Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES

! An agent of the Humane Society visited
the farm of Jas Buckley, in the Kiskimin-
etas valley lately and found the stock on
the place dead aud dying from hunger.
Buckley is 10 years of age. lives alone, and
claims that be is SO crippled by rheuma-
tism III at he could not get out TO feed his
| stock.
A very clever way of turning dollar
was discovered in Oakland, a Pittsburg
suburb. The scheme is a new one and we
caution our readers against it. The com
bination consists of man and a hat-iron,
though innocent looking in itself, is ver-
| liable fraud. 1t contains q small charcoal
furnace. which, the man alleges, dispenses
with fire in the kitchen stove. The pur-
chaser would pay so much down, but when
they would give the iron a trial it always
failed to work The agent, when he called
| a ain for the balance due on the iron would
make an excuse tor it and say he would
| have it repaired, taking it away with him
And that is The last that would be seen of
the fiat-iron man. The same irons would
serve to do duty in the swindliDg game
elsewhere. and so on ad iDfinitam.
The candidates for Judge in Indiana
county are Judge Harry White, Samuel
Cunningham, Esq, ]. ) Telford, Esq, and
John n Banks. Esq. They are all hustlers
and there will be mu-ie in the air before
the campaign is over. Indeed, even
now. if You put your ear to the ground you
can hear some faint strains IF melody. But
it will be louder and sweeter as the csul-
paign progresses.
The arrival of the steamer J. P. Jackson
at Pittsburg, Thursday, from New Orleans
having on board 1850 barrels of molasses
and $50 barrels of rice for Pittsburg whole
sale dealers; and towing barges containing
ia all 4. 900 barrels of rBolssses 856 bar
rpls of sugar and !, 267 barrels of rice made
lively times along the Monnngahela wharf
when an army of Ioustabouts unloaded the |
steamer and barges.
Thomas and Frank Mullens, who were |
implicated in the murder for which Doc"
htl lot pdl1 tue UOath III Al Eihlo
SIX months ago, have been hiding in Mer-
Ger county, West Va, several weeks. A re-
ward of 50. 900 was offered for their capture |
and Sheriff johnson and Deputy Timothy |
Hall went on Wednesday of last week |
Both sides opened FIRE with Winchesters. |
Sheriff johnson was shot through the head |
at the first volley, and Hall was knocked |
senseless. Neither of the Mullins was
hurt They left Hall for dead, and sat
down in front of theil cabin. Hall regain |
ed consciousness, and without moving. |
put bali through Frank Mullins heart. |
The same instant Thomas Mullins shot |
away nearly all Halls lower jaw, but not
before Halls second aim had been taken, |
which sent a bullet through Thomas's
head Hall was barely able to relate the |
story of the fight.
License court began in Mercer Monday, |
with 20 applications to be heard. OF these
Is are from ShMon, 6 from Greenville, 3
from SharpsvIlle, 2 from Mercer, l from
Stoneboro. The contest has been bitter
ia jamestown, Sharpsville and Mercer be-
tween the wet and dry elements. The Ii
C nses no W held will expire on February
13, and the court is expected to render its
decisions not later than Monday, February
12
Several Sharon people, it is said, invest
ed two dollars or more apiece in lottery
of.ba in (laualapb in uh hiah ba ~
pal prize was farm, which now turns out
Was already mortgaged for more than its
full value. The promoters of the scheme
have been arrested and are row under bail
an" the money paid for tickets or chances
in it has gone glmmering.
Charles Gardner was brutally assaulted
by highwaymen at point near Hillsvllle,
Lawrence Co. last Saturday night He had
but $l2 with him which they took,
the smallness of the amount seemed to add
TO the vicl BUSINESS of their assault. Alter
beating him into helplessness they threw
him over a steep bank, where he lay al
most unconscious till found in the morn
ing.
Monday evening John Silvis and Leny
Green, two boys, were playing ON the
streets of Kittanning, Green struck Silvis,
AID SilvIs whipped out revolver. saying
To his small assailant, "I'll fix you now"
and placing the muzzle of the pistol close
To little Green's body, sent bullet through
him. The boys who saw the shooting
We're so frightened that they told nobody
of the affair until the little Green boy Was
nearly dead. An examination showed that
the lad was shot through the lung, and
the attending physicians said ne would not
live through the night.
The attention of the Poor Director of
Beaver county, was called to queer case
of destitution. On the Mcclure farm, in
Big Beaver township, live five aged people
who were found to be in absolute want.
They are J ohm Crawford, aged 70, and his
four sisters, Nancy Isabel, Jennie and
Sarah. The youngest OF the sisters Is
aged 63, and all are old maids. Crawford
is a bachelor. Neighbors have been keep
ing them from starvation and they will
be taken to the County Home, to which
they object.
The Thiel College refusing to reinstate
the students recently expelled for hazing,
the senior; junior, sophomore and freshmen
classes went on strike Monday. Not a
class recited in the collegiate department.
The trouble originated last week, when
the !Preps" organized society, which the
seniors and Others determined to break up.
one 15-year-nld Prep" was knocked
down and badly injured By senior aud
another was ken from bed, held under a
pump spout and drenched with ice-cold
water, which has brought on severe
cold.