TI rI : CITIZEN
. DECEMBER 29. 1893 _
Ki:i r.' .'onlßMee at B«tl«r as **claa malUI
WII.UA* C. KtHLET. - Pablltker
Lincoln League Meeting.
In Haselton Hall, Monday evening,
January Bth, at 7.30 o'clock, at this meet
ing Newton Black Esq., will speak giving
an account of his visit to Washington ard
many interesting matters will figure in his
report.
Other intertainment is promised and a
full otl»ndance of members and Kepubli
can friends is requested.
The State Convention.
The Republican Stato Convention met
at noon Wednesday. Two hundred and
fifty-seven delegates answered to their
names, the old officers and committees
were continued, and the convention went
straight way to business. Chairman Packer
spoke briefly; C. L. Magee offered a reso
lution deploring the death of Gen. Lilly,
which was adopted and then read a series
of resolutions arraigning the Wilson bill,
which were applauded and adopted.
Gen. Palmer made a speech and nomi
nated Galusha A. Grow, in which he
said: —
"He won his spurs among the giants of
40 years ago, when Stephens, Sumner,
Douglass and Lincoln were companions in
the fray. At 38 he was a leader oi lead
ers, Speaker of the Congress that gave
Lincoln 400,000 men and $400,000,000 to
save the Nation's life. Time has dealt
kindly with him. His eye is not dimmed,
nor his natural force abated. .The name of
the candidate I present to you is Galusha
A. Grow. The old coat ho wore the day
he knocked down the North Carolina fire
eater on the floor ot the House, declaring
that no slave driver could crack a whipover
ever him, wou'd be worth more to Penn
sylvania, pinned to a chair in tbe House
of Representatives, than the service of
a man who could only hold down a seat
and draw a salary.
H. F. Walton, of Philadelphia, seconded
the nomination.
Mr. Snyder nominated Jas. S. Biery, but
Mr Biery declined gracefully and Grow
was nominated by acclamation for Con
gressman at Large.
Mr Grow was escorted to the platform,
from where he made one of his ringing,
old-time speeches, and the convention
adjourned.
Grow's Nomination.
No nomination made by tbe Republicans
of Pennsylvania for many years will give
more general satisfaction than that of Hon.
Galusha A. Grow for Congressman-at-
Large, to fill tbe place made vacant by tbe
death of Gen. Lilly. The State Conven
tion of Wednesday honored itself as well
as the State in the unanimous nomination
of Mr. Grow He is the right man for the
place, sent to Congress at the right time
and will do the right kind of work. He is
in the full vigor of his intellectual strength
and be will bo heard from.
Hides and Leather.
To the Editor of The /><•»«.
Sin:—What effect, in your opinion,
wou'd the pasfage of the Wilson bill in its
present shape have upon the hide and
leather market? W. H. L
Mosserville, Lehigh County, Pa.
The Wflson bill reduces the duties on
leather belting one half. On articles made
. of leather and on boots and shoes there is
reduction of 5 per cent. On leather cut
. into shoe uppers,vamps and leather suitable
for conversion' in manufactured articles
there is a reduction of 15 per cent. There
is a cut of 10 per cent, on Japanned calf
skin. On the other band, degrass and tal
low used in the production of leather, are
put on the free list, though that will not
make much if any difference in tbe cost of
production. Ground sumac, of which 11,-
000,000 pounds were imported last year,for
use in production of leather is retained on
the dutiable list at tbe same specific rate
as under the existing law. What there is
produced of this article in this country
comes from Virginia and North Carolina,
which accounts for the fact of no reduction
being made on the duty on it.
This is a groso piece of sectionalism.
There is on doubt that under the bill some
kinds of leather will be imported to a much
larger extent ihau at present, but tbe re
duction in tbe leather schedule will not in
jure the businoss as much probably as the
harm that will result from the depression
in other industries, in which there is much
greater need of* protection and where
greater reductions have" bten made, In
Japanned calfskins there was a large in.
creaso in tne last fiscial year in the im
portations, as compared with 1892. It is
evident tbat a reduction of 10 per cent,
must increaso the importation consider
ably. And what is true of that kind of
leather is true of other kinds.
Tbat the leather business will be injared
by the Wilson tariff bill goes without say
ing. No one business can escape injury
when all others are affected. The existing
condition of business is proof positive of
that fact. An industry which does nffl
come under the protective tariff must nec
essarily suffer when other kinds of business
are hurt. The business of the country is
so interwoven thai the destruction of even
a few large industries must neces.- arily affect
all others. But under the Wi'son bill the
leather business will receive a direct blow
as well as so many others. Our correspon
dent can make up bis mind tbat it tbe Wil
son bill becomes a law his business will be
severely injured.—Philadelphia Press.
Em Robixion, Benj. Douthetland J. W.
Hutchison reprrscnted Butler County at
the State Convention, Wednesday.
Ad Valorem Duties
The phrase "ad valorem" is Latin and
means "according to value " Therefore,
ad valorem duties are fiich as are levied at
a certain pe: if ' ••' the value of the
goods imported. For instance, a duty of
25 per cent ad valorem on wool would sub
ject a pound of that commodity, valued at
8 cents to a duty of 3 2 cents. If valued
at 12 cents per pound it would have to
stand a duty of 4.8 cents.
The term ad valcrem is used in contra
distinction to specific duties, which »ro
those laid at a fixed amount, without ro
ference to value. For instance a duty of
5 cents per pound on all wool of a certain
gljade would be a specific duty.
Both ad valorem and specific duty
might, and often is, levied on an article.
For example, one ton of steel rails valued
at $24, might be compelled to pay 10 per
cent, ad valorem «and $4 specific duty.
Then the duty would in all amount to
$0 40
Iu tho tariff act of 1890 ad valorem
duties aro few and specific duties the rale
In tbe new Wilson bill exactly the oppo
site is the case.
