Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-03

Oh. the merry, merry topper and his flop,
Will hc ns ger, never, never, never stop?
If he keeps on turning over,
He xiii leave to Free-Trade Grover
Scarce solitary voter for prop.
Who is W. NJ. Nickle?
Butler sheuld have a street sprinkler.
Apples are getting ripe, and pairs are
hanging over the garden gate.
The saa.erial All good will Of the Her
aN printing Office are offered for sale.
Oar military company will go into camp
--ith its brigade, at Ccnneaut Lake, during
TIE latter part of next week.
The next term of the Normal School,
Ed.nbcro. OPENS August %. For useful cir
cuiars address, j. A. Cooper, Edinboro.
An the Committees of the Merchants
Picaic are entitled to great credit for their
-rorS- and tie amusement and Entertainment
Committees are especially meritorious.
On Saturday last Mr.. ]. J. Reiber ship
Pittsbrr- The farmers and stockraisers
should read his notice in this paper.
Students of tn. Normal School, Edin-
Lore. are na,ei for a peculiar zeal, spirit,
purpose and method which makes them
nroniuent in their work. Many persons say
/. is wonderful what Edinboro does for
;aem.
Stock raisers and others are already Sc
ruriny space for their exhibits at the coming
-air-the Ilth annual of the Butler County
Agricultural Society. Premium Lists sho w.
ing the increased premiums offered, and the
new classes added. can be had by addressin
" T.. Eoessing Sec'y. Butler, Pa.
A freight train on the p. Ft. w. * c. X.
IL. wa taken possession of by seven armed
zen at I.etonia, o., last Saturday evening,
who robhei the trsnmen, and held posses
sion sf the train until 1t arrived at Roches-
ter. y. y. where they were captured and
locked up.
The sereIopmenss in the Everhart MUIR
der rase Of Clarion cexnty are becoming in-
serrs;iny. John EEerhart, the husband OF
ore of tse murdered women, was again ar
rested last week, had hearing Saturday
and was committed 70 Jail as an accessory of
Daniel Everhsrt and James Horner, now in
fail a. The principals in the murder.
The BGtIer Methodist Church, in a little
over two years, has liquidated q mortgage in !.
iebsesness o. $.sS94 81. A little over $50 OF
n. this amcant remains to be collected. With
TIA, execution the Church and its many
GOOD friends have paid the sum named. The
thu.-h ead pastor tender thanks to all help
crs in this gssa WORK.
of the POO men in this county who vot-
"A fer Harrison in 1s40 probably more
Il an three hundred are not alive to-day.
Our lsss this week contains the names of
ever one hundred, a few are yet living in
distant Places, but the majority have gone to
.aeir e;e-aai rest, hint to the voters Of the
resent cav Of what will happen to them be-
.ore another fDrty eight years have passed.
1t puts rev spring into the knees of the
c.S-tinae.s ct 1910 when they talk of that
esnraivn. These old fellows were hustlers
g. their iirls aud can give the present gen
s-stinn some pointers on how to conduct a
lively campsign- We hope to see them all
here before the present campaign is over.
What procession ii will be None of them
uder g. years OF ace, and many ~ old rs
sJ years Tteir reception should be hearty.
A gree. rlany people have an idea that a
newspaper should be the medium through
u hich TO correct all abuses Some Of this
s.,as. come 20 the newspaper Offices in Butler
1cr permitting pavements To go unrepaired,
sisgnsni roofs TO exist. and like nuisances 10
- uEabst4d. A newspaper is not the place
wherein 70 make complaints. To cover
cases such as are allndeded TO above there
mould b. = Complaint Book kept by the
Dargess or Clerk OF CJulcil ,oa which eyary-
iody could call attention to a nuisance With
cul disclosing their names.
On Friday evening theCotta Society and
i1yitei frien IL, to the number of about sixty
had a yery pleasant time at the home of Mr..
George TroutmAn on the old Fresport pike
about mile aid half from town. The
weather was fine end Mr.. Troutman or
cisard afforded q beautiful place for an even
ing party. A supper was provided by the
lsdies Of The organization, after which some
toaSts were responded to. The party
was gotten mp i'm honor of the members Of
he society wto are enrolled at Capitol Uni
versity, Columbus, o., and are spending
their summer vacation at home.
Mr. l. Rosenberg has concluded to dis
coatince the ready made clothing business,
sad give his attention entirely to Merchant
Tailoring and Gents Furnishing Goods. He
= foiny q good business in merchant tailor
isg, and even now, during the dull season
generally has twenty made-to-order suits on
isnds, and he has not the ti.ae TO attend To
ne ready made business. but will sell out
az present stock Of ready made clothing.
and put in a large stock of the best Gents
furnishing Goods, ana hats aud caps, to be
found in the market. See his announcement
- this effect in another place in this paper.
Competition in the plumbing and gas
si;ing business has been needed in this
town for some years, and this want has been
klpppiied by the advent of Messrs. Schultz
and O'Brien, who have opened in one of the
rooms OF the Geo. Reiber block, opposite the
Lowry House, with the best stock of plumb
cr's supplies, gas fixtures, lamps and natural
gas burners ever brought to Butler. They
come here well recommended as competent
aad reliable plumbers, and their work ia the
liite mansion. East End, proves them to be
such. They solicit a share of the patronage ol
the people Of Butler ia their line, and should
receive IL
Il heard good story on Sheriff in one
of the centre counties OF the State. He isn't
Sheriff nov, but the story is worth telling as
sLowing the confidence that man sometimes
reposes in man. in some of the counties in
he State the sheriff is also the l-kee per
which was the case in this particular in.
stance. He never had only four or five pris-
oners at n time and he was very lenient with
them. III they wanted To take stroll around
town at nj ght he would let them out, but al
ways with the strict injunction to be in by II
o'clock, at which nour he would open the
Jail and lie; them in, for they generally obey
"A him. One night the four prisoners were
ont on their stroll and they couldn't resist
the temptation to all get full, and they had
glorious time. They turnel up at the jail
about midnight and banged away at the door
until the old sheriff, half asleep and very
angry. o.,enei up and let then 10, at the
la'ae time scolting them for staying ont SO
late. 81 tell you what it is, you fellows, :"
aid the sheriff, the next time you stay out
late III keep the door locked and won't
iei you ia at all. I'll fix you."-HdrrtSbarg
Id.graph.
For estimates on all kinds O!
Plumbing and Gas Fitting 20 to
Schultz 4 O'Brien on Jefferson St,