THE CITIZEN.
WII.MAM C. NF.GLEY - - Publisher
THURSDAY. JANUARY IS, iquo.
Call for State Convention.
To THE REPUBLICAN- ELECTORS OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
I em directed by the Republican Suite
Committee to announce that the Re
publicans of Pennsylvania, by their
duly chosen representatives, will meet
in convention at the Opera House, in
the city of Harrisburg. on W ednesdav.
April 25th, 1900, at 10:30 o'clock, a. in.,
for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the following offices, to-wit:
One person for the office of Auditor
General.
Two persons for the office of Con
gressman -at-large
Thirty-two persons four at large) for
Presidential Electors, and to choose
eight delegates and eight alternates at
large to the Republican National Con
vention to be held in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, the nineteenth day of June,
next, and for the transaction of such
other business as may be presented.
In accordance with the rule adopted
at the State Convention held in Harris
burg on August twenty-fourth last, the
representation in the State Convention
will I** based on the vote polled at the
last Presidential election. Under this
rule each legislative district is entitled
to one delegate for every two thousand
votes cast for the Presidential electors
in 1896. and an additional delegate for
every fraction of twi> thousand votes
polled in excess of one thousand. Each
district is entitled to the same number
of delegates as represented it in the
Convention of 1898.
By order of the Republican State
Committee.
FRANK REEDER, Chairman.
W R. ANDREWS, )
C. E. YOORIIF.ES. )
Meeting of the Republican Coun
ty Committee.
The Republican County Committee
will meet in Lincoln Club rooms, But
ler. Pa., on Saturday, January 20. 1!MM).
at 1 o'clock p. m to fix a time for hold
ing the next Republican primary elec
tion, and for the transaction of such
other business properly coming before
the committee.
F. A. GRACE, LEVI M WISE,
BENJ. CHRISTLEY, Chairman.
Secretaries.
liorougli Primaries.
At anieeting of Republicans in Esq.
Anderson's office, Tuesday evening, the
following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the primary elec
tion of the Republican party of the
Borough of Butler be held in the several
wards of said borough on Saturday, the
£7 day of January. 1900, between the
nours of 3 and 7 o'clock p. m. to nomi
nate the following Borough and Ward
officers, namely:
One persou for the office of Borough
Burgess.
One jterson for the office of Borough
Tax Collector.
One ijerson tor the office of Borough
Auditor.
Two persona for the office of Borough
Overseer of the poor.
One person in each ward for the office
of School Director.
One person in each ward for the office
of Town Council.
One person in each ward for the office
of Jndge of Election.
One person in each ward for the office
of Inspector.
That the said primaries be conducted
according to the rules and regulations
of the Republican party governing
primary elections
I'OLITICAL.
Our County Committee meets next
Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of
fixing the date for the Republican Pri
mary Election for this year.
The State Convention is fixed for
Wednesday, April 25th, and our Pri
mary can be held as late as Saturday,
April 21st.
We see no good reason for rushing
matters this year, nor for holding two
primaries, as we have heard suggested.
Monday morning bronght out a new
candidate for Tax Collector in the per
son of James M. Maxwell.
Third ward Republicans will proba
bly run Dr W. C. McCandless for
Town Council, while the Democrats
talk of Charles Kennedy,
Representative Showalter has desig
nated Wilbur Blaine of Butler for ap
pointment as ,-adet at the West Point
military academy, with John Knox
Cochran of Mercer as alternate.
James Millinger of Institute Hill may
be the Republican nominee for Council
in the 2d ward.
Quay is yet in Washington shaking
the Senatorial tree for the plum that
won't drop.
At Philadelphia Thursday, the Grand
Jury indicted eight more men for elec
tion frauds.
The five election officers that left
Philadelphia make a new flock, and it
is a pity that after helping the Bosses
to so many walkovers they should have
to do all this running on their own ac
count.
The situation in Kentucky is arous
ing the deepest interest in Washington,
and embarrassing complications are ap
prehended. The bold and high hauded
course pursued by the Ooebelites may,
if carried to the ends they seek to ac
complish, precipitate a contest that will
fall little, if any, short of civil war
Both sides seem<-d determined, and in
case of trouble it is more than probable
that the United States will be called up
on to intervene. The constitution de
clares that the United States shall guar,
an tee to every State in this Union a
republican form of government ami
Kentucky Republicans, and many lead
ing Democrats as well, contend that the
seating of Goebel as Governor would
deprive the State of every vestige of
popular government One of the most
prominent citizens of Kentucky, who is
now in Washington consulting with re
gard to the situation, told The Pittsburg
Times correspondent that its gravity
was not appreciated by the country at
large. The Gobelites, he said, made no
prctenso of believing that their candi
date was elected, but merely declared,
and apparently without any passion or
regard for the consequences, that they
had the power to si-at him and intended
to do it
T11!■; city government of St. Louis has
become so rotten that riotous demon
strations have been made against it.
The New Century.
It seem's so difficult to understand that
l*oo, liKNt, 'JOOO, designate not the l>egin
ning, but the end of u century, that
one naturally inquire** the origin of the
error. It may lie that the mistake is
due to a kind of optical illusion. The
yeat P.*HI, marks the Iteginniugof a new
series of numbers. and nothing seems
more natural than that it should there
for»- be considered as the first year of a
new cycle But though our reason may
tell un that the new number with its
two ciphers stands for the end and not
for the beginning of a century, our eyes
still In-tray us. It is triumph of sense
over intellect an error.surely, but one
into which many famous men have fal
len
When in H»w A I). Charlemagne in
trodu<-ed the calendar which commen
ces with the birth of Christ, he too
fraught he was Is-ginning a new ceti
tury. When Peter the Ureat decreed
that our chronoloey should be used in
hia dominions after the year 1700, he
made a similar "mistake. Throughout
the world's history those two ciphers
have deceived men. And the error has
been handed down to our own day.
The Paris Exposition will be inaugurat
ed, snrelv not to celebrate the death,
bnt the birth of a century: and still it
will 1* held in 19<M). The Emperor
William has decided ex cathedra that
the new century begins January 1.1900,
but this delusion is hereditary, as he
shares it with his grandfather, the lat e
Prince Consort, who was of the same
opinion. Lord Kelvin, great mathema
tician and physicist as he is, also holds
the same view. The Roman Church,
which has always paid great attention
to the calendar, and has done much to
preserve it, has decided that the year
1800 should be a year of jubilee
as being the la-it of the century.
