THE: CITIZEN:. Entered at P. O. at Butler as d class matte WILLIAM C. NEGLEY - - Publisher THURSDAY. MARCH to, 189 S. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Subject to Republican Primary— Tuesday, March 22nd —1 to 7P. M. FOR UNITED STATES SENATE. M. 9. QUAY. FOR CONGRESS (One to nominate.) DR. J. B. SHOW ALTER, of Sllllerstown boio FOR ASSEMBLY. Two to nominate.) JAMEe N. MOORE, of Butler. JOHN IiINMNGER. of Zellenopl - M B. McBBIDE, of lllllerstown boro. A. M. CHBISTLEY. of Butler. NELSON H. THOMPSON, of Brady twp. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. (One to nominate.) JOHN w. COrLTER, or Butler. LEVI M. WISE, of Butler. JACOB M. PAINTER, of Butler. FOR DELEGATE TO THE STATE CONVENTION. (Three to Elect.) "NEWTON BLACK, of Butler. CR. ELDER CRAWFORD, of Cranberry twp. f AMES C. McCLYMONDS. of Muddycreek. JOHN T. KELLY, of Butler. MATTHEW N. GREER, of Buffalo twp. FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR (One to nominate.) FRANK E. McQCIsTION. of Butler. VOTE— The Uk Butler on We<lne»Oay, March Sid, at 1 P. M. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES. Ist District, composed of Allegheny and Parker. John t Womer. 3d, Mercer. Marion, Venango and Har ris vi lie, Amos Sea ton. ad, Slipperyrock, Worth and Centre ville, Geo. Maxwell. 4th. Cherry N. and 8., Clay and West Sunburv. Dr. H. D. Hockenberry. sth, Washington N. and S. and Con cord, John C. Clark. eth. Fairview, Fairview boro., Petro lia and Earns City, A. L Timblin. 7th < - kland. Donegal. Clearfield and Millersto-.vn Matthew Bippua. Bth S.'.mmit, Jefferson. Clinton and SaxonLurg, R. M. Johnston. 9th, Winfield and Buffalo, T. H. Greer. . „ . 10th, Prnn N. and 8. and Forward, W. 8. Dixon. 11, Butler twp. and Butler boro, C. r. L. McQuistion. 12th, Adams N. and 8. and Middle sex. A. C. Zeigler 13th, Cranberry, Jackson E. and W., Connoquenessing 8., Connoquenessing boro, Evans City, Zelienople and Har mony, Sidney Weihl. 14th. Connoquenessing N , Lancaster, forUiwUk and M odd venule, Jtnteph Graham. 15th, Centre, Franklin, Brady and Prospect, Reuben Shanor. Uth. Has not been heard from. Robinson's Game. "What is the cause of this com motion in the Republican ranks?" is asked by many people when they come to town; and the reply is, "one of Thomas Robin son's little games." The different can didates were making their canvass be fore the people in the usual way; each running on his merits, with good feel ing all along the line. All at once Thomas Robinson, whose post of duty is at Harrisburg, appears, and breaking oyer all established rules, and customs, goes into one of the Republican papers, (The Eagle,) and makes an attack on James N. Moore; selecting him as the man among all the candidates who ac cording to Robinson s notion should not go to the Legislature. Who made Thomas Robinson a ruler fry— «f the ufcoule of this coun ty. Or a "boss'' whose btwiiuHiii it ia. aa- I cording to the boss notions, to tell sll the people who they shall or shall not elect to any given office. We think it is high time this man Robinson should be informed that the people do the voting and that he had better go back to Harrisburg, do his work, earn his salary, and let the peo ple attend to their own affairs. Why is Robinson so opposed to Moore? Because Moore would not allow Robin son to use him as he wanted to, and it is carrying out Robinson's threat of last summer which was currently re ported that "he (Robinson^ —would see that two men went to the Legislature next time"—meaning lfMW —' that he would be on better terms with than the last ones." So the people can see the "milk in the cocoanut." It is high time that the idea should be abolished that before any one can go before the people as a candidate he mußt, met aphorically speaking, get down on his knees to Thomas Robinson and say "please sir may I be a candidate for Coroner, Clerk of Courts or Legisla ture," &c. Away with such an idea, let every man run on his own merits and the people decido. The j>eople can give their answer March 22nd. AM to Tickets. PROSPECT, PA., MARCH 7, IHOH Ei» CITIZEN—A number of your readers in this vicinity noticed in last weeks issue of your paper the name of M. 8. yuay newly announced in the column of candidates, to be voted for U. 8. Senator. A good many here have tickets with no blanks for U. 8. Senator. We don't understand it We don't know, or have not heard, of any candidate against him, then what is the vote for? We are in the dark and a reply in your paper will oblige and give light to MANY VOTES. Replying to the above wonld say, we do not know of any candidate against Quay at present. All we know is that the Chairman of the County Committee received a telegram from the Chairman of the State Committee to have the name of M. 8. Quay announced, and it was done. As to tickets; we under stand most of the tickets were printed and a good part of then sent out by the candidates l>efore the Senatorial name was announced. We were informed that the Senator's tickets would be fnrnished by the Senator; and they will doubtless IK: at the polls; and voters can do as they wish. On tickets with out any Senatorial space the voters can write the name if they wish. We can not see any particular good or harm voting will do when there is no oppos ing candidate.—ED. HAItKIHHUItG. Over 9110,(XX) have been drawn from tha State Treasury to pay the exjienses incidental to the calling out of the Third Brigade to suppress the disturb ance in Luzerne county, and when nil bills shall have l>een presented for the payment on account of the outbreak, the cost of it will not vary much from •150,000. A part of this money will be used in the equipment of the military organizations of the Third Hrigade, whose uniforms suffered greatly by reason of the rough service to which they were subjected in the vicinity of Hazleton. Excavations are l>ei!ig made on the site of the old Capitol to ascertain what kind of soil is found twenty feet Itelow the surface. The character of the soil will largely determine the depth at which the first course of stone in the foundation for the new building will be laid. JOHN WANAMAKKII has consented to be a candidate for Governor FAIR PLAY. Answer ©f James N. Moore to the Article of "Citizen" in the Eagle. MESSRS EDITORS:—In the issues of the Butler Eagle of February 24th