Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-25

;upreme Court of Indiana, in a re.
! cent oeeis'on, declares that the legal name of a
person ooasists of one Christian name and sur
name. anyone may have as many middle
naines n :. ini,lals as are given to him. or as he
chooses ~ 'aKe. They do not effect his legal
name, anu may be inserted or not in deed or
. contract withoat affecting its validity. Nor
does mistake in the middle initial of a
name ~ ueed IN any way affect Its validity.
according 70 this decision.
1t IS wrong to throw broken glass unon the
streets and alleys, or upon omen croupd anr.
where. 1t should either be nut in The stove or
in the cioset While some boys were PLAYING
on ine street near the residence of Capt. Sam'l.
WalkeT, iast Monday afternoon one of them
struck his foot against some window glass i'm
beGeo IA 'he ground and received a large and
paIniul wound, one that had to be probed and
| sewer up, and which will keep him off his
feet Tor some week.
-lIefe Is young man in Butler who keeps
sueh iate hours at night that few poetic
young ladies' put their heads together and
got up the following:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
no" We wonder where you are
wandering all the town about,
Does your mother know you're out?
Inc wheat harvest is completed in the
Southern States and is now in progress in
Missouri and southern Illinois. Referring to
this the Cleveland Leader says that nothing is
better calculated to impress one with the mag
nltude o' the United States and It's tremendous
resources than the stately march of the wheat
harvest from Georgia and Texas to Dakota and
Minnesota. Already the mills Of some portions
OF the south are grinding new wheat, and the
reapers are busy in Kentucky and Southern
Limos, out 1t will be August before the grain
OF the lied River Valley is cut. 1t is a great
country whose wheat harvest lasts more than
two mouths.
-PImmer Lesson for Giddy Girls:-Do you
see this Girl, my Child? Yes, see her often.
Where IS she going? She is now on her way to
the Postoifice. And where will she go then?
She VIII go TO the train TO see the Drummers
and the Other nice Fellows who come to our
town And thea Where? The she will go to
the Postolhce again. But Does She not 90
Home! oh, no, she has not Time TO 50 Home.
She has to Watch the Postoffice and the Trains,
you know, and Her Mother Attends to the
Home Duties. The above from an exchange
is pretty good, and the fellow who got it up
should write another for giddy boys.
MIR. j. B. HILL the agent of the Pittsburgh
Fire Arms Co., for the Harden Hand Grenade
Fire Extinguisher made some satisfactory ex-
periments on our streets few evenings since.
OOHe store-DOXeS were plleQ up, saturated
with petroleum, and then set on fire, and after
they were completely enveloped in fif mes,
pint bottle of the stuff thrown in among the
boxes with enough fo-ce to break it. instantly
put out the fire. The bottles contain an acid
which, coming in contact with heat generates
gas which extinguishes all flames. 1t is
wonderful invention and may become very
popular.
-Tramps are getting numerous all over the
country, and reports of robberies and other
crimes directly tracable to them are becoming
frequent So far our community he's escaped,
but no person living at distance from neigh
bors should leave his family unprotected, day
or night. A trusty dog is some protection, but
loaded gun or revolver in the hands of n
woman or girl who Knows how to use it, and
will not hesitate to do so if occasion demands,
is safeguard which even the most villianous
tramp can be made to respect. Farm bells, II
located where they can be called into use, will
serve to drive off most tramps, yet gun is the
safest.
Nearly two years ago gang Of burglars
were captured and lodged in Jail at Mercer for
depredations committed in that county. They
afterwards managed to break Jail and make
good their escape. About two months ago
Sher fl kile of Mercer, was notified OF the ar
rest at Lawrence Mass, of two men suspected
of being burglars, and who were supposed to
belong to the gang above mentioned. Their
photographs were sent to Mercer and were at
once recognized as being Harry Brown, nick
named the ''old man." and Ed. A. Lane, nick
week at Lawrence on the charge of having
burglars implements in their possession and
were each sentenced to ten years i'll the peni-
tentiary.