I'MK CiriZEN.
THPRSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1903
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
<OTE—AII advert's' rs Intending to malco
•bane sin their :i Is. should notify us of
heir Intention to if * ter than MOD*
lay mornius.
Sheriff's sale for Feb. 20.
Newton's pianos
The Moden Store's Inventory sale.
Campbell's carpets.
Huselton's C. O. D. sale.
Brown & Co s furniture.
Redick & Grohman's Prescriptions.
AdinlnlsnAtors and Executors of estate
cin secure their receipt books at the CI LI
ZEN office, and persons making public sales
their note books.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
•
—Will he see his shadow.
—The street car rails upset sleighs.
—Next Monday is Ground Hog day.
—All the car train yards about Pitts
burg are blockaded again.
—A local Institute will be held at
Sarversyille, February 7th.
—The ten-per cent increase in the B.
& O. wages will begin Feb. Ist
—A new hotel for Butleris talked of,
to be located on East Jefferson street.
—Harry Seanor will be here next Fri
day and Saturday, and he wants twenty
horses.
—The break in the oil market, last
week, caused many producers to sell
their oil.
—The sound of the carpenter's ham
mer is heard in the town—an oddity for
mid-winter.
—An epidemic of smallpox at North
Bessemer caused the quarantining of
several trains
.—The people of Buffalo and Winfield
townships will note the changes in the
West Winfield R. R. time table.
—The Bntler Water Co. intends
building another and larger reservoir or
dam, below the one at Boydstown.
—The enterprising people of Mars
have offered thirteen acres free and
also a cash bonus for a manufacturing
plant.
—The War Department has ordered
the raising of the old Union bridge over
the mouth of the Allegheny river, and
the owners say they will raze it.
—Thirty-one carpenters arrived in
Butler early last Friday morning, from
Rochester, N. Y. and after breakfast in
town went down to the Car Works.
—J. H. Steen, the dairyman of Con
noquenessing twp., has purchased the
Bole residence and machine shop on S.
Main St., Butler, and proposes turning
the machine shop into a milk and butter
depot.
—Hereafter a Butler man, who was
a candidate for the Republican nomi
nation for Burgess, will take but little
stock in our "ward heelers." He en
gaged one. a supposed friend, to look
after a certain precinct of the town and
did not get a single vote in it.
—At Renova,-Pa., a mail agent on an
Erie train was startled when he got the
body of a man in attempting to catch a
mail bag while the train was in motion.
Investigation showed that Moses S.
Thiercault had been struck by the
passenger engine and his body sent fly
ing in the air. It landed on the mail
poet and when the iron arm shot out of
the mail car tho body was picked up
instead of the mail bag.
—A sensation was created in New
Castle, last Friday, by the arrest of
Councilman Wm. G. Leddy of the 4th
ward, one of the best-known young men
of that city, on a charge of embezeling
funds of Lawrence Castle, No. 494,
Knights of the Golden Eagle, of which
he has been Keeper of the Excheoquer
for the past four years. Leddv was
placed in jail pending a preliminary
hearing
—The last three days of the week,
corresponding to this one of last year
were very exciting ones for the people
of this section. Early Thursday morn
ing of that week the Biddle brothers es
caped from the Pittsburg jail, and with
Mrs. Soffel, disappeared. Next morn
ing they appeared at Cooperaton, were
followed to Butler and Mt. Chestnut,
and were "shot to pieces" on the road
and hauled to Butler jail. Saturday
night, the Biddle boys both lay dead,
in the Butler jail.
—Dr. Edwin S. Cooper and Mrs. Delia
Talbitzer of New Castle and Dr. J. R.
Hahn of Edinburg were bound over for
trial at the March criminal conrt under
SI,OOO bail each, after a preliminary
hearing last Friday on charges of crimi
nal practices upon Mabel Williams of
Coneraaugh, who died there Sept. 16
at Mrs. Talbitzer's home. Albert
Itell, the Pittsburg drug clerk, also ac
cused , was not present at the hearing,
as he waived a hearing when arrested,
and gave bail for court.
—On general principles it is very poor
policy for an outgoing Board of County
Commissioners to award large contracts
on the eve of their retirement from of
fice for work intended to be done months
ahead. It is anticipating the action of
the incoming officials and is discourte
ous to the new Commissioners and
makes the retiring officials subject to
severe criticism from the public if there
is the slightest indication that there
was an "ax to grind" in the transaction.
In Lycoming county the old Board of
Commissioners ju3t before they went
out of office let some fat bridge con
tracts which made a great row. The
new Commissioners annulled the con
tracts and made new ones at much low
er prices, thus saving several thousand
dollars. But that county is liable to
stand the expense of a law suit with the
bridge companies holding the first con
tracts
—Some queer things bob up in the
biuk note redemption department of
the United States Treasury but the chief
of the division admits that even he was
surprised when he received the stomach
of a dog a few weeks age. "Dear sir,"
raa the letter which accompanied the
stomach, "I send you .under separate
c>ver stomach of my dog Fritz; I was
playing with him today, holding a S2O
bill up for him to jump at when he sud
denly leaped higher than I had antici
pated, grabbed the bill between his
teeth and ran under the house where be
chewed the money up and swallowed it
I thought more of the S2O than I did of
Fritz —he was always chasing chickens
—so I shot him and cut out his stomach.
Please see if you can't place the bill to
gether and redeem it." The bill was
found all right and only slightly chew
ed up and the owner o f the unfortunate
dog was forwarded a check for twenty
dollars.
