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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
A Severe, Though Succ essful Surgic'
Operation.


Operation.
Esquire John Thomas, of Allegheny tp.
after suffering intensely for about SIX
months with what may, in common par
lance be termed bone cancer, which was
situated on his left leg just below the knee
joint and extending downward about eight
inches, had that member amputated on
Tuesday of last week, Dec. 23d, some eight
or ten inches above the knee joint. The
operation was performed by DIR. Wallace,
of East Brady, assisted by Drs. Eggert and
Son, who were the Squir's attending phys
icians, and by DIR. A. A. Moore, OF Parker,
with Drs. A. NJ. Hoover and b. +. Goheen
also of Parker, present as consulting phys-
icians ard assisting as exigencies required.
The operation was very skillfully perform
ed, notwithstanding the Squire is yet IN q
precarious condition. 1t was rendered ab-
solutely necessary in order to save his lie
A post surgical examination revealed the
fact that the large bone of his leg was
hon ey -combed with perforations caused by
the incessant knawing of the dread disease
with which he was afflicted.
1t is earnestly hoped by the Squlre's
many friends that he will eventually sur
vive the tremendous shock TO his nervous
system, and that the germs of the vlrulent
malady have been completely eradicated
by the operation. Great sympathy is felt
for him and his family because of the ter
rible calamity which has thus befallen him
and them. Chow Chow.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Election Notice,

The general meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Hannahs
town and vicinity will be held on Satur-
day, the 10th day of January, 1891, at
O'Clock p m, at the Creamery Building in
Delano. Four directors to be elected for
three years. A. KRAUsE, President.
Dec. Is, 1890. HENRY HECK, Sec'y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Executors Notice.

ESTATE OF SUSAN HILLIARD. DECD, LATE
OF WASHINGTON TWP.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Susan
Hilliard, decd, late of Washington Twp,
Butler Co., Pa, having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons knowing themselves
indebted to the said estate will please make
immediate payment, aud any having claims
against said estate will present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
PETER p. HILLIARD, EXT,
Hilliard, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02

TIE friends Of Ex-State Senator J. W.
Lee Of Franklin think that he isa ft per.
son to represent rs in the O. s. Senate,
aud some Of the papers of the western part
Of the State haYe spoken for him.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between w. w.
Blackmore and Louis NJ. Grieb, under the
firm name of Blackmore & Grieb, was dis
solved by mutual consent on Monday, Sept.
%, 1890. The business will be continued at
the same place by l.. NJ. Grieb d Co., VINO
will settle the business of the old firm.
w. w. BLAcKMoRE,
l.. NJ. GRIEB.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Battle With Indians.

While q. 8. troops were disarming Big
Foot's band Of Indians on the Bad Lands
of Dakota, Monday morning. the Indians
fred on the troops, and fight snsued in
which Capt wallace and twenty-five SOL
diers were killed, 1t. Darlington and some
fifty men wounded, and the band Of Indi-
ans, excepting the women and children
who fed the camp, was practically wiped
ont.
Next day smother band Of Indians at-
tackled supply train, but company Of
troops heard The firing and came to its 70.
lief and the Indians were routed with con.
siderable loss.
There u great excitement in al parts oi
the territory and the settlers are fleeing to
the towns.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Rheumatism

According to recent Investigations Is caused BY
excess Of Tactic acid In the blood. This acid at
tacks tho hbrous tissues, particularly In the
joints and causes the local manifestations OF the
disease. pains and aches in the back and shoui-
ders. and in the tont, at the knees. ankles. hips
and wrists Thousands Of people have found In
Hoods sarsaparills . positive and permanent
cure for rheumatism. This medicine by It's
purifying and vitalizing action, neutraiizes the
acidity Of the blood. and also builds up and
strengthens the whole body.
Hoods SarsapariIla
Sold by all druggists 81 six for S. Prepared only
byC.L HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, MASS.
100 Doses One Dollar
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02

