail by Sheriff' Sterling and placed in
the jail in this city. To balk the curi
osity seekers, when the train reached
Counellsville the prisoner was removed
to the mail department of the baggage
car. Crowds (fathered at various
stations to view the prisoner, but were
disappointed. The party reached the
jail through back streets and thus
avoided a crowd at the Baltimore aud
Ohio depot.
Major Brown, Nutt's counsel, in an
interview Saturday evening, stated
that there would be no obstacles thrown
in the way of the prosecution by the
defense. He stated that they would
make a stroug, but a straight forward
plea for the young man, and
the case would be tried on its merits.
Warden Smith, of the county jail,
said last night to a reporter of this pa
per, while in conversation about the re
moval of James Nutt to this city from
Uniontowu: "I never saw so much
change in a man in so short time in all
my experience with prisoners, as has
been in yonng Nutt since his incarcera
tion here Saturday morning. He ap
peared very cheerful, aud is evidently,
as he says, very much pleased with his
change of quarters. He has one of
the best cells in the jail not through
any favoritism," but simply because
that cell wus vacant. He has eaten
hearty meals since he come, aud evi,
dently appreciates his fare, which
while not out of the ordinary run of
prison fare, is nevertheless very palita
ble He is a very gentlemanly prisoner,
and has a courteous demeanor that is
calculated to make friends. As I said
before, lie appears to be very much
pleased with his quarters: and 1 may
also say we are very much pleased
with the appearance and actions of
the unfortunate young man."
It is expected that there will be a
great rush to the court room this morn
ing. The general desire to see the
young man and those so nearly related
to him who have figured in the famous
case will attract hundreds to the viciu.
ity of the courthouse, while others will
be drawn to get a glimpse of the "tall
sycamore of the Wabash," llou. I). W.
Voorhees, who will be present at the
opening of the trial to-day.
Mrs. Nutt and her daughter Lizzy,
together with a host of witnesses
friends and sympathisers, will arrive in
the city this morning from I'uioutown.
A large influx of visitors from other
points on the Baltimore and Ohio and
Southwest Railroads are expected to
arrive during the day.
LATER—A .lury for the trial of
young N'utt was obtained on Monday
without much difficulty. Teu were se
cured from the regular panel and two
from a special one of thirty which the
Court ordered the Sheriff to summon.
The case is being heard before Judge
Stowe.
The defense, from present indications
wiil be what is tecnically termed in
sanity; a mind unbalanced by grief,
insults and outrages, iufleeted by
Doltes, not only upon young Nutt
since the killing of his father, but upon
other members of the Nutt family.
Besides these, it is stated that insanity
runSjthroug-h and has existed in the
Nutt family, both uncles and aunts of
young Nutt having been insane per
sons. From this, hereditary insanity
will likely be established, and added
to the unbalanced mind of the voung
man, overthrown by grief and outrage,
there can be but little doubt of his en
tire acquittal.
The case may probable occupy the
whole of this week and more.
*IA It It 1 1 I*.
HOFFMAN—WOODS—On Dec. 27, IK.S.t, by
Kev. C. F. Hartung, at his resilience in
Harmony, Mr. Win, C. Hoffman and Miss
Martha E. Woods, both of Adams twp.,
this county.
COOPE R—ST A. II LEY—On Jan. 1, 1884, nt
the residence of Mr. John Cooper, in
Adams twp., by same, Mr. Eliner E. Coop
er and Miss Mary E. Stahley, of Allegheny
county.
KUMMER-ORT— At Butler, l'a., Dec. 24,
1883, by Rev. E. Cronenwett, Mr. Win.
Kummer, of this county, and Miss Anna
M. Ort, of Armstrong county, Pa.
SPEER—MI'NSCH—On Jan. 1, 1884, at the
residence of Mr. O. Munsch, iu Butler, by
the s >me, Mr. A. O. S|>eer, of Siuithfiebi,
Jefferson Co., 0., aud Mis* Christine Munsch,
of {Sutler, Pa.
BLOOM—MAYS—In Fairvidw twp., this
county, Jan. 1, 18S4, by Rev. J. W. Al
spach, Mr. Ilurbit Bloom, of Clearfield Co.,
I'a., and Miss Margaret Mays, of Fairview
twp., this county.
SPROULL—SLOAN —At North Washington,
this county, Jan. 3, 1884, by Rev. James
A Hume, Mr. James A. Sproull and Miss
Margaret E. Sloan, both of this county.
LI'TZ—MCKISJJI'K —By Alderman Balph,
at Parker, Pa., Jan. 1, 1884, Mr. August
Lutz, of Parker, Pa., and Miss Belle Mc-
Kissick, of this county.
RODGERS—MILLIARD—By Rev. J. R.
Coulter, Crawford Corners, Pa., Jan. !•,
1884, Mr, Wm. I). Roduers, aud Miss
Clara Bell Hilliard, ot Fairview twp.,
this county.
IIEATDM.
CAMPBELL—On Friday, Jan. 11, I'M, of
pneumonia, Mary, wife of Thomas Camp
bell, of Washington twp.
BUTLER MARKETS.
Butter 25 to 30 cents.
Eggs 22 to 25 cents.
Potatoes 40 to 50 cents.
Wheat, No. 1. $1.15.
Buckwheat, 65 to 70 per bushel.
Buckwheat flour $3.50 t054.00 per cwt.
Oats 35 to 40 cents.
Corn CO to 70 cents.
Rye t!2 cents.
Flour, high grade, per barrel t<"> to SB.
Flour, No. 1, per sack $1.75.
Bran, per ton to S2O.
Middlings, per ton sl4 to $25.
Chickens, per pair 35 to 40 cents.
Onions, new, 5 cents per pound.
Ham, per )>ound 18 cents.
Sides, per pound 12 cents.
Shoulders, per pound 10 cents.
Fish. Mackeral No. 1. 10 cents.
May, $8 to $lO per ton.
l'ork, whole, C to 7 cents.
("hickeus, 12 cents per pound.
Turkeys, 15 cents per pound.
Apples, 75 to 80 cents per bushel.
MADEONPURPOSE
Oil <* of TIIONC Mislakcs ?iWhich
are More I'r«*4|iii'lll lliau
Profitable.
"Why, mv child this is not BF.NSON'S '
CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER," said a:
father to his little daughter, after examining a i
package She had just brought from the drug
store. )
,- Isn' it, Papa? I'm sorry, but I asked the j
man for Benson's —I know I did, and be took j
the twenty-five cents you gav>- me to pav for |
it with," exclaimed the child positively, j
Maybe the drug man made a mistake."
"I'll go 'round myself and see," was the
gentleman's comment, as he donned his coat
and hat.
"Why didu't you send me Benson's plaster,
instead of this cheap ami trashy thing?"
' Why, 1,-1, thought that would suit you
just as well—aud—" <
"You thought! you thought! What busi
ness had you to think? 1 don't pay you for
thinking, but for tilling ray order," said the !
indignant caller, contemptuously, "There !
take that thing back and give me my ;
money, I'll get what I want elsewhere."
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