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Oovniioß McKtsliy haa no -ipology to
make for protection. Hia speech before
the Ohio wool grower# laAt week was in
spiring and confident. Bis ringing deel •-
ration, "I do not believe in giving np the
fight after one engagement and one de.
feat." epxreseei the overwhelming senti
ment of the Itep-iblican party. The stead
fast champion of protection b»s«a bis ad
vocacy ot that policy on the only founda
tion broad enough to lend it stability and
permanency. Governor McKinley favors
protection for all American interests, and
is unalterably opposed to "having com
modities free at one end of the factory
and tariffed at the other end '
If Republicans firmly maintain this princi
ple throughout the coming free trade ex
periment the fa tore of protection is secure
Thk Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
are covered with from twelve to eighteen
inches of ice, and the oyster industry is at
a standstill. Stock that is almost worth
less brings from <1.50, to 11.75 a bushel.
Fbahc U ban apparently passed the per
iod of most critical peril to the Republic,
and nothing but proof of President Car
not's corrupt complicity in the Panama
Canal scandal can seriously shake public
confidence.
It is stated that the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad company has snch a large
quantity of coal side-tracked in the coal
regions and between them and tbe sea
beard that in order to relieve the blockade
the output will have to be restricted.
Political.
The two factions in the Democratic party
of Beaver Co. bad an exciting time at their
meeting in Beaver last Saturday, and the
Ritchie faction named the Co. Chairman.
The honest Republicans of Pennsylvania
may well congratulate themselves on the
fact that more than forty of their Repre
sentatives at Harrisburg were last week
fonnd willing to undo, so Car as they then
could, the wrong committed by Clerk
Voorbees in placing upon the roll of the
House the name of a man who was not
elected and excluding from it the name of
one who was elected. The act of the Clerk
was undoubtedly unauthorised by any law
or precedent, and was, to say the least, a
political plunder which must prove damag
ing to the party if not corrected at the
first opportunity. The action of a majori
ty of the members of l«st Thurs
day gives us reason to hope that it will be
corrected. It will certainly bo advantag
eous to (he party If all Republican mem
bers iar be brought to join ex-Speaier
Hewitt a J Representative Cessna is right*
iug the wrong committed at the organiza
tion.—Wellsboro Agitator
There is certainly a unanimity of opinion
among tbe newspapers of the State as to
the settlement of the Andrews-Higby leg
islative contest in Crawford county. The.i
all demand that Mr. Higby be given the
aeat he is justly entitled to, and that An
drews be ousted. Whether the members
of the House will do their duty in this mat
ter remains to he seen, but it seems almost
impossible to believe that they will not se<
the right side and do justice to Mr. Higby
and cany out the wishes of tbe people who
elected him.— Miner's Journal.
IT may not be uninteresting to know
that other Commonwealths besides our OWL
are trying to find means to make the good
oitisen vote (if a man can be a good citi
sen who does not act), and that other men
besides Judge Stewart of Chambersburg
have been trying by act of Assembly to
increase tbe voting population. An expe
riment or illustration comes by way oi
Missouri. Instead of poll tax, the statutes
of Missouri prescribe a fine of $2 50 for fail
ure to vote. The oity attorney of Kansas
City has taken the law at its werd, and has
began action against B. T. Whipple, a
prominent capitalist, for a starter. It is
estimated that 18,000 men failed to vote in
Kansas City at the November election
At 13 50 each the city would net $45.00(V—
--a purse worth working for. Tbe Missouri
theory that a man who can vote and won't
Tote should assist in liquidating any dam
ages that this failure to do bis duty as a
citisen may entail Missouri is not wrong in
theory, sinoe those who do not vote are
usually tbe most intelligent citisens; but
the world will look on with interest to find
out if there is any virtue in legislation to
make the intelligent citizen do his duty.
• Douthctt'a Resolution.
On Wednesday of last week, Representa
tive Doutbett asked general consent for the
introduction of a resolution "Against tbe
repeal or modification by Congress of the
Act requiring the gates of tbe Wcrid's
Columbian Exposition to be closed on Sun
day," Fow, oi Philadelphia, objected and
tbe matter went over till Monday, when
Mr. Douthett again brought it up
Mr. Fow entered bis protest sgarnet tbe
resolution on the gronnd that tbe legisla
tore bad nothing to do with tbe instructing
of members of Congress, they being elect*
ed to perform certsin duties which tbej
are supposed to be competent to perforin
without instruction Ritter of Lycoming
followed in tbe same vein. He declared
that every man familiar with the Chicago
Sunday knew that tbe saloons,theat. rs and
worse places were open, and the opening
of the fair would be in tbe interest of mor
ality. Mr Pkinner added that there were
worse places in Chicago than tbe World'*
fair, and they wonld be open on Sunday.
Mr. Douthett ably defended bis resolu
tion. » He said be bad hoped no gentleman
on tbe floor of tbe bonse would defend a
dishonest proposition. Bis resolution did
not enter into the merits or demerits of
openiug the World's fair on Sunday. It
was only intended to assist in enforcing a
contract which had been entered on the
one part by the highest authority iii tbe
land and on tbe other by tbe World's Fair
commissioners. An appropriation bad
been made lor the benefit ol tbe fair b>
CongTers on condition that it should be
eloeed on Sunday, and now there was an
effort to escape from the condition with
out givkg up the appropriation. Ho hop
ed the legislature would discountenances
any suob dishonest methods.
Mr. Fow inquired if tbe gentleman knew
there was a powerful lobby in Washington
opposiug the repeal of that condition Mr
Doutbett replied be was awaro there war
a very strong opposition to tbe proposition
which was represented in Washington
That was not gern ane to tbo resolution
Tbe yeas and nays were called and tbi
resolution was adopted by a vote of Dl to
52 and messsge to the senate.
ThMPKaaKCE has become a business
necessity. Nearly all the great railway
lines have for several years insisted upon
their engineers pledging themselves to to
tal abstinenoe. and il bas folly come to
pass that tbe drink babit militates against
the advancement of a man in any railway
position. This becomes more genera! in
•very branch of business every year. Many
business bouses will not employ a man
known to be a habitual drinker, and tbe
time is at baud when tbe young man most
choose between tbe drink babit aud re
spectable employment. It is a stock tem
perance argument that intemperance blasts
hopes and reputation and destroys all
chance of advancement and prosperity.
Yet it is eminently true in as Jarge a sense
as to-day. it is certsin to become more
»r <! TV ore a faot of business life as time
foM on.
Tgi ckflwa it npiMUov is Gtn
Harrteborg.
On Tharaday of last week the gates were
opened for the introduction of bill*, and in
» short time 187 of them were piled on the
Speaker'* desk.
There were bills regarding everything
from Constitutional Amendments to fence
bills, and all referred to their proper Com
mittees. Senator Baker's proponed inves
tigation of the Reading Railroad Combine,
created considerable comment; as did alao
the alleged combination of Members and
Senators from the rural counties.
Rep. Ponthett introduced a bill to pro
ride for a State School-Book Board to pro
vide for the furnishing of school books t<>
all school children at publishers prices, and
*lso one for an appropriation for the Slip
peryrock Normal, which this year want*
jesiooo.
Regarding tax laws. Uany Ilali, corre
>pondent of tbe Pittsburg Timet has tbe
following to say: In addition to thequea
tion of new tax laws, it is likely that the
interpretation put upon the present one by
the Auditor General's department may
have no unimportant effect upon the State s
finances. The Buyer act of 1891 changed
the methed of appraising tbe value of capi
tal stocks of corporations. Tbey must he
appraised at tbeir actual value in cash, not
less, however, than tbe average price at
which it sold during the year, "and not
less than tbe price of value indicated or
measured by net earnings or by the amount
of profit made and either declared in divi
dends or carried into surplus or sinking
fund." The "net earnings" clause is new
In settling taxes with corporations this
rear, tbe department baa largely baaed ita
calculations upon this, clause. As an ex
ample of tbe change, one case may be cit
ed where a railroad corporation returns 1..-
oapital stocks at $2,000,000, its par value
*nd the rate it has sold at. At ■> mills,
the tax amount* to SIO,OOO. But measur
ing its capital stock value upon the net
earnings returned, the department fi,**""
it t»t $8,700,000 and makes the tax iMJ.oOO.
In calculating the tax, the department
regards the net earnings as representing 6
per cent, or the actual value of the caniul
stock, that rate having been the dividend
basis fixed by the act of 1889 and previous
laws.
Although all taxes are being settled or
this basis, tbe Auditor General and State
freannrer have not yet fully decided
whether to endeavor to collect them as
thus settled, wishing first to lie sure that
r.heir interpretation of the "net earnings
clansA will stand the test of the courts, for
it is certain that the corporations will ap
peal in almost every instance. Should it be
insisted on and sustained by the courts, the
State taxes* ill be increased to figures
beyond the wildest anticipations of the
framers of the law.
