Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-06-06
And what 50 (hotl as a day in June.

The gentle mosquito now presents his
little bill at eventide. and, if you allow of
it, becomes a small pumper.
Pennsylvania has now nearly one
thousand more post Offices than any other
State in the Union.
Mr.. Vim. Smith OF Clay twp. near
Euclid was stricken with paralysis last
Sunday and has lain unconscious since.
County Superintendent Mccullough
announces his Teachers Examinations for
this year, in another column.
May wound up with several nice days.
1t is said that the month is called May be-
cause it nay rain every day of it and it
may not.
The new Reformed Church ON the
South Side will be ready tor dedication on
the 22nd of this month. A more extended
notice of the services will he gwen later.
The noise made at the engine works
Monday evening in tuning whistles, was
enough TO wake all the dead cats for
miles around.
A Chicago man has discovered mix
ture of chemicals, one pound of which will
turn cubic feet of water into ice. He
calls it the extract of ice"
-Postoffice Inspector Wolf was in town
Monday He rode over the town, examin-
ed the business of our postofice and said
he would recommend the establishment
of Tree delivery here, to begin July 1st.
John G. Moore, Esq committee OF An
drew Albert on Saturday last sold 20 acres
to Albert Yonkers at $33 per acre, and 80
acres 81 perches to Josiah ". Stephenson
for s2l. 25 per acre.
Mr.. Lou Roessler manager of the Al
phine Art Association of Chicago is dis
playing some unusually well executed
likenesses at the Hotel Vogeley. They
are made by patented process, and are
tuer to nature than any. we have hereto
tore seen.
Don't shoot the census man, when he
asks you whether or not you are defective
in your mind. He is an innocent party
and the law is TO blame for all his
apparent impudence. Treat him well,
answer him kindly and give him seat
at your table.
About this time it begins to be appar-
ent that it would be handy thing if we
had sewer pipe and tile mandatory at
home. A judicious investment in that
line would pay. Butler ought to be making
her own sewer pipe and supplying the de-
mand at neighboring points.
They had their primaries in Allegheny
county last Saturday and on Tuesday they
had their nominating conventions. They
have separate conventions for each office
to be filled, so that there about thirty
county and district conventions, among
which the fifteen hundred delegates elect
ed on Saturday were divided.
AS the Fourth of July approaches and
dealers IN notions, etc., begin to lay in
stocks of fireworks, it might be we'll enough
for them to know that insurance policies,
unless otherwise provided by agreement
endorsed on the policies, are void, if fire.
works are kept, used, stored or allowed on
the premises.
The Building Committee of the new
Reformed Church on South Side hereby
tender their heartfelt thanks to the good
people of Springdale for their generous
contribution for the chandelier.
d. N. HARNIsH,
Sec,y ard Treas. of Com.
The Presbytery of Butler will meet in
Scrubgrass church, Tuesday, June 10th, at
IL A. NJ. The opening sermon will be
preached by Rev. Loyal Young, D. D., of
Butler. A Ladies' Missionary Convention
will be held at the same place and time
In the evening an address on Alaska will
be delivered by Rev. Hall Young, who
spent ten years as missionary in that
part of our country C.
One Of our exchanges say that farmers
lind plowing very hard work this spring.
Three and four horses are required to do
the work ordinarily done by two The
reason undoubted is, that the ground has
not been frozen as deeply as in other win
tiers, and thawing failed to disintegrate the
soil to the depth of the furrow. Instead
of being pulverized, the soil has been
packed.
A prominent attorney of New Castle is
suspected of being implicated in a robbery
that happened in Lawrence county some
years ago, and for which two men were
sent to the penitentiary. 1t is said that
when the two men returned lately they
wanted the attorney to divide with them,
and upon his refusal to do so made an in
formation against him, but he heard of it
and left the town.
Memorial services Were held in all the
| churches of Johnstown last Sunday in
| commemoration of the great food, which
happened on Friday evening, May 31st,
1889 On Saturday, all the stores of the
town were closed and draped in mourn
ing The most touching of all the cere-
monies was the address by the Rev. DR..
Beale, of the Presbyterian Church, in
Grandown cemetery. Between 5000 and
| 1000 people were present and the address
was made over the unknown dead, num-
| bering over 600.
Carnegie, Phipps & Co, are assessed on
business of nearly $4,000, 900 year; Jos
Horne d Co. 81, 321, 900; Arbuckles & Co,
| $4,000, 900; Philadelphia Co, (gas) s., 2,351,-
POI; Penn'a Tube forks, 81, 600, 600; Dill
worth Bros, So, 700, 600; Park Bros, & Co,
~, 900, 900; Moorhead, McLane & Co. $2,-
| 600, ZOO; Westinghouse Co, ST., 800, 900; T
| G Jenkins, 81 ,463 900; Arbulhnot, Steven
son d Co, 81, 1850, ,463; Kaufman Bros, 81,
4O3, $50; Guskey, 81, $50, GOO; Byers & Co,
| 81, ,033, 090 Holmes d Son, $1,044, 79S;
Ritter O. Conley, 81, $50, 900; Anderson, Du
Puy d Co, 81 ,OO0, 600; Jones d Laughlin,
81, $50, ,S37; Schoenberger g. Co, 81, 2l5, 100;
Republic Iron Works, 81, 500, 600; Oliver d
Roberts, 81, 200 900; Ewart g. Co, 81, ,OOO,-
600. These are the firms in Pittsburg
that do business of million year and
over, though quite number of other firms
IN the city run over half million.
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