Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-04-28
NEIGHBoBHooD NOTES.

The shipment of fur made By Jack Rid
from Grove City last week was the larges
ever made from the Grove City station
The fur was purchased by Mr.. Ride an,
sold to a Boston firm. The entire sal
amounted to 81, l66, and was the last ship
ment that will be made from there the pres
| ent season.
The large Touring mill of Grove l. Hillie
at Utica, Venango county, was destroyed
| by fire at 1:30 Sunday morning. The los
is estimated at 50, 900, on which there wa!
an insurance of 81, 500. The fire is suppos
ed to have been caused by tramps, who
were seen around the mill the evening be
fore, and shortly after the ire was discover
| two men were seen running across the
bridge from the direction of the mill
Nothing VI, 5 saved from the mill.
remarkable intelligence was
exhibited by Dan" one of MoGuigan &
Stubler's livery horses, Monday forenoon,
! al Oil City Sunday night the horse was
brought into the stable lame, and the sta
BILE men thought il was sprain. They
were rubbing the leg with liniment Mon
day morning when the horse broke away
from them and ran into Parsons black
smith shop, on the same street. Here he
wheeled up to the Nnrseshoer and lifted up
his lame leg. The man examined the leg
and foot and found that an improperly
driven nail had penetrated the quick of the
foot. The shoe was re set and the horse
retained To the barn The horse has been
owned by the firm for the past four years,
but this is the first time he has gone to the
blacksmith shop voluntarily.
George q anderson, Meadville barber,
and Mrs. Ellen Davis, an Oil City widow,
were married few days ago and started in
with ready made" family of eonsidera
BILE proportions. He is the father of II
children, of whom IL are living, and she
is the mother of 8, of whom Z are living,
making cheerful family gathering of
twenty, including the the iather and
mother.
The ~ealth of the Economics has been
legally stated. Expert accountant James
Dickson who began several months ago to
ascertain the financial condition of the
Economic Society, has made a sworn
statement to Court. He figures the total in
dedebtedness TO be $609, 500 49, while the
asset, are placed at 81, 500, 900. Besides
this, there is $3.50, 900 in outstanding claims
which are considered good, but are not in
cluded in the assets.
Frank Pyle, baggagemaster on the W.
n. Y. & P. X. r. shot and killed a NAM
moth eagle last week between Whining
ton Junction and Neshannock Falls. The
bird measured nine feet from tip to tip of
wings.
Lawrence county's masked burglars are
again committing their midnight outrages
on the people of that county, after temp
orary cessession of few weeks. Thurs
day night of last week three of them broke
into the house of Squire Thomas johnson,
a well known and prosperous farmer, near
New Wilmington. They forced the door
open Just as Mr. johnson was going to bed
and rushing upon him threw him down
roughly. The noise awakened Mrs. john
son, who on coming down stairs was quick
ly covered with a revolver and ordered to
keep quiet Taking bunch of keys from
the Squire's pocket they opened his desk
and took $50 which they found there, and
a freshly baked cake which they found III
the pantry. Squire johnson is prosper
Gus farmer, about 60 years of age, and
owns farm of 800 acres on which he lives.
Burglars also entered the house of Thomas
Taylor; near Princeton. Lawrence Co., the
same night, after $500 of back pension
which Mr.. Taylor had just received, but
were frightened away without getting II,
Dy MI. ldyIOT uIluB seNcldl euVlo W dioA IL
the neighborhood. 1t would seem those
New Castle detectives we hear about once
in awhile might distinguish themselves by
capturing some of these gentry.
]. T. Evans and Carrie Boyd eloped
from Kittaning, on Saturday. Both are
young Miss Boyd is pretty, and her par
ents are wealthy. The Pittsburg police
were notified of the elopement, and the
couple were arrested when they arrived at
the Union station. Sunday morning Miss
Boyd's father came to Pittsburg and took
his daughter home. Evans was also re-
leased. He said he would return to Kit
tanning at once.
Tha grape growing business in the
grape Deli along the shore of Lake Erie
has grown into such vast proportions that
experis are now predicting glutted mar
ket and an Improbable season. This
spring there will be more than 1000 acr
of new vines set out, with the prospects OF
greater increase a year from this time.
Even plum and peach orchards are being
torn up by the roots to make place for the
vines. Last year the growers had to hus-
tie to get Is cts. for grapes. IF the price
to the grower should go below Is cts. it
means disaster, for grapes can't be sold at
profit under that figure.