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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

UDITORS' REPORT OF WINFIELD
n township school board for the year ending
June ls9l.
Amount levied for school purposes. .....sl ,o67 -
RECEIPTS.
From State appro. end'g year 1891. ......S 5oi so
Bal. on hands from last year. ........... lsl 50
From Col. including taxes OF all kind .. l.057 y
From other sOurces-rents etc-...-..... 80
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

HANNIBAL HANLIH, the last of our living
ex-vice Presidents, died ct Bangor, Maine,
last Saturday. He was brought mp in the
Democratic faith, and served that party in
the Legislature Of his state, in Congress,
and as United States Senator, but startled
his party and the Country on the 18th o.
June of 1856, BY rising in his seat in the
Senate and declaring his purpose of sup
porting Fremont for President. The Re
publican convention Of Maine, which me,
soon after, nominsted him tor Governor,
and in 1850 he was put on the Republican
national ticket with Lincoln.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
Republican County Ticket
Fer Jury Csanissioner.
WILLIAM r. PATTERSON.
The Constitutional Convention.

Ono of the strangest things done BY the
last State Legislature was the passage of
an act providing for Constitutional Con-
vention, provided the people vote in favor
of IT, and Gov. Pattison's approval Of the
bill is just as inexpllesble as the sction OF
the legislature.
Our fundamental State law is, by gen.
eral consent, Q good one. 1t is not perfect,
and no law ever made by man has been,
and therefore, its trainers provided, In its
eighteenth article. for its amendment from
time to time, and al the trivial mistakes
found in it can be remedied by amend
ments, that can be fully discussed and
voted upon separately.
But the proposition is to create con-
vention for the purpose Of framing An en-
tirely new constitution, and for this, there
was no more csll or demand throughout
the State than there was or is for law
changing the State lines or the location OF
the Allegheny mountains.
The bill originsted in the Senate, the
body that unanimously sat down upon
resolution fsvoring IN amendment to the
National Constitution providing for the
election Of United States Senators by the
popular vote, or in other words for remedy
ing the defect in our Nstionsl Constitution
that creates the "mschine" or con6den-
tial system Of politics that has been such Q
curse to this State.
However, we take il for granted, that the
Same mysterious power that pushed the bill
through both branches Of the Legislature,
and caused Gov. Psttisor to sign twill see
to it that there are enough votes to carry it
through, and therefore it behooves us to
select the best men Who offer themselves
as delegates to the convention, SO that in
the event Of there being one, our present
and excellent fundamental law may not be
entirely sacrificed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
Saturday. Aueust s. A. D.. lsel.

at o'clock z. VI. OF said day. fer the purpose OF
raising funds 10 pay the debts and expenses OF
settling the estate Of said deceased. twenty
acres OF land. he the same more or less. bound
cd on the north hy lands OF Joseph Allen, on
the east by lands OF James Bolton. on the south
bv MhitestoVn n Road and or the west by lands
OF the heirs OF Geo. ". BeiEhley. deed Said
land i fenced auf cultivated has a small frame
stanlc and small orchard 81 fruit tTees. but no
dwelling house or otucr buildings or improve
meuts thereon. Tile good.
TERMS OF SALE .-Oue-th!rd OF TIE purchase
money to be paid on confirmation Of sale and
the residue IN TWO equal annual payments there
after with interest from said confirmation and
10 be secured by bond and mortgage.
NcJunkin & Galbreath, ALENASDER STEWART.
Att'ys for Executors, HENRY NJ. BUGHLEY.
June :. lS9l. Executors.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
CRAWFORD & KENNEDY.

The well.known liveryman, VIM.
Kennedy, has bought an interest in
the above barn and will be pleased to
have his friends call at his new place
of business. The
Best Horses, Buggies and Car
riageS
in Butler at the most reasonable
rates. The place is easily remember.
ed. The first stable west of the
Lowry House.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
JOSEPH CRIswELL. Clerk.
STATE OF PEESsYLvASIAi
BUTLER COUNTY

