Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-12-14
PERSONAL.

Jacob Dambach of Zelienople was in
town, Tuesday.
W. V. Marsh. of Brownsville, was in
town last week.
John Staff, of West Liberty, made a
hasty business trip to Butler, Saturday
evening.
John G. Thompson, of Brady town
ship, did some shopping in Butler,
Saturday.
Mr.. Goebel of the Pittsburg Orches-
ira took part in the concert here, Mon
day night
James Wilson and Bobert McGinniss,
of Franklin township, 50 and So, are
both in poor health.
Rev hazlett. of Sarversville, assisted
at the funeral of the late Mrs Jennie
Campbell at North Washington on Fri
day.
Robert Turner of S. Mexican st. is
home from Armstrong county where he
has been working for some time past.
He is nursing an injured hand.
Esq. Harvey Bell, Dr. Pisor and
Samuel Smith, of North Washington,
attended court in Butler last Thurday
as witnesses in the Emery case.
Isaac McNeese, of Brady township,
has moved into his new house at West
Liberty. Last week Perry Hines, the
store keeper bought lot 60x120 feet off
the property for 800.
G.. F. Dilliman of West Liberty, who
is operating coal bank on the w. l..
Stoughton place. intends to make new
drift next spring He mines an excel
lent quality of coal.
Thomas Lindsey, of Butler township,
dropped in to see us a few days ago,
and paid for his paper to January W;
which puts him farther ahead than any
other man on our list.
P. A 3. Widener, a Philadelphia
street-car nagnate intends to establish
home for crippled children, in the
suburbs of the city-the entire cost of
which he estimates at two millions.
Susan B. Anthony will talk in Moral
Influence versus Political Power at the
Institute next week, and should be
heard by all the women, young and old.
Reeds at so cents.
Dom Paul is always ready to go the
British one better. In reply to boast
that the Duke of Abercorn has ten
nephews either at the front or on their
way there attention is called to the
statement that President Kruger has
fifty grandsons in the field.
Oscar McCandless and James Scott,
of Prospect, returned from the West,
last Thursday. Oscar is son of NJ. L.
McCandless, ald he and Jim went into
the house and went to bed, and his folks
did not know they We're there till
morning. They had both been away
for two years.
Ian Maclaren, in the December
Ladies' Home Journal, declares that
1.-The difficulty of disposing of the old
minister has been felt SO acutely that a
distinguished divine of our day-who is
now dead proposed that a minister
who was past his prime should be taken
out q presume to some sheltered spot
and shot
Mrs MN. Greer, of Buffalo township,
has in her possession a gold brooch en-
closing the hair of her father Jon
othan Walkers grand parents, Thomas
and Isabella Mccormick of the eastern
part of Pennsylvania. She also has a
tea pot brought from Ireland, at least
200 years ago. These and all similar
curiosities should be at the coming
Centennial of the county
Harry B. Iseman, one of the finest
writer's the Butler Business College has
eyer turned out, is making great ad-
vancemeni in the line of bookkeeping
work Mr. Iseman has been in the bus
mess less than one year and during that
time he has filled the position of book
keeper for the West Penn hospital Of
Pittsburg satisfactorily. and is now
keeping books for the Prothonotary OF
Pittsburg Mr. Iseman is to be con
graduated upon his success.
A preacher once said: Editors dare
not tell the truth If you did you could
not live. Your newspaper would be
failure" The editor replied: You are
right and the minister who at all times
tells the bare truth about bis members
alive or dead, will not occupy the pulpit
more than one Sunday, and he will find
it necessary to leave town in hurry.
The press and the pulpit go hand in
hand with whitewash brush and kind
words magnifying little virtues into big
ones. The pulpit, press and grave
stones are the great saint making tri-
umvirate And the great minister
went away, looking very thoughtful
while the editor turned to his work,
telling about the surprising beauty of
the bride and surprising goodness of
the deceased.