'I'M TTS CITIZEN' JMCI E. * w. C. MSG LET, PROPRIETORS. v *r*Trnos *AT*S— POSTAGE FBEPAID : Ooey~r Btx months. Three months «t r-f M*rmU tl— m*tt*r FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1887. Republican Tickets. JUDICIARY. Judge of Supreme Court, HENRY W. WILLIAMS. STATE. State Treasurer, WILLIAM B. HART. COUNTY. Sheriff, OLIVER C. REDIC. Prothonotary, JOHN D. HARBISON. Register and Recorder, H. ALFRED AY RES. Treasurer, AMOS SEATON. Clerk of Courts, REUBEN McELVAIN. Commissioners, A. J.HUTCHISON. B. M. DUNCAN. Auditors, ROBERT A. KINZER. I. 9. P. DF. WOLFE. Coroner, ALEXANDER BTOKEY. Republican Tickets. The Republican tickets for tbe various election precincts are in tbe poMSflnoo ot tbe following persons: Adams, J, A. Criswell; Allegheny, B- H. Crawford; Butler, John Burk bart, Buffalo, If. N. Greer; Brady, P. 8. Beau*; Centre, E. 8. Varnum; Cherry, N., A. M, Christley; Cherry, 8., J. 8. Campbell; Clay, J. S Christ lay, Clearfield. G. W. Fennell; Conno q deceasing, N., W. Bo wen; Conno oueoeasing. S., J. C. Brandon; Clin urn. J. 8. Love; Concord C. C. Kabn; Craoberrv, Thomas Robinson: Donegal, F. C. Flannigan; Fairview, S, W. Crmnmer; Fairview, W., W. J. Swartclander; Forward, J. M. Douth ett; Franklin. Jacob Xeeley; Jack- SOO, E., C. Texter, Jackson, W., F, B. Steiver. Jefferson, John Burtner; Lancaster, W. Lutz; Marion, S. M. Seaton; Mercer, J. J. McGarvey; Muddycreek, B. W. Dodds; Middle sex, W. J .Marks; Oakland, A. O. Hcpfer; Parker, H. M. Caldwell; Fann, W. J. Burton; Slippery rock, H. M. Gill; Summit, Simon Young; Venango, J. F Cochran; Washington, N., 8. M. Turk; Washington, 8., J. H. Bell; Winfield, John Heeeelgesser; Worth, J. M. Shields; Baldridge, J. W. Kaltenbaugh; Butler borongb, Ist ward. J. B. Mates; Butler, 2d ward, W.C. Thompson; Centreville, E. M. Mayberry; Evans City, S Honadle; Fairview, W. P. Jameson; Kerns City, A. 8. Rend; Millerstown, G. W. Hnseltoc; Petrolia, A. L. Campbell; Prospect, Alex. Borland; Saxonburg, Philip Bortner; Sunbury, C. W. Wick; Zelienople, Bid. Weihl. ELECTION —Next Tuesday. ■ To The Polls! To The Polls! Tbere is nothing clearer in this country than the duty of every man to vote. Here the people have the power to determine all qoestions, by their rotes—and the majority rules. Bat if good citizens stay away from elections the real majority, or the true sentiments of the majority, may not be expressed. Therefore all should go to the poll*. Next Tuesday must determine im portant questions in this State and la this county. While the questions themselves may not be new, yet they have assumed a new and a pe culiar phase. We are no alarmist; bat the issue has been forced upon us and must be met It is now kaown that a combined effort is be lag made to defeat the Republican party at this election. This combi nation embraces the elements that all good citizens ere opposed to and do not want to succeed. And it can on ly succeed by the scattering of the forces opposed to it What then iB the doty of all thinking alike and in the same way about temperance re form. the Eubmissiou amendment to the Contitution, the preservation of of the Sunday laws, and the good or der acd peace of society? Is it not dearly their duty to rally to that point cr that party where their votes will oust most and do the most good* By tbe success of the Repub • lican party all tbe above principles and reforms will be maintained acd aJvanctd. By its defeat they will be put back, may be for years, if not entirely overthrown. No man wish ing a good thing to be done can con siatectly so cast bis vote as to im pede or retard that good thing. Is there any other way to poeeent this than by voting with the Republican party this yesr ? None that we can see. Its defeat new v -l| dt-feat all hoped for reforms and, as we my, will pot them back fcr years- All who do not want to ane them put back, or delayed should mam feat their votes with tbe only jWKtf altoog eaougb to protect them. J. Q. A. Kennedy's Acceptance. HE WHO WOULD ACCOMPLISH GOOD MUST MAKE HIMSELF A SACRIFICE. BUTLER, OCTOBER 28. —The choice of the Union Labor party for State Treasurer accepts in the following letter: To T. P. Rynd«*r, Chairman Union Labor State Committee: DEAR Slß— Your telegram official ly informing me of my nomination for State Treasurer by your commit tee at Bradford, was duly received, and would have received an imme diate answer, bat for the reason that I had forever withdrawn from the political arena, so far as seeking or desiring official promotion; but com ing as this nomination did. without any solicitation or sny knowledge on my part, and from tho?e representing my political opinions, demanded my sincere consideration and respect; and I could not decline their request, although I would have preferred to be known only as an humble private in the ranks of the L T nion Labor or ganization of the nation. Bnt we must all be willing to work and sacri fice something for the good of the suffering millions of our countrymen and women. God heard the cries of the oppressed in Egypt, and he took them out with a high hand, despoil ing their task