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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11

History Of the President Judge of Law
renee and Butler Counties.
His honor, Judge Aaron Lyle Hazen.
is descendant Of the sturdy
pioneers who quilted merry England
and made the American wilderness
a garden. 1t is believed that Edward
Hazen, the progenitor of the family,
emigrated from New Castle on the
Tyne, England, and settled at Rowley
Mass, in the seventeenth century.
The town records give evidence that
in 1649 he was selectman, judge and
an extensive property owner and a
respected citizen, which is proven by
the fact that he was permitted to have
seven gates in the public park, the
largest number permitted by law.
Nathaniel Hazen, descendant of the
above and great grandfather of the
judge, was born March II, 1745, at
Lyme, Conn. He married Mary Bell,
Nov. q, 1853, and moved to the beau
tiful Wyoming Valley in Penn
sylvania.
The horrible massacre, by the In
dians and English, of the white settlers,
in ITS, forced those remaining to flee
with their families to New Jersey.
Hazen, though Continental soldier,
happened to be at home and rescued
his family from cruel fate. When
peace was restored and England
recognized the rights of the Colonist,
he with his family, moved to Fort Pitt,
now Pittsburg. Finding the place
anything but paradise, he selected a
home on Peters Creek in Washington
county, now traversed by the B. & o.
Railway. The whisky insurrection
disturbed the peace of the settlers and
many went further west to seek a
home. Hazen purchased a tract of 400
acres of land from the government in
1892 on Connoquenessing creek, in
Beaver county, long known as'Hazen's
Delight" Here he erected his log
cabin and brought his family. His
wife died Dec. 20, 1884 and the old SOL
dier and pioneer was laid to rest Nov.
8, 1885.
Nathan, born May 1, 1856, in Wash
ington county, was the tenth of thir-
teen children. and the grandfather of
the subject of our sketch. He married
Levina Kirkendal May 2s, 1905, who
died Aug 8. 1916. Her husband out
lived her 20 years. Henry, the
eldest of II children, of this union,
first saw light, March A, 1906, in Beaver
county. He learned the carpenters
trade and taught school in winter. He
deserted his trade and settled on q
farm in Shenango township after mar
rying Sarah Warnock daughter oi
James Warnock, Esq, native Of
County Down, Ireland, and Mary Gas.
ton, a native of Washington county, Pa.
March 81, 1888. Five boys were bor,
to them, of whom only two are alive
Eli w. and Judge Hazen. Henry
Hazen died Dec. 2s, 1871, his wifi,
: died April rs, 1885. Judge Hazen was
J born Feb. 10, 1887, being the second
eldest of five children. Shenangc
township, In which he was born, wa.
then in Beaver county, but was made
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
when woman.s work Was Valuable.

In early Bible days richly embroidered
raiment was enumerated with the gold,
silver and other valuable property of rich
man. In that primitive age Dame Fashion
was not the tickle goddess she is at present,
and the "raiment" so frequently mentioned
in the Holy Scriptures descended from fa-
ther to son as a valuable part of tho inner
itance. Raiment was often sent, with gold
and gems as a present TO dignitaries.
1t took, not months. but years to orna-
ment some of these garments, and the gold
thread so lavishly used in embroidering
them was real gold. Moses describes the
process Of making the gold thread that
was used in ornamenting the tabernacle.
The habit Of making presents of rare needle
work Is still common among eastern ma
tions who changed their customs so slowly
-Woman's Work.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
he enlisted in Company II. 1o2nd Pa
Vol, and served faithfully until mus
tered ont Of service at Pittsburg IN

1854. Returning home he led a busy
life as farmer.
Taking an active part In politics
under the standard of the Republican
party. His services were readily rec
ognized and in 1890 he wss sworn in
Office which has had his faithful and
undivided attention since. Mr.. Girls
well is married and has family of
six children, who reside on farm two
and a half miles from Butler, in the
township of the same name.
Mr.. Criswell is an active member OF
A. G. Reed Post 105, G. A. r and has
served as past Major of Encampment
No. As, wv. L. He is also member
of Butler Lodge 272, F. and AM, and
a supporter of the NJ. E. Church.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
A Pen Sketch of Governor Northen.

