THE CITIZEN • | JOHN H. AT W. C. NBGLEY, PROPRIETORS. U SCBIPTIOK RATKS —POST AUK PKEPAT» : One year * 1 ?° Blx mouths •' Three mouths. Katnyd »t I'oßtolllrc at «k 2d «■!»*• matter V FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1887. Republican Slate Ticket. FOR SUPREME JITIICJE. HENRYT W WILLIAMS. COR STATE TREASURER. WILLIAM B. HART. Republican County Ticket FOR SHERIFF, OLITER C. REDIC. FOR PROTHONOTARY, JOHN D.HARBISON. REGISTER A RECORD'ER, 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. State Nominees and Platform. At the Republican State Conven tion at Harrißburg, Wednesday, the -name of Col. Grimeson was with drawn and Capt. Hart was nominated for State Treasurer by acclamation. Judges Williams, Mitchell and Green, were nominated for Supreme Judge, but a 8 the first ballot stood, Williams 148, Mitchell 5G and Green 4>, tie nomination of Williams was made unanimous. The platform reaffirms the declara tion of 1886, in favor of submitting the prohibitory amendment to a'rote Of the people, favors protective tariff, the enlargement of the pension list so -as to include all soldiers in absolute need, favors retaining receipts from licenses in the city and county treas uries, endorses the Republican State Administration, criticises the Demo cratic National Administration, and endorses Blaine for President in 1888. The resolutions denounce the dis crimination against colored people practiced in the South, recommends the popular vote for Congressional And State Senate nominations, ex tends sympathy to Gladstone and Phrnell, and recommends Chairman Cooper for reappointment. It is a good ticket and a strong platform. '—Mr. J antes Stephenson, of Sum mit t'wp , raised this year th« best sweet corn yetpresented us. Thanks. Terrible floods are reported in va rious parts of Spain. Crop? have been destroyed, many cattle drowned, and hundreds of people left destitute. Spain is to-day paying the penalty of cutting away her forests aud leaving her ftrtile lands denuded of timber. It is the lesson above all others which the people of this country Bhould study. THE cackling of geese saved Rome, and now the waving of an old color ed woman's apron has prevented a railroad accident near Glenwood.lnd , that might have been a repetition of the fearful tragedy of Chatsworth. It was another case of a burned bridge, too. The wooden railroad bridges must go, and the stone aud i:on ones must come. SciiNcis was advanced in New York, Monday, by tbe American As sociation, through three remarkable papers. The first, Professor Edison's, was on the new machine for produc ing electricity directly from fuel which is expected vastly to reduce the 'cost of existing methods. The »econd paper, by Commander 11. C. Taylor, prophesied the failure of the Panama Canal and tbe success of a canal by way of Nicaragua; and the third, by Professor Drummond, let new light into "Tbe Heart of Af rica." —A Jacksville correspondent gets off the following : John Shields, the mod slinger, has a hound that takes tbe bakery. Recently John went to see hia girl not a hundred miles from here. Before be left home be shut the dog up. When he arrived at the girl's house and entered and had got seated comfortably, be heard a noise that sounded like tbe wail of a de parting spirit, and as the noise con tinued, John went out and found his bound dog sitting in front of the bouse howling. Tbe dog was brought into the house and John and his girl did their sparking under the watcLful eje of the canine, and it is said the tb4l behaved remarkably well that night. •Mir. THOMAS HAYS and the Senior Editor of this paper are at Harris burg this week as delegates to the State Convention, and James B. Mates and Charles McPherrin, Esqa. as spectators. For tbe vacaucy in the Supreme Bench caused by the death of Judge Mercur. Judge Wil liams of Tioga county seems, at this writing, Wednesday, to be the fayor- He, though the* Philadelphia d'degii tfoo are jnaking an effort to have Judge Mitchell of that town, nomina ed, and tbe Pittsburg delegation will give Judge a complimentary vote, looking to his nomination ni xt year, to fill the vacancy that will to rnado by the ending of the term of Judge Gordon. Capt. Hart, of Dauphin, teams to lead for State Treasurer. He is being championed by Quay, and Col. Grimeson by Chris Mafcee. Mr. Brace of Warren,a very good man, is also a candidate. Wil liams and Hart will probably be the nominees, and will make an unex ceptionable ticket. The Chatsworlh Slaughter. The extraordinary slaughter of hu man beings—our fellow citizens, —on the Peoria, Toledo and Wet tern R 11. near the village of Chatsworth, 111., last Wednesday night, calls for more than a passing notice. Here was a train consisting of two engines and tenders, three baggage cars, six ordinary passenger coaches, and six sleeping coaches, making a line of cars and engines that would reach from the Court House to Mifflin Street and weighing of itsefr from two to three hundred tons haded with human beings, and rush ing over the track at the rate of near ly a mile a minute. This immense mass approaches a little wooden trestle, over a dry run |jed, the grass around the trestle and the trestle itself has been burning for hours, the first engine goes over all right, the second goes down, the bag gage cars fol low, the first passenger car is jammed fast and hard, the sec ond, with the tremendous force and weight behind and pushing it," cuts through the first like a knife, behead ing or cutting in twain every human being in It, the third cuts through the second, leaving but one person in it alive, the third car is wrecked and everybody in it has a broken limb or other Berious injury, the weighty Bleepers have done their terrible work and remain on the track. The blood of the dead flows down the run, and the groans of the dying and shrieks of the injured make sad music in the midnight air. Happily the fire can be and is extinguished with dust from the fields, but here is a scene of hor ror beyond the conception of any but actual spectators, and one liable to be duplicated on any railroad in. the country any day, and yet one to which the people of this Nation will give but a passing thought. This was a cheap-rate excursion train on its way to Niagara, and last summer an almost similar accident happened to a similar train on the road between Buffalo and Niag-- ara. People were butchered in both cases by the "telescoping" of the cars, and we suggested then that the strengthening of the king bolts and platforms, and running the king bolts clear through the platforms and key ing them would lessen the danger of telescoping. We think too that the building of the ends of the cars V shaped, so that they would glide past each other in the event of a collision, would be a good idea. When the terrible accident and holocaust occurred to the excursion train tor Montreal, in Now England, last winter, there was a great deal of talk about iron cars, aud the elimina tion of the car-stove, and the legisla ture of York State has passed a law forbidding the use of stoves on cars. This telescoping also calls for legisla tion, and thus becomes a matter of interest to tho whole Nation. It is