BUTLER CITIZEN. JOHN H k W. C. NE6LEY, PROPRS, Entered at the Postofice at Butler «« second-clcsßß matter. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1884. 11 has been that there will be forty-two snnwi this winter THE weather prophets who predict ed "an open wiaUsr" for this year have retired for further consultation. FROM the growing sentiment in its favor, the election by the people of United State? Senators is but a ques tion of time. THE Presidential ticket of the Green -yille. Pa., Valley A T etes, is, for Presi dent James G Blaine, and for Vice President Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana, the present Post Master Gen eral. THE Hon. Lucius Rogers has pur chased the McKean Miner, of Smeth port, McKean county, Pa., and will hereafter publish that journal. We welcome his return to the editorial fraternity. __ THE Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette undoubtedly surpassed all its city con temporaries in the fullness of its re ports of the Nutt ease, and in the method of its arrangement of the pro ceedings a3 they daily transpired. LAST week, says the Kittanning Free Preßß of January 13, 100 shares of the capital stock of the Kittanning Water Compaov was publicly sold by the ex ecutor of I. E. Brown, dee'd, and brought one hundred percent, premium. A few year? ago a number of oor citi zens parted with their stock in this game company a discount. Good management pays. flow. DAVID SANKEY, aged 75 years, died at New Castle, on the 12th inst. He had been a member of the Legisla ture in both branches, Treasurer of the old Northwestern railroad, President of the Bank of New Castle, publisher of the Lawrence Journal and Collector of the Internal Revenue. He was a man of considerable wealth and father of Ira D. Sankey, the eminent revival ißt. THE communication of our friend in Cherry township, on the subject of astronomy, we find too lengthy for pub lication at present. The desire to give our readers as much of the Nutt case as possible has precluded the publica tion of several other communications and matters We would like to accommodate all, bnt must give that which is most looked for and desired by our readers generally. SENATOR VOORHEES has resurrected the old vetoed equalization-of-bounties bill, which, dur'-ng Grant's last term, passed both Houses of Congress, but snagged in the White House The ob jection then raised was a lack of funds; this difficulty Mr Voorhees observes, no longer exists. On the contrary, the great object now seems to be to get rid of the superabundance of cash on hand, and the "Tall Sycamore" offers this as his plan in the premises.^ THE Prohibition question is fairly "before the New York Legislature. Du plicate bills have been introduced io both the Senate and Assembly prohib iting the manufacture and sale of intox icating liquor, and the politicians begin to tremble at the trouble ahead. "This question, many-sided and annoying to political management as It is," says the Cleveland Leader, "most be met and decided in every State. It refuses to be set asido and t ikes its own time for agitation, utterly regardless of the con venience of parties." POSTMASTER General Gresham has caused a stir among tha clerks in his department by the promulgation of an order forbidding any of them to pur chase lottery tickets The Louisiana lottery has reafied a rich harvest among government clerks in Washing ton, and the latter feel that their rights as citizens are being interfered with, but the Postmaster General considers tho buying of lottery tickets as a species of gambling, and classes it with other vices forbidden in his depart ment. It is very likely, too, that the order will lie enforced. Hkmibhlntativk Bland bad an in teiview with Mr. Burchard, Director of the Mint, in regard to the Dumber of trade dollars now in circulation. The hitter expressed the opinion that be tween fire and Hix millions were out and in the hands of tradesmen and the people in general instead of in the possession of speculators The remain der of tbe $35,000,000 originally coined is thought to have been exporter or re mitted. Mr. Bland says it is question able whether the Government, having issued tbe trade dollar with tbe stamp of the (Government upon it, could not he required to take it for (Government dues at the nominal value of one dollar. How the world has progressed I within a century t George Washing- J ton, tbe first President of tbe United States never saw a steamboat. John Adams, tbe second President of the United States, never saw a railroad. Andrew Jackson, the seventh Presi dent, knew nothing about the telegraph. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth Presi dent, never dreamed of any such thing as the telephone. The electric light has been in successful use lens than five vear». What shall those see who will live one hundred years from now, if tbo development and utilization of the forces of nature and the progress of invention shall continue to go on in tbe futuro as they have in the past ? A. SHIDKMANTLB has sold out bin interests in the upper oil regions and intouds operating hereafter in the Bald Kidge district, in this county. He is making arrangements to put down four wells, and as he is among the most energetic and eoterprising oil operators we look for bim to be successful In the spring we have no doubt other upper oil region operators will pull up stakes and come down to this section. Uenfrew or Bald Kidge lias become quite a place; of note, and no one can tell its futnre. That there is a large oil district in that locality we have been strongly convinced of ever since the Bald Kidge company made their first strike, and the future will prove onr conviction to lie correct. We welcome Mr Shidemantle to this place as a citizen and a business man, —BuUvr Uwait], "NOT GUILTY!" It is impossible for us to give all the evidence in the Nutt rial. But enough will be found on the first page of the ! CITIZEN to let its readers know what | was the character of the defense made. I Wc give the testimony of the family i physician of the Nutt family, and also that of the mother and grand mother of voung Nutt, from all of which it will readily be seen that the young man was naturally of weak mind. The defence even went so far as show that this weakness of mind was inherited, or may have been, from his father s family. Then, by the testimony of ex pert medical men, the defense showed that such a mind as James Nutt had was liable to be crazed under the grief arising from the killing of his father and the disgrace of his sister by Dukes. All this testimony was to the effect that the youni? man waa a monomaniac and acted under an uncontrollable im pulse to avenge the wrongs done his family. The charge of Judge Stowe to the jury clearly deCnes the lines of difference in the different kinds of in' mnity arising in the case and made by the defense. The defense proposed to submit the case to the jury on the charge of the court, without argu ment, so confident were they that from the testimony alone an acquittal would take place. To this proposition the, prosecution would not consent. Ihe addresses to the jury were, therefore, made on Monday and the charge of the court followed. The charge to the jury was given Monday evening. The court adjourned to this, Tuesday morning, o'clock. Shortly after that period the jury re turned to the court room with the above verdict "Not Guilty,'' clear and unconditional. James Nutt is thus a free man, and now stands vindi cated by the law the same as he stood vindicated by the moral sense of all mankind. Queer Snowballs. On Sunday week last, 13th inst., there was seen in this county, and we notice in also several of the adjoining ones, a very singular freak of the snow. We have heard from the farmers of nearly every section of this county and find this unusual freak of the snow—and wind—had a pretty gener al exisUnce. What may be termed roll* of snow were found to exist all over the fields, and in some places quite numerous. In form tbey were oblong, and were very similar in shape and like, ness to the snowballs the little boys are often seen to roll together in winter- They also resembled much the roll of a fleece of wooL In some cases they were as large as a patent bucket. At one end was invariably a funnel shaped opening or hole, and in some cases this funnel shaped bole was at both ends of the ball or roll. Nothing of the kind and extent, we believe, was ever before seen in this county. Hence some, in clined to be superstitious, speak of it as a phenomenon, or something unnat. Ural, and therefore foreboding dire disasters this year. But we incline to think an explanation of these queer rolls of snow will be found in the fact, that just previous to their formation, a crust had formed on the snow then laying upon the ground. Upon thi* crust, as it happened, a light and dry snow had fallen, one which was easily moved by the wind. The wind, circling and blowing about, would have the effect of raising aud starting this new light snow upon the frozen crust of the old snow. When once started it would be rolled by the action of the wind just as naturally as if boys were rolling it, and, increasing as it went, would form into just such shapes as them* mysteri ous rolls were found to be. We think this is a natural accounting for them and as we have very little superstition in our nature, and do not like to see it in others, we have ventured this theory of the freaks of the snow lately seen hereabouts. Ma. Hoyt, a Methodist minister, at tending Conference at Statesville, N C., a short time ago, wan asked by a stranger, who met him on the street, to pro a little distance and pray with a dying man. Instantly responding to this request, Mr. 11. was led to an ob scure place and shown the person said to be dying, who was lying in tbe street. Upon kneeling to pray with and for the prostrate man, the preacher was seized around the neck by the al leged sufferer, and held while tbe con federate robbed him of about S4OO in money and what valuables be had on his person. Mr. Hoyt bad the money to turn over to tbe Conference, with his annual report of collections for var ious purposes. TIIK