VOL. XXV.
A all the good points of uev* ml acc ptable
Y onrs
HS becoming to everyone.
J comes In a'l the different Straws and the
c! arming new spring colors, sage tireen. Go be- I
ltn. Gclden Browns. Boreal and Electric.
It admits of many styles of trimming
each seen,~ an improvement over the last,
cut It trimmed In one many |
n comes from our experienced doalgrers.
These hats are going so fast that
best to immediately to see it In Its many
styles and trimmings. We verj large
/ stock Just now but when a th.ng catches the
( .ye and the public as It has. It is
bound to go. liemember our bargains cannot
be duplicated weeks.
We've opened. week, over
ferent shapes, with the trimmings, dl
rect from the largest bouse America. Among
them are the "K.M.Q-" and the - Bunny."
» There set-ms to be an impression that because
** THE MATCHLESS." we are patronized by the fashionable people.we
4KI.T m eTorr u. cue lor ;how «lioee pocket are limited. This b. a great mLslake. |
« b Jf . r.~ oNlped. Tv having the custom <A the fashionable women, to make special efforts to ■
pffirtc t. r ih'ui. jw we think we CM salt the taste aad means of anyone, however odd the taste, I
c*r Itaii?' • -. *
Just i -orJ about LELIA PITH." To those who have used it we say nothing. Their once '
stkJu* it - ires Its use always. To those who never tried it we say. - profit by the experience of
bu> at<U try It." _ _
Miss M. H. Gilkey,
New Building, No. 62 S. Main St. THE LEADING MILLINER
1
The Greatest Spring Stock
IN BOOTS, SHOSS and SLIPPSBS BUTLER
HAS 2VSR SEEN, NOW OPENING AT
HUSELTON'S
All fresh clean new spring styles did not buy out any
one* old Stock, neither do we advertise fictitious amounts
in jroods bought thinking it sounds big, No tricky
drives, no deceitful leaders, no tempting baits, no auc
tion <rood.* or old sample lots, but unilormly low prices
on every article and same price to all.
One element in our spring Stock of Shoes speaks to
you with special force, the beauty ot the Styles, tlie ex
cellence of the Stock and workmanship, as to prices you
can t tell wh.it Shoes are by reading prices you must see
the goods especially when unscrupulous dealers will ad
vertise for instance: Ladies' fine Kid Button Shoes worth
$1.75 selling for $1.00; Mens' fine Shoes worth 2.50 selling
at $1.50, this is an old jew triek in trade that has been
discounted long ago, people don't take any stock in such
trickery. _ .
Ladies' fine shoes unusually large selection especially in
hand turns, they are glove fitting, very soft and easy to the
foot, our $2.50 turn French Kid Vamp boot is a beauty
can't be matched in the county, cheaper turns we won't
use as they are worthless, then the finer grades at $3.00
3.50 to 4.50 in all widths both in common sense and
Opera lasts, our Kid Button at $1.25, 1.50, 1,75, - 00 and
3.00, McKav sewed flexible soles are daisies, no sheepskin
genuine Kid. the 1.50 boot is selling as last as we get
them in, warrant every pair, they are stylish, as good as
other dealers sell at 2.00. See our bright Dongola very
fine stock, is tough, will notscufTin wearing like some Kid
does. Ladies Urain Button boots the best you ever saw at
1:00 and 1.25. Pebble Goat 1:50, 1:75, and 2:00
Ltdies' fine shoes with Patton leather tip, now very stylish for street
wear $2 op to $3. Old Ladies' wide easy shoes in B-ils and Cong, up
to No. 8, Slippers, ID Opera f>o cents, best in the land for the price.
Lawn Teooifi Shoes in Mens' Womens'and Childrens'. \\ igwam
Slippers, verv easy and comfortable, cheap, our full line fine Slippers is
not in yet, is a little early, will tell you about ttem Inter on. Misses'
aad Childrens' line Shoes in Spring heel and heel, iu Kid Goat and St.
Goat, high tops, Misses' Kid $1 00 and upwards, U Childrens 50 cents
aad op.extra fine Shoes for Ladies that wear Email sizes 1 to 2,Shcee for
Baby 's 25 ceota aod up.
Men*' fioe ehoeaTery fine style $1 00, 1 25, 1 50 to $2 00, extra fine
C«lf Shoes $2 00 to 3.75. Kangaroo, one of the moßt popular Shoes of
tbe d»v in McKaj Day sewed and Hand sewed in ail endless variety of
style? and price*.
All ihoiie in Button Bals. or Cong, all widths tip narrow toe or full
plain toe, we show the best and fin eat shoe at $1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.00
3 00 in Batter.
Boys aod Youths' in Calf, Veal, Calf-grain in regular and extra high
tops, new goods, seamless at $1.50 to 200 and 2 25. Plow shoeß. Bals,
and Coop. Boys Button 1-5 1 25. Mens' Plow Shoes, lace and Brogaus.
Hob Nailed at Mto $l5O, Calf Boots $1 AO to $3 00. Leather and
Findings, large stock We do all kinds repairing, we use the best lines
ia tbe iaarket in Boots A Shoes, we have positive proof of this in their
excelleul wearing qualities,and still better some of our little competitors
have lately been making every effert to get seme line of Shoes and have
so far failed. We coutrol all tbe lines we use for this town. Come and
se« os, will save you money. No trouble to Bbow our goods.
B. C. HUSELTON
JACOB BOOS,
DKALKR IS
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
FLOOR, FEED, HAY AND ALL KINDS OK GRAIN.
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 large ware-house to accommodate
our stock of feed.
We pay the highest cash price for potatoes and all kinds ol
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Jacob Boos, 105 s B X* s p R a EET '
"Nothing Succeeds Like
Success!"
WHY ?
