Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-22
PERSONAL.

Parker didn't swim down to New
York, the other day.
DR. J. NJ. Martin of Grove City callet
on Butler friends this week.
John Reed of Washington, d. c.. il
visiting relatives in Harrisville.
Henry Gerner of Winfield twp. was
in town on business, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. " Fouts. of Indians
A. f. Cochran. Esq. and son of Con
cord twp drove to town, last Saturday.
II. 81. Young and wife of Winfield
twp. did some shopping in Butler. Tues
day.
C. o. d. Iselin says there is no truth
in the reported change of ownership OF
the B. r. & P
Mrs. T. J. Dodds and son went tc
Portsmouth, Ohio, yesterday, where
they will visit friends.
John Steffee of Venango county raises
white elderberries-said to be an i'm
provement on the wild ones.
Mrs. jeff. Burtner of Harrisburg Is
the guest of her sisters. Mrs j. s. Wick
and Mrs. VIM. Walker of Butler.
Miss Mary Butterfeld who has been
spending the summer near Chicora. is
the guest of Miss Payne OF Dunbar 81
Harry Bachelor. a graduate of Yale,
has been sent to Jail for six months for
running gambling house in Reading.
U. S. Treasurer Roberts told the
bankers st New York, last Friday, that
the Nations credit was on granite
basis.
Thos. Harte is the Oldest man known.
He is 1877. He is an IrishmaD, and
therefore ineligible for the Vice Presi-
dency.
Ex-Gov. w. A. Stone and some Pitts
burg capitalists were in town, Friday,
to be looking after trolly in
terests.
Judge Galbreath and wife are guests
of relatives in Beaver this week, where
the Judge is holding court for Judge
Wilson.
Kuropatkin blames it all ON Gen.
Orloff's not holding his position at the
coal mines, but the Japs will give them
another try.
J. H. Painter and Ii. l.. McNees,
formerly of this county, came from
to Butler in two hours, Sun
day, in an Auto.
Miss Mary Rockenstein and her niece,
Josie Rockenstein, are in Pittsburg at
tending the second wholesale openings
of fall millinery.
J. NJ. Smith and family of Winfield
twp, intend removing to Grantsville,
w. Va. and will have public sale,
Oct. IL.
Gee. Watson of Carbon Black was A
last Friday. and his neighbors gave him
a surprise party.
D. T. Myers of Sugar Creek twp,
county, formerly of Fair
view twp, this county, visited friends
in Butler, this week.
Simpson McQuistion, a brother of the
ate Harper McQnlstion. of Bellefonte,
is visiting Bethurum McQuistion and
other Butler relatives.
w H. Andrews, our old friend and
political disturber of Crawford county,
has accepted seat in the House, as del
egate from New Mexico.
Gen Booth, who lately took a fast
ride from one end of England to the
other in an Auto, thinks that no man
should start motoring until he is pre-
pared to die.
Joe Jefferson hates to give up but he
mas to. A severe case of Indigestion
has caused him to cancel all his engage
ments, and go to his home at Buzzards
Bay. Joe is getting old
VIM. Siebert started, Monday, for
where he will visit his sister,
Mrs. Herman Wise, whom he has not
seen for twenty-seven years. He also
has brother living in that state.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Rev. Robert D. Roeder
Of the First English Lutheran church of
Butler and Miss Fannie Rainier of Eas-
ION. Pa, the wedding to occur in Nov.
Miss Stella Kirk, daughter of Harvey
D. Kirk, and ]. G. Varnum, son of Geo.
Varnum of Centre twp, were married
by Rev. Robert D. Roeder in the First
English Lutheran church, Sunday even
ing.
Clerk Graham and Prothonotary
Clark, and their wives started for st.
Louis, Tuesday afternoon, and will be
gone for week or ten days. They will
have rooms at private house, and take
their meals in the Fair grounds.
Gov. Pennypacker has secured a
stoyeback from way back. 1t is con-
veyed in the Baltimore newspapers, via
Md. that the Hull firm of
iron founders at the latter place receiv-
ed in a carload of scrap iron from Shep-
herdstown stoveback labeled ID. Ben
September 3, 1867, Redfield
Furnace" Correspondence was had
with Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker
of this state and he obtained the relic as
the sole belonging" the family had of
a casting made by grand-unc!e of his
father He also furnished an explana-
tion of how the name came to be chang
ed from Bennypacker to Pennypacker.