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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
CHILDREN IN A PANIC.
Little Ones Trampled TO Death
at Sunderland, England.


LONDON, June ia terrible calam-
ity, involving the death of l78 chill
dren, occurred in the town Of Sunder-
land, in the county Of Durham, this
evening. From the details received ii
appears that an entertainment had been
given in Victoria Hall by conjuror,
which was attended almost altogether
by children, several thousand being
present. The accident occurred at the
close Of the performance.
The body Of the hall had been en-
tirely cleared of it's occupants, when
some 1900 Of the little ones came rush
ing down stairs from the gallery. At
the top Of the first fight of stairs there
was door which opened only twenty
inches, and thus but one child was per-
mittcd to pass through at time. At
this point, while the mass Of children
were pushing forward, several Of them
fell and were unable to rise, owing TO
the others crowding on. The result
was that great number were pushed
down, trampled on and suffocatcd.
FEARFUL SCENE.
The scene was terrible, and no effort
could stop the mad rush Of the alright
ed children. They came on pell-mcll,
though, strangely, without much
shouting, and soon l78 Of them were
knocked down and killed by others
trampling upon them. The bodies,
which were badly mangled from the
trampling, lay seven or eight deep.
Many Of the victims and others who
were not killed had their clothing torn
of, and this, together with the bleed
ing bodies Of the unfortunates, shows
the terrible nature Of the struggle.
The ages Of the l7S children known to
have been killed ranged from four TO
fourteen years.
The excitement in the town when
the news Of the disaster spread was
terrific Great crowds Of people rushed
to the scene, until at least 90, 900 per
surrounded the hall. The feeling was
80 intense that the authorities ordered
out the G8th Infantry to preserve
order The work Of getting out the
bodies Of the victims was begun imme-
hiately. They were laid out IN the
hail. and the parents Of those killed
were admitted for the purpose Of idon.
tifying the bodies Of their children.
Most hcart-rcnding scenes transpir-
ed while the work OF identification was
in progress. The mothers Of the dead
children conutantly uttered piercing
shricks, and many Of them tainted on
discovering the bodies Of their little
OneH
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
Nine Ounce Hail Stones.

OAKDALE, Allegheny Co, Pa, June
IS.--One OF the most destructive hail
and rain storms fell here about 6
O'Clock this evening, lasting about hall
an hour, that has ever been known in
this section Of country. Hail stones
the size Of an egg and weighing from
four to nine ounces fell, breaking
windows in many houses in town and
damaging fruit and grain 10 no small
amount.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
Should He Suffer.

dTlOuS duQ ON VIZ |HAHN-
az to the act of young Mutt in personal
Iy avenging the killing of his father.
There is no mistaking the public senti-
ment. 1t says, "he did right" and
"Dukes got what he deserved" This
feeling is one common to our nature.
A son who resents wrong to parent
is Justly regarded as noble. He obeys
natures law. Had young Mutt in De-
cember last, being moved by an uncon-
trollable rage, then taken the vengeance
on the slayer of his father that he has
now, in the following June taken, we
resume that even the law would not
have held him guilty. 1t would haye
been done in the heat of over-powering
passion, at the time, and before any
other knowledge had came to him save
the fact that his father had been shetland
killed by Dukes. But since then there
has been trial and an acquittal of
Dukes. This acquittal was wrong, as
the general public believe, but never
theless it was done under the forms OF
the law. Therefore it is that this
case, happening here in Pennsylvania,
presents one in which great care should
be taken that the seed of no dangerous
doctrine be sown. The law is over all
and all are equally interested in up
holding it always. Once taken in our
hands and we are all at sea, without
chart or compass Two wrongs do not
make a right-and never villas
what may yet follow in this case may
prove.
Dukes was vile wretch, and defied
all shame and public sentiment by re-
naming in community in which he
had 80 wronged whole family and
cruelty taken the life OF its head. II
from this fact, and from others that
may be shown to have been done by
him since his acquittal, in the town and
daily before the face Of the family he
ruined, it is possible that the law will
say such acts were provocation and had
the effect Of keeping burning in the
breast Of young Mutt the wrong done
his father, and fired the thought for
vengeance that finally impelled him on
to shoot the man who had shot bis
father, ruined bis sister and made DESC
late the life Of his mother.
We have some times been Disposed
to question the policy Of the pardoning
power, lodged in the hands Of the
Governor Of the State, and we believe
Of every State in the country. But
this case Of young Mutt may prove
that power to be OF great wisdom.
While If, under the law he may be
tried and convicted, yet there is no
question but nine out Of ten Of all the
people Of the State, old and young,
men and women, would sign petitions
to the Governor and Pardoning Board
recommending pardon. We have no
idea that he will-or should-suiIcr
for what may have to be adjudged the
broken law; and hence the pardoning
power may be the one that may have
to be appealed to in order that right
and justice be done in this case. 1t IL
an unfortunate one for the community
at large. What has happened in Fay.
ettc county may happen any other
place. And it all came by taking the
law into their own hands, first by the
one and then by the other. The prac-
tice Of pistol carrying has had much Ia
do With these murders, and the sooner
that practice is driven out by the law
the safer and the better it will be for
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