time for this nation to require of the people to whom it gives tbe right of eminent domain, absolutely safe tracks and absolutely safe cars. Fifty ago, when railroads were a new thing aud were wanted evry where, the States gave them the right of eminent domain, and fixed tho price for carrying passengers at the high rate of three cents a mile, but now that, the business has become the most profitable in the world, when everybody wants to build, own and run railroads, it is time for the people to make and enforce laws that will put an end to every large rallr oad in the country being oue elongated slaughter-house. Work Is Not Properly. AKRON, Aug. 11. —Circuit Judge Upson rendered his decision this morning in the habeas corpus caso of Nellie Hawse, the clairvoyant. Tbe question involved has never before been passed upon by Ohio courts. Nellie bad been seut to the work house at Cleveland for 30 days. The affidavit, made before tbe magistrate, charged her with having induced Joseph Bach by false pretenses to work for her to the value of $7 50, and the question to be determined was whether inducing a person to work for another by means of false pretenses is a crime within the mean ing of the statute. The words "anything of value" are used in the statute, and further on occurs the expression, '•the property so obtained." Judge Upson said that bo was satisfied the words "any thing," as they are used in the stat ute, are synonymous with the word property, and as it is clear that the word property, as it is generally understood, docs not include work, tbe prisoner had not committed a crime under the Ohio statutes. He therefore ordered her discharged. Seeks to Slay Her. TOLEDO, August 11.—Lying on a lounge in a pool of blood, tho polico found Mrs. George Denlaker. Her throat was cut ,rpm car to ear. The police at once arrested William Beck ly, a colored man, for the attempted murder of Mrs. Denlaker. The story of tbe woman whose throat was cut reads like a romance. She was the child of wealthy parties at Sooth Bend, Ind, and was well educated in the best schools in that State. Against the wishes of her parents, she married George Denla ker, a weathv liquor dealer of this city. Six years ngo she deserted him, and since that timcbas been liv ing with the colored man now under arrest for the atttempt on her life. Her elopement caused a nine-days seunation, which has been revived by recent event-. A Murderer dies with a Cigar in his teeth. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Augu t 11.—Fred Ilopt, who murdered J. F. Turner in 1880, was executed to day by being shot The firing party party consisted of five men with rifles They fired at a rosette over Hopt's heart. Three of the riflea cofltaiacd blank*. The two bullets pierced the rosette and entered the h-art of the murderer, who fell over backward with tho chair and was dead, when picked up. Hopt was cool to the last,'held a cigar in bis mouth all the time. The Illinois R. R Slaughter. Out from Peoria, 111., Wednesday evening sped a special train with fif teen coaches, ciowded with over nine hundred gay, happy hearted excur sionists for Niagara. Just before midnight, as drawn by two engines it passed through Chatsworthon the- Toledo, Peoria & Western It. R., at a rapid speed, the engineer saw to his horror a burning bridge ahead. Death, and a dreadful death, was there, inexorable. Into the fire and down through the bridge the train plunged in an awful wreck. The cars telescoped and over one hundred people were killed outright aud four times that number injured. The work of re3cue was a hard and brave one by the survivors. The best description of the calamity was the special to the Chicago Times, as follows: All the railway horrors in the his tory of this country were surpassed three miles East of Chatsworth last night, when an excursion train on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Road dropped through a burning bridge and over 100 people were killed and four times that number were more or less badly injured. The train was composed of six sleeping cars, six day coaches and chair cars and three bag gage car 3. It was carrying 9Gli pas sengers, all excursionists, and was bound for Niagara Falls. The train had been made up all along the line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western road, and the excursionists bailed from various points iu central Illinois, the bulk of them, however, coming from Peoria. Some of the passengers came from Canton, El Paso, Wash ington and, in fact, all stations along the line; some from as far West as Burlington and Keokuk, la. A spec ial and cheap rate had been made for the excursion, and all sorts of people took advantage of it. When the train drew out of Peoria at 8 o'clock last evening it was loaded to its ut most capacity. Every berth in the six sleepers was taken, and the day cars carried sixty people each. The train was so heavy that two engines were hitched to it, and when it pass ed this place it was an hour and a half behind time. Chatsworth, the next station East of here, is six miles off, and the run was made in seven min utes; so the terrible momentum of those fifteen coaches and two engines shooting through space at the rate of a mile a minute can be understood. No stop was made at Chatsworth, and on and on the heavy train with its living freight, sped through the darkness of the night. Three miles East of Chatsworth is a little slough, where the railroad crosses a dry rnn about ten feet deep and fifteen feet wide. Over this was stretched an ordinary wooden trestle bridge, and sa the excursion train came thundering down on it what was the horror of the engineer on the front engine when he saw the bridge a-fire Right up before his eyes leap ed the bright flames, and the next instant he was among them. There was no chance to Btop. Had there been a warning it would have taken a half mile to stop that on rushing mass of wood, iron and hnman lives, and the train was within 100 yards of the red-tongued messenger of death before they flashed their fatal signals into the engineer's face. But he passed over in safety, the first engine keeping the rails. As it went over the bridge fell beneath it. and it could only have been the terrific speed of the train which saved the lives of the engineer and his fireman. FORTY PERSONS INSTANTLY KILLED. But the next eDgine'went down, and istantly the deed of death was done. Car crashed into car, coaches piled on top of one another, and iii the twinkling of an eye nearly forty people found instant death and fifty more were so hurt they could not live As for the wounded, they were every where. Only the sleeping coaches escaped, aud as the startled and halt dressed passengers came tumbling out of them thc-y found such a scene of death as is rarely witnessed aud such work to do that it seemed as if hurnaua were utterly incapable. It lacked ■but five minutes of midnight. Down in the ditch lay the second engineer, McClintock, dead, and Fireman Ap plegate badly injured. Ou top were piled the three baggage cars, one ou top of another like a child's card house after he had swept it with his hand Then came the six day coaches. They were telescoped