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THE CITI/^N. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. iIOTE—AII advertisers Intending to make -ban* ■ In their a<is. should notify us of .belrlntentlon to • • tcr than Mon laT moraine. Admn's Notice, estate of Sophia Har ley. Douglass' Kodaks. Boyd's Dyspepsia Tablets. Patterson Bro's Wall Paper. Campbell's Iron Beds. Miller's Clearance Sale. Hnselton's Shoe Sale. Levington's Reduction Sale. AdmlnUtiators and Executors of estate jtn secure their receipt books at the GITI 4EN office, and persons making public sales tnelr note books. LOCAL AND GENERAL, AJFNOU NCEM ENTS. Subject to the decision of the Borough Republican Primary. Saturday, Jan. 24, 1903, from 1 to 7 p.m TAX COLLECTOR. H. W, CHRISTIE, of the 4th ward, A B CROSS, of the sth ward. ARCHIE W. DAVIDSON, of the 2d ward. B. H. JACK, of the Ist Ward. JAMES M. MAXWELL, of the 2d ward. D. A. SLATER, of the sth ward. Subject to decision of the Democratic Primary. —The Standard Car Co. is now turn ing out about sixty cars a day. —The snow on the loofs of the build ings at Zelienople kept the fire from spreading. —Some slight changes have been made in the West Penn and P. R. R. time tables. —The work train with forty men is widening the cnt at Euclid, and the "Miller" boarding house is crowded. —The new Martinconrt bnilding on Main St changed hands last week for $18,500. L. B. Kirkpatrick and M. Mil ler being the purchasers. x —The Merchants' Mutual Fire Ins. Co. at its meetiDg, Monday, elected of ficers, and levied an assessment of 3 per cent on the $170,000, of policies now in force. —The fog was so dense in Pittsburg a few days ago that the tower men conld not see the trains, and all traffic was de layed. There was a tie-up at Union Station, and also some trouble on the riven. —The Butler County National Bank declared its 4 per cent, semi-annual dividend, Jan. Ist, 1903. to be paid out of the earnings of the past six. months' and placed $50,000 to.the credit of the surplus fund, —Main street and the business cor ners were crowded with young men, Sunday evening. If onr policemen were allowed to rnn them into the churches, there wouldn't be so many street loaf era, Sunday evenings , —Persons remitting us money by mail or notifying ns of their new ad dress; and postmasters notifying ns of changes or discontinuances will kindly mention the former postoffice as well aa the R. F. D Route and poetoffioe, and • greatly oblige. —The profit-sharing plan of the di rectors of the U. S. Steel Co. is being discussed by the employees of the great corporation. The Pressed Steel Car Co. of Pittsburg has made a similar offer to its employees—i.e. to allow them to * „ purchase shares of preferred stock at a reduction. —Two of the shows billed for Butler, last week, had hard luck here. The manager of one took three trunks, full of the Co's best staff, from one station to the other, boarded a train and went to Pittsburg, leaving the company to wonder what had happened;. while the other missed railroad connection and failed to arrive here. —Don't fail to see the famons dia monds of the world. The Duchess of Newcastle offered $40,000 to rent the famous "Hope Blue Diamond." This much talked of diamond can be seen wifc Walter Fessler's big scenic pro duction, "The Great White Diamond." On exhibition in the window of Doug lass' book store, Saturday. —The earth ate up some of the houses of the town of Olyphant, in the Lacka wanna Valley, last Friday afternoon Four frame houses, one of them a three •tory hotel, sank a hundred feet, took % fire and burned up. But they sank gradually and everybody escaped. The <puse of the trouble was an old and deep anthracite coal mine pit. —About the middle of December a decree was sent out from insurance headquarters, by virtue of which rates on farm houses and barns, shingle or composition roofs, are raised 28 per cent. This means that where a farmer has been paying $1.25 premium on SIOO for three years' insurance he will now pay fl. 60 for the same thing. —Ex. —At the meeting of Council, Tuesday evening, Chief Burkhalter of the Fire Dep't was voted SIOO and the hose com panies voted sums varying from S6O to $115; the proposed ordinance for the openingof McKee St. failed by one vote; the wages of the policeman were advanced from SSO to $65 per month; a change made in ths schedule of fines; fault was found with the paving of N . McKean St. and the Council settled with Mrs. Black, who was injured by a fall on the sidewalk for S2OO. Readers of tbe Pittsburg Dis patch Made Happy. The New Year's number of The Pitts burg Dispatch was a great treat to its many readers. It consisted of 82 pages (just think of it!), containing a complete rosarne of events of 1902, accurate and reliable. It was not only of interest to hundreds of thousands of Dispatch readers in the Pitttsbnrg territory, but invalnable to all, no matter where, for it was a ready reference to thousands of paefnl and interesting items. Un donbtedly it was the beat Bomber of its kind ever published, and one which could be issued only by one of the greatest journals in tbe United States. No wonder The Dispatch enjoys the largest circulation of any Pittsbnrg paper! It is tbe only 2c morning paper published in that city and that partly accounts for its wonderful popularity. The people know it pays to bay the beat, and it holds good with The Dis patch. for very few think of the trifling 4 cents difference (the daily being only 10c bv the week). Those who sre not now taking The Dispatch should at once subscribe, as they will not regret it. When you do subscribe ask McVay & Pollock to send and get you a copy of that great Re view Edition. It alone is worth the price of a six months' subscription. Pittsburgers should be proud of their great paper. Fathers and Mothers teach your child to save by opening a bank acount for him with the Real Estate Trust Company, 311 Fourth ayenue, Pittsbnrg, Pa. Four per cent, interest on savings accounts. Capital and Surplus $3,700,000.00. PERSONAL. Col. J. M. Thompson is improving in health. Esq. Walker