Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-10-17
The ballasting of the S. & A. r. R., and

| four shoyels full making n car load, ana II is
unloaded with a plow worked by the locomo-
| tive-the brakes Of the train are turned down,
the locomotive detached from it and hitched to
the plow, which is then pulled from one end OF
the train to the other. The loading and un-
loading of gravel train is but the work OF
few minutes.
The Rochester & Pittsburgh R. R. Co., is
having serious trouble with its coal miners at
Dubois, in Clearfeld county. and have employ
ed a large force of detectives to protect its
nropertv and the lives of those miners who
have not joined the strikers. The company
employs 600 miners, and its daily shipments
average 800 cars, but the mines were invaded
last Tuesday by 1000 striking miners from
other points, who threaten violence III case
the employees of the company will not join
them in the strike. Several cases OF rifles and
ammunition have been shipped to Dubois for the
use of the officers.
The Germania will give their fourth Con-
cert at our Court House, tomorrow, (Ihursday)
evening Oct. IS, 1888, but instead OF beng
both by band and orchestra it will be orches-
trail only, excepting the assistance of Mrs.
Charles Walker, of Youngstown, o., who Will
give several vocal selections, and Miss Hattie
Thorne of same place, who has returned from
the East musical graduate $50 we learn ana
who will give several piano solos. SO with the
assistance named this promises to be as hne a
concert as the society has given. Admission
for this concert is 30 cents, children 20 cents
The most extensive snake story of the sea-
son comes from Armstrong county. The Free
Press says that farmer of West Franklin
township, that county, whose word is as good
as old wheat in the mill says he had choice
hen setting on l9 eggs. One morning on pay
ing the hen visit he found she had left the
nest and he soon preceived that huge black
snake had coiled itself within the nest. Upon
seeing this the gentleman stepped back gather
ed stick and killed the snake. On cutting OIL
the head of the snake he took it by the tail,
shaking it over the nest, and the ~ eggs drop-
ped back into the nest The eggs being left IN
the nest, the hen returned TO her nest, and In
due time she had hatched Is little chickens,
said by those who have seen them to be rare
curiosities. This popularity is noticed in the
little chickens as being afraid of every stick
they see running back from it in the greatest
terror, uttering the cry of fear.
The remains of Mr.. ]. K. Graham, the
Bradford Journalist, were buried at North
Washington last Saturday. Graham was re-
porter on the Bradford Era when its first be-
gan to note news in its small columns. Ben
Hogan, ex-pugilist and at that time the ter
ror of the Bradford oil field, was fearlessly
censured by Graham in the Era. Hogan pur-
chased "biack snake" whip and called to
lash everybody in the office. lie was persuad-
ed not to act violent. Graham continued the
attack in the Era and finally Hogan and his
women fled from Tarport to Europe, and soon
after he reformed. Graham was voluminous
and fiery writer, being last employed ON the
Bradford Erening Maa.
The u p congregation, of Portersville,
held reunion at their church last Thursday
which was well attended both by the present
congregation and by the ex-members, inciud-
ing several from Butler. Rey. j. A. Clark,
the pastor, presided at the exercises, and he
was assisted by Rev. Shaw, who welcomed the
guests, and Rev. Young who addressed the
Sabbath School. A large lunch table had been
set in the church and it was loaded with the
best of everything the country afforded and
pleanty it. The occasion was one for gener-
al hand shaking and congratulations and all
seemed to highly enjoy it. The church was
organized in 1910 with Rev. William Douthett
as PASTOR and was asplit from the Mountville
congregation, at that time presided over by
Rev. Murray. Rev. Douthett was succeeded by
Reverends James N. Smith, Andrew Irons, j.
c.. Donaldson, William Galbreath, and the
present pastor J. A. Clark.
The question of standard time or times
has been under consideration by the railroad
managers of the country since their convention |
last spring when Mr.. Allen proposed that
all the railroads of North America should be
run by five standard times corresponding to
merdians SO, rs, 80, 105 and 120 West from
Greenwich and one hour apart proposition
that will probably be acted upon and adopted at
their next meeting. The last four times men
toned take in all of the United States. All
the railroads of New England, the Middle
States and the States south of them will, if the
new arrangement is adopted, run on the time
of the 18th meridian, which is about one min
ute faster than Philadelphia time, the railroads
of the Mississippi valley by that OF
the Goth meridian, little faster
than St. Louis time, the railroads
of the Western States by that of the 105th
meridian, nearly Denver time, those of the
Pacific States by that of the 120th meridian,
the line between Nevada and California. This |
would simplify things for the railroads, as
there at present 40 time standards used in the |
United States, but these times would not come
into general use, as they at some points involve
a difference of over half an hour from solar |