fTHE CITIZEN. JOHN H. & W. C. SEGLEY, PROPRIETORS. SfMHCKU'tIOX RATK-S"POSTAGE I'RKPAID : One year • I -* fttx months.. ' 5 Three months Eatcrcd »t Poatoßrr *t m id . l»*» matter. I FRIDAY. APRII'sTI^;. THE house at Harriabarg has pass- I ed finally the bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks on Decoration Day, A proposition is before the Legis lature to amend the orthography or spelling used in the printing of public documents. MR. CLEVELAND has reconsidered and will take # a second term The people may also reconsider the ques tion and won't give it to him. THE weather here comes in "great variety," and cannot be said to be "without variableness or shadow of turning." THERE is a great deal of talk theee days about Mr. Cleveland's health. The President is all right, but his party is very sick—of him. RANDALL'S district is to be saved for him. From this we judge that certain of our leaders think a poor Democrat is better than a good Re publican. THE Coercion bill in the British Parliament abolishes trials by jury for the Irish tenants, and provides for a change to England for trial of of fences committed in Ireland. THE Billingsley bill should pass the Legislature, if for no other reason than to curb the "Standard Oil Com * pan y, and teach.it that the people, through its Representatives, are i's t • master. A CITIZEN whose duties require him to be out through this town during the night states that since license has been granted he notices a visible increase of drunken men on the | streets. GIVING np a railroad pass is truly »real hardship. Only imagine the expense and trouble members of the Legislature and all others will have now in buying tickets. They will likely travel less. THE easy-going Illinois supreme court will render its decision in the Anarchist cases about next Septem ber. This will give the sentimen talists a chance to pile up sympathy moantains high. PRESIDENT ROTH,of Thiel College, * preached in the English Lutheran L of this place on Sunday f" morning last, fie was on his way to Prospect to attend the funeral of Mr. B. F. Lepley: IN New York it costs less when a railroad company kills a man than when it only criples him, as has re cently been demonstrated. The wife of the dead man received $5,000; one who had his leg cat off was awarded $15,000. TNE lot of the average newspaper man in Texas is not a happy one. A reporter who too freely criticised the doings of the legislature has been I locked up.- If this principle was ap plied to such tbiugs in Pennsylvania, there would be mighty lew newspa per men at liberty. ELECTIONS were held in several western cities this week with, varied results. In Chicago the Republicans elected their Mayor by near 28,000, * over the Socialist and Labor candi date. In Cleveland the Democrats succeeded, and in Keo\uk, Icwa, the Labor candidates were elected. THE high license bill under consid eration at Harrisburg was last week amended by fixing the rate in the cities of the first, second and third classes (including Philadelphia. Pittsburg and Allegheny, the three largest citieß in the State), at $500; in other cities, $300; boroughs, $150; and townships $75. The vote in fa vor of the amendment was yeas 118, nays 61. The bill wilf probably pass in this shape. THE people of Saxonburg, this I county, may experience the fate of! the frogs in the fable. The frogs pe- j titioned for a King, and when one | was sent them, in the person of a stork, that monarch set about to eat them up, The people of the village of Saxonburg petitioned the Court to grant them licenses for three hotels', and the Court took them at their word and granted them. Now the fear is that they may be eaten up and consumed, a3 were the discontented frogs who wished for new rulers. But we hope not Republican Primary.—Jane 4- The Republican County Commit tee, at its meeting on Moi'day last, fixed Saturday, Juae 4. a» the date for holding the Republican Primary Election in this county. The date fixed is the usual one and gives general satisfaction to the can didates and their friends. Blaine's Trip. The Hon. James (1. Blaine is now on a western trip, as far west rvs Fort "Wichita,lndian Territory. A daugh ter, Mrs. Lieut. Col. Coppinger, of the IT. S. Army, rehides there with her husband and she bad been prom ised a visit from her father f. bituminous coal mine?, and providing for the lives, heaith, safety and wel far« of persons employed therein " ! Approved the 13th day of June, A.D. I 1885. The act to repeal an act entitled j "An act for the destruction of wolves, I wildcats, foxes, mink*, weasels and owls in this Commonwealth." was defeated, sod, after reading a bill to provide for the better government of cities of the fourth claes. the House adjonrned. DAVID HARBISON, who recently disappeared from his home in Karns City, this county, in a supposed un sound state of mind, has turned up all right. GAS AT BEAVER. A Heavy Bond Required Before Pipes are Laid in the Borough. BEAVER, April 2—A very quiet but quite interesting bearing occurred in the private office of Judge Wick ham here to day. The Judge was called upon to pass upon whether or not the Citizens' Gas Company shall give an indemnity