THE CITIZEN. MD I. ft W. C. XBULKY, PROPRIETORS. icbslriftK'S BAIM row*®! rßEraid : (*» #l -™ Thw Eat*r»4 at »• Md—MttW f RIDAyT Jj y E 871835. REPUBLICAN TICKET. SWTK. ran jrosK ScmEni oocbt. JXM£> T. MITi'HKM- of ntfU«VlplilA. rwm. COVURKtt NFUTON BLACK. ESQ.. of Butler. STATK I>B J. B. SUOWALTER. of JfUerstown. iMDOir. R. IRWIN HOGGS, of ZelienopW. JOt-KPH THOMAS. JR. of Earns City. jcwt W. FOWLS® CAM"BRLL of Falrvlew twp^ As All Expected. As »11 expected the Democrats have re nominated Cleveland for Pres ideal U was easy to again nominate him but they will find it very hard to elect him. He will probably be the worst beaten man who has ran for President for some time. All the Republicans need is a good, clean man, as their candidate. This they will now get in a short time, and with the issue of protection to our labor and industries we must Burelv win. Not Much Practiced, So Far. Experience, so far, with the new ■yetem adopted for making nomina tions in this Congressional district has proven the new system is either not understood or not desired to be understood. When it was agreed last winter that Republicans had got enongh of the old conferree system, and that a new mode should be adopt ed, it was thought we bad obtained a remedy, by the dividing of this pres ent dietrict into sixty snb parts, each coantv having fifteen of the same and each independent of the other. This, if carried out as intended, might work well and prove a great reform. But the old County idea it seems cannot be got ont of the beads of some, and in practice ao far the county idea has been kept up. If in district conven-! tions a roll of the sub delegates is not called, and the sub delegate from each and every district given a fair and free opportunity to express his choice, the new system will prove of no] value. And if so, there will be no permanent reform obtained only by and through the popular wAe of the people directly at the primary polls. This is what we started out to obtain last winter and which we are BOW more than ever satisfied will be the only remedy. It will be the only one to end trading and bargain ing by and between the counties of a district and will prove in all respects the better way of nominating. Tfce will of the people is the law of the laud in almost all other nomina tions, and why not in Congresssional districts ? AT the Convention of delegates from the sub districts of the four counties of this Congressional dis trict, that assembled in New C&etle last Tuesday to elect delegates to represent the same at Chicago in th* coming National Convention Mr. Willi&in Kile of M c, reer County and Mr. W. C. Thompson of this county were cbo=en the principal del egate!), end Mr. David Tidball, of Lawrence county, and Mr. Turner Strawbridge, of Beaver county, as alternates. The "sub district" plan or idea seemed to have been forgotten in the convention and instead there of the old "county" or "county dele gation" idea prevailed. The talk was of counties, not the sab districts of the counties, and in this way were the delegates chosen. This was di rectly coutrary to the principle of the new system, and if followed in mak log the Congressional nomination next Tuesday, as we predict it will be, this so-called new system might M well be considered a failure and abandoned at once. Had the election of the delegates been submitted to a vote of the whole sixty sub delegates of the district, as was intended by the new plan, the result might have been very different from what it was. The idea of tho new system was to get away from the old Conferree and Connty one, but so far it looks as if it will prove merely an enlargement of the old system, and be 15, 15, 15, 15, in place of the old 3, 3, 3, 3, until some bargAn is made between conn ties. Congressman Atkinson Ex plodes a Humbug. Tbe Hon, Louis E Atkinson of the eighteenth Pennsylvania district, made in Congret-ss a most aggresive tariff speech His comparison of tbe condition of tbe country iu 1857 and 1887 is a most unanswerable argu ment for tbe policy of protection In on«' sentence Mr. Atkinson disposed of th« whole cry of free wool reducing' tb«- price of the laboring man's cloth ing. He (•aid: Five or i-ix pounds of wool will mail*- fctfficieui cloth for a suit of heavy clothing. If the wool in worth, re idy (or makiug into ciotb. 60 cents a pouLd, the wool that en nr.- into a •nit worth S2O to S3O would cost s3' GO. The bierhpßt clays wools only pay a dutj of l!