A > & O ; ci t > < ■* -* s A THURSDAY, Al'GfSTio, 1599. ¥ .fTff.iV*; nIJ J& l«-t jicu*h *, V NEW ADVERTI s p¥ E NTS ; g *■./ \oTK -All advcrtl>e*4 u/ Li. *tjaiji?:i*?» iu their ads. slmuld notify us o! %/ iieir tfete placed m circulation shortly. -It is high time to consider what you are going to take to the Fair. -A water line is being laid on Pt»fin street, from Washington to Broad. Bigger, better, grander than ever— the Great Butler Fair —September 5 * —The Good Will Hope Co. is rusticat ing along the banks of the Slipperyrock this week • —Fifty-four people are quarantined in one hotel in Homestead, on account of a small-pox case. --Eighteen new ca u es of -mall-pox developed on E-i.st Pittsburg, last week, and ten iu Homestead. —The Fair is a county affair and every citizen of the county should con tribute to make it a success. —One of the oddest things to be seen about Butler at present is a a patch of thistles strnck by the blight —A vault large enough for :i banking bouse has been bnilt in the new Larkins building near the P. & W. station —After harvest all farmers sbonld take a day off and then- is no bett'-r place to spend it than at the Big Butler Fair. '—Now is the time to bav dry-goods, clothing, shoes and treats furnishing. You can stock up for next summer at half price. —The speed classes of the Big Fair this year are better than ever before and some great speed contests are as sured—Sept. r»-H. -The Bowman House will probably be closed next Monday. Mrs. Cain and her family intend moving into Mrs. Moore's house, across the way. Excursion trains will t>e run on all the railroads during Fair week. This will include the new Allegheny & West ern, which will run specials from Du Bois to Butler. —H. Steele, the clothier, visited the Phil'a and New York markets this week. He has done very well since lo cating in Butler, and is- keeping his stock up to date. —The Gladiolus on the editor's desk, this week, are fr on Mr. Ileydrick's gar den, and the lilies from the lake. If there is a prettier bonnet in butler we would like to see it. —The Board of Bealtli of Butler has again ordered the vaccination of all the school-children, and each pupil will Is; required to present a certificate from a physician at the beginning at the next term of school. —A stranger left a good horse and buggy at one of our livery stables a few days ago, told that he stole the rig and then ran off The buggy has the stamp of the Initial Toe Pad < 'o , Three Rivers, Micb. upon it. -When it was pouring and thunder ing the other night one wondered where all the water and electricity came from. Anyone who has ever seen a dense fog rise at sea knows how the clouds are formed; but how they hold up so much water, a.wl where all the electricity comes from are mysteries. The last rail of the A. & W. (the extension of the B. R. oo annually fortius pew. Bob glanced at the card and then passed it back with the following written on the other side: "Yon pay too damned much." There are two ways of talking over a telephone. When the bell rings, some people jerk down the receiver, place it to one ear. torn their back or side to the telephone ami yell "Hello?" to theoppo site wall or out of the window or down to the floor. If you want the party at the other end of the line to hear your remarks, talk into the telephone, in a common • eiise way and in an ordinary tone of voice. The fellow who yells at the top of his voice, to the annoyance of his neighbors, is well it isn't necessary. Unless the telephone is out of order, your every day tone can be heard just as distinctly three squares or three miles as it can three f«.pj away. —liutler Fair September -I-m. JIU:ii>ONAL. 1 - Butler 1- fitrlsept^intw in:T*nc ; eft Milliards is ««ri<>nslj ! % \W< fafc Ridrtk attended the (iicre City | feibleCTass j W m McCoy of Worth twjki was in j Town. Saturday | W D Brandon returned frtSu Cana; I dn last Saturday. i Mr«. .Jacobs of Detroit is the guest o$ j Mrs. Cnpt. Fleeter iwMifw Bovd bf Tarentum is tin guest . of Airs C. N Boyd. ! i iiin Ferguson < for a visit with friends iti Toronto,Can adav. J. D. Marshall will leave this evening I for a trip to New York and will be gore for a week. Dr. Morath of Cleveland was the guest of F. D. Tinker of Jefferson twp. j over Sunday. Misses Alice Collins and Sara Black took in the excursion to Atlantic City last Thursday. Geo. Biehl is able to l>e about again. About three weeks ago he fell and sprained a leg. Esq. J D. Wilson of Sisters ille for merly of Saxonbnrg. visited old friends here last week. Will Mayberry and George Kings bury, of Centreville, are