Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Circus day.
The elephant is in town today.

Nature has arranged things so wise
ly that a man can neither pat his own
back or kick himself
Seven openings have lately been
made in the paving of w. Cunningham
street to get at gas leaks. great
pity.
Forty tons of Armstrong; Diphthe-
ria and Quinsy Drops now grace the
show window of c. n. Boyd's drug
store.
-"Spirae Won Houti' is the florists
name for the white-fower bushes now
in bloom in some gardens. They are
very pretty.
School boys intending TO be vac
ciuated should wash their left arms
and not the right one, as did little
boy few days ago.
"A new board walk is being built on
the steep hillside road leading from
Main street up TO the South cemetery,
mucn needed improvement.
The flowing oil we'll in Clearield
twp, near Coylesville, has caused a
great many leases to be taken mp in that
vicinity during the past few days.
The A. & W. K. K. Co. has four
hundred men at work between the Ale
gheny river and Eidenau, and expect to
have the new road completed in July
w II. Wilson. of Slippery Rock, will
build a fine brick block in that town, to
include hotel, banking room and drug
store, and a Butler man has secured the
contract.
White, Walter & Co. have lot of
80 Model Bicycles, that they want to
close ont at once, and name some prices
in another column that should make
them go.
The borough officials shonld see
that the parties making the south end
of the plank road bridge dumping
ground for all sorts of rubbish stop it |
and abate the nuisance.
Centre Ave. at the junction of Fair
view was crowded. Monday evening, TO
hear the enjoyable concert given by the
Maccahee's Band Butler people APP
preciate good music.
The house Of Alfred Gibson, in
Buffalo township, near Freepor., was
burned last Sunday morning. 1t caught
from the kitchen fue Some OF the
household goods were saved. Mr. Glib
son carried a small insurance in the
Hannahstown Mutual
The high wind Of Tuesday after
noon. accompanying the rain, toppled
over n great many derricks in this
county, also the show bill-boards. At
Akron, O., w. l.. Mains circus was
blown over and child was killed,
while some Of the animals got loose,
and one ostrich escaped
The Hackley piano IL named after
Chas. Fl. Hackley, one of the millionaire
philanthropists or Michigan. and is man
ufactured by the Chase Bros. Of Muske-
gon, Mich. Further information re-
garding this piano can be obtained from
w. r. Newton's new adv in this pa
per.
We return thanks to Frederic f.
Howe for copies Of Butler Illustrated. "
1t Is issued in pamphlet form and excel
lently edited, illustrated and printed,
and is a splendid advertisement for our
city. Mr.. Howe will undoubtedly find
Butler people ready purchasers of his
work
The new schedule on the p 81 w.
requires the morning trains to leave
little earlier-the times are G:25. sos.
1905 n. m and 300 ard SAG p. IN. for
Allegheny; and S:05 IN. and 200 p IN.
for New Castle; 1856 for Chicago and
5;42 for Ellwood The trains north
leave "a heretofore ut $50 am. and 5:3-
pm.
AT meeti ng OF Bu.ler Council No.
~ Fraternities' Accident Order True
Bluc) The following officers were
elected and installed for the ensuing
year: Councillor, John Findley: Past
Councillor, Chas. X. Watson:
Secty.. Harry i. Graham; Treas Geo.
w. Strickland; Medical Examiner, VIM.
III. Brown, M. d. Geo ID. TAFT, General
Supervising Deputy and Grand Sentry
OF Philadelphia was present at the in
staliation. The meeting was followed
by smoker.
Governor Stone signed the bill ap-
propriating ~, 800 to the Butler County
General Hospital, much TO the gratifi-
cation of our citizens The next Legis-
lature should give it about $4,000,
which amount 1t fully deserves The
appropriation to the Soldiers Home Mt
Erie was cut from $4,000 to S75. 900;
the West Penn Hospital in Pittsburg
from 500, 900 to 5000; the Allegheny
General Hospital from 800, 600 to 81, 900;
the Buhl Hospital at Sharon from 50, 900
to $4,000, while the Mercer Hospital
was raised from $1,000 to $1t 900.
AT the public meeting held in the
Court House last Friday evening" the
subscription list for stock in the Butler
Improvement Company was reopened
Blair Hooks signified his willingness to
subscribe $500 TO $1,000 to secure loca-
tions for factories. There IL an enam-
eled brick and tile works wanting to
locate in Butler. If they are given five
acre site. The Improvement Co. wishes
to purchase the Clarence Walker farm
of 100 acres east OF town on the West
Penn railroad, give incoming factories
locations on it and sell the balance Of
the land for building lots to realize
their money on 1t. The price asked for
the farm is $4,000. The improvement,
Go. started ont to raise $50. 900 by sub
scription. About $50, 900 has been sub
scribed. but not paid in. Charles Duffy
also offers free location To any manu-
featuring concern out Of his lands in
the southwestern part Of the borough
Mr.. Duffy owns from fifty TO one hun
draI orraa from which ux,otI.1.Ia a.4..