THE CITIZEN. Entered at P. O. at Butter as 2d c lass matter WILLIAM C. NEGLEY Publisher. C - THURSDAY, JUNE 24. 1897. a—-J.._ Republican County Ticket. FOR JURY COMMISSIONER. A. O. Euerjiart. ■J 1 1 ■ . J Death of Che "Ripper.** (piUshurir News of lasi Krliiay.) The 'ripper' has ai last Ikvii foiiuai ly and officially abandoned by its friends the "reformers." The official announce ment of this fact was made 'hi- mom ing by John Eaton ond Oliver MeClin tock after their return from a confer enee with Senator M. S Quay at Wash u._: n It was at this conference that they were finally brought to a full and convincing realization of the fact that the "ripper" had l>een lons ago laid ont a corpse, and word was consequently brought back to Pittsburg b> them to the reformers' that the thing was real ly dead. Messrs. Eaton and McClintock, in a statement this morning, said that as a re.-,alt of their conference with Senator Qnay the "ripper" had been dropped by the "reformers," and that they would have nothing more to do with it. but would direct tbeir efforts to the Rodgers cb -ssification bill and endeavor to ha »-e it enacted by the legislature. Senator Qany, they frifther stated, had given them the promise to lend hi- 1 assistance toward the passage of the Rodgers bill after it had been amended so as not to comn in contact with the Bnllitt law. Those amendments are to be drawn np by W. B. Rodgers and then sent to Mr. Bullitt for his approval or rejection If approved, Senator Quay, they nav, will give hi.-i support to the bill After an intimate association with them in Pittsburg and Ilarrisburg for two months, W. S. Guffey announced this morning that he was done with "re formers" of the Quay sort. "Hell is full of such reformers as they have down in Ilarrisburg,'' he declared. When the agitation for a new charter for Pittsburg and for the "ripper" bill was at its height Mr. Gnffey was enlist ed by the "reform" forces to get the Democratic members of the legislature in line for both measures He went into the movement with an honesty and sin cerity of purpose that was free from of the ruling "reform" passion for office, and he believed that every one else who was trying to reach that end was as honest as himself about it He come home from Harrisbnrg last night. He devoted two months of his time paid his own expenses and the expenses of others in the interest of "reform," and now he says of it: 'Not a blanked one of the reform bills will pass. Thev have been duping us right a long We might have known that when Quay told us to find out if the Governor wonld sign the Pittsburg bills if they would pass. He knew the governor would not say in advance whether he would do this or not. He could have the bill passed if he wanted to bnt he won't. "The whole trouble has been with Philadelphia and Allegheny. They wanted reform for Pittsburgh, provid ing only that they were not reformed by it. They talked so much about Phil adelphia that it reminded me of a death bed scene in Westmoreland county An t>ld Quaker was dying, and. the only minister they could get was a Baptist named Hargraves. He talked to the dying man about the glory of the city of New Jerusalem, when he crossed the da'-k river, and of its betuty so long that the old Quaker at last became inter ested in it. Friend Hargraves.' he asked at last, where is this city of New Jeru salem'.' Somewhere near Philadelphia. I hope.' That's the way with thwn Phil adelphia fellows Anything worth a blank is in Philadelphia or near it. They are so good down there that they get jealous when they see other folks try ing to be good, too, Why that town is not fit for a burying-gruund for Pi'as burg, its so very dead. I was down their just one day trying to talk to thein I saw right away that it was no use. They wonlden't listen to any thing that woilid put Pittsburg in the same class they are in I left and did not go back again, and I won't. "Now as to the general reform bills that Quay promised to pass, if any of them do get through they will be amended until not one of them will be worth anything. Now I'm not a pro fane man but how can a man help be ing one when he is thrown down bv such a crowd as them fellows down there. It makes a man forget his early training. " "our name has been announced as a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for state treasurer," Mr. Guffey was informed. ' 'I am not a candidate and never have been. I would not accept the office of President and have to deal with such a crowd as I have had to do with in the last two months. lam out of politics. I was never in it. I'm a Democrat still and I have contributed money to sup port the party, but I never was and never will be a candidate for office. Why. I couldn't stand that crowd -about nie for five minutes after the ex perience I have had down there. Will you go back to Harrisbnrg