THE OITIZEfrT Cater*<l at Po»t»«ft at Batlcr*t2d da«»att»r WILLIiS HtBLIT, PabllikM THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,1897. THITGOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. The contest over the Senatorship excit ed so much popular in'-' ~ * when the Legislature met that little consideration was given to the Governor's message. Nevertheless . uocui able and interesting, and its recouiiiicui.uUons de serve the seri cor .e ration of the Legislature, for they are evidently the fruit of careful thonght and are enforc ed by sound reasons. It is gratifying to learn that the net indebtedness • '■ the Sta. on the first of last month was hut a trifle over $1,650,- 000, and at the same time there was a balance of nearly three million dollars in the general fund to lutct expenses. But this balance is not large enough, for nearly six milli n appropriated by the last Legislature and still unpaid, and the Mim will be increased next June by five and a half millions appropriated for t'ue public schools for the year then beginning. The fiscal olficers of the State believe, however, that the current revenues will meet these demands. They estimate that the revenues for the n?xt two years will amount to nearly $20,000,- 000. As the Governor says, it is evident the appropriations to be made this year will have to be reduced below those made by the last Legislature, unless some means can be devised for increas ing the revenue, lie suggests no such means, however, and it is fair to assume that he thinks appropr'ations may and should be reduced. The section of the m essage relating to the public schools will excite general in terest. The Governor thinks there is grounds for the general complaint that the distribution of the State appropria tion is not fair and equitable. The dis tribution is now based on the number of resident taxables in each district; bnt thic system practically discriminates against the poorer districts, which may have a number of scattered schools to keep up although the population may be small. The governor recommends that oni-third of the appropriation be distrib uted according to the number of taxables in the district, one third in proportion to the number of children of school age and and one-third in proportion to the num ber of schools in the district. This would no doubt be a fairer method of distribution than the present one, and the recommendation merits the serious consideration of the Legislature. The Governor calls attention to the over crowded condition of the state peni tentiaries, and seems to favor such a modification of existing lows as to re quire the counties to keep in their re spective jails criminals convicted of mi nor offenses. This charge would involve a general re organization of our local prisons under some common authority and on improved lin<-s of conduct. At tention is also called to the urgent need of another State hospital for the insane. It appears that there are now in these in stitutions 9.473 patients, the increase last year being 545 and the average annual incaease for the past thirteen years being 318. The Governor suggests that the continued growth of this class of public patients may require each future Legis lature to provide a?i additional hospital— a is somewhat alarming in more ways than one. The State Board of Charities prop*, ses' as an alternative, that the several counties provide for the care, employment, treatment and nain tenancc of such of their insane as do not require care in a state hospital. This plan involves the erection of asylums in the several counties at their own ex pense; but the GovtiTior suggests that two or more counties may unite for that purpose. The Governor discusses at some length the protection of miners, and he recom mends that the eighteen Mine Inspec tors be placed under a responsible head to whom they shall make detailed re ports of the condition and equipment of the mines under their charge. The Gov ernor also urges the present Legislature to discharge its constitutional duty by ap portioning the State into new Senatorial and Representative districts. The last Senatorial apportionmeht was made in 1874 and the last Representative appor tionment in 1887, and in many districts the people are denied the representation to which they are entitled. The same thing may be said of some Congressional districts, and it is to be hoped the pres ent Legislature will discharge its consti tutional duty in this regard. The Governor recommends some need ed amendments to the Ballot law, and recent experience in some of the western counties of the State has suggested eth ers that are quite as urgently demanded. He properly denouuees the corrupt use of money in elections whethei primary or general, as an offense which "should not only be stigmatized as a crime, but punished as a crime." It is possible that some new statute may be needed for the correction of this growing evil, but we suspect the trouble lies not in the lack of laws but in the disinclination to enforce the laws that are already on the statute books. The Governor refers to several other subjects of less general interest —corpor- ations, the State library, the Department of Agriculture, State sanitation, the pub lic roads, the forests of the Stat/?, the National Guard, the Banking Depart ment, factory inspection, and the Sol dier Orphan schools. On all these points 1 is message I'uruisliea information or suggests desirable improvements. It it is to be hoped it may hav flue influ ent -Mth the Legislature 1 • ■ it is ad'lr std. CUAIRM\.S of the Ways and | Ken: Committee recently pointed our the difference hutweeu framing a ta'iir bill uow ana the construction of the Mc Kinley bill in IP9O and it should not bo lo*t sight of by th 0.,0 who are interested in . ■ m? the arduous task perlcroed. 