Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-04-06
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Harry Moorehead of Karns City expects
to move 10 Butler.
The first of April and Faster Sunday
brought fine weather with them this year.
Pump is the name of the new post
Office on the s. & A. r. r. near McNees'
stone-pump and crock factory.
Monday and Tuesday of this week were
good moving days-barring the streets and
roads
A Brownsville blacksmith has invented
machine for searpening horseshoe without
removing it from the foot
Subscribers who have changed their
Postoffce addresses should notify us immedI'
stely, giving the old as well as the new ad-
dress.
Mrs. Isabella Birch, widow Of David
Birch of Centre twp. has been granted pen
sion and will receive 5000 of back money.
A young man who has been proposed to
and mas promised to be her husband Is anx'
ious to know whether he should allow her to
kiss him before they are married.
Mr.. Samuel Staples and Mr.. Thomas
Johnston of Adams twp. had horses stolen
one night of last week. Both horses were
recovered in Beaver Falls.
DIR. Byron Clark, the celebrated special
ist. will be at the Lowry House, in Butler,
on Friday and Saturday, May 4th and 9th.
See announcement in another place.
Mr.. B. c. Huselton has received his
Spring and Summer stock of Boots and
Shoes. and has something of especial interest
to say to our readers in this paper.
The no full moon in February joke ap-
psrently attracted but little attention. But
one of eur subscribers has as yet mentioned
it
On Monday of this week Judge Weir
received from Kittanning the sorrowful
news of the death of his daughter Ida, wife
of DR.. Blaine of that town. She was In her
18th year.
Prof. r. J. Lamb, now has the agency
for the celebrated pianos and organs OF Mel
Ter 4 Hoene, and he has something to say
to our readers this week. The Professor Is
meeting with great success in Butler.
Family history and pedigree seldom ap-
near in an advertisement but they are entire
iy appropriate in the little biography of Buff
fslo Boy, beautiful horse now owned by
Mr.. Alonzo McCandless, which appears in
another place.
After the special Easter services in the
Sunday School room of the NJ. E. Church Of
this town, last Sunday, the children contri-
butsd $l14 towards paying the Church
debt.
Some men who make little money pro :
ducing oil have an irresistible impulse to 60 in
to the market. One of our oil producers drop
ped $1,000 ON . falling market last Mon
day.
County Treasurer Seaton has something
TO say this week to scme property owners
who have neglected to pay their taxes. See
notice of Treasurer's Sales under the laws OF
the Commonwealth in another place.
knights of Labor will do well to notice
that on and after Friday, April 6, 1888, the
meetines of L. A. 1898, will be held in the
hall of tie Carpenters and Jointers' Union,
3rd floor of the Schneideman building, corner
of Main and Jefferson Streets.
The Town Council of Centreville has
ordained that horses, cattle, hogs and sheep
shall not run at large in the streets or alleys
of that town, and give public notice to that
effect. See ordinance in another place.
The wife of James Piper of Beaver
Falls formerly of Millerstown ran splinter
into her finger about three weeks ago. Blood
poisoning set in and her arm had to be am
putxied a few days ago.
james Coyle q SON of Neal Coyle of
Donegal twp. was badly burned at well al
Glade Run ON Tuesday afternoon and is not
expected TO live. He was dressing tools al
the time and q spark set his clothes, which
were saturated with oil, on fire.
DIR, Lusk met with q severe accident las
Tuesday as he was driving along the plank
road near Mcbride, the king bolt of his bug
~ came out, causing the buggy to part and
throwing him to the road, and In his fall his
head struck the spring and his knee tht
dashboard badly bruising both.
Friday the 9th inst has been designated
by Gov. Beaver as Arbor Day. Everybody
should plant ut least one tree, and severa
might be planted in the school house lot on
Jefferson street, and fence might be pu
around it without doing it any harm.
The Hsysville literary society has been
refused the further use of School House ther,
for the holding of its meetings, the director
giving as q reason that he had he had been
informed that the meetings have been "dis
orderly and indecent reason that ha
caused some indignation in that vicinity:
The Glatzau we'll on the Walt Boggs
farm, Reibold district, was reported doing u
barrels per hour Tuesday. Boggs gave q
graded lease and at that rate of production
had half royalty, or would have had, if he
had NOT made O foolish sale of his interest il
A. A-E II
Two men named Mccoy and Reed wer'
drunk in Butler last Thursday afternoon,
Then they fought aad both were put in Jail
Reed went first and then the officers got afte
Mccoy and captured him near the depot
where his wife was waiting for him to com
and take the train with her for their hom,
near Harrisville.
Mr.. Nicholas Henchberger Of Butler tp
has moved into Adam Webers house or
Washington ST, and he has purchased lot
on w. Penn street on which he is building
store room and residence, and in which he
proposes keeping o grocery store. Johr
Denny has removed to New Castle.
The saloon of Mr.. Owen Mccarthy a
No. Is, Sixth street, Pittsburg, is a favorit
resort for anti-temperance people Of thi
county, aad ten Of the citizens Of Petrolis
Who thought it possible that their name
might be on the drug store or "Frenc
Nsry" EubpGnas, are reported to have bee
in that vicinity last Saturday.
Mrs. ID. T. Pspe has received an i'm
mense stock of Spring Hats, Bonuets, Trim
mings. Millinery, Yelling and everything T.
be found in a complete millinery store. Sh
has beautiful store room, and able and az
tive assistants, and ladies who select thei
hats and trimmings there can have ther
made ready to take home In few moment.
Now is the time for street Commissioner
and road Supervisors to look over thei
streets and roads for mud holes and place
that need repairing. Here in Butler ou
street Commissioner has the most extensiv,
job In the county-too much for any on
man to attend to. We should have three stree
Commissioners, one for each ward.
Mr.. 81. Schneideman. the successful
clothier. has something to say to our reader
this week Having began business for him
seifin Butler some fifteen years ago, and
close attention 10 hrs own affairs and correc
principles has become one of the indspendar
business men of Butler. He carries o larp
and varied stock of goods, and guarantee
everything he sells.
The malicious reports, widely circulated
that typhoid fever was raging in Grove City
are false and without any foundation whai
ever There have been only four cases with
In the past two mouths and these have abou
convalesced- There have been no new case
for more than q month. More than 200 STUD
ents were present Wednesday. X.
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