Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-09-17
PERSONAL.


daughter in Harmony.
/. J. McCandless has moved from
Unionville to Grove City.
J. w. Monks of Middlesex did som,
shopping in Butler, Tuesday.
p. a. Thomas of Cleveland is the
guest Of his cousin, John j. West.
s. W. Redic of Mars has moved his
family to Butler, and is living on w
North ST.
A. G.. Moore and J. E. Moore of Oak
land township did some shopping II
Butler, Tuesday.
j. V. Cokeane of Marion township
was in town. yesterday. He has never
been on the jury.
Prof. Ricketts, of the Slipperyrock
Normal attended to some legal business
in Butler. yesterday
r. Wilson McKissick, wife and daugh'
tiers of Concord twp. did some shopping
in Butler, last Saturday.
Mrs. Cleeland dropped a beautiful,
white fan on the street last Sunday
and will be obliged to the finder for It's
return.
Senator Beveridge, while down in the
Maine woods, slept nine hours a DAY,
and now feels perfectly competent TO
keep the Senate awake ali winter.
John Burns, England's Labor member
of Parliament, thinks Eugene V. Debs
| is .the best and greatest man in
| America" There was time when Mr..
Debs thought 80. too.
| Miss Yockey was in town the other
| day. and as usual, attracted considera-
BILE attention She weighs about 45O
| pounds and is one of the best cooks and
| housekeepers in the county.
J.H. Gibson of Bruin, Fred Hamilton
of Argentine. DIR. Gibson of Chicora
and f. HI. Murphy of Butler formed
party that left On the $40 train. Mon
day afternoon, for Denver, Col.
KING Edward VII has the reputation
of being the best judge OF pigs and
poultry In England, And William Ill
has just demonstrated that he is the
best judge of paintings in Germany. At
least, his decision is the one that goes.
James Walker of jefferson township
was in town, Tuesday, and was yet
lame from the effects of the accident he
met with at Bennett, few weeks ago,
when his buggy was hit by a street-car
and he was thrown out and badly
injured.
Barney Kemper was honored by the
late c. NJ. B. A. convention, which
elected him a Vice President. The
convention recommended an increase
- md
mendation will be acted upon by the
Grand Council, which meets soon In
Pittsburg
Mrs. Gibson, wife of the Sheriff, and
number of friends celebrated her birth
day LAST Sunday About two dozen CT
her relatives took dinner with her
and these with her own family and
the prisoners made about fifty to cook
for that day. However. they had an
enjoyable reunion, and her friends wish
her many happy returns.
Mrs. Showles of Emlenton. nee Greg
ory. will get the estate of the eccentric
saloon keeper, who died lately in Mil
waukee. and from whom she has been
separated for years but never divorced
J. A. Showles would never sell more
than three drinks to one customer none
at all to a habitual drunkard or one
under the influence of liquor, and al
ways closed his place at 8 o'clock p. IN.
Since his death the Probate Court has
been running the saloon.
Judge McJunkin walked up to the
Court Room, last Saturday morning,
Sept 10 1908 and while there the at |
tention of the Court was called to his
presence, and alec to the fact that that
day was the Goth anniversary of his ad- |
mission to the Bar of Butler county, |
whereupon the Court adjourned for a |
time and the old Judge received the |
congratulations of the members OF the
Bar present.
Ebenezer McJunkin read law with |
Charles G.. Sullivan, Esq. decd, and |
was admitted TO practice, Sept. IL, 1043. |
being then in his 25th year. John
Bredin was at that time President |
Judge of the county. and John Duffy, |
Associate Judge. both natives of the |
same county ia Ireland. Mr.. McJunkin |
began his career as District Attorney, |
then an appointive Office, and in the
course of time secured very large
practice-greater than that of any at
torney practicing then, and perhaps |
larger than any attorney OF the county |
has had since His practice, reasona-
BILE fees and common sense and COM
mon honesty made him a power in poll
tics, and he served two terms in Con-
gress, and one term on the Bench-the |
"Judgship Fight" of 1874 being per-
haps the most strenuous the county has |
ever experienced.
He is now in his S5th year, is in good
health. and we'll fixed financially, and
surely has cause to look back over his
life with considerable satisfaction.
Saturday last marked his sixtieth mile
stone as a member of the Bar, and in
all that time no client of his has ever
had cause to complain of him, and he is
known to the community as an honest
man.