made out fifty pension papers, Monday. D. N. McCandless of Euclid visited friends in Butler, yesterday. Mrs. Louisa Miller of Clinton twp. did some shopping in Butler, yesterday. Mrs. Mary Garber of Pittebnrg is the gnesi of her daughter, Mrs. D. F. Mc- Crea. . George Reiber of E Jefferson St., one of our oldest citizens, is ill with pneu monia. Mrs. W. H. Witte of Sarversville made a pleasant call at the CITIZEN of fice, Tuesday. Supt. Robb of the West Penn division is ill, and Chief Engineer Whitney is acting in his place. John L. Anderson. Slipperyrock P. O. Butler county. Pa.. R. F. D. No. 50, has a pair of grey squirrels that he would like to sell. A. T. Scott, Esq. and wife have re turned from a lengthy visit with friends and relatives in Johnstown and Arm strong county. Herbert Geshwind and wife of Phila delphia, returned home last week, after a very pleasant visit with his mother. Mrs. Lizzie Geshwind, and other Butler relatives. Henry Watterson. the Kentucky editor, continues to pour "vials of un censored wrath" upon the heads of the wicked Four Hundred of New York and Newport. Miss Garnet Anderson is visiting friends in Buffalo, and her picture ap peared in the Sunday Courier, together with a complimentary notice of her ability as a songstress. Dr. Lorenz said he was not impressed by Boston. Whereupon the bean-eaters suddenly discovered that Lorenz is not much of a man after all. It takes at least two to make a mutual admiration society. Ralph Williams is now the agent of the "Bessie" at Euclid, and Ed. Swag uer is operator. G M. Ray is foreman of the construction gang on the Alle gheny & Western, and F. M. Brown has taken a section on same. Alex. Walker Jr.. of Connoqueness ing: F. N. Herold of Butler twp.; Peter Snvder of Summit; Flavins Denny of Winfield; John Leicy of Muddycreek; R. F. Jackson of Oakland. Clyde Ken nedy of Penn, C. L. Moore of Butler and Wm. Allison of Centre were among our callers, last Saturday. Chris, Stock's children are treated to a Christmas tree, each succeeding year, of such elaborate proportions as to warrant them in keeping it intact for several weeks, The tree is adorned with the usual candles and ornaments, but at its base is a 6etting of genuine Nouremburg toys and American mechanical devices which make it a continual delight to the youngsters. James Addis of New Castle, now in his *3nd vear, and who, for a time, kept the toll-gate at Etna, a few miles from Pittsburg, on the Plank road or old Pike, sixty years ago: and Alex Hays, the poet, who droye stage coach in his earlier days, met in our office, the other day, and had a jolly time recalling the scenes and incidents and characters of that end of the road; and Alex has promised to write us a piece in prose about the old "Peace and Poverty" hotel. Misses Lucy and Margaret A. Glenn, entertained a number of friends at their home in Portersville in honor of their brother, Robert H. These receiving invitations nearly all accepted. They were entertained by games, music, etc., after which the refresh ments were served; and the gueets re turned to their homes reporting a very pleasant time. PARK THEATRE. THE GREAT WHITE DIAMOND. —JAN. 10. Wait for the Big Show. Walter Fessler's mammoth, spectacular scenic production, "The Great White Diamond" which appears at the Park Theatre matinee and night, Saturday January 10. Authentic history of the world's famous diamonds gives the dramatist unlimited opportunities and Walter Fessler has woven a plot around the largest diamond in tbe world that fairly bristles with the excitement and tender pathetic love passages. The story told is intensely interesting and covers the dramatic field from the wilds of South Africa to the glorious climate of California. It is a love story ' pure and simple, blended with pathos and comedy and marvelous stage ef fects. Matinee prices 15, 25 and 35 cents. Night prices 25. 35, 50 and 75 cents. Pittsburg Orchestra. The ninth in the series of the evening and afternoon concerts by the Pitts bnrg Orchestra will be given in Car negie Music Hall, Schenley Park, Fri day evening and Saturday afternoon, with Mies Maud MaeCarthy, violin soloist. The program in full is; Overture, "Carnival" Dvorak Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B Minor, Saint Saens Scenes Phanpaifisten, Bronstet Violin Solo: Air Russes, Wieniawski Two Norwegian Dances, Grieg Uraiul Opera House, Pittsburg. The final week of the big holiday spectacle, Little Red Riding Hood, at the Grand Opera House, Pittsburg, is announced with the beginning of next week, Monday, January 12th. The enormous attendance at the Pantomime from out of town during the past three weeks has broken all records, many people being unable to secure even standing room. FOR SALE. Lot and 6 roomed house on E. Jeffer son St. Ex., almost new, slale roof, plastered, stone wall, cellar, drilled well, soft water, $2300. Lot and 8 roomed house, W. Clay St., hot and cold water, bath, cellar, stone wall slate roof, plastered, will trade for farm property Six roomed house and lot 30x100 on W. Clay St, hot and cold water, slate roof, cellar, bath, hardwSod mantles, S2OOO. Five roomed house, lot 60x148 West D St., drilled well, fruit trees, $2250. Five roomed house, lot 30x148, West D St., hot and cold water, bath, hard wood mantle. $2450. Six roomed house, S. Washington, SI6OO. Seven roomed house. Clay and Elm Sts, hot and cold water, bath, etc., large lot, $3600. E. H. NEGLEY. FARM FOR RENT—A ninety acre farm near Whitestown, in Connoque nessing township, is for rent, immediate possession. Inquire of W. D. Brandon, Butler. Pa. Insurance and Real Estate. If you wish to sell or buy property j£u will find it to your advantage to see Wm. H. Miller, Insurance and Real Estate, next P. 0., Butler, Pa. Gas Fixtures, We have them: 50 different styles. They are in the latest finishes, made to match the hardware of your house. 