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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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powders. Sold only in cans.
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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.
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