Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-08-19
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

knowledge
is what we get at school and college,
But sense
Comes to us only through experience.
-Seanor bought dozen horses while
here last Monday.
Six thousand Knights of Pythias pa
raded in Pittsburg, Wednesday.
-Williamsport, Pa, has the biggest
,si-pender mill in the country.
-Wr call attention to the ad. in our
columns If the Mt. Union College, OF
Ailiapc Ohio.
Til, average man has 100000 pore S
in his skin, He had use for them all dur
ing the recent hot weather.
Nancy Hanks made herself Queen
OF the Turf" at Chicago Wednesday by
tro,ti Z mile in 2:074.
We will send our second order for N.
Y. TriJunes, this week. See adv. on 4th
page.
The latest proposed novelty in pipe
lines, is one for transporting grain from
Chicago to New York, a working model of
which is now being erected in Chicago.
A plague of mosquitoes has been muir
dering sleep and imperilling the Christian
character of this community for the past
week or 80.
1t is not wise act to 60 near an open
window during a thunder storm. The
stream of warm air coming from the inside
is q splendid conductor Of electricity.
"A good many young men are suffering
from Industry failure" just now. The
doctors say that the pro per medical term is
laziness.
1t is no unusual thing for a vessel ply
ing between Japan and San Francisco to
bring 1000, 900 fans as single item of its
cargo.
-Lawrance Mcdonald of Cliff St., was
badly beaten, Saturday night. by unknown
persons, and left for dead on the tracks of
the P.&W., under the overhead bridge.
He came to, however, and got homo early
Sunday morning.
Tho Butler B. B. Club covered itself
with glory at Franklin. Wednesday-l5 to
0. Bobby Jones pitched aud gave the
Franklins but two hits.
Between family picnics, Sunday school
picnics, social circle picnics. political club
picnics, strikers benefit picnics and rail
road excursions no one can complain that
this is dull summer.
-Four more legal holidays will occur
during the remainder of the year: Labor
Day, in September Discovery Day, in Oct
ober; Thanksgiving Day, in November, and
Christmas in December.
AT last the Colorado potato bug has
met his match. A new variety of birds re-
sembling English robins in color and form,
have made their appearance in Delaware
County, New York, and they eat the potato
bugs with avidity. Wherever the birds go
the potato vines are safe.
The Teachers Institute of Allegheny
county, begins in Pittsburg next Monday,
those of Cameron, Elk and Mexican coun-
ties will be held in October, but the
majority Of the counties Of the West
ern part of the State will not hold their
tnp hn~ nj hnw
The contract for the grading and bal
lasting of West Pearl street was let by
Mr.. Osborne to Mr.. George Schafner,
and ro better man for the job could be
found The work is being pushed in a
business like way and will be completed
in about two months.
The Fair Associat ion has arranged for
round trip tickets to Butler during the
Fair of which the following are few
samples: Bakerstown, Zelienople and
Bruin to Butler aud return $1.00, Evans
City, Mars and Karns City so cts, Reibold
and st. Joe40 cts. etc.
"A unique feature Of the Columbus
Day celebration has been proposed by the
superintendent of schools at Pittsburg.
The pupils in the public schools are to set
out an extensive grove, covering many
acres, in Schenley park, to be known forev-
or as Columbus Grove" These commem-
orative forest monarchs will be walnut,
maple and oak trees
A new destroying insect, known
as the gypsy moth, has made its appear
ance in this section, and hundreds of them
can be found on maple trees Of which they
seem to be particularly fond. Upon an ex.
animation of the full fledged ones through
microscope they present the appearance
of tiny doves. They cluster ar
ound the limbs of the tree and york theil
way through the bark, not stopping ther,
but going deep into the solid wood, which
kills the sree.-McKean County Miner.
"A city mother sent her small boy into
the country, and after a week of ankle ty
received the following reassuring lett er
I got here..al right and forgot to write be
fore. 1t is very nice place to have fun
a fellow and went out in boat and tn,
boat tipped over and man got me out and
l was so full Of water that / didn't know
nothing for good long while. The othe
boy has to be buried when they find him
His mother came from Lincoln and sh,
cried all the time. A hoss kicked me over
and have got to have some money to pay
the doctor for fxin' my head. We are GO
ing to set an old barn on fire tonight ant
/ should smile if we don't have bully fun
lost my watch and / am very sorry.
shall bring home some mud turtles, and
l shall bring home tame woodchuck if
can get 'em in my trunk"
County Superintendent McCollougl
has fixed the County Institute for the week
beginning Dec. 5th. This is two week
earlier than usual, and he is of opinion
that the Institute should be held at the be
ginning Of instead in the middle of the