Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-01-15

Ell. ", CHRISTIE, of the 4tE ward.
8. B Cross, of the 5th ward.
ARCHIE W DAVIDSON, of the I'd ward.
B. 81. JACK. of the 1st Ward.
JAMES NJ. MAXWELL. of the I'd ward
D. A. SLATER. of the 5th ward
Subject to decision of the Democratic
Primary, Saturday, Jan. II, II pm.
These open gas stoves and CRATES
are very dangerous.
Local Teachers Institute at Jeffer-
son Centre, Saturday. the oath.
-"Getting the cleaner put on is the
latest slang for getting beaten
The base ball war was settled with
out the aid of The Hague tribunal.
The snow storms of last week were
the cause Of some awful railroad
wrecks
"A Binghampton N. Y. woman
traded her year old girl for ton of
coal. Monday.
Wrecks and cave-ins on both roads
caused both mails and passengers to be
delayed last week.
Butler merchants lost about $500,
by forged and worthless checks during
the busy holiday season.
Its the man with the cheerful liver
that goes about now humming. I'm the
good old summer time"
The Gallery brick and tile works is
operating with 25 men and is turning
ont big lot of bricks daily.
The cold snap caused walking to
become fine art, and kept the plumbers
busy mending broken pipes.
According to the dispatches from
Chicago two-hundred thousand people
were out of coal at the beginning of
this week.
The petition of Daniel Wuller for a
new trial as to his alleged insanity has
been granted, and that trial ought to be
made interesting.
There is one good thing about the
almanac. Its predictions In regard to
the weather are just as reliable now as
they were hundred years ago.
Lookout for trolley line between
Butler and Pittsburg next summer,
either by way Of Saxonburg and Tar
entum or Glade Mills and Bakerstown
and maybe both.
A meeting Of citizens of Washing
ton county. was held at the county seat
yesterday, to discuss the "Flinn Road
Law" and other plans for improving
public highways.
Only four members Of the. large
Leinichs family of Tarentum, remain
alive. two having met with violent
deaths and three having died Of diph-
iberia within the past three weeks.
The troupe at the Park Theatre
this week, consists of sixteen people,
all Of whom know their parts. It ia
one Of the best repertoire companies
that Has ever struck Butler, and is play
ing to large audiences.
Not less than two, nor more than
ten dollars-five days in the lookup OF
thirty days in jail the new schedule
Of fines and imprisonment for drunken
ness, disorderly conduct, etc. on the
streets and alleys of Butler.
"A Kentucky Colonel is short one
COW. She deyoured twenty-three
twists Of tobacco few nights ago and
died in less than an hour. Tobacco
users, however, declare that she died
simply because she didn't know how tc
spit.
AN old resident asserts that eating
onions at least once day is a certain
safeguard against smallpox. There
may be something in 1t. We know lots
Of confirmed onion eaters who never
had the slightest attack of smallpox.
Ex.
Among the plans for Improvement
In the facilities of the Pc nnsylvani,
railroad is the widening OF the Wes
Penn division between Pittsburg ant
Springdale to make 1t four track line
Beyond that point as far as Freeport i
Is understood the company intends t,
establish three tracks. while east o
Freeport double track line will b
completed in the verv near future.
The Butler basket ball team de
feated Oil City at Oil City Frida,
evening and were beaten at Mead
Vile the next evening Butler men an,
boys are fairly mad on basket ball an
games are going morning. noon an
night in the Y. M. c. A. gym. Tha
the game is all right 10 shown by tn
sturdy boys 1t develops.
Cold weather always causes som
fires. DR.. McCandless' hired girl trie
to thaw out some water pipes in th
cellar Tuesday morning when the mel
curry was at Zero. The gas pipe nearb
leaked and the flames shot MP til
weather boarding Of the house into tn
attic. The firemen put in an appearanc
and drowned out the flames and tn
house. Loss about 81, 800.
Coroner Scholer of New York Q
Friday last, telephoned to the morgr
forbidding the removal Of the body
the young woman known as "Florent
Sheridan She died in Roosevelt no
pital, Sunday. as the result of dose
bichloride Of mercury. Later 1t w,
learned that the girl was really Marg
ret Stevick OF Freeport, Pa. On the a
ternoon Of Dec. 20 the girl ran ont
the house were she was stopping, N
"a West 46th st., crying that she hs
taken mercury by mistake. 1t ht
been supposed that the young woms
had taken the poison with suicidal 4
tent, but Coroner Scholer received Q
anonymous letter that led him to belle
that murder might have been commi
ted She was 20 years old, pretty al