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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
DELEGATES and Conventions.

The approach of the time for the
selection of delegates who will choose
county, senatorial and congressional
candidates and delegates to the National
Republican Convention has called forth
numerous suggestions as to the best
method and time for putting this por-
tion of the party machinery in motion.
The manner of selecting party delegates
varies widely in different districts and
counties. The suggestions of the coun-
ty papers explain the workings of the
different methods, some of them re-
markable for complications which could
be simplifed with advantage and for
the lack of uniformity.
The Butler CITIZEN has two plans to
offer. First, that the county primaries
be held shortly before the State Con-
vention, so that the Republican county
candidates and the delegates to the
State Convention may be chosen at the
same time. Second, that delegates to
the State Convention be chosen at the
February election. The first plan is
the one most favored by the CITIZEN,
which says unless it is adopted there
will probably have to be two primary
elections in every county in the West
ern part of the State.
The Greensburg Tribune, whose edi-
tor is j. r. McAfee, formerly deputy
secretary of the Commonwealth, favors
the holding of the primaries on a day
about ten days before the date of the
State Convention, and thinks that at
one primary election may be chosen
delegates to the National and State
Conventions, senatorial and represen-
tative delegates and candidates for
Congress, State Senate, Assembly and
county Offices. Westmoreland, Fayette
and Greene counties compose the con-
gressionnl district which will be entitled
to two national delegates. The Iri-
bune thinks that the three national del
egates chosen by the three counties
will appoint conferees who will decide
which counties shall have the national
delegates and which one the presiden-
tial elector. In Jefferson county the
time for holding the County Conven-
ton is already fixed date later than
that on which the State Convention
will be held. Unless some change is
made by the County Committee, the
voters of Jefferson will not be able to
select their county nominees and State
delegates at the same time.
The Wellsboro Aqitdtor thinks there
will have to be two primary elections
in Tioga county, one ip April to elect
delegates to the state convention and the
District Convention for the selection Of
national delegates, and the different
county conventions which choose the
county's candidates for Congress and
State Senate, and a county ticket.
The general discussion of the differ
ent methods of selecting delegates and
making mi"atious may prove valua-
BILE by leading to the adoption of some
uniform plan, if it shall be shown TO be
simpler and more satisfactory than the
majority of the many plans now in use.
philadelphia Press. Jan. l6.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
DEATHS.


CUNNINGHAM-In Oakland township, this
colnty. DEC. II, 1888, Mr.: Mitchell Cunning
ham, aged about &C years.
WILSON-On Dec. 8th, 1888, at her home in
Penn township, Butler county, Pa, Mrs
Sarah Wilson, aged So years.
She was most es.imable lady and leaves a
husband and six children to mourn their loss
How happy are you mother now,
Who once went sOrrowing here,
But now taste unmingled love
And joy without q tear
HAYS-On the evening of the 3lst of Dec.
1893, at the house of Mr.. Samuel Bolton.
Connoquenessing township. this county. sud
denly, Mrs. May Hays, widow Of William
Hays, late of Lancaster twp, this county,
aged 63 years.
Mrs. Hays had removed to and had been
living in Kansas for some years past and had
returned on n visit to her relatives of this
county, Mr. Archibald Stewart, Mr.. sauuel
Bolton and others, when she was seized with
neuralgia Of the heart and died very suddenly,
as above stated.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

THE attention Of Pennsylvania's g
salary grabbing Legislators is respect
fully called to ex-Mayor White, of Bal
timore, who declined tho private gift
Of silver salver at the hands Of q
number of prominent CITY officials. 1t
is barely possible that Mr. White fore
saw the many Qattering newspaper
comments his action has called forth,
and that his motive was not confined
to the excellent example he was setting
to prominent men both in and out Of
Office If he did, he deserves credit for
his foresight. which was certainly
equal to the "hind-sight" of our states
men, who, had they foreseen the many
untavorable comments upon their
action, would no doubt have put some
restraint upon their natural propensity
to accumulate wealth at the expense Of
other people. But II notoriety was the
object desired In both cases, they have
succeeded all around and ought to be
satisfied 1t is safe TO say that Mr..
Whito's friends will never give him
another opportunity to decline q pres
nt,-and from this the Pennsylvania
Legislators can draw their own in
ferences as to how it will be in their
case. - He0dCtXe Repsll4stcGn.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
COMMUNICATIONS.
Uric ZWingli.

