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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1887-
Repabliean County Ticket,
FOB MHERIFF,
OLIVER C. REDIC.
FOB PBOTHOSOTARY,
JOHN D. HARBISON.
BEGIBTEB 4c BECOBDEB,
H, ALFRED AYRES.
FOB TBEABUBEB,
AMOS SEATON.
COCWTT COMMIBSIOSEBS,
A. J. HUTCHISON,
B, M. DUNCAN.
FOB CLEBK OF COURTS,
REUBEN McELVAIN.
FOB AIDITOBPi
ROBERT A, KINZER,
ISAAC S. P. DEWOLFE.
FOB COBOXEB,
ALEXANDER STOREY.
Nothing specially new from any
of the oil fields of this county. The
market still bangs at about 60 cents.
A good flow of gas has been
obtained in the McClymonds well,
Sontb Bide, and is being conducted
to the Standard Gla3S Company's
work?.
ON last Sunday, July 17ib, tbe
thermometers here are said to have
averaged 100 in the shade—tbe high
est ever known in Bntler.
Don't drink Ice water in this kind
of weather. It may create a chill.
Prom information given us tbe cause
of Mr. Pressley Miller's death may
have come from drinking ice water,
more than from any other cause.
Many of the srmptoms looked as if
be bad been chilled. Drink ordinary
water. It is cooling enough and al
lays thirtt tbe best.
• THE King of tbe Sandwich Islands,
Kalakaua by name, is in trouble,
with danger of losing his throne. His
creditors are after him and he can
not pay. As his Government seems
to be run by some citizens of tbe
United States, who fill all the chief
offices, it is suggested that tbe Islands
might join or be attached to this
country.
REV, MCGLYNN, the eloquent
Catholic Priest of New York, has
been excommunicated from that
Church. An account of the cauaas
leading to tbe trouble between him
and tbe Pope at Rome will be seen
in another place. Whether the
Church in this country or Dr. Mc-
Glynn will suffer most from this ac
tion remains to be seen. Many are
of tbe opinion it will lead to a seri
ous breach in that Church in the
United States.
—A letter from Mr. John Rich
ardson, of Brewersville, Jennings
connty. Indiana, to tbe editor of the
CITIZEN, dated the 15th insi., states
that harvest was over in that State
on tbe first of this month and tbe
threshing of grain bad commenced
Tbe fruit crop be states is almost a
failure there,but everything else plen
ty. Mr. Richardson lately bad been vis
iting bis relatives and old friends of
Bntler coonty and on his return to
Indiana, writes tbe above, He also
referred to tbe growing prohibition
and anti-license sentiment be found
here and that exists equally strong
there, and closes bis letter by saying
that on tbe temperance question "tbe
people are rallying all along the line,
from East to West and from North
to South."
HON- JAMBS B WEAVER, of lowa,
addressed the people ot Bntler Tues
day evening last on tho Labor Ques
tion. He is a forcible and pleasant
talker and bold tbe attention of his
listeners throughout bis speech. In
tbe part we beard of it he stated some
important troths as to the great and
unjust power of money and monopolies
in this country, but tbe remedies for
tbem did not appear so clear in bis
remarks. What be said, as to a
change in tbe National Constitution
in order to bring about the election
by tbe people of tbe United States
Senators, will be agreed to by most
people. As to tbe alleged wrongs to
labor and tbe laboring men, existing
in tbis country, the remedies will
have to come by peaceable legislation
that will appeal to the ju3t sense ot
of all,and not by arraying one
clastFfd citizen® against auotber class.
Care in the selection of. legislators is
tbe important point in tbis matter.
—Tbe five leading hotels of Hunting
don. in tbis state, have resolved to
close their houses because license to
sell liquors was refused. They say
tbey cannot afford to ket p their
bouses open without licence. Koch
of tbe landlords has liound himself to
the others by an oath. nor. to open
bis bouse unless by the uiianinon*
consent of the parties to the agree
ment. Tbe boarders, who havo been
notified to leave at once, uio greatly
inconvenienced, and tbe same will be
tbe case with tbe traveling public
Tbe result of tbis will be u booanza
to the smaller hotels who cmply
with tbe law and after a
till otber arrangements are imuv, thei
ouly persons really injured by the
move will be the hotel keepeis who
close their doors.
In tbe matter of hotels, n tin every
thing else in this country. the mpply
will scon be equal to the demand.
It is all right for any man who keeps
a public house to CIOBO it if not re
munerative; but for five men to com
bine and pledge themselves to refuse
tbe public needed convenieuce because
tbey can't have things their own
way, is qnite a different tbing.
These men will regret their folly.
New Carte, Fa*, Courant,
LIQUOR MEN IN COUNCIL.
Red-Hot Resolutions Against
Legislation that is denounc
ed as Unjust and out
of Date.
Allkntowx, Pa., July 13. —With
the thermometer in the nineties the
State Liquor League concluded its
third annual meeting in this city this
afternoon. While other important
business occupied the the attention
of the League the letter of resigna
tion of Colonel Keller continued to
the hour of adjournment the leading
topic of talk, and when the letter was
brought before the convention this
morning it was decided to merely re
ceive it. Some were in favor of re
turning the letter to Colonel Keller
and there was for a time a very lively
interchange of views, mostly of a
kind unfavorable to the Colonel. His
friends contended that the expression
of his letter as to being constantly
"antagonized by an element in the
organization bent upon setting all
laws at defiance" did not refer to any
members of this convention, but re
lated to certain members of the con
vention last year who were endeav
oring to injure it. This morning the
newly elected officers were installed
and as each was inducted to office he
made a speech thanking the conven
tion for the honor conferred.
Secretary Fleishman in scathing
terms referred to some of the bad ele
ment which surrounds the League
and which has hindered its success.
