Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The late rains were money in the
farmeIs pocketbook.
The stock markets took a turn. last
Thursday, aud prices are going up
Indiana county is celebrating the
centennial of It's organization, this week.
A Scranton man TASTED forty days,
to cure himself of paralysis-and he
died.
Some people take chances on the
street-caTs, and drive right in front OF
them.
A dog will follow a man without
penny in his pocket.-Ex. Whose
pocket
y large number OF good bankers
are needed along the Mississippi river
thes- days
The Springdale Hcse Co entertain
el the Coed Wills at a smoker, yester-
day evening.
a carload of hops from Germany
arrived in Butler, for the new brewery
the other day.
Ten niIlion bushels of coal in five
hundred boats started down the Ohio
river this week.
-Gil.s Gahaghan il tearing down the
old Boyd hotel on Centre ave. to replace
it with modern dwellings
The Liberty Bell was taken from
Phira. to Boston. Tuesday. 1t will be
feature In Boston of the Bunker Hill
celebration.
Some Of the county prisoners pre-
fer staying in Jail on bread and water,
to working on the Poor Farm. unless
given tobacco.
III chicken cbews its food with
its gizzarj, how can it tell whether it
has the tootbache or stomachache.
a-kei the small boy.
The 5:24 pm. B. & .. train to Allie
gheny waits for the Bessie to come in,
and sometimes makes the run between
Butler and Allegheny in one hour.
Snow fell in the Allegheny noun
tains, Monday morning. June 18th.
Along the p. II r. the ground was
white from Gallitzin to Conemaugb.
-Yesterday was railroad pay day in
Butler. The Bessie. b. II. & p. and Il.
~ 0 paid for May. The b X q p. is
said to have the largest pay roll in But
Ter.
The ladies OF the Prospect U. p
church will hold lawn fete, on the
evening of the 4th of July, during
which coffee, cake, fruit. etc. will be
served.
The School boards of the county
are advertising for teachers. The
Sec'y of.the Jefferson twp. board says,
Wages $45 per month; none but
pTOhcbsfOItdtb uccu Apply.
ALI members Of the u. V. L. are
urgently requested TO be present at the
meeting in their Hall. next Monday
evening. as matters Of the utmost im-
p,rtsnce are to be disposed Of.
The plans for cnlarging the Hos
pital have been accepted, and the con
tract will be given for same soon. The
addition will abont donble the capacity
of the Hospital. and will cost about
$4,000.
Yves Roes.ing has followed the bus-
iness Of undertaking for twenty three
years, or since 1880. and in that time
has had fye hearses His new one was
made in Rochester. N Y. and cost him
abont 5000
The body Of Martin ODonnell. who
died at Hsskins Hospital. Wheeling,
arrived in Butler. yesterday. consigned
10 Undertaken Berkimer. who took it to
Murrinsville. today. Mr.. O'Donnell
was 20 years Of age.
ALI indiana county focked to the
county seat for the Centennial celebra-
tion. this week. They had splendid
day, Tuesday. and the number present
was estimated at forty thousand. but
yesterday was too cool for comfort
The corps OF Penna. X r. engineers
lately located Mt w. Sunbury, surveyed
one line TO the north OF the town.
through the glades; and II the Bear
Creek route to the river In adopted,
that's where to road will probably be
built.
Twenty eight people from Butler
attended the funeral Of DIR. Moore, at
Whitesburg Yesterday, twenty three
Of them going by rail TO Kittanning. and
three driving from Butler Wes Roes.
ing had charge Of the funeral and hired
his henrse and carriages at Kittanning.
The following notice appeared in
the columns OF the Portland (Me.)
Argus "Stole or Rund away Been
loose him about two tree weeks Hees
almost black and white dog him tail
cnt off pretty close to my body some.
body find her belong TO him keep It,
Joe Bordeam."
---Privafes Fred Weist Jack Diamond
and CIaude Bntler OF Co. H. Sixteenth
Reg. were tried at Court Martial held
In the Armory Friday evening. before
Capt John W. Borlapd OF Grove City
for non attendance at the animal in
spection The first two were fined ~
and Bntler ~.
The fountain for Diamond Park hal
arrived and will be in place in few
days: and drain pipe IL being laid e
the street fountain, which will be pro
vided with coil ice box. the w. G. T
u. women having agreed to furnish tn,
ice II the County Commissioner woul,
pnt In the box.
--Our OF the novclsta. referring {,
his hero, says
His countenance fell
Eis voice broke
His heart sank.
His hair roea