Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-10-11
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOkaL h4ND
Hereafter our drug g-stores will close
at t9p. m
Friday, Oct 10Th, will be autumn
arbor day.
The late rains ccnduced TO the gen
eral happiness.
Only few short weeks from now
until the election.
AT race in Chicago lately an auto
made mile in 1906.
The Hotel Laube at Saxonburg was
robbed, Tuesday night.
Even the church choir singer is not
averse to game Of chants.
The Powers want two hundred mil
lions from China for nest egg.
The chrysanthemunl headed foot
ball player will soon be in evidence.
1t tekes some political guessers a
long time 10 tell all they don't know
The open season for squirrels viii
come in Oct. 1j and Of rabbits Nov. /.
"A Husking Bee is to be held by the
First Ward Hose Co. on Hallow Zen.
Prospective hunters should read the
notices to hunters that appear in anoth-
er column.
The young people are aocking TO
the Court House and the wedding
bells7 are ringing.
ANY photographer will tell you that
lots Of people will sit for a picture and
then won't stand for it.
Now that the Standard has another
5000 day gusher in Lewis Co, w. Va,
look ont for the market.
Between the electoral guesses Of the
Republicans and Democrats, there is a
yawning chasm to be flied by ballots.
1t is the settled belief Of quite a
number of small boys that it il better TO
be tanned by the sun than by the pa
rents.
-Monotony is not the word tina.
comes into ones mind whilst gazing at
the shirt-fronts and shirt-waists in the
show Windows.
The First Ward Hose Co. decided
at meeting, Tuesday evening, to pur-
chase the lease and furniture OF the
Atlantis Club for 800.
There are not 50 many worms in
the chestnuts this year because there
are not SO many chestnuts for the
worms 10 secure habitat.
On Friday. Oct Goth, Mrs. Barbara
Maxwell of Summit twp will have a
public sale of stock and household goods
Sale TO commence at 10 O'Clock.
For the year ending June Both, last,
the Butler postoffice took IN. sl7, 1l3;
Chicora, s2,6l9; Zelienople, %1,13i;
Evans City, 2,G64; Slipperyrock 81, 2SO
-CharlesL. Davis celebrated come
dy drama "Alvin Joslin" which has
been making the public laugh for IS
years will be seen here tomorrow even
ing
-New Castle is the banner town for
increase in population during the past
ten yearsr She had II 500 in 1890, and
now has 2s,339 an increase Of IA per
cent
AN elaborate production of Sardou's
Fedora" the greatest play Of Fanny
Davenport's repretoire, win tour this
section Of the countrv during the com
ing season.
To secure THE Little Minister" for
Butler Manager Burkhalter had to guar
antee the company S400 and you want
TO see 1t Saturday night 1t is one OF
the best things on the road
1t is predicted by those in position
to know that the telegraph and tele
phone companies Of the United State.
will be consolidated into one big compa
ny before the end Of the present year
The word Mister" should nevel
be used in newspaper except 10 desig
nate sex. No dignity IL added TO th'
character Of John Jones by calling hin
Mr. John Jones" A title that is Civ
en- 10 everybody is absolutely meaning
less
Every paper occasionally contain
hastily written or thcughtIessly word
ed item. and IL you have a grudg'
against an editor all you have 10 do il
to watch his paper till you find sucl
and then set your Shanghai Iinagina
tion 10 work. II will do the rest
For the reunion Of the 1ith =. X. V
q. at Tarentuin, next Wednesday am
Thursday, the Penna X. r. will (oi
card orders sell round trip tickets a
two cents a mile and the p. 81 w. am
Bessie will sell round trip tickets T.
members OF the ASSOCIATION and thei
families upon application to loca
agents
T Krauses hotel at Saxonbur
hotel was robbed Tuesday night an
several valuables in the hotel Office wer
taken. Amony the guests were car
didates Nelson Thompson, and J. /
Mates and Secretary Clarence Shanol
A new overcoat belonging to NJ
Thompson and some Republican po
books were taken, but the latter wei
found in n field next morning.
"A membership contest mas bee
started in the Y. M. g. A. with the fo
lowing sides: Reds-J. q Runkle v
j. Heineman, Gardner g. Lowry. Ho
ace Brown, Harry NJ Starr, Thos NJ
Lanahan, Ralph Maxwell; Blue--A. y
Flack, Henry Miller Jr, Chas Stee
smith, Ford Hays, Thomas S Lee, Eli
Ritts, Campbell Brandon and and J.
Anderson. The contest will close
November.
Stoneboro, in Mercer county, IN
small townno larger than Prospec
this county and yet the crowd on u
Fair Grounds there last Wednesday W
estimated at twenty eight thousand ;ar
the people 40 crowded over the ba'