Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-05-15
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

10 Butler, on Saturday, the 3lst-
Teachers should note Supt. Pain
ter's list of dates for examinations in
another column
One reason offered for stable fires is
that the boys assemble in them, after
dark. and play poker.
"A true friend" says a jolly old
sportsman, lis one who will not contra
dict your fish stories"
Some of our farmers think the fruit
was seriously injured by the late frosts,
and others think it was not
The Gazette had scoop. Sunday =
Ms -S,ffels own story OF the whole af-
fair and copyrighted, too.
Mr.. r. s. Seeis will lecture in
Academy Hall, West Sunbury. on
Thursday evening, May 22d.
The real name of some OF the
pledges and promises made on the
iudicial nomination is gold brick"
Some Grove City girls have been
been put ont of church for dancing "a
res1lt of the famous Christmas ball
Eight Of the grinding machines OF
the Plate Glass works were running
Yesterday, and the strike is practically
over.
The u. g. Steel Co. intends spend.
ing sixty millions on three new tube
mills, to be erected in Pittsburg and vi
cinity.
The Misses Rockenstein guarantee
their a. SO hat to excel in quality any
thing ever before offered in Butler at
the price.
L. G. Wick has taken the agency
for ready roofing called ''Paroid, the
merits Of which are set forth in anoth-
or column.
Several Pennsylvania postoffices
were jumped last week, and amoug
them the one at Evans City-from o..
900 to 1890.
The structural steel workers at the
site of the Car Works are here and
will soon begin erecting the steel col
umns for the main building.
The Cure u Mfg Co. is some
thing new in Butler; capital stock 800,
900 Some stock is offered for sale, as
The Pittsburg Dispatch begins a
series Of beautiful art subjects as sup
plements to Sunday issues May 1S.
Don't miss this. Order at once.
We have agJ eed to sell an advertis-
ing agent, now in town, certain space
in our paper one time, but outside OF
that have no interest in his work in this
county.
The p. o. Dept stopped the mail
Of vankirk e. Robbins OF WilkesBarre
pending an investigation into the legiti-
macy of the their business-an endless
chain" scheme.
An ad In the News offers reward
for "five-dollar bill lost between the
gas Office and water Office" Is the loser
sure that he got away from the gas Of
fee with $5 bill?--Ex.
Two Of the three boys who held up
and robbed the old fiddler, James Can
on, on the plank-road, the other even
log, are under arrest. and the other
seems to have skipped out. They all
live In or near town.
The contract for the building Of the
First National Bank was let yesterday
to Henry Shenk & Co., of Pittsburg.
The building Is to be of stone and brick,
six stories and basement, and be com
pleted by the 1st Of January next, The
consideration is said to be about
$125,000.
There was very badly scared wo-
man on Main street. yesterday after
noon. Her little boy lost his hat, and
ran directly in front Of street car to
recover 1t. The car knocked him over,
and he went under 1t, but the motor
man got the car stopped. before the
wheels reached him. The lady is the
wife of VIM. Dietrich of Consequences
ing township, who, accompanied by her
boy and girl, was doing some shopping
In Butler.
The Pennsylvania and New York
Central r. RS. now run trains between
New York and Chicago in "a hours. but
the Pennsylvania proposes to put on a
17-hour train, the average speed of
which(exclusive of stops)will be 81 miles
IN hour. The run from Chicago to
New York viii be as follows:
Dist Dist Time
bet'n from bet'n
sta's Chi'go sta's
Chicago to TT. Wayne. 14s 14S 90
TT. Wayne to Crestline 181 279 2 80
Crestline to Pittsburg. .199 468 3 80
Pittsburg to Altoona. III 585 ....
Altoona TO Harrisburg. .132 III ....
Harrisburg to Phil'a. .105 822 49,.
Phil'a to New York -. 90 912 49,.
Pittsburg to New York. .444 -. 8 90
A big muslin underwear sale ID adver-
tised In this issue by The Modern Store.