Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-10
PERSONAL.


VI. ]. Rodgers of Rattigan was il
Butler last week.
VIM. Mahood of Clay twp. was IL
town on business, Tuesday.
Alf. Campbell is in Grand Rapids
buying furniture this week.
Henry Dillman of West Liberty wa
a CITIZEN office caller, Saturday.
Rev. C. C. Badger has returned bach
to West Liberty for the summer.
James Patton of Concord twp. visited
friends in Butler few days ago.
j. C. Powell, the auctioneer, visited
friends in Butler over the Fourth.
S. NJ. Starr and family of Concord
twp. visited friends in Butler lately.
Warren Albert of Summit twp. at
tended to business in Butler, Saturday.
I'M. Armstrong and family of Salem
w. Va are visiting friends IN Butler.
Dora and Pearl Adams spent few
days last week visiting relatives IN
Butler.
| D. A. Thompson and daughter of Par
ker twp. visited friends near Butler,
yesterday.
w. C. Barron of Finlay o. came home
on the 4th. He has a nice production
near that town.
l.. NJ. Wise and family attended the
| funeral of Mrs Wise's father at Watts
burg Erie Co yesterday.
hon.
quet of the Wooster Alumni at the
Hotel Henry in Pittsburg
Chas, Knipple, editor of the Braddock
Daily News passed last week with
Cal. Stevenson of Centre twp.
John w. Coulter Esq. and wife are
spending the week with friends in
Emlenton and Crawford S Corners.
Mrs. Maggie Bell, nee Turner, now a
resident of Salt Lake City was the
guest of her sister Mrs. Thompson, last
| week.
Robert Kyle Of Flick has been granted
pension of $5 per month; Jas. O.
Dodds, Butler, So; Lydia Bowen, Evans
City, IS.
John kirkpatrick and wife Of Rem
frew are proud possessors of fine girl
since Sunday night The little lady has
| four brothers.
Chas Ritter and Earl Thompson are
| home from Seattle, Wash. and will
probably stay here. Will Ritter is
clerking in large department store
there.
Pennypacker and Pattison rode in
the same carriage in Pittsburg on the
4th; and Galbreath and McQuistion rode
in the same car seat, that day from
Butler TO Bruin.
A. NJ. Christley and w. z. Murrin
were the attorneys employed by the
Butler Co. claimants to the Biddle re-
ward. and the boys were well pleased
with their efforts
James Adds of New Castle; his
daughter, now visiting her daughter
here; his grand daughter and his great
grand son, four generations, were at the
picnic at the Park, Tuesday
William and Edward Lennon of
Canton o. sons of William Lennon,
formerly Of Butler, visited their uncles,
Andrew Lennon of Butler twp and
Robert Lennon of Parker, last week.
Carl H. Leighner while East passed a
successful Post Graduate examination
at the Philadelphia Optical College,
Philadelphia Pa. and had the degree OF
Doctor of Optics (Opd. G) conferred
upon him.
J. s. Murtlarid and wife of Concord
twp. were in Butler Wednesday. the
IsSnd, laying in supply Of fireworks for
| the Fourth. The South Penn is drilling
a well on Mr. Murtland's farm. Greece
City will eventually be the centre of
| the field.
Tensard r. DeWolfe was married a
| few DAYS ago to Miss Anna Fairweather
of Chicago. Mr.. DeWolfe is native
Butler and young newspaper man of
promise, having been engaged for
several years with the Pittsburg
Leader. He met his fate while attend
| ing school at Allegheny College. His
| bride is young lady of refinement and
culture.
This is Masonic Picnic day at the
Park.
There are run ors of more manu-
featuring plants for Butler.
Ice cream festival at White Oak
Springs next Wednesday evening.
The Steel Car Co. expect to have
their works in operation by the latter
part Of next month.
The extraordinary leakiness of the
| heavenly roof has caused many another
roof to show signs Of the same.
On Tuesday of this week, Geo. w.
Shiever sold his interest in the Eagle
paper and printing Office to his partner
Eli d. Robinson, who is now sole owner
of the plant.
w. C. Cooper. the tailor, moved to
accommodate the bank people, and has
now agreed to move again to accommo-
date a new g9nts furnishing goods firm
but he is not doing it for fun.
"A certain person who has small
garden patch springs the following:
He frequently has to cleanse his potato
vines Of bugs, and executes the in
sects by liberal application Of hot
water. The other day he picked the
bugs and poured the boiling water on
them, but without effect The bugs
swan about and crawled out of the
pail. He claims the only explanation il
that the bugs have become so acclimatet
to torrid w Gather that boiling watel
cannot hurt them.
The heavy rains Of July 3D. pu
Connoquenessing creek over its bank
that night The electric power hous'
was flooded and no street cars could rur
till 1890 am. of the Fourth. Race
jefferson and Willow streets were in
undated and great deal of damag,
, done TO gardens Buffalo creek in tn
eastern part OF the county is reported
TO havs been higher than at any time il
the past "a years. A great deal Of dam
age was done to fences and crop
throughout the county.
Z The hotels and boarding houses o
Millerstown are at present crowded
with the engineers and linemen VIII
, have been surveying and stalking for
. new railroad from Red Bank acros
Armstrong, Butler and Lawrence couu
ties to New Castle. The road, in tn
: eastern part Of this county, will follos
the divide between the headwaters O