Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-12-19

there Will De no paper l5-uSu AAcAi AAA-A
Office next (Christmas) week. We wish
all our readers Merry Christmas anc
Hspoy and Prosperous New Year.
A base ball trust is the latest.
-Christmas-next Wednesday.
1902 CONES in on a Wednesday
Read all the Christmas advertising
Tile Institaie, this week. is sue
cess.
The Christmas tree makes its bougt
to the public.
Don't write it Xmas; that is sense
less abbleyiation.
Buy early and avoid the ills Christ
mas flesh is heir to-
Tie best part Of a concert is seeing
them march off the stage.
-Great snow storm in England last
week, aud cur turn came next.
This wcuId be better world if al
persons took their own advice.
The blizzard stopped the floods in
the the eastern part of the state.
They were viaying copper foot ball
in the stock exchanges last week
A turkey shoot was held at Plumber
Fleeger's at Jamisonville. Friday.
5 slem, W. Va, an oil town, was al
most destroyed by fire, Saturday night.
IF you don't known what to buy fol
a Christmas present just read our holi
day ads.
1t froze SO hard that it stopped the
Court House clock at minutes to l,
Monday morning.
Now that Macroni has succeeded in
sending message over the sea; all the
cables can be cut.
The Pittsburg Brewing Co.'S store
house back Of the West Penn station
was burned last night. Small loss.
Nobody seems 10 know exactly how
many quarts of glycerine there were in
the MAGAZINE that exploded, Tuesday.
B F. Frantz's new house on Chest
nut st. near w. Pearl. was slightly
damaged by fire last Thursday evening.
The young man who is in doubt
about what to buy his best girl fol
Christmas, should settle on marriage
license.
A jolly crowd from Middlesex twp.
attended the Hays VS. Forest Oil Co.
case. as witnesses and spectators, last
Friday.
1t is not the man behind the gun
but the man behind the counter who il
actin the hero's part these busy shop
ping days.
-"Guilty Of assault and battery, with
intent to coax"-was the humorous
translation of late verdict, by one oul
attorneys
1t has been discovered that whiskey
can be made from watermelons. The
watermelon is bound to more popular
ity than ever.
The street car strike is still in pro
gress. On Tuesday evening a join
meeting was held, but no definite agree
.xoox+ ,.-ao 200 obod
Read the adv. of Ii. A. Reiber, tn
oyster, fish, poultry, butter and egg
man. next to the Wells, Fargo EXPIRES
Office on s. Main St
The MARYLAND Bros have sold thei
grocery store. near ths West Penn sta
ton, to Miss A. McCandless, and will
move to Connellsville.
Last Friday was observed as visi
tors day in nearly every school in Butte
county. The scholars performed" ant
teachers and pupils exchanged gifts.
Some citizens Of Evans City ar
forming company to develop the IS
inch coal vein lately discovered in the
Wahl and Stokey farms, below tn
town, and on the main line Of the B. q
..
Six years ago, last Wednesda.
week, Dec. 4, 1895, the Humes magazin
in the Shaffuer or Criswellhollow, blew
up, and young Bester and Black los
their lives.
Among the charges made by tn
husband Of Titusville woman, who
suing for divorce, are that she rides
bicycle and smokes cigarettes. She
60 years of age. What gay old girl.
Bat one s1hool-teacher a man fror
the northern part of the county wa
reported as being intoxicated, durin
the Institute; and as he is the habit O
getting drunk when he comes to Butler
his case might be looked after under tn
new law.
The general store Of r. G. Perry
Co. at Wick Station was robbed las
week for the second time in two months
Shoes, cutlery and dry goods to the va
ue of $50 were taken. The thieves wei
tracked as far as Wylies crossing an
it ia reported detectives were put 0
their trail.
The '.CITIzE." Office property hs
been sold to the Butler County Nation;
Bank people, but the Office will probi
bly, remain where it is up to about ii
LIST OF March next.
The bank people have also purchase
L. McQuistion's lot, which gives thel
lot GOxs0, upon which they inten
erecting q modern sky y-scraper"
A Sunday school superintendent
who happened to be a dry goods me
chant, and who was teaching class
very little tots, asked when he had fiji
ished explaining the lesson: Now, h;
any one question 90 ask?" A vel
small girl with Christmas presents {
her mind raised her hand What
it. Marthaf" asked the superintendent
Why. Mr.. Brooks, how much are tho
little rel parasols in your window
WORTH
While You are looking over the stot
of Furniture at Brown g. Co.'S. dor
forget to see our selection Of choice
grain Carpets also Rugs Nuggets
Mattings s-Oil Cloths, etc as well
our cou,n1a 1anortfnaut in Tauaofr;oa