111 I8'M( the Treasury had a surplus which was b iag .ir<ror ail the tirt'O, and the Twriff '•ill wis intended to protect American pn>ducti aud manufac turer!), at the.. iaie time to reduce the receipts of '.hi- GcT-rnment. The new Tariff bill n... * roeri-an products and ir iiaotaie- fid at . >me time add from $50.00.. $7." 00 a year to thi-Governnwi t receipts in order to provide foi '.he d< tiuit made by the iusuffi cieney ot revenue produced by the Demo cratic Tariff bill which .d:'. Cleveland de nounced an outrnge and refused to sign and which he uow declares to be a'{">od thing, notwithstanding all the trouble it has brought to the country. IN Mercer o>. Harry Watson and Ilenry Robinson are spoken oi as candidates for Congress; in Lawrence Co. Thomas W. Phillips and W. A. Clarke; in Beaver Co. Louis Davidson, Judge Mechlin, Town seed, Dravo, pt al; and in Butler Co. Messrs JJcJunkiu aui £ho Salter. It if laid thi. McKinley will cail an extra session of Congress, for Monday, March, 22d, next. A Growing Judicial Abui®. The recent convention of the Common Pleas Judges of the State has called atten tion to some abuses by the judiciary and a direct violation of law by many of them The Philadelphia Press, in an article on the subject, says: "Some attention is being directed to the fact that a considerable number of Com mon Pleas Judges in the interior districts are clearly abusing that provision ot the lav which permits them to sit outside their districts under certain circumstances The provision was intended wholly to relievo those Judges who might be under some disability by enabling them to summon as distance "That the law was clearly taken advan tage of by some Judges as a means ot in creasing their pay attracted the attention of the Legislature ol 1897. Taat body passed an act specifically declaring that the com pensation lor service in another district •hall not exceed SSOO in any one year. This docs not appear to have been of much account with some ol the Judges According to the Auditor-General's report tor 1894, there was not less than nine Judges whose extra compensation exceed ed the lawlul amount, and some of these received more than double 'he amount. I Tee succeeding year of the report of the same official shows the abase was still greater, some of the Judges receiving nearly three times the amount to which they are limited by the Act of 1887. There were alsj more cases than in thu previous year. The figures for the past year are not at hand, the report of the Auditor- General not having been printed. •'Many thousands of dollars are added every year to the cost of the judiciary es tablishment ol the State by this practice of certain Judges changing off with each other. It is carried to an extent which cannot be excused. The compensation allowed for this extra servico is $lO a dav and mileago, and the amount paid soma indicates that they mast have spent pretty nearly one-hall their time outside their districts, where they either did not have enough to keep themselves busy one-half the time or thev must have called in other Judges to take their place while they were absent. It is a well-kuown fact that in a large number of districts a lew >veeks of court each j ear id enough to finish up all the business, and that the uiaiber of dis tricts could be reduced with profit to the State and no injury to anyone. "In view of the Act of 1887 it is dim cult to understand what authority there 13 for allowing any J edge compensation ex ceeding ssoo a year for ektra services. There ban been no subsequent legislation to annul that Act, and its terras are very explicit. If it is not to be obeyed the legislature must feel called upon to take some furtner aetion that will render eva sion impossible. The eaisung temptation to swap districts for the pay there »s .n it would be done away with if all pay be yond the fixed salary of the Judge were abolished, and only mileage ana a fair allowance for expenses permitted for ser vice outside tho district. If there is no restraint upon this abuse, if the limit fixed by the Act of 1887 amounts to nothing, there is no limit to the amount of expendi ture that may result. PBBSIDBST Cleveland, a few days ago sent a bri9t message to the Senate trans mitting the treaty between this country and Great Britain for the arbritration of all matters of difference between the two nations. The making of this treaty for the practical prevention of war between the two great English-speaking countries of the world is a noteworthy event and it is one on which Mr. Cleveland has a right to congratalate himself. It it tha great est and best achievement of the prosent Administration. It nr.w remains for the Senate to determine whether the treaty shall be ratified as lramed, or whether it needs amendments. HARRISBURG. Aside from the vote in both houses for United States senator Tuesday's sessions of the legislature were qniet enough. It is probably the calm before the storm, be cause there are already symptoms of an outbreak on tho part of the Wanamaker people who are chafing under the rather conspicuous self assertion ot the victor ions Penrose faction. The vote for United states senator was a strictly party ono. For Penrose 42 Ro pnblican senators voted, and the G Demo crats voted for Hon. Cbauncey F. Black, ol York. The onlv absence in the sen ate was B. B. Mitchell, of Bradford. In the hou-'e 168 Republicans supported Pen rose, and all of the Democrats 33 in num ber voted for Mr. Black. Representative Moore of Chester, who had refused to vote in the caucus because he did not want to oe bound by it, voted for John Wanamaker. Dr. Martin, ol Mercer, was absent because of illness, and Represen tative Pennewill, of Philadelphia, ha.