Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-02-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

As you 90.
There's day of golden hours,
And sunny April showers
Thatll freshen all the flowers
Don't you knowr
How did you like your Valentine
Don't forget the election, Tuesday
The kids enjoyed the sleighing las
night.
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, tn,
first day of Lent.
Nobody can blame the groundhoi
for going back into his hole.
Address by Col Blakeley and ban
quet of attorneys this evening at Hote
Lowry.
There never was a surer way to ge
behind the bars than stand too much il
front of them.
One of our subscribers suggest
that the news from Harrisburg be pu
In the Sporting column.
The Democratic County Committee
meets February %, at Butler, to Fl,
their party primaries.
Lent, this year, began Wednesday
Feb. 18th and ends on Sunday, Apri
I'd. covering period of 46 days
The older man gets, the more hs
wonders how the boys of the present
generation come to know so much.
For the first time in many years the
through-train schedule on the main line
of the Penn'a was annulled. Monday.
Mercury is said to freeze at 4S be
low zero, and alcohol at about 100
The red fluid in some of the thermom
eters is colored alcohol.
"A local farmers institute will bt
held in Mechanics Hall, ,Sarvers Station,
beginning Friday evening, February "a.
and continuing the next day.
Nervous prostration is disease al
most peculiar to the hustling and fussy
men and women of the United States
Hence in London the malady is known
as "Americanitis.
Two ''Sun-dogs" of unusual bril-
liancy appeared in the Western sky
last Sunday afternoon. They were
caused by the reflection of the Suns
rays from the ice crystals in the atmos-
phere.
The grinding. packing and shipping
departments of the Plate Glass Works
were shut down during last week on
account of the extreme cold The cast
ing and polishing halls run as usual
though
"A young man was calling on his
lady friend Sunday night when, during
one Of those embarrassing lulls in the
conversation. he asked. Are You in IA
vor of annexation2" The sweet little
thing blnshad. looked foolish and said
"Oh,-this is 80 sudden. but ask papa
The blizzard caused a tremendous
stagnation in business, and water pipes
Some people thawed out their pipes by
wrapping them with cloths, and ther
following that up by putting salt in the
pipes.
The below Zero weather of last
week was very severe on the Republi
can candidates for county offices March
20, who were out on the road canvas
sing George Thomas had his nose
badly frost bitten. and Robert McClune
had one ear frozen and swollen the size
of his hand.
On Monday change was announc
ed in the well-known and up-to-dats
furniture house of Campbell q Temple
ton-C. A. Templeton retiring Th'
business will be continued ut the oil
stand by Messrs A A. Campbell, Johr
Fl. Templeton and Harry Templeton
under the firm name Of Campbell &
Templeton. They promise some livel.
selling soon.
The annual membership contest o
the Young Mems Christian Association
closes this evening at eight o'clock, a
which time tellers will begin to com
pute the results. An hour later tn
contesting sides, Reds and Blues, vii
sit down to an excellent love feast pre-
pared by the Ladies Auxiliary. Secty
Caruthers reports that about 20 ne,
memberships and renewals have bee
taken ont during the contest
Lieutenant f. p. Siviter of th
Twelfth u. s. infantry, established
recruiting station IN the Reiber bloc
on f. Jefferson street last Friday. A
sisting the Lieut. is sergeant from tt
cavalry service, an artillery corpor:
and several privates The militar
party Is stopping at the Hotel Willar'
The station will remain here for a wee
or more. Several applications frol
Butterflies wishing to join the servit
have alreaey been received.
People who have walked over ii
great Brooklyn Bridge" will be inte
ested in the fact that it was 14i fe
shorter last week than it was last Jul
ION Saturday, when the therinomet
was degrees below zero, measuI
ments of the Brooklyn bridge we
taken Of the trusses and other parts
find out how much the contraction hi
been. In comparing these figures wi
those taken last July. when the the
mometer was 80 degrees above. it W
found the difference was 14t feet
The following graduates OF t
Butler Business College have recent
accepted positions as follows: Mr..
X. Conabee. with the Carnegie Stt
Works. Of Homstead, Pa. Mr. F.
Zeigler, with the Zeigler Bros. Luml
Co. of Duquesne, Pa. Mr. Rex w
liams. with firm in GAINESVILLE,
Mr., John Ball, with Pittsburg RI
Estate and Insurance Co Mr.. s.
Kelly, with the Wick Bros Lumt
Co. Butler Miss Ella White, with
New Castle firm Miss Ruth SEQ
with Wilson Miller. Grocer. Others
follow, soon.
DR. Bulls Cough Syrup il necess
where there are children 1t cul
Group and whooping- withontfa
Price 20 cts