Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-02-16
NE1oHBoRHooD NOTES

A few days ago John Wallace. aged S
years Of Home ewond, Beaver county, was
the victim of q Eazing by older boys at
school. Finally they carried him 10 the
wOodshed, into which they threw him. he
fell downward upon harp stick project
ing from the floor which penetrated his
stomach, and caused his death.
A Fulton county man shot his neighbor
because the latter refused to clean the snow
Oh the walk in front OF his house. II like
vigorous measure was put in force every =
where, the undertaken would have 10 work
over time.
The vicinity of NarrOws Greek in Clear
field county has witches This is no joke.
The people there have a mysterious enemy
in their midst Cows udders would be-
come swollen and they gave bloody milk;
they were drOopy and seemed under the
spell of an evil influence which pGEz.cd The
wis-st COW doctors OF them ali Finally II
dawned upon them that someone was
practicing the black art in the nelghbor-
hood. Oue man, the one who grhvely Iu-
formed the correspondent of all that trans
PRED rh ught be recognized in neighbour
woman the temple in which dweit the
spirit of the old spike-talled wretch VINO Is
be rather of ali misery. This mans cows
d
but with what strategy should he attemp-
to cope with a witchY He understood a
neighbor had witch book," and secur-
ing the loan oi u be read up oa witches
The prescription which his case seemed To
ne d required that the affected house should
not be swept for three da, 5, when the dust
accumulai ed IN all of the rooms they should
br ssept into one heap and be vigorously
hammered with witch hazel sticks. the
result would tie to make the witch SICK.
and being unable to DO further mischief, the
I'll iIcIed persons or animals would revive.
The directions were followed with religious
care-the dust was allowed To Accumulate
tor three days without the precadtion for
preventing tbe floor from catcning an extra
supply, and il was then swept into one
heap aud thrashed as directed; and the
woman suspected has been sick IN bed ever
since, the cattle have improved III keeping
AIfh the fairu Of the ylctlmizrd neig UpI.
and il Is believed the one OF the evil eye
can be kept in subuisson without resorting
10 the court Tor an order of execution. Tue
man who told this story is very serious.
he was never more earnest III the Deriorn
auce of an act IL his lite than when hs
went about 10 70 beat the witch, VINO Is
one of the wel-kuUwn residents Of NarrO So
Creek.
AT Mercer, Monday, Judge Mehard dis
posed OF the liquor licenses as follows:
John Boyle, ShenaDgn
house; Sebastian Herman. restaurant;
Pnilip r. DAVIS, Carver house; James W.
Nor gan, American house; George Smith, |
" hite house; Harry Meyer, Messer house; |
Patrick McMauue, Restaurant; Sheldon W |
Allen, restaurant; George Smith, wholesale
4nd Thomas MADDEN, bOttler. Greenville |
W E. McMury, Arlington hotel; I. f. |
W asser, restaurant; Pierce d Harrington,
National hotel. Mercer, Leech Maskney, |
81 Cloud hotel; w. w. & g. S. Humes, |
Hotel Humes (ue@). Sharpsville. Michael /
Knapp, Knapp house; Thomas Farnuely. |
Pierce house. Stonebor0, Levi ID Durham. |
Lake house. The same number of licenses
were granted this year as last.