TIE little Stste Of Massachusetts,, has
sent Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate, Charles
Sumner, Robert Winthrop and Edward
Everett to the United States Senate, but
the great State Of Pennsylvania, under the
rule of the machine" neither develops
such statesmen nor puts them in Office.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Administrators and Executors of estates
can secure their receipt books at the CITI-
ZRS office.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02

JOHN p. MATTHEWS, the Republican
postmaster at Carrollton, Miss. was shot
and killed few days ago, and the murder
is reported to have been purely political
one.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Wanted, At Once,

Wanted, AT Once,
A man to sell choice Nursery Stock
in and around Butler during the fall
and winter. We solicit the cores
pondence of anyone wishing a situa-
zion. Special inducements to the
right party. Permanent employment
when desired. No experience neces-
sary: Good pay. Address stating
age. COLUMBIA NURSERY Co.,
Rochester, n. Y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
PITTSBURGH NURSERIES.
rxtuhiishad 1910

Established 1Si0.)
OUR ELEGANT ILLUSTRATED CAT
AL0GUE for 1890 will be mailed on appl-
cation. Every Farmer, Gardener, Amateur
or owner of lot should have one.
Orders for flowers and floral embiems
have immediate attention. Telephone 23o.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

To all ichOm IL may concern:
Take notice that the partnership hereto
fore existing between Owen Brady, Joseph
Hartman, A. II. Simpson and II. J. Hoyt.
doing banking business under the firm
name and style of the Butler County Bank,
II. J. Hoyt & Co., at Millerstown, Butler
county, Pa, Is hereby dissolved, to take
effect on the first day of January, 1871;
that the said Owen Brady, Joseph Hart
man and A. II. Simpson have sold all their
right, title, interest and claim in said part
nership to II. j. Hoyt, who will carry on
the business himself under the name of the
Butler County Bank; that the said IL; -.
Hoyt has assumed all the debts and liahili-
ties of the said partnership, the Butler
County Bank, of which all interested will
take notice. OWEN BRADY,
JOSEPH HARTMAN,
A. II. SIMPSON,
MILLERsTowN, Pa, Oct. 90, 1890.
The undersigned, this day having dis
posed of their int crest in the Butler County
bank. of Millerstown, Pa, to take effect
the first day of January, 1891, rs per above
notice, to II. J. Hoyt, who has so long, so
successfully and so satisfactorily managed
the affairs of said bank, and who will con
tinue to conduct its business and serve Its
customers and friends as heretofore, take
pleasure in bespeaking for him the same
generous patronage by the people of this
place and vicinity as he has merited and
received at their hands in the past.
OWEN BRADY,
JOSEPH HARTMAN,
A. II. SIMPSON.
MILLBRsTowY, Pa, Oct. %. 1890.
The undersigned will, on the first day OF
January next, assume the sole ownership
and full proprietorship of the Butler Coun-
ty Bank, as shown is The foregoing notices,
and he takes this opportunity to express
his thanks and gratitude for the large share
of patronage which has been extended him
these mtny years past, and owing to the
increased facilities he will have Tor serving
his friends and patrons, he promises to do
anything in his power that Is consistent
with safe banking to meet their require
m ents, and solicts a continuance of their
patronage.
Yours Very Respectfully,
ii. J. HoYT.
MILLERsTowY, Pa, Oct. %, 1890.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
Election Notice

The Annual Election for II Directors oi
the Butler County Mutual Fire ms 20
will be held at the office of the Sec; IN But
Ter, Pa, Tuesday, Jan. l3, 1881, between
the hours of and . pm.
BY order of the Pres
II. G. Heineman. Sec.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
1891.


