Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-05-18
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Beaver Falls.
The people of Clearfeld county are
throwing up their hats becsuse there
is not toll gate in the county.
Mr.. Benjamin Dew Woody, of Frank
lin, died last Friday morning. His
second wife and widow, was Miss
Sallie Graham, of Butler.
The residence of n. III. Beatty, of
Jefferson, O., formerly of Parker, was
burned last week.
The sheep dogs of Mercer county
still hold their record as the champion
mutton eaters of the State. The: last
issue of tie Greenville Progress con-
tains reports of claims filed amount
ing to S275.5O If the dogs keep on
at this rate an additional tax levy
will need to be laid to pay the sheep
claims in that county.
The toll bridge spanning the. ALLIE
gheny at Kittanning has been made
free by order of the court, the county
paying in the negihborhood of $4S,-
900 for the same.
Slippery Rock township, Lawrence
county seems to have been quite ap-
propriately named. James Manning
has brought suit against it to recover
$4,000 for an arm broken in falling
down an unprotected embankment.
Shortly before IL O'Clock last
Thursday morning Charles Turner,
German groceryman, living in Alle-
gheny City. shot his wife and then
himself. Death was instant in both
cases. The cause of the tragedy was
jealousy, which, from all that can be
learned, was unfounded.
A McKeesport goat drank quart
of paint, and after wrestling with it
for two weeks died. We are careful
to record this because it is the first
known instance of square defeat of
o goats digestive economy.
The Oil City Blizzard says: 1.-THE
judgeship contest in Venango county
bids fair to develop into something 6
interesting before the sutumnal snow
storm of ballots in November The
most experienced cooks sometimes
spoil dish by too much cooking"
There are over hundred cases of
mumps reported at East Brady, and
the schools haye been closed on ac-
count of the disease.
Fred. Hausser. a youth of seven
teen, whose home is in Altoona, mix
ed three ounces of black powder in
ten ounces of lard Saturday morning
and stood it on a stove. The preps.
ration is Blair county recipe to cure
horse itch. Hausser was bending
over the pot when it exploded, and
received the charge in his face. He
was raised three feet by the force of
the shock, may lose the sight of both
eyes, and is very seriously injured.
A dispatch from Freeport said that
Robert Richards, the young man who
stole Atkinson & Hegy's horses, was
captured last Saturday afternoon at
Springdale, Allegheny county. after
tnirty-six hours hot chase. He was
taken to Freeport, committed by
Squire Loweher, and was then taken
to Kittanning Jail He sold the
horses and rig in Parker, bought a
ticket to Butler, and passed down the
West Penn road to Springdale. and a
telephone message told of his where
abouts. Mr.. Mays went on the noon
train and arrested him, and Richards
was identified at Tarentum by the
man who bought the Atkinson horse.
He didn't seem to mind his arrest,
and admitted taking both horses.
Possibly the saddest and most dis.
tressing accident that has occurred in
Somerset for years, happened last
Saturday evening just before dark
when Mary, the two'and-a-half year
old daughter of George Witt, and
granddaughter of J. J. Tice, escaped
her mothers attention and went into
the yard in the rear of the house.
where some men had been engaged
making fence. She had only been
gone about twenty minutes, when the
mother started in search Of her and
was Mortified to find the child in o
post. hole, dead The poor little thing
had fallen into the hole head foremost
1vn fa IF
water that collected in the bottom.
A Williamsport (Pa } dispatch of a
recent date says: "a shower of black
BEETLES fell in this city last evening.
Millions of the bugs swarmed through
the streets" The reputation Of
Williamsport whisky always was
bad, and appears to be growing
worse.
What is known in Youngstown as
"the celebrated hog case" came to a
conclusion Thursday by jury uc-
quitting the defendant. Obadiah
Rummell and Elias Paulin lived on
adjoining farms, nine miles from
Youngstown, and until few months
ago were on the best of terms. One
day dog owned bv Rummell killed
pig owned by Paulin Rummell
refused to pay. and Paulin then had
him arrested, charged with cruelty to
animals. Three juries tried the case
but failed to agree, and after a trial
lasting o week the fourth jury decided
Thursday that Rummell was inno-
cent. Paulin had given bail for costs
and these, with other expenses. will
fooi up nearly $500 which he will
have to pay.
There are some queer things done
in voting. Often persons and objects
as we'll, not before the public, come in
for vote. We heard Of case re-
Gently in certain township. in Bea-
yer county, where man was run
ming for township Clerk. When the
polls closed the result for him was:
For the old woman.......... ~ votes.
For his dog Ketch ............ 7 votes.
For the man himself....... 5 votes.
Our New Postmaster
Will do business ut the old stand
next door 70 Kely's Clothing, Shoe,