again V "No, sir; lam done with it. The rip per is dead, and even if the Rodgers charter should be passed it wouldn t be worth a blank. THE last day of the special session of , the Arkansas Legislature seems to have ; been full of that wild ascending blare to which the curtain is lowered in the last act of a comic opera. A railroad bill was under consideration. A railroad bill seldom fails to raise a hurlburly in a Southwestern Legislature. The Ar. , kansas legislators rose to the occasion; in fact, they hopped upon their desks to rise to it. They howled like bedlams. , Various statesmen tried to fight, and . one statesman invited the Speaker to come on to the floor and be licked. Ad , journed, without day and without gore. , —Sun Rockefeller as a Witness. , "God gave me my money," said John ? D. Rockefeller a short time ago to the ' trustees of the Chicago University, to i which he has given millions of dollars. Most persons had been under the im pression he had made his money in oil. i He corroborated his declaration that , this was erroneous in New York, last ; Friday, when he admitted, under oath, ' he did not know enough about oil to earn a workman's wages. The man said to be worth £200,0<)0. (XX) sat for two hours in the chair that had held his brother William just a } week before. He was called as a wit ' mss by whom it might be proved that ' the Standard Oil Trnst was enabled to ' ship its crude oil over the Pennsylvania ' Railroad at lower rates than the trust s ] competitors. Laden burg, Thalman & Co., bankers 1 of New York, who were in the oil husi- ' ness a dozen vea.s ago, are suing 1 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ( for $178,450, alleged overcharges the ' firm was compelled to pay by reason of what is claimed to have been unjust 1 discrimination Little of weight was ' elicited from Mr Rockefeller. Parly. ( A birthday surprise party was held at ] the home of James F. Brown on Tues- j 1 day the Bth inst. the tinth anniversary ! of the birth of Mr. Brown. • About a hundred of the friends and i neighbors called in and enjoyed a good « dinner, and made the host some pre- < sents Harlan Book made the presenta- < tion speech and J. C. Snyder. Esq.. the 1 response. HAltltlSßl'KG. On Thursday Gov. Hastings notified the Legislature that all bills of investi gating and election committees must l>e itemized. In the House that day the bills amending the ballot act of 1893 so as to provide for the certification of nomination papers where there is no opposition at a primary election: to validate conveyances and other instru ments defectively acknowledged and to yalidate the indebtedness of any bor ough hereinafter incurred. passed finally A few sticks of dynamic accomplish ed in a short time Friday afternoon what u.any men and strong steel cabl< s and a lot of apparatus bad failed to in the tearing down of the massive tower which .supported the dome of the old Capitol. It was not until late in the afternoon that it was decided to abandon the pulling and hauling on the foundations and try, instead the dyna mite The fits; blast spit the tower in twain, and the succeeding explosion crumbled tbe divided section into the excavation .. Two hours later the re mainder of the tower was thrown down in the same way Two thousand peo ple stood in the rain and watched the performance. On Monday Senetor was iaEar risburg and ordeied his followers in the Legislature to do the l>est they could on the revenue and appropriation bills and go home. It is thought the legislature will .' jour!, by Saturday of next week. Tne general appropriation bill calls for $5,000 for the Butler General Hospital On Tuesday the general appropriation bill, calling for sixteen million- was re- Will. lIUIIUf, .. ' ported bnt was n>l acted ujton ? The House refused to concur in tin Senate resolution continuing the com f niittee to investigate "the convict labor . system in Pinnsylvania until next ses ' siou of the Legislature. The Governor's veto of the bill au thorizing the incorporation of pawnbro i kers was taken up. and Mr Conrad if r Philadelphia, appealed to the House to j pass it over the executive s head, but the veto was sustained by a vote of 40 yeas to 90 nays. The conference report on the Hamil f ton road bill was called up by Mr. Phillips, of Chester and adopted by a vote of 129 to 81. The measure went to r the Governor. 