bjud of SSOO or one of $5 000 to the Rochester Tum bler Works before laying its high pressure line through the company's property. The matter was brought to a head by H. C. Fry, General Su perintendent of the tumbler company, asking judicial intervention. Yester day afternoon the gas company's trench diggers attempted to go into a piece of ground near the works to con tinue the trench digging. They were told not to 3trike a pick until the tum bler company was properly secured against any possible damage. The Superintendent of the gas company went to the office of the tumbler works and asked why his men had been stopped. He was told, whereupon he said he would give a bond for SSOO. This the tumbler company relused aud asked that it be made $5,000. The gas people, declined to accede j to this request and the matter thus : rested until to-day. At 10 o'clock this forenoon representatives of both | companies, with their attorneys, a P" > peared before Juilge Wickham ani?| laid the matter before him. The j Judge decided that, it was asking j nothing out of the way in requiring j the gas company to file a bond ot in- | demnity to the tumbler company in j the sum of $5,000, a3 the company has valuable property near where it is proposed the new line Jshall run, and SSOO would not be heavy enough a bond. The borough authorities at Roches ter have also been on the lookout for the company's men to-day to prevent them from tearing up the streets ol the borough, The right of way has been given, but the company has not yet filed its bond for the town either In view of the turn affairs took before the Judge this afternoon it is highly probable that the bond to the borough will be filed at once. TONS OF PASSOVER* BREAD Hebrews of Pittsburg Will Eat 35,000 Pounds of it. Great preparations are already be ing made amodg the Hebrews of the city for the celebration of the Feast of the Passover. The usual orders for the unleaveued bread which is eaten during this time have been largely sent. away. The principal cities iu the United States which supply the Hebrew population with their Pass over bread are Cleveland, Chicago and Cincinnati. There are bakeries in these citiee that are conducted by Hebrews and it is only from these that ihe orthodox Jew will get his bread. The orthodox considers the bread defiled if made bv a Gentile or made along with other things. The reformed and unorthodox Hebrew, however, is not so particular, and while he yet holds on to the old cus tom of eating this bread during the celebration of Passover, he neverthe less does not object to having it made by a Christian baker. An approxi mate estimate of the bread comin b in to Pittsburg during next week, calcu lating that the average family will use about 50 pouocte during the week, will be not le6s than 35,000 pounds Pittsburg Com-Gazette, April 5. Suffering in Texas. Austin, Texas, April 2.— A state ment from Atascose county sworn to by four respectable citizens, and en dorsed by the county judge, has been received here by State Senator Wood ward relative to the condition of the people in that part of the State. The statement gives the names of nine teen families iu three precincts of Atascosa county who are in a condi tion of starvation occasioned by the drought, the total number of persons so affected being lOfi The families have been compelled to eat the car casses of cattle that have died of star vation and are begging bread from their neighbors to sustain life. The statement represents a deplorable state of affairs, and appeals for aid from the "fortunates of other coun tries," saying that whatever is done should be done at once. The Billingsley's Bill. Harrisbuhg, Pa., April 5 ln the House to-day Criswell presented a petition of citizens of Oil City aud vicinity praying for the passage of the Billingsley Oil bill, aud Dough erty presented a remoustrance from the oil producers of Parker and vicin ity against the passage of the Bil lingsley bill. Billingsley moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate consideration of bis bill to reduce the rates of oil pipeage and storage. As a two-third vote was required the motion was lost—yeai, 104; nay> 64 The bill will not be reached agaiu until next Tuesday unless con cidfered out of order. Arbor Day.—The Governor is . sues ati Official Circular Rec ommending its Observance. Gov. Beaver, in the name and by authority of the Commonwealth ot Pennsylvania, has appointed Friday, the 22d day of April, A I>. 