THE CITIZEN. FRIDAY, JTLY 21.1893. KaterH at Portofflo* it Batlcr u M elaM Batter WILLIAM C. mUTt PmklUka* REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. FOB HHSBIFT. AIRCTSW G. CAMPBELL. Of Oakland twp. FOB BEGLSTEB ASD BFCOEDEB. J. S. WICK, Of BTTLK*. FOB PBOTBOSOTABT. SAMUEL M. SIATOK, . Of Marion twp. FOB COL'STT TREASURES. -JOBS T. MARTIX, Of Buffalo twp. CLEBK OF COUBTS. JOSEPH CR'rwr*w.. Of Butler twp. FOB COUSTT COBMISSIOXEBS. SIHUA W. MCCOLLOCOH, Of Fairview twp. RICHAKD KELLT, Of Venango twp. FOBCOISTT AI DITOBS. JOHS N. ALLISOX, Of Centre twp. ROBEET H. Yocso, Of Clay twp. FOB COBOSEB. GEORGE M. GRAHAM, . Of Connoquene? o 'ng twp JJOVRBHOR PATTISO* is very mnch pleas ed over Pennsylvania's exhibit at the World's Fair. In conversation he said that the Keystone State can well be proud of the completeness of everything it has t > show. Especially is this the case with the Pennsylvania building, the coal exhib it, the finest there; the agricultural exhibit and the exhibit of oils. The Pennsylvania building is crowded all the time, people from all over the world calling to see the Liberty Bell, but once in the building,they are loth to leave it, so cosy and comfort able ia everything. The building is wide open, the verandas will Beat two thous and people, and at almost all hours every tit of space is taken up. It is the only State building that has the verandah fea ture, and it is highly appreciated by the tired crowd. At present everything is har monious among the Pennsylvanians who are in charge. It has been the subject of remark that Pennsylvania has contributed more people as visitors to the Fair than any other State with the exception of Illi nois. On Pennsylvania Day, September <• it is expected that at least one hundred thousand people from the Keystone State will be present, and an effort will be made to bring the attendance up to that number. The programme arranged for that day by the executive committe of the State Com mission will be carried out, and Pennsyl vania will own the Fair for one day. At present there are few exhibits of fruit and live stock from any State, but in Septem ber and October these two classes will be filled up, and great preparations are being made for a grand display. Dalzell on the Finances. At the meeting of the Chamber of Com merce of Pittsburg, last Thursday, Con gressman Dalzell was called upon for re marks and spoke as follows: He began by saying there was no mater ial difference between the opinions already expressed and those of his own on the pres ent situation and its remedy. "Within a year," said Mr. Dalxell, "we seemed to be on the high road to prosperity. The same material elements of success exist to-day. Confidence is the boat that carries all the countries of the world on all their prosper ous voyages, and when confidence is lost, down goes the ship. Now, what arc the eause»T Whatever may be our opinions on this subject, I don't believe the Sherman act in the sole cause. It is the silver poli cy of the government. This policy involves the policy of 1878, when the Bland-Allison act was passed. It also involves the dec laration of the Sherman bill, that it is the established policy of the country to main tain two metals. "The act of 1878 reversed the policy of half a century; we were in a gold basis,and the inauguration of a system which substi tuted depreciated silver dollars was a re versal of a policy which had stood for fifty years. When Alexander Hamilton's mint act was passed our gold all went out of the country. From 1834 to 1837 we had a sil ver standard,and from 1837 to 1878 we were on a "old basis. Yet is a remarkable fact that (rom the foundation ol the country un til 1878 our total mintage of silver was only $8,000,000. "No more suicidal act could have been Saised than the Bland-Allison bill passed y the house and sent to the senate and passed as a compromise measure. It pro vided that the government should buy and coin not less than $2,000,000 nor more than $4,000,000 a month. All the while silver kept going down. In 1890 we compromis ed again. The bill passed then provided that 187 ton-i of silver should be coined every month, or 6 tons a day, at the mar ket price and silver certificate! should be issued for it, until July 1, 1891. Since that time the government has been in the ttor age business, and the government has just as much right to purchase silver bullion and issue certificates for it as it has to"buy pig iron and issue certificates tor that. The present law means that for every ounce of silver worth 68 or 70 cents we must issue certificates,which the government is bound to redeem at a dollar. In other words we are buying silver and storing at the price of gold. The government has $834,246,000 of obligations in legal tender and silver WLich the government is bound to pay in gold and it only has $100,000,000 in gold'in reserve. Now (looking at President Kelly) if I held $800,000,000 of your obligations, and you only had $100,000,000 with which to meet them, I would say you were bank rupt. Of course there is no reason for us saying that the country is barkrupt. I don't believe our country can be bankrupt ed. I don't believe the most unwise legis lation or tho poorest statesmanship could bankrupt the nation. All the obligations will not be presented at one time and we will be able to meet them as they come. "The purchasing clause of the Shermas act ought to be repealed. Its first effect in the effect we are feeling now in the money power of the country to redeem its obliga tion. Its second effect is an inevitable contraction of the money value. But we might as well talk about two