Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-07


man and vicinity.
About dozen houses have been buil
in Petrolia since the fire.
james A. Wilson of Baldwin has beeI
granted pension, and that of James p
Boggs of Evans City has been increas
ed.
A. Troutman ~ son have marked
down their winter goods and this week ad
vertise some rare bargains, as they must
make room for their Spring stock.
The +. d W. r. r. which now extends
to Akron, O. intends building a road of it:
own fran that point to Chicago, at an es
timated cost of three millions.
President Harrison was to take part IL
the opening of the Carnagie Library III
in Allegheny next week, but Secretary
Tracy's sad bereavement will probably in
terlere.
Ross Perry, a son of the Widow Perry
of Allegheny twp, died in San francisco
some days ago but up to Monday of this
week his remains had not arrived at
home.
One of our contemporary poets asks
''Whefe are our bright girls Of the pastF
Our own observation is that aome of them
are administering cautious doses of pare
goric to the bright girls of the future.
"A prominent newspaper asserts that
the English sparrows have almost eN-
terminated the wrcns, orioles and meadow
larks, and in five years more the goose
will be about the only native bird left
The United States Supreme Court de
cides that the plain, ordinary, common
every day bean is vegetable. This re-
moves the last vestige of suspicion that it
| might be a thunder storm or cyclone.
"A newspaper contemporary is in trou-
bic over the mistake of the foreman, who
inadvertently placed the heading of an ad-
vertisement "Boy Wanted" over birth
notice of family made mp entirely oi
girls.
The first successful experiment in
| photographing the bottom of an oil well
was made at Warren last week. a perfect
picture was obtained at LOO feet. 1t
showed as result of the shot cavity IA
feet broad and seven feet below the sand.
There is scarcity of moderate priced
| houses in Butler. Wouldn't it pay some
of you fellows who have lately been lucky
in the Hundred foot field, to build a few
| hundred six to eight roomed houses,
houses that you could rent for $40 or $l2,
| a month";
A Franklin man fell from the third
story of the hallway to the floor below and
was fatally injured. He lost his balance
and fell over the railing. The same thing
is liable to happen in the hallway of the
Court House here, as the railing is very
low.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has restored its former custom of selling
tickets to regularly stationed ministers at
/
issued upon application to each minister
on the line. Such as hold the certificates
can purchase tickets at two cents per mile.
The record of death, published in
| one of the religious papers, says of the de-
parted brother: 'For two years preceding
! his death he was constant reader of this
paper. He was great sufferer, but grace
sustained him." The Congregdhondtist
exclaims GLOW sad that he did not take
to the reading of some other newspaper i'll
time.
| A Mercer woman, whom local paper
speaks of as prominent lady has invent
ed new mouse trap. She went TO sleep
the other night, with her chewing gum in
her mouth, "a mouse took fancy to the
| gum, her Jaws closed and there was one
live mouse less in the world. She now
goes to bed regularly with her gum in her
minute and the local paper says it ''works
like charm"
Miss M. Ii. Gilkey has rented her store
room to J.. & L. Traxler of the New York
Bazaar, and she is now selling off her stock
of millinery at cost, as she will quit the
business on the lst of April next. After
that date she will continue the dreSsmak-
ing business in the second floor of tho
building.
The Grippe continues to do bad work
At Youngstown, Ohio, Rev. Frazier OF the
First U. ?. Church was made insane by 1t,
and at Canton, O.,a man and his wife were
both made insane and had to be confined
The wife started out with Bible in one
hand and her shoes in the other, walking
in her stocking feet, and saying he was go
ing to Paris to preach.
On Thursday last r. b. Taylor pur
chased the Brady building, at the corne
of Main street and the Diamond for 81, 600
from owen Brady. He intends remodel
ing the building, the interior as soon as h
gets possession, and the exterior next sum
mer and establishing National Bank in il
The capital stock of National Bank mus
be at least 100000 and several persons i
Butler and in the county have alread
agreed to take stock in il.
Erie, town about three times tn
, size of Butler, has an unusual diversity G
manufactures, as follows: Manufacturin
, bakers, .; breweries, 6; malt houses,
, boots and shoes, /; brick yards, ,; cigar
10; brushes, 3; carriages, 3; files, 2; cooper;
10; friedrich, tile, etc, |; -four, 10; gas,
i stoves, 3; iron and brass, 3S; organs, =; OF
4; paper, !; piano, l; wood, IL; nick'
plating, 1; pork packing, 3; pumps,
, pulleys, ]; unclassiiied, 81.
superintendent Porter has issued
circular letter of instructions to supervisor
of census They are authorized to appoiI
an enumerator for each subdivision {
i their districts, with the consent of ii
/ superintendent The enumerators are
be chosen without reference to the
4 political affiliations, and with regard on
p to fitness. Preference, however, is to |
n given to honorably discharged soldiers al
sailors. Superintendent Porter says thei
is no law making women ineligible for a.
: pointment as enumerators.
Mr.. j. X. Grieb's electric clock, on Il
sidewalk attracts considerable attention
The battery is under one of the cases
IS the store, and the wires from it pa
1t through the large standard clock in th