Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-10-12
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

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house on its property east of town.
Grand Republican rally in Court
Eoure next Wednesday evening Come.
The next convention of the volup-
teer firemen of the state will be held in
New Castle
Capt Hays has rented the Waverly
House to J. w. Howarth of Franklin,
who will take possession Nov. 1st
Have you ever noticed that Aland
secures everything new and good in his
line Notice his show windows.
Ground was broken" for the white
lead works last Thursday, and the rail
road switch to the site is completed.
Buyers of Renfrew and vicinity
will find an excellent line of fall and
winter millinery at Mrs. A. Rawson's.
Vacant houses are very scarce in
Butler at present, and more good houses
are needed in the central part of the
town.
The Council has purchased the
three lot at west end of Mifflin
St. for the use of the Rescue Hook and
Ladder Co.
l. S. McJunkin sold for John d.
Morris, the old VIM. Otto house on W.
Cunningham St. TO Mrs. Kate Buckley
for 81, 100
Some Pittsburgers who are organ
izing a company for the manufacture of
edged tools have their eye OH Butler for
location.
Butler has some very prettily trim
med show windows, and the one in
Ruff's trimmed by Chas. Fleeger is
worth taking look at.
1t looks odd to see the cars on the
fiat west of town. but the switch to the
lead-works is completed, and they are
rushing in all kinds of material.
Abe Flick will have sale of
thoroughbred horses and cattle on his
farm near Coylesville, next Saturday,
week, the 21st See bills posted.
Mrs. Zimmerman's new Fall and
Winter goods have arrived. Her an
nouncement, this week, is full of infor-
nation and states prices and values.
Co E. failed to elect a Captain,
Monday evening, on account of quo
rum (2S) not being present. and the
election was postponed until Friday
evening
The Bessie" is filling up the tres
tie through town with Stag from the
Homestead mills They began at the
Pittsburg bridge
The following persons have just en-
rolled as students of the Butler Busi
ness College: Arthur Portman, Butler
A. J. Leidecker, Allegheny county; Mr..
Ferne, Butler; Miss Alice Guise, Cole
brook. O.
The rig and boiler house of Wahl,
Bishop 81 Cos well at Evans City was
partly DESTROYED by fire early Monday
morning. They were saved from total
destruction by the good work of the
John A. Irwin fire Company.
All Butler, and then some went to
Renfrew Friday night and filled up
with chicken and potato salid, and then
listened to the exercises in the new
Maccabees Hall A large crowd was
also present Saturday evening.
George Whitehill, the plumber, has
purchased the brick office building. on
S. Main ST. now occupied by Esq Gil
CHRIST, from J. S. Campbell and Ferd
Reiber, and is having plans made fo1
making it three-story business house.
The First Ward Hose Co. elected
the following officers at their annual
meeting last Thursday: Pres, Johr
Bayers; Vice Pres, John Feigel Sec'y
John Cole; Treas, J. AL Walters
Foreman, w. j. Heineman, and Assis
tant. Geo. n. Burckhalter
The most important local item il
this weeks paper is Buffers new Dec
laration of Independence, entitled "Ar
Ordinance Granting to the Butler Rail
way Company the Right to Enter upor
and Construct etc. 1t is a good ordi
nance, barring the compensation clauseJ
and should be read by every citizen OF
the town.
AT Greenville, Tuesday, Capt Wal
lace r. Hunter of Co. c, Erie, was elect
ed Major of the 18th Reg. N. G. p. OF
the 54th ballot The candidates wer
Capts. McJunkin of Co. E., Davis o
Co. D., Gambel of Co. b. and Hunter o
Co. G. 1t took ten votes to elect an,
Capt. McJunkin rece ived seven votes OF
number OF the ballots
Monday next the woods will be ful
of men and boys with guns in thei
hands, and accompanied by dogs, look
ing for game, but we would adyis
them to pay some attention to the IN
Trespassing" signs now up almost every
where. Some land owners will allo,
hunting on their grounds if asked 70
the privilege. and as rule what
worth having in this world is worth j
asking for "
Quite a number of our people wen
to the j. ~ w. station, Monday morn
ing. to see the new b. r. & p. trai
pass north. 1t leaves Allegheny at o ;
IN. and is due here at 1910, but was
little late the first morning. The ne,
cars are beauties, eighteen feet longe
than the ordinary cars with smokin
and wash rooms. and chair seats. Tn
run from Allegheny to Buffalo is bein
made in about nine hours.
Surveyor c. +. L. McQuistion's bi
of $3.50. which took the contract fC
the Poor Farm Sewer, was Just abor
half what some well informed biddel
who do not live in Butler expected
When completed the sewer will not /
excelled by any thing similar in th
country. The sewer will run from I'll
buildings, where it will be laid 16 fe,
deep, southward to the lower end of ii
farm and empty into Mile run. Tt
flushing will all be done with Mr. NJ