m 1- mm THE CITIZENt. WILLIAM C. NEGLEY - - Publisher THURSDAY. MARCH 31, 1898. " REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOR CONGRESS DR. J. B. SHOWALTER, of Millers town lioro FOR ASSEMBLY. JAMES N. MOORE. .if Butler. JOHN DINDINGER. of Zellenopl -. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. JACOB M. PAINTER, of Butler. FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. FRANK E. McQCISTION, of Butler. The Congressional Delegates elected are: — Ist District, John Womer. 2nd. C. M Brown. 3rd, Geo Maxwell; 4th. H. D. Hockenberrv: sth. John Clark: 6th. A L Timblin; 7th. Matt Bippus; Bth. R. M Johnston: 9th T. H. Greer; 10th, W S. Dixon: 11th. C. F. L McQnistion: Pith, A C. Zeigler; 13th. Sid. Weihl; 14th, Joseph Graham: 15th. Reuben Shanor. County Committee for 1808. Adams N., C. B. Irvine. Myoma. Adams S., James Barr. Valencia. Allegheny, John E Womer, Foxburg. Brady, Findley Wimer, West Liber tv. * Buffalo, J. W. Fleming. Ekastown. Butler twp.. Will Criswell, Butler. Centre. Porter Wilson, Sonora. Cherry N., C. H. Book, Anandale. Cherry S.. J. S. Campbell, Gomersol. Clay, J. S. Christlev. Euclid. Clearfield, E. S. Milligan. Covlesville. Concord. Joseph Campbell. Hooker. Clinton, J. B. Cunningham, Riddles X Roads. Connoqnenessing N., M. W. Shannon, Mt. Chestnut. Connoqnenessing S., L. S. Henry, Buttercup. Cranberry. I. N. Wright, Ogle Donegal, J. H. Pontions, Chicora Franklin, Gns Shannon. Prospect. Fairview, J. M. Deets. Chicora Forward, Joseph L. Brown, Carr. Jackson E., John Barto, Evans City. Jackson W.. Wm. Dindinger, Har mony. „ , Jefferson, J. W. Patterson, Butler. Lancaster, A. Metz, Middle Lancas ter. liarion, Wm. J. Vincent. Harrisville. Mercer, D. W. Locke, Forestville. Middlesex, S. A. Leslie, Bakerstown. Muddy reek, J. W. McGeary, Por tersville- Oakland, T. A. Millinger, Sonora. Parker. H. M. Caldwell. Bruin. Penn N . D. D. Quigley, Renfrew. Penn S . Thomas Graham, Maharg. Slipperyrock, A. L. Cooper, Slippery rock. Summit, W. S. Stevenson. Butler. Venango, Dr. R. L Allison. Eau Clare. Washington N., J. W. Hilliard, Hil liard. Washington S., H. Shira, North Hope. Winfield, Henty Grimm. Denny. Worth, M. C. Searing, Jacksville. Bntler 1, J. J. Keck, Butler. " 2, N. C. McCollough. •' 3, R. H. Pillow. " 4. F. A. Kingsbury. " 5, W. S. Brandon. C'entreville, A. W. Christy. Connoqnenessing, W. J. Grimes. Evans City. J. D- Thomas. Fairview, Dr. V. F. Thomas. Harmony, H. M. Wise. Harrisville, J. H. MorrisoD. Karns City, J. W. Glossner. Millerstown, W. L. DeWolf. Chicora. Mars. A. C. Irvine. Portersville, Joseph Lehman. Petrolia, M. L. Starr. Prospect, P. H. Sechler. Saxonbnrg, W. D. Hoffman. W. Snnbnry. W. G. Russell. Valencia, J. C. Barr. Zelienople, I. S. Zeigler. THE TOTALS. U. S. SENATE. M. S. Quay 2573 CONGRESS. J. B. Showalter 3987 ASSEMBLY. Jas. N Moore 2932 Jno. Dindinger 20)14 A. M. Christley 1957 Nelson Thompson 1426 M. B. Mcßride 449 DISTRICT ATTORNEY. J. M. Painter 2091 • L. M. Wise 1984 Jno. W. Coulter 419 COUNTY SURVEYOR, F. E. McQnistion 3787 DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVEN TION. Newton Black 3176 J. C. McClymonds 2527 Dr. Crawford 2343 M. N. Greer 2161 Jno. T. Kelly 2049 The total vote cast was 4494. THE RESULTS. We give in this issue the official re turns of the primary of 1898, which in many respects was quite an interesting contest. A very fair vote was polled; the people have expressed their will in the usual and ordinary way and all good people will abide by their will so expressed. The contest for the Legisla ture, District Attorney and Delegates to the State Convention was, toward the end of the canvass, quite animated,both sides doing the best they could. Some candidates were successful, and others so close to success that they "fell just outside the breast works. '' For the Legislature James N. Moore and John Dindinger receiyed the en dorsement of the majority and will have the responsibility of representing the the people again in the halls of legisla tion. They have been tried before and we feel confident they can again be re lied on to do what is right,and in accord with what the people who elected them desire to have done, when the time comes. For District Attorney J. M. Painter received the endorsement of the people and we doubt not will make a capable officer. One of his opponents, Levi Wise, had the misfortune during the canvass of the sickness and death of his infant child which interfered with mak ing his canvass as fully as he would have done. He has the sympathy of both sides in the contest in his family affliction, and leaves the contest with the good will of all,and we hope bright er days are in store for him In the po litical field. His other opponent, John W. Coultei*, is a worthy young man. and will also be heard from in the fu ture. For Delegates to the State Convention Newton Black, Dr. Elder Crawford and James C. McClymonds were chosen by the people and we believe we can safely siiy they will represent the people in the convention, and carry out the senti ment of the people as nearly as it can be ascertained when the time comes to act, no matter what stories interest ed parties may start and circulate in the meantime. Dr. Showalter for Congress and F. E. McQuistion for County Surveyor were unopposed and of course received the endorsement of the people, and for Dr. Showalter we bespeak the favorable consideration of the Congressional Con vention. lielieving it due the county to receive tho party usage of the second term in Congress. HARIIISRUItG. At a meeting of the capitol building