BECAUSE LOOK at cur SUCCESS in BUTLER
Then Look Back 3o Years Ago
When We Commenced.
Now Look at the Way We Do
Our Business,
THEN REASON HOW CAN it be OTHERWISE 5
WHEN WE CARRY THE STOCK WE DO
ETBE ÜBST=
A nd Most Complete in Butler, ranging in Quality and pric*
from the Cheapest to the Finest, all Reliable, Well Made
Goods, besides we Guarantee all we sell
Call and be Convinced.
H. SCHNEIDEMAN,
Ho. 4, Main St OLD RELIABLE CLOTHIER
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
LOOK! READ!!
I have enlarged ray store-room. In fact, made 1
It almost tw lii- :ls large as It was before, and
have also Increased my stock. I have, by lar. ,
tlie largest anil best selected stock of
Fine Drugs and Chemicals
in Butler county, and an now In pcsltion to
supply the wants of tUe people of this county —
even better than In the past,
You will do well to call on me when in the
nee j of anything in the line of
Fine Drugs and Medicines.
Mv stock is very complete and PRICES VERY
Lu\V In medicine quality Is of the rtrst Impor
tance, so we give particular attention to tilling
Prescriptions.
Our Dispensing Department is complete. We
dispense only Pure Drugs of the
Finest Quality,
and our patrons may bring us their prescrip
tions, feeling cert iln that they will be carefully
and accurately mied.
Thanking the public for the very generous
patronage tliev nave accorded me in tlie past, I
t.i be able lo serve them more acceptably
In tlie future, at the old stand.
No. 5, North Main St.,
BUTLER, PA.
J. C. RSDICK,
■pi If 11 Suffer any Pain,
I L Y 1111 Have Any Soreness,
IT Villi Feel Any Weakness,
II IWV Have a Lame Back,
Go or Bond straight as you can to the drug
store and Insist on having the Famous
- Hop Plaster -
It will C'aro: never falls to give instant
relief. Virtues of ftresta hops, hemlock and
pine balsam united. The perfection of Ras
ters. clean and sweet. 25c., five for SIOO,
or mailed for price. , _
HOP PLASTER CO.. Proprietors.^Bostott^
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
(i, M. ZIMMERMAN.
■ PHYSICIAN AND SIKttEOH.
Office at No. 4r>. S. Main street, over Frank &
Co s Di ug Store. Butler, l'a.
J. F. BRITTAIN.
Atl'y at Law—Office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK
Att'y at. Law—Office on South side of Diamond,
Butler, Pa.
IRA McJUNIUN.
Attorney at Law. Oltlce at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St., Duller, l'a.
Dr. N. M. Hoover,
Office over Boyd's Drug Store.
DIAMOND BLOCK, - - - BCRLBU, PA.
W. R. TITZEL,
PHYSICIAN AN " SURGEON.
N\ E. Corner Main and Wayne Sta.
B'OTLER PEJ^JIT'A
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in tlie neatest manner.
Specialties tiold Killing, and Painless Kx
truction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
(Mice ou Jefferson Street, one iloor Eut of Lonry
HOUM*. I'P St»ira.
Office open daily, except Wednendays and
Tln:rsiays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
B. —The only Dentist In Butler using the
best makes of teeth.
JOHN E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN ANI> SURGEON
Office No. 05 South Main Street,
BUTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPT3S,
Physician and Surgeon,
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLER, FEJTZST'A.
* .
Ou WAI.nnON. Craduate of the Phlla
. ft. delphia Cental College. Is prepared
to do anything In the line of his profession iu a
satisfactory manner.
<)fllce on Main street, Butler, opposite the
Vogeley House.
J. S. LOSE, M.D.,
Has removed from Harmony lo Butler and hus
his oftice at No. », Main St., ttiree doors below
I/jwry House. apr-30-tf.
L. S. McJUNIKIiV,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't.
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
K\(il\KKH AND SURVEYOR,
OFFICE ON DIAMO.VD, BUTI.ER. PA.
Stewart & Patterson. 8
A. M. BTKWAKT ami S. A. PATTERSON, Con
tractors and Builders, are both men of years of
experience In Hue house building and framing. '
All persons thinking of building will do well t
to we tliem ami look over their designs.
Residence on Kalrvlew A\e.,HprlnKdale. *
Poatofflcc, Batter, Pa.
FOR SALE |
t
A large frame boarding house, good location
and doing large business. Terms easy. IKor
further particulars Inquire of (
1,. S. JlrJl >Kl>, 17E. Jeir«-ntoii St..
•'-itfj.U llutler, Pa. )
For Sale.
Tlu: undersigned Administrator of Kbenezer |
Christy. dec'd. late or Parker twp., oilers at
private sale a farm of 117 acres, situate In Wash
ington twp., near Milliard's Station. It Is all ,
cleared and in good state of cultivation, well
watered, ;.nd has a two-story frame house, and i
log barn, large orchard, and good out buildings
ALSO, a 75 acre piece In Washington twp.,
near the Allegheny slope Coal mine, with rail
road running through It. two-story trame house,
partly cleared and balance good timber.
AI.SU, a larm of HO acres In Parkfcr twp,, be
tween AnnlsWlle and hldorado, one-hair cleared
anil other half well timbered with chestnut
timber, good land, but no buildings.
All the above pieces are underlaid with coal,
and will l»: sold either lor cash or on time.
I'or further particulars enquire or
U. W. CIIKISTY,
32--:sm North Hope P. 0., Butler Co., Pa
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.
A rare eliance to buy a good farm, situated In
Wlnlleld twp., But ler County. Pa., on the Butler
Branch of West l'enn Itallroad. and within half
a mile of the station and village of Delano, con -
talnlug
One Hundred Acres,
Seventy live acres of which are cleared and
the balance in good timber, has a two story
frame bouse of live rooms, cellar, wash-house.
