Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-23
Marriage Licenses

DO not hurry.
Do not worry,
As this world you travel through,
No regretting,
Fumming, iretting,
Ever can advantage you.
AT the meeting of the Citizens Gas Co.
Tuesday evening the following officers
were elected: President, Peter Schenck;
Vice President, II, Ii. Goucher; Treasurer,
Jos. Rockenstein; Secretary, II. N. Baker;
Directors, Peter Schenck, Jos Rocken-
stein, II. Il. Goucher, John E. Byers, A.
w. Mccullough, P. Golden and James
Stevenson.
"A few weeks ago man in Lexington,
KY. read that Judge J. D. Ross, of Curry
vile, Mo-, was dying Of hicoughs. He
Immediately teleGraphed him to take lemo-
made at intervals until he was relieved.
Soon afterwards he received note from
the Judge, enclosing 81 tc pay for the
tel egram, and saying that the receipt had
saved his life,
But few Of the thousands who have
read and heard and suffered .'Curfew
Must Not Ring Tonight" are aware that
the author is alive and hearty, making her
home in San Diego county, Cal. She is
Rose Hartwick Thorpe. She was M;chi-
gan school girl, 1e years old, in 1867,
when she literally 'dashed OFF, her
famous reeitational poem. writing it on
slate as fast as she could push the pencil.
AT the prayer meeting at South Pasa.
dena, CAL, man known as Charles Craw-
ford arose under deep excitement and said
he could not hold his seat any longer.
He tEen announced he was Albert Deffen-
dorler, the son of wealthy merchant of
Huntington, Pa, and a fugitive from JUS
tice under sentence for burglary and
larceny in Philadelphia. He went TO Los
Angeles and gave himself up to the sheriff
The men who were building rig on
Geo. Dambaugh's farm near Petersvil.,
last week, we're astonished 10 see thousands
of grasshoppers hopping around, though
the ground was frozen eighteen inches deep
and the field was clear Of wood piles or
large stones or anything which the grass
hoppers could have been hiding. Mr..
Horton Of Mercer ST., brought one to town
and placed 1t on exhibition at the Lowry
House.
"A man found a $40 bill, says an ex-
change. He paid the grocer and took a
receipt The grocer paid the real estate
agent The money for rent. The agent
paid the $40 to the man who owned the
property, who happened TO be the man
who lost the bill. He deposited it in the
bank and it was returned to him as coun-
terfeit. Was there anything lost or gain
ed in this series of transaction.
AT meeting recently held by the
Woman's Relief Corps, OF Butler, the fol.
lowing officers were installed: President,
Mrs. Alex. Mitchell; Senior Vice President,
Mrs. A. b. Richey; Junior Vice President,
Mrs. Alex. Russell Treasurer, Mrs, g. W.
Fleeger; Secretary, Mrs. L. L. Ralston;
Conductor, Mrs. Sadie Thompson; Guard.
Mrs. A. Morrison Asst Conductor, Mrs.
Maggie Frazier; Asst GuBrd, Mrs. Agpc,
Mccoy; Chaplain, Mrs. Fra1 kiln Miller.
The act of legislature, approved on the
25th Of June last, encouraging the use of
wide tires on wagons upon the public high
ways of the commonwealth, has aroused
wide interest in the farmers, and the de-
partment Of agriculture is now flooded
! with communications upon the subject. 1t
was enacted that all persons who used
draft wagons on the public highways not
less than four Inches in width for hauling
loads of not less than !, 900 pounds should
for each year after the passage of the act
receive rebate Of one quarter Of their as
sessed highway tax. The act is also ret
roatiVe for one year. Evidently the
farmers of this State are almost unanimous
in their determination to get that rebate
Wanted-Natures Compound, the
true health assistant, in every home.
Purifies the blood, gives good ma
ural appetite, tones the entire system.