BUTLER CITIZEN
JOHN H. K W. C. NE6LEY, PROP'RS
Entered at the Postoffice at Butler Mr
second-clc.sss matter.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1884.
MEETING OF THE REPUBLI
CAN COUNTY COMMITTEE.
The members of the Republican
County Committee are hereby request
ed to meet in Butler on Tuesday,
March 4, 1884, at 1 o'clock P. M , for
the purpose of fixing the dates for
holding the primary elections required
to be held in the county this year, and
for the transaction of such other busi
ness as may properly come before the
Committee. By order
JAMES BARR,
Chairman Co. Com.
Butler, Feb. 5, 'B4.
WINDELL Pmr.LiPs, the distin
guished orator and scholar of
Massachusetts, is dead.
THK weather I? at present rather
mild,the snow going away gradually,
and sledding and sleighing continuing
pretty good. There were as much as
CO degrees difference in the temperature
of the mornings of Saturday 26th and
Tuesday 2U of January.
IT will be twflvejears from this
time before all our county officers are
again elected in a Presidential year. An
election for president comes every four
years, and conntv offices are held but
for three years. This year's election
will therefore in many respects be more
important and interesting than any for
twelve years to come.
Thomas in a Tempest.
Our effort to give the Republicans
of this county a knowledge of their
rights, relative to having delegates in
the coming State and National Con"
ventlons, baa stirred up the rage of
Mr. Thomas Robinson. We can not
account for hie column long editorial
in last week's Eagle only on the
ground that we have succeeded in di
recting attention to certain political
matters that he hoped were not known»
or would be overlooked. Although in
nearly all the Republican counties
around, and in fact all through the
State, there was discussion goiug on
in the press as to the importance of
early action this year by County Com
mittees, yet the Eagle was very quiet'
bad never a word on the subject-
Why? Simpty because Mr. Thomas
Robinson is at his old tricks. It has
now come to light that he has been
writing letters and importuning mem
bers of the PRESENT County Commit
tee in favor of a certain person aB a
delegate to the National Chicago Con
vention, while he knows at the same
time that the present County Commit
tee has no power to make any such
selection. The National rule now in
force, seen in another place, expressly
providos for Conventions of the Re
publican voters to do that, and in no
way or manner recognizes a County
Committee doing it. But the County
Committee can provide for the man
ner of holding a Convention. And
this is why an early meeting of our
County Committee was suggested.
Not to elect any delegates—and not
for the Chairman of it to fix a time for
a primary, as falsely stated by Mr.
Robinson, but for the Chairman simply
to call the Committee together, as al
ready done in other neighboring coun
ties, for the parpose of taking action in
these matters. In Armstrong, Venan
go, Mercer, Crawford, Erie and other
oounties, the County Committees have
already been called to meet—and the
time is fixed in some of them for the
election of the delegates to the State
Convention.
What was the necessity of this?
Simply because the date tor holding
tbe National Convention, June 3, and
the State Convention, April 16, had
been fixed and all political affairs this
year had to work up to those dates
Hence, it became a very important
question in this and other counties as
to whether one or two primary meet
ings should be held. If all, to wit, the
election of delegatus and the nomina
tion of the County ticket, conld be
accomplished at one and the same time,
and thus "two birds with one stone"
secured, why all favored it. And al
though the State Convention is fixed
for the early date of April 16, yet the
Venango County Republican Commit
tee met and agreed to hold their regular
primary, for selecting their county tick
et, on April 5, so that at that date they
coald also elect their delegates to the
State Convention in time for the meet
of that body, April 16. And this is
tho question that will now come before
our County Committee when it does
meet But if its meeting was delayed to
in April, as Mr. Robinson says it might
b«, then the argument would lie put
forth that it was "too late," and tbe at
tempt made to rob the Republicans of
this county of the right of electing
their delegates to tbe State Convention
of this year, as they elected them last
year. Whether this is the object will
soon be revealed In this connection
the February spring election was sug
gested as a time for electing delegates.
Some members of the County Commit
mittee thought this idea a good one.
There wero some difficulties ia the
way of that time, but Mr. Robinson
was tbe only mau beard of using tbe
argument that the Democrats might
vote at it. He eeems to be very much
afraid of Dfrnocri'ts this year, while
last year he was conspiring with Dern
otrftts to stir nj> *Vrif>u a rfcligftutf
question. And as to bis Republican
ism, all know what he did the year
before last to defeat some of our coun
ty ticket, Mr. Braham for Assembly,
for instance. Nor have they forgotten
his double dealing in the Grant-Greeley
campaign of 1872, when the hairy
hand was one way, Grant, and the
voice and body of the Eagle the other
way, Greelev. We have no desire to
revive his past record. It has been,
■•nd is yet, crooked, sinuous and eva
j sive. In eight out of nine times, when
before the people, they have rejected
him. Of all men we know of, silence
would best become him. He is the
last man who should be questioning
the motives of others. While many
for some time past have been endeav
oring to secure harmony in the party
the paper he controls has and is seek
ing to keep up division and discord.
If evil results follow from this to the
party in this county, this fall, the re
sponsibility for it is already fixed. In
telligent men, born and raised in the
county, have some self-respect, and
will not be further humiliated. Mr.
Robinson will find that it is not a
"single individual" only that detests
his elimy ways We have gone out of
the way and farther than we should to
obtain peace and harmony in the party,
and if all efforts in that direction fail
he will find that places that know him
now will soon know him no more.
