gj2SSSSr- Interesting Items. Told tn Brief Paragraphs for r-i i uur rteaoers. Maonitl Polatera la Loral ad rnl , i'anvernlaff Ppjl Mora r IM Prvtalneal. Don't forget to pive thanks. We liiul Indian summer Monday. JinW' McClure held court on Monday. Attorney II. II. Grimm went to bewistown on business on X rulay. i?.,.. IV K. AfcLnin is uttciitlinir in . - n conference at Lilleyville this week. nf-., T. V. Piiu'lSnir nnddaiii'hter iU i ... - n - r Alice visisted Mr?. Emanuel Sclioeh I 1 nn .Momiay. Miss Laura Runkle is visiting her sister, Mrs. J)r.J. G. II. Allison at Xiiitlnimberland. Sin-riff Hitter and family visitel I Dr. J. G. Wagner's at Adamsburg Sumlav a week ago. f;p Ciirrin and Mabel Witten- Imvcr nrn visiting Miss Alice Smith at New Kensington, Pa. Thursday ot this week heinjr I Thanksgiving Day, a legal holiday, the hank will be closed. Senator Edwin M. Hummel was Inmnntv seat visitor on Monday laftcriuion between trains. Fakm Wanted: State cash and luine price. Axsos 1 1. Kusseu,, !)-l.i-!)in. Akron, Ulno. Vis. A. Meade Howrrsox of this I place is visiting Editor W. F. Fceso am family at MillerstowR. .I.'inies Heaver, wife and soil of iMifllinburir wen? Sunday visitors of lins lather, tiahricl leaver. ....... Di-mitv (Collector Win. F. Howe if'Mct'lure was in Middleburg on IMniiiIav on oflicial business. I!ali)li Gift and his sister, Daisy, "f I'axtnnvillc were Middleburg visitors on hunday afternoon F. II. Mauror, New Rerlin, is al- Ivavs olierinir special bargains. See special amioiineement in iliis is fue. tf Mr. Miller of Akron, Ohio, came It" NlV, cr Count v to soend som pic Imiiting and some to social mat- htt. Sunt. F. C. Bowcrsox is teaehimr lie(i!ul)e Mills school in the absence f Prof, Hassinger who is on his 'iil(liii!r trio. A. new time table went into effect Miel 11. U. on Monday. There i. . ...... pnii changes in the tune ot trains rums branch Mrs. Ikirbara Yoderand Mrs. If. I.Oiiinm recently visited the lat ;rs sister. Mrs. Amelia Gundrum. 'Adamsburg. Charles Forry, the proprietor of uiKees J .balls Hotel, was a miineiit visitor at the county seat week one day. Miss Jennie Keeler of Johnstown 'Isitlliir her cousins. Miss Dorn werand Mrs. Aimic Ilottenstein, us place this week. I is claimed that it has been de- crated time and ami h that 100 'I Well eni-n.1 fi.i. will I a ll.nl. . n . ras nve good cows. Mrs. , v.s J WUiJUUUW UV.V.WIil tl P er daughter, Mrs. T. B. Mc- i""iiis,io AicVeytown, at which ( - io spending a wick. V Chas. W. Orwig and son of "Nwon were in our village last "fsday attending the wedding of Hassinger and Mame Stetler. iV-hool boards of Franklin PAJaius townships last week re- their money from the State er for their allotedappropria- MIDDLEBTJRGH, SNYDER CO., John Houtz of Frecburir was a Middleburg visitor ou Monday. John Soles of Lcwistown, a broth er of A. E. Solos of this place, pur chased the Stuck barlier shop at Mifllinburg and took possession on Monday. Isaac SH)tts is sjKjken of as a candidate for re-election as County Commissioner. Isaac made a good ofheer, and he need not fear to stand on his record. Mrs. Emma C. Schoch of Selins- irrove entertained the Sunburv chapter of the daughters of Ameri can Revolution at u luncheon at her home on Saturday. Mrs. John llubler and v son and Miss Libhie llubler of near Lewis burg were the guests of the editor of tlio jVcu's Jlcm and family on Wednesday of last week. Sherman 1. Warner, the ncwly appointed ticket agent of this place, was called to licwistown Junction this week to fill a temporary vacancy in the Superintendent's office. William K. Miller, Esq., ofSnlem was at the county scat last week. He lias just returned from Philadel phia where he was cniraired at Re publican headquarters as a clerk. It may 1 intercstiii!r to Christian Endeavors to know that there is a total enrollment of mcnilicrs in this society