Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-07-22


ZEN Office.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
love to hear the music
OF the mower on the lawn,
Awaking sleepy echoes
At the first faint blush of dawn
But dearly as love 1T,
If ever had to shove 1T,
The grass would grow forever.
Just as sure as you are born.
-Stagnant water fosters disease.
Butler Fair-Sept. 7, s, 8 and 10th.
The Mercer street bridge is com
pleted.
Tons of gold and lakes of oil in
Alaska Whewl
Too much-rain now. The wheat Is
growing in the shock.
The South Mexican ST paving Is
completed. and it looks like good job.
LOST-A pair of gold trimmed spec
tacles. Finder viii please leave at this
office
The contra ctors for the cut at Eu-
cid are keeping work going night and
day.
The small boy who can't go in swim
ing" nine times day, isn't of much ac-
4f,aco dove
Andy Carnegie has added $1,000, to
the Butler Hospital making
$4,000 in all raised by private sub
scription.
Read the storekeepers' Ads, printed
in the Citizen to-day, and save time and
money. This is the greatest bargain
season on record.
The injunction against the Parker
township school board restraining them
from building high school has been
continued
The Alaska gold-fever is the latest
disease, and it costs about 5000 to cure
it. That is it takes about that amount
to go there and locate claim.
w J. Sheldon has opened a first
class restaurant on Main st Saxonburg,
opposite the Opera House. His ice
cream is famous for its purity and fla
vor
The house of William Woods in
Clinton twp was entered and robbed
last Sunday, while the family were at
church Securities said to aggregate
$1,000, were taken.
The bids for the Hospital will not
be opened until next week. The plans
have been out of town, and our local
contractors did not have an opportunity
to prepare their bids.
Another charter has been taken out
for street-car line in Butler-this
time by lot of Warren and Green's
burg men who call themselves the But
Ter Traction Co.
Tomorrow will be great day In
Evans City-parade in the morning,
games in the afternoon, etc-to cele-
brate the completion of the Fire Co s
building
"A young man from Sharpsburg-
quite a noted bicycle rider-died in the
cars the other night, while returning
from Conneaut. His death was ttrib
,,ta 10 fni lr1rea
The White, Walter & Co. s Road
Race that was scheduled for yesterday
had to be postponed ON account of the
mud 1t will be pulled off on Wednes
day next
Twenty years ago this week the
railroad strike was raging in Pittsburg.
The strikers had burned the Union de
pot, besieged the Philadelphia troops in
the round house and taken possession of
the railroad
County Superintendent Cheesm an
has selected the week beginning Mon
day, Aug. 30th, for the Teachers Insti-
tute for this year. The idea is to have
the Institute before the schools open.
Now that the Welsbach Co. have
taken down their sample street lamps,
the Butler Light, Heat and Motor Co.
should put up samples of the incandes-
cent lamps their bid to Council
calls for Let us see them.
During the thunder storm of last Sun
day afternoon the final of the Court
House was again struck by lightning,
and the northern arm broken off. The
piece was quite heavy, and it made a
hole in the sod where it struck Light
ming will strike twice in the same
place.
Having done the most sensible thing
they ever did in there lives by reducing
the cost of a $50 bicycle from 800 to
$75, the manufacturers have only one
thing more to do to make their fortunes
put something ON their wheels to help
them up hill.
1hOJ soy thdo tuC OtdHttcIQ O1I w.
is rapidly absorbing the Sugar Trust.
Hope they'll get it, The Standard
would be an improvement ON the Have
meers Perhaps someday the Standard
will take hold of of the Foreign Mission
ary business and make a success of it
Franklin News.
AT Springfield, O. last week Minnie
McGregor won another race and reduc-
ed her mark to 2:214; and at New Cas-
tie Navy Bean, another Butler horse
won second money-winning the third
heat in 235. Storm Bird, owned by
Alonzo McCandless of Isle, and was
fourth in the fourth heat in same race
in 2:22i