The problem is not so easily solved as
may be imagined. It is evident that
there never was a year 0. that the cen
tury must l>egin with a 1; it is equally
evident that even as a dollar contains
100, cents so a century is composed of
100 years. But then there arises the
confusion of numl>ers and their values,
the contradiction between ordinal and
cardinal. When an Italian speak« of
his cinquecento (mille cinquecento in
| other words), he refers not to the fif
teenth but to the sixteenth century: and
thus he writes all his centuries with a
cardinal number one less in value than
the ordinal number in his mind.
When we write 1899, the number 18
designates not the eighteenth, bnt the
nineteenth century; and we are con
stantly compelled to correct a seeming
error in our chronology. It is here that
our eyes deceive us. So accustomed are
we to the intentional misreading of our
centuries, that we naturally consider
the first two numbers in 1900 to stand
for the twentieth century.
A hundred years ago the same wordy
war was waged, a hundred years hence
it will be renewed; and thus it will go
on as century after centnry comes roll
ing along. It is a venerable error, lonn
lived and perhaps immortal. —Sci. Am.
THE Pope has issued an encyclical
permitting the priests of South Ameri
ca to marry.
WASHINGTON NOTES. .
During the latter part of last week
the interest in the Quay case was second
ary to the contest in the Senate to unseat
W. A. Clark of Montana on charges of
wholesale bribery of the Legislature.
On Friday, Senator Pettigrew of S.
Dakota attacked the Administration's
Philippine policy, and a sharp debate
followed.
The pending bill for the government
of the Hawaiian Islands, while creating
a form of territorial government similar
in its general scope to those in the
United States, possesses certain features
which may seem scarcely in conso
nance with our ideas of popular institu
tions. One of these is that voters must
be able to speak, read and write the
English or Hawaiian language. With
the excej)tion of a very few of the older
natives, this will not disfranchise Ha
waiians, as the compulsory education
system has made the percentage of il
literacy amoDg them yery low, indeed.
There are, however, 15,000 Portuguese
who came from the Cape Verde islands
20 or 25 years ago. Those who arrived
at manhood within that time may be
able to speak, read and write the Eng
lish language, but the original immi
grants certainly have not those reguire
ments. In 1898 there were about 20,000
Japanese males on the islands, and a
large number has come in since annex
ation, being brought under contract to
work on the sugar plantations. These,
under the treaties between the United
States and Japan, are eligible to citizen
ship. but the above mentioned educa
tional qualifications will bar practically
all of them from suffage. The Chinese,
of whom there are <9,167 males, come
nnder the Chinese exclusion laws of the
United States, and must within one
year take out the certificates of resi
dence required by these laws. They,
of course, are not eligible to suffrage.
In addition to these qualifications, in
order to vote for senators in the territo
rial legislature, electors must own real
property worth not less than SI,OOO, or
be in the actnal leceipt of a money in
come of not less than SOOO per year. It
is probable that this will disqualify, so
far as voting for senators is concerned,
at least 90 per cent, of the Hawaiian
natives.
On Tuesday Senator Rawlins, o
Utah, presented to the Senate a memor
ial from Lorenzo Snow, president of
the church, reiterating the statement
that polygamy is not taught or polyg
amous marriages allowed to l>e solemn
ized. President Snow then officially
wipes his hands of Mr. Roberts in these
words: "Nor does the church advise or
encourage unlawful co habitation on
the part of its meml>ers. If, therefore,
any member disobeys the law, either as
to j>olyKamy or unlawful co-habitation,
he must bear his own burden, or, in
other words, be answerable to the tri
bunals of the land for his action per
taining thereto."
This say* the correspondent of the
Pittsburg Times is undoubtedly a de"
liberate throwing overboard of Mr.
Roberts l>y the Mormon church,through
its prophet, seer and revelator. Pre*i
dent Snow does not use the word
"courts," but "tribunals," and evident
ly does it so as to include Congress
among the Istdies which have authority
to deal with such violations of law as
those with which Mr Roberts is charg
ed. It shows clearly how badly fright
ened the church is by this Rolierts af
fair. Coming from President Snow, it
is especially rich, as the following
charge is publicly made and never de
nied in Utah: "As nearly as we can
learn, Pres'dent Know has had nine
wives, some of whom are now dead,
Amont; the living is his legal wife, but
he is cohabiting with a younger woman
named Minnie J&nseu, who has borne
him one child since statehood in Utah."
School Kepoi-t.
The following is the report ot Oak
wood School, No. 2, Butler twp, for
the fourth month ending Jan. 11. I'.joo.
number enrolled «H, average attendance
24, of this number H have missed no
days during month, namely; Dan,
Frank, ami Florence Weisenstein, Ed
ward and Harry Herold, Lida Burtner,
Louisa Schenck, and Leah McCandless.
Very few pupils have been tarily. Ido
not forbid whispering in school but ask
my pupils to refrain BO far as |K>ssil>le
from it. The following have been per
fect in this respect during month:
Clara, John. Edward and Harry Herold.
i/ouisa Schenck. Dan, Warren and
Frank Weisenstein, many others have
done very little whispering. Most of
my pupils are very earnest in their
work We are glad to have patrons of
the district and all friends of education
visit us, and see what we are doing.
The Co. Supt visited us during Nov.
Respectfully,
ADA MONTUOMKKY, Teacher.
THK Philadelphia ballot Itox stutters
have turned up in Mexico
THE AFRICAN WAR.
On Friday the London papers gave
■ the loss to the English by the attack by
the Boers in Ladysmith. on the (ith, at
800, and estimated the Boer loss at 3000.
There were rumors of a concerted
movement by all -the English armies.
Gen. Buller was reported to be moving
bis army westward, up the Tugela,
which was in flood.
On Saturday Gen. Roberts telegraph
ed from Cape Town to the British \\ ar
Office:
"Methnen s cavalry reconnaisance re
turned on January 11. Went twenty
five miles into the Free State. Conntry
clear of enemy, except patrols.
All quiet at Modder river.
"French reconnoitered around the
enemy's left Hank on January 10. Ad
vanced from Sliuiuger s farm on Jan
uary 11 with cavalry and horse artillery
to bombard Boer laager east of Coles
berg Junction, but was unable to out
flank the enemy.
Reconnaisance of cavalry and mount
ed infantry pushed north of Bastards
Nek and examined country north of
ridge.
"Gatacre reports no change.
"All well on December 28 at Mafek
ing."
In a letter written to his father from
Mooi river on November 23 an officer in
the (Queen's Royal West Surry Regi
ment says.