1887, as Arbor Day- The Governor in the official circular sent forth earnestly recommends to the ptopjeof the Com monwealth that they devoio the whole or at least a portion of the said day to the pluming of trees and shrub bery wherever it iaay be proper and convenient so to do. School Direc tors, teachers and scholars are asked to unite in making it a day for the adorameut of the grounds surround ing the school houses throughout the Commonwealth. The observance of Arbor Day i 3 becoming more gen eral. Reibold While he excitement centering arouud tbo Reibold oil field is some what abating, yet nothing has hap pened so far to indicate that the limits of the field have been found. Wells have beeu planted south-west aud also along and further down the Counoqueucs>iiag, and it will take a few weeks yet to ascertain in what direction rock run* from the good wells now on the ifeid, Merkie and Blakely farms J'TLE MARKET Advanced some Hctle during this week and on this, Thursday nu-foiu#. cpened here at t]4} per barrel and 'at oouu stood at 645. A New Haven papfc* 1 boasts of a cat that sits up like a kangaroo. Kan garoos mudt sit up ail night, theo. COMMUNICATIONS, W. C. T. U. RESOLUTIONS. On the Action of the Court Glinting License in this County. At a meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance I'uion, Tues day April sth, ISB7, the following resolutions were unanimously adopt ed : WHEREAS, The Court of Quarter I Sessions of Butler County, IU the > matter pertaining to the granting of lieense to sell intoxicating liquors, : has seen Jit iu its decision to utterly | disregard and ignore the wishes and ; testimony of a large majority of the best citizens of this couuty ; and in the face of the improved condition of affairs during the past year, and in avowed contempt for the dictum of the Supreme Court, in the exercise of a purely arbitrary discretion, and, in many cases in spite of the clearest evidence as to the unfitness of the applicant, has granted to seventeen men the authority to sell intoxicating drinks, without assigning a reasou, Therefore be it Resolved, Ist. That as members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and on behalf of more than 5,000 remonstrants who represent the law abiding, temperance christian seDtiment of this county, we hereby enter our protest against this Wgh handed judicial outrage Resolved, 2d. That we hereby give notice, that we will not appear again before this Court, as remonstrants, so long as the present Judge occupies the bench, and that we will hold the Judge responsible for the evils and crimes that will inevitably result from the licensing of the sale of in toxicating drinks Resolved, 3d. That we express our heartfelt sympathy with the men who having been enabled during the past year to overcome the appetite for strong drink, are again exposed to the tempter in the form cf the open saloon ; and with the wives and mothers to whom the. news of the Court's strange act has brought heavy hearts and tear-fiiled eyes. Resolved, 4th. That in the face of this mysterious action of the Court, we pledge ourselves to re newed effort in every line of the cause so dear to us, and avow our intensi fied and undying hostility to every form of the legalized liquor traffic. Resolved, sth. That our sincere and heart-felt thanks are due, and are hereby tendered to our attorneys for their faithful and conscientious labors on our behalf; and we express our unbounded confidence in their ability, as evidenced by the skillful manner in which they conducted our case. Resolved, 6th, That we request the newspapers of the county to pub lish these resolutions in connection with a detailed statement of the num ber and character of the remonstrants whose wishes have been so arbitrarily disregarded. BY ORPER OF THE UNION. Ft. Sumpter School. FT SUMPTER SCHOOL, MIDDLESEX Tp EDS. CITIZEN :—Having finished my term of school, I desire to return my grateful thanks to the scholars and patrons of No. 3, for the man) acts of kindness shown me during the term. The number of scholars en rolled 32, average attendance 2(5 Having offered a prize to the one who made the highest percentage in weekly examinations lam glad to say that Mary Baker, Flora Logan and Bessie Loj an, were so very nearly ties, that each was presented with a token of remembrance. My school closed the Ist, that day being appoiuted as the day of our picnic. The day be ing favorable, it affords me pleasure to say that we were not alone, but accompanied by the pleasant faces of parents and young people of the neighborhood ; who came to listen to the exercises of the forenoon, which consisted of declamations, essays, readiug and recitations, and also to help relieve the benches which seem ed to be groaning beneath the burdeu of pies and cakes. All, after enjoying a hearty dinuer aud spending a pleasant afternoon, were again gath ered together to bid farewell. Each seeming to think that it had been good for them to be there, parted, hoping that ere long they mijrht be called to enjoy another dinner at Ft Sumpter. 1 again exteud my thanks to the citizens of the district for their many words of encourageni'-ut, and to scholars for their shyprful obedience. MATTIE GRAHAM, Teacher. Letter From Kansas. BALLARDS FALLS, ) Washington Co , Kan. - March 28, 1887. ) EDS. CITIZEN: —Please allow me space for a few iiuos ia out; of your eol uuius as 1 suppose my friends would like to* hear from me and 1 have not, time to write all personally. I am sor ry to tell them that 1 have had very poor health for thn last tvo years. But I wish to tell how we a «a get ting along, which is very well cou ! sjdering the hard times,on account of ' poor crops aud poor prices. I have forty head of bogs, five I head of cattle, two good horses and ! the necessary machinery for farming 'in this country. 