Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-15

the people out of their hard earned gains The
rings are only washed with gold and are OF no
value whatever
THE best heavy Sheeting in the
market, at RITTER q RALsroNs'
A MACHINE for scraping dead hogs
| has been invented in Chicago. At a recent trial
| Seven hogs were passed through the machine
/ in 81 seconds Each one came out as hairless
as could be desired. 1t is expected the ma
chine will be so improved as to scrape 6,OO0
| hogs in ten hours.
JUST before he was hanged last
! Thursday Peter McManus confirmed his pre-
vious written declaration that the crime for
which he had been condemned to die was in
| fact the work of two of the States witnesses
| who had sworn away his life. If Peter told
| the truth, the State of Pennsylvania committed
murder in hanging him.
HAMILTON county, Ohio, has had
cooking contest and the young lady who won
the prize didn't carry off S24 900 in gate money.
And vet cooking contests are of more beneht TO
this country than walking matches. The time
may not be far distant when we shall have
cooking contests and wood saving matches for
the championship of the world.-Norristoacn
Herald.
If you wish a good education attend
the State Normal School, Edinboro.
DR.. JEFREYs lectured before the
students of the West Sunbury Academy and
others last Friday evening. Notwithstanding
the absence of moonlight large and attentive
audience was in attendance, and from the inter
est which was manifested one would infer that
his hearers possessed a fair amount of the arti-
Gle which constituted the Doctors theme,
"Brains."
MIR. GEORGE SCHAFFNER, of this
place, is now working at the Davis Island i'm
provement in the Ohio river, near Sewickley,
Allegheny county, being engaged as overseer
of quarry in taking out stone for the Govern
ment, for the building of the river dam there.
George is the very man for position OF that
kind and can be relied upon as giving satisfac
ton to his employers.
MILWAUKEE Sun: In about two
weeks more General Grant will have to begin
to keep house, and as he goes down the back
street at Galena with market basket under
his arm. he will find it far different from
travelling distinguished guest. He will
feel good deal like country editor when he
gets home from an editorial convention. The
contrast is what is the matter.
WHEN out buying Gents Furnishing
Goods drop in at Charles &. Griebs.
A LEARNED professor at Lyons, has
been inoculating rabbits with the virus of mad
dogs, in order to find whether the malady will
yield to any treatment he can devise, but has
not been successful. The madness shows itself
in the rabbit in about three weeks. NJ. Galtier
finds that the virus of mad dog will be as
powerful, when preserved in water, twenty-four
hours afterward, as it was at first.
WILLIE WHITE was the three-year-
4 e co., ,ar,yr ,fx af Eu1to
sin, and George Baumgartner, aged sixteen,
was the drudge. George contrasted his own
hard usage with the tender treatment of
his employers child until violent envy
and hatred were the result One day Willie
was found hanged by the neck. his throat cut
from ear to ear, and George was missing.
THE nomination of Mr.. John Quincy
Adams for Governor of Massachusetts by the
Democratic regulars at Boston closes the list OF
competitors for the office. The practical choice
rests between Gen. Butler and Mr.. Long, the
republican candidate. Everybody knows that
Mr.. Adams is put up merely to preserve the
chrysalis of an organization from which four
fifths of the voters have flown away like butter
flies into Gen. Buffers pasture.
"KEEp your seats till the train
stops" "Enter at the back door of the car;
leave by the 'front.'" 'Show your tickets at the
gate" "Don't put your arms, legs or head out
of the window "Don't stand on the plat
FORM" etc. What are we coming to? Is this
not free country? Are these despotic rail-
road men to 90 on inventing these little de-
vices to prevent free and enlightened COM
munity from risking its life at its own sweet
will.
WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor,
has just opened the largest line of woolens for
men and boys wear ever offered in Butler
DIR. EZRA BRUaH, of New Will
mington, Pa, an uncle of Ezra Brugh, Esq, of
this place, was found dead in his office few
days ago. He had been at the New Castle
Fair the day previous, and when last seen at
home was in his usual health. Failing to
come to breakfa his Office was broken open
at about 10 a. m, and he was found sitting in
his chair, cigar in hand, and cold in death.
Immediate cause of death unknown. He was
widower, and about 55 years of age.
WHILE the revenue of the country
collected has increased over $2,O00000, the
cost Of collection was S72S,000 less in 1879 than
in 1873. The average cost of collection
throughout the whole country was trifie over
3 per cent, excluding the Territories The
cost of collecting in the States which seeded
was 81 per cent The revenue from the tax
upon banks and bankers, other than National
banks, during the last fiscal year, was s., 1885,
0O0-a decrease compared with the previous
year of S293, 900.
ENGLAND boasts the double treasure
of a Weston and Federmeyer combined in
the person of one man, Robert Carlisle. Like
Federmeyer, he pushes a wheelbarrow; like
Weston, he lectures in the towns he passes
through. His present walk is to be from
Lands End to John O'Groat's and back. The
alarming thought is suggested that after finish
ing this task he may pay America visit.
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appalling variety Of the tribe as one could
expect.
"DR. LINDsEY's Blood Searcher,"
by purifying the system, softens the skin and
beauties the.complexion.
A LEADvILLE jury last week, be-
coming dsgusted with the "sass'' administered
to themselves as well as to the lawyers and
witnesses by the Judge, ordered the Sheriff to
look the matter up for couple OF weeks, Just
to take some of the style out Of him." as the
foreman expressed it. And, to His Honors
great evaporation, he was incontinently lug.
ged off to jail, and is now in durance vile,
while the case is going quietly with tire
most popular bar keeper in town occupying
the judicial chair.
In Grant township, Indiana county,
a terrible accident happened few days ago.
Mr.. A. l.. Butterbaugh was engaged in boiling
cider, and three of his little children were in
terested spectators of the operation. Mr.. B.
was endeavoring to raise the pole on which the
kettle hung, when the support gaze way and
the boiling contents of the kettle was precipi-
| tated over the three children who were sitting
near, scalding them in fearful manner. Two
of them died the next day after, suffering un-
| told agony, and the third is not expected to re-
| cover.
THE Rural NeaU Yorker, one of the
best of our agricultural exchanges, gets off the
| following: "To the managers of agricultural
| fairs who insist that "hos trots' are necessary
to the success of their exhibitions, ON the
ground that they draw a big crowd and thus
increase the gate-money, we strongly recon-
| mend Ex-Governor Furnas' suggestion that
| they should appeal to the Executives of their
several States for permission to hang a criminal
on the grounds, as means of drawing still
greater throng, and chiefly of the same rowdy
| element, too.