Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-04-06

Administrators and Executors of estates
can secure their receipt books at the ClIl
ZEN office. and persons making public sales
their note books.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The lovely lily toileth not,
And neither does it spin,
But Just at Easter time ii costs
An awful lot of tin.
Nearly all the country schools have
closed a month too soon.
There are several very pretty show
windows along Main street. at present.
Winter lingering in the lap of
Spring" looks very nice in print, but.
1t always puzzles a young man to
decide whether girl is light-hearted or
only light headed.
Easter Sunday was y winters day "
bat there was fair sprinkling of posy
hats in the audience
The moving vans were in evidence
during the latter part of last week and
first part of this week
w j. Campbell took charge of the
Wick House. Monday. The house is
undergoing extensive repairs.
This winter began ON Thanksgiv-
ing and lasted till date-four months of
continual cold weather
On the night of April 49, 1875, there
was hard freeze, and the wheat which
had grown few inches was frozen
School Directors will hereafter be
allowed remuneration for attending the
Directors Convention to elect County
Superintendent.
p. s. Campbell of Washington twp
sold three steers last week that weighed
BIO, TO Reuben Byers of Boyers Sta
tion. Pretty good for 2-year olds.
The next affair on the program, of
exciting interest. will be the election of
County Superintendent of public
schools which will take place in May.
Any one wishing to arrange with
Mrs. E. F. Loucks for study of Voice
Culture or Piano, will please call at
the Wick Block on Saturday, April 15
Andrew Carnegie has done some
thing better than library building
He has increased the wages of 10000
employees at Homestead and Braddock
12l per cent.
An exchange says schoolboy who
was asked to give a definition of the
word lie submitted, the following
"A lie is an abomination unto the Lord
and a very pleasant help in time of
trouble.
The Union Veteran Legion will
hold an Appomattox jubilee and festi-
val in the Armory hall the evenings of
April IL and 13. An admission of ten
cents will be charged. Several hun
dred tickets have already been sold,
When Butlerite wakes up in the
morning now he wonders which of his
fellow citizens were robbed during the
night, and begins to examine his own
house to see if it has not been burglariz-
ed. Who are the gang operating in
Builerg
I'VE like the idea of simplifed
spelling" says the editor of the Perkins
junction Palladium but we don't
think we could ever become used to
writing it. He wakt down the lie,
leeving the trax of his larj and muddee
shuze on the fore The marx are viz
zibl yet.
The house of Wallace Hays in Fair
view Ave was entered and ransacked
last Saturday night. The thieves secur
ed the girls rings and some Other
articles of value but missed $56 in the
pockets of Wallace's working pants
though they turned the pockets of his
good pants inside ont
The two parties at Hilliard Station
who were arrested on Monday last by
The Butler County Humane Society
for cruelty to animals. saturating
dogs back with turpentine and then
setting fire to him Came to Butler OF
Wednesday and plead guilty, paying
$l7.2j each, fine and costs.
Owing to the extreme length of tn,
performance of 'tCyrano-de Bergerac a
the Opera House. Friday evening, tn,
curtain will rise prompt at eight o'clock
There will also be a matinee for ladie
and children on Sat at 2:15 Children
TO- adult 20 A reserved seat can nov
be secured at Reg : so as to avoid wait
ing at the doork
This is tie time of year when su
pervisors should go over all the roads il
their respective districts, and caIefull,
note The places that require particular
repairs, and then when the proper sea
SOD comes for general work on the road
give these places special attention. /
this is done this year. and the repair
properly made. next year there will b.
better roads.
In about two or three months car
will be running over the new railroa,
now being built through this count,
from Punxsupwney to Butler TIL
contractors hax about all finished u
their work except Langhorn 81 Allen Of
this side of the river and Collins q Co
on the west side, and they expect +
have their contracts completed by tn
1st of May. Kittann:ng Press.
The barn of Nicholas Dumbaugl
In Cranberry twp. wa, burned on Tues
day of last week. the 2Sth nit. in tn
afternoon. He lost his hay and graf
but saved his stock and farming imple
ments. He was feeding Is steers an
got them oil out. He lost 300 bushel
of wheat. He had $3.50 insurance
The fire is supposed to have originate
from the farm bands pipe
The Knights of the Maccabees {
the World. Butler Tent No. "a, wi
hold on open meeting in the Par
Theatre on Monday, April 10, 1899. &
So'clock, s to which all are invited. I'll
following program will be rendered
Opening prayer by Rev. Worrell; ad
dress by T Fl. Lawry, Great Commar
der of Pennsylvania: address by Ed. |
Young, Supreme Representative, {
Norwalk, o.; address by ID. r. Marke,
Supreme Commander, Port Huroi
Mich; address by w. +. Blaney, Gres
Record Keeper, Oil City, Pa, closin
ode by Rev. Miller -interspersed wit
music. The Tent will give a publ
parade on the evening of the meeting
at 1870 preceded by its own band.
DR. Bulls Cough Syrup cures so
throat, hoarseness and coughs. 1t
the specific for throat and chest affe
tions. 25cts
About now is the time, dear man,
To spade up, if you please,
plot OF ground for your little wifi
In which to plant sweet peas
40 Horses Wanted.
Will be at the Eagle Hotel Stable
Kittanninu Pa on Thursday ADJ