Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-23
NEIGHBoRKooD NOTES.

What promises TO be one Of the biggest
sensations known in Allegheny Co., in
connection with the illegal sale OF oleomar-
gariue ana the prosecution of the dealers,
is q proposed action Of County Controller
Grer to compel the dealers prosecuted to
pay over about $780, 900 to the county.
This represents one half the fine in 6S3
cases on the issue docket in the prothono-
tary's Office II is regarded as an action
in line with Mr.. Grier's duty. Numerous
attorneys are charged with blackmsiling
dealers and allowing cases TO remain on
the issue docket, instead of placing them
on the trial list, and representing to these
dealers, scattered IL every part of the
county, that their cases were settled for a
small some of money.
At Findlay, Ohio, last Thursday, after
four hours of deliberation the jury found
Rev Joseph Eben Powell guilty of fraudu-
| lent registration. He was rector OF Trinity
| Episcopal church for a few months, and as
| a British subject b,astei OF the superior
| ity at English laws over American To
prove the Iooseness of the American laws
| he registered at last falls election declar-
| ing himself Is a native" although he mad
! been in this country bat two years. He
Chtu publicly boasted of Whist he had done,
claiming American officers never enforced
the laws The board ol elections thought
| t. suUy him he was mistaken and hl1 him
arrested lie has been removed from his
charge by Bishop Leonard. The penalty
is f.om one to three years in the peniIen
tiary.
One OF the cows belonging to the Ale
gheny City poor farm died the other day
ard an autopsy was held, which revealed
a m.pst singular cause Of death Pieces OF
nails ard wire were found in the COW s
stomach. These were taken TO the de-
par.meat of charity otice, where they are
on exhibition.
W. L. M4ln's Big 5hng Will exhibit IN
Sharon on Tuesday Of mex: week, and
For9pangh Is to be IL Alleg leJy, May IL
and II
Jacob Flint al aged farmer, residing al
Narrowsburg, Was pruning al apple Tree
last week, aud vas GA a ladder about
twelve feet from the ground. DE sudden
ly found himseliin the midst of hundred.
OF wild geese which were making their
fight north ward they swept through
IN branches ol the tee on either side and
threw Farmer Fhntto tho ground below
Their sseptuiin cure for consumption has
been tried on three convicts in the Wet;
err Penitentary. The convicLs all had
pul monarJ tubercuiosis and We're consider
cd incurabe A months treatment shows
an uninterrupted period "f marvellous i'm
proyement, and the patients arc, TO all eI-
tereal appearances, we'll
They make some saple sugar and syrup
over in Ohio. Two Garrettsville firms
have already canned aud slipped 10000
gallons of maple syrup. Ifthe balance of
the season is good, over SO, 900 gallons will
be shipped from there. There are many
camps in that vicinity of l,5O0 To 5000
naples.
The great question now agitating the tax
payers OF Westmoreland county is the
| building OF d new court hou4a at Green's
burg. Two successive grandjuries have
| recOmm ended the same, and the question
wac argued last week before the court.
1t only remains Tor the judges to say
whether or not shall DO built, and the im-
preston is general that they will CONSENT.
The proposed building is estimated to
cost oyer half million dollars, and 10 be
something great in modern architecture.
| a Wilkes Barre woman was caught late
ly stealing pair Of shoes from Bahny's
store. The mayor gave her the alternative
OF going TO jail TO await trial, or walking
the principal streets sor an hour with u
placlrd on her back ia scribed, IL am u
Shoe Thief. Look Out" Tho woman
| said she stole the SHOES for her husband
that ho might 20 out and look for work,
and chose the latter penalty. She was
compelled to undergo the punishment
win two policemen following her and sub
jected To tue jeers OF vifiolb croals.
A Dand oi robbers supposed 10 be the
perpetrators of the many robberies com
mitted ia and abou, Gllwood City, Law
renee county, has bcen tracked To its rem
dezvous.
\ The centennial celebration of tho incor-
poration Of Uniontown will bc celebrated
July 3 and A. Enthusiastic meetings have
been held and the committees have all
been appointed. X. II. Lindsey will de-
| liver an address on the "Day and the
| Occasion, "and Judge Nathaniel Ewing will
speak on the history Of the town. The
various coke companies have volunteered
to erect arches OF coal and coke, aud Sup.
Keighley, OF the Olive Coke and Furnace
company, has offered the use Of 90 horses
iu the parade. All the business mon arc
taking an active part. Uniontown was
founded in 1867, but was not incorporated
until l79G