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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08
Political Rings, Eto.

ED. ISDEPENDESx: What is the
matter with the political ring this yearl
Are they waiting for underground rail
way to matule their plans, or are they
waiting for the spirit to move themi
II SO, | hope it is not the evil spirit OF
the whisky ring, The cyclone that passed
over Ohio last fall, and ought to be a
warning to Oregon. The voice Of
800, GOO votes for prohibition will never
be forgotten by the people Of Ohio IN
til alcohol IS banished from the State
So mote it be.
There are many questions to be
brought before the people of Oregon
this year. The mortgage tax law, pro
hibition, regulating freights and fare.
on the railroads of Oregon, and last but
not least, the woman suffrage question
which seems, or looks like knot on ;
tree, which hinders the growth. 1t i.
a wonderful hobby.
Dir. Editor, how is it about the
bridge across the sooth Unpqua river
Did the Coos Bay wagon road company
agree to build or make wagon roae
from Coos Bay to Roseburg, or notl 1
SO they ought to have built the sale
bridge. T. r.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08

The other day long-haired, raw
boned specimen of lakewood, man
dropped into our sanctum, stating that
he was from Tennessee and was going
to Puget Sound We interviewed him
OH one thing and another until we
reached the question of politics and
when we asked who he thought would
be the next president, he emphatically
replied: "John C. Runnells; we've
just elected him to congress and it's a
dead sure thing" That settles it, gen
tlemen; take in your Sherman booms,
your Hancock booms, your booms great
and small, and with one accord join N
the demand for John G. Runnells, the
congressman from Tennessee. John c.
Rlnnells to the front,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08

MORE and more is the associated
press, which controls the telegraph, be-
coming the mere tool to control and
mislcad the American people. 1t is
used entirely in the interest of the Re
publican party, at least so far as this
coast is concerned. Its frantic efforts
to. find sentiment iii the Republican
ranks for any man, is amusing in the
extreme. 1t has tried to work up a
Logan boom, then Sherman boom,
next an Edmunds boom, and has finally,
Ii despair, brought forth the old slogan
of Blaine. But the trump has lost its
force, the old battle cry brings forth a
feeble response, where once was over
whelming applause. 1t finds that no
name can call that enthusiasm necessa-
ry to drown the unanimous judgment
and second thought of the American
people, which emhodies all principles of
justice, of honor, of honesty combined
in the one name Samuel j. Tilden.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08
DRY'S SALOON,
Jackson Street, R,sebrrg-

The proprietor of this we'll kn ,wn and
popular resort wonld thank his friends
for their libe' al patronage in the past
and would ask for a continuance of
he same in the future. The public Is
informed that keep none but the best
brands Of wires. liquors and cigars
and that sell over the bar the cele
bratAd jesse Moore & Co.'s Kentucky
" hiskies
A good billiard table will be found
in the saloon; also the leaiing paDers
of the world.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08

Douglas nd when aided their STOVES
TERMS RE MADE TNWA
ts ply their line house Southern Oregon, which
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08

THE ole name which brings terror to
the hearts of the Republicans and
cheers to the lips of Democracy is that
of tie old Sage, the true patriot, the
great statesman Samuel J. Tilden.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
COM M UNICATED.
w. C. 7. u. at HarrisVille.

MEssRs. EDITORS The W. G L.
q. of Butler county, held its semi-an.
nual meeting at this place on the 9Th
inst The local Unions throughout
the county were generally represented.
The exercises were interesting and pro-
ftable and the business was transacted
in a very orderly manner. Mrs. Dain,
the President of the association, pre- 81.
ded with dignity and ease and is GER
tainly the ght person it the right place,
and the same may be said in regard to
the other officers. Mrs. Reese gave
an admirable lecture to large and ap-
preciative audience in the evening.
The people of Harrisville were es-
pecially well pleased with the entire
proceedings, and more than pleased
with the christian and lady like deport-
ment of the delegates. They were dis.
appointed only in one thing. and that
was in the number of the delegates.
The supply came far short of the de-
m and. Come again, Sisters, at as ear
ly day as will suit your convenience, and
come with increased numbers.
Harrisville, Pa, May 10, 1884.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
The Inspiration of the Bible.

