Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-12-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

swHAr's the use Of hurrying,
And scurrying,
And furrying,
Everybody worrying and breaking mp tneir
rsstf
with all the world attaching us,
Preaching and beseeching us,
To settle down and end the fuss,
For quiet ways are best"
Daniel Burns of Zelienople was crush
ed to death by a falling tree last Tuesday.
As things 20 in this world, the modest
timid, retiring, gentle nature isn't in it.
YOU'RE q dead loss to yourself is the
latsst sarcastic way oftelling man he Is
no esod. And it is effective too.
-M.F. an. Marks have begun theil
semi-annual clearance sale OF Millinery
and Ladies Furnishing goods. See GARD.
The price of Nevada range cattle mas
increased thirty three per cent in the past
two years.
THE Choctaw Legislature has voted 10
expel colored immigrants from lands OF the
nation.
A damsel of Grand Rapids, Mich. who
sued for SIS, 900 for breach ot promise go'
q verdict of cents and costs.
The dentists of this country use nearly
l. 800 pounds of gold annually for filling
teeth. This represents nearly $5OO,0oo.
Anybody in Butler can now have
chocolate for breakfast. Just boil down
some hydrant water.
"A Chicago teacher has raised storm
of indignation by sending home children
who have eaten onions.
The House of Representatives ofSouth
Carolina has passed bill prohibiting the
sale of liquor in that state.
What shall give herf is the question
now agitating the mind of many lover
brother and husband, as Christmas draws
near.
The handkerchief schooner on exhibl
ton in the chow window of Troutman d
Son is a thing. of beauty and JOY t'
passers by.
If q mans religion is pretentious OF
Sunday and obscure on week days, you
had better do business with him on cast
basis.
Presents for every body, for your father
mother. brother, sister, cousins, somebody
else's cousins, uncles, aunts, old folks'
Young folks, little folks, at Louis Trsxlers, $,
next door to Butler Savings Bank.
The barn of Mr.. Cal. Bolden, of Penn
Twp., on the Marshall farm. Thorne Greek
was destroyed by fire on tbe 10th inst. VIII
most of its contents. A yearling cali wa
among the losses.
| -Messers Grieb & Vogeley have
car load of rubber goods ON hands, whicl
they wish to dispose of i'm mediatcly, ant
while you are there you will take loo
at their pretty Xmas slippers.
The days are provokingly short at bot
ends for these who have anything to dc
| To those who haven't it doesn't max
much difference when to day begins o
| ends.
Some slight changes have been mad
| in the P. q w. time table. The Alleghen.
express now leaves ten minutes later, a
ESQ p. IN; and the Chicago express, tel
minutes earlier, at 3:20 p. IN.
| A Butler broker is reported to hav
left for parts unknown with considerabl
of other peoples cash in his pocket, but a
he has heretofore borne the best of reputa
tions the report may be erroneous.
The barn on the Joseph Ball farm il
Oakland twp. rented by Mr.. Carmody
was destroyed by fire last Thursday nigh
and Mr.. G. was burned about the face an
head while getting his stock out. Los
$500, insurance $500.
-SILvERwARE given away free. ALI m.
patrons will receive a nice present unit
Xmas l am giving away silver-plate
Butter dishes, Pickle casters, Sugar bowls
Butter knives, Teaspoons, Tablespoons
Knives and Forks, free of charge. Loui
Traxler, next door to Butler Savings Bank
On Friday last the Home Natural Ga
Co. of this place disposed of its plant an
franchises to some Buffalo parties for $l5a
$50, and made considerable money by s.
doing. The President of the new compa
ny is Geo. v, Foreman, and the Sec'y an
Treasurer, Il. F. O'Neil.
-Diphtheria is still raging in man
parts of the State. Housekeepers shoul
keep every place cleaned up and use dis
infsctants wherever there is reason t
think they are needed. Diphtheria is
terrible and fearful disease and both publ
and private means should be used unspsl
ingly to keep it off.
The Merchants of some neighborin
towns are declining to purchase packe
butter, or any other kind, that is not firs
|
would follow their example, but little ba
butter would be made and less of it offere
for sale.
The Philadelphia Record Almanac ft
1892, which came to our table the oths
day, is fully up the standard Of that publ
cation. 1t is filled with valuable misce
laneous information, and is neatly printe,
The views of the city in Eye olden times
are quite interesting.
In the U. S. cour troom in Pittsbure
Tuesday, J. D. Bailey knocked down
the A llegheny Valley r. r. to Mr.. Wild
ner, who bid 80, ,0O0,0 900 in the interest
the income bondholders. The bonde
debt is $26, 900 900, and this makes II
price 500, 000, 900. and it is said the roe
will be controlled by the P. R. r. Co.
: The ladies Of the U. p. church Al
holding festival in the Sunday SchoC
: room of the new building, for the benei
of the Church building fund. The Sunds
School room is now completed and it is
very handsome room. The festival wi
continue this evening and tomorrow eyer
ing, and as the ladies are setting up fin
juicy Presby terian turkey, United W il
cranberry sauce, oyster patties and Saratot
chips,you will miss something if you don
go around.
. The Pittsburg papers of last Fridt
! recorded the arrest of Jesse Smith for TO