Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-04-27
NElGHBORHOOD NOTES.

New Era Life insurance Association
The cases will go to court.
Judge Neale Of Armstrong Co.
has approved the grand jury's ac-
! quiescence in the condemnation Of the
Allegheny river bridge at Kirtanning
by viewers appointed by the Court,
at S3S 900. after the Directors OF the
bridge company agreed, in case of ap-
peal, that the damages should not
exceed, $4,000. The Court ordered
the Co. Commissioners to take charge
Of the bridge, which is now free for
all.
East End. Pittsburg, has mild
case of smallpox.
"A large cave has been discovered
on the farm of Marion Hindman, near
Worthington, Armstrong county. A
company has leased it and will open
it as natural curiosity. A rich mari
! has been found in the cave and it is
the intention of the lessees to mine it,
mari being valuable as fertilizer.
Mrs. Ann Cook, wife of Adam
Cook, Jr, of Sugarcreek, Arm strong
county, died last Saturday morning
in her 36th year. Her disease was
| liver complaint. She leaves hus-
| band and three children, the oldest Is
and the youngest . years. Her re-
mains were taken TO Petrolia Monday
and buried in Bear Creek cemetery.
-Cbas Sattmore, an old citizen of
South Buffalo township, Armstrong
county, was dangerously injured late
ly by fractious colt running over
| him. He is unconscious and it is
feared he will die.
About noon Thursday Thomas
Virgins. who resides about one half
mile north of belmont, Westmoreland
county, asked a boy for the use of his
knife to make whistle. The boy
gave him "a large-bladed Feu-kuife
which he opened at once, right in the
presence of his family, and cut his
throat from ear to ear. The wind
pipe was partly severed but the iugu-
lar vein escaped, and the maa will re-
cover
Tho inhabitants of the Upper
Loop, Blair county, are terribly ex-
cited by :be nightly aGtics of a ball Of
! fire which as been seen to come out
Of the ground at the root of I. tree on
one of the Wertz farms. The mys-
terious ball of fire rises in the air,
floats gently up and down and sud
denly rises perpendicular and then
explodcs, sending out sparks like an
exploded rocket. This mysterious
hre bug generally comes up at the
root OF the tree. Recently the tree
was cut down since which time the
mysterious fire has changed it base
and pops up in many different places.
Quite a number Of our citizens have
driven out to tie haunted spot and
all confirm the report given by the
mystifed men aud frightened women
and children in that vicinity.
"A cyclone dropped down from
the clouds in the vicinity Of Lewis
vile, Indiana county, last Tuesday
afternoon. 1t was the regular funnel
shape cloud, ard travelled at high
rate of speed, and when it touched
the earth in its bounds, trees, fences,
and everything were torn up. The
path of the storm was about twenty
rods wide. TIE cyclone struck the
barn of John McCurdy, at Lewisville
aud completely wrecked it. 1t pass
ed onward towards Homer City, in
Center tp., where it seems to haye
expended its force and retired from
business. 1t passed through por-
ton of Jacob Bakers orchard and
leveled every tree and fence in its
path. Fortunately there was no
damage to residences or live stock.
A Mexican county woman SO
years old, is said to have been mar
ried to her fourteenth husband the
other day, after having been divorced
thirteen times.
Beaver Falls had its first mur.
der few nights ago. A young man
about 25 years old named Jas. Doyle
was shot and almost instantly killed
in front of . resort kept by woman
who gave her name as Mrs. Mabel
Confer. When Doyle was shot John
Eastermyer and John Stuckerow
were with him. Stuckerow's story
is that the three of them called at tie
house and were ordered away by two
men from the interior. They started
away, but gave back an impudent
answer.and the shots were fired. They
all ran. Frank Confer and Geisef
Dayis, the two men who were in the
house, have fed and cannot be found.
These are the men the police are look
lug for, as undoubtedly they are the
ones who did the shooting. The
murdered man was unmarried and
lived with his mother and three
brothers. He worked in the Hart
man steel mill.
A Washington, Pa, dispatch,
dated last Saturday says, |. n. Burt,
q wool buyer of this place, agent of
the Harris Woolen Co, of Woon-
socket, r. L, has purchased of VIM.
Knox, of near Taylorstown, 5000 to
10000 pounds of wool, the clips of
four years, at 80 cents a pounds
Jones Il Little shipped 1900 pounds
to the same company last week. Out
side of these transactions wool has
been very dull. Some of this seasons
clip has already been sheared.
The operation of tracheotomy per-
formed upon little son Of David
Jones, of Sharon, mention of which
was made last week, was decided
success The silver tube has been
removed from the child's windpipe,
and he is now able to eat and drink,
and convalescing rapidly.
A cave has been discovered on the
farm of John Totteu, in Washington
township, Lawrence county, Pa.
The opening is on the side of hill
under a small cliff A powerful cur
rent Of warm air comes from the APP
erture, which is not more than three
feet high and l8 inches wide. The
presence of this current is thought to
indicate a cavern of large dimensions,
ocf b. L.,