All this dragging in of the J udgeship—
about which he seems to be haunted
just now—is mere bosh. On this and
other things he is a crank. It has
nothing to do with the election or se
lection ol delegates to the State and
National Conventions and need not
have. He need not be a doubting
i'homas on that. Suspicious men are
generally the designing ones Every
bush is an officer to them. They flee
when no one pursues. In this case
our respected, straightforward and
manly "contemporary" was unnecessa
rily frightened. It was the case of
another tempest in a tea-pot. We re
gret that we BO ruffled his otherwise
good nature and looks. But we hope
be will not take up his shillalah any
more. This is a free country and the
native born have some rights which—
we were almost saying—even an
Irishman was bound to respect. Let
him "look up," like a man, not down
continually. Let him speak out, not
well, it is no difference—that, per
haps, is not an "an-a-10-go-us case
Committee Meeting,
By notice in another place it will be
seen that the Republican County Com
mittee hasbeen called to meet on Man;b
4th, for the purpose of fixing the times
for the primary elections .Two primary
elections will probably be necessary,
under present rules—one to elect dele
gates to the Republican State Conven
tion that meets at Harrisburg on April
16, and one to nominate the county
ticket. This will be necessary, unless
onetime, previous to April 16, is fixed
upon for both purposes. Delegates to
State Conventionale present rule says
shall be "elected in the manner that
members of the Assembly are nominat
ed." And as the coming State Con
vention is on April 16, they, the dele
gates to it must be elected prior to that
time. The County Committee when it
meets can fix a date prior to April IC,
for both purposes and thus accomplish
both at the same time. This has been
done already in other counties. It
would make an earlier nomination of
the county ticket than usual, but so
far as we have heard an expression of
opinion on the subject, from candidates
and the people, all seem to think the
earlier the primary the better this year.
HON. M. S is clearly what, in
times past, some Democratic statesmen
were called, a "strict constructionist.'"
His construction of the National rule,
for the selection from Congressional
districts of delegates to the National
Convention, reminds one of the logic of
reductio ad absurdvm, reduced to an
absurdity, or lather to nothing. Under
his construction there could not well be
any selection by the Republicans of a
district of said delegates. The rule
would seem to be made to defeat rather
than promote that. While he is un
doubtedly right that committees can
not appoint said delegates, and that no
conferees from committees as such can
intervene, yet if the conferees come
from a convention of delegates chosen
for that purpose, in each county of a
district, that would be a complying
with the rule. The intent of the rule
doubtless was to have the delegates of
a district chosen in about the same
manner a candidate for Cougreas is
nominated in it, and this is geoerally
by conferees, representing county con
ventions, each county of a district meet
ing separately and in its own way.
To require all the counties of a district
to meet at the same time and elect del.
gates direct, to a great mass district
convention, would be impracticable
and defeat the very object intended
So that, uuless the rule was made ou
the principle of "how not to do it," we
think Mr. IJuav's construction of it en
tirely too fine, if not absurd. It is the
letter that killeth. In this case the
object was to give (he people the right
to choose their delegates to National
Conventions, and if they have the op
portunity given them they will do so.
The habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted in the Allegheny county courts
to secure the release of John
Smith, of Cherry township, were dis
missed by Judge Kirkpatrirk last Mon
day. No opinion was filed but the
court indicated the court here or the
Supreme Court was the proper tribunal
fc» btowr UtfertJwt* :
Resolutions Passed By the Catho- j
lie T. A. Union of the Archdio
cese of Chicago First Annual
Convention.
The following resolutions shov the
progress making in this country on the
temperance question. They are taken
from ''The Union Siynal ' of Chicago, ;
of January 31:
Resolved, That we regard drunken
ness as a vice the laws of;
Goi and the dictates of reas-onj We
also consider it an enemy to religion, |
a foe to humanity,and we are convinced j
it tends to the subversion of every
principle of good government
Resolved, That we are fully convinced
that this vice owes its prevalence to
erroneous ideas regarding the
use and sale of intoxicating liquors,
whereby private habits are formed and
public customs established favoring
and encouraging the evil
Resolved, That in our judgment the
remedy is: a correct sentiment as to
nature and tendencyjof alcoholic drinks,
the practice of total abstinence from
motives of religion and humanity, and
a system of righteous laws co-operating
with moral influences for the overthrow
of this enemy to God and man.
Resolved, That we reaffirm the three
resolutions of the National Convention
at Brooklyn which declare: "That we
deplore the conduct of those who,
through selfish motives or cowardly
silence, have failed to denouuee this
vice and its abettors."
Resolved, That it is a dire calamity
to intrust the management of public
affairs and the making of laws for the
common good of the whole community
to unprincipled men who hold office at
the good will of liquor dealers. Such
men deserve severe condemnation, be
cause they heed not the sufferings of
widows and orphans made destitute by
drunkards and drunkard-makers 5 be
cause they did not construct suitable
legislative safeguards along the worn
and beaten track of human crime and
miserv that leads from the doors of low
saloons to the jail and poor-house.
Resolved, That Catholic total ab
stainers and advocates of temperance
shall fearlessly perform their duties as
citizens by public protest against laws
calculated to foster intemperance.
Resolved, That we denounce saloon
keeping as au odious occupation. It is
one of ruin to the bright hopes of youth
and the peace of old age. The saloon
keeper helps to rob childhood of its de
lights. Ilis poison steals the laugh
from the lips of innocence, the bloom
from the cheek of manhood. The sound
of his liquid poison as it gurgles down
the throat of the inebriate echoes
through many a desolate household as
the hissing of a thousand serpents.
Resolved, That we look with horror
upon the apathy of an enlightened peo
ple who intrust the reins of authority
and of government to men who hold
their caucuses around a saloon counter
and make their appointments to public
offices at the bidding of saloon keepers.
Pesolved, That we rely for success
on the Sacraments of the church, on
the influence and example of pledged
abstainers, and on a vigorous use of
those educating agencies which mold
and direct public santinjept—the press,
the platform and pulpit.
Resolved, That in the name of re
ligion and civilization we appeal to the
press to publish such facts and truths
as will direct public attention to the
evil of intemperance and its causes, as
necessary tor the well-being of society.