To William NJ. Brown High Sheriff OF Butler
county, Pennsylvania, Greeting.
We command you that you make known 10
the heirs ana legal representatives. OF Johh
" oiiOrd named In the foregoing petition the
contents thereof ana rule and cite them To be
and appear at an Orphans Court 10 be held at
Butler IN ana Tor the county OF Butler. PENN
sylyanla. on Monday the 1tn day OF september
1891 at one O'Clock p. NJ. then and there 10 show
cause II any tney may have why the prayer u
the petitioner Snoula not be granted ana inc
writ OF partition as prayed Tor ue awarded.
Witness the Honorable Aaron l.. Hazen,
President Judge ol cur said Court at Butler, ,this
3Vth day Of June 1871.
JusEFu CRiswEiIY
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

WHILE the Nation, in general, rejoiced
and made merry on Saturday last, there
we're some very sod hearts in the land
hearts made ssd Unexpectedly. Two rail
road accidents hsd caused the sudden
death Of two dosen persons, and the horri-
BILE death By burning Of several others. So
long - human beings continue to move
heavy masses rapidly, so long will there
be accidents, fatal to life. Railroad acci-
dents may bc said to be unavoidable, and
some of MS must die that the others be
moved comfortably and quickly; but we
think the day will come when the public
will refer with astonishment to the risks of
travel by rail today. Compared with the
momentum Of . fast moving train the
superstructure Of . passenger car is but as
an egg shell to the power Of trip hammer,
and we see no good reason why this should
continue to be the case, or why such
tremendous freight trains ss the one that
ran into the rear end Of the passenger
train at Ravenna should be allowed to be
hauled by one engine.
Cars built with iron or steel frames, and
trains Of such mise a. to be always under
the control Of their lccom olives should, we
think, be tho rule on al roads.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
Estate of Williamson Barley,
decd

LATE OF PENN TWP; RULER CO., PA.
Letters of administration having been
granted to the undersigned on the above
named estate, all persons knowing them
selves indebted TO said estate will please
make immediate payment, and any having
claims against said estate will present them
duly authenticated for settlement
w. F.. BARTLEY, w. J. BURTON,
Butler Pa, Brownsville Pa,
Administrators.
J. ID. McJunkin. Atty.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

gentleman who had made our acquaintance
took a dip together. The bathing house
is Quite q distance from the beach; on the
lower hcor You secure your bathing suits
and deposit your valuables, then you 90 10
your room on the I'd floor and change your
clothes, putting the rubber bands holding
your KEY and check, over your head and
around yodr neck, then you run down the
RUNWAY" and hop into the water. The
water and wind were both cold and Jim
didn't stay in long, and then We took
look around the place. There were two or
three kinds of merry go-rounds IN opera
tions several kinds of swings; two IN
clined circular railroads, on which people
were hoisted in small cars and then let
flicker down and around, and flicker they
did an elephant restaurant and dozens OF
Others. some of them With concert hall at
tachments, and everything you could thlnk
of to get the money out OF the crowd a
hundred Barnum circuses wouIdn equal IT,
The steamers and trains continued to come
in crowded and by o'clock that afternoon
we Judged there were half a million people
there. and they told US the season had not
vet opened. The ride back was also de-
lightful; Bartholdis statue of Liberty Is
pretty ornament for the bay, but the
| Dutchman's bridge, rising over the roofs oil
| the buses and masts of the ships Is the
| boss attraction.
Monday was our big day there, as far as
getting over ground was concerned. we
| took the elevated cars at the Battery ana
| rode the entire length of the line, up TO
| I56th street, looked at the High and W ASH
| ington bridges or aqueducts over which the
water supply OF the town flows from the
| Croton reservoirs ten miles up the country,
walked up the hill to the high streets run,
ming parallel with the Hudson, and found
that we were mile or so above what
we were looking for /. e.-Grants tomb
| took the cable cars down to near u, ana
| had another hill TO climb TO get 10 II. IL
| is a plain brick tomb, but the monument Is
now being built The location Is splen-
| did ono. and commands ten-mile view up
the Hudson Ii is at the north end OF
| Rivers: l.. Park. which is, as yet, new and
| incomplete aiiir. Then we took horse
car to Central Park and walked through 1t,
part of it, particularly the I" Ramble y can
only be seen afoot and the principal at
fractions are the cave, the lake, the reser-
yoirs. the obelisk the museums, etc, and last
but not least to boy, the menagerie. The
baby hippopotamus was a great attraction
| for Jim.
That evening we walked through the
| Bowery, and the Five Points district Ofthe
| city-Mott and Baxter, and other streets
where the Chinese and Italians live or
rather herd; crowded, warm, dirty streets,
| full of i'll visaged people and dirty chill
dren, in strong contrast with the magnlh-
cent wholesale stores on Broadway almaa6
with in stonethSG .Ses
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
THE
x Wise Merchant

