Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-09-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Our eagerness to drive them hence
Warns all our blood for fight
Then gentle purring pussy cats,
Excite our deepest scorn,
And thus their tendency to spats
Makes countless felines mourn,
The Alderman
Fix your stove-pipe.
AT Opera House, Friday. ''Th'
Alderman.
Make up your mind On the Poor
house Question.
A 40-degree change in Temperature
makes mortals shiver.
Well vote on the Poor Hous.
question at February election.
The big windows in the new Eng
lish Lutheran Church measure .1stx13t
Any man will acknowledge the corr
if its his own and somebody treads or
it.
Wagner has made splendid grouI
photograph of the First Ward running
team.
Local college students are all off to
their various fountains of learning and
football.
That deep well" near Pittsbur 9
Is down S, $50 feet and has fishing job
on hands.
--Lilacs can be made bloom in Sep
tember by stripping them of theil
leaves in August
The annual State conve ntion of the
J. o. U. A. Mechanics is being held
this week a. Altoona, Pa.
The members of the Butler club
were to play the functions at Pittsburg
on Saturday, but did not 60.
That ring or rainbow around the
Sun last Thursday. was caused by
moisture in the atmosphere, and that
evening we had onr first rain for some
weeks 1t was very welcome.
Three darkies held up a peddler,
named Louis Davis, On the railroad in
Clinton township few days ago. and
robbed him of $50 in money. They
handed him back his pocket book
The advertising agent Of the 'fYu-
kon-C Cariboo British Columbia Gold
Mining Development Company" wants
us to take some stock for advertising
space, but we won't do it-Not enough
name.
The freeze of Monday night spoiled
all the tender vegetation, excepting
what was saved by the fog that came up
toward morning. The mercury went
down to 30 that night. Such cover
ing Of plants never did see.
The Bessie" r. r. Is changing its
road bed Cor q half mile or more at
Oneida. The new road will cut off the
carve by running along the side Of the
hill. The present railroad bed might be
used for public road
The explosion Of lamp in Com
pany Row. First Ward. Wednesday
evening caused the ringing Of the fire
bells. The whole town turned out to
see the fire, and were agreeably disap-
pointed.
On Tuesday. Of this week, the deal
by which the Connoquenessing Lodge
of Odd Fellows became the owner Of
the Heineman corner on Main St., was
completed. The price was $4,000, the
Lodge paid 1900. down. and the deed
comes from the Savings Bank.
We have received from the Oliver
Ditso1 Co., of Boston, several pieces ol
excellent, new music-includng tht
Venetian Moonlight. Waltzes, with
beautiful title page; Sylvan Dreams
Colonial Gavotte. The Young Debu
tante; and May Day and In the Ham
mock (Children's pieces. This firm
publishes excellent music.
AT the meeting Of Council, Tuesday
eveing. the contract for paving Fultor
st. was awarded to Vanmeter and Nc
Elwee for $1537S0 Shaffner's bid wac
but$J0 more. The north Mexican st
Assessment Ordnance was reconsideret
and referred back to committee. Th'
paving Of east Cunningham st. will b
begun Immediately. Only Brady Rul
brick will be used on K. North.
Tuesday evening members OF tn
Y.M G. A. interested in football me
and organized team. Chas. Z Smitl
was elected manager and John Ayre
captain. There are enough football
players in the local association to max
up two teams, one averaging about 10
pounds and the other 140 pounds pc
man, with several extra men. Al
rangements for games will be made :
once.
An exchange says that a new poi
to digging machine has steel-pointe
scoop to raise the potatoes and earth il
to n slotted elevator, over which n cylil
der brush is revolving to separate Il
potatoes from the dirt, after which Il
tubers are carried TO n screen, wbit
allows the small potatoes to fall in
one box and carries the large ones in
another box. With all the cry again
machinery, here is one device whi
every farmer boy will bail with deligf
IL there is one thing mean TO do 1T
breaking your back picking by hand
four to twenty acre potato patch. L
next invention will be stone pickt
and then the country lad will be hap
as a November cricket behind t
hearth.-Emelton News.
"A catchpenn y feature at rece
fair was a merry go round evolved fr'
various simple elements. A corner
the room was curtained off with awni
cloth, music-box was borrowed for
occasion and set TO playing, and
obliging young woman whose ma
was Mary strolled slowly around
little table on which the instrum'
was placed, The promoters Of t
little deception relied for their contil
ed profit on that trait Of human nat
that disli kes TO confess itself fooled,
having been duped, is pleased TO