IIISED I I Refinished and in g|ood shape. j I assortment of different I I No Reasonable Offer Refused. 1 1 1 Crispen Motor Car Co. I j| 413-417 S. Cameron St. Harrisburg, Pa g i HIGHSPIRE i i —— HIGHSPIRE XOTES Rev. P. E. Mathias, of Bridgeport, and member of the United Brethren Church will fill the pulpit on Sunday morning, August 20, and in the even ing, Paul E. V. Shannon, a student of Lebanon Valley college will preach. The local W. C. T. U. held a meet ing a the home of Miss Nina Wensell. After the annual business was trans acted the following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. D. L. Kaufman; vice-president, Mrs. Samuel Brehm; vice-president St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Mrs. Mary Mountz; vice-president Church of God, Mrs. E. M. Bamberger; vice president. United Brethren Church, Mrs. Clarence Leiter; secretary, Mrs. "William Kuhn; treasurer. Miss Carrie Mathias; pianist. Miss Anna Hoch; REAL ESTATE ' FOR SALE Desirable Front street propertv. First-class condition. With all irri- Erovements. including hot wat*r and eat. Lot 30x100. Address P. O. Box "317. Steelton, Pa. BIG BICYCLE TIRE SALE See Large Window Display All tires purchased here cemented on free of charge. $3.00 Gripper Tread $1.95 $2.00 Non-skid $1.75 $3.50 Firestone Non-skid $2.95 $3.50 Triple Tread * $2.95 $2.25 Roadster $1.85 $2.50 Success $2.20 All the above are First Grade Tires—No Seconds— and are all guaranteed. HEAGY BROS. 1200 N. Third Street Open Evenings TCHTEWT W The New A V 10c CIGAR Heralds Achievement in the Art of Blending Tobacco The Wrapper The wrapper o$ Then it doesn't Achiever 10c Cigars W add anything to the is shade grown i r < necticut. It is in preference to a t " e Havana filler, Havana wrapper be- where Havana cause it possesses wrapper does. Nat superior features urally Achiever es that the Cuban leaf capes the heaviness lacks. It is shade r grown to produce wHHK so m a n . y , greater uniformity JWi jH Cigars and it s bo in color—the result i J quet, after all, that a more delicate || makes a smoke frag shade. J|| Jj|^ rant and satisfying. Made by C. E. Bair & Sons, Harrisburg, Pa. SATURDAY EVENING, chorister, Miss Nina Wensell; current events, Mrs. E. S. Poorman; dele gates to the convention at Penbrook in September are Mrs. Ira Buser and Mrs. E. M. Bamberger, The Loyal Temperance Legion of Highspire held a picnic and dues so cial at the Mennonite Church, on Wed nesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gross, of Race street gave a birthday party on Tues j day evening, August loth in honor of ! their daughter, Martha Jane Gross, I two years old. The members of St.' Peter's Luth | tran Church, Highspire, tendered a I reception to their newly-married pas i tor. Rev. Ernest Pee in the Church on Thursday evening. Miss Amanda Greaves, of Washing ton, D. C., is in town for a two months' visit to her cousin, Mrs. Peter G. Sweitzer, Second street. Miss Josephine Mathias will leave on Monday for Millersvllle, where she will attend the Teachers' Institute of Lebanon and Lancaster counties. Miss Kathryn Mozer left on Monday for Pittsburgh, where she will spend | two weeks with friends. The P. O. S. of A., of town, will i hold a banquet in their room in Roop street, this evening. Messrs Lyman Bingaman, Bruce Heberling, Harry Hoke, Cyrus Musser and Harry Hahn, will leave on Satur day morning for Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. George Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Orris, Mr. and Mrs. Merlo Bonholtzer and Mr. and Mrs. j Luther Wonderly will spend Sunday at Atlantic City. 3 HEART DISEASE CLAIMS RULED OUT Deadly Gas Victim Receives Compensation, by Opinion of Chairman Mackey Even though heart v \ \ //J