1 The vote by which the conference - committee report of the fish bill was a adoped was reconsidered and the meas nre was referred back to committee to 9 correct certain grammatical errors. ) The bill codifying the dental laws . passed finally b}- 126 to 10. These bills also passed finally: Authorizing contracts to be entered r into between overseers of the poor in bor s oughs and townships in counties not 1 having poor houses, and the authorities , in charge of the poor in adjoining count ies for the maintenance of the poor in such boroughs and townships; aniend s ingjthe act of April 29, 1891, providing , for the classification of real estate and • other proi»erty, and for the election of assessors in second-class cities, authoriz ing courts to inquire into the validity i of judgments confessed and alleged. l to i be fraudulent; authorizing the transfer i of wholesale and retail liquor licenses ! from one person to another, and from : one place to another, i The Merrick school distribution was ■ called up and a lively fight took place beteen the city members, led by Mr. Stewart, of Philadelphia, who opposed the proposition, and the countrymen, in charge of Mr. Moore, of Butler The bill passed third reading, and will be laid aside for printing. On Wednesday the Merrick bill providing a new plan for the distribu tion of the school appropriation piissed finally. WASHINGTON NOTES. On Monday the Senate passed on sfi pages of the new tariff bill. When the wool schedule was before the Senate, Tuesday, Senator Foraker, of Ohio, jumped info the fray and fnr umhotl one of the uioßt interesting inci dents of the whole debate. For a time it looked as though there would be a se rious split among the Republicans, but the difficulty was. for the present at least, laid over. It was highly amusing to see bow Senator Foraker went after his Republican colleagues. His asser tion that there had been an agreement for a triple duty on washed wool of the third class srirred up the usually calm and collected Senator Allisou, oi' lowa, to an unwonted heat. It is a question whether he ever so excited in de bate before. But Foraker kept cool.and called on the Senate to witness who was. the iexcited man. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, tried to come to the rescue, but the Ohio man tied him up in a bow knot by making admit that he had him self written out the alleged agreement as to rates. Senator Quay, who is work ing against this triple duty in the in terest of the Philadelphia carpet manu facturers, came imo the discussion and Senator Foraker turned on him and said that he (Quay) had been present when the agreement was made and had been a party to it. Senator Penrose undeterred by the ill luck of those who had preceded him, put his oar in, and was blandly informed that the state ments he was making referred to an en tirelv different matter from that under discussion. POLITICAL NOTES. On Monday Representative Showal ter recommended Samuel Turk to be P. M. at Hilliards; and R. H Fisher to be P. M. at Piano. A special from Harrisbnrg to the Pittsburg Dispatch, of yesterday, read as follows: Senator Kennedy to-day signed the paper agreeing to vote for Senator Walton, of Greene, for Presi dent pro tem. of the Senate. The deal was arranged three months ago and Walton will be chosen with the hope i that he can be re-elected. Fayette and Greene form a close dis- 1 trict. and it is feared it may be lost. If ' Walton is not returned then the place will go to Senator Kennedy, and if he should not lie in the next senate Senator Snyder, of Chester, will be the man. Walton was promised the job when he ' voted for Senator Penrose. Another con- ' dition is that he will vote for the re election of Senator Quay. The Senator J has been at work for months laying the j ropes to go back to the United States Senate, It is broadly intimated in po- C litical circles that the Beaver statesman ' may conclude to run for Governor * The Republican convention of Ohio ? renominated Bnshnell for Governor < yesterday, ar.d indorsed Henna for U. S. ' Senator. Children's I>ay at Hilliards. j! June loth, was set aside for Child ren's Day at the Hilliard M. I". Church. 1 The program for the evening was "The > Slieperd's Call Never before in the 1 history of the church was there anch a crowd congregated in Hilliard. There t were representatives from Farmington, t North Hope and Moniteau: and a spe • cial car from Anand.de for the Boyer I chnrch people. Each and every part of the program was a splended success.not , even one mistake occurring from l>egin ning to finish. | The church was handsomely and ap propriately decorated for the occasion but not more so than were the little c ones. Miss Hannah Day. the organist, instructed the little ones in their part > of the program, which was also perfect. ( , Dnring the evening the best of order prevailed, and after tin congregation v were dismissed the people were loth to 1 leave, as everybody was congratulating •' each other on the success of the even- I ing. Hoping we may live to see .moili- 1 er Children's Day at the Hilliard M. E. r Church, we will cherish in kindremem crance the pie. sunt evening we spent in 1, listening to the little folks of Hilliard. 