Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-05-06
PERSONAL.

Edward Graham of w Sunbury is
seriously i'll.
G. W. Herdman, of Oakland twp,
was in town. Saturday.
DR.. VIM. Irvine, of Evans City, was
in town, Tuesday.
J. S. Campbell and wife have return
ed from Bermuda.
Andrew Dufford and W. J. Dougher-
ty have been granted pensions.
Mrs. Nancy A McNany of Coyles-
vile has been granted pension.
A. Monks, of Clinton and Cal Wise
of Penn were in town Saturday.
Jim. Maxwell's health is not good
and he has resigned his carriership.
Mrs. Cath. Harribaugh, of Slippery
rock and Matthew Taylor of Chlcora,
have been granted pensions.
Mrs. William Myers and daughter,
Lizzie. of Lancaster twp. did some
shopping in Butler, Monday.
Mrs. Catharine Myers, widow of John
Myers of Lancaster twp. is in her 92d
Y
the beds.
DR. Forester has returned from Phil
adelphia. where he took six weeks
course in specialties; and he intends re-
moving to Erie.
Harry Alexander who has been work
ing in the West Virginia oil field Is
visiting his father Thos. Alexander of
the south side.
Charley Jones of West Cunningham
St. is putting up the swift game he is
capable of at short-stop for Grove City
College John Ayres is playing short
stop for Geneva College.
Mrs. John Walker wife of the tobac-
conist), Mrs. John kirkpatrick and fam
ily. Miss Phipps and Mrs. Daniel Lar
din of Butler attended the surprise par
tv given 10 d. A. Renfrew, at his home
in Renfrew, last Friday-his SOth birth
day.
John Z. Muder, Jr. of Saxonburg re-
quests us TO state that his appointment
as postmaster will not conflict with nor
prevent him from attending to his usu-
al duties as funeral director, etc, as he
will have competent assistance in the
postoffice.
Geo. Whitehill returned Thursday,
from his trip to New York He
had a seat along Riverside
Park, mile from the monument.
but could not keep it on account of
the cold though they were not bother
ed by dust, as were the people near the
monument. The experiences of the
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature during the
day are set fourth in an article in our
fourth page.
Will Morse of Freeport put his cat in
sack brought her to Butler and turned
her loose, hoping to stray her; but when
he returned home the cat was there.
And now saws the Journal William
is disturbed in his mind, not only be
cause pet Theory has been disturbed,
but when he thinks that the measly old
cat beat the running time of his train
mad all through, and it is as much as
ones life is worth to say scat in his
presence.
Jas. Wilson and wife of Franklin
twp, were in town, Friday, doing
some shopping. Esq Wilson had a
fight with a dehorned Jersey bull, a
month ago that somewhat disabled
him. The bull attacked him in the
barnyard, knocked him down, and
pressed him to the earth and trampled
upon him till he was breathless; and
had he not secured hold of the ring
in the bulls nose he would have been
killed. He is now in his 10Th year
Harvey Miller and Pat. Golden re
turned home Monday, from their trip
to Stafford Co., Virginia. and Will
Feigel came home next day. The three
men have been investigating the ore
and quartz that crops out of the hills a
few miles from historic fredericksburg,
and which they have demonstrated to
their own satisfaction contain enough
gold to warrant systematic mining, and
they will organize company and go to
work as soon as possible. Their infor-
nation regarding the gold ore down
there came from Fred D. Osborne, who
formerly lived at Bruin, but moved to
that co unity some years ago.