members of tenth regiment. Miss Alice Shearer of N McKean St. returned Wednesday from a visit with relatives below Mars. Scott Emerv and family, of New Castle, are visiting William Marbnrger and family at Callerv. Mabel Lockwood of Zelienople visited Stella Heydrick on her way home from Grove City Bible School. W. C. Findley returned from Cam bridge last Saturday, greitly benefitted bv the water of the Springs. J. H. Morrison or Lancaster twp. a grandson of James Morrison, lately de ceased, was in town, yesterday. W. H. Fithian ar.d daughter returned last week from a pleasant trip to the seashore, Philadelphia and Washington. Dr. Charles McClelland of Glade Mills and his brother R. D. McClelland, of Wurtemburg were in town, Satur day. Miss iCinm.i Xegley and Miss Emma Klingeneinith have returned from a vis it with friends in Philadelphia and Reading. Maj. Anderson celebrated bis 77th birthday last Friday by doing some fancy scroll work with his ex-editorial but now judicial pen. James Vogeley. who was not stek a day while out with the 15th, has lately been suffering from the trembling em brace of malaria fever. Jobn Cole left Tuesday to attend the convention of the Volunteer Firemen's Association of Scottdale as delegate of the First Ward Hose Co. E. S. Dewyer, the contractor and rig builder of Maharg, was in town last r;g»'y. ft T'M! V"l« r, ,ITT Tip ' Peoples Phone No. 2H, Bulford farm. Misses Glenn, Kerr. Patter-on. Mabel Dickey and Bertha and Sadit! Reed of the Slipperyrock l ". P. church attendr-d the Y. P. C. L T . convention in Pittsbnrg. Fred Negley, salesman for the Hood, Fnlkrod & Co. s dry goods house of Philadelphia, has been seeing his custo mers in this section during the past few weeks. W. G. Douthett, the clothier, return ed, Monday, from a ttip to youngs town, and a visit with his partner Hart Graham, who is doing a great business at their store there Samuel Miller, the war horse of the west end, was 02 years young and gay yesterday. Sain was born in Butler, on the Diamond in 1887, and has lived in several parts of the town. Miss Tillie Kalb is one of the tw-st farmers of this vicinity. -She has a field of oats 011 her place near town that averages five feet in height, and her bay crop this year was immense Will Hays, the genial Assistant Sec retary of the V. M. <'. A. severs bis con nection with the local A -sociation this week, and will shortly depart to S'nip pensbnrg. Pa. to take charge of the As sociation of that place. Misses Gora Stein <»£ MifHiti St and Anna ('ronenwett and Barney Milheim have been attending the Luther League Convention in Pittsburg the last few days as representatives of the Leagne of St Mark's congregation. Ex-County Auditor William Moore of Muddycreek twp and candidate for County Auditor Philip Sechler of Pros pect iw-.ied through Butler Monday on their way to aft in an appraisement on the Griboen farm near Saxonburg. . Samuel Baxter, the popular clerk at J. ('• Jk W. Campbell's hardware store, and Miss Laura Alexander were united in marriage by Rev. Alter at the home of the bride's father, John C.Alexan der in Concord twp., Tuesday. Ah Yo, of Shanghai, who enlisted in the navy in IHMI and was formerly at tached to Dewey's flagship Olympia.has been granted a pension of £:'.<> a month for lung trouble. He is the lirst Chinese pensioner of this government. E. Wolf, formerly of Butler but now an employee of the machine shops of the Washington Navy Yards, and Mr. Biggins of the same, visited old friends in Butler, last week. They are making a tour that will include Niagara Falls New Vork. A party, including G. A. Spang and wife, Miss Agnes Brandon, Mia*cH Jen nie and Mabel Collins, Mr. Sbnltz and Mr. ('line of Renfrew, took in the ox enrsion to Pittsburg, Saturday evening, and as the weather proved very favora ble they spent a very pleasant evening. The families of John Zorb and I. N Harkless returned last week from their camp in the wood-on the I'. Daugher ty farm in the N. E. corner of Adams twp They had comfortable tents, got plenty to eat from the neighboring far iners, stayed six weeks, and enjoyed it. John A. Watson of Buffalo twp. had an odd experience a few days ago while taking ice from his ice house His hand touched a snake among the saw dust. and he pulled the snake oat, and threw it to the ground and killed il. It was it copperhead and it struck at him, but its mouth was fnll of saw dnst. J M. Gal breath and wife, I Jr. <' At well. Harvey Mc( landless, T. J. Dodds It. S. Cornelius, Ella and Annie Purvis, Bertha McKlhaney, Jennie Armstrong. Ella and Bell Hazlett, Mrs Benton and Stella