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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Speed of Railway Trains.

The speed of a railway train is one
of the things that people almost uni
formly over estimate, just as the seat
inS capacity of a building is generally
put at too high a figure. This obser-
vation is suggested by a recent rail-
way achievement in the Old World
a special train chartered to convey a
party of capitalists and journalists from
Paris to Vienna recently performed
that journey in % hours AS the dis
tarce is a little less than 800 miles
this constitutes an average speed of
about 30 miles an hour, which is con-
sidered in that country a remarkably
good record. OF course this does not
compare with the speed which has
been attained in this country for less
distances, and is insignificant when
contrastcd with English rates of speed
for shorter distances. But for through,
continuous travel in an uneven coun-
try it is accounted memorial achieve
ment The Railroad Guide for the
present month indicates that the fast
est express train between New York
and Chicago consumes just 80 hours
in accomplishing the trip a distance
of 975 miles. This is found to repre-
sent an average speed of 33S miles an
hour. 1t thus appears that we are
not much ahead of European countries
generally in this respect, and the diff
ferences may be readily accounted for
on the ground of greater physical diff
culties in the district referred to.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
To the Point.

There is a story OF a single chapter
which we find in an exchange that
plainly illustrates each ones response
bility in the temperance clu.e
a wealthy man in St. Louis was
asked to all in :. series of temperance
meeting, but he scornfully refused
After being further pressed, he said
Gentleman, it is not my business. :"
A few days after, his wife and two
daughters were coming home in the
lightning express. In his grand car
riage, with two lverred attendants, he
rode to the depot, thinking of his
splendid business ard planning for the
morrow. Hark Did some one say
Accident ~ There are many railroads
centering in St. Louis If there has
been an accident it is not likely it hap
pened on the-and Mississippi rail-
road. Yet it troubles him. "It is his
business" now. The horses are STOP
ped on the instant, and upon inquiry
he finds 1t has occurred twenty-five
miles distant, on Mississippi.
He telegraphs to the uperintendent
VIII give you I'VE nundreu, dollars
for an extra engine"
The answered flashed back. "No."
81 will give you one thousand dollars
for an engine"
ga train with surgeons and nurses
has already gone forward, and we have
no other"
With white face and anxious brow,
the man paced the station to and fro.
1t is his business now. In half an
hour, perhaps, which seemed to him
half century, the train arrived. He
hurried toward it, and in the tender
found the mangled and lifeless remains
of his wife and one of his daughters.
In the car following lay the other
daughter, with her dainty ribs crushed
in and her precious life oozlng slowly
away.
A quart of whisky, which was drank
fifty miles away by railroad employe,
was the cause of the catastrophe.
Who dares say of this tremendous
question, "It is not my business 2"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

The principal astronomical event
of next year is total eclipse of the sun,
which takes places on the 9Th Of May.
At some points on the central line the
totality will last nearly six minutes,
but so forgetful is the eclipse of the
convenience of astronomers that this
line, the whole of which is included in
the South Pacific Ocean, only touches
on small island situated north of the
Society and west of the Marquesas
group.
No man knows what a ministering
angel his wife is until he comes home
one day, suffering with a dreadful
cold and she happens to have bottle
of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
An opera house on wheels is the
latest dramatic novelty, and company
with headquarters at Kansas City has
been organized 10 build and manage it.
1t is to consist of eight railway cars,
which can be expanded by ingenious
mechanism into a capacious structure,
with auditorium and stage complete.
and is designed for the benefit of COM
munities which does not possess facili-
ties for the production of plays. 1t
will run from place to place on the rail-
road, and carry portable track upon
which it can be switched off and trans
formed into a theatre.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Dramatic Court Scene.

