Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-11-28
Every fifth telegraph pole of the new line
has a wire running up an! down il.

Every fifth telegraph pole of the new line
has wire running up and down 1t.
Tomorrow being Thanksgiving day the
Butler postoffice will be closed from IL o'clock
A. NJ. till P. NJ.
The Normal School, Edinboro, closed a
most successful term last week. 1t opens for
the winter Dec. 4th. 1t gives its students real
educational power, including selt-reilance ana
self-command.
-Mr.J. R. Spang, the veteran Sewing Ma
chine Agent, has something to say to our read
ers this week He has been in the business
for over thirteen years and knows something
about sewing machines. Give his machine
trial before purchasing. Office on Jefferson
street, Butler.
One man was killed and four wounded
during a riot at one of the big gas wells near
Murraysville Westmoreland county, last
Monday between the employees OF the two
companies claiming the property The Penn
Fuel Company men were at the time holding
possession of the well, when they were at
tackled by % men in the employ of the Chi
cago firm of Weston, Johnston Co, armed
with rifles and bayonets, who fired and
charged upon them killing the superintend-
ent outright and wounding three others, one
probably fatally One Of the Weston party
had his skull crushed by blow with pick
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the property and barricaded it, and at last ac-
counts still held possession.
1t having been contemplated for some
time by some of our citizens, meeting was
held in Germania Hall, Jefferson street,
Monday evening, for the purpose of giving
some kind of an entertainment for the bene-
fit of st. Paurs Orphan Home, the only
charitable institution In our midst AFTER re-
marks by several gentlemen the meeting was
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f. s. Hassler, Secy.; j. NJ. Galbraith, Treas.
1t was then decided by motion that the enter
tainment be held at the Orphans Home,
some evening during the second week In
December. The following committe Of ar
rangements was appointed: ). L. Kelley, l..
5. Hassler, Z. D. Robinson, h. Mackey, Chas.
r. Grieb Aaron Reiber, w. c. Thompson and
Prof J. c. Tinstman. This committee Will
meet at o'clock p. NJ, in Germanla Hall,
on Wednesday afternoon. There Will also be
a meeting of the general committee, TO near
report of committee of arrangements next
Monday afternoon at O'Clock, In Germanla
Hall. 1t is the intention to make this a great
social gathering of as many of Buffers peo-
pie as can possibly attend We hope, there
fore, all will be interested, and lend their
aid. }. l. kELLEf, fres.
Z. S. HASsLER, Sec.
The system of discounts adopted by some
of the wholesale dealers of the country Is liable
to deceive or misead retailers who are not
posted regarding it. For instance, the whole.
saler will, by circular or agent, agree to sell
goods to the retailer at 20 and TO- and 10 and 8,
and 5 percent discount from his printed price
list and the retailer will add up. the different
discounts take it for granted that the real dis
count intended is the aggregate OF these, and
give or send an order under the impression
that he is securing bargain. But such is not
always the case the discount that would be in
lad hp- fha tuhn fIureg here
given would be 20 per cent. off the listed price,
and 10 and 10 and and Of the successive
balances, amounting in all in this case to about
Al per cent. instead of fifty as the figures ag-
gregate. We were shown, the other day, by a
dealer in articles that are not among the neces-
saries of life, an offer from manufacturer to
sell him goods at 30, 20 and off. You see,"
said he, '.that can get those goods at 70 per
cent. off the price list" But he was mistaken
the discount intend there was exactly 62 per
cent. Oar retailers stop this nonsense by
making the manufacturers or jobbers quote
them, in all cases, their lowest net cash prices
for the articles offered.
The agents and employees of the Postal
Telegraph Company have been busy lately put
ting up their poles along the west side of Main
street, this town, and putting up their wires. |
The line Of this company that passes through |
this county extends, or will extend, from Pitts
burgh to Buffalo. The route from Allegheny |
city is up the Perrysville plank road to Nc |
Cunes hotel, in Allegheny county, and then to |
Butler via the Three degree, and on north to |
Franklin. In Pittsburgh and Allegheny cities |
the wires are being put underground, and from
the limits Of Allegheny city to this town, a dis
tance by the route taken of 80 miles, some 1900 |
poles have been put up. But two wires will be |
stretched at present, but the wire is Of un-
usual quality, consisting of steel core with |
copper covering and costing $4,000 mile |
These two wires will, it is said, be able to do |
all the business between the two points. The |
instruments used at each end of the lines |
will be "Gray harmonic" repeaters, which al |
low of eight men at each end of single wire. |
1t may astonish some people to hear that two |
messages can go over the same wire at the same |
time, in the same or opposite directions This |
is accomplished by the use of the duplex |
repeater, and by the use of the quadruplex
sextuple or harmonic repeaters, four, six and |
eight messages can be forwarded by the same |
wire at the same time, in the same or opposite |
directions. "Its all in the instrument" says a |
telegraph man. and "the telegraph business is |
still In its infancy" This new telegraph and |
cable company means bonanza" Mackey and |
j. q. Bennett, proprietor of the N. Y. Herotd, |
who are laying cables under the Atlantic and |
putting up wires all over the country. 1t also |
means, to all appearances, strong and enduring |
competition with the Western Union whose |
rates for points not covered by other lines are |
too high.