Monday night, Doutbett's resolution
noted in another place, passed by
a vote of 91 to 52, and w the
Senate Gobin started after Gov. Pattison
with a sharp stick by introducing
a resolution setting forth that the nomina
tion of Robert Watchorn for Factory In
spector bad been rejected by tbe Senate
oii May 27, 1891; that it is alleged that
Watchorn baa performed the dutfc of said
office since that dat*,and that be has been
'igitin nominated bv the Governor for thai
position, and directing the Judiciary Spe
cial Committee to inquire and report
whether he is acting in that capacity, and
if so. by what warrant of authority. The
Democrats seemed unprepared for the reso
lution, and it was adopted without oppo-i
'ion. . .
Weyand of Beaver, offered a resolution,
which was adopted, requesting Pennsylva
uia representatives in Congress to vote for
and advocate the passage of tbe bill now
pending, requiring the Secretary of war to
cansc a snrvey to be made for a ship canal
connecting the waters of Lake Erie and tbe
Obio river.
On Tuesday, Sen. Brown of Westmorl
and Co., introduced a bill which assess
ivery voter $1 a year for a cash road tax:
Kep. Mansfield of Beaver, one providiLir
for electious on tbe license question; the
Dontbett resolution regarding the World's
I'air was referred to the Bena ; o Commit
.ee in Vice and Immorality; the proposi
tion to saddle the costs of calling out the
military on the connty calling lor help
stirred np a hornet's nest.
THH latest guess on Cleveland's Cabinet
is as follows:
Secretary of Thomas P. Bayard.
Secretary of the Treasury, John G. Car
lisle of Kentucky.
Secretary of War, Patriok A. Collins id
M nidturhTiMft fit.
Secretary of the Navy. Daniel S. Lamont
of New York.
Secretary of the Interior, E. C. Wall of
Wisconsin.
Postmaster general, Wm. F. Harritv of
Pennsylvania.
Attorney-general, John Randolph Tucaer
• f Virginia.
Secretary of Agriculture, Hugh C. Wal
'ace of Washington.
Or*. B. F. Bctlbk's death is said to
have been caused by tbe bursting of a
tilood vessel due to a fit of coughing. His
»rain weighed four ounces more than Web
ster's.
TUSKS little girls were baptized in the
ice covered creek at Woodberry, near Bal
timore, on Sunday by a Dunkirk Elder.
The children came out of the wator more
dead than alive.
Centreville Items.
McClymonds and Cbucky Westlake made
a flying trip with their girls to Millville,
Monday Eve.
I John McGonagal is able to be abovt, but
has not appeared in the city yet.
Our school is in the best condition; no
complaint from any source. Enrollment,
270.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Snydar of Nebraska
are visiting relatives in the northern pari
of the township.
Mr. Thomas Patton is going to repair his
residence in tbe spring.
Mr Wash Weber is able to be out again
■>n our streets, but he may be a oripple for
life.
Mr. Harbaugh has improved in health so
•nuch that he is able to go around the
house.
Mr. Bingham has been very poorly (or
the past mont., but is improving as rapid
ly as could be expected.
John Miller, our genial huckster, is verj
low with tyhoid fever.
About 75 of our students took an outing.
Monday. They report eood skating on the
creek.
The Jr. 0. U. A. M. gave an oyster sup
per on Monday night. They report that
ibey had a good time and receipts fair.
Our gas is bidding out tbis winter to the_
satisfaction of tbe community.
Nelson, Baker <fc Keister have purchased
one of the finest hearses f«r their under
taking establishment that is in Western
Penn'a.
Mr. Joe Kennedy of Gomersall, was
seen on our streets lately. Ho conteui
plat cs locating in our city. He hays that
Centrevide will outnumber Grove City in 5
years.
Rev. Cotton preached a good sermon to a
•villi filled house, last Sunday.
Rev Tail.supply from Pitts. Seminary,
pleached for the IT. P's. last Sabbath
morning and evening.
Mrs. T. M. Rhodes is on the sick list.
T. S. Coulter & G'o.have one of tbe great
eat curiosities in their store that *as ever
exhibited in this neck of woods. What is
itf Ask the girls It's a final.
Who got those collars out of rthode's
shop the other nigbt.
Clutton Bros. & McGaffic are invoicing
the drug store this week. Mr. George
Clutton of New Castle is here helping to
invoice their goods.
Mr. Harvey A James Hockenberry of
Gomersall were guests at Mr. Cbristey's
last week.
Mr. George Priugle of Plain Grove, was
a gnest at the Eytb Hotel, Tuesday.
Mrs Burt Baker is very low, but hopes
of recovery.
Oar Livervmen are, having a lively time.
Kigbt it out, Burt and Dick.
Mr. Thomas Cooper's little boy is very
sick. RKOULAK.
TIIK present Legislature will re appor
tion the State into Congressional, Legisla
tive and Senatoiial districts A Union
town editor who has hern working at the
' Congressional apportionment prints twoar
-1 rangements, one putting Butler county in
1 with La*ree.c«, Mercer aud Venango,pop
ulation 100 000; aud tbo other joining us
with Armstrong Co., and the northern
jmrt of Altatvny CV, population 162,000.
Dempsy Found Guilty.
Thursday forenoon was occupied in hear
ing witnesses on character, and others rebut
ting evidence already in; and that after
noon the counsel addressed the jury.
When Court convened Friday morning a
big crowd was present to hear Judge
Stowe's charge to the Jury The Judge
began talking shortly liefore 10 o'clock.
Be finished about 10:20 and the jury re
tired to the jury room. Pempjev was in
Court all morning and listening with the
greatest attention t > the remarks of the
Judge. When the jury had gone. Demp
sey arose apparently unconcerned, and
left the court r.«'® with his attorneys.
Upon the reconvening of the court at 1
o'clock the jury camojn and asked for fur
ther instructions relative to tbe various
counts in the indictment The Court ex
plained again that the prosecution hat
tailed to produce any evidence which would
justify the jury in finding Dempsey guilt}
on the third and fourth counts, whict
charged the defendant with combining
with other persons unknown to adniini -
ter poison, that tbe only counts the jury
could consider were the first and second
which charge that Derapsey administer-d
poison with intent to commit murder. Ttie
Court said that if the jury believed pois-n
was administered and that Denif-ej
administered or caused to bo adminis
tered such poison then be wa
guilty as to the first count.
After receiving these instructions the
jurors went out. Deuipsey and his att'T
aeys were standing in the corridor at the
lime the jury cauie iu for instructions,
when told of the fact they hastened iut<-
the courtroom. Tney arrived iu time to
near the latter part of the Judge sremarks:
"And if you think he administered or caus
ed to be administered poison to tbe men at
Home-tead, then you must find him guil
ty." L. K. Porter's countenance cloudeo
us he heard the instructions the jury aske
for and be said: "It looks like cou\ic
tion."
About seven minutes after the jury had
left the court tor the second time the)
came in with their verdict. "I" Mr
Dempsey or bis attorney in court," saio
Judge Stowc. Mr. Denipsey pushed bi
way through the crowd aud answered,*
did his attorney. Dempaey stood looking
steadfastly at the jarors, and when the
court crier read out "We find the defen
dant sruilty a* indicted," his expression
never changed, but on the reading being
finished he turned arotind and sat down
He was apparently the least concerns
person in the court room. After speaking
a few words to his attorney, he left th>
courtroom.
PBKSB COMMENTS.
The verdict ot guilty in the Dempse
case wa.> a verdict springing absolute!',
from the jury The impression whin
,'udge Siowe's charge made upon the 0»i
:iml tho public was that it was serupulou"
lv fair Thi defendant certainl> had non
•-bo worst of bift coromentH upon fbe la
»nd hi 4 statement of the lacts. The Dm
npsl speech for the Co mnxmwealtb, as i!
I appened.v as made by an attorney who
unexpectedly compelled to represent Di
trict Attorney Burleigh when lie was su-i
ienly culled a'*"*iy from court f»y the death
• fbis mother. .
Th-) jury evideuty accented as sufficient
corroboration of the coufessioii of accou -
plices the circumstantial points sustaining
their story, aud disbelieved Demp-cy s ex
p Isolation that he had put bait a doze
cooks in the iniil restaurant as paid spu
upon the skilled labor employed elsewher
in the works,and that they were sent tl.cr
for no other purpose. The evidence • !
previous good character does not seem t*
nave weighed much It doe* not app'-a •
likely that tne jury believed Dempse
<ent anybody into the Homestead m:l
with the clear design of poisoninic anybod■
to death, but rather that he did conspire t'
introduce into the food of the men at worl
there a violent and dangerous drug, will
the pupose o! making them unfit for worl
attd rii driving tbem out of the ul ',"; •/'
believing they held him responsible lo
the lull results of the drugs administered
It is not impossible that they counted for
somewhat, as goini? to prove reckless di--
r egard ot consequences on his part, th
fact in a recent strike conducted by bin
in Allegheny, street cars coutaiuiug iuno
,-i.nt passeugers were recklessly stoned atio
dynamited because they were run to break
■> strike which be was sustaining.—Pitts
•>urg Times.
