Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-10-30
Personal.

Alex Grieb came home last Saturday.
Mrs. !. B. Mechling is visiting her son
Will in Pittsburg.
Prof John A. Dodds lectured in Butler
few nights ago on the subject of Women
against the Devil"
Mr.. G. D. Greenlee has purchased a
handsome property in East End, Pittsburg.
Mr.. @. A. Abrams has traded his lot at
corner OF Elm and Fulton Sts to VIM.
Walker for l00-foot oil interests.
Mr.. S. NJ. Turk of Washington twp, has
secured an increase of $8 per month in his
pension, through Jere Johnston of Wash
ington, d. G.
L. NJ Croft, one of Buffers BARRIERS has
purchased shop in Evans City.
A. NJ. Christley, and A. T. Scott Esqrs.
were admitted to practice in the State
Supreme Court in Pittsburg, Monday.
Elmer Wilson end wife of Richburg N.
Y, are the guests of their parents Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Wilson of N. McKean st.
DR.. Byers is in Chicago.
Rev. Wright and family of w. Sunbury
will spend the winter in Georgia.
Hon. J. G. Brown, for many years editor
of the Greenville 1drance- Argus, has pur-
chased the New Wilmington Globe.
Frank Purviance and wife returned
home last week. While on pleasure trip
to Chautauqua two months ago, Mrs.
Purviance took sick and they had to re-
main there. Frank says that millions of
bushels of grapes were destroyed in the
lake region this fall by an early frost
Miss Frances E. Willard repudiates the
Boston idea of knee-high walking dresses
for rainy weather, insisting that they
should reach to half way between the knee
and ankle. Seems to us a good deal
should depend on whether the wearer is o
high stopper or uses the sliding, stealing
gait.-Franklin News.
Commissioner Kiskaddon, attended the
dedication Of the soldiers monument" to
the unknown dead, at at Allegheny church
Cemetery in Allegheny twp. last Saturday,
Oct. "a. 1891, report of which appears
in this paper.
A citizen of this town who submitted to
the bichlroride-of-gold treatment of DR..
Kelley at Dwight ILL.,, is reported entirely
cured of his appetite for Intoxicating
drink, but We SEQ it stated that an Illinois
Judge died in Keeley's Lands the other
day after two days treatment
Rev. J. Q. Waters preached for the Eng
lish Lutherans of this town last Sunday. he
is looking well and the World seems to be
agreeing with him.
Messrs' George Shoup, Rev. Balph and
wife, and G. G. Frazier, met in Chicago
last week, left there at O, A. NJ. of Friday,
spent Sunday in Omaha and, left for
Denver, Monday morning.
d. B Douthett Esq of Brownsville, will
go on to Sedalia, No., next week to attend
the 1lth annual Convention of the Farmers
National Congress, to which he was ap-
pointed delegate by Gov. Pattison. The
Congress met in Alabama last year, aud its
report is embodied in that of the Secreta-
ry of Agriculture.
Glib Linn is in Florida.
Rev. Robert Boyd is visiting his friends
in Butler.
Col. Thompson has erected hay scales
on his farm north of town.
Mr.. Robert Thompson of West Sunbury
read some interesting and pathetic remi
niscences of prison life at Andersonvile
at the late meeting of the G. A. r. Post
of Grove City,
The pastor of Grace Lutheran Church
and bis family are now comfortably locat
ed at 2l2 LIST St., on Institute Hill A cor
dial invitation is extended to our neigh
bors, to the members OF Grace Church and
their friends and also to all the pastors o.
the city to visit us in our new home. We
also gratefully acknowledge the compli
ments Of large and very friendly surpris,
party on Friday evening, Oct. 23d. Tht
evening was fraught with real friendly ani
social pleasures, and the useful and mum
erous gifts of these unexpected visitors viii
prove most substantial help in our home
for many days.
Mr.. and MRS. J. E. MAURRR.
Misses Mary and Laura and Chas Gibson
OF Allegheny county, and Brown, James
Eva, and Sadie Cunningham, and Pollard
Hemphill Of Clinton twp. were visiting a
the home of James McGeary of Portersville
and these with Miss McGeary visited a
the home Of David Gibson, of Mt. Jackson
Lawrence Co., last week.