and E. II Neg ley of Butler. Mar ion and Myrtle Gibson of Slipperyrock, end Jean Gibson of Fairview were among the many Bntler county attend ants of the Y p. c ('. convention in Pittsburg, last week. Misit Salilin of Mel*",inn, I'.t , wliohuM l>een (jjtfnilintt the HU miner friendsand relative* in Toronto, ('anada, was joined last wwk by Mr O (». Mr ('andleiw of this place, and the couple were ijiiietly married in Toronto, Mon day evening the Ith in«t. I.y the Ucv. Neil I) l> l'antor of the WestmiiiiHter Protbyterianchnrcb. Mr. and Mr*. Mc- Candlt-- vriH triakj? a tour Jif souiw of CanaAiV ftvvi Il*'«nniiiier"resorta "in fore rit" -rntf to bnfe.. tuny Will { make their ftrbiro lidhic i: Congressman John Daiuell. with his wife and son. have returned to their home at Hawkins station from an ex tent 1 . >-d trip to Alaska. They spent abont two months in the far north Dalzell said that the trip was siiu ply a summer and that there was < nothingoffielal abont if. He said Uncie Sam's possessions there would pay hand somely for their development, and that ther • are great prospects for the fntnre. Jtfooog those in the party with which Mr Daizell traveled were Congressman Sereco E. Pyane. wife and son, William K. .of Auburn X. V Congressman .T. T. A. Hull wife and daughter. Des .Moines, fa,; Congressman E .T. Br.rkett and wife, Lincoln. Neb . Senator M. L j Havward. Nebraska Citv: Mrs Heat- I wofe. wife of Congress jan -T P. Heat-j wole. and Mi??- Archibald. Northfield, j Mini. Frt'er Fair Set teml er Z s OH, NOTES. —Butler Fair September 5 *. The Market remains at #1.27. For the month of July Butler county had -i new production of sot» blls a day. with i;.-. wells drilling and :{.» rigs np" at i j the end of the month. Pen.v twp.—The Forest's well on the ' David Dcxbls. north of the Campbell heir? is making 25 blls n day from the 100-foot and opens a new patch. The company is drilling on the Matthew An drews. .. The FOREST snvell on the D. Dodds is rated at 2~> bW» from the 1<«»-ft Brown.- ju. The Forest swell UU the John Dodds is good, /or 40 uTal.- Several wells are drilling in that ftfftd COYEKHVjr.EH Coyle & Cos ISO 3 on the Englehart is rated at 50 bbls. Calluky— I The Forest is cleaning out an old well on the Geo. Kaufman farm. Fair view Twi' -Harry Fithian got a well on the P. Thompson and is shoot ing it today: the South I'enn has one due on the B. S. .Rankin. Thompson A: McKinny are drilling on the McCoy, and Coffin &'Co., the South Penn and M. M. McKinny on the Capt. Hays. Middlesex—Sablin & Cos. No. 1 W. R. Thompson found no oil in the 100-foot and are drilling to the lower sand. O'Brien & Cos well on the Sterling, Gold field, in doing 45 bbls. PARKER TWP. -Perrine & Tinker struck a 50 bll well on the W. E. Allen Rosenberry field last week. MARION TU I* Patterson & Tate sold their interests in some old territory in Marion twp. last week to K. M. Cross of Oil City for *l4, Wi. BITLEU TSVI> Bert Young shot his well on the P. W Snyder, the otner day, and the casing collapsed. The well will probably be pumping tomor row. Amy, Campbell and Ciaig's No. 2. on the George Nickel will be com pleted this week. Frazier and Forqnert are drilling on the Rea farm east of the Nickel. UIIUKC'H NOTES. - Bntler Fair September > *. Rev. W. O. 'Campbell preached in the First Presbyterian church of lintler last Snnday. . The Jefferson Centre Presbyterian church gave an entertainment and lawn fete at WIN Montagu house last even ing. Rev. Maurice Ren ben and several other converted Jews are holding camp meeting at < .'allery. Rev. Reuben spoke in the M. E. church in Bntler.last even ing. Butler Fair. The Bntler fair managers have added two more races to their program for Tuesday, the first day of the lair. The first for colts, three years and under, pace or trot; parse *75. Division and condition same as regular races, except one person can start as many as he in three. The second race is for gentlemen's roadsters, pace or trot, owned in Bntler county prior to August Ist and which have not been handled on track by pro fessional trainer this season. Records no bar; owners to drive their own horses to four-wheel vehicle. Heats three in live; purse SSO. Usual condition and division of money. Entries for the above races close on Saturday. Sep tember .'ind. Itig Crops. Lewis Albert of Fianklin twp. had a 7-acre field of oats this year that run U5 bushels to the acre: and an acre and a half of wheat that yielded 47 bushels, or about ill bushel to the acre. ,M:i rkcis. Wheat. wholesale price... 