Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The plumber,
The GUNNER,
And strummer,
Make glum winter GUNNER;
Good Lord send US summer
Mr.. Hariman has purchased the Staff prop
erty o1 West Pearl street.
"A large selection of first class sheet music
and music books on sale at the Music Store,
Butler, Pa, at discount of 80 per cent.
Friday, March 7, is the day fixed for license
court See notice to applicants and objeetors
in another place.
Mr.. Henry Leibold has bought out his
partners interest in the livery stable and Will
ontinue the business himself. See card.
Conductor Jimmy Hazlett, of the West
Penn Market train had his pocket picked OF
5000 in Pittsburgh the other day.
Butler county has one representative on
the Mutt jury His name is John A. Nc
Gowan formerly of Clinton township.
-Butler is now the proud possessor of
live Cowboy" in the person of Link Sykes,
who has lately been herding cattle on the
plains of Indian Territory.
Sewing Machine attachments and repairs
ofall kinds, at E. Grieb's Jewelry store.
MFR Samuel Morehead, of Troutman,
dropped dead last Monday shortly after re-
turning from the funeral of James Dunlap
DIR. Rhodes of Sunbury, has purchased the
Russell drug store, and Mr.. Russell has gone to
Pittsburgh to attend a school of pharmacy.
MIR. Nicholas Middendorf will sell his per-
sonal property at public sale, on the FRANK +.
Murrin farm, Venango township, on the 29th
of this month.
Mrs. Kennedy Marshall has been confined
TO her bed for over two weeks, and Is now lying
very low She is afflicted with an abscess in
her stomach.
Instead Of the usual order, there will be
English divine service in st. Marks Eyangel-
ical Lutheran Church, of this place. at ii 4.
NJ, next Sunday, the 20th, inst, and Ger
man at o'clock in the evening
A man named Hillwein was struck by the
express train from this place last Friday even
ing, near the junction and badly injured. Since
writing above, we learn that his leg had TO be
amputated and that he died Monday evening.
Go to H. Biehl & Co., for Phosphate
Grain Drills. Plows, Fruit Evaporators, DC.
A special term of Court for the trial of
cases on the list for last week, but which
could not be tried for want of time. has been
ordered for the week beginning Monday, Feb.
IL. The Foster VS.. Berg case took up more
time last week than was expected.
A man named Hatch, who has lately been
employed in this county, was arrested In New
Wilmington, Lawrence county, upon his re-
turn home, for not supporting his family and
is now in Jail in New Castle.
Miss Dora Kerl, milliner who formerly
lived in this place, was killed some weeks ago by
being thrown from buggy near Pawnee City,
Nebraska. The deceased was daughter OF
Lewis Kerl. who lived near Zelienople, this
county, and removed few years ago to Ne
braska, and was an estimable young lady
BY notice published in another place it
will be seen that DIR. S. a. Johnston, dentist,
will hereafter be in his Office every day except
ing Wednesdays and Thursdays, instead of last
three days Of the week formerly. Mr.. John
ston makes specially of extracting teeth with
out pain, by the use of vitalized air, which is
considered perfectly safe.
The amount of insurance to be paid for the
Court House has not yet been decided upon.
The building was insured for $50, 600 in differ
ent companies, and the County Commissioners
want the companies to pay that amount or re-
build. The condition of the lower part of the
walls cannot be fully determined until Spring,
when the frost comes out OF them, but they will
likely have to come down to the foundation.
The stockholders of the Butler County
Mutual Fire Insurance Company held their an
nual meeting last Tuesday, for the purpose of
electing board of directors for this year. The
old board was retained with the exceptions of
Schoene, Caldwell and Croll, whose places were
filled by Henderson Oliver, f. b. McMillin and
n Weitzel. The Butler Mutual is reliable
institution.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of last week,
there fell the heaviest snow of which we or
any person OF whom we have enquired, have
any recollection. Measured, on the level or in
the woods it was two feet in depth, and it
seriously interfered with travel ling of all kinds
the carrying of the mails, etc. During the
winter of 55-56 very heavy snow fell, which
drifted badly, but it was not as deep on an
average, as this one was.
"A terrible accident happened at Trouman
last Friday. While James Dunlap was up in
derrick assisting to pull the rods, he lost his
balance and fell to the floor, some sixty feet
below. lie struck on his feet with such force
az to shatter his legs and drive his spine into
his brain, causing death almost instantly. He
was about % years Of age, was son of John
Dunlap, decd, and was the main support of his
mother.
Light running Domestic Sewing Machines
Jos Niggle & Bro. Agents, Butler. Pa. If
Mr. Nicholas Middendorf. living on the old
Murrn farm, near Murripsville, this county
had hard battle with the snow last We'd
nesday. Coming from Franklin to his home,
on horseback, when near Bullion his horse
missed the road-track and fell into drift, COW
ering it to its head. MIR. Mddendorf had to
dig it out with his hands, which was a long and
laborions task and by the time he and the ami
NAL reached home he found one of his hands
badly frozen, so badly that he may lose it alto
gether. His description Of his struggles with
the snow and storm of that day for about eight
miles is truly wonderful. The snow about
four feet deep in that part OF Venango county.
"A terrible tragedy occurred near Duke
Centre, Mexican county, few days since.
-Four little children of J. V. Garvey, employed
by the Keystone Oil Company on the Kinzus
branch, whose ages ranged from one TO six
years. were burned to death in Mr.. Garvers
house, which was consumed by fire. The little
ones were left alone in the house while their
mother went on an errand, when the dwelling
took fire from pressure of gas. and in a few
minutes, owing to the high winds that prevail
ed, was entirely destroyed. The fire burned
with such ferocity that il was impossible TO
rescue the children, and all perished in the
flames. Their bodies were taken from the ruins
about an hour after, and thay presented a most
horrible sight. The parents were almost crazed
by the terrible affair.
The Pennsylvania Railroads important in
quiry into the color blindness Of its employees
has recently been completed, with some signif-
cant results. DIR. William Thomson, the
ophthalmologst, by whom the work con-
Quoted, finds that the average number of train
hands having defective color sense is between
four and five per cent, but those absolutely color
blind and unable to distinguish between a gray
and green or a green and red flag are fully four
per cent One very important conclusion he
reaches is that while the defect is generally
congenital it is sometimes caused by disease or
injury 1t mas too often been assumed that it
is constitutional, and that when once railroad
company has weeded out the color-blind signal
men from its service those who are left may be
always relied on to distinguish signals. But il
the commonest form of this disease--"red blind
ness"-may be acquired by those once fully
able to stand the tests employed by the ophthal-
mologist, all train men should be examined
from time 10 time. high French authority
states that ncnlar disease may be nrnduced hv