Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-07-21
LOCAL AND GEN ERAL.

The surplus and profits of the Nation
al Bank now aggregate $3s, ,935.14. See
card.
For several days lately the mercury
stood at SO in the shade; which is about as
hot as the human race can stand.
Under the amended ballot law the
ballot is decreased to one-half the size re-
quired under the original law.
The issue of three sizes of postal cards
is to be stopped and only one size made
which is to be 81 by ST inches.
Lawn fete at c. G. Christie's Thursday
evening; and at the Orphans Home Fri
day evening.
AT the meeting of the School Board
of Butler. Thursday evening, it was de-
cided to have nine months term.
We direct the attention of our young
male readers to the letter of ex-Gov Bea-
yer on our 4th page.
A fifty pound turtle caught in the
Buffalo near Worthington few days ago
snapped the leg of a large dog and broke
it.
Poor old Meadville, with her one block
of brick pavement, gets more hard busl-
ness cracks than any would-be city in the
State.-Bhzzard
The Farmers League of Buffalo twp.
is preparing to hold grand basket pic
mic at Kelly's School House on Wednesday
the 10th Of August. Everybody is invited
to attend.
President Eaton of the Humane Soci
ETY. Of Pittsburg came to Butler last Fri
day and organized branch of the society
here, with Policeman Skillman as active
agent.
Some time age we made a note of the
heavy weights of Butler, but missed the
heaviest of them all-John Timblin of the
9th ward-who weighs 27O pounds in sum-
mer and 288 pounds in winter
The ex-pupils of the Orphans Home
will hold reunion ON Thursday. Aug. Sd.
About seventy young men and women are
expected to attend, and program is being
prepared for the day.
A fellow who couldn't spare dollar
for newspaper year sent fifty 2-cent
stamps to down-east Yankee to know
how to raise beets. He got an answer
ITO take hold of the tops and pull"
1t is now the general opinion that the
Worlds Fair excursion rates will settle to
about one cent per mile, and that all the
roads will agree on that basis. The P.& W.
P.S-& l.. E. will sell tickets next Saturday
and Tuesday to Chicago and return for $l2,
good for 10 days.
State Superintendent Schaffer has
rendered decision that the free text book
law goes into immediate effect, and that
1t is the duty of the directors to make pro
vision for furnishing and equipping the
schools with the necessary textbooks and
other supplies.
The pulpit of Rev. E. Cronenwett, st.
Marks Church, Butler, will be filled on
next Sunday, July 23d, at 1890 am. by
Rev. W. N. Harley of Ivy Lane Mission,
Baltimore, Md. Service in English. Col
lection for the cause. Rev. Harley, late
OF Columbus, Ohio, halls from Butler.
Mr.. R. S. Cramer of the Silver Ash In
stitute of Greensburg, Pa, called on us
Wednesday with his brother G.. w. Cra-
mer, Esq of Buffalo twp He is stopping
at the Waverly House and will be pleased
to see anybody who wishes to be cured of
the liquor or morphine habits.
The was no meeting of the Improve
ment Association last Tuesday night, as
advertised. A few gentlemen, including
Messrs Wick and Lusk who had their re-
port ready, assembled at the door of the
Huselton Hall, but it was locked; and an
other meeting will be called Messrs
Wick and Lusk visited the butter works
at Laury, Pa, in Lehigh Co., and found
everything as represented by Mr.. Camp
bell.
A Butler girl recently found a lot OF
love letters written by her father to ber
mother many years before they were mar
ried. The daughter read them to her
mother, pretending they were of recent
date, and substituted her own name fol
that of her mothers and the name of 6
young man. well known to both of them
for her fathers. The mother was very
much disgusted and has forbidden hei
daughter to have anything to do with {
young man that will write such nonsense
and sick ening stuff.
There are 80 telegraph poles to a mile
on the railroad lines, and from this basi,
it is very easy to determine how fast a
train OF cars is travelling. Time tho pass
ing of 80 poles and subtract the number oi
seconds it takes from 120, and the differ
ence will be the number of miles per hou
the train is travelling. If it takes 45 sec.
onds for the poles to pass, the train is 90
ing 12O less 45, or rs miles per hour. Th,
method is asinfallible as counting the click
made by the car in passing over the Joint
in the track. The number of clicks hear(
in 20 seconds is the number of miles pc
hour the train is making. The length O.
the railroad rail is uniform everywhere.
"A comet is now visible to the make
eye in the northern heavens 1t is no
very bright but it is easily visible fror
about nine to ten o'clock. 1t has q shor
tail, abont three degrees long, pointing up
ward. The comet may be found by trac
ing line through the star forming the cor
ner of tho bowl of the great dipper neares
the handle down through the star at tn
opposite corner. Continue this line nearl,
double the distance between them down
ward and the two stars just in the corne
of the Ursa Major will be met. Just be
low this about degrees and little to tn
west the comet is seen. 1t is being atch
ed with interest by astronomers.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARLILA, ITS
THE KIND THAT CURES.n