> ceutb a pouud. If tt« duty were addtd toth'oi or.t> ceut Tbe trifling uru.ii be ktt in tbe cour-t of irnl». «nu Ui u il jtobaldy be di- IliUiieti t vtwe«jj the manufacturer ol the elc'h, tL< j- hWr, ibe wboiebale merchant, tbe me> banicH wbo made •p tbe goods, and tbo clothier from whom ihe clothing is at first bought. TUB on*' of moi.ey in politics is con sidered by cirefol observers as one of tbe tlree evils that may eventually destroy our Gomcment, Death of Hon John J. Pearson.; lion John J. Pearson, formerly of ; Mercer County, died at his residence in Harrieburg ou May 30, 1838, in j ih» BStb year of his age There are but few of the members of . the Butler Bar who live to remember Judge Pearson. He came here to practice bis profession fifty or more | years ago, and by general consent was regarded as the most acute and able lawyer in the matter of our early lind laws and trials of any lawyer who then visited our Courts While in the Senate of Pennsylvania he was appointed Judge for Dauphin County and continued as such for thirty three years, living at Harrisburg. He was a model Judge, known all of the State as such. The following account of him we take from the Harrisburg Independent of May 31: EX JUDGE I'EAKSON. EVENTS ANI) INCIDENTS OF HIS LIFE John J. Pearsoa, died at 1 p. m„ today, at the family residence cn South Front street, after a long and painful illness, in the 88th year of his age. Bevan Pearson, the father of the deceased, emigrated from Dela ware to Mercer county. Pa., with bia family in the year 1805, and settled on a tract of wild land which he had previously purchased, cleared a com paratively large farm, atd constructed good buildings. At that time the subject of this sketch was in the fifth year of his age. He received a reas onably good education in the best schools of that county, in a grammar boarding school for the Latin and Greek languages, and by private tui tion became very conversant in the Latin language and various branches of science, but never had the advan tage of a regular collegiate education. He wrote for a considerable time in bis father's office, and in the month of January, 1820, entered on the study of the law. under the instructien of the Hon. John Banks, then a lawyer of high standing and extensive prac tice in Mercer county. Mr. Pearson, after studying law diligently for two and a half years, was admitted to the bar at the Au gust term of court inMercer coantv in the year 1822. A few months after wards be removed to Franklin, A en ango countv. and entered on the prac tice of his profession in the counties of Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Warren, in all of which he practised regularly, and occasionally in those of Erie, Beaver, and Butler, it being the practice of the lawyers of that day to travel around large circnits. A con siderable portion of the legal business of Western Pennsylvania then was the trial of land titles, with which Mr, Pearson became very familiar. In the Epring of 1830 he removed with his family to .Mercer, and con tinued to reside there and practised his profession in the same counties enumerated until the year 1849, when on the 7th day April of that year, be was, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, appointed by Wil liam F, Johnston, Governor of the State, to the office of President Judge of the Tweiftb Judicial district, com posed of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon, and moved with his family to Harrisburg in the summer of that same year, where he has resided ever since. Thy judicial business of Dauphin county was found at that time to be greatly in arrears, being back as much as five or six years. This was partly owing to the large population, but mainly to the g-"it amount of State business; all the |»'cuni irv claims by or against the Comm nwealth had ihen and now to be tried in the coun ty of Dauphin. With great labor and perseverance the business was la a few years so brought up that all case? desired to l>e heard could be tried i:i a short and reasonable time The causes in Lebanon county were gen erally tried at the second term. A change having beeu wade in the Constitution of Pennßyluania, by which the Judges were made elective, the President Judges for a period of ten years, he was, in the autumn of 1851, elected and commissioned Pres ident Jndge of the same district, and again elected in the years 1861 and 1871, each time by a unanimous vote of the people and without opposition The judicial business of this dis trict was of more than ordinary mag nitude and importance, involving a sit did very many claims of the Com monwealth of immense amount aod great constitutional difficulty, involv ing momentous questions both under the Constitution of the United States and of this State, besides a more than ordinary amount of new and import ant criminal cases, and those arising on the equity side of the court. His terra of office expiiel ou the first Monday of January, 1882, hay ing declined a re-election, being then in bis 82d year. During his residence in Mercer he was twice elected to office—first to the Congress of the United States for the years 1835 and SB3O, and after wards, in the autumn of 1837, to the Senate of Pennsylvania, for the same counties for four yeard, for three of which he noted as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, then the nioet important and laborious one of the body; the duties were performed to the general satisfaction, In the term of his judicial career he received from three different colle ges of the State the honorable degree L. L D. In Judge Pearßon's long and lab orious life he was twice married— first, on the 13th of October. 