Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-24
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.
At Washington, Pa, last Friday, Samue
Bigley, torpedo man, was blown Il
atoms by the explosion of % quarts o
glyeerine and some dynamite. He handled
the glyeerine carefully enough but placed
the dynamite at his feet, and ii is sup
posed that it ignited from the ashes of his
cigar. The explosion occurred in the
suburbs of the town, two houses were
wrecked, the horses were killed, and the
dress of girl hundred feet away was
torn from her person while she was not
seriously injured.
\ Pittsburg mother who, reached the
| Justices office too late for the wedding,
marched the bride home and spanked her.
On Thursday last Geo. W. and Jos. p.
Reed sold their interests in the Commercial
| Ge-ette of Pittsburg TO John Dunlap, father
of Mrs n. P. Reed. Geo. owned the one
third of the stock and Jos. the one-sixth,
and the value of the entire stock was
estimated at 5000, OOO The Co will be
reorganized with Mr.. Dunlap as President.
The Eittanning Laundry. Fox's under
taking establishment, Bakers carpenter
shop and other buildings made a $4,000
fire in Kittanning a few days ago.
The Laufman tin-works at Apollo are
nearing completion.
\ Sharpsburg child ate cherries and
drank milk, went into spasons and then
into a trance that continued for 60 hours,
and then got well.
\ Uniontown man stole his own trunk
from the B. & o. r. II. and came near
getting pay for it.
The Forest county Jail is empty at pres
| ent.
James Wilson, of Greenville, died on
Sunday evening of loekjaw, caused by a
cut on his hand by saw The injury was
sustained about week before his death.
The Pittsbnrg & Western is building a
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to connect with the main line in Howe
township, Forest county. The track is
laid as far as the mouth of Blue Jay creek
up which stream the road will be built.
The Emlenton Bank will commence busi-
ness as national bunk about the 1st OF
September, and under the name of the
FIRST National Bank of Emlenton.
The other day John McGowen stole a
hammer that was valued at SO in Phila-
delphia, and was sent to prison for eight
| months The stealings of "Honest John
Bradsley," City Treasurer, amount 81, 700
000 On the same bassis, he would
be sent up for term of 377, ,777 years. IT
will be about that many years before the
world gets to treating small and big rGscals
| alike.
Near New Wilmington last Saturday a
man named Scott had fight with a nine
| foot blaeksnake and killed it.
John Able of New Castle who was killed
by falling from ID load of hay last Friday,
| was a member of the 124th, was wounded
at Charlottesville, but never got pension
on account of his time being out a few days
| before the fight.
The sad and strange chapter of accident;
that befell the occupants of a boarding
house at Keating station, near Braddock,
on Wednesday night and Thursday of last
week, seems to prove the truth OF that
trite saying, "misfortunes never come
| singly." The i'll wild that blew in this
| instance first carried off a boarder wht
committed suicide by drowning. The
owner Of the house left his family at home
and departed to notify the authorities o
| the death of his boarder. While he wa:
| gone a lamp exploded and two of his chill
| dren were burned to death. He returned
in time to attempt torescue them by means
and before he could obtain another planl
the roof fell in and his children perished
| Thursday morning two ofhis boarders were
digging in the ruins for gold they had il
|
them, burying both and injuring one 81
| that he will not recover. The horse of the
physician who was summoned to attend
them took fright and the doctor was thrown
from the buggy, sustaining serious interna
injuries.
| There is a wonderful baby over in Greens
burg, the S-months old daughter of W. D
Singleton, which weighs only six and on,
halfpounds. 1t is lively as a cricket. Al
ordinary finger ring can be placed over it
leg, and its body is about the size Of
mans wrist.
peach trees of that section are ALREADY
bending down with the weight of fruit, ant
unless care is taken, thousands of trees viii
be ruined.
Some idea of the size of this town ma,
be gained from the fact that the electri
railroad carried 2000 passengers on tn
Fourth of July, notwithstanding abou
nine in every ten of the population wer,
away from home celebrating. Cniontoni
Genius. The Washington electric roa,
carried 3, 200 passengers on the Fourth O
July, which would indicate that our tow
was sixty per cent, larger than Union
TOWN. ashington Pa, Observer
On Tuesday of last week Prothonotar.
Sipler of Clarion Co., received from Judg
Me hard his decision in the long drawn ou
case of Fos ter VS. Werner This was bill
in equity filed in court April 1877 B.
Reid was appointed MASTER and afte
spending over twelve years on the case
filed his report last October, finding
balance in favor of Foster of about SO, 900
90. Eighty ght exceptions were filed t
this report by Verner's attorneys, J. I
Maffett, and W l.. g. D. c. Corbett Th
case was argued on the exceptions befor
Mehard, Judge, in April last. Mr.. Maifett'
arguments on the facts consumed two days
He seems to have gotten his work in wit
effect as Judge Mehard, after spendin
three months on the case, reverses til
master in toto as to Fosters claim an
figures out balance in favor of Werner Q
$43, but on account of the confusion of tn
books he refuses judgment to either part