Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


Family reunions are now on.
Get ready for the country fairs.
How about your subscription. has
it been paidf
This month has five Saturdays and
five Sundays.
The sound OF the school bell will soon
be heard again.
Not kick, not single kick on the
cold wave
The 6.h Pa. Heavy Artillery will reune
in Pitt tuEg, Sept. 24th.
Quite number Of Butler people vent
to the Ei.tanning Fair this morning.
We had some f-ost this morning.
There's nothing slow about our weather
man.
-Four inches Of rain fell in and about
De Have during the cloud, b urst" Of last
Thursday.
b5 lb1h i1NC IaS |Cch posbpbhC0
Sept. 9th, Wednesday. Entries close Sept.
5th.
The Martins Ferry running team has
accepted the challenge Of the Butler run
ming team.
There are n seventeen entries in
for the road race Sept Q. Entries close
Sept. 5
1t Is every simple to inquire where \
person got a cold; in all pros5ility if they
knew they would take it right back
Some six-hundred OF the people o.
Evans City lately excurted to Silver Lake,
near Akron, Ohio, and had good time.
-Durry Bros d Heyl, OF Prospect, with
their low-down Massilon thresher, are
making their annual rounds, and are doing
good ork.
The 1921 reuned at Tarentun yesteI-
day, and the people Of that town treated
them grandly Several Butler county sol
diers attended.
Erie papers report that the white fish
ing season has commenced in that portion
OF the Lake. The boats are bringing in
big catches,
1t is not generally known that rats
cannot resist sunfower seed. A trap bait
ed with these seeds is the most effective
method of catching them.
Eternal Verify from an exchange:
1T IL ice as easy TO quit work for your
vacation as il ia to begin again when you
return home
In New York and Brooklyn last Sun
day there were nearly sew en- hundred funer-
ais. The deaths were nearly all caused
by the intense heat.
-Boysl You want to read good story
Of adventure on the Western plains and ia
the Rocky mo7atains, huat up your last
weeks paper ard begin "The Weldon Es-
tate"
"A genius has invented an instant cure
for puncrured bicycle tires. 1t is liquid
placed inside the tire, which fills up any
ordinary pnncture instantaneously and
hardens.
1t dosn't take the country roads very
long 10 recover from the effects OF heavy
rain. There are bad places, OF course, but
nearly all of the roads in this vicinity are
in good condition few hours after storm
"A great many people attended the
McCandless reunion, in grove near
Unionvlle, yesterday, snd had pleasant
day. Col. Thomp son, /. J. McCsndless,
W. g. FiDdley and Rev McClelland made
addresses
Next Thursday will be Visitors Day at
the Orphans Rome. The grounds " i'll be
open, and dinner will be provided for every.
body at a reasonable price, the proceeds to
be for the benefit ofthe home. Everybody
Ii invited.
AT McKeesport, last Thursday the
Butler team won two races, made the best
time recorded that day and won prizes
amounting to 5000; but lost the free for.
all race on account OF their coupler TAX
ing header in the mud, else they would
have brought 5000 more home.
Thomas Bros. of Ruttercup threshed
for the NeGley brothers Of Penn twp. 4OG
bushels of oats from 7 acres, the oats
weighing IS pounds per bushel. Last year
the same ground produced 1900 bushels ol
potatoes. Beat this if you can.
Our grocers are paying Is to Is for
butter, Sets for eggs, % for potatoes, q
for apples, 20 for tomatoes 5cts doze1
tor corn, LIS for peaches, 100 for pears
80 cts bu. for cabbages. IS cts bu. foi
eggplant, and l., 90 TO 1,25 for plums.
The greater part oi the scafTolding hai
been removed from the Bickel building
and il reveals beautiful front. The from
of the Campbell building il not yet com
plete but what Is up shows that it will b,
both handsome and artistic Both thes,
buildings are credits to the town, an,
monuments to their owners
Florida Chimes horse owned by G
Steighnrr of Great Belt, won the only race
run at the Kitanniug Fair, Tuesday Ethe
Il. second and Hal Toga, third. Time %
and 2:2of. Wednesday, Dime of Chicorl
won the 2:45 pace. During the 2:24 trot
collision and smash up occurred and Georg
Hopper had three ribs broken.
Prof Loucks of Findley 0 !, and 70
many years connected with the Colleg
there has taken an option on the old Insti
tute building and is thinking of establish
ing an Academy that will pro vide
student with good preparatory course
He has already received abundant en-
couragement and could start off with
about rs students.
AT the regular monthly meeting @
the board of trustees Of tho shpperyroc
Normal School held lately it was practi
cally decided TO commence at once th
erection of new building to take th
place Of the one recently destroyed by fire
The building committee was instructed I
contract for the stone for the foundation .
the building; also to select site for tn
making Of brick.
Fifty Thousand people will attent
the Beaver Falls Street Fair, Sep
9.10. All the fun and sights Of tn
season will be there.