* cre ated a vacancy by taking charge of a mu nicipal office in Philadelphia. Tbore appears to be a determination to get a road bill through this legislature, and Senator Brown, of Westmorland ia tioduced two in the senate Tuesday. One provides that commencing tho first Mon day of June 1808, $1,000,000 each year shall be specifically appropriated for the purposo of improving and maintaining the public roads of the state under the super vision of the supervisors, elected on the third Tuesday of February 1898. At Wednesday's sesoion a sham resolu tion, intended to block the State Treasury Investigation pa«aed the Senate, but was defeated in the House. WASHINGTON. Senator Aldrick, who has been the only one in the senate to openly oppose the Phillips commission bill, was waitod upon by a delegation of the Knights of La:>or, who urgod him not to oppose the measure, but to allow it to become a law. After a lengthy conference the senator stated that if he found the other senators were gener ally in favor of the measure ho would not make any factious opposition. The ro election ot Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina was very gratifying to the Republican members of the Senate be cause that it gives a Republican from that State for the next six years, and also ho cause it is a bitter defeat for his swell headed colleague, Senator Marion Butler, the Populist National chairman. NOBODY can mistake the meaning of the orders which the great railroad com panies are placing for vast amounts of steel rai.s and other equipments. They are an almost infallible sign of business revival and bettor times. The movement and tondency of trade interests are studied by nobody more carefully than by tho managers of the great railway ompanies, and when these latter begin to enlarge and strengthen their facilities for transporta tion it is always becauso they believe in the near approach of increased business activity. Douthttt Disappointed. Harrisburg, Pa.. Jan. 19.—(Special to Gazette)—M. B Donthett of Wilkinsburg soil of the former member from Butler, expected to be joirnal clerk of tho house hut the iiate <.•< w iittee has chosen W. W, Mecbling of Homestead. Mr. Douthett ielt for home to-night and before going said: "About six weeks ago my father wrote to Senator Quay asking him to a.-sist mo in pelting the place. Quay replied that my appointment would be satisfactory if the approval of tho member of our dis trict was secured. "Thomas Tilbrook of McKeesport is our lepresentative, and I secured bis indorse ment. The Allegheny delegation gener ally has been favorable to me. I was slated Saturday in Philadelphia and came to Harr'sbuig Sunday. Last night I dis covered that there was a movement on foot to displace me. I talked with Quay by long distant tolephone. He told me to confer with tho slate committee as its members knew his wishes. I did so and was told that Quay wanted Mechling. I understand that ho was chosen in the hope that tho Quayitcs could carry tho Sixth legislative district in the st.to delegate elections. Mr. Mechling did not have tho indorsement of the legislators of his dis trict. The members of tho slato commit tee wanted to select me. FLICK. Mi: s Blanche Smithjof Natrona is the guest of John Flick. Thomas Parks killed a turkey that dress ed 29 pounds. Bert Criner is visiting friends in Pitts burg. j'W Gillespie and family intend to move to Prospect. Sam Johnston r.nd Geo Gricsbaber met with siight accidents, last week. jL'O Rainey of County Di-rry, Ireland is spending his _vacation at MHS Mary A Flick's. ) (This letter has been curtailed on ac- I count of its coming too late. Como again.) TRAVELING IN CUBA. F if. Craig of Clarion now in Cuba writes home as follows: "It is almost impossible to travel in Cuba now without a passport, but an American citizen can generally obtain one by prov ing his identity, giving a satisfactory ac count of himself through an intetprete r and paying a lee of $1 25. Armed with this important document, we leave Hava na at noon, and after a two hours run ar rived at Batavano. Having had some ex perience on the Pittsburg <fc Western Ry., this trip was not so novel as it otherwise would have been. Instead of a switching eni'lhe a pair of oxen was used in hauling one car after another into place. I suppose this is because Columbus used oxen in making up his train when he first visited Cuba, and the Spanish ruling cla-s does not favor radical reforms. When the train is ready to start a boy runs up and down the platiorm ringing a handbell. A P. A, W. coach is a palace car compared to one of these The second class coaches are simply box cars with hard board seats and look us if they hadn't been swept out since the war began. Every train in cludes an armored car next the engine filled with soldiora. Up to within a few aiiles of Havana, the country presents a scene of indescribable desolation. Sugar plantations are in ruins, houses burned down, fields laid waste, and the country almost deserted. All along the railroad are seen the stumps of former telegraph poles, and in several places the culverts have been rebuilt after being destroyed with dynamite by raiding parlies of the in surgents. The famous trocha tuns parallel with the railway wcich is used in concen trating the reserve columns at any threatened point. The trocha consists of a series of detaohed forts several hundred yards apart, connected with a line of rifle pits, sentry boxes, wire fences and trenches. It is held by a force of 30,000 men, or rather boys for most of the Span ish soldiers I have Seen were boys under twenty. I think Co. D. of Clarion could easily dispose of an equal number ol Wey ler's host, but they wouldn't care to tackle