BUTLEK CITIZEN
JOHN H. & W. C. NEGLEY, PROP'RS,
Entered, at the Pout office at Butler as
second-clcsss matter.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, J 88 *.
Republican National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN A. LOGAN.
Republican State Ticket.
FOR CONGRESSMAN-AC-LARGE,
GEN. E. S. OSBORNE,
Of Luzerne county.
Republican County Ticket.
FOR JUDGE,
JOHN M. GBEER.
(Subject to District Conference )
FOR CONGRESS,
GEORGE W. FLEEGER.
(Subject to District Conference.)
FOR STATE SENATE,
A. L. CAMPBELL.
'Subject to District Conference.)
FOR ASSEMBLY,
JOHN M. LIEGHNER.
JOSEPH HARTMAN.
FOR SHERIFF,
PETER KRAMER,
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
WILLIAM M. SHIRA.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
MICHAEL H. BYERLY.
FOR CLERK OF COURTS,
REUBEN McELVAIN.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JAMES A. McMARLIN,
FOR COUNTY COMM.'SSIONERS,
J. C. 3READEN.
JOHN M. TURNER,
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
E. E. MAURHOFF.
L. G. MOORE.
FOR COUNTY R COBONER,
WILLIAM CALDWELL.
FOR JUDGE,
Independent Candidate, 17th Judicial District,
HON. E. McJUNKIN,
Butler, Pa.
No paper from this office next week
—Fourth of July week.
DEMOCRATIC National Convention—
to nominate a candidate for President
—meets in Chicago on next Tuesday,
July 8.
THE Conferees for this Congressional
District met in Greenville on Monday
and were in session at this writing,
Tuesday afternoon. The conferees
chosen by Capt. Fleeger to represent
him in the conference, for this county,
are John T. Kelly, Alex Mitchell and
W. H. H. Riddle, Esqrs.
HON. A. W. TAYLOR, of Indiana
county, this State, is announced in the
Republican papers of that county as an
Independent candidate for Judge of the
same. Indiana county is a separate
Judicial district. The Republicans at
their late primaries nominated Gen.
Harry White for that office. But ow
ing, we believe, to Gen. White's active
and strong part in politics for many
years past, his nomination is not re
ceived with general fayor by the people
of that county, and hence the bringing
out of an independent candidate. In
favor of Mr. Taylor it is claimed that
he is and will be free from all party
bias or control in the discharge of the
duties of the office. His age, being one
of the oldest members of the Bar, and
hie experience as a lawyer, are also
urged in bis favor for election in No
vember.
Gas the Coming Thing.
The new gas well on the farm of
Mr. Joseph B. Criswell, of Butler tp.
is one of the strongest yet struck. It
is not two miles from Butler, and is
in a direct line South from town, as
will be seen by standing on the middle
of Main street at the Diamond any
evening. The roar of the gas from the
well is so strong that it also can be
heard here at night. The gas is from
one of the wells being drilled by Mr.
William lleed,, of Sewickly, for oil.
But from present appearances, and the
low price of oil, it looks as if gas was
already a more valuable strike to have
than oil. Mr. Reed, from what we
learn, will have no trouble in selling
his well for its gas, or putting it in
good use for fuel.
Visitors.
Hon. James T. Lane, of Davenport,
lowa, was back to his old home here
last week on a visit to his friends.
Mr. Lane studied law it this place and
was admitted to the Bar here, and sub
sequently married Miss Reed,a daughter
of Gen. George W. Reed, our respected
fellow citizen. On removing to lowa
he soon became prominent in his pro
fession and is now one of the 1
principal citizens of the flourishing
city of Davenport, that State.
Winfield S Purviauce, Esq, of
Pittsburgh, an)ther former citizen of
this place, was also here last week on
professonal business. Mr. I'urviance
was born and raised here and his many
friends are always glad to meet him.
In addition to above our town is al
most dt.ily visited by strangers or peo
ple from abroad, who are interested in
or come to see our rapid developments
in oil and gas wells near this'place.
To the Electors of the 17th Judi
cial District, Penn'a., Compos
ed of the Counties of Butler and
Lawrence.
.At the solicitation of many friends
of all political parties, in both counties
ot the district, I offer myself as a can
didate for re-election to the place I now
hold.
I have always during my term on
the bench, earnestly, faithfully, and
honestly tried to do right toward all
men, as far as I could see and know
the riprht, and this will ever be my aim
and effort.
A careful and just administration of
the "laws of the land" as far as I could
learn, interpret and understand them,
bv diligent and continuous application,
research and study, has been my sole
desire and ambition while on the Bench;
ever mindful and conscious of the fact
also that in every official act I am oath
bound.