was our New Years, the first day of new
year, holiday, and day formerly csle-
brated by the giving Of presents, which
especial feature has, in England and the
United States, been relegated to Christ
mas.
1t was the first day Of the eighteen hum
dred and ninety first year Of the Christian
Era; and there you had better stop and
take it for granted that it is al right, for If
you begin inquiring - to why the Christian
Era does not begin on the birthday OF
Christ or on the day generally celebrated
by His followers = His birthday; or Il you
want to know why the year should have
been made TO begin ct time marked by
no particular physical or astronomical
event; you enter the mythical realm Of
historical chronology and begin the study
of mathematical chronology, both Of which
are well-nish interminable.
The Christian Era is dated from the LIST
of January Of the year in which Christ was
born; and January was made the first
month of the Roman calendar, probably
because It was the first month Of thei:
Spring-time In northern italy, for many
centuries after the fall of the Roman EN-
pire, the year vas made to begin on March
25th, the day of the Annunciation, and in
France q late n the middle of the 18th
century the year began with Easter. In
England for several centuries the year be-
gan with Christmas, and In parts Of Scot
lsud the 1st Of January il yet celebrated
as Christmas.
In the scandinavian peninsula the re-
turn Of tho Sun was celebrated by the
great yule feast. and whom missionaries Of
the Christian religion penetrated those
regions they engrafted the Christian Christ
mas on that feast.
In England in the 18th century the prac-
tice was to begin the year on the 18th Of
March, and that practice prevailed till
Parliament in 1851 directed that the year
1852 should be rsckonsd from the 1st Of
January, and the same day is now tho be-
ginning Of the year In al Christian coun-
tries, excepting Russia.
When the Romsns Of the time of Julius
Caesar rsmodslsd their calendar, they knew
nothing Of the spherical form Of the Earth,
or Of it, revolution around the Sun, and
yet by some means they measured year
to within few minutes Of its correct time,
and established year of a65 days, every
fourth year to have 366, and gave the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02

ONE Of the new u. 8. Senators for Idaho
II Geo. L. Shoup, who was born and raised
near Freeport, and lived In that town and
in Kittanning. He went TO Idaho some
years ago, acquired prominence, and Pres
ident Harrison appointed him Territorial
Governor. Idaho IVES made . state few
months ago, and its Legislature met and
elected three men u. 8. Eerstors, two Of
whom are to take their seats Immediately,
and the other to succeed the one whose
term expires next March. Mr.. Shoup was
present when the Senate met last Monday
and on motion Of Mr.. Hoar he was sworn
in, and afterwards on motion Of Mr..
Vance his credentials were referred
to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, the point being that
the action Of the legislature in providing
for representation % far ahead. was not
altogether in compliance with tho consti-
tuition and the rules Of the Senate.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02
GEO. d. MITCHELL,

Attorney and solicitor u Pensions and
Patents. Box -, Washington. II. &. Clerk SEN
ate Pension Committee Tor last years II you
ike PROMPTSESS write Me. Glad 10 give
dyice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-02

White II 1891.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
BETTER DOG THAN MASTER.
times Rise Above Humanity Itself

An Incident Showing that Brutes Some
times Rise Above Humanity Itself.
Snow is white setter dog, and Thomas
McEvoy is Snow master, saws the New
York World. McEvoy ought TO have some
sense, for he is clothing cutter. But he
did not show any sense Thursday. He
brought Snow down from Newburp. anC
drank strong drink until he lost his bal
ance and went to sleep on the sidewalk al
Madison avenue and Forty-second street
When McEvoy fell his hat rolled into the
gutter, but Snow brought it back in hi:
| teeth to his tlpsy owner.
Then the dog put his fore paws on the
man body and snarled and snapped. anC
growIed AMI barked at every one who came
near the s7nseess form or made as if *
ham it. Policeman Regain came along ant
seized McEvoy to raise him. Snow few a
| him viciousiy. Regain took one Or two
backward steps and reflected
Men who looked on called Good dog
good dog" and tried to coax Snow away,
| but he was nc more to be cajoIed than
scared. At last someone lassoed him with
a rope
Regain got McEvoy on his feet and took
| him to the West Thirtieth street station
house, Snow following, Juggling at the
rope. Dog and man were in Jefferson
market police court yesterday morning
but when McEvoy was arraigned at the
bar Snow was kept in the PENN which
Policeman Regain showed at once respect
for the dog and regard for his trousers
McEvoy was fined s., but had spent all his
money. So dog and master went to prison
together for five days
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
WOman,s Paradfss

