Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-10-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

ZEN Office.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
r., Bessemer & L. T..
Trains leave Butler. Butler time at
$40 A. VI. and p NJ, trains arrive at
go A. NJ and 2s55 p. NJ.
Part of the new Stein block is four
stories high.
No invention ever caused 50 much
talk as the telephone.
Butler has 1000 school children and
needs more school-rooms.
The Second Presbyterian Sunday
School started off with 40 scholars.
The burning woods to the north
and west of us enyeloped our town in
smoke.
"A spider web is about fifty per cent
stronger than thread of steel OF equal
thickness.
-Workmen braced up the West St
bridge last Saturday and it is fit for
travel again.
After rat killing contest in Greene
county last week over 10000 rat tails
were counted.
A new style friction geared' loco
motive is now built that can do mile
in 30 seconds
They are hauling brick for the D
S. Toboggan slide this week. 1t Will
make pretty street.
Walker ave. is being improved by
the addition of gravel on the streets,
and cinder in the cutters
While the mercury stood at 50 In
the shade in Butler, Friday, out in Idaho
they were having snow storm.
Don't burn your leaves in the streets
and alleys. 1t is contrary to the
Borough Ordinances to do so.
Everybody went hunting last Fri
day. and though lots of squirrels were
secured, the pheasants were scarce.
The mail for Euclid, Centreville,
Harrisville, etc, now leaves Butler at
$40. No mail goes north on the 800
train.
"A Slipperyrock twp. farmer has a
hundred bushels Of clover seed, and
throughout the county the farmers will
ayerag4 twenty bushels each.
t !. G. Reed Post, 10j, q. A. X.
will nominate officers for the ensuing
year on Friday night, Nov. s. All
members invited to be present.
The early and late trains on the
Bessie" have been taken off. Trains
Vow leave at 9:40 A. NJ. and 800 p. NJ,
Vi arrive at 9:JJ A NJ and 2:55 p NJ.
The first coal train over the new
part of the p. B. & L. Z. went through
town on its way north yesterday morn
ing. 1t was made mp of some 20 cars OF
coal.
An exchange contains card OF
thanks from the editor for pitcher OF
buttermilk, which some kind hearted
subscriber who owes $l0on his subscrip
ton gave him.
Last week Butler had four fire
alarms sounded, while during the entire
previous portion Of the year, if we re
member correctly, only seven alarms
were sounded
There will be "Deestrict Skule'
at the Opera House this evening al
homa talent and for the benefit of tbs
public library. 1t will be great fur
and the disturbance will begin at
'clocx." Price 81 cents.
The natives in India fall down and
worship the bicycle. In this country
there are number who fall down. but
they don't worship the machine, a
least the language they use cannot b.
construed into worship.
"A wife remarked to her husband tina
she couldn't see how man liked to e
hunting when he didn't shoot anything
The husband retorted that it was prob
ably for the same reason that she wen
shopping so often and didn't buy any
thing
"A sample Of Bohemian life has bee
on exhibition on our streets this weel
Some months ago two men built ca
in Mercer. and fitted it up with stovt
corn-popper. hunks etc, and in thi
thev eat and sleep, and make pop-cor
and wafiies. They travelled throug
the northern part Of the state and ar
now in Butler.
Disastrous forest fires are reporte
from nearly all the wooded districts {
this and neighboring states. Thel
never was time when good raj
would bring more relief than it ca
now. Small fires have started in sever;
places in Butler county, but there
not enough woods any place to let I'll
damage amount to much.
When the big Bessie engine wer
over the turn-table and down the cree
bank, last week, it toppled over.
temporary track was built along tl
creek and the engine lifted and place
upon it by immense jacks, then tras
was built up the hill 10 the turn tabl
a heavy cable was attached to the ru
away engine and also to some others {
the main track and the runaway w
hauled up the hill to the turn table
was big job. and kept score Of M
working day and night for two days.
The Wrought Iron Range Co,
st. Louis, makes as good a range
anybody conld wish for. 1t is ne;
convenient, complete, fuel-saving al
very durable The agent Of the Cor
pany. Mr.. Smitten, and his assista N
have been canvassing Butler Count
for the past six weeks. and in that til
hay% placed six carloads Of the rang
In this county. The range is sold on
froLl the wagon. and II you want o
now is your time, for they willaieave
month 1, uo a,J will Mt 10 L.nIx