THE New Bedford, Mass, school
committee have voted that sewing
should be taught in the schools, and
elected Sarah McAfee as teacher of
sewing, fixing her salary at $500. The
girls in four grades are to sew one hour
in each week under the teachers in
struction, the boys meantime having
general exercises in arithmetic and
practical business problems The conf
mittee was not unanimous in this de-
parture, one man objecting that it was
not worth while for girls to learn to
sew. since women in Boston could earn
only 10 cents day on shirts and II
on pantaloons. 1t was also objected
that the women in that city unable to
read or write far outnumbered those
unable to sew.
THE Republican journals very gener-
ally sustain Governor Pattison in keep
ing the Legislature in session until the
members do the work the people ex-
pect them to do, and that they should
have done. We have noticed but few
papers that dissent. An article in this
paper copied from the leading Repub-
lican paper of Armstrong county,
about expresses the opinion of the Re
publicans of the State. 1t is clearly
the duty of the Legislature to make
the different appointments OF the
State. 1t is a constitutional command
that they do so now. This is what
thew failed to do and what they were
retained by the Governor to do. He
was bound to do as be did. All hon
est men approve while few driveling
editors, who are not their own owners,
seek to give the matter party bias.
There can be no harm done to the Re
publican party by complying with the
law. The Senate is Republican, and
without its consent no apportionment
bills can be passed. 1t is the right
and the duty of the Senate to see that
no unfair bills are passed. At the
same time it is the duty of both Sen
ate and House to make all effort and
all concession possible, each to the
other. in order that the command of
the Constitution be obeyed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

THE Jury Commissioner law has
been repealed, and no more will be
elected after the expiration OF the term
Of those now in Office. Juries hereafter
will be selected by the Sheriff and the
Board of County Commissioners.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

Mr.. Eckart Kalb, one of the road
supervisors of Butler township, has
had the officers of the p. 4 W. Rail
road Co., arrested for failure to replace
or repair a township road, taken or
used by them in the construction of the
said railroad.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

MEssRs. GREER of the Senate and
Ziegler of the House were at hom G
here during the recent recess OF the
Legislature. They are both looking
we'll and seem to be living well.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
DON'T FORGET

The Entertainment IN the Court
House this, TUESDAY EVENING,
June 10Th, by and for the benefit Of
the Womens' Christian Temperance
Union. Let there be o full house.
Don't miss GooD TREAT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

THE Legislature re-assembled yester-
day. Apportionment bills will be all
that can come before it, and they
should speediIy be passed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
Locusts I'm Great Swarms.

JouNsTowN, June la.-The seven
teen-year locust has made its appear
ancc in vast numbers it this section OF
the State, filing the air with noise
like the cracking of burning stublcs.
Their food consists Of leaves and the
green stalks Of plants. Crops are be-
ing badly damaged,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

THE Fayette county Republicans
last week resolved not to place in NOM
nation a Republican candidate for
Judge, in order that they might be
able to join with all good citizens in
defeating the election of Searight, the
Democratic nominee and friend OF
Dnkes
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

The Harmony Fair will be the hrst
to come off in this county this year,
taking place September III, II and IL.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

