Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-07-15

Gut the weeds.
-Muzzle your dogs.
Read 'PTince Dusty"
Go to the base ball match.
-R ,tler has but three wheelsladies.
-"Cranial Elephantis"is the latestname
for swelled head.
The great railroad riot in Pittsburg oc-
Cured July %, 1877.
The town of Enon Valley IN Lawrence
Co. was visited by a cyclone few days
ago.
The rain of W ednesday afternoon put
an end to ten days Of as fine harvesting
weather as one could wish for.
The Presbyterian Sunday School oil
this town will picnic at Slipperyrock Park
on Tuesday the 10Th inst.
About $50 people attended the English
Lutheran Sunday School picnic at Slip
peryrock Park on Tuesday and had good
time. The Germania Bend furnished the
music.
A cloud-burst in France, Monday
night. caused the river Arve to rise sud
denly and sweep away the village OF ST.
Gervais, and drown two hundred people.
Cyrus w Field, the man who project
ed the first cable across the Atlantic, died
at his country home near New York, Tues
day.
A sample election under the new law
will be held in Butler next Tuesday by
employees OF the Pittsburg Times. Every
body should vote.
Patriotic Mr.. Ritter of the firm OF
Ritter & Ralston has ordered ton, more
or less, of Harrison and Reid pocket hand
ksrchiefs in red, white and blue.
Mars did something to be ashamed of
and hid behind the Noon for over an hour
last Monday night. The Occultation was
studied by the Astronomers of America
and Europe.
Sample copies of the New York Week |
ly Tribune which we this year furnish free |
to all subscribers paying one year in ad-
vance, as per advertisement on I'd page, |
can be had at this office.
The only extensive Fourth of July eel |
ebration in Western Pennsylvania was that
at Schenley Park, Pittsburg. Thirty |
Thousand people were present, and there
were speeches and music during the day
and fire works at night.
"A wealthy Pittsburg family is involved
in Custom House scandal. They had
been travelling in Europe, and returned to
this country in the steamer Teutonia lately
and tried to bring in lot Of diamonds,
jewelry, watches etc., worth many thous-
ands without paying duty.
"A ''slick un" is travelling through the
southeastern part of the the county solicit
ing subscriptions for the Butler and Pitts
burg papers and pocketing the money. A
receipt he gave for the CITIZEN to Win
field twp. man was signed ~. X. Gibson
per Watson"
1t is some years since we have printed
a continued story for boys, and we this
week begin the story of the adventures of
a runaway orphan boy in the upper oil
region of this state and on raft down the
Allegheny. 1t is good story for boys
and girls and we are sure it will interest
every one of them.
Mr.. ]. o. Fullerton is now the sole
proprietor Of the Union Woolen Mill,
formerly owned by his father, II. Fuller
ton; and proposes carrying on the business
as usual. He is now making blankets and
yarns, buys all wool delivered to him at
market prices, and will be pleased to ac-
commodate the old customers of the mill
and numerous new ones.
The local base ball teams have been
playing great ball. The Butler club had
series Of unbroken victories during their
late trip, and the Times club has been
very successful. On Saturday at Ball park
the Buffers will play the Homesteads, the
strongest amateur nine about Pittsburg;
and this afternoon the Times club will
cross bats with the Greenville club.
-Iudia by Magic Light, Miss Emma
Dean Anderson, OF American Mission,
Jhelum, North India will give an illustra-
ted lecture ON India, on Thursday, July IA,
1892, in the U. P. Church. Stereopticon
views of celebrated buildings, schools, vii
lage life and work. India's zenana man
ners and customs of people, and life and
character of the natives will be shown and
many other things of interest. Admission
% cents.
Thirty thousand Christian Endeavor-
ers from all parts of the United States
gathered in New York last week and held
their conventions in Madison Square gar
den. The majority Of the delegates were
females. The next convention will be held
in Cleveland. There are seventeen Chris
tian Endeavor Societies in Butler county.
but one Of which, that of Butler, was rep
resented at the New York convention, by
Mr.. Andrew Brymer, accountant of the
Plate Glass works.
There was great panic over the ap
pearance of a contagious disease in GER
tain city, and the school teachers were in
structed to send children home as soon as
it was learned that there was sickness in
any Of their homes. If the little ones
could bring note satisfactory to the
teacher they were allowed to remain in
school. One day it was reported to a
teacher that the mother of little girl who
attended her school was sick. Very prompt
ly she sent her home. In half an hour af-
forwards the little girl put in an appear
ance and presented the teacher with a
note, which read: "Miss -. This
little girls mother is sick. She has a
brand new baby. 1t is not contagious.
Please admit her," The note was signed
by the little girls father, and she was at
once admitted.