Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-04-22
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Misses Marks naAc sPoSa"
Of mourning goods. Read their new card
Three terrible diseases now stare
married men in the face-spricg fever
spring bonnets and spring house cleaning
ANYBODY can float with the current,
but it takes muscle and pluck to row
against the rapids of life.
Persons having in possession books us
ed at the cold Folks"concert are requested
to report them at the Y. N. c. A. Rooms
On Sunday last the Christian World
emerged "from the gloom of the Passion
into the glory of the Resurrection.
The house cleaning campaign has
commenced, and scrub brooms, scrub brushes
and good soaps that remove dirt with Du'
little labor are in demand.
"A mans idea of the right time 10 move
is when he becomes too well known IN 0
town to have good time without ais wife
hearing of it.
The Grove City P. o. wasburglarized
few nights ago, and stamps and money
to the amount of several hundred dollars
stolen,
According to the Act, of 1891, school
directors must take oatn before an au-
thorized officer to faithfully and impartial
ly discharge his duties.
-Arbutus, the pretty flower that seems
to combine all the freshness, beauty and
sweetness Of early spring,is now in blossom
on the sunny slopes in this region.
The postage stamp is fifty-two years
old the 9th of next month. Will the
people who lick stamps on that day re-
member the fact.
There are over 1000 tons Of silver
bars, 5,0O0, 900 silver dollars, and $35,-
600, 900 in gold coin stored in the Phils-
delphia mint.
The perversity of human nature is
shown in the man who has his tailor
made trousers pressed into creases, and
the other who has the creases taken out
Of his ready made ones.-Er.
Judge Wilson's recent decision that
a man is not disqualified for running sa-
loon because he has been member of the
Legislature, has given boost to the char
acter OF State Legislators in all parts of the
country.-Er.
Reports Of loss OF life and great damage
from the overflow Of the Tombigbee river
continue to come in. 1t is believed that
at least so people, most Of them negroes,
have been drowned.
Its hoodoo. AL Heck proposes to
hoodoo you into believing that he intends
giving you free pass to the Worlds Fair
and back. Don't believe word he says
without first having talk with him. Read
his new adv.
A Clearfeld editor, and married man
at that, in announcing the granting Of
marriage licenses places them under the
caption: Mistaken Souls Who Dream of
Bliss" 1t might be well for his wife to
make him dream of blister.
The only II in this paper that does
not belong to Martiucourt & Co. is this one.
They want to see you and take you by
both hands at their new place OF business
on Jefferson ST. .l5sle this paper till you
see their new adv. and then read it.
The English Lutheran church in Mid
die Lancaster will be dedicated on the Sth
day of May at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Rev. J.
G. K unsman of Pittsburg will preach the
sermon. All are invited to be present.
The ladies of neighboring town have
formed a club, and the local paper says
that some of its life long secret society
men who have been in the habit of going
to lodge two or three evenings week can
now enter into full appreciation Of secret
society advantages by staying at home ana
tending the baby while the wife goes to
lodge and enjoys the initiation.
The will of David Gregg, the Alleghe-
ny millionare who died lately was probat-
ed last Saturday. He leaves two farms, one
in in Butler county and one in Armstrong
Co., to his wife. The Butler Co. farm is
the old Allen farm in Franklin twp. The
will is dated Dec. Il, 1887, and disinher-
its his. son, Rev. David Gregg d D., now
Of Brooklyn, because he deserted the
Covenanter or Reformed Presbyterian
church and joined the Presbyterian.
The Report of the Auditors of Butler
boro. for the year ending March IA, 1892,
shows that Treasurer Schenck received
$l63, 500. 4S during the year, that he paid
warrants amounting to $l53.97S SO. and
that at that time he had $9,7l7,49 on
hands, which he has since paid out on ont
standing warrants. The tax levy fol
Borough purposes this year will be 5 mills
and for interest on bonds and bonds due {
mills, making IL mills of borough tax.
Some OF our exchanges are publish
ing the schedule Of the state appropriation
to the different school districts for thi
year; but that is not necessary, you know
what you got last year, now multiply i
by q and you will know about what yo,
get this year. Butler borough got 81. $780,
70 last year and she will get about 81, 20,
this. Prof Mackey in his report last yea
said: The scholastic wolk of the yea
has been completed with more than ordi
nary interest and success. Helpful chang
es in the course of study and in methods
. diminished number of pupils and grade
| per teacher, and increased facilities for on
work; a corps of teachers thoroughly il
earnest, one half of their number fresh from
| special courses in prominent summer
schools Of methods, and pupils and teach
ers alike imbued with the spirit of enter
prise and energy, infectious in booming
town, these were some of the condition
that marked one ofthe best school term
in our last decade.
| The people OF Neshannock township
Lawrence Co. arc agitated over what the
believe to be a case of abduction, tn
victim being the l0-year-old daughter Q
William Foster, wealthy farmer residin
about six miles from New Castle. Abou
$50 o'clock last Sunday evening Ethe
| Foster, who made her home with Mrs.
Cowan a short distance from New Castle
was left alone in the house wLie the foster
mother was out milking. " hen Mr.,
Cowan returned Ethel was gone
search was instituted but to no purpose
Shortly before the disappearance of th
little girl two men were seen shadown
the house. They had been seen drivin