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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-15

In obedience to the commands of the
above writ l, William B. Dodds. High
Sheriff of the county of Butler, do here
by make known and give this public
notice to the electors of said county
that a special election will be held al
the several election districts established
by law in said county, on
TUESDAY. APRIL 90 1897,
when officers will be voted for as fol
lows
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED.
One person for Representative in
Congress, the nominees for which are as
follows
REPUBLICAN.
JOSEPH B. SHowALTER,
OF Chicora Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-15
Affairs at Harrisburg.

/ cannot refrain from saying a word
just here concerning the situation, as
/ understand IL, at the state capitol. A
very large number of the members of
the house are disposed, so far as legis
lation Is concerned, To intelligently rep
resent and reflect the wishes of their
constituents, rather than obey the will
or follow the whim Of self constituted
bosses. AS a result the schemers who
usually manipulate legislatures and
mold legislation to suit their viii find
themselves baked this wear thus far.
The state is to be congratulated that
the present house of representatives is
made up largely Of men who have less
regard for the cracking of the masters 8
whip than for the clearly defined de-
sires and needs of their constituents.
To Continue the Fight.
1t is very greatly TO be hoped that
your organization will be continued and
extended into every city and borough
of the commonwealth. Aside from the
significance of this years election
when, besides "A state treasurer, an
auditor general Is to be elected-let
none lose sight of the fact that within
a year we will be in the midst of
campaign for governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary Of internal affairs, con-
gressmen and members OF the legisla-
ture and that the Legislature chosen
next year will have a United States
senator 70 elect. l trust that every
proper effort will be put forth from this
time forward in order that the import
ance Of the issues involved In the cleo
ton of this year and Of the next may
be fully set forth before the people Of
the commonwealth. to the end that a
government Of the people may sup
plant the present government Of the
bosses. All proper movements having
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10
Necessity of Proper Curing.

It is not generally known that Flor
ida is meeting with great success in
the growing of the finer grades of to-
bacco. In some parts of the State it
is equal to any produced in Cuba. In
deed, experts have failed to distin-
guish between tobacco grown in Cuba
and that grown in FLORIDA.
The reason, says the Savannah
News, that there have been so many
failures with tobacco in Florida, is
that the growers, in many instances,
have not made themselves acquainted
with the proper methods of curing it.
Those of them who are now producing
grades which command a high price
employ expert labor from Cuba.
Florida tobacco growers who un-
dertake to cure their own tobacco, I'M
less they know how to do it, make a
mistake. If the curing is noted one
properly the price they will receive
for their tobacco will be very email.
They will make money by paying we'll
for expert Cuban labor. Cuban labor
Of the kind needed can be had, though
it may cost considerable to get it.
Still it should be had whatever the
cost maybe Jacksonville Metropolis
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10

which was cultivated and harvested
exclusively by members of his own
family, and he has gotten his check
for $1,2OO-just $500 per acre.
Now, if you can show The Journal
where crop will yield that much in
any other State, speak up; we would
like to hear about it,
What this little family has done this
year in Hillsborough county can be
done, and is now being done in other
counties, for The Journal knows of
numerous farmers who have netted
over this amount on their crops, both
for the present and past years.
There's millions in it. 1t is no long
er an experiment, and if our farmers
will only try, success will crown their
efforts.-Florida Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10
YELLOW JACK KILLED.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic kills Vel
low Jack wherever they find him. No
one who takes Cascarets regularly and
Systematically is in danger from the
dreadful disease. Cascarets kill yell
low fever germs in the bowels and
prevent new ones from breeding. lOc.
Csc. SOC. all druggists. 29O.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10

gathered. Clean cultivation of the
growing crop, with frequent stirring
of the soil close up to the plants, will
destroy the dormant pupae or cover
them so deep that the moth will be
unable to find ITS way to the surface
of the ground. A close watch should
be kept, and when blotch mines are
seen on leaves the enclosed caterpillar
may be easily crushed between thunb
and finger. The leaves will then soon
repair the damage. Trap lights burnt
in the field from dusk until 10 p. NJ,
will attract and destroy large numbers
of the moth.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10

gentlemen have handled and cured
their goods with considerable care
which bespeaks for them success as
handlers of our Florida product.
All of which is most respectfully
submitted.
(signeO j. l.. McFarline,
Rud Gutlaff,
VIM. III. Collins,
HI. Curtis, Secretary.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10

Total on line of F. G.. & P. 1871 900
''You may place this estimate,' con-
tinued Colonel Curtis, Gas very con-
serva tive one, and as an evidence OF
what the people of South Florida are
going to do about tobacco culture, I
want to tell you about what one man
living at Plant City, in Hillsborough
county, has done this year. He has
marketed crop of only three acres.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10
F1orida's Tobacco Crop.

