Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-04-14
NEIGHBORHoOD NOTES.

On Thursday evening Judges Magee and
Porter handed down the report Of License
Court for Pittsburg, Allegheny and Nc
Kecsport, Pittsburg gets 429, Allegheny
40 and McKeesport %. NJ. J. Reiber
formerly of Butler was granted license
in East Liberty, and H. & C. Schreiber,
and Chas. Schreiber in Allegheny.
The Shenango Hospital building at New
Castle, which was almost completed and
would have been opened within few weeks,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday night.
W. Harshsw, son of ". J. Harshaw,
of Grove City, had been to Pittsburg and
returned home about April 1st, was taken
suddenly i'll last Tuesday of what proved
to be a segere case of Smallpox and he
died Sunday morning.
The Pittsburg Dispatch is investigating
the water supply of the city, and its repre-
setative found an immense amount of filth
Dennis Clooman was hung at Pittsburg,
Thursday, for killing his wife year ago.
The Economics sold their steel works at
Beaver Falls last week tor $50, 900.
Ralph Jackson and Jos. Westhorn got
into a dispute in billiard room in Grove
City, on Tuesday evening of last week, and
Jackson shot at Westhorn, the bullet cut
ting off piece of Westhorn's ear. Jack
son skipped out.
Over 2, 900 people have asked to be per
mitted to see the execution of Pietro Buc-
cieri, at Reading, June /.
The two horses driven by Peter Arnold,
farmer who lived at Schock's Mil, ran
away last Thursday. Arnold jumped from
the wagon. but his feet caught and he was
dragged head downward for half mile.
He died few hours afterward.
A few days ago the York Dispatch an
nouncei that York was the banner county
in the State for the manufacture of cigars.
This is mistake. The report of the Ieve-
nue. collector shows that to Lancaster
county belongs that honor, having rolled
26l, lbs. 1874 in 1892. while 7 ork turned out
27S, 194, ,315, or 3 1888, ,sl9 less, in the same
period. Hurrah for Lancaster county!
Gov. Pattison on the recommendation OF
the Board of Pardons, lately pardoned Abe
Buzzard, of Welsh Mountain notoriety.
Abe had served all of the time without
comutation for which he was sentenced on
any crime that he had actually committed,
besides,a term for jail breaking and had
already three aud a half years in addition
for an often Sc which was discoved that he
was not guilty of. His pardon was grant
ed on account OF his exemplary conduct as
a prisoner and the recommendation OF
nearly all the newspapers of the county,
and hundreds of the citizens, including the
Representatives, ,clergymen, public officials,
business men and citizens of the communl-
ty in which he resided He was liberated
from the Eastern Penitentiary on Saturday
morning and arrived at Lancaster at 2 p.
m. and in the evening joined his wife and
children at Ephrata where they reside.
Abe intends making tour of his county
lecturing on religious subjects.
Joseph Nowalk, prisoner in the West
ern PenitentiaTy, for murder in the second
degree, committed suicide last Saturday,
because his wife married another man.
Armstrong Co. has seven candidates for
County Superintendent.
The Chewton brewery owned by Fred
erick Rothe is in the hands of the sheriff
of Lawrence county. Failure on the part
of the proprietor to meet his obligations
was the cause.
John Moran, of near Hazelton, lately
conceived the idea of disposing of an un-
desirable dog by killing him with dyna-
mite. He took the animal about a mile
into the woods. He had with him stick
of duolin powder, cap and fuse. After ty
ing the dynamite securely to the animals
body and inserting the cap he lit the fuse.
This frightened the animal and it started
for home on dead run. Moran was near
ly paralized with fear and sank to the
earth; but suddenly there was a terrific
explosion, and, while just at the edge OF
the woods, the dog was blown tc pieces.
Next time Moran has occasion to use dy-
Mantle in this manner be will tie the dog.
Tuesday morning, Thos. Morgan, and
his three sisters, of Greene Co., were taken
to River side penitentiary, they having
been sentenced for the murder of the their
father some months ago. Their father
was widower, and he brought a strange
woman to the house to live with them.
This, the children objected to, and the
quarrels following led to the murder.
Walter Lyons majority for State Senate
in Senator Neebs district is about 1900.