attention of Pennsylvania's salary-grabbing legislators is respect fully called to ex-Mayor White, of Bal timore, who declined tbo private gift of a silver waiver at the bands of a number of prominent citv officials, it in barely possible that Mr. White fore daw the many flattering newspaper comments) bin action haH called forth, and that bin motive was* not confined to the excellent example he was netting to prominent men both in and out of office If be did, be deserves* credit for his foresight, which was certainly equal to the "hind-sight" of our states men, who, had they foreseen the many unfavorable comments upon their action, would no doubt have put some restraint upon their natural propensity to accumulate wealth at the expense of other people. But if notoriety was the object desired in both cases, they have succeeded all around and ought to be satisfied, it is safe to say that Mr. White's friends will never giro him another opportunity to decline a pres ent, —arid front this the Pennsylvania legislators can draw their own in ferences as to bow it will be in their cage. JUriHiviUc MepuM+caii, Case of John Smith, Esq, By the below, taken from the Pitts burgh papers of last week, it will be seen that an application has been made for the release of Esquire ismitb, of thi9 county 1 , now confined in the Peni tentiary. An argument was had on Saturday last, but no decision yet ren dered on the question raised, the nature of which will be gathered from the following. From the Pittsburgh Telegraph.] J. N. Purviance, Esq , of Butler, ap peared before Judge Kirkpatrick with a petition sworn to by J. Smiley .Smith, of Butler county, asking the Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The appli cation WHS founded upon the following allegations: That John Smith, father of the petitioner, is now confined in in the Western Penitentiary, in Alle gheny City. That he was convicted of pur jury last April and on July 16, 1883, was sentenced by Judge Bredin, of Butler county, to pay a fine of SSOO, to undergo imprisonment in the Peni tentiary for one year, and to be forever disqualified from beiog a witness in any matter of controversy. That no time for the commencement of the sen tence was specified, and John Smith waa not incarcerated ujtil December i 1883; that petitioner is informed by the Warden of the Peniteutiary that the imprisonment of his father dates from his arrival and confinement in the penitentiary, consequently, under the sentence John Smith would be held in imprisonment until the 4th day of December, 1884, which would be contrary to the act of Assembly of March 31,1860, which proyided in re gard to expiration of sentences; "That no convict shall be sentenced by any court of this Commonwealth to either of the penitentiaries thereof for any term which shall expire between the 15th of November and the 15th of February of any year " The petitioner, believing the impris onment of his father to lie illegal, asks for a writ of habeas corpus in order that the body of his father may be brought before the Court to te3t the legality of his incarceration. The Court ordered the writ to issue, and fixed the hearing for Saturday next. From the Dispatch of Sunday.] There wa? a hearing yesterday morning before Judges Kirkpatrick and White in Common Pleas Court No 2, in the matter of the petition of John Smith,by bis next friend and. son, J. S. Smith, for release from the Western Penitentiary wher? it was alleged thai the prisoner was illegally restrained of his liberty. The petitioner claims that he was sent to the penitentiary December 4, and was iuforuaed by Warden Wright that hie term wonld not expire until December 5, 1884. Under the act of 1860, providing that no prisoner shall be sentenced for any term that will expire between the dates of November 15 and February 15 of any year; the petitioner claims that his sentence is illegal. The date at which his term of sentence was to commence was not fixed by Judge Bredin, and while he was sentenced in July he was not re moved to prison until December 4, which, it is alleged, would make the term of one year expire bet wen No vember 15 and February 15. Between the time Smith was convicted and the time he was taken to the penitentiary, he had taken a writ of error to the Supreme Court, aud obtained bail pend ing the decision. The Supreme Court sustained the lower court, and ordered the sentenro imposed to take effect. Smith was, on December 4 last, taken to the penitentiary, since which time his friends have been trying to get hlrn out It iB not asked that the time between July and December be allowed to count on the sentence, but that he be released on account of illegal con finement under the act of 18GU. This act, Warden Wright, of tbe penitentiary, saya, was iutended to prevent prisoners to bo thrown out during thts wintar season after serving tbe term imposed, ftijd should the pris on commutations throw the expiration of tbe term within that time, prisoners are piivileged to remain uutil it passes. The case was argued lor Common wealth by ex-Judge Charles McCan dless, and for the