1827, to Ellen, only daughter of Gen. Samuel Hays, a very prominent politician of Venango county. She died in Feb ruary, 1840 Afterwards, on July 12, 1842, he married Mary Harris Brigga, only daughter of Joseph and Caroline Briggs, grand daughter of Gen. John Andre Hanna, and great granddaughter of John Harris, the founder of Hanisburg. She is still living. General Sheridan. General Sheridan still lives, and the whole country hopes he may re cover from his illness and contiuuu to live. Congress did a handsome thing last week in pausing a bill to revive the rank of "General of tho Army," for the benefit of the General or of his family in case of hie denUi. When the bill reached Sueridun ho we.s highly gratified and was merely able lu oigu his ucceptauce of the place with a pencil. ABOUT the only mill that will be shut down, alter the defeat of the tariff bill in Congress, will be Mr. Roger Q, Mills himself, the author of t he bill. The Transfer of Saloon Licenses The excessive value of the fran chise offomeof the liquor salooue which survive iu certain sections, be intr one out of a dozen perhaps i'i 3 location much affected by drii.k has raised at once the question of their ( negotiability. Some modest or u:: ambitious men who find that by the > favor of the Liceuse Court they have : obtained a privilege which others j stand ready to purchase from them (>t a figure representing several years' profits under the old regime are will ing to sell out to a more enterprising boniface if the law permits it. Whether or not transfers of liquor li-! cense are permissible under the new law is a question which it is under stood the Board of Judges are about to take under consideration The License Act of 155S provides that "if the party licent-ed shall die, ! remove or cease to keep such house , his, her or their liceuse may be trans ferred by the authority granting the same, or a license be granted the suc cessor of such party for the remainder of the yeur by the proper authority on compliance with the requisition of the laws." The new law is siieut on the subject of transfers, but the infer ence running all through it is that the benefits of each license are intend ed exclusively for the person and place named in the grant No harm could come from a transfer of a license or of a change iu the place of sale if it is made with the permission of the court, subject to the same scrutiny and discretion exercised in making the original grant. If the Quarter Sessions is willing to supplement its license work by listening to applica tions for transfers from time to time, it would no doubt be a convenience to the liquor venders, and no particu lar detriment to the public. If liquor licenses could be sold without the purchaser incurring the risk of being denied by the court the privilege of using the license he had purchased it would be seen that the present tax is a very small affair com pared with the sum which the exclu sive privilege of selling liquor in cer tain squares will bring under free competition. It is a good thing to have the saloons reduced, but the en richment of a few licensed liquor fell ers was not in contemplation in the enactment of the law. If a saloon license can command a high premium in the market over and above its j present cost it can afford to and should be made to pay a much higher I tax.—Phii'a Press, June 4. THE Republicans do not need 100,- 000 of a majority in Pennsylvania this fall; but on the issue of protec tion to American labor and indus tries they will certainly have about that majority over the Democrats and their free trade doctrines. Sheridan's Home Life. WASHINGTON, May 27 —General Sheridan's house has beeo besieged to-day with enquiries His four lit tle children artlessly playing on the lawn have beeo objects of tender in terest to all who pass by. They are Mary, Irene, Louise and Philip. Mary is 12 years old and took her first commuuion vows at St. Mat thew's on Ascension Day. Irene and Louise arc twins. In 1871 General Sheridan, who had been regarded as a confirmed though gallant bachelor, married Miss Irene Rucker, daughter of General Rucker, U. S. & , only six months out of student life in a con vent at St. Louis. He first met her as bridesmaid at A marriage in the army circle, ami Abe hero oi mmy battles succumbed at once to the charms of the 17-vear-old maiden. Their domestic life has be»*n idyllic in its happiness, marred only by a se vere illness on her part two years a«ro from inflammation of the colon, when fatal results were feared, a;ti-5 rehearsed and knot before the p • :pl« The speaker also stated thai iLe three greatest foes that the nation has ever had were slavery, intemperance and political corruption Tie e xhorttrd bis comrades to liifht against tho last two as they did the first. In short, ihe sermon teemed wi'h exhortations for vigilauce ou th>: | irt of every Americau citizen (hi decoration day the procession w>! ■« cc in posed of Cornet Band, (1. A. It, Odd Fellows, Iron Hall, Jr. O U. A. M. lodges, followed by the Acad emy students The march led to the U. P. church, where the following program was ob served "Reading Orders," by Comrade Martin, Prayer by Rev J. A. Clark —Music by Baud—"Freedom's Sous" by choir. Then Rev. Stiffy gave a fiue address, which showed how we should honor the solc'ier ( je •<] -' Under One Flag' f by choir IluUier Martin, Esq., of Bluffton, lad , then delivered one of those elo quent. soul-inspiring, patriotic adress es which every body iikes to listen to—"Cover Them over with flowers" an 