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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1887.
Republican County Ticket,
FOR SHERIFF,
OLIVER C. REDIC.
J*OR PROTHOSOTARY,
JOHN D. HARBISON.
/ REGISTER A RECORDER,
1 H, ALFRED AYRES.
FOR TREASURER.
AMOS SEATON.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
A. J. HUTCHISON,
B, M. DUNCAN.
FOR CLERK OF COURTS,
REUBEN McELYAIN.
FOR AUDITORS,
• . ROBERT A, KINZER.
ISAAC S. P. DEWOLFE.
FOR CORONER.
ALEXANDER STOREY.
HON. MR. BRACE, of Warren
county, and Mr. Randall of Forest
county, Pa., were in town on Thurs
day last. Mn Brace is a member of
the Legislature and a candidate for
the coming Republican nomination
for State Treasurer. They are visit
ing counties in the Northwest part
of the State.
J. G. D. FINDLEY, ESQ , of Free
port, Pa., died at his residence in that
place on Monday last, August Ist.
He had been afflicted lor some time
past, being stricken with paralysis
about two years ago, and never fully
regained his health. He was a
brother of Mr." John Findley, of this
place, and #as fifty-two years Of
»ge. '
DAVID H. JACK, E6Q, of Bradford,
Pa., daring the past few days was
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jo«4>h Jack, Jiving here.
Mr. Jack studied law in Butler
■ and removed to McKean county,
somq.four or five years ago, where he
is now successfully engaged in the
practice of the law. He is a young
man of ability and of honest and
honorable principled and well de
serves the success which has attended
him.
—lt is a fact that the guage of the
Pittsburg & Western Railroad, be
tween Butler and Foxburgr, is to be
widened within a year. In order to
avoid heavy grades, a greater portion
of the old line of the road between
Butler and Karns City will be aban
doned, thus leaving Millerstown with
out railway facilities. Six or seven
miles of the Shenango & Allegheny
track from Butler will form part of
the new road, the remainder of the
route leading from a point on that
road through Greece City and Trout
man to Karns City, where the old
road will be widened through Petrolia
and Bruin to Foxburg with but few
changes i n the route.— Petrolia Rec
ord. *
THE remarkable letter of Senator
Reagan, of Texas, to Jefferson Davis,
on the prohibition question, will be
Men in another place. Nothing yet
appearing on the question has struck
us with more force. Coming from
an extreme Southern man, and one
representing a State as one of its Sena
tors in Congress, too much admira
tion cannot be given its author. Jeff.
Davis, always on the wrong side of
every question, it seems undertook to
interfere in the Texas election, by
writing a letter 16 its Governor
against the adoption of an amend
ment to the Constitution of Texas.
For this interference Senator Reagan
rebukes him in an open letter. Pro
hibition may have tailed iu Texas
yesterday, through the aid of Jeff.
Davis, but we hope not. The con
test has been ah exceedingly warm
one and the Country will look with
interest for the result of the election
in Texas on Thursday.
Kentucky Election.
A State election was held in Ken*
tacky on Monday last, which has re
sulted in'another Democratic victory,,
bat by a reduced majority. Large
Republican gains were made in some
conn ties and the Labor and Work
ingmen's party have carried the
counties ia which are .Newport and
Covington, being counties in Speaker
Carlisle's district.
General Buckner, the Democratic
candidate for Governor elected, was
a conspicuous Confederate "officer in
tbe late Rebellion and will be
recollected as the one who surren
dered Fort Donaldson to General
Grant. Since tbe war Buckner has
played an important part in politics.
A Hot July.
Esquire Walker, our neighbor, has
been keeping the record of the weath
er for the past .month or so and* re
ports to us as follows, up to the .'id
Inst. „ * :
Daring July there were Ifi days ia
which the thermometer was oyer HO
degrees in the shade, and varied from
90 to 100 degrees. For most of the
balance of the month it was' from 80
to 90.
In the first three days of Aogut>t,
tbe thermometer, on the first,Htood «t
91; on tbe second at 90, and on the
third, Wednesday, at 91. At nearly
9 o'clock Wednesday evening it Htill
stood up to 80 degrees. So this
month seems to be keeping up the
record of July pretty well. But
there is no telling what a day may
bring forth now in weather,"as in
everything else.
It is stated that taken all togetner.
tbe late'month of July was the wann
est of any July for a cepturj, past.
District Nominations.
Onr article last week on a change
in'making district nominations has
received the attention of a number of
leadiDg republicans. All agree that
the discussion of the matter now is a
very proper one, and before a nomina
tion comes on to be made in either
this Congressional or Senatorial dis
trict a change in the old plan should
be made. As to the kind of change,
or rather as to which one of the only
two changes discussed is the best,
opinions differ. Some prefer the
popular vote as the simplest and,
taken altogether, as the best and
most Republican. Others, and per
haps the greater number, prefer the
delegate system, based on the Repub
lican vote of each county.
