Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-08-26
Wait for Waite's.

The best oyster crop in ten years is
reported this year.
See the exhibition Of Japanese
birds at the Butler Fair.
People OF neighboring counties are
preparing TO attend the Butler Fair.
My But the bicycl1sts are complain
ing of Hills street-car tracks.
Cheap excursion rates to New Cas-
tie Fair September 1, 2, 3 and A.
Buffalo has 200, 900 visitors for the
National G. A. r. encampment.
The local Hose Running teams may
give exhibitions at the Butler Fair.
A new lawn is being constructed
around the Springdale schoolhouse.
"A small copperhead snake was kill
ed near the Fair Grounds, yesterday.
The Waite Comedy Co.. who play
here Fair week, is rehersing here.
The Fair Grounds grandstand, as
enlarged, will seat about 400 people.
A new cornice is being put on the
Odd Fellows building ON w. Jefferson
st.
Butler Petersville, Mt Chestnut and
Prospect are now connected by telephone
wires.
Cheap excursions to Butler over
all the railroads during the week of the
Big Fair.
See the horse that goes flying
around the track without a driver at
the Butler Fair.
The National Council of the Daugh-
tiers of Liberty is convening in Pitts
burg this week.
The Bessimer workmen at Unity
fought for three days to celebrate pay
day, two murders resulting.
There Is some talk of the Mckay
Carriage Co. lately burned out at Grove
City, locating here.
Don't forget the Germania Band
concert in front of the Court House, to-
morrow evening.
Why is it that wheat is 81 in the
stock exchanges and is selling here in
the seventies and eighties
Prof. n. p. Bish has taken charge
of Prospect Academy and will try to
make a success of it. He has our best
wishes
Thirty three Knight Templars, six
of whom were from Allegheny, were in
line last Saturday at John d. Browns
funeral.
Did you notice the new adv. of G.
if. T. Pape 81 Bro. the Jewelers. Now
I is the best time you ever saw for buying
watches.
-Tartaric acid is not poisonous, but
too much of it will make you sick. The
less lemonade" you drink made of it
the better.
Some person broke into Alexander
& Heyles store in Whitestown last Fri
day night and stole $50 stamps and 10
in money.
There will be public sale at the
Henry Flick place in Middlesex twp,
Tuesday, Sept. 17-stock and farming
implements.
A. Ruff a. Son have embellished
their store room with new shelving
both commodious and artistic. Oscar
HollAreund was the artist
Did you ever see a dog trying to
shake a tin can off his tail. II you didn't
take look at Andy McCollough's lawn
1.D., fDa
Hills Haul-all continues to be fad
with our people That decision OF
Judge Reyburn will be worth hundreds
of dollars to the colored gentleman.
The Pittsburg b. b. team was beat
en- in Boston last Friday by score OF II
to 1 or to 16-that is, the Pittsburg ag
gregation got one run to the other club
sixteen.
The paving of W. Cunningham st
has been completed and the kids arr
looking fondly at the long gentl
slope and thinking of bob-sleds mex
winter
A neck tie social will be held thi
evening at the residence of j. A Hor
ton on West Jefferson St, under tn
auspicies of the young people of tn
Baptist Church.
The daily papers now have regula
spaces in which they mention the dii
ferent factories that are starting n
work or increasing wages with the re
vival of business.
AI1.k.1,a 1o,va koa,n k,;1t 10 aon
end of the Fair Ground grandstan,
which will increase its seating capacit
1000 and make the stand large enoug
to seat more than 1000 people.
The wonderful guidless pacin
horse will perform every day at IL
Butler Fair He clips off miles und'
2:20 at steadier gate than the major
driver d Se '''''' : '' '
Kansas and Missouri are rejoiciT
in big apple crops, while everywhel
else in the Union the fruit seems to
scarce, small, and Of rather poor qua
ity New York buyers are reportt
to be swarming in the two states, bu
ing up all the apples in sight.
Sunday evening about o o'clo,
thieves entered the barn of Mrs. WI
Aland of >. Main St. but were scar
away before they stole much. Ever
thing in the barn was being gather
together and the thieves evidently
tended to clear out with the horses al
carriage.
The borough of Butler needs reven
and rs the telegraph and telephone col
Danies are useing our streets. we see
reason why the Council shou
not tax them something s
dollar year for ea
pole if the Council hasa right so to
One of the best disinfectants in {
sick room is basin Of fresh wat
water is q great absorber of noxiC
gases Water that has stood OPEN
the bed room soon gathers impurit
and is unfit to drink A wide mouth
vessel Of pure water will often do m'
to bring refreshing sleep than will
opiate. This is not theory, but expe
ence.