Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Farmers Institute at Freeport. Nov.
16 and II.
If it SHOWS next Tuesday, its election
day.
President Cleveland has designated
Thursday, the 29th, as Thanksgiving Day.
The Butler Football club plays the
Nonpariels of Pittsburg, on Saturday.
&C. N. Boyd is making some changes
in the interior of his store in view OF the
arrival of his big fountain.
The Midnight Mech anics of the town
are yet actiye-lock your doors and win
dows before retiring.
The p S. & L. e. trains will hereafter
stop at Muddycreek station. See notice
in another place.
John Peffer of Jackson township lost
8 fine sheep by logs about 60 days ago and
secured the bounty recently.
The Never Works beat the High
Schools, 6 to N an exciting game OF foot
ball Tuesday.
When about to order your reading
matter for the winter consider our offer of
the CITIZEN and Tribune, both for s1.50
year in advance.
She II see that one sewing machine
is supposed to do the work of twelve wo-
men," He "what idiot has gone and in
vented talking attachment"
I'm some parts of the county, scarlet
fever has become so prevalent that the
schools have been closed. There is also
considerable OF it in the town.
Reports from IL rooms of the Butler
schools show that 444 pupils we're in their
seats ready for work every day during the
month of October.
The Native African Choir, band of
Kaffirs from South Africa, will give con-
cert in the U. P. Church at 230 Saturday
afternoon.
The W williard House has been treated
to coat of paint and looks the better for
it. No pains are being spared to make it a
first class hotel.
Mr.. William Steuart, the new pro-
prietor of the Central House in Harrisville,
sets as good table as the traveller could
wish for.
in some of the south western counties
of this State early sown wheat is dying.
Something seems to be working on the
roots, cutting them of.
= H Seanor has bought an interest in
the Wick Livery Barn with j. G. Dauben-
speck, they are enlarging and repairing
the barn so as to make room to run first
class Livery and Sale stable.
One Of our local wits bet crowd that
he could see light in Adams twp, from
the Court House steeple; and after they
had climbed up there, be pointed out the
planet Mars, saying "There, there's Mars,
and amt it in Adams twp.
There are too many tramps in and
about Butler, too many cellars are being
robbed, and a man was held up and robbed
of his watch in the eastern part Of town,
the other night,
Boarding houses in Cooperstown are
not equal to the demand and one man who
ran up house in two days had his house
So filled on the third that he could not ac-
comm odate them all.
The state Pharmaceutical Examining
Board finished its work in Pittsburg, Mon.
dag, and granted certificates to quite a
number of applicants, among whom were
]. @, Grohman and William P, Welshons Of
Butler,
The fair, which was to be given by
the st. Patrick's church at Elizabethport,
N J. has been abandoned because, it is
said, of the action of the Union County
Grand Jury in condemning lotteries run in
connection with church ialrs.
The people of Centreville are thinking
of building an electric car line from their
town to Branchtn station. If the laws
were changed so as to allow electric lines
to carry freight, the country would soon
be full of them.
--Highwaymen, Galore. held up the
Cooperstown hack coming to Butler last
Saturday evening, and got but 80. 90 There
were several drillers in the hack, but they
were coming to Butler for their wages.
So many millionaiies live on Institute
Hill that the burglars confne their atten-
tion To that part OF the town During the
past few nights half dozen attempts have
been made to enter houses and the bur-
glars have had to dodge several charges of
shot.
The Baptist Church was the scene Of
pretty wedding, Wednesday afternoon,
when Herbert Smith and Florence Fisher
were made man and wife. After the
wedding they left for a trip to Herbs old
home in Greenfield, Macs. The young
couple have our best wishea.
Jane" type OF pure English com,
sdy, was given on our local boards on
Tuesday night to a delighted audience.
Such plays have a refining influence on
play goers and with a mixture of comic
opera and, an occasional tragedy should
Gil our Opera House once week.
Mercer county bobs up again with ar
eloping pair. The authorities in Butler
are looking for VIM. Layton, of Merce-
wno, it is slledged. ran off D weeks ago
with Mrs. Sara Brest, wife of Newtor
Brest. of Mercer. The eloping pair ar,
said to have come to Butler, and afterwart
gone to Pennington where they staid sew
eral weeks.