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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Estate Of John Orr, Decd.

Letters Of administration on the estate OF
John Orr, deed, late of Butler, Pa, having
been granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment and any hay
ing claims against said estate will present them
duly authenticated for settlement.
q. NJ. ZIMMERMAN, Admir-, Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
A Curious Express Package.


A dispatch from Roanoke, Va,
dated FEB %, says; "A remarkable
express package passed through here
to-day on the Norfolk and Western
railroad in charge OF an agent of the
Southern Express Company. 1t was
beautiful girl about'l9 years old, well
dressed, and billed from Selma, Ala, to
New York, with tag marked &C. O.
d., Si5,' fastened with a blue ribbon
around her neck The young lady
was very quiet and modest in her de-
mcanor.
The first class passenger fare from
Selma tG New York is only $33, but
this being the first time she had been
sent far from home, she elected to 20
az an express package, thinking that
she could travel more safely. Her ex-
press receipt showed that her value
had been placed at $4,000"
A couple of TitusyilIc gormandiz-
cfs have drawn up an agreement for II
match in that city soon The terms
Of the match are that each man shall
eat, or endcavor to eat on the day
specified, between the hours of and
o'clock P NJ, two dozen hard-boicd
hens eggs, one pair Of patridges or
chickens, and the whole to be washed
| down by two glasses Of whisky and
ten shupcrs of bcor. fhe man who
fails is to pay for the luncheon, and in
case both fail or both succeed the cX.
pense Is to be divided.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Prof. McYerhOif

Tunes and repairs pianos and organs in Butler
and vicinity. His connection with MesSrs. ii.
Klebcr IS Bro, in youngstown, o., whose long
experience in the music business offered him
Advantages which are enjoyed by few, enables
him to hold ont extraordinary inducements.
Old pianos and organs tuned, repaired and pol
ished and made as good as new. mr7 .. ~
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Butler IL. a l., Association.

There will be n meeting of the stock holders
of the building ~ Loan Association of Butler,
Pa, in the Court House, on Saturday, March
oath, lsS3, at o'clock r. NJ, to transact such
business as may come before it.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD.
j. 5. CAMPBELL Secretary.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Nj USICAE.
Gem Well Earned

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Feb. 81, 1853.
DIR. Louis Won Meyerhoff proved to be a
patient, conscientious and successful music
teacher of my daughter aged years. lie
commands power of adaptation and evinced ex-
perience in appropriate treatment of children.
+. T. JEANNOT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Witherspoon institute.

The Spring Term Of Withcrspoon institute
will open on Monday, March 10. Students
Wishing rooms should apply Immediately.
Catalogues sent on application to r. S. Ban
croft PRINCIPAL Butler Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Select School.

The undersigned will open in tke school
building, a select school Of eight weeks, after
the public schools close. Terms moderate. See
advertisement next week.
T.. MACKEY,
T.. S. HASSLER.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
BUTLER, Pa, March 3,

Prof Vol Meyerhoi taught my daughter
Flora aged twelve years, for one term before
he left Butler and done a years work of good,
so | am glad he came back 10 conclude the
cnurca with har : SuANPFPG
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

--E H. Snyder, Mt Carmel, Pa,
says: Browns Iron Bitters cured me
ciiectuolly Of general debility and loss
of appetite
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
NJ. N. GREER, Pro.
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.

In a SOLID GOLD WATCH, aside from
the necessary thickness for engraving and
polishing, large proportion of metal is
needed only to stiilen and hold the engrav-
ed portions in place, and supply strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless. In
James Boss Patent Gold Watch Gases this
WASTE is saved, and soLIDrrY and
STRENGTH increased by a simple process,
at one-half the cost. A plate of SOLID
GOLD is soldered on each side of plate
of hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this the cases, backs,
centers, bezels, ETC., are cut and shaped by
dies and formers. The gold is thick
enough to admit Of all kinds of chasing,
engraving and engine turning. These
cases have been worn perfectly smooth by
use without removing the gold. This Is
The only case made under this process. Each
case as accompanied nth raid guarantee
signed by the manufacturers trarrdnting II to
pear 90 years. 10000 of these Cases
now carried in the United States and
Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory.
Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler.
The above watch cases with any kind o
movement desired, can be had of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

Ny daughter Kitty, nine years of age, has
taken music lessons from DR.. Won Meyerho1
and has made %onderful improvement. ! can
heartily recd;Gmend him as a successful in
structor Of children. G.. A. SULLIVAN.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

