Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-18
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Pc thence has followed the food at
Johnstown; two hundred cases Of typhoid
fever are reported there.
There is a sensation in the Messer dio
cese, caused by the disappearance of Seth
Hoaglaud, a young cattle dealer Of Hiek
orr township, leaving his creditors in the
lurch Jesse Hoaglaud, his father, Is vic
timized to the amount Of s., 900, and has
levied upon seth's property. The entire
awindle will probably reach ten thousand
dollar.
A West yirgiuiau got "a marriage license
tie other day aud gave the lady last name
wrong. When notified Of his mistake he
really didn't know what her name was.
A horse stuck in the mud at Allentown,
and pulled his hoof of in endeayohng to
extricate himself
An immoral couple near Greensburg,
were taken from their house and cowhiied
by indignant neighbors one night last
week
IN army Of black. gray and red squirrels
has been passing southwark over the
mountains and valleys OF Clinton County,
Pa. for the past three weeks.
The new coal works at Bagdad started
up this week, and will give employment to
about 100 men.
Guckenheimer's distillery 80. / at Free
port is now manufacturing seventy y-f7e bar
rels of vhiskey per day.
There has just been placed IN the Nation
al Bank Of Lawrence county at New Cas-
tie. an electric clock The timepiece is
self regulating, self winding and requires
no attention. 1t is connected with West
ern Union wire, and every day at noon Is
regulated electrically from Pittsburg.
Mark McFadden, Of Clinton tp., severed
his iugular vein, on last sunday evening,
while insane from typhoid fever and bled
to death After doing the cutting with
pocket knife, he covered himself up in bed
and the attendants thinking he was asleep,
did not disturb him till he was nearly dead
VIM Harlan formerly of Harlansburg
died at his home in Beaver Falls last
Thursday. lie was member Of the fam
Gus Roundhead Regiment
Samuel Powell of Mercer Co. was killed
by the explosion of a new Springfield rifle,
one dar last week The breech pin blew
out and penetrated his skull.
\ young widow of Piqua, O., made
double hit SO to speak. Two middle aged
men named Huffman and Huler who had
been courting her got int a quarrel about
her Huffman shot Huller dead and then
killed himself. This leaves the widow mis-
tress of the situation and in shape for fresh
proposals.
The bridges lost by the great food of
June last, on the Conemaugh, will soon be
replaced
The H. +. congregation, at jamestown
Mercer county, is in a state ofunrest. The
trouble is caused by the fact that the or
gan put in the church by the choir was lug
ged out by some members OF the congrega-
ton in a dark hour of very dark night
The congregation is about equally divided
Us to whether it is proper or not to have an
organ in the church: but the members of
the choir are all for the organ and refuse to
sing note till the organ is returned and an
apology made
The Armstrong county Teachers Insti-
tute will convene Monday, November Is
and continue in session five DAYS
The average yield of wheat and oats in
a majority Of the townships of Lancaster
county this year was 81 bushels, and Of
oats 80 bushels per acre. East Donegal
reported an average yield OF "a GO bushels
of wheat aud 80 bushels of oats.
4 New Castle woman mixed a mess 0t
bread and set it near the open window.
When she got ready to put it in the oven
she was surprised to find chicken stand
ing in it. He had got his feetin the dough
and was unable to extricate them.
Franklin Pa. il excited over the elope-
ment, marriage, and forcible separation OF
Willis b. Cochran and Anna Lewis.