Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-03-01
PERSONAL.

Braid Black is yet a sufferer from
that carbuncle. and is under treatment.
Hugh Connolly of Allegheny, former.
ly of Butler, took in License Court
here.
Miss Mary Rockenstein is attending
the millinery openings III Cleveland
this week.
Geo. w. Whitehill is attending the
funeral of his brother, at jamestown,
N. Y, today.
! j. Campbell. tax collector of Fair
view twp. for ten years, was in town on
business, Tuesday.
| DR.. J. L. Christy Of Connoquenessing
was in Butler, Friday, witness on the
| Aggers- Core case.
Col. Ed. Mcfarland of Charleroi at
tended the funeral of Joseph Clinton in
Butler, last Sunday.
r. G. McClymonds Of the Western
Press, Mercer, an cid Butler typo, visit
ed friends here, last week.
Mrs. Joel L. Brown of West Penn st.
who was operated on at the hospital
some weeks ago, is recovering.
Mrs. Susan Partridge, formerly of
Zelienople, but lately at the County
Home, is cutting her third set Of teeth.
Geo. Fl. Davy of Butler and Mills P.
Ziegler of Zelienople were granted GER
tificates as registered pharmacists ar
Harrisburg, Tuesday.
W. J. McLain of the Ideal Clothin g
Parlors, wife and daughter passed Sun
day at the home Mrs. McLain's father,
John Hoover cf w. Sunbury.
County Commissioners Grossman.
Siebert and Easley inspected the public
buildings at Warren, Youngstown, Can
ton and Akron, Ohio, last week.
o. G.. Mechling was elected Justice OF
the Peace for Jefferson twp. at the late
election, and as Jefferson is a strongly
Democratic township he is proud OF his
success.
Prince Pignatelli, OF Italy was
''skeptical about the use of life, and
20 he pat bullet through his head, on
the morning of what was to have been
his wedding day-last Thursday.
Tsi-Ann. empress of China, is fustrat
ed, these days; they are finding sticks of
dynamite and such things about the
palace; and when she goes out for
walk eight men, with rifles, keep near
her
Charley Johnson, the tailor of Pros
pect. was elected High Constable at the
late election. with 53 votes. the highest
polled in that town. He has received
his spring goods and is now ready to re-
ceive orders for suits.
Edwin Markham. The poet, has
choice set of cronies of his own, among
whom are such men as VIM ID. Howells,
Mark Twain and Bradner Matthews.
His new poem, The Homing Heart,
is attracting much attention.
Rev. Cronenwett was honored with
birthday reception by the Bible classes
Of his church. last Thursday evening.
He has passed his 6jth milestone, and
has served the Butler st. Marks Luth-
eran congregation for 20 years.
GRANDMOTHER Nigel" who passed
away, last week. will be kindly re-
membered by many men and women of
Butler 1t was from her, in the later
Fifties and perhaps in the early Sixties,
that we bought our candy and ice
cream.
Miss Ethel Ct. Soaring. daughter of
the late NJ G. Soaring, and Fred T.
Fields, son Of Perry Fields, were
married yesterday at Slipperyrock
Their wedding was to occur the first
week in JanuaIy, but two days before
he date Fields. while at work as line
man at Beaver Falls. was struck by a
train and had leg cut off, and week
or two later the prospective brides
father dropped dead.
"Punxsutawney" Smith has added |
another insult TO his already large col |
lection Of the infamous things hurled at |
nim on account Of the name of his town. |
1t is in the form Of an express bill of
ading He got it few days ago. The
clerk who made it ont started to write |
the name Of the town, but got tired |
This is what he did in the stagger at |
the writing thereof:
"Punxsu--" followed by q scribble, |
and these words, The rest of that
name is coming by freight. Dispatch
Governor Pennypacker was the cen
5ral figure in the gathering Of those
who would have uniform divorce laws
for the States of the Union. Inasmuch
as he is the best advertised Governor in |
the country. everybody wanted to see
him. The disappointment was great
when the anxious ones beheld nice
looking old gentleman arrayed like all
other men of his age and apparent dis
oosition. He was smoother looking
than they expected to find him. They
expected to see pair Of cowhide boots.
something like the kind that father
wore when they were all down on the
farm.