Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-05-23

s. F. Bowser, Esq, has purchased the
Robb property at north end of Main street,
! The wife of Mr.. Chas. Rebhun, of Butler,
died yesterdA. morning.
A coal mine has been opened on the farm
of James Kildoo, of Clay township. The
lease is held by Greenville parties.
| Alfred s. Moore, ESQ.,, of Beaver, Pa, for
merly of Butler, is candidate for District
Attorney of Beaver covnty.
The thirty-n cases of the citizens OF
| Fairview township versus the County Commits
sioners are being argued this week.
| During few minutes of last Sunday at
| ternoon about two inches of rain fell in this
town.
| -Ingersoll began his address to the Star
Route jury last Friday, and will probably speak
for two weeks. Thejury has the sympathy ofthe
whole nation.
Judge Chas. Taylor, of Franklin, will de-
liver the address in the Court House here on
Decoration day.
The building committee of the English
| Lutheran congregation, of Zelienople, adver-
| tise for bids for the erection of a new church
! building. Sc notice to contractors in another
place.
A snow storm is reported to have occurred
| in Parts of Ohio and Indiana, last Monday,
| with snow fall twelve inches deep.
A tool dresser named Clouse, was injured
| by an explosion of gas at the Agnew we'll, on
the Rush farm, last Wednesday afternoon.
See new Sherif7s Sale for June 9TH, and
Trial List for June Is, in this weeks paper.
A venango county coroner's jury found
that "from the evidence, and our own person
al knowledge, we are of the opinion that the
deceased came to his death from poison by al
cohol."
DO not fail to hear Prof. Grimes Scientific
Lecture, Ignorance of Human Nature" at the
Court House Thursday evening, May oath, un-
| der the auspices of the Teachers Association.
1t will be sparkling and witty. Admission
only % cents.
All "the early spring liars" don't live in
Butler county as the following from an ex-
change east of the mountains proves. "In a
| fight between two robins and a game chicken
| in Butler. a few days ago, the robins chased
the chicken half mile and drove him into a
| hollow log for safety.
The Reformed Church, of this place, is
being repainted in consequence of which there
will be no services in the church on next Sun
| day, Rev. TT. Stauffer, the pastor, is absent
attending the Annual Session of the Allegheny
Chassis, at wilkins burg, Pa.
Mr. George w. Atkins, of this county, has
invented novel and useful improvement on
single harness. 1t is shaft-bearer, which
opens and closes with spring and does away
with the present necessity of backing the
horse between the shafts or pulling up the
buggy by hand. Jdr. A. has applied for a
patent.
The arguments on the caveat filed by Robt.
Dodds against the application of the Purviance
heirs for patent for the disputed territory at
Renfrew, were heard by the Board of Public
Property, at Harrisburgh, last Thursday.
Messrs. Brandon and Robinson appear
| ed for Mr.. Dodds, and Miss Purviance appeared
| for the heirs and made her own argument.
Smith, Coe Wilson, Millerstown and
East Brady parties, are putting down well on
| the Peter Fennell farm, Clearfield township,
this county. At the depth of about 45 feet they
passed through vein of very superior camel
or candle coal eight feet in thickness. A speci-
| men of it can be seen at this Office.
Work on the supe rstructure of the new
county bridge over the mouth of Thorn-creek,
at Renfrew, was to have been commenced this
week. The bridge will be the Palmer patent,
81 feet long, IL feet wide and will cost 1920.
The new bridge over the creek at Butler is OF
the Palmer patent. is 80 feet long, 16 feet wide'
with sidings and cost something over 81 900.
| That the notice in last weeks paper did
| not refer to John Biederman may bs inferred
from the following kilograms:
| To the Sheriff of Armstrong County
| Have you prisoner by name of John Bieder-
| man. A. BIEDERMAN.
KITTANNING, Pa, May IS, 'S3.
To Andrew Biederman-
| have no prisoner of that name in my custody.
JAMES Ii. CHAMBERS, Sheriff.
One mail day, each way, is now carried
on the narrow gauge road between Butler and
| Gallery. Mail from Butler for points on the
railroad, in the southwestern part of the coun-
| ty now leaves at A. NJ, and mails from those
points for Butler arrive at 10 A. NJ. Full ar
rangements for the road have not yet been
completed. The through mail from Pittsburgh
still arrives and leaves on the West Penn road
On Thursday of last week the interests Of
the Economics in the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
r. R., 1880 shares of par value of 500 each,
were transferred to Vanderbilt. The price is
said to be Sl75 per share, which would make
| the transaction amount to S21S7 800. This
road, WHICH was built by Pittsburgh brains
and money, and for which special arrange
mennts had been made that it should always
remain under the control of, and part of local
interests, is SO no longer. Vanderbilt needed
| it to complete his communication East and
West, and after working many long months
has got it.
| The heavy frosts Of last week injured the
| grapes and cherries in some localities, but we
still hope for reasonbly good crop of both
| of these fruits In regard to frosts in May one
of the oldest inhabitants of Venango county,
| informs the Spectator that "Forty nine years
ago, May II, 1884, there was frost in Western
Pennsylvania, and no doubt elsewhere, that
created general destruction. There was moi
a vestige Of fruit in that year. 1t was a freeze
up, rather than frost. The leaves on the
trees were crsped as if fire had passed over
them, and the young birds we're frozen in
their nests. The frost of June, 1859. was
slight in comparison with the one we speak
Of"
The interests claimed by the defunct Par
ker Savings Bank in property located
in the sastern part of the town
were sold at Public auction, at the Court
House last Thursday afternoon. Their inter
| est in the llen Wilson homasteod hrop oh