disease may have \\\\ disease may have w\\\ AH/ ability, the wrench- MVNSoyjWtf ingr and spasms re suiting from an in halation of deadly ? as constitute an 1 IvBIwWhMF ir| J ur v within the i Si 15 u 151 meanin K of the = fforkmen'B compen -8S- lE# satlon law and the victim is entitled to benefits. This is the decision of the Compensation Board in an opinion written by Chairman Mackey in the appeal from the award of the referee in the case of Kate S. Kephart, claim ant vs. the Glasgow Iron Company, whose husband, G. S. Kephart, was killed as the result of Inhaling gas while at work. It was claimed that Kephart had died of heart disease and not as a result of accident. In the appeal from the award of the referee of benefits In the case of Kate M. Dickey, claimant against the State Workmen's Insurance Fund, defendant, Chairman Mackey also rules that heart disease did not cause the death of her husband but that he died as the result of a fall near his home at Lines ville, Pa. Mrs. Dickey will receive the benefits awarded. Mr. Mackey ex presses the belief that if heart trou ble had caused the death the man, who was carrying a grip, would have fallen forward instead of backward. Quarantine Maintained. Several more infantile paralysis cases were confirmed by the State Health Depart ment this morning. The Secretary of the Sunday School Convention that will be held next week at Mercersburg, has beert notified by the department that no children will be allowed to at tend. Children will likewise be ex cluded from the excursion on the Western Maryland line from Baltimore to York by order of the department. Set Fire to House. A confession of incendiarism was extracted by De puty Charles H. Rein, of the State Fire Marshal's department, from Gus Sumbuski, of Mahanoy City, who ad mitted setting fire to his own home, then picking up his two children and escaping from the house. He gave no reason for his actions, but it is un derstood that he was under the in fluence of liquor. Quarantine Lifted. Quarantine on account of the epidemic of rabies in Delaware county has been lifted by the State Livestock Sanitary Board in all the townships of Delaware county except Upper and Nether Providence, Ridley and Springfield. Gilday Here.—Patrick Gilday, chief of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbi tration. of the Department of Labor and Industry, is in Harrisburg to-day conferring with Commissioner Jack son. Mr. Gilday, yesterday, effected a settlement in a strike at the E. & H. Levy Silk Mills, Portage, Pa. One hundred and fourteen employes had been on strike since April 23, of this year. Seventeen Charters Approved. The Governor yesterday approved sev enteen charters, the majority of which are for businesses incorporated in or about Philadelphia. One of the larg est of these was the charter granted to the Standard Building and Loan As sociation of Butler, incorporated for $1,000,000. The Erie Exposition Association was imyrporated with out capital stock for | the purpose of educating the public j by exhibiting artistic, mechanical, ag | ricultural and horticultural products, j Approximately 250 citizens of Erie subscribed to one or two shares apiece, jF. P. Fieger took 268 shares. Robert J. Moorehead is treasurer and there , are 21 directors. The charter of the National Nurs eryman Publishing Company, created ! and existing under the laws of the i State of New York was transferred I with the approval of the Governor and ! is now privileged to do business under the laws of this State. Machine Gun Battery. Adjutant i General Stewart to-day announced | that the organization of a machine i gun troop -at Boalsburg, Center coun ty, having been inspected and accord ! Ed recognition as a separate