CINCINNATI, January IA scene
occurred in the Criminal Court room
this morning that rivallei in romance
and in interest the best denouementS
of the mimic stage. Judge Johnston
was engaged last week in hearing the
divorce case of Josephine Meyer
against Peter Meyer. The wife ap-
piled for a decree on wilful absence for
three years and gross neglect. The
evidence showed that the parties were
married in this city, lived together
for some ten months, and that in 1875
the young man, hardly year in his
majority, left his pretty wife and en-
listed it the United States army. The
case was called before Judge Avery
last summer and went over, the attor-
neys for the absent husband fighting
vigorously for the right of their client
to be heard
When the case was heard last week
they resisted, and said the soldier
would be here pretty soon to speak in
his own defense, as his term of service
"dS duOuG up uc mdII0i bO"
ever, was heard, and Judge John
ston was right in the midst
of his decision this morning, when
Mr. Meyers counsel interrupted the
Court to inform him that Meyer had just
arrived from Texas and had at that
moment come into the court room. A
handsome young man with bronzed
cheeks stepped forward, inviting all
eyes toward him. The Judge stop
ped his decision, and only remarked
that he would wait for further proceed
ure, and in the meantime gives the
young man, who had been fighting the
Apaches, and his young wife, who
had been waiting for him, chance to
make up and live together again.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
!, PA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY a. 1888
A WINTER SONG.

Oh, Summer has the roses
And the laughing light south wind,
And the merry meadows lined
With dewy, dancing posies;
But winter has TIE sprites
And the witching frosty nights.
Oh, Summer has the splendor
Of the corn-felds wide and deep,
Where scarlet popies sleep
And wary shadows wander;
But winter fields are rare
With diamonds everywhere.
Oh, Summer has the wild bees,
And the ringing. singing note
In the robins tuneful throat,
And the leaftalk in the trees;
But Winter has the chime
OF the merry Christmas time.
oh, Summer has the luster
OF the sunbeams warm and bright,
And rains that fall at night
Where reeds and lilies cluster;
But deep in Winters snow
The fires of Christmas glow
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Hon. Hiram Price, and the Tenn
perance Question.


The following are portions of a
recent speech delivered in Philadelphia
by tho Hon. Hiram Price of the Indian
Department as reported by the Phila-
delphia Inquirer
''The whisky men are more consist
ent than we are. When you strike
liquor man they all RISE Throw q
stone into hornets nest, and expect
they won't come out In Kansas
they rallied to the polls and beat us.
| wish the churches would rise in
their might | wish men would vote
as they pray. Then the whisky men
would have to take a back seat, and
seat very far back, at that. l tell you
we are going to have new party.
As the Republican party was formed
out of the best men of the Democratic
and Whig parties, and they will make
temperance direct issue.
The whisky men have challenged
US and We have got to submit or else
to make a new party in which men
will vote as they pray. No man
who votes as he prays can support
whisky shop. "Thy kingdom Gomez
The kingdom may not come by obser-
vation, but neither can it ever come in
a whisky shop. We are responsible
for not exercising the powers given us,
and we have the power to end this
great evil, and if we don't do it. then
when God says "Where is. thy
brother ?" we shall have nothing to
say Look at the foreigners among
US Look at our goodly heritage!
Shall we not be held responsible for
the good we might have done?
We must leave this country better
than we found it. Our cause must
prosper if we live up to our privileges.
There is great evil in the land,
and we have the power to remove it.
If we have not the power we shall not
be held responsible but we have the
power, and we shall surely be called to
account. Why, the women ought to
settle this thing. They have more
power than the men.
| can prove it out of the Bible.
Elijah met four hundred men, prophets
of Baal, and vanquished them. after
hard days contest. He alone faced
the whole four hundred on Mount
Carmel. But, when he come down, he
heard that Jezebel was after him-one
woman-and he got up and fed. He
stood up boldly to four hundred men
and ran away from one woman.
(Laughter.) Sumptuary law A law
forbidding men to sell poison is not
sumptuary law. Do you allow dis
eased meat and tainted fish to be sold
in your markets Not you. Your
clerk of the market coniscates it and
destroys it. And shall you not exer-
else the right-fulfll the duty of pre-
venting men from sending disease and
pain and death into hundreds of
homes?
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
ASSIGNEE'G SALE.

