Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-09-07
Personal.
Miss TIlla Allen is the guest of Miss Jen.
ME McElyain Of West street,

ME McElvain Of West street.
Mr.. John F. Shannon has purchased the
Beers store at Gallery, and has also received
the appointment as postmaster for that Office.
Mr.. Harry Wilson formerly of Butler and
| and Frank McMichael, formerly of MIllers-
town, have purchased the Public SPIRIT, one
of the Democratic papers of Cleartield, Pa.
| Clearfeld county generally goes Democratic
by about 1900 majority, and has yet to elect
a veteran OF the late war to a county otlce.
Rev. Woodside of Pittsburg who is sum-
mering on the Robert Sample farm, preach
| ed in the Presbyterian church in Zelienople,
| last Sunday, to crowded house, and his
sermon was highly appreciated by the audi
ence.
| Capt. E. I. Boggs one of our candidates for
| Assembly, is in town this week, member of
| the grand Jury, and he is looking hearty and
we'll.
| Mr. John He OK ert, formerly of Saxouburg.
| came near losing his life in mountain flood
| in Colorado, last month. There was drouth
| on the plains, and Mr.. Heckert and some
| other farmers drove their cattle to the noun
| tains for water, and while they were in camp
! one night, a torrent came down the valley,
| which enguifed the camp and carried them
| all down the valley. Mr.. III. caught a tree
top as he fiCated by and held on to it till the
| flood subsidized, thereby probably saving his
| life.
Col. Sullivan aud Herman Berg of Butler,
and Mr. Z. E. Maurhotf of Saxonburg, are
| nrors at the U. s. Court at Scranton this
week. Scranton is the county seat of Lacka-
wanna one of the northeastern counties of
| the State, it seems strange that jurors should
| be called there from Butler county, yet that
| county and this are in the same district.
Capt. A. S. Craig of Brook vile, who has
received the Republican nomination for the
Armstrong, Jefferson, Indiana and West.
moreland district tor Congress, is personal
friend of Col. Redic, and was Captain of Co.
B of his regiment. He was shot throught the
| face and month at the battle of Seven Pines,
and left for dead on the field for two days
and when found his mouth was full OF ver-
min, and though the entire roof of his mouth
is now a silver plate, he is one of the best
speakers and best singers IN the State. he
was also wounded at Manassas and several |
other battles and carries three bullets in his
person. He will be the next representative
of that district in Congress.
Mr. B. f. Mechling of Ramey, ClearGeld
county, was home last week to see his father
Mr. Christian Mecbling of Jefferson tp,who is
lying very low.
Miss Dora Mexican of Franklin is the
guest of Miss Edith Hardman of n. Main st.
and will probably remain In Butler for
some time. "a
Joseph Higgs of Sharon, a brakeman in
the p. Il w. was instantly killed in freight
wreck near New Castle, last week.
Esq. Solomon Fleeger of Millerstown had
slight stroke of paralysis a few days ago.
On Wednesday of last week Mr.. VIM.
a. a. IN
eryman was married to Miss Elyira Hays of
Penn tp. Win evidently came to the sound
conclusion that travelling In single rig may
be the fastest, but mated team is the best
in the long run. We, with host of his
friends, extend our congratulations.
Mrs. Judge Hazen is on the sick list.
Mrs. William Miller of Butler twp. was
dangerously Ill last Tuesday of strangulated
hernia, but her physician succeeded in re-
iieving her.
Judge Feidler of Harmony owns 1000
acres of land in West Virginia, which is un-
derlaid with coal, iron and gypsum.
Newton Black, Esq. returned home from
California, Monday evening. He locks we'll
and says that he greatly enjoyed his trip.
There are some things about the climate of
California that he likes and some things that
ne 0On ike. For lustdHcc Luey nave ndu
no rain there since the middle OF May, and
everything looks dried up. The cattle eat
dry grass during the summer and green dur
ing the winter, the reverse of what it is here,
and only have to be fed during the first part
of November, when the rains set in and the
old grass rots. The beet sugarindustry is
growing and great things are expected of it.
Newt brought some peaches home, each of
which weighed nearly pound, when pulled
F~0 and thnu raa Ilxr hln tInG
Mr.. III. w. Nail of w. Pearl st. was called
to Reimersburg, Clarion county, last week,
by the news of the death of his father-in law
Mr.. Andrew Harnish of that place, Nj. Har-
nish'was "a years of age, and the sickness to
which he succumbed was the first he has
ever had in his life.
Sheriff Redic was taken down with cholera
morbus last Sunday, and is yet confined to
his house.
ReY. Ii. X. Shanor a son of Mr.. Daniel
Shanor OF Centre twp, is now member of
the faculty of Thiel College, Greenville, Pa.
Miss Nellie Kennedy of Allegheny City is
the guest of Miss Lille Reiber of North st.
Mr.. Fred J. Klinger, of the firm of Fl. j.
Klinger & Co. and Miss Maggie Rodgers,
daughter of Mrs. Eli Robinson, were mar.
ried at the home of the latter in Butler, last
Tuesday evening. There were no guests
present excepting the near relatives. The
young couple will so to housekeeping in the
Jacob Reiber house on Jefferson st opposite
Ringers office.
Mr.. c. Stock has built large tenement
house on the property on the Southside that
he purchased form the Valentine Stock es-
tate. The house will accommodate three
families and is the largest in that neighbor-
| hood.
Mr.. Robert Morris of Freeport, father of
Mrs. Judge Weir, died last Friday, aged "a
| years.
| Miss Annie Titzell of Gieenvile, sister of
DR.. Titzell of Butler, was married last We'd
nesday to w. NJ. Beck of Rock Island. Ill.
Mr.. C. N. Boyd and mother attended the
Boyd family reunion in Pittsburg, yester-
day.