Considerable time was consumed by
the reading of letters and communi
cations from other organizations.
These were referred to the proper
committees. The reports of the ex
ecutive committee and the committee
on organization were received and
approved. The per capita tax on
members of the League was fixed at
sl, same as last year. At the after
noon session a committee consisting of
President Heckler, \ ice Presidents
Schmidt and Nakel and Michael
Kress, of Allegheny ; Thomas Tracey,
of Reading, and James Cunningham
and John Freiling, of Philadelphia,
was appointed to confer with the
Brewers and Wholesale Dealers' As
sociation, which meets at Harrisburg
in September. The question of the
expediency of contesting the validity
of the high license law was remanded
to the committee and to await action
of the Harrisburg convention. It
was the unanimous sentiment of the
League, however, that the law is un
constitutional and that it will be
tested.
The new executive committee re
elected as State collector Emanuel
Furtb, of Philadelphia, over B. Bry
son McCool, of Pottsville, who re
ceived only four votes. It was de
cided to prepare plans for forming
local leagues in Armstrong, Butler,
Cambria, Columbia, Northumber
land and Wayne counties, and dele
gates were appointed to the work of
organizing. It was decided to hold
the next annual convention of the
League at Uarrisburg on the second
Tuesday of July.
A RED-UOT DELIVERANCE THE
LEAGUE'S COMMITTEE ON RESOLU
TIONS.
ALLENTOWN, July 13. —The com
mittee oa resolutions of tbe State
Liquor League was in session tour
hourß and bad considerable discussion
before it evolved tbe following, wbicb
was unanimously adopted :
"The State Liquor League, in tbe
third annual convention assembled,
unhesitatingly reaffirms its abiding
faith in tbe cardinal principles wbicb
govern its existence. It will continue
to labor for tbe elevation and protec
tion of those engaged in tbe liquor
traffic and seek to preserve inviolate
those doctrines of personal liberty
with which our institutions and gov
ernments were founded and sustain
ed, but which have lately been per
verted to pander to the views of a
small minority of our fellow citizens
who seek to control the reasonable en
joyment of tbe masses. At tbe close
of a century noted for its progress in
all the arts and sciences, without
parallel in liberty of thought and ac
tion, at the clamorous request of a
few zealot* and upon the score of po
litical expediency, legislation is en
acted wbicb revives and extends tbe
'blue laws' of former times. Laws
filled with unjust, inequitable and un
constitutional provisions. The sacred
precincts of borne are invaded and the
dispensation of the rites of hospitality
upon tbe Sabbath day is made a
crime. The judiciary of tbe State of
Pennsylvania are charged with du
ties and clothed with power utterly
at variance with their office and sub
versive of every principle of liberty
and justice. The right ol appeal from
tbe judgment of a single individual
involving the character and property
of an applicant for license is denied,
and when tbe license is obtained ft is
at tfco mercy of the malignity, hatred
and caprice of every citizen who cares
to feel himself aggrieved, or tbe
righteous indignation of the hireling,
spy and informer who plies his ne
farious trade on the day consecrated
to tbe Lord. The revenues obtained
from this alleged abominable traffic
in liquors, though grossly excessive
and out of all proportion to any other
species of taxation, are expected to
swell tbe treasuries of tho various
towns, boroughs and cities of tbe
Commonwealth and thus greatly re
duce the tax rate of those who, with
severely moral countenances, havo
clamorously demanded 'high license.'
''Tbe league proclaims itself a law
abiding organization, in favor of «ood
license laws and their impartiul en
forcement, but it protests against tho
abuse of the discretion lodged in the
courts, whereby many Judges are
permitted to refuse any licenses what
soever within their respective dis
tricts, though all the requirements of
the law have been complied with.
Such action is a travesty upon the
exercise of decretionary power and
wo ask tbe Legislature to so define
the rights of applicants for license
that they will be readily recognized
and conceded. Shackled by hostile
legislation, menaced with total pro
hibition without compensation, self
preservation alone should dictate the
necessity for a more thorough union
of all whose interests arc thus im
periled Tho league, forgetful of
past differences and seeking only to
disarm the future for the welfare and
benefit of all concerned, cordially in
vites tbe co-operation of every liquor
dealer and of eyery organization com
posed of liquor-dealers throughout
the Commonwealth, and of all friends
of personal liberty, to extend the
sphere of its influence and by united
and harmonious action to assist in
repelling the open ns well as insidious
attack K of intemperate fanatics and
their tilue-sarving adherents."
The above is certainly refreshing
reading for this kind of weatber. It
is difficult to conceive bow anybody
of men could so far mistake tbe real
sentiment of tbe people of this State
on this liquor traffic business The
"small minority of their fellow-citi
zens,"that they speak of in the ahove
resolutions as opposing theui, we
think they will find to be a "large
majority." The talk about "personal
liberty," the "sacred precincts of
: homo" and the rites of hospitality oa
I the Sabbath day being invaded," by
I by the laws and the Courts, is cer
j tainly bold and cool and sounds more
I like a mockery of the truth and the
facts than anything else. But it all
goes to illustrate to what length per
sonal interests will carry men even
when eugaged in a bad business.
We publish the above proceedings
in order to give information to all,
of all sides, as to what the Liquor
League of this State is doing. It
will be observed that Butler county
is named among those that seem to
need a "local league," and that "it
was decided to prepare plans for form
ing local leagues" in this and other
neighboring counties. So we may
soon have the agents of the League
among us and it will be interesting
to see who in this county will en
gage in such a league for such a pur
pose.
License and Personal Liberty.
From Pittsburg Com-Gazette of July 19.]