We have, therefore, been led to
look a little further into the question,
and find oar first impressions in re
gard to a popular vote system rather
confirmed than otherwise, In the
counties composing our'present Con
gressional district, Beaver, Butler,
Lawrence and Mercer, we find the
following as the Republican vote of
each at the last Presidential election,
which election it is generally agreed
woald be the fair one to elect dele
gates upon in case the delegate sys
tem be the one chosen; to wit:
In Beaver county Blaine had 5,075.
'• Butler " " " 5,217.
" Lawrence " " " 4,322.
«• Mercer " ' " " 6,331,
If 500 votes be taken as the ratis.or
basis for distributing the number of
delegates to each county,the different
counties would have the following
number in a district convention, a
delegate being allowed for a fraction
in a county greater than one-half of
the ratio, to wit:
Mercer Co. would have 13 delegates.
Butler '• " "10 "
Beaver " " " 10 "
Lawrence" " " 9 "
This would make a district conven
tion of 42 delegates. The one-half of
this would be 21. To nominate it
would therefore require but 22 votes
to be a majority. It will be seen
that the votes of Mercer and Law
rence counties, thrown together,
would give the required majority,acd
might make the nomination, while the
district existed,over Beaver and But
ler counties. Two counties of the
district, the greater and the smaller
ones, thas combining could secure
the candidates. This would be un
fair. Bat it might follow the dele
gate plan. And we merely mention
it as one objection that can be urged
to that plan. There would be every
incentive for two counties to thus
Combine and return favors in the way
of makiog the nominations. It would
be an easy matter to bold all the del
egates of certain of the counties to
gether where such a result could be
obtained. And such a result we
think would be avoided by a direct
vote of the people for candidates. If
it be answered that practically the
larger county of a district might reap
all the honors as well under the di
rect or popular voto as under the del
egate system, we answer that that
would be far less likely to happen
than the combining of delegates.
The greater or stronger counties
would likely have more candidates
for the nominations than the weaker
or smaller ones. The opposition in
them to one particular man or candi
date would likely be greater. No
one candidate could likely control or
secure all the votes of his county.
With county lineß out of the way,
and the candidates of each county of a
district at liberty to enter into all the
coanties for support, the strong prob
abilities are that each candidate
would receive some votes. This
would divide up the chances with a
satisfactory result more probable.
At all events, the voters of the dis
trict would have done it. And what
they did at one nomination they,from
all experience,might turn around and
rjfuse to do at the] very The
principle of fair play would have a
better chance and only a man who
had been a faithful member of Con
gress or the Senate or rendered his
district great service would likely be
continued.
Another objection to the delegate
plan is where there are but two coun
ties in a district. In that case the
larger one would of course have the
advantage, which a popular vote of
the two might not give it.
As our object is to call attention to
this subject, which all admit is an in
teresting one, we will be pleased to
hear from any others, with their
views in the matter.
Corn, Potatoes and Peaches
Damaged.
.LANSING, MICU , Aug. I. The
Michigan weather service weekly crop
bulletiu reports corn and potatoes
suffering severely from the high tem
perature and drought. Corn is curl
ing in all sections and potatoes
promise not more than a two-thirds
crop with present weather. Pastures
are all dried up. Peaches are affect
ed in some localities' Slight frosts is
reported in Clare and in Genesee
counties on tbe morning of the 23d.
Tbe temperature and sunshine have
been above and the rainfall below tbe
normal.
Oil Advanc'ng.
The market in oil has been on tbe
rise for the past few days. Still it
has not again reached tbe sixties.
! There is still buying and selling, but
I the market continues weak.- Tb
"bear" element seeing to counteract
the "bull" one, with the public gener
ally not taking much interest in tfcfi
market. One sidu is predicting a
further decline and the other a speedy
advance. An advance in the market,
however, looks favorable just now.
There is nothing specially new from
any of the fields of tbiscouuty. Auy
•day however may announce a new
find in some of the new territories be
ing worked.
—A child at Akron, 0., was killed
by eating a head of clover last Mon
day. The petals got into her lungs,
tbe most agonizing pains followed,
and sbe died in half an hoar.
Ohio Convention —The Reso
lutions Passed.
Among the planks in the platform
of principles of the Republican State
Convention of Ohio, held la9t week,
are the following :
PROTECTIVE TARIFF FAVORED.
We are in favor of a protective
tariff to secure to American citizens
the privilege of supplying every ar
ticle which can be produced as well
in the United States as in other
countries, and sufficiently to supply
American wants. Such a tariff makes
a demand for and gives employment
to the labor of American citizens and
thereby aids in securing just compen
sation for labor. We denounce the
Ohio Democratic platform of a tariff
for revenue only, which demands an
indiscriminate reduction in all duties
on imported articles, the effect of
which would be to encourage impor
tations, thus giving American pat
ronage to foreign producers and for
eign labor rather than to our own.
