THE CITIZEN. JOHV D. & W. C. XEGLEY, PROPRIETORS. •CBtCKIPTiOX iuTW—POHTAfII PREPAID : One year St* Tlrf months Eaten* »t »* ■»tl*r m t4 ru»» »att<-r " FRIDAY MARCH 16. 18*8. =— Republican Primary Election. The Republican voters of Botler County are requested to tneetat their anil places of holding elections on Satordav, April 14tb, 1888. between tbe boar* of one and seven O clock, P k, of Mid day to vote by ballot for one person lor State Senate, two per eons for A*««mbiy. one person for Ju- TT Commissioner; two persons for Dekf»te« to the State Convention and cue persoo for Return Judge. Yoters will also by ballot vote ttoeir choice for one person for Con grass and one person for Delegate to tbe National Convention Voter* will by ballot, in the differ ent sub-Districts of tbe county, vote for oae person for Delegate to the eoofrmaicn* I coowQtioD iod One person for Delegate to the National Delegate convention. Tbe county committee left it to the option of tbe voters of tbe sub-district., whether there shall be one person for delegate to tbe Congressional con ven tion and one person to tbe National delegate convention or whether they will elect one person to fiil both pla ces. tbe two convention* being held at different times. Tbe Sub District* of the county are as follows: No. 1, Allegheny and Parker town ibipa. No. i Mercer, Marion and V enan- go townships "No S, Blipperyrock and Worth, twpn, and Centrsvilie boro. No. 4, Cherry and Clay twps and Snabarr borough. No. 6, WMbington and Concord twps. . . Na €. Fairriew twps, Fairview, Petrolla and Earns City boroughs. No. T. Oakland. Donegal, Clear field twps and Millerstowu borough No. 8. Summit, Jefferson and Clin ton twpa, and Saxonborg boro. No. 9. Winfield and Buffalo twps, No. 10. Penu and Forward twps, nd Bald Ridee. No. 11, Bailer twp, and Butler bor ough. No. 12. Adatas and Middlesex tps. No. IS, Cranberry and Jackson tps Connoquenessing Sooth, Zelienople and Brans City boroughs, No. 14, Conuoqueneasing North, Lancaster and Maddycreek twpa No 15, Centre, Franklin and Bra dy twp*, and Prospect borough. Tbe Returns Judges are to meet ia convention at Butler, on Monday, April 16. at 1 o'clock, P M, to count tbe rotea and declare the results, and lo attend to all other business that aball come before them. Said Re turn Judges shall constitute the County Committee for the ensuing year Tbe election will be held under the ralee governing primary elections Republicans only are to participate in said election. By order of the County Committee. JAM B MATZS, Chairman. W. C. THOXPSO* » J. , A. M. CHUSTLEY ) A THOCGBTFCL Wheeling manufac tnrer pota it this way on the Mills' tariff bill: "I'm going to kill you, but I won't hurt yon." TDB Atlanta Conttitution calls Mr. Mill'a "a glittering ass." "This is •MMwhat tough on Texas honah. Mb, bat it a neat fit, just the same." —Explosions from gas are still mentioned at other place*; but Botler might be regarded as free from such danger at present, there not being ga enougb to make an explosion. TUB Washington, (P*-) Reporter has added a now and fast Campbell press to its office. The porter is an old and reliable paper in all -Kapecta. Rnomruxoig are pouring into Congress against tbe reduction pro poeed by the Mill's tariff bill on wool, lamber, salt and other of our iudus ttiee. ML RieaanD JraMisos, of Brady's Bend, who was recently expelled from tbe Producers' Protective Associa tion, justifies his drilling in violation of tbe rules, by alleging that the As sociation granted parmUsion to other parties to drill near his lines. EVAXTS is the oldest of tbe Repub lican Presidential candidates. Hi! was «0 on the 6th of Feb. Sherman is tis. Allison 59, Hawley 62. Edmunds GO, and Cullom 59, thougk his hair Is still black Frank Hiscoel ia tbe youngest Presidential candidate of-the Senate. He was 54 last Sept Ingalls comes next to him at 55 Robert T. Lincoln is only about 44 VICTORIA, is the name of the new Empress of Germany, and she is a daughter of Qaeen Victoria of Eng land. Should Frederick, now Empe ror of Germany, die of his disease, •aid to be cancer in the throat then his wife will be a Dowager Empress, which made it importaut to her that her husband survived his father, the late Emperor William. TH* late March days have been the worst experienced in tho Eistern p»rt of this country for many years Railroad travel between Philadelphia and Pittsburg was impeded by the great storm and drifted enow, and up Wednesday of this week but little mail except from Pittsburg was re Aeired at the postoffice