Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-05-11

Il80 MtlL-
Reeisters Accounts, Widows Apprais-
mests aud Road Reports for June Term.
Estray Cow-Daniel Emrick:
Prothonotary Notice Of Final Accounts.
New Iocals-Teams Wanted, Cent store,
Rockenstein's Sewer Pipe.
j LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The late rains have been very accepta-
bic.
There will be a new time table on the
West Penn Z. K. next week.
One of the bottle glass works has shut
down for repairs
AT Cincinnati, Wednesday, boy was
drowned while drinking at q hydrant.
.N,.sxrs Ritter L. Ralston advertise some
immense bargains in carpets
A whole saw mill was stolen in Venango
county the other day.
Theodore Huselton, ESQ. is on visit to
his daughter, Mrs. Thompson, in Kansas
City.
The w. c. T. L. of this county will hold
their convention at Zelienople, beginning on
Monday the 2lst inst.
Fourteen of the IF ty-four men drawn for
,be iurv this week are citizens Of the borough
of Butler.
Mr.. Il. c. Schmertz of Pittsburg the
heaviest stock holder of the Plate 1iass
Works, here, is lying very i'll.
Mr.. J.R. Greib is constantly making ad :
ditioas TO mis- already fine stock OF sterhng
silverware.
The nuatchless hat" for ladies, adver.
tised by Miss Mollie Gilkey, is the latest
novelty in ladies wear.
Frank Pelton was setting up the soda
w.srr Yesterday, in honor of his nrst born
here's hoping the next one will be boy.
James 8. Wilson, formerly of Centre
vile. is now clerking for 3. u. furvis q
Co.
Miss Blanche Osborne, daughter Of Mr.
R-H. Osborne, deed, formerly OF Butler.
died ON Sunday last st the home OF her
mother at No. I2 Fremont street, Allegheny.
Some of our carpenters are now maxim
their cap-sills OF plank and studding; Iney
Are called box cap-siils and are said to DC
preferable to solid timbers.
-Jobn yoran.a a native of this county, and
the nan Who was the first Burgess OF New
Castle. died At North Collins, N. \. April
2lst.
The management of the West Penn z. r.
IL curtailing expenses. and the force mas
been reduced lower than it has been for
years.
4 valuable horse was stolen from the
barn of James Atkinson of Buffalo, twp. last
THURSDAY night. Mr.. Atkinson took the
frst train 90 Pittsburg next morning.
Mr.. ID. l.. Byrer, Of Du Bois was in town
this week and reports business dull tnere on
account of the suit pending against the Du
Bois estate.
-H.A. Mclaughlin Of Fairview town.
shin offers a reward of $50 for the arrest and
conviction of the parties who robbed ms
smoke-house.
The reception given BY the Y. NJ Z. A.
Mt their rooms last Thursday evening was
well attended and pleasant affair and will.n
doubt, encourage the young men OF the town
20 VISIT the reading rooms Of the Associa-
ton.
Mr.. Stewsrt Cochran Of jefferson twp
has erected q fine new barn 66 by AZ feet, on
his farm formerly the Patrick Graham farm,
and on the spot where Mr.. Graham Sc years
ago erected a log barn.
Contractor Goriey of New Castle is said
70 have secured the Centreville Normal
School Job at about SIS 900. The bid OF one
Of the Butler contractors was 81, 900 and he
says that is IN little as the job can be pro-
fitably done for.
Mr.. James Campbell, of Harlansburg
formerly Of this county. died last Tuesday
Mss Jennie Mcbride Of same town, Judge
Thomss w. Williamson and DR.. Isiah White
of New Castle. and Mr.. Samuel Sproots o
Enon Valley have died within the past few
daya.
"A correspondent writing from Renfrew
which he describes zs a stronghold of or
ganised labor, says that not five copies Of any
Industrial paper cir culate there, while twen
" c,pies Of the Poi ice Nescs are taken in the
town.
The Emleuton yssns says that the Black
sloan matter has been amicabiy settled. The
arbitratogs met last Thursday afternoon xnC
Mr.. Sloan wss allowed oil the coal he want
ed for private uee, and Mr.. Black was allow
ed the right OF way over Mr.. Sloan's proper
y. The costs were equally divided.
Mr.. W. +. McClung has opened grocery
in the ola store-room ut corner OF >
Main and. Wayne streets. The building
has been repaired and Mr. McClLng has
neat and clean looking store. He makes
specially of -four. and wishes his friends I,
give his goods q trial,
The clothing store Of l.. Borchardt a
Petrolia was robbed on Monday night of las
week Of three suits Of clothing and SOM
jevelry, sad on Wednesday morning follow
ing th rec suits Of old clothing were foun,
near barn on the Smith farm between Pc
trolia and Kxrns City.
The Parker Phoeaix Of last week CAV
the details Of the capture Of Walter JamisoI
crazy man Of Nenango county, who elude'
his pursuers at EmleBton, but was captures
at the house OF Mr.. Taylor in this county
near Parker. Jamison ~ described as pow
erfrl man. whom il was dangerous to take b,
force, and who had TO be outwitted.
The Butler papers announce that Hon
John N. Greer. inspector and examiner o
Soldiers Orphan Schools, will visit then
this week. Wouldn't 1t be just as well :
let John visit the schools uuannounced
Iftherc 10 anything about them that is no
right he will never find 1t out, when they ar
notified in advance of his visit, t,-Freepor
Journal.
Mr.. Sid Goehring. whose farm il a mil
or two northwest Of town, set fire TO som
brush ON his place last Monday noon aut
then went TO dinner, when the fire sprea
over his woods and those of the wido'
Schenck and Gottleib Weisenstein. Abou
fifteen acres Of young timber was burne
oyer and all the parties lost some fence. D
account OF the brush in the woods the FIR
became very hot, and the whole neighbor
hood tArned out to extinguisa it.
1T is safe TO say that all the oats tbs
will be sowed in this county this year has al
ready been put in, and some of the frs
soved In already mp. A farmer of the north
western part of the county told US the othe
day that he never plows for oats; he siinpl
hxrrows bis corn or buckwheat stubble unit
the ground is mellow, then sows broadcast
and hafrows again with q springtooth har
how, or else drills in the seed. He said h
had also put in corn the same way, and q
ways with better results than by plowing.
Mr.. L. G. Mctiranhan, q native Of Mel
Ger county was instantly killed last Wet
nesday afternoon, at we'll on the Hemphi
farm near Millerstown. owned by w. II
Hoffman. He and Mr.. George Landers wer
drawing the sucker rods from the we'll, a
the time, when the heavy sucker rod boar
or plank fell from its place, fifty feet abev,
and struck Mr.. McGranahsn on the top
the head. killing him instantly. He wa
about forty years Of age, has lived in tn
vicinity where he lost his life for thirtee
years, leaves n wife but no children. and wa
buried at Millerstown Cemetery Friday.