Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-08
WitherspOOn Institute.


at all news-stands and bookstores.
WitherspOon Institute.
The winter term of the Witherspoon
Institute will close on Friday, the
10th inst. The examination of the
classes will take place on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. Patrons of the
school and other friends of education
are cordially invited to attend. The
Washington Irving Literary Society
will give its closing performances for
the term on Tuesday evening; a
literary entertainment will be given
by the school on Thursday evening, to
both of which the public are invited.
All these exercises at the Odd Fellows
building, evening performances to begin
at 1880 O'Clock.
The Spring term of the Institute
will open on Monday, March 20.
AT the meeting of the Building &
Loan Association, of this town, last
Saturday evening, Messrs. G. c. Roes-
sing, Jos. Gray, Jos. Rockenstein,
Henry Biehl, j. Kemper, L. p Walker,
G. &C. Pillow, Henry Miller, Henry
Troutman, f. NJ Reno, J. S. Camp
bell and H Grieb, were elected board
of directors for the ensuing year. The
Auditors Report for last year was
read and adopted, without comment,
excepting as to the manner of making
sales of real estate held in fee by the
association. All the real estate owned
by the association is always for sale,
and the directors should never refuse a
bargain, but as general thing, we
think, that where they have one or
two good offers for q property they
should give public notice of their in
tention to close sale by certain date.
The W. C. T. U. met in the Pres
-byterian church Monday evening,
March 9Th, 1882; was opened by Rev.
Ferguson reading the scriptures, Math-
ew, 5th chapter, followed by prayer
led by Mr.. Campbell. After singing,
e. Fl. Anderson was elected Secretary
pro tenn and E. W. Vogeley Treasurer
The following resolution was then
adopted: "Resolued, That we hereby
express our sense ofthe loss in the TAX
ing away of our fellow worker in the
temperance cause, Mr.. Abraham Meyer,
who was till his death Treasurer of this
Association, and in view of this Provi
Dental reminder that the night COM
eth when no man can work we pledge
ourselves anew to the work of temper
ence reform till the Master calls US
from labor to reward. Remarks were
then made by Rev. Turner, Rev. Fer
guson, Mr.. Campbell and Others A
committee was appointed to draft a
resolution to be signed and presented
to Court on license day. After sing
ing, meeting adjourned. E. Fl. ANDER-
SON, Sec'y.
On the night of jan 31st last or
early in the morning of the following
day, February 1st, when the snow was
heavy on the ground and the mercury
standing below zero, girl named Dis.
ney, aged about fourteen, who had for
some months been living with the
family of Mr.. A. Porter Glenn, of this
place, secretly left the house and went
to the depot with the intention of tax
ing the market train for her home in
Tarentum. Finding herself too early
for the train she walked down the
track to Brinker's station, distance of
four or five miles and ARRIVING there
knocked at the door of the residence ot
Mr. Shull. She had on pair of light
shoes and light summer clothing, and
after getting, into the warmhouse found
that her feet were so badly frozen that
her shoes had to be cut from them.
About week afterwards, her mother
who had been informed of her misfor.
tunes, made information against Mr.
Glenn, charging him with wilfrlly re.
fusing and neglecting to provide neces-
sary food and clothing for an infant
under his charge and control, and some
time afterwards against Mrs. Glenn for
assault and battery. AS the girl was
unable to move the hearing in the case
was postponed till last Monday, when
the case was heard and disposed O
by Esq. Walker. On account of 6
nervous disease, with which she is af
ficted, Mrs. Glenn, could not attend
the hearing to give her side of the as
sault and battery charge, and although
there was nothing in the charge, Mr.
Glenn had to pay the costs and small
fine to settle it. The charge against
Mr.. Glenn was heard and disposed O
by the Esq. discharging him. 1t ap
peared that the girl, who was an OBJ
ject of charity with the Glenns, is of 6
very wilful disposition and in one OF
her pouting spells had secretly left The
house without clothing sufficient tt
keep her from freezing, when at any
time in daylight, she could have hat
all her clothing and her way paid tc
her home, as the Glenns were anxious
to get rid of her.
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