Overcoats! Overcoats!! Overcoats at
less than wholesale prices now at
RITTER & ROCKENSTEIN'S.
Music scholars wanted at 12« W.
Wayne St.
PEIISONAI,.
Jacob Boos is on the sick list.
S. B. Levin ton. of Le vinton Bros.,
has gone East to buy goods for their
five stores.
Rev. F. D. Smith of Middlesex was in
Butler, Tuesday.
W. N. Davison of Adams township,
came to Butler, Monday.
Norman Phillips is lying seriously ill
of typhoid in Cincinnati.
Mrs. W. T. Ross of Buffalo twp. visit
ed friends in Bntler. yesterday.
Charles Warner of Lancaster twp.
visited friends in Butler, Friday.
C. M Campbell and R P. Black of
Concord attended conrt this week.
Will Monks and wife of Middlesex
did some shopping in Butler, yesterday.
John C. Goehring and wife of For
ward twp. did some shopping in Butler,
Friday.
Walter G. Crawford, Esq. of Pitts
burg was in town on business, last
Thursday.
J. P. Graham. R. E. Regal, Abm.
Stone of Hilliards, visited friends in
Bntler. Monday.
King Oscar of Sweden is 74 years of
acre. He has tired of his job, and has
handed over to his son.
Frank Fuller of Uniontown, the new
ly appointed Secretary of the Common
wealth is down with pneumonia at his
home.
Rev. J. S. Wilson will begiu a series
of Gospel Meeting in his church at
Prospect, next Monday. See notice in
another column.
Mrs. Jane E. Douthett, nee Brown,
one of the remarkable old ladies of But
ler county, paid us her annual visit last
week. She is now in her 78th year.
Charley Schwab has been lied about,
so much, in regard to his health, that
he is coming home to settle the matter.
He will be marked "Exhibit A" in the
case.
Sheriff Hcon's entire family includ
ing Mrs. Dr. Wasson. her little son,
Misses Blanche, Lina and Etta and
Deputy Rainey Hoon are all down will
the measles.
S. C. Glenn of Brady twp., S. A.
Leslie, Esq. of Middlesex twp., Daniel
Heck of Oakland twp., C. S. Pearce of
Butler twp. and W. 11. Armstrong of
Concord twp. were among our callers
last week.
Arthur Blair of E. E. Pittsburg was
smothered to death by gas from a little
lantern stove, last Sunday night. The
poisonous fuuies thrown out by these
stoves, resembles the "after damp or
"black death" of tho coal mines.
Mrs. A. T. Scott of North McKean
street, has as her guest her niece, Miss
Ida of Johnstown, Pa ,
Mrs. Scott also eutertained her cousin,
Mrs. Sue Grant, of Altoona, Pa., from
Saturday evening till Sunday evening.
H. C. Montgomery has resigned his
school in Clinton twp. and taken a posi
tion in Pittsburg. He taught >io. 4in
that township for six terms. Miss JaLet
Moore, who lately returned from Ne
braska, and is living with her uncle, S.
C. Moore, will take his place.
Senator Andrew of Butler
was favored witli several Important as
signments, considering the fact that he
is a comparatively new member. He is
regarded as one of the earnest, thought
ful members of the Senate, and his abil
ity has won the places for him. —Cor.
Post.
Geo. C. Boyd of Dwight, Kansas, a
son of John Boyd, formerly of W. Sun
bury, but who went west twenty years
ago: and Miss Belle Whitmire, a
daughter of Wm. Whitmire, deceased,
were married by Rev. Nicholas, last
Wednesday, and left on Monday of this
week for their home in Kansas.
Oscar McClung, a Co. E. boy, who
has been manager of the Oil Well Sup
ply Go's store at Barbourville, Ky. for
three years past, and who is a son of
County Commissioner Robert McClung,
and Miss Jean Dickenson of Barbour
ville were married Friday, the 9th inst.
The young couple have the best wishes
of the groom's many Butler county
friends.
Frank Sandbacli has given up his po
sition in the casting department of the
Plate Glass works here, and leaves to
day for Saginaw,«Mich., where he will
be foreman of the casting department
of the Plate Glass Works there. His
family will probably remain here till
April. Frank has been with us for
fifteen years, and his friends here regret
his departure.
Y. 31. C. A. Notes.
The reception for men this Thursday
at the Y. M. C. A. will be given by the
St. Mark's Lutheran clinrch. All men
are invited
Membership in the Bible Classes con
ducted at the Association is open to all
men. Snch teachers as W. D. Brandon
and V. K. Irvine give them a standing
worthy the attention of all men.
The next number of the Star Course
will be on Tuesday, Feb. the 10th, by
Frank Roberson. It will be an illus
trated lecture on the destruction of St.
Pierre, Martiueque.
Mr. Roberson took his own views.
This will be a helpful entertainment.
Christian and Missionary Alli
ance Convention.
The Annual Mid-Winter Convention
of the Christian and Missionary Alli
ance will meet at Butler in the Gospel
Tabernacle, Mercer St., on Satnrday af
ternoon, Jan. 31, at 2 o'clock and con
tinue over Tuesday, Feb. 3d. All day
sessions. Special features will be the
singing of the well known Ohio Male
Quartette.
Also excellent speakers among whom
will be Revs. Wilbur F. Mememenger
of Chicago, F. 11. Senft of Philadelphia,
D. W. Myland of Cleveland and D. W.
Kerr of Dayton.
Returned missionarirs will also par
ticipate—Dr. Glover of China, and Mrs.
Woodward of India. Services each day
at 10:30 a.m. and 3 and 7p.ih. All wel
come.