1 Oxk WHO WAS TUJ^KE, Ktat«' Finances. , I Dep. Atty General Elkin is quoted as ! follows: | A deficit does exist, and I think it is ; I' the duty of even* citizen interested in ' | the welfare of his State to recognize the '! fact and help to provide the proper rem : | edv. There is now a deficit of over , ! *l,' 500,000, made up in the following I manner j ' "The appropriations made to the com i mon school- by the last session of the I Legislator has not l>een paid except f"r . 1 one year The school appropriation is ■ I due and payable at the end. and not the | j beginning of the school year, hence it j i follows that the appropriation already I i made for the school year, which began i I An the first Monday of June re 1 main-, unpaid. In other word- the S'..;ti : , | now owe-, .he entire -nui V>-i «hi:. the school districts throughout th- Com I ' j monw - Ith. There is in 'ire Stat treas ' I nryfor thi- and other MBrpoMin round | JI number-' $1,000,000. So it can readily , b.- s*r« a thai if all the available fund--1 , i were paid out on .ucouur { .he school ( j appropriation, there would be a dofi<*i- j '! eiicy in ihis or.e iu-ui .£ s?l..v •<. •>» > - 1 'U« audition ro this however, the j • | amount paid out on the warrant of the i j Audi, t Oeuernl quarterly for the sup j ■ port of ihe penal and chart: able institu I t'ons. insane asylums and general ex i - :,enses of State government i- ■jl' *M). O0» j TThe entire amount of the quarter ending J May3l last has not yet been paid. Thi - j is ri.ie and must l>e paid at an e.t.l. 'b'.tt. j ' The State also owes the city of Pliilu j delphia. 011 account of personal property : ta.\ paid int. treasury and not ye', j returned to the city over SSOO ono To j the-e 'dr- .ulv brtre items must beadded j , very considerable more than SBBO,OO >. ; , lalai:. es due on appropvialions to the j Ur.ivernity of Pennsylvania and other institutions, as well as amounts due sev ral coun;ies on account of personal i property tax. • To sum it all up. if ihe St;: •• shonl 1 1 apply every dollar in hr treasury to j tin payment of appropriations hereto- Q fore mn-'le and now due, there would ! i still »>e a deficiency of $1..">00.000 in the . ' .1 C-i AAA fti'l) i\rt Mf 1 common school fund, ■s' .000.000 on ac j connt of quarlerly payment provi lec | for in the general appropriation act r j f-ino.oOO to the city of Pniladelphia ant over *500,000 to other institutions ant counties, i...iking a tw.u deficit of mort •b in $8,500,000 These figures are state., in round numbers, but they are correct f and can be relied upon.'" , "Many persons not familiar with th» j whole question are mistaken as to tin 1 amount of our net revenue. The mistak< is made in this way: The gross revenue; of the State are something more thai $12,000,000 annually. This amount in x eludes the entire personal property ta: , collected by the counties and paid in: the state treasury. Three-fourths _oi a this amount, which approximatess2,o(X 000 annually, is returned to the counties When this amount is deducted from tin j gross revenue, the balance available for appropriation purposes is less thai 4 $10,000,000 per year, or about §20,000.00t j for two years. ' "The largest increase is in the appro i priations made for the support of the common schools. In addition to this t the penal institutions are caring for s larger number of prisoners, inmates anc patients, in consequence of which new , buildings have been erected and exten . sious made. All of these things havt . been expensive to the State. The ap j propriation that has I>een largely re ■ sponsible for the deficiency is that made to the common schools. i Prospect. i It may be news to hear that: Replanting corn and setting out plants have been in order, of late. Dinwiddie Wilson, of Muddy creek twp., was in town, a few days ago, and received a handsome prize in the shape of a pocket knife for winning wrest ling match. Miss Pearl Boehm, one of the prom ising young ladies of the Prospect House, furnishes the following news about the McCune-Hillman wedding: Mr. McCtuie. of Wairen, 0., and Mist. Lillian Hillman, of Prospect, were married, Tuesday, June 8, by Rev. Richards of the M. E. church Mr Martel was best man and Miss Hattie Boehm was bridemsmaid. Miss Bertha Shaffer played the wedding march. The event was a very pleasant and happy affair and the couple have tin best wishes of their many friends. John Waddell was a visitor at the county seat, one day last week, and while there had his name put on tl>e list of subscribers for the CITIZKN George Bnrry, of Mt. Chestnut, pass ed t'ur ugh town, one day last week, on his way to Evans City with a load of charcoal. It was raining, but we lie lieve that George was in his usual good humor Miss Edna Hays, of the Mile Run Di r : ct. entertained her friend, Miss Lois Lepley, of this place, not long since. The town council have agreed to purchase til" to repair the culverts and bridges, and Alex Stewart