Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Several of our citizens are taking in
the Prohib convention in Pittsburg, this
week.
The Opera season for Butler closed
last week, very creditably to Manager
Burckhalter.
Don't forget that that evening train
on the West Penn now leaves Allegheny
at $50.
The Cantong B. B. club beat the Hong
kong tho other day and ell the small boys
thres up their hats.
This is tie kind of weather that makes
hay. snl this is the month that grass usu-
ally shows up when there is to be good
crop.
--Hod Wing took his handsome mare
out for few minutes exercise, Tuesday
afternoon, and while driving up East North
street she foil dead.
Somebody writes US from Parker's Land
ing to change the address of his CITIZEN
from zelienople to that place, but neglects
to sign his name to the note. Who is it
All persons passing along W. Jefferson
ST., should take look at Moore's beet
pyramid-emblematic of the plsce-The
Butler Produce Co.'S Store-hard to beat
"A freight train composed of 40 cars
filled with coke, passed over the P. d. W.
the other day going west, and it took OF
those giant engines to pull and push it
over the summit near Bakerstown.
The old scholars and teachers of Bole
school in old Middlesex will hold reu MON
on:the 4th Of July. Everybody invited.
Sim. Nixon would like to know when that
old log school house was 5uilt, who was
tho first teacher, etc.
An old Dutchman, east of town de-
scribed snake he saw the other day, about
as follows: "I seen udder day the est
by Hades snake. 1t was nodt 80 thick fer
its size, ,ober it vas so long vor its lengdth."
Remarkable reptile.
On Saturday last Levi Wise purchased
from l.. 2. Mitchell, the old Mitchell home
stead and Office property at N. w. corner
of the Diamond for S., 800. 1t is Al feet
front and is about as good location for o
first class office building as there is n
Butler.
Our grOc-rs are paying 10 to II for
butter, 10 for eggs, 20 tor potatoes, 90 cts
bushel for spinich, 25 cts a doz punches
for rhubarb, 90 cts for onions, % cts doz
punches for radishes. Southern peas are
selling at 35 cts peck, and strawberries
at 10 cents quart.
-"Shore Acres" which closed the sea-
son at the Park Theatre last Friday even
ing, il a true picture of every day life, and
was one of the best shows presented during
the season. The company is composed OF
artists and should they visit Butler next
season they would be greeted by full
house.
Anything tn at adds to the comfort or
convenience of the human race is bene-
faction if the article is so cheap as to be
within the reach of all. Such an article is
AL Darling's adjustable windowshade fix
ture-as handy thing as you can have
about the house, and costing but few
cents. Stop in at the Wick House and see
one IN place.
Several Pittsburg capitalists are in
vesting in farm land along the Plank
Road as far north as Glade Mills. The
building of the new electrici line will in
crease the value of all property near it.
Tho electric people are to keep up the
lra tha toll oil
to the stock holders excepting the pay of
the gate keepers.
"A scientific paper adds these new ter
rors to ice water as beverages: 1t says
the water possesses the quality Of attract
ing to itself the poisonous gasses exhaled
by the lungs and pores of the body. One
of the best ways to purify freshly paint
ed room is to set about it ice water, chang
ing them every few hours. The water In
in these basins will be found to be deadly
poison.
Butler people in Pittsburg this should
week visit the Kaufman Bros. establishment
at corner of Fifth. avenue and Smithfeld
street. The building is decorated in laurel
and evergreen, in honor OF the quarter
centennial of the founding of the firm,
which from small beginning in 1871 now
has the largest store in the town, with iti
Sc departments, employing 1900.
1t is astonishing to what strange occu
pations small boys, who are full of energy
aud without cares and responsibilities, will
resort to to fill up the gep of time. TIL,
other dag number of boys near Clarion,
ranging from ten to fifteen years. of age
caught by use of forked sticks ten snakes
Then they took strings and tied the snake
together, the tail of one to the neck of an
other. Then, having the head snake Sc
cured by a string around its neck. the boy
whipped up their reptile procession and
gave the order of march. the snake
squirmed and wriggled, shooting out thei
red forked tongues in a most angry an
menaoing way, but to no purpose. 1t wa
excitement for the boys, but disagreea
BILE experience for the snakes. For sever
81 hours the boys INDUCED in this amuse
ment, and when tired of it the little say
ages killed the snakes.
Our Methodist brethren probably n,
ticed the item in our telegrsphic column
Yesterday, that the General Conference d,
cded to retain that part of the disciplr
which prohibits attendance at theatre!
circuses and other popular amusementt
and provides that offenders shall be e,
PEELED IRON the church, "unless the ofFel
der exhibit real humiliation" An effo
was made TO revise this item of disciplir
an make it up date, but without avai
as ''it would be regarded as a movemel
toward worldliness." Rev. John Fl. Mi
Ter, who has been attending the COnfe
ence, now las serious task before hir
We are ready to show that between 81
and 500 o. his congregation attended Il
Robinson circus last Friday, and that
considerable and alarming number of the
have indulged in the beguilements al
ascinations of progressive euchre. 1t
probably true that they may not ha
shown such disbolical expertness as IL
Presbyterians and tie 'Piscslopians, bI
they did their best in their humble WI
to hold up their corners. Its only ma
tar of TINA n ead 'em off and save 'am