Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-07-25
NEIaHBoRHooD NOTES.

The finest calico and some of the very
best muslin now woven in the world are
made in the mills located in Eastern
Penn sylvanis.
1t is a suggestive fact that nearly all
the reservoirs from which cities are sup
piled with water IN this state are affected
with more or less leakage.
The Injunction suit of the Union Water
company, restraining the borough of
Beaver Falls from proceeding with their
new water works, came up before Judge
Meeklim at Beaver last Friday. The
Water company asked for the injunction
on the grounds that an act of 1851
prevents boroughs from owning real es-
tate that would net an annuity of more
than So 900. The proposed water works,
they claim, would net the borough at least
S.. 900 per year Judge Meckim refused
to hear evidence on the case, and threw it
out of court, with the cost placed on tie
Union Water company. He stated that
he would take no part in further perse-
cutting the taxpayers OF Beaver Falls.
The decision fairly staggered the water
company's attorneys, but caused the
greatest rejoicing in Beaver Falls.
Thomas H. Harper and Ms. Eva Smith
we're arrested in New Castle on charge
of criminal conduct. Harper has been
working at the steel mill and boarding
with Mr.. and Mrs. Smith. He has wife
and six children, said to be starving, at
Mll!ers town, this county. The arrest
was made on an information by Hsrpsr's
brother.
A fovorite method of killing the huge
rats that infest all the lumber camps In
Northwestern Pennsylvania is rather
hazardous for the lumbermen themselves.
They catch a large rat'lesnake alive; hold
it to the grouhd by putting torked stick
aero its back and then place in front of
it piece of calfs liver. The rattler is
teased. and in its anger bites the meat
over aud over again In fact, ali of its
poison is thus injected into the liver.
which is then put where the rats can eat
it In Potter county camp last week
eighteen rats were killed in one night 10y
nibbling snake-poisoned meat
The destruction wrought bJ the cloud
burst ir Fayet;e Co last Tuesday was
worse than at first reported The loss
will reach over $500 The cloud burst
in the mountain districts few mies south
of Dunbar and for two hours the water
poured into the valleys and ravines at the
base Of Chestnut Ridge. at Dunbar Gist
run and Dunbar creek unite, and both
streams were filled with floating logs and
debris. The borough bridge gave way
after damming up the water, causing the
banks to overflow and food the town
Ali the bridges in the town were borne
away in the torrent. Chicken coops and
pig pens with the animals aud fowls, were
familiar sights to be seen floating down
the stream. In the lower part of town
the inhabitants narrowly escaped with
their lives.
4 party of Carroll county Ohio men
camping on the farm of William Cameron.
near PatteIsonville, includes William
Baxter and a companion, who a few
evenings ago saw d lsrge bird drag from
the water a fish which afterwards proved
to be a European carp, Is inches in length
aid Weighing nearly eight pounds. Whom
the bird, which turned out to be an eagle,
alighted on stump, Baxter set his big
dog upon it. The eagle and the dog be-
gan fight, whicn ended in the latter
being driven off, 50 badly wounded that it
lied the next day. When the men saw
that the dog was being whipped they rush.
ed to mis- assistance. Just then the bird Is
mate, which had been watching the con.
test from a neighoring tree, concluded to
take hand, and swooping down, with
it's companion attacked the two men.
The terrific onslaught to the eagle soon
put Baxter's friend to fight. Baxter, how
over, who is badly crippled, could not re-
treat and continued to fight the birds off
as best he could With his crutches. His
screams for help finally brought his COM
panions from the camp to his assistance,
when the eagles, which were the largest
sver seen in the state, were driven away.
Baxter was terribly cut and scratched
about the head and sholders, but will re-
cover.