here. This oneeasonable blizzard was also severe in this county and Western Pennsyl vania, bnt nothing like in the East It was of eastern origin this time. MR, RANDALL, who some of th»> Democrats rwjently said had given up bis protection views,has introduced a bill in Congress in opposition to the Mill's tariff bill. Randall's proposi tion takes tbs-duty off tobacco and redooes it on spirits instead of on for eign import#. This proposition will, fcowsvar.meet with strong opposition from members of both parties Tak tafr ike duly off or reducing it oo liq * ' nor? is with many s moral as will as 1 fiolitiW tjatstiod and will therefore |w opposed OB moral grounds. Sub District Delegates. We are requested by Republicans 1 of Sub district. No 8, Summit, Jt Her eon and Clinton Tps. and Saxonburg borough, to state that a meeting will be held in Saxouburg oa Tuesday. March 27, at 1 o'clock P. M , for the purpose of settling upon the two sun delegates to be elected in tbe same for the Congressional and National Delegate district Conventions to be held at New Castle. Oiher sub districts where they con venieutlv can, will likely take s;nii! ji' aorion to the above before the Pri mary of April 14. Where there are but two townships in a sab district there will be but lit tle trouble in having an understand ing or arrangement about, the said delegates to New Castle; but where there three or four, or, as in oue sub district, No 13, where there are six election districts, in these it will be more difficult to have concert of ac tion or agreement upon the siid dele gates: There is time remaining however, to yet have some action iu every enb district. The following is the action taken in Lawrence and Beaver counties of this district concerning the election o* these delegates to the New Castle district Conventions when held: Each sub district shall elect two delegates this year, one delegate to act in the Congressional convention and one delegate to act in the Na tional Delegate convention, who sh3l' be voted for separately, and the per sons receiving the highest nutuber oi votes iu the sub district shall be the delegates to the respective conven tions; but tbe sane person shall not be eligible to serve in both couven tions. —The funeral of the lat* Mr. Peter Herdic, of Williamsport, Pa , in said to have bten the largest ever had iu that city. Mr. Herdic erected the 6oe Park House there, and did much in his time to improve that place. MB FRANK S READER, editor of the Beaver J 1 alls News, declines to be a candidate for Congress in Bea ver countv, for which position hi.-1 name was very favorubly mentioned. THE enterprise among the citizens of Ceuterville and Slipperyrock two., for the establishment of a Normal School at Ceuterville, is meeting with much success. Ceuterville is fa vorably situated for such an institu tiou. W* are indebted to Mr. Snyder, County Superintendent of Comoi u Schools, fur a copy of the Report of the Slate Superintendent of Public Instruction for 1887, and also for a copv of the Pennsylvania School Laws and Decisions up to 1887. Few delegates to the uext Re publican National Convention will be instructed for any candidate. Ibis iB as it should be* The best wisdom of the party will be needed and the best men, not instructed or self .-eek ing dummies, should be made dele gates and allowed to freely exercise their best judgment. —Crawford Jour nal. —The Sharon Pa., Council proposes to merge the offices of street commiss ioner and health officer and pay a stated aud regular salary. He would be required to report every thing coming to his notice to the va rious council committees It is a correct Dotiou, but a man without fear or favor is needed for the poai tion. —Robert Barron, Esq., of Worth twp., returned home from Scrantoo, Pa., on Tuesday last, where he bad been summoned as a Grand Juror iu the United States Court held at that place Mr. Barron was made Fore man of the Graud Jury, which is al ways regarded as an honor and com pliment to the person cbosen and to the county from which be came. Mr. James Diulap, of this place, who was also a Grand Juror serving ut Scranton, was taken sick while there, but has returned home safe and is now in bis usual good health. '•THAT is wonderful," are reported as the last words of the Emperor William of Germany aud King of Prussia. The Court Minister, stand by bis side, had read to him the 23rd Psalm, "Tht Lord is ray shepherd," etc, to which the Emperor aud King listened attentively, and then said, "That is wonderful." Another re mark