Had I been treated with common
fairness and decency when a candidate
for the nomination at the late Bepub
lican primary election and been defeat
edbv an unprejudi'edexpression ot the
Republican electors, I would have will
ingly retired from the great responsi
bilities, vexations and burdens of the
judicial office. But the base slanders,
misreprese Jtations and falsehoods
heaped upon me by a paper purporting
to be one of the Republican party or
gans, and by a few malicious enemies,
prompted by private and personal griev
ances, going up and down the district,
self-respect and considei atio i tor my
relatives and friends, and a conscious
knowledge of the rectitude of my pri
vate life, and of the honesty, integrity
and fidelity of every official act of my
te;m and services on the Bench, lead
me to yield to the earnestly expressed
wishes of many friends of all political
parties and of both counties and impels
me to appeal to the impartial and un
prejudiced judgment of all the electors
of the district for justice.
I most emphatically say to all elec
tors and citizens of the two counties
interested that there is not one word of
truth in all the base calumnies circulat
ed against me, and I pronounce the
oiiginators and circulators thereof vile
and malicious slanderers.
I am no violent or blind political par
tisan, it is true, yet I haye been a Re
publican from the organization of the
party, and a supporter of all its essen
tial and distinctive principles, by con
tributions and humble personal influ
ence, but in non-essentials and in local
issaes I have always claimed and ex
ercised liberty.
During ray whole life, professional
and judicial, I have never taken bribes,
sold justice or myself, wrecked banks
or other men's fortunes, committed pur
jurv, betrayed either public or private
trusts, or squandered in speculation
poor people's livings,or stolen farms, or
spent in any way the money of any one
I did not honestly earn or could notrepav.
I have always thought and felt that
judges and jurors, who bi.ve to deal
with the lives and liberties, rights and
possessions of men,should be especially
free from all such sinsand crimes,as well
as free from all local, political, partisan
or sectarian influences or prejudices.
And in the formation of judicial dis
tricts by the legislature, I have always
thonght that there should be no politi
cal partyism shown or dishonest gerry
mandering, so as to utilize party ma
jorities in favor of aspiring political
riogsters or partisans, who were with
out much higher or better qualifications
than fealty to parly to aid them to ju
dicial places, responsibilities and honors.
The remedy, however, for all evils of
this kind, and where they exist, is
within the easy reach and control of
the honest and intelligent electors of
of all such judicial districts.
On account of the false, unjust and
malicious charges enumerated, that
were urged against me at the primary
election referred to, and circulated and
pressed upon the electors at the eleventh
hour, when their refutation was impos
sible, my friends join me in declaring
that I am not bound by the result of
that election, but that I should, as I
now do, submit myself as a candidate
to the consideration of the honest, just
and intelligent electors of the district,
free from political, partisan, or secta
rian partiality or prejudice.
E. McJUNKIN,
President Judge 17th Judical District.
—No CITIZEN next week.
STOPPING THE DRILL.
Hon. Thos. W. Phillips' Open
Letter.
From Pittsburgh Dispatch ofJJune 28.]
NEW CASTLE, June 27, 1884.
David Kirk, Chairman of Producers Association,
Bradford, Pa.:
DEAR Slß —Had I not been absent
on business I should have responded
sooner to your letter appointing roe on
a committee for organizing a movement
to stop drilling for six months. Such
an arganization, headed by representa
tive men, irany of whom have been
long and favorably known to the oil
industjy, making so startling a request,
demands careful consideration—more,
I fear, than has been given by some
whose names are appended to the list
you sent me.
I will briefly state some reasons for
not joining a movement so wide
in its rangea nd far-reaching
in its effects. I believe the
movement has done injury to
the oil trade. It has given the impres
sion that there are such vast quantities
of oil under our hills that not only con
certed action but also violent measures
are required to stop the production, in
a time, too, when the field as a whole
is more limited than it has been for
years; when the production has de
creased in the last two years more than
50,000 barrels per day, and does not at
present exceed the consumption. I
state a fact when I say that a barrel
of oil is intrinsically worth more to
day than it has been at anytime for
three years. Why, then, its present
low price ? It is simply due to the ab
normal condition-in which the oil busi
ness has been placed for years.
A QL'ERV.