defeudeut by Colonel Thompson, General J. N. Purviance and District Attorney Snyder, all of Butler. The Commonwealth claimed that thu dwfeudeut delayed the com mencement of thfr goqtwifce, which, had it been carried into effect whiJtt j»ro nounced, would uot have lallen be tween November 15 and February 15, and therefore had not tbe redress that ho might have could the del>»y have been laid upon the Commonwealth. Tbe defence was simply based upon tbe act of 1800 for release. After bearing tbe argument the Court took tbe papers and its daciaion The t'ase has raised some interesting ques'iouu, and other# will probably be raised by tbe decisioa. Conventions and Delegates. Articles will be seen in another place ol this week's Ci IZEM, copied from the Philadelphia Preus and Pitts burgh Commercial-Gazette, upon the subject of the election of delegates to the coming Republican National und State Conventions; and also on the question as to the time the State Con. vention should be held. As to this last, the time of holding the State Con' vention, we were among the first pa pers to direct attention to the matter, and are pleased to see that tbe views we expressed were correct, as the new rules were then published. The feuult of the matter shows some conflict be tween the National the State rules- But all matters may be satisfactorily arranged by an early meeting of tbe County Committees, to take action in the premise The State Committee meets this date, wLufi the time for holding tbe Stute Couventiou vjjl be determined, and we presume the Coun ty Committee for this county will be called to wuol soon, iu order to form ulate the action uui-uawary in this county to be represented in tLfc &l£tu Convention. It was a Detroit girl who married at 15 so as to have her golden wed ding when it would do her some good. —Woman is so built that sii« can seldom throw straight. Providence, it is truly said, orders everything for the best, and after a husband has seen one tincup sail harmlessly by bis head he can run before she cau snat|:ii up an other Delegates and Conventions. The approach of the time for the selection of delegates who will ehoo9e county, senatorial and congressional candidates and delegates to the National Republican Convention has called forth numerous suggestions as to the best method and time for putting this por tion of the party machinery in motion. The manner of selecting party delegates varies widely in different districts and counties. The suggestions of the coun ty papers explain the workings of the different methods, some of them re markable for complications which could be .-simplified with advantage and for the lack of uniformity. The Butler CIT'ZBN has two plans to offer. Firsl, that tbe county primaries be held shortly before the State Con vention, so that the Republican county candidates and the delegates to the State Convention may be chosen at the same time. Second, that delegates to the State Convention be chosen at the February election. The first plan is the one most favored by the CITIZEN, which says unless it is adopted there will probably have to be two primary elections in every county in the West ern part of the State. The Greensburg Tribune, whose edi tor is J. R. McAfee, formerly deputy secretary of the Commonwealth, favors the holding of the primaries on a day about ten days before the date of the State Convention, and thisks that at one primary election may be chosen delegates to the National and State Conventions, senatorial and represen tative delegates and caudidates for Congress, State Senate, Assembly and county offices. Westmoreland, Fayette and Greeue counties compose tbe cou gressionul district which will be entitled to two national delegates. The Tri bune thinks that the three national del egates chosen by the three counties will appoint conferees who will decide which counties shall have the national delegates and which one the presiden tial elector. In Jefferson county the time for holding the County Conven tion is already fixed a date later than that on which the State Convention will be held. Unless some change is made by the County Committee, the voters of Jefferson will not be able to select their county nominees and State delegates at the same time. The Wellsboro Agitator thinks there will have to be two primary elections in Tioga county, one ip Aprjl to elect delegates to the state oon vpntion and the District Convention for tbe selection of national delegates, and the different countv conventions which choose the county's candidates for Congress and State Senate, and a county ticket. The general discussion of 'be differ ent methods of selecting delegates and making nominations may prove valua ble by leading to the adoption of some uniform plan, if it shall be shown to be simpler and more satisfactory than the majority of tbe many plans now in use. Philadriljihia Press. Jan. 10. The State Convention. The National rule governing the the State Conveutions for the eleotiou of Rational delegates has been printed in two differect ways. Jt is important that the consequent misappruheijsjoi) should l>e corrected. Tbe leader in the Press of Tuesday was written with the official circular of the Secretary of the National Com mittee before us. The rule as printed in that circular provided that the State Conventions shall be held "not more than sixty days before tbe time fixed for the meeting of the National Con veotjqq.'