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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, li*£7. ,
Republican Stale Ticket.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE. ,
HENRY W. WILLIAMS.
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FOR STATE TREASURER. <
WILLIAM B. HART.
Republican County Ticket,
FOR SHERIFF,
OLIVER C. REDIC. ,
FOR FROTHOJTOTARY,
JOHN D. HARBISON.
REGISTER A RECORDER,
H. ALFRED AYRES.
FOR TREASURER,
AMOS SEATON.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
A. J. HUTCHISON,
B. M. DUNCAN.
FOR CLEBH OF COURTS,
REUBEN McELVAIN.
FOR AIDITOBS,
ROBERT A, KINZER.
ISAAC S. P. DEWOLFE.
FOR CORONER,
ALEXANDER STOREY.
"ELECTION— Tuesday November 8.
ONLY three weeks to election, from
next Tuesday.
A supply^of No. 1 stickers have
been received at this office —§l p er
thousand.
THE Prohibitionists of Franklin
County, this State, will not place a
County ticket in the field this year as
they did heretofore.
TNE "drill" has not as yet been
"stopped" in this county and from all
we can learn it does not seem likely
it will be.
HON. John Feitig, of Titusville,
was recently arrested at Erie on a
charge of perjury. The prosecution
grows out of a land suit had with his
partners, in which it is alleged Mr.
Fertig gave testimony different from
certain letters he had written.
LAST Tutsdav WAS the''?econd
Tuesday of October," the day on
which State and county elections
were held until recent years. "Re
member the 2d Tuesday of October,
used to be the political call — now it
j ß| "Remember the Tuesday next
following the first Monday of No
vember"—and turn out to the polls.
HON. William D. Brown, Presi
dent Judge of tho Courts of Warren
Connty, this State, has declined to
open applications for license that had
been passed upon and refused in his
Court. Judge Brown is one of the
ablest Jurists in the State and his in
terpretation of the license laws has
been commended by all who have
read them.
WE are pleased to notice that Rev.
S. H. Nesbit, pastor of the Methodist
Church of this place, has been re
appointed as such by the Conference
of that Church recently held at New
Brighton, Pa. During his past stay
here Rev. Nesbit has had the respect
of our people generally, as a good
man and minister, and therefore they
are pleased to see him retained here.
PROHIBITION was defeated iu Ten
nessee last by almost 15,000
rotes, the usual Democratic major
ity. It is a curious fact that the
Republican counties went for it and
the Democratic counties against it.
East Tennessee, which was the loyal
part of the State in the Rebellion,
always was and still is strongly Re
publican, went heavily for the
Amendment.
PRESIDENT Cleveland and wife are
traveling in the West, "swinging
around the circle," as it is termed.
Bat Mrs. Cleveland appears to be
the member ot the firm that attracts
most attention. The speeches of the
President, made at different points,
have not raised him in the opinion of
intelligent people. They read as if
studied and for a political effect.
They do not show the quick off baud
readiness and familiarity with places,
persons and things as those exhibited
by Mr. Blaine when pass'mg through
any parts of our country. The Pres
ident, although trying hard, is not
strengthening himself with the people
in the way of a re-election, for which
he is evidently working hard already.
He may be re nominated by his par
ty, but from all present appearances
can never be re elected.
A Bankers' Convention in Pitts
burg and a Labor Party oneiu Minn
eapolis are among the important Na
tional events of this week. These
and other conventions or meetings,
lately held, e vidence the progress
of the times and the desire of the
separate branches of business and in
dustry to better regulate their deal
ings with themselves and the public.
But recently we noticed a Conve&tion
of Undertakers, to consult upou the
duties and interests of their occupation.
While this would setm an unwelcome
subject, yet it shows the advance be
ing made to the morality of society.
A meeting of Bankers would alto
appear to first thought to bo au un
favorable one for the people, but a
reading of their proceedings satisfies
any one that they mean the safety of
society, from forgery, and so forth, as
well as their own protection. In a
word, we are living in a time that
rapid change and advancement are
being made in all trades and profess
ions.
A Fellow Citizen Honored.
It may not be generally known
that our fellow citizen. John Q A.
Kennedy, Esq., has been honored by
a State nomination for a State office.
But such is the fact, and therefore
wc deem it a duty to make it public.
Esquire Kennedy is a modest man
and might never make it known him
self. In fact he did not know of his
nomination until some days after it
was made. To be sure it is made
by a party not yet very widely known
and not very strong in numbers.
But it appears that when what is
known as theUnitedLaborPartv ofthis
State lately met in State Convention
they nominated for the office of State
Treasurer one Henry L. Bunker, cf
Uollidaysburg, Blair Co. What
was the matter with Mr. Bunker
that he did not serve, or was not per
mitted to serve on the ticket as a
nominee, we do not know. But he
was dropped from his place in
some way, and the vacancy filled by
the placing of our fellow citizen,
Squire Kennedy, on the ticket, to fill
up the gap thus made by Mr. Bunker
being taken off. We have fear to
suspect that the party was looking
around for a " millionaire one who
they supposed would tap his private
"barrel''liberally for campaign expen
ses. But we don't think they will
catch the Squire in that line of busi
ness. He is a very good man.—a
good citizen—has fared well in oil—
but he is not going to scatter around
much in a hopeless race for the State
Treasury office. Were it not for the
fact that the Republicans have a very
good candidate for that office, in the
person of Captain Hart, some of the
Squire's neighbors might feel like giv
ing him a "complimentary" vote.
But,"under the circumstances," they
will not be able to do so. He will
however, we have no doubt, receive
the full Labor party vote of this Co.,
whatever that may be, more or less
The Coming Election.
Nov. Bis nearing. Only three
next Tuesday another
general election comes off. o far
there has been but little public excite
ment as to it. And yet it is a very
important election in some respects.
In Pennsylvania two officers are to
be elected, a Judge of the Supreme
Court and a State Treasurer. For
both these the Republican party has
prgented good candidates. From the
result in this State for some years
past there would seem to be
no cause to doubt another success ot
the party this fall. Yet it i 3 only
made certain by all Republicans
turning cut to tho polls.
In thid county there have so far
been no public demonstrations and
likely will be none. Tha candidates
of the different parties are however
very busy. This is all right, provid
ing tbey behave themselves and start
no unjust or untrue stories on their
competitors. The Republican candi
dates for the offices are all well
kaown citizens, and are worthy men,
nearly all of them having served their
country upon the battle field in the
day 3of its danger. If there was any
detect in the personal character of any
of them it would have surely come out
during the primary election at which
they were nominated. Therefore all
reports or stories circulated against
anv of them now, or before the elec
tion, should not be credited. All
sa*.h reports just previous to elec
tions, are generally unfouuded and no
creieccj should bo given them.
We would therefore caution the
Republic in voters of the couuty to
be on their guard. See to it, in the
fijst place, that there is a full turn
out to the election. Theu, that no
eleventh hour stories are suffered to
injure candidates. The n, that the
ticket? are ail right, no false ones
imposed upon the voters. "Stickers"
are all right, if rightly used, with the
full knowledge and consent of
the party using them. But
1 if not thus used they are a fraud
upon the voters, and in all
i should be detected and exposed.
, Autumnal School Arbor Day.