was equally striking. About 5 o'clock in the morning of his death he talked so much that a daughter said to him he would tiro himself The Emperor replied, "I have QU time to be tired." An interesting account, of his last moments will be found iu another place. —For some years camproeetinir associations huve charged an admid «ion fee to their enclosed grounds on Sundays. A gate keeper at tho Joanna Heights campmeeting, neßr Ptiiladelphia was arrested and fti.t-d for performing worldy employment on Sunday. The case was appealed to the Common Pleas Court, end after hearing argument Judge mantrout rendered a decision confirm ine the judgment of the Justice of the Peace. The judge Bays: "All world ly employments arj allowed on Sun days which in their nature cousistsof neces-ity or charity, whereupon the custom of soliciting contributions on Sunday from congregations for reli gious and charitable purposes was recognized as lawful " But he places the asking and receiving of an admis sion fee on the same grounds as do ing the *ame for a circus or nnv other kind of a show. This decision may revolutionize the practice of campmeeung organizations which prevails in Western Pennsylvania. Mrs. Sarah Duffy's Death. The manv friends of Mrs. Sarah Puffy will learn with rpgret of h*r death at the age of 87 vears at the house of her daughter, Mrs James M Sullivan, of Elm St. Mrs. Duffv was formerly a lesideat of But'er C<>, where Bbe has been long and favor ably known, Her maiden name wes O'Donnell. and the family was re markable for the ago attained, all having reached the eighties Mrs. Ilaffy has be«D blind aod deaf for the last six years, bnt retained her loving disposition and kind manners for which she was loved so much, to the day of her LU' patch, March li. THE GREAT STORM. Extraordinary Snow Storm in New York City. NEW YORK, March 13.—New , York is still iu tbe grasp of 'bo worst bl:zztrd iu ii* history. To night a strung northwester i J blowing, and it is colder than yesterday. Tls thof mounter is neßriy d<-w n to z>-ro, and ; ibe city is iu a deplorable state rue poor are beginning to realiZ" a coal famine Tb - meat supply is low, aud Dotbiug but condensed milk is used i Not a surfe.ee car in the city is turn- | iug a wheel. Tun "L" trains are running, but ouiy at irregular iuler- | vals. Numbers of persons have been ; found iu doorways and on i.be stre p r.ti , expiring from the cold. The fire da pjrtineut is io a constant state of alarm lest c. tire break out ,as it would be next to impossible to reach it wnb the machines or hydrants Broad way is piled five 'eet io hitrbt iu mo«t places witn finely packed drift* o! snow. Tbe average fall ou tho lev wrecked skiptiera aud sailors and oue woman so badly frosted that theii bauds will have to be amputated Tbe steward of one boat was brought iu a dying condition No mails have reached this city since yesterday noon. Even local deliveries are da laved beyond precedent. It is ini posssible to send messages even from oue part of the city to tbe other. The telegraph companies refuse all buni ness except press, and that is ex iremely limited. Every downtown cffi"e is thronged with anxious iuquir er» for fathers, eons aud brotuers. supposed to be missing, who buve not been seen for 48 hours. The office boy of your correspondent faint ed from cold on the way from iJi'ook lyu to the office, au;l was rescued itj the police whea nearly dying. At Philadelphia. PHILAD'A, PA , March 13—'There is but little improvement today. Tbe stagnation Of business ciused by ttie storm coutiuu*3. Toe street-CAr com panies have generally resumed busi ness, aud, wan lour-horse teams, suc ceed iu moving over th* ir rouii-* with slight deteution 'foe steam railway systems, however, arc still iu a paraivzed coudiuou, aud vory little - ffori is being made to run trains over auy ot ttie roads centering re, attention being maitilv given to at tempts to clear the tracks. Drifts in Albany Twenty £331 High. ALBANY, N. Y, \ltrch 13 —From j 10 P. M Sunday uight until now, tor j tiftv-oue hours, tho bhzzird Las rag- • wiihoat interruption For twe uy t'our hours uot a wneel ba-j byen turn ing on auv railroad centering tiere ex cept the New York Ceutral, wbicu this evening drew iu four traios a'»au doned in snowdrifts two miles west of the city. In this"city horse roads and even ; sleigh traffic is c mplstely embirgoed Drifts in the streets are from ton to twenty feet high. m The Prevailing Storm Unprece dented. