Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-02-14

Mr.. James Carson, one of the editors of the
Eagle, lost his child last week.
The Democrats, of this town, will nominate
borough ticket, in the Court room. next Sat
urday evening.
Bald Ridge Co.'s well No. IL, on the Hus-
elton farm, was completed a few days ago. but
was not rodded until yesterday. 1t promises
to be good well.
A remonstrance against the proposed ex-
tension of the Roberts torpedo patent has been
largely signed here by tie oil producers and
men in other business. This is as it should be.
Not only in the interests of business, but of
morality, the scheme of Roberts to secure the
extension should fail. 1t is an internal swim
die On a simple device, the invention of
which by f. A. l. Roberts is very doubtful,
he and his heirs have received millions. At the
time of Roberts death his brother, DR.. Rob-
erts, was decided one-third interest, and on
this one-third the latter is to-day the owner of
two banks, one with capital of 9ln0,O0O lie
also owns the best hotel in Titusville and near
ly all the bonded debt of that city, The broth
er who held the patent left an estate valued at
81 0U0, 900. 1t may have puzzled some to con-
lecture why Ex-Gov. Tom Young, of Ohio, has
taken charge of the measure in Congress for the
renewal of the patent. Well, Tom is twin
brother of Hugh Young, a member of the Leg
islature from Tioga county in 1877. who re-
signed to accept the Government appointment
of National Bank Examiner. Hugh is married
to a sister of Mrs. Roberts, widow of the mil
lionaire patentee. Perhaps with this data the
reader can cypher out motive for Tom
Young's connection with the windle.-Frdnklin
(Pl) Press.
During the year 1882, the committing and
boarding of persons put in the county Jail for
bsing "lrunk and disorderly" cost the county
several hundred dollars, and as these commit
ments were mostly from the town of Butler,
the county will endeavor to recover from the
b rough Prisoners sent from this county to
the Allegheny county workhouse at Clare
mont, cost the county Sl.50 per week each
while there, and those sent t, the Western
Penitentiary cost the county 80 cents day for
boarding and clothing, less the value of their
labor which is hired out to different firms
having wo. shops inside the walls and esti-
mated at q cents day. Thirty-nine cents
day is not high rate for boarding-it may be
that fellow is not charged for what he eats,
only for sleeping there this is Jim Collins
joke, aud q cents is European wages for
days work. Most of the prisoners are able
bJdied men an fif Schmertz gets their labor for
q cents day he ought to be able to more than
hold his own with the Eastern boot and shoe
manufacturers. For 1882 the authorities Oft the
penitentiary claimed balance from Butler
county of SS35.8l, which with S23 for burying
Clark Thompson made S909S4. The Eastern
and Western peniteatiaries are State institu-
t; ms. The Eastern received S33, ,5l365 from
the State last year, and the Western received
$.S3.l $500, which, with the balances received
from twenty or thirty counties, including the
large one lin population) of Allegheny, must
have aggregated large amount, but the sum
received from the State was likely expended
on the new penitentiary building, at Riverside,
a short distance below Allegheny city. When
this is completed, it will b. one of the best
prisons in the country, if not the very BEST 1t
is built on the grounds of the old Reform
School, one wing of it containing some seven
hundred cells, is already completed and the
Board of Trustees propose moving the prisoners
into it this year and using the old school build
ings for workshops. When they do so. the
site of the present penitentiary in West Park,
Allegheny city, will revert to the city, which
gave the ground to the State for prison purposes
alone. The Western University people are
trying to get this location for their proposed
new buildings, but will hardly succeed, as the
city wants it for museum and geological
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