To those who have pursued the testimo
ny in the case of Hugh F. Deuipsey, cliarg
ed with having been implicated in the
poisoning of food served to employees in
: he Homestead mill, tbo verdict of the jun
will not only be no surprise receive
their heart} commendation. The crime i
■ •ue of tho most atrocious and infanmu?
known to the law, aud the circumstance:*
attendant upon itsperpeiration in this case
were so peculiarly aggravating and hcin
IOUS that, the (acts having been fairly and
;-learlj' established, a verdict oi conviction
was imperatively demanded.
The trial was presided over by one of the
ablest judges in tbo state, and the defend
ant had the benefit of counsel of unques
tioned force and influence. The vital
points were: First, was poison put into
the food as alleged? and secondly, if pois
■•n was so administered was it at tho in
stance or by the authority of the defend
I 4nt T The court charged the jury that il
the evidence failed to show that poison
was used they must find a verdict for the
defendant. If, on tbo other band, they
were satisfied that noison had been used,
then they must satisfy themselves beyond
a reasonaole doubt that it was used at the
instance and with the knowledge of the
defendant before they would bo warranted
in finding a verdict of guilty. The court
further instructed tbo jury that the)
night convict Deinpsey on the testi
uiony of his accomplices, Gallehe.
and Davidson, alone. The defendant
was a competent though interested wit
liens, while his accomplices were sus
picions and tainted witnesses, and it Wie
the duty of tbe jury to pass upon their
credibility. If they believed Gallagher
and Davidson's testimony, that would just
tily them in finding a verdict ot guilty a.-
Hgaiii Deinpsey,even though he had denie
•ill complicity in the poisoning. Tin
jndge concluded in these words: "I hav<
carefully avoided anything like an opinion
upon either of tbei-e facts, because it is for
you alone to determine them and render
y >ur verdict in accordance with such de
termination without fear or favor."
I'bero was appparently no serious doubts
in the minds ol tbe jurors as to ths main
facts in tbe case. They were satisfied
poison had deeu used anil that Deinpsey
had guilty knowledge of tiie tact. Some
difficulty was experienced as to the minor
counts iu the. indictment, but when the
e .urt cleared away that obstacle they
promptly returned a" verdiat of guilty as
indicted. The crime involves a tine not
exceeding SI,OOO and imprisonment iu the
penitentiary not exceeding seven years—
not a whit too severe when the gravity of
tho offense is considered. —Pittsburg
Gazette.
A member of the Dempsey jury was cor
ralled by a on ttie street Saturday
and asked il he would not be kind enough
to enlighteu au auxious public as to what
took place in the jury room during the
time intervening between the court's
charge and the promulgation ol tho verdict.
At first tbe ex juror declined todis-uss the
subject. Finally, however,he condescend
ed to talk, provided his name be omitted
from the interview, lie said:
'•Every n an on tbe jury was for convic
tion from the time wo loft tho courtroom
at the conclusion of tho Judo's charge
until we came in with oar verdict. Two
or three members were not quite clear a<
to the duties of the jury witli reference to
tbe several counts in the indictment. tin
thin point :<lone was thoro any discussion;
not one word on the question of tho guilt
or innocence of Deinpsey. Not being able
to make tbe two or three members under
stand the Judge's remarks about tbe third
and fourth counts we decided lo a k for
further instructions. As soon u» tl.is was
done our verdict was ready. It was ren
dered stric'ly iu accordance with the law
as laip down to us by Judge Stowe. W«
understood him to say that the Court bad
already sot asule the third and fourth
counts'; that if Deinpsey were guilty we
would have to render a verdict ol guilty as
indirted.'
"How any suae man can censure the jury
for rendering a verdict ol guilty is mora
than I can understand. The evidence was
conclusive Every member of tho jury
was satisfied that poison had been put into
tbe food prepared for tbe non-union men
in tbe Homestead mill, I'hi* was proven
■ to our entire snti»laction. We were also
fully convinced that the men who adminis
: teted the poisou were employed by Deuip
' tey tu dw tLe wvtk. lAjuij«vy biuwvlf evr
roberated Gallagher ill newly every essen
tial point. The statement made by Demp
sey that he had employed men who had
been river cooks all their live* to go into
the Homestead mill lo find out how much
steel was being turned out struck the jury
as being quite absurd A more unbiased
jury never case in this county. 1
t link I am sale in saying that without a
single exception every member of that jury
would have much preferred to render a
verdict oi 'not guilty,' but the facts were
there. we were all Worn to do our duty—
to render ft verdict in accordance with_ the
law and the evidence—and we did it."
A special meeting of tbe Theatrical Me
chanic- Assembly, No lOfMM Knights of
Labor, of Pittsburg was held last Sunday,
at which a committee was appointed to re
port to the Knights of Labor headquan.«r*
that tbe members of the assembly belie >e
Master Workman Dempsey to be an honest
man; that he was convicted on testimony
hat would not have been takeu by a
uiajority of people; and that the theatrical
n-chanics stands ready to do all they can
<i> assist th<- Master Workman in esta'>!;sh
ing his innocence.
Pittsburg Lodge No. 46. of the iron
M<dders of North America, decided to
-aise a defence fund by means of a sub
scription paper, which will bo circulated
his week in all places where molders
work. It is anticipated that over $2,000
*ill be raised in this manner. Second
Vice President Thomas isdotn, of t_in
cinnate. urged every molder to assist in
lie Dempsey defence, charging the jury
with actii g unjustly. He starts out tbi
week to inspect the molder.-' organizations
ii Philadelphia. Baltimore. New York,
Boston ana Canada, and he promises to
present Dempsey'* case to all of them.
Unsolicited contribu ions fortbo defence
Dempsey and Beatty were received ut
Knights of Lnbor headquarters from Gar
field Assembly No 1721, of Wheeling: L
A. No. 4.529. of Fleming, Kan.; L. A. No.
'J"33, of New Vork city: and L. A. No.
3497 of Baltimore.
Special meetings were also held that day
oy tbe Carpenters and Joiners and the
>re Makers Union, of the American Fed
■ration of Labor, at which confidence in
Dempsey and his innocence were express
ed aud aid promised.
Secretary lloechstctter, of D. A. 3.
Knights of Labor, mailed a number ol
circulars to recording secretaries of local
•--einblies in the West. The prosecution
it Alastei Workman Dempsey is explained
and contributions solicited to aid in de
fending him.
Thk cold weather extended very far
South, and with very trying results, as the
people there were unprepared for the un
lsual phenomenon of severe cold. The
euiperaturo at Jacksonville, Fla ,has beer.
>elow the freezing point several times re
lently, aud on Sunday it was 26 degrees,
*hich is killing to vegetation. The gar
lens aud truck farms of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida have suffered a frost
might, and most vegetables will be exceed
ingly scarce this spring. There was a
neavy and furious snowlall in Savannah
Ga . last week. Most of the men had nev
er seen .-ucb a thing before, and half the
business men in town stopped work aud
■ngagei' in a snowball battle.
Extraordinary Railroad Accidents.
Nine penous killed outright, twelve fi
tsl'y injured anil nearly a hundred
.Dora or le.-s seriously iitirt, was tho apal
:iiig result of a series of accidents at Alton
junction, Illinois, last Saturday. All open
witch on the Big Four main track was the
cause ol the disaster. Tho Southwestern
.imited run through the switch into a
reight train .-lauding on the siding and
Kugiuccr Webb Ross, of tlm limited, nun
instantly killed. The wreck took fire and
while a great crowd was watching the
-pectaele an oil tank exploded with ter
itic force euveloping the spectators wit
! • sheet of burning oil Eight of them wer
instantly Killed and scores were frightfully
burned.
Tnero were besides not less than seventy
people more or legs scalded who will be
laid up for weeks. Alton junction, or
Wanu, is located two milea east ol Alton.
11l , and is a watering, transfer and feeding
station (or the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
< ago and St. Louis and the Chicago. Bur
lington and Quincy railroads. Tho latter
road joins the Bie Four at this point, run
ling into St. Louis over the samo track,
rhu fast through traiu known as the South
western limited was coming out from St.
