Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-09-20

| September StreWS tne Wooeidiiu " ei
| With many brilliant color;
The world il brighter than before
why should our hearts be duller!
Sorrow and the scarlet leaf
Sad thoughts and sunny weather,
All. me, this glory and this grief
Agree not well together.
Mr.. James McNees of Hallston, Pump
z. o.. this county. had one of his stone
pumps on exhibition at the Fair, and took
five orders for them-all from country peo-
pie. The advantages of "A stone pump are
durability, and absence of the rust and
decay that taint the water Mr. McNecs
also manufacturers water pipe for spring
water, that is superior to any made. Peo-
pie needing his goods should address him
at Pump L. o., Butler county, Pa.
--Gabe Eythe is again in Jail on a charge
of surety of the peace. While his wife was
at the fair last Thursday, Gabe ran off with
his two oldest boys He took them to Pitts
burg. but while he was in a restaurant the
children ran away from, and We're put on
train for Butler by policeman. Then
Gabe came home full of wrath and other
stuff. and vowed vengeance, but his mad
career was stopped by the Sheriff.
Matthew Donaldson,a a brakeman on the
T. & W r. r., fell between the cars at
Wildwood station last Tuesday morning,
and was beheaded by the wheels. He was
native Of this county, and was taken to
his old home for burial. lie was married
to a daughter of John ID. Albert, of Frank
lin township. He is said to have been on
duty for 40 hours continuously before his
death, and the occurrence has caused
some excitement among the employees of
the road.
While Constable Dobson of Adams tp,
was bringing man from the Workhouse
to the Butler Jail, last Tuesday evening, he
took off the prisoners hand cuffs as the
train neared Gallery and allowed him to
enter the water r-closet. At Water Station,
Dobson had the conductor open the door
when it was discovered that the prisoner
had opened the window and escaped. He
II dtCuscu VI SAcuilhS soltit car pet Ut IL
lencia Station, some time ago, and of tax
ing it to Pittsburg and selling it,
Young Ed. Barrett son of the sec
tion boss of the Z. & W. X. II. Mt Water
Station near Gallery, came very near los
ing his life last Sunday, and did have one
foot split open from instep to toes. lie at
tempted to jump ON a passing freight train
going to Gallery, but loose plank threw
him forward upon his knees, then he got
up and tried it again but this time he ran
against a post and was thrown against the
train, which in turn threw him to the
ground, but one of his feet was on the rail
long enough for a wheel to pass over it
and give him very painful wound.
Down at the Fair Grounds last Thurs
day, right back of the "God and Home and
Native Land" TENT man from down about
Saxonburg had a fit-a bad fit 1t took
six men to hold him and take him up town
to hotel, where he soon came to and
seemed to be all right again. He is trou
bled with a rupture and blamed his fit on
that, though it was generally supposed
that the Transforming drug, used by the
good DR.. Jekyl when he wanted to be the
bad Mr.. Hyde, had something to with it;
and he is said to have disposed of three
qnarts of the liquid that day