1 ' Rosea of May" by choir. Com rade Riy said they hil reason to be thankful for nono of their number had di'd liuriug the year cone, although leaders and comrades were fall ing faat before the reaper of death. After returning a vote of thanks to all for their assistance on the occas ion, the buys in blue and reverentiy proceeded to decorate the graves A their departed comrades, and the ceremonies of tbe day were at .in end. PATRIOT. Mrs. Sutton's Birthday. There has been another birthday partv The friends and neighbors of Mrs Jan* Sutton of Clay Twp , met at her home on 3 iturd»y 2d but, to stir priseher other t-eventy-thiid birthday. After they had assembled Win. A. Christie was elected Chairman and O R. Thome, Sea. The Chairman made some very appropriate remarks, after which attention was called to the work the ladies had been and behold a table loaded with the necessities and luxuries of life. When everybody had fared Bump tiously Rev.Starks made the presents tion speech, the presents were not enumerated but were given iu a gen eral way, among the many valuable ones was a well-filled purse. This speech was responded to by John il. Sutton who thanked the | friends and neighbors for tbe kindness and respect shown his mother, all joined in singing Praise God from Whom all blessings flow", and were dismissed with the benediction by Rev. Starks. After having " good, sociable time, renewing old acquaintances and form ing new ones, we nil went home feel iug that the day had been well spent. Yours Ketp'ty, SEC. that if the Government caunot be in duced to build the proposed channel ; from Cape May to Atlantic City an effort will bo made to raise tbe monev by popular subscriptions at the two resorts during the summer. The Blind and the Halt. Rev. Tilmage, ia one cf his recent remarkable sermons thu* speaks of the achievements of men who in their lives we-e either bind or iu some way disabled or deformed: "Do you know that the three jrreat poets ot t'ne world weretotaily blind ? llomer, (J?sian, .John Milton. DJ you know that Mr Prescott, who wrote that enchanting book, 'The Conquest of Mexico," never saw Mex ico, could uot even see the paper ou which he was writing? A frame work across the sheet, i>et weeu which, up and down, went the pen immortal I)o vou know that Gambassio, the sculptor, could not see the marble be fore him, or the chisel with which he cut it into shapes bewitching? Do you know that Alexander Pope, whose poem 3 will last as long as the English language, was so much of an j invalid that ho had to be sewed up j every morniug iu rough canvas in I order to stand on his feet at ail ? Do you know that Stuart, the cele brated painter, did much of his won derful work under the shadow of the dungeon, where he had been unjustly imprisoned for debt? Do you know that Demosthenes by almost super human exertion first had to conquer the lisp of his own speech before he conquered assemblages with his elo quence ? Do you kuow that Bacon struggled all through innumerable sicknesses, and that Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott went limping on clubfoot through all the life, and that many of the great poets and painters and orators and historians and heroes of the world had some thing to keep them back, and pull them down, and impede their way, and cripple their physical or their in tellectual movement, and yet that they pushed on and pushed up until they reached the spoils of worldly success, and amid the huzza of na tions and centuries, "the lame took the prey ?" You kuow that a vast multitude of these men started under the disadvan tage of obscure parentage. Columbus, the son of the weaver; Ferguson, the son of the shepherd. America the prey of the one; worlds on worlds the prey of the other. Bui what is true in secular directions is more true in spiritual and religious directions, and I proceed to prove it." The Tariff Rock Ahead. Pittsburg Dispatch of Thursday.] No political fact for twenty years hack has had the broad interest of yesterday's nomination at St. Louis. The work of the Democratic con vention is not yet finished, but Presi dent Cleveland's nomination for prac tical purposes means everything the party cau expresss. Only upon the bare wording of the tariff resolutions does any issue arise The struggle »oiug on is simply whether, while making a fight against a protective tariff, the convention shall boldly de clare itself in favor of duties for reve nue only as Watterson and his frauk er associates want, or attempt a half ' way declaration to be couveuieutly i construed one way or another during ! the campaign as circumstances, local j ity and the future manifestations ! of public sentiment may suggest But whatever the words of the con vention on the tariff, President Cleve ! laud's position is known. His mes ! sage and the introduction and support | of the Mills bill in Congress make the 1 fact quite clear that such a reduction of duties is contemplated a3 has al ' ready aroused the earnest opposition I both of capital and labor engaged in many of the most extensive and im portant of American industries. Whether the convention proposes to go farther on the Watterson line, or merely affirm the suggestions of the message