"Against an enemy like the Boers in
fantry is useless. The Boers have spies
every%vhere, and, as they are well
mounted, they can move away hours
before our infantry can get wit in
striking distance. On the other hand,
they will never attack, and when we
advance toward Pretoria commands
will be left all over the country looting
and burning farms. The only people
who have a chance with them are the
local volunteers. If the Government
would only raise about 2,000 volunteers
and send out a lot of mounted infantry
who could work with the local volun
teers these isolated Boer forces would
soon be wiped out. At present we are
helpless, as they make rings around us."
On Tuesday Gen. Warren and his
column were reported across the Tngeli.
aiid advancing to the relief of Lady
smith.
A dispatch dated Saturday, January
13 from Lonreuzo Marques, says:
"President Kruger has issued a proc
lamation ordering all burghers to the
front. The 'Volksstem,' the Transvaal
official organ, suggests that the moment
the British cross the border the gold in
dustry should lie iiretrivably destroy* 1.
President Kruger also issued a circular,
dated January 8, to Boer commandants
and burghers urging them to show moie
energy in the Transvaal cause. l!e
quotes psalm 33, verse 7, as God-given
instructions to the burghers and -ays
that the British have fixed their faith
in psalm 83. He also quotes psalm 89,
verses 13 and 11 and asserts that he has
searched the Bible without being able
to find any other mode which can be
followed by the Boers, who must fight
'in the name of the Lord.' Com
mandeering is proceeding bnsilv .:t
Pretoria, where the town guard is ex
changing Mausers for 'Martinis, a:, the
former are badly needed at the front.
It is said that there are nearly 3,turn
British prisoners in Pretoria. "
On Tuesday heavy firing was heard
along the Tugela river, to the west of
Colenso, and a battle was supposed to
be on.
This morning Gen. Buller and his
army were reported to be on the north
side of the Tugela, and in good position.
THE republic of Colombia, South
America, is having a red hot rebellion.
It is said the rebels have whipped the
government troops and are marching on
to the capital. Bogota. If they get
into control a new president will be
placed in power who will likely be
moved by Venezuelan influence. .
Well Done, Neighbor.
The following appeared in the col
nmns of the Butler Eagle last week and
has the right ring to it.
"The nine men who were under in
dictment for perpetrating election
frauds in Philadelphia at the election of
99 are fugitives from justice. The
cases were called in the Court of
ter sessions on Monday and defendants
failed to answer to their names, thus
forfeiting their bail. The defendants
are: Samuel Salter, Deputy Coroner of
Philadelphia and ex-Representative at
Harrisburg; Joseph (J. Rodgers, Lieut,
of Capital Police, Washington, D.;
Clarence Messer, Wm. Cook, Harry
McCabe and James T. Sheehan, also of
Washington; John Silbeman, .John Sen!
len and John Ilanna, of Philadelphia.
The defendants were under from SI,BOO
to $2,500 bail. Search has failed to re
veal their whereabouts. Motion was at
once made to forfeit the hail and stens
will be taken to collect same. This is
as it should be and every effort should
be made to discover and arrest the
fugitives. Their failure to appear lor
trial is a confession of their guilt. It
is evident that the beginning of a
good work has been inaugurated by
the North American iti Philadelphia It
is to be hoped that public sentiment
will be so aroused that a repetition of
such glaring frauds will he impossible
A vigilant supervision of elections and
the discovery, arrest and punishment of
every violator of our present, election
laws will do more to purify oar clcv,
tions than new legislation. Our laws
are strict enough for general purp oses
It is their vigorous enforcement that is
called for, and no guilty man shonld es
cape. However, if they are weak at
any pcint, there is no reason why they
sliould not be strengthened. A fraud
on the ballot is treason to the state and
should be so regarded-
This is good as far as it goes, but our
neighbor would have done better ser
vice had it told its readers that all of
the alx>ve self-confessed criminals were
of the most pronounced type of
Machine" workers in Philadelphia poli
tics. This is what that kind of politics
leads to, the motto of the machine be
ing, "Win by fair means if you can. if
not, win anyway," hence the election
frauds referred to and rightly condemn
ed by otir neighbor in its columns We
would suggest that the Eagle give its
readers ALL the facts, let the people
be fully informed and they will get rid
of the Quay, and all other machines,
that for so long have carried on "boss
rule" which has become so distasteful
to the people. Let the people have the
truth, the WHOLE truth, and they will
soon end "boss rule" no matter who th(>
•Boss" may be.
West Siiiihury.
The revival meetings in the M. E.
church arc being well attended.
School opened this term with about
seventy students
The Base Hall club will give an oys
ter supper in Academy hall, next Fri
day evening.
Miss Lucretia Brown is visiting
friends in Rochester, Pa.
Mrs. P. Glenn has returned from a
visit with friends in Ford City and Kit
tanning.
Mr and Mrs. Peter McCarrier enter
tained a number of their friends Thurs
day evening. One pleasant feature of
the evening was music l>y the grapho
phone.
Miss Arthurs who lias been very sick
with pneumonia is improving
The Sin-cess <>t the Standard.
In his sworn answers to a lot of
questions propounded t > him by the
Industrial Commission, John D Rocke
feller says:
St. y. To what advantages, or favors,
or methods of management do you
1 ascribe chiefly the success of the Stand
! ard Oil Company':
i A. I ascribe the success of the Stand
! ard to its consistent policy to make the
! volume of its business large through the
I merits and cheapness of its products.
It has spared no expense in finding, se
| curing and utilizing the best and cheap
est methods of manufacture. It has
sought for the best superintendents and
workmen and paid the best wages. It
has not hesitated to sacrifice old ma
chinery and old plants for new and bet
ter ones. It has placed its manufac
tories at the points where they could
supply markets at the least expense. It
has not only sought markets for its
principal products, but for all possible
by-products, sparing no expense in in
troducing them to the public. It has
not hesitated to invest millions of dol
lars in methods for cheapening the
gathering and distribution of oils, by
pipe lines, special cars, tank steamers
and tank wagons. It has erected tank
stations at every important railroad
station to cheapen the storage and de
livery of its products. It has spared no
expense in forcing its products into the
markets of the world, among people
civilized and uncivilized. It has had
faith in American oil, and has brought
together millions of money for the pur
pose of making it what it is, and hold
ing its markets against the competition
of Rnssia and all the many countries
which are producers of oil and competi
tors against American oil.
1(1. Q. What are in your judgment
the chief advantages from industrial
combinations':
(a) Financially to stockholders.
(b) To the public.
