Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-02-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL

LOCAL AND GENERAL
Buy KEngler's fours. Low in price
but highest in quality.
The students at GROVE City have
organized brass band.
There are ., 900 applications for liquor
licenses in Allegheny county.
-Greenville merchants have formed
protective union with AZ members.
The P. &w. r. R. Co. has discontin-
ned the percentage system to its agents.
over s37 was raised on Sunday at the
Presby yterian Church for the sufferers at
Nebraska.
The number of converts at the NJ E.
Church was go The meetings closed
last Saturday.
AT a meeting of the. Jefferson twp
school-board, last Saturday, one of their
teachers was, for some reason dismissed.
Last week John J. Reiber, the drover,
purchased from Joseph Heinzer, Short
Horn bull weighing over 1900.
Services will be held in the Bethany
Reformed Church, on North st. Sunday
morning and evening, by Rev. +. Pilgrim,
OF Greenville.
1t was reported last week that Jay
Gould had secured an option on the B. d
o. r. r. and that he and the Standard Oil
Co. intended making great through line
of it.
Please remember the happiest day in
the year viii be at Renfrew, Feb. %. The
Farmers Institute is there that day. From
10 am to 10 pm. Good program for young
and old. Come early and stay late.
Clearance and removal sales are the
ego" just now, as the 1st of April is ap-
preaching. You can always secure bar
gains in winter goods at this time of year.
Look over our advertising columns this
week.
Mrs. VIM. Houk, of New. Castle, 81 years
old, is the mother of IL children, ten OF
whom are living, all bright and intelligent.
The mother IN said to be one of the hand
soonest, merriest and best humored women
in the place.
Our correspondent from Washington
twp, reports fatality serious accident,
and other local news, and then goes on to
give certain class Of farmers some very
good advice. Success in this world at any
occupation is only acquired by well direct
ed and persistent effort.
The older Republicans of Crawford
county organized Fremont club last
year. At meeting in Meadville last
week, the 18th Of next June was fixed for
the reunion Of the members and all 1856
Republicans. Gen. Fremont was nominal
June II, 1856, hence the change to that
date.
The Presbyterian Church Of Butler
subscribed 1926 for the Nebraska suffer
era, the NJ E. Church $41.60, the United
Presbyterian s3134 and the South Side
Reformed $1,000. Besides this three large
barrels were filled with clothing, and all
forwarded to the President Of the Nebraska
W. G. T. T., by the local Union.
Another meeting of the Council was
held Monday evening to consider the ques-
ton Of assessments for sewerage, but no
plan or method Of assessing has yet been
determined upon. Some people think it
should be by the foot front and some by
the valuation. Ifyou have an opinion in
the matter you can express it to your
councilmen.
AT well attended meeting Of the
stockholders Of The Butler Co. National
Bank, Wednesday, Hon. Jos. Hartman,
Hon. Geo. A jerks, 4. Il. Abrams, d.
Osborne, J. v. Ritts, L. +. Hazlett, W. S.
waldron, G. p. Collins. G. ID. Greenlee, Ii.
McSweeney, j. g. Smith and NJ. Finegan
were elected Directors for the ensuing
year, and the old officers were continued.
The bank began business but six months
ago. and now has more than o quarter Of
a million on deposit.
The Savings Bank has been removed TO
the Baldauf building next door, and it was
reported that Mr. Baldauf had been elected
President, but that was a mistake, as the
real reason for the temporary removal is
disposition on the part Of the directors of
the bank to enlarge and improve their
permanent quarters. In fact they have al
ready done so two story addition has
been built to the rear end Of the building,
the length Of the lot, with large new
vault, Ct the latest design, and sub,id airy
vault in the basement. and now the old
vault will be torn down, and the banking
room made fifty feet long, with a twenty
foot ceiling, which will give the bank off
cals abundance Of room for their business
which now averages from thirty to forty
thousand day.