In an interview with Colonel Henry
Curtis, of the Florida Central and Pen
insular Railroad this week, he said to
The Journal reporter: ''You have
made a serious mistake in The Jour-
nails estimate of the Florida tobacco
crop. I see you have estimated the
entire crop of the State at 100000
pounds, when, as matter of fact,
Gadsden county alone has at least that
much to her credit
When The Journal showed Colonel
Curtis that his was an item copied
from an exchange, he gave us the fol-
lowing estimates, which hevouches for
as reliable, Of the crop on the line of
the F. C. &. P. r. r., which will be
carried to market by that road:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10
A New Tobacco Pest.

This is the Gelechia picipelis (Zett.),
Mr. Mccarthy says, has as it's common
food plant the bull nettle we'll known
as pest to our farmers ana permit
ted by them to occupy their soil with
out let or hindrance.
The range of the insect, Mr.. Nc
Carthy says, is co-eXtensive with that
of it's host plant, and this includes
nearly the entire tobacco growing
area of the United States.
The insect is not new, but it is only
recently that it has taken to tobacco,
and where it has done serious damage
is in districts where the bull nettle is
most common. Of this change Of food
Mr.. Mccarthy says: ''Insects which
subsist upon few species of weed OF
waste ground lead precarious exist
ence, and do we'll if they hold their
numbers from year to year. When
such change from the wild food plant
to a cultivated species, the almost in
finite abundance of the latter causes
parallel increase of the insect,
which, soon overlooking its natural
boundaries or .the range it occupied
before, spreaus into all regions where
the new host plant is cultivated
The Gelechia picipeles Mr.. Mccarthy
described as about two-tenths of an
inch long and with wing expanse of
from three-fourthsto half an inch. The
general color is yellowish gray, the
head and chest paler than the wings,
the primaries marked by few smoky
streaks and marginal row OF minute
black dots. It belongs to the same
family as the clothes and fur moths
and to the fly weevil so destructive to
cribbed corn.
The parent moth deposits her eggs
within the substance OF the leaf or
stem of the plant and the caterpillar
eats the green matter OF the leaf leav-
mo both skins intact. The skins Of
the tobacco leaf are oily and able to
shed any liquid and prevent any pow
der busted on the leaf from coming
i'm contact with the enclosed caterpll-
lar. There is thus no way of reaching
it,
When full grown the caterpillar
drops to the ground, spins a small,
silky cocoon under leaves, stones or
clods. and there remains dormant for
a week or ten days, after which period
the winged moth issues and begins to
Law eggs for the succeeding brood
The number of annual generations is as
vet not known, but is probably NOT
less than three nor more than live.
The insect is believed to hibernate,
in the winged state, beneath trash IN
the field and about tobacco barns. 1t
NAV also lie dormant, either as caterpll-
lar or pupa, hidden in the stumps OF
tobacco or the roots of the bull nettle,
but so far no larvae or pupae have
) been found during the winter.
The most promising remedy at pres
ent, Mr. Mccarthy adds, is the ex-tlr-
patton of the bull nettle in all tobac-
co-growing sections, and the prompt
) Moving under or removal of tobacco
) stumps as soon as the crop has been
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10