commission. Monday, it. was decided to readvertise for bids for the new capitol on a modified plan, which contem plates brick for marble in the surfacing and rubble stone for brick in the found ations. Architect Cobb says such a building can be built within the appro priation All outside ornamentation will be dispensed with and the struct tare will be exceedingly plain No time will be lost. WASHINGTON. Crowd* thronged th«> Capitol. Tnes day. and the (galleries of the two Houses were crowded to hear the Presi dents message, and the reading of the report of the Court of Inquiry in the Maine disaster. The message was read in both Honses. and the Report in the Senate Monday, and in the House Tuesday. THE MESSAGE To The Contrre-,-, of Tin- United -tan s: For some time prior to the visit of the Maine to Havana harbor our oonsu lar representatives pointed out the ad vantages to flow from the visit of na tional ships to the Cuban waters, in ae j customing the people to the presence of I our flag as the symbol of good will and iof our -hips in the fulfillment of the I mission of protection to American interests, even though no immediate need therefore might exist. Accordingly on the 24th of January last. after conference with the Spanish minister, in which the renewal of visits of our war vessels to Spanish water was discussed and accepted, the penin sular authorities at Madrid and Ha vana were advised to the purpose of this government to resume friendjy naval visits at Cuban ports and that in that view the Maine would forthwith call at the port of Havana. This an nouncement was received by the Span ish government with appreciation of the friendly character of the visit of the Maine and with notification of in tention to return the courtesy by send ing Spanish ships to the principal ports of the United States. Meanwhile the Maine entered the port of Havana on the 25th of January, her arrival being marked with no "special incident be sides the exchange of customary salutes and ceremonial visits. The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during the three weeks follow ing her arrival. No appreciable excite ment attended her stay; on the con trary a feeling of relief and confidence followed the resumption of the long interrupted friendly intercourse. So noticeable was the immediate effect of her visit that the consul general strong ly urged that the presence of our ships in Cnban waters should be kept up by retaining the Maine at Havana, or, in the event of her recall, by sending an other vessel there to take her place. At forty minutes past 9 in the even ing of the 15th of February the Maine was destroyed by an explosion, by which the entire forward part of the ship was utterly wrecked. In this ca tastrophe two officers and 264 of her crew perished, those who were not kill ed outright by the explosion being pen ned between decks by the tangle of the wreckage and drowned by the immedi ate sinking of the hull. Prompt assist ance was rendered by the neighboring vessels anchored in the harbor, and be ing especially given by the lioats of the Spanish cruiser Alphonso XII. and the Ward line steamer City of Washington, which lay not far distant. The wound ed were generously cared for by the authorities of Havana, the hospitals be ing freely opened to them, while the earliest recovered l>odies nf the dead were interred by the municipality in a public cemetery in the city. Tributes of grief and sympathy were offered from all official quarters of the island. The appalling calamity fell upon the people of our country with crushing force, and for a brief time an intense excitement prevailed, which in a com munity less jnst and self-controlled than ours might have led to hasty acts of blind resentment. This spirit how ever. soon gave way to the calmer pro 1 c?sses of reason and to the resolve to investigate the facts and await materi al proof before forming a judgement as to the cause, the responsibility, and if the facts warranted, the remedy due This course necessarily recomended itself from the outset to the excutive. for only in the light of a dispassionate ly ascertained certainty could it de termine the nature and measure of its full dnty in the matter. The usual procedure was followed, as in all cases of casualty or disaster to national vessels of any maritime state. A naval court of inquiry was at once organized, composed of officers well qualified by rank and practical experi ence to discharge the onerous duty iin posed npon them. Aided by a strong force of wreckers and divers, the court proceeded to make a thorough investi gation on the spot, employed every available means for the impartial and exact determination of the causes of the explosion. Its operations have Iwen conducted with the utmost deliberation and judgement, and while independ ently pursued, no source of information was neglected, and the fullest oppor tunity was allowed for a simultaneous investigation by the Spanish authori ties. The finding of the court of inquiry was reached after 28 days of continuous labor, on the 21st of March instant, and having been approved on the 22d by the comander-in-chief of the United States naval force on the North Atlantic sta tion, was transmitted to the executive. It is herewith laid before the con gress, together with the voluminous testimony taken Ijefore the court. Its purport is, in brief, as follows: When the Main arrived at Havana she was conducted by the regular gov eminent pilot to buoy No. 4, to which was moored in from five and a half to six fathoms of water. The State of discipline on