Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL,


Replied his student daughter,
You've spent so much / really feel
AS if / hadn't oughter.
I'll plunk the money in the bank;
If you don't mind, I'd rather
The old man in deep faint sank;
The blow almost killed father
Butler beat Evans City by score
of 10 to last Saturday afternoon
Five thousand drains and cutters
need opening in Butler since the rain.
Some cellars ON Franklin street
were flooded, Monday, by the choking
of the sewer.
Jas. A. Murphy has gone into the
bee business again, having purchased
the entire stock of George Reibers
sons.
Nearly all Butler has been freshly
painted The best way to tell whether
paint is fresh or not is to put your fin
ger on it.
The heavy rains of last Monday
made several little lakelets on Wash
ington and Mexican streets, but nobody
was drown-dead in them.
Buffalo twp and Portersville were
well represented in Butler, this week.
The people were looking after the case
of Mr. Wilson before the Grand Jury.
Pay your mercantile tax immediate
ly. The time is up, and the County
Treasurer is required to bring suit within
ten days, or be held responsible for
your tax
Our grocers are paying 10 cents for
eggs. for butter, - for potatoes, 70
for apples, 7 cts a ib for lettuce, - do 2
punches for onions, 81 bu for peas, 5
cts box for Strawberries and 80 cts
pair for spring chickens.
Perhaps the boardwalk committee
of the town council don't know that
there is a mighty poor walk on Lookout
Ave. near the electric light plant.
Better nse the ounce Of prevention be-
fore you have to deal out the pound Of
cure
A yonng man whose parents won't
buy him bicycle is going to make one
for himself by using the frame of his
mind. the wheels Of his head, the seat
of his pants. the rubber in his neck, and
a part Of that tired feeling.
1c D,,tl
organized. Monday night, by electing
L. O. Puryis, President; Alfred Krug,
Secretary; and s. r. Bowser, Treasurer
The Secretary's salary was fixed at
5000, and the Treasurer's percentage at
per cent.
Rag chewing has broken ont with
much virulence in the Pittsburg League
team. This occurs regularly when the
team gets the worst Of it. The amount
and degree Of the chewing il a quite
reliable indication Of the steepness Of
the toboggan they have struck -Ex.
AT the meeting of the A. G.. Reed
Post, q. A. r. last Friday night, a
portrait of A. G. Reed was presented to
the Post by Alfred Reed of Pittsburg,
son of A. q. Reed. The speeches were
made by A. G. Williams and Joseph
Criswell; and short addresses were
Afterwards made of G. E. Anderson
J. H. Sutton and Alex. Russell 1t
was very pleasant affair.
Two amateur Dick Turpin's at
tackled Loyal McJunkin at the corner Of
Main and W. Pearl last Thursday night.
Loyal went to the mail box about II r.
M. and put in letter, and as he turned
to start back home, a tall fellow and a
short fellow covered him with their
pistols and demanded his valuables.
One of them grabbed his watch, and he
snatched it back. and parleyed with
them till they lost their nerve. and let
him pass on. Monday evening rough
looking fellow pointed a pistol at How
ard Weisenstein, at corner Of Z. Dia-
mond and Mexican, and demanded
money. bnt Weisenstein said he didn't
have any, and passed on.
The good people Of ~ Mexican St.,
attended the meeting Of Council, Tues
day evening, and induced that all-pow-
erful body to give them straight 28 #.
width from Nixon's alley to Fulton st.
and 30 foot width from Nixon's alley to
Jefferson St South Mexican st was
also changed to 30 feet. Shaffner's bill
for changing the curb git is said will bt
$500. The inverted anti-clinal in front
Of Capt. Ayres' place Is to be eliminat-
ed but the goose neck" between Clay
and Nixon's alley IL to remain--Amen
At the same meeting, the bids fol
paving f. North st and one block Of
T. Cunningham were opened and the
contracts awarded TO Peter Schenck al
"a, 900 and 81 900
Our Poor Board have their own tri
ais and tribulations There is Away.
somebody In the vicinity In distress, and
1t Is natural for the distressed to seeI
consolation from the p b. Now Har
yey Miller and Reuben McElvain are
kind hearted men, and they try 10 helI
everybody that deserves help, but there
Is one case In town-that Of big, stout
man who won't work because ID inter
feres with his religious belief that
tires their patience. They had an odd
case last Friday-that of an Italian wo-
man, who came to this country ant
landed at Oneida station, this county
but who should have been directed +
an Oneida in Schuylkill county. Tn
X. X. Co.. after some telegraphing bacl
and forward, agreed to take her back +
the right place.
C0mmcncemcnts.