Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-06
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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John Bulls jealous,
And that's no joch--Ex-
The old say ing about March-well
what about it?
The Y. II G. a. membership con
test is on again
Glenshaw and Erna are raid to have
some cases If smallpox.
Desirable houses for rent seem tC
be unusually scarce in Butler.
The property owners Of Mercer
street hare petitioned for paving.
Newton Las already sold ton or so
of the BiddIe Bros. song, at 81 cents a
copy.
, If you are good chicken thief
hunter, now j. the time to get in your
work.
The piles of spiles lying at Herman
and Dilkes stations BODIES no good fer
our forests.
The First Ward Hose Co. held a
smoker after their regular meeting.
last evening.
The chief wonder regarding the
food in the Allegheny was the rapidity
of the current.
The loss to the mills of Pittsburg
and vicinity by the flood are computed
in seven figures.
On Tuesday of this week the Insur-
ance Companies advanced the rates on
manufacturing plants 25 per cent.
The Council has ordered another
hook and ladder truck and authorized
the issue Of $1S.174 worth of bonds.
During the past few nights about
two-hundred, chickens have been alb
stracted from the coops of the 5th ward
of Butler.
A Pittsburg fat man has sent an or
der to our shirt factory for shirts so
inches around the chest and 10 inches
at the hips.
This week began stormy, and yet
some Of the candidates made consider
able '-hay"-in the corridor of the Court
House. Monday.
The Baldwin locomotive works OF
Philadelphia. completed its Goth thous-
and locomotive last week and celebrat-
ed the 10th anniversary of its founding.
The Eisler- Mardorf Dry Goods Co.
expect to open their new store by the 1st
OF April. Mr. Mardorf is now in the
Eastern market, buying goods. See
card
The flood on the Allegheny river
reached its climax. last Saturday even
ing and flooded P. r. r. tracks at Tar
entum. while the washing away of
Pine Creek bridge stopped all traffic on
the p & W.
About two hundred people waited
ct the P. g. w. station here, last Satur-
day evening, waiting for the trains to
come in from the city, 80 that those go
ing North could get away.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National bank of
Zslienople, to commence business on
$4,000 capital, and with the following
officers: g. d. Swain, president; Will
liam @. Gelblch, cashier.
AT the meeting Of the Town Council,
Monday evening, Dan1 Younkins was
elected President; n. Grieb, Treasurer.
at per cent; G. r. L. McQuistion, City
Engineer; and H. E. Coulter. Sec'y and
Solicitor at 500 year.
The entire gas supply of New Cas-
tie was shut off early Friday morning
by an ice gorge breaking the main in
Slippery Rock creek, 10 miles distant.
Hundreds Of families had no provision
whatever for using any other fuel, and
were compelled to shiver oyer. cold
lunches.
The great ice-gorge aboye the Penn
sylvania r. r. bridge across the Susque-
hanna at Columbia was one of the sights
Of the state, last week. In North
Carolina the town of Marshall was
wrecked by the flood in the French
Broad river and some lives lost.
-Chicora people were highly pleased
with the entertainment given last
Thursday evening by Miss Edith Gal
breath, the 12-year-old Ohio girl (who
shows such remarkable talent as an elo-
cutionisD and Prof. E. Otto Davis,
Theodore Keck and Percy Beighley.
-Portersville paid dearly for going
Democratic at the late election. The
fire fend visited the pretty village, last
Thursday morning, and destroyed the
Hays drugstore. McDonald's hardware
store, the P. o. building and the resi-
dence Of John McClymonds; and dam
aged the Humphrey residence.
The people Of Canonsburg, Wash
ington county. this State, propose cele-
bratiug the Centennial OF that town in
June next. 1t is town full Of historic
interest. The Chairman of its Commit
tee OF arrangements sent to this place
Tor copy OF the Program used at the
late Centennial Of this county, and it
has been sent him.
The floor sills, or "sleepers" of the
old Gilmore house lately torn down for
room for the Second Presbyterian
church were Of white oak logs, and the
bark upon them is row. after over sixty
years. az fresh looking as when put in.
As late as sixty years ago it would seem
no sawed floor sills were used in this
place. BY the way. in reference to the
Gilmore family. at that time one Of the
largest and leading families OF
Butler, there is not remnant of it now
existing in this town or county, save and
except one young lady here. This is q
rather remarkable fact.
The young people Of Butler County
who live in railroad towns, or in towns
{ near the railroad, who are not over Is
years OF age, can secure car fare al
special rates. and thus attend the Boiler
Business College and board at home
Inc trains make good connections from