Yon are invited
To attend the series of Gospel meetings
to be held in the TTnited Presbyterian
Church, Prospect, Pa.,under the leader
ship of Rev. T.C.McKelvey, Evangelist.
These services will begin on Monday,
February 2nd, 1903. Services each
evening at 7:30 o'clock. Do not miss
this opportunity of hearing the Gospel
proclaimed with power. Come and
bring a friend.
TWENTY HORSES WANTED!
I will be at Nace's Wick House Livery
barn on Friday and Saturday, February
0 and 7, to buy one car load of horses
and mares, drivers, general-purposo and
draft horses, 1050 to 1500 pounds, 4 to S
years old.
Will also buy ten head of blemished
horses, 1250 to 1500. Must have good
wind, not lame, and in fair flesh,
Bring them in and get a fair price in
cash. 11. SEANOR & Co.
FOR SALE.
Lot and 0 roomed house on E. Jeffer
son Bt. Ex, almost new, slate 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, hardwood mantles,
S3OOO.
Five roouied house, lot 00xl4H West
D St., drilled well, fruit trees, $2350.
Five roomed house, lot 30x1-18, West
D St., hot and cold water, bath, hard
wood mantle, $2150.
Six roomed house, S. Washington,
SI6OO.
Seven roomed house. Clay and Elm
Sts, hot and cold water, bath, etc.,
large lot. $3600.
E. H. NrxiLEY.
Fathers and Mothers
teach your child to save by opening a
bank account for him with the Real
| Estate Trust Company, 311 Fourth
1 ayenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Four per cent.
; interest on savings accounts.
i Capital and Surplus $3,700,000.00.
I,KG \H NEWS.
NEW SUITS.
A. H. Patterson vs Ham Cunning
liau and Jaiuts Mauace, summons in r< -
plevin for a black mare. 1200 pounds
weight and valued at $75.
Pittsburg Milling Co. vs Bernard
Wendell, assumpsit for $417.07, claimed
' on a note.
J. J. Rainey vs Theodore Steineck
and John 11. Kime, bill in equity to
compel the defendant - - to carry out an
agreement by which he was to convey
them 105 acres in Connoquenessing twp.
' for S3IOO, of which $2300 was to be cash
and the balance a lot iu Mt. Oliver boro.
Pittsburg.
Cora Ida Marshall vs John Marshall,
divorce for desertion. This was suit
entered by Attorneys Blackstone aud
Jackson of New Castle.
TRIAL LIST.
The case of D. H. Wnller vs C. J.
Wuller to determine the lunacy < f the
former was continued, Saturday, on ac
count of Dr. Booth, a witness for the
defence, being unable to attend.
The cases of VVickenhagen, Deimling
and Kelly vs the Davis Lead Co. were
settled.
The case of Dr. A. Holinan for use of
A. N. Craumer vs Amenia Tebav,
brought to collect a note, on which Te
bay, with Cranmer as endorser, secur
red S6O from Dr. Holman. resulted in a
verdict for the deft.
The damage case of Salvatore Cavallo
vs the Wahlville Coal Co. will be- tried
Friday.
The case of Lewis Haffner of Butler,
adm'r of Kate Haffner, his deceased
wife, vs Lousa Doerr, her mother, to
collect on a uote given by Mrs. Doerr
to her daughter in paymeut of a legacy,
resulted in a verdict of $2052 for Haff
ner.
The panel was exhausted and the fol
lowing talesmen were called by Sheriff
Gibson on the Ruinmel case:—B. F.
Frantz. John McMillan. J. M. Dunn, M.
L. Starr and Mill Mahood.
The case of Samuel L. Stevenson,
adm'r of W. M. Stevenson, dee d, of
Cherry twp. vt Samuel L. Grier, to col
lect on a note for which Grier showed
a receipt, resulted in a verdict for the
deft.
The case of Daniel Adams vs S. G.
Purvis & Co. was settled.
The suit of W. C. Laderer of Evans
City vs John K. L:ie and Mariuda C.
Lee of Middlesex twp., assumpsit to
collect on a note for S7O given by the
defendants in payment for a buggy re
sulted in a verdict for the defts.. be
cause one was a minor and tho other a
married woman when the note was
signed.
The damage suit of John H. Negley
ys P. B. & L E. R. R. was continued
till next term.
Mrs Mary A. Bauiuan. widow of
Francis J. Bauman who lived near Sax
onburg, received a veidict of $791.66*,
against Jefferson twp. and Supervisors
Frank Barr and Adam Fisher, on ac
count of the death of her husband,
which was claimed to have resulted
from a broken hip and other injuries
sustained by Bauman Feb 21, 1902 by
being thrown from a boiler he was
hauling, which upset because of a snow
drift on one side and a rut on the other.
The suit was brought for SISOOO.
Ihe suit of A. W. Root vs Mrs. Ellen
R. Hopkins, to determine whether she
was liable on a mortgage given for a
debt contracted by her linsband, result
ed in a verdict of $650 for Root.
The case of Edwin Meeder, assignee
of W. A. Wilkens vs E Goehring is on
trial.
The case of Mrs. M. J. Maxwell, now
Bickel and her children J. L. and
Ralph Maxwell vs Concord tp. and
Supervisors Perry Black, Harrison
Brown and Cumberland was taken up
in Court Monday. Yesterday afternoon
a verdict was rendered for the
dfts. The suit was in trespass for
damages to the plfs. farm, a short dis
tance north of Middletown
The suit of Peter and lohn Rnmmell
vs Dean Campbell for S!S32 claimed as a
balance due them on a SISOO barn they
built for Campbell in Oakland twp., re
sulted in a verdict of $3lO for the plfs.
