Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-26

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Some PittsbErgers with their fami-
lies are camping in the woods near Grove
| CITY. A Butler man who went to their
camp from the encampment the other
evening used insulting language and was
badly used up.
Oil operators all through the oil regions
have been arrested and fined for not plug
ging up their abandoned oil wells. Half Of
the fine goes to the informer Two men
have lately made it their business to in
form on all violators of this law. They are
now several hundred dollars ahead.
We haven't had better crops in this
county since ,46, at least that is what
gentleman. old enough to know, says. If
Butler county does not grain herself this
year she never will; and with but half
crop in Dakota, wheat will be worth some
thing next winter.
The mems meeting at the rooms of the
Y. NJ. c. A Sunday afternoon will be ad-
dressed by Rev. W. E. 0ller, the subject
will be 'Steps to n Successful Life.
Meeting will open at 4 o'clock with 10
minute song service and will close at ..
All men invited.
People who discover burglars in their
houses are not required, under the law OF
Pennsylvania, to struggle with them, to
warn them to depart, or to make an out
cry of any kind to get rid of them. All
such scoundrels may be shot and killed,
whenever thus found as intruders in a
house, and the law will justify the act
Green corn time is here. We never
see a stalk of green corn but what we
think of the Georgia crackers directions
how to eat it: Their way to yeat roastin
wears is to grease her and salt her and pep
per her. then rest yer elbows on ther table,
begin ter bite in ther middle Of ther year
ov CON and yeat both ways at wunst.
S'pose you practice it.
in the field day exercises of the \. NJ.
c. A., held on Thursday last at New Cas-
tie. five contests were won by Butler coun-
ty BOYS. Paul Croncnwett won the boys
100 yard race and the half-mile walk. Sid
ney Aslett of Millerstown, won the 100
yard dash, and John Ayres and Norman
Bredn were both winners in the running
races, which entitled them to gold medals.
Collector McAboy has received all the
tax books for this town. There are twelve
of them in all-each ward having separ-
ate school and poor book-and these he
has transcribed into one book, as the law
requires He is now ready to collect the
taxes for this year and has fixed the dates
July % to Sept. q, for the five per cent.
reduction. The aggregate of the faceIvalue
of the taxes of this town for this year is
about $4,000.
A lady travelling from the east with
her little daughter few days ago occupi-
ed sleeper on the p. r. II. and requested
the porter 20 awaken her when Johnstown
was reached The porter obeyed. The
little girl was the first to get glimpse OF
the ruined city, and she exclaimed
| Mamma, didn't you tell me that God says
in the Bible that he would never again
visit this earth by a rain foods" The
mother replied: Eyes, darling; but this
ruin was caused by a dam flood"
First Of all Lectures Foremost of all
lecturers who ever visited this city stands
John X. Clarke He approaches John b.
Cough nearer than any living man. Pathos,
wit and humor are so interviewer as to
hold the closest attention from start to-
finish-Get Clarke.-James Bride, Sec'y
Y. NJ. G. A., New Castle, Pa Mr.. Clarke
lectures Friday night August 2, for the
Slipperyrock Normal School We promise
him a full house if the people out that
way appreciate good thing, and we know
they do
The meeting Of survivors Of Co. Ii
102d Reg. {old 13th) organized in the
Court Room, last Saturday with d. b.
Douthett, Esq as Chairman and f. N.
Eastman, Esq. as Secretary. On motion,
the Chairman appointed Capt. Ayres, Col.
Redic, J. b. Criswell, w. l.. Daubenspeck
and r. NJ. Eastman committee to invite
the citizens of Butler and vicinity to aid in
providing suitable entertainment for the
members of the Regiment, and Col. Thomp-
son was invited to make the address of well
come. Thursday, Aug Is, has been Sc
lected as the date for the reunion, and the
committee on arrangements will call a
meeting of citizens in the near future.
One day last week the Pennsylvania
railroad company procured the servics OF
diver to examine the condition of the
foundation of the piers of the stone bridge
at Johnstown. lie found the foundations
in good condition and reported that hun
dreds of bodies were in the wafer about the
piers, entwined in wire from the wire mills
in such shape as to preclude all possibility
Of getting them out except by cutting the
wire. Thousands of tons of wire and iron
rods are in the bottom of the stream and
can be taken out only with great difficulty.
il estmanted that not less than five hun
ldred bodies are held at the bottom of the
river by the debris.
Here's suggestion which may be of
use to florists and those who cultivate
flowers for pleasure instead of profit. 1t
is nothing more or less than the use of ice
water for the destruction of the insect
pests which infest plants during the sum
mer season. This suggestion comes from
gardner in Chambersburg, who says that
ice-cold water is good insecticide when
applied to plants with force-pump or
large syringe. 1t drenches the leaves,
chilling and knocking off the insects, which
often cannot be reached in any other way,
and the eggs of the pests are also knocked
off and destroyed 1t is especially appro-
pirate and effective in the destruction OF
the rose slug Many persons dislike to ap-
ply poison to their flowers, and many
/ other remedies are objectionable, but in
ice water, according to this gentleman,
they have cheap, easy and effective rem
edy.
All the regiments of the National
Guard are now in their encampments, the
18th Reg, of which the Butler company il
part, being located near Grove City. The
camp is the real school of the soldier A
few days of life there will produce an un-
heard of amount of sunburncd faces and