Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-06-20

Honduras Tonic.
Paper flowers.
Zimmerman's June clearence sale.
Miller's shoes.
Excursion.
NoTE-All advertisers intending to make
changes in their ads should notify US o.
their intention to do so, not later thar
Monday morning.
Administrators and Executors of estates
can secure their receipt books at the CIT
ZEN office
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Standard is paying $l.55 to day.
Next year will be the last leap year
until 1904.
The Mercer Hospital has at present u
patients.
The chewing gam evil seems to be on
the grow.
-Replanted garden stuff is now coming
on nicely.
The potato bugs have resumed bust
ness for the season.
Lots of green goods men in town
dealers in spring vegetables.
- j, people are said to be still hunt
ing j.. he Book of Hezekiah."
i Butler Presbytery meets at Grove
City. lesday.
About two hundred of our people took
in the Conneaut Lake picnic, Tuesday.
1t is easy to have fly time if you
have no screens on your doors and win
dows
The Butler School Board will select
forty teachers tomorrow from the hun
drsd and ten applicants.
The West Sunbury and Slpperyrock
Commencement Exercises occur next
week.
"A drop of caster oil is now said to be
preferable to the use Of fax seed for re-
moving distractions in the eye.
Eggs were scarce in Butler, last week,
and were shipped in from neighboring
counties.
The cold weather of last winter, killed
the yeltops in the peach trees; also good
many of the trees.
Erie and Warren will celebrate the
centennial anniversaries of their corporate
existence in the 4th and Franklin next
September.
DIR. Cyrus Teed of Chicago it in Pitts
burg at present organizing company to
90 to Eastern Florida, there to foand
communistic society.
We PRINT very interesting account
of the Sunday School Convention of last
week, prepared by the Secretary of the
Assn, Joseph Criswell.
If Judge Wickham, of Beaver Co., is
appointed to the Superior Bench, Alf
Moore, who read NV in Butler, will be q
. candidate for judge in that county.
During the trial of case at Beaver
last week, a defendant exhibited a new
bicycle that he had purchased in parts and
put together at total cost of $25.
Lawn fete on W. Jefferson St., this
evening, also tomorrow and Saturday
evening; benefit of Rescue Hook & Ladder
Co. Give the boys Eft.
Some one is recalling the fact that
about thirty-fve years ago men wore bal
loon sleeves very similar to the big ones
now worn by women.
-"When 'er man talks 'er tremenjus
sight bout what good frien' OBJ your'n
he is, said Uncle Eben, "listen ter i'm,
but doan' trade HOSES wifi i'm"
Last Friday was the one-hundred
and eighteenth anniversary ofthe adoption
ofthe stars and stripes as the national en-
blem. Betsy Ross designed the flag
The estimated cost of the new Episco-
pal church is $4,000. 1t is to be of stone
and will be built to the rear of the present
church. which will be used until part OF
the new building is completed.
The public sale including horses,
COWS. sheep and hogs, which took place
Wednesday at Abe Flick's farm, 10 Clear
field twp, was largely attended. Quite
number Of horses and cattle were disposed
of. A nice dinner was served in the or
chsrd, and all report a good time.
The Council adopted an ordinance
for the paving of Miflin St., last Friday
night; and at the same time the street Is
to be widened and Strengthened. An ordi-
nance providing for the sewering of W.
Cunningham St., was adopted that night.
Parts of Concord and Fairview town
ships were visited by an extraordinary
hailstorm last Thursday evening. Stones
as large as hen eggs are said to have fall
en-. The slate on the root of Samuel
Browns house were broken and derrick
at Troutman was blown over. The storm
area was about mile wide.
When fire breaks out you should
run to the nearest bell and ring it rapidly
ss a general alarm; then, if the fire is in
6pringdale give the bell single taps slowly,
to indicate district No. l; If the fire is in
the southern part OF the Znu w ara give IL
double taps; if in the 3rd Ward, treble taps;
If in Dutfytown four taps; If in the north
western part of town five taps; if in the
northeastern part of town six taps, and if
on Institute hill seven.
I'm Rev. Prugh's lecture of Tuesday
evening. he followed the ship only as far
as Algiers leaving the balance of the
trip for we suppose, a subsequent lecture.
He has gathered up considerable of the
history of GibIalter and Granada, and his
lecture was very interesting, and well de-
livered. If he continues his lecture, from
Algiers east, in Butler, he should have a
larger audience than he had in the Re-
formed Church of the First Ward, Tuesday
evening.
Excursion to the Sea Shore.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run four excursions to the Sea Shore
this season on the following dates, July
18th August LIST, 18th and August 29th, on
about the same schedule as last year and
at the same low rates as heretofore. The
first three excursions will probably be
run through to Atlantic City arriving at
the latter place about 90 pm. saving the