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13. At the Signal Olfi it is said that the present storm is unprecedented since the organization of ill it service. The Wtoaperature today was lower that, fiver before k'io vn at this sea RL>a of the vear. All wire-* between here and New Y irk are d JA'J except one to Baltimore. The only other telegraphic communication with the outride world i.-i maintained by means of two wires sou h and three west. Germany's Emperor Dead. BERLIN, March 9 —Emperor Wil Hani's death occured at 8:30 this morniug. At midnight ho seemed to have gained considerable strength and was given nourishment. But the revival was only temporary. He sauk into a stupor, from which he oc casionally aroused, but at such tinns his mind waud«red. He was deliri ous for a brief period a r 5 o'clock, dur ing which he is reported to havo ex claimed: "1 am a man of peace, hut if Rus sia forces mo to war I shall faithfully side with my ally, Austria " Eye-witnesses of the scenes at the death state that during tii« last few hours of his life he sutfere'l uo pan. Shortly after eight o'clock all tin.* members of family staying at tho Palace, th" court (iignitari>-s, generals aud Ministers of State were summou ed to the chamber in 'V'luiii tun E.u peror lav dying Tbo Emperor w>ts i,i a half sitting position on a camp bedatead. All the members of the royal laiuily took places a*, the bed joule The room Was crowded. Prince Wiiiiain stood nearest th>.' Emperor, | alfbeucliug over c<>uch. II earnestly watched tin; face oi the Mv- j iug monarch uutil he expired. The j Emperor died holding the baud of the j Empress. HIB LAST HOURS. The Iteichsamrigsr gives the fol lowing details of the last hours of Eui-; peror William: On Wednesday, when his strength to fail, tbe Emperor Hpoke re peatedly to Prince v V Uliam about the i condition of the Crown Prince and j nb;>ur political and military affairs. j On Thursday be with hi* : daughter, the (jrund Duchess of Da ! den, aboat the death of her sou, j Prince Louis At noon be asked for j Priticfl Bii-marck, who came ! and conversed with him < n the political si'uatiou The Emperor t-p 'k« clearly a; Cf, j b'-cam« feebler an«l feebler, finally : sinking to a # wui p>r At 5 o'clock be was so weak that the members of J the family, Priuca Bismarck cr>d j C< UUVVOD Moltke aud the servants ! of the household gathered around the ■ bed. The Emperor, supported by tbe | doctors, held the baud of his wife ou i oue side aud his duuit'nter's hand iu thn, to which the Emperor .whispered cccusivJiol responses. At b:il» o'clock the patient manifest- !ed extreme weakness, and death j J seemed imminent. Suddenly the Emperor rallied nod asked tor Count I vou Moltke and Prince William, with : both of whom he talked about the . ; state of the army and the Prussian j ' people. entering iuto minute particu- j lnif* when speaking of military mat- i : u*rs, to the astonishment of both of I j his listeners. lie theu referred to j Gerinnnv's alliances wi;h Various t Countries and the possibility of A'ar Bui dursug ihe latter the fantasies oft ! dtiinum *ere mingled with coherent : i utterauces This recovery of strength lasted; till 1 o o'clock At frequent interval--* j bo conversed iu a toucuiug, earnest t mauner with those about him Be-, • Lwcea 10 aud 2 o'cl a;k he appeared j to sleep. At about 2 o'clock it was : observed that a serious cnange ivn j begiuuing to take place in the Em peror's face, although there was again 1 a slight improvement in his condition, but ut 7 o'clock it was seen that the | Emperor's last momenta were near, 1 the members of his tamily were again 1 ' summoned to his bedside and at 8:30 | the doctors declared that be was dean, j During tbe last few hours the Empe ! • ror was parually conecious Toe evening papers contain what ' are reported to be tbe last words spo ken by the p]mperor They are: j "Alexander has promised me that | he will not mike war agiiust us " It is reported that the Emperor el ! so said: "I uln convinced that weonght not to go to war with Russia, toward whom the most friendly attitude ouuht to be adopted " Tne death of tne Emperor was an nounced to the populace by the low eiing to hall mast of the standard over the Palace Flags at half-mast were displaced on all the j uhlic buildings An immen.