Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-04-17
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES

Capt J. d. Caldwell has secured the
Sharon postotiee, for which there were
five applicants.
Dave Nicely's confession has been pub
lished 1t is short, and Dave says he was
present at the killing. but didn't do it.
Mrs Elizabeth Fnsbec, who resided at
Moravia, Lawrence county, while passing a
crate fire at her home, i-nited her dress.
which burned her so badly that she died
that evening.
The Apollo Herald tells of landlord in
that place who in order to disludge a
tenant who did not seem to be in a hurry
to move, mounted to the roof Of the build
ing and tore hole in it which let in some
thing like four square yards of rain. As it
was raining Il was needless to say the
tenants exit was somewhat hasty.
At the late Lawrence county primary,
Fulkerson was nominated for Associate
Judge, DoUthett for Sheriff, Emery for
District Attorney, Bay for Jury Commits
sioner, and Thompson and Shaner for del
gates 70 the state Convention.
On Friday last the 18th Regiment Of the
State Guard, which had been in camp near
Mt. Pleasant. was ordered home, but the
10th Regiment remained. The wives Of
some of the strikers raided the Whitney
works but were driven of.
At Kenton, o.. Friday, mob took
prisoner ont of jail and hung him. His
name was VIM. Bales and he had murder
cd a policeman named Harper.
Perrie Beck, young man of Pancoast,
near Reynoldseille. jefferson county.
was amusing his 3-year old brother last
week. For some reason he had his knife
blade open, and. while his attention was
called to something else, bis little brother
ran to to him unawares. In so doing he
came in contact with the knife blade, which
pierced the boy to the heart, killing him
instantly.
Aaron Kern, an SS0-year old farmer of
Chapmans' Lehigh county. was buried
last week from the house in which he was
born, married. and died.
Marion TulIis, aged 10 years and Emma
Strub, aged Is years, both of Beaver Falls,
lately eloped to jamestown, n. Y. and
were married, and Mr.. Strub threatened to
do some shooting.
Near Wheeling West Va. five ladies aged
over 90 years each were killed by The
grippe.
John H. Hampton Esq. a prominent
member Of the Allegheny Co Bar, and
solicitor of the Penn'd Z. Z. Co died of
the grippe, at Lakewood y. J. last Satur-
day.
Near Washington Pa last Saturday,
some boys found an empty nitro n ycerine
can ~, fauaa co-nar ar,d Shial Stny,ac
it, until it exploded Result one boy dead,
and another badly injured.
Near the South Side, Pittsburg; last
Sunday three boys found a can of powder
in stone quarry. They built bonfire
and put the can in it, and three badly
burned boys were taken home.
Rev. Thos. Greer of Lawrence Co., died
last Saturday.
At Wampum, Monday, Justice of the
Peace gave judgment against rs farmers,
and in favor of the Union Mutual Live
Stock Insurance Co. for assessments due.
The Ins. Co. has 1000 more accounts to
sue.
The announcement of the retail License
List created great sensation in Pittsburg
last Monday night among those interested.
3S1 licenses were granted in Pittsburg, an
increase of 20 over last year; while the
number in Allegeny was reduced from 124
to 120. The Hotel Boyer in Pittsburg, the
Kenmawr hotel in the East End, and
Johnny Stroup's fancy place on Market st.
were refused.
Three acres of the East End Stock Y ards
were burned last Tuesday morning, and
some cattle and horses perished. The loss
is put at 500, 600.
Marriage is not failure. There. is said
to be a woman in neighboring town who
has not missed making fire in forty years.
Her husband is probably the oldest fire
escape on record.
At the Rep Co Convention at New
Castle, Monday, r. J. Fulkerson was
declared the nominee for associate Judge.
Miss Della Beck, of Cokeville, West
nloreland county, is the largest girl OF her
age in the United States. She is eighteen
years old and tips the beam at $40 pounds.
Her bust measure is sixty one inches. She
has just returned form tour through the
East and South. In the fat woman's con-
vention at Boston she took the prize for
the largest girl. The other fat women at
this convention made her present of
bracelet made of silver ten-cent pieces.
She was born at Apollo, Pa, and had a
sister that died at the age of five years
that weighed 40 pounds. Her parents are
of ordinary size.