The total population Of 10 years and
over having been 3G,76l ,G07, there
were, therefore, 19,369,50S Of these
not engaged in gainful occupations,
1891 OBS being males and 15,378,4 40
females. OF these 1850, 927 are males
and 2,980,200 females between the
ages Of 10 and Is, the total Of which
substantially equals the number Of
children attending school, who
do not, through any considerable
portion of the year, pursue any gainlul
occupation. Invalid children, vagrants,
and inmates Of charitable and correc-
tional institutions must also be cipher
ell out OF males between l6 and 50
only 92l,333 are unaccounted for
Those are students, the iniirm in body
and mind, and the criminals and pau
pers. "The number of men Of this
period of lite, not disabled, who are
not returned as of some occupation by
reason Of inherited wealth or having
retired from business, is ardly inn
portant enough in this county," says
the report, "to be mentioned
1t will be seen, therefore, that very
small proportion only of the population
can be set down among the class who
are idle, though able to work.
Notes on Current Events.
The young man who was sent to
Philadelphia from the Sandwich Is
lands, infected with leprosy, to see
what the best medical treatment OBJ
tainable in the United States might
do toward curing this mysterious and
dreaded disease, probably had more
hope Of d. favorable result than the
physicians who advised the experiment,
for they knew that medical science had
no better knowledge to-day of the
cause and cure Of the leper's ailments
than was possessed by men in Bibli-
cal days. Still it was on experiment
Of great interest and importance to
the population of Kalakaua's little
kingdom, where leprosy has long made
frightful ravages. 1t is potentious
evil there, and is made the subject Of
stringent Legislation and constant po-
lice supervision. Leprosy is one Of
The most potent causes of the decay Of
the native population, which is rapidly
dying out, and, as shown by the case
of the Philadelphia patient, whose pa
rents cmigrated from New Hampshire,
the disease attacks the children of for
eign residents as we'll as those Of ma
tives
Had the consultation of the able
physicians who assembled to discuss
this case resulted in the discovery of
any useful method of treatment, it
would have been hailed in the Sand
wich Islands as great piece of good
fortune.
--Ranavalo- Manjaka, Queen of Mad
agascar, has concluded with the United
States commercial treaty which may
lead to important results. The French
have already fitted out an expedition to
the island; their gunboats lie in the
harbors ready for action, and bonn
bardment may at any time begin.
That the Queen should select this
moment to conclude treaty with the
nation which has already obtained the
greater share of her foreign trade will
be regarded by France as an attempt
to gain an ally in the war which is
threatened Nor is England likely to
be better pleased that while she and
France have been quarrclling about
Madagascar a third Power has run
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
MILLERsTowN, Pa, March 2, 1888.
BUTLER, Pa, March 3, 1888.

| concur in the above as Dr. Won Meyerhoil fl
has taught my two children, aged respectively
seven and nine years. THOs. DORSEY
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Union Wooden Mill,
BUTLER, PA.
IA. FULLERTON. PrOD'r.

! Sc. Alec custom work done To order, such
carding Rolls, making Blankets, Fannels, Knit
ting and Weaving Yarns, &c, at very low
| prices. Wool worked on the shares, II de-
| sired. my7-ly
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

,67O, ,4J3 ,075 1858 $3.50
Professional tE per-
sonal services. ,074 23S 7l2 ,9i3 36l 295
Trade IL Iansporta-
tion.................. sic, ,256 ,75o.S92 5o.aal
Manufacturing, me
chanica * mining 3, ,S37 IL 8 20J l24 63l 9SS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

Geo w. Shaifcr, Agent - Office
with X. Marshall Esq, Brady Block
Butler Pa. mayl7-f
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07
Census Book No. |.

The first volume of the censns of
1880 has at last made its appearance,
and the details furnished in it are of
general interest, although many of the
general results it contains have already
been published.
The population of the United States
is thus classified:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

The following applications have been filed in
he Office of the Clerk of Courts and will be
presented to the Court for action thereon on
Friday, March 9th, 1888:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-07

TotGf. .Hate. lFmale
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-05
A RAILROADS. BUSINESS.
What is Done at One End of the savan
nab, Florida and Western.