as cars never were before, and three of them were pressed into just enough apace for one The second car had mounted off its trucks, crashed through the car ahead of it, crushing tho wood-work aside like tinder, and lay there rating on the tops of tho seats, while every pas aengers in tho front car was laying dead or dying underneath. Out of that car but four people camo alive On top of tho second car lay the third, and its bottom was smeared with the blood of its victims. The three other car 3 were not bad ly crushed, but they wore broken and twisted in every conceivable way and every timber aud beam represented u crushed human frame and a broken bone. Instantly the air was filled with cries of the wounded and the shrieks of those about to die. The groans of men and the screams of wo men united to make an appaling sound and above ull could ba heard the agonizing cries of children, as in some instances they lay pinned along side their dead parents. And there was another terrible danger yet to be met. The bridge was still burning and the wrecked cars were lyiug ou and around the fiercely burning embers. Everywhere in the wreck were wounded and unhurt men, wo men and children, whose lives could be saved if they could bo gotten out, but whose death, and death in a most horrid form, was imminent. FIOHTING THE FIRE WITH EARTH. Earth was the only weapon with which the foe could be fought, aud 80 tho attempt was made to smother it out. There was no pick aud shov el to dig it up; no baskets or bar rows to carry it, and so desperate were they that dug their fiugers down into the oarth, which a long drouth had baked almost as hard as hard as stone, and heaped the pre cious handfulls thus hardly won upon the encroahing flames, and with this earthwork, beat back the encroaching flames, and with this earthwork, built handful by handful, kept back the foe. While this was going on other brave men crept underneath the wrecked cars, beneath the fire and the wooden beams which held ns pris oners so many precious lives, anil with pieces of board and sometimes their bauds beat back the flarues when they flashed up alongside some unfortunate wretch who, pinned down by a heavy beam, looked on hopelessly while it seemed as if his death by fire was certain; and while the fight was thus going on the ears ;of the workerswere filled with the' groans of dying men, the anguished entreaties of those whose death seem ed certain unless the terriblo blaze could be extinguished, and cries of those too badly hurt to care in what manner the end were brought about,so it would only be quick. So they dug up the earth with their hand?, reckless of the blood streaming out from broken finger nails and heaping it up in little mounds, while all thr while came the heartrending cry "For God's sake don't let us burn to death!'' 15ut final ly the victory was won, the fire was put out after four hours of endeavor ing, and as its last sparks died away a light came up in the East to take their place and dawn came upou a scene of horror. While the fight had been going on, men had been dying and there were not so many wounded to take out of the wreck as there had been four hours before. But in the meanwhile, the country had been aroused; help had come from Chats worth, Forest and Piper City, and as tho dead were laid reverently along side of each oth er out in the cornfield' there were ready hands to take them into Chats worth,while some of the wounded were carried to Piper City. One hundred and eighteen was the awful pool of the dead, while wounded number four times as many. The full tale of the dead can not, howev er be told yet for days. THE TOWN MADE A MORGUE Chatsaorth was turned into a mor gue today. The Town HalfJ the engine house and the depol were all full of dead bodies, while every house in the little village has its quota of the wounded. There were over 100 corpses lying in the extemporized deadhouses,and every man and woman was turned into an amateur but zeal ous nurse. Over in a lumber yard the noise of hammers and saws rang in air, and busy carpenters were making rough coffins to carry to their homos the dead bodies of the excursionists, who twelve hours before had left their homes of full pleasurable expecta tions of the enjoyment they were go tng to have during tho vacation which had begun. When the news of the disaster was first flashed over the wires, prompt aid was at onee sent. Dr. Steele, chief surgeon of the Toledo, Peoria and Western lload,has come on a spe cial train,aud with hiin werejtwo other surgeons aud assistants. From Peor ia also came I)rs. Martin, Baker, Flu egler and Johnson, aad from every city whence the unfortunate excursi onists had come their physicians aud friends hurried on to help them. From Peoria had also come delega tions of the Red Meu and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, members of both societies being on the ill-fated train, and so after So'clock in the morning there were plenty of people to do the work that needed such prompt attention. In the Town Hall was the hospital, and in it anx ious relatives and sorrowing friends sat fanning gently the sufferers' faces, queried the attending surgeons and in sisted thai there must be hope. Down at the deaduouses, fathers, husbands brothers, sisters, wives and children tearfully inspected each face A3 it WAS uucovcred, and sighed as the features were unknown, or cried out in an guish when the well-known face sometimes fearfully mangled but yet recognizable, was uncovered. The entire capacity of the little village was taxed, aud kind hearted women came from miles to give their ministrations to the sufferers. No soouer had the wreck occurred than a scene of robbery commenced. Some band of unspeakable miecre ants, heartless and with only ani mal instincts, was on haud, and like the guerillns who throng the battle field the night after conflict and filch the dead of the money which they received for their meagre pay, stealing even the bronze medals and robbing from the children of heroes the emblems of their bravery, so la&t night did these human hyenas plunder the dead from this terrible accident and take even the shoes which covered their feet. Who these wretches are is not known. Wheth er they were a band of pickpockets who accompanied the train or some robber gang who were lurking in the vicinity can not be said. The horrible suspicion, however, exists, and there aro many who give it credit that the accident was a deliberately planned ease of train wrecking; that the bridge was set on fire by miscreants who hoped to seize the opportunity offered, and the fact that the bridge was so far consumed at the time the train came aloug, and the added fact that the train was an hour aud a half late, are pointed out as as evidences of a careful conspira cy. It seems hardly possible that men could be 30 lost to all the ordina ry feelings which animate the basest of the human race; but still men who will rob dead men; who will steal from the dying and will plunder the wounded held down by broken beams of a wrecked car, whose death by fire seemed imminent, can do most any thing which is base aud that is what these lieuds in human form did. They