A lecture by II. l.. Hastings before the MasSa
chusetts Annual Convention OF tn y. NJ. Z. AssO
Citations. at Spencer. october Is, 1881.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
Administrators Sale.

In the matter of the estate of John Coma,
decd, application to sell real estate for the
payment of debts. o. c. No. 6S, Dec. T. 1888.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, BUTLER Co., IS.
At an Orphans Court held in Butler, in and
for said county, on 9th day of Feb. 1884, before
Hon. +. McJunkin, President Judge, and A.
McCandless and A. D. Wier, Associates. The
said Court did on the said 9th day OF Feb. A..
d., 1884, make an order directing >. &. Hutch
inson administrator of said decedents estate,
to expose 70 public sale, and did renew and
continue said order of sale afterwards, 10 wit:
on the 22d Of April, 1884, said sale TO be on
Monday %, June, 1884, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ of
said day, on the premises the following de-
scribed real estate 10 wit: All that certain
piece or parcel Of land situate in Washington
township Butler county, Pa, bounded and
described as follows: Don the north by lands OF
Annie Niles, on the south by lands of +. f..
Evans, on the east by lands Of Joseph Blakely
and on the west by lands Of John Parder and
c. Harris, containing fifty acres, about forty
acres Of which are cleared and under fence
with story and half frame house, frame
barn and out-buildings thereon, also apple and
peach orchard.
Also that certain other tract Of land situate
in Washington township, Butler county, Pa,
bounded and described as follows On the
north by lands Of f.. T. Evans, on the south by
lands of Henry Wadsworth ON the east by
lands of T. ii. Conn, containing thirty acres,
more or less, being pasture land well watered
and under fence.
Also that certain other messuage or tract of
land situate in the village of Parsonvlle,
Washington township, Batter county, Pa,
bounded and described as follows: On the
north by lands Of Jacob Daubenspeck, on the
south by lands of J ames Grant, on the east by
State Road leading from North Washington to
Emlenton and on the west by ------
containing about three-fourths ~ of an acre,
with story and half frame house erected
thereon.
Public notice of time and place of sale to be
given according to law. Said administrator to
adjourn TO a different time and place if no suf-
ficient bid shall be obtained, by giving public
notice of time and place of adjournment.
Terms of sale one-third in hand and the bal
ance in two equal annual payments with inter
est, to be secured by bond and mortgage on the
premises sold, &c.
S. G. HUTCHINSON,
Admir-. of John Conn, decd.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21

~- Advertise in the CITIZEN
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
A Startling Snake Story.

ado you want snake item 2" asked
man from Elk Neck at the sanctum
door Of an Elkton newspaper.
EYES," said the editor, ''come right
in and tell US all about it,
"Well, / killed it to-day down on
the North East road 1t was nineteen
feet from head to tail. / took my rule
and measured it."
"How many drinks of pear cider
have you taken to-day ?" asked the ed
itor
"Only two," said the man from Elk
neck. what has that got to do with
the snake item ?" "Oh, a great DEAL"
answered the editor. 1--WE always de-
duet nine feet from the snake for each
drink of pear cider taken by the man
who brings in the snake item. Max
ing the usual deduction for Cecil coun-
ty pear cider your snake was IL inches
long. A very good snake for the sea-
son. Come in again when you haye a
snake item.''
And the editor held the sanctum door
for the man from Elk Neck to pass
out -M:ddieto,on Transcript.
The backward spring weather
still continues very forward.
Verify, hypocrites sink into
lower abyss than any other sinner
Never loan your roller skates.
That makes them wheel borrow.
"a II. hn
handles fire shovel with grace ald
dexterily.
Don't go near draft, if draft
comes toward you run away. A light
draft is the most dangerous.
Don't blow in the gun you grand
father carried in the war of 1912. 1t
is more dangerous now than it was
then.
In life as at the great competitions
there are some people who obtain hon.
orable mention without ever having q
first prize.
A Vermont man troke his leg
while returning from his bridal trip.
When misfortunes once strike o man
they come thick and fast.
"A Cedar Rapids editor wants any
young lady who "jumps at conclusions.
to consider him conclusion" An
orphan is preferred
Chicago and st. Louis girls are
congratulating each other upon the fact
vouched for by an eminent physician
that small feet signify quick temper
and an evil tongue.
A novel reason for asking a new
trial was recently advanced in Wash
ington court. The counsel of n convict
ed murderer based his plea on the
ground that "Wm. NJ Frank, one of
the Jurors, who is Of the Hebrew faith,
was not sworn as juryman with hat
on and wi ith his hand on the five books
of Moses, which is the custom Of ad-
ministering oaths in Jews, and which
manner of taking an oath they regard
as most binding upon their conscience,
but was as believer in the Christian
religion is sworn"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21

