Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Butler Sept. Al

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Has China Monroe doctrine?
The war on the oyster begins next
Saturday.
The humidity of last Sunday made
humanity uncomfortable
The Elks will excurt to Cascade
Park ON Friday, Sept. 7sh.
1t is natural for a defeated base
ball club to be put out about it.
One of our hay-fever men "sneezed
for two hours straight the other night.
Butler Fair. September to Z.
The Oats Race at the Fair has been
changed from 4-wheel vehicles to bikes
-Kittanning Fair, this week. They
usually have not time along the big
creek.
Now lay in your straw hat for next
winter-as the old hen said to her
daughter.
The street car dynamo arrived IN
town last Saturday, and the cars will be
here this week.
If the Chinese were as good at
fighting as they are at lying wouldn't it
be an awful scrap.
The tramps have scheme on hands
to start paper of their own-but OF
course it won't work.
Butler Fair-Sept. Al.
&C. E. Miller intends building 30
| foot addition to his store building, and
| adding another story.
The Prospect base ball nine drove to
Portersville last Saturday, and defeated
. the nine there by a score of 16 to IL.
Guessing on the population of the
city or cities the Census Bureau an
nounces it will next make public Is
great game
The Windy City has to content it
self with one and half million, where
as she was expecting two. It's hard
blow in Chicago.
Some of the large towns who are
Jealous of the census showing of others
would be willing to resort to padding
to get finer figures.
Because thousands of Cinnamon
have sinoothed over things in this coun-
try they think we should now help them
to smooth over things in their country.
Better Fair-Sept. Al.
The Y. P. c. E. societies of the
northern part of the county excurted to
Pittsburg. Tuesday. The R. R. Co put
the fare from Hilliard to Pittsburg and
return at $1,25.
That the seaside resorts profit by
these hot weather rushes to the shore re-
calls the fact that a prophet was drawn
out of the water in connection with
Pushes as early as Moses.
u The George Spang boiler and ma
chine shop at Renfrew will be moved to
Butler in the near future and will be
located in the old Hughes boiler shop
building on Etna street, south side,
which will be remodeled. Our Board
of Trade arranged the matter with Mr.
Spang.
Anew word has been introduced
into the Flemish language. 1t is smell
paardelooszoondeers eerspoorwegpetroolr ri
JUG. The etymology is ''snel,' rapid;
''paardeloos horseless; ''zoondeerspoor-
veg without rails; 'petroolrrijtuig,
driven by petroleum. The whole word,
as can be easily seen, means automo-
bile
The excellent service of the B. r.
& P. R. R. is producing great results.
1t had large crowd for its Niagara ex-
cursion of last Saturday morning and
that night its large train of twelvecars
was crowded at the Allegheny station
and some people left. Every seat was
taken, and no tickets were sold at But
Ter, and the crowd waiting at the sta
tion here went back to their homes
Butler Fair3Sept. Al.
There is something new in Butler
and it is in Newton's Music Store 1t is
a machine for playing the piano any
piano. All you have to do is to put in
the music-a sheet of brown paper with
holes in it-and work the pedals, and
the machine plays the tune-any old
tune. Newton got one in Monday even
ing, and set it going and already ha:
some orders for similar machines. Wher
you are in town next week stop in ant
see it do the work, or may be he'll take
it to the Fair.
Since it has become necessary fol
the directors of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association to secure a successo
for Secretary J. B. Carruthers, why no
take a Butler man? There are man,
young men in Butler with all the neces
sary qualifications tastes and abilitie
to make them successful secretaries
and after becoming familiar with Y
M. G. A. work they could fill the posi-
tion with entire satisfaction. Butler
young men are as smart and capable a
can be found anywhere. Give loca
man a chance.
--One of our teamsters has a hors
that has hauled freight on the streets {
Butler for twenty y-nine years, and yt
has some years between him and tt
bone yard. Passing oyer Hers Islam
on train some time ago, we notice
two men leading an old grey horse frol
the stable near the soap factory. The
bne of them puta bag over his hea(
the other picked mp q big hammer ali
we looked in another directiou-goo
bye horse. If an old horse is fat the
get some butter fat out of him, the otl
er TAT goes to the soap factory, the hiC
to the tanner, the hoofs to the glue ia
tory, and the rest is charred, and mix {
with salt, ETC. and called phosphate II
factory pays $2.5 so for him, and som
times gets s32 so out of him.
God Bless the Old Horse
Sailors al