Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-01-29
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

| Twenty IQIet lAOn4 OAA wy
Feeding mouldy hay to horses has re-
suited in the death OF several fine animals
in the southern part of Chester county.
The court of Venango county granted
% licenses for Oil City, Is for Franklin,
| for Emlenton and one each for Rouseville,
\ Pleasantville, Scrubgrass and Sugarcreek.
A new mode OF crippling husbands was
innocently brought into use Saturday
night by Mrs Thomas Edwards of Hazel
ton, Luzerne county. She had removed
the mattress and springs from a certain
bed, and when her husband retired with
out light, he jumped into bed, landed on
the floor and broke an arm and leg.
Aaron Good, prosperous farmer resid-
ing near Harrison City, estmoreland Co.
was stricken down a few days ago with
the grip Friday morning. in the epresence
of his family, he arose from his bed, went
to a bureau drawer, took out his revolver.
and before the family were cognizant of
what he was doing. placed it to his right
temple and blew out his brains. His suf
Mr. Good, who was about so years old,
leaves wife and grown-up family. Thurs
dBy afternoon he said to his that some
thing awful was going to happen before
long, but she never thought he meant to
take his life.
A funny case was heard recently before
Justice of the peace of Indiana county,
Alexander Henderson, farmer, sued
neighbor, Andrew 8yerly, for the larceny
of four ducks. The ducks were stolen
while young from Henderson's farm, and
the latter brought seven witnesses to prove
that they he'd been seen in Byerly's barn
yard. Two attornies argued the case, and
much queer evidence was given. One old
lady swore that she knew the ducks by
their color, and the way they walked
(which, she added, "was peculiar to
their breed" The case was decided in
Renderson's favor, and 50 damage awarded.
Col j. Ross Thompson, of Ellie, was
called to Warren last week to defend the
case of Edward Mead VS. the P. & E. Rail-
road Co. Mr. Mead had lost valuable
COW by being run down on the road and
had brought suit to recover. After the
plaintiff had his evidence in Col. Thompson
moved non-suit. He LEGGED that the
company was not liable for the killing of
cattle running at large He also set up
that it was the Iaw that those who wish to
pass over crossings must "stop, look, and
listen," and that there was no evidence
that the COW had complied with the law.
The animal, therefore, was guilty of con-
tributory negligence and the plaintiff
could not recover. This novel argument
created considerable amusement in court,
and the Judge held it under advisement.
At Dixmont Hospital, Friday night, a
supposed harmless lunstic named Williams
was put to sleep with eleven others in the
same room, and during the night he chok
ed man named McFee to death, and was
at work on another named Brownella
when he was discovered. About l o'clock
as the night watchman, was making his
rounds, he heard queer gurgting noise
coming from the room in which the dozen
demented persons were sleeping. He burst
open the door to find the new patient
bending over the old man Brownella, who
is deaf and dumb, and twisting a piece of
sheet around his neck. Brownella was
black in the face. Had the atteneant
been few minutes later he would have
been dead. On another bed lay McFee
cold in death. An improvised rope, such
as Williams had been choking Brownella
with was knotted tightly around his neck.
A piece of the sheet had been thrust into
his mouth and far down his throat.
Williams was proceeding about his work
in the calmest manner imaginable, and Of
fered not the least resistance to the attend
ants interference with his murderous
work He explained, before being led a.
way to be put in strait jacket, that his
victims had persisted in talking while he
wanted to sleep, and he had to adopt some
method of silencing them. McFee had a
mania for talking himself.
The romantic marriage of Mr.. Holm
bank, Of Hickory, Mercer county, who got
his wife through an advertisement, an
nounced few months ago, has terminated
disastrously, as it is reported that the
couple have separated, each ruing the
bargain.
A story is told of choir in one of the
Erie city churches, where at the choir
rehearsal the other day, when it was bitter
cold, ventilator or window near the
organ loft was left open, allowing a
piercing draft to strike the singers. AS
natural consequence, all but two of the
members of the choir caught cold, and
failed to materialize at the next service.
The minister, who had not observed the
falling off in the number of the singers,
gave out the hymn:
"Let those refuse to sing
Who do not love the Lord"
Turning to his choir, he then was
horror stricken to find but two of the
warblers there.
Isaiah Clark, aged 112 years, o: Mechan-
icsvllle, Indiana Co., is dying of gangrene,
resulting from the fracture of leg four
years ago, and which he refused to have
set.
Robert Pollock, of Indiana Co., commit
ted suicide few days ago, on the eve of a
church trial. The following note to his
wife was found in his pocket.
Dear Mary-I am guilty of a wilful lie
in that church business, and am no more
able to conceal it. have run on until l
cannot return. Tell Andrew and Uncle
David's. Mary, you are my heir. All
have is yours.
II. II. winans, prominent citizen of
Venango county is on trial at Franklin, on
a charge of burglary.
"A stove and fine CRATE can be
purchased cheap by any one needing