THE cxrizEosr. JOHN IT. & w. C. KEG LEY, PROPRIETORS. BCBFICBLPTION BATES--POSTAFIE PKKL'AID : One year *' ™ Six months Three months ; " Entered Batler m - tUr FRIDAY, MAY' 13, I*B7. Republican Primary Election. The Repblican voters of Butler Co., | are requested to meet at their usual places of holding electious on Satur day June 4th, between the hours of 1 and 1 o'clock P.M., to vote by ballotj for one person for Sheriff; one person . for Prothonotary; one person for Register and Recorder; two persons for County Commissioner; one person for Clerk of Courts; two persons for County Auditor; one person for Cor oner; two Representative Delegates to State Convention; one person for Return Judge. Said Return Judges are to meet in convention at Butler on Monday, Juue 6th, at 1 o'clock P.M., to count ujJ the votes and de clare the result, and to attend to all other business that shall come before them. Said Return Judges to con stitute the County Committee for the coming year. The election wili be held under the rules governing primary elections. Republicans only are to participate at said election. By order of Com. E. E. ABBAMS, Chairman. J. B. MATES, > Sec'ys. W. C. FIKDLEY, > 3 TUE Supreme Court in a case taken up from Chester county, has decided: •'While a township is required to con struct and maintain the public roads in such a manner a3 to make them safe for usual and ordinary travel, yet the township is not chargeable with damages resulting from extraordin ary accidents which may happen on them, and which reasonable skill and care would only be requisite to guard against." THE bill before the Legislature for the removal of the disability of Es quire John Smith, of Cherry twp., to testify or be a witness in any legal proceeding, has passed in the House and will no doubt become a law. By this bill Mr. Smith Is simply restored to his right to give evidence in any case. The bill was favored by both our members and warmly supported by Mr. Hall of Mercer county and passed by a vote of 115 for to only 16 against. Making Congressional Districts. Wc are aware that the making of Congressional districts is a very dif [- ficult task. The Legislature of this State has wrestled with the subject often lOfore, bat never seems to have had the trouble it has now on hand. The districting which is being done now should have been done by the last Legislature, and years before this, but was prevented or defeated by causes that need not now be re called. The bill recently passed by the present House looked at least in rea sonable shape as regards the western districts of the State. But the one reported in the Senate this week,and which it is stated will be urged in stead of the House bill, contains we think fatal objections. In no less than three districts of the Senate bill there are four counties laying all in a row or string and running almost bait across the State in one direction or another- In all of theße cases two of these four counties, the ones at each end, are not only very remote from each other but are not connect ed in any wise, The said districts are therefore in conflict with the Conßt ! 'ation which requires districts to be composed of as compact and contiguous territory as possible. The districts referred to are the 24th, composed of Greene, Washing ton, Beaver and Lawrence counties; the 26tb, composed of Butler, Arm strong,lndiana and Jefferson counties; the 27tb, composed of Mercer, Ven ango, Warren and McKean countfes. A glance at the map will show how and where these counties lie,and that the end counties in some of them are as distant aB a hundred miles or more apart and the districts anything but "compact and contiguous." Could this not be remedied? Wo venture to say it can, and improve ments made as follows, and without disturbing other districts, or making unequal or doing any injustice in other quarters. fFor the 24th or Washington coun ty district, where by the way the trouble in districting always