! E. E. Higbee, State Superintend
■ ent of Public Instruction, has issued
, a circular to superintendents, teachers
f and Bcho-jl officers throughout the
. State, appropriating Friday, October
21st, as Autumnal Arbor Day. The
■ circular says a very large proportion
of the schools are not in session ou
the arbor day selected by the Gcver-
I nor, end the naming of another day
in the fall of the year ifl to more fu!!y
' carry out the original intent of the
• Governor's proclamation. Tho fol
i lowing paragraph is copied from the
, circular:
We call on the Schools and School
authorities, therefore, to bestir them
selves in this new crusade against
ignorance, recklessness, selfishness,
and the blind folly of procrastination
and neglect. Let the grounds about
all school houses be planted with
shade trees, and shrubbery,and vines.
Let the subject of tree planting be
discussed in evening meetings held in
school houses of the district. Let
planting of seeds and the transplant
ing of young trees; the wonderful arts
of budding and grafting; the number
of trees of different kinds growing
about the homes of individual pupils
and the numbers that, may y«t be
planted there, the nurseries or other
places from which trees that are de
sired may be secured; the prices at
which they may be bad, and any
other matter of practical interest in
this connection, that suggest them
selves to the teacher, be made the
subject of school room or class-room
consideration. The State comes to
the schools for help. Let that help
be given, and thus So ter increased
material wealth alone, the schools
will return to the Commonwealth
year by year, vastly more than tho
million and a half of dollars that so
recently have been appropriated from
the public treasury for the purposes
of geflteral education.
—Republican tickets Lave been
printed at the CITIZEN office and will
be ready for distribution to districts
in a short time.
The Erie-Crawford Plan.
The following plan has already
been adopted by the Republicans of
the counties of Ere aad Crawford for
the future nomination of their candi
dates for Congress. With a few ad
ditions and changes this plan can be
made applicable to this or to any of the
other new districts for Congress, and
to this and all Siate Senate districts.
Our purpose at present is to put it ia
print, that it may be used as a rerer
c-nce. and probably basis, for action
in this district.
We copy from the Republican pa
pers of Crawford County as follows: i
"THE ERIE CRAWFORD PLAN.'
The committees appointed by the
Republican County Conventions of
Crawford and Erie counties to consid
er ana report upon a plan for makiug :
Republican nominations for Repre
sentatives in Congress in the new 2t)th
district, met in Corry on Thursday,
and after a lengthy discussion of the
various evils to be abolished, it was
decided to try the plan of submitting
the matter to a direct vote of the peo-1
pie, as follower _ # I
First. That primary elections in
both of said counties shall be held on I
the 3d Thursday of June of each year
when a nomination for Congress is to
be made; the polls to be opened in
the several voting places of the dis
trict at 2 o'clock p. m. of said day and
kept open until 7p. m. The commit
tee would also recommend that the j
primary elections for the nomination i
ofjeounty officers be held on the day i
above named in both counties,
Second. That the Republicans
electors of the District shall yote di
rectly for the candidates of their
choice without regard to location of
candidates, who shall be announced
according to the rules of the Repub
lican party in the respective connties,
and the tickets for Congress shall be
separate tickets; and the result of the
votes so cast shall be taken by the
return delegate of each election dis
trict to the respective County Con
ventions, which shall meet on Fri
day, the day following said primary
election, and said County Conven
tions shall canvass the votes cast in
each county respectively and an
nounce the result.
Third. Each of said County Con
ventions shall appoint three return
delegates, who shall meet in the city
of Corry on the first Thursday pfter
said County Conventions are held,
at II o'clock a. m , and shall aggre
gate the total votes cast in both of
said counties at the primary elec
tions, and the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes cast a*; the
primary elections shall be the Repub
lican candidate for Congress in the
district.
Fourth. The return delegates, so |
appointed, shall be the Republican :
Congressional Committee of the dis- j
trict until the making of the next
succeeding Congressional nomina
tion, and shall attend to such duties
as will best promote the success of j
the Republican candidate for Con
gress in the district; and said return
delegates shall have power to settle
all contests and disputed questions
arising in connection with the count
ing of the votes aforesaid, and in case
there should be a tie vote between
the highest two or more candidates,
the nomination shall bedctermined at
the time by such candidates drawing
lots under the supervision of euid re
turn delegates.
The report was unanimously
agreed to and signed by the Confer
ees."
The Conferree System.
At the last Republican State
Convention a rcsoluiion was
adopted recommending that
in the nomination of candidates lor
Congress and State Senate the choice
should be made either directly by
the people at the primary elections,
or, where that is not deemed practi
j cable, by district conventions cotnpos
| ed of delegates elected by the people,
i representation to be founded on a
! fair aDd equitable basis,but each elec
; tion district to have at least one
I delegate.
This action was taken to enable
: the party to get rid of the conferree
system, which, convenient as it
seemed to be under ordinary circum
stances, had proven highly objection
! able in a number of in3tancas, almost
: impracticable in others, and in a few
cases disastrous to the candidates
S chosen. The policy of entrusting so
i important a duty to half a dozen men
is, at best, out of harmony with our
; system of selecting candidates
Delegate conventions have been
been found not very satisfactory, but
nominations by a popular vote should
be the rule rather than the exception
With strict laws lor the government
of the primaries, there is but one
thing more needed to make that plan
both successful and popular, and that
is to get out a majority of the voters
The Republicans of the Twenty
sixth Congressional district (Erie and
Crawford counties) have taken steps
toward the adoption of the latter
plan of making nominations affecting
the entire district. The candidates
are to be voted for by ballot, without
regard to county lines, and the one
having the highest number of votes in
j the district is to be the candidate,
j This is in accordance with the ex
| pressed preference of the State Coa
vention, and it is to be hoped that in
all other composite districts similar
; arrangements will be made. The
j conferree system should bj abolished
lin any event, as it too often gives
j rise to dissatisfaction which weakens
| the part? aud endangers the success
jof the ticket The recent apportion
i ments have made changes in many
i districts, and the committees should
j take early actionem the matter. There
j will be members of Congress and Sena
tors to elect next year, and the soouer
j the changes are made the better it
j will be for all concerned.— Pittaburj
Com-Gazette.
Oil Some Firmer.
The oil market during the past
week was somewhat better and firm
er. On some days it reached to 72
cents here but generally averaged
about 70.
The wells at Reibold are holding
out remarkably good; Phillips' 6 on
Bchm aud 3 on Stamen farms are still
putting out 55 and 60 barrels hourly.
The present excitement centers on
the new Suxonburi; district. Here
some 20 new drills have started. A
very good gaeser was obtained, the
Golden, on Monday last, said to have
the greatest pressure of auy gas well
yet obtained in the county. This has
added to the interest of that new
field, and with another good oil well
or two there the Saxonburg field may
become ono of decided activity.
There is but little said now on the
"stop the drill" question, and how
that matter just stands we have no
means of knowing.
Responsibility Placed--Inter
esting to Keepers of Saloons.
From Pittsburg Tule**rai>:i of O.'t. 10.
Saloon keepers are interested in a
Supreme Court decision handed down
this morning.
Chief Justice Gordon, ot the Su
preme Court, gave the opinion of the
Court iu the case of Win. Rommel
vs, Jacob Scuambacher, from Phila
delphia county, deciding the liabili
ties of a saloou keeper tor injuries to
persons while in the saloon.
In thi3 case it appears that the
plaintiff on the evening of the tt:h of
August, 1834, entered the defendant's
tavern and there found Edward
Flauagan. They both became intox
icated on liquor furnished by Scham
bacher. Whilst the plaintiff was
standing on the outside of the bar,
engaged in conversation with the de
fendant, who was iu the inside of the
same, Flauagan pinned a piece of
paper to Rommel's back and set it on
lire. The consequence was that Rom
mel's clothes were sooa iu llamas, and
before they could be extinguished he
was very badly injured, lie brought
the present suit to recover damages
from the defendant for the injury
thus sustained. The court below ad
judged the facts as stated above to be
insutficient to sustain the plaintiff's
case and directed a nonsuit.