yard-sticks as two standards. The standard to-day is gold, and anything that don't come up to the full value is depreciated money. This is no time for politics, but patriotism. Wo should work and vote for what will benefit tho whole people, irrespective of party lines. "We ought to vote against anything that has a wildcat tendency. We don't want a New York dollar, or a Pennsylva nia or Ohio dollar, or a Xew England or Pacific coast dollar. An American dollar ought to bo worth 100 cents everywhere our flag li'iat*. I think your first resolu tion ought to be adopieii.and I believe the purchasing clause ought to be repealed, but I don't know about further legislation. It might do to let nature assert herself and let financial matters take care of them selves for a little while and see how the natnral laws would work things out lor us. THE novel liquor monopoly set up by by South Carolina, bids fair to raise an in teresting issue between the State and the railroads. The law prohibits tho roads from bring ing liquor into the State except for the of ficial dispensatories. At least one com pany —the Richmond and Danvillo—pro poses to pay no attention to the prohibi tion, hut announces that it will carry liq uor a-i usual. On the other hand Governor Tillman declares that he will rigidly en force the law against every corporation that attempts to violate it. The roads will doubtless take the ground that tho pioliibition is aii unwar ranted interference with inteistate traffic and may also question the constitutional ity of the law on other grounds. As the controversy promises to be maintained with determination on both sides and in volves the powers of tho State to ply the liquor traffic to the exclusion of all other de tiers the outcome wiil be awaited with curious interest. NISE banks of Denver, Col. closed their doors, Tuesday. The Talk of the Silver Men. It is evident that the silver men propose to make a vigorous fight for the white metal when Congress meets next month. General Warner, who is a leader of the American Bimetallic League, says that a Hiorough canva ?g of Congress ha.' been made, and that the silver-purchase law cannot be repealed except on condition that new legislation satisfactory to the silver advocates is put in its place. This means free coinage of silver—the adoption of the practice that India has just felt forc ed to give up. It is possible that General Warner may be mistaken concerning the strength of the free-coinage men, but there can be no doubt as to their intentions. These men are to hold a convention in Chicago a week before the meeting of Congress, to consider what General War ner calls the great conspiracy to destroy silver as money. In the call for this con vention it is asserted that the present financial disturbance is largely artificial; that these artificial disturbances here and the closing of the mints of India are parts of a great conspiracy to drive out silver, change all debts to gold debts and estab lish the single gold standard finally and forever. General Warner says this will mean a never-ending rise of gold and fall of prices, and will amount to an economic revolution more disastrous to the welfare of mankind, and especially to the produc ing and laboring classes, than any in the history ol the world. General Warner thinks that the situation created by the developments of this great conspiracy and by the call for the extra session demands wise counsel and deter mined action. To secure that kind of counsel, he asks all Governors of States and all societies in sympathy with the pur noses of the convention to send delegates to it and he wants all Congressmen and State legislators to take part in it. Just what shape the determined action will as sume we are not yet informed, although there has been some wild talk in Colorado and elsewhere, among the silver mines about setting up an independant govern ment an a new financial basis, and about the repudiation of of all bonds and obliga tions held at the East. It is also announ ced that large sums are being raised to send to Washington to influence legislation there, and it is not probable that the "de termined action" may take the shape of a "well-heeled" lobby. . Be fiat as it may, it is certain that the silver men and their advocates a | r . e , ver -\ mnch in earnest, and that they will do all they can in Congress and elsewhere to de feat what they regard as an attack on their material interests. But one trouble with them is that the facts on which they base their actions are not facts at all. There is no conspiracy against silver, great or small. The President and the Senators and Rep resentatives who favor the repeal of the law requiring the Government to pnrchase metal for which it has no use—these men are not conspirators. They learned of th e action of the Indian authorities just as General Warner did—from the newspapers. Nor are the financial troubles of the coun try artificial. The business men of the United States are not fools intent on biting off their own noses to spite somebody else. They have not conspired to derange busi ness and damage themselves because of enmity to the producers of silver. The fact is, the people of this country have no desire to destroy silver as money. They have shown a very general and per sistent desire to keep it on a parity with gold, and they still have that desire. And the leading men of both parties agree with the people in this respect, as is shown by their National platforms. But multi tudes of people of both parties are coming to doubt the possibility of freely circulat ing the two metals side by side. They are learning by sad experience that the un written laws o." traae are stronger than all the laws that Congresses and Parliaments can frame. They see that it is time to put an end to the folly of maintaining an ar tificial market for a product that the Gov ernment does not need and cannot use. And arguments based on falsehoods and rant cannot blind them to the practical teachings of experience.