com mences, suppose that part of Alle gheny county laying along Washing ton, but now put in the Fayette, or 25th district, be put in with Wash ington and Greene counties. Tbat would be a natural district and also a reasonably certain Republican one. For the 25th district, say Fayette, Westmoreland and Indiana coun ties. For the 20th, Beaver, Lawrence, Butler and Armstrong counties. Jef ferson county to be added to the For est, Elk and Clearfield district, where it naturally belongs, and Clarion tak en therefrom. For the 21th district, Mercer, Ven ango, Clarion and Warren coiaties, This leaves but McKcan county, now in the Mercer district, to be disposed of in order to put in a reasonably shape the above three districts, that look so unshapely in the proposed Senate bill. If McKean be added to the Potter and Tioga district that dis trict will be but little larger in pop ulation than some of the oth ;rs here in referred to. We do not presume to thiuk that the above suggestions are new, or have escaped the atten tion of the Senate committee, but we submit that they are worthy of con sideration, inasmuch as the stringing out of four counties iu a row will not only make unnatural but unwieldy districts, as well as being liable to to Constitutional objection. £ , «■ !?•' , High License Bill. What is termed the Brooks High License bill is still receiving much at tention in the Legislature, and it is amusing to notice the conflicting movements and opinions in regard to it. The people generally seem to take but little interest in it, as in any shape license has become odious to them. The general sentiment is that it is but a compromise with evil at best, and that it would be better to let things remain as they are until prohibition comes to be voted upon. We have heretofore expressed cur own opinion to this effect Still, it may be that real and honest high li cense might be some reform in the meantime. While higher license would give a monopoly in whiskey | selling and have the effect of reducing I the number of saloons, yet it is very doubtful if that would make a reform. | Some claim it would, others that it ! would not. Good temperance men ; and even Prohibitionists are divided in opinion upon it, and, as we aav, the general public look on with rather indifference, as seeiQg no permanent | relief, whether it is high or low 1 Icense. The bill has passed finally. Republican State Convention Chairman Cooper announces that the Republican State Convention can not be called, in the off years, before the third Wednesday of August, and it may be the State Committee will agree to fix the time late in August or early in September. Hereafter there will be no Senatorial delegates, these having been abolished by the lest State Convention, which fixed future representation in accord with the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : "Resolved, That the office of Sena torial delegate be and the same is hereby abolished, and that hereafter delegates to the Republicau State Convention shall be elected by the representative districts only, and that the. Republican State Conventions shall hereafter be composed of dele gates from the various representative districts on the basis of one delegate for each member of the house of rep resentatives to which such districts are entitled " The total number of delegates here after will therefore be 201 instead of 251, equal to the number of represen tatives to the Legislature, and each district will govern its selection by the number of representatives to which it is entitled Of State officers, only a Treasurer and a Supreme Judge are to be elect ed. The interest of the contest will be confined mainly to county officers, although the fact that it is but one year to the quadrennial Presidential conflict will arouse considerable pub lic attention. The results will be supposed to indicate in some degree the turn that political affairs are like ly to take next year. The English Sparrow. The