unit of the National Guard by the militia ; bureau, war department, the troop has been mustered into the . National Guard. At the same time he an i nounced that the following officers have been appointed to the First Cav alry, as of August 15: First Lieuten ant Theodore Davis Boal. assigned to machine gun troop; Second Lieutenant | George B. Thompson, assigned to ma chine gun troop; Second Lieutenant I Wilbur F. Leitzell. assigned to ma -1 chine gun troop, and that the new ma ! chine gun troop has been assigned as ; a separate unit of the First cavalry, i The troop will assemble mounted at i troop rendezvous on August 21 and | proceed to Mount Gretna on Tuesday, 1 August 22. Upon arrival the com | manding officer will report to the | United States mustering officer for in [ structions as to physical examination, I etc.; the uniforms and equipment will ! be issued at camp. Dental Surgeon. The Governor 1 has appointed Dr. B. S. Behney, Har ; risburg, dental surgeon to the National I Guard of Pennsylvania. Dr. Behney is now at Mt. Gretna awaiting orders to I proceed to El Paso. Paralysis Epidemic Prevents Orphans' Outing Disappointment such as only comes to those who do not have much pleas ure in their lives is in store for the poor children of the several institutions of the city because of the fact that the ! annual orphans' outing promised them I by the Motor Club of Harrisburg will j have to be postponed and possibly abandoned !#r this year, j It was planned to take between three ! and four hundred children to Hershey lon Wednesday next as the guests of I the club, up to the present time more i than sixty automobile owners have vol : unteered to give the day and the use | of their cars for the outing. ! The matron in charge of the chil dren at Sylvan Heights Orphanage de ! cided that it would not be wise to risk j the health of those in her care, then comes word that a possible, case of in ifantile paralysis existed within a block of one of the other institutions and that it would not be safe to have those children come in contact with others. The city and State health authorities, while not positively saying that the outing might be prohibited, advised against it at this time. Officers of the Motor Club state that if conditions are better within a month or two that the outing shall be held. PRINCETON DELAYS OPENING Special to the Telegraph Princeton, N. J., Aug. 19. To obvi ate the danger of infantile paralysis to students and residents of Princeton President Grier Hibben, after meting with the Princeton Board of Health and the university committee on sani tation, decided to postpone the regular opening of the university from Septem ber 26 to October 10. The action is pre cautionary, but It seemed best in view of the existence of infantile paralysis in sections of the country from which the university's students are drawn. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NEWS OF S FIREWORKS TO END BIG FAIR Final Racing Program Draws Big Crowds to Middle town Middletpwn, Pa., Aug. 19. The big fair will close at 11 o'clock to-night. The last interesting feature on the pro gram will be a display of pyrotechnics, at 8:30 p. m. The final racing pro gram was offered this afternoon. To day's crowd was large. The races yesterday were the best of the week. The 2:15 was won by David 8., owned by W. P. Wickert, in three straight heats. The purse was S3OO. To-day's program includes a Free-For- All with 11 entries. The summary of yesterday's events follows: 2:15 Pace—Purse S3OO David 8.. W. P. Wickert 1 1 1* Hal Direct, b. g., H. H. Wilson. 2 2 2 Sam Hurst, b. g., J. C. Packer .433 Madison Square, b. s., M. S. Smith 3 4 5 Joy Boy, g. g., W. H. Strickler and Son 5 5 4 Grace Michael, c. m., G ,W. Bilse 7 7 6 Gayle Elma. c. m., W. L. Karper 8 6 7 General "Bell, b. g., A. D. Foll mer 6 8 8 Time, 2:14%, 2:13*4. 