Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-08-16
RAILROAD.

will be pushed rapidly to completion
md will connect here with the Butler
Branch of the West Penn.
The management of the P. u w.
.oad say they will have the road ready
'or travel from here to the Bald Ridge
oil field in two weeks from this time.
The railway is pretty well Dallasted
from here to that point, and every ef-
fort is being made to secure the trade
there ct the very earliest day possible,
in order to accomodate the great
amount of oil well material now haV-
ing to be hauled by wagons, as we'll
as the travel to and from that point
What the Republican Party
has Done For Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania passed under Repuo-
lican management in 1861. On the
expiration of Governor Hoyt's term
on January l, 1888, the Republican
party will have ruled % years Gov.
Curtin was elected in October, 1860,
and took the Governors chair January,
1861.
The State debt in 1860 was s37 ,964 so, ,02
The State debt in May, 1882 20, lac, lSo,Oo
Total reduction under Republican
Governors Si''oZ1'4i''''
The Republican party in 1866 re-
pealed the tax of three mills on real
estate. The value of the real estate In
PENNSYLVANIA in 1880, was 81 $40, 9l4, :
S6S. A three mill tax for sixteen
wears amounts to $74, 203, 1913, which
has all been sayed to our tax payers.
In 1873 the horses and cattle were
exempt from the three mill taz. IN
1880 the value of horses and cattle
was 49,, 3,2SS,s3 A three mill tax on
this sum for nine years amounts to
1898, 1893. By these two acts OF Re-
publican Legislation the tax payers
were saved the enormous sums of;
ON ON barsss tea. ss,a,d and cat,ld sos s,79s
Total of taxes saved people in SIX
teen years :. so, l02,7ll
Notwithstanding that the taxpay,
ers of "the unfortunate State of Penn.
sylvaniav have been relieved from the
payment of seyeEty.fye million Of
dollars i'm taxes which they wera spb'
jected to, as a legacy from Demo
cratic policy, the State debt has been
reduced nearly eighteen million oi
dollars.
The State paid the following extraor-
binary military expenses incident ~,
to the Rebellion -. $9,ol5,ool
ed in the above figures, paid SINCE
1862, averaging $4,000 year SoO,0Ot
Total military expenses SlO,363,oOl
In addition to the payment, the
State has expended on Soldiers Or.
phan Schools, $6,652, 435.
1t will be seen that the Republican
management of the State while it has
relieved the real estate and lands and
horses and cattle of the farmer OF
over seventv-fve millions of taxes, il
has educated the soldiers orphan
children paid over ten millions ot
military expenses incident to the
."o.1n ~ a;cbtaan m;,l;ona Of dollars
W". Hea noeorot;a ~ nraans would have
- o.ia hai;ono 1a b.vo s,ob an
"unfortunate State" that to relieve it
Go,p.Opr sno poOp,o rh;s roor Rut 70 nresent
u o = nnt,sbelI tbs above facts we re-.
~ .:.,Ie.a
Sap,sr.a M;t;.srr sTners.s other than ordi.
nary -. /. SIC, 1868 ,OOl
Soldiers orphans schools 6,652, 43;
Reduction OF state aeot n,o14,4ls
Total es4. $50 ,sis
Saved to taxpayers by repeal oftax
laws Io,loz'I l.
Grand total s1o9. .942. .56l
We doubt if the people who paw the
toxes are nronared 10 tnrn the affair,
of ,h;s Stota over IN the Damocratif
oar.n hv Tho elect;on of Mow
rass;dv,S % hov pat,;son
"ss .y, ., mn,
"""s'one AAe"S"s WY
LONDON, August o.-At Tue Lorc
mayors banquet 10 1er MAJESTY
ministers tnis evening Mr; ulaas 'one
responding 70 Tue Loru mafots @ ecs ech
gratuiat'ons' salu nc nau oeeh nI'y
years 10 the service OF tne country
anu expressed the nope tnat ne snouio
not iail during what may De the shor'
remainder OF Ms puDiic ne 10 serve his
queen ana country ialtnIully 10 tne
eno. l am sanguine' ne saId' .sha'
We nave passed tne moneht ol oan.
ger ano tna' mere win 1e ,:s,. wisuon anc
nsrmony IN tne worA anu oel,pera.lon'
oi rariiaineht lor Inc cell.a'nueI Vi tnt
P,esen! year. nflefflns W 'ne !.
Egypt,an ques'ion, ho sa'u ~ !,
OF yital importance tna' tne POSITION o'
England shouiu not DC misunderstood
rorces naFe gone 10 rgyPt III 'nt
prosecution Vi Tue erea' in'ere''s VI
tne Em pre-; oniess tn2se Interests