THE CITIZEN.
WILLIAM C. NEGLEY '- - Publisher
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1901.
Must Elect A Clerk.
The death of Wm. P. Turner. Clerk
of the Courts of Butler county, neces
sitates the election of his successor at
the general election of this year. • hen
Turner's death was announced,
Tuesday morning, the Court appointed
Miss Meals to act as Deputy Clerk till
the Governor would appoint an elector
—who Will fill the office for the balance
of this year—but the parties will nomin
ate and the people will this year elect
an elector to fill the office for three
years beginning with the first Monday
of January, 11K)2.
OUT present delegation to Harrisburg
Messrs Williams. Mates and Thomp
son—will probably control the Govern
or's appointment, and they are said to
favor W. H. Campbell of Concord twp.
WASHINGTON.
A great constitutional issue was rais
ed Thursday in the House of
atives on the occasion of its first session
in the twentieth century. The radical
element among the House Republicans,
who favor cutting down the represent
ation from the Southern States in which
franchise is abridged, suffered defeat
because a number of their colleagues re
fused to act with them.
The issue was precipitated quite un
expectedly. The leaders had decreed
that the reapportionment bill should be
taken up. but before it could be called
Mr. Olmstead. of Pennsylvania, offered,
as a matter of privelege. a resolution
reciting the alleged abridgement of the
suffrage in Louisana, Mississippi. South
Carolina and North Carolina and direct
ing the Committee 011 Census to inves
tigate and report the facts to the House,
in order that a constitutional basis
ot representation could be established
for those States.
The resolution created a sensation.
It was a surprise even to several of the
Republican leaders. The leaders 011
the Democratic side fought in vain to
head off the resolution with points of
order, but the speaker ruled against
them. They then began a filibuster,
openly avowing that they would fight
every proposition looking to the re
duction of representation from the
Southern states to the bitter end.
Re apportionment was discussed in the
House of Representatives last weeK and
during the session of Saturday Repre
sentative Littlefield, of Maine, bitterly
attacked Representative Hopkins, of
Illinois, and his bill.
When Congress met in December in
quiry among Republican Represent
atives from Pennsylvania showed that
all of them except Mr. Sibley, of \en
ango. and Mr. Showalter, of Butler,
favored keeping the membership of the
House at 357, the present number. It is
now stated that through the influence
of Senator Penrose these Representa
tives. who are adherents of Col. %Juay,
will favor the passage of the Burleigh
bill, which fixes the membership at 387,
and increases Pennsylvania s represent
ation from 30 to 32. H. Hf.ll in Pitts
burgh Time*.
By a majority of 63 the House. Tues
day, adopted the Burleigh Bill, which
fixes its membership to 880 (an increase
of 29) and gives Pennsylvania two more
members Allegheny county will be
entitled to 4 members. Dr. Showalter
oted against the bill.
One objection to both apportion
ment bills now before the House is that
under each Louisiana gains a meuil)er
and this is strengthened fo far as the
Burleigh bill is concerned by the fact
hat it gives North Carolina another
Representative. It is stated that the
Louisiana constitution, which goes into
effect shortly, will reduce the voting
population of the State to about 42,900.
This is lees than the average veto in a
single district in many Notheran States
and there iB a strong feeling against
giving more representation to those
States which haye so outrageourly re
stricted the right of franchise.
Phillips on Subsidy.
In general I am opposed to the
principle of subsidies, said Thos. W.
Phillips lately. The ship subsidy bill is
now before Congress, if enacted into
law, will enhance the fortunes of ship
owners and shipbuilders at thb expense
of the taxpayers. If the government
has money to donate why not uive
bounties to the fSirmers and laborers, to
the poor rather than •to the rich?
'•Equal rights to all, special priveleges
to none," is a maxim from which legis
lators cannot depart without, causing
great discontent, injustice and often
disaster, as well as destroying the pat
riotism of our people.
The ship subsidy is of great moment
to all citizens of America. It involves
the payment of $9,000,000 annually dur
a period of 20 years or a total of SIBO.
000.000. all of which is to be paid from
taxes by the people. There is no assur
ance that they will get a dollar in re
turn for the payment of this vast sum
The men behind this bill, a number of
whom, are named in speeches and Con
gressional reports, ami others who are
openly advocating this measnr". are the
richest coterie of men that this country
has known. Their combined wealth
and that of corporations and trusts they
represent can be measured not alone by
millions or hundreds of millions, but by
billions of dollars.