EDS. CITIZEN A friend desires me
to inform the public what action on
on temperance was taken by Butler
Presbytery at it's late meeting. A per-
manent committee on this subject, con-
sisting of Rev. Samuel Williams, and
elders j. Il. McJunkin and w. d.
Brandon was appointed. A paper,
signed by large number of the con-
gregation of Martinsburg, asking Pres
bytery to comply with the directions OF
Synod in holding Temperance Conven-
tions, was read and placed in the hands
of the committee. The chairman of
the committee inquired whether it will
be in accordance with the wishes of
Presbytery to hold Temperance Con-
ventions in connection with its next
meeting, which will be at Martinsburg,
on the fourth Tuesday of June. As no
objections to this were made, it is ex-
pected that the committee will make
arrangements for such a convention.
The matter is in their hands.
]. II. COULTER
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21

Go to KeIly's on Jefferson street,
Butler, Pa, for G. A. r.. Suits, buttons
and caps. Gents Suits $3.50 and up,
Pants 5Octs and up, Boys Suits $3.50
and up, Shirts Soc and up, Hats lOc.
and up, Shoes SOC. and up and furnish
ing goods at bottom prices.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
THE NATIONAL BANK.
To THE CITIZEN.


The national banking law does not
protect against losses, except SO far as
the note holder is concerned, but if the
law is observed it is an extreme case
when loss is visited upon depositors
the losses must be so heavy as to alb.
sorb the capital stock of the bank and
its surplus.
One section of the act provides that
the loans to single individual shall
not exceed one-tenth Of the capital stock
of the bank, unless the paper discount
ed is actually owned oy the one obtain
ing the discount, and signed vr made
by another.
1t will at once be seen that before a
depositor can loose a dollar in nation
al bank on account of unpaid and un-
collected discounted paper, if the law
is regarded, ten men at least must re-
fuse or be unable to meet their paper,
and those ten men must have obtained
discounts equal to the amount of the
capital stock. If three men in Butler,
CHARLES MCCANDLEss, THOMAS ROB-
INsoN and JOHN NJ. GREER had paid
before, or. at any time since the
failure of the First National Bank Of
Butler, their liabilities to the bank on
account of paper discounted, not inclu-
ding the liability of McCandless for as
sessment on his stock, the bank with
the assistance of its other assets, would
not only have paid its depositors in
full, but the stock of the bank would
scarcely have been impaired, and if
John NJ. Greer alone had paid his liza
bilities TO the bank instead of paying
the depositors seventy per centum it
would have paid eighty-ive to ninety
per centum.
The writer has as much sympathy
as anyone for an honest debtor who is
unfortunate and becomes unable to
pay his debts, but for debtor who
contracts a debt dishonesty and in
violation of law the mantle of his char
ity has no protection. 1t is now pro-
posed to show that that Greer did
contract illegal debts in the Butler
bank
The capital stock of the bank was
500, 200 until 1877 it was reduced to
$4,000. 1t failed in July, 1879 for
upwards of 100000 At the time
the bank closed emitting, some small
discounts ranging from thirty to five
hundred dollars or thereabouts and
aggregating over nine hundred dollars,
the liabilities of Greer to the bank are
shown by the following:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
Slams Floating Capital.

