Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-29


tention in this county The poison
used was aconite, and the evidence was
purely circumstantial, but strongly
against the prisoner; while back of 1t
was the fact that by the lads death
the doctor, who was in needy circum-
stances, would come into possession OF
some $1,000. The result was convic-
ion of murder in the first degree, and
entence of death.
How the hearts of crowd swell
and throb with pitiless hatred against
the man who coughs during the per-
formance at theater, when they
know be is to stingy to invest twenty
five cents in bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup.
| Thirty have been added to the
Muddycreek Baptist church as the re-
suit of meeting Of twelve evenings
recently held there. Rev. w. II. Nc
Kinney, the pastor of this church, is
also pastor of the Amana church, of
Evansburg, and is much loved and re-
spected by his churches and people of
both communities. He expects to
move from Evansburg to Butler on the
lst of April, to take charge of the
Baptist church at that place The
church at Evansburg has refused to
release him as pastor and he has con-
sented to remain in that relation,
preaching for them occasionally until a
pastor can be secured. *.*T
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, is fast
acquiring an enviable reputation for
the surprising cures which daily result
from the use of her Vegetable Com
pound in all female diseases. Send to
her for pamphlets.
The Pittsburg papers of last week
stated that the wife of Rev. James
Dermitt of Springdale. Allegheny coun-
ty, was killed on the West Penn r r.
on Thursday afternoon, at curve just
above Lincoln station. The train was
so close to her when the engineer first
saw her that he was unable to stop
and she had an arm and leg cut off.
Chaplain McCabe in his lecture here
Tuesday evening, referred to the acci-
dent and stated that the woman had
bottle of whisky with her and that the
bottle of whisky was picked up un-
broken after the terrible accident and
carried after her. If there is not some
mistake about this, it was a sorry end
ing for preachers wife.
TO men desiring permanent en-
ployment we would refer them to D.
Fl. Patty & Co. IS advertisement for men
to sell trees, which appears in another
column. 1feb6
The application of john Belfour,
of this county, convicted at September
sessions, 1881. of aggravated assault
and battery upon the person of Newton
Lerting, for pardon was heard by the
Board of Pardons sitting IN Harris
burg, last week, and refused. Mr.. Rob-
inson presented the petition and spoke
in favor of the pardon being granted,
and Kennedy Marshall opposed it.
Johns character was shown by the
Court records here to be not of the
best, and we are informed that the
petition opposing the pardon was sign
ed bv over three hundred of his nearest
neighbors, and that his own brother
would not sign the petition for par
DON Johns sentence was light and
he will likely serve it out.
Spring session of the Pine Grove
Normal Academy will begin Tuesday,
March, 2Sth, 1882. For catalogues
and information address the Principal,
Isaac C. Keller, Wolf Greek, p. O.,
Pa. March Is, st.
-Shakespeare's description of mans
last stage in life is this -
"Second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every
thing"
and the stage before it is that of the
"lean and slippered pantaloon. The
writing that purports to be the last
will and testament of the late David
Dougal, was without doubt, written
when he was in the last stage of life,
but as Judge McDermitt virtually
took the case FROM the Jury, leaving
them nothing to pass upon, excepting
as to the matter of undue influence al
legged to have been exerted by Mr..
Mitchell, and on which point there was
no direct evidence, the Jury was forced
to find for the plaintiff and sustain the
will We are informed, however, that
the Jury on retiring, first took vote
as to what would have been their ver-
dict, had not Judge McDermitt's extra
ordinary charge prevented, and that
they would have been unanimous in
finding for the defendants. The case
will now 60 before the Supreme Court
where Judge McDermitt's peculiar
views on wills" as he himself describ-
ed to Mr.. jerks, will be ventilated.
Carpets, a fine stock, at low
prices, at Heck & Paterson's.
The method taken by Chaplain
McCabe to raise money, reminds
us of that of a street swindler
who was liz Butler several years ago.
This fellow (the swindler) hired
two horse rig at one of our livery
stables, put lot of cheap jewelry into
the buggy, drove up to the corner of
Main and Jefferson streets, drew a
crowd around him by loud talking,
sold one lot Of jewelry at reasonable
price and then gave each of hiscustom-
ers his money back, sold another lot at
high price and again returned the
money, and kept on repeating the oper-
alton each time raising his prices, until
for the last lot he had money in his
hands amounting to many times the
cos. of all the polished pewter he had
sold and>given away, when thanking
his customers very kindly, he bade
them pleasant good-daY and quietly