A. All the advantages which can be
derived from a co-operation of persons
and aggregation of capital Much that
one man cannot do alone two can do to
gether, and once admit the fact that co
operation, or what is the same thing,
combination, is necessary on a small
scale, the limit depends solely upon the
necessities of business. Two persons in
partnership may be a sufficiently large
combination for a small business, but if
the business grows, or can be made to
grow, more persons and more capital
must be taken in. The business may
grow sc large that a partnership ceases
to be a proper instrumentality for its
purposes, and then a corporation be
comes a necessity. In most countries,
as in England, this form of industrial
combination is sufficient for a business
co-extensive with the parent country,
but it is not so in this country. Our
federal form of government making
every corporation created by a state
foreign to every other state, renders it
necessary for persons doing business
through corporate agency to organize
corporations in some or many of the
different states in which their business
is located Instead of doing business
through the agency of one corporation
they must do business through the
agencies of several corporations. If the
business is extended to foreign coun
tris—and Americans are not today sat
isfied with home markets alone it will
be found helpful and possibly necessary
to organize corporations in such coun
tries, for Europeans are prejudiced
against foreign corporations as are the
people of many of our states. These
different corporations thus become co
operating agencies in the same business,
and are held together by common own
ership of their stocks.
It is too late to ague about advantages
of industrial combinations. They are a
necessity. And if Americans are to
have the privilege of extending their
business in all the states of the Union,
and into foreign countries as well, they
are a necessity on a large scale, and re
quire the agency of more than one cor
poration Their chief advantages are:
1. Command of necessary capital.
2. Extension of limits of business.
4. Increase of number of persons in
terested in the business.
4. Economy in the business.
Improvements and economies which
are derived from knowledge of many
interested persons of wide experience.
0. Power to give the public improved
products - at less prices and still make a
profit tor stockholders.
7. Permanent work and good wages
for laborers.
I sjieak from uiy experience iu the
business with which I have been inti
mately connected for about forty years
Our iirst combination was a partner
ship and afterward a corporation in
Ohio. That was sufficient for a local
relining business. Lsut dependent solely
upon local business we would have
failed years ago. We were forced to
extend our markets and to seek an ex-
port trade. This iatter made the sea
board cities a neccessary place of busi
ness, and we soon discovered thai
manufacturing for export could be
more economically carried on at the
seaboard, hence refineries at Brooklyn,
at Hayonne, at Philadelphia, and
necessary corporations iu New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
We si>on discovered as the business
grew that the primary method of trans
porting oil in barrels could not last.
The package often cost more than the
contents, and the forests of the country
were not sufficient to supply the neces
sary material for tin extended length of
time. Hence we devoted attention to
other methods of transportation, adopt
ed the pipe line system, and found capi
tal for pipe line construction equal to
the necessities of the business.
To operate pipe lines required fran
chises from the states In which they
were located, and consequently corpor
at ions in those states just as railroads
running through different states ate
forced to operate under separate state
charters. To perfect the pipe line sys
tem of transportation required iu the
neighborhood of Otto of capital
This could not be obtained or maintain
ed without industrial combination.
The entire oil business is dependent
upon this pipe line system Without
it every well would shut down, every
eveiy foreign market would be closed
to us.
The pipe line system required other
improvements, such as tank cars upon
railways and finally the tank steamer.
Capital bad to bt furnished for them
and corporations created to own and
operate them
Every step taken was necessaiT in the
business if it was to be properly devel
oped, and only through such successive
steps and by such tin industrial combi
nation is America to day enabled to
utilize the bounty which its land pours
forth, and to furnish the world with
the best and cheapest light ever known,
receiving in return therefore from for
eign lands nearly $.V>,001).Oil:) per year,
most of which is distributed in pay
tnent of American labor.
1 have given a picture rather than a
detail of the growth of one inlus
trial combination. It is a pioneer, and
its work has been of incalculable value.
There are others American products be
sides oil for which the markets of the
world can b-* opened. and legislators
will be blind t > our best industrial In
terests if they undully hinder by legis
lation the c.unibination of persons and
capital requisite for the attainment of
so desirable an end.
11. What are the chief disadvant
ages or dangers to the public arising
from them'.'
A. The dangers are that the power
conferred by combination may be abus
ed, that combinations may be formed
for speculation in stocks, rather than for
conducting business, and that for this
purpose prices may be temporarily rais
ed instead of being lowered. These
abuses are possible to a greater or less
extent in all combinations large or
small, but this fact is no more uf an
argument against combinations than
the fact that steam may explode is an
argument against steam. Steam is
necessary and can he made compara
tively safe. Combination is necessary
and its abuses can lie minimized, other
wise our legislators must acknowledge
their incapacity to deal with the most
important instrument of in lustry.
Ilith"rti»fiiost It ifislative attempts have
been an..effort not to control but to de
stroy. hence their futillity.
1"/ What legislation, if any.
would you suggest regarding industrial
combinations';
A. First Federal legislation, under
which corporations may be created and
regulated, if that b«* possible.
Second, in lieu thereof, state legisla
tion as nearly uniform as possible en
couraging combinations of persons and
capital for the purpose of carrying on
! industries, but permitting state super -
; vision, not of a character to hamper in
dustries, bnt sufficient to prevent frauds
npon the public.
J< )HN D. ROCKEFELLER.
DURING a snow storm last Thursday
niglit a large Steamer went ashore in
St. Mary's bay, New Foundland, and
all on it were drowned
AT Frankfort, Ky.. Tuesday, one
Colonel and ex-Congressman started a
shooting affair, in which three were
1 killed and one seriously wounded
Harmony ami Zelienople.
! Frank Stiver of Harmony has been
j sick with acute rheumatism for over a
. week, and at present is rapidly improv-
J ing-
Edwin Shtiler. the 13 year old son of
■ Li»n Shuler while skating last week
; skated into an opening where ice had
I been cut near Harmony and narrowly
j escaped from beimr drowned. While
I going down the second time a tramp
: chanced to see him and rescued him.
I The Empire Glass Co. at Zelienople is
i shut down at present.
| The Mystical Circle of Harmony and
j Zelienople held a banquet at the Grand
Central hotel at Zelienople oti Tuesday
evening.
Rev. J. W. Ebbinglisuse of Zelienople
gave a very instructive lectnre in the
Eicholtz hall at Zelienople on Tuesday
evening on the "Boers."
I Mrs. Aaron Shontz nee Anderson died
at her home at. Harmony on Saturday
afternoon. She was for a long time
a great sufferer from a cancer
in the breast and curvature of the spine.
Her remains were taken to the White
Oak Spring cemetery for burial on-Tties
day morning. Peace and freedom now
belong to this mother who patiently en
dured severe suffering.
Harry Courtney of Beaver Falls and
a young lady from Prospect were mar
ried at the residence of Win! Geis.er at
Harmony on Sunday morning by Rey.