the cammissarv department. At meal time a lot of steaming kettles are set out and tho soldiers gather around with long handled spoons and help themselves. What the pots contain is a problem be yond my knowledge ol the culinary art. With the exceptions of arms and amuni tion, these soldiers are hardly any better off than t'ae Insurgents. They are poorly fed and clothed and have not received any pay for over a year. With half ol them barefooted, they constantly have to make long marches under a burning sun in search of a foe they can never find until it suit 3 his cwn convenience. Add to this the terrors oi fmal)po» and yellow fever; and it is little wonder that they dread a campaign in Cuba." "It is almost impossible to get any re liable information and especially difficult for one not familiar with the language, tho official reports are extremely conflict ing and always tell of Spanish yiotories. It seems that Spanish veracity has cot improved any in this respect since the last war, when according to their own ac counts, they slaughtered all the Cubans on the island An American resident of Havana kept a daily record of all the Cu ban losses reported during tho Ten Years War, and the sum totai amounted to moro than tho entire population of the island. Two hours before a newspaper appears on tho streets ot Havana a copy is" sent to the public censor end receive his appro val before it can be distributed. Ail mail matter is opened and examined. If this communication were mailed here it would never get farther than the censor at Hava na; but it goes oo the schooner Isadora to Key West, where it it IT 'JO hpped the I ostmaster has better manners. Cuba is as largo as Pennsylrauia and has only one-third the population. It will therefore be seen there is plenty of room for all the American volnnteers who come oyey with the intention of making it their fn'oru uuUij. When "Cuba Libre" is an assured fact, eyery one of them will re ceive a tract, of confiscated Spanish land. The soil js a black loam, and is said to be so rich that the sayjr:g almost holds good, "Tiokbi it with a ho 6 and it laughs a har vest " in time of peace it would bo a paradise lor a lajy man, et-pecially if he was a vegetarian. Work would not then be necessary, as an excellent bread is made lrom the flour ol the ca.-sava plant and dried bananas, and all kinds of delic ious tropical fruits grow wild. Thero is very Utile to be seen now, however, and it will be j e»rs before the island will be restored to its former prod'ictiyeuess. I was accompanied here by one of the prospective land owners—a Texas cow boy—who is now watchiug lor an oppor tunity to join the insurgents. I first met him in key West, where he arrived with a Iri end, twenty dollars in gold tied up in a handkerchief, a Colt's revolver and a belt lull of cartridges. His partner lost heart and decamped with the gold on the first steamer back to Galveston. Nothing discouraged our filibuster sold his surplus drygoods, revolver and amunition. and came across with the proceeds on the Oli vette. When ho secured his passport ho claimed to bo a citizen of Pennsylvania, as tho Spaniards seem to have "a special grudge against the natives of the Lone Star State. He says he is a good shot and expects to make a fortune shooting Spanish officers at SI,OOO a head. »V ith the thermometer at 75 degrees in the shi-de it is hard to realize that Christ mas is almost here. It will bo anything but a merry ono for Cuba; but it will be a happy New Year if the United States Congress promptly aots in accordance with the principles ot eternal justice and the will of the American people. P. M. CRAIG. Pension Hoards. Tliere is what is known as a Pension Medical Examining Board in every county in tho United States. They aru appointed by the Commissioner of Pension*, and many applicants for pensions and increase of pensions are sent to theso Boards for medical examination. Some years ago they weie, to an extent non-partisan, in Republican counties two Republicans and one Democrat were appointed; and in Dem ocratic counties the Board was composed ot two Democrats ar,d one Republican. Du ring Cleveland's first term he changed this arrangement and tho Boards were compos ed entirely of Democrats. Harrison follow ed the Cleveland plan,and when the Boards were organized appointed, in most instan ces, all Republicans. Like 4th class post offices these Boards were changed pretty soon after the incoming of a r.ew adminis tration Cleveland wa-i not long in office for his second term until the Republicans in these places were ousted and their pi iocs were filled by. Democrats. And Cleveland proposes that his appointees shall stay, as he Las just issued an order putting them under the livil service law, and now they can only be removed for cause. In some counties the fees amouLt to several bncdred dollars a year and the po sition in Butler county is now likely worth from SSOO to SBOO ani.ually, though in limes past it was much more valuable SLIPPKRYROCK. R. C. MeClymonds and wife have gone] to housekeeping iu tho tiamsoy house on Now Uat- tie St. Communion services were held in both the Presbyterian and ("nited l'resbyteriau churches on Sunday. Rev. Mercer of Allegheny county a*sisted Rev. Edmnnd syn, and Rev Breaden ol West Sunbury assisted Rev. Mc'Jonuell. The funeral of Mrs. Frank Ralston was held at 2 P. M. Saturday. A husband and six small children are left to mourn her loss. A fire that might have terminated seri ously was discovered in Christley A Wil son's livery barn Saturday afternoon For tunately the fire was extinguished before any great damage was done. Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Magoo of Plain Grove visited at C. I. Christley's on Satnr day. Neyman Christley and Georgo Max well made a bu siuess trip to New Castle last Wednesday. Saxonburg Institute. Program of Saxonburg Institute to be held ou Jan. 23, 1897 at 1 o'clock Address of welcome, John E. Mader Jr. 1 Response, A. L Bush; Diciplino J J 0. Smith; Primary Geography, Miss Nettie Friuier; Addresses, F. W. Ekas; Prof, Loyal F. Hall. Prof. 1. U. Painter; Tho ontire program will be interspersed with music and declamations. A Question Box ' will bo opened for any ono who may feel like asking for information along the line ' of the teachers work. The public is in vited. ii I An affection something like the whoop, ing cougli has been going the rounds and ' j niauy persons seem to have been taken ) 1 with it who are wj longer very young. DEATHB. BALDAUF—Jan 16, 1897. Clement, in fant son ol William Haldauf, aged 7 months. RILEY—At hi;, home in Butler. Jan. 17, 1897, Charles Riley, aged 35 years. He was buried at Coyiesvilie. HOFFNEK—At her home in Butler twp., Jan. 10, 1897, Catharine Doerr, wife of Lewis Hoffner, aged 45 years. FLICK--On Tuoprtay. Jan. 19, 1897, at 10 a. ui . W. J. Flick, at Asheville, 2f. C. PATTERSON—At her home in Butler Jan,19,1897 Mrs. C. M. Patterson nee Rider. Funeral services at Grace Lnth eran church, to-morrow afternoon at 2, o'clock. LARDIX—At her home in Tarentum, Jan. 9, 1897, Sarah Bell Gibson, widow of Daniel Lardin formerly of Clinton twp., aged about 80 years. She was buried at Westminister Pres byterian churchyard in Clinton twp. SHOOK —At his home in Penn twp., Jan. 13, 1897, Henry Shook, aged 70 years. He was buried at Greenville. WHITE—At her home in Evans City, Jan. 15, 1597, Mary, wifo ol J. M. White. WILSOX—At her home in Butler, Jan. 15, 1897, Irene, daughter of A. B. Wil son, aged 4 years BENSHAW—At his home in Butler, Jan. 17, 1897, Orville, son of Marion Hen shaw, aged 21 years. The Rescue Hook and Ladder Co., of which Orville was a member attended his funeral in a body. He was a fine young man and his death is sincerely regretted. IRWIX—At his homo in W Sunbury. Jan. 17, 1697, Samuel Irwin, aged 54 years. WATSON—At the house of his daughter in Armstrong County Pa., January 17, 1697. Mr. Thomas Whtson, aged about 82 years. Mr. Watson until recently lived in Bul falo township, this county, and was one of its oldest and most respected citizens. He was noted as a man of very general in formation and as having a desire to read all authors who have written upon the ab struse aud hidden mysteries of creation and the universe. About the last time we met him he inquired if we could inform him where he could obtain the work of the, great French writer, La Place. He said he had read nearly all other writers and wanted to read him. lie leaves two sons, James and William, living in the lower end of our county, and perhaps other children and relatives, to mourn his departure. OBITUARV NOTES. JAMBS G. HAYMAKER. James G. Haymaker, a well-known oil prospector, died last Thursday, at his homo in Pittsburg. Mr. Haymaker ro turned from the Butler oil fields the pre vious week suffering from a bad cold. He rapidly grew worse, and the cold develop ed into pneumonia, which resulted iu death. Mr. Haymaker was born at Mur raysville 63 years ago. He had been in terested in the oil development lor many years. He held leat.es in many o( the good fields of Western Pennsylvania, hav ing a small fortune invested. He is sur vived by a widow and two children. Mrs. Margaret C. Davidson, mother of Congre.-sman-elect, J. J. Davidson, who was buried recently, died Monday at her home in Beaver Falls. A well-known old 03nal boatman, John Kelly, died at his home in Apollo last Fri day. He had worked as a boy in the con struction of the ditch and slaokwater, and finally was cantoin of a packet traversing the line from Saltsbnrg to Pittsburg. R|R &AKIH I3 POWDER Absolutely Pure, Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfuluess. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adul teratipn common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. WALL MOULDINGS The nicest line of Wall Moiildiiio's in O town are at Heineiiian's New Room. 201 S. Main St. New line of Blank Book Writing Paper just received. 201 S. Main St. Hotel Willard. Reopened aud now ready for tha aecomroodatioD of the traveling pub lic. ii Srs'-o Btyle. MRS. MATTIE REIHIHG, Owner B H BROOKS, Clerk. SEANOR & NACE'S Livery, Feed and Sale Stable • HEAR OF WICK HOUSE, BUTLER, PA. Tho best of horsoa and lirst class rigs always on hand and for hire. Host accomodations in town fcr perma nent boarding and transient trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Stable room lor sixty live hoises. A good class of horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale under a full gnarautee; and horses bought upon proper notilication by SEANOR & NACE, Telephone, No 219. J 1 i 1- . -B I.* , c i ..A.M'.iA'iUiv.i IrfiwUO. NEIGHBOR HCOi) NOTES. Venango county has a couple of dai-iy lawyers. The Blizzard tells of one who made the following plea ' n a Cl ? w railway case: VThy, gentlemen of the j jry, if the train had beeu going as it should have been gone, the engineer had of blew the whistle or rang tho bell, bo'h ol which he did neither, the cow would cot have been In jured when it was killed. A soathern New York paper Pay* that the farmers in that region have large quan tities of apples btoied in their cellars, to be sold in the spring, if possible. One man has 1,500 barrels stored on his own account in different p'aces, while others have from 100 to 500 respectively. Deal ers, in their talk to lariners, speak very disco'iraginglj and p»iHct that the trait will hardly sell for "enough in the New York market to pay for the package. The farmers thiuk the market will reach sl. »nd