The Court says: "In this,we think,
it made a mistake. There is no
doubt that the defendant, from the
position he occupied, had a full view
of the room outside of the bar and
did see, or might have seen all that
was going on in it. If, in fact, he
did see Flanaeau setting fire to the
plaintiff, and did not interfere to pro
tect his guest from so flagrant an out
rage, his responsibility for the conse
quences is undoubted. If, on the
other hand, he was guilty of making
Flanagan drunk, or if he came there
drunk, and Schambacker knew that
fact, he was bound to see that he did
no injury to his customers. All this
is a plain matter of common law and
good sense and does not depend on
the act of 1854 or any other statute.
"When one enters a saloon or tav- j
ern, opened for the entertaiument of
the public, the proprietor is bound to !
see that he is properly protected from
assaults or insults, as well as of those
who are in his employ as of the
drunken and vicious men whom he
mav choose to harbor. To illustrate
the principle here stated we need go
no farther than the case of the Pitt
burg and Connellsville Railroad
Company ys. Piilow, 7G Pa. 510. In
the case "cited, a drunken row occur
red on board one of the defendant's
cars, and during the quarrel a bottle
was broken and a piece of the glass
struck the plaintiff, a peaceable pas
senger, ia the eye and put it out.
Held that the company was responsi
ble for the injury.
"In the opinion of this Court the
following language was used: The
j plaintiff lost his eye through the
1 quarrel of a couple of drunken men,
| who should not have been permitted
aboard the cars, or, if so permitted,
! shouid have been so guarded or separ
| ated from the sober and orderly" part
lof the passengers that no injury
! could have resulted from their drunk-
I en brawls.'
"If then, a railroad company is lia
ble for the conduct of drunken men
who may chance to board the cars,
much more the tavern keeper who
not only permits drunken men about
his premises, but furnishes liquor to
make them drunk, and who is instru
mental in fitting them for the accom
plishment of just such an insane and
brutal trick as that disclosed by the
evidence.
The judgment of the court below
is now reversed and a new. trial or
dered.
A Priest as a Principal.
A Catholic priest was lately elect
ed principal of a public school in
Pittsburg. The case is without prece
dent in the United States, and is re
markable from the fact that the llo
maa Catholic Church is sometimes
credited with being an enemy of the
public school system
The Ward School Hoard comprises
six citizens, and only one is a Protes
tant. He i? Manager Stonffer, of the
Clinton Iron Mill. When the Father
approached him on the subject of his
candidacy, Mr. Stouffer said: "Go and
get married, and then 1 will vote for
vou. Remain as ycu are aud I'd
rather vote fur the devil "
To this the Priest replied: "If 1
did what you ask, you would then be
voting for the devil indeed." Friday
Father McTighe called at the office of
Mr. Luckey, city superintendent ot
public instruction, and asked for ao
immediate examination into his fit
ness as a teacher. Mr, Luckey
agreed to examine him Monday.
Father McTighe is a wonderful
man. Besides his salary as a priest
he is possessed of an independent for
tune which he inherited irom hi.j fath
er. who was a wealthy merchant of
Philadelphia. lie is 40 years old
and completed his studies in the
American College at Home. Upon
his return he was made a professor oi
St Michael's Theological Seminary
and was afterward principal of the
Pittsburg Catholic Institute. Then
he became pastor at Alpsville, Pa ;
spent a year in Europe, then return
ed to become rector at Freeport, Pa.,
and from there came to bis present
charge. He is widely known in
Western Pennsylvania for his schol
arship and his original investigations
into mechanical science. II j has
patented several useful inceptions,
and his brother Thomas is also an in
ventor. The latter is a resident of
New York City, where ho is the
bead of the McTighe Electric Light
Company.
The news of his candidacy for
school principal spread fast among
the non Catholic element, who pro
tested against City Snpsrinteadent
Luckey's expressed intention of grant
ing a certificate, Mr. Luckey states
that he is doing his duty under the
Jaw in grautiDg a certificate to any
person who passes an examination,
whether he be priest or layman.
Father Sheedy, who has takeu a
prominent part in the discussion of
non-sectarianism iu public schools,
says that a compromise batween the
Catholic Church and other denomi
nations on the public school question,
can only be based on separate relig
ious instiuctioaa by the different de
nominations in the same school baild
iDg. He knows of nothing iu the
rule 3 of the Church to prohibit a
priest from accepting a school princi
palship, or in fact any civil office. &V
Snakes in a Horse's Stomach.
A few days ago Jonathan Myers,
who resides in Slipperyrock twp ,
Lawrence Co , near the Butler coun
ty iiGe, wes in New Castle, and in
conversation with a I'Jews man relat
ed the following extraordinary
which was corroborated by Eli Wil
son, who resides close to Mr. Myers'
farm. Mr. Myers said: "One of my
horses, a threa-yenr-old which I val
ued at $250, took sick ono day last
week, aud we turned it out in a
meadow to graze. It was bui a
short time until I became convinced
that the animal was dangerously ill,
and I sent over to Portersville for a
horse-doctor named Watson. When
he arrived at mv place he pronounced
it spasmodic c>lic, a:id told ms it
was utterly impossible for the animal
to,get well. 1 wanted to kili it to
?e't it out of its pain, for it cramped
and acted as it it was ia great agony.
This ths horse doctor would no: per
mit. After suffering iutensely for
some two hours aud a-half, the ani
mal gave one roll and a kick, and
died. I felt terribly bad over the loss
ot my horse, and when Mr. Watson
said he would like to cut the animal
open to find out just what ailed it, I
at first would not permit ii, but he
tinuliy said that he had doubts as to
the death b«ing caused by colic, and
then I consented. Mr. Watson be
gan opening the horse, and ia a few
mmutes he came to the stomach.
Alter cutting into the stomach he
gave one scream and started to run
away: I couldn't make out what
was the master, but when I stepped
up closer to the body of the horse,
what was my astonishment to see
the stomach fairly alive with snakes.
Mr. Watson and myself upon exami
nation fouud one snake of the house
variety about two feet six inches
long, and at least 20 little snakes
about nine inches in length. The
reptiles were disposed of, for they
were yet alive aud endeavored to
crawl away. It is supposed that the
large snake was the mother ot the lit
tle ones, and when the horse was gra
zing crawled down its throat into the
stomach, thu3 causing death in a tew
hours. The inside of the stomach
had turned a black color from numer
ous snake bites which could plainly
be seen upon the iuner lining of the
stomach."
An Eccentric Citizen. '
CHICAGO. October, 8 George 1
Francis Train, the noted eccentric, I (
who has come to Chicago to conduct i
an agitation in favor of the condemn- j
ed Anarchists, began his today in a i
characteristically extraordinary man- j <
ner. The press of Chicago is so cor- j 1
corrupt, Mr. Train asserts, j 1
that the carcass of one of its j 1
reporters is an abomination unto j
him until cleansed in the purifying; 1
waters of a Turkish bath. Accord-!
ingly seveu cr eight newspaper re- j 1
porters here who wished to interview j
him regarding bis programme in !
Chicago were obliged, as a prelimi- i
nary, to undergo an elaborate ablu
tion this morning. The wholesale
combined bath and interview took
place in a paiatial establishment.