THIS is the last month that matches
will be taxed, or stamps have to be
nut upon bank checks.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

this week, say that the recent storms
have done serious injury in some parts
of the county. In Muddycreek town.
ship fences were blown down, orchard
trees leveIed to the ground and much
other damage done Similar damage
was done in some other townships.
ABOUT the principal question dis
cussed, in connection with the coming
Republican State Convention, is the
one az to who to make Chairman OF
the State Committee. AS all sides are
disposed to give Tom Cooper, the
present one, a rest, we suggest his
successor be taken from the western
part Of the State. The eastern part
has held it for several years past.
AN account Of the ending of the
Star Route trials will be seen in an
other place Of this paper. All the de-
fendants were acquitted, although the
most stupendous stealing and robbery
in the Post Office Department ever
known to the Government was proven
The trials have lasted over year, and
more than million dollars expended
by the Government in the trials. II
is difficult to believe that President
Arthur and his Attorney General
Brewster, were really sincere or hon
cstly cndeavored to have the defendants
convicted.
WE have been informed that the pre-.
liminary survey has been completed
preparatory to the location Of a rail
road, the northern terminus Of which
IL to be at Rochester, n. Y, and tho
southeran terminus at Pittsburgh, Pa
The Route as surveyed passes through
Punxsutawney and Dayton, Armstrong
county, crossing the Allegheny river
five miles north Of Kittanning and goes
to Craigsville and enters Butler county
in Clearfeld township, and will connect
with the p. & W. Il. r. somewhere in
Summit township. The road is to be
Of the standard gauge, ard If built will
open up the rich coal, limestone and
mineral deposits Of q large portion o.
Armstrong and Butler counties.
ANOTHER train was thrown from
the track Of the little road, as it is call
ed, on Sunday evening last, near Car
bon Center. AS in other cases,it was
caused by running over cow. Tht
cows appear to be unfortunate on th'
Narrow Gauge, more, it is said, having
been killed on it within q few year.
past than on the West Penn ever since
it's construction. There is something
wrong some place with this road il
this matter. We referred recently tc
the law requiring guards or gates a
crossings. But the remedy needed Il
law requiring all railroads to fence
their tracks. This the late Legislator,
failed to give this county.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
!ShIlSl5E xAsliS1E

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guaranteed specific for Hystcria Dizziness. Commissions.
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Premature Old Age Barrcnncss Loss OF Power In either
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One hox will Each box contains emo
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dollarS sent by NAH prepaid on receipt price wcguar
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money III treatment does not effect Guarantees
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
OF ANOTHER AGE.
Gradually Supplantcd by ~
better Article Certain old
Ehinrs are Done AWAY.

la the general reception room of the,Wcstern
Union Telegraph brilding on broadway, New
York, are exhibiting the coarse, crude and
clumsy instruments OF the infancy OF the telc'
graph. They are only relics now. More per-
feet machinery has superseded them.
Years ngo what is now styled the old.insh ion.
od porous plaster did some good service. There
was then nothing better Of the kind. Now all
that ia changed. Sciekce and study have gone
deeper into The secrets of medicine aud pro.
duccd BENSON'5 CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTER, which cmbodios all the oxccllen.
ccs thus far possible In an external remedy.
The old plastcra were slow-thc Cnpcinc Is
rapid they were uncertain the Capcinc ~
sure. Cheaper articles bear similar names.
Re careful, therefore, that some thrifty drug
giat does not deceive YOU. in the center OF the
genuine l. cut the word CAPClNE. Price %
cents.
Seabury and johnson, Chemists, New York.
n1sJy- A dvcrtiae in the CITIZEN
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20

For County Surveyor,
B.F. HILLIARD, of Washington twp
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
Star Beer Bottling Company,
AND
CITY ROTT1.ING HOUSE.

80 and Al Market ST., PITTSBURGH, PA
Sole Bottlers OF Jos Schiltz Brewing Cos, MIL
WAUKEE LAGER BEER. Schiltz' Export
Beer for Families n specially. Importers and
dealers in Ales. stouts Ginger Ao. Siltzer
Water, &c. Syrups all Flavors. Manufacturers
of Bottled Soda Water.
Try our Quart Ginger Ale and Champaign
Cider. made especially for family table use.
Send for Price List. L. o. Box 393. Teo-
phone connection. apr25, Am.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
Republican County Ticket.