I notice that your headquarters are
at Bradford. Why did you not stop
drilling there when you were producing
80,00 barrels per day and a large per
cent, was running to waste ? We of
Butler, Clarion, Bullion and other fields
would have been glad if you had
halted instead of recklessly destroying
the value of our property by your over
production, and waste. Now when
you have circumscribed your fields and
are rappidly exhausting their deposits, ]
you ask all the others to stand idly by
while you enjoy the profits from the j
laud which will no longer pay to drill, j
and besides, reap tbis harvest, while j
deceiving the world in regard to an nn- .
limited supply ready to be brought to j
the surface. Not only the production, ;
but the field has become limited. I
venture this statement and chal
lenge denial, that in all the counties of
Pennsylvania and New York where
oil has* been produced in large quanti
ties, there is not now remaining a spot ■
halt as large as the Bradford field that
is not punctured with dry holes ; and
further, that more than seven-aights of j
all the oil of this territory has been ,
taken out, unless perchance there :
should be a sub-deposit, which does
not seem propable.
But in reply you say stocks, stocks,
too many stocks. There are no more
stocks than are necessary to the healthy
condition of so large a trade, and to
prevent violent liuctations which your
movement is designed to|create. bat
is 12 or 18 months supply of oil when
it is so safely and cheaply stored? It
is estimated'that in this country there
is constantly on hand a three years'
supplv of tea. This stock is not too
great for a natural market. I therefor
take no stock in your stock argument.
The law of supply and demand must
regulate the oil business, as it does all
other industries. This is the natural
law of exchange, and you cannot vio
late it without incurring its penalty,
anv more than you can violate with im
punity the laws of nature. Both may
be obstructed for a time, but in the end
their demands are inexorable. No
great product, agricultural or mechanic
al,'required by the world can be restrict
ed by such measures as you propose.
I believe that such efforts will Only re
turn to plague those who try to enforce
them. This most certainly has been
true in regard to all past efforts of tbis
kind, and they have not been few in
the oil business. The disasters that
have followed in the wake of these wild
schemes in the past should be a sufficient
experience for one generation.
A MORE SERIOUS RESULT.
Another, and most serious if not
cruel result, which doe 3 not seem to
have been considered by your associa
tion, is the case of the laborer and me
chanic. What provision is made for
the employe or what will he reap in
this harvest ? If you take into account
the men required to team, to build rigs,
to drill wells, and to pump the same,
together with the employes in the tube
and casing works, in engine and boiler
shops, in tool and rope manufacture,
beside the production of iron, lumber
and all the material which the trade is
constantly using, and you will have an
arrav of workers 10,000 strong. hat
provisions shall be made fur these?
While you are enriching yourselves
are these ten thousand workingmen to
starve? And what are the manufac
turers to get for stopping their works .'
What interest on their vested capital?
It will require millions to pay these for
lost time and capital and keep many of
them from beggary and want.
Again, the remedy you seek, even if
all right in other respects, could never
be adjusted to the diversified interests
of the producers. Space and time will
not allow me to enter this field of ob
jection further than to say that existing
contracts in regard to developments,
drainage of territory, equalizing of pro
duction on adjoining farms, properly
adjusted,all tbis and more Injtween dif
ferent classes, rich and poor, debtor and
creditor, can never be accomplished by
your committee or any other. It is to
be presumed that there are none in this
movement who are preparing, as some
did that made a persistent effort to en
force a rig tax, by building many rigs
in advance. I know that many whose
names are on the list before me would
spurn to do this.
CAUSES OF TIIE DEPRESSION.
One of the cLief causes of the present
depression Las been the mystery busi
ness. The papers inform me that the
next meeting of your association will
be in Warren. As the mystery fraud
was first succesfully practiced there,
permit me to suggest tbat you take
measures while in session to effectually
suppress it. It has been this swindle
more than anything else that has driven
outside capitalists from the business.
It has made a legitimate business a
cheat, a deception and a iraud. It has
demoralized a great trade aud brought
reproach upon a large class of men en
gaged in an honorable pursuit. Con
template it for a moment in all its
hideous proportions; men barricading
derricks, defending them with shot
guns, bull dogs and pistols; these bush
whackers are met by an army of scouts
or guerrillas; both clashes aie preying
upon an innocent and prosperous com
munity, desolating, financially, thous
ands of homes! Suppose that all indus
tries were conducted in this way, and
that deception and fraud were written
as plainly over the gateway of every
business establishment as it is on a bar
ricaded derrick, how long could society
or government exist? In fact if such
practices as have been endured in the
oil regions were permitted in all the
branches of industry, foreign and
domestic, our present form of govern
ment would soon yield to anarchy.
It is time, and high time, that this
brigandage should case. It is not half
so important to stop the drill as it is to
check these land pirates, or send them
to Macksburg to drill for salt water.
