Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-12-10
WuAr NOW constitntes the TENTH

Census District of this State-Armstr0ng, But
Ter, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest,
jefferson, Mercer, Venango and Warren coun'
ties-contained, in 1870, an aggregate popuia'
ton of 3l9,ls7, or more than one-ienth the
population of the entire State, the latter having
been 3,421, ,791. 1t il estimated that the census
of next year will swell the showing OF the
district to over SOC, 600 inhabitants
MEMS and Boys Winter Caps from
lie. up, at Charles r. Griebs.
To prevent their road getting into
the hands of spectators, the Pennsylvania
Company are buying all stock in their road
offered for sale. Last Wednesday 59, las shares
OF Pennsylvania railroad stock held by the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for the
city of Philadelphia were sold to the Pennsyl-
var,ia railroad company. The price, s, ,957 ,450,
was handed over and was converted into the
city's own four per cent. loan. The price paid
was $50 per share, the par value.
LATEST styles in Mems, Youths and
Children's Caps, at Charles r. Grieb's.
A PROFESSOR of the Iowa University
is charged with placing eighty kegs Of beer
where they would do the most good in electlng
him to the State Senate-Er This is certainly
a clear case Of trouble brewing The peculiar
difficulties of placing eighty kegs OF beer
where they would work to the best advantage,
politIealiy, is and must have been novel
study for the ambitious savant, and one OF those
problems which the oldest brewer in the land
could not help him one single step toward sat
isfactory solution.
IF you have pimples, boils, salt
rheum. rough skin, DC, try "Lindsey's Blood
Searcher." Sold by all druggists.
1T has come at last. Sitting Bull,
"a a prominent slaughterer at large, has un-
doubtedly been neglected, for he has never
been invited to take the lecture platform; but
virtue is its own reward, and the ferocious
chief IL now in demand by gentleman who
wishes to make him the leading feature OF
travelling show There can be no doubt that
Sitting Bull would succeed as popular aIlrac-
ton if he could draw audiences as steadily as
he drew rations and raise the hair OF his hear
ers as effectively as he has raised that OF scores
Of white men.
SHAFTS, finished and rough, at the
r. Nirgle Il Bros Hardware Store, Jefferson
street, Butler, Pa.
TIE inevitable bill for the transfer
of the Indian Bureau to the War Department
turned up in the House at Washington, last
Wednesday. OF the other bills put IN that
day, the most remarkable is that OF Dir.
Weaver, of Iowa. who wants the Treasury TO
nav to the soldiers and sailors of the late war,
or their legal representatives, the difference
between the currency which they received and
the gold coin which they should have received,
with six per cent. interest, and for this pur-
pose to issue new greenbacks up TO the limit OF
$500. 600 900. These greenbacks Mr. Weaver OF
Iowa would have made legal tender Tor an
dues, public and private. Bills for the refund
ing Of the National debt were introduced by
Garfield and Fernando Wood.
THE largest Stock of Half Hose
ever offered in Butler, You can find at
CHARLES x. GRIEBs.
THERE has been one church fair too
many. The Oxford Presbyterian congregation
of Philadelphia, having six thousand dollar
organ to paw for resorted to the everlasting
church fair and held it in the church building
Too much fire was left in the stove used Tor
cooking oysters and such things necessary to
church fair. and the society, 10 use worldly
language, last Wednesday morning found it.
sely out q two hundred thousand dollar church
a six thousand dollar organ, which II still owes
some money on, and eight Thousand dollars
worth Of fair goods, on all Of which there was
little more than forty thousand dollars OF in
surance. The net loss is considerably more
than hundred thousand dollars, and all De-
cause the church had bought an expensive
musical instrument before it had the money to
pay for it.
THE Winter Term of the Wither-
spoon Institute will open Dec. 1st, 1879. The
institution is in fionrishing condition. Ex-
celIent advantages are offered to students Of
both sexes.
AT last General Grant has been
heard from on the Presidency question. A
friend of the Generaps-name not given-inet
him at the Governors reception in Nevada and
IA
ton General Grant answered without hesita-
ton and with emphasis, II sincerely hope no
necessity will arise calling for my nomination"
Come TO look at it, forward and backward,
from above and below, standing up and lying
down, and finally ending it up to take more
thorough view, there is sort Of indeiinitness,
as it were about this answer when considered
AZ a rcfusal-Er. We do not believe that
Grant ever made the conceited answer here
credited to him, for he must well know that it
is impossible for any contingency to arise In
this country necessitating the calling Of any
one particular citizen TO the Presidential chair
ONE Of the largest stocks of Ameri-
can Movements and American Cases, both Gold
and Silver, ever offered in Butler, il TO be seen
at 4. Griebs, which we're all purchased before
the late rise in Watches, and will be sold at
the old rates.
the Carbon Black factory at the station on the
Branch road, 5000 gas jets have been burning
day and night. The gas is conducted from the
well to large tank or meter and from it IN
parallel lengths, Of 2 inch gas pipe, through
the building. Along the sides OF these are
fitted short branches Of gas pipe, terminating
in slight upward curve and tipped with or
dinary gas burners of foot per hour capacity.
Above these burners, at a distance Of 10 inches,
are placed series of cast iron plates, contigu-
Gus and forming smooth surface whereon the
carbon black is deposited. small ear travel
ing on rails laid between burners and plates.
and furnished with scraping device, plies
forward and back every ten minutes during
the twenty-four hours. This Garage is pro-
PEELED by steam power, operating through
wire rope and suitable gearing, drums, etc.
The smoke or carbon black is scraped into pans
hung upon the car, and these are dumped at
each end Of the route into rcceptacles, which
are in turn emptied and deposited in the puri-
fying and packing house. After simply re-
moving cinders, etc, by passing through seyes,
the SCOT is ready for the market. 1t IL
then packed in bass wood barrels made especi-
ally for the purpose, and then shipped TO New
York. Two qualities Of the black are made,
the finest for use in manufacturing job ink,
and the other for news ink. We do not know
what the production Of the works is, though
we see it stated in the Scientific An,erican, that
eacn burner Will produce pouhu uhly. WhaL
the black IL worth also, we do not know, and
we can sec no quotations in our daily ex-
changes, but if the price Of the finer article
corresponds in any degree with that Of job ink
for which we pay from ii 10 80 per pound, the
manufacture Of Carbon Black is undoubtedly a
very profitable business. A new works is be.
ing built at Murraysville, Westmoreland
county, and Captain Hazletts works at Den
ny's mills will soon be in operation.
Wheatl Wheaty