Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-17
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

! J0LQ Sltel OF GUAR r-NlllSt a. "NAe AAA'-
ing in the Shenango the other day and
captured catfish that weiged ten pounds,
and also a jacksalmon that weighed SIX
pounds. Ernest Fast, Of Porteryille, Mich,
was hungry, went fishing. caught big pick
erel. and died from the bite ofhIs captive.
Fred Sheasley, sharpsville boy point
ed shotgun at valuable horse belong
ing TO his father, few days ago, and pnll-
ed the trigger. Fred didn't know that the
gun was loaded but it was, and the horse
was killed A boy like Fred is handy to
have around the house.
John Clark, of Pittsburg, is the richest
colored man in Pennsylvania, if the assess
ors are correct. Twenty years ago he be-
gan life as a blacksmith, and has since
| then hammered out 500 600 fortune. Clark
solved his share in the negro problem by
the simple remedy of hard work.
Four boys Of Birdseye, Ind, found an
old coat near the railroad, and began toss
ing it about and beating each other with 1t.
A bank note slipped from beneath one OF
the patches. The boys ripped the coat to
pieces. and it panned out $l711.
Laura. nineteen months old daughter of
Charles A Brown, of Oil City fell into a
zinc box a foot square, standing at the
mouth Of drain in the back yard and par
TALLY filled with the drainage of the sink
When discovered the child's head was
downward in the box and she was dead
The Third Commandment is having
salutarr bo3m in Oil City. The other day
Jacob Goidstrin merchant, was arrested
for firing usg..s - a committee who wanted
him to join il tie early closing movement.
He pleaded guilty to 10 separate chunks OF
profanity, and was fined Ga cents per oath,
as By Act ofAssembly provided, with costs.
The Third is all right in Oil City, even if
there isn't much doing there in the balance
of the Commandments s.-Fraaklin Neics.
The Rural House at Franklin was de-
stroyed by fire last Thursday night.
1t is with an apparent feeling akin to
'ghoulish glee' that we note the Green
vile News explanation of the farmer Mi
zener bunco last week, as noted then in
these columns. 1t says: ''By his own con
fession to the News editor, Mr.. Mizener
does not read papers, Twas ever thus.
Shortly before noon Friday at the quar-
ries cf Piney Creek, Blair county, Robert
a af v4ray,araI txvn
blasts and fred them. One tailed to ex-
plode Calbert took a sixteen-f foot bar
and prepared to drill it out when an explo-
sion followed A twelve-foot bar was
driven through his body and his screams
are said to have been heard for half a mile
Twenty minutes afterward he died. The
deceased was aged thirty eight years and
leaves wife and five children.
A peculiar case Of blood poisoning is re-
ported from Harmonsburg, Crawford
county Mrs. Coon was stung on one of her
fingers by bee, and her condition has at
last become so serious that the amputation
of two fingers was decided.
There's but one prisoner in the jail Of
Indiana county, Pa, and he doesn't care
to get out The Messenger says: "Hc is
charged with having three or four wives,
and they are not on the best OF terms with
him; which fact, in connection with the
additional fact that he has another in
law for each wife has much to do with
his disposition to stay where he is. Life
is not 80 much burden to him in Jail as
it might bewere he outside, and he knows
good thing when he sees it,"
The other day two bright young girls
were returning to Beaver Falls after
visit to this country One Of the girls was
taking dozen eggs to her mother She
laid the package Of eggs beside ter on the
seat in the railroad car. Her companion,
daisy fat girl, came in and pumped right
down on the package Every egg was total
wreck and the contents ran all over the
seat, the girls dress and the floor of the
car II was horrible mess, and the con
ductor had to. get rags and wipe the poor
girl off. 1t was fortunate the eggs were
not yet old enough to need ventilation.
The greatest engineering feat in the his
tory Of the anthracite coal mining is about
to begin. 1t ia the commencement of what
will be known as the Jeddo Tunnel, whi oh
will be driven for the purpose Of draining
the flooded mines Of Jeddo and Harleigh
1t will be constructed from Butler Valley,
Pa, to the bottom Of Eberyade mammoth
vein, distance Of three miles, through
solid rock, to be 8 feet square in the clear
The scheme OF tunnelling through the
mountain first occurred TO John Markle,
who is TO be president Of the company,
which will bear the title Of Jeddo Tunnel
Co., Limited. 1t will open an inexhaust-
ible supply Of coal aud furnish employment
for thousands Of people for many years to
come. IL will also serve the double pur-
pose Of draining all the coilieries in the
valley.
At Waterford, Erie Co., last Saturday, n
woman was arrested for poisoning her
neighbora stock Sometime ago her son
was sent to the penitentiary for stealing
cattle, and she retaliated on his prosecutors
by poisoning their horses and cattle.
Frank A. Robbins show arrived at
Ennting gdon last Monday and was captnr-
ed by the Sheriff Of the county, on execu
tons and attachments amounting TO "a,
900.
At Pittsburg last Friday, Fitsmmons
and Mrs. Clark were found guilty Of lar
ccny and Cora Wyatt was acquitted
AT Grove City on Wednesday night Of
last week the houses Of jos. Filter, Geo.
Rcimold, J. D. Kirkpatrick, s. S. Bell, j.
s Kennedy and Rev. Merchant were bur
glarizcd.
At Franklin last Thursday runaway
horse, with man clinging to his nose
dashed through plate glass window, and
came to n stop AZ the other end o; the
store. Both man and horse were badly
cut and bruised.
B. o. Els