Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-10-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

A hole is the only thing man can
keep in an empty pocket
Forest fires are rageing in tae cen
tral counties of this state.
Cows and Frenchmen have deprav
ed appetites they drink oil
Occasionally man meets another
man almost ne intelligent as himself.
The war in Africa has raised the
price of diamonds-an international dis
aster
L. Stein e. Son offer some great
bargains in winter goods, this week.
See new adv.
Go to the First Wards Halloween
Pumpkin Pie Supper in the Armory
next Tuesday evening.
The Central" Grand Concert Co.
opens the Y. NJ. G. AS course next
Thursday evening. Nov. 2, in the Park
Theatre
The L. o. 7. NJ of Saxonburg will
give dance in Knoch & Roetig's hall,
on Tuesday, the 31st inst (Hallow'e 'een).
Tickets 80 cents
The Pittsburg papers are talking
about the chrysanthemum show, which
will open next Sunday with some seven
ty new varieties on exhibition.
Henry Arblaster of Slipperyrock
twp. is qrarrying the lime stone, and
James Mcknight is crushing it for use
on the streets of Slipperyrock.
October is our most glorious month,
and October of 1900 would probably be
the best time to celebrate our Centenni-
al, but perhaps that would be too late.
The stone masons working at the
lead works struck, yesterday, for Az
cents an hour; the brick layers are
working full time at Al cents an hour.
L. C. Wick has the contract for all
the mill work. and part of the lumber,
for the Lead Works. and his planning
mill is now kept running, day and
night.
VIM. Walker and J. 8. Wick have
have dissolved partnership in the real
estate business, Mr. Wick retiring. Mr..
Walker will continue the business at
the old Office in the Ketterer building
See card
The James Harvey Post will hold
Memorial Services at their hall at Rid
dies X Roads, today. at which remarks
will be made by G. w. Cramer, II. II.
Halstead. c. F. Smith, M. N. Greer and
r. p Scott.
David Cupps has rented one Of the
windows Of the Dye Works. on Centre
avenue. near the bridge, where he is
showing samples of almost everything
a human being wears, from the stock
OF Wanamaker e. Brown. and is taking
orders for same.
Strange as it may seem there are
men in Butler county who have lived
long and useful lives and yet have new
er been in the county seat. They have
never had any legal business to transact
In Butler and they market IN towns
which are nearer than Butler in other
counties.
"A meeting was held Monday even
ing in the Y. NJ G. A. parlor to crgan-
ize circle for the discussion of current
topics. Rev. Mckee presided and Sec.
Carruthers and Prof Iryin were ap
pointed a committee to arrange for u
program for the next meething, Nov.
9th.
The Cemetery Association purchas-
ed the strip Of property between the
North cemetery and the Berg property,
and are grading a new road from the
centre of the cemetery to Main street,
winding through the valley, and with
one extensive fill across it. 1t will be
great improvement and will cost sew
eral thousand dollars. Jesse Heydrick,
the civil engineer, is the artist.
-Hallow eve would not be properly
celebrated in Butler without the First
Ward Hose Co. y Pumpkin Pie Supper.
The Pie will be just as Sweet the Sup
per just as Good; the Music just as
Lively; the Dancing just as Gay. and
the Girls just as Charming as ever this
year. The J. A. Irwin Hose Company
and Band Of Evans City will attend. In
the Armory next Tuesday evening. 25
cents will get you all the supper and
pie you want
The Germania Band, OF Butler,
which was here during the Seventy
eighth reunion. was conceded by all
who heard it to be one of the best music
producing organizations that ever visit
ed this town. The most difficult selec-
tions were rendered in man
ner that elected enthusiastic commend
ations from our ablest musicians, and
the large crowds that collected to hear
the band in front of the Pantall and
Washington hotels were lavish with
their applause Spirit.
"A remarkable incident il reported
from Penn twp. When Newton Ma
harg went to his pasture field Tuesday
morning he found two of his Jersey
cows lying dead, three more were stag
gering around and five more were bad
ly swollen. A veterinarian was sent
for and he first administered stimulants
and afterwards salts. Crude oil was
running from the nostrils OF the dead
cattle. The pipe line crossing the
field had bursted during the night, the
run had filed with oil and the cattle
had gorged themselves with it,
Quite number of people walked
and drove down to the Lead Works, last
Sunday, to see how the work was pro
crossing. The outside, stone, founda
ton walls Of the corroding house were
about completed. The building coyers
a large plot Of ground, about 200 feet by
40. and the interior Is divided by brick
walls into forty rooms about 20 feet
square. with twolarge passage ways be
tween them. The excavation for the
factory. which will be about 100 feet