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Tribute of Respect.
SAMUEL w LYLE

at meeting of Timber Ridge Session on the
4th inst, the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas it has pleased the Head of the Church
to remove by death from our midst His venera
BILE servant, Samuel W. Lyle. our friend and
brother in the Session, and for forty one wears
an Elder highly useful to the Church, genial
companion charitable and beneficent Chris.
tan; therefore resolved by this Session
LIST. That in the death of father LYLE we re
cognise the hand of a kind Providence admon.
ishing us to be likewise ready and that while
we acknowledge our loss, we rejoice in the conf
dent hope that our loss is his gain.
I'd. That in reviewing his life as a member of
this Session we find much that is worthy of i'm
ltaton a staunch supporter and liberal to the
cause of benefcence; strong in the faith, always
hopeful, and pre- eminently charitable to all
men. He was as kind in admonition as he was
Just and safe in judgment. And never shall we
forget the cordial hand proffered on each and
every occasion.
Sd. That we extend to the bereaved family
our warmest sympathy, commencing to each
member his worthy example: for truly He was
like tree planted by the rivers of water that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf
also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper"
4th. That these resolutions be spread on the
seasonal record, a copy handed to the family of
the deceased, and one sent to the Central Pres
byteridn for publication.
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Died. September 2lst 1881, of consumption.
at his residence near Salem. Fauquisr county,
Va, ROBERT M. THOMPSON youngest son of
James s. Thompson, Esq., in the 23d year of his
age
In his death we have another proof of the
sustaining power of religion under the severe
pains to which flesh is heir. few years ago
Robert made profession of religion and united
with the Presbyterian Church, and with as fair
a prospect of long life as any of his young as
ssociates, when suddenly called to a bed of
langulshing illness. For months he patiently
bore the affecting rod his heavenly Father saw
proper to send. and thereby set beautiful ex-
ample to surrounding and sorrowing friends of
the power of Gods grace. His patience and
thoughtfulness OF the comfort of others was
manifested through all his sickness and weeks
before his death he expressed himself entirely re-
signed to his Masters will. Said he to a friend
he had not talked much about religion in
health, but had tried to do right in the fear of
God. Thus passed away in early manhood the
youngest son and brother of the household.
ana from the vacant chair comes the silent but
impressive call, not only to::the household, but
the numerous friends and acquaintance that
surround that hospitable board" Be We also
ready"
In his early reaching his bright and eternal
nome he has escaped much sorrow that falls
upon old age, and is indeed the inheritance of a
heightened pilgrimage. And our prayer is that
THIS dlspensation may be sancti6ed to the eter-
nal good of many who remember Robert with
Sihcere anection. w.
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N. B. This is a portion of Evangelistic work
In this part of the Lords vineyard, and opens a
wide door of usefulness for our Church. 1t
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our tenderest and deepest sympathy while we
commend them to the God of all Comfort" who
is faithful to all His promises.
ResOtved, That this minute be read from the
Pulp!Ia copy sent to the family of our de-
ceased brother, and also that it be published in
south Braneh InteLhgencer and the Central Pres
0ysertdn. G. w. FINLEY,
Moderator
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Fell asleep in Jesus on the 4th of November,
Mrs. MARGARET JAMIE Arson, the youngest
child of the late Rev. DR.. Hoyt, of Athens, and
the wife of the Rev S. E. Arson, of Rome, Ga.
She heard the voice of Jesus saw.
am this dark worlds light
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise
And all thy day be bright.
She looked to Jesus, and She found
In Him her Star, her Sun:
And in that light of life she walked
Till travelling days were DONE"
Father will that they also whom thou hast
gwen me, be with where am that thew
may behold my glory, which thou hast given
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Several years ago colored man
$4,000 to the government to pay the national
Seot; His heirs contested the will, and have
1G;9gnt In every court for it, but it is now de-
eloed that the executors Of the estate must ac-
SIount to the government for every dollar Of the
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Other Churches.

