Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-04-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


Hush my child, it's candidate"
"What does he want? Some bread to eat,
Or covering for his head or feet?'
'No. he asks neither hat nor socks,
But my support at the bailot-box.'
Mrs. J. w. Brown is dangerously i'll Of
of erysipelas.
-Leibold & Clark have built an addition to
to their livery stable.
The Dental Association will meet here
again on the lass Monday of May.
The business men of Sharon have formed
an association and have declared war against
peddlers and hucksters doing;business contrary
to law.
The young man who wears hashy neckties
finds himself growing in demand among the
ladies as the crazy quilt mania becomes more
violent.
George Stamm has contracted to furnish
one of the new glass houses, now under con-
strnction at Tarentum, with 1000 brick.
According to the Shoe and Leather Reuieat
some samples of sole-leather, lately tested,
were found to contain from 80 to 40 per cent
of extra weight, added by soaking the leather
in glucose or grape sugar.
The trade dollar is to be redeemed at its
face value until January, 1885. At least that
is what the House of Representatives says.
The Senate has not yet acted on the bill.
A colony of twenty five families left Pitts
burgh on 1st inst, for Seattle, Washington
Territory, which they propose to make their
future home. If favorable reports are received
several hundred more will follow their exam
pie.
A new and correct map of Butler county,
giving township, borough, and farm lines,
railroads, postofices and oil developments, is
badly needed new farm line map is being
made of the Bald Ridge district
-Four planets are now visible in the eve
ming sky Venus in the west shines very
large and bright, while Jupiter may be seen
nearly overhead Not far from Jupiter shines
Mars, bright red planet, and near it may be
found Saturn, of silvery hue.
Mr.. Joseph Fisher, Sr, of Butler township,
was in Butler last Thursday morning, appar-
emily in his usual health but shortly after re-
turning home, while sitting on a chair, drop
ped dead Heart disease is supposed to have
been the cause. He was about ~ years OF age.
Judging from the lists of Treasurer's sales
of seated and unseated lands as published in
the papers of adjoining counties, the people Of
this county are exceptionally prompt in pay
ing their taxes. In -VeDango county, for in
stance, the list of properties to be sold for taxes
takes up eight full columns Of fine print.
Our County Commissioners lately made
trip to Smethport, the county seat of Mexican
county, to examine the Court House there,
which was built a year or two ago. The
Miner says that "they were very favorably i'm
pressed with the architectural beauty and con-
yenient arrangement of our building, and ex
cod OF 1y 1Snoep1 IN qd0nt the
same general plan with such additions and i'm
provements as might seem necessary or advis-
able"
Gentlemen who pay considerable attention
to the raising OF small fruits, says an exchange,
have found out that grapes are not doing as
well as they should. 1t became known that
the old, loose bark on the vines was harbor
for some insect that damaged the blossoms.
For year or two past removing bark early in
the spring has been tried, and good crops of
the luscious fruit has been the result.
The whistling craze is the latest in fashion
able circles In New York there is a colored
man who was once owned by Henry A. Wise,
but more recently waiter at Long Branch,
who has as many pupils as he can attend to.
They are mostly misses ranging from 1O to 16
years He guarantees whistlng according to
his system, to reduce the size of the mouth and
give the lips pouty, kissy appearance. In
addition to this the exercise is good for the
lungs, develops the chest and induces cheerful
ness.
"A dispatch from Millerstown to the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, dated last Wednesday, stated
that Frederick Jackson, of Millerstown, and
Harry Mccall Kansas City machinist, enter
ed into partnership to build and conduct
an excellent workman was to be the practical
manager while Jackson should act as fnan-
cier. His father placed money to his credit in
bank. Now young Jackson has gone, leaving
his trail mystery. He took $4,000 in cash
and it is alleged that his servant, a Miss Har-
mon, has fled with him. He is 26 years old
and leaves wife and child to look in vain
for his coming.
The temperature changes last week con-
firmed the old weather saw:
March borrows from April
Three days, and they are i'll,
and pays them back in worse ones. Since
Friday, however we have had very fine wealth
er, and the farmer, gardner and candidate
should make the most of it as it is probably
the interval between the borrowing days of
April' and the setting in of the copious
april showers" after which we can expect
fine weather until the "May cold spell' is due.
In this connection we will mention that the
Signal Service weather reports are now re-
c6lNeu III DutleT uhllv at III u. H., anu are
posted up in the Postoffice.
-"Jim Lewis, of Petrolia," still continues
to get his name in the papers. A dispatch from
Erie dated last Tuesday says: "a few days ago
an aristocratic looking stranger applied for
work as painter and whitewasher, which he
obtained. The following morning he charged
Miss Margaret Ross with stealing $40 and
gold watch worth $780, When the case came
into court counsel for accused recognized the
prosecuting whitewasher as a brother lawyer,
James D. Lewis, of Chicago, who studied law
under Hon. s. Newton Pettis, and who, after
being adm itted to the bar went to practice in
the west, where he obtained infamous notorie-
ty. Lewis, in great confusion, withdrew the
charge and also himself. This afternoon he
forged n check on O national bank and obtain
ing the money, fed. Warrants were issued.
No special attention seems hitherto to
have been called to the remarkable portraits of
American statesmen that have recently been
appearing in HarPers. They have included,
so far full-page portraits of Washington, the
elder Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Alexan-
der Hamilton, besides several smaller por-
traits; for the May number we are promised
Monroe, Henry Clay and Rufus King; and
Mr.. Kruell, the distinguished engraver who
has done most of these, is understood to be
busy upon the younger Adams, Jackson, Cal
houn, Webster aud others. The portrait of
Buchanan in the January number may also
be mentioned. Many of these have been en-
graved from original paintings or drawings
not before reproduced, and the result is likely
to be an American portrait gallery fitly pre-
sented in the highest style of the especially
American art of wood engraving.
A lot Of gypsies with their women and
babies, old horses and mules bears and mon
keys arrived in Butler last Thursday afternoon,
to the great delight of the school children,
who followed them all over town. They claim
to be Turks, and they came bere from Millers-
town. 1t is said that somewhere in that drec-
tion they lately killed a COW at night and fed
her to their bears. The owner Of the COW had
them arrested the next day, and seeing that
they were in trouble they offered 800 to
settle, and this being accepted, gave a check
for that amour. on western bank. The bank
was wired as to their responsibility, and the
answer was "Yes, their check is good for any
sum under $l0o, ,000." 1t is also reported that
one of their babies lately died at their camp in
the woods, and that after performing some sort
of q ceremony over the body they fed it to the