—Wellsboro Atji tutor. CONGRESSMAN MCDOWELL is quoted as follows: The time has come when thetarifTshonld no longer be left as a football, to be kicked this way and that by contesting political parties. I tavor the establishment of a commision, independent of politics, to fix and adjust tariff laws every five years, thereby relieving the industries of the country from an uncertainty that arises as result of periodical political revolutions. Tho industrial welfare of the nation is par amount to politics and should be so con sidered by all legislative bodies Life Insurance Risks. The arrest of Dr. Henry C. W. Meyer, charged with complicity in the murder of several persons in order to obtain the in surance on their live', will bring to mind the risks insurance companies run in this respect. The alleged methods of Dr. Mey er were not different from those employed by others who have been engaged in the same ghoulish business A victim was se lected whose life was already insured or who could be induced to take out an insur ance policy and his confidence obtained through a woman accomplice, aud then he was dosed with small portions of poison until death ensued. When the insurance money had been collected the alleged mur derers were ready for a new victim, whom they sought in some new place. If the statements made" in the case of Dr. Meyer are true then he is worthy to rank among the most accomplished vidians who have made it a business to swindle the life insurance companies. His success in escaping punishment for his crimes also marks him as one of the most adroit rascals of the day. The very simplicity of his methods shows his skill, and his uniform success in avoiding conviction when placed on trial is another proof either of his dex terity or of tho laxness of the officers of the law. A whole romance is contained in his career of crime, and if Charles Dick ens were now alive he could obtain from Meyer mucb better material for a story than the one ho wroto thirty years ago, called "Hunted Down," and in which he portrayed the deeds of a life insurance swindler and the sufferings of his victims. Considering the vast proportions to which the life insurance business of the country and the world has grown, it is strange that so few frauds are ,-petrated on the companies. All of them doubtless do not come to light, as it is thought pref erable in seme cases to pay the policy rather than undertake an investigation and prosecution. The rapid growth of life in surance is one of the wonders of the mod ern world. The business is an old one, but for many years the idea did not seem to take with the people. There are two companies in England 175 years old, and several others ranging in age from 82 to 135 years. But up to 1850 only a compar atively small business was done. It then took a sudden start and in 1800 the policies reached the large sum of $1,195,000,000 in Europe and the United States. In the samo countries in 1871 the value of the written policies was $4,247,000,000; in 1881 $5,297,000,000. and in 1892, $10,780,000,000. Of the la»t amount $4,447,000,000 was writ ten in the United States. The business is doubtless destined to grow more rapidly in the future than in the past. The early prejudice against the system has almost wholly disappeared, and its advantages are admitted by all classes, some of the European Governments, the German especially, have given the system a vigorous encouragement, and elaborate methods have been devised for insuriug workingmen for tho benefit of their fami lies and against the incapacity of old age. With such an immense business to handle it would be strange if swindlers did not find in it a field lor operations. Tho vigi lance of the companies has, however, kept down fraud through murder and substitu tion to a large degree. But there is one direction in which the insurance companies are undoubtedly cheated to a greater de gree each jear, and that is through suicide. I''uri;.trly self murder vitiated an insur ance policy, but recently the companies have fouud it preferable to abandon this provision, and now the payment of a poli cy is rarely contested on the ground of sui cide. And in this fact may be found, prob ably, one reason for the rapid increase in the number of suicides. The number of contested claims from all causes has also rapidly decreased in recent years, it being foQcd a good advertisement to liber&iue the terms of the contracts. No better idea of ibis great business can Lie obtained than from the tacts that in 1892 the income ot the companies was $220,000,000, their pay ment to policy holders over $100,000,000, and the increase of their accumulations wae sß4,ooo,ooo ,—J'rets. Table of Distances ii\ Butler County. 9 a , "3 5 « *. P * s. & Anandale..... On -- s Batler 19 2' 0 ~ £ | j |....j 1 a » 0 Boydstown ... 12 56 7 0 -j | o "> Centreville ,lO 16 717 0 o £ £* I 1 g Cooperstown.. 30 7115182 28 2 0 a | § ii CoylesviUe.... 23 410 Evans City 27 7136203268 9724 3 0 u. V Farmington <5 c 22315 616 0.33 824334..0 l u. ■ g s J® Fairview £6*7 ic 2 id*s 197,27 7128298ii6j o'a | f 2" Harmony 28 813 21 722613 925 < 42 35 4,31 2, 0 a ? 3 Harrisville 7520 «20 $432232 <29 rll CIS 5:30 3 0 j Lawrenceburg 14 2-5 9192 24 Mechanicsbnrg 15 g o Martinsburg --11"6204ii720 831924 35 86 4 4 ii' '4*s 24*6 'o £ 3 | Murrinsville .. 