Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-23

their intending to do so, not later than
Monday morning.
Administrators and Executors OF estate
can secure their receipt books at the CITI
IEH office.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
"A banana peel on the pavement is o
sure sign of an early fall.
The business mans road to fortune is
paved with printers ink.
when girl is sweet it seems funny
there should be no flies on her.
-Tarentum Fair-Aug. %, 90, 80 and
81. Thanks for comp.
The Grove City coal miners resumed
work last week.
"A delicate way of calling man liar
10 to say he firts with the truth.
The School Board will elect High
School teacher Saturday evening.
The Plate Glass Go. struck 1000 bbl.
water we'll on the hill east OF their works a
few days ago.
-'T feel like last year straw hat
isa new way of expressing ones unfit
ness.
The time of the Crafty horse run away
which we noted last week was Saturday
evening instead of Sunday morning.
One hundred and fifty rods of Archie
Stewards fence in Connoquenessing twp.
was destroyed by fire few days ago.
w. G. Barron of Pump has agreed to
furnish the Carnegie Street Car Co., with
800, 900 feet of street car lumber.
The Allegheny river is said to be filled
with fish that have been forced, by low
wster, to lesve the smaller streams.
A nap in the daytime is really helpful
during the heated season, but it is not nec-
essary to be SO formal as to go to church
for it, x
Mrs Spencer of Bourbon, Ind. now
sixty years old. has had eleven husbands
and seven sets of children. She has done
what she could.-Er.
We had splendid rains here last Sun
day, but they did not extend all over the
county. Up in Brady twp. they had hard
ly any rain that day.
The volume of travel to the seasLore
and abroad has astonished the railroads
and steamship companies this summer,
when money has been supposed to be 80
soaSce.
The CITIZEN would be pleased to have
oil it's friends call at this office when at
tending the Fair on Sept. At. If you have
bundles or baskets you wish to leave until
You 20 home You may leave them here
safely. Come snd see US.
AT the meeting Of the English Luth-
eran Congregation Of Butler last Sunday,
Rev. ID. l.. Roth was elected pastor.
Ferdinand Reiber, ESQ. was Rev. Roth's
strongest friend and intends building him
$780, 900 church.
A young man in the country adver
tised for Q wife and his sister answered
the advertisement, and the young man
thinks there is no balm in advertisements;
and the old people think 1t is pretty hard
to have two fools in one family.
The days are growing perceptibly
shorter. That can't be denied, but there
is some doubt about the truth of the old
adage which says that. "When the winds
blow over the oats stubble the summers
heat is spent"
The notable Gallitzen sheool case was
decided on Monday. This was a suit
brought by the Junior order of Ameri can
Mechanics to restrain Catholic nuns from
teaching in public schools. The case was
won by the Catholics, and will be repealed
to the Supreme Court.
Read the opening chapters of the Trou-
blesome Lady in this number 1t is love
story, as most good stories are, the scene
il laid in California, and the reader seems
TO breath the mountain air. The title of
the story arises from the fact that the
opening scene is laid in the neighborhoOd
of the Troublesome River in Colorado
1t is said that dancing makes girls
feet large 1t is said also that ice cream
produces freckles. Doctors are of the
opinion that hanging on the front gate
produces rheumatism. The chewing of
gum distorts the mouth. Playing on the
piano destroys the hand, and washing
dishes causes chaps-to come and propose.
Pennington is one Of the prettiest vii
lagos in Butler county, and its enterprisin z
people are determined that it shall be a
seat of learning. They raised money for a
college building, now in course of construc-
tion, and which will be completed by Oct
lst. and they have engaged faculty. and
will have an Academy. The postoffice at
French.for clear water.
The members of A. G.. Reed Post,
No. los, are directed to assemble at the
Post rooms on Monday, Sept 10, at A.
N. sharp, prepared to march to the z. d
W. depot at 7.45, and take cars for Alleg-
heny City. Comrades will appear in
regulation uniform with badge, cane and
white gloves. Tickets will be on sale
from September 9th. Get your tickets
In time, and don't forget your blanket.
-ChicorA is making preparations to give
the Odd Fellows q rousing welcome at
their annual Reunion there to-day, Thurs
day, and the town is extensively decorat-
cd. This is the third annual Reunion of
the l. 0. o. +. of Butler county the other
two having been held here In addition
to the regular trains the P. & w. will run
special trains, one leaving at $40 and one
Ct 9:45, return leaving Chicora at 500 and
500
When man il through with his
days work and is sitting down resting
in his home, he cannot read the adver-
tisemeDts on the fences, and the hand
bills and circulars that were left on Lis
door step during the day have been
blown away or destroyed. He calls for
the paper and there he finds the mer-
chants announcement, and with nothing
to bother him be reads it carefully, and
then calls his wife's attention to it, and
they decide to 60 to tha merchants store
and examine what is advertised.
The Pennsylvania railroad company ID
sftsr the trsin jumper-the fellow who
steals rides on freight trains, or thinks il
fun to jump on flying freight train, ride
mile or so and then jump off aud wait
for another train on which TO ride back te
tie starting point. These local ride
stsslers are the biggest kind of nuisance
Many of they have been killed. many in.
juredi and MANY. are walking about or
crutches, yet. ranks are always full
The most hardened. tramp, when be
steals ride, is not half 80 bold as these
local ride stealers who jump trains for fun
and the spice of danger there is in it, but
the railroad company is going to put q
stop to 1t.