BUTLER CITIZEN- j: JOHN H. Il W. C. NE6LEY, PROP'RS- I Entered at the Postoffice at P.utler tit j ( second-clean matter. . ( WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 'B4. j I Republican Special Election The Republican voter* of Butler county are requested to meet at their j respective places of holding elections in their respective districts, on Natur- . day, the sth day of April, A. P. 1*34, | between the hours of 2 and fi o clock . p. M., to elect by ballot one pernon as delegate to the Chicago Convention, . which meets on the 3rd of June, 1384, i and one person as Senatorial and two persons as Representative delegates to the Stute Convention which meets at Harrisburg on the 16th of April, , the County Committee to meet in Butler on Monday, the 7th of April, 1884, by the member of the Committee from each district, by which.Committee the returns are to be computed and the result declared, and certificates issued to those chosen. JAMES BAKU, Chairman ALBERT MECHLINU, > . P JAMESON, J° 7 ' Republican Regular Primary. The republican voters of Butler County are requested to meet at their respective places of voting in the several districts ou Saturday, May 24, A. D. 1884, between the hours of one and 7 o'clock P. M. of said day to vote by ballot for the following officers, viz: One person for Congress, one person for Judge, one person for State Senate, two persons for Assembly, one person for Sheriff,one person for|Prothonotary, one person for Register and Recorder, one person for County Treasurer, one person for Clerk of Courts, two persons for County Commissioners, two persons for County Auditors, one for Coroner and one person as Return Judge. Said primary election to be held under the lawjgoverning the primary elections, and the rules in force on the same sub ject within the Republican party of said county. The returns of said election Bhall be presented to the County Con vention which shall convene in Butler on the 26th day of May, A. D. 1884, at 1 o'clock V. M. where the aggregate vote for each person shall be declared, and those having the greatest number of legal votes shall be declared nomi nated for the office for which he was a candidate. A strict enforcement ol the roles of the party is enjoined. JAMES BARR, Chairman. ALBERT MECHLIN Q, F „ , W. P. JAMESON, > - Notice. The Republican County Convention that meets in Butler next Monday, April 7, to declare the result at pri maries for delegates to National and State Conventions, will meet in fler roania Hall, Jefferson street, Butler, Pa., at one o'clock p. M., being the same hall in which the meeting of the late County Committee was held. JAMES BARK, March 31, 'B4. Prcs Co. Com. The Cincinnati Mob. A mob has well been described us the moßt fearful thing that human na ture can produce. The brutes and the elements may be controlled, but a mob is as uncontrollable as unreasonable. In the city or town it can hold sway by the very frigbt it creates and hence great loss of life and property has al ways followed. It appeared a thing almost incredible, at first news, that the beautiful city of Cincinnati con tained elements for such a mob rule as •ihe has just experienced. Commenc iug last Friday night it was continued ou Saturday night, andcndH with great loss of life and great destruction < f valuable buildings. The splendid Court House and jail of that city were the objects of vengeance. A man charged with a brutal murder had been found guilty of but manslaughter or murder in the second degree. This was the verdict of the jury, and it Bur prised all, even the judge trying the case, who expressed his disapproval of the jury's finding. The people as it were became a mob, and sought to take the prisoner, Berner, from the jail and lynch him. To that proceeding, of course, the law and all its officers were bound to oppose and prevent. The re- , suit is the firing of the jail and then the temple of justice itself, the Court House. And here is where the unreas oning of the mob always appears. Because justice has not been fully meted out in its balls the cry goes up to destroy the building in which it was 1 administered. The inanimate stone and marble are sought to be made en samples for the wrong doing of juries. In Cincinnati there appears to have been many murderers of late who have not met with their full punishment, ac cording to the views of its people gen erally. And hence there wore found iu this mob many well doing and re spectable citizens of that city. But what a mistaken remedy. Had the jury that found a corrupt verdict, as is alleged, or a verdict directly opposed to the law and the evidence, had its mem bers been sought out for vengeance it would not seem so strange. But the lesson this mob teaches is a plain one; it is that justice inu.it be ad wit?