We demand such duties on wool
and manufactures thereof aa will se
cure the American market to Ameri
can producers. We denounce the de
mand made under President Cleve
land's administration by the Secre
tary of the Treasury in his annual re
port of December 6, 1886, for the
"immediate passing of an act placing
raw wool upon the free list," and we
denounce the Democratic State plat
form, which "proclaims its hearty
and unqualfied indorsement" of said
administration, and demands a "re
duction of the present" duty on wool
and woolen and worsted goods. Such
reduction would destroy the wool
growing and woolen manufacturing
industries, would invite large imports,
break down American competition,
and give the control of our market to
foreign producers, who would ulti
mately demand exorbitant prices.
We earnestly protest against the de
cisions of the Secretary of the Treas
ury in customs cases in the interest
of the foreign producer and foreign
labor, as in opposition to the letter
and spirit of the tariff laws.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
While we condemn the false pre
tence of President Cleveland's admin
istration of the civil service law, we
advocate the maintenance and proper
enforcement of said law, and demand
such additional legislation as will re
move appointments from partisan in
fluence.
We condemn the action of Mr.
Cleveland in vetoing pension bills,
and especially we denounce the spirit
manifested towards the maimed and
disabled soldiers of the country in the
language in which certain of his
vetoes are couched, and we condemn
as nnjust and unmerited his veto of
the dependent pension bill, and de
clare that it was in plain violation of
of the nation's pledges to its defend
ers and of the oft-repeated promises
of the Democratic party of the North,
made during political campaigns to
secure votes. We demand of Con
trresa that it pass, and of the Presi
dent that he approve, liberal enact
ments pensioning the eoldiers of the
country ; that the helpless widows of
dead soldiers, regardless of the cause
of death, dependent parents and dis
abled soldiers shall receive the bounty
of the nation they fought to save, and
which they richly deserve.
TIIE CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
We heartily indorse the adminis
tration of Governor Foraker as wise,
prudent, firm and economical; and
we do especially indorse and approve
his patriotic declaration that no rebel
flags shall be surrendered while he is
Governor. And we further indorse
and approve his piompt action in in
stituting restraining measures to pre
vent the unlawful order of President
Cleveland from being executed.
The Republican party has ever
been the friend of oppressed nation
alities ; and we extend our hearty
sympathy to Gladstone, Paruell and
the' associates in their efforts to se
cure home rule for Ireland.
The public lands ot the United
States should be sacredly bold for the
use and benefit of actual settlers
aloDe, and the laws preventing the
ownership of these lands by corpora
tions and non-resident aliens should
be rigidly enforced.
PAUPER AND CONTRACT I.AISOR
The platform adheres to the policy
of welcoming honest and industrious
foreigners, but views with alarm un
restricted emigration from foreign
lands as dangerous to the good order
and peace of the country It urges
Congress to pass such laws and es
tablish such regulations as shall pro
tect the country from the inroads of
Anarchists, Communists, contract
labor in every form, and all others
who Beek the country not become a
part of its civilization and citizenship
Further, the platform says the condi
tion of the men who labor in the
North cannot bo maintained as long
as the men who labor in the South
are wrongfully deprived of the rights
of American citizen&hip. They there
fore demand a free ballot and a fair
count in all sections of the country.
National strife is deprecated, but
the settlement of the war must stand
respected, honored and observed in
every Bection of the country. Lib
eral pensions are favored, adequate
appropriations for the improvement
of national water ways and national
aid to education. If there is too
much revenue, the first step in the re
duction thereof should be the aboli
tion of the tax on American grown
tobacco.
LIQUOR LAWS.
We point with just prido to the en
actment of the Dow law in fulfillment
of the promises of the Republican
party; and we pledge ourselves to
such further legislation as may le
necessary to keep abreast with th»-
enlightened public sentiment on thiu
question, to the end that the evils
resulting from the traffic in intoxicat
ing liquors be restrained to the ut
most possible extent in all parts of
I the State.
Oil Producers' Meeting,
BUAPFORU, PA , Aug. I—A meet
ing of the leading 1 oil producers was
held at the St. Janioa Hotel this af
ternoon and evening, ft assembled
at the invitation of 11. L. Taylor, of
the Union Oil Company, for the pur.
pose of taking such action as would
lead to the betterment of their inter
ests as producers of oil. The meet
ing, wfcich was informal in its char
acter, was harmonious throughout
and resulted in a fyli discussion of
the situation, and the following pro
ducers, representing fijlly &0 per
cent, of total production, were pres
ent:— II L Taylor, Buffalo, Prosi
dent of the Union Oil Company ; W.
J. Voung, Oil City, General Mana
ger Forest Oil Company; Col. J. .F.
Carter, John L. McKinney, J. C.