-e concourse of people gathered outside the Palace. The multitude was silent aud sorrow ful. The Bourse was closed out ot respect to the dead. To-night, thea tree are all closed. The members of tbe royal family left the palace at 10:30. The Emperor's remains were covered with a while cloth on the bedstead on which he di ed in tbe imperial chamber. The body was surrounded with candles. The expression of tne lace was ex tremely peaceful and placid. Ihe Emperor will be buried in the mauso leum at Cbarlutteuburg. Toe Emperor yesterday wa6 able to sign the order prorogueiug the Reichstag, otherwise the signing functions were assumed by l'riuc* William* All the troops are kept in the barracks in readiness for the con tingency of taking a new oath of alle giance, Tbe regiments of the Guard were on full dress parade, in the act ol pre senting arms, when apprised of tbe death ot the Emperor by their officers. They w ill not take the oath of allegi ance to the uew Emperor until his oom mauds are received. Prepara ! lions for the reception of the new sovereign are actively going ou at tbe Palace. He travel to Berlin ou a I suecial train, which will will reach I Turin on S .turd >v night and Munich I :»t ei ht a'clock Sunday morniug. It is expected that oue ot His Majesty's ! first steps will be the granting of am ; uest.y to political offenders. During the last tbirty six hours the | Emperor was drowsy, delirious and j conscious alternately, starting at times : excitedly to ni'ike rem irks relative to | tamily or political matters Once be ; mistook Prince Bismarck for the ! Crown Prince, and, taking him by j his hand, pleaded that he would al ; ways bM kind to the Czar. He after ward recognized Prince Bismarck aud expressed iu broken seuteuces bis sat isfaction with the Austro German al i iiance. About 4 o'clock iu the morn ing ha talked so much mat th«» Grand 1 Duchess ol Badeo said he would tire | bimsclt Toe Emperor replied, "I j have no time to be tired." Prince ' William stood at tbe foot of tbe bed. j During the last tew moments the Eui i peror did not suffer. His face wore a tranquil, almost smiling expression, j A few minutes belore his death the | Emperor exclaimed "Fritz! dear i Fritz! Emperor William left 300,000 000 murks iu cash. It is expected that the iuaeral will take pitted next Thursday. Profound gloom prevails in Berlin Ruin is lalling in torrents. Expelled for Drilling Wells. BRADFORD. PA, March 11—The Petroleum Producers' Association has sent out noticfcS to all iodires that Richard Jennings, a well known pro ducer, has been expelled from the as sociation for drilling wells contrary to the shut-down contract. ASAOIIN V K >IX ETS . FOB t'O.NUKKSS. NEWTOX BLACK, of Butler, Pa. FOR STATE SENATE, DR. J. B. SHOWALTKR, Ol Millerstown. ' R. P. SCOTT, ESQ , Of Butler.- DR WILLIAM IRVINE, Ol Evuus City. I SIMEON NIXON, | Oi (.Nixou s Home) Butler, Pa. FOB ASSEUR'.Y, 1 C. M B itO \\ N, Of Uarrisville. | ,IOS. THOMAS, JR , Of Karus City, i It. I, BOQGS, of Zelienople. JO SI AH M. THOMPSON, Ot Brady twp. JL'KY (.'OJIUISSIOXKH. ! HENRY VV. NICHOLAS. of Butler twp. J. M WICK, Of Butler towaship, i CLINTON B. CON WAV, Washington twp j JACOB NEELV, Oi Franklin twp | SAMUEL M. LOVE. Ot Clinton twp. JOHN WATTE US, Ot Evans City. | W. F. CAMPBELL. Of Fairview twp. J FOB DELEGATE TO S '.TION W. COXVESTIOX ' J. H. NE'JLEi', ESQ. Of Butler. i W. C. THOMPSON, ESQ . > j Of Butler. I FOB DILSG'ATEH TO STATE CONVENTION. i THOMAS ROBINSON. O; Butler. LOYAL 8. Me JUN KIN, of Butler, Pa. [ IREUBEN SHANOR. J ••►•••• Qf pposject. * COMMUNICATIONS. Acknowledgement. ALLEGHENY TWP ,PS: —Personally j Appeared before Mr anU Mrs. •! (. | Kiokatklon. n» their residence in Al- j legheny Twp , Butler County, Pa., quite a number ot relatives and trieuds who c.ii Tie to celebrate the, 20 ; b wedding anoiversarv of Mr and Vlrs. K sk.uidon, a>id they acknowl-j edge this to be their trua act and dred, and desire the same might i>e recorded a-* such, according to Law. Mr. and Mrs Kiskaddoa app-ared to be well phased with their vi-itors. A few momenrs paswd in greeting each othHr;then the women agreeably took their places in the kitchen and soon prepared a dinner, and when ah the good tilings were placed on the table the aue-Ms were invited to take their places, which they did without any back talk. Mr. K skaddou was placd at one end of ti.e table and Mrs Kiskad tou at t)ie other, —p*rhaps ihis was for a good purpose ii would be impossi ble to describe the good quiliuesof the diuuer We were sorry that we did not feel well and could not enjoy it. but there were qui'e a number present wao did Mr. Ki.