Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-03-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

quashed.
-McIvaine, of Allegheny, was sentenced to
nav a fine of 500 for sending lbellous and in
decent letters throug h the mails.
Mr.. Ira McJunkin has been appointed
teacher of school No. g vice Prof Hassler re-
signed,
-Our announcement list this week includes
the names of nnety-two candidates -Four
new names appear this week.
Mr. Will Feigel, who for some years has
made his home at Silverton, San Juan Co., Col,
is home on visit.
Mr.. Isaac McCandless has purchased a
part of the Dougal property, west side OF MAN
street and is erecting marble shop.
There will be several hangings in Western
Pennsylvania during the coming summer, un-
less the Board of Pardons interferes.
Mr. NJ A. Lowman will leave town for
Erie, in few days where he will be foreman
in the ObseJrer office.
Mr. ]. o. Fullerton has OH hands at his
store ON Jefferson street, large stock Of yarns
of all colors and weights, also blankets fan.
nels and designs for Turkish mats
The Sharon borough council advertise the
lector for exoneration nearly all the delln-
quents being down only for poll tax.
Prof n. NJ Grove, the principal of the
Prospect Normal Academy is said to be one OF
the best instructors in the State, and he Is max
ing a heroic effort to make a success of the
Academy. Read his notices in another place.
We have as vet received no announcements
for Coroner The Office is not very valuable
I,t III
rous happen to tine Sheriff, the Coroner steps
into the Office.
The new part of the Shenango & Alleghe-
ny X. R-the road from Branchton to Butler
is not, it is said included in PowelPs receiver
ship.
w. C. Thompson, Esq, has purchased the
Protzman part of the Dougal property-52t
feet front, on Main street, across the alley from
the Vogeley House-for $500, and intends
building store-room and Office building on
the corner this summer.
MIR. James Sellers purchased the Eiten-
miller House last week, for $4,000. The old
bar.tendefhs been retained and Mr.. Sellers
took possession last Monday. See card in an
other place.
The Bissell Chilled plow, Champion now
ers reapers and binders, and other agricultural
nishing goods, ETC., are advertised in another
place by Jackson Mitchell. All farmers
should read the advertisement.
Mr. H. Fullerton, the proprietor of the
Union Woolen Mills of this town, is putting
new cloth-making machinery into his mil, /,
and will shortly begin the manufacture of fine
cloths.
The bottom seems to have fallen out of our
LII. xE..tn
themselves to railroad towns. The roads are
so very bad that our liverymen are refusing tc
hire either rigs or saddle horses.
In the case of Domer vs. Cunningham, on
the Trial List for last week. the Court, after
hearing the plaintiffs side of the case granted
a compulsory non-suit, on the ground that the
evidence did not correspond with the plaintih's .
declaration.
Our local military company, at its late
meeting elected Will Mechling Captain by a
unanimous vote, and elected Eli Robinson and
J. N. Brown Lieutenants. Ensmnger, the re-
firing Captain, was presented with beautiful
gold badge.
Nearly all well regulated towns boast
ganized gangs of boys armed and equipped
after the most approved fashion of the modern
sensational literature Of the day. Butler is
behind in this far as can learn, but too
many young lads are Juggling cheap pistols
around on their persons even in this vicinity.
In making up our list of new announce
mennts for Last weeks paper, we accidently
omitted the names Of Professor F. A. Hoover,
Of Mllerstown, for County Superintendent,
and s. s. Mays, of Fairview township, for
County Auditor. Their names will be found
in their proper places in this paper.
There is no truth in the reported "Mysf
terious disappearance" of Mrs. Mary Plat, 0
Donegal township. In fact there is no such
person. Mrs. McAllister, nee >Platt who was
living at Kellerman's, came TO Butler a
visit few days since, but has returned and Is
now living at Gillespies.
In one Of the schools of Buffalo township
The teacher requires the pupils to haye literary
performances on Friday afternoon. Last Fri
day q boy astonished the teacher and his fel-
fow pupils by the following highly original
and unique production
q Lord of love, look from above,
And pity US poor scholars,
They've hired fool 10 teach our school
And pay him forty dollars.
The famous fast train ON the p. r. r., be-
tween Chicago and New York, met with its
FIRST serious disaster, near Salem, O., before
daylight last Friday morning. The boiler ex-
engineer Charles Rhodes, the fireman, derail-
ing the train and throwing it down an embank-
ment, and injuring several of the passengers
and employees. Richards, the engineer, for
merly lived in New Brighton, and was known
10 many citizens of the south west corner of the
county, and Rhodes was native of Wampum
tayrenee county. His parents, it is stated,
formerly lived in this county,
Mr. I. Newton Miller. one of
.l.nG g.. &c D~oa al at III
in this town last Thursday morning. Some
thing over two years ago he took a bad cold,
to which he paid but little attention, bnt
which seriously Injured his left lung, and
finally brought about his death by what is
called quick consumption. Mr.. Miller was 45
years in the cavalry service with the Army of
the Potomac. He was highly respected mem :
Der of the community as was we'll attested by
the large number Of his fellow citizens VINO
followed his remains to the grave.
fine managers of the p. & w. h. H., say
that that part of the road between Butler and
Gallery will be changed to the standard guage
by the first OF June next, and, in the course of
tine the road will be widened to the standard
guage the whole distance TO Kane, as it passes
through very rich lumber district, and the
lumber business of the road, already heavy, is
steadily increasing. The widening of tn is road
between Gallery and Butler will undoubtedly
benefit the town, and also the road. Ii will
make the road more popular passenger route
10 the cities, and it will make Butler as desira-
BILE location for manufactures as there is in
the country. We have plenty Of water, coal
and natural gas here, besides competing rail-
road facilities, and why manufacturers should
prefer tie Allegheny Valley to Butler is more
than We can comprehend.
This State has lost curiosity of long
standing by the death of a German mentioned
IN Dickens american Notes" who has for
about half century persisted in getting into
prison for petit larceny He was an old fash.
oned thief-a fellow who was so oblivous to
modern progress that he never comprehended
that he could make money and expose himself
to less risk and discomfort by taking his Pc
euliar abilities into politics. The local admin
istration of Philadelphia has enabled hosts of
petty thieves, az well as great ones, to anass
handsome fortunes without ever getting be-