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One of the most shocking things we
ever heard of was done in the town Of
Pierce on Wednesday of last week, by
John Feezier, if reports are true. The
man Feezier is an old resident of Pierce,
and was at one time a we'll to do farmer
A few years ago he built small brewery
and did some business for q while, but
got to drinking SO heavily and steadily
himself that his business fell away, and
of late he had but few customers besides
himself. On the day named, while he
was rinsing beer kegs III q vat of hot
water being drunk at the time, he took
his little daughter, four and half years
old, and forcibly placed her in the water,
which was heated nearly to the boiling
point. The little ones feet, and her legs
nearly to her knees, were horribly scald-
ed-her feet putting out with blisters
aftcrward SO that the toes were not dis
tinguishable. 1t was reported that
Feezier afterward made an attempt to
poison himself, but this, we regret to
say, is not true. No steps have been
taken, SO far as we have learned, looking
to the punishment of the wretch. We
invite the attention Of District Attorney
Coapman to this case.-Kepausaee En-
1eg,prise.
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NJ. KETTENHOFFEN

NTORTHWESTERN HOT Sc, FRANKLIN And
Ninth streets. Manitowoc Travellers VIII
here find the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached.
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The fellow who was told that another
drink would kill him, said, eff haf to
die, lem me, but [ will take two horns
first" This is the correct origin to the
expression, "two horns to dilemma.
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A young man, the other day, got mar
rid against the wishes of his parents, and
requesting friend to break it to them,
said: ''Tell them L am dead, old fellow,
and gently work them up to the climax. .
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WILLIAM LYNCH.

J,ASHIONABl.E TAILOR. ALL GOODS
L made by the subscriber are warranted 10 iii
The form Prices, reasonable, and am boGnd to
please those who give me their custom. shop
on York Street, two doors West OF the Nindlate
House.
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Use Bromoline to cleanse the blood and
stimulate the liver; and health will fol-
low promptly and surely. Sold by T. &
J. Robinson.
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SANDY, what is the state of religion in
your town. BAD, sir; very badl
There are no Christians except Dayie
and myself, and have my doubts about
Davie."
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An Irish girl remarked to young man
that she had got two cork legs, but the
thick headed chap couldn't understand
that she was born in Cork.
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Our inventor is at work getting ont
forty four millions Of fancy cards, bear
ing the words, 'You can just bet your
sweet life it is" They are intended to
be worn on the lapel of the coats of all
men in the United States in answer to
the query, '.Is it warm enough for you ?"
They viii meet a long felt want, and
ought to have tremendous sale,
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WlNDIATE HOUSE.

~ wTNDINTE. PROPRIETOR, YORK ST
l This frstcass House is in excellent condi-
zion, and the Proprietor is confident that he can
give perfect satisfaction to the travelling pubic A
BUS will always be ready 10 take travellers IL and
from the bo&ts. 4 coon LIVERY STABLE Is kert
in cnnnncLinn with Lie umMsN.
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AS spring medicine for purifying the
blood, or for general weakness and de-
bili5y, Bromoline is the best remedy.
Sold by L. & J. Robinson.
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CHARLES HOYER.

rERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
Ns ment, on 18th street,ncar south end Of Bridge.
Tie tailoring department is complete, and CON
t.iae large assortment of Aionable cloths and
Gents furnishing goods constantly on ndid.-
Please call aud examine before purchasing else
where.
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5. SANDERSON,

ACTURER AND DEALER II BOOTS
nj Shoes, Leather, &C.. &C. shop on EGEal,
Street near the corner of Eighth. Repairing
neatly aud promptly executed.
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TAR. 4. J. PATCHEN. DENTIST. oFEICL
ID in Shurmans building, on sta Street, Mani
towoc, Wis.
.-g~Igcth extracted without pain.
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L.E. PRITCHARD. NJ. D.,

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON.-OGice, Eighth
street tour doors North Of First National
Bank T. :. Examining Surgeon for Pensions.
Mluft0yyoc Wis
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''There are roomers in the air." re-
marked the landlort when his hotel
burned down, and for want of fire escapes
the guests were jumping out of the win
dows.
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fSIA BRDOh q WALLEE,
C. H. f.srABRo0K. W. a. NALKEE.
n aud Quay streets, South side, Manitowoc,
Wisconsin.
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DlanitoaYpe gilpt.
ADVERTISING SCALE.
ONE INCH SPACE MAKES A SQUARE.

