Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-01

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Kaufmanns' hot wave dress goods.
Show notices.
NoTR-All advertisers intending to make
canges in their ads. should notify us OF
their intending to do so, not later than
Monday morning.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Dear woman wants the earth for sleeve,
She wants the sky for hat;
She also wants q knothole when
She sees a mouse or rat.
A snow storm seemed imminent on
Monday morning.
The registry lists should be hanging at
eli the polling p. -ces, this week.
-Rimersburg, Clarion Co., was almost
entirely destroyed by fire, last Saturday.
The disease called '.yellows" has at
tackled thousands OF the peach trees Of this
county.
Mrs. Vanderbilt rejoices in the posses
sioa of the most beautiful cat in the world;
II cost no less than 81, 200.
Some Of our bicyclers have lately
knocked children down, while turning cor
ners, and the police threaten arrests.
Johnny Richey has had some trouble
regarding partition walls, and has there
fore given up building at present.
The monument committee will meet
June 9th at P. N. in Ralston d Greer's
Office.
A terrible accident happened on the p.
g. W. this merning. Jos 0rbis0n's silk hat
was run over and is complete loss.
WANTED: Duck and goose eggs for hatch
ing. A fair price paid Address ut once,
with pnces, etc. Nixons Home, Butler.
The Pittsburg ball club climbed into
frat place on Tuesday by defeating Bal
timore. while New York defeated Cleve-
land.
The next bicycle race will probably be
announced before long. The distance will
likely be fifteen or twenty miles and the
prizes will be something nice.
There are now II or IA head of horses
In training at the race track here, and the
Bowser Bros, of Kittanning, have made
arrangements to bring 20 head OF theirs
over.
"A small brown worm, having yellow
stripe around it, Is cutting of the corn in
some sections. 1t cuts 1t off just above
groud and then follows the plant down to
the seed, cutting as 1t goes.
Some citizens of Gallery and vicinity
lately drilled water well Ut feet deep,
cased 1t los feet, and now have supply OF
pure and soft water. The well produces
81, 900 gallons daily.
The house of Frank Fisher in ackson
twp, was struck by lightning and badly
injured a few days ago. Miss Frances
Fisher was made unconscious for an hour
by the shock.
The rain put damper on the obser-
vance OF Decoration day; but the people Of
Butler assembled in the Court room, and
heard some good music and listened to
well prepared and appropriate orstion By
J. G. Scott.
There will be an ice cream and straw
berry entertainment ut the w. q. Il. U.
Hall, w. Jefferson st. on Friday evening
June lst, for the benefit OF the Fountain
Fund. Their will be no meeting Of the W.
G. T. q. ON Friday afternoon.
--Uounty Superintendent Mccullough,
this week, advertises che Teachers Ey
sminstions" TOR North Washington, West
sunbury. Slipperyrock and Prospect, as
Gee notice in another place Examinations
win also be held In Butler on the last Sat
urdays Of June, July and August.
The base ball game on Dec Grafton day
between tho Holy Ghost College club OF
Pittsburgh, and the home team, was al
most completely spoiled by the rain. The
farce was called In the 5th inning to allow
the visitors to catch o train, when the
score was II to 8 in their favor.
DIR. Emmanuel, member Of the State
Pharmaceutical board, On Thursday
brought charges against d. A. Harvey for
dispensing drugs without diploma
Squire McAboy discharged Mr.. Harvey,
as he has only, business interest in the
City Pharmacy and does not put up any
prescriptions.
s.. B. Martincourt d Co. have placed
ON their wooden show-horse q set of har-
ness of their own make. and will make
present OF the harness to the person gnes-
ding nearest to the exact weight of the
horse. The book to register the guessing
will be open next Monday and will close at
noon of July 10th.
The verdict in the case OF Frank Clark
versus the borough of Butler for damages
caused as he claimed because Of the grade
of the street fronting his property on the
Diamond, being lowered. was for the de-
fendant, or in other words, Clark gets
nothing. Out on West Pearl St the prop
erty of Loyal Brackney was injured to
some extent, and the Council settled with
him last week for $l25.
AT the coming meeting Of the Alle-
gheny Co. Medical society, the Jail physi-
clan will ask that body to appoint COM
mitteo to look into the matter OF executions
and if possible devise some method more
speedy and less shocking than hanging
II this can be done, the next session of leg
islaturs will be called upon to pass o bill
ing. The Hill case has plainly shown that
some new method Is necessary.
Two of the velwers appointed by the
Court to assess damages for that part Of
that old grave yard which the School
Board has appropriated for school purposes,
Nessers Humphrey and Rohner, viewed
the premises last Thursday and awarded
damages to the heirs of Norbert Foltz in
1433. 80, and to the heirs of Samuel Cum
ningham in $566. SO, or $1,000, In all. This
award 1t is said will be appealed by the
heirs Of N. Foltz, and 80 the matter will
rest for o time.
w. f. Tustin the affable general man
ager Of the Phenix Co. was mp from Pitts.
burg for several days Of this and last week,
and enthused those of our citizens who
spoke to him on the new railroad. He is
Just as earnest In affirming that the rail-
road will be built as at first, hut 1t Is q
project that moves slowly. The contract
has not been let for building the road, as
was reported recently, and the manager
could not say when this would take place,
but 1t will come sooner or later. It Ia now
generally understood that the survey for a
railroad from Allegheny to Butler which
was recently made are in the interests oI
this Co.'S survey from here to Butler and
many are Of the opinion that II is FAR more
reaching than this.-East Brady Rcvtew.
The Meadville bycicle race was run on
Decoration Day In spive of the fact that
the roads were very muddy. The Butler
boys entered were Paul Il. Cronenwett
David Ensminger, Norman Bredin. Ernest
and George Cronenwett, and others.
The distance was Is miles to Saegertowr
and return. and various hsndicsps were
given. Paul Cronenwett was the only
scratch man although all the best rider