of over threc-and-a-niKirter millions. Tin re arc over 5-1,1 II societies. Dr. Charles II. 1'rishin of Lewis- town, formerly of this place, was at the county seat last Thursday and Friday. The doctor sjivs ho is pleased with J,cwislown. lie savs lis vouursoti is srettiii-r biirand fat. Sergeant H. Harris Uower lias been mustered out of the service of Uncle Sam itli his company rt ('Icarfield, I'a., and is again a fami liar figure at the law oiliceol Uower A: Pawling in the bank ' buihl'mg !it this place. Two Hoi;si:s Fois Sale. Two small black Jiorses, a match team, work single or double, are oflcrcd for sale. For further particulars, call on or address, St.'SANXA FltY, ll-KI-ut. iliddlcbiirgh, Pa. F. II. Maurer of Xvw I'.erlin, the great merchant of that educational centre, was in our village last week on his way to Hiawatha, Kansas, lie knows how to do business. He has learned the value ofadvertising, which many of his competitors have not yet learned. Dr. John C. Amig of Lowistown canio down to our village last Fri day and spent n day or two hunting with some ot our'Snvder County sportsmen. The dentist has built up a nice practice in lowistown and his many friends here are clad to lc-irn of his material prosperity. Dr. C. W. Uolish. the successful practitioner of McClure, has purchas ed the druir store of Dr. C. C. Mov. er of llartleton and hus also nssum. ed the ju'aetice of Dr. Mover at that ..I IV. 1 I. 1 .. t puicc. ur. iKiiisu iias proven Him self to le a careful, conscientious physician, and in his new field, we . I I V 1 1 wish nun auunuunt success, One of the renrcsentatives lit tlm Hankers' Convention at Ilarrishunr. blew out the gas and but for the passing through the halls of one of Lllfl CICI'KS. WHO smel ill the rulnr t escaping gas, would have been asph- 1 1 1 . I 1 1 yxiuicu. iocs ne laue aim reaa a newspajwr ? It he does cither, he ought to have known better. A smooth, ensv shnvp. cronrnoi linlr , j , B cut, or other tonsorial work, is al ways obtained at Soles' Barlier Shop, in Wittenmver's building, nmwisitp . Of II - Post office. Go to Soles to buy new rnornra hp ovdinnira fni nA mum ... Razors honed and iruaranteed to erivc satisfaction. A. E. Soles. ' .. .... ,ml,,.f The Y. P. S. C. E. of thP Kv. Lutheran church of Middleburg will hold a "Sunrise Thanksgiving Ser vice" at 7 A. M. Thursday, Nov. 24. An invitation has leeu extend ed to the other Societies of the town. Mrs. John Ikichmun, administra trix of her huslwind's estate, sold the real estate on Saturday, as advertis ed. John Shannon Inniglit the -woodland for 827; 20 acres ofelear od land was sold to Theodore Erdley for 8172; the house and lot, and ii field on French Flats were liought by Mrs. IJachman the homestead for $:$.0 and the fie'd of four acres for 100. Peter Rhoads, of I larrisburg, dntl last Aloiulay. lie is a brother to D. T. Rhoads of this plav, whom he visiti-d but a short time ago. Mr. Rhoads was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, recently being hurt in the yards in Philadelphia. Through his death the company lost a trusted engineer. The news of his sudden death has saddened t lit; hearts of his friends and acquaintances here. For to know him was to love him. Rev. J. C. Shindd, chaplain of the -1th Ohio Yoluiiteors.nceoninaifi- ed ly his wife, was in this citv on Wednesday ( 'haplaiu Shindle was pastor of the Grace Luteran church at Mt. Carmel for a numherofveurs. Up to lilt- time of his enlistment in the service he was at home near Columbus. Ohio. He is in the best of health and has not malerialK chanircd in anneiimnee. Ili'vi I .ii i to be retained i;i the service of tin- Regular Army. His home was in rH'iinsgrove originally and he is a cousin of Dr. Y. L. Shindd of tliis city. Sunbiirii ln,iirril. Shot While at Work. On last Friday, while working on the railroad near Snyderlown, Nor thumberland