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

While on the worlds highway our lot It's
to stray
To battle the cares that bestrew il;
The kiudest, happiest, helpfulest way
Is surely the best way to do it.
On Monday evening the Electric Light
Company let the contract for the building
of their new plant to II. W. Young, Of the
South Side. The building is to be of brick,
SO by 90 and l. feet high.
Quite number of young couples eel
ebrated the Fourth in new way, as the
list o marriage licenses granted shows.
Reuben granted five licenses the day be-
fore the 4th and one that morning.
Out in Clearfeld twp. few days ago
a loafer went into a church in search of an
original package. A little boy stopped
him and he trounced the boy, and next
day was trouneed himself by the boys
brother
The picnic of the Plate Glass Workers
held at Slipperyrock Park last Saturday
was a very pleasant affair, and on Labor
Day, Sept tho workers will hold picnic
in Butler, to be preceded by grand pa
rade.
Communion services will be held in
the c. P. Church next Sabbath. Preach
ing on Friday evening at 7:30 and on Sat
urday at pm. The pastor will be assist
ed by Rev. Z. S. MeKitrick, D. d. of
Allegheny.
The west end of town is ''all torn up"
People living near Krug's slaughter house
want it removed, those living near the
proposed outlet of "a inch sewer want it
changed, and the island has a SANDER case
to talk about.
An attempt was made to burn the
the building owned by John T. McCand-
Tess at Euclid station one night last week.
Somebody started a fire in its cellar but it
was discovered in time to save the build
ing, part Of which is used by the Grange
there as their meeting place.
The Secretary of the Town Council will
receive sealed proposals for the Borough
Four per cent bonds up till Tuesday next
at 7:30 pm See notice in another place.
Persons having money to loan will find
these bonds as desirable and as safe an in
vestment as they can make.
The Beaver Co. papers are giving the
three delegates to the Congressional Con-
vention, who went back on Townsend
''Hail Columbia" Two of the delegates
are residents of Beaver Falls, town for
which Townsend secured an appropriation
of so, 600 for p o. building.
Mr.. A. l.. Cross left sample of his
Bottled Lightning" in our office some
weeks ago. 1t is a sure cure for headache,
toothache and neuralgia, and as an evil
dence of its tremendous power we will
state that not one of us have been afflicted
with either of the above troubles since.
AT the late meeting Of the School
Board of Butler all the old teachers who
applied were reelected and also seven new
ones, as follows Misses Cochran. Wilson,
Evans and Leedom Of Butler; Delamater
of Millerstown; McClymonds of Centreville
and McMahan of Clcarfeld twp. The
term, positions, salaries, etc, have not
yet been decided upon.
Huntington, the railway millionaire,
lately said: ''If were young man with
SIC, 900 or 100000 I'd go to Africa and
make millions in the rubber trade" When
this fact becomes generally known we may
expect to see majority of our young men
packing their grips and heading for Africa.
They oughtn't to allow such a trifle as the
lack OF $40, 600 or 500, 900 to stand long in
their way.
During the storm of Tuesday night of
last week tremendous bolt of lightning
struck the store building of Mr.. Durham of
ST. Joe, setting it on fire, and it and the
adjoining building occupied by the Reisner
Bros, were destroyed, with nearly all
their contents. Mr.. Joseph Grahams res
idence, which stood near the burning
building was badly scorched, but was saved
by the efforts of the neighbors. The
Reisner Bros had their stock insured
Twenty -onc deaths from heat occurred
in Chicago one day last week. The
Worlds Fair Committee wants thousand
acres in body for the buildings, and are
I, .la I'M in,
available location, but when they do get
it they should convert part of it into an
immense cooling off cave. California in
tends making an exhibit of her pumpkins
and wants ten acres of space in the build
ing, and Texas also has applied for ten
acres
Here is pointer for the Butler county
lawyers: Why not have picnicf Butler
has picnies and picnics. OF churches, lit
tie and big; of the schools, private and
public; of pipe line men, of secret socie-
ties, and of every imaginable classification
of society, but the professional men don't
picnic. Leastways, not hereabouts. why
noti Do they lack sociabilityf Are they
afraid that the other fellow across the
street will not 60 but gobble up fat client
in their absence, or are they afraid of the
bugs and beetles, the briars and brambles
or the snakes that come not from jugi
The Bucks county lawyers are going to
picnic. Why should not the Butler county
lawyers?
Tho 4th of July passed quietly in But
ler-no fights and no accidents. The
Springdale Hose Co.'S picnic in Goucher's
grove was success notwithstanding the
rain in the afternoon, and some three
hundred dollars were added to the treas
ury of the company, which is yet in debt,
and which holds festival at same place
sometime next week. Another little picnic
that Of the Bee Hunters of l8s9-was in
terfered with by the rain. Perhaps some
of our readers will remember that on the
night of July 22d, 1889, band Of patriots
residing in the Fourth ward, made mid
night raid on an immense bee tree in the
woods known as the Hundred Acres, and
of their tremendous success. The affair
has passed into history and will be com
memorated annually until time doth end.
Beaver College.
An advertisement of this excellent school
for young ladies will be found in our col
umnc tbia woalr