Busia notices 10 cents per line, Wien con
timed more than one week, h:lf of the above
rates for each subsequent week
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y AWINSIRAECE AND ABSTRACT OFFICE
/ Franz Block, South Eighth street, Nanlto-
woe, Wis Collections promptly attended to.
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WILLIAM RAUR
II. COaKLEY, NJ. D.,
FRANZ & TREAT,

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON, TENDERS
his professional services 10 the people Of the
County.
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DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. TENDERS
1 hie professional services to the people OF
Ccutcryillc and adjoining towns.
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TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR.
III. G.. e. w. J. TURNER,

TTORNEYs AT LAW, OFFICE on STH
= Street, Sagth side, over kmhlers store, Man
ii0w0c, Wisconsin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
THE NOBLE JACKASS.

The Syracuse Herald says: John
A. Rockafellow writes from Arizona to
a friend in this city an account of
very amusing adventure he recently
had with cinnamon bear. The latter
is very ugly customer to close with,
but our friend was delivered in the
most unexpected manner, as will be
seen by the following: "Last night 1
was coming up from the Santa Cruz
Valley, Is miles below. / was rid
ing a buro Gackass,) but on coming to
a very steep hill, dismounted and was
slowly walking up, when came on
an immense cinnamon bear, less than
twenty feet away. OF course to run
was out of the question, so | stood and
eyed the old fellow, and he stood and
eyed me as 1 slowly pulled my six
shooter from the holster. Old bear
hunters say it isn't safe to tackle
cinnamon with rife carrying less
than seventy grains of powder, and
then give him dead shot, as the cin-
namons are worse than the grizzlies
I didn't have any rifle with me, and
as my six shooter only used % of
powder, l concluded l was not look
ing for fight unless the bear was.
Whatever his intentions were l don't
know but my buro Gackass,) who
was some distance ahead just then,
caught sight of him and, instead of
running away as one would expect
started for Mr.. Bruin with tail and
ears erect, and to cap the climax COM
menced to bray This was too much
and the old bear started as if he was
shot out of gun. He just tore up
the ground, and when he couldn't run
fast enough he rolled down the noun
tain side "Old Balaam" has played
that trick before with me when | have
been trying to get up on to deer, and
l have always pounded him for it, but
last night concluded l would give
him leather medal"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01

LONGEST BEARD IN THE WORLD
Our correspondent in Norwich, Con-
necticut, writes that there is man in
that city who probably wears the
longest beard of any man in the world.
His name is Henry G. Cook, a tailor
by trade. He never makes display
of his beard, but wears it concealed in
a little bag under his shirt-bosom.
The beard is six feet six inches in
length, and, when allowed to fall its
length, it will reach to his toes and
stretch out on the floor ten inches, and
looks like large skein of brown silk.
1t was six inches longer than at pres
ent, but short time ago he trimmed
it off to its present length. Mr.. Cook
says it has been growing about twenty
one years. A year ago p. Il. Barnum
called on him and tried to induce him
to travel with his show, but Mr..
Cooks modcstv and the desire of his
wife that he should not accept Bar
NUNS liberal offer, induced him to
reject it. In speaking of Cook in con-
nection with the man with long
beard in Michigan, Barnum said
Cooks was by far the longest and
finest of the two Mr. Cook often
shows his beard to visitors, but is not
in the habit of making a great parade
over it. The truth of these state
ments can be substantiated by calling
on him at his place of business.-Bos-
tom Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01

hands $50 or SlO0 for a share in his
venture. Your investment may bring
you in a handsome fortune, or, it may
prove a total loss. Anyway it is the
safest and cheapest way you can in
dulge your fancy for
DABBLING IN MINING STOCKS.
But don't have anything to do with
parties who send circulars Offering to
locate claims, or allot partnerships for
you; in all human probability you will
never hear more of your money. A
case in point is that of the notorious
Edward A. Eggleston, now in Jail in
Pueblo. This rascal had his head
quarters at Rosita, a neighboring camp
to this. From there he sent his circu-
lars all over the United States, gath
ering in his victims from New Orleans
to Boston, until he shot Comet, one
day last April, for revealing to an east
ern capitalist the fact that he (Eggles-
ton) had raised an assay paper on one
of his worthless shafts from one to one
thousand ounces per ton The people
of Rosita are so embittered against
him that they openly declare they will
hang him themselves if Pueblo jury
lets him come back amongst them.
MINING CLAIM
is fifteen hundred feet along the course
of mineral vein, by three hundred
feet wide, or about ten and one-third
acres superficial. To locate a claim it
is only necessary to put a stake up
bearing the name you have fancy to
call it, the date, the directionby COM
pass of it's course, and your own name.
This stake holds it free from tres
passers for sixty days. An assess
ment shaft, which means ten feet deep
by six feet long by four feet wide, holds
it against all comers for twelve months,
and leaves you at liberty to sink upon
other claims, or, should you be out of
or grub, to go seek employment
whereby to earn means to carry on the
war.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
A REMdRKADLE P4RROT