and of the Mills bill as an experimental elfort iu tariff reduction, i 3 not essential at present. A suffi cient issue b: s already be"! framed for the campaign. —The tomb over the grave of Tbaddeus Stevens a', Lancaster, Pa . bears this characteristic inscription: THADDEL'S LTEVKSS, Born at Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, April 4, 17D1 Died at Washington, D. C., August 11, 18(58 "I repose in this quiet and secluded spot, not for any natural preference for solitude, but finding other ceme teries limited as to race by charter rules, I have chosen this that I mitcht illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life: Equality of man before his Maker" The graveyard contains the graves of many colored people, Rov. It It. Durst, of Prospect, preached two instructive serui ns ia the English Lutheran Church of this place on Suuday morning and even iog last, iu the absence ol Itev. It >th. Itev. Paul Klingler of this place im plied the church of Itev. Durst at Prospect on the same day. This was itev. Klingler's first sermon aid we learn it was very satisfactory to the people there. —The King of Sweden, a Protest ant, on his late visit to Rome kissed the Pontiff on both cheeks Such a salute was quite irregular, Long usJige had established the fashion >f merely kissing the hr-ud. In the case of Pio Nouo it was broken by General Grant, who merely shook hauds with the Pope and said, "How do you do, sir ?" —The Princess Isabella, of Brazil, is credited with a large part iu the work of completing the abolition of slavery in her couutrv. Left in charge of the government up»n Ihe departure of the Emperor for E Kopa in .July of last year, she at onc-j de termined to make good in* of h>r re gency by ••Sleeting an iat iuJia:.; abol ition of slavery. By her personal iuflu' uce she secured the passage of a bilf, and now she takes her place in history among the great emancipa tors. Five new Bishops were elected by the GeneralConfereuee of thej Meth odist Episcopal Church in session in New York last week. I'hey were Rev. John 11. Vincent, I) I) , Rev. James N Fitzgerald, I>. I> . Rev. l*aae W Joyce, I) P., Rev. John P. Newman, I>. I) , and Rev. Dauiel A. Goodsell. Sixteen ballots were taken before the fifth tuan was selected, the Conference having adopted a rule re quiring a two-thirds vote to elect. The Conference elected Rev. J. M. Thoburu as Missionary Bishop for India. During the session the limit of possible pastorates was extended from three years to five, and this was generally regarded as an indication of the growing conservatism of the Church. YOU CAN FIND,33s, 0.1 lilrt in PITTHIM'K'.H lit tin' Advert Itiiit-au «'i tt «K BEIQHGTOJT BROS. who will contract for ut lowest latex BID Marriai/e Xotices Published tree. NKWKLL—ARMSTRONG -In M. rcer, Pa , M ay 30, IM>&, by Rev, E. K. Ci«J, Mr.W. 1 G Newell and Miss Carrie M, Armstrong, both of Butler, Pa. CAMPBELL—IU* fLES—By R*v. B. F. Delo, at Clarion, I'a , May 24. 188S, Mr. Theuias G C»ni(.Ml, of Butter county, and Wienie F. Butler, of Sbippenville, ! Pa GALE SAYLOR-On May 31. 188*, by lUv. C A. I.iinbtrg, at his rendenc-, Mr Tnvinas A. Gale, of Kairvit-w tp and Miss ' Savior, of tp, Ruler coun ty- NICHOLAS-BISHOP—May 2». ISSB, at the Lutheran Lvaus Cuy, this Ci«l!ity, by Itev. W. L. Wagner, Mr. John Nicholas, of Butler tp. aud >liss Tenie Bishop, ot* Evans City. IDE A-TBCS. Aniwutuemniti of deaths published fret•, but ail communicrtted obituaries will be charged for iU the rut* of one-half cent for evch word, money to accompany the order. BRANDT —ln Buffalo tp., on Tiiurwlay, May 29, 1888, Mrs. Betsy Brandt, aged about 80 years. DIJNCAX—In Adams tp, this county, May 30, tSSS, Mrs. Julia Ann Duncan, widow of Itohert Duncan, late of Cranberry tp. this county, dee'd, aged 7tt years and 12 days. She was the mother of nine children all of whom survive her, seven of them being boys, among them the present County Com missioner, B. M . Duncan, Esq. Enos G. Dun can lives iu lowa, William in Ohio and the others scattered over the country. Mrs. Duncan's maiden name was Graham, born in Cobn»quenessiu£ tp. and among her earliest recollections is the preaching in a tent near the spot where the present White Oak Springs Church, Connuquenessing tp. now stands. She was one of the uutne rous Gra ham families who settled in ih tt vwinity .and was a woman highly respected by all who knew her. MACKEY—At his home ia Franklin twp. May 21, 1888, Mr. George Mac ley. t)7 years and 7 months. STAI'FFER Sunday, June 3, 188\ at her home in Harmony, Mrs. Catharine Wise, wife of iir. Ed>vard Scautfar, aged 21 years and 2 months. SXODGRASS—Iu Butler, JUJ* •!, 18S3, Robert Leroy Suodgrass. son of C »r:ielius and Catuuriue A, Snodgrass, aged 2 years. 3 months and 4 days. f —Prospective brides may be iuter ested to learn that there are thirty two days in the year on which it is unlucky to marry, aeeordiug to the authority of a niauusrript dated in the fifteenth ctutuiy. These days are January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10,* 15; February 6, 7, 13; March 1, 6, 8; April 6, 11; May 5, 7; Jime 7, 15; July 5, 19; August 15, 16; Septem ber (>, 7; October 6; November 15, 16; December 15, 16, 17. Consequently January is the worst month and Oc tober the bsst month in all the year. BUTLER MARKETS. Hie following are the selling prices of mer hints of this place : Apples, per bmhel. Butter, per pound, 12 to 15 cts. Beans, per qt. 8 to 10ct*. Cabbage, new, 5 cn-t> per pound. Candles, moM, 14 to 15. cts. Carbon oil, 10 to 15 eta. Cheese. 