In many points Bankok is more
Venetian than Venice itself, writes a
traveller. In the queen of the Adria-
tic-despite these bright streamlet
veins" about which modern poets
make such a stir-one can walk
through fully two-thirds of the town
without being indebted to the tradi-
tionaf gondola at all. In the Siamese
Venice it is far otherwise. The main
street is the river, and there are no
side streets at ALL Your opposite
neighbor lives upon the other bank.
and before calling on him you have to
call boat. The native children play
in the water as they would play on
land elsewhere, and many of the
houses, moored to posts by short
cables of rattan, rise and fall with the
tide like anchored vessels. Indeed,
with the exception of one long strag-
Cling road running parallel with the
river along its left bank, the land
might just as well not be there at oil.
The approach to this singular place is
as picturesque as itself Far out at
sea you descry along the eastern hori-
zon dim procession ofpurple shadows,
which, as you near them, resolve
themselves into bold rocky islets, with
green clumps of wooding scattered
broadcast over the dark red sternness
of their gloomy cliffs and craggy ridge
One by one they are left behind, and
now there begins to rise out of the
smooth sea, far out in front of us,
something that looks at first sight like
an endless line of soldiers in battle
array. These are the trees of the
Siamese coast. Soon the waters all
around US turn thick and soup-like,
wearing deep.dye of yellowish brown,
which announces more plainly than
words that we are approaching the
mouth of the beautiful, the pea-soup
colored river" that flows by the town
of Bankok.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
NO. 27

not an officer, called bank
examiner, who was appointed to
protect their interests, and was it
not his duty to call upon the bank and
examine its books and see that every
thing was conducted in a proper man.
ner and that no man, not even Mr..
Greer, would pull out of the banks
vaults more than one-tenth of the cap
ital stock? Yes, but there was way
to deceive the examiner and it seems
to have been easily learned by Greer
and his associates They knew that
if the examiner found out from the
books that Greer was borrowing more
than the limit allowed by law he
would be compelled to pay enough to
reduce bis loans to that limit or the
bank would be closed. So he gets ac-
commodation makers to sign notes that
amounted to about $1,000 payable to
Continued on second paqe.)
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21

"A Colorado paper says: The
worshipers of the Fairfield church went
on Sunday night as usual to service,
but found that the bats had taken pos
session of the house and were so thick
and aggressive that the service was
necessarily postponed. Tuesday the
deacons inaugurated bat hunt and be-
hind one of the window castings found
and killed 24l of them.
Lord Coleridge tells very good
story of Mr. Evarts, in connection with
his own visit to this country last year.
He was at Mount Vernon with Mr..
Eyarts and, talking about Washington,
said: 81 have heard that he was very
stong man physically, and that stand
ing on the lawn here, he could throw
dollar right across the river on to the
other bank" NJ. Evarts paused a
moment to measure the breadth of the
river with his eye. 1t seemed rather
a "tall' story, but it was not for him
to beIittle the father OF the country in
the eyes of q foreigner. Don't you
believe it?" asked Lord Coleridge
yes" Mr.. Evarts replied, 81 think
its very likely to be true. You know
a dollar would go farther in those days
than it does now"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21
A Sad Story of Real Life.

