Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-18

II yon will drop us postal card.
giving the name Of your present y
Office as we'll as the new Office and
the number of the route, it will }
greatly simplify matters and aid
both us and the postal authori- !
ties. ,
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All the Butler railroads are making
more yard room
Michigan peaches are selling in But
Ter at - per bushel
The last excursions of the season"
are being advertised
You can excurt to Niagara, Satur-
day, for a. See notice
Fairs -Stoneboro. Sept 30, Oct. l.
2; Dayton. Sept. 80. Oct. 1-3.
"A rig belonging to Nickels & Magill
on the Rankin heirs, burned, Tuesday.
Don't forget Senator Wellington's
lecture in Y. NJ. G. A. Hall, next Tues
day.
When you want some books bound
do not forget the Butler Book Bindery.
Bee card.
Somebody ought to lhalf) kill the
fraud who is around taking subscrip-
tions for Butler papers.
Complaints have been made regard
ing the condition of the roads Of Clear
field and other townships.
Dam the Ohiop-is the cry all
along the river, and they are holding
meetings In favor Of II, too.
The late frosts hurt the buckwheat
Of this section, and from the west come
reports Of injury to the corn crop.
AT Huntington. last Thursday. a
Jury awarded Miss Keim s0.250 from
Prof Brumbaugh, for breach OF prom
ise.
"A lost boy in Pittsburg joined the
crowd with bells. and by crying lost
boy" lost boy" helped to find him
self
An "Oil Country Reunion" will be
held at Alameda Park on Saturday, the
9th. Program and particulars, next
week.
M. Reichert of Jacksville will have
public sale of stock, wagons, buggy,
farming implements. etc, on Tuesday,
Oct. Z.
Down In Pittsburg the President Of
She Select Council cannot secure quo
ram to hold meeting, owing to the
railroad war.
Robert Mcbride will have a public
ssle on bis farm in Franklin twp, Q
miles from Unionviile. on Thursday,
Oct. Q, at 10 a. m.
1T is not generally known that law
was passed by the last Legislature by
which the excess Of dog tax is to be used
for school purposes
up in Erie they celebrated the an
nivsrsary Of. Perrys Victory. last
Thursday, They did the same thing
here. "befo' the wah."
The ability and dispatch with
which Judge Miller Of Mercer transact
cd the business Of our Court, last week
and this, have been generally commend
ID by our Bar and people.
Sheriff Hoon and Jim McMarlin
took Jerry Bennett to the pen, on the
early train, yesterday morning. Jerry
attempted suicide by setting fire to his
mattress during the night.
-eince The price Of tar has beer
pitched 80 high bY the combine 1t costs
20 cents yard to put the stuf on O
newly paved street, and that is the rea'
con there's none going on West North.
The human walking machine moves
Systematically, until ones heel touches
fruit rind-and then there is sudder
stop. with sprained foot or ankle tt
interfere with the machinery for few
days
Since our Charley fixed up hiI
handsome. new show windows all th'
girls stop to lnok at them-and also a
the things in them. Douglass bool
store will be filed with pretty presents
for the next holiday season.
About sixty years ago a mob, or
esnized In the northern part Of th,
county. started for Butler. with the In
tsntion Of breaking into the Jail ant
killing Mohawk. but they were met oi
the way and talked ont Of 1t.
Tho FIRST work on the Allegheny
Western railroad was commenced las
week on the farm Of Prothonotar.
Mccullough In Fairview twp. TIL
hills on this farm and on the McLaugIl
Tin farm are the highest on the road.
An agent OF the Lake Coal Com
psny, has taken options on 2,7s2 acre
Of land In Fairview and Concord town
ships. at rate Of $20 per acre, TO b
paid on or before July 1. 1908 TIL
options aggregate $55, 200. The OF
tions are said to be taken on the strengt
OF the new railroad being built acros
the county connecting the Besseme
road with East Brady.
Considerable iron-in posts an
beams-is going into the new Nations
Bank bnilding. but the building wi
not have an iron frame. heavy brio
walls being deemed sufficient to carr
the six or seven stories. Down In Pitt
burg. every day, crowds stand on Woo
81. aud Fifth Ave. watching the mer
now working on the 18th or 18th stor
Of the new bank building. placing th
iron or steel uprights and beams In p'
sition. and bolting them together.
looks like very dangerous work. but Q
far WE have heard OF no fatalities ther'
The building is TO be about twenty-se'
On stories high. They began layin
brick on the ledge OF iron about for
stories mp. and workmen are facing ii
iron frames Of the lower stories viii
stons.