The history of many of these men,
corporations nn<l trusts is well known,
and the methods by which they gained
their great wealth are still better
known It has been grined by monop
olizing vast industries, by fixing prices
011 products, prices on freight, by dis
criminations in freight rates; by doing
as the Standard oil trust, some of whoso
directors are named as being interested
in this legislation, has done, namely,
fixing the price at which they buy,
transport, manufacture and sell petro
leum, one of the largest items of ex
port today. They have al&o oppressed
others and enriched themselves by se
curing special legislation.by the enact
ment of uujust and discriminating laws
and by special priveleges. We may
well ask, in view of such past history,
showing the injustice done millions of
onr citizens by many of the promoters
of this measure, who will be benefitted
and who injured by the enactment of it
into a law ?
However the mere payment of *IBO,
000.000 to it few mnlti-mtllionaire.s is far
from the worst feature of the bill, for it
would mean, beyond question, the for
mation of a gigantic ocean carrying
trust, backed by the Government iistll.
and consequently precluding the pos
sibility of successful American com
petition in this trade for at least a gen
eration.
The last 40 years has produced or
called to the front two das*i < f men;
The political boss and the commercial
or business boss The first-named boss
largely dominates the poli! es of the
Stale and nation to-day. The other
boss is fast gaining control of (in bv
and transportation of the country.
It is as absurd to cail the < ommerctal
boss a business man as it is to call the
political boss a statesman. The meth
ods of both are similar: each seeks
special immunities and priveleges and
feeds either upon the support or sub
stance of others. Their methods bting
alike, they are frequently found in col
lnsion, and there is reason for the grav
est apprehension that thi - final pov.'er is
behind this bill.
Aside from a subsidy being objection
able in general this bill has some
special objections. For example it pro
vides for the payment of a greater
bounty per ton on freight carried on
large lioats than ni>on small ones, on
fast boats than on slow ones, on steam
boats than on sailing vessels. Hence it
plainly discriminates in favor of the
great corporations, and in time would
drive the small shipper out of the bus
iness. Nearly all farm produce is car
ried on slow boats.
Mr. Phillips then gave some illnstrat
ions of how the bill would discriminate
in favor of the big ship owners, and
quoted from a speech made by McKin
ley in Oct 1899, as follows:
"Our shipbuilding has been great
ly increased. For the first time in all
our history the tonnage of our steam
vessels exceeded on June 1 tin* tonnasie
of all our sailing vessels, barges and
other craft. We built in 1897 and l s !» s
mcre vessels of steel than of all other
materials combined. Our tonnage in
creased dnring the year 100,000 tons j
and is without a parallel in onr recent
history. More large ocean steamships
are under construction in the United
States than ever before. Our ship
building plants are being enlarged and
new establishments projected."
Washburn and Judas.
Dr. Swallow in the last issue of his
"Pennsylvania Methodist" goes for
Senator Washburn in this way:
Senator Washburn .was elected to the
State Senate from the Crawford district
two years ago by the Democrats, Popu
lists "and Prohibitionists. The issues on
which he was elected and for which lie
stood in the Senate two years ago were
anti-Quayism. popular government as
opposed to bossism. and the prohibition
of the liquor traffic. He is a Universa
list preacher. He has been held in high
esteem by* his constituents, who confi
dentially believed that he was invul
nerable to bribes, and whoever else
might be bought by Quay gold, he
could not.
That he should come to Harrisburg as
a hold-over Senator, and 011 the eve of
the great battle be the first to go over
to the enemy, is a great disappointment
to his friends.
"There are conditions where an hon
est change of opinion or conviction
v ould lead a man to change his course
of conduct, but these do not exist in the
case of Sir. Washburn. His column
and a half or attempted justification
does not furnish even a thin yeneer for
his unpardonable perfidy.
"It is a sad reflection that the
onlv preacher in the Senate should thus
stab, by his easily explained treachery,
not only the confidence of his constit
uents and friends, among the latter
of whom the writer has hitherto been
proud to number himself, but, worst of
all, he injures the cause of Christ, and
casts a reproach upon the church aud
ministry of every name.
"It is true Mr. Washburn believes m
universal salvation, but he will learn
that nothing will save him from the nn
measured contempt, mingled with pity,
of those who trusted him only to be be
trayed. He does not believe in a heli
He will learn what it is to carry about
in his own conscience, 'A fire, the smoke
of the torment of which will ascend for
ever. His act gave birth in his heart
to 'the worm that dieth not. Nothing
that lie can receive in exchange for his
honor will compensate him, nor. remove
the stigma brought upon himself aud
his family.
"Judas had the decency to offer to re
turn the price of his treason and when
it was refused with, 'What is that to 11s.
see thou to that.'to go out and liatiu'
himself on a rope as rotten as had been
his conscience, which, breaking, he fell
and was burst asunder. Better such a
stench producing episode than that emit
ted from a living corpse.
HAKKISBURG.