In the platform of principles adopt
ed by the State Liquor League at it 3
recent session is a very emphatic dec
laration against what is assumed to
be a violation of the principles of per
sonal liberty in the passage of High
License law, It is charged that
after a century noted for its progress
in all the arts and sciences, and with
out a parallel in liberty of thought or
action, the inequitable and unconsti
tutional enactments of a past age
have been revived, and "the judicia
ry of the State are charged with du
ties and clothed with power utterly
at variance with their office, and sub
versive of every principle of liberty
and justice."
Such declarations as these should
not be passed by in silence. The
League puts itself forth as the cham
pion and defender of the personal
rights of the citizen, to which there
can be no objection, but has it good
ground for assuming that the last
Legislature in any way or even in
the slightest degree infringed upon
the rights or liberties of the citizens.
Complaint is made that a person ap
plying for license to sell liquors may
be deDied the privilege "through the
abuse of the discretion lodged in the
Courts," though all the requirements
of the law may have been complied
with,
The League makes the fundamen
tal error of assuming that everyone
. has the right to sell liquor in the
same sense that he may sell grocer
ies or dry goodn. The history of li
quor legislation disapproves this as
sumption. From the earliest times
the traffic has been regulated and re
stricted, and may be entirely sup
pressed without depriving anyone of
bis personal liberty. Nearly 200
years ago the number of inn-keepers
was restricted to those whom the
Justices of the Peace in each county
might recommend, and the Governor
could license no other.
Then the applicant was at the
mercy of a Justice of the Peace, a
very different thing from being in the
bands of the Court. In 1710 an act
was passed forbidding any license ex
cept to those recommended by the
Courts. Ten years later no recom
mendation for a license wa3 acted on
until after the applicant had given
security to obey the laws and keep
an orderly bouse. During the period
of transition from provincial to State
Government licenses were issued to
all applicants, but this was a revenue
measure rendered necessary by the
war for National independence.
In 1786 the power of recommenda
tion to the Courts was restored, and
the number of saloons was limited to
the demands of the traveling public.
After the State Government had been
formed and population began to
spread, the full power to grant license
was conferred upon the Courts. The
lew was mandatory only in so far
as the Judges were required to
license a suitable number to accommo
date the travelling public. Then fol
| lowed the requirement that the appli
cant should be vouchod for by twelve
reputable citizens, in which case it
was mandatory upon the Court to
grant the license if the recommenda
tion was in due form. A few years
served to demonstrate the looseness
of this syntorn, and it was superseded
by the act of 18.'Jl, in which the pow
er to grant was lodged with the
Courts, and it was not only optional
with them to grant license or not,
but they wcro not permitted to grunt
license where inns were not necessary.
It will thus be seen that the lligh-
License law reveals no innovation in
conferring upon the Courts the dis
cretion to withhold license altogether
where taverns are not necessary, and
that tho "personal liberty" of the
citizen is not involved in the slightest
degree.
A Railroad Holocaust
ST. TIIOMAB, Out. .July 15 — A ter
rible accident occurred at th<i crow in;.'
of tbo (jraiid Trunk Railway arid the
Michigan Central Railway, in thin
city, about 7 o'clock thin evening.
An excursion train no the (irand
Trunk Koad from I'ort Stanley ran
into a parsing freight truin on the
Michigan Central Road with a nnm
ber of earn loaded with oil attached.
The engine cranhed into one of thene
carH, when the oil inntantly took fire
and burned with #reat PicrceneHH,
communicating to the earn on both
trainx and extending to Oriffin'H ware
hoitne, coal and lime Hhedn, adjoining
the track on the went, and to John
Campbell'ri dwelling on the cant. nil
of which were burned to the ground,
with coutentH. Engineer Donnelly,
of the excurnion train, wag buried in
the wreck. The fireman jumped, and
escaped with ulitflit injuriea. The
forward car of the excursion train
WUH filled with who made
denperat« effort# to escape from the
burning car, but notwithHtuudinjf
hundreds of brave and willing handa
were immediately at work to asaifit in
their rewcuo, it ia feared that a num
ber of live« were loat and that the
bodiea will be burned beyond rec
ognition liefore they can be /jot out
of the wreck. AT, H o'clock, when
thonminda of people were crowding
around tho burning pile, one of the
oil tank* on the e,tra exploded,
throwing hundreda to the ground
wiib yjunl force and scattering tne
blazing oil in nil direction* and
severely perhapb fatally, burning
many. Nine bodies hare beau recov
ered burned to a criep.
—To prevent nm»Kglinj{ on hteam
ehipu in the port of Now York they
employ four women an Huntle Hx
am inert).
COMMUNICATIONS.
Allegheny Twp. Items.
EDS. CITIZEN: —JuIy 13th MR
Robert S. Grant was severely injured
by falling from a load of hay, His
collar bone was broken and it is fear
ed that he wil be confined to his
room for some time.
—Mr. Henry Jamison and Mr. Ed.
Thomas, who were injured by their
team running away, are slowly recov
ering.
A tramp—A young man came
to the residence of Mr, C, A. Bige
low, the stranger was almost if not
altogether destitute of clothing, Mr.
Bigelow, being a noble hearted man,
cared for the young man,and furnish
ed him with suitable clothing. Mr.
and Mrs. Bigelow appears to be
greatly attached to the young man,
and he appears to be perfectly con
tented to stay with these kind friends
Quite a number of the neighbors call
to see the young stranger and they
are surprised to learn that he does
not partake of any food but milk—A
baby a week old don't eat bread and
butter.
On the evening of July 12th we
were agreeably surprised by quite a
number of the young people of this
vicinity, assembling at our bouse.
They had a very enjoyable time in
the grove near by our house, until
about 10 p. m., when an ice cream
supper was served, then they quietly
resorted to their homes. There is
nothing gives us more pleasure than
to see young people spending the
eveing in good eocial enjoyment.
