Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-09

simple plants as Hops, Buchu' Man
drake. Dandelion. &C. make 50 many
and such marvellous and wonderful
cuees as Hop Bitters do2 1t must be-
for when old and young, rich and
poor; Pastor and Doctor, Lawysr and
Editor. all testify to having been cured
by theml we must believe and doubt
nh longer, See other column.-Post
The old Sarver mill, in Buffalo tp.,
was burned last Tuesday evening. The
fire was caused by the explosion of an
oil can from which the miller was fill
ing lighted lamp. The mill was the
property of Mr.. David Henry, and will
not likely be rebuilt, as Mr. Henry has
gone, or is going, West with Mr.. John
Martin. 1t was insured fer 50, 600 in
the Hannahstown Mutual. The miller
was burned about the arms but not Sc
riously.
r"pPJuica.
The art of fcrmenting the Oporto
Grape into wine, in this country has
heen brought to a greater degree ofper-
fection by Mr. Alfred Speer, of Passaic,
New Jersey, than by any other person,
and his wine is very popular as ladies'
wine, as we'll as for the communion
table and for invalids For sale by ID.
H. Wuller.
There is said to exist on the farm
of Mr.. John Shepler in Rostraver
township, Westmoreland county, an
ancient burying ground Human
skeletons, ancient pottery, arrow heads
and many other interesting relics are
frequently unearthed. The skeletons
discovered are supposed to belong to a
now extinct race of people called the
Astecs. their heighth being about three
and one half feet. and their heads fiat
with scarcely any forehead
There has been report current on
our streets for the last few DAYS, to the
effect that the Baltimore and Ohio r.
r. Co. have purchased the Pittsburgh
& Western, Butler & Parker and Fox
burg & Clarion narrow guage railroads,
and intends building the connecting
links from Evansbnrg to Butler, and
from Parker to Foxburg, and road
from Clar ion to either Ridgeway or
Warren, so as to make the whole an
importan outlet for the oil producing
and lumber country.
Speaking of the evils of monopO-
lies and means of remedying them one
of our exchanges says: THE better
way. in the opinion of many shrewd
and far-seeing men, is to have as little
recourse as possible to legislation as
remedy, to surround corporate bodies
with careful restrictions in chartering
them, and then leave competition to
cure minor evils. This appears to be
the safest method, as well asthe surest,
and the most conformed to the general
spirit of American institutions and
laws"
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has issued an order to passenger
conductors, brakemen and baggage
masters prohibiting them, under pen
atty of suspension, for allowing passeD-
gers to ride on the platform of passen-
ger cars The company is determined
to break up this dangerous practice
aud it is hoped passengers will cheer
fully comply. as it will be seen the
train men have no discretionary power
in the matter.
The list of slaughtered innocents
is rapidly increasing, parental careless
ness, often Of criminal character, add
ing largely to the casualties Three chill
dren were burned to death the other
day in cabin in Kentucky, in which
they were locked b, their mother,
while the mother unmindful or careless,
perhaps, of the responsibilities of
maternity, was absent at neighbor's.
This is species of cruelty to children
which should be severely punished.
Three weeks ago the almost total
destruction Of the village of Waterford,
Eric county, by fire, led to suspicious
of incendiarism. Other fires nave
since occurred, and strict watch has
been kept. A few nights ago Charles
Oliver, youth whose family is highly
respectable, was seen pouring oil on
pile of combustibles in store and set
ting fire to them His mothers house
was lately burned and heavy insur-
ance collected. The fire bug is now in
Jail at Erie.
Moro than o month after its intro
duction, the bill purporting to be franz
ed for the protection OF person and
property in Ireland has passed the
House Of Commons. In the history
OF Parliament no measure ever met with
such persistent and effective opposition
at the hands of a small minority, and
its passage involved an exercise of
arbitrary power on the part Of the
Speaker, and sacrifice of privileges Oh
the part of the House, which are tan
tamount to revolution in Parliamen-
tary procedure.
A bill has been introduced into
the Legislature Of Wisconsin in rela-
tion to woman's suffrage which is
rather novel in its character 1t pro-
vdes that the women of that State
shall (not simply may) vote at the
next general election On the question
whether they wish to have the elective
franchise conferred upon them and as
sumo the duties of male citizens or
prefer to be citizens without the right
of voting. A neglect on their part to
vote upon this question is declared to
be misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not less than one hundred dol
lars or by Imprisonment for not less