TOWNSVILLE, July 2.-Through the
courtesy of G.. ". Haines your CORE
spondent is enabled to place an approx
mate idea of the amount of business done
on this end of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway in the watermelon line
for the season of 1888. At every station
and turnout there are plenty of empty cars
to equal any demand that may be made.
Mr.. Haines gives his personal attention
daily to this matter between Valdosta and
ThOmasville and Mr.. Fulton to points be-
tween here and Albany. 1t is estimated
that at least 1900 cars will be shipped.
Quitman contributing 500 cars, Valdosta
300 cars, Ousley 300, Thomasville 300
balance from other stations. AtQuitman
sales were reported at $240 and $500 per
car load. car contains about 200
watermelOns. At Ousley | saw a car of
Nutmeg melons being loaded. BUYERS
are plenty, and soliciting agents for the
different roads leading West were found
on each train. The crop is good one,
and the prices thus far have proved salts
factory.
Every station and turnout teens with
TINS glorious fruit, the roads are thronged
with wagon loads of melons. everything
In the horse, mule and OK line being
pressed into service to expedite an early
shipment.
have been around this section among
the orchards and vineyards. The Le
Conte pear is the great desideratum in
this county, Messrs. Sanford, VarnedOe
and Blackshear being large growers. The
yield will be light this season owing to
cold weather destroying the blooms. Mr..
Blackshear has twenty acres in straw
berries saw some fine peaches, apples
and Japan persimmOns at his place. Mr..
Charles Stark kindly took me through his
vineyard and picked the first ripe grapes
OF tue season. He has fifteen acres. and
VIII make about 1000 gallons of wine this
season-a bad year for grapes, as he
usually makes from 1000 to $500 gallons.
His father was the progenitor in this sec
tlon Of grape culture.
Thomasville and vicinity are in good
shape; am informed by leading merchants
here that credits have decreased for the
past two years heavily. Corn sells at 35c.
The no fence law is being talked up.
The artesian well here has reached a
depth of ], 800 feet and the superintendent
thinks he will strike free water very soon.
The stand of cotton is excellent. Corn
above the average. The weather warm
ana shOWery. Rus.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-05
MIR. sARToRIs MUST EXPLAIN
Grant Determined to Get the Whole
Truth from His Son-in-Iaw

Truth from His SOn-in-Law.
Long Branch Special to Neu0 York World. 3D.
General Grant still persists in refusing
to talk, about the action of Mr.. Sartoris.
a W0ftd reporter called at his cottage
this evening and found the General seated
on the porch, calmly watching the waves
as they beat on the shore below. and eYi-
IDENTIFY in deep thought.
General, the World would like to know
what you think of the recent publications
concerning Mr.. Sar-'
What publications
Why, the accounts published in the
daily papers connecting his name with a
Mrs. Bushr'
81 don't know anything about them, y
the General replied, and his eyes flashed
angrily.
'EBut you have surely read them,
haven'tyou~
81 decline to talk with you about the
matter at all, !" the General replied, as he
turned round and once more devoted him.
self to watching the waves below.
Though the General refuses to say any.
thing about the matter, it is evident tC
the most casual observer that he is very
much put out about it.
'tYou can depend on il that General
Grant will not be satisfied with the ex.
plantations Mr.. Sartoris has made through
the newspapers" said a gentleman who
is numbered among the Generals intimate
! friends.
''They are not at all satisfactory to him
and when MIR. Sartoris comes to the Branch
he Will have to give a more definite ac
count of his relations with Mrs Bush
The General is resolved to sift the matter
| to the bottom. He has taken the affair
into his own hands and does not want
any of his family or friends to interfere
with him."
A dispatch from Chicago a day or two
ago stated that Mr.. Sartoris had started
for Long Branch, but if he did he has not
yet arrived here. 1t is stated, though,
that General Grant has telegraphed tC
him to come ON here Immediately.
General Grants household is now com.
posed of his wife, Ulysses S., Jr.. and his
wife and ex-senator Chaffee. The whole
party may be seen almost every evening
| in the pretty little porch on the ocean front
enjoying the cool sea breezes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-05
A Presidents Summer Trip.

CHSCtHWntt COHtHeTctdt- UUS6tte.
President Arthur does not intend to
spend the summer at the Soldiers Home
After July l he will not be in Washing
ton again until September, possibly not
until October. 1t is his purpose to visit
the New England watering places. He
said to friend on Saturday thathe should
remain here until July 4, or after. to fin
ish necessary business; that he should
then visit New York and prepare for an
extended summer trip. He probably will
first go to Newport, where he is expected.
His remembrances of last summer are
pleasant. From Newport he will 90 along
the New England coast, possibly in a
government steamer, touching at Boston.
after which he will visit one or two points
in Maine.
He may decide to accompany Senator
Frye on fishing excursion. He expects
to remain in New England until some
time IN August. After that his plans are
undecided, but he has trip to the yell
lOwstOne country under favorable con-
slderatlOn. He has great desire to see
the Northwestern country, of which he
knows comparatively little. Should he
go to the Yellowstone Park he, of course,
will stop in Chicago, and accept the invi-
tatlon tor reception, which was long
ago rendered him Iy Collector Speldins.
He has received earnest invitations to
visit Santa Fe on the occasion of the Both
anniversary of the settlement of the city,
but If he takes trip further than New
England it will undoubtedly be to the
Northwest.
A few, who are not willing that Presi-
dent should have the recreation which
other American citizens are at liberty to
take, think they see in this trip purpose
on the part of the President to make the
people of the different sections better ac-
quainted with him with view of promot-
ing his chances in the Presidential nomi-
mating convention.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-05
Curiosities of Statistics.