1 ain going to plant ! fifty five acres of corn this year. 1 have commenced ploughing for it. I ; have finished sowing oats and plant | iug potatoes a week ago The far i mers are mostly done sowing oats iu I tbi* neighborhood. The weather we ! bad last winter was very nice with ' the exception of about three week* of j cold weather. The coldest was about |2O deuces b®low zero. We have pleasant weatnef tuii aiootfj with the exception ol a little skilt of snow that i came on the night of the twenty - | 6i*tJ). 1 mu 3 t ten you fcow prices range here: corn from 22 to coats a bj?sb ! el, 70 pounds to the bushel; oats 25 cents n bushel; wheat 45 tu 50 cents j a busbelj hogs Jiundred: prai i rie tiov $3 to $5 dollars £ ton j 1 would *ay to fliy friends ii there j is any of them going to come to Kansas now is the time to co e as lawd is riflr g very fast Laud that was worlfc from 10 to 20 dollars au acre when I eaaw, fifty'J» be bought, for less thau 20 aud 40 dollars kiosr, afj'l emigrants aro still coming every day. Vv'e kWP a beautiful country, : bave more s-uusbiae iu+ii wy other I waa in and more pleasant weath er. I have uncr i* cyclone since I have been here. A i«<»u tuu plough here from one month to au othefaud wili not touch a stone, or ' stump, of tu«v Wishing my friends iu oid Uut'er county health, wealth and bappiuetffc, 1 remain yours, etc JOHN 11. MCCASUN. Slipperyrock Twp. Items. A son of Edward Smith,aged about 18 years, while fclliujr timber oil his father's place, on Saturday last, was struck on the back of the head by a limb, that dashed out his brains and killed him instantlv. The limb was trom an adjoining tree aud was loos ened by the ("allium tree. Xo one was near but bis little sister, who called assistance from the saw mill, Mr. Thomas George of North Lib- j erty, Mercer county, is lying verv ill. Harrisvilie items. • Mr. Thompson Kyle of llarrisville, is very ill of pneumonia. The Presbyterian church bad a very quiet meeting on the 30th ult., at which Revs Williams and Mar shall were present, Elders of the , church were elected aud immediately installed. Everybody here is raising fine breeds of chickens, some with incuba tors.and natural gas. A telegraph line is being construct ed from the station to the town, and the office will be in Elricks store. Jefferson Twp. Items. Kiskaddon it Co are buildiug a rig on the W. J. Welsh farm. Five weeks ago Mrs. J. C. Welsh fell down the stairs ia the stable and broke her arms and knocked both wrists out of place, and three weeks after Mr. Welsh, himself, fell from a fence and broke tw r o ribs. Mr. Henry Buntiug is prepairing to build himself a iiae frame house on his farm. Prospect Atoms. Be it observed: —That the roads are getting good again, —That candidates are plenty as Kansas grass hoppers. —That the Angel of Death has again broken our ranks,and taken our beloved citizen, BF. Leplev. Our sympathies are with the wife aud children. —That F. W. Magee has moved into Isaac Kelly's house; J. 11. Tebay into the Suilivau house; Al. Ralston into Mrs. Anderson's house —That Easter is a good time to forget all jealousies, back -bitiugs, meanness aud officiousuess. —That it is the best to patronize • home iudustriea. —That the croaking of the frogs, (heavenly music) is again heard in our meadows —That the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth, but the young boy up the fish-worm to the creek to catch a— duck, and when he returneth there from his mother gently layeth him on her knee, and enthusiastically scrubbeth off the creek bank. ALTRCISON. School Picnic. Thompson School No. 0, Brady twp This school, taught by Miss Bella liobb, closed on Monday, March 14. A few days previous the teacher and scholars concluded to have a picnic, aud went to work and decorated the house profusely with pine aud flow ers, exDecting to have a grand time on Monday. Aud they were not dis- j appointed in their expectations, for 1 notwithstanding the inclemency of j the weather a goodly number of par ents and friends were present Iu I the morning, school being called to order, the usual lessons were rented, i consisting of the spelling, reading, I geography and history classes, which I gave evidence that No. 6 i# an intel-! lectual school aud Miss Kobbamodel teacher. At 12 o'clock dinner was served | and such a dinner, only those who ; know the people of Brady twp., cau tell of the numerous cakes and pies to j which all did ample justice. After ! an hour spent ia pleasant conversa j tion, order was again called by the J school singing '"Gather Quickly," which was followed with an Opening! Address, by Nellie Koch, giving all 1 'present a cordial welcome and thank- i iug parents and teacher for the inter- • est taken in the school. Next "Doc-j oration Day" by Mary Williams, j which could nop have been excelled, i "The Farmer's Wife," by Winnie i Snyder, WHS spoken well for one so ! young; "The Two Boys," by Lester j Stoughton; "Garfield at the Wheel," i by John L Thompson, aud au ora- j lion by John W. Thompson, subject, j "Washington," all of which were 1 very interesting. An appropriate j school song, !