The Four Hundredth Anniversary
of the birth of Uric Zwinpli, was ap-
propriately observed in the Reformed
church, Butler, on last Sunday. Larg G
audiences were in attendance both
morning and evening, The pastor
Rev. Z. F. Stauffer preached the ser
mon in the morning, this was followed
by Rev c. A Limberg briefly refer
ing to the labors of the Raformer, and
reading the Poem written by the wife
of Zwingli after his death.
The evening service gave evidence OF
increasing interest. Rev. P. c. Prugh
made the opening address, he was fol-
lowed by Prof j. c. Tinstman. The
services throughout were interesting
and instructive From the apparent
interest in the discussion both on the
part of the audience and speakers, we
infer that good results will emsnate
from the services of the day.
On next Sunday morning, Rev. Staut.
fer will deliver a special sermon on the
Christian Life and Character of Twin
gil In the evening, Prof. j. c. Tinst.
man will translate the poem read by
Rev. Limberg, and close the anniver-
sary with an address. 5.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

Mr.. HoYr a Methodist minister, at
tending Conference at Statesville, N
G., short time ago. was asked by a
stranger, who met him on the street. to
20 a little distance and pray with q
dying man. Instantly responding to
this request. Mr.. II. was led to an OBJ
scure place and shown the person said
to be dying, who was lying in the
street. Upon kneeling to pray with
and for the PROSTATE man. the preacher
was seized around the neck by the al
legged sufferer, and held while the con-
fcderate robbed him of about $500 in
money and what valuables he had on
his person. MIR. Hoyt had the money
to turn over to the Conference. with
his annual report of collections for var.
ious purposes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
Parker Township Items.

January 22d, 1884.
EDS. CITIZEN We have read Ne
mos "out put" or first question, and
also his "effusion" or rejoinder. Well +,
now we do think you ought not to be
put about" by such trash. We would
rather loose, and be right, than succeed
and be wrong-and we Judge that ID
your standing. While Memo may
have received government "Pap" in the
way be says. there are thousands more
who received it in the same way, who
think quite differently from him, and
it appears quite evident from the
language be uses, that he is now filled
with the Pap" he gets from only read
ing one publication and that full of mis-
leading, misrepresenting articles, q
tissue of falsities. No, you don't pre-
sumo on the intelligence of your read
ers, as some papers we could mention
do, and tits well, for fear your patrons
would "fall out of line" Now if the
Republican party is to be kept together
by lies and falsehoods, the sooner it
falls apart the better, but We maintain
that it yet stands on principles and we
are glad that one paper adheres to
truth, though at times it may appear to
be against them, and the traducer may
find in time, that his name reversed is
an omen of what may reasonably occur.
Quite an interesting revival meeting
is in progress at the Presbyterian
church, with sacrament next Sabbath,
but the meetings will continue, it is
expected, beyond that.
There is much interest evinced in the
Mutt trial, the daily papers being
eagerly sought after.
One young man that we have heard
of has horror of the Beautiful" at
least in the way of snow balls, it is q
pity that he is beyond the reach of the
girls.
Schools are progressing finely; liter
ary ditto.
Fears are entertained that rabbits,
quails, pheasants, squirrels and such,
will be nearly all destroyed by the deep
snow, and we ask our farmer friends TO
take care of any that should happen
around the barn or out houses.
JONES
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
"NOT GUILTY y

1t is impossible for US to give all the
evidence in the Mutt rial. But enough
will be found on the first page of the
CITIZEN to let its readers know what
was the character of the defense made.
We give the testimony of the family
physician of the Mutt family, and also
that of the mother and grand mother
of young Mutt, from oil of which it
will readily be seen that the young
man was naturally of weak mind. The
defence even went so far as show that
this weakness of mind was inherited,
or may have been, from his fathers
family. Then, by the testimony OF ex-
pert medical men, the defense showed
that such a mind as James Mutt had
was liable to be crazed under the grief
arising from the killing of his father
and the disgrace of his sister BY Dukes.
All this testimony was to the effect
that the young man was mononadn'ac
and acted under an uncontrollabie I'M
pulse to avenge the wrongs done his
family. The charge of Judge Stowe
to the jury clearly defines the lines OF
difference in the different kinds of an
sanity arising in the case and made by
the defense. The defense proposed
to submit the case to the jury on
the charge of the court, without argu-
ment 80 confident were they that from
the testimony alone an acquittal would
take place. To this proposition the
prosecution would not consent. The
addresses to the jury were, therefore,
made on Monday and the charge OF the
court followed.
The charge to the jury was given
Monday evening. The court adjourned
to this, Tuesday morning, q o'clock.
Shortly after that period the jury re-
turned to the court room with the
above verdict "Not Guilty" clear
and unconditional. James Mutt is
thus a free man, and now stands vindi-
Gated by the law the same as he stood
vindicated by the moral sense OF all
mankind.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
Queer SnOWballS.

