Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-25
LOCAL AND GENERAL

week.
The second crop of mosquitoes i
ripe.
The worm is preparing to turn in
its chestnut.
We, us, and the corn got a roasting las
week. in the mild September.
-Fitzsimmons or some other man wa
seen in the woods, up Martin run, las
week
A Springdale youth whose girl named
her pet calf after him, doesn't know whethel
90 feel complimented or not.
"A boy of Jonothan Taylor, of Worth
twp, had his arm broken while playing a.
school, the other dav.
Communion services will be held in the
Presbyterian church the coming Sabbath
Preaching on Friday evening at 7:30 and
Saturday at p. III.
Leonard RAIDER of Jackson twp, this
year, raised potatoe 15f inches long and
10 inches in circumference, which weighs
pounds and Z ounces.
The police of Beaver Fall, found four
teen pairs of shoes in stable belonging
to Mr.. Howard, and Mr.. David Barto, OF
Evans City recognized and claimed the
goods.
Last week Blinn Bros. a. BURY thresh
ed $50 bushels of oats for James Findley, OF
Franklin twp. with their steam thresher in
one hour and As minutes. How is that for
hustlingf
Quite number of our people availed
themselves of the special train for their ac
commodation furnished by the P. II. r,
and went to see the Pittsburg Exposition
last Thursla
The majority of the cases Of fever in
town can, it is said, be traced to the use o.
water from wells Sometimes our hydrani
| wat er doens't look fit for a dog to swim In
but it seems to be clear of fever germs.
There will be Harvest Services al
Bethany Reformed church on West NORTH
St., next Sabbath morning at IL O'Clock
The church will be decorated appropriate
ly 10 The occasion. Services in the even
~ at 7:30. Rev. Fl. E. Snyder, pastor.
Z Mr.. Louis Traxler is the proprietor o
one of the prettiest dry goods stores evel
established in Butler, and if you have no
yet seen ityou should do so at your earlies
CONVENE nce See his card in another
place.
Part of Center Ave. has been paved
and the boys arr out on it with their hoop
and bicycles. That part of the street il
closed to the public, and part of S. Nc
Kean is also closed ,on account of the grad
ing now being done.
A gas pressure is nearly as dangerous
as steam pressure. A man near st. Joe
stood in front of disconnected gas pipe
while he tapped upon it to remove an OBJ
struction, and the silver of wood that was
obstructing the pipe was blown clea
through his tn Ugh.
Nobody went from Butler to th,
Scranton Convention. The club here
is an old one and it elected delegates and
sent in its money, but the secretary claim
ed he received it after the resolution wa
passed, and sent the delegates word not t,
come; though he kept the money.
The courts have decided that thu
wheelmen have the right Of passing OF
| public roads the same as teams, an(
| the driver of a team on meeting persor
on a bicycle must drive asi de if necessary
to make room for passing, the same as j
| he met another team.a But the bicyclisti
| have no right on the sidewalks.
| Edison has made $40 900, 900 in tn,
past ten years. That is brains. Thu
strong man who wrestles trunks at thu
| big hotel has made his board and clothes.
| That is muscle A Detroit man sued a
neighbor the other day for $4,000 fol
alternating his wife's affections. That il
love.-Bradford Era.
| The best monument a man can leav,
behind him is few good deeds. Whel
these are forgotten the marble shaft tina
stands above his bones will serve for moth
ing more than to arouse curiosity as Il
the individuality Of the forgotten morta
beneath it, A monument in burial plo
1
is like personal in a Newspaper. Yol
rea it your self with much interest if it i
yours; other persons pass it By as unin
terestiDg.-Er
Last week county fair was held at Tn
iontown, and the manner ih which it wa
conducted gives the Genius Of Liberty al
op portunity for courageous and vigorou
editorial This newspaper says the exhi
bition should have been advertised unde
the head OF, "The Fayette county Gamb
ling Association instead of the "Fayett
County Agricultural Association" a
gambling was the biggest, and agriculture
the smallest feature.
The Franklin and Oil City papers hav
some fun with each other. The followin
is from theFranklin Ncrs; The Blizzar
invites Bradford agnostics and other in
tending suicides to hold off and come I
Oil City to live. It's good advice. A pre-
partory sojourn in Oil City will enable tn
unfortunates to shuttle off the mortal co
with but little shock. The plunge froi
that place into the Plutonian region
would involve a minimum of change, an
doubtless any variation of conditions woul
be grateful to the soul that had vacate
J Oil City.
AT a congregational meeting of tt
: English Lutheran church of this place 0
Sunday last, the resignation Of Re
George E, Titzel as its pastor was furtht
considered and he was released as sucl
: The congregation unanimously passed
, resolution expressing their confidence
; him as man, and appreciation Of his abb
ity and labors as minister, and their r
gret to part with him. His resignatio
, takes effect on Oct. IS, when he will 90 [
Greensburg and take charge of Zion EN-
lish Lutheran church.
! "A neighboring editor is trying to t
up mat tiers so he car return to town.
0 writing up visit to a lady friends hou
he described her collection of plants. i
wrote 1t in this way: "Mrs. II. has Il
largest and incest plants in town" |
J. making up the forms the '1' dropped OF
: of the word plants and the mistake wa