The difficulty with ad valorem duties is
this: Good.-', before they are shipped at a
foreign port, are scheduled in the ship's
mabilest at a sworn value, and a', thut
value :ire assessed for duties at the port of
entry, Thus is 'pened up a fruitln! field
for fraud am! ui Vr valuation. In the case
of sp.fiiio t'utii; coarso tbi- not
possible. SoMK dm., :s .a. fixed au*ount iV
fooiU of a certain finei > oi grude, uud
whether tho value bj large or small the
duty i* flhe some. —Erie Vrvpatch.
A Happy New Year.
Bat this I say, bretbern, tbe time is
,-hirt. —1. Corinthians, vii., 29.
.11 year* are not alike in value to the
race or the individual; neither are all days.
There are black days and white days,
weeks that are burdensome and weeks that
are like a merry chime of
bells, months that rumble
with the thunder of defeat and months that
resound with the shouts of victory.
There is no monotony in time. It
varies as does tbe landscape. In one
period it is as level as a Western prairie,
with no special experiences to mark its
passage; in another changes come and
events occur which make the weeks re
semble the Alleghanies—mountain heights
gathered together like a great company of
giants whose shining helmets are visible
though you have travelled far away and
stand on your horizon liue; in still another
some day or week with its wondrous bap
penings rises from tbe plain of memory
like a veritable Mont Blanc, and though
seventy years be counted in your calendar
yen still see its summit and ray, "That
was the hour when my new life begau."
It may mark a great catastrophe or an un
speakable happiness, but there it stands,
in gloom or grandeur, and when you are
about to close yonr eyes in the last sleep
they will rest on that event which made
you other than what you were.
In our boyhood time walks, in middle
life it ambles and in old age it pants in
breathless baste to reach the goal and
have done with us. A day is a week to
the child, and a week is but a day to the
aged. In our haicjon youth, when we
live on dreams, we wish the time away,
and like an impetuous rider spur the days
to greater speed. We have such treasure
of them that we are spendthrift and long
to reach tbe future, which beckons us to
high achievement. But at the other end
of life, when the number of weeks in our
coffers runs low and to replenish is im
possible, we use them with increasing
economy il not with parsimony. We be
grudge the expenditure of time, for there
is much to be done and only a few en
feebled years left in which to do it.
And yet, what matters it, after all? We
go, but the world remains. We are not
necessarj", for no one is indispensable to
progress. If we are missed for a while we
are greatly privileged. Though we have
stood at the helm and guided the ship of
State through many a storm, another and
perhaps sturdier haud will take the wheel
when death bids us retire. Great men are
never wautirg, and however proud the
position we hold there is some one waiting
—it may be without being conscious that
he is the coming hero, .for the opportunity
has not yet come to bim —there is always
some one waiting to fill it with a larger
plan or wiser counsel.
Nature disdains the assertion that her
resources are exhausted. She can make a
giant at a moments notice whenever the
emergency requires. There are Bismarcks
and Gladstones and Lincolns and Grants in
every nook and corner of tbe universe
When tbe convulsion conies the leader
comes with it. And no matter how great
tbe convulsion, some leader ih found wno
can master it.
If that be so, we may take heart in the
midst of our New Year greetings. Tbe
months may speed as they will; the days
may come and go like lightning flashes;
age may creep on space, and youth hasten
to miJdle life; November blasts may chill
and December snows cover the sod like a
shroud —it matters little. There will be
other years and other climes, and the work
we leave unfinished will be brought to
completion after the grass has grown on
our graves.
So bright a hope must give us good cheer
aud it thro ws a heartiness, if, indeed, it
throws also a pathos, into tho wish with
which friend meets friend.—"A happy New
Year to you, here or elsewhere."
Greely on Free Trade.
The late Horace Greely onco wrote of
the free trade period from 1816 to 1824:
"At the close of tho second war with Eng
land peace found this country dotted with
furnaces and lactories which had sprung
up under the precarious shelter of embargo
and war. These not yet firmly established
found themselves suddenly exposed to a
relentless and determined foreign compe
tition. Great Britian poUTed her fabrics,
far below cost upon our market in a per
fect deluge. Our manufactures went down
like grass before the mower, and our agri
culture and the wages of labor speedily fol
lowed. Financial prostration was gener
al, and the presence of debt was universal.
In New England fully one fourth of the
property went through tbe sheriff's mill,
and the prostration was scarcely less gen
eral elsewhere. In Kentucky tbe presence
of debt was simply intolerable. In New
York the leading merchants, in IBIG unit
ed in a memorial to Congress to save our
commerce as well as our manufactures
from utter ruin, by increasing the tariff du
ties."
Prendergast Convicted.
Preudergast, the murderer of Carter H.
Harrison, will be banged for his crime
Tbe verdict of the jury has said it and the
people of Chicago approve it. Ably de
fended as the assassin has been, strong as
has been tbe evidence adduced to save bis
neck lrom the halter, the jury has found
bim i-ane, tesponsible for his act, and de
manded that he pay the highest price for
his offense against the law. Nothing since
the commission of bis crime has so irritated
Prendergast, as the coaiparinou between
himself aud Charles J. Guiteau. He has
reseuted it with energy and scorn, as
though the assassin of Garfield was a fonl
and creeping thing compared with himself.
But in the court-room in Chicago Friday
afternoon he showed tbat one trait existed
in common between Guiteau and himself.
He proved himself au unmanly, miserable
coward. When Clerk Fitzgerald arose to
read the finding of the jury the prisoner
stood clutching the back of a chair, eyeing
him with tbe most intense eagerness. His
long bony fingers nervously clasped and
unclasped tbe back of the chair, his knees
trembled violently, liis face was flushed
and bis spiteful looking mouth opened aud
closed as though he would say something,
but lacked the power to speak.
"We, the jury, find the defendant, Pat
rick Eugene John Prendergast, guilty of
murder iu manner and form as charged in
the indictment, aud fix tbe penalty at
death."