McKinqey, Titasville; N. F. Clark,
M. Lowentritt. T. B. Simpson, Oil
City Henry Fisher, Pittsburg; Oeo.
11. Vanvleck, Buffalo; Thou. W.
Phillips, Butler; Capt J. F. Jones,
A. C. Hunkia, T. P. Thomson, C. S.
Whitney, S. F. Wheeler, Bradford
The following resolution was adopt
ed :
WHEREAS, The organizations of
producers forming throughout the oil
country are so nearly ready to formu
late a plan looking to the end for
which we strive, we deem it best to
defer action until said plan is pre
sented : therefore, be it
Resolved, That we adjourn to meet
at the call of 11. L Taylor and will
do all in our power to either join that
organization or cooperate in any
possible plan to better our condition
as producers of petroleum.
The organization to which the
resolution refers is the "Producers'
Protective Association," a secret or
der with assemblies in all parts of the
oil country, and a meeting of the
Producers' Protective Association
will be held here to morrow, at which
twenty-one assemblies will be repre
sented.
The State Tax on Watches,
Furniture and Carriages.
From Pittsburg Com-Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, PA., Aug. I.—The
Commissioners of Washington and
Fayette counties have taken a stand
against making return to the State of
taxes on watehes, furniture and pleas
ure carriages. With a view to mak
ing themselves felt, the said Com
missioners have sent the following
circular to the Board of Commission
ers of every county iu the Common
wealth, with a request for reply:—
OFFICE OF TIIE COMMISSIONERS )
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY,
WASHINGTON, PA , July 22, 'S7 )
DEAR SIRS —Do you intend to
make return to the State of taxes on
watches, furniture and buggies for
the current year?
The Commissioners of Fayette and
Washington counties, believing that
the opinion of the Attorney-General,
under the date of June 3, is correct,
and that the decision of the Board of
Revenue Commissioners is arbitrary
and unjust, do not propose to make
return of such taxes, except under
compulsion. Will you take similar
action ?
Very truly yours,
This is sighed by John W. Hair,
Jame3 Nixon, Joiin Downey, Com
missioners of Fayette county; S. B.
Rotharmal, Clerk. J. L. Ross, Da
vid Bradford, A. T. Holder, Commis
sioners of Washington county; J. E.
Barnett, Clerk.
Responses have been received from
the following counties, the Commis
sioners of which will stand by those
of Fayette and Washington:—Adams.
Allegheny, Butler, Blair, Beaver,
Berk 3, Clearfield, Cumberland, Ches
ter, Centre, Delaware, Elk, Franklin,
Forest, Indiana, Lackawanna, Le
high, Lycoming, Montour, McKean,
Mifflin, Montgomery, Northampton,
Perry, Potter, Pike, Somerset, Sus
quehanna, Wyoming, Wayne, West
moreland and York.
The counties that have responded
that they will make such return are
Crawford. Clarion, Erie, Hunting
don, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer,
Northumberland, Snyder aud War
ren.
The Commissioners of Potter and
Fulton counties had made return
when they received the circular refer
red to above, and immediately wrote
to the Secretary of Internal Affairs.
The Commissioners of the former
county were informed by the Secreta
ry of Internal Affairs that "we have
your letter of the 22d instant, in
which you refer to the taxation of fur
niture, pleasure carriages and
watches. Your report properly ex
cluded these articles, but it did not
include the value of stages, omni
buses, etc , which are still the subject
of taxation for State purposes. The
law authorizing this tax was not re
pealed by the act of May J3, 1887,
and you will there/ore make a supple
mental statement indicating their
value."
From the Commissioners of Fulton
county word was received that that
county bad already made return, but
that it was sent back for correction,
with instructions to leave these items
out of the report, which was done.
Their report to the Revenue Commis
sion embraces these items of State
tax.
In case the return is insisted upon,
the several counties opposed will no
doubt make a test case of the matter,
the expenses of the suit to be divided
among the counties making the
fight.
Verdict in the Case of the Mur
dered Prohibitionist at Ports
mouth.
PORTSMOUTH, 0., Aug. I.—The
jury iu the celebrated case of All
McCoy, charged with the murder of
Dr. Northrup, returned a verdict this
moruing. McCoy is adjudged guilty
of murder in the second degree. .
The crime of McCoy was the kill
ing in May last, at Haverhill, of Dr.
Northrup The victim was a noted
Prohibitionist, and it was claimed
that McCoy, who owued a saloon, felt
enmity toward him on that account.
Ou the day of the murder the mau
had a little dispute about Guiuea
fowls. Dr. Northrup was attacked
by A. McCoy, the prisoner, as well
as by James McCoy, his brother, and
I'ierson McCoy, James' son. North
rup defended himself unarmed until
the young McCoy brought a gun
after his father aud uncle bad empti
ed their pistols and gave it to the
prisoner, who deliberately shot to
death the already wounded Northrup.
