Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-04-21
SEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

a wealthy Pittsburg lady who has a
grievance against her next nelShoor,
has let n contract to build n sheet iron
fence co feet high and 200 hundred feet
long between their properties. 1t will
cost g, 800.
Samuel Reinhart, aged thirty five
years, a somnambulist, arose from his
sleep and, clad only in his night
clothes, walked seven squares from his
home at Pottsville ont upon an open
trestle bridge, Sunday night. When
he came to his senses he was overcome
by giddiness and fell heavily into the
bed of Z dry creek beneath.
\ gang of swindlers is travelling
through this county claiming authority
from the State to examine wells. They
inspect the water through a microscope
and tind all kinds of bacteria, cholera
and typhoid germs and permit the
farmer and his wife TO look through the
microscope, when. of course, they see
the menagerie that always has been
and always will be contained in a drop
of water. The frightened farmer Is
advised to apply certain remedies sold
by the fakirs at a high price, which
proves to be a little soda.-Glen Camp
bell Comet
The three-year-old son of John Engle,
of Williamsport, was choked to death
Wednesday morning while eating
small piece of nam. The mishap occur
ed while Mrs. Eagle was preparing
meal. She submitted to his entreaties
and cut off small slice of the meat.
in a few minutes the mothers attention
was attracted to the tot. who was
coughing violently and appeared to be
strangling She put her finger down
his throat and succeeded in removing
portion of the meat. But that failed
to give relief, and she called assistance.
A second piece was removed but still
no relief came The little fellows
suferings were severe, and he grew
weaker and died in few minutes.
Samuel Moreland the Oldest resident
of Western Pennsylvania, died recently
at his home in North Liberty, Mercer
county, aged 107 years. He had resided
in Mercer county, for over hfty-hve
years. He was ex-POstmaster OF North
Liberty, and held county offices tre
quently At the time of his death he
had full control of his mental faculties.
Eight of herd of fourteen fine Jer-
sey and HOlstein cattle which supplied
the Work House at CIaremont with
| milk were killed last week by State
Authorities because of consumption.
To find out whether cattle are affected
with tuberculosis, a certain fluid is in
| jected into them. If they are healthy
| their temperature remains the same, II
consumptive it rises one and half de
| grees in short time.
Monday night, while w. H. Roessler
| of Beaver Co. was going home from
Beaver to Bridgewater, as he reached
| the bottom of the hill entering Bridge
water, three men suddenly confronted
him, and demanded that he
throw up his hands and deliver mis-
money. RCssler, however did not obey
either injunction, but promptly drew
his revolver and opened fire upon his
assailants. At the first shot one of the
higewaymen fell and the other two took
to their heels, Rossler pursuing and
shooting until his revolver was.emptled
He thinks he shot at least one of them.
He returned then to the man upon the
ground and found that he was dead,
the bullet having pierred his heart.
Pointed shoes led to the arrest OF
John Long at Homer City, Indiana Co,
last Saturday, on 4 charge of burglary
| Long is medical student in the office
of DR.. Campbell He has always borne
a good name and mingled in the high
est social and religious circles. Or
February 30 he went to the Stewart
sisters, aged spinsters, who lives on
farm near Homer, and got from them
Sj27, saving it was for B. B. McCon
ough, Homer merchant, and that ht
amount, indorsed by the Prairie StatC
Incubator company. He kept the mo
ney three weeks ahd then returned It.
saying McConaughey had got money
elsewhere. He then helped the sisters
hide it in the cellar, putting it in 6
pocketbook, that in a tin can, that iI :
coffee pot, and covered all with sacl
of buckwheat Tive weeks after the
sisters missed the money and summon
ed Constable Wettling, of Indiana
He called in james w Eagan, a Pitts
burg detective. They went to the
premises and found that the cellar win
dow had been removed: also discovered
tracks of toothpick" shoes, the kipt
Long had always worn, Ihs officer:
accused LaIa ana searched his satchel
where $5l7 was found. He is under
| kSO0 hail