Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-02-06
LOCAL AND GENERAL

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| Whatever is cruel wrong,
| Whatever is unjust,
| The honest years that speed alSng
| Will trample in the dust.
In restless youth / rallied at fate
With all my puny might,
| But now / know if but wait
1t will all come out right.
| Did you see your shadow Monday7
| Broken hearts are never dangerous as
long as dinner tastes good.
"A big Durham bull, raised near Butler
was shipped to England last week.
Talk on the subject of the coming mu-
nicipal election is beginning to be heard.
Kerosene oil has the power of attract
ing and destroying spiders and other insect
annoyances.
How do you like the blizzardP The
mercery stood at s above zero, Wednesday
morning.
They tell of some apple-butte recent
discovered in Butler county which was
35 years old and so strong that it could be
made into gum boots.-Es.
A dispatch from New York, dated last
Saturday, said the P. d W. R. R., had
been purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio
Co., and that the p. d W. would be double
tracked at once.
The Recollections of Butler; or Fifty
years Ago, will be found continued upon
the outside or first page of the Citizen this
week and may be found upon that page Of
the paper hereafter.
The Archduke John of Austria, re-
creant prince, is in this country. and three
strangers who did little shopping in Har
mony last Friday, are supposed to have
been him. his companion and his servant.
The family of G. W. BARLEY of Fair
view twp, whose house was destroyed by
fire some days ago, is said to be in distress.
Almost everything they had was destroyed;
there was no insurance and there are eight
young children.
Here's sweetness for youl The McKin-
ley bill putting sugar on the free list, goes
into effect April l. Manufacturers and
wholesalers are taking orders for April de-
livery at two cents reduction on present
prices
1t seems that we are just in the mids
of the Mine Horror season. Wednesday
noon miner named Boyle drove his pick
through the roof of the Spring Water mine
at Jeanville, Pa, and moment later was
fleeing for his life. A terrible stream of
water burst through and IS men were soon
drowned. Boyle, curiously enough,
escaped.
AT the regular meeting of the Town
Council Tuesday evening, the designations
of policemen Herdman and Nc
Candless, were accepted and the
town is now without police
force. The counsel of the Council was
authorized to bring action VS. the P. & W.
r. r. Co. to compel it to build better
bridge on Lookout Ave. over the railroad.
Valentine Day occurs as usual on the
14th of February. Let the CITIZEN be
your valentine. 1t will go once a week
through the whole year, and your "duck"
or your "dovie." as the case may be, will
have you in blessed remembrance every
week, and if the spark of love is not yet
kindled it will come out like house afire;
and if the spark is glowing it will grow in
to great volcano in active eruption.
"A man who was afraid of thunder
crawled into hollow log as place of safe
ty during thunder storn The thunder
rolled and the rain poured down in tor
rents, aud the old log began to swell up
till the poor fellow was wedged 10 so tight
he could not get out. All his past sins be-
gan passing before him. Sud-
denly he remembered that he
hadn't paid his newspaper subscription,
and he felt so small that he was able to
back right out.-Er.
Collector Warmcastle has received a
Communication from the Treasury Depart
ment stating that the Attorney General
has rendered an opinion to the effect that
no bounty is payable on sugar produced
prior to July l, 1891 The opinion was
given at the request of Collector Warm
castle, who has received numerous inquiries
from producers Of maple sugar in Western
Pennsylvania. The bounty to be paid is
II and cents per pound, in accordance
with the grade of the article. 1t is
estimated by the collector that from 500 to
900 persons are engaged in manufacturing
maple sugar in his district and that the
annual output is from $500, 900 to 3.Ooo,.
600 pounds annually.
The colored debating societies are en-
titled to credit for originality in the ques-
tions which they put up for discussion.
Not long ago there was a hot contest be-
tween Oil City and Franklin colcred dis
pntants on the question: Resolved, That
Jefferson Davis did more to free the slave
than Abraham Lincoln" This was de-
cided in favor of jeff. In Sharon. last
Friday evening. colored lyceum tackled
the question, Resolved, That bull dog
without teeth is more protection to farm
er than gun without lock-" which was
finally decided in favor of the lockless
shooting iron. This week the same society
debates the question, "That broom is of
more value in house than dish-rag."-
Franklin Ne,cs.
"Where are you going, my pretty maidi"
ITO salt the cattle, sir" she said.
MAY 60 with you, my pretty maidl"
"You might absorb it, sir" she said.
Tea Party.