For District Attorney.
SAMUEL B. SNYDER, of Butler.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
Legal Advertising.

The practice which prevails in Tex
as of advertising sheriff's sales by
posting written notices on the court
house door, or in other unfrequented
and obscure places has been abolished
in nearly all of the older states. 1t
is calculated to work injustice to the
debtor, whose property is sacrificed
for want of sufficient publicity to at
tract the attention OF bidders. In all
other forced sales the same principle
is involved. The fact that newspa-
pers might be benefited by the ad-
7ertising should not influence the leg
islature in correcting SC palpable
On error. The practice of posting
legal notices originated in new coun-
tries, before Newspapers were estab-
lished. Is it possible that our legis,
latures are composed of men who have
not kept pace with the progress Of
Texas?--Corsicana Observer.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
The Human Heart
Edinburg Review,

AS with each stroke the heart FRO
Jccts something like six uuccs of
blood into the cond'litS Of the system,
and as it does so some 10 times every
minute and 1920 times i'll an hour,
this implies that it doesthe same thing
100000 times in twenty-four hours,
100000 in a year, and moro than
1000, 900, 900 times in a life of seventy
years. The mechanical force that is
exerted at each stroke amounts to a
pressure of Is pounds upon the entire
charge of blood that has to be pressed
onward through the branching net
work of vessels. According to the
lowest estimate that has been made,
this gives an exertion of force that
would be adequate, in another form of
application, to lift 100 tons one foot
high every "a hours. Yet the piece
of living mechanism that is called up
on to do this, and doit without pause
for threescore years and ten without
seeing itself worn out with the effort,
is a small bundle of flesh that rarely
weighs more than II ounces. 1t is
iu the nature of the case, also, it
must be remembered, that this little
vital machine cannot be at any time
stopped for repair. If it gets out Of
order, it must be set right as it runs.
To stop the beating of the heart for
more than the briefest interval would
be to change life into death. The
narrative of what medical science has
done to penetrate into the secrets of
this delicate force-pump, so ~jealously
guarded from the intrusion of the eve
that it cannot even be looked into un-
til it's action has ceased, is, neverthe-
less, a long history of wonders. BY
means Of the spymograph-a writing
style attached to The wrist by a svs-
tenn of levers and spring-tho pl ls3
l. made to record actual autographs
of cardiac and vascular arrangement.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
aWE RUINED Away"


sale rascally darlinss, they stood
Tao littlg IasScd in hand, eyes full OF Glec,
HaHd, Sia 81 Inc midst of the crowded street,
stoek-5s.lttt ~ ~. ever children could be-:
right of them, horses to left,
Horses - ,rTins GREATNESS to ana FRO,
Mel, at nm to wonder at them,
Melody SsSsa s'f ffsre With a right t" know.
obance for Il full truant joy!
oh, E 81: holds no other equal delight,
Earth n - oyer-a shrek fills the air,
Hark!ls .an's face flashes paliid white
,,biss, whose are your How came you
h s1sv street hslts astast, at bay;
Inc par o the infants, as heavenly clear
serene 70 both speak together: ave ruined
away"
"a and hustle swayed on again,
The ci y hies we're safe and had lo8stholr fun;
Inc D @u saw felt q secretpain
And W. s mvy Of what tho babes had done;
.,;d in cur hearts, alack! if we tell
And sai r,,tb and the whole truth, wednesday,,
Inc str Get now so good a time .
We ns " ns9sd to havo whenw we RUINED away.
n We Wide -iWakc.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

Are never initiated OF coaaterteited. This Is
especially true of q family medicine, and It Is
positive proof that the remedy initiated Is OF
he highest value. As soon az it had been
tested and proved by the whole world tnat
Hop Bitters was the purest. bess and most
valuable family medicine on earth. many lml-
tations sprung up and began to steal tne no no.
tices in which the press and the people OF the
country expressed The merits OF Il d ana n
to use their stuf instead, expecting to maze
money on the credit and good name OF d. y.
Many others started noasEunn as put up =, da si,as1
names in which the word Shop" OF "hops'
were used in . way to. to in ssms people ss ao 90
BNters. An such pretended remedies
Or cures. ,l no MATTEL. mattel t xhss v iasi he T ssy,s
"Hop'' or "Hops'' in their name or IN any
vay connected with them or their name, are
limitations or counterfeits. Beware OF them
Touch none of them. Use nothing but genu,
inc Hop Bitters, with q bunch or cluster o.
rreen hops on the white Label. Trust nothing
eIse. Druggists and dealers are warned againsf
dealing in limitations or oounterfeita.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

