Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-10-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Go to H. Biehl & Co, FIR Phosphate,
Grain Drills, Plows, Fruit E p ,rators, &c.
1T is said that the buckwheat-iteh will be
luxury this year thai oaly country editors and
railroad kings can afford.
A young fellow weighing 1l5 pounls mar
ried a fat vo nan in New York the other day,
who weighs 5l7 pounds.
Send or leave our order for Sewing Ma
chine, of any make, at r. Grieb's Jewelry store
-"It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good"
Some city people who We're country couslned
out of house and home while the exposition
was optn, may be glad it burned.
Mr.. David Quigley, of Fairview township,
has been appointed Oil Inspector for this coun-
ty under the act Of May Is, 1874, wee Mr. w.
H. Daugherty, whose term expires soon.
The McSherry Grain and Fertilizer Drill
j. Nigel Il BRO, Agents.
Some pheasants have already been brought
to town for sale but it seems a pity to XIII
them now, as they will be heavier, fatter and
more palatable in a month or two.
If you want good Lunch, Square
Meal or an Oyster Stew 60 to Morrl-
sons City Bakery. tt
A man who says that he is the Rev. Chas.
Munch Lutheran minister Of Beaver county,
got drunk in Hoboken, \. j., last Thursday,
stole watch and chain from the hotel proprie-
tor and is now in Jail.
-Waring, Lister and Homestead Phosphate.
J. Nigel & Bro, Agents, Butler, Pa.
Mr.. Steen was hung in the Allegheny
county Jail last Thursday. and yet most bru-
tai murder occurred in Allegheny City next
day. The murderer, man named Brown, il
yet at large.
Sewing Machine attachments and repairs
Of all kinds, at E. Grieb's Jewelry store.
Some parties are said to be killing the
the fish in Buffalo creek by using dynamite,
which kills all the fish, large and small, and
and is prohibited by law.
E-Every lady should give Days Soap one
trial By this means they will learn of its
intrinsic value without running any great risk
af deception,
The burning of the Pittsburgh Exposition
will not be greatly regretted by the merchants
of this town nor of other towns within radi-
us of a numbered miles or SO of Pittsburgh.
The excursions to it took thousands of dollars
out of Butler and vicinity.
The LORDS supper will be administered in
the Reformed Church, Butler, next Sunday,
eepvices beginning at 1890 A. NJ. Praise
oxxioa ut ID n he Rsu
Stauffer, will be assisted by Rev: J. w. Aispach,
of Fairview, Pa.
The New Castle Guardian says that since
the new stove works in that town have been
in operation they haye shipped one hundred
car loads Of stoyes, averaging eighty-fve stoyes
TO the car, making a total of about $500 that
have been made and sold. This is little
pointer Of what a stove works In Butler might
do.
by notice in another place it will be seen
Miss Jenness is to lecture in the Methodist
Church on tomorrow, Thursday evening. in
stead of the Court House as billed. This comes,
we learn. from the fact that the Court House
had also been engaged for the same evening by
another party-this inadvertently no doubt
and hence to avoid collision the change had
to be made.
Mr.. ID. Ihmsen, Of the Glass Works is
going out to Wausau, Wis, to settle on his
property there, which consists Of about 900
acres Of land in Marathon county about six
miles from the county ote. lie Offers any one
who will go with him and settle upoa the
same, 80 acres in fee simple. This is a chance
for any person wanting to 20 west and get
homestead. Mr.. l. can be seen at his residence
In Butler.
The Pittsburgh paper that showed the
greatest enterprise in getting out full account
ofthe burning of the Exposition was the Ga
zette. now controlled by the Reed boys, former
ly Of this place. By nine o'clock of the MORN
sng Of the fire they had issued an Extra" Civ
itg a full acroant OF the fire, lis, Of the ex-
hibisors and their losses, the insurance, a his
tory of the Exposition, etc. We can all feel
proud Of the enterprise of our former fellow
citizens.
Had the fire at the Pittsburgh Exposition
occurred during the day or evening when the
II rnnptly extingushed, and again it might
not have been, in which case hundreds Of peo.
pie would likely have been burned or
tramped to death. The rapdity with
which the flames sprcal lead some proba-
Lii..y 10 this opinion. There is some talk IL
pittsburgh Of building new Exposition build.
ing, Of iron and glass, with stone or marble
loors. Such building would be safe eompar.
ed With an immense wooden STRUCTURE.
MIR. WIN. J. Mackey, who was cutter for
the Schnedeman Bros, Of this town, some
years ago, and Mr.. Ladley, a former cutter for
IL. g. Hale, of Pittsburgh, have formed part
nership under the firm name of Ladley &
Mackey, and have opened room at No. 7,
Federal street. Allegheny, near the Suspension
Bridge, where Mr.. Mackey will be pleased to
fa{e is Rntlef eopnly friends call Apon lila,
and should they favor him with an order Tor a
suit OF clothes or overcoat, he will guarantee
perfect fit and the best of materials.
The readjustment Of the salaries Of the
postmasters of the country as provided for by
act OF Congress at last session. took effect on the
lst inst. The only Offices adjusted are those
known as Presidential Offices, are 219G in num-
ba, and were adjusted On tho basis of the Lusi-
Ecss done In each for the year ending June 30,
1853. The salary of the postmaster of Butlsr
continues at sl700 per year; Peirola was re-
duced from $500 10 $1,000. Emlenton from
1920 to Si100, and Parker from $1,000 to $l2cO
Freeport was raised from $ll0O to $1,000 and
Allegheny City from $25O0 to $1,000 Pitts
burgh was reduced from $1,000 to $500.
While in Pittsburgh the other day we
-.aiked oyer to see the heY Smithield street
hrid se over the M,nongahela, which was con-.
picted lately, having heard that indesign il was
Something new In the bridge line And so it is
The river j. crossed by two spans supported by
CHAINS oI cables composed Of ilamensc iron or
steel LINKS, and these chains or cables instead
ofpassing over the handsome east iron towers,
continuing to the ground and being anchored
there, as do those of those Of the Roebling sus-
pension bridges, are supported by immense
steel trusses built over the cables from tower to
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