> Somo Forty Years' Ago," sung by Nellie Koch and the j teacher. "A Laugh in school," by ! Carrie Staff, was well recited and ap- i preoiated by allj "Tbe Child M-.rtyr," by Florence Thompson, was render- | ed in a very able manner; song, 'The ' Seed we have Sown," by thb school; j Closing Address, by Gertie Snyder ; bidding the school good bye and ex ; | pressing regret at. ibo parting of j scholars and teacher. The teacher 1 in a few well chosen remarks tlmuked parents and friends for their co oper atiou in ber work, w r hen all departed feeling satisfied with tL)t? performance of the day and hoping to uieut on the *ame occasion at the close of the next term of school. X. Worth Twp. KDS CITIZEN:—Not having notic [ ed a report from auy of the schools in ; this twp. I send you a short one from 1 Kelly school, No 2. March 22, closed a four months' | term of school at this piace,which the I writer enjoyed very mu'ih, a r d wtieh i will he remembered by him i Tbe interest manifested by tbe pupils ! and their earnest application to their books made it a profitable oue to [ theai. The number ol pupil- that did not 1 miss a day during the first month 1 was 12, the second mouth 15. the j third mouth 11 and the fourth mouth i 21. is umber Qf names on the roll 36. j Mollie and Florence lnckson yer.e not absent one day during the term | Clara Moore and Annie Dickson were , absent but one-half day. Thomas j Moore and Loro} in I£el!y were ab sent but one day. ff.illie, tiarfield i I Cora and Florence Fleckuthora euier [ed school the third day, not having heard of the opening of school at the ( time that it d:d, and fr >m that time ; did uot tuisn a Mary Dickson i also missed but two days. Average per cent, of attendance during the last moptb, males 05, females 96; dur ■ ing the term niaj'es tji, females 1. Jakiug this opportunity of tljank i ing tuu l#iitrß9S aid of the dis | triet for the courtesy aud ; sbowu to me duriug tbe past term, I ! remain, i Respectfully vours. " J W. MCJT NKIN, J Teacher. I NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES. A number of Indiana. Pa., young ladies visited a Pittsburg rolliug niill a few days ago, to see how iron was made, and the fir*t thiiiir they a-ked to see was the squeezer. —Clearfield county boasts that whereas at one time it bad eleven toll ; bridges now it has none, the couuty having bought them all and made them free. 1 —A party of Altoona Spiritualists nearly dug away the foundation of a man's house, near Johustowu, hunt ing for a pot of gold which a medium declared was buried there. —The report of the auditor's of Mercer county for 188G shows the to tal receipts to have been $lO5 429 91, and the disbursements $98,439 18, leaving a cash balance ia the treasury | of $0,999 78. —Thirty thousand lake trout from the Slate Fish Hatchery at Corrv, i were placed in Conneaut Lake last Thursday. Tbe fish vary from half an iuch to tw r o inches iu length. i —lt is asserted that Charles Wil i son, of Mount Pleasant, Westmore- I land county, who is not 18 years of ' age, has patented au electrical :ontri ! vance for transmitting packages, aud j ; for which, it is said, he has been of | fered $50,000. —The large planing mill of Kreps ' j Bros., Greenville, was burned on I i Wednesday morning, with a large i amount of lumber. Tbe loss is esti mated at SIO,OOO, with no insurance, j the rate l>eing so high—eight per j cent—that they took the risk It was i owned by Col. W, A. and D. D. j Kreps. —Landlord Nickam'of New Castle ; { evidently does uot want the patron • age of anyone who bad signed a re- i j monstrance against a liquor license ; j being granted hiui. Ou Friday two j j signers entered his bar aud asked for ; ' drinks, but were refused for the above | reason. Both the man denied having | signed auy such paper, but wbeu Mr I Xickum produced a copy of the docu | ment they "wilted', aud said they bad : forgotten the occurrence. At any I rate they didn't get the "tangle foot." —A Huntingdon county man claims to have a pumpkin raised iu 1885, which is as sound as the day it was taken from the vine —One of the leading lawyers of a city uot a thousand miles from Chi cago, while eloquently arguing a case ot great interest is said to have used the following beautiful phraseology: "When this slander, gentlemen of the ju?y, reaches the stroug arm of the law, it will kick away every ob stacle and with its lips declare, 'No sir, no, siree, eir.' " "Let 'er Go," is the terse name of a station on the Wilkesbarre & West ern railroad. V cow belonging to S M Teach out, of Cold-water, Mich , opeued the door of her owner's house one night recently, climbed the stairs and took a nap in the spare bed room where she was found tbe morning, —The biggest dojin America is in New York City. The animal is a Danish blood-bound, aged 22 months; is nine feet long aud five feet h'gh from the tip of his nose to the ground A man In Polk county. (L , is ' enjoying life with eighth wife. —Miss Jennie Gray works a farm ! of 150 acres in Bottineau county, D , T., aud says she could work another I one if the fellows who want to marry j her would settle down and quit both j eriug her. —A wind storm not long ago blew over a large strawstack on the | farm of John Strawn, near Orleans, I 111., and buried under it a steer. Af | ter thirteen days, the other cattle I