masters. W hen the Southern 6lave reached ont his hands and called for help and deliverance from the free North they refused; but He that said "Thou shalt not oppress the hireling in his wages" beard their petition and an swered it in blood Bnd woe, and broke their shackles with bombs and bullets, and slavery died, and 2,000, 000 of freemen sacrificed their lives in that bloody conflict, that right and justice might live. The conflict has onlv changed base. The capital that owned the slave, is now seeking to own labor in a new form; only in a more extended and a more cruel form. These encroachments must be met not with the bullet, but the ballot, and if the producing classes of this country will stand as a unit the vic tory is ours. If men knowing their wrongs will not stand shoulder to shoulder with those seeking the res toration of their rights, let them be slaves, but let us be free. I thank your committee and through you the party you represent, for the honor conferred on me, an humble member of the Union Labor party of the great State of Pennsyl vania, for the responsible and trust worthy nomination for State Treas urer. In the event of my election, the money of the State will be sa credly guarded and freed from all improper uses and precarious and hazardous deposits or any invest ments of a private character for spec ulation. Truly Yours, J. Q. A KENNEDY. We find the above letter of accept ance in the Pittsburg Dispatch of Oct. 29, inst. and publish it out of re spect to a neighbor and citizen, as well as to give our readers all going on in our local and State politics at present. The letter of Squire Ken aedy is well written, but the objects or aims of the Labor party are not very fully or plainly made known in it The analogy made by the Squire between the old slavery and si aves of the South and the laborers of the country at present to us seems rather far fetched. To say that the capital that owned the slaves "is now seeking to own labor in a new form"wouldseem not to be tenable.But all the efforts now being made *to raise tbe dignity of labor and secure it in its rights will have a good ten dency and we hope will lead to good results, and that through peaceable means and without the intervention of tbe bullet, as became necessary in the case of slavery. All agitation on all questions of reforms in society, whet her of temperance, of morals, of politics or of labor, will in the end produce good results. And there fore all are ready at all times to bail any movement or any Moses whi can lead in the effort to raise tbe down trodden and oppressed or aid tbe weak and poor in their efforts to secure a fair chance and a free and open field to better their condition. Tux Bolard-Greenlee big well in tbe Saxonburg field now does from 700 to 800 barrels per day ._ AN old rebel flag was displayed at Macon, Georgia, on the recent visit of Jeff. Davis there. The Shut Down Begins. The great shutdown movement in oil was completed at Oil City on Monday last and went into operation on Tuesday, Nov. Ist, inst. The general features of the move ment are: a stoppage of the drill for one year; the shotting in for one year of one-half tbe present produc tion; no glycerine to be used within tbe same time, and no wells are to be cleaned out. For these concessions en part of the producers the Standard Oil Co. is to set aside 5,000,000 barrels of oil, at 62 cents per barrel, the profits of which Are to be divided among tbe producers who shut in their wells and the laboring men who may be thrown out of employment by tbe shut down or shut in. This all is based on the expected rise in oil that tbe move ment will soon briug about. The new Saxonburg field this Co. is said to be tbe only one not fully embraced or entirely controlled by tbe movement. Strong efforts were made by tbe Association (Producers) to control it also, Tbe Reibold field is said to be completely in tbe movement. All tbe big producing firms however in tbe country, both Standard and inde pendent have or will shut in their wells,according to their now consum mated plan to raise the price of oil. Case of tbe Anarchists. The Supremo Court of the United States nave refused to grant tbe writ of error prayed for by the Chicago Anarchists. This now leaves them without any hope unless tbe Govern or of Illinois commutes their senten ces to imprisonment for life. Three of tbem however have written the Governor that tbey do not desire that, but ask for full pardon or for death. It is believed tbe Governor will not in any way interfere and that the men are doomed to bang on the lltb last. Offer of a Banner. The Republican State Committee offer a handsome silk banner to the county which will poll on next Tues day a Republican vote showing the nearett relative approach to the Blaine vote of 1884. Here is a chance for the Republi cans of Butler County to get a fine silk banner. Can we take it ? We can if we try. We have the votes in the county and if they all turn out to the election next Tuesday we can take the banner. Let us try. The offer of the flap comes to Mr. Mates, Chairman of the Republican County