perhaps $1.50. Dr. Ketler of Grove City Collego anil Mr. Kreps proprietor of a billiard room there have entered cross suits against each other for assault and battery. Ketler went into Kreps' place, and ordered students out ol the room, and Ereps put Ketler out. New Castle suffered a severe ioss last Monday night in the almost total destruct ion by fire ol the rolling department of the bigest tin mill ir. the world. The loss, about $50,000, is covered by insurance, and the burned portion will be rebuilt. In the meantime over 500 men are out of employ ment. The tire started from friction of the big rope running from (he fly wheel. Pittsburg is to have the newest thing in the building line, an eight story apartment house for bachelors. It is on Ptnn aven ue, next dcor to the Pittsburg Club, and is now enclosed, but will not he ready for oc cupancy before April. The structure is of steol and Pompeiian brick, and is calcu lated to be warm in winter and cool in summer. Every convenience imaginable is to be provided in this place for tho un married and frendiesß. There will be ele vators, hot water heating and baths for every room. The chambers are to be ar ranged singly or in suites to plea<e the taste and pijrsß >.f lhe 325 or more pros pective guests of this big boarding house. No one without a "character" from his re latives or former landlady will be admit ted for the place is in reality to be much of a clnb, and the diners will see a good deal of one another. A fine dining room, casi no, smoking parlors, gymnasium, bowling alleys, etc., will complete the establish ment. Only Think what a long train of diseases arise from Impure blood. Then keep the blood pure with Hood's Sarsaparilta The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. sl. Hood's Pills are always reliable. 25 cents. Professional Cards. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER. PA. Gold Filling Patnlesb Extraction ot Tee Hi and Artificial Teeth without Plates a specialty from Osrle >r VHili'-"'1 Air or I,&ca. mustbetlas usai. omcft viill »r's •'4i'-oy:irv fiaif. ot Low ry t10U93. Office olosel WMnPsdays ami T^\irsG^ya DR CHAS R- B. HUNT, Physician and Surgeon. Eye, car, uoseand throat a specialty 132 and 134 S. Mrir. Street. RalHtoo building. DR. J. E. KAULK Dantist Painless extraction—No Gas —Crown and bridge *ork a specialty. Office—Rcnm No 1, new Bickel building. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth Inserted cn the lat-cst im jroveil plan. Gold Filling a specialty. Office .v'T Scuaul's Cloth log Store. V. M. MeALPINE Dentist, Main St. Naesthetics Administered \Y. K. BROWN, Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon. OlTce 23« S. Main St., opp. P. O. Revideuoe 315 N. McKean St. L. bLACK, rursiciAN kirn siraaEON, New bnuoioi;, Butler. ya. ; . ZIMMERMAN. PHTBIOXAK ANl£ BUIUIEOI% Office at No. 45, >"B!1; street, f-vrr tit hHrmacy.Batler. Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. 200 West Cunnliieharo St. J, B, BREDIN, Attorney At Law Office on Main St., near Court 110 use Kutler Pa. S. H. PIERSOL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlce at No. 104 Kast Diamond St. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOBNBY AT LAW. onice on Nortli Diamond Strec", opposite the Court House—Lower Kloor. A. T. SCOTT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. tßi) at 8. .South Uiam »iJ Butler, fa. H. H. GOUCHER. A Uotuoy-at-law. Ode© In Mitchell tiulMlu. Butler l*a. C. F. L. McQuistion. CIVIL'EXGI.NKKR AVD SURVEYOR. Office near Court Hoase Butler Pa. J M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-L&w. lice—Between Postofflco an l Diamond . Cutler fn. A. T. BLACK. ATTOUNSY AT LAW. Room J—Armory Building. NEWTON BLACK. itt'y at Law— OfUee «n Bomh aide ot Diamond nntler, Pa ALEX RUSSELL. Attornay-at-Law. Office with Mawton Black, Esq South Diamond, Hutlcr °a- EYES EXAMIKtiD FKiiii Of CSUtftß R. L. kirfcpitrlek, Optician and Jewelfi Next to Court House Butler, Pa Graduate La Port Ilarological lustitute RAILROAD TIME TABLES. PENNSYLVANIA R i. Weslirn Pernsylvanii Dr. isior.. Schedule in effect Nov. 16, 169*5. South. —•—Week l>*ys —— I A. M. A. M A. M. r. M. I*. H' I BCTLKII Leave r. ar> xoo It JO 2*5 SO' ' Saxoni'urs-. .Arrive<i M 11 4.> 310 5 ri'ltler Jet.. . •• T27 S4B 12 07 3:» 551 Butler -let... .I.eave 730 s4S 18 12 :• ,n Natr ua Arrive 7 ;,g - > uji 343 ('t'J Taivntum "42 903 12 2(3 3St CO7 i Springtime 750 912 12 .w» 402 ; SUarpsfunt sot 931 101 42.- t>s-2, Allegheny rltv x2O 943 115 »:tl C4J a . I.x. A. H. r. M. r. x. r. «. SCSUAT TKAINS Leavo Butler lor A'.le gbt uy • lty a-.. t Principal luterniedlate stations 7:40 A. M.. '!:"-o and 500 P. M. Nortli. Week Dais ■ — A. *. A. M, A. M. r. M. r, M. Allegheny City.. Lv. * (10 900 11 25 235 530 Sli&rpetmrg 7it 912 11 37 230 ... Claremont 91» 11 45 2 W Spnni'.lale 930 1159 315 657 r&rentum 732 939 120s 32s 607 Natrona 737 943 1213 336 612 Butler JC't AT 745 9S<) 1223 3 Butler JC't Lv 745 950 12 34 34S (1 SO Saxonburg 810 lo 15 12 59 413 t; 44 ririMtu Ar. *35 lO3S 125 43S 710 A. a. A. M. p. M , p. M. p. M. SUNDAY TKAINS—Leave Allegheny City for Butler aud prli;> lpai Intermediate stations 7za A. M., 1230 and 7:15 P.M. Week Days For the East Week Days, a. m. a. in. p. m. p. in. 11 20 023 Lv BUTLER. ..Ar 125 12 07 7 27 Ar Bat'.er Jc't Lv 12 34 3 Ki[ nw 4") I.v Butler Jc't Ar 830 12 SI 3IS 74a Ar Freeport.. Lv S2B 12 30 322 753 " Alleg'y Jc't " 824 12 2i 333 804 " Leechbnrg.. " 812 12 12 350 821 "Paulton(Apollo" 756 II 55 418 Ssl " Saltsbarg "7 32 11 32 450 922 '• Blairsville "7 00 11 00 458 930 "Blairsville las'n"s 18 10 13 850 11 35' Altnona "3 25 800 100 310 " H»rrisbnrg..."ll 40 310 430 G23 " Philadelphia. '8 30 11 20 a. m. p. m. a. m. p. m. On Sundav. train leaving Butler 