Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-05-27
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

largest RATS that ever hoated
down the Allegheny river cut loose from
that port on Wednesday morning for
Pittsburgh The raft is 30 feet wide and
$50 feet long and contains 100000 feet
of green hemlock timber. Ii was under
the care of Hiram Morrison, of kinzua,
who is over 75 years of age, and who
began numbering when he was 10 years
old.
1t isn't difficult to sympathize with
Childlaw Evans, wellto farmer OF
Steuben, n. Y. Seldom las any con
fiding man had more annoying trick
PLAYED upon him. lie had neighbor
named Eli Jones-which the same, as
Truthful James would remark, got there.
You see, Eli greatly admired Mrs. Evans,
who was somewhat younger than Chlld-
law and who wore good and beauteous
clothes. One day last week Eli borrowed
Childlaw's horse and carriage to make
business trip to Utica As Mrs. Evans
also wanted To do some spring shopping,
Eli kindly offered to take her there. Her
old man bountifully stuffed her purse and
sent her off with his blessing in Els care
That was the last that Childlaw saw OF
Eli or his wife or her trunk, for she had
packed the latter with her dresses and the
family silyerware and had taken It IN The
carriage.
A lady in her nightgown was found
wandering on Walnut street, Philadelphia,
shortly after O'Clock, = morning or two
ago. Attention was first attracted to
the somnambulist by the elinking of
chain which hung from her wrist Two
coloreJ men named Henry Price and \.
WELLS were standing at the corner OF
Tenth and Walnut streets, when they
heard the noise of the chain. Looking
across the street they saw the woman 5
white gown distinctly as she passed from
gas lamp to gas lamp. Price was frighten-
ed at what he imagined to be ghost, and
took to his heels Ellis, however, followed
the sleep-walker and informed some
gentlemen whom he met near Eleventh
street As the woman attempted to cross
the street she was stopped. She instantly
awoke with q piercing shrek, and Tor
several minutes could not realize her
position. She proved To be young
matron who lives on Tenth street, few
doors from Walnut. In order to check
her somnambulistic propensities her hus
band had chained her in bed but she had
succeeded in breaking the chains and
making her way into the street Her feet
were torn and bleeding from contact with
the pavement during the walk. She was
taken to her home.
Grove City had a fire last Thursday
which destroyed the Gregg building,
occupied by n. L. Barach for dry goods
and clothing store, and also the Uuited
church.
Laufman Bros, of Apollo, haye pur
chased property in Freeport and intend
their sheet iron mill from Apollo
to Freeport. This will give the quiet
little town of Freeport quite boom.
At Washington, Pa, Thursday evening.
Martin Reed, confined in the county jail,
and under sentence of death tor POISONING
Alexander Chappell, escaped jail through |
a hole in the brick wall above his cell. |
Reed was in love with Mrs. Chappell and
placed bottle of poisoned whiskey where |
the husband could reach it. At O'Clock
Thursday evening the alarm was given |
that Reed and all the other prisoners con |
fined in the Jail had escaped. Deputy |
Sheriff Kennedy was the first to hear the |
alarm. and rushing into the Jail he saw |
number of men on top of the cells prepar
ing 10 20 out through hole in the wall. |
Kennedy drew revolver and compelled |
them to come back. On examination 1t |
was found that Martin Reed, Joe Brown, |
and Fred Cottam had escaped. Brown and |
Gotham were under light sentences to the |
workhouse. The prisoners in the jail said |
that shortly before o'clock Reed was |
locked in his cell. The other prisoners |
were in the corridors. About Z O'Clock |
four prisoners put bedstead on top OF the i
cells and began working with an iron pump |
handle to make hole in the wall. This |
was soon accomplished and then they lift |
ed q door from one of the unlocked cells |
and broke the bars of Reeds cell and help |
ed him out. The County Commissioners |
have offered $500 reward for Reed dead or |
alive. As yet there is no clue to his |
The prisoners say he is |
armed with two revolvers.
The people of New Wilmington are |
exercised over the announce |
nent that the managers of Westminster |
College have appointed a committee to
consider the advisability of removing that |
college from its present location TO some
point nearer Pittsburgh. This college has |
received large donations from citizens OF |
that part of Lawrence county, who will |
bitterly oppose the removal.
Farmer Harry Roeder, residing near
Summit Station, Schuylkill county, acci
lently shot and killed his II yearold son |
D few DAYS ago. Roeder had taken gun |
out to destroy a crows nest near his barn, |
but it would not go off. Returning in |
doors he proceeded to examine it carefully |
to ascertain the cause of its failure to |
shoot, while the boy stood watching him. |
In some unaccouutable way the piece was |
discharged and the entire load entered the |
boys abdomen. He fell dead at his fathers |
feet.
Three prisoners confined in the KittaiE |
ming jail escaped through cell window,
last Saturday evening.
NJ Monday. farmers daughter attempted to |
shoot chicken, and shot herself through |
the head. Her father found her lying dead |
in the barn, " .ith the dead chicken under
nor