Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-01-03
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Welcome the new year.
-"Let Us have new deal"
Keep your new leaf bright and clean.
William Redick of Bruin, this county,
has been granted pension.
Butler sent 1896 &c to Petrolia Tues
day morning.
Mr.. W. W. Dunlap of Sunbury has
taxed possession of the Linn drugstore.
Silence is good in many ways, especial
ly in eoncealing ignorance.
What beautiful weather overhead, and
what pity we are not all going that way.
And again it is reported that Androw
Carnegie is to control the P. d W. X. r.
During the past 80 days 1926 pounds of
Butler newspapers passed through the But
Ter postofice.
Al Crime, formerly of Prospect, has
decided back the old farm to his father,
Hslwig Crime.
Our Marion twp. items did not come to
hand this week, until after our paper was
made up.
The hunting and killing of partridges,
pheasants, wild turkeys, squirrels and rab-
bits ended on the 3lst.
The gripmen on the Pittsburg traction
road have been on strike since Monday
afternoon.
Tho house of Mrs. Collins in Renfrew
was with all its contents, destroyed by
fire, Monday noon.
If you have any habits that are injur-
ing you, try to get rid of them and find out
whether you are success or McGinty.
JEFF Burtner sold his property on
Washington St. to r. L. Gibson of Fair.
view, last Friday, for $500.
-Pittsburg druggists advertise disin-
fsctant bag to be worn around the necks
Of children as sure preventive against
diphtheria.
"A French physician cables across the
water that women are more susceptible to
the influenza than men, and still they are
not happy.
An actor whose home is in England,
and IN actress whose homo is in Buffalo,
N. T., both members of the company in
Butler, Tuesday, were married here.
Judge wickham of Beaver county has
decided that tax collector can only charge
his five per cent. on all money collected
and nothing on generations.
"A son of Mr.. Lew Matson of near
Troutmsn, aged three years, went too near
the Crate few nights ago. His night
dress caught FIRE, he inhaled the flames and
he is dead. "Put back your Tenders"
Festivals for 1890-Ash Wednesday,
Feb. 10; First Sunday in Lent, Feb. %; St.
Patrick's Day, March II; Good Friday,
April Z; Easter Sunday, April 8; Ascension
Day, Nay Is; Whit Sunday, May 25
Christmas, Dec. 25.
We are sending out statements to al
Subscribers in arrears 1t will take III
: sometime to go over the list, and oil those
who settle in the meantime will save u,
that much trouble and expense
Rev. J. II. Grim of Somerset county
will deliver his lecture Through Southern
Prisons and Home Again. at West Sun
bury on Wednesday evening, the 9Th inst
for the benefit Of the W. r. Dickson Post
Of the g. A. X.
Mr.. William Ralston of Prospect wa,
in Butler last Monday. He is proud of hi,
new mill which is fitted up with the roller
process, and he is making q buckwhea'
Hour that be guarantees to give complete
sAtisfaction.
The Pittsburg Times made all of iti
newsboys happy on Christmas by present
ing each one with suit of clothes. 1t
takes about hundred newsboys to handle
It's city editions and the gift was no small
adair. The Times takes leading part in
al reforms and il steady and reliable. Is
It any wonder then that it has the largest
circulation in Pittsburgh
MI VIM. G.. Biehl has built a new liy-
cry stable ON Miffiin st. one square west OF
its junction with Main st. and il now pre.
pared to accommodate the public in hi.
line Of business. He has good, safe horses
new buggics and carriages, and landaus fol
special occasions. His stable is comfort
sble and convenient one, and all order.
sent through Telephone No. "a, will b.
promptly attended to.
ny Morrison, the baker, has rented
tho White place in the valley northwest o.
town, and is building dam across the run
called Martin run by the boys-for the
purpose Of securing spring water ice. Tho
ssfest dam that can be built across rock .
valley-one where the ends of the dan
will rest ON solid rocks semi circular
dam of cut stone. Such dam, properly
built, cannot be destroyed b. water. They
arc in use west Of the Rocky Mountains
and at one place in Arizona there is on,
40 feet across and ITO feet high. Thu
dam Is simply curved stone wall.