Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-21

B. q. JACK.
d. LARDIN.
IF. McCLUNG,
No Paper Next Week.
Next week being Christmas week nc
paper win be issued from this Office.
Winter begins today
Only four more days
This is the shortest day.
Simple Simon, tomorrow evening.
Proof of the political plum is in the
grating.
Necessity knows no law. but that ID
no excuse for lawyer.
The Fnlton Fish Market, Oscar
A. Niggle, proprietor, has issued q
handsome calendar.
That Java sparrow in Schaul q
Levys show-window can stay under
water for some time.
The Sheriff Donaghy property on
n. Main st. changed hands for s1O, 200
W. B. Larkin was the purchaser.
The date fixed for the Butler coun-
ty Sabbath Convention in Y. N. c. a.
Hall Butler. is Thursday. Jan. 4th.
1T looks as IL the tramps are the
only ones who are going 10 have
chance to ride free on the railroads next
year.
Don't forget that the CITIZEN
makes the beat kind of q Christmas gift
to an absent friend-it's like letter
from home each week. 81 year in ad-
vance.
"A Paris investigator reports that
great strength may be acquired by
drinking extract Of red ants. Go to the
red ant, thou slugeard. and get mus
cle-Leader.
This IL considered to be the shortest
day Of the year. Next week the days
win begin lenthening. and We can look
for . STRENGTHENING Of the cold accord
ing to the old saw.
SO Jonah paid his fare and went
. scripture text which should interest
the members Of the Legislature ss they
start on their journey to Harrisburg for
the coming session.
The valvalens Oil Co.. intended
building q refinery near Butler, but the
Butler dailies made such fuss about IL
that the owner OF the land they wanted
raised the price on them and they quit.
Nothing new In Concord. said an
old friend, Monday. excepting Harry
Haggerty's new baby-Oh yes, Jas.
Thompson 81 Co. are cleaning out an
old well On the A. J. Campbell and will
pump It from the 3D. sand, with their
new well.
Have you that satisfied feeling oc-
cssioned by the thought that you don I
owe the printer cent? Notice the date
after your name on this paper and IL II
does not read 'OG. remittance is In
order. Don't wait for personal state
ment.
The new trolley crosses the b. 81
o. overhead at Bryant station 1t par
allels the railroad from north OF Mars
to south Of Valencia. and again for
quite a distance along Pine creek, and
then crosses the railroad and hill TO the
Millvale valley.
AT the NEE ting Of Council. Tuesday
evening, these assessment ordinances
were passed: New Castle st. sewer, ,5Sl
feet, cort s539. Ss; Miller st. sewer. 454
feet. 1886 81; New Castle st. paving
total cost sii.79O.l5, cost 10 property
owners s2.66 per foot front.
The Crystal mirror works, Of Kit
tanning. owned by August Jonas, wht
has been declared bankrupt and Is an al
legged fugitive from justice, were sold b,
order Of the bankrupt court The prop
erty. consisting Of three quarters of al
acre Of ground and two-story bricl
building, sold for fi1, 900.
"A rural mail carrier over In Wash
ington Co. has been dealing In skunl
skins. with the result that the mail OF
his route reaches ite destination In
high state Of orderiferousnees Th'
Postmaster General has been complain
ed to and the carrier will now have b
lessen his stink or quit carrying Uncl
Sans mail.
AT meeting of. committeeman an
candidates In Butler, Monday evening
Saturday. January 27. 1905, was decid
cd upon for the Republican primarie
OF Butler borough. The law require
the certificates Of nomination TO be file
with the County Commissioners, eigt
teen days before ths election 1.-The Com
m'ssioners to have the tickets for tn
election printed and ut the polls.
Cold weather has not stopped build
ing operations In Butler. as is evidence
by the work on the New Nixon Hote
the abntments for the new street ca
visduct on Sullivan Ave, the abui
ments for the widening Of the Beest
mer railroad bridges. and on the found
ations for two new brick store building
by DR.. Minteer and Jos. Dram !
Lyndora.
Representative Schneebeli Of Penn
sylvania has pity on the linguistic II
firmities OF bis fellow citizens mt Wast
ington. He thinks that name Of his
too much for the average man or wt
man, no he doesn't expect him or her 3
pronounce IL without assistance. Nj
Schneebeli has provided himself wit
cards on which is printed under b
name these words; Pronounced Sna,
blay."
Hugh Mccoy, a cripple. was she
and instantly killed by two robber
Monday night. while he was sitting
the kitchen OF his home on farm abol
two miles from Darlington and vi
miles from Beaver Falls Two shot
were fred, the gun being held 30 cloI
10 McCoy as 10 powder-mnrk hin
Robert Mccoy, brother. witnessed tf
glooting, and after battle with u