Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-12
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The champion pugilist made stir
As be passed along in his robe of fur
Up the street on winter day,
And the country minister buttoned his
coat,
A thin and shady one, up to his throat,
And shivered and went his way.
The firm of Il. q g. Krug, butchers,
has been dissolved, Henry retiring.
-Forspaugh's show will not e1hibitdur-
ing 1894.
The girl who looks sweet enough to
eat generally does.
The outlook for an ice crop is not very
encouraging.
1t viii be sometime be4 you write ii
with the next figure.
Tho thswing by day and freezing by
night have made the roads almost impassa-
bic.
William Caldwell will sell or rent his
farm in Butler twp. Sec notice in another
column.
a p. O. named Ferris, has been estab-
lishsd It the Roy mines, with John A.
Turner - P. N.
The warm weather Of last week start
I'd the buds to swelling and the wheat to
growing.
Rev. Crawford, of Allegheny College
win give lecture next Friday evening in
the n. z. Church, on 6svonsroli, the Ital-
ian rsformsr.
"A local philosopher says that when o
girl talks sb"ut . ceftsin young man being
perfectly horrid, it il time to look out
for cards.
1T IL not too early to be looking tor
candidates for borough officers. This year
the burgess and tax collector viii be elect
ID for three years.
1T is said that the common angls-worm
sjust now found very near the top Of the
ground and it is asserted that this is an un-
mistakable sign Of mild winter.
Tho hardware store of Falkner d
Witts ct Sarversville station, was robbed
of several revolvers, some knives, razors,
etc., last Saturday night.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette is
an oracle Of the great Republican party.
but not the organ of any man or set of
men.
The school teachers of Butler have decid-
ID to vote on Miss Britain for the Times
excursion, and Miss Coulter for that of the
DjspGtch.
There win be two separate services in
st. Narks' Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Butler, on next Sunday morning. German
st 10 O'Clock and English at IL. Children's
service in the evening.
When . man is hanging by his toes
from the cornice ofs high building mo.
mentarily expecting to drop, nothing 90
completely treasures him as the sudden
discovery that he Is safely ct home in bed
AT the meeting Of the School Board
Tuesday evening, the treasurer reported
total receipts Of the school year to date q
"a, 18o, and balance on hand of $1.000
Forty-Ex children whose parents reside
outside the borough limits are attending
the public schools of the town.
The names of candidates for township
and borough officers must be certified t.
the County Commissioners, fifteen and
dghtsen days before election. as the chang'
In the ballot law requires oil printing o
tickets to be done by them. Primaries
cannot be held later than February /, sni
- much earlier as the Committeeman MAJ
wish.
That large red lilly in D A. Heck
show window is IN Asiatic lilly of th
valley" the same mentioned In the scrip
ture; and the white flower that looks some
what like an Easter flower is Japsnes
Joss flower. the flower presented 10 th
god Of that name. Mr.. Heck Is making
speciality Of raising plants 1t present.
Now is the time for any person to adj
the comfort of window blinds to thei
homes by taking advantage of the extreme
" low price at which 8. G. Purvis q Go
are offering to make them. We under
stand thst this sudden Ont in prices is 70
the purpose of keeping their factory run
ming steady during the present dull seaso
and We are certain that the buyer will &c
fall value for his money.
We all admire that beautiful hymn
"Nearer my God to Thee" Now if 20
will take bushel of potatoes, sack {
Aour and big chunck of meat to som
poor family, who are suffering for th
nscsssaries OF life, it will bring you nears
to God than all the spiritual songs 20
osn sing for the next six months.
AT the annual meeting of the Butt,
County Mutual Fire Insurance Compan
held on Tuesday, the following director
were elected to serve during the ensuic
year: Jsmes Stephenson, John Koenii
DR. VIM. Irvine, Alfred Wick, Geors
Reno, h. Oliver. Charles Rebhuns, &c,
Kettersr, ". W. Rlsokmore, n. weitzs
D. T. Norris and +. Bowman. Office
for the company win be elected in Febr
sry.
we are informed by the Nessrs. Boy
ser. mention OF the burning of whose ba,
10 made in the Ford City correspondent,
that their loss will be between $50, 900 ar
e60. 900. on which there is an insurance
e6.500 The Bowser Bros. lost ffts'
hrsd of horses, ell Of which came from