Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-10-18
PERSONAL.

was in town, Friday.
John Campbell has moved from West
Sunbury to Kittanning-
DR.. Barr tells some funny stories of
his trip through Scotland.
r. E. Boothe of West Penn street re-
turned from Cape Nome last week.
Charles Ritter of Allegheny visited
Butler friends Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Decker stopped in Butler. Mon
day, on his way to Synod at HARRISBURG
TIL. McElwain of Pittsburg is the
guest of his brother, " H, OF Penn
twp.
Geo. Rider and John Eagle of Centre
township did some shopping IN Butler
Saturday.
Ex-Constable Henry Korn, who moved
TO Allegheny a year ago, visited in But
Ter this week
Miss Steinbaugh of Zelienople and
Chas. Hartzel of New Castle are to be
married on the oath.
David Sypher, formerly of Butler,
but lately of Seattle, Wash IS report
| ed to have died lately.
Jas. Hoon and family Of jefferson Co.
were guests of Sheriff Hoon land other
relatives in Butler, this week.
W. J. Seton of Middlesex raised sixty
| bushels of fine potatoes on quarter OF
an acre of low ground this year
H. II. Freehling and brother A. G.
| Freehling of Winfield township, did
some shopping in Butler, Saturday
LIZ. Mitchell has purchased Chas.
Graham's house ON L. Cunningham,
and Charley intends building another.
DR.. NJ. n. Grier, formerly of Clay
| twp. and Evans City, has located at 81
Lowrie street, Allegheny, and is doing
| we'll
| Earl Thompson and Charles Ritter
went Wednesday to Ada, Ohio, where
they will study law and medicine re
spectively.
Frank McCrea, Charley Miller and
w. J. Black drove North last Sunday
afternoon, and the pheasants had to
| take it next day.
Sir Thomas Upton of yachting fame
has cornered the Chicago pork market,
| which is in line with his aiming for
leadership in the brine.
Mrs. Brown has two elegantly furnish
| ed rooms at her home, corner of Main
| and Clay streets, which she will rent at
reasonable rates to desirable persons.
Robert Campbell, son of Cyrus Camp
| bell of this place, foreman for the South
| Penn Oil Co. at Amos, w. Va. and Miss
Mary Vandyke, daughter of John Van
| dyke of Harrisville. were married We'd
day.
Mrs. Glenn of Prospect is down
| with typhoid; also Miss Verne Scott of
| Franklin township; NJ. 7. McCandless
| is down with nlalarial fever; and both
James Wilson and his wife are very
| low.
Croft Johnston came to Butler Mon
| day morning with his face full of hair
and his best friends did not recognize
him. That afternoon he had clean
shave, and nobody knew him when he
| went home.
B. C. Dickson, living on the plank
road in Butler twp, was fifty five
| years old, Sunday and a few of his
| friends surprised him by gathering at his
home and quietly celebrating the oc-
| casion with an excellent dinner. Mr..
| Dickon received a number Of nice pres
ents as testimonials of esteem.
Nephew--"Oh, the gout is nothing,
uncle, l shouldn't mind if l had it.
| Uncle-'1 shouldn't mind it. either, if
you had it"
The wife of Methodist minister in
an Indiana town has been married
/ Il
named Robbins, the second husband
| was named Sparrow and the present
one Quayles. There are two little Rob
bins, one little Sparrow and two little
| Quayles, and they live ON Bird street
| Their fellow townsmen designate them
as the game family.
| The Kentucky Colonels will appear
as the first number of the Y. NJ. G. A.
Entertainment course Oct. 23d.
| john Ziegler has moved the
"Fixer's" shop to Virgin alley, back of
Cleeland's, and has Billy Craig with
him to do the heavy work.
Many bicycle factories are closed
down The bicy Gle has ceased to be a
| fad, but it will stay with us. Its manu-
facture was much over done.
The Local Union No 500 of Carpen
ters and Joiners will held an open meet
ing Friday at 7:3O P. NJ. Mr.. J. W.
Slayton of New Castle will be the prin-
ciple speaker ON Organized Labor.
Every body is cordially invited to at
tend
The Forest Oil Co. has been dis
charging good many bumpers. etc,
employed in the vicinity of Walters
station. They are putting their
property in such shape that one
man can pump the wells formerly
pumped by two or more. The produc-
ton is also said to be falling off some.
Butler is to have new furniture
factory in the near future The neces-
sary stock amounting to 100000, has
been subscribed, two acre site Sc
cured and but two things are yet neces-
sary to complete the arrangements, lie.
the furniture mans coming up with his
share of the money and the securing of
a railroad switch.
-'.Catchers, "a new and virulent form
of skin disease is prevalent among the
school children of Pittsburg. None of the
physicians have been able to diagnose the
disease, nor had ever heard of it before
1t is contagious and it is feared colo
weather will increase the epidemic
1t is in some respects similar to blood
poisoning, the children afflicted having
swollen faces and numerous dark blotch
es have appeared from time to time.
+; These blotches develop into eruption
) and when they disappear others follow
in the same place.
Letter to Jos. Hartman, Banker
Butler, Pa.
Dear Sir: The late president of tn
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