The following extract is from the pos
thumous works of Thomas De Quincy:
Nineteen times out of twenty have re-
marked, that the true paradise of a female
life, In ranks not too elevated, for con-
slant intercourse with the children, is by
no means the years of courtship, nor the
earliest period of marriage, but that Sc
quested chamber of her experience, in
which mother is left alone through the
day, with servant perhaps in a distant
part of the house. and (God be thanked)
chiefly where there are no servants at all,
she is attended by one sole companion,
her little frst-born angel, as yet chnging
TO her robe, lmperfectly able to walk, still
more imperfect in its prattling and inno-
cent thoughts, elinging to her, haunting
her wherever she goes, as her shadow,
catching from her eye the total inspira-
ton of its little palpitating heart. aud
sending to hers, thrill of secret pleasure,
so often as the little fingers fasten on her
own. Left alone from morning to night,
with this one companion, or even with
three still wearing the graces of infancy;
buds or various stages upon the self same
tree, woman If she has the great bless
ing of approaching such a luxury of para
disc, is moving-through the dlvinest
section of her life. As evening sets in,
the husband through all walks of life,
from the highest professional, down to
the common laberer, returns home to vary
the order of conversation, By such thoughts
and interests as are cOnsOuant with his
more extensive capacities OF intellect.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
German
Syrup
We have Selected two or

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
TO their children in the emergencies
Of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
hdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
ED. L. WILLIS, of Mrs Jas w. KIRK.
Alma, Neb. 1 give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, XIV.
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
it. 1t is simply mi ter, and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy
Fully one-ha1f of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, iiph-
liberia and the dangerous inhamma-
tons of delicate throats and lungs. q
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
THE ENCHANTED VALLEY.
JOEL BENTON

There's soft and tender valley, touched by mem
ory's cpa-glow,
In the off, fadeless region OF the tender Long
Ago,
Where are bright and sunny spaces and where
pensige shadows fail,
And through Memory's gate you go there, or you
do not 60 all.
All the history OF lifetime there is pictured full
and PLAIN;
All Its sweetness and its sorrows, all its sunshine
and its rain,
Happy voices there salute Us, spectral forms and
scenes appear;
Yet the dearest thing about it is its brooding
atmosphere.
You can live your joys all over in that nebulOus,
dim land,
For even though its shadows some lost charm lifts
up its hand. ~.
Every streamiet that flows through it moves with
solemn step and slow,
For nameless, strange enchantment sleeps the
Long Ago.
In the twilights tender cleaning it arises to
sight.
1t escapes not in day time, it is very near at
night;
And no fairer pleasure meets US in our journey
day by day,
Than the halo on that valley, though dim and
far away.
Life would be quite Disseminating if we never
could retraCe
Its magic restoration of each vanished scene and
place;
And, though supremacy Joyous, half its JOY we
cease to know,
II some darkness could extinguish the sweet
realm of Long Ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
The UnrulY TonSnA

This epistle of ST. James is sometimes
called the gospel of common-sense. 1t
certainly strikes out from the shoulder,
says religious writer in the st. Louis Re,
public. 1t is St. James who says: The
tongue no man can tame Its an unruIy
evil Is this not true? When one is sick
the doctor says: Let me see your tongue
The clergyman might initiate the doctor
Coleridge said; If were preacher in
Cornwall (England) / would peach 50
sermons year against wrecking-that
being the prevalent sin of that locality,
Sins of the tongue are prevalent in all To-
calities. The pulpit should thunder AND
lightning against them. Cannibals of char
acter abound. There are professional
busybodies who know all about every
body's business-except their own. Mrs.
Gossip and Mrs. Grundy rush along the
street on errands of title tattle so fist they
haven't time to tie their bonnet strings.
Their husbands sit like coroner's jury
on dead regulations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
A MOVING BUTCHER SHOP.
Meat Sold in Mexico CITY from Donkeys
Backs by Itinerant Butchers


