Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-22


And got all fustered when the next
Was just block behind.
But through the night he often tossed
Upon a sleepless bed,
And in his aching head was doubt
And in his heart was dread;
He worried as he thought about
Old Jonah and the whale,
And wondered if one might be saved
Who disbelieved the tale.
-Bazsr and supper at Y. VI. C. A.
hall this evening.
Some slight changes have been
made in the 3 r. & P. time table.
Ohio and Illinois cattle captured
most of the prizes at the Pittsburg stock
show.
Theodore Schenck is preparing to
build six houses at Broad and Cliff
streets.
Every time a man falls in love he
thinks it is the worst case he ever had
in his life
The bulls in the market are sending
things sky high, and the others just grin
and bear it.
The Royal Templers of Temperance
hold a rally Friday evening in the y.
NJ c. a. room.
The fog was so thick in Pittsburg
last Saturday evening that the small
boys stuck tacks in it.
Advertisers are crowding us this
. week, but peruse what they have to say.
1t may be money in your pocket.
Daddy Gregg had his sleigh ont
last Thursday and that night the m err
curry tumbled way down towards zero.
When the owners Of the Great
Wall read the minister's terms they
came to the conclusion that they were
up against il.
Local lumber men report business
unusually good and say more building
is being done in Butler now than at any
time in several years past.
Henry Ross of Butler twp. lately
slaughtered a pig that weighed 555
pounds net Pork is selling Mt cents
and this made this pig worth $3.50
The new Waldron and Hughes
buildings and the remodeled Miller
shoe store building add greatly to the
appearance of Main street at that point.
when beauty is not skin keep it
becomes sort of a skin game, observed
the wise young woman, as she trans
ferred her creamy complexion from the
powder box to her face.
If YOU wish to read something in
teresting this week don't forget our ad-
vertising columns. A number OF our
merchants have new, interesting and
important announcements.
During the late blizzard the wind
blew the P. @. doors open, and chased
the hair off the top OF Braid's head; but
the new storm doors will prevent re-
curTGnCe the
George A. Spangs machine shop
which was moved from Renfrew to the
old Hughes boiler shop building on
Etna street, is busy and running full
time with fourteen men working.
"A man named Mitchell of Sunbury
has rented the store-room in the Berg
bank building for Merchant Tailoring
establishment; and the Producers Oil
Co. will move into the second story on
the 1st of January nsxt
"A charter has been granted the
'Zelienople land company" capital
$4,000; directors, Joseph A. Frauen-
helm, Otto A. Hensel, Edward Watson,
Pittsburg; Marvin E. Harrison, Parnas-
sus; George Blackbam, Allegheny
"A polar-bear lives on fish and seals.
The seals can beat him in the water, so
when he sees some on cake of ice he
swims under it and reaches up and
grabs one. The claws that you see on
Boothe's bear-skin in the show window
were made for grabbing
-Four cars, two empty and two load
ed with coke, were burned at 5 a. IN.
Monday in the P. & w. yards at the
Transfer Some suppose that tramps
in one of the empties started it and
others that the coke was loaded while
ct;ll hot apd tho fro uIorIxy ynou1darad
from this source.
The western girl who bet kiss for
every State that Bryan carried against
box Of candy for every one that Nc
Kinley carried has set an example that
good many young men may be glad
to propose to their girls at the next
election. It's the only bet we have
heard of in which both sides won.
Although the local elections are mo-
due until Feb 30, 1901, three months
hence, there is lots Of activity in loca
politics Justice of the Peace is the
bone of contention. The terms Of al
three borough justices expire and new
ones are to elect They will go into
Office May 1st. next
One Thousand Butterflies were de
lighted by the representation of tn,
Scottish Reformation, or John Knox Y,
Mary Stuart, in the Park Theatre
Thursday and Friday evenings. Mrs
Monroe's stereopticon views and he
talks OF the historical events were appre
ciated by all,and the marching, singing
and acting of the lads and lassies wer
mickle bonnie
"A branch of the Bessie, about fv
miles long is beng built from Boyer
station to the Camel coal field nea
Murrinsyille. The old Kelly farm an
other larra tractq I'm that ,aixbI Iorboo,