We recommend the holding of public
meetings to discuss temperance priucw
pies and thi disseminating of temper
ance literature as essential auxiliaries
in educating public sentiment favorable
to temperance, and we beseech the
clergy, in the name of our holy religion
and for the sake of immortal souls, to
present the claims of this great cause
whenever and wherever occasion way
offer.
Resolved, That we strongly recom
mend the formation of Cadet societies
whenever possible, as on youth rests
the hope of society, and in their sym
pathy and hearty co-operation wjlj be
found the life and maintenance of the
union.
Resolved, That the claims of the
Catholic faith are such that all good
Catholics shouH feel their religion de
manded they should lead in this tem
perance movement. The world ex
pects it, humanity urges it. a burdened
country pleads for it. Fritind, aimjrpd,
home and loved ones, God and Heaven,
all beckon us onward to the struggle.
Resolved, That the officers of the
local societies are urged, between this
day and the time of the next General
Convention, on July 13, to make a uo
ble and gallant struggle to increase the
membership of their societies to much
greater proportion. Let there be no
local jealousies. Let the best men
stand ut the helm. The field is big
enough for all. Intemperance is still do
ing its fell work among our brethren in
race and religion. Let every
take the Demon Alchohol by the throat
and shake off this deadly hold on our
people. In every parish where there is
a T, A. society, let the fair form of Tem
perance rise, like the anirel of the resur
rection clothed in raiment whiteas snow
and let its influence grow and expand,
widen and develop till the whole com
munity is leavened by it.
National Rules.
Following are tho rules adopted by
the Republican National Committee for
ike election of delegates to the Repub
lican \'atjoual Convention, which will
meet at Chicago ca Wednesday Juue
3rd :
The Republican National Conveutioj,
of ISBI shall consist of four delegates-at
large from each State, and two from
each Congressional District. Thede!«-
gates-at-large shall lie chosen by popu
lar State Conventions, called not less
than twenty pays' published notice, and
held not ie*a than thirty nor more than
sixty days l>ef'ore tbe timtf'of {jip pieet
ingof tbe National Convention, 'i'tia
Republicans of the various Congression
al Districts shall have the option of
electing their delegates at separate pop
ular delegate conventions, called on
similar notice and hold i« the district
at any time within the fifteen days next
prior to the meeting of tbe State Con
vention, or by sub-division of tbe State
Conventions into district conventions,
and such delegates shall be chosen in
the latter method If not elected pre
vioua to tbe meeting of the Con
vention. All district delegates to be
accredited by tbo o&Jcera yfsuch dis
trict conventions.
—We are closing »ut our en tire stock
of Winter Goods regardless of cost to
make room for spriug goods now arriv
ing. Call and secure bargains, at
OFF A SINKING BRIDGE.
Six Persons Drowned in White
River or Burned Alive.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31.—The south
bouud accommodation train on tbe ;
Indianapolis & Chicago Air Line, due
bere at 10:30 this morning, met with a I
terrible accident when seven mile* frcm
this city at Broad Ripple. A th> t
point the railway crosses the White
River on a trusstbridge of two spans,
each 150 feet in length. The ennueer
had gone to the baggage car for a drink
of water, and thu locomotive was in
charge of the fireman. When the |
locomotive reached the center of the
bridge the fireman felt the structure
sinking. He hjd a band on the throt
tle, wbich he opened, giving the loco
motive all the available steam. The
engine sprang forsvard With great force,
breaking tee couplings between the
tender and baggage car.
The locomotive kept the traok but
the baggage and smoking cars and an
other coach dropped through and were
piled up in a mass at the foot of the
piers, the smoking car being partially
telescoped on to tbe baggage car.
The wreck wa= partially submerged,
but the portion above water lmmedi
atelv took fire from the stoves. The
fireman states that when he looked
back, when tbe locomotive reached tbe
south end of the bridge, the cars were
on fire and smoke was obscuring the
scene-
News of the wreck reached this city
in a short time, and a wrecking train
with surgeons and other assistance was
at once made up and sent to Broad
Ripple On reaching the wreck a
chaotic scene was presented. The
bridge aud cars were yet burning, and
those present were so lacking iu pres
ence of mind as to be unable to extin
guish the flames or afford any relief to
the sufferers.
The officials of the road went to
work vigorously and systematically,
and in a short time the fire was extin
guished and tbe search for the bodies
begun. Six persons were either killed
outright or burned to death. The re
covered were burned and charred
beyond recognition, being horribly
mutilated, and tbe only means of inden
tification was the finding of incombus
tible trinkets known to be the property
of the dead men.
A Strange Story.
One of the best known ladieß of the
Sheuaudoah Valley, \ a., has turned
out to be a man. Miss Elizabeth Re
becca Payne, daughter of the late
Joseph Payne, seven miles from Win
chester, who has lived for thirty-eight
years as a lady, suddenly avowed her
self to be, a few days since, a man and
startled J. P. Reilly, clerk of the coun
ty courts, by applying for a license to
marry u Misß Hinton, who had resided
in the Payne family as a domestic.
The lady who fired tbe heart of Mr.
Payne with such passion as to compel
him to throw off the habit of a lifetime
aud declare bis sex is prepossessing
and forty years of age. The strange
affair has caused a decided sensation in
Sheuaudoah valley and nothing else is
talked about. Payne was brought up
as a girl- No onp ever questioned his
sex, aud bis own avowal that be was a
man took away the breath of the cum
munity. Elizabeth Rebecca Payne
was one of a family of six daughters j
was brought up as a woman, and was
admitted into the best society in com
pany with the other members of the
family. He was always regarded as a
somewhat masculiue girl, hut no one
ever suspected he was a man. lie was
a most graceful and dashing eques
trienne, and always challenged admira
tion as he frequently rode into Win
chester with bis habit and somewhat
long hair trailing iu the wind. He
was oue of tbp most widely kuown
ladies iu the valiey. In addition to
good birth and inherited acres he de
veloped remarkable business talent for
a woman when reverses in the family
fortune rendered it necessary for some
oqe to put a shoulder to the wheel.
