Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-02-13
Personal.

Ellis Rosenberg has secured a position
Is cutter for Chicago Merchant Tailor
Elmer Z. Bell, of the Plate Glass Work
| visited his home in Fredonia last week
Mrs H. V. Rupert is visiting friends il
Grove City.
| John Jennings was severely burned
about the face and hands by gas explosion
at one Of his wells in the Hundredfoot last
Friday.
Miss Campbell, of W Pearl St, has re
turned from visit to East Brady.
Will Kennedy is back to Butler and ha:
purchased an interest in the Blue Front
Livery. The name of the firm will be
Crawford & Kennedy.
Harry Lowell. formerly of Butler. now
has charge of the Bedford branch of the
P. II. r.
lrs Doerr has purchased Dick John
ston's house on Brown Ave.
d. P. Barron had foot crushed at the
Plate Glass Works, Wednesday.
B. c. Huselton left on his usual Eastern
trip on Wednesday morning.
Col. Lowry is on the sick list.
Mr. George Walter has rendered his
resignation as member of the Butler
Council.
Miss Hamilton, of Forward Twp, a
daughter of Patrick II. .dec'dand Miss Camp
bell, of Fairview Twp, have secured posi-
tions as teachers in Butler.
Mr. Andrew Wick, whose death we
notice in another place, built the first house
ever built in W. Sunbury.
Gen. W. It. Sherman is lying i'll at his
sons home in New York.
Ad Haines, of Chippewa township, and
J. W. Humes, of New Brighton, have gone
to Butler county to the bed side of an aunt,
Mrs. VIM. Haines, who is not expected to
live-Beaver Falls Journal.
Editor Smith, Of the Punxsutawney
Spirit, is one of the new members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, and he writes
home to say that the only reason why new
members are tolerated at the capital is be-
cause there is law against murder.
Mr. L. F. Cummings, of Clintonvilie,
was in town, Monday, for the first time in
years.
q Jas. NJ. Carson, Clerk Of the Senate,
spent Sunday with friends in Butler.
Mr. c. A. Crookshank, of Buffalo Twp,
intends moving to Butler next Spring, and
will have sale of personal property on
Thursday. March 18th.
Judge Bredin was in town on legal
business, Monday.
Moses Thompson and Williams, our
Representatives at Harrisburg, spent Sun
day last at their homes.
George Hamilton who has lately been
living in this county met his brother
James in Pittsburg last Thursday, and to-
gether they left for their home at Pendle-
ton, near Cincinnati. James told a news
paper reporter the following story: ''Six
years ago my brother went to the Ohio oil
field, which was then being actively de-
veloped ,and commenced working on wells.
Three months after he left home he mys-
teriously disappeared, and although visit
ed Lima and Findlay, | could find no trace
of him. Several months later | received a
letter from a.Buffalo friends stating that
man who closely resembled my brother
was living at Ruw.. City, in Mexican county,
Pa. / went there and found him working
as driller and going by the name of
Boggs He did not fully recognize me,
and could give no account whatever of his
past life. He did not even know his own
name. | induced him to 20 home with
me, and few weeks afterward his memory
returned, but curious thing about him
then was that he could not remember
where he had been or what he had done
while living as Boggs. He then went to
Barren county, Kentucky, and was work
ing as driller when be again disappeared.
The next heard Of him was in the West
Virginia field, where he was known as
Sam ConkliDg. From there he went to
Butler county where he wrote to me, and
| came to Pittsburg and met bim."