J. W. Ottermau of Zelienople May
the young couple spend a happy life to
gether. ' -
The Harmony Milling Co. has com
pleted extensive repairs and at present
are busily engaged in custom work.
The Winter \s P. W. iiamage case is
cansing a general interest. Many from
this vicinity have been boarding at liut
ler recently, which aside from their
direct mission we hope will result in a
greater appreciation Butler's hospitality.
Dr. J. A. Osborne of Harmony is re
covering from a severe illness with
pleurisy and pneumonia, he has been in
bed for t< n days.
Walter Sample, fireman on the P. &
W. railroad is at home at Harmony,
sick with tjpboid fever.
Lee, second -on of E. 11. Stauffer of
Harmony is sick with pneumonia tie
i 9 out of danger at present.
Dr. Adam Weiser was instantly killed
by the east b nmd mail train at Zelieno
ple on Thursday evening of last week,
(Jan. 11th). He was walking on the
trick ori his way to liis ttmporary home
at Hickeys near Foribell station, some
boys seeing the approaching train hail
ed him, he immediately stepped between
the tracks "but seemed to stagger back
when the locomotive struck him on his
left breast and threw him to the side
instantly killing hiui He was picked
up by the crew and taken to Harmony,
where the undertaker took charge of
the body. H. M. Wise telegraphed to
his- son in Bourbou, lud, for instructions
as to the disposition of the remains.
The son no! being able to be present
directed the local G. A R to take
charge of the remains. The deceased
having been a soldier of the civil war,
was buried at the expense of the state.
The reuiains were interred in the ceme
tery at Harmony on Saturday afternoon
the ?ervic( s were conducted by Rev J
A. Leuziuger of the Reformed church.
Dr Adam Weiser was born in Germany
and was 7T years old when he was kill
ed. He was a ho.-pital nurse in the
civil war, is said to have been able to
speak in seven languages, and practiced
as a physician, being a herb doctor.
He was not living with his wife at the
time of his death and has a son living at
Bourbon, Tnd. and a daughter at Alle
gheny City, Pa.
liiiil'alo Township.
Alex Morris is opening a coal works
at Monroe Station, on his own and the
McXJtirdy firms.
James Simmers is happy over the ar
rival of his third boy, and will be a can
didate for Tax Collector.
Fifteen Buffalo twp. men are in !lut
ler today attending the Noel vs Ceme
tery suit.
Click Items.
Gold No. 1 oil derrick was burned on
Tuesday morning by gas.
Beu Means is as happy as a sunflower.
It is a girl.
S. F. Johnston au l II Gillespie start
ed for W. Va.. last Tuedav.
"
Ed Westerman has been repairing the
water dam on the It. H. Flick farm for
Henrv Criner.
Win. Fulfou and daughter of Wash
ington, lowa, and ,1. N. and Mrs Ful
ton spent la->t Monday evening at W.
A. Mahan's
Our kind friend, Jonn W. Gillespie,
has taken his chair iu the Commission
er's office at Butler.
John Criner of Flick is mining coal
in the Porter mines, Allegheny county.
Jacob Kramer is to haul the coal
from two cars at Bartley station for the
Forest Oil Co.
Our worthy mail carrier and one of
our young ladies ha 1 an argument as to
when the 19th century begins. It not
decided yet .).
Constipation,
Headache, Biliousness,
Heartburn,
Indigestion, Dizziness,
Indicate that your liver
Is out of order. The
best medicine to rouse
the liver and cure all
these ills. Is found la
HooiI p s PiSls
25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers.
Eyes Examined Free of Charge
fi. L. KIRK PA FRiCK.
)i v i • iii jiJji'.i Optici
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W. S. & E. WICK,
DF.ALEUS IN
and Worked Lumber of all Kinds.
fltHiri, Sash and Mouldings.
Oil Well Uigs a Specialty.
011 l e and Yard,
K. Cunningham and M'mroe Sts.,
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liCTLKIC. PA.
n«n lli#» rarmi'rit nml Merchants
Arc ■nlrrrklril In the Eipoiiirfi.
Eielit More \llrerd Ballot Thieve*
Arc 1 aa«ll«-1«*«!—Suiter iintl Hi* <;nnu
linn- 11.-.I tu Mexico, It l« Said.
Qua) ncclarn Himself Asain in
the Fit-Id.
(From Our Correspondent.)
Harrisburg, Jan. lfi.—On Thursday
last more of the Quay machine
ballot hox stuffers in Philadelphia
were indicted by the grand jury of that
county. The men in question are
charged with illegal voting and stuff
ing ballon boxes in the Twelfth divis
ion of the Fifth ward. In Philadelphia,
a ward th::t is notoriously a Quay
stronghold in that city. Those who
are held for trial are openly charged
with being ex-convicts, keepers of dis
orderly houses and men with no repu
tations to speak of.
The flight of "Hon." Sam Salter. ex-
Representative from the Seventh watii
of Philadelphia, and deputy coroner of
Philadelphia, together with Lieutenant
Rodgers, of the Capitol police, of
Washington. D. C., and three other
government employes last week is still
fresh in the memory of the people of
the state. These men have fled to
Mexico. The Quay machine, it is hint
ed. has paid their bondsmen the
amount of bail forfeited, and it Is not
likely that the criminals will be heard
from again. The work of uncovering
the gigantic ballot frauds, by which
65,000 fraudulent names are put on the
voting lists of Philadelphia, is pro
ceeding rapidly. On the assessor's list
in the Second division of the Seventh
ward 142 bogus names out of a total
of 373 was found by those who made a
diligent canvass. In other words, the
Quay machine had padded the list in
this one division more than 98 per
cent.
HITS THE FARMERS.
If the country people of Pennsylva
nia, the farmers, the merchants and
the small storekeepers and property
owners only knew how this system of
"padding" by thf Quay machin* in
Philadelphia costs them money they
would defeat the machine every time
it showed its hand. The plain people
are being robbed by the ballot thieves,
the crooks and the ex-convicts in poli
tics in the great cities. Robbed in dol
lars and cents; money taken out of
their pockets. This is how it is done.
Under the law the distribution of the
school funds of the state is made on
the basis of the number of school
teachers in each district, the number of
scholars enrolled, and the number of
tarables—names of voters—that ap
pear on the assessors' lists. Philadel
phia cannot falsify In the number of
teachers employed in her public
schools, or the number of pupils en
rolled in those schools, but the Quay
politicians do cheat when they pad the
assessors' lists with fiS.OOO fraudulent
names. This gives Philadelphia tens
of thousands of dollars more than she
is entitled to and cuts down just that
much of the amount of money that
should go to the other counties of the
state.
CASH FROM FARMERS.