Eighth Anniversary of the Reformed
Episcopal uroh.-Eight years ago on
the I'd of December, the late Bishop Cummins
having severed his connection with the Diocese
of-Kentucky and with the Protestant Episcopal
Church, with eight other clergymen and twenty
laymen, met in Association Hall in New York
and organized what has since been known "a
the Reformed Episcopal Church It's initial dav
was marked by suitable commemorative proceed.
lngs and addresses held on the evening of De-
cember I'd, at DIR. Sabine's new church in Madi.
son avenue, at Fifty fifth street, and which
among other adornments, contains handsome
tablet to the memory of bishop Commins
Judged by the tenor of the statements given
this denomination has made steady progress, and
shows as good a record as the Methodist or
Wesleyan Church could show at the correspond
ing age. 1t now has 10 clergymen and about
1000 communicates, and probably three or
four times that number Of on-communicant adj
herents, nearly 10000 Sunday scholars and 500
teachers, and reported to the last General Coun
Gil, held in May Of the current year, the admis.
sion of l 100 new members by confirmation and
by letter from other churches 1t has church
property valued at S915,OOO exclusive Of encum-
brances, and its parochia, missionary, and
benevolent contributions amount to 1914 ,524.
The new denomination has eight congregations
in Philadelphia, all with church buildings
several in Chicago, three in Baltimore. one in
Boston, and two in New York with three Sun
day schools. Congregations have also been
formed in Newark, N. j.; in Newburg, N. Y;
in Wilmington, Del; Cumberland Md Wbee1-
ing, West Virginia Cincinnati, Ohio; Denver
and Littleton, COL; Detroit Mich. and other
cities and towns in the United States, besides or
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Died, December 10th, in Washington City.
JOSEPH A. KAYsER, of Virginia, for many wears
a prominent clerk in the Census Bureau and
Treasury Department; aged SO years.
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-05
Entertaining Lecture.

Clinton Lloyd, Esq, of Williams
port, this state, occupied tie Court
House on Monday evening, Dec. 9th,
delivering the first lecture before the
Butler County Teachers Institute"
at its recent session. His subject was
THE House or Representatives of the
United States as seen through the
Spectacles of its Chief Clerk" This
was an interesting subject and attract
ed large audience to hear Mr.. Lloyd.
He was the chief clerk of the House
of Representatives for about twelve
wears. during the war and after and
when the gravest and most difficult
questions growing out of the Rebellion
came up and bad to be settled. He
had the opportunity to every phase
of the proceedings and to know the
character and ability of all the MEM
bers then in Congress. After Mr..
Lloyd had spoken in general way
and given some interesting facts as to
Congress as body, be then proceeded
to delineate the characteristics of some
of the leading members of the House
during the time he was clerk. Com
mencing with tie speakers, his descrip-
tion of Colfax and Blaine was enter
tanning in the greatest degree. Thad-
deus Stevens, the "Great Commoner -
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, and other
distinguished members, were portrayed
in life like manner The wits and the
fools then in Congress were also illus
trated. This was perhaps the most
interesting part of Mr.. Lloyd's inter-
esting lecture Proctor Knots wit,
and the sublime but not very clear elo-
ouence of Mullins Of Tennessee were
particularly well told. Mr.. Lloyd is
forcibe and rapid as a speaker, and his
earnest manner at once secures your
attention His lecture here was quite
a success and made good impression
on all.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-05
WI A Fs RIED.

