Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-15
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

: Ambrose Mattingly. of Cumberland.
Md, ate cherries. which brought on
acute inflammation, and he died
a raying msniac, the intense pain hav-
( ing driven him insane.
! 4 jefferson county farmer, says an
exchange. recently hired a very mex
: perienced boy out of the Reformatory
( to help about the place. one morning
he told the boy TO 20 out and salt the
calf IN the pasture. The boy took about
quart of salt and rubbed it all over
the calf, working il into the hair a
gang of colts in the pasture scented the
salt and got after the calf They licked
the hair all off the calf's back and tried
10 lick the hide off, too. The farmer
tried to catch TIE calf and wash it Oft,
but the creature, thinking he wanted
to lex, too, kept out of his way. The
boy, calf and farmer are all unhappy.
The colts are the only ones that got any
fun out of it
The Peter Graf Company mas de-
cided to rebuild their woolen mills mt
( WorthiugtCn. Tor which the people of
that section should be extremely CRATE
ful, for great inducements were offered
the company TO locate elsewhere This
was especially the case at Ford City, as
that hustling town certainly offered
great inducements. But the company
has decided. unless something unfore-
seen or unexpected should transpire to
put their works up in their own town.
The new mills will be much larger than
the ones destroyed, and will be modern
in every respect In fact, when com
pleted, they will be one of the largest
and best wooden mills in the country.
Two trains, each consisting of 30 steel
cars, left Pittsburg few days ago over
the Pennsylvania railroad. The cars
were manufactured by the Pressed
Steel Company, OF Pittsburg, and are to
be used by the Egyptian Railroad Com
pany, Of Egypt. They were run to Jer-
sey City on their own wheels and there
placed aboard ship for Alexandria,
Egypt. This is the first shipment of
any consequence of American cars to
foreign country and is regarded as the
beginning of a new class of trade
abroad No more efficient missionaries
could be sent to Egypt or any other
country. Civilization makes the work
of the missionary easy.
An oak tree, measuring 81 inces
across the stump. was cut lately on the
Dodson farm in Indiana county, whose
rings numbered over 1900. making the
tree according TO the theory of one ring
for every year over 1900 years old
This makes the period of the trees start
about 700 years after tie beginning of
the Christian Era.
During late storm at Frankford.
near Phila., a number of people crowd
ed into Frank A. Reeves fruit store, ut
Bridge street and Frankford avenue.
Suddenly there was a crash of thunder
and ball of fire seemed to strike the
side Of the store, broke in n big bulk
window and entered the room. There
IL circled once or twice to the accom-
panilnent Of feminine shrieks dashed
down the hallway into Mr. Reeves
dining room, flashed out n side door and
seemed TO disappear in the ground
Women tainted and several were cut by
glass. Mr.. Reeves stock and fixtures
were almost completely ruined.
At the meeting of Williamsburg coun-
Gil last Monday night the finance com
mittee stated that the shortage of the
missing ex-borough clerk Marshall b.
Douthett, amounted to $5,24017, for
which receipts are held and $735 for
which receipts have not been produced
The sureties on the 81. 900 bond, d. b.
Donthett and DR.. III S. McClymonds
are ready to pay over the amount ard |
will do so as soon as the accounts are
verified. The veriication will be done |
by j. Frank Miller, representing the |
sureties.
Cleveland has an exciting street-car |
strike III hands, with an occasional riot |