Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-03
Now that the grass is growing we
can have .Pasteurized milk.


can have .Pasteurized milk.
There will probably be some peache
in this county this year. We hear o
blossoms in several localities.
/ The Bessemer has established I
station at Reiber's mill, east of town
with E. E. Christley in charge
Butler county viii receive S54 094. g
from the state for its public schools fol
this year, and Butler borough will get
/ 50 411.95.
Bogus census enumeratOrs are al
ready reported to be doing people
The real thing, with a medal on it, will
not appear till June 1st-
April was phenomenal month in
the Pennsylvania oil fields During the
month 767 wells were completed, the
daily production of which is Il, 462 bar
rels.
Ten bricklayers and tenders are at
work on the mems building Of the Poor
House; and several stone masons are
laying the foundation for the Admins
tration building.
AT the meeting Of the School Board
of Butler. Tuesday evening, it was de
cided to build an 8-room school-house
on Institute Hill; and the Finance Com
mittee recommended a bond issue for
so 900 and tax levy Of one and half
mills for interest and REDEMPTION.
Five hundred people banquetted at
the Schenley Hotel in Pittsburg. Friday
evening last, in honor Of Genl Grants
memory, with Mrs. Grant az a guest.
The principal after dinner speakers
were P. NJ General, Chas. E. Smith;
Senator Hanna and Congressman COus-
ins Of Iowa
Mrs. Patterson Sankey, of Plaingrove
twp Lawrence Co, met with a terrible
death last Saturday. She was burning
brush, when her skirts caught fire.
She called for help, and ran about the
yard in sheet Of flames. The family
tried TO capture her, but she was crazed
with pain, and after all her clothing
had been burned off she fell to the
ground and died.
At the meeting Of Council, Tuesday
evening. the High Constable reported
large number Of defective sidewalks;
Finance Committee recommended an
eleven mill tax for all purposes; the
Street Car Co. was authorized TO erect
either wood or iron poles; a shooting
gallery ordinance was adopted, and the
bonds of the Boro. Treasurer and Over
seers were approved.
There is a young lady school teach
er in Butler who during the last few
months has received three letters con
tanning drafts payable to her or some
one else bearing similar name and
purporting to be payments to her as an
heir Of sn estate. The three drafts
to about 800 The teacher
could have endorsed them and collected
chem at any bank. but as she did not
know herself TO be an heir Of any es
tate being settled mp, she sent them back
to remitter.
All the Hilliard valley miners are
on strike this week The Grove City
miners, who had been out, went to work
for Al cents ton The Hilliard miners
had been getting 80 cents, but were at
once reduced TO 45 also Saturday
night the mines shut down and as one
owner expressed it, they have got to
take few days 70 think it over and
find ont we.her they will work for the
new wages. Under the 50-cent scale
miners made from 81 to So a day, which
the new cut reduces ten per cent.
The coming total eclipse Of the sun,
due in the United States on the morn
ing Of the 2Sth Of May, will very
probably materially advance our scien-
tifjc knowledge Of this strange phenom-
enon Owing chiefly to the ready ac-
feasibility Of the sections where its total
ity occurs, much interest IL already
being shown by the general public
regarding the best means for amateur
observations and facts connected with
eclipse history. An article directly in
this line giving general account Of
the history Of eclipses; what has been
discovered by their aid, and what yet
remains 10 be calculated: how they may
best be observed by one not equipped
with a telescope; the features Of special
interest to be watched for and the var
ious times and places where the totality
may be seen IL published in Appleton y
Popular Science Monthly for May. A
number Of maps and diagrams add very
much 10 the clearness and interest Of
the article. which is written by Prof. !
+. H. Bigelow Of the United States
Weather Bureau.