Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-06-27
Nothing is lost in all this world;
The sunlight's smallest ray,
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The mighty grain of drifting sand,
Have each their part to play.
And tho the beer kegs ranged III rows
Beside the curb again,
Are full no longer-what OF thau
Just gaze upon the men.
The latest is said to be, shut your
mouth or the sun will warp your lungs"
During the storm of last Sunday night
lightning struck the teleghone wires and
burnt the switch board at the "Hello'
office in the Reiber building.
The Thirty sixth annual meeting OF
the Pennsylvania State Teachers Associa
ton will be held at Mauch Chunk, on July
s, 0 and 10.
Bob McClelland and j L. Hogan were
committed to Jail, Wednesday, on charge
of attempting to rob Wuller's drug store IN
Springdale the previous night
The Gas Co. is fixing the joints of its
line on Main street this week The gas
line will not be lowered but the water
line will be, after the grading is done.
About two million tons of water goes
over Niagara Falls every minute, remarks
startled exchange. Well, what are you
going to do about it.
The sweetest hitching post in Butler
county is the one before the CITIZEN office.
All the young couples who drive in from
the country to secure their marriage IL
censes hitch to it.
The house and barn of Frank Hilder-
brand in Oakland twp. were destroyed by
fire last Thursday The barn burned first
and the flames communicated to the house
which stood near. The fire originated
from a bonfire the children had made near
the barn.
Now tune your ears for the music OF
the original packages that come from emma
Mr.. j. +. Il. Stehle, aud Mr.. Morrison, the
baker. have both received immense stocks
of fire crackers and other fire works, and
the boys will see that all the music IN
them is exhausted.
"A census enEmerator in Pittsburg
found queer mixture. In one house he
found young white woman with black
husband about 40 years older than herself.
Next door he found a young white man
with black wife of nearly twice his age.
On entering the next house he found a
Irish woman married to a Chinman.
Several persons in Butler Co. have
lately had sheep killed by dogs. A Clear
field Twp. man lately lost some, Mr. Nc
Kinrey, of Connoquenessing Twp, lost
some a few nights since, and on Monday
or Tuesday night of last week Mr.. John
Burkhart, of Butler Twp, lost eight, and
had several wounded. He thinks the dogs
went to his place from Springdale.
The storm of last Sunday afternoon
brought bad luck to Amos Young of Par
ker twp. and his son Samuel. Mr.. Young's
barn was struck by lightning and destroy
ed by fire, with all its contents-two
horses, farming implements, hay, etc. His
loss is estimated at $4,000. The insurance
had expired few days previous. He was
visiting his brother at Bonnie Brook that
day. Lightning struck one of Sans rigs
and did damage estimated at 5000.
"A dozen naked men stood on the banks
of Walters mill dam last Saturday night,
and saw one of their companions drowning
10 off 20 halr,
Walter and Will Daubenspeck heard his
cries from their beds, and ran down to the
creek and saved him. He was big fel-
low, who could not speak English very
well, seemed to be under the influence of
liquor and had gone beyond his depth in
the mill race.
The Reformed Church on the South
side was dedicated last Sunday morning,
Rev Heilman of Alexandria, Pa, preach
ing the sermon The entire cost of the
building was $40, ,526, of which about $1,000
has been paid, and all the balance
was raised by those in attendance, z.
Daubenspeck gave $500 more, Prof. Mack
ey 1900, Rev. Prugh 5000, L. c. Wick and
Chas Brandberg $50 each, and several
others sums ranging from IS to $25. The
church, next after the new school building
is the handsomest ornament of the South
Side, and the amounts subscribed that day
paid for it in full.
Seven sessions of the Interstate sum-
mer school for teachers and superinten-
dents are to be held at seven points this
summer, beginning with the session at
Edinboro, June 80 to July IL, two weeks.
The other points are Columbus, o., July
"a; Pottsville, Pa, July 21; Asheville, n.
c., July %; Jefferson, o., Aug 4; Grand
Rapids, Mich, Aug. Is, and Detroit,
Mich, Aug Is. The course will consist
OF some sixty lectures in the various
branches and school work, by some of the
leading educators of the country. Prof.
Mackey, Clara Cornelius, Miss Welshonce,
Miss Brown, Miss Emrick, and six more
teachers of Butler, intend attending the
course at Edinboro.
See 1 he Postmaster.