and March 3d "Citizen" undertakes to criti cise certain paper* because, as he states, the} - make "favorable mention of myself and approve of my record. In the first paragraph of Cit izen's" communication he charges that "as I had visited the city the article in the Dispatch was readily understood. I want to say t> the people of Butler county that this is the first article that I have either di rectly or indirectly been responsible for, or a party to, in any paper, and I do this OKr my 'atngnaturc. Had not the articles referred to in the two issues of the Eagle been such a gross misrep resentation of my record, and had not the paper, contrary to its usage in for mer Republican Primaries for the office of Assembly, published the articles di rected at me and signed "Citizen sin gled me out instead of alllowing the people to select candidates at primaries, and direct their opposition at the oppos ing parties later, 1 would not haw en tered into the newspaper discussion. "Citizen," in the first place, in his ar tide says, "Bad health, unfortunately almost excluded Mr Moote from taking any active part in the deliberations of the recent session of the Legislature Th- liuLt H'f'i i" " iu the citizens of this county well know lasted for six months and during that time I was not absent from Harrisburg more than ten legisla tive davs out of that long and tedious session." During the session there were some fourtccn-hvndred bills introduced, which proceeded to various stages in the House and Committee,and the Judi ciary General Committe. of which I was a member, bad before it for consid eration over Jour-hundred of these bills. I was present, with very few exceptions, at all the meetings of said Committee, and at nearlv all the important sessions of the House'-as the Record will show "Citizen," after making the broad state ment at the beginning of his article in regard to sickness keeping me away has, in his two lengthly articles, found men bills that I was recorded as not voting on, or being absent. The Road Bill, known as the "Hamil ton Road Bill," with which many of our people are familiar, and of which he speaks so slightingly, was one of the bills that was largely protested against by citizens of our county, and to the de feat of this bill I gave my best effort, and by certain amendments it cannot go into eftect until the amendment to it is repealed; or the State appropriates money to help make roads. "The School Distribution Bill," "Cit iz*n" sneeringly remarks, "would in crease the appropriation to a neighbor ing county three thousand dollars. That is no doubt correct; and to a coun ty like ours will increase it from fifteen to eighteen thou&awl dollar/, which will certainly decreane local luxation. "Citizen," if he BO desires, will learn from any of our school boards over this connty that under the law as .it stood before the Act of 1H97, the amount re ceived as an appropriation from the state was decreasing yearly. "Citizen" says, "but conceding that he (Moore) was present and did vote when some meritorious bills were pass ed, it does not follow that he was al ways present on important occasions, nor that he alwayß voted correctly when he was present." Because the Governor vetoes a bill, or because Mr. Thmtuvt Robinton, who, lam reliably informed, is the author of the articles signed "Cit izen" in the Eagle, does not like a bill, I do not believe is conclusive that a bill is wrong. During the session of 1895, when the citizens of our town, to the number oj fourteen hundred, had peti tioned the members to rote again* what was known as the "Woods Water Bill," Thoma» Robinton requeued rn< to rote for th*. bill I yoted against it This bill was vetoed by the Governor. In the last session there were from lint ler county before the Legislature two bills for a hospital appropriation, one for the Butler County General, and tin other for the Connoquenessing Valley. The former bill passed the House by a vote of 155 for to none against, and the Senate by a vote of 43 for to none against, the latter bill not passing This hospital bill was vetoed by the Governor after a protest by Mr. Thomas Robinson against the bill, thw taking from our county an aid to tin honpital fivethowvind d/Alar*. In the water bill, according to Mr. Robinson himself, my rote would be wrong and also the veto wrong; and in the hospital bill, accordinu to the same gentleman, my vote would be wrong and the veto right. Thus it will be seen that his reference in the article signed "Citizen" to the bills vetoed by the Governor are very far fetched, as proying his asser tion that certain votes of mine were wrong. In his article of February 24th, the first bill he refers to. for which I Voted, he says 'was one to reduce license fees in townships and boroughs having a named population." This is a deliber ate attempt to prejndice the people on that class of legislation called Liquor Legislation. The bill he refers to was entitled, as shown by the Record, "An Act to provide for the licensing of buildings and other places in which Theatrical, Operatic and Circus perfor ma rices are held, and Menageries and Museums, and fixing the price to be paid for said License." The law now provides that the license for such in all boroughs or townships paid to the State is thirty dollars. The amend ment to the Act provided that "boroughs under fifteen hundred would be exempt from said license •or tax;" the purpose being to relieve the owners of such places of amusement in our smaller boroughs from paying a State tax The two bills he refers to as having passed on June 12tli and June 2#rd, which he alleges were very important, and charges me with Is-ing absent, changed the present liquor law only in regard to the manner of advertising in papers in cities of the first class, to wit; Philadelphia, and <lid nut change the liccnne law in avy other jmrticular. The bill he refers to as on page 2041 of the Legislative Record, as an Act amending Section 11. of an Act entitl ed "An Act to regulate and establish the fees to be charged by Justices of the Peace, etc.," which he complains of my voting for, he should have given the whole title if he desired to l>e at all fair, which is as follows. "An Act amending Section II of an Ait entitled "An Act to regulate and establish tin fees to be charged by Justices of the Peace, Alderman, Magistrates and Con stables in this commonwealth," approv ed the 2ilrd day of May. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety three; rtuulatiny and entabli thing 1 In fer* to he. chfii'ij»il by eonthibl* * in tinn Commomceallh. This iu the bill which liefore voting on I submitted to the commissioners of our county, the Jiulge of our Court,arid a great number of our constables, several of our Justices of the Peace, and a number of attorneys at the Uar, and they unanimously agreed that it was a proper bill, as it would fix the fees of constables, which I bad b»-«n in litigation since the last fee ! bill was passed i»r,<J piled no differently by different court*. Tliu .'j*'■ against this Wll in the House was nine. The constables of Butler Connty will recog nize what this bill was when the whole title of the bill is put fairly before thsm, as above. All the bills complainod of, and the attack of Thomas Robinson on my re tiord, whon compared with the Legisla tive Record, aorrespond in accuracy with the foregoing, and J only wish I had space to answer them all at le.ngth. His criticism of jay record in over two colums in the Kagift ijp to the present ilate is only in keeping with his com plaints during all of the last session 111 bis article of March Hnl, lie refers to the bill on page 14H80 of thii Legislative Record. This was what i* knowfi as the "General Appropriation Bill,' cjn taiuing, among other things, tin- eleven million dollars appropriated for the Common Schools anil the appropriation for the Normal Schools of the State, together with the pay of Judges, Legis lators and State Officials. < ren th- ' Super i'ltfndcnt >.f Public Printing, and a failure to jiass the same could have resulted in nothing short of an extra session of the Legislature, at a cost of not less than five-hundred thousand dol lars to the State. Of the seven bills he has charged m» with bfinir absent when voted on. I no tice two •'f them are on .Tnly Ist. when the House was in session from eight o dock P M on the last day of .Tune, nntil three o'clock P M.. on July Ist. and anyone familiar with Legislation will know the amount of roll calls that ! took place in that time. I have a Legis- ; lative Record, properly indexed, at my office, and will be pleased to have any one interested enough to call anil ex amine the same and decide for them- S selves whether the answer that space j has permitted me to make is correct, or , whether that of the "Citizen. alias Thomas Robinson. Further I will most cheerfully show j to anyone my action on any bill in the > whole record. I requested the Eagle to publish this | answer to the articles of Thomas Rob- j inson in that paper attacking me. and j thev refused to do so \ oters of Butler i cohntv is that fair play - ; JAMES X. MOORE. WASHINGTON*. On Monday President McKinley ask ed Congress for a war emergency credit of £>o.ooo,iM). After a conference with leaders of both Houses of Congress a special appropriation bill was drafted, which Mr. Cannon, of the Appropria tions Committee promptly introduced .into the House and had referred to his committee that afternoon. It provides. That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the national defence and for each and every purpose connected therewith, to be expended at the discretion of the President, and to remain available until June -30, lW.t. $50,000,000. Rep. Showalter recomended J. L. Stewart for P M. at Stamford. AN AIJDICESS. r To the [{''publican Voters of Pennsylvania, A.- bnsiness men and as Republicans earnestly desiring the success of cur partv, assembled from all parts of the State, we deem it proper to make pub lic expression of our views on certain matters of present political interest, and, as we believe, of the highest irn portance to the people of the Common wealth. In so tar as theae views com mend themselves as wise and patriotic, we earnestly call upon our fellow-citi zens holding our political faith to take such prompt, energetic and intelligent action as will make them effective. First We call attention to the dis graceful condition of politics in our State, brought about by the prodigal expenditure of money to corrupt and debauch the voter. Its baleful influence has been made painfully prominent in recent years iu the election and control of delegates to our party conventions, in the nomination and election of mem bers of the General Assembly and their recent election of United States Sena tor. . The result has been that, instead of the party conventions representing the free will of the party, they have sue cessfully defeated it, and public offi cials, nominated and elected to faith fully serve the Commonwealth, have, immediately ujtf/n taking their oath of office, apparently interpreted that oath to mean fealty tc an individual leader and the dispenser of political patron age, and have become meekly submis sive to his orders The dispassionate observer of the po litical situation is forced to admit with humiliation that the Republican party of our Stale is now dominated, control led and used for the political and firian cial aggrandizement of one man and those whom he has chosen to partici pate in the spoils Second—A large majority of the members of the General Assembly of IW7 were nominated and elected by questionable methods, the chief end in view being the election of a United States Senator in accordance with the dominating influence in State politics, but the corrupt bargain carried with it. the absolute control of legislation for all purpose*. It was not an unusual thing (luring the session of last year for the citizens of the Commonwealth to witneHH th>- hmcilnliiiif «j«ectHcle of their representatives wasting days and weeks, and neglecting public business, because of the delays of their chief, in giving them instructions as to what In wished them to do. It is not difficult, therefore, to fix the the responsibility for the last Legisla ture, both as to what it did and what it failed to do It may be profitable to make reference to the record made by the last General Assembly. In the organization of both branches of the Legislature they permitted 110 member or Senator to have a place upon any important committee who had the courage to differ from the majority in his views as to the person who should be elected United