Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

base ball this season.
All men are laborers, but some are
ashamed Of their calling
There is a time for all things, even
for young, frivolous girls to get wiser.
A man mar1ies when he wills, and
woman marries when some other per
son wills.
The gang of midnight mechanics
that have been bothering Butler people
have not yet subsided
A good family horse is offered for
sale cheap if sold Immediately. In
qnire at CITIZEN" Office.
The pen ma be mightier than the
sword, but it ism t half as killing as the
pretty girls Of Butler
If many more of the young men go
to fight for Uncle Sam" come girls
will run short of beaux
Jacob Of old wres:led ali night and
broke one Of his limbs before he would
admit that women were angels.
Many of the rising generation of
the present day want positions without
work-both sexes included.
Corner loafers abound in this place, |
and they know more about the war
than any other class of people.
John Lawall's big barn in Leasure- |
vile was burned last Monday. Mr.. |
Finin now occupies the place.
The da vs. on which the greatest de
mands are made on our time are always !
those when we have the least time to |
spare.
A Wells Fargo Express agent was
sandbagged and robbed of $1,000 at |
Girard station Of the p p. & L. E. last |
Friday
During the storm of last Thursday |
night, t w Phillips machine shop at |
Great Belt was struck by lightning and |
destroyed by fire.
When ministers exchange pulpits II |
is something like horse trade is |
hard to tell which congregation IL going
to get the worst Of il.
The only cool man in Butler last
Saturday was Ell. Bingham. He had
two Klondike letters in his pocket tell
ing of mountains of ice and snow.
1t is said man proposes and God
disposes: but the woman who has been
waiting many years for declaration Of
marriage cannot gee much truth in the
words
The man whose life mas been one
long vista Of SORROWS, yet who can re
gard others happiness without envy.
Possesses a character as beautiful as it
IL rare
-AIonzo McCandless OF Isle has Gent
his well bred stallion, Storm Bird, 4
years-oId, record 2:S5, to Beaver this
year, where he win be found at the
Livery Barn of Dodds and Moore
Mrs. Matte Refining has contracted
with Peter Schenck for mansard roof
story 10 the Willard The improve ment
will cost about s., 900 and will greatly
add to the appearance and capacity of
the house.
We have received from J. Fischer
q Bro, Bible House, New York,
copy OF a new and spirited March Two
step, entitled, THE Patriotic Ameri-
/
price. 50c.
The habit of some yonng men of CON
gregating on the outside Of the churches
when the services are going on inside
should be condemned and broken mp
1t Is q reflection on the manners and
good morals of those who do 70.
-McDonalds hardware store in
Portersyille was robbed last Saturday
night Of some knives and revolvers, and
a little money. The p. o. there was
entered same night and robbed Of some
money, and Kamsey's store of some |
cigars.
Every little bit Of ornamentation |
p. & w. r. r. Co have lately filled up |
the triangular mud hole at its crossing |
at Centre Avenue and Mr.. Tim Sullivan !
the watchman there, has made hand |
s1me flower bed Of IT,
The new military company partly |
organized last Thursday night by cleo
tingJ. A. Mckee, Captain and D. A.
Maxwell, First Lieutenant. For Second
Lieutenant there was contest between
J. G Graham, f. s. Riddle and Alex
Kelley, and the matter was postponed
until Monday evening when Graham
was elected by vote Of 81 TO 18.
"A Butler county man went TO
Wick's lumber yard in Bntler. last Fri
day afternoon with chance acquaint
ancc to assist him in selecting bill Of
lumber, and while among the board
piles accepted drink from him The
liquor proved TO be what il called
knock ont drops" and when the man
awoke two hours after, he found that
he had been robbed Of 1926 that was in
siH l'ptArh
The r 81 w r. X Co. has pur-
chased the Ellwood Short Line for $3.50
600 1t connects the two ends Of the
Pittsburg aud Western, which follows
the course of the Connoquenessing,
branching ont from the site Of Ell
wood City, which was built after the
laying Of the Short Lines tracks The
road is three miles long and has two
long bridges along its course, together
with a tunnel which was driven
through the bill. in order to avoid n
circuitous cut One Of the bridges il of
steel aud is $40 long
-Four alleged tramps were arrested
mt the Bear camp near Reiber's mill
Monday evening. by Constables Brown
and Knittle and taken before Esq An
derson Two Of them were well TO do
looking young fellows. who said they
were umbrella fxers, stopping at hotel.
and they were let go The third who
said he was a carriage painter looking for