Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lime, s5 cents per barrel
The Winfield twp. railroad is complet-
ed to Boggsville.
The p X. r. has put on train be
tween New York and Chicago, that makes
the trip in 90 hours. 1t is painted red.
The storm of Wednesday afternoon
blew down quite a number of derricks in
the Hundredfoot field.
Rev Pollard did not appear in Sun
bury, last Sunbury, last Sunday, and the
peace of the village was undisturbed.
When man undertakes to make
fool of himself he never meets any
one who questions his ability to do So.
The prices that W. NJ. Nickle quotes
in his big adv. this week are astonishing.
He is the proprietor of the and 10 cent
store opposite Savings Bank on Main ST.
The recent counterfeiting Of the g
silver certificates has not only caused their
withdrawal but is likely to cause change
in the character of the paper on which all
money is printed.
The parents of many young girls in
South Bethlehem Pa, have given the po-
lice orders to lock up their daughters iffound
on the street after 10 p. NJ. The police say
that the lookup will not hold all of them.
An Indiana man is reported to have
tainted when he was offered seven dollars
for his vote. The rise Of five dollars from
the old price was too much for him. The
reports omit to state who had been bulling
the market so outrageously.
The 14th ANIMAL Convention of the
Butler county Sabbath School Association
will be held at the Presbyterian Church of
Centreyille at 7:30 pm. June 8. Excur-
sion rates on P. S. q L. E. r. r. Parties
of ten may secure rates to Butler on other
roads.
A lady of our acquaintance whose hus-
band remarked that he could clean the
house from top to bottom in one day, wrote
the following and pasted in his hat; Some
women are born FOOLS some achieve folly,
but most of them marry fools and am one
of the latter sort. !"
-Messrs. Long & Doyle began grading
East Jefferson ST., Tuesday, with plow
operated by stationary steam engine
The cut at the crossing of Mexican st. will
be about ten feet, and there will also be
considerable of cut at the Feed store, so
as to make an equal grade from the depot
up to Mexican st.
-Saxonburg had shooting affair, Satur
day evening. VIM. Sweeney of Jefferson
Centre and Loury Wasson of Saxonbnrg,
between whom there seems to have been
and old groudge, met on the streets, and
quarreled, and Sweeney drew his pistal
and fired at Wasson,-the bullet entering
Wasson's breast and lodging in his shoulder
Sheriff Brown was hastily called to
the West Penn depot, Wednesday night
on account of the expected attack upon
the Italians employed by Long d Doyle
and who are shantying near the depot, by
laboring men OF the town. Quite number
of Butler men were on the streets in the
neighborhood but no demonstration was
made against the Italians.
Decoration Day was observed at
Scrubgrass, the Brick Church, and Farm
ington, by the G. A. II. Post of the latter
place. At each of these points very ap-
propriate services were conducted. The
music was furnished by the Scrubgrass
| Martial Band. The dinner was served at
the Stone Church and fine oration was
delivered by Plummer Miffiin, of North
Washington. Very fine singing was rem
dered by the young people of the Stone
Church choir.
| Memorial Day was well observed in
Butler county, and the memory of the
soldiers was kept green. In Butler, Paul
Rohrbacher the musician of Allegheny,
was the orator; at Prospect Capt. Irwin
Boggs did the honors; at Saxonburg, A. M.
Christley, Esq, and W. z. Murrin; at
Riddles X Road, Revs. Cupps and Mel
horn, at Evans City, Colonel Danks; and
at West Sunbury, Mr.. S. W. Glenn.
We had fine weather here, but to
the south and east of us copious rains in
terfered with the observance of the day.
] According to the books Of the City
Treasurer of Pittsburg, Carnegie, Phipps
d Co. did business of five millions dol
lars in that city during the past year,
Horne q Co, dry goods, $4,500,0O Dill
worth Bros. grocers, 100000; Jones d
Laughlin, iron, $1,000, 900; Guskey, cloth
J ing, So, 3S4, 900; kaufman, clothing, s., 900,
OO0 Philadelphia Gas Co, s., 200, 900; Ritter
& Conley, boilers, $l,5O0,OOO; Pennsylva-
MIA Tube Works, So, $50, 900; Arbuckles &
Co. grocers, So, 500, 900, and several other
firms are put down for million or there
abouts, and on this business they pay tax
of one mill to the city treasury.
AT the meeting of the new school
board of Butler, Monday evening, II. II
Goucher, Esq, was elected President prt
tem., Thos. Robinson, Esq, President
/, . JAS NJ. Galbreath, Esq, Sec'y, and DIR. 5
! Graham, Treasurer. The Treasurer's per
centage was fixed at one and one-fourth
and the compensation of the Sec'y at $l60
John-W Findley and l. j. McCandless ar
& the new members, succeeding John W
J, Brown and II. J. Klingler. Butler recoiy
ed 50 800 from the State last year and
!, the five million appropriation becomes
!, law will get about $1,000 this year. Th
entire school expense for last year wa
about $4,000.
AT the meeting of Council; Tuesda
n evening, Mr. Mckee of the Winfield Mir
d eral Co., reported that his company wer
crushing hard limestone for railroad ba
!. lasting, and making streets and roads, an
could deliver it in Butler, in car loads 9
less than $3.50 ton. He also said that
N ton Of crushed limestone would make owe
Ie two square yards of road, one foot thicl
and that road so made and made proper
m ly would practically last forever, with bl
10 httle expense for repairing. The boroug
will use some crushed limestone as soon
its treasury is repleted, and if there we
5 a county road fund the people of the eoul
ty could get the benefit Of this great lin
~ stone quarry within its own limits.
Frame houses bui it with studding q
: mere fire traps, and when once the fl