- Jtf) a( l been printed differently in some of the newspapers, we gave what purported to be the official te*t. We are now advised this copy, through an error, omitted a clause of the rule, and that the true reading is " not les* than thirty nor more than si xty days." etc. As the State rule provides that tbe State Convention Bhall lie held "not mora than thirty days previous to the day fixed lor the National Convention," a "jiteral compliance with both would require thi»L the fcjtato Convention should be held exactly thirty it* advance which would b'ing it on Sun day, May 4. Under tbe circumstances, the only" alternative is to waive the technical enforcement, and fix upon a date which will conform as nearly as possible to the spirit and purpose of both rules — Philadelphia I'reax. The National Convention. The announcement that Senator Cooper, Chairman of the Republican Htaie Executive Committee, has called a meeting of that body, to be held at Philadelphia on the 23d instant, for the purpose of fixing the time and place for the assembling of the Slate Convention, will attract general attention to the very important matter of tbe selection of delegates to the National Republican Convention. IJnder the regulation adopted by tno National Coi»ii>iitee the State Conven tions cannot be held before April 4. or sixty days prior to tbe meeting ol the National Convention. There am two exceptions to this rule, Louisiana and Oregon being permitted to select their delegates ninety days in advance. Under the rule adopted by the State Committee the Pennsylvania delegates cannot be chosen before May 3, or thirty days previous to the asHembling at Chicago, aud, oj pourse, the State Convention will not be called to me«t earlier than the second week ill May. Tbe Slate conventions have only to choose four I>elegates-at-large—except in thin State, where tvo additional del egates will have to be elected—but, under the rule, the Republicans of the various Congressional districts have tho option of selecting their delegates at separate popular conven tions, tit any time within fifteen da\ u prior to the State Convention, or by sub-divisions of the State Convention into district conventions. It is ex pressly provided that if the district voters fail to elect, the State Conven tion wball choose the delegates by sub divisions, as above indicated. f)ibtri»t representation is now within the reach of all Republican,;, anO nil Hhould avail themselves of Its advan tages. Where the districts are com posed of more than one county, the conferee system will have to be resort ed to, gome inconvenience will be experienced In disuicl£! ybere special regulations have been adopted tor ti.» holding of conventions and the selection of delegates. There can be no absolute failure, however, since tbe State Con vention tf/jlj tjupnly any omissions oc curring in the distrusts. }l not too soon for County Committees to tute up this matter and arrange the necessary details — Pitta. Commercial Gazette, Ja* i. 1* COMMUNICATIONS. Ulric Zwingli. The Four Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of Ulric Zwineli, was ap propri'*ely observed in the Reformed church, Butler, on last Sunday. Large audiences were in attendance both morning and evening, The pastor Rev. T. F. Stauffer preached the ser mon iu the morning, this was followed by R>v. C. A. Limberg briefly refer ing to the labors of '.he and reading the Poem written by tbe wife of Zwingli after his death. The evening service gave evidence of increasing interest. Rev. P. C. Prugh made the opening address, he was fol lowed bv Prof. J. C. Tinstman. The services throughout were interesting and instructive. From the apparent interest in the discussion both on the part of the audience aud speakers, we infer that good results will emanate from the services of the day. On next Sunday morning, Rev. Stauf fer will deliver a special sermon ou the Christian Life and Character of Zwin gli- In the evening, Prof. J. C. Tinst mau will transalate the poem read by Rev. Limberg, and close the anniver sary with an address. S. Parker Township Items. January 22d, 1834. EDS. CITIZEN: —We have read Ne mo's "out put" or first question, and also his "effusion" or rejoinder. Well, now we do think you ought not to be "put about," by such trash. We would rather loose, and be right, than succeed and "be wrong—and we judge that is your standing. While Nemo may have received government "Pap" in the way he says, there are thousands more who received it in the same way, who thiDk quite differently from him, and it appears quite evident from the language he uses, that he is now filled with the "Pap" he gets from only read ing one publication and that full of mis leading, misrepresenting articles, a tissue of falsities. No, you don't