The curious and surprising aptness
with which trained parrots have some
times seemed to answer people, has
even suggested the question whether
these birds do not possess intelligence
of words as well as the power to speak
them. No less a philosopher than the
celebrated John Locke thought the
following worthy of a place in his
great Essay on the Human Under
standing:"
He quotes the story from Sir VIM.
Temples Memoirs of what passed in
Christendom from 1872 to 1879. Sir
William Temple says, 81 had a mind
to know from Prince Maurice's own
mouth the account of common but
much credited story that l had heard
so often from many others, of an old
parrot he had in Brazil during his
government there, that spoke, and
asked, and answered questions like a
reasonable creature, SO that those of
his train there generally concluded it
to be witchery Or possession"
He accordingly asked Prince Maui
rice about the matter, who told him
that having heard of the parrot he
sent for it, and that when it was
brought into the room where he was,
with great many Dutchmcn about
him, it presently exclaimed, "What
company of white men are here J"
They asked what it thought that man
was, pointing to the Prince. The
parrot answered, "some general or
other" When they brought it close
to him, he asked "Whcnce come you z"
1t answered, "From Marinnan." The
Prince then said, "To whom do you
belong?" The parrot replied to Por-
tnguese." The Prince asked, "What
do you do there 2" The parrot said,
II look after the chickens" The
Prince laughed and said, "You take
care of the chickens 2" The parrot
replied, eyes, and | know well enough
how to do it," and began to cluck like
hen calling chickens. The parrot
appears only to have been a we'll
trained bird, accustomed to say certain
things, and ready to say them, but
them only, on occasions such as arose
from the presence of the Prince and
his attendants, and the questions ad-
dressed to it,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
rr,rp Crur np nup EDE,rp LAKES

THE SIZE OF OUR GREAT LAKES
The latest measurements of our fresh
water seas are as follows:
The greatest length of Lake Superior
is 335 miles its greatest breadth is
I69 miles; mean depth, G8S feet; cle-
vation, 627 feet; area, $4,000 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Michi-
gan is 300 miles; its greatest breadth
is l0S miles; mean depth, 600 feet /;
elevation, 500 feet; area, 20, 600 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron
is 900 miles; its greatest breadth is
169 miles; mean depth, 600 feet; cle-
vation, 274 feet; area, 20, 600 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie is
$50 miles; its greatest breadth is 80
miles its mean depth is "a feet; ele-
vation, 555 feet; area, 5000 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake On
tario is lS9 miles its greatest breadth,
65 miles; its mean depth is 500 feet
elevation, 26l feet; area, 5000 square
miles.
The length of all five is l,274 miles,
covering an area upward OF $4,000
square miles
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
WOMEN EYEING WOMEN.

The eyeing of women by women is
one of the most offensive manifesta-
tions of supercliousness now to be
met with in society Few observant
persons have failed to notice the man
ner in which one woman, who is not
perfectly well bred or perfectly kind
hearted, will eye another whom she
thinks is not at the time in so costly a
dress as she herself is in. 1t is done
everywhere, at parties, at church, in
the street. The very servant girls
learn it of their mistresses. 1t is done
by women in all conditions of life. 1t
is done in an instant.
Who cannot recall hundreds of in
stances of that sweep of the eye
which takes in at a glance the whole
woman and what she has ON, from top
knot to shoe tie? Men are never
guilty of it, Or with such extreme rar-
ity, and then in such feeble and small
souled specimens of their sex, that it
may be set down as sin not mascu-
line or at least epicene But women
of sense, of some breeding, and even
of some kindness of nature, will thus
endeavor to assert q superiority upon
the meanest of all pretences, and in
hict wound in manner the most
cowardly because it cannot be resented,
and admits of no retort.
If they only knew how unlovely,
how positively offensive they make
themselves in so doing not only to
their silent victims, but to every gen.
erous-hearted man who observes their
maneuvers, they would give up a
triumph at once so mean and so cruel,
which is obtained at such sacrifice
on their part. No other evidence
than this eyeing is needed, that a
woman, whatever be her birth or
breeding, has q small and vulgar soul.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
A MIpDLIN' FAIR VERACITY.-Th'