1 know not how to characterize one of
the resolutions passed by your associa
tion at Bradford on the 12lh inst.,
which reads as follows: ' Resolved,
that we shall regard the owners of any
rig, in which a string of tools is swing
ing on the first day of August next, or
resuming operations before the expira
tion of the tirue set, as public and priv
ate enemies;" also placing in "the same
category hardware and supply dealers,
bankers aud others giving credit to
such 'operators,' " excepting, of course,
such "operators" as your inquisitorial
committee shall declare free from court
martial. Did it not occur to those issu
ing this edict that a power higher than
theirs long ago guaranteed to us the
right to life, liberty and the pursuits of
happiness, aud that the State is pledg
ed to protect its citizens in the pursuit
of a legitimate business, wheu not in
terfering with the rights of others.
LIKE L'NTO COMMUNISM.
For the honor of the oil regions this
resolution should be rescinded. It
savors of conspiracy, of communism
and is an implied threat that your as
sociation cannot afford to make and
may cause you trouble in the future.
I have no hesitancy in saying that
such a resolution should not be passed
by any class of men engaged in a legiti
mate industry in a ciyilized country.
Considering that your movement has
added greatly to the present depressed
price of oil, if it were not the immediate
cause of it; that it is contrary to the
laws ol political economy; that it will
not gain the end you seek, but have an
adverse effect; aud considering also the
present supply compared with that of
two vears ago; that you make no pro
vision for employes and manufacturers, j
and that your object is purely selfish,and >
believing that the movement is unwise, ;
ill-timed aod will be injurious, I there
fore respectfully decline to become a
member of the committee or to enter j
your new enterprise of idleness.
THUS. W. PIULLIPS
THE announcement of Judge Me-;
Junkin, as an independent candidate
for the position he now holds iu this
Judicial District, will be seen in this
i weeks paper.
COMMUNICATED.
The New Court House.
AX "OPINION AS IS AN OPINION."
MESSRS. El>S —ln last week's Demo
cratic Herald of this place is an article
headed "New Court House," that is of
more interest to the tax payers of But
ler county than perhaps they would
think of at first glance. It is given iu
the Herald as an "opinion" of Thomas
lioLinson, Esq , counsel for the Com
missioners, aud filed with the Commis
sioners, and on the subject of their
powers and duties relative to the erec
tion of a new Court House. This may
seem strange to many, at this time,
that an "opinion" is necessary now, in
June, and after two successive Grand
Juries have acted CD ihe subject of the
new Court House, at late March and
June terms, and made their recommend
ations as the law required and the
Commissioners have gone on to this
time acting under the same. liut it
seen s the action of one of the Juries,
that of June term, don't suit the views,
plans, or plots perhaps, of the counsel
of the Commissioners, aud het.ee this
"opiuion" to get clear of the same.
But a more rediculous, absurd and il
logical thiDg could not be contrived or
written. And in order that every man
of any intelligence and common sense
in the county may see the question now
raised, fully aud fairly, we here iusert
the article published in the Ilerald, in
which the two sections, 10 aud 11, of
the act Assembly of 1834, are found,
being the only law in the State on the
subject of the erection, rebuilding, or
repairing county buildings:
NEW COIRT HOUSE.
From Herald of June 25.]
'■Thomas Robinson, Esq., counsel to
the Commissioners, has filed with the
Commissioners an opinion in regard to
the powers and duties of said officers
relating to the erection of a new Court
House. The opinion refers to Sec. 10,
of the act of 1834, which says:—'That
it shall be lawful for the Commission
ers of any county, having, first
obtained the approbation of two success
sive grand juries and of the Court of
Quarter Session ol such county, to
cause to be erected at tho seat of jus
tice thereof,when occasion may require,
such building or buildings as may be
necessary for the several officers of the
county and for the reception and safe
keeping of the records and other papers
in charge of such officers,' <tc. Section
11 of same act provides as follows ;
'That it shall bo tho duty of the Com
missioners of every county to keep and
maintain the puplic buildings aforesaid
ot the county in suitable order and re
pair ; and it shall be lawful for them,
when necessary, having first obtained
the approbation of the grand jury and
tho Court of Quarter Sessions of the
county, to |lter, add to, or enlarge
such buildi§:s.'—Tie question arises,
under whicti of thei sections are the
Commissioners -fctuhorized to act? In
of a new cufunty, where no build
ings have beect erected, two grand
juries must decioJ afl to wblt buildings
are necessary ; aud also (u of old
counties, whether additional buildiuga
should be eretced; and no doubt, where
the public buildings have become di
lapidated or too small to aceom modate
the officers, aud it becomes a question
whether they should be repaired, en
larged, torn down and entirely new
edifice erected, two grand juries should
approve new erections as within the
spirit if not the letter of the law.