forthcoming report of the de partment of agriculture ou the Eng lish sparrow will be a very interesting document. It will contain about 400 printed page 3 in which will appear the experiences of about 3200" people with this destructive little rascal. It is doubtful if there is another bird iu the world so unanimously condemned as a nuisance as this aiien. Dr Mer rian, the ornithologist of the depart i: ent, who has charge of the prepara tion of the report, says that the in dictment agaiust the sparrow is a ter rible one. He has scarcely a friend in tfce whole country. In California he is hated as cordially as the Chi nese; but while it is admitted tbat the Mongolian may be made a useful citizen, there is not even a monopolis tic employer of coolie labor who can see the slightest use in the sparrow. He is accused of doing frightful dam age to the vineyards of the Pacific slope. He always setacts the most lucious bunches of grapes, aud bo in variably sticks his bill into the very best berries on the bunch. Farmers who devote their time to the cultiva tion of grain, report tbat the sparrows, wherever they are thick, do frightful damage to cereals. Market gardeners and the raisers of small fruits, in the vicinity of cities, say that since the sparrows began to multiply the profits of market gardening have almost van ished. The only known use for the pest is as a substitute for reed birds. One man in Albany, N. Y , reports tbat he sells hundreds of dozens of sparrows every month to the restaur ants in tbat city where they are serv ed up to the New York legislators as the toothsome little thief of the south western rice fields. Sparrows make excellent table birds aud it is thought tbat the only effectual method of cur tailing their increase will be to induce the boys to catch them for food pur poses. The Upheavals in Mexico. EL PASO, Tex , May 10.—The de tails of the awful result of the recent earthquake in the Slate of Sonora are coming in slowly. Lieut. Brit tain Davis brings startling news of the convulsion southwest of Carrol ites. Tho mines are located 110 miles southwest of El Paso, but the greatest destruction occurred 200 miles south west of here. Lieut. Brit tain said:-- "AH far as I could lean, the entire Carrolites district and the country for 200 miles southwest of it were in constant convulsion for three days. At the first shock myself and several other Americans and Englishmen sought places of safety on plateaus, but the shocks were so rapid and powerful that we expected every mo ment to be killed. An active volcano developed ten miles from us, and when I left it was pouriug forth a stream of hot water as thick as a man's body. This column of water was thrown thirty feet in the air and is impregnated with sulphur and lava. Stones os big as a man's head are forced up with it. Smoke and fumes of sulphur make it diilicult t>> breathe in the vicinity. At Ojo Don Pedro, a town iu the vicinity, twenty people were killed and nearly every building destroyed. At Owauda, south east of there, forty families were de stroyed. The Mexicans are panic stricken and have given up all ordin ary pursuits. There are a number of out i.f-the-way mining towns in the vicinity that I fear are totally de stroyed. The Mexicans are making no attempt to gather the details au-q , another brother. And a very interesting letter from Samuel Krohen (an only son of Mrs. Mc- Candless to a former husband) who is now attending the Theological Seminary at Xenia, Ohio, was read by Dr. Joseph Irvine, and was very highly appreciated by all the friends present. More than thirty persons were present, nearly all relatives. Yours. &c., ONE OF THEM. —Mr. .John Richardson, of the State of Indiana, has been visiting friends in this county for the past few week?. lie was born ard raised near Butler and went to Indiana when a young man, near fifty years ago. There are few now left, here who re member him, and yet he is a hale man of not more than