Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-12-29
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
rHuRspAY. JANUARY 5. 1905.
rrw ADVERTISEMENTS.


Sheriff sales Tor JAIL 90
Aa,n,,,.....,rs and Executors OF estates
can securs their nd rece,Ds eersoo. making public
sales the note books
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Bar banquet this evening.
1t takes only one vote to pass good
resolution
We wish all Of our readers a happy
and prosperous year.
If you are using hydrant water and
think 1t necessary, boil it
Our Russian population viii cele-
brate their Christmas, next Saturday.
Political bees are commencing to
buzz. Have you one In your bonnetf
"A halt of" all holiday goods Now
is the time to buy them for next year.
A banquet by the entire fire depart
ment win be held in the near future
-Our merchants report having fair
holiday trade, this year A great i'm
provement over last year.
Mr.. T. Z. r Boyer's two Chester
White shoats dressed $40 pounds, in
stead Of 679 as stated
The burning of the warehouse OF
the bottle-works at Parker's Landing
caused Z loss of about $20. 900.
Citizens Of Gallery have . move
ment on foot to establish borough.
Application win be made to Court In
the near future.
There were some accidents and dis
asters during the late holiday season,
but nothing to compare with the hor-
rors of . year ago.
BY request the delightful cantata,
The Counterfeit Santa Claus" will be
repeated in the Grace Lutheran church,
next Monday evening.
The Butler basket ball team were
defeated In terrific game at Allegheny
Monday evening by the Manchester
team, the score being 80 to 3D.
An Ohio Judge granted woman
divorce on short notice the other day.
She swore that her husband had made
her move 43 times in . years-
The All College basket hall team.
Mcdowell, Aiken. Huyes. Klingler and
williams journeyed to Evans City. Sat
urday evening. and were defeated 20 to
16.
"A large tract Of land near the east
cast Of Ireland, including the lands on
which the Battle of the Boyne' was
fought. July /. 1890. are offered for
gale,
-Ssveral millions Of bushels OF coal
we're started down the Ohio river, last
week, and the wreck OF one tow, dur
ing the gale. blocked the channel for a
time.
The Bxldauf heirs have agreed to
take the 1900 awarded TO them for the
opening Of Franklin street. and their
building upon the street will be re-
moved
The people Of New Castle are re-
joicing over the completion Of the troll
u line from their town to Foungs-
town The cara run the 30 miles in one
hour, and the fare Is 80 cents.
Tho total property loss by fires in
this country for last year 10 figured at
two-hundred and thirty millions, The
Losses by the Baltimore are, last Febru-
sry, aggregated 900, 900, 900. and the in
surance t23, 900 900.
Shortly after Feb 1st the Shirt Fac
tory goes to Latrobe, where the Pitts
burg Dry Goods Co. Is centralizing its
plants. having bought two three-story
brick factory buildings, which cost
900. 900 to erect. for 425, ,000
NJ The bridge business Ii getting
shaking mp in Potter as well as In Ven
Ango county. The Grand Jury Of Pot
tpr county returned 16 indictments
against the Commissioners, Auditors
and Bridge Agents last week.
a 81 meeting last evening
the First Ward Hose Co. reelected all
their old sAicers with John Feigei as
president. Two new members were
elected. After the meeting the COM
psny were guests Of Earl d Clinton at
Kirk's restaurant.
-Nev Years was . lovely day, and
: little group standing In front Of ths
Court House talked about IT, One man
aid he played base bail In his bare feet
ct w. Sunbury on the first day Of rs.
and another that he narrowed In wheat
on the first day Of .76.
The Butler County Merchants
Mutual Insurance Company has passed
ite second year without . single loss
At the meeting of its stockholders.
Tuesday evening. the old Board Of Di-
rector which includes J. n. Harper
and A. L. Reiber Of Butler was con-
tinued.
The Butler High School has o
crackerjack basket ball team which has
defeated the Westminster freshmen,
and Grove City and Allegheny High
School teams by overwhelming scores.
Touorrow, Friday, evening they will
tackle the Pittsburg High School in the
local Y. N, c. A, gym.
- dsughteF Of Geo. Baldwin, the
blacksmith at Bruip, died on Saturday
the 24th ulf. Of diphtheris, and another
child Of Bsidwin's family and also a
son of Andy Sproul. who lately located
there. took sick at about the same time.
There was something Of scare in the
town, but 1t has blown over.
The bIizzsFd Of last week, follow
ipg as 1t did Q rain and thsv, seemed
colder than 1t really was Thesmercury
did not go tu zero. though 1t fell nearly
afty degrees within "a hours, but tn,
6fty-mile an hour wind caused distress
assd kind NJ thc rai1rnada and a1ao th,