Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-19
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
And now the drug stores close at 9.
-Sarver Station Academy began its
fall term. this week.
Seven bodies were taken out OF the
Port Royal coal mine, last week
--.Aland, maker of mems clothes,
has already issued handsome calendars
for o.
Hundreds Of bushels Of fine peaches
have lately been brought to Butler from
Tarentum.
About Fifty men from this county
attended the G. A. r. encampment at
Cleveland. last week
Testing the new fire whistle at IL
a. IN. last Friday caused many people 10
get out and look for the fire.
The Exchange Bank of Parker made
an assignment to the Safe Deposit d IL
tie Guaranty Co. of Kittanning.
A rural free-delivery will be estab-
lished ut Harrisviile, Nov. lst, with Jas.
G. Vandyke and Z. b. Huey as carriers
1t is graf. flying, in the midst OF all
our troubles, to learn that there Will be
no shortage ia the Duckwheat crop this
year.
The space between the sidewalk
and curbing at the Springdale school
building has been filled with concrete,
widening the walk one and half feet
-SecnGer 81 Co, secured the contract.
last week. for the Maitland sarcopha-
gus which will weigh several tons, and
be erected in Westminster church yard.
The PRESIDENTS physicians say that
his death was caused by gangrene; or in
other words the poisoning of the wound
by the bullet, and for which there is no
known remedy.
The best melons brought to Butter.
this year, were raised by Robert Robo
Of Oakland twp. in grayelly ground on
the top OF hill The Rocky Fords and
Anne Arundels were disappointment,
this year.
A Mercer county farmer stuck a
pitchfork into the ground, prongs up;
climbed high fence TO get some grapes,
fell upon the fork and was found dead,
with the fork yet sticking in him.
"A number Of our citizens attended
the Butler and Clarion fairs last week.
The Butler fair was pronounced excel
lent. and the Clarion fair better than
usual, with the largest attendance seen
there for several years. East Brady
Review.
The Grocer's Assn Of Butler passed
resolutions ON the death OF President
Mckinley; and will close their stores at
noon, today The p o. will close at
10 o'clock; and Union Memorial services
will be held In the First Presbyterian
church at p. IN.
AT this season Of the year sugar is
one Of the most important articles Of do
mestic economy, and. strange to say, the
bulk Of the civilized worlds supply now
comes from beets. Beet farming and
sugar making have become tremendous
industries in Colorado and other west
ern states
The new 2-ce1t piece, soon to be is
sued by the Treasury Department at
Washington, win have hole in its cen
tire, ON account of being the same size
as the nickel or 5-cent piece. Its ho.sy-
ness win likely make it popular
with the kids for stringing purposes.
but Is no particular argument in its fa-
yor AZ TO the contribution box.
Sunday afternoon a crowd Of about
ten boys who have been collecting about
the Broad st. school building daubin z
the doors and windows with mud, steal.
ing flowers in the neighborhood and
making general nuisances of themselves
gathered at the school honse and broke
the knob off one OF the doors Janitor
Sam Truxal was hidden in the building
waiting for the boys and jumped out
and caught one Of them. The names Of
several the boys were obtained and ar.
rests will follow.
The following graduates and stu
dents OF the Butler Business College
have recently secured positions as fol.
lows:-H r. Dodds, book keeper with a
Pittsburg firm; f. G. Dodds. with the
National Tea Co., Pittsburg; III. w.
Dodds. book-keeper for Greenough &
Baumgardner, contractors, Bellevue.
Pa; Harley Goodrich, book-keeper for
Star Enameling and Stamping Co. ALE
gheny; Victor Stehle, stenographer with
PIttsburg firm; Walter L. Wilson,
book-keeper for Guarantee Title and
Trust Co., Pitssburg; Charles Ferne
stenograper. B. r. & p. r. r., Butler
w. J. Craig. individual book-keeper
Germania National Bank. Pittsburg
Winfield Hopkins of Lincoln street
has returned from the Beaumont, Texas
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