Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-01-27
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

| ugly wound which became very painful
Medical aid Was summoned, bat little re
lief could be afforded the sufferer BLOOD
ism set in and the entire arm b.cam
greatly swollen. Her 0ndition grew rap
idly worse and more painful until deAtt
came to her relief
A celery farm of27 acres at Greeutown, nea,
Akron, cleared SO 600 in five years for il,
owner The Beacon says that sewers
| hundred acres of swamp land in that vicin.
ity will be utilized for growing celery the
| coming season and prodRce enough to sup.
ply the markets of northera Ohio at much
less cost than at present
There are &c applicants for license in
New Kensington.
There are 81 applicants for license at the
coming court in Elk county, of whom Is
are from the borough of Ridgway and Is
from the borough of Johnsonburg
A Mercer County woman was preparing
to do some washing last Monday and had
sci out vessel containing some washing
fluid. Stepping ont of the house fo- a
moment the children, two little fellow 5
aged tour and three years. in some way
got hold of the vessel and each drank some
of the fluid. Medical aid was ct once sum
mOned and the children were cared for.
They are reported out Of danger, but il was
a close call.
There was peculiarity at Black River
Falls recently in the funeral line Three
different families met at the Lutheran
church at the same hour, each with a
dead relative and none of the families re-
lated. One sermon was preached for them
all, and then the procession was formed
with the hearses, mourners and friends iol-
lowing indiseriminately. 1t was the first
experience in the city of 4 union funeral.
The Western penitentisry closed the
year with 9ll prisoners. the largest num-
Der ever enrolled on the books of the it,
stitdtien. Last year was commenced with
s27 prisoners. During the year 372 were
received and 2ss discharged. In the pris-
on are thirteen who are serving life senten-
ces, four of whom are from Allegheny eouu-
ty.
"Curley" Wandless, the Meadville thief
who recently escaped Jail at that place,
resorted to an effectnal disguise to accom-
plish his undertaking. He was not confin-
ed in q cell, but was given the run of
the Jail. Carrying ont his reputa-
tion Tor GOODNESS and daring, be removed
his false set of teeth, thus changing his
looks and his voice at the same time. He
next secured an Uvercoat from one of the
prisoners. and d fur cap from another, tied
a napkin around his neck for a scarf, and
in this garb boldly walked ont with q
crowd of visitors when they left. His ap-
pearance was so totally unlike himself that
the turnkey failed to recognize him.
Wandless has faculty for Disgusting him
self, shown by the fact that he walked
with the crowd across the Diamond to the
corner of Chestnut street, they supposine
him to bc another visitor
At fire in the S. s. Pittsburg. last Sum
day a woman tried to rescue child from
the burning building, and both persisted in
the flames.
The Keystone Hotel at Franklin wa,
burned last Sun lay.
The sheep claims filed in Mercer county
Inr -.
amounted to $l2 147 Go, making an averag,
of little over "a, 900 year. The dog tai
levied each year is about $1,000 annually
and after deducting the generations ther,
is great shortage each year-so much so
indeed. that the payments are now thre'
years behind the work of the sheep-killin,
| dogs.
A good many "hitching parties hav'
been taking place out in Germantown, Pa.
since the snow fell The practice is to ge
horse, sometimes two, and hitch behin'
them string of sleds. Then to the &C
| compartment of bells and discordant horn
they ride all over town. Each sled carrie
young man and maiden. Often they pu
the horse to his PAGES, and then suddenl.
turn corner. Those who are upset pa
for an oyster supper for the rest.
| A sad scene was witnessed near Kittsu
ming last Saturday. A child in the famil
of some country folks died of scarlet feye
and to the funeral the neighbors came fo
miles around in sleds and sleighs. Othera
in the family were i'll, one, little siste
of the dead girl having scarlet fever also
Just as the funeral procession was about
start, the doctor announced that the othe
child could not live and they determine
to delay the cortege and make it doubl
funeral. Two hours were spent but sti
the child lived and the idea was abandon
ed the dead child being consigned to earth
The case was hopeless, however and tn
family has been again saddened by the en-
trance of the angel Of death TO claim tn
other child.
At recent meeting of the Boroug
Council in Troy, Bradford county, it wa
decided to purchase several fine spring
and ground upon which to build reseI
voir on the premises OF Mrs. Jane Lamp
man, for the sum of $780, The spring
had been tested and found to yield a
abundant supply of water for the borough
officials Of the Austrian Government
have requested the police department Q
Pittsburg to suppress paper publishe
there in the Austrian Language, TOR crit
ciSing Austrian officials.
The Insurance companies OF New Castl
intend suing the Water company, there fc
some late losses by fire, ON account of tn
plugs being choked.
The Carbon Steel Co. of Pittsburg ha
been awarded the contract for the steel fo
the new war ships Brooklyn and Iowa
which are TO be- built by the Cramps {
Philadelphia, ut u cost of about three mil
lions each.
FRANK KEMpER