12 to 15 cts per lb. Crackers, 7 tolO ets. per lb. Chickens, per pair, 40 to 50. cts. Coffee, ltio, 22 cts. Coffee, Java, 30 etc. Coff Roasted. 20 lo 23 cts. Coffee, ground, 20 to 2'J cts. Kggs, 15 cts. Fish, mackerel, 5 to 15 cts. Flour, per barrel, $4.50 to $6. Flour, per sack, $1.25 to $1.65.. Feed, chop, per 100 pounds, $1 25. Feed, bran, per 100 lbs. $1.15. Grain, wheat per bushel. 82. Grain, oats per bushel 40 to 45cts Grain, corn per bushel fio cts. Clovei sees! Large, $5.25 per bushel. Clover seed Small, $5.00 per bushel. Timothy seed, $3.25 per bushel. Lard, 10 cts. 13 cts. Honey ,20 cts. liay, sl2 . Shoulders, 10 cts, Bacon, 12 cts. Dried beef, 18 to 25. Corn meal, per pound. 2 to 2} cts. Potatoes. 75 to 00 cts bush. Kice, S to 10 cts. Sugar, hard, 8 cts. Sugar coffee, 8 cts. Sugar, raw, 6i cts. Soap, 5 to 10 cts. Salt, per barrel, $1.25. Tea, Hyson, Gunpowder, etc., 50 cts. to 90 Tea, Japan, etc., 60 to <;0 cts. Tea, Breakfast, 40 to 80 cts. Tallow, 3 to 5 cts. Onion , New, 5 cts, a bunch. Radishes, New, 5 cts. a bunch. Lettuce, 5 cents a head. B. & B. SPECIAL SPUING SALE OF Silks and Disss Goods. IN PLAIN IILACKS, COLORS. FANCY COMBINATIONS AND W EAVES. This Is a most extensive ofTe-rlng. and em braces many KE.MAItKABLE IiAIUiAINS-not every day bargains—but something unusual. Purchasers or Dry (ioods will consult tlielr own Interests by writing our Mall order Department for samples of these values, which, together with any Information ill regard to goods, ate , will be cheerfully sent to any address. This bran < li of our business Is rapidly growing every day. H will continue to develop Just In propor tion as the bcnellts and advantages ot purchas ing lrtun our extensive stink (where main rare bargains are constantly ottered) conies to be fully understood and appreciated by buyers llv lug at a distance from the large trade centres. The bargains lu the Silk Department win In clude 20-iuch lilack uros Grains, 75c, B">c, HOC. tI.OO. *1.23, «I.M to 22-Inch Black Hurrahs, strictly all silk, soe. such ipiallty not shown elsewhere less than ti> and Tic. Also, Special Values in lilack Surahs, «nc. 65c, 75c. inch suralis, SI.OO, $1.25. sl..Vi. Kull line Black ..rmure silks, 20 Inches wide, aic ; real value. 11.36. Colored Dress Silks In large assortment , Including Gros Grains, Surahs, Rhadames, Faille Francaisss, elc. A few special numbers In WOOL KABltlcs arc f.-lurh all-wool Checks and Mixtures. 25a \ art I regular 50c. quality. Line of :u;-lncli all-wool goods, elegant quality, >sc. to Inch French Sailings, fiOc; down Iroin 75c. and ti.no. tuO.iKKi yards of Crinkled Seersuckers sacrificed at sc, e; l ,, sc. a yard; tine goods, and r--.il value double these prices. Very extensive assortments of DOMESTIC SATINKS at 12'vC. and 20c. and finest French Salines lit 25c. 30C, :uc. Wash iioods of every description checked. India Linens, Dress lUltighaim, t'rt'p' Cloths, l'lipies, etc.. etc., at less than regular prices. ' The Best Qualities at Lowest Prices " Parasols and Sun I'mbrellßs. Fans. Summer Hosiery and (iloves. Ladles' Neckwear. Ueind kerchlefs. Klbbous. Laces, Embroideries, etc.— the most for your money. Write for prices. BOGGS & BDHL. 115,117,119,121 Federal SI, Allegheny, Pa. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. •J. C. ROESSINU, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER. LI. C. HEINEMAN, SKCBKTAKT. DIHKCrORS: ■I L Purvis, Samuel Andersou, William Campbell J. W. Knrkhart. A. Ttoutman, Henderson Oliver, 'i C Koessing, .lames Stephinsou. Dr. W. Irvln. N. WelUel, J. K. Taj lor. U. C. Helueman, LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae't BT7TLER, PA. Adreriwe in iho CITIZEN. felly Ills piy &AKINO POWDER Absolutely Pure. This I'owder hever varies. A marvel ol purity, strength and wholeiouieiest'. More economical that Ihe ordinary kinds, and on not be cold in com pit it ion with the mullitue ol low tests, short wciirht.aluiun or phosphate powders. Sold only in cant. IiOYAL BAKINt; I'Ort'DEK CO., IOC Wall Street N. Y. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate of Jacob Troutman. late of coxconi) tut., dbc'd. l.ettcis testamentary in the estate of Jacob Troutman. deceased, late of Concord Tp., But ter county, Pa., having Oeen granted to I lie un dersigned all persons knowing themselves to be indebted to said estate will please make imme diate payment, and any having claims against said estat" will present them duly authenticat ed lor paymeut. Mks. HcsAN Tkoctmaiv. Executrix. Hooker I*. 