Fitzgerald's voice, clear and calm, read
out tbe finding and died away with a slight
emphasis on the final word. Then Pren
dergast revealed himself tho utter coward,
[lis lace turned pale, he opened his mouth
to speak, but only a faint murmur came
from between his hot and quivering lips
lie moved slightly and would have fallen
to the floor, but lor tbe assistance of a
bailiff. When the jury was polled he
listened with avidity to each aud every
answer to Judge Brentavo'a question, "Was
this, and is this now your verdict?"
"It is," said Foreman Jacob Sutter, aud
"It is," repeated every other juror, and
then hope and the last vestige of courage
faded utterly in Prendergast's breast. He
was half led, half carried back to bis cell,
where, refusing to speak, he threw himself
upon bis buuk in tbe attempt to hide from
his fellow-prisoners, whose expressions of
satisfaction over the verdict wero more
emphatic than graceful and more sincere
than polite.
A EIHTUCKY firm handling wagons and
farm implements writes to tbe Fish Broth
er- u hgon Company, of Racine, Wis,
that owing to the hard times, the firm will
bav to omit plat ing its usnal orders for
wagons The letter closes as follows:
•'We of the South have '.een trying for 30
yttiis ;o g' t control of the government
V p succeeeuod ul m.-1 aud have held it for
about »ix moriths. and now if v.>u d
Republicans a ill take it off our hanu*, you
ore welcome it."
Washington Notes
Congress re-assembled Wednesday
It was stated that the Way? and Means
Committee had decided to recommend
a 2 per cent, tax on incomes above
$4,000; an additional tax ot 10 cents a
gallon on whisky, and a tax of 2 cents a
pack on playing cards.
The decision to report on amendment
fixing a tax of 2 per cent, up on individual
incomes aboves4 000 was consided suicidal.
It is not thought that the proposition can
pass Congress, bat at the same time lead
ing Democrats acknowledge that its recom
mendation by a Democratic committee
means irreparable harm to the party.
The condition of the Democratic party
in Congress is almost pitiable. It is hope
lessly divided on every proposition before
it. The Treasury is being drained of its
reserve to meet current expenses and even
this old stocking fund is running so low
that au empty purse is inevitable within a
short time. It is believed that every
measure before Congress, including the
tariff bill and the Hawaiian resolutions,
will have to be laid to one side and the
great subject of providing money to meet
the deficit caused by reduced receipts from
revenues taken np. Importations have
been and still are, falling off on account of
the uncertainty with regard to the tariff,
and in addition to the deficit caused by
this, is the further certainty of a big de
ficiency should the Wilson bill be enacted
into a law. Tbe government needs money
and needs it right away, and the policy of
the administration is to issue $200,000,000
worth of bonds. It looks now as though
tbi* will be forced through Congress before
anything else.
In the Senate, Wednesday, Mr. Frye
offered a resolution declaring it to be tbe
sense of the Senate that pending the in
vestigation of the Hawaiian matter, the
President should not intefere with the
provisional government.
It was expected that Wilson would pre
sent his tariff bill in the House that day,and
be was ready at his desk to do so, but tbe
House got into a squabble over Hawaiian
matters that lasted till adjournment time.
AT the State Department, at Harrisburg
tbe forms of the certificates of nomination
and nomination papers have been revised
in conformity to the views of the Dauphin
county Court, and copies are being sent
to the County Commissioners, county chair
man and others. The new form of the
certificate of nomination contains an af
firmative statement that the convention of
delegates, etc., was duly authorized by
the party which it claims to represent
In the revised form of nomination papers
it appears affirmatively in the affidavit at
atached thereto, that the signatures of the
qualified electors signing the same are
genuine, and in their proper handwriting,
as wall as that the person whose signatures
are attached are qualified electors of the
State of Pennsylvania or of the eleetoiial
distiict or division thereof for which the
nomination is made. Secretary Harrity
recommends that tbe revised forms be fol
lowed by Coun'y Commissioners.
Prospect and Vicinity.
It is reported that:
A kind thought costs nothing.
The families of J. P. Ilays, Jacob Stickle,
Daniel Weigle have suffered with "grippe"
for the past rwo weeks.
Kev. Scheffer and wife and Aunt Margret
Heyl were the guests of J. W. Heyl and
wile on Christmas.
Charlie Kelly is keeping house for E. 11.
Kincaid, who has been sick for some time.
Charlie is said to be "good and handy."
Misses Dessa and Yerua Scott spent the
holidays among friends nearJPortersville.
Wm. Ilueter, of Cleveland, has been
visiting his brother Charlie and mother,
Mrs. Urine, for the past two weeks.
Kev. J. C. Kelly has gone to Florida, for
the winter The Rev's health hasn't been
the best of late.
Charlie Bowers was the recipient of a
nice watch on Christmas, a gift from his
father.
John Roth has been distressed with
Job's complaint, for the past two weeks,
but Malena salve has fixed him up.
Tax-Collector Boehui has been raking in
the shekels the past week.
Tho local institute will be held hero,
Saturday, Jan. 20. The committee is busy
arranging the programme.
Howard Sechler and wife are spending
the holidays with friends at Princeton.
A ten or twelve barrel well has been
finished on the Vo!. Whitner farm. A lot
i:f the young folks from town went down
to see it "come in."
John Kennedy has returned from a visit
to friends in Beaver Palls.
J. P. Miller and Charlie Blair, nail
workers, in Beaver Falls, were home to
help eat the Christmas turkey.
J. M. White, of Bennett, was in town,
last Saturday.
Mrs. O M Russell and family, of Butler,
are visiting here at present.
S. Kissick has brought a bicycle, and
soon his graceful form will l>o seen going
up and down our streets
JO COSITY.
Flick Items.
Bo it known that:
Mrs. Robert Montgomery expects to ar
rive home from Nebraska this week.
John Gillespie and J. C. Johnston spent
New Years Day in Butler.
Samuel Anderson has purchased a house
from Lewis Criner and is going to move it
to bio own farm. Look out girls he has a
cage for a bird
Ed Westermau is confined to the liou; e
with the grippe.
