Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-09-27
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOShL hlNO
To wait, to watch. to weep.
To toll in tears whilst Others sleep,
To see each cherished hope depart
To feel the pain OF aching heart,
To know that life's best work is done,
To labor long and die alone,
To learn that Love is dead at last,
To feel that Friendship too. is past -
These are the signs of age,
The Leafing of Lifes saddest page.
Down east they are expecting a
cold and coal-less winter.
Over $500 men are at work cleaning
the wreckage from the streets of Gal
weston.
-Seligman's winter goods have ar
rived-the best of everything in the
mar6et
AS usual in September hocks of
yonng quail have been straying into
town. lately.
If the Concert of Europe is trans
ferred to the coasts of China the natives
will join in the chatter
We know that Fall is here by the
cooler weather The leaves are always
the first to tumble to it,
Don't touch that wire; if you do
there1l be a strange face Gin Heaven or
some other place. this morning yelled
the lineman.
Fire about three o'clock Sunday
morning damaged Anthony Shaffer's
barber Shop to the amount of $50. 1t
originated in the mug-case
The revival meetings held by Rev.
Hoffman of Barkeyville, Mr.. Latshaw
and others at Keister have been closed.
Sixteen conversions were mads.
-''Oh, yes, have always kept the
first dollar ever made. 1t was SO bum
a piece Of work that couldn't spend it!''
And the counterfeiter laughed heartily
at the recollection.
Improvement is the order of the
day. A new front has been put in the
building occupied by Brown & Co. and
they now display their stock of furni-
ture to much better advantage.
-Watermellons small but good ones)
can be raised here James B. Murphy
of Butler twp. and A. H. Oesterling of
Summit twp. raised hundreds of them
this year and disposed of them readily
at 5 to 10 cents each. .
That old and reliable firm, l., Stein
& Son, advertise their dress goods this
week The Stems have been in busi-
ness in Butler for the best part of a
century and have always maintained IA
reputation for fair dealing
Mrs J. E. Zimmerman now has her
Fall and Winter stock of Millinery,
Dress Goods, Jackets, Capes, Tailor
made suits, etc. ready for public in
spection, and perusal of her announce
ment in this paper will convince any
body that the Zimmerman Store is up
to-date.
"A new time table went into effect
on the p B. a. L. L. railroad on the 23d.
The trains now leave Butler as follows:
For Erie 9:1S a. m. and for Greenville
!. at3:15 p. m.; and arrive from Green
vile at $50 a. m. and from Erie at 545
p. IN. Butler time. A corrected time
table will appear next week.
1t is now reported that during Pres
ident Chas. Schwab's visit to Andrew
Carnegie in Scotland they decided to
extend the p B. & L. e. railroad to
the Atlantic. coast, with Philadelphia or
Norfolk, Va. as terminus The new
line will be used exclusively for freight
and will be built directly out of the
company funds without going in debt
to outside organizations.
AT the Nixon ship yard at Eliza
beth. N. j., Monday, new torpedo
boat, painted bright green was launch
ed and christened Joseph O'Brien, after
the youngest of fye Irish brothers, who
captured the British sloop-of-war, Mar
garette, after the battle of Lexington in
1775 The O'Brien is 175 feet long, has
speed of 26 knots an hour, and car
ries three torpedo tubes and three rapid
fire guns.
The old stone house on the Henry
Doerr farm, now the County Poor Farm,
is being torn down and the stone used
for the foundation of the new barn. 1t
was built in the twenties by John Nc
QUESTION, who then owned the place and
who lived there until he built the brick
house at the top of the hill. One of the
homemade, wooden locks of the second
story doors is in the possession of Mr.
Allen. and it is in as good condition as
the day it was made.
The first of the Texas storm suf-
ferers arrived in Butler county last
week. They are Mrs. David Powell
and her three daughters who moved
from Sarvers Station to near Houston,
Texas, where they had relatives living,
last February. The wind lifted then
house from its foundation, split it in
two and carried one part about sixteen
feet. Six days later they started fol
Sarvers Station again where they arriv-
ed Tuesday of last week, and hereafter
expect to make their home among the
safe old hills of Butler county.
Delegates from all the local fire and
hook and ladder companies will leave
next Tuesday to attend the State Fire
mems Association Convention at New
Castle. Thursday morning the First
Ward and Rescue running teams will
60 over in special car, parade and run
the service race that day and on FRIDAY
run in the hose and hook and ladder
races. Teams from Salem and Toronto,
Ohio, and from Union City, Houtzdale
Bedford and Warren Pa. are also en-
tered. The prizes are 5000. 800 and
$50 in the hose race; 800 end $50 in the
service. and So and $50 in the hook anG
ladder The Martins Ferry team wrote
to the convention officials asking what
inducements they would he oiven fo1