Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-12-18
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.

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of this state there lives little old man
who sells milk, carrying it from house N
house morning and evening in small
handcart. There is nothing strange about
that, but his companion on these daily
trips is the stran gest you ever heard oi-ah
old gray goose, who follows him about IN
the most dignifed manner, aud stands
watch over the cart, letting no one 60 near
it in his masters absence. His name Is
Major, and his master says that he is Just
as useful as dog would be.
Jacob W Stauffer, wealthy liquor
de aler of Columbia, committed suicide IN
his store few days ago, and went about
ii in a very peculiar manner. He arranged
the gun, which was heavily charged with
shot. so that the muzxle was close 10 his
heart, and he sat IN chair in front of the
gun. He attached a string to the trigger,
and By pulling it discharged the gun. His
clothing took fire from the shot, and the
smell of smoke brought out the fire depart
ment, and in that way the suicide was
discovered. He was a bachelor, 90 years
old, and worth 100000
At Beaver last Friday the jury in the
Hamilton divorce case returned verdict
in favor Of Mrs. Hamilton.
The official vote of Pittsburg on the two
million bond matter was-For the bonds
IL, AIS, against it |, S93.
Bradford has toothpick factory which
turns out Is, 900, 900 per day, and the cul-
lings of the logs are used to make splint
baskets for strawberries, grapes, etc, The
pay roll is 81, 900 a month.
The recent rise in the rivers was boon
to the lumbermen of the Clarion river
country. Fully 1000, 900 feet of lumber
went down the Allegheny river to market
from that region The lumber sold for $14
per l, 900 feet; barge plank from SIS to $50,
and general stuff at 80 per 1000 feet.
The police of New Castle raided a barber
shop on Sunday and captured six men who
were engaged in playing poker. Itis start
ling to learn that this seductive an1 scoop
ing pastime is indulged in by people re-
siding so uear our own law abiding town.
Jack the SqueezeF is still terrorizing Erie.
The girls who venture out evenings are in
mortal fear of him, but it is noticed that
they persist in venturing out and running
the fearful risk of being squeezed. The
Squeezer il mysterious, tall fellow, wear
ing o long cape overcoat with the collar
turned up, and derby hat. 0na recent
evening, as several lady members of the
Wilbur Opera Company were walking along
State sTest, be dartpd out Of the doorway
of business block, seized the pFettiest girl
in the party, and performed tho usual
squeezing ceremony. The girl screamed
and partly tainted, and when policeman
finally reach ed the scene be found the
maiden leaning limp against lamp p ost.
Cia rion is enjoying small war over the
location of the postofice. About a month
ago the Department issued an order for the
removal of the Office from the building now
occupied to another somewhat remote frsm
the center of the town. A petition was
sent in protesting against the removal and
the order was suspended pending an inves-
tigation. Postofice Inspector McCalmont
has been ooking up locations, bat each
choice wss met by storm OF opposition
from some particular section of the town.
and what was once a friendly rivalry has
now become warm fight.
A teacher named Huston, of one of the
Lincoln Twp. schools, has refused TO raise
the flag presented to the school by the
Junior Order of United American Mechan-
les unless be il paid for It. He claims that
it requires FIVE minutes each day, and that
il would take up two days IN the entire
term, and he cannot so use the schools
time.
A Pttsburg trade publication gives a list
OF the plate industries in the country y
and states that there will shortly be pro-
duced 81, 900 boxes Of tin plate week
Mexican county has farmer who received
a note from lawyer, but falling to decpher
it, he happsned into drug store, handed
it to the druggist without comment. The
druggist looked it over carefully aud went
to the prescription counter and soon return
ed with bottle of medicine duly labled
vita directions for taking.
Lockport, N. Y, has a novel arganiza
ton. 1t is called the l6 club 1t Is com
posed of l6 young men and l6 yoang women
No one will be allowed p join who drinks
or smokes.
In Washington Co, at late session oi
coart the twenty.one olcmargariue dealers
who Were indicted some time ago were
fined 800 each and costs.
The E.is Qbserrcr last week paid its
compliments to e sneak subscriber, oi
which every paper has its quota, in the toi-
lowing emphatic language: ''The man VINO
will take MS county paper regularly from
the postoffice year III and year out, and
when be j. asked to pay ays: i have no
property, you can't COLLECT it, will never
die of heart failure, but when he does die
il will be with his boots on and he will
stand about as much show OF going to
heaven as an ice cream vender wonld stand
of going through hell without losing his
! ice.
AT Alia nee q small Hebrew settlemen
six miles from Vinelsnd, N. j., Mrs.
Hershkivsky went to the woodpiie
Monday, the % ult., and began to
| chop wood. She had half completed her
task when her little three year-old daugh-
ter who waS playing near, ran in front OF
her motner just as she was swinging tho
ak. The blow st rack the child squarely
ou the heal, laying open the brain. The
| mother carried the child into the house
| aud tried to stanch the flow pf blood. A
| physician was at once called to dress the
| wound He could plainly see the pnlsa-
| ton of the brain and some Of it oozed out.
| The child retained consciousness for some
! time after she was hurt, but died twenty.
| eight ours after the accident.
THERE is no substitute for the popular
yots-ether for nominations or elections
aud though tho people may not get the
| right man on first trial. they are surs to
get him in the courss Of time. A Lincoln
said. lyon can fool some people all the
time, ami all the people some t mes, but you
| cannnt fool ALI the people all the time"