On Sunday week last, 18th inst,
there was seen in this county, and we
notice in also several of the adjoining
ones, a very singular freak of the snow.
We have heard from the farmers OF
nearly every section of this county and
find tthat this unusual freak of the
snow-and wind-had pretty gener-
al existance. What may be termed
rolls of snow were found to exist all
over the fields, and in some places quite
numerous. In form they were oblong.
and were very similar in shape and like
ness to the snowballs the little boys are
often seen to roll together in winter
They also resembled much the roll OF
fleece of wool. In some cases they
were as large as q patent bucket At
one end was invariably funnel shaped
opening or hole, and in some cases this
funnel shaped hole was at both ends OF
the ball or roll. Nothing Of the kind
and extent, we believe, was ever before
seen in this county. Hence some, in
clined to be superstitious, speak of it
as phenomenon, or something unnat.
ural, and therefore foreboding dire
disasters this year. But we incline to
think an explanation of these queer
rolls of snow will be found in the fact,
that just previous to their formation,
a crust had formed on the snow then
laying upon the ground Upon this
crust, as it happened, a light and dry
snow had fallen, one which was easi ly
moved by the wind. The wind. circling
and blowing about, would have the
effect of raising and starting this new
light snow upon the frozen crust OF the
old snow. When once started IL would
be rolled by the action of the wind just
as naturally as if boys were rolling it,
and, increasing as it went, would form
into just such shapes as these mysteri-
Gus rolls were found to be- We think
this ia natural accounting for them
and as we have very little superstition
in our nature, and do not like to see it
in others, we have ventured this theory
of the freaks of the snow lately seen
hereabouts.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
MADE ON PURPOSE
One Of Those NJ istN es( Which
are More Frequent than
PrOsll able.

"HLy, my did this Is not BENSON'S
CAPG1NE POROUS PLASTER" said d
father to his little daughter, after examining q
package she had Just brought from the drug
store.
"Isn' it, Papa I'm sorry, but / asked the
man for Benson 81 know I did, and be took
the twenty-five cents you gave me to paw for
il with" exclaimed the child positively.
Maybe the drug man made mistake"
"1'll 20 round myself and see" was the
gentleman's comment, as he donned his coat
and hat.
"Why didn't you send me Benson's plaster,
instead of this cheap and trashy thingr"
rwhy, III. thought fAsR would sVit you
just as well-aPd-P m
you thought you thought, What bust
ness had you TO think? ] don't pay you for
thinking, but for filling my order" said the
indignant caller, contemptuously, There
take that thing back and give me my
money. III get what want elsewhere"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
Localized RumSellerS.

EDS. CITIZEN do not wish to
apologize for rumselling, but to call
the attention of temperance workers
and speakers, to what deem strange
anomaly in our work. We abuse and
pour out anathemas on the bead Of the
rumseller, who, in fact, ia only the
creature we ourselves have created. A
murder is committed in house licensed
to sell rum. You charge the seller
with the deed. He points to the license
the court has granted him. You ask
the court why such license was granted.
The court replies the Legislature makes
the laws; we only have them executed
You say to your law makers how is
this2 There answer is ready. You,
the soyeleisn people, sent us to the
capitol for that purpose. Slpstitnte
the politician for people and they arc
correct, but why3 if this is a govern
ment of the people, are politicians al
lowed to govern? All! there IL the
my stery, solye it and the cause of this
murder is plain. The legalized traffic
that the sovereign people allow is the
direct cause of three-fourths of all the
murders, nine-tenths of our pauperism
and fully one-ha!f Of the insanity in the
land, and from these "come tho dsath
crop of drunkards, amounting to over
5000 each year alone in the United
States. Temperance workers and
speakers, leave off this censuring tho
rumsellers for the evils the sovereign
people allow. arouse the sovereigns
themselves, in State and national consti-
tutional have prohibition, let the north
and south unite and drive the curse
from our shores The ballot is the
greet instrument Of power by which
suffering millions may be geleqved.
Let the people use it and oast the
traffic 1t IL estimated that $500, ,0O0,-
900 are annually expended in strong
drink by the working classes Of this
country: that money deposited in saw
ings banks would. in fifty years, i'm
prove the condition of the working class
and make many of them millionaircs.
and enable them to control the great
interests of the country which are now
controlled by nonoEoiisto.
A CoNFLIot.
Connoquenessing Jan. l2, 1884.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
Dukes Described.