went into tho cars when the fire was burning fiercely underneath and wheu the poor wretches who pinned there begged them "for God's sake to help them out,' stripped them of their watches aud jewelry and searched their pockets for money. When the dead bodies were laid out the cornfields these hyenas turned thern over in their search for valua bles, and that the pluudering was done by an organized gang was prov en by the fact that this morning out in the corn field sixteen purses, all empty, were found iu one heap. It was a ghastly plundering, and had the plunderers been caught this after noon they would surely have been lynched. A HUSBAND'S SUICIDE' There was incident which stood out more horrible than all those hor rible sceues. Iu the second coach was a man, his wife and little child His name could not be learned to-day but it is said ha got on at Peoria. When tho accident occurred the entire family of three was caught and held down by broken woodwork Finally when relief came tho man turned to them friendly and feebly said: "Take out my wife first I'm afraid the child is dead." So they carried out the mother, and as a broken seat was taken off her crushed breast, the blood which flowed from her lips told how badly she was hurt. They carried the child, a fair-haired, blue-eyed girl of 3, and laid her in the corn field, dead, alongside of her dying mother. Then they went back for the father and brought him out. Both his legs were broken, but he crawled through tho corn to the side of his wife,and feel ing her loved feaures in tho darkness preiscd soma brandy to her lips aud a.-ked her how she felt. A feeble groan was the only answer and the next ijstant she died. The man felt the forms of his dead wift and child, and cried out: "My God, there is nothing more for me to live for now," and, taking a pistol out of his pocket, pulled tho trigger. The bullet went surely through his brain, aud tho three dead bodies of that little family are now lying side i by side at Chats worth waiting to lie | identified. Great Fire in Pittsburg. Fifth avenue in Pittsburg was never more densely crowded than it ; was last Friday night during the fire j that destroyed three of the most ! valuable buildings on the street. | Masonic Hall, Hamilton's music j store and office building, and part of Schmidt & Friday's liquor store and j office building The Hamilton and j Schmidt <fe Friday buildings were ; eight stories high, and Hamilton's | was surmounted by a tower that i made it the highest building in the city. The alarm souLded from the box at Fifth avenue and Smitbficld street at 9:30 o'clock, and all the engines in the district were on the scene in less than 10 minutes. The fire was found to be burning in the basement of that part of Masonic Hall occupied by Henry Holfzman, upholsterer and furniture dealer, and originated in some excelcer stored therein. A elense volume of smoke was the first evidence of the magnitude of the work that greeted the firemen. There were no early indications of stubborn ness and the firemen sent several streams of water into tho basement, expecting usual results. Still the volumes of smoke issued from every crevice, denser and thicker than at first. In 15 minutes a blaze of dark, lurid fire shot out into the darkness in the store room of Campbell & Dick. In a lew moments a stream of water broke the plate glass win dows on its way to quench the ad vancing fire. The stream was pow erless to check it, however, and an other and another followed it, but the flames had found the shelves burdened with light calicoes, muslins and cotton goods and was devouring them regardless of tho many efforts of the firemen to drown them out. The interior of the great store room, filled as it was with articles of a combustible nature, was soon a sheet of seething flames and for a half hour the combined efforts ot the firemen, front aud rear, were power less to extinguish it. Meantime the fire had extended to the buildings in the rear of Masonic Hall and next the attention of the firemen was directed to putting it out of them. Another alarm was sent in followed by another till every engine in the city was on the ground and an appeal was sent to Allegheny for assistance. The Pittsburg firemen found that the cellar was the seat of the fire and again directed their efforts to drive it out. This was slow work and in the main unsatisfactory, for as soon as the flames died away in one corner of the eellar they sprung up again in another. Once the flames had broken through the floor of the first story they had little difficulty in extending to the second floor, and in a few minutes both floors were burning at the same time. Shortly before 11 o'clock they found an approach to the roof through the medium of the elevator flume. In 10 minutes more the top of the building was aflame and the hook and ladder truck was ualimbered and b ought iuto requisition. Again a division of the men was made in or der to fight the tire at another and very disadvantageous point. A dozen men mounted to the roof and took position on the ladder, and in 15 minutes the fire on the roof was under apparent control. Below, the men on the pavement were throwing useless streams on the fire in the first and second floors and down into the darkness of the cellar. Soon the Iloltzmn store room, ad joining the store of Campbell & Dick, was one sheet of fiitne. Tti 10 min utes $ JO,OOO worth of goods were burned. Again the fire obtained possession of the roof, and this time refused to be swept off by the streams thrown upon it. The wind fanned and en couraged it. Tho flames gained iu volume, and their heat intensified ami routed their pursuers. They advanc ed and drovo them down the ladder almost to the foot. They leaped up, and still higher, till they took hold upon the woodwork of the supposed fire-proof Ilamilt u building. The glass broke and they entered the building and took hold upon the floor ing, the wainscoating and the timbers under the roof. The west wind cool ed the brows of the panting firemen, but it was an inspiration the lltines and with renewed vigor ami volume they took hold of the tower ot the building and in a moment were flying iu the winds with the flag and play ing strange music on the strings ol Aupbean lyre that surmounted the domo. The scene at this moment wa<= weird, grand, beautiful. Sparks rose in a dense masss of smoke to an alti tude of several hundred feet above the building and fell iu a shower ol glimmering glory over an area cov ering several squares From the rear of the buidiug a piliar of (l ime burst forth like a huge volume of wa ter and appalled and disheartened tho firemen for a moment. It rushed forward and it took hold of the tow er at its base. Shingles, structural iron and flagstaff were soon enwrap ped. Finally toe foundation supports were burned off and the conical tow er fell with a crash to the street 200 feet below, tho flag as it fell and re volved punching the heavy plate glass windows out of the building. Meantime the flames had been working downward through the fl wr ing of the building and at 12o'elock the four upper floors were completely enveloped, the flames issuing from the front and rear windows