Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-11-24
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES

3. A Winternitz, a well known attorney
of New Castle. has applied for divorce
from his wife on the grounds OF cruel ana
barbsrous treatment.
At the funeral Of Mabel Nipple in Ale
gheny, last Thursday, Lizzie Mcdonald,
her playmate said al will meet Mabel in
Heaven tonight" Then she went to a
drug store and got an ounce of carbolic
acid and drank it, and was dead in forty
minutes.
The East bound freight on the West
Penn struck and killed Adoef Nesses and
Herman Bachel al Trrentum lsst Saturday
night
Hillman's livery stable in Kittanning
was destroyed by fire, Tuesday.
Several men were burned to death, with
the government dam hotel, near Beaver
Tuesday morning.
Tennyson Ross was ''held up" By two
masked men near Emlenton last Thursday
night.
One of the boldest robberies ever perpe-
trated in Lawrence county occurred last
Saturday night short distance from Enon
Valley The victim was Mrs Mary Will
liams the aged wife of John Williams, a
farmer At IL o'clock there was rap at
the door, aud when Mrs. Williams opened
il she was confronted by three revolverS in
the hands oi IN isEed men. All three men
sprang upon her, she was bound and gag
ged and then laid on the floor. One of the
gang went outside to do picket duty. The
other two beat her III the face with their
pistols to frighteI her into telling them
where they could find the money they said
they knew To be on the premises. The gag
was taken from her mouth at intervals to
enable her to speak, but she pluckily re-
fused to answer their questions. 1t was
about midnight when the old lady wound
ed, helpless and in the momentary fear of
death. surrendered to the demands of the
men. But she was unable to speak, and
only pointed to the hiding place of the
treasure. The robbers took it all-$200 in
gold. They then fed, leaving Mrs. Will
Jams on the heor. She remained there
until morning, when neighbor found her.
She is in d pItiable condition, aud it is
probable that she will not survive the shock
and injuries she received.
Two feet Of STOW fell at Springboro,
Crawford county, on Wednesday, and at
some points between Girard and Erie
freight trains had difficulty making their
way through three feet of snow.
Last Tuesday one man shipped from the
Eittanning depot twelve hundred chick
ems, SIX hundred turkeys. three hundred
ducks, and large drove of pigs. He had
been engaged for some time in gathering
this shipment, and drove his turkeys aud
pigs for several miles along the pubic high
way. They were shipped to a point in
Northumberland county.
Editor A. II. Hilton of the Fredonia IN.
" 4dCertiSer became financially embar-
rassed the other day and started through
the rural districts, collecting back sub
scriptions. This Is his experience as told
by himself: Business is improving. On
Saturday we went on collecting tour
through several towns in this section, the
trip proving an interesting and profitable
one. Beside gold and silver, we took on
subscription one small oil stove, one Ian
tern, half bushel of beets, five Hubbard
squashes, set OF bed springs, II bushels
OF potatoes and two live ducks"
The city of Reading has at present one
hundred cases of small pox. The disease
has been raging there ever since last winter
and the authorities seem to be powerless
in checking 1t notwithstanding all the cases
are strictly quarantined and every precau-
tion is taken by the health officers.
The bureau of health of Pittsburg, Mon
day, quarantined the Homeopathic hospital
as a result of smallpox having developed |
there during Sunday The victims, who |
were removed to the Municipal hospital |
There names are: William Briggs, nurse. |
aged % years; Jennie Owens, aged % |
years; Mary Barber, IL years old; Catherine |
Dry, an infant, aged Is months All four |
were suffering from a mild attack of the dis |
ease, the presence of which is attributed to
The fact that James Bennett, patient |
who occupied bed in the ward occupied |
BY the above mentioned persons, had been |
'triken with the disease about two weeks
ago and that he was in tie ward four days |
before the doctors discoy tred that he was |
suffering from SMALLPOX