Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Our P. o. is tn be remodeled.
The Pittsburg Expo opened yester-
day.
Seats on sale for Gilhoolys Abroad
Friday porning.
"A new patent fire escape is known as
the "Anti-Sheol.
The scissors sharpener soon discovers
that life is grind.
Church bells will soon be indulging in
the autumn wedding rings.
You can now shoot squirrels, also wild
ducks, IT, you can find any.
Timothy hay is selling on our streets
at $13 to $l5, and mixed hay at s12 and $13.
That Wolfcreek fsh story is on a par
with the Sea Serpe story Of one of the
pittshnrg papers.
Parker Fair this week, Greenville
AcAt Ntcht OlOhCbolo ouO oCofOA ShO
next, Mercer and Clarion the next.
-Bsrnum & Bailey's great show will be
here Saturday Oct Sd. Their advertise
ment will appear next week.
If men fought for their religion as they
do for their politics, the devil would make
an assignment in less than a week.
Crowds gathered around that street
piano on onr streets last week. 1t was a
novelty, ard it made good music.
Many of our people were surprised to
find the banks closed last Saturday. They
forgot it was Labor Dsy-a legal holiday.
-"The humorist who doesn't stop to
weigh bis words" says the Philosopher,
"never realizes Low heavy his jokes are.'
Some of the campaign orators are 60
ng about with frogs in their throats. AT
least they are doing great deal of croak-
ing.
Butler county will have at least two
Fsrmers' Institutes next winter. Some
remarks regarding them will be found on
4th page
Mr.. Divsl, tie fish man, has rented
the room in the Reiber building lately oc-
eupied by Reiber d Co. for meat market,
and 10 fitting it up for ish market.
The owner of that South American
wster-hog IL said to have cleared $500
during the past few Year,, exhibiting his
marvellous curiosity"
The house of Samuel Devlin on the D.
K. Shakeley farm in Fairview twp, was
entered and robbed of watch and other
valuables, Monday night.
1T is just about as sensible for two
neighbors 10 quarrel over politics as
over religion. After it is all over both
parties are sorry they spoke.
The premium list for the street-fair in
Beaver Falls, yesterday and today reads
something like one for an Agricultural
Fair. The affair is something of novelty
for this vicinity.
Our groceTs are paying Is to 16 for
butter, II for eggs, so to 1,25 for peaches,
10 to 20 for apples, 20 to % for potatoes,
Z cts doz for corn, to a for cabbages;
30 to 40 for pair for spring chickens, 25
cts . bu for tomatoes.
The public schools Of this town opened
Monday, with about 2, 900 scholars in at
tendance. There are 40 schools and as
teachers and principals. The 5th ward
school opened with ten schools and 500
scholars.
"A moth complained the other day to
. London msgi strate that q boarding school
teacher required necklace to be removed
from her daughters neck. The child had
worn the necklace since she was three
weeks old, and would catch cold if it we're
removed.
Mr.. J. n. Haz!ett, of Carbon Black,
exhibited . number Of varieties Of chickens
ct our Fair and took premiums on them all.
He has An elegant assortment Of fowls;
and will exhibit them this week st Parker.
noxt week at Greenville, then at Stone
boro and Mercer.
"A bicycle authority says that piece
Of chewing gum stuck on the tire and your
handkerchief tied oyer it is good thing
for puncture in case Of an emergency.
It will serve the purpose for you to ride
your whsel home. There, carry quid of
gum in your cheek.
State Superintendent Schaeffer sent q
letter to the various boards of County
Commissioners in the State last week ask
ing them to furnish the number of Oh hildren
in their counties bet tween the ages of 8 and
13 years - returned by the dis trict asses
sors in compliance with the compulsory
education act. These statistics will be
embodied in the forth coming annual re-
port of the Department Of Public Instruc-
tion.
I'm every American home the rocking
chair Is regarded as an indispensable acces-
sorry. Those who love their rocking chair
will be glad to know that a medical author
ity has recently pronounced it to be of use
in certain cases Of dyspepsia. If the pa
tent lies in an almost horizontal position
and the movement of rocking is very gen.
tie In character, good results have been
known to follow, supposedly because the
movement stimulates the digestive organs.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company is
experimenting with new device by " which
freight cars are to be painted by machinery.
Roughly stated, the machine is composed
Of two reservoirs. one containing the paint
and another compressed air. A hose leads
from each reservoir to q nozzle, through
which the paint is sprayed by the force OF
abe air. 1t is estimated that with one ol
these machines one man will be able to
paint Is to 30 freight cars per day, and do
1t better than with brush, and 1t is said
that the force Of the compressed air dives
the paint into the wood
"A household item in an exchange says
that pure powdered borax, In the proper.
ton of half teaspoonful to each quart oi
milk, will keep it sweet tor several days
The borsx should be scattered over the tor
of the milk, which should be lightly stirred
and then Put in COO, dark place. Tht
above proportion may be slightly increases
OY docy0asad accordi in o. IN tho waather a onf