Many thanks to our young people for
their visit to see us.
J. T.
Prospect Items.
Eos. ClTlZEN: —Harvesting is pro
gressing finely, but harvest hands are
not so plenty as cabbage worms.
Sunday, July 17, was the hottest
day so far.
The Presbyterians organized their
new church, July 8, with about 80
members.
George Cowan has returned from
his wedding tour- Congratulation.
C, F. Newman, of Evans City,has
hired to haul staves for J. W. Shaf
fer, Charlie, hope you will like
Prospect.
Airs. G. P. Weigle and mother
have returned from a visit to friends
in Beaver Fall 3.
Miss Docia Cornelius, of Wells
viile, O - , is spending the summer at
J. O. Dodds'.
Mrs. J. B, Caler has returned from
a visit to friends at Farmington this
county.
Moral philosophy: If a person can
not go to God's sanctuary without
making or passing enyious remarks
about people, he or she had better
stay at hojne aud get some good work
on manners.
Mrs. C. M. Edmundson is quite
sick at present.
Rev. Durs; was not able to attend
hiß installation services on account of
sickness. The sermon was preached
by H. W. Roth, D. I).
Tho boys belonging to the N.G. P.
arc preparing for camp.
Burt, if Harry is jealous of you,
tell him you are very sorry and ask
bis pardon.
Academy begins August 9. Look
out for the entertainment.
J E A LOUSY,
Birthday Celebration.
Eng. CITIZEN:—A meeting was
held, May 12, 1887, at the house of
Mr. John M. Sbira, near Annisville,
this county, which was worthy of a
record in the county papers. It was
in honor of his parents, Mr. Peter
Sbira and Mrs. Jane Hutchison Sbi
ra. She was 87 years of ago on that
day,and the husband is almost as old.
They have been married over 61
years. Three of their Bons and four
daughters are living. Alfred, their
youngest son, was u soldier in the
Union arrny during the Rebellion,but
he disappeared during tbe war, and
no particulars of his death were ever
retmyed by his sorrowing parents.
At least 300 persons were at this
meeting—children, grandchildren,rel
atives, neighbors und friends.
Hun. Robert A. Mifflin was chosen
Chairman and made a very neat little
speech. Short addresses were also
made by Rev W. J Hazlett, Rev. J.
R. Coulter, and Mr. Wm. D. Allen.
The dinner, partaken of in the or
chard,was all that anyone need winh
Sotno music was rendered by a
choir, and some by Mr. Harpor, from
near Zelienople. A prayer was made
and after having had u good time, tho
people scattered to their homes. May
they all meet tbe oged couple here
after in the New Jerusalem. Some
presents, as tokens of regard, were
made to these by their children und
friends, and the whole affair must
have given to them much satisfac
tion in the evening of their life,
July 13, 1887. J. R. C.
Birthday Anniversary
Boitou Citi/.kn :—Will yon plnaae
fjivo space for a notice of an anniver
sary at the houHo of Mr. John Itider,
in Concord township, on the sth inst.,
jfiven in honor of Mrs.Rider,it tain#
bcr 63d birthday. It was kept a so
eret by tlio finiiily from her until the
crowd came, then "Aunt Kit" took
the hint, when she saw, the many
laden baskets of her unexpected visi
tor?. A table was erected in the
grove near the homo and a most
sumptuou.4 dinner spread, of which,
it is not necessary to say, that all did
justice to, had enough and to spare.
The crowd was estimated at 300 per
sons. After dinner tho meeting w;is
called to order hy electing .Vlr S. I*.
Painter chairman, and J. L Tbotnp
Hon secretary. As there were a«reut
number of presents for "Aunt Kit,"
it was necessary to have some one
apprize her of the fact and one of
your townsmen, (Capt. (joo, VV.
Kleoger) being present, it fell on him
The C'aptuin spoko of the object of
the meeting and that nil eh meetings
were profitable in many ways. Ilev
Stark* followed wi'li appropriate re
marks, and also Mr. S. 8. Keep To
speak of tho presunts and givers sep
arately would require too much time
and space, but will mention a few :
Mr. and Mr*. Frank Rider, a garnet
pluwh loung<*; Mr and Mrs.Caiviu Me-
Garvey, a garnet plush spring rock
ing chair ; her Son Will, a CaHhrnere
dress with trimmings ; her son Uright,
a hanging lamp ; Mr. Ktoughton, a
purse of greenbacks; also Lizzie
Whitmyer, a purse. There are dresses,
vases, dishes, bed-springs, Ac , Ate ,
«fce., to enumerate yet, but will not
weary your readers to make mention
of Tbn meeting wai closed by sing
ing Lta Imeter doxoiogy, and
benediction by >U - v Stark?!. All
went home feeling tiiiit ti.u hail
been well spent. J. I>.
All tlio )>upurH uro tiiikin# nliout
eoiiirii'-cool," Kinco tlio Weather
Kot heyoad woutfol. Hut to tho man
who haa to ho out Hi lk(t nuu working
it iH hard to ko«>p cool or"Ko«[» aha'iy."
KufiHtroku baa taken moat of the
livca now being lout.
A MAN SOLD FOR SSO.
A St. Louis Husband Resigns
His Position and Disposes
ot His ElTects to His
Wife.
ST. LOUS, July 11 —An interest
ing and peculiar commercial transac
tion was performed in Justice Spanld
iog's court one day last week. It
was the selling by a real live man of
his position as a husband, together
with his personal effects for the sum
ot SSO. He was a tall slender man,
wearing a wide-brimmed slouch bat,
which covered an abundance of black
hair, with deep-set, piercing eyes,
and tanned features. He entered the
justice's office accompanied by a large,
handsome woman. Approaching the
judge he requested him to retire to
the rear room, as he had business to
perform which deserved secrecy.