It will thus be seen that every time
the Quay machine in Philadelphia adds
100 names to the bogus list of voters it
is robbing some country community
of school money. The farmers of
Pennsylvania are therefore vitally in
terested in the stupendous ballot box
frauds in Philadelphia. It means cash
to them. They are paying out money
for school tax when they should not
do so, simply because the Quay ma
chine In Philadelphia pads the list of
voters and Philadelphia schools get
more than their share of the state
cash.
The case of M. S. Quay still hangs
fire in the United States senate. He
cannot be re-elected. latterly he has
grown defiant, and last week declared
to a reporter in Washington, and it
was republished in the Philadelphia
North American, that he, Quay, pro
posed to be a candidate for re-election
again; that he would enter the fight
In defiance of the expressed wish of the
people. Mr. Quay has been turned
down by the people of Pennsylvania,
and to anybody but a member of the
machine this would be sufficient. But
Quav does not propose to accent the
verdict. He is going Into the state
and with his machine will once more
endeavor to thwart the will of the peo
ple and secure his re-election to the
senate. \
AN OLD GAME.
The plan by which he and his
friends expect to fool the people is an
old one. They are going to put up
Quay men for the legislature in every
county. If any one should ask tliesa
candidates if they are Quay men they
will deny that they are anything but
"regular" Republicans, who propose to
abide by the caucus decision if elected.
That is all Mr. Quay wants. If hie can
get men to go into caucus he wiill re
elect himself again.
It will be well for the plain peoptle of
Pennsylvania to distrust the candidate
for the legislature who says that he Is
neither Quay nor anti-Quay, but will
abide by the caucus decision. There
is no intermediate ground. A candi
date must be either for Quay vr against
him, and so declare hlmsralf. There
arc no hylirb. in this year's fight.
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DEATHS.
FETTER—At his home in Butler. Jan
1:1. 1900. Jacob Fetter, aged 7!) years.
Mr. Fetter had lived in Butler about
four years and previous to that had liv
ed on his farm in Penn twp. for 6*2
vears. He leaves four boys and five
girls. His remains were interred in
Calvary cemetery.
CAIN At his home on N McKean St
Bntier. Jan. 14, 1900, Levi Cain, aged
75 years
Mr. Cain had had a paralytic stroke a
week before. He leaves a large family
His reuiains were laid in the North
cemetery. Tuesday afternoon.
CAMPBELL—At her home. 281 Third
St.. Butler. Jan. 15. IDOrt.Vida.daugh
ter of Thomas A. Campbell, aged 10
months.
FOSTER—At her home in Butler. Jaa.
It?. 1900. Florence daughter of John
Foster.
HOON—At his home in Prospect. Jan.
11. 1900. Samuel Hoon, in his 'JOth
year.
He leaves twelve children, among
whom are Levi Hoon the Reufrew
utcher, and Mrs Ed Sechler and Mrs.
John Dick of Prospect.
CUNNINGHAM —At her home in Jef
ferson twp . Jan. lti. 1900. Mrs Cun
ningham. widow of Matthew Cun
ningham, aged about 70 years.
13ARTLEY—At the home of his son in
Parker twp., Jan. 15, 1900, George W.
Bartley, aged about 80 years,
lie was buried at Bonnie Brook, yes
terday.
rOYLE —At Dixmont Hospital. Jan.
15, litOO, Margaret Boyle, of Middle
sex twp.. aged 85 years.
Interment was held at Glade Run U.
P. church, Wednesday.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
Notice i> hereby given that at a meeting of
11n* Board of Dlrectorsof the Butler Borough
School District. I'a., held on January 9th,
luii, at their regular place of meeting. Un
said Hoard 'if Directors of said school dis
trict Minified ;i desire toincrease the indebt
edness of said school district of Bnt In
borough two per centum of the last preced
ing assessed valuation of the taxable prop
erly In said district, for the purpose of pur
rliasing grounds, for erecting buildings, for
lie payment of a debt contracted in furnish
ing grounds and erecting buildings, fur com
pleting improvements in school buildings
contemplated at the time of their erection,
or any other matter intimately connected
with the purchase of gron nds and the erec
tion of buildings.
And whereas, a resolution was duly passed
by said Hoard of Directors, fixing ami direct
ing an election to tie held at the several
polling places within said district on Tuis
day. February 3nth. WOO: the polls to be open
from 7 o'clock a. m. until 7 p. m. All of
which was authorized and directed by a
resolution of said Board, duly and regularly
passed. •
And for the purpose of obtaining the as
sent of the electors of the Butler Borough
School District to the increase of its debt as
aforesaid, and by authority of the Act of
Assembly in such case made and provided
and of such resolution.notice Is hereby given
that a public election has been ordered and
will tie held at the several polling places for
the holding of general municipal elections
within said district on Tuesday, February
20th. 1900. A. I)., from 7 o'clock a. m. to 7
o'clock p. m., to-wit: In the First ward at
the building known as the I cure U building,
on Centre avenue, in the Second ward at
the house of Gabriel Kohier. on F.ast Jeffer
son street. In the Third ward at the Court
House. In the Fourth ward at the house
known as the Nixon House, on McKean
street. In the Fifth ward at the hotel known
as the Wick house, on Main street.
The last assessed valuation of the taxable
property in the Butler Borough School Dis
trict is S2.7S(i.ti;u.OO.
The present indebtedness of the iiutler
Borough school district is:
Outstanding bonds 547,000 00
Floating debt is. outstanding war
rents 10,000 00
Estimated contracted expenses for
balance school year 13.098 91
#70,0!1s KU
I,ess am't due from Col 510.674 Art
Ain't due from Stale app'n.. 4.892 1:2
Cash in treasury...*. :W7 00
Lot lu First ward 700 Oil
853.483 s«
The proposed Increase of debt is to in
crease the present debt two per centum upon
the last assessed valuation of taxable prop
erty in said school district, which, if granted,
will authorize an increase of $.1.1.612.66.
And the purpose for which the indebted
ness is to be increased is for purchasing
grounds, erecting buildings, payment of a
debt contracted in furnishing grounds and
erecting buildings, completing Improve
ments in school buildings contemplated at
the time of their erection, or any other mat
ter intimately connected with the purchase
of grounds and the erection of buildings.
In witness whereof. I. the President of the
Butler Borough School Board have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 16th day of Janu
ary, X. D. 1900. J. B. McJ ' NKIN,
President of School Board.
Attest: A. C. Kuril. Secretary
SHERIFFS SALES.
By virtue of a writ of Fi. Fa. issued out of
the Court of Common l\eas of Butler coun
ty, Pa., and to me directed, t here will lie ex
posed to public sale, at the Court House, in
the liorough of Butler, Pa., oil
Monday, January 22, 1900,
at 1 o'clock p. tu.