McCoy was postmaster of the village
at the time of the murder. There is
much diesatisfaction with the verdic'.
The shooting was done iu daylitrfct
OD the street aud most people regard
it worthy of capital punishment
Jumped Overboard-
NEW YORK, July 30.—While the
Pennsylvania Railroad furry bout
Chicago was on her way from Jersey
City tbin morning Charles Iteed. who
was counsel for Quiteau, the assassin
of Uarlield, and also counsel for Mil
ton Weston, at Pittsburg, jumped
into the rirer from the bow of the
boat. A policeman of this steamboat
succeeded in rescuing him, Heed was
struck on the head by the paddle of
the boat and slightly cut. Ho was
taken to the Chambers street hospi
tal, where the wound was dressed,
lie was placed under arrest and will
be arraigned on a charge of attempt
ing to commit suicide.
Drought in Kaunas.
PARSONS, KAN, Aug I.—A genu
ine Kansas drought has prevailed
ujnee duly 1 Although the
early p<i*nW;d j.qvn is beyond injury
by drought, there wo of
acres that were planted iifUT t»»e
wheat had been harvested from the
ground that, had the heavy rains
that prevailed in June continued,
woulu have made a good average
crop. It will now bo so retarded in
its K.oft'tb ns to make it worthless
for anything more th&n fodder. _
Strong Plea For Prohibition.
SENATOR RE At lAN 's REPLY TO JEFFER
SON DAVIS—THE FEELING IN
TEXAS.
FORT WORTH, TEX , Aug. 2.—Fol
lowing is Senator Reagan's opm let
ter in reply to the one from Jefferson
Davis opposing the adoption of the
prohibition amendment, which is to
be voted upon next Thursday in this
State:
lion. Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir,
Miss :
MY DEAR SIR AND FRIEND: I write
not to complain but to express my
surprise and sorrow on account of the
letter you wrote to our good friend,
Gov. Lubbock, iu opposition to the
adoption of the proposed amendment
to our State Cau<Hitution, to prohibit
the manufacture, sale and exchange
of intoxicating liquors, except for me
chauical, medical, scientific and ex
perimental purposes. Texas has
never been so profoundly stirred up
on a question before within my mem
ory. The State Democratic Conven
tion of last year held the question of
opposition to the liquor traffic to be
non-partisan. Our Democratic Gov
ernor recommended to the last Legis
lature the submission of the question
to a vote of the people. Our Legis
lature, which on joint ballot had but
five Republicans in it, did submit the
question to the people for decision on
the 4th of August, by a vote of more
than two-thirds of each House. It
was submitted as a non-partisan ques
tion, to be voted on when no other
question was before the people.
This measure is, I understand,
sustained by a majority of the ablest,
best and most trusted Democrats of
the State, such as Senator Maxev,
Mr. Culberson, Mr. Lanham, and
Judge Hare , Democratic members
elect to Congress, and Col. Miller, a
Democratic member of the last Con
gress. It is sustained by two-thirds
of the newspapers of Texas, by not
less than nineteen-twentieths of the
300 or 400 preachers of Texas, by
probably ninety-nine iu every 100 of
thewomen of the State, and it will, iu
my opinion, be voted for by more
than 100,000 white Democrats of this
State. I have been in three counties,
in large assemblies, since your letter
was published, and from what I have
seen and heard, I am sure that tens of
thousands of your trusted
aud best friends are grieved
and pained by your letter.
We believe we could carry the State
against the combined influence and
efforts of the manufacturers of whisky
and beer, the liquor dealer's associa
tions of St. Louis, Chicago, Louis
ville, Cincinuati, New York, Phila
delphia, aud elsewhere, and against
the use of th 3 vast sums ot money
they have sent to Texas to employ
and pay speakers, suborn the news
papers and corrupt the ballot and de
bauch our people.
We believe we could carry it
against the saloonkeepers,} prefessiou
al politicians and a number of good
men like our friend Governor Lub
bock, but the power of your great
name is now paraded against
the Prohibitionists, not only by some
good men who, like yourself, think
prohibition more dangerous than the
liquor traffic and drunkenness, with
all it 3 evils, poverty, wretchedness,
shame, sorrow and crime which fol
low in their train. Your letter is be
iDg read and applauded by every
saloonkeeper and dramdrinker in
Texas to-day, and it will cost a causa
which many of us deem of the great
est importance mauy thousands of
votes, and we fear may defeat the
amendment, and give the endorse
ment of the people to to the liquor
traffic with the griefs, sorrows and
crimes that go with it. You object
to this amendment because the world
is governed to much. Our laws pro
hibit the carrying of pistols, bowie
knives and brass knuckles, and pun
ish those carrying them by <iue and
imprisonment. Our laws prohibit
and provide for the punishment of
mauy other things which are injuri
ous to society, and which restrain the
personal liberty of the citizen.