I spring-house, bang barn, and orchard of ;t good
variety of rrnit. The land is In a high state of
cultivation, It is rolling but is not broken by
hills, and Is well adarted for stock raising as
there is living water In every Held, and the
fences are In good repair.
Terms easy. For further particulars enquire
of
A l.li I hTI'S .IACKJUN,
4-«Ksm Herman, P. O.,'Butler Co., Pa.
, OA L E S M EAT
WANTED l\
—' Kor the HOOKKK NCRSKKIKH. CN l
tabllsheil IB.'ts. Steady emyloymCnt, and good
pay. Send tor terms at once. U.K. ilOOKfclt
CO., Rochester, N. Y.
.AGENTS WANTED!
TO CANVASS KOU ON F. OKTHK I.A RGEBT,
OLDEST ESTABLISHED, BEST KNOWN NIH
SKKIES in the country. Most liberal terms.
11'nequaled facilities. GENEVA NI'KSEItY. Es
tablished 1 K4«.
W. A T. SMITH. UENTVA, S. T.
Ago
Little Boy Blue.
The little toy dog is covered with dust,
Bat sturdy aud staunch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket molds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new,
And the soldier was passing fair,
And there was the time whun our Little Boy
Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
•'Now don't you go 'till I come," he said,
"And don't you make any noise !"
So toddling off to his trundle-bed
He dreamt of the pretty toys.
And as he was dreaming an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh, the years are many, the years are long,
But ttie little toy friends are true.
Ay. faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch of the little hand,
The smile of the little face,
And they wonder as waiting these long years
through
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them there.
—Eugene Field in America.
THE HOUSE-CLEANING.
BY HELEN FOREST GRAVES.
"Leah—Leah ! are you most
through whitewashing the cellar
wall? TLe baby is so cross, and
Johnny has just fallen down the front
steps and knocked out two of bis
teeth, and your father and two hired
men are clamoring for their supper,
and I'm so tired out, I don't know
which way to turn!"
Leah Falkirk stopped with the
whitewash brush still elevated in air,
and listened.
"Where's Jeannie, mother?" said
Bhe.
"She won't leave her book," re
turned the nasal, melancholy voice of
Mrs. Falkirk. "She sajß the chil
dren are no business of hers."
"Very well, mother; I'll come. Al
though," Leah added, in a sort of so
liloquy, "I should have liked to finish
this place to-night. Of course it will
all dry in Btreaks, and I shall have
the whole thiug to do over to-mor
row. Oh, dear! I don't suppose
there was ever anyone who toiled
from morning till night as I do."
She untied the coarse crash apron
that enveloped her from head to foot,
loosened her curley rod brown hair
from the folds of a red cotton pocket
handkerchief that she had tied turban
wise over her head, washed her hands
in a tin basin hy the aid of a bar of
yellow soap, and ran up the cellar
steps to the kirchen, where a kerosene
lamp had just been lighted to reveal a
most uninviting repast.
Mrs. Faikirk had been house clean
ing ail day long. Unfortunately for
family, she was one of those notable
housewives who cannot clean one
room in the house without throwing
all the rest into hopeless contusion.
Tbe rag Carpet was taken up, the
paper stripped half off the walle, and
half of it hangiug iu fluttering pen
nants, and the "overflow" from the
neighboring rooms was piled up in
all directions, with a step ladder and
two or three brooms balanced against
it.
The table was set for supper in the
least occupied portion of the room ;
the fire sulked and smoked as fires
will when an east wind storm sets in
during the latter part of May; the
lamp persisted in sending up spurts
of flame on one side of the wick. The
men, who had just come in from tbe
fields, radiated a sort of misty atmos-
phere ol a disagreeable damp as they
Btood arouud the stove, looking hope
lessly about them. In his mother's
arms, Johnny was bewailing himself,
and the baby kept np a melancholy
monotone to his neglected cradle,
while two other children furtively
dipped their fingers in a dish of apple
sauce, and stole a ginger cookey or so
whenever they could.
Leah and Jeannie Falkirk were the
two daughters of the farmer by his
first wi'e. The present Mrs. Falkirk
was the mother of the anruly flock
who at present reigned in the nursery,
and she bad a hard time of it, more
especially as Jennie the younger and
prettier of the two step daughters,
absolutely rebelled against her step
mother's rules.
"I am not a paid servant," she was
wont haughtily to remark, when poor
Mrs. Falkirk 'appealed to her for aid
and comfort. "I can't endure chil
dren, and I don't owe any duty to a
woman who iB not my dear mamma,"
Which was, perhaps, very pretty
and sentimental of Jeannie, but came
rather hard on Leah.
"But," said Leah, cheerfully, "I'm
not a beauty like leannie. Beauties
are always sensitive."
So that she was not surprised at
Jeannie's withdrawing herself into
the easiest chair in the room, by an
especial lamp, to read a new novel,
while Mrs. Falkirk, a pale haired,
watery eyed little woman, called
plaintively to her (Leah) for assist
ance in this emergency.
Just then a tall, over-grown lad—
the eldest and probably the must un
gainly of the second flock of Falkirks
—rushed headlong into the room.
■'Mother," he shouted, "there's
been a load o' hay overturned just
front of our house, and the teamsters
they say they can't jet no further to
night. and can you keep 'em till to
morrow morning—say?"
"Sorry to intrude, ma'atn," said a
tall, rather pleasant-voiced man,
whose face was concealed by his rub
ber coat aud cape: "but our horses are
deadbeat. and so 6 re we, and the load
of hay has settled the question by turn
ing itself over—so I don't see how
we can avoid becoming pensioners on
your kindness."
MTB. Falkirk looked nervously
around.