YOUNG-PORTER-On Dec. 20, 1850, in
Allegheny City, by Rev King Mr.. Harry b.
Young of Centreville, this county, and Miss
May NJ. Porter, of Allegheny City.
WISE-NELSON-On Dec. 28th, 1880, at
the parsonage, by Rev. r. q. Ferguson, Mr..
VIM Wise, of Penn township, and Miss Annie
f. Nelson.
RAY Y-CAMPBELL-On Dec 22d, Mr. Jas
Ray, of North Hope, Pa, to Miss NJ. J.. Camp
bell, of Petrolia, Pa.
GARDNER R-REEP-On Dec. 23d, at the
residence of the brides mother in Fairview tp.,
by the Rev. A. B. G. Mcfarland, Mr.. w. B..
Gardner and Miss NJ. j. Reep, OF Petrolia,
Pa.
GRAHAM-NORRIS-O the Goth ult, at
Wiliamsport, by the Rev. DIR. Hopkins, Rev.
John Graham, formerly of this borough, to
Annie c. Norris, OF Erie, Pa.
ADMINISTRATIONS Dec. oSth, 1880,
bv Rev. f. Ogden, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. Samuel Fleming and Miss Anna
NJ. Sutton both of Penn township Butler Co.
Pa.
VORPE-FOX-Jan 1st, 1881, by Rev. +.
Ogden, at his residence, Mr. Henry A. Norpe,
of Middlesex twp, Butler Co, Pa, to Mss
Ellen n Fox, of Allegheny Co., Pa.
HOFFMAN-BAILEY- Dec. 18th, 1880,
by Rev. Samuel Kerr, Mr. james Hoffman and
Miss Eliza NJ. Bailey, both of Butler Co Pa.
BAKER-RIDER- the 2Sth, inst, by
Rev. C. L. Streamer, Mr. Andrew J. Baker, of
Butler township, TO Miss Bella Rider, of Centre
township.
RAY-NELLIS-On the 30th ult., by the
same, Mr.. W. p. Ray to Miss Sarah J. Nellis,
both of Clay township.
CHRISTY-BAKER-On the Sth, ult., by
Rev. s. Williams, Mr.. p. NJ Christy to Miss
NJ j. Baker both Of this county.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-05

from a debt wL:lh has been resting
upon US as load of sin and misery.
We. the members Of the Presbyte-
rian church, do promise before God
that hereafter we will oppose any out
lay for the church which will place any
debt upon it. '.ii, wing that such ac-
ton is lad in principe and dangerous
in practise and also that it is dlshon-
oring to God and damaging to all the
interests of his church, both temporal
and spiritual.
We also declare our purpose as in
dividuals to urge tie adoption of this
purpose and pledge by all churches OF
our Lord Jesus Christ until such a
thing as a church debt shall become
impossible.
This paper, after being read and ex'
planned fully, was adopted unanimous
| ly bv rising vote
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-05
E..e Teachers, Institute.

The Teachers Institute held here
last week was the most successful IN
every respect that has ever been held
in the county Two hundred and three
teachers and thirty eight directors were
enrolled the average daily attendance
was one hundred and ffty-four, and
the whole number of days of attend
ance. seven hundred and sixty-nine.
There are some two hundred and sixty
schools being taught in the county this
winter and all the teachers should have
been present, unless prevented by sick
ness or some other good cause. Some
teachers were prevented from attending
bv either the stupidity or bigotry OF
their boards of directors who do not
appreciate the value of our County In
stitutes to the cause of education, and
who refused to allow their teachers for
their time if they attended or insisted
upon their teaching during the holiday
week. The Institute was graced by
the presence of and instructed by the
remarks of the following well-known
educators Prof NJ. g. Goff. who is
the author of a series of books on
Mathematics and who addressed the
Institute on several occasions on the
subject of Mathematics Prof. John 5.
Mckay of the Indiana Normal School,
explained what is called "object" teach
ing, and lectured on Natural History.
Prof. j. II. Young, of same school,
spo Ike on English Grammar and phys
ict culture. Miss Partridge explained
what is called the Quincy Method
of conducting a school Mrs. Mckay
gave some practical lessons on object
teaching, and several others.
The evening lectures BY Hon. Clin-
ton Lloyd, Hon. Geo. r. Vending
and Miss Partridge were oil good and
secured good audiences.
Revs. Ferguson, Wylie, Stauffer,
Waters and Dickey aided the Institute
bv the interest they took in it. Music
was furnished by choir of teachers,
Dr. Won Meyerhoff and w. II. III. hid
die aud family.
Our County Superintendent, Mr..
Mckee. deserves great credit for his
successful management Of the lnstl-
tute, and also for the great interest he
has taken in the cause of education in
this county. He is one Of the best
County Superintendents of Public
schools we have ever had.
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DEATHS.