Only the better classes of Mexicans eat
meat, and one of the great fields of Ameri.
can investment is in the passing interests
of Mexico, Hams and beef bring high
prices, and the meat business of the city
IS managed by monopolies Good beeves
are worth from $25 to $50 head. There
is more mutton eaten than beef. The
meat wagons Of Mexico City are mules
Take one of the greasiest, dirtiest mules
you can find and fasten a framework oil
hooks 70 SADDLE Oh his back. Let this
framework extend about foot above the
mule and on the hooks hang the halves anC
quarters of beeves, so that the blood drips
from them on the ground. When the
mules are small the meat touches the
ground. Then you have the Mexican
butcher cart, of the mountains. The
butcher or meat peddler wears a great
blanket about his shoulders, broad brim
ed hat on his head and his feet are bar !
IT you buy quarter of beef he viii
carry 1t into your house on his head, anC
if you want a slice ne will hack off piece
for you and charge you about the same fol-
the neck as the loin. The Mexicans sci
evey part of the animal, and in ever,
market you will find little cook shops il
which shreds of beef are fried and offered
for sale. These are for the Indian custom
ers, who and about and eat the greasy
morsel with tfeir fingers and without the
use of knife, fork or plate. In Mexico City
tbs butchering is more carefully done anC
beef is comparatively cheap. Yov can ge
roast for eighteen cents a pound, bu
pork is more expensive. The pork bust
ness of Mexico City is controlled by a Mex
lean, who has made millions out of it, anc
he is now putting up one of the biggest
packing houses in the world. He has hi
agents all over the city, and he imports hi
hogs from Kansas.-N. Y. World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
THE DERVISHES.
An Afternoon With the Wailing7 and
Howling Dervishes.

We had spent the morning at Scutari
where had been painting an old mosque
1t was bowling -dervish day-it comes but
once week, the howl beginning at 3 o.
m. precisely-an hour to watch their curl
Gus service.
Thus it was that Dreco YapouIy Isaacs
preceded me up a STEEP hill paved
with powders. entered the lower door OF
the tekke (house)of the dervish and then
motioned me to q seat in small open
court sheltered by an arbor covered with
vines.
Five francs. and we passed the hanging
curtain covering The entrance, and stepped
inside a square low-caiIed room hung with
tambourines, cymbai>. arms and banners.
and surrounded on three sides by an
aisle.
The howlers-there were at least a
doz4n-were standing in straight row
on the floor, like class at school, facing
their master, an old, long bearded priest
squatting on mat stretched before the low
alcove altar.
As We entered, they were wagging their
heads in unison, keeping time TO a chant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
The Relative Efficacy OF Harrows.

In series of experiments in draft with
different implements, reported by the
Utah experiment station, it was fonnd
that the efficacy of harrows varies with
the soil. Round and square toothed har.
rows act as wedges and do not loosen
the soil as do other forms of harrow-teeth.
They do not penetrate deeply and, NOV
ing very near the surface, are compare
lively easy in absolute draft, but in re-
Iative draft per pound of earth moved
not so easy for hard soils as some other
form of harrow. They fine the soil about
the average of other harrows. They may
be regarded as adapted only to loose soils
| and for putting In seeds around which
| the soil should be compressed.
Harrov3 with teeth having a forward
| slant also act as wedges In a large meas
| ure and leave soil that weighs heavily,
being compact. These harrows also have
| a medium draft per pound of soil moved.
penetrate to medium depth and fine the
soil about the average. They leave an
| uneven bottom.
Harrows that lift the soil by rolling
action, thus avoiding some of the friction
of the other harrows, penetrate the deep
est, loosen the soil the best and move the
most soil per pound of draft. They give
soil of average fneness. When the
rolling cutter is complete or unbroken
circle the soil is loosened in burrows, and
when it is removed it is found to have {
corrugated bottom When the rolling cut
ter is broken circle, known as a cutaway
narrow. it leaves the bottom soil in aver
age order. and has the easiest draft, and
is believed 10y the nirector to be the best
| form of harrow for sursace tillage now IL
use for the average clay loan soil.
1t takes good many years for a man t.
get old, bat when he once gets there, h,
hanps on to