Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Don't monkey with the railroad.
Oysters are getting fat andlus
cious.
Frosty weather makes fair cheeks
peachy.
-Chicora wants better train ser
vice or none.
-"Old SOL is getting lazy-he risei
late and retires early.
The tub of the Mars Laundry was
sold Tuesday for 30 cents.
Some slight changes were made in
the West Penn timetable, Monday.
That Evans City Ordinance was
not advertised and consequently is n.
The Parker twp. ''Klondike' is
down 14O feet, with lots of water, and
rock showing some gold.
People are now beginning to pull
themselves together for tussle with
the merry Christmas time.
IF rich people had the digestion OF
poor people and bad boys, there would
be boom in the provision market
mans enemies never kick him
when he is down. They stand aside
and let his friends do it,
When you are thinking of doing a
kind action go little farther and put
the thinking into operation.
The time for ''the wisdom of the
: nation" 10 meet and put things in their
proper places is fast coming on.
If marriage is lottery then, in
deed. it is game of chance, but where
is the minister who will discourage it?
Friday evening, Dec 3, social and
supper, in the Opera House at Saxon
burg, in the interest of the German
Lutheran Church.
Five houses have been built in Sax
onburg during the past year. one each
by W. Weckley, G. s. Gibson, Mrs. L.
Kornrumph, H. Knoch and j. Weaver.
The United Traction or street cal
lines of Pittsburg and Allegeny are re-
ported to have been sold to an English
Syndicate for $50, 100000.
Seventy five marriage licenses were
issued in Pittsburg the day before
Thanksgiving. and Butler Co. people
were parties in three of them.
Breckenridge and Uber have deliv
cred three thousand tons of stone to the
Bessie" for the breakwater at Con
neaut Harber.
"A large pair of doors have been
erected in the Y NJ. c. A. building s
hall at the foot of the stairs leading up
to the lecture and banquet rooms
The latest assay of ore from the
Golden 81 Miller mine in Virginia
gives s145 to the ton, and the one be
fore,that $35). Their stock is selling
readily.
-"Ahl mine IL the hard lotr he said
SO, in truth, it was Far from being
unhappy, however, he set to work and
soon converted it into the finest granite
quarry in that section.
About 400 young people attended
the Y. M. G. A. reception Thanksgiving
evening which was conducted by tn,
members OF the u. p church. Their,
were several dances held throughout
the town also.
We will begin new and goot
story soon, and suggest to those of ou
friends, who are not reading the CITI.
ZEN. that now is the time to have theil
names placed on our lists. Only one
dollar year.
Sixteen sheep belonging to w. P
Braham of Harrisville were killed OF
his farm in Parker twp. lately. They
were Shropshires, were worth s. eacl
and five Of them cannot be found
= No statement was read at th,
meeting of the stockholders of the Cit
zens B. g. L. Tuesday evening, as tn
Bank Examiners have not yet finishe,
their work, and the meeting was ad
journed for one week,
The meeting of the Spinister's Fort
nightly club on the stage of the Operi
House, Tuesday night was one of tn
most enjoyable events of the season, an,
was highly appreciated by large an,
delighted audience
He was struck by a falling cake O
ice and killed, whereupon one of tn
two temperance papers in the tow
headed its report of the accident
Hard Drink killed Him." and the
other: "A Drop Too much
You seem to think that womel
are like horses, that their ages may b.
told by their teeth, said the optimisi
1.-THE horse is under disadvantag
there. He can't take his teeth out an
freshen them up over night in tumble
of water"
The Sun of Mars was born wee
before last, though we did not happe
to notice copy of it until Thanksgiy
ing day. 1t is published by Prof. List
the blind musician, and gives promis
of being n newsy and useful sheet
Here's to you Prof. and may the re
light Of Mars" be rosy tint for you.
Butler beat the Nashuas of All,
gheny on Thanksgiving day IA to
Reeder, Feigle and Alexander did grea
playing for Butler. The High Sehot
team defeated the Evans City at tina
place 3S to o. Mcdowell made 5 touch
downs for High School, Ayres an
Campbell l.
The killing of farmers occasionall
IS another illustration of the unwis
policy of keeping much money abou
the house in the country. 1t is almo.
certain to become known if man is |
the habit of keeping money about hi
premises, and the amount is sure to h
exaggerated and when it is known
stands in the nature of an open invita-
tion for thieves and murderers. TIL
place for man to keep his money is i
some good bank, where it can be guart