Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL

twenty foot lot costs s1O5.
The Rink has been secured for tn
Soldiers banquet.
The only man in Butler who works ii
silk clothes, is the boss of the Chimes
Laundry.
The firm of j. and l.. Traxler, pro
prietors of the n. Y. Bazaar has been dis
solved.
The seashore excursion of next Thurs
day will be the last of the season ON the p
r. r.
Part Of the East wall of the new U. P
Church is up,-dnd a very pretty wall it is
going to be.
The Worth twp. schools will hold theil
annual reunion at Zion's Church on the
10Th inst, next "Wednesday.
After the wholesale doping the crowd:
on the Diamond got last week, there should
not be bad liver in the town.
There is case Of typhoid fever on the
hill north Of town, said to have been iu-
dueed by using water from mud puddle.
Report has it that glue factory Is be
established in Duffytown which if true,
will make it one Of the sweetest scented
spots on Earth.
The Registry List for Butler township
| is hanging at one Of the front windows of
the Court House, the old election house
having been torn down.
A Pittsburger who campe1 on the
Slipperyrock just above the park killed 19
ground hogs last year, and will try to beat
that this year.
Have you heard of the terrible fate Of
the man who said it was hot, last Mondays
1t was worse than that of the man who
tried to squeeze the polar bear in August.
-Messrs Ritter and Ralston have added
a toilet room to the conveniences of their
dry goods establishment. 1t is located in
the basement with entrance from first
floor
There are about hundred bycicle nd
ers in Butler thirty-two of whom were IN
line the other evening, and with their Chi
nese lanterns they made pretty process
sion.
The grasshoppers are becoming so ru-
merous in parts of the county that the
farmers are becoming afraid of them. They
cut off the oats, and are eating the blades
Of the corn.
AT the meeting of the Butler School
Board Thursday evening Mrs. Alex Baxter
was elected Janitress Of the Miffiin street
school building, bill aggregating $500 were
approved and some repairs were ordered.
Butler county has an astronomer with
in her limits at present, and be lately dis
covered some glaring errors in the astro-
nomical article of metropolitan journal.
His name is II. A. NJ. Cross and his P. o.
address is Connoquenessing
There will be an old time service held
at West Liberty on next Sabbath, August
l6, with an interval for dinner between the
first and second service. All the friends
Of the congregation are invited to unite
with them in this service.
We often think q man who is very
much stuck on himself is only suffering
from intense egotism, and sometimes crit
icise him uni Justly, when the truth is the
poor devil is insane, and deserves our COM
miseration. Bradford Era.
What is bluff A bluff, says an
| unknown exchange, is statement that
man makes for which thereis little founda-
tion in fact. When man says boldly that
he isn't afraid to bring stranger home to
dinner without first giving his wife notice,
that is bluff.
A disease known to science echino.
cocus is bred in man by the kiss of a dog.
We are not sufficiently gifted to state just
what echinococus is, but hope it's some
thing tough and lasting. The man or
woman who can kiss a dog is fit subject
for the seven year brand of echinococus.-
| Franklin Nc,cs.
The first entertainment of the p n.
M. |. given in the lecture room Of the
Presbyterian Church, by Prof King, as
sested by Profs. Isensee and Carter, and
Miss Ritts, was one of the most delightful
ever enjoyed by a Butler audience. Prof.
King is an evenings entertainment in him
self, and be was ably assisted by the others,
in the varied programme. The second
entertainment will be given this evening,
and " i'll no doubt have lasge audience
Said lover Of horses to reporter:
See that restless animal over there. No
tice the myriads of flies about his head.
Also notice that there are no flies about
my horses head Do you know why1 |
will tell you | wash my horses head and
face every day. If men and women never
washed their faces, the flies would swarm
about them, being attracted by the
filth
The people Of Butler have taken III
Of tree trimming, and many of the naples
are being punched" This, we think, is
a mistake. 1t is better to cut off the lower
and the small interior branches as by so
doing the shade is preserved and there is
| light enough under the trees to allow of
the grass growing, and the wind will blow
through the longer branches without
breaking them.
Many of our citizens as they pass over
the Sixth street, Suspension bridge stop to
notice the steps now being taken for the
construction Of new bridge at that point.
The central pier Of the new bridge will be
80 feet west Of the central pier Of the old,
and is being built on crib. The new
bridge will cost half a million dollars, and
will be completed in year and half
without interfering with traffic. The old
bridge was built by Roebling thirty two
years ago, and is yet in good order, but
the Company think larger one is needed
there.
During the latter part Of last week the
County Commissioners and the Committee
Of the Town Council came to ar under
standing as to the approaches to the Cen
ire Avenue bridge. The Council agreed
to build all the wing walls and do all the
filling, and the County Commissioners
agreed to pay the borough $l40O as the
county's share of the expense. The law
requires the county to make the approach
es to bridge, and as those Tor this bridge