K. D. No. I s . 4ft and ."A March term, IUOO.
Vanderiin and Wilson, attorneys.
All the right, title, interest and claim of J.
(i. Kennedy, of, in and to all that certain
niece or parcel of land, situated in Harmony
liorough. Rut ler county. Pa., bounded as fol
lows, to-wit: On the nort li by lot of IlerZOg
heirs and the diamond, on the east by Main
street, on the south by lot of Milleman heirs,
and on the west by an alley, fronting »i«> feet
on Main street and extending buck I.'U feet to
said alley; having thereon erected a two
story brick dwelling house of six rooms and
a two-story brick and frame bank building
and residence, frame stable and outbuild
ings. Seized and taken in execution as the
property of J. G. Kennedy at the suit of (J.
I>. Swain.
KIIHKIFF'S SALIvS.
Isy-virtue of writs of I'M. Fa. Issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas of Butler coun
ty, Pa., and to nie directed, there will be ex
posed to public sale, at the court house, in
the borough of Butler, Pa., on
Saturday .the ioth Day of Feb. A. D. 1900,
at 1 o'clock p. m.. the following descrllied
property, to-wit:
K. D. No. 7s, March term,llloo. \V. I>. Brandon,
Att'y.
All t h»-right, title. Interest and claim of
Peter Schenck. of, in and to all that certain
piece or lot of land situated in the liorough
of Hut ler. Rut ler county. Pa., liounded as
follows, to-wit: On the north by Jefferson
street, on the east by Bluff street, on the
south by an alley, and on the west by lot of
II Schti'cidcman; with large two-story frame
house containing 10 rooms with frontage of
7t*» feet on Jefferson street. I*o feet deep; also
an ollicc building of two rooms.
ALSO of. in and to all that certain piece
or lot of laud, situated iu the borough of
But ler, But ler county, Pa. liounded as fol
lows, to-wlt: On the north by W Jefferson
street, 011 the east by lot, of II Schueidemaii,
011 the south !»v an alley and on the west by
lot of (ieorge Vogeley heirs feet frontage
<.ll Jefferson street by Ifeet deep, with
large two-story double frame house contain
ing ii rooms with attic, cellar under whole
house and outbuildings.
ALSO of, in and to all that certain piece
or lot of land, situated In the borough of
Butler, Butler county, Pa, liounded as fol
lows, to-wll: On the north liy lot of George
Munch, on the east by Bluff street, 011 tin;
south by West Jefferson street, and on the
west by lot of William Bauer H8 feet fronting
on W Jefferson street and 4» feet deep with
two-story frame house containing tt rooms
and out buildings.
ALSO Of, In and to all that certain piece
or lot of land, situated Iu tin* borough of
Butler. But ler county. Pa. liounded as fol
lows, to-wlt: On tin* north by an alley, on
the east by lot of Kohert 1* owner, tin the
south by West North street, and on the west
by I<»t <»V Kohert Burkhalter fronting ."»<> feet
oil North street and 100 feet deep with two-|
story frame house containing 4 rooms, frame 1
stable ami other outbuildings.
ALSO < »f, in and to all that certain piece I
or lot of land, situated iu tin* borough of I
But ler. But ler county. Pa, tiouiided as fol
lows, to-wit: On the north by East Jeffer
son street, 011 the east by property of John
Niggle, 011 the south by Klttatiniiig street,
ami 011 the west by Jefferson ami K it tanning
st reet >. fronting 2fS» feet on Jefferson and Klt
tannlnff streets, 85 feet deep at east end ami
0 feet deep at west end.COlitalulng a 114 story
frame house with 0 rooms and other out
buildings.
ALSO Of, In and to all that certain piece
or lot of land, situated ill tin; borough of
Butler, Butler county, Pa, bounded as fol
lows, to-wlt: On the north by Clay street,
on the east by an alley, on the south by lot
of M 1 liockcnstclii, and on the west by
Broad street. Double lot 100 feet fronting
on Broad street by 190 feet deep Seized and
taken iu execution as tin? nronerty of Peter
Schenck at the suit of Philip Gelbach in
trust.
TERMS OF SALK The following must he
strictly complied with when property is
st rlckcn down.
I. When the plaintiff or other lien creditor
becomes the purchaser, the costs on the writ
must be paid, and a list of the Ileus, Includ
ing inortgage searches on the properly sold,
together with such lien creditor's receipt*
for t he amount of t he proceeds of the sale or
such portion t hereof as lie may claim, must
be furnished the Sheriff.
'J. All bids must IH* paid in full.
•i. All sales not settled immediately will lie
continued until one o'clock, P. M.. of next
day at which time all property not settled
for will again be put up and sold at the ex
pense ami risk of the person to whom first
sold.
•See Purdon's Digest, ttth edition, page 440,
and Smith's Forms, page .'lB4.
THOMAS It. lIOON, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. But ler. Pa.. Jan. Mb, 1900.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
In re estate of John Neeiy, 111 the Ornhan's
late of Lancaster twp. Court of Butler
dee'd.. final account of county. No. 21,
Frank Neely, Adm'r. March T., 1900.
Having been appointed Auditor in the
above state case, notice is hereby given that
1 will attend to the duties of salu appoint
ment, at my office, at No. H W. Diamond, in
the Borough of Butler. Pa., on Tuesday, the
oth day of February, 1000. at 10 o'clock ni.
of salu day. where and when ail persona In
terested In the alMive named estate must ap
pear A. T. SCOTT.
Auditor.
Orphan's Court Sale.
By virtue of an order and de*-rw» of the
Orphan's «'ourt In and for the t'outity of
, Butler, Pa . the undersigned administratrix
the estate of Burton J. Sloan, lute of Yenaii
lo township. County ••»iid State aforesaid,
deceased, will offer for sale at public vendue
on the premises, on
Thursday, Feb. Bth, A. D. 1900,
At one o'clock p n.. of said day all that
certain tract of land situate in the township,
county aud State sforesaid. bounded on tin
north by lauds of Rimer Jamison and other*,
on tiie ea>t iiy landsof Junes K. Miller. Esq.,
on tin south by lands of Win. Sloan and
others aud on the west by lands now or
formerly of J. \V. Sloan. containing sluty
live acres, more or less, and having erected
thereon dwelling house, bank Imrn and out
building*. The larger portion of said land is
cleared, feui'ed and cultivated, balance
woodland: also one pisMiuclng oil well there
on drilled umler lease of whole tract given
by deceast il in his lifetime for oil and gas
purposes. All royalties and rentals from oil
mil gas under said lease will go to the pur
chaser of said land from anil after conflrma
tion of report of sale. Title good.
rEKMS ol" SALF- One-half the purchase
money to be paid immediately after confir
mation of report of sale, the other half to tie
Mid in MM NH thereafter with interest
from said confirmation of s lie, and to be
secured by lioiid and mortgage ou the
premises In usual form as to waivers and
commissions.