port.
To the President, and Other Officers
of the Florida Tobacco Fair Asso-
citation:
conference.-the, the judges APP
pointed to examine and award prizes
on exhibits of tobacco brought before
us, beg leave to make the following
report:
By samples, bearing entry numbers
furnished us for examination, we
have to the best of our ability made
the following awards:
Entry No. 4, premium No. 1, best
general exhibit.
Entry No. 1, premium No. 2, second
best general exhibit.
Entry No. 26, premium No. 3, best
individual exhibit.
Entry No. 81, premium No. 4, sec
ond best individual exhibit.
Entry No. 1, premium No. 5, best
barn cured Sumatra.
Entry No. 81, premium No. 6, sec
ond best barn cured Sumatra.
Entry No. 20, premium No. 7, best
barn cured Cuban wrapper.
Entry No. %, premium No. 8, Sec
ond best barn cured Cuban wrapper.
Entry No. 26, premium No. 9, best
barn cured filler.
Entry No. IS, premium No. 10, Sec
ond best barn cured filler.
Entry No. /, premium No. II, best
fermented Sumatra wrapper.
Entry No. 16, premium No. II, best
ond best fermented Sumatra wrapper.
Entry No. 4, premium No. 13, best
finished Cuban wrapper.
Entry No. 16, premium No. IA Sec
ond best finished Cuban wrapper.
Entry No. 4, premium No. Is, best
fermented Cuban filler.
Entry No. 16, premium No. 16, sec
ond best Cuban filler.
Entry No. 16, premium o. II, best
100 cigars. Florida.
Entry No. 1, premium No. 1S, Sec
ond best 100 cigars, Florida.
There are a number of exhibits de-
serving special mention, but we can
only mention a few of them in this
report. The East Coast display in
charge of Mr.. S. w. Rowley, for artis-
tic beauty probably outstrips any
other single exhibit. The towering
cocoa palm with it's nuts in large
punches is the center of attraction;
surrounding this there is seen tobac-
co. preserves, etc., the product of that
section of Florida.
We have awarded to exhibit No. 4
the first prize for general exhibit
This exhibit is in charge OF Leon j.
Canova, and consists of fine samples
of Sumatra and Cuba tobacco from all
parts of the state. Prominent among
contributors we wish to make special
mention of fine samples furnished by
the Owl Cigar Co., A. Cohen & Co..
Tausig & Wedeles, Otsinger & McFar
line, of Gadsden county; w. II. Col
Inns. T. Carter and Coleman & Fer
guson, of Pasco county; Prof. F. B
Noodle, Hart & Geer, of Columbis
county; Cuban Tobacco Growing Co.
O. o. 1C
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-11-10
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to Tobacco
Department, Agriculturist, DeLand, Fla.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Bright Prospects for Summer Law School
DIR. Manning Improved.

Chapel Hill, y. c.. April 2S-(Specian
The schedule and list of instructors
for the University Summer School have
been completed, and never in the history
of that department of the University
have the prospects been so bright. The
subjects to be taught this year are great
er in number than heretofore, and the in
structors are to be from among the most
prominent teachers of the country.
Among these are w. S. Jackson, of Chi
cago Normal School; Superintendent III.
S. Tarbel. of Providence, II. l.; K. X.
Shaw, of University of New York; DIR.
Alfonso Smith. President of University
of Louisiana, and DIR. w. ]. Milne, the
distinguished ma thematician of Albany,
New York.
The Summer Law School will be crowd
ed this summer. DR.. John Manning
health has so greatly improved that he
expects to he with his school from now
ON. and Judge Shepherd will be on the
Hill through the entire summer, conduct
ing. with DR. Manning. the Law School
Mr. p. B. Smith, '97 and Mr.. III. G
Common, 81, are busy putting the finish
ing touches on their speeches which viii
be delivered in Athens. Ga. in the first
annual debate with the University OF
Georgia on May 1. The subject to be dis
cussed will be the Swiss Referendum.
Prof. Horace Williams will, on Thurs
day evening. deliver an address before
the student body on PHILOSOPHY and
Life" This is the next to the last of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

