Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-03-05
BUTLER CITIZEN.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 'S4'
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


wise known the Harm ny savings ba"S
case was argued before Judge BTedlB .sst
Friday.
-Ephrism acIlwain. the Allegheny bn:ch
er. was triri ia the &. = c"nrt At piit.hnrsh'
last week f,r sending ,t-c-ne esrer- throu. ~
the mails and Was fonnd guilty a. inflicted
Two unsuccessful attempts. at escape we're
made nv the prisoners Of the Western Penl'en-
tiary whIIe being transferred IN the new River
side building. There are now $50 prisoners IN
the Riverside and 275 IN the old building.
A broken rail on the P. 4 w. R. r. caused
an accident to a freight train near Bonnie
Brook station, yesterday morning. Inc tram
consisted of twenty cars, three OF wnicn were
thrown from the track and left at that point.
The mercury stood ut degrees below
zero, last Friday morning sud the brisk wind
made il seem very cold. The blizzard origi'
mated in Manitoba on the Gath ult.
Rev. London has accepted call from the
congreg alton of st. Peters Episcopal church, OF
this town, and will preach his first sermon here
on Sunday the 23d inst.
We direct attention to the new advertise
ment of Mr. J. F. T. Stehle, who is the sole
agent in Butler for the celebrated Eighmie
shirt Buyers OF this shirt are invited to De-
ware of limitations.
Three weeks Of March will be occupied
with court It is good time for the farmers TO
act as jurymen, az the weather is generally
uufit for any farm work. We might add that
on this occasion II is = good time for the candi'
date also.
Some of our store keepers have lately
changed all the locks on their store-room doors,
having heen informed that q gang OF thieves
who have their headquarters some miles west
Of town, had secured duplicate keys for their
locks.
AT last England has good news from
Egypt. A dispatch from Trinkitat in the Soudsn,
dated last Saturday, stated that force OF 4. .OOO
EngIish, under General Graham, hsd on the
previous day defeated force of 1900 Arabs
under Oman Dignx. The British losses were
"a killed and I24 wounded, while the Arabs
according to the report, lost over GOO men.
Among the acts enacted at the last session
sf the Legislature was one that has an import
ant bearing upon the border townships OF all
counties Of the Commonwealth. in that farms
divided BY county lines shall hereafter be as
sessed in she county wherein she farm house Is
located.
The burning Of SCOT in lue Of the old
BresIin Homestead in r5i town, now occupied
BY ME. cunTrings caused an alarm OF hre
last THURSDAY night. IL was very cold night,
the wind was high aad the plug At the corner
wa frozen up. matfer for serious ccnsidera-
ton. 1t would be well for persons living near
FIRE pings to have kettle Of hot water in
readidess for such ocessions, on very cold
nights.
The inqnisition in the case Of the alleged
inIbecIitY Of Nr j. j. ErcI. Of Brady town
ship. was completed late last Thnr-dsy night.
The jury adJDurned till next evening. when
they met but could not ayree aud IT he case
is not seirled it will have 10 be re-tried. The
case occupied three DAYS. ard over Que hun-
dred witnesses Eere examined.
Lawrence county voted do.n ~ nearly
100 majority in a vote Of 3iJ1 0n the question
Of making the whole COUNTY poor district and
erecting poor hnise. Each township ard
tow0 takes care Ds its 1wa pJrr. The vote
varied gre1l'y as tie Districts hal f-w or many
poor t0 for, some pi the latt-r voted -oIi iiy
for the question. wniie others almost voted a.
solidly a2sinst it
The Grand Jur- is in session and before
they rise will take some scfi6n regarding re-
building the Court House. Tne Court on Mon-
day had but little to say TO this Jury on the
subject, as the County Com issioners did not
have time u draw up general plan for
new building. This will probably b- done this
week, in fact, To get this building started this
summer, IL must be done.
While two yenango county men were
loading hay from stack few days since they
discovered that the forward part Of the load
was on fire. In forKing the blazing hay from
the wagon, fire was communicated TO the stack
and six tons of hay and the wagon were de-
stroyed. The horses were saved. The cause of
the FIRE Is q mystery, as neither Of the men had
been smoking nor had they matches with
them.
The case of w. j. Houston, a school teacher
against the School Board Of Winfield twp, was
heard by Esq. Walker last Saturday. Houston
was engaged last Fall to teach school No. 8,
known as the Baw Mill School. but was dis
charged on the 3Osh day Of Janusry on accoun.
of alleged incom petency and Negligence in the
management of his school. He brou INT suit
against the Board for 500 back pay and dam
ages, but the Esq, gave judgment him for
costa.
The Fisher Bros, Of Oil City and Pitts.
burgh, leased the balance of the Wallace farm
in Penn township, last Wednesday, for 90, 900
and tone-fourth royalty. The Philip Bros.
have part Of this farm and had an option on
the rest but threw 1t M. Sheidemsntle also
has part Of it. The Wallace family have done
remarkably we'll. The Fisher Bros. are among
the best know oil krokefs in the country, and
gou;e years ago were worth their millions.
They have lately turned their attention to
producing, and that the Bald Ridge district at
tracts the attention Of such men speaks we'll
for u. -sa
Considerable of'our space IL taken up thi .
week with the Mercantile Appraisers list for
1884, but II will be interesting reading for the
merchants Of the county. The classification of
merchants Ia m follows; For those whose sales
exceed 81 100 annually the class il H. and the
~ TX. fur fno-e xrh hrse er.Asd nnu
the class is IL and the tax $40 IS; over $40 900
the class il II and the tax Sl375; over 5i5 900,
II and 1875; over s2J,000, 10 and s5D.75; over
s3O,OV0, snd sZ5.75; oyer . ~ 800, sand $50 10;
aud 50 on. OF Brewers aud ,iisfillers there is
but one firm IN the county, A Guckenhiu1nr '&
Kro., of Buffalo township, wh0se clais rs !, in
dfcat,ng 500 Of annual sales, and a tax of
5000. Billiard tables are taxed 5000 for The
first and si0.GO for eaeh sddiiioual table
Keepers ~ tayerns Or hotels whose sales amount
to 10000 and upwards aro clssSed l. and taxed
SOC; 5000 and up 2, and S40J $1,000 AMI up
, and $780, $4,000 aud up 4 and 800; $4,000
and less, and ;b1.6D. kesisursurs where
annual sales amount TO 5000 are in cln,s 4,
and are taxed $3.50; 5000 and all saies under.
are in class 5 and taxed s3o,Nt. Wholesale
liquor des.ers whore sat-s amount 10 - 900 nr
under are ia class IL and are-taxei s25; SiO,-
600, II and 5sni and 30 op. "a this county the
lasnes al ths dterent firms are generally run
In together, but VIZ notice that IN some rf onr
adj lining cou tiles ihe d f.reat kiosi Of busi.
ness are separated. rr IN her words, the nIer-
chants, hpteis, restanrant-, whoiessi. Liquor
dealers. billiard iabies, etc. make separate
lists. The clasa6sation -. different smi the
separation Of the different classes wnuid per-
haps make more easily nnt>r-tood talb:
The total smount 1f mercanti,e tay COLLECTED
n his orunty la. Ye.r sni for which ine
9tate receitrd a credit On ip account w,h The
county was $i,470