Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-01-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Full proud the ostrich plumes did once
Ger woman's bonnet dangle,
But now to fashions limbo straight
All these must go together,
As kneel we to the girl who wears
The single gander feather.
Read w r Newton's adv.
All attempts to abbreviate 1900 come
to naught two of them.
-FIgitives from justice generally &c
too far before they start.
Speaking of censored dispatches,
the tale goes with the hide.
Our Plate Glass Co. earned nearly
three-hnnirei. thousand last year
The projectors {. the pottery trust
expect TO make pot OF money
Any man who il capable of plead
ing guilty is unsuitable for politics.
This desire for an air ship reflects
mans mad desire to rise in the world.
.Ian Is action in that -four case
may be regarded as another flower over
the garden wall.
No boy with sled gets as much
fun out of rdaning down the weather
as coasting down hill.
If you are after wall paper. blanks,
books, etc. examine Ira c. Black & Cos
stock. See their adv.
All the Little Tycoons" are re-
questei to meet at Newton's music
store, tomorrow evening.
Nothing is happening on land to
weixen tre probability that the high
sea is the British lions main.
As this is bots esnsus and centen-
nial year everybody should be good, and
not 90 anywhere but Butler.
The Il. r. & r. railroad are erect
ing large frame engine shed on their
property at the Kearns crossing.
Slipperyrock Normal commenced
its winter term Jan. with 1853 students.
one of the largest enrollments for this
term in the schools history
The first class, 40 i'll number, to
graduate from the common schools in
exercises in the Park Theatre, this even
ing.
On Thursday, Jan. 18th, the A. q.
Reed w r. C. No 81 will receive Post
No 105 in Odd Fellows Hall, corner of
Jefferson and Washington SITS, from s
t. 10pm.
Six striaing printers, representing
the typographical unions which are
fighting with the Pittsburg dailies, are
in town persuading people to quit the
trust papers.
The local Y VI. c. A. basket ball
team defeated the South Side, Pitts
burg, Y NJ G. A team 13 to IL, Tues
day evening The Pittsburg boys gave
gymnastic exhibition before the game
-Forty-six scholars of the Grammer
School will hold their commencement
exercises in Park Theatre, this evening
The programe will include essays, reci-
tations, music. etc, and all are invited
Admission Is and 90 cents,
The extraordinary increase IN the
demand for newspapers, and the ad-
vance in the price of wood suitable for
making paper, "a to 81 cord-caused
the paper market to begin jumping
some weeks ago, and it is yet on the
jump.
Contractor George Schenck com
menced work. Wednesday. at lowering
the floor of the Crafty bnilding, next
door to the Postoffice. After the build
ing is remodeled and new front put
in 4. B. Mcmillan will move the Black
& Co. stationary store into it,
-Four Bethlehem boys who stole
nearly ton of horeshoes from black
smith. were compelled to carry them
back. one by one, through the main
btlCct VI buC iOWu, anu were l0tu IOT-
given. The lads travelled 81 l-2 miles
apiece, and were then publicly spanked
bv their parents.
The following directors were el ect-
ea at the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Standard Plate Glass Co :
Jas. I. Hamilton, Pittsburg; j. Henry
Troutman, Butler; III. Sellers Mckee,
Pittsburg; Hon. J. NJ Kennedy, Pitts
burg; A. NJ. Imbrie, Pittsburg VIM.
Campbell, Jr., Butler, and J. F. Ander-
son, Butler
AT a meeting of the North Side
Cemetery Association held on Monday,
the following directors and officers
were chosen to serve during the ensuing
year: Directors, w. ID. Brandon, Joseph
l.. Purvis, Alfred Wick, A. G. Williams,
Z. d. Robinson, L. S. McJunkin, c. G..
Christie. John s. Campbell and Harvey
Gibson. President, John s. Campbell; /;
Secretary and Treasurer, Harvey Col
bert; Audi5ors. e. G. Christie and E. D.
Robinson.
AT meeting of the Board of Trade
Monday. the business of the past year
was reviewed. DIR Redick received q
vote of thanks for securing the Lead
Works. and the old Board of Directors
was reelected as follows: T. j. Shuffiin,
l.. G. Wick, w. f. Rumberger, Alf NJ.
Reiber w. q. Douthett. w. G. Thomp-
son, A. g. Williams, J. w. Brown, w
J. Mcdowell, w. q. Murrin, j. NJ
Leignner. J. G. Graham, +. W. Koch,
J. ri. Troutman and c. f. Miller.
AT Parkers Landing Friday an ice
gorge formed in the Alleg heny river,
and raised the water to within three
feet of the floor of the bridge which
connects Armstrong and Clarion coun-
ties. The bridge is thirty-five feet above
low water mark. There were five feet
OF water in the planning mill and glass
works and thousands of dollars damage
was done. Dynamite was used to
break it up. and it went out early Satur-
day morning.
Amy * Brown are showing the most
up-to-date stock Of furniture to be found
IN Butler. Seeing is believing. We in