Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-24
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


If baby has pain, apply Columbian
postage stamp.
-Iilustrious ancestry is glorious thing
10 have. but it won't be taken az security
for hot stew.
One is sometimes surprised at having
bought goods SO cheap, until after the ped
dler is gone
One Of our eastern exchanges states
the occupations of the persons announced
as candidates.
Monday night was remarkably cold
night-tbe mercury here ranging from lS0
to 200 below zero.
If you look at the live stock market
Won will see that now is the time to sell
your stock, If it isin good condition.
The Philadelphia Record can't jaw at
the intelligent compositer any more, as it
now sets its type With machine.
If the dreaded hoopskirt becomes the
fashion again tip most humble women will
be able to spread themselves in the matter
Of dress.
A boy notsyet sixteen and girl not
yet eighteen were married in this county
. few days ago.
Dick Blymiller says he killed the fat
test beef that was ever killed in Butler,
last week. 1t game from near Centerville.
Its hard to tell what live hogs are
worth-any place from to 9 cents. It's a
good time to sell; because there will be
. sudden slump some of these days.
The winter term Of West Sunbury
Academy will close to-day, oath, Inst,
and this evening the students will render
their plsy-"Hbe 6toops to Conquer
"A bad little boy recently came home
from Sunday school and asked bis father if
he believed "that jay snake story about
Eve and the apple treev
A tony young man Of Mississippi was
lately sentenced to the pen. for one day at
hard labor, and he spent the day white
washing.
"A farm said to be underlaid with sill
con, located in Sugar Creek twp, Arm
strong Co has been purchased by the
Hoch Brothers Of Millerstown-
The ballots for Worth twp. contained
. mistake, and had to be reprinted. Mon
day. In Pittsburg the ballots for twenty
two districts had to be reprinted on short
notice.
Prof Kellar, the magician, with his
company and seventy-two trunks-full of
apparatus held firth in the Opera House.
TuesdaE might, and greatly delighted. and
completely mystiied large audience.
-wigwag-Manslaughter can be trans
formed into . very enjoyable act If proper
ly arranged" Blobbs-"Great Scottl why
howfD wigwag-'welI, when it's separs
ted into mans laughter"
"A Western minister preaching his fare
we'll sermon said: "I leave you, brethren,
for three reasons: lst, you do not love me;
II you did. you would pay me my salary.
ID, you don't love one another; If You did
there woul be more weddings and less
fighting. Sd, The Lord does not love you;
II be did there would be more Funerals"
Henri wstterson. of Louisville, Ky. had
. large audience for his lecture-the last
of the High School course-on Money
and Morals" Wednesday evening. He is
. smooth talksr, and he said agreat many
truths about the inordinate greed for gold
that is rapidly annihilsting the better
sentiments of this Nation.
The "Pet Show" was . great success;
the children crowded the hall all after
noon and evening and enjoyed themselves
hugely. The handsomest pet" in the
room was magnificent st. Bernard pup
months old and weighing l0S pounds.
Then there were all sorts Of dogs and cats,
and canaries and parrots, and rabbits and
squirrels, and almost all the living crea
ures usually made pets Of in this climate
AT meeting Of the Board Of Directors
Of the Y. N. G. A., held on Tuesday even
ing, the resignation Of the General Secre
tsry which had been held o7er from pre-
vious meeting, was accepted. The Board ther
decided to call meeting of the people oi
Butler on next Monday evening in the Y
n. q. A. Rooms to decide whether th,
work Of the Association would be contin
ned and on what basis.
All interested are earnestly invited to b.
present, and thus manifest their interest.
Butler experienced genuine blizzard
Sunday evening-one OF the kind they have
on the Western plains, where men who d.
not have wire or rope stretched from
theic house to their stables, are liable t.
got lost between the two, wander of ant
perish. Some years ago, the ife and tw'
children Of John waldron, formerly Of thi
county were caught in q blizzard in Iowa
on their way home from church and perish
cd within a few rods OF their home; and al
sccoun. was Published Of country school
teacher who tied her pupils together ant
led them from the school house to neigh
boring house.
There is demand in some quarters i
this State for the repeal Of the oleomargal
Inc law. II Ia argued that there 10 no reaso
Why 1t should not be sold. il sold by il
right name, just the same as lard, chees
or any other article OF merchandise.
was thought year or two since that tb
manufacture Of oleo kept down the price {
butter, bat as demonstrated this inter
evidently does not affect the price OF til
latter article. Good butter will alway
hnd place in the market. at such price
- the supply regulates. On the otht
hand, olso is preferable to some Of tt
poorer grades Of butter that are worke
of in times Of scarcity.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT'S
THE KIND THAT CURES"