Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-11-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On the average boy costs parent
about $500 a year until 20 years of age.
The roads of Butler county were never
| in better condition at this time Of the
year.
Orion trots mile in 2:104. Sunol has
done it in 2:0St and now the horesmen are
working for the two minute limit.
Supper at the Presbyterian Church,
this evening, in the interest of the Sunday
School Library.
u. N. Stillwagon, the harness maker OF
Centreville, has purchased the establish
ment Of ]. N. Muntz Of that place.
Some slight changes have been made
| in the West Penn schedule Of trains IS see
table published in another place.
Have you seen Will Osborne's etchings.
Christmas in five weeks and it is high
time to be on the lookout for your pretty
things.
Mr.. Samuel G. Crawford, of Allegheny
twp. this year raised 3ls bushels of corn
on two acres of ground, or 159 bushels to
the acre. Who can beat thisf
The mother of o Kansas City, No.,
baby is l6 years old, its grandmother, So,
and its great grandmother is but 81 years
old. All reside in the same house.
The flowers in ]. f. T. Stehle's Santa
Claus Paradise are now in full bloom, and
should be seen by all the boys and girls in
Butler county. Read his Holiday notices
on this page.
The blizzard that ragged in North Da-
kota last week reached here, Tuesday, and
ran the mercury down to Is above zero
that night, and Wednesday night it went
down to 8 above, at some parts in the
North West it went to IL below Zero.
Tax collectors should not forget the
very important fact that, under the act
June lst, 1891, unless all the state tax is
paid ON or before the second Monday OF
November, 10 0percent, will be added.
A union meeting will be held in the
Methodist church next Sabbath evening in
| the interest of Sabbath Reform. II. Fl.
George of Beaver Falls will address the
meeting.
The ground and roofs of Butler were
covered with the congealed vapor, COM
lxyn lad r,rf ho Hrcf
season, last Sunday morning. What a
wonderfully perfect" Fall We had. Who
remembers a finer onef
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held in the Presbyterian Church on Thurs
day. Nov, 26th, at 1890 A. M. Rev J.
e. Msurrer. pastor of the Grace Lutheran
Church will preach the sermon.
We have made arrangements by
which we can furnish The Ohio Farmer,
the leading weekly agricultural, live
stock, and family journal of this country,
and the CITIZEN both one year, postage
paid, for only % IS. This is bargain
that every farmer should accept
Some changes were made in the P.
w. time table last Sunday. The Sunday
train on the narrow -gusge and the 4:55 p.
| m, train to Gallery have been taken off.
The morning express now leaves at am,
Chicago Express at $3.50 and the Evening
Nail to Allegheny at Clio. Going north
the Clarion Accommodation now leaves at
500 pm. and the Foxburg Accommoda-
tion at 7:40 pm. or nearly an hour earlier
than by the last schedule. The q m. and
$50 pm. trains run on Sunday, and on
| Sunday train connecting for New Castle
| leaves at 8 am.
People are now beginning to think Of
tEeii holiday purchases and the smart mer-
chant don't wait until the season opens tn
plant his advertisement. 1t is astonishing
how carefully purchasers now read the ad-
vertisements before they 90 shopping. The
active merchant is aware of this fact and il
not slow in issuing bis invitations to his
| establishment In this connection it may
be well to remark that there is no better
advertising medium in the county than the
CITIZEN. 1t circulatss among our most
wcll-to-do people; people who are careful
buyers and pay for what they get. Msr-
chants understand this and our advertising
columns are always full.
-Conneautville claims the oldest mer
chant in continuous trade in Crawford
county. w. L. Robson begsh business a
that place in the fall of 1s45 and is still al
it. Who can beat itf-[Ex.] Mercer comes
to the rescue and cites Mr.. John Kline
who has been in the harness business al
the same stand since early in 1S43, or over
forty-eIght years, and the signs are good
for IN indefinite continuance. Who cal
beat thisi.-Merccr Dispatch. Mr.. Loui
Stein ST. came to Butler in 1910 and ha
been in the Dry Goods business ever since
a period Of Of ffty-one years-and he 70
hale and hearty and takes an active interes
in the affairs of the firm of L. Stein & Son
| The eclipse of the Moon, Sunday even
ing was of more interest to tn astrono
mers than the general public. Theiastron
omers all over the world, noted the occul
tation or eclipse of the stars by the Mool
while it was in the shadow of the Earth
for the purpose of determining the Moon
dimensions, parallax, orbit etc. The oh
servatory at Dorpat. Russia, sent out
list of l38 stars, over which the Moo
would pass that evening, aud asked 70
observations, but at most, of the observa
tories in this country the clouds interfere,
! cloudless, and is supposed to be utterl,
devoid Of all life.
IL Post los, G. A. R.
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