The undersigned, Assignee of David Zeigler,
Jr., will, in pursuance of an order from Court,
offer for sale the following property on the
premises, in the borough of Harmony, on
Tuesday, January 3Oth, 1888.
ut one o'clock, p. NJ:
One Steam Flouring Mill, situate in the
borough of Harmony, Butler county, Pa, with
all the machinery &C.. necessary to run said
mill, on lot Of ground in said Borough,
bounded north by an alley, east by an alley,
south by a lot and woolen factory of John
Pearce, and west by a street, said lot being
50x80 feet more or less.
TERMs:-One- -taird in hand on confirmation
of sale, one-third in one year; and one-third in
two years with interest, secured by bond and
mortgage. F. A EDMONDS,
Assignee ofD. Zeigler, Jr.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
ASSlGNEE'S SALE.

-'he undersigned offers for sale 70 acres OF
land, more or less, in venango twp, Butler
county, Pa. bounded on the north by Kelly
heirs. east by Samuel st slker, south BY Julia
ann simpson and on the west by Joseph Murrin
and heirs of John Munin; so acres cleared, 10
Of which are meadow, good orchard. all under
laid with coal, good dwelling house, two stories
Ugh, part log and part frame. with kitchen at
tached, good frame stable and hay house, well
watered; one mile and half east Of Murrins-
viIle Sale on the premises on January 18th,
1888. at one o'clock P. NJ, with privilege to ad-
lourn to the Court House in Butler on the 10Th
Gay Of January, 1888, at ~ o'clock, P. N.
Terms cash on delivery of deed.
Dec. l6, 1882. MICHAEL MCBRIDE,
Assignee of James Murrin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
NO. 10
HOME.

oh what is home that sweet companionship,
life the better part;
The happy smile of welcome on the lip
Upspringing from the heart.
1t is the eager clasp of kindly hands,
The long remembered tone,
The ready sympathy which understands
All feeling by its own.
The rosy cheek of Little children pressed
To ours in loving glee;
The presence of our dearest, and our best,
No matter where we be.
And, failing this, a prince may homeless live,
Though palace walls are nigh;
And, having il, desert shore may give
The joy wealth cannot buy
Far-reaching as the earth's remotest span,
Widespread as ocean foam,
One thought is sacred in the heart of man
1t is the thought of home.
That little word his human fate shall bind
With destinies above,
For there the home of his immortal mind
Is in Gods wider love.
~ Y. Observer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
A Most Remarkable Case.

Dying-yet living. DR.. Miller of
1919 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia.
Pa, says: II am personally acquainted
with middle-aged lady in Philadel-
phia, who had been given up to die by
a consultation of many physicians.
She was confined to her bed for months,
and was momentarillv expected to die.
In this condition she took Manalin and,
to the surprise and disappoiment of all,
she recovered her health perfectly. Her
case is reported in DR.. Hartman's book
on the ellis of Life" 3lst page. Ask
pour Druggists for one, or address DR..
Hartman, Osborn, 0.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

never Dcen KnOWH 10 Sp
used. Yellow Fever has
black vomit had tn
cases of Diphtheria yield
Feveredand Sick Per.
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure cure.
Contagion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, p i'll e s,
Chafings, etc.
Rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
it can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnsrelieyedinstantly.
Scars prevented.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, etc.
] used the Fluid during
our present affliction with
Scarlet Fever with de-
cided advantage. 1t Is
indispensable to the sick
room. VIM. F. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
NOTICE.

