Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-01-24

Both parties in this town will hold
their primaries, Saturday afternoon.
The Alliance convention Tuesday, was
but slimly attended. 1t was too cold.
Murphy, the temperance apostle, will
be here Feb. l2Gh.
First Ward Hose Co.'S benefit; con-
cert BIZ the Western University Club Feb
ruAry,22l.
-Chicken-pie supper at the Preshyte'i-
an Caurch, this evening, $50 to 7:3O, 80
cents.
On aud after January 2sth, the P. S. d
l.. E. K. r. will requiIe pas engers to por-
chase tickets and show them 10 the tram
msn before entering the ars.
In consequence Of .evere illness, Rev
Anus Il Shaw viii not be able to come to
Butter this week, and the lecture announ-
ced to be given cn Friday evening Jan. %
is therefore postponed.
The members of Co. L Fifteenth Reg
are shortly TO appear in a new uniform.
Aland, the tailor, is now engaged ID max
ing them and the Co. will appear at the
spring inspection in their new dress.
Some one who wants To explain VII at
editorial I'VE signafies, says it nss varie-
ty of meanings, varied To suit the circum-
stances For an example: When you
read that I'VE expect our wife home TO-
day." Eve" refers TO the editor in chief;
when it is "we are little late with our
work, it includes The whole office force,
even TO The devil and the towel; in "Te are
having BOOM" The town is meant; I'VE
received over 500. 600 last year." it en-
braces the natiop; but ''we have hog chole-
ra in our midst" means that ~ man who
takes paper and never intends 10 pay for
it is Yery i'll
A neatly sttired man, with all the ap
pesrances Of gentleman, entered the Port
Perry scDool Allegheny county lately He
made some remarks ahont Improvements
that attracted the attention of the teachers
Turning TO Miss Annie StTik, teacher OF
room No 2. he told her that John Aorri-
son, the Port Perry school director, had
requested him to get 81 from her for inprov-
nlents She gave II to him and he walked
out and has not been seen since A man
answering his description worked the
school teachers of Wilmerding and Spring
Hill in similar way, and the school teach
ers throughout the country districts are
warned to beware of him.
On the opening of the Legislature al
Harrisburg, il Was discovered that many
of the locks on the Members desks would
not work, and the contents of the desks
were of course i'll danger Of beng stolen.
Hon. Noah Seanor therefore submitted
resolution which read:
Resolved, that the employees of the
House be held responsible for anything
that is missing from Members desks"
Mr.. Niles suggested en amendment max
ing them morally" responsible. The
resolution was voted down on the theory
that toe employees had troubles enough
of their own.
Early one morning. not long ago. one
of our tOwnsmen, who lives in the northern
part IF town went down stairs in his "robe
de chambre," intending to take bath be-
fore breakfast. Arriving at the foot of the
stairs, he became somewhat solieit0us
about the welfare of his thermometer, it
having hung on the porch that fearfulll
cold night. As be stepped out on the
porch, he forgos W turn the dead latch;
consequently as the door closed. our i4ves
tigating friend began to think he had dis
covered the north pole. Then commenced
such ringing of the door bells a. was
never heard before. A lady Of the family
heard the bell but having heard the man
ol the house going down, Thought of course
ne would be prompt to answer 1t.
rhs wife was up stairs, bat knowing her
husband had gone down, took il for grant
ed shat he would let the early caller in
The bell kept on ringing and the air began
u get blue with the eiaculatiOns of praise
that flowed from the lips of the gentleman
IN discovering his delightful situation. IL
required considerable exercise to keep the
blood at a proper temperature. The ex-
1ibition that was given of the light fantas-
rc dancing, without music, only word ac-
COMPARTMENT furnishing tho motive power,
would have been appreciated more than
the best minstrel show il the land. The
unfortunate man, being devout church
man, the only phrases heard were, "0h,
Lord; it is delightful 10 be able TO enjoy
the early morning mir; but why don't they
answer the bell-!-!-l-i 70 We will ven
ure the prediction that our friend will see
that the dead latch is properly adjusted
before he ventures out on an early morn
with mercury at 10 degrees below zero i'll a
costume that would he more beftting the
Island of Cuba than this part of Ponns ylv
,nia.