Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-30
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

marble cutting flrm OF tnat town on
Saturday sold $1,000 monument to
be put up in Mercer county.
DR.. J. G. Mccoy, who shot DR.
Holden, at Deanville, Armstrong
county, several months ago, was to
have been tried at Kittanning last
week, but when the case was called.
Mccoy did not appear. 1t was sub
sequently learned that Mccoy and
his wife had skipped for the great
West.
There is letter in the Dayton,
Armstrong county. postoffice address
ed to ANY old maid in Dayton" but
il will have to sent to the dead letter
Office for the postmaster dou't care to
offer it to any Of the ninety and nine
ancient spinsters with which that vii
lage is blessed.
Crawford county claims the oldest
married pair IN the country. Mr. and
Mrs III B Merrill, who were marri-
ed III 1913. at the. seventy fifty ami
versary Of their wedding, lately cele-
brated, had Is children, 81 grandchil-
dren and 80 great-grendchildren pres
ent. There bas not been death in
the family. Mrs Merrill is 80 years
old and her husband 81, and they are
both remarkably well preserved.
A Puck correspondent sums up Oil
City thus: The trouble with Oil City
is il tries to be and can't; it thinks it
is, but it isn't; it should have been
but wasn't and this characteristic is
shared by the majority of the inhabi-
tsnts. 1t has been stated the city is
owned by the Standard combination,
ond no citizen would think of leaving
town, no matter how briefly, without
first wiring for permission to John
Baptist"-Rockafeller.
Mr.. John E Bennninghoff died at
his residence in Hempfield township,
Mercer county, on the llth inst. OF
pneumonia. in the fity-third year of
his age. He was born in Cherry tree
township, VeDango county, and was
the fourth son of John Bennington,
tbe rich proprietor of oil territory.
who several years ago was robbed of
about three hundred thousand by bur-
glars, the greater part of which was
never recovered.
Grocery house agents are working
Mercer county, as they did Trumbull
county, Ohio, few weeks since
They are now taking orders in the
vicinity Of Greenville. The Progress
says: Look out for sharper who re-
presents a Toledo grocery house. He
is working on the farmers in Hemp
field, Otter Greek, Sugar Grove and
vicinity this week. The goods to be
delivered are not what are sold by
sample. We advise our farmers to
have nothing to do with this fellow.
The Ohio Farmer and other leading
Ohio papers warn farmers to look out
for him Patronize the home mer-
chant, whom you know to be honest
in all his dealings.
VIM. Watson, of Mercer, sold liz.
uor without license, and was sent to
Jail to square the deal His wife re.
peated the offence and is now is now
in Jail also.
One of the greatest religious reviv.
ais in the history of Parker is now in
progress at that place. being conduct.
ed by Rev. j J. Sattery. of the NJ.
K. church. More than 1888 persons
have professed change of heart.
The Louisiana Lottery did an unusu.
ally lsrg e business in Kittanning las,
month.
A scamp has been swindling the
people of Westmoreland county by
selling lotion for the eyes. He
claims great merit for the medicine,
claiming that it will effectually cure
weak eyes. 1t is fraud of the first
water and many persons have suffer.
ed severely by its use. The chap
will likely visit this county and he
should be kicked out of every house
he enters.
An old gentleman visited Kittan-
ming from the country the other day
to visit his friends in that place
They are strongly in favor Of temper
ance, and 80 is the old gentleman for
that matter He has some acquain-
tances, however, who usually have a
flask Of fire water about, and while
he was sitting talking with them. one
of the "boys" poured about half u
pint Of whiskey over his coat tail.
When he called up at the house OF
bis temperance friends aud got well
warmed up at the fire there was such
an unmistakable evidence of old rye
about the room ns to lead to very
grave conclusions regarding what the
old gentleman had been doing down
street AS he had no explanation to
offer he went home feeling very badly,
and no doubt wondering what had
befallen him.
John Burgess, of Erie, this State,
is suffering from singular affection.
He is a railroad engineer, and short
time ago. after stepping off bis en-.
gine, he slipped on piece of ice and
fell, striking the ground quite violent.
ly with the back of his head He
was helped home, and now that he
has begun to recover from the first
painful effects OF his fall and can raise
himself up. he is very much alarmed
to Ii d that when erect he is totally
blind. In lying posture be enjoys
his sight as previous to his fall, bu,
as soon as he assumes an uprigh,
position he can see nothing whatever,
Mrs. A. NJ. Davis, Of Findlay,
Ohio, the other day opened can o
peaches, end disco 7ering that they
had worked" considerably, threw
them into the back yard Not long
after the chickens on the premises
began eating the spoiled fruit, and
as the working" bad generated alec.
hol, the fowls soon became gloriously
drunk. staggering about in the mos,
ridiculous manner. One staid old
rooster, who had never been known
to indulge in fight, became very
tight. flew over the fence into n
neighbours yard. attacked Il rooster
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