Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-11-03
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

their note DOCKS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Indian summer is here.
1t is good year for nuts.
The holidays will soon be upon us.
-Ex- Gov. Pattison and W. Q. Hen
sci speak to the Democrats Saturday.
AT the meeting of A. G.. Reed Post
tomorrow evening, officers will be nom
mated.
The regular Thanksgiving Day will
be Thursday the oath. Gov. Hasting 5
extra didn't seem to tlke very well.
The Franz Wilzeck Concert Gothic
first number of the Y. NJ C. A. course,
appears in Butler, Friday, Nov, 10.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Patriotic League will be held in Y. NJ.
C. A. hall next Monday evening at
eigh. o'clock.
The annual oyster supper of the
members of the Y NJ c. A. will be held
this evening. The Ladies Auxiliary
have it IN charge
A member of Council informs us
that unless we vote the one-mill extra
next Tuesday. the electric ligh ting OF
the town will be discontinued
-jamas Walker bought a Clydesdale
mare weighing 1915 pounds from Rob't
Stevenson of Summit twp, Tuesday.
Mr. Walker markets his horses in Pitts
burg.
ALI Butler will want to see the
Christmas number of Harper on account
OF Rev. Hemenway's article, and j. 5.
Jack has ordered an extra number. See
personal
1t is now stated that the new rail
road has made ira ffic arrangements
with the P, & W., and that the propos-
Ell line down the Muddy creek viii. not
be built
in Forward twp. sheep dogs killed
nine sheep for John. d.. Williams and
three for A. J. Critchlow last week.
Mr.. Critchlow killed his own dog, one of
the offenders. III 81
The boys moved almost everything
moveable, Monday night; and the girls
threw corn and beans. Since then the.
sparrows have been busy laying in their
winter supplies.
"A 1913 pound, sweet pumpkin raised
on the Dorsey or Adams farm in Penn
twp, and on exhibition in the window
of one of our grocery stores. Is big
enough to pie the whole town
Joseph Brennan has moved his stock
OF Gents Furnishing goods to the store
room on Main st. next door to to the
Campbell & Templeton furniture store,
and is securing nice trade in his new
location.
On Monday s. S. Alley who has
been conducting racket store at corner
of Main and jefferson streets, removed
his stock to Punxsutawney Pa. where
he will hereafter be engaged in the
same business.
A girl in the Allegheny General
Hospital has piece Of wire spring and
a piece of screw about an inch long in
her stomach. The Xray says so, and
the doctors are going to cut her open
and take them out.
This is the ghost seeing season, and
therefore we publish Scotch ghost
story this week 1t is not long and will
continue for but half dozen numbers
but what there is of it is worth read
ing
Some one shook the plumb tree and
one plumb fell to Co. q. 2lst n. q. p.
our company The Butler officers have
the selecting of the regimental quarter
master who gets first lieutenants
commission.
This evening Clyde Furst will de-
liver one of series of University Ex-
tension lectures on American Poets"
in the High School Chapel. If interest
Is taken in the work course of six lee
lures will be presented. The lecture
IL free and all are urged to attend.
"A football game at New Whining
ton, Saturday, between Westminster
and Grove City Colleges ended in a dis
pute and fight The crowd closed in on
the players and used the Grove City
boys up Frank Thompson and Ross
Fiscus had their heads badly cut by be
ing hit with canes and stones Frank
is a son of Josiah Thompson of Brady
twp.
The biggest supper ever held in But
Ter was that of the First Warl Hose Co
Monday evening. Eleven hundred peo
pie feaste1 on pumpkin pie and other
dainties. A boy named Wickline got a
pair Of shoes from G. z. Miller for win
ming the pie-eating contest The only
disappointment was that no couple came
forward to get married and receive the
$2j offered by the HOSE Co.
The Grace Lutheran church pre-
sented the STORY of the Reforma
ton or Life of Luther" to two crowded
houses Friday and Saturday evening
and realized $f7j out Of their enterprise
The principal events in the life of th'
Grear Reformer were represented b.
the young people OF Butler. Between
the acts Mrs f. f. Monroe who origin
ated and manages the entertainment
talked on the life of Luther illustratin
with stereopticon views. no descriptio
is necessary, everyone saw it, Mr.:
Monroe and our fellow citizens partici
tdting can well be proud Of the ente
tainment they presented to Butler
They are worthy Of praise. After tn
regular program Saturday evening Mr.
Monroe presented few views of event
of the late Spanish war, and Sunda
morning spoke in the second Presbytel
ian church.
Markets.
Our grocers are paying IL q 20c fl
brttpr &c sQr fpga 40 fO 5O. for not