w. j. Northen, present governor Of
Georgia, is one of the most widely known
and popular men in the south. He is a
farmer by occupation, and takes great
pride in rearing fine cattle and raising
fine crops. For some years he contested
with the late Hon. Primus Jones the
honor of getting the first bale of cotton
to market" He is in the prime of life,
hale, vigorous and full of ideas. His
pet hobby is the future of the new
south, and he believes in encouraging
irn,nios grafton
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11

Plain death excites but little attention.
It must be presented in some novel form
to claim particular notice in community
where there is an average of death every
ten minutes of each twenty-four hours.
Even deaths OF a violent nature must pre-
sent new phases or involve people Of i'm
portance to be worth much space in the
New York newspapers.
Suicides have become so common and
uninteresting that it Is not unusual to see
four or five attempts in that line occupy
not more than as many lines, each grouped
under a general head So small and utter
ly insignificant a thing is death in a great
city.-New York Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
A Curious Tax.

Among the curious taxes levied on trades
people In Corea is one ON sorceresses arriv-
ing at the capital, where they had to pay
the board OF revenue a certain number of
logs or sticks of wood, for what purpose it
In not said. but certainly not to burn them
with later on, for they are an infuen-
tial class In the community. The tax Is no
longer rlevied.-Philadelphi Ledger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
N.oroe, Of Arkansas Plantations.

The negro women of Arkansas are very
fond of their children and kind to them
unwisely kiad perhaps, as we Americans
are inclined to be. TO all the other hard
ships of woman's life here Is added her
mourning for her little children, for the
careless life bears hard on them, especially
in overflow seasons.
Sometimes we are reminded Of this In a
homely yet affecting way, as, when buying
some chickens and asking for more, was
told by the little merchant:
"They amt no more, only but one old roost-
err. and we don't aim to sell him, cause my
little brother that died he always claimed
him, and maw sayed she never would
sell himr'-Octave Thanet in Atlantic
Monthly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
CLERK OF COURTS cRIswELL.
Responsible ofhcer Honored by the
People for Past Services.

NVP4V
The people of Butler are not slow to
recognize true merit, hence Joseph
Criswell is attending to this import
ant office in highly satisfactory man.
ner. The old veteran first saw light
in Clinton township, Butler county.
The common schools of his boyhood
he attended as long as PERMITTED.
When rebellion raised its standard
in the south, he deserted the comforts
of home for the horrors of battle and
fatigue of campaigns. August 1s, 1851,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
a Horses Weight.

Many people, even among those who
frequently make use Of horses, havo
little idea what an ordinary horse weighs,
and would have hard work to guess
whether a given animal, standing be-
fore their eyes, weighed five hundred or
fifteen hundred pounds. Yet they
would have no such difficulty with
man, and would probably be able to
guess, especially if ~they were good
Yankees, within ten or twenty pounds Of
his weight.
The governments OF Europe have
long been purchasing and weighing
horses for the military service, and
transferring them from carriage or
draught employment to the various
branches of the cavalry and artillery.
The animals are ordinarily assigned ac-
cording to weight.
The French military authorities find
that an ordinary light carriage or riding
horse, such as in the United States
would be called good little buggy
horse" weighs from $50 to 400 kilo-
grammes-say from $50 to 900 pounds,
Such horses as these are assigned TO
the light cavalry corps.
The next grade above, which in civil
life passes as coupe horse, or car
riage horse of medium weight, ranges
in weight up to $50 kilogrammes, about
1850 pounds. This horse goes to mount
the cavalry OF the line.
Next comes the fashionable coach
horse" of persons of luxury, which
weighs from 500 to $50 kilogrammes. or
from 1;100 to nearly 300 pounds. These
horses go to serve the purposes of drill
for the cavalry belonging to the reserve
military forcesA
Above these there are still two grades
of heavy horses The first are those
used for ordinary draught purposes and
are commonly found drawing the omni-
buses OF Paris. These weigh from 500
to 700 kilogrammes-1, 100 to nearly
1900 pounds.
The heaviest horses are the Clydes-
dales and Percherons, which are oxen
in size and strength, and which weigh
from 600 to 800, and sometimes even up
TO 900 kilogrammes; that is, from 300
up to nearly 1000 POUNDS.
None Of these Percherons OF the
heaviest weight are employed in the
military service; but some of the lighter
ones are used for draught and artillery
purposes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
The Views of a Veteran.

