Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-28

The Cubans celebrated their tirsi
"4th of July" last week.
AT Bruin Monday, North Washing
ton won to and lost to l.
Plans are being prepared for enlarg
ing the Butler General Hospital
Co. l.. has received their new
Krag Jorgenson rifles which throw
30 calibre bullet two miles.
Some of the stage people will now
take a rest until September, while few
will do stunts at the summer theatres.
The big railroad cut on the McCol.
Tough farm in Fairview wp.-s0O feet
long and so feet deep-was completed,
Monday.
-Sarver's store at Ekastown was
robbed Saturday night of $50, worth OF
merchandise. Several other robberies
have occurred in that vicinity.
All the P. Ms are getting presents
these days Mr.. Black of Butler got
raise of $500 which makes his salary
81, 1000 year, and Mr.. Bassler of Zelie-
nople is advanced 800, or to S1,700 a
year.
/ The explosion of a lamp caused a
small fire and lots of excitement among
the guests at the Park Hotel Saturday
night The fire department was called
out but the blaze was disposed OF with
chemical extinguishers.
Yesterday two horsethieves tried to
sell horse worth s175 to Liveryman a.
]. Dillmore of Mars, for $50. Dillmore
had them put the horse in the stable
and then came to Butler. Chief
Schultz captured both men and took
them to Pittsburg.
The annual memorial sermon to the
G, A. r. was preached by Rev. Comrade
S. P Long, Sunday evening in Bethany
Reformed church Beside A. G. Reed
Post, Co. L. Sixteenth, National Guard
in uniform and Spanish War Veterans
attended the services.
Dick Westerman's Harry Wilkes
defeated C. II. Johnston's Paul Glad
stone" for $4OO ii side and the champion
ship of the ut the old Millerstown fair
ground track Thursday. Wilkes was
formerly owned by Loyal McJunkin
and Gladstone by Herman Leibold, Jr
and are familiar to Butler horsemen.
The late rains were worth many a
thousand dollars 10 the farmers of this
county. All their steds were in and
things ought now to boom. More acre
age was planted in this county, this
year, than ever before We are told Of
one farmer near Prospect, who planted
As bushels of seed potatoes. The reason
for it is the advance in the prices of pro-
duce caused by the increase in the pop
ulation of Butler.
During an electrical storm that pass
ed over North Washington. Tuesday
night, the Lutheran Parsonage was
struck by lightning and destroyed by
fire with all its contents. Rev. Dickey
and family were not at home at the
time, but they lost their furniture.
The house was a well built frame and
we understand there was no insurance.
AT the special meeting of the School
Board of Butler. Monday evening, the
Finance Committee, presented state
ment showing that the receipts of the
Board for this year will be about S75, 900.
The tax rate recommended is the same
as last year, which was 10t for general
fund "a for building and for sinking
fund and interest, making a total OF II
mills. Teachers for next term will be
elected on June 8, all applications to be
in by June 4. There will be at least 10
new teachers needed.
We finish our 'Iand titles article
the part we copy from Albachs West
ern Annals-this week, and we would
like to have some of our older attorneys
and surveyors follow it with some rem
iniscences in that line. OF course no
body now living remembers the circum-
stances of the contention on the hill west
of Butler, during which one man was
shot. but there are those yet living who
heard the story and can repeat it; a
short sketch Of the Ch,w district, and
the dispute between those who held un-
der the Chews and the Purviance heirs,
would, also, be of interest.
The baseball season in this city
was opened before a crowd of nearly
one thousand people with what proved
to be one of the best games ever played
in Butler. The home club defeated
the Zelienople Reds to 5, catcher
Graham winning the game after two
out in the ninth and two strikes and
three balls called, by line drive to
centre, scoring Irvine. Captain Smith
pitched a splendid game for Butler and
with clean support would have shut
Zelienople out, all their runs being
made after chances to retire the side
had hean missed