Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-03-31
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

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fire last Sunday morning. ten bailding
were burned. and loss Of s35, 900 wa
sustained.
The postofHce at Irwin, Westmorelant
county was entered early Sunday morning
the safe was blown open and si50 in money
ten registered letters and s625 worth o
stamps were taken.
A six teen year old miss in Indiana gave
birth TO an illegitimate child a few DAYS
ago, and that not less than fifteen Of the
young men of the town are on the anxious
seat
O'Brien. the bunco steerer, who was
Concerned in the robbery of Thos. Mont
gomery, Of Armstrong county, has turned
up in Beunos Ayres, South America, where
he is said to be luxuriating on his i'll got
ten gains. He was identified by parties
visiting there.
Many ladies of Beaver, Bridgewater.
Rochester, Beaver Falls and other places
in that neighborhoOd have been swindled
lately by a clever spoken young man who,
by representing himself as the representa-
t.go yI d large company called the Art
Draping Co, of Montreal, Canada, has dis
posed of many thousands of little, almost
worthless, wire hooks at the rate of four
cents apiece.
Seven residences and the Union hotel
were entered by burglars at Freeport late
iy and something taken from each ofthem.
The residence of Michael Kerr was entered
by the back window and TamSaeked. The
Strouse residence was entered next and an
overcuat belonging 10 a visitor was taken.
They tapped the TILL at PTaser's meat shop
and then partOok OF a prepared supper at
DOlph PattersOn's. Next was David
TuOmy's, where they stole his trousers
from the bed, took S2l cut of the pockets
and robbed the 2hildren's bank OF 81; tnen
they entered the house of Miss Mary
Syphas; she shot at them several times,
but they made their escape. JEFF Hills
residence and that of Peter Mengis were
entered and the nights work closed Mt the
Union hotel near by.
1t has often been remarked that a man
never realizes what donkey and monkey
he can make Of himself when in love until
he hears his letters read out in court by
the plaintiffs lawyer in a breach Of promise
case. Henry Thorn, prominent young
man of PaTkerSbUrg W. Va, had q taste
OF this experience q few days ago. More
than 200 letters of his to the fair Rosetta
Riggs were offered in evidence, and most
rose, my all" is sample Of the fervid
style of rhetoric in which be began them.
His pet, his rose, etc, finally had To haul
Henry up before the bar of justice, and
after a six days trial the jury rendered a
verdict of 81, 500 in favor of Miss Rosetta.
Mrs Catharine Gass, of sharpsburg, was
burned to death, Tuesday.
Judge Hazen granted one additional
license in Lawrence CO., and held three
over to May 1st
John Miles of Shenaugo twp. Lawrence
Co. was killed on the p. & ". r. R. at
New Castle Junction, Monday
Mayor Brown, of New Castle,is out with
a letter in the press of Lawrence county,
defending his chiefs against some remarks
Judge Hazen made during license court in
that county.
Beaver Falls was ell agog last week
over the ingratitude of some OF the o-eall-
ed leading citizens and officials on account
of their refusal to pay the costs imposed
on Mrs. Bessie ThOrnburg in the courts at
Beaver last Monday. 1t will be remem-
5ered that some time ago she was arrested
and indicted for keeping a disOfderly
house in tnat place. She and two other
women were locked up in default of bail
The week prior to the trial a large number
T..
talk of tie town, and great many citizens
had very sick relatives in distant states.
which required an immediate and extend
ed visit. Something had to be done To
ksCI 'hese men from appearing on the
with - stand and being disgraced. 1t Is
alleged that a city official and prominent
bu-iGesS man visited the woman at the
county jail the Friday previous to the day
set for the trial, and induced them To
plead guilty, giving as an indueement that
their fine and costs would be paid The
succeeding Monday the women plead guilty
and the result was that the heads of a
lumber Of prominent families did not
suffer disgrace Rev NJ J. Sleppy, form
erly Of Pittsburg. of the NJ e church of that
place, preached two sensational sermons
on the subject, and when the day came
for sentence made an eloquent and pathet-
ic appeal before the court on behalf of Mrs.
ThOrnburg. He stated that the woman
had nGrSed four children who were suffer
ing with diphtheria when everybody re-
fused TO. He stated further that the wO-
men was encouraged ii her path of sin by
50 called leaders Of society, and more sin
ned against than SHINING He asked that
she be shown mercy and sentence suspend
ed The appeal bad it, effect, and Judge
Niekham suspended sentence, providing
all the costs in her case were paid This
was 2 week ago and the woman Is still IN
jail because her costs are not paid a. agre ed
10. This is the whl and wherefore Of all
the ugly talk.
\ 1OuDgstOwn man recently sought a
divorce from his wife because he could not
persuade her 10 quit chewing tobacco.
She had ehewed from three years old and
was then twenty-five; she preferred fine
cut, and said that when she married her
husband he had ehewed also, but that
''sOme crank had reformed him"
Postmaster Barton's commission as post
master Of Mercer does not expire until a
year from next June, but the contest for
the succession has already opened with a
good deal Of animation. There are several
candidates, but johnson Zanisher stole q
march on the rest when be got up bright
and early on a Monday morning and had
the names of nearly all the Democrats on
his petition, before the rest knew what be
was doing