Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-14
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

have advertised for bids Tor the eTecli"h
n new court housc.
Warren. Pa, has adopted the common
sense plan Of making tramps and "drunk'
that haven't the price to pay their indebted
ness. work ont their fines on the streets
The Bradford star is authority for th
statement that in three wards of Bradior
ladies will be candidates for the position n
school director.
Titusvillo has q romance. Jas. Kelly
mourned as dead since 1865, turned uI
again last Saturday lie has been livinl
on a farm in Madison county, o.
The fight for the Franklin, Pa, p 0.
has been settled by the appointment. o
David W. Morgan. Morgan is n Welsh
man, and used 10 work at the Brady
| Bend Iron Works.
Ex-SherT r. c. Mcclure died at Green
Vile on Wednesday of last week, of hear
failure. lie had been in failing health ioi
sometime He left wife and tour chill
drcn. He would have been u years o
age on the odd of March.
A young man is travelling over tho
country taking subscriptions for The Lddie,
Home JouHGi He is fraud and sue
ceeded in swindlng the people of Penn
township, Westmoreland county, ont ol
about one hundred dollars. Keep an eye
open for him.
During trial in the criminal court oi
Allegheny county, last Thursday, the
the prosecutor gave the defendant a body
beating, and was committed to jail ior
contempt of court, and next morning the
jury placated the irate prosecutor by giving
him a verdict of s., 600 against the man
who had alenated the affections of his
Wife
storm on Friday Of last wcel, wrecked
a new glass house and killed two men at
Blairsville. In Uniontown and vicinity
the wind blew perfect gale and demol-
ished several dwellings Churches were
also unroofcd and stores and Offices
damaged. From points far West came re-
ports of heavy SHOWS and high winds.
Valuable coal lands near Wampum,
Lawrence comfy, embracing l, 100 acres,
owned by Samuel and 5. r. Griffith and S.
Thompson, of Mercer; cXMayor W. q.
Rose, of Cleveland u. l.. Richmond oi
Meadville, and others, were sold this
week to Senator Mchard, Of Wampum, for
$i5 900. branch railroad connects the
tract with the Fl Wayne road
The Grcenyillc Pa, PFoyresa, says
1T seems almost Incredible that any
man with average intelligence would risk
his hard earned money in games Of chance.
But such is often the ease \ certain man
in this community entered poker den
last Saturday evening with his month";
wages. He riaked it in this fascinating
game and returned home Sunday morning
penniless. His family We're without any
provisions. His wife, in fit of despond-
ency, took a dose of poison, and it was
with great difficulty that her life was
saved. Surely this should be an incentive
to reform in this mans case, and valuable
lesson to those who are prone to engage in
this dangerous sport which almost termn-
ated in a tragedy"
A new form of swindling has just come
to light. A couple of slick-looking chaps
are travelling about. representing them
selves to be agents of the local photogra-
pher and selling checks or orders upon
him for cabinet photographs at Il reduced
price. They represent that the reduction
is made only for thirty days in order that
the local artist may increase his business
during dali season.
drummer who has a very short and
tredcherous memory, stepped up to q
ticket window ut the Union station, Pitts
burgh, the other day and just as he was
about to ask for his ticket the name of the
town he wanted to 90 to slipped hi.
memory. Give me a ticket to--to-tc
oh-H-l," he stammered, losing his TEN
per. The ticket agent said, chat station
is not on our line, but We can give You {
ticket to Punxsutawney which is only {
few minutes walk from where you want t.
GO"
Last Saturday afternoon at shooting
match near Indiana, Pa, a young MAJ
named Faith was accidently shot and in
stantly killed. John Zeanor one of tn,
contestants in the match, had his rifle lying
on his left arm and with his right hant
was endeayoring to work some powder in
to the nipple Of the gun. Suddenly th'
gun was discharged, the ball enterin.
young Faiths breast, penetrating hi
heart. Faith was standing less than tw'
feet from the muzzle of the gun, and tn
ball went clear through him and narowl.
escaped hitting another person who wa
near.
George Humes, of near Sharon, Pa, VIII
is in charge of Gelvin's skunk park, has hi
cats slowed away in AZ old house. II
went in the other day to feed them, an
on entering the room fOund two Of them i
| IL ututH siTuHHlt. 1NtlutIlUcIlHp tht tfIC
brated Kilkenney cat fight, he thought
best to put an end to the struggle, lut o
his attempt TO separate the animals "A vol
ley in the rear from nine eats made hir
make for the door. George says he vii
never again interfere with eat fight
John Glasgow died at Etna last weei
and was buried at BakerstOwn
Jacob Downing, Jr was killed ON Thur.
day near Parker, Pa, by the collapse of
tlue in boiler on pumping well ofwhic
he had charge He was terribly scade
and died in an hour or SO.
George Cooper, prominent oil mal
died at Parker last Friday. Mr.. COopt
was one Of the pioneers in the oil bushes
and had an extensive acquaintance III III
lower country. He leaves considerabl
property to his wife and only son Jamc
who is now seriously i'll with pneumoni.
Accident in Clay.