A. M. Brown, Esq, In his speech to
the jury in defense of young Mutt on
Monday last, thus described the char.
acter of Dukes
Dukes character and Dukes letters
will go down tiroqgi oil the years to
come, along with the characters Of tagG
and Judas Iscariot, fostering in ac
cumulating years. Infamy was in his
touch, and when he lay cofiined there
was Inscribed upon his tomb. Here
lies The phenomenal ponsta- CT the
nineteenth century Ten thousand
years viii not produce his like"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
BUTLER MARKETS.

Butter % TO 80 cents.
Eggs % 70 25 cents.
Petatees. 40 TO 10 cent?.
Wheat, No. /, Sl.lg.
Buckwheat, 60 to 70 per blshel.
Bppkwheat -four $3.50 to S4.0O per cwt.
Oats 20 10 40 cents.
Corn 90 10 70 oenta.
Rye 62 cents.
Flour, high grade, per barrel Sc to SS.
Flour, No. /, per sack Sl.75.
Bran, per ton $lS to $50.
Middlings, per ton 81 to S25.
Chickens, per pair 80 to 40 cents.
Onions, new, 5 cents per pound.
Ham, per pound ls cents.
sidea, per pourd IL cents.
Shonlde.0,. pound iG centl.
Fish. Mackeraf No. |. r0cent1.
Hay, S. 10 $40 per ton.
Pork, whole, q to cents.
Chickens, II gents per pound.
Turkeys, Is Oants rcr psnpa,
Apples, rs TO go cents per bushei.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

POSTMASTER General Gresham has
caused stir among tho clerks in his
department by the PRONUNCIATION of an
order forbidding any Of them to pur-
chase lottery tickets The Louisiana
lottery has reaped rich harvest
among government clerks in Washing
ton, and the latter feel that their rights
as citizens are being interfered with,
but the Postmaster General considers
the buying Of lottery tickets as
species Of gambling, and classes 1t with
other vices forbidden in his depart
ment 1t is very likely, too, that the
order will be enforced
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE

containing four large rooms and large kitchen,
with cellar under the entire house; a large
frame bank barn, a large and commodious
frame bqlltingi first floor used for wagons and
capacity Tor oil possible emergencies, as well M
a place tor the reservation OF machinery aud
implements used on u farm; also smoke house.
henery, oven, and other buildings necessary
never falling water, one OF which Is used Ia
spring house and the other for watering stock
The school house OF the district Is one-iourth OF
u mile and church about one-salf nile or In
Butler.
Terms Of purchase, cash or portion In hand.
with installmepta yearly Tor three Year,, To be
For further particulars call at the law office OF
Charles A. Sullivan, 5, w. Cor Diamond, But
Ter, Pa. Jan2S-Sm.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
Hooker Items.

The house Of Dr. Barber, of Middle.
town, (Hooker) Concord Township,
this county, cought fire on the morn.
lng of the 10Th and n portion of itf
roof was destroyed. The Doctor was
away from home ut the time but the
neIghbors turned out and saved tina
building.
The farmers of this section are TAX
ing advantage Of the snow and are
busy in taking out and hauling stave
wood TO tie mills.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
FOR SALE! FOR SALE

A valuable farm three miles west of Butler,
on the public road, In high state OF improve
ment and cultivation. Eighty-three acres, Of
which 2S acres Ia heavily timbered with white
oak and chestnut, and 90 acSes cleared, richly
improved a stake and rider fehoe7 feet nigh
encloses the entire iarln and alh1 the different
fields. Two fine orchards of over 100 fruit
bearing apple troes OF rare aud choice varities,
all graled fruit, 75 peach trees OF young growth
and bearing for two years, 25 pear trees also
bearing, one dozen ounce trees also bearing,
last year, and variety of small fruits. A two
afr
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

FROM the growing sentiment in its
favor, the election by the people OF
United States Senators is but ques-
tion of time.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
MARRIED.