States Senator. So numerous were the places that had been promised for the support of their candidate that they padded the payroll with so-called officials without the au thority of any law, and appropriations for payment of such officials only failed of Incoming laws by the interposition of the Executive veto. In order to protect the State Treasurer for such payment, which they recogniz ed as illegal, a bond was given toindem nify that officer against personal lon* from such illegal payment. The history of this transaction is recent and fresh in th*» minds of the people. They sought to take from the public treasury thousands of dollars for pre tended expenses, for services upon pre tended investigating committees, of which the Lexow Committee is a noto rious example, and for junket irig trips of the members, and failed only by reason of the interposition of the Executive At a time of the most serious business depression and the resultant falling olf of the public revenues they appropriat e I during the last, two sessions more than $1,000,000 for purposes either tin lawful or uselee:;, which appropriations fortunately met executive disapproval. For the purpose of creating new of ficcs and to extend the jiower of patron age they passed what is known as "the mercantile tax bill," imposing burdens upon and crippling uliuost every bud ness intere-t in the Commonw •altli, al ready overtaxed, and but for the Exccu tivc veto this bill would have beconu a law. For the purpose of punishing the Mayor of Philadelphia, whom they could not control, they pas M.-d what is known as the- Becker bill, which, had it be»n suffered to become a law, winld have destroyed many of the most im portant features of the charter govern iug that city, and as is well known, was nniversally disapproved by the people to lie affected. To afford great opportunity to make appropriations for uselces and unlawful purposes 11 serious attempt was made to cut down the appropriations for our public schools to the extent of which failed of passing only because of public sentiment raided against it from every part of tin- State. They failed to obey the mandate of the Constitution requiring them to make legislative and Congsessiorial ap |s it tion men Is Under a pretense of reform a law was passed, with the intent of satisfying the people, requiring the depositories of public funds to pay intercut but they were careful to omit from the provisions of the bill the million or more of dollars at all times in the winking fund. Numerous bills were introduced lor the mete purpose of extorting large s;i;"s of money from the corporate and other inte,i -;ts of the State ;;s the price of preventing their pa.-s.i;;--. To satisfy public demand ait investigation of the Treasury was ordered, hut the commit, tee appointed was so constituted that instead of investigation their plain ef fort was toi'.nctal and no questioning was permitted to hu ptv>po»ti.di.d by any member except such us had iit-ca pn pared in advance and where it was kn.'.'wn that the answers would do no harm The foregoing rcterem.i! 1" the work of the last Legislature is abundantly supi.cji.nt lo indicate the character of tiie memls-m ant] >|)tluunce by which they were controlli <1 The redeeming feature of that lature tiie firm and iiucoiuprotnis ing stand takt n by tl,at. body of legist a tors known us "the seventy »i*." who did all that possibly could lie done to protect the taxpayers of the State from thf flood of proposed corrupt legislation ami who therefore deserve the reoogni tion and gratitude of all the people of the Commonwealth. So insolent and shameless have those in power become that they have dared ! in some instanes to recommend for ap pointinent to Federal office members of the last Legislature as a vindication of their wrong doing, in disregard and de fiance of the moral sentiment of the i people of the State. Third—ln view of the foregoing state- , ment of facts, we consider it of the ut most importance that the nest Govern- , or of the State shall be a man of the: highest character and integrity, rep- j resentative of the best type of Republi canism. and one whom the people of | the Commonwealth can depend upon to j protect them, should occasion arise, against vicious legislation, and especi- j ally against the evident purpose of the : machine to pass at the next session of ; the Legislature the expense bills of the , investigating and junketing committees j already referred to, which are justly j disapproved by the present Executive. I Fourth—Ali the members of the! Lower House of the General Assembly and one-half of the members of the Sen ate are to be elected this year. One of the most important duties imposed up on that body will be the election of a United States Senator, and for the good name of th# Commonwealth, our last experience of this character, with the General Assembly of 1*97, should not be repeated. JEspecially is this true, since it is com monly understood that the present senior Senator from Pennsylvania de sires to be hi 3 own successor; for we believe that he, more than any other man. is responsible for the present cor rucption of politics in our State. Furthermore, whenever it has suited his purpose, or it become necessary to defeat a member of his own part} - with whom he was not in accord, he has had no hesitation in bargaining with the Democratic party and agreeing that the patronage of the office shall be divided with that party in consider* en of such support. A notable instance of this character was the coalition made in ISO 6. which resulted in the defeat of the regular Republican candidate for Sheriff in Philadelphia county, and very recently he sought to make the same sort of bargain foi the office of Receiver of Taxes in which he failed without any fault of his. Fifth Against the continuance of the system, we have undertaken to describe we enter our solemn protest, and call upon all citizens who believe that the ballot should be free and untrammeled; that the political affairs of the Com monwealth, should be managed in the interest of all her citizens, and that the surest guarantee of good government is the election of honest and independ ent men to public office, to attend the primary elections and see to it that such representatives are sent to oar conven tions, and such members