Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-03-18
NEv ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
How much did you lose?

.
Which lickedz~ was the popular
question last night.
There il three hours difference in
time between Butler and Carson City
Crawford & Fisher are now the
proprietors Of the barber shop in the
basement Of the Bickel building
Everything passed off in 'apple-pie'
order at a young peoples social at the
L. P. Church. Monday evening.
The Pittsburg Daily News was a
wear old Tuesday, and it is the best and
brightest evening paper publishnd in
Pittsburg
"A three story brick hotel building
will be built this summer on the Shirley
lot on Centre avenue. where the recent
" burned Reed House stood.
1t is said that the p, B. & L. e. r.
r. has contracted with the Butler Wa
ter Co. to supply one engine with water
every half hour.
We direct the attention of chicken
fanciers and farmers to the card OF r.
Harrington IL Co. Warsaw. n T. IN
this issue They are breeders of pure
chickens. ducks and Belgian Hares-
The Pittsburg Dispatch Of last Sun
Lrrrr
tisefnents, and as business men don
advertise for fun, this is unmistakable
evidence of reviving business activity,
which means-Prosperity
The miners Of the Turner mine near
billiards went to work on the 10Th inst,
at 33 cents per ton-run of bank. The
Royle mine was flooded last week.
Misner & Speer's miners are said to
have gone to work at same rate.
The Argonauts or Forty miners
held their 4sth anniversary and ban
quet at Pittsburg, Monday night. There
were 10 members present, whose aggre-
gate age was 1870 years, an average OF
70 years. Henry Heineman of Butler
was one of the number.
Co. Fl. Of the old 13th-the first
company that left Butler april %, 1861
and which was organize on the 2Oth;
will hold reunion in Butler on April
Goth the seth anniversary of its Or
ganization. A program is now being
prepared, which will appear soon.
Since plate came in vogue
we have not been putting much general
reading matter in type; but the story
entitled 'Life's Secret" which we
found in Littells Living Age of week
before last, is so remarkable that we re-
prodnce part Of it this week, and will
finish it next
Unless newspaper writers, printers
and proof readers are very careful they
mix proper names mp woefully. For
instance, one Of the Kittanning weekll ea
of last week announced that NJ. l..
Morrow of Bruin, Butler county and
Sylvia Royle Of Parks twp. had taken
out marriage license, and another pa
per had it VI. L. Morrison, Bruin, But
Ter county and Salina Boyle Parker
twp, Butler county. Which is it
Miss Katherine Oliver will read Sc
lections from Scottish Authors, Friday
evening in Y. NJ G. A. Rooms. The
well known ability of of this impersona-
tor Of Scotch character should bespeak
for her royal welcome. Butler audi
ences have many entertainments offered
them, but rarely a real literary treat ar
this will be- We hope all lovers OF
Scottish lore will come and enjoy it.
Tickets can be secured at c. N. Boyd's,
Redick & Grohman's and Anderson's Z
drug store, Springdale.
AT the meeting Of Council, Tues
day evening, the Secretary was direct
ed to advertise for bids for the paving
of north Mexican st, north Washing
ton St, and also for south Mexican st.
if the property owners will release all
claims for damages. The people Of
West Cunningham and East Wayne
also want to pave, and the solicitor was
directed to prepare the ordinances, il
the petitions are in correct shape. The
Westinghouse people offer to build an
electric-light plant for the town for
S11 300
Thank goodness its over-We mean
the fight and now let the figh ting talk
give place to something more useful
How was this for spat between two
kids, neither of whom had nickle in
his pocket. why say, he'll lick him
in one punch Fitz is no fighter He il
a big nothing. Just you wait till Cor
bett gets him in ring. and he'll knock
him out with one smack" He cant
fight a little bit. A four year old boy
could make him run. Who has Corbett
licked? Poor old Peter jackson, almost
dead, fought him to standstill. Old
JohnL. Sullivan, when he was so feeble
that he couldn't stand up. Why old
Sullivan was has-been two years be
fore he could get Corbett into ring,
and Corbett would have never fought
him if he hadn't known that he was
ready to fall down from push. "Oh
come off; who did Fitz ever lick? No
body-yes they were all nobodies with
no reputation. He put Peter Mahel
out down in Mexico after Maher had
been dissipating for months and paid
no attention to his training. He won &
decision over Jim Hall at New Orleans
by luck, 1t was all chance, And
what did he do to Sharkey out in Frisco
when he found he couldn't lick him ht
fouled him to save his bacon. Oh, say
Fitz is a mouth fighter, and he has nc
call 10 claim to be in the class with Cor
bett." He hasn't, hasn't he; well
you'll see when he gets Mister Jimmy
in the ring mt Carson on St Patrick
day, Oh, he won't do thing to him
He'll put in one of his hook blows
and Corbett will lay down and give il
mp right there. Why, the fight won't las
three rounds. Fitz has ii won already
There isn't any one in it but the Aus
tralian kangaroo so you say, but
talks cheap, and it takes good stiff
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