Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-07-11

one OF us mOSC oStlIudUio duu CucIlouOu
daughters. The couple, when they
visit Butler, will receive hearty well
come. Wedding notice in proper place.
WE are in receipt of pamphlet en-
titled, "Relief OF Local and State Tax
alton through Distribution of the Ma
tional Surplus" 1t is an argument in
favor of distributing among the States
the surplus revenues of the General
Government. This is made on the
grounds, that as none of the National
debt is redeemable for some years yet,
the present yearly surplus of revenue,
about one hundred millions of dollars,
could with benefit be given to the
States. By this measure it is also
argued that the system of American
protection would be maintained through
the present tariff The able articles
favoriDg the measure appear in the
Philadelphia american, edited by Mr..
Wharton Barker.
DUKES will was probated at Union
town lately. 1t was written on the
morning of the day of the habeas cor
pus hearing, December 29th in antici-
patton of his release on bail. While
in the Sherif's parlor he took fron his
pocket letter that he had received
from friend some time before, and on
the blank side of one of the sheets he
made his last will and testament, re-
marking to Register and Recorder, G.
D. Conner, who, with Sheriff Hoover,
witnessed the document, that he did
not know what might happen. The
will is very brief. Dukes simply be-
queaths two thousand dollars to Miss
Mary Beeson, of Uniontown, and the
rest of the property to his mother, with
out specifying what or how much that
property is. Before the trial he was
estimated to be worth from $4,000 to
$4,000, He appoints Asbury Struble,
his step-father, his executor.
GOVERNOR PATTIsoN has signed 1913
bills and vetoed sixty. He has ap-
proved appropriations to charitable and
other institutions aggregating $2,0OO,-
900, and seventeen charity bills are yet
undisposed of representing an expendi-
ture of $207,5OO AS they had all
been passed by two-thirds vote his
first impulse was to permit them to be-
come laws by the expiration of the pre-
scribed thirty days, but he has determ-
ined to approve eleven of the most
deserving and veto the other six.
While we cannot endorse all the Gov
ernor's vetoes, the majority of them are
based upon valid reasoning and will
cause the Legislature to exercise great
er care in the framing of laws with
reference to their constitutionality, and
will be the means of compelling chari-
table institutions to observe more close
ly the rules laid down for their govern
ment when seeking State aid.-PiHs-
burgh Commercial Gazette.
death, where is thy victory?" Last
Monday the remains of Mrs. Margery,
wife of Owen Brady, Of Donegal town.
ship, were laid to rest in their narrow
bed of clay in the little cemetery at
North Oakland. Consumption did the
work that transformed one of the hap
piest households into that of mourning,
and deprives devoted husband, chill.
dren and sisters of dearly beloved
councillor and guide, and in the midst
of whom she stood bound by the ten
derest ties. Mrs. Brady was born in
Oakland township and lived her life
in this vicinity. Being of happy
disposition, the refulgence of her hap
piness was cast upon all with whom
she came in contact. The tears of
many old school mates were blended
with those of the bereaved family be-
side her bier A funeral procession of
not less than half mile in length fol-
lowed the remains to the grave
Millersto,on Herald, June 29.