board and the condition of her magazines, boilers, coal bunkers andtteerage compartments are passed in review, with the conclus ion that excellent order prevailed and that no indication of any cause for in ternal explosion existed in any quarter. At 8 o'clock in the evening of that day everything i.ad been reported se cure and all was quiet. At 9'40 the yessel was suddenly de stroyed. . There were two distinct explosions with a brief interval between them. The first lifted the forward part of the ship very perceptibly; the second, which was open, prolonged and of greater vol ume. is attributed by the court, to the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines. The evidence of the divers establishes that the after part of the ship was prac tically intact and sank in that condition 'a very few minutes after the explosion. The forward part was completely d; - molished. Upon the evidence of a concurrent ex ternal cause the finding of the court is as follows: At frame 17 the outer shell of the ship, from a point eleven and one-half feet from the middle line of the ship and six feet above the keel, when in its normal position, has been forced up so as to be now alxjut four feet above the surface of the water; therefore about thirty-four feet above where it would be had the ship sunk nninjured. The outside bottom plating is bent in to a reversed V-shape. the after wing of which, about fifteen feet broad and thirty-two feet in length (from frame 17 to frame 25), is doubled back upon it self agairikt thf? continuation of the same plating extending forward. At frame 1H the vertical ki hl is brok en in two and the flat keel bent into IIIJ angle similar to the angle formed by the outside bottom plates. This break is now about six feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the shin, at about frame Pi and somewhat 011 the port side of the ship The conclusions of the court are: "That tlie loss ol tin- Maine was not in any respect due to fault 01- in'ifligciice. 011 the part of any ol' her ollierrs or members of her crew. "That tlic ship \i,|s destroyed l»y tli«* explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazine*; and "That no evidence lias hcen ob tainable fixing the responsihilit,; I for the destruction of (lie Maine : upon any person or persons." | I have directed that the of the , court of inquiry and the views of this I government thereon lie communicated Ito the government of her majesty, the queen. anil I do not permit myself t<> uoulit the that the sense of justice of the Spanish nation will dictate 11 conrse of action sngge«ted !>y hnin.i rind • friendly relations of the two govern ments. It will be the duty of the ex ecutive to adyise the congress of the re Republican Primary, March 22, 1898, OFFICIAL. I I Assembly * | Dist Att'v Del to Stats- Con DISTRICTS | | 5 5 | | I 4 * % * ?■< ! 3f 5 s* 5 r* ■ 7l 1 § : | i ; :: •• ! ' • ' ' I Ydaina N 20 8 20 2 6... 16 11 2". 26 3 9 IV Adams S 1" 12 22.... 1 1 20 2 2<> 20 » 7 10, ! Allegheny '-s 74 82.... 22 V. 33 18 92 Si' .»•> 83 60. ' Bradv 26 18 34 2 65 •"> 52 17 33 21 4:: 45 | . Buffalo 68 14 *7 3 St; 3 39 63 60 32 91 83 36 ■ Butler 28 48 54 4 14 6 37 30 60 45 29 32 46 Cherry N 34 « 1* 2 34 1 36 9 27 15 32 29 16 I Cherfy S 39 20 41.... 26 1 33 29 58 15 37 26 26 I day 42 25 69 i 71 1 82 24 *4 37 54 43 46 Clearfield 24 S 12 20 12 ... 24 13 2S 3 25 21 11 | Clinton ... 38 37 4o 41 ... 0, 11 33 2i '>4 4*> »>1 , Centre • ••• 26 24 24 " 6 46 2 51 10 45 17 43 45 34 I Concord 22 36 7<> n 22 28 56 11 79 63 Is 29 63 Connoqnenessing X. 22 41 .. .. 85 1 26 27 50 22 44 23 20 Connoqnenessing S.. 11 12. 17 2 11 15 12 19 14 lti 11 21 Cranberry 16, 52 >3 i 12 6 16 41 48 ,2 30 9 49 , Donegal 19.... 22 34 0 5 21 15 34 11 33 39 3 Fairview 53 33 60 51 18 5 36 63 . ■ 07 «6 !54 60 Forward 54 22 21 1 47 7 11 55 31 28: 49 59 52 Franklin 14 38 66 4 29 44 31 50 50 37 1« 65 Jackson E 8' 6 7. .... 7 .... 14 « 2 8 8. 7 Jackson W 12 51 -14 1 7 1 9 55; 48 44 15 9 41 Jefferson 24 55| 63 o 22 9 52 23; 63 51 42 39 51 Lancaster 27 :!4! 21 i »• 6 53 21 32 18 2» •>»> Marion 28 12 H4 r> 23 c 33 13 44 17 27 39 18 Mercer 23 4 231 H 88 32 16 26 9 39 26 30 Middlesex 79 27 3* 74 3 61 4* 8* 9s 93 33 15 Muddycreek 2:! 55 51 1 20 3 37 23 57 50 35 35 39 Oakland 16 20 50 ]•> 31 f, 17 11 58 28 44 21 34 Parker 19 58 73 11 38 :>fi 48 21 84 3fi 75 44 Penn N 4»i 20, 4!»| :! 23 15 25 29 62 53 6 22 56 Penn S 54 68j 70 2 24 3 51 49 85 H4 54 22 <>3 SlipperyTOck 3h 21 28i 2; 25 1:t 33 l'l 47 :!7 24 13 4" Summit 12 12 15....' 8 1 11 10 18 20 7 1 23 Venango 45 41 28 1 11 12 37 16 4* 11 53 58 1« Washington N 34; 18 84 1 19 5 33 14 46 22 25 20 2. Washington S 48 46 65 7 45 35 47 23 82 21 4(t 67 11 Winfield 11 -17 66 M 12 1 26 17 5s 50 28 36 Worth 21 39 48 1 84 1 29 43 59 44 27 8 63 Butler Ist w 128 66 97 5 73 07 fil 104 97 60 »s 107 102 Butler 2d w 101 75 j37 31 29 10 96 87 150 97 67 I<>7 1(M» Butler 3d w 40 9* i 34 6 1« 9 70 6s 130 92 41 *2 85 Butler 4th w 93 74 p>6 9 87 9 88 81 117 72 91 117 83 Butler sth w 115 I<»2 192 5» -9 5 155 07 182 127 54 103 144 C'entreville 28 38 61 13 9 25 21 33 55 87 26 20 44 Harmony 12 59 44 2 «.... 14 78 81 87 2* 17 40 Connoq bcro 9 5 9 10 4 .... r> 13 is 17 3 1 15 Evans City 76 41 30.... 58, 1 7 94 83 42 07- 66 9< Fairview boro 1! 26 22 12 25 11 19 22 42 25 20 27 23 Harrisville 29 12 11 2 23 y 19 12 87 12 24 18 27 Karns City 21 14 27 1 1 4 27 31 29 3 13 17 Mars 83 27 47 1 10 4 11 47 49 61 10 11 81 Mi Hers town 39 20 56 127 1 10 74 4s 61 75 95 96 30 Petrolia 16 18 24 3 8 2 21 13 22 30 « 17 26 Portersville 5 11 14 1 '■> 1 18 5 9 4 18 10 20 Prospect 16 19 31 1 20.... 