p*ratice question and says that in Indiana like other States, this question is ab sorbing all others Mr*, illuhard . >ll had always b;-eu a Democrat in poli ties but is now an active worker in the temperance cause and says that prohibition there is tuking largely from both the old parties. He is a brother to the lute Mrs Elijah IJurk hnrt, of Butler tp. and is stopping with his relative Mr. John Eiuiiek, of Summit tp. High License. The Hiprfc lYeen.ap bill paHsewn intemper ate habits or a person vi.iibly a fleeted by intoxicating drinks or for any pass-book or order on a store, or to receive from any person goods, wares, merchandise, or provisions in ex change for liquors. Section eighteen I declares places where liquors are dis peused in violation of law nuisances. The nineteenth and last section re peal.-; all local laws fixing a license rate less than provided in this bib and provides that none of the provis ions of this act shall be held to au thorize tlic sale of intoxicating liquors in places having spec id prohibitory laws. Tiie apportionment bill for Sena torial districts, us reported in the House last Tuesday, continues Butler and Armstrong counties as the 41st Seuate district. Wonderful Surgery. The success of a wonderful surgi cal operation, performed in this city nearly a year ag >, has just been dertonstratf d. Seventeen years ago ! I Edward K Russell met with an acci-! dent iu which the tendons in one of his legs were severed, rendering the , limb useless. The operation consist : ed of the transferring of two tendons ; from a dog, which hart been etherized | for the purpose, to Russell's limb. ! ; where they were united with the sev- j | cred tendons iu that member. For ten months after the operation ■ Russell was not allowed to use his j leg, but within a few d.iys he has j been permitted to exercise it. He j has now resumed his work, and has ' , complete control of his limb, the oper • atiou having proved to be au entire ; success. This is the first time that 1 this operation has been performed in this country, though it has been pre viously attempted with only partial success —New Bedford correspond ence Cincinnati Enquirer. —Two murders and a suicide, all the direct eflect of intemperance is a startling record for Saturday night and Sunday in Allegheny county. Fortunately the facts in one of these, that of the blacksmith Oswald, of Ua dercliff, who strangled his little daughter and cut his own throat afte? a two days's debauch, are easily as certainable; but the other, that of the young ironworker McClernon, found on the sidewalk at Soho with his skull crushed in, is likely to go into the already too extendedjlist of unsolv ed murder mysteries. It is reasona bly certain that had there been no violation of the law against selling liquor ou Sunday, this last tragedy would not have occurred; and the man who sold the whisky must have a solid conscience if he feels that he is in no degree responsible as an ac cessory to the murder. For the credit of the city and county,as well as for themselves.we hope the detectives may sncceed iu uuraveling this last murder and bring the man who com mitted it to trial.—Pittsburg Chran icle Telegraph , May 2. HEN'SIIA W—ItOSKBAUGH—May 4th, at the bride's house in Adams twp., this county, by Itev. It. i'. McClester, Mr. Win Ilenshaw, oi' Prospect, aud Miss Ida M. Ro&ebaugh, of Mars, l'a. HARTLEY—DEVINNY—On May 5th,1887, in Butler, Pa., by Itev. E. Crcnenwett, Mr. James M. Hartley, of Parker twp., this county, aud Miss Martha Deviuny, ot Su garereek twp., Armstrong Co., Pa. JACK— McGARVEY—On the 15th of March 1887, at North Washington, by Itev. W. J Hazlett, Mr. It. P. Jack aud Miss Maud C. M<-Garvey, both of Washington twp. NEWELL—WILES-On May 4th, 1887, at Annisville, by Itev. W. .1. Hazlett, Mr. Geo. K. Newell, of Bradford, and Miss Jennie Wiles, of Annisville, Butler Co. BRACKEN—THOMAS—May 5, 18S7, at Butler, Pa., by Itev. W. E. Oiler, Mr. Francis E. Bracken and Miss Erauia Thomas, both of Butler county. SMITH—MtCASLIN—May 10, IS.