Before the Seuate adjourned on Wed
nesday of last week, E. W. Smiley was
re-elected Chief Clerk and Senator C uui
mings was selected as teller on the part
of the Senate to conduct the election of
U. S. Senator.
The Governor's message was read in
both Houses that morning, and it was
generally commended. He says he
favors the election of U. S. Senators by
the popular vote, the re-apportionment
of the State into Congressional, Senator
ial and Legislative districts, better laws
governing primary elections: more
stringent oleomargarine legislation and
the completion of the Capitol, and h:s
exhibit of the finances of the Stale
showed a million and a half in the
Treasury. Fourteen names were pre
sented as candidates for U. S. Senator.
The Indian Territory.
This, now interesting portion of onr
territories is engaging the attention of
the people of the United States in point
of mineral and agricultural richness.
G. W. Ripley, Esq. a wealthy real es
tate owner of Sapulpa, Indian Territo
ry, who lately visited friends in this
city, gives quite an interesting account
of that far western country,its resources
and progress. He says it lays between
the storm belts, having a fair rain fail
and yielding in grain from 20 to 40
bushels of wheat per acre; corn 4'-> t •• 7ti
bushels shelled per acre; cotton £lOOl 1
to 11 bales per acre; potatoes two crops
per season —the second crop keeping
better than the first. All kinds of fruit
trees yield bountiful crops whilst the
prairies are covered with the most lux
urious growth of blue stem upon
which the thousands of cattle fatten ami
grow as if fed on corn, in wiiter as well
as summer.
The Frisco R. R. and her branches
are now spreading through the Territo
ry affording markets for all iu;r pro
ducts. Her farms are rapidly filling up
with whitemen and the "Arkansas
traveler."
The educated, college bred Indian
lives at home enjoying luxurious easi-.
growing rich on the fat of his princely
heritage from Uncle Saui.
We must not forget to mention that
this territory is pierced by the great
Ozark uplift, the mineral bearing region
where oil, gas, gold, silver, lead, zinc,
tin, copper and iron are said to be in
large quantities in the mountain dis
tricts. whilst oil comes to the suriace in
many places aud is collected for domes
tic use. In the Osage country many
large oil and gas wells are in operation.
The following from a local paper re
minds one of the balmy days of Butler
county oil fields:
"Bartlesville mechanics stand no show
for a holiday vacation this year."
•'That red glare in the northwest
heavens after nightfall is not the aurora
borealis, neighbor. It is the reflection
of the burning gas from Bartlesville's
wells. And it is discernible from Neo
desha to the Arkansas river "
"!No. S, the new gas well at Bartles
ville, is a hummer It has a pressure of
650 pounds to the s inare inch. The
two gas wells together have a How of
7,000,0(10 cubic feet per day. Bartles
ville, with her gas wells and petroleum
wells, ougut to make a city."
Just across the Arkansas liver from
the Bartlesville oil field, .1 no S. Wick
is hustling the stuff on the ground for a
well on J. A Heydrick & Companys
lease.
Sapulpa is a new railroad town at the
junction of the Frisco and Texas li. It.,
having a population of over 8000, dur
ing the last live months over ~>o build
ings have been erected, and one cotton
compress, which cost $50,000 to build,
and has now in store SIOO,OOO worth ot
this season's cotton.
They have two colleges one for
white students the other for Indian
students. The Indians have Vonday
fort-noon, and the whites Saturday af
ternoon off-a precaution taken b\ the
Indians that their children in.!} not
learn some of the knowlege not found
in the whiteman's school books.
The Indian children receive! their
Christmas bos from their Bntler fi'ien -■
with an appreciation that would i.ave
amply repaid them for the thoughtful
gifts'.*
A letter from Sapulpa ..ays there h.is
been contracts for 100 wells let in the
Bartlesville oil fields by tht Cudalm
and Osage Oil Cos.. and that the oii is
of high grade green oil.
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS.
The wonderful progress of this Na
tion. during the past hundred years can
be presented no more significantly than
by comparing the receipts and expenses
of the National Treasury today with
those of 1800.
For the year ending June 30. 1900
they were as follows: —
RECEIPTS.
From internal revenue. .$295.32 • .926.
From customs 233,164,8 i 1.16
From postal service 102,3.>4,5j9 29
From miscellaneous 38,748,053.97
Total receipts $669,595,431. 18
EXPENDITURES.
Civil and miscellaneous. .*
Military establishment.. 134.774.T07.
Naval establishment 55,953,077 .2
Indians 10.175.106.70
Pensions 140,8n.316.02
Interest on public debt.. 40, 100,333.
Deficiencv in postal rev. . 7,230,1 <B. <9
Po s tal service 102,354,579.29
Total expenditures... .$590,068,3» 1.00
Surplus 79,527,060.18
This surplus of a single year says
Edward Byrn in the "Scientific
American" is more than seven times as
much as the entire receipts of the gov
ernment in 1800, and ten times as much
as its entire expenses in that year. To
day the United States is by far the rich
est country in the world. Its wealth
exceeds that of the United Kingdom,
which is the next in rank, by about
$22,000,000,000. In 1800 our population
was 5,308, 483: now it is 70, 304, 799.