and J. W. Heyl are the committee to attend to purchasing said tile. This is a good way to make culvert", and should be universally adopted. -Mrs. Katie Shanor, of Beaver Falls, has been visiting her many relations and friends hereabouts for the past three weeks. Ed. Waddell, the left-handed twirler. is pitching ball for the Volant Club, and recently won a hotly contested game off the Clarksville club. ! Some of our teachers are talking of attending the State Teachers' Associa tion, which meets in New Castle. June 29, 30 and July 1. The association sel dom meets so near home, but then that depressed and hollow-eyed j>ocket-book. The teachers examination was held here, Thursday. .Tune 10, and about fifty presented themselves for creden tials. Supt. Cheesinan was assisted by Profs. Forrester and Lepley, and G. P. Weigle. Grammar and arithmetic seemed to be the hardest this time. Mrs. Wolford and Wilson are making preparations to build new houses on their respective lots. Good idea, who will be the next 1 ? John Shontz and son Curtis are plastering Sylvester Weigle's new house on Franklin St. Ford Forrester and Lank Roth have been furnishing our people with excel lent strawberries. When down by the Lutheran parson age, don't forget to look at Mrs. Stahl man's artistically arranged pansies. There were very few dogwood bios soms last spring, and Sam Shanor says there will lie no corn crop in conse quence. Miss Rachel Ivirker is fixing np her property in splendid style Messrs. Scott, "Kaufman, and Warren are doing the painting. Mrs ,T. R. Weigle and family, of Cooperstown, visited Mrs. Weigle's father and mother-in-law, Mr and Mrs. C B Weigle last week. Lila, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McMnllen has been very sick for a couple of W'-eks. but is now thought to be improving. Squire Weigle went to bed in May and was there till June. Not many of John's acquaintances knew of his con dition. Henry Henshaw has rigged up a well driller, and can put a hole down in short order. Hen recently struck a paying well for Adam Webber. Mrs. Langherst has been siek for three weeks with inflammation of the throat, and that accounts for the ab sence of that sweet alto voice in the Lutheran choir Byron W. King gave an entertain ment in the U P. church, Thursday evening, June 17, and of course every body was pleased. W. R. Kiddle and wite were guests of Portersville relatives not long since Charles Henshaw. who for many years lived alone in Deep Hollow near Oil City, has come here to spend his days with his daughter. Mrs Kennedy, who lives on the old homestead. Mr Henshaw is 84 years old. enjoys reason ably good health, is well-read, and plays the tii'e these evenings where he ; played it 50 years ago. Surely history i repeats itself. MillemanJfc Co. were in Butler twp., last weeim putting a slat" root on a large newuarn for Mr Barnhart JOii COSITY. i • Tlio Queen's .Jubilee. Victoria was crowned sixty years ago. Tuesday: and as she has been j , real good all that time and kept her f crown on straight; the people of her kingdom have l>een indulging in a Ju | bilee this week. It began in London. Sunday, with re ligious services. The city was decorat >il Monday, there was a very large pa rade Tuesday, and the affair ended in •Spith»- id today with a great naval dem onstration. V Surprise Party. A -ant little party on the evening ■if .1 . liith was planned to surprise Bert ' tin; »r. on the 32d anniversary of his | birth. A i.r.ii-'wr ot his neighbors called on the fi'milv mid were ushered into the p -rlor wti<:v. upon the sofa, lay Mr. i ■ Conuor sound asleep, after his days i work. nu'ariiie his surprise, when i awakuiel his friends j j and 11 _ HODbM in the room. , A:';, r a pitta unt, ' » i eveumg." was | said to ;:1! hc.lMionr was .-pent in con j versation, t! : n ;ht M -es Hannah Day. Myrtle Uri. , ii- Navy withdrew ito the '■ ' a , .h. re they rendered some very f> .no lopriate music. , i Then «•". ii *.u ■ iju-1 surprise, this | j time ! the Mother O'Connor. | antici; > ; ag : j- surprise, had j prepa. 1 bi>mr. itr.l -nnp'.y of ice! | cream, cake . • «<• \ -k; she invited : the gueSL iu t. • tLiir» room to par : take. Each and t one did justice to tin iepv- Aftev p i.. , er ;Miedto the parlot wi. r i >.c le ipent of a beanti' tl little ore ••«n* :is a token of the friendship oi '-t- He.,;lii.>•».«. . As it wa.- gettir.< 'r»rt■ t!••• people said. "(-rood night, to tbe t : nd re pared to their homt*, feeling more than repaid i for baring spent - plea ant n evening wilh tljs and hospitable family. Milliard Pa Tut,. s cver-vl!ie. •. i > Tvcr«vi!ie. r. Wedii.s.' . ui/ht In i week the large d new b;'rn <>i -Fan. - I; Brisker. V\ 111- d ; tic-Id twp. was burned to the ground v ; with i's consents. ojccept the horses d j which were rescued. It contained 10 or t. | 11 tons of hay. farming implements. ! grain and feed, together with carpenter ie : and blacksmith tools. The loss is to ie ward.