"Oh, dear! said she, "I know what
the Bible says about entertaining
angels unawares, but we're bouse
cleanin', and"—
"And," added Jeannie, in sharp,
incisive accents, "it's a perfect impos
ition for people to come here in this
sort of way. Exactly as it pa kept a
tavern."
"Folks is welcome." said Abel Fal
kirk, Blowly—"kindly welcome, if
they can put up with the sort of fare
and accommodation my wife can give
i 'em at house cleaning time.*'
"Is it far to the next house of en
tertainment?" the smaller of the two
strangers questioned. "Really Jones,
I feel that we are intruding unwar
rantably ".
•'No, ye ain't! no, ye ain'i!" said
Mr. Falkirk. "Set down, Btrangers.
Lewis, put on another dry stick, and
see if ye can't stop this everlastin'
[ smokin'. Leah, mv lass, see what
I you can do for a bite o' supper. I
I know things look sort o' discouragin',
BUTLER PA., FRIDAY. MAY 18. 1888
but my can straighten out a
most anything."
Leah gave a gave a quick, bright
smile to her father as she went past.
"It shall be all right, father," said
she, "if the gentlemen don't mind
waiting a little."
"Gentlemen!" audibly sneered
Jeannie. "Common teamsters! No,
John, with a vicions push at tbe for
lorn little brother who was nestling
up to her, "go away and don't bother
me. You're a naughty disobedient
boy, and it served you right to fall
down and cut your lip open!"
"Jeannie," said Leah, in a low
voice, "will you take the baby while
mother helps about the supper?"
"No, I'll do no such thing!" Baid
Jeannie, contracting her pretty brows
into a most unamiable frown, "And
if you weren't a fool, you'd keep out
of ail this turmoil and confusion "
So saying, she drew the light
nearer to her and commenced on a
new chapter of her novel.
Leah only sighed and went more
actively about ber work. She was
used to this sort of thing, and as she
moved here and there she had a pleas
ant word for poor, little, sobbing
Johnny, a smile for the others, an en
couraging whisper for Mrs. Falkirk.
"I duuno what we should do with
out Leah," said Mrs. Falkirk, as at
length bur step daughter brought in a
smoking dish of ham and eggs, a
glistening tin coffee pot, and a plate
of buttered waffles.
"Leah's a famous good cook," ob
served the farmer compacently.
"And she's always willin'to help her
mother. Jeannie's different now.
They're both my darters, but I'm a
little afraid Jeannie's inclined to be
6elfish."
When the supper was over, Leah
helped her mother to put the children
to bed before she prepared a sort of
•'camping down" room for the men,
placing mattresses before the fire and
bringing out blankets. And almost
the last thing that the two strangers
heard before they fell asleep was her
soft voice, in the adjoining room,
singing the fretful baby into dream
land.
The sun shone brightly the next
day, and Leah came in as sunny as
the morning itself.
"We must finish the house clean
ing to-dav, mother," said she, in a
low tone, as she hustled around help
ing to prepare the breakfast. "Ob,
don't look BO despairingly! There
really isn't BO much to do, and I'll
help you myself with tbe rag-carpet."
"Couldn't I beat them for you,
Miss Falkirk?" asked the smaller and
younger of the two guests, who just
then came in, without bis heavy
wrappings.
Leah started,
"Mr. Stafford!" Bhe exclaimed.
"How came you here?"
"Didn't you see me come," said
he, "last night? Why, you were
here!"
"But—that was a teamster."
"My companion was. It was his
load of hay that was tipped over op
posite your barn door. I chanced to
be coming by, and helped him get the
horses up. And so, of course. I came
in also, quite unaware that I was
crossing the threshold of your house!
When I preceived that you did not
recognize me, with all my wrapß, by
the imperfect light, I made up my
mind to continue a—common tsam
ter."
He glanced,with a half-smile,across
to where Jennie sat, curl-papered and
untidily shawled, still crouching over
her novel. She looked up scarlet to
the very roots of her pretty, half
brushed hair.
"Ob, Mr. Stafford!" faltered she;
"if I bad only know—"
"But you didn't," said Reginald
Stafford. "Oh, pray don't suppose
that I mean to criticise either of you
in the least degree!* I was only too
glad to escape a long walk across the
dreary marshes to the hotel. And
the weather was so dreadful!"
Mrs. Falkirk pulled the gown of
her elder stepdaughter.
"Leab," said she, only halt under
standing what was going on, "Leah,
if the young man wants work—"
"Hush!" sharply whispered Jean
nie. "You get everything wromg,
mother. It's Mr, Stafford—the rich
Mr. Stafford, who is down here from
the city, trout fishing, at the Walpole
Hotel."
"What the same one you met at
Clara Vail's Mav-p&rty?"
"Yes—do hush."
Jeanni* could have bitten off the
tips of her rosy finger-nails and torn
her hair with rage to think of the
light she bad placed herself in before
Reginal Stafford's clear.amused eyes.
Of all men, she would best have
liked to please him, and somehow
she did not think that she had suc
ceeded.
But Leah—poor, hard-working, 1
plain, patient Leah, who never got
out of patience and always toiled on,
meek and gentle as a Cindrella—how
was it with her?
She remembered her calico dress,
her coarse gingham apron; she kuew
that Mr. Stafford was a little inclined
to be fastidious. But, after all, was
it likely that he would think twice
about it?
She knew too well that she, unlike
pretty Jeannie, was oot the sort of a
girl that men grew wild about.
"But I do wish Jeannie had had on
her nice dress," thought she. "Jean
nie can be so pretty when she fixes
herself up!"
Out under the budding apple
bough, however, where Reginald
helped her bang up the breadths of
rag carpet, and a certain jnbilant
robin darted to and fro like a brown
arrow, be detained her when she
would have gone back to the house
"Leah," said he, geatly, "stop a
minute. I have something that I want
to ask you."
