Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-16
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| Political wisdom-'Doubtful thisgs
are uncertain"
Andy Mccullough has the handsonest
lawn in town. Andy picks the weeds out
of it himself.
The thrilling footsteps OF the domestic
iy in all its cussedness are now treading
on sensitive bald heads
Owners of cider mills are getting ready
to start to use up the early apples Cider
will be cheap this fall.
Two small keys on ring have, been
left at this office, and the owner can have
Them by calling.
"A big boarding house is being built
on the James Maitland place in Clinton
twp, for the railroad men.
Any foreigner who expects to be natu-
rslized in time to vote at the tall election
must file his papers with the Prothonotary
by August 22d.
Considerable local history will be de
yelcped in that case of the Butler Pltts-
burg Railway Company VS. the owners OF
the property along the creek.
A washout near 3ranchton, Tuesday
delayed the evening train to Butler and
it did not arrive here until Wednesday
morning at 5 o'clock.
A squad of a couple hundred Italians,
Hungarians, etc. arrived in Butler, Tues
day and went to work for the Bell Tele-
phone Co.
The preliminary survey for the propos-
ed change of the road bed of the Z. D. d
L. E. between Branchton and Grove City,
circles around Harrisville. This survey Il
said to be on 3O-loot grade while the pres.
ent road bed from Branchton to Harris
vile static is said to be 90 feet.
"A young lady, aged 10 years, who had
just arrived in Butler, this week, from
England, was ore of couple who made
application for marriage license, Tues
day. She lacked the consent of her pa
rents, and will have to wait until she gets
a guardian. The man is also English and
has been in this country but one year
Every farmer who makes success OF
his work keeps in touch with the markets.
He watches not only the time to sell, but
he is also on the alert for good buying
time. He is not gulled by any smooth
tongued agent who comes along, for he
W atches the advertising columns OF repu-
table papers and knows what reputable
firms sell and how they sell. The adver-
tising columns are one of the most Valua-
| BILE features Of any paper.
Our groc ers are paying 10 cents for
| butter, Il for eggs, so cents for potatoes,
so for turnips, % for apples, 60 for peas,
40 Tor beans, for bIackberries. |, %
crate for black raspberries, l, 20 for red
raspberres, 6 for huckleberries, 10 cents
d. zen for corn, 20 to 25 dozen for cukes
IS to 45 pair for spring chickens, 100 to
| /, so a bushel for peaches, 6 cents Tor
gooseberries, cents for currants, ] J cents
pound IOr cduDdRe
Ed. SpIoull ard GtOge Baldwin, o
| Bowers made hasty and unexpected trip
1 to Pttsburg, on their bicycles, last Sun
day. Some time during Saturday night
somebody stole Eds big horse, and Jim's
harness and buck board, and Ed. guessed
that the thief had taken the combination
| TO the lower oil country to sell it. They
| found traces of the rig on the road between
| Boyer's and Butler; got their breakfast IN
| Butler, and then rode on to Pittsburg
where tn ey spread the news of the theit.
Says On exchange: We have had occa-
| sion to write up that well known charac
ter, the road hog, and shall probably
J never lail to have him as a subject. he
is the man who drives big wagon and
| regards the rights of teams as being IN
! proportion 10 the strength of the respec-
tive wheels and ayles. He never Turns
out to pass buggy when he meets it or
to allow a vehicle which oYertakes him
to pass without struggle. The gentle
man understands that when vehicle
overtakes him it does SO because it is go
faster. He therefore gives it roozn 10 pass
and it is soon out Of his way, The road
hog when overtaken whether he be the
Il driver of sulky. buggy, or heavy
wagon and especially if the road be dusty
starts up his team end keeps in the middle
of the road or veers to the right or leit to
block the way OF the team desiring to pass.
The new railroad will cross the j. Il.
R.tracks rear the present Shenango freight
depot, over head; passes to the left OF the
Bottle works, bridge the creek, cross
/ Lookout avenue near the south end
of the present bridge, trestle
over the bottom land; again
cross the creek on bridge, to be built
Just above the Centre Ave bridge; cross
Centre Ave at grade, use the premises
on which now stand the buildings occupi-
ed by Campbell, the machinist, and Nc
Nance, the upholster, and Evans the brass
founder followes tho creek and crosses
the Pittsburg or plank road bridge al
grade; goes ondown the creek and crosses
it again from behind Walters mill to the
lower one Of the big rocks; crosses the
fields or island about hundred feet TO the
north of the p. d. W; bridges the creek
again at the fair grounds, and follows on
down the creek to Thorn creek on side
not used by the P. g. W. The road will
require four bridges within the limits o.
But Ter, and three more before il reaches
Thorn creek. Some information regarding
the balance OF the route win be found il
an article we copy from the Pittsburg Dis
patch. The mile of road through Butler
will be very expensive one.
Sunday July 10Th. round TIP tickets
0 will be sold from Butler TO Allegheny a
rs cents, train leaves Butler at S:l5 a. m
returning, leaves Allegheny at 5:25 p. m
Bntler time.
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