-kiddoo, Mr. H Jaruisou, Mr J C. Redic aud Mr J L Colgin in particular made up for what we lack ed. Alter dinner the meeting was called to order by choosing Mrs. 0 C. Cooper pres dent and John Thomas Er-q , secretary, and after a lew re marks there was presented to Mr. and Mrs K'skaddou as a memorial of their 20th wedding anniversary, a magnificent aud valuable china tea set aud a number ol other valuable presents, for which Mr. Kiekaddon in a few well worded remarks return ed sincere thanks to tbe donors and to all who bad showed their kindness and friendship on the occasion. It was a very pleasant china wed ding and ail present eujoyed them selves pleasantly and the happy couple were well pleased. J. T. ALLEGHENY TWP., March 12, 1888. Letter From lowa. Tbe following letter from an old Builer, uud for a loug time a Mercer mau, to Ueueiai Reed of this place, will be read with luteiest by many of our people. OAKLAND, IOWA, Mar. 7. 1838. Gtn, G IV. Heed:—Ay veuerable frieua; our mua aud Very interesting letter ot 2Sih ult came duly to hand, aud i uow tender you thauks for the intoimaiiou it contained about my old neighbors botti living aud dead — it appears tbey are all goue except Mrs Caruanau and Wui. Campoell-- aud above all was glad to hear the account ol your ovvu family. Tue statement you gave of the factories and utuer improvements iu j our coun ty , along With vour statement about vour railroads, was ail very luterest lug to uie. Tue mauy railroad lines tliat couverge at Butler now will greatly facilitate traue and travel from ttiere to ail points of the com pass. Ail IDjs« roads have Geeu ouilt witniu tue last twenty years— tlie lirst oue built witniu butler Co., was called or known as the "Butler iJraacD." I'ua Peuosyivauia il. 11 company lied, from time to time, i promised butler county that braucn, but :is otien disappoiuted ihe loud ex pectations ol me people of Lhat couu ty uul.l iu i 364 i u. ey school No. G, Summit j Twp., Thursday eveuing th-j Btb inst., under th' j care of the teacher, j Mr. J. II Timblin The scholars showed considerable j skill iu spelling duriug the lore | part of the evening,showing that that very important branch has not btjeu neglected. The school spelled about an hour and thou there was a short rece.-s alter which the crowded hous-e was called to order aud the school pro ceeded to give a literary entertain ment, consisting ot ucittilious, dec lamations, essays, tableaux, aud dia logues, which were first class VV « were especially pleased by the little foiks' appearance on the stage, | thus cultivating the habit aud self possession of appearing before mi au dience while young The older sch dars also performed their parts in aa able manner; ou the whole the school and those who par ticipated iu the entertainment, did credit to themselves and their teach er It is evident by the manifestation ol the scholars tUat thev are "March ing on" as they sang, also that they huv<- a progressive teacher who is I woikiug for the cause of education ; ai.d the building up of his pro fee ni >u. TRAVELER .Frederick's Grit. BERLIN, March 13 —Emperor Fred erick passed a good uight Ou arriv ing at Cbarlutteuburg Palace he re fused to be carried to iris apartments lin a sedan chair. He mounted the | stairs two steps at a time. After a j short rest be wrote until 1. A M. He rose at 8 A M , received Priuc-* Wil j liam, breakfasted vvitb the Emoress i aad the children and then transacted ; busines-s Bismarck's oral r.sports occupied several h mrs In the after noon the E uperor dined en * fa>ntile end continued working until evening, ! occasionally addressing his attetidant. ! His voice is audible but very hoarse, j The Fmper )r will tak ! the oath a'- cording to VhV'Pit s an C rfstitutioo, Absolutely Pure. This fo" d"r bever vane* A marvel c! ] .nrjiv, sin netb arid wtioleecimeness. '• ore jL-otioiui.-al that the o. riin ir> kiii. and c-iu not be -old in <-y Rev. S. 11. Xesbit, Sir. Robert Soiith aud Miss Stella R ilstoa, all of Grove City. SANKEY —IIU rt'rtlSON—At the Metho dist Parsonage, Thars lay, March S. ISsS, bv Rev. S. 11. Mr. Eimer S. S jukey aiid Miss LucelU \I. liutehisou, all of Cherry tp, thU c mnty . MALBON— MOCK— At the Methodist par- Bouasje, DiUrs J iy, M trch 8, 18S8, by Rev. S: H N«bit, Mr. Churles A. Malouu aud Mrs. Louise Moes, all -t Duller. H)JE£J A_H'ir3L3. Announcements of deaths published free, 'out all couitunnicdta:/ obHu tries tall '>' charyed for at Ihr rale of oii.--lf.ilf cent fore uch icord, money to acco/njjuny the order. GALL XCi iir.it -O.t Friday, March 0, 188S, at tin home in. Fraufeiiu lp. Mr. VViliiaui age.J ab.>u! 73 years, j Bli'l'US —Saturday m-iraiu^,March 10,18*18, j Mrs. Luiaia Konili, wile i°i Mr. .laeot> tJip j j.u-» ol Oakland tp, *2!