Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

tneir note books.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The Dowager Empress is back il
Pekin.
No signs OF an early spring these
mornings.
Congress broke ground on the Ca
nal, Tuesday.
Prof J. E. Kocher of Zelienople
has purchased the Valley News
The New York legislature is trying
to pass law against goo goo eyes.
The Worhingmen's B. 81 L. Asso
citation has started new series of stock
Some Butler boys are earning ar
honest penny by shooting sparrows fol
the Cinnamon at 3 cents bird.
Ben Hur" will close its engagement
in Pittsburg on Saturday night. This
show is booked four years ahead.
Both parties in Butler will hold
their primaries on Saturday, January
25th two weeks from next Saturday.
james Jones of Allegeny who make
a sensational escape from the penitenti-
ary few weeks ago, was recaptured in
McKeesport, last Thursday.
There are wild, improbable stories
in circulation of large sums OF money
being won lately by some young men in
crap, card and graft games of various
sorts
AT meeting of the School Teach
ers Of Butler, Monday evening, Miss
O'Brien was selected to receive the
votes of the Butler schools for the trip
to Europe
On Monday the county commission
ers re-appolnted Joseph Graham to be
superintendent of the Poor Farm, Mrs.
Graham matron, and Dr. Zimmerman
physician.
1t has been ascertained by a learn
ed professor of Yale College that the
wicked work 80 per cent. har to get
into hell than the religious do to get
into heaven. Josh Billings.
-Goy. Stone has selected Wednesday,
Jan. Goth, as mckinley Day." when
all the schools are requested TO have
memorial exercises, and contribute to
the building OF National Memorial.
Somebody stole the mercury tube
out of Geo. w. Whitehill's big ther-
mometer, and Mr. Whitehill has posted
up sign saying that if the thief will
call he will be given screw driver
with which to remove the rest of the
instrument
In the coming spring the Sharon
steel works people will build 40 coal
miners houses on the McGonegal and
other properties on the eastern edge of
Slipperyrock. The houses will be occu-
pied by the workmen in the McFate and
Patterson mines
While widening the big cut at Eu-
cid last Thursday an immense piece of
rock was blasted out and fell on the
tracks. and it took six hours to remove
it. The 2:50 p m. Bessemer train was
held up nearly hours and the p. IN.
train, 2 hours
ALI certificates for nominations fol
borough and township officers must bt
certified to the county commissioners
net later than Friday, January 31st
which necessitates all primaries beinf
held not later than Saturday, January
25th
Co. Supt Painter has received
about two-hundred copies of Smulli
Legislative Hand Book of 1901 edition
for the use of the public schools of the
county excepting the primary schools
The Secretaries Of the different Board
will please call for them.
Some of our exchanges are doins
well in warning people of the danger O
natural gas stoves that have no fiue con
nections. They should see that the
combustion of the gas in this style o
stove is perfect Where it is not per
feet it generates carbonic acid gas tina
is deadly in its effects. often causinl
suffocation and death.
The Good Will Hose Company ha
elected the following officers for 1902
President, Stanton Hildebrand; vic
president, Andy Kemper; secretary
Ernest Faber; assistant secretary, Chas
W. Reiber; treasurer, J. B. Mitchell
foreman, John Lefevre; assistant fore
man, Adam Schenck: trustees, Georg
Heckart. Philip Smith, Adam Schemes
Mr. Kemper was awarded a medal fo
the year for being first at the hose hous
oftenest during the past year.
AT meeting of the School Boar
held Monday evening Truant Office
Henry Krug, was instructed to com
mence prosecutions against four or iv
parents who neglect or refuse to sen
their children to school. One man ha
told officer Krug that he could do notl
ing with his children and asked to hay
them sent away. Another had threat
en- ID violence to anyone who interfere
with the management Of his family an
said he would send his children or kee
them at home as he pIeased wffle tw
others said they didn't care whether til
little ones attended school or not.
A northern Alabama man, now
Batter says that when at home, La
month he arose at 6 o'clock, or ''ju
about daylight" and as daylight in Bu
Ter these days at about o'clock, his r
mark caused discussion. Northel
Alabama is about degrees of latitut
or 300 miles south of our parallel, an
it did rot seem reasonable that that di
tlnce should add an hour to each end
daylight. And it does not Here
Butler we use the time of the Phil
or 18th meridian, 20 minutes earle
which makes our o'clock but $40 ST
time; while his point in Alabama
about 10 minutes east of the St. Lou
or 90th meridian time in use there, ma
ipor bio x o'cIocE t;,na GIN c,r 49,