Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-11-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
W. R. Newton's new adv

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Read W. r. Newton's new adv.
-Blairsville has eleven cases o
smallpox.
-Slanting stone-walks were slippery
the other morning.
Carl Leighner has been arrangin:
his goods in his pretty new store-roon
this week
Lancaster township marksmen ha {
big turkey shoot at Findley Cable:
place, Saturday.
A colored man who said he was 104
years old, sent his son to jail. in Pitts
burg. last week. for stealing.
"A public sale was made yesterday
of the farm produce and machinery oi
Jesse Barto decd, in Cranb erry twp.
Have yen seen Arthur Watsont
and Ira Benninger's new barber shop
and bath rooms in the Park Theatre
building?
The Geo. u. Graham place in Con
noquenessing twp. near Buttercup, GC
acres. good buildings, is for rent, as
George intends moving to Buttercup.
The Annual Meeting for the elec-
ton Of officers of the Woman's Hospital
Association will be held in the Y. NJ. G.
A. Parlors n,Tnesday, Nov. 81, at Q
p. NJ.
Mr. Mcmillan will move his wall
paper store to the building owned by
his mother-in-law, and room now occu-
pied by Berkimer; Berkimer will move
into DIR. Byers' Office. and DR.. Byers has
rented the second floor of the Crafty
building.
Farmers near Harmony have been
greatly bothered with sheep dogs lately
and are shooting them on sight. A
meeting was held at the Boyer school
house, Monday evening. to prepare for
legal war on hunters and the owners
Of dogs running at large.
--Nire hundred tons of bone phos-
phate and !, 900 tons of bones went up
In smoke at Walker. Stratman & Co. e
fertilizer plant on Herr's island last
Thursday night, creating sickening
odor throughout both cities and entail
ing loss Of between $25, 900 and $50, 900.
"A big audience listened with great
pleasure TO Prof. Nouse's lecture, DIR.
Jeykell and Mr.. Hyde" Tuesday even
ing. Mr. Nourse was to speak at Tren-
ton N. J. Wednesday evening but miss.
cd the 6:2J West Penn train and a 800
fee thereby.
Over in Punxsutawney they have
erected a handsome church OF blue
stone called the big Tngin." 1t is n
very pretty stone. and thick vein Of ID
crops ont near that town The rock
found In West Virginia at depth Of
about 5000 feet IL said 10 be the same
strata, and 1t is full Of oil there.
"A big rat was under the iron street
crossing; two men called the dogs and
lifted the crossing; the rat disappeared
and few moments after was seen
crossing the pavement and running un-
der building. 1t had simply kept
close to the curb and ran around the
corner. 1t kept its wits and saved its
life.
The Transvaal in South Africa IL a
section cf country about three hundred
miles square, and the Orange Free
State. which has joined in the war
against English domination. about three
hundred by hundred and fifty. The
eastern borders Of both are very noun
famous, but the Beers crossed the
mountains and attacked the English in
Natal. which Is English territory.
AT The late election in the I'd ward
OF Butler there were 37l votes cast,
which was the largest OF any precinct
In the Co. the 9Th ward comes next with
Si4 Middlesex leads the townships
with $50. while Forward is close sec
ond with 246 OF the boroughs outside
OF Butler, Evans City leads with 234.
and Zelienople IL second with 175.
Cherry North cast the smallest vote OF
the townships. 81; while Of the boroughs
Valencia cast but 20.
Three masked men went To "A rail.
road station In Titnsville, last Friday
night. oyerpowerrd the watchman, and
blew open and robbed the safe The
police heard the explosion and chased
the robbers into n disorderly house.
where battle was fought, in which
two OF the policemen and ono OF the
robbers were shot. and the other two
robbers escaped. Another robber waf
captured soon after, and sent 10 Mead.
vile jail. and the police are after Tho
third.
1t IL a bad idea 10 lot your subscrip
tion run over year without paying up
by paying every year In advance tn,
paper costs you but one dollar, and yor
do not miss II. Bnt II you lot IL rur
three OF fours year. 1t becomes harder I,
pay. and you begin TO think you canno
afford 10 take 1t. Then you begin tc
feel sour toward TIE paper, and try /,
persuade yourself that IL IL our fault
that we were too lenient, or somethiDJ
OF that sort-and you lose the friendly
feeling you would otherwise have fo
the paper. Forgetting that II was all du
TO your own neglect TX.
In half an hour yesterday Andrew
Carnegie listened 10 and approved the
plans for a library building that vii
make Pittsburg famous the world oye
"a building unequaled in any land
At TIE close Of their interview Mr.. Car
negie told w N Frew, chnirmai
OF the board OF trustec1 OF the Car
negie institute that Al 750, 900 was u
the disposal Of the managers 10 b
used In enlarging the buildings an,
10 proceed with the work. He wa
satisfied. He was agreeably surprised
The institute Ia 10 be male three ant
one'half times the size Of the presen
building. Under the one roof will b
found departments devoted 10 science
music, art and literature. IL will b.
the only Institution OF the kind in III