Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-07-06
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The county roads are now being 'work-
cd"
-Th. evening lcafer now fills up the side
walk.
See tha; your gutter is Tree of weeds and
grass
The bras banders can now spit OF their
hands ani 90 10 work.
The Clerks Social Club will picnic at
Slipperyrc PARK next Tuesday.
A reliable pictare Of Levi P. Morton is
SHAT this Nation is Just now hungering aud
.hirssiRs :or.
A festival xill be held at Muddycreek
Presbyterian Church on the evening of the
I3ih ins..
The poisonous matter discharged by the
Plate Glass Works is said to make bathing
IN the creek near the outlet dangerous.
We are iaformed that the farmers about
Prospect have interested themselves in the
Cresmerv enterprise and have agreed to
furnish cream for it.
--serarll astonishing politi cal convers -ons
IN the oozsty have lately been heard Of 1t
,ccks a. though Free Trade would get
tremendous squelchiEg this Fall.
Mrs. Alexander Johnston, OF Tarentum,
Tas killed by lightning during the storm
taSf passed ever that town on the afternoon
Of the Fourth
A raan named Elack, of Syracuse, \.
". Strapped himself to boat and attempt
ed n .i5e through the Whirlpool rapids,
svelaw Niagara, on the 18th, but the ooai
zas upsc. and he was drowned.
The 6eysseiations of the potato bug cans
"a n ra.jc IN the Paris Green msrket last
wreck. Not an ounce OF the stuff could be
had in the town aud the wholesale druggists
IN Pitisbzrg were also ont of it.
-..Hots Well l should perspire 10 re-
mark Thet is the latest in slang, and il
anvbcd~ asks goa " lend them an oar you
rill krsx that they are in a ''-ss Of perspi-
ration" and want topaddle sHhore.
the salaries of several Western Penn
eyl-snis ,assszas s.e-s have lately been IN
sres sea. ard smong them that Of the Butler
m postmaster from Si7lo to $500. The ONCE
here is ssia to do business enough to eatitie
stss second clsss rating.
.-.e.--ss psiermelIons are selling at our
groceries fcr 90 cents each, aud our
rrecers are paying lG cents fer eggs, y Gems
s.r husaer. IL cents for rsspcerries, and
sor cbefssos- New potatoes sold from the
wagon. Tuesday. at Sl.25 per bushed.
The total cost Of the Republican Nat
ssasl Ccuven:ion at Chicago WAS $4,000 A
sseEicit af k7ee exisfs, but viii be readily sub
scs7hcs. s-hs ih-Se largest items of expesse
x.re :. coo to the .aalho.ia-a Association
for hall rent, 50 200 for electric lghsiag
apss5ccs for erierssining the members OF the
-~aal5ral COmmittee-
-Aa e-cnsace wsrrs Peopiet TO take care
and not let machine 9,i or lubricaior come
IN contact with a cut scratch On the hand
orarm. o. serious blood poisoning may re-
silt In The manufacture of some of these
machine oilS. iat from diseased aud decom-
s-ssus m irnals is used. All physicians know
asE p o..oasoEs such matter il.
Tie Bo-oseh Allitors, report OF the
school taxes and expenses toT tie ye-r end
ing June 4. 1856, shows that Sl0.6so.of wss'
c.alees "a during the year and SIC, 5se2s pad
out. shas ,here is Yet due from Collector Zie-
r1er So ss Eor taxes Of 1856, and S2ii6.6i
far tarcs lSs-. that the oufstanding orders
suaeuut /, SI5-0Ii. and that the indebted
.oess sG she Board is siSoaO.
The aeazy shoEer that had so depress-
ing an eject on car patriotism wednesday
nfserncou elevated some Of the snail runs
N or about the town iato rushing torrents,
.aa nmous them the stream from the valley
Fus- Ess af-ae North end of Main street,
which roe orer its banks and flooded the
sae crshasa property and Main street at the
t=,-s.or os II. Pearl street Some dsePe
drains ars ases.el l. that vicinity.
-Mes-s Mckee and: smith OF lis Bottle
.sisss ws-ks returned home Tuesday, and
.ss.ra tha- the company had not yet decided
n 20 resnoring from Butler or rebuilding
here. If they lssye Eutler il will be on ac-
. unit of he unrelisbility o. the supply OF
ga staFemezG that it seems strange tc make
- coed gas wells have been struck all
arsEad ire town, within a radirs OF several
mics. fne Gas Fael 60. is now drilling
txo wells ON the David Scott place, PIT of
te~Fa. aud the Plate Glass c.. gre drilling on
she Jeau Saaaaer place south of toxG, and
on the Dssy place just northwest Of town.
week, attending the reunion ef veterans OF
both rni-s there. His regiment, the lo5:h
P-y-, doiieated their monument on Tues
dsy. The Colonel enlisted ~ a private in
Co. l. nj Rreokville, and was successively
promoted 10 Sergeant Captain and Lieuten-
ant Colonel. He and Levi Bird Duff OF
Fstaxbnrr are the only officers OF the regi-
men, EoE living. the reunion VIZ grand
asssr anS the survivors Of the desperate co.,
Eicf of twenty-five years ago, both friends
aad Ioes, met i'm friendly converse on the
SPOT where they sought and took each others
sises-
a very Large and most pleasant tea party
Eas given by Miss Belle Lowry let Tuesday
evening Those present were: Mrs DIR.
Lask, Mrs, J. r. Loving, Mrs. W. \. Hard
raan, Mrs. Mamie Black, Mrs Joseph Gray,
Mrs. H. Srhncideaan, Mrs. ALI Wick, Mrs.
c. ID. Greeniee, Mrs. Rev. Mckee, Mrs. w.
& Negley. Mrs. ". L. 0iler, Mrs NJ. F.
Lee, Mr.. r. c NcAboy, Mrs Judge Hazsn,
Mr. G. g. Christy, Mrs. H. d. Christy, Mrs.
Frank Anderson, Mrs. w. ID. Brandon, Mrs
O. D. Thonpson. No Chas. Mitchell, Mrs
lev. Pru.h. Mrs., T. Z. Mitchell, Mrs. Vie
Lyon, Mis Chal Campbell, Mrs. Glib Liam,
Mrs. Levi Purvis, Mrs. Shaw, and Misses
nellie GIlkey. Lizzie Lnsk. Alice Wick,
Mar Wick, May Hazen, Belle Colbert, Ada
colberf, Kate Giller. Name Prugh, Carrie
NcCandiess. Kit McCandless and Maud
Lowry
Marriage Licenses.
Chss. II. Parker---.......-....... .........Jeiierson Up
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