The sixteen states have grown to forty
five, and our territory expanded from
909, 050 square miles to 3,840,595 square
miles. At the opening of the revolution
sry war there were but 40 newspapers.
In 1850 these had grown to 2.526, and
to-day we have 20,806. Note also the
following growth in national wealth.
According to the eighth census, that
wealth was in 1789, $019,977,247: in 1850
*7, 135.780,228: and in 1860 the highest
estimate bv individuals returns,
made it $19'098,156,289. According
to Mr. Mnlhall the wealth of the
United States in 1890 reached
$94,876,000,000 aud in 1900 will be $91.-
040,000,000. This makes in 1900 the
sum of $1,195 fcr each inhabitant. The
addition which the last ten years has
made to the national wealth is $25,000,-
000,000. This result in the accretion of
natisnal resources is commented on by
Mr. Mulhall himself as really stupen
dous. Expressing the growth of this
period in more comprehensible terms,
he says it means that for every day in
every year of the past decade tlie I nited
States has grown (daily) i.* the rati" of
4,000 in population. 800 in school child
ren 29,000 in acres of farms, $7,500,000
in wealth, and $1,100,000 in manufac
tures. According to Statistician Powers
of the twelfth census, this saving of
$25,000,000,000 in ten ytars is a greater
saving thau all the people of the West
ern continent were able to make irom
the discovery by Columbus to the break
ing out of the civil war, which state
merit seems justified by the figures al
ready given from the eighth census.
He also says that the savings of these
ten years represent more houses, build
ings", machinery, tools, implements cloth
es and means of transportation than the
race was able to add by its savings from
Adam to the Declaration of American
Independence.
The infinitude of factors in this epoch
of progress is to great for couiprehvi
sion, and embarrasses the mind in am
effort to expand to a full apqreeiation
its details. The United States, however
has not yet attained its majority, ma
the future has still great things in stori
tor us. Seventeen million children are
in onr schools and colleges, and ?he-r
--in the next century will take our places
as active workers, and with the master
ful equipment of education, coupled
with the energy of newblood, a revere it
respect for religion, patriotism and mor
alitv, and a heritage unparalleled, such
forces will undoubtedly carry the re
public to a greater prosperity and more
exalted destiny.
To be continued.
West Siuibury.
The winter term of school opened
Tuesday with a large number in attend
ance. •
The week of prayer is pc-ing observed
in the churches here.
Mrs. Snsan Timblin has gone to
Warren, Pa., to speud the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. Wilson.
Among a number of others from a
distance who attended the funeral of
Linn Breaden here, last weak, was Koss
Mechling. of Clarinton Pa.
DeLoss Heindman, our miller, is on
the sick list.
Pauline Wick is visiting friends in
Renfrew.
Mrs. A. B. Esbeubaui?h. of Wheeling,
W. Va . visited friends here Inst week.
Scott Campbell intends moving into
new house on Main St. this week.
Dewitt Brevlen and Madge Con .v y
return this week to Wilmington, where
they are attending school.
Alfred Forqner is home visiting his
m ttlier and also nursing a broken limb.
The gas well well near town has been
drilled through the linndred-foot and so
far is a failure.
John McCarrier. formerly of this
jilaee. but now of W. Va , was her" a
few days calling on friends.
liriiin.
Services were held every in the
Presbyterian church last week.
About fifty young people came down
from Petroha on Friday last and enjoy
ed themselves skating on the dam.
Onr schools opened Dec. 31st after a
two weeks vacation.
James Milliard of Bruin and Miss
Carrie Fox of Parker were married on
the 2nd inst. We wish them a happy
life
Mr. Thomas Sutton and bride of
Apollo spent New Year's in Bruin the
guests of relatives.
Mr. Charlie Fletcher has gone to the
Ohio oil fields to work.
Mr. Charles Heckman is home nursing
a catarrh on his left hand.
Mrs. J. H. Ramsey and son spoilt the
holidays in Apollo.
Mr. L. Savior moved his family to
Parker.
Mr. Harry Caldwell, of New Kensing
ton, was in Bruin ou Saturday.
Mr. J. H. Orr made a business trip to
Butler on Wednesday last.
Sarvcrs Station.
Harvey Bicker and Harvey Smith are
new students at the Academy.
Mr. and Mrs David Bryan are away
visiting their parents.
The iee harvest is here and we are
gathering it.
Our skating rink is well patronized.
Ono athlete recently sounded it. it took
him over the feet. Another tested it
safely by falling at riijht angles, the
head tip. The little tots thought these
tricks good.
Frank Fry and bride got a royal sere
nade.
