Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-12-03
NEIGHBoREooD NOTES.

Louis Kramer, of Natrona, was commit
ted to Jail in Pirtsburg, last Saturday oy
Judge Magee without bail. He had been
arrested on bench warrant on petition OF
creditors. who had charged him with fraud.
Kramers arrest was the ssult of detec-
ives invest CATION after his failure IN busl-
uess.
The teller of the Farmers National
Bank. of Lebanon, this state, embezzled
over Sc 600 OF the banks money and chang
ed the accounts to cover his theft. The
directors of other banks IN thai place CON-
menced examining their affairs and the cash
i-r Jt the first National Bank was found
10 be an embt Zz.er to 10 the amount OF SoU,
900 or more. He was dealing in silver
mine stocks and lost heavily.
An Indiana county man lately slaughter
ed an S-mOnuns old Chester White that
dressed $50 pounds.
John Mccormick of Spring Hill, Law
renee Co., has t9o pigs which he Will not
sell for pork this winter One often hears OF
freaks OF nature winch arr monstrosities, bnt
he has two which are remarkable tor their
lack of size. They have been drawing
oxygen from the air Tor period OF elght
months and are yet no larger than wheu
they were born, and neither is as large as a
poodle dog. Nevertheless they are happy
and contented, and seem TO think that lie
is worth living.
One day last week Hamilton Cox, of
BROOKLYN, went hunting near Eldred His
guides placed him back of runway, and
loic nj N To keep his eyes well pealed II he
wanted deer He sat there till he was tired
end then moved back to the shelter OF a
bush. deer lesped over him, knocked
the gun out of his hand and discharged 1t,
all IN the Jump. The charge struck the
deer amidsnlps, and it fell dead few feet
from the hunter
The Cambridge News tells good hunt
ing story. II. Hull and Frank Chamber
, lam were hunting pheasants when their
dogs came to point. The sportsmen got
sher guns in position and when the bird
was flushed it flew directly toward Hull
aad ran its bill into one of the gun barrels,
dropping To the ground With broken
uech.
An attempt to carry out q shocking
election bet wes made at Portsmouth,
q Jack Canter and James Elliot were the
principals. Canter bet on Bryan and was
10 eaJ raw snake A garter snake was
secured, but one bite was all Lauter could
stand a big crowd OF people witnessed
the affair.
While cutting a tree the woods, near
WeIlsville. Pa, Tnursday, Harry Wilson
stood his gun against stump nearby
Vrh hen the tee tell a branch cought the
hammer Of the gun and it exploded. The
Charge Of shot entered Wilson's side ana
he fen 10 the ground When discovered
ne y as diving from the loss of blood.
Moundsyille, W Va. was the scene OF a
| remarkable gss-explosion, Tuesday With
out moments aiming there was an ex-
ploslon that rent the four walls OF the
house asunder blew the root into the air,
and turned the interior partitions, furnl-
ture, ETC., into a blazing mass OF ruins.
Before the fire department arrived the
whole Of what had been an ele ant SIT, ,OO0
| nor sc was in ashes. The explosion was
heard three miles away, and was caused
by an accumulation of natural gas IN ths
cellar. caused By plumbers working IN the
house lea wing the service pipe COCK open.
| The first erson 10 arrive AFTER the explo
| -ion found Mrs Weaver sitting on the
groul d in the front yard with her baby IN
her arms and the hey beside her. Mrs
Weaver's ankle was sprained, and the bog
has email cut on his head, ehe baby
being unhurt The servant girl was blown
out of the door aud across the lot, but she
suffered little injury plumber working
In the house als0 escaped.