- ?2.00iJ. partially covered by in :u surance. iS Tuesday, 2Cd ins;, the funeral servi -11 ces of Herbert Allison Bricker, son of 1 Win. Bricker, Bellevue, Pa., aged x years, were held in the Buffalo Presby J terian Church Rev. Joseph P. C'al '. houn and Rev W. J. fiazlett, conduct ed the services. s. Ie Last Sabbath communion services !e were held in the Buffalo Presbyteria'n n Church; the attendance was large; next K) Sabbath is communion at West Min ster, the other church of the same pas )- toral charge. The Buffalo Church Sab e. bath School have accepted the in vita j, tion to attend the picnic at St. Paul's, a July 3d. The Moody Col portage Library books * are having a wide circulation here 1 through the agency of the Mission Band e i children. New;supplies still being called > ! for. X Miss Burdella Halstead of Riddles X Roads returned home Monday from vis iting her pastor's family for several days. Come back again. Rev. Gray of the M. E. Church prea-hed in the Presbyterian Church on , Saturday. Mrs. Henry Greer is still under the j ; doctor's care. i At the pre .nl writing Mrs W. H. e Y.'itte is ill. Next Sabbath at the Presbyterian Church it sermon specially to children will be preached, the second edition of 5 ('hiltlren s Day. (ift'ering on Children's s D-y for Sabbath School Missionary work amounted to nearly sl2. ? The woods and Tocks and vales re sound with the sound of thequaryman's chisel and hammer under superinten i dent Snyder. With the Italians. Dutch, t Germans. Irish, Scotch-Irish and a sprinkling of I ktu elites S.irver Station j is astii. Civis. items. I McKee &< V. are r ; ng an immense business in re re linn*";ling from two to three cars je -ay. JoLi> E. Day om . her, has again emt»rlred fa the rfetl jwiriue—. # C. !). Cook '-at i'. a! director, is having so.u) -de ■•li-:uges made ; n regard to ILIT I DO! ground. He in tends <> ' ■, a new barn, J. C. Johnston and .1 H Flick are doing the work and Capt. Ed. Westerman is superintendent N. .T, Seftou says lie has the largest corn in this vicinitv. it is nearly a foot hi-h. Mrs. Sadie Fulton visited friends in Sharpsburg, last week. Miss Nettie Albion kept house for her while she was gone. Miss .Lu-.-y L:-point is visiting in this ; vicinity. t t h& + BaklN s POWDER Absolutely Pure., Celebrated for its gieat leavtmti strength and health fulness. Assures tli food against alum and all forms of adul tvration common to the cheap brands. R . . BAKI .T, !': VDKK Co. NEW VOKK. Advertifae in ti-o Cilizjtx. Middlesex Items. The fanners arc working their com j Ira Mowerv has a new buggy. P. C. Lee caught six young wood , chucks and is raising them on the bot j ' tie. He says he will sell them for one I dollar a piece. Aunt Hannah Johnston is changing , her chicken stock. She traded fowls with Charles Barr and got three Buff Leghorn-< She has raised the nicest lot of ducks this spring in the township .T X Fulton is the champion rat kill er. He has canirht and killed about 4f bees came to the Fli. k farm and lit on a small bush near the house John John stor put them in a hive for MissThomp- j son l 'air\ iciv. —r. . . i Mrs. Chas. Gilford is on a visit at Homestead. She has two of her child ren with her and will spend a couple of weeks with her oldest son. recently married and living at Homestead. On Tuesday the 22nd inst . there was a ba'l game between Fairview and Karns City. The count was in favor of ! Fairview. 1 A. Young came home from the Va. j oil fields on Tuesday to visit his father | j and friend* Maud Keiffer is home from Butler where she h. - Ijeen keeping house for her brother Henry K since his wife died. Sir - h:'s Henry's two l:ttle toys with her. J. P. Keck.ird A C< ar. locating an • »il well on their lease on the bonier ol Fairview. Rev Alishouse preached a sermon on temperance, lisr Sabbath. At L.J .more yeste. lay. Rev. Cronen- | w, was«*h( MM -ii riieiihiiil of WN" Lnth- j . er. n Svio i and :Vv Butz. •ha plain, i DEATHS. | TAYLOR -At hi< home in Worth twp., .line i 4. Is; , Jonathan Taylor, aged 55 years. BIEKL —.liuie I•!. Laura Bell, in fi»ir. daughter of Conrad Biehl. BKOWNFIEMI—-Tune 17. IW<7. Mrs. Vei le Brownfielil of Butler. HA'iEM VN At his home in Butler. .Turn i:'>. IN'J7. C'has. Hageman aged ::i ytm PEAIU E -At his bouse in Butler. .Tune ~0. 1 .v.) 7, Albert Roy. son of T. A. Pearce. aged !) years. Sharp .■hooting pains in the head and face are xymptoms of neuralgia, "the prayer of the nerves for pure blood." Therefore to cure neu ralgia purify the blood and build up by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood furifier. 