-.7, at Butler, by Rev. W. E. Oiler, Mr. John W. Smith and Miss Mollie McCasltn, both of Butler county. DEATHS. HAZLETI'-On Tuesday, May .id, I<»7, nt her home in Forward twp., Mrs. Hazlett, widow of Jas. Hazlett, aged about 76 years. She was the mother of Leslie, Alexander arid James Hazlett. HENRY—At his home in Connoquenessing twp., ou Thursday, May 5, 1887, Mr. Joseph Henry, aged about SO years. DERSHIMER—Oa Thursday, May, 5, 1897, Hattic, Daughter of riuinuel llershirner, dee'd, ol Butler twp., aged about l'J years. McCLYMONDS— On Wednesday, May *l, 1887, at her home iu Muddy creek twp., Lizzie ShaflV.r, wife of Weller McClymonds, aged about 30 years, fche was a daughter of Henry Shaffer of Prospect, and had been ou a v;sit to him a few days before her death. She aud her hus band were up with tV:ir twin boys—but six weeks old—a night or two before her death, arid during the night she told her husband that if she did not feel better she would in* get up. When the girl wont to awaken her ueit morning she fouad her insensible, and she remained to tili Uer death. . ZEIGLELt—On May 7th, la.-,7, at his late residence, near Harmony, Pa., David Zfigler, Sr , sgel 77, years, 10 months and 20 days. BRH KER— At his home in Winfield twp., this county, May, S, 1887, John P. Brieker, Ekj , aged about Co years. REED—In this place, Sunday morning, May 8, 1887, Mr-i. Mary Ann Reed, wife of Maj. George W. Iteed, aged 7">.ycars. The funeral services of Mrs. Reed were held in this place ou Tuesday last at 11 :.'io o'clock, after which her remains were taken to and interred in the Allegheny Cemetery at 4:45 P. it. ot sarm day. Mrs. lteed was a woman highly respected in this community, where she had lived a long and useful life. Her aged husband aad her children have the sincere sympathy of all our people in their great loss. In place of any further remarks of our own we substitute the following just tribute to her memory from the Pittsburg Commercial Gazelle of Monday last, edited by her three surviving sons: IN MEM 081 AM. Our mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Potts Reed, wife of Maj. George W. lteed, of Butler, Pa., died yesterday morning, at the family resi dence, at lo:30 o'clock, alter «jtiire a long ill ness aged 7."< years. The deceased had been married for lifty-six years and all this time lived in Butler." Her husband, aged S4 years, survives her, as do also five daughters aud three sous, Nelson P.. George W. and Joseph P. Reed, of the COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. Kirs I*-' d was uot only a devoted wife and mother, but iu all the relations of life she exemplified the highest traits of womanly character. For fifty-eight years she had been an active and consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church at Butler, aud it was her greatest pleasure as well as her constant airu to fulfil all the duties and dis charge all the obligations which go to round out the true Christian life. It was in the church and iu the home that she found her life-work, and no Christian wife and mother worked more incessantly or more earnestly and conscientiously to make her influence felt in these spheres ol activity. To those who knew her most intimately did her graces and virtues shine moat brightly, and her memory will ever remain with her chil dren as a precious legacy. Her solicitude for their spiritual aud temporal welnre was unbounded, aud she was t> them an exem plar a.id pattern of correct living and Chris tian fidelity. She bore her personal suffer ings and bereavements with that patience and resignation which are the fiuits ol au abiding faith in the precious promises of the Gospel of Chiist, and when the end came she was ready for the summons, having trustfully and ho|.efulJy awaited her ap pointed tiriM. While she remained, her pre>euce, her counsel and her example were a constant benedict