Louis at a 47-mile per hour speed, when
it run into a switch and collided with a
long freight train, consisting mostly of
loaded tank cars. Engineer Webb Ross,
of Mattoyn, saw the danger too late, but he
1 hrew on the air brakes and stayed with
:is machine, being buri-d in Ihe wreck and
burned to a crisp. Fireman White jump
ed and escaped uninjured The passen
gers were seriously hurt. An eye witnes
says that the shock of tho collision was
-uch as to split two loaded tanks wide open
and the oil caught fire, tho flames shoot
ing fifty feet into the air. The locomotive
arid baggage cars wero totally wrecked but
the remainder of the passenger train was
removed beyond the reach of the flames
In an incredibly short time tbe freight
1 rain WHS a mass ot flames. Fear of 1111 ex
plosion prevented any attempt to s ive it.
The wrecking train came up from East St.
Louis at 11 o'clock, hut c mid do little, aud
tialfa dozen switch engines were runout
to clear tho yards. Traffic on the
two roads was entirely suspended, and
a special train was made up on the Chicago
and Alton to carry belated passengers
through to St Louis. Hearing of the
wreck, hundreds of people from Alton
and vicinity were attracted by curiosity to
the scene.
And then occurred one of tho most awful
disasters on record. A few minutes past
12 o'clock there w.is a slight explosion oi
one tank which scattered lltr debris on
either sides, selling tile to Ihe slock J ardc
enclosures. This produced the impression
that the dinger ol explosions was passed
and the throng of bystanders rushed in to
-ave the stock-yards from destruction. A
uiinu'.o later there was a dcafeni' g report
that shook the earth for hall a minute and
and spread one sheet of seething burning
oi' in all directions. For those within the
circle of one hundred yards there was no
escape. Their elothl..g was burned ami
literally fell from llieir bodies. In a mo
ment those who were not disabled began
running hither and thither waving their
hands and screaming for help.
Some went, to the '.earegt water and oth
ers ran in tin- tields and are missing yet.
Panic ,-eigued for a shirt time until the
uninjured recovered their presence ol mint!
r.o care for the afflicted. Two barrels of
linseed oil were taken from a grocery store
and applied to the » ouuds by several phy
sieisns who happened to be on the ground
Every hfuse in the villiage was turned in
to a temporary hospital and every doctor
iij Alton and its vicinity was summoned.
An soon u . possible a train was made up
and twenty of the suff«-rers were taken to
Alton to Si. Joseph's hospital. The total
loss so lar as can lie ascertained includes
the engine No 100, of the limited, cafe
aud baggage cir No. 502, seven tank car*
lull < I oil. eight box cars and hall a do/'- i
ol flal cais, all of these being completely
destroyed No accurate estimate of the
loss can be made at present, but il will
reach at leasi SIOO,OOO.
Webb Koss.the liruve engineer who lost
his life, leaves a wife and six children at
Mattoon. No attempt to fix the blame for
the latal wreck has yet been made, and
nothing lurtber will be known until after
the investigation of the coroner's jury.
TUB French propose to span the English
Channel with a bride* thirty four miles
long at a cost of $1(55.000,000. About
2,000,000 tons of metal would be required.
Mile Run School.
En. CITIZKI: —The third month of the
above named school closed Thursday, Jau
It) I*o3. Tho cold weather of the past
two or threo weeks has bad ils effect on
the schools as well as on other "industries."
The boys and girl' aho had courage
enough to face the storms with tho mer
cury below zero, are to be commended for
ineir earnestness, while the parents who
hauled their children through drifts and
blssts, deserve an equal share of praise
Walter Weigle, David Eeplry, Effle
Shanor, Maggie Shanor. Edna Hays and
Anna Dunn, missed no days, while George
Neely, Keefer Dunn Daniel Dunn, Maude
Wcigle and Belle Hays missed but one
day. Edna Hays, Effle Shanor aud Maggie
Shanor hive missed no days during term
to date.
Visitor*; Delia Wei trie, Curtis Stickle,
Clar'-noe Dunn, Win Neely, L. B. Shun
nun Alma MeCandleiiH, Thonian MeClin
took. Elmer Si. < Uir, J<»bn UcClymondx,
John Dim MM, Win. Allen. Charles Weiftle,
Daniel Shan»r, Daniel Wriiclo, Mr*. Amy
Bryan aud J. Park ilaya Director.
0. P. W./ Teacher.
Jubilee Anniversary.
JASfABV 15, 1«W.
(Extract* from a sermon preached bv Rev.
Enoch Smith on the occasion of the .V
Anniversary of the English Evangelical
Lutheran Church, of this place.)
Many year- conipaf -
lively, of the primeval forests had be* n
removed from the virgin soil of th.s coun
ty. and long be lore tbe val'.e and use. of
..etroleum were known, or natural g.i- i
iamiuated aud warmed the dwelling- ol
its inhabitants, the town of Butler w.,s
projected aud the county of Hutler forme .
Among thoe who sought ho::: here we e
-uch whose religious convictions h.. •
brought and kept tbem in connection with
the Ev. Luth. Church. Tbe number may
have been, doubtle-I VN, -mail; bit t .e
convictions were just as and the
laith just as precious to these few. al
though their numbers hail run up into thi
thousands. The things of God are pun
and sweet, whether embraced by many or
by few, and God's sleepless eye is npo- ;
*ild il:s angels have care over tbe one iu
the lion's den equally' a- much asup.'n and
over all the otner captive Jews. To our
brothers and sister* in the Lord of the gen
erations past, who in thi. town and count;
were baptised and confirmed in the Ek"
Luth. Church, their faith was horse-",earn
est,heartfelt: henee they established a coa
gregation. the official records of which
-each back as far as 1813. llow long after
this time tbe congregation—our sister con
gregation (the St. Marks E . Luth.) re
ceived the services of a regular pa-tor, or
at what date exactly the organisation wa
efleeted aud perfected, I have been nnab: :
to learn In those early days, howr-vi;-.
me language of our Lutheran people in
this vicinity seems to have Oe-jri almost
wholly German; at lea.st the public miui
trationsof the sanctuary were then, anu
lor many years succeeding, conducted in
that language. I am unable to give tbe
names of the several pa -tors who minister
.«1 to that congregation, from the time ol
ila organization to the date w hen our owr.
was called into existence. I aui, however,
informed by creditable record, that Rev.
Sweiizerbarth, known to this day in tin
annals oi this county, and by the old _nn.;
middle aged Lntherau ministers of West
ern Pa., a- Bishop Sweitzerb rth, became
pastor of the mother congregation, in 1821.
<»ud was still its honored under-sbepheru
when a goodly number of the American
born in that lold de.-ired, both for them
selves and their sons and daughters the
use of the English lauguage in some of the
public services of God's house. But the
irood old Dominie, doubtless honest and
-incere in his views, though certainly in
error, was not able to see it his duty to
grant this reasonable request. The same
mistake had been made by others before
nis day, and has been made a thousand
times since. Our Lutheran Church would
-tand higher and occupy a different posi
tion in this laud of sects and schisms soci
ally, financially and numerically at present
nail not this question of language been a
bone of contention, aud hampentd her
growth lor more than a centnry, but par
licularly so within the last 50 years. Had
the English langu tge bt-en carefully iutro
■lnced and been judiciously used by our
church for tbe last 50—100 year- we would
have been able to have retained lor aud to
hiir many ot her sons and daughters wbo
nave louud homes iu other denominations
olour land; but because our lathers declined
to adapt themselves to tiie circumstances
iiid i he demands of tbe times —others have
reaped the harvest.
At last however the privilege of holding
English services in the old German church,
corner MeKean i>nd \* ayne street*, was
granted,and liev G. Bassler of Zelianople,
either himself volunteered, or was called
by those interested, to preach in the Kug
h-b language. When he first came lo
Duller, 1842, the number of his hearers « »»
small,yet he met with encouragement from
some oi ihe members of the German c m
-regation. as tbe records ot thischurcb will
-how. lie took up bis residence iu tbe
house of John MeOollough on W&shingtci
St. This house had been built f>r and
u-ed as the first jail of Butler county, aud
was ouly recently removed. It would ap
pear also,that public services wore betimes
11eld here by the young divine. On tbe
16:h day of Jan. 1843, sncn persona as felt
me no difi.n Etigiisb congregation, und
■vero ready lo unite with it,held a meeting
and adapted a constitution for the govern
ment id the new congregation. Officers
>ere also chosen, these, however,were not
installed until several weeks later, Feb 11.
I'lie constitution was signed by 43 individ
uals, 22 males, 23 lemales. I find on the
• ist of the present membership ot the con
gregation some of the names still handed
down The fatbers have passed on betore
to their God and Judge; but their cnildren,
■r children's children still gather ar >uud
ihis altar. May they rightly use that for
which the fathers struggled so har.l. aud
sacrificed so much to obtain, then will the
'Jongregatiou be made a vat gr -ater p nv • ■
for good, tbe heart and conscience will be
peaceful, and God will be glorified-
The tir.it. communion was held wit.li the
mow congregation i>n the 18th of Jane,
184:t. Pastor Handler superscribes the li t
•i-ansferred into the church records with
the words: "Glory to God in the highest."
