Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-11
Personal.

Miss Nora Walker is visiting friends in
Buffalo Twp.
Joseph Logan and wife and Mr.. Ashe, of
Jefferson Twp, have gone TO Oregon
Peter 4. Rattigan. Esq, of MiIlerstown,
has secured an increase of his pension.
Rev. Loyal Young celebrated his s5th
birthday on Monday Of last week.
Michael Kelly, of Sarversville, has been
granted pension.
Esq. John Thomas, of Parker Twp, is
suffering from heart disease.
Mrs. II. II. Gallagher spent the 4th with
friends in Allegheny.
W. C. Findley, Esq, spent 4th of July
week with his brother at Youngstown, o..
Mrs. Ada Fithean, of Sharpsburg, was
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Muntz,
last week.
Will Harley left Butler for Tionesta,
Forest Co. where he will have charge of
two congregations during the summer.
Mr.. Henry Forcht, of Carbon Centre, has
had his pension increased; also Samuel
Mock, of Barnhart's Mills.
George Troutman, Jr., of Summit Twp,
is home from Capital University, Columbus,
for the summer.
Mr.. Henry Post, of Winfield Twp, q
driller by occupation, was caught in the
sand line few days ago and seriously in
jured.
Mr.. Helwig Crime, of Prospect, was
married in Baltimore some weeks ago to
Mrs. Hueter, and 'hey have gone to house
keeping in Prospect.
Mrs. E. Z. Abrams and daughter. and
Mrs. Cal Christie left town for Denver,
Colo, Tuesday afternoon.
Judge Hazen and family went to Cape
May, Wednesday.
James and Hugh Kane, Charley Kane,
George Sheiring, John Mccarthy, Felix
McCandless, Frank Hanlen, and other
glass blowers of Anderson, Ind, are visit
ing friends in Butler.
Mrs. C. Duffy and Miss Rockenstein
have gone to Bedford Springs.
Miss Carrie White is attending the Ma
tional Teachers convention at Minneapo-
lis.
Mr.. John Grout, who has been with
Horne & Co. for O number of years, spent
the Fourth in Butler, the guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. C. Duffy.
Mr.. George Shiever and family spent
last week at York, Pa, visiting Rev. and
Mrs. Fritz They had pleasant visit and
speak highly of the beautiful and enter
prising town of York.
On Monday of last week J. d. Morris,
Axel Axen, and John III. and Charlie
Reiber of this office, went to Slipperyrock
creek to fish and succeeded in catching
twenty two fish.
Will Greer, of the Pension Dept at
Washington, is home on visit.
Prof Laurence Stepp, of Tarentum, and
Miss Rose Kelly were married by Rev. o.
ler, Wednesday morning.
Rev. Paul G. Klingler, now of Philadel-
phia, and Miss Berta Lehman, daughter of
Prof. Lehman, decd, late of the Capital
University at Columbus, o., were married
at the brides homo on Wednesday, June
25th, and stopped with their friends i'll
Butler few days on their way back to
Germantown.
Co. Comm'r Duncan and his wife spent
few days Of last week with his brother at
Dunbar in Fayette Co. The crops there
are about the same that they are here, ex-
cepting that the corn looks better. Mr..
Duncan's brother is Justice of the Peace
in Dunbar, and he took an active part in
attempting to rescue the imprisoned
miners. Thirty one miners perished in
that mine, eighteen of whom were married.
The coal crops out quite distance up the
hill; the vein is nine feet deep, slanting
downward from the opening, and the
II, r,1l .~frx
and foul air breaking into the mine.
Hon. Robert B. Carnahan, one of Pitts
burgs most eminent and useful citizens,
died at his home there, on July 4th, in the
65th year of his age. Mr.. Carnahan was
U. s. district attorney under the Lincoln
and Grant administrations, and had other
offices of high trust. As one of the Pitts
burg attorneys of Mrs. Schenley he had
recently visited that lady in England and
was instrumental in procuring from her the
gift to the city of the Schenley Park
grounds, where the people of Pittsburg
were holding an old time 4th of July cele
bration on the day of his death. Had he
been living and well he doubtless would
have been the most honored citizen on that
occasion.
Mr.. Joel Stoddard and his five daughters
arrived in Butler from California on We'd
nesday of last week. His wife, nee Louisa
Graham, has been in Butler for some
months; and in the course of week or two
the family will occupy their new house on
Clay ST. Mr.. Stoddard left his three sons
in California to continue his milling busi-
ness there, in which he was engaged for
nearly forty years. He is virginian by
birth, and when yet young went to the
northwest territories, learned the Indian
language, became an interpreter, and had
several exciting adventures among the
Indians. He went to California in 1851,
and there met Miss Graham who was visit
ing her uncle, o brother of John Graham,
Sr., of this place, and married her.
Mr.. Louis Stein, Sr. celebrated his S0th
birthday at his home in Butler on the ev-
enipg of the Sd inst All the members of
the family residing in Butler were present,
and also other friends, and they greatly
enjoyed the occasion. Mr.. Stein was born
in Marburg, Germany, July Sd, 1911, and
came to America in 1882. He clerked in
New York for five years, was in business
in Wapakoneta, o. for three years, and
then came to Butler and engaged in bust
ness with Bernard Roessing, decd, under
the firm name of Roessing d Stein. He
bought Mr.. Roessing's interest in the
business in 1871. and in 1882 took his son,
VIM. A, into partnership and the firm
name was changed to l.. Stein q Son. He
has been in active business life in
Butler for over half century, is yet active
and hearty, and enjoys his joke as well as
any man. His father who was Professor
in the Lcipsic Academy, lived to the age
of hundred years Mr. Stems friends
in Butler wish him many more years of
health and happiuess