pre sume on the intelligence of your read ers, as some paper? we could mention do, and 'tis well, for I fear your patrons would "fall out of line." Now if the Republican party is to be kept together by lies and falsehoods, the Booner it falls apart the better, but we maintain that it yet stands on principles and we are glad tbat one paper adheres to trqth, though at times it may appear to bp againet them, aud ihe traducer may find in time, thut his name reversed is an omen of what may reasonably occur. Quite an interesting revival meeting is in progress at tbe Presbyterian church, with sacrament next Sabbath, but the meetings will continue, it is expected, beyond that. There is much interest evinced in the Nutt trial, the daily papers being eagerly Bought after. One young man that we have heard of has a horror of the "Beautiful," at least in the way of snow balls, it is a pity that he is beyond the reach of tbe girls. Schools are progressing Gnely; liter ary ditto. Fears are entertained that rabbits, quails, pheasants, squirrels and such, will Ifo nearly a)l destroyed by the deep snow, and we ask our farmer friends £o take care of any that should bapppn around the barn or out houses. JONES. Legalized Rumsellers. EDS. CITIZEN:— I do not wish to apologize for ruraselling, but to call the attention of temperance workers aud speakers, to what I duem a strange anomaly in our work. We abuse and pour out anathemas on the fcea(J of the rumseller, who, in fact, is only tlie creature we ourselves have created. A murder is committed in a house licensed to sell rum. You charge the seller with the deed, lie joints to the license the court has granted him. You ask the court why such license was granted. Tbe court replies the Legislature makes the laws ; we only have them executed. You say to your law makers how is this? There answer is ready. You, li>»; 30gfiifijgn people, sent us to the uapitoj for that pnrpoß.o. Substitute the politician for people and tliey arc correct, but why? if this is a govern? mcnt of the people, are politicians al lowed to govern'! Ah! there is the mystery, solve it and the cause of this murder is plain. The legalized traffic that the sovereign people allow is the diiect cause of three-fourths of all the murders, nine-tenths of our pauperism and fully onO'balf of the insanity in the land, and from UKJSO ' co M ie t'fio (Jaath crop of drunkards, amount.ng to ove'f 8000 each year alone in the United States. Temper an co workers and speakers, leave off this censuring the rumsellers for tbe evils the sovereign people allow, arouse the sovereigns themselves, in Stale and national consti tutional have prohibition, let the north and south unite and drive the curse from our shores. The ballot is the great instrument of power by which suffering mUlioha njay bp felejyet}. llhe people use it and oust'tbe traffic. It Is estimated that $100,000,- 000 are annually expended in strong drink by the working classes of this country: that money deposited in sav ings banks would, in fifty years, im prove tbe condition of the working class and make many of them millionaires, and enable them to control the great interests of the country which are now flontroHcd by woriopoli^ff. \ CON kmc { . Connoquenesalng, Jan. 12, IHHi. Hooker items. The bouse of I>r. Burlier, of Middle towu, (Hooker) Concord Township, thin county, couglit fire on the morn fng oftbe I6th and u portion of it« roof waa deatroyci}. Jhe Doctor was away from homo ut the time hut the neighbor* turned out ftnd saved tha building. The furnierH of thiH section are tak ing advantage of the snow and are busy in taking out and hauling stave wood to the mills. C. Dll Jc,ps Dose rl bed. A. M. Brown, K«q., In bin sjieecj) to the jury in defense of young Nutt on Monday last, thus described the char acter of Dukee : "Dukes' character and Dukes' letters will'go down all the years to come, ulong with the character* of ! aud Judas lscuriot, festering la ac cumulating' years. Infaniv was in bis touch, and when he lay coflined th«re jflß/;ribj}d upon his tomb, 'Here lieu the phenomenal cf the nineteenth ceaiury.' Ten th6U»iud | yearn wiii ijuV proilw.v bit* Ukt-" J. R. GRIEB, THE JEWELER, * MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA., for the A fine utock of American and Swim, Gokl Filled Silver and Nickel Watches, Chains, Necklace*. Locket*. Ring*, IMuKV ■ Bracelets, Pins. Eai-rings, Gold Silver and Steel Spectacles and a well selected utock of Silver Plated Ware, also the celebrated Roger Bro's Knives, Forks. Spoons Ladles., Berry spoons, pie and cake Knives, Ac Wi/ttZSriWm INITIALS ENGRAVED FREE OF CHARGE on anv goods purchased of me. Strict attention is given to repairing of Watches, Clocks. Ac., which are war ranted to give satisfaction. Persons purchasing goods to the amount of One Dollar or more, will receive a coupon ticket, with a number, and their name attached, which ticket entitles the bolder to a chance in a hand some SILVER WATER PITCHER with Gold lined Goblet and Slop-bowl. Time of drawing will be mentioned n county papeib two weeks previous. Don't forget the