Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-02-13
PERSONAL.

Rachel K. Armstrong of Potersville
has been granted $12 pension
Mrs. Lulu Davis of Brady visited her
sister, Mrs. Harry Allen, this week.
w. T. Ross and wife of Butler juno
ltion did some shopping in Butler, Tues
day
r. d. Seton of Clinton twp. attended
to some legal business in Butler, yester-
day.
| A. c. Jamison of Cherry twp, is Gu +
ting timber on the Tom Wilson place in
Clay Twp
Walter Siebert of w. Wayne ST is
recovering from threatened attack of
| typhoid fever
Henry Horn of Saxonburg, says it is
| quiet there; and that we are having all
the fun in Butler.
L. M. Wise, Esq. secuted pension of
s. per month for Mrs. James Hamel of
Renfrew, last week.
DIR. j. J. Donaldson and family at
tended the funeral of his father, at
Greenville. Tuesday.
G. G. Offut of Zelienople has lumber
camp near Euclid and wants to employ
a male cook. See card
William McJunkin and wife of Chica-
go were the guests of his parents Mr..
and Mrs. J. d. Nc Junkin, last week.
William White has secured a position
in the Government Printing House at
Washington d. c., and left Butler,
Tuesday.
w. B. McCandless of McCandless was
in town, Thursday. BE is making a
success of the sewing machine and
piano business.
Edgar Aland of s. Main street is i'll
with intermittent fever at the home of
his aunt in Pittsburg, where he has
been working for lumber company.
Vice President Andrews of the City
Savings Bank of Detroit is Napoleon
of Finance, but he is now under arrest
for using million of the banks money.
Esq. Leslie of MiddAsex, J. C. Beigh-
ley of Connoquenessing, G. M. Camp
bell of Concord, L. III. Baker of Penn,
and Chas. Ross of Jefferson, were among
our visitors. Saturday.
The friends of Miss Pearl McMarlin
will be glad to hear that she has fully
recovered from the varioloid and has
been up for over week. No other
members of the family were sick.
Prof. J. w. Ritchie and wife, nee
Pearl Andrews, will sail at 1 p. m. Of
the 18th from New York for Manila via
the Suez canal Mr.. Ritchie is engaged
by the government as professor of
botany.
James G. Heydrick, a son of Jesse
Heydrick, and Miss Anna, daughter
of Rev. Cronenwett, were married at
the brides home last Thursday, by her
father; and left that evening for trip,
after which they will reside at No. Il
N. Bluff st.
Ed. J. G. Grohman, the druggist, and
Miss Elvia Coe, were married at the
brides residence, Tuesday noon, by Rev.
White, and left town for short we'd
ding trip, after which they will reside at
$40 Walker Aye.
John Campbell is back in Butler with
the brigade of men in the employ of the
great st. Louis Wrought Iron Range
Co., now doing Butler Co. for the third
time. Maj. Gen. Lollar of Texas is in
command with headquarters at the
Waverly.
William McCarten, young man who
keeps time for the iron workers over at
the Plate Glass plant and Mary r. Ball
a daughter of Jos. Ball decd, were
married at Pittsburg, Tuesday and are
stopping at the Waverly. Thew are
said to have had very brief acquaint-
enship The bride is very favorably
known and accomplished.
R. L. Blair of Weston. w. Va comes
to the front with an offer to put Mrs.
tour Blair has had experience in |
that he will furnish bail for her and
pay the fees of her attorneys if she will
enter into years contract to star in a
company which he will form Blair has
just realized on the sale of saloon in |
Weston.
Detective McGovern has received a
letter telling him he had but four days
to live and TO prepare for death; Father |
Walsh received one cursing and reviling
him for administering the sacraments
to the Biddles, while Rainey Hoon |
daily receives sweet scented epistles |
from lovely girls telling how highly
they esteem bis bravery, asking for
photographs and even limiting for his
ideas on lnatrimony. One is from a
young Indiana widow said to be worth
half million.
Mrs Soffel, after slowly improving
all last week is now afflicted with pleu-
risy, which will probably retard her
convalescence for two weeks. Monday
morning she sat propped up in bed for
while. During the last few days she
has been able to eat and sleep better
than last week. Her temperature
ranges about 100 and his pulse about
105 while breathing is short and labor
ed on account of the pleurisy. Her
parents and two Pittsburg lawyers
visited her last week, Frightening her
spirits considerably.
His majesty, Charles M. Schwab, of
the steel corporation, completed his
European progress and sailed for home
last Friday. AS we learn from cable
dispatches, he breakfasted Thursday
with the lord mayor of London, was re-
ceived by Kind Edward in the afternoon
and was dined by Sir Thomas Upton in
the evening. Readers have been pleased
to note the desire of crowned heads to
greet one of our American monarchs"
who as head Of billion and half
corporation, draws a salary that makes
the privy purses of royalties look like
thirty cents, but there have been some
things in connection with his progress
that we cannot 'stand for" One of
these occurred at the dinner Thursday
evening, when, as the cable says, 1.-The
orchestra played coon songs and Sousa
marches and Sir Thomas Upton there
after declared that it had been quite
an American gatheri ng"
The lowest bid for the building of
the End Presbyterian church was about
$25. 900 and the contract was not let
yesterday.
The County Commissioners of Ale
gheny county have fixed upon Monday,
the oath inst, as the time for hearing
the claimants for the S., 900 Biddle re-
ward.
The Executors sale of the John
Glasgow property in Clinton twp. has
again been adjourned, this time to Fri
day, Feb. 2sth, at 2 p m., at the Court
House in Butler. See bills posted for
description of the pro perty
Tho Library Association will hold
their annual Ru mmage Sale the SECOND
or third week in April; the place will be
decided upon and announced in due