Philadelphia, April 2S.--Boston defeat
ed Philadelphia to-day in the most inter
esting game of the series. This is Bos-
toms first victory and Philadelphia
first defeat Fifeld pitched his first game
and showed up i'll League form. His
fielding errors. however. were costly.
Score:
Philadelphia Il 1 10O2OO0-5' 10 D
Boston .200O102 x-6 s =
Batteries Ftield and Grady; Kobe
danz and Yeager. Umpire, Hurst. Time,
2:20.
Cincinnati. April 2S.-1The Reds made
it three straight to-day by shutting out
Tebeau's Indians. The visitors could do
nothing with Daman, the young left
pitcher of the Reds, who held them down
to six hits. Score:
Cincinnati :. .02OO0O2 X-5 10 l
Cleveland :. .OOOOOOOO0-0 6 |
Batteries: Daman and ,Deitz; Cuppy
and O'Connor. Umpire, Sheridan. Time,
1:45.
Louisville, April 2S.-The Pirates stop
ped the Colonel's winning streak to-day.
Hill pitched a better game than Hawley.
but two misplays by the home team were
fatal. Score:
Pittsburg 1OOOOO1 Ok 4
Louisville :. ..OOOO1 OO00-1 4
Batteries Hawley and Merritt; Hill
and Wilson Umpire, McDerMott.
Time, ! :45.
Baltimore April 2S.-The Orioles to-
day won the odd game of this series from
Brooklyn. Both sides batted well; but
the excellent base running of the home
team piled up their score, they having no
less than fifteen stolen bases to their
credit. Score:
Baltimore. .024 x--13 Is
Brooklyn =. Il l 1907 200 q II )
Batteries Corbett and Clark: Kennedy
and Grim and Burrill. Umpire, Enslie.
Time. 2:30.
New York. April 2S.-Young Cy Sey-
mour was the hero of the game this af-
ternoon between the New YorkS and the
Washingtons The diminutive left
handler had the visitors puzzled, and it
was not until the fifth inning that they
managed to get hit. Score:
New York -. O3230OX-11 II 3
Washington -. O00000111-3 4
Batteries: Seymour and Warner; Nor
ton. King and Mcclure. Umpire, Lynch.
Time, 30.
Hartford. Conn. April 2S.-Patterson
Il again utltdleu ny SocNi
stick work, Smith and Heiderick each
| making run inside the grounds. Score:
Patterson 49,. l 0 1 O3 so 2 1-13 13 3
| Hartford .... 1O1OO100O-3 4 4
Batteries: Viau and Westlake; Fry and
| McCauley.
Newark. y. J.. April 2S.-Darkness
| ended to-day's game in the seventh in
| ming. Heavy hitting and loose fielding
were the features of both sides. Score:
| Newark =. ...... 90 4 o I'D ii 4
Athletics 2O322 4-13 II
Batteries: Wittrock. tombstone and A.
| Rothfuss: Ames, Cain. Garvin and Fox.
I st. Louis, Mo-, April 2S.-Both clubs
played poorly to-day. The Browns had
no trouble in stealing bases on Pop
| Arson, and his passed balls nearly lost
| the Colts the game, which was called at
| the end of the eighth inning on account
of rain. Score:
ST Louis ..... 220O0O1O-5 10 ,
Chicago ...... O. 2O-6 y j
Batteries Hart and Mcfarland; Crit
| fifth and Arson and Kittredge. Umpire,
| Mcdonald. Time, 2 hours.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
Mr.. HACKETT'S CLOSE CALL
SHOT AT BY RUFF HENDERSON,
OF WiLKESBORO.
The Ball Cut a Hole in Hacketts Goa,
..Resu!t of an Old Political
Feud.

Wilkesboro, n. c., April 2S.-(Special)
j. II. Henderson, of Republican noto-
riety. created a sensation here this morn
ing. Henderson was sitting on the hotel
porch when r. II. Hackett, attorney here,
passed and Henderson drew his pistol and
fired.
Hackett was in a few feet of the pistol,
but slightly turned himself and the ball
missed him, cutting a hole in his coat.
An old feud existed between the par
ties. Henderson has been in politics Il
number of years. He was Senator from
Wilkes in 1895 and nominated on the
Republican ticket for State Auditor in
1896, but was removed before the cam
paign began. Hackett is a talented law
yer. and is the nominee for mayor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29

Out the Monticello Guards to Preserve
Order.
Alexandria. Va. April 2S.-James
Lewis, colored man charged with out
raging Mrs. Ida Reidel. ii white woman,
several miles below here about two weeks
ago, was found guilty by a jury at Fair
fax court house tonight. The death pen
atty was Immediately imposed. The case
has been, i'll some respects. remarkable
one the condemned man having been
tried three times in as many days. In
the two former trials the jury found him
guilty of the crime charged, but We're
unable to agree upon the penalty to be i'm
posed, eleven men in each case favoring
hanging and the remaining juryman hold
ing out for life imprisonment. There
was much Indignation among the leading
citizens of the county that the jury could
not agree on the penalty after finding
Lewis guilty. In the third trial the
case was given to the jury at ] 30 o clock
this morning, but after remaining out
about four hours, they reported their ina
bIity to agree. The crowd around the
court house became very impatient while
Awaiting the verdict, and threats Of
lynching were freely made. Shortly be-
fore dayDreak Sheriff Gordon by Il Time
ly discovery prevented a lynching by get
ting possession of a long rope with a moose
in it which a man was just preparing to
slip over Lewis's neck. The lynching Of
a negro in Alexandria last week for out
raging little girl was regretted greatly
by Governor O'Ferrall, and he was deter
|. mined, if possible, to. prevent a recur-
renee of such an act in the present case.
Accordingly, he ordered the Monticello
Guards to Fairfax Court House to assist
in preserving order, and they arrived at
the place during the afternoon from Char
lottesville, in command of Lieutenant
Wingfeld. The imposition of the death
penalty on Lewis will, it is expected,
relieve the tension which has existed and
no trouble is prObale.
After the jury had rendered the verdict
| the prisoner was returned to the jail I'M
der military escort. Everything is quiet
| in the vicinity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29