place, opposite Berg A Cypher's Hardware Store. TRIAL. LINT FOB NPKCIAL COURT C«)UIESiCI!IfI SiO\OAY FKtt V. 4th, 18S4 So. Term. IV. AMjfi iW>miy. Plaintiffs. DefendnaU. Aitm-my. FID, 2 Dec, I*S3 MeCandles. |Wm Gill A wife, in right of said Jas H Donaghy Greer " 3 Mar, 1884 White Jno A Mortland, Adm'r [wife W D Rennick Walker and Brandou CP, 473 '• 1879 W. H. Martin E J Cross Samuel Davis Miles '■ 34 June, " Scott Parker S Bank use A L Campbell J W Christie, et al Goucher, et al AD, 38 Dec, " Same R J Gibson use A L Campbell Same Same " 3D " " Same L R Gibson use A L Campbell Same same " CI Sept, 1881 Greer Isabella Swaa M Fiiner, et al Brandon " 62 " " Same Same Martha Matthews Same " 77|June, 1882 Brandon and Cornelius J. O. Critchlow PAW Railroad Company Scott " SO; " " Cunningham Emily E Lepley, John Lepley ' Brandon and Welsh " 2 Sept, " Sullivan, Thompson A Son John Eberhart Simon R Barnhart Scott " 3-5| " " LZ Mitchell Jacob Heide PA W Railroad Company Same " stfj " " Brandon and Welsh Francis Croft iDavid Ziegler et al, McCandlessandLusk " *•'> " " Bredin and White B Frederick Borough of Millerstowu Bowser and Thompson " 85 " " Kyle A Lusk Bernard Gardner Wm G Smith A T Black " 2 Dec, " Greer J B Hill H B Sheaklv Scott " 23 •' " McQuistion ' , O C Waters PAW Railroad Company Same " floj " " L.Z.Mitchell Charles Durning Manasses Diigan McQuistion " 70 " " J B Brtdin Eckart Kalb PA W Railroad Company Scott " 7t> " " Christie Frank Fisher Sarah McCoy, et al Robinson A Moore " 88i " " J M Thompson A Brandon G C Reonigk, Ex'r Henry W Roenigk Mitchell and Bowser " 22 Mar, 1883 Brandon Butler Savings Bank John Scott Scott :: 3 :: :: Black Com.Pa.,P W Conway suggested James H Tebay, et al Brandon and Cornelius " 38, " " Robinson A Moore 'Com. Pa. for use [as pl'ff James Dunlap, Adm'r, et al McQuistion " o2 " " LZ Mitchell B F Covert Jane Bentel lam phell and Brandon Prothonotary's Office, Feb. 14, 1883. M. N. GREER, Prothonotary TRIAL LIST FOR SPECIAL lOCRT. COnMESCISO FF.BRI'ART 11th, 1884. Xo. Term. Yr. ~PlaThtiff's Attorney. j_ Plaintiff it. _1 Defendants. Defendant'* Attorney. A. D. tiC Mar 1-82 I. 7. Mitchell jEzekiel Dougherty E A Mortland et al Vanderlin.McQ A Th0mp "58,00,83, " " Thompson A Son S W Glenn for use School Dis, Brady twp Greer A Brandon [son •' 54 Dec 1881 Robinson and Moore iCom of Pa. for use W H Hoffman et al Walker " 73 Mar 1882 J D McJunkin W A Lewis jAnthony Goldinger 'Benedict & Bowser " 70 " " Tleeger Jefferson Allen E Z Courtuey et al Greer " 22 Dec " | MeCaiidle*s and Mitchell W A Hogue Harriet Gal breath et al Campbell " 48, Sept " Scott A Reiber George Reiber 'Jacob Boos et al I Walker.Estm'n A Thoms'n " .W Mar " McCandless John II Douthett et ux iJohn Magee Christie " 38 " " i Same Same David B Crowe Puv'n.Mitch'U & Thoms'n " 21 June " J D McJunnin Melinda Coe WII Coe McCandless A Irvine " 40 Dec " Thompson A Sou, JII Thomp- C F Wick Clay Township Bowser " C7| " " Scott [son S H Critchlow adm'r W C Douthett et al Thompson A Son '• Gi» '• " JII Thompson A Scott C M Burnett Tront Run Oil Co. J Smullen Prothonotary's Office, Jan. 14, 1884. . M. N. GREER, Prothonotary . A - . M;V«**tahl« u< Flower M Catalog** lb* .Jl J§ IDM, tM null rftklrtr ytwa' uh(lhm •• -vVT „\ e ~ a Urowcr, wUI be Mint Or« to mil whe •» V V. *ly. All my KM4 to mruM to be IVnk and - JIT ~/< Inn to aama, to Car that eheuld It prove other. , *l*' arfree to rr*U orders crotle. My oellee- Maa of TtHtaklt Seed, oae of the moat utu *• «*"ad aaj Aa*rtraa C'atalecae. U * large part of If ofnova growla*.Ai ike artgtaal latrodaeer of Eellooe Beet/Bui-bouk a aAIJIv Hetatoe*. Marblehaad Earl» form, tke Hah hard |«Mih, aad More* of ether aew Vr»e- MABBIED. WALLACE-BROWN—Jan. 15, 1884, at the Wick House, Butler, Pa., by Rev. W. E. Oiler, Mr W. W. Wallace and Miss Minerva Brown. All of Butler county. Pa. O'CONNOR—SHAW—On Jan. 15, 1884, by Rev Samuel Kerr, Mr. D: L: O'Connor and Miss Anna E. Shaw, both of Mercer county, Pa. •" BEATHW. CUNNINGHAM—In Oakland township, this county. Res- It, 1883, Mt. Mftchell Cunning ham, aged about 66 yeaii. WILSON—On Deo. Bth, 1883, at hei- home in Penn township, Butler county, Pa., Mrs. Sarah Wilson, aged 58 years. She was a most estimable lady and leaves a husband and six children t6 mourn their low. How happy are you mother now, Who once went sorrowing here, But now taste unmingled love And joy without a tear. HAYS—On the evening of the 31»t of Dec. 1383, at the house of Mr. Samuel Bolton, Connoquenefliilng township, this countjr. sud denly, 'Mrs. Mart IJays, widow of \i iliiatn Hays, l#te of jLancaatpr Wl'-> thi « iovjniy', aged 03 years. Mrs. llays had removed to and had been living in Kansas for some years past and had returned on a visit to bar relatives of this county, Mr. Aichibald Stewart, Mr. WauKtel Bolton and others, when she was seized with neuralgia of the heart aud died very suddenly, as above stated. BUTLER MARKETS. Butter 25 to 30 centH. TMtatnes -iO- to £0 cent*'. Wheat, No. 1, I}ijck\ylicat, ti'i to 70 per t>M»Uel. Buckwheat IJour $3.50 to .0U per cwt. Oat# .' ci-utn. Corn 00 to 70 onnU. Kye t>2 cents. Flour, high grade, per barrel $6 to SB. Flour, No. 1, per sack $1.75. Bran, per ton $lB to S2O. Middlings, per ton sll to $25. Chickens, per pair 35 to 40 cent*. Onions, new, 5 cents per pound. Hani, per pound IS cents, f.idu:., per poitrd 12 cent*. Hhonl 'round myself and see," was the geutleman's comment, as he douued his coat ami hat. "\Vhy didn't you send in« Benson's plaster, jn.itMuJ of thin ciiotp and trashy thing?" ''Why, f,-r-T. thought vfrbuld nyit you just as well—and— "Vou thought! you thought' What buni nura had you to think? 