His sisters vyepe distinguished for
their culture aud personal charts, atuj
fceyeral of them married prominent gon
tlemen.
Ilebecca Payne demoted birosclf to
the of a (arm and to the
superviHton of a store which he had es
tablished at Rest, where he also held
the »ppojptg)ent of postmistress. He
also dealt in cattlfc iiad borsps and be
came an expert in that way. Ail his
enterprises prospered and he has ac
quired considerable wealth. Determin
ing to marry he threw off bis dresses
and applied for a license from the court
at Winchester, buttho aatani3bed p|erk,
who, like everybody else, knew him as
a woman, declined to issue a license for
a woman to marry a woman.
When Payne proved his real sex by
producing the certificate of Dr. P. W.
Maguire, of Winchester, the license
was stil) refused on the ground that
Virginia li»w uompels a itjan to have
givon names which show bid so* bt-'furg
bo can act as a man before the law.
Payne then determined to have his
name changed at the March term of
circuit court, which wili meet on the
9rat proximo. The affair is a nine
days' wonder in the Shenandoah and
has created more excitement than any
event which has disturbed the social
circles of the State for half a ceutury,
No explanation has been offered as to
why he has masqueraded so long as a
woman. Humor has it that Pavno aud
his sweetheart went to West \ irginia
yesterday and were married, but this
Jacks confirmation.
Case of Ksijuire fcjmitb.
The Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph
of Monday last contains the following :
The habeas corpus proceedings insti
tuted to procure the release of John
Smith, of Butler county, who is now i
confined in the Western Penitentiary [
uua'er -JDtppcp for perjury, was to-day
dismissed by Judge «Irkj,fttrjpjr, at the
petitioner's costs, and an order made
remanding the prisoner. The dis
charge of Smith was asked for on the
ground that his incarceration began in
iK'peijfber, to run for one year, which
would make hid l»rj}j expire between
the l. r >th of November aua the J6th qf
February, between which dateH an a<<t ;
of Assembly says no sentenco shall ex
pire. The Court filed no opinion, but
indicated that the reasons for so decid
ing the case were that the projier time
for a proceeding of this naturo would
fct tije expiration of one year from
the dato of aauIVRPP, and besides that
the Court that sentenced tU. ijiaq }
should pass upon the sentence, unless j
by proper proceedings the case be pre- j
WMjturt Vo tbfe fcfujwuujP Court.
Letter From An Old Friend.
SHAW P. O. PBESUCE I>LE CO.,]
MICH., .IAN 24 1884.
EDITOR ClT'ZKN:—Perhaps soiue of
the people in Butler County would j
like to hear about this part of the coun
try. I have not been here loug, arrived
on the 20th of last month und foui d
myself iu a very new country. There i
are only about forty families here and '
all but three of them have come within ,
tbe last five years However, they »
have the neoes.-ary degree of en°r y
and are rapidly cleariu# up their farms j
and making roads. Tbere are three j
schools iu this settlement, oue taught
by a former graduate of Princeton, one
by a graduate of the Michigan State
Normal School and tbe third by a lady
from Cheboygan. Wages from $32 to
S4O per month, terms from six to eit*bt
months. Tbere is a Presbyterian
church in process of organization,
your correspondent having been seat
here bv the Presbyterian Board of Do
mestic Missions for that purpose at the
request of a committee of the people.
So much for Eductional and Religious
advantages. The soil is a mixture of
clay and sand with a limestone base,
and cannot be surpassed for wheat, even
by tbe limestoue soil of Pennsylvania.
All the other crops do well. The cli
mate averages cold in the winter, al
though not subject to such extremes as
the climate of Pennsylvania. The
total variations iu this month so far
has been from 3i above to 24 1 elow,
or 56- in all, which is less than I have
seen it in Butler in one day. When
that cold wave passed over the country
on the sth of January, registeriug 32'
three hundred and fifty miles south of
here, it was only 5 C bere This morn
ing, however, it was 24-, the coldest
weather thus far and we are beginning
to tbiuk it can get as cold here as in
any other well regulated country. We
had about a foot of snow fall iu the be
ginning of January and we have had
about three inches since making the
best of sleighing. Last winter there
was considerably more but not ao much
as on the Lake Michigan shore. The
timber is Maple, Beech, Birch, Bass
wood or Lynn, Poplar, Cedar, Hem
lock, Pine, Elm &c. We need mills
badly. There are some grand water
powers which will be worth thousands
of dollars lying idle, one ou the Rainy
River which has a fall of thirty feet,
good for ten mouths iu the year; another
on the Black which will give a fall of
twenty feet, but with a volume of
water sufficient to run half a dozen
mills all the time. The people offer
that if any one will erect mills they
will help with teams, work and money
to the amount of several buudred dol
lars and taka it out in sawing. There
are some valuable quarries here, or at
least they will bo valuable as soon as
we get a Railroad, which will
be before long. Tbe stone is limestone.
A great many t}eer are killed here every
winter, or rather fall, and there is good
fishing in tbe Lake. We are just
south of Cheboygan Lake (a lake sevtn
miles long and four miles wide) and
about a mile east of the Cheloygan
couuty lino.
Respectfully yours.
WATSON J. YOI.NO.
MAKKlttl).
SHAXOR—HUff— Ou Feb 2, J3B-J, I>y Rev.
J)f. 11. J. Simith', at the'Sl, F. parsonage, Mr
John iSliHiior aud Mia i.illjo Ho'!, l>.iili ol
Butler, I'a.
DODDS—CAMPBELL—On Jan. 24,1884, by
Rev. T. W.Young at the resilience of the
brides parents, Mr. J. O. Dodds and Miss
Ut ile Campbell, all of Butlercounty.
WHITE—RENFREW. —On Jan. 2H, 1884, at
the residence of Mr. Repfrew, by Rey. 11. O.
