Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-08-30
GENERAL NEWS.

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fire proof safes, all resulting in the de-
struction of the safes, should serve as a
reminder to persons owning that kind
of property, to keep their valuables in
some other place and leave the safes
unlo; ked.
1t isn't every body that can play
baseball successfully. il. f. McCIus-
XIV. Register and Recorder Of Ind ana
county, tried it the other day acting
as captain of the Fats" ia friendly
game with the Leans" He oyertaX-
ed himself, fell sick and died.
The Mercer Dispatch says that there
have been quite large sales of sheep in
that county in the past month or six
weeks Parties from New Jersey have
purchased from $500 to 5000 head, at
prices ranging from $3.50 to 50 per
head, very few Of them going at the
first price.
On the Ohio and Mississippi Rail-
road, near Olney, passenger train
broke in two The bell-cord was pull
ed, and the engineer stopped the for
ward section. There being a heavy
down grade, the rear section crashed
into the forward, killing one person
outright, fatally injuring another, and
giving number serious hurts.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad is
actually to be constructed through the
wilderness north of Lake Superior.
Work was begun this week on the Sec
tion between Prince Arthur's Landing
aud Nepigon, and the section from Ne
pigon to Lake Nipissing is TO be let
early next year. Several surveying
parties are now tramping over the
r cute.
An Erie county farmer reports
yield of 90S bushels of wheat, measur-
ed from the machine, from 26 acres of
ground. Five acres of the best was
measured off and kept separate and
was found to yield At bushels to the
acre, which is certainly an extraordin-
ary yield for an extraordinary year
The variety raised is the Rogers white
A war broke out in All Saints Epis-
copal Church, Cleveland, over the
wine question. The Sun
day School Superintendent leads the
party opposed to fermented wine,
while the rector and his adhcrents
want to use the old kind of wine which
they believe Jesus used at the first
supper. The contest RACES briskly,
and each party is bent on victory.
The Meyersdale Commercial
reports several robberies in that sec
ton by couple of gentry who appear
in the character Of piano tuners, and is
moved to remark that piano tuning Is
at present under very heavy cloud
of suspicion in Somerset county
GenuiOe hand-painted piano tuners
had better keep out Of the county for
while until the misdeeds of the chrome
variety have faded 10 measure from
A four year old daughter of Alexan-
der McGergin, who lives five miles
from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, came to her
death by singular accident. The
little one was playing with piece of
tWine, and tied it to the latch on the
front door. In some way the string
was passed around the child's neck
aud closing the door tightened it, caus-
ing strangulation. When disc overed
life was extinct. Although phvsi-
cian came and resorIed for an hour and
a half to artificial respiration, his ef-
forts lailed to restore lite.
Texas, through its G overnor, asks
aid of the National Government for the
yellow fever sufferers. Thirty new
cases have been reported at Browns
vile, and Saturday there were three
deaths. There are two hundred cases
uader treatment At Matamoras. the
same day, there were eleven deaths.
The National Board of Health is in
formed that cholera is raging at Yoho
hama, japan, there having been l,Ql7
deaths since July Oath.
1t has to be confessed that one
hatch of the Hubbell assessment cir
cnlars was lent where the recipients
were wholly indifferent, free from COM
pulsion, and in no danger of losing
their places for not paying. The batch
came to the Philadelphia postofflce,
and the circulars were addressed re-
spectfully and respectively to Mss
Sallie Binns, Miss Tabitha Yard, MI.
Thomas Fentz, Mr.. 6. Arden Wall,
Miss Sarah Nader aud Miss Kate
ErwauI. 1t is said the puzzled deputy
postmaster went into the main Office
and called out, "Who knows Sallie
Binns ~ And the reply came from
one of the janitors, "Sallie Binns am
one OBJ de cats in de cellar, de black
and white tabby" This let the whole
lot of cats out of the bag; and now the
officers would like to know the name OF
the wag who forwarded the list to the
Congressional Committee.
The Pension Office has been re
inforced by s22 new clerks. All of
them were men, the women applicants
being totally disregarde1. Where
upon there was formed Immediately
"rhe Woman's National Labor Organ
ization,n and resolutions were passed
that must make Secretaries Teller and
Lincoln, who are named in them as
the enemies of woman, tremble in
their boots. an the name of liberty
and loyalty, of sorrow and sacrifice" 4"
this new organization declares that
Hour defeat shall be the beginning of a
warfare that shall never cease until
we see the words posted over the
gates t this Capitol and the doors of
these departments: No one-man pow
er rules here;' and equal rights under
the American flag to tho women OF
this nation" This is what it cone
to when women join the army OF Office
seekers.
Some idea of the present and the fu-
tire of the whisky trade is furnished