412331G010 7348 27 5 ( 32 G46148 ( 32 9 1 12 016.>13 J 0 5 J5 c S Mid. Lancaster 25 1 13 920 6 18 917 624 6 7 931 3,29 o 3 726 fi 3.i G 13 330 529-0 .s Millerstown 15 6H27221878 7824S 16 5 5 26 2253 13 < 2.5 > 9_l9< 23 1 0 |t. Troutman 10*910*5 *4*Bl7*l 23** 12 5 i"»'i 11 857265i54ii -i 19 "9 9 if)" 25 447 0" Z I f ~... i-.- 1 y ;A" n-' i" n" S E X. Washington 5915588 14 82< 1< 529 1 684828_13 4JIIB 0 0 1U .4 .> ■> •j j u | - 5 § Prospect {7*9 B*9 12*2 13" if 7 19*6 10*3 24 i' 22*7 10*9 16 426 4 '6*B 23*3 22** 7219 4 17' 17 30"c£ jg = Portersville. 22*4 ii'ni" £3 1 25*4 13*7 29 6 26*6 '6*s I*9*s 30 9T5278 23 8 *s*B 25 2222218j5 8, 0j 5 | Saionbnrg 23*9 07 1G 4 26*4 B*2 io*3 17 4 32*" Sarveraville 34 5 is*2 2i"9 3i"6ii7ii*s 2i4258 24 325 6J35 93333528539 "293, i 6 29* 24 i,29 fj 55, | W. Liberty .. 13 ' 14 5 15*1 4*826" 27*8 18*5 16 6 19*0 i6*in*2 23*9 j 3*B 26*8 i7*i'is*4 : i6*i»jis*2 w. sunbary .. ni ios» '• ' ♦ NOTE--The sepurated figures are tenths of tx mile. A North Dakota Tragedy. The story of the murder of a Pennsylva nia family by ,a Pennsvlvanian in North Dakota a few days ago attracted the atten tion of the nation. The bodies of the mur dered members of the family were sent to their former home near Llizabethtown, Lancaster county, and were buried on Wednesday of last week. The murderer is in jail at Fargo. He narrowly gescaped lynching. Mr. and Mrs. Kreider went west fifteen yars ago from Lancaster county, and Bom berger ran away from his home in Camp belUtown Lebanon county, over six years ago. After a wild life in West and South west, where he was both farmer, laborer and cowboy, he went to live with the Kreiders. This was ten months ago. The night before the tragedy he played croquet with several of his victims. None of the eastern papers have yet pub lished » full account of the awful tragedy, and the following details, by the eldest surviving child of Mr. Kreider, Annie, a girl of 15 years, shows what a horrible crime Bomberger committed. A motive for the deed may be found in the fact that Annie's father and mother, as well as her self, were opposed to his attentions to the girl. . . Shortly after Mrs. Kreider arose on in day morning, her husband being still abed, and while she was in the kitchen peeling potatoes, she was suddenly startled by the crack of a gun in her bedroom on the first floor. Running to the door to learn tho cause, she was met by Albert Bomberger, who held a gun. With it he had shot and killed Mr. Kreider as be lay asleep. Bom berger, a powerful young man, caught hold ot the woman and dragged her into the kitcnen, she pleading piteously all the time for her life. Then he shot her to death, the body dropping to the kitchen floor. The noise of the firing, the weapon used being a breechloading shot gun,which Bomberger reloaded as fast AS he fired, aroused the children, who were sleeping npstairs, and all but the youngest boy tame rushing down to learn what had hap pened. Before them appeared the wretch who hid slaughtered their parents, an J with brutal blows and vile oaths he drove them back upstairs whither he followed. There the slaughter was renewed, Murbey It., aged 11 years, Mary K., aged 9 years and David R., aged 4 years, being butch ered. He shot them all, but the two youngest not being killed outright, he fin ished his work with a knife. Burnice R.. 13 years old, hid herself un der tho bed while these scenes were being enacted, and as soon as Bomberger left the room the child leaped frem the second story window, and hastened to a field where a ponv was kept. Many a time had the children' ridden the animal without saddle or bridle, but in an evil moment she stopped long enough to procure a bri dle, Intending to ride off for assistance and before she could mount the murder had overtaken and made her prisioner. "Where is father asked the terrified child. "He's gone to a better land," was the reply. When the girl said she wanted to sea him the villian even took her to where her par ent lay weltering in his blood, and after gazing upon bim in horror, she next asked for her mother. You shall see her, too," replied tho miscreant to her; "there she lies like a dead cat," »nd after showing the bleeding corpse of her mother tho murder er cooly turned his gun upon the little one and shot her down. As she did not instant ly expire he dispatched her by cutting her throat from ear to ear. Three more children yet remained—An nie. 15 years of age; Aaron, aged 5 years, and baby Hehry, 2 years of age These were spared; Annie because of her piteous pleadings, and, doubtless, because of the affection he felt for her. Why he left tho other two children live is a mystery. After all was over Bomberger compelled Annie to show him where her father kept his money and he secured SSO and two watches. Some monev that was kept in another place, which she did not know was in the house, escaped his clutches. Then tho wretch compelled the girl, almost insane as she was through terror and grief, to prepare Liui some breakfast, and while waiting for it he drew out his watch and looked at it then cooly remarking: "ItJ only took twenty minutes to do the whole business. After eating he dragged the girl to the stable, where she fully expected to be murdered. Ho bound her hand and foot to a post in the stable, and, after beating her terribly with the end of a rope, bo rode away on the pony that poor little Burnice intended using. . . After he was gone the oldest surviving boy, Aaron, crept to tho stable and finally Micccoded in untying the ropes that bound his sister. Leaving the two children on the scene ol the tragedy, Annie