Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-01-24
Personals.
MAN. McCandless is seriously ill.

MrsA.N. McCsndless is seriously i'll.
DR.. Moore has opened an office ove
/ Miller's shoe store.
Hons. d. B Douthrtt and J. n. Moore
were home from Harrisburg. over Sunday.
Josiah Hawk of Cherry twp was in town
| on business, Saturday.
Charley Hosford now has a hotel at
| SisteIsvilie.
-Rer. Cupps is doing Esangelistic work
| at CssDthers IN Washington Co.
MrsJ. H. Graham of Pittsburg is the
guest of her sister Mrs. Herb Harper.
John Gamble of the first ward is serious
ly i'll.
Eva Fulloch of Petersburg Clarion Co,
graud daughter ut Capt. Flaueg ,l,is max
ing MIN visit.
John Hildebrand was Go years of age,
Su4dsy. aud not day Older Than be was
twenty Years ago.
J. C. Kiskaddon and J. Brenner have
purchased the livery stable connected With
the Butler House.
He, drick d Sons have opened an office
in the ArmUry building They furnish
maps of any of the oil fslds on short no
tiee.
Michael Couliu OF Butler has been grant
ed AL increase of pension, also George
Marrow of Branchtun, and H-nry K. Miller
of Zelienuple.
Rev. Ferris made strong and elo-
qnent plea Tor CHRISTIAN eud-av"r, to n
large audience in the Prrsby terrain chuIca
Monday evening
Hiram Graham of Pstersvile was town
on business, Monday. He sold his interest
il the lumber yard al Grove CITY, uuth
ago, but Is Yet Interested III coal mine
there.
MIR. and Mrs Prof Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. G V"g-ley and tue Misses Bird
Niller Jennie Mechhug. Berths Qliglr,,
Alice Dilley and Mr. Forest Huff OF the
Episcopal chuIr of this place were down
T. Pittsburg last Thursday 10 hear the BoS-
toDisus.
The reception given by Mr. Chas K
W arsOn last Thursday night tuthe brother
hood st. Andrews was most pleasant
affair. There were present number of
guests Outside The Brotherhood and all
spent a most enjoyable evening. Elegant
refreshments were served and music turn
ished by Messers Coulter, Tiuon, Gumper
and others.
Mrs. S. Fl. Piersol OF Fairview Avenue
gave complimentary TIA last Tuesday
evening i'll honor of Miss Hattie II. Wood
OF Pirtsburg; who Is here visiting her broth
er Rev. E. Al. Wood This Was served Ill
china decorated By herself. Mrs. Piersol
Is more than an amateur in fne art, as the
numerous pieces of her work show. Her
paintings in oil aud crayon' original snd
q, h-rwlse, pleased the company very
much.
Joseph A. Snyder returned to Butler
from Fturids last Friday. Last October.
Snyder and two partners from Crowf"rd
Co went To- Florida, rented n farm along
the ST. Johns river. about a hundred mites
south of Jacksonville, and started to raise
yaIden stuff Tney did We'll, aud by
Christmas had crnp "f oil kinds ot vegrt-
ables Nearly READY for the market, from
which they eXpe-ted tn realize n handsome
profit; but the blizzard that set in between
Christmas and New Years reached down
10 their farm and destroyed their entire
crpp. They lost their m"nay, and three
months hard work That frerse destroy
ed halt he orange crop, and ball the orange
orchards of the State, aud ~as sad blow
az far south as Lake Worth. aud i'll maUS
other sheltered places where orange groves
had heretofore been safe the fruit was
frozen solid on the trees. The loss To the
fruit growers, as we'll as the merchants,
transportation companies, the packers ami
all thuse in snr way connected with what
promised to be most profitable sex>"n
has been almost AZ serious a. II the 5 ale
bad been swept over by fire. Owing I"
the drought ui last s1mn-r, The ora x
trees bluumea late III Ihe fail, and Th"rr
was promise ui large crop of late fru-
Of curse, this is sil destroy cd, aud thu
fruit buds for next years bl"om are pre-
bahly ruined. Many young orchards are
killed, ana many of tho old trees will be
cut back srrinnsIy. The salable oranges
now arriving in northern cities are those
which had been picked and were III pack
ing houses before the cold wave. Some
oranges ~hiUn we're caught by the frost IL
transit bring little ar nothing Grape trnl
now sells ~ SO box at wholesale AMI
oranges at "a [" SIS, aud the price liz stea /
lily ADVANCING. To meet the dehcIeDcs
caused b, m. disaster in Florida, larg"
orders have been cnbed for Messiua and
Palermo oranges. and Sicilian irult now
here Is commanding high prices.