Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-04-26
DEATHS.

LORENZ-At his home in Butler, April
%. 1906, William 2 Lorenz, aged %
years.
HARPER-At her home in New Castle,
April %, 1906, Miss Margaret Harper,
aged 50 years
Miss Harper was a native of Zelie-
nople and was sister of Cyrus Harper,
former County Treasurer.
MCCANDLESS AT his home in Mars,
April "a, 1906 Roy, son of Abner Nc
Candless, decd, aged Is years.
HINTERLING-Ath her home in Done
gal twp, April %, 1906. Mrs. Caro-
line Hinterling. aged Sc years.
KALTENBACH-A the Butler Hospi-
tai, April "a. 1906, Milton, son of n.
j. Kaltenbach of Donegal twp, aged
years.
STOUTT-At her home in Zelienople.
April %, 1906. Mrs. Margaret wife of
David Stoutt, aged SO years.
DOUGLASS AT his home in Buffalo
township April "a. 1906, Thomas
Douglass, aged 56 years.
EDMUNDSON-At his horne in Como
quenessing, north, April 90, 1906,
Thomas Edmundson, in his S9th year
Mr.. Edmundson is survived by his
wife, two sons and two daughters
John at home. Thomas J. and Mrs. Ad
Nicholas of Connoquenessing borough
/ and Mrs. Bowen of Cleveland.
PURVIANCE- her home in Pitts
burg, April 90. 1906 Miss Adaline
/ Purviance, formerly of Butler. and
daughter of Campbell Purviance,
decd.
MU RRIN-At his home in Murrins
| vile, April 81, 1906, John z. Murrin,
aged 45 years.
BAZLETT-At his home in Bredins
burg, Venango county, April %. 1906
John Hazlett, a native of Butler, aged
79 years.
| BOYLE-At her horne in Prospect,
April 10, 1906 Miss Mary Boyle. aged
about 55 years.
Miss Boyle's death was caused by
apoplexy She was a daughter of John
Boyle, decd of Worth twp, and lived
IN Prospect, with her sister, Elizabeth,
who survives her Her body was taken
| for interment to Rochelle, Ills.
EKAS-At his home in Buffalo twp,
April "a, 1906, Thomas Ekas. in his
S5th year.
Mr.. Ekas was one of the oldest citizens
of the township. He died at the resi-
dence of his son David, near Sarvers-
vile.
WILSON-At the home of his daugh-
| ter, Mrs. Shoaf, April IA. 1906, Lot
Wilson of Prospect, aged 10 years.
DONALDSON-At Pennsboro, w. Va,
April 6, 1906, Chas E. Donaldson,
aged % years.
His death was caused by pneumonia.
| He was son of j. G. Donaldson of this
county, and is survived by his wife and
one child. He was buried at West
Union. w. Va.
FORCE AT her home in New Castle,
April %, 1906. Mrs. Jane, widow of
C. Force, in her 10th year.
Mrs. Force was the Youngest daugh-
ter of VIM. Dickson. decd, of Penn
twp. Her husband was killed at the
battle of the Wilderness, and she is sur
viyed by four daughters. Mrs. John
Rowan of Mars and Mrs a. Eshen-
baugh of w. Sunbury were sisters.
FRANK-At the home of her daughter.
Mrs. P. Marburger, near Eideneau,
April IS, 1906. Mrs. Mary Frank, aged
IS years.
FLEMING her home in Butler,
| April 90, 1906, Mrs Mary Fleming,
nee Fair, in her list year.
Mrs. Fleming had been in poor health
| for some months. She is survived by
several children Her death recalls the
murder of her husband, John K. F'lem
| ing in 1882 He was quiet, inoffensive
man, and member of the @. A. r.
| Post here. Going home one summer
night, from a Post meeting, lot of
drunken foreigners, loafing on or near
| the long bridge at foot of Main ST. mis-
| took him for policeman, on account
of his wearing blue suit, and one of
| them slipped up behind him. and drove
knife into his breast, from which
wound he died several hours after. His
assailant was arrested during the
night ahd served time in the penitenti-
ary for his act.
Obituary.
Agustus Pollack, 76 years old, known
| throughout the entire country as a
manufacturer of stogies, died Monday,
at his home in Wheeling.
John F. Hovis, aged SO years, of
Barkeyville, died at Warren Hospital,
April 18th. He was the father of c. w.
Hovis and Mrs. Ettie Eppinger of
Harmony.
Chas. A. Bentel of Freedom, Pa,
aged 6s years, died April 13, 1906.
VIM. C., Gray, an old Bessie"
| engineer, died at his home in Grove
| City, April 10. His illness was of
| nature which puzzled the physicians,
and although fourteen different ones
were called in upon the case, they
could not agree. For this reason post
mortem was held, which showed alb
scesses of the liver and kidneys, heart
| derangements, an enlarged appendix
| and a gathering of foreign matter upon
| the lungs. A curious feature was that
in one lung pebble stone was found
| imbedded, although how 1t got there is
puzzle to the physicians.
Elias Ritts.
Tuesday evening last, at G o'clock,
! Elias Ritts. one of the best known and
highly respected citizens of Clarion Co..
died at his home in st. Petersburg. He
had been afflicted with paralysis for
about year.
Elias Ritts was born in Berks county.
Pa, Nov. 5, 1922, and was son of
John and Sophia Ritts. He came to
western pennsylvania anu setUleu IN
st. Petersburg when about 1G years of
age He was twice married, frst to
Elizabeth Vensel in 1S49 and second, in
1866, to Clarissa Elliott, who preceded
him in death about year ago.
Eight children survive him, as fol-
lows: J. Y. and William Ritts, of But
Ter; Mrs. A. G. Anderson, of Pittsburg;
Mrs. c. w. Little, of Montclair, u. j.;
Mrs. S. g. Foster, of Franklin; Mrs. III.
W. Bright, of Norristown, Pa, Marion
F. Ritts and Miss Jessie A Ritts. of ST.
Petersburg, also one brother and one
sister, John Ritts and Mrs Mary Mat
tern.
Mr.. Ritts' great business ability was
injected into three great lines Of in
dustry in Western Pennsylvania-lron,
lumber and oil AS early as 1910 he be-
gan bnilding flat boats and freighting