hastened to Cando. Here she burst in upon a friend of tho family, Samuel Brightbill, a mer ohant, and a former resident of Lancaster county, and to whom she told her story. Without loss ol time he summoned ten men to his assistance, all mounted, and to gether thoy repaired to the Kreider tunno stead. There a party of men took the trail of the murderer, the story of whose capture has already been published. A sad feature of the tragedy is the fact that Mrs. Kreider was to have again be come a mother in a month. AT Uarrisburg last Friday Gov. Fattison appointed Dr. J. B. Showalter of Millers town one ol the trustees of the home for the training in speech of (leaf children he fore they are of school age. Although he introduced the bill for the erection of the proposed home, when in the Senate, Dr. Showalter was appointed for only one year, while the rest of the appointees, all from the Eastern portion of the State, will serve from two to live years. J CIK'B J f.n KIN a, of the United States Circuit Court, who has been indicted and arrested in Milwaukee on a charge of swindling, is not in an enviable position. Judge Jenkins was a director in the de funct Plankinton Bank, which was con ducted in a way to swindle depositors out of their money. The Judge pleads the baby act by asserting that he paid no at tention to his duties as director,but trnsted to others, and that he knew nothing of what was going on. This all may be true, but the Judge's name as director was used to obtain deposits. His excuse is inadmis sible. Ho should promptly step down from [ the Federal bench, and take bis place in I the prisoner's stand.— Ex. The Western Idea. The mine, mill and smelter owners of Colorado have ceased operations on ac count of the low price of silver, and the threatened repeal of the Sherman law, and they will send a strong delegation to Wash ington to fight for free coinage. They are vary determined about it, and the people have been holding mass meetings at which the subject is discussed. The following from the Denver .VEIRS gives an idea of what they think there of the silver ques tion: The necessity for the repeal of the Sher man law as a step towards international bimetallism has been urged on the free coinage members of Congress for several months past. They have been told that unless Europe were convinced that the United States would cease to uphold sil ver without the co-operation of the other nations that co-operation could not be had, and that it would be useless to send repre sentatives to the monetary conference in November and useless to hold the confer ence. But if silver men would surrender the Sherman law we have been assured that Europe would be forced to an inter national agreement and return to bimetal lism. Pretended bimctallists, like Hon. Burke CocUran in the North American lie vine for June, have based their pleas _to silver men to support Mr. Cleveland's \S all street views wholly on reasoning of this kind. ~ .. When England closed the mints of India to the coinago of silver on privato accounts dispatches from Washington announced that the cabinet was unanimous iu the opinion that there was no longer an object iu holding the monetary conferences, since nothing could be done without England and it was now clear that nothing was to be expected from England. So it will be seen that this argument lor unconditional repeal has collapsed and the money-loaning conspirators must now rest their case npon the plea that the monthly silver purchase by the government is re sponsible for the panic of this year, al though tho stringency exsists in the great er part ol Europe as well as America and has occasioned unparalleled disaster in Australia. , . Tho attempt to place the business ol the civilized nations 011 a gold basis is pauper izing the industrial classes by contracting the currency and appreciating the unit of value This is tho meaning of the hard times and financial ruin. We have only got a foretaste of what is to come unless the rule of money sharks is brought to an end. . . The action of India makes an independ ant financial course by the United State imperative. It has destroyed every vestage of justification for any other policy. The coming congress will be divided lntochain pions of the producing masses and advo cates of a financial system that has already wrought measureless misery and built up a class towering in unearned wealth and special privilege that constitutes the great est social peril of our time. Schweinturtn's New Heaven. The people of Lexington, Ky., are great ly worked up over the discovery that a branch of Schweiufurth's Heaven is in operation there on oue of tho leading thor oughfares. It is located in an old, hand somely lurnished mansion, and several prominent anil wealthy ladies have joined the angel tluong. Mrs. Francis, tho presiding elder of the branch heaven, is a wonderfully shrewd woman and is capable of arguing with the most learned theologian. The women have daily held services that rival iu mys tery the practices ol the black arts, and to the uninitated suggest the foundation of all their creed, free love. Schwciufurth, the woman claims, is a priviliged being, and nothing he does is unholy. The daily ceremonies aro held in an up stairs room, which is fitted up in a manner resembling an alter of a church. A pic ture of Schweinfurth is tho object worship ed, while hanging upon the walls of the place aro a number of pictures of tho Schweinfurth Heaven at Rockford, 111., and the "angels" occupying that sacred precinct. Among the pictures were those of three sanctified children born of the spirit at tho Kockford place. The