Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-04

lowed him. These are now open and he
invites ron to call and inspect them before
purchasing your fall and winter dress goods.
See his new ad.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. is
putting in new poles between Butler and
Allegheny. The new poles are Of
Canadian white cedar, are from As to 80
feet long, and very heavy. Both the tele-
graph and telephone wires will be attached
tn them-24 wires in all.
The Butler Salt and Manufacturer g
Co. gives notice in another place that they
have some stock to sell. The man afacture
Of chemicals is one Of the most profitable
known, and if we had some money to spare
we would invest it in this enterprise. The
best druggist IN Butler says he believes
this thing will be a success.
The number of loungers on our streets
every evening Is astonishing. They would
do better by spending their evenings at
home trying to improve their minds by
reading good books and instructive news
papers. An evening thus spent would en-
hance their standing in society, promote
their own welfare and form "a right spirit
within them" IF did not fit them to
'fhold converse with the gods" it would
make them more intelligent than loafing on
thestreets ever can do.
Typhoid fever is prevalent all over the
country The universal rainfall of the
summer months probably has something to
do with il, and September is the month in
which Zymotic diseases claim their largest
number of victims. Typhoid fever pre-
walls in Boston 10 an alarming extent, 400
cases having been recorded since July. In
many counties in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky
and West Virginia the same disease is
epidemic while in Wisconsin diphtheria Of
the most malignant type exists extensive
ly.
County Commissioner Duncan attend
ed the convention Of County Commission
ers at Allentown on Tuesday and Wednes-
day Of last week. Almost every county in
the State had one representative and some
Of the eastern counties had three. The tax
bill that was formulated at their last ses-
sion was again gone over, and will again
be presented to the Legislature at its next
session The Commissioners think that
the great defect Of our present tax laws is
that real estate is made to pay for every
thing, while personal property il almost
untaxed.
An article on the Butler Salt and Man
ufac turing Co, appears in this paper. 1t
will be noticed that one Of its departments
il for the utilization Of waste timber by dis
tillation In connection with this the val
ne Of cord Of distilled wood may be of in
terest TO our readers According to the
New York Lumber Trade Journal the pro
ducts and value Of a cord OF distilled
wood are as follows:-S gallons Of wood
alcohol worth G5 cents per gallon; acetate
Of lime, $50 pounds, p cents a pound;
tar, acid, etc, worth "a per cord-making
cord Of distilled wood, without the char
coal, worth at least $50.
The boiler of the W. d. A. Pipe Line
at Fulton Station, in Middlesex twp, ex-
ploded last Tuesday morning. The boiler
weighed tons and was thrown thousand
feet ia the air, and lit 50 rods north from
the building on J. n. Fultons place. The
fire box weighed tons and was thrown
200 yards down the creek. Nobody hap
pened TO be in the boiler house at the time;
but Joe Golden, the agent, Joe Blair, the
guager, and Mark Jordan, driller, were
in the pump house, forty feet distant and
not injured, although the pump house was
badly damaged by pump crashing
through its side. That nobody y was injur-
ed is considered remarkable.
Some months ago all the property
owners along Main street whose sidewalks
are defective were notified by the Town
Council TO repair them. But few, however,
paid any attention TO these notices; one or
two new walks were laid and few trining
repairs were made, aud the sidewalks Of
Main street remain to-day a disgrace to
the town and an inconvenience and danger
to pedestrians. Another winter il ap-
preaching and we will soon again be plout-
ing through little lakes of water and slush
after every rain and snowfall, unless these
walks are repAred. Come, gentlemen,
signalize yourself by repairing your walks,
and keeping up with the increase Of i'm
provement and decrease Of profanity.
State street in sharon is being paved
with brick The Herald Of that town de-
scribes the operation as follows: "Rapid
progress IL being made, an average Of one
hundred feet day having been made The
brick are laid sideways on edge aud the
rapid way in which they are put in place
by the three or four dcft fingered workmcn
Ia interesting. and "from early morn till
dewy eve" the operations are watched by
Il knot of sight secrs. The street has
gradual slope from the center 10 the curb
ing, sufficient to assure proper drainage,
| and water will flow off the street alongside
the curbing. After the bricks are laid n
ponderous roller, drawn by four horses,
passes over them and presses them firmly
down In the bed of sand on which they are
laid. Boiling paving cement, from a huge
cauldron standing near, Is then poured over
the brick, filling the interstices and holes,
and shecting the brick. Sand is mixed
with II as II is poured, TO give IL additional
consistency and durability. A test coat
ing Of pitch was put on small space near
the Lake Shore station on Wednesday, but
IL was not satisfactory, and its ingredients
will be changed or new material secured
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