Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Chicago blew in lots of money on
Dewey.
If you want big crowd advertise a
Fire sale.
Lots of peach blossoms along the
river valley.
-Counterfeiters make the best i'm
preston they can.
The Sultan should acknowledge the
Koran and pay up.
This Butler men bowled the Pitts
burgers out again last Thursday night.
An important event in the eyes of
tae potatoes is being taken out of their
holes.
Continual running is not a health
full exercise. 1t is said to have killed
Aguinaldo.
Florida strawberries are down to IS
cents quart, and new peas to 20 cents
quarter peck.
A number Of farmers of this vicini-
ty made contracts with the pickle fac
tory people last Saturday.
The mercury fell about thirty de-
gress last Thursday night, and we had
some frost next morning.
If the women would crowd to the
polls as they do to ''fre-sale, the
men would never get vote.
If our army in the PHILIPPINES only
holds what it sits down upon, the seat
of war is somewhat circumscribed.
The coming eclipse will make people
look up. Lots Of US only turn our eyes
heavenward when things look dark
"A loving couple from Ford City,
named Kwistkowshi and Kruticki, Sc
CARED marriage license at Kittanning
last week.
Henry, Va, last Wednesday while try
ing to escape from the stranded British
steamer, Virginia.
-Chicora is right in line with the rest
of Butler county in the prosperity bust
ness. Their new whip factory is being
built as fast as possible
"A flock of frogs from Baltimore can
be seen in front of one of our restau-
rants They have no wings but they
are said to make fly feeding.
-"THY, KINGDOM GOMEZ
lecture by Hon John S. Crosby at
the Y. NJ. G. A Hall, Butler, Tuesday
evening, May 22d. Admission % cents.
Waters Station has an epidemic Of
measles. Last week three members of
J. e. Browns family were down with
it and several other families had one or
two sick.
The lumber and planning mill firm
of Hooks & Clark of Mars have dissolv-
ed partnership, Mr. Hooks retiring,
leaving j. G. Clark in sole,charge Of the
business
The Public Library Association
will hold its next quarterly meeting at
the residence of Mrs. J. b. Black on
Fulton street at 3 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon.
The p. & w. is building a twenty
four lever interlocking switch tower and
telegraph Office at Gallery. This does
not look as though the old road from
Reibold to Gallery was going to be
abandoned, and it is safe TO say it never
will be.
Franklin parties have located a
spoke factory at Renfrew which is ex-
pected to be a permanent institution.
Half a dozen men are employed by it
and they are taking out timber on the
Renfrew farm. Farmers are expected
to cut their own timber, haul it in and
sell it to the mill, this being the best
feature about it.
Post Commander James Lowry and
Qnartermaster Shook of G.. A. r. Post
SO. Allegheny City, attended the regu-
lar meeting of the A. G.. Reed Post
Friday evening and extended an invita-
tion to the local G. A. r. men TO attend
with Post 80, the National encampment
which is TO be held in Chicago next
September Remarks were made by
the visiting comrades and Mr.. Shook
sang two songs which were composed
by Col Danks, Of the 63d Penna Vols.
The First Ward Hose Co has elect
ed John Cole manager of the running
team for the present season. The team
will attend the tournaments at Du
Bois. June 1S, New Kensington in
August and the State tournament at
New Castle later in the season The
prizes at Du Bois will be $50 for first
and $75 for second money in the hose
race and 800 first and $50 second
money in the hub race.
From early last Saturday morning
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the Reiber block fronting on jefferson
street. used by Mrs Zimmerman for the
sale of goods damaged by tho fire were
crowded, as were also the steps and
sidewalk in front Of the building. The
women went in the front doors and
emerged from the back door Thous.
ands passed through during the day,
and the sales aggregated over 81. 600,
that day, and have been large all this
week
The shirt factory did not commence
operations Monday morning as expected
because the windoYs for the building
over seventy in nniALer- which were to
arrive two weeks ago have not yet
come. Thirty-six sewing machines are
in place on the second floor ready to
work, aud every days delay in starting
is big loss to the proprietors. A ter
horse powergas engine win furnish the
power. The Duquesne brand Of shirts
will be manufactured and the concern
will be called the Duquesne Manufac.
turing Co.
The following good one happened
to handsome 2. S5 w conduc tor, on a
recent evening A big crowd of ms