At the appointed time Mr. Train led
the way, taking a header in the
swimming pool.
Accompanying the party wa? a boy ,
of some 10 or 12 years, whose pres- j
ence in the water was insisted upon j
by Mr. Train, in order to purify it j
by bis childish innocer.ee. This j
| youngster seemed equal to the occas- !
ion, arid disported himself to his j
| heart's content. During the time of j
I bathing, drying and reclining upon j
! the couches Train kept up a rapid
j 11 JW of hi 3 usual disjointed couversa- j
Lion, and was quite at home with his j
I audience, as they with him. Part of
I the time he was his own splendid il- j
lustration of an impromptu lecture j
| upon anatomy. The reports of the ;
' interview indicate that both the news- j
; papermea and Traia enjoyed them-1
! selves hugely.
i Mrs. Cleveland's Stationery.
That Mrs. Cleveland is going to be
; a great help to her husband in his de
< tire for a re-aomination and re-elec
! tion is a pretty sure thing and might
j as well be counted on as an important
j element in the battles to come. She
: enjoyed her visit here much as if it
| was all a big picnic, and she speaks
of it in the same spirit. She writes
a big, strong, round hand, and signs
I herself "Very sincerely yours, Fran
ces Folsotn Cleveland." She uses
very pale blue paper, the sheets rath—
:er short, nnd the envelopes large
and almost square. The late Pres:- j
dent Arthur's family, you may re— |
| member, used the "Arthur's arms'' j
on their stationery. Mrs. Cleveland, j
however, either mikes no pretension
to the distinction of the possession of
! "arms" in her husband's family, or is ,
j too sagacious to act on it if she does,
i Sue bus her note paper and euvelopes
j emblazoned with a red, white and ;
blue shield, enameled with a narrow j
g'oldt n scroll containing the words i
; "The White House" in raised letters
! She writes ia an easy and straight
forward way, and, like her sisters!
I every svhere, she indulges freely in ,
! underscoring.— Baltimore American' \
The Cradle of Lutheranism.
READING, O.'t. f>.—What I'Vieui!
Hall is to the United Slates t-.is vill ;
age is to*cvery Lutheran in America
It is the cradle of Lutheranism. To*.
day leading clergymen and members
of the denomination from a'.l over!
Penusylvaaia and many neiguboiiugi
Slates came to the village to partici
pate in the centennial exercises at the
grave of Henry Melchoir Muhk-u
--ijurg, the founder of Lutheranism in !
America, in the little church }"" rd ad- j
joining th<> church. Muhlen'oarg i
died October 7, 1737, and on his i
grave is a marble slab with a Latin
inscription, almost effaced, in these
wordr: "Who and what he was future
ages will know with Jut a stoue."
Probably 200 Lutheran ministers
wer.' here to day, ai 1 ia the audience s
wer ; about 20 of Muhlonburg'.s de-!
scendarits Rev. Dr. (J. F. Krolel, :
of New York, President of the Min-j
isterium of Pennsylvania, delivered |
an oration this morning. Rev. Dr. |
J. W. Mann aud Rev. Dr. C. W
Schaeffer, both of Philadelphia, spoke i
this afternoon. Afterward the peo-1
pie inspected the Trappc Lutheran ;
Church. It was erected by Mub'en
burg iu 1713, and is the oldest Luth
er?a edifice iu America. Its walls,
are of stone, covered with moss, aad
the interior is ancieut iu appearance.
G-mcral Muhlenburg, the revolq- ■
tionary hero, whose statue is in the j
Capitol in Washington, is buried 1
here From the old Trappe church
have sprung thousands of Lutheran ;
ehurches and over 1,000,000 worship-'
ers.
—The action of the brewers and
rualsters iu raising a fund of §IOO, !
000 or more for use in defeatiug i
members of the New \'ork Legisla- j
ture who voted for the Crosby and
Vedder bilis, is significaut The
State Liquor Dealers' Association re
cently took similar action. Where- j
upon the Tribune, remarks that the !
combined aid of the brewers, mala- '
ters, liquor dealers aud Third Party
Prohibitionists naturally gives the
Democrats much encouragement; but
If Republicans do their duty at the
polls in .November tj:,c nr.holy combi- j
nation will be defeated. It is a |
of affairs deserving the earnest ancl
thoughtful consideration of temper- j
ance men,— Er.
COMMUNICATIONS.
In Memory.
Resolutions adopted on the death
of Mrs. Sarah J. Christy by the W.
C- T. U , and Womana' Foreign
Missionary Society, of Uniouville, of
which organizations she was a mem
ber.
WHEREAS. In a time when we
looked not lor Him, the Son of Man
came and remo-ved from earthly ser
vice to an endless reward our dear
sister and helper in every good
work.
Resolved ; That we desire to add
our tribute of respect, and high an
pr« canon of her lovely Christain char
acter, and mingle our tears with the
many who weep ' because she is not,'
and mourn a friend so worthy of
their respect.
Resolved, That we tender our sin
cere sympathy to the bereaved hus
band and children. May the conso
lation which comes from our heav
enly Father be given them, Christ
alone can comfort the sorrowing, by
that peace which pas9eth understand
ing.
Resolved, That these reso
lutions be recorded iu the
minute-books of 'these socities,
also, that they be published in the
Butler papers, and a copy be present
ed to the family of the deceased.
MRS. J. C. MOORE, )
MRS. W. 11. MCCANDLKSS, - Com
MRS. W. M. RAMSEY, )
Time For Work.
Senator-elect Quay, in a recent in
terview, says ot the political situation
in Pennsylvania:
As the political forces in the State
seem now to be disposed, thoy indi
cate the election of the entire Repub
lican State ticket. Nevertheless,
that result will uot be accomplished
without hard work throughout the
party organization. The necessity
of the situation is that every Repub
lican in the Stale casts a ballot on
November 8. It is not on personal
grounds that I see any unusual ne
cessity for vigilance. The candidates
are unassailable. The necessity for
unusual activity arises from other
sources."
"And what are those?" "Well,
the Republican party should remem
ber that ft has declared in favor of
the submission of the Prohibition a
mendment to the vote of the people
Now, that and the action of the Re
publican majority in the last Legis
lature in favor of high license has of
fended the liquor people. The party
has not done this with its eyes shut.
It has taken high ground aud an ad
vanced position, as the Republican
party has always done in the past
and as it always will continue to do
as loag as it is the party of ad vane
menl. I'ut the liquor dealers, whole
sale and retail, are offended. I be
lieve they mean what they say when
they declare their intention of sup
porting the Democratic party this
year, in the belief that, if they suc
ceed, that party will ia the next Leg
islature repeal the High Lir-ense bill
and make the saioon business so
cheap as to multiply the low grog
geries that do most hiirm to our work
ing people, aul also ovefchr )-.v the
submission of prohibitive."'
' Hilt is this element aluue formida
ble?" ' Considered by itself, I do uot
think ic is. E/ea the liquor element
is divided,for the most iateiiigent por
tion of it lull) understands that unless
the Isqujr truSiu makes itself l-jss of
fensive, it will be wij ed out entirely.
Moreover, the Republican party
ought to hi able to rely upon thedre
slde vote to counteract, and more
than counteract, the loss of those liq
uor dealers who have supported it.
But the task will be to briag out
this lire&ide vote. A large, section of
H is made up of citizens wh > do not
often go to the polis in v. Hal are
called off years. To briog out this
vote will give the Republican ticket
a safe majority, which indeed, ought
to be n3 tremendous as is U>e major
ity iu the community for morality
and social order against their oppo"
sites."