2:13%. 2:23 Trot—Purse 8300 Bonnie Setzer, c. g. H. C. Corbin 111 Barb Cord, b. m., R. H. Hall .322 Fancy Hal, b. s., W. B. Gracy. .243 Michigan Boy, b. s., J. A. Miller 5 5 4 The Bella Bell, b. m., James Duttin 4 3dis Time, 2:18%. 2:18%, 2:18%. The judges completed their work yesterday afternoon and announced awards. A number of exhibits will be classified this afternoon and awards announced on Monday. More Prize Award* I Miscellaneous work: Mrs. O. M. Swartz, town, Ist on centerpiece, lazy daisy: Martha Rosetown, 2nd; Haddie R. Fisher, town, Ist on centerpiece, punch work; Mrs. H. B. Campbell, town, Ist on collar and cuffs, punch work: Mrs. Majme Stauffer, town, Ist on specimen drawnwork; Mrs. W. H. Weishtown, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Petters town, Ist on specimen hemstitching; Sarah Starr, town, 2nd; Miss Sarah Starr, town. Ist on fancy aprons; Mrs. H. E. Smith, town, 2nd; Stella Laverty. town. Ist on miscellaneous display: Mrs. H. E. Smith, town, Ist on gentle man's shirt; Mrs. H. W. StaufTer, town, Ist on corset cover; Mrs. J. H. Frak. town, Ist on work bag; Mrs. L B. Ettele, town, 2nd; Miss Haddie R. Fisher, town. Ist on laundry bag; Had die R. Fisher, town, Ist on button holes; Mrs. H. E. Smith, town, 2nd; Haddie R. Fisher, town Ist on aprons, plain or fancy; Miss Elsie Campbell, town. 2nd. I.ace, Xet and Tnttlnje Sarah Starr, town, Ist on point lace specimen; Mrs. L B. Ettle, town. 2nd; Mrs. H. W. Stauffer, town, Ist on Bat tenberg specimen; Mrs. E. M. Rodfong, town, 2nd; Elsie Campbell, town, Ist on darned net specimen: Sarah Starr, town, ind; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town, Ist on yoke; Mrs. M. J. Emminger, town, Ist on collar; Sarah Starr, town, 2nd; Mrs. L B. Ettele, town, Ist on handker chiefs; Mrs. M. J. Emminger. town, 2nd; Mrs. L B. Ettele, town. Ist on baby cap; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town. 2nd; Mrs. John Zimmerman, town, Ist on speci men; Mrs. Andrew Wolf, Harrisburg. 2nd. Crocheting Mrs. Ella Richwine, Harrisburg, Ist on bedspreads; Miss Lizzie Gallagher, Highspire, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on lace, cotton or wool; Mrs. L B. Ettele, town, Ist on infant's sack; Sarah Davis, town, 2nd; Miss Sarah Starr, town, Ist on ladies' slip pers: Mrs. L. B. Ettele. town. Ist on child's slippers; May Fuhrman, town. Ist on table mat; Mrs. J. H. Frank, town, 2nd; Mrs. J. H. Frank, town. Ist on lunch set; Mrs. L. R. Hatton, town, Ist on centerpiece; Mrs. Oscar Long, town, 2nd; Miss Margaret Emminger, town, Ist on purse or bag; Mrs. J. H. Frank, town, 2nd; Mrs. Angstadt, town, Ist on scarf; May Fuhrman, town, 2nd: Mrs George Peters, town, Ist on towel; Mrs Emma A. Allen, town, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on yokes; Miss Tillie Nissley, town, 2nd; Mrs. C. A. Nauss, town, Ist on collars; Naomi Yost, town, 2nd; Mrs. R. A. Shade, town, Ist on camisole; Mrs. H. Harclerode. town. Ist on cap: Mrs. M. J. Emminger, town, 2nd; Miss Lizzie Gallagher, Highspire, Ist on specimen; May Fuhrman .town, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters town, Ist on sweater; Miss Sarah Davis, town, Ist on socks; Mrs. J. H. Frank, town, 2nd; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town, Ist on infant's shawl: Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on handkerchiefs; Mrs. Angstadt, town, 2nd: Miss Goldie Bankus, town, Ist on cushion top; Mrs. Angstadt, town, 2nd; KELLY—THE VACATION PHOTOGRAPHS By BRIGGS J~SLOW HERE'S ANOTHER*! V.EW OF T„ & _ , PLAICE - HERE # THE \/%TYRX 7 \ 11. ALIO ( WIFE - THERE'S PERCR- |/>VX HARRY YOU _ ...vr." F THAT'S FRAKK FLANDERS / JU'ST , I WHY DID I AMP BEM SISSOM I WAS/ AS WELL HALVJ£ / ,- MAH- L£KJ 60 AMI> TELCIIOG YOO ABOUT- / UP YOUR CUE- If OH FOR—A HAIM'T SE£»J HIM HOW/ HE| I <3 AWE TT-US ABOUT AV 7 HE"£ ALL U/NIJMD FTE-T IT) A GUAVA/TUH TO SPENT HIS _ SECOMT> EXPOSURE- 1 V? ALL WOUN/D UET IT/. VACATION • THIMK IT WAS A 1 UP - I KNJOUJ £PDLE- ( 0-0-I^6- I MIGHT HAVIE LITTLE TOO LOM6- / VAJHAT CM TALKING FIET |NL J NOTHIN BL/F KNOWN WOULD \ ~J H,5 0 ABOUT- HE'S > TH"GAMF *'CKEL NLCFTBL Mrs. H. D. Wilt, Harrisburg, Ist on portieres; Martha Hose, town, 2nd. Irl»b Crochet Mrs. Oscar Long, town, Ist on center piece: Mrs. J. H. Rudy, town, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on collars, large and small; Mrs. L. B. Ettele, town. 2nd; Mrs. L B. Ettele, town, Ist on jabots: Mrs. H. E. Smith, town, Ist on yoke; Mrs. L B. Ettele, town, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on infant's cap: Mrs. J. H. Rudy, town, 2nd; Mrs. J. H. Frank, town, Ist on lace and insertion; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town, 2nd; Mrs. Mayme Stauffer, town, Ist on specimen: Mrs. L B. Ettele. town, Ist on collar and cuffs; Mrs. Fred Rudolph, town. Ist on specimen; Miss Elsie Campbell, town, Ist on towel. Outline Miss May Fuhrman. town. Ist on cen terpiece; Mrs. Emma A. Allen, town, Ist on specimen. Oil Painting* Mrs. Emma A. Allen, town, Ist on not less than six; Mrs. F, T. Haesler, town, Ist on crayon and charcoal. Water Colors Mrs. Emma A. Allen town, Ist on figures and Ist on landscape. China Painting Miss Ruth Conklin, town. Ist on best display of amateurs; Mrs. L B Ettele. 2nd. Knitting , Mrs. M. J. Emminger, town, Ist on woolen baby socks: Miss Margaret Em minger, town, 2nd; Mrs. J. H. Frank, town. Ist on ladies' slippers; Mrs. L. B. Ettele, town, Ist on infant's socks; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town, 2nd; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, Ist on child's sweater; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town, Ist on caps. Mrs. Grace Peters town, Ist on yoke: Mrs. H. B. Campbell, town, 2nd; Miss Anna Fisher, town, Ist on towel; Miss Haddie A. Fisher, town, Ist on pillow; Mrs. W. L Campbell, town, Ist on lunch set: Mrs. Oscar Long, town, Ist on nightgown; Miss Haddie R. Fisher, town, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on camisole; Miss Sarah Davis, town, 2nd; Mrs. Grace Peters, town. Ist on scarf; Mrs. L. C. Grove, town, 2nd; Mrs. N. C. Fuhrman, town, Ist on cushion tops; Mrs. H. S. Fisher, town, Ist on baby caps; Mrs. Oscar Long, town. Ist on centerpiece; Mrs. Ella M. Rodfong, town, 2nd; Mrs. H. E. Smith, town Ist on specimen; Mrs. E. L. Rodfong, town, 2nd. Mrs. Gotwalt, Harrisburg. Ist on silk quilt; Mrs. H. B. Campbell, town, 2nd; Mrs. R. O. Light, town, Ist on patch work quilt, crazy; Mrs. J. P Auch, town. 2nd; Helen Gottschall, town, Ist on ornemental; Mrs. S. K. Grelnet, town, 2nd; Mrs. F. T. Haesler. town, Ist on white quilt; Mrs. F. T. Haesler, town, 2nd on home-woven rugs, silk or cot ton; Mrs. Grace Peters, town, Ist on portiere curtains, handmade; Mrs. W L. Campbell, town, Ist on worsted cover let; Mrs. Fred Rudolph, town, 2nd. Negro Shoots Another in Hip; Three Shots Fired Ralph Curtis, colored, a laborer in the local steel plant, was shot In the right hip last evening at 43 Frederick street, by another colored man, who escaped before his identity could be learned. The shooting occurred in front of the quarters used for the col ored laborers, the building is on the lower end of Frederick street. According to the witnesses of the shooting, Curtis had just left the house on his way to work when the other colored man stepped around the corner of the building and