Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-23
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

The friends OF the family OF james Ne
Clelland, decd, Of Mercer county harvested
his oats on Monday Of last week Thirty
men cut and shocked twelve acres in wv,
hours.
The dreaded Texas fever has made Its
appearance among the cattle of westmore
land county.
At Franklin. Pa. Monday, the Bepubli-
can convention, nominated Capt. j X.
Grant for Sheriff, and VIM Hilands fol
County Surveyor.
At Somerset, Pa, Monday. the Nicely
brothers were refused "a new trial, and were
sentenced to be hanged for the murder of
Mr.. Umberger.
\ charter has been granted for street
railroad in Franklin. Pa.
VIM. J. Brundred, a prominent business
man and estimable citizen, died at his res
idenee in Oil City last week, aged 81 years
Mr. Brundred was born in Patterson, Nj,
and came to the oil regions in 1864 and
for the last % years has had the manage
ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's oil traffic as handled by the Green
Line.
4 Law and Order League was organized
at Hyndman, Bedford county. few weeks
ago, and posted notices in various parts of
the town, giving warning to violators of
the Sunday law. II. r. Hsland. a drug
gist, in connection with the dispensing of
medicine, sells soda water. fruits, candies
and cigars on the Sabbath. Last Sunday
he placed upon his cigar ease a bottle of
pills labled "Law and Order Pills" lie
sells the pills for five cents each, and gives
away that amount of merchandise with
each pill. The organization is at present
puzzled but have procured lawyer and
will test the case.
The store Of Meredith d Hess of West
Tarentum was robbed Of 1000 worth of
jewelry and silk on Wednesday light OF
last week
And now a couple of Punxsutawney peo-
pie have discovered snake 16 feet long on
the Pantal farm. That is notice to improve
the quality Of whisky over there.
After Farmer Walters wife. of Farmers
vile, Northampton county, had had the
heads of forty Of her chickens taken off by
some animal a trap which was set was also
r;a1 .T lxf 70, fraa !,
farm raccoon with the trap fastened to one
of its legs The coon weighed twelve
pounds.
Among the relics of the Johnstown food
taken to that city by the 'boys" of the
press who did duty at Johnstown after the
food, is half dollar wrapped in a piece of
brown paper, upon which are written the
following words: ''Three and a half pounds
of brown sugar, one pound of starch, yeast
cake" The writing was that of a woman,
and the coin and paper were found tightly
clasped in the hand Of a twelve-year- old
girl, whose body was found half buried in
the sand.
from Hickory twp, Mercer county, where
Clarence Mcfarland last week wed Mrs
Real. Clarence is said to be 10 years old
aud had to have his parents permission,
and Mrs. Real Is said to be fair and forty,
with three olive branches as starter.
The New Castle Enoch Arden case, of
Enoch Waite marching away to the war a
quarter of century ago, his supposed
death in battle and then his turning up
the other day at his old home, has had a
good deal Of the romance knocked out of
it by Mrs. Enoch, who says that Enoch
was worthless vagabond when he enlist
ed and it was agreed between them that
when he went to the army that she was
never to see his face again.
\ rather peculiar law suit was begun at
Youngstown last Friday. In 1871 c. Ii.
Andrews and W J. Hitchcock, of Youngs-
town, leased so acres Of land from Jesse
Hall, at Hubbard, ior the purpose of min
ing coal hereunder. A royalty of sixty
large sums Of money, for four large mines
were kept in continual operation until 1881
The plaintiff, Jesse Hall, now alleges that
by false weights he was deirauded out of
from $50 to 575 pounds Of coal in every ton
Of 2l00 pounds, causing a loss to him of
s40, 0C0, which he claims entities him un-
der the statute TO recover 80, 900
New Wilmington GioJc: One day last
week a number Of boys ran rabbit into
lollow log. In getting the rabbit out, they
came across a sheep, the property of X. A.
Crawford. The sheep is supposed to have
backed into the log, and could not extri-
cate itself. 1t had been lost from the flock |
about week, and in all probability had
jeen confined there that time. From the |
md of the log to where it was cut out was
10 feet. What the inducements were to
compel it to back into the log, are not
Known