Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-07
PERSONAL.

was in town on business, Friday.
l. J. McCandless attended the Sol
diers reunion at gettysburg this week
Dick Hughes might immortaIize him
self by building the first sixteen story
building in Butler
d. NJ. Ziegler of Harmony was on the
! jury last week, and stopped with hii
daughter Mrs. DR.. Beatty
Josiah Newman Of Oakland twp. ha;
been granted a pension Of s. per month
W c. Findley is his Attorney.
Miss Mary A. Butterfeld attended the
| Presbytery at Bruin as delegate iron
the Missionary society of the SeconC
Pres. church.
W. r. Newton left, Saturday, FOL
Dansville, n Y. on the night train Of
the 3. R. q P. called thither by the Sc
rious illness OF his sister.
Tax Collector James NJ. Maxwell has
opened his collecting office in a front
room of the ArmOry building, and enter
| ed upon the discharge of his duties to-
| day.
/ r. Fisher, the outdoor artist of Centre
/ Ave. was at John Gilleland's IN Sum
nit twp. on Decoration Day, taking a
picture of those who attended the Gille-
/ land. Armstrong reunion.
Secretary of the Y. NJ C. A, J. B.
| Carruthers and wife left Tuesday foI
| the Thousand Isles Canada, to attend
the biennial session of the secret aries
of the u. s. and Canada.
NJ. H. Brandon of Connoquenessing
and John Maharg of Penn twp. ca me to
town on rainy day to settle with the
editor, the best possible use they could
have made Of such day.
Miss Eva NJ. Mcclure of Prospect, who
taught III the Harmony schools last win
ter, and Norman c. Stamm. a young
farmer of Franklin twp, Beaver coun-
ty. were married last Thursday.
Geo T. Oliver has purcha sed the Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette from Alfred
Reed, Emma D. Reed, Bessie Reed,
Mary J. Dunlap, Anna Dunlap Gray,
John H Dunlap, J. B. Stevenson and
William Ralph.
James HARRISON and his daughter
| Margaret, of Buffalo twp. were in town
Tuesday and left rs one of the old
Massey HARRISON books, but few of
which are vet in existence. 1t was
edited by John Winter of Zelienople
and printed by VIM Henry of Beaver in
1886
Mai. A. G.. Negley of Florence, Ala.
is visiting relatives here and will pro
badly remain for the Centennial.
He has been in the South for sixteen
years, is in good health and has pros
pered Florence is busy manufactur-
ing town of about ~, 600, with its own
coal and iron ore, furnaces and cotton
factories
General Richard Butler, the man in
whose honor this county was named,
was second in command at the defeat of
St. Clair's army by the Indians, on the
Miami in 1871. He was twice wounded
during the engagement and when the
army retreated, he was left lying in the
woods to the mercy of the pursuing In
dians. His fate was never known.
Will Stein has in his possession pictures
of his grandfather and grandmother,
painted when they were young, over a
hundred years ago, on ivory, and yet
perfect in every detail. His grandfath-
er, George Wilhelm Stein, was at that
time Professor in the University of
Bonn, and dressed in the old style; and
his grandmother was very handsome
woman.
DR.. J. J. Mechem Of Williamsburg Pa.
will have charge of Dr. Barr's Office and
practice during his absence in Europe.
DR. Mechem is a son of Rev. Mechem,
Presiding Elder of the Washington Dis
trict He is a young man of excellent
character, highly educated, and a very
promising young physician. DIR. Barr
is to be congratulated on securing such
good man to take charge of his prac-
tice Dr. Barr will leave Mars, Mon
day June 25th sail from New York
"Wednesday 9th, and with DR.. McAll-
ester and crowd from Pittsburg will
tour England, Ireland Scotland, France,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy. and a ride
down the Rhine all for $400 He will
be gone for two months.
Bunting Galore
Centennial matter has crowded out
some of our correspondence, Othis week.
Butler borough paid $2322023 in
school teachers salaries during the term
just closed
Exceptions to the Auditors report
of the Poor Boards accounts are report
ed as being prepared.
AS Columbia admits she is 1875 and
Butler county 100, no lady should hest
tate to give her correct age to the
Census man.
Geo. Whitehill has some very pretty
things on exhibition in his new store
room. His London Low-down" is a
peach-the best in the market See adv.
Two boys named Roth and Lut2
fought at, saw. mill in MuddycreeB
twp last week and Lutz was knocked
among some logs and had a leg broken.
| Representatives of the dairy and
farming interests called upon Gov.
Stone, Monday, and demanded the re
moval of Secy Hamilton of the Dept. ol
Agriculture.
| Co. E, 10Th Pa. Vols. and all Spanish
War Veterans assemble at the Armory
at =. NJ. Tuesday, June -, in cam
paign hats, blue shirts, blue pants and
leggins for Centennial parade.
| "A reunion of the descendants Of
Robert Graham, will be held in the old
homestead at Main and Fulton streets
on June 18th, during the Centennial
and then the old building will be torn
down. 1t was built about the year 1925
The Butler School Board organized
Monday evening by electing c. F. L
| McQuistion, President, and A. c. Krug
Secretary On Treasurer the Boart
split evenly on T. NJ Baker and A.
G. Anderson, one of the Directors, l. j
McCandless, being absent The Secre
tary's salary was raised to $500 a year
The bids for the Institute Hill school
building ranged from $17, $50 to S23, "a
and the contract was awarded.
w. o. w. Memorial Service
keystone Camp No s, Woodmen o
the World, will hold their annual mem
orial services over the graves of deceas
ed sovereigns, next Sunday afternoon a
300 o'clock. The members will assem-
bic at the odd Fellows hall at 3
, o'clock, and march to the South GENE
terry, where the following program wi
be carried ont: Memorial rites b
; camp officers; music by the Germani