Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-05-19
PERSONAL.

w. A. Sloan Esq. of Mars was in town
on legal business. yesterday
M. J. Rodgers and wife of Donegal
township did some shopping in Butler,
Tuesday.
T. l.. Anderson and daughter OF Allie
gheny twp, did some shopping IN But
Ter, Tuesday.
w. j. Monks of Middlesex and o. M.
Patterson of billiards were among our
callers, Friday.
VIM. Rabbit, the victim of the
Chicora bulldogs was brought to the
Hospital and will recover.
Jetty Einzig OF Budapest. Hungaria.
is 116 years of age. but tells people she
is only 105, because she's ashamed to be
SO old.
w. w. Blackmore is yet at the Hospi-
| tai He has undergone two operations.
and it is feared will have to submit to
a third.
| VIM. r. Brown of Butler has bought
out the interest Of Z. G. Ferguson and
is now sole owner of the Millerstown
Herald.
Mrs. Edith M. Smiley and family are
now at the home of her father, j. b.
| Mechling, where they will remain for
the present.
| Car Nicholas is said to be consulting
! claiIvoyants to learn how to conduct
| the war. If SO, he is in fair way to
wreck the clairvoyant business.
Hetty Green's denial that she has
| L. froxv faster
and farther than the original story did,
| though it has not half so much news
value.
Uriah Adams of Mt Holly, N. j.,
recently killed rat that had about its
neck diamond ring belonging to his
daughter Search for the lost ring had
been abandoned.
King Solomon and the Queen of Sbeba
both wore rubber boots in Butler, last
Saturday. 1t looked odd to see lot OF
women trying to dance in the mud,
with rubber boots on.
Clara Barton resigned the Presidency
of the Red Cross Society, last Saturday,
and Mrs John A. Logan was elected in
her stead The ceremony took place at
Mrs. ,Logan's home in Washington.
FL. w. Burtner of this place is now
Mail Orderly on the U s. S. Massachu
setts on which he is serving five year
term. Mr. Burtner expects to be prom
oted to higher office and if he receives
the promotion will again re-enlist when
his term expires.
John D. Rockefeller at the age of
seven had to milk COW" and New
| w. ~ fcf intt
of seventy. still milking the Great
American Cow"-but the artist has Mr..
Rockefeller on the left side of the COW,
an error which sometimes induces the
COW to kick over the pail.
Elmer HYATT, Il railroad fireman of
Reynoldsyille, married his lnOther-in
law, a few days ago. The new Mrs.
Fl. has been a widow for thirteen years
and has two sons at home and one away
at school. She is about AZ years of age
and is said to be very prepossessing IN
appearance. The groom is about 81
The members of the family do not take
kindly to the mix-up in their relation
ship and the children hardly know
whether Hyatt has ceased to be their
brother in-law and is now their step
father or whether he is both.
Peter P. Hilliard of billiards, was in
town on business, last Saturday. He is
now in his 73d year, and is, perhaps, the
youngest looking old man in the county.
While in our Office. his old friend,
Francis Byers of Concord township,
came in, and the two men talked over
old times Mr. Hi!liard and Mr. Byers
were married in the same house in Con-
cord township and at the same time,
forty-ive years ago, and after dinner
the two couples drove to Butler in the
same rig. and went to either show or
the Fair on the old grounds. at foot of
West Jefferson street. There are two
connections of billiards in that vicinity
those of billiards and those Of Eau
Claire and vicinity. The billiards of
billiards and vicinity are of German
origin and their original name was
Hlgart- while those of Fan Claire were
of Irish origin, and their original name
was Halyard The pronunciation of
both names sounded like Hilliard, and
so it was made.
Miss Marie du Calm of Niagara Falls
is of anaffectionate and clinging nature;
she says so herself, and puts it up as a
defense to Walter Lorraine's suit
against her for $4,000 damages. 1t
happened this way. While she was
visiting in Ottawa, she met Walter at a
friends home. The ice carnival was
at its height in Quebec, and the couple
made up their minds to visit it and get
photographs, both being amateur photog-
raphers. During the development of
the negatives one in particular appealed
to the enthusiastic nature of Miss du
Calm. As she saw the image of the
gay scenes which they had witnessed
she was completely carried away.
anything like that make you love ma
turel I'm just going to give you big
hugp She hurled herself at the plain
tiff As her arms encircled him, Lor
raines complaint alleges, there was a
cracking sonnd and Lorraine uttered
cry Of pain A physician was sum-
moned Lorraine had sustained frac-
ture of one of his ribs on the right SIDE
In her defense Miss du Calm sets up
that she is of an affectionate and cling
ing nature and that fact was we'll
known to the plaintiff, who, she says,
up to the time of the accident had
shown no disinclination to submit to her
caresses. Miss du Calm's answer also
alleges the hugging was involuntary
and due to the effect of the red rays of
light resulting from the use of ruby
lamp. that it is recognized scientific
fact that the red rays are the most
strenuous and likely to provoke excita
| bility in one of an ardent temperament
and their effect upon the defendant is
and was at the time known to Lorraine.
The man who has his corn in is
lucky.
Park dates are being secured-the
Masons have selected June %.
Some one we'll versed in muleology
has said that a mule never had the
rheumatism in his hind le1& 1t has
also been observed that the mule. never
discriminates between a preacher and
a tramp. Like rain, he gets the drop
on the good and bad alike The mule
is veteran by nature, for he has been
known to kill. but not eat his prey
The mule that stands with his eyes shut
and his ears dropped is not dreaming
Science says he is thinking Of the last
man ne kicked or who is going to be the
next. Keep on the good side of the
mule. which is the front side.
| AT Walston, Jefferson county, one
night last week, the postmaster and
storekeeper of the town was held up at
his house by four me and his house
and person robbed; then he was con-
ducted TO his STORE and IL and the most