00&(>5 Rye. " 45 Oats, •• 20 Corn, " : 'H Ifay, " 9.00 Eggs, " 10 Uutter. " 17 Potatoes. " Cabbage, per lb 01 11uckelberries {>er r> A. M . arriving at Altoona l:M~» P.M., where Htop for dinner will be made, reaching Philadelphia ti 2.1 P.M. and arriving ATLANTIC CITY, via the Dela ware Si/er Bridge route, the only all rail line, at 8.40 P. M. Passengers may also spend the night in Philadelphia, and proceed to the shore by any regular train from Market Street Wharf or Bread Street Station on the following day. A stop-over of ten days will also be allowed at Philadelphia on the going trip, if passengers will deposit their tickets with tin: Ticket Agent at Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, immed iately on arrival. Tickets will be sold from the stations at the rates named below: Rate. Train leaves Pittsburg 919.09 8.55 A M. Turentum 10.0U 7.:f4 " Natrona 10.00 I'M Bntler 10.00 <1.25 Free port 10.00 7.45> Altoona (dinner). . 8.00 l .Mtt P.M. Philadelphia. Arrive .... 0.2.1 Atlantic City. Arrive .... 8.40 " Tickets will also be good on regular trains leaving Pittsburg at 4.50 and 8.:io P.M., carrying sleeping cars t<» Phila delphia. and 7.0.1 P.M., carrying Pull man sleeping cars through to Atlantic l itv bor detailed information in regard to rates and time of trains apply to ticket agents or Mr. Thomas K Watt, Din. trict Passenger Agent. Pittsburg. CASH FOR WOOL. I pay the highest market price in cash for wool, lrnye no merchandise <#f any kind to exchange, am located at tame place as last year, (.rahnm Urns'. Grocery, just across the street from Trmitman's dry goods store. W, I'. KUMHKICr.ICK. —l'or bargain . in valuable and desir t>le residences inquire of Walker & Mc Klvain. I.KG.VIJ N I:\VS. Batlor Fa:r Septemln r '• > New Si ns <>il well Supply Co. i> W. H Thomp son ami execotor? of Jr.s. \V. Thoiup son. execution attachment on judg ment. MOTKS. A hearing was liad in the C'ounoijne nessin.sr twp. school hoa«-» case Satur day. and the Directors were given nntil tomorrow to say what they would do. Two Wichita ladies who tried to pelt a saloon keeper with had eggs, flew wide of the mark and hit a railroad station instead, and are to be investigat ed bv law. When will women learn how to throw straight "r Thirty-four criminals ir the Dixmont hospital, three of them first degree nim-- der. sent there by the courts, naturally excite the dissatisfaction of Jjr Hutch inson. It i- not right that the criminal and non riminal insane shonid be min gled. Thi- evil demnnds a remedy Letters testamentary on the will of Win. Story, dec d. of Parker twp. have S been granted to Sarah A. Post Letters of administration on the es tate of Sarah A. Hutchinson of Cherry twp. have been granted to lvina Wins low William Book of Worth twp. has been held on a charge of larceny. A E. Goodrich of Petrolia has been committed to jail for trial on charges of a-s.Lult, and drunk and disorderly, it is -:iid he had some trouble with the Tax- Collector - PROPERTY TRANSFERS Cath. E. Rankin to P. & W Ry. Co. hit in Butler for ifl. ™ Heirs of Samuel Torrence to Wm. Torrence lot in Parker for fl. T. Cal Kenned}-, ex r, to Sarah B. Bry.-on lot in Mars for Nannie .J.McGrew to Catharine Wim er, lot in Prospect for George A. Chalfant to Matilda M. Goehting, 3W acres in Cranberry for AlKooo. ''has Duffy to Martha J. McCormick. lot in Butler for sr2o(). jR W. Jamison t<• f Sl Savior «: ai-res in Concord for %*') Mftrriagc laci'tiscs. Butler Fair September 8. A brahain Secbloi*. 1.. Evans < 'ity Sarah Leatli H. Elwood Conu Clay twp M. Pearl Wick Concord twp Samuel S, Baxter Butler. Laura [5. Alexander (,'oncord twp. •Tos ph T. Wilson - Fan Claire Lena Kiskaddon Edward Beltz Lawrence <>> Catherine M. Young Jacksville At Franklin, II W. linrket of Mar tinsbnrg anil Etta Eakin of Barkeyville. At Mercer Jam**.* P. MeCabe an, v. on return trip. Rate ftlO.oo from Butler. Sll i:\cnrsion l<> Allegheny. licginniuir May ~lst IWW and until further notice tin- I' & W. Sunday ex cursion train will leave Untler at 8:0."> a. in. Butler time arrive Allegheny at II returning train will leave Allcg'nc ny at .">;s<) p 111. arrive I'atl»r at 7-.OU, rate ;•» <-t • For Sale or Rent. Aliout H acres of land, nut far from the Boydstown or Wliitmire <>i 1 field. Kn'piire at olficc of THK BCTI.KR CITIZRN, Butler, Pa. Steady work and pay. I am itn creasing my business and wish to employ 10 more gentlemen and six more lady assistants on JJOCHI salary. Call on or ad dress MKK. SAVIT.I.A Mir. I,Kit Maharg P. O. I Untler Co., I'M ! New, four-room house for sale 111- I quire at this office * ACCIDKNTS. Morton Fair of Elm St ran a nail through his foot last Saturday. Howard Keefer fell from a derrick ;n ! Fairview twp . and hurt hims«lf. | The Watson boys of Buffalo twp are i recovering, as is also vonng McCormick j of Mam Ralph Palmer, son of A 1 Palmer of | near Mt. Chestnut had a foot cut off by i a train near Pittsburg, last week, and j was taken ton hospital where he is do ! injr well. The.dock at Mt. Desert ferry, which connects the Maine Central Kailro: j d with Bar Harbo-. when filled with a j great crowd of excursionists, broke sud j denly last Sunday morning and precio ' itated over 'Joo people into the deep ! water !