7:40 A. A., connects for llurrisburg, Alt.oona, anil Philadelphia. Through trains for the cist leave PitU bnrg (I'nion Station) as fo'lowa: — Atlantic Express, daily 3 10 A. A'.. Pennsylvania Limited " 715 " Day Express, " 7 30 Main Line Express " SOO " Philadelphia Express " 430 P. If. Eastern Express " .....7 05 " Fasl. Line " ..8 10 " I'hilaJ'a Mail, Sunday only 840 a. m. For detailed information, aJdre.s Thos. E. Watt, Pa*s. Agt. Western District, cor Filth Ave. and Sinithfield St, Pittsbnrg, S. If. FREYOST, J. R. WOOD, General Manager. Oen'l Tassr, A^ent. pITTSBURG & WESTERN ®- Railway. Allegheny Short Line. Schedule in effect, July 19, 1896. Butler Time, Depart. Arrive Allegheny Accommodation.. G25 am 9 25am Allegheny Flyer * 15 am io uOarn Akron Mall 8 15 am 7 :w pia Newcastle Aecomo 8 15 am 9 25 am Allegheny Accomo 10 05 am 12 20 pm Allegheny Express 2 55 pm 4 55 pm Chicago Express 3 35 pm 12 20 pm Allegheny Mall o 05 pm 7 20 pm Kll wood Accomo r> or, pm 7 3») pm Ob lcauo Evn,-esß 6 05 pm 9 25 am Allegheny Express S oo pm Kane ana Bradford Mall 10 Mam ."> no pm Clarion Accomo 5 15 pin 9 50 am Foxburg Accomo 7 35 pm 8 05 am SUNDAY TKAINS. DeForest Jot. Accomo 8 15 am. 7 30 pm Allegheny Aceomo 10 oo am Chicago Express 3 35 pm 4 55 pm Allegheny Accomo 6 05 pmj 4 55 pm Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars and Mrst-cla> May Coaches run through between Butler an 1 Chicago dallv. For through tickets to points . the West Northwest or Southwest apply to A. B. CBOUCII. Agent Butler, Pa Trains leavo tho B. .v O. depot In Pittbuig coi the Fast asfolloiva. For D' C., Baltimore, Fhlladil phla, anl Now York, 7:30 and a:2O p. m Cumberland. b:Io. 7 :30,a.m. l :10, 9ao p. m.Cou- U' lsvllle. ?:40. 7-2je. a. m. 1.10, 4.3f>, 4.45, £.30,9230 h> in. Cnioniown, 7.20 a. m., 1.10,4.30. 5.30 p. m. Untontiiwn, Morga r town and Fairmont. 7,30, a, m. and 5,30 p. m, Mt,Pleasant 6.40, 7.30 a. m. .10and4.30 pm. Washington. Pa., 7.40 and 30 a. iu„ 4.0'>,4.-45 and u.Oc. n .55 p. iii. Wheel rg, 7.40. and 9.30 4. m.. and 4.00,9.00. 11.55 p, ; .. Cincinnati, St, :,oula. t'olnmbus anil New ark, 7.40 a. in., 9.10, 11.55 p.m. For Chicago, 2.40 and 9.30 p. m. Parlor aud sleeping cars to Baltimore Wa-di lugtoti, Cincinnati and Chicago. H. O. DCNKLK, Gen. Supt. Allegheny, Pa 0. W. Ba. SETT, A.G.P.A , Allegheny, Pa U. P. KKYKOLDS, Supt.. Foxburg, Pa rpHE PITTSBURG, SHENAN GO & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD TIME TABLE—In eflcoc Sunday, Dec. 30, 18S.HJ. Trains are run by Standard Cen tral Time (90lh Meridian}. Goino NORTH. GOING SOUTH i 14 12 STATIONS | 11 13 p.m'pm . p.m. Arrßuffalo r,v'ea.m.[a.m. n m ....I 5 40 2 30 I. S.jfcM.S I 8 35 11 50 ... I 4 5j N.Y.,(J.,tSt. I | 5 35 12 05 p.liiaTnT " I I .... 2 07 9 10 Krie 11l 00 too .... l 20 8 27. Wallace Junct -li 4j, 4 lo .... 1 lHj 525 Glrard 11l 43 4 43 ....! 1 071 813 Lockport, 11l s.;' 453 I i OIJ! 80, . Cranes»lUe. . [l2 051 502 —"11 Ml C Slilvliioirueavt. - lv.. ...11l 0> I 4 On 1 1-1 9 oca*. ar .... \ 1 47! 6 I'T .. 12 : . 59.1T Albion 17 112 . .112 41! 7 42... spnngboro 12 24; 519 noil | '.2 li*l 7 10... .Mra'v le .let I.; sb| 54S 3 00112 .so 7 Is.tr. Lineville lv .. 11230, M2 HI, 7 251 V ar 12 40' .1 oo 210 12 ooi « wlv .Count Lake 12 oo . . | l 07; 7 82%r ar .... I i 07. c o:, l 32 il :r, « oGtv..Meadvllle .lv ill as ....| 1 :i2| 8 a? .... j ' 33; 010 N02.12 02 700 . .Ilartstown.. No li 1090 o' .... 11 67 >, .v,.. .Adamsviile 1 1 14 6 0° .... 11 48 ! li 40 Osgood I 1 83i 6 li .3 20 li 4u t; 37... Ureenville ... c 30 ( 1 35 <; 26 G l»ill 29 8 25 SlienanKO.... 6-42 i 49 6 3.; 00011 04 Fredonla... 700 207 5 43)10 47 Mercer 7 19| 2 20. 5 28,10 33 Pardoe 7 3«| 2 38' 5 Ik 10 231 Grove City. .. 7 lo : 2 4h 505 iolo| . .. Darrlsvllle.... 7 58| 3 oo f ... 4 57,10 ov- Branch lon 8 001 3 09 1 531 9 571 . ~.v .. .Kelstcrs .... 8 101 S 131 4 39 9 44f Euclid 8 221 3 27 4 !'■l 9 15| But let 8 50| 3 551 2 20 7 20 Allegheny, P&Wn o< ; 7 05| p.m ia.m .... amp. m>.. J.T. BL Allt, General Manager. Green\llle. ra W. <4. SARGF.ANT. (i. P. A.. MeadvUlO. Pa Dr7 NTM. 'HOOVE 137 E. Wayne St , dEce hours. 10 to 12 A. M. snd to 3 P. il. COULTER & BAKER. ATTOUNEYSAT LAW. Aimcry building. DR. W- P. McILROY, Den Ust. Formerly knojrn as the "Peerless Pain less Extractor of To eth." Located per manently at 111 East Jefferson St., Opop site Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do dential operations of all kinds by the latest de vices and up-to-date methods. tHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JO x-c - I Webster's J 1 Internationa I; ? 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CALIFORNIA Tt. »to CALIFORNIA and the P .< •Fi AST will ;e»ve Uarrisburg, A i • "a, and PiMmrg January 2T, Pebru a "24 and March 27. 1897. Five week* m C on the tour, and four week< u the second. on the thirtl I ■ur may return on regular trains within nine mouth*. Stop will be made at New Orleans for V.ardi lira* festivities on th second tour. Kate-' from all pciti?< <>r. the Penna. It. 11* >y>tem: Fi r -' tor.r, S»lO;seeond tour #3."» Ihiri tor.r 1810. F.om l'ituborg, SO.OO lu.-s for eaon toar. FLORIDA Jacksmville tours, allowing two week? in Florida, will leave New York and Phil adelphia January 20, February 9 anil 23, *n 1 March 9, 16t»7. Kate, covering expen ses on route in both directions, $33 00 from Put.-sburg, and proportionate rates from other points. For delated itineraries anu other infor mation. apply at ticket agencies, or address i lios. E. Watt, Pass. Agent Western Dis trict, 360 Fitth Aveme, PKllllWg, Penna. unyj IS THE TIME TO HAVE Hun our CLEANED or DYED If you want goou and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is just one place in town where you can get it, and that is at W HTM Oft WGBKS Center avenue. m~We do fine work in out door Photographs. Tiiis is the time of year to have a picture of your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the .lame«towa Sliding Blind Co.