Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
-"Telephoning without wires" will
be something in the air.
Alcohol will keep some things, but
not New Years resolutions.
The Eclectic Assembly will hold an
open meeting in the X. Of P. Hall, Feb.
1st. Everybody is invited.
H W. Koonce intends selling out
and is parting with his stock on hands
at hal f prices. See notice.
Tuesday was bank and insurance
company election day, and the doctors
of the county met in Butler, that day.
The Board of Health cautions people
against cutting ice within the borough
limits on account of typhoid fever
germs.
Ford City had a $50, 900 fire early
Tuesday morning of last week; and Dr.
Jessop and family barely escaped with
their lives
The Buttercup school will give an
other oyster supper in the hall there on
Friday evening the 18th. Proceeds to
purchase an organ for the school.
"A charter was taken out at Harris
burg last week for a charter for a rail
road from Clarion to Summerviile, on
the Penn'a low w-grade, in jefferson Co.
"A fruit tree propagation has produced
seedless apple. These new apples are
superior in flavor to the ordinary kinds.
High prices are being paid for the trees
"A western temperance woman has
been jailed for smashing a saloon mir
ror with brick. The remarkable fea-
ture of the affair is that she hit what
she threw at.
EARLY Tuesday morning the Orphan
Asylum at Rochester, n. Y. was burn
ed, and 26 children and adults were
burned to death. The fire resulted from
gas explosion in the basement.
AS some of our warships have been
sent to Venezuela. the American tar is
liable to get mixed up in the difficulty
regarding the asphalt deposits. each
side to which is ready to pitch in.
"A Pittsburg man got thirty days in
Jail recently for selling philters. COM
posed of dried dragons blood, to love-
lorn colored girls, for $3.50 per philter.
That is real cheap for dragons blood.
-Coasting talk in the barber shop
Cemetery hill-Fairview avenue
Them's peach--landed on my neck
make your eye balls whistle thought
I was sdead-mouthful of hair-good- bye
Curly head-Salamander cats and oh
Lord"
Occasionally there is a chance in
Butler for the man of humanity" to
ret In his work Last Saturday was a
cold day, and some man from some
where hitched his horse in an alley that
morning and left him stand there till
dark.
-Bruin is at present bare Of all civil
officials 1t has neither squire, consta-
BILE, policeman, burgess nor school di-
rector, but is full of excellent Christ
ians, like Esq. Kelly, who pray for the
good Of the community every night of
their lives.
Vermont" musical drama under
taken mainly by home talent will be
played in the Park Theatre Thursday
and Friday evening Jan. "a and 25 for
the benefit of the First Ward Hose Co.
The town is being thoroughly canvassed
by ticket sellers
The First Ward Hoso Co. teudered
q reception to Mr.. and Mrs Joseph A
Heineman Monday evening in the COM
pany rooms in the J. N. Patterson build
ing. The customary ribbon bedecked
rocking chair was presented to the
bride and groom with the compliments
of the Co.
We have received for publication a
number of interesting Butler township
items this week from Sim, but as we
don't know who Sim is and had nc
way of finding out we were forced to
omit the items. Correspondents.should
always sign their names to communica-
tions, not for publication but for linden
tity.
"A meeting of the Board of Trade
was to be held in the court house Mon
day evening but the attendance was moi
sufficient to justify calling it to order
1t was accordingly postponed until next
Monday evening when larger interest
Is hoped for New stockholders aud
directors are to be.elected and proposals
from new industrial concern are to bt
considered
The local w. g. T. U. entertained
the Butler school teachers Friday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Levi M. Wise
on North Main ST. An elegant dinner
was served at six o'clock, after which
Miss McClymonds read an essay OF
school work. The object Of the recep
tion was to promote the teaching of the
evil effects ofliquor on the human system
Among the guests were Mrs Wise.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Laing of Water
ford, Erie Co.
Official announcement was made in
Pittsburg, Tuesday evening, by the Car
negie Steel Company that it intended
erecting the largest and finest pipe ant
tube manufacturing plant in the world
at a cost of $12, 600, 900 on 5000 acr
site at Conneaut Harbor. the northern
ern terminus Of the Pittsburg, Besseme
e. Lake Erie railroad If this determin
alton be carried into execution the TIVE
greatest combines of recent creation
with J. Pierpont Morgan, John D
Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Com
pany millions ON the one hand, aud An