Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-10-11
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
"If no trouble you do borrow,
You will know but little sorrow,
And the dreaded dark to morrow
With its circumstances dire
Neer will make you melancholy,
You'll be jolly, always jolly,
And will ever find your trolley
Running smoothly on the wire. 7"
-Chestnuts are plenty, and good
The boys are now playing foot ball in
the ancient graveyard.
Plant fruit or nut trees along the
highways.
Apples are being shipped into Butler
from Mercer Co.
There is some typhoid fever in town
and county.
Prospect is to be supplied with natur-
al gas by home company just formed.
The Lincoln League has nearly 300
members in Butler, and enthusiastic meet
ings are held every Monday night.
The Butler football team played its
first game cf the season at Indiana on
Monday and was beaten 80 to 0.
The corn crop'of this vicinity is esti-
mated at less than one-half, and the buck
wheat crop about the same.
We don't want any blood. Destruc
ton has no charms for u.s. But men ard
brethren the hour of the year has arrived
wheu 1t is time to shut the door.
The Presbyterian Church could not
accommodate the crowd that gathered to
hear Nathan on Sunday evening, and many
were turned away.
The Amy Bros. have removed their
stock of farniture to the old Troutman
store room at the corner Of Main and
Miffiin streets.
Hereafter when there is fire at night
during fog, the bell nearest the fire
should be kept ringing constantly, while
the Others should give the alarm and then
quit.
The woods are putting on all the bues
of the rainbow, and ride over any of our
bills at he present time cannot help but
b., a pleasant pastime for anyone having
lecture
In building your roads make the gut
ters big enough, and round off the road
from the bottom of the gutter to the centre
of the road. If a clay road is well drained
it will be passable the year through.
Midnight mechanics" have lately
been doing some work in the Fourth Ward.
The residences. of Rev. Limberg, Dan
Younkins, W Il. II. Riddle and R. P.
Scott have been entered and robbed.
We notice by our exchanges that
many towns in this section are repairing
their walks, and We would suggest that,
before snow flies. many walks in this town
should be put in good condition.
Mr.. X Fisher has established Dye
Works on Centre avenue, near the bridge,
and is now prepared to dye and repair ali
kinds of mems and women's wearing ap
pare, and he will guarantee good work on
good material.
AS some parties in interest may not
have noticed the communication in last
weeks paper, We are requested to state
that the next reunion of the MeNees and
Taylor families will be held at the resi-
dence of Hugh Moore, on the third Tues
day of August, 1895.
The bathtub is going to be a factor
in education hereafter in the Chicago
public schools. Parts of the Easements of
two school buildings are to be fitted up
with bathtubs, and children who need it
are going to be scrubbed. The province
of the pedagogue is growing broader and
broader as the years go by.
A sharp examination of silver dollars
of 1891 is necessary. The bogus specimen
has good ringing sound, but it is notic~-
ably larger than the genuine coin. The
workmanship is imperfect The motto
''In God we trust" Is blurred, and the
eagle and Goddess of Liberty are not SO
finely cast as they are ON the genuine
dollar
Eight freight cars were smashed by
the accident ON the p g. W.. near Millers-
town, Monday afternoon. Five were load.
ed and three were empty. The engine re-
mained on the tnack. The train was going
north; was on a down grade, and it is
likely tha; stacking up to cross the bridge,
while on curve, forced the cars together
and made the wheels to climb the track
The track was cleared that evening by
forces sent from Butler aud Foxburg. The
accident probably cost the company sever
al thousand dollars.
Zeal in religious matters in a power
when it is the genuine article. For cS-
ample, take the case of Joe and Tom
Haney, brothers, who are Cor were) farm
ers near Warrington, Ala. A few day;
ago they got into a discussion on some
religious points which developed into de
cided differences of opinion. Finally, be
coming satisfied that he could not convince
his brother by ordinary arguments, Joe
pulled knife and slashed the stiff-necked
bigoted Tom in the breast Tom fed,
but later in the day he slipped around to
Joe's house and emptied the contents o
gun into him as he sat on the porch
resting from his religious labors. Joe
slumped to the floor fatally wounded
A stray shot hit and killed Joe's 9-year
old girl. Tom went forth into the wilder.
ness, doubtless soothed by the thought
that he had established his religious
point.