after hav ing a few words with Curtis shot him. Three shots were fired, the second tak ing effect In his hip and the others went wild. STKF.LTOX PERSONALS Mrs. Charles A. Fried, of Vicksburg, Miss., is spending several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zacks, South Front street. Solon V. ,Barr, of Lincoln street, at tended the races at the Middletown fair on Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Snyder, of 43 South Fourth street, left to-day to spend a two weeks' vacation at Balti more, Washington and the Virginia coast. The Rev. B. F. Dougherty will preach at both morning and evening services in the First Reformed Church to-morrow. First Presbyterian Church: Sun day School at 9:45 o'clock. There will be no other service at this church to morrow. The local W. C. T. U. will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Orndorff, of 333 Locust street. Topic, "Work Among Foreign-speaking Peo ple." Mrs. O'Brien, leader. The Rev. J. M. Shoop and Mrs. Shoop, have returned home after visit ing in Shamokin. They were accom panied to the borough by their son, Lee and family. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bannan, Miss Anna Bannan, Mrs. Frank Ken ney and W. H. Banon attended the funeral of Michael Banna in Birds boro to-day. Mrs. Helen Freid, Vicksburg, Miss., AUGUST 19, 1916. H. W. BROWN has purchased the garage and vulcanizing establish ment at 131 South Third street, formerly operated by Howard De Hart. The 4 —.Harrisburg Tire Repair Company is the oldest vulcanizing establishment in Harrisburg, and an efficient corps of expert tire repair men have built up a reputation for the highest grade of tire repair work. The Goodrich and other leading makes of tires are also kept in stock. A continuance of your patron age is solicited. 131 S. Third Street Bell 61-M. is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zacks of South Front street. HIGHSPIRE NOTES A market and festival will bo held by the Otterbeln Guild of the United Brethren Church in Kaufman's Park on Tuesday evening, August 22. Ice cream, cake and candy will be on sale. RAI.LT DAY SERVICES Interesting Rally Day services will be held in the Church of God Sunday school, Front and Chambers streets, Steelton. to-morrow afternoon and evening, beginning at 2 and at 7:30 o'clock. IiYNCH-SNYDER Miss M. Lillian Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Snyder, of 31 South Second street, and Howard Lynch, of Irwin, Pa., were married to day at high noon in the parlors of the Emaus Orphan Home, Middletown, by the Rev. Dr. M. P. Hocker. The cou ple was unattended. After an ex tended wedding trip to Baltimore, Washington and the Virginia coast, they will Vie at home to their friends at Irwin after September 16. First Thunderstorm in Years.— Camp life along the Texas border dur ing the first thunderstorm in recent years when Camp Stewart was flooded with from 6 to 10 inches of water, was graphically described by Corporal Frank K. Myers, of Company F, Eighth Regiment, N. G. Pa., United States Infantry, located near El Paso, Texas, In a letter written August 13 and received by his brother. Dr. D. Edward Myers, Swatara street, this morning. STEELTON CHURCHES First Reformed. The Rev. B. S. Daugherty will preach at 10:45 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. S. S., 9:45. Main Street Church of God—The Rev. G. W. Getz pastor, will preach at 10:30 a. m. on "The Greatest of All Prayers," and at 7:30 p. m. on "Always Confident," S. S., 9:15; Jr. C. E., 6; Sr. C. E., 6:30. Grace United Evangelical. The Rev. J. M. Shoop, pastor, will preach at 10:30 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. S. S. 9:15, K. L. C. E., 6:45. Trinity German Lutheran The