Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-02-06
NEIG HB oREooD NocES.

cenSe uleI II the SdLl uLla 'CUAAsS S'N-~'
At the coming municipal election the
people Of Sharon are to vote on the ques
tiun of building a city water works.
In the month of January a total of PIG
vagrants and tramps were II the city lock
up at Franklin. Ofthese l59 sought smell
ter and 50 were run in.
A little school girl of Mayville, y. 7.
died last week from fall on the moor,
caused BIZ a companion drawing away her
chair when she was about to sit down.
R.W. Baker. Esq who during the
mast six years has been employed as eul-
torial writer for the Mercer Dlspatch ana
Republican, has closed his laGorS III that
connection.
Out Of forty three applicants for Licenses
in Venango county, twenty-three appn-
cants are in suspense Judge Criswell, II Is
said, will grant no liconseto saloons Where
is not a regular restaurant attached.
Il. W. Grigsby, a member of the last
Pennsylvaula Legislature, has brought
suit against the New Castle 'Courant Tor
500 600 damages tor libel. The paper
published statement that Mr.. Grigsby
had accepted bribes az Legislator.
The post office at Sco.tdale was robei
FRIDAY The robbers blew the safe open
and secured $25 in money and $50 worth
of stamps The force of the explosion tore
ont the whole front Of the safe and broke
almost every window in tae building.
The hotels Of Pitt8burg received an in
hux of travellers from Sistersyille, last Sul-
day 1'he cause oS the hssty exodus from
the West Virginia oil town was the rumor
I t,a
day. A case of smallpox appeared sat
urday.
Tie taxpayers of Clarion county are
wrestling with the question as to whether
or not a poor house would be paying IN
Vestment. They will vote on the question
Al the coming election. If they Will eG-
anime The satisfactory record Of Fenango
county in this matter they will vote Tor
poor house.
David Johns, roller at the tin mill, IN
New Castle is lying at his home az the
point of death, the result of blow struck
four months ago by man named Jones
now dead. Physicians performed an
operation Monday night to relieve pressure
on the brain, but there is little hope oi ms
| reaaEefg.sr-o,ao- syeuNs mas Dgen very Dusy
ones for the lumbermen along the Clarion
over five hundred teams have been busy
drawing timber, aud never in -he history
of numbering has there been so much tim
Der moved on so httie snow. All the
largest jobs are over half through. The
hemlock and oak output is about the same
as last year, while the pine will be mcreas-
ed considerably.
Ohio boast of having the tallest woman
49, -
of these is Miss Ella Ewing. She is %
gears old. and is s feet inches in height,
TWO inches taller than Chang, the Chinese
giant who was rhe record breaker. The
wee mite of humanity is the girl baby OF
Mr. and Mrs Ira Seely. Of COluTbuS Al
Though ieighL weeks old the child only
weighs two and one-half pounds. An or
dIuary finger ring can be drawn way up
the arm. Her parents are of medium size
and healthy.
Some six weeks ago farmer Of Benton,
Ky, lost a fine fat young hcg, weighing
about q hundred pounds, and the most
careful search failed to shoT any trace Of
it or Of how it had disappeared. About
the same time a high wind upset the
farmers straw stack. During the six
weeks that have elapsed since the disap-
gradually been removed A few days ago
the last Of the straw vas turned over, and
what seemed like a shadow OF the lost
shoat was found beneath it. The pig was
still living but it weighed only twenty
pounds Carefal attention brought 1t
around, and it is said To be all right again
now and fattening up we'll
A few days ago a horrible accident oc-
CURED to Mr.. and Mrs. William Houk,
who live two miles north of Ellwood City.
Just after going TO bed one of the children
took th. Group, and Mrs. Houk got mp and
struck a match. The head flew of the
match Just as it ignited, and lit in the
folds of her nightdress. She did not no.
lice that her clothes we're on fire until she
had struck second match, and the flames
were burning about her head She ran
screaming out of the hOnse, and her hus-
band rushed to her rescue and tore her
clothing off her, but not until she was
frighttuly burned about the body, neck
and hands Mr.. Houk's hand We're so ter
ribIg burned that the flesh fell from the
bones. They have large family Of small
children.
Mary II. O'Brien, an inmate OF q disor-
derry house al 1873 Second avenue, Pitts
DuGp Nltu ruuuestly AutrhhJ AAGhb' CIV
bad been doing solne high kicking early
that morning and while so engaged
fell against a stove. physician who was
called found that she had broken a rib
lie dressed her injuries and gave her
drug to provoke sleep. The woman spent
the entire day in bed When visited by
one of her associates that night she was
found to be dying. Another physician
was summoned; but he was unable TO pro
long her life. The woman was y years
old and her home was at Tarrytown, N.
Y. The coroner took possession of her re-
mains In her trunk q letter was found.
It. had been written TO the dead giil by
Mrs. Montague, Of l41 West Fiity-third
street New York. In the letter Mrs
Montague said: "You can return here
now Tamuany has won, ard we can
open up again.
The Wild West Indian craze has struck
the boys Of New Haven, Fayette Go. It'll
NAV prove moro troublesome for them
than most boyish tricks do. 1t has Tong
been pleasure TO them 10 tie someone TO
a stake and place fire about him in wild
Indian style, but last Saturday cur osity
got the better Of them and the result may
prove very serious. James Smith boy
Of - years, was caught by Lawrence Nun
gGt, Charles Cunningham and thelT assO-
ciates, tied 5eoUIe.y - 2 stake and fire
built around INN. Smith DegheL % leI
loosed, but his foes were anxious to see
the tortures Of their histories verified and
refused to interfere. He vas burned con-
by his.clothes catching fire, and
had not his shl.el9 Of pain been heard the
result might have beea fatal. The arrival
of Smiths father caused a scene, when ne
saw his son enduring untold agonies in
the f,na.. Ttc had the miscreants arrest
cl ~ l.-- .renlng Llev wore bound over