Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For II he hndS ne s cnarycu 700 nucu,
Why, that's the time kicks
A. NJ Cornelius, Esq, has purchased the
Philip Smith property on the Harmony road
in the northwestern part of the borough.
Naval Cadet Harry Carpenter of Washing
ton, D. c., is at present visiting Ira McJunkin
of this place, and is preparing for the April ex-
animation at Annapolis.
The chirp of the robin and the croak OF
the frog are already heard in the land, which
circumstances are said to be tokens ofa very
early spring.
Go to H. Biehl & Co.. for Phosphate
Grain Drills, Plows, Fruit Evaporators, &C.
H. A. Miller, Esq, of Pittsburgh,
was appointed by the Court to hold an
INQUEST in the case of James BARLEY,
of Centre township, an alleged lunatic
Munro Adams New York divorce mill, has.
come to grief, and Clerk Law of the Kings
County (Brooklyn) Court, is under arrest for
forging the Judges signature to papers in some
twenty-five cases for divorce, this fraudulently
obtained.
The rooster fighters of this town
are having great sport in one of our
livery stables. Hopkins roosters gen.
orally come out ahead. They are OF
the Clayburn strain.
The County Commissioners have
had the Court House bell or rather
what was left of it, put in one of the
vaults. Every other boy in town is
carrying chip off that bell in his
pocket.
Ten persons were crushed to
death beneath falling walls at Cincin-
natl last Friday. The rear wall of
two boarding houses, that had been
weakened by the foods, gave way.
Light running Domestic Sewing Machines
Jos Niggle & Bro. Agents, Butler. Pa. tt
The public ischools of this town will give
an entertainment in the School Hall tomorrow
evening, to raise money to pay for their new or
gan. These entertainments are always
good, and as the admission fee is always small
it is hoped that the scholars will have fair au-
dience.
A citizen of this county who has thorough
" Investigated the circumstances connected
with the mysterious disappearance of Nick
Probst some months since, is yet of the opinion
that Probst was murdered in this county some
somewhere between Butler and Harmony, and
that the Nick Probst who was killed in the
late Colorado coal mine disaster was another
man.
Bald Ridge Co.'s well No. 20, on
the Huselton farm, reached the sand
during the early part of last week, was
tubed Monday, and was pumping at
the rate of 100 barrels per day that
evening. The sand of this we'll is 49
feet deep, there was no gas but the
well filed up with oil as soon as the
sand was reached. McCalmont farm
well No. is doing SIS barrels per day.
Joe Wuller and his wife, who
room over the drug store, were walked
early last Saturday morning by the
smoke which filled the building. Joe
ran down stcirs and found that the
floor of the drug store near the stove
was burning, and that the sawdust
spittoon, or what was left of it, had
fallen through the hole burned in the
floor and into the cellar. A few buck
cts of water extinguisbed the flames.
The fire had evidently originated in
the spittoon, probably from lighted
cigar.
George Strut, formerly of this county, but
who has lately been employed as bartender at
the saloon of Jacob Aurenbacher on the South
Side, Pittsburgh, died at the residence of his
employer last Monday. 1t seems that on
Sunday the young man called on DR.. Donnsn.
of Carson street. complaining of great pain
The doctor gave him prescription containing
an eighth of . grain of morphine to the DOSE
Mr.. and Mrs. Aurenbacher were absent Sunday
evening, and on their return knocked at Struts
door, but receiving no response, supposed he
was sleeping. As they could not get any an.
swer Monday morning, the door of his room
was broken down, and he was found on the bed
unconscious. Drs. Wood and Donnan were at
once sent for, and despite all their attempts to
awaken young Strut he died soon after. 1t is
supposed he took an over dose of the medicine,
not knowing the effect.
Send or leave your order for Sewing Ma.
chine of any make, at E. Grieb's Jewelry store
We have been requested to answer through
the columns of the CITIZEN the following
question Why are not the citizens of the Dis
trct of Columbia permitted to vote for President.
The citizens of the District of Columbia do not
have vote for President or Presidential elector
on account Of there being anything in the
Constitution or laws of the United States forbid.
ding it. but because there has never been any,
thing done authorizing it. The district was
ceded to the United States in 1888, the necessary
buildings were erected, and the government
removed from Philadelphia to Washington in
in 1900. AT that time very few people lived
there excepting officers of the government, and
although the district now contains population
of nearly 100000 persons, no steps haye ever
been taken for securing them representation
In the electoral college. The Constitution
gives Congress exclusive control oyer the dis
triot. Congress makes its laws, and the Pres
ident appoints its Governor and Judges.
Washington and Georgetown cities within the
district have their own municipal governments
with power to lay and collect taxes for munici.
pal purposes. Some years ago the district was
entitled to one delegate in Congress, but this,
we are informed, has lately been taken from
them.
The food at Cincinnati reached its climax
at noon last Thursday at which time there was
II feet and of an inch in the channel. This
was within few inches of being FIVE feet high.
er than the food of last year. All the lower
parts of Cincinnati, Newport and other towns
along the river were under water. Jefferson.
vile, Ind, was almost entirely inundated and
the people were crowded into churches and
school-houses. The strong winds and cold
weather of Thursday added greatly to the suf
ferings of the people who were imprisoned in
the upper stories of their houses without food
or fuel. Many houses were blown down and