—New York. R, FISHER & SON, jtfri ANDLESS'fIEAVE CURE I have a Heave Cure that will cure any case of heaven in horses in forty days, I used according to directions, and if it does not do wnat I claim for it, I will remind tho .amount paid and no c '.arges will be made for the treatment. The following estin.onials are the strongest proof of the e lic.ies piwer to cure: A. J. McCANnLKSS, Butler, Pa., 1893. Ma. A. J. >KV NDLKSB: On the 'jnd u*, ot April, 1892, I com mencod to use vour new cure for one o my horses that had tho heaves vory ba<i, and continued to use the medicine for about forty days and the horse did not show any signs of a return of them. It is no ic about a year siuce I quit givin t'-ie medicine and the hors-« hjs never showed any signs of heaves, and I feel stiafied chat he is properly cured W. C. CRISWELL. Butler. Pa., April 3, 18'13 I.J. McCANDLBSS: 1 hav« used your Heave Cure and fonni t will do the work if used accordng to dd rections. Yours truly, J. B. MCMILLIN. AT J R. GRIRBS 2 and 12 Do Not Make Five. c -- •, • V. ■•<•?*' ' ! i iU It's quite a problem to please everyone's taste in any line you may select and particularly of jewelry, silver novelties, cut glass, etc., but I'm sure you will find what you want in my larye stock and at such prices that defy com petition. I am making a spe. cially of nobby and find Goods and want your trade. J. R. GRIEB. 118 SOUTH MAIN ST ABRAMS, BROWN & Co. INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Strong Companies. FromoL Settlements. Home i usurance Co. oi'JSew York, Insur ance Co. of North Ame cs, o Philadelphia Pa. Pbeu'x Insurance c: Brooklyn, N. Y. aud Hartford insur&ir e Co. ol tl art lord Conn OFFICE: Coiner of Ma'n St. and th [) Htniad, north o l "Court House, Butler, P V ~~~ The Place to GAS COOK ING AND HEATING STOVES, GAS BURNERS AND FIX TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS, ENAMEL AND IMPROVED WELSHBACH GAS BURNER, W. H. O'BRIEN I ON -107 East Jefferson St. Anvonf* sonrtinif a and de««*r!ptlon n»*j quickly free, wtrtln*r an invention i« prntv.llv I'tttentablo. <*ommunlcatl OiJctt Mirency j-ntenu iu Auitntii. Wc • MVtj n t»fCce. i'.'tvntn i.ikoii lluun X Co. receive •pcc:ul uclict) lu the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, beautifully llla?fHitcd, ltfcrst circulation of anv prteatlllc j> uranl. wt*ok!y.terms93io year; months. imen eop'.«*» •00ix i'IILNTS B»_*nt free. AddroaA MUNN 6L CO., 361 VtOwUwav. Crvw k'vrk. I Our Inventory ill pale Now 'pi IGoinS On! sis lsa ought to have l>ccn turned into cash weeks ago. In stock-taking wc made several discoveries. Among them is that the following lints must fegr ?>c sold at once. Thev will be; these prices will do it: | CHAIRS "• 50£S4 | ViS( Above Rocking Chairs have cane seats, high backs and fegC sfe?t arc finished in Antique Oak. (All the *2.50 cobbler ISC seat rockers are sold out. yjl| Oak Parlor Stands, with polish finished tops, now $3.50; yy price was $7. Come soon if you want one. See them vag »39 in show window. ..... P"'— jjf Decorated"<ij»|A Rtduccd ,rom 4 , 5 5 S Dinner Sets *P IV 5t gi Finest English goods made; pretty decorations; two Sa patterns to select from at above price. Don't wait too eSS long if you intend buying, as the quantity is limited. Same as we sold for $12.50 last week.. . Some of them made of Oak; others are Mahogany fin ißßtf islied; some have wood seats, others have leather seats. Only one of each kind, but many kinds. . . . KS6 aga SIDE' ° U P "s6oandsso, f§| jj BOARDS *l\ss jf Three styles to show you. Goods are perfect, but we Vaf have had them long enough, so you get them for $35, provided you come at once. .... J LOUNGES sl4 || *§H These Lounges were sl9 and #2O, but you get one for fecS sl4 provided you come soon; have few to sell, so they pS will not last long. pc^ ICampbell ft Templetonji jg BUTLER, PA. jj BIG CLEARANCE SALE AT 122 n T DApp 122 S. Main St. U ' A " 1 111 S. Main St. The Leading Millinery House Of Butler Co. It will be to your interest to attend this CLEARANCE SALE, as all our Millinery must go regardless of cost, to make room for the spring goods. NOTHING WILL BE SAVED. Fine and stylish Bonnets, Hats, Tan O'Shanters, Fascinators, Hoods, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, and everything in our store will go WAY BELOW COST. Early buyers for best bargains. D. T. PAPE. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. SPECIAL Winter Clearance Sale OF BLANKETS, AND BED HAPS, MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S WINTER UNDER WEAR, HOSIERY, MILLINERY AND LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S WRAPS, ALL MUST GO AT SACRIFICE PRICES TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW I SPRING GOODS. MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN Do r..»f flocelre«l br alluring adTTtlwvnecte tjaS thin* au the DMt maar, tlr.ist finish r/'l :O r - POPULAR SEWING MACHINE i on*. Huy from reliable man«f»» «cr« rt valued * reputation bT hon«-atan<l Ibero Ip In the world that ran r*,usl /*! wtrurtlnn, durability of worVrff -a >f flmab. b«autv In uupt sranrr -ir)"^ . ...... I>l>U the NEW HOMC " re FOR CIRCULARS. v; Homo SewlDg Machine Co. i » I>»*TO!». MASH. tsrjnowßq^Aaj.N.Y. .'iju. Ht. lom.Mo. X» alum, TKLAA. .'&AV"ICOO,CAL. ATtA.VIA.UA. FOR SALE BY | J. U. McDEVITT Dealt-r in Sewing Machine*. Prt»ni» and Organ*—ncxl door to Y. M. 0. A. t-nild ing—Uutlcr PH. Buy the light-running, N»* H"me, sowing machine, ported s»ti*!action guar anteed, never gels ont of order. 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