VERT SING —TRaNstERT Locin No- AD 2 RT SING for first insertion; 5 cents Si isers, 5 ts hn on hi vert cents a line s when inserted among I al hows or rial metter. Ne business locals will be mized in with local ews torial matter for less than 10 cents a dine for each and every iusertion. ‘when requested, iavariably 0 cents per | a Tee LEGAL | ADVERTISEMENTS at legal rates. MARRIAGE, Birra ann Dear Notices will be a for at 5 cents a line, but all such mention he editor sees fit to make concerning such its; without anyone's request, will be gratis. ARDS op THANKS will be sublished feo patrons this paper, but non-patrons w charged od 10 cents a line. Rusovorioxs or Resprer will be published for cen RATES FOR DISPLAY AvvegmiseuENTS will be de known on application No free advertising will be given to anything of a money-making character. Nothing will be advertised gratis in this paper, except free lec- nres, free sermons and all such things as are ree to the public. All advertisements will be run and charged for until ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken. for less than cen a 3 7 Jo P INTING.—THE BTAR office has finste ass Job 1 printing equipments, turns out all the best style of the art and at very rides. Tae Star does all kinds of work, pester and bill printing, and every kind of printing belon ug 11 job orders, whether by mal Dtherwiss, receive prompt attention. .—Remit b REMIT letter, or apes remittances will be at sender's risk. herwise a your personal check, if Jour resi- dence is far away from here. Make all drafts, orders, oe. payable to P. er Live engood. HOW YO mousy or order, LOCAL ND GENERAL, Colds are numerous. Subscribe for THE STAR. Patronize home industries. cal Fuller has a very sick child. * Not snch a wee ‘‘bantling,” Christmas is coming. This is official. How would a dollar And « a half strike you? Arthur Robertson smiles out loud. Its a boy. “<The weather we are having i is all that could be desired. Thisis a ‘Thursday paper, but we area little Inte this week. Lee Beachy, the noted horse dentist, was in our city this week. Somerset wants water works and Balis- bury is also in need of them. A few cases of la grippe are said to ‘exist in this part of the country. The new M. E. church, when com: pleted, will be a neat little structure. Haselbarth & Son have had a large trade in stoves and stovepipe, this fall ‘Keagy’s wool wagon ‘was making its roungy in this locality this week and last. are we? Clias. Bender, who some time ago bad a leg amputated. is getting along nicely. “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” But we're nat such a little star, after all. are we?! Whoa! Hold on! Let us gently whis- per in your ear that now .is the time to suhscribe. We have heen doing a great deal of job work, all of which has given the best of satisfaction. ~The wire men of the east will follow + THE STAR. just as they did away back in ‘ve olden times. Ww John Hartline says its boy No. 8, his time. and he feels proud, of course. Why shouldn't he? Mr. Fred Anspach, of Philadelphia, is in town this week looking after his busi: ness interests here. The Berlin Record lias heen sold to a glock company and Editor Corpening has emigrated to Colorado. Ta the many friands who favored us during our recent sickness, we tender Shar most sincere thanks. g ¥: D. Livengood butchered an 8-months- old pig that weighed 278 1bs., dressed. Now who can beat that? The president's message has the proper ring to it, It is a sensible and bnsiness- like docnment throughout. If you want to read of some of the ings Salisbury has, and of some that it needs, turn to Second page. Call at our sanctum sanctornm and get 80 worth of starlight. It beats electric ht and gas light all hollow. M Jonas Hershberger and Miss Mary Li vengood. of Grantsville, were visiting friends in Salishury this week. We have an interesting Idaho letter on file. for ‘publieation next week, written George Gould. ‘Wait for it. “Mire. Sipe. who for the past few years & had her home in ‘the west, is visiting eliitives in this viginity at present. ‘Gertende Yoder, a itt daughter’ of and Mrs. Binanuel Yoder, is suffer- th inflammatory rhenmatism. Fre glad to note that Perry Butler, Bi] town. {but not 80 with ‘the people. | prize hogs. oye ny ‘inthe land, thes weight to TrE STAR of some of your) We'll het four dollars that. the attend. ance at the Sunday schools is on the in- crease. "Twas ever thus about this time of the year. ~ Now is the time to advertise your holi- day goods. THE STAR is at your service, and an “ad” in its columns will do you lots of gnod. : Peter 8. Hay is in Baltimore this week beving a large stock of new goods. Lookout for his advertisement when the goods arrive. ! Miss Lizzie Brandl ecently had the misfortune of getting part of one of her fingers taken off by /a\sausage grinder. Bad luck sure. Harvey Engle. who had been sick for a long time, died fast week. He leaves a wife and two smgilchildren. THE STAR extends ils sympathy. Now who will be the first to step into our office and hand us $1.50 for a year’s subscription to Tae STAR? Please don’t all rsh in at once, now. Owing to our recent illness not all of the advertisements appear in this issne for which we have copy. We will work them in as fast as we can. . If you have failed to get a sample copy of THE STAR, please let us know. We aimed to slight no one, but mistakes will sometimes happen to anyone. It is a shame that there are so many dreary old apologies for pavements in such a pretty town as this is. We onght to have more real pavement. _ Minneapolis gets the next republican national convention, and Omaha don’t like it a bit. But what is the city on