Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-06
The Governor has signed the free pipe

The Governor has signed the free pipe
bill
Last spring was almost as backward as
this, and yet we had a prosperous season.
Our merchants are paying 12i cents for
butter and 10 for eggs.
The Court on Monday granted decree of
divorce in the case of John X. Hager vs Elva
N. Hager
The School Board of this town will meet
on the I'd of July for the purpose of electing
teachers. See notice.
-Messrs J. B. McJunkin, ]. Howard Col
BERT and R. C. Shields, are on the next Dis
trict Court Jury.
The majority of the members of the State
Legislature spent Decoration Day on the Get
tysburg battle field.
A post office has been established at Boyds-
| town, Oakland township. 1t is called Sonora
and Andrew G. Campbell is the postmaster.
The examination for teachers begins at
Prospect on the 18th, inst. See County Superln-
tendentS notice IN anOtner place.
The County Commissioners want bids for
the roofing of the Jail building and Sherif's
house. See notice.
Butler county is a good county to be boru
in. Some of the most prominent men the
country has produced. were born here.
Unless another frost interferes, we can ex.
pect reasonably good crop of cherries, peaches
and apples.
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen meets in Buffalo to-day.
Twenty.one States will be represented.
FITS All Fits stopped free by DIR. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $500 trial pottie
free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. King, 931 Arch ST.,
Phila., Pa.
The corn plan.e or agent has been getting in
his work in Mercer county, where farmer In
Delaware township secured an "agency" which
turned up as note for $l25.
Mrs. Annie Glenn, widow of james GLENN
decd, the old tailor, died at her residence in
this town, last Friday morning. She was 81
years ofage.
AT the sessions of the U. P. General Assem-
bly,, in Pittsburgh last Wednesday, the report
of the majority on the question of the use OF
the musical instruments during divine worship
was adopted without amendment or change.
The State Supreme Court has issued an
Western districts. Butler county is again
placed in the Western district, and is put
down for the third Monday of the term.
-Superyisor Rice, of Butler township,
brought suit few days ago against Mr.. FREQ
Ross, of same township, for maintaining nul
sance on the public road. Squire Irwin heard
the case and advised the parties to settle III
which they did-Ross paying the costs.
The B. & o. R. R. is tunnelling through
the hills east of Pittsburgh, for the purpose OF
getting to the Allegheny river and making con-
nections with the P. & w. railroad. Gus.
Faller of this place has charge of gang
workmen on the road.
Stamps on bank checks will not be needed
after the 1st of July, and persons who have
larger supply of stamped checks on hand than
they will need, can return them to their bank
and they will be forwarded to Washington for
redemption.
Some of the horses in Crawford and Mer-
Ger counties are suffering from new disease,
or rather complication of diseases. The ami
mails first become stiff, seemingly suffering
from rheumatism, congestion follows. the
throat and head become swollen and in very
severe cases blood and matter is discharged
from the mouth and nostrils. The animals
suffer terribly, and death results unless the
disease is got under control.
Mr.. E. w. vogeley, Manager of the Ger
mania Orchestra and Cornet Band requests us
to state that owing to other engagements which
have occupied all the time and attention OF the
above organizations during the past few
months, it has been impossible to perfect the
arrangements for the grand orchestral and vo-
cal concert which was proposed to be given dur
ng the month of June by Prof. Teorge's
famous orchestra of Pittsburgh.
School directors are respectfully requested
to forward to the County Superintendent the
annual district report for the school year end
ing June 1st, before June 10th if possible
These reports are filed in the Department and
State appropriations paid in the order in which
they are placed on file. The bill making the
minimum school term six instead of five
months, has become law in this State.
Our merchants are paying 80 cents
pound for wool. 1t is worth but little more at
the manufacturing centers, and the merchants
there are not anxious to buy. The trade has
opened late this spring, on account of the back
wardness of the season, and the fact that the
new tariff. which reduces the duty on the
grade of the wool raised in this section, from
81 to cents pound, goes into effect on the
1st of next month.
After an existence of ten or twelve years
the Union express Company passed out of ex-
lately. 1t was originally formed by the
Adams and American Express companies to
operate in disputed territory and was managed
by both corporations. This partnership has
now been dissolved, and the territory operated
by it apportiQned between the two companies,
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