Mr. Robinson gives as his opinion that
under the first clause of the 11th Sec
tion, which makes it the duty of the
Commissioners 'to keep and main
tain public buildings iu suitable and
convenient order and repair,' that the
Commissioners have the authority to
replace the public buildings without
the intervention ot either the Court or
grand jury. On several previous occa
sions grand juries have recommended
the enlargement of public buildings;
and this, with the fact that the whole
question has been submitted to the
grand jury at March sessions--passed
upon by that body aud approved by
the Court, the action of the grand jury
at June sessions was entirely unneces
sary and not demanded by the provi
sions of the law referred to. We re
gard the opinion as given by Mr. Rob
inson to be correct, and that the Com
missioners have full power to proceed
with the erection of suitable aud pub
lic buildings."
As the editor of the Ilerald closes iu
the ahove by saying he thinks tho edi
tor of the Eagle is we would like
to join in the "opinion" of two such
able lawyers on this question. But
what is the point decided by this "opin
ion" of the counsel of the Commis
sioners. First, it is that only one Grand
Jury need act in the matter. But the
law requires two successive Grand
Juries to act, which has already been
done. But this law is now attempted
to be ignored, it would seem, by the ab
surd argument that the 10th section of
of the law, abovt quoted, don't apply,
and that only the first clause of the
11th section of the act of 1834 does ap
ply now to our new Court House re
building. In other words, Mr. Robin
son gives it as his "opinion," and puts
it "on file" too, that under the said
clause our present Court House ques
tion is merely one of keeping the old
building "in suitable order and repair."
Or, in other words, that the old Court
House was not actually burned down,
and no parts of it were actually torn
down, by order of the Commissioners,
but that all this was merely done under
the clauso cf "keeping in good order
and repair." Surely this is a new and
marvelous kind of way to keep in order
and repair a building now razed down
to the very foundation stones. If it
had been treated as a question of only
rejjulriii'j from the time of the lire, last
December, why were the acts of
the two Grand .JUKU;,; ftiyaittd,
and why the Courts and Juried
approval waited for and so far
acted upon 't If it wat only some little
"repair"' that was needed—if only
necessary tor the Commissioners to act ■
under the first clau?e of the 11th section
of the law, why was Mr. Robinson
quiet to the present time, and why the
work that the Commissioners baye al
ready had done? But the question is
simply too absurd (or further notice.
Questions under both sections of the
hiw have already been before the Su
preme Court, and that tribunal has de
cided, that the 10th section of the act
of "is not confined to the case of
! new counties only," and that, "there
, fore the approbation of the Court and
of two successive Grand .Juries are
necessary to authorize the rebuilding
: of a Court House;" see 6 Watts, page
i "229, aud 3 fiarr, 202
If we are not "rebuilding" a Court
j House it would be bard to tell what
we ore doing 1 . Many would like to
look on it in the light of merely putting
the old building "in conyenient order
and repair," but the end will propablv
inform them that the said "repairing '
commenced down at the very ground.
And, in conclusion, why this effort to
ignore the Courts and the acts of the two
grand juries? What the necessity?
What the object? The Court and
juries are the organs of the law, and
are instituted in the interests of the
people. Who has a right to set aside
their acts? No board of Commission
ers could possibly listen to any such
advice. What we want is a new
Court House and that as soon as pos
sible. We know nothing to prevent
the Commissioners from going ahead
as speedily as possible with the work.
The March Grand Jury said: "That
they bad examined the walls and find
the foundation walls, stone work, in
good condition, aud that the new
buildiDg should be erected thereon."
The June Court Grand Jury found
about the same, and in their report to
the Court said "That they find tht
foundation walls, stonework, iu fiood
condition, and that the new buiMiog
should be erected thereon, without
cbaDgingtbe walls." These last words,
"without changing the walls," is the
only difference in the wording of the
two reports But the first one virtu
ally says as much. And while it is
not contended that the Grand Juries
can govern or direct the County Com
missioners as to the details, cost, etc.,
of the rebuilding, yet each jury having
made it a part of their report, that the
old foundation walls are good and
sound,and made tbeir recommendations
on that view, it would seem necessary
that the old stone foundations must be
used as far as they are sufficient foi
future use. As the walls are arranged
for a brick structure these findings o:
the Grand Juries would require the
new bouse to be of brick also. But al
that is demanded by the people of the
county is, that there be no jobs oi
jobbery in the rebuilding of their new
Court House. And believing there
was something looking in that direc
tion, in the "opinion" above referred to
we have penned these few lines of
NOTICE.