Campbell claimed that the roof, paint
ing, timbers and construction of the
barn was defective and for this reason
refused payment.
In the case of James A. Hartzell vs
T. W. Phillips, assumpsit to recover
rental on a lease which the deft, claim
ed was dead, the Court directed a ver
dict to be entered for the deft.
The case of Mrs. L. C. Parker vs
Bovaird-Sey fang Mfg. Co. was settled.
NOTE?.
A mortgage from the Butler Passenger
Ry. Co. to the Guaranty S. D. & T. Co.
for #300,000 has been recorded.
In the case of Com. vs Daniel Rodgers,
desertion, John Rodgers, deft's surety,
petitioned and was allowed to pay S3OO,
the full amount of the bond to Geo. E,
Robinson, attorney, for the mainten
ance of D. Ri djjers' children.
Col. Lyuch was found guilty of high
treason at London, last Friday, and
sentenced to death. In delivering sen
tence Justice Wills said the crime of
high treason was happily so rare that it
seemed to be almost an anachronism.
No civilized community had yet failed
to punish severly defection from loyal
ty, whether in the way of open warfare
or secret intrigue. In"the darkest hours
of his country 's fortune, when engaged
in a deadly struggle, Lynch joined the
ranks of its foes and shed the blood of
his fellow-subjects fighting for their
country, and sought to dethrone Gre.it
Britain from her place among the
nations.
Daniel Behni, of City.was com
mitted to jail Thursday morning on
charges of assault and battery and
threatening the life of his wife, Hannah
Behni, and other members of his family.
The committment was issued by Squire
I. N. Graham of Evans City.
On Thursday last,after giving a hear
ing, Esq. Keck held E. Stoney and
wife, and J. E. Bridges, all colored, to
account for the robbery of the Jacobs
house, on West Penn St.. a month ago.
Another negro, named Thompson, was
the chief witness against them. On
Friday night the sacque, silverware,
gloves, etc., taken from the Jacobs
house, were left on the porch.
In the equity suit of John Young vs
R. W. Young, Judge Miller handed
down an opinion Monday stating that
Young had a good marketable title to
his farm, 11Q, acres in Butler twp., that
the deed tendered was good and suffici
ent, and that judgment should be enter
ed in favor of Young and against Hervey
for the full amount of the purchase
money, $22000, with interest less SSO,
paid at the execution of the option.
J. H. Wilson, Esq., Dr. Harry Wilson
and Barnard Evans have been appoint
ed a commission in lunacy on Caroline
Heberling of Portersville
Emily Sefton was yesterday declared
a lunatic, with lucid intervals, by six
jurors drawn in Court to inquire.
A motion for a new trial was made
yesterday by the plf. in the Banman-
Jefferson twp. ease.
A mortgage from the Oil Well Supply
Co. to the Union Trust Co. of Pittsburg
was recorded yesterday.
J. B. Mcjunkiu, Esq , was appointed
auditor on the account of Philip Hal
stein, ex'r of Barbara Kroedel.
J. C. Rieketts. guardian of Effie Irene
Coulter, minor child of T. C. Coulter,
dec'd., was granted leave to join in sale
of his ward's real estate iu Slipperyrock
borough.
On petition of Edward T. Black,
minor son'of Mary I. Black, and grand
son of Philip Templeton of Fairview,
the Guaranty S. D. & T. Co., was ap
pointed his guardian.
A charge of a&b with intent to kill
has been entered against Nichola Fizza
land by Salvatore Marchio.
A. M. BERKJ.MER,
Funeral Director.
54 S. Man St. Butler PA
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Public Trust Co to Louis Rich lots in
Muntz plan for
Union Coal «.V Coke Co. to G G Stage
lot in Slippery rock twp for SSOO.
R M Downio to Mary Milier lot at
Downieville for $:i00.
C J Crawford to JO3 T Hanold prop-
I erty in Allegheny twp for $2500.
1 M J Bickel to Mary E Cumberland .>1
acres in Concord for sl.
Sarali M Gillespie to John Neff prop
erty in Butler twp for 81000.
A C King to Henry A King lot in
Butler for sl.
Conrad Koenig to Geo W Rape lot in
Zelienople for 8700.
Bert Rodgera to Butler L FX & M Co
lot on Spring st for S2BOO,
Sarah Bui khart to John M Burkhart
property in Cranberry for sl.
Jos L Lytle to Anna D Reeder lot in
Zelienople for §I4OO
Geo W Rape to Gt-o E Welsh lot in
Zelienople for s;ioiio.
John A Eicliert to Andrew Wahl 0:
acres in Jackson for SI7OO.
Eli Maj - to John Bickel. Kennedy
May livery building for $7930.
Isaiah Klingensmith to I C Klingen
smith lot on Spring st for sl.
I C Klingensmith to Isaiah Klingen
smith same for sl.
P. Edwin Daubenspeck and Ralph
Maxwell to Lulu P. Ramsey lot on
Chestnut st for $2600.
Jos Niggel to Frances Olive Perrault
lot on E. North st for s3oo<).
John Neithercoat. ex'r of Win Cox to
A O Hepler lot on Western ave for sl7^.
W W Walker to Jas II Steen, F H
Bole residence on y. Main st for SBSOO.
C H McCauley to A & W Ry Co 4
tracts in Butler and Summit twps for
sl.
Martin A Clifford to C B McFarlaml
, "i acres of Coal in Washington twp for
2 cents per ton royalty.
