Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-08

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
New time table on the Bessie.
The young robins are numerous
this year.
The Masons will go to Conneau
Lake. Aug. 10.
The salary of the Butler Postmaste
is now q. 800 per year.
Some of the wholesale houses ant
offices in Pittsburg now close at noon
Saturdays.
They are making about sixty car
a day at the Steel Car Works, and that
q good many.
&C. N. Boyd's drug store looks some
what owl-y these days but the bird
holds the correct time
The Blacks will reune on the S. j.
Black farm in Marion twp, (the Ole
homestead) on Wednesday. Aug. Both.
Some of the loafers about the Cour
House and in the Park ''set and think,
and then again there are others who
lust set"
The .Hot Tomato" fish wagon has
gone out of commission, and there will
be no more woody mackerel" on sale
in Butler, this summer.
The Juniors of the Grace Lutheran
church will hold an ice cream and
strawberry festival in the church on
Mifflin St., next Thursday evening.
The frost of last Saturday morning
was followed by nice corn day. II
was light frost, however, and did but
little harm, while the former one killed
at least half of the early fruit.
Some Butler boys serenaded new
ly married couple too vigorously. last
Thursday evening, upon their return
home The serenade startled woman
living near. who was a sufferer from
heart trouble, and she fell dead.
Nearly five hundred Woodmen were
in line for their memorial parade, Sun
day. They marched to the North
Cemetery and unveiled the monuments
erected to the memory Of two of their
members-T. J. Leedom and Fl. Fair
who died during the past year.
Butler, Prospect and Plano can no
longer contest as to which is the home
OF Rube Waddell. John Waddell, the
famons Rube's father. after long years
of service to the National Transit Co.
bas been retired or pension and has
moved with his family to st. Marys,
where he owns q store.
Hereafter there will be Sunday
trains from Butler to Foxburg, leaving
Butler ut 9:42 q. IN. and 500 p, m.
But one change was made on the
schedule between Butler and Allegheny
tho LES p. m. train Is, on Sunday,
changed to 110, but remains at Les p.
m. for week days
while q wagon load Of hay was
passing down the alley between the s.
w. corner OF the Diamond and Wayne
street, it upset and one man was caught
under the load and had a narrow es-
cape. There is steep place in that
alley that is dangerous for heavily
laden wagons and it should be graded
ct once.
"A COW belonging to a family at
Hannahstown, was bitten by mad
dog some time ago, and killed herself
by humping her head against trees and
rocks. But the family did not know,
ct first, what was the matter with her,
and continued using her milk and be-
came sick. Now two of them are un-
dergoing treatment at Pittsburg Hos
pital.
Some big boys went up Sullivan
run, last Saturday week, and went in
swimming. Some little boys followed
them. and waded into the cold water.
One Of the little boys was attacked by
rheumatism Sunday evening. and il
followed up his left side and went to his
heart. He died Wednesday. The
winter, just passed, was his first one al
school. He made two grades during
his first term and was looking forward
TO his examinations, Friday. He wal
buried that day.
Five hundred boys and girls o.
Pittsburg were taken to Lillian Home
near Valencia, on special trains, las
Saturday. just for an outing, and OF
Monday two hundred were taken there,
they to stay for two weeks, when they
will be replaced by another bunch. tn.
object being to give large number o.
peor children an outing each year
The Home is maintained by the Kings
ley Association of Pittsburg; tn
site or farm was donated by G. L
Taylor and the home is named after hi
daughter Miss Lillian. On Saturda,
last the Home entertained one hundre,
and fifty guests, as well as the children
The statements Of our two leadiny
bank.-The Butler County Nationa
and the Butler Savings and Trust Co.
are remarkable for town OF the popu
lation Of Butler. The deposits of th'
National amount to over two millions
and those Of the Savings to over on,
and half millions. The National ha
$1,S76.OO0 bearing interest, and the Sav
ings 81, ,842, 900. The capital and sur
plus of the National amounts to nearl
500, 900 and those of the Savings t
nearly $500,
The report Of the Farmers Nations
also shows steadily increasing bus
ness with nearly half a million on d,
posit and bearing interest.
Since the Butler base ball club r,
turned from its trip to franklin and o
City it has been playing little bit th
best article of base ball ever seen in th
town; the players are working togethe
like machinery and coach and ercoul
age each other all the time. The pitch
ara Harkins and HazaI+ox