Committee, and we are authorized to make this announcement. The Blaine vote in Butler Co. was 5,217. The nearest approach to this, in comparison with the vote of other counties, will win the banner. The terms of the offer give an equal chance to all counties, largo or small. IT is not to be doubted that, the result of next week's election will greatly affect that of next year. This should induce every Republican in Butler county to turn out and cast his ballot for the State and County tickets. This is not the year to lay back and let things slide, and say to yourself "we'll give the Democrats fits next year." We should all labor to keep Pennsylvania in the front rank where she has so long stood. Any material falling off in our ma jority will be poiuted to as an evi dence of wavering faith, and must be injurious to the best interests of the party in the great contest of next year. The Democrats are quietly but aetivly pushing things, and are zeal ously laboring to get out their full vote. If Republicans want to win by their old time majority, they should improve every opportunity to induce their friends to come to the polls, and vote the ticket straight. AT a recent meeting of the Colum bia Gas Co. in Franklin, Pa. Mr. C. N. Payne, formerly of this place, was chosen President and Mr. BeujamiD W. Bredin, also foimerly of this place, was continued as Treasurer of the Company. The Venango Citizen-Press speaks of Mr. Bredin in the following favor able terms; '"Mr. Benj. W. Bredin, Treasurer of the Company, retains that position. Through all" the chan ges of officials and management of the Columbia he is the only official chosen at the organization of the company who has been retained. His ability and fidelity to all trusts reposed in him has given him the confidence of onr business communi ty. He collected aua disbursed over a million of dollars during his admin istration of tbe Columbia, to tbe sat isfaction of all stockholders." THE Doylestown Intelligencer makes the following forcible comment on the formation of a third ticket, in the interest of the Democracy of this State: There ia this year no reason for a third party move, nothing to be gained by tbe election of a third ticket and consequently no ground for au appeal to the public in behalf of a worthy and deserving cause. The attitude of the Republican ia two State Conventions and the last Legislature, and the work it has done for temperance, leave no room outside of its ranks for genuine practical tem perance. IN Philadelphia Karl Kuhl, the leader of the Personal Liberty League and the man with whom Chair man Sanders is now conducting the Democratic State campaign, said in a speech that he would "VOTE FOR THE DEVIL'S GRANDMOTHER IF SHE WOULD ABOLISH THE SUNDAY LAWS " THERE is no man on the Republi can ticket this year as a candidate but is worthy of support for the office for which be was nominated. Nearly every one of them served their coun try in war, and all of tbem are com petent and of good character. THE Pennsylvania Railroad com pany have declared a dividend of 3 per cent on its earnings for the past six months. For some years past it had been but 2£ per cent. Saxonburg oil development is mak ing things quite lively over there. Several free fights between contend ing parties on dispnted leases have already occurred,and more are threat ened. GOVERNOR BRAVER has issued tbe annual proclamation for Thanksgiving Day,and named Thursday, Nov. 24, the same day named by the President. \ A CERTAIN General Jackson, of Georgia, in a recent speech ea'nl Jeff, i Davi9 was a greater patriot than j Abraham Lincoln and deserved more aiid would live longer in history than Lincoln. WILL Bntler Co. win the handsome silk banner offered by the Republican State Committee ? A full vote will do it: or a vote nearest to Blaine's "Ote in 1884. LET every township and boro. vie with tbe other to have out their toll Republican vote on next Tuesday, in order that Butler County may receive the fine banner offered. A REPUBLICAN who stays from the polls casts a silent vote for tbe Demo cratic Liquor League combination. A MOTTO for tbe Liquor League to remember. "There is many a slip between the cup and the lip." RKPUHLICAN success depends on individual exertion. Do your duty and see that your neighbors do theirs. Lecture. Tbe Rev. Dr. Rotb, of Greenville, will deliver a Lecture Thursday evening, Nov. lOtb. in tbe English Lutheran Church of Butler, on "INCIDENTS AND EXPERIENCES OX A TRIP TO THE PACIFIC " Doors open at 7p. m. Tickets to be had at Goo. Reiber and Sons', A. & 11. Reiber's, Jacob Boos' and at Harper's in Springdale. Proceeds to be devoted to tbe Springdale Mission. Putting It Plainly. In the pending campaign in this State, pays the Miners' Journal , a crisis appears to have been reached which will render the liquor ques tion and its adjuncts the dominant is sue henceforward The organized conspiracy between the Democratic leaders and the liquor power to defeat the Republican party and then over throw all the barriers erected by that party against the demoralization of the liquor traffic has forced th;it