Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-10-03
LUCAL AND GENERAL.

The gas meters play-day is over and
now it begins to settle down 60 steady
work
Tobacco kills microbes. Hence, there
is no danger of kissing man who smokes.
Girls, paste this in your hats.
MIR. Il. Fisher of the Butler Dye Works
near the Centre Ave. bridge invites yonE
patronage, and as he does good work he
deserves it.
The ladies Of the Pleasant Valley
church of Cherry twp, will give "Plate
Social" in the church, next Saturday even
ing.
Read Stein & Sons new locals regard
ing their blankets, underwear, dress goods
etc. They always keep the best, and sell
il a. reasonable prices
Report of Bntler Public Library for
the month of September: Number OF
adult books taken out. L,23l; juvenile |
books, 532 Total, 1,763.
Last Thursday evening. a dreamer. |
awakened by the six-o'clock bells, ran out
and rang the nearest fre-bell, thus setting |
the whole town in commolion.
Voters wlo nave not yet paid ai.State |
or county tax within two yesrs should re-
member that Ocl. 5 (uext Saturday, is the
last day for the payment of the tax to in
sure vote at the coming election.
Dixon d Co. sold their gas well on the |
VIM. Dixon in Penn twp, Wednesday, to
the Forest Oil Co, for $1,000. The well |
has rock pressure Of 4S0 pounds, and the
lease includes 20 acres.
Our grocers are paying p for butter,
Is for eggs, 80 for potatoes and tnrnlps, 90
for beets aul carrots, 35 TO 40 for apples.
25 doz buuches for cslery, So to 40 for
spring chickens, 80 for onions, ct. pd
for cabbage.
Two car loads of grapes; arrived in
tovD, Monday, and half a car load, Tues
day. Large baskets of concords from
Chautat qua ca, N Y. sold at baskets
for ST. The smaller baskets containing the
white al d rcd grapes come from Ere Co
-Cas. Sherman's new store and bakery
on Ceitie Ave. is new il full running
olG,r. He has heatly furnished ice
cream and oyster room back of the store
bake 1000 loaves day.
A large number of tickets have been
sold for the Y. NJ. G. A. concert to be Civ
en- in the u. P. Church on Friday evening
October 4th. The following artists will
take paIt: Miss Cora Daugterty soloist.
Edward G. Melvin violinist, Herman Mel
ger viuloncellist, Charles N. Boyd piano.
ist.
The leader OF Berg's team slipped and
fell at the Lowry House crossing Saturday
afternoon, and the other horse fell upon
him. Almost every day horse or team
falls upon our paved streets. Drive care.
fully on the paved streets.
AT the meeting of the 9TH. and 9th.
Heavy ARTILLERY in Pittsburg last Thurs
day, r. H. Long was reelected President
of the 9th, and among the members of
the executive committee are Greer Nc
Candless, Geo. Ralston, VIM. Watson, w.
B. Evans, and B. Z. Grove of this county.
From high scientific authority comes
the statement that any person wearing
pair of rubbers and standing free from con-
tact with any Object in the room will meyer
be struck by lightning. Now that the
lightning season is about over, we hasten
to lay this precaution before those of our
readers who have been spared.
Last Sunday we were too cold, while
the previous Sunday we were to hot. Out
in Colorado it was change from summer
to winter, with IA inches of snow at Gree
ley, nearly eight inches in Denver a1d a
blanket of snow over nearly the whole
State. 1t was record breaker for so ear
ly in the season.
An Oil City merchant tailor was in
Butler last week, with his samples, solicit
ing orders. What success he had we do
not know, but we do know that the people
of this town and county can do as well in
both made-t, -order and ready made cloth
ing in Butler as they can do anywhere.
We lately met a farmer living in the south
ern edge of the county near the Allegheny
Co. line, who said he could do better on
clothing in Butler than in Pittsburg.
State Supt Schaffer has appointed
Friday. Oct. Is, as autumn Arbor day.
In referring to the origin of this custom he
81 |
day proclamation in 1885. $4,000 trees
were planted by teachers and pupils in
Pennsylvania, and the annual recurrence
of the event had LED TO the planting of
thousands of additional trees and to the
better adornment of the grounds around
the school and the home.
We lately heard of spring breaking ont
on road in Worth twp.-a case some
what similar to the Cherry twp. case of a
year ago, when strong spring started on
the road passing through The Jno. Smith
place and is running yet. During the past
twenty years there have been numerous
instances of springs and wells in the county
being drained by oil wells and coal m mes,
and also Of salt water penetrating rock and
clay end destroy ing them; but what causes
ep-ings to break out9 We would like to
have an article on this subject by one of
our local geclogists.
Three car loads OF grapes from the
Lake country will arrive in Butler to-
morrow, which with these already receiv-
ed will make al least six carloads for
Butler this week. They come from
ChautauGua county, the Southwest Go. of
York state. and which borders the lake
Just below Erie Co. this state. A car
load consists Of 5000 baskets Of 8 pounds
each, and some of our dealers have been
selling them this week at 17cts each or
for dollar; though Mr.. Walker one Of
tn, grape growers OF the county named
tells us will be higher next week.