Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-09-05
The plank road bridge has been repaired.

| Edinboro.
Col. Lowry has added handsome new
porch to the Main street front of his hotel.
The trial of James Mutt begins in Union
| town tomorrow.
The Normal School, Edinboro, the best
| the expenses the least. a29-2t
Fielder, of the Vogeley House, now has
grandfathers smile on his face.
The creditors of the defunct Fairview bank
haye compromised on 20 per cent. of their de-
posts.
Patterson, the One Price Clothier, has re.
ceived his winter stock. See his card in this
paper.
The County Treasurer needs money for
current expenses See notice to county collec.
tors in another place.
Harry Colbert brought home beautiful
pike from the Slipperyrock last Saturday. 1t
dressed five pounds.
Mr. S Snodgrass, of Center township, will
sell his farm at very reasonable figures. See
advertisement. in another place.
John McGill, of Mercer county, who is
ninety-two years of age, has voted at every
election since 1917. His father was Revolu-
tionary soldier.
A Chinaman wearing a white mans
clothes, with his queue passing down beneath
his shirt-collar attracted some attention on our
streets yesterday.
The Kittanning Fair opens next Tuesday
and continues till Friday evening. The races
there promise to be unusally interesting this
year.
The 11th Reg, of P. ", will hold re-un-
ion at Blairsville on the 25th, inst. Two COM
panies from this county, Louden's and Stew
arts, belong to this regiment.
The "Independent'' Band of Greenvi!le,
that was here last Wednesday, was pronounced
by an old band leader of this town to be the
best band that has ever been in the town.
Young voters and people who have chang
ed their residence during the year should sec
that their names are on the proper registry list,
by tomorrow, if they want to vote this year.
Days Soap is patented article and the
Government has admitted its value by recognize
it as worthy article and granting letters pat
ent therefore. But like all articles OF merit 1t
is already being counterfeited in manner to
evade the law and deceive the people.
The Fair at Harmony opens next Tuesday
and continues during Wednesday and Thurs
day. The Association is making every effort
to have good display this year.
The Mercer county excursionists, of last
Wednesday, were greatly disappointed
expected to see fields of buckwheat batter all
along the new railroad, and a ap.mine on
every hill.
The S. & A. r. r. will sell excursion
tickets for the Mercer Fair tomorrow and
Friday. The round trip from Butler will cost
S1.35; from Euclid, 90 cts; from Wick, 80 cts;
from Harrisville, so cts.
Mr.. Fullwood and other members of the
Y. NJ C. A, of Pittsburgh expect to conduct
q gospel meeting at the Presbyterian church,
of this town, next Sunday evening, at 7:30, P.
NJ. All are invited to attend, especially the
young people.
The wife of the Rev. DIR. Happer, of Can
ton, China, is visiting the family of Mr.. VIM.
Campbell. She was Shaw, of Allegheny
county, went to China fourteen years ago as
missionary and was married there.
People who affx postage stamps to news
paper wrappers is such a way that part of the
stamp laps over and adheres to the paper itself
run the risk of having their papers sent to the
Dead Letter Office. In that shape the paper
becomes a sealed packet subject to letter rates.
The s. & A. r. r. is being ballasted with
gravel obtained near Pardoe, the first station
this side of Mercer. A good gravel bank was
wanted too much for it, at least the railroad
company thought so.
The express going north on the West Penn
railroad, last Saturday afternoon, collided with
another train near Hites station. Several
Butler people were on the train, but one of
whom, John X. Kelly Esq, was hurt. His
face struch the side of the car and was badly
bruised.
Mrs. Jane Stewart, widow of Samuel C.
Stewart, Esq, formerly of this place, died at
her present residence at Beaver Falls, Beaver
county, Pa, August 2Sth, 1888, aged about IS
year. Mrs. Stewards maiden name was Nc
Glaughlin, sister of James and Dunlap Nc
Glaughlin, Esqs., deceased, and we believe
she was born and raised in Butler.
According to the Clarion Democrat the
Tightening rod swindler is playing his little
game in that county. Several farmers have
been roped in to the tune of from two hundred
to four hundred dollars. The lightning rod
thief offers to put up rods for a certain sum.
When the work is done he wants sixty-fve
cents a foot for the rods, claiming that the
sum named was only for putting them up"
In behalf of the Board of Managers of st.
Paul's Orphans Home, we tender to the good
people of Butler our sincere thanks for their
generous gift of $40, given upon the occasion
of the union picnic of the citizens OF Green
vile, Mercer, Grove City and Butler, held at
the Home on the 29th of August.
P. C. PRUGH, Supt
Prof. Lessons Musical Convention opened
on Monday evening with an enrolment of ono
hundred and twenty members. The choirs of
the different churches are well represented, and
general desire is manifest among singers,
young and old, to make the most of this oppor-
tunity flor improvement. AS the course is to
continue for two weeks, there is yet time for
others to enroll. The concert to be given on
the 10Th inst. bids fair to excel all those of
previous courses, and will come at a favorable
time for a very large attendance of the people
We direct attention to Mr.. A. Troutman's
advertisement of his Fall stock of dry goods,
notions, trimmings, etc, and also his carpets
and oil cloths. Mr. Troutman has lately en-
larged his carpet room, which now occupies
the entire second story of his store building
and contains very complete stock of carpets,
oil cloths, druggets rugs, stair rods, etc., in all
the newest designs.
"A veteran postoffice clerk throws out the
folIowinp valuable hints. "There is n rivht md