("It is about Jeanuie," she said to
herself.)
"To ask you, Bweet Leah, if you
will be my wife," he pursues, "I have
liked and admired you this long time,
but last night, when I saw how sweet
and patient and forebearing you were
I learned to love you. Will you
trust yourself to me, dear one, forever
and ever?"
******
"And so they're to be married
right off," said MTB, Falkirk. "And
what am 1 to without Leah,goodness
only kuews."
"You will have Jeannie left," sug
' gested a mischievous neighbor.
Mrs. Falkirk shook her bead.
1 "Jeannie takes the loss of her sis
ter awful hard," said she. "She don't
II do nothin' but cry from mornin' till
' night."
I The neighbor smiled and shrugged
[ her her shoulderH.
, "The IOSB of her sister," said she,
"or the loss of her own chance in
matrimonial market?"
"Li!" said Mrs. Falkirk. "I never j
thought of that." — Saturday Night, i
A Queer Case.
In September, 1871, Griffith Jones,
a farmer of Forestport, Oneida coun
ty, N. Y , purchased at tax sale a
tract of 360 acres of land in the town j
of Allegany, Cattaragus. Co , N. Y. !
The tract was wild and barren, in an
isolated region, and its owner, James j
Hill, had ceased paying taxes on it, ;
and had removed from it. Jones,
who was a man of small means, paid
sljo for the property, but after visit
ing it he concluded that it was not
worth putting any more money in,
and he paid no more attention to the
purchase beyond securing his tax
deed on the 23d of September, 1873,
two years after the date of purchase,
which gave him legal title to the
land.
In 1879 petroleum was discovored
in Allegany. Hill assumed control
again of the tract he had abandoned,
and transferred it to tbe Bradford Oil
Compan. This company drilled wells
on the tract and it proved to be a val
uable and large producer of oil.
Jones was ignorant of tbe sudden
great value given to the tract he held
the deed for until 1880, when it
had yielded more than
$500,000 worth of oil
and was still a ereat producer. Jones
then brought suit against the oil com
pany in the Cattaraugus county court
to regain posses9ioH of the tract and
for the accounting of the oil that had
been taken from it and sold for the
proGt of the company. The company
disputed Jones' title to the property
on the clause in the tax sale law of
New York State which makes a tax
deed invalid if the purchaser does not
serve on the occupant of the premises
bought at tax sale, notice to redeem
the same withiu two years. The oil
company asserted that Hill was occu
pying the premises when the deed
was passed to Jones and redemption
notice within the required time, and
occupancy wa6 claimed on the novel
point of law that, although Hill was
not living on tract he had left a quan
tity of hay in a shan'y on the place
w*hen He moved, which gave him le
gal domicile and entitled him to a
notico.
This was the entire defense to the
suit, and the court decided that if the
simple fact of there being hay on the
place, as claimed, could be establish
ed. it would be ample proof of occu
pancy in law aud would destroy
Jones' title to the property. The tri
al resulted in favor ol tbe oil compa
ny in 1882. A new trial was grant
ed, and Jonea proved by six witnes
ses that on the 22d of September,
1873, one day before he became enti
tled to tbe property under the tax
deed, Hill's cow had entered the shan
ty and eaten all the
hay that Hill left there,
thus depriving Hill of legal domicile,
and leaving no one in occupancy of
the premises on whom redemption
notice could be served. Tbe proof
on this subject showed the following
facts: On the 19th day of September,
1873. as shown by the marriage cer
tificate, a young man by the name of
Langwortby, who worked for and
boarded with Hill on the adjoinimg
lot was married On the following
Sunday Langworthy's parents and
hiß wife's parents, who lived in Penn
sylvania, yisited him at Hill's house,
and finding the house too small for
occupancy by both families, six ot
these persons went together to this
old shanty upon the lot in question,
to see whether it could be fixed up
for Langworthy to live in. They
found that Hill's cow bad broken into
the shanty and eaten eyery particle
of the hay, and the floor was so bro
ken and covered with filth that they
decided not to attempt to do anything
with it. The visit to the shanty was
on tbo 22d day of September, 1873,
just one day before the plaintiff be
came entitled to the deed Hill's cow
had therefore forcibly robbed bim of
possession of the lot. and he was no
longer an occupant or entitled to not
ice, and plaintiff's title to the proper
ty was therefore valid and absolute.
On that act of Hill's cow Jones' title
to the property was established, and
Jones obtained a verdict for an ac
aounting for the oil. which amounted
to nearly half a million dollars.
The oil company obtained an order
for a new trial, but Jones was again
successful and his judgment was af
firmed by the general term, and a de
cision has just been given by the
Court of Appeals sustaining all the
points in the case in favor of Jones.
Now for a Big Crop of Corn.
Practical farmers may well laugh
at those who talk about corn being
deficient in protein aud phosphates.
It is the grandest crop in the world.
A well-filled corn-crib makes the
farmer and his horses, cows, sheep,
pigs, and chickens happy. Through
out a large area of the United States
corn is grown for homo use and not
for sale. Johu Johnston, the father
of American tile-draining, and one of
the best and most successful farmers
of his time, said to us: "I havo never
sold corn but once in my life—and
that I gave away to be sent to Ire
land during the famine." He grew
large crops of corn, but fed it all out,
stalks and all, to sheep and other
stock, supplemented with oil-cake
wheu it could be purchased cheap
enough, He was a firm believer in
oil-cake, but would have laughed at
any one who claimed that it was
worth more, pound for pound, than
good sound corn.
