Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21
PERSONAL.


Samuel Smiles author of self Help, !"
died last Sunday.
Mrs. ]. L. Johnston has moved to the
s. R. Young farm.
Lewis Hays has rented the Campbell
heirs farm in Penp twp.
w. FL. Hilgar of Brady twp. visited
friends in Butler, Saturday.
Ross McDeavitt OF West Liberty was
in town on business, Monday.
CD Cook Of billiards enjoyed his
two weeks service on the jury
Mrs. Eliza Craig of Boydstown visit
ed friends in Butler, Saturday.
Mrs. Lyon. Mrs Brown and Harry
Mitchell start for California, to-day.
William K. Leight of Jersey
City is the guest of Mrs. John j. Reioer
this week.
John G. McMarlin. cashier OF the
Butler County National Bank is home
from California
w. J. Helm of Evans City and Clar-
ence j. Reiber of Butler visited Harris
burg, this week.
ESQ. Leslie and daughter, Mrs. Kind,
of Middlesex twp. did some shopping
in Butler. Friday.
Samuel Allen of Isle visited his son,
Harvey Allen of West Penn street,
Monday and Tuesday.
H. L. Pond, the millwright of Mt.
Chestnut, was in town, Saturday, re-
pairing the Walter mill.
G.. G. Roneymus of Harmony, who
has been adjudged bankrupt, has been
away from home for some time.
B. F. Hilliard County Surveyor, can
be found by addressing him at r. F. D.
40, West Sunbury Pa See card.
Miss Rose Wyant of Jefferson twp,
who has been spending a few weeks
with friends in Butler, returned to her
home, Tuesday.
John G. Girken, brother and son OF
Bath Beach. N. Y, were in Butler last
week, with view of purchasing farm
in Butler county, while here they were
guests of Jacob Reiber.
Charles Richey of the First Ward
Hose Co has on exhibition in window
of the Model cigar store baseball bat.
made by himself. which contains 2S0
pieces of wood artistically inlaid and
glued in place
Verestchagin, the Russian painter
who exhibited his pictures in this coun-
try some years ago, went down with
the Petropovalsk. He went out from
Port Arthur as the guest of Admiral
Makaroff to see the fight, and was one
of the victims of the tragedy.
Henry Bauder, the veteran miller of
Portersville, is serving on the jury at
the present term of Court For several
months past Mr. Bauder has been run
ming his mill till eleven or twelve o'clock
at night and getting up at four to start
it again. The throng times are due to
the mills burning at Prospect and
Wurt EN- burg.
Andrew Carnegie has given more of
his millions to the public. His latest
gift is the establishment of 1.-The Zero
fund" of $5,0O0,0O0. the income of
which is to be used for the dependents
of those who lose their lives in heroic
efforts to save their fellowman in civil
life, or for the heroes themselves if they
are only injured in their efforts.
provision is also made for medals to be
given in commemoration of deeds of
Yalor and heroism.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of
the u. s. Senate, is still hopeful of the
human race. Many younger men are
despairing of humanity because they
see some things which make them
grieye. The good old doctor. who has
seen more of life than any of us, and
perhaps lived more than any of us, is
hopeful He has seen the progress Ct
more than century as view ed through
his own eyes and those of his early
contemporaries. If he is an optimist,
there is no reason why any of us
should feel discouraged. He is in his
Saith year.
Commodore W. J. Kountz of Ale
gheny is critically i'll at his home at 900
Arch ST., aged 50 years. He was born
at Wellsville, o. in May of 1919, was
captain Of his own boat when but 10
years of age, and before the civil war
had become the leading river man of
Pittsburg His boats took reinforce
ments, arms and provisions to Grants
army at Pittsburg Landing. and saved
the day Then he had Grant arrested
for being drunk, and it was this that
brought out Lincoln's famous remark as
to the brand of whiskey that Grant
drank. In later years he has been in
terested in street cars, brick making
and other industries
Matthias Yost the popular artist of
liquid refreshments at the Hotel Lowry,
journeyed to Indiana, Pa, Monday, and
next day was welded to Miss Annie w.
Gompers, who for twelve years has been
chief clerk in the postoffice and one of
the best known ladies of that place, A
little romance is developed by the we'd
ding. Seventeen years or SO ago the bride
and groom were lovers. but something
caused estrangement, Yost-left Indiana
and went to East Brady, where he
married. Miss Gompers remained un-
married. After the death of Mrs. Yost
a year and half since correspondence
sprang up between the old lovers, and
the wedding results.