Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
Harmony and ZeIienople.

tor last Friday.
Attorney r P. Scott of Butler was in
town last Friday in behalf of the p. d
w. r. r
Mrs. John h Wilson returned to her
home at Harmony on Saturday evening;
after visit with her parents, Mr. ard
Mrs. H. NJ Lewis at Rochester.
Misses Olive and Hattie Hartung of
Harmony were Pittsburg visitors on
Saturday.
VIM Dunlap of Pittsburg was the
guest of his mother and sisters at Har-
monY on Sunday.
Lewis Ketzel of Harmony shot gull
on VIM Stamm's farm last Friday.
John Luton of Harmony shot loon
at the Cool Spring, near Harmony, last
| Friday 1t is fine specimen of the
great northen diver and was purchased
| by f. II. Stauffer who will have a taxi
dermist prepare it for an ornament IN
| his house,
Daniel Fielder of Jackson twp. is dan
gerously i'll.
The three men hurt in the railroad
wreck reported in our last communica-
ton were in charge of DIR. d. Fielder
who called on DR.. Osborne for help.
Clarence WeigeI who has been in W.
Va. for six months was at Harmony last
Monday on business.
J. S. Neal section foreman of the z.
& w is sick with pneumonia at Har-
mony.
Mr.. and Mrs c. s. Passavant of Ze
| lienople are happy at the arrival of a
! lusty baby boy at their house since
Thursday morning of last week.
The Presbyterian congregation of
Harmony and Zelienople decided last
week to build s. 600 church in front of
the old building and repair and arrange
the old church for Sunday School
| room.
Fred Weigel and his son Frank of
Harmony are working in their new
blacksmith shop.
The union meeting of the Young
Peoples societies of our two towns in
| the Grace Reformed church on Sunday
evening was well attended and the ser
vices interesting,
FLOOD NOTES.
The water in this vicinity on Satur-
day was not as high as the flood three
years ago.
Below Harmony and above Harmony
junction the water was thought by
many to be higher.
More fences were washed away than
three years ago.
Ten ducks belonging to VIM. Stamm
at Harmony junction fioated to Zelie-
nople
Two fine hogs drowned, lying in a
pen, floating down the stream.
The family of Hon. NJ. L. Lockwood
of Zelienople was rescued from water
ry home with boat.
number of families living on the
lowlands here moved upstairs
A thrilling experience and a hair
breadth escape was experienced by
young man. Milton Cable Of Elwood.
He was driving home from Whitestown,
where he visited his mother on Friday
night to Elwood where he works in Il
mill At o'clock Saturday morning
he drove into strong current of water
on the north side of SWANS bridge,
which proved to be deeper and stronger
than he thought, the rig and horse were
carried into the side gutter and in upset
ting the buggy Mr.. Gable was thrown
into the stream and was carried away
300 yards when he swan and caught a
tree and climbed on it. The horse
turped and was caught by Samuel Moy
er.
join Gallagher tried for an hour,
standing III the water, to get light rope
to him. but in vain. Noah Wise and
T1r, .l-a+ -bor f.c cta n oil
tank on the south side of the stream
finally spied the man on the tree in the
mad. swollen stream. "A man has fall
len into the stream and is on a tree in
the water perishing with the cold, WAS
the news speedily carried to Harmony
II. IL. Beighlea with wagon. boat and
eight men were soon on their way 70
the rescue For over two hours in the
cold wind with an agonizing grip Mr..
Gable had been on the tree when the
boat was being launched at Swain 5
bridge for his rescue e. H. Stauffer
and Frank Weigle entered the boat
which was tied to a rope fastened to the
bridge and at the risk of their lives We're
borne on the raging water to Mr.. Cable
and rescued him when about to drop.
Mr.. Cable was cramped, blue with cold,
wet, speechless; he had been on the tree
three hours and twenty minutes when
he landed in the boat. Liquor was Civ
en- him and he was safely landed and
was hastily taken to the Hotel Ziegler
at Harmony where DR.. Fielder took
charge of him. Late in the evening Mr
Gable was about and doing well.
Concord Township.
Owing to the swollen condition of the
creek at Oneida station the North
bound mail did not reach any of the
postof1ices on the North Washington
route last Saturday.
The long lines of shade trees planted
i'll Middletown this spring might sug-
gest to the way faring man that the
place should either be Mapleton, Crab
vile or Cherrytree.
Jean, the little daughter Of c. c.
| Kuhn had an arm broken and an elbow
| dislocated by falling from a sofa to the
| floor
One day last week a procession CON
sisting of man and a goat, passed
through the hub of the township going
| Whether Billy intends to embark in the
| QdlIN DuSluCSS VI W uSt lut
as can opener does not yet appear
Are You going to paper this springY
| If so the gloomiest room in the house
can be made bright and cheerful if You
buy your wall paper ready trimmed
from Kuhn & Kuhn of Hooker, Pa
John Balsiger of Magic is slowly re-
covering from the effects Of a severe at
tack of grippe.
Mrs Robt. Adams and Chas. Korn
both of Hooker are very much improved
in health
Mrs. l. III. Christy does not seem to be
getting much better. She is suffering
from stomach trouble and a complica-
ton of diseases.
Mrs. Jas. Bryan is badly afflicted with
( rheumatism. SILEX.
Isle Items.
Owing to the high water we received
no mail last Saturday
Rev E. c. Shumaker recently spent a
few days in Sharpsville, Pa.
Chas. Mackey recently moved on the
Nehemiah McCandless farm on the
Island.
The Mt Zion Baptist Sunday School
will re-organize next Sunday, the 2Sth.
John White and J. C. Warren have