1 WHITEHILL, Plumber. LEGAL NEWS. NEW SUITS. Joshua C. Bailey rs Butler borough, summons in trespass for slo,ooo dani | ages. The plf is the husband of Mrs. Catharine Bailey of Clarion county, who was tripped by a loose plank in the j walk in front of Yost's property on j Cleveland St., in Nov. 1901, and had her | hip broken, for which Mrs Bailey has I already recoyered a verdict for SISOO against the boro. for the injury. Lizzie Weiley vs Rebecca L. Moore, issue to determine validity of the will of Nancy Gibson, dee'd, of Clinton twp. On Nov. 13. 1002, Lizzie Weiley filed a writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of the decedent. A cav veat was filed against its probate bv Re becca L. Moore, a daughter of Mrs. Gibson, who alleges that the writing was obtained by duress, constraint and fraud, and a jury trial will result. Mrs. Wiley is also a daughter of Mrs. Gib son. The will was written Nov 20. 1901. by Harvey W. Logan, who, with John Jack, witnessed it. By its terms everything is left to Mrs. Weiley and she is appointed executor, iguoring Mrs. Moore. SUPREME COUKT DECISIONS. The State Supreme Court, sitting in Philadelphia, made a large number of decisions, Monday, of which the follow ing are of local interest: Miller et al vs Mackey, decree revers ed and bill dismissed at cost of appel lees. Shaffer et al vs borough of Harmony, judgment affirmed. Hilliard ec al vs Donnelly, appeal from Superior Court refused Burton vs Forest Oil Co., affirmed. Appeal of Amberson, decree of lowr court, affirmed. The decision in the Miller et al ys Mackey case means that Walker Ave. will not be opened to Centre Ave.; that in the Shaffer vs Harmony means that the boro must pay Mrs. Shaffer the amount awarded by a jury for injury resulting from an accident on a side walk. Among the decisions made by the State Supreme Court, Monday was one in the case of the city of Pittsburg against the Sterrett sub-district school, in which it is held that a school district cannot be held liable for a stieet im provement. An apfeal was taken by j the city from Common Pleas No. 3 of Allegheny Co. and the judgment of this court is affirmed. In part the court says: "An assessment pays for a public, though local, improvement. It there fore relieves the public from the ne cessity of contributing to the cost or ex pense of the improvement If public property purchased by funds raised by taxation is subjected to assessment for a local public improvement it is the public paying the public, which clearly discloses the absurdity of the proposi tion. The fact that the benefit of the exemption would innie to the people of only a portion of the territory which produces the revenue from which the property is purchased cannot affect the right to exemption. The Supreme Court at Philadelphia, Monday, reversed the Allegheny County Court in tie case of the City of Pitts burg against the Pittsburg, Carnegie & Western Railroad, otherwise known as the Wabash. This means that the rail road must now get the consent of councils before it can continue the work begun on its terminal in Pittsburg. Justice Dean, in his decision, said the entire question involved was embraced in the right of a railroad company to occupy and cross streets of a municipal ity without consent of such municipali ty. The company wished to so cross and occupy streets without consent; just what streets it requires is not necessary to inquire. The court was of the opinion that if the act of 1868 forbids mere crossing of a city without its consent, then, to that extent, it is in conflict with the consti tution, and the statue must give way. At the adoption of the constitution no legislature conferred such power on railroads as claimed here. The act of 1849 and its supplements and the act of 1863 express the scope and limits of their powers at the time of the adoption of the constitution. That in?trument would not enlarge these limits unless intention to do so was clearly expressed or plainly to be implied. NOTES Alfred Roettig was placed in jail New Years day for surety of the peace. W. S. Spence is awaiting trial for violating the boardiag house act. James T, Marshall of the U. of Penn'a law school, who has been pitch ing and playing hnlf-back for the Var sity, was admitted to the Bar, Friday James Clinton was sentenced Friday to pay the costs and a fine of $5 for a&b. The license for the Hotel Ferguson was transferred Friday to the new Lyndora House built by C. H. Geis on Frank Kohler's place. Clerk of Courts Graham has register ed as a law student. Private sale by Andrew Mcßride. guardian of Mary O'Brien, deed., of an interest in property in Homestead to Mary A. Cotler and Ellen O'Brien for S4OOO was approved. Application for transfer of the Grand Central Hotel, Zelienople, license will be heard Saturday, Jan. 10. Last Friday Alfred Roettig, a young carpenter whose home is said to be in Chicago, came to Butler from Sharon where he was working, went to the house of J. A. Horton on N. Main St. asked for Miss Mamie Horton and Re manded of the young lady some presents he had given her, threatening personal violence if they were not returned. Miss Horton called her father who help ed Roettig into street and later had him arrested on a charge of surety of the peace just as Roettig was about to board an outgoing train. Through At torney R. P. Scott, Roettig applied for a habeas corpus. Saturday the caee was heard and Roettig v.'as ordered to pay the costs and enter his recognizance to keep the peace. Residents of Middle Lancaster, Por ters vi lie and most of Muddy creek town ship received no mail Saturday because H. B. McKinney, the carrier on whom they are dependent, was brought to Butler Friday evening by Deputy Hoon to comply with sentences of costs in two old oleomargerine cases. McKinney de stributeg the mail on Route 39 between Harmony and Porteraville and also car ries that for routes 41 and 42 to Porters ville, where it is given to the distribut ing carriers. Every morning he leaves Harmony with a two-horse spring wagon with mail; his team is furnished and kept by himself as is the case with other rural carries. He receives S3O per month. He earns it all and has nothing left after paying expenses. The costs in the oleo. cases amount to s'2oo which McKinney