/ inter ed in this country, that uo technicalities of the law, no criminal lawyers, of which a city as large as Cincinnati is full, can be permitted, by any device iu practice or pleading, to thwart the ends of justice. It is a lesson to all the j Courts of the laud, that no guilty of- ; fender must escape. And hence the I high necessity in all places, and at alt times, for able, fearless and upright judges and juries. If we don't have ' them other people )>esides those of Cin cinnati will rise in riot and in mohs and , take the law into their own hands ' Many of tin* people of that fair city be. lieve the law was trifled with and that 1 many murderers went unpunished, and hence its riot, bloodshed and conflagra- ' j / tions. We see no other lesson taught in this case than the supreme demand for the full execution of the law at all times and in all case*. The interests j of all communities require it and this Cincinnati mob gives a fearful warning to all Bald Ridge Election District. Ei>s. CITIZEN': —To avoid misappre-; hention on the part of any citizen of the county as to the procedure in form ing the above district and the reasons for its formation, I submit the follow ing statement: The Act of April 20, 1854, Section 2, authorized the Courts of Quarter Sessions: Ist, To divide a township into two or more election districts. 2d, To alter the bounds of any elec tion district. 3d, To form an election district out! of parts of two or more adjoining town ships. This action was to be taken only when it suited the convenience of the inhabitants of the township or town ships to lie effected, and the districts were only so to lie formed where they contained one hundred voters or more. It was further provided by the same section that the proceedings had in the case of such division or alteration shall be the same as in the erection or alter ation of the lines of townships, that is, commissioners shall be appointed who shall inquire into the propriety of such division or alteration and shall report to the court and at the term after that at which the report shall be made, the court shall take such order thereupon as to them shall appear just and reas onable. The reading of this act shows that such procedure was to be had only in the first two classes of cases above mentioned, and excluded the case of the formation af an election district out of parts of two or more adjoining townships, in which class of cases the formation of the Bald Ridge district falls, it being formed of parts of (south) Connoquenessing, Butler, Penu and Forward townships. The authority to form such a district rests, therefore, with the court alone and no viewers were necessary except for the purpose of enabling the court more definitely to fix the lines and boundaries of the district. The new Constitution, however, swept away the procedure under the act of 1854, and left the formation of election districts wholly with the Court of Quarter Sessions. See opin ion of Judge Pearson in the case of the contested election of the office District Attorney of Dauphin county, reported in 11 Philadelphia Reports, page 045. The constitution provides that town ships shall form or be divided into election districts, of compact and con tiguous territory In such manner as the court of quarter sessions may di rect, and election districts shall lie di vided wherever the court shall be of the opinion that the convenience of the electors and the public interest will be promoted thereby. From the time of the adoption of the new constitution by the people of the State, until May, 187 C, no procedure for the formation of election districts was pointed out by the Legislature, and during that time the court of quar ter sessions could have, of its own motion, redistricted the county for election purposes, having in view com pact and contiguous territory, the con venience of the electors and the promo tion of the public interests. On May 18, 1876, the Legislature pointed out the manner of proceeding to form new election districts, but in two cases only. Ist, The division of a township into two or more election districts. 2d, The annexation of one election district or township to another. It will be seen,by lawyer or layman, that this act does not apply to the for mation of an election district out of several townships, such as the Bald Ridge district, and a reference to the Act in detail will confirm that view. The general clause in the constitution that the court shall divide or form elec tion districts whenever it shall be of the opinion that the the electors and the public interests will be promoted, is in full force and is not subject to the delay of two terms or a reference to the vote of the people. If this view of the law is correct the Court may at any time form such an election district as that of Bald Ridge, provided the district is so formed as to suit the convenience of the electors and promote the public interests. Electors of the Bald Ridge district cannot vote at the place for holding their elections for any office other than county and State, including Presiden tial electors. In other words, town ship officers must be voted for by them at the regular place in their respective townships for holding elections. The elector living in that portion of the dis trict within the bounds of Penu town ship mupt vote justice of the peace, constable, &c., at the regular place for holding the Penn township elections, and so of Forward, South Connoque nessing and Butler. Within