Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13

DR. Wheeler's lecture will be delivered in
the NJ. E. church on Friday evening, Feb. IA,
1854 His subject is "Our Mother Tongue"
1t will be remembered that Dr. Wheeler's lec-
ture was to have been delivered on the 18th of
January but he was prevented from appearing on
account of illness, from which he has fully re.
covered. The dr." is a clear, fluent speaker,
and has acquired quite reputation as a lec-
turer. He is now President of Allegheny Col
lege, which position he accepted last June,
having been called there from the State Of
New York. 1t is expected his lecture will be
quite treat. Let him have full house. Ad-
mission % cents. Doors open at o'clock.
The Spring election Will occur next Tues
day and we trust no citizen will neglect to at
tend. The very common idea that the town
ship and borough elections are of little i'm
portance is as great an error as
voter can fall into. The greater part
Of the taxes we pay is expended by these
officers and, by their good judgment and econo-
my or incompetence and extravaganza, they
have it in their power to make our burdens
heavy or light. Consequently in these, as in
taken to select men in whom trust can be safe
ly placed. 1t is question whether even Pres
Dental election, with all its attendant excite
ment, is SO directly important to the average
citizen as are the elections in his own township
and county. That the schools where his chill
dren are to be educated kept open a
sufficient time each year and taught by expert
enced and competent teachers, and that the
roads and bridges over which the products of
his farm are taken to market are in good
condition, is of much more Importance to the
farmers of this county than many questions of
public policy over which Congress spends
weeks of wordy war. Go the primaries and to
the election.
The Franklin Erening Ne,cs. of the 31st
ult,. says: "Among the victims of the Colorado
Mine disaster, was one Nick Probst, whose
place of residence was credited to Pittsburgh.
There is no doubt that this is the same Nick
Probst who formerly liyed in Sandy Creek
township, and was well known in this city.
His first wife died suddenly in 1876, leaving
three children. He subsequently married a
woman from Buffalo, by whom he had two
ley depot. Probst lett his family in 1880, and
for two years followed droving and dealing in
cattle, making his market in Pittsburgh. 1t
will be remembered he was missing something
over a year ago. At Pittsburgh it was reported
that he had been seen buying cattle in Butler
county, and the papers claimed strong crcum-
stantial evidence that he was the victim of foul
,Dla hcan tltyf
to be erroneous. 1t was ascertained that he
was alive, but for some reasons known to him
self had gone to parts unknown. His wife is
satisfied that he lost his life in the disaster
mentioned. Probst understood coal mining,
at one time work ed in the mines of Brown,
Bonnel & Co. at Youngstown, o.
AS there may be some things in the County
Auditors Report that are not Ineligible to
everybody we make the following explanations
In the large table the amounts given as receiv-
ed from the collectors include exonerations
and collectors percentage. The Treasurer's
cash receipts are given in another table, as is
also the percentage allowed the collectors, and
the table headed "Treasurers receipts by
voucher" means taxes returned by collectors
as uncollectable. This uncollectable tax is
put on the Treasurer's county, poor, road and
school return books and the Treasurer sells
the properties and returns the money made to
TO the different townships and boroughs, as ap-
pears for 1883 in another table. The Com
monwealth account means costs paid by the
county in criminal cases. The Dixmont and
Warren accounts are paid by the county and
refunded to the county by the Poor Boards
of the different townships and boroughs to
which the patients are certified. This is a tax,
however, that the townships and boroughs are
very slow about paying. Last year the county
paid over 5000 to Dixmont and Warren and
but little over 81 900 was refunded TO it. The
"Road Damage" account means awards of
viewers paid by the.county; Refunded Tax
amounts overpaid by collectors and returded
to them.