Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-03-12
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We add few more names 70 our auhouhce'
ment column this week, and yet there is room
and time for more.
-Butterine seems to be leading genuine but
ter N salable article in the Pittsburgh mar
ket. The reason is simply that it is better
than much of the butter brought to market.
w. L. Young, a sen of s. P. Young, OF
Summit township killed two wild geese with
one discharge from shot gun last Friday.
They we're big, fat birds and made goodleating.
The Butler Mutual lost s. 500 by the burn
ing of the old Lane mill, at Lane station, near
Freeport, few days since. 1t was owned by
the Hill Bros
Mr.. B. c. Huselton desires us to say that
be is now receiving large stock of Spring ana
Summer goods, and that his advertisement
will appear in next weeks paper.
A. Troutman & Son have received their
Spring stock of Carpets, Embroideries, White
goods, underwear etc. Their new card will
appear in next issue.
Bald Ridge was made separate election
district Yesterday. The district is miles long,
east and west, and miles broad, north and
south. and has in the neighborhood OF 20O
voters.
Rev. G. W. CritchIow, of Prospect, we are
informed, has received call from the Trinity
English Lutheran Church, Of Alliance, Ohio,
to become their pastor
-"Read" John Bickel's new advertisement,
Compare" his prices with those of others, and
wonder" how he can sell boots and shoes 50
very cheap.
The Phillips Bros well on the Sailor farm,
in Oakland township was completed last
T thursday and is not worth pumping, but the
we'll on the Mulligan farm, near st. Joe, not
vet completed, is expected to be good.
I'm another place in our columns will be
found the card of Mr.. J. w. Murray, of Eliza
beth, N. j., map publisher. We have one Of
his county maps of the United States, and can
heartily recommend them.
Some enterprisng citizens of Millerstown
and vicinity have organized an Agricultural
Sosciety, bought ground, and will build the
necessary buildings for holding Fair next
FALL
At meeting of the new town council of
Butler, March 3rd. Jacob Keck was elected Pres
ident; Cas-. Rockensttio, Treasurer; F. NJ.
Eastman, Secretary: J. L. Purvis, Fire Marshal;
G. C. Pillow. Engineer; AL. Reiber, Chief and
L. Keck and Fl. c. Heneman, Assistant En-
gineers of the fire department.
A Washington county man who was recently
elected to the Office of justice of the peace had
. man before, charged with theft, few days
ago. Feeling the dignity of his Office the justice
heard the evidence and after due deliberation
sentenced the prisoner to the penitentiary.
That's right He is justice as is a justice.
Mr.. J. Fl. Harvey has opened paint shop
in Reiber's block, on Jefferson street, opposite
the Lowry House, where orders can be left for
paper hanging, painting, calsomining. window
blind hanging, etc., and where he has on hands
stock Of wall papers, borders, paints, brushes,
window-glass, putties, etc. Mr.. Harvey is
spoken of as man who knows his business.
A letter from John III. McCaslin, who
went to Kansas from Butler township, this
county, some four years ago, states that while
he is getting along reasonably well, yet that
he suffered loss last fall by fire, having had
his stable, a horse, harness. corn and crib, and
other property burned. His friends here viii
regret to hear of his misfortune
The plan adopted for ventilating the new
Court House and Jail building of Allegheny
county. at Pittsburgh, is a novel one. and is in
effect an adaptation of the system successfully
used in de,p mines. tower is to be erected
$50 feet in hight, the top of it reaching the
elevation of the hills that surround the
city, and reaching above the ordinary stratum
of smoke. From this elevation a strong cur.
rent of pure, or comparatively pure, air will be
drawn downward by sucking apparatus work.
ed by powerful engines in the Jail building
Brought to the basement, this upper sir is to
be cleaused by washing and fltering, and thence,
warmed when necessary, 1t will be passed by
numerous inlets and outlets through every room
Of the two buildings. 1t is impossible to pro.
vide against the Incidence and stupidity of or.
dinary appointments but experience in many
large hospitals and prisons. as well as miDes
and manufactures, shows that with an ade-
quately large apparatus of this description, and
honest and disciplined service, perfectly
wholesome atmosphere can be maintained.
License Court began last Friday morning
and continued till about o'clock Monday
afternoon, during which time all the applica-
tions from the different townships and
boroughs, with the exception of those from
Butler borough, were heard. The applications
from Butler will not be heard until after the
Jury trials-probably next week-and as the
licenses granted last year expire to-day, the
bars of the town will be closed for few days.
Remonstrances on the grounds of the houses
not being necessary for the accommodation of
the travelling public or exceptions to indivld-
ual applicants came in from all points of the
county, excepting Petrolia, Millerstown, Karns
City and Harmony. The remonstrances from
the southeastern part of the county were sign.
ed by several hundred persons, and again
blasted the hopes of the Saxonburg hotel keep
ers. The list of licenses granted can be seen
in the "Court News" column. All the others,
a. far as heard, were refused excepting those
from Evans City, which are held under advise
ment, and those of J. B. Daugherty, of Petrolia,
Jas. 7. Wilson, of Coaltown, W. J. Adams, of
Hilliard, and f. E. Goehring, of Petersville,
which were Withdrawn.
If there is in the United States strip of
country that is being more rapidly utilized for
manufacturing purposes than any other. that
strip is the valley of the Allegheny from Free
port to Pittsburgh. Both sides of the river
between these two points are lined with glass,
glue, phosphate and other factories, oil re6ner-
les, paper mills, fruit preserving works, and
other industrial establishments. The hills on
both sides of the valley are full Of coal, and
this cheap fuel with the rail lroad facilities is,
no doubt, the magnet that draws the manufac-
turers. But as far az coal is concerned, Butler
is fully as favorable location, and we have,