Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-01-01
--'03.


-Naughty-three.
Happy New Year.
Clearance and reduction ads. take
the place of Holiday ads. this week.
Our liverymen have fixed upon
a. so. cash, for carriages for funerals.
A ship arrived at New York few
days ago having on board 1858 imml-
grants.
They had smallpox scares at both
the Kittanning and Washington, Pa
Institutes.
Farmers Institute at West Sunbury,
January 7th and 9Th, next Wednesday
and Thursday.
-Ralston, the Jeweler, has moved in
to his handsome, new, three-story build
ing on w. Jefferson.
The boys reception begins at p.
m. and the mems at Z p. m. at the Y.
M. G. A. hall, today.
The Masons entertained their wives
and friends with grand ball in the
Armory; Tuesday evening.
The Health Department of Chicago
announces that lemon juice will kill the
germs Of typhoid in water.
The Steel Car Co. has lately booked
orders for 5000 cars, enough to keep
them busy for several months.
The tin mill at New Castle, and
nearly all the other big plants there,
will start up on Monday. the 18th.
The mercury got below zero for the
first time-this winter-yesterday morn
ing. 1t ranged from to A below.
Butler now has population OF
about II, 200. The assessors returns in
the Commissioners office show 3400
The show-windows of the stores of
Butler compared very favorably with
those of Pittsburg. during the holidays.
The spring election will be held on
Tuesday. Feb. 18th. next, and the party
primaries will probably be on Saturday,
Jan. "a.
The jewelry store of George Shaffer
of Clintonville, was robbed few nights
ago, for the fourth or fifth time within
a year.
The West Penn railroad received 40
cars of merchandise here one night re-
Gently for Butler merchants and manu-
facturers.
The almanac of the Philadelphia
lnquirer-a very useful and interesting
book for the people Of this state. is on
our table.
The B. g. o. r. r. Co. intends fol.
lowing the example set by the Penn'a
Co. and is raising the wages Of it's TWEEN
ty thousand employees. today.
The Good Will Hose Co. will bs
'.at home" today, at their rooms on JET
ferson ST. Their new hook and ladder
truck will be on exhibition. AL are in
vited.
--cAmpbeil q Bysrs' livery in Petrolis
vas destroyed by fire on Sunday night
Dsc. 81. 1904; and the hardware store o.
the Jacobs Bros. was damaged at same
time.
An incident of Butler county's pros
perity was the shipping OF eighteel
pianos, By express from Chicago to But
Ter. Newton had to send for them fol
Christmas presents.
The roof of the new bank building
was completed. last week. .and is surel.
. curiosity. Like the floors it is mad
of ashes, sand and cement, over a foo
thick, set in iron frames, and the slop
ing parts are covered with split bricl
about two inches thick.
The durbar procession at Delhi
India. in honor of King Edwards &C
cession as Emperor Of India, Monday
beat anything in the circus line tina
Harnum aver got up. Lord and Lad
Cursor formerly Miss Letter of Chi
cago) rode at the head Of the procession
on twelve-foot elephant.
On the Monday before Christmas
hundred tons of dressed turkeys, $500
liye ones, and coops full of chickens
ducks and geese arrived at the Monor
gahely wharf, Pittsburg, by steamer
from up the river-mostly from Charles
ton, W. Va It was the biggest poultr
market the city ever saw.
Forty large concerns in and abor
rittsburg paid out over six millions {
dollars in wages the Saturday befol
Christmas, and the aggregate of a
about the city was put ut eighteen mi
lions. The Car Works Co. here pal
out $52, ,0OO-two weeks pay, and all IL
concerns in Butler probably paid OF
about $15O.OO0.
The Butler Savings Bank will her
after be known as THE Butler Savins
and Trust Co." and is authorized, und,
the law and its new charter, to act
receiver and trustee
The Bank was organized thirty-fi'
years ago. and has been a uniform
successful and always safe institution
o credit to the town. The capital al
surplus Of the newly organized instit
ticn is 100000, the charter membe
are the Banks old stockholders, and II
names Of the officers can be seen
their card in another column.
LCST-Between Butler and Pre-
pect, on Dec. II. pasteboard box co
tanning flannel waist, black skirt, ct
Finder will be suitably reward on I
turning same to CITIZEN Office.
FARM FOR RENT-A ninety &C
farm near Whitestown, in Connpqu
Messing township, is for rent, immedia
possession Inquire of w. D. Brando
Butler, Pa.