Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04


can secure their receipt books at the
CITIZEN Office, and persons making pubic
sales their note books
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A hand-ogan trust has been dis
covered
ALI the little phoneries have been
merged into a big one.
About five-hundred Butterflies went
to Youngstown, Tuesday.
ALI the take-your- picture shops In
Butler are closed for the month.
The hotels and cottages at Saxon
burg are doing a rushing business.
Jos. Harvey secured his license for
the Hotel Monroe, Tuesday morning.
Over in Dauphin county. the other
day, somebody stole Little red school
house"
-Two-hundred and fifty car loads of
cattle arrived at the Herr's Island yards,
Monday.
The hotel men of this town have
made up purse of s4OO for race at
the Fair.
One of our Councilmen wanted the
shade trees trimmed "bob-taiP even
with the sidewalk.
Beer has to go up before it goes
down-and the up movement, Monday,
was 25 cents the keg.
Two .firemen on the Bessie were
overcome by the heat, last Sunday, and
taken to the Hospital.
The bull sentiment prevails in the
Chicago wheat pit. this week, and the
prices of all cereals are mp.
Sixteen dogs were killed by High
Constable Kramer, at the garbage
plant, last Friday afternoon.
The farmers of this vicinity should
..go slow" on having hay down for next
Wednesday-picnic at Alameda.
Flows 5000 cars of peaches from
Georgiaa" asks the Atlanta Constitu-
tion. Splendid. Better than 10000
bales of politics
The Knights of Pythias completed
their purchase of the old Daniel Fielder
place near Harmony. last Thursday,
and will build $50, 900 Home on it.
-Clearfield town and county cele-
brated its Centennial. last week. They
lad four days of it, the whole county
attended, and the affair was great
success.
IF the people who are going to pros
ecute the Water Co. raise a collection
to secure necessary funds, will they di-
vide the money they win from the de-
fendantf
You want to buy your groceries on
Tuesday of next week, as next day =
Wednesday-al the grocery stores will
be closed. and the grocers will all be at
the Park.
We have been asked to give the def
milton Of nip and tuck"-Our supposi-
ton is that it was started by some man
with thirst. Whenever he wanted a
nip he tuck it.-Ex.
Whenever the farmers Of this vicin-
ity want rain all they need do is to
induce somebody to get up picnic for
Alameda Park, and it will come. The
Lutherans caught it here last Thurs
day.
The B. r. & p will run special to
Butler next Tuesday to connect with
trains here for the U. P. reunion at
Conneat Lake. The train will leaYe
Fenelton at S:04; fare for round trip to
the lake $1.10.
Three Of the five prisoners who kill
ed the turnkey of the jail at Bellefonte
and then escaped, have been recaptur-
ed; but the three men who waylaid and
shot Campbell and Hays near Portage
seem to have gotten away.
Quite number of presumably in
telligent people haye been engaged for
some time in discussing the question,
"Does a Shadow Occupy Space?" Should
they reach an affirmative decision, a
logical "follow-up' question would be-
'Is 1t Worth the Space 1t Occupiesf"
A Butler woman met with quite 9
surprise when she got home from the
picnic, Tuesday night-strangers were
in the house. One hour after she left
in the morning, her hubby moved al
their furniture out. and another family
moved in.
The p department has served no
tice upon owners of vicious dogs that
unless the animals are removed, delivery
Of mail to those houses by rural carriers
will be discontinued. There have beer
previous announcements from the de
partment that roadways in the distric
to be served must be kept in repair, ant
that unless snow is broken away from
the boxes in winter the carrier need no
deliver the mail
The mosquito. or perhaps it is som
other insect. is becoming dangerous
Several cases of BLOOD poisoning from
mosquito stings are reported from owe
the country. Philip Snyder of Penn
twp was stung while lying in a ham
mock, last Sunday; blood poisoning Sc
In and his arm swelled. Up in parts o
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire peo
pie are being poisoned by the caterpil
lar of little white moth. called tn,
brown tailed moth.
There are several very dangerou
railroad crossings in this county all q
which should have guard rails or fences
and also be bridged. 1t is not likely
however, that any precaution save
watchman who would use force, coul
prevent an accident such as happene
at Mars station, last week Three pail
Of fast trains are due to pass each othe
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