Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-12-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Cold turkey.
Election Notices.
Teachers Institute.
Santa Claus Headquarters.
Only 4 above O, this morning.
Read w. r. Newton's new adv.
Stores open every evening, next
week.
Christmas trees are already in
market.
The snow storm of Monday did very
we'll for beginning.
The foot ball season closed last
week in glory and mud.
The Sugar Trust will now do bust
ness on two-hundred millions
On account of going to press half
day earlier than usual, last week, some
belated correspondence got left.
The graduating exercises OF the
Ninth grade of our public schools VIII
be held in Park Theatre, Jan. 18th.
Las. Friday was bad day for the
Sheriff's sales. but yet large crowd at
tended in the lobby of the Court House.
The pudding and pie of life are SO
distributed that when man finds him
self painfully short no wonder he's
crusty.
The Forest Oil Co. has raised the
wages of its bumpers from S55 to $50
month and its farm bosses from So. 90
to 5000.
-Slayton Jubilee Singers in the Park
Theatre, Saturday evening; four Tale
and four female voices with an accom-
panist, all colored.
Our dry goods aud hardware stores
now close at six; the shoe and clothing
stores at eight; the drug stores at nine;
the bars at ten. and the jewelry stores
"any old time"
Political Corruption" was the
question discussed by the Current Top
IL Club of the MICA, Monday even
ing. Georges single tax idea will
be discussed at the next meeting, Dec.
1S.
The Butler High School football
team drove ont to Prospect week be-
fore last and got trimmed IA to 8. The
Prospect boys came in for return game
last Friday but the local boys pleaded
surprise and the game was continued.
Frank Myers, the Whltestown
watchsmith, attends to work every
Saturday in Prospect: Wednesday in
Portersville, and is in Middle Lancaster
every other Friday No one knows his
trade better than F-ank.
There is to be a grand pie-battle'
and musical entertainment at Salvation
Armony Hall on Friday evening of next
week. the 18TH You buy ticket for
ten cents, and get all the pie You can
eat, and somebody gets prize for eat
ing the most.
Advertisers who wish ready returns
and large profits for money expended
know full well that the merits of the
CITIZEN cannot be ignored as an adver-
tising medium. 1t has one of the laIg
est circulations of any paper published
in the county and its list of subscribers
is being added to every week.
AT the meeting of the School Board
of Butler, Monday evening, it was dem
onstrated that school building is need
ed on Institute HILL and also that more
rooms or another building is needed in
the first ward, so the town will proba-
bly, be asked to increase its bonded in
debtness next February for school pur-
poses
Since Monday the McCandless
brothers have had eighteen bricklayers
at work on the four-story building of
the White Lead plant. The brick are
being laid in cement, which fastens on
to them no matter what the weather.
Every four bricklayers require five
helpers, no that about forty men are
now at work on that bull ding.
The football game Thanksgiving
between Butler and Leechburg resulted
in score OF to 0 in favor Of our boys
John Larkin made a touchback which
gave Butler her score. The crowd in
terferred with the playing and prevent
ed end plays. Leechburg made breal
for the train before time was called a
the end of the game.
New subscribers to the CITIZEr
who begin now will receive the pape
until January 1, 1901 for 81 in advance
The CITIZENS subscription list is larg
er now than at any previous time in it
history, being considerably more thar
1000 We would be very glad to ado
the names of all those in this communi
ty who are not receiving the paper t.
our list
The new act Of assembly relatin
to mercantile tax goes into effect mex
year and every individual, firm or COZ
poration, big and little, must pay !
cense. Heretofore only those doing ~, ,0C
worth of business or over annually wei
subject to tax. Blanks will be printed
copy of which will be given each ind
vidual, firm or corporation engaged
business in the county, and each will /
required to state the whole volume
business which has been transacted du
ing the preceding year, that being IL
basis upon which license will be rated
Tine Scientific American gives th
receipt: Ar the first indication
diphtheria in the throat of a child, NAL
the room close, then take n cup an
pour into it quantity of tar and tn
pentine. equal parts; then hold the CT
over the fire. 50 as to fill the roor
with fumes The little patient on i
halin2 the fumes, will cough up al
spit ont all the membranous matte
and the diphtheria will pass ont II