Duller Presbytery.
The I'resbytery of Butler met al
Martinsburg, June 24th, at 11a. m.,
and continued in session till 10 p. rn
Itev. W. M. Taylor, of the M. E
church, and Rev. J. W. Alspach, o
the Reformed church, were invited tc
sit as corresponding members
Rev. Jas. H. Marshall and Eldei
John T. Bingham, commissioners tc
the late Assembly, made their repori
Rev- S. M. Glenn was released from
the pastoral charge of the church ol
Clintonville, at his own request and
with the consent of the congregation
The Presbytery would have been glad
to have brother Glenn continue big
labors within their bounds, but he
deemed it best for him to make a
change. The church of Clintonville
was allowed to secure its own supplies
till next meeting of Presbytery.
Mr. Cyrus G. Allen, a member ol
the church cf Amitv, was taken under
the care of the Presbytery as a candi
date for the Gospel ministry.
The Secretary of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the Presbytery re
ported that the society id in good work
ing order, and has contributed during
the past year sl,llß for Home Mis
i eions.
A conference on the subject of tem
perance was held in the afternoon and
evening.
Rev. G. W. Bean opened tha discus
sion on the terrible evils of intemper
ance, as it effects the individuals and
the family; Rev. S. M. Genu, that of
its curse to society and the Nation;
Rev. E. Ogdeu discussed Constitution
al prohibition, as an aid to the pulpit
in the work of temperance reformation.
Rev. I. D. Decker opened tho discus
sion of female influence, including the
work of the W. C. T. U., aud how to
make it effectual against intemper
ance.
These topics were discussed also to
some extent by the other members of
the Presbytery. A letter from the
President of the Butler County W. C.
T. IT. was read by Air. J. W. Orr.
This conference on the temperance
question was by no means a dull one.
Every speaker seemed to feel that no
question of so much importance, and
affecting so much the material prosper
ity and moral condition of the nation is
now before the American people, and
the audience was in sympathj* with
the speakers. A man must put aside
his reason, his conscience, and all the
noble feelings of bis nature, in order to
become an advocate of the liquor bus
iness.
The committee on temperance were
directed to arrange for a similar con
ference at the next meeting of Presby
tery, at Buffalo, on the second Tues
day of September.
A vote of thanks was tendered to the
people of Martinsburg for their hospi
tality to the members of tho Presby
tery on this occasion.
J. R COULTEK, Stated Clerk.
Barn Raising al Jeli'erson Centre.
The raising on Wednesday, June 25,
1884, of the new bank barn being built
bv Mr. Joseph Logan on his farm in
Jefferson township near Jefferson
Centre waa the occasion of railing to
gether many of bis numerous friends,
over otju hundred of whom gathered to
assist in the labor, Tho barn is of
frame, 10x40 feet, feet high at thfc
corners, and cellar und#r tho whole
building. Gibson & Cor, of Saxon
burg are the carpenters, and the mason
ary was done by Richier, also of Sax
on uriT, They nre all good workmen.
At 12 o'clock the company were invit
ed to oartake of a sumptuous feast
which ha<l bocn j,repare«J by Mrs. Lo
gau.her daughters aud their uL>iv kHViol-
(ants. About one hundred persons
( were entertained in the most hospitable
manner, The tables were laden with
! choice cakes of various kinds, delicious
pies, pound cakes and various other
I eatables. This procedure lasted one
hour and thirty minutes,, then all with
i drew leaving the provisions master of
the field. Iu the evening a bountiful
■ supper which all relished greatly was
■ prepared by Mrs Logan and assistants,
j The men ate as though they enjoyed
f this feast of good things for which
- their appetites sharpened by the ardu
l ous labor of the afternoon bad prepared
! them. Supper being over the Miss
I Logans treated the party to some ex
i cellent music on the organ, assisted by
Mr. John Slupe on the violin, carrying
t on the four parts. Thus the enjoyable
t season closed, all feeling that the ocea
} was one of rare happiness, which will
f be long and favorably remembered by
r the citizens of Jefferson Centre.
r M. C.