ion, and now, that she has gone to her reward, the reeollections ol her kindly acts, her wifely aud motherly de votion and her precious love will linger to cheer husband and children and Irieuds, and beckou them one and all t» the better lai d. popyf COMPOUND EXTRACT w The importance of purifying flic blood can not be overestimated, for without pure blood you cunuot enjoy good health. At tills : euMin nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood, and Hood's Sarsaparllla is worthy your confidence, it is peculiar in that it strengthens and builds up flic system,creates au appetite, and tones the digestion, while it eradicates disease, (.five it a trial. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is sold l.y all druggists. Prepared by C. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. 100 Dosos One Dollar ( iSll ; m POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder hever varies. A marvel ol ; purity, strength and wholesomeness. More j economical that the ordinary kinds, and can ( not he in competition with the multitue ; ol low tests, short weight,aluum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO,, 100 Wall Street N. Y. ANNOUNCEMENTS. . We are authorized to announce the fol lowing gentlemen as candidates for the offices under which their names appear, subject to the Republican Primary Election 1 and usuages of the party in Butler county: Primary Election, Saturday, June 4th. FOR SHERIFF, W. C. GLENN, Of Sunbury borough, i A. G. CAMPBELL. Of Oakland township. DAVID R. KENNEDY, Of Muddycreek township' COL. O. C. REDIC, Of Allegheny township. WILLIAM M. BROWN, Of Forward township. THOMAS R HOON, Of Centre township. ISAAC C. MeNEES, Of Brady township. S. D. HAZLETT, Of Winfield township. JOHN K. VINCENT, Of Marion township. FOB I* HOT HO .'VOTARY, NAAMAN F. BARTLEY, Of Clay twp. (formerly of Penn twp.) W. M. SIIIP.A, Late of Washinton twp.—now of Butler. CAPT. JOHN G. BIPPUS, Of Oakland township. JOHN D. HARBISON. Of Clinton township. REGISTER A RECORDER, JAMES M. FLEMING, Of Buffalo township. LEANDER M. WISE, Of Summit township. H. M. WISE, Of Jackson township. JAMES M. CARSON, Of Butler borough. J. P. DAVIS, Of Brady township. DAVID E. DALE, Of Butler borough. H. A. AYRES, Of Mercer township. FOR TREASURER, AMOS SEATON, Of Venango township. PHILIP SNIDER, Of Clinton township. JAS. S. WILSON, Of Centreville borough. CYHIJ3 HARPER, Of Cranberry township. JAS. J. CAMPBELL, Of Fairview township. G, C. BOESSING, Of Butler borough. WILLIAM BAUDER, Of Muddycreek twp. R. F. EKIN, Of Couuocjueuessiug township. JAMES C'RANMER, Of Clay township, COI AT Y COJH >1 ISMO\E R, (TWO TO NOMINATE.) A. J. HUTCHISON, Of Centre township. W. P. BROWN, Of Fairview twp. (formerly of Concord.) W. J. CROWE, Of Forward township. W. W. McQLISTION, Of Brady township. B. M. DUNCAN, Of Connoqucnessing twp, JOHN M. TURN Ell, Of Parker township. SAMUEL T. MARSHALL, Of Butler horough. J. D. STEPHENSON, Of Slippery ruck twp. JAMES WILSON, Of Franklin township. JOHN WADE, Of Buffalo township. PETER FENNELL, Of Clearfield township. PHILIP IIILI.IARD, Of Ililliards Station. FOR CLERK OF COURTS, Isaac HEALS, Of Washington township. REUBEN MeELVAIX, Of Butler borough. FOR AimiOK, (TWO TO NOMINATK.) I. S. P. DiiWOLFE, Of Slippery rock twp. CHARLES BEIL, OfSunbury. It. A. KINZER, Of Concord township. E. E. MAUKIIOFF, Of ( Union township. JOHN A. GILLI LAND, < >f .11111111111 towiiihip' ELMER E. GBMIAM, Ol Butler ISvroUgh. FOR COROXER A LEX A N DER STOP. K Y , Of Butler township. OELEUATE TO STATE < OX- V I \ I'IO.X. (2 to nominate.) THOMAS HAYS, Of Fairview borough. JOHN 11. NEGLEY, Of Butler. RED FRONT LIVERY, V 7. Jefferson St., Butler Pa. Flick & Kennedy Have opened a first-elais livery stable on West Jefferson St., with everything new— horses, harness aud wagons. OPEN DAY AND NIGIIT. Particular attention paid to the transient trade. When in Butler give us a call. 12-24-tim Fuck 3 A. J. Frank A Co 1 4 J. F. Balph 13 . .1. 