Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The wild geese are flying north
ward
Will Morris new, plate glass, ciga
cases are admired by everybody.
The old Duprey House in Harms. anC
the stable attached, were burned las
Thursday evening.
George Siebert intends building OF
w. Quarry street, and has contracted
with Adam Hoffner.
Some BARRIERS refuse to shave a Gus
toner during a thunderstorm. They
want to hear themselves talk while they
work.
White, Walter e. Co. s bicycle store
was handsomely decorated on Monday
and the posies and bikes made hand-
some display.
Spanish As are weaker" say the
foreign dispatches. What's the differ
ence? Wheeling stogies keep up their
strength right along.
DIR. Byron Clark will wait on his
numerous patients, and any others who
may call at the Lowry House, Butler,
en- Saturday, March 26, 1898.
THE prodigal sons of modern
times" says the Philosopher, probably
patronize the ballet because there are
SO many fatted calves there.
There is no law in this country re-
quiring any one to attend divine wor-
ship but there is law requiring those
who do to behave themselves in proper
manner.
An accident by fire is always start
ling and confusing, and that must be
the reason the victims forget to lay
down and roll. They always run, and
that costs them their lives.
A big rock slid down on the ''Bes-
sic" road in the cut near MacAlmont
Station last Saturday, and they blasted
it that night, and early Sunday morn
ing. Hence the explosions heard here.
The Butler Gun Club has procured
Magyar trap from which to throw blue
rocks 1t will be placed and used in
the shooting park and is great i'm
provement on the old hand spring trap.
AT the meeting of Butler Council
Tuesday evening, the E. Penn St
sewer assessment ordinance was passed
and President Stamm announced his
committees.
Some renegades have been breaking
locks and doing other malicious mis-
chief in the Fair Grounds If caught
they will be dealt with by the law. A
reward of $40 will be given for their ap-
prehension
The stable of S. B. Ziegler in Zelie-
nople boro with all its contents, in
Guiding two horses and COW, was de-
stroyed by fire, yesterday evening.
The stable was burning all over when
the fire was discovered.
The new comedy sensation NC
Fadden's Row of Flats" will be seen
here tonight in its entirety, with a
company of twenty people, and with its
motto Novelty" there is little doubt
but that this splendid organization will
easily hold the pennant over all other
farce comedy companies
The values of the printing offices of
the country have been increased from
10 to Is per cent during the past
month, on account of the drop in dis
counts from the list price of type, all
occasioned by the recent rise in the
price of antimony, one of the principal
ingredients used in the manufacture of
type.
When horse runs off he goes it
blind. Last Saturday evening Geo.
IL - 1. Ia
and at the crossing of Main he ran in
to D. B. Campbells rig and laid down
between the horse and buggy. Camp
bells horse was unhitched and then
Schenck's horse got up, somewhat
bruised. Both buggies were broken.
AN ordinance has been passed in
Lancaster making it a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of s., to litter the
streets with handbills or any waste
paper That's good legislation, and
should be general The innumerable
scraps of paper, swirled around by every
breeze, frighten horses, disfgure the
streets and spoil the lawns and parks.
The big city is the place to get in
formation and to acquire sharp edge
on the eye-teeth. A country paper cites
the case of maiden lady who was too
thin in flesh to please herself She sent
half dollar to an Eastern advertiser
who promised for that sum to impart
trustworthy information as to How to
get fat, and received the information
on postal card: 'tBuy it of the
butcher
If all the tracks of the Pennsylya-
MIA railroad were laid in straight line
they would reach from San Francisco
to London. The total length is 10, 766
miles. In Pennsylvania the company
has $3.50 miles of track. The growth
of the system was less last year than it
has been for any similar period in its
history. Sixty-eight miles east of Pitts
burg and 36 miles west, is the amount
of new track constructed.
AT the meeting of the Butler County
Hospital Association on Monday after
noon. the matter of selecting a superin-
tendent was referred to committee OF
three, J. V. Ritts, Mrs DR.. Hoover and
Mrs Rev. Mckee. The contract fol
grading, etc. was let to Samuel Kidd
1t is proposed TO hold an opening recep
ton at which donations for the hospita
will be received, but owing to the un
certainty as to when the building viii
be completed, this has not been def
nitely arranged. The Association meet.
again in the Y. NJ. G. A. at 4p. m. OF
Monday at which time the superinten
dent will be selected
Our readers are entirely too prone
to forget that resolutions of respect ar,
not printed in the CITIZEN free O
charge Our rate for. that sort of mat
ter is half price-fve cents per line. A
society that wishes to have ii series o1
resolutions on the death of a membe
printed in the newspapers, ought to b,
willing to pay for them Newspape
space is the newspaper mans capital
He can not afford to give it away
Resolutions of respect are all wei
enough, but if they are printed free o
charge, 1T is the newspaper, and not tn,
society that passes them, that is con
ferring the favor. When contemplatin.
the publication of resolutions of respec
In the CITIZEN you can form a prett,
correct idea of what it will cost b.
counting the words, dividing the tota
number by seven, the average numbe
of words in a line of minion, and mul
tiplying the result by five.
Opera singers and public speakers cal
keep their voices clear and strong wit
the family remedy, Dr. Bulls Cougl
Syrup,
-WANTED:-Girls to learn the mil
linery trade, apply at,
ID. T. PAPE'S.
122 S. Main st.
Butler Pa.