Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-07-13
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

A few DAYS ago Grove City man
had 65 sheep killed by a stroke o
lightning.
Two young men of Sharon are il
in Jail on the charge OF poisoning {
herd of cattle and sheep. They
sp-inkled paris green on the gras:
with fatal effect The prisoners &C
kuowledged the crime and admit i
was deed of pure cussedness. They
! seem unconcerned.
A dispatch from Franklin, Venan
20 Co., dated last Friday said: Yes
terday J. j. Kilgore, young farmer
living six miles south of here, on the
Pittsburg road, was in town and re.
ceived $4,000, the proceeds of sale
of land. After making few expend-
itures, be started for home on horse
back, 2,O40 in his pocket.
At 10 O'Clock, when ascending q
hill beyond Sandy creek, he was met
in lonely spot by four men. Two
seized the bride of his horse on each
side, and at the same instant two 9th
ers presented cooked pistols to his
head Oh either side. KiigoTe obeyed
their order to dismount They rellev-
ed him Of the money. Then he re-
mounted at their command.
"Now, git!" was the final order,
and he promptly "got" in the direct
ion of his nome, three miles distant.
To day Kilgore offered $500 reward
for the arrest for the highwaymen.
The boiler of A. & J. Groetzinger's
tannery in Allegheny, exploded last
Friday afternoon, destroying the
building, killing VIM. Wetzel, the en-
gineer and injuring Christ Nedt, OF
to Berghendlar and l.. S. Farbick
The loss is put at $4,000.
One of the very latest jokes of the
funny lightning rod fellows was play
ed on farmer Schmautz, down in Bea-
yer county. The other day two men
stopped at his house and told him
they would like to test his lightning
rod He permitted them to do so,
and they pronounced it "no good" "
They said they wanted to advertise
their rod in that section and would
put one up for him free of charge if
he would pay for the post that went
into the ground. He agreed aud sig
ned what he supposed was an agree
ment to that effect Next morning
bright and early the men were on
hand, tore down the old rod and put
up new one Last Friday he dis
covered rather unpleasantly that he
had signed a note for S237 and that
his visitors had discounted it at bank.
The meu are thought to be operating
In Ohio at present.
Jonathan Andcrton, the Beaver
Falls brewer, prides himself on being
o sue oessful dreamer. He dreamed
in 1880 that Garfield would be nomi-
mated at Chicago. and be was. About
u year ago, he dream ed that his brew
cry was on fire, and. dressing himself
hastily, he found that it was to be
sure. A week or two before the late
Chicago Convention, he dreamed
three times in s1cc 3ssion, that Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, would be the nomi-
nee Of that body; and it is said that
be bet his money quite freely that
such would be the case. If the "Lit-
tie Napoleon" had but stayed in
Washington, talking tariff, instead OF
going as delegate to Chicago tied
hand and foot in the interest of Mr..
Sherman, it is barely possible that
Mr.. AS dream record would not have
been broken.
The four-year old son of Joel Horn,
of near Beallsville, Washington Co
got in front of his fathers reaper and
his legs were so badly mangled that
amputation was necessary.
One Of the swans in the Allegheny
Parks had five eggs in her nest; but
according to the custom prevailing
among swans, not to set on anything
but pairs, she showed one egg out of
the nest and then broke it all to
pieces. She then hatched out two
swans and killed one of them and is
contentedly taking care of the other.
Jennie, two-year -old daughter of
John Badger, of Mercer Co., fell into
a pen containing a savage SOW with a
litter of pigs. on Sunday, and before
taken out was badly bitten by the en-
ragged brute; her hand being almost
chewed off. Medical aid was sum
moned.
John S. Everhart, father of Dan
Everhart, who is now in Jail for the
murder of his step mother, Of which
there has been so much said, and also
husband of one of the murdered wom-
en-, was arrested and placed in Jail at
Clarion, last Tuesday, as an accesso-
ry before the crime. The time of his
hearing has not been decided as yet
The officers claim to have strong evil
dence against all the accused.
A sad accident happened to a pic
mic party near Youngstown on the
4th. Several families living at Has
elton went into ravine near there to
| find shade and recreation. A heavy
storm coming up they took refuge
under ledge Of rocks in the dcy bed
OF small stream known as Dry Run.
Presently torrent came rushing
down. James Davey, with his son,
aged 4 years. in child's wagon,
started to cross the stream. The wa
ter was speedily up to his waist,
however, and the wagon was wrench
ed from his hand. The child was
tumbled out and borne out in the riv-
er and drowned DAvey saved him
self with difficulty. Two women,
one the mother of the drowned child,
and two children still clung to pro-
ecting roots aud ledges of rock. They
were rescued by means of ropes and
ladder after their lives had been
endange red for an hour.
SWindlerS Here.
Six swindlers of the Bohemian
oats variety struck Butler last Satur.
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