CE-BROWN-Jan 10, 1884, at the
Wick House, Butler, Pa, by Rev. w. E.
Oller, Mr. w. W. Wallace and Miss Minerva
Brown. All of Butler county, Pa.
CONNOR-SHAW-O Jan. 15, 1884, BY
Rev Samuel Kerr, Mr.. D: l.: OConnor and
Miss Anna f. Shaw, both of Mercer county,
Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

THE weather prophets who predict
ed IAN open winter" for this year have
retired for further consultation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

A. SHIDEMAsTLR has sold out his
interests in the upper oil regions and
inteuds operating hereafter in the
Bald Ridge district, in this county.
He is making arrangements to put
down four wells, aud as be is among
the most energetic and enterprising
oil operators We look for him to be
successful In the spring we have no
doubt other upper oil region operators
will pull up stakes and come down to
this section. Isenfrew or Bald Ridge
has become quite place Of note, and
no one can tell ts future. That there
is large oil district in that locality
We have been strongly convinced Of
ever since the Bald Ridge company
made their first strike, and the future
will prove our conviction to be correct
We welcome Mr. Shidemantle to this
place AZ a citizen and business man.
Butter Hevald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
The State Convention.

The National rule governing the
the State Conventions for the election
of National delegates has been printed
in two different ways 1t is important
that the consequent misapprehension
should be corrected.
The leader in tue Press of Tuesday
was written with the official circular of
the Secretary of the National Com
mittee before US. The rule as printed
in that circular provided that the State
Conventions shall be held mot more
than sixty days before the time fixed
for the meeting of the National Con-
Veptiqp.n Ithad been printed differently
in some of the newspapers, but we gave
what purported to be the Official text.
We are now advised this copy, through
an error, omitted clause of the rule,
and that the true reading is mot less
than thirty nor more than 81 xty days"
etc.
As the State rule provides that the
State Convention shall be held mot
more than Mirty days previous to the
day fixed for the National Convention, "
literal compliance with both would
require that the State Convention
should be held exactly thirty days IN
advance which would bring it on Sun
day, Maya. Under the circumstances,
the only alternative is to waive the
technical enforcement, and fix upon a
date which will conform as nearly as
possible to the spirit and purpose of
both rules Philadelphia Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

REPRESENTATIVE BLAND had an in.
tel eIyiew with Mr. Burchard, Director Of
the Mint, in regard to the number of
trade dollars now in circulation. The
latter expressed the opinion that be-
tween five and six millions were out
and in the hands of tradesmen and the
people in general instead of in the
possession Of spectators The remain
der of the $35, ,000, 900 originally coined
is thought to have been exporter or re.
mitted. Mr.. Bland says it is question
able whether the Government, having
issued the trade dollar with the stamp
Of the Government upon it, could not
be required to take it for Government
dues at the nominal value of one dollar.
How the world has progressed
within century! George Washing.
ton, the first President Of the United
States never saw steamboat. John
Adams, the second President of the
United States, never saw q railroad
Andrew Jackson, the seventh Presi.
dent, knew nothing about the telegraph
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth Presi
dent, never dreamed of any such thing
az the telephone. The electric light
has been in successful use less than
five wears. What shall those see who
will live one hundred years from now
If the development and utilization o.
the forces Of nature and the progress o
invention shall continue to go on in the
future az they have in the past
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

THE Presidential ticket of the Green
vile, Pa, Tolley Ne,cs, is, for Presl-
dent James G Blaine, and for Vice
President Walter Q. Gresham. Of
Indiana, the present Post Master Cen
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23

THE Hon. Lucius Rogers has pur-
chased the Mexican Miner, of Smeth-
port, Mexican county, Pa, and will
hereafter publish that journal. We
welcome his return to the editorial
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