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

Prof. Gibson is home from Meadville
Frank Murphy is home from Chaut
auqua.
Phil Schaul and wife are doing Mag
ara Falls and vicinity.
Norman Bredin, as son of Jos. B. is
home from the far west
Mrs. L. NJ Young is in Cleveland at
!. tending the millinery openings.
Il o. B. McCandless moved from Ma
, harg to Mt. Chestnut Yesterday.
Geo. Schenck has the contract for the
Eidenau power house and car barns at
$40, 500.
A. o Eberhart and wife left town,
yesterday, for visit with friends in
Kansas.
Commissioner Easley and wife re-
turned, Tuesday, from trip to the
Falls and Toronto.
Peter Fennell of Fennel.on, one of
the oldest citizens of the county, was a
visitor in Butler, last week.
Miss Louise Huber of Philadelphia
has returned home after visiting Miss
! Gertrude Siebert of Wayne st
S. w. Moore and wife of West Liber-
| ty were the guests of Mrs. Mary Ann
Moore of East Pearl St, last week.
| c. A Clark and wife, nee Bauer, of
Smith6eld, w. Va. visited relatives in
Concord twp. and Butler, last week.
We are shocked to find Mr.. Karnage
telling Mr.. Ruzvlt that he is delighted
and surprised" instead of 'delitd" and
''sprizt. -Ex.
James Gribben, exCounty Commits
sioner of Butler county was elected
street inspector of McKees Rocks last
week, at 81, 200 year.
Miss Florence Negley and Wayne
Negley of Pittsburg have returned
home after visiting their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Negley.
Jos. Finn and Mary Frazier borrow
ed parlor in Parkersburg, w. Va. for
a few minutes, last Thursday, sent for
a preacher, and got married.
VIM. Seligman of Gettysburg was the
guest of his father, c. Seligman. of w
Jefferson ST., last week, and spoke il
Grace Lutheran church, Sunday even
ing.
Chas. Ellenberger of Fairview twp
attended the funeral of his grand child
in Butler, Monday, one of the twin
daughters of his son, e. H., having
died.
T. H. Sweeting of Philadelphia lately
left his suit case in an Atlantic City
train, and offered reward of S., 900 for
its sreturn-considerabl money for
suit case.
J. W Hutchison, W. H. Tweedy and
P. W. Boyer attended the meeting of
Grand Lodge, K. of P, at Dubois, and
secured $4,000 for the Pythian Home at
Harmony.
Mrs. John Brough and son. Mrs. Ben
jamin Zimmerman, and Mrs. James
Ryder of Pardoe have returned home
after visiting Mr.. and Mrs John Foster
of First street.
Rev "A. X. Shanor Of Middle Lancas-
ter was in town on business, Tuesday.
On Oct. 1st next he will move to
Youngwood, railroad town near
Greensburg, Pa.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York describes Boss Murphy of Tam
many hall as intellectually sterile, So
cially vulgar and morally obtuse. A
great character to give Boss.
Francis Byers, VIM. Mccoy, l.. G.
Kelly, Mrs. l.. H. Pfeifer, J. w. Harbi
son, o. NJ. BARLEY, r. J. Barron, ]. A.
Craner, James Thompson, Abram
Fleeger and JAS r. Kearns were among
our callers last week
Mrs. Agnew and Miss Minnie Martin
have returned to their home III ALE
gheny after visiting their sister, Mrs
D. F. Negley. of Jefferson twp. Mr..
and Mrs. Negley left on trip to Mag
ara Falls, Saturday
Miss Emma Lardin of Tarent----s - ,
J. r.. McCrory. ths mIiIionai'-a :, i
ten man, and lis young son, were |
guests at the home Of Daniel Lardin, |
this week. Mrs, Lardin is visiting her |
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Peters in Clar |
ion.
Tom Frazier has quarter, w. J. |
Mcdowell quarter, M. l.. Gibson an |
eighth, and Tom Williams and Tom !
Lyon an eighth in the new 4th-sand |
gusher on the S. w Crawford farm, a |
mile west of Saxonburg. in Jefferson
twp. The papers are now putting
Hon. before Toms name.
Rev. Josiah R. Rankin of James
town, N, Y, presiding elder in the
Methodist Episcopal church, and Rev.
D. M. Rankin, pastor Of Chicago
Presbyterian church, visited their
kin, this week. Rev. Josiah Rankin
preached in the M. E church, Sunday.
Justice Brewer of the U. S. Supreme
Court lately perpetrated joke on Sec
retary Taft's bulk, that is travelling
around the world. The pleasantly was
based on compliment he desired to
pay to the the chivalry of Yale men.
Yale men everywhere are polite, said
Justice Brewer, but Secretary Taft is
the most polite man I ever saw in my
life Why, the other day I was in a
street car with him and he got up and
gave his seat to three women"
William J. Curtis, railroad travel |
ing passenger agent, was in Sterling,
KS, recently, and the loungefs in the |
hotel somehow formed the impression |
that he was Congressman Charles Curtis |
who wants to be United States Senator |
One patriarch asked him: What do
you think about the Panama canal2"
'1 fought for lock canal and still be-
lieve in locking it up, especially at
nights" do you believe the new rate
bill is good thing as it stands?" Yes |
like the bill pretty well excepting for
the reduction of fares. l think the
fares should be raised to cents a mile
for every one excepting my friends, and
that they should all have passes and
private cars. y You don't talk that way
in the newspaper, Mr.. Curtis. We'll,
this newspaper business is all bosh,
anyway, and you didn't expect to be-