Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-09-13
LOCAL AND GENERAL

LOCAL AND GENERAL
Job work neatly done at the CITIZEN
Office
The elixir Of life should he made OF the
selected portions Of the duck. II is a
quAck remedy.
Alex BorlAnd has removed his shoe
shop TO Springdale, next door TO wuller's
Drug Store.
Four Of Mrs. Laekey's children st
woodbine, in Oakland twp. are down with
typhoid fever.
-Chas. Morris, son Of Mrs. Catherine
Norris Of near Murrinsville, was killed in
railroad accident in Ohio, last Tues
day.
Its strange fact that though the
peach trees in town are loaded with frnit,
there are but few peaches in the neighbor-
ing country.
Mr.. ID. X Graham Of Brady twp, has
thirty-eight hives OF bees and expects TO
have fifteen hundred pounds Of honey TO
sell this Fall
We acknowledge the receipt Of com
plimentary for the Parker Fair TO be held
at Parker on Tuesday, "Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday Of next week.
Nothing, says an exchange, ever
causes young man greater surprise than
to find out that some one has fallen in love
with his sister.
Joseph White, the old stone mason, Of
Butler, died, suddenly, last Monday morn
ing. lie had been sick Of consumption for
some months, and had had hemorrhage
the previous night
All our pulpits were filled last Sun
dag, the ministers having returned from
their vacations. Butler can well be proud
Of her preachers; no town Of its size can
boast Of more able, scholarly and genial
set of men.
The largest crowd of witnesses in But
Ter this week are from Parker and vicinity
In the alleged outrage case; there were quite
number here also on the Brown assault
and battery and Campbell larceny cases.
While Mr. Matthew Dugan and his sis
ter Of Oakland twp. were ut Pfeister's last
Sunday, tramps broke the doors Of their
house, and ransacked IL, getting little
money and helping themselves to some
eatables.
Rev. ID. n. Hamish will address the
gospel meeting for men at the rooms Of the
YMc.A Sabbath afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The meeting will be opened with short
song service and will close promptly at 8
o'clock. All young men are cordially in
vited.
In the matter Of fashions in millinery
and dress making, Miss Mollic Gilkey cant
be beat Her fall and winter styles are now
ready for the inspection Of the ladies OF
Butler county, as is more fully set forth in
the card Of the Fashion Emporium" in
another place.
AT meeting Of the School Board last
Thursday evening, the Building Committee
waa authorized 10 secure five extra rooms
for school purposes during the coming win
ter The town schools will open Monday
October z, and IL IL not probable that th.
new building In Springdale can be used be
fore Christmas.
One of our exchanges speaks of n yerJ
estimablr lady. n millincr, and says TIM
editor was gratiGed ITO see her stocking
up The editor says he was never 40 sur
prised ia his born days as be was when th'
paper came out, 10 meet the lady and hav'
her strike him across the brow with an um
brella. and tell him he was liar, and tina
nhe would tell his wife. lie says he don
know what she was mad about aud he ha
read the item over a hundred times, bu
couldn't see that there was anything In i
that was the least bit disrcspcctful
AT the meeting Of Council last wee
mn ordinance was passed that is calculate
to raise a stink every fifteen days. !
provides for the removal OF all accumula
tionA Of manure or rubbish, within tn,
borough limits every fifteen days or often
er Il the owners are notified by the Coun
ell NO to do, under penalty Of $40 day AM
costs of removal, plus twenty per cent
Another ordinance passed last we ok prohi
bits the throwing Of dead animals, or rub
birh into the creek, under penalty Of ~
and costs Of removal
Some years ago we heard Of citizei
81 this county who was caught in th
green goods" game, al foliowG lie wn
seen by an agent who convinced him tha
there was money and no risk in the bus
ness: 30 securing thousand dollars Of goo
money, he went 10 New York, visited III
building designated, was shown into bac
room, gave up his good money and recei,
ed in return valise supposed 10 contai
several times NJ much In counterfeit, wa
hurried out of the building by an allegc
alarm, and left the town wiser an
poorer man. The same trick was playe
on Wcsimoreland county man in Pitt,
burg Iast week. lie was induced 10 meet
stranger nj one Of the hotels there. wh
soid him package, supposed 10 contai
green goods" but when he opened IL b
i"and nothing but slips Of waste paper II
l"st several hundred dollars and has n
sympathy of the community-in horn.