Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-09-14
LOCAL. AND GENERAL,

GONhL hIND oLlNLNhLs
Summer leaves.
-Autumnal tints.
Excursion to Kinzua, Saturday.
Thanksgiving is our next national
holiday.
Only few more weeks for the
straw hat.
The season for shooting squirrels
will not open until October 10.
-Wouldn' t it be nice to have tun-
mel under Cunningham street.
Mrs Pape is having a special sale
of Felt and Velvet hats, this week. See
adv.
The X. O. T. NJ will give banquet
in their new hall the evenings OF Oct. q
and Z.
The season at Conneaut has virtu-
lly closed, though several excursions
are yet booked.
More steel is used in the manufac-
ture of pins than in all the sword and
gun manufactures of the world.
The best way to get your name in
print is to have the publisher OF 20 ur
local paper place it on his mailing list.
The new railroad has already in
creased the population of Butler by
several families Sup'd't Floesh will
live here.
A country landlord, proposes to
name his new house the "Sawdust Ho-
tel for the reason that he will furnish
fine board.
Some of the people of North Main
street have Concert de Blackblrd
every evening; and next morning they
sweep off the feathers.
We are in receipt of an invitation
to attend the dedicatory exercises of the
National Export Exposition which oc-
cur in Philadelphia at noon today.
A nice lot of birds are flying to-
wards Butler, but don't you scare them
away by jumping the price of resting
places, if you happen to OWL few.
If France does not become hole IN
the ground, in the meantime, the Pitts
burg News intends to send ten teachers
to the Paris Exposition. See Notice to
Teachers
An S-year old boy died of lockjaw
in one of the suburbs Of Pittsburg last
week. and his death was, at first, at
tribnted to vaccination, but the physl-
clans think differently.
On account of Exposition Park
closing Friday September 10th for the
season of 1899, the p B. g. l.. L. r r.
will discontinue train service to the
Park after that date.
Coroner Jones would like to know
where Harry d. Patch is. He left his
home in Wilmerding some days ago, i;
15 years of age, has dark hair and com
plexion, and scar on his nose.
-Whi.e-lead is made from ordinary
pig lead; which is first corroded by i'm
mersion in acetic acid for four months
and then ground, and otherwise prepar
ed for market. The principal lea(
mines in the United States at presen
are in Missouri and Wisconsin.
"A woman blocked Fifth Ave, Pitts
burg one day last week, by putting 8
large doll in coffin, and placing it il
her show-window, with the sign "Thi
darling died from drinking soda-w
Everybody stopped to look at land tn
police had to disperse the crowd
There is some talk of the Penn
Co. bettering the grades on the Branch
and building line through Butler ant
the western part of this county, ant
Lawrence county, to connect with it
western lines 1t is said that thi
would save hauling through freight be
tween N. Y. and Chicago, sixty miles
During the great flood of 18S9a sma
apple tree floated into the court hous'
yard in Lock Haven and lodged at tn
south end of the building in an upri gh
position 1t took root and grew rapid
: and is now quite large tree. This yea
it is loaded with fruit until its branch
es are bending. The apples are large an
fine looking.
The jury in the case of Com. '
Hiram Christy charged with aggravate
assault and battery by Harvey Heena
let verdict of guilty be returned
Some of the jury thought they were col
victing him of simple assault and bal
terry and tackled provisions as to cos
onto the verdict Wednesday mornin
the jury was called before the bar an
asked by the Court what they wished
convict Christy of and although son
said guilty of agg. a&b and others
simple a&b, the verdict was taken 6
being of the former The difference
that a&b is punishable by not MOI
than one years imprisonment viii
agg. a&b by not more than three year
Imprisonment. 1t was the duty of son
of those jurymen to speak up if th'
did not want the verdict tor the mo
serious offence to stand.
What Heck's prices mean. It's Ii
buying goods on the installment pl
and making only the first payment.
FOR SALE-A surry, suitable
one or two horses, is offered for 90
cheap, as the owner has no use
same. Inquire at 1913 Mercer ST., Bl
Ter, Pa.
WANTED "A lniddle-aged woman f
housekeeper to a widower. Addre
J. f. Weisz, Ogle, Pa.
Bone Fertilizer to sell cheap, {
posite the Pearce Nursery, and near
Fair Grounds, Butler.
CHARLES WOGE
FOR SALE.
"For Sale Cheap. The John Ref
Farm in Cranberry Twp, no acres
condition 4 III htlt