Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-12-24
PERSONAL.

Miss Georgiana Crane IS home from
Irwin for the holidays.
ND. Fair. OF Brady township. visit
ed friends in town, Friday.
w. A. Miuteer, OF Concord township,
visited friends in Butler, Thursday.
Hon. W. P. Braham, of Harrisville,
attended to some business matters II
Butler, Monday.
o. Z. Waters, of Adams township,
attended to some business matters IN
Butler, Thursday.
j. A. Shakeley of Connoquenessing
township has moved from his farm tc a
lease on Little creek.
W. j. Marks and another Of the Bells
family were in a critical condition from
typhoid, yesterday.
a. W. McKibben, Of Clinton town
ship, attended the funeral Of a relative
in Butler, Saturday.
r. S. G.. Campbell, OF Petrolia, let
the light OF his countenance shine upon
his Butler friends yesterday.
Snpt J. 4. Spielman, Of the Butler
division Of the y. & o., has been pro-
moted TO the Chicago division.
J. NJ Emery and wife, of Youngs
town, attended the funeral Of VIM
Morris, at North Washington, Sunday
James Haggerty, a vetern hunter Of
Venango county, recently shot { Wild
turkey near East Sandy, that weighed
10 pounds.
John G. Mc1Iarlin, cashier of the
Butler County National, is able to be
about again. after a long tussle with
the germs.
J. G. Barr, Of Mars, Jno. Weigle, of
Zenenople. and z. W. Lowry, OF Bat
ler, haYe been drawn rs jurors for the
U. 5. Court, in Pittsburg.
Mrs. Lepley and Aus. Snanor of
Prospect and Henry Bishop of Evans
City have lately received pianos from
the Plttsburg Organ and Piano Co.
Chas. Ellenberger, of Fairview town
ship, served on the jury, last week, and
helped to nurse mis- SICK son and grand
daughter at their home In the Fifth
ward.
Adam Klink, Of Coaltown, j. n. Ir-
win, of Oakland, Japhia McMichael,
OF Clay, K. ID. Seton, of Clinton, j. W.
Sharp, OF Washington township. Z. Z,
Klever, OF Concord and A. w. McKib-
ben, of Clinton, were among our callers,
last Saturday.
William Marshall was the guest of
his brothers, attorneys, j. d. and Jas.
Marshall, this week. Bill used to be
star catcher for Portersville, Prospect
f.f. ar-.,lx
at Homestead, then one year in a minor
league and the coming season is with the
Philadelphia Nationals.
G. NJ. Nolder. the Carbon street gro
Ger, has completed extensive improve
ments on his residence at Third and
Carbon streets, making 1t one of the
finest in the lnsttute Hill district.
Since coming to Butlea Mr.. Nolder has
built two houses and a store, establish
ed good trade and has done consider
able real estate business.
Mrs. leah Keith, of Indiana county,
claims to be 112 years of age. she
thought she was dying few days ago,
and called in some of the nelghborlng
girls to sing the old ''buckwheat songs,
which made her feel so young that she
changed her mind as to dying She has
lived near Grismore in that county for
so years, but was born in Lancaster
county. When she was a young wo-
man her home was destroyed by fire
and the family records were lost. She
says she was % years old when her old
est son, Peter, was born. Peter was
killed at the age of so in the war III
1868. 1t is now 40 years since the war.
The summIno nm of these figures shows
the woman to be 112 years old. She
has a granddaughter who is grand
mother Before the centennial of Indi
ana county, which was celebrated last
July, AN effort was made to have Mrs.
Keith come to town to participate, but
her health would not permit.