Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-02
NEIeHRoRHoop NOTES.

Residents of Lancaster were astounded a
lew mornings ago to see the sidewalks IN
many places literally covered with millions
of dead black and green beetles. They
descended upon the city in swarms during
the night and were attracted by the gas
and electric lights against which they flew.
Some of the globes of the arc lights in the
business districts were filled to the top with
dead beetles, and ianitors swept them up
from the sidewalks by the bushel. local
eatomologist says the beetles came from
the water and fly only at night
The case of the Commonwealth VS..
Charles Taylor. ex-president judge OF
vensngo county, indicted for assault and
battery with intent to kill. on oath of dep
uty Sheriff NJ N. Shoemaker, was nolle
pressed last Friday, and this ends the mat
ter. 1t is said the prosecuting attorney had
made an agreement with the judge that if
he would resign from the judicial bench the
proceedings against him would be dropped
| and the agreement was fulfilled.
Franklin News: The Meadville author
tiles had no better success than Franklin
| in making trsmps work. Two tramps were
kept in the tramp pen" all day on Tues
day, but absolutely refused to do stroke
| of work. Even the cutting off of grub sup
plies didn't bring them to time. They chose
rather to go to bed supperless. Their e1-
perience, however, will have the same ben
eficial effect as the Franklin experiment
that is, they will avoid the place here
| after and post the other knights of the road
to keep clear of it. Tramps have been
scarce article in this city since the attempt
10 coerce them into labor.
Grove City college has a girls bloomer
brigade, and female military company.
On last Friday John Perkpile shot and
killed his wife in Sidney.O. Mrs. Perkpile
was arrested in company with several men.
and sentenced to Is days imprisonment.
| Perkpile called at the Jail to pay her fine,
and calling his wife to the bars, pulled
| revolver and shot her dead. Perkpile escap-
| ed, but big mob want in pursuit. The
Perkpiles were young people and enjoyed
the best or regulations. The husband is
| successful business man , and the wife was
a beautiful woman. Tuesday Perkpile left
home on business errand and Thursday
| night he received a telegram announcing
that his wife was in jail. Monday night the
| police made a raid on disreputable house
and captured number of men and won
| en-, among whom was Mrs Perkpile She
had gone to the house in company with
lover. When told of his wife's infdelity
Perkpile sGarted for the Jail and was con-
Quoted to her cell As he approached his
wife caught sight of him and began to
| weep Historically. "0h, John! L" be-
gan the woman as her husband came to a
standstill before the grated cell door. There
was flash and the report of a 44-caliber
revolver cut short her exclamation. With
piercing scream the wretched woman fell
dead on the stone floor. The Jail officers were
horror stricken, and in the confusion Perk
pile escaped. The bullet struck squarely
the center of his wife's heart, and she was
dead before her body struck the floor.
At Franklin, Pa, Monday, Mrs. Snyder
placed a pillow under her head and lay
down on the sitting room foo in front of a
gas stove. She then placed comfort over
her head and also over the stove and turned
the gas on full, but did not light it. This
was the position she was found in by her
husband on coming home from work about
| 12:45 o'clock that morning. He did not see
his wife until he stumbled over her dead
body. 1t is thought that since the death
of daughter, the only child, which occur
ed couple of months ago, the woman's mind
has been slightly affected, and she was
heard to say on one occasion that she had
nothing to live for now since Frances, her
daughter, was dead
| Last Thursday Jim Good. the butcher,
killed snake between Irwin and Harrison
| City that measured eight feet, eleven
| inches. 1t was of variety unknown
in this section, the old inhabitants declare
they never saw one like it before. From
the head about one-third OF the length it
was black, from there about another third
it was mottled black and red, and from
there to the end of the tail it was bright
steel-bue. The most curious thing about
| it was the TAIL which was divided, for
about SIX inches in fact it had complete
double tail, Any one doubling this can
call on Jim and he'll show them the very
club he killed it with"
Every furnace in New Castle was idle
Monday night and about 1000 men were
out of employment. demand by the
workmen for higher wages and refusal
OF the furnace managers to grant
the demand, is the reason for the unex-
pected move. The decisions of the man
ayers was made in hurry. Thy knew
nothing of the intended strike until that
morning, when the furnace men presented
their demands at each of the furnace
offices.
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