Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-05-11
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Straw hats are blooming.
Every bed in our Hospital-thlrty-
eight-is occupied.
-Seventy-fiye houses are said to he
in process of erection in Butler at pres
ent,
Three hundred Pittsburgers attend
ed the railroad convention in Washing
ton. last week.
The summer sun hit hard and sud-
denly last Thursday and the mercury
went up to 50 in the shade.
The Council of Titusville has offer
ed q reward for the apprehension Of the
fire. bug who has caused IS fires in that
town within 20 days.
The Dilger- Cornell Stock Co. is
playing TO large and well pleased audi
ences this week. Some of their speci-
alties are very amusing.
On account Of his lease having ex-
pired J. S. Wick has removed his
Gents Furnishing Goods store to the
John Stein building, 345 S. Main st.
Unless some of our Main street
property owners become more reasona-
bic as to their rents some of our store
keepers will have to discontinue bust
ness here.
A susher oil we'll makes people hus-
tie The employers of the National
Transit built about two miles of pipe
line, Tuesday night, to connect with
the new well west of town.
The County Commissioners of Ale
gheny county have fixed the minimum
width of tires to be used on improved
roads at three inches and adopted set
of regulations based on the French
rules.
e. l.. Umstead of Butler twp. has
brought from Ohio the black pacing
stallion, Regulator 2:24f, and he, with
the Percheron stallion, Paul, will be
found on Mr.. Umstead's farm, near
Cranmer's mill
Newton, the Piano Man" intends
giving up his store-room on s. Main st
at the end of this month, and will here
after keep his instruments at his home
on the hill He advertises a special
sale, this week.
The Ssmi-annual meeting of the
Woman's Hospital Association will be
held in the parlors of the Public Libra
ry ON Tuesday. May is. at pm. A
cordial invitation is extended to all who
desire to join the association
Hundreds Of car loads Of Strawber
ries are now being shipped north from
South Carolina and other southern
states, and they arrive here in pretty
good shape, but putting them in the re-
frigerator or ice box over night spoils
them.
Quite number Of Butler attorneys
attended the sessions of the Superior
Court, sitting in Pittsburg. this week.
The U. s. Circuit Court is also in ses-
sion there, and one of the cases continu-
ed. Monday, was that Of st. Louis
girl against an Allegheny man for
breach of promise.
Burglars and highwaymen have
been unusually active in Pittsburg and
in Allegheny county lately. One wo-
man in the county, whose husband was
away, was carried out Of her house at
night and tortured until she told where
the money was hidden; and the rest of
the family did not awaken till it was
all over.
ders, last week, for ten thousand freight
cars of several patterns. the total cost
Of which will be about twelve millions;
and of this order the Butler plants
share was fiftsen-hundred steel Condo
las, with wooden sides; which will cost
the company about million dollars.
the Car Works here is now running
day and night, and has been increasing
its capacity.
During the storm of last Friday
noon lightning struck and destroyed the
large chestnut tree that stood by the
spring on the old Fleming homestead in
Concord twp. now occupied by G. w.
Fleming. The tree had been struck
two or three times before, and not seri-
ously injured, but this time 1t was split
to pieces. 1t was left stand there when
the farm was cleared about seventy five
years ago, and had grown to be a very