Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-03-12
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last Friday, while Clearing in." large
boulder dislodged from the roof falling
upon him, killing him instantly. The ac-
cident occurred, in the presence of two OF
his sons. He was 43 years old and leaves
a wife and children.
Miss Mary A. Lewis died ct the resi-
dence of her sister Mrs. VIM. Pollard, Jr.,
on High street, East Brady, March 4th at
o'clock, after an illness of months dur
alton. The circumstances surrounding
she illness and death of this young woman
are of nature as sad and touching as any
We have ever known; at the same time
bringing forth an act that Is sublime III its
beauty of self-sacrifice and Is rarely equal
led After two years course OF training
in the West Penn Hospital at Pittsburg,
rom which she graduated with honors,
and without tvking the rest she had earned
after tie hard work, Miss Lewis took
charge OF a typhoid fever case at Home
stead and nursed il successfully for six
weeks. Two other calls were waiting heI
Der of a wealthy Pittsburg family, and the
other family in poor circumstances living
at Coopers.own, where 10th the father and
mother were sick with typhoid fever De-
spite the appeals OF her friends to rest or
take the easiest case Miss Lewis believed
she could do the most good at the humb
lest home and left immediately TO render
her aid Two weeks later she was taken
sick with typhoid fever herself and short
ly after was removed to the hospital from
which she graduated. Despite all that
the physlcians could do the disease did not
yield, and an affection of the spine and
brain ensued from which there was no
hopes for recovery. On Friday she was re-
moved to this place, and died as above
stated.-Review.
Hubbard Co.'S shovel works, corner OF
Butler street and Allegheny Valley r. X.
Pittsburg, was destroyed by IRE Sunday
morning, loss nearly $100,0 900.
A $1,000 soldiers monument will be
erected at Mercer, this spring.
John Mexican, a one-legged man, and
James McDermitt, hotel keeper of In
diana, Pa, were. arrested by W. II. Griffen
secret service detective, for making and
passing counterfeit money, and taken to
Pittsburg for hearing before the United
States Commissioners
The Lawrence county grand jury has re-
turned true bill in the caseI of NJ. Z.
Judd, the pittsbdrg aud Lake Erie tele
graph operator, who murdered Henry Huff,
the Mahonington barber. The railroad
men along the fne have raised quite sum
of money which will be used in his defense.
The soldiers and sailors of Westmore-
land county, in convention at Greensburg,
decided TO urge at once the building OF a
monument to the eounty's heroes. 1t Is
proposed to erect a monument to cost
about $50, 900. The county commissioners
will be expected to provide about $4,000.
A New Castle special says: Frank Car
Isle is not satisfied with the verdict of the
oorOnsr's jury on the death of his wife
and believes she was poisoned by some
thing other than furnace gas. He intends
to have the body exhumed and q thorough
ansly sis of the stomach made. Carlisle
alleges that he was not aware of the jury's
sitting at Manager Thompsor's house on
Thursday night, and ho had no opportuni-
ty to submit the testimony of Mrs. Car
isles sisters, that they saw Mrs. Carlisle
get into buggy With Mr.. Thompson the
evening before she was found dead. The
physicians who testineu IN the case ssIa
that Mrs Carlisle had been dead six OF
seven hours when found, and that Thomp-
son, who was found at the same time the
body was discovered, was still living.
This phase of the case, Carlisle says he
proposes investigating fully.
A Clarion county 14-year-old boy wei CHS
900 pounds.
Two Lancaster county men will set out
six acres Of chestnut trees in York county.
They have bought chestnut sprout land,
which they will graft with the Paragon
variety of chestnut. In three years they
expect revenues to begin.
John Collin, a farmer living near Green
Vile, had sick COW. All the country
doctors had looked at the case, consulted
their time worn medicine books, prcscrib
ed plasters, medicated mashes, etc., with
out number ell to no avail. The COW got
no better, and a veterinary was called tC
see the case. Afser a thorough examine
ton be diagnosed the case as heart trouble
and orde red the beast killed. A post NOR
tenn examination wasanads after his or
ders had been osrried.Sut, and q darning
needle was found sticking in the beast;
heart, black With ageoi
DR.. Hindm lof Du Bois, reports re.
markable coincidencs which occurred Wed
nesdsy. He was called to attend the fam
lilies of two brothers, Harvey and Judson
Brady, both of wi ON reside on the Luth
ersburg road, but four doors apart. Boil
homes were gladdened by the arrival c.
new members of their respective families
a girl baby at the home Of Harvey and &
boy at the home of Judson. The Children
were bo-n within two hours of the same
time. The coincidence, however, doei
not end here. The two couples were mar.
ried upon the same day six years ago.
Woodward Genter County. waJ the
scene ot amost desperate battle between
the sheriff and posse and Wm. II. Etlin-
ger last Thursday and Friday. The
trouble started by ill feeling between
Etlinger and his father-i n-law, who sued
him for assault and battery and after elud-
ing the officers for some time h5 shot the
constable who tried to capture him; then
the Shecif with "a posse of between 10 and
$50 depnLies surrounded the house which
he-had fortified and at 8 o'clock that
morning the situation was growing serious
Sheriff Condo decided to make another
charge. The house by that time was
honeycombed with bullet holes. Sheriff
Condo quickly and earnestly asked his men
if they would follow him. He told them
that they had desperate man to deal
with. Someone was -shure to get hurt.
The deputies all fell into line, but the
countrymen failed to respond. The posse
chrged and met with heavy fire from
the fort. In The charge John Musser re-
ceived bullet in The neck, William Motz
got ball in his right leg and Henry Mont
gomery, Belleiontea chief of police. receiv-
cd scalp wound, a bullet cutting through
his cap. Samuel Gettig was felled, but