Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-09-10

Administrators and Executors of esIAte
can secure their receipt books at the ClIl
ZEN Office aud persons making public sales
their note hooks
tR.AL AND GENERAL,
The Western ponies averaged SAC
epch.
Butler workmen can be very proud
of their Labor Day parade.
Photographs have become such a
nuisance as to warrant the imposition
of a license.
The Oilmen's Fair is now on at AL
ameda Park; with free entertainments
and Midway.
The last yacht race was run In
dense fog last Thursday. and again the
Reliance won Poor Upton.
Contractor Powell has completed
. two-story business block with three
storerooms, on West Wayne st.
A uan named Kcathley from Fay
ette county ia said to be about to open a
coal shaft on the Simon Painter farm at
Euclid Station
For the month ending Sept. 4th BAL
cases of typhoid were reported to the
the Pittsburg Board OF Health. That
tSwn needs filter.
BY the burning of the Allegheny
Transfer and Storage stables in Ale
gheny. Monday night. large nnmber
OF horses were roasted to death,
-Four people lay dead in Butler,
Tuesday noon-Col Thompson, Mrs
Parker (nee Seaton), Mrs. J. L. Jones,
and a Young nan at the Hospital
--.Tbe poke hat" says Mime Hunt.
president of the Western Milliners' Con-
vention, in Chicago, represents a NOR
al crisis" And yet it doesn't hook it.
As the game" season il but little
ever a month distant it will be well to
remind hunters from other states and
all aliens that they must secure IL
cense
Lawn tennis tournaments are now
lit" In Butler. A visit from Miss
NcAteer. the lady champion of the
u. y. seems 10 have stirred up interest
IN the game.
The Water Co. has sent out notices
warning the public of possible short
age in the supply Of water, and caution
ing against waste. Any leak at pres
ent is net wright
Even the Chinese have acquired the
picnic habit All the pigtails OF this
section have been invited to a great
Chinese reunion to be held in Home
stead Park. next Monday. the 14th.
The Standard Athletic Club defeat
ed Renfrew. Monday, at Renfrew. The
game was clean and interesting and was
won by the Standards by batting raj
ly in tne 7th inning The features were
the fielding OF Price and the batting Of
King and McLafferty. Score 8 tot.
The bridge across the Allegheny
river at East Brady was opened free to
the public last Friday. The commits
sioners of Armstrong and Clarion coun-
ties met at East Brady and concluded
the purchase from the bridge company.
The price paid was s37, ZOO, Of which
amount each county paid half.
One hundred and sixty teachers at
tended the educational meeting in the
Court room, last Friday: and all were
engaged Ito teach the coming term) ex-
cepting one. Addresses were made by
Professors Painter, Gibson, Fruit, Al
len, Penfield, Hall and others, and a
profitable, interesting and enjoyable
meeting was had.
With the change Of train schedule
next Sunday, Sept 18th. the B. & L. 4.
Co. will adopt Eastern Standard, or city
time instead Of Central Standard time
now in use There will not be any ma
terial changes made In the running of
trains. except that main line trains will
discontinue running into Exposition
Park on and after that date.
The crowd on Main street last Sat
urday evening was remarkable, and 80
was the business done by our store
keepers The grocery stores and meat
markets. bar rooms. etc. were crowded,
az matter OF course, but 80 also were
the 5 and 10 cent stores We dropped
into Connell IL Gront's during the even
ing and could not be waited upon
"A good way to use up the bits Of
soap that form from time to time In the
bathroom is to get out new cake be-
fore the old one breaks in two. Soften
the surafce OF both cakes little by US
ing, then press the thin cake against
the new. Let them dry together before
using. and the old piece will adhere to
the new and get used without waste
The Rocky Ford cantaloupe is with
us again. The little valley in Colorado
which supplies the world with its choic-
est melonsa variety that cannot be
successfully initiated at other attitudes
and in other soils will probably send
out between 15,0000 900 and 10000. .00t
melons this year, as the crop is estimat
ed as the largest in the history Of the
Rocky Ford district