The boys that got spectacles at Saxon
burg on Christmas intended to get them
exchanged on New Years night.
Robert Jack of Clinton twp. was the
guest of J. B. Flick lately.
James Anderson has been giving music
lessons at Mr. Lapoints. We noticed a
short liino ago that be made a slight mis
take in a piece of music. But wo can ac
count for that,. He was looking sideways
at the girls when it occurred.
0. W. Hays Jr., of Allegheny City,form
erly of this place. had his house burned
and everything that was in it, on Wednes
day night of last week.
Sylvester Montgomery and Ira MoCall
have taken a contract for making a lot of
rails for Henry Flick. It sounds like olden
times to hear the ax and maul echo.
Jamt s Criner is spending a few dayt
with bis daughter, Sarah T. Anderson.
He is in his 84th year.
Jefferson Criner has built a new chop
ping mill and is now rea'dy to work for the
public.
Our Postmaster has quite a hard time with
the mail carrier, for tho Posmaster can
speak no German and the mail man no
English. They go by signs.
Mrs. M. Y. Moore has been confined two
weeks to the house with the grippe.
Tbeo. Stepp is the owner of a pig that i 3
completely real-footed in both front feet.
E. 0. Thompson has had some trouble
of late with one of his kuees. It is greatly
swollen. Ho does not know what caused
it. XX.
retersvitle Items.
New Years day was spent by most peo
ple by staying at home.
The concert at the W. O. Springs U. P.
Church was well attended and the treats
were numerous.
Miss Grieb is no better. Donald Watson
is a little better. Mrs. Jennie ililliard is
very sick.
A well is coming in today on the George
Mieder farm. The Xicklas it Co is doing
tine A rig is completed on the McKinney
heirs Our enterprising rig builder, George
H <n>-haw is kept lmsy. Hank Agges* will
soon put a well down at Glade M : 'l->. The
Lockwook well at Little Creek showed
■veil in the lUO foot, but they wont for 3d
sand au<l lot all, such is the talk.
Nannie Brunimer was home from Ren-1
fr«w visiting her parents Mr. and Mr?.
George Bruuwmer.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Thirty-four murders and seventy sui
cides occnred in Allegheny county last
year; and the steam railroads running
through the cities and county killed two
hundred persons.
Notice has been received, at Beaver
Falls, from the pension department that a
pension of $4 per month has been allowed
to the baby of John P Kennedy, deceased,
late of the Filth Ohio battery, Light ar
tillery, dating from the child s birth, Sep
tember 9, 1892, and continue until it
reaches the age of 10 years.
"While suffering from insanity due to an
attack ol grip Swithin C- Shortlidge, prin
cipal of Shortlidge's Academy for young
men at Media, Pa., last Sunday, shot and
killed his wife while walking with her in a
country road near that place. Shortlidge
is now raring in a cell of the county jail.
At the closing of the Mercer couuty
Teachers' Institute at Greenville last Fri
day, the County Suprintendent of Schools
created a sensation by announcing that he
intended to make all teachers examina
tions hereafter four times as hard as they
have been heretofore, and that even coun
try teachers should have a collegiate edu
cation. As the examination last year was
unusually hard, the announcement created
great consternation.
Here is the latest swindle. It has been
practiced in a neighboring county. A
man, representing himself to be the ad
vance agent for a show, drives up to a
farmhouse and agrees to pay the man of
the house two dollars for the privilege of
pasting bills on his barn. The bargain is
made, the two dollars paid over and the
sharper asks the man to sign a receipt for
the money. He does so and in a few days
finds he has signed a note for S2OO which a
third party asks him to pay. He says he
won't; but he does, all the same. He can't
get out of it. The note is in the hands of
an "innocent" purchaser and the maker of
the note can put in no defence.
In the death of George Miller at Somer
set, last Friday, that county lost one of her
most remarkable characters. Miller was
seized with smallpox when only three
years old, and since then he has teen
totally blind. Some 50 years ago he
learned to make hand hay rakes, and be
made them so well and substantially that
he soon built up a large trade in this and
adjoining counties, and became known as
"the blind rake maker." Owing to his
blindness he could not go into the woods
and cut down timber with which tc make
rakes, but be always accompanied the
wood choppers and selected the trees
which he desired cut down. His sense ol
touch was so fine and accurate that he
never made a mistake in selecting the right
kind ot timber.
An unparalled case of gall and ingrati
tude by a tramp occurred in Bridirewater
last week. A big hearted citizen had
taken the tramp in and gave him breakfast
After finishing a hearty meal, Mr. Tramp
engaged in conversation with his benefac
tor on the subject or work. "Do you see
those soft, lily-white handsf' he asked.
"Those hands have not been hardened by
work for six yeats, and it will be six more
before they will be hardened again."
A Harlansburg correspondent writes:
"It appears from late developments that
the solicitors for the creamery were fakes.
In order to induce persons to take stock
promises of positions, etc., were mad«.
When the collector made his appearance
he would not recognise auj contract made
by said soliciters, but demanded the hard
cash. As a result several suits will be in
stituted within a lew days."
Herbert Wixnao, of Franklin, was quiet
ly arrested on Friday evening by officers
Brown and McCauley, while attending
Bervice in the Free Methodist church. He
is charged with complicity in the robbery
of a hardware store in Freeport.
JOHN CCMMIHGS of Omaha, while drunk
last Sunday overturned a lamp,setting the
house afire. Then he hold the door of the
room shut so that no help could come, and
ho and h's wife and one child, with Mrs.
Margaret Fox, Mrs. Cammings's mother
were roasted to death.
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HOW DID YOU LIKE IT?
How did you like our holiday
line? If you did not see it you
have missed a very pretty sight as
well as many good bargains.
But whether you were one of
the luckey ones or not, we will
still continue to offer you goods
in the staple line at away down
prices.
Our line of books, stationery,
office supplies and artist materials
is complete and large.
