Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-01-04
Do the very best you can,


And gods and men will help you ther
To do little better.
d. Cupps has moved his goods Il
his home at 3l2 Ziegler Ave.
An Armstrong Co. jury has de
cided that "Ambrosia" is an intoxicant
The newly elected officers of the |
IVL will be installed next Monday eve
ming.
The Transvaalers are not raising the
siege of Ladysmith, but the guns are
going off.
The late cold snap stopped work al
hundreds of oil wells by freezing up the
water pipes.
The most innocent of ways to pull
the wool over childhoods eyes is to use
the yarn of the stocking.
The banks and some other of our
business firms handed out very hand
some Calendars for this year.
Laying brick such weather as this
is no fun, bat the fourth story of the
Lead Factory is rapidly nearing com
pletion.
The last year of the 10Th Century
promises to witness war that will in
volve civilized nations in Europe, Asia
and Africa.
| Suit has been entered in New Cas-
| tie against the bondsmen of ex-Treasur-
er John Rl=vins for S32, ,091, the shortage
/ in school funds reported by the Auditor
The Councils of Pittsburg passed
the new Union Depot and track-raising
ordinances the day after Christmas, and
Pittsburgers expect to have one of the
finest stations in the country.
Constable Mathers and officer
Mitchell put ten hobos in the lookup,
Tuesday, who were begging and insult
ing people. They were released next
morning and ordered to leave town.
L. d. NJ. Walker of 107 Centre Ave.
has sold ont his place of business to his
father. j. L. Walker, who intends to
making numerous changes i'll the already
very neat little place, in the spring
The annual chicken-pie supper for
the benefit of the Butler Public Libra
ry will be given in Y. NJ. G. A. Hall on
Tuesday evening, Jan 9, from to
o'clock. 1t will be good supper and
for good cause. Fee % cents. Every
body invited.
County Superintendent Painter is
to be congratulated on the great success
of the late Teachers Institute. The
time of holding it undoubtedly helped
and the same week every year cannot
but be most satisfactory to teachers,
directors and everyone concerned.
The total receipts for the County
Teachers Institute were 5000 10. The
total expenditures were $3.50. 10, leaving
balance of $50 which County Supt.
Painter placed on interest In the Butler
County National Bank, payable to the
order of the Butler County Teachers
Institute, one year from date.
The big Chicago ditch Is caring
completion and water, etc. is flowing
from the lake to the gulf via the Hi
nois and Mississippi rivers. The canal
is tremendous affair and cost thirty
three millions. Ships can enter it and
GO as far as Lockport, 20 miles south of
Chicago, where the flow of water from
the lake is controlled by immense locks
The former 1910 a. m. train on the
p. & w. now leaves at 9:5S. and people
are reminded that the former 11:10 a.
m train on the West Penn now leaves
at 1880. The evening train north on
the p. 6 w. now leayes at 400 pm. or
25 minutes earlier than heretofore
Some changes have also been made in
the times of the trains leaving Ale
gheny for Butler, and one of the after
noon trains on the 2. & w. does not
now connect for Butler
The Y. NJ c. A kept "open house"
from A to s p. IN. New Years day. The
Ladies Auxiliary, assisted by number
of fair young ladies had charge of the
reception, which was not so largely at
tended AS it should have been, but was
thoroughly enjoyed. Light refresh
ments were served. After the reception
an excellent program was rendered by
the following: Male quartet, Messrs
A. Fisher, Seligman, Caruthers and
Anderson; vocal solos, Bob Wick, Geo.
Amy, Mr.. Hamil, Edgar Watson and
Inez Anderson; violin solos. Walter
Lowry and Nellie Balph; recitation,
Daisy Dale; mandolin Club Ed and Alf
Gumpher, John FlaclS and Del Hind
| man.
Thousands of dollars changed hands
in Butler the Saturday before Christ
mas for presents. We never saw our
stores so crowded as they were that
evening. Our jewelry stores, particu
larly. did large business, and if you
asked where the things were made you
were probably told in Providence, r. l.,
| though Just why Providence has become
the great jewelry making city of this
country no one knows. But it has just
as Lynn Mass, has become the great
shoe making city, while Boston is the
centre of the copper industry, Hartford,
Conn. the centre of the insurance busi-
ness and Pittsburg the centre of the
iron and glass Industries; though the
latter is explained by the fact that Pitts
burg is near the centre of vast coal
and gas producing region.
CHURCH NOTES.
Communion services will be held in
| (Iraca Tuthpran church ou Sunday