Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-29
THEY have a case of rappings, spi

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terious rappings are made against that wall,
and when she lays down on the floor the rap
pings are against the floor.
SINCE the 1st of July, 1876, no less
than % revenue officials have been killed In
the Southern States while in the discharge of
their duty. During the same time 1O9 Fed
eral officials and their employees were prose
cuted in the State Courts for acts done in en-
deavoring to collect the revenues.
AMONG the Acts passed by the late
Legislature is one making it penalty of 500
fine, or a years imprisonment or either, or
both, at the discretion of the Court for any
person who shall wllfully destroy, mutilate or
iniure any tree, vine, flower, grass or orna-
mental shrub in any cemetery or graveyard In
the Commonwealth.
THE news has been sent at great ex-
| pense along the bed of the Atlantic Ocean that
the Beefsteak Club of London has taken action
| in the case of the two London journalists who
pummelled each other in the street. Messrs.
Lawson and Labouchere have been requested
no longer to eat their beefsteaks within the
| sacred precincts of the club house.
THE poles and wires of the Ameri-
can Union Telegraph Company will be COM
pleted to Chicago it is expected, in about five
weeks. Rates to competing points will be re-
| duced about one-half. The stock of the Wes-
tern Union Company remains, however, un-
| affected as yet by this impending competition,
and sold last week higher than ever
CRATE tile, fue rings, and fire brick,
at J. Nggle & Bro.
THE exhibit of Photographs and
| Crayons by DABBS the well known Photogra-
pher, at the late exposition, was considered the
| finest display ever made in that line, and
stamps him as one of the most artistic photog-
| raphers of the age. His rooms are corner OF
Market and Liberty streets, Pittsburgh, and
| our readers should be sure To. call on him be-
| fore giving their orders elsewhere.
| REV. DR.. SPEAR delivered an inter-
esting lecture on China and the Chinese, in the
Presbyterian church of this town last Sunday
evening. The Rev. gentleman has passed
many years in China and is a friend of the
| Chinese He thinks we should not interfere
| with the few of them who come to our country,
and becoming acquainted with our civilization,
our arts and our religion, go back to enlighten
| their fellow men.
A STATISTICAL report in regard to
| the expense of the Indian service since the
| beginning of the Government was prepared
while ago, by order of Congress, but not print
| ed, for lack of the necessary Appropriation.
| The figures, however, show that up to July l,
| 1879, the United States Government Fad ex-
| $lSI, 100000. The estimated number of In
dams now living is 100000.
If you wish good education attend
the State Normal School, Edinboro.
THERE were larger number of fairs
held this season in Pennsylvania than ever be-
| fore in any one year, the people seeming to
| have walked up to the importance of these
friendly competitors in producing. the best
fruits of the farm and thus testing the relative
merits of implements and manufactures. We
estimate this increased interest as an evidence
of an important step forward that should be
encouraged and stimulated by every legitimate
means.
A coLoRED man was hanged at
Camden, South Carolina, last week, for muSder
| during drunken brawl. The two men, wiso
had been almost inseparable friends, spent
several hours in carousal, when the murderer,
| provoked by trivial remark, drew pistol
| and shot his companion dead. satisfactory
departure from the routine of executions was
the circumstance that the condemned man
asked to be forgiven by the world, instead Of
| rendering his forgiveness to all mankind.
FARMERS in many sections of the
State complain that they are being victimized
"yeck" for the balance. The money has been
all drawn out before the victim gets into town.
| We advise our readers to be careful about TAX
ing checks from strange parties. II you do not
| know them they have not satisfactory Gre
dentials, keep your stock till you get the price
| in cash. There are plenty stock buyers who
are well acquainted in this country to whom
| you can sell.
CHARLES YOUNG whipped his wife
at New Philadelphia, Ohio, within week
| after their marriage. She had been popular
| holt nd artv nf mi n
cluding disappointed suitors, decided to
| ayenge her wrongs. They seized Young in
the street on dark night, carried him to the
gas works. and pumped warm coal tar on him
until, the substance cooling, he was coated
several inches deep. Then they took him
home, placed him against the door-post, and
rang the bell.
A STABLE on the lot of Mr.. James
Hazett, in Springdale, was discovered to be on
fire, before daylight last Friday morning, and
| in less than one hour it, with q small quantity
of hay, was entirely consumed. Mr.. Evans
stable on the lot adjoining (Conn's) was saved
by hard work. The wind blew the flames
directly upon it, but by throwing water both
| upon the inside and outside it was saved. Had
it gone, George Schaffner's big barn would
have also gone The fire was undoubtedly the
work Of incendiaries.
| A MAN recently rode from New
York to Chicago and back in bicycle. The
direct distance by road is about !, 200 miles, he
| says but the cyclometer attached to his ma
| chine recorded about 1900 miles He deviated
from the direct route 20 visit several towns and
cities. Although professionals have lately
ridden at the rate of mile in 2 minutes 81
seconds, the greatest speed attained to on his
| journey was excellent road between
| Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck, q distance of
| fifteen miles. His time was hour.
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IF you want to get rid of pimples,
boils, tetter, &C., use "Lindsey's Blood Search
err" Sold by all druggists.
FOR the benefit of some of our rural
communities which are annoyed in getting
| their mail from the postofice, print the
following taken from the postal laws and deci-
| sions. See chapter 16, section 524. "a Post
master must not allow his Postoffice to become
the resort for loungers or disorderly persons,
and whenever necessary he should invoke the
| aid of the civil authorities to enable him to
keep his Postofice in such a clean and orderly
condition that it may be visited by women and
children and others without impropriety and
embarrassment"
Ex-SHERIFF WILLIAMS, of Arm
strong county, who was tried before the U. s.
District Court in Pittsburgh last week, upon an
indictment charging him with frauduently
drawing pension for his mother was acquitted.
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informalty in the matter, the pension was
drawn with the full knowledge and consent of
old Mrs. Williams, and that the money thus
drawn, and more, was used for the support of the
beneficiary. Mr.. Williams, upon the announce
ment Of the verdict, was surrounded by many
friends who warmly congratulated him upon
the result of the trial.
A STATEMENT of the business of all
the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany east of Pittsburgh and Erie for Septem
Der, 1879, as compared with the same period in
1878, shows an increase on gross earnings Of
SAT- 1882; an increase in expenses of $3.50, 40
and an increase in net earnings of $1SS, ,442
The nine months of 1879, as compared with the
same period in 1873, shows an increase in gross
earnings of 81 500, ,294, increase in expenses
Of 81 ,2S9, 1876, and an increase in net earnings OF
$407 .09S. All lines west Of Pittsburgh and
Erie for the nine months of 1879 show q sur
plus over liabilities of $495, ,277, being gain
over the same period in 1873 Of $4S9, $50.