In many sections last year the
corn crop suffered from drouth. This
is unusual. On good land,kept clean
by the frequent use of the cultivator,
corn will stand drouth better than
any other crop. Said an experienced
farmer: "I believe I could raise a
good crop of corn it uot a drop of
rain fell from the day it was plauted
until the day it was cut," He look
ed to the stores of water in the soil,
and was careful that no weeds suck
ed up this moisture and robbed the
corn plauts. Clover aud other deep
rooted plants bring up nitrogen,
phosphates, potash and other plant
food from the Bubsoil, and leave them
near the surface in the form of vege
table matter; a severe drouth does tho
same thing. Capillary attraction
raises the water charged with plant
food, aud. as it evaporates, leaves it
on tho surface. The great drouth of
last year has left our land in good
' condition. Now for a big corn crop!
j American Agriculturist.
There are nearly 1000 persons
I employed in the Australian copper
mines. Up to last September almost
, 600,000 tons had been developed-
THE LICENSE QUESTION.
What the Supreme Court Says j
Power of the Courts in the
Matter.
From Philadelphia Press of May 8.1
There was more disappointment
than ever for the liquor license appli
cants yesterday. There bad been
many of those already refused and
some of those who fear future rejec
tion had looked to a reversal of the
course of the License Court judges
by tbe Supreme Court of tbe State,
iu tbe case brought by Hon. George
W. Biddle and Ex-Judge Elcock for
a writ of alternative mandamus in
behalf of Wallace G. Raudenbusb,
who had {ailed iu his petition for the
granting of a license.
When the Supreme Court met in
the morning there were only four
judges on the bench—Messrs. Gor
don, Paxson, Green and Williams.
There wa*. however, a large attend
ance of lawyers within the bar, while
the enclosure for spectators was filled
with interested saloon keepers and
their friends. Judge Paxson handed
down the opinion refusing the peti
tion.
TEXT OF TIIE OI'IN'TON
The full text of the decision is as
follows:
TLe petition in this case sets forth
that the petitioner resides at No. 18
North Twelfth Street, in tbe Ninth
Ward, and has tor the last, five years
carried on tbe business of selling li
quor at retail at the said bouse, hav
ing been licensed to carry on business
in conformity with the laws hereto
fore existiug; that being desirous of
continuing the business h« presented
his petition to the Court of Quarter
Sessions, in conformity witn the
terms of the Act of Assembly of May
13. 1887, praying for a license to sell
at retail various spirituous, vinous,
malt or brewed liquors for the period
of one year from June 1. 1888; that
he has complied strictly aud in every
respect with said act, and that ho
possesses all the qualifications requir
ed thereby; that no evidence, petition
remonstrance or statement of counsel,
or of any othc-r persou whatever, be
ing made or offered, or any objection
of any kind being made against him
or his said application, he was per
mitted to depart or was dismissed
from any further hearing; that on the
2d day of April, 1888, it was an
nounced by the said judges that the
application or petition had been re
fused.
The petitioner prays this court that
the said judges of the said Court of
Quarter Sesaioua who heard his said
application and petition, aud who re
fused to grant the same, may bo com
manded lirst, by an alternative man
damus to show causa why the prayer
of said petition or application should
not be granted, aud, secondly, by a
peremptory mandamus to do fully all
that is required to be done by the
said act and justice,
QUOTING THE LAW.
The seventh section of the Act of
May 13, 1887. under which it is
claimed it is the duty of the Court of
Quarter Sessions to grant this license
is as follows: "The said Court of
Quarter Sessions shall hear petitions
from residents of the ward, borouirh
or township, in addition to that of
the applicant, in favor of a remon
strance against the application for
such license, and in all cases shall re
fuse the same whenever in the opin
ion of said Court, having due regard
to the number and character of the
petitioner for and against such appli
cation, such license is not necessary
for the accommodation of the public
and entertainment of strangers or
travelers, or that the applicant or ap
plicants is or are not fit persons to
whom such license should be granted;
acd, upon sufficient cau3e being
shown, or proof being made to the
said Court, that the party holding a
license has violated any law of this
Commonwealth relating to tho sale
of liquors, the Conrt of Quarter Ses
sions shall, upon notice being given
to the person so licensed, revoke the
said license."
It will be noticed that the petition
does not aver that the judges of the
Court of Quarter Sessions have neg
lected or refused to act upon his peti
tion. His grievance is that they
have acted and have refused him a
license. He now asks that they shall
be compelled to show cause why his
license should not be granted, and by
a peremptory mandamus "to do fully
all that is required to be done by
said act aud justice." We under
stand the prayer for relief to mean
that if the judges can not show that
the petitioner has not complied with
the act of 1887, or that a remon
strance has been filed or an objection
made by one or more citizens to this
granting of a license to the petitioner
it is the duty of this court to issue a
peremptory mandamus to the judges
of the Quarter Sessions to compel
them to grant such license. The
petitioner assumes that he is entitled
as a matter of right to a license upon
complying with the provisions of the
act of 1887 in the absence of any al
legation that ho is an improper per
son to be so licensed.
TUB FALLACY OF THE CASK.
This is the fallacy which underlies
his case, as well as the able argument
of his learned counsel. He has no
such absolute right, nor has any oth
er man in the commonwealth. It is
not needed to review the liceuse leg
islation of this State for the last half
century. That was thoroughly done
by Mr. Justice Agnew in Schlau
decker vs Marshall. It is sufficient
to say that prior to the Act of 1887
the law was by no means uniform,
there being many local acts in exis
tence, differing essentially from each
other. In Philadelphia any citizen
could procure a license upon payment
of the license fee to the County
Treasurer. In some counties licenses
were granted by the Court of Quar
ter Sessions when, in the opinion of
the Court, the public accommodation
required them.
