Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
As SHOWING the durability of timber

I the rest OF the wood Deing IN lt> orulHary con'
dition. The elm piles under the piers of Lon
/ don bridge have been in use more than 200
years, and are not vet materially decayed, and,
! beneath the foundation of Savoy place, London,
| oak. elm. beech, and chestnut piles and planks
| were found in a state of perfect preservation,
after having been there for $50 years. Again,
while taking down the old walls of Tunbridge
Castle. Kent. England, there was found in the
middle of thick stone wall timber curb
which has been enclosed for 700 wears and
some timber Of an old bridge was discovered
while digging for the foundations of a house al
Windsor which must have been placed there
prior to the year 1886.
UNDERWEAR of all kinds, from %
cents up at Charles r. Grieb's.
WITH the return of good times af-
ter period of depression, a rise in prices is
naturally to be expected The posse sessiOn of
money has tendency to induce people 10 buy
goods which they managed, sometimes az con-
Siderable inconvenience, 20 do without in the
days of slim or empty pockets. full pock
et-book is also strong inGucement t9 supply
a hundred and one things which one could
well dispense with in the absence of so well
come a persuader All this increases the
demand, while the facilities for increasing the
supply are more slowly brought into full opc-
ration and in the meanwhile, according to the
inevitable principles of trade, prices must 60
up. Then again, tmid capital gets bold III
good time and undertakes many new works,
thus adding to the general prosperity, and
especially TO the prices of the commodities it
chiefly uses in these undertakings.
A SOLID Silver Case and a Genuine
American Movement as low as so, at
Z. GEEEB's.
THE desire to get rich by some
short and easy method leads many foolish peo-
DIE TO risk their money in all sorts Of hair
Drained ventures, ON the bare recommendation
of interested parties, of whose real character
they are utterly ignorant. OF this propensity
keen-witted rogues are only too ready 10 take
advantage to further their own fortunes. n
notable example of this is afforded by the re-
cent exposure of the swindiIng operations of
notorious Confidence man named Buckwulter,
who, under the names of Lawrence & Co.,
Adams Brown L Co" "Allen, Jordon &
Co, - and several other dIipse;, pretended TO
carry on a legitimate banking and brokerage
business on a new, safe and uncomm only prof
liable system. The plan of operation con-
sisted simply in advertising widely, especially
in country papers, for money to be used in
grand combination stock speculation, and then
coolly pocketing the money received. That,
so far as the most diligent inquiry has been
able to discover is all there was of it.
ALL kinds of Stove and Flue pipe
to be had at the Hardware Store of
J. NIGGLE & BRo.
IT is always creditable to be paying
public debt when its payment is due; but it is
foolish and suicidal policy that reduced the
debt of Pennsylvania 81 ,6S4,952 during the
last year when creditors did not want their
money and our public schools and many chari-
ties were denied their appropriations for want
of funds The debt Of the State is now but
4 L.. 4. nnlr Il.
and obedience to the constitutional provision
requiring the payment Of not less than
quarter of n million each year, is all that
should be done in reducing it, while the schools
and charities are unproyided for. The partisan
madness that has bankrupted the general
Treasury to fill the Sinking Fund with un-
needed millions, is exhibited afresh in nearly
two millions of arrears to our most worthy bene-
fciaries, the payment of over a million and
half Of debt that nobody wanted paid, and an
idle balance of 81 ,202 ,37313 in the Sinking
Fund of a Treasury whose warrants are dis
honored.-Pilldelphia Times.
THE largest Stock of Half Hose
ever offered in Butler, you can find az
CHARLES X. GRiEB's.
THERE is likely to be another Molic
Mcguire hanging bee. One Curly, who has
been fugitive from Justice for some time,
uIltlef the CIdFBt vi -ioi34t
Mcguire murder in 1876, has given himself up
to the authorities of Centralia, this State, and
will stand his trial IL is said that Mr. Curly
has damaging information concerning num-
Der Of other gentry n the neighborhood, who
have escaped hanging 80 far for want OF proof
against them, and that he will turn States
evidence. How great is the fear of him may
be Judged FROM the fact that attempt to
assassinate him was made in the presence of
magistrate before whom he was having "a hear
ing. If Curley or any other man can give
evidence that viii lead to the conviction OF all
the miscreants who were engaged in this mur-
derons gang OF cut-throats, lie will DO society
service and entite himself 10 q merciful con-
sideration of his own crimes. The laws have
dealt pretty severely with these villains al
ready, but complete justice Will not be done
until the last one OF them is hanged.-Ee.
THE Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch IL
in a measure one Of the necessaries of life in
Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West
Virginia.
Both branches of the Maine Legis-
lature were organized last Wednesday. In the
Senate, the Republican members protested and
refused to serve on committees or vote when
their names were called Bat they SAT passive
while the Fusionsts transacted the usual
routine business Of the opening day Of the
sion. In the House Eugene Hale made
speech. lie also made quorum. If he had
held aloof with the other Republican members
and the two or three Fusionists who had con
scientious scrupIcs about ayailing themselves
of their certificate, the House could not have
been organized After Gov. Garceon had pro-
nounced the House duly constituted, and had
invited il to carefully consider the opinion of
the Supreme CoGfs ai:l tho petitions of tie
connted-out Repa bleaas, the Fusio1ists pro-
ceeded to choose Speaker and other Honse
IL
each case that the vote did not show quorum
present, and being steadily over.ued. Both
the members aud tie on-lookers were in a noisy
mood, and the proceedings were at times rather
tumultuous than otherwise; but there was no
breach Of the peace, hni not a single bayonet
glittering in the sunlight from first to last
Even the policemen on dGty around the State
House judicousiy kept their weapons if they
had any, out Of sight.
If you want Dress Gloves, if you
want Street Gloves, if YOU want Driving Gloves
or Mittens, if you want Working Gloves or
Mittens, you can bug them at Charles X.
Griebs.
IT appears by letter from Wash
ington printed in the columns Of the New
York Times, the leading Republican paper in
the United States, that Mr. Cameron has ap-
pointed a subcommittee Of three to act with
himself and the Secretary ia making all the
local arrangements for the holding OF the Con-
vention in Chicago, and that he has assumed
to place in the hands Of this subcommittee the
distribution Of tickets by which spectators will
be admitted to the Convention. OF course this
means that the hall where the Convention is
held Will be packed with shouters and bnllies
10 shout and fight for Grant Mr. James p.
Root, of Chicago, the member of the National
Republican Comsnittce for the State of Illinois
raises up his voice III protest against such an
arbitrary exercise of so important power by
Chairman-Senator Don Cameron. Mr.. Root
very properly maintains tha; the tickets to
admit spectators to the hall should be distrib-
uted among the several State delegations to the
Convention. "The Convention and hall, )" he
says, belong TO the delegates and if they are
allowed to distribute the tickets TO their
constituents, the aspect of the meeting will
become national instead Of LEGAL" And he
significantly adds that ''cny cnrmpl by Me sub
committee 10 cOat'ot ttc haH or p,ck either
for or agtiaa any p1rfi,Hiar conddldte ~Outd
cause bad feei,Bg AMI grcdt dissgtigtdcti0n." 1t