Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-12-03
BUTLER CITIZEN.
Local and General.


kinds. from 20 cents up, at Charles r. Griebs
A COUNTERFEIT SIS greenback j:
out. Sean closely all fves that you get hoic
Of
WIN. MARDoRF is paying as high as
s. and 81 for heavy Steer and Heifer Hides.
IT is now considered poor taste te
begin a conversation by an allusion to th'
weather.
THE latest styles in Neckwear, al
Charles r. Grieb's.
HERE lies a girl as one forgotten
who lost her shape with the rise of cotton
PocticdI ErchdnGe.
SPEcIALTIEs in woolens at William
.Aland's Merchant Tailoring establishment moi
to be had elsewhere in the county.
SAYS the M'Gregor 0owa) Neacs :
ssThe weather is not only unreliable but un
principled Last Sunday trained all day on
camp meeting and shone all day Monday on 9
circus"
THOSE who have Beef Hides for sale
take them to Roess;ng's Tannery and get the
highest market price that can be obtained fol
the same.
THREE kittens have died of diphthe-
ria in Ogdensburg, N. Y. They contracted the
disease from children affected with it. The
post-mortem examination showed plainly the
diphfheritic membrane in the kittens throats
WIN. MARDoRF is paying more for
Beef Hides, Kips, Calf Skins, Sheep Pelts and
Tallow than any Tanner or dealer In the
county.
SHORTLY before Mrs. Ben. Tobias,
r d. al bor Lost eba ed
husband to her bedside and, after imparting TO
him the sad intelligence that she was going to
die, informed him that he would find nearly all
the money he had given her on various occa-
sions, as pin money, slowed away in her bureau
drawer as q reserve fund for rainy Day
in cash in the place designated. Such an ex-
ample lie worthy of imitation.-Record.
THE Winter Term of the Wither-
spoon Institute viii open Dec. LIST, 1879. The
Institution is in fourishing condition. Ex-
ceIlent advantages are offered to students OF
both sexes.
A SINGULAR case of recovery from
insanity through an injury occurred recently
in the Homeopathic State Asylum for the In
sane A male patient, "a years old, when in a
state of violent irritation, sprang up to the gas
fixture, caught hold of slender tubing, and
swung himself with considerable force. The
fixture gave way and the patient fell, striking
his head upon the stone pavement. Instantly
he arose, walked out of the ward, and gave a
clear account of the accident he had met with.
He had, in fact, recovered his mind, though he
suffered greatly from the external injuries 10
his scalp. This case is not alone of its kind.
Some physicians have seriously tried to raise
the question of the application of sudden and
insanity; but as the question of the dose is one
Of great difficulty, this heroic method remains
optional with the patients themselves.
5000 Beef Hides of all descriptions
wanted, Steer, Cow, Heifer or Bull Hides
trimmed or untrimmed, at VIM. MardorFs,
West Cunningham street, Butler, Pa.
THE naodus operandi of Mr.. Full
lerton, the rat killer now operating in Pitts
burgh, is about as follows: His weapons of
ofense are bulPs-eye lantern, pistol and
pair of tongs. He operates late at night when all
is quiet He lodges stealthily about the by
ways of the hotels, every now and then throw
ing the bright light of his lantern full in the
eyes of rat, 50 binding the rodent that he
picks up his victim without any trouble. He
then sets his heel on the rats head, crunch
ing noise is heard, and there is pest less in
the world. When the rats fail to come out of
their holes, the catcher makes noise with his
voice similar to rats squeak, and the rodents
having ~ much curiosity as woman, rush out
to see what Is the matter, when the relentless
tongs seize them one by one. Occasionally the
pistol Is brought into play, with skill rival
ing that of DR.. Carver, the crack shot, when
ever the rodents repress their curiosity for the
time, or when the tongs cannot reach them.
The business must be a lucrative one, as Full
1erton travelled all the way from New York to
give Pittsburghers the benefit of his skill.
A MOST righteous judgment awarded
DR.. Lindsey for the wonderful cures performed
gists.
Some Of the statistics in the annual
report Of the Commissioner of Pensions, just
furnished to the Secretary Of the Interior,
supply material to which we invoke the atten-
tion Of any clergymen who propose to preach
soon from the numerous texts Of the Christian
Scriptures which reprobate lying. In the cases
Of 5000 pensioners whose names have been
expunged from the list during the last three
years on account of the detection of fraud in
their cases Commissioner Bentley certifes
that perjury was ascertained In 1904 Of the
4.397 adidavits which accompanied their appli-
cations and forgery in at least ninety two in
stances. These fraudulent claimants succeeded
in drawing $547 ,225 from the National Treasury
before they were dropped. What part, if any,
Of this vast sum has been recouped by the
United States, and how many, if any, Of the
1854 perjurers and nInety-two forgers have
been prosecuted for their crimes, the Commits
sioner does not state. 1t is hard to imagine
more mcritorious claim upon public sympathy
and support than that of the widow or orphan |
of Union soldier, and just in the same degree |
imposture in such cases is odious and needs to |
be pursued by the law and denounced from the |
pulpit--punished here and punished hereafter. |
KEEP your family well supplied
with SELLERS Cough Syrup" use IL in time. |
you will avert bronchial and pulmonary af. |
fections. 25 cents.
A PECULIAR question of Constitu-
tional law was recently decided by the Supreme |
Court Of Rhode Island. statute of that State |
prohibits the sale Of merchandise within one |
mile Of the place where any religious society |
shall be holding camp meeting, unless with
the consent Of such society or its officers Inn
keepers, grocers, and other venders Of goods,
at their usual places Of business, are excepted
from the operation of the act which imposes a
penalty Of fine or imprisonment for any viola
ton Of its provisions. Upon a prosecution 1
under this law, the defendant objected that il /
was unconstitutional, because it restricted his
right to use his property In particular manner,
and this was virtually taking private property
for private use and without compensation. A |
Kentucky case cited in support Of the objection |
held that prohibition in the charter Of an |
agricultural society against stabling horg.s for
pay within three hundred yards of the fair !
grounds during the fair was unconstit utional |
There, however, the evident desigT of the |
charter was to establish q monopoly in favor |
Of the agricultural society. But In the Rhode |
Island case there could be no such object. The |
statute was enacted simply as police regula- |
ton, to promote the public welfare by project |
ing from disturbance the camp meetings of all |
religious denominations alike As such. the |
Supreme Court declares It to be clearly uncon-
stitutional.
One Of tho largest stocks of Ameri-
can Meve<aents and American Gases, both Gold |
ard SILVER, ever offered in butler is 10 be seen
ut +. Grieb's, which were all purchased before |
the late rise in Watches, and will be sold at |
the old rates.
Lady Beautifers.
Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy |
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cos |
metics of France, or bcautifers of the world, |