Mesrrs Greer. Bicker, Grenlish and
Prof. Hepler visited the Academy re
cently.
Mrs. McMeekin entertained her sons
and daughters ou New Year's day.
Still 12 weeks of winter term of the
Academy.
Week of prayer is being observed in
Buffalo ami Westminster churches.
Weekly prayer meeting last week at
John Mo'orehead's and this at Jam's
Bricker's.
Santa Clans stopped at the Presbyte
rian parsonage and left behind bun
;: >dly things some from afar, others
from next door.
RAILROAD "deals" are in the air.
This wonderful J. Pierpont Morgan of
New York is baying up all the railroads
arid consolidating them.
Prospect and Keeeutries.
Cross your legs and read that.
Auditors McGowan and Sechltr »"e
at the County seat at present, casting
up the money affairs of Bntler county
for 1900.
Miss Mollie English, one of the effi
cient helpers at the poor farm, was homer
during the holidays, and took her sister
Sadie back with her to help Supt. Grah
am.
The L O. T. M. held their first regu
lar session since their organization in
the I. O. O. F. hall on Thursday even
insj Jan. 3 and no doubt a great
amount of business was transacted
owing to the lateness of the hour of
dismissal.
A congregational meeting will lie
held in the Lutheran church next Sat
urday. Jan. 12 at 2 P. M„ and all mem
bers are urged to turn out.
The supper in the I. O. O. F. hall on
New Year's night was the greatest feast
so far in the twentieth century, and the
only complaint we had was that some
wished their stomachs were twice as
large.
Yes. Shoaf and Samuel Tintsman are
cutting timber on the Shannon farm N.
E. of town, and it lakes courage lor the
boys to start out these frosty mornings
Charlie Kelly and wife, of Harmony,
were here last week visiting relatives
Charlie has taken unto himself a wife,
and everybody congratulated Charlie
and his good,looking better half.
Elmer Frazier has taken an agency
for fruits and shrubbery, and if you in
tend to buy any of these things, wait
until you see Elmer's stock.
Prof. Ira Wilson and wife were at
Butler, last week, and combined sight
seeing and a shopping tour, and strack
many post holiday bargains.
Sammy Stoughton, of Butler, was iu
town not long since and went home by
the way of Whitestown to have a pleas
ant ride.
Rev. H. K. Shanor. of Middle La 11
caster, was here over night recently
the guest of his brother-in-law. T. J.
Critehlow.
Robert Kennedy celebrated his eight
ieth birthday an New Year's day, anil
was the guest of his daughter Mrs. X.
8. Grossman
A. H. Dunn, who was horue from the
Ohio oil fields during the holidays, has
returned to his pumping job near Cadiz.
Curley and Joe Warren, who were
drilling near Bnlil's Run. Big Creek,
came home Friday, having finished a
fair pumper for Ed. Johnston.
We all congratulate P. L. Hunter on
giving us such good tras service daring
tlie past cold snap. May your wells in
crease and long life be your fortune. P.
L.
Well. Miss Lide, you fooled the wait
ers. but just wail until tli«y present
their bill for that extra piece of cake.
Henry Garwig. the veteran Odd Fel
low from Whitestown. was in* town
Saturday evening, shaking hands with
the boys and reported nothing very
sensational down his way.
Which one of our legislators will se
cure the passage of a law, making the
minimum wages for teachers 83."> a
month. The §11.000.000 appropriation
has been generally used in lowering tax
ation, which is all rißht. but some dis
tricts pay no more than they did when
the appropriation was only $2,000,000.
Who will now befriend the common
school teacher V
Our primary school is again iu oper
ation under the guidance of Miss Alma
Webber. • f Centerville Miss Webber
gives promise of a successful teacher.
Help lier.
Mrs. Daniel Shanor, who has nearly
recovered from a sick spell, was thought
to be taking a back-set last week but
her many friends are pleased to hear
that she did not.
Some of our fine rifle shots attended a
match at John Double's. Isle, Saturday,
and no doubt got their share of the
prizes.
The time for making the nominations
for the February elections is drawing
near, and turn out and have your say
at the caucus.
Miss Maggie McLure. who spent her
vacation with her mother, has returned
to her school at Zelienople.
Adam Webber has returned from a
vi-it to his sons iu the Great West.
William lives in Illinois and Russell in
Missouri. Mr. Webber thinks it a
wonderful country and saw a farmer
shell 1800 bushels of com in half a day
Miss Loia Lepley. who wont to Pitts
hnrg to spend the holidays, is ?•<» pie is
ed with the wonderful city that >he
may not return until spring.
Miss Clara Burry, of Mt. Chestnut,
was in town Sunday and took her place
in her old Sunday school class. a»d all
were glad to see "her back again.
Miss Maggie Badger, of Isle, was the
guest of Miss Florence Stamm, one day
last week, and the ladies had a pleas
ant day together.