having eaten the fallen straw, tbe I steer walked out. i —The Pittsburgh club now num i bers 15 members, whose pay amounts | to over $35,0U0 for this season. —Ei'ch one of a band of Indian i fquaws, which came into Bangor, I) I T., reoeutly invested in a pair of j corsets, and departed supremely : happy. Albert Nickerson, of Sag Har | bor, L. 1., is 12 years old. Every ; dr.y he sits down to the table with | his father and mother, grandfather I and grandmother and great-graud i father and two great-grandmothers. —llurr Krupp, the great gun I manufacturer, is going to start a j daily newspaper at E-isen, for the in ' struction ot his 20,000 workmeti, —Captain Ividd's treasure has I been definitely located at last. It 1 lies underneath the sands on the i beach at Upper Nyack. —Two Oil City idots bad a cigar ette smoking match the other day, | aud the winner smoked one a minute for an hour. A peculiar radium has been discovered iu a-year old idrl of Min neapolis, who never learned to write, j but in a trance state writes, from i right to left, messages from spirit i land to her visitors. A Horrible Death. ST. Loris, Mo., March 30—Ex- | lieutenant Governor Thomas C, j Reynolds ended a life of sixty-six years in a most horrible manner about 'I ten minutes after two o'clock this afternoon. He commited suicide by throwing himself head first dowa the shaft of j the freight elevator at the goveiu ; ment building. lie fell from the | third floor to the ba?emtsnt, a distance ] of something over eighty feet. When I I the body w«*3 picked up the head was j 1 sqiasbed entirely out of shape, tbe ; I neck was broken and the trunk badly j crumbed. Life was extinct. Paid Tor Poisoning Horses. GBEE&SBURO, April 2 —Daniel Su ' who is confined in the county ; ! jail bere o.i a charge of poisoning two I : mares with foal, owntd by S A Gib- i ' eon, of near Latrebe, to-day lodged a j charge airainst .lames Mitchell, alleg- ' ing th?»t he paid him s2"> for poison- ; i iDg the animals. Mitchell is one of | 1 wealthiest and most prot lueut farm- : ! ers of tbe county and resides four , miles north of L ttrobe. Kilied While at Prayers. CATANIA, April' 3—Daring the : i celebration of mass in the church at | Lingqaglossa. Sicily, to-day the roof ' fell u.iqn the congregation, bury iug ; 10Q persons benea*b the ruius. Jfor- I ty-oue m-'n and women were takeu out of the ruins dead or seriously In jured, and others wore bruised ai d cut by falling timbers and broken 1 glass. J I John G. Saxe Dead. ALBANY. March 31.—John God frev Saxe, LL. D , the p>et, died here ;to day The burial will pUee in tbe Greenwood family lot iu lirook , lyn Dr Saxe. whose humorous writings •rave him an international reputation, was a native of Highgate, Vt , and was uearly seventv one years old, having passed his three score and ten 'last June In his earlier days he practiced law. but drifted into journal ism and for five years conducted a daily newspaper at Barl'ugton, \t He gravitated into politics and 18n6 found him State's Attorney of Yir aiout. lie was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of that Whig and Republican Gibraltar in 1859 aLd iB6O Away back in j those days he bed a wide popularity as a lecturer ar.d poet, most of bis work partaking of a quuint humor that mede them pleasant reading and found for many i f his writings a place iu tte school readers of twenty years I ago aud many of the standard pubii eatious of that day. He was satiri 1 eal without bitterness, aud the pun gency that pervaded nearly every thiug he wrote made the product ot j his pen alike wholesome aud refresh-J i iug Among bis published writings i of the best known are "Progress," a satire; written thirty years ago; the; 'New Rape of the Lock," the ' Money , ! Kiug," "Fables and L geuds in ' Rhyme," "Leisure Day Rhymes,''; "The Masquerade" and many others j equally popular. Let the Law Pass. There is bili now before the ' Legislature making it an offense, pun ( 1 isbable by fine aud imprisonment, for j j any person to solicit a subscription, j 1 for any purpose, from a candidate foi ' j ...flic •. The law prohibiting candidates 1 ; froiu purchasing votes is right and j | proper, but the candidates have a right j |of protection as well. The evil assumed large proportions ia this couuty aud no sooner does a man an nounce himself as a candidate for of tice than he is pouneed upou by a lot of sharks who rob him in the name ot religion or charity. A church is to build a church organ is to be pur chased. or a church debl to be liquid ated, a brass band wants new T instru ments or some m in has lost a barn by fire; al! these and many other similar cases, are brought into play to fleece the poor candidate. And be most either "stand and deliver" or run the ri.sk of being called a fellow and being "cut" at the election. It would be more honorable to way-lay the can didate, knock him down and take bis money than to rob him in the name of religion. Let the law pass. Snow a Foot D33p in Michigan. MILWAUKEE, Wis , April 5 —Dis pitehes from Marquette, Houghton. Escanaba, Cbiopewa Fails eud other poiuts in Xortbern Michigau and Wisconsin report one of the worst blizzards of the season. The snow is