> years j she \va.s a daughter ol llev. Dootli of Clar j i.»n county Mai was tfiliclcil with cunsump- I tiou. BIEiIL —At K.i Manning, on Monday, March I 5, 18:38. Mrs. E'U'n.i Bi*hi. widow of Mr. Linus tSiehl, ilec'd, aged 31 years. ilr». Bifhl's nnwden name was llelrubold, and bhc was bora iu Sax taburg, tins eouuty. ANOEUSON -At her home it Alleghany, en Friday, March 2, 18-SS. Mrs, Robert Anderson, formerly Miss A'ice 8 loan ot Ksrcs City, in the 22d year of her age. McELROY— At her home i•: Clint-ouville Pa. Feb. o, 1888. Mrs. Mary McKlrov. wife of Mr David vliEiny, tis> >iin; 12th ult. their daughter, [/turi May, aged 7 years, and on iliie 23J ult. their uau.;a!or Si«an, an iniunt. CROOKSUANK—At his home in Winfield t|>, this c.ittu:T, Satuidi.y evening, Ma.ch 3, 18S4, Mr vViiliin Cr.» oksliani, iu the 78th year of his age. tie was one <>i the oldest citizen 1 ; of' VV'in- Ueld tp and for tu.iuv yeurs a sufferer, and for the bst eighteen months was confin ed to his bed, But he bore his sufferings with Cimstian patience and calronly awaited the change, He was a consistent roLUiber of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church tor utmost score years. Hi leaves a wife and eleven children, five goas and six daughters, to m larn his lor.a. WILLIAMS—Feb 29, IsSS, Mr David Wil liams, of Franklin, I'a. agel aojut 71 years. Mr. William's was birn in Sernbgrvs twp. Venango county, Pa., and was a brother of Rev. Samuel Williams,pastor ol Mu ldycreek and I'uionville Presbyterian churches. ANDERSON —At the house of Hon. Frank Riddle, in Seruograss tp, Vena ig) emnty, Pa , M-irch 8, 1888, Mr. Wm. U. Anderson, in his (ißtli year. Mr. Anderson walked to Mr. Riddle's—a distance of less tliau half a mile —and called to see Mr. Riddle on business, aud was not iu the house oyer five minutes \vh«n he died peacefully in llis cnair, from heart disease, it is supposed, mough subject to epileptic j (its, he had been very well tor several wauiis, lip to tae vary ta >ment of his death, i WALKER—At her liome in Zelienople, on Wednesday morning, Marcn 11, 1888, Mrs. Aleii liable Walker, aged 00 years. Things We Eat. Dr. Tnos. L. ilazz ird, Professor of Physiology iu the Western Pennsyl vania Medical College, lectured h« f.jrc the Curry Institute Seh>ol of An atouiv, and is reported as follows iu ; the Pittsburg Dixpatch: "The comtaoQ idea that tho stom i aeh does all the work of digestion j i whs all wrong Tne mouth i ud the j stomach," said ho, "as well as the • intestines, have each their proper i functions to perforin " The speaker tiien gave a minute d'sciption of the ! .if the iliiT'reut organs ot digestioa. ii l !astratintf by drawings how each p-r --j formed its work, and showed how it ' one became deranged i r affeeted | the work of the eutire system lie ■ also showed the acii >a ol the gastric and pancreatic jui7 Sept McCa&dleaa John Sherman, et i»l John \\ I Graham, K2 A Lyon " 31 Mar' ISS-i Mi!! r Hntobi«..ii Ahrarn Martin i A B>n •• IS Dee,' l>Bt;GreerA RaMon Fred'* K Marterer * Ibert As7 J M Th.-iupsou and Briltain Sarah Brell, Anna Rape |McJ A(i J breath " ij) " isf>7 " Same William Rape " •• 57 •' k s >7 L '/. Mitchell John Q A Kennedy J J Irrin, et al McQniiti.io " t;» " kv»7 McCundless Martha Marshall AS Marshall VandefHn A MeQ. " til Dec, 1887 Bowser F B Quldioger *»a A J Campbell S-vnt " »>8 D-c, lt>7 " Mary Jane C«uw*y Cornelias Gormley Kohler " 23 Mar, 18*8 McCaD Fuel Co | VlcQ4 kVn ner " 33 " ISBH Scott 1' C Bell M.l Bmwn Met 'andlt.-s •' :i~ " iss.s B"W-er (Charles Banglunan Jdm G Leaner F.x'r M<-Q A ! n Proth.motary'a Office, March o, 1888. J" IIN w BH " 1 Prothono ary. JACOB 8008, DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED. HAY AND ALL KIM>S OF GRAIN, j We are now in our new store room on S Main St.. and have the room to accommodate our large stock of groceries. ! Hour, etc., and have built a l uge warehouse to accommodate our stock of feed. We pay the highest c-::-.h price for p tatces and all kinds of •JOI N'J RY PRuDUCR T K/wu 105 S. MA IN STREET, jaCOi) .LSOO.