0., Butler Co., Pa. Fleeger & Voore. Attorneys. EXECUTOR'S SALE Tlie undei signed executor ot the last will and testament ot Ww. callah-jr. late ot F i ankllu twp., Butler Co., l a., dee d, by authority and de cree of the Orphans' Court of said eouiity. at O. C., No. in. Marcu itriu. lsAs, uudtn pursuance thereof, will offer at public sale at the premises lu Franklin twp., saw county, on SATURDAY, JlMi Stli, ISSS, at 3 o'clock p.m., all that cer.ain tract of land of Win. Callagher. dee d, situate in Franklin twp., Hutler Co.. fa., bounded and described as follows, to-wlt: On ihe north by lands ol James ( ratty, east by lands ot iUlun l.elrs and Charles Gallaner, routii by I;nils of James liUMle, on the west by lands of Win. Ralston and public road; containing one hundred and six acres, more or less. All cleared and leneed. A log house and bam and otlw r out buildings i hereon. A good orchard of about nine acres. To be sold on the usual terms. WILLIAM RALSTON, Executor of the last will and testament of Wm. Uallaher, dee'd. Estate of Christian Metz. (LATE OP AH AMS TWP., X>SC"D.) Letters of administrate having been granted to the undersigned on I lie estate of Christian Met;;, dee'd, late of Adams twp.. Hutler county. I'a. all persons knowing themselves Indebted to said estate will please make Immediate pay ment, and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated foi settlement. ANNAS METZ, Admr. Callery. I*. 0., Butler Co.. Pa. Estray Cow. Came to the farm of the subserllior in Penn twp.. Butler county, fa., on April 9t!i. ism*, a brlndle cow with soni. white on buck and nlnd teet. The owner Is requested to come forward prove property, pay charges, and take her away otherwise she will be disposed of according tc law. DANIEL KM ERICH. Estate of Frederick Siebert, I.ATK OK Bt'TLKR IIOROCOU, DEC 1). Whereas letters of Administration on the es tate of Frederick Siebert. late of the Borough ol Hutler, Butler Co., I\»., dee'd. have been granted to the undersigned, tlieiefore all persons know Ing themselves indebted to said estate wll please make Immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them properly authenticated for payment. William sikhkkt Administrator, Butler, Fa. McJunkln & Galbreath, Attorneys. Estate of George Beam, LATE OK U Alt HON Y IIOKO, DBC'D. Letters of administration 011 the estate ol (ieorge Beam, dee'd' late of Harmony boro. But ler county, Pa. having been granted to the un dersigned, «I 1 persons knowing themselves indebted to said e- tate are requested to make immediate pavmcnt. and any having claims agiinst said estate will present them duly au thenticated for settlem-ut. KNSLKN I!i:.VM \ » dmr3 SAMt'EI. BK.VM / A,lm ™- Harmony, Butler county, Pa. Lev McQulstios, Att'y. Estate of Wiiliam Gallagher, (LATE OK FRANKLIN TWP., DCC'D). Letters or administration on the estate of Wm Gallagher, dee'd, late of Franklin twp., Butler county. Pa., having been grant"d to the under signed. all persons knowing themselves indebt ed to said estate will please make Immediate pay meut and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated foi settlement. , WILLIAM RAUSTON, Adm r. Prospect. Butler Co.. Pa. Estate or Henry Goehring,dee'd. I.ATK OP BUFFALO TWP. Letters of administration, C. T. A. having been granted to tin? undersigned on the estate of Henry Uoehrlng. dee'd. late of Buffalo Twp.. Butler Co.. Pa., all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will please make imme diate payment, and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticat ed or payment. . JOHN T. MA It TIN, Admr. Sarversvllie. P. o.,'Butler Co., Pa. McJinkin a; Oai-uhk aiii, Att'y. For Sale. The undersigned Administrator of Ebenezer Christy, deed, late or Parker twp., offers at private sale a farm or 1 IT acres, situate In Wash ington twp., near lllKlard's Station. It is all cleared and lu good state of cultivation, well watered, uud has a two-story frame house, and loir barn, large orchard, and good out buildings ALSO, a 7."> aire piece In Washington twp.. near the Allegheny slope coal mine, with rail road running through It. two-9tory frame house, partly cleared and balance good timber. ALSO, a farm ot so acres In l'arker twp., be tween Auulsvllle and K. lorado, one-half cleared and other half well timbered with chestnut timber, good land, but no buildings. All the above pieces are underlal "1 with coal, and will 1m; sold either for cash or on time. For further particulars enquire or ii. W. CHRISTY. ;r.'--3in North Hope P. 0., Butler Co.. Pa VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. \ rare chance to buy a good farm, situ ited In Wlnttehl twp.. Hutler County. Pa. oatli ■ Btulei Branch of West Penn Railroad, and within hall a mile ot the stailon and village of Delano. con taining One Hundred Acres Seventy five ai res ot which are cleared and the balance la vond timber, kas .1 ( I t' l - frame house of live rooms. cellar, nosh-house, spring-house, hank bum • and or« liard 01 a good variety of trait. The land is in a litgU iwett e iltivutton 11 Is ml In but is not I : >kcu by hills, and Is well ada|'led stock m dug at there Is living water :.i every held, aiid tht reiicts are lu giwid rep.ur. Terms easy. K. r fur;lter particulars enqiilri Aliil'HTl'S Jll liin. 4 XO-3m Bernnui, I'. 