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# .'<s t" i<> 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<iei<i,.pu:pomd i 0 cenU.
Fish. Mttckerftl N6. t.'TO'ccilt:.
llay, $H to #lO per ton.
Pork, whole, (j to 7 cents.
rijiclfpliS, |2 (jents per potjn4.
Turkey*, 15 o«iiia put puimj,
Apples, 7ft to 80 cents per bushel.
MAOEONPUBPOSE
Out* of 'l'lione HI iHii»ke*<?) Which
aire More Fr«*«ii»*ut th»i»
"Why, my UflH (!'}« '» " ot
( APiINK l'Oßol'S I'LAHIKH.'' mid a
father tp his little daughter, after examining a
pnekuge s|ie had Just brought from the drug
store.
"Inn'it, Papa* I'm sorry, but i luked th«
man for Ben»on's 1 know f did, and be took
the twenty-live cents you gave me to pay lor
it with," exclaimed the child positively.
Maybe the drug man made a mistake."
"I'll gr> '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"
PH<N* fiO crut<i. l»v mall <»r at
KI.V DwkkIHIM, N. i
MOBBIS NURSERIES,
Wont CJiCHter, JPtt.,
GROVER & KINNE.
Fruit, and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery,
Koi.es, ,••<•.. ( to.
j Ji. M. ADAMB, Agent.
UovUl 3m ' ' V.kd"** >tk *
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 <s^ei|encv-speak
fpr ji«clf, ICicii can of Powder con
talus u niitasure to use insu nd ol a spoon. A
pound can, with th l ' measure and Bouuer
Rrcipe Book complete, tuuilcd to fuullles on
receipt of 6'J cents. Address Banner Baking
powder, P. O. Box 808, Pittsburgh, Pa., if you
aunot get it from your grocer.
mi Linm mm,
He»fy £>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 «r<x'* anil loniiuodloiu
frame hi|ltctiugj tjral floor naej tor wugona amj
bugic jea, jocund t)oor, vv it'll au%lcul granm}'
caput-jty lor all possible ciqurgeuclcs, m well »fe
n place tor the urereivatlon of ni»cli lurry mid
implement* u»ed ou u tiirui; alto a.iloke houae,
benciy, oven, and other buildings neccaaary
about a lurm house; two excellent aprlnga of
ucvcr fulling water, one ol which la uard hi
apriug hiiuar nnd the other tor watering atock.
The acbool houae of the tllntrict la oue-lourth of
a mile uud church about onu-kulf u mile or In
Butler.
'lcriua of purchase, cwb or portion iu liaud,
with |or tlifoo ypnra, to be
aecuied by bond and uiorlc 'g« H» M'" prcmiaaa.
Kor luitli' r paillculait cull at the law olliee ot
C'haile.a A. Sullivan, a, W. Cor. Diamond. Hut
l«r, I*». JaniM-Sta.
NOTICE IS HKKKIIY CIYKN that an application
will lie miide tiv <'has. T Creawell, Albert It
linllberl, Hevero Mallet I'rovoat, Henry Cummins
and Ttieo. It. ArnislroiiK on the 141 ti day of Febru
ary, IKH4, to the (jovernor ot the stale ut Pennsyl
vania. under the Act ol Assembly (it the Cuiiiniiin
wealln <>t 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. <Armstrong Co., Pa.
WANTED, SALESMEN.
Tocsnrau for the u'r of Nursery Bto,L I'wqnalr.l
facilities. Noeaiwilrncs requtre.l. Salary sii il •*-
i, iiMamtd. 7i" six sof milt smlOmam'"i»l r^-j.
Wl*si Uc. W. * T.SMU'H. £. X,
E| mm A STOPPED FREE
■ ■ M.trxtlout smeeta.
■ ■ limns Ksrioni Ksstorsd
■ ■ HS Dr.KLINE 8 GREAT
■ ■ Nerve Restorer
>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.
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