Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-05-16

-Butler's Main street is so feet wide anc
there is quite curve in it at the Diamond
The Royal Templars of Temperate {
gave a pleasant reception at theh louse
room in the Reiber building Tuesday even
ing.
The annual meeting Of the Woman
Mi ssionary Society Of Butler Presbytery
dr. Pl will meet in Kittanning June Sd
and 4th. Each congregational society Is
requested to send delegates
Now that Main street is to be paved, il
will be "a matter of economy for property
owners along the street to put in the pro-
posed sewer pipe, as soon as the street Is
graded, even through the pipe cannot be
Ased for a year oF. two.
"A flock of several hundred chimney
swallows are making their home in the
large chimney on the east side of Esq.
Kennedys honse on the Diamond, and
when they begin dropping into the Chin
ney about dusk, the scene resembles smoke
gong the wrong way
A very sick man was discovered in
shanty near Petersyille, a few days
ago lie was unable to speak hut from
papers on his person it is supposed that his
name is John Rowland, and that his home
is in PunXsutawney, Pa.
Census Superintendent Porter, hearing
that attempts would he made in different
cities and towns to bribe enumerators to
enlarge their figures on population has is
sued an order in which he says enumerators
must be "aboye suspicion"
The Batter county Sabbath School
Association will hold its 18th annual con
vention at Evans City, June l6, IL and IL,
1890 REV. W. Il. 0LLER, Pres,
Butler, Pa.
H. s. DAUBENSPECK, Sec'y.,
Bruin, Pa.
Butler now has two evening papers,
The Erening Herald having made its bow
to the public on Monday last. The first
numbers were very creditable, both as to
contents and make up, and if the edi
tors persevere in their good work, the en-
terpriSe will be success without doubt.
We note the changes made in the
West Penn and r. and W. time tables in
another place The West Penn people
by giving us five trains each way between
Butler and Allegheny, so arranged to fur
n:sh every accommodation we could wish
for The i. and W schedule is also an
improvement on the old one, especially
as regards the accommodation afforded
people north of Butler
Jos " Burkhard of Petrola who with
a party made up from the oil country here
has gone to Peru to test some supposed oil
territory there, writing home of his trip
across the isthmus says: At Il O'Clock we
railroad The vegetation along the railroad
is simply wonderful IL is nothing but
miles and miles ofpalms of all descriptions,
intermixed with tropic al fruits of all kinds.
You can see along this railroad thousands
yes, millions of banana trees, and you
buy them very Cheap whole bunch for
a nickel Only you don't want them at
that price here, as it is almost sure case
of fever to eat them if you are not
aeclimated
We had a pleasant trip across the
isthmus, bat it was So awful warm and
dusty. We crossed the Panama canal
three times | don't think they ever can
build it; that is, the.way they are working
at it on were, rs it is abandoned now.
Panama is filthy and badly laid out town,
but it has small plaza, or park as you call
it, which is very beautiful. Also, what
say is the Oldest cathedral on
the American continent 1t is very nice
looking church.