Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-03
Local and General.

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
THE mosquito has fixed bayonet
THE Postmaster at Erie is to b'
investigated.
WATERING places are all alike wher
it rains hard.
THE farmers say that honey doesn't
cell well this weather.
WE know of several pavements that
should be relaid before winter sets In.
EIGHTY English farmers sailed
from Liverpool for Texas one day last week.
A NEW suspender is called the "con'
science suspendcr," because of its great elias
ITCHY.
III. C. McCoY, Esq, of New Hope
has disposed of his interest in the New Hops
Mills for $1,000.
THERE is evidently material ON tht
Pacific coast out of which some prominent citi
zens might be made.
THE best remedy for liver complaint
is "SeIlers' Liver Pills" Only 25c. per box
Sold by all druggists.
WILD cherries are splendid specific
for pulmonary troubles when properly com
bined with other remedies.
CETYwAYo wants to treat. This
f,ct GAYS the Galveston Ners, ought to put an
end TO calling him a savage and heather.
GENERAL GRANT is to head com
many of New York capitalists, who will built
a canal across the isthmus via the Nicaraugi
route.
To temporize with your health in
stead of promptly using DIR. Bulls Balnmor'
pills. is not indicative Of much thoughtfullness
Sold by all druggists.
THE County Treasurer has some
co,,;es Of the Pamphlet Laws of 1879 in hi
Office which should be called for by the per
sons who subscribed for them.
HARRIsDURGER who recently went
on an excursion to Niagara Falls declares tina
everything there has been fenced in except th'
roar of the falls and the hackmen.
IT is stated that soldiers entitled tt
pensions who fail to make their application
previous to January lst, 1880, cannot secure
back pension money after that date.
AN old-style minister, at the La
trobc camp meeting, prayed that the Lore
would forgive the managers of the camp fo
charging an admittance fee OF ten cents.
nWHo's the real mother Of those
turkeys? ?" asked little boy of this place, {
few days ago, as he and his mother passed {
hen (chicken) With brood of young turkeys
SEVEN thousand workingmen are
out Of employment in Quebec. This may ae
count for the fierce temper of the mob. Feo
pie that are well fed have no stomach for stree
fights.
THE law of the last session of the
Legislature in relation to fertilizers, requires
the manufacturers to place on each package {
statement of the ingredients OF which 1t L
composed.
THE chestnut, walnut, and butter
nut crop on the mountains and throughout tht
county generally, will be a fair one. This vii
be good news to the boys and very pleasing t
the squirrels.
THE young man who, wishing tc
know the pronunciation of q word, was ad
vised to consult the authorities, interviewed
the County Commissioners, three Justices of the
Peace and the Sheriff.
In New Hampshire a good deal oi
opposition has shown itself to the recent STATE
law taxing church property on all sums above
$1,000 In some cases the law has been de
nounced from the pulpit.
If Senator Roscoe Conklirg wishes
n yindication in the Courts, he can open the
case without unnecessary scandal by entering
a complaint against ex-senator Sprague fol
violation of the game laws.
THE skin of boiled egg is the most
eficacious remedy that can be applied to
boil Peel it carefully, wet and apply to thu
part affected. II will draw of the matter anC
relieve the soreness in few hours.
THE New Orleans mint is now turn.
ing out silver dollars as fast o. the coming ma
chine can be run. About $780, OF the doilar
will be coined during this month. This is
jot that makes you feel poor when you read it
KANKAKEE has Justice who beats
them all in the way of doing up job of mat
rimonial splicing with neatnes. and dispatch
This is his formula: "Have'er" Yes
SOME one says that short-waistet
girls are the style Just now; and damscls VIII,
are not fashionably WASTED, may overcome tn,
defect by standing their heaos an hour o
two every day, with a brick balanced on eaci
foot.
THE poor and Industrious farmer
tolls all summer W, ! some squash or pumpkin
or rooster or beet, which he hopes may attrac
attention at the county fair, when in steps ta,
administration, puts itself on exhibition ant
takes the first prize.
THE editor who quashed a juicy
cock roach with the butt end of his lead pencil
and afterward forgetfully sucked the SAM
while wooing coy expression, suddenly fount
word, but it proved to be foreign to the sub
jcct under consideration.-Er.
THE war-whoop of the noble rec
man will soon resound through the streets o
Carlisle. Bald-headed citizens are not bi
nervous, but reporters are having their hai
"snappered." A school for young Indians il
soon to be established at the barracks.
OUR County Superintendent finished
his summer examinations at this place last Sat
urday. He had so applicants here, and abou
700 in the whole county. He has already ex
amincd about 400 papers and granted certifi
Gates to, on an average, two out of three.
THE Philadelphia Bulletin says tha
''the Pennsylvania Railroad Company now EN-
Dloys an eocutionist who instructs the brake
lien to pronounce the name of the next station
So that it can be understood by the feebles
intellect" The position is not a sinecure.
DIVINE service will be held at st
Peters P. L. Church on Sunday morning, Sept
9TH, with sermon by the Rector and admins
tration of the Holy Communion. There will
also be service in the evening at the Disciples
Church, Petrolia, at "a o'clock. All are invited
New YORK will be putting in he
claims to be called the Golden Gate at this rate
The current Of gold from Europe which enter
the country through its Gotham door is steadil
increasing in volume and shows no signs
stopping. One steamer, the Canada, brough
$l,2oo,0oo in gold bars from France last Thur.
day.
A SINGULAR accident lately occurre,
to dentist of D neighboring town. lie wa
using tie vulcanizer, when it exploded, an
the cap, a metal plate weighing nearly tw
pounds, struck him just above the eyes, frat
turing the front plate of the skull and inflic
ing otherwise serious though not Aeeessaril
fatal injuries.
Our Government wants $3.50, O0
from John Bull for the squid our fisherme
were not allowed to get in Fortune Bay ID
you see the game, reader? BY the Washin.
ala 10 r.