Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-09-09
THE CITIZEN.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1897.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Lots of dust for the Big Fair.

-Hobos came in thick last week TO
do" the Fair
These foggy nights one is better off
in doors than out
Grapes are coming in and sweet
cider is almost due.
Looks like late fall. The leaves
have not yet commenced to turn.
Potatoes are short crop and those
that are in the ground are rotting.
-ssOne swallow doesn't make sum
mer, but dozen or more sometimes
make fall
The true independent in politics is
ID the man who takes drinks from all
the candidates.
The J. o. U. A. NJ banqueted the
G. A. r. and Vet Leg, of Butler,
Thursday evening.
Quite number of oil men attend
ed the reunion at Mcdonald last week,
which was quite a success.
The figures on the Registry Lists
returned by the five assessors of Butler
are 575. $50 40, 4f7 and 446.
A musical laugh is one brought
forth by one of your own jokes; all
other laughs are more or less grating.
The ''one baby, one smoke man
and the other fakirs are in paradise,
now that the season of county fairs is
on
Morning glories, with the dew
glstening upon them. look lovely
climbing over the lattice work these
days.
Boys and girls must go to school
until they are sixteen-that is until
their nth birthday, or 10Th anniversary
of their birthday.
Quite number of our citizens
have brought their sidewalks to grade
and the rest should remember that
summer time is flying.
Joseph Brown of near Brownsville
in Penn twp, built himself very hand
some house this summer The Moser
boys of Butler painted it,
The Ziegler Lodge, of Odd Fellows
has purchased the Wuller Drug Store
building on Centre Ave, now occupied
Inv Cas-. Sherman. for Sc, 800
The hotel keeper, liverymen, mer-
chants and business men generally
wear a broad smile this week. This is
their harvest and a very bountiful one
it is
He was very popular man and
had many friends, but had to die to
prove it, y is the way the July number
of The Elks refers to a deceased
brother.
Crowds continue to go to the Klon-
Z dixie daily regardless of the fact that
the greatest suffering stares them in the
face, and that they will be lucky to get
out of the country alive.
The latest printing press turns out
$4,000 eightpag papers an hour, men
not vet old can remember when the
fastest press could not print that many
four-page papers in fourty eight hours.
The p, 3. & L. E. has built large
platform at the southern gate of the
Fair Ground and is competing with the
P. 81 w. for passenger trade. Their
track is within fifty feet of the en-
trance.
Delegates from the local fire COM
panie5 viii attend the State Volunteer
Firemen's Convention at Wilkes Barre
during the first week of October. The
First Ward Running team will com
pete in the races.
OF the 119, 900, 900 old copper cents
which were sent out from the mint on
iy the $780, 600 have ever been accounted
for aud cnly now and then is stray
one of the remaining 10000. 900
seen in circulation.
The cutting down of the maple
trees in front Of the English Catholic
Church and residence of c. Duffy, and
the lowering of the sidewalks there
greatly change the appearance of that
part of the street.
The annual reunion of the 9th Pa.
Heavy Artillery will be held in Butler,
Pa, Thursday, September 23rd, 1897.
All comrades and friends are cordially
invited to be present. Special rates on
all railroads leading to Butler.
-WANTED-A good man to sell
teas and coffees in and around Butler,
will pay 30 per sent. commission and
furnish horse and wagon, big
inducement to customers; small
bond required. Call or address Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Hotel Will
lard.
An old man came TO Butler from
out about Coylesville, the other day,
with gold watch; whisky made fool
of him and he traded the watch for a
pew tel ODc anu oOluc ohp0
marked $10 to a young scamp who
lives north of town.
On Monday last the first engine
ran over the new bridge over the
Allegheny, at Denny Sta
, ton The account states that nephew
OF Andrew Carnegie, who was on the
engine, became wildly frightened dur
ing the trip, and it was only with diff
Guilty that the enginemen could keeE
hi IN on seat while the trip was being
made.
John Gross, the upholstering man.
will move to Chicora, Thursday. Mr.
Gross has been citizen here for one
year and will be missed by his many
friends. Mr.. McCleary who has been
with Mr.. Gross, will open an upholster-
ing establishment in Edenburg. We
hope these gentlemen will meet with
success in their new fields. .-Emlentor
News.
The Waite Comedy Co. opened the
season in the Opera House here last Sat
urday, and very handsomely entertained
their large audience. The plays render
ed by them this week have been the best