Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-03-16
NEIGHBORHooD NOTES

Six men were arrested in the first ward,
Pittsburg, Thursday, for illegal voting;
aud Judge Porter ordered the arrest of
fifty-seven others.
The other day mail train on the Penn
sylvania railroad from New York, carried
the largest mail that has ever passed
through Pittsburgh on any single train.
There were seven cars of mail matter,
sggregatiug over eighty tons. Sixty truck
loads of it were transferred to the Pan
handle and went on west. while the re-
mainder went over the Ft. Wayne.
A well known Greensburg clergyman,
while dining out recently, was placed in q
very awkward predicament. The waiter,
in handing the soup, came in contact With
the clergyman's pet corn, and tripping,
landed the boiling contents of the tureen
into the clerical waistcoat: The situation
would have justified the use of strong
Saxon language, but with bland and meek
serenity the victim merely observed, will
not some kind layman make an sppropri-
ate remark"
The 15 yesr-old son of Robert J. Evan,
of Lancaster, Pa left his bed one night
last week, and in his night dress opened
tle door, climbed on balcony rail and let
himself down on the roof of an adjoining
kitchen. He swung himself clear off the
roof of this building and ciutc he'd the limb
of a tree. Then he slid to the ground and
sealed fence. entering the premises of a
neighbor. He raped loudly on the neigt
boris door, awakening the family. He was
sound asleep and almost frozen when taken
into the house.
A man who begins a fifty dollar law
suit to recover twenty dollars acts like
fool, but there are plenty such. But
county last week. farmer from dis
tsnt part of the county went to York to
have COW which died for him taken from
his assessment. The COW was assessed at
To have this done cost him q trip TO the
county town and return for which the fare
was one dollar. the loss of q days time
and the expenses while in the city.
A curiosity in the form of a rsbbit-cat
was recently presented by A. Num-, to j..
Ii. Carman, and has attracted considerable
at Rupp g. Carmsn's saloon, where she or
has been kept. The freak was found in q
lumber yard in Erie couple of years ago,
and was presented to Mr.. Mum who in
turn gave it to Mr.. Csrmsn. Its hind
quarters are rabbit and it's fore-qusrters
cat, the two animals being perfectly rep
resented in the parts named. Its hind
legs are the longest, and it hops rather
than walks, and whether it is rabbit or q
cat depends entirely on how you look at
it, says the Nashville Republican,
Edmund Bleakly. cashier Of the Inter
national Bank at Franklin, is in peck of
trouble. Last week suit was entered
against him for $5, 900 for alternating the
affections of the wife of Clayton Newing
ham. The plaintiff makes charges of the
Persistent ursuit of his young wife, and
specifies all eyed times, places and Incl
dents involving grossly immoral conduct
on the part of the defendant. The accus-
ed ID a prominent figure it financial as well
as social circles in Franklin. He has de-
clined to make any statement but ssys it
ia case of blackmsil, pure and simple,
and will stand trial ON the case.
The details OF an unhappy affair, that
may involve lamenta BILE fall from grace,
are waited from the McQuiston settlement,
in Scrubgrass township, Venaugo Co. Rey.
Mr.. Stillwagon, minister of the "Cburch
of god, !" is to have hearing bsfors local
Justice of the Peace on the charge of
audultery. The CO. respondent in the case
is Mrs. WIN. Brown, of Mt. Hope, in that
neighborhood a reputable young woman.
Her husband is the prosecutor, and three
or four of the brethern are accusing wit
hesses.