Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Next come the fairs.

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Next come the fairs.
How about your subscription. Has i
been paid
Corn is shooting upward with grea
rapidity.
The Bottle Works have shut down til
September.
Base ball Saturday afternoon, Butler
ysD. G. & A. g. of Pittsburg,
Allie and Sallie Kearns have purchas-
ed the Jacob Reiber grocery, at corner OF
Jefferson and Mexican 81.
The Tandem bike at White, Walter d
Co.'S corner attracted considerable atten-
ton. Tney are making them now for as
high as six.
Eight thousand dollars has been raised
toward the building Of a gymnasium for
Allegheny college, at Neadyille. The en-
tire cost will be 1000.
After the juice has been squeezed from
lemons, tho peel may be utilized for clean
ing brass. Dip the peel in common salt
and scour with powdered brick dust.
Tho Allegheny Racing Circuit for this
year will begin at Apollo, August ii, Tar
en;um. August %, Butler, September l,
Greensburg, September 8. Indiana, Sep
tember Is, and Beaver, September %.
Sundays Pittsbur Post says ''The
Tarentum team is ready to play the But
Ter team one game or three games for 500
or 5000 side The games will be arrang-
ed as soon as Butler says the word"
The Butler d Pittsburg r. r. Co. paid
John McQ. Smith 81 GOO tor strip of land
along the creek, 100 feet wide and III
long; Martin Eisler s1l00 for 20 foot from
on Centre avenue. aud LeideckeT $l10O for
tenement house and garden lot on the
south side of :he creek.
There have been fads and fads sweeping
over the country, but the greatest OF them
all is the button fad. 1t started with the
secret society button, then came the cam
paign button, which was followed by the
bicycle button. and this in turn by buttons
bearing all kinds of Inscriptions, usually o.
numerous ch aracter
The board Of trustees of Thiel College
Greenville, held an important meeting a.
Pittsburg. recently, and the result was
that President Roth and the rest of the
professors Of the faculty were asked to re-
sign, with the exception OF DIR. Sawyel
The rest of the professors will likely be
taken back. The reason for the action Ii
not made public.
Paper telegraph poles are the --latest
development of the art of making paper
useful These poles are made oil papei
pulp, in which borsx, tallow, etc., are mix
ed in small quantities. The paper poles
are said to be lighter end stronger thar
those Of wood and to be unaffected by sun
rain. dampness or any OF the other causes
which shorten the lite of wooden pole.
One veh icle overtaking another on th'
highway aud desiring TO pass it, has per
feet right 10 do So says the supreme court
If one is prevented by the other, and, an
accident happens because OF interference
by the party in advance, the one causing
the obstruction is liable for damages. Nc
one has a right to interfere with anybody
on the highway; or to check him in pass
ing at any time.
Five months ago Edward Wilson
Zelienople, fell off the the top sot tels
graph pole at Sharon and sustained com
pound fracture of the right thigh bone. ii
was taken to the hospital at New Castle
but the bones failed to unite properly
Last week AL incision was make for th'
purpose of anputation and there was foun'
a new growth Of bone on the inner side o
the old one, forming perfect bridge for
distance of at least six inches. The trac
tured ends OF the old bone were dead. TIT
case is one of the. most remarkable o
record.-Ex.
"A large crowd witnessed the ball gam
of Saturday afternoon, and saw Our Owl
our hitherto Victorious 0wn-get left
get shut out-by score Of to 0. Thei
getting left was due to the little, hump
backed, left. t.handed pitcher, who twirled
q ball that our boys could not fiud; an
their getting shut out was due to the 2. a
C. umpire, who made some outrageous dc
cisions at the very worst time for us. Th
P. A. C's are next door to professionals
but the Butler club can and will bef
them.
That strip Of land along the north sid
of .hs creek between the Pittsburg an
entire Ave bridges promises to becom
famous. Many years 60 it was owned b
William John Ayres. Ayres' real estai
located on the South Side Of the creek wt
sold at Sherif7s sale, but the Sheriff
making his deeds bounded the property @
the north by the creek, neglecting Il
narrow strip on the Dorth side-then pra
tically worthless. In after years II
Mackeys and Fullertons who held title {
the south side, claimed the strip on Il
north side, and sold it off in lots. IT
Bole machine shop and Mcdowell laundl
are located npon it. Both are valuab
properties and will be destroyed by Il
new railr ad The Railroad Company h
purchased the Ayres' title from the heir
and ignore all other titles, and this meal
q Jig law suit-seyerai Of them.
The de posits Of the Butler Savin
Bank now average over q million dollar
AMI the bank has long felt the need of 1
absolutely safe place to keep so large 1
amount of money. To meet this requir
ment they had the Hall Safe g. Lock CC
Of CINCINNATI bnild them q steel box, wi
walls six inches thick, the door bevel
tight, and the bolts managed automatics
ly by three time locks fastened to the
side OF the door. The outside plates Of 4
safe arc of 2 inch Steel so hardened as
turn any chisel made, the. other plates a
of steel and iron, and the makers tbii
that any burglar would be kept busy for
week making a small hole in it. The do
10 solid mass of steel and iron, without
hole in it. The hinges are entirely on t
outside, and the locks and bolts entire
on the inside, and when the time-locks !