Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL,


painted inside and out
"A white blackberry is the latest
freak Of Nature. Ii il called the Ice
berg.
Some coal in Clay and Centre twps.
changed hands lately at $50 TO $40 an
acre.
Route "a from Karns City TO Hook
er and the country north Of il. is again
in operation.
The Steel Car Co. averaged IS cars
day, last month, or $50 cars in all,
worth fS64. 900.
The Finance Committee Of cur
School Board has fixed upon a 17-mil
rate for the coming year.
-HK. Elliott Of Buffalo twp. killed
seven blacksnakes, averaging about five
feet each, in one day recently
Quite number Of people in Butler
now nee crude petroleum on their gar
deus to kill the worms and bugs.
The Cottage Hill Land Co. have 900
of the finest varieties Of maple trees set
ont along Muniz, Patterson and Chris
tie Aves.
The salary of the postmaster At
Freeport has been raised from $l400 to
$500. and of the Emlenton postmaster
from $1,000 to $500.
-Cnicora has boom on at present;
the salary of her p. VI. has been raised
TO 81, 800. and she wants branch road
to the 4. & w. now building.
With The rohins, catbirds, bluejays,
orioles. song sparrows and red birds to
encourage fellow these spring morn
iugs life isD't 50 bad after all.
The dry weather With its compile
ment Of dnst has been very annoying to
town people. but it has enabled our
farmers to get in their oats, potatoes
and corn.
The Allegheny and Western Co.
bought several farms at the junction OF
its road with the Bessie. and ia laying
ont town there. 1t is n mile or 50 this
side Of Euclid.
The band concerts given by the
Germznia and French bands on the
steps Of the Court House. last Friday
and Saturday evenings, were enjoyed
by large crowds.
The contractor for the paving OF
w. Penn ST. has large force OF men
and teams at work grading. A cut of
seven feet will he made on the hump ia
front OF Dickey's.
-Mars-the town OF Mars, Butler
county. Pa lis progressing. She dedi.
Gated new NJ Z. church, last Sunday,
and broke ground for new Presby-
terian church. Monday.
-During dusty weather people who
SO bugey-riding should keep of the
llaved streets. Many people were driv-
eli from their front porches last Sunday
evening by the dust raised by the bug
ey-riders
- The house Of James Elliott in
Franklin twp. was burned. some days
ago. The FIRE originated from defec
tive hue. Part Of the contents was
saved. Loss about 5000, with small
Insurance.
Residents OF Wayne st. and tbs
Island are impatient to have the new
bridge over Connoquenessing creek com
pleted. Work Is progressing very slow
l,'. and they think the contractor might
need probing with sharp stick.
80 The house OF John Keefer OF Butlei
twp was entered. last Sunday, and rob
bed Of sG5. which had been-paid to Johr
Saturday after banking hours, and &c
cr,eted in the house. Some months agt
two men who were boarding there wer'
rubbed OF their watches and money.
Some more heavy pieces for tina
great burglar-proof vault arrived In
Butler. last week and this, and the wa,
they were handled-with frames, jack
and crowbars-was something new II
: Butler. One piece was said to weigi
twelve tons The steel frame of th'
vault will weigh about thirty tons ant
IL will be- lined. inside with asbestos
outside with marble.
All well-regulated newspaper Office
possess bible. and as our Office cat at
our old one. we were compelled b
invest 81 30 in new one the other day
1t might be well to note here that eigh
million Bibles are printed every yea
and the scriptures are read today, i
more than four hundred different Ian
guages. The American and English B
BILE societies have done more to sprea
the gospel word throughout the worl'
han all other agencies.
What we call the New Castle road
on the hill west OF town, 10. mt present
full OF ruts. and is, perhaps. as rough
piece Of road as there is in the county
though on high ground. A new roa
should be build out that direction. an
II should 10 mp Sullivan run. where
would have as easy grade as has th
street car line to the Park; and no.
that the State proposes paying tive
thirds the expense Of some good road
we would like TO see Butler twp. lea
Off in this matter.
Butler county oil wells produce
: some wonderful stuff-stuff that woul
make hair grow on n billiard ball, cui
rheumatism, make n man stop drinking
etc, but the Sour Lake district
Texas has us beat mile. They haye
well there whose waters do miracle
According TO the News Of that plat
some OF the old Spindle Top boys, WI
went there with compilations the COLI
OF a half ripe pumpkin, now loom U
with ruddy faces like unto n well-ft
Englishman. and all, more or legs, hav
wonderful stories to relate Of the effic
cies Of the waters. One swears th,
have cured him OF lying (all oil ms
ought TO drink them If this Is true
another hsd hts memory restored; a
other invited his mother-in-law to pa
him visit: another recovered from
nancial embarrassment, while anoth
who had al syava an ffered with u xvaa