Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-03-22
PERSONAL.

| John Negley of Great Belt visited IL
Butler, Monday.
Martin Monks OF Middlesex twp. wa
in town, Monday.
E. Fl. Baker of Penn was in town ol
business, Saturday.
VIM. Eisler is about again after |
long and serious illness
Clerk Kiskaddon had the grip las
week, but is all right again.
Judge Taft has decided to accept ;
place on the u. s. Supreme bench
G. F. Beighley and son of Clay twp
did some shopping in Butler, Saturday
Sam Blank will continue to fill on
blanks and blanked be he who inter
feres.
Hon. r. w. Phillips is recovering
from an attack of indigestion at hi:
home in New Castle.
George Hazeltine of Flick spent Mon
day with his brother. Walter Hazeltine,
and other relatives in Butler.
James Walker of Clinton twp and
George Maitland of Buffalo twp. were
in town on business, Saturday.
County Auditors Scott and Wilson
came to town Monday, for their money.
They got about $500 each, this year.
Miss Lavina Dodds of Adamsville,
Crawford county, visited her brother.
T. J. Dodds. of Miffiin ST.. this week.
James Watson of Clinton twp. attend
ed the funeral of his brother-in-law.
James Long, near Worthington. FRI
day.
Washington Irving Scott. the great
est literary character in the county so
far as name is concerned, was IN But
ler. Yesterday.
J. O. Ray Of Grove City was removed
to his home, last Saturday, He was
stricken with paralysis at the Butler
B. 81 o. station some time ago.
John Rockefeller has billion, but is
not happy. He is said TO be hiding IN
New Jersey where Missouri writs do
not count, but is afraid of kidnappers
Rev. Samuel Montgomery, pastor of
the Gill Hall, Pa, U. 2. church, has
resigned his charge there. Rev. Mont
gomery is a native of Clinton twp.
this county.
Mrs Mary McKittrick OF near Union
town celebrated her 10Sth birthday, last
Saturday, and danced with her gue4 Is
She was the mother of ten children, a nd
can talk all day.
Linn Borland. manager of the Zim-
norman store, returned Monday, from
New York, where he purchased an I'M
mense line of ready-to-wear ladies suits
and other made-up goods, now arriving
daily.
II. H. Goucher. Esq. has rented the
second floor of the Byers' building, ad-
joining the CITIZEN Office building. on
Main st., has sublet two of the rooms to
Messrs McCrea and Findley, and will
occupy the other two as his offices.
Blair Hooks returned, last week, from
Illinois after succeeding in leasing up
5000 acres In Clark and Effingham conn
ties. Mr. Hooks had relatives there
who assisted him. The oil develop
meIt begins few miles west Of Terre
Haute, Ind. and now extends over 30
miles through Illinois.
Senator Platt alone was present when
the Senate chaplain opened the proceed
ings with prayer the other day. The
other Senators seemed content to let
the chaplin try it on Platt and, il 1t has
good result there, he may be permit
ted to try other cases OF course no
discreet chaplain would undertake to
cure Aldrich, Elkins or Penrose.
Butler is to have good base ball
team this year. The officers are DIR.
Wasson, President; M. F. Wright, Vice
President; Chas H. Douglass, Secreta-
ry and Treasurer. They, with Morgan
Davis, w. G. Culberson, J. w. Mckee
and r. @. Gillespie are the directors.
twenty-five hundred dollars has been
raised and franchises can be secured in
the N. Y. e. Pa League. or the Penn'a.
Ohio and Maryland outlaw league.
An alibi is the best defense an ac-
cused person can present-if made
good Samivel Weller. Sr., an interest
ing character of Dickene' time was
great believer in alley-bys. also great
in widows, because he mar
ried one. The wild and wolly" west
takes the lead in alibies, but the north
ern part of this county is some pump
kins in that line. In Chicago they have
dealers In alibies men who arrange for
them weeks and months ahead.