eldest of these is known as Princess Myrtle, child of the virgin, Miss Weldon, who occupies an ex alted position in the "heaven." The other children of the spirit aro Prin cess Bertie and Prince Areal, the latter be ing called the "Prince of the House of Da vid." The mother of these children is Mrs. Tuttle, another inmate of tho "heaven." Her husband also lives there and is also a believer in the faith. Other pictures show the 30 angels who occupy the "heaven - ' at work in the hay and cornfield. In other places on the walls are oil paintings of the husbands of the five women conducting the establish ment, they being all widows. Mrs Anderson, who is tho widow of the late Joseph Anderson, is supposed to furn ish the money for the establishment. .Sho is said to have expended already upward of SIO,OOO ou Schweinfurth and tho local "heaven." Her relatives are much morti fied over her strange actions, and although Dr. Bartlett, of the Presbyterian Church, has pleaded and argued with her, he could not overcome her strange infatuation Mrs. Lavinia Ricketts, the widow of a local minister, has removed all her lurni turo to the local "heaven." Sho has two sous here who are heart broken over the action of their mother. Petrolia Items. George Kilchenstein has his new build ing almost completed. He will be ready for work on Wednesday of this week. Asa Campbell is building on the old bank lot. 11c will have his meat market open on Saturday of this week. The Toronski Bros, have opened their office in the Town Hall with 'Squire Flem ing, and will open their goods in a few da> sin the same house. How they and the squire will get along together remains to be seen. William Black and M. S. Talbot of Bruin were in our town on Monday of this week 011 business. THE dir ctors ol the World's Fair have decided to keep it cloned on Sunday. ONK of tho Philadelphia ladies who had charge of tho blind children's exhibit at tne World's Fair became insane Tuesday, aud threw herself from the fifth story of a hotel and was instantly killed. A Breezy Speech. A young man who represents the Den ver district iu congress is known as the "Colorado Cyclone," and he has already shown his capacity for creating a breeze. Lafe Pence is tho name of the windy ora tor, and he belongs to the Populist party. He is a rampant free-coinage advocate, 1 and he has several rods in pickle for those half-hearted miik-and-water Democrats ] who have been preaching free coinage for a dozen years or more and have suddenly discovered the necessity for suspending tho purchase of silver. In addressing tho free-silver convention on Wednesday Mr. Pence paid his compli ments to President Cleveland in a round about way when ho declarad that ifßourke Cockran had written his silver views before the election, as he has since, Mr. Cleve land could not have been elected. Secre tary Carlisle came in for a blast in tho fol lowing language: "Even tho man of Kentucky hs»s proven false to his colors and has become tho errand boy for a thick necked executive." To those who are dis posed to yield to the banishments of the White House he has this to say: "If any member of congress from the agricultural Btates should dare to betray their people, surrender to patronage promises or cringe under the whip of Czar Keed's caucus,they will not warm a seat in tho next congress." Tnis is quite refreshing, indeed, consid ering the attitude of Secretary Carlisle and other ir.embers of the cabinet, to say noth ing of the well-understood purpose of the president to bring refractory congressmen to terms by giving them to understand that if they cannot support his financial policy they need not expect official favors at his hands. It is not sate to change the rules so as to choke of filibustering after this dire threat, and the ghost of Caesar ism may frighten tho house into giving control of legislation into the hands of ob structionists. These are but mutterings of the storm that is gathering and will burst in all its fury at the extra session.— Gazette. Facts About Silver. The Now York Herald has gathered some facts relating to the product of silver in the United States. The sum total of last year's yield of all the mines was 58,- 000,000 ounces, worth ats present prices 1 bout $42,000,000, or at the average price of last year about $50,000,000. Of this ag gregate all except 1,000,000 ounces came came from the mines of four states and three territories, namely: Colorado, Ida ho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexi co and Utah. These states and territories represent a population of 1„Q95,621. That is to say, 1,000,000 people produce less than $50,000,000 worth of silvor, or, as the ( Herald puts it: Here is a population of 1,000,000 people and a total yearly product worth at market prices less than $42,000,000. Every intel ligent resident of these states must realizo the absurdity of tho contention of local "orators" or interested owners of mines that tho remaining 02,000,000 of our people must bring ruin upon the country by com pelling the treasury to go on buying this metal and issuing currency against it merely to benefit this fraction of IOSB than 2 per cent of the population. As a matter of fact by no means all of even this 1,000,- 000 people are dependent upon tho silver industry. Agriculture, coal-mining, tho raising of cattle and other pursuits occupy a yery considerable part of the populatiou of the seven states in question; and in Col orado, which produces nearly half of all the white metal, it is estimated that there is more capital invested in cattle-raising alone than in silver-mining. Flick Flickerings. Wm. Trimble of Allegheny