Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Oh. you who search to find creed
Here end the foolish quest;
This little line j. all you need;
do what you know il best.
All the Batter people are getting
home from Buffalo
Butler Is to have new & 10 cent
store on South Main ST
The Columbia and the First Wards
tike everything in sight
The railroads Of this country are,
at present, overwhelmed with traffic y
There are lots Of tramps hanging
around Butler. which accounts for the
frequent petty lsrcenies.
PLEASE shut of that nuisance of
whistle which breaks loose ike fire
alarm 1T 80 each morning
The Bessemer railroad has a track
gang and steam shovel at work excavat-
ing for double track west Of Walters
mill
The Pittsburg & Western railroad
was sold at auction. Wednesday, in
Pittsburg. the result Of years Of itiga-
tion.
The pressure of the big Beaumont.
Texas, gushers IL rapidly declining and
the wells spout for but few minutes
when tnrned on now.
Jack Frost put in his first appear
ance last Thursday night, and next day
was Black Friday" for the plants and
posiez left uncovered.
R. II. Love Of Aspinwall, Pa, lost
a 2-year-old. red. heifer in Butler, on
Wednesday evening, Oct End; the finder
Of which is requested to notify him
Statistics Of fire losses in the Unit
ed States for last year show that, next
to incendiarism, defective fues were the
largest factor in the destruction Of 1851
GOs, 900 worth Of property.
Plttsburg's temple Of justice will
soon be 80 surrounded with sky -scrapers
that the goddess can remove the blind
fold from her eyes she viii be in the
dark without it
I'm the cadet battalion at Grove City
College Walter Lowry Of w. Pearl st.
has been made conlissary sergeant. A.
3. Chesbro, adjutant; and Clyde Green,
first lieutenant OF Co. B.
"A force Of thousand men elevated
and relaid the double railroad tracks
between the Union station and the Fort
Wayne bridge, last Sunday. The new
station il nearly completed.
There Is not a more wild or pictur-
esque valley within fifty miles Of Pitts
burg than that of the Little Buffalo, be-
tween sarver Station and Freeport. If
the Penn a r. r. would establish pic
mic park there it would be winner.
This is the proper season for clean
ing the drains and culverts Of the roads
and streets. and also for repairing side
walks A good board or plank walk is
the best thing to walk on in the Winter
time also Spring time, Summer time
and Fall time.
Butchers say lard will be fifty per
cent higher in price this winter than
last The reason given is the corn crop
was short. the pigs ere poor and there
IL no fat with which to make lard Pork
is also scarcer than last year and tur
keys are scarcest OF all.
The list Of names OF those killed in
the massacre Of Co G. Ninth Reg. Inf,
In the island Of Samar. does not contain
that Of Aloysius Schmcker. formerly Of
this place. The name Of Floyd II.
Shoemaker does appear though and
may be cable mistake for that Of the
Bntler boy.
The Fourteenth Pennsylvania CAY
airy Association will hold its annual re-
union in Union Veteran Legion Hall,
No. 229 Fifth Ave. Pittsburg. on
Thursday. Oct II. The business ses-
sion will be held at pm. All railroads
will sell excursion tickets at one fare
for the round trip-plus 25 cents, which
includes admission TO the Expo.
The registration Of voters for this
year shows the five wards Of Butler to
have 5ss, $50, 451. 444 and 557, making
total Of $3.50. Evans City and Zelie-
nople come next in the list Of boroughs
with 274 and 2G4 Bruin and Eau
Claire, the new boroughs, have 40 and
7s Middlesex twp. has $50 voters reg
istcred. and the total Of the county 10
13.706
Friday the 25th has been selected as
Arbor Day. when everybody should
plant tree Of some kind At the birth
Of every baby IN japan, it ~ claimed, a
tree IL bound 10 BE- planted and must be
allowed TO grow until the marriage Of
the individual for whom 1t was planted.
IL IL then cut down and transformed in
to'household goods. thus furnishing a
kind of Jap commentary on the some
times-used American saying that its
easier TO get married than 10 get the
furniture.
The First Ward running team cap
tured all the races and $375 in prizes al
the Philadelphia State Firemen's Con.
yention last Friday The faces were
run Of Broad st a mile south of City
Hall The course was $50 yards long
The time made in the hose race was 40l
seconds. Independents Of Redbank, N.
j.. second In 43f; service race Al seconds
independents second 43i hook and
ladder race, 37f seconds, Friendships oi
BoyertowD, Pa second in 3Sf Th'
course was up grade and the day cold
which made the time slow. The FRS
Wards arrived in Philadelphia Wednes
day evening and were quartered at th'
Bingham House along with 800 other
guests. Thursday morning they saw .
S2100O0 fire which destroyed big stor