Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-05
NEIGHBoRRooD NOTES.

State Commissioner of Public Charity
Francis J. Torrance has forwarded to the
State board his finding and recommends
tions in the Pittsburg Anti-Cruelty case.
The directors OF the society are charged
with criminal negligence; n. E. Dorente
and Miss Lizzie Mcmillan are found guilty
as charged; his recommendations are the
discrimination of State aid, the snnulling
of the society'S charter and that the society
hall cease TO exist.
Some young ladies OF Grove City have
organized band There are at present IL
members, and all are leading young ladies
of this place. They practice twice week,
and expect to be in first class trim to play
next summer.
Five million bushels of coal were starred
down the Ohio, from Pittsburg, on Mon
day OF last week That was only one
eighth of what was then ready for ship
ment.
Harry and Sadie Poorman, twins Of
Canton, Ohio, were married to Florence
and Philip Slayman. respectively, who
aIe also twi MS, at the SlaymanF home, in
Beach City, Ohio, last Thursday. The
ceremonies occurred before the same
company, but each couple had its own at
tendants.
At Strongtown. Indiana county, there
was fire the other night, and among
those to respond was Henry Jackson, a
cousin of the owner of the property. Henry
cut funny figure when be got within the
circle lighted by the flames. He had put
his trousers on wrong-side-out in a hurry,
but this made no difference to Henry. He
rushed into an ajacent shed, aud in the
darkness stumbled over COW ruminatlng
there. Eossy was surprised. and just as
Henry fell over her she rose suddenly.
with Henry astride her neck, and went
plunging out where everybody could see
her involuntary riders frantic efforts to
dismouut. While Henry was thus en-
gagged, and while the excited women were
divided between horror over the confa-
grafton and hysteric laughter over Henry
his reversed trousers and the COW, the rest
Of the ne:ghbors put out the fire.
In Clearfield county disease known as
"piuk eye" is prevailing among the horses
to considerable extent. Dry, dusty roads
afe thought to have affected the eyes OF
cattle and horses in this section, AMI "pink
eye' was never worse in Ciea-feld county
tnan it is at present.
Miss Mary O'Conner, of Sharpsville, Pa,
was recently made insane by the ground
ing of steamer in Long Island Sound.
Her experience while the steamer was
aground affected her mind and she was
found wandering on the streets of New
York and taken to the Bellevue hospital.
The two children of George Glasgow, OF
Punxsutawney, one of whom had diphthe-
ria, and the other constantly exposed to it,
and both of whom were given the anti
toxine treatment by DR.. Boyer, are all
right now. Tie little girl recovered nicely,
and the little boy did not contract the
disease.
All the civil suits pending against Stone
wall DeFralce, formerly of Mercer, who
Is serving term in Michigan prison for
having defraude&a Kalamazoo bank out
of 81 900 have been compromised. De-
France turns over property valued at $25 :
900, which is equally divided by the Min
neapolis and St. Paul banks and Lawyer
Newman, Of Chicago.
The two factions of Geneva College
church in Beaver Co, met in the church
last Friday aud took, a vote. At the door
of the meeting place number of college
students were yelling in appreciation of
the vote and VIII anti EauHlerite won
out to quiet them they pOunced upon bin
aud choked and beat him numerically.
Several of the women tainted and scene
of great confusion followed. The anti
Foulerist was finally rescued, all broken
and bleeding. The meeting was eontin-
uous one, and did not adjourn until s
O'Clock that evening. That night college
hall was illuminated with bon-fres by the
students, and the college bell kept up an
incessant ringing in celebration of the
victory of the Fouler:tes.