Is never content to stand
still. Stagnation is death
in Trade az in other
things. New Customers
should be sought after all
the time. There is only
one way to get them-use
the Advertising columns
ofthe BUTLER CITIZEN.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
GO TO
Re- r.. Die K $
Pure Drugs,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Fine Toilet Articles,
Patent Medicines,
And all other
Articles
Kept in a
First Glass
Drug Store.
G.. D. HARVEY,

u. u II AN v +
Contractor and builder in brick work, CRATE
and mantel setting and all kinds of brick-laylng
"A speciality. Also dealer In barrel lime. WAN
pun loose lime, cements. National, Portland
and all best grades in the market Calcined
plaster, plaster hair, Kings cement fre Drlck.
tile white sand and river sand. Main office 315
Nam street. and all orders left at ware house
viii receive prompt delivery. Terms reasonable,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

We the undersigned auditors OF Middlesex
Township examined the above report and ind
IL correct 10 the best OF our knowledge and be
lief.
5. c, TRTMBLE.
j, L. PARKS, Auditors.
JAS. VI. RowAS.l
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

SECRETARY BLAINE seems to be q very
sick man.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

We, the undersigned Auditors OF Summit
township certify that the foregoing report IS
true and correct statement TO the best OF our
knowledge and belief.
NJ. b. DITTMER,
DAVID IEECH. Z Audlt0rS.
PETER KNITTEL,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

NEAR Charleston W. Va, on the 4th
Of July, trestle that had been injured by
fire->went down with an excursion train,
and fourtesu. persous were killed outright,
and many injnyed Several pathetic incl
dents Of the wreck are noted, and among
them the case of an infant found alive in
the wreckage between its two dead
parents, with its fingers cut off.
THE Itata has been returned to San
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
Seeing the Big Circus.


What q handy thing it is to have a boy
who wants to 20 the circus when you feel
like taking look at it yourself
For over year our boy Jim had been
coaxing for look at the biggest circus IN
the country, on account of the stories he
had been told about it by some of his play
m ates who were raised in or near it; and
so il came about that on last Saturday
morning week. we were awakened by
the colored porter Of a certain car OF Ger
tain train and told that we were nearing
New York.
We dressed and got up, and found that
the train was speeding through the swan
py portion of New Jersey this side of Jer-
sey City. Everybody got out, the porter
changed the berths back to seats and we
looked around, at the country and at our
company in the sleeper.
The old rooster who had corralled the
whist party shortly after the train Lad lett
Pittsburg the previous evening and who
had helped to keep up the racket half way
down the Junists was quiet and contem-
pIative; the Pittsburg newspaper man, who
went one eye ON things was inclined to be
tslkatiye, and dilated on the section oi
track we were running over and which had
taken the prize for years; the western coup
le on their wedding trip looked contented
and tried to look unconcerned; DR.. G. said
he hadn't slept bit and didn't feel good;
Jim was bracing himself for first look at
the elephant, and the others-well we
hadn't time to notice everybody.
The train rolled over the elevated tracks
into the new depot that the Pennsylvania
Company is building at Jersey City, and
we left it and went down the steps and
got on the CORTLAND St. boat, and the boat
started across the Hudson, and Jim was
getting his first ride on salt water, and
looking down the finest harbor IN the
world.
At the station on the other side We left
DR.. G. talking to q man who wanted the
Job of taking his baggage across to the Ha-
wanna steamer which was lying at an East
river pier and was to sail at noon, and we
went on up the street. The first thing that
one who has not been in the city for some
wears will notice is the elevated railroads,
which on narrow streets occupy the entire
street on the level of the second stories oi
the houses and 80 darken the first stories
that gas and electric lights are used all
day. They make the ground floor OF mar,
row street look like tuDcnn
against tbsn11
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

JosETH tRiswELLp
clerk.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10
DEATHS.

