Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-05-04


at the Ei:enmiller House, ard then
went to Millerstown to see Westerman
with whom they are acquainted They
arrived at New York last Monday.
Il is to be hoped tie Postmaster
General will prosecute his intended in
vestigation into the Star Route crook
edness vigorously and fearlessly, no
matter whom it hurts The forced re-
signation of General Brady was only
the beginning of what should be made
thorough work
Up at Tyrone one of Forepaugh's
elephants attacked camel and broke
its 'eg. 1t is strongly suspected that
the camel was caught rifing the ele-
plants trunk in search of straw hat.
The affair created considerable coolness
in the menagerie, and the camel has
his back up about it yet
Americans should make note of
Gambetta's recent speech, in which he
said that universal suffrage should he
developed and perfected by universal
education. Although, of course, no
green Republic like France can teach
US anything. yet some Americans have
already noted that suffrage is no use to
men who have no brains.
The deadlock remains unbroken.
This is the temporary result at least
ofthe caucus of last Monday. Mean
while committee is to take the subject
into consideration and report in future.
The delay in the decision does not
seem to give any trustworthy indica-
tion what the decision will finally be-
DE Lesseps' star is paling in the
Southern horizon. His canal project is
not near as promising now as it was a
year ago and, as he has fallen among
thieves, the thing looks much worse
than it was expected to he. He has
not guarded his treasury successfully, |
or be romances splendidly when he de-
clares that it has been surreptitously |
relieved of $50, 0,000,000. Can it be that J
this dcfalcation was fabricated to make ;
1t easy to back out?
Applications for passage in ships |
sailing from Havre and Bremen have |
become so great in numbers that every
thing in the shape of vessel capable |
of carrying passengers across the At
lantic is now in service. Up to April |
lst there were more applications for
passage, in 1881, than were made in all |
of 1880. At Liverpool and Queens
town the same demand is made, the
shipping facilities of the ocean lines be-
ing far below the requirements.
Some people say if man has a
good hat he is well dressed The same
idea prevails among many mothers in
regard to their little girls. Among the
cnriosities noticeable on one of the ave-
nues of an eastern city day or two ago
wasa a girl of ten, with a calico dress and
a $25 bonnet, and she was carrying home
q cabbage and pitcher of beer.
An old woman named Igo was
buried at Shenandoah, Pa, on Sunday.
She had been very poor, and the fact
that her casket was magnificent and the
floral decorations costly, gave much
cause for wonder. This was subse-
quently explained by the fact that she
was insured for 500. 600. The casket,
decorations, &c, were furnished by
policy holders. The mourners We're
policy holders. More graveyard insur-
ance.
The State Senate hiss passed bill
providing for the election of collector
of taxes by each borough and township
in the commonwealth, who shall collect
the taxes. All persons making pay
ment of taxes before the first day of
October in each year for the current
year shall be entitled to reduction of
FIVE per cent. The collector is to have
commission of two per cent on the
amount collected before the first of
October, aud five per cent on all after
wards collected.
1t was once the practice of towards
to cut off their thumbs so that they
might not have to serve in war Tnc
word poltroon comes from this, the per-
son who thus mutilated himself being
called by the Romans police truncus-
cut off as to his thumb. A man in
Massachusetts, has just cut off his whole
right hand. by the aid of a circular saw,
SO as to keep clear of work He had
been sentenced to twenty years impris-
onmeDt at hard labor, and he took this
novel means to cheat justice Of its dues
MIR. Whitelaw Reid, editor of the
Tribune, took leave Of bachelordom
with the doing of kind act that, by
the doctrine Of compensation, should
insure him happy married life. On
Monday of last week there were dis
patched, through his instrumentality,
from New York City to the West, 35 |
homeless persons, for whom comforta-
BILE provision will be made. This is
not Mr.. Reid's first accomplishment in
that highest of all human works-the
bringing Of happiness to the wretched,
and the giving to those who are poor
and dependent the means of becoming
selfsupporting, self-respecting, and USE
full.
DO you pretend to say" said Post
master-General James to Mr.. John l..
French, for elese en- years Chief Clerk in
the Office of the Second Postmaster
General, that you could sit idly by and
sea the public money squandered and !
not report the facts to the Postmaster
General or to the PRESIDENT
i do, sir replied French; 1T was no
part of my duty as subordinate to ex-
ercise control in this natter
This is French's own report of the !
question and answer, printed in the
Washington National Republican. Yet
French, who used to be a preacher,
seems to regard his removal as wan
ton act of oppression.