Prospect has so many good locking
young ladies that we would not dare to
name them for fear of missing some.
When you attend some gathering jnst
notice for yourself.
JOE COSITY.
LORD ROBERTS arrived in England
list week and was given an unpre
cedented welcome. The Queen created
him an Earl, .and multitudes awaited
his arrival for hours. Since Roberts'
departure the war in South Africa ba»
become one of desperate revenge
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DEATHS.
ROBINSON At Parker, January S.
1901, W. D. Robinson. aged so years.
BOOK At his home in Slipperyrock
township. January 7, 1901, John "Book,
aged 63 years.
McCHESNEY—Jan s. 1901. Dorothy,
infant daughter of Frank MeChesney
of Jefferson twp.
WILHELM At the County Home. Jan.
y. 1901, John Wilhelm. in his 9lst
year, formerly of Jackson twp.
MASTER—At the home of her mother.
Mrs. J. G. Myers in Butler Jau 3.
1901. Mrs. C. i Master, aged 31 years.
WEBBEK—At the houie of her dangh
ter. Mrs. Lutz, in Pittsburg, Jan. 4.
1901, Mrs Philomena Webber, aged
71 years. J
ERVIN—At his home in Bradford. Pa..
Dec. 29, 1900, Elmer E. Erviu. aged 39
years. He was a native of Fairview.
this county.
DI'NTON —At the home of her sister.
Mrs. Raabe. in Canton, O , Jan. 3,
1901. Mrs Tillie S. Dunton
Mrs. Dunton was the youngest daugh
ter of Mis. C. C. Sullivan, of Butler,
and she had been in poor health for
some years.
WATT —At his home in Freeport, Pa.,
December 28, 1900. Mr. Josiali C.
Watt, aged 75 years, 5 months and 25
days.
Mr. Watt formerly lived in Butler.
Previous to that he had lived in Buffalo
township. He was a man highly re
spected by all who knew him and re
garded as* not only a good citizen but an
upright, moral man in all his ways.
KAYANAUGH- At his home in Zelie
nople, Sunday, January 6. 1901, Wil-
liam Kuvanaugh. aged 36 years.
Mr. Kavanaugh's death was not un
expected as he had been ill with Briglit's
disease, for several months. He leaves
a wife, nee Mary Hardy, and seven
young children He was the owner of
the Kavanangli machine shops at 7.elie
nople and of shops at Woodtield, Ohio.
The Zelienople stiops have just been re
built after their lite distraction by fire.
The funeral was held Wednesday after
noon at Zelienople and was conducted
by the Masons and Odd Fellows, of both
which orders Mr. Kavanaugh was a
member.
MORRISON—At his home in Bellevue
Allegheny Co., Pa., Jan. 4, 1901,
Hugh Morrison, iu hie 'Kid year,
After the Civil War, during which
Col. Morrison was a member of the
"Roundhead' regiment, he located in
Butler Co. and was elected County
Treasurer. During the winter of 1871.
18T'i and 1873 he was reading clerk
in the House of Representatives at
Harrisburg. In 1875 he removed
to Nausemond county. Va., where he
liven for ten years. He then eaine to
Pittsburg and with his brother, J. W
Morrison, in the photographic
supply company business on Sixth
stn< r* At the lime of his death he was
president of i ue c >iu:> "-.v.
Funeral servicer; were held at his
home in Bellevue, Sunday and Mr.
Morrisons remains were bionght to
Butler MOll lay morning and placed in
the Nortli*ide cemetery.
TURNER —At bis home on S McKean
St., Butler, Tuesday morning. Jan. 8.
1001. Wm P. Turner, Clerk of Courts
of Butler county, aged 58 years
Mr. Turner's death was caused by
cancL r of the stomach He was ail in
valid before he entered npon the duties
of his office and his death had been mo
mentarily expected for several days be
fore it occurred.
William P Turner was the seventh
of ten children of Win. R. and Eliza
beth Campbell Turner and was born on
the homestead farm in Parker twp.
When the Civil war broke out he enlist
ed in Co. G, 137 th Pa. Vol. Infantry and
served with distinction. After the w;ir
he followed the oil business and operat
ed extensively in Butler county.
In 1809 Mr. Turner received the Re
publican nomination for Clerk of Courts
over a large field of candidates, wis
elected and installed into office on the
first Monday of Jan. 1900 -fjust a year
and ;v day before bis death. For sever
al months past he had been unable to
attend to his official duties, owing to
his weakened physical condition and the
formotion' of cataracts on his eyes
During his absence from the office the
Court business was looked after by his
deputies, Mrs. Thomas Turner, his
daughter-in-law, and Miss Bern ice
Meals.
