Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-03-08
PERSONAL.

has moved TO PttbSpurg.
Rev. McNeese of North Hope visited
friends in Butler, Friday.
George Humphreys of Bruin was IL
town on business, Tuesday.
w. J. Burton of Penn twp. is fore
man of the grand jury, this week
John Walker of Clinton township wa:
in Oil City on business, last week.
DR.. w. r. Hockenberry of Slippery
rock visited friends in Butler, Friday
John Mininger is occasionally seen,
but Fowler Campbell-Oh where Is ne
Henry Rumbaugh of Washington
twp is serving on the Grand Jury, this
week.
David Baker of Allegheny county
visited his nephew, John Nj. Baker OF
Penn township, last week.
Miss Lulu Neidel of S. Washington
st. returned Monday, from Buffalo. N.
Y. where she visited friends.
Sup'd't Gibson of the town schools Is
attending the state superintendent con-
vention at Altoona, this week.
Captain Florence Jackson and Lieu
tenent Elizabeth Hays are the new Sal
vation Army officers of Butler.
Harlan Book Of Franklin township
and his sister, Mrs. Davis OF Eau Claire
did some shopping in Butler, Friday
Philip Gerner has sold his farm ON
the Bull Creek road to Charles Kennedy
of jefferson township. and will moye 10
Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Courtney and
Miss Courtney returned to Allegheny
today after visiting their parents on
Negley ave.
Daniel Ashworth has succeeded
Major Nesbit in the Pittsburg pension
Office, through which the Butler pen
sions are paid.
w. z. Raisley OF Butler twp. brought
some fine young porkers to town. Tues
day-a bunch OF ive-months-olds that
dressed about 200 each.
Charles P. Ritter, who is practicing
law in Indiana, and William Ii. Ritter,
Jr. of Pittsburg, visited their parents
on Quarry street, this week.
Thomas Humes, wife and son,
Thomas, os Clearfield, did some shop
ping in Butler, Thursday. Tom. In
tends drilling on his fathers farm.
John Gallaher and wife celebrated
the 50th anniversary of their wedding
at the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Maggie Goddard, at Gallery, Tuesday.
M. Witte, the Russian premier, is
said to be bargaining with Jno. u.
for $500, 600. 900 for some
concessions. They need the
money.
William the Sudden is mad, all over.
The vote at the Algeciras convention,
last Saturday, was in favor of France,
and William is said to be contemplating
taking slice of Turkey.
DIR. Zimmerman is yet lying abed
helpless from paralysis; Geo. W.
Shiever and G. Z. Herr are said to be
critically i'll, and r. p. Scott and w.
J. Dixon are on the sick list
Mrs. J. N. Patterson and Miss Alice
Patterson entertained parties OF lady
friends at their Eome on n. Mexican
st., Saturday and yesterday afternoons,
the events being second and third of
series Of parties the ladies are giving.
Prince Henry of Wales is to visit
India soon. and none of the native girls
are to be allowed within ten feet of him.
They are said to have girls there so
illed up with poison (trom eating it
rom early childhood) that one kiss is
Iure death.
William J. Nanny and Miss Pearl
auselton were married in Pittsburg,
The bride is daughter OF
VIM. Huselton and the groom a SON Of
Jos. Nanny, ,Sr. Five years ago they were
last year Mrs. Nanny secured
/ divorce, and after nearly years
separation they courted again and a
Jecond marriage resulted.
John z. Muder of the Hotel Central
II Saxonburg was in town on business,
Mr.. Muder is also p. M.
here, but he has resigned that after
serving for 8 years, his resignation to
take effect April 1st, next; and Jno. r.
Helmbold will probably be appointed il
MS stead. Mr.. Mnder was the irst ap-
pointee in this county under McKinley's
irst administration.
Dr. Preston Pratt of Chicago says
that electricity will eventually produce
4 race of blind people Universal
blindness il to be humanity's tribute to
monster which mans
genius has unclaimed. Possibly in this
twentieth century-with mock glory
styled the age of electricity-human
eyesight will flicker ont under the in
duence of the gigantic fluid il has
found. too powerful for mans delicate
physical organization.
Alex. Mcdowell nominated himself
for Governor. and accepted the nomina-
ton. at the dinner given by Senator
Penrose to the Pennsylvania delegation
at Washington, last Wednesday night.
They had high jinks at that dinner, and
there were thirty candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination present. Nc
Dowell was first to take the honor. He
took it to relieve the others of the EN-
of informing their friends
that they could not possibly accept it.
He thanked his friends for urging him
to be candidate and said how pleased
he was TO save them from the worry Of
devisiDg ways and means for avoiding
the honor that others appeared de-
termined had been thrust upon them.
The Business Mems League of Slip
met officials of the Pennsylya-
mia railroad, last Thursday, and discuss
ed the proposition to secure the extern
sion OF the Wolf creek branch Of the
Pennsylvania railroad from North Slip
peryrock to Slipperyrock, distance Of
two miles. The railroad people would
not promise any present improvement
other than betteriDg of the service at
North Slipperyrock in the way Of a
freight and passenger station and addi-
tional siding for handling freight
Letter to j. N. Hawarth,
Butler, Pa.
Dear Sir. Why, do you think, can De-
voc sell pure paint as low as others sell
adulterated paint?
There are 30 or 40 or so different
makers of paint, that rank, in way, as
'first-class;" they have their regions;
ones region is large, anOther's is small;
everyone is ''first-class" IN its region.
OF these 80 or 40 or 80, one il best, an
other next. and so on down; hut the
prices are all the same or about the
same-you can buy one for less than
another though; pereQnal matter