Fourteen persons were milled to the coil
(Crrjtation, thus making the number 50
deanwbile those desiring English preach
ing endeavored to negotiate with the
German Congregation tor the ut-e o! their
boose of worship. Meetings were held,
and Committees appointed l>r both parti**,
and various propositions submitted in re
ference to the j >int use of tho Ueruian
Church. No agreement however. «m
reached, and as a solution ol the difficulty
the following action was taken at a meet
ing held by Ihe English Congregation:
"Resolved, Thai we proceed to build a
church." A Committee of arrangements
and building was appointed- What I hat
Committee effected, or whatever became
'it it, we have been unable to learn, anil
can only surmise that it lay lnactivv until
the year 1848, when the matter of building
was again revived. Where the eervicoa
were helil for the greater part of the time
intervening between these years the papers
and books of tho congregation do not in
form us, but from other sources we learn,
(hat they were held in the first Court
House of the county, with an occasional
service in the old German Church or some
• •ther of the church buildings in town. In
the minutes of a meeting held June 10,
1848. it is stated that, lifter public worship
ihe congregation remained, in order to
come to souie conclusion about building a
house of worship Two offer* of a location
of which to build were made. One by
John Negley, the father of our present
Trustee, and one by Michael Kmrick, ihe
father of the Mioses Mary and Zelia Ivnrick.
members of this congregation. Alter a
full and fraternal exchange of views relative
lo the advantages and disadvantages of tho
respective sites, it «a< resolved to ac
cept the offer of Michael E nrick, and to
liiui, as one of the oldest members id this
congregation said to me very lately, per
haps in ire than to any other of the early
members of tnis congregation, are we in
debted lor the erection ol lis tirsl bouse ol
worship. Brother Emrick gave thtf lot in
ire simple, upon whio* Ui« church still
stands (though now owned and mod by
the Reformed Congregation,) and being a
carpenter by trade did very ninth ol the
wood-work gratuitously also. Ho was a
most worthy christian man, loviug hi*
church and iaboring qui-'tly and unosleu
tationsly for her because he loved his l»»l
and Saviour, and Ins name deserves honor
able mention in tbissemi-centenuiual ol the
congregation for which he did so much m
the early uays of its existence. The build
ing referred to above, was begun in the
>ear 184!). and completed anil dedicated in
September, 18.11). For 127 y ears ll served
tho congregation as a place of worship.
Possibly some of you wlio are hero today,
within the precincts of those walls public
ly vowed faithfulness to (lod and to Ins
Christ;if so can yon honestly, and as in the
presence ol Ood, say that, you have
sincerely tried to serve the Lord, and to
grow in nearness to Christ ? Some haw
gone to their reward, prominent among
those being ihe names ol Michael huiricX,
Jacob Slianor. John Negley, John Dull.
Franklin Fisher, aud other-
Pastor Hassler continued to s.rvo th •
congregation in connection with ihe
churches at Zelieuople, Middle Lancaster
and Prospect until near the close of the
year 1854, excepting tor a period of about
one year, 184 i, during which tin. •* Rev.
Klihtt Katbbun ministered unto the con
gregaiion, at the »rt»e time aleo acting as
pastor to some congregations in Mercer ( o.
It la not known exactly what length ol
time K«v. Kaihbun served the congrega
lion as the records of his ministerial act*
caunot be found,and we see IVnr UassUr
again in charge in 1848. In 18o'J Juue lo
a by citizens aud members ol ihe
E ig Ev. Eulb. Church of the borough of
Butler, Pa . signed bj (i. Uassler, Jobu
McCollough, Jacob G. Weisenteiu,Michael
Emrick, Jacob Croup, D S MeCollough,
I P. Courad aud Franklin Fisher, praying
aud asking to be incorporated as a body
politic, was preseuted to the Court, aud
this petition was granted on the Bth day
of November of the same year. Hev.
Bassler and our present Trustee, John 11.
Negley, presented this paper to the Court
for approval.
Already in 1840, as we have learned
Pastor Ifiwekr ivnduml hi- 1 first resigns
tioa. a Mcond r d.na'.ion wst" hand
e<l in in 1834, which wm ac
cepted and a sicce->or. iu lit— ;e •• of
Kev A il Water- was c.i<»eu P»- T
Bassler was beloved aid re-peeled by 1
who knew hiiu. .» dev.>at Chn- t »ud *
true child ofßml. i • intercourse w.;h v -
fellow men impressed tbem with the ear ;
■ «tr.e-« ef h<- fait't. a It' e slucerity ol hi
devotion to G>l lil cai-e; hi- de p
love tor the Church a .J hi- d<- - re to »
soul- for Christ, led him at times to a:.i!.-r
--take greater lab. tliaa k:. u'iv-. i
powers could endure, bi' tiedil <>l in h:
zeal for timi «ud the > iv. nr vn i 1 • ' n;-'
! wn his life for birn. lie died , , W.'J fu
of good work-, aid to thi-day ti iv r f
■ uri-t'p .-piril a.id l->ve c:u- er i , ; :
name
Rev. Waters labored here fro:n - net .
in tbe year 1853 un l l. l-'il II pa- .
included Pnwpfi t in 1 t:i- • .
to which Uan.iari- n wis - ib-. qI. ' .
•Mided. In 1-01 tn . .I ge , i-,lni .
«a to form two s.'p .rate - T
congregation ai.d •no one at H inn i'!-'
oonstituting on»- ebarg-. anil IVo-p 1
ibe Stone Church tne ot'ier \ . • it* i:«i
also Pa-ror Water- resign -d (l-dl.- a
was sncceede l t.y |{ >v J. H F" tt F •
8 years aa I t> months br-o;h; r l' z c
rmued bis l»i««r- i:i this, anil - n - 11 .n>, -
town Congregation, but oy a i < .nee
•neut «d"sytiod t»e IU .. •
nation wiw nnite.l wirn I.T» Fr-e.or
Church, an.l Riders attach-d to t'
This union, however, laced only > -u
oue year, whan tbe H&auahstowa C
gatioa joined ar.-ither -. n< d. Ti • »■ i--
ness oi ihe congregation ilrove it to ih»
synod for aid. aud that aid was ge >-ro-i
--granted. Such wa.- the couitition .-friii
when Pastor Fritz resig ie lin 1809. 1
congregation was now again wit?" j*
pait'.r for about ten mon* -. — ign Uev
U Hippee of Pro-pee- preached for i
olteU as p-.ssible lor him. Il l Itie 14 1
Aug., 18«0. the Uev. L H. Owrtetoii.
who had been called, entere d upon . -
Work. Step.- wre tii-end i n_ - pa-t
ire to s-enre a better church, and s• n
-übscripli 'us were madi-; i>ut upon h>s r
ij a inn. in 1874, thew rk »a- t.-mp rat .
dropped. Again the cougtrep tuoii IN »it-.
•mt .» minister for altno-t ay< ar when t . -
Kev. J Water.- catcalled fi-* b**ir-i'
nis work i:. July, 1875. aial continued i.
till Aig . 1881 Smi tf.er ttai 14 c.iarge
the question securing a better aud 111 >r
de-iiaole located church wi< again agi> 11
«d. an : the result was the purchase of tb>
plot of ground and the building we no*
own and occupy. Cpto the time of ,n.
resignation ot Pastor J Water-, tbe
congregation hid most s. vere sir.iggb--
aud its growth ba.l beeu incredibly -mail
ljuite a number of the orig nal meuibei -
iiad long since—it we dare judge Irom th.
records—returned to the motuer congrega
tion, others had died,anil some bad discou
tinned their connection lor causes known
only them aud their Oud. How many
wero added by the brethern Waters', the
records fail to «how, but they do state
that, during 29 years of the congregations
existence, tbe average annual in
crease was less than six mem
bers. It was during the incam
bency of Pastors Roth aud Titzel, tha'. th 1
congregation enjoyed its greatest external
prosperity. Pastor U >th took cbarne iu
Nov., 1884 —aud continued bis work uut il
Oct., 1888. Decided iu bis convictious.
learless iu his delcuse of the doctnns and
practices of the church, and aggressive in
character lie labored with indefatigable
zeal for the upbuilding of the congrega
tion.