Mr. Turner married Sarah Spence,
who survives him Their only child to
reach majority was Thomas Turner
who died in Oct. 1898 of typhoid fever,
leaving a young wife, neo Miss Nettie
Miller of Cambridge Springs, Pa., who
since her husband's death has remained
with his parents.
Mr. Turner was a man universally
liked whereever known. As an official
he was pleasant, accommodating and
efficient. He was a member of the
Methodist church and the Grand Army
of the Republic.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon in the M E, church and the
remains placed in the north cemetery
Obituary Notes.
John C. Sims, Sec'y of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, died in Philadelphia,
last Sunday.
P. D. Armour, the great pork and
beef packer of Chicago, died at his
home there last Sunday.
Hon. James W. Bradbury, of Maine,
oldest fix-United States Senator in the
country, died at his home in that State
on Sunday Inst in his 99th year. He
was born, in Maine, iu 1802, aucl was in
the U. S. Senate from 1845 to 1851.
MRS ALIO; MCKEE WICKEHSHAM.
Mrs Alice G Wiekersham, neo Mc-
Kee, died fit Aspinwall. Allegheny Co.,
Dec. 28. 1900, and was laid to rest in
the family lot in the Allegheny ceme
tery. She was tin? daughter of Dr. .1.
W * and Pauliue McKee, of Saxonburg.
Butler Co. She was born in Armstrong
Co in 1 SCO. In March 1898 she was
married to Morris L. Wickersham, of
Allegheny, and moved to Aspinwall.
She died with heart disease and suffer
ed but little. She was dearly loved by
all and left a husband and one brother
and sister. A. T. McKee, of Saxonburg,
and Mrs. H. L. McGregor, of Waiter
station. Butler Co., with a host of
other friends to mourn her loss.
In death upon her couch she lay,
Yet so beautiful
A smile upon her face, so Angel like,
Made her more beautiful.
Although she spoke not she seemed to
say,
"I am forgiven of God and saved."
Then we nil said "So like an Angel"
"So-beautiful."
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M. C. WAGNER,
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER
i,? 9 Scuth Main street.
(,• cr Scha'i' h v a«f* ClotblojStore
Karl Schluchter,
Practical Tailor and Cutter
125 W. Jefferson, Butler, Ta.
Busheling, Cleaning and
Repairing a Specialty
Concord Township.
Harry Fithian is bouncing the drill in
a new well fur Claude Murtland on the
Reed heir~ property West of Troutman.
Chalmers Varner and wife of Sisters
ville, W. Ya . are visiting Mr Yarner's
parents near Magic.
A 12-year-old grandson of Francis
Byers is slowly recovering from a severe
attack of membranous croup For a
time the little fellows life was despaired
of by his physician.
The case of Madison vs Curry has
been amicably settled without injury to
the feelings of either party.
Whooping cough seems to be epidemic
at present.
Hooker Lodge No. 24, K B. S. in
stalled the following new officers last
Friday night: Pres., A. F. Cochran:
Vice Pres . Mrs. Ada Cumberlaud
Tresis., W. N. Knlin: Sec.. C. C. Kulm.
Chaplain, R. A. Kinzer: Warden. I. L
Cumberland. The Society is in excel
lent condition and its annual report
shows the finances of the lodge to be in
first clase shape.
By the accidental overturning of a
lighted lantern at an early hour on Sun
day morning. Dec. 30th. at a well be
longing to James Byers near Bvers
Corners, the belt anil boiler honse were
set on fire. The flames speedily extend
ed to the dwelling house of France*
Byers and in a short time the house and
most of its contents were consumed
The loss falls hard upon Mr. Byers as
there was no insurance upon either
| house or household goods. Silex.
PROFESSIONAL CARUS.
/ ' liO. K. McADOO, M. D ,
VI PRACTICE LIMITKD.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
HOI'RS: —9 a. iu. lo 12 m; 1:30 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
Office and rtMdcnce corner North and
Washington streets. Bell 'l'hone No.
45 and I'tople's Phone. Butler, Pa.
p M.ZIMMERMAN
U . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office No. 45, S. Main si, eel, over City
Pharmacy.
I BLACK,
!>• PHYSICIAN AND SUSCBOK
New Trouttnaii Building, Butler Pa.
R. C. ATWELL,
Office 106 W. Diamond St., [Dr
Graham's eld office.]
Ilouis 7to g a. m. and i to 3 and 7 to
8 p. m.
j iR. N. 51. HOOVER
1' 137 E. Wayne St., office aours. 10 to
12 a. m. 1 and to 3 p. in.
\\' H. BROWN,
II . HOMOKOPATUIC PHYSICIAN A*D
SUKGBOK
Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O.
Night calls at office.
OAIIUEL M. BIPPUS,
U PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
200 West Cunningham St.
HW. WICK.
• DENTIST.