The whole history of our license
system and the legislation attending
it shows that the unrestricted sale of
liquorw has for a long time been re
garded as a great evil. It is one
which statesmen and many earnest
men and women havo been wrestling
with trom the organization of the
Government. When, therefore, the
Legislature came to enact the Act of
1887, they were seeking to curb and
regulate this evil. This clearly ap
pears from the title ot the act. It
reads: "An act to restrain and regu
late the sale of vinous, spirituous,
mult or brewed liquors, or any ad
mixtures thereof." The mode o( re
straint adopted by the Legislature
was two-fold. One was to increase
| the price of the license, by which
Imanj saloons would he clj?*'d aad
othe-s rendered more re-pectable, and
the4>ther was to substitute the dis
j crction of the Court of Quarter Ses
! sions for the mere ministerial duty of
j granting licenses bv couutv treasur
ers, as it had theretofore existed in
Philadelphia and some other places.
If the construction of the act con-
I tended for by the petitioner be the
correct one, then the title of the act
should read, "An act to increase the
sale of liquor and to derive revenue
therefrom." In other words, it would
give every man in the State a right
to sell liquor who could pay for his
license aud comply with the act. This
would do violence to its letter and
spirit. The petitioner begs the whole
case when he assumes that he has a
right to a license because he is a re
spectable man, has always kept a re
spectable house and that no remon
strances have beeu filed against him.
It is an error to suppose that the sole
dutv of the Court is couGaed to the
inquiry whether the applicant is a cit
izen of the United States and a man
of good moral character.
Back of all this lies the question
whether the petitioner's house is,
"necessary for the accommodation of
the public and entertainment of
strangers and travelers,'' and the
plain duty of the Court of Quarter
Sessions under the act of Assembly
to so exercise its discretion as to "re
strain" rather than increase the sale
of liquors. We do not know how
many public houses there are in the
Ninth Ward; it ia not material that
we should. We are* bound to pre
sume that the judges below have as
certained the number in a judicial
manner; that they have in like man
ner decided how many are necessary
for the public accommodation.
A QUESTION OF PUBLIC CONCERN.
An investigation of this question
has no particular bearing upon the
petitioner's fitness to keep a saloon.
It is a general one with which he has
no more legal concern than any other
citizen of the ward. The question is
one of public concern; the petitioner
is DO party to it in the sense that per
sons are parties to private litigation.
It may thus happen that licenses are
refused to persons against whom there
is no possible objection on personal
grounds. Thus, if a ward has 100
public houses where only fifty are re
quired by the public wants, it is plain
that fifty houses must be deDied li
censes although every one of the ap
plicants is a worthy man nnd keeps a
respectable house; and though there
be neither remonstrance nor objection
on the score of want of fitness. The
denial of a license under such circum
stances may seem arbitrary. The
trouble is there are more persons who
want to sell liquor than the Legisla
ture considered it for the public good
to license for that purpose.
I will not consume time with an
extended discussion of the right of
jndges of the Court of Quarter Ses
sions to exercise their discretion in
the granting of licenses. It has been
exercised l>y that Court almost time
out of mind, and the power has again
and again been affirmed by this Court.
This discretion, however, is a legal
discretion, to be exercised wisely and
not arbitrarily. A judge who refuses
all applicants.unless for cause shown,
errs as widely as the judge who
grants all applications. In cither
case, it is not the exercise of judicial
discretion, but of arbitrary power.
The law of the land has decided that
licenses shall be granted to some ex
tent, and has imposed the duty upon
the court ascertaining tho instances
in which the license shall be granted.
ID order to perform this duty prop
erly the act of Assembly has provid
ed means by which the conscience of
the Court may ho informed as to the
facts; it may hear petitions, remoD
9traneea or witnesses. And we have
no doubt the Court may in some in
stances act of its own knowledge.
The mere appearance of an applicant
for license, when he comes to the bar
of the Court, may be sufficient to sat
isfy the judge that he is not a fit per
son to keep a public house. The
judge is not bound to grant a license to
a man whom ho knows to be a drunk
ard or a thief, or has actual knowl
edge that his house is not necessary
for the public accommodation.
PREVIOUS DECISIONS OK TIIK COURTS.
The object of evidence in such cases
is to inform the conscience of the
court so that it can act intelligently
and justly in the performance of a
public uuty. While the act of decid
ing in such coses is perhaps quasi ju
dicial, the difference between granting
or withholding a license and the
decision of a question between parties
to a private litigation is manifest.
Neither the petitioner uor any other
person in this State has any property
in the right to sell liquor. It is need
lens to cite the numerous cases in
which this Court has refused to inter
fere with the discretion of the Quar
ter Session in regard to licenses.
I will refer to Sehlnudeckcr vs.
Marshall, supra, which is upon all
fours with this, and where the ques
tion was raised upon a:i application
for a mandamus to a board of licenses
appointed under the act of May 10,
1871, giving the said board "the same
power and authority to grant licenses
in the city of Erie as the Court of
Quarter Session 9 by law now has "
Tho act there in force was that of
March 22. 1867, the first section of
which is substantially the same as tho
seventh section of the act of 1857, so
far as tho duties of the eoart are con-
corned.
Thn petitioner there, as here, aver
red all that was necessary under the
law to entitle him to a license, nor
does any remonstrance appear to bare
been liled against it. The petitioner
obtained a rule upon the board to
show cause why they should not
graut hiß application. An answer
was put in by the board in which, af
ter specifying the number of applica
tions. the number granted the num
ber refused, they said: "The respond
ents answer and say that they claim
it is not only simply their privilege,
but an important duty enjoined on
them by law, fully and carefully to
examine every application for license,
and wbeu they are found t%be in form
according to the provisions of the act
of Assembly tha*, would constitute a
prima facie case. Then it becomes
the duty of the board, particularly
when there are 1-J4 applications for
license to deal out spirituous liquors
in a city of a population of about 20,-
000, first to see if the public interest
required that number to be licensed,
and, second, is the applicant a person of
pood repute for honesty and temper
ance? aud third, hjw he the necessary
house room?
i "These facts the board has to ascer-
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tain from evidence or personal inspec
tion, and thereupon to judge and de
j termlne upoa all the cases submitted
to the board. These respondents
claim it is their dnty, in discharge of
an obligation they owe to the public,
! not to take the certificates of the
twelve citizens as conclusive as to the
necessity of the tavern or eating
house for the public accommodation,
as to the honesty and temperance of
the applicant and as to his being pro
, vided with bouse room, but to
| examine into the matter, and, upon a
1 full and careful investigation, to de
! ctrie who shall have license and who
! shall not. These respondents did
decree upon Mr. Schlsudecker's appli
cation and rejected it, and believe
they acted in accordance with the law
in doing so."
