Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-02-08
-Mr. August Fsller. the popular

| Ing SJOT0, udS UDuKut oil luc lulcfcSts
in the old Faller property south end
of town, where he is now living and in.
tends to rent. in part, for boarding
house purposes.
The New York Graphic says
Oscar Wilde is the author of Beautiful
Snow This is the most terrible &C.
cusation yet brought upon the young
aesthetic, and if he doesn't sue the
Graphic for 81 900. 900 damages, we
shall believe him guilty.
Some forty pieces of the Edison
Electric Music, system by which
tunes can be played without any knowl-
edge of the notes, and which can be
used by any person who can count,
can be had at Heineman's book store.
Call and examine them
| Out in Indiana they had horri-
BILE story of dancing bear eating two
Italians, his keepers. If it was the
same bear and the same keepers that
gave street exhibition in Butler, the
wonder to us is how the bear could
Swallow 80 IUuCI ulrJ duu i've.
At meeting of the American Asso-
citation of Window Glass Manufacture
ers lately,in Washington, the product of
the past year was reported to have
been nearly 2 $50. 900 boxes. valued at
about S6,OOO,OOO. The demand for
consumption has taken the entire pro-
duct
There are seven thousand coke
ovens in Fayette and Westmorland
counties, and contracts have been let
for the building to new ones, which
will increase the number of about elev-
en- thousand. In the manufacturing of
coke there are between twelve and 6f-
teen thousand men employed.
! Allegheny City has q business
like ghost. A young man, while re-
turning home late the other night, sud-
denly beheld an object clothed in white
coming toward him on all fours. Par
allied with fright, he permitted the
phantom to collar bis watch and chain
and revolver, whereupon his ghostship
ambled of and disappeared in the dark
ness.
DIR. A. v. Cunningham, of Zelie-
nople, James Sample, ESQ.,, and Andrew
Barr, of Cranberry township; G. W. Cra-
mer, Esq of Buffalo township; James
NJ. Marshall, Esq. of Worth township; ;
j. c. Broaden, of Clay, and number of
other well known citizens of the coun-
tv were in town last week attending
court or on legal business.
The fact that Senator Edmunds,
of the Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES, has
introduced bill to prevent bigamy and
polygamy in the Territories. may be ac-
cepted as the beginning of operations
on the subject in way that will not
end until something practical has been
accomplished.
The census of 1880 shows that
there are in Pennsylvania l46 1873 chill
dren over 10 years of age who cannot
read and 228,Oi4 over 10 years of age
who cannot write Until this stripping
army of ignoramnses is greatly reduced
the attention of Pennsylvanians may
be proiitably turned in the direction of
the primary schools. They are not do
ing the work that was cut for them by
the common-school system.
An Indiana young man has eloped
with his grandmother. Several weeks
ago John G. Thurman, aged seventy
years marie miss of twenty His
grandson, Ellis Thurman, was smitten
by the beauty of his new grandmother,
and before the old mans honeymoon
was half over, the graceless young
scamp was making love to the youthful
bride He succeeded so well that both
were missing the other day and have
not since been heard from.
-Qnite an excitement was caused in
Oil City. few days ago, by the ap-
pearance of what represented dead
man floating upon the rising water
After much effort, the supposed body
OF fellow mortal was rescued, when
it proved to be only an efigy of Gui.
teau. All present enjoyed the joke and
started it again a6oat, hoping that 9th
ers would incur the same feelings and
make like exertions, only to find that
they were Sold
Congressman Farwell, of Illinois,
has introduced bill which presents
way to know who are genuine and who
are fraudulent pensioners, by simply pro-
viding for the printing and posting Of
the names of all pensioners in every
pension district. 1t is argued that
honest pensioners would net object,
while dishonest ones, if any, would
soon be exposed by their neighbors,
and the Government be warned against
them. The plan seems practicable
why not try it?
Mr.. Adam Keighner, Of Franklin
township. lost his life in peculiar
manner last Friday, He and John
Campbell were chopping down trees
for r. r. ties, at the time, when one
tree lodged in the limbs of another
One of the large limbs of the tree that
had been felled broke, when the tree
was thrown violently backwards, and
in its fight, it struck Mr.. Keighner ON
the temple killing him almost instantly
Mr.. K. was young man of excellent
character, and was unmarried.
The many friends of Mr.. Will
Stein will be pleased to learn that his
father has taken him into partnership
under the firm name of l.. Stein &
Son. They have large stock Of
fresh goods on hands, and their prices
as advertised speak for themselves.
During 1881 Mr.. STEMS business was
OF least so per cent better than the pre-
vious year. The firm is now closing
out its stock OF Queensware and Glass
ware at cost and will carry a larger stock
of Dry Goods ard Trimmings, than
ever before.