31; six for B'. Hood s Pills ass:*t digestion. '.3 cents. JOS. HORNE CO. Our buying, neees?ai/ to re stock cur store after our recent fire, was the heaviest ever re corded of one fiiai at one time. The prices show the advantage of this. Bargains are as thick in our new store as grasshoppers ill August, SCOTCH LAWNS, fast colors, good qualities, neat designs, only Three Cents a Yard JACO>AL LAWNS, regular 12'- cent kind, for Seven Cent:? a Yard DAINTY DIMITIES, of a grade never sold for less than t2!4c a yard, Eight Cents a Yard CHECKED TAFFETA SILKS, ail sizes and kinds of checks, and all colors, usually ifl.oo a yard, for Seventy-five Cents a Yard FOULARD AND !." DIA SILKS, grade costing usually all the way from 75c to ix.oo a yard, for Fii'o Ceuts a Yard And so on through the whole store. In dress goods and table linens. particularly, we have of f< ri to surprise you. Get sam ples, and don't forget to men ion this paper whet, you write. 525"527 Penn Avenue PITTSBURG. YOU CAN'T STOP IT. GIRLS WILL JUMP ROPE. Let them jump they will not jump long, the time will come when they will not care lo jump. Hi'.)' them good shoes and let them go. children are hard on shoes .it all times and when rope jump ing begins that's when they wear out the! fastest. .EON CLAD SHOES. Will stand the test. We have given this matter of children's shoes careful I attention and we feel safe in saying that there ;ire no Shelter made, and if you buy vour children's shoe- of us you will not Le disappointed. ALL OUR LINES Are complete, you will need shoes or li ppers this Spring, try ur, men's and ladies' fine shoes 75c to 53.00; boys and girls shoes 75c to .2 00; children's shoes "jC, S UC and 75 L "- SEE OLE 98c LINE Men's cut 2 bucfcle plow shoes Men's tiiM? shoes 98c. rite Greatest Sale on Eccord, DON'T MISS IT. C. E. iifiiLLER. 215 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. i 1 WE ARE MAKING Good clothes at such low prices that |xx>r ones art.' no longer warned. ? ?. ? ?; 4 There is a little something al>out A \ the collar and lapel of our coats J . 0 anil a certain graceful hang of the m trousers that makes them original. J, It is in part of the details, a #j 4 knack which.cheup tailors cannot , ([ acquire no matter h'>-\ good is the 0 j 4 material they use. WE INVITE Your inspect on oi out new Spring ratten:s a;;d a com parison of prices. ALAIID, MAKER OF MEN S CLOTHES A Perfect Cat. •fcll . & vv When you get a suit you want it made right. A perfect cut is necessary. High grade goods, a perfect cut and careful workman * ship are a combination which I give the best results and these k are appreciated by i 'ie customer In thai way he gets his money's ' worth. A Standard Established. Yoi see it yourself. No one need ex i plain to you why the clothe: made by us are the most populai Ours is a standard that make; them perfect. We keep oui goods up to the limit of perfec t : on and our workmen all assis in making the clo es first-class It is Easy Enough to cut intc cloth and tuin out clothes. I takes ability to obtain perfect re su'ts. Our tai'ois aie the best our cut er an aitisL and 'he per feet results as natural as the mis takes o f others. Kecuuse ou ciothes are the best, people wan i hem. , WEDDING SUITS A SPECIALTY. mm Cor. Diamond. Sutler. Pj AT J. R. GR!FB « and Li Do Not Mcke Five x "7'^ ' n ; I It's quite a problem to pleast everyone's taste in any line yoi may select and particularly o jewelry, silver novelties, cut glass etc., but I'm sure you will fine what you want in my large sto'cl< and at such prices that defy com petition. I am making a spe cialty of nobby and find Goods and want your trade. J. R GRIEfi. 118 SOUTH T&AIN ST Practical Horse Shoer d VVILL ROBINSON, formerly Horse, # Shoer ;>t the Wick House ha.s # opened business in a shop in the rear "f th»- Arlington Hotel 5 where he will do Horse-Shoeing in the must approved style. k $ mu \ND KO\o HORSES a £ SPECIALTY. 4 i -a. SRiUKEH & VIKfiOE. LIVERV I'KI n AND EXCHANGE STAIU.B First class rijp at mmiabfe rates Special Attention la Transient Custom Barn in rear of Diamond St.,] Butler Pa People's Telephone, No. 44. H. C- BRICKER J AND - Prop'rs. W. J. VINKOK, .1 Larpoi uiGaiiincj s jFHB Is here. Telephone or write to W B. MeGeary, West End, who 1.3s the best of machinery and does tile liest work. Carpets called for and delivered. Carpets shipped from a dis tance will be promptly cleaned •and returned. W. B. IVicGEARY. People's Telephone 41. 1 PROFESSIONAL CARUS. i ____ hR. W. I». McILR V, DK.NTIST. Formerly known iV " Peerless Painless Kxtractor .4 Feeth. ' Located permanently at 111 Ft Jt St., i ( Oppoiite Hotel Low: Hot'c Will do ( deutial operations •-i ail »inds b_\ the, latest devices and u; "... . meth■ .is. J —j- - \* .*!. McALl'INt » . Piisu. r Main St. I Niesthetics Admiin-'.-:-d. I | kR. S. A. JOHNS ! ' N. | 1." DENTIST. Gold Fillings Pa - I \traction of Teeth and Artificial t-.'.ii . ith<' ".'. plates a specialty, Nitrous Us: :c or Vitalized Air or Local mesthetics u: 1. Otticc over Millers gvu-erv, east of Low rv house. , ||*. J K. FAULK. I' DK.