to onr General Assembly as cannot be corrupted either bv the use of money or by the promise of appointment to political office. In making this appeal to the Republi can voters of Pennsylvania we have felt it to l»e onr duty as citizens of a great Commonwealth, being neither offioe holders nor office-seekers, to di rect the attention of the Republican party to the existence of a system most vicious in character and inimical not only to the interests of all our people to-day. but which if continued will ulti mately be dustruetive of the Republi can party and of the Government itself The remedy is with the people, the op portunity is here, and if all Republicans .vill exercise the power given to them by the use of the ballot success is cer tain. Resolved, That in futherance of this determination the President, Vice Presi dent and Secretary this day chosen be and are hereby continued for the year. Resolved, That the President is an thorized to appoint an executive com mittee of nine members, who shall as sume control of and shall conduct the ensuing campaign. Fairview Facts. Mrs. W. C. Hawn was able to attend church last Sunday, the first time she has been out anywhere this year. In fact she has been under the Dr's. charge all winter. Mrs. C. Scott is lingering very low at the present time. The oil well No. Riy farm after a prolonged trial is now on the list of producers, although she is a paying well the estimate of her production cannot be exactly stated. Hugh Young is framing an addition to his already good sized barn in which he intends working his hay b iler. John Ratray, a venerable old gentle man, living alone here has been very ill for the last three weeks from a coin plication of diseases. It made it nes sessary for good neighbors to aid him while in this debilitated condition. Robt. Scott, S. 11. Teinpleton, Wm. Graham, Chris. Hays, W. I'. Jamison. A. L. Timblin, Geo. Graham, Geo. W. < ampbell were in Butler last Monday on business, and W. F Alexander Win. Gardner, and Chas. Burrs, were in Butler also as guests in the Court. DENT. Saxoiilmrg. Mrs. J. C. Gray was on the sick list last week. Miss Josephine Burtner is visiting friends and relatives at Oakdale. Services in English at. the German church next Sunday evening, every body welcome. The annual diploma examination will be held at the school house March 2(1. Miss Kmma Ruth and sister, of Lar dintown were the guests of H A Kison and family a few days ago Dr. I. C. Caldwell, of Bakerstown, was in town visititg friends last week. Dr. Lasher bought a fine team of horses last week. Doc. knows a good thing when he sees it. The household goods of Jacob Neher, deceased were sold at public sale Sat nrday. Those wishing to purchase house and lot can inquire of E. E. Manrhoff, Tarentnm. •laeksville. Flitting and house cleaning days will soon be here with all their attendant miseries. The schools of Worth twp. are aliout lo close and the term has been general 1) speaking a satisfactory one both to teachers and pupils. Politics are begining to wax warm as the time for the primary draws near. Mr. and Mrs James Douglass of Por teisville were visiting their daughter, Mrs L Gardner one day last, week. Miss Flora Moore of North Liberty is visiting Mrs. Susannah McNees and family. Mrs Kiim.a Searing has returned from a four weeks stay with her sister Mrs. Prof Bonk of Beaver Falls. G. W Cuius lev has wild his property to Mr. Dight of North Liberty and will locate at Winiertonou the line of the proposed new railroad. Ernest Morrow and wife are both on the sick list but are improving under the en re of Dr. E. C. Thompson. Miss Nannie Drake will give a school entertainment in jacksville Hall Thurs day evening; there will also be one in the Kellcy school under the supervision of the teacher \Ti ■. Blanche Htudebak er. on Monday evening of this week. MOKE ANON. V\ «•>( Liberty. Rev. Bui rows has closed the meetings at the M F. church and quite a nnm ber were added to the church Mr. John Staff and Mr. Hawn are on the sick lift. There will be a meeting in the U. P. church on next Tuesday eve for the purpot. of organizing a singing class. Mr. Robt. Dicksiy and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C C Badger on Saturday. The schools of this twp., all close this week, with the exception of one. Mr. David Snyder has gone to Plain < »rove to drive team Miss Edith Dilliman was visiting at Halslon this week. Key. Burrows will hold Communion at tie M F, Church on tjwo weejts from next Sabbath. ANON. CooiM-rstown Miss Mary Miller of Pittsburg is vis iting Mrs J. P McMillen. Burke. Marshall A. Co. have finished n nice well on the Kennedy farm. It will make a -•"> bbl. pnmper. The raise in the oil market is helping everybody connected with the business The producers are busy cleaning out their old wells and are confidently looking for dollar oil before the first of April. John Green has returned from a trip to Grove City. Cooper and Truver s is a good place to buy your groceries and dry goods Mr. Topping of the haT'f'?tue firm of Topping «S: Philips" at Mai's paid Cooperstown a short visit on Wednes dav. A company of Saxonbnrg oil men are drilling a well on the I. McCall farm in the Monks field. Born to Mr and Mrs. A. L. Dunning of Cooperstown an eleven pound boy All parties concerned doing nicely. Grant Morrow who had his leg bro ken on Nov. 25th is «till uuder the care of Dr. Stepp. Mr John Mcßride, one of the oldest citizens of this vicinity, died at his home on Friday last and was buried in the Methodist cemetery at Bakerstown. Samuel Miller of Callery who pumps for the Buxton Oil Co. belew Coopers town met with a very serions accident on Thursday last, while starting a gas engine at one of the wells. He was treading the fly wheel when his foot slipped through and was caught be tween one of the spokes and the engine block. The engine made a part of a revolution and forced his foot and ankle into a sp?ee of 2 or a inches in diameter resulting in a compound frac ture of both bones below'the knee. He was unable to extract himself from the fly wheel and it was over .*lll hour be fore he was discovered. He was. taken to the office of Dr. Hamilton Crawford who with the assistance of Dr. .T. C. Barr of Mars reduced the fracture. Dr. Crawford who has charge of the case reports favorable progress. Mr. Miller has the sympathy of the com munity in his suffering. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wigdon of Cooperstown a son. Mrs. V/igdon is re ported to be in a serious condition and her recovery uncertain. Wm. Jack of Flick was kicked on the head by a horse and narrowly escaped having his skull fractured. Ed Brown of Allegheny has removed to Cooperstown and is occupying the U. P. Parsonage. Reuben Parks is on a trip to Chicago. FOIt U. S. SKNATOIC COLONEL MATTHEW S. QUAY "The fact that Senator Matthew S. Quay will be voted for at the coming primary election makes a brief sketch of interest at this time. lie was born on the li-ith day of September, 1833, at Dillsbtirg. York county, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Anderson 15. and Catharine < Kane) Quay. He was edu cated at Jefferson College, where lie graduated at the age of sixteen. After completing his course, hut finally set tied in Heaver, where he Ix-'-oine a stu dent of law, and was admitted to the Bar in 185-'. In 1 lie was appointed prothom t.arv of Beaver connty, and in the fall of the same year lie was elected t<» the office by lie- people, and re lee ted in 1 Holt. When the tocsin of war was sounded in April, lU'sl, he resigned his civil employment and received the ap pointmer,t of Lieutenant in Company I*' Tenth Reserve regiment. In June fol lowing he was elected to a more respons ible and arduous position, that of As sistant Commissary General of the state. On the first of January, IHI»i, he was selected by < jovernor < urtin as his private secretary, in August, when tin general government was inportu nate for troops he again took the field as Colonel of the 184 th regiment. He was brought niton the ground at An tie tarn, near the close of the battle, and remained under arms, in momentary expectation of a renewal of the fight, until it was discovered that the enemy had tied. On account of serious ill health he was obliged to resign his command, which resignation was ac cepted about a week previous to the battle of Fredericksburg. When he ascertained that a battle wns about to be fought he refused to leave the field and volunteered to aid on the staff of General Tyler, commanding the bri gade to which his former regiment be longed. In this capacity he was in the hottest of the at the stone wall on Marye's Heights, and by his courage and endurance won the highest com mendations of his commander, both upon the field and in his official report. In closing the detail of the action of his brigade he says: ' Colonel M. S- Ouay, late of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth Pennsylvania infantry, was on my staff as p. volunteer aid-de camp. and to him I am greatly indebt ed Notwithstanding his enfeebled health he was in the saddle early and late ever prompt and efficient and es pecially so during the engagement.", For Colonel Quay's distinguished wer vice on this occasion he was awarded a medal of honor by the government. When his health hud become measure ably restored lie was appointed agent of the state at Washington, where he preformed 'highly important and use ful lalxir in looking after and protect ing the interests of Pennsylvania sol iliers. He had not been long in this capacity when lie was recalled to liar isburg to perform official duty near the person of the Governor. In civil life lie has had a remarkable career. He has served with conspicuous .ability in every position to which he has been called. As a state legislator, as editor of the Beaver Radical as Secretary of the ('oiiimonwealth, as State Treasurer, as United States Senator, his master fill abilities have been recognized For thirty years he has lieen an active factor in Pennsylvania politics, and for at least twelve years he has been a con spienous national figure. His political acumen has stood him good service in the Senate. His colleagues, many of them much older in service than he, impose in his judgment great confi dence in p ilitical matters. Both in the passage of the Wilson and Dingley tariff laws lie rendered the country and his own slate important service defend ing the American manufacturer from the attacks of the free traders in the one case and looking carefully after their interests in the latter case Mis political services during the Harrison campaign. and later in assisting in the election of McKinley are familiar to all observers of political affairs. In brief Senator Quay is one of the most able, astute political managers in the country His presence in the Senate is of great use to his party and the country. His long experience in public life as a stud cut and prominent actor in political affairs fit him especially for continued service. The Senatoi's personiil charac teristics have always won for him hosts of friends and attracted to him large iniimbers of admirers. A'hrili*"icni ItiiUcrstown Item*. lie it known that The measles have taken possession of the schools at Bakcrstown. Robert Crummay is opening up his spring work by building a fine large house for Mrs Klla Morrow. Miss Mabel Morrow or Allegheny < City was the guest of Mi Ester Jlor r«w, last week Mrs. John Glasgow as improving slow-, PATTERSON BRO'S New Wall Paper Store. For tlie very l>est value and most complete selection of all the Latest Wall Room Designs Paper Moulding to be fonnd in the city. Call liefore buying elsewhere Painting and Paper Hanging. Patterson Bros. New Wick Building, 236 N. Main St.. Butler. FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! GREAT FIRE SALE C. 6. (MILLER'S. During the recent large fire at Pittsburg one of the largest whole sale shoe houses in the city suffered considerable loss from water — not a dollar's worth of shoes being hurt by fire. I was one of the first buyers at that sale and we will put on sale 2.000 PAIR SHOES AT 1-3 FORMER PRICE! Men's Fine Shoes 89c, 98c. $1.24. $1.49 Boys' and Youth's Shoes 69c, 79c, 89c, 9SC Children's Good Tan Shoes, sizes 9 to 11 4^ c Children's Good Grain Shoes, sizes 8 to 12 4 8c Infants' Fine Tan Shoes 24c Ladies' Cloth' Slippers 25c Ladies' Tan Button Shoes 89c Ladies Fine Kid Shoes 98c Ladies' Misses' and Children's Rubber Boots 9Sc Men's and Boy's Rubber Boots sl-39 Men's Good Boots, tap sole $1.25 Boys' Good Boots, tap sole SI.OO Men's Good 2-Buckle Plow Shoes 9 8c Sale Starts TO-MORROW. Atterd