Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-03-06

Grove City has the measles-bad-
A oot-path has been constructed on
the site of the Freeport bridge.
Parker ladies raised $50 at Martha
| Washington Tea for a fire bell
Alex. Williams sells a piano or organ
every day Of his life See his statement in
another place.
/, There are several healthy poker rooms
| in this town that could be dispensed
with.
Eggs are down to Is cents per dozen
at Kittanning, and the people there are
expecting building boom.
y. X. Grieb, and Grie5 and Lamb will
/ begin an auction sale next Monday. See
local notices
The NJ. E. Church at Bakerstown was
destroyed by fire Wednesday night of last
week.
| A maple tree ON the Jacob Garwig
farm near Zelienople measures seventeen
feet in circumference.
Practical talk about the roads OF
Butler and vicinity, lately, has usually been
of profane character.
AL Ruff is now selling rubber goods at
| cost. to make room for his spring stock.
See his new ad, in another place.
The Fairview correspondents are COM
/ planning of some boys who have rondness
| for communion wine, cake, gloves and
other stealable articles
The 20. at Robb, this county, has
| been ordered discontinued. After March
Fla, Saturday of next week, the records,
property and mail of Robb postoffice will
be transferred to the Butler office.
The National Gas Co, which proposes
producing, storing and dealing in gas in
several counties of Western Pennsylvania,
including Butler county will ask for char
ter on'the 18th inst.
Burgess Kennedy was sworn into
office, Monday, and has opened an office
in the Sullivan building, at Southwest
corner of the Diamond.
The Women's National Convention in
session at Washington last week resolved
to elevate themselves, from sex-hood to
human hood, and one OF the delegates, an
aged maiden lady, has written volume on
raising children.
| The owners of the Venango Boiler
Works now. located at Franklin, Pa. have
l secured an option'on parts of the Walker
4 and Helm properties southeast Of Butler
and if they conclude to come to Butler,
will lay off some thirty acres into lots and
ask our people to help them by buying the
| lots
Worth twp. has Republican majority
of about fifteen and yet the. Democrats
usually capture the township offices. This
year, however, the Republicans took no
ton to attend to the matter, and they
'lselected their whole ticket, with the excep-
ton of one candidate whose name was mis-
Espelled.
The proprietors of the Lowry House
have rented Millers hall-the third story Of
the grocery building and propose running
halls across it and dividing it into dozen
7 bed rooms. The two buildings will be
connected by covered bridge. and in case
of fire the dodgers, in the upper story of
/ either building could escape through the
other .-.-
* most terrific conflict took place the
other day between two of Buffers most
exemplary young men. The battle
ground was the alley in the rear of Rel
ber,s store, apd it is said that blood flowed
in streams down Cunningham street. The
two principals were at first supposed to
have been nortally injured but the recove
ry OF both is now hopefully expected.
Tho receipts of the Pennsylvania r. X.
Co. from the traffic Of all the lines owned
AMI operated by it last year aggregated
over $l33, 900, 900 and its gross expenses
were over $02, 0OO, 600; showing net earn
ings of something over s41, 900, 600 and its
business to be second only to that Of the
National Government, in this country.
The Pennsylvania system now embodies
100 different corporations, with an aggre-
gate of 1915 miles of road, and share and
bonded capital of over 500, ,00O,0 900. Dur
ing the year 1890 it carried a. 900, 600 pas
sengers and moved i37, 7,000,0 900 tona of
freight-tremendou figures, tho import of
which is not readily comprehended. Dur
ing the year 1890. also, the great damage
i done by the Johnstown foud was repaired,
a and its last payment of over half million
Il dollars was made to the State, on account
Fl of the old State canal
The Allegheny river was the scene ol
remarkable elopement last Saturday
night. That evening two lumber RATS
from the Clarion river tied up at Brady's
Bend. Ono of the RATS was owned by q
young woodsman named Snyder and the
other by old woodsman named Meyers
who had his daughter on board for safe
keeping. Snyder watched his chance
, stole the girl, cut loose his raft and started
, down the river. Meyers followed and thu
race continued down the river all night
but early in the morning Sndycr and hi
g girl jumped ashore, took a train to Pittsburg
aud from there to Camden N. j., and thei
train left the Union depot jHst few
minutes before Meyers got there. Meyer
, | was mad when he found himself beat. III
acknowledged that Snyder was goot
( enough fellow. but as he was dressed il
!. his working clothes-red shirt, fanne
;, pants, long red stockings and rubber shoe
objected to his daughter going on
: wedding tour with a man whose clothe
would startle civilization.
-Grieb & Lamb. No. l20, Soutl
!, Main ST., will have public auction
u sale of their entire stock of pianos
il organs, violins, guitars, ETC., com
|. mencing on Monday, March 9th, an,
If will continue till everything is sold
t, Sale will begin each day at and
y p. m. All goods are now on viey
and can be examined from 8 o'cloc
q. m.