Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-31
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

THURSDAY, AUGUST Oh lSVo.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
~orr-All advertisers intending to make
changes in their ads should nstify Us OF
their Intention TO do so not Later than Mon-
dav morning.
sheriffs Sale for Sept. o.
statement of Butler Co. National Bank.
Pittsburg Exposition
Modern Stores Blankets, ETC.
Huselton's Fall Shoes
BickeTs FAN Footwear
Campbelrs Furniture
Aa,n,r,.unrors and Executors Of estates
r.n secure their receipt books at the
CITITEN Office and persons making paohc
sales tb efr note books
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
-Minstrels at the Majestic tonight
The Bottle Works start up tonnor-
row.
Lively show at Alameda Park, this
week
The street arc lights are great bug
I killers.
The straw hat season is drawing to
close.
THE Good Old Summer Time is
approaching its end.
Uncut rag weeds on vacant lots are
y,roductive of hay fever.
The Choral Union meets in the
Baptist church. this evening.
The crowds are at Punxsutawney
and Conneaut Lake. this week
North Main and Mexican streets
were again flooded, Tuesday evening.
The yellow fever cases in New
Orleans and vicinity are nearing the
5000 mark
Prosperity has its drawbacks Kan
sas is worried because its farmers are
getting the gout.
The potato bug has about finished
his contract with the tuber and has be-
gun on the tomato.
The new line-fence law makes the
township or borough Auditors jury to
decide disputes regarding line fences.
The Resources and Liabilities OF
the Butler County National Bank are
nearing the three million mark. See
statement.
The shotgun is used for quarantin-
ing purposes in some parts OF this coun-
try. We continue, however. to send
missionaries to The heather.
Don't take chance at dynamiting
fab. Chas. Conrad of Findlay twp,
Mercer county. was found guilty OF that
offense recently, and fined 500 and
costs
The horse, owned by DR.. Franklin
of Pittsburg and driven by Charlie
Jamison in the Free for All Road race,
last Friday, that fell in the stretch, died
on Sunday.
The man on the monument is said
to be growing because the benches
were taken out of the Park and he has
to stay there all night by himself, but
Sam says he is only kidding.
Quite number of Butler people
looked at the eclipse yesterday morning,
but the smoked glass interfered with
their faster, and the old green cheese
theory remains undisturbed.
A farmer who carries of all the
melon prizes at the local agricultural
shows has discovered that by water
ing" his melons with milk they will
grow to twice their usual size
Some Oakland twp. people, attend
ing church picnic, had narrow es-
cape, during Tuesday evenings storm.
They took refuge under large. oak
tree, and it was struck by lightning.
-You can not help liking the man
who feeds and houses his worn out old
horse, rather than end his life. Senti-
ment marks fine natures. The man
who loves his useless old horse is safe
man to trust.
The barn of VIM. Moore, near the
Butler and Mercer county line was
struck by lightning and destroyed by
fire with all the crops, on Thursday
evening last. Five horses were saved
with difficulty.
The title to the old Steelsmith
building on w. Jefferson street and the
adjoining corner lot, passed into the
hands Of J. M. Painter, last week. for
t22, 700. 8. E. Wilson selling to him
for that amount.
-Twenty-four children are down
with scarlet fever at the Ingleside or
Glen Cairn, fresh-air home across the
Allegheny river from Freeport. and the
home is quarantined, though there
have been 10 deaths.
The vitality OF the snail is remark
able. One that was glued to card in
museum for four years came to life on
being immersed in warm water. Some
specimens in the collection OF natural
list revived after they apparently had
been dead for Is years.
Every man should see to it that he
is registered on or before September 7th
In order that he may vote at the fall
election. September 7th is the last day
for registration. All taxes should be
paid on or before the 7th day Of Octob-
or. Every citizen should take interest
enough to see to it that he is registered
properly and that his taxes are paid.
Much interest has been shown in
the new locomotive, which. rs an
nounced by the Lake Shore when order
ed some mouths ago, is one of the
largest and most powerful machines
ever built 1t has just been delivered
and assigned to service at Ashtabula to
nush the heavy ore trains over Ply