Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,


LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Now let's see the modern Greek fry
the fat out of Turkey.
The late frosts and freezes probably
killed the peach and cherry buds
The six o'clock evening delivery
for routes and 2, began Tuesday.
Get a package of Moki Tea free at
Redick & Grohman's- See adv.
We have climate to burn. A year
ago Monday. the mercury stood 30 IN
the shade.
-You seldom see real concen tration
unless You find man who is reading
his own contribution in a newspaper.
No man has any right to plead
drunkenness as an excuse for crime,
because there is no excuse whatever for
drunkenness.
This dust is horrible. After our
paved streets get that cleaning promis-
ed by Council, the sprinkler should be
called into service.
In oil circles this has been week
Of busters The Elk Fork development
in the southwest has been the only one
attracting attention OF late.
The most conceited individual in
the world loses much of it when he or
she gazes upon an old time photograph
of themselves. .-Ex-
The baby on the bike has been
forbidden by law in New York, and the
man who fastens an infant i'm front of
him on a wheel there is arrested
The Greek and Turkish troops spent
last Sunday fighting and may be pull
ed in for it. We all hope there will be
enough Greece left to fry Turkey.
Under the new postal law, which
has just gone into effect, the sender of
registered letter which IL lost can get
indemnity to the extent Of ten dollars.
The two things that man is
most liable TO forget, says the philoso-
pher ARE sermons and debts" The
umbrella must be a close third in the
list.
"A health journal tells people ''how
to lie when asleep" We know of some
people who are adopts to this while
they are wide awake, and even when
standing on their feet.
The bicycle has done more than all
other agencies combined to make peo-
pie familiar with the territory within
twenty or thirty miles Of their homes.
And that's no small thing to do.
The young man who sells small
package Of marble dust to housekeepers
with the statement that spoonful plac-
ed in lamp will prevent explosion, is
now operating in neighboring town.
The war news Of Monday made
wheat Jump" eight cents 1t seems to
5e the impression that general Euro
pean war will follow the dispute be
tween Greece and Turkey.
An Indiana paper reports that last
year the cucumber crop OF that
State put about s1O0, 900 into the pockets
OF the farmers, and the doctors got
about as much more.
"A horse stolen from Samuel Sprong,
Of Mercer Co, was brought to Butler
and sold to Ad Elliott some days ago,
in Butler, and the owner came on and
claimed 1t.
"A Look out for Thieves sign
ought to be put mp at the p. d w. de
pot. B. J. Forqner, OF Millerstown,
lost his diamond-pin there, Tuesday
evening.
The appalling floods in the Mississip-
pi valley make The Forestry Problem"
worthy Of Consideration. An article
by Carl Shurz on the subject will be
found In this paper
The practice OF clipping the fetlock
In undoubtedly bad, nv the heel OF the
horse ~ tender and when exposed ~
subject to many diseases. Nature has
provided the fetlock as protection,
and as such let IL renal n.
The Odd Fellows will celebrate on
next Monday, the 26th inst, the found
ing Of the order rs years ago There
will be an open meeting In the Opera
House in Butler that evening, TO which
all friends Of the order are invited.
Don't fail to read the opening chap
ters OF onr new story" Capt Close" II
relates the experiences OF a young army
officer Mt southern post during the
years Immediately, fol lowing the war
and IN very interesting.
1T In not generally known that q
mail leaves Butler for Pittsburg and
the East via the West Penn mt r. M.
Sunday; but letters for this mail mus
be put in the p. o. and not In the boxes
ms no collections are made ON Sunday
except In the churches
The people Of Butler showed theii
good will for the Good Will Hose Go.
by crowding the house for their benefit
IL was one Of the largest audiences that
has ever assembled in the Opera Hons,
and the play was very enjoyable one
After the entertainment the Scheuber
Club was entertained by the Atlanti
Club, and an enjoyable time was had
Some THE wing is reported from tn
southeastern part Of the county. Las
Saturday night the horse OF VIM. Haz
lett Of Windfeld twp. was taken an'
hitched 10 TO nsighbor's buckwagon
and after making a collection Of harnes
TO the amount Of about $500, the thieye
disappeared. They were traced in th
direction Of Kittanning, but the trai
was lost Several horses have beer
stolen I'm this section In the past fcy
weeks. and rewards are offered for tn
capture Of the thieves.
A colored man named Spence Her
derson fired several shots mt William
Hill, the colored cab-man. Mt the stAbl