Michael Mcßride to W H Stanley -10
acres of coal in Venango at $55 per acre.
Thomas Bister to Frank X. Libell lot
on Cross st for S2BOO.
Walker Coulter to Margt G Ross lot
in Buffalo for S7OO.
Jas Wallace, adm'r to Catli Wilson
lot in Zelienople for $1305, also lot in
same for SOOO.
Marriage Licenses.
C. M. Mnshrnsh Grctuville
Marcia Hurter Detroit
John Serenanski Bntler
Amelia Bagalla "
John Ferenczy Bntler
Julia Danko "
Ginstino Elio .'Butler
Elina Lie-ken
George C. Boyd Dwight. Kan
Belle Whitmire Butler
G. P Smith Tylersburg
Ella M. Campbell Bntler
Samuel Tinstman Butler twp
Ella Dunn Whitestown
E. R. Mortimer Butler Co
Mabel A. Gibson KarnsCity
At Pittsburg—F. B. Black of Pitts
burg and Sadie Monjar of Clintonville.
At Kittanning—P. Schreckengost of
Bagdad and Ida Bruner of Freeport.
Attend Ritter & Rockenstein's Mid-
Season Clearance Sale. Clothing at
your price.
I have just received a large shipment
of Edison's Phonographs and Talking
Machines and latest Records.
CARL H. LEIGHNER,
Jeweler and Optician,
No. 209 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa.
Butler's largest and best sacrifice
clothing sale at Ritter & Rockenstein's.
FARM FOR RENT—A ninety acre
farm near Whitestown, in Connoque
nessing township, is for rent, immediate
possession. Inqnire of W. D. Brandon.
Butler, Pa.
Insurance and Real Estate.
If yon wi h to sell or buy property
yon will fin i it to your advantage to see
Wm. H. Miller, Insurance and Real
Fstate, nest 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.
WHITER ILL, Plumber.
Ask for It!
If yon don't see what yon 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,
Stein building, South Main St., Butler.
Suppers furnished for Theatre parties.
Bell 147.
CHAS. F. KING. Prop'r.
J. G & W. Campbell handle Armour's
Fertilizers. They now have a supply of
Armour's Farmers Almanacs. Anv
Farmer can have one by calling. We
are now booking orders for Fertilizer.
The latest assortment of Edison Talk
ing Machines and Records.
Caul H. Leiuhner,
Jeweler and Optician,
No. 209 S. Main street, Butler, Pa.
Now at R. & R's Mid-Season Sale
good clothes cheap.
IVlid-Winter Excursions to Wash
ington ami Baltimore.
In accordance with its usual custom,
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will run
two popular mid-winter Excursions
from Butler to Washington arid Balti
more on January 22nd and February
19th. 1903 at the very low rate of $9.00
for the round trip; tickets valid for re
turn ten days including date of sale.
Solid vestibuled trains, standard
coaches, Pullman parlor and sleeping
cars.
These delightful excursions afford
splendid opportunities to visit the
National Capital while congress is in
session. Get detailed information from
W. R. Turner. Ticket Agent.
The best chance you ever had to get a
good suit or overcoat at your price at
RITTEK & ROCKENSTEIN'S.
Public Sales.
Friday, Jan. 30, 10 a. m.—At C. E.
Warner's in Penn twp. near Mabood
school house, stock, hay, grain, house
hold goods, etc.
J. C Powell, Auctioneer.
Good clothing cheap at Ritter &
Rockenstein's Clearance Sale.
Armour's Fertilisers are the best, we
are now booking orders. You can get
one of Armour's Farmers Almanacs by
calling at J. G. & W. Campbell's.
Good clothing at your own price at
Ritter & Rockenstein's Mid-Season Sale.
Three Special Tours to Florida
via Baltimore & Ohio
ltailroad.
Only $54.25 for the round trip from
Butler. First Tour January 2Tth. re
turning leave Jacksonville Feb. 11th.
Second Tour February 10th, returning
leave Jacksonville Feb. 25tli. Tickets
include sleeping car accommodation and
meals en route. Washington to Jackson
ville and return. Third Tour March
10th. Tickets include sleeping oar ac
commodations and meals en route
Washington to Jacksonville only.
Tickets will be honored for return
passage on any train until May 31,
1903.
For Booklet giving full information
a PPIy 1° W. R. Turner, Ticket Agent,
15 & O Station, Butler, Pa. E. D.
Smith. A. G. P. A. Pittsburg, Pa.
Winter Tourist Tickets via Balti
more & Ohio Kailroad.
Th'- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad sell
winter tourist tickets to California,
Mexico. Alabama, Florida. Louisiana,
Mississippi, New Mexico, North Caro
' lina, and Texas also Havana, Cuba and
I Nassau. N. P. at greatly reduced rates.
Full information, through tickets,
Pullman reservations etc. furnished by
any agent B. &O. R. R. or address E.
D. Smith, A. G. P. A., 315 Park Build
! ing, Pittsburg, Pa.
j Sale! Sale!! Mid-Season Clearance
I Sale at Ritter A: Rockenstein's
ACCIDENTS.
Jos. Christie and wife of McKeau .St ,
were thrown from their ■ ekigh. last
Thursday, and Mr. Christie was made
uiituuscions by Ins head striking the
pavement. The sleigh was upset by a
' runner catching in the street-car rail.
j Evans City was shaken by an explo
] sion. Tuesday afternoon, which killed
j Elmer Reichner, the engineer of the
j Forest Oil Cojp. pump station, and ir
| .inred John Bayne and Ray Covert
j The boiler exploded and parts of it
j were hurled a thousand feet away and
| one end of the building was demolished.
