Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-12-04
NEIGHBORHoOD NOTES.

An Erie County farmer objected to the
placing of telegraph poles on the highway
that runs through his property. The Su-
preme Court decided that the wires and
poles must be removed.
1t will cost Berks county more to put
the new Election law into operation than
it does to maintain the courts year, said
Judge Yerks from the bench one day last
week He said that in many of the town
ships in the county they would have to
erect special buildings in which to hold the
elections, as the old places will be to small.
Twelve counties in Pennsylvania Clarion,
Armstrong, Crawford, Fulton, Juniata,
Mercer Monroe, Perry, Pike, Snyder.
Susquehanna and Wayne, have each de-
creased in population in the last decade
Clarion shows the greatest decrease being
8 "a per cent. The greotest increase is in
Forest showing 93.47 per cent. The great
est increase in numbers was in Philadel-
phia 100, 794. Allegheny being second with
106 030. The greatest increase in population
in a town of over 1900 inhabitants is that
of Homestead which shows an increase of
/. .236 per cent. Steelton is second with 21S
per cent. Johnstown gained l6O which
considering the catastrophe it suffered,
is a remarkable growth.
Some of the prisoners of Riverside penl-
tentiary have been detected in an attempt
to escape. They were digging a tunnel
from point underneath the floor of shed
in the yard to the wall, when the suspicious
of the Sup erintendent were aroused, he
made an investigation.
Judge Doty, of Greensburg, has decided
that persons making application for natur-
alization papers, must swear that they paid
all expenses incident thereto out of their
own pockets and that no part of them was
paid by any other person or committee
If the voters were also required to swear
the same about their taxes it would be
great saving to political parties and also
disfranchise a good many dead beat citi-
gems.
Mayor wyman of Allegheny has been
placed under arrest on four charges of en-
bezzlement and extortion.
D. Van Yingling, Clarion Co, man who
formerly worked at drilling about Parker
was murdered in Mexico lately. Some years
ago he secured the position of superintend-
ant of silver mine near Monterey, Mex
leo, and the murder is supposed to have
been done by some Mexican miners that.he
had discharged.
On Wednesday of last week in the Grim
inal Co1rt of Allegheny Go, Frank Gerade
was again found guilty Of murder in the first
degree, for dashing his little niece's brains
nut That was the closing day of long
term of Criminal Court in that county.
during which 635 cases were disposed Of,
and two persons convicted of murder IN
the first degree, six in the second, and five
Of manslaughter.
A gang of soap swinilers have been do
Gus soap for So, offering as premium
rubber door mat with the victims name
worked thereon. The So is inveriao ly col
lected and the box of alleged soap deliver
ed, bat the door mat never arrives. The
same fellow was canvassing this borough
last week, but we have not learned that he
disposed of single box of soap.
Miss Sadie t. Ray, of Grove City, has
entered suit in the Trumbull county courts
against Lee A. Streeter, of Gustavus, for
breach of promise. Her petition sets forth
that she promised on the oath Of February
1889, to marry defendant in the month OF
February, 1891, and that at said time and
ever since was ready and willing to marry
defendant, but that the defendant, contrary
to his sid promise afterwards, to wit: about
October, 1891 married ascertain other per-
son, one Louisa Pelton. By reason of the
and breaking of said contract
by defendant, plaintiYe claims to have suf-
fsred damages to the extent of $l0,0 900.
1t is understood that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will bid $4O,0o0,0oO for
the Allegheny Valley Railroad at it's sale
on the 18th of December.
At Pittsburg, Friday, man beat his
wife for having too many children, and
is under arrest.
At Leechburg early last Friday morning
the local Gas Company turned off the gas,
on account of dispute with the town coun-
Gil, regarding street lamps, and the people
shivered, and ate cold victusIs, until
Judge Reyburn required the Company to
turn on the gas.
The Cleveland Leader Of Wednesday
notes the arrest there the night before OF
James w. Best, of West Middlesex, Pa
for having stolen team Of ponies, buggy
and harness from Kittaning IiverymaE.
Best had hired the outfit the Wednesday
before for few hours drive, but instead
had driven to Youngstown, and then To
Cleveland, where, with the aid of friend,
G. Il. McGarvin he was trying to sell them.
When arrested they were in saloon trying
to sell the horses. The liveryman had track
ed them and when they were arrested
identified his property.
JOS Pringle Jr, of Pittsburg. whose
parents are Methodists, and Maggie
Dwyer, neigbbor, whose parents are
Catholics, eloped to Cleveland, Monday,
and were married, and now neither Of the
young couples parents will have anything
to do with them.
Mrs. Mcyay, of Braddock, an aged lady
took no nourishment, excepting butter
milk for Isl days, and died last Monday.
Frederick Abbott, wealthy farmer of
Baldwin twp, Allegheny Co, swallowed
a teaspoonful of arsenic, Friday and died.
He had been dr mixing heavily.
The citizens of Grove City are protesting
against the opening of a billiard room i'll
that place. Petitions were circulated in
the town and betw cen 600 and 700 sigma
lures against the opening were secured.
A fatal epidemic has broken out among
the horses in a portion of Trumbull county
Ohio. A State veterinary surgeon was call
ed, who pronounced the disease spinal
meningitis. Six horses died on one farm Of
starvation, owing to their inability To swal-
low. The surgent gave as a cause of the
contagion that atmospheric conditions are
responsible.