When the trio were in the star cham
ber the man looked about him to see
that no one was behind the desks
or the doors. Then he took from his
pocket a slip of paper, or document
as he termed it, and handed it to the
justice. The justice read the docu
ment, stared at the man and then at
his companion. The man finally
broke the silence by asking the jus
tice if there was anything wrong in
the paper. The justice explained to
him that it was no more than an
agreement, at which the woman broke
in with:
"Ain't it capable of making him
stay away from me ?"
The justice informed her that it
depended on whether or not the per
son drawing up the agreement was
man enough to stand by it. To that
the man stated, slapping his hand on
the table, that he was a mail and
would continue to be one.
The Justice then read the agree
ment to them, which read as fol
lows:
"For and in consideration of SSO
caeh paid me this day, by . the
receipt of which is hereby acknowl
edged, I do hereby release and sell
all of my tights, titleii and interest in
and to all of the household goods and
chatties of every description now in
possession of ,at my residence in
the city of St.Louis, State of Missou
ri, and I agree at the same time (for
my part), for the payment to me of
the Buid SSO, that I will never ap
pear as against the , now or at
any future time, in any of the courts,
etc., of the United States to oppose
her or raise any objection to her se
curing a bill of divorce from me, but
will allow her to get such bill at her
own pleasure and withdraw auy op
position on my part whatever."
When the justice had read the doc
ument, both very readily signed their
names to it, after which the man put
his hand out and demanded S.OO. The
woman, with appearaut great satis
faction, opened her purse and counted
out SSO in bills, which she handed to
the justice, who turned it over to the
man. He bad no sooner got posses
sion of the money than he darted out
the door and buried himself in a
neighboring saloon. The lady, after
paying the justice for his trouble,
Btated that they came from Texas a
short time ago, but could not live to
gether in peace. Then she made him
the above proposition, which was ac
cepted.
Cornplanlers' Claims.
Papers are now in preparation,
says the Pittsburgh Commercial-
Gazette, for an immense ejectment suit
on bcualf of the Cornplanter Indians.
It is understood they will try to gain
possession of the land on which Oil
City, Pa., and Salamanca, N. Y.,
stand. Several Buffalo and New
York lawyers have undertaken the
caso and it was through tho mys
terious visit of two of these attorneys
to Pittsburgh recently that the mat
ter leaked out. After the white
man's encroachments had begun to
force the aborigines liltlo by little
westward, the States of Pennsylvania
aud New York apportioned off a res
ervation within their limits for Corn
planter and his followers. Since
then a considerable amount of this
laud has been taken from them by
what they elaim to have been fraud
ulent legislation. Under this belief
they still lay claim to all the ground
on which Oil City now stands.
They insist that it was a part of their
original reservation and every few
yeara they have threatened to enter a
big suit in ejectment for tho same.
It was in the neighborhood of 17!)2
that the reservation was laid out by
the State authorities. Its present
limits extended over the State lines
into both New York and Penn
sylvania. It was at one tirno larger
in the latter State, but thin has been
reversed and tho greater part of the
land lies across in Now York. In
that State it embraces forty aquare
miles, lying in Cattaraugus county
In Pennsylvania it takes in five
square milts in Warren and McKeari
counties bordering on the State line.
This o!d"chestnut" story is revived
overy few years, but the Oil City
people are serene boeauno they know
that there are no Cornplanter Indiana.
They are all half breeds. FmnLlin,
I'a , Citizen Pri'HH.
Interview with S. W. Dorscy.
"What are the details of the cattle
business and the expenses of manag
ing a ranch?"
"The expanses of conducting u
ranch depends largely upon its loca
tion and the number of cattle you
have. In Wyoming und south of
there it ought not to cost more than
ijsl a head a year in a herd of 15,000,
and less than that with a larger herd.
When you have no fancy managers,
Hub managers and other ollieers to pay
large salaries to, the expenses can
even be reduced below this. The
principal item of expense is wages to
employes, whieh range from $25 to
SSO a month for ordinary bands and
sls for the bons of en outfit, which
means the mini who has charge of a
wagon and twenty or thirty hands.
Tho work upon a ranch begins after
the lirat of April, when the whole
country in the neighborhood of a .hun
dred or two miles of the ranch is hunt
ed over and cattle rounded up and
brought back to their own range.
"You understand in th« winter w«
do nothing whatever with cattle), liut
lot them go uiid drift wherever Htoruin
may take them. When agrcatHtorra
ragcH cattle will run before it an long
a» it I'iHtH. Hometlmea they will
travel a« far an fifty or one hundred
milen, and only Htop when the Htorm
ceasCH. If they were not allowed to
travel before the HtormM, but com
pelled tr Htand Htill, fully one-half
would freeze to death. It u only the
coriHtant walking that kcepn them
alive. Thin in the reason ranchmen
have pulled down all their wire fen
££-H, and done it without the aid of
Mr. GJwviilu'id'rf proclamation. If
cattle are put in a poU*! - ;.', however
iarge it may be, they will drift ugiuu»l
the Houth line of the fence, and
being stopped by it many of them
will poiiah. No cattle man will have
a leuco,"—N. V- Mail &iproi>tj.
COMPARATIVE WORTH OF BAKING PO WDERS.
ROYAL Pure)..
ANi *. IGBflHHiHHfllfliHHHHflHHiflHHßflHfll
lit 3ll'o~v!}'S, vrhen fresh..
IIA NFO '.I D'Sj \v hcii frctli...
BEDHEAD'S
CHAEiI (.Hum ... ■■■■■■■■
A3i A/*«>!> rowdcr) .
