Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-07-27
Voters of 1870.

kOlGIS vi lofO.
The following names of men in this county
who voted for General Harrison in 1910, ant
intend voting Tor hls grandson in lssS, havS
heer sent as. We hope the list will grow
rapidly There must be two or three hun
drri OF these veterans in the county, aud We
would lIke 10 have all their names.
Jamts Dawson. Myoria +, o.
Robe. McCaadless, Myoma z. O.
Thomas Hays, Myoms p. o.
James Nc, aniless. Brownsville
Christian Otto. Butler, Pa.
George W. Reed. Butler, Pa.
Jno. e. Graham. Butler, Pa.
Andrew Wick, Cnu:terSvilie r. q.
Chas. NOCiuag. Ccal;ersvillc P. o.
J.C Redic. Parkers landing P. o.
william Leriin, Riddles \ Roads.
John Black, Butler, Pa.
The days are growing shorter.
Shoe Gy--gcsh don't they stick.
Early apples are now in market.
Pat IN all the snail fruit you can.
The .aelon-colicfy days have come.
The Harvest Home season is drawing
near.
Spring chickens are sr:inging their last
spring
-wAiermeions are now abun.llnt in this
market
-2sa9 tickets for the Merchants picnic
have already been soid.
e. +. Zoe, tue preacher novelist, died
at his home at Cornwall, n. y. last Friday.
-sffer this week the meat markets of
Butler will close AT $50 pm. except ng Sat-
nriays.
Some parties were looking around for
site for manufacturing purposes in Butler
last week.
A grea. maay cf the apple and pear trees
in town are dying Of blight Who knows
Low to stnp a.
Two parties Of young folks from Butler
drsye oct TO Nuaiycreek and Siipperyrock
falls, Wednesday.
A mn pamei Peiiergrast can, {, B It
Ter with tra ear loads Of western ponies, las
Saturday sad soid number of them here,
the prices rangiag from SD to $50.
On scccunt of Rev. Limberg's intended
trim 90 Germany, Comma aion service will be
held AZ Prosper, sunday, 2sfh INST, aad pre-
rzraio.y services. Saturday at IL am,
--Neaial power se!f-command. good hab-
t., teaching power. how to make much of
opportunities. can be gained at the Normal
School, Eiiab1rc- Next term will open
August eSfh.
Mr.. ". r. NcCiung. the grocer, has had
the front of his ssnre-building re-psintei, and
ckeckerea in white aud red; and the store
will hereafter be known as the Checkerei
Frca. Grocery. See his new card.
C Koch & Sons have had the front of
their grocery store decorated with hand
scme sigs, ami some landscape paintings
which greatly improve its appearance. The
Koch boys are live business men and always
keep up with the procession.
AT the Normal School, Edinboro, a
STUDENT finds good teaching, good associates
aud gooi lFss Of all kinds at very low rates.
Fer circu,1rs address, J. A. Cooper, Elm
bero.
A sre-ial meeting of the Butler Council
of the JH ier Order OF the United American
Mechanics will be held next No nday even
ing, a; watch meeting all installation fees
are 10 Be- pad. The installation will take
p;see on wednesday evening, Aug. 1st, at
10 sharp
sheriff 2eiic has an interesting nsmen-
- o. ssic late reunion at Gettysburg. 1t il
n pho.o-1-ph OF Generals S;c&les, Long
street, HAiranff, Butterfield, Carr aud
ciaers taken, on the 4,h inst, while the
g.eap were Standing on the su nmit OF Round
Top.
tn. trustees of Prospect Academy elect
cd Professor. on Friday sevenIng, July 20
g. sGc1sei r. w. Nagee, resigned. The
patrons ani students OF the school will find
tile rev teacher well qualified for his work
md wSr;Ay Of their patronage and confidence
Farther particulars given in next weeks
papers
The Bal Engine 60. wan. to have their
works here in operation by the first of Sept
and are pu-hiag work on the buildings as
fast a. possible. Their main building will
be @szl9f ieet. and to put in a solid
foundation or foor TOR it they had to driv,
piles into the saad there, eiga. feet lons AMI
eight feet apart.
The German Lutherans picnickei ct the
Park, Wednesday, aud had splendid day;
tae E5siish Lutherans had their picnic yes.
terliay aud also had fac weather.
To-day. f1sday, Is the day fixed for the
liVssS =. me pi1cf, ei ine Oung People s
Society of the NJ. L, Church, and we hope
thcy will, also have good day. This has
been a great week for picrics but the one Of
next "Wednesday, is expected TO cap the eli
max.
Daring the storm of last Thursday after
noon, ile house OF Thomas Niggle in the
West End was struck by Ii sLtning The
lightning seemed to come down the chimney
though the chimney itself was not dam aged.
but the In-siel Of the fron. room was ripped
70 pieces, which were scattered over the
room; the carpet on the l'or was torn and
sO-ae Picture frames on the side of the room
opposite the mantei, scorchsi. Nobody was
hart es the family were in the back part OF
the holse- On Monday afternoon, a rig on
AcC.ca's hill, South Of town was struck
Wills Reed and his men were in the wood:
nearby cutting rig tinbers and saw the boil
Eit the derrick and throw splinters from the
four corners Some of the men started for
fhe derrick, before il was struck, intending
10 take refuge ia il during the storm, bu
fortunately did not reach it before it wa
siIuck. though they were within 60 feet of il
nj the time.
An almost clear sky last Sunday night
towards midnight. enabled all in this vicini
ty who wished 10 see the phenomenon of tn,
Noon pa>s;ny through Earth's shadow to dt
~. Ncrl little difference could be noticed
in its brilliarcv after it entered the penum
bra or Partial shadow, though there was
b'ae halo around its edge, which was plain
by revealed by the aid of an opera glass
T;sc contact OF the eastern edge of the Moor
with the real shadow was very abrupt, anc
the Noon continued 10 crawl into the shadow
until towards midnight when it was total,
into i, and il remained 50 for the best par
Of two hogrs, its location being revealed b.
q copper c0lcged disk. showing that il still
got ss,me light from the E1rih's atmosphere
The reason fer the eclipse was that til
Moon, at that time was at one of its nodes, a
which times, the san, Earth and Moon ar
On the same plane, and the eastern edg
reached ;L. shadow first because the Moor
travels around the Earth from west to east
or in exsct;y the opposite direction fron
iha; which the revolution of the Earth upol
lis axis makes it appear to us to be travelin
This was tie second lunar eclipse of tn
year. and there will be no more during 1855
Ii was an unusually perfect one. for the to
iaaity was 50 a against | 647 for that q
last January. That il TO say, the shadoS
cast ny tte Earth was SO wide that the Moo
would have 5sen eciipsei even if she ha
i-sa 81 ier cent larger thaa she is Tn
cn.y oihef ec;ipse O. lhe year is parta