issue. With its characteristic fearlessness and fortitude the Republican party ac cepts the issue and boldly marches out to give battle upon it. The ad dress just issued by the Republican State Committee sounds a ringing defiance to the unholy alliance and fearlessly avows the responsibility for all the legislation that has inspir ed the liquor power to organize and conspire against the Republican par ty. Says this sturdy address: "It (the Republican party) is char ged with preserving the Sunday laws which forbid the sale of liquor upon that day: In answer it accepts the responsibility. It i 3 charged with having passed the High License law- It just as freely accepts that respon sibility. * * * The Republican party is charged with having in state convention and Legislative caucus ordered the submission to a vote of the people the amendment to prohibit the sale of liquor and with affirming a like determination this year. The charge is true—so flatly true that no Republican will evade it." There is no equivocation about this—no disguise, no cowardly dodg ing. Now will the Democratic State Committee have the honesty and couraga to issue an address as plainly declaring that the overthrow of these safe guards to morality and this rec ognition of the right of the people to mould their State Constitution is the object of the alliance of the Democrat ic party with the liquor power ? It will not do so, but instead the Democratic managers will plot in se cret with the liquor leagues whose chief boasts that they can command a quarter of a million of money to de- J bauch the people aGd defeat the Re publican party, to the ultimate end of enthroning free rum and an European Sunday upon the ruinsof the salutary restrictive system established and maintained through Republican iufiu- i euce. This is the battle that now opens before the people of Pennsyl vania, and the Republican party is ready for it. Do not disfranchise yourself by not voting on tbe Bth of November. It is political suicide. The OLI Producers' Movement For months the oil producers have j been organizing a movement to stop j the drill, reduce the production end I the stock of oil on hand, with a view to securing better prices. Tbe pl.iu for accomplishing' tbe desired end has been kept a secret but now that the work is accomplished t'oe plan agreed upon is mndo public by the pres : The Standard Oil Company is the I OWDer of 10, 000,000 bbls. of stock above ground. They were to set 1 aside 5,01)0,000 bblo of this oil at ! a bbl. The producers were to ! shut iu one-half their production and j drill no wells for a year. Whatever i the market advances above 02 cents j each producer is to share to that j amount in the profits seeming from the 5,000,000 bbls. to the extent of j the production he sbnts ia. In other j words, be is io receive pay for oil I that he leaves in the ground, and no 1 doubt much more than be could get for the same oil if he produced it. That this movement will advance tbe price of oil is reasonably certain, as the market has already advanced 13 cents since tbe shut-down was first suggested The committee representing tbe producers went to work organizing the region, with a view to stopping the d:iiland shutting in ouc-half of the production. Tbe magnitude of the work will bo apparent when it is known that there are 14.000 produc ers of oil. and many of them strong ly prertjudiced against the shut-down movement The oil population was organized into local ledges, every little district having 1 its assembly. The plau was laid before them. Meetiugs were held nigh'.ljf aud it was fa!iy discussed. The meetings were all heiu in secret and the mem bers bound by au oath to not divulge the proceeding of the council cham ber. At last the work was accom plished. It is stated that 85 per cent, of all the production of Penn sylvania and New York is pledged to the movement. The shut down takes effect on the Ist of November, end it is expected that in 9') diys from that date tbe stock will he drawn upon at the rate of of 1,000, 000 bbls a month. Ex. LET your vote constitute one iu the mnjoritv in favor of Republican principles. Stand By The Sabbath. WILLIAMPPORT, Oct. 22 —At to day's session of the Presbyterian of Pennsylvania Rev. 1). I). Harper presented r. report on the efforts being made at the present time to repeal the Sabbath laws. The re port after discussion, was adopted with the following resolutions: First—We recognize in the Per sonal Liberty League a new form of organized effort for the d'-.