Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-05-29
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.


The Delamaters have eight petit ons in
that Supreme ourt at Philadelphia, asking
for change of venue in the suits brought
against them by depositors of the suspend
ed bank
They threaten to have an interesting time
over the Auditors Report in Armstrong
county; Some of the mosti prominent citi-
zens think there is s"niger in the wood
pile,r and have taken an appeal from the
report. Following this action the report
has been 'lost," which makes the men
interested more determined than ever to
look the matter up.
Insurance agents haze been ordered by
the companies they represent to cancel all
polices on lumber and mills in the counties
of Elk, Forest and Clarion, the districts in
which the forest fires are numerous.
The two carrier pigeons sent to Kansas
City, Mo-, from Beaver, were let loose at
so'clock on Tuesday morning and arrived
at Beaver at 2 O'Clock Wednesday after
1,5OO miles in about 81 hours. They car
ried a note around their necks telling the
hour they were let loose.
The distillery at Meadville shipped ITO
swill fed bulls few days ago to Boston
for transportation to England to be con
verted into English beef
Recently man fishing in the Conewan-
60, which empties into the Allegheny river
at Warren, captured an alligator" which
weighed little over ten pounds. The
man says that as be pulled it out of the
water the reptile made sound like the
bark OF dog that has bad cold. This
so-called alligator, by the way is peculiar
Prof Agsssiz made it the subject of care
ful study and pronounced it the Oldest form
of reptile life on this continent. He adds
to its scientific name the descriptive word
"Alleghenensis," because the Allegheny is
is its habitat, but it popularity rejoices un.
der the pet name of hellbender.
The Legislature has passed bill provid-
ing the following salaries for Allegheny
county officials: District attorney, Sc 600;
two assistants, 81, 900 and $500 respect
lively; ss, 900; coroner, So, 500: prothonotary
Sc, 500; clerk of the courts, s., 900; recorder
$5, 500; register of wills $1,000; county
treasurer, s6,000 controller, $1,000; COM
missioners, SO, 500; county engineer So, 600;
county solicitor, l,2oO; jailer, $1,000; de-
tective, 81, 200.
There are at present 254 prisoners in the
Allegheny Co. Jail, including five murder
ers under scnttrce Of death, and fifteen
other charged with murder.
Rev. McClurkin has resigned his chair in
Theologioi! seminary of the Reformed
Presbyterian or Covenanter Church, and
has written an pen letter saying it is no
sin to vote in this Republic, and that the
Coyenanter doctrine of dissent is Elusive.
Fish Warden Palmer has made forty
arrests for illegal fishing in Lawrence Co.
At Greensburg Friday, Capt. Loar and
his deputies, accused of killing the Moor
wood rioters were acquitted.
Mayor Brown has sent notice to all
brewers, bottlers and wholesale liquor
dealers in New Castle city to sell no more
liquor to numerous class of drinkers who
| frequent vacant houses, board yards and
river banks in their carousals. The object
is to carry into court every such case, to
determine whether or not license permits
sale of liquor to de drunk in that way; aud
the results will be awaited.
A son of Rev. Col. Danks of Allegheny
was severely thrashed in Pittsburg Tues
day by an angry husband.
The Butchers Protective Association q
Pittsburg is trying to break down the
Dressed beef monopoly.