You admit that the intemperate
use of liquors is the "root" of many
social disorders. No one can truth
fully deny the baneful effects of the
liquor traffic. But you think, with
many otherp, that to prohibit it will
bean abridgement of personal liberty.
This is admitted. Personal liberty
was abridged when (Jod forbade our
progenitors to cat of the fruit of the
tree of life. The decalogue in iho
Holy Scriptures abridges personal lib
erty in nearly every commandment.
The laws of the United States and
of our several States are, in a large
measure, made of provisions for the
abridgement of personal liber'y.
They do this in order to give protec
tion to tbe persons, the reputations,
the lives, the property of the people;
to give peace and prosperity to soci
ety. They do it because government
and civil society can not exist with
out the abridgement of personal liber
ty. They do it for the good of soci
ety and the protection of its members
Is the liquor traffic an evil? Few
have the hardihood to deny that it is.
Most of the prohibition orators of the
State admit that it is. Thon v f by
not prohibit it except for the useful
purposes mentioned in the amend
ineut, as we prohibit gambling and
the carrying of weapons? You just
refer to tho drunkards as "degraded
criminals " Why not do all we law
fully may to prevent drunkenness
and the crimes it gives rise to'/ Tht
great charter of English liberty, as
portions of the Constitution of tha
United States which operates as a
bill of rights, the bills of right of the
several Stales of the Union, may be
analyzed in all their aspects, and it
will not, can not be found that they
anywhere, under any circumstances,
protect personal liberty where its ex*
ercisc is a crime or offends injurious"
|y the interest of society.
They only protect those great and
sacred rights without A'liich men t in
not be free, cannot euj >y either per
sonal liberty or popular rights. If
tbe liquor traffic is right, if it pro
motes peace, if it promotes prosperi
ty, if it increases the happiness of the
people, if it promotes the general wel
fare, if it is a necessity as a means of
maintaining our private or public
rights and liberties, then } agree that
it is protected by the bill of right-*,
and ought not to be interfered with.
But if it is evil, ifit produces drunk
enness, idleness and crime, if it leads
to the waste ol fortune, if it causes
the impoverishment, disgrace and
ruin of men, ifit deprives women and
childrenjof the comforts of life and
horne.if it causes men to insult,abuse,
maltreat and murder one another, if
it causes them to neglect, to abuse,
to degrade and beat their wives and
children, then I submit it does not
within the protection of our bill
of ritfhta, i;nd 11 *a t those things arc
not the personal liberties which
should be held iaviolablo.
Much as I disagree with the theory
and policy of your letter, and much as
I regret the use which is being made
«.f it ii._TVjiaß_| know you
have written it if you had not believ
ed its sentiments just, and that its
publication would do good. I recog
nize the fact that many other good
men, like yourself, take the same
view. It does not change my esti
mate of your purity, patriotism and
virtue; nor can it affect my personal
friendship and admiration, the result
of an intercourse which showed me
the purity and greatness of your
character, but a sense of public duty
compels me, regretfully indeed, to ad
vise you that I shall authorize the
publication of this tetter in vindica- i
tion, to this limited extent,of my own
views and of the thousands of good
people of Texas, who think as I do
on this question.
Very truly your friend,
JOHN 11. REAGAN,
Earthquake in Kentucky-Land
Slide at Midnight.
CHICAGO, August 3.—A special
from Evansville, Ind., referring to
the sinking of land in Trigg county,
Ky., since the earthquake of Monday
night says :
A gentleman who has just arrived
from Hopkinsville says that the coun
try about the scene is low and
swampy, and almost inaccessible in
places save by old, beaten paths
Much of it is wild and contains large,
dense woods.
Golden Pond is a mere hamlet,
containing two settlements of ne
groes, who eke out a living by work
ing on several large farms, owned by
non-residents. Monday night about
6 o'clock several of them felt the earth
tremble, but thought nothing serious
bad occurred beyond a slight tremor,
and. after gossipping over it went to
bed. About midnight everybody was
awakened by a sharp shock and had
barely jumped to their feet, when the
earth with a shaking, dizzy motion,
suddenly sank a distance of five feet,
carrying houses and terrified darkies
with them.
The scenes that ensued baffle de
scription. The negroes fell on their
knees, and iu frenzied tones prayed
the Lord to save them. Others be
gan shouting and praising the Al
mighty, and ever and anon casting
an upward glance to see if chariots
of fire were not descending. Added
to this pandemonium]|was the intense
darkness which prevailed, the moon
being completely obscured bv heavy
black clouds, which hung very low
and like a pall over the doomed dis
trict. Rumblings were heard from
the depths below, which gradually
became louder, and numerous springs,
hidden for years, suddenly found an
opening and began to bubble upward
in constantly increasing streams.
