Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-09-24
Concord Township.

The new parsonage at Hooker is near
ly completed and will soon be ready for
occupancy.
Rev. McNight of the U. P. church
held services, Sunday, in Murtland
school house and delivered an excellent
discourse A large Union Sunday School
is held in this place which is situated in
the centre of the Speechley oil field.
The young people at Troutman have
of the church at that place. The money
was raised through the efforts of the
young folks alone.
Mrs. Ida Jackson sold her personal ef-
| fects at public sale on Saturday. She
expects to remove to Butler where she
lately purchased property.
James l. Campbell lately of Magic is
now a citizen of Butler.
Frank Kuhn is erecting a building to
take the place Of one recently destroyed
by fire.
Curt Turner has commenced house
keeping in the house formerly occupied
| by G. c. Bowers, who has removed to
Mars, and P. o. Meal occupies the honse
lately vacated by w. Fl. Cope.
John S. Campbell expects to locate in
West Sunbury in the near future.
Rob Sutton, who has been touring the
Northwest is expected to arrive home
this month.
The Bell viaduct is rapidly nearing
l<completion. The structure is known as
tower viaduct. Its greatest height is
101 feet from top of rail to lowest point.
Coal trains from Ksylor pass daily over
| the new road.
Rev. W. J. Small has been returned
to Harms City charge to the great de-
light of his parishioners.
d. o. Pisor and wife of New Castle
accompanied by Frank Stoop and wife
| of the same place visited Mrs. Elizabeth
Pisor, Saturday and Sunday.
The new county bridge across Bear
creek at Troutman is ready for the iron
superstructure which has not yet
| arrived.
Several new rigs are up in the oil
| field and others are in course of con-
struction. A new well on the Mckee
farm promises to be good one. This
well is on the extreme western exten-
sion of the pool.
The Southern Oil Co brought in
nice 4th sand well last week on the
Reed heirs farm The Co. is drilling
several new wells on the Southeastern
extension and is rearranging boiler
| houses and steam lines to accommodate
the new drilling.
J.. FL. Morrow recently purchased
number of building lots in New Castle.
He has been offered a nice margin on
| the lots since their purchase.
| G. B. Morrow met with serious ac-
cident last week while trying to back a
wagon under heavy timber that had
been hoisted by derrick in position to
load. The ground was descending and
| in some way the wagon took lurch
and shot violently forward carrying Mr..
| Morrow with it, His hand was over
| the point of the tongue which came in
| contact with tree, badly bruising the
hand.
| Our schools are again in operation.
Ed. Troutman teaches at Hooker vice
/ C. Robb resigned and Mary Troutman
at Magic vice Cora Campbell resigned.
In some way travelling Snowman
secured the grant of the church at
Troutman and billed show for that
place on Saturday night The young
! people of the Epworth League took u
handsin the matter and succeeded in
having the show stopped 10 the chagrin
of the witty professor, and on Sunday
night the league put itself on record by
enacting a strong resolution opposed to
the granting of the church for such
purposes in the future. SILEX.