AN infrequent diner-out," says Dr.
Depew, ais much more apt to indulge
unduly in both food and drink than
veteran. When ones social Obliga-
tions compel him TO appear in evening
dress at his own home or some one
else's every night he finds that to
have clear head and sound stomach
for the business of the next day he
must practice self-denial and temper
ance. We are all creatures Of habit,
and self-denial can become as much
of habit as over-indulgence. AS
the cares of business become more ex
acting and the pace OF life more
rapid we pay greater attention to the
laws of health. We find not only
longevity but comfort in avoiding
those things which impair or undulyx
excite our organism. Thus while our
temptations increase we become more
temperate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
MIR. Walter Besant.

Mr.. Walter Besant in appeara nee
is between 80 and 60 years Of age.
His hair and beard are turning white,
but his figure is vigorous and his
voice and manners are those Of q
younger man. He lives in a charm
ing house at Hampstead, not far from
the famous Hampstead heath. Back
Of the house is a roomy garden, and
long glass door from Mr.. Besant's
Workshop study lined with books
-opens.into this garden. 1t is to be
doubted whether any literary man in
England is as well acquainted not
only with the London Of to-day, but
with London as it was in past GEN.
turtles. 1t is therefore natural that
his library should contain many val
liable and ancient books on London
and its history. In Mr.. Besant's APP
pearance and manner there is some
thing that reminds one Of James
Russell Lowell.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
WATERFOWL is MORAL.
PETTY VICES MUST NOT REAR
THEIR HEADS.
Alice Mitchell Must BE Crazy-New York
on Sunday Closing of the Fair-sensa-
ton at an Iowa Dancing School-Jail
Delivery.
Prospects for Wheat.

Secretary Martin Mohler, of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture. believes that
wheat I'm America will soon rise. The other
day he lectured to the farmers of Osborne
County. Kansas, on "Wheat at s1.25 Next
May.n On this he said: &C. Wood Davis,
the Alliance crop expert, has had consider
able TO say lately about food products, and
his prophecy OF $3.50 for wheat may be
good. But there are several things to be
considered. 1 believe that tho price of
wheat next May will depend entirely on
the condition of winter wheat when the
first reports of the Board OF Agriculture
are made The condition of the people in
Russia will not affect our markets Count
Tolstoi is feeding several thousand people
at an expense OF 81 head n month. He
feeds them on soup instead OF bread, conse-
quently our grain Is not sought by the Rus
SLAMS as much as some would think"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
Boodiers In Russia, Too.

The Russian railway expert, M.
Kotlubai has just published in book
form an account Of the mismanage-'
ment Of Russian railways, and of the
abuses which naturally result. He
states that, owing to the immense sal
aries paid to the higher officials, the,
remuneration received by the actual
working officials is so insufficient that
they would be unable to live unless
they supplemented their wages by
theft. Despite their low salaries,
these men are worked almost day and
night, only five or six hours being left
them to sleep and rest. During the,
last Turko-Russian war engineers and
flremen were forced to sleep on their
locomotives at odd moments, so in
adequate was their number to the de-
mands of the service, and switchmen
were compelled to be on duty twenty
six, twenty-eight and thirty hours in
succession. Such inhuman overtaxing'
Of the strength Of men could result
only in the most defective and peril
ously careless service, with more acct
dents and greater loss Of life than any
other country in the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
DOCTOR DEPEw'e STORY.
How the World Moved I'm Peekskin when
He Was Young.


