Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-01-13
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A little daughter of Wm. Kemerer o.
Fairvlew twp. was badly burned nn New
Years morning, By her clothing taking hre
while standiug in front Of the CRATE.
-Straw.stsck accidents aIe now ripe.
Mercer county stack fell over the other day
killing two cows and injuring another.
Mr.. Gebhart Wagner and his son, the
painters, have bnilt a large frame house 81
the back end of his lot fronting Clif ST.
Mr.. VIM, Costello Of this town. has been
granted pension of "a per week with ar
rearsges amounting to SluS0.
Mr. J. II. Sutton expects to be- drillinf
on his Vensngo twp, well by the middle
next week.
Mr.. NJ. N. Greer of Euclid, this county
and Miss Maggie Brown Of Grove City, we're
married lately.
The rains Of last week put water into
the rivers about Pittsburg and thousands oi
bushels Of coal were started down the nvef
There is scarcely man or boy in thu
country but who carries lead pencil IN M nis
vest pocket It il estimated that z50,OOt
lead pencils are purchased each day, 7S,ooo,'
600 per year.
-Coustsble McCandless has posted up no
tices Of the borough election for Tuesday
Feb. 21. next A Juftice of the Peace ane
several School Directors and Councilmen ar
to be elected.
The old rule supposed to have becom,
obsolete, of charging cent for each uncaiieo
for letter advertised by postmaster, Is TO bt
enforced BY the present Jealous head Of tne
cc and tha
after be collected.
This being leap year We hereby agree to
send The CITIZEN one year free to the hrst
girl who will nay that she has proposed Il
and married her man, and also, when neceas'
ary, furnish . good, patentrocker, wsinu
cradle.
The License War in Mercer county wa
ended last Monday, by Judge Mehard refus'
ing all applications excepting those frou
Sharon and Stoneboro. Eight out of ten ap.
plicstions from Sharon were granted, ane
one in Stoneboro.
See advertisement Of L. G. Liun, Esq
Agent for the United Security Life Insu rance
and Trust Co., corporation that loans mar
money to buy q home. and iu the event OF
his death cancels the mortgage.
-lQefe were t0Fcc Gases VI ottcApeOo oui
eide in Allegheny county last Monday, one
by hanging one by Rough on Rats, aud an
other by s-vering an artery. The man who
hung himself was cut down before life was
extinct, but died soon utter.
The fashionable circles Of Philsdelphia
were very much horrifed the other day to
discover that their own assemblies came un-
der the prohibition ia the Brooks high Ii
nc lsr.tn ar mn ~
balls.
An exchange says that a house is nothing
but shelter until a woman shall have bssn
put in Her presence transforms the house
into home. This applies even in leap year
and the unmarried women should remember
that II they can't vote this year, they can
elect.
The Arbuckle-Campbell breach of prom
ise case furnished amusement for the Nation
last week. and cost the defendant q small
portion Of his fortune, but new brand o
coffee called the *. N. O." would soor
bring the money back again.
The expenses of welding ceremonies are
said py an observant cotemporary ~ be max
ing parents with many marriageable daug
ters vince There il Al great necessity fol
reform in this line as in funeral ceremonies
Elaborate shows in both must sooa come t.
be regarded Is vulgar.
Here is a let of 20 words which not on,
person 10 10 will spell correctly without prep
aration: Abhorring, bayou, aisle, trisylla
BILE, agreeable. amateur. beleaguer, mysteri
ous, different, illiterate. initial. crowd. exem
plary, complaissnt, recommend, collectable
chaise, solicited, actually. preparation.
T. -
stricken with paralysis last Sunday morning.
His speech. right arm and right side are af
fected, but he il doing we'll and speedy re
eovery il expected. He was in his usua
rnn6 health M tn that time and was 10 tn
town on business during the latter part Of las
week.
The Butler County Mutual Fire Iusur
snce Co. held its annual ele.tiou on Tuesday
ensning year: VIM. Campbell, j. L Purvis
A. Troutman. G. c Roessing. Jas. Stephen
son. J. W Burkhart, DR.. Wn Irwin. H
Oliver, N Weitzel. D.. F. Norris. Thoma
Landers. II. C. Heineman.
A new hustle patented by Kansas ma
has Just eome into nae. with blow.of and
safety valve, When the wearer sits dow
the air escapes up her spine. loosens her cor
set strings and blows her bangs into the mos
fashionable Pose When she stands up tn
action tiRhtens the strin9s and expands he
bus,le, whistles IN her dog, sticks . pin int
her drowsv escort, and other thinge.
O1k Herald.
eimilsr to the Armstrong Co. case lately d.
cided by the Supreme Court. The Pon
Board ef Penn twp. In said to have given th
Caleb Young family q free and unwilIin
ride, last THURSDAY. from house belouQin
to ]. @ A. Kennedy. ESQ in Mcbride City
to the place of David Borland in Butler TwI
The jury in the Campbell Arbuckl
breach Of promise Gaze awarded the plaintiff
tho immense sum Of S45 n00-a verdict this
will stimulate the breach of promise busines
al over th. country But Mt the same tim
there are lots Of people who have poor opin
Jon of it, I. seems tn us that woman who's
disappointed matrimonial prospects can
cured bv monev has . touch Of the prostitut
in her composition.
The Butler County Medical Society me
in Butler at the Office Of DR.. Newman on JaI
II, 1888 The President Or. w L. DeWo
called the meeting to order and in the al
seDce ofthe Secretary, DR. J. 8. Christie, d,
j. G. Barr was elected Secretary, pro TEN
and 10 Difference tn the late bereavement
tie, the meeting was adjourned to meet
Butler at the next regular meeting TO be hal
in April, 1888. j. G. BARR, Sec'y.
If there IL any class of people In Il
world who need ice it liz the farmers. Az
when the article can he had at 81 little a.
pense. We are surprised that an few have
building sufficient to hold twenty-five tor
Of ice can be erected at a cost not exceedin
sos. and the filing cnsts merely dav
two's work while the saving in butter alone
the milk from a dozen COWS is used wi
sides the comfort Of cool drink and nj
piece of butter on warm day. Certainly I
farmer can afford to be without an ice hons
While George DiIlman Of Concord twr
~es on his wav to Greece City, on Nond,
the Cd inst. he fell upon the ice, cut II
back part If his head and possibly fractur,
his skull He went on In Greece city, ~
called at CoulteHRobb's and STAYED there tn
night. They noticed that he sctsd strapgel
during the night, and he was taken hon
next moring. On Fridav napn following.
left his home and on SATURDAY. afternoon WI
sren at the P 4 W. depot in Butler. II
supposed that he was an his way 20 see b
mother who lives near Harmony.
Rev. Ewing, n native Of Salisbury, b
who hiss been missionary in Iudia for sou
years, gave the Presbyterian congregation
this town some idea Of the Hiudoo natl,
and Of Christian missionary work amor
them last Sunday. He said that the popul
ton Of that country In about two hu
died and sixtv.th rec millions. that thev a