Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-09
The Woods Water Works bill passed
tie House "Wednesday night-ll6 70 80.

The Woods Water Works bill passe,
the House wednesday night,-ll6 to 90.
The Finance Committee Of the Butle
Hospital Association is requested TO NEE
in the Office of Williams & Mitchell on the
Diamond, this evening az i;3O.
The Water Co, had an engineer il
town this week, and 1t Is said that he has
recommended the dsmming Of Bonnie
Brook for a temporary supply of water.
| None Of the contestants for the prizes
offered by the Pittsburg Times for the So
luton of the mystery Of the bride Of a
Day" story were exactly right. though four
persons guessed pretty closely and received
300 each, and the other 500 was DIVIDED
among ten.
According TO a dispatch sent TO Pitts
burg from New Castle, a mother black
snake found her way into the stomach Of a
COW belonging TO Nicholas Gardner OF near
Portersville, and deposited thirty-two little
snakes in il. The COW died, and when she
was cut open the old snake escaped, bat
the little ones were killed. It's pretty
good snake story.
AT the meeting Of Council, Tuesday
evening. the North End Mutual " ster Co
was granted the privilege of laying its
pipes in certain streets and alleys. The
Council will levy IL mills this year. for
general and tor special purposes. D. II.
Sutton has moved ont Of town and Stephen
Markham was appointed Councilman in his
stead. w. J. AcKee's plan of lots was
adopted. The W. Cunningham sewer
petition was defective.
Bicycle factories are springing up
everywhere; also bicycle liveries.
The importance Of carefully cleaning
old barrels before putting other substances
in them is shown by an accident at the
Westinghouse Electric Works, Brinton,
Pa. Castings were stored in an old barrel,
which had contained wood alcohol and
been reheaded. One Of the workmen
lighted match TO see what was in tie
barrel, and the gas which had gsthere
was exploded, throwing the castings in
various directions. killing one man, wound
ing five others, and injuring the building.
AT Blairsyille, last Friday, DIR. I. P.
Klingensmith pronounced a. convalescent
and out of danger four diphtheria patients
he has been treating with snti-toxi ne. This
is the recovery there, the first one occurring
a month or more ago, when anti-to1ine was
for the first time used in Western Penn
sylvania By Drs Rntledge and KlingeE-
smith. All these cases we're of the typical
order and such az usually result fatally.
The results obtained by-use of an,i-toxine
are such as to cause physicians to
regard it as a specific for the dread disease
What adds to the interest Of these cases is
that it is Supposed to be the most thorough
and satisfactory test that this remedy has
yet received in the United States
The large disc Of plate-glass cast at
the Butler works some tine ago was taken
out Of the annealing oven last week; ex-
amined By DR.. Peate, and pronounced by
him to be perfect. 1t vas a success or the
fourth trial. 1t was lying in a large box,
side, as it lay in the box, and the rim were
rough, but the upper side was smooth and
transparent. Looking into it was like
looking into an immense plate. The en-
tire cost the disc including the mould
and the price Of a table, as one was sprung,
will probably aggregate several hundred
dollars. The machinery for grinding it is
being manufactured, and will cost several
thousand dollars. There will be two thous-
and rubbers on the grinding apparatus.
Mr.. Peate expects to be two years on the
lens. and its cost when completed will ag-
gregate about $4,000. If no mishap oc-
ours this will be the largest lens on Earth
The disc is "a inches in diameter and
inches thick.