Life of General Logan.
Mr. Alexander Story of Butler tp.,
has the agency for the Life of Gen
eral John A. Logan and is now can
vassing among ou>* citizens for sub
scriptions for the Siime. The work
his j ist been been issued and is a
most interesting cue. The life of
the "Warrior Statesman," as "Black
Jack Login" is usually term d,
reads like a romance. His war rec
ord during the late Rebellion will
make it v< ry agreeable reading to all
soldiers, as well as their relatives
and friends, while his political career
m kes it valuable to all taking an in
terest in the politics of our country.
We therefore bespeak for Squire
Story a favorable reception wbou he
calls upon our citizens. No one who
who procures from him a "Life of
Logan" will ever regret doiug so.
W. C. T. U.
The Gth annual convention of the
Womens' Christain Temperance Un
ion of Butler Conuty, will be held in
Butler, November, Ist 2nd and 3rd,
1537. Executive committee will
meet at to'clock Tuesday evening
Nov. Ist. Prayer meeting of Dele
gate? at 7:30 led by Mis. H. C. Mair
of AH ;rhci-y city. First regular ses
sion of Convention, Weduesdav Nov.
2id D:3O, A. M. Each local union is
entitled to three representatives.
Names must be sent to Miss Mary E.
Sullivan, Butler, by October 24tli,
that all arrangements for entertain
ment may be perfected be fore tbo ar
rivals of members of convention. A
full representation is earnestly desir
ed. MRS A G BIIOWN, V. P.
Miss M. E. SULLIVAN, Sec'y.
A Priest Immersed.
Father James Donnelly, a convert
ed Catholic priest, was baptized in
the Thirty seventh Poptist church
yesterday, bv tljc pastor, Rev Scqlly,
who is also a reformed priest. Rev.
Scully asked Father Donnelly if he
renounced the prio3thood aud all the
dUtiuotlvc tenets of the Romaa Cath
olic church, to which Father Don
nelly replied iu the affirmative. The
reformed clergyman was ordained a
priest 15 years ago by Bishop Mullen
of Eric, aud had boen pastor of All
Saints' Catholic church, of Mercer,
Pa., for six years previous to last
April. lie hid a new church built
during Lis pastorate thgre, at a
coat cf $20,000.u 11 of which was paid
but when he became converted '
His conversion, he says, was the re- j
suit of his research. He believes'
that out' half of the Catholics of Mer- ;
cer will eveutually follow his exam,
pie.—Pittsburg papers, Oct 10.
ft c ' c e»ers,*ho wi-.h to examine
Kl? 8 Lel * 6»>CjiW thi. paper,of obtain estimates
on advertising when in Chicago, will fi.'.d it c.n file at
LORD & THOMAS,
Marribd.
FLICK—SORIUS At the heme of the
bride's father, Mr. Win. Norris, on his 76th
birthday, Oct. sth. 188", by Retr. John S.
Atkinson assisted by lt-.-v. S. M Hood and
I'ev. E. Ogden, liev. Albert Flick of ICms
worth, Allegheny county Pa, and M.s*
SCilia Norris of Kiddle's X lloads, Butler
county, I'a.
SMITH-WILSON -At the home ol the
bride's j arents, near Zelienople, Pa., S«pt.
26th, ls-7, by Rev. It. C. Yates, Mr. Ross
Smith and Miss Jane Wilson, all of Beaver
county, Pa.
WEITZEL—SHIELDS—On Oct. »>, 188"., at
the home of William 'Shields, iu Muddy
creek township, this county,, by Rev. Jan.
A. Clark. Mr. John Daniel Weitzel and
Miss Sadie Shields.
ID IE) A.TSS.
CRAIG—iu Madison twp..J Armstrong Co.,
Pa., Oct. "J, 1&8", Mrs. Mary M. Craig, in
the Nith year of her age.
Mrs. Craig when young lived in Ihirmouy,
this county. She leave living i» children,
73 graud children and I*l great-grand chil
dren.
McCALL—At Ifarrisville, Pa , Sept, IS,
1887, at the age of two mouths and
days, of congestion ol the Clarence
Earl, only child of C. J. and Sarah MeCall
The little oue we loved is gone. We miss
hini from the cradle and fioin our hearts; but
we love him stiil. We krioiv that Jesus who
blessed iiitie children when He was on earth
loves them iu heaven. Our child has only
gone home. We will go to it; i'or it cannot
come to us. The Lord gave, aud the Lord
has triken away. "Blessed be the name of
the Lord."
ASH—In Evans City, this county, Oct. 7,
1887, Mr. Isaac Ash, in the 78tn year of
In is age.
Mr. Ash was born iu tbe western part of
this couuty, in what i* now Forwurd towu
ship, lind resided on his f.tr.u there uutil
within a few years past, when he went to
live with his daughter, Mrs Graham, iu
Evans City, where he died. lie had been
afflicted for some years past, oue of his arms
hnviug become paralyzed or otherwise affect
ed } so as to be very painful to him. He was
one of the most respected citizens of the
couuty, aud had lived an honest, houorable
aud useful life. Ilis death takes away one
of the oldest citizens of the county, and is re
gretted by a large circle of relatives %-s well
as by all neighbors and friends who knew
I him.
Mf'CLURE—At her home in Prospect, this
county, Oct. 8, ISB7, Minnie Bell MtClure,
aged 22 years, 11 months and 16 days.
WAREIIAM—In Allegheny city, Pa., Sept.,
1887, Mi>S Rebecca Wareham, formerly of
this county.
MAIIIAV—In Foiward twp., this county,
Oct. 9, 1887, Mr. William Mathay, in the
22d year of his age.
CAMPBELL —At her home in Venango twp.,
this county, Oct. 5, 1867, Mrs. Elizabeth
Campbell, wile of Thomas B. Campbell,
and mother of Prof. M. L. Campbeil, a ged
about TO years.
Mother Campbell was a ntember of the M.
E. Church, was an indulgent parent, faith
ful wi!e, a good neighbor and u friend to the
poor, the sick and the needy. She will be
ijreatly missed in the cominuuitv she Jived.
K. 11. B.
ROSEBAUGH—At the family residence near
Barns, Kan., Sept. 0, 188", Father Henry
Kosebaugh, aged SO years and 4 months.
Brother Kosehaugh gave his heart to Christ
early in life. He was a member of St. John's
Evangelical Lutherau Church,of Butler. Pa.,
for fifty years. lie removed to Kansas in
1575, and ur ited with Messiah Evangelical
Lutheran church of Barns, and served as a
member of the chuich council to the time of
his death. "He has been a true member of
Christ's church on earth, and looking to the
promises." We have parted wiili a kind
father JJwell as a trne one. May the
thought that thou ait happy now, redeemed
and saved by Christ, in love console our
aching hearts, and closer bind us to our
lieaueuiy home above. J.lt.
Rheumatism
We doubt if there is. or can be. a specific
remedy for rheumatism; but thousands who
have suffered its pains have been greatly ben
efited by Hood's Sarsaparilla. If you have
failed to find relief, try this great remedy.
" I was afflicted with rheumatism twenty
years. Previous to issG I found no relief, but
grew worse, and at one time was almost help
less. Hood's Sarsaparilla did me more good
than all the other medicine I ever had.''
H. T. BAI.COM, Shirley Village, Mass.
" I had rheumatism three years, and got no
relief till I took Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has
done great tilings for me. 1 recommend it to
others." LEWIS BURBANK, Biddeford, Me.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is characterized by
three peculiarities : Ist, the combination of
remedial agents; 2d, the proportion; 3d, the
process of securing the active medicinal
qualities. The result is a medicine of unusual
strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown.
