Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-04-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rescue dance, next week
Coon Hollow, " Monday night
What a model moving day, the Isl
was
AT Opera House, Monday 18th,
Coon Hollow"
The Millinery show-windows are
pleasing sights.
Our Easter snow storm was a few
days ahead of time.
The coal-miners convention at
Grove City did not order a strike
The coal miners want 43 csnts for
run Of mine. and an hour day.
JAS. McCafferty, Jr.. is keeping a
general grocery store at Sarvers Sta
ton
A stray bunch of keys can be pro-
cured by their owner at the CITIZEN
Office.
Last Friday was All Fools Day, but
we didn't have time to take even a half
day off
The new cannon can be put to some
practical use. They can be turned on
the baseball rooters
The early snake sometimes gets
left" Two rattlesnakes were killed in
the bushes. near Boydstown, last week.
A good farm south of town, with
oil wells on one side and gas wells on
the other, can be leased Inquire here.
Damn" amt swearing according
to late decision of the Supreme Court,
but it is not considered good word in
polite society.
Samuel w. Kuhn, the one-armed
watchman at the p. e. w. crossing,
was set upon by two rowdies, Monday
afternoon, and badly beaten.
-Tomorrow-Good Friday-the gen.
erel delivery part of the p o. will be
closed from noon tile p. NJ Regular,
morning. collection and delivery; and
4-20 p. NJ collection in business portion
of town.
Our Agricultural Society will re-
habilitate its grounds, rebuild the
fences and stables, taken away by the
food, and improve the track
Wanted salesman to handle our
Lubricating oils on commission, in But
Ter and vicinity. Liberal terms The
Euclid Oil Company, Cleveland. Ohio.
Fifty Butterflies have signed a pa
per stating that in case of war with
Spain they will volunteer as one com
pany. II. VI. Renno. is to be captain and
says IL war il declared the number will
quickly be increased one hundred.
We have new and good story in
pickle, and will begin it next week 1t
In short one This week ends Treas
ure Island" which has been greatly en-
joyed by many OF our subscribers Our
new story IL entitled, Abducted by
John the Baptist. 1t is love story.
j. s. Young, the Merchant Tailor,
has removed to Main ST. the room LATE
ly occupied by I. II. Burton. the Cloth
ier. His Spring styles are here, and he
is now ready for the summer trade
Hs In disposing of his gents furnishing
goods at auction.
That prince of good fellows, Linn
Moore. has embarked in the farming i'm
plement business. and will handle all
kind OF farm machinery. He will make
tour OF the county and whatever he
tells you you can depend npon as being
correct. You will know him by his
handsome red" whiskers.
Buried in fur coat, with his hands
deep in his pockets, man passed on
the boulevard man distributing hand :
bills. Very politely but without TAX
ing his hands ont, he says to the dis
tributor: Thank you kindly, my
friend But will you have the good
ness to throw it on the sidewalk your
self?"-Figaro.
"A Milwaukee preacher asserts that
nude figures on five dollar bills are
indecent. Perhaps that il 30, but we
never have one of these bills long
enough to examine it critically But
we don't think nude fingers" would
shock IA very much. We have atten-
ded few social entertainments where
the ladies were in full dress" and
wore but little less than necklace
above the belt and we still live The
figures on u five dollar bill that have
the most attraction for us is the figure
5.-Ex.
The April fool czstom arose from
the mistake Of Noah in sending thu
dove out OF the ark before the water
had abated on the first day Of the month
among the Hebrews which answers te
our first Of April, and to perpetuate th'
memory OF this deliverance it wal
thought proper, whoever forgot 30 re
markable circumstance. TO punish
them by sending them upon some
sleeveless errand similar to that inef
fectual message upon which the bird
was sent by the patriarch From an
old paper.)
IF any Of our readers moved about
the first Of April and want the address
OF the CITIZEN changed, they should
write about it promptly. And. mos
important of all, do not forget 10 give
the old address as well as the new one
Please do not say Send my CITIZEN u
Jonesville"; but adopt this form
PLEASE change my address from
Browntown to Jonesville." Then dc
not forget TO sign your name as it ap
pears on yonr address-label. Then tn
publisher will bless you and you won
miss any more issues
To be success Il man must be N
enthusiast. He must devote himself {,
a single purpose, and dedicate himsel
to his task. Napoleon says OF war tha
ID is the science Of the concentration a
force. Success in anything IN concep
tration OF energy. Edison could not b
great inventor and n great orator o
DO-t at the same time To atfeynrt .I