Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-09-23
Personal.

Mrs Sutton, of Magic is seriously i'll.
- .IeS Stewart. Esq, of Prospect, was
in town, Friday '-@'
\. B. Crosch and wife have returned
from Colorado.
Miss Fry. of Meadville, is the guest
of Mrs. j. R. Grieb.
: J C. Vandyke. of Marion township,
/ was in town, Friday.
Mrs. Reiger, of Winfield township,
/ has been granted a pension.
Barton Forsythe, now located in Pitts
( burg was at home over Sunday.
Jos. Aland and Aaron Reiber had
some more angels in the air, Friday.
Robert Trimble and wife. Of Middle
sex twp, We're in town on Monday.
George Biehl's 14l pound boy Is said
to be the largest living child ever born
in Butler
Mrs. Peter Biehl started for California
last Thursday to visit her cousin, Nrs.
Garowitz. Of San Jose
H H Robbery. Of Magic. and Al
Eshenbaugh, Of Bdtler started for
West Virginia, Monday.
Rev. a. J. Hutchison is visiting
friends in Northern part Of the county.
Clintonville and vicinity.
DR. w r. Hockenberrry, Of Cherry
township, purchased the practice of DR..
Patterson at Centreville.
Miss Sarah Hall, daughter of J. X. p.
Hall, Of Ridgeway, Pa, was visiting
friends in Butler last week
A W. Watson intends having small
steamer built for use and profit on the
raging Yukon, next summer.
Mrs J H Dodds, of Denver. Col, is |
visiting her brother and sister, DR. !
Brown and Mrs. Al. Burton.
Hon J. B Showalter was one of the /
speakers at the 'Freemonters' Reunion |
in Old City Hall, Pittsburg Friday.
Reuben Shanor has again been ap-
pointed p. NJ at Prospect Now cheer !
up Rube-and shake off that 'rhuma.iz.
Mrs. Emily Carnahan. of Allegheny |
twp, and Mrs John Thomas of Butler, |
visited friends in New Castle last |
week.
Bradford McAboy will leave on Mon |
day for Philadelphia TO continue his
medical studies in the University of
Pennsylvania.
Porter Kelly was in town last Satur-
day. Porter has the oldest record of
any man during the war He volun-
teered once and was drafted twice, and /
yet was not in the army.
Geo II. Graham intends moving
from Buttercup to Leasureville, this
week. He will teach there this winter.
He was at Altoona, this week repsent-
ing the Buttercup Council of Jr. o. u.
A. NJ
We do not see why it should create
wonder that angels have been seen in
Butler county The renown Of the
people of that bailiwick for piety robs
the occurrence of all element of sur-
prise. Pittsburg Times.
Thomas Stewart of the South Side was
rejoicing over the arrival of a bright
baby girl on Saturday evening Two
hours later baby boy came for his
brother Martin. The families shook
hands all around
A. J. Riggle and wife, and sister.
Mrs. Shuster, returned home Friday
from visit TO friends in McKean coun-
Ly. They went to the Buffalo Encamp-
nent last month, and after that visited
Niagara Falls, and Mr. Riggles son and
daughter in Mexican Co.
john NJ Gilghrist. of Euclid re-
turned home from his late European
trip, Tuesday, and found that his house
lad been broken into and robbed of
goods wo tn a thousand dollars and
more, and his two dogs were dead. He
IS said 10 have offered a reward of $500,
for the arrest of the guilty parties.
Christy Robb returned home last
Tuesday from trip to West Newton.
Westmoreland county, where the pre-
vious Tuesday, the people celebrated
the centennial Of the founding Of their
town. Christy's great grand father.
Isaac Robb. owned the land on which
the town stands, made the plot or had
it made, and sold the original lots Of the
own, a hundred years ago. He fell off
a boat into the Ohio river, near the
n outh Of the Kentucky, and was
,ons, William. fza4c ard2 ,5fl,vs-fd- tREse
liam located in Butler county, and
Cnristy is his grandson. A daughter
of Isaac, Mrs Bennett, Of Greensburg, |
md several of the children were pres
ent Christy has in his possession
several very old and interesting papers,
and among them, passport from the
United States COunsul at New Orleans
then in possession Of the Spaniards)
Isaac Sr and his son
William to ship in the brig Lucy
for New York, they having gone down
the river with boat load Of -four and
apples. At New York they bought a
horse and rode and walked back to
West Newton. The paper is dated 1900.