DR.. Depew told a railroad story the
other evening. 1t was at q meeting
of the railroad branch OF the Young
Mems Christian Association in their
building on Madison avenue. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt was present. The
Doctor had been speaking Of the
change produced in mems manners
and their different ways of doing bus
mess since the invention Of modern
transportation.
"You can have no notion, you young
men in the audience" continued the
Doctor, show slow people used to be-
There was an old man up in Peekskill,s
where | used TO live, who used TO be,
known as the Village Oracle OF.
all the places in the village where the
Oracle loved TO spout, the corner gro-
Gerry was the dearest to him. There
he would sit on a cracker barrel and
solve, of hand, the knottiest politi-
cal problems of the day. One day
entered the grocery and found the
Oracle tearing to pieces the Constitu-
tion Of New York State. 1t ought
to be amended so that certain power
might be delegated to the Federal
Government. | was fresh from my
law studies, and was able to tell him
that the State Constitution did con-
vey that identical function to the
Federal Government. He doubted it,
and said that he would consult the
learned authorities on the point when
ne got time. He had the books at
home.
Il came to New York." continued
the Doctor, "and spent pretty busy
ten years, and never happened to
meet the Oracle again in the grocery,
but one day l found him declaiming,
as he had been declaiming ten years
previously from the head of cracker
barrel, to a crowd Of villagers. And
he was at the same idea, that the!
Constitution ought to be amended.
"'But, Uncle, said, don't you
remember / told you ten years ago
that the Constitution already con-,
tanned that provision?'
Did yep said the old man.
Yes, l replied, 'and you said you.
would look it up in the Constitution
for yourself
Mebby / did, mebby did, he.
replied, but hain't had time yet to
hunt it up New York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
Great Place for Lilies.

Twelve miles north OF Norwich,
Conn.,, is. one of the most wonderful
lily ponds in all America. 1t Is a
lake one mile in diameter, and SO
closely grown with lilies that during
blossoming time it is hard to get a
glimpse OF the water. When the
wind is strong and the lilies are open
the perfume is perceptible quarter
of mile away. So thick are the
lilies and In such tangled masses that
1t is almost impossible to propel boat.
in the pond, and the lily gatherers
wade for them in rubber boots, Not
only are the lilies very plentiful, but
the blossoms are of deeper hue than
In other ponds
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10

Decision by the Supreme Court In tho
Celebrated Thayer Case.

Celebrated Thayer Case.
The United States Supreme Court has
rendered its decision In the Nebraska Gov
ernorship case In favor OF Mr.. Boyd. The
decision Of the Court settles long contro-
versy over the right TO the seat which the
Supreme Court has given to Governor
Boyd. 1t overrules the decision OF the
Supreme Court OF Nebraska, holding that
Mr.. Boyd was not a citizen of the United
States, and that Governor Thayer whom
he was elected to succeed, was entitled to
hold over until successor had been duly
elected. The main question In the case
on which the decision hinged was
whether Mr. Boyd became citi-
zen of the United States without
taking out naturalization papers, his
father. n British subject, never having
become fully naturallzed, although he had
declared his intention to take out the
necessary papers. The eldor Boyd came
to this country from Ireland when his son,
the plaintiff in the case. was a mere child.
They settled In Ohio and the father gave
notice of his intention to become a citizen.
He failed. however. to become natural
lied. The son went to Nebraska when it
was a territory, and was one of tho fore
most of the pioneers who developed It, He
held several public Offices, fought in the
late war, and was member OF the con-
vention that framed the States con-
stitution after 1t was admitted into the
sisterhood OF States No one questioned
Mr.. Boyd's right to vote and to exer-
else all the other privileges OF citizen
ship, and it was not until after he had
served for some time as Governor OF the
State that the question concerning citizen
ship was raised. A long controversy ensued
as to whether Boyd or the former Governor,
Thayer. was entitled to the seat In re-
viewing Gov. Boyd's career in which the
public Offices he held are detailed, the
court says that the fact that he voted and
for a long time held public offices Is suffi-
cient TO establish his right to citizenship.
The enabling act, OF Congress allowing the
Territory OF Nebraska to prepare itself for
admission as State recognized as citi-
zens those persons Of foreign birth In the
Territory who had declared their inten-
tons
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
About Men and Women.