Ferguson, Mr. A- J- Whits an<4 Miss |<la K.
Renfrew, both ol Bald ltidge, this county.
OBERNDORFER—MAYER.—On January 21'
I*B4, at Valencia, by James Barr, Esq., Mr.
John Oberndorfer, of Allegheny county, aud
Miss Maggie Mayer, of Butler county.
HEATHS.
BEIGHLE.—On Jan. IS, 1884, of apoplexy, in
" Lancaster t„ p., th;» popntv, Mrs. William
Beighle, aged o2 years.
"Let the most loving of you all
Say, 'Not a tear must o'er her fall;
He giyeth His beloved sleep." '
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(cists and country ! VIREsH I
Mtort-s. Mall»d on r«*- __ _ _ . ■■
SUCCESS
prU*tom, i;o*roii. Mat*.
—H— Q<>
I r The tiost family i>ill inado—i Imwlej's Stomach anil
Liver Mils Vi'. Plea, ant In action and cany to takc^
P,ire |srotl Holpleln SiockT"
Tlio undoijignca haye purchased from (be
I'owell Bros. a puro brad Hointein bull, .mo and
a half years old an;l weighs 12:15 pounds, which
can be'seen »t the firm of John Weber, in Penn
town-hip, at any timo. Terms. f4 cash, or to
ohaigod. J A PAINTER,
JOHN WKBEB,
11(11 LIVERT SRBIE,
Henry Lieibold,
Continues the Livery Business ou Jefferson St.
first door below Bickel A Gallagher.
Good rigs, first class teams always ou hands
Horses fed oij reiisonab'c terms, also horses
bought aij' l sold " l 1 ' '>•
M)SV.
on tin- j.ird of Jaiiuarv, lssi. on the r..m] fiolii
SuunysUle Station to the P.rownsdale M, K" Church
a pocketbook about four Inches IOIIK by two
and a half wide, and containing one hundred and
twenty dollars four twenty dollar K«dtl pieces,
two ten dollar f id pieces, anil the balance in
note-,. Auv person (hiding and returning tin* IHIOK
and money lo me, at l.rownsdale or leaving it .it
thU ofllee can have S-'S.OO for Ills or tier trouble.
.1 K. m.AKKI.EY,
P.rowiisd lie, Itutler Co.. I'a.
Butler Township.
The Republicans of Butler township will
hold their meeting for the purpose of nominat
ing a township ticket, on Saturday, the Hdh
inst., at 1 o'clock p. M., in the old office of Jos.
B, Brfedin, Ks<j., the place appointed by the
as it place tor folding the toyni-bip elec
tion-. By Qiu>m; <jf Ti{i: t w ! • " (^l-
For COLOR ami SWEETNESS
ntai U-.o BEAN 3 CONCENTRATED
■MMVI Extract o' Anaatto.
f*"! 1 rw» Color. Bright**!
» • * ml BtrosfMt. B»r of r»or llcr
ji t*Al, i>t Nn<l eft If i #Uin{M for * •ainpla, rioting 600)tw. U >
HBAN. RAHK A t'O , No K*3 bt , I'MIMD A,
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF BUTLER COUNTY FOR 1883,'
Statement Showing Am't Received and Bal. due from Collectors.
YEAR. PISTRJC S. j COLLECTORS. , AMI RKC'D BAL. DI E. j
1882 Adams township. A Fleinming - - $ 827 87 $
ISS3 " " A J Flemming - - 1,180 27 740 16
1882 Allegheny " James Blair - - 404 04
1883 " " " Rl* Anderson - - 975 59 737 74
1881 Butler borough R C Me A boy - - 403 04
1.882 *' " Charles Crouse - - 1 377 31 555 41
1883 " " Thomas Niggle - - 1.4 i 4 91 2,506 46
1882 Butler township. Joseph Criswell - 537 49
18X3 " " William Caldwell - 1,489 27 270 05
1881 Brady " J M Tbompsou - 101 58
1882 " " John B Smith - 325 85
1883 " " James M Dunn - 692 60 646 97
1879 Buffalo " P J Kelly - • 100 00 312 63
1882 " " Jacob Simers - - 208 87
1883 " " J W Elliott - - 1,185 53 774 84
1883 Concord " Wl' Brown - - 910 57 1,078 20
1882 Clearfield " F P Mcßride - - 195 77
1883 " " J B McDivitt - - 1,204 4« 267 76
1881 Cherry " J R Allison - - 11 43
1882 " * " Wiliiam Magill - 407 99
1883 " " James K Reed - - 776 56 921 59
188lCranbery " John Donoly - - 220 60 177 97
1882 " " Elias Eastman - - 1,005 57
1883 " " Jacob Wagner - - 1,168 57 809 90
1882 Connoquenessing. J L Shannon - - 423 93 227 63
1883 " " W J Fletcher - - 1,270 47 518 00
1881 Center township. W II McCaudless - 168 12
1882 " " Samuel Ervin - - 544 55
1883 " " A J Hutchison - 1,126 44 499 01
1882 Clay " K A Gold - - 257 92 579 14
1883 " " II J Brown - - 1,012 09 874 88
1883 Clinton " Josiah McCall - 1,713 51 202 39
1878 Centeryilleborough E A McCoy - - 256 24
1881 44 " John Bingham - 38 33
1882 " " Roberts - - 204 3S
1883 '• " James S Wilson - 429 SO
1882 Donegal township. Hugh McFadden - 353 19
1883 " " Hugh McFadden - 1,154 88
1883 City boro. Henry Mickley - 307 86
1878 Fairview " WillLm l'atton - 58 79