16 28 24 16 40 6 41 Saxonbnrg 5 25 29 j 6 4 19 26 12 15 21 10 Valencia 5 11 20.... 5 1 16 4: 20 21 1 .. 20 Sunbury 8 89 47 5 9 5 47 2 50 41 10 7 41 Zelienople 5 134 Ui7j 1 5 6 7 113 102 99 7 19 97 Total 1957 2034 2932' 1191120 419>90tt 1964 8176 2848 2161 2049 2527 NOTE: —ForU. S. Senate, M. S. Quay had 2578 votes; for Congress, Dr. J B. Showalter had 8987 votes, and for County Surveyor, F. E. McQaistion had 3787 votes. (Neither had any opposition.) The total vote on District Attorney is 4484. snlt and in the meantime deliberaU consideration is invoked WIMJAM Mc KINLEY. Executive Mansion March 2H 1 898. At the conclusion of the reading of the report in the Senate it was referred to the Committee in Foreign relations, and ordered printed. It was reported that the President, owing to the remonstrances of promi nent Republicans, has decided to with hold, for the present at least, his mess age asking an appropriation for the re lief of the Cuban sufferers. Washington March «Q. There are assnrances to-night that Spain has re ceded from the position she previously held, that independence could not he considered for a moment, and lias ask President McKinley, in effect: "Will nothing bnt the independence of Cnha satisfy the American people?" Presipent McKinley, recognizintr at Inst the temper of this country, has re plied in i>ositive terms that no other basis for a settlement is possible. By far the ablest and most interesting paper the Government has recently published is the report foi IM'JT of Hon A. I', (ireeley. Acting Commissioner of Patents. A synopsis has been printed in some of the newspapers, but, owing perhaps to so much war news, it wa# so incomplete as to give very little idea of the contents of this valuable document, which will doubtless be translated and read by thousands abroad. It must be read as a whole to be appreciatsd. In ventors, patentees, manufacturers, capi talists. and publicists, who wish to un derstand the greatness of American in dnstry and how indissolnblv it is asso ciated with the patent system of the United States, should read this pmiph let, which may be obtained free by ad dressing a request for it to the Commis sioner of Patents. Q Jno. Bulford has been granted a pen sion of SB.OO per month. William M. Thompson, of Saxon burg, has been granted a pension of per month. The gun-shop in the Washington Navy-yard reminds old-timers of the war time activity in the same yard, bnt upon a different class of work. During the war this was strictly a Navy yard, now it is only a Navy-yard in name, its principal work beini? the making of guns some of the finest in the world have been and are being made here mountings, and ammunition for the Navy. Not a minute is now lost in the yard, one of three eight-hour shifts of men being continuously at work. POLITICAL Both C. W. and W. A. Stone hold to their Mercer comity agreement of two delegates for each. In anticipation of his re-election to the House of Representatives and tint the majority in the House will be Re publican, Representative Benjamin K. Foeht, of Union county, is making a pilgrimage through the State working for his election as Speaker. Mr. Foeht has been a candidate for Speaker in other years, but he was never so mu - !i in earnest as he is this time. "If the country members stand by me." he snys "1 will be the next Speaker. Philadel phia had the lust two Speakers !ind it is the country's turn now. lam a can didatc and propose to stay in the field ! until the Republican Legislative caucus makes a nomination." The Republican Co. Committee of i Lawrence Co. at its meeting of Mon day passed resolutions congratulating ; congressman Showalter on his untiring work in congress: leaving the dele- 1 gates to exercise their best judgement ; on a gubernatorial candidate, and do that which seens best for the interest and harmony of the party. The resolu- ! tions read thus; "At the same time ' we believe Western Pennsylvania is en ! titled to the governorship, a r id we re commend to the consideration of our delegates tins recognized ability and I splendid record of Hon. (' W. Stone of j Warren, as one of the several names in Western Pennsylvania whose nc.mina- ] tion would bo entirely satisfactory to : all elements of the republicans of Wes- j tern Pennsylvania. —- Cherry Valley Item*. Mr Halstead and his son Evert took! i a trip to 'Jooperstown, last Saturday. ! 1 , I ! Jonothan Flick :s going to erect a fine j j barn this Spring. Now is the time to make up a "club" j ' for the Crn/.KN' til"- only Fair Play Republican paper in the county. ! Miss Bertha Montgomery left for ' Slioperyrock Monday. Louis Hoerr of Pittsburg, who is vis iting in this vicinity, set a trap for n mink the other day, but did not get him. Bi'c'kwh kat. Two new battleships christened the Ki>a.iMi»«,£ and Kentucky were launch-, ed from the ship-yarn* at &iewp.