-it ruction of the Sabbath and tbe enthronement of the saloon. Secoud —The avowed purpose and defiant speech of this organization should awaken the solicitude of Chris tian people and all good citizens and call for their best efforts to resist its encroachment Third—We counsel the pauplo un der our care to exert their influence for tbe right.to stand by our fceritcges of a civil and religious freedom. Fourth—Tbe recent combination of all Evangelical cburcbes in the city of New York to resist the efforts of this organization, meets our ap proval, and wc recommend that simi lar action be taken ia all our large cities. Fifth—That attention lie called to this matter from the pulpits and through the press. —The German Reformed church of I'etersville.this county will bo ded icated on next Sundav, Nov. 6th 1887. —Mr. D. M. Anderson, wife, son and ncice, of Minneapolis, are at preseut on a visit to their friends here, the family of Mr. and Mrs. C. Otto, of this place. Mr. Anderson went to Minneapolis in 1855, when it contained a population of only about four hundred. It now con taius about 160,000, and its continu ed growth is marvelous. It is the 1 chief flour manufacturing city iu tbe United States, if not in the world. Its flour is shipped all over tbe world. In 1886 its flour produc tion was 5,087,317 barrels. COMMUNICATIONS, Prospect Clatter. EDS. CITIZEN: —Mrs. F. W. Magee has returned from a visit to Centre ville. Mr. Joe Garland, of Pittsburg, : spent a few days lately hunting game in this vicinity. F. D Milleman has put on a new | iron roof for Jas. McGowar.. Fritz : thinks it is a sign of a wedding there J soon. | .1. M. Leighner's second nine get badly left when they attacked tte j nine which defeated Portersville. I Score-, 4 to 21. Umpire, J. S. White. Miss Ella Pearce, of Butler, is vis itin? relatives in town. Were you at the Union Labor Meeting? Next time, don't leave till the speaker gets done. W G. Weigle and wife are visit ing in Sharon, Pa. Mrs. Samuel Bolton who has been very sick for some time, is slowly improving. W. T. Callaher is lying sick with ! rheumatism at San Pedro, Cal. M iss Durst, of Pittsburg, is visit- I ing her brother, the Rev. Robert R. | Durst, of this place. Miss Ottie Pillow, of Butler, is j staying with her sister, Mrs. Leigh ner. Well, John, you look happy again. Rev. W, P. Shanor, who has been troubled with pulmonary affections for some time, is now at the Mihvau | kee Hospital. I. B. SEAL your political faith with your ballot. LOOK out for spurious tickets. Look carefully to your ticket before voting. Coal and Gas. In a speech delivered by Judge Ag new in welcoming bankers to their convention in Pittsburg, be said that there are 14 organized natural gas companies drawing supply from 210,- 900 acres of tested territory, and hav ing over $17,000,000 capital invested These wells are delivering 500,000,- 000 cubic feet of gas per day, and are capable of yielding one thousand mil lion feet He estimated the total capita! invested in Western Penn'a at $25,000,000 and $5,000,000 in Ohio. The amount of coal displaced by natural gas is daily 25,000 tons. The Judge's estimate as to the amount of coal die-placed is probably under thu amount. Persons who live with in the natural gas belt would natu rally suppose that the new fuel is a heavy detriment to the coal trade aud has a depressing effect on prices This is an error. So vast is the coal trade that the loss of the uatural gas belt as a consumer is hardly appreci able in the market. When, therefore, our people proceed to buy coal they will find that the prices have not changed very materially from those of the good old days before natural gas competition set, in. THE people can always be trusted acd a full vote means a Repub lican victory. TIIE Liquor League will get out every vote it can to defeat the Re publican party. Imitate its example in this respect and see that every Re publican iu your district votes on the Bth of November. Important Notice. There are a number of subscribers to whom thy CITIZEN has been sent for several years past and who have neglected to make any response to former notices or to bills sent them for their due 3. Some of these live out of the State, some out of the county, and some in it. By the com ing Holidays we wiil have several bills to meet aud pay and will need ail such arrars coming us. We therefore make this appeal to those fric-uds to let us hear from theiu at least, with the best they can do. We will extend the time to all such to the first day of December coming, near a month's notice, aud to any settling up their back accounts be fore or by that date we will be as liberal and accommodating as possi ble. Friends, let us hear from you. J. II NEG LEY, Butler, I'a. ED. CITIZEN. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The following classes have been arrauged; German—Tuesday evenings with A. E. Reiber, instructor; —Penmau- ship and Arithmetic, on Thursday evenings, with Messrs. McJunkiu and Walker, instructors; English Grammar, Friday evenings, under Prof E M«kiy,—als> L$ > )k-k-?epirig with Mr. J no. Cratty instructor. Rev. Dr. Ferguson, President of Westminster college, will deliver the aidress at the second annual moetng of the Association, Friday evening Xov. 11th at 7:30 in tha Presbyte rian church. —The Republican party in Law; renee county was never iu better shape than is todiy. It is thorough ly uaited; ha 3 a first class ticket in every respect, and not a word can be said against a single man upoa it. On the other hand the Democrats are fighting over the only place to which the law allows tbein a chance to elect oue of their number in the Com missioners' offi-je and the friends of each candidate are appealing to Re publicans to come to their aid. This is a Democratic quarrel and Republi cans should vote for their own candi dates, and allow the other fellows to fight it out among themselves.