Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL

W
never dye.
Tho DerricEs Petrolia Relief Fund
now amounts to $1,000.
-.sMud-fever" would be better name
for the grip.
Mr. John Bickel, the energetic shoe
dealer, has enlarged his store-room.
Lots Of victims of the grip are begin
ming to crawl around and tell what it feels
like.
The store of Wilson, Cross & Co., at
Scrlbgrass was burglarized last Monday
night.
Butler is to have new clothing store,
two new dry goods stores and another ma
chine shop.
The United Presbyterian Church of
Mt Chestnut will apply for charter. See
notice.
The Hannahstovn Mutual gives no
tce, this week, that it will not insure
bnlldlng heateu ny gus
Thomas H. Harper will apply for dis
charge under the insolvent laws, on Tues
day March 4th See notice.
The mail route from Millerstown to
Peachville is to be extended to Magic
(Troutman.
laa e L.
been granted patent for an exteIsible
mantel
corner of Sixth and Liberty streets, i'll
Pittsburg.
Andrew Carnegie is now said to own
$4,000, 900 worth of the stock of the P. d
W. r. II.
The tires of the wagons used by the
teamsters for hauling heavy loads to the
oil fields are four inches wide.
The Butler Council Jr. Order of Unit
ed American Mechanics has presented the
School Board of Butler with three flags.
John G. Moore, Esq of Centre twp.
adyertises an important sale of real estate
in that township for March 8th.
The teachers of Cranberry twp. will
hold an Institute in No school on Satur
day the 22nd inst, beginning at 9 am. All
are invited
Mr.. A. V. Grossman, assignee of Henri
Dilliman, will sell the real estate Of tn
assignor, in Brady Twp, on Thursday
March 90
Pensions have been granted to Abra
ham Saver of Renfrew and Samuel NJ
Turk of billiards, and that of Nichola
Henchberger Of Dutler has been increas
ed
Sunday morning last was the begin
ming of the Forty hours devotion, and tina
evening and also Wednesday morning tho
had some grand music in the Germa
Catholic Church.
"A Brooklyn woman who for years ha
been looking under the bed for man actua
ly found one there the other night An
she was so astonished at her success that sh
had the poor fellow arrested
The Carnegie free library building wa
opened to the public, Tuesday, aud tn,
building will be dedicated to-day, Thurs
day. President Harrison is expected to b
present.
Morally this town may not be any be
ter than other towns of its size, but tits al
actual fact that the number of men who &
out between acts at tho thcater 'to see
man or ''borrow Glove" is remarkabl
small
No reasonable man will feel insulte
when bill is presented to him for pay
mcnt, as 1t is the custom of almost evel
business house TO send out statements o
accounts, expecting that they be settled {
soon as possible.
The clean newspaper has, in the lon
ran, the most permanent circulation an
patronage. The paper which goes into IL
h'h'S anu 10 i'du ~ inc lamliieS Is I'll
paper which counts its subscribers by Il
year and not by the day
The February number of Table 1ul
the American authority on household al
culinary topics, prints a list of new menr
for February. We notice in one place tn
it recommends "Keebobbed oysters f;
lunch. Will the editor or edtress or Il
party who got up that lunch please get o
IN the broad open light Of day and stal
on chair where we can all see him
herr We want him or her to explain VIII
"kecbobbed oyster" is.
AT the Farmers Institute at Frank
last week, Mr.. Buchanan read son
verses, the last Of which was as f
lows:
We will all be honest famers
And till the fertile soil,
and be better off than many are
Who bore the earth for oil