Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LUIAL AND uENEHAL.
The boy sat ON the moon-lit step;
His head was in whirl;
His eyes and mouth were full of hair,
And his aims were full Of girl
Summer schedules on all the rail
roads
Thirteen divorce cases on the list
for next terIn-13-
The Batter County Merchants Mu-
tual Insurance Co. wants share OF
your fire insurance. See adv.
The miscreant who has besD poison
ing the animals Of the Pitttsburg Zoo.
should be given dose Of his own nedi-
cine.
The County Commissioners have
hads some thirty 5-foot benches placed
in Diamond Park; aud Mr. Kidd is
planting posies-
- We. the undersigned victims OF
the public school system. will not be
here, Mondays-said the latest declara-
ton OF independence.
Nearly all the riyiters went back TO
work, last Friday. On Compromise
wages. and IN all about 1900 men are at
work in the Car plant.
The b. r e. p is testing the new
style of locomotive. Wheels upon
wheels look odd, but the thing goes
faster than the other kind.
Three ungrateful members Of the
County Base Ball team shed their pret-
ty uniforms in tne woods near the
Home, last Friday, and left for parts
unknown.
~ Bessemer engine bumped n
Hunty with key OF beer on his shoul-
der off the track near the brewery, the
other day, without hurting anybody or
anything.
The front OF the Wahl livery in
Evans City was blown in by a storm.
last Thursday night, and some houses
and barns Ia that neighborhool were
ulroofed.
-Toere will be public sale at Rev.
w. J. cooper's on the Jos. Patterson
farm 10 Jefferfon twr.. ON Friday, June
Gath horsey, buggie-. harness ard
household goods.
The "dodger" now gets special ca
blssg from Tokyo, and yet came down
to cent; while the ''astonisher" con-
Times TO stimulate the imagination OF
the community at two cents
Tie baccalaureate sermon at n
girls college rear Philadelphia. last
Sunday, warned the girls against
"clubs,v because such associations
lead to spiritual barkruptcy"-what-
ever that js
Tie new schedule on the West
Penn takes on fDe Tare train north
the one that left Allegheny at b:f7 and
reached Butler at 100 p 10. The other
are ab Jut the same az before.
Has man right to poilute run
ming water, even IL IL rises on his own
land7 That IL question that may
come before our Court on account Of a
man, living near town, throwing filth
into spring that rises on his ground,
but the water from which rms across
the road and IL used by the public.
The niinble burglar u operating in
all directions Near Rochester Mills,
Indiana county, Monday night, farm
er was bound. gagged and tortured un-
til he told where the little money in his
house was secreted. The frequency Of
these affairs suggest the nee Of the tele
phone.
Tuesday evening Lightning struck q
derrick on the Michael farm near Her.
man, and the rig and flank Of oil were
burned Roads and bridges were badly
washed in vicinity OF Glade Mills.
Wednesday evening severe storm did
much damage at Harmony and
Zelienople.
The old town of Economy, founded
over 30 years ago by the Harmony 80
ciety. IN gone. Last SATURDAY. over 7O0t
people invaded the quaint little village
some bent on lot-buying and others, the
majority, on picnicking. The shades Of
Harmonities. II they were about tE'
town, must have been astounded at tbs
disturbance of the quiet
Fred Gerwick OF Port Allegheny
" Y. formerly OF Centeryille, thii
comfy, says he has completed the "onl,
sure oil and gas locator ever discovered.
Tests have been made In what Is knowi
TO bc worthless and on good territory
and IN said 10 have worked well. II Il
said 10 marvellous, ard that Mr.. Ger
wick intends going to Cuba to max
tes;s for oil and gas wells.
How silly some Of the old lega
forms appear these days. For instance tn
jury In late case Of gnicide In thi
county used the old form. and the yer
dict read this way.
"----. late Of ---- township, Butle
County. not having the fear Of God il
his eyes, but being moved and ssduce
by the devil. on the I'D dayof May 100
between the hours Of ll:20a. III an
900 >. IN OK same day. came to h
death by a gan shot inflicted by his owi
hands. etc"
A deed WITH lot Of words like "her,
dtaments" In It, and lot OF EXPIRE
sions like ito have and 10 hold" reat
abont as sensible.
Excellent authorities agree that
thnn1ergtorf8. and n0twithstandif
tre cold and backward spring. yiolei
electric Disturbances may come mt az
time, the middle Of a room Ii much Il
s.fest place In house. A carpet'
n Dor or one covered by thick rug,
better 10 stand on than bare WOO
It Is well TO keep away from chimne
and out Of cellars In the open air Ia
trees are dangerous. A person shelte
ed under low tree or shrub. 30 or 40
from large and lofty tree, Is quite raj
IL lightning strikes In the immcdia
vicinity 1t will hit the high tree, ~
rule, with few exceptions. Water is
very good conductor. aud It Is well