Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Calling for second drink is doubling
the horn
The screech of the Katy Did" has al
ready commenced.
And now the cooling winds are blow
ing over the oats stubble.
1t is a little strange that a woman new
er shows tember until ste loses it.
You will oblige this office by handing
in your locals and personals.
The grapes are rotting, and it is feared
that the potatoes will follow suit.
The Assessors should call at the Coun-
ty Commissioners Office for the Registry
Lists. They are all ready.
Samuel Erwin, aged is was fatally
burned by burning oil at an oil well near
Farrcnton, on Wednesday of last week.
a doctor says that young men who
wear belts are affected somewhat the same
as women who lace tightly.
The management of the P. & W. r. r.
have decided to double track the road be-
tween Allegheny and Gallery Junction.
The Orphans Home here is to be en-
larged. so as to accommodate the increas
ed number of soldiers orphans.
III. J. Klingler 4 Co., intend erecting
grain elevator, in connection with their
warehouse at the depot.
To take ink out of linen, dip the ink
spot in pure melted tallow, then wash out
the tallow and the ink will come out of it.
A West Chester gentleman has com
puted that there are S52, 4o0 grains of
wheat in bushel this year
The residence of George MiIleman, Sr.
of Lancaster twp, was struck by lightning
last Wednesday evening, but nobody was
seriously injured.
Pupils at the Butler Orphans Home
will be maintained at $l10 a year, plus
$23, for clothing This is the decision of
the Commission.
-You will find it to your interest to pa
tronize the progressive business people
who solicit your favors by advertising it
the CITIZEN.
The Grangers' Sixteenth Annual inter
State Picnic is booked for Monday, Aug
10Th, at Williams Grove, to continue until
the following Saturday.
The days are now rapidly shortening.
During the present month there will be a
decrease Of over an hour in the rising and
setting of the sun.
Since the judicial body in Pcnnsylva-
mia has declared all wholesale liquor deal
ers entitled to license, that body has
been dubbed the Supreme Quart"
Tho Butler bottle glass plant is adver-
tised for sale or lease in the Pittsburg pa
pers. This is said to be due to poor man
agement, and the result of a disagreement
among the stock holders.
The widow Of a man who was drown
ed at Johnsto wn last May has sued the
South Fork Fishing Club for $50, 900 dam
ages. If this suit is pushed through it will
be wat ched with lively interest all over the
country.
AS some letters, bearing the initials
only, have lately been pat in the postofiice
here; the postmaster desires us to give no
tice that under the rules such letters are
considered fictitious and are sent to the
Dead Letter Office.
Somebody in Butler inserted want
advertisement in Pittsburg paper, and
the result was that a number of letters
came to the Butler postoffice addressed to
y. c. which by the postal regulations,
are required to be sent to the Dead Letter
Office.
1t is gratifying to note the continued
improvement in the architecture of the
houses being erected in Butler. Some of
the residences in the suburbs of the town
VIII compare well with those of any town
of the size in the country.
AT Harms Station, Monday, a young
lady from Allegheny was drowned under
peculiar circumstances. She was sitting
in the rear end of a skiff and was holdine
to another boat that they were towing
across the river. The man who was row
ing gave a sudden and strong pull which
unseated the lady and threw her into thu
river.
-Gricb a. Lambs music store at No I6
>. Main St., is one of the handsomest
stores in Bntler, and they carry fine Sc
lection Of pianos, organs and all Other
kinds of musical instruments. Before
purchasing their stock they visited all the
leading factories in the country, and, being
competent to do so, selected the best.
An Ohio editor, talented blggist
says: No insect that crawls, even the
blanked bed bug, can live under the annli
cation Of hot alum water 1t will destroy
red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders
bed bugs and all the myriads of crawling
pests which infest houses during the heat
ed term.
Inc train from the Park, "Wednesday
night was very much crowded, and severa
persons had their pockets picked-Mrs
Pape; Mr.. Morrison, the baker: Adam
Weitzel and John L. Jones of Butler los
money, a. did also Mrs. Newton Thomp
son of Brady twp, Thomas Aiken of Ven
ango twp, an elderly gentleman, was ais,
rubbed Of about $50 and three judgment
notes. two of which have payments mark.
ed upon them. lie thinks his pocket was
picked on the grounds.