The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-07

men.s 'ormerly the property of Lee
Culver 4 Co. was cold ut asslgnes's
sale, Tuesday. The grocery stock
was bought by Mrs. Lee Culver.
County supervision of the public
schools Is superhuous Office 1t
merely means the fixing OF place
for some fellow to draw salary
The people have taxes enough to
pay.
There will be an oyster, fruit and
cake supper at H. A. Whl'e's resi-
dence for the b.nett of the nj Z
church south of Johnstown Every
bpiy invited Remember the date
January s, 1897.
Inc Usage river was reported to
be Oh resuia rampage Sunday and
II rise OF t"eetv five feet VAS report
ed. All the bottoms along the ilv-r
were OVERT 'wed and 1t was appre
heuded that much damage would be
the result
The eurfew bell rings at Rich
Hill The officers are having no
Trouble, as the small boy HES hun
self home at the first lnvi,atlou of
the bell Oniy one obj~ctlou, the
bell should get the boys at I instead
Of clock
Mss Geftrule Sslvers, holding
ii position III the Lamar public school
and who with her friend Miss Earl
Dye, Las been spending the holidays
with here parents. Mr. aud Mrs. L
" Silvsra, in this city, has returned
to Lamar
Cnas. Powell, an Oklahoma des
perado and "pal" of Bill Doolln, was
arrested Tuesday at the home of his
mother at Eldorado Springs, after
exchanging several shots with the
officers who made the arrest He
Was taken back to Oklahoma
Richard Cornelius, cashier of the
National Farmers and Planters bank,
Baltimore, Maryland, committed
suicide Monday. A shortage in Ills
account with the bank of 100000
caused him to commit the act. H.
had been connected with the bank
forty two years.
Ex Sheriff D. A. Colyer received
word Tuesday from Boston, Mass
notifying hun of the dangerous ILL
ness of his daughter, Allie, who is
attending the musical conservatory
in that city. He also received word
from Kentucky that his sister in
law, Mrs. Jackson, was lying at the
point of death.
J A Elgin, one of the substantial
farmers residing near Passaic called
Tuesday and renewed Mr.. Elgir
feeds cattle on small scale and each
year has a bunch ready for the mark
ct. Monday he delivered car load
to P. K. Williams at Passaic, and
realized 4 cents. The cattle were
good ones and averaged in weight
1850 pounds,
Deputy sheriff, Joe Graves, made
his first arrest at Rich Hill Frids,
night. The offender was Henr,
Hill and the charge against him wat
carr ying concealed weapons. Hill
is the same fellow that was arrested
in Butler Christmas day for beirt
drunk and disorderly. He wa
brought to Jail and when searched
q razor was found on his person.
Harry Kemp, one of Clinton
most prominent citizens, architec
, and builder. and prominent in tn
Masonic order of that town, took I
teaspoonful of aconite and was I
dead man in 10 minutes He ha'
, been taking the drug to allay pai
caused by neuralgia and it is no
, thought he intended to take his life
Five drops of the drug is a larg
, dose.
Wright Hamilton and Joe Daco
were placed in the Boonvllle Jail
few days ago. charged with the mu'
der of James Wedges, negro ma
3, employed by John Mackler, in L.
. niue township. The negro was she
= down while plowing. the load {
q shot striking him in the back OF th
head as he turned his team at th
end of furrow. The crime We
, committed three years ago
q The Rich Hill Reviews relic
!. fund for the poor of that city col
y tinues to grow. 1t was a happ
= thought in the Review to take u
!, the cause of humanity in that cit
. aud the effort put forth by Br
Bob to run the wolf from the doc
= of the poor widow and the destitui
is the noblest act of his life, az
= that the Rsyiew relief fund grow
daily testi6es that the charitable a,
P1hn