Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Poet Laureate Austin's latest JOY
dripping ode reads something ike this
with magic brush, Historic,
Paint me the bright white Gloria
OF the taking of Pretoria
Victoria, o. Victoria
Victoria r. =
Ice plants flourish best in warm
weather.
"A switch for the Pickle factory is
being built
The Swift Missionaries swiftly
scooped the girls.
The Butler County National Bank
has doubled its stock.
The safe of the new bank was put
in its vault last Saturday.
The dark horse expects to have a
show on Vice President.
The Coaltown F. of A lodge hold a
picnic and dance July 4.
Whatever the future of China; she
has a long tale behind her.
The American eagle should not be
used for nest feathering purposes.
They raise tea in the southern part
Of China and / in the northern part.
The European powers would like to
see big partition in the wall of China.
If Oregon is straw the free silver
ties are not sucking any consolation
through it.
Time has no forelock in China,
which is given as a reason for the Mon
golians queue.
The Prohibitionists will hold their
County Convention in Butler on Mon
day, June 25th, at 1 pm.-McK.
When the British lion and Russian
bear begin clawing each other in China,
it will be we'll for the American eagle
to take day off and eat sparrows.
Good strawberries are plenty in oul
groceries at 10 to 12i a basket. but
peas are very scarce, and are bringing
$500 a bu. in the Pittsburg markets.
"A piece of black silk, fifteen yards
long Was made at the mill on Institute
Hill last week, and will be used fol
samules. John Pickel did the weaving
An odd thinz lately happened in
Adams twp. T. W d. Kennedy had q
"A yeafl IL Jelsey hcifer so badly torn bJ
dog ta1f he had 10 shoot aer. The dogs
tore both her udaer and tail off.
An old stage coach came rolling uI
Main St from Franklin. Tuesday even
ing. 1t isa Concord" coach, and j:
different in build from the Troy" style
used between Butler and Pittsburg.
AT the meeting of Council, Frida,
evening, the Traction Co. was allowed
y to change their guage from feet in
to ) feet in, and use I rails ant
wooden poles on the unpaved streets.
The Sharon Steel Co is siuking /;
shaft 10 feet deep for coal on the Alex
Bingham farm, Plain Grove twp, Law
- SPORTY and are building railroad
fcn0e sham to the mine 56 miles. Th'
fro" C c,l is five feet thick Tipples
vem xe etc. will be built
g., wing over our books we FIND
tber of onr subscribers have
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pensioner, the victim 0
INK and dissipated habits, VIII
4aublic nuisance of himself ma.
gated by Uncle Sam, and i
flty is likely to be dropped
pension rolls " This is tn
ng of the department sent on
agents.
six months strike Of Pittsburl
phical Union No z agains
the eight daily newspapers o
z. was called off Saturda.
hen President Donnelly of tn
tional Typographical Union an
iternational Executive Boar
qy declared by making the seve
hapers open offices.
lie North Washington Academy
Sy9lffnencement exercises will be hel
next Wednesday and Thursday, Jun
col Wednesday evening there will b
debating contest between tie Acad'
my and that of w Sunbury, and Thur;
day evening there will be lecture o
educational subjects The Academ
has 65 pupils during the Spring tern
Prof Hamilton will have charge agai
next year.
The Great American Hog is not ge
ting fair show these days. He pu
up sweet and juicy ham, and then ii
packers spoil it in the curing Ho'
they do it we do not know. But the
do it. and the breakfast of the Gre;
American Citizen is spoiled at the san
time.
n b. In the above item the editor
limiting for country ham. FOREMAN
"A Freeport lady with about do
en- olive branches, could not tell the da
of birth Of each one, but she remembe
ed that Johnny had been born April 3
1884 and Mary, August 18th, the san
year. The Census man had quite
time explaining to the good woman tn
while personally he did not have al
objection to her statement, she had be
ter modify it little as Uncle Sa
might object to increasing his popul
tion so rapidly.
"A week or two ago an outbuildii
on the old Biehl property, now occupi
by NJ F. Wright Sup'dt of the Wat
Co, was burned at midnight and Il
body could imagine how it got on fiji
excepting by the act of an inceddiaT
and the burning OF the stable on t
Berg property, nearby, last Frid
night is of the same order The staf