—Law rence Guardian. DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to be miserable, hopeless, confused, and depressed iu mind, very irrita ble, languid, and drowsy. It Is a disease which does not got well o, itself. It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw of! the causes and tone up the diges tive organs till tlicy perform their duties v.il'.liigly. Hood's Sarsaparllla has proven just the required remedy in hundreds of cases. " I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys pepsia, from which I have suffered two years. I tried many other medicines, but none proved so satisfactory as Hood's Sarsaparilla." TITOSIAS COOK, Brush Electric Light; Co., New York City. Sick Headache " For the past two years X havo been afflicted with severe headaches and dyspep sia. I was induced to try Hood's Saisapa rilla, and have found great relief. I cheer fully recommend it to all." Mua. 12. F. Annahle, New Ilaveu, Conn. Mr?. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, Mass., was a sufferer from dyspepsia and sick head ache. Si.e took Hood's Sarsaparilla aud found it the best remedy t-lw ever used. Hood s Sarsaparilla Sold by all only by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Dosos One Dollar. JSgT'A'Uer.is.e in the Cmzjts. , Attractions And the one tve wish to oall your attention to Is Bickel's Mammoth BOOT 11SBOE IKE, NO. 22, SOUTH MAIN STREET. BOOTS SHOES and RUBBERS, Is not *he cniy attraction, but the remarkably low price at wlilch I am selling them at Is attract ing the attention of the people all over the county ather and Findings, Blacksmiths' Aprons, &c. Headquarters |. Boston Rubbers My Intention was to handle nothing but Boston Rubber but in order to accommodate a few of my customers I have put in a line of Candee Boots, but nevertheless. I still belle/c the Boston Boot the best Loot In the market, i will sell until Jan. Ist THE HIS' HSIM fiVSSER BOiiS !I 52.35. Including a pair of good heavy slippers. Don't buy any 2d qualliv Rubber, too?: for the name on heel Boston Kuaber.Shoe Co., take no other. Ladles'. Misse.v. Boys' You.tr.' and Chiidrens Boots and Shoes In great variety. When you want Rubber ask for Boston A. Yours, &c, JOHN BICKEL. 22 South r&'ciia Street< MANUFACTURERS OF MENS', YOUTHS'. BOYS, AND CHILDREN'S rnmul CLQTHING mium Of Pine and Medium Grades, at Closest Prices. Also, J. KLEE & CG.'S SUPERIOR WORKING FANTS, Every pair guarantee! not to rip. Sos, C2S and «30 E*roau oldest and l>est Institution tor obtulnlng a Business Education. Wo Uave Huecessfull> prepared thousands ot young men u of 1110. For Circulars address. IV IH'FK A. SONS, ritttl.urs, l»a. WALfIrJY "• , " ro " n:I « .... . . ■ ixpicsetii ■: rcrovu looullty an ' iu Ann. R«*fCifi»rrfir©«]Uliv cts. Fggß, 25 ets. Fish, mackerel, 10 to 15 cts. Flour, per barrel, $4.50 to $•;. Flour, per suck, $1.15 to $1.50.. Feed, chop, per 100 pounds, $1 10. Feed, bran, per 100 lbs. sl. Grain, wheat per bushel, 00. Grain, oats per bushel 30 t > 33cts Grain, corn per bushel 50 cts. Lard, 10 cts. Hams, 15c ts. Honey,2o cts. Shoulders, 10 cts. Bacon, 13 cts. Dried beef, IS to 25. Corn meal, per pound. 2 cts. Potatoes, new, :<0 cts Uushel. Kice. 8 to 10 cts. tjajrar, hard, 8 cts. Sugar coffee, 7 cts. Sugar, raw, til cts. So-'p, 5 to 10 cts. ■Salt, per barrel, $1.25. Tea, Hyson, Gunpowder, etc., 50 cts. to 60 Tea, Japan, etc., 50 to <;0 cts. Tea, Breakfast, 40 to fcO cts. Tallow, 8 cts. Buckwheat Flour, 3 ots. perpound. Turnips, 50cts. per bu. Swett Potatoes, 40 cts. per bu. Cranberries, 10 ets. pfcr pk. General Election Proclamation. VVBy an Aet ol the (. -ueral Assembly 01 ther mmonwealUi or I'ennsylvar.U. entitled ■•An ACT Reiallng to tuo elc?t!o!is of the Com monwealth." passed the second (lay of July". A. D. IN'.J. it ts maO- the duty if tli** sheriff of every county within this Commonwealth to give public notice of the election, and lu such to enumerate. Ist—Tne officers to !>c e -e. ted. l'il- 0. the places at which the flection !■> to lie held. 3d—lie shall (five notice that even" person, excepting .lustlces of the Peace. who shall hold nny office or apnolnmient or prom or trust un der the Government 01 th- i .died states, or of :his state or of any fit., or lncori»orated district, whether a commissioned oliieer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent, who Is or shaU be employed under th i.i this commonwealth, and that no Inspector. Judge or other olficer of any election sha:> be ell_rii-le to any office to lie then voted lor. I. PRTF.R KK.IMXR. High Sheriff of the county of Butler, do m ;keh iuspi ctor shall appoint one eleri;. Election oUlcers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of election and wbile engaged in making up aud tiaucnilttinir returns, except u| ou a warrant of a court of record or Judge tbero of, lor au election fraud, lor fcluiiy, or Cor wanton breach of the peace. 