at the same time. The olliees on these floors were all iu the;path of (ire, aud their contents all of the most valuable character, were readily destroyed. The building was furnished with hose on every floor aud efforts were made to man thecn, but they proved to be ineffectual, as the (l imes moved so rapidly that they drove the voluu teers and firemen from the halls and out into the street. At 12:30 o'clock this morning it be came evident that the Schmidt and Friday building could not be saved from the power of the fire, as little volumes of flame were seen to issue from the windows at short intervals. At 1 o'clock groat volumes of flame burst from the center of the roof. This blaza came from the veutilatiug and lightiug flume, which on this occasion served the purpose of a blow pipe. From this flume tho lire burned steadily toward the front of the build ing, it was conliaed largely to th J sev enth and eight floors. The fireman at 1:30 o'clock this morning had the blaze un ier control. The bidders hed been iu a manner advantageous to the easy dis tribution of water, wh le a number of streams from the hous \ tops on tho opposite side of the street were very efficient. The Hamilton building is badly damaged from the fourth to tho eight floors by fire while tho entiie build ing is seriously damaged by water. The action of Chief of Detectives Gamble Wier in clearing the avenue from Wood to Smith field street of people cannot be too highly commen ded, as the work was completed not 10 minutes before the towjr fell to the grouud. The sparks that were so generally distributed were carried to the Opera House, which caught fire, as did also Harris's theater and other buildings circumjacent, but the prompt action of the people on the roots speedily extinguished the incip ient flumes. Shortly after 12 o'cl ock a blaze was discovered in the roof of The Times building by H. C. Shafer, who put it out, b.truing his bauds quite severely in doing the work At midnight the prospect of a gen eral conflagration was so great that the occupants of the business houses on both sides of the street made pre parations to move out. Postmaster Larkiu called in all the delivery wagons and summoned his employes in order to be ready to re move the mails and valuables to a place of safety. The wires leading into tho Associ ateel Press office were burned off early in tLe morning, necessitating immed iate removal to the Western Union office. The Postal Telegraph Com pany and other business houses were also on tho point of evacuating their buildings, when the fire was placed under control. Au interesting feature of the fire was the bursting of an immense plate glass window in the Schmidt and Fri day building. It burst with a sound like an explosion of gun powder, and the theory of an explosion of liquor gained ground till the real cause of trouble was learned. Obituary--E. V. Randolph, Esq. Edward Vance Randolph was born at Camp Run, Beaver Co., Pa., on the 29th day of May,lßoS,and died at Ze iienople, Butler Co , Pa , on the 9ch of Auaust 18S7. in the 79th year of his age. 'Squiro Randolph, as he was famil iarly known, was a sou of Vance Randolph who, having been pre viously located at Trenton, New Jer sey, came from there to Washington, Pa , and thence to the vicinity of Zo licnople, where he presently died The late Senator Randolph of New Jersey was his brother's son At the death of his father, when he was eight years old, his mother mov ed to Zelierople and kept hotel in the log house which stood where the Bas tian House stands. This was the first hotel in hotel in the town. When Edward grew old enough to help himself ho was apprenticed to the late John Reed Sr., with whom he learned the trade of tanner. He af terward secured control of the busi incss and continued industriously fol lowing his vocation at the old stand until his retirement from the active labors of life. In all his business re lations he was esteemed honorable, courteous and obliging; a character he well merited and steadily maintained. He was united in marriage with Anna Catherine, a daughter ot the Judge Buhl. This union God bless ed with four children who survive their father; they are Mrs. Rev. Prof. J. R. Titzel of Thiel College, Mrs C. S. Passavant, Miss Kite, and Ed ward Jr., of Zelienopic. iiis beloved wife djing he married Mrs. llartung, a widow lady whose maiden name was Goehring Four daughters were born from this marriage; name ly, Matilda, Louisa, Virgina and Ida, of whom the first, the wife Daniel Welly of Allegheny, his gone to her reward. He was Justice of the Peace for thirty \ears, his first commission coming from Gov. Pollock iu 1557 A marked feature of his administra tion of the effice was that of always endeavoring to effect a settlement it: cases of possible litigation. 'I bis en deavor was commonly rewarded with success; a fact which goes far to ac count for the good name which Zelie nople bears as a peace-loving commu nity, la his religious convictions Mr Randolph was firm without dogma tism, and tbe bsauty of his pure life was that it was consistent with his profession, When tho English Lu therau church was organized in Z'die nople h.} was ono of the charter mem bers. From that time onward ho was an honored offi :y bearer a inong the brethren. II j w.vi a-» el der m t!ie cougregatioa at the lima of his death, ilis religious life wa< not obtrusive. Ho was active iu ev-.iry good work, giving of Lis me:as ae cording to his ability to aid the cause of Christ among men. He was a man of good judgment, a safe counselor, a trustworthy friend He was wide ly known in his earlier life and ev ervwhere esteemed for his probity and gentleness i lis death was sadden and pain less. Ho had been ailing slightly from the effects of a cold but ou Monday previous to his death he was up with tho family again and retired feeling apparently much better, lie remarked to his daughter that he might wish to sleep late on the lol lowiug morning and did not wi-th them to wait for him to coiau down His absence from the family circle did not surprise any one; but when finally his grandson. Doctor Walter Ti'.zel went to awake him he found him dead. The covers drawn lip over him, his attitude one of peaceful re3t, his countenance without a trace of pun. Tiie D.'Ctur made a brief examination ami gave it as his opin ion that death was simply the cessati on of actioniu the orgaus of a body that was worn out. lis was buried from his late resilience on Thursday, the I lth at 2P. M R';vs Kribhs and Ohistry < lliciating at the funeral ser vice. His six grandsons acted as pallbearers and an immense concourse of relatives, friends and acquaintances followed his body to the tomb. Peace to his ashes. And the voice of the Saviour comes to the mourner saying again: Peace I give uuto you; "My p n;:e shall be thy portion.'' "Now shall I sleep in tho dust, aud thou shalt seek me in the morning but I shall not be" (Job. 7:21) Pre pare me, O my God for my depart ure, and may my life's end be like his. I>. L 11. J 2 Bee Stings* Mo 8- 9 C pout* i rely curod 5 m I yJ|jro \ Jon tho rnont dclio.*to m M I i I without lcavia# a scar, by 9j E \ / H °P Ointment. K ; FF \A Y Prlco 25RT*I. F 50cta. oni ZL. H 'zzl ' At or by mall, jfc 5 T>.