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

Seventy bushels of coal is big load, yet
Jake Geible had over that amount on his wagon
last Friday afternoon.
The rumor that Forest county is to be bor-
ed full of holes is weighing heavily upon the
shoulders of the oil dealers.
The Prohibition amendment to the Iowa
Constitution has been declared null and void
by the Supreme Court, owing to technical ir-
regularities in its passage.
The person, who, by mistake, took an over
coat from the Donaldson House on the 18th
inst, which belonged to another person, and
left his own, will please return the same.
AT the late meeting of the stockholders of
the Butler Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
no changes were made in the officers of the in
stitution.
A SON of William Gilchrist of Marion twp,
was killed by the falling of tree in Atwells
woods last Saturday.
Invests $40 and receives over 5000 in value.
young man writes. az would not take 5000
for what got at the Normal school, Edinboro,
last fall, though my expenses were only $40"
Court adjourned early last week-Thurs-
day afternoon. Some cases were fixed by the
parties for Friday but the Court ran out of
business and adjourned without hearing them.
It don't pay the county to have the Court
sitting idle.
A new counterfeit quarter dollar, of the
date 1878, has been put in circulation. They
are plated with silver. and their weight is
about six postage stamps less than the weight
of the good coin. The edge of the counterfeit
is slightly imperfect.
George Scheller, lessee of the barroom of
the Newhall House, has been arrested on
suspicion of having set fire to the hotel.
Scheler says that he closed the saloon at 1:30
A. NJ, but it was found that in company with
two others he returned to the saloon after 8
A. NJ.
The Shenleys are again trying to obtain
possession of three acres of property in the city
of Pittsburgh, extending from Third street on
the Allegheny front to the line of Penn street
Many of the best houses in Allegheny City are
built upon property owned by the Schenleys
and the buildings will in the course of time
revert to them. The Shenleys live in London.
One of the Pittsburgh papers of last Fri
day, stated that ''Uncle Jake" had introduced
a bill which provides that no attorney shall be
elected District Attorney who has not practiced
law for at least three years. Such law would
be very unpopular with several of onr young
who are thinking of being candidates
next summer.
Since the Milwaukee fire, the authorities
Of Philadelphia have seen that all the large
hotels Of that city are provided with the safe
external fire escapes provided for by law.
These escapes generally consist of iron ladders
leading from the upper stories to an iron bal
cony on the second story, to which the ladders
of the Fire Department could, in case of fire,
be raised. There are several lofty hotels in
Pittsburgh which SHOULD be provided with the
same kind of escapes.
The Secretary of the Treasury has, upon the
of Superintendent Snowden,
of the Philadelphia Mint, approved change
in tie diameter, devices and Inscriptions of
the five cent nickel coin. Til. new piece is
slightly larger than the old. On the diverse
is head of Liberty with the word liberty on
the tiara and surrounded by thirteen stars, ex-
cept at the bottom, where the date appears.
The reverse contains in the centre the num-
eral ", around which runs wreath of cotton,
wheat and cora, and the wreath is surrounded
by the inscription, Omitted States of Amer
ica," and, in smaller letters, "E pluribus
unum."
The bill regulating the Presidential success
sion which passt d the Senate last week provides
that in case of death or disability of both the
President and Vice President, the Secretary of
State shall perform the duties of President.
In case there should be no Secretary of State,
the office shall devoiTe upon a member of the
Cabinet until the disability is removed or the
vacancy otherwise lawfully filled. The order
of succession is as follows: Secretary. of
State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of
War, Attorney General, Postmaster General,
the Navy, and Secretary of the
Interior.
The last report of the Census Bureau con-
tains some statistics which even the women
will find far from dry. L; appears that the
figures showing the amount of money spent
for clothing for men and women last year
are, respectively: For men, S49S 900, 600; for
women, 3l7 100000 1t thus seems that tie
extravagant manner of referring
to the dress of woman is unjust and illogical.
The claim will be made that men are obliged
to exceed their own notions of necessity for
the sake of women; but perhaps this is an ar
gument with two handles. The truth seems
TO lie in the theory that tie great mass of !
every day workingmen dress with less regard to
expense than do everyday workingwomen.
With more than forty million barrels of
crude petroleum above ground, as claimed by |
the Standard Company, and the production al
most keeping pace with the consumption, op-
erations in the oil regicn not what they |
used to be. The object is the same as in early |
days of Oildom-to get rich, or, having got
rich, to get richer; but the methods are entire
ly different. Taking oil from the earth and
selling it at the market price is regarded as
q slow way of making money nowadays |
Speculation has became the rage. Almost |
everybody in the oil regsn is a bull or bear.
There are speculators whose efforts are in part
directed toward influencing the market so that
they may take advantage oft: but the great
majority are simply trying to Catch on" at
The right time, and to let go when the most
favorable moment arrives.
TyroleSe Wedding at Pardoe.
A large circle of friends assembled on Tues