Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


:an secure their receipt books At the Oil
ZEN ONCE. and persons making public sale
their note books
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Suckers ripe.
General Redup.
Cooking school at the Y. MI. c. A
Butler is having its annual dus
bath early this year.
j. d. Morris will open cigar stor
and factory at No 219 Centre Ave-, Sat
urday.
&C. Fl. Kemp, lately of the Willard
has purchased the lease and fixtures O.
the Lowry.
Have you noticed the beautiful
show window of Stella Pape's new Mil
llnery Store.
-Ipsterd Of calling her a ''type-writ
er, 'or '.twpe-writerist' what is the mat
ter with :, pc wright
The South Penn is said to be dis
charging al i:s employees who hav'
taken interests in leases.
Our furniture stores are ready fol
the spring crop. Did you notice thu
new styles in baby carriages.
"A small sized forest fire swept ovel
an extensive tract on Robert Henry's
farm near Buttercup, Friday.
Jack" Walker has sold his Mode
Tobacco store on g. Main street to {
Pittsburg man. named Moore.
Pres. Scott made dandy speech a.
the meeting Of the u. v. L., Monday
night. to welcome National Comman
der Brown, who also was very happy in
his remarks.
Millions OF gallons of water havt
lately wasted from the Pittsburg reser
voir, and the leak cannot be found
through through the big basin is nov
almost empty.
The Hospital has nine patients al
present, among whom are Engene Gaul
the Hickory street boy who had his foot
cut off Friday, and Coroner J. L. Jones
There are also some serio1s fever cases
An entertainment and pie social viii
be given in the st. Clair school in Centre
twp. Friday night, April A. Three
miles from Butler on the Mercer road
All are invited Girls bring your pies
The Guaranty Safe Deposit q
Trust Co. of Butler sets forth the objects
Of their company, and embody lot OF
useful information irN a handsome
pamphlet lately issued. You can secure
one from Geo. c. Stewart. Secretary
and treasurer.
A bill before the the New Jersey
legislature. to appropriate ten thousand
dollars with which to buy oil to EXTERN
mate the mosquito, was defeated last
week, one member asserting that the
bite Of the mosquito was the only sure
cure for rheumatism.
The days and nights were about OF
equal length last Friday the sun was
on the equator and coming NORTH, and
on that day, according to the calendar.
spring began. It was beautiful day,
and we were NIL glad for 1t and it's prom
ises, after 50 hard winter.
The u. 8. Electric Manufacturing
Co. OF Butler. will next week, ship to
Honolulu Hawaii. a lot of telephones Of
their automatic exchange system.
Their plant Is the subject Of an illus
trated article in Telephony" for this
week, with pictures Of the officials.
About four columns of our space
are occupied this week by the Mercan
tile Appraisers Inst for the year The
surprising number of 1856 people are oc-
cupisd in some kind Of trade in Butler
and the whole number of names on the
list for the County is 6ss
The Butler L. H. and MI. Co. will
shortly begin the erection OF new pow
Or and light house on the GoetE proper
ty on Spring Ave The building will
be heavily Commissioned for machinery.
It's size win be about 70xt2O feet and
cost $1,000. The total cost of the build
Ing. machinery and all improvements
will be $4,000.
The Round Table Of Superintend-
snts and Principals Of Western Penn
sylvepia and Eastern Ohio closed In
New Castle, Saturday, after two days
conference on educational matters. The
members OF the Round Table pledge
themselves to act In concert for the pas.
sage Of the State law increasing the
wages Of teachers
The Mpdern Store-dry goods
Eisler- Mardorf Co.-will be beauty
when completed. The rear end OF the
store room has been transformed into O
millinery department, cash stand and
public lobby or reading room, which
will be well ventilated and very conven
lent. The store will have preliminary
opening with exhibition Of easter good
Saturday. See list of employees in theil
adv. In another column.
Loud enough to wake up the snakes
IL IN old saying. Thunder, the noise
made by the discharge of electricity
from the clouds to the Earth, is said tx
Fake-np the snakes and yet IL the fol
lowing story by o correspondent Of th,
acisntific American is true the snake.
need not fear lightning.
while waiting for q bridge car
was attracted by q commotion among
the employees at the barns Upon in
vestigating matters | learned that ar
ordinary garter snake about 90 inche
long had been discovered in one OF tn,
repair pits, and the men proposed t,
electrocute 1t, the snake having beer
atunned sufficiently by blow to enabl
them to get it MP on the track. On,
end OF loose wire was connected will
the trollv wire overhead, the lower enc
being coiled about long stick for con
yenience OF handling.
The snake was then laid out with it
tail held firmly ON the track. it's bod,
being 10 arranged as to quickly demon
Gtrate whether or no snakes are goot
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