Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-07-28
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

| ed shot her through the head with the one
undischarged cartridge it contained
1t has been learned that Joseph Mccall
mont. man who left his team at Frew's
livery stable in Beaver Falls and has not
| called for it since. is in New Galilee. Nc
| Calmont lives near Rose Point and went
to Beaver Falls, and got drunk. He start
ed for the livery stable but it seems that
he failed to reach it an1 started on a vaca-
ton with the proceeds of the sale Of load
OF new potatoes.
An Oil City man was badly poisoned
few days ago by wiping his face with his
hands while engaged in wedding his gar
den. The poison from the weeds swelled
his face to twice its natural size and near
| ly destroyed his eyesight. The safe course
for a man with garden is to keep out OF
it during the weed season.
Fdlly five hundred people witnessed a
reaping contest lately on VIM. Campbelfs
farm in Beaver county, which proved an
| exciting event. A pretty tough grain
field had to be cleared up and it would be
q difficult matter to decide as to the merits
of the various machines, owing to the af-
fair ending in jangle. For a year past
the reaper companies have sued numerous
farmers for 1onpayment on reaping
machines. This has created considerable
bad feeling. One word brought on another,
until Mr.. Lance, Of the Pony Deering,
| jumped from his machine and slapped Mr..
Gillespie, of the Adriance. A free-for-all
fight was only averted by the cool-headsd-
ness of number Of onlookers.
Eliza Wynkoop, of WatsessiLg, NJ j.,
is in love with three young men all of
whom want to marry her. To settle the
question as to who shall have her without
a contest with gloves she has set hen
with three eggs and marked each with The
name of one Of her suitors. The egg which
matches ont first is the one she will marry.
A young farmer who lives near Ravenna
O., has hit upon happy thought to re-
duce the amount of labor required to till
his fields. Instead of laying out his fields
square or nearly so, he had laid them out
narrow and they extend the entire length
of his farm. By this means he avoids
turning corners SO many times which is a
loss Of time. He can reap ten acres of grain
by going up and down the field six times
People interested in agriculture might try
this with profit.
The Titusville correspondent of the Oil
City Derrick tell the following amusing
stories Of two fresh air children who are
snuffing the atmosphere of Titusville; One
Of them, boy, was served with pie at the
first dinner after his arrival. He promptly
asked, 'sW'ere's de cheesef" When he was
told that there was none, he said in dis
gusted tone: "Helll pie without cheeses"
Another, little girl, seeing the gentlemen
with whom she IS stopping having beer at
supper, and none being offered her, she
said, "I want some beer" She was told
that there was no more, and Immediately
she offered her services to 90 out and
"rush the growler."
VIM. G. Justice, we'll known theatrical
advance man residing at New Castle, met
with fearful accident last Saturday
while arranging some bills into different
piles on the stage Of Aliens opera house.
Stage Carpenter Lynn was working up in
the flies distance Of rs feet when heavy
IRON crowbar. with pointed end, fell from
his hand and struck Justice near the right
shoulder blade and went clear through his
body. The lung and liver were injured.
He cannot live.
Henry Hoffman Of Allegheny worried
over patent bottle and then committed
suicide by cutting his throat
A swindling commission firm of Pittsbnrg
came to grief last week. They secured
shipments of poultry, fruits, etc., from the
country, but paid for nothing.
A very sad accident occurred at Freeport
last Friday evening that ended in the death
of Wayne, 10 year old son of Mr.. Frank
Haines, who keeps restaurant ofFifth st.
The boy had been over town and was re-
turning to his home on TOdd's island. AT
the crossing on Fifth street freight train
was going east. The boy was standing on
the westbound track waiting till the
freight would pass. 1t was time for the
Blairsville express and it came along at a
high rate Of speed. 1t struck him, killing
HIM instantly, breaking his neck and crush
ing his skull The body was picked up
and taken TO Turner's undertaking rooms
and prepared for burial A grea. many
people censure the railroad officials for
running trains through the borough at
such high rate OF speed and having no
watchman at the crossings.
A very serious joke was played on Mr..
Joseph, the popular clothier of Kittanning,
while visiting the fishing camp on Buffalo
creek last week. Some of the campers in
q jocular mood put turtle head in his
coat pocket, and shortly afterwards. when
Mr. Joseph put his hand in his pocket, his
thumb got into the turtles mouth and the
muscles Of the dead animal working cen
vulsively closed on his thumb. AS con-
sequence he has beer nursing very sore
and painful thumb for the past week.
wealthy farmer Of Fayette City named
Robert Elliott was caught for $1,000 by
two slick swindlers, Tuesday.
The wife Of General Manager Williams
Of the Nelson Morris Meat Co. Of Alle-
gheny gave the wife OF ex-Postmaster
Myler a cowhiding, Monday.
The wife and two children Of Geo. |
Schmons of Pittsburg were killed while |
sleeping, by blows from hammer, and |
SchmOns is under arrest.
While engaged in cultivating his corn !
lew days ago, Thomas Porter, Of Whining |
ton township, Mercer county, had occas |
ion to tie his horse 10 rail fence, while in |
this situation his dog started up a rabbit, |
The pnrsuer and pursued ran under the |
horse, frightening the animal which sprang |
suddenly forward and was impaled on q |
fence stake, expiring from the effects Of its |
wound Immediately.
On the night of the 18th inst, the shift |
ing crew and locomotive from the Pitts |
burg d Western X. X. at Ellwood City |
went TO the Thompson Run coal works to
run in Il train Of loaded gondolas. The |
track was wet and slippery, the grade |
heavy, and the engineer lost control Of his /
heavy train in spite Of the fact that the |
wheels were locke fast and the engine |
was reversed. Down the grade thundered |
the runaway, at gait Of a mile in less