Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-11
Johns,opn is again under water.

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-Four men were hanged in this state.
Wednesday-A at Bellefonte, Carter
At Ebensburg Taylor at Wayuesb1rg and
bartholomew at Easton
Ii the Pittsburg DispatcL's road ry-
ploring party visits Butler county, We al
wise them to attach eight horses and ten
mules to their schooner
Daniel Dodds OF Fairyiew twp. owns
a eow that Is said to have lately given
birth 20 five calves. none Of which lived
long.
The Union Veteran Legion, Of Butler,
celebrated til 25lh anniversary of the sur
render at Appomatoz, Wednesday evening.
The exercises We're very entertaining.
If April showers bring May flowers,
this whole section will be a vast flower bed,
and tliere will be plenty oil posies tor Dec
Grafton Day.
opened last week, all drinks We're
free for the first day, aud Que Of the papers
there published biographies Of the bar ten
ders.
There are a thousand victims OF the
Mississippi food without home and food
and very destitute \ relief committee IN
Memphis will apply your contribution
where ii will do the most good.
john naleacLy is taking out large
lot Of stone from the quarry on the Kelly
place he has about ten Italians engaged,
and takes out six carloads day. His r..
o. is Pump.
Mrs. Sink vacated the Brady building,
yesterday, and Mr.. Taylor Immediately
put his men to work upon it, and in the
course OF month OF so the Butler County
National Bank will open its doors for bus
mess.
-Frank Armor, the painter, is certainly
the man To 20 TO for painting and paper
hanging of al kinds lie has a fine corps
of painters and their work is strictly first
class. Give him a cali
About 1900 years ago ovid, the Roman
poe said, i'll bis native language: Time
spent in the cultivation Of fields, passes
very pleasantly" Farmers of this section
of the country should cut the quotation
ont and paste in their hats
Mail contractors, III this county, made
but little clear money this winter, owing
largely to the bad condition of the roads
and the fact that they are doing the work
too cheap. The government is willing to
pay fair price, but gives its work to the
lowest bidder
-'Tis now the fruit, flower and orn a.
mental tree grower sends out his seductive
catalogue, and the purchaser Of the seeds
and roots and things wonders why he can
never grow anything half 50 beautiful as
the gorgeously colored pictures in the
book
That part Of Wayne street between
the bridge has been washed away and is
now IA hole in the ground and on the west
side of the bridge there is a mud cataract
which is quite a curiosity on a rainy day.
We will give tho CITIZEN one year
free to the persons making the nearest
guess to the population of their town or
township in the county, the June census
to decide the matter, and all guesses to be
in by the lst of that month.
The United Presby terian Pfesbytery
OF Butler will meet at Harmony Church,
near Harrisyillc, on Monday, the 2lst inst,
At z P. H. Trains will stop at Dunwoodie'5
crossing, near the church, and one mile
north Of the Harrisvile station, on the 2lst
and ed insts., for the accommodation Of
members.
Farmers are warned against a SET Of
awindlers who are going around the conn
try selling barbed wire fencing. They of
fer to furnish good eight-wire fence, with
iron posts, for eight cents per foot, which
afterwards turns out to be eight cents per
foot for each wire, or total Of sixty-four
| cents per foot for the fence.
The advantages OF the soft toned bell
over The harsh, changing old style bell are
so numerous that they arc fast replacing
| The latter for door bells, call bells. etc.
The Electric supply Go. IS prepared 10
furnish all manner Of electrical appliances,
and carry stock Of electric door bells,
| calls and annunciatOfs. Their work IL
reliable aud it will pay those desiring any
| thing in their line To consult them before
| placing orders.
some Of the stories that come from
| the hundred foot field are immense. One
man said he saw wagon going through
mud up to the bed; and another that he
saw a lot of men trying TO move boiler
| with ten horses that lie couldn't see the
wagon at all, that the horses were up "a
their bellies in mud aud that when one OF
them stuck the men dug him out, aud
| that every time any OF the men took step
he reached down in the mud and took hold
of his boot strap to keep the boot from
| puliuE oH w HCthci VI HD lnty Ept tit
boiler moved he didn't say.
A kindly faced man at Kansas City
street crossing asked a gentleman who
was Eassng if he had lost $50 gold piece.
The gentleman looked at tie coin and said
he had. The old man drew out note
book and took the name and address Of tho
loser, and turned away. well said the
other, "do you want it all FOR reward
ooh, did not find one said the beneyo-
lent old man, "but il struck me that in a
large city like this there must be great
deal Of money lost and upon inquiry find
that you are the thirty first man that la.
lost a 920 gold piece this morning"
District Deputy \. ". Shannon oi
Prospect installed the new officers OF the
Odd Fellows lodge of Butler, Monday
night as follows:-Noble Grand, W. II
Morris, V. g., Il. S. Critchlow; Secretary
G. Il. Anderson; Assistant Secretary, j.
6. Sickle; Treas, ID. Il. Dale; Rcpresenta
tive to G. j., W. r. Mechlng. The tota
amount of the available assets of Tia,
lodge are s5057. % the amount received
during the past 6 months $7iLs8 and
amount paid for relief $lO7.O5 and total
expenses and relief $29l2l. The member
ship of the lodge now numbers 1GJ Tn,
new officers of the Millerstown lodge vii
be installed next MONDAY night, and thoa,
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