Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
PERSONAL.
Senator Knox has the grip.

i Senator Knox has the grip.
DIR. Bait is at Harrisburg urging som
health bills.
Alice Roosevelt was 81 last Saturday
but don't tell any ybody.
King Edward talked to Parliament a
its opening, Tuesday, without sayini
anything.
George Haseltine of Pittsburg spen
Sunday with his brother, Walter, o
Water st.
j. C. F. Day of Centre and Andrey
Campbell OF Clay were Butler visitors
Tuesday.
Geo. J. Marburger of Forward AM
Jacob Glossner Of Millerstown wer
callers. Monday.
Mrs. Nettie Hamilton of Allegheny ii
the guest of Mrs Henry Miller at cor
ner of Washington and Miffiin.
Rev. John Prugh, who will be presen
at the dedication of the great, ney
cathedral in Berlin, was former resi-
dent of Butler.
Mrs. Rube Waddell of Peabody, Mass
has announced her intention OF apply
for a divorce. Rube is reported to hav'
beaten his father-in- law and mother-in
law, last week.
Johann Hoch, now in Jail in Chicago
has admitted to marrying thirteen wo
men within the past ten years, but the
police expect him TO OWN up to at leas
fhirfv before long
1 Rev. Mark Heminway Milne. recto
of ST. Peters Protestant church, OF thli
place and Miss Alma, daughter of Nj
A. Tuttle Of Hornellsville, N. Y, are tt
be married this evening at the bridei
home
w. h. Keister Of Ellensburg, Wash.
is visiting his brother, w. s., of Keis
ter. w. II. went west thirty-nine years
ago. and first settled on Puget Sound
but sold out there and moved east ol
| the mountains, where he has large
| hay farm and cattle ranch.
| Grand Duke Vladimir can not under
stand why America is against the Rus
sian Government. He might be tolt
| that it is because America stands fol
| freedom, Justice and liberation and th'
| Russian Government is the most I'M
American thing among the white popu
lation OF the whole earth.
| Noah Henry Of Oakland, Harry 81
| Bricker of Penn, John p Castor of Bra
dy, Gellert Gearing of Zelienople. Har
~ B. Fleming of Buffalo. S. j. Taylor
| of Slipperyrock boro, Chas. Daugherty
| of Cherry, w. D. Hoffman of Saxon
burg, Loyal f. Hall of Butler and jaime:
Rankin Of Penn were among our call
ers. last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien were discuss
| ing name for the new baby. Il see,
said Mrs. O'Brien, that the Reosevelts
are using Roosevelt as middle name.
The OBriens are just as good as the
Dutch Let's call the baby james
OBrien o 'Brien" Just as goodl'
cried OBrien. "The Irish are three
times as good a. the Dutchl Well call
the boy O'Brien O'Brien-O 'Brien.
Prof. w. g. Russell of West Sunbury
returned to Butler from Harrisburg,
Saturday and he has not the most ex-
alted opinion of the order of proceed
| ings in our House of Representatives,
| If the thing has become as rotten as the
correspondents of the Independent news
papers say it has, and if the whole bust
ness is dominated by a United States
Senator. not elected by the people, 1t is
high time change was being made.
Andy Carnegie was subpoened TO ap-
peBr in court in Cleveland, this week.
and testify in the Chadwick case. His
name appears on fraudulent notes to the
amount OF nineteen millions, and he
SAID he would swear that he never heard
of the woman until she was exposed
in the newspapers. Andy says he does
not borrow money, as he usually has q
balance in bank of about ten millions;
and that those bankers who accepted
the forged notes as security should have
known better.
H. Kirke Porter of Pittsburg was one
of the II Congressman who voted
against the Esch- Townsend bill for the
regulation of railroad rates. Mr.. Por-
ter went TO Congress by reason of hav-
ing bolted from the Republican party
BY his vote against legislation of the
Republican party and Republican
President ii is apparent that he means
to leave Congress under cover of an
other bolt Mr.. Porter's opposition to
laws affecting railroads becomes the
more interesting in view of the fact that
he is manufacturer Of locomotives -
Pittsburg Times.
The county tax-rate was fixed at 8
mills.
The Seniors of the Grace Lutheran
church will hold chicken and waffle
supper on Washington's birthday, next
Wednesday.
The p 81 w. north of Foxburg is
said to be yet blockaded by snow, but
B. r. q P. trains are now running on
schedule time.
AT the meeting of the Pardon Board
in Harrisburg, yesterday; Mrs. Edwards
and the negro Gleason of Reading were
respited for one month; also the three
negroes in Jail in Pittsburg All the
cases are to haye farther hearing at
the meeting of the Board, next month.
The death Of Recorder Lafferty and
Clerk Moreland created two vacancies
in the court house at Mercer. which
were filled by the Governor s. r. New.
kirk, of Sandy Lake, was appointed Re.
corder, and Alex. Moreland, son Of the
late Joseph Moreland, is the new Clerk
of Courts.
"A five day sale, at auction. Of trot
ters and light harness horses was held
in New York city last week. The to
tai number sold in five days was 576
bringing 1854 $50. an average of frac
tion over $442 per head. The automo
bile is not driving the horse out of bust
ness to any noticeable extent as yet.
Medical Talk says ordinary SOU
buttermilk Is q better food than wal
ever bottled or boxed up by chemis
or doctor. Many farmer drives miles
away to see doctor, to get bottle o.
cod-liver oil, or beef extract, when Al
the same time he is feeding to hi
calves. good, rich, nutritious butter
milk, Thousand times better for hin
than the stuff the doctor gives him.
Letter to Joseph Rockenstein
Butler, Pa.
Dear Sir: Pay more for Devoe; be glat
to. 1t is full-measure and honest.
Paint is a watchdog. How would
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