The terrified inhabitants, not paus
ing for household goods or chat
tels, gathering their offspring hur
riedly, and rushed away from the
doomed spot and some of them are
still putting as much distance between
them and the sinking land as possi
ble. More courageous ones only fled
until they reached safe ground and
there waited until daylight, when
they ventured back to the scene of
the night's terror and gazed sadly
upon the ruin spread before them.
Over 250 acres of fine farm land,
including one magnificent plantation
owned by C. Z. llayden, lay from
Eve to six feet below the level of the
surrounding country, and contained
about three feet of water from the
springs started by the earthquake.
A large area of tobacco and corn
will be a total loss. Nearly all the
cabins have been torn loose and are
floating about iu various positions,
while household goods are mixed up
in inextricable confusion. Fortun
ately no lives have been lost, but the
loss to property is incalculable.
The catastrophe was undoubtedly
caused by the earthquake, which was
noticeable iu Tennessee, Missouri,
Kentucky and Indiana at 12:37 A. M.,
as the rumbling sounds and vibra
tions felt were similar to those of a
a seismic disturbance. Golden Pond
is about 100 miles distant from the
spot where a similar catastrophe oc
curred about 70 years ago, when a
lake of large area suddenly disap
peared, leaving nothing but the bed,
in the centre of which was a hole of
unfathomable depth and several hun
dred yards in diameter.
Burial Of A Monk.
Father Antonius M. Scharman,
who died at the Capuchin Monastery,
Butler county, last Saturday, was
buried this morning iu the Monastery
Cemetery.
At 1) o'clock a solemn requiem
mass was celebrated, which was at
tended by twenty priests and about
1,000 people from the town of Butler
and the country districts. Father
Scharman became a member of the
Capuchin order in 1859, and iu 1875
he came to this country. He was
the founder of the Capuchin Monas
tery in Cumberland, Md., Peoria and
Metamora, Ills. He was also Super
ior of the Victoria Monastery, Kan
sas, and later Rector of the congre
gation under this order in Wheeling
Owing to his failing health he was
forced to leave. He went back to
Cumberland, from where he changed
to Butler with a view of improving
his health, but after a painful sick
ness of three months he died.—Pitts
burg Telegrauk .Aug. 2.
IVL A L-JJD.
BRITrAIN—DOITTHETT <>u Wednesday
evening, July 27 th, IJ?-S7, at iirowusdale,
tliit Couutv, by Key. It I'. McCleester, Jas.
F. Urittain, EMJ ,of (Sutler, I 'a., ami Miss
Hessie I/., youngest daughter of David
Douthett, ileo'd, of ISrowiudale, Pa.
IJIOIIEY—IIKXDEKSOX -In this place,
August 3d, ISs7, liy Ilev. Julia Loudon,
Mr. Charles liic'iey, of this place, and
Miss Jeuniu I lenders JU, of Milliards, this
ocunty.
The employes of the Cmziix Olilce were
reraembeie I with a liberal portion of the
wel'ii rake, for nbieh they return thanks
and extend their congratulations to the
two parlies m ido one.
3DJ3/L r r£ia.
11l I'l'J'.lt In PitUhijrif, July 2"», ISS7, Mr.
.loliii Philip Kipper, aged ?!i years and 2
mouth?, lie was buried in Kelienople
cemetery. Mr. Ripper was b >rn in Kirch
-Imer)i:r:h,ll«'s.M.'iimer)i:r:h,ll«'s.M.'ii Darmstai'.t, Germany.
/IK'il.Klt On Sunday morninjf, July 31,
I.SS7, of cholera infantum, infant daughter
of <leorge ami Ad.i ZeigSer.
M< <ifcN.VIS —Mr. Thomas Mcfiitinis, of
Smith Itufl'alo tup., Armstrong Co., July
'.'7, I.HS7. nflor a brief illness. lie wan in
his li.jili year, ami leaves a wife and live
daughters, all married, to mi,urn their loss
Aij iiif, honest mm, ami most exemplary
citu-'n, is mourned und missed. J.T.S.
ALISKitT At his lio'ne in Franklin twp.,
this iMUaty, July -7,]18fc7, of dropsy, Mr.
John A lt»ei t. Sr., aged 70 years.
SCOTT -At hjs home in Kairvicw
thi-i c.iqnty, I, l Mr. Chambers
Wuott, a,*fd about ~.i ynutu,
f ER.ViANENT STAMPING
For Kensington, Arraseno
AND OUTLINE WORK DONE,
Albo Ichmiui iii fame fiivtn lij ANNIE M
I/JtyMAN, Lj'iilh htrce(., Butler, P«.
jabSO-ly
THIS
COMMUNICATIONS.
Prospect Gossip.
Ens ClTlZEN: —Harvest is over
and the farmers are very thankful for
their crops and fine weather.
"When will the hungry ten fishing
club return?" is the question bother
ing the small boys.
R. S. Weigie aud W. W. Ilenshaw
took in the Cleveland races last week.
Boys, how did the pool-box pan
out.