Has located in the new Stein building,
with all the latest devices for Dental
work.
1 j. DONALDSON,
J • DENTIST.
Artificial Teeth inserted on the Idlest
improved plan. Gold Killings a spec
ialty. Office next to postoffice.
DR. W. P. MCILROY,
DENTIST.
Formerly known as the '"Peerless
Painless Extractor of Teeth.'' Located
permanently at til East Jefferson St.
Opposite Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do
dential operations of all kinds by the
Latest devices and up-to-date methods
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnston.
DENTIST ;
Office at No 114 E. Jeflerson St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery,
A. T. BLACK. GEO. C. STEWART
i> LACK & STEWART,
) Attorneys-at-law,
Armory Building, Butltr, Pa.
EH. NEGLEY,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in the "CITIZEN" building.
I D. MCJUNKIN,
T). ATTORXEY-AT-LAW.
Othce iu Reiber building, corner MA in
and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on
E. Cunningham.
JOHN W. COULTER,
rt ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Wise building, N. Diamond St., Bullet
Special itlention given to collections
and business matters.
Reference: Butler Savings Bank, or
Butler County National Bank
HU. GOU2HBR,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Wise building.
pOULTER & BAKER,
V ATTORNEYS A* I,iw.
KOOlll 8., Armory buildm 0 .
i T. SCOTT,
A. > ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. But
ler, Pa.
1 B. BK.EDIN,
O • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court Hous*.
p F. L. McQUISTION,
V• CIVIL ENGINEER AND Sua VFJYHOO
Office near Court House.
rp
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Books and
Fancy Articles for
Christmas
Presents
111 Great Variety
and
Moderate Prices
McMILLAN'S
FORMERLY
IRA C. BLACK & CO.,
Next Door to Postoffice,
invention t* probably patentable. Communica
tion* strictly confidential. Handbook on I
pent frco. oMcst agency for securing patents.
l'jitenf? taken through Munn A io. receive
gperial nutlet, without charge, intbo
Scientific American.
A handsomely lllustr.itod weekly, Jj} r '
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Jurj List for January Term
List of names drawn from the proper
jury wheel this "27th day of November,
IDOO to serve as traverse jurors at the
•»pecial term of court commencing the
second Monday of January. t'.xil. the
-nine hein? the 14th day of said Month;
Anderson. K M, IVnn twp. farmer
Albert Grant. Summit twp, farmer.
Adams Robert. Concord twp. carpenter.
Aderhold Albert, Jefferson twp. farmer.
Beggs M R. Pcnn twp. pumper.
Bergman John. Clinton twp, tool dresser
Brown John I>. Middlesex twp, farmer
Bell Elmer E. Butler Ist ward gla-s
worker.
Conway C B. Bntler twp. fann.T.
Caldwell James B, Jefferson twp farmer'
Christloy Johu. Slipperyroiic twp,
farmer.
Cooper J L. Slippery rock twp, fariu-r.
Dunbar Daniel. Forward twp, J. P.
Davidson William Mars boro, teamster.
Fox Henry. Winfield twp. farmer.
Flanigan Frank C, Butler 2nd ward,
asrent.
Frederick Andrew. Lancaster twp,
farmer
Goehring Ralph. Zelienople boro, gent.
Gibson James, Penn twp. farmer.
Giliand George, Cranberry twp, mer
chant.
Hoffman Philip S. Venango twp. jeweU
er.
Kidd Robert. Adams twp. farmer.
! Lardin Loyal. Clinton twp, farmer.
[ Morgan Jefferson, Muddycreek twp,
I farmer.
! Martin Horner. Buffalo twp. farmer,
i McCandless J C, Connoquenessing boro,
producer.
; McConnald V K, Summit twp, farmer.
| Neibert Amos. Saxon burg boro, butch
er.
| Pontions R M. Millerstown boro. mer
j chant.
| Pisor J H, Worth twp. farmer.
Rattigan H T. Butler sth ward, editor,
Rufl Philip W. Butler sth ward mer
chant.
Rtdick Oliver. Butler 2nd ward. gent.
Rader William. Forward twp. farmer.
Seig John Lancaster twp. farmer.
Smith J D, Centre twp. farmer.
Sherman Al. Summit twp, blacksmith.
Slonaker T J. Zelienople boro. minister.
Sheiver John L. Bntler sth ward student.
Sloan Richard. Venango twp, farmer.
Sager Joseph C, Centreville boro. lal>or
er.
Teabey John. Venango twp, farmer.
Wilson S E. Franklin twp. farmer.
Wick Ralph, Oakland twp. farmer.
Woods Samnel. Butler 2nd ward, glass
blower.
Wittie Frederick W. Winfield twp.
farmer.
Weitzel Adam, Butler twp. farmer
Weitzel Daniel, Butler Ist ward, labor-
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