Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-06
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The grounding could have seen
his shadow last Saturday.
Prospect will have local insti-
tute on Friday the 22ud inst. See
program in another place.
Hereafter the 1920 A. NJ. train on
the S. & A. r. r. will take mail
pouch as far as Fredonia, Mercer county
About this time last year we had
a thaw, break up and food, and some
of the towns along the Allegheny river
were submerged.
"A lynching took place near Corn
ing, Ohio, last Sunday. A man nam
ed Hickey, dissolute character, assas-
sinated a man named Clifford, Satur-
day night and was himself hung by
mob on Sunday night
Two children of Legrand Strong,
of Amsterdam, New York, are sick of
dipbtheria, contracted, the doctor says,
by handling doll which was handled
by their sister, who recently died Of
that disease.
The Clearfeld Republican protests
against the decision of Judge Pershing
that base ball players are not laborers,
and characterizes the doctrine as a
deadly blow against one of the proml-
nent industries.
William Combs, farmer, forty
wears of age, living FIVE miles south Of
Elgin, Illinois, cut his wife's throat
lately. In her dying agonies she
wrenched the weapon from him and
stabbed him fatally.
of the distinctively Southern
States South Carolina is the most illit-
crate. In total population of $685.
577, fifty-ffve and four tenths per cent,
or 369,S48, cannot read or write.
The threshers of Mercer county
have organized what is called the
Thresherman's Union, the object being
to establish uniform charge for thresh-
ing, For the present year the price
agreed upon 10: wheat, 5 cents; oats
81 cents and clover seed 81 per bushel.
"A new secret society called the
Patriotic Sons of America has been
organized. 1t has for its motto, "God,
Our Country, and Our Order" This
will do very we'll il the society does
not turn it wrong end first. Some
secret societies seem to forget God al
together.
Congress is rapidly solving the
question, What shall we do with the
surplus ?" The Senate has just voted
to allow each Senator clerk, and pay
such clerks six dollars day. The
clerks will not be over-worked, unless
they are compelled to keep an account
Of the number of drinks each Senator
takes daily
The renowned Fred Douglass, OF
Washington City, has married Miss
Pitts, a white lady, who has been for
some time past copyist in his Office.
His first wife, who was a colored lady,
died some years ago. The wedding
caused quite stir in Washington 80.
ciety. Mr.. Douglass is Recorder Of
DCCuS III w doHiuStoa
DIR. Willis lecture in the NJ Z
church last Thursday evening was the
best we have had this winter He spoke
for two hours and talked 80 fast and 30
well, that one was kept busy following
him. He had large audience (for
Butler) and had he lectured in the
same room the following evening would
have had a larger one.
The Board oil Pardons last year,
heard and considered lOl applications
tor pardon. Of these only eight par.
dons were granted. OF these eight
three of the recipients of executive
clemency were pardoned out to die
and promptly fulfilled their part of the
contract Nine cases were held under
advisements, and eighty-two were re-
fused pardon.
Some patriotic citizens of West
moreland county have formed an 1850
citation whose object is to resent the
insult to the American hog, offered by
France and Germany. They have
solemnly sworn not to use any French
products and to quit trading with al
dealers who sell them. This will not
prevent those patriotic Greensburgers
from eating French sardines cought or
the coast of Maine, and known there
as herring.
The Western Pennsylvania Rive
Improvement Association will hold /,
convention at Washington ID. G. OF
Feb 9Th. 1884. To enable all whc
desire to attend, the Baltimore & Ohic
and Pittsburgh & Western r RS
will sell round trip excursion tickets
at reduced rates, good from Feb. 4tb
to l4th. inclusive.
Fulton Gates, New Castle boy
recently purchased O silver dollar Q
the date 1904 from O farmer of tha
county, paying for it s.. He recently
got an offer from Boston man Of $50
for it, but refused to accept He say
he will not take less than 81 900. |
is said that there only eight Of then
in existence. Dollars Of the year 1875
1852 and 1858 are worth SIS.
Some days ago Mr. Peter Kramer
the noted detective, recov cred a bors,
and buggy at Freeport that man nam
ed Richards bad stolen from Henry LIE
bold of this place, and he, last week
traced Richards 10 the Allegheny &c
Workhouse where be is now servin
out sentence for larceny committe
La another county.
An exchange says: "This wi
probably be surprising piece of new
to bakers Under the laws of thi
State they cannot at law collect bi
for the sale OF bread. The reason {
this 10 that the law provides that a
bread shall be sold by the pound an