Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-05-11

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auditors were fined for neglect.
Miss Moore, of Beaver county.
who left comfortable home about a
wear ago with negro, writes to her par
ents from Cleveland, Ohio. that she is
happy in her choice. The colored
broth has made no declaration of his
condition.
Payne, the Oklahoma adventurer.
whose persistent effort to establish col
onies in the Indian Territory have
| brought him into prominence, has been
beaten out of his position by United
States Court decision, holding lands in
the Territory to be not subject to pre-
emption.
The advantage of engaging clo-
quent counsel was experienced in Salt
Lake City lately. by the bogus Lord
Beresford. who quietly and unobserv-
ed stole out of the Court room while
his lawyers were holding Bench, Bar
and by-standers spell-bound with their
oratOry.
The fact that the sunfower is a
preventive of malaria has long been
known and acted upon by the southern
blacks. The patches that contained
their cabins were always gay with its
gorgeous and full orbed glories. and
they always insisted that it kept off
chills and fever
A single sowing or planting of
many vegetables is not enough; Of
tt ose that remain in proper condition
hut short time there should be sue
cession. following the earliest sowings
at intervals, that there may be a con-
tinuous supply of peas. spinach radsb-
es, lettuce, ETC. Upon these succession
crops much of the utility of the garden
depends.
John Mocbel, of Buffalo township.
aged about IA wears fell over an embank-
| ment-below Sarvers station-oftbirtv
feet, on Saturday night a week. April
30, and had one of his legs broken A
locomotive had set the woods on fire
and he and others were engaged in
putting out the fire when he fell into a
cut on the railroad track as above.
The West. Penn. Agricultural So
ciety of Mercer have determined to offer
premiums for two colt races and one
free-for all race. which leads the Dis
patch Of that place to add that now
those who admire exhibitions of speed
need no longer fear that the Mercer
fair is to be robbed of this great attract
ion.
The dentists of this county, last
Friday, organized under the name of
the Butler Co. Dental Association :"
s. r. Dieffenbacher is President J.
Borland V. p; O. X. Waldron, Sec'V,
and w. s. Waldron, Treasurer Dent
lists Of the county desirous ofjoining the
association should send their names to
the Secretary o. X. Waldron, Butler,
Pa.
The civil engineers are engaged sur
yeying route for the connecting link of
| the narrow gauge rail roads. between
| Butler and Evansburg Going through
| Butler three routes have been surveyed
two along the creek, and the other
through the northern part Of this town,
crossing Main street. to the north of
:he residences of M. Reiber. ST.
Joseph Kissick has brought suit
against Harris Noles, James Horton
and VIM. Gould for trespassing on his
property in Clearfcld township and as
he alleges in his oath, tearing down a
honse and carrying away all the doors.
sash and part Of the lumber used in
building it. This is the first case Of
house stealing we have heard of, as
happening in this county.
| The Germania Orchestra, of this
place. gave another of their excellent
concerts, in the Court House, last Fri.
day evening. The orchestra is pro-
crossing finely in the art of music, and
deserve to be encouraged The last
concert of the season will be given on
Thursday evening, June 23rd, by The
Philharmonic Society.
| Auditor General Schell turns over
to his successor very unsatisfactory
asset in the shape Of three and a-hal
million dollars for delinquent taxes due
from corporations. The Standard Oh
Company, which las skinned the peo.
pie Of Pennsylvania out Of twenty mil
lion dollars, Is charged with three mil
lions of this large delinquency. 1t is e
be fondly hoped that the State may
come by its own from this particular
corporation.
All the pending treaties were rati-
fed by the Senate in single session
last Thursday. The vote on the Chi
nese immigration treaty was almos
unanimous, although the debate occu
pied three hoprs A yexatiops gpes
: ton is thus taken out Of the politics O
the Pacific Coast The Morocco Con
ventioD has received the consent Of al
, the Governments represented in tn,
Conference, and the fnal ratification
can now he exchanged.
The work on the enlarged Wellan'
Canal which was begun eight year
: ago, and which has been carried on il
: an irregular and ftful manner dprin,
the intervening period, approaches com
' pletlon. Promises are made that b.
the first of July twelve feet of water
which is the depth called for by tn
Q contracts with the Dominion Govern
/ ment, will be provided throughout th
. twenty-six miles between Port Co
bore and Dalhousie.
Q Nov that the wheat crop pros
r pee are Frightening in the Nortbwes
n solicitude for the cattle production {
4 the current year is expressed by many
a A Pennsylvania Railroad official reccn
ly returned from a trip to the West I
acertaiD the probable grain tonnage du
ing the coming season reports some III