I Reichner was thrown a hundred feet
j and was yet living when found, bur
i died soon after. He was 82 years of
age and his wife and one child survive
I him.
The boiler had been tested that morn
ing at 125 pounds pressure when a flue
was blown out. This had been repaired
and the pressure was again put on and
when it reached 100 pounds the boiler
let go with frightful velocity. Reich
ner caught the fnll force of the explo
sion and was sent into the air about CO
feet. In falling his head struck an
iron bar. fracturing his skull. death re
sulting about an hour after the acci
dent.
I". V. L. Keccption.
Groundhog reception and entertain
ment at U. V. L. Hall on February 2nd.
7:45 P. M. The old boys have secured
quite an array of musical talent and
can promise their friends a very pleasant
evening. There will be songs, music,
recitations, addresses, etc. All are in
vited.
FA UK T HEAT HE.
A STANDARD ARTICLE.—JAN. 31.
The scenes of "A Standard Article."
a comedy drama which is bound to be
one of the big successes of the year, are
laid in the Pennsylvania oil fields and
in New York City. It has a story which
is full of rare heart interest andalthough
there are no strong lessons of rigid
Puritanical purity drawn, yet there is
a moral, and finale of unusual sweet
ness. Matinee and nijjht.
GRADY STOCK CO.—NEXT WEEK.
The opening of a week's engagment
the Park, Monday evening with "The
Garrison Girl." a military drama, with
plenty of bright, SDarkling comedy,
by the Grady Stock Co., will give thea
tre goers of this city their first opport a
nity of witnessing one of the liveliest
shows at 10, 20 and 30 cents that has
ever visited Butler. The scenery is ap
propriate: the specialties are all good
and of high character. Saturday nwti
cee. when a play that pleases the child
ren will be produced, entitled "An
American Pritcess."
Pittsburg 1 Orchestra.
The twelfth set of concerts this season
by tha Pittsburg Orchestra, Victor
Herbert, Conductor, will be given in
Carnegie Music Hall, Schenley Park
Friday evening, January 30th and Sat
urday afternoon January 31st, with
Madame Schnmann-Heink, contralto
soloist. Mr. Herbert has prepared the
following program:
Overture "Leonore"No. 3, Beethoven;
Recit. "Jetzt, Vitellia" and Ronde
"Nei Soil init Rosen" from "Titus,"
Mozart: Theme and Variations from
Suite, Op. 55, Tachaikowsky; Song of
the Rhine Daughters from "Die Got
terdammerung," Wagner; Aria of Fides
(Prison Scene) from Act IV. of "The
Prophet," Meyerbeer:-Suite "The Na
tions," Moezkowski; Italian, Spanish
Grand Opera House, Pittsburg.
BOUCICAULT'S FINE IRISH PLAY.—
NEXT WEEK.
Among the biggest productions at the
Grand this season will be a fine revival
of Dion Boncicault's masterpiece, "The
Shaughraun." with its marvelous storm
scene, which created a sensation when
it was produced at the Grand last sea
son, attracting a succession of standing
room only audiences for twenty-four
performances.
Florida.
The first Pennsylvania Railroad tour
of the season to Jacksonville, allowing
two weeks in Florida, will leave New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
Washington by special train on Febru
ary 3.
Excursion tickets, including railway
transportation, Pullman accommoda
tions (one berth), and meals en route in
both directions while travelling on the
special train, will be sold at the follow
ing rates: New York, $50.00; Philadel
phia, Harrisburg, Baltimore, and Wash
ington 00; Pittsburg, $53.00; and at
proportionate rates from other points.
For tickets, itineraries, and other in
formation apply to ticket agents, or to
Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
Real Estate Broker.
Parties wishing to purchase or sell
oil properties, farms, city residences or
real estate of any kind, sLould call upon
Win. Walker,in Kettcrer's b'd'g,opposite
P, O. Butler Pa. Peoples Phone No. 519
Markets.
Wheat, wholesale price 03-65
Ryo, " 55
Oats, " 35
Corn, " 00
Buckwheat 65
Hay, " 12 00
Eggs, " 25
Butter, " SJS
Potatoes, • 50
Onions, per bu 1 00
Beets, per bu 50
Cabbage, per lb 1
Chickens, dressed 15
Parsnips, per bu 50
Turnips 40
Apples 40 50
Celery, dog bunches 25
Honey, per pound 25
The largest display of oyercoats ever
offered in Butler to be had at Ritter &
Rockenstein's at less than wholesale
prices.
"Perfect" Ovens and Good Bakers,
Get them at Whitehill's.
It will pay you to visit Ritter & Rock
enstein's Mid-Season Clearance Sale,
now going on.
lj|
CORN risht/-' - J,
Time Flies, But Watches Run
and accurately »ecord the flight of time,
especially if bought or repaired at Kirk
patrick's, Watches were never cheaper
although almost everything else you
have to buy has been advanced there
has been no advance in watches but yon
may expect it soon.
We also sell—
Edison and Victor Phonographs.
Eastman and Paco Cameras.
Photo Supplier
Washburn Mandolins and Guitars.
Optical goods.
Field and Spy Glasses.
R. L. KIRKPATRICK,
Jeweler and Graduate Optician
Neit to Court House
M. C. WAGNER
/ARTIST PHOTO GRAPH FB
i 130 South Main St.
Another Smallpox Casi*.
