Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


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LOCAL AND GENERAL. |
MARY had little wheel,
And she went out to ride 1t;
The bike, it gave balky twist,
And Mary sat beside 1t.
Potatoes in low ground are rotting.
1t seems strange that man should get
hot over an ice bill.
Even the mosquito become pessi-
mist when he realizes that lifo is bore.
Our leather lately has been better
for marketing hay than making it.
"A drowning man clutches al straws
So does thirsty man this kind of wealth
or.
The constitutionality of the act to
protect livery-men has been sustained by
the Superior Court.
W. Il DeArme is having clearance
sale at biz Bargain Store on S. Main ST.
He handles almost everything.
-Treading on tack ought to tone q
man up. Az any rate it puts iron into ais
system, and lets profanity out
1t is not difficult at this time to find
some kind soul who is willing to enlighten
you ON the money question.
-oats are heavy crop this year and the
price will be low, as many held oyer last
years crop in expectation of a rise.
Base ball this afternoon, Imperias OF
Allegheny va Bntler. On Saturday after
noon our club will play the P. A. Is. in
Pittsburg.
Says Chicago paper: "If you don't
like to read politics, We advise you to
stick to the Bible and the almanac for |
awhile"
Beware of the 1owered parasol; when |
the sun shines through it the face has |
mottled appear ance suggestive of meas
les.
Our grocers are paying 12t for butter, |
10 for eggs, 35 for potatoes, 20 to 25 for
apples cts. head for cabbage and cts.
for blackberries.
up to last week the roll of member
ship of the League of American Wheel
men footed up 81 OPS. 0fthese, 1861 are
Pennsylvaniaps.
See new schedule of the P. d W.
The only change of any Importance is in
the Chicago express which now leaves
Butler at 1886 P. NJ.
The bruised stalk of the "touch me-
not" and also the lsdy-slipper" and wild
Jewel weed are said to be antidotes for ivy
poisoning.
The Butchers run district of Ale
gheny was again flooded, Monday-the
second time within week-and the work
done on the plank road-repairing the
damage done By the food Of last week
was swept away.
The pure food inspections which are
being carried on in Pennsylvania, reveal
the fact that vinegar is adulterated more
than Of any other articler. Of % samples
of cider vinegar recently sent in. % were
not pure.
Since Mr.. Richard Fisher located in
Butler. year or two ago. he has built up
nice trade in cleaning and dyeing all
kinds Of clothing, curtains, etc. He does
good work and that always brings bust
ness. His place is on Centre Ave, near
the bridge. See card IN another column.
The fellows who stole Ed SproulPs
horse stopped at Annandale and broke
open McCoy's safe, getting nothing for
their trouble; stopped at West Sunbury
and broke into Eindman's drug store, and
got four or five dollars from the money
drawer; and then drove on to Butler and
left the rig at the Berg farm, north OF
town.
An appeal for the observance of a
''Bird Day" in the schools throughout the
country has been made by the agricultural
department at Washington. The object is
to devote the day, to be set apart once
year to be combined with "A1bor Day, to
instruction in the value of our native birds
and the means of protecting them from
want and destruction
DO you know those gentleman asked
the colored porter of the sleeper, of way
passenger as ten men got off the car at
Gallery one morning not long ago. Yes,
said the passenger, they belong to Butler
and they are returning from the Chicago
shined ten pairs of shoes for them this
morning and I got just one quarter-No
free-slvcr in mine.
A large number of mer, with mules,
scrapers, etc. arrived Ii town last Satur-
day, and csmped on the fiat just below
the Fair Ground. Monday was a rainy
day and they did nothing, but on Tuesday
they went to work and made ditch OF
canal on the low land this side of the Fail
Ground, owned By Judge Rredin, and
where one would have supposed they
would make fill, but they were probably
excavating for the foundation for trestle.
worh.
The fifth annual picnic of the Nation
al Transit employees was held at Con
neaut Lake, last Thursday. The atten
dance was large and the weather was al
that could be asked for. The ball gam,
between the Oil City club and our boy
ended in kick, the score being to IL, il
favor of Oil City. The music for th
dancing was furnished by the famou
orchestra OF Titusvile. The management
is to be congratulated on the success o
the affair.
Frank Whitmire. son of John Whit
mire. OF Oakland twp, and who was re
ported to have been bitten by mad do
is improving, and will probably be we
soon. He is pot very stout boy, and hi
strange Illness was due to a disordere
stomach Some three or tour weeks age
while Frank was ont in the field With h
dog, a strange dog came along and a
tackled his dog anl bit'him and also snaI