Send for book containing additional evidence.
" Hood's Sarsaparilla tones tip my system,
purifies my bloou, sharpens my appetite, and
seems to make me over." J. P. THOMPSON,
Register of Deeds, Lowell, Mass.
" Hood's Sarsaparilla beats all others, and
is worth its weight in gold." I. BAKKINGTON,
130 Bank Street, New York City.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Mado
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
IjflUtllM'llMg*
8 M WemQVM
■' ~ Tan, Sunburn,
S a / fIKU \ Be ® Stings, *OB
- S I BBfg \ qulto and All
x« ! v •••-*-> I Insect Bites,
/ Humor®, Birth-marks,
' and overy form of akin
/ \ blemishes, positively cored
I ] on the most delicate skint'
I -f I without loavtn* a soar, by ■
\ ZVQM / Hop Oiß-tmon-t. ■
Prioe SScts., 60cts. and sl. ■
At druggists or by mail. M
The Hop Pill M-mVg Co., New Xxmdon, Conn. ■
Little Hep Ptlls for sick-heart ache, dyspepsia, H
biUousnasaand oonstipation havenoequaL^goo^J
SOLDI; T srasr IN'
lii iiSi®
Ae piovrd rrmedy for <"■ rsumption pud dis
ascs of Throat and Lungs
New Life and Vigor folio-.* 'ls use.
Ask for BaKei's 0:1 and - 1 . '. or write to
JNO C. BAKER & CO.,
rh! delohia.
THE CITIZEN
IS THE BEST
MRTISING Willi
IN
BUTLER COUNTY.
ALL KINDS
OF
WORK
DONE AT
LOWEST PRICES.
General Election
Proclamation.
WitKi:: By an \ct «.r tl.'.' tieneral Assembly !
or the <'oiamon\vr,.ith or Pennsylvania, entitled
•An Act It latum to 11. •el cttous ot the t'< iii
mouwealth." pa-v-s-d tU< ec- !.t day ol July, A.
1). is®, it Is made the dut v ,>f the Mierltf ot
every county within this Commonwealth to ;
give public notice ot the election, and In such
to enumerate-.
Ist—The officers to be elected.
_'d- Designate t !i< phices at w Ulcli the election
Is to lie held.
3d- lie shall give not ■ that evorv |*>rson.
excepting Ju-ttces «.r tt« f M -e. who sliatl hold
'any otlie<> or aii|M)luuaent o( proht or tnst uii-I
de: the (loverniii: lit th ! nlWd Mates, or ot '
this state ■ rot an city oc Incorporated district..
whether acoinml-*s;meil o'llcer or otlu-rw Ise. a !
sul ordinate gtli er I r ugt 11. . who ;s or .shall be i
euipto\< d uiii'i r r !i-• I.egi-'li'.tlve, )Executive or
Judiciary depaitn.en, ot i!,e state, or Ot tbe
l ulled States, or ot any city < r incorporated
district;and til- i that aitv tuetnl"rot Congress. ■
atei ot tite stat • Lestelatnr •. and ol tkt oeleel
i i" lommon Coun.'ll of any«. it v. or (Minimis-lon
er ol any ln- orpi rat I nlstrl. t". Is I v law liieap
able of holding or i r• i.-.ing at tin-" siuu- time
the offiec or apiioln'ineiit oi Jtulge. InsjKi tor
or i'lerkof any ehxtlou i.r tUts • oiiimonwealth,
and tli.it no Insp-ctor. Judge «ir other ofHcer ot
any election shall Ik - eligible to anv office to be
then voted for.
I. I'kti:i! Kkamf.u. High Sherlif of the county
of :■ .tier, do make known and give this public
notice lo the voters ot ltutler coiidty, that a
tieneral Kle-etion will be held Iu tlie said count i ,
: on
TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 8,1887
lr being t lie tlr.it Tues;lny after the lirst Monday
i of mouth, between ihe hours ot 7 \.x:. anil
| 7 P.M.. at the several Election Districts ot the
eetinty. at which time aud jdi'.ce they will vote
by ballot for the several officers hereinafter
| named, viz:
OKFICEI'S TO BE VOT2D FOIJ,
JUDICIARY.
i one person for the ofli ;e of Judge ot the Su
| preine «'otirl of the e'oiniuouwealth ot Pennsyl
vania.
STATE.
One person tor the office of Treasurer of tbe
I commonwealth ot Pennsylvania.
COPKTT.
tine pei-son tor the Oihce of Sheriff of the coun
ty of Butler.
One person for the office of I'rothonotary of
, the Court of Common Pleas of the county of
Butler.
One person for the office of Keglster and Re
corder of the county of Butler. '
One person tor the oil ice < t Trea.se.rer cf the
county o. butler.
Two persons fur the . filce or Commlsfiloner of
tlie couuty ot Butler.
fine person ror the office of clerk ef lour, j of
the county of Butler.
Two persons for the office of Attdlteir ot the
county of Butler.
one person for the cilice of Cerener cf the
county of liuUer.
PLACES OF HOLDING THE ELEC'I IONS.
The said elections wi'.l bo held throughout
the county aa follow^:
The electors of Adams township at the
j house of Robert Da\ idson in said towusliip.
I The electois of Allegheny township ar the
dwelling ot Ephriam C. Parks in said to.vn-
I ship.
; The electois of the Bald Iliilgo district at
the School House in Bald ilidga iu said din
i trict.
The electors of Buffalo township at the
house of Hubert Greag, now George Traby,
now Robert Hartley.
Tho electors of Butler township at tho
office cf Jos. B. Bredin, Esq., iu the borough
if Bailer.
The electors of Brady township at tha
School house at West Liberty.
Tho electors cf Cieariiilj township at the
house of John Green.
I The electois of Clinton towr.snip fit the
| house of Joliu C. Kiddle, now Joiin Anderson.
I Ihe electors of Concord township at the
j School House No. 4. in Middietown.
. The electors of Clay township at the Centre
, School house iu said township.
| The e'ectors of Centre township at the Cen
-1 tre Schoul House in c akl township,
j Tho electors ot Cheriv township, North
j precinct, at tho house of Wta. Litidsev.
The electors of Cherry township. South
| precinct, at the Gomersoi School House in
j said township.
Tha electors of Cor.i loqtie:icssing towusliip,
: Northern precinct at School house No. 7. in
i Wliiiostown; Southern precinct at tbe house
j cf Peter Staff, in Petersville.
j The electors of Cranberry township at tite
i house of Frederick Meoder.
ihe electors of Dot.egtl township at the
ho.i.-e of Adam Schreiber, in Millei-Btown.
I Tho electors of Fairvieiv township at the
I house of Mw. fir.prey, in Karns City, both
precincts.
! The electors of Forward township at the
j house cf Itobert If. Brown,
j The e-lejtors of Franklin townahtp at the
tailor shop cf C I'. Johustou, in Prospect
I boro.
I The electors of Jackson township, Western
precinct, at the house of Jac ib Heil iu Harmo
ny Eastern precinct, at the house of John N.
Miller in Evansburg
The electors of Jefferson township, at the
house of Morris Reighter.
' Tho elcctciis of La-.osster tomicliip at the
Public School house No. 5.
The eicctOiH of Middlesex township at the
house of Ueorge Cooper.
Ttio electors of Marion township at James
Bailey's.
