Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-08-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

reading at Douglass book store, see adv.
The dry weather is hurting the buck
wheat.
Some of the doctors are finding fault
with he Snapper" hair cut.
-Grandfather's hat, for campaign pur-
poses, is on sale at some of the stores.
BE sure you are registered. You cnly
have until the first Of September to do it.
a cold wave is predicted for next
winter.
The Iron Hall organization is in bad
shape, and its business is in the hands of a
receiver.
The commercial stagnation has stag
mated the story telling genius of all the
drummers.
-Tarentum Fair next week-Aug. 30th
to sept. I'd. Free-f for-alls, Thursday and
Friday, with $iOO, purses.
The old Federal St. bridge has been
raised five feet, and the new bridge is be-
ing built underneath it.
The latest "poetess of passion" sings
Of "the sun-loved leaves that blush before
they fall"
-"Ah, you fill long felt want as the
tramp remarked to his dinner after going
hungry for three days.
Give us more swallows. Naturalists
say that q single one of these birds will
devour GO, 900 flies day.
The combined weight of three peaches
seen in New York market lately was
seven pounds.
Butler has three first class scandals
Oh hands, but only one Of them promises
olead to the divorce court.
The losses on the Nixon and Thomp-
son properties were paid by Agent L. S.
McJunkin this week, and the Adams loss
will be paid promptly.
A sad case of lead estray," as the man
remarked who shot at target and hit a
man standing many yards to one side of
it,
81 saw kidnapping last evening"
: "Good gracious Where 7" "On an
empty lot. The old mother goat was
; asleep also."
West Pearl street is impossible for
teams at present on account of being paved,
but persons having business on the street
can use the alley below it.
1t is not only cruel but violation of
law to work lame horse or one with sore
shoulders. The fine for such brutality is
$40. 1t should be 800.
The winner of the Sullivan Corbett
Eight will get $45, 900, thus proving that a
successful striker may be instantly trans
formed into capitalist.
The East Brady RericD has changed
.hsSds, aud is now edited By Messrs Hand
cock q Thomas. two ambitious young
Journalists who are making newsy and
spicy paper of 1t.
-Patronize home industry. Mr.. J. o.
1Fullerton is now making an all-wool blank
..et that cannot be boat for the price asked
fin the country. Try pair of them and
heseonvinced of their merit.
Sig hundred teachers were present at
the opening of the Allegheny Co. Institute
in the High School building Monday. DIR.
Aaltby cfdiis county is one of the in
structors
1t will pay yon to watch the man who
advertises. It Is fCom him that you get
the bargains. He wants your trade and
will make it an object to you to get your
patronage.
1t may be news to many who are suf-
fering from intense heat, that sheet
wrung out Of cold water and hung on
line stretched across bedroom will reduce
the temperature from seven to ten
degrees.
The law requires that Canada thistles
be Uut in time to prevent them from going
or extent. The constables Of the town
ships are required to see that the thistles
are cut and must give notice. by printed
circulars posted prominently.
Columbus discovered America on the
18th of October, 1892. The 4O0th ami
versary of that event is to be celebrated on
the 21st of October, 1892. The change Of
day in the month is owing to the change
from old style to new style time, which
took place in 1852.
--rhe Signal offers the following induce
unante mr. locating in Centreville: There
ARE, -bY .actual count, (28) twenty eight
maids over rs years old, and (25) twenty
five widows, &ll residents of the borough of
CentrevilIe. Fhe list of bachelors and
widowers is comparatively small.
Two trained monkeys and an educated
geoat, which are exhibited in q small tent
in { neighboring town are modestly describ
ed ON the sign outside as "the eonquering
sclimax and overpowenng avalanche of su-
pcrameang animal intelligence"
-FoYepaugh's show will arrive in But
Ter via the p. 8. q l.. 3. r. R., from Erie.
On Saturday morning, Sept. 10th, and will
1t is combination circus and meagerie,
with the historical spectacle, The Fall
of Nineveh, for speciality. Rserved seats
at Hcineman's Book Store.
The conference of the Ministers of the
Reformed Church of Western Pennsylya-
TniE meets at st Pauls Orphan Home to-day
and continues till next Wednesday. Com
munien services will be held I'm the Re
formed Church next Sunday at IL A. ":
.and at 8 P. NJ. Rev. r. G. Bowling will
conduct q Foreign Missionary service.
--One toacn Of base ball makes the
American world kin. Up in Warren, Pa.
"a series of games is in progress between 8
team from the Lutheran church and nint
composed of Presbyterians and Methodists
The last named club, which should bt
known as the Calvin w esley Terrors, have
also arranged series of five games will
a local Catholic nine. Keep the ball NOV
ing, brethren. It's all right until your pas
tors get to rushing off and hiring profess
ional ball evangelists to help out thei
jhome focks.-Franklin Ners.
Referring to the new law. regardin,
The Chinese, Dept Rev. Collector Mitch
ell is quoted as follows: "There was moth
ing in the instructions sent Us to SHOW
what penalty would result if the Chinamal
,eaA not show his right to remain in thi
rnfry. There was nothing, as far as
co see. which would compel him Il
coui n force him to undergo any kind O
leave, 'snf. So asked the question poin
Punishn- % what should be done in case
blank as. not or would not comply wit
man could 'e instructions received wer
the laws. T. v the proper officer. Nov
merely to notii % sbow who Is the prope
there is nothing, sEReh in the dark a
omcer, SO We are O. N the law Is one Ybic
over. In mg auiui. nQcaad