County, Harvev I '.urns, a son of our old Comrade Lot I'.urus. of this county, was shot bv a pari vol hunters, a shot Inking elVect in the pupil of'oneof the eyes. He was at once taken to his home and medical aid siiniinoiie !. The unflirtiinalc young man will have tohave llccvc removed and we learn (hat he has been taken to Philadelphia by his father-in-law to have the eve remov ed. We understand that the onlor tiomtcyonng man is gelling aloiif' nicely. The shooting was elearlv accidental, although it looksas thong it had some elements of carclcssac in it. Wesinccrdy svnipalhiewith our young menu in Ins misfortune. Jrioum: Do You Want to Enlist ? If there are anv nersons in this vicinity who desire to enlist in the rctrulur service of the United Sife army, they should hand their names at once to I apt. J5. jJudd Cannon of Milton. A hundred or more are wanted for the First Infantry now at Iluntsville under orders fur Culm. Unmarried men between 18 and 35 years of age are wanted. Only the Gun can be Used. Hunters should remember thnt nil game must Ik? killed with a gun. If a sportsman oomes across rabbittraps and grouse snares or deadfalls in the 1 a .... woous, he should not tail to destroy them and attcmnt to hrinirtho owner I o " of these unlawful devices to justice. A Woman Candidate With the avowed obiectof nnri. j I fvimr Dolitics. Miranda Siwnrs Ima o i - I' - - announced her candidacy for School director in uoai township, is orthuni- herlnnd Cnnntv . Tina ia tKa fint time in the history of the county that a woman lias soueht an office of this kind. . ' - FA - THUUSDAY, Hassinger-Stetler. A social event of iniMrtance oc curred at the home of Calvin Stetler and wife on Thursday last, when their eldest daughter, Mamie, !ceaine the wife oftJeorge W. Hassinger. The ceremony wasRrfiniicd at high noon by the Rev. I). E. McLain in the presence of alniut fifty assembled guests. . After congratulations, a toothsome luncheon followed m.l the afternoon was a joyonsone for all present. Amid a shower f rice and antiquated foot-gear the happy cou ple U.ardcd the evening train en route for Philadelphia. The bride is an estimable young lady and com mands the respect of all who know her. The groom is one of our ex emplary young men who hasrcconl ed in the credit column of life's hnlger a good character and sterling business qualities. Rolli bride and groom re inmibers of the Lutheran Church and are prominent in the church circle of this place. The Pose joins their many friends in wishing them the harvest of a haunv and prosperous life. Among the guests present wm Rev.D. E. McLain and wile. Mrs. .jaeoo nassinger, tu-orec sjlellerand wife, Mrs. John F. Stetler, Charles T . I t T . . . . V alter and family. Howard Foiilk and wife, M. '. Su ininger and wife, 1 rot. I . ( . Lowcrsox and liiniilv. Jacob Gilbert and wife, A. S. Hea ver and wife, K. C. Walter and wife, J. A. Oldt and wile, John l'att.m and Wife. liaurenee Slel ei- A .' (iilbcrt, and Misses Lillian Stetler. Lula Smith, Laura I'unkle. Mabel Griinui, I i 1 la (o-inim and Maie Ci i' n i i ; i i t . M'oiuiger oi .ii KMIelilirgli ; .Misses Gcrlrudc and Kale Shannon, of Ad ainsburg ; J. S. lino!) and wife, of Milllinburg ; Mrs. ( '. ( )rwigand son Wcndel, of Ilnilleton : S. A. A ; alio win', I nciin-grove. Gr ixr. COURT HOUSE CHIPS t.-l!- Olili-ri'il I ill' tSri'.ifil. Susan Hcmlrieks and Henry A. 1 len.lrieks to ( 'Lira J. Keisb-r, .' acres in Adams tu p. lor .( Ml. Dr. C. D. Hotten.