Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-09-13


FOR ASSEMBLY,
WILLIAM BRAHAM, Mercer township,
JOSEPH T. D0NLY, Butler.
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER,
ROBERT McCLUNG, Fairview township.
IT is said General Beaver is to be
here on the goth inst.
TIE County Fairs are being taken
advantage of by some of the state
candidates to see the people and make
speeches aa
Ex-CoLLEcToB Sullivan is being
urged as a candidate for the State
Senate in the Allegheny City district,
against McNeiIl, the boss Cameron
candidate. If he runs he. will be
elected .
THERE must be q profit in the as
sessment business. One of the clerks
in the Treasury department at Wash
ington resigned his position in order to
collect, for percentage, the political
contributions from his fellow govern
ment employees
THE contest for the State Senate
nomination in the Venango and War
rem County district between Lee and
B .nedict, is ,as yet unsettled. The
next conferee meeting will be on the
18th inst There is o general desire
among the Republicans of this county
that Senator Lee should be successful
LAST week State elections were held
in Vermont and Arkansas, the former
going Republican as usual, and the
latter Democratic, as usual. On
Monday cf this week the Maine State
election came off and the returns or
news so far as received indicate the
success of the Republican State ticket
All four Of the Republican candidates
forConeress are also elected.
THERE is great danger of the jury
in the Star Route Postal cases not
agreeing. That some of the jury
have been tampered with has been
made public. This may account for
its being chung" jury. 1t will be a
public calamity if justice is thwarted
in the efforts to punish these robbers
in the mail service of the Government.
Since the above tie jury has returned q
piece-meal verdict, convicting but two
and disagreeing as to Brady and
Dorsey, the principal defendants.
Congressional Conference.
According to adjournment. the Con-
gressional Conferees of this district
reessembled at Titusyille last Friday
evening. Owing to the late arrival of
some OF the Conferees, no ballot was
taken until Saturday morning, when
some were had, without any change,
each county adhering closely to its
candidate. During the day the ballot
ing was resumed, without result, and
the Conference finally adjourned to
meet in Butler on the 2Ist inst, when
it is hoped the rights Of this county to
the present candidate will be recogni-
zed and nomination made. aa.te
s8 Court This Week. .
Court re-eonvened on Monday of
this week, Judge McJunkin presiding
In the case Of The Common wealth
against j. w. Janson, the Swede, in
dicted for the killing Of John w. Flem-
ing. on application. q continuance
was granted to the December Term.
One Of the two principal witnesses is
at present sick AID unable to attend
Court.
In the case against d. A. Ralston,
President of the late Fairview Savings
Bank, Of this county, indicted for en-
bezzlement, etc, of it's monies, the
Court permitted O discontinuance of
the case for the present 1t is said
the defendent cannot be held as at
present indicted, and that his case
will come up hereafter in another
form. ie "it
The Court then proceeded to the
trial Of other criminal cases, an account
of which will be given next week.
Resolutions of Respect.
At the regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society, of
the Presbyterian Church of Butler,
Pa, Leld Sept. 9Th 1882, the following
resolutions were adopted
WHEREAS, 1t hath pleased Almigh-
ty God to remove by death, our below
cd sister and former President, Mrs.
Sarah L. Linn: o. 4Ge
ResolUed, That we hereby desire to
express our high esteem and admira-
tion Of her character as christian, to
bear witness to her fidelity and earn
estness and zeal in every enterprise to
forward the cause Of our Divine Mas
ter, and for the interests Of the church
OF which she had lcng been worthy
member.
ResolUed, That while we mourn her
death, we rejoice that she has entered
into the rest and reward to those that
are faithful in Christ Jesus.
Resolred, That we desire to testify
our sincere sympathy with the bereav-
ed husband nnd children in this, their
great affection, and assure them Of our
prayers, that the Father of Mcrcies
may comfort them in their sorrow, and
that the consolation Of divine grace
may be their great comfort.
Mrs. N. WALKER, Mrs JAS MITCHELL,