Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-11-04
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

General confidence has routed General
Apathy.
Why doss q pig go sideways when it
wants to fghtf
Our merchant tailors are displaying
fall lines of goods.
up near Troutman, man has accum-
ulsted two gallons of dog grease, and dogs
ere becoming scarce in that neighborhood.
The crowded condition Of our columns
this week has forced MS to curltail some OF
our local correspondence.
The Madeline Merli Company, that
appeared in our Opera House last Sstur-
dav night was one of the best that has ev-
or appeared before Butler audience.
The Butler cyclists who raced from
Pstcrsville to Butler last Friday afternoon
made tho nine miles in 30l, 81, 35i and 81
minutee.
--"Cook" Hall, the postofice burglar
says that he was betrayed BY q woman
who was living in Butler while the burg
lars had their headquarters here Coo
made her jealous, and she told on him.
Harry Shoaf of Centreville was lately
attacked by roughs in New Castle, knock
Cd down end abused, and part of his nose
vas bitten of. He had the scoundrels ar
rested and they were held for court.
1t Is to be hoped that the rains of
Tuesday were extensive enough to extin-
kuish the forest fires that have been. rag
ing in the mountains of this State and
West Virginia.
Senior Vice Dept. Commander, W. o.
Russell accompanied by number of prom
inent g. A. r. Comrades from Pittsburgh,
will Day IN official visit to A. g. Reed,
Post No. los, on Saturday evening, Nov.
II, 1892.
The worst "strike" that happened in the
world last week, was that of the steamer
Roumania, which struck on rocks of the
coast Of Portugal, during gale on Thurs
dsy night, and went down with all the
passengers and crew, excepting nine.
Tho programme of the literary and
musical feast provided fer Us each succeed
ing winter. by tho High School appears in
this paper. A member Of the school will
call upon you for the purpose of selling
Jon ticket.
School No. 5, of Clinton twp, was
made the recipient of handsome flag, last
Saturday, which was presented TO it by
the Jr. o. u. A. n. Of Saxonburg. At the
meeting in the School Honse remarks were
made By J. W. Mckee, N. W. Campbell
and others, and the martial band furnish
ID some excellent music.
Tho boys and girls had q great time
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day night. The mischief was usually of
the innocent order. though some windows
were broken and some sections Of side
walks and crossings taken up in places
where the walking or driving would have
BEEN dangerous on dark night.
Over In Somerset county the County
Commissioners were ordered by the Depu-
~ Secretary of the Commonwealth to
change the tickets after they had been
once printed; . new lot has been printed,
the legality Of which has been questioned,
and therefore there may be no legal cleo
tion in Somerset county this year.
George Shaaner finished the grading
OF W. Pearl street last Thursday, and the
bsllAsting next day. He followed the
grading closely by the ballasting. There
was almost as much grading on this street
~ there was on Main and George had the
contract Of doing 1t at thirty cents Q cubic
yard.
"A strange accident happened on the
Panhandle r. r. last Friday. A man who
stepped from one track to another TO avoid
passing train, was struck by atrain going
In the opposite direction and hurled by It
upon the cowcatcher OF the first train,
L. - ,~nI sxnts h.
Cd Pittsburg, six miles distant, and where
he vas discovered, dead.
At the meeting Of Council, Tuesday ev-
ening. an ordinance regulating the con-
Meeting of outside CLOSETS, cellar drain
pipes, ETC., was passed; II. II. Hughes was
swarded the contract for the Duffy alley
sewer 1t u. l6 per foot, and was given q
warrant for 4i6S6, on the South Side sew
er bills aggregating about two-thousAnd
dollars were approved; . fnsncial state
ment was demanded; persons who tamper
with the fire. plugs viii be arrested, and
During the trial Of the Isms case In
Pittsburg, Monday, an answer made by
one Of the witnesses made laugh, which
caused Judge Porter to wax wroth and
be order the tipstaves to arrest somebody
IN the audience, and one Of them "pounc-
ID down upon one innoceutlooking young
man, who proved to be o Butler county
rssident, and who admitted that he ap-
plsuded Just because the others did and
that be intended no disrespect to the court.
He was finally released on bail to appear
In court next morning for contempt al
the Gazette puts 1t. The Times gives his
name as George J. Cooper Of Butler. and
the Post as VIM. J. Cooper. He was fined
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