CLEY ELAN D'S<»wi»
r lON EUR (San Francisco)...
CZAR ■■■■■■
I)II. PRICE'S ■HBHSBBBBHB
SNOW FLAKE (ciroff's)... ■HHHBHHH
LEWIS' UHHi
PEAE L (Andrews & Co.) HBZfiHUIH
DECKER'S KBH
SILLET'S HBBB9
ANBREWS&CO.'RepaI"*®*
Mdmkae, (Contains Alum.)
ISL I.IL (Powder told 1005e).... Hfl
RI'JIFOED'S, when not fresh HI
REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS
As to Purity and Wholosomcness of tlic Royal Baking Fowler.
"I have tcstcil a package of Roval Baking Powder, which I purchased in the
Open market, and Cud it composed of pure and wholesome ingredients. Itisacream
of tartar powder of a high degree of merit, and does not contain either alum or
phosphates, or other injurious substances. E. G. LOVE, Ph.D."
" It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder Is absolutely pure.
"H. A. MOTT, Ph.D."
" I have examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself in
the market. I find it entirely free from alum, terra alba, or any other injurious sub
stance. lIEJ«'HY MORTON, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of Technology."
" I have analyzed a package of Royal Bakine: Powder. The materials of which
it u composed are pure and wholesome. S. DANA. HAYES, State Assayer, Mass."
The Roval B iking Powder received the highest award over all competitors at
th-: Vienna. World's Exposition, ; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 18(6 ; at the
American Institute, New York, and at State Fairs throughout the country.
No other article of human food has ever received such high, emphatic, and uni
vr:. :il endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, and Boards of
Health all over the world.
ITorn—The above DIAGRAM Illustrates the comparative worth of various Baking
Pov. aerj, as shown by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Schedler.
A pound cr.ti of each powder was taken, the total leavening power or volume In
cac li c:;n calculated, the result being as indicated. This practical test for worth by
IT f. Schedler only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Baking
I'owJcr knows by practical experience, that, while it costs a few cents per pound
more ordinary kinds, it is far more economical, and, besides, affords the advan
tage of better work. A single trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any
fair-minded person of these facts.
* While the diagram shows some of the alum powders to be of a higher degree
of strength than other powders ranked below them, it is not to be taken as indicat
ing that they have any value. All alum powders, no matter how high their strength,
»re to be avoided ad dangerous.
BOUNCED THE KING.
Revolution in the Sandwich Is
lands Which Dethroned
Kalakaua.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.—Infor
mation from Honolulu is the effect
that the expected revolution in the
in the Hawaiian Kingdom has actu
ally occurred. The populace organ
ized and demanded the downfall of
the ministry and the abdication of
tho King. They then assumed the
reins of government. The volunteer
military force of the kingdom are
with them. As a result the Gibson
Ministry has fallen and a cabinet
named by the people headed by W m.
M. Green, has been appointed. King
Kalakaua is permitted to remain, al
though divested of all present power,
having acceeded to tbe demand for a
new constitution and agreed to abide
by tho will of tho people. The King
is thoroughly alarmed. On July 1
he called a meeting of representatives
of foreign governments, to whom he
offered to transfer his power pro tern.
These officials refused to accept the
trust, but advised the King to lose
no time in forming a new constitution,
which he followed. Walter 11. Gib
son. his son-in-law, and F. 11. Hayel
den are uuder arrest, having been
seized by the civic troops when at
tempting to escape While all na
tionalities took part in tho revolution,
Americans predominated, and all the
speeches made at the meeting were
made in tbe English language.
A Contrast as to the Weather,
BOSTON, July 18.—A letter has
been received from tho fishing
schooner, Annie M. Jordan, dated
Iceland, June 10, saying that there is
great suffering on tho Island from
destitution. It is surrouuded by
masses of packed icebergs and fishing
is impossible. Tho masses of ice so
reduce the temperature that snow was
falling up to date, while the mercury
was down to 20 degrees. Tbe island,
especially tbe uplands, are buried in
snow. On May 1 tho temperature
was 20 degrees below Z-TO. A largo
number of fishing craft are held on
the ice and are BO badly crushed that
as soon as a break up occurs they will
sink. Their crews have taken refuge
on shore and are liviug on stale fish,
all other food being exhausted As
for the natives, they are literally
starving. The Jordan picked up tho
news from tho wrecked crew of a
schooner which had been lost while
trying to force a passage out of the
ice. They had been on a berg four
days wh in rescued, having lived on
the meat of tho vessel's dog, which
they hud to kill. The failure of this
fishing will be a loss of $500,000 to
(Jloucester and Marblebead,
A Hale Old Man.
Mr John Snyder, Sr., of Brady
township, was in town last week and
his vigor at his age, now in his 87th
year, is worthy of remark. Ho is tho
oldest son of Mr. Conrad Snyder, do
ceased, tho once famous trapper on
the Slippery Rock creek, this county,
und with his father endured many of
tho earlier hardHhips of tho early set
tlers of this county. Mr. Snyder, al
ways of robust health and stiength,
is yet u hale and hearty man and re
tains a remarkably clear min i and
recollection of persona aid events of
rie»r seventy years ago <)i last
Monday week, July 11th, tho day
he reached his Bfith year, he worked
in the harvest field and shocked up
one hundred doz-m of rye. lie can
read the papers without spectacles,
in sunlight, and his hearing in ap
parently as good a* it ever wan. Wo
have seen lately some of the oldest
living eitiz uis of the county, but in
no one of them did all tho faculties of
body and mind seem to be retained
equal to that of Mr Snyder, at bin
age.
b/L A BP.
McUKE—SPA UN—Jaljr 11, 1887, by L. P.
Walker, Km|., Mr. Hugh MeUue, of Win
litrl.l twp , to Miss Anuio Spahri, of Alle
gheny City, I'a.
