Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-04-06
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

In Freeport on Sabbath morning of
last week, Alf. James and Harry Ir-
win started to run foot race across
the railroad bridge ever Buffalo creek
Harry's foot slipped and he fell head
foremost, distance of about twenty
feet to the creek below, striking the
ice with his head and shoulders.
The ice broke which saved his life,
for had it been solid his neck would
have been broken, The water was
deep enough to drown him, but he
managed to scramble out, and strange
to say ls not seriously hurt.
Mr.. A. P, German, of McKeesport,
Allegheny Co., has been for years an
inveterato tobacco chewer, but he has
sworn off for good; A few days ago,
going to work he, as usual, took the
plug and bit off a goodsized mouthful.
Feeling some foreign substance in
his mouth he extracted it and was
Mortified to find the end of a mans
finger, which had been cut off in some
tobacco factory and becoming mixed
with the tobacco had been worked up
in the plug. To say that Mr.. Cor
man became ill is putting it mild" "
At New Castle, last Thursday,
Judge McMichael granted % licenses,
held 9 over and refused 5. Judge Nc
Michael said: The Court has no writ
ten opinion to hand down, but will
state that it decides there can be
made no distinction between hotels
and restaurants and eating houses;
that under the new law restaurants
and eating houses are permitted and
licensed to sell vinious, spirituous,
malt and brewed liquors, the license
being same as granted the hotels.
The act of Assembly Of 1856 made a
distinction between hotels and eating
houses. This law was re.enacted in
1867, and it provided specifically just
what eating houses should sell, limit
ing them to domestic wines, etc.
The Brooks law make 40 such dis
tinction and this Court has no right
to say what shall be sold by those
who are granted eating house and
restaurant licenses.
The P. R. R. Co., proposes max
ing extensive Improvements at Point,
and has purchased $50 acres adjoin-
ing the picnic grounds.
In Pike county the deep SHOWS
and severe weather forced the game
animals and birds to seek shelter and
food in the very door yards of farmers
and others who live in the clearings
of that isolated community. 1t was
common thing to see deer stealing
and feeding with the cattle in the
barnyards, and pbeasants fly from the
hemlock and tamarack swamps and
mingle with the chickens and other
poultry to pick up such food as they
can get. One farmer discovered three
deer-a buck and two does-eating
with his cows the hay and cornstalks
he had thrown down to them.
A riot occurred at the limestone
quarries at Carbon, Lawrence Co., OF
which John A. Logan, Jr., is man
ager, last monday, the result of re-
duction in wages, but the rioters were
dispersed and afterwards discharged.
The rioters were Italians and were
armed with knives, pistols and clubs,
and the nerve shown by young Logan
and Sheriff Warnock alone saved their
lives.
Thomas Celwell, a freight conduct
or on the Valley road, lost little g.
year old girl last Saturday evening.
The little one was playing near a
tubfull of scalding water, when she
accidently fell backward into the tub,
being literally scalded to death. She
lived in great agony until Sunday
evening, when death came to her re.
lief. This makes the third child of
Mr.. Colwell's that has met violent
death. While living at Rosston. a
little child fell into we'll aud was
drowned, while another one was
burned so badly by its clothes catch
ing fire that death ensued.
A coop of eight Antwerp carrier
pigeons were sent from Philadelphia
to Meadville last week, with instruc-
tions to the consignee, John McFar-
land, to free the birds. He turned
them loose Sunday morning at I
O'Clock. In less than two minutes
after the birds began circling upward
they took their direction and started
on their long journey to the Quaker
City. At 1926 p. m. a dispatch was
received from Mr., Stein, one of the
owners, stating that the first d the
birds struck his loft in Philadelphia
at 1925, making the length of the
State in 5 hours and 25 minutes.
Four other birds came in 20 minutes
later, and two young ones were still
out. The time was remarkably good
considering that the day was cold
and murky, chilling rain at times
prevailing.-Frankl5n NeaUs.