T e eleclois of Muddycreelt township at
Union Hall in Per tersville.
Tlieselectors of Mercer town« Lip at the
School house in the .xirough of Hanisville.
The electors of Oakland township at the
house of William J. Hutchison in hai l town
ship.
The electors of Parker township at tho
house of John Kelly in Martinsburg.
Tho electors of Pean township at the house
of D. H. Sutton,
Tho electors of Summit township at tho
house of Adaai Frederick.
The electois of Slipperyrock township at the
house of W T Ramsey in Centreville borough.
The electors of Venango township at the
house of James Murrin.
The electors of Winfield township at School
honco No. 5 in said township.
The electors of Washington township at the
Town Hall in North Washington.
Tbo electors of North Washington township
atthe houte of John Holland, at Hilliards Sta
tion, now used by William Holland as a Jus
tices' office
The electors of Worth township at the
Town Hall in Mechanicsburg in said township.
The electors of the borough of Butler, lft
ward at the Heed House on Centre Ave. in
said ward, tho electors of tho boro of Butler
and 2nd Ward at the house of A'cxander
Lowrv on E. Jeffereou St. in said ward, tlia
electors of the borough of Butler 3.1 ward at
the liouseof Jacob Zaigler,on Main St.in offi. c
now used by J. W. Brown. Esq. in s*id ward.
Tho electors of the borough of Centreville
at shop of Clias. Prosper in said borough.
Tho electors of the borough of Prospect at
the new school house in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Saxonburg
at "the school house in said borough-
The electors of the borough of West Sun
bury a tho public school house in Sunbury.
'ihe olectors of the borough of Miilerstorrn
at the house of Adam Sclireiber in said bor*
ough.
The electors of the borough of Petrolia at
the Town Hal! i:i said borough.
Tho electors of Ihe bo:otigli of Fairview at
the School houte in said borough.
Tho electors of Ihe borough of Earns City
at the Town 1101 l in said borough.
The electois of the borough ol Evausbmg
at the public school house in said borongh.
Theehctors oftho borough of Zelienoplo
at the new brick wagon shop ol James Wul
lace in said borongh.
And 1, the said Sheriff, do further give no
tice to all election office)a, citizens, and
ctheis, of tho following piovisi.ns of ilic
constitution and laws ol this commonwealth,
relating to elections—viz :
OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS.
CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AIiT. VITI
SECTION 1. Every male citizen twenty-one
years ol age, possessing the lollowiiii qaalill
aetions, shall be entitled to \otc at all elec
tion.- :
First—He shall have been a citizen of the
United States at least one month.
Second —He shuii have resiJed in the State
one year (or it having previously been a qa::)i
tied elector or native horn citizen oi the State
he ehall Lave removed tl ere and returned,
tlx-u six. months) immediately preceding the
election.
Third- He suall have resided in the election
district where he shall offer his vote at leaM
two mouths immediately preceding the elec
tion.
Fourtb-lf twenty-two years of ago or up
wards shall have paid within two years a
Suite or county tax, which shall have becu
assessed at least two mouths au:l p-ilj at least
oue month before the election.
SCCTION 5. Electors shall in all cases ex
cept treason, felony at d I> each er surety ot
tkc peace, be privileged Iroui arrest during
their attendance ou elections ami iu going to
and leturuwg therefrom.
SECTION 7. All laws regulating the hold
ing ol the elections by the citizens or lor the
registration nt electors shall be uniform
throughout the State, but no elector shall be
deprived ol tie privilege of voting by reason
of his uimenot being legUtered.
SECTION 13. For the purpose of voting,
it* person shall he dceiutdto have gained a
residence by rcasou of bis presence or lost
it by reason of his obecnoe, while employed
in the service, eithct civil t>r military, ot this
Staie or ol the United States, nor *hile en
gaged in the navigation oi the waters ol this
State or o! the United States, or ou the high
seas, nor while a student ia any ius:ittitc ol
learning, nor while kept in any poor hou>e
or other asylum at public expense, nor while
confined in a public prisou.
OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AIiT. VIII
SEC. 14 District electiou boards shall con
sist ol a judge aud two inspectois, who shall
lie chosin annually by the citizens. Each
elector shall have the right to vote for the
judge a':d one inspector, OLJ each inspector
shall appoint one clefg. election olUeet*
shall »e privileged from arrest upon days of
electiou aud while engaged ia making up
anil transmitting returns, except upon a
warrant of a cou»t of record or Judge there
of, for au election Iraud, for fel jny, or for
wauton breach of the peace.
15. No person shall lie qualified to serve
as nu election officer who sball hold, or sbnll
within two mouths have held an office, ap
pointment or employment in or under the
government of the United States or of this
State, or of any city or county, or of any
municipal board, tot mission or trust In auy
city, sare only justices ol the peace and alder
men, notaries j üblic p(*i&outi in iDtlitlft
service of tbe r*t:• It-; n >r »b« I nnv election
officer be eligible lo miv civil office to be
lllied by nn election at which lie «aall serve,
pave only to *neii nibonliustetDniihi|wl or
local cilice." us h.tli b • il signaled hj general
lnv.
VACANCIKS IN KI.FCI'ION n >AKf>* —ACT OF JAN
I:A';Y 8), .*7*
Section fi. In ail ! eetion districts where
a vacancy exi-ts by rea*nn of disq salification
of I In* officer <>r oth-M wi»«: in an election
board hi rctoforc appo.utc 1, or where any new
tlislr.ci ."l a:! lit for:.iei, the judge or judges
of tin- court ot ecuiin -n lens ..I the proper
county sb ■!!. ten d 'ys before m y central or
special election, a; point coinfell-lit persons
to llii f lid vacum-ics an ] :o conduct the
election in •- aid new diriiictt.; and in the ap
pointment ol in&pcctoi« in any election dis
trlct both shall not be ol tie fame political
1 arty; and the judge of elections shall, in
all be Ol the political party having the
uiajr.iitv ol vot'.s in s-i I di-ttict, ;:s nearly
as the sail judge or jud-cs emu i-sccrtalu
the fact: and in tans u! the <Ji -agreement
cl the judges as U: the solution of inspec
tors, the politic d majority ol the judges >hall
select one of >uc!t iufpiC'oi*, and the u> 'ior
ity judge or judges snail lckl-i iheoihe>.
V.Vt AKCIK* ON MORNINQ OF ELECTION—ACT OF
JCI.V2, It®).
In <ase the person who shall have
rcciivcd tlx' steond highest number of votes
lor r speclor, shall not attend on the day
of any election, then the person «ho shall
have receive d he second t uml>er ot
votes for judye al the rest iiccceeiinjr elec
tion, shall act r-s an ir.spettor in his > !aee;
and in case the pereou who s'.iull h:.\e re
ceived the highest number ol votes lor in
spector shall not attend, the person elected
judge shall appoint an inspector ill liis place;
and in case me p.'iaou elected a judge shill
not attend, then the in specter who received
the highest number ci voles shall appoint a
in judge his place; and if any vacancy shall
continue in the board for the space ol oue
hour alter the time fixed by law tor the
opening ot the election, the voters
ol the township, ward or district, for, which
such oltiier shall hive been elected pres
ent at t!ic election, shail elect one of their
number to till such vacauey.
Tnc OATH—ACT JANUARY 30, 1874.
