Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-15

bill of indictment in the case was
found and moving the court to quash
said bill of indictment, for the follow
ing reasons. lst The said grand jury
was not legally drawn and empanneled.
End. The Sheriff and Jury Commission
ers of said county did hot take the oath
required by law before the drawing
and empannelling Of the said grand
jury. 3rd No written oath or affidavit
was taken and subscribed by the said
Sheriff and Jury Commissioners or
either of them before the drawing, Sc
lecting and empanneling of the said
grand jury as required by law. 4th
No written oath or affdayit was taken
and subscribed by the said Sheriff and
Jury Commissioners or either of them
before, at the time, or after the draw
ing and empanneling of the said gram
jury, and filed in the Office of the PRO
thonotary of the Court of CommoI
Pleas of said county as the law rd
quires. This was followed by an a.
fdavit of Jas W. Reed, Esq, stain
that from careful examination and in
vestigation, and to the best of his id
formation and belief the facts set fort
in the above reasons, were true. III
matter was discussed before the cou
and as it appeared that in one of II
numerous laws relating to filling t
jury wheel and drawing the jurors, t
| Sheriff was required to take spec
oath which he had not taken, and
the Sheriff had participated in
drawing of the juries for this term,
whole panel would have to be set as
| In this particular case the statute
iting the time for indicting a per
| for crime to two years after its allie
commission would have cleared
Smith of the crime of which she stS
indicted. The court after hearing
arguments of the defendants cou
determined to hold the matter U
advisement until Monday morning
Esq. Smith hearing of this NOV
the attornies employed to defend
daughter, peremtorilly ordered the
withdraw the motion so far as thd
against her was concerned, and
business of the court proceeded, til
others indicted by the grand ju
last week will likely take advs
of the state of affairs as set forth.
laws of this state on almost ever
portant question seem to be in mis-
erable tangle and this state of affairs
indicates that the amount of politics
attended to at Harrisburg is out of all
proportion to the amount of legitimate
business done.
Mr.. w. M. Brown, of Forward
township, had his short horn Durham
bull-calf weighed few days ago. He
weighed 905 pounds and is one year
old.
Buy the Eighmie patent shirt at
j. F. T. Stehle's-best in town-ft
guaranteed.
1t pays almost as well to be a
good pedestrian as preacher or editor.
The walkers in the recent contest at
New York received the following
amounts last Wednesday: Hazael,
$3.50 gate money and $4,000 sweep
stakes Fitzgerald, $3.50, with 81 900
sweepstakes; Noremac, $2,251; Hart,
$l,593; Hughes, SLIPS; Sullivan,
$3.50.
Go to J. F. T. Stehle's and see
Ole Bull Patent Violin.
Whatever may be said of Mason as
marksman, he certainly is not poor
shot with his tongue. To the court
trying him he said: IF this court
wishes to send me out Of the army dis
honorably, can only say that it was
for striking terror and fright to the
heart of the cowardly, sneaking, cast
ironjawed, projected-eyebrow assassin.
Mason evidently possesses qualities
that would make il lively for Guiteau
on joint debate.
Ladies' and Gents Gossamer Gum
Goats, cheap, at Heck Il Patterson's.
Mr. III. D. Grant, of Allegheny,
Co., had Mr.. Levi. S. Hoon, of Gen.
tire twp, arrested in this town a few
days ago for embezzlement. The case
was heard by Justice and Hoon
was discharged. Hoon then made
oath against Grant for malicious pros
ecution and had a cap,as issued for
him. Grant was arrested and taken
into Court, when the Court quashed
the capias.
Fine Accordians at J. F. II.
Stehle's.
The terrible floods in the Missis-
sippi Valley still continue, and it is
estimated that there are now $4,000
people homeless and destitute. Many
thousand more are living in the second
stories and on the tops of their hous.
es, with the water all around them
The river few days ago was thirty
five feet above low water mark and
including the country inundated on
each side, is said, in some places, to be
fifty miles wide. Many people whose
houses are in out of the way places or
obscured by trees will likely starve to
death.
The Pearl shirt, the finest dress
shirt in the market, only 81, at Heck
Il Patterson's.
"A sensational story is wired from
Omaha, Neb., to the effect that Brig
ham Young is not dead, but that he is
concealed and will in due time appear
to his people and pretend that God has
resurrected him to lead them out of
their troubles. The rumor is based up
on the statement Of a Josephite Nor
mon, who claims to have seen the al.
legged body of the prophet, and declares
that while there was striking resem-
blance it was not in reality the corpse
of Young This wise but very indis-
Greet apostle is indeed kind to forewarn
the people of the proposed great
fraud.