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

an secure their receipt books at the GILL
ZEN Office. and persons making public sales
Ia Fir note books.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Welcome the teachers.
Read W. r. Newton's new adv.
There are IS, 900 postoffices in the
US.
Newspaper advertising gives you al
Endless chain of Publicity"
New Je rsey cranberries are much
more palatable than New Jersey trusts
j. r Grieb has a whole store full
of Christmas novelties. Read his new
adv.
Owing to lack Of space some of our
corspondence has been curtailed this
week
If you would live to ripe old age
don't try to live more than one day at a
time
The man who thinks he knows it
all usually marries woman who can
teach him lot more.
Concord Grange will give an oyster
supper at their hall on Thursday, the
28th, to which all are invited.
-Supt. Painter has prepared very
interesting programme for the Institute
which begins next Monday.
Several of our advertisers Offer
special inducements to teachers attend
ing the institute next week.
-Metheun's "bloodiest battle of the
century" was nothing compared to the
rooster fight in Buffalo twp. the other
day.
-Wood-sawing contests are new far
West diversion for young women, but
the chances are against their saying
nothing.
The Pittsburg Orchestra had a
crowded no use for their concert, Mon
day night, and everybody was delight
ed with it.
What the siege of Kimberley is cost
ing both sides will do nothing towards
contradicting the fact that diamonds
are dear little things.
No doubt its only fancy that when
Nature one fall saw the bare limbs OF
the trees she Immediately made bloom
ers of the chrysa nthemums.
"A New York man who makes spec
ialty of swindling preachers has been
arrested. That crime is only grade
less than swindling editors.
An Adamless dinner, whence men
are rigidly excluded, is new woman's
fad. Consistently enough, the apple is
even omitted from the dessert.
SO well do the Hebrews and the
Quakers take care of their poor that 9
beggar is never seen in the person OF
one of either of these classes.
I'm the endeavor to bring out abso
lutely new styles there are some very
ugly productions that will be sprung
upon the fashionable world later on.
"A fire extinguisher which may be
easily made and kept stored in bottles
ready for use consists of three pounds
Of salt and one and one-half pounds oi
sal ammonia dissolved in a gallon Of
water
hundred girls had to jump from
Q large stocking factory in Reading
last Thursday, because it was burning
and their way of escape was blocked
Sixty were hurt, and one was caught il
the flames and burned TO death.
The high winds this week have
been playing havoc with the telegraph
wires Frank Walker of the Postal Co
started out Tuesday morning ON two
days mending trip which took him int
Venango county.
The Butler Passenger Railway Co
filed their acceptance of the terms o.
the Ordinance adopted by Council, Oct
5th, 1899. some days ago, and must be
gin work within eight months from tina
time, or by June 5th, 1900.
The Jury Commissioners begar
work on the filling OF the wheel fo
next year. few days ago, and will pro
badly be engaged at it for two week
more. People who have never been OF
the Jury should send their names ant
addresses to the Jury Commissioners
Butler Pa, Immediately.
Christmas will be here next Mon
day week and our merchants are max
ing great preparations for it, On
stores, stocked with every useful an,
beautiful thing, never looked brighter
aud you have but to glance over the
columns of this paper to find where +
look for the best and most attractv
presents.
New subscribers to the CITIzEl
who begin now will receive the pape
until January l., 1901, for 81 in advance
The CITIZENS subscription list is lare
er now than at any previous time in il
history, being considerably more tha
1000. We would be very glad to ad
the names of all those in this commun
ty who are not recei wing the paper {
our list
1t must be discouraging to the goo
women Of the Audubon Society to st
how little apparent impression their e
forts in defense of the birds have mad
upon fashion. True, the plumes of til
white heron, on whose behalf partic,
lar appeal was made year or two ag
are not so much in evidence; but thi
may be because all the white herol
have been shot. Just at present IL
special fancy Of fashion seems to run
the breasts of water fowl.
-Ralston, the Jeweler, has late
added 30 feet TO the length of his roo1
making it 75 feet in all. and has fu
nished the addition with four new wa
cases and four new show cases. file
with cut glass and ebony articles, han