Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-03

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making an effort to have their street
paved.
The splendid strawberries in mar
ket this week come from Baltimore
and vicinity.
The Town Council will advertise
| for bids for lighting the streets, and also
for the construction of light plant.
"A sarcastic exchange says that
when burning your rubbish in the open
air be sure to put an old rubber shoe or
two in the pile so that your neighbors
can share the delights.of the occasion.
| The interest taken by the japanese
government in the production of oil ls
shown by sending agents. to this coun-
try to investigate. One of them MI.
Ki, Takano Nagaoka was in Butler last
week, the guest of the Oil Well Supply
Co
Everybody is invited and urged to
attend the Alumni address TO be de
livered by Prof Thomas in the PARK
Theatre, Friday evening, and every
/ Alumnis of Butler's schools should be
out for the annual celebration.
We are in receipt of an invitation
to the commencement exercises of the
class of 81 of Lima College, Lima, Q
to be held June 16. Miss Gertrude a
Siebert, daughter OF VIM Sieoert, OF
W. Wayne St, is member OF the
graduating class.
The "slickest" gas range in Butler
is now on exhibition in O'Brien & Son :
store-room on Jefferson street 1t cooks,
bakes. broils, heats water, etc. seven
or eight different things all with sepa-
rate burners And the price IS from
SO to $50 lower than some OF the fancy
gas ranges now in use.
A serious case is reported from Mar
ion twp a worthless fellow named
Wurst is said to have struck his wife
last Sunday and she is reported to have
died yesterday. Her maiden name was
Barber, and her first husbands name
was Rosenberg
The contract for N Mexican St
calls for 30-foot street from Jefferson
to North, and 24-foot from North to
Fulton; but Sim Nixon wants the 30
foot width extended to the alley below
his house, and the matter was referred
to the Paving Committee with power
to act.
A false alarm of fire in the Opera
House last Sunday night. while Rev
Ferguson was talking. very nearly
caused stampede. The house was
crowded and stampede would proba-
bly, have resulted in some fatalities
Some side exits would perhaps be a
good improvement to the Opera House
The large hundred pound" rails
will soon be placed on the old p. S. q
L. E., now part of the P. b. & L. E.
and the rails at present in use on the
main line will be placed on the billiards
Branch, which is badly in need of new
rails. A stormy sea can hardly be any
rougher riding than the Hilliard Branch
at present.
Show day was busy day for Bur
CESS Myers, who beard and disposed Of
several drunk and disorderly cases dur
ing the day. Officers Bell, Mathers
and Korn stopped the bunco game in
the side show that night, and arrested
one man and attempted to arrest
another but the circus men gathered
around and released him
County supervisors should be advis-
ed and instructed to scrape all roads in
their respective townships at least three
times year spring, summer and au-
tumn, particularly the latter time, then
roll down the surface of the road after
each scraping by heavy rollers This
viii protect the road-bed at all times
and give with avery little expense, just
what we want.-Good Roads.
Here is good suggestion from &
Memphis newspaper that ought to be
adopted in Butler. "A paragraph in the
Commercial Appeal yesterday stated
that Curse cards are being used in
Switzerland and Germany to check pro
family People go about with the cards
in their pockets, and whenever they
hear bad language present one to the
swearer to sign. The card has printed
on it pledge to abstain from swearing
for specified time or to pay pfennig
an oath to Sol ne charity. Nearly 40, 600
cards have be EN- distributed in Switzer
land, where there are three languages
to swear in
The meeting of the Board of Trade,
Monday evening, was very interesting
one. A Dr. Yates of Pittsburg, who
with one or two others now have
small factory for the manufacture of
electrical devices up Penn Ave, was
present and offered to bring his plant
here and increase its capacity, if given
a plot Of ten acres and two-story
building with floor space of 5000
square feet He had with him, and ex
hibited "A surgeons instrument and
some other things that he said, were
good sellers at an immense profit The
members of the firm control 27 patents,
have applied for charter and intend
selling stock
The story is told of sweet English
mother who, giving her pair of sturdy
boys party of their especial boy friends
exerted herself for the two hours before
supper in directing various amusements
for them. As the meal was finished
and before the boys had left the table,
she secured silence and said: After sup
per you may amuse yourselves in any
way You wish. Now what, my loves,
would you like to do best? With
single roar the answer came, Fight"
all of which is text for little preach