Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-09
NEIoHBoRkooD NOTES.

! French boarding -housekeeper per-
pertrated rather unpleasant joke on his
boaIders few days ago at Irwin, Pa. 1t
| appeared that while discussing the better
| eatables of the season the proprietor sug-
oested cat as An excellent dish in making
nm a menu. Naturally, of course, and
! then owing TO the esgerness with which
! he presented his palatable dish, he was
| the fnn-making mark for the balance of
| the workmen, Whether this action of
| the men had anything to do with the case
or not. or whether for some other reason
/ he set his mind to get even with the non
! admirers of the excellent ~ dish, is not
| known. On the evening in question he
set his four digniied lodgers down to an
excellent sdpper O. roast rabbit %.
Everything went wRil until the rabbit had
all been consumed: At this point the
| much laughed at proprietor quietly excus-
/ ed himself tor few moments, and walk
| ing into the kitonen he gathered together
| the head and hide of the ca: they had just
| finished, and walking to the dining table,
| he set it down before the guests and coolly
remarked: "Now look at the rabbit you
| lust ate and then tell me You don't like
baked cats. The joke Was taken IN
| philosophical manner by all, and all that
| remains to be heard is the continuous
"mey. new, new" of the men st the
| works.
Archie Baxter. native Armenian. now
| employed as foreman IN the cork factory
| of Armstrong Bros. in Pittsburg. has re-
| ceived the sad intelligence that his father,
mother, brother and sister have been mas
sacred By Turks at Kharpoot in Asia
Mino The murdered man had been pas
| TOR of the largest Armenian church ID
| Kharpoot for I3 years past and was widely
/ fuapfial in, Turkish 4 r
neniS. Young Baxter told the story OF
| the massacre in a manner that showed his
appreciation of the Armenian situation
| and his desire to further any effort possible
| for their relief He said: 81 have been IN
this country for some time, but heard se-
, gularly from my parents. l received
| letter from ny father about month ago,
and whlle all the family were then well.
they seemed to have foreboding OF COM
| ing trouble. He said he WAS always ready
| for the worst that might occur, and that
there was imminent danger ofan outbreak.
Many villages and towns around Khsrpoot
| had been sacked and burned. There .7as
much suffering among the people, and,
while there had been 10 special trouble IN
the city, il was expected, for the Turks
aud Kurds were around This may be my
| last letter, he said. bat il am spared l
will write again. Why don't the Ameri-
cans help us7 If they can do nothing more
let them pray for us. l have never heard
from him since and never will"
Ike Buzzard, the only member of the
notorious family of outlaws now out of
prison, has been admitted to the County
Aimshouse. Buzzard is totally blind
He is now fl years of age, and has spent
the greater part of his adult life in prison.
Ike ranked next toAbe in leadership OF
the welsh Mountain gang. He was the
author ai The bird cage trick, which he
| worked in October, 1883, when ne escaped
after locking the prison-keeper in cell
al. liberated his brother Abe and twelve
| lung-term prisoners. He was recaptured
and served a long sentelce in tn o Eastern
Peuitentiary. Ever since his release his
egesight has been failing. and, as he Fad
no home, he was at last obliged to go to
the almshOuse.
At the last Indiana license court Judge
White refused u brewers license to man
named Doberneck The case was appeal
ed to the Supreme coart which has just
handed down an opinion reversing Judge
Whites decision and instructing HIM TO
issue the license.
George W. Moody Of New Castle, en-
ployed as travelling salesman for Cleve-
land wholesale house, was ARE Jted IN
Your gstOwn, charged with violating the
pure food laws By selling adulterated mus
tard The information was made before
Justice Reilly by Dairy and Food Commits
sioner hurd, and the warrant was served
by Constable Morgan. When arranged be-
fore the justice, Mr.. Moody pleaded not
guilty, and gave bond in the sum of $500
for his appearance IN court
The Lawrence county court will be call
ed upon at its next session to deal with
peculiarly wanton case of murder, On the
u ult. E. G, judd, telegraph operator,
who was on drunken spree with a compa
nion named Lyons, went into Henry Hutf's
barber shop in Mahonington. They made
disturbance and Huff ordered them out,
when Judd pulled a revolver and shot
several bullets into Huffs abdomen. The
latter leaves a vile and a large family.
His case illustrates the value of member
snip in beneficiary orders, he belonged
to thei knights of Pythias, the Heptasophs
aud the Protected Home Circle, emitting
his family to an aggregate of $4,000.
On Christmas Mrs. Nancy Bsreer of
Roland, Centre county, was rendered
quite q reception in honor of her having
been a witness to Just los Christmases, she
now being in her 105th age, and as hale
and hearty to day as many womcn are at
the age of 40. She is still able to do all
the homework for her bachelor son, Sam
uel, who is rs years old, and who takes
care of their little farm by himself. Mrs.
Barger is also endowed with a wonderful
memory, and can tell much of the impor-
tant history of the early days in Centre
and Cumberland county, where she was
born and lived until past 20 years of age.
She has now lived in the some house for
the past GA years.