Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

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The Butler CITIZEN viii take q
vacation next week, and the OF.
flee will be closed for business
No paper next week.
Great Summer weather.
Low awnings cause cuss words
-Bnrton's clearance sale continues.
Longest days and shortest nights
The dark horses looked darker than
evcr.
-short-crop reports have doomed the
heat market
Campaign orators will soon spread
Ter the country.
1t looks az though China would be
torn joint from joint.
Some Of our marines expect TO shoot
their crackers il Pekin on the 4th.
-Rninors from pekin are now flying
about on the wings of imagination.
The Surprise Store mas some sur
prising Woodruff vests on exhibition.
Word came to Butler lsst Friday
afternoon that pittsburg was burning
The Pipe Line picnic win be held at
Conneant Lake on Thursday, July 18th
some Of the best blood in the coun-
try il now running in the mosquito e
veipe
Whom you look at the thermometer
you mutcly inquire. rs it hot enough
for mes"
\ -Twenty-fve millions Of cold cast"
has already come from the Klondike
this year.
Don't miss the large sale Of Ohio
horses at Nace's barn, Butler, ,July 3, at
1890 pm
-Martincourt & Co. put up a very
fine delivery wagon for the Allen Gro
cerylast W eek.
Since the Pittsbu-g Gazette chang
I'd hands q marked improvement is no
ticcd in its news columns.
The Akron giant is the latest prod
igy in smuggling circles. He put
Siarkcy TO sleep in the 18th round
The Centennial Committee Of Cen
tire county viii start with $1,000 from
the county and $500 from the town.
They had four days Of Centennial
in Beaver, ending on Friday with a
grand Military and Industrial Parade.
--Anent the hot weather and Dem
convention, it is said beer viii be ten
cents glass in Kansas City, next week.
Butler has population Of about
1880, or $50 less than we thought we
had, but well coon make it even fig
ures
As sone scientists insist that fish
can converse. il must be interesting to
hear them lying about the bottom of the
stream.
The people Of Chicago ascribcd the
cool weather TO their new canal and the
lake water, but the sizzard changed
their minds
Visitors in Philadelphia last week
eyen in the matter Of weather had "A
good time all due to the Republican
platform
The Dowager Empress In three
= score and better, bat che can yet 20 it
like sixty. and might be induced To come
here and run for President
The next big event in Butler will
probably be the Fair The 4th this
year comes too soon after the l4th, but
we should favs some fireworks.
The wounds nnade by the locusts In
the branches of the forest trees are caus-
ing many branches 10 die The loss is
serious in some pieces OF timber.
Bass bail game. July 4th, between
the Fats and the Leans Of the Masonic
brethern. Proceeds for the Butler
County General Hospital, See it; it
will be- hot.
Some thirty cars Of lumber, lime
and sandstone are being shipped from
West Winfield every day. and curious
feature Of the trade IN that some OF the
sandstone IN going TO Harrisburg
The reunion of the 10lst and lOSd
Pa. Vols. will be held in Butler in 1901.
All Bntlcr county veterans. Of whatever
regiment, should arrange 10 meet at the
same time and have a rouaing big rcun-
ion.
The Eichbaum building on Fifth
aycnne, below Wood street, was de
stroyed by fire last Friday afternoon
several adjoining buildings were injur
ed aud the total loss was about hnnd.
red thousand.
Sim Nixone Centennial letter il
now being sold ut reduced price . cts
at the storcs Of g. B McMillen, J. III.
Douglass. J. s. Jack, w. s. Mcvey
Frank Keene, j. NJ. Reed, Lon Shira
and A. Il II. Reiber Got one while
they may be had.
The Rescue Hook and Ladder Co
have liyened mp hose racing affairs in
iDhri'i'Idbly ny TSDFEdNiZIfH 1881
years team. They commenced training
Monday evening and now there will b,
"A wholesome rivalry between them and
the First Ward.
The Street Railway Go. viii make !
big hit if IL equips It's park not only viii
the dancing pavilion, snmmer theatre
fta9e, ,etc. customary for picnic grounds
,nt aIso with good baseball field an,
narter mile track for bycicIe races ant
athletic contests.
West Snpbnry and North Washing
ton Acadcuiy INDUCED 10 a debating
coate-t last week Tuesday evening a
w. Sunbnry and Wednesday cvenin;
at North Washington. Sixteen p0int
were debated and the judges awarded
ten to W. snnbury and six TO Nortl
tshingon.
O. 3. Huseltons house in Penn twp
was struek by lightning Tuesday morn
ing, and botn cnds Of IL were somewha