Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Painters strike is off.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Painters strike is off.
Every dog has his day-but the
night is cornered by the cats.-Ex-
The steerage rate from England 10
PHILADELPHIA has been cut to $3.50.
Harry McKim's store in zelienople
was damaged by fire last Thursday
night.
The whole japanese Nation has
been yelling "Banzai," since last, We'd
nesday.
AT Atlantic City, Tuesday, man
was fined SIS for kissing his wife ION
the beach"
A broken trolly wire interferred
with park traffic for couple of hours.
Tuesday evening.
Who is Tor was) Butler county :
"mcst distinguished citizen?" Dom
all speak at once
The Grand Army captured Boston
this week, and the Jap army is about
capturing Port Arthur.
There will be blood on the moon,
Saturday. when the Meals and Can
Works base ball teams get together.
Playground Ave. has bunch oi
crap shooters who will make extremely
interesting police proceedings some day
When the Butler police fly up a
hill, Sunday afternoon, and descend
upon poker-playing party there's
something doing.
We will have the school-ma ms
with us again next Saturday-wh
they will have their "hand-shake" al
the Park
The Buchanan Co.'S bid to the stat
for that Zelienople bridge was $4,000
and it was accepted. There is no graft
In Pennsylvania.
IF all reports about the Harmony
''chicken farm" are true some people
are repenting in sackcloth and ashe.,
and others ought TO.
The beer fall in Butler is immense
Our bars are said to average ten barrels
day, besides the cases There art
about 500 glasses in barrel.
"A German court has decided thai
the discovery on the part of one of tw'
persons engaged to be married that th'
other has tuberculosis justifies tn
breaking Of the engagement.
The cantaloupes now in market
were raised in the southern states. ano
are tasteless because they were pulled
and shipped while yet green. The
Rocky Fords will not be here for week
or two yet.
-Saxonburg is one of the prettiest
towns in the county. The hotels there
are good, 30 is the mineral water; the
people show their refinement by their
taste for flowers, and it is no wonder
that the town is full of summer board
ers
Some Of our automobilists are max
ing nuisances Of themselves by DRIVING
their machines too fast on our paveo
streets, often endangering the lives am
limbs of those on the streets, beside
soaring horses. And drivers Of go d
horses are using our streets for racing
purposes.
Somebody has invented a safety az
pIiance for railroads that everybod
hopes will be success. The idea o
the apparatus is to cause any obstruc
tion on the track, an osen switch, brck-
en- bridge or anything that will break
the electrical circuit. to stop the train
automatically, and the model is said to
work all right.
Miss Ruth Hoffer, one of ii
wealthiest and most beautiful girls Of
Switzerland, will soon be married to
Gladstone Dowie, son of Elijah III.
founder of Zion City. Her property
will be sold and her money, amounting
to 8, 900. 900 be turned oyer to the Zion
funds. She may soon be repeating the
saying with variations, "A fool and his
(hep money are soon parted"
The county roads are in excellent
condition for driving, and yet our sports
continue to speed their autos and horses
on the paved streets. Perhaps this is
because they have to go up hill to get
ont of town, and for this one reason, If
no other. we would like tn see the state
grade and build a road up one Of our
valleys. A road up The valley TO and
around the Park connecting with both
the Mercer and New Castle roads
would do splendidly
One Of the oldest, and at the same
time most enjoyable reunions or picnics
that takes place every year in Western
Pennsylvania is the one at Goodville on
the B. r. & P. line near Dayton. This
years picnic or 'Buckwheat Reunion"
a. they call it, occurred on Wednesday
of last week: the Grove was crowded,
shout ten thousand people were present
mostly from tue three counties that cor
ner near. There was plenty to eat,
few speeches were made from the lat
form and everybody seemed to enjoy
the affair.
Saturday was gala time for the
Butler base ball club. Two victories
being scored in one afternoon. The
first game with the Car Works team re-
suited in score Of II to /, Hugh Nc
Crea allowing but one hit and striking
ont II men in innings. In the second
they took revenge on their old enemy
the Zelienople Reds. IL 10 8. They
pounded Joe Kavanaugh for IA good
big hits. Zelienople made 10 hits off
McLaferty. The fielding and batting
Of McCrea, Anderson, Bayers, Graham
and McLafferty was good to see.
-"Those travellers who have seen our
big trees ont in California will be sorry
to hear the bad news about the Grizzly
Giant the best known OF all the mon
archs OF our forests. This tree, the
pride Of the Mariposa grove, ia slowly
diving. and In little while will be a, .