HA RVKY—I'OW KLI.,--Tuesday, July If I,
IKK7, nt N'ixou Mount, Ilutler, I'a, by Hoy.
H. 11. Nrkhit, William Harvey, K*<| , of
Clinton twp„ and Mm, Nanny Powell, of
llullalo tw|>., OHM county.
HHIM M KIT— WAONKK—At Walla Wallu,
Washington Territory, June .1(1, IMH7, l>y
ltev. T. M. • iunu, Mr. I>. T. Hruuiiuett
Hint Mim l.izzic Wagner, I
We have been |>erinltled to copy the above
froiu tint Dnili/ ./ouriuit, of Walla Walla,
Washington Territory, of July Int. Mi**
Wagner is a daughter of Mr. Jleiiry Wanner
of tiiiit place ami left here for her prevent
inr Wcklern home lex* lh:iu a year ago. Her
many friend* here join in congratulation*
ami good wishes, From tho account in the
Walla Walla paper wo nee the oercuiony wan
lierformed in the presence of Mr. ami Mr*.
Wm. Wagner, Dr. <). J. Croup ami Mr*. H.
f». Croup, ail former citiseim of Ilutler. Mr.
HrurnlueU, l',.v fortunate groom, in agent of
one of tho leading Oregou Railway Com pan
ic* ami from the account glvjyi id' the wed
'l"'K cor i;'fln*¥ UajUKOfd fecm to lie A worthy
pentlemaa.
Dr. Gibson Dying.
ERTE, PA., July 12.—Intelligence
was received here yeßterday after
noon of the extremely critical phy
sical state of Dr. Win. Gibson, of
Jamestown. Dr. Gibson had a
stroke of paralysis a short time since
and has never recovered from it. I)r.
Gibson's wealth is estimated in this
city at a miiliou and a half. He was,
in addition to being a man of executive
ability and successful in business, a
philanthropist. A few years ago he
gave to the United Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions two busi
ness blocks in Erie. Tho property was
then worth SOO,OOO, but to-day is
valued at $75,000. The proceeds of the
property is being devoted to the
printing of tho Holy Bible in tho
Arabic language and the dissemina
tion of the same in Arabia. Dr. Gib-"
son is tho "Doctor" referred to by
Mark Twain in their travels as "In
noccnts Abroad" in the Holy Land.
Crop Prospects.
While the recent very hot weather
has retarded tho corn, potatoes, oats
and other growing crop 3, yet i« has
not in this county affected them very
seriously so far as we can learn. Tho
harvest of wheat aud hay was goner
ally housed. On Wednesday after
noon last a good rain came which has
revived all persons and things.
Shaken to Pieces.
EL PASO, TEX , July 19—Close
upon tho heels of the news of tbe
earthquake at Bavispe, come the de
tails of u still greater culumuity at
Bucariac, a town twenty miles from
Bavispo. It had l>eforo the cut-astro
phc 1.200 inhabitants.
Whtii Bavippe was destroyed the
town was badly shuken up, aud most
of tLe inhabitants had fled. Since
then tho town of Bacpriac has boon
visited by a succession of shocks that
have reduced the town to ruins. Most
of tLe people eecfiped, aw they fled to
tho ccuntiy terror stricken on the
first disturbance.
That Tired Feeling
The warm wcallicr ha* a debilitating effect,
CK|iecl:Uly upon tlio*!) who are within doors
most of the lime. Tho peculiar, yet common,
coni]ilaint known us "that tired feeliiiK,"
I* tho result. Till* feeling can he entirely
overcome hy taking llood'* Harsaparllla,
which give* new life and strength to all
the functions of the l>ody.
'• I could not sleep; had no appetite. I
took Hood's Harsaparllla and hooii began to
Hlccp >umlly ; could get up without that
tired and languid feeling; and my appetite
improved." It. A. NA.M'OIID, Kent, Ohio.
Strengthen the Sf/ntem
Hood's Harsaparllla Is characterized by
threo peculiarities : Ist, tho combination of
remedial agents; 2d, the j>roj«>rllon; 3d, the
proccu of securing tho actlvo medicinal
qualities. Tho result Is a medicine of unusual
strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown.
Bernl lor hook containing additional evidence.
" Hood's Harsaparllla tone* up my system,
purities my blood, sharpens my appetite, and
sccins to make me over." J. r. Tiiomibon,
Register of Heeds, Lowell, Mass.
"Hood's Harsaparllla beats all others, and
I* worth its weight In gold." I. li.vuniMjroN,
I'M Hank Street, New York City.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for |5. Mado
only by C. I. HOOI> & CO., 1-owell, Mass.
100 Doses Ono Dollar
SpHgimr
WMM baws Is an Itin.'tmed coil*
CiiprrOOVvldiiion or the lining
HtSI ' <"«
™lvrrvrD ! os v J'«'strii*.
r nwr r fc'fctr mm DM ami tiuoui. unoct
K1 the lungs. All
acrid mucus Is
liornlng
fv/w). * There are severe
spasms of Kiiec/lng.
■May attacks or
L| AV- rri/l* g headache, watery
and lullamed eyes.
Try the cure Ely's team Balm, i
A |»;irll<'l«* L'T Hpplli'D Into IMICII IIOMITII IIIMI IH
I'rlrn ON al : bv iiittll,
nn{|Hl«T«Ml, riM. Clnnilari free, KLv llltOM,
<ir«M*ii\vlc|i St. Nrw York.
ijiiiiiiiiiymi
1 9 * »wiotm
■J*" Tan, Sunburn,
2 |if Stlncs, Moa
h 3 / ' I qulto and All
CJ 1 mSj ) Ineeot Bltaa,
' / llumom, lllrtti-nuu-ka,
and oritry fonnorik in
/ \ blamlaluMi. pailUnljr cured
I f 1 on Uu> ui(Mt dollUßt* skin
I i f I without iMTtna • m»r. I>T
\ > J Bop ojLXktxrxorLt.
