Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-08-17
PERSONAL.
Butler Fair September IS.

Butler Fair September IS
Esq. NJ. b. Byerly is sick with kidney
trouble.
Mrs Joseph Miller of Adams twp. is
seriously i'll.
Mrs. L. W. Miller of New Castle is
seriously i'll.
Peter Wise has given up his job as
night watchman.
Miss Stewart of Allegheny is the
guest of Mrs w. d. Dodds.
Mace Pringle and wife left for trip
to the 1000islanGs yesterday.
Daniel Shanor of Franklin twp, and
daughter were in town. Saturday.
Forest Huff sang solo in the First
Presbyterian church, last SThday.
JOS n. Adams of NIiddlesex was in
! town. yesterday, also Samuel BARLEY.
o. L. Christie of Clay twp. has moved
to New Castle and is living at 3lS Pitts
| burg st.
Misses Jennie Warner and May Be
does of Apollo, are the guests of Mrs.
A. T. Scott.
Francis Byers and wife of Magic were
in town, Friday Mr. Byers is thinking
of moving to Scio
w. C. Glenn of w. Sunbury went up
to Bradford, yesterday, to visit his son
Samuel who is in poor health.
Mai Felix C. Negley and wife and
Mr. George Smith and wife, nee Neg
lev, of Pittsburg visited their Butler
relatives, Friday and Saturday.
John Campbell of Bradford is 50
years of age, and his children and him
self held a reunion at the home of Geo. !
w. Campbell of the I'd ward. Saturday. |
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman, Miss Sadie |
Brown, Miss Ellen Burton and Miss |
Johnston, were among the Butterflies |
who left for AtlanticsCity, this morn
ing.
James NJ Galbreath. his mother, and
his niece Miss Anna Thompson went to
Slate Lick, Saturday, where Mr.. Gal
breath's sister is lying very i'll with par
alysis.
Frank Murphy is at Chautauqua,
Will Eastman, Hal Kelly and Charley
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and wife and Miss Maggie Graham are
doing the lakes, G. Walker and daugh-
ter are at Long Branch.
Prof. Hall of the 1st ward had an odd
experience in Washington twp. a few
days ago. He shot large owl and
thought he had killed it, but when he
picked it up it sunk it's claws into his
arm, and he had to shoot it again.
d. L. CIeeland, jeweler and optician,
left Monday to attend the annual meet
ing of the American Association of OPP
ticians held at Rochester, n. Y, this
week. He will then go to New York
city to purchase stock for his fall trade.
Joseph Rice of Neigh, Nebraska, is
visiting Robert st. Clair and wife and
other old friends in this vicinity. He
left Butler county forty y-one years ago,
and first located in Indiana and after
wards in Nebraska, with which state he
is well satisfied.
John O. Christley of Driftwood, pass
ed Friday ana Saturday with his moth
er in Centreville. John is in the service
of the p o. Department and has run
between Red Bank and Driftwood, on
the low grade division of the Valley R.
R.
VIM and r. L. Kirkpatrick start today
on trip for business and recreation
which will include Cleveland. Detroit,
Chicago and South Bend While in South
Bend r. L. will take past graduate
course in Optical College and will visit
Chicago for the purpose of obtaining a
new instrument for testing the
eyes.
d. A. Crookshanks and wife of Win
field twp were in town last Friday. do
ing some shoppidg, David had just fin
ished threshing his oats, and had $50
bushels from 12 acres; and he had sold
his big gas well to the American Gas
Co. of Allegheny for big wad of mon
ey he was feeling very comfortable.
The Gas Co. is drilling another well on
his farm.
John E. Zickrick, late proprietor of
the Butler Steam Laundry and trainer
Of the First Ward running team, and
Mert Mooney of Bradford have opened
a wall paper store in Scio, o., the only
store of the kind in the town. Mr.
many Butler friends will
wish the firm long and continued sue
cess in their new venture.
VIM. Watson, aged 81 years, son of
John A. Watson of Buffalo twp. was in :
town, Tuesday William is one of the {
Watson brothers, who was so terribly I
scalded by the explosion of boiler
some time ago, and as more than third
of his surface was scalded, his recovery
disproves one of the theories of the med
ical books, i. e. that the loss of one-third
of ones skin is sure death.
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A. c. Williams of W. Cunningham ST.
wrote to William NJ. Howell of Cove
Greek, N c. last Monday, fora book
that he will prize very highly when he
receives it. Mr.. Williams is native of
Venango CO., and was wounded in the
seven-days fight and was supposed to
have been killed. The following letter
from Mr.. Howell to Postmaster David
son of Emlenton explains the rest. In
looking over some books of a friend of
mine, found Yankee Captains roll
book. with the name of Capt. y. G.
Williams, of Emlenton p. o., Venango
county, Pa, written in it. He belonged
to what was known as Raftmans
Guards. The book was his and con-
tains the following request made at the
of the seven days fight before
Richmond: If / should fall in the con-
test please send this book to Miss Al
mira Williams, of Anderson Mill p. o.
Butler county, Pa Capt Williams
was killed in the second days fight and
his book was taken by a rebel soldier,
and is now in the hands of a friend of
mine. If you know any one of his
friends or relatives please send them
this letter, or give their address.
PENSIoNS:-To children of. VIM.
Taylor, decd, of Middle Lancaster, So.
Elizabeth Mccall, Saxonburg, 50.