Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-04-29
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

He who gives a triAe meanly is meane
than the trihe.
"A dead beat is man who doesn't worl
himself. but works everybody else.
Butler needs street sprinkler-need
it bad.
-Th ere are no more old maids. Thel
are girl bachelors"
| Chicago has a legal bureau which
gives legal advice free to the poor.
"A hive of 1000 beeswill produce abou
fifty pounds of honey annually.
Mans life is constant trial and al
the neighbors are on the jury.
An exchange records citizen as say
| ing that a man is fortunate who has hi
will contested'only after death.
The girl who wouldn't marry the
best man on earth" generally marries one
of the worst.
Mail matter which is miscarried or ha;
| fl insufficient or undecipherable address Is
called nike by the post office employees
The two notices of expert detectives
are: Watch the woman in the case,
and "W atch the postoffce."
-April fools are those who leave OH
their winter garments before the weather
| has settled.
-"Strange that one so dark should be
20 light. ;" as the doctor said when he saw
the two-pound negro baby.
The country is full of travelling swind-
lers. Sign no papers for them, or you VIII
be surely feeced. :
No mortal need expect soft place to
tall upon. When you fall look out Tor
rocks.
Mem. for candidates: "Biled shirts
and white collars amt good campane
dockyments outside of the city limits"
The most dangerous "charge OF the
| light brigade" is the one made by the gas
office clerk.
The conceited man is the only man IN
the world who is sure Of one admirer VINO
will never go back on him.
The WuIler brick block on Centre Ave
s. S. is to be completed by Aug. lst
Adam Haffer has the contract.
The "green goods" men appear to be
unusually active this year, which indicates
that the crop of fools is abnormally large
and still increasing.
The insubordinate inmates of Hunt
ingdon Reformatory continue to give the
management trouble. Thirty of the boys
are now in close confinement.
The United Presby yterian Ladies Mis-
sionary Society will meet at West Sunbury
on Wednesday and Thurs day, May 4th and
5th, instead of Tuesday and Wednesday
as announced last week.
in all towns and cities where the name
ends with the syllable ''burgh, the super
fuous "h7 is being dropped by the post
Office authorities.
Papers will probably be drawn up to
day for the sale of the Willard House tt
Geo. W. Campbell for $57, 500, with cash
payment os $40, 600
-Hilliard Station was the scene of &
battle last Saturday Two men quarrelled
and another separated them-No bone'
broken, ears bitten off, eyes punched out
only facial scratches, and that was all.
A Johnstown baby distinguished itsel
last week by swallowing three-inch shoe
buttoner. doctor fished the implement
out The mother is now hanging the
smoothing irons on the kitchen rafters and
has attached chains to the cook stoyei
legs.
Mr. VIM. Lighthold Of Clearfield twp
gave party one night last week and some
of the young men of the vicinity, who
were not invited, attended and broke int
the cellar for pie and cider and when Mr.
Lighthold demonstrated they fell upor
him and used him up badly.
An old fisherman says that by putting
the ordinary fishing worms in moss ant
leaving them there for few days, thel
will become very tough, and will maxi
better bait. as the fish cannot remove then
from the hook. He says, also, that th'
moss will cause them to turn bright re'
color, and they will be more alluring u
fish.
The home of David Studebaker il
Worth twp. was destroyed by fire, Tues
day morning. The fire originated from
the kitchen fiue, upstairs, and was vel
advanced when discovered. All tn
furniture OF the lower floor was saved. /
was insured in the Excelsior Mutual o
North Washington.
Smith found a $40 gold piece in tn
road. He gave it to Brown to settle
meat bill; Brown gave it to Jones to pay
grocery account; Jones turned it over b
Baker in payment Of balance due ol
lumber; Baker returned it to Smith il
settlement Of a note; Smith took it to th
bank TO deposit it, when the cashier threE
it out as counterfeit. Now were thes
various debts paid9
"A disease affecting the eyes is cscsin
number of our citizens considerable pail
and uneasiness. In some cases entire lam
lilies are affected, while in others merel
the younger portion of the family has th
disease. The eyes become very much in
famed and swollen, and are extremel
painful. 1t appears in nights time. an
continues for from two TO three weeks
is thought to be species of pink eye
En-.
Fast driving on the paved streets is
dangerous nuisance. Tuesday mornin
! several citizens of the northern part o
town complained to the High Constable {
one James Madden, and the Ii Ugh Consts
BILE arrested the young man and took hir
before Esq. McAboy, who fined him s.
and costs, aud told him that the next tim
! it would be $50 and the third time Cour
On Wednesday, Esq. McAboy sent th
! High Constable after Nell Root and X.
Ferguson. but he did not find them. I'll
decrease in the fast driving caused
these actions is already noticeable.