Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-10-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The oysters favor is improving.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The oysters favor is improving.
The cough drop man is sccumulating
fabulous wealth.
The new woman tips her hat to g fe
male in skirts.
The pure food Law went into effect last
Wednesday.
AL Heck's new lights metamorphose
his store-room.
Our first snow for the season fell yes
terdsy morning, Oct. 9th.
The u .andard continues to pay 81 25
for oil, but water is off 5 cents a Dbl.
--The Y. M. C. A. building W i'll be finish
ed in about six weeks.
of men did less longing" says the
Philosopher, "they wouldn't be SO short I,
Give me health and day, and I will
make ridiculous the pomp Of empe rors.-
Emerson.
1t costs $500 to ride whee; on the
sidewalks OF Aesdville, provided the po-
lice catch you.
-Nrs Pspe's millinery show-windOw
one Of the beauties Of the town Italwsys
blooms about this time of the year.
The boys are shooting pheasants and
squirrels, but must not shoot quail till
Nov lst.
The deaf mute who accu mulates q for
tune is one demonstration that silence is
golden.
EVERY man has distant relatives
says the Philosopher, "but some only be-
come distant when they grow rich"
"A ten. year old mare was sold in But
Ter county the other day for $40. That
was dollar year.
j. W. Parkin is again attending to the
business Of the Armour Meat Co. in this
county; and brings up car of meat from
Allegheny every Friday.
"A car-loii of: Davis sewing machines
arrived in Butler, Tuesday, consigned to
WIB. McCsrdless of Unionville, McCand-
less p. o.
The RefJ rmsd Synod met in the
South Side church, Monday night. The
Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania meets
IN Butler oD Thursday Of next week.
A sinner 10 sometimes taken for saint
and saint for a sinner. Isn't it curious
how some people are liable TO get mixed
upf
When Ed. G1ss opens for business in
the Forsythe building you can, If you wish,
eat your lunch on a thousand dollar,
marble counter.
DIR. J. r. Faulk, bright young Gen.
tist from Titusville. has located In Butler,
and opened an Office In the Gilkey build
,ng opposite the P. o. See card.
--"In the economy of NATURE says Q
philosopher. nothing is lost. The inside
OF an orange may refresh one man, while
the outside Of the cAme fruit may serve as
the medium for breaking another mans
leg"
Francis Anderson Of Saxonburg will
be the auctioneer OF the sale OF Albert
Hickey in Middlesex twp, next wednes-
day, at 10 O. m, and Isaiah Mccall at the
sale Of Mrs. Mary Jane Flick in the same
twp, next Friday, 10 a. m.
Hunters should remsmber that 1t Ia
unlawful TO shoot robins, woodpeckers.
cstbirds. bluebirds. fickers or yellow ham
mer, kildeers or night hawks, under PEN
slty Of not less than $40. nor more than
useful friends Of man.
Some months ago O generous citizen Of
N. Main st.. bought himself new wheel
barrow; and the neighbors borrowed 1t.
and borrowed 1t. lntil there was nothing
left OF 1t but the wheel and skeleton the
sides, legs and handles were oil gone. Jim
found the remains on the rubbish heap, the
other day, and
That squash story on our fourth page
was written by citizen OF venango Co.,
generous, roble hearted gentleman. who
travels over this county, telling the truth
and selling preparation guaranteed to
cure heart disease and rheumatism, and
save every thing but ones soul.
Work on the new school-house on
Hifiin st. has progressed rapidly since the
iron beams arrived, and the brick-work of
the second story is nearing completion.
Contractor Schenck expects TO havs the
building under roof by the end Of the
month. Each floor will contain five school
rooms and two recitation rooms and the
basement will make great play house in
winter time. Some Of the cut stone orna-
ments for the building have been finished
and they are very pretty. The paving of
Mifiiin st. and the builjing Of q substan-
tial bridge over the run make the site So
lected for this building much more avail
able one than II appeared at first.
In order TO prove how the public loves
to bite at swind.e, a Frenchman made q
wager and put the following in French
newspaper: "I promise nothing! engage
to perform nothing; but send me one franc
fifty centimes In portage stamps. Perhaps
there Is little surprise in store for you.
Who knowsf Address, +. D., Postoffice
-" The impotence and apparent can
dor Of this cool appeal to the public met
with every success. Stamps rsined in for
several days, SO that the winner of the
wager was able TO hand over q consi Ter.
able sum to local charity, after which he
tod the story in the newppapsr, so that
tn, dupes might know what had become
OF their money.
-"f.-. Peak Of Bust" 1t used TO b.
Oklahoma or bust 1t was
year or so ago, and II wa
"bust" Of the worst kind for York Stat
family that passed through Bntler last
Thursday. They were travelling in an ole
coversd wagon, drawn by two halt starved
horses; the family consisted Of an old man
his daughter and her husband and four
children, and they were on their way
from Oklahoma to their former home in
Csttarsugus Co., N. Y. The husband and
two of the children were living sick I'm the