->rt I News, Va., last Thursday. The Only Ke»io«ly. The Legislatnre of Kentucky, which has just adjourned, retires with the unanimous condemnation of the press of that State. Although the bodv was Democratic, the Courier-Journal, the leading Democratic newspaper of that State, denounces it in the severest terms. It says, among other things: "For flagrant scorn of even the form of fair play, and even the shadow of de cency; for absolute and open desertion of public duties and abject and malevo lent prostitution to partisan plunder: far arrogant usurpation, in the name of the sacred functions of representative Government and their distortion to oli garchic despotism —for all these things the record of this Legislatnre is not only unparalleled, but nnapproached." What is the remedy for all this? It is evidently with the voters. If legisla tures are corrupt, venal, unpatriotic and despotic, is it not because men without character or personal fitness are elected to that office? The remedy for this is surely in the hand, of the people. What is needed above all things is more intelligent"dis crimination in the selection of mem bers. When general apathy and indif ference exists on the part of the peo pie as to the character and ability of their representatives, how can they ex pect anything else? As long as so many constituencies exhibit a reckless disregard of their own interest and the welfare of the State at largo by depend - ing upon other constituencies to furnish the character and abilty needed in the legislatnre, and think it matters little whom they send, they can expect no better results. It is a serious thing to put sovereign power into the hands of men who have no higher motives of action than plun der and spoils and political expediency, and who have no intelligent concep tions of the pi oper functions of law or the sacredness of human liberty. In selecting a member of the legisla ture each constituency should act as though it were expressing its notion of the idea of what a legislature ought to be. It will not do to say in a languid and indifferent way, "Oh, well, what's the difference? If we do send a poor stick to the legislature, other countries will send good men, and it will be all right." It wod't work. If all constit uencies entertain that idea the result must be that an assembly is selected which is poor in every qnality of man hood, morality and patriotism that is required to make np an honorable anil trustworthy body of representatives. We cannot get figs for thistles. A man who is foolish and wicked, reckless, vain and uniformed, is ont likely to be improved by electing him to the legisla ture. A body comprised of incompe tent, rattle-brained individuals, nomat ter how genial anil pleasant they may be, or how eager they are to serve in that capacity, must necessarily be an ! ass in the aggregate. In order to get a legislatnre that is creditible, and of which the people may j be justly proud, we must exercise a careful, intelligent and patriotic dis crimination. expressing onr idea of l what such a body should be by onr i individual bullots. Good fellowship, I fovoritisin, sympathy, buncombe, fac tionism *»nd prejudices of all kinds | should be carefully eliminated. Purix sutawney Spirit. Koiigli Run. The mining of lime stone is progress ing very rapidly. Mr. Morrison has a ; new shiftin;; engine employed in con I veying raw lime t<> kihlns. The Wintielii Mineral company have 1 leased their new pulyeriaor and crusher , to Morrison Co. ! Mr. Keasy has employed a large force Of men in quarrying building stone. Now is the time to make up a "club | for the Citi/.kn" the only Fair Play ; Repnblican paper in the county. The school entertainment held at Den ny school was :i successful exhibition wtiich consisted of a tine programs of dialogues tableaax, Japanese fan drill, orations, recitations, vocal and instru mental music, comic clown dances, cumic dialect, speeches. Cinderella plays and performances: scenes, sur j rendered Japs; instrumental music was I rendered by Mrs. Bruner and Messers j Stickle and Smith C. W. Freehling. Mis* Mary Young has left for -in ex tended visit In her parent.-, near Natro na. (Quarrying has resumed again since tli>' Hood has passed. Mr llenry Post and family will move i to Tareutnm. Mr C'oyleat Denny is kept very busy shoeing horses sI.II'IMIUYIIOrK. One cannot find si more pleasant. 1 flonrishing town anywhere than Centre-1' ville. SlipperyriH-k p. Bingham Post, So. (». A R. is located in Slipperyrock: C D. Foose. a deputy of the Royal Tem plers of Temperance, was in the town last week organizing a lodge of that order. There are two hotels in the town, one : kept by Frank Eyth and the other by ' Frank Rowland Among the promiment business firms in the town are Spruull A: Stoops who keep :: large general store at the corner of Main and Franklin streets. Thej- handle everything of a general mercantile nature including hardware, and have a tailoring department on tlo second floor of the building. W. H. Wilson conducts :i conserva tive. reliable baiiking business on Main street and enjoys the confidence and trust of the community. Frank Glut ton, genial, wide awake and [/regressive is the monarch of a first class drugstore complete m every detail, on Main St. Christley A: Wilson on Franklin street, have a good livery stable. They have twelve head of good horses, and carry the mail between Slipperyrock and Kiefcter station. Slater Bros." also ru;. a hack to that place. G. F. MeQuistion presides in a nice little shop on Main street where home raised and home dressed meats are dis pensed. Miss E. F. Chandler occupies astort room on Main street with a complete line of millinery and notions. J. B. Ford is a genial tailor who has a shop in the Hard block, second floor and has a steady growing trade. Henry Arblaster lived on the old Fill er farm at the south end of town and runs the coal bank and a blacksmith forge and public weigh scales in con junction. C. P. Hillard is the community's clock and ior it smith. H. P. Griffith came into Centreville a dozen years ago. piped in gas from his own wells and has been supplying the town with cheffp fuel ahd light ever since. John McGrOnegal, the fireman of the Normal, drilled a well on the