Sunday School Picnic
J ALLEGHENY TWI\, BUTLER
i> June 28th, 1884. >
i EDS. CITIZEN:- We wish to an
] nounce that we had the pleasure of
e being at the Kenzington Union Sunday
e School Picnic, June 25th, 1884. This
grand picnic, was couducted by Mr.
h William Turner, who is Superintend
v ent of the school. Mr. Turner had the
dinner committee so well arranged,
t that when the time for dinner came,the
d table was filled with abundance of the
good things of life, which was passed
t around in good order, so that every
d person present partook of the feast and
n was well satisfied, This feast was a
v grand one; one that we don't often see
at a picnic. Prof. James V. Ogden
d and family's String Band played and
o sung some very fine pieces of music
e which they are always fully prepared
d to do. Short address by the writer,
«• followed by Prof. Ogden. Mr. Turner
it deserves great praise as Superintend
; ent of the school. The teachers and
e parents are active workers. The good
e order and obedience of the scholars
show that the Kenzington Union S. S.
: 8 has been properly couducted; it is a
, s model in every respect. May God
i_ who is over all, direct the officers,
teachers and parents of this school,
,r that they may instruct the youth, that
e they may be qualified to take the place
d of the aged,who are daily passing from
IS time to eternity. We returnd our sin
y cere thanks to the members of the
e KenzingtonJSabbath School for their
, r kindness to us at the pic uc.
d Yours very truly,
,F JOHN THOMAS.
® —Fourth of July, Friday.
,e FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
v The CITIZEN will be sent from now to
•e close of Presidential Election, middle
3. of November, for the low sum of
)t FIFTY CEMTS. To raisers of
clubs of six or more for the campaign
we will send an extra copy free. To
all present subscribers paying up ar
rears we will give the benefit of the
same reduction for the time as to those
it for the campaign.
~ The coming campaign will be of the
1. most interesting and exciting character
2. While supporting Blaine and Logan
>f the CITIZEN will faithfully give all the
o passing movements in and of all par
ties.
:r Our friends are requested to lend
0 their help in the getting up of clubs,
i. etc. Names can be sent us at once.
n PUBS. CITIZEN.
>f Butler, June 18,'84.
d
1 AIAKKIED.
ZIEGLER—DONAGHY—June 2.5 th, at the
S residence of the bride's parents by Rev. It.
g G. Ferguson, Mr. Geo. W. Ziegler, of Junc
tion City, Kans;», and Miss Hose Ada Don
a IJutler.
e MILLER—BICKEL-On Julie 5, 1884 at Mt.
S Chestnut, tins county, by Rev. T. VV. Young,
Mr. John Miller anil Miss Katie Biekel, both
r of Butler.
WICK—FISHER—On June 12, 1884. at the
r home of the bride, by Rev. S. Williams, Mr.
i- Samuel L. Wick and Miss N. E. Fisher, all
of this county.
bEATHML
KIRKER—In Lancaster township, thisCOUD
r ty, on May 11, 18S4, aged 43 years. Mrs.
Mary Kirker leaves a large circle of friends to
mouru her early departure.
EISLEIl —In Summit township, this county,
on June 2!l, 1884, Mr. Conrad Kisler, aged 74
| years. The deceased was buried in the
South Cemetery here on Monday last, the
funeral being largely attended.
- BOYLE—In Donegal township, on Juno 18'
1884, Mr. P. M. Boyle, aged 04 years.
1 HECK—In Center township, on June 17, 1884.
f Miss Clara, daughter of Mr. Daniele Heck,
aged abou 125 years.
> —-mmmt ———SSSSSSEHHS ~'"TS
" BUTLKR MARKETS.
Butter 15 to 18 cents.
Eggs 18 cents.
Potatoes .'ls to 40 cents.
' Wheat, No. 1, $1.15.
) Buckwheat, $1.25 per bushel.
Buckwheat Hour s:i.so t054.00 per cwt.
Oats 45 to 50 cents.
Corn 75 to 80 cents.
) Rye 62 cents.
f Beans, $1.75 per bushel.
Flour, high grade, per barrel $G to SB.
' Flour, No. 1, per sack $1.75.
Bran, per ton $lB to S2O.
Middlings, per ton sl4 to $25.
Chickens, per pair 35 to 40 cents.
! Onions, new, 4 cents |>er pound.
Seed onions, 7c per quart.
, Turnips, Bft cunt*.
■ Cabbage, 5 to 15 cents each.
' llarn, per pound 16 cents.
Sides, per pound I.'! cents.
, Shoulders, per pound 12 cents.
Fish. Mackeral No. 1. 10cents.
1 Halt, $1.25 per barrel.
I Hay, $8 to $lO per ton.
, I'ork, whole, 6 to 7 cents.
Turkeys, 15 cents per pound.
