Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LUCAL AND GENERAL.
Now that wheat is 10 cents a bushel
growing field is Of considerable interest.
II this thing keeps up we'll all be bak
ed without going to the other place.
The Forth ward Mutual Water Co., ia
drilling well on the bill north Of town.
"A flower cut in the morning will out
live two flowers cut when the sun Is upon
shem.
-Itis stated that the fashionable tooth
pick shoes are good for the business Of corn
doctors.
Many farmers complain Of heavy loss
es by rot in the potatoes stored in holes
during the winter.
"A seven leaf clover was one Of the
curiosities at neighbOriDg drug store
last week.
The rain Of Tuesday changed the face
of Nature. IL spoiled our orchard boqusts
and made the grass darker greer.
The Butler Co. s. s.. Association will
hold a convention in Butler ON 5th, 9Th,
and 7th, days Of June next.
A new schedule ia to 60 into effect on
TIE West Penn soon. and we are to have
fast morning train and t~o Sunday trains.
The Cork Advertiser says: "At the
Circur We saw and heard an Irish-Ameri-
can clown Bob Hunting He makes ones
sides ache, but his wit is tonic"
-ras bIrn OF Wm. Moore in West Lib
erty was struck by lightning and destroy
cd by fire at noon, yesterday. Mr.. Moore
waJ away from Mons az the time.
-Pittsburg Ia having week Of Wagner
Opera, under the direction Of Walter
Damrosch, Blaine's son in-lsw; and the
Pittsburgers are patronizing 1t literally.
The apple, pear, and plum trees are
full Of blossoms, but peach and cherry bios
SONS are scarce. Some Of the winter
wheat looks good.
Daring the rain OF Tuesday evening,
lightning struck the Walnut tree At W. ID.
Brandon's back porch and followed
clothes line wire from it to the stable and
set things afre.
Bob Hunting brings with him from
Great Britain, the land Of such Clowns y
Wallet, Swan, Adams, Grimaldi and Cook,
srscord to make every fun-loving
American proud Of him.
"A certain young man who told his
girls father he loved her was considerably
taken back when the old gentleman replI-
cd: "He did too, and intended TO keep
her. -
Some young ladies' who " carry red
noses may be interested TO know that an
eminent physician says it comes from tight
Iscing, and consequently they should
"slscken their stays"
Don't spray your fruit trees with poi.
son while in full bloom, az 1t will kill the
fruit by the flowers not being fertiized by
the bees.
1T is said that the highest point ever
reached by oil was in January, 1860, when
II went to 800 per barrel. The lowest
point, cents per barrel, was reached in
November. 1861
Twenty years ago Col. Thompson put
up q boz In front Of his lot on Main st. and
flock Of Martens came nd located In IL,
and they have been coming every year
since The only other flock in town n
Barney Sclbach's.
The Opera House was crowded last
Thursday evening for the entertainment
given by the Boys Brigade Of the
Y. NJ. q. A., and the audience was pleased
with the entertainment. Much credit is
due Mr.. Brymer for the interest he takes
In the boys.
"A lady tells the Christian Advocate
that she heard colored preacher say: ode
TO- part oh de house will please sit down,
TO de hind part can not see de TO part IL
de TO- part persist in standing befor' dc
hind part TO do utter obscusion OBJ dc
hind part by do 70 part"
Jos Kiskadon has sold his interest In
the Butler House livery to his partner
j. M. Brener. While Jos was buildiuR q
bridge in Jefferson Twp, Monday, he lost
his pocket book VIII ich contained papers oi
value TO him alone. and for the return o
which he offers reward. See Lost" notice
In another column.
The drouth in this section was
becoming serious. and in some parts Of
the oil region IL was alarming. Fierce forest
fires we're raging In Bradford andElk coun-
tries Men were obliged to make a constant
fight 10 save oil rigs, tanks lumber and
timber. Drilling wells In many places
we're suspended because Of lack OF water
~ springs wero dried up.
cipally in farming property. says that
farm values have materially advanced
within the last few months. and properties
that we're offered with no buyers at the
very low rates that have prevailed for the
past two or three years cannot now be
bought nearly so low. A good deal Of
farming property Ia now changing hands
and at better prices.
One Of orr oil mon whose income IN now
about 81 900, a day, was seen dancing a
jig on his back porch tho other day, while
he sang:
-"Ob, tho country's CROWN brighter
an tho world In glory rolls;
The sunshines strea min whittier through
the window Of our soula;
The lords unlocked His storehouse. with
all He's got TO giFe,
An if't would last forever, we'd iuat live.
an live, an livep