Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-31
The "snow-hea." an importation

The "snow-hea." an importation
from Siberia, is the latest curiosity.
Another man, weary of this life
jumped over the Niagara Falls, last
week
During the heavy fog of last Sat.
urday afternoon one couldn't see
half square ahead in this town.
"A prize fight took place in barn,
near Rochester, Beaver county, last
Saturday. Seventeen rounds were
fought and one of the men was badly
used up.
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Mr.. Joel Beckwith, superintendent
of the stave mills at this place, had one
of his fingers snapped off by his saw
last Monday afternoon.
1t pays to attend school at Edin-
boro. II now receive $4,000 per
month more than 1 did before spent
those two terms at the Normal School,
Edinboro"
We understand that the Dougal
heirs had meeting last Friday, and
the two Dougal boys agreed to take
the property on the east side of the
street and that Mrs. Protzman and Mr.
Mitchell are to divide the west side
Some of the coal-diggers of this
town and vicinity were on a strike
on Monday. They have been getting
three cents q bushel for mining coal and
want more.
Mrs. McClelland, of Venango
county, was on trial at Franklin last
week, charged with killing her hus-
band, by shooting him. Her husband
was proved to be brute, and she was
of the charge.
Mr.. Samuel Borland, of this place,
met with severe accident few days
ago. He was coming in from visit
to his son in Butler twp, when he
slipped and fell heavily on the ice,
thereby dislocating his hip.
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Two children of William Dunlap,
Of Penn twp, were injured by burn
ing oil few DAYS since. One ofthem,
the oldest, poured or threw oil from a
lineup into the stove causing an ex-
plosion which burned them severely.
The youngest, aged about four years,
may not survive.
"A valuable cow belonging to Mr..
A. Cuthbert, of this place, was struck
and killed by locomotive of the P.
& w. r Il. last Saturday, near the
point where the railroad crosses the
plank road, or south end of main street
Since thisrailroad,ha has been built, Spring
dale and vicinity is dangerous place for
cows running loose.
Miss Matilda Logan, of Jeffer-
son twp, fell upon an icy path on the
oath, inst, ard broke one of her arms
in three places. The fractures are
very severe les. Mrs. William r.
a neighbor to the above, on
The next day fell and broke an arm
and dislocated a wrist.
The Jury List for second week of
March term cons sts Of sixty names,
and that for third week fifty-two names,
The case of the Commonwealth vs.. j.
Fl. johnson, accused of the murder of
J. W. File ming, W ill likely lie hearddur-
ng one of the weeks, and on the trial
Of person accused Of murder the de-
endant has right to make twenty
peremptory challenges.
A letter from Mr.. Simon Shanor,
who some six or eight years ago went
rom this county to Oregon, to his
brother Daniel Shanor here, says that
be has left Oregon and gone to Wash
ngton Territory, for the reason that
they cannot raise corn, tomatoes,
beans, melons, squashes nor fruits in
Oregon in satisfactory manner, and
which can he raised to better advantage
in Washington Territory.
The late terrible accident on the
Southern Pacific Il. r. proves that
heavy grades on a railroad are danger
ous. and everybody that knows any
hing about railroading knows they are
The P. r. r. Co. did
wisely in ordering the grades between
Butler and Blairsville to be reduced.
The heavy grade between Butler and
Summit has always been considered
dangerous for heavy trains coming
this way, at any speed.
Mrs. Tom. Moser, of this place.
had the poor board of the borough ar
rested last Saturday for not maintain
ing her. With certain class of peo-
Pile, the poor boards of the different
townships and boroughs, have a great
deal of trouble, and those who are the
east deserving are the most impudent
and exacting. In our cities, to-day,
The hospitals and other charitable insti-
tutions are said to be filed up with for
signers-people who have been in this
country but a short time, and who
have no friends or else won't tell who
hey are.
Mr.. Thomas Martin, formerly Of
Jefferson twp, but who now makes
his home with his son in Sharpsburg,
met with a serious accident in this
town on Monday of last week. He
was returning from Jefferson to Butler
that evening in sled, and at a point on
Tie street or road just above the Old
Faller house, W here the road was GOV.
cred with ice on account of the water
from the springs running over it, his
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