Rev. C. F. Tieman, pastor, will preach at 10 a. m. S. S., 9 a. m. Centenary United. Brethren The Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor, will preach at 10:45 a. m. on "The Christian Attitude Toward Class Distinction," and at 7:30 p. m. on "Recognition in Heaven," S. S., 9:30; C. E., 6:30. St. Mark's Lutheran. No services to-morrow excepting Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Immediately after S. S. there will be an important meeting of the church council. Monumental A. M. E. The Rev. W. H. King, pastor. Services 10:30 and 7:30; recital by the choir, B. A. Strip lin. chorister. United Brethren (Highsplre) Miss Pearl Mathias of Bridgeport, Conn., will preach at 10:45; the Rev. Paul Shannon, the son of a former pastor, will preach at 7:30: Sunday school at 9:30; Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30. Quarryman Hurt. Charles John son, Furnace street, was Injured about the right eye by a piece of flying rock while at work at the Cumbler stone quarries Thursday. He was taken to the Harrisburg hospital. Iron Causes Fire. A slight fire was discovered last evening in the storeroom occupied by the Ladies Bazar, Front and Pine street, when an electric iron with the current turned on, was left standing on a waist. The fire was confined to the storeroom owned by the Rex Clothing Company of Harrisburg. The fire was extin guished without any serious damage to the property. Former Resident Dies.—Mrs. Annie S. Muench, a former resident of the borough and a sister of John S. Wit man and Harry Witman, died at the Pottsville hospital yesterday morning. Burial will be made at Pottsville on Monday afternoon. Measure Service Wires. ln order to determine the exact number of miles of wire In use in the borough. Borough Engineer Callaghan, Chief of Police Longnaker and Sergeant Mas ters are busy measuring the service wires. A recent ordinance passed by council places a tax of one dollar on each mile of wire. Realty Deal.—William F. Housman has purchased the two-and-a-half story frame house, No. 415 Pine street, from William Dltlow. He will move into his new home about October 1. Dragged by Car. Joseph Page, of Enhaut, was struck by a Middletown street car near Steelton last night while on his way to his home, he was thrown beneath the fender and drag ged a short distance. MIDDLETOWN NEWS The fourth of a series of six shoots for the William D. Matheson cup and other minor prizes is being held on the Swatara Gun Club grounds this afternoon. The entry list for the con test closed two weeks ago and the other two shoots will be run off with the present list of competitors. The three leading shooters are Howell, Albright and Detweller. J. J. Schraedley, Rufus Schraedley, of South Wood street, and Earl Rudy, of High street, left this morning for a trip through New York State that will include West Point and a trip up the Hudson past the Palisades and New York City. MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS Miss Evelyn Fromme of Beaver is spending several days with her sister, Mrs. Frank Slack. Miss Hannah Marion, of Zanesville, Ohio, visited friends here yesterday while enroute to New York. Miss Dorothy Campbell, North Union street, and Miss Mary Peters, of East Water street, have returned home after an extended trip through the New England States. T. A. Corlan and family visited Mrs. John Warner, Union street yesterday. Harry Troup of Syracuse, N. Y., is visiting his family in North Pine street. Suuntlont and Eatlmmea Given Free J. M. SMITH Hard Wood Floors LAID AND FINISHED OLD FLOORS RENOVATED IT Alll s COVERED WITH HARDWOOD FLOORS KEPT IN CONDITION Bell I'bouei I3UI M. I2IU Brook wood SL Harrlaburs. 7
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