Woe Bfioti., SOoW. «n4 fl.
At dru*»nt« or by m*lL
blUuu«ll»M ODU»Up«Uon vno pqu*!. Bfto.
iSol.il ItY I'.M.itV HUUOOIKI IS 111 TI.ICII.
Kor llronsy, (travel. lirlghi'H, Hearl. I rluary
or Mver IIIHIMOH-H. NervousncHH. *c, cure (luur
anteed. Oflteo sal Ari'll street. I'lllhidi hildn. f I
er buttle,« for »». At Druggists. Try It. I
If you need
Dry Goods,
Carpets,
Millinery,
or Furnishing Goods,
Come to the
Great Clearing
Up Sale,
Beginning July Ist and run
ning GO days. If you call ir
we will show you the greatesl
bargains you have ever seer
in all the above lines.
HITTER I Hi.
\
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
Physician and Surgeon
No. 10 Went Cunningham St.,
B'CJTLERii UPZEJTTZST'Ji
EiTEIIIUEI HOTEL
No. 88 and 90, S. Main St.,
BUTLER, - -
Near New Court House—formerly Donalil.soi
Mouse—(rood accommodations for travelers
(Jood stabling connected.
[4-B-IW-lyJ It UITKNMUI.LKH. Prop'r.
Homes For Everybody-
The Peoples' Dtill<l and Loan Awocla
Hon ot Hutlcr.— l'ar value of each share SI(K
Tills Association pays the borrower if IIK
per share, with a weekly expense to tiln
ol only 12 cts, In addition to a hls rngulai
dues. For lurther information c II on or ad
dnn
U W MILLFK, OMIIKINEMAN,
l'rea lluilof.J I'
S U R VE Y I NG
LAND,
COAL BANKS,
AND LEVELING
l'artleular attention to the Kctraein# o
old lilies, Addic.iH,
B.F. IfILLIAHO,
Co. Nurvcjoi
North Hope P. 0., liutlor (Jo., l*a.
S,S,S4.Iy
NIXON'S HOME.
No. 35 McKean Street,
BUTLER. JPZETNI JN '2\
Meals nt. all hours. Open all Nljfhr. Ilreakfas
«e. Dinner aflc, Hupper
tit l :! IN 1 SIMON NIXON, Pro?'r.
MACKINAC.
Summer Tours.
Palace Steamorn. Low Raton.
Four Trip* par Work lfo'.wacn
DETROIT, MACKINAC ISLAND
Ot. lenano. Ch«bojff*n, Alpana, TTurrlavllle.
Onaoda Hand Ileach. Tort Huron.
■t. Clair. Oakland llouaa, Marino City,
livery Waek Day DIIWCMI
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND
•paolal Sunday Trlpa during July and Augutt.
OUR ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLETS
JUlaaamt Kiauralon Tlikcta will ha fumlaked
by yourTlokat Afoul, ornddraua
C. l>. WMITCOMO. Oan'l Pa„. A t #n»,
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Nav. Co.
OETHOir. MICH.
Tho Best and Cheapest Farm
Galo In tho World Tor $1.50.
K<ill win lilnifi'f iiml rolliTK for liri;n'and
Mlllllll (fllU'M ClllnbllllMl. Will Mlllll llHl'lf. I 111? H
I'iiul (if liny or iviincr nnd hinder, (No (liilcnl
on I'till (llrcrlloim for hullillii'f nnd
lilinrlnif Ifuli" 111 oil" hour with I'ltrli Ki'l hi M
nml rolliTH. Titki'K Huino iiinoiint of lumber ii nil
IIIII IM IIH fur li iiifih roiniuoti fi'tiie. I.IIMN
loiiifcr. coMlJt li-MH Hum burx. work* eiudpr. ill
IIOL HUlf poHIM, niniiot Im drift, "l 111 with imow
or openud by tho wind. ru HI.IIIIO now In uwi.
KHIIM'IN lor roiirKiiU'N, $.?. AddirtM .1. U. JOLLN
HON.
IHIX Mil, HiiMnr.
Agonl for '(ilito ITncMcul I'iirmitr.' a-11-tf.
County Auctioneer,
JAMES R. KEARNS,
BIITLKR, I'HWA.
I« |.riipar«td to servo tint public oftliU Mellon
at vendue*, otc. IIUVIIIK hud many yew* ol
experience hit can KUirtuilou iierfoct willafnc
lion at rutc* llmt will auit all. Leave word
at Uila 011100. H/i.hl.ly
AFFLICTED UNFORTUNATE
Aft or all otli*»ria foil oaitwult
131*. LOBB
»20 IT. lftth St., balow Callowhlll, Phils., Fa.
30 years •*ptrlentc In all Nl*V?t'l A|« (li«c«*c« Per
tnuiKiitly restores llmtr weakened by enrly imliir rr
tinns.&c. Oillor wrilt. Advice free am! Mr Inly coit
fi'JcntMAi Wurt: ai m. A. till v,aml yto lu evenings.
in tho Ci IT/EN.
CITIZEN
OFFICE.
ALL KINDS
OF
WOUK
DONE AT
LOWEST PRICES.
THE CITIZEN
IS THE BEST
\mmm medium
IN
BUTLER COUNTY.
%
CITIZEN
JOB
OFFICE.
ALL KINDS
OK
WO RK
DONE AT
LOWEST PRICES.
THE CITIZEN.
IS TIIE BEST
unimuf mdiii
IN
BUTLER COHMY.