Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-02-25
Nei6hborhood Notes

The Nahoning. Ohio. county infirma-
ry was burned on Sunday, loss $50, 900.
The 235 inmates were all rescued. VIM.
Hartzell. insane. escaped from the at
tendants ran into the fire and was
cremated-
Ike. the Bear" or Isaac Daniels. the
colored man. who has been keeping a
dis-reputable resort along the line of
the new railroad in West Deer twp,
Allegheny Co, was surrounded, wound
ed and captured, by posse led by Con
stable Hill, last Monday. He was
taken 10 the Allegheny Gen. Hospital
After Ike's capture the posse contlnu-
ed after the rest Of the gang. They
captured several colored men and wo-
men. As there was no evidence against
them, they were allowed TO go. a
search was made Of Ikes cabin. 1t was
found to be stocked with several barrels
Of whisky and beer, in fact all the re
quisites for a speak-easy-
Constable Hill will make number of
charges against Ike The list will in
clude selling liquor on Sundays
and without a license, keeping dis
orderly house, keeping gambling
house. and felOniOus shooting.
Ike is a big burly negro, and weighs
over 200 pounds He was greatly cha
grined over his capture. and claims
that if his revolver had worked proper
" he would have extinguished the
lights of several people before taken.
Constable Hill thinks his capture will
effectually break up the lawlessness in
that district.
At New Castle, Monday, Judge
Wallace refused the motion for a new
trial for .Jongrass, who was convicted
for the murder Of Jessie Carrine, the
girl he wanted to wed After the
opinion was handed down refusing the
motion Judge Wallace sentenced Jon
grass to hang. II was the first time in
the history OF the county that a man
wag convicted Of murder in the first
degree, and there was z large number
of people present when the court sen
fenced him.
An attempt was made the other day
te burn the Centre county court house,
~ Bellefonte The attempt is supposed
10 have some relation to the ShrIefalty
contest, all the ballots being stored in
the building.
The assessors of Pittsburg put about
two-thirds value on the properties;
the city tax for this year is l4t mills,
and the total tax about 40 mills
A Beaver county farmer told a crowd
at the Beaver court house the other day
6f having killed thirty ans gfOundhags
on his farm last week He said that
his dog began barking at great rate
across the hollow from his house and
thinking that the animal had treed
game he took his shotgun and went to
the dog He was greatly surpsised to
see a number Of groundhogs running
around on the ground, swapping and
snariiqg and biting each other. while
froth was OoZing from their mouths.
He opened fire on the animals and with
out moving a dozen yards killed thir-
teen With the dog he started on a
grounding hunt and inside of an hour
shot all told thirtyOne. He examined
the dead animals and considering their
strange actions while alive he conclud-
ed they were suffering with rabies.
The operation OF a speak easy and
Joint near Sistersville W. V. so enrag-
ed and disgusted the citizens that, Tues
day night they collected around the
place and tried to drive out the inmates.
Not succeeding they set fire to the
building. As result the place was
destroyed and four BoaFdsrs were
burned TO death.