This Court, in an elaborate opinion
I bv Mr. Justice Agnew, decided that
• upon this state of facts the writ of
mandamus was properly refused. See
also Toole's appeal as to the discretion
of the Court. Were we to grant the
alternative mandamus now prayed
for it would result only in a return
thereto by the judges of the court be
low 'that they have considered the
application of the petitioner and, in
the exercise of the judicial discretion
conferred upon thetn by law, have
rejected it Under all our cases such
a return would be conclusive, and it
would lead to no profitable result to
allow the writ It is, therefore,
denied.
The Yellow River of China.
The Yellow River, from the enor
mous rapidity of its volume when
swollen by melted snow, is the worst
of offenders. Its new bed, even in
twenty-five years. has risen far above
the plain, and as the the dikes grow
from hillocks into hills, from mere
walls into ranges of earthworks like
fortress sides, hundreds of miles long,
the effort over taxes the skill of the
engineers and the perseverance even
of Chinese laborers. The ablest engi
neers in India were beaten by the
Damoodah, though it is, compared
with the Hoang-Ho, like a trumpery
European stream, and though the
labor available could hardly be ex
hausted. The truth of the matter is
that, in all such cases, the upper sec
tions of the dikes cost to much for
complete repair, and tend to be inad
equate; and when the Yellow River,
gorged with water from the mount
ains till it forms in reality a gigantic
reservoir, averaging a mile broad,
from 300 to 500 miles long and 70
feet deep, all suspended in air by ar
tificial supports, comes rushing down
in autumn, the slightest weakness in
those supports is fatal.
On September 2T, the river was at
its fullest, there was almost certainly
a driving wind from the west, a bit of
dike gave way, the rent spread for
1200 yards, and —our readers remem
ber, for Charles Reade described it,
the rush into Sheffield of the Holm
firth reservoir. Multiply that, if you
can, by 2000, add exhauslless renew
als of the water from behind—five
Danubes pouring from a height for
two months on end—and instead of
a long valley with high sides which
can be reached, think of a vast, open
plain, flat as Salisbury plain, but
studded with 3,000 villages, all
swarming as English villages swarm,
and you man gain a conception of a
scene hardly rivaled since the deluge.
The torrent, it is known, in its first
and grandst rush, though throwing
out rivers at every moment at every
incline of the land, had for its center
a stream thirty miles wide and ten
feet deep, traveling probably at 20
miles an hour—a force as irresistable
as that of lava. No tree could last
ten minutes, no house five, the yery
soil would be carried away as by a
supernatural plowshare, and as for
man an ant in a broken stop cock in
a London street would be more pow
erful than he. Swim ? As well
wrestle with the Holyhead express.
Flee ? It takes hours in such a plain
to reach a hillock three feet high, the
water the while pouring on faster
than a hunter's gallop. There is no
more escape from such a flood than
there is escape from the will of God,
and those Chinese who refused even
to struggle were the happiest of all,
because the quickest dead. Over a
territory ot 10.000 square miles, or
two Yorkshires at least (for the mis
sionaries report a wider area), over
thousands of yillages— 3ooo certain
ly. even if the capital is not gone, as
is believed —the soft water passed,
silently strangling every living thing,
the cows and the sheep as well as
their owners; and for ourselves, who
have seen tho scene only on a petty
scale, we doubt wheth the "best in
formed European in Pekiu," is not
right when he calculates the destruc
tion of life at 7,000'000. — The Spec
tator (London.)
Fun for Passengers.
The passengers on the morning
train north a few days ago, on the
N. Y. P. & O. R. R, had connidera
blo sport at the expense of two eou
plesou thoir way to Jamestown. X.
Y., to get married. The irrepressi'>,e
train boy had loads of paper corered
literature which just fitted their caw*,
and he kept them busy reading tue
titles of such standard works as
"Husband and Wife," "Eloped,"
"Our First Baby," etc., and it was
only by the restraining power of the
conductor that the aforesaid train
boy was prevented from offering
them patent nursing bottles. When
the train arrived at Corry the brake
man sang out:
"Change cars for Meadville, Erie,
Bradford, Salamanca, and Jamestown
to get married."
The prospective brides and grooms
seemed to enjoy their fleeting promi
nence. The custom of running away
to Jamestown toget married,in order
to avoid taking out the license requir
ed iuPennsylvania.seems to have laid
Btrong hold on the thoughtless lovers
of Eastern Crawford, and when they
buy round trip tickets their fellow
1 passengers soon get on to their little
' lay.— Cochranton Titnea.
> —Louisiana potatoes, onions and
> cabbages are being largely shipped,
» especially to Western points.
k Beds of meerschaum at Crimea,
i Negropont and Asia Minor furnish
r employment for 4,000 miners.
r —The original of Linooln's general
s Emancipation proclamation wai
* burned in the great Chicago fire.
—lt has been estimated that only
f 2000 men are at present employed
.. around the mines in the Shamokia
r (Pa.) district. Heretofore 6000 have
usually been at work at this time of
•. year. "