Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-02-10
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

foul play. has written home from Los
Angeles. Cal.
DR.. Wm. Penny and his son, of
3l3 Grant St, Pittsburg, have been
arrested for completely in the Mur-
doch swindle.
Ten prisoners escaped from the Jail
at Uniontown, Pa, last Thursday
evening.
In 1851 Joha Orr, of Rostraver
township. Westmoreland county. dis
posed OF the coal under his farm to
the West Newton Shaft company and
no reservation was made, as IL usual
ly done, of the coal under the ground
occupied by the buildings About 3
weeks ago it was discovered that the
ground was sinking and the brick
residence began to part in the middle.
Last week the family was obliged to
move out, as the aperature was large
I enough to admit the passage OF full
grown person, and the fall of the
building was imminent The house
was valued at So $50
Washington county people have
between S6, 6,O00,C eco and $1,000, 900 at
interest
The Democratic Board of County
Commissioners of Clearfeld county
might be termed offensive partisans.
The people last fall elected u Repub-
lican to the Office of County Treasurer
and of course, the Democrats are not
happy over the event and have reduc.
ed his percentage from 3 to 2 per
cent. 1t is not likely that this action
would have been taken had the Dem
ocra;ic candidate pulled through.
The Commissioners of Armstron &
couoty have awarded the contract for
printing the blanks for the county to
an Onio firm. The successful bidders
presented each of the Commissioners
with g. beautiful pearl handled koile,
with their naD,es neatly engraved
thereon. The printers of Kittanniug
should present them with leather
medal.
Three masked men entered the hut
of Henry Merritts, an old wood man
living in Henderson township, HINT
ingdon county, cue morning last
week and demanded where bis sup
posed wealth was concealed. For
several years Merritts has been en-
gagged in the lum herring business and
bad accumulated $4,000. His assnil-
ants bound and gagged him, and fail
ing 10 their efforts to extOrt contes
sion by these means. they held his
bare feet to the fire aud otherwise
manner. Finally becoming uacon-
rcious, his assailants left bim and
searched the hut for bis hidden
wealth. Beneath the flooring they
found over $500 10 -four sack But
this was all they secured. as the other
money belonging 70 him was hidden
q short distance from the house. Mer
ritts was found still bound and gag
ged, and, owing to his advanced
years, it is thought the maltreatment
he received will result in his death.
There are S25 applications for Ii
cepses filed with the Clerk of the
Court of Wilkesbarre, falling of of
800 from last year, due to the High
License law.
1t is whispered that the District
Attorney of Clarion County has
clew that will solve the mystery in
regard to the murder of Mrs. Eyer.
bart and her mother. Mrs Gilfillan, at
Lickingyille. over a year ago and will
lead to the detection Of the murder
ers. Developments of o startling ma
ture are looked for
The will OF VIM Smith, the deceas-
ed dry-goods miliionsire OF Washing.
ton, Pa is to be contested by some of
his grand children, and Ex-Judge
Fullerton of New York who bad
charge of the Baby-Bun.ing case has
been retained by tho prosecution
Smith was an uncle of Gen. Grant.
and it was at bis house that Genearl
Grant, then President. was stopping
on the memorable BLACK Friday
A young dy living near Kittan.
niag is reported to have been cured
Of pneumonia by Faith.
In Perry township, Armstrong Co.,
Isaac B Steele. aged 82 years, Yves
buried last Saturday He was the
owner of the celebrated Steele farm,
which produced several hundred
thousand barrels of oil. He had no
confidence in banks aud boarded bis
money, about $50, 900 in currency.
Becoming mouldy in his safe, he
spread it in one of his meadows to
dry. The singular INCIDENT was Civ.
en- widespread publication, ,snd oil re.
gion burglars twice attempted to rob
his safe. Being giant in strength
and fearless, he defended his property
and drove the robbers away.
Early last Saturday morning four
masked men called at the house of
Jonathan Sweigert, a well.todo far
mer who lives in Burrel township,
near the village of Cochran's Mills,
Armstrong county ,aod called him out
Of the house, when he was seized and
hound. The party then entered the
house and aroused Mrs Sweigort and
demanded to be shown where they
kept their money concealed. Swei.
CERT bad esrly ia the week been to
Pittsburg, where he had turned some
bank stock into money, which was
supposed to be in the house Failing
in their efforts to get either Sweigert
or bis wife to make known where the
money was, they tied Mrs Sweigert
and her husband in chairs, removed
the gags from the mouths OF both
prisoners and beat them numerically.
After her husband was rendered al.
most unconscious Mrs Sweigert told
the outlaws that all the money had
been deposited in bank at Leech-
burg. She turned over the cash on
hand and the outlaws left. Sweigert's
injuries are not considered fatal, but
being almost 10 years DID,, the shock
to his system is very great.
Martin Vasbinder, an Old resident
Of Warren, Ohio. died in the county
infrmary Wednesday, to which place
be was taken for care few weeks
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