Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-02-03
New Clothing Store.

New Clothing Store.
Mr.. |. Rosenberg has removed his eu:ire
stock Of clothing, gents furnishing and piece
goods to Butler, and is located III The ne"
Mctan.;less building on Main st near the
Diamond. He has splendid stock OF piece
ooods-the best We have ever seen in Batlar
and he will guarantee the lit of every arji
Gle OF clothing ~ ade by Kim. MIR. Rosenberg
has been in the clothing business III this,
county ior twelve years, and ae has the rep
utation of being an honest, aud wide-awake
business man He will be ready for bdsinsss
in Butter next Saturday, and his card ap-
pears in another place on this page.
The County Auditors expsc. to finish
their labors this week and We will publish
their report in our next issue.
u member and ex-treasrrer Of Harms
City Lodge. No. 93i, !. O. o. f., was arrest
ed Thursday on a charge OF enbezzling FUNDS
OF the lodge to the amount Of shout SiS0.
He was taken before Squire Riddle OF Pc
,rolia aud entered bail in the sum of $50 for
his appearance at the next term of Court. =
Record,
This is the year when the ladies are per
mitteti to propose to the gentle nen. /: don't
seem tn make much difference with Us. We
have about as MANY proposals from the other
side Que year as another. Tins lar, this year
has not been an exception. AMI tue proposals
are in reference to new dresses. new hits,
clothing. boots shoes. groceries, els. Ihey
come with the old time regularity.
An exchange says: Now, here is some
thing which is really worth making note
of. If piece of charcoal is laid on burn
the pain will subside Immediately, and if
left upon the wound for hour will cure it.
This seems almost Incredible. but as piece
of charcoal is readily procurable. i: should be
kept in every house for imne1iate use and
| Its efficacy tested.
The law firm of McPherrin & Mates, con
sisting of Charles McPherrin and James 3
Mates Esqs now have handsome offices on
the second floor of the Diamond Block, with
entrance on Main street. They are both en-
ergetic and capable young Tuen as II shown
by the fac. that )ne is now District Attorney
and the other Chairman OF the Republican
| County Committee aud they will give all
| business entrusted to them careful atsen-
| ton.
An exchange saws: THIS bit OF informa-
| ton NAV prove new aud useful to some Of
our readers, and it Ia certainly seasonab'e
| When pump tube freez IS solid do not pou r
! in hot water in the common way, with the
hope of thawing it out. The hot water will
stay at the top, and that will be the cad OF
| it. But procure lead tube or any other
kind of pipe. place the lower end directly on
| the ice in the pump. and with fanuel pour
hot water in at the top. The weight Of the
water in the pipe will drive it hot against
| the ice, the pire settling az fast rs the ice
| melts, and the whole will be cleaned out in
an incredible short time.
| The eclipse of the Moon was very gener.
! ally observed last Saturday evening, and II
was beautiful sight. The relative sizes oil
the Moon and the shadow of the Earth al
! that distance -250, ,010 miles-could be esti-
mated from the arc Of the shadow across the
| Moon, and were put at one to four. Prof
Langley, at the Allegheny Observatory, with
! the aid of what he calls a bolometer, a gal
vanometer and rocksalt lenses, estimated tie
| highest Temperature of the Moon at little
above our Zero, Fahrenheit, and the loves,
! at 210' below zero the lack, of beat being
accounted for by the absence of any atmos
| phere around the satellite.
In these davs Of pedestrianism
this isn't bad "In the race fer matri
mony, it is not always the girl who
covers the most laps that wins"
The recent "cold spell" was not
confined to the northwest, but extend
ed over nearly all the western state :
including Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa snd
Missouri.
In many places in the county
voters are uoder the impression that
tax collectors are not to be elected as
heretofore, it having been widely
published that the Supreme Court
had declared the Act Of 1885 requr
ing tax collectors to be elected uncoD
s.itutional. This ia an error, tax col
lectors must be elected.
The Kittanning people or gooC
many of them are infatuated with tn,
New Orleans lottery scheme ant
every month not less than four hun
dred dollars are invested in tbs
scheme by the people of That village
The Investment is not eonGned t.
boys, but business men, lawyers an(
doctors patronize the institution. Th'
fool killer has evidently not beer
making many visits to that place.
We have been requested to cai
the attention of election officers t.
the fact that in precincts where Jus
tices of the Peace are elected their re
turn of the election of that officer
must be filled out in duplicate. as ont
Of the certificates must be forwarded
by the proper county officers to tn
State department. Heretofore thi
has not always been done and ha
caused some trouble.
The London Times states that ,
scheme for the erection of bridg,
oyer the English channel is in activ,
consideration among French capital
lists and engineers The projected
bridge would bs twenty-five mile
long, resting on piers o. concrete ant
masonry I60 feet long and 100 broad
placed at intervals of $50 Yards. Th,
causeway of the bridge would be l6,
feet above the sea level, to permit th,
passage of ships, and would be 10,
! feet wide. The estimated cost i
5000 100000. 1t appears that tn
{ channel is not so deep as is general,
: supposed. There are shadows ou
from Folkestone net over twenty fee
; from the surface, the depth from thes'
shadows to the shore on either sid
VARYING from 100 to l60 feet.