The times nn 1 circumstances also wire
favorable. Butler enjoyed, dunug ami
sometime after his stay ncre, a .-easou ol
prosperity and business activity such as
the town had never before kuown. The
congregation profited by the increase ot
the population and the life and boainess
activity ot the town, and I'astor l!otn. iu
ttie tour years of hi-service added alui >»i
as many as tUe previ ius tust.iry ol the con
gregation couid show. vi/. 14:1 In tbe
lieignt ol the multiplication of the member
ship lie rcMgm-d. foliowing a call t » Al
bany, N Y Hi* Was al o.ic'e succeeded o_i
the llev 0 li i'itz-1. aho cane her-' tn.
*amo mouth Rev. Koth departed, O.'
ISttS Pas or Ti: z-1 wa» a young .1 »ii ot
verv line phy-tque. cOlliVat- d ta.-i and i
telloctu il abiluy He >i rre l 'lie c > i. *-
gatloii OJU year less f.:in P«-t'>r K >th ha
iloue,v:z. lit! Nov. lr»yl » .(l lab •
biess.-d with adding to th ! «• ■..»«r- i : • ■
140 individuals. 1 repe..; tii.-r- : ri- fi.t
tnese two brutheru, tie i t'tcr il «n
rests iroiu his labors, and lta< g>m to h
reward, were t' c lc :<l«rs and pastoi.- oftn
llock durug til years of i s gr i i..i
■neiical prosp rity. From all this it a;
pears that, until about mile years ag", tn
0 ngroi atioa haJ uad bitter expe. i. •
and Htragglec, and tiat its grown u : -
paiulutiy slow, in fact the lull !ii."it i.t
d y is not yet her v out G-nl will :• t
Coine )u»t so sure as we urtj laithl -1 to Him
and his word, for l.c na.t t iro.iii e l luu tl'
loving kindness shoa. l be undento ! • y
those who observe t'i.3 tfichi: «'- of Hi
word, and Cod li i-to.. ■■ ;> c. v ■
ant and mercy. That ti >d ha-s .» •■rn it.ei a
iinssioti for this congregation in this place,
Ido not aoubt. lliere are ihoso ;ier. «ho
love the dootriues an l the practice ,of the
Lntner m t'hnrcb, wao are more proti • i
b> English than l»y Cermau s: rviccs, lor
tiuch <his coLgregaliou was proj-cted ai.it
has been uiaiu'aiuod throngti so many
struggling years, and that tjod will K.n p n
still I cannot for a moment doubt, il it i»
of Ood's planting, tue gates if uell s.iaii
not prevail against it,"aud they would have
prevailed long ere this, nail suoil not been
(lie case.
A 400 c vKAT dianioud, said to be the
second largest in the world is now being
ground or "cut'' at. Antwerp, an operation
that will reduce lis weight by half. Dia
monds are ground to shapes in wh eh they
cau be used for ornaments, by the use of
diamond dust. A carat is (our grains, ami
7000 grains make a pound Averdupois.
Metal of 24 carats is pare.
Flick.
A man in our county who c>;!l* himself
"lodge nigtit" asks, can you tell me of any
thing that will keep a rooster from crow
iog in the small hours ol the night? I am
au active member of soveral benevolent
societies in this place and every time I «et
home a little late souie restless fowl iu the
neighborhood manages to arouse my wile
and her temper. Answer, a few grains ol
arsenic tnixe I in the food and given inter
naily just at eventide has been found a
very etf ictive remedy for silencing loiul
uiouthed roosters, and some of our leilow
citizens of color are said to possess a natur
al born knack for hypnotizing chickens,hut
the most effective and novel thing we
know of is the invention to which the
learned poultry editor ot the New York
Tribum• directed attention some time ago.
it was gotten up by a man named Hartinan
and is called the "Boosters Tranquilizer."
In the words of this follower of Horace
Greeley, they had all alouif been eneinie
ol the married man, especially in the small
towns aud in the suburbs, and that the
roosters as is well known
"singi th," as Shakespeare hath it, oul> in
the latter part id' the night A few ynunu
wives have been made to believe that the
American rooster b-'gin to cruw shortly
after eleven o'clock.nut th«- great ni»j"rii
of wives fully understand .-ither frum
observation or from » c>i siltim <»| t.
encyclop ,edi» thai be mUm l*rfjra
one o'clock and not us tally t 'l att r l*o.
Titer* 1 ire it i»s c.i 11 lt»e ,• »■> t » •» -
though the tardy bus mud has upproacucii
the Oedside of tils spouse In j>nckl»—s !e«*t
aud dismal darkness this uuh.dv bird h«t>
put bi t bead out of the v.op windo »■ a
with oue superfluous cruw uudo.e it >1
Itu' this is not going i i •»" tr i • > i I '
luture. Withthe ll .irtniau »>»l ■: i. ; •• ro ■
of the cbick 'U l oop will i-.i.is t of bra.
poles, and some seven or eight in • a ••
• acb pole there wiil b* a Wire, tba ro»*i
will be connected wit i one pd i ol • ■
electric battery and the wire with tin
other.
Ordinarily toe fowl* wiil only touch tin
roost, but when an iil advise 1 cor i put nr
his heal to cro.v ,iuii th-n- • • betrm • e
innocent married tnau hi> -r' st will tou
the wiro which compb.trs the circuit
aud he will receive a stick wfcnh »ni
cause him to sit down aud pondrr the
marvel.4 of modern ioveuiion The Irtfi
yjte Ma fce swHsil at aaisll e.m. —■
i.o wi>!l regu'aii I I oily in tt e hen town
districts should be wi'.bout thetu.
C. J.
Petiolia Items.
Asa Campbell who bought Frank ll u*
man's store room has started a bulc.ier
dbop.
Mr aud Mrs. Edward Morgan of All*-
gdcnv township visited their broitu-r in
law. "W. A. Fleming. Tuesday of last week.
Miss Ida Palmer of Chicora i* vi-iling
Mi*s Anna Uodgra.
Miss Flora I'lemiug who is vi-itiug her
grandfather, W A. Fleming spent a tew
days last week vinting friends in Butle-
Dr. J. S. Black spent a few days ol last
week visiting friends in Evan* City Dr.
Foster was attending his patients durmg
bis absence.
Messrs Johnston and Arters of Parker
were ia tuwu Saturday afternoon.
Oeit the Gates.
It. tne Udu«k ot H-pr-»er.tatiT»« la*:
night r. f»-n'bett. «.t HulUr i.tf-r«l a
r«s dotiou raqne-ung FVnt<ylvar..a'« re?
re-entativea in C» grea* to rote Ha favor
enforcing the. >utra. t ei.twrad
thel'mtel -ta*>< and Ul*
V~. r« Fa - 1 . ■ i S niU. O
cour*- there w»- - uce opp •-mon to tki.-
anif unite naturally it t atn» from th* met
who have f->r year* up ia the th# S
•I'i and ad vocal ad all mea-ure- that in
the lea- gt* d m- ra|s or the
-i-iw of n s virtue. H ggad the qa- auof!
t-> a't. id tie lair ■■ S,s .day they wn 1
lou.Ky pr s-lvuied that the opening
>■( the gat •'a 8a tdav indicate*! Pr -gre-.-
on the part of this nation. Taia -»»rt <-f
aik :- :n re rot The gates of th- Oaten
,1 iap-.-it« .-ere elo-e.l »D Bntkday
Tu>! llou-ie very properly paa«<vl Mr
11 •. »n frh 1- B»tu-e ..n the people
wim , me Car-t.an Sanbath that ihey
: » ire ilr D-.athet' >a- ri<ht ia tha
early in - -.i m placing the llon-e
on reeor»l 111 the matter of cloamit
.he 1f,." i s Fair o-t mj..day. The an
S.t'tb-itan «■ - (ii ind«Mui that fr'-rr.
U'W to tIM» cl .se «f tha »-»-i,-a they will
• -ueottriged in the |*«.r fn tK
v •;« of the majority —Harrisbarg Trie
i/rapk.
Akdbiw CABsrotß u etpeetad in Pit -
irg - t It will o« hi- first appe»ran. e
-.net- the Homestead trouble.
IsvtTATif»ss were -eut from Washing
•a the Governor* of & I tnc State-, in
viting'hem and their staffs to participate
iu the i aujuratiou ceremonies.
EtoHrr miners killed by and ex
p.ouon oi fire-damp in a Bohemia colliery
ffie.-day.
Ketster.
Five of Mr <». Coopvr'a family are down
with tbe grippe.
The people <>f this vicinity have quite a
nme getting water for their stoefc. Ilr.
Heatty has to melt suow.
They have a fir-t clas- literary aociety at
Oak Grove School No. 3. A. G. Black 1*
ihe teacher
Mrs. \Vm Wadsworth is suffering with
pneumonia aud heart trouble. JDr. B
Pearson is attending her.
Oyster suppers -eem to lie quite the
thing just now. There wa- quite a large
oue at J. H. Wigton'a on last Monday
n ght.
