Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-03
LOCAL AND GENERAL

The odor of the tuberose scents the
air.
The cough drop man will soon be
with us
Dot leetle German band made good
music on our streets.
Collector Younkins took in about $40,-
600, Saturday and Monday.
"A new figure ia the eotillion this year
will be called ''the bicycle dodge"
1t doesn't make much difference
where man goes to spend his vacation; in
the end he goes broke.
-"Some stingy men are SO afraid of
giving something for nothing" says the
Philosopher, ''that they wouldn't even
have contagious disease.
Excursion trains for Parker Fair. Wed
nesday and Thursday at $40 a. m, fast
time turning leave Parker at 1:30.
Excursi. Il .ates on all trains.
There will be vendue of personal
property AZ the house of Mr.. Anton Kreitz-
fer on tn. Plank Road Street, near the
toll house on Saturday next, 9TH inst.
We welcome to the editorial frater-
nifty of the county, Mr.. Ira S. Zeigler, who
purchased from Messrs Young d Slough
ten, the ConnoQunessing Valley News.
They say WON en who drink much beer
have large feet. We cannot vouch for
this, but We would think that they would
be more al I to have large heads.
-Waites Comedy Comp pany had crowd
ed house Monday evening and pleased
everybody. 1t 10 good company and is
well managed. Their entertainT ents to
date, have been satisfactory, and they con
tinue every evening this week, with
Saturday matinee.
The OILY 20 pieces of Mosaic tile
work in Butler are these in Dan Walters
drug store. They are very pretty, and
cost SO square foot, or about $50, Tor the
two pieces. The hand carving on the
doors and frame was done by an expert
now in the employ OF S. G. Purvis d Co;
and tho crooked work" by Mr.. FAIR of
same firm.
Escaping gas is dangerous. Over in
the lst ward the other day boy gave a
little tot match and put him up to light
ing the gas escaping from leak In the
line The little fellow did so, and is now
laid up with burned face, and had he
breathed the flames it would have killed
him.
The loss to the farmers of this State
by the army worm upon thelI crops Will
not fall short of quarter of a million dol
lars. Reports of the department of sgri-
culture in counties where the worm made
its appearance this summer estimate the
aggregate loss at $4,000 in some town
ships.
The farmers have their harvests near
" all in the barn, and are prep sring the
fields for the fall crop. The corn is the
only crop not yet harvested, md it is pro-
nounced fairly good. So much wet wealth
or was Injurious to the farmers in many
ways, making harvest late and also the
fail seeding.
Tracy Denholm's store in Petrclia
was robbed some nights ago, and suspicion
fell upon a colored man named Jos. John
ston who had been about there and who
gave his address as Neadville Chief of
Police Ii Cromiing followed the man to
Clarion Co., and caught him in the woods
near Philhpston, and brought him to But
Ter, Saturday.
The what is il" exhibited here this
week WHICH, uO Ouc Cuulu u1ulCt ic q NoDA1A
or capybara, an animal of South America,
living on the margins of lakes and rivers.
It is the largest living species OF rodent
(or quad.uped of the beaver tribe,) Eelng
about three feet long and half that IN
height. 1t resembles the Guinea pig
somewhat, is of gentle disposition, shy
and timid.
Fifteen hundred people attended the
st Paul's picnic at ct PauPs Orphans Home
last Thursday. About 600 came from
Pittsburg and Allegheny and points along
the P. & w.. as many more from up the
Shenango, and about 300 from points north
on the narrow gauge. An excellent dinner
was furnished for all by the management
of the Home, some speeches were made In
the grove, and the visitors seemed to en-
joy themselves.
Next time a travelling peddler calls at
your door and tries to sell you goods, ask
him if he will take your butter, eggs and
other farm products in exchange; ask him
if, when your neighborhood gets ready to
build road or bridge over slough, he
will donate few dollars to help it along.
Tell him that there is poor widow down
the road who would be very thankful if he
would donate few provisions; ask him if
he would contribute to an enterprise just
starting If he agrees to do this, then
patronize him. our home merchant does
all these things and more.
The parade of the ]. o. u. A. Ms.
on our streets last Saturday afternoon was
very creditable one; the Freeport Council
was we'll represented as was also the Pros
pect Council, and they with the Butler
members, Merchants Band, G. A. r. and
Boys brigade of the Y NJ. G. A. made a
large parade.
At the school house, passage of scrip
ture was read by Rev. Snyder and pray
or offered by Rev. Miller after which Mr..
Kerr of Pitsburg made the presentation
speech, and S. +. Bowser, in behalf of the
Board received the flag
The largest ballot of any yet printed
for an election OF this State will be used
in the coming Presidential contest. 1t
measures two feet by nearly three feet.
The number Of parties in the field IS what
has caused the increase in the size of the
sheet. There are nine columns. Eight
parties are already in the fight and the
ninth column is for the use of any party
that may yet decide to so in it. The part
les ard their candidates as they will ap-
pea on the ballot arc: Republican, Nc
Kinley and Hobart; Democratic, Bryan
and Sewall; Prohibition, Levering ant
Jones; National, Beatty aud Southgate
Peoples, Bryan and Watson; SociallstiC
Labor, blank; Free Silver, Bryan ant
Sewall; Sound Money. blank.
Samuel Wallace, patient at Dixmont
sent there from Cherry twp, this county
in 1892 was assaulted and beaten with
tin vessel, so badly by his room mate o,
insane man named Heimbaugh, from Som
erset county, last Friday night, that h
died q few hours after. Wallace was for
merly coal miner. His body was brough
home and buried Sunday. The two pa
tients had been rooming together for
year and never were known to have ha
any trouble. 1t is supposed that Helm
baugh attacked Wallace while the latte
was sleeping. The hospital people hav
been compelled to place Two and thre
patients in the same room lately on az
count OF the increase in their inmate.
The capacity of the institution is 600 an
at present there are 775 insane within th
walls. This necessitated a practice whic
is never INDUCED in, if it can be avoided
in placing insane patients together.
has resulted in this murder, the first thu
has ever occurred in Dfxmont Asylum.
The Institute Building has been secu
ed for the Butler Collegiate Institute
which will open September 18TH. 1t
proposed to arrange preparatory, COLES
preparatory, and two four year courses, i
cluding full English course with Lati
Greek and modern languages. The prime
pal. E. F. Loucks, will have the assistant