Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-02-04

Dr. johnston Deullst.
Administrators and Executors of estates
can secure their receipt books at the CiIi-
ZEN office.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
How do you like our new typef
The County Auditors will finish
their labors next week.
The locomotive engineers were
afraid of frosted rails last week.
Business men noticed an improve
ment in trade as soon, as the sleighing
came.
There have been numerous merry
sleighride parties out since the snow
came
You can guage man character pref
ty thoroughly by what he considers
laughable.
A raw egg, if swallowed in time,
will effectually detach fish bone
fastened in the throat.
The Plate Glass Works were shut
down last week, but started up again,
Monday.
The mercury stood at 13 below zero
last Sunday morning the same as
the previous Monday morning
M ..-oo%Lo~ Lot mn Loot Coturdav
and there was fine run of sleighing"
on our paved streets.
"A bit of curved tubing, with I.
Joints to go over the axles. makes
good runner for buggy.
Now is the time to ''cut some ice
and lots of beautiful 10-inch stuff has
been housed during the past few yays
The gas bills are bigger for this
month than last. The late spell of
weather set awfully hard on the me-
ters
Myers & Co. have nice rooms over
the Zimmerman drug store. and are do
ing brisk business in real estate and
collections.
About the only person in town who
hasn't cold, or the grip, is Steele's
wooden Indian-what wasn't elected
Senator.
ALI Saxonburg, excepting the wo-
men and children, were assembled in
Esq Gilghrist's Office last Friday after
noon.
sporting Craze"-the best show Of
the season, play a return date at the
Opera House, tonight They are live
ly set-don't miss it.
Tuesday was grounding day, and
as the little animal could not have seen
much of shadow the backbone of
winter is supposed to be broken.
We are under obligations to w. G.
Thompson of the Sunset Carbon
Works. for a pound can of fine
job ink, made by the company.
The Legislature didn't have to
hire hall; the Mayor of Harrisburg
placed all the halls in the city at their
disposal
Besides the Inauguration of Presi-
dent and the opening of the baseball
season, the strikingly important event
to look forward to is St Valentines
day
Some of the Tennessee newspapers
are kicking because Col Watterson refer
ed to the citizens of that State asa col
lection of blue-nosed and pot bellied old
fossils. Some people are mighty hard
to please.
The Executive Committee of the
Board of managers has decided to dis
miss Superintendent House and seven
of the resident physicians of the West
Penn Hospital of Pitts burg.
The School Laws for 1897 have been
received by Supd't Cheesman; and can
be had by calling upon John W. Coul-
ter at his Office next door to the CITI-
ZEN Office.
Del Smith treated us to some of his
Virginia Crab. Cider the other day, and
it is good-very good. If you want
some address j. D. Smith, McCandless
90:
A child of West Winger and also
one of VIM Nicholson, of Mars, lately
died of diphtheria, and as other chill
dren of the town are sick of the same
disease the schools of the town have
been closed.
Pin yonr faith to Butler, and in the
end yon'll neer regret it, and don't for
get to use the CITIZEN when you place
the pin. If you overlook the last sug
gestion, you will make the greatest mis-
take of your life.
The iron for the new railroad
bridge is coming up from Pittsburg on
the p. & w. The cars are switched
upon the Shenango and run upon the
new road, and the iron is taken directly
from the cars by the traveller" and
swung into place.
The Hotel Lowry, of Butler chang
ed hands, Tuesday. The Davis broth
ers Morgan and Phillip. purchased it
from Thompson & Brown, now of
Wheeling, for s37, 900, subject to Nc
Cafferty & McCrea's lease
The Pennsylvania State Sabbath
Association will convene in Pittsburg
on the 18th and 10th insts. The associa-
tion is strongly represented all over the
State. Its object is to lessen, and if
possible prevent, Sunday desecration.
1t pursues its work along educational
lines
-Recollections of the State Capitol
building are now in order Towards
the end of the war party of Butler
men, slept up in the rotunda one night,
rather than sleep in the Park, their
only alternative at that time; and many
Butler boy cut his name or initials in