11. Douglass I 4 t D. L. ('leeland I 4 ('.Wise I 4 M. F. .« M. Marks. I 4 J. lioiiian I 4 B. J. Forquer, hotel r> PETKOI.I A BOROUGH. S. E. Lenelian 14 11. A. KlengensmltU 13 Geo. M. Jamison 10 J. H. Chatham 13 J. Kosenberry 13 Mrs. W. H. Scott 14 C. L. Espy 14 Annie M. Kilehensteln 14 James M. Hawk n John A. Ervlne l-l Starr & Co . la P. M. KUngensmith 12 E. P. Chesbro 10 Goodman & Teouskl 13 G. J. Jones 14 Mrs. R. E. Foster 13 J. A. Foote 14 J. B. KUlroy U John Burtncr 14 Andrew W. Root 14 Audrew Root & Co., theatrical John Kill, 3 tables Wm. Gibson l! S. Yeagcr 14 i-KOsrECT nououuif. A. Bowers j.| J. H. McClure 14 Sullivan & Wright 13 Crltchlow Bros..* l:; S. Forrlster 13 F. I). MUleman 14 Henry Young 14 S. B. Martincourt (Buggy Co) 14 W. R. Riddle A Co 13 POBTKBSVJLLE BOIIOCUH. Williams Bros 12 A. S. Marshall 14 8. T. Okeson 14 (i. B. McDonald 14 Wm. Humphrey 10 SAXONBtBG BOUOUGH. Tlieo. Helmbold 9 S. B. Wetzel & Co 14 Krause, Helmbold A Co 11 E. & H. Mershon 14 G. W, MaurholT 14 Frances Laube, hotel 5 Samuel Mulholland, hotel 5 Charles Weitzel, hotel 5 SfXBURY BOROUGH. I'eter Ithodes, Coultersville 14 K. C. Adams 14 Mechling & Murtling 14 W. W, Dunlap 14 S. Kelly 14 W. L. Stoops 14 Breaden <5; Conway n Russell th, 1887. A. M. Beers duly appointed Appraiser of mercantile and other license tax in and for said county do hereby certify that the fore going and aunexed is a correct list for the year 18.57 of every person and who is actually subject to pay a license tax under existing laws in the county aforesaid with the names of all persons exonerated 011 appeal stricken off. A. M. BEERS. BUTLER COUNTY, 8S : Personally appeared before ine, Reuben MeKlyain, Clerk of (Quarter Sessions Court if Butler county, Pa., A. M. Beers who being July sworn does depose ami say that the iboye and foregoing is a true and correct statement. Sworn and subscribed before me this stli lay of April, 1887. REUBEN MrELVAIN, Clerk. KNOX HOUSE. J. E. KNOX, Prop'r. NO, 44, E, JEFFERSON STREfT, BUTLER, Boarding by the week or day. Ct7~l'lvc minutes walk from.Couit Hoi se. SAMUEL M.BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. (Offico, near Postofiioe) B'CJTHrEIR,* IPZEITTTSF-A. A DRAMATIC SENSATION, The Throbbing, Thrilling Drama, How to Save Money. Uy D. HECK, Autiior of the "The Bride Won; or, What a New Suit of Clothes Didwill be enacted every day and evening during the coming season al I>. A. HKCK'S GROT CLOTHING EMPORIUM, Xo. 11. North Ha In St., Doff)'* Blofk, » BOTLiiSri, - PA. ! Until further notice. This powerful work is a wonderful and variegated combination of tr.tj 1 *:tl Miiui'jy. a ail comical tragedy una never fails to bring down the house. | The actors are ail stars. The costuming will be a strong feature. The following briefly outlined i 3 the I P HOG P. AIIIIE : SONG —The h:.ppy man no more reflects. Who buys bis clothing at i). A. Heck's ACT I,—SCENE I—Time 9 a.m: Enter young man with friend. Youe.; man explains to his friend thai the direct cause of his engage n; ni to Uiv wealthy farmer's daughter >v. , iii purchase of an elegant suit at !>. A. 11 IX'K's Greut Clothing Emporium. Friend tumbles to the Idea and is made hspp.v with ■ new suit. Uat, Shirts, Collars, las. Underwear, tiloves. Hose. Trunk, \ alise. 1 inhreUa. etc. Scene closes with song, joined In by the audience. SONG— The day will be intensely cold, When i>. A. lice I; Is'undersold, &c. ACT II. — SCENE —Time 11 a.m. Enter throng of people, old men. young men, ladles, clifl dren. managingmatrous with marriarable daughter-,, who with one accord fairly shriek with delight at the wonderful bar Kains shown. The l eautiful young lady. Cinderella finds Seine jeweiery. a pair of ' orseis. a pair of Kid tiloves. an elegant pair of Hos ■ that set her oft so exquisitely that a dude from I niouvllle and a young man from tlivece City both propose.as the <■ recce ( Ity man has on one of D, A. Heck's irresistable stilts. Cinderella decides to patronize home Industries and accepts nlin. ii:c l iiionville dude talks of duels, suieide.