The partnership heretofore existing between
!. D. A. Heck and j. N. Patterson. under the firm
name of Heck & Patterson, expires by limita-
ton April lst, 1883. Persons knowing them
selves indebted to the above firm will please
call and settle the same on or before the first OF
April as after that date all claims not paid will
be left with an attorney for collection Any
persons having claims against the firm will
present same for settlement
HECK g. PATTERSON.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

On bill of fare in a restaurant of
Rio Janeiro is dish called "Aristu."
1t is intended for Irish stew.
eA A German, who only left the old
country about a year ago, but has pc
come very much Americanized, speak
ing nothing but bad English, recently
remarked as he bought some school
books, that all his boys uames began
with S; hence, that all their books and
clothes were marked with that one
letter 81 suppose your boys names
are Sam, Simon, Solomon, or some
such names" mo; my poys' names
allbegin nit an S-Shon, Shin, Shake
and Sherry" g
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

Don't tell your wife that you love
her well enough to go to the end Of the
earth to please her, lest she begin to
pack your trunk with great alacrity.
Father and son, they were both
cheats, and gentleman who had been
victimized said that the sons propensi-
ty was probably the only thing he pos
sessed that he came honestly by.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
! testify to the most excellent qualities OF Prof
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid As disniectant and
detergent ii is both theoretically and practically
-uperor TO any preparation with which am ac-
quainted-N I. LUTON, Prof Chemistry
Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon ALEXANDER II. STEPHENs of Georgia;
Rev. CHAs F. DEEMS, DID,, Church Of the
Strangers, N. Y:
Jos. LBCoNTE, Columbia, Prof University, sc.
Rev. A. ]. BATTLE, Prof, Mercer University;
Rev. GEO. +. PIERCE, Bishop NJ. +. Church.
INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get OF your
Druggist pamphlet send to the proprietors,
j. il. ZEILIN g. CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
SMALLPOX
and
PITTING of Small
Pox PREVENTED

A member ofmy fam
lily was taken with
Smallpox. l used the
Fluid the patient was
not delirious, was not
pitted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks, and no others
had it. J. w. PARK
INsoN. Philadelphia.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Union WOO1en Mill,
BUTLER, PA.
HI. FULLERTON. PrOp,r.

Manufacturer of BLANKETS, FLANNELs, YARNS,
&c. Also custom work done to order, such as
carding Rolls, making Blankets, Flannels, Knit
ting and Weaving Yarns, &C., at very low
prices. Wool worked on the shares, II de-
sired. myf-ly
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Estate of James Young Decd.

Letters of Administration in the estate OF
James Young, decd, late of Clay township,
Butler county, Pennsy lvania, having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons know
Ing themselves indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate pay
ment and any having claims against lald estate
will present them duly authenticated for settle
ment ROBERT A. BROWN,
Administrator.
Coultersyille P. O., Butler county, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
1 Diphtheria
/ Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in the treat
ment of Diphtberia.
A. STcLL -NwERcK,
Greensboro, Ala.
letter cried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases of Death il
should be used about
the corpse 1t will
prevent any unpleas-
ant smell.
The eminent Ply
sician, j. MARION
SIaiS, NJ D., New
York, says: 81 am
convinced Prof. Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid is a
valuable disinfectant. "
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Rgaz

From the Districts of ASSAM, CHITrAGONG,
CACHAR, KANGRA VALLEY, DAHJEEL-
ING. DEHRA doom, and others. hsolutely
Pure Superior in Flavor. The Most Econom-
ical Requires ouy half the usual quantity
Sold by all Grocers. JOHN c. PHILLIPS "
Co, Agents Of the Calcutta Tea Syndicate,
l30 Water st., N. Y. Novo-ly'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Estate of w. r. Brown,

LATE OF HARRISvILLE.
Letters testamentary on the estate of w. r.
Brown, decd, late of Harrisville borough,
Butler Co., Pa, have been granted to the un'
dersigned. all persons knowing themselves in
debted to said estate will please make immedi-
ate payment and any having claims against
said estate will present them duly authentica-
ted for settlement.
R. L. Brown, Ex,rs.
ROBERT BLACK.
uor~;sv;lIa Prflcr Countv Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTiC
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
Typhoid Fevers,
Diphtheria, Sail
walton, liberated
| Sore Throat, Small
Pox, Measles, and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

Largest stock of Dress Goods in
Butler county and lowest prices at.
l.. STEIN & Sons.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
RYE WANTED.