15. No person shall he qaalified to serve r>s an election oflicrr who Mia'.l bold, or rbail within two mouths bavo held nn office, up puiutment or employiuent in or nndcr tho government of the C'ulfed tjbitcs or of (hi* suite, or ol any r.ty c- couuiy, <■ • it' »uy .Municipal Iwiarc i-uamHli n or i * . it- any city, save oily .t«tieeii ■ I the eace > alder en, I übile aud ;N.SCUS ID inllltis -crvic- r.f ifce Slate; n. r shad anv election : olHt< eligible to at.y elvj office io be i tilled i v .in election o; which he soul I serve, «a«oo » to such sub rdlnate municipal or ; oi a I office* a* thai! Is- ectlguaicd by general [ Hni.; disqualification j .. the oihi-er < r oibe a ise in an election "ourd beri-toiore a.-po ,:ed, or where any new •trict shall ne for tiled ihc or judges the court ot com la •; lens oi ihc proper j county shall, ten d«p .- •fore any general or ' soeeial election, appuiM conpetent persons ; io till said vacaoeie to conduct tbe . j election in said new d'- Mcls; and in tbe ap ; pointuient ot inspect""- In any election dis | irlcl !-»nh shall rot he i ' ibe same political 1 i arty; and the ft elections shall, in all cases, l>e of Ibe p ;.: -al pnrty having tho majoi ay ot votes in «•. ; I diclriet, as nearly as the said judge or judges can ascertain tbe fact: and iu ca-e of ihc disagreement if tbe :i» to t: . of insper lots, ibe political majo. vo! ibe judges shaU select one of such Inspector*, an-.l the m 'ior | iiy judge or jud;:es shall select theoihe.. VAI ASCIE6 OX XORMM2 OP ELECTION—ACT OP JULY 2, 1839. Iu case the person who shall have received lh.: second bivbest number of votes lor Inspector, shall not atteud on tbt day ol »• y election, ihen 'i c pcrsem who shall have received he set e. 1 highest number ot votes lor judge at the next prcceediug elec tion, shall act as un in his niace; ! and in case tbe petM t e.bo shall have rc> ceivtd the highest Uoinlnir of votes lor in spector sua'l not attcL !, the JK rson elected judge shall appoint an inspector in bis place; and in case the person elected a judge sh»ll j not attend, then i!:c ii. who leceived ' j 'be highest number i r votes shall aj poiuia in judge las place; and if anx vacancy shall ( continue iu tho bo ir the' spate of one ' | hour alter tbo time fixed by law lor tbe . opening ot the election, ihe alined voters I ot the township, ward or for, which tuch ctiiie: shall h \ beeu elected pios , ent at the election, tha.l elect oue of their f number to till sneh vacaucy. THE OATH—ACT JAXUART 30, 1874. Sec. 9. Iu addition *tbe oath now prc ■ scribed by law to be taken and subscribed by \ election clllc.rs, they st-.'ilbc severally sworn [ j or r.lMrmed not to ciscl- e how any elector I shall have voted unless required to do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding. Alljnd"os. ■ iuspcctots, clerks and overseers of any clec lion held under ibis .tel. shall liefore enter ing upon their duths. be duly sworn or affirmed in the prtxetn cof each other. The judges shall be sworn i.y the miuority in specior, and in case tbeie by no minority inspector, then by a justice ol the peace or j aldeiman, and tfce overseers and clerks shall be sworn be the judge, cer , tirteito of such swelling or affirming shall . be duly made out and Binned by th-j officers sotworu, and attested by the cflicers who t administer the oath. MOL E OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS. AC! JANEABY aO, 1874. SEC 5. At all the eketionshereaftf- held un der tho laws of this Commonwealth, li e , pr.ils shall bo opened at 7 o'clock, A. M , and , closed at 7 o'clock, p. M. THE BALI. >TS. > cosstiTUTiox OR RU> JHXLVAXIA—ABT. vni. SEC. 4. AH elections by tho citizens shall be 1 by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be num bered 'n the order iu which it was received. ' and the number reccidtd L-y the election officers on the list of voteis opjiosite the name 1 of the elector who pree«;;tß the baiiot- Any elector may write his n ,ae ttpon his ticket, • or cause tlie same to bo written thereon and attested by a citizen of th 6 district. ACT JANUAKY 30, .874. I SEC. 8. At tbe ojieiiinir of the polls at the elections it shall be til ■ inty ol tbo judges ot i the cleetiou lor their r .-pective districts to i designate one of the iu: ;>Jetors, whose duty it shall bo Io have hi ct'.aioi.y the registry ol , voters, and to make the entries tl. .rein requ r i ed by law; and it »hail be the duy of the i other &:iid Inspectors to receive and number the ballots presented at s.iid election, 1 DUnES CF PEACE OFFICf as— ACT or 1839. i It shall bo Ihe dnty c.f the respective con stables of eacli ward, strict or township , wilhiu this Commonwet-'Ji, to be present in i person or by deputy, at r -e p!aco of holding sueli elections in said w.nd, district or town , olup. for tho purpose oi i-reserving the peace, ts aro/csaid > THE TICKETS. T ACT JiAßcrt ?y\ 1856. RPO. 1. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and 1 House of Representative.! of tho Common ' wealth of Pennsylvania in Geu«ral Assembly • met. and it is here!), enacted by the au thority of tho sam», Tl -t the qniiilied voters ! of tho several counties of this Commonwealth at all general, township borough and spe ' cial elections am hereby li9roaftor authorized and required to vote ty tickets, printed or ' WTitter>. or partly ptin't l and partly written, severally classfipel as folla.rB: 1 One ticket shall contaii. tbe names of all petsoiiß voted for for the Electors of President si:d Vice Pre pi*! ent of the United States, slid shall be 1.-Uniled on the outside ' with the word ••Electors." One ticket sh«ll contain ihe names of all persoiiH vote.l for for .'•! ember of Congress of tho United States, til persona voted for for Member of iho State Senate of the Common wea'th nf Pennsylvania, all jien-ons voted for for Member of th House of liepresenta tiven of (lie Commonv/y^lthof Pennsylvania, and ail persons voted for for county offices of said county of Bntier. and to bo labelled on tho outside v.iili the word '"County.' One ticket shall c.>e ! iiu the names "of all i persona voted for for Judge of any of lh* courfu of said county or of this Common wealth, and bo labelled on tbo outbids with tho word ••Jii'li :'ary.' Oue ticket shall contain tho names of all persons voted for for oiUeers of tbe Com monwealth rf I (nrsy-vrnia, other than Judges of tho Supreme Court cf said Com monwoalth. and bo labelled on the outside with the word •State." OF THE ELECTION RETURNS. ACT JANUARY 60. 1874. SRC. 13. As soon as Ihe polls shall close, the officers of the election ehaJl proceed to count all tho votes cast for each candidate voted for. and tuiko a full r- turn of the same in triplicate, with a return sltr-ofc in addition, iu all of which the votes received by each can didate shall be given afier his name, first iu words then in figurun. and shall bo sign ed by all tho said onic«»-< and by over-eers, if any, or if not so certified, the overseers and any olScer refusing to sign or certify, or either of Ibom, shall write upon each of tho icturn< his or tbeir reason for not signing or certifying tbeni. Tbe vote soon as conuted. shall also bo publicly and fully de clared from the window to tho citizens * pre seut, and a biief statement showing the votes received by each candidate slialT be made and signed by the clef! >u offers as soon as ihe votes are counted; and the same 6ball be i;mu>'diutely po>tud upon ihe door of tbe elei tiou house for Information of the public. The triplicate returns -hall bo enclosed iu envelopes and be scaled i.i the presence of the officers, and one envelope,with the unseal ed return sheet irlven to ibe judge, which S.'MII contain one list of voters tally papers and Oiilli of officers,and another ol said envelopej shall be given to ihe minority Inspector. All i judges living wilhiu twelve miles of the Prothonotary's office, or within twenty-lour mile*. If their resideuce in a town, city or village upon tbo line ol a railroad lending to the couuty sent, shall before two o'clock past meridian ot the day alter Hie election and all other Judges shall, before twelve oV-lock meridian of tlio se-.ond day after tho election, deliver said return, together with return slwct, to ihe piotbonotmy of the enuit ot common pleas ol ihe county, which said return f hall be (lied, ind the day and the hour ol filing marked I hereon an i shall be preserved by tbe proiuonotnry for public inspection. At twelve o'clock on the second day following any election, the prothouotary ol the court of common pleas shall present ibe said returns to the sa'd couit. In conn ties where there is no resident president judge, tbe assoclatejudge sbr.U perform the dniica imposed npou th - court ol common pleas, which shall convene for said purpose; the reir.ru presetted by the protbobotary shall he opened bv said court and computed by sueh of lis officers and such sworn assis tants as the eonrt simll * point; iu the pres ence ol the judge or jiiliters and overseers, in any of the election districts complained of, to bring them forthwith into court, with all election papers in their possession; and if pal pable mistake or fraud ti all be discovered, it shall, upon such lieaiing as may bo deemed necessary to enlighten tho court, bo corrected by the court and s i cci'.fied; but all al'toga tious cf palpable fraud '.-v tnistako shall be decide! by the slid cot-it with in threo days aft'.r tho diy the returns a-a brought into co'ut for eomnutalion, a.l t'uo said Quqniiy shall he directed onlv top i nab'.o fraud or niis» ta'ie. sod shall not i"» rf»- ned a judicial adju dication to couoludc any c jutest uow or hore aftsr to be provid-jd by law. and the other of t.aiJ triplicate returns shall be l-e placed in a box aud sealed up whli tlio ballots. If any of the sai i judges shall himself bo a candidate for any oiiieo of auv elect.on, he shall not sit with tiio court, or act ia counting the returns of sticb election, and iu such cases the other fudges, if any, snail act. Given under my hand r-t my office st Butler, this (sth day cf October, in tbe year of our Lord. lb«7, a id in t!"» h yoir of the Inde pendence of tho United States of North America, PETER KRAMER, Sheriff of Batter County^