American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-06-14
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except his ears and spot on the top OF
his head, and a slight tinge of gray on
each side of the shoulder.
Mr.. Richardson, an English chem
ist says that iodine placed in small box
with perforated lid, destroys organic
poison in rooms. During the continuance
of an epidemic smallpox in London he
saw the method used with benefit.
The State of Virginia owns largely
in canal and railway stocks, and will, in
time, be able to renew its credit; but at
present its resources are nearly destroyed
The rebel government owned the Peters
burg railroad, almost half million for
transportation, which is now lost forev-
er.
"A farmer named Mangus Better, near
Mishawaba, Indiana, committed suicide
by hanging himself in his barn on Fri
day, the 10Th inst. He was well to do,
and highly esteemed He had been
somewhat deranged for four or FIVE years
Considerable talk and little excite
ment is occasioned by reports of gold, si,
yer and lead (?) discoveries near coopers.
town, Crawford Co, Pa. 1t Itappears they
are not content with OIL Specimens that
looked yellow have been shown, but it is
not quite certain that they are gold
The rush to the oil regions is
much less than it was tx weeks ago,
but is still great and sufficient to keep
hotels constantly crowded. Still a
large proportion of those who do go
mean business, and while matters
are generally settling down and be-
coming quiet, more business and
greater developments are in progress
than ever.
Two las about fifteen years old,
quarreled at the Union School in Ann
Arbor, Michigan. After school the
quarrel was renewed by one named
Otis, when the other named Burr drew
a pistol from his pocket and shot Otis
in the thigh, making a very severe
wound. Burr went to the Jail and de-
lirered himself up to the authorities.
ANOTHER SCoURGE.-A small
green worm, from one-half to three
! quarters of an inch in lenth, has APP
peared within the last few days upon
the pear trees, and is beginning to strip
the leaves. They climb the trees and
begin to eat the lower leaves. They
have already begun to spin their CO.
coons. So far rs known they have new
er been seen in this locality before
A gentleman who has examined them
thoroughly and carefully under mag99
nifer, says they are distinct from the
green worm which has sometimes eat
en- the rose. They can easily be sha-
ken off by jarring the trees, as they
do not spin.-Hargord (C.) Cowant.
The Pennsylvania State Agri.
cultural Society announces that its
next exhibition is to be held at the
flourishing city of Willamsport, COM
meaces on Tuesday, September Goth,
and continuing as usual, four days.
The premium list about to be ISSUED
is said to be the most. liberal ever
prepared by this society, which has
: been heretofore liberal to fault in
this respect.
"A Banner borne in the great
proce sion at Wilmington, n. G,
had this appropriate inscriptions:
George Washington, the father
his country; Jeff. Davis, the destroyer
of his country; Abraham Lincoln,
) the redeeEer of his country"
-Edward Spangler, one of the
accomplices of Booth in the assassin
, alton of President Lincoln, is origin
; ally from the borough of York, where
he has respectable connections. For
| several years he had gone to the
f "bad," and was perfectly reckless
character.
: In one of his terrible menaces,
| Jefferson Davis declared that when
all the men of the South were put to
, death in bait e, the women would
seize their weapons and beat back
the Northern vandals. When capt
ured, the "President" evidently
, thought that the time had come
. when the women must MAINTAIN the
4 Southern chivalry. He would him
t self lead them in peticoats.
T DR.. Blackburn, the yellow fever
man, through his counsel, has admit
: ted his guilt, but claimed that there
is no authority to prosecute for con-
spiracy to murder in foreign coun-
try. Think what an unmitigated
s scoundrel he must be- viii such a
, fiend be let off by the Canadian au-
thorities? Propably----praeticaly,
7 or light bail-he will.
f The BEST MONUMENT TO Mr.. LIN
' ooLN.-It is proposed, as the best
a monument to Abraham Lincoln, to
: establish national hospital to the
t sick and wounded, and permanently
e disabled soldiers and sailors of the
E war, to be called after the lamented