/elow the pitr head. At a lat>? hmr that night 19 bodies had been re overed and the Hotel Bluffs was tilled with 30 or more of the injured. The ac cident is the most apitaUing and grew s.itne that has occurred in the State of 1 Maine in many years Leisla Crawford, aged 4 years, a granddaughter of H. W. Koonce. had a leg broken by an odd accident at Ma- i pie Grove, last Friday. The little one , was with her grandfather and Treasurer j Harper who were sitting, talking, in the Danc-ingHall. and she was playing with : a short stick, and as the men arose and j s'arted away, one of them hjlding the little girl by the hand, she accidently j placed the stick between Mr. Harpers! legs aiid it sprang back and struck her ' ei the leg. just above the knee and broke j the bone clear off. A trollej- car on the Shelton Street Railway of Bridgeport. Conn., fiiled with passengers jumped the track at the south end of the long high bridge over Peck's stream, about a mile and a half b.-yond Stratford, about 3 o'clock last Sunday afternoon. It ran along the heavy planking on the bridge for about seventy-five feet and then toppled over the east side and fell fifty feet to the val ley below It turned completely over in it - descent and the heavy motors on the bottom drove the bottom and top of the car together and crushed the passengers between them. They were held as in a \ ice. As near a - could be ascertained theTe were forty-five passengers on the car. Twenty-nine are dead. None on board escaped without injury. Allen Heater, a cousin of Chas.lleat er. of Butler was killed by lightning on the Jno Warren farm in Marshall twp.. Allegheny Co., last Thursday night He was standing in the derrick the time, and his partner found him dead a moment after the lightning struck bin- He was but 21 yea s of age. and with his wife and child lived in Mars. Luring the same storm a large tree standing close to the Defow home in Cranberry twp. near Mt f'!uas;iiit ciuirch \vits struck and branithW thrown against the house which shattered Uie front windows, and though nothing was ss t on tire, the house was filled with smoke. A rig on the Forsyfche farm >u the Thorn Creek field was struck and fiurn ed during same storm; and John Truver's house in Middlesex was struck but not greatly damaged. Ketliiccd Kates tn lvania Kailroad. For the Twenty-sixth Annual Inter- State Grange Picnic Exhibition, to be held at Williams' Grove, Pa., August 2S to September 2, the Pennsylvania Rail road Company will sell excursion tickets from August 26 to September 2, inclu sive. good to return until September I, inclusive, at rate of one fare for the round trip, from principal stations be tween East Liberty and Brj u Mawr. For information in regard to train set vice and specific rates application should be made to ticket agents. House and Lot For Sale. A good four-roomed house in Uhion villc, and a lot of nearly an acre, with « blacksmith's shop upon it, good well of water, and some fruit trees, is offered for sale on easy payments. Inquire of JOHN C. M.OORK, ; Executor of Daniel Heck, dee'd., ' McCa'id.lcs-j. I'a. interesting j NEWS. . t Careful cash buyers will / appreciate this occasion. \ f In fact they can save more \ J than the dollars reckoned c j on present reductions, for £ J Carpets arc higher and T C will be higher. Only a I \ little over five hundred / C yards in the lot we have J fto offer you, It helps you ✓ and us to have your exact \ j room sizes. Measure v ? eralj yot« may want to C S change your carpets / » around, putting the dowiv f \ stairs carpet up stairs and / getting new ones for y f down stairs. j S AH'Wool Ingrain Carpet, / \ A few pieces and some short / / lengths ol the standard wool / N ingrains that we have sold for p f Tie (pialiiy of the full pieces is^ ✓ standard and the pttlerus are all\ ✓ right, but not so fine in coloring X \ as the new ones so w.