Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-10-10
PERSONAL.

Mrs. BENTON Stoughtoa, formerly o
Buttercup is lying seriously i'll in Wes
Virginia.
Mrs. R. J. Turk of Buttercup who has
been sick for some time is able 10 be about
again.
Rev. Melhorn of Freeport visited friends
in Butler, Thursday.
Absolom Monks and daughter of Middle
sex twp, were in town Friday,
Jacob Sanderson and Zenas MeMichael
of Clay, and S. c. Tebsy of Muddyereek,
we're in town Saturday.
Rev. George TroutmaE and wife were
given pleasant reception at the home ol
his parents in Summit twp, last Friday
Andrew Weisner and wife OF Heleua,
Montana are visiting friends in Butler.
". H. Tilton and Miss Flo Bancroft
will be married in the Episcopal church,
next Wednesday afternoon
Miss Carrie O'Brien is visiting her pa-
rents in SIlveTville.
Caas Tiak, of McKean St., son of
Cnas Tinker Of Cherry twp, is lying ser
inusly i'll of typhoid fever.
Col. W. g. Rumberger of Craigsville
was the guest OF his son Will, this week.
J. L. Beatty of Hillard returned Monday
from a visit to his brother at UnderCuf.
Mr. Beatty has not been in good health
for some time.
Jim Wilson of Centreville was in town,
Monday. Jim says they are pretty well
slong with the second story of the new
school building. and are paying the team
sters about $50 day for hauling brick ana
stone.
Rev. A. C. Johnston OF the N. E. church
preached his first sermon in Butler last
Sunday.
Frank Murphy and Dr. Gibson of Mil
lerstown are on their way TO Atlanta, via
the Chesapeake bay route.
Thomas Jamison of Fairview twp, A L
Camp 1ell and wife of Petrolia; Levi Camp
bell OF Parker twp Amos Campbell OF
Armstrong Co. and Tart Doutt and wife OF
Allegheny attended the funeral OF James
G. Campbell, last Monday.
Sheriff Brown was in town, Tuesday,
securing a marriage license for his daugn-
ter, Mary, who was married that day to
George W. Wright, young machinist OF
Butler.
Cyrus Campbell of W. Virginia is visit
ing his friends in this county. He and
his brother-in- law P, r. Sutton of Concord
twp, were in town, Tuesday.
E1 judges Heydrick and Bredin were
here yesterday on the Grove vs Steelsmith
d. Co. case.
Mrs. Margaret Dunbar of Forward twp,
visited friends in Clearfeld twp, last week.
She is "a years Of age, but is yet spry aud
enjoys life.
DR.. VIM. Irvine and wife Of Evans City,
visited friends in Butler, Tuesday.
E. l.. White of Evans City, was the
guest of his cousin Misses Lotta and Anna
White of S. Main st. on Monday.
Herb Harper and his wife returned, Mon
day, from a pleasant ten days Sightseeing
trip to New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington.
Hon. W. S. waldron of Evans City, was
in town, Tuesday.
Geo. W. Cooper of Shpperyro.k twp,
was in town, yesterday.
Mrs. Hall and Mrs Sidler made busi-
ness tnp to Pistsburg, yesterday.
n. T. weser returned Tuesday, from
trip to Reading, Phila. and Washington.
Mrs Rose aid daughter who have been
visiting friends here have returned to
their home in Lincoln Neb.
Hon. d B. Douthett intends going into
the real estate business in Pittsburg. He
will reside in Williamsburg.
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, ex-
Gov. Beaver, and several other Prominent
men will be in Butler, next week, attend
ing the Presbyterian Synod.
Two ladies who live near Butler. and
who were about starting for trip West,
had an interesting experience the other
day at the home of a friend here. They
placed their pocket books in fruit dish,
before dinner, and when they opened the
books after dinner to secure money for
their tickets, they discovered that $40 had
been taken from them. Suspicion imme-
diately fell upon ftrapping big lr,eh girl
who had been engaged to do the housework
that morning, and the man of the house
sent out for policeman Skillman who bluff
ed it out of her. She denied u, OF course,
at first, but the threat OF immediate i'm
prisonment and promise of immunity il she
gave up the money. induced her to go up
stairs to an old waste basket, and get it,
and hand 1t over