A MIpDLIN' FAIR VERACITY.-The
charge against the prisoner was lar
ceny, and he had made a desperate et-
fort to prove an alibi. One of his
neighbors was called to the stand to
bear witness to the worth of the pris-
oner's word What" asked the
Judge Git was in Arkansas) "is the
prisoners reputation for veracity Z"
"Waal, middlin' fair, Jedge, middlin'
fair" replied the witness. "lie's al
ways had the same wife ever since ne
lived in Pike, though / b'leeve he did
hev couple over in Tennessee last
winter; but" And then the Court
kept him quiet long enough to explain
to him just what they were talking
about
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
THEY WILL NEED OUR WHEAT

THEY WILL NEED OUn WHEAT
Unless there is gross exaggeration in
the estimates Of the Paris Bulletin des
Halles, the French purchases Of
foreign wheat for the harvest year
will be on scale without precedent
during any year Of peace. An esti-
mated deficiency of some $4,000, 900
bushels to be supplied almost exclu-
sively by this country involves an in
credible advance on the 4,500, 900
bushels exported to France in l877-78,
even assuming that as much more was
sent by way of England. During the
last fiscal year the exports of wheat
and wheat -four from the United States
reached a total equivalent to 100, ,000,-
600 bushels. About three-fourths of
that quantity found its way to Great
Britain and her colonial possessions
For the current fiscal year cur wheat
exports can hardly fail to reach 200,-
600, 900 bushels, with proportionate
increase on other descriptions Of bread
stuiIs. For the last fiscal year our
exports of cereals were over 20 per
cent. greater in value than the eX-
ports of cotton. For the year ending
with next June the excess will be at
least so per cent, and wheat alone,
which very nearly cqualled cotton last
year, will fairly take its place as King.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01


How COFFEE CANE TO BE USED
1t is somewhat singular to trace the
manner in which arose the use of the
common beverage of coffee, without
which few persons, in any half or fully
civilized country in the world, make
breakfast.
At the time Columbus discovered
America it had never before been
known or used. 1t grew only in
Arabia and Upper Ethiopia. The
discovery of its use as a beverage is
ascribed to the superior of monas-
terry in Arabia, who, desirous of pre-
venting the monks from sleeping at
their nocturnal services, made them
drink the infusion Of coffee, upon the
reports of shepherds who observed
that their hocks were more lively af-
ter browsing on the fruit of the plant.
Its reputation spread through the ad-
jacent countries, and in two hundred
years it reached Paris. A single
plant, brought there in 1714, became
the parent stock of all the French
plantations in the West Indies. The
Dutch introduced it into Java and the
East Indies
The extent of the consumption now
can hardly be realized. The United
States alone annually consume it at
the cost, on its landing, of from $l5-
600, 900 to SIG, 100000.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01

WASHINGTON left an estate worth
SS00,000 John Adams died moder-
ately well off. Jefferson died so poor
that if Congress had not given him
$4,000 for his library he would have
been bankrupt. Madison was cconomi-
cal and died rich. Monroe died so
poor that he was buried at the expense
of his relatives. John Quincy Adams
left about $4,000, the result of pru-
dence. Jackson died tolerably well
off. Van Buren died worth some $780,
900. 1t is said that during his entire
administration he never drew any por-
ton of his salary, but on leaving took
the whole 100000 in lump. Polk
left about S15O,O00 Tyler married
n lady Of wealth and accomplishments
and died rich Taylor left $l50,O0O.
Fillmore was always an economical
man and added to his wealth by his
last morriage. Pierce saved about
100000. Buchanan left about $780,
600; Lincoln about $75, 600; johnson,
about $4,000.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
ADVERTISING RATES.

Ono square, one insertion, 81: zach subse-
quent insertion, so cents. Yearly advertisements
exceeding one-fourth of a column, IS per inch.
Figure WORK double theee rates; additional
charges where weekly or monthly changes are
made. Local advertisements 10 cents per line
additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub
iished free OF charge. Obituary notices charged
as advertisements, and payable when handed in
Auditors Notices. 81; Executors and Admins
traitors Notices, S3 each; Estray, Caution and
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, "a
each.
From the fsct that the CITIZEN is the oldest
established and most extensively circulated Re-
publican newspaper in Butler county. Ca Repub-
iican county, it must be apparent to business
men that it is the medium they should use in
advertising their business.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
SToppINa A RUNAWAY HORSE

STOPPING A RUNAWAY HoRsE-
Probably the first instance of stopping
n runaway by telephone, occurred in
New Haven, Connecticut. A pair of
horses started from one place up town
and tore down State street, evidently
headed for their owners packing-housc
on Long Wharf The driver, who
was of his wagon on business, ran
into store and telephoned to Long
Wharf to look out for the runaways.
When the horses reached the wharf
Gordon of men were stretched across
the street to prevent the animals from
going down to the water, and the re-
suit was that the horses were turned
into the packing-house yard, where 1T
was found they had sustained no in
jury