Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

their note books.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Gentle Spring cannot come toe
Easter Sunday falls this year on
April 10.
Easter bonnets loom up in the din
distance.
-March's lamblike beginning is very
pleasant.
The "Knicker Spot" is the latest in
dress goods.
Even the man with a weak intellect
may be headstrong.
The more trouble some people haye
the more they want TO borrow.
The robin -redbreasts" have return,
ed from their southern outing.
The big steel company expects to
spend thirty-six millions enlarging ita
plants, this summer.
"A new coal mine is being opened on
the McKim farm. near Freeport. and
along the Butler branch
Up to May 18th next we will receive
subscriptions for the New York Tri-
bunc-Farmer at 80 cents each.
With the exception of those who
are serving time, the twenty-five prison
ers in the county jail will get a hearing
next week.
The Parkins meat market in the 1st
ward and the Oren & Co. store IN the
3D. ward. were both entered by thieves,
last Friday night.
Quite number of new houses in
Butler have lately been finished, and
the number of fittings is surprising
for this time OF year.
The high wind of last Saturday
blew down great number Of derricks
in this county In the Speedily field the
number was stated at $50.
The Borough has cold s13, 900 of it's
1000 Of bonds, and has but $5, 900 left.
These bonds are good investment at
81 az you pay no state tax. See adv.
Saturdays gale put down nine rigs
in Middlesex twp, blew the steeple of
the Bakerstown school house, blew w.
j. Pacoe off load Of hay and did other
damage
-Therepertoire company at the Park.
this week. is not only one Of the best
that has ever struck the town, but is al
10 the most industrious. They show up
twice day.
We understand that charter will
be applied for by some Of the South Side
property holders for Water Company.
They control. about thousand build
ings lots, and mean business.
They had lots of wind and water in
Pittsbnrg, last Saturday. The wind
blew at AZ miles an hour, and toppled
over some houses; and the water In one
river was 27 feet deep and in the other
%.
--Small-p -pox Is spreading in Venango
twp. and Mrs. Vorous was reported
Monday to be very serious and perhaps
dying. One school near Crawfords
Corners has been closed on account OF
the disease.
The mail carrier on the route from
Petrolia to Middletown had TO shoot
one horse, y few days ago, and has an
other invalided by bis work, and the
route from Karns City through Hays
vile has not been operated some time.
Butler was lively enough Monday.
the stories OF the shooting affair circu-
lated through the town; there was a
fight around the corner, run-of and
serious accident down Main st., Court
was In session, and there was good
show In the Park.
The following will be Of interest TO
. number Of people: "A certain gram
matical question Is again answered by
. bulletin from Washington, which
says that the Committee ON Revision OF
the Laws In revising the penal code,
changes Section second OF Chapter III,
10 read that that the United States IL,
instead OF the United States are, as 1t
was formerly stated"
Both houses Of Congress passed
what was called the omnibus" appro-
priation bill, Tuesday; and among It's
items IL one OF GEO, 900 for site for q
postoffice or government building In
Butler. but at the price asked for Main
st. property, just now, In the business
section, that would only buy 20-foot
lot However, the east end Of the Dia-
mond or public square might be secur-
Cd Tor that amount
Fifty years ago stranger on horse
back arrived one evening In zellenople,
stopped ut the hotel there and disap-
peared. He was supposed to have car.
ried large amount OF money on his
person, and there were some suspicious
Of foul play. The finding Of human
skeleton while excavating for the cellar
Of the new Stokey house, Tuesday, has
revived the story OF the stranger who
disappeared.
Announcement was made at Berlin
that scarlet fever serum had been dis
covered which seemed full OF medical
promise. Experiments were said 10
have been conducted by DR.. Aronson,
which were quite successful The re-
suit Of these experiments was announc-
cd by Prof. Baginsky, the head Of q
Children's Hospital OF Berlin. He is
therefore, In u measure responsible foi
the announcement Of tho therapeutic
value OF the Aronson serum.
I'm the show window OF one OF oui
groceries, the other day, there were OF
display several. splendid heads Of cauli
flower, ut from 25 to 40 cents each
They came from California, Ms did alst
the celery and oranges in the same win
dow. while the new potatoes we're from
Cuba. the strawberries from Florida
the cress and parsley from w. Virginia
the spinich and lettuce from Ohio, ant
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