Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-05-20
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

The fish liar can take back seat, as the
following fvom the Bristol Obserrer will
| prove: Charley Dillon, of Bristol, has
a trained "colt" which performs all sorts
| of comical tricks. One of these tricks of
the colt, which Charley has been fifteen
wears trying to break it OF, is the habit it
has of climbing the Nrbof of the barn and
sliding down on its launches as if it was
toboggan slide. Charley thought he would
| spoil the colts fun by driving nails part
way into the shingles but the cunning ami
NAL found a piece of tin roof up the alley
and used that TO sit on when sliding down
the toboggan.
About six years ago Chas. Harrington
was arrested at a lumber camp near En-
lenton, where he was living with l3-year
old girl named Raver. whom he had per-
suaded to leave her home at the village OF
| Garfield, in Warren county. The girls
father, Robert Raver, found and reclaim
ed her after she had been gone about
week He had Harrington arrested, tried
and convicted on a charge of abduction
and seduction. and Judge Taylor of We
mango Co sent him for a four years So
journ in the penitentiary. When his term
expired, Harrington went straight to Gar
field. He went to the Raver residence on
Sunday, when only the two girls were
present lie subjected them to indigni
ties, hourished revolver, and swore he
would kill his former girl and the whcle
family if she did not go with him. When
the father came home he pretended to
Harrington that everything was all right.
Next day, however, he had Harrington
arrested for threats and carrying conceal
ed weapons, and in March, 1891, the ac-
cused was. convicted and sentenced to
fifteen months in the Pea. At that time
Harrington swore he would have revenge
on Raver. His sentenced expired a few
days ago. He once more made straight
for Garfield. About 10 O'Clock Thursday
night of last week, he presented himself at
Rarer's house and demanded to see the
girl Raver was absent in West Virginia,
and only the girl and her brother, Floyd,
aged IA, were at home. They refused to
admit Harrington, who began to batter
down the door. Floyd ran to an adjoin-
ing room, got Winchester rifle, brought
it to the door, and sent a ball through
Harrington forehead, killing him instant
ly. Harrington retired from futher business,
at the age of 26. A coroners jury found a
verdict justifying young Raver.
1t is said that not many years ago Du
Bois woman in buying some old clothes for
the purpose of making carpet rags, was
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which her husband had been buried sew
eral weeks before. She was positive of
their identity for she herself had woven
the cloth and put in the silk lining on
which she had worked her husbands ini-
tails. No investigation was ever made. The
grave remains to-day without tomb
stone.
At Erie, Sunday, thirty-two houses were
placarded for diphtheria, a large portion of
cases proving fatal During an outbreak
in January last the school board refused to
close the schools at the request of the
Health Officer Woods. Tomorrow morn
ing the Court will take action on motion
for a mandamGs closing the pubic schools
for three weeks.
The Red Lion sale stables in Pittsburg
were destroyed by fire early Wednesday
morning. Thirty-fv horses were burn ed
in them, and several more in the Alvin
stables adjoining.
Prof. J.. E. Morrow has been elected
Principal of the Allegheny High School;
and Prof Arbuckle has been dismissed
from the Principalship of the 9th wavd
schools; for beastly conduct with the boys.