< r r >i> I'ill ManTg Co., N<?w Co:m. ■ , I l,ltilo Hop IMII» for nick-headache, I SOLD I:Y KVKUY Duu«<iisr IN IUTI.KK. WWTED-UDY^r^^».^i?r - on ol<| fli HI. |u»frn*n<*<-4 n*«i uirt'il. J'criiiuiw-itt |H<itioii Hi.tl m>d halarjr. UA V .it pliittJ., is Uaivia* fc t., N. V. IDIfcL! A.THS. HARPKB—On Wednesday Aanst 3d. 1887, Mrs. Jane Harper, widow of Joseph Har per, o!" I'enn township, in her 7 lid year. Mrs. Harper's death was sudden and was caused by dropsy. She leaves hut one child, a daughter, the vrite of Sir. Baxter Logan, ofPenn township. "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, The Son ot Man Cometh." - B. L. DOUTTIETT -On Monday, the 15th iust , ot cholera infantum, a child of Mr. It. Douthett, of IVtiti township, aged two years. SIIAFFKIt—At the residence of Mr. C. F, I; b. ides, in Slippery nek township, August ItOOT—On Tuesday evening, August Iti, 18S7, Airs. M. 13. Hoot, wile of C. il. Hoot, ot Hemorrhage of the iun:js, at the residence ot' her mother, Mrs. Mock, of South Melvean street. PiiOSSKIt— On Sunday, A must 11th, ISS7, Mrs. l'robser, wife of Charles i'rosser, of Butler, aged 7!' years. IM: A :R/:R,I IUTD. FINDLEY-LEARD -On Aug. loth, 1887, at the Lowry House, Butler, Pa., by Rev. E. Croncnwett, Mr. David- W. O. Findley, of Hoboken. Allegheny county, Pa., ami Mis Mollie Leard. of Kittauning, Pa. That Tired Feeling The warm weather lias a debilitating effect, especially upon those who are within doors most of the time. The peculiar, yet common, complaint kuowu as "that tired feeling," is the result. Tills feeling can be entirely overcome by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives new life and strength to ait the functions of the body. '•I could not sleep; had no appetite. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla and sßon began to sleep soundly; could get lip without that tired and languid feeling; and my appettt« Improved." It. A. SANFOKD, Kent, Ohio. Strengthen the Si/stem Hood's Sarsaparilla is characterized by three peculiarities : Ist, the combination of remedial agents; 2d,the proportion; Sd, tlia process of securing tho active medicinal qualities. The result is a mod icine of unusual strength, effecting cures hillicrto unknown. Send for book containing additional evidence. " Hood's Sarsaparilla tones up my system, purifies my blood, sharpens my appetite, and seems to make me over." J. r. THOMPSON, .Register of Deeds, Lowell, Mass. " Hood's Sarsaparilla heats all others, and is worth its weight in gold." I. BAUULNUTON, 130 Bank Street, New York City. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. 81; six for $5. Mad# only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar If you nee-1 Dry Goods, Carpets, Millinery, or Furnishing Goods, Come to the Great Clearing Up £ale,» Beginning July Ist and run' ning GO days. If }ou call in we will bhow you the greatest bargains you h -.ve ever seen in all the above lines. mm & mm. IMJUIfn AGENTS tin 1 ILU "iNHj.moAi. lwsrussioxs. Mi Pl.t».M ATM' and roi'Ul.Ali." Including all hisspeeelics, hv.IAMKM <!. lii.AlNn. Apply at once for terms and territory. I'. .1. I*I.KM INI i CO., 4-15-lt 4. sth Ave., Titisburg. FARM FOR SALE In township. Armstrong county, near Adams P. 0., one ami one-fourth mile east of the new oil development In Sugarcreek twp. Farm contains 100 DORICS, with bank barn. 32x00 feet; BRICK: HOUSE, isxsns feet. '2 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen, fixn: feet; good spring of water, farm well wa tered, good orchard of urafted fruit. Farm In a good state of cultivation. About 75 ACRES CLEARED, balance In good timber. Will si ll extremely low for cash. For particular's inquire or •I. It. WK'K, ltlmersliurg. Clarion Co., I'a, FARM FOB SALE' I will seell my farm, located in Franklin township, Hurler county, I'd. It contains 220 ACRES of good, well watered laud, both ridge ami twamp; good graiu land and good itrass land, about ;ii) acres of good chestnut timber, three orchards, GOOD BANK BARN, 50x(>0 feet, frame and log dwelling, ooil f-prii.g and goi.il spring house near b iuse; well in kilclu 11, good corn erii>, pijj pen and all neces.-ary improvements. For terms, etc, inquire of me on the prem ises. (JKOKTIK C. AII'CANI>I.I:SS, Prospect, Pa. YOU CAN FIND or. filj in I'ITTSIH; u-• 11 :it lh«» A«1 v»'4tiMnif J ureau of INGTON BROS. who will con tract for advertising at lowest rates. ® WALHWJJ Absolutely Pure. This Powd.-r bever varies. A marvel ol purity, strength ani wboleeonicness. More economical that the ordinary kir.ds, and 'in not be t-oM iu competition with the (hu)titue ol low tests, sliort weight,aluihu or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROY AT, BAklV'} POWDER CO.. 100 Wall Street N. Y SHSHIFFS' SALBST By virtue of- umtrj-writs of Von. Ex. Vi. Fa., Le v. Fa. i£c. i uevi o'lt ut rlie <\iv iof common Pleas of Butter co'.tnty. Pa., an.l o me il'reeted. there will i>e exposed to :'u ; iMe > -.le at the cjurt llou.;e, lu Hie of i'.utler, on Monday, the sih Say of Sept., A.1).. is>7. at en" o'cli < k r.M.. the loilowln'f de scribed properly, to-v.it: E I). No s. Kept, ierm, ; I?. ;>. Scott, att'y. Ail tlie right. title. Interest ami claim of Isatuli Collins ami 1-ouls.i coWns, bis v. I:«». of. in and to ti.y acres of laud. more or 1 \ss. sltu ate in Fair\.ev» twp.. liuiicr county. i'a.. bound e:l on '.He noi i'.ib) Elizabeth Collins. east iiy .lay. Collins, south by Elizabeth Campbell, west l>y heirs of Joliu smith; all uinler fence, about 42 aeres cleared. :,hk» notise and -van* stable thereon, s i :ed ami taken i i execution a_. the; proporty of isala'.i and Louisa CO" I us. at lhe suit of E'i Keep. .M i;.. .lane Keep, his wife, iii right oi s ild Alary .lane. ED, No 52, Sept. term. I -,s"; F. Kahlcr, att'y. All the rlg'il. title, interest and claim of Cas per Roekensieln. of. lu and to .V> by lso feci of iaud. luore or less, situate iu Bailer borough, Butler county, Pa., bounded on Hie north by au alley, east by MeKem street, south by Jos. Kemper, west by *» alley; a two story brick house thereon. Seized atid taken ia execution as tin'property of Casper Rnekeusteln at the suit of Joseph Rockenstein and Joseph Nlggel, Kx'rs, etc. ED,No 7, Sept. term, IsST; C. Walker, att'y. All the rig-lit. title, interest and claim of Geo. 11. Nesbtt. of in and to all that, certain piece of landsituat' in Parker tow.isliip. Dutlcr lounty, I'a.. bounded and described as follows : Begln liing at a hickory; thence by lands of Samuel Morgan, north ss'._. east '."J porches to api- Ilu the middle ut tne creek; ilienee down said creek in the middle thereof to a rock; thence by lands oi Thus. Donnelly, south east, )32 perches to a post; thence by lands of Samuel Morgan, north ,'.j cj per. hes to the place of be ginning ; containing -it) acres of laid, mare or less. Seized and taken in execution as the property ot Geo. 11. Nesbit. at ihesuii oi UraU tord National Dank for use. EI). No 5;!. Sept. term, issT; F. Kohlcr, att'y. Ail the light, tit le, interest and claim of Thos. tiray, of. in and io 27 acres of land, more or less, situate in Connoqueues3ing townslilp. Duller couniy. I'a., bounded on the north bv .John Smith, esst.by ileckardet iJ . south by Demon and llecxard, west by DambacU anil Frederick; timber land. Seized and taken In execution as the uroperty of Thomas G ray at the suit of Wm. scniy. E I). No 54, Sept, term. is-. 