hiil above town from which a stream of pure soft water ij pumped which could supply a town much larger than Slipperyrock. Mr. McGonegal is the water magnate of the place. It is not often one strikes a town whose heat Mid light i s owned and supplyed by one citizen and water by another. Another feature is the Slippen rock Cooperative Creamery Assn. founded by neighboring farmers in INSM and con ducted by It. 15. Black. The creamery has a large butter trade. The Slipperyrock Signal, our lively contemporary of which R. C. McCly monds is proprietor and editor, is the news sheet of the community, and no doubt the business men of Centreville know what every business man should know, iudi the best place to have his job printing done is right in the home office. Slipperyrock's principal feature and the foundation of its late prosperity is the Slipperyrock State Normal school of which Allwrt E. Maltby, Ph. D. is principal. It's aim is "to make skilled teachers of our students." This insti tution graduated its first clr.ss, eleven in number in f*!*o, while one hundred and nine young men and women com pose the class of 'MK. This tenfold in crease alone speaks volumes for tin 1 worth and reputation of the school. The Normal grounds, partly donated by Lewis Patterson, an old and well known citizen, are on the hill in the southern part of town. The buildings four in number, are surrounded by broad, rolling, well kept lawns. The main building lays nearest town, It is built of pressed brick, and about one hundred feet square, three stories high, and contains •.'•i class rooms, the Philo matheon and Bryant literary society rooms, gymnasium, library and the Principal's office. Each class room con tains about sixty oak or cherry desks of a very confortable style and is «Uted with slate blackbirds. The r■Kims of the literary societies are elegantly furnished. En -h society owns its own piano. There are 1500 voloumes and forty regular periodicals in the library. Next is the Ladies Dormitory, a three story brick with ;i frontage of ->OO feet. There is only one larger building in the county, the Court House at Butler. There are 150 bedrooms and a dining hall that seats Wi people at 'table in this dormitory. The boy's dormitory is also a three story brick and contains 1 IN rooms. The new chapel, replacing the one burn«'d last year, stands between the two dormitories and is now nearly com plete. It is a magnificent stone struct ure of Norman French architecture, loOxSMi feet in dimensions, with a tower I'M feet high. The auditorium is light ed by three immense stained glass win dows which cost SIOOO each. The class of '!•'< has placed a memorial window in the rear of the platform. The ground floor of the auditorium will seat UOO people, gallery 300 and platform more than KM), making a total seating capacity , , r 1800, and every seat will command a good view of the stage. The total cost of the chapel will bes:'o. 000. All the buildings are heated by a team, lighted by gas and have the most im proved ventilating and sanitary ar rangements and are in the very best of order. The facalty are Profs. A. E. Maltby, 1. M. McClymonds. I. N. Moore, J. C. Ricketts. Rev. G. S. Ham in, C. E. Rei ber, Abbie L. Siiumons„l> C Murphy, Mary F. Isaiiringer, Maude 0. Bingham Louise Schwall. Clarissa B. Robinson, W. R Egbert Mrs. Emma J. Hanim; Mrs. Harriet I) Maltby and Mabel Mc- Carnes. The committee appointed by- State Supt. Shaffer for Butler co::nty held examination for teacher's certifi cates a? the Normnl Inst week. There are about 800 students in at tendance. The only Normal school in Pennsylvania which has a largerattend ance is that at Millersville, Lancaster county. A school which can make the extrnrilinary progress which the Slip peryrock Normal lias in eight years of exrst.ince needs no other advertisment than itself, and can get no better It reflects great credit on the fa. ulty. and especially Dr. Maltby. It is an honor to the town, the county, and the State No Butler county bov or girl need go beyond the limits of his own county to get a first clnsa education. The body of Lieut Jenkins of the battleship Maine was recovered last Thursday and shipped to his relatives in Pittsbnig. and was buried with mil itary honors, yesterday, in Uniondnle cemetery. r. < Weak Tired. ii&rvQiid Thousands are in this condition. They arc despondent and gloomy, cannot sleep, have no appetite, no energy, no pmbition. Hood's: >ur&aparillanoon brings help to such people. It gives them pure, rich blood, cures nervousness, creates an appetite, tore < and ptrengt-faens tho stomach nnj imparts new life and in- Cieased vigor to all t heorg.msof the body. Sarsa nOOli & parilla Is ttic Olio Trill ItliKMt Partner. AlldriiKKlsts. sl. Hood's Pills cure alt Liver Ills. MuvuU. Harmony aiul /ciicuopu*. Abraham Shontz of Le«-tsdale is the g lest of his brother Aaron this week The P. iV \V had a freight wreck at the Harmony station on Monda.v night Al Sitler of South Side Pittsburg moved his family to Harmony last week. The ti'X>d washed away the approach to the Allen bridge last week making it inpassable for several days. Hun. M. L. and Stephen Lock wood were both great suffers from the flood. Tom Kenned} and Win. Redick are at Pnrkersburg West Virginia l«x>king for work as drillers. Thos. H. Wheeler has been laid up for a week with a sprained limb. Mrs. Wes Peffer of Zelienople who has been sick for a lung time-was buried last Tuesday at l<>:iW o'clock. Mrs. Priscilla McCollough who is engaged as nurse in Harmony is at her home near Prospect this week. The Eighth District S. S. Association of Bntler Co., will hold Iheir second semi-annual convention at White Oak Spring church at 2 P. M and at Peters ville at 7:30 P. M. on May ">th ls'.is The t'(ii■orted to have been sent out. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart and Ethel B. Armor of Allegheny City spent Sunday with Mrs. Isaac Litshaw of Ha rmony. On Thursday of last week Ed. Wil liams an oil laborer who lives in Har nionv made a narrow escape from drowning on the Ziegler farm on Big < reek. He was standing ou a wire foot bridge cutting a limb from «i trie that stuck under the bridge which unex pectedly broke throwing him into the swollen stream and before he was res i■ ueded was about to go down the third time. The current floated him near the shore where he was taken out. he still holding the ax in his hand with a drowning man's grip. Miss Lizzie Beighlea who has been stopping with her sister Mrs. Jacob Singleloupe of Salem Ohio for several months returned to her Louie in Har mony last Friday. Our two towns have been blessed with tl|e presence of the Quaker city band of the Salvation Army for the last ten days. The young men are all consecrat ed and devoted workers. They are fine musicians and attract the attention of all, and large crowds attend their meet ings often having several at the same time. Ensign Coonasekara the convert ed Hindoo gave a very interesting mis sionary talk in the U. P. church last Sunday evening whiie Ensign Kemp conducted a glorious revival service in the Harmony opera house. Coopers town. E. E. Reep who has charge of H. W. Breckenridge Mrs. Petar Unrr aged 7"» years. .MiX'OY At his home in Worth twp., March 21. l*ys Hugh McCoy. aged i 65 years. BLVMILI.EK At his Lome mar Six Points. March 16. lsyjs. Charles (». Blynnller. aged ">7 years. MECHLING Sunday March ".'7 ls'.t> at the home of her'grandfather. LR At his home in Muddv creek twp.. Mink IW, Jonathan Sha nor. aged iv> years. ALEXANDER At his home in Penn twp.. Saturday. March 26, Robert Alexander, aged —• HERTER At her home in Renfrew, March 24. 1 sits, Mrs. Elizabeth Her ter. aged :}ti years. CROUCH At his home in Bntler. March 26, lsits, A. B. Crouch, in his +lth vear For several years Mr Crouch has been the agent of the P «Sr W. H R. in Butler and previous to coming here was agent for that company at Zelieno pie. rnd held a position in Allegheny. His honesty and courtesy asan official was acknowledged by all: and by his death this town loses one of its best cit izens His wife, one son and one daughter survive hi in The funeral took place Monday after noon and was very largely attended. OBITUARY NOTES. Dr. David McKee, one of the old Pro fessors of Tnifl College, died yesterday. A I IM'l'Oiis UEl'uliT til CI.INTON TNT.. Butler Co.. l\i., Ko;td and Poor fund. J. K. KIDDLE. COLLECTOR of POOR FUSD. To amount of duplicate SIS 7 ii\ By « :t>li «V» <'ollectnrs percentapre.. ti 13 Exonerations 1 OS ? 175 a> t'asli in hands of collector 12 11 T. 15. KENNEDY. TRKASITRER or POOR Krsn. To amount from <•. A. List. former treasurer * * 2J7 si Money refunded from Perm twp., in case of Critchlow 65 60 Money refunded from County Com missioners in se of Hopkins... .V* 7." Money refunded from County Com missioners in ease of Jones & lla.-ktt? 770,1 Received from M r>. Waseham's note 30 Uy cash frtmi collectors.. lith s ©7 ;;i BY Von HEKS. .Mrs. Anna Waseham for mainten ance ot son... s4* 00 Thomas Woods services as over seer 38 50 Kdu ard ho f ton services as over seer ;&.*> «v| Jacoii Keck, order of removal. 2 "i 0 li. S. Nelson, hoard and care of Hopkins and Jones. ...... 21 iirt Dr. \V. Lasher, medii al service for Hopkins and Jones "»V 00 l>r. \V. Lasher, medical service for Critelilow 34 35 U. S. Nelson, for hoarding and care of Jones 12 00 Dr. Mershon. medical service for i 'ritchlow 15 00 K. S. Nelson, for lM>ardin£ and care of ltopkins 50 00 F. Woods & Sefton. funeral ex penses for Wareham 7 60 F. Khert township officers 3 Oil >fr. Hclmliold & Son. store bill.. 3 50 Cost on hearing of the cases of Haller Sefton 21 s2 1. Meals for docketing Auditor's report I ."i0 Auditors fees. (> 00 Treasurers percentage 7 lf» Balance in hands of treasurer. 382 37 ? 627 73 ROAD ACCOUNT. J. U. KIDDLE, COLLECTOR or CLINTON TW>. Amount of duplicate. >5 Exonerations $ 1 02 Amount paid to treasurer . ltK -0 Collectors percentage.. . s 11 * 171 w Balance =? 52 03 Received from Collectors of '91.5350 l" Collectors percent for 17 52 Cash paid to treasurer of lsj»; £ no To amount from U. A. List. trea*. 'i*> lftl B<»rowed money in hands of treasurer 050 7. 1»»2 HO | $1307 BY V ore HERS. John Wiley, timln-r and stone, f 1? 3."> W. Woods, for stone. 3 00 Ora Woods, repairing culvert and road ♦'» 00 Ora Woods, for stone. 14 00 Lewis Knock, for stone 3 32 Henry Ekas. for stone and tim ber 4 24 Butler Kagle, printing Auditors report 8 00 Chas Anderson, for stone 2 00 F. Ebert, for iiuallifyiug town ship officers 1 50 A. Anderson, for stone 50 Costs in Fair nn nn . v Roods yon mav need m onr line, lint no matter : t.out bnyinsr nnle«s yoh want to. Come in and i .nr st< • k anyway Rv next Monday onr last ear of Fnrnitnre will In plat ed on ale. Hi re's more JsE* reliable fnrnitnre for little m.mev than you ever saw be fore We have worked hard to make thi* stock of ' nniittir- and Carpets surpass any pluvious showing Sa and feel certain that we have accomplished doing .