Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-22
Nd paper next week.

NO paper new week.
Glade Mills and Magic are now
domestic, money-order' post-ofices,
The last of the University EAten-
tion lectures was held in the High
School chapel last Thursday evening
A new series will begin in the near fu-
ture
j. ". BURY and D. H Albert filed
the ice house for the Prospect Creamery
this week. and Q. w, Stoughton thinks
it Is a No. / job. They sold seven
dressed porkers in Butler Yesterday at
5 cents.
The basket ball team Of the South
side. Pittsburg. Y NJ. c. 4 play the
local association team, Monday evening.
The game will be called at $50 after
the Christmas program Of the Second
Presbyterian Church is finished.
The springdale Hose Co. held
very successful supper in the new Stein
building last week and netted quite a
sum Of money Miss Carrie Stein won
the gold watch offered for selling the
most tickets for the supper. Her re
ceipts were $G125. The other coutes-
tents We're Kate Borland, Myrtle Covert,
Sadie Beatty and Lulu Stamm
In order to give his pretty daugh
t.rs an opportunity to select the best,
man should move often from town TO
town. A new girl in town, if she is
pretty, can have what she wants, while
girls as pretty who were born in the
town and have lived there all their
lives must take what they can catch.
provided they feel any inclination to-
ward fishing. .-Ex.
quite a number of our people have
lately been imposed upon by agents OF
an alleged WHOLESALE" grocery house.
who cut ON one or two articles and then
skin their victims on the rest Of the bill.
With 50 many good grocery stores in
Butler, and so many honest grocersJ il
is not only not necessary butts also very
foolish for any OF our citizens to take
chances on strangers representing
strange houses
of all parts Of the Worlds surface
that including the Philippines, Caroline
and neighboring islands was the least
known to Americans previous to our
late war with Spain, and in fact the
conditions existing there are yet but
little known TO the general public.
The romantic story which we begin this
week viii, if followed on the map,
give you some idea Of the geography of
the section; and besides this there is
enough in it to make it interesting for
the older folks, and enough love max
ing for the young folks.
"A locomotive engineer on one OF
our roads complained to Us the other
day about people walking on the track
and not stepping aside until the engine
was close upon them. Some months
ago some young fellows up the Bessie
did that purposely, to annoy the engin-
eers, and they in turn got into the habit
Of paying no attention to the walkers,
and one day deaf and dumb man Of
that neighborhood whom the engineer
mistook for one Of the annoying crowd
was run down and killed
The Grand Army Of the Republic
held its annual memorial services last |
Friday evening in the Court House for
those Of the A q. Reed Post who died
during the past year. Col. Thompson,
Alex Russell. Esq and Judge Taylor Of
Washington, Pa. spoke and the Treble
Clef Club. and Miss Jennie Mechling
treated the audience to some excellent
music. The A. q Reeds deceased for
the past year were DIR. Samuel Graham
j John NJ. Crooks, DR.. James Cooper Nc
Kee. Adam Kamerer, L. J. Barrickman
and Moses Jackson.
The American Mirror Works is
making special drive on beveled
plate glass mirror lS&5b lncnes IN size
and placed in Il beautiful frame, selling
direct to the consumer for S. Here is
chance to patronize home industry.
There are no middlemen's profit on this
and Butler purchasers have a chance
to get greater value in this line for their
money than ever before in the history
Of the town. At present there are six
men employed in the mirror works and
enough orders are in to keep them run
ming at the present capacity nearly all
Of the coming year. One furniture
house has given an order for 25, 900 mir
rors. The working force will probably
be increased in the near futnre
To fill the cup Of pleasure deep
At Yuletide's happy day,
Just buy the things you'd like TO keep
And give them all away.