THOMPSON-Dec. 25th, 1880, Robt Thomp-
son of Clearfeld township, Butler Co., Pa,
aged II years months and days.
Mr. Thompson died gery suddenly Of neural
gia of the heart. Though suffering from fire.
quent attacks OF it for some time past, lie arose
on that morning dressed and went down stairs
and died in a few minutes. Thus an old and
much respected citizen Of our county has passed
away. w. L. ,.
MCULLOUGH-At his residence, in Fair
view township this county on December 9th
1880, Mr.. David Mccullough, aged SO years.
Mr. Mccullough was born and raised in But
Ter and is younger brother of Mr.. John Nc
Cullough yet living here. David removed to a
farm above Millerstown when young and no
man prosperet. better or was Eiore highly cs-
teemed by all who knew him. He was an eX-
ceedingly kind, good hearted man. oa the
maYning Of tho day Of his dealt. he went out
with his horses and sled to haul home a load OF
wood, and not returning In the usual tins he
was sought and found frozen and almost dead.
stroke of some kind or an accident that par
alyzed him is supposed to have overta&en him:
His loss is a serious one TO his neighbolhood
and his death lanented by all Of the communi-
ty in which he lived. He leaves behind a large
family and very many relatives TO mourn his
sudden loss.
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Prejudice Kills.

eleven years our daughter suffered
on bed of misery under the care OF
several of the best (and some of the
worst) physicians, who gave her disease
various names but no relief, and now
she is restored to us in good health by
as simple. remedy as Hop Bitters,
that we had poohed at for two years,
before using it. We earnestly hope
and pray that no one else will let their
sick suffer as we did, on account OF
prejudice against SO good medicine as
Hop Bitters. The Iele-
gram,
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AUappy Congregation.

The Presbyterian Church of Butler
celebrated the lst Sabbath of the yeai
1881 in a very satisfactory manner
A debt of about SO 600 had been rest
ing on the church for several years
and not only was load grievous to be
born, but it crippled every effort of the
pastor to enlist the church in christian
work. Some weeks ago the pastor had
preached on the subject and the trus
tees had started to call on each mem
ber to join in an effort to lift the debt
Off the church. There were Difficult
ties and discouragements in the way.
THE wheels dragged heavily" The
ladies called a meeting and organized
Deborah Band, and set to work to
enroll every woman and girl as a help
er. In little time the ladies had l0O
names enrolled and $1,000 secured. Al
this juncture the pastor resolved to
preach again on the subject and lay he
fore the people on Sabbath morning
January 2, the actual condition of the
work, and call for each person not al
ready enrolled to report at once what
he would do. The result was that 10y
half past one o'clock, after service oi
three hours, the debt was entirely re.
moved from the church, and a happy
and thankful people were ready to rise
and endorse the paper which the pas
tor offered pledging each to keep the
door Of the church forever closed
against the incoming of church debt,
Until the work was actually accom-
plished many persons did not believe
that it could or would be done. The
church had not the presence of Mr. Ed
ward Kimball, debt destroyer, in per.
son, but the pa tor declares that long
interview with him some weeks ago
gave him great aid and encouragement
TO begin the work and go on with it.
The principle adopted throughout this
effort was TO enlist every man, woman
and child in the undertaking. God
has crowned the effort with success,
ana the church shows one of the long
est rolls Of contributors in such work.
The work OF the women and children
can not be too highly commended. No
church which is willing to east itself
on Gods promises need despair Of sue
cess, if it will heartily go forward. Few
towns in the United States have suffer
ed more under financial depression than
Butler. and although the tide Of pros
perity has not yet reached this place,
the load has been lifted. To any
church which has "the ball and chain"
of debt fastened to it, we say heartily
"Upl quit you like men; be strong
and of good courage and wipe out the
reproach which rests upon you.
RESOLUTION.
Presbyterian Church, Butler, Pa,
January 2, lS8l.-Thankful to God
for the dyfivvrauce to-day " our chur'h
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-05

VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER has now
in his possession the electoral returns
of all the States of the Union with
the possible exception only of Oregon
There is no contesting return from
anv State: so that when the designat-
ed day in February arrives, there ought
to be no difficulty whatever on the
part of the Vice President and the two
Houses of Congress in finding out and
declaring the expressed will of the mai
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-05

Ara caucus of the Republican Mem
bers of our State HoCse of Representa-
tive, on Monday, Huhn of Philadel-
pbia, was decided upon for Chief Clerk
of the House Patterson, of Harrisburg,
for Resident Clerk, and Pearson, OF
Mercer, for Reading Clerk The posi-
tion of Sergeant at Arms was slated,
and the Chairman of the caucus.
Pomeroy, of Franklin. appointed
Slata Committee