Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-08-02

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was cool and very disagreable; a coo
rain kept up through the day.
Rev. Shields, of Cincinnati, will
occupy the pulpit in the Presbyterian
Church, of this place, next Sunday
morning and evening.
Rev. William Shanor, formerly
of Prospect, this county, preached in
the English Lutheran Church of this
place, last Sunday morning and eve-
ming.
The track of the P & W. railroad
near here is now being ballastel. 1t IS
now SAID the re ad about here will e
ready for travel by the first of Septem-
ber
Mr.. G. Washington White, a
highly respectable man living near
Pine Grove, Mercer county, was killed
by the cars near that place on Tuesday
evening of last week.
Every young teacher SHOULD
spend term or more at the Normal
School. 1t is just the place to learn
how to teach well. Address for circu-
lars, ] A. Cooper, Edinboro, Pa.
Fall term opens Aug. 18th.
Mr.. John Pryor, of Clay town
ship, near Sunbury this county, we
see it stated, was married last week to
Mrs. Lucinda Forsythe of Plain Grove,
Lawrence county. Mr.. Pryor Is near
ninety years of age.
The fall term in WayDesburg
College will open on Monday, October
I'd. Both sexes admitted Excellert
facilities. Expenses very moderate.
For new circulars land full informa-
ton. address Prof A. B. Mil'ec,
Waynesburg, Pa. "
A Reunion of the Society of the
Tooth Pa, Vet. Vols, (Roundheads)
will take place at Sharon, Mercer coun-
ty, Pa, on Wednesday August 80 1882,
being the anniversary of the second
Bull Run battle. General Daniel Lea
sure will be the orator on the occasion.
Mr.. Ihmsen, proprietor of the
Glass Works, desires US to say that the
statement in last weeks Herald, rela-
i've TO his taking stone without
authority, is not true by any means,
and that be did not take any stone
without what he understood TO be
through grant of the Town Council.
He will explain fully next week
Don't kill the toads, the ugly
toads, that hop around your door.
Each meal the little toad doth eat
hundred bogs or more He sits around
with aspect meek until the bug
is neared, and then shoots he forth his
little tongue like lightning double
geared. And then he soberly doth
wink, and shuts his ugly mug, and
patiently doth wait until there comes
another bug.
j n. Craft, the Cashier of
the Exchange Bank Of Franklin,
venango County; Pa, is the latest
defaulter or embezzler of bank money.
The amount of his detalcation is large
but not yet fully known. The stock
holders of the Exchange are amply
able. it is said, to cover any losses.
The State Treasurer had 100000 on
deposit in the bank, but will loose
nothing, as the stockholders will have
to pay.
The war goes on in Egypt.
Turkey has refused to cooperate
with England in fighting Arab.
France is also neutral in the matter.
DeLesseps has the control of the
Suez Canal and intends, if be can,
to hold possession of it. The
situation is becoming more COM
plicated, with the appearance
of ending in a religious war, in which
the Moslem power or Mohammedan-
ism will be badly shaken up. Egypt
for Egyptians" is the motto of Arab,
who is proving to be an able General
of his forces.
Two iabofers on the P. & W. r.
R., named Howley and McGnnigle,
employed down the creek about three
miles, were badly burned on Mon
day evening last, by powder explo-
sion. They were preparing for a
blast, and were using ashes which
they thought were cold, for tamp
ing, but which had fire enough
in them to ignite the powder, thus
causing the explosion, with the above
result. A keg of powder near also ex-
ploded, doing the most damage to the
men. The faces of both are severly
burned
The Suez Casal Company sends
to the press the following telegram
from Ismailia, dated Monday The
Bedouin chiefs of the eastern region,
comprised between the Suez Canal
and the Nile, have placed themselves
at the disposal of the DeLesseps. Arab
Pasha counseled them &c obey De
Lesseps. De Lesseps has volunteered
to the commander of the English IRON
clad to 90 on horseback into the coun-
try around Ismailia to prove that the
country is safe, and that there afe
no Egyptian troops in the vicinity.
With passport signed and sealed by
De Lesseps, any one may travel freely
in Egpyt as far as Cairo. Merchants
who had abandoned their business
profit by these passports.