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


George Mitchell has taken the
( arencv for the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position. - a beautifully illustrated paper,
published in the interest of the coming
+ Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Jacob Ross. OF Franklin, was in Butler
last week, attending the funeral of his
: father. He lives about a mile north OF
Franklin, and is in the employ Of the
STANDARD Oil Co.
Mr.. Jefferson Cready, of Pittsburg. is the
, guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Lowry.
Mrs. Emma Fleeger is visiting her
mother in New York.
;. d. Miller, Jr. was presented with
fifty shares of stock in the Oil Well supply
Co. last week The company has been re-
organized, and Mr.. Miller has been with it
for thirteen years
Mr.. c. y. Ramsey has resigned the See
retarvship of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Beaver
Falls. aud has accepted similar position
al Jamestown, \. Y. The Beaver Falls
Journal says: During the time Mr.. Ram
sey has had charge of the association here,
he has shown himself capable yo1ng
man, always untiring in his efforts to make
it power fer good.
DR.. Ford 5. Dodds, of Anna, HIS, is the
guest of his sister-in-law, Mrs. LuSk. He
is native of Prospect, praetieed medicine
at Harmony with DIR. Joseph LuSk, and
at Centreyille and went to Illinois some
thirty-two years ago
Hon. Joseph Thomas. Jr., of Karns City,
has sold his oil interests in that vicinity,
and has taken a position with the Olean
Oil Co., which is operating in the Brush
creek field.
Mrs. Chasy Berry of Zelienople, was the
guest of Mrs. George Shiever last week
Philip Burtner has recovered from his
late illness and was able to make his re
turn as constable, Monday.
James McHenry, who built the old At
lantic & Great Western Railroad, now the
we'll known y. Y, p. & o., and afterwards
had a lawsuit with about everybody he
could. died on Monday in London.
DR.. Graham left town yesterday afternoon
to attend Medical Convention at Reading,
Pa.
Mr.. G. L. Abrams has had plans made
for $4,000 house TO be built at corner OF
Fulton and Elm, and facing Elm.
A daughter of Ed Bolten, who moved to
South Dakota some years ago, is home
now on a visit, and on Wednesday was
married to Ed Gilleland of Connoqueness-
ing Twp.
Charles Deer was killed by bull wheel in
derrick last night at Mars. He was caught
with the rope and when seen nothing could
be done to save him.
Representatives Thompson and Williams
got home from Harrisburg last Friday.
Mr.. Williams says the newspaper reports
of the doings in the House the last night
were not exaggerated. There were some
baffoons in the crowd and they yelled and
danced, and ignited packs of giant crackers
under the chairs of sleeping members, and
BY so doing Llade it impossible for the
others to keep close track OF the bills that
were being rushed through. One funny
fellow brought in pair OF owls, and an
other a pair of cats, and let them loose IN
the room. There seemed to be method In
their madness also and somo bills were
called up and rushed through that had pre-
viously been defeated. The rowdies were
led by two or three Philadelphians. The
delegation from that city, though it always
includes some estimable gentlemen, also
ALWAYS contains some unprincipled buf-
foons and it i no wonder that the press OF
the city complains of being misrepresented
in the Legislature
Mr.. Luther Mccullough is kept busy in
the South Cemetery, dressing up the graves,
repairing the walks and so forth. He has
the walks III the English Lutheran part of
the Cemetery all now opened and the lots
staked off. Some of the lot owners in the
English Lutheran part are getting their lots
enclosed or otherwise improving them and
now would be a favorable time for all to
see Mr Mccullough in reference to fixing
up their lots there.
Hon. James Potts, of Johnstown Pas, is
on visit to friends here at present Judge
Potts was raised IN Butler and is now 81
years of age. His sister, Mrs. Carnahan,
still living here, is four years his senior,
and these two ara the only surviving chill
dren of the elder John Potts, one of the
first settlers of Butler.