Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-11-30

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Any color SO its red.
Alas, the poor Turk
Wells are not fashionable this fall
We are promised another mild win
ter
Sunday was quiet day-after the
Did you notice that big turkey at
Niggel's7
Last Sheriff Sales of the year, Fri,
day, Dec. and 8.
The Sunday service on the B. r. &
p, Low includes Rochester.
The Kaylor Coal Co. is nov turning
ont about rs car loads of coal per day.
Some New Castle parties have op-
toned the Muddycreek Falls for a
Park
We 90 to press day carrier than
usual this week, on account of Thanks
giving Day.
Automobile and foot ball deaths oc-
cupied some space in last Sunday morn
ing papers.
The fog of last Thursday night put
ont all the street lights, excepting the
one You were standing under.
The red flag is up. in Russia; and
the Sultan is thinking of putting up the
green. or holy war, flag in Turkey.
Citizens OF West Wayne street will
petition for the paving Of that thorough
fare at the next meeting Of Council.
"A drunken Slay, employed on the
new trolley line, rode from Allegheny
to Butler, last Saturday evening. on top
OF a passenger car.
"A Canadian member OF Parliament
has been unseated in the House OF Com
mons for hiring conveyances to take
voters to the polls. This is hard on the
liverymen.-Ex.
The residents of North Butler are
kicking on storage of dynamite near
by. The Bessie" il preparing to widen
its track around the hill, and the dyna-
mite is intended for blasting purposes.
The work of laying the track for
the new trolly was begun at Mars, Mon
day. and D. J. Roberts drove the first
spike In Butler the concrete piers for
the long viaduct over the railroad
tracks are being built.
The barn of Sherman G. Hum
phrey, on his farm in Worth twp, near
Jacksville. was destroyed by fire with
all its contents--two horses. fifteen
head of cattle, farm machinery, hay,
grain, etc. Monday night
A clergyman who resigned his pas
torate to take mp the practice of law as
signed az one reason for his changs
that the average man will pay more
to keep out Of Jail for one day than he
wonld to pay to be kept out of hell for
eternity
The late decision Of the Superior
Court allowing the Sheriffs of the state
ten cents mile for the distance travel
led In taking prisoners to the penal in
stitutions or patients to the hospitals.
plus all expenses. will be quite nice
thing for the Sheriffs.
Five hundred citizens OF Allegheny
have petitioned the County Commits
sioners to condemn and buy the five
bridges between that town and Pitts
burg, and make them free. The ex-
pense to the county would be about
twelve millions and the matter will 90
to the Grand Jury.
Some slight changes have been
made on the p. r. r. schedule. Trains
leave Butler and also Allegheny and
Pittsburg for Butler at the same times;
but they do not run on exactly the same
schedule; and there are some changes
on the main line, and Allegheny diyi-
sion.
The foot ball game between the
teams Of Yale and Harvard colleges at
Cambridge, Mass. was the leading
squeal Of the Sunday papers. Harvard
lost to Yale by IAN eyelash," aud won
noble defeat" The Blues scored by
q solitary fuke, there was record
breaking crowd, etc. Yale 0, Harvard
With Thanksgiving not veto 1t
may seem somewhat early to speak OF
Christmas shopping, that necessary pre-
liminary TO what has been termed "the
great annual swap" but 1t is really not
bit too soon for the beginning Of this
important and by no means unpleasant
duty. Considerations Of prudence, in
view of the inevitable rush which will
set In two or three weeks later. should
impel shoppers to early action, but
there are additional and altruissIc rea-
sons why the matter should not be de-
layed. All the buying Of presents
which can be done now as well as later
should take place in order to tighten
the burdens of the store employees.
Despite the additional help employed
by the shops during the last two weeks
OF the Christmas rush, the energies of
each individual clerk are strained to the
utmost. A little unselish planning
now on the part OF patrons will appre-
ciably alleviate the Christmas week
troubles Of the men and women behind
the counter
"A special meeting Of the Town
Council was scheduled for Tuesday
night to consider the ordinance giving
the Butler 81 Pittsburg Street Railway
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