Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-07-13
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
-Abner Carson was appointed P. M. at
Parker on Monday.
The Lowry House has not changed
hands, as reported.
james NJ. Little has been appointed
postmaster at Gallery.
The outside wood and iron work of the
Court House is being repainted.
= Several strips of country in this coun-
ty have had no rain of any account all
summer-"They don't pray enough"
The Christian Endeavor Societies are
having grand reunion at Cleveland, this
week.
The wind is very much like some very
small men. Nobody would notice either
if they didn't blow.
A man named Lady was recently
made q letter carrier. This is the only
instance of mail lady.
John +. Frantz was appointed post
master at Ogle, this county, on Thursday
the 5th. VIM. Garvin was tie former
postmaster and made good official
The Populists of Butler county will
hold basket picnic convention at Renfrew
on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 10 o'clock a m. to
nominate q ticket. All are invited.
Il. Lynx, Chairman.
And now they have it that the Beech
creek and another northern railroad are to
be extended 20 this town; and that these
two with the Shenango will build double
track road from Butler to Pitts burg.
The Butler Bar Association met on
July 3rd and decided to take a vacation
from July 16 to 30. During that time none
but the most pressing business will be
transacted IVY the Butler lawyers.
j. d. Cunningham of Jackson twp. lost
two horses by lightning on the evening of
the 2nd. They we're killed while standing
under tree in the field. VIM. Gibson of
Fairview lost good horse the same even
ing in same manner.
The guessing for Martincourt d Co.'S
harness will close next Friday, the Goth.
Everybody. men, women and children
over 16, can guess free OF charge, as to the
weight of the trotter there on exhibition,
and 1066 guesses were registered on Mon
day noon last.
During the past week, nightly grove
services have been hello by the Winebre-
narians in the woods west Of Pearl st own
cd by McJunkin. Rev. Davis was in
charge and large audiences assembled
nightly to listen to his eloquent sermons
1t is said there were 1,5OO people present
on Sunday night when the sessions closed.
The First Ward running team captur
ed 2rd money at the Meadville meeting on
the 4th of July. They made the best $50
yards run and only unfortunate slowness
in coupling prevented the first honors COM
ing to them. The Butler team did not
start in the hub-and- hub race because they
were not allowed to use their pneumatic
tired cart.
The P. r. r. Co. has put on an ad-
ditional fast train between Pittsburg and
Chicago, leaving Pittsburg daily at P.
N. and arriving at Chicago at A. M.
Butler people wishing to use this train
can lesge Butler at SOC P. NJ. and have
abundant time to make it by using the
Sandusky ST. electric cars.
Thursday June 2sth was great day
at Centreyille. Fully two thousand peo-
pie were at the Normal School grounds to
witness the Commencement Exercises of
the Glass of '94, and the Hall was un-
comfortably crowded. The new Recita-
tion Hall and the Ladies Dormitoiy are
beautiful buildings, the school itself under
the able management of DIR. Maltby, has
become one of the best in the state, and
the surroundings will in the course of time
equal the buildings in beauty.
At the meeting of Council on the eve
ming of the 3rd inst. S. ". Thompson of
Butter wss awarded the contract for the
stone work of the new bridge on Race st.
over Sullivan Run at 1925 per cubic yard.
The Canton Bridge Co. secured the con-
tract for the bridge itself at 1926. Po-
licemsn Skillmsn handed in his resigna-
ton, and refused an offer to do both police
and Board Of Health duty. The petition
for sewering W. Cunningham st. was re-
ferred to the Sewer Committee, and a
committee was appointed to take definite
action as TO the Lookout Ave. overhead
bridge.
At the county Sunday School conven-
tion held In Harmony and zelienople week
before last the old fficers, Rev. D. Deck.
er, of West Sunbury, Pres, Rev. Eli Mil
Ter, of Butler, Treas. and Joseph Ciiswell
of Butler, Secy. were reelected. Rev. ]
S. Mckee of Butler was elected V. Pres
Rev. Miller of Butler was elected dele
gate to the Stats Convention which meets
in Wilkes Barre in Sept with Isaiah Ora
ham of Evans City as alternate Rev
G W. Davis Rev. J. f. Jones and ]. G
Mccullough were elected an Executiv,
Committee There were thirty. six dele
gates pres ent, and the address of S. F
Bowser Esq. was highly commended.
"A large number Of Butterflies left thi
morning for Conneaut where the Nationa
Transit Company's employees pic
mic. A ball game between
Butler and Oil City will attract
crowd from above. Yesterday there was
select dance given by the own ers of one @
the dancing pavilions which many fror
Butler attended.