Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-03-04
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Lent begun Tuesday.
Fun in Hogan's Alley tonight
Spiders usually live two or three
years.
Each salmon produces about 2O,-
600, 900 eggs.
There are ZOO men to every 9O6
women in Greece.
The next thing political will be the
Republican primaries.
Crawford county has an indebted
ness of over 100000.
The farmers are already al ranging
for their Spring work.
The leaves that turned last Fall
will soon be returning.
1t won't be long till the bicycle bell
is again in the ring.
1t was cold last Saturday morning
very cold-0 degrees below zero.
-Martincourt & Co, make the best
harness in Butler county. Read their
new adv.
The constable of the second ward
shoule have the fire bell on Wayne st.
repaired.
The Hotel Butler has again chang
ed hands. Harry Faubel is again pro-
prietor.
-Clutton Bros, druggists of Centre
vile, have sold their drug store to
Campbell & Co.
Both pugs at Carson City are conf
dent. Next Wednesday week will be
great day in sporting circles,
So far as chickens are concerned,
this is the time of year when poultry
dealers have no respect1for age
The Sugar Trust disclaims any re-
sponsibility for the supply of maple
sugar which seems to be steady all the
year round
-Chicora is to have fire protection
or rather water protection against fire
and several other towns in the county
should follow her example.
The boarders of the Reed House,
burned Thursday, lost all their personal
property except what they had on. One
mans loss in money and books was
$125.00
Men who have hesitated about mar
rying pensioned widows can now go
right ahead. Congress has decided that
the pensions of remarked widows"
hold good.
The item Commissioners account
in the Auditors report has been chang
ed to Commissioners Clerk, and several
of the accounts have been paid since
settlement See tables.
A boaconstrictor tried to swallow
Mckinley last week, but Mac was res
cued This Mckinley didn't happen to
be our President but cub lion in the
Kansas City Zoo He had twin broth
er, Bryan, who died last fall.
AT the first meeting of the new
Council, Monday evening, Dan Youn-
kins was elected President George
Stamm refusing reelection Harry
Grieb was elected Treasurer and his
per centage was fixed at per cent, II.
E. Coulter was reelected Clerk at $3.50
per year and w. A. Forquer was re-
elected Counsel at $780, The bond of
the Treasurer was fixed at $40, 600. The
new Councilmen and Burgess Myers
were sworn in by retiring Burgess An
derson.
AT meeting of Council Tuesday
evening a petition was presented for the
paving of Wayne ST., between Main
and Mexican and referred to commit
tee; the National Transit Co. was given
permission to erect poles on E. Jeffer
son and First Sts., and j. c. Skillman
was given police powers.
"A western newspaper started a new
system Of reporting. Every item was
credited to the person giving it For in
stance if John Jones was arrested for
stealing the item would be preceded by,
'Given us by Marshal Johnson" Other
items were: Marshal johnson is liar,
furnished us by John Jones Brown
was drunk last night, furnished us by
the city solicitor. This method was
kept up about two weeks and then an