Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-11-15
LOCAL AND GENERAL
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MtAL AND uENEhAL
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Who's faticniug our Thanksgiving
turkey.
some of cur exchanges speak Of
"pumrkin hnskcrs" Please draw dia.
gram.
Some cntcrprising citizens Of Zelic.
nople are making an effort 10 establish q
public library.
-Isoycr's plurality in Pennsylvania ID
-ceoe3 johnson, the Prohibitionist, got
ei,sH votes.
os-An exchange suggests that the
scratching done this year, may be the re-
suit of the great buckwheat crop.
The r. A w. H. II. will build a large
Round. house mt Willow Grove; and has
secured connections TO ~. Louis.
Lemon Sociala' are the latest. Esch
yonng man IL expected to bring lemon,
girl and squeezer.
The Two Barneys,v one Of the great
est attractions on the road will appear at
the Opera House TO night.
Some slight changes were made in the
West Penn time table last Monday. The
morning trains now leave FIVE minutes
earlier.
Rev. q. A. Feizer will be installed as
pastor Of the English Lutheran Churches
at SaKonburg aud Sarvergyillc next Sun
day; by Rev. Melkorn.
They had their "squaw winter out at
Denver last week. The snow fall was
three feet deep, delaying trains and max
ing things generally disagrccable.
The p. a W. II. X. has purchased land
On the nat, west Of Butler, and intends re-
moving it, transfer station to IL from Cal
lery The transferring is done by the
Ramsey system.
The Town Council has issued bonds to
the amount of $4,000 to pay of the
Borough Indebtedness. They call for four
per cent interest, and were taken by Mr.
=. M. Robinson Of Parker
Mr.. Henry Beihl has enlarged his
store and IL IL now lI0 feet long.
The shop Is below the rear end Of the store
room. Mr.. Bichl il also increasing his
stock, and now has an extensive es tablsh
ment.
The man who inve:ted the roller skate
made si, ,000, 600 out Of it and probably
does mot care now tina. there is only one
roller rink open in this country, small
one In N little Kansas town.
The County Commissioners have the
sssesaors' books for 1890 ready for the
asscssors OF the different townships and
boroughs In the county, and they are re-
quested 10 call at the Commissioners
Office and get them.
The Pittsburgh DHpatch, Of Thursday,
accuses Butler county peddler of selling
manufactured eggs TO n Southside land
lady, and makes funny story Of il, but il
IN not probable that the dealer in the fun.
ny eggs ever saw the hills and dales Of But
Ter county. All our peddlcrs are strictly
honest men.
The annual meeting Of the Y. M. q.
A. will be held In the NJ. Il. Chnch next
Sunday evening. beginning at O'Clock.
Rev. John II. Prugh Of the Grace Reform
church, Pittsburg, will deliver the ad
dress
We direct attention 10 the advertise
ments Of the Harper a. Bros, periodicals,
on our first page, this week. BY general
consent, they are the best illustrated liter
AIRY periodicals, published in the world and
we can secure them for our subscribers NJ
reduced rates
They a-e telling good joke on a Clear
field twp. Democrat. When he looked at
h;s ticket ON election day and saw the
name of Bigler, he said '.Biglcr, Bgler,
III not vote for that man, traded horses
with him once and he cheated me-" In
quiry developed the fact that he thought
the name on the ticket was that Of GER
tAin lseryman Of Butler.
In case taken up from Mercer coun-
y, the Supreme Court reversed decision
OF The lover court giving a man damages
f"r ma injury sustained ON defective side
walk, for the reason that the man knew
that the sidewalk was dangerous, and that
IN peraisting in walking over IL, he was
guilty of contributory negligence. This
decision i good thing for Butler. Near
ly all our Main St, sidewalks are danger
oas, we have no business waking over
them, and II we get hurt we are guilty Of
coutributory negligence. and cannot oil
lect from the town
Girls, cone over here a minute, and all
gather around. Some day he--who is hcf
why yoa know some day he will be go
ing 10 The Clerks Office To get marriage
license that you will be very much inter
ested In Of course you know they will ask
him how old you are, and just as like as
not he will give your age. There IN way
of getting around this that some Hhrewd
riri has discovered. Instead Of giving her
age-she Ia Of age--she averred that she
was ''oyer 81 years Of age" and she was 30
recorded As II is the legal age. il is not
necessary that you give the explicit figures.
fiity cents all around, please, for a mar
mage license.