The highest market price will be paid by u:
for rye delivered at our wholesale liquor store
in Butler.
j10 2m JACOB REIBER BRO.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

according to this most fanciful legend
that position of authority so eagerly
sought for by the ladies when they
have entered on the married estate.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
Eradicates
MALARIA.

all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on
the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has
never been known TO spread where the Fluid was
used Yellow Fever has been cured with il after
black vomit had taken place. The worst
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
so Acres and "a Perches

more or less, out of the northwest corner of the
farm lately occupied by the said Samuel 6.
Meals decd. About rs acres cleared, balance
good Il s..oer Good two-story frame house and
bank baru recently erected thereon.
TERMS -One-third of the purchase money
on c,..iirnation of sale by the Court, and the
ren,a,n.ier in two equal annual installments
with awful interest from that date, to be secured
by ,.,ud aud mortgage. G. w. MEALS.
dec6 one OF the EXECUTORS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
FOR SALE.
NOTICE,

NOTICE.
PITTSBURGH WESTERN R. R., OFFICE OF
GENERAL MANAGER, PITTSBURGH, Pa.
On and after January 1st, 1883, the Foxburg
Division of the Pittiburgh and Western Rail-
road Co., will be open for Freight and Passen-
ger Traffic. Agents are now prepared to name
rates and receive freight for all points on line
of the Pittsburgh and Western.
E. X. HYNDMAN,
jan,3-3t. General Manager
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
0rnhan s Court Sale.

Bv virtue of a decree of the Orpha MS Cour
of RutIer county. to us directed, as we'll as by
the authority given us IN the last will and tes'
lament of Samuel g. Meals, decd. we will offer
for sale at public outcry on the premises In
Washington township, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1888.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
The Well of ST. Keyne.

The legend of the well of St Keyne,
as told in verse by Southey, has OBJ
tained widespread celebrity The
well is situated in the parish of St
keyne, about two or three miles from
the town of Liskeard, in Cornwall.
Southey's ballad opens with the follow
ing verse:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

In hotel or lodging-house at Milan,
Frenchman and two Jews were resi-
dent at one and the same time. The
Jews occupied a chamber adjoining
that of the Frenchman, who formed an
acquaintance with them In consequence,
observed them to be very rich, as they
often counted great bags of Spanish
pistoles in his presence. This led him
to the following guilty device. He cut
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-28
Clifton.

The Darlington farm in the town OF
Clifton, consisting of 240 acres of prairie
land under a good state of cultivation,
was sold one year ago to Mr.. John
Cornell for Sl3,500. To-day papers
were made out by Thos. Watson, Esq,
transferring this same property to the
Allen Bros, OF Livingston, in consid-
Grafton of $3.50 Mr.. C. to retain the
crop for this season. Who says the
value OF property is not advancingp
by the way. speaking of Levingston
and vicinity, have you ever been there?
Ii you want to see the garden of Wis
consin it is there for inspection. Two
and one half years ago one store was
built in what is now the village, and to-
day our new and commodious school
house is crowded with little folks, four
stores are each doing good business,
$40 carloads of produce have been
shipped from here during the last eight
lhoheho, Two Warehouses; nave Deen
built, new dwelling houses are going
up in various parts of the village, and
everything has the air of good, solid
thrift and prosperity, that betokens the
presence of wide-awake, thorough bust
ness men, men who are not living for
self and the present hour only, but men
who mean that their good works shall
live after them. There are good open
ings here for live men, no others need
apply. Clifton is one of the temper
ance towns of Grant county, and the
disposition of the citizens appears to
alphabetically declare that it shall re-
main so. As soon as the school is
graded and organized into two or MOI
departments, as the growth of the vii
lage may demand, no place in the
county can offer better inducements to
people who wish to secure at one and
the same time, for themselves and their
children the benefits and comforts to be
derived from good educational advan-
tages, and location unsurpassed for
beauty and healthfulness, by any in
southwest Wisconsin. Y.