We want you to buy at
DOUGLASS' STORE,
241 S. Main St.
ttUTLKIi COUNTS
Mutual Fire Insurance Go.
Iffice Uor. Main & Cunningham BU.
11. C. HKINEMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
Alfred Wick, Henderson Oliver,
Dr. W. Irvin, .lames Stephenson,
W. W. Blackmore,, N. WtlUel.
F. Bowman, n. T. Norrls,
(ieo. Ketterer. Thas. Kebliun,
John Grohinan, iJohn Koeulng.
LO¥AL S, Agent
L & McJUiVKIN,
Insurance and 1 Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON.BT,
BUTLER. - PA.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
KM-I.YEEU AM) SURVEYOR,
OKFICIC NKAA DIAMOND. BUTI.KB, I'A. 1
L. BLACK,
PHYSII ! AN AND 81TROKON,
New Triutiaau Unlldlntf, Butler, Fa.
Fairricic Items.
Christmas day pa.--ed by very merrily
here, especially* by the Sabbath School
scholars as there a treat ami entertain
ment given in three churches here, the !
U. P. the German Reformed, and the ;
Presbyterian.
On Thursday of last week, our neighbor,
Henry Reep, who lived adjoining the north
side tif our town, departed this life. He
was buried on Saturday, and was 05 years
of age. On Tuesday morning of this week
his sister, Mary Reep also departed from
this life, aged" about 70 years, leaving
Catharine Reep alone on the old premises.
Our scho >ls that have been closed for
two weeks, for vacation,have again reopen
ed and the scholars alter having a rest,
with the teachers, will work more indus- 1
triously.
May Wilson and J. 1). Gibson, who are
attending New Wilmington College, were
home on a vaeaiion. They both return to
day. «
Edward Byers, Hirt Story, Melvin Car
penter. Emma Rumbaugh.and James Max
well are attending Normal School in North
Washington, have also relumed to their
studies after a short vacation.
There was quite a supper and entertain
ment at the house of Wm Gibson for some
students and friends last Thursday even
ing They all enjoyed themselves highly.
We notice our hotel sign, the "Adams
House," taken down, leaving our town
without a hotel. DEST.
Petroiia, January 2nd, 1894.
Our citizens were treated to a tight rope
dancing exibition by a wandering men
dicant on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Ed. and Thos. Morgan have left for
Sisterville, W. V.
A number ol our young folks attended a
social at Mr. Atkisons, in Bruin, on Satur
day evening, they report a good time.
The M. E. Church held an old time
watch night service on Sabbattf evening, it
was well attended and apreciated by our
young people.
Miss Flora Fleming left on Thursday for
an extended visited to her Aunt, Mrs.
Coffin, of Bradford.
Miss May Foster and Miss Callie Jenings
left for Slipperyrock Normal on Tuesday.
Dr, J. H. Black, of Cleveland, 0., is in
the city.
Tho Macabees are making arrangements
to pay Mrs John Beach's claim of $2,000.
This order deserves credit, this being the
fourth claim paid inside of one year.
S. G. Coffin sent each of his married
pumpers a turkey and each of the siugle
ones a box of cigars for Xinas, may he live
long, such are scarce.
School hi» opened again and Pro. Uarper
is at his post of duty once more, by the
way our Prof, is credited with being quite
a singer.
J. B. Kilroy held a dance at the Opore
Houso on Monday evening. N.
Hood's s, ;> Cures
t" I am glad to recom
mend Hood's sarsapa
rilla and llooU's Pills. I
have suffered very much
with sovere
Sick Headache.
After taking six bottles
of Hood's Sarsaparilla
anil two boxes of Hood's
Pills, I am cured of that
terrible disease. I know
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine I ever
took/' MEs. H. M. LATTI.V, I'ino A alley, >. >•
Hood's Pills cure liver Ills. 25c. per box.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
PHYSICIAN ANO SURGEON.
i tfflce at No. 45. S. Main street, over Frank *
'C'H Diutr Store. Butler, Pa
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
137 E. ".v'ajne St.. office hours, 10 fo 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
200 West Cunningham St.
K. N. f.EAKIi, M. D. J. K. MANN, M..D
Specialties: {Specialties:
Gynaecology and Sur- Eye, Ear. Nose ai.d
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butter, Pa.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artulcial Teeth Inserted on the latest iiu
,,roved plan. (JoUl Filling a specialty. Offlue—
over Seiiaul'b clotUinL' Store.
V. McALPINE,
Den List,
Is now locateJ_ln new and elegant rooms ad
joining his former ones. All kinds of clasp
pi ites and moderen gold worlc.
•••Gas Administered."
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
Gold Filling Painless Extraction of Teeth
and Artificial Teeth without Plates a specialty
Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local
Auiesthetfes used.
Office over Millers Grocery east of 1-owry
House.
office closed Wednesdays and TUursdays
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, OHlce at No. 17, Easf,"'Jefler
son St., Butler, Pa.
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law ::tm Heal Estate Agent. 01
lice rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office ou north side
of Diamond, Butler. Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. OlUce on second floor o
Anderson building, near Court House.; Butle:
J. W. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW.
Office on second iloor it the Huselton olock,
iamond, Butler, Pa.. Koom No. 1.
S. H. PIERSOL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 101 West Diamond St.
A. T. BLACK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Room F„ Armory Building. Butler, Pa
COULTER & BAKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office in roitn 11., Armory Building, Butler
Pa.
H. IQ.^WALKER,
iPAttorney-at-Law—office tin Diamond Block
Butler, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,*'
Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Between I'ostoftice an<l Diamond, Bu
ler, Pit.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler, Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW."
OR.ce second floor, Anderson . 11l k, Main St.
near f'ourt House. Butler. Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law—Office on South sldejot Diamond
Butler, Pa.
DEATHS
KEEP—At U> home in Fairview tirp. Dec,
2S, 1893, Henry Keep t aged about Gi j
years.
