Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Fast Mail December, 6.
-Christmas buying has begun
Christians comes on Wednesday this
year.
Christmas stocks are large and varied
thisy year.
Lincoln ]. Carriers Fast Mail Dee.
Park Theatre.
The explosion of Wednesday morning,
was heard oyer in Kittaning and at Parker.
An attempt was made to burglarize
the Schloss Bros clothing store, Monday
night.
The limestone quarry near Wick Sta
tion is to be operated by Sharon COM
pany.
in y luggage Check" and "Maloney's
Mishaps' lus people of Butler enjoyed two
good shows .ast week.
-Ify ou receive sample copy of the
CITIZEN take it as friendly invitation for
you TO become one OF its weekly readers.
A Cecil twp. Washington Co., gusher
started eff at 1900 day, Tuesday of last
week, but SO on came down TO 100 an hour.
Tba h,dr of a man uho diad at Dix
mont. Tuesday, is claimed by three
women. No wonder he went crazy.
One Of the committees of Bellefonte's
council is known as the Nuisance Com
mittee. A committee o. that kind is need
ed in every town.
Measles are so prevalent in part of
Mnddycreek twp, that school No. l, of
which Sherman Gallagher is teacher, had
TO close for week.
The regular meeting of the Nathan
Missionary Society will meet on Tuesday
Dec. 18th instead Of the 10th in the new Y.
NJ. g. A. building.
Quite number OF OR citizens appear
ed before the Council at its meeting Of
Tuesday evening, to protest against the
purchase OF the expensive Gsmewoll fire.
alarm system.
The lot at the corner of Smithfeld,
and Fifth Ave-, Pittsburg, changed hands
the other day for $500, ,000 and the pur-
chasers say ''sky y-scraper" will be built
upon it.
Teachers Institute begins Monday,
the 10th. TIE schools of Butler will close
on Friday Of next week, the 18th, and
we understand that they will not open un-
til MoLday, Jan. 9th, 1896, giving the
children three weeks vacation.
1t is not always the best tn ing for a
young lady to have different beau every
night because it shows something is lack
ing in her general makeup. One true
gentleman friend is worth half dozen
false friends who get together, laugh, and
make perfect fool Of her.
A western paper tells of fellow who.
every time he gets on spree, insists on
paying years subscription to his town
paper. He has already paid to January l,
1947. An effort should be made to aseer-
tain what brand of whisky the fellow is
using that it may be more generally put
on the m arket.
About a thousand people attended the
Cooper sale in Worth twp. on Wednesday
oflas: week, though the weather was raw
and chilly. The grain sold we'll, but some
of the sheep and horses were almost given
away. The sale began at a. m. and
lasted till p. m. 1t ran over the ap-
praisment which was upwards of So 900.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion building will be dedicated tomorrow,
Friday, the 9th inst, at 7.30 p. m. Rev.
]. W. Smith will make the Dedicat0ry Ad-
dress; ]. V. Ritts of the Building commit
tee will present the building; and E.
Mackey, President OF the Y. NJ. G. A. will
accept it. On Saturday the building will
be opened for inspection, with ladies re
ception at $3.50 and mems at p m.
A modest deacon was once invited to
say grace at public dinner. Seeing a
clerical looking gentleman further down the
table he thought it would be no more than
becoming to ask him to officiate, SO turn
ing to him he said, "won't you ask bless.
ing97 The clerical looking party put his
hand to his ear and replied, Speak louder,
please. | am So d-n deaf I can't hear
You" The deacon did not press him.
The game of foot ball played on the
grounds here on Thanksgiving day was the
best yet played here this year, and the
score was the largess ever made by But
Ter team. John Feigeps work as full back
for the Butler team was tho feature of the
game, though all the Butler boys did ex-
cellent work. The score was Butler 80;
Woods Run Escorts 0.
The j. s. Jack team won game at
Aspinwall the same day. Score too.
AS partial list of the candidates for
County Sup't was published in one of our
contemporaries last week. we give the full
list so far az known. L. NJ. Caldwell of
Jefferson, l. Ii. Painter of Millerstown,
A. M. Kelly of W. Sunbury, W. P. Jami-
son of Fairview, S. Il. Cheesman of Por-
tersville, Hersh Miller of Allegheny, F. W.
Ekas of Ekastown; e. II. KnOch of Saxon
burg. A. G. Kelly Of Butler and J. W.
Wilson OF Prospect.
'Now the merry time comes nigh,
When the lass SO slick and sly,
Will appreciate her papa's weakest joke;
And with skillful hattery
She will laugh with widest glee-
After Christmas he will find that he ia