The sleighing is very nice, but we long
lor a thaw and nice wealher as tbia is very
hard on fodder and grain. E.
BTTLKB CorSTT was wril pared for at
Harrisburg iu ttie matter of position in the
Standing Committees of the Hnut. Hep
re>.-ntative DoQtbett is a member of the
Committee* on Compare Rill*. Agriculture
Fish aud Game, Judicial Apportion
meat, and Military: aud Representative
Mates of those on Accounts. Elections,
Juilic-nrv (ii-nerai. Uailrnsd*. and Library
DEATHd.
JONES —At his h 'TO :n Bntler. Jan. 15
is>»3, <'n:«s. Jones, ag.-d 33 years
CAUSON— At her home in I'arker. Jan
16 1893. \f • E Carson, aged 76 years
OSTIt A X:»RK—At her ho ne iu IVtrolia.
Jan. 14 l">f.(. ittfUn. daughter of I, L
O-trander.
\1 V HOOD—At the ho.ii-' iif her son Ja<n» -
i No.-itj Wa-.hiugton.Jau 16. ISiKJ.Mrs
Ltdu Man-..*!, widow ul John M<*hood.
auT d 85 years.
STAMM— A' his home in Franklin t.wp .
Jin 22, 1593 John Stamui. .igwd a'fUt
43 r- trs. He died ot tvphoi l lever. aid
a .kit au<! r.il children.
;>i. » \ \ \t >in ho.n» near lltrri»T
■ i r.> ,i . Ii i 21. IVJ3. Ja u
Brown moußo n year. ills deatn was
cau* lin general delibitv He was one
ot a i.4 mly ol -tveu brothers, bat two ot
wh ..u AL t-tud-r, the "ldest. now livi"K
in Cmwf-rd county with his -on !£»-v N
E i. i l<'*«pb,of Merc'r twp ,the young
• 8t y t liv.t>g.
UV U i'Lt'. If —At iiis b i.uo in Hitler, tan.
24, 18.*3, Win L. Iliftipy, iu his KJi
year
SHEETS—\» her homo in Jefi.«rou twp
.la i 21 l">y;S. Mis. Sheets, an aged Udj
BdE—At his home iu Bnt'er twp. Jan 23.
IH!>3 T ou is K'ie, an :d years
Mr R in'rideath was su den. He wa
in his u»ual hea h lUat :n>rning. took sick
Inriug the afternoon and died tuat even
ing.
11(» \UL \Ni) \ t his hone in Erans City,
J:m 21. IS'JU, Daniel J Hoaglaud. ag-d
about 44
OBITCVRY »i>TKS.
Ilish.p Itrouks of Boston died suddenly
early Sunday morning, of heart lailure.
Justice Lucius y lintus l.'incinuatus L»-
mar, of the IT S. Supreme Bench, died of
Krifht'ii diwane, at the home of* friend iu
Georgia. Monday. He was appointed to
ihe Supreme Bench by President Cleve
land.
Rev. D S Dilfenbacher of the Kelormed
Church, died at Danville. I'a . Tuesday.
A cream of tartar baking powder. High
est of all in leavening strength — Lutcat
I'mtfii Stat* - (lovtrnmrnt food Rrpnrt.
Royal BaklnK Powder do.,
106 Wall St.. N. Y.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Administrators and Executor* ol estate*
can secure their receipt books at the CITI
*KH otllce.
Orph r.a' Court Sals
11. \!r ue t uti aiitJ «!** »»*' «»f *l*'"
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t' \i. J . \|.acti r . !Mt Mi'* -i«l
i ihii'r kiur of UUIHI »Vlv lo« <1 Uf" a/ P ;?>'!
V|i. Iu an I comity. will oiler «*i public sal** ou
( Imp pfvifttao*. ou
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luif lio rrtii<»<iit ji u»-> irantf tMiik fjo-u.
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w,ti«r ihfii<>u aifl lu aiT Mut of mitiYA-
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t'KKWH Of SIAIY:-ft.*ii> IB tkOfed on COt.fir
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AU'y ilfccuw. P*
Orpham' Coort Salt!
K> v liiii.' of mi ooV-r an I i|.. r»->- if llie
urt'iiin- t".<n In iiul t.>r -ium't "I But rr.
I'tf.u i, 1 »il; oOer t >r » »!•■ on .lie [k-oji- i >,n
FKIU.IV. MAU II 1. IMO.
at 3 o'U . UK. i.| uM ilay. a l-tt oC grouwl
MtaW " Bullrr luwustlp. t'oilDiJ »nd -K+t
alWreftaUl. OnUHlnl l>> »u<i Ir'di rnf tbiri) n»e
IOT-i iiii 'lie i..nil. t>. a »tr> ■ t ku iwu an
Avebue. on Ibr eaat boutehxl u> lot ot now or
: I nj lot at ral
riew Mil 4 ami • »te-iil;im oact b* i>arali»l
llaM MMitti two b« !I ire.| and se**n to
Hictetj street <»o «Ui. ;i la rrreted a «B.all
one »t'irj ir«u-. ' Uon* iun outtittiM--
Uitfs. I r l«;
I KUM.s < s>U ou t'o:irlrinall '■! of sair.
PA I Hl* K W
A-tm'r ot Wm. t *pber. «!»■ 4,
K McJuuHu. Att j IS'itler. I'a.
<At» I Uii Lk'Jlm ■'"M'TSWT
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TREES THAT GROW
An J :ir." iru-' to name «ion't come fn in large Northern
Xui*ri» - wh« r.- !••'» U.»t* of thou*.if* •»t l to uo
aerupubi.t* :vji-n f • and labeled U» -uic their rv-
«»t n tea *. Buy y >ur s»t«> k direct f rtrn h nj,-
uuraerte* ami it »t fr»»m #.*nN. S"?» 1 r- -r tmr Ittu*
tr at d Catalog**- ol Tr»<#. 9ewt* >mti Kru t*. etr.
John !{. cV: A. Murdoch.
f>oß SmitlificUl Sr., lituhurg, Pa.
Kuttet.
I
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.•a IL- WiMl •' J 18 K I • -.UlUf' »•«'*.
U> «f Alierbaa} tap RjtW i• . Pa.
ail p~f-.»*» k »w.c iVsml.'t 'r>.l«d»*a4
tn «Mi-J litr *•**■ . »"*}<Se<l N rx I
■ - ... 6»' : < ;>**n • «ea:-«t
tfiw Mmr to pfeaent tf-ew autLehtl
. atfti Mr pAi T»«"i ? • •
Job* O. SHELL. AJu'r
\ M . «!»sat - *. .t- I •• • P <•
itt'r K itl«r t'»., fV
Sailer. Pa. J* . Si. IMS.
t £aT- r
W . M. * WM«W •
B) ««»«• ■>» u ortrr m< (lecrt* of H»
t'tpti in" r«m la m 4 Ike Rblk t «H)
Pettii'a I ».; I f.e »ifc» •»» IV premium <w
sa i ri.r> vv. w»» m * mm.
il i n !:«* r a . MiM day l» »i"-" »1 ' >■*.
r or «.»* .tr ; .t i.nr ■ t ** **• •
ht;v Ivirn > r*w» ■» *ei««ie i •■» i 6»
.ur'h »| l«.: i» i-r Kt»o . -r i« •. i. ..* i »!
•Ml like fj.it Utj.i i-M by . .n»i» >f w I»
heir'. a tiw *»i e •• i ■ t • b»i. . .n-.
the Wei "f.
: J -bn It- krf at'! "»i.. n. o.
IJ) A« Ctr i«ml . ..«"»•! J" 6.1 "I#n
• jut! Ut»ii iiik k a*«-l.i- if h -i— r-»».. mak
"«». ••urr.ulkthaK- Md a«l ..rv h r.t .
"fll oairmt «..•* to a.I ri-intn a »« sj »r
tans.
I r.KMt lir ->*LK I>w 'turl r tk« P'lr
cliaM'm o-> l<> (IF p* <1 on .o «ir
»n«l lb* rr< ilw in l»u -I'X*l ihmu.
tlwr»«li<'r.»iili i»»» i»»■ • .mi .-»nA'a>«l-a
Im r- »riu>il i.J jna.K«M IK'U« bt .ta
tad I«i- it—wl
I H- MA> l. tUX>« «T,
A4b»Mr>! ru» rablr «T
K. VfJttnktli. luac ii>ll..«a) ttrrt,
.%u j. rnxpwt 0.. I-Vaa. a.
Notice in Divorce
I hrtsiOf.b»r »r>, A !>.. *o. » D«w. r I«WL
rt i Is to* I'uart «| r«nm
Hannab I Ptmaor
H.»»ln* r»rn •ppmnt>-4 r."«at«i<iarp to I«|P
ilw ><«>tis»>u) in ih- •!*»*(• raw> *r»l f»-
porl tbr uiw cn Ukr • ouri.