must pay. George Lonitz of Saxonbnrg was brought into Court Saturday for not complying with his sentence of paving the costs and sl2 per month to Esq. Lensner for maintenance of his wife and children. He was committed to jail until he enters bond in #SOO to comply with the entenc<f. William Morgan convicted of desre tion was called in Court Friday and it appearing that he had fled into Ohio, his bail was declared forfeited. During 1903, five men were killed in Butler county, two of the killings, those of Henry Schmidt and the negro Scott, being most brutal coldblooded murders; but only one of the slayers was convict ed and sentenced, and that was Police man McGrady, the only one of the five acting entirely without, malice when the fatal act was committed. Judge Edwin H. Stowe, who retires from the bench of Common Pleas Court No. 1 of Allegheny Co. after a service of 40 years, was presented with a large bronze figure of "Chrysis" at an im promptu meeting of bench and bar in the rooms of the Bar Association in Pittsburg, last Saturday. It was a present from friends of the jurist to show their appreciation of his work npon the bench. P. J. McDonough was placed in jail yesterday for carrying concealed weap ons and surety of the peach Charles B. Adams, son of lieg. & Rec. Adams, has registered as a law student. Peter Kearney, C. F. Campbell, E. E. 1 Robb, J. L. Morrison, Jolm Sando. Geo. 1 Jauss. J. F. Moore. John Foley, J. M. Bowser, C. B. Brown, G. W. Keep, G. E. Lilly, and Jos. C. Krivick have lieen sworn in as policemen for the Car Co. A motion and equity <x>urt has been fixed for Saturday, Jan. 10. Viewers in the case of Jas. C. Scott and Elmer E. Kelly ys the Western Allegheny R. R. Co. awarded the plfs SSO damages. The railroad rnns over a , lease and near an oil well of the plfs. j The viewers were J. B Cunningham. : Robert Kranse. Wm. Harvey, Albert j Bartley, John Yonnbins. J. A. Bonner ; and John N. Burtner. i The Will of the late Mrs. Sophia Har ' ley has been probated. The property jon Main street goes to her children . Wm. X., Edward and Mrs. Jnlia Smith, ! in equal shares, and a lot on Race street | to Charles Rush. I The will of Wm. Eichenlaub of Sam- I mit twp. has been probated; farms are ' left to his soms F. H. and Joseph, with j the oil royalties reserved to his wife j during her life. The personal estate is left to his sons Peter and Win. after their mother's death. Mike Swalilnk and Jolm McKinzie were committed to jail from Lyndora, the latter on a charge of agg. a&b. W. W. Hill was appointed trustee of the estate of Miles Covert of Adams I twp., vice B. L. Ilockenberry resigned. Saturday W. S. Spence was fined £lO and costs and sent to jail for 20 days for defrauding his boarding house keeper, Jennie M. Barnhart. Attorney General Elkin has decided that Sheriff McKinlev of Allegheny Co. will continue to hold his office until a successor is elected. His successor, Mr. Fahnestock. was elected, but died, and Mr. McKinley will hold the office for another year. An interesting damage suit has come in from Franklin twp. Some time ago a large dog attacked Theodore Keighwer ane bit and larcerated his leg badly. Keighner brought suit before Esq. Heyl of Prospect against Walter Albert, sup posedly the owner, for $250 damages. Attorney Wise appeared for Albert and J. W. Coulter for Keighner. Young Albert proved that the dog belonged to his father, Lewis Albert, and a non suit followed. The case is not dropped however as Keighner has now sued Lewis Albert for SSOOO damages. PKOPERTY TRANSFERS. William G McLaughlin to Mary J Anchors lot in Parker twp for S2OO. Dillie Russell Spear to A E Ruasel half interest in lease and wells on D E Pearce farm, Butler twp for S2OOO. Jemima Sutton to J P Sutton 100 acres in Concord for sl. Michael E Milligan to Butler Pas senger Ry. Co. 53 acres in Butler twp for $3214.50. Jacob Keck to Butler Passenger Ry. Co. 3 acres in Butler twp. for S2OO. Anna Fair to same lot on Mercer St for SOSO. John F Lowry to A E Rieber house and lot on N Main St for S3OOO J S Simmers to Anna A Stover lot in Butler for $350. Lulu C Barr to Dr Elder Crawford lot in Mars for $.5000. Charles C Reeder to Butler Ice Co lot in Third Ward for sl, George C Runney to John Boozel 40 40 acres in Clay for $1250. William W Irwin to Blanch T Dight 104 acres in Cherry for sl. Martha B Howe to Elmer L Guthrie lot in Petrolia for $625. Jane Strut t to J F Schaeffer lot in Zelienople for SIOOO. Jos B Bredin to Elizabeth Fisher lot in Butler twp for S2OO. Emma Z Bartley to M T McCandless quit claim, 50 acres in Franklin for $«00. John F Byers to Susannah Byers let in Millerstovvn for S7OO. Same to V/ S Rumbaugh lot in Mil lerstown for $350. S B Martinconrt to Milton Miller and Lester Kirkpatrick 20 feet frontage and tliree-story building on S. Main St. for $18,500. H E Seaton to Frank G Hague lot in Zelienople for S2OO. J D Marshall, trustee of Sarah Blake ley estate, to Jos L Blakelev 7 acres in Adams for SIOOO. R A Franks toPB&LER R Co lot in Center tvvp for sl. Wm J Bovard to same lot in Slippery rock for $29 Robert B Bovard to same lot in Slip pery rock for SBB. John McKinney to Henry B McKin ney and J II Kohlmeyer, Ball Engine works in BntJer for SI3OOO. Wm Geialer to John J Geisler lot at Great Belt for $75. Marriage Licenses. Joseph Martin Butler Anna McMarlin Valencia Albert Goehring Zelienople Hattie Olive Wiles Petrolia William L. Rtunbaugh Chicora .Emma Klinger Maharg Alva C. Puff Maharg Mollie E. Nicklas " Alfred G. Morgan Argentine Amanda C. Young Henry E. Kocher Ell wood Margaret Allen Whitestown Joseph Martin ; Butler Annie McMarlin Valencia Roland Daubenspcck Glade Mills Louisa Klinger Maharg R. L. Henry 7 Pittsburg Laura J. Swain Harmony At Pittsburg—John P. Scott of Gay lor, Pa., and Ida McDermott of Butler Co.; Wm, D. Norris of Culmerville and Mary Dawson of Bakerstown. At Indiana, Pa., Fred. Jamison and Miss Annie Freeh. At Kittanning—Charles S. Stewart and Clara Carothers of Chicora; E. W. Campbell and Esther Walker of Wortli ington. Use lona Patent Flour. The best Bread and Pastry flour in the market. ± bbl. sack, SI.OO. i bbl. sack, 50c. Every sack guaranteed. GEO. WALTER & SONS S. B. Martincoui-t <te Co. carry the largest stock of street and stable blankets in Western Penn'a. Call and see tham 128 E. Jefferson St. POP-CORN WANTED! Take all of last year's pop-corn you have to John A. Richey's bakery, on Main street, Butler, and he will pay you the highest market price for it. You are protected when you buy R. & R's. clothing. It will pay you to investigate Ritter it Rockenstein's stock of Xmas novelties. You will find the largest and best as sortment of Plush and Fur Robea at Martincourt &Co's,l2B E. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. Are you a friend of the union'.' Ritter & Rockenstein sell union made clothes. Oyercoats—Overcoats—Overcoats— at RITTER & ROCKENSTEIN'S. It. IS. & I*. Clerical Orders. Clerical orders for the year 1003 will be issued by the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Ry. as in former years to or dained clergymen having regular charge of churches located on or near the lice of its road. Application blanks will be furnished by ticket agents of the com pany, and should be forwarded to the General Agent at Rochester as early as possible. No orders will be issued except on individual application of clergymen, made on blanks furnish ed by the company and certified to by one of its agents. Ask lor It! If you don't see what you want at the B. R. & P. Cafe ask for it. They will furnish you with anything in the market,and cook it nicely for you on short notice. | The Cafe is open from early in the morning till late at night. B. R. & P CAFE, I Stein building, South Main St., Butler. .Suppers furnished for Theatre parties. . Bell Telphone 147. CHAS. F. KINO. Prop'r. | , Think twice before you speak—then : talk of the merits of Ritter & Rocken stein's clothing. Miclw inter liradiiation. Twenty one bojs and f:irl* . froui High School this week and 80 1 from Grammar School next week. ' Friday evening High School coin ; nieneement will be held in the Park i Theatre. The (J rammer School com mencement will be held in the Theatre j Mondar evening the 19th. Last Sunday evening Rev. Dr. . E ' Oiler delivered the baccalaurea'e sermon to an immense audience in the Theatre Classes of abont the same size will graduate in the Spring. Statistics kept by City Supt. Gibson show that of 12 boys who attend schools in the first four grades, 5 have dropped ont by the time the sixth grade is reached, 4 more are gone by the time High School is reached, and 1 of the re maining 3 and original 12 finishes his education through High School. Of 12 girls, -1 have dropped when sixth trrade is reached, :! more when High School is reached, and 3 of the remaining 5 will finish High School. CHUKCII NOTES. The Nathan Missionary Society will meet Tuesday, January 13th at 2 o'clock in the Y M C A Hall. Friends of missions are welcome. Communion services will be held in Grace Lutheran church next Sunday. Services this and tomorrow evening. English services and communion in St. Mark's Lutheran church or next Sunday morning. Preparatory services will be held on Sunday morning at 9:40. A meeting of the Butler Presbytery Presbyterian church was held Monday at which Rev. R. M. Alter of North Washington was dismissed to a chargt which he has accepted in the State of Oregon. Rev. Alter is a popular and able minister and will be missed bv his people. Week of prayer is being observed in the local churches. At a congregational meeting of the U. P. church Monday evening, Al Ruff and Wm G. Donthett were re elected trustees. OIL, NOTES. The Market—Remains at $1.54. Allegheny twp.—J. M. Patterson & Co have opened up a new field by striking a 80-barrel well in the Shira sand on the Fowler, 5 miles west of Parker. The 6-incli gas line from the big Phillips well near Worthington to But ler was completed, last week, and con nected with the Home Co's lines ill the town. Texas—The fuel-oil wells at Beau mont, Texfls, are said to be failing rap idly; the gas pressure is gone,and three fourths of the production of some of the wells is salt water. The Lone Star and the Cresent Oil Co. announced, last Fri day, that it could not supply its custo mers in New Orleans, excepting the Street Car Co) Reai Estate Broker. Parties wishing to purchase or sell oil properties, farms, city residences or real estate of any kind, should call upon Wm. Walker,in Ketterer's b'd'g,opposite P, O. Butler Pa. Peoples Phone No. 510. markets. Wheat, wholesale price 63-65 Rye, " 55 Oats, " 35 Corn, " 60 Buckwheat 65 Hay, " 12 00 Eggs, " 25 Butter, " 25 Potatoes, ' 50 Onions, per bn ... 1 00 Beets, per bu 50 Cabbage, per lb 1 Chickens, dressed 15 Parsnips, per bn 50 Turnips 40 Apples 40 50 Celery, doz bunches 25 Honey, per pound 25 Pennsylvania, Kuilroad Clerical Orders for lIMKS. Pursuant to its usual custom, the Pennsylvania Company will issue cleri cal orders for the year 1903 to ordained clergymen having regular charge of churches located on or near its lines. Clergymen desiring such orders should make individual application for same on blanks furnished by the Company through itg Agents. Applications should reach the General Office of the Company by December 21, so that orders may be mailed December 31 to all clergymen entitled to receive them. Single and Double Ovens at WHITEHILL'S. Just received a large shipment of white and fancy mixtures in dress vests R'TTF.R & ROCKENSTEIN Best of everything, investigate for yourself, the line of Xmas novelties for men and boys at Ritterdt Rockenstein's. Music scholars wantfd »t 128 Wes <?t Ritter & Rockenstein guarantee their prices "Perfect" Ovens and Good Bakers, Get them at Whitehill's. Complete line of Xmas novelties in Men's and Boys' clothing at R. & R's. Pennsylvania Railroad's Winter Excursion Route liook. In pursuance of its nunal custom, the Passenger Department of the Pennsvl vania Railroad Company has just issued an attractive and comprehensive book descriptive of the leading Winter re sorts of the East and South, and giving the rates and various routes and combi nations of routes of travel. Like all the publications of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, thisi ''Winter Excursion Book" is a model of typographical and clerical work. It is bound in a hand some and artistic cover in colors, and contains much valuable information for Winter tourists and travelers in general. It can be had free of charge at the principal ticket offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, or will be sunt postpaid upon application to Geo. W. Boyd. Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. Personally-Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany announces the following Per sonally-Conducted Tours for the sea son of 1902-1903: California—^Two tours: No. 1 will leave New York Philadelphia, Harris burg and Pittsburg January 29: No. 2 will leave February 19, and will include the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Florida—Three tours to Jacksonville will leave New York and Philadelphia February 3 and 17, and March 3. The first two of these admit (if a sojourn of two weeks in the "Flowery State " Tickets for the third tour will be good to return by regular trains until May 31. 1903. Tickets for the above tours will be sold from principal points on the Pennsylvania Railroad. For detailed itineraries, giving rates and full infor ination, address Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western District, Pittsburg, or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. SLIPPERYROCK STATE NORMAL. Attend the State Normal School at Slipperyrock, Butler county, Pa. Advantages first | class, rates low. Tuition free to teachers and those who in tend to teach. Winter Term begins Tues day, Dec. 29, 1902. ALBERT E. MALTBY, | Principal. ACCIOKNTS ' Chas. Miller fell on the icy sidewalk of Main St. was rendered ucconsciocs and concussion of the brain was feared. Clarence Miller w.is struck by a trav eling crane at the Car Works. and his bead badly cut. i Robert Vensel had a shoulder dislo cated by a coasting accident. James Anderson, a son of J. F., of •Main Sr. was npset with a grocers wag on a few days ano> and dragged down a hill for some rods, snstainieg a number j of severe bruises. ; Louise Kelly, aged 4 years, a daugli i ter of Clarence Kelly, now of Los An neles, Cal , was burned to death during ! the holidays. Her clothes took fire | from a toy locomotive, run by a small | alcohol lamp. A runaway horse attached to a sleigh ran around A. W. McCollough's resi dence on N. Main St.. a few days ago. without smashing the sleigh. Eli Boj'er of Lancaster twp. had bis right hand canght in the cogs of a fod der cutter, a few days ago. and lost his thumb and two fingers. A. L. Mcller.ry. Peter Colls and Roy Louis have lately been hurt at the Car Works. Harper Graham of West D St. had his right leg broken. Tuesday, while engaged in building a rig in Slippery rock twp. by a walking beam falling on him. Conductor Wallace of a B. R. 4t P. freight had his face and neck cnt by an accident, yesterday morning. His train 1 parted near the Pine Fnrnace. and the two parts came together with a crash which wrecked several cars, and threw him from his caboose. Jury List for January Term 1903 A list of names dra\> n from the proper jury wheel this 22nd day of November, 1902, to serve at a special term of court commencing on the 19th day of Janu ary, 1903, the same being the third Mon day of said month. Albert J W, Franklin township, farmer, Arner David. Washington tp. Bovard W J, Slipperyrock tp, " Blair William, Washington tp, " Bolton L ll.Slipperyrock boro,merchant. Christy W G, Clay tp, farmer, Cramer Ray W. Buffalo tp, " Campbell W H. Butler 4th wd. Dennison Thomas, Slipperyrock tp, " Davis W B, Oakland tp, " Dodds J L, Franklin tp, " Ekas John G, Middlesex tp, " Fleming Harry B. Buffalo tp, Forrester FB. Prospect boro, teacher. Graham JH, Butler Ist ward, farmer, Gould Nelson, Oakland tp, " Goehring Harvey, Forward tp, " Gruver Philip. Cherry tp, " Hilliard J C. Venango tp, " Hatz Alvin, Clinton tp, " Hamilton Robert, Forward tp. Hutchison Thomas, Concord tp, " Huselton GW. Millerstown boro, J. P, Hilliard Daniel, Venango tp, farmer, Jamison Thomas, Fairview tp, Johnston James, Butler Ist ward, carpenter. Johnston Robert, Fairview tp, farmer, Kniess William. Lancaster tp. " Lyon David S. Butler Ist ward, " McNeese James. Butler 3d wd, laborer, Milleman Geo, Harmony boro, shoe maker. Moore S C. Washington twp, merchant, Morgan Taylor, Parker tp, farmer, Peffer Charles, Lancaster tp, " Painter W H. Marion tp, agent, Reddick Charles, Jefferson tp, farmer, Rose John M.Connoquenessing boro, " Riddle James M, Clinton tp, Snyder John, M'-rcor tp, " Sutton James, Harrisvillo boro miller, Schontz Fred, Jackson tp, farmer, Templeton Philip,Fairview boro,driller, Warmcastle J L.Slipperyrock)>oro,gent, West Audrew, Cranberry tp, farmer, Weber Adam, Franklin tp, Wimer Walter, Worth tp, " Winner Ferd. Evans City boro, gent, Young R O, Bruin boro, farmer. X/VIAS PRESENTS are now in order, aud our stock of watches, from $1 up, rings, chains, lockets, diamonds, rich cut glass, bronzes, vases, brooches, and novelties in gold and silver, suitable for presents, is more complete than oyer before. Those who have dealt with us in the past, know that wo give 100 ots worth for your dollar, whether It Is a holiday or other occasions. We also sell — Eastman Kodaks and Poco Cameras. Photo Supplies. Edison, Victor and Columbia talking machines. All the latest record^. Optical good*. Field and Spy Glasses. Washburn Mandolins and Guitars. R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Graduate Optician Next to Court Housf Fiction $1 08. Bookkeepers, Attention ! We have everything in BLANK BOOKS and OFFICE SUPPLIES. lig Line of Nice Diaries for 1903. Our Large Line of Wall Paper for 1903 is ready to look at EYTH BROS., NEXT TO P. 0., BUTLER, PA. Mars Boiler Works. All sizes of STATIONARY, PORTABLE and UPRIGHT BOILKRS always in stock for sale or exchange. Repair work promptly attended to, S. H. ROBERTS. Bell Phone No. (1. Mars, People's Phone No. 11. Pa IP lOIJ AttK seekingoniploymcnt,save board n;: iu the city lmttl "engaged. Send f i and wo vtMl mall you coiuplfte instructions Ik>w to quickly secure a position (according to jour alulity) among the largest firms in America, unaided aud by yourowu efforts. (Copyrightof this system applied for.) Ad dress, Information Department, Star Employweut bureau, 120 Sixth street, i'iitsburg, i'a, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. I)R. 8. A. THOMPSON'. DR. ISAIIF.I, IIA IIA F FBY, Osteopathic Physician p. (iraduatci Aiuerl arm School. l. r >os-6 Arrott building, lieU l'Uoug ?blo—Court, Fittsburg, I'a, LADIES' TAILORING. Lrndincr —Tlie Ladirß' Tullor, Announces that ho closes out at below cost, all foreign materials left orer from the Autumn season, so v to in:. I n room for spring goods. Tho firm guarauU • s pcifert tit. KMing Habits a ipecl ultv. Hi I Prim Avenue, Plttatmrg* Pa* Bell Phone 3410—5 Grant. S Indigestion- r / Bad Breath l Catarrh OT Stomach \ S Are you troubled with X \ these 1 \V uld you take a J V good r«;medy if you could / f f tit? We I . we V | i are not afraid to back with t t / the guarantee, "Money i 3 refunded if nut satisf.ic- \ ( ' toiy." W'c know it does j } the work and so are not S J afraid to say so. / V Come to the store (or if 1 / ycu live out of town send S j for a box of „ s J Boyd's dyspepsia tablets 7 \ price 50c. / £ Remittance may be / ) made in 2 cent stamps, we 3 ) , can always use these | J rather than a larger de- | y V nomination. They CURE S / and that is what you want. / / We sell other things you / / may need. If it is any- 3 f thing in the drug line we j S V have it. Why not get the j \ ( best of everything when it C y does not cost any more. j C C. N. BQYD.jJ \ Fharmacist, S i Diamond Block. / J Butler, Pa, ? J People's Phone 83. ; J V Bell Phone 14fi D. jl .CP/ « Just a £ Few Things | 5 You may need now that X Christmas is over. X a Something that you were £ f expecting and didn't get. |l We are getting new goods S 4 new. # 4 New Neckwear, Mufflers, f f New Hats. e * Our showing of heavy P f Underwear is complete. r P Prices very reasonable. r. * A fine new lot of stiff and # r pleated bosom ' ® Manhattan Shirts. 5 Jno. S. Wick f HATTER and 5 * MEN S FURNISHER. * Opposite P. 0. 5 J BUTLER, PA. J fc. F, T. Pipe} \ | JEWELER! 5 121 E. Jefferson Street. / Have You a Neighbor? If so why don't you get together and have a tele- HKpSj phone system. Jg|s[jKj We manufacture them. Ask us and we will tell JpVP- ■. you all about it. I fiR Electrical work of all \U; 5 descriptions (lone on short /lAT&r*'. - * ? notice. 1 1 The U. S. Electric Mfg. Co BUTLER, PA. I |T amily Rei_ir\ioris! We often cause ourseives end less worry and remorse by neg lecting to do some little thing. Get a good picture of your family and home made at your first op portunity. We make the best at $6.00 per dozen, Bxio inches and guarantee them permanent. Let us know in time to go out. The Butler Dye Works Dyeing, Cleaning, Pressing. R. FISHER I ITlaflam Dean's I rg A safe, certain rHlef for Supprovs#Hl H ■ Menstruation. Never known to fail. Safe! ■ 3 Sun*! Speedy! Satisfaction Guaranteed I ■or money Unfunded. Bent prepaid (or I §j Sl.Oi) per Box. Will fiend tin mon triaJ to ■ ■ be paid for when relieved. Samples Free. ■ J UNITIO MEDICAL CO.. lOK 74. Uwc*iUW. » J Sold in Butler at the Centre Ave Pharmacy. WANTED-Wlre Drawers; twenty-five ex perieuced wire drawers, Highest wage* paid, rage Woven Wire Fence Co., Monesaen, Pa, LEVINTONS* Great Reduction Sale of High-Class Clothing. PRICES DEEPLY SLASHED The time has come for a general redaction aH through onr mammoth stocks We do it radically, unreservinfily. in no uncertain manner. Prices are genuinely cut. So half hearted elfurt or juggling with former figures, but straightforward, bona fide reductions that mean positive m >ney-saving to those who respond t» , this advertisement Oennine reductions. The dollars yon save will come ii handy for other necessities. What will plea«j you most, probably, is the fact that theM tioods have that crisp freshness that immediately denote® newness and exclusivenrss. We know of no former year in which the reductions were so sweeping in most wanted goods. DOWN COME THE CLOTHING PRICES. Men's Suits and Overcoats. SO.OO regular price, sale price only |3.75 7.50 regular price, sale price only 5.00 12.00 and #lO regular price, sale price only 7.50 18.50 to $15.00 regular price, sale price only 9.75 18 00 to #22 00 regular price. sale price only 14.50 25.00 to #28.00 regular price, sale price only 19.50 Our entire stock of Men's. Boys'and children's clothing goes at cut pricea A visit to our store will surely reward you. You can't afford to stay away from such great bargains. Sale starts Saturday morning at 8 o'clock and will last only 9 days. LEVINTONS' Reliable One Price Clolhers, 122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa C. 6. jWlbbeß'S Great Clearance Sale. glen's Felt s©ots at 10c a pair. All Holiday Slippers to be closed out regardless of cost.. All our Boys' and Girls' good solid school shoes to be closed out less than cost. Jan. 25th we take stock and until this date we are going to clean up all broken lots and reduce our stock and in order to do this quickly we are going to offer some record breaking prices. We are just finishing up by far the largest year's busi ness we have ever had and we feel after the immense amount of Boots and Shoes we have sold in the last year, we can al most afford to give balance away. Space will .not permit to give in detail all the great bargains that will be offered here for the next twenty days, but will say, bring a very little money here and see the great amount of good, reliable footwear you can take away with you, but do not wait too long as the best bargains are always picked out first. Come in and look these bargains over whether you want to buy or not as we want you to see we are doing just what we advertise. Full line of Walkover and Douglass fine shoes for men. We are exclusive agent for the famous ' j! """ i Fin<? Shoes For kadies. For anything in the