* make the » / price \ y 50 CENTS C j Body Brussels Carpets. » f At the lowest price ever named ( /on reliable gooda io jrards Body J \ I'.rt'ssels Hall Caipi l, Hark Tan J / ground with ti small Blue Light S } Tan and Green figures. One of j / the nicest pieces of Ilall Carpet j jwe ever sold. The fi 25 Th< ( v Reduced to 75c > ) CAMPBELL 6. / ( TEMPLETONA BUTLER. PA A H. L. UcQUISTION, ' • CIVI I, l',N<'. I NKKX AMU SUSVEVOB, Office near Court House. Picnics and Kciniions. I —Butler Fair Septemlier •"> > It A R reunion at Kxpo Park Fri day, the 11th. Train from Butler at • 'QrIH a. m Round trip i"' 134 th regiment at Cati-ade Park Aug 16th: and the l'H)th Reg. at same place, same day. The I'nited Presbyterians of western Penna and eastern Ohio, will hold a re union at Kxpo-ition Park. Conneant Lake, Friday, August lrtth. Special trains will be run from points on the P. B .V Li. K U H P <*• L K T\ R P W. P. K R Penna lines west of Pittsburg: W. NVA: pRy , u ,d Frie ' R R This uromisc-s to be the largest excursion ever run to the Lake A gen eral invitation is extended to the public. Musical and literary program band j concert- bail games, and other amuse ments wiil be arranged for by the Coui -1 mittee. For rates and time ot trains see excursion bills. ( The Knights of the Maccabees will j hoid their third annual picnic and ex cursion at Silver Lake Park on Tuesday August :>•>. Silver Lake Park i> one of the finest parks and resorts in Ohio and i tiie K. < 1 T M expects the largest ex ' cursion of the season. The fare fmm ! Brttler is st.."o. McCoy family reunion at Sugarlirove on 1 homas McCoy place at R. R. cross ing between Harrisville and tiroveCity Wtdnesday Ang. -J:{. Attention of the Butler people is call ed to St. Paul's Day at the Orphan Home on Tnursday' Aug. 24th This promises to be a great occasion all the railroads are giving special rates and running excursion trains and an immense crowd is expected from all round. A cordial invitation is extended to every body in Butler and vicinity to come and I participate in this general picnic both | daring the day and evening when a lawn fete will be held. The usual re freshments will be served all day and evening. The Seventh Annual Reunion of thtt Sloan family will be held in the grovej of Matthe* Sloan, near Ean Claire, on Thursday, 34th. 137 th at Butler August 2."> th. The McCall Rennion will be held this year on the Samuel Sutton farm Aug. 31 in the grove on the north end of the farm, about one mile from Euclid Sta tion Friends and neighbors are cor dially invited to attend with well filled baskets. Come one and all and have a good time. J. L. SKA TON. Sept 14. reunion of the 11th Pa Re seryeu (or 40th in line; at Evans City. ('«> l. Jackson of Apollo is the Senior of ficer, living. The Evans City Company ot' the llth Reserves left that town June 14th, istil and returned June 14, 1564. LEGAL Notice to Contractors. COUNT' COMMISSIONERS'OFUCH, I BUTLKH, PA. I Staled proposals will be received at the office ot the County Commissioners i:i the Court house, liutler, Pa., up until 12 ui. August 21st. 1599, for the con struction of the masonry for a county bridge over Conuoqunessing creek 111 Forward two., Butler county, at what is known as Marshall's fording. The plans and specifications can be seen in the Com missioners' office in Hutler. The Com missioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. J. C. KISSKADDON,CIerk. liutler, Pa. August 2nd, 1599. Notice to Heating. Plumbing and Electrical Contractors. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the County Commissioners in the court house, Butler, Pa., up un til 10 a. in .on August 15, 189!). Plans can be seen at said office on and after Augustlß9'J, for heating, plumbing and electric wiring for the Butler conn ty home. Separate bids are required for each branch, namely, heating, plumbing and electric wireing. Certi fied cheeque for 10 per cent, of the amount of the bid to accompany all bids as evidence of good faith if contract is awarded it will be entered into. Iti iMtStt ' » ty mmn rrrr' Ttif faithful fulfillment of the contract. All bids to include both labor and material. