Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-10-04
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LUCAL AND GENERAL.
This World was 5, 655 years old, last
Monday, according to Hebrew Chronology.
The workers of Elwood City are resist
ing a reduction in wages.
There is but one county in Pennsylva
MIA without a railroad--Fulton.
Toe Eldership of the Church of God,
of Western, Pa, is in session in Butler,
this week.
Butler was full of people last Satur-
day and the sales Of some OF our merchants
ran as high as $500.
The lectures by Mr.. Price, in Butler
last week were well received He is an
able and forcible talker.
Gus Miller built that horny chair ex-
hibited in A. d II. Reibsr's show window.
The two big horns that form the arms of
the chair came from Canada.
Mrs. J. B. Borland widow of Rev
Borland, decd. will have public sale of
personal property on Thursday, the 25th
inst.
The county commissioners will be at
Pottsville Pa. from Tuesday till Friday of
next week, attending the annual conven-
ton Of county commissioners.
Temperance lecturer Wooley had large
audiences In Butler last Sunday, partic-
ularly in the evening when the church and
lecture rooms of the q. r. Church were
crowded.
Work at one Of the bottle factories,
the larger one, was resumed last Thurs
day, aud in the other on Friday. The
works are going at their full capacity
with forty-fve blowers engaged.
There are So election districts in But
ler Co, So in Beaver. 44-in Armstrong, 54
in venango, 3s in Lawrence, 440 in Allie
gnery and 920 in Phi'a. The total num-
Der In the State IL 5,068.
-Gypsies are said to have stolen two
daughters Of Stephen Borkman's, an oil
driller living at Zelinople. They have
been missing several days and no trace Of
them can bc found.
A curious affair is reported from Deer
field, Ohio. While pitching ball in re-
cent game, the pitcher broke his arm and
the ball pitched struck the batsman on
the head and the latter became crazy.
The PAGER, Flying Jib, hitched to a
rupning mate, paced q mile in the unpre-
ciddented time Of / SO IL on Sept. 30 at
the Chilicothe, o. track. This method Of
racing does not affect the time Of Robert
J.
Benton Stoughton Of Connoq. twp.
near Buttercup, p 0. will have a sale of
personal property on Tuesday, Oct. 9tb,
beginning at 10 a. IN. lie intends remov-
ing to the strip of West Virginia, ajjoin-
ing Beaver Co. and commonly called
the "Pan handle
Communion services will be held by
the Grace Lutheran Congregation at their
usual place of worship, w. @. T. U. Hall,
on Sunday Oct Z, at ii A. NJ. The pas
tor will be assisted by member Of the
Eldership now in session in the Church OF
God. Preparatory service on Friday even
ing.
Humane Agent Skilman was request
ed to go to w. Sunbury and investigate a
case OF cruelty to animals there. He went
last Friday, found the case as reported;
had the man arrested and fined $40, and
then withdrew the information. For a
second offence, the defendant can, under
the law be fined $50 and imprisoned for
one year.
During the dense fog Of last Monday
night the fire bells were rung, and the
hose companies came out, but could not
locate the fire, aud consequently rushed
around in the dark and fog and accom-
plished nothing. The fire happened to be
on the hill just above Duffytown. out
side of the limit. and also ont Of the bor-
ough, but the incident illustrated the ne
cessity for & system of fire alarms in the
borough.
DIR. Clarke Robinson delivered the first
Of bis lectures on Shakespeare In the u. P.
lecture room, Monday evening. He had O
large audience, and as he ia an unusually
entertaining and instructive speaker, his
audiences will probably grow in numbers
His lecture of Monday evening was or
"Mind and Works. the second on the list
on account OF having mislaid some data
and that OF Monday evening the 18th inst
will be on the man himself or biographi
cal.
Last Friday evening Allen Mccall
was telling war stories in the Wick Hous,
and among others he told Of the capture o
Fort Steadman. It.was Union fort, and
the Confederates. commanded by Genera
Gordon. assaulted and captured it, Allel
helped TO defend the fort, and told Of th,
Rebels swarming over the sides and driv
ing the Union soldiers out of It. Will
he was telling the story, Mr. Price, th
lecturer. came in and li-tened to 1t; an,
after Allen finished asked him If he say
him there Allen said no, and Price sal,
he was one Of the first of those Rebels L
scale the walls and attack the garrison
Then he told of the attack; OF the mud il
the ditch, which was up TO the fiddle il
depth; OF their hiding under the nbbatti
to keep from being shot until the Rebe
batteries cleared the way, and of the ma
charge. Price was a member of the 3ls
Georgia, and Mccall Of the 46th Penna
The fort in question was recaptured b,
the Union army few hours after it wa