Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-12-11
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

William Stutsman, young man from
jackson Center, Mercer county, went TO
bed at the Leslie House, New Castle on
the night OF the 10th ult., after blowing
| out the gas. The oder of escaping gas was
detected by John W. Knox in the hallway.
He called the porter, the door was forced,
and Stutsmsn was recusciated.
| John Dougherty, an oil we'll driller re-
siding in Green county, died last week
! from pneumonia. Mr.. Dougherty was a
Democrat and made a bet with Re
publican that Campbell would defeat Nc
Kinley for Governor of Ohio The loser was
to climb to the top Of an oil derrick, ~
feet high, aud remain there from 6 am. to
6p,m Dougherty,, mounted the derrick
| Saturday morning. the 21st ult, and, al
though the rain poured down all day, he
did not finch. When he came down at
night he was cramped and weak. On the
following day violent pneumonia, brought
on by the exposure, set in and his death
resulted.
A terrible accident happened at Latrobe
last Monday, by which Harry and Edith,
children of Marshal Wianer, will in all
probability lose their lives. They were
playing in the kitchen when one of the legs
of the stove was knocked out and the stove
fell over Two kettles of boiling water fell
upon the children, aud they were so severe
IL scalied that fears are entertained that
they cannot recover. The boy especially
is suffering awful agony.
Harry Baumaster, ofDuqusne, Allegheny
county, was shot and killed by James n.
Taylor last Thursday night. 1t appears
that Baumaster, who lives fully mile out
OF town, had gone to Duqussne Wednesday
evening TO attend labor meeting, and get
some medicine for his sick baby. Encount-
erlng two friends, Joseph Liukdaur and
John Atkinson he visited several saloons.
The trio began drinking and kept it up uu-
til midnight, when the saloon closed. Kink
haur who is a carpenter, last night told
what happened after that. When we came
ont Of the saloon" said he, "Baumaster
said: Let's go down down here to Mrs.
Taylor's and have some fun. I've been ther e
often when her old man is away, and it'll
be all right. This is Taylor's week for night
work and everything will be all right We
went with him, and when we got near the
house Baumaster told Us to wait until he
would 90 up and wake Mrs. Taylor. He got
up on the fence and raped on the window
The first this we knew there was a shot
fred then we heard groan and poor
| Harry fell to the ground. We ran off, while
the man with the gun kept shooting away.
We did not shoot at him, for none of US
had guns. We didn't know Mrs. Taylor,
but when Harry told us that he was in the
habit of going there, and there would be
some other woman there, we thought il
was all right
This occurred some weeks ago, but it
hasn't lost its flavor. T. II. McClintock.
lawyer, of Union City, was in Eric and
dined at the Reed House. Soon after ho
had registered for dinner, c. S. Olmstcad
of Cory. and J. W sproul, OF Union City,
came in. Seeing McC's name, they WINGED
| slyly at the clerk, and registered afixing
to their autographs the words with Nc
Clintock," SO that the bill of the party
would be chargeds % the later. AcClintock
when coming to the counter, saw through
the joke. He paid the bill without protest.
| Then he went forthwith tn the Office of the
| Poor Directors, where hefied an application
| in regular form, setting forth that c. S.
| 0lmstcad and ]. W. Sproul are destitute
and without visible means Of support,
land I being a relative of said parties,i.e.,
q brother lin law do most respectfully
pray that an order of relief be at once issu
ed by your honorable Board of Poor Direct
ors. The petition was granted and an order
made out for tho commitment of Sproul
and 0lnstead to the Almshouse aud there
was some tobacco burned at their expense
about the Court House
Over in Indisna county the other day, q
maa shot another foy calling him oisoat.
In popular drinking saloon in Bradford
q drunken maa staggered in with pack
ago under his arm. The room was crowded
with oil brokers dritlers and others who
were taking lunch. The fellow put his
package on the bar and callod for drink.
AS ne shifted uneasiiy iu his drunken wav-
erings the paper on the package came off,
disclosing the fact that it was can of
nitro -glyoerine. The fellow who saw it
first had TO mold his hat on-hls hair stood
ON cad. He quickly communicated his
information to rhe others, and in minute
the room was deserted by all save the man
with tho can of nitro glyoerine. He stood
by the bar wondering what it all nient,
aud why he should haya the entire room to
himself By snd by courageous man
slipped through back door into the bar
room and sneSkel upon the man, grabbing
him about the waist and throwing him into
the street, The can of nitro glycerine was
thea carefully removed AMI placed in a safe
place. 1t is history that the owuer of the
can WAS kicked clear to the towa'S limit by
the msa who were in the saloon.
Near Rochester last Saturday, Caroline
Pentlain, age ~ yesrs. aud near New Cas-
tie, same day, NJ. s. Marquis, Age so years
were XIII ed at railroad crossings,
The widow of Alex. l.. Crawford died
at New Castle last Saturday.
Florists use large quantities of moss,
such as is found in forests, for potting plants.
Fhs Indiana Messenger says Postmaster
Houston. Of Greenville, in tkst county.
has recently received orders from Pittsburg
florists for all the moss he can ship Ihem,
for which they agree to pay him So 90 per
sack delivered at Pittsburg. He has already
se cured about three hundred sacks, and
when the moss is thoroughly dried will
commence shipping it. He uses phosphate
sacks in which to do. the packing. 1t is
said many thousand pounds OF this moss
are used annually.
One day recently while Samuel Fl. Byler
and John Hoadling were engaged in taking
out timber, they caught bat which for
size heads the list. They felled tree and
in an opening nQar the top discovered the
bat, VII ich they caught and killed, They
were surprised at its enormous size, and
taking a rule found that il measured sixteen
inches from tip to tip of wings. 1t is said
to be one Of the largest ever heard of -
New Wilmington Globe.