Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-10-04


If you want good cigar, call al
Scott's, Main street, Butler, Pa.
-Four car loads of excursionists
left Butler for the Pittsburgh Exposition yes
terday morning.
John Caldwell of Jefferson twp,
brought some very large peaches to town last
week. They were of the Early Crawford va
riety.
A pocketbook containing a small
sum of money. was picked up on our streets
on Monday afternoon. The owner can have
1t by calling at this Office.
"A large stock of Hoop Skirts,
Bustles, &c, at very low prices, at
L. STEIN & Sons
Rev. Oller was installed as pastor
of the Presbyterian Church of this town, last
Saturday. Rev. Dr. Walker. Rev. ). Will
liams Rev. Hornblower and Rev. Barnett
conducted the services.
That the Bald Ridge Oil Co. still
has faith in the territory it developed is shown
by the fact that they are putting down three
more wells-one each on the Weber, Reiber,
Hoffman and Huselton farms.
AT $5 Fine all wool Country
Blankets at
l.. STEIN & Sons.
Rev. Fox, of Emlenton, Pa, will
deliver two lectures in Butler on Thursday and
Friday evenings of next week. Subject, Egypt,
its pyramids, etc. Proceeds for the benefit of
the E. L. Church here.
Two passionist fathers are holding
services this week at st. FauPs English
Catholic Church in this town. Services are
held at S and o'clock in the morning, and 7:3O
o'clock in the evening. All are invited.
The Springdale bridge has been
raised three feet. David Cupps had the job
and he did it we'll. The County Commissioners
advertise this week, for bids for the filling in
of the approaches to the bridge.
"A full stock of Canvas, Zephyrs,
Macrame Cord and all materials for
fancy work, at
l.. STEIN & Sons.
-Stritmater Bros new and elegant
Dry Goods store building, Washington street,
New Castle, Pa, will be opened for business on
or about Oct. 9th with 100000 stock of Dry
Goods, Dress Goods, Millinery, Boots and
Shoes.
An exchange where butter is a
grade livelier than in the Butler market says;
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and
we are not saved from whacking up thirty
cents a pound for butter. Fellow citizens and
people from the country, if these things be
done in the green fodder, what will be done in
the dry"
MIR. Reuben j. Leonard, while en-
gagged in pulling sucker rods on a we'll near
Hays Corners, Fairview twp, this county, on
last Friday, fell from the top of the derrick, a
distance of 60 feet, and was instantly killed.
He was hard working man and leaves a
wife and several children to mourn his untimely
end.
-"Renfrew City" notwithstand-
ing some CLUSTERS" near it, is holding its own
very well. Considerable business is done at
Renfrew, an0 tie trains to and from there
carry large freights and are well filled with
passengers every day. Mr.. Renfrew says it
may be place as large as Butler. some day.
The new wing-walls for the Free
port. bridge, over the creek in this borough, are
ten feet wide. This will make the piers 26 feet
wide in all. The wall on the north side ex-
tends back fifty feet and the borough will have
to extend it shout 100 feet more. The drive
way of the new bridge is to be 16 feet wide and
the foot walk feet.
The sum of 5000 brought about
sudden wedding in Lincoln, ILL.,, the other day
An eccentric woman left that sum "to the
widow in Lincoln who shall first secure
husband" One widow went for husband
and the money so energetically and 10 so good
purpose that she had both inside of forty
minutes.
The market train now leaves But
ler at A. NJ, and arrives at P. NJ, railroad
time. The evening express arrives at the usu-
al time, 5:36 railroad time or 5:17 town time;
but it will not leave Allegheny till $40 rail-
road time, and makes the run from Allegheny
to Butler in one hour and ffty-six minutes.
The run from Allegheny to Butler Junction,
a distance ofH4 miles, is made in less than one
hour. When the market train is on time
going south, it connects with the Freeport Ac-
commodation. and travellers can get to Alleghe-
NJ at 8:20 A. N.
The oil market opened Monday at
99l, but was down to SO yesterday. The con-
of oil is said to almost equal the pro-
ducton, and spectators think that it will be
worth from $3.50 to SO before Christmas. The
stock now above ground amounts to about thir-
ty millions of barrels, and the speculation in
the article has of late been so rampant that
the sales and resales during one week, lately,
in the oil exchanges at Oil City, Pittsburgh
and Bradford, aggregated over ITO million bar
rels, worth at that time over IS million dollars.
and the brokers made over $500, 900 as broker
age.
AT meeting of the School Board
of this borough, on the 14th ult., Swinton's
Biographies were substituted for Harpers on
the gradual introduction plan, Swinton's his
tory in place of Redpatb's, and Reed & Kel-
logs grammer in place of Swinton's These
were all the changes made. An effort was
made to change the readers but it was voted
much preferable to the old ones. No child
should be given a selection to read that it can
not understand, and the old readers contain
many such selections. One of the great faults
of all school-books now in use is their poor
binding. We would like to see the State take
this matter in hands, as we like the idea offree
books for use in the school rooms only. In re-
gard to supplementary readers, the teachers are
anxious for them as there are eleven schools and
but five readers, and scholars promoted from
one room to another make no advance in read
ing.
The general Election Proclama-
ton, including an election to be held in this
county, on the same day as next general elec-
ton, for and against the adoption of the law of
1878, for the protection of sheep and taxation
of dogs, can be seen in another place in this
paper. The "Sheep Law" to be fully under
stood should be carefully read. 1t aims to pro-
tect the wool producing interests of the county
by taxing all dogs, and making the owners of
sheep-kIIl;ng dogs responsible to the county
for all damage done by them. Some changes
have been made in the places of holding elec-
'tions in this county and two new districts have
been established, viz: Evansburg boro. and
North Washington, but as the descriptions of
these districts are given in bearings and dis
tances, we think it useless to publish them.
Persons living near the boundary lines of the
new districts will have to ascertain for them
selves which district they are entitled to vote
in.
Three pots of melted glass was
manufactured into pint bottles at the glass
works, in this town, last Monday. This was
the first work done at the works. The glass is
taken from the pot ON tie end of an iron tube
A slight blow through the tube causes the
al Jrvla Iaf 30 t,l- tbo aIo