-'lein and wih loCerelie M. Ib.ltclistiiii, o ,',,. .", in IIIiH'k No. Ii in llotti iisiein's ad dition, Sliaiuokin Dam. i. . l loniherger ami wile to Solomon Homier, SI perches in West Perry Iwp. for .viol. A. S. Kurt, administrator of John Kurtz, (o Mary Kuitz, ,VJ acres in West Perry twp. forl.lDd. l.i'lO'rx 4irinli-l. Letters of athninistralion were granted in the estate of Daniel Het t rick, late of Monroe (wp., to W. W. Hettriek. Duplicate lettersof administration were granted in the estate of John A. Adams, late of Waynesboro. Pa.. to Einuia F. Adams. WIIIn lrolintMl. The lust will and testament of Cliarles Zimmerman, lateof Monroe twp., was probated on Hethiesdav of last week Geo. Zimmerman is the executor. Mnrrlnr LlrfiiNon. f (Jto. W. Hassinger, Middleburg, Maine II. Stetler, ' f Elmer E. Roush, Chapman, Pa., Oerinda Miller, Shenandoah, Pa. j Philip C. Vnrner, Swales, Pa. Ida M. Wagner, McClure. Lost A Watch. Between Kreamcr and Salem, on Sunday. The finder will be re- wanlctl by returning the same to mr. - r r ar iMIS8 1ZORX V ALTER, Kreamer, Pa. Lost. Somewhere between sunrise nn,l dark, sixty golden minutes, each one studded with sixty diamond scennda. No reward is offered as they can never be found or returned ; they are lost forever. 1 - iNOV, 24, 1898. DEATHS HARVEST. JOIIX I l.KH II. Mr. .K.hn Ubieh of Jackson twp., an ag.il and highly resMrte.l mem ber of the old and "honorable family, who had passed the allotted "four score" years, died at the old home stead on Monday, and was laid to n-M in the family buryuigground on I hursday, in the presence ot a vast concourse oi inciids and ncighlH.rs -At one tune he took an active part :.. ii iv... . . . i i me iiii.nrs oi ins township, but ioi a numiK'r ot years, owimr to the inhnnativcsof age and his natural love for Ins home lile, he has with .1 r. i- i .. . i ooio neuve nio. I hus, one I.. i. . i i , i . o oik- mc oiti landmarks are re moved by death, and the present general ion is lia-tciiing on to fill m .1. . I... I ! I uie oreacn. infmne. viTin 1 1 rn uoi.r. Nathan Fctlcrolf, one (,f Adams townships most prominent citizens, ueu .Nov, .uli, J.S'.IS, aged l!. years, o months and 10 days. He was born Inly 'Jll, IS:?:', near Troxdville, tl son ot Andrew and (atlierin. v;-.oi.j reuei-oii. Mi' resided in v:. .. t I-. ,.u i .... the vicinity of his nativity all his life and followed the occupation ol fanning with an b.tercst that never abated. He was fond of good horses ami by a careful management ol hU aflairs he was enabled to provide his declining years will mfuvt and a certain degree of pleasure. He was twice married, first, to Harriet Mover, witli whom lie had (wo children. John A., who reside nt TroeIvie and was born 1 lee. I'., lsr.C, Harriet, bom Feb. :',, S.",S married to John !' , l led June -Jli. S!I7. II,. wms neo-. ried second to Anna M. Kuepn, with 1 I I . .... ' ' wnom ,,e had mv cIiiMicii, (in- f whom died in inlaiii-y, Alice, the di!c-i, niMi'i-ied to -lames Kbiiuvi-aiid died April lC, yi ; 11,.,,'rv t w ho lives on (lie honicsicad and .las 1 1 ...i. . . ii., no is a prominent I .utiieian elergyinan in lliio. ,- traces his ancestry to in-many, lr,,U whence liisirrandlather, l''iv.lerick FeOn-olf, emigrated o Perks ( 'oiinty and then to the section lnri mn- i. I. ;.,.,( breathed his last. He leaves a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn (he loss of a valuable citi- en and a faithful christian. t Jost:in v ikv. In death's grasp at a ripe old .-c-e o i . '. . . came me above na I wcl gentleman, who for a pcrio. .IIOWII 'llil-ee score and ten years resided in I he viei-ity ol'Kichlidd. I le was train ed in the school of lift- and became a part of the history of the commu nity he so much loved and where hr incessantly labored and where he raised a lunre family. Josei.h (! Winey was born near Richfield, Pa., Marh P.), KSS,i,nd died Nov. lf. INKS, at the aire of 70 ve.-u-s. 7 months ami 'JM (lavs. He was mar ried in LS.'O to Susanna P.asom, with whom he had sixcluhlrcii as follows: Clara, born Oct. !'