The compendium of the census of 1880
furnishes the data for obtaining some
curious facts relating to agriculture. In
that year there were 4,00S, ,907 farms.
ranging in size from three acres to 1000
acres and upward; 2S,57S of these farms
had each 1000 acres and over. The farms
OF the country averaged 1874 acres in size,
II acres improved and 63 acres unim-
proved lands. OF the whole number of
farms One-quarter were from so to
100 acres each, and tWo-ffths of them
were from 1VU 10 0UU acres in
size. These farms were valued at
twice as much as the railroads of
the country. The average value of the
farms, including lands, fences and build
ings. was S2,545. The average amount
spent upon each farm for fences and re-
pairing fences was less than 500 The
average sum spent in purchasing fertili-
Zers was only 81 for each farm. The
average value of the products of each
sold, consumed and on hand for the year
1879 was only $3.50. TIE value of the agri-
cultural implements and machinery owned
and in use that year averaged only S10O
each. The average value Of live stock
was 1915 each.
At the time Of taking the first census.
| in 1870, O,seven-eighths of the people of Mas
sachusetts were engaged in agriculture,
but In 1880 less than One-eleventh of them
were occupied twith that industry. In
the great States Of New York and Penn
sylvania less than One-fOurth of the per-
sons in all occupations are engaged in
farming. and in Illinois, the }grea test ag-
ricultural State of the country, less than
one-half of the people are engaged in ag-
| riculture. In Massachusetts six times as
many people are engaged in manufacture
ing as in farming.
Let us observe what our farms and far
mers are annually producing for every
man, woman and child of the countrv's
population. The year 1880 produced for
each person thirty bushels of corn. nine
bushels OF wheat, eight bushels of oats.
| one bushel of barley, twO-fifths of a bushel
of rye, one-tenth of bale of cotton, three
pounds OF wool, two-thirds of a ton of hay,
half pound of hops, two pounds of rice
ten pounds of tobacco, three-and-a-half
bushels of Irish potatoes and a half busheI
OF sweet potatoes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-05
$4,000 DAMAGES WANTED.
A Juror to Sue Newspaper fo1 Call
ing Him "a Disgrace to the Country.

hdSNtt1tOTt cDectdt, Sd.
Michael HOrrigan, one of the star-route
jurors, cOntemplates bringing suit for
$4,000 against the st. Louis ReDubljcdn.
His ground of complaint against the pa
per Is that it charged him with being a
common drunkard and a disgrace to the
star-rOute jury and the country.
Horrigan, it will be remembered, was
the last man to consent to a verdict of
acquittal. He is a bright, intelligent,
upright man, the proprietor and manager
of a smithy here, employing a large force
of wOrkmen. He is man of good stand
ing, never allowing his paper to 90 to pro-
test in bank, and priding himself upon
the fact that he does not drink at all.
''FOr years." he said, Il have not drank
a drop of liquor. In fact, l do not drink
anything that will intOXicate, not even
beer. The Missouri Republican and the
Kansas Chjef published scandalous
story, charging me with being drunkard,
with being drunk in court and making
myself a disgrace to the jury and the
district. 1 claim to be an honest and a
sober man. ! do not drink at all. and |
felt very much hurt about it, so | wrote to
the Republican about it and told them the
facts, saying to them that there was a
man on the jury who had given reason for
criticism of that nature, but that l was
not the man.
Il did not say who the man was, but
they could, of course, have easily learned
if they had chosen. / asked them respect
fully to make a correction of the charge
against me and send me copy of the
paper containing the correction, but they
have never done so.
Il have been thinking seriously of bring
ing a suit against them, and have been
advised to do so by people who are better
able to judge of the matter than l am"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-05
HE SOLD HIS BLOOD.
A Negro Wants $3.50 for Eight Ounces
of His Vital Fluid.
Nele York World.

Edward Banks, colored man, of No.
14O Lexington avenue, has begun a suit
against Mr.. G. J. Okerberg for $3.50 for
'sbloOd and services" Mr.. Okerberg is
an employe of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. On the night of Febru-
arv II, at the st. Andre Hotel, on West
Eleventh street, on retiring he blew out
the gas and soon became asphyXiated.
DR.. Carrigan was called in, and decided
that the only way to save 0kerberg's life
was by infuinsg new blood into his veins
For this purpose Banks consented to al
low eight ounces of blood to be drawn
from his arm. He also nursed Mr.. Oker-
berg during his cOnyalescence.
The action for the blood was brought as
an action for goods sold and delivered.
Banks admits the receipt of s. from Mr.
Okerberg in consideration of his services,
which Mr.. Okerberg claims is a receipt
in full. Banks says that though the Ian.
guage of the receipt may be so construed
he did not intend it as a receipt in full
A dark spot is said to be visible on Mr.
Okerberg's arm around the spot where
Banks blood was transfused,