KXOX—At the home of Ross in
in Allegheny twp. Dec. 27. 1593. Wm.
Knox of Parker twp.. aged about T5
years.
ADAMS—At the home i fher sin Wm. J.
in Uilliards. Dec. 29. IS: 1 :!. Mr-. Adams,
widow ol William Adams of Washington
twp.
McGOW AN —At her home in Connoqne
nessiug twp., Dec. 20, 1593, Mrs. Jane
McGowan aged 70 years.
STEWART—Ic Pittsburg, Dec. 2S. 1593,
Leonard Stewart of North Hope, aged
40, years.
MARTIX-mAt his home at Carbon Centre,
Dec. 22, George, son of Thomas
Martin, aged 7 years.
LINDSEY—At the residence of her son.
J X. Lindsey in Jackson twp , Dec 23,
1893, Mrs. Mary Lindsey, aged S-t years
M cCOY —At his home in Slipperyrock twp
Dec 25. 1893, John, son of Alex McCoy,
CAMPBELL —At bis home in Slippery
rock twp , Dec 27,1893, Benjamin Camp
, bell, aged 84 years and 3 mouths
"He was indeed 'a workman that need
etb not to be ashamed.' Mr. Campbell
was the father of nine children, three boys
and six girls, eight of whom survive him.
One son. Milton" died while in the s> rvice
of the army. He was a loving and faith
ful lather, and a faithful Christian man in
all his deeds. The funeral services were
held on Friday at 11 o'clock, being con
ducted by Kev. Samuel Williams, ot Elora.
The bereaved lamily have the sympathy
of the entire community ia their soie af
fliction Signal.
WALKER—At her home in Tarentum,
Dec. 28, 1893, Mrs. Elizabeth Walker,
wife of Oliver J. Walker, in
year She was a daughter of AsaC'ran
mer of Clay t*p.
FULTON—At her home in Middlesex twp.
Dec. 28, 1893, Miss Mary Fulton, aged
about 63 years.
SCHENCK.—At the home of her grandson
John, in Butler twp Dec. 27, 1893, Mrs.
Christ na Schenck, in her 87th year.
Mrs. Schenck's only child,hel son Adam,
died twelve years ago. She was the grand
mother of the Schenck brothers of Butler.
SYKES —In Pittsburg, Jan. 2, 1894, How
ard S. Sykes, aged 19 years, son of Thos
and Lizzie Sykes.
Funeral Friday morning on arrival of
the 10:30 train on the West Penn.
OBITCART NOTES.
Edward Riohardson, Master Mechanic
ot the P. S. & L. E , died at Greenville,
Tuesday.
BERKIMER & TAYLOR,
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
iam ot d Block, next door to
Post Office, Butler, Pa.,
prompt attention given
to orders, day or
night.
LECAL . DyERTISEMENTS.
Administrators and Executors ol estates
can secure their receipt books at the CITI
ZKA office.
Executor's Notice.
Letters testamentary on tho estate of
Airs Christina Hassler. dee'd , late of
Donegal twp . Butler Co., Pa. having been
granted to tlx* undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves ine'ebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment, and
any having claims against said estate will
present them duly authenticated for settle
ment to
CHAS. L. NORTHIMK, Ex'r.,
S. F. Bowser, Greer P. 0.,
Att'y. Butler Co., Pa.
Orphans- Court Sals.
By virtue of an order and decree of the Or
phan's Court of Butler county, Penn'a., f will
offer for sale on the premises on
SATI'RDAY, FKBItCARY 3d, 181)4,
at 10 o'clock ii. in., ofaald day. 46 acres of land,
more or less, situate In Middlesex twp , Butler
couuty,. a., bounded on the north by lands of
James Duncan heirs, cast by lands of U.
Trimble, John Turner, et al, south by lands of
Mrs. K. A. Trimble (formerly llays), west by
lands of E. O. Thom son.
The above laud Is situate in a good neighbor
hood, convenient to plank road, and well
adapted to fanning purposes.
T Elf MS OK SAMKi-Oue-thlrd ot the purchase
money to be paid ou continuation of sale, and
the residue in two equal annual pa\incuts
thereafter, with Interest from date of confir
mation, to secured by bond and mortgage ou
the premises. Title good.
E. O. McELWAIN, Administrator, C. T. A.,
of Francis McElwaln, deceased.
Thompson A; Son, Attys.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE B. 8.1. CO. SALE.
l.udwlg Dreier, Trustee 1 Common Pleas Court
vs. ! of Armstrong County
Brady's Bend Iron Co. f No. 275 Juno 'l'., IS9O.
et al Armstrong Co., I'a. j
The sale of six thousand acres of coal lands
and Improvements, ordered by the aforesaid
Court, in the above entitled action, particularly
described In au advertisement for sale on the
third day ot July. 1893, published In tho '-Colon
Free Press" of Klttanuliig, Pa., June 9tli, the
••Eastßrady Review" of June Bth. and the
BLTX-KK CITIZEN of June 9th,tß93,and adjourned
to Tuesday. August first, 1893, at three oclock
of said day at the door of tho Court House, hi
the Borough ol Klttannlng, Penn'a, is adjourn
ed to take place on September 15th, lsiw . at two
o'clock of said day at the door of said Court
House, and further adjourned to Ist of Novem
ber, 1893. at the same hour and place, and the
said sale Is further adjourned to December Ist,
1893, and sa Id sale Is lurther adjourned to ..
JANUARY 18, IS9I,
at 1 o'clock P SI., at the same place. Terms of
sale made known at the time of sale.
Harwood R. Pool.Jos. Pool, 02 Cedar St.,N. Y.
City. Orr Bulflngton, Klttannlng, Pa.. Attor
neys and Counsel for PlaiutttT, and Ludwlg
Dreier, Trustee, Williams & Ashley. 207 Broad
way, New York City, Att'ys for Walton Fer
guson, Trustee.
Notice.
