Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-02-04
PERSONAL.

Socrates Poolos Is visiting his reia-
tives in Greece.
VIM. Falkner OF Winfield township
visited friends in Butler, yesterday
John B. Caldwell of jefferson twp.
visited friends in Butler. Thursday.
c. r. Gilghrist of Cherry twp. did
some shopping in Butler, Thursday.
o. A. Shaffer and Chas johnson of
Prospect intend going to the Kansas oil
field
J. Wesley Monks and wife Of Middle
sex did some shopping in Butler, last
| week.
Wilson Garvin and daughter. OF
| Cranberry township, are visiting friends
in Chicago.
J. L. Seaton of Euclid lately had his
| fingers frozen while clearing the rail-
road switches.
Miss Sue Mechling of Breeze Place
has gone on an extended visit to Fair
mont, W. Va.
Jonathan Clutton, of Brady township,
is reported to be lying seriously i'll at
his home in West Liberty.
Will Turner has learned to walk
again, and was on the street, Friday,
| for the first time since his sickness.
Ellery Bachmap, a grandson of Mrs.
Joseph Logan, won prize lately for
| making the best map of Jefferson twp.
James Blake, the old soldier of Pros
pect, came to Butler during the zero
weather Of this week. He is now in
his 18th year.
farm in jefferson twp, year or so
ago, and is doing well at buying and
selling horses.
James o. Campbell, the Republican
nominee for Borough Auditor, was
former employee Of the Savings Bank,
and is now teaching school
Coy. Pennypacker, Cousin Matt, IL.
Durham and perhaps a few others may
turn ont to be the only people in the
state who are not degenerate"
Mr.. Taylor, director of the works for
the Worlds Fair at st. Louis, express
ed himself freely as to the propriety OF
the girls making matrimonial propos-
ais, and now his mail is full of them.
Abel Fisher, Secretary OF the Order
of Americas. on Thursday last, gave
Mrs.. Rev. Long check for $500, on &C
count Of the death of her son. Howard C.,
the former clerk in the Butler postofice
who died Of typhoid.
10 Jo," Barnum's original "dog fac
ed" man, travelling with the Barnum
q Bailey show, died of pneumonia at
Salonica, Macedonia, last Sunday. His
face, or rather the hair on it, was his |
fortune, as he received large salary.
JIG. Kaylor of Fairyiew twp. J. A.
Gregg OF Jefferson twp, z. p. Hilliard
Of Concord twp, Milton Hickey of Mid |
dlesex twp. John Thompson of Con-
cord twp, Henry Geisler of Winfield |
twp. and Warren Albert of Jefferson |
twp. were among our callers last week. |
Mrs. Maybrick, daughter Of Mo-
bile banker named Chandler. and now |
woman of about 30 years. was releas-
ed from an English penitentiary last |
Saturday. When but girl Of Is she
married an Englishman named May |
brick, and went to that country to live. |
Eight years later her husband died sud |
denly, and she was tried and convicted |
of poisoning bin, and was sentenced to |
die on the galiows; but there was a
doubt in the case, and her sentence was |
commuted to imprisonment for life. |
Now che has been pardoned. Her re- |
lease was conditional upon her living |
quietly. not going upon the stage, nor
writing book.
Muley Hassan, the Sultan of Morocco,
has earned the sympathy OF all who
have suffered from the energy OF the /
u~fr r<ek UH lrxy m nm
voy of the Worlds Fair to appropriate
a round sum for a Moorish exhibit he
haughtily turned down the request.
More letters followed urging the ex-
penditure and the absolute Moor re-
peated his refusal. Still the letters con-
tinued to come until the harassed po-
tentate summoned the energentic agent,
gave him $50, 900, told him to give it to
the Fair or put 1t in his pocket-only to
stop the letters. He. does not know
where st. Louis In and does not wish
to. All he asks IL that he be left un-
disturbed by further importantly
Professor Davenport, OF Chicago. has
found q new danger In the yellow
peri" from the threatened war between
Russia and Japan. He thinks such a
war menaces the very existence of the
Caucasian race. The professors line OF
thought in reaching this startling con-
clusion is summarized as follows: The
Chinese, on account OF their methods OF
living and their economical habits are
best fitted to endure poverty and starva.
ton. Therefore the Chinese Ia bound |
to survive all other races when the |
world becomes so crowded as to make
the struggle for existence more fierce
than ever before. And whatever may |
be the result Of a conflict between Rus
sia and japan 1t will certainly enable
the yellow races to learn their power
snd bring them together" When the |
Chinese begin to spread" the professor |
adds. ''the Caucasian race can get ready |
to move ont.
One of the long blocks containing |
six houses in Red Row was practically |
destroyed Saturday evening by a fire.
which for time threatened the de-
struction Of the whole row, but three
or four streams Of water stopped 1t in
less than an hour. The fire was caused |
by the overturning Of lamp during a
dance. A man and q woman had their |
hands and faces burned by rushing
back into the burning building to get
their money. Thirty-fve chickens in
the basement of one house were roasted.
One hundred foreigners are said to have
lived In the burned block. The loss
was about $4,000. The occupants had
$3.50 cash bnrned.
Farmers and Stock Growers.