Prof. Sbanor has returued from the
National Teacher's Association held
at Chicago. He says that every
thing that glitters is not gold.
For your imagination:—Two lazily
swinging in a hammock. The third
person quietly approaches with knife
in hand. A skillful stroke with the
knife, and what a heap of calico and
limbs was sent earthward. How are
the mighty fallen, but when they got
up the third party was the recipient
of a pail of cold water, Do you mind
it, alas!
Mrs. S. S. Forrester has returned
from a visit to her sister iu Zelieno
ple.
Two young boys who were going
from Cleveland to Saltsburg, Pa., on
bicycles, staid in town one night last
week.
Mrs, Rev. Durst has gone home to
Ohio on a visit. Rev. oh, the joys
in keeping bachelor's hall!
J BA I.OCSY.
Allegheny Township News.
EDITORS CITIZEN. —On the eve
ning ot July 27th, the members of
the Maple Furnace M. E. Church,
held a basket festival in the grove
near Eldorado. About 9 o'clock P.
M., a large crowd assembled in the
grove, and the meeting was called to
order bv Rev. M. S. Adams Prof.
Jame3 V. Ogden, with his Family
String Band, was invited to take
their places on the platform, which
they did. Miss Mattie Crawford
took charge of the organ, and with as
sistance of Prof Ogden's singing class,
of Kensington, "many hearts were
awakened," and the entire audience,
appreciated the harmonious
sounds, and happy strains of the
grand music, that was given on that
occasion. The basket social was a
success in every respect, they realized
from the baskets—lemonade and ice
cream clear of expense, $57.00.
Our old friend, Mr. Samuol Mar
kle, is in a dying condition today
and will not likely recover from this
severe spell.
M iss Viola D. Grant is visiting her
sister, Mrs. T V. Smith, of Ft rest
county, Pa.
In next week's issue of the Butler
CITIZEN, we will give an account of
the birthday party of Mr. John N.
Sloan. J. T.
July 30th, 1887.
Lumbermen Combine.
FOXBURG, PA., July 28. The
shippers and manufacturers of hem
lock on the lines of the Allegheny
Valley and Pittsburg k Western rail
roads met to-day at the Foxburg
House and formed a joint organiza
tion for the purpose of controlling
production and maintaining prices.
All conceded the necessity of an ad
vance owing to the increased demand
and the anticipated shortage. The
schedule of prices of the Allegheny
Valley Association was unanimously
adopted.
A Well Shooter Floating Down
the Ohio With a Load of
Nitro-Glycerine.
C. 11. Ford, the oil well shooter,
is now on his road to Paintsville,
Ky., with a load of nitro-glycerine.
The route is by road from Butler
to there embarking in a
canoe on the Ohio river, down that
stream to Catlettsburg, Ivy , and
then up the Big Sandusky to Paints
ville, then ten miles across *„he coun
try to a well which he is to torpedo,
making in all a trip of several hun
dred miles, every foot of which is
filled with danger.
Going down the Ohio the trip will
bo easy enough, as all that will bo
uecessaiy will be to float on the cur
rent, watch out for breakers, boats,
etc, as running againßt anything
would send boat, boatmen, canoe and
canoemen to a quick and torn up
eternity. If a passenger steamer
should run into the canoe, the loss of
life which would remit would be
measured only by the number of peo
ple on the boat.
Up the IJig Sandusky, however,
the trip will not be so easy, as Mr.
Ford will have to pull against the
current. The well which he is to
shoot is a wildcat, belonging to a com
pany who hold several hundred acres
of territory in the vicinity, and it is
said to be showing for a good pro
ducer. It has three sands, in each of
which oil was found, and a large
producer may be the result of Mr.
Ford's trip, which ia of importance
to the whole oil world.
iHOQI'Vf •
COMPOUND EXTRACTy^^S^
JjftA
The Importance of purifying the blood can
not lie overestimated, for without pure
you cannot enjoy good health.
At this reason nearly every ono need* a
good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the hlood, and llood's Sarsaparilla is worthy
your confidence. It is peculiar in that it
strengthens and builds up the system,creates
an appetite, and tones the digestion, while
It eradicates disease. <!ive it a trial.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists,
l'repared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Dosos Ono Dollar
paEW
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Tan, Sunburn,
t - / ■Hal \ Bee Stings, Mo»-
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I f J without loavlng • »car, by
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purity, strength and wholeeomcness. More
Jconomical that the ordinary kind.-, and can
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powders. Sold only in cans.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO,,
100 Wall Street N. Y.
If you need
Dry (roods,
. Carpets,
Millinery,
or Furnishing Goods,
Come to the
Great Clearing
Up gale,
Beginning July Ist and run
ning 00 days. If 3011 call in
we will show you the greatest
bargains you have ever seen
in all the above lines.
« & BILSTOI.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLER,
Planing Mill
—AND—
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