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

tnls Weeh.
Oats are selling in Missouri at 12i cts.
per bushel.
Farmers do not look so much dis
couraged now.
Good morning Ralph, have you seen
Tom to-day.
The Pittsburg club dropped to sixth
place, last week.
A harvest home was held at Slippery
Rock Park last Saturday.
No woman ought to find it difficult to
laugh in her sleeve these days.
-The smallest dog in the neighborhood
can set all the others barking.
-Elderberries are ripe and fence cor
ners along the country ro ads are profusely
decorated with them.
Harry Moorehead's horse, Hustler
Russell, won the the free-for all at Kittar
ming.
1t is claimed that Lake Erie prod uces
more fish to the square mile than any
other body OF water in the world.
A law went into effect in this State
Sept 1st, forbidding children under 10
wears of age working in mills and factories.
Administrators sale at Mary Boyer's
in Lancaster twp. to-day, and public sale
VIM, A. Barnhartts on next Wednes-
day
Two of Howe Lyons boys chased
large grey squirrel from tree to tree, one
day last week, and tiually captured 1t,
alive.
Those dancing skeletons in Schaul d
Nast's window attract considerable
attention, Threads attached to clockwork
keep them moving.
Quite a crowd will go from Butler to
the G. A. R. encampment at Louisville
next week. They will leave Butler in
special car on Monday.
The French wedding in the Court
House, Saturday, attracted crowd and
Squire McAboy presided with his usual
grace and dignity.
The Farmers Mutual of Hannahstown
paid Francis Shell, Of Summit township,
sS2S. SO for the loss of his barn and grain.
The agricultural implements were not in
sured.
Some one, not Unidentified, predicts
that the idea of teaching every girl to
thump piano, and every boy to.be
bookkaeper will make potatoes $50 per
bushel in twenty years.
Pneumatic roller skates are talked off as
means of accelerating the speed of pc
destrians a movement on foot of that
kind ought to be decided go. 1t would
beat bicycles.
The Fall tenn of w. Sunbury Acad-
emy opens next Tuesday. The usual an
nouncement which appears in another
column, is little late this time on ac-
connt OF an oversight.
The open meeting of the Young Peo-
ple's Society in the U. P. Church on last
Sunday evening was presided over by
Raymond Cornelius, and the delegates to
the different conventions read interesting
reports.
-The Moore family held reunion at
the house of Samuel Moore, near Jacks
vile, on Wednesday of last week, and on
Friday there was birthday party at the
home of Joseph McClymonds, near West
Liberty.
AT the meeting of the Butler U. V. L.
last week the following delegates to the
Natianal Encampment at BuffIlo were
elected: A G. Williams, VIM DeHaven,
Thomas Hays. Joseph Criswell, j. l..
Henry, d. b Douthett and I'll. z. Wing.
Several exchanges have been sug
gesting that every farmer should paint his
name on his barn. If this was done in
terest would be redoubled in dri.e oyer
road you are not familiar with. whore
people live whom you know. but not their
place OF residence.
The Pennsylvania railroad is relaying
its tracks westward from hiladelphia
with rails weighing 100 pounds to the
yard. The steady increase in the size and
speed of the freight trains has compelled
the strengthening of the road bed by the
use of heavier rails and the building of
more massive bridges.
This is said to be an exceptionally
good year for squirrels. Reports from all
parts Of the State show them to be abund-
ant everywhere. The shooting season.
acco. ding to the game laws of the State,
begins Sept l, and lasts until Jan. 1.
Squirrels, reed birds and "wild fowp are
all legal game after Sept. l.
-Cr. Z Of the 134th held reupion with
the Boozel family at the home of ] ohm
Boezel in Clay twp. last Friday. On ac-
count of the rain dinner was eaten in the
barn, and about 200 persons partook of
the good things set out. At the after din
ner meeting Harlan Book presided; How
ard Painter was secretary, and several ex-
cellent addresses were made.
A large supply of antitoxine is being
brewed in the various psychological lab
oratories in the various large cities, and
diphtheria is likely to have hard Shedding
during the coming fall and winter. The
serum will be much cheaper this season
than last, owing to the greatly increased
production. In Philadelphia it will be
free to those who are unable to pay for it,
The oddest thing that has happened
in the county for some time was the drain
ing of the water wells of Brow nsdale by a
well drilled in the valley just north of the
town At sixty-fve feet a tremendous
flow Of water wss encountered-a flow
that averaged about l, 800 barrels Of good
soft water daily-and II the wells OF the
town. which are located on the hill side,
ent dry.
Pontiac, Mich, is going little fur
ther in the enforcement of Sunday laws
than Butler or any other place yet heard
from. Restaurants, saloons, candy stores
and tobacco stands are closed on Sundays
and ice cream dealers may not deliver
their goods to customers on that day.
Now ove- hundred citizens have signed
petition asking that the livery stables