Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-02-24
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

GHBOK HOOD NJ ES.
Charles Cheny, o farmer near Un-
ionville, Beaver county, was attacked
by footpads on Friday night. beaten
into insensibility and robbed of S9S.
He recognized one of the men as q
tough character of the vicinity.
Fourteen out Of sixteen prisoners
in the Mercer county Jail hail from
| Sharon. Sharon has license.
Constable Griffin of Franklin, last
Saturday arrested the Chapmanville
Association of Farmers of Vensngo
County for the Production Of Bohem-
ian Hulless Oats''on charge prefer
ed by J. Y. Lisgins. The plaintiff pur-
chased of the defendants l3 bushels
of Bohemian oats, for which he gave
his note for $3.50. on the condition
that the association would purchase
back from him at $40 bushel all the
oats be raised. When he rendered
the oats the association refused to re-
ceive them, but had discounted the
note at the bank and Mr. Liggins
had it to pay. This suit is but the
forerunner of many others, aud the
Bohemian oats swindlers are to be
brought to justice if possible. For
several years they have have -four
ished in Venango county, and the
graDgers who are too poor to take
the papers have been bled for many
hundred dollars.
The churches at Reynoldsville,
Jefferson county are considerably
torn up just now over the license
question. Some of the most promi-
nent members of the different church
es have signed petitions for license,
aud they have accordingly been noti-
| fed to come forward and answer for
their conduct before the proper tribu-
nal. The signers argue that they
merely exercised their right as free
citizens of this Common wealth, and
that the Church has no authority,
human or diyine, to set up an inquis.
ition on this subject, as nothing can
be found either in the law Moses or
the teachings of Christ forbiddiEg
men to put their names on license pe-
titions. l. is likely to cause consid-
cradle trouble before the matter is f.
nally settled.
When Mrs. Baer, of Oil City, with
lamp in her hand, opened her eel
lar door last Monday evening an ex-
plosion of gas occurred.
racking the house from cellar to gar
ret and enveloping Mrs. B. in flames.
She was saved from terrible death.
by the prompt assistance of neigh
bors. Mr.. Isaac Hirshkowitz, his
wife and daughter who
were also severely burn
ed. The explosion was caused
by the accumulation of natural gas
in the cellar, and furnishes another
warning to housekeepers.
A few men from Meadville and
Franklin met at Cochranton last
Thursday with the necessary roos-
ters on each side for chicken fight.
After several birds had been knocked
out or killed, and the victory was in-
clining toward MeadviIle's represen-
tatives, the whole party was arrest
ed. The names of the persons were
kept quiet for their own sake, or to
show respect to the roosters.
One day last week d good house
wife, whose postofice address is Carl
ton, Mercer county, wanted some but
termilk but Had forgotten to send
with her husband. who had gone to
neighbours half mile distant, for
milk. Along about noon the house
wife on looking out of the window.
noticed her neighbours COW. Know
ing the COW, and knowing her to be
gentle animal, the lady quickly
wrote note, tied it to the cows
horns and started the animal down
the road home. In about an hour
the husband came home with the re-
quired buttermilk. He had got the
note. Handy cow to have in fami.
ly-Cochranton Times.
Bedford county has a lawyer-poet,
Judge Baer announced lately that
when he left Somerset he had a copy
of the new rules of court with him
but had lost.it on the way to Bed
ford. Whereupon Attorney Alsip
climbed up into the belfrey, where
the cool breezes could fin his brow
and wander through his curly locks,
and nailed together the following
lines:
Just now we are in a terrible state,
Oh, who can count the cost!
The rules which govern our affairs
Have by Judge Baer been lost.
But sure no fault it is of his,
He drove no horses frlsky,
But safely came by railroad train
From q town that has no whiskey.
When the offenss was called to the
attention of His Honor he endorsed
the paper as follows: "The poet laur-
cate can take drink at the expense
Of the court. 1t must be Somerset
county aqua vitae."
Harry Sprucebank, of Glenwood, and
his intended bride, Miss Ellen Riley,
of Clarion, applied for marriage IL
cense in Pittsburg on Tuesday The
young lady was under age, but had
secured the consent of her father, at
tested by Justice of the Peace OF
Clarion, but there was no certificate
by the clerk of Clarion county show
ing that the Justice of the Peace
was commissioned to fill that Office
and hence the papers were irregular
and the license could not be issued. |
The anxious groom telegraphed to
the clerk at Clarion ter the necessary |
attestation.
The young people were Catholics
and unless they could get the license
that afternoon they could not get mar
ried during the seven weeks of Lent.
At four O'Clock. however, a msssen-
ger boy brought the desired tele-
gram and the papers requisite were
issued.
The License Question.
Judge Mehard, recently rendered
h..f f1n