' Apples, $1.25 per bushel,
i Apple butter, 25 cents per quart.
Dried apples, 10 cents per fiouiid.
Clover seed, $6 to $6.50.
Timothy seed, $1.75
! Tallow, 6 cents per pound.
Feathers, 50 cents per pound.
Wool, 30 cents per pound.
CATARRH., "JTSL.
iiavinx peculiar *> nil)
■rt LY'S loins. It is attended l>y
V/HrcAM the lining liiem
■■ CIJRrcC«Vi:I branc of the nostrils,
■ ROj^/prt^tbij,.'"l tear ducts anil throat,
H BfrC'f.i.V'" airmlnK the lungs. An
acrid mucus is secret-
FHAY FEVER |fjji ffM
lion. There arc severe
HR S spasms ol sneezing,
i|ilcnt attacks »f
headache, a
watery and Inflamed
CP.1.1 r l;U '' the eyes. Klj's
mdHmL > v*£Jt r.mi| l|al|U is a ri tn
n A'V— PCtf IT P f eily fonndi'il on a cor
F-Jmk W m»[ft reeled diagnosis of
tills disease and can tie depended upon, flo its at
ilriiKKlsts ; wets, by mail. Sample bottle by mail
10 els. KI.Y ISItoTIIKKS, Druggists,Owego, N.Y,
HEW LIVERY STABLE,
Henry Laeibold,
Continues the Livery itnsiness on Jefferson St.
lirst door below llickel <.V (iallagher.
Good rigs, first class teams always on hands
Horses fed on reasonable terms, also horses
bought nn<* sold. oet3-ly.
GREAT Ml DOWN SALE
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Boots ud Shoes
B. C. HISELTON'S,
To close out all Sir Stock and make room for
FAIL AND INTER, GOODS.
Everything in this line is m; way down at astonishiug low figures a
good stock to select from, you woijd one or two pairs of a kind and cau't
get the size you want, but all sizefais stock and regular goods
No Old Auctionck or Sample Lots.
BARGAINS IN MENS BROGMND PLOW SHOES,
\ T CUT SHOES AND BALS,
TTON AND CONGRESS SHOES,
LADIES'AND CHILDREN'S'ITERS AND WALKING BOOTS,
Selling wown in price.
Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' Kfeb, Gt, Dongolia, French Ked,St. Goat
in Button, Polish and Side Lace,alths from B to P.
MISSES' AND CIIILDRf SPRING IIEEL SHOES.
Huselton sells to everybody mud always tells customers what the
goods are before they buy.
Mens' Boys' and Yqs 1 Kip and Calf Eoots,
Womans', Misses' and Irens' Kip and Calf Shoes
CHILDRENS' '.HOOL SHOES.
Neat and serviceable. You can't ato pass these bargains. Come early
they are selling rapidly. Will give you better value for your
money than any o house in the county.
Old Ladies Wide Shoes,
Low heels a specialty. Leather anddings of all kinds.
done neatly anireasonable figures.
< < »n<: AJ> see us.
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-RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
WEST FKNN R. K.
Trains leave Butler at 5:80 anil 7:3/5 a. m.,
and 2:.'»0and4:50 p. in., arriving at Allegheny
at 9:00 and 9:50 ft. m., and 5:20 and 7:30 p. in.
Trains leave Allegheny Cor Butler (city
time) at 7:20 a. in., and 2:20 and 3:45 p. m., ar
riving at Butler at 0:50 a. in., and 1:50 and
5:25 p. m.
SHEKAKOO A ALLEGHENY K. R.
Train* leave Butler for Greenville at 7:10 and
9:40 a. in., and 5:25 p. m., and a train leaves
Coal town for Greenville at 12:40 p. in.
Trains leave Milliards at <5:00 and 11:40 a. in.,
& 1:20 p.m..connectingat Urninlilon lor Butler.
Trains arrive at Butler at 7:.'!0 a. m., ami 2:40
and 7:12 p. in.—the 7:30 p. M. and 2:40 connect
ing with trains on the West Peun.
P. A W. R. R.
Trains going South leave Butler at 6:50 and
11:52 a. m. and 5:40 p. in., all of which make
close connection at Callery for the city, and
the evening train makes close connection for
New Castle.
Train* going North leave Butler at 10:02 a'
m., and 3:38 and 7:33 p. in. The morning
train connects through U> Kane and the after
noon to Clarion.
Sunday trains going south arrive at and
leave Butler at 7:50 a. m. and ti:4o p. m. and
£oing north at 10:02 and 7:3.'i p. m.
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