line of footwear try C. E. MILLER, 215 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. Opposite Hotel Arlington. Monsters and Microbes. How the Microbe Would Appear If Magnified in Size to Cor respond With Its Power. The -world has always believed in monsters—great dragon 9 of the land, and huge serpents of the sea, As a rule these monsters have been fairly peaceable, and beyond frightening peo ple occasionally, they have done little recorded harm. The real calamities of humanity have come fro A the smallest forms of life. The minute microbe has slain its millions upon millions. If this microscopic form of life were depicted in size and form equal to its danger and deadliness we should see a monster which would dwarf into insignificance all the monsters ever begotten by hu man imagination. The microbe has this in common with the fabled monster, its food is human flesh and its drink human blood. It battens on slaughter. For centuries medical science fought this microbic foe in darkness. The presence of the foe was recognized, its deadliness conceded. But it was ever an invisible foe, unknown and unnamed. To-day science with eye-power increased a mil lion fold finds this lurking foe, knows it and names it. FINDING THB FOE Is the first step, fighting it intelligently is the next. We know this minute or ganism lurks in the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink. We know the object of attack is the blood. We know that as the microbe is bred from foulness it must be fed on foulness. Hence, we know that the microbe finds no lodgment in the body when the blood is pure. Keep the blood pure and you shut out the microbe. When the blood is impure nature at once begins to show the red danger sig nals. Boils, blotches, pimples, erup tions begin to work upou the skin sur face, as signs and symptoms of the cor ruption of the blood. When these or any signs of blood impurity appear, the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis coverv is confidently recommended as a most powerful and perfect blood-purify ing medicine. "I consider your 'Golden Medical Discovery ' one of the best medicines on the face of the earth," writes Wm. Floe ter, Esq., of Redoak, Montgomery Co., lowa. "While in the south-west, three years ago, I got poisoned with poison ivy. The poison settled in my blood and the horrors I suffered cannot be told in words. I thought I would go crazy. I could do nothing but scratch. I would go to sleep scratching, would wake up in the morning and find myself scratching. T scratched for eight months. Had It subscribe for the CITIZEN not been for you* ' Golden Medical Dis covery' I would be scratching yet. I tried different kinds of medicine, tried different doctors, but all the reliei they could give me wai to make my pocket book lighter. I then began taking * Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Took four bottles without relief. Kept taking it. I took in all ten bottles and got entirely cured. I can say that if people would take your medicine instead of fooling with some of the quacks that infest both the small and large towns, disease would flee like chaff Before the wind." The use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery will absolutely drive out and eliminate the poison* which cor rupt the blood. BAD BI.OOD AND GOOD HEALTH cannot go together. But when the . blood is purified and enriched by "Gold en Medical Discovery," the result is re corded in sound health. Boils, blotches, pimples and other eruptijms disap pear as the impurities which caused them are removed. The skin is healthy, the flesh is firm. The dull and sluggish feel ing is a thing of the past. The appetite is good, sleep is sound and refreshing and labor an enjoyment instead of a burden. " It gives me much pleas ure to testify to the merits of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery," writes Miss Annie Wells, of £er gussons Wharf, Isle of Wight Co., Va. "I can say honestly and candidly that it is the grandest medicine ever compound ed for purifying the blood. I suffered terribly with rheumatism, and pimples on the skin and swelling in my knees and feet so that I could not walk. I spent about twenty dollars paying doctors' bills but received no benefit. A year or two ago I was reading one of your Memorandum Books, and I d<* - eided to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and ' Favorite Prescription,' and am entirely cured." Of all prevalent forms of blood dis ease, scrofula is the most intractable. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has a remarkable record of cures of scrofulous diseases; remarkable both is the number of cures and their variety as well as in the fact that these cures were effected many times in cases where all other treatment had proved utterly ineffectual. «I cured my little girl's scrofula with your 'Golden Medical Discovery' and ' Pleasant Pellets,"' writes Mr. Eli Ash ford of Raney, Hunt Co., Texas. - It lias been four years since then, and there has not been any return of the disease." There is no alcohol in " Golden Med ical Discovery," and it Is entirely free from opium, cocaine and all other nar cotics. Why does a dealer sometimes trr to sell a substitute for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, claiming it is "just as good ? " Is it for the customer's ben efit? It can't be. If the two medicines are equal in merit there's no advantage to the purchaser in an even exchange. The medicines are not equal in merit, and the reason for selling a substitute is only because the less meritorious med icine puts a little, more profit into the dealer's pocket. His gam is the cus tomer's loss. DON'T THINK OF BUYING a work on household medicine when you can get a good one free. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad viser contains 1008 large pages and over 700 illustrations. It is sent free 011 receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 31 one-cent stamps for the cloth-bound volume or only 21 stamps for the book ia paper - covers. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y.