Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-02-06
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

ZEN office. and persons making public sales
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
-Blacksmiths harvest.
-Biddle on the brain
Mt. Chestnut is now on the map tc
stay.
This little month of February starts
out cold.
Our Trust Co. is ready for business.
See card.
The ground log is getting in his
work proper.
-"Teleph one ear" will be the next
prevalent affection.
County correspondence curtailed
this week, unavoidably.
The Ketterer brothers make their
bow to the public this week.
Palmer Campbells house was burn
ei at Smithfeld W. Va, Friday
ID. F. McCrea has purchased Mr..
Gels interest in the Butler House.
The Filers Of Mercer are still taking
up coal leases around Slipperyrock.
The First Ward Hose Co. held their
usual monthly reception Tuesday even
ing.
We print a receipt on every paper
we send out Look at the tab on your
paper.
Equal parts of olive oil, honey and
paragoric make cheap and effective
cough medicine.
Very few people were in town, Mon
day. as the snow storm of Sunday had
drifted nearly all the roads.
The packing house of the Carbon
Works, at Saxon station, was burned
Wednesday night of last week.
The farmers of Buffalo twp. and vi
cinity will hold Farmers institute at
Sarversville Feb. 10Th, afternoon and
evening.
-Secy W. F. Rumberger says the
Hospital got $123.70 from the Bryan
lecture Kramer Bros. made no charges
for carriages
ALI people are alike. We say we do
not want publicity or notriety, but we
never refuse to let the newspapers pub
lish our pictures anyway.
-Seligman, the tailor. has received
his stock of medium weight and summer
goods and is ready to make them up at
his store on W. Jefferson st. See card.
About two tons of Pittsburg papers
came to this town. Friday and Satur-
day, that were not sold, and some peo-
pie purchased them for a trifle for the
coupons.
Lilly Lodge No. 26, Forresters of
Coaltown will hold supper and dance
February 81. 1902. Good music. All
invited. A fine pipe will be given to
the best step dancer.
A teachers local institute will be
held in the NJ E. church Chicora, Sat-
urday of this week. The forenoon ses-
sion will begin at 10 o'clock. the after
noon session at / 80 o'clock
The Grand Army of the Republic
will meet in their rooms on w. Jeffer-
son street, Friday evening to met De-
partment Commander Levi G.. Nc
Canley. All comrades and old soldiers
are invited
The Fourth Ward Republican cleo
tion board at the late primaries forgot
to file their certificate of nomination 18
DAYS before the election as required by
law and had to get on the ballots by
nomination papers.
The Keystone Dramatic Co. holding
the boards at the Park, this week, is
one of the best repertoir companies that
has ever visited Butler, and as they are
PAoy 1AS az POPuidi Pii(Oo, phCJ hofC
nice audiences every night
-Saxonburg had masquerade ball last
Thursday evening. Several Butler cou-
Piles attended and spectator says the
girls looked beautiful in their red, white
and blue dresses, hair hanging down
their backs, short skirts, etc.
AT the meeting of the stockholders
of the Butler Silk Mill. Ltd, last Sat
urday, the old company was dissolved,
and II new company organized under
the new charter, with same name and
$4,000 capital stock. The old Board
was reelected.
While the Biddles were being taken
into the Jail Friday evening Detective
McGovern said, This is a - of a
place to keep prisoners inl' A small
boy quickly piped out, Its good enough
to hold the Biddles and you too"
The country roads were never
worse drifted than on Monday morning.
Some places the drifts were to 10 feet
high. Butler people who drove out
Sunday were snow-bound in all sections
of the county, and could not get home
until Monday or Tuesday.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, Wednes-
dIy morning, while the thermometer
registered below zero, T. Fl. Burton 8
farm house occupied by Abner McCand-
less. on the Harmony road two miles
west of town was destroyed by fire and
the family escaped with nothing more
than the clothes on their backs Mr..
McCandless had two lanterns and gas
stove burning in the cellar TO keep his
potatoes from freezing. 1t is supposed
lantern exploded. McCandless had
stayed up to watch, but fell asleep. His
loss amounts to $780, with no insurance
Burton had $1,000 insurance on the
honse, which was a 1O-roomed frame
and brick. McCandless deserves help
The Biddle boys will not be able tc
read Ketterer Bro. s announcement an6