Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-29
PERSONAL.


home from Ashbury Park.
n. C. Welsh of Penn twp. visited
friends in Butler, Tuesday.
DIR. Brest and E. NJ Shryock, of
North Hope. started for Kansas, Mon
day.
Commissioner Patterson got 195 bush
els Of huckwheat from seven acres this
year.
United States Senator Geo F. Hoar
of Massachusetts is lying at the point
of death.
Joseph Campbell and e. p Hilliard
OF Concord visited friends in Butler,
Tuesday.
Pro. Clark and wife have return
ed from st. Louis, well !pleased with
their trip.
Rev. Cavanaugh, of Scottdale, is
certain that there Will be no cigarettes
in heaven.
Jos. Boston, wife and daughter, of
Connoquenessing twp, did some shop
ping in Butler, Monday.
Henry Go-away Davis is what they
Call ulul put OuI
into the campaign fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. joseph p. Ritter have
returned from a months wedding tour
and are at home on w. Quarry street.
Jerry Eberhart and William Barnhart
of Butler township left last evening to
visit st. Louis and relatives in Kansas.
Earnest Faber was elected delegat to
represent Local 80 at the international
convention at Louisville, KY, Oct A, D.
6, 7.
Jacob Reiber, Of w. North street. re-
turned Saturday from three months
visit to New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia.
AL Glenn, the merchant tailor, was
held up and robbed of his gold watch
and diamonds on Race street last Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Brenneman and her assistant
of the Hotel Brenneman, Portersville,
are excellent cooks The hungry trav-
eler leaves that hotel we'll satisfied.
Sam Miller is a kicker" He's out
in letter as an independent candidate
for Judge in Mercer county; and every
body is crooked in politics but Sam him
self
Miss Anna VI. Davis, daughter Of
Isaac Davis of Fairview township and
Samuel d. Campbell a wellknown
street car conductor, were married
yesterday.
Miss Arsenia of Athens. Greece,-late-
ly jumped into the sea and swan out to
her lovers boat, while her father stood
helplessiy by. 1t was something new in
elopements.
The wedding of Miss Louise Camp
bell, daughter of Attorney and Mrs r.
G. Campbell. and Charles K McEvain,
OF Walker & McElvain, is announced to
occur Oct. IL.
ID. A. Rankin. son of JAS. Rankin of
Penn twp. arrived at San Francisco
from the PHILIPPINES, Monday. He lie
in the Regular Army, and expects to
come home soon.
Mrs Sarah Stackpole, Of Ridgway.
was the guest of Mrs. s Graham and
daughters OF the Diamond, Monday and
Tuesday, while On her way to attend
wedding in Pittsburg
Charles f. Butler, wife and son Char
les, Jr., Of Punxsutawney, visited But
ler friends Saturday. Since moving to
Punx'y Mr. Butler has received nice
promotion from the B., r. q i.
William Waldorf Astor has been to
Gettysburg to see ii Picketts charge
was as heavy as that made in most of
his hotels. He learned that the present
can give the past generation points in
such matters.
DIR. james Balph. of Latakia. Syria,
is visiting friends here and at Grove
City and intends to spend part OF the
coming winter in Phil'a, taking a spec
and has but two doctors
Miss Dowie of Chicago 'skiurned
across the depot floor" grabbed a man
who had stolen her satchel, slapped hi IN
good and proper"-all the time ex.
claiming, Peace be unto ye, brothe r.,
Peace be unto ye brother-peace; but
repent your ways"l
Frank HuseIton, wife and two chill
dren started in surrey, with one horse,
to drive to Phila, Monday. and expected
to make it in nine days. His route east
will take him through Indiana. Ebens-
burg, Hollidaysburg, Huntington, Har
risburg. etc. He has done it, by him
self, with one horse, in seven days.
Bishop Potter, who opened the Sub
way tavern in New York, was invited
to attend the convention of saloonkeep-
ers of Pennsylvania, held in Odd Eel
lows temple, Phil'a, Tuesday. at which
there was discussion of the question of
opening saloons on Sunday'and making
reduction in the present license fee.
Josiah Quincy, of Boston, tells of
how he was once identified by a labor.
er who was enlightening a friend.
THAT is Josiah Quincy" said the first
laborer AN who is Josiah Quincy?y
demanded the other Don't We know
who Josiah Quincy is?" demanded the
first man II never saw sich ignorance.
Why, he's the grandson of the statne
ont there in the yard.
George Washington came west 10
where Pittsburg now is when he was a
young man, and had a great time get
ting there and back. He tried it twice
afterwards-once with Braddock-and
got left Pittsburg at that time was an
outpost and Chicago had not been
dreamed OF. The other day a man rush
ed into the Broad street station, Phila-
delphia, ordered special train, and
was in Chicago eighteen hours later.
The track was not cleared for him, he
took his chances on the tremendous
traffic of the main line and the trip cost
him nearly $2, 600, but he wanted it and
he got it.
General Corbin's recommendation on
the marriage of subalterns in the regu-
lar army goes step farther than Secre-
tary Roots advice on the same topic u
year or so ago. Secretary Root advised
subalterns not to marry unless they
were free from debt and able to sup
port a family in moderate comfort
General Corbin now desires to proceed
to the German imperial extremity OF
forbidding them to marry until they re
sDectfully exhibit and schedule TO head
quarters their financial provision for
the future. Sarcastic commentator
have already suggested, from the Gen
erals own example, that schedule OF
the brides assets would be accepted il
II makes a good showing.
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