now A foot deep, and the Michigan railroads are blockaded. NYC A:R,R,I:E:D. OKSTEULIN T G SCHEN T CK—O,i March 31 1687, at the residence of Mr. JnoD. Muel ler, of Centre twp., by Rev. E. Cronen wett, Mr. Geo. of Butler, ami Mis? Anna Schecck, of Centre twp., McCREDIE—FI'LTOX- Miirfh 30th, 18*7, at the residence of the bride's psrent< J. N. and S. I. Fu'iton, in Middlesex twp.. Butler Co., pa., by Rev. s>. M. flood Mr. L. McCredie of Alleghany City and ' Miss Ki!a M. Fulton. EM RICK—MOORE—March —, at the residence of the bride's mother, bv Rev J»s. T, Gibson, Mr. A. L, Enirick, ol Butler, and Miss Lizzie E. Moore, ol Sharpsbur?, Pa. ID 3 AJJO Ha * SIMMERS— I On Thursday, March 31, 1887, at his home in Butfdo twp., Mr. Simmers, asced 7i years. Mv'COY—At his h >iV>3 in II "-risvitle, Su'i duy, April 3, IJ$?7, Mr. John I*. McCoy ageu 67 years. MORRIS—At bi-r home in Washington twp.. Friday, April t, l-> 7, Mrs. Geonre Morris affcd about sixty years Mrs. Morris buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at X >r:h ni l-xsi Sunday, and.ber six grown up sons, nie youngest «v whoiu i< about 21 years of :n;e, acted a pall-bearers. She was the ni .'her of twelve children, all of whom sre aud- tin was the first death in the farmiv. LEI'LKY At his home in Project, Friday, April l,t, 1887, Or. B. F. Lepley. dentist »s»ed aboqt 3"> vesvrs. WELSH—At h. a i' hitue in Oakland twp.. Sunday, April 3d, Mrs. Ellen Welsh, wi l ow of Liureuce Welsh, aged about 80 years. KEMPER—Oa April 4, 18S7, Lulu, oaugh ter of Frank Kemper, of Butler, aijed 1 years. PORTER—On Thursday, March 31, at her h«me in Sunbury, Mrs. Porter, wife ot William Porter, about S7 years. FLETCHER—Oa Wednesday, April 6, in Butler, at 3a. pi., at Mr. A. C. Morrison's, Mrs. Anna Mary Fletcher, 8- years and -1 months. ' PFEIFER—In Saxonburg, this county. April 1, 1887, Mrs. Pfeit'er, wife of Mr Charles. Pfeifer, aged about 35 years. DOYLE—In Concord twp., Tuesday, March Ji», 1887, Mrs. Catharine Djyle, agid t>_' years. GIBSON - Monday, March 28, 18S7, infant daughter of Frai'.c Gibo i, of Bruin. ENIILIBII—t her home in Muddycreek twp., Friday, April I. 1887, Mrs. Margaret English, wile of James English, aged 7< : years. Her maiden name was White SUE was first married to Mr. Charles Moore and .had seven children. Af ter his death she was married to Mr. j James English, on Feb 2Ckh, 1852. : and was the mother of two boys. She was a member of the U. I'. I congregation, of Mountvilie, loved j tbe gates of Zion, honored her pro fession and was highly respected, not only in her hume circle, but among I the members of her profession. For about two years she has suffered ia the furnace of afflictioD eud bore it ivith cheerful patience tilt nature gave way aud she departed this life on her 7..rilla is worthy If yoiu- confidence. It is peculiar In that it | i fctreugtheu* aud imikls up 11m> system, creates ; an iippetittt, and tones tho digestion, V-'UU« 1 it eradicates disease. Givoit ulrlaL Hood's Sarsapai i'.la Is sold by all druggists. ! Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. j 100 Doses One Dollar 1 1 ® ! ,® ; c POWDER Absolutely Pure. This P.iwd'T In \er vati«-< A uiatvcl ol ' purity strength and wt.okron.et.ess. More | jffonouiio:il that tlx- ordin»rt kit da. and on not be -«M in eoinp tirion with the multitue | of tow lis;-, s'ort wi-iifb'.a'uinD or pboepbate i powder* So'il only in cans liOYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Watt Street N. Y. stimulate ISc torpi;i livfr.t-trcnsfh c-ii t Ito (iixtstit e <» gunc. ret ulate the h«Mi'N. ati«l arc >met;.alee:-tilis;r praperlies iu treeing flic HJ stem Iroil that |i«ti- N«U. This popular resutdj rarely , I fails to effcrtiialiy fare Dyspepsia,"Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness niitl all disorders arising from a | Torpid Liver and Bad Sigastion. j A Proclamation! j Sr. I. l.n.v Lewis. I'uHoii. Ark.. «ayn X. E. corner Diamond, Riddle Buildln g A. M. Cornelius. w. J. Welsh. ROKXF.r.ics & WELSH. Attorneys at Law Oflice in Berg's buildin ; second story. [HG-tfl, J. IV McJUNK! X. Office in Sehneideiiian's building, west side of Main street, L'.l square from Court House. T. C. CAMPBELL, •OfTW iu Berg's n ->v building, 1 tioor. east side )( of .Main street, a few doors south of Lowry i House. * A. T. BLACK. ' * J Office on Main street, one door south of Brady Block. Butler, Pa. AAROX K. NTNV« ■ iffice Willi T. C. Campbell, I'.-.-r; 'nniding. But ler, Pa. s c. G. CHRISTIE, Attorney if Li.v. I.e:■■■<'. b;i ui»ss carefully t. transacts |. Coll.-, lions ::i:tde a.i 1 promptly re nitted. P.:is.:i?ss correspondents promptly at tended to .:od an.-iwe.vd. •I T. DON LY, Ofii.v it. r Court ilouse, \V I). HI!AXDOX, Oltl'v In H''r_;'s building. CI.AREN< K W AI.KKK. Simtli- - - mimer of Dtaitr>n i. nailer, Pa. l-'KRI) BBTBER, Office lu K.nber'* Je;fers>a street. WM. H. LUSK. Office in Riddle Building. Diamond. • KltANCli* KOT1I.K!?. Vttornev-at-l.nw and Notary PtiMic Conns iivi'.i ni (i*"rin;v.i an I l-'iiglish. OHlee So'tt h i Court Howe, J. R. M'.ll VKIV. Mv I.KHKAT M 'CXKIN& OALBRK.vTH, Offlce opposite Wiiliard House, Hi:Uer, TA OHO. I!. IVTUTK, Oflice N- 1- corner of Dlanuvi 1. ■J. p. isßirr.ux, Office on Diamond, THOM AS ROMWSON. iiu rr,Kii, )'A, JOHN !I. NKI;;.I:Y | •live* particular attention to trans actions t j Ileal K-t »; * tiir .nnli'i •! i't> county. OHiiol Diamond,noart'onri llous;;ittCITIZEN Buil'tr JOSC VAXDERLIN, Offlee Mart St., 1 .!'tor south of tVart House I. M. THOMPSON'. \V. r. r\ THOMPSON' K SON, Vttorney a: Uw, <> ll •> i lit" •-1 siiie of !