1881 44 " U W McKee - 25 00 10 25
1882 " " S Eakis ... 131 50'
1883 " " AC Gibson - - 323 31 32 18
1882 " township. GII Gibson - - 1,220 00 281 80
1883 " " I> L Ilankin - - 1,300 00 846 92
1882 Franklin " John Albert - - i 864 29 81 10
1883 " " Simon Stickle - 864 21 1,040 01
1883 Forward " James Cooper - 1,135 31
1882 HarrisTille boro. William Cochran - 149 83 ,
1883, " " William Cochran - 162 11 116 30
1881 Harmonv " Joseph Gruver - 25 00 36 32
1882 " " " F M Mitchell - 145 18
1883 " " John Zeigler • - 165 00 483 98
1882 Jackson township. Henry Zeigler - 36159
1883 < " Peter >\sbit - - - 912 00 945 06
INB2 lefferson " William Harbison « 530 05
1883 " H A Wagner ... 1,653 18 340 68
1882 Karns City boro. D McLaughlin • - 45 21 15 18
- - - ■' 115 92 100 40
1882 Lancaster twp. Geo Milliman - - - 213 62
lßßi| " " Henry Beighley - ; 1,338 06 831 53
1882 Middlesex " W J Whitesides - 1 641 38
1883 " " W J Thompson - 1,604 80 610 41
1819 Millerstown boro. 101 13
1882 " " ■ Charles Alderny - 108 66
j " " Henry Frederick - 115 30 314 02
1881 Muddyereek twp. i Samuel Jones - 2 06
iggo » " Jonathan Jones - 602 03
m l „ a T J Clceland - - 1,112 41 816 81
1882 Mercer Jonathan Bovard - 195 93
1883 •< « Wash Buchanuan - 425 00 134 36
18s2 Marion S M Seaton . - 567 21
jggg; « V J C Vaudyke - - 815 99 1,025 13
1882 Oaklajd " FH Monia - 96 31 144 13
1 883 « " M Hutchison - - 950 00 787 54
1881 Parker " LL Daubeuspeck - 1,174 57
1882 " " ! Thomas Alsworth - 1,466 15.
1883 " " ' ■' Alsworth - 460 00 1,535 94
1882 Penn " Thomas H Graham - 238 91
l 8 y;{ •< " It \ Patterson » 1,508 53 452 35
1881 Prospect povough. Joel Baker - - 112 2<>
' " " Reuben Shanor - 409 82 69 77
1882 Portersvillo " John Glenn - 118 20
a " Fredrick Berry - 221 15
1879 Petrolia " 8 P Miles - - - - 200 00 104 18
l 88 o; «• " E F Wilson - - 34 10
i 88 i) " " William Gibson - - 105 80
J aß 3 « " Michael Daly - - - 110 31 81 55
1881 Summit township. Robert Gilleland - 21.) .12
1 " " Joseph Liudsey - - 340 11
•' a Jacob Heott * • 641 99 1,068 11
1882 Slippery rock " Thomas Shannon - - 524 43
1883 " " EH Adams - - - 581 94 1,704 38
1883 Saxonburg boro. Edward Marboff - - 407 98
1881 Sunbury " j Albert Mecbling - - 48 90
1882' " " " John S VVick - - 100 79
jijyQ a " Joseph Mecbling - - 188 72 46 33
1882 Venango township. El* Mcßride - - 865 05
<i •• John Blair ... 531 23 1,110 03
1881 Washington •' E Christy - - - -, 1139
j ß g2 n " Samuel \oung - - 463 39 101 04
188'J' " " Harmon Seaton - - 816 37 1,150 17
1882 Winfield « - H* 02
lßßb W '^ te ''' -' 825 00 1,104 22
1882,Zelienople borough E Zaner - - - - 120 16
1883' " " C King 002 4.) 127 11
Total i 59,650 13 33,049 42
im Treasurer Miller In account witli Butler Co
4 tor amounts received twin To* ' u,d
IJoroujjli* Int ounty, bchool and 1 ot>r
isax f>K~ fv.. Vl Poor
Oak'apd tgwahtp . {• • JStjf oo
Mlll. rslown borough ; « «j» t. 1 « •«■ ,
V\ «-Hhim:ton township M •« *-■ 1 '<{ -
Ruller lioiongh JSf C, Ti <*>
I'arkef ■ « W * - .
Hutier town-uup L °"| » y '
Abrogate - ! - - .
108:1. CR.
Ity u mount paid out
Cncrrv township - •■"* ■" 110
Center " - - !a i-» ir ■'•s r. uo
Hutlrr borough - • • • , w;
Bra.ly township - - y? ■. , m r
win'neid •' - - s7?oii.':i "• »
wjnnt'w , ... 4 . is ik't
V.'iiuiKO , .J-
Marion " - - r J f~ .: > c . J: v
Cleurdeld " - - cm
r«°v".i •' * - ' ii■' lll * ,o
HnllCH.l ■ M" t4i i! 0 4*> 2.1."'!'
( uncord - * - ,
Prospect borough - _ 7
Millerstown borough - r nl
Oakland township A "I '
Kairvlew " - - , i B 00
Allegheny " - i j
Aacregatr ' *
OISMONV ACCOUNT WITH TOWNSHIP*
noKorons FOR 1883.
" DISTRICT. AIN'T re'd Bal Otic
f'orwurd township - • ,♦ * !,'i i
Marion " - - ?,u I
Butfuio " - - .t i
Merer " - • I'* '■» «0 !
Builer - - '* '•> ~ j
Centre township - • 84 00 108 <»l |
Ada ma » -- - SSI 30 49 70
Hutl'pr " • " 185 ot» fcl - ,
Cranberry •' • . . "', iH I
Lancaster " • - ll»8 40 |
F.iirviow " - * * i I
Cleat field " - - 1,1 251
Doingul " -- - I s * 30 s * ' 5 I
Robert Stoi? - - . 10150 _ '
Bili.peryrotk twp • • ! ]£-* J''
O'ikliwid " " * i
M illerstown borough - "? 1 lit
ParkertownshlJ - -i 453 0J '■ ''2
Wlnfleld •• - • I tW 85 854 0®
Total - - '*l.lws '"J
JURY COMMISSIONERS' A<"< Of NT.
