Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-30

them.
The Butler lawyers goto Greenville
tomorrow, at 9:30 a. IN. and hope to
again beat the lawyers of Mercer Go.
playing ball.
Some criminal prosecutions may
follow the ''bout for points in the feed
barn last Wednesday evening. But
two rounds were fought and then the
County Detective called time, and the
crowd scattered leaving some coats be
hind.
When you see a well-to-do young
man these days in suit of greasy over
alls don't be alarmed by the mistaken
idea that he has gone to work in a ma
chine shop or coal mine. he is mere
ly spending the week doctoring up his
new $4,000 automobile for a little ride
Sunday afternoon.
AS an aid to securing good night s
sleep during hot spells put piece of
floor mating on your mattress and
sleep on the mating. In this way
certain amount of ventilation passes be-
tween the body and the mattress. 1t is
\ this lack of ventilation that causes one
to be restless on a warm night.
The Bruin and Mars teams played
a great game of ball in Butler, last
Thursday morning. Each club had but
one run to its credit until the 18th in
ming when Bruin scored another and
won the game, to l. The two clubs
are very closely matched and will try it
again. Friday morning Mater McCrea's
bunch took the Bruin boys into camp
to2.
The Butler Public schools, and the
Butler Business College. open next
Monday. The Public schools of Butler
are as good as there is in the state; and
there is no necessity for going outside
of the county for business education
with such man rs Prof. Regal in the
town His college will open with a
large class. the students coming from
all over the county. One rural COM
munity promises ten.
Tax Collector Davidson took in over
$31, 900 Monday and Tuesday, the last
days for securing the per cent rebate
on taxes. This is a larger amount than
was ever paid before on the last two
days The largest single payment was
by the Standard Steel Car Works, about
$11, 900. The Standard Plate Glass
Works got off with $226S; while the
Butler County National Bank paid
about $4,000. Chas. Duffy is the largest
individual tax payer in the borough,
his taxes running between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The three Luc;fers with the Barnum
& Bailey circus. which will exhibit here
in a few days. are said to be grotesque
dancers and contortionists of exception
al cleverness. Their act is described as
a development of the Majilton act, go
popular in the United States a number
of years ago. The two women in the
act are said to display some new and
striking effects in costuming. Clever
dancing performances are also, it is an
nounced. Introduced by the Vorlops. a
troupe of eight young girls from
Prussia.
"A. c. Ruby sold three of his i'm
ported stations to Butler county men,
during the Fair. John Marbnrger
bought yearling Percheron, black; T.
McCandless and d. West 3-yearold |
Shire, brown; and the Snyder Bros. g.
year old Percheron. He shipped the |
rest to his farm on the Columbia, at
Pendelton, Ore. and on Tuesday of this
week attended the reunion of the Ruby
family on the Harrison Ruby farm, near
Prospect. He shipped by express in
New York Palace car, the trip from
Butler to Pendleton to be made in three
days, and the cost will be S1170.
The fuss in Cuba and the doubt in |
our minds as to what it is all about, re- |
call the lines
Now tell rs all about the war,
And what they killed each other fer. F"
20, that cannot tell, quote he,
But twas glorious victory"