\ki -*t. A few doors North of Troutman's drv g«18 ■,tore. FURNITURE! FURNITURI 3ed ftoom Suits, ! . Dining Room Suis, LOOKING GLASSES, PICTURE FR AM S, CARPET-SEAT RO JXViS, Fiue Line of Carpet-Seat (l<- at No. 40 NORTH WAIN S"., The Cheapest Fnnii?nrc Sire IJS BUTLER. W. F. MILLER. MILLERS OIL REFINING WORK, V ■„ E. ! «»* 8.8 *•- "V Hk «• P 'a-^, Olfiei' l.ibertv st Pl!t«'.>!irg. Pa. A. il. Ml LI Kit .V S(l V. Manufaetia rs of H '.li Te i Oil-., ior xpo: and home cot - .imp'.iou. Would nail pulte attention to our hr,-I OLBIISS T & Warrauti-il N • ac Il< tier. < lasolino f 1 ■' ;vos o> l • ts in""i>''V; 74,96, ST* ♦. an.i i i'le-. ' r ;<"S(avesMKl v. ■ cllitjs wusl, [4-tA-lf] Ad "liinistraters' Notice. l.i-TATKOI 11. M. iIABBtSON pU 1). Wherea- :<• -r fa UalnWti .• >n'aav. u.-.a granted In ill Re.;toter of Buder i-ounjj, I'a., to tli ttno on the . t.'te if K. >. liar biaoi:. lat . ■ : : tn|'., Halle. eo'.ut . Pa., deev. 'll persoos who *;■ iw t emaelils In tleOtc.l to ■ -id CotiiUJ will ni: ..o 11.-iurulait n.iviucot. aiui Ukhe having ctuiiua uiiuint the ,-tine will pie. • nt them properly autUeiitcaU-U lor settle l !.'.lit to the underslci d. •I. 1. II AKbl.-fIN. Jons II \KBIsiN, FltEtrOKT. I*. 0., PA, Administrators. ANHOJhcsmbhts. We aie snthr z, I to aimoun»e the fol lowing gentle*,, candidates for the i fflces nad«wliii- their names appear, subject to the Bful . a Primary Flection an l of fe* j,., ■ iU Butler ccunty: Puniary .leu:: Saturday, une +th. FOB SHERIFF, W. C. GLENN Of .»"ii i->ury borough. A. G. CAMPBTL, < ••akland township. DAVID R. KKNFT> , ' i nldycreek tovfttship' j COL. O. < . P.DIC, Of LlleKhVDy township. GEORGE MOX, Of Woh tc* Hip, i iate of Cherry.) WILLIAM MBRO.'.V. < Forward township. THOMAS R DON, 'Centre township. ISAAC C. MIEKS, . Brady township. S. D. IFAZLKT, < > > iuSetd township. JOIIN K. VICE:. ; <>. .Marion township. ! FOR BtOTi tt.VOTARY, , .N AAMAN FBA I;: Y, Of Cir twp. ;t .uierly of Penn twp.) \V. M >UIP S '**' e fcwhii.t. . xp.—now of Butler. I CAPT. JOII.G. RIP: \S, Oakland township, JOHN D. HPkUISON. i Clinton township, KEGIStIt liFrOKDER, ! JAMES M LEMIX • 'f Buttalo township. ! LEAXDERI. WISH, ft' Summit township, | H. M. WIS, Of Jack- r. township. ' JAMES M. ARSON . O: 'Sutler borongh. I J. P. DAY, Of Bra township. DAVID EJALE, (' Hniler borongh. R<»C THE : •I IIER, Of Veosnjfo township. ' PHILIP SIDER, C'l Clinton township. ! JAjs. S. WEON, Of C treville Itoroucjh. ! CYRI*S ID:PFR, Of C: überry township. JAS. J. CUPBELL, ' : Fair view township. 1 G, C. ROBING, Of I iiler borough. WILLIA 5B A CDER, Ol Mudilyereek twp. ! R. F. EK:, Ot Connoi, : lessing township, i JAMES GVNMF.R, Of Clay township, ctcsf Y rofl M ISSIO.VE R, TWO TO N'V.INATE.) I A. J. HteillSON, Centre township. V. P. JROWN, (>t Jlirriew twp. n.n merly of Concord.) V. J.CROWE, Of Ferward township. T . r. Mdjl ISTION, Of Brady township. H. DUKCAN, Of CCL: oquenessing twp, >n\ M. TURNER, Ot Parker township. AMUEL T. MARSII. I.L, Of Bntler borough. D. STEPHENSON. O. iipperyrock twp. I AMES WILSON, Of 1 nklin township. loHN WADE, . Of BnH io township, •ETER FENNELL, Of CP i-field township, FOR ( LERK OF C'OIIRT.S 3AAC MEAL!?, Of W: ingrtoujtownship, IEUBEN MCELVAIN, Butler borongh. FOR AI IMTOR, . (TWO TO X' I NATE. ) I. S. P. DkWOLFE, Of pperyrock twp. CHARLES BEIL, • Of Sur.l ry. R. A. KINZER, Of Cone :d township. _ E. E. MAURIIOFF, Oi i. iintou township. JOHN A. QILLILAND, Oi' illm it township* ' " FOK ( <»8- »VEII ALEXANDER STORE*", O; utler township. For County Superintendent. (Dlreet#rsCoiiK"ii;i'o' of lis j !ld.) YV. IirsSKLL, rrest nl ( • . Sup't of Schools. BUTLER MARKETS. The following are the se'ltng prices of nter< J chants of this place : Apples, per bushel, 75 t> Butter, pee pound, i' 7 t' 1 eta. : Beans, per qt. . r i to lues. Cabba,{e, new, ."> to 10 ci-. Candles, mold, 14 to 15. e- . Carbon oi), 10 to locts. Cheese, 1 j to Is c:s per !■• Crackers, 7 to 10 cts. per :■>. Chickens, per pair, 33 tc ••. cts. Coffee, Rio, 10 to 20 cts. I Coffee, Java, 25 to 2.s cli. i Coif ltO '.sted, 20 to 25 ct | Coffee, ground, 20 to -6 • I Eggs, IS cts. | Fish, itacbcre!, 10 to 1. I Fiour, per barrel, $4.59 i H»'. Flour,per sack, $1.15 t '.50.. Few! eh, per liM) pouu.l.-, Feed, arau, per KXt 10-. T Grain, wheat per bushel, r ! . Grain oats per bushel 4'> '• s. « Grain corn per bushel 40 e'.s.' Lartl,lo cts. Haais 14 cts. Hone 1 , 15 to 20 cts. Showers, 10 Cts, Bacot, 12 <"ts. Drieci>eet', 1« to 25. Corn neal, per pound. 2 . | I'eas, green, 15 fls per ] 'c. Polates, new, 10 lo ■! bus, ! to 10 cts. • j Sui;!: hard, 10 els. Buga coffee, 7 cts. Suga raw, (>} cts. Soip(6 to 10 ets. Salt, per barrel, SI.I(T, Tea, iyson, (iiiapow iler, 'He., 50 cts. to sl. Tea, apan, etc., ,-x.t t»> »;0 s. Tea, ireak fast, 40 to ho et . Ta!l~ li lUrvU* UU, V. J,