188.1. Robert Mcdiing # !'S ■ k " i 1
•' Ituni. l Wullet 96 <io j
?I7'J 4? I
I.IVJSRY MfOl'ST.
To A Flick . '. .' i SO 25
" J A t'liriatii..,, < ,HI
" C Cochran M
" L M Cochran 10 00
" J K Christie IM
" Ilickcl & Gallaher « 00
Total 1142 00
l-ROTHOSOTARV.
To Ale* Russell f 10 50
'' M N 0mar.,..,... i
J II MIM.KR <'R. BY KXrENJ>{-
TI'RKH UK KPTLER COVNT* FOR 1883.
liy County Institute ncc'tof 1383 $ 200 00
" Dixmont Hospital 6,85tj 40
" County Detective I,H Eduiondsou 110 8"»
" Express account 1 25
" Insuriince account 532 50
" Indexing Record, E 1 llrugli tiOO 00
" County Auditors "'-O 00
" Court Auditor, T 11 f.y0n,..,,, HKI Oo
" Allegheny Cousty Work House.. -i* 25
" Butler Co Agricultural Society... 100 00
" Coal account HHS 00
" Commissioners' counsel 200 00
" Clerk of Courts 410 S»t»
" Bridge Views 147 t>o
" Court Crier 342 00
" District Attorney 141 00
" Bridge inspectors S3 70
" Commissioners'board of 'B3 2,312 5o
" Commissioners' elurk (H'} Ho
" Court House janitor 300 50
" Warreu Hospital 331 01
j " Water account 450 00
" 1 *riiit i ni» account 1,307 7 s
" Reform School 307 92
" Road damage 308 fto
" Stenographer 1,282 37
" Sheriff's account I,'.'(J3 40
" Stationery ... 77ti 10
•' Tipstaffs MO 09
" Traveling expense 40 00
" Western Penitentiary 010 00
" Registration 234 02
" Jail account 581 83
" Inquest aceouut 305 ot>
! •* Constables' Returns 508 85
j" I nset I led lauds ... ... OOti 4 s
" Jurors 7,405 51
j " Transcribing 1,210 00
! " Constables' Ret urns 598 85
I •' Kleetion iteaui 8,080 75
' " Assessing 1,1 -2 45
I " Bridge building .... 7,050 til
I " Borrowed ruoney paid .. t>,BiO *.>
I " Commonwealth amount I,SOo 11
I " Court House account 'M
" Ui»s account .. . 203 51
| " In't paid on borrowed money 1,41.1 82
\ " Jury Commissioners l s o 48
I " Livery hire ... 112 00
" Postage ... 27 20
I " I'rothonotary I<l2 80
j " Kcl'uudcd tax 32 21
i " Road views 155 21
! Aggregate $.VJ,937 37
Accounts marked means settledsiuce audit
! e l,
rUHTAQK.
, Miss $ A Robinson -;27 20
KHI IM'I l> TAX.
To 11 4 Clark <-13 OS
" J-. Xebner 4 00
" John Dutfy 74
" N Kramer 4 00
" A B McDivltt 2 81
" S V Hutchinson 84
" Johu Hutsler 1 43
" John T Itmghain 5 2s
Total #32 21
A I.LEO H KMT CO.. WOBK HOUSE.
July |3. IHB3, Henry Warner fIS S5
Aw' brkl SbH»tv' .... „« 100 t» l
ASSESSING FOR 1883.
R J Gold $ 22 75
A J Flemming 26 75
Elian Eastman 24 75
C F Aldinger 12 00
G W Jacobs 11 75
Joseph H-nchberger 22 50
F C Mcßride 21 50
Jonathan Bovard ... 17 75
T J All worth 2h 75
J B Knox 23 75
W J Whitesidrs 25 75
J A Wilson 10 25
Joseph Blakeley 29 75
Charles Crouse 84 00
I» Mcljiughlan 10 75
(J II Gitwou 42 2o
Owen Brady 2 00
Henry B >r!z 7 76
Pcrrv (i Imnrr S 00
J MaCaU 3 00
J c >b -iim rs 3 70
E -s I- -tin »n 3 00
WJWit -.ides 500
Samn. ' V.i r _• 3 65
C G Lush 3 oo
Heimtt UwMf 3 oO
i li 'iut> < jrahatn 3 (ill
Jtn <o Jones 3 00
J F W'imer 4 00
J L ShaiKiot 8 00
\V A i hri-ty 6 00
.1 C McCandless 3 00
John Albert 3 00
Henry Shaffer 3 00
James B Knox 5 00
Joseph Blukely 3 00
T J AlUworth 7 00
Wro Magiil 1 00
J B Campbell ?. 00
R J tiold 3 00
F P Mcßride t> 00
S Pointius 3 00
Joseph Lindaey 21 00
H M Gill ' 4 CO
G \V Jacobs 4 00
K F Mcßride 7 00
Uugh McFadden 9 00
B Noble 1 00
Joseph Portman 4 00
Joseph Henchberger 5 00
Nicholas Kramer 7 00
C F Aldinger 2 00
John Staff 2 00
E Zaner 2 00
W J Hutchison 2 00
Charles Crouse S 00
Jacob Reott 12 00
J M Davis 9 00
N Hetiry V 00
Reuben Shanor 4 00
Charles Zienlcr 17 25
Joseph Meehling 2 00
Geortre Reiber 8 00
SS Borland . 12 00
T J Brigger 7 00
H Lessinger 18 25
John Taylor 7 00
\V J Fletcher 14 25
John Blair 15 00
J M Elliott 19 25
R A Patterson 16 00
Hugh McFadden ; 26 00
' II .1 Brown 12 00
T J A lis worth 24 00
Alfred Sarver 15 25
W S Thompson 13 00
Henry Michley ti 00
C King (J 25
T J Cleeland 15 00
H Seat on 24 00
Isiah McCall f> 00
Wm Cleeland 7 00