LILLIE SLOAN.
Administatrix.
K .Mc.lt .NKiN and E tkins Corners. Ha.
.1. M. GAUKEATR,
Attorneys.
Public Notice of Dissolution of
Partnership.
Noiice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore subsisting by and be
tween John B. Sproull, E.G.Sproull and
Jauies A. Sproull lias this day been dis
solved by mutual consent of all the par
ties auc all debts owing said partnership
are receivable by ? new firm this day
formed between the two lsst named par
ties of the late firm, vis: E. G. Spioull
and James A, Sproull, ami this new firm
wi'l also pay all claims or right demands
owing by the late firm.
The business formerly conducted by the
late firm will be in the future conducted
by the said new firm, under the firm
name of Sproull Bros.,J. B. Sproull re
tiring.
E, G. SPROULL
JAMES A. SPROULL
JOHN* B. SPROULL
Dec. 30th. 1599. Boyer, Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of administra.ioti cti the estate
}f George W. Fulton, dee'd., late of
Middlesex twp., Butler Co., Pa., having
been granted to the undersigned, all
persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate will please make immediate
payment, and any having claims against
the same will present them duly authen
ticated for settlement to
SAMUEL A. LESLIF, Adm'r,
Bakerstowu, Pa.
ADM INISTRATRIXS'NOTICE-
Letters of administration on the estate
of Albert Shrader, dee'd., late of Butler.
Pa., having been granted to the under
signed, all persons knowing themselves
to ba indebted to the said estate will
please make immediate pa>ment, and all
having claims will present them duiy
authenticated fot settlement to
MRS. ANNS SURADKR,
MRS. VERNE S. LANTZ,
Butler, Pa.
J. R. HKNNINOER, Att'y.,
Butler, Pa., Jan. 10, 1900.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of administration 011 the estate
of Jane Brown, dee'd , late of Slippery
rock twp., Butler Co., P?., having lieen
granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves indebted to said
estate will please make immediate pay
ment, and any having claims against
said estate will present them duly
authenticated for settlement to
SARAH BROWN, Adm'x.,
Wick P. 0., Butler Co., Pa.
J. D. MCJUNKIN. Att'y.
Butler. Pa., Dec. 23, 1599.
~ PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
hR. C. ATWKLL,
Office 106 W. Diamond St., [D r .
Graham's old office.]
Horns 7 to 9 a. 111. aud 1 to 3 and 7 to
8 p. m
XU H. BROWN,
M • HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AMI
SURGEON.
Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O.
Night calls at oflice.
UAMUKLM. BIPPUS,
U "PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
200 West Cunningham St.
I BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
New Trouttnan Building, Butler Pa.
(' M.ZIMMERMAN
U • PHYSICIAN AND SUEGEON
Office No. 45, S. Main street, over City
Pharmacy.
DR. N. fll. HOOVER
137 E. Wayne St., office uours. 10 to
12 a. ni. 1 and to 3 p. m.
HW WICK,
• DENTIST.
Has located in the new Stein building,
with all the latest devices for Dental
work.
I J. DONALDSON,
i t) • DENTIST.
Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest
improved plan. Gold Pilling* a spec
ialty. Office over Miler's Shoe Store.
OR. W. P. McILROY,
DENTIST.
Formerly known as the "Peerless
Painless Extractor of Teeth." Located
permanently at in East Jefferson St.,
Opposite Hotel Lowrv, Butler. Will do
deutial operations of all kinds by the
latest devices and uu-to-date methods
Y MCALPIN.
V T DENTIST,
Now permanently in Bickel Building,
with a reliable assistant, and facilities
for best and prompt work.
People's Phone for Drs. V. or J Mc-
Alpin—House No. 330; office No. 340.
DR. M. I). KOTTRABA.
Successor to Dr. Johnston.
DENTIST,
Office at No. 114 E. Jefferson St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery,
F. L. McyiJISTION,
' . CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
Office near Court House.
I D. McJUNKIN,
rl • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in Reiber building, corner Main
and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on
E. Cunningham.
L 1 H. NEGLEY,
L< ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in the "CITIZEN" building.
N EWTON BLACK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office on South Diamond Street.
JOHN W. COULTER.
ft ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
Wise building, N. Diamond St., Butlet
Sjiecial attention given to collections
and business matters.
Reference: Butler Savings (tank, or
Butler County National Bank
A. T. BLACK. IHA MoJtIHKIH.
1) LACK & McJUNKIN,
1) Attorneys-at-law,
Armorv Building, Butler, Pa.
HII. GOUCHER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Mi chell building.
pOULTER & BAKhR,
V ATTORNEYS at LAW.
Room 8., Armory buildin a .
4 T. SCOTT,
A. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. S. West Diamond St. But
ler, Pa.
I B. BKEDIN.
FJ . ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court House.
I M. PAINTER,
FJ. ArroRNEY AT LAW.
Office between Postoff.CC and Diamond '
WANTICII man or woman to travel
for laru>- lionsc; s.tlaty #»L". monthly and
«*xp«•!!»«*!*, with tnrrea**; position |>**rtnnn
«• tit st
MAN AO EH. JUOCaxion Chicago. ,
ssssgg -r- i,
L. C. WICK,
DEALER IN
LUHBER.
Farm For Sale.
I will sell my farm in Washing
ton twp , located about three
miles west of North Washington,
| containing about 150 acres, with
good house, bain, outbuildings,
springs and orchard, underlaid
with coal, and two producing oil
wells, on easy tern s. Inquire of
R. 0. Rumbaugh,
Nixon House, Butler. Pa.
UNDERTAKING.
Notice is hereby give n that the under
taking business carried on by Mrs. Minnie
Hunt, at West Sunbury, Pa., under the
supervision of her father, John Mechling,
lately dee'd., will be continued by me.
All work will be done in first -ciass
stj le, at reasonable prices.
Mrs. Minnie Hunt-
LIVERY.
H. C. Pryor, of W. Sunbury, hereby
gives notice to the public that owing to
the death of Lis father-in-law, John
Mecbliug, he will not 'eave his business
as bad been intended, but will continue
to carry on the livery business at the old
stand. Good rigs furnished <it moderate
price. H. C PRYOR.
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