Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-11
THE NATIONAL FLOUR.

ion at Philada. but were expected to come
to the front next day.
The Pittsburg conference of the N. Z.
Church opened in Pittsburg at Emory
church, East End, Wednesday. The trial
of Rev. Col. Jno. NJ. Danks began yester-
day.
The Taylor Bros. of Slipperyrock twp
whose Merino sheep are advertised III
another column, had their sheep at the
Mercer, New Castle and Stoneboro fairs,
this year, and took first premiums at all OF
them.
S. r. Bowser, Esq. addressed the
union meeting in Carpenters Hall, last
Thursday evening, and his analysis Of the
principles of the order was well received.
Eight of the best pictures that have
lately been brought to town were on exhi
bition at Miller bros furniture store last
week. They are vivid portraits of the
most important engagements OF the civil
war, and were secured for the "rooms OF
the Veteran Legion.
The gentlemen who offer to furnish a
crayon portrait free are flooding the count
ry with circulars again. You may depend
ON it that only fool will give something for
nothing These sharpers are not fools;they
will ask you to pay two or three prices for
frame for a very poor picture
Mrs. Showalter of Edenburg, has rent
ed part of the Stehle building on 5. Main
ST., and has fitted up the back rooms for
an oyster parlor for ladies. In the front
room she will keep stock of fine fruits
and confectionery, and she asks the peo-
pie of Butler for share of their patron
age
After the late church conference
in Franklin, adjourned, two pullets met in
the suburbs of the town; stopped; eyed
each other in astonishment, and began
singing
''And are we yet alive
And see each Others face"
A Louisiana farmerrecommends tar
smoke as a diphtheria cure. His treatment
is to put Il few drops of tar, like that used
in ship yards, on warm stove.lid, and to
require the patient to inhale and swallow
the smoke ten times day for five minutes
each time. He has been invariably success
full in his experiments.
Mr.. A. l.. Crime of Franklin twp, near
Prospect, intends removing to the city, and
on Monday, Oct %, will have sale of all
his personal property-fne bred stock,
farming implements, household goods,
grain, etc. For particulars see card in an
other place. He intends following his
trade, that of Heater, at the Jones d.
Laughlin iron mills.
The plant of the bottle glass works, in
cluding the gas well on the Bredin proper
ty has been sold to J. r. and A. Hamilton,
of Pittsburg, for $4,000. The Messrs.
Hamilton intend rebuilding the eight-pot
works at once and will have the whole
thing in operation in few weeks. This is
good news for the town, as it means en-
ployment for about two hundred persons.
The addition la tely made to the Low
ry House will greatly increase the accom-
modations of that popular hotel The
new building contains four large bed
rooms for guests, a splendidly fitted up
kitchen, large sleeping rooms for the fe
male help, closet on the second floor for
ladies and one on the first floor for gentle
men. The main building is three stories
high, but the rear part is but two, and it
with the adjoining buildings forms good
fire-escape. The house now has an s-inch
line Of sewerage to the creek
Nearly fourteen hundred scholars were
enrolled in the Butler schools, Monday
morning, and when all the returns are in
the number will probably reach fifteen
hundred. This number exceeds the ac
comodations and the Board is fitting up
the frame building on Jefferson ST., next
to Berg's bank for a temporary school
house. Some of the schools are alternat-
ing at present-one has school in the morn
ing and one in the afternoon. In the Pri-
mary or No. room of the Jefferson ST.,
building 139 children presented them
selves.
Saturday last ended the profession
al base ball season. In the League race,
the Bostons, or "Bean- eaters" as the boys
called them, kept ahead all summer, until
about three weeks ago when the New
Yorks, or "Giunts," took the lead and
kept it, winding up Saturday at Cleveland
by beating the home team, while the Bos-
tons were defeated at the Allegheny
grounds. To that part of the youth of the
Nation that takes an interest in the game
the race was an intensely interesting one
and the boys bet their wealth freely on
the result. Bushels of diamonds changed
hands, Monday.
The Good Will Hose Co. has had their
room on Jefferson St, refurnished and it
now presents an attractive appearance.
Talking with member of the company
the other evening, he said that occasional
ly when the fire bells were rung and the
members of the company rushed to the
room and gos out their cart, they did not
know which part of the town to start for,
and suggested that the person who rang
the first alarm indicate in which part of
the town the fire was, by tapping the bell
after ringing it-one tap for 1st ward, two
for I'd ward, etc. Some such plan would
surely be a convenience to the fireman
The Pittsburg gentl emen interested in
the new chemical works came to Butler
and inspected the buildings last Monday
morning; and that afternoon the company
was organized as follows-Direc tors, Jos.
Britain, Jr Jos. Painter, w. W. Acheson,
A. P. Kirkland, JOS b. Bredin, H. C.
Heineman and James f. Britain. The
Board organized by electing Jos. Britain,
Jr President; Jas. W. Drape, Treasurer,
and James F. Britain, Secretary and
Solicitor. Messrs Jas. W. Drape, Joseph
Painter, W. W. Acheson, Jas. D. Glover
and Thos. Cornell of Pittsburg; A. P. Kirt-
land of Blairsvlle, Jos. Britain, Jr., l.. E.
Starr, j. b. Bredin, James +. Britain and
ii. c. Heineman of Butler are the incorpor
ators and will apply for charter,