About thirty years ago there came to
Holidaysburg, in company with some
emigrants from Ireland beautiful
girl who called herself Mary O'Neil
Being poor and having neither parents
or friends with her, she was compelled
to care for herself, and subsequently
went out to service, finding employ
ment at the Mountain House, in Dun
cansville, on the portage road. Her
great beauty attracted universal atten-
tion, but she was as modest and retired
as the humble violet and shamrock of
her native land, and was known TO be
as pure as she was beautiful. But one
dreadful morning she was found in an
out-of-the-way place in an insensible
condition, and it was further discover
that she had been shockingly outraged
Medical attendance was Immediately
summoned and she was at length
aroused from her stupor, only to show
that her mind was gone, the shock and
the poisonous drugs being too great
for her to withstand, and reason had
flown forever. Nothing could ever be
discovered as to her antecedents, and
having no one to care for her, she was
placed in the almshouse, where her
life has been spent in blank uncon-
ciousness of her real condition. One
phase of her mania was that she imag-
ined every man who came to the aims
house was her father, and once a well
known citizen of Holidaysburg, who
was then a young man, went there on
some occasion, and saw her standing
in the hall like beautiful spectre, pale
and wan, with her black hair hanging
over her shoulders like the mist of
darkness that enshrouded her mind
and history, and no sooner did she be-
hold him than giving piercing scream,
20 father! father ~ she ran to him,
threw her arms around his neck and
sobbed most violently. OF late years
she has become more violent and un-
controllable, refusing to be clothed, and
tearing to shreads anything put upon
her, until at last her entire clothing con-
sisted of long, straight bag, like a
coffee sack, in which she YVES confined
to cell 1t has been deemed best to
send her to an asylum, and last week,
in company with number of Others,
she was taken to Danville and placed
in the asylum there and so practically
to the world ends the history of the
once beautiful, but unfortunate. Mary
O'Neil. The perpetrators of the das-
tardly deed were never arrested, al
though suspicion pointed to a well
known party; but if it has not already,
Gods vengeance will surely fall
upon the wretch in way most fearful
and hard to be borne, for it is written,
Vengeance is mine, and | will repay,
saith the Lord of Hosts "-AHOond
Sunday Morning.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21

r1y-In the Diamond Dyes more
coloring is given than in any known
Dyes, and they give faster and more
brilliant colors l0c. at druggists.
Wells, Richardson Il Co., Burlington
Vt. Sample Card, 32 colors, and book
OF directions for &c stamp.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-05-21

-Gunners should wear neckties of
shot silk.
-Deep-arted spirits-defunct con-
jurers.
An obstinate man does not hold
opinions-they hold him.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-26
American Literary Women.

The death of Mary Clcmmer Hudson
is the latest breach in american author
ship. She was at one time the most
attractive writer on the Ind pendent,
and Bowen mas never been able to fill
her place The most interesting fea-
ture, however, in her life. is her init
macy with the sisters Alice and Phebe
Cary, whose memoirs she gave the
world in very attractive form. The
Carys were the most remarkable pair
of sisters New York ever contained.
They came hther poor and endured
great privaton whi.o building uD q
reputation, which eventually brought
competency, They lived, however,
long enough to win the admiration OF
the best inlcllects of the day, and bore
an important part in founding Sorosis,
which is the most admirable club in this
city. To return to Mrs. Hudson, one
is reminded by her death Of that bril-
liant array Of female writers which has
SO recently passed away. Among these
may be mentioned Sarah Parton (Fan-
ny FERN, the Cary sisters, Miss Club
buck (Fanny Forreslo); also Amelia
b. Welly, Mrs, Osgood, Anna Cora
Mowalt. Elizabeth Cakes Smith and
Lydia Maria Child. 1t may be said
that Mrs. Hudson was one of the few
female writer's who won position in
Washington, and commanded the re-
spect OF the highest dignitaries Of the
Nation.
The success OF these clever women
should not be mentioned with view of
leading others 10 depend on literature.
Without going into details, the painful
fact is everywhere apparent that both
journalism ana book-making are too
crowded to allow any encouragement
Coming down from literature to other
employments, the female population in
this city is so disproportionally great
that even the struggle for existence be-
comes intense. A few days ago
crowd Of women thronged q public
building 10 a degree that excited gen.
eral inquiry. 1t was explained by the
fact that an advertisement for Girl in
an office appeared that morning and
situation which hardly yielded a mea-
ger living was sought for by hundreds,
all OF whom, with but one exception,
were disappointed. 1t was a sad spec
taclc, but such is the reality. The poor
shop girls, or "white slaves" as they
are sometimes called, may be objects
of pity, but not rfore so than the book
binders, vest hands, cap makers and
followers OF n score of other employ.
ments. Type-writing is very noat
kind of work, but is entirely overdonc.
Teiegraphy probably pays the best of
all female employments, but there arc
q hundred applications for every va
cancy. The only kind of employment
that is not overdone is homework, and
we all know that American girls are
above the kitchen. What u pity that
this ridiculous notion of taste should
be a bar to usefulness-NcWY York let
ter IN Utica Hcyad