The annual election of officers for The
Glade Mill Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
will be held at tho store of Al. D. Sutton
Maharg postoffice, on the second Tuesday
of January, 18U4. beint; the 9th day taere
of at the hour of 10 o'clock, a.m.
By order of the Board.
UOJKRT TKIMULE, Sec'y.
J. D. ANDERSON, Pesident.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the 1ock"
holders ol the "Butler County Mutual Fire
Insurance Co, 'will meet at the otiice of
the company in Butler,on liie second Tues
day of January 1894, (Jan. S, 1594) be
tween the hours of 1 and '2 P. M. for the
purpose ol electing officers for the ensuing
year, and attending lo such other business
as niay coino before them.
H.C. HEI NEMAN, Sec'y.
Executor's Notice.
Letters test anientary on the estate of
James Denny .dte'd late of Clearfield twp.,
Butler Co., Pa., havirg been granted to
tho undesigned, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment, and any having
claims against said estate wi'l present
them duly authenticated for settlement to
CHARLES READ, Ex'r.
Cowansville,
Armstrong Co., Pa.
Administrator's Notice.
Letters ol administrating ou the estate
of Charles O'Donnell, dee'd , late ot Clear
field twp., Butler Co , Pa., having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate payment,
and any having claims against said estate
will present them duly authenticated for
for settlement to
11. J. O'DO.NNKLL, Adm'r.
S. F. Bowser. Carbon Centre,
Att'y. Butler Co., Pa.
Executors' Notice.
Letters testamentary having been granted to
the undersigned under tUe last, will and testa
ment of Daniel McDeavltt, dec d, late of Brady
twp.. Butler county. Pa., all persons kuowing
themselves indebted to the estate of said de
cedent will please call and settle and any having
claims against the same will present them duly
authenticated n.r si lt lement.
M.iuv A. MCDKAVITT.
JOHN H. MCDKA vrrr. Executors.
A.St. CticeliUfc. Att'y. West Liberty, Pa.
'.o.'EßriitHS •
sn sf> who* in CMcago, vw»Jt ft lit f
(uifm'jiafAK-- i
Jury List for January T. 1894 j
I Isr. of iraver Juror* dra*r. this IMb doj
o Nov \ I). 1*93 to serve M Trayer**- Juror* i
at » sixvtal term oi i ourt commencing on the
second Monday of .1 tnu.iry A. 1». i«m, the fame
being the Sth day of -alu month.
Anflerson John, farmer. Allegheny iwp.
Hell Alexander, farmer. WashlnK'ion twp. S.
Barnes Newton. ! inner. Mercer twp,
ltrown Thoma<. Janitor. Butler 2<l ward,
li'-r .:>>!.l -. i : inn r Alim* <p s.
« amp'-ell .in- K. t.irnur. Falrview twp. K.
Casbdollar John F. farmer Adams twp. \.
Dunn James, farmer, Brady twp
ivmthett All.oil producer. KvnusClty.
l»uul>ar Solomon. farmer. Forward twp.
Drain Phillip, fanner. Buffalo twp.
FJcholtzC S. fanner. Liticister twp.
(JaiStord J. C. Justice of the Peace, Mlllentowu
»H>ro.
C.eotuing Samuel, student, Zellenople boro.
Uenshew Alonzo slitH'maker.Muddjereek twp.
Ilajs K F. men haul, Sttilerstown boro,
lien • William. farmer. Falrvlew twp. E,
HtUi.iTd Jonathan. farmer AUeghen\ twp,
Hartzell Jonas >. farmer, Pehn twp,
Hoffman J. C. farmer, Connoquenesslng twp.
South.
Ulnes Geo W. farmer, Slippervrock twp.
Husbaugh C, tailor. vntr> vtlle" horo,
Kelly \\. A. oil producer. Parker twp.
Kelly I) 1". farmer, Parker twp.
Kelly William, farmer. Worth twp,
Klldoo James, tarmer. (.'lay twp,
L< lever llenr) farmer. Middlesex tw p.
Lindsay Francis, farmer. Cherry twp, X.
Logan John K, farm.-r, Middlesex twp.
Murphy Francis, maehlQest, Millerstown boro.
MeKe" 1 restley. farmer, Wamlogtoa twp. S,
McKee James A. editor. Butler . r >th ward,
Meeuer Tobias, farmer. Cranberry twp.
Martin Thomas W,stonemason. Forward twp,
SlcCandlesS Alonzo. farmer. Franklin twp,,
Moor Heuty. farmer, <'Union twp.
Mccollough I>. M. laborer, Centrevllle boro.
■tinker Christian, farmer. Cherry twp, 8,
liattig in Peter. editor. Millers town boro,
Ramsey .Nath,ui. tarmer Cranberr} twp,
•Spence A,T. pumper. Forward twp,
Sliafer Allreu W, carpenter. Prospect boro,
story liobert. gent. Butler 4th ward.
Slo«n J.lt. tarmer. Venango, twp,
Taylor William, firmer. Brady twp,
Whit mire L. W . farmer. Oakland twp,
Wtuon K. H. waeonmaker. Harmony boro.
W eltzell George, nlaCKSiiiith, Brady twp.
Administrators' Notice.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM IHRTXER.
Notice is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration on the estate of William Burt
ner, dee'd, late of Clinton township, Butler
county, Pa., have been granted to the under
signed. to whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
L.S LARDIN,
E. WKSTI RMAN
Administrators.
Administrators' Notice.
Letters of Administration,C. T. A.,on the
e-tate of Nicholas Kine.dee'd..late of Con
cord twp., Butler Co., Pa., having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate payment,
and any having claims against the same
will present them duly authenticated for
settlement to
MART KINO, Adm'x.,
Jas. X. Moore, Peaehville P. 0.,
Att'y, Co., Pa.
Executors' ivotice.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Frederick Dambach Sr., dee'd., late of
Jackson twp., Butler Co., Pa., having
been granted to the undersigned, all per
sons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate will please make immediate pay
ment, and any having claims against said
estate will present them duly authenti I
cated lor settlement to
FRED. S DAMUACH, 1
Gonnoquessing P. 0. [
HENRY DAUBACH, f Executors
Whitestown P. 0. j
W. D. Brandon,
Att'y.