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. JOHN MITC HELL, H. G. SEATON, I) fl SI'TTON, Attest: Commissioners .1. C. KISK ADDON, Clerk. Butler. Pa., July 2H. ls!t9. Orphans' Court Sale, Hy virtue of an orcJr. S. O. Sterrett; south I»y latids of John llarr and William Purvis; and west hy lands of T W. Kennedy's heirs, Newton I.ertliiK und Convert lieirs; eontaln- Ing I VI acres 120 perches. IM* tin- samo more or less; wit h 2 frame dwelling houses.one nearly new , good hank ham and other outhulldus; 2 orchards. Land situate - mlfe from Mars and 1 1 inlle from howney \ llle. on t In- IV .V NV. Kallroad. Convenient to schools and ehurches. Laml In good condition and well watered, and well adapted to stock raising or Kral farming. Supposed to IM- oil and gas territory. Till* land will IM* sold either as a whole or In two pieces, cacli with dwelling house and orchard thereon. One niece con taining al tout 102 acres and tin- otlier about TKH.MSOFSAIiE' l-2thepurcha.se money to IM- paid on eouflrmat lon of sab- I»v the Court, and the otnei biilf In OM year tliere after, with lute rest, to he secured hy hond and niortg ut< In u lual fortn on tlie nreniltM#. K< IBEKT KII>I> Administrator, Mars. I'a. Me.li SKIN Ac <»AF«HI(KATII. Att'ys. Administrator's Sale! liy virtue of I lie following order of the <>. c of Itutler county. directing William II Walker, Ad ml n Ist rat or of the estate of John 11. Love, deceased, to soil real estate for the Dayment of dehts of t h«*j"»tate. we will offer for s ale on the premises In i *ll it ton township, hut ler county, I'a., on Tuesday, August 15th, 1899, jit |0oVI«M a k a. in., the following described real estate, to wit: Bounded on the north by land > formerly owin-d by William llurtrier, dee'd . on the • ast by latnls formerly owned by Levi Le fiver, and lauds of < harles K rumple, on t he south bv Harmony Koiul, and on the woi hy William lleckert containing 21 acres and IIM perches. i»K<*KEE or coritT. Now, Inly IMb, I*oo. tin within motion having I M ii made In open Court, and a rule ! gi mted. Issued and served on all the pari h - * or they accepted for. as anpears to t lie Court. and no reasons being shown why this motion should not IM- granted, the ( ourt , order and decree, that the real estate there in described be sold at public sale by the petitioner as there in set forth, notice to be given according to law. the petitioner previous to executing tills ordi I to file a IMMU! with sufficient sureties to he approved by I lie Court, said sale to be a cash sale. 11V I II I < "ot!|(T WM II WALK IK Admlulst rator. Butler, !•». I A M. CuttiBTLEY, Att'y. Rupture! 'Ptufec* f«« Knptort ftecvsKrv The only >,'-k tfanTtt consider is ' V here i'i(i I jjet ;br rfttirtg" plat*. \A!- chaxg. you simply fi* tke tra>s. fmtJier, we guarantee! a fit nrnl guarantee There are many iM ri iC kip.l of tfutses, -oil oiC great thin.; is to k u t >v w! ;it kiud is best to lisc. We have ha 1 ejiongh frusS se'! iug e:ipcrtekiCfr to find that out. ftitr stock ii f not cxcetttd in (his vicinity, but that is not the point for you to cnn*:der. Y >or con- , stderati «n as we S*: 1(. >re, is stated above.- A! jn we nt here. We give Miction* for sell' Hiea-iiremei:: to ladi»». C. N. Boyd: j DRUGGIST/ Diamond Block. Butler. ?£r ORPHANS" COlfftT SALE~ Uv virtu.* uf Hit urtwr «.f lite Offijan\ ('■Ml ft '»! I'liu. I count «r, l'«nu»vl« »iiiii. .it ■' < N< . ir?.>.-pc. IVmi, m". and i'jiiw dir« led. I .vil: . \p. ,e v imi'lfc- * ,leon U i premi- - Jn Hit-. tKnuicti >f IttuWrl ItitUtr'<4unt > PemisyThirna'. on FRIDAY. AUGI'ST «tli. 1-w. at one o'clock p. m.. (lie following dcv-rtlied real estate. late the property of David 11. Ih'll, deceased. LL|-wlt: \ll that certain n,«*tg. md lot ..f Unid situate Jt..it j*l Butler. ItinUi' county, Pennsylvania. on i|ie»ouili side of Kast Penn street in said liorougli. tmumMi mi i lie nor. hbr said Fust Penn >ip'iu. mi tin cast by lot of Wru. Miller. .»u tlif *iufl. I*y art alley and on tlid WNI Ity lot of .It/h* p. \Vil •"«. fronting forty-five feet on said Ft-i I'enii street and < \l< ndinif M k southward mn' hundred feel to said aIU-v. ithb frame iwn-story dwelling house and oul-lfuildlin;'. thereon erected. said real eslatt »n lie lit-i offered on the premises with leave to. ad journ fioni time to tilnu and io a different plaee if necessary for tin* purik# if n)t laining sufficient bids >• I I'KI.MS or SALE: < >ne-lltjrtl mi tiroval of sale t»y tlie Odurt. and the lialloi.-e in two tonal annual payment*, secured liy jii*l_riri«:nt bond and wiorttfage on ftp prcm lv-s.liearing interest with an atimttey - Cotti tni—iou of n*e percent for rollnrtTon with optiou to pay cash. W > BELL. Administrator. c. t. a. ot Huvitf H Ueii. Va. S I . A: A. L. »HA\>KU. Alt y$ Notice in Divorce. l.auru 1.. .Tevvelt ) Tn theCouri of i'onfcKion vs IMcusml Butltiri'o.. I'ii . :it R. I'. .Icwetl *A. II Nil. 2.-. March T.. lv«. Tlic NUl>p4**j£;v.,and alias suhptena in «li vorce at above iiunlhri :■ iid term having Im n ri'turnol -N. t: I.' yon. I:. I'. liweii. uri-heretiy mitji. i>er. I+«•»»«* shuw-rauw if any you li i'r* why your wife. L. Jtivftl shmilil m;L a 'lt euro ahsoiirr.ifropi Ihe Ijo iOk '-T laamiiiony and th.it tesihimify in srdii lakon «»ii Tuesday the .