-TIST, rami,-s extraction—No Gas—Crown am; Inidgc work a ptcialty. CnTicf -V.' itnN'o i new nickel build-, iu g. r\R N. M. HOOVER, I 137 ! Wayne St., office hours. 10 to 12 a. m 1 and to p. in. J \R. CHAS. R. B. HI NT, I PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Kye, ear. -lose ami throat a specialty. 132 and 134 S. Main Street, Ralston building. C AM I'LL M. BIPI'CS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 200 West Cunningham St. I J. DONALDSON, »J . DENTIST. Artnicial Teeth inverted n the latest improved plau. Coin I-dhngs a ialty. Office over MilerV Shoe Store. p M.ZIMMERMAN, U • PHYSICIAN \ND SURGEON Office No. 45, S. Main st'eet over City Pharm.cv. L BLACK, • PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON. New Troutman Building, Butler Pa. K P A. RUSSELL. M I) HT Room 3, Pickel Mock. Butler Pa Peoples Phone No. 309. Night call 173 RI F. L. McQUISTION, V • Civil. ENGIN; :R AND SIRVEYOR, Office near Court House. HH. GODCHER. • ATTORNEY AT I/AW. Office in Mi chell building. POULTER & BAKER, V. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Room 8., Armory building. NR H.BROWN, U • HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SI'RGHON. Office 236 S. Main St., o) p. P. O. Residence 315 N. McKean St. » T. BLACK, At ATTORNEY AT LAW. Room J. —Ann 01 y building. V EVVTON BLACK, LL ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office 011 South Dia .nond Street. t LEX RUSSELI,. A ATTOr.NEY AT LAW. Office with Newton Black, Esq. South Diamond Street. 4 M. CHRISTLEV. A# ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on North Diamond Street, oppo site the Court House —Lower Floor. | B. BKEDIN, flt ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court House. | M. PAINTER, <'. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office between Pcstaffice and Diamond SJ H. PIERSOL 0■ ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 104 East Diamond St. I T. SCOTI, AT ATTORNEY V> LAW. Office at No. 8 South Diamond St. Butler Savings Bank Hutler, F^ca. Capital - 560,000.00 Surplus and Profits - $119,263.67 JOS. L PURVIS President J. HENRY TROUT \r Vice-President WM. CAM PBELL, .1 .Cashier LOUIS B. STEZN Teller DIKKLTOK*-Joseph I. .Purvis, .1. Henry Troutroan. W. D. Brai.Jon, W. A. Stein, J.'S. Campbell. The Butler Savin s r...nk is tlie Oldest li.ilnstil uiioii 1:.. mil,) In'lH'hll lmKMlig-lUMni- ' We solicit accounts of oil pivducers. mer chants, farmers and o, ,iers. All liuslnt ss entrusted to 11s will receive prompt attention- J laie.tsi paid 011 time deposits. . Ti l EC Butler County National Bank, Butler Pel in, Capital paid in $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits f 114,647.87 Jos. Hartman, President; J. \'. Ritts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin. V- t Cashier. \ general liaukine jsitiess transacted Interest paid on tint- »us. Money loaned on approved - urity Wn Invite you to oj nan .. • klbl with 1 his I tank. DIRECTORS— Hon. JOS ph Hnrtnifto, Hon. W 8 Waldron, Dr. N - M H i H. Mc sweeney EL E Abnu C. P Collins, I. -1 I. li. !..v !«• IV li- V. 1 i 1 n• - r ;nl. \V. IV. il Larkin. .John . .ii'iilii I>r. \V. <". Met'andless, B*-n M M Wist', r. V. Kitts. TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. Ean ('laire. June 24. llarrisville. June2"i Sliiij, cry rock, June 20. I'ortersville, July 10. Butler, July :{(). Examination;- will commence prompt yat A. M. Applicants may use •ither pencil or pen. but pencil with >ft paper is preferred. No private es iniir.atioii- will IK- given All friends >» ■ a'ion • in- te;l to l)c present at 'xa.uinations S h. CHEESE-MAN. <.V»u;:ty Supreintendent. Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby given that the part ership lareh existing between W. li. Kakiu and J. It. Cauiplx'll under the inn name of W K Eakin & Co., is lis day di*solvit] by mutual consent, VV. li Eakin retiring from the firm, rhe business will be continued by .1, H ampbell. who will pay all debts of the .nu. an wh<>ni the lxxtk accounts iii p.iyabb' A prompt settlement of ill outstanding acconnts i< requested w. ii EAKIN. JOHN H CAMPBELL. TO THE PUBLIC. Having purchased the interest of \V. R Eakin. in the grocery business at 219 Centre avenue. IJutler. Pa., I will continue the business on a liasis of good '.•< r.- •" it the v rr lowest cash piHis. Thanking tin pni e for past patronage I solicit a continuance of the same. TOHX H. C'AiIIUJJiLL. m m * >riIII 3tc 3ie j|C 3K You don't pretend to know anything about leath- ) er We do Your dealer may be ever so honest, J yet be ignorant in his business You know when ? ? a shoe looks well and wears well, the rest you leave ) to the dealer. Then isn't it much better when c £ buying ? $ Your } I Child's | A. RUFF & SON. i £ 114 South Main Street. ~~ Mvertise in tie CITIZEN.