Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-10-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
-Foggy mornings.
Cunning accidents.
Halloween is in sight
What has become of the straw vote
man?
School in the second month of the
term.
No trouble to catch train in But
Ter now.
1t is mighty poor person who
can't pay thanks.
Election claims founded on hope is
one way of showing confidence.
1t is time for big pumpkin lies to
come floating in from the rural regions
A double -barreled, muzzle-loading
shotgun can be had cheap by calling at
this office.
Patience is a good thing to have in
this world; it takes patience to kill
mosquito.
In loot ball games the losers are all
broken up, while the winners are gener-
ally sore about it.
One of the finest appearing fields of
winter wheat in the county is that on
the County Poor farm.
I'm this China business Uncle Sam
wants general peace while the other
powers want particular piece.
A mean exchange says that 1T is
only in novels that men ask women to
marry them and meet with refusal.
1t is strange that in the midst OF a
presidential campaign, a political
discussion on the street is hardly ever
heard.
The street cars run from one end of
Main St. to the other in three minutes,
and they have stopped the fast driving
on n Main st.
A great d eal of time spent foolishly
in courting will be saved in the glorious
days to come, when man can get a
wife by dropping nickle in the slot.
1t is said that B. R. & p. officials
want the street car company to extend
the line over Institute Hill to Butler
Junction, to accommodate the railroad
employees.
Though touching the trolley wire,
with your feet on the ground, would be
sure death, the men on the elevated
platform, insulated by the wood, handle
1t with impunity.
Our dry weather here is offset by
that in New Brunswick; where they
had continuous rain for 108 hours last
week Twelve inches of rain fell and
all the railroads were tiled up"
This is the season for sacrifice sales
of buggies and surries by. dealers who
want room for sleighs Jos. Rocken-
stein, whose place is on Main ST., next
door to Kecks, has a large number of
elegant buggies and surries, which he
is now selling at cost. Read his adver-
tisement before purchasing.
--Street-cars began passing over
Main street, from Wayne to the ceme-
tary entrance for the first time last
Saturday morning. There are two cars
on the Main street line and two ON the
jefferson street. They meet at the
crossing Of the two streets and transfer
passengers.
An applicant for pension from In
diana county is said to have sent in
the following letter to his Washington
Attorney. He wants the pension all
himself. He says: II got blood
poison by beinge hit with hens eg
which was not good when you send
my pension | want the Deed made SOS
my wife cant get none off it-she
throde the eg.
"A certain Butler attorney who late
ly attended to business in Evans City,
missed the o'clock train from that
place to Butler and then jumped pass
ing freight in order to get to Gallery
junction in time tor the last evening
train. When Gallery was reached the
freight went through so fast that our
attorney was afraid to jump off and he
was carried ON to Mars, where he man
aged to escape and pass the night.
There are thirteen peanut roasters
in operation in Butler and Butler people
buy and eat over three tons of peanuts
a month, besides stealing about one.
fourth this quantity off the roasters.
Large quantities of factory roasted nuts
are also shipped in and it is safe to es-
innate that the towns total consump
tion per month is 5000 pounds The
Virginia peanut crop is a failure this
year.
A large number of shares of prefer
red stock in the Butler Producing Co.
Limited, lately organized here has beer
subscribed for by parties in Denver
Col. Usually eastern money goes ives
hut this time western money comes
east The officers of the company are
John Brown of Glade Mills, President
E. J. Evans, Pittsburg, Vice President
B. S. Hammill. Butler, Secretary ant
Treasurer, and c. 9. Bells, Glad
Mills, Superintendent. The compan,
does not drill, but buys and sells pro
ducing territory.
Mint fNnu o.. Nil. CAnaa4