7; Gardner and War shall. at! All the right, title. Interest and claim of Jos. Butter, of, in and to to acres of land, more or less, ; sit uate In Lane a ..••• t«,whmop, Duller count v.bounded on 1 he north by O. Eicholtz. ea-t tn i. Dlltinger and Wm. PelTc-'. souui by Wm.Peffer, weal by Lawrence county line; mostly cleared ; log noi'se, log bain and ore nard lHereon. Seized and ta sen in execution as llie property of Joseph liutter at the suit of .1. M. Marshall, in trust. K D, Nfis tri and 72, Sept. term, IsSt ; C. ,\lc- Camiless and W. 11. Drandon, att'ys. All tii" light., title, Interest and claim of F. A. Kdmunds. of. in:ind to one acre of land> more or less, Miuate In Harmony liorough, Duller couniy, i'a., bounded on the north bj an alley, east by an alley, south by Main street, west by street; a two-story ~aine dwelling house anil out buildings thereon. Seized cud taken in execution as the property ot F. A. Edmunds at the suit of Harmony Savings Dank tor use of C. ! lain bach, assignee, et al. ED, No 71, sept,, term, ISS7; Williams and .Mitchell, att'ys. All the right, title, interest and claim of Jno. Leibold. of. in and to 100 acres of laud, luore or less, situate lu Centre township, Hut ler county I'a., bounded on the north by J. N'egley, Widow Dercii and (ieo. Shod, east.by A. Ilooii. Wm. Jackson and others, south by l'atton he'rs, west oy Wm. Jack, et al.; mostly cleared; a two-story frame house, log stable and oreuard thereon. ALSO—AII the right., title, interest and claim of John Lcll.olil. 01. lu and to 89 acres of land, more or le.vs, slitiate l:i centre township, D.tUer county, l a., l-ounded on tae ninth by Charles liewlus, east by A. lloou. south by Wm. Meats and G. W. t .mi man, west by A. ilorris' heirs; trto#Uy clean-1; a tvvo-sloiy tonne home and frame barn thereon. Seized aiei tken lu execution as the property of John Leibold atthe suit of tius. S. New »v Co. EI). Nosl, Sept. .term, l.wT; J. I). Marshall, att'y. AH the right, title, Interest aaJ claim of s. it. Meconncii. of. in and to acres of land, more or less. siiu ac 1 i Muddycreok lawn h : p. Duller county, I'a.. bountle 1 on the north by •Alii, and J. :ai ;llsh. east. Itv W. S. h'alit Jti, south by Peter Wallace : id Mytv.i, \re:sl oy 11. Oliver; about 50 acres cleared; , ame house, log barn and orchard thereon. ALSO—AII the right, title. Interest and claim ol F. K. MeConuell, of, io and to seventy aces of mi. more or less, situate In Muddycre.'k township, Hutler comity, I'a., bounded on the tiortli by "Win. and .1. English, east by W. S. Dalston, south by Peter Wallace and ".Meyers, west in H. oillver; about mi acres cleared; frame ' house, log born, and orchard thereon. Seized and taken In execution us the property cf F. E. McConnell at the suit ol' Win. Hum phrey. E I>, No is. Sept, term, i.-» 7; McCandlesa, Rey nolds aad I'autou, att'ys. All the right, title. Interest and claim of W. J. Kiskaddeu. of, In and t) three hundred and lll'.y (. "O) acres of laud, more less. Situate in Allegheny township. •Sutler county, I'a., bound ed on l In- north by Coulter Gibson, e.ist by Hillings, soiiiii by Glbsou and Fleming and west by Dlymiller aud Campbell; tice.e lraine dwell ing iiouses. one name barn, two coal banks and orchard thereon. ALSO- All the right, title, Interest and claim of W. J. Kiskaddeu, of. In and to forty-ITve («i) , acres of land, more or less, situate in Dutlalo township. Duller county, I'a., liounded on the north by Mrs. .Met 'lure and Wright, on the east • by Wright., on the south by Fred ley and south west by Duffalo creek ; wood land. Seized ami taken In execution as the property , of W. .1. Klskadden, al (lie suit of Reese Kills, Isabella KliK his wife. 111 right Of said Isabella Kills. K 1). No 21, Sept. term, ls-,7; J. M. Greer, Att'y. All the right, title, interest and claim of An gellne Dolison, of. In and to thirty-two (32) acres of land, more or less, situate In' Cherry town ship. Hutler county, i'a.. bounded ou the north by John Dollnger, east by lion igtiy and Hredln, south by John 11. Met 'audless and west by Elizabeth CaroUiers; mostly cleared. ALSO—AII the rl£ht. title. Interest and claim of A resell lie Oobson, of, in and to live and one half (5'4) acres of land, more or less, situate In cherry township, Btltler county, I'a., liounded on the noi l ii by Ootiaghy and Dredln.east by l)oii aghy and Itrtiiltn. s.>uthby Oouagiiy and Hrediii and west by Angellue Dobsun: partly clejfed, log house, log barn and orchard thereon. Sci/ed and taken in e :ecmlew as ihe property of Angellue Dobson. i lie suit of <;co. W. liie •- ler. K I), No 70. Sept. term, in-.', ; A. T. Dlack, att'y. All the rlgli:, title, Interest aral clami of D. F. Illtcheock. ot. In and tosoa' tv.j of land, more or less, situate lu Allegaeny towusiUp, Butler county. I'a., bounded ou the north by Thomas Crawiord, east by tilOson aud .las. Crawford, south by L.;Tcrivl:iger, west by Wm. AlcGlnnls et al; about M) actes cleared, frame house, frame barn. I pair scales c-iid orchard thereon. Sel'.ed ami taken In execution ;t.-, the property of 11. F. Hitchcock at the suit Ol K. K. Wick. E I), No 73 Sept. term, iss; ; I'earsol and Scott, att'ys. Ail the rlgllt, till.-, in Iciest and claim of Sam uel Davidson and Kllen A. Davidson, of, in and to C 3 acres of land, more or less, situate'ln Adams township. Duller countv, I'a., bouutled ou the north by Geo. Marburger east by Geo. Marbiircer, south by John Johnston, west by Win. S. t 'ashdollar ; together with the improve ments thereon. ALSO- All the right, title Interest and claim of Samuel Davidson and Kllen A. Davidson, of, in and to ll acres of land, more or less, situate in Adams township. Hutler county, i'a., bound ed on the north by J. c. Kelly and J, Cash dollar, east by A. Kaufman, south by M. John ston. wist bv George Marburger; together with all and singular the improvements, etc., thereon. Seized and taken m execution as the property of Samuel Davidson and Kllen A. Davidson at the suit of c. Baxter Irvin. TERMS OF SALIC. The following must lie strictly complied with when property is stricken down : l. When the plaintiff or other lien creditors become the purchaser the costs ou the vvrils must l»e paid aud a iisr of the liens including mortgage searches on the property sold together with such lien creditor's receipt* tor the amount ol the proceeds «»t the sale of such por tion thereof as tie may claim must lie furnished tile Sherilf. Ali bids must be paid in full. 3. All sal'-s not settled immediately will be continued until I o'clock r. m. of next day, at which time ali property mil settled for will >igain be put up ami sold at the c\|>cuse and risk of the person Io whom llrst sold. •See Purdon's Digest.'