Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-12-12


Pickering's Furniture.
IAN secure their receipt books at the ClIl
ZEN office. and persons making pubic sales
en- cir note books
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Once more, Shut the doorl
1901 is on the home stretch.
Christmas is drawing nigh.
More houses build more houses.
Christmas buying is well under
way
Scarlet fever is epidemic in West
Sanbury.
All some men do ON Saturday is to
get shaved.
The clerks are earning their salary
these days.
The Butler p o. will have an addi-
t;onal carrier after next, Monday.
The women are mad at the weather
man; they say it has rained for the past
FIVE Mondays.
The young folks OF Portersville held
dance Thanksgiving evening which
was enjoyed by a large number.
The 3ranchton postoffice had mar
row escape from being burned few
weeks ago. gas jet having fired it.
A Butler family was poisoned few
days ego by pork that had been stored
in box in which matches had been
shipped
"A turkey supper will be served in
YIN. G. A Hall this. Thursday, even
ing by the ladies of the M. E. church.
Everybody invited.
The County Commissioners are said
to have paid $1,000 for the Poor Farm
gas well, which is generally considered
reasonable price.
Monday was good day for street
cleaning and the Diamond was washed
off with fire hose All the paved streets
need cleaning badly.
The spoke works at Renfrew was
burned. Manday night, the fire originat-
ing from an overheated stove. Mr..
Bags books were burned and his loss
will reach 81, 500.
Taxpayers should remember that
this is the last mouth for the payment
of 1901 taxes at face. Beginning jan
nary 1, next, 5 per cent. will be added
to all unpaid taxes.
The new oil strike, up the creek about
three miles, which was mentioned last
week, is on the Meals farm. The Meals
farm is nearer Butler. Other wells in
that neighborhood are said to be con-
templatei.
Mail from Pittsburg now arrives at
the p. 0. on Sunday at 1000 a. m. and
the lobby will be open from that time
till noon, when it closes till 4:30, when
enough to send ont the mails
-Melles is epidemic in Hilliard,
children of the Altmire, Burnot. Diehl
and Pardon families being sick. Andrew
McFadden, who is about sixty years OF
age is seriously sick. "A child of Charles
Barnhart died after being sick with
pneumonia and measles.
The 47th Teachers Institute will
convene in the ConrJ House, next Mon
day, at 80 p. M, and continue in ses-
sion until Friday afternoon. Supts.
Painter and Gibson have secured some
splendid instructors. and we are promis-
ed Excellent music. The evening enter
tainments will consist Of lectures on
Monday and Tuesday evenings, a con-
cert by the Katharine Ridgway Co. on
Wednesday evening, and an address by
Congressman Dolliver on Thursday
evening.
-Pandemonium broke loose in the
Chicago Grain Exchange last Saturday,
and with an enthusiasm that has seldom
if ever been equaled, the bulls carried
everything before them. 1t was wild
day in the pits with wheat in the lead
and, as On other recent bulges, an in
cessant stream Of buying orders from
the country brought the advance.
Wheat jumped $685. corn and oats
1Jc. December wheat closed 2g@21c up,
May wheat 24c up, December corn &c
higher. May corn tic higher and May
oats 1sc up. Provisions closed 24@15-
@17lc higher.
AT no time in the history of the
Butler Business College, has it enjoyed
80 liberal patronage. never has it done
so much and SO good work, and never
has it placed its graduates and students
in positions so rapidly as at the present
time. This institution has already fill
ed 81 positions this term. Prof. Regal,
Principal of the school, tells us that he
expects to fill at least 100 positions this
tsrm.
Those wishing to enter for work in
the New Year, should enter on Monday,
Dec. 80, 1901, or as near that time as
possible.
There is no more useful piece of fur
niture for the house than Sewing Ma
chine-could' do without it, Why
don't you get your wife one for Xmas
presently Don't have her temper spoiled
with that old worn out cne. Why
Great Scott Brown & Co. will sell you
high grade standard machine-war-
ranted for ten years for only $16.75 II
you want better one-we have it-ur
to $50. Goa genuine S65 90 (agents
price, for $4,000 See it and compare
with any S65 machine on the market.
While you are looking over the stock
of Furniture at Brown & Cos. DOM
forget to see our selection of choice In
grain Carpets; also Rugs Nuggets
Mattings Cloths, etc, as well as
our sample department in Tapestries :
Brussels Velvets, etc.
A nice Chandelier makes nice Xmas
present at WHITEHILL's, Plumber