' C\ J. ITnbbard, a Besseni r carpenter
who had b* en boarding with Mrs. Wil
liams of New Castle St. came home sicV
i last Thursday evening, from his wor;."
on thr Mnddycreek bridge. A physi
j cian was called who pronounced his dis
ease to be sinalliKix. and the Board of
Health had him taken to the hospital
! erected in the woods north of town.
The Board also quarantined the Wil
liams house, and the car in which Hub
bard had ridden from Enclid to Butler,
j was sidetracked and fumigated.
Conductor McKmley, who became
' suspicions of the man while he was in
! thexnr, had himself vaccinated, and
i the passengers in the car have probably,
also, taken some precautions.
OH- NOTES.
The Market—lndependent producer:
were provoked last Thursday, when
another cut of 2 cents were made, mak
ing the price $1.50.
Concord—The South Penn's well <>n
the Black, and Southern Co s new wells
on the Osborne, Banks and Hindman are
all average Speechlv producers.
S. G. Coffin has started four wells on
the Wright, and three on the Mc-
Cracken.
Centre —A Pittsburg Oil & Gas Co.
have made a location on the A 1 Youkes
farm, in S. W. Corner of Centre twp.
Lancaster twp—A Pittsburg Co. is
drilling a well on the Chas. Warner
farm east of Middle Lancaster.
Dr Garey's Ophthalmo Oscilla
tor makes the Blind See.
Many bear Witness of Cures
Affected
The following interview i 3 copied from
the Pittsburg Gazette of Sunday, Jan. 11:
"The office of Dr. H. F. Garey's Opth
alino Oscillator, rooms Nos. 1502 and
1503. Arrott building was crowded
yesterday with patients, three of whom
entered the office while a Gazette re
porter was there, who had had their
vision restored and they now go to and
fro unassisted. Among them was a
young coal miner. Audrey Podobnik, 25
years old, from Luxar, Westmoreland
county. When Podobnik was first
brought to the office on December 17,
1902, he was blind, and after taking
nine treatments sight was restored to
him. Poiobnik's bright, alert appear
auce was entirely different from his for
lorn aspect when he was first led into
the office by one of his lodge brothers.
Mr. Podobnik still continues treatment.
Miss Ella Launblin, of No. 5979 Alder
street, East End, was another patient
with whom the reporter talked. She
could see perfectly well, yet as she told
the reporter, for 26 years she had" been
practically blind. "Why," said Miss
Laugblin," "I could not distinguish the
features of my friends and had to be led
about. I could see nothing at all with
my left eye and the right eye was also
of little value. It was turned so far in
ward, they tell me, that the cornea was
hardly visible and the muscles of the
eye-lid were so weak that it drooped
away down over the eye. I could bare
ly distinguish objects two feet away.
Now I can see distinctly for at least a
square." Miss Laughlin said the bene
ficial effects of the treatment were plain
ly apparent to herself and her friends
at the sixth application.
Miss Kate McFarlane, of No. 5 Saturn
street, Allegheny, is also delighted with
the restoration of her sight effected by
the Ophthalmo Oscillator. "Do you
know." said she, "my eyes were so
frightfully crossed that people passed
remarks about them. I had been cross
eyed 13 years, the result of a fright
when I was four years old. About eight
years ago I had an operation performed
on my right eye and became unable to
see anything at all with it and the re
sult and strain on the other eye was so
terrific that I was almost oonstantly af
flicted with bad headaches. After tak
ing 20 treatments with the Ophthalmo
Oscillator I have had ro headache and
can see perfectly with my right eye,and
my eyes have become so" straight that
my friends are surprised at my altered
appearance.''
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.
BTSTB.
Shelf Emptying and Counter
Clearing.
Reductions that'er to every
reader's advantage to investigate.
Lot 75c Striped All Wool
Scotch Flannels 32 inches wide—
Lavender and White and Lavender
and Black—2sc.
Yard wide Fleeced Wrapper
Goods—and 10c —a 27 inch
ioc quality at sc.
50c Fancy French Flannels,
25c; 65c ones, 35c, 75c ones, 50c.
SI.OO Silk Embroidered Waist
Flannels, all wool, solid color, 50c,
Assorted lot fine 65 and 75c
All Wool French Printed Cash
meres, 25 c.
Table odd lines All Woo! 45
and 50c French Challies, 35c.
56 inch wide $3.50 Tailorings,
$2.00 —75c to $1.25 ones, 50 to
56 inches wide, 50c,
Two lots $2.00 and $2.50 Im
ported Black Broadcloths, light
and medium weight, $1 75.
1903 Importations, fine Cottons
and Dress Novelties are now on
sale—never before have we ex
hibited such a magnificent variety
and assortment—Shantungs, also
Cotton Vestings for Ladies'
Waists.
1903 Embroideries, Laces and
Muslin Underwear.
Bog£\s & Buhl
Department X.
ALLEGHENY. PA.
WHEAT
CORN AND OATS
as well as
STOCKS
j Bought and carried on moderate
' Tiargins. You can make more
money by investing in these com
modities in a short time than in
any other way. Our Daily Fore
cast mailed free. Call or write
for further particulars.
E. B JENKINS & CO., Inc.
Bankers and Brokers,
'314 Fourth Avenue. Pittsburg, Pa.
> Indigestion
J Bad Breath-
N Catarrh of Stomach S
\ Are you troubled With a
\ these? Would you take a /
V good remedy if you could /
/ get it? We have one we \
j are not afraid to back with i
/ the guarantee, "Money €
J refunded if not satisfac- \
£ ! tory." We know it does t
J the work and so are not S
) afraid to say so. r
x Come to the store (or if v
/ you live out of town send S
p for a box of J
) Boyd's dyspepsia tablets (
\ price 50c. ?
