Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-09-06


their intending to do so, not later than
Monday morning.
Administrators and Executors OF es tate
can secure their receipt books at the CITL
zBN office.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
These cool nights make the mosqui-
toes shiver.
The Harmony and Millerstown Fairs
would have brought rain.
Good little boys are SO glad that the
horrid. long vacation is over.
When young man drinks rye ana
gets corned he is sowing his wild oats
There is no more expensive luxury in
the world than getting even.
Some men work as if they expected to
live thousand years
The jumping beans in Boyd's show
window are great curiosities.
How time drags when you are listen
ing to the praise of some one you dislike.
About eighteen hundred children put
in an appearance at our schools Monday.
Tho oldest citizen says that this has
been worse year for the farmers than
that of '54,
The school directors Of Franklin twp.
propose placing an International Dictiona-
ry in each of their schools, with a holder.
We're close to q change'in the wealth
er. If this prediction is fizzle. turn the
hose on us.
With the Fair, the Court, a lecture
and three Opera House entertainments
this ha1 been lively week for Butler.
Not every woman thinks she is hand
some, but every housekeeping woman
knows she can make the best pickles on
earth
One hundred and seventy-two Boyers
and relatives assembled at the lone OF
John Boyer in Lancaster twp. last Thurs
day and had good time.
Henry Zeigler Of Middle Lancaster is
building three-story brick block in Har-
mony; and ALI Latchaw intends building a
two-story brick block.
The Harrisville school matter will
probably come to Court. They have three
schools there, but the Directors can agree
upon but two teachers.
The people of zelenople are putting
in water orks. They will secure their
supply from the springs on the C.S. Passa-
want farm, on the hill across the creek.
Jacob Grotzman of Auddycreek twp.
kept his cash in an old coffee pot, and
som ebody found it out and prigged the
pot
The new tariff law requires 2-cent
stamp to be placed upon any pack of play
ing cards in stock, and on Saturday last
Postmaster Kearns of Pittsburg sold so, 900
stamps for this purpose.
Opinions differ as to when they had
the rain in 1854 that ended the drouth-
some say in the later part Of Sept, some
in October, and others not till towards the
holidays when snow fell and melted thu 5
giving them water.
I'm Pittsburg next Tuesday the parade
will form up about the Court House and
march down Fifth avenue and Fifth street
to the Sixth street bridge, up Federal street
and around the Park The entire route il
mentioned in programme, published in
another place.
The little old school house on L. JEFF
ferson street is again in use as school
the janitor for number Of years. Some
of US got many a spanking in that little OLD
school house.
We are under obligations to the P. &
W. X. r. for copy of G. f. Muller's de
scription of Pittsburg, also to the Commit
tee on Printing for the National Encamp
ment for copy of the Official Book, and
from it we take the programme and othel
matter regarding the encampment which
appears in another column.
Referring to the new railroad, tn,
East Brady RerieW of last week says: Al
the New York meeting it was decided I,
begin operations at once, and on the re-
turn of Messrs. Freese and Hammond pre-
parations we're begun to carry out these
plans Immediately. The surveys tha
were made in the spring will probably b,
followed to great extent, and this line
will be made final and will be the shortes
and best way to reach the p. S. & L. L
and a. w. 1t will start from this sid
of river, and railroad bridge acros
the Allegheny at this place may be erect
ed in the future A tunnel will be pu
through the mill at what is known as th
summit" near Kepple's Corners, whicl
will do away with heavy grade. Whethe
This line will strike Millerstown or Karn
City cannot be known until the survey
completed The objective point is Oneida
on the P. S. & L. Z. r. r.
AT the meeting of Council Monda,
evening, the street Committee was direct
ed TO close Lookout Ave. on account Q
the unsafe condition of the overhea
bridge; Capt. Flanagan was elected healt
officer and his salary fixed at SIS q month
and Rule Of the Board OF Health was re
jected.
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