THE Itata has been returned to San
Diego Harbor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03
TIE MERMAID, CAPTAIN ANDREWo'


The eaptain of a steamship which reached
Baltimore from Liverpool last week reports that
on July "a he sighted speck on the surface OF
the ocean which slowly grew into little SAIL
boat and finally proved to be the Mermaid
That is the vessel in which Captain Andrews Is
making solitary voyage from Boston to Lahu
End, in the hope of beating the Sea serpent d
craft of the same character, similarly manheu
and equipped He had been out thirty DAYS
and still had more than 1000 miles TO SAIL
This circumstance caused him a mild regret
but on the whole he professed to be enjoying
his trip greatly, was in need of nothing ana
did not mind in the least the ominous pursuit
of shark attended by two pilot fish.
What the Mermaid's chance OF reaching her
destination right side up, with her skipper
aboard, may be we do not profess to know
But whether Captain Andrews lives to boast
Of his exploit or dies to feed the shark he is
sire to be called hero by large number OF
persons having queer views respecting herolsm
The author of "The Country Parson" shocked
some of his readers when he fell foul OF Tx
celsior and Longfellow for holding up to imita-
ton ridiculous standard of achievement. lie
remarked that the young man who turned away
from household fires and an extremely hos
ptable maiden did 50 without any good reason
or even a shadow of excuse, so far as the world
has been permitted to know and he declared
that it was not glorious thing to trudge mp
mountain lust for the sake Of overcoming difii-
cultes and defying danger Presumably the
Youths whole purpose was, having reached the
top to turn around and start for the bottom
but he made a melancholy failure of that ig-
noble undertaking, and the pious monks OF st.
Gothard gathered him into their deadhouse
This is the estimate which the Country Parson
puts upon the exploit and though it is expressed
with cynical humor it is not wide Of the mark.
II is lust such worthless task that Captain
Andrews has set himself We sincerely hope
that he won't sink into the depths with bubbling
groan, and if he lives to describe his voyage
we daresay TIE TRIBUNE will help him on to
notOriety. But it is worth while to describe
many things which it is silly or wicked or both
TO do or attempt. In the opinion OF some per-
sons Arctic explorations and not a few other
arduous enterprises come perilOuSy near de-
serving place in the same category with the
feats of Sam Patch, but we are not arguing
that question just now. No doubt it is hard
TO draw the dividing line between herolSm
and folly, but as to the classification OF
many familiar performances there is no doubt.
Foolhardy adventurous call sane persons timid,
but that doesn't make them so. Where there
is a reasonable margin of safety men may be
justified in gratifying their prociyities, but "a
desperate chance is not worth taking simply
because it is a desperate chance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03

able to get it for such works. because they were
known to haye skill and capacity. The law
opens the doors to all offers equal advantages
10 any who may choose to act under 1t. Thus
the new duties on tin plates have not given the
slightest advantage to any American citizen, but
offer to every one opportunity to engage in
business which will benefit the country. Not
one who puts his money into such works can be
sure that his neighbors will not do the same with
as good success The law gives an open field
and no favor, and if anybody does not embrace
ifs provisions it Is because he does not choose
TO do so.
There remains question to which Mr.. ingalls,
lends whether the law, which does not now
enable some men to get rich at the expense OF
others. should not be so changed as to prevent
some men from acquiring large wealth
Is il right, he asks, that some should enjoy
great fortunes while others get bare sub
sistence? But would the world be better OIL
II fifty millions, now concentrated in the hands
of a Vanderbilt or a Gould, and by him con-
stantly loaned to or employed in multitude OF
works, had been scattered among hundreds,
some of whom would have dissipated it in vice,
others wasted IL In extravagant display, ana
others sunk it in foolish and ruinous schemes IN
voKing disaster and suffering to thousands
Is il at all clear that money would be better en-
trusted to the men who have not the sense to
make it, or is the old rule still good, The tools
TO him who can handle them?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03

