Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-30
This town will be dry"
On the Fourth cf July.


This town will be dry"
On the Fourth cf July.
Half days at school, this week.
Reduction and clearance sales are
! again in vogue. See ads.
1t takes well-heeled man to sup
port high-h woman.
The Diniinger store in Zelienople
was robbed last Thursday night.
The weather thus far has been de-
c;dedly against all Summer resorts.
-Cauteloupes from florid1 and
peaches FROM Texas are in the market
at fancy prices
"A CLOUD b1rss" washed away part
OF the town of Mcdonald. Washing ton
county, Tuesday night.
Two $10-men, just over, walked
down Main St, Tuesday, ard you
should have seen that umbrella.
The B. & o. station at Mars was
I again entered, and robbed of some ex-
1 press packages last Saturday night.
-Some tremendous ore trains have
passed through town lately The strike
ION the lakes was settled few days ago
This is Commencement week at in
numerabIe schools, academies and col
fleges all oyer this great United States
Z The Marion Coal and Coke Co. has
/ received its charter. and will open a
mine on the Christy farm in Cherry
= twp.
The Masons had lovely (f) day for
their picnic. Tuesday. The weather
man Is PLAYING strange tricks upon us
this year.
The two flyers promised for the
kW. & A. next month will make the run
between Kaylor and the Junction in
! fifty minutes.
All the carriages in town, eighteen.
went from the Conner funeral, Monday
noon, to that of Capt. Fleeger, imme-
diately following.
The intensely hot weather of last
Saturday and Sunday, made some peo-
pie sick, and in the cities there were
many prcstrations from heat
"A Philadelphia court has decided
that insurance on executed murderers
! cannot be collected. Men expecting to
hanged should remember this.
Reference to tie statement of the
Farmers National Bank in another col
umn will show you that that institution
4 in a growing and fourishing condi-
tion.
Riding on the steps OF the cars to
and from the Park is dangerous; q
young man doing so last Saturday night
was thrown from mis- seat and had an
arm broken
Despite the rain this u p church
, was well filed, Tuesday evening. to see
and hear the exhibition of the High
! School graduates example and in
spiration for those who follow.
1 The Igorrotes or native Philippines
1t the Worlds Fair positively refused
to wear pants. and wanted to go home.
but the matter was compromised on
sun bonnets and calico wrappers.
Someone played great joke on
/ teamster MeCntcheon, the other night.
4 He scattered some tin tubes, filed with
4 cotton, over the floor of his stable, and
let loose horse to tramp upon and ex-
plode ~ them.
The Orphans Home is to be improv-
led. Seventy children are now there
I The Home Is In good shape financially,
and at the meeting of the Board Of Di
rectors here last Friday, reduced iti
debt one-half by paying off 5000.
The Doctors and the Druggists play
ed the fiercest ball game ever seen on &
diamond. yesterday afternoon, and tn,
klEwyers have challenged the winners
The receipts go to the Hospital. Scor'
% to ten innings Druggists
AT the meeting of the Butler Schoo
Board. Monday evening, the salaries .
all the teachers and principals were
raised The teachers salaries nov
range from s35 to $50. and those Of tn
principals from fS5 to $ie6.6e pc
month.
The Hoo Hoo house on the Pike a
\ the Worlds Fair proved TO be hoodoo
Il was built by the lumbermen Of fin
woods. and was burned last Friday. /
was the home OF thirty black cats, pet
OF the lumbermen, and they burnet
nth the building.
Walking homsthe ether night be
hIud couple of young men we wei
astonished at their profuse use Of Ian
guage, commonly called profanity. I
seemed to comprise the. greater part .
their vocabulary, and to discover mind
verging on idiocy.
The town council will meet thi
evening to take action on the fire work
question. Ia Pittsburg, dealers /
mammoth firecrackers and harmfr
weapons were notified month ago b
the city authorities of an intention I
enforce against them the law regardin
bales OF such wares. This was earl
done to save them from loss on unsol
stocks. The State Board of Health
with opportune regard for life an
property. has issued circular show
ingthe casualties which resulted laet yea
from the use OF toy pistols, giant fir
crackers etc. That there were Al
deaths from lock jaw thus superinduce
and that the total number Of acciden
was 4,349 ought to impress good cit
zsns to defer whatever profit migl
sccrue from sales Of these pests. I'll
Fourth can be loudly acclaimed ju
the same, and childish enjoyment |
4 none the less jubilant.
New goods at sacrifice prices at Ri
ter q Rockenstein's backward seasc
sale.
A chance to buy seasonable goods
season by attending Ritter q Rocke
stems sale.