>IU/l:iy |K Syil.. at wimyji ♦ inn- you ahu hw< tiy «'itfl»l u> .lUend. >V11,1,1 AM It. foJlD* Sheriff. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE^ Letters of adminiftratiou . HKANUON, Att'y. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters of administration in the estate of Henry Lhitter, dec'il-, late of I?ranklitu twp., Dutler Co., Pa:, having grant J ed to the underSigncl, all p«*rsoiitf kn ovM. ing themselves indebted to said* tsftff will please tnake immediate jiavinenr,; ami any having Claims against safti estate will present them duly ;uitlieiitiotll tne estate of John L. Shannon, dee'd., late of Conno ., having la'en granted to the undersigned, all persons knowing thems«lve» indebted to said estate will please made immediate payment, and any having claims against snid estate will present "them duly authenticated for settlement to J\S. A. TPOMI'S'IN. Butler P O. Jj or K.C.THOMPSON, I] Milliards P. (). S. j Bnflcr Co., I'a. T Hx'rs.j J. D. MCJUNKIN, Atty. | H. 0. HAYS. 17H. HAYSJ PUJ YOUR RIG UP AT j fldCs l^ros-'H Livery and Sale Stable Bent Accommodations in Town. West Jefferson Street, Untler, I'a I'eopW I'lioue i<»), Bell's I'hone 59. |TTCAMPBELL, V TIN ROOFER. V and Specialties in Tin. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of M.M Wick House, Butler, Penn'a. The best of horses and llrst class rigs al ways on hand and for hli< lb t accoiniiKMlal lons lu town for p« rma neut boarding and transit iit ti ul< al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. A good class of horses, 1M»III drivers and draft horses always on hand iml for sale under a full guarantee; and home* Imaght pon prop«-r not Meat but-by PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone.JNo. 21W. \ 11 L» KVIICAI. Till IWOII IIIV EI.N .MS **ln tbiiitak to tnanagi out t heir own and nearhy counties It Is mainly ofM- e work couduct4;d at hotm salary straight ay. ar and eX|M iis» s self-address. *d stani|MKl envelopv Herbert K. Il> Pre-i : Dept. M.Chicago yfj* Cf| wA L* LI Hi# j,n.wi) Hii> I # .« - 4 ' L 4) v L V m * N y-;ar. (HI dtn p ft faasrar^'lgii;! —l£flu M There is no Going Bask on th* Fact Thai a > •f l 0 | ¥ I rj Ji . u»e Urdvicrt, most *«.'.*>.*{ and ► ft J ■■» Hynnjtmf. Uut the F«brk» m:ut be < rJ thoron|hrjr retiihlt. ; Va ,:- r ■ actual wearHtJiuilAc. "t v\> know when f [4] IftgMMßttl rJ wf otkc a UitiiccMtMMr. That* our way kT ' rtf W Aii A No. 1 NiclorirL lln to tetrtatnD 3fll J T4 108 South IVlain street ButleryPa. > H USELTOIVS! For praties aiii! low prices, hundreds In my stair* the past mf I ! 'li6cjs*T*t 'jO f) ['Jf If #.f ti J7 All Light and Medium weiaM Mic®! filr fiCB. M>*ieu an b rfmi/uof. a *. ,4 ♦**',,„% «*. Prices That Move you to boy as >w«>n a- mnvc tne >.toe*. inree dFSMSb atii I remain for wearing k,'M%k', *3WOi'tjgi ui'?UAtitM foe school not one pair —but two pairs for the price of one. Visit M/ilM l-f uw 001 i !-'Vi ?g*» liif til. Hut's ihj *Wl »■!<« lr y n f Shift Waists M**r VOW » £T*|i*" "* JJ \9l ""y M h«l» jtf for Sue. Sonic were fi ju" am T %FT »Vrr 'ban j/f White Wftiatßftteo reilnced, tal'lf jan>l ti DRESS GOODS REDUCEO . '• ; Ij} *"*': *} "-*" - tfrxs 25« _*■ ■ *s**'" 11 I ; Lot 75c X)r«-« <#9e|r " tjINsSC 1 Lo« < v«0.14-TU«% 75« " iBvS^L LININGS.?- '\F%~ ■'/ ill I 2>V,°}3ucl i/»wiiJJs ttttUceJ tu '*•_ -, V' JF* J jJßfcWjßl , I.oWwmi ts«*it»kitfflf*iis jdi>. jo .I JJtJ?.! !iVy a klrt'ttplij? I»sttic(pt termer pnee I 1 LBttfJl M "fX- ~ \ lot till-patted /V -Jf 4 Mew MetCeriAe«l Qntt«u.-f ionk like 4»lk o aibl.Ja . f ijjf ' ***** ****»»*•**♦»< PHILIP TUCK, I ' ifWTTIAfWInN • Cleveland Berea Grit. | STONE j •J "riIIUAI.!.- fi» l-.nil.tfiu; ' (arH $ Pasta* iiuxi**-C» | This Stone Will Not I'rices reasonable J Win V ' itiHic * "ill Si 'J ' I > a»i«J n»,»ui|>tly. * '' . Stone viiim on 1 Kusi T.'ita street. J< Jt*»»in ' , .Vtirlon avenue. J>>|>lc'N Telephone VVH, ' s wt< K Walker & Wick. -^y, y .NriMl. i REAL ESTATE. OIL PROPERTIES LIFE INSURANCE. ETC. XtiTuiEK Bi'ildi.iv. Orr. Potnniii VA/AINTS ■l, . wl .' ■■U H , Want, a Want ■ Bargain? Warit * Hook* r . » Wnwt <« ' A 1 iH * * Want a Kmc* at Chinal « ; w*«t * hmr ftHPfff. a v •• Want thr latest in > .. . 1 Want anything in r.m■T4 or *(; fi . .'Sitoi* mkjv t. '■ * Art I.inr j ill! Oiilv 4>l.«i«i#4t LXmikUw Jto>>kJ»t«>f 1 , ikt'K MC t«(fMNr every wee*. ' *n?m- htt Mpnm all :br Titm-, .1! i Visit ***** ' **i* « :'■} .»•* <■ "* DOUGLASS f HOOK STOWK. ' a.j | Near P O KlLne i(). Rutler. I'm Hotaub G. W. LUS*. Prop r §1 us( CU.« Table an.) Lodging*. Water all through , C.«*v| Stabbfl^.'