A J Flemming 20 00
A C Gibson 3 00
J B McPivitt 18 00
J S Young 16 00
E H Adams „.. 16 00
James K Reed 18 00
J I) Marks 15 50
C F Aldinger 6 00
D F Ra>ikan 23 50
J C Vandyke ; 11 00
J II Wick. 13 00
James S WiNon 3 25
W P Brown ; 17 00
Elias Eastman 21 00
Total f1.122 45
1888. COtTRT IIorSK AIVOTOT
Jeff Burtner for plumbing - - # 18 75
8 G Purvia A 00, lumber - - - 1 98
J fl Miller, limps and oil - - 1 20
A Kalston, supplies i 18 00
W B I>o<Me, repairs oil clerk's ofiico • 3 Ij'i
Geo W Z.eior.labor - - 3 75
Jacob Boos, supples ... 70
. - 375
Geo W Z'.egler. auetnling clock - * - 625
I A White 1 doz brcome - - • S liO
Jeff Buittiar. plumbing * • - 60 (0
t>aiu Dickey. labuf ... 2 (-0
lew Mechiuvg, labor - - - 125
Met 1 1yni ndi'. (see ratebook) - 6 33
.lift Burtner, plumbing goo.ls - - '5
li Wise, labor - - - 1 75
Jl, Julius, painting Court House - - 400
J.'mi smith, lei ails on court house - - 20 CO
li \V Z'egier. attending clock - - 625
court h.iiise - - 10 00
Min Flerauiiug, cleiuing court house - UOO
Mrs Dill •• " - - JOO
Bitter >V Kalston.nupplies for court liouao 177 23
1 cwixMecbling. mowing lot C. 11. - - 150
G W Ztgler. court bouse - - 2CO
M N (iieur,ro.pMisoouri hooio 3 35
B C McAboy - - - - 500
S McCiymoi da, sundry il.jma - - H 3O
Geo W Ziegler, repairs on olock 0 II 6 25
John Ciltbbert. court houso - - 1 20
C Wise, coi.rt house - - - 14 (0
M 0 lioeLeustein. supplies co'irt house - 29 50
G w Ziegitr, court Imsm - - 75
William Smith, court hone - - - ICO
Juseph Many, labor ~ - - ICO
C ri*t Wert, omit houso - - - 3 00
Joseph Manny, labor - 2 00
Frank Kchultz. court bouse - 1 00
John McCurily, court house - - 6 (10
John Manny - » - 300
Geo Willet - - - 200
(i W Ziegler - - - - 400
J B McCuidy - - 10 00
L M Cochran, watchman at court house 20 00
Itev J li Waters, stove for court house - 10 00
W hichey. watobing from I>eo 12 to Jan 2, 20 00
H G Purvis Co, lumber court bouse - 12 08
Jackson A .Mitchell, supplies - -< 93
? Rankin and other* removing safo - 10 00
Trustees M K Church, rent of church - 15 00
J M McCurding, repairs court house - 22 30
Geo NhafTer, work at court liouae - - 10 00
Miller Bros, furniture - - • 14 00
Total - - - " *6Bl 34
OOtJKTY At'DITOBS
Jan 16. 1883, J II Shannon SIOO CO
J M Loudan 100 00
" Geo Crowe .. ~ ICO 00
♦uoo oo
OOGBT AI 111 TO 11
Jan 8, 1883. T H Lyon 1100 00
COAL ACCOUNT.
Jan 25. 1883, Munta X Gible »H0 CO
Mai Ml, *' 44 *" '<3 (¥)
.Tan ni '• James l'.earns .... , 26 00
#t6» 00
COHMI'BIONn' COt'SKi-L.
Mar 13, 1883. Thomas llobingon i 30 00
July 23, •' - " •••• 120 00
Oct 3, " " - •••• 15 00
Nov 2. •• ■' "...
♦2OO 00
ri.LRK or OOCBTH.
Fob 0. 1883. li M Cooliran 10 00
A W Wright 7 3a
W B Uodds .... ... 393 01
#4lO 96
COMMISSION!:HS Al'lOt'NT I'OR 1882.
G W Huvh, 313 days at $2.30 $ 782 50
Charles Coi hraa 313 days at *2.f>o 777 50
James Colliaa " " •••- 782 50
ii2,.)42 50
COMMKSIONKIU' f'LKRK.
S. McClyniondH 313 days at |2 5a i 782 50
I'Ol'UT HOI'SF. JANITOR.
George Ziegler 00
C E Anderson *
|3OO 50
IS , WAKUKN HOSPITAL.
1.. I)r .!• hu ( urwln $331 !'l
Wnter Account WSO 00
111 ' il l 'S u OM'HT.
W 'I mi 11. lo.an. * V *>
; 1 111 1 1,2 .3 !«j
Jurors' Account. ,4U5 »>1
rs XNSt KiniNt; BKCOKDB.
J. W. Brown • $1,210 00
(One half of this amount was paid to
.! B Greer, n si .taut, but warrants drawn in
| Brown's u* ne )
! I'dilatable Return*, Ac
Election Account *2,080 7{>
lIuKI'.HW !• ti MONKY PA IP 1883.
Jan 4, 188'!, Cvrus J. McClyinouds.....s 200 00
Apr 1" John S Ward 400 IH)
•• 23, " JohnS Ward 203 75
May 1!', " Abraham Kennel j-- 1 "0
June 4, " R« v B*l Thompson .k>o 00
Oct 12, " J S Ward WOO
IH'C 3, " Mrs. Julia Fowler 000 00
" 21, " Robert Miller 2,832 00
" 27, " Samuel A Campbell 1,720 00
•• 31, " J B McPivitt &*)
" 31, " JohnS Ward 875 00
Jan 5, IsM Mrs Julia Fowler 400 00
" !», " R P Auderson 400 00
#9,530 76
Cb»f• irrt