.itli Edition, page HO and Smith's Forms, page 3x4. PETKR KRAMER, Slierltf i>l Butler Conn Iy. Sheriff's odlce, Hutler, Pa . Aug. hi, ih«7. FOR SALE Urf £X JHANut. Iwo farms, on ' his tu acr'.s Cn\rich, level land,Willi Incise, bjru, &«., also l'.o acres ol KOod, m il laud a.laptetl 10 dairy. s.tH-k or grain lias a good house aud three bank bams. ISotli, near a prosperouous Pcmisyluaiiia city. Gooii mortgages wanted 011 iiitins. J. 11. stkvh.ns'in's & Co s Agency, bio Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, I'a. THIS PAPEWti IVS&m iiTuS Estate of Zephdnlah Snyder, I.ATK OK BRADY TOWNSHIP, DFX'D. Letters of administration c. T. A. on tlie es tate Zephanlah Snyder, late ol IJrady twp., But ler Co.. I'.i.. having been granted to the under slgne.!, all persons Knowing memsclves Indebt ed to said estate ujll please mi.ke immediate uayment. ano any "Tiavinir claims against said •state wlir i.resent tliem aulv authenticated or settlement. J.C. SNYDER. Adm'r, West Liberty P. <>., Butler Co., Pa. Partition Notice. In re petition of llenry \V. | Wat-soli and Sarah .1. YVUISCD. | (>.('. No. 48. for partition of the r.-ul es-; June Term, tate o( Thompson Lew Is.dee'U i is.sj. late of MuJUjereek, twp. i To thr Jlonomblt, tkr .fudge* o/ the OrpUznxj t'oiirt oj fhit/er Vuun/u, J'enn'a. Tlie petition of Henry W. Watson, of Muddy reek townsU.!', llutler uonnty, Pa.. and Sarah '.\\ aUon, lils wife. In the rlji.r of the said fc«mh J .Watson, a sister I'fTlM.mpson Lewis. dee'd, of .» Id township mid <oiluty. respectfully repre ttts that iho said Thompson Lewis, dtic'd, cli i: en or al>out April luih, is*:, intestate wired li lii-; demesne as or fee. of raid In a certain piece i) laud situate In the township of Muddy creek, counij of Butler, end State of Pennsylvania, bounded and dc-citcd n-, follows: "<m the imnhb) lands of Samuel Rivureuian anu J, U. ti e:.n ; on the eas by hinds or 1 eter tkhelde luaii!le and HOIHTI Uienn;on the south by lands of Win. Ban er. llenry Watson and Win s. Duncan; on the west bjr laAisof .John Pore m in; and Win. YtClyuioutis. containing two Lu; died and tllty acres. ir.ore or jess, with ieiisnicts. Said Thompson Lewis left co widow or Issue surviving mm, nut left two brothers, to wit : .Miilllti Lewis, of I'luna county, lowa, aged over seventy years ; John P. Lewis, In the Stale of Ohio. ajjuJ over sixty years; Mrs. Mary Try, married to Solomnn l'ry. and 11 \ lie/ In I'erri townslilp. Law renee county n, arc! Vis. Sl*rah V. Watson, marlird to Ut ury W. Wa?scn, living lu .Muddy, reek towin dp, liuller county, l'a., she being tlie petitioner.* • Also. Kale si Hilton married lo Station, and l'lnebe f.lci.uiliu, widow, living In New Castle. I.awreaee lesiaty. Pa. liir.mi Wallace married to Wallace, living la Colorado ; children of 11. J. IXJWU. dee'd, a brother of Thompson Li". Is; Mary inner, marrrled to 15. I'. .v. liter, and living lu Pittsburgh, Pa.; Wm. C. sharp. livUigut New Brighton, Beavercounty, I'a.; children of Kil/.a Sharp, a liet'd sister of the said Thompson Lev. Is; orlunda Young and Bell Young, enllJren of Uetlle Young, a dct-'d sinter of t he said Thompson Lewis, living la Tama county, lowa ; c. i.. Duncan, Alfred B. Duneai:. Thompson Ptmean and Bell Dum ,oi, living iii Perry township, Lawrence county. Pa.. Wm. Duncan, living la Osage county, Kansas. All children of Lamsln Duncan, a ue ieased sister ol Thompson Lowls, that the above parties are all over twenty-one years of age,"except Thompson and Bell Duncan, who are minors ; their father. Win. S. Duncan, Is living In Perry township, Lawrence county,- Pa. That no partition of said land has been made, nor can n Jury for that purpose be agreed upon lor that purpose, owing lo tlie fact that they are living so far apart, and other circumstances mir rouniilng the case. Your i«eiltlo;iers. therefor, prays the Court lo award an imjuest to make partition of said estate lo and among the Aforesaid parties according to their rights and they will o\or pray. HENRY WATSON, S.vii.ui J. WATSON, BVTI.EE COUNTY, ss: Personally appeared be fore me Henry W. Watsou. who being duly sworn, says that the above petition is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. HGMKY WATSON. L. P. WAULBK, [SEAL.] BITI.EU COUNTY, M : Cerlined from the Record this 28ih day of June, A. D. IW7. REUBEN MCEI.VAIN, clerk. BUTLER COUNTY, ES : To Peter Kramer, High SlierUT of Butler County, Greeting: We command you, that you make known to tlie several heirs of Thompson Lewis, dee'd, named lu foregoing petition, the contents of tlio same and cite them to be and appear before tl.o Judges of an orphans' Court, to be held at But ler, I'euu'.i, on Monday the !>lh day ol Septem ber. I lien and there to show cause. If any they may have, why the prayer of the Petitioners should n it be granted, and a writ of Partition awarded. Witness the Honorable Aaron L. llazen. Presi dent Judge of our said Court, ut Butler, this •.Ktli day of June, A, D. 18*7. UEUIISN MCELVAIN, Clerk. KSTATE OK 3IAKY A. SITES. LATE OF BUTLER 80110. DEC'L). Let ters"testamentai'y having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Mrs, Mary A Mates, dee'd. late of the borough of Butler, Butler county. Pa., all persons knowing them selves Indebted to said estate will please muke Immediate payment wid any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated tor settlement. J.vs. B. MATES, > A. W. MATES, ) Kxr's, Butler, Pa. Notice. Notice is hereby given that W. I*. Bra ham, assignee of James P. ltoblnson has tiled his tlnal account iu the oftlee of the Protlionotary of the Court of common Pleas of Butler county, and that the same will le presented rorcontlrmatlon and allowance on \\ ednesduy, Sept. 7, 1887. • W. M. SIIIKA, Profy. KSTATE OF W. W. Mrt'Al.L, LATE OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, DF.C'O. Lelters testamentary on Hie estate ol W. W. McCall, dee'd. late of Clinton township, Buticr county, PH., having been granted to the undei-- stgned.all ptnoiuknowiac themselves indebted to said estate will please make iiumediate pay ment. and any having claims against raid estate will present the same duly authenticated for settlement ROBERT MoCALL, I ISAIAH McCAI.L, f*""* SAxoxnur.G, Butler county. Pa. nmwCOURT SILL By virtue of an order of the Orphans' .Court of Butler County, the undersigned Ad • uiinistratrix of Joiin C. Blair, dee'd., will oQ'er at public Rale ou the premises in Siip peryrock township, Buticr county, Pa., on SATURDAY, AUG. 20th, 1887, at 10 o'clock A.M., t'ue following described ileal Estate of said decedent: Ninety Acres of Land, more or less, situate in the Township, County and State above mentioned. Bounded and described as follows, to-wit: North by land of John Kcister, East by SlipperyrocU Creek, South by lands of Paul Keister and West-by lands of Lewis Patterson. A Two-story Frame House of eight rooms; Log Baru and numerous outbuildings there on. About acres in timber, the balance cleared and in a good state of cultivation. TERMS:—One-third of purchase money iu hand on confirmation of sale by the Court, balance in two equal annual installmedts with interest. Deferred payments to be se cured by bond and mortgage. MARY A. BLAIR, Adm'r*., Hiownsdale, I'a. CITIZEN JOB OFFICE. ALL KINDS OF WO RK DONE AT LOWEST PRICES. THE CITIZEN IS THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN BUTLER. COUNTY.
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