Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-03-21
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Franklin, Pa. has another scandal on
| hands. A Dr. McCray, a married man,
| eloped with a girl named Brown. The
| girl was caught and brought back. Then
the DR.. came home, abused his wife and
mt her out of the house. He also went to
see the girl and got thrashing from her
| father and brother. His wife has brought
/ suit for divorce.
On Friday last the Allegheny Co. grand
| Jury found true bills against The President
and Cashier of the defunct Lawrence bank,
for embezzlement.
There are 255 applications for license in
Cambria county. OF these 104 are in Johns
town.
P.w. jerks, Esq, of BTookville is ser
iously i'll.
Alfred johnson, while walking along
the streets of Greensburg, Wednesday,
slipped and fell, when the point of an um-
brella he was carrying ran into one of his
nostrils and came out at the eye.
A parrot belonging to Mrs. Jane Bemus,
Of Meadville, died day or two since at
the age Of 81 years. The bird was owned
all those years By Mrs. Bemus.
In the Ebensburg Jail there are ten boys
whose ages range from eleven to seventeen
years. Some of them are serving out a
sentence and others are awaiting trial.
None of these could read or write when
committed.
". H. Marshall, who has been postmas-
ter at Sinner P. o., Beaver county, for
nearly four years past, is the only totally
blind man known TO hold q commission as
postmaster He attends to the business Of
the Office himself and can hand out mail as
promptly and correctly as any two-eyed
official in the service.
Without food or drink for five weeks
was the experience Of dog which was
locked up in an empty house at Uwchlan,
Chester county.
A singular exploit was performed at
Pleasant Valley, a small town near Pitts
ton, On Saturday, in the secret removal OF
dwelling house from one lot to another
without disturbing the slumber of the in
mates. John Mclaughlin had the house
built year ago by Andrew Frollinger, a
Scranton contractor. He falsely gave Ar. |
Frollinger to understand the lot was bis. |
and that he would pay him for the house |
as soon as finished. Frollinger was una |
BILE, therefore, to legally seize the building, |
but bought a vacant lot adjoining the Nc |
Laughlin house, and Saturday evening |
went to Pleasant Valley with force of
about twenty men. The house was frame. |
They jacked it up, put rollers under and |
moved it bodily across to Frolinger's lot, |
distance of forty gve feet.
Clarence Skinner, who kicked Orville |
Chapman in the stomach, 80 hard as to |
cause death, during a quarrel at Bear Lake, |
Warren county, Pa, last December, was
tried in Warren, last week and convicted
Of involuntary manslaughter. The princi-
pal witness against Skinner was the dead
mans widow. She had consoled herself |
however for the sudden bereavment by |
marrying a man named Carpenter about
two months after Chapman's death.
An Apollo correspondent Of the Leader |
says: An episode occurred here on last
Saturday evening which promises to devel-
op into a frst-class sensation. 1t seems
that few days ago certain young lady |
residing in the suburbs sent a note to a
young professional man requesting him to
meet her at the house Of her brother-in- |
law, who resides in town. In compliance
with her request he kept the appointment
and thought nothing more Of the matter
till last Saturday evening, when he receiy-
ed visit from the lady's brother and broth
er-in-law. Suspecting from their actions
that something was wrong he excused
himself and made an appointment to meet
them at 6 o'clock that evening. In the
meantime the gentleman made prepara-
tiOns for their reception by having req
pOnsible party stationed in the inner office.
Promptly at the appointed time the par
ties appeared and made the announcement
Ludt LHc sAlHcHClcs vi tHc case "tIC huNH
as wonld demand the Immediate payment
| of 800 or they would at once proceed to
dye the apartment with rich red blood
About the time that the scheme fully de-
yeloped, the party from the inner Office
put in an appearance, which caused them
TO change their tone and beat hasty re-
treat, threatening to have recourse to the
law. The gentleman will bring suit against
the parties for attempt to blackmail.
Over in Perry county, while the Presi-
dent Judge was away, the two associates
granted every license asked Cor, including
one to one Of the associate judges.
At Uniontown,. Pa, Tuesday, member
Of the town-cOuncil was convicted Of fur
nishing supplies to the borough.
In Allegheny last Saturday a painter
named Frank Gerade, murdered his little
step. daughter by taking her by the feet
and daghing ont her brains.
Mrs. John Cline, Of Manordale, Pa,
wanting some horseradish, sent two Of her
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