Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-29
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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-Waites, all next week.
Welt for Waite. September I'd, al
week.
Fair week and Court week come to-
gether, this year.
-waites' Comedy Co.premium Band and
Orchestra, all fair week at popular prices.
Investigate waites plan for the ladi'
free tickets, on Monday night.
The residence of A. o. Hepler OF In
stitute Hill was burglarized last Saturday
night.
A house in West Sunbury, somewhat
used as a poorhouse, was destroyed by
fire last Sunday night. Loss about 2OOOi
Services in the United Presbyterian
ohu u on next Sunday at the usual hours
ia. NJ. and 7.30 P. NJ.
"A sermon by lady will be novelty
for the people Of Butler. You can hear
o ne in the Baptist Church next Sunday.
-Ho for Conneaut tomorrow, Merchants
Picnic. Special leaves Butler at A. NJ.
aud returns at 0 P. NJ. Tickets 81, Chill
dren 80 cents.
Owing to our columns being crowded
we have had to curtail some of our cores
pondence, a fact that we regret. We
will have plenty of space next week.
The barn Of a man named Schell, east
of town. was struck by lightning during
the storm of W ednesday evening and de-
stroyed by IRE, with all its contents.
One of the new and high buildings
in Pittsburg has been condemned. Soft
sand stone was used for part of the foun-
dation. and the immense weight crushed
it.
The contractors for the paving of
Miffiin St, are making remarkable head
way. By the end of the week the street
as far west as Chestnut will be ready for
the sand and brick.
Five thousand people attended the
Tarentum Fair, Tuesday-the opening day
and larger crowd was expected. yes
terday. Some Butler people attended
yesterday.
The Grace Lutheran church will again
ba Eafr
for the benefit cf the new church, now IN
process of construction, and will ap-
preciate the patronage OF friends and
the public in general.
There is no sense ia the old express
sion. Everything is lovely and the goose
hangs high" 1t is simply perversion Of
the saying that Everything is lovely
when the goose 'honks' high" which
means that. when wild geese fly high, 1t
is a sign of continued fair weather.
Our grocers are paying 20 cts. for but
ter, IL for eggs, 40 for potatoes, IS for
turnips, 1cent lb. for cabbage, 60 bu.
for tomatoes; 40 to so for apples, s1.OO to
$l.25 for pears; 35 to 40 cts. pair for
Spring chickens, 35 cts. dozen punches
for beets, 25 to 80 for celery, and s cts.
doz. for corn
"A peculiarity of the apple crop this
year il the IS potted" nature of the pro-
ducing belt. While the fruit is scarce in
some localities; it is phenomenally large
in other nearby localities. An item from
Parkersburg, w. Va. says the apple crop
in that region is the largest ever known.
Every tree is laden to its utmo st capacity
with perfect fruit. One firm will have
over 25, 900 barrels of cider apples.
The funerals OF Rev. William White
AMI Mr. George Dallas Harvey occurred at
the same hour, O'Clock p. N. last Satur-
day. The remains of both were inferred
10 the North cemetery, and both we're
largely attended, Rev. White was in the
85th year of his age. A notice of his life
and long useful service among our people
as a minister and teacher will be seen IN
another place. Mr.. Harvey will be re-
membered as an Industrious man and
workman who did t1e work on many Of
the tine brick buildings of this town. He
was aged 40 years months and 10 days
-'I see," said the man, "that a man
out near Franklin, has been blown up by
nitro-glycerine and they can't find enough
OF him to hold an inquest over. Such ac-
cidents are not nn common in the oil
regions, where men get reckless in the
handling of explosives from long familiar
ity with them in shooting oil wells, and
they do not excite special wonder any
more. / remember being in a restaurant
in Bradford once when it was crowded. l
think it was between hours on the Oil Ex-
change and the spectators, brokers and
others were taking their lunch. A man
came staggering into the restaurant, and
he was about as drunk as he could be and
keep on his feet. He had something under
his arm wrapp up in newspaper, and
he placed it on the counter and asked for
whisky. The ar-keeper told him be had
enough, and he got very hot over it..
Finally be said he would get even by
blowing everybody in the room to that
place where you can't get ice, and he took
the wrapper off the package. 1t was a
can of nitro glycerine. Say, you should
have seen low quickly that room was emp
tied. Swish. and it seemed as if every
body has been swept out Of it in one breath.
and the bartender went through the win
dow And there that drunken idiot stood
and laughed and haw-hawed as if he had
played the funniest kind of joke on us.
Finally he s'raigh'ened up aud tried to
get behind the bar to get drink, leaving
his can of explosive on the counter. One
OF the more daring spirits sneaked ipto
the room i1l colared the package, and
then We swooped down on the drunk.
AccI5ents.
j. N. Dunn of Forward twp had q leg