this great sale. If you don't need shoes now, you will later. This sale will only last a few days, and a great sale it will be —one long to be remembered by those who attend it. Come early and avoid the rush. C.E./WIbbER 215 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. ly, she can now sit tip some. Robert Whiteside has purchased a fine new set of harness for spring work. Miss Rachel Baker is again restored to health after a severe attack of ty phoid fever. Last Thursday evening was a beauti ful moon light "one and the young folkes gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard, at their request. The guests began to airive at 7:30 and by 8:30 they numbered 28. From that to !) was spent in conversation, and from i) to 12 the time was merrily spent by all in the house in every way that there was a good time connected. Then an up to date lunch was served, shortly af ter which the guests started for their homes, rejoicing over such a good time and thanking Mr. and Mrs. Shepard. ONE WHO WAS THERE. IM:ATHS. CONN At his home in Mercer twp., Feb. 20. 1898, Samuel Conn, agul 78 years. BERG At his home in Butler. March s, 1 sits, Herman Berg, aged about 85 years. PARDEE At her home in Butler, Mar. 7, !)«. Mrs. Kate M. Pardee,in her 27th year. M< BRIDE —At his home in Middle sex twp., March 4,1898 John Mcßnde, aged Oil yrs. DEMLING Died at <» A. M . on March I', IKIIH, in her 13 year. Mrs Mary Catharine Demling nice Risch), wife of Theodore Demling. of Great Belt. Funeral service at St. Mark's Church, Butler, on Friday, at 2 P. M. OniTt'AKY NOTES. ISAAC MOORE. Mr. Isaac Moore died at the home of his daughter. Mis. Benton Dick, iu Lawrence County, on the 22nd of Feb ruary. The deceased was in his JMd year, and had been for almost 75 years a resident of Muddycreek twp., but after the death of his daughter, Rachel, was moved to Mrs. B. L. Dick's, where he died. He passed away without a struggle, he died as In; had lived, peace ful and happy; and well may it be said be had fought a good fight, lie kept the fffith, he tinishe l the course, and has now gone to receive a crown of right ousness. He hail been for many years a consistent member of the I'ortersville U. P. Church. Shall we demand his return again Dear as he was iu this world of woe. ("all him back io his grief and pain. Back to his simple world Oh, No. Death brought no terror to his mind He hailed it as a friend To bear the spirit home to God, And to bid his sufferings end. He calmly trusted in his Got! His words was his delight The merits of the Savior Where his hope, his life, his light. Nothing gave him greater pleasure, Than a little child to see. To promote his mirthful prattle, Or to nurse it on his knee. He only for a few weeks suffered, But his reward he now can reap, He is resting now in Heaven, Kimeling at the Savior's feet, Fare well. IN MKMORIAM. At the meeting of the condolence committee of the Endeavor Society of St. John's Reformed Church, the f'ol lowing resolutions were adopted. Whereas, God, in His all wise provi dence, has seen fit to remove by death our esteemed sister. Miss Lillie Bran don. Resolved, That in the death of Sister Brandon the Endeavor has lost a mem her in whom they l'.'td implicit confi denet Whereas, The angel of death has en tered our Endeavor and called a sister home, therefore Resolved, That we bow iu humble submission to the Divine Will, for we feel assured onr sister was ready for the call. God has only taken his own. While the church and community mourn their loss, our Endeavor espec ially feel bereaved From the organi/.a lion of the Endeavor she was a faithful member and was an earnest worker. While we sorrow we yet rejoice that her burdens are laid down and she has received her crown, and on the day wo laid her body away the silent tears spoke more eioiiuently of' her virtues than tongue could speak MINIM SARVKR. ALICE RAIHLEY. Com. Sores Disappeared Statement of a Remnrknblo Curo. '• My little daughter has had ringworms pn her HCdlp, and she broke out lu sores fill over her body. I decided to try Hood's Harmipurilln, and lifter she hud tuken It o short tiuio Iho BorcH d happen red." MRS. V. J. GIVEN, I<JO3 Elsworth Ktn-ot, Philadelphia, Pa. Remember HOOd'S S par Ml"a Is tin! Olio True blond rurilkr. ?l; nix for $&, Hood's pills turo cuualipalluu. M •'•'iiU. Cuban News On Saturday last the Spanish Gov ernment requested the recall of Gen. Lee, as Consul General at Havana, which request was firmly refused; they also requested that the supplies intend ed for the Cuban sufferers be sent in myrchant vessels, instead of the gun boats named, and this request was also refused. On Monday the Spanish withdrew their request for the recall of Lee and the President agreed that the famine supplies should go forward in the Kern. The Court of Inquiry on the Maine disaster will probably finish its work this week. I Royal makei the luod pure, wbulctumc and delicious. pom POWDER Absolutely Pure i j ROYAL BAKINO K>*DFR C« . NtW YORK i Jury Lists for March Term. List of names drawn from the proper jury wheel this 24tli day of January, 1888, to serve as petit jurors at the reg nlar term of Court commencing on the second Monday of March, IH«IH, the same being the 14th day of said month. Andre Nicholas, Petrolia, physician, Bice John M, Fairview boro, carpenter, Brandon Henderson, Forward twp, far mer, Brown J L Forward twp, farmer, Black MathiasG. Fairview twp,fanner. ("ramer G W, Buffalo twp, merchant, Daubenspeck Win L, Washington twp farmer, Daubenspeck Jacob, Parker twp,farmer, Douglass Perry. Worth twp, farmer, Douglass Charles 11. Butler 3d w, clerk. Fury Wm, Batter 2d w, laborer, Fenuell P B, Clearfield twp. farmer, Grist Phillip, Parker twp. farmer, Hunter Win. Forward twp, farmer, Hill W W, Valencia, farmer, I Henshaw Sj*lvanins,Connoq twp, black smith, Henry R S, C'onnoq twp, farmer, Knoch Hariuan, Jefferson twp, farmer, Lewis John, Butler 3d w, producer. Lower (lust, Jefferson twp, farmer, Moore S E. Washington t-.vp. farmer, McKibben Wm, Clinton twp, farmer, McCandless Porter. Centre twp,farmer, McQuistion F K, Butler 8d w, surveyor, McClnng Oscar, Butler twp, farmer, McClyinonds Adison, Muddycreek twp, farmer, Pierce Frank, Butler twp, farmer, I'ape Theodore, Butler 4th, gent, Robinson Wm, Evans City, clerk, Ruinniel Win, Clearfield twp, farmer, Sitler Martin, Jackson twp, farmer, Souder Charles, Buffalo twp, carpenter, Spence David, Evans City, producer. Sumney W G, Clearfied twp, farmer. Shearer A D. Butler twp. farmer, Stoughton Oliver. Prospect, dairyman, Stalker Henry, Venango twp. farmer, Thomas Milton, Butler sth, laborer, Vandyke J C, Marion twp. farmer, Vulin Alphons, Butler Ist, w. glass worker, Wachinuth Win, Jr. Butler twp,farmer, Wormer John, Allegheny twp, farmer, Willians John B, Forward twp, farmer. Wise Samuel. Lancaster twp, farmer, VVimer Frank, Worth twp, fanner, West Joseph J. Butler Ist, w, gent, Young John P, Butler Ith w, producer, Zcjgler Ira, Zelienople, laborer. The QUTkenCmzeN. *1 00 im• r year If paid In .i.lv;.nce. otliei \v I fo ri 'AIII he chlirtfcil- Al»vHHTlsi.vo ItATKs One Inch, one time II; each »ltihsei|iiciil lii'.citlon -e cents each Auditor?