Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-11-28
NEIGHBORHOCD NOTES.

Several persons have lately been killed
at the railroad crossings in New Brighton
and Beaver Falls, and few days ago
daughter of JOS. III. Alexander oil THIS
county who was visiting relatives in Beaver
Falls had q narrow escape.
The town of Parker has had several
sensations lately. On Saturday evening
the Is the inst. John Duff was assaulted,
beaten and gagged on the streets, and
then taken to his house, and robbed; and
on the following Tuesday evening some
twenty persons who took supper at the
Parker House were poisoned by eating
corn-cake, made of meal into which some
Rough on Rats had accidently fallen.
An attempt was made to ''hold up a
barber named Poole, near Emlenton a
few nights ago, but the barber '1et fly with
right" when he saw chance to do so and
dovned the would be robber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Campbell, who live
near the line of South Beaver township,
are remarkable examples of longevity and
vigor. He is 90 years of age and she is g.
They have been married Go years. The old
lady conducts her own correspondence and
writes a good, clear hand. The old gentle
man enjoys reading the papers andsean 60
about the piece as he pleasss
.,..u-><Sds cor, of CaorOe w alsh
of BrackwsyvilIe, Jefferson Co. attempted
.saicide lately by taking laudanum. Prompt
measures restored him to consciousness.
The vouth gave as reason for his rash act
that life was burden to him on account
of his troubles, and it is said that he had
threatened to shoot himself before In
this connection the Brockwayville Record
wisely remarks: Troubles are for grown
people. When boy feels that he is tired
of life instead of bubbling over with
spirits and cussedness, there is something
out of whack in that boys surroundings
that needs looking after, and it needs look
ing after mighty bad"
Just prior to the battle of Gettysburg q
soldier who thought he would fall IN that
engagement made request OF JOHN Am
brose, an old soldier now residing in West
moreland county, which has just been com
piled with. Mr.. Ambrose was himself IN
jured in the battle and afterwards dritted
away, SO that he was unable at the time TO
carry out the wishes of his comrade. Be
fore the fight the soldier went to Ambrose,
and giving him package of papers, among
which were SIS in gold, said he did not ex-
peet to survive the fight, and asked Am
brose to secrete the package between the
rocks, and after the war was over to secure
it and return it to his wife. Ambrose, who
lost a leg in this battle, did so, and when
he went to Gettysburg short time ago
found the package where he left it. The
gold was intact and was returned to the
widow of his friend, but the papers had
long since rotted.
The extent of the grape crop OF Chau-
tauqua county, N. Y, is surprising. To
get an idea of the immensity, take these
facts: There were shipped from Fredonia,
Brocton and other stations in the county
1,2OO carloads of grapes, equal to $780,
600 ninepound baskets or 80, 24O, O0pounds,
or Is, 120 tons, making 40 trains of cars, 30
cars to each train If the baskets were
laid in straight line, end to end, they
would reach twice the distance from Buff
falo to Chicago of s64 miles. This does
not include the large amount of grapes sold
from wagons throughithe southern portion
of the county, or the immense crops grown
in other counties in the lake shore region.
A good one is told of certain Beaver
countian who recently mustered up enough
courage to propose to his best girl. She
hesitsted, but finally accepted him, just as
her twin sister entered the parlor with
lighted lamp. The happy fellow then dis
covered that he had proposed to the wrong
girl. The one he a1ored was named Mary,
the other Martha. and the only way Mary
could be told from Martha was by small
mole under Mary's right ear. His spologies
were profuse, but the sisters kept him in
hot water for an hour; then Martha released
him from the engagement and the room.
It was too good a joke for Martha to keep,
and she whispered it to one or two of our
hero's friends next day. That's how it got
out.
A stock company with $loO, 900 has been
formed for the purpose of erecting a new
refinery on the White farm near Taylors-
town, Washington Co. The location has
been well chosen, owing to the fact that
the great production of crude oil in the
immediate locality, and the excellent ship
ping facilities offered by the B. & 0. 1t is
proposed to lay pipe line across the
country to CHARTERS.
Some coon hunters built fire to get
warm by, and burned million feet of
hemlock lumber, property of Thomas Ford,
of Elk county, entailing loss of $4 900.
A West Chester colored man became so
much interested in a political discussion
that he walked away without his crutchcs,
that had been his constant companions for
years.