JloUit »twrrbv <lwo 'hat I wltl atinU to
tbr dui km of m apfxiaimeai +i ~aj ~m ». m
tb»" SrbrlvH ttuiUlfux :a lUr llif" of Hoi >r
l a . on s.ituritaj thr ha da; . r rMwoarr i<«
t*tw(*Bia>lkitino(W4. *. nil 4 r <■ <K
*akl day. wbrrv aiwl *be» ait part>r-i lawnr»i
"1 oa> attront.
A T *oTT.
( uSUBIaHSMff.
Application for Charter.
Ni>tic# ia h#r*>l>j fitn that an asplirs
finn will W nia<ii- to ti»Omir»w of P«an
» Iran;* «>t» Fehramrj 118. 1*93. hy Blair
tl<M>k*. Otto Liii;tKT|t. Gilihsri l
H' H I.Arkin- at i J>>bn Frifrl. crtdor :>
act of »i»»«'!r.bty rntitl«<l "an act to pr..v,ii.
f»r th»» incoporatw.n and r*gn a: -o of
Natural «»»« « •nopar.i<»« a^jT-rwij M«)
29tti, IMS. and the 'tpplcci-nt ItfTMo.
tor tb« i-Uartcr of ao »ntr- trd ci>ip<>nti<'ii
to IM» caili-ti fVupto* fla< O-mpa-'ir. ti«?
rhar»ct-*r an<! otijecu . f are r.. Jrill
or born for natural <*.*. -t..rr.
and -uppiy the »atui> for licbt and ftill :<»
• job pt-wnt. nf jMraMiw* and a««ciai*iß<
in Builnr aud tu-)lU>' vi'hia rm<»«: •»:
fouuvitinn dt'taorw of If* liur<i a» ma- <i
siro to !>*•• thf nam*-, all tIM r .nt.
>i| Butl-r. ami for tli •«* par . t« hi
and euj <f. .tit li • r ■*. r.« t>«- u .-fi
an.l prt»*il«*|f - "t -»!< l ar; ot Asmmtilf an
»nppiestte&l*
Xiwm Buck
S^Hcr*«r
Notice of Aj.p at:ou for Charts*.
Xofi •t> N-r ' j ~-1 tf it pp
» Übi !•* !•* i • I'i'art •ftj-mui ". p : . a»
•» »Ju*l«-r c . tjr, l*a «>u li- •
»iXU d». ..I J- tu .A i» . I"**' :'-r a
CtHfttf for t;.r pr> p. -wt! '»«»rp«'r3»»t>. t>
kBMa •" thp < '■■amii|wiiwi«wy \ai
A- mi' i. P.i 'if f;. i
<• -rp • i< to «• net a ' on iul'! « pou
lit Hospital !•* th rev<*p*ton and fiv .f
.'ucb »;vk and tnjarinl a< oar am
aiiuititcH) uuil**r »*!.! ir. artpr and '•y-lawa
mm nymlu| tnoivw»ih.
.1. y p.*t*T*«.
>oli<:tor
Audiiocs's Malice.
Butler --a*t flit I» NO. 3* "fepi.
|» Utburao.ti U. ( Tern tj«e.
I>r- IPfilllm "f Vita VI Rr.,», fjm
- . r ■:* i.ii ... ■ i.< , ,-i < r ■ •»-t
of aeteO«lai.» pi ap» "i u*»' 'ir l »d b<r
annate 'meat at .mi vattbv i<> <Mii> >te
iiil»l*«rtei by r--.| tr-- tlmrarp
I -r r ..t.l tuii'S i.^«f
.liMt t ie ».-r'lf H tiir • «d I • Mot r
total' dirt aud VV i.. »' r.» ( . ' ,'t- i
aadttuv >•> . .xfut ui « 'it !«»*»•»
th-w entUlfl flo-fr-,.;
■i raa mm
I will atteii't to thf MM of »U »e »![• :>a
iii'-ut »i n>* who in ItuWUm tiuiUti'm * «-
t.ij. tb- .j,' .ay '>f J w. ■< tu » l«-a >
■ . u uod »h»-r' all ptpuan • n»i-nie<l w\«
attend. P. W.
AaMor.
Notice in Partition.
Robert UcKlonLi. Kee.l M Brute an.l K!a«u J.
tli-BrlOe bbi Jrit.v I X, •.'aaam an<t Martha
■ •rahaw htn alfe Matt. I.ilwmani KupU'lß'a
tilbsoii i»» a lie. Mai j i rM. blow • ha«<ea
t'owan John rowan. J »tui S < o«*a. rturta
L l u«in tb« two Ua' iwBKIt Bilie.r*. tur their
in.>th«-r and ileal fneml tui unta r.iwan John
i. *. h,tiiu» A Si-wtl \l> K inun %. IHswunJi
MfKinula. Jaeoft A r--rree. » teaurn>y J
Kenve. John Hlai-C and l-ixtetU J Hi*'! tua
wile. W * Koea and M.imaß .* «'"•«» wile.
Lee nv>" * w *>"■*. luaa
Jonea by b«r k' laritiaii h W Jimet awl lane
M. Balpb
n
tieorxe W. M.-Kmuui. Kram» MoK.auia.
Leaoiiworih MrKlnula. awl Mary A *e
KtDOtx
In like « iurt of Loiamon Pteaa "f Butler in.
tVnn'a. A. D.. Jio it. tie.-. Ferta. hwj. Rook is.
I*»K* 113.
To the abo%e ium> 1 defendant !hl» l» t®
ooiUy .uuib.it a «ril a* I'arttifcio ha» Bwa
tinned out of >ald t'ourt and to nie Jimud aad
by rirtue ofwud writ the |urj «l will
im*t i»n the prem sea MartM la vihl wrl4 af
I'arilllou to malt' (>artlliot thetvoi on
.lay. the .M da> r.f K—jriar> A.l'. VO- at
to o'l'ha'lt of aaid da) at whi> «i itme )«• an*
nollßeil lo In- ~r—urtit If you jww I'TOfer
n» W. * Bri'WN.
Kui irr< iiuaiy Peaa'a.
Executor's Notice.
Le t*er» ti utanieotary on III* entala o
Edward Mellon, dee d, late of Xelienopl •
rtutler L'o . I'a ha*in|r bwn (frautwl la iti>-
underniftieil all per-ooi kiiowoinff theti<
lelvei icdaldeit to <aid estate are nnjaeateil
lo make i.nuiadialw payment, and auv na*
log claim- aifani.lt .aid estate will
thuui duly authen'H-ated for -ett ement t»-
Kuan Kullki Ki i.
W. D. Brandon. /miuruffim. Pa.
Attorney.
Administrator Notice
Wl*ie ia Irttors ol adminlafiutii'O *• re Ihl
lay granted by the Xr n» ec :n wi 1 -> J
• ouat . I Butler t'ftiß i ! »<h» 'in i»-e» x>> ' " J
lit- of '• I ana. u.x til*'* of t lain l'i
tap. ail.ltei •a_ r ee-a ... ree»«.. ... -
III," tU. Mk.v I*'' hflr 'tr Itu» I. ' it •••
rr.| nil <1 to 111 * !!#«." »1 '
■ «jm tiav. mc«ui' «««• i
pleaee ,tCeaei.< tlo-ui I'llikeuirt .i*e.i : M
> Illeui- .<t 'a the >i 0.-r.*,ie'4.
tm>»«• ■ ii
A 4 tulittAt* tfer
K. ■eJnakln. f . .. I'^ia'A
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K.ci'cui »rs' Notice.
guriTß iff '"tDfu. i»» '•
Lfttrn trJ - nt-* I
iljder dee' ». late of Itradi t».' »«'W •
pa.. ha* 'a* bee% arw.. led a
• t H ' 'aie «ii ja< Wi ». •• • I
:'V eteat '"'*r 1 '
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w -*ssr«i V I
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mmMUOk m
and Igifed hnoei
•» 1U |»N
' Ooors, >a*h. B* tids.
a !»•£«;«» and u*«
in stock.
LIMt fIAIH AND PUA- en
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PLIASIRE TO
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a» ire un»- Dutktßß nttt iTflk I'jra
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n.eti*. You i-ao get Up b#a< e*erT
thiß* ii >bc drtur tae fr..a oa
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laLomme, Hiaktine k.
Urt oar prim Muf* Juu bar
' Patata. and -e» wba> we ka* < U»
oft.r. Wo -aa aa*- »<>« tfuiWa .>a
tour paiat Nil
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Main St.. next ti» Hotel laikwrj.
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Hotels and Itept't.-s
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nt .-arrttt** twtwawa the b»tr » -tad
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