Sec. !t. In addition to the oath now pre-
MTii-ed by hw to ho taken and subscribed, by
election',! IBcers, they sl.all be severally sworn
or .:ffirnie.l not to disclose how any elector
shall have voted utiles lequired to do so as
witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges,
inspectors, clerks nud ovtrseers of auy elec
tion held under this act. shall before enter
ing upon their dntiis, be duly sworn or
r.Ui.rncd tu the prcscu'*e of each other. The
ju.igrs shall be sworn by the minority in
spector, and in ( there by no minority
inspector, then by a justice ot' the peace or
aideiit.in, and the inspectois, owiseors
and clerks shall be sworn be the judge, cer
tificate of such swearing' or affirming shall
be duly made cut and signed by the ofliccrs
so sworn, and attested by the ~ officers who
administer the oath.
MODS OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS*.
Aer jasuaiy SO, 1874.
Sec 5. At ail the elections hercafte-hold un»
der the laws of this Commonwealth, tie
polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock, a. h , and
closed at 7 o'eloek, p. m.
THE BALI.OT3.
cossrrnrnox ofpejnsylvania—abt. viii.
Sec. 4. All elections by the citizens shall be
by ba'lot. Every ballot voted shall ba num
bered in the order i:i which it was received,
and the number recorded by the election
officers on the list of voters,opposite the name
ot the elector who presents tiio I allot Anv
elector may write his mine upon his ticket,
or ea ise the sumo to be written thereon ana
attested by a citizen of the district.
ACT JANUARY 150, ; 874.
Sec. 8. At the opening ol the polls at tbe
I elections it shall be the duly ol tho judges ot
I'm election lor their respective districts to
designate one of the inspectors, whose duty it
shall lie to have in custody the registry ot
I voters, and to r.ake the entries tl. reinrrqu r
| eil bylaw; and it flail bcthe duly of the
■ other said luspectois to receive and number
tbe ballots presented at said election,
DUJiES OF PEACE OFFICFBB ACT OF 1839.
It shall be the duty of the reejieetive ron
! stables of ecch ward, district or township
1 within this Commonwealth, to bo present in
j person or by deputy, at the place of holding
| such elections in s»id ward, district or totvn-
I ship, lor the purposo of preserving the peace,
as aforesaid
THE TICKETS.
ACT MAKen 3D, lSGfi.
See. 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and
! House of Representatives of tho Conrnon
■ wealth of Pennsylvania i:i General Assembly
mot, and it is hereby enacted by the au-
J thorilj of tho sasu«. That the qualified voters
j cf tho several counties of this Common wealth
at all general, township, borough and spe
| eial elections are hereby liereaftor authorized
and required to vote by tickets, printed or
written, or partly printed and partly written,
1 severally ela/jslied as follows :
0:io ticket shall contain the names of all
persona voted for for tho Electors of
President and Vice President of the United
States, and shall be labelled on the outside
with the word ''Electors."
One ticket sh"I! contain the names of all
| persons voted for for Member of Congreas of
• the Unitc l States, all persons voted for for
I Member of the State Senate of tlio Common
■ wealth of Pennsylvania, ail jiersons voted
: for for Member of the House of Representa
tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and all persons voted for for county offices
j of said county of Batlar, and to be labelled
I ou the outside with tlio word "County. '
: Ono ticket shall contain the names of all
persons voted fo>" for Judge of any of the
courts of said county or of this Common
wealth. and be labelled on the outside with
tlio word "Judiciary.*"
i Olio ticket shall contain the names of all
; persons voted for for officers of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, other than
Judges of the Supreme Court of said Com
j monwealth, and be labelled on the outside
with tho word "Stato."
OF THE ELECTION RETURNS.
ACT JANCARY £O, 1874.
SEC. 13. As soon as the rolls shall close, the
officers of the flection shall proceed to count
all the votes cast for oach candidate voted
for, and rnika a full return of the same in
triplicate, with a return sheet in addition, in
all of which the votas receive:! by each can
! didate ehail bo given after his name, first
in words thon in figures, and shall be sign
ed by all the said officers and by over eera. if
any, or if not ao certified, the overseers and
any officer refuting to sign or certify, or
either of them, shall write upon each of
the returns liis or their leason for not signing
or certifying thera. The vote soon as
counted." shall also bo publicly and fully de
clared from the window to tho citizens pre
sent. and a biief .statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall tie made
and feigned by the election offers as soon
as the votes are coauted; and the same shall
he immediately po-.ted upon the door of the
clettion house for Information of the pnblic.
The triplicate returns shall be enclosed in
envelope.' r.'id be scaled in the prc. ence of
the officers, and one envelope, with tho unseal
ed return sheet jrlveu to the Judge, which
sl-all contain one list of voters tally papers aud
oath of officers,and another of said envelope*
shall be given to the minority Inspector. AH
judges living within twelve miles of the
"l'rothonotary's office, or within twenty-four
miles, if their residence be in a town, city
or vi llus upon tha line of a railroad leading
|to tb'J county seat, shall lufore t*o o'clock
pn-t meridian ol the day after the election
and all other Judges shall, before twolve
o'clock meridian of the second day after tho
election, deliver said return, together with
return sb/ it, to the protlionotaiy of the
court of common pleas of the county, which
said return shall he filed, iu:t the day and the
hoar of 11 litis marked thereou au I thall bo
preserved by the prothonotary for public
inspection. At twelve o'clock on the second
day following any eleetiou, the prothoooturv
of the coui tof common picas shall present
the said returns to the said court. In coun
ties whete there is no re-idcut president
judge, the assooeitc.imlgc shsll perform tho
dipies imposed upon the court of common
pleas, which shall convene for Sail pui pcoc;
the reiuru presetted by the prothocotury
shall he ujieued by said court aud computed
by such of its officers and such sworn assis
tants a-s tb.T > '-urt shall aj j oiut; in the pres
ence ol the judge or judges of said couit, ou
the returu certified -nd cer
tificates of election issu»d under
the seal ol the eour; us Is now required to
be done by return judges; and the vote as so
computed aud certified ;-=ha"l be made a matter
ol record in said court. The sctsious of eai«l
ecurt shall be cpened to the public, and in
c:isetl:e returns of au election district shall be
missing when tho returns are presented, or in
any case of complaint of a cpialiCed elector
nuder oath, cliarniug palpable fraud or mis
take. aud particularly specifying the alleged
fraud or mistake, or whero fraud or in:»taliO
is apparent on the return, tho court, shall ex
amine the return and if, in the judgment of
tho court, it shall ba nccet-sary to a just re
turn. said court shall issue summary process
against the cleet'on officers and overseers,
in any of tho election districts complained of,
to bring them forthwith into court, with all
election papers in their possession; aud if pal
pable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it
shall, upon such lieaing aa may bo deemed
necessary to enlighten tho con:t. bo corrected
by tho c jurt aud so certffie-J; but a'l allega
tion* of ] a'pable frand or rnistake shill be
decided by tho said court wi'hin three days
after tho day the returns a o brought into
court for computation, and tho said (inquiry
shall be directed onlv to palpable fraud or mjo
tako, and shall not be deeiaod a judicial adju
dication to conclude any contest now or
after to be prfivilod by ia-v. aud the other qf
said triplicate returns shall l>o be placed in a
box aud sealed up with the oallots. If auy
of the said judged shall himself ba a candidate
for any offico of any election, he shall not sit
with the court, or act in counting tho returns
of such election, aud in such cases the other
judges, if any. shall act.
Given under ray hand at my office at Sutler,
this tith day of October, in the year of our
Lord, 18t-7, and in the 112 th year of the Inde
pendence of the United States of North
America,
PETER KRAMER,
Sheriff of Bntler County,