., IS") I, marri id 15. II. Cusler, who isa prominent mereliant of Swiucford, Pa., to whom were born a number of children of whom 4 are living: Klhi, married to Thomas F. Sprcht; iney E., married to Margaret Spaid ; i-Mgar and Maud. Wilson 15.. born .Sent. 7. ISoS. nmr. . ' i - ' ried to Linina J. Graybill and they have five children, lice G Earl G., Harrison G., Rine G.. and Paul G. Wilson resides in Fra;.klin nn,1 isconductinir an extensive business in coal and grain. IkiWa and Catherine both died young. Retli TV , .v,. -. j.. A wvj i, iiiui- ried to TillielltKihenbrochtand they iito iuui unuoruu, viaire, isusie, Clara and Dewey. Seth resides in Beavcrtown. Abel C. liorn .Tiiiik filli tSft9 " v " married to Alice Bubb, formerly of . vwrutu Ann; No. 3 whit goes over to VoCWm ms place, and o,a. daughfer, Edna. He ami hw brother, S'th, own and conduct a large general More in the building so ng ,.,-,,;,,! iy tl venerable Moses Sp,r!.t at IVaver- towi). The deceased is Sull ( Amm iney and hi, wile, Parbara (irav Hll, who was the daughter of John Graybill. Amos and Marv ha.l a laii.ily ehildren, 'J of whom lu',l.v r. hcotl,crsaII grew into manlio.Ml and womanhood and them selves raised famili.-s. T. voiu.g est of these wasoO years of a'n- Im f'Mvaiiy ol ih,. parents da-d. " Mrs. inev died th-M. (), ,. ..I.il.i,.,,, wliii grew into maturity, are (he Kn owing: Samud, married io S.nllie Wiuev, (second cousins). w;ls ., "'"''' preach,-,- and a bisl , tvs-u. c!a( Piehlidd a d died about lo y-ais ago. Abraham resided near Kiciilidd. I he dee, 'as, ,, Jacob resided at Mc listerville. s"''i manied u, ( 'liristiun ;rav , who is still living near Iwdiliel,:. He.licd several vears .i-i Hill . V illiam, a laniici- t.,M. ,;...i i. Sh.!l,a.., is still living liich lield. . 'kdi, a Dunkard preach,,-, s ivmg in Michigan. John, married lo Susan Shirk -, 'laughter of John Sl,;,., :.i . i , ' -" on Hie lionicsli-i. 'iil'i.-tiau ( i. married to Ai:mu!;i nidi, reside :'i l.asi em .iiiiii. ... i ... . ata County. i !,. ...... :.. .i , . ".'s m me si on oilMiie-:, ,. -in ,...,.. .... i .nil! is now .'! inkaid pn-aeher. Thomas, married i,. LL,. Sniiil, 'l:iiiglii.r Judge So ,i!!,oi AicAlis- I'TVllle. Tbcv ,v-ide at i. ),l, l oins 1 loin- in I. .. .... M-irv. married 'oSolm,,,.,, , 'ill, a In-other of i ln-;,i ;., . : i -n ( ...... i I I .1 i oi , " "lOIOIIeil. .-.olollloll is a Mi.im. i . . . ;,. ' ('".'cu-i- and iv-i,!, Kiclilicld. at II"' graiidii.lherof l. ,,,,,,s,,l was a naliveoftierman,, and being a lover ol livedom, fiav.d a i'.Miiti. inilo i- ,1 "V-'gc i-ver llle sea an. I I" Anu rica and settled in Hn came S Co. i'"d began t illin- ih,. soil. J ..I,- "l'Tcmigr:,(,, u, K'ichlield among I . ;ii l..l settl. rsand misled i clearing the forests. J-'seph, theihreased, lollowcd the .. ....... oi a cai'ienH'i- since lie was years o age and he was -, mo, lei "iisonnd, a most ,leyo,, (;,(u.,. and ...oen oi win.li any community he proud. A ,!eyot,,c,.istiai, ge.itlcinan, he went with calmness and peace to his home on high (,, spend his eternity with his Moved Master. Mos uwr. Alllos (Jiit ,,(. oftheolil..st. f-itl. zens ot 1-raiiklin township, died n Ids home miles west l this plac l . l AT I i . . . ! at i.ii iwoniiuy ami was burnlon Wed nesday. Mr. (iift was a very use ful man , hiring his prime, but .lur ing the closing years of his life the inlirmities of age rendered it impos sible lbr him to use the faculties which were so useful to him and his family in earlier life. He raised a family, most of whom with a widow survive to mourn his hiss. Funeral Instead of a Wedding, While Editor O. W. Mil, ,.f .1... lllossburg Cenxor, was on Tuesday morning sending out invitations to his wedding, w hieh was to have oc curred on .November 2:5, a telegram was iinnoed hun containing the in telligence that the prospective bride, Miss Mae M unlock, ot Dundee, X. Y., had just died from an apopletio siroKo. jaier in the day lie lelt io arrange for a funeral instead of a wedding. tUe next L,; :Tli court roachlnr an
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