Notice.
The general meeting of the Farmer's
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Hannastown
anil vicinity will be held on the second
Saturday of Jnnuary, 1894, (Jan. 13, 181)4)
at 1 o'clock P. M., at the Creamery build
ing in Delano. All members are invited.
HENRY HECK, SEc'y.
A. KRAUSE, President. Denny P. 0.
Notice to Stockholders.
The annual meeting of the "Worth Mu
tual Fire Insurance Co." to select officers
for the ensuing year will be held in school
house at West Liberty, the second Satur
day of January at 10 o'clock a. m., being
the LJth day, 1894.
JAMES HUMPHREY, Pres.
W. E. Taylor, Sec'y.
Notice.
Owing to the recent death of "Win.
Campbell, the senior member of the firm
of J. G. «fc W. Campbell, it becomes nec
essary lor the new firm, which will- con
tinue under tho name ol J. G. & W. Camp
bell to open a set of new books and close
out the accounts of the old firm. All per
sons kuowing themselves to be indebted
to said firm or having claims due will
please call for settlement at the old stand
at once.
J. G. &VT. CAMPBELL.
Dec. 1, 1893.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that letters ot adminis
tration ou the estate of Frederick llnrry, late
of the twp. of Frinklln. county of Butler
ami slate of Pennsylvania, deceased, have been
granted to Elizabeth Burrj. resident of said
township, to wliom all persons Indebted to said
estate are required to make pa\ment and those
having claims or demands will make known
the same without delav.
MRS. EL'ZABETH BURRY. Adm'rx,
Mt. Chestnut I*. O.
Butlei Co., Pa.
S. F. Bowser. Atty.
|c ■ J9 as =*• p m MEN, local or travel
lisl si SU 8 §>- B 1 10 sen my guaran,
II HIS 1 I— LI teed NVKSEKY STOCK.
" " * Salary or Commission
paid weekly. Outfit free, special attention
given to beginners. Workers never fall to make
good weekly wages. Write me at onco for par
ticulars.
E 0. GRAHAM. Nurseryman,
(This house is reliable.) ROCHESTER, N. Y.
<Pr $lO and S2O, Genuine Confed
-33 erate Bills only five cents each;
SSO end SIOO bills 10 cents each; 25c
und 50c sbinplasters 10 cents each;
$1 and $2 bills 25 cents each. Sent
securely sealed on receipt of price.
Address, CHAS. P. BARKER, 90 S.
Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga.
IT BUGGIES at h Price 58 80^
C.AKTB <St HAJISLSS. _*■»:
v2»37Z2s ftK) Top Huwy |:f7l W o cut the .'JUEL
mi* l'hiu'tori f>4 PRICKS and
i THJIH Top Surrey.fc? <>ut«Hl ALL
OkErz) s.'«o lloml Wag< >n. competitors. H|
am i, ilfi Koa«l Cart |K f<» Buy of fac
_Bf 'r BuKiry Harm*?, v, u.rvaii.l*ve ,
tlOßuKtry Ml<s<l 'email's fb&ta
i*o Team " $1 profit.
Morgan Saddle Cat V'o Free.
Mt- c. s. iiniov i CAIIT rti. *S
Bto W Ijiwntnco St., OmgiacaU, O. *'o "J;
■
+GLOVES+
arc our specialty this week.
50c Gloves for 45c
75c Gloves for 65c.
S.IOO Gloves for 90c."
' And our Entire Glove Stock at Equally
Low Prices.
THE RACKET STORE,
120 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
Hotels and Depots,
W. S. Gre/?g is now p*miDg a line
of carriages between the hotelß and
depots of the town
Charges reasonable. Telephone
No. 17, or leave orders at Hotel
Vogeley
lu(i iive)r to (oflneclrtii
♦ 'lf
I Farewell, ißc>3! l
CAMPBELL & TEMPLETON
Tender tlieir thanks to the public for
the very liberal patronage bestowed
in the past year and cordially
inyite its continuance during
o
1894. They are resolved
to keep up their
reputation for
THE FINEST FURNITURE HOUSE IN WESTERN PENN'A,
and to this end
will largely increase
their heretofore unrivaled
stock of choice goods, which
they will continue to sell at the
lowest prices at which furniture of
good styles and quality can be bought.
CAMPBELL 8
TEHPLEU,
Butler, - - Penn'a.
New York Weekly Tribune
The Butler Citizen,
ONE YEAR
ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF.
Address all orders to THE CITIZEN
.Job Work oi all kind done
at the "Citizen Office."
We are pleased
to inform those who
appreciate clothes
that are comfortable
and fit correctly, >
i '
that our selection of
Fall patterns are
here. They are
handsome and mod
erate priced. See
them.
AJairici,
Tailor,
pUHt DHUIiS 11 LOW
I PRICES is the
JL store.
If you are sick and need medicin
you want the.BEST. Thn v<m -an
always depend upon getting from us,
us we use nothing but strictly Pure
Drugs in our Prescription Depart
ment. You can get the best of every
thing in the drug line from UP.
Our store in also headquarters fur
P AIMS, OILS, VARNISHES
, Kalsomlne, Alabastine k,
Get our prices before you buy
%ints, and see what we buve to
irer. We can save you dollars on
yoor paint bill.
Respectfullr
J. C. REDICK,
Main M..ro < tcEote Ltvry
HUTLEK,
25~1PER CENT.
Discount on trimmed and untrim
tned Hats and Bonnets, Birds, Wings
and Fancy Feathers, ouifht to be a
great inducement to bargain seekers,
besides being j less than our usual
low prices. We have a large stock
for you to eelect from.
Ask to see our ladies all wool vests
at GBc.
M. F & M. MARKS.
113 to 117 6. ilain St., liatlwr