.E-lENE - EGz . 49,
A LADY wanted her little girlto bathe
in q room, the windows of which
opened into u yard, in which We're
some fowls. But" said the little girl.
II don't want to battle before the chick,
ems. I won't bathe before the rooster,
anyhow"
A SCIENTIST says that a discord
struck violently on a piano will Kill
d lizard. It may be-, but one can
always get at a piano 50 easily as hi
can grab a stick, which is Just al
good.
A pouND of wool has been spur
into a thread ninety five miles II
length; a pound Of cotton into
bread seventy-six miles long.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
Forests and Rain,

II would appear that the interestin
the preservation of forests IN this
country has not come any too soon,
as there arc districts already threat
ened with the deathly aridity which
has caused ancient rivers in the Old
World to shrink to languid streams,
and converted fertile and productive
regions into almost uninhabitable
wastes. The supply of water for the
New York canals is running sholt.
twenty-five years ago." says ex-
Governor Alvord, of that State,
there was no such trouble. When
I was a young man, Onondaga creek
was a busy, boistcrous stream, that
supplied unlimited power for manu-
featuring purposes. Now it is a
sluggish, dirty, narrow course, fit for
no other use than a common sewer.
The reservoirs and lakes that once
furnished al ample supply of water
for the canals have shriveled, till now
they furnish only a p~recarious and
insufficient supply, and this threatens
to become exhausted-the result, it is
believed, of the wanton destruction
of the forests that once drew abun.
dant rain from the clouds. Ex-Gov-
ernor Alvord believes that, before
many years, the Legislature will be
forced to direct it's attention to tho
subject and adopt measures to protec.
the forests that are left, and induce
the planting of new nj in regions
now too bare.-St. Louis Republican
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
We hope we shall not be accused oil
exaggeration when we say we have
received 1858 calendars.
Petroleum V, Nasty.

D. r. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasty editor
"Ioledo Blade, y writes:
l had on the foretinger of my righthand one
of those pleasant pets, a @run-round." The
finger became inflamed to a degree unbear-,
able and swollen to nearly twice its natural
size. A friend gave me HENRY,s CARBOLlC
SALVE, and in twenty minutes the pain had
so much subsidized as to give me a fair nights
rest, which I had not had before for a week;
The Inflammation left the finger in a day. l
consider it a most valuable article for the
household.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
WHEN watches are easily stolen
When they are taken off their guard
New York Journal.

Agood Baptist clergyman, Of Bergen,
N. Y, a strong temperance man, suif.
cred with kidney trouble, neuralgia and
dizziness almost to blindness, over two
years after he was told that Hop Bit
ters would cure him, because he wa
afraid and prejudiced against "Bit.
iers." Since his cure he says none need
fear but trust in Hop Bitters.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
A Travellers Guide.

The Hon. Kenneth Rayner endorses
it. Travellers should have q sure and
speedy cure, for such complaints as
Cholera, Diarrhea, Pains of the Stom-
ach and Bowels. DR.. WorthiAgten's
old and reliable Cholera and Diar-
rhoa Medicine can be carried in the
pocket. Price 25 and 50 cents a bot
tie.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

Printers wanting stationery or sup
plies OF any kind, viii DO we'll to send 4
trial order to The undersigned. a full
line always in STOCK. Satisfaction %ilr-
rlniecd.
Special bargain, in newa aud manila
Wrapping paper, Il trial order solicited.
Prompt attention and fair prices.
Printers rollers made to order.
JONES Bros, Dallas, Io>.
GA & 01G Main street.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

UNANswERABLE: Priest-'Pat I un-
derstand you are going to be married
again" Disconsolate widower-"Iis,
your r~iy'rence." Priest-"But your
wife, Pat, has only been dead two
weeks" D. W.-"Yis,yer r~iv'rence; but
shure amt she as dead now rs she iver
will be?"