Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05

Butler is ITO nave Mutual Fire
Ins Co.
Butler is 70 have another brewery
three of them.
The Woodmen Of Batter will hold
their Memorial Service on Sunday, june
18th
The people Of Parker twp. will vote
in Al Buffers stable, this yearly or
der Of Court
The County Commissioners have
raised the dog tax to $1OO per head,
females $200
The Daughters of the American
Revolutions are going to Lave Hobson in
Pittsburg on Flag Day, June TO-
A workman at the lead works
some time ago il said to have lifted a
20. Containing $50 pounds of white
lead.
The new pipe line of the Producers
Co, from Coraopolis To Titusvile will
pass through the eastern part of this
county.
Memorial Day was observed with
spirit in Butler, but the fret big circns
of the season absorbed the attention CT
the pubiic.
The Sharon Coal Co. has leased
25O0 acres in Slipperyrock twp. at
cents ton for coal and cents ton for
limestone.
The Penn'a K. r. has decided to
put on n 20-hour train between Chicago
and New York, 9i2 miles, beginning
Sunday. the 18th.
$50, 900 fares were collected on the
Pittsburg and Allegheny street cars
last Friday, which means $42 800. A
pretty good days income.
H. J. Cantwell Of ST. Louis has sold
eight acres of the old Daugherty prop
peety GU E. Pearl street t. Jas Bredin
dand the Trust Co 70. ri5 COO.
Five hrnlred furnace workers quit
work at Sharon, Monday. TIE men
bave BEEN working f2 hoars day and
are striking for al hour day.
Edison, the inventor. promises that
his new electric storage battery will 50
lessen the cost Of automobiles that
everybody If moderate means can afford
to have one.
The Indiana Times tells OF vast
swarmB Of ants that are an inch long
and fy, that have reached that county |
As sign that they have come to stay,
they bite off their wings as soon as they
light on the ground.
-6dgg's spoke factory Sandy Wat
sons barber shop and ice cream parlor |
and old Mrs. Watson's dwellink house |
Ia Renfrew we're burned about o'clock |
Tuesday morning The fire started IN |
the facG,fy. Loss $1,000
Most of the iron frames for the |
main building Of the Car Works are on |
the ground. The pieces are being rivet- |
ed together by machines operated by |
compressed air. and the first frames
were raised Monday afternoon.
In 1860 Judge John Bredin sold |
John Negley, decd, ten acres in Butler
borough for 300. Six acres Of this |
tract Is included in the land recently |
sold by airs Mary Muntz, daughter Of |
John Eegiey, for $500 an acre.
There IL something akin to grim |
humor ia the action Of the union bar
bers at Oil City. They passed resolu- |
ton that after June the price of a |
shave would be boosted to Is cents; also !,
that 80 cents would be charged for hone !
ing razor Then resolution was |
adopted that for 80 days no union bar
Der would eat meat
The Volunteer Firemen of Butler
are making preparations for the Fourth |
Of July celebration at Alameda Park |
The program promises to be one of the
most elaborate ever held in Butler and
includes parade, music, dancing after
noon and evening" and there will be an
rangements have beeu made with the
b & o. (old p. 81 W. for special trains
to leave North and South, Mt 10 o'clock,
midnight.
Smallpox has become epidemic in
Pittsburg Yesterday six more cases
were discovered by the health officers
and one man died at his home Most
OF these cases were In the Thirteenth
ward. During the day over 1000 per-
sons were vacciDated by the resident
physicians Of the department of char
tiles. Over 1900 virus points were dis
tributed by the bpreau of health officers
and the supply was exhausted. Last
night an order was issued for a delivery
Of 5000 points day until the epidemic
has subsidized. The health authorities
say the situation is serious and more
victims will be found every day
Gazette.
Engineers Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company have completed their
preliminary survey of the new railroad
to run from the Fifth avenue station,
at the entrance to the East Liberty
stock yard. Pittsburg, in the East end.
across country north to the Allegheny
Valley railroad ard thence by bridge
across the Allegheny river to connect
with the West Penn railroad at
Guyasuta station. The survey provides
for four-track road between Fifth ave
nue. station aud the Allegheny Valley
road. The drawings and maps Of the
survey have been sent to Chief Engineer
W. VI. Brown, of the Pennsy lvania Rail
road company, Mt philadelphia.
Whether the route as outlined by the
engineers will eventually be adopted
will depend upon the Judgment of Mr..
B.own and that of the councils of
Pittsburg.
incidentally IL may be mentioned
that IL the proposed line is bnilt IL will
form n connecting link by means Of
which the Pennsylvania railroad in
terests will have complete belt line
around Pittsburg The line will be two
miles long and will have a grade of "A
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