Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-07-13

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Butler Ia healthy town at present
This is Odd Fellows day at Grove
City
Buffalo is convention city, this
week.
Farmers are busy harvesting and
crops are generally good.
Property owners of Chestnut street
will ask Council to pave it.
The Isthmus Rubber Co., twin of
of the Ubero Co., is under fire.
The Grocers have changed the date
of their picnic to Wednesday, the 26th.
The s.drouth" in Butler during the
4th-of:July week wasn't as bad as it
might have been.
The young man who expects to rise
with the sun must not stay up too late
with the daughter.
You drink wah-ter with the accent
ON the wab) for your health at Cam
bridge, and its good idea.
The advance detail of Co. L left for
Erie yesterday morning, and the rest OF
the company left this morning.
Camp meeting is being held by the
Free Methodists in the Bredin Grove on
the Plank Road, south of town.
Sensible people wear their old
clothes when they 60 away on a vaca-
ton. Fools go to show their new ones.
One of the street fakirs, here last
week. had voice like fog-horn, but
Andy Roots threshing machine downed
him.
The doors of the County Offices
now close at noon Saturday. and only
the windows are open Saturday after
noon.
Some Of the jurors in the bridge
cases are thinking of organizing bridge
building company-now that they know
all about it.
There was quite a commotion In
black bird circles few mornings ago.
The old birds wanted the young ones to
fly, but the youngsters wanted to eat.
Patents on steel baggage, mail and
passenger cars have been granted to
Andrew Christianson of Butler, and as
signed to the Standard Steel Car
Works.
The 18th annual volksfest of
Lutherans will be held at Rock Point
on Wednesday, August End. A large
attendance Of people from this vicinity
Lis assured as this is the first outing Of
Of the year to this popular resort.
The corner stone Of the new Odd
Fellows building was laid. with appro-
pirate ceremony, Monday evening, with
remarks by Hon. A G. Williams Of
Butler and L. X. White Of Pittsburg,
and music by the 10th Reg. Band.
The ten-thonsand people at the
Park on the 4th saw fine display Of
fire works The street car people chsrg-
ed everybody 20 cents and gave balf Of
Il 10 tho Firemen, who paid for the fiz-
xsrs and bombs and had some left
The certified copies Of the last reg
istration Of school children are now
ready for delivery at the Office Of the
County Commissioners. Secretaries Of
the several school boards In the county
are requested to call or send for same.
The Allegheny County Commits
sioners have purchased that portion Of
the Pittsburg and Butler plank road
which lies in Allegheny county. about
Is miles. for $65,0OO. and will remove
the toll gates and eventually macadam-
ize it,
Ground was broken last week for
the new Pythian Home on the Fielder
farm at Harmony. The cornerstone Is
to be laid August 14th; j. w. Hutchi-
4 son,of Butler, w. J. Moffatt of New
Castle and J. A. J. Haupt Of Pittsburg
are in charge Of the arrangements.
Fred Goettler is to build a new ice
factory 9Ox1OO It. in size on the lot re-
Gently purchased by him from Harry
Hinchberger at Main and Quarry
streets A new and better process Of
manufacture will be used. The front
part of the lot will be used for resi-
dences.
The following persons successfully
passed the recent civil service examina-
tion and are now eligible for appoint
ment as carriers or clerks-H. r. Sut-
ton. G. NJ Graham, Ira e. Hindman,
James F. Pollock and James McLaf.
ferty. Miss Jennie v. Kennedy. Of
Renfrew. also passed the examination
for clerkship.
AT the regular meeting OF the
Town Council last week Frank K.
Mitchell was elected to succeed Harry
Hinchberger, resigned, Of the Fourth
Ward; and John Kemper to succeed
Fred Goettler OF the Second Ward
Mitchell and Kemper relnsed to accept
and the borough has only 13 Council
men at present. Norman Boyer wal
given the contract for paving E
Diamond street
The new bridge at Zelienople cost
t53, 1905, 800 of which was paid ly
the County, for surveys. plans, etc.
and $47, 600 by the state on contract. i
is 100 feet tong. with "a foot roadway
and foot walk. 1t was inspected I
few days ago and pronounced o. X
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