Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

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LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Silence is golden" may do very well
For folks who have secrets they'd rath-
er not tell,
But if you have goods you desire to
sell
You'll find it more golden to stand up
and yell.
The Bessemer is putting in a new
interlocking switch at Jamisonville.
China is very old, but not too old to
learn. She has just adopted public
school system.
The Butler High School and Parker
football teams play at the old ball park,
Saturday afternoon.
-Pittsburg parties have bought the
Keister store stock at Prospect and are
moving it to the big city.
Now that the great strike is practi-
cally over, and nearly all the men at
work again, one wonders what it was
begun for.
"A comic lecture was delivered Mon
day evening by Prof. Fred High at the
Saxon Nj. E. church for the benefit OF
the Epworth League.
The naval inquiry comes along just
in time to fill the gap between the clos
ing Of the base ball season and the ar
rival of the foot ball games.-Ex
AT meeting of the Three Ps, Mon
day evening. Clarence j. Reiber was
elected Premier for the unexpired term
of Thomas H Hays. Jr.. deceased.
The Hospital has dozen patients
at present The public is requested to
remember that the visiting hours are
from to and from z to 8 p. m. only.
The Rays, in "A Hot Old Time"
kept large audience in an uproar OF
laughter for over two hours last Fri
day night. They will play a return
date.
Some sacriigious miscreant, last
Wednesday night, stole a number of
flags and some crepe with which Joseph
Brennan had his store on S. Main st.
decorated.
We have printed another lot of the
School Laws, and will send them to
School Boards or others at one dollar
for 150-postage prepaid-1O0 for 70
cents, 60 for so cents.
If there is a storeke eper in Butler
county who needs Cash Register we
want him to know that we have a new
and good one-o that will just suit
you-that we will sell for much less
than it is worth
Local physicians regard the recov-
cry of Tony Nitoly, the italian who had
his head crushed at West Winfield, as
remarkable. Although piece of the
skull two inches square and half tea
spoonful of the brain were taken from
him he is now recovering.
My largest item of expense is on
account of advertising"
II was not aware that you were in
business
II am not. But my wife reads the
ads. in the papers. "-Ex.
The planets Saturn, Jupiter, Mars
and Venus can be seen, nearly in line,
shortly after sunset, these evenings, in
the southern and southwestern sky. Ju-
piter and Venus are the brightest. The
Earth's orbit is between those of Venus
and Mars.
Five years ago. last Thursday, was
Butler County's day at Canton, and a
large crowd left town that morning on
q SPECIAL train to see the man they in
tended to vote for for President Last
Thursday morning some forty of our
people left for Canton on a special to be
present at the funeral of the same man,
and for whom the whole Nation was in
mourning.
Pat Golden's house on E. jefferson
st. was broken into and robbed, Mon
day night. when all the family were
away from home. The burglars jim
mied the shutters and sash open, and
then went in and ransacked the house.
What they got will not be known till
the folks come home The house of
George Heineman was also entered and
robbed the same night
The Franklin township school
board has decided to establish a High
School in the Prospect Academy build
ing. The borough will pay tuition
fee to the township for each borough
pupil. The school will be a first grade
high school, having a four year course,
under the act OF June %, 1895. Besides
the usual high school branches the
course includes zoology, geology, ento-
.nology and the chemistry of soils.
State Supt. Schaffer has recommended
an eastern man named Pyott as. princi-
pal.
Last week a passenger train was to-
tally wrecked near Boston and several
people killed, among whom was a Miss
Tonkin. daughter of prominent Oil
City. man who was on her way to girls
seminary Miss Alice Patterson, daugh-
ter of John N. Patterson of Butler, was
a close friend of Miss Tonkin, having
attended the same school last year and
roomed with her. This year they had
planned to return together, and but for
Miss Patterson's changing her mind and
deciding to go to Washington, D. c.
school, she would have been on the
wrecked train
The First Ward Hose team and del
egates from the local fire companies
leave next Wednesday via the B. & o.
to attend the firemen's State Conven-
ton at Philadelphia. Thursday the
First Ward boys will parade and on Fri
day race. The races will be held on
Broad st. near the City Hall. They in
clude time, service and hook and ladder
races in all of which the local team will
compete. The first prizes are $500, 800
and S75 respectively. The First Ward s
will present team of veterans who
should do faster running than any other