Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Some of the blackbirds and robins
are here.
Have you seen Morrison's Musical
Rabbit. He's an immense fellow
Amy Bros. intend to quit business,
and are selling furniture at reduced
prices. See bills.
Some Pittsburg parties have rented
the store-room lately occupied by the
Misses Marks, for clothing store.
Some unknown man attempted to
assault a thirteen-year-old school girl
on North Washington street, Monday
afternoon, but was scared away and
escaped arrest.
The mean temperature" here for
the week ending with Tuesday was 81.
and the the total rain fall hundredth of
an inch. On Friday last the mercury
went up to 81.
The Ambuhl Bros. have placed
quite number of instruments in But
ler and vicinity. They close their store
here, Saturday. Their city number is
433 Wood ST., Pittsburg.
The last number of the Y. n. c. A.
entertainment course appears in the
Park Theatre this evening. The OF
tumwas male quartette and Miss Klein
man, reciter. Will occupy the stage.
The floor of the corner room in the
old Reiber block, at corner of Main and
Jefferson, is being lowered and plate
glass front is being put in for drug
store. Mr.. McCaughtry. of Altoona,
has rented the room.
John Stewart of Centre twp, took
out large bell. Tuesday for the Cen
tire School of that twp, and lumber for
cupalo to hang it in. The girls raised
the money for the bell and lumber by a
basket social, and the hauling and work
is given gratis.
Ben. Huselton's Main street shoe
store was entered by thieves Sunday
night or Monday morning. They blew
the safe open and took about $40, which
had been left there and some insurance
policies. They lost part of the money
while crawling over fence in the rear
of the store and 1t was found by Mr..
Huselton in the morning.
AT Sewickly, last Saturday evening
n Young doctor named Murray called
his fathers butler, colored man, into
the room and Immediately shot him
through the heart The young doctor
had been drinking to excess, and after
the murder he ran to the woods, where
he was captured.
Some unprincIpled law-br eaker,
whose proper place is the penitentiary,
is selling liquor to boys under twenty
one years OF age. Saturday night there
were two gangs of drunken boys making
public nuIsances of them selves on But
ler's streets. The boys are not so repre-
hensible as the man who furnishes
them liquor, and some one needs to get
a heavy dose of law.
Quite crowd assembled in the
Palace Club last night to witness a
match game of bowling, with Reed and
Trogus on one side and Shaffner and
SAWYER on the other, the first team
winning the game on an unusually large
score. After the game the members
were furnished with an elegant lun ch
by the managers, and with music and
billiards passed another pleasant hour.
A writer on agricultural matters
comes to the front and points out that
one of the blessings of the blizzard will
be to kill the millions of insects that dam
age the fruit and grain crops, and as q
result of the freeze there may be ex-
pected good crops in both lines the
coming year. The hope that the writer
knows what he is talking about light
ems the burden of the cold wave to
some extent.
1t is announced that one of the
largest coal deals in Pennsylvania il
now being negotiated in Armstrong, In.
diana and Butler involving the transfer
of the coal rights on over $4,000 acres
of land and an expenditure of 100000.
Already the coal rights on 1000 acres O
land in the vicinity of Rural Village
have passed from the hands of the far
mers of that section into the hands Of
Adrian Isen, of New York City. Th,
same capitalist has options on about
10000 acres more which will also pas
into his ownership, 1t is supposed tn
coal will be operated by the Rochester
and Pittsburg Coal & Iron company
East Brady Review.
There is no literature that gives
more pleasure to the reading publi
than the sayings of the honest advertis
er. II touches the heart of every ecC
nomical buyer because it means the saw
ing Of money We take pleasure il
calling the attention of our readers Il
the advertisement of L. Stein & Son
who put your judgement TO the ties
with weekly offerings in the columns o
the CITIZEN, of such a character tina
that speaks volumes of their ability t
what they promise Above all thing
they try to please their customers
They want the good opinion of thei
customers and rely upon quality to OF
tain it. Give them call and if please
tell your friends.
George Harley's home on W. Mort
street was entered Tuesday night by
man who gathered up quite a lot Q
stuff. But he stopped to take a lat
supper, all by himself, and in doing s
awakened Mrs. Harley who chased hir
into the lot and called neighbor VIII
following him around the school hons
but lost BIN. This incident resembles or
that happened in Phil'a few nigh
aac. whom burglar, tempted by IL
opportunity of square meal, accom-
panied by al the beer he could drinl