Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Ralst0n n Smiths Jewelry.
Admihislr Asors and Executors of estat
can secure their receipt books at the CiT
ZEN once. and persons making public sale
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The hunting season opens today
the 10th.
Two dental Offices OF this town hav'
latsly been robbed Of their gold foil.
The growing wheat is looking fin.
In this section and will be in great
shape for winter.
Very few people realized till Sun
day how absolutely dependent we now
are upon reservoir water.
An effort is being made to settle the
accounts of the defunct Standard Ex-
change on IS per cent basis.
The school teachers of Lawrence
county are holding their 51st annual in
st:tute in New Castle, this week.
The Good Will Hose Co." of But
Ter was twenty five years old last Sat
urday. 1t having been organized. Oct
10, 1873
The paving Of Ziegler Ave. is being
delayed by alack of brick; that Of w.
Penn ST will probably be completed
this week.
A young man named Allison OF
Cherry twp. is said to haye attempted
suicide BY the laudunum route. last Sat
day night
Butler merchants show windows
are Frightening up with fall goods and
shows that there is no excuse for shop
ping In the city.
-BeeF cattle are way down in price.
Farmers who bought yonng cattle a
year ago for feeders have suffered
heavy loeses by the drop.
A Jefferson county boy was lately
bitten by a copperhead concealed under
stone. but his life was saved by whis-
Ky and cauterizing the wound.
Butler was waterless, last Sunday.
while at Patterson. N. ]. they had 80
much in the river, and out Of it, that
several thousand people had to leave
their homes and seek safety on higher
ground.
Tho Boston club won the final and
dsciding game from the Pittsburg club.
et Boston. Tuesday; and considerable
Pittsburg money went to Boston. One
butler man b said to have lost $500 on
that game.
We are under obligations to Hon.
J. B. showalter for q copy Of the Ne
mortal addresses in Congress on Lin
coin. Garfield and Mckinley; also to
Hon. Thos. BAYS for 1908 Legislative
Hand Book
The town Of Clarion will be ''out Of
the woods" In = year or two. The p.
b. r. Co. intends building q branch to
It from 6ommerville on the low grade;
and the B. q O. is thinking Of rebuild
Ing IT. branch.
Last Thursdsy afternoon the Cath
olic church bell in Kittanning was toll
I'd for one hour In honor Of the late John
Cilpln, whose will provides that the
church shall be paid 500 annually 80
long as the bell il tolled one hour, each
year. on his birthday.
in some neighboring towns many.
girls and women have been duped into
giving their photographs and money to
men who claimed to be making . col
lection Of pictures for beauty show"
to be exhibited. at the St. Louis Exposi-
tion next year. It is pronounced a
fraud.
"A party Of workmen had q battle
with : wildcat in the woods in Wash
ington county. the other day. A large
Shepherd dog discovered the cat, gave
battle. and was killed by it. The men
hurried to the scene. and tho man who
was in the lead, was Immediately at
tackled by the infuriated animal, which
would have made made quick work Of
him had not his companions gone to his
assistance with clubs. The wildcat was
finally disposed Of. but not before the
hrst man received number Of ugly
wounds. The cat was almost three
feat long::weighed 80 pounds.
Taking up church collection, than
which usually nothing could be much
mider. h . rather strenuous affair in
New. Castle. Last Sunday when the
collection was being taken in st. Mary's
Polish church member who objected
10 the pastors appeal for money. kicked
the collection basket from the hand of
the collector, riot followed in which
several people were badly bruised, and
the pastor had to summon the Sheriff to
protect his life. The pastor seems also
10 belong to the church militant, as sew
sral informations were later made
against him for assault and battery.
"A charter has been granted to the
pittsburg. Summerville q Clarion r. r.
Co. With capital stock Of el50. 900,
which will be increased to e8O0, 900 or
ov00, 600 In short time. The contract
foe the grading and track laying has
boon let to Col. Jas. "A. Bennet Of
Grsensburg and Daniel Nolan Of Rey-
1Oldsville. The road runs from the
pennsylvania railroad at Summerville
- Clarion, distance OF about II miles.
There will be branch line Of four
miles from Strattanville to Mill Greek
on the Clarion river for the purpose Of
opening up the Marvin & Rulotson tim
ber tract, which is said to contain near
" 100, 900, 900 feet Of virgin pine, hem
lock and other timber.
III all the land owners took q local
paper. and all the local papers publish
81 the property transfers. such swim
de % was perpetrated in Greensburg
lately. could not have happened. Two
strangers appeared in that town some