city, intends to spend 9 few dry days in tho harvest field for E. O. Thompson, commencing Monday of this week. C. Johnston was tho guest of G. W. Cramer, Esq , Monroevillo, Buffalo twp., on last Saturday,and reports having a good time with the Squire. Harry Fair of Sis terville, W. Va , spent last Saturday eve with Robt. Anderson. A. 11. Go'd and his neice, Emma John ston was the guest of Mrs. Herkless efßut ler, Wednesday of last week. Clyde Jemison, one of our prominent pumpers hat gone to Renfrew to spend a day or two with his parents. It is said that Robt. Thompson has the largest potatoes in this vicinity. Ira McCall,S. Montgomery and W. Ilick ey spent the third of July with John Mil ler of Indiana twp., Allegheny Co. M. V. Moore spent last Thursday at the racos at Iloinewood. Alex Mahan and Stephen Donaldson took a flying trip to Saxonburg 011 last Saturday eve. Jas. Anderson is studying the German lauguago We wish you good success Jim. The old army potato bug has made its appearance in this vicinity and is doing considerable damage to tho potato crop. We hope, if our Postoftice is to bo re moved, that Mr. John Burton would have the luck to get the office, for wo think he | is a good, honei-t Democrat. The Forest Oil Co. is going to drill a wel on the Iliram Flick farm right away. X. X. Shooting PL, - s - over my body nn. Albert, on tne south by lands of James Kiddle, and on the west by |j--ids ol Campbell. Small dwelling house, part frame and part brlck;barn, other outbuildings and orchard of good fruit thereon. Land fenced and cultivated. TEUMS Cash on continuation of sale. Title gpod. THOMAS GALLOWAY, Administrator of estate of E. MCJUNKI.V, T. OAVID SIMMONS, dee'd., Atr,y. fnyM t. i>. July 18, Notice. Ludwig Ursler,Trustee) Common Fleas court vs. : <>r Armstrong County llrady's Bend Iron Co. fNo i! 7.'> June Term,lß! :i Armstrong Co.. Pa. J The sale of six thousand acres of coal land and Improvements, ordered by the aforesaid Court. In tlie above entitled action, particularly described In an advertisement for sale on the third day of Ju1y,1893, published iu the "Union Free Fress" ol Kittanning. Fa., June 9th. the "East Brady Kevlew" of June stli, und the Bni KII CITIZKN ot June #th. 1593. Is adjotirued to Tuesday. Angus' llrst, ISM, at three o'clock of said day at the door of the Court House. In the Borough of Klttauiilng, Fa. l. ml wig Drelcr, Walton Ferguson. Trustees i.'arwooa K. Fool, Jos Fool, li> Flue St. N. Y City ,Orr Buflington, Klttannliig, Fa., .ttor i nej;t and Counsel for I'ialntiti. ar.d I.udwlg 1 IJreler Trustee, Williams & Ashley. KM llroacf ! way, New \ork City. Att'js. for Walton Fer guson. Trustee. Administrator's Notice. Betters of Administration on the estate of W. L. Young dee'd. late of Summit twp , Butler Co., Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present them duly authenticated without delay to E. E. YOUNO, Diamond Bl'k. Butler, Pa. Notice in Divorce- Arthur Doumont | In the Court ol < oinmou vs I Fleas of Butler Co., Fa Alvina Doumont. f A. l>, No. lij '>ec. T, isir.', J B. 13. F. IU. To Alvina Doumont: Two Subpoenas In the above case having been returned N. K. 1., you the said Alvina Doumont abovedefendeut are hereby required to appear In said ( ourt of Common I'ii'as . to be held at Butler. Pa., on Monday the 4th day of September, 1893, being the llrst day of next term or said « ourt to answer the atiov com plaint and show cause if any you have why a divorce should not be granted the said Arthur IKJumont WILLIAM M. 15 SOWN. Sheriff. siijERTISEIiS ■ : »n g SfMi whoo in Chicago, v.... Jit on t V AdvVttua A# *•»»•( LORD&THOMJ& PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ! __ • G. M. ZIMMERMAN. PHTBtCIAN AND Brßo*o*. Office at No. 45. S. Main street. OTCr Frank * Co 1 * Drugstore. Hut It. Pa, Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 K. Wayne .St . office hours. 10 to 12 M. anil I to 3 P. M. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. ioo West Cunningham SI. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , PHYSICIA* AND SCBGKOX. Office and residence at Petrolla, Pa. L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND SUKOKOS, New Troutmau Bnllding. Butler. !'a. K. N. f.EAKE. SI. D. J. K. MANN. M. D Specialties Specialties Gynaecology and Sur- Eye. Ear. Nose and gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Art ltlcial Teetli inserted on the latest im proved plan. liold Filling a specialty. Office— over Schaul's Clothing S'ore. V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now located in new and elegant rooms ad joining hls.Lformer. ones. All kluds of clasp o.>ites and moderen gold work. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Filling I'ainlesi Extraction ol Teeth and Artlllcia! Teeth without I'lates a specialty Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local Anaesthetics used. Office over Millers Grocery cast of I.owry House. office closed Wednesdays and Th ursd ays. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law. Office at No. 17, East Jeffer son St., Butler, Pa, W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Keal Estate Agent. Of lice rear of L. /. Mitchell's office on north side of Diamond. Butler, Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor o Anderson building, near Court llouse. Butler Pa. J. W. HUTCHISON, ATTOKNEY AT LAW. Office on second floor of the Huselton olocfc, Diamond, Butler, Pa.. Boom No. 1. S. H. PIERSOL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. r Office at No. lot West Diamond St. A. T. BLACK. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Room F., Armory Building. Butler, Pa COULTER & BAKER. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. omce In room 8., Armory Building, Butler Pa. H. Q. WALKER, Atlorney-at-Law—Office in Diamond Block Butler, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. omce- Between Postofllcc and Diamond, Bu ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. omce at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler, Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOBNEY AT LAW.- Office second floor, Anderson B1 k. Main St. 1 near court House. Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law- Oflleeion South side of Dlamoud Uutler. Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, ENGINEER AX!) SURVEYOR, OFFICE NRAR DIAMONK. BCTIJIK. PA. BERKIMER & TAYLOR, Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Diamond Block, next door to Post Office, Butler, Pa., prompt attention given to orders, day or night. Trotting Stallion. ZKZIHSTG-, Record 2 '.i7t ina race on a hall-mile track. Sired by Mambrlno King, the greatest living sire of demonstrated race horses, and the hand somest horse in the world. Thirteen sons and daughters of t his great horse made records bet ter than 2.30 last season, including the great mare. Nightingale—2.loX made In the fourth heat of a race. Tliey are bread winners. They . arc the handsomest class of horses on earth. • Mohican K ing's dam was sired by a KOII of llamlili'tonlan (10) ( ailed Mohican, who was the sire of live great race horses, showing that the blood lines which go to make up Mohican King's remarkably pedigree have and will truln on. trot on and win on, besides being famous for their beauty and lino finish. 1 started Mohcan King In tlvo races last fall 1 getting a piece of the money every time, and won the largest purse and best race he started in. which certainly ought to lie a credit to any hors ■ for the first season. He is like his sire, a beautiful dark chestnut, very handsome, heuvy boned, well muscled, and has grert lung . power. Ills colts are all stamped closely after . Limaelf. speedy and tine looking. This horse will make the season of ISKI In Bill ler. Fa. Terms, lo Insure. No account ability for accidents. Will be found 111 the Scott Barn, in the alley north of the Wick Mouse Livery Barn. Will be found at the Fair O rounds, L. Dean, keeper. C. M. HARRINGTON, Owner. 1 SEE These Prices on EVERGREENS. 10.000 Norway Spruce. * to 0 Inches high, S2O, , IO.WO Balsam I'lr, 4to s Inches high. 825. loo.no Arbor Vitm. S <0 16 Inches high, 12.'. 10.000 Scotch Pine. 4to k Inches high. $»o. Over 200 varieties, 7.000,000 for saic. UrtUrCT TIH'l'C Mo.wo While Cottonwood. rUilLtjl Il\ Li CD. ( 12 111 ti. lint. 100,000 Yellow Cotton wood, 12 to 21 Inch, 1100. 100.000 sugar Maple. Ito s Inch. fx.. IMIO.OOO Kim. «to inch. ST... We sold s.m').m oln l- r:. We must 1 sell twice as many tills year. Our nursery is overstocked with all varieties and sizes of trull ■ toud ornamanlal trees. We must clear some of ahem out. send for price lists. EVERGREEN NURSERIES, Evergreen, Wis r NIAGARA RIVER POULTRY YARDS. Buff Leghorns, Buff Plymouth, Rocks, Buff Cochins, Light Branias Indian Games, &c., Send for circu* lar. CIIARLKS 11. AKERLY (iowauda, N. Y. This is a perfect picture of our new Furniture and Housefiirnishing Goods o house. One of the largest and most complete stores of the kind in Western Pennsylvania. FURNITURE: We have all kinds, Parlor Suites, Bedroom Suites, Hall Racks, Dish and Book Cases, Side Boards, Dining Tables, Chairs, Baby Buggies, Refrigerators, &c, &c. QUEENSWARE: Decorated Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Plain White Dinner Sets, Decorated and Plain White Toilet Sets from $4-5o to SIO.OO. Ask to see our Toilet Set at ss.oo,cheapest and best in the world. Lamps, &c. HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS: Cook Stoves and Ranges, Tinware, Wood en Ware, &:c. Don't fail to see our new range the "Perfect,"one of the best cook stoves and ranges on the market for tne money. Every stove warranted. Campbell & Templetou, The CITIZEN is the Best Ad vertlsing Medium in Butler County. -#++++++++++#- -#The CITIZEN and New York Weekly#- Tribune one year for only $1.50. SUBSCEBIR NOW. Executor's Notice. Letters testamentary having been grant ed to the undersigned on the estate of Christopher Kider, dee'd., late of Oakland twp., Butler county, Pa.,all persons know ing themselves indebted to said estate will please mako immediate payment, and any having claims against the same will pre sent them duly authenticated for settle ment to Stlvakub Aouas, Ex'r., G. W. Floeger, Greoce City, Pa. Att'x. Executors' Notice. Letters testamentary on the estate of Henry Wolford, dee'd, lato ol Slippery rock twp., Butler Co., l'a.. having boon granted to the undesigned, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said es tato will pleaso make immediate payment, and any having claims against the same will present them duly authenticated for settlement to Saiiaii Wolkorii, Ex'rx J. N. Moore, Of Henry Wolford, dee'd, Att'y. Slipperyrock P. O. Administrator's Notice. Letters ol Administration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Nannie C Wick, dec d., late of the bor ough of Butler, Duller Co., Penu'a.,ttll per sons knowing themselves indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and any hoviug elatitm against same will present thorn duly authenticated for settlement to. Walter K. Wick, Adm'r., A. M. Cohkklius, Butler, l'a. Att'y. (11l you are a hustler can make nt least SIOO.OO per month. Now is the time to start in on tall sales. Elegant outfit Freo. 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