* 1 ami divorce notice-. :l each; exec utor*' anil adtiiliilsl ratoiV nollccs $-1 each; ct ray and <ll>*oliit lon mil Ice. each Item I - Inu not lies in cents a line for tlrsl ami ft cents fur each sut>sw|Ucnt Insertion. Notices nmoliK local news ll> ins Ift cinls 11 line for i .nil fnaertlon. OUtuftrltu. cards of ilmnks, ri sol a I lons of ics|iccl, notices of fesilvals ami fairs, etc.. Inserted at 1 lie i ale of cents a line, money lo iiccumimny the order. Seven word* of prose inaUe a line. Rates for standing cards and Job work on ll|>nllciltlotl. All advertising I* due aftci llrsl Insertion, and all transient adverl Istn|{ iniist ne paid for In advance. All coiiutiunlcallniiH Intended for publica tion In I Ids paper musi In- accoinpanled liy I lie real name of I lie v\ tiler, not for puhllcit I lon hu_ a sua ran tee of j.*. rnd f lit It. am! sliouhl Dmh us nol I. i|i i I lian Tuesday evenlni:. Heath mil Ices iniist IHi accompanied hy u responslhle name. It I! HUM AT ISM V.VUUTI IN A DAY. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in i to \ days. Its action upon the system i- remark aide ami mysterious. 11 rtmovts o once the causes and tlie dii' e immediately dis i'pl cars. The lirst dose greatly benefits; 75 cents. Sol.l by J. C. Kcdic, and J. P. ii ilph In agists liutlcr \pr i/> 1 A GREAT FIRE SALE » jj H. Childs & Co.'s Stock j ►1 THIS bETTER EXPLAINS ITSEIsF. A kj Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 24,1898. £ "A Messrs A. Hrrr A sox. W. i , I, r. t OF.sTKIVTION BY FIRE of lho store of the Xii- A fi ilns our own, was call jM ire have had in < A twenty-* rick wall W i* »aved our ii frorn t.'t:i 1 destruction, and tlie Humes at no time * J r i Cur I"- -villi'- ln-:ivv. :> eaused entirely ly waicr. iiii'l we fruarantee M t very | <ir of u !- <i tt- l»- absolutely free fron. all i-.re damiißi', and .1 W in :i .i'V in- . . !!•«• \>:>ier tlan.n;-. is mi si'uM as in lie hanily noticeable 'J evotitoilu ' i. "faniMJ'M M r 4 lii t!ils - ill it must I • l ir-i ..p.. . M Yours very truly. m 11. CHILD* & CO.- >1 I' i- i • is to say that we responded to this letter promptly |1 kd were FIRST UN THE UK* FIHSI CHOICE These A i j Is wl ad ranee over 4 A the ridiculously low prices at which we purchased. Enterprising ones will ti r-t i-li- ■! •>f r 1 i -i- iir■■ i> i rgalns. Don't wait for your neighbor to tell k you about them Hhoesthi price of which was from 3$ cents t*» $3.00 will lie kl M>ld during tliis -.ah'at fr-.ui. l.~> cents to sl.u.~>. A word to the v. i*. in siifli- 4 A. \ i Mattings and Carpets. I c==j HAVE von decided what new Fnrni- JSI fl I) ture and Carpets yon need? Carpet is K2C •gtf n«e* j the first thing to lie ordered. IjS l^ I'Jj.l e-\ This store has the largest stock and best patterns we have ever shown, tgy Jrt-/Come and see them for yourself. yS£<r MLn a \ The Furniture stock will be more «, complete than ever: that's why we ex either visitor or enstomer. Ingrain Carpets.—Suitable for Bedrooms or Kitchens £—New patterns and goods that will give service Price 25c per yard. m »{ Ingrain Carpets. Better goods than the twenty-five teg- rent kind and nicer patterns. Look like the all-wool yj kind but they are not Price 40 cents teSS Sit Ingrain Carpets.-Best all-wool extra super kind. Cheapest carpet you can buy, as it lasts longer than *»5Sa the cheap kinds Price 65 cents. Velvet Carpet. Here is more good wear and beauty IS2 than you ever expected to find at the price we ask. SffSt Better see them; then yon will know more about it. 1552 Price SI.OO. Mattings. 80 different kinds. Best values you ever £ —4 siw and the finest patterns we know of. They cost SP=sf by the roll (of 40 yds) 1 per yard: others at Prices we quote are for standard goods; when you goi a lower price yon will find an iuferior quality. eg 1 Campbell 8 Templeton I ■M THE LEADING MILLINtRY HOUSE OP BUTLER CO. §| «Wc Keep constantly on hand (foi immediate use) a jgline of mourning goods, such as Chiffon-Silk, Nuns IjSing and Crape Bonnets and Hats Long and short Veils ' Rushing, Mourning Gloves and everything pertaining to Ladies Mourning aing Goods GIVE US A CALL |122 S. Main St. D. T- Pape. 122 S. Main St.|j > MOURNING MILLINERY I J We invite your attention to our 3pring * stock of MOURNING MILLINERY. While '? $ giving you the latest styles we give you £ £ the lowest prices 5 J Face Vails from 25c to SIOO. Priestleys' g 4 Widows Vails from $l5O to $6.00 J Lyons' Widows Vails (all silk) from $3 00 £ * to $9 00 J MARKS: 108 S. MAIN STREET. < 5 BUTLER. Pa. The Encouragement we Received From BUI LER and adjoining Counties from our last months offer, in duces us to again offer this decanter, filled with the best California wine With Every Order of $5.00 And Over. /jjfv Your selection from the follow- ft ll ff ing, or send in a $3.00 order li || 1 for any of our liquors. I J i i Silver Age Rye $1.50 per quart, $6 per gallon. i Puqucsiif Rye $1.25 per quart, $5 per gallon Hear Creek Rye j JjllMnn . Cuckenlieimer Rye | t 6 ILM fIVLV\ liT .|ts. for t5 <" Jmlmk ()^rbo,t nfmM % We will continue to pay ex- fjfldffltftS( press charges on all orders of 11/TuJv'ftteagf $5.00 and over. C. O. 1). charges are expensive, and you *^L 1.111 save by remitting us the ' ,1 rmount cither by registered mail, certified check or draft— Send us your address and we will mnil you oui catalogue and price list free. J*VAX KLEIN, Wholesale Liquors, 82 FEDERAL ST- ALLEGHENY, PA.
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