1 don't pay you for thinking, but for lilting uiy order," said the indignant caller, contemptuously, "There ! take that thing back "and give me my money, I'll get what I want elsewhere." Cannes no p H ; n Qr Dread. ■ G^^u?rcC°\S^ iveH Relief at He aiiJ once - Not n rHA/FEVER®| #1 i't I ''' 1 or 8,1U »- y Applied with 1 h o rou g h t rent men t will ffly-foVKft" PHtk * BANNER HM W POWDER Always the Best. II there Is a pe lectly pure high grade cream tarter baking powder ou the market deserving the patronage ol a discriminative public, the "Mannbk" Bitkiug Powder seems to lie such a composition. It was eaiabiishi'd lu the year 18tt5, and ihousuuds of our very best lanillles throughout the country, who are daily using It, testily to ;a merits. If you have l)e<'n using 6HIW potj'tlurs, ar.tj 1.11(4 poor su cues*, tr, a L'su of " B NNtc»," and let your ei^ol4. Continues the Livery Kn.iinexq no Jctfuison St. (jrNt door below Itickel £ (jallagher. Uood rigu, tirst olass it,ami alwityt on hAU'I Horses feil on reasonuble terms, also horses bought am' sold. oct3-ljr. FOR SALE! FOR SALE! A valuable (arm three miles west of Butler, on the public road, iu a IIIL'II Hliilc of improre ni'-ut aud cultivation. Eighty-three atre», ol which 2.1 acre* Is heavll) timbered with whlte onk and'chestnut, aud 00 «cw« cleared, richly Improved 4 stake an(J r|i|cr fehqe'7 loet Ultfjl encloses tlm entire larm and alsii tlie ilitferont tieUl«. Two Hue orchards of over 100 Irult bearing apple trues ol rurc and choice vanities, all graded Irult, 15 peach trees ol young growth and beurluj; lor two years, 25 pear trees also bearing, one dozen quince trees also bearing last year, aud a variety of small Iruits. A two story FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, containing tour large roouia and lartre kitchen, Willi cellar uudor the on Urn houae; a latgu (runic Imnk lain, a 1 «rt l'eiiii>y Ivauta, entitled "An Act to provide tor the Incorporation and regulation ot of certain eorporalions.'' approved April .wth IK7t. and I tie supplements thereto, lor the charter ol an luleiHlt'H corpOjii}|o| . t-< be catted the I'oatal J eleKiapli and (/able Ciiihpauy No. i . t(|C ( tllulei and object thereof Is to cull struct, maintain uu4 operale lines ol telegraph eominencinK In MCKMII County, at the state line, on the highway near Koslur llrook. running thence through the counties of WiKraii, Warren, Forest, Clarion, Venango, Armslroug, llutler. Allegheny ami Washington, to a point ou the Stale line between Pelinsyliaula ami WNI Virginia, in tin- township of Hanover. 11l Wlta)).|urtop os:n'v :•.!«•* fo- rnrpoaei to have. |x>taeHi :tud eukiy all tboiigltt*. liefarbta and privilege* of Ibn said Act ot *»aombly and it» supplement* . HIDDLK &. WAIMi Molieifor*. Jan. AS, a iuo. TUfIINK wanted 1100.^ Sutler "county Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. G. C. ROESSINQ, President. WM. CAMPBELL, Treasurer. H. C. HEINEMAN, Skoretart. DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, | E. A. Flelmboldt, William Campbell, jJ. VV. Burkhart, A. Trontman, Henderson Oliver, Q. C. KoesMnjf, F B. McMillln, Dr. W. lrvin, ' N. Wciizol, ' A. B. Rhode*, ; Q. C. QclAemaQ. JAS. T* M'JUNKIN. Gen. A«t -BIITLER Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Yard, J. L. PURVIS. ' L. o. PURVIS, S. G.Purvis & Co., HAMUfACTITBIkB ANDDBALB&BI* Rough and Planed Lumbar or KV«b¥ KRAMES MOULDINGS, a ASH, DOORS, FLOORING, SIDING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards, SHINGLES & L ATH. PLANING MILL AND YARD If ear German Catholic Church NTAMI'IWO FOR KENSINGTON, A.RRA.BENB ANDOUTUNJb WORK DQUMS', Also lessons lu san.e givou by AN NIK M, LOWMAN, North Urcet, Butler, Pa. JneSO-ly Ehlnle of John Ro*cnherry. I.ATB or ALLKQI!KN Y T*f , DKC'I). Leiteis of Adiulni tr. lion C. T A. on the es tate ol >ohn Roseaberry, dee'd., laie <>l Allo ifln-ny township, Butler county, P«., havlug heeti granted to the nndorsiguett, nil pereona knowing' lli(.'U(se|Vi!s lndej,te»| t<» sftid' Will miil i- lu^nu'diulo pay mem apd haying elalips agaluat said estate will prcijoul iboiu duly authenticated for Hottlisn>ent to 8. P KAKIN, Adm'r. Parkers Lai-ding P. r «// B» AIN h Nsavm PISBAtS*. Onfy »«r< xr# f»r AVrti AJfntvm hrtt, / M f*>> \llihi I ifuken a* diwt*L A'- J dmy't utt. and £> tnnl IwHtlc Iret »• Mtiontv they payia* •«|*»*»» h»r*«ui»tK« «*hcu ived. Stod I*. «> Hid otprMH »«ldr«s%ju« t*d to P« KLlNli.vjl Avrh ikJPHjWtolfMa.Pa. gull, Mh MTAKii Or IMIrA f ISi> J-A 4L'& S. T # \ laeUBERTVftT. B PTTT6BTT HCS s*. VA- in the UiTi/jyu.