Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-01-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Pay your poll tax this week.
That coupon in Ksufnsnn'S adv. is
worth pair of linen towels to you.
The funeral services of Andy Rollins
at the church in Springdsle. Wednesday
afternoon, were largely attended
An attempt was made to burgsrize
Bingham's hardware store in Centreville, q
few nights ago.
w. ]. Mates has started restaurant
in the Whitmire building, on Centre, Ave.,
near the bridge.
A dvertisements lwsys
Qranged Intention.
Advertise in the CITIzsN.
Oranges that have been frozen are
said to be poisonous, and as q large part of
the Florida crop was damaged by frost
lately, our dealers should be on the look
out.
Marks Bros store at Glade Mills was
robbed u few nights ago. The robbers
dressed themselves from the skin out in
Guiding hats and shoes, and also took fine
overcOat
The School Board has decided to build
ten room building on the lot selected on
Aifflin st, the estimated Cost of wfich is
$27. 600 The plans are to be made by
Youngstown o. architect.
The benefit for Chas. Phillips, the
popcorn man, given by specially COM
pany under the management of Jones and
DeHaveu was success 50 far as the enter
txinment was concerned; but it took all
the receipts to pay the expenses.
Thousands of wells will be drilled in
this county next spring aud summer if the
price of oil keeps up to or above the dollar
mark; and those of our farmers who re-
ceive rents. royalties, ETC., should hold on
to their money. Put it into your farms
better barns, and houses and stock and
farming implements, are safe Investments
The Ladies Exchange ard Butler Pub
lie Library was established Feb. 16, 1884,
Its library now numbers Fix hundred vol
umes of the best books in print, the free
circulation of which has been of great ben
eft to this community. The ladies will
celebrate the first annlversary Of the estab-
lishment of their library on Saturday, Feb.
10th. at which time they will be pleased to
receive such encouragement as a generous
and grateful publio see fit to accord them
w Ralston, the jeweler, sold his
handsome building on s. Main St., to ]
l.. Walker, the Center Ave confectioper,
for Sc, 500, and purchased the Blchele
building now occupied. in part, by Geo
Vogeley, the tobacconist for $675O. Mr..
Walker intends using the Rslston room for
tobacco store, aud Mr. Ralston intends
occupying the Buchsle building as soon as
he can have it remOdeled.
The boys will gamble, and therefore
they will get into trouble. Sheriff Camp
bell, Detective Thomas and Constsbles
Brown and Knittle broke into q room on
Main St.. Sunday afternoon. where a game
was on; and the boys skipped up through
the ceiling and out through the roof, but
the officers followed and secured them
However. but one was arrested-a railroad
man named Mattoon, who is said to have
had the room rented.
Forty years ago ]. G.. Kenyon and his
father had nursery in or near Harrisville,
and therefore the following item which we
clipped from an exchange some weeks ago
may be of interest to the people of that
vicinity: George W. Delamater. whom
Robert E. Pattison, four years ago, defeat
ed for Governor of the Keystone State and
who subsequently, became bankrupt and
went to Washington State to begin again,
is making great effort now secure to LIS
of An estate worth $l,OOO,OO0. This will
behis fee rs attorney. Eccentric J. Gard
ner Kenyon, of King county, that State,
who was once Unidentified with Forepaugh's
circus business, died last year. The claim
aut to his million dollar estate, and con-
kOotou" vi hto lOl WuOul DbIclUuL6f
as.attorney, is now vslisntly fighting, il
Mrs. Cynthia Perry, formerly of Warren
Pa, the nearest blood relative of Kenyon
After Kenyon, had made small fortune
in the circus business, he went West, 10
Gated in Seattle, anu invested his money
in buying up tide-land property along the
shore Of Puget Sound, which, ut one time
could be purchased tor mere song, bu
ia now very valuable.
From July '94 to Jan. '95. tn,
Pittsburg Times printed 9.862, ,0l2 papers
(an average Of nearly $4,000 day. ant
from these Z, l29, ,346 coupons were cut snt
sent to the office ill the interest of the diff
ferent candidates. sOver four thousant
ministers were voted for, but only tnos,
for whom concerted or systematic efor
was made stood any chance of winning
The winners had from $50, 900 to 502, ,0Ot
votes each. Nearly the whole of the vot,
for three Of the winners was received dur
ing the Last two days OF the contest. On
box contained 342. 900 votes, and was 9.
heavy that it required several men T.
handle it. All the plans for the tour hav,
been communicated to the clergymen VIII
have been chosen. They will sail from
New York on the steamer Friesland OF
Wednesday, February 6; touch at Ber
muda, the Azores, and Gibraltar; thenc
to Granada, whsre they will view the Al
hambra and other wonders of Southern
Spain; thence to Algiers, Malta, Alexan