Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-16

WHICH Will ulihc IL a vel uCsild-
\ BILE time to enroll your name on .
3 the CITIZEN list. 100 cents in 4
= advance will pay for it from now 4
. until January I, 1899. {
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"OBrien The Contractor.
Pay your taxes before the 1st.
Pretty calendars at Miller's shoe
store.
The hunting season for this yeal
closed yesterday.
= A few more nice days will finish
the roof of the Hospital.
Clean the streets for the holidays
before the mud freezes.
-"O'Brien The Contractor, Friday
evei ing, at Opera House.
On Christmas and New Years the
P o. will be closed from II to 6 P. NJ
About half the male population OF
Harrisville and vicinity attended court,
this week.
Bids for the improvements of the
county Jail are being advertised for by
the Commissioners.
--Jno. A. Page has opened a fine fish
and oyster II arkeb at the Junction of Nc
Kean st. and Center Ave.
-Accorling to one our contempora,
les Butler has Cavalry Cemetery.
Where IS the infantry buried.
L. NJ Cochran, Assignee of d. A.
Heck, is selling clothing below cost.
Read his new adv for bargains.
Any sensible man would a good
deal rather be liked by children than
by grown people.
There is room in the literary field
for book entitled: How to buy $50
worth of presents with $40 bill.
justices of the Peace can secure
blanks conforming to the new scalp
act from the County Commissioners
During the past few weeks we have
sent outa few sample copies to persons
who ought to be on our subscription
list
Anna Held the wreath, which she
presented to Miller, who finished first
in the six. day bicycle race mt New
York
That was an odd bequest of Col
Mckee $1,000 to the school board of
Butler to keep the teeth of the children
in repair.
One of the canons of table etiquette
is that biscuits should be opened with
the fingers. In extreme cases an ak is
admissible.
-Jno. A. Richey has made an i'm
menss lot of candy, of all kinds. for
the holiday trade. Home made candy
is the best.
The Jury Commissioners are now
filing the wheel for next year, and
men who have never been on the Jury
should send in their names.
Santa Claus leaves Butler
every ev ening with his arms full Of
Christmas presents. All Butler count }
was here this week buying things
Quite number of our subscriber:
will probably receive Fifty years I'm
proyements in Farming" next week, q
supplement to the n Y Weekly Tri-
bune.
H G. Bricker is yet paying the
highest prices for all kinds of hides, al
his home on Mercer ST. Butler Ge
his prices before parting with you
hides.
The accident tina. happened at tn
Sunbury mill, few years ago, wa
duplicated at the Winters mill a
Eidenau. last Saturday. An account O
it will be found in another column
Revolving shafts unprotected are
constant menace to life.
The Penn'a R. r. Co. intends
building a new station in Pittsburg
and the Councils and some of the busj
ness men of the city favor the erection
of Union Station for all the railroad
entering the city on the Point, nea
the Exposition building.
The sixday bicycle race that ende
in New York last Saturda
night was mere exhibition @
brute endurance, but like any othe
show of the kind it brought big none
for the winner who cleared about So
600 by it. He was off his wheel bu
few hours of the entire 144 and dul
ing the week rode 2,093 miles.
ALL persons desiring Pamphlt
Laws for 1897, can obtain the same b
depositing one dollar with the Count
Treasurer and subscribing for the sam,
Those who have subscribed will pleas
call and secure their books as we wis
to settle with the department by jar
1st. CYRUS HARPER,
County Treasurer
"A year or so ago we offered tt
Citizen free for one year to youn
couples in the county getting marie
between that date and the. approachin
Christmas Several young men SCI
us their names in response to our offe
we have been sending them the pap,
for the past year, and now as the
time nears expiration we would t
pleased to have you become subscriber
some changes have been made i
the manual of arms used by the Natiol
al Guard of Penna. which simplif
several of the movements. Co. I
tried them for the first time Frida,
Under the new manual rifle salut,
is made from the shoulder, and ordt
arms, as well as carry; fix bayonets
executed with the gun in the same pc
sition as parade rest; and at shouldt
arms the barrel of the gun lays W
ward, instead of sideways as formerl,