0., Itutier Co., I'a „ K, Y n, CATARRH feu ueps* Oi«« Belief "'■&^S,4siS C °«] once and */> t«u. i> head gA CATARRH K Hay Fe,er »«K^' Not if Situjf fr'rtr from hijui i 0 li.SA. | on* Dray* unit uAv.irrvro ojff'rntive (Mori ||"* A particle of the Balm Ls applied Into cacL nostril. Is agn-. able lo use and Is quickly ab sorbed. effectually cleansing the 11as.1l passages or catarrhal virus, eailslng healthy wen lions. It allavs pain and inllainmailoii. protects tie meinbranal linings of Ihe head iroin addition ii colds, completely heals Ihe sons and rest on" the sense ot taste and smell. Beie-n-lal resiilt> an- realized by a few applleal tons. A I IIOROriIH TKEATMKNT Wll.l. « I RE Price »i cents at druggists; by mall, register ed 00 cents. Circulars sent free. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists. Warren St.. Y Catarrh Is Not 14 lllooil IHwnnf. No matter what parts It may finally effect, ca tarrh alwavs starts in the head, and In loh;rs tt the head. 'There Is no mvslery ot tie-origin ol llils dreadful disease. I" begins lu a neg|eete,l cold, one ol the kind that is -sun- to be bettci 111 a few days " Thousands ol victims kn i« how It Is by sail experience. Ely's i'n am Balm cures colds In the head and catarrh In all It' stages. rin c to .rear,- a thor. ti«h ne" Mae,tlon. m li«oniff *n Eip-n shortMtril and Tr»« Wrlty. 01 pn narr to H»eh Penrasn'.nlp, U »t th< 11 -a Hu.luru Csllvgc. Illu.tritcd OaUlOfuc fret. TREASURERS SAIL Of Seated and Unseated Lands In Butler Co. for Taxes Due for 1887 ana Previous Yea rs. By virtue of sunUry \ '■* of Hi* General As sembly of the I'smimv.in th ul rwMjlW* relating to the sale o( ' ..nu unseated lan H !u the count* of itulli• , tor taxes due arid unpuld. I will offer at public sale, a' the Court House, in tiie SECOND MONDAY i >'«■' JI'NE. 1-WH, l-elnj.'tUe lltu (lay .»f tii •nouiH. at r> o click k.m.. the following des i ' it pieces ot land >r -'Jill par:-> thereof as iu_.. c necessary to sat li ly the amount ot taxes dv and unpaid against i lie saint ami continue 11 s.ile from day to day as the same may Le loai.i. ne ■ asarjr. l'Kl:Msoi>Al.t.-T',i >'iiount ot taxi*:.-i*l costs must lie paid when U.o land is strkv • u uil, or the sale may l>e avol led and the property put up :. lot I'otts W K lielrs, sS. one A. I-ue-hal lucre... 3.72 Bt'ri.tK rwr. Marshall Samuel h< Irs. 'BS oa acres ZT.3* Conn Ul. 85, lou ti.cu COM i>Hi' rwr. Mcßride J. 'BS. as acres 15.67 llunser Hank, Mi. 1 acre 1.16 lilaclc Jno, deed, Mi. lw acres *4 so Dully Clias, 'B6, 7 acres 2.43 Klthian sA. '.-6 and 'Bll4 . res s.w 1. olden SH, 'SO, 1 acre - 135 Uoltl A' Patterson, "w, 7 a- • n 4.57 McKlbben Jll a Co. >4; an-; sT, » acres.... 4.84 lUery a: Krawle\, sr. j . res 1.53 Parks .las lielrs. «6 nuu s., 61 acres a J •Say Asa , toacies !».*« l 'H£KK \ VVr. AlTce Wm, 'BS. house anci . : 2.e» Gllmorc hi'Lrs, 'BS. scanu To acres ai.42 Sullivan U C. 'BS. li'J b.«7 Keed W H, V« and UT, 00 n- res 13.30 Smith & Duffy. 'B6. 10 acr. 2 us FAIUVIK* TWP. Watson Tlios. '8«, house lot 3.10 FAIKVIEW UOKOVOU. Adams M S, 84, *ss. *6 and 'ST, 1 acre 4 T« Mutiselinan Wash, 'so, ho-is*.- and lot 0 a Kei d David. >5. house and lot 0 ts Kiddle i l'earsol. '8).'80 and tfT. oue-ualf lot 344 Wagner Henry. 'as. 2 lots 2.98 Patioa Win, "Bti, 3 bouses and lots 14.00 JF.FFK.RSO: ; WP. Putin Lardln k Co, 'B6 and *7, T lots 4.01 !ierr.!as. 'B6, 1 lot 1.14 Gray Samuel, 'B6, 1 lot 1,17 JIAKIOX i«r. Campbell J as,'»«, 14 acre 1 3.T3 Purviance J no, >6 and »T. »0 acn* 10.00 MII.LKKSTOWS i: laOCOH. Titus Wm,"66, 1 lot 2.1# OAKIJVXI' : WP. Purviance Jno N. "Mi and "v;. 110 acres 56.42 Thompson .1 no M. 'B6 aii'l .. 10 acres 4.8S Hutchison W ti. »6 and 5..: acres 2.40 McClure Mrs, 'B6 and 'ST. _>: ■ res IT.T4 PROSPF.CT HOKO. McLaughlin Jno B, 'B6 ai NT, 8 lota 1.80 PAItKKI*. TWP. Shaw <; W. 'ss, wi and v., iiot'se and 10t... 10.9* Fuller Q c:, '&? 'm; arid '< t acres 37.04 Hydrlrk Harney, "80. 26 acr-s ».5« Atwell T J 'SO and s7. 45 a ICS 1C.3» Crest Jno. 'BO, 5» acres lI.W Kramer C C Ar U W. V«. -JIT acres S7.SO Kraim-r D. 'B6 and >7. i'o "it* 3VJO Collar l.i. übcii. Mi 25 JUT 1 - 4.84 Edwards .las, >6.40 acres 11.M AlcKlsstck Hannah. 'B6 ;u. i'.,lot 4.» Pugli Albert. '«n. 2X acres 3.» Shaw David, 'Sc. lot 2.1S HlMMll I U 1-. Scott RP. H3, 50 seres 9.53 VF.XAM.iO TV. P. Calcr Jas and w its, 'BS and .. 4 acres 7.4S Vanderilu JC. 'B»i and "87. acres 17.:;* Blrchard Alex.'s6 aud'B7.6". nrrcs 19.W Kellv I'lieodore lielrs. twan 1 VT. :w acr.-s.. iti.3s WINFIELU i'WP. Breden Jas. 'BS and 'sc. To res f:i.T5 WORTH T>vr. Stoughlon 0 P, 's6 and '»?, :t; acres 12.W WABHINUTVX TWP. Cunningham Nancv. 'BS an> 57, 10 acres 4.92 1 hiulx-nspeck i' L, 85, th aires 1.9T Tixld M 1.. 'BS. house andl-i' B.ss Achbar Mining Co. 'BS an I -7,14 acres "31.W Patterson Win heirs, 'BO. <■-. acres U.Ol lireilen Jas, 'so and >T 67 . res ::i.ll Kelly Patrick. '8« nnd 'sT. m. acres Si».TO ('Ollll Jas 1., 'B6 and 'BT, 100 acres 32.00 Mercer .Mining Co, 'B6 and cT. 180 acres cuuo. AMOS SEATI -N. Co. Treasurer. THE CITIZEN, A weekly newspaper, published every Fri day morning at Butler, Pa., by JOHN H. 3c W. C. NEGLEY. Suliserlption Rate. Per year, in advance #1 50 Otherwise t2 00 No BtiWnption wiil be iliuiiontinned until all arrearages are paid. All communications intended for publication in this parer must be acci...panied by the real name of the writer, not for publication bat aa a guarantee of good fai.. Marriage and atalh noticoe must be accom panied by a responsible nam*. 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