Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-14

Business seems to have opened up this
year about three weeks earlier than usual.
There will be preaching in the Baptist
Church on next Sabbath morning and evening
by the pastor.
The First National Bank building in this
town, was sold on Monday afternoon lastto Jno
Berg & Co., for SS045.0O.
For teachers the superiority of the Nor
NAL School is universally admitted. A term
may double ones teaching power: For lnfor-
nation address ]. A. Cooper, Edinboro, Pa.
Mr.. Uriah Patterson, of Greenville, Pa,
died al the residence of his daughter, Mrs
Berhtley. in Middle Lancaster, this county,
last week.
We have been requested to state that Miss
Jean Wallace, Of Allegheny, will assist the
Gernania Orchestra at their concert on Thurs
day evening the 29th inst.
AS we remarked last week, newly elected
Justices of the Peace must file their accept
ances within thirty days after the election.
But eight of the twenty-five new Justices OF
this county, have, as yet, done so and the time
is almost up.
Two weeks of court for the trial of civil
cases has been ordered for the weeks commenc
ing with the 9th and 10th of April. The jury
lists have not yet been drawn, but the trial
list for the first week is published in another
place.
-Messrs. l.. Stein & Son had their store
room repapered and the ceingtcasomined and
frescoed last week, which with the beautiful
arrangement of goods, makes their room in ap
pearance, all that could be desired.
The Dewoody millinery store, In Frank
lin, was entered by burglar, oa Monday might
of last week and robbed 0: Il. ,uey and valuables
amounting to 1875 The burglars are supposed
to be the same ones who robbed McBride''
store in Murrinsville, this county.
Whether or no the Courts Of this State are
obliged, under the present license law, to grant
any license whatever seems to be matter Of
opinion. In some counties of the State the
local option idea of the law prevails with the
Courts.
Mr.. Samuel Borland of Unionville made
information against VIM. BANNER and Chas
Hnlings last Saturday, charging them with
picking his pockets of $25 at the Bickel
Mitchell livery stable the previous night
Hulings and BANNER were arrested and com
mitted to Jail, but after hearing before Squire
Irwin, on Monday were discharged.
j. w. johnson, the murderer Of John
Fleming, of this place, was taken into court
and arraigned for his crime, on Monday after
noon, when he plead guilty to murder in the
second degree. This plea was accepted by
the Court, and Johnston was remanded to
Jail for sentence. 1t likely means twelve years
in the penltentiary for him.
BY the Mercantile Appraisement list fol
1883 published in another place, it will be seer
that there are 341 persons and firms engaged
in selling and vendin goods, wares, mercban
disc, commodities or effects OF whatever kinc
or nature, res ident and doing business within
the county of Butler OF these the town o
Butler possesses 81.
To certain extent Virgins proved to be
true prophet-we had something of q storm
last Saturday, but it fell far short of the ter
rible visitation he had predicted. Virgins
position is now somewhat like that of thu
young lady who called her mother to see the
thousands and thousands of cats" "Non
sense, child" said her mamma, "there csuldn'
possibly be so many" "Well, MOTHER" sale
the unblushing maiden, "there is our cat ant
there is another one, too, and by and by per
haps there will be more''
We direct attention to Mr.. A. TrOutman'
advertisement of his new carpet room. IL
has fitted up large room in the second stor.
OF his store building, in which he has placed ;
large stock of all kinds of carpets, in all tn
latest and best designs, and from the best y
the market to the cheapest. His stock ais
includes rugs, mattings and oil cloths, AM
everything found in a complete carpet store
In the same room will be found compet
assortment of lace curtains in all the newest
styles, and which will be sold at lowest pos
sible prices.