V Remittance may be t
/ made in 2 cent stamps, we b
can always use these S
) rather than a larger de- J
\ nomination. They CURE S
/ and that is what you want. /
/ We sell other things you /
/ may need, if it is any-
? thing in the drug line we j
\ have it. Why not get the \
( best of everything when it \
y does not cost any more. C
\C. N. BOYD, <
C Pharmacist, j
i Diamond Block. c
/ Butler, Pa, ?
y People's Phone 83. )
\ Bell Phone 14G D.
20 per cent
discount
on any
PIANO
in the store.
Good for
10 days only.
To close
out the stock.
Your credit is good.
NEWTON
"THE PIANO MAN"
317 S. Main St. Butler Pa.
> Just a «
|! Few Things 5
a You may need now that >
4 Christmas is over. a
4 Something that you were £
# expecting and didn't get.
d We are getting new goods *
# new. 4
# New Neckwear, Mufflers, «
r New Hats. #
# Our showing of heavy #
t Underwear is complete. • J
F Prices very reasonable. w
£ A fine new lot of stiff and #
J pleated bosom f
Manhattan Shirts. 5
1 Jno.S. Wickf
£ HATTER and 5
J MEN'S FURNISHER. J
Opposite P. 0. *
BUTLER, PA.
Ic.F.T. Pape,|
i iJEWELERI
S 121 E. Jefferson Street. /
H. MILLER,
FIRE and LIFE
INSURANCE
and REAL ESTATE.
OFFICE —Byers' Building—next to P.
O. Butler Pa.
A Safe Investment—Fine Farm
For Sale.
$7,000; farm of 50 acres, -1 miles from
Mars Station, one mile from Brush Creek
and Perrysville road; house of nine
rooms, gas. center hall, porches, two
cellars; the farm is all fenced with wire,
locust posts; a good bank barn 40x60,
wagon shed 20x40; a large chicken house
20x30, piped with gas: the farm is well
watered and watered in two forms; it
has a large apple orchard. 4 oil wells,
royalty S4O per month; 10 acres which
are not leased for oil can be leased at
any time with a guarantee of drilling a
well; tbe laud is all cleared, good soil;
reasons for selling closing up an estate.
See M. J. Ehuknfkld,
1922 Forbes St.. Pittsburg, Pa.
Low Prices for i
BROWN CO'S.
ODD DRESSERS Vc have neat hard wood Dressers as low 1
as $7.00; others in combinations for $8.00: fine golden
oak Dressers, French beveled plates, at $14.00. ;
(EXTENSION TABLES— SoIid oak Extension Tables, legs
bolted on, workmanship right, at $6.50; others at prices
ranging lrom SB.OO up. Sizes in 6, Bor 10 ft. A large
and elegant assortment.
CAR LOADS OF IRON BEDS.Springs and Mattresses «J~ all !
kinds, at all prices to suit your taste and the money you '
wish to pay. We will guarantee all goods ifl this line to 1
give purchaser entire satisfaction.
| SEWING MACHINES— J io risk in buying a machine from jj
us. We guarantee each machine sold. We know just ;
what the "New Royal" will do, and can recommend it to
all purchasers. Why do without a machine for only 1
$16.75? S.e the New Royal.
BED ROOM SUITS —Never had a better selection of Suits j
I than just now. Hard wood, golden oak finish, beveled
plate, with nicely carved bed, at only $20.00. Solid oak
suit, swell top drawers in dresser and the stand, beveled
French plate, cast brass trimmings, vei"y neat, well made
suit for $25.00. Other suits at s2Bxo, $30.00, $35,00
and upwards. See the line.
COME IN AND COMKARE!
I BROWN & CO.
No. 136 N. Main St. (Bell Phone 105) BUTLER, PA.
jllllrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN]!
| ANNOUNCES ;
|A Continuation of Their; I
x Semi=Annual ;;
| Sacrifice Sale. ::
1 Notwithstanding the fact that the sale last week was the < >
most successful one they have ever had, their stock < ►
of Winter goods is still too heavy, it must be < '
REDUCED AT ONCE | !
They have made still further reductions on Winter Wraps |
and all ready-to-wear garments. Price on
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Wraps < ►
Reduced to 1-2 Former Price. < >
Silk Waists price. Woolen Waists £ price. Greater ( >
sacrifice prices on Under-muslins. One lot Corset 4 >
Covers 3 price. The same price as last week on i >
1# DRESS GOODS, SILKS, LACES, < >
0 TRIMMINGS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, * >
V FURS, NECKWEAR, RIBBONS, J J
V MILLINERY, RUGS, PORTIERS, '
J | LACE CURTAINS, BED HAPS, BLANKETS, (
i; WHITE QUILTS, MUSLINS, SHEETINGS, J,
1 , CALICOES, GINGHAMS. <C
< > Ready to use Sheets, Bolsters and Pillow Cases. 4 >
{ | Sacrifice Prices Continue all Month of January. ( J
; [Mrs. J. G. Zimmerman.l
Bell Phone 20S. D,. fl Dq 4 I
'w People's Phone 128. Duller, ■£ " 1
)boQ<>C^>OOOOOOOOOOOOOO<>OO<X
/
c. e. /niisbeß's"
Great Clearance Sale.
glen's Felt at 10c a pair. I
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 aftord 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
Fin<? Shoes For kadies.
For anything in the line of footwear try
C. E. MILLER,
215 S. Main St.. Batler, Pa. Opposite Hotel Arlington.
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