the bonds of the Bald Ridge election district live some one hundred and fifty or two hundred voters and the number is increasing. Theso voters live in the corners of four townshipsjand must travel from three to six miles to i - ote in their respective townships They are generally working men who labor each day twelve hours. They are not situated aB farmers who have their own horses and who can comfort ably travel to the polls. They must walk or go to the expense of hiring their teams. Worn out then with their hard work and generally feeling enable to ex|>end hard earned money in a cause in whicti they are not direct ly concerned, they prefer staying away from the place of holding the election. The body politic is the loser by this The polls, if possible, like the school houses should be within easy reach of each voter. For these reasons this dis trict is one eminently lit to bo made. A railroad runs through its length and renders the polls easily accessible to each voter whether he be mechanic, laborer, merchant or farmer. The ex pense is but a trifle and has been borne before for districts not so necessary as this. I have been informed that some citizens of Penn tvsp , are under the impression that by the esiaUiahment of this district their township is divid ed and their taxes specially increased. Iu this they are mistaken. Their municipal organization is as it was be fore except that within th».- bounds of the township there are now two voting places for acveral elections, as there are in Connoquenessing and Washington townships, and the expense incurred in holding the general elections in the new district is paid out of the County Treasury. T C CAMPBELL Butler, March 31, 1884 BLAINE had 1,214 votes for Presi dent in Armstrong county at the pri maries last Saturday, while ail others combined had not more than 300. HON. 8. S. MEHARD, present Judge of Mercer county, was on Monday last nominated by the Democratic Conven tion of that county for election in No vember. —Three new post offices have Itteu established in this county, one called Euclid, at Euclid station on the S. k A. Railroad, west of Sunbury, with Mrs. , Thos. R. McCall as postmistress; one I called Kiester, at Kiester station, on ; same road, one called Callery, at Cal lery Junction, on the P. & W. Railroad with Mr. A. M. Beers as postmaster. ATtLe recent court in Lawrence coun ty, held by Judge Bredin, there were thirty-eight applicants for license of which twenty-six were granted. At the recent Court in thiscouuty held by •Judge McJunkin, there were sixty-five applicants for license of which but twenty-nine were granted. THERE| will ba preaching in the White Oak Springs U. P. Church this county, on next Sabbath, April G, at 11 o'clock A. M., and at the Mt. Chestnut L T . P. Church at 3 o'clock P. M. of same day. A note from Rev. Young, from Lenox lowa, states that he expects to reach home by to-morrow,3rd inst. He has been making a trip through Illinois, lowa and Nebraska. THE Citizens committee movemenL in Allegheny county demonstrates what can be done by the people when they organize and resolve to break up ring-machine rule. Pittsburgh and Allegheny have been quietly in the grasp of the machine for ten or fifteen years past, and now its rule has been broken—forever we hope. Col. Bayne is entitled to the congratulations he is receiviug for the leading and heroic part he took in the citizens movement that bent the old ring rule last Satur day. REV. JOHN H. NIBI.OCK, now pastor of a church at Cedar Rapids, lowa, is at present on a visit to bis mother, sis ter and friends at his old home here. He preached iu the 1". P. Church last Sunday and afterwards addressed the Sunday School of the same, being just twenty years since he preached his first sermon in that church, occupying the pulpit by the side of his father, who was then in feeble health and died shortly afterwards. Rev. Niblock has many friends in this place who are al ways pleased to see and greet him back to bis old homo. Closing of School No. 2. EDITORS CITIZEN: —PIease allow me through the columns of your valuable paper to give a short account of the closing of school No. 2 in Penn town ship, known as the Bulford district. This school closed on the 27th ®of March, alter a term of five months of which the parents say has been very successful. The scholars, also, both large and small, say they never spent as pleasant or more profitable term. Their teacher, Jennie R. Criswell, has undoubtedly left her impress indelibly upon the hearts and minds of both pa rents aud pupils. I have witnessed the closing of many schools, yet this was as pi ease nt and profitable a closing as I ever saw. From ten o'clock until eleven people kept coming and were kindly welcomed by the teacher until the large schoolroom was crowded with the parents and those interested in ed ucation. The forenoon was spent in the regular class exercise, the scholars all did splendidly aud the teacher ac quitted herself nobly. When twelve o'clock came we were dismissed and the ladies of the neighborhood prepared from their well filled baskets, as good a dinner as one could wish to