Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-18
A Terrible Death.

| A Terrible Death.
Mr.. Fred Niggle, who lived on the
old Michael Niggle place, near Ralston's g
mill. in Butler township, met with q
terrible death in this town, last Satur-
day night. He had evidently started
to walk home, about seven O'Clock
Saturday evening, and being under the
influence of liquor, fell or laid down,
in the alley west of Washington street
and between Cunningham and Jeffer-
son streets. where he perished from ex-
posure. He was last seen alive about
seven O'Clock that evening. near the
corner of Cunningham and Washington
streets. When Mr. Ward, who lives
| in the Henry Bauer house, was in his
stable on Sunday morning about 3
O'Clock. a woman called to him that
there was a man lying in the alley apd
that he had been lying there all morn
ing. Mr.. Ward went to the man. and
seeing that he was dead, SO informed
ESQ. Keck, who proceeded to the spot,
swore jury of spectators, examined
the body and had it removed to his
mothers residence, west of the jail. A
post mortem examination was made on
the body that evening, but no marks
of violence, evidence Of heart disease,
or anything else tending to cause sud-
den death were discovered County
Coroaer Kennedy was notified OF the
death, and an inquest was held next
morning, but nothing ct Importance
eIcited. The verdict of the jury was,
that the deceased came TO his death
from intemperaBce aud exposure. He
was man of about 40 years of age
and had a wife and four children.
The report Of the Killing Of three
hundred young girls by the King OF
Ashantee. is confirmed. The King
was probably inspired and if he We're
10 gone to this country our female
cranks would importune him for his
autograph and send him letters of
sympathy. 1t looks as if a great deal
OF latent d-phoolisn would be develop
ed in America this year. Guiteauism
in Washington aud Oscar Wildeism in
New York point strongly in that di-
rection. Norristowp Herald,
AT Fairview, Erie county. farm
er by the name of Graf went extern
sively into bee keeping, expecting to
make small fortune in a few years.
Honey material as scarce last year,
apd the bees spread over the neighbor-
mood in ssarch Of it, stealing sweet
stufs from kitchens and singing many
persons. A suit has been begun
against the owner, and the question
whether be has maintained a nuisance
or has simply engaged in a lawful
business, is to be settled In court,
Two men engaged iu chopping
wood in Cambria county made singu-
lar discovery few days ago. While
logging tree, about two feet in di-
ameter, they discovered a scalping-
knife imbedded in the solid wood to
the hilt, at distance of ten feet from
thd butt of the tree. The blade is
about eight inches long, and is in a |
good state of preservation. 1t is sup
posed from the number of growths of
wood surrounding it, that it has re-
mained in that position for at least one
hundred and Rfty years.
From the report of State Superin-
tendent Higbee for the year ending
June 6, 1881, we take the following |
statements The estimated value of |
school property in this county is $685. |
3O4. The total number of permanent |
certificates in the county is 38. The |
total number of school houses In the |
county is 236-l2 of which were built |
during the year, Sc of which are stated |
to be unfit for use, 229 badly ventilated,
30 without suitable privy, l8l with
out suitable furniture, none well sup
piled with apparatus, AS without arpa
ratus worth mentioning, l59 have
grounds of sufficient size and have |
grounds suitably improved
A painter of this town, named |
McGill, made information, few days |
ago, against coal digger, named |
Foster, for aggravated assault and bat
terry. 1t appears that while Mr.. Nc
Gill was under the influence of liquor.
last Wednesday evening, he either
stumbled over the door step of Mr.
Fosters house, near the depot, or else
created a disturbance at his door, when |
Mr. Foster assaulted him with either |
a stone or Ratchet, cutting his head |
and face in two or three places and |
knocking out some of his teeth. There |
are two stories of the affair, one put
ting Mr. McGill in very bad position |
and the other throwing all the blame |
on Foster. A hearing of the case is
fixed for Saturday next
The case of Miller, one of the |
Connor robbers, now being held in |
custody in Toronto, Canada, promises |
to involve some nice points of law be-
fore he can be extradited and brought |
back. Under the Extradition treaty, |
so it said, breaking out and escaping |
from prison is not an indictable offense. |
Miller is now being held upon the |
charge of carrying concealed weapon,
a revolver having been found upon |
his person when arrested, the same |
being violation of Canada law. 1t |
now looks as if additional charges will |
have to be made against Miller before |
he can be brought back We learn |
that this is being done. How success
full it will be remains to be SEEN
Clarion, Pa, Gazette.
The Building & Loan Association,
of Sharon, Pa, has resolved to close
the affairs of the association at once.
The first series of stock issued by it