the series Of lectures by the Fac
ulty. On May Prof Collier Cobb will
deliver the last lecture. taking for his
subject Living Lakes and Dead Seas"
Among the many Interesting and vain
able articles to be sent from til" Tnivcr-
sity to the Woman's Exposition in Char
lotte will be the Napoleon Deatf Mask -
which is the property of the University.
The Philanthropic and Diaectic societies
will send quite a number Of valuablc
portraits of their distinguished AIumui.
1t was with regret that the Faculty found
themselves unable to send the Wiley
Mangum, .Jr., collection. but the risk WIS
great one. and even the slightest loss
could never be replaced.
The Pathological Club held its .\nril
meeting last night in the English Lee
ture room. Interesting papers were read
by Prof. Toy, Prof. Harrington, and
Mr.. May, instructor in Modern Ian
guages.
DIR. Alderman left yesterday for Raj
eigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
TIE TOWN ENGULFEe.
CONTINUED from first page

ed RATS of the rescuers and taken to dry
land The families of Mrs. Hall, Tom
Potter Col Severy and Mrs. Black were
rescued from their homes in a similar
manner. In each instance the water had
swept through the windows and was
gradually rising. During the trip raft
Of railroad ties went to pieces on a sub
merged wire fence and the entire party
was precipitated into the water. They
were all saved. A little child of Frank
Holman, fell into a washed out crossing
and was drowned. M. A. Bickford, a
milkman, nearly lost his life in trying to
save the little one. The ice plant was
flooded and Harry Bradford, the mana
ger, narrowly escaped drowning.
Lightning struck the spire of the Pres
byterian church and totally wrecked it.
The school house for colored children
was struck at o'clock in the afternoon,
the structure shattered and about fifty
pupils more or less seriously hurt A
mong the more badly injured are:
Eva Clauston, Bertha Turner, Charles
Water, Beulah Clauston.
The latter was paralyzed. Several
other houses were struck by lightning,
but no one was killed. Further west
the lightning killed much stock. The
electric light wires went down and the
town was in darkness last night. Re-
ports from surrounding towns are meagre,
as telegraph wires are down and trains
have all been stopped on account of the
washouts. 1t is known, however, that
many homes have been washed out in
towns adjacent to Ell Reno and it is fear
ed many lives have been lost. West of
here Frank Thompson and the sixteen
year old son of Hiram McGriffen were
drowned
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
MISS PATRICK'SDISA
A Pretty Hampton Finance is Missing
on the Eve of her Wedding Day.

Newport News, Va, April 2S.-A spe-
cial to the Daily Press from Hampton
says that Miss Mamie l.. Patrick mys-
teriously disappeared from her home III
that city late Monday night. She was to
have been married to-day to Mr.. D. W.
Culley, OF this city, and was apparently
happy in anticipation OF her coming I'M
ion. While she was an attractive and
popular girl, she had no other admire1
whose attentions were encouraged. Dill
gent efforts OF relatives to find her have
been in vain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
THE EUCHRE CLUB.

The Euchrc Club was entertained last
evening by Miss Mamie Jones at her
home on Hillsboro street, complimentary
to Miss Broadfoot, of Fayetteville. The
first prizes were won by Miss Jane An
drews and Prof. c. M. Pritchett; the
second prize was awarded to DIR. J. M.
Aver.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
KEEPING LEE BUSY.

Two More Americans Arrested in Cuba
and the Consul General Demands
Prompt Explanation
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
THE FLORIDA SENATORSHIP.

Tallahassee, Fla, April 28.-Balloting
for United States Senator to-day re-
suited: Call, 80; Chipley, "a; Raney, IS;
Hooker, 8; Burford, 5: scattering, 3:
total vote, 80. No change on second bal
lot.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
BANK BREAKS THE RECORD.

Burruss Son and Company Pay Back
$4,000 Deposited Just Before Their
Failure.
Norfolk, Va. April 2S.-Burruss, Son
and Company. bankers, who failed yes
terday for $4,000, to-day paid over be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 to depositors
who placed money in the bank yesterday.