Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-21

llE set IJitCtS w blCOhlts ACoV h"V'
and Good Night were something new
for Butler-and the Centennial of the
year 1900 ended in
BLAZE OF GLORY
Centennial Notes and Visitors.
Mrs Samuel H. Crawford of Emlen-
ton and Mrs Vallie Sloan Of Allegheny
twp. were here last Thursday. They
are daughters Of John Welsh, decd,
who was Sheriff Of Butler county from
1927 to 1880. and they were born in the
old stone Jail They are now well mp
in years, and both widows but they
watched the procession, talked with old
friends and enjoyed the occasion.
Mrs. Rebecca Walter, whose spinning
in the Telegraph Office was noticed by
everybody is woman of 50 years, and
she is a sister of John Flemming, decd,
who was killed in Butler some years ago
by al drunken Italian. She saw and
talked with Massey HARRISON, when she
was girl of about years, and Massey
lived on the island at FreeIort. Mrs.
Walter has been widow for % years,
her husbands name was Daniel, and
she now lives alone at Great Belt.
John Kaylor of Kaylor was here and
had his father Andrews pocket-5ook,
bought in Connellsville in 1917, the claw
of bear he shot himself, some Cont
mental money, and TKentucky bill OF
1852
Mai. +. G. Negley of Pittsburg is in
his 10Th year. He left Butler in 1854
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charming wife, nee Dixon, accompanied
him.
Two Pittsburg detectives. employed
by l. j. McCandless, Chairman Of the
Finance Committee, watched the rail
road stations, gave three crooks five
minutes each to leave the town and
locked mp a stubborn one; and there
was not dollar lost during the Cen
tennial that we have heard Of
: Though our hotels did a tremendous
business there was very little drunken
egg.
Our liverymen cared for thousands of
rigs without losing or misplacing sin
gle one.
The trick bicycle rider sometimes had
larger audience than the speaker and
he is a wonder.
During license court this week Col.
Thompson asserted that he had seen
more drunkenness in the harvest field
in one day than he saw in Butler during
the whole three days Of the Centennial
The issues Of the CITIZEN of June
and "A and this week give pretty fan
idea of our Centennial Celebration, and
we will mail copy Of each issue in
single wrapper to any one address for
ten cents.
AT the meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee, Monday evening, the proposition
to have Miss Whites stenographic re
ports of the addresses put in long hand
and published in book form was dis
cussed, and the decision, lowing to
lack Jf funds was against it.
A very good likeness of Louis Stein,
Sr.. decd, appeared in the show window
of l.. Stein * Son, and this with the
relics made one Of the most interesting
exhibits in town.
Two good portraits of John Negley,
Sr. decd appeared in the show windows
of j. n. Patterson and J. Boos.
OF all the decorations for the Centen
NAL none were handsomer than those Of
Geo. w Whitehill for his new three
story stone front on Main St His show
window contained mill scene. his win
dows were neatly decorated with bunt-
ing while at night his whole front was
illuminated by colored lamps. and Chi
nese lanterns.
Col. Hulings was the only speaker
who referred To the number OF pretty
girls in town-and he spoke truthfully.
There's any number Of pretty girls on
the hills and in the valleys OF Butler
county-pretty "a you'll find anywhere
and their grand-daughters will be at
the next Centennial
The Janitors of the school buildings
did their best for the for the people who
made the school buildings their head
quarters.
Exhibiting the relics in the show win
dows was orr original idea and 1T was
carried out, though the Armory Hall
had been rented and decorated for that
purpose.
The Souvenir Sim Nixon'- letter and
Leander Wises Poem, with the ac-
counts in the Weekly and daily papers
constitute the literature Of the 0ccas
sion and you want 10 save some for the
next Centennial.
Peter Keifer, Of Pittsburg born and
raised in Butler and now 63 years OF
age He left Butler In lSi5 and has re.
sided in Pittsburg since, and came mp to
gee the Centennial and his relations.
and was the guest Of his sister Mrs.
Hannah Wuiler Of Franklin st
ERRATA As everything in Butler was
hurry and confusion last week there
were some mistakes in the paper the
name Rev Thomas Bell in the proceed
ings of Wednesday should have been
Rey Thomas Balph.