-, Butler. Pa. Special Bargain Sale ot BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS Fcr 30 Cays the Greatest Sale on Record AT BICKEL'S. Boots and Shoes at Half Price While visiting the Eastern Shoe Market I met a firm that was closing out tlielr entire busi ness. anil having on hand a line Boots auu shoes which they offered at a great sacrifice, as they had to give possession or tne room they occupied t>v March Ist. I had already bought an immense stuck or Spring uoods and ordered them shipped by April u-t. hut the offer they made me was so tempting that I could not resist It. I took tne goods and had them shipped at once. They have arrived and are now open for your Inspection. Sharp cash buyers. I want to urge you to visit my house us soon as possible and take advantage or one ot T lie greatest sales ever Inaugurated in Butler county. Remember. Five Thousand Dollars worth or Hoots, shoes and llubbers at half price, and even lesson some gi.ods. They must all be sold by April ist to make room for my Spring Goods, which will arrive nt that tline. If you want any Boots, Shoes or Kubbera at your own price don't miss this sale. Read these Remarkable Prices: Mens' Fine Shoes, Bu'ton. Hals and Congress worth $2.50, selling at $1.50. M-n< l'ineCalf 150 >ts worth 00, selling tor $1.90. Mens' livery day iioots worth ii'.jti to t:\ no selling now from $1.75 to $2.00. Mens' Every day Shoes worth #1.50 to $2 oo selling now for si.oo. liovs' Fine Shoes, Button. I'. il or Congress, worth #2.00, selling now for sl.lO. Boys' Fine Shoes worth JI.OO sailing now ror sl.oo. THIS m IISI m If ILL If A SUCCESS. Ladles' Fine Button Shoes worth st.7s selling now for $i 00. Ladies' Fine Button Kid Shoes worth ?2.00 selling now for $1.25. Ladles' Fine Hand turned Shoes worth $3.50 selling now Tor $2.00. Ladles' Fine S-rge. Congress and I.ace, Shoes worth SI.OO selling now for 05 cents. Ladies' Warm Shoes and Sllupers worth $l 23 selling now for 5u cents. Ladles' i ine Opera Toe Slippers worth *1.25 selling now or (kj cents. Ladies' Every I) ty Shoes worth *1.25 to 52.00 selling now trom 7j cents to SI.OO. These Prices are Stunners to Coiopgioii, Misses' Fine Button >hoes worth 50 selling lor $1 j i Misses' Fine Kid But. Shoes " ITo'•at $1 25 ; i Misses' Fine Calf " '• " 165 " at 100 I Misses' •' Lace " *' 1.00 '• at 50t075ci ; Ohil 's Fine Button hoes *' I00••at 50 cents; j Chil I s every day shoes \ orth 75c to $1 " at 20t040e ; 100 DOZEN BA3Y SHOES ALMOST G'VEN AWAY. This Is Hie largest purchase of Baby Shoes ever made by any r et:ill dealer In Western Venn* svlvania. They are elegant goo.ls. All Button In ,I'eoole (jo.it. Cur Kid. Glove Kid with Patent Leather foxing—wor; h troui ou to tiO cents a pair. But They Must Go for 25 cents a Pair. The only way in which this sa'a ''an be appreciated is to attend it and reap some benefit of it. It Is an immense lot of Boots and S.iocs to force on to the market in 30 davs, but remember you can buy shoes at yo ir own price, and lr you are not In neel of any goods for immediate use you had better buy some for the future, for It is altogether likely that you will never live to witness Boots and Siloes sold as cheap as they are being sold at my store during the month of March. M 'iis' Rubber Boots, B >ston make $2 00 a pair. B »vs' Bubber Boots Boston muke $1.50 a pair Ladies' Misses' and Children's Boston, make 1 00. Ladies' Rubbers, all kinds, 25 cents. Mens' Rubbers, all kinds, 50 cents. All goods are warranted to be perfect in ever}' particular. Money cheerfully refunded In case goods do not suit. Mens- Fine Shoes Made to Order Special atte niion is given to this branch of business and satisfaction Is guaranteed. I carry a large line of shop made shoes and in case you cannot waft to have a pair made I can fit you out of stock. 1 also have a large stock of Men's Ivlp Boots cat from the best leather in the market, made box toe and plain, extra long legs—Just the thing for the oil trade. I'rlces very reasonable. REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS IN RUBBER AND LEATHER. LEATHER AND FINDINGS. BLACKSMITHS APKONS in CALF and SHEEPSKIN. rs< • "| Do not let inclement weather or anything else keep you from "1A O f~k 1 O I attending ttiis remarkable sale. L_7 J H ,1 ; I \V <4 ' £«»ily U»oartlciilars inquire of ! 1.. S. ScJI'MUX, UK. •IcffiTson St.. '-a,lf Butler, l'». i Advertise in tbe CrriZKji. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire insurance C«. Jflfice Cor. Main & Cunringha-m Sts. 3. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. \\ M CAM {'BELL. TREASURER LI. V HEINEMAN, SKCKBTAKT, DIRECTORS: J. L Purvis, 'Samm»l Anderson, William Campbell w Bnrkliart. A. Ttoutinan. Henderson Oliver, ' <» C Koessinif. James Sit-phf-uson, i I»r. W. Irviii. N. Weltzel. ! J. F. Taj lor H. C. Uelneman. LOYAL M'JUKEIK, Gen Ae't 6UTLEH, PA | BUY YOUR HOMES United Security Life Insurance and Trust Co. of Ta. Money to Buy Homes. MO' tlily du» s not more than a fair rent. Var ments Uefrt-fiFe yearly. In event of dcatn prior to <