-o. I Will yon come and jndge for yonrself. KSS J Talking About CARPETS. If We want to call your attention to two different uTade- (53 the rir-t i- onr All Wool IVst Extra Super Ingrain at «►>.. i- 't the -isty cent kind, but we have that kind al- 3 *3h l,nt St - not P** l as the sixty five cent kind. fig* The other carpet we want yon to see is onr Tapestry • 55S * 139 Brussels ( irpet at .-V - . They are nice enonich for par f*" lor carpets. Have a complete stock of \el vet and Wil- }535 ton Carpets als i Better see our v going WM 0:1. The ACTUAL number of pairs purchase lat the Piltsbi'rg fire sale, as shown by our bills, was 3,574 —enough to supply a fair-sized wj town. These must all be cleaned out to make room for new Spring WJk Goods, which are beginning to arrive. " k JUST A FEW OF THE HUN DREDS OF BIG BARGAINS H TO BE HAD x x kl Ladies' every day and fiae Dress Shoes 53c, 75c, 9:lc, 90C iW Men's every day and fine Dress Shoes „..i>3c/osc, ii .l s. *1 45 .Misses' Silk Vesting Top Shoes Pi Misses' Extra Quality Dongola Coin Pat. Tip SI oes 9^ Children's Dongola Spring Heel Shoes 48 Itilants' Dongola Patent Tip Shoes..." 19 WA Children's Rubbers 5 ffl Ladies' Rubbers Hoys' Rubl>ers w M Men's Rubbers 2 ? Men's Felt -loots and Overs ijo SEE OUR 78c COUNTER. M A. BUFFOON- | t PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C H. PIERSOL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 104 E:ist Diamond St. Mil. GOUCHKR, • ATTORNKY AT LAW. Office in Mi chcll building. iLi.X RUSSELL, iv ATTORMKY AT LAW. Officv with Newton Black, Esq. South Diamond Street. 4 T. BLACK, 1\ • ATTORNKY AT LAW. Koiiu J. —Armory building. J M. I'AINTER, FL. ATTORNKY AT LAW. Office between Postofficc and Diamond VHWTUN BLACK, I\ ATTORNKY AT LAW. Office on Soulli Diamond Street. jCOULTER & BAKER, v ATTORNEYS A LAW. Room 8., Armory buildin a . IOIIN \V. COL'LTER. r' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention given to collections and business matters. Reference: Butler Savings Bank, or Butler County National Bank. I I!. iIKKIUN, 'I • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court House. i T. SCOTT, A. ATTORNKY A J LAW. Office at No. 8 South Diamond St. DR. s. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST. Gold Fillings Painless Extraction of Teeth and Artificial Teeth without plates a specialty, Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local naesthetics used. Office over Millers grocery, east of Low ty house. hR. W. P. McTLROY, DENTIST. Formerly known as the "Peerless Painless Extractor of Teeth." Located permanently at HI East Jefferson St., Oppoiite Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do dential operations of all kinds by the latest devices and up-to-date methods j I \K. J. E. FAULK, ' »' DENTIST, Painless extraction—No Gas—Crown and bridge work a specially. Office Room No. i. new Itickel build '"K- hR. N. M. HOOVER, 137 E. Wayne St., office hours. 10 to 12 a. tn. 1 and to 3 p. m. : I J. DONALDSON, I FT • DENTIST. Artificial Teeth ins ricd on the latest improved plan. (Void Fillings a spec ialty. Office over Miler's Shoe Store. h' R. CIIAS. R. B. HI NT, PHYSICIAN ANH SURCEOJ*, Eye, ear, nose and throat a specialty. 132 and 134 S. Main Street, Ralston building. \V H. BROWN, M . HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office 23') S. Main St., opp. P.*o. Residence 315 N. McKean St. v" \MUEL M. 11l PITS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 200 West Cunningham St. I BLACK, Iji PHYSICIAN AND St'RGHON. . New Troutraan Building, Butler Pa. I." A. RUSSELL, M 1) L. Room 3, Bickel Block. Butler Pa Peoples Phone No. 309. Night call 1 73* I * p. L. UcQUISTION, " . Civil. ENGINEER AND SI RWYOR, Office it cat Court House. M. ZIMMERMAN VII PHYSICIAN AND SUFGEON Office N'o. 45, S. Main st'eet, over City I'hannacy. WM. WALKER. CIIAS. A. McELVAIN Walker & McElvain, CIENKHAL DKALEKS IN REAL ESTATE, OIL PROPERTIES RENTS ETC. KKTTEKKK Bt'lt.nixti, Oi-p. I'OSTOVFICE farmers! WMW——— 1 ' The time is here to get your ' harness ready. We are mak-i ing a full set of team harness ' from good oak !o«tber with, good collars and breeching all ready to hitch to wagon for 523 00 CASH. You never saw the like if your old ones need repairs s J bring them in we can do it quick for yen. We have the r ; very best workman and make and repair all kinds of har ness. You said vou wanted a i:cw buggy, this spring we have just what you are look ing for, We save y 11 $lO to I £25 on a buggy or wagon and then you know just what yon are getting, it will be just what we t"ll you it is No I _ matter what you want about I harness or wagon you will find it here cheaper than any where, We are the largest f wholesale and retai' dealers s in our line in the state. Come r and see. Voi RS TRULY, S B. Martincourt & Co. BUTLER, PA. S. B. Martincourt, J. M- Leighner. ' rrf "" COPY WIQHT# Ac. Anyono Bending n sketch and description may aufekly ascertain om opinion free whether IUI Invention \* probably patentable. Corarannlra. tioiip Mrirtly confidential. II»ndb«»okon I nten La pi nt fren. oldest IIFEII'7 fur I»«M urtnK |»atents. I*nt<*iitn taken through Munn & Co. receive 9Ptrial ii'ttia without charge. In the Scientific American. A luinitioniclr Itlnnlrnltvl weekly. iJirgcM rlr oulntlon <.f nnjr viientlfle Journal. Term*. »l a year : t-.ir monttm. ft. Sold i.yall newsdealer*. MUNN & Co. 36, Broadwa - New York ISranch Office, G26 F fcH- Washington. D. C. Th 6 L}OTtC-.R CiTIZeN. 51.00 per year if |»uid In advance, otbrrwlso #!. , A til be cbaricM. TDVF.ITTIFLMI KATVS-OIW Inch, otic tune. II: each Miiw-iuent Inw rtlon Mi cents each. Auillt4.iV a» cents a line for »• fli insertion. 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