Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-10-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Fix your stove pipe.
Boston takes the beannent.
Golden rod parties are in order.
This years straw hat has had its
day.
Butler has been enveloped in dust
of late.
The soda fountain will now take a
vacation.
Foot ball Saturday aft Y NJ. c. A.
VS. Nashua.
-Oyercoats are comfortable morn
ings and evenings.
The new school building on Nc
Kean St is in use.
-Pittsburg was so dark last week
that they could not play ball.
The Purvis Planning mill is running
night day ON New York City order.
If you like to read something good
the CITIZEN is the paper to find it in.
Paving and grading has changed
the perspective of a number of corners.
One hundred and fifty one tickets
were sold at Butler station for the ex
cursion last Sunday.
"A woman dressmaker up in Klon-
dyke writes that she gets $40 for max
ing Mother Hubbard
We must all quit eating-the doc
tors and scientists have made out that
every sort of food is poison.
There is nothing nicer on Earth
than good time-piece, and Martin
court & Co., are giving them away.
See acv.
Boston won the National League
pennant for the season, after most ex-
citing race with the three time cham
pion Baltimores.
George R. Ryne, chief page of the
House of Representatives at Harris
burg, died last week from wounds re-
ce.fed from burglar.
The amazing grace of the P. o. De
partment in reducing the rent of small
boxes from so to 25 cents quarter is
received with thanks.
Local knights Templar have organ
lied drill corps, with Maj. R. j.
Phipps as drill master and R. L. Kirk
patrick ms secretary and treasurer
Did you notice the new time table
on the 'Shenango" or Bessie" as it IS
now called Trains going north now
leave Butler at Z. A. NJ and g. 35 P. NJ.
The 10 o'clock train is off.
On Monday two boys from the Is
land were brought before Esq Gilghrist
for stealing lumber from neighbor
but were discharged after hearing.
1t is to the interest of any person
who took in the Port Dover excursion
and came back via Niagara and bought
tickets from Erie to GAINESVILLE to send
word to W. b. McGeary, Butler, giving
names and date, if possible.
-vanmetre g. McElwee have E. Full
ton st. (from Main to McKean) nearly
ready for the brick. They are doing a
good job, employing Butler men and
paying them 81. so; and the money for the
brick and pitch alone will so out of the
town.
Co. E. will hold its first drill fol
the winter on Friday evening Aftel
drill the company will partake of al
oyster supper in honor of the occasion
The company's rating at the camp in
;spection was 93.7S, being tie with Co
F. Grove City for the highest percent
age in the Fifteenth regiment.
Ben Masseth and Charles Jamisor
have returned home with Mr.. Mas
:seth's trotting mare, Minnie McGregor
after very successful racing campaign
Through this and neighboring states
Minnie McGregor started the seasol
without mark and finished at Bali
more. Md, where she got mark o
.214a. She won many of her races.
One day last week the directors Q
public schools of Pittsburg held a
open discussion ON the truant law whic
has been in effect Just one year, durin
which time several defective clause
have come to view of the obseryant one
who feel the necessity of having th
matter thoroughly revised and additio
al improvements perfected before an
profitable results can be obtained. tn
principals report a decided change i
customs of the pupils, and particular