step he made TOUR of tho eountry, visiting ne bon
stores in the various large cities, where be carully
studied the demands Of the book trade from ell stand.
points.
Ex-senator ingalls, tells Chicago reporter that h n
really and truly out Of politics. and is not even watch.
ing tho course OF events. lie is quite absorbed in
agriculture.
Professor Barill, OF Atlanta, q nephew Of AdeIina
Patti confdes 10 his friends in the south te fact that
during his recent visit 90 CralgyYos he learned that
the diva had made a will, In which he was placed on
the same footing the Nicolin children which he
regards assuring him large fortune some day
Ii is said that Nine. BouIangsr and her daugfrte,
have abandoned their recently cherished purpose ID
entering convent In order 10 tighten the burden M
exile borne by the General This Is announced IN eo
necton with description Of the burial Of Nine. Dc
Bonnemain, Boulanger's friend.
Senator Quay does not intend to drop out Of politics.
o Pittsburg paper says. IL Is understood By both
friends and foes that he Is candidate for reelection
TO his present office.
General Dan Mscsuey, who is soon 10 be chief clerk
in the Treasury Department adjutant Of Lew
wallaces regiment at the outbreak Of the Civil War
and enlisted I'm indianapolis. "The Louisville Courier.
Journal" says that this incident occurred soon after hs
appointment Colonel walace's staff: Macanley
was sent on official mission TO Governor Morton
Rugged out in his new nnery, and with the dignity Of
field officer resting heavily him, the young soldier
mounted a.fractl0us steed and set out When about
half way 10 the Governors quarters on one Of the
main thOroughfares Of the Capital the horse became
balky and Captain Mncsuley found himself in great
danger Of being ANONYMOUSLY tumbed into the dirt
With that decision which Is marked trait Of his chsrac.
ter ne Jumped quickly TO the ground the horse 70
a tree and walked TO the state House, delivered hs
message, walked back, and remOunting returned 70
camp lie learned how to ride in the following fsus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03
SOME POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES.

Governor Hill is not in the habit of pro-
claiming his political intentions prcfeTing to
leave the public TO its own SurmiseS. But even
he cannot help furnishing some indications OF
what he wants and hopes and means TO do.
At the present moment it cannot he denied that
politicians who are, or at least ought to be, eX
pert in reading the signs of the times are be-
ginning to ask themselves and each other
whether it really can be true that the Governor
seriously cOrtemplates the possibility of running
for a third term. Nobody doubts that he would
like another lease of the Executive Mansion at
Albany if he could take il without risk but
scarcely any one has hitherto imagined that no
would dare to demand the nomination. He
realizes that Re is in difficult if not dangerous
position. and the problem OF eytricating himself
engrocSes his attention. In order to obtain the
Presidential nomination next year he must con
troll the Governor and Legislature TO be elected
this fall. and keep a close grip on the State
Committee and every other part of the Demo
cratic machine Nobody knows better than he
that this is a complicated task and it is just
conceivable that he thinks there would be less
risk in trying for a third tenn than in any other
possbe move on the political hesSboard. At
all events as we remarked before not few Of
those whose opinions are generally considered
valuable are looking intently for light in that
direction.
There is one man, we note with interest who
has already reached positive conclusion. Cen
eIal Jones asserts his belief that the Governor
means to be renominated, and, more than that
he declares that if his prediction comes true he
will put himself at the head Of the Farmers
Alliance and knock Hill out, or words to that
effect. General Jones is man OF warm mag
nation, and his pronunciamentos are not al
ways trustworthy, even when they most closely
| concern himself In this case he is doubtless
little previous in respect to the Governors
resolve, but we have no doubt that his in
genuous bosom thrills at the thought Of becom-
ing guide, philosopher and friend in chief to
the Farmers Alliance. 1t is well known to a
favored few that the General, since he achieved
the second place in the gift Of benignant Com
mOnwealth has succeeded in dissipating the
gloom which erstwhile o'erhung certain notori-
Gus manufacturing establishment in Bingham
ton Nay, more. his presence On scores Of fair
grounds, in conjunction with his tent, his ban
ner his price-list his samples, his agile and
dutiful son and his persuasive accents has so
promoted the sale Of weighing machines as TO
require large additional facilities for supplying
the demand.
H. follows as matter of course that General
Jones is grateful to the farmers and it is Just
like him TO volunteer to recompense them by
accepting their nomination for the Governorship
Whether they are sufficiently grateful to him
to accept his offer remains to be seen. The
scales which they have purchased are still COM