-. ,»'c., nut decides not to leave this world while lie can get clothing so cheap at 1). A. HECK'S Great Emporium. Song by company, joined by audience: "1 is our experience, one and all. And every one who tries It knows, That O. A. 118 K lias got the call. And takes the town In selling clothes. ACT 111. —SCENE 3.—Time ten years later: HECK S LARGEST EMPOIUUM. Ten yeara are supposed to have elapsed. !>. A. iii.c'KS store quadrupled in size. Miller a metropolis. Arrival oi several . excursions, electric trains and a number of balloons, with crowds of people to buy t'lothiug. Underwear, Hats, Caps, Collars, 1 -, Neck Ties, Hosiery, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs. Umbrellas, Trunks , „ Valises, Satchels, lidl and Pocketbooks, cloth, llair and Tooth Brushes and Innumerable other articles which space forbids to mention. Scores of pros perous men and plump matrons gather around the proprietor, ail agreeing that their rise in the ivorld began from the mo mem they began to buy their goods from D. A. HECK. Cinderella and her husband about to de -1 lM«-t for- Ml. Chestnut (this is no chestnut) ; ihe 1 nlonvllle dude, a dude no longer but a rich business man in the city of Butler. > Population 10.0 cl, noted ehlelly for being the most enterprising city in the county, and for fair dealing and for the fact D. A. 1 lll'X'K's Emporium, Duffy's Block, is the , headquarters lor good goods, fair dealing ( and low prices. i | All will now join In singing:— now I). A. Heck is selling clothes, 1 Way down at l>ed rock— -1 Just watch the crowd that dallv goes t To I>. A. Heck's In Duffy Block. 1 Curtain falls to slow but sure music. ' ■■ 11 Iflfi I▼ I ■ 111 Lsil 11 ■ 11 1 H-l L i!M111|Tlll I Myljl | W 1 H i /I*l rf *VJ 1111 1 BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. This Mngnzinc portrays Ameri can thousht and life from ocean to ( ocean, is filled with pore high-class literature, and can be safely wel comed in any family cfrcle. , PRICE 25c. OR $3 A YEAR IV MAIL. I Sample Copy of current number mailed upon rt* ! eelpt of 25 cts.; bach numbers, IS cU. Premium List with either. 1 Address'. E. T. BUSH & SON, Publishers, 130 & 132 Pearl St., N. Y. mmm Flailing Mill —AND— Liinit>ei' Yard J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PUKVIP, S.G. Purvis & Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Rough and Planed Lumber ( F JKVJiKY UEdCKIPTION, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOOHS, FLLOiIING,' SIDING BATTENS, flrackets,Buaged Cornice Boards. SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD >\e»rtieruiiiu ClnibollcClitircli BUTLER MARKETS. The following are the selling prices of iuer chants of this }>laee : Apples, per bushel, 75 to .$1.25 [ liutter, per jiountl, 25 to 30 cts. I lieans, |>er qt. !< to ioets. Cabbage, new, 5 to 10 ets. ('amlles, mold, 14 to 15. cts. Carbon oil, 10 to 15 cts. Cheese, 15 to 16 ets per lb. Crackers, 7 to 10 cts. per lb. Chickens, per pair, 35 to 40. cts. Coll'ee, Rio, l(i to 20 cts. Coffee, Java, 25 to 28 etc. Coll" Roasted, 20 to 25 cts. Coll'ee, ground, 20 to 2ii cts. Kggs, ;12 cts. Fish, mackerel, 10 to 15 cts. Flour, per barrel, $4.50 to ji Flour, f«r sack, $1.15 to sl*.. Feed, chop, per 100 iiounds, jl 2 5. Fei'd, bran, per 100 lbs. sl. Grain, wheat per bushel, sl. (train, oats per bushel 40 c' 4, (Jr.. 111, coru per bushel 40 cts. Lard, 10 cts. Hams, 11 els. Honey, 15 to 20 CIP. Shoulders, 10 cts, Bscon, 12 cts. Dried beef, 18 to 25. Corn meal, per pound, 2 els. Pens, green, 80 cts pr peck. Potatoes, new, 50 cts j-> peck, Rice, 6 to 10 cts. Sugar, hard, 10 cts. Sugar coli'ee, 7 ets. Sugar, raw, til cts. Sosp, C to 10 els. Salt, per barrel, sl.lO, 'l ea, llysoii, (juiiiwiwder, etc., 50 cts. to sl. 'l ea, Japan, etc., 50 to tiO cts. Tea, l!r akfast, 40 to 80 cts. Tallow, 8 cts. Timothy seed. $2,25. < 'lover " $1,50 Wool 20 to 30 cU.