Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-22

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The banks are closed today.
This is washington's birthday.
License Court begins Monday.
The newCouncilmen are all pledged
to be good.
The paved streets will now be
cleaned-cleaned-
1t cost Lawrence county $3.50 to
pay claims for sheep killed by dogs last
year.
Large remonstrances have been
filed against all the wholesale applica-
tions.
Why is Hearst of New York like
Anna Gould3 Because each got q Bum
Count.
The Octogenarian Association meets
next Saturday, Feb. "a. Several new
members are expected present.
Bell, Davidson and Dodds all have
nice majorities-407, COZ and 500. Dav-
idson carried every precinct in the
town.
The political advertisement, dis
played in large type, was the most
novel feature Of last weeks campaign
in Pittsburg.
Two men, convicted of murder,
were hung. at Ebensburg, last Thurs
day, "side by each; and six hundred
people attended the gruesome affair.
The Butler basket ball team defeat
ed the fast Tamaqua team in Associa-
tion hall. Tuesday evening. The game
was fast one. and the score was 81 TO
g.
Harry Seanor bought sixty-nine
horses in this section. last week;
twenty five in Butler. twenty in Mercer,
and eight. each, in SlipperYrock. Grove
City and Greenville.
of the marriages at Jamestown, N.
Y, the past year. nearly 400 were of
couples from outside the state, who
went across the line to avoid taking
out marriage license.
AN Iowa man committed suicide
the other day because his wife and
seven children insisted upon singing
Everybody Works but Father" Could
you blame the poor mani
A physician. druggist and bar
Der have been arrested at Edinboro on
charges Of illegal liquor selling. They
waived examination and gave bail for
their appearance at court.
--Geauga, county. Ohio. one Of the
leading maple sugar districts of the
United States, made considerable sy-
rup the past few weeks, many camps
being opened and good runs of sap Sc
cured.
An exchange says that a change as
to the manner of entertainment has come
over the social world, and cards Of all
kinds are being relegated to the garret
Music, elocution and literary work are
the substitutes The change is a good
one.
While Mrs. Albert Oatsdean was
returning from the home of neighbor,
in Salem. O.. an unknown person threw
pepper into her eyes. The husband
offers $50 reward for the capture Of the
erection Of distillery on the Site
Pittsburg Times.
six valuable horses belonging to 81.
g. BsghMap, of Pittsburg, who owns
Q farm near Greensburg.s have been
shot and cremated because of glanders,
and there are five more to kill. Under
the law the animals cannot be buried,
but must be burned.
--Une would think that these theatri-
csl people had enough to do without
carting lot Of dogs over the country.
Jim Corbett used to carry his. bull, in
his satchel, and altogether there were
about twenty in that troupe. A troupe
that was here. the other evening. had
lot with them.
The Freeport Herald reproduces a
poem entitled "The Gold Digger's
Dream, written 10y Charles B. Giles
pie, M. d. of that place about half q
Century ago. Doctor Gillespie was one
Of the early venturers for gold In Cali
fornia and no doubt his experience
there inspired this dream" after his
return home.
Erie county now leads the west end
Of the state in the number of applica
tions to the State Highway Department
for state aid in the reconstruction Of
roads. The County Commissioners
have now sent to the department 81 ap-
plications. which ask for aid on ovsr Dc
miles of road. There are several more
applications now in the Commissioners
hands, which will make the total still
greater. There are now in the county
four roads under contract and one Is
finished. the one finished is in Spring
field township and is about four miles
long
Another case Of mistaken identity
and the writing of obituary notices for
q man very much alive has developed
In which Roy Stewart, formerly of
Townville. Crawford Co.. figured. Some
time ago man of that name was ar
rested at Steubenville, O., for robbing
the railroad station where he was en-
ployed he made full confession and
while left alone for few moments
blew out his brains. With nothing
more to work upon than similarity in
names, the former Townviile Roy
Stewart was forced into the limelight
as the principal in the affair. 1t turns
out. however. that the suicide was
another fellow" and papers which pub