partake of, consisting of chicken, oil kinds of cakes, innumerable kinds of pies aud many other articles too numerous to nientiou. Of all the places I know of go to No. 2 is the best for a good dinner, for al thougl everybody seemed hungry there was abundance, and there was taken np of the fragments, I don't know how many baskets. After enjoying our selves for a short time on the play ground we were led back to the school house by the worthy teacher to be en tertained by a literary performance from the scholars conducted bv the teacher, which was simply graud, an honor to the teacher and a credit to the pupils. It consisted of dialogues, recitations, compositions, declamations and music, instrumental aud vocal. The scholars all did well, but the per formances of Carls Patterson and Ella Hays were exceptionally good. But for this literary performance, the great est part of the praise should belong to the teacher, for such exercises ore suc cessful only when there is some one at their head who understands discipline und Is not afraid of work or trouble. After these grand exercises which fuel ed for about two hours, the scholars were treated by their teacher. This was also a success, iu that there was such an abundance, consisting of candy, oranges and peanuts. While looking on I almost wished myself a school boy again that I might partake of his privileges: but alter the scholars had had a splendid treat there was still much left which was freely distributed among the visitors. The pupils then presented their teacher with a beautiful album as a token of their love and grat itude, for her kindness and valuable instructions to them during the winter. The teacher then said they were through with their exercises and would be glad to hear some criticisms and re marks. There was no room for criti cising but a few well chosen remarks were made by Mr. Wm. Kennedy, B. W. l>outhett, Jos. Criswell and several of the teachers who were present. All joined in their approval and praise of i the day's exercise. The teacher then ! u:adp her farewell address which was i well chosen ur;d instructive. This j closed the exercises of lha .Jay, we I were dismissed and all left the school room feeling doubly repaid for coming and will always remember with pleas ure the closing of Jennie It. Criswell's school, 4 SJ'EUT ATOU ' ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR t.ELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVEN TION— ELECTION APRIL 5, 1 884— (One to elect. ) W. n HITTER, Of Butler Borough. W H. H. RIDDLE, Of Butler Borough C M BROWN, Of Mercer township. FOR DELEGATES TO STATE CON VENTION — (Three to elect.» ELECTION At'KIL 5, 1884. SENATOR! AI 1 TO ELECI S. W. HARLEY, Of Petrolia IIEPKF.SENTATI \ t.—2 TO ELECT JAMES BARR, Of Adauis iwp. JAMES STEPHENSON, Of Summit twp | W. l>. BRANDON, Of Butler. j T R. McCALL, Of Clay township | Fur <'ouiit> tiud District OlllceH. ELECTION MAY 24, 18*4 FOR JUDGE, EBENEZER M'JUNKIN. JOHN M GREER, Of Butler FOR CONGRESS, GEO. W. FLEEGER, Of Butler. DR. WILLIAM IRVINE, Of Evans City. FOR STA'IE SENATE. A. L. CAMPBELL, Of Petrolia. FOR ASSEMBLY. (two to nominate.) J. M LIEGHNER, Of Prospect Borough. JOSEPH HARTMAN, Of Donegal township MAJ. C. E. ANDERSON, Of Butler Borough. JOHN S. CAMPBELL, Of Cherry township. W. C. FINDLEY, Of Clay township. W P, BRAHAM, Of Mercer township. ISAAC MILLER, (late ol'Co. C. 4th Pa. Cavalry.) Of Allegheny township, J II SHANNON, Of Franklin twp FOR SHERIFF. W. C. GLENN, OfSunbury Borough. S. P. EAKIN, Of Allegheny township PETER KRAMER, Of Middlesex township W. M. BROWN, Of Forward township. COL. O. C. REDIC, Of Alleghenv township. JAMES L. BADGER, Of Fairview township. GEORGE MOON, Of Slipperyrock township. FOR I'ROTIIONOTARY. W M. SIIIRA, Of Washington township. JOHN I). HARBISON, Of Clinton township. JOHN W WEIGEL, Of Zelienople borough PoR CLERK OF COURTS. REUBEN McELVAIN, Of Butler Borough S B. CROSS. Of Washington (late of Allegheny)tp. W. P. JAMISON, Of Fairview Borough JOSEPH ELLIOTT, Of Jefferson township. JOHN F. SH ANNON, Of Connoquenessing township. ISAAC MEALS, Of Washington township. REGISTER AND RECORDER. LEWIS WOLFORD, Of Cherry Township. JAMES RANKIN, Of Penn (formerly of Fairview) tp. WM. 11. WALKER, Of Butler Boro. (late of Clinton tp.) M. 11. BYERLY, Of Jefferson township J. S. WICK, Of Sunbury Borough. JAMES S. CRAIG, Of Allegheny township. 11. W. CHRISTIE, Of Butler Borough. J. L. HENRY, Of Butler Borough. C'OL'WTY (jOM MISSION ERS. (two to nominate.) A.J HUTCHISON, Of Centre township. S. DUFF, of Winfield township. HTJY THE EIGHMIE PATENT SHIRT. Inventod and Manufactured by G. D. Eitfhmio. THE FINEST and CHEAPEST i>it wIIIRT MADE IN ill / H| /jl THE WORLD. Tbfc) wonderful invitation ij >-i I ,i} Afimi « Bosom hacdMm .shape latest stvlo,and is |' m placed on the Shirt that it ran be worn for a week . tf'* /■$ w,l bout break or wrinkle. Made frormiuulinen, Warn- | Muslin, and Bos#m lined witli heavy Butcher / « I J ' ne,i - All BOSOMSGUARANTEED ■'# TO OUT WEAR THE SHIRT. FOR SALE ONLY BY m " i sawi M U wu-. oalhrefttL Jesse Glenn R. H. 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