Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Trailing arbutus is ripe
Blanket your fruit buds.
The daffodils are blooming.
%, summer. where art thou.
The boss painters are standing pat
April and oysters wiilIso ont to
gether.
The plow is turning the furrow
this week.
One good old fashioned winter" il
lifetime is plenty.
One ray of sunshine does not make
summer Stick to your fannels-
The Butler borough appeals began
last Friday and will end next Monday.
The schedule FOR the Teachers Ex
aminations for this year appears in an
other column
Geo. w. Whitehill, the plumber, il
remodeling his storeroom, with model
bathroom in the front window.
beginning next Monday the BR&P
will run passenger trains over its new
branch from Punx'y to Indiana.
The Central Hotel in Petrolia has
changed hands, Albert Swager of New
Kensington being the purchaser.
The jury in the case Of Starr VS. the
w. & A R. r. Co. were out all night.
but finally agreed upon $175i damages.
Roy Mccartney on Tuesday pur-
chased the late J. L. McKee's pharma-
cy in the Stein building, on S. Main st.
Butler township has five hundred
voters, il divided by the creek and
town. and asks for more Convenient pol
ing places.
The street-car on Centre and Zieg-
Ter Avss. began running over the line,
last Saturday. and everybody took
free ride that evening.
Men in Chicago are carrying sword
canes 10 defend themselves from thugs
The women carry hatpins. which an
swer the same purpose.
= Our comps for the Worlds Fair
have arrived and as soon as our air
ship is completed, we intend spending
our evenings IN the Pike.
1t looks odd to see crowd of Amer
leans watching crowd of foreigners at
work. Yon can see it at the sites or
either the old or new theatres
"A successful rat show was recently
held at Cheltenham. England. There
were sixty exhibits Of black, gold, gray.
white, piebald and tan rats.
: The chess tournament began at
Cambridge Springs, Monday. A num-
her of American and European players
are contesting for the $1,000 prize, and
the glory.
The wheat in the ground of this
county looks worse now than it did
some weeks ago. There will be a very
small crop. Some farmers are sowing
grass seed over it.
The Third Ward was in tremendous
evidence in the Commissioners oftice,
yesterday. Any man who wouldn't be
aCounty Commissioner don't know a
good thing when he sees it.
x fake Trust Go. busted up in New
York, the other day, and the Receiver
discovered that the immense vault was
made of painted tin and studding,
though it had an iron door.
-Chicago's boy bandits career of
crime, though exciting while it lasted.
was only six months long. Then they
were caught, imprisoned and. finally,
hanged. Boys. it didn't pay.
Squire McAboy's term as Justice
of the Peace ends next Monday. HW
Christie, his successor, will have his of
flee at N. E. corner Of the Diamond
formerly Steve Cummings Office
Next Saturday is opening day fcr
the st. Louis Expo A special report
er" says it will not be complete for a
month yet just like Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Bu ffalo and all the rest of them
-Pittsburg brewers expect to los
1000, 900 beca use of the fifteen days
suspension inflicted on them by tn,
court That gives an inkling o. th'
amount they must make in the othel
$50 days in the year.
The assessors Of the several town
ships and borougs are requested to cal
at the Office of County Commissioners
Butler Pa, sometime during the frs
week Of May to qualify and receive
their outfit for the May registration o.
voters and school children.
Pneumonia has been spreading
death all over the city, says Pittsburl
paper, and the high tide was reachet
last Friday when hospitals issued or.
of distress saying that they could TAX
care Of no more patients. Undertaken
complain Of scarcity of hearses. an,
some of them are using wagons for tn
hu,nhlar fureroIa
The Butler Trades Alliance was re
organized, last Saturday night TIL
meeting was well attended by dele
gates from the various Trade Union
and the following officers were elected
President. VIM. Foster Vice President
w. Ziegler; Recording Secretary, c.
Gormon; Financial Secretary, L. Solar
Treasurer. M. J. Mccormick; Condut
tor; VIM. Tyrei; Warden, Mr.. McCracl
en-; Trustees, Messrs McMillen, J. Wei
and Z. Ginter.
Stores that describe their goods j
the newspaper make sales quicker tina
those that do not advertise. People 2
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