Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-18
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

burg last week they fed him oysters
lemon pie crackers coffee, pound cak'
and oranges. Ia Bellefonte they fed tht
man they hanged on eggs aud toast. Ih'
Easton murderer refused to eat any break
fast. And ali Of them died game
There is nothing III diet.
A Wurtemburg, Beaver county farmer
says that queer disease has attacked
the hogs in that neighborhood. BE says
the disease does not impair their appetites,
does not make them weak or sick, appar
emily; it simply shrinks them up. A hog
weighing go or 500 pounds, viii in a
week or two shrink from that weight to
$50 or 200 pounds or maybe less, and all
this without any perceptible csase.
Jno. Montgomery, Jr., OF Plain Grove,
was killed BY the accidental discharge of q
pistol last Friday
A citizen Of Sharon was knocked insen-
sible aud robbed by "a tramp few days
ago. The victim had two ugly cuts on
the head and was found in bleeding and
suffering condition. The Squire before
whom the tramp was tried fined him 81
and costs. The Meadyille Gazette be
lieves the Squire would have fined the
robber twice as much if he had killed his
victim
Saturday was a big .dag for paying
bounties on fox scalps in Tionesta, there
being no less than % fox seaips presented
for the bounty, by two hunters alone.
Seventeen young foxes, but a few days
old, were included in this lot the relent
less hunters digging the young ones out Of
their dens for the prize money.
They make maple syrup over III Trum-
| bull county, .. A Garrettsville merchant
in one day during the recent run OF sap
took in $3.50 gallons of syrup and three
days after, 4, 400 gallons, and his daily
average was from 1000 to 5000 gallons,
and great deal Of sugar.
A corset peddler called upon Indiana,
| Pa, widow one day last week and insisted
on selling the lady some goods. The
widow aforesaid is quite smart and
thought the Yender looked a little too
masculine for woman aud some of the
neighbor women having dropped III, con
| cluded she would test the matter. After
| getting the company in good humor, she
| went to the side board and taking up a
basket of apples tossed one to each Of the
ladies present, and each of them caught
the fruit in their apron, spreading their
knees the better to secure it. When the
strangers time came. an apple was tossed
in that direction, bat instead of catching
it woman fashion, the vender of corsets
closed the knees, man fashion, and the
apple rolled to the floor The lady of the
house then made the charge that the
corset peddler was not "a woman but
man, and after a time he confessed aud
then and there was scene. Four irate
women seized him andsnaking him promise
to leave the town on the evening train,
thrust him unceremoniously out of the
front door. One Of the most courageous
of the females accelerated his movements
By most vigorous kick, and when he
landed in the street his hair and neck tic
were in a state of disorder and he ent off
with a limp. He will not soon again
masquerade with Indiana widows
At the Yallonia diStillery, near Mead
vile, there are {, 700 barrels of whisky in
bond, the total tax on which is about
100000 BY careful computation there
are comprised in this stock about 4, ,259, 900
ordinary drinks.
One OF the applicants for license in
Pittsburgh, who was refused, took the
matter SO much to heart that, on hearing
of the rejection of his application, he went
home and hanged himself
A new town up in the woods of Jefier
son county, near Punxsutawney, has been
named Belshazzer. They are terribly
hard up for a name when they adopt that
one.
The cfayon portrait man worked neat
swindle ON Blairsville people short time
ago. lie had fine sample with Linn, and
represented that he must have payment
on orders Of one dollar in advance, and the
ballaAce two dollars, when the picture
was delivered. He received about one
hundred orders. A few days ago those
who had given their orders received word
from the firm, which is located in Pitts
burgh, to the effect that the dollar had
been received, and on receipt of an addi-
tional five dollars would be attended to-
In the Fayette county court lately NJ. L.
Frankenbcrry, member Of the borough
council of Uniontown, was convicted Of
violation Of the act of assembly which pro
hibits borough or city officer from being
financially interested in any work done for
or materials furnished the municipality Of
to pay nominal fine and costs of prose-
cution and his seat in council was declared
to be vacant. The court added that the
sentence was made light because no base
motive was apparent in the violation, but
that hereafter any similar offcnee would
meet with stern punishment.
w lIllc Il Oh ldDOICTS WclC Ulust-
ing rock on Pittston avenue, Scranton, a
shower of tiyecent pieces filled the air
Immediately after one OF the explosions
They fell on the heads OF the workmen
like large hailstones. AT first the men
thought it was a miracle, but when the
smoke cleared away they discovered their
dolusion. The blast had uprooted some
hidden treasure in the rocks, and sent il
high in the air only to scatter over the
surrounding fields
Some fine timber rats are arriving at
Lock Haven and Williamsport from the
upper waters of the Susquehanna Prices
ruling are, hemlock from Z! to Il cents
per foot; oak from IL to %; and pine from
IL to Is. A raft of pine timber Of long
lengths was sold to the WilIiamspolt
Boom Company for q cents per foot
Eastern papers say that all the spars
floated down this spring will be sold in
Philadelphia for electric Light poles They
are selling for about #l00 each
Three prominent Johnstown people
have got themselves into pretty deep
water. Their names are Robert f. Murphy,
son OF Francis Murphy, Henry 0'Shea,
manager OF the Mozham Steel Works, ana
Mr.. Entwistle. 1t appears that steel