Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-09-27

Do not. good friend, lor any sah''
Re green enough To think
That You can beat the iakir s fake
Or win the iakir's chink.
lie Is not giving wealth away
As free as mud or air.
And if he could not make it pay
Would not attend the fair.
Bang away at the squirrels.
job work neatly done at the CITIZEN
office.
Friday last was the last day for the
five per cent. off on the the taxes of Butler
and collector McAboy took in so, 800 that
day, and during the co days he took in
about $4,000 The aggregate of the
taxes of Butler borough for this year is
about $i4. 600.
The Gospel Meeting at the rooms Of
the Y. VI. {. A. next Sunday afternoon at
o'clock, will be conducted by the retiring
General Secretary, Jos. Forester rs it is
his last Sabbath in Butler. The lesson
will be (Which shoe fits your" All young
men are invited Good music viii be
had.
The directors OF the Butler County
Agricultural Association will hold meet
ing at See. Roessings office Saturday after
noon. The receipts of the Fair this year
will pay all expenses, and for the improve
ments made on the grounds, but there will
lse no surplus The Fair of next year will
begin Sept. 9th.
The migratory birds are beginning to
leave us and wing their way southward
where they will spend the winter. The
martins left us some weeks ago, end the
robins, swallows. blackbirds, &c, are pre-
pairing to follow them. The weatherwise
say this early flight indicates the near ap-
proach of colder weather.
They have plan Of advertising in oil
City which the Derrick very properly ridi-
cules. The new drop curtain Of the Opera
House up there is illuminated with the
sign cards of enterprising shop keepers.
That style of advertising is about as effect
i've as putting dodgers in coffin or daub-
ing fenceswith the information that Dus-
enbury has the cheapest goods in town.
An exchange gives the following which
should be remembered by all, as it might
be the means of saving life and property;
Fires resulting from burning oil are mex
with water, but may be readi-
ly smothered by throwing flour upon the
burning oil. If lamp should burst, a
handful of -four thrown on Immediately
may be the means Of qucnching the flames.
and thus saving life.
Tho members of the bar of Beaver
Pa, have agreed one with the
other, that in'the future, they will pass no
title to real estate situated in boroughs and
villages in said county, un-
til the plot or plan of said borough or un-
village is recorded in the
Office of the Recorder of Deeds, excepting,
however, is cases where diligent search is
made and the plot cannot be found
Butler experienced a potato famine
this week and a small supply was shipped
in from Mercer and Crawford counties and
sold at fancy figures. The tubers are rot
ting so rapidly that our farmers hesitate as
to taking them from the ground, and some
Of them, when lifted look as if they had
been frozen, that is they are soft and tough.
Butter was also very scarce this week,
fact, considering the immense
grass and grain crops.
Mr.. John Alexander of Washington,
Pa, who was married to Miss Lizzie Scott
of Butler, a few months ago, died at his
home in Washington, Pa, last Saturday
evening and was buried from the Scott resi-
dence on Main street, Butler Tuesday
He was a native of Venango
county, was member of the Bolivar, n.
Y. lodge of Masons, and his funeral was at
tended by the Masonic lodge here.
Many farmers are beginning to object
to having their harms, out buildings and
fences all daubed over with business signs.
That they have adopted such course is
not surprising The signs mar the appear
ance of their property. They properly
maintain that the columns of the local
are the right places in whic h
to display advertisements. Barns and
fences have other uses
County Commissioners Hutchinson and
Duncan took a trip through the northern
part of the county last week, inspected
quite a number of bridges. and gave Mr..
Sedwick of Bruin the job of repairing the
Dudley bridge below Martinsburg and the
bridge over North Bear Creek above Har-
per's Mill; and Mr.. William Maybold of
Boyer the job of repairing the Annandale
Station bridge over the Slipperyrcck. The
Harper's mill bridge was destroyed by a
traction engine sometime ago.
The Anti-Tobacco and Temperance
Society of Coultersville will meet in its
annual session at Mr.. w. NJ. Glenn's in
Washington twp. on Friday evening, Oct.
IL, 1889 This is return to the former
custom of this society of meeting in pri-
vatc houses and all members are especially
requested not only TO be present them
selves. but to bring with them to this
meeting new members from the young
who are growing up around US on all sides.
j. Y. MCKINNEY, Pres.
Some time ago an agent, who was
around selling blankets, sold a pair to Mrs.
Cyrus Harkless of the West End, for $l2.
Mrs II paid him -, and agreed to pay
the balance when he called again. He
came back Wednesday evening for his 50,
but Mrs. II had discovered that she had
been cheated and wanted him TO take back
the blankets This he refused to do, and
getting the blankets in hands, ran off with
them. Mrs. II. got ont warrant for him
and had him arrested, and he gave bail foI
bail for court.
Seaton or Fish.
The SeatoD- Fish mystery seems TO grow