WITHOUT noble desires no man can
lead noble life.
THE Earl of Dudley has his life in
sured for $6,000,000.
A NEW HAVEN man has worn the same
coat for thirty-fve years.
The Austrian Emperor receives a
yearly salary of $3,750,0O0.
No MAN is go ignorant that you can
not learn something from him.
HARRY w. WooD, of Lansing, Mich,
dlslocated his shoulder while stretching
himself. -,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
SUSTAIN THE STRIKERS.

Finding of the Arbitrators in the Indian
aplis Street Car Trouble.
Tho board of arbitrator which was
chosen to settle the difference which caused
the street ear tie-up at indianapolis has
rendered n decision conceded to be victory
for the strikers The board finds the COM
pany could withdraw pass badges, but that
1t could not do so under the contract of em :
ployment without providing other compen-
sation for extra labor required of the men.
The unqualified recall of these badges pre-
cipitated the strike.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
Beer Not n spirituous Liquor.

Beer is not spirituous liquor according
to decision rendered at Helena, Mont, by
Judge Knowles, United States District
Judge. This is an original ruling by a
Federal Court on this subject. The case
on trial was that of man WI sold bottle
Of beer to an Indian on the Crow reserva-
tion.. The Federal statutes provide pen
atty for selling spirituous liquors or wine
to an Indian on a reservation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
ROBBED THE CzAR's TRDA sURY.

The Criminals, Who Took $306,00O I'm
= RubIes Supposed to BE in America.
The Russian Government has officially
notified Chief of Police Farley, OF Denver,
through the consular agent at San Fran
cisco, that one OF its treasury vaults In
Siberia has been despoiled by robbers
Gold rubles to the amount OF $780,
900 have been taken, and his imperial
majesty the Gar requests that the chief
arrest the robbers II they happen to ar
rive In Denver. The robbery was COM
mitted Dec. 1, the perpetrators making
tracks at once across Siberia, and the
agents of the Russian police are Of opin-
Ion that some one of the Chinese seaports
Is the point where they will take ship for
America
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
BOMBARDED BY AN ANGRY MOB.
The House in Which the Hicks Murder
Occurred Rendered Untenable.

Lynch the murderer was the placard
found en- the front door of the ''house Of
horrors" on West Sixth street by the police
of Cincinnati A large crowd of men and
boys had gathered in front of the den where
Nick Delmore, the italian, murdered Farm
er Hicks and committed other crimes. An
attack made on the house the other day
was repeated by the mob The lombard
ment started shortly after 0 o'clock. The
crowd was led by half-drunken fellow,
and they began to demolish the old frame
building, and would have RACED 1t had It
not been for the prompt arrival Of tho
police
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
NORTH DAKOTA'S CROP.
Experts Put 1t at a More Conservative
Figure.

Col Charles A. Morton, one of the lead
ing grain dealers in North Dakota, takes
exception to the crop statistics OF 1891 fur
nished by the State Commissioners of AgriN
culture, II. I. Hilgesen. The latter holds
that the average yield to the acre in this
State was twenty three bushels or over
the former says 1t is not over eighteen. A
conservative estimate Of the crop would
make the latter figure much nearer the
truth, so that the total yield. instead Of be-
ing $4,000, 900 bushels, is nearer $4,000, 900.
There was an enormous crop, and the truth
IS good enough and tho conservative esti-
mate will do the farmer more good than the
boom estimate. The Cincinnati Price Cur
rent gives North Dakota~a crop Of about
AZ, 600, 900 bushels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
Mustn't Shake Dice for Cigars.

Watertown. S. d., is In a state OF excite
ment over the existence OF band Of white
caps who are sending notices to the drug
gists Of the city to stop shaking dice for
cigars The notices to stop the practice are
accompanied by threats. A member OF the
City Council received one of the warning
notes 1t is supposed that number of
prohibitionists who have constituted
themselves law and order league are tho
authors OF the notes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
Afraid She VIII Not Die.

At Memphis. Tenn, Miss Alice Mitchell,
the slayer OF Freda Ward. when informed
by her lawyer that she would escape the
gallows, grew frantic, and said that she
looked forward to the day when she should
be hanged as the happiest day of all Be-
yond the gallows she believes that she vii!
once more meet Freda. She became ter
rlbly Respondent, and fears are enter
tanned that she will commit suicide. She
is watched by relatives.