the “Big Muddy” going to do about it? The churches of this place are making very extensive preparations to appropri- ately observe Christmas. They are get- ting up very interesting programs. ‘And she winked the other eye,” seems to be a favorite expression among the Salisbury *'kide.” Wel, what if she did wink it? Maybe she couldn’t help it. Peter Vogel is putting a very neat fence around the piece of ground he bought fust north of the foundry. He says he intends to build on that ground, next summer. Don’t wait for another sample copy. if you want this paper, but subscribe for it at once and pay in advance. That's the way to encourage a new enterprise of this kind. Geo, 8. Young, Boynton, has sold north of the Jones h ley. Mr. Young a to Dubois. “The walls of the Germ building, in Satishury, 80 badly that large ironivods put through the building are to keep it in proper shape. THE 8tar will add many new features and improvements as it grows older. It takes time for everything, and this issue isn’t as complete as the paper will be in the near future. f Meyersdale, late of his fine residence to J. T. Bhip- family will move an Baptist church began to spread Dick Beachy, who had been visiting friends here for several months, took his departure last week for Garleton, Neb.. where he has been making his home for the past few years. Conrt will convene in Somerset next Monday. M. F. Smith will go as a juror, and if any of the Somerset people want any oil stock, they can'see. Mr. Smith at the Somerset house. BOY WANTED at Tar Star office to learn the printing trade. Must be intelli- gent, willing to obey instructions at all times and have good habits. No-boy un- der 12 years of age need apply. Several: new houses ure going up on both sides of the river. The Lord knows we need more new hunses, for every nook and corner are filled and people are al- most daily in search of liouses, Mrs. Fernser, Welfley, recenfy old acquaintanc formerly Miss Sadie rrived here to renew and vigit her old home. Mr. Fer is here also. Mr. and Mrs. Fernser reside in Beatrice, Neb. George Hay is said to be slanghtering a great many pheasants, this fall. Well, they ought to know better than to let George get near enough to draw a bead on them, George is Ahad man with a gun. The Mrs. editor has presented 1s a brand new digg ter; weight, 12 ibs That's a prize ball for sure. If anybody else has a girl byhiv\to bent that weight, at the age of ufe days we'd like to have it reported to us. Miss Mary Livengood, our blind aunt, has the thanks of our new daughter for some handsome footwear. Aunt Mary is blind, but she can nevertheless do all kinds of knitting and other fancy work to a queen's taste. The Meyersdale Register spenks of an electric railway between Meyersdale and Salisbury as one o the possibilities of the future. Well, gts nger things have happened, and the electtic railway can't come any too soon, ° bury, and yet the demand for more houses is great. It isalways a good’ sign when there are no emrty buildings ina The houges should always be fall, Xou may rravel this way, vou may : ‘you may travel from but Jou n its columns is A. L. ‘of his numerous hobbies. There isn’t a vacant building in Salis. | Weare informed - that the ministers of : Meyersdale recently bad # hard time in play atthe operafhouse, and thatina few instances sol ery wrathy language was need by both parson and layman, The first cash subscriber of this paper is I. F. Spangler, of Carlton, Neb.; the first man to give us an glvertisement for agey, of Grants- ville, Md.; the first Joh order was for Mrs. 8. A. Lichliter, of Salisbury, Pa. Judging trom: what we hear, more tame turkeys than wild ones have been killed this fall by hunters. If all reports ‘are true, some of the farmers ought to go gunning for turkey hunters. Better look a little ont, ye handy men with the gun. All those business men whom we have not yet called on for advertisement need to complete our calls, but we'll be after every mother’s son of vou, gentlemen. So just go ahead and prepare.your copy. Samuel Spriggs, the genial young bar- ber who is in the employ of R. B. Shep- pard, informs us that his brother, Edward Spriggs. of Meyersdale, was married this week to Miss Nancy Spriggs. - of McCon- nelisburg. Bamuel says his turn will come next. ‘ ; O. the clothes press is a swell affair for clothing nice and neat, and the hay press is a fine machine and does its work com: plete, and the cider press is noted for its juices rich and sweet, but the printing press—it rules the world and gets there with both feet. Crisp, the Georgian, is the winner in the speakership of the house contest. Mills, the man go bitterly opposed to the American mills, thought sure he would be chosen speaker, but he got fooled and is now the maddest Texan in existence. Poor old Mills! John L. Beachy says he still feels some what stoved up. gwing to being thrown from the back wnt™ fractions” horse of his, a few wedks ago. We feel sorry for you, John, t. then you shouldn't risk riding a horse without a bridle. A halter is n. g., only for hitching horses. In a late issue of the Meyersdale Com- mercial, Brother Smith speaks of some Among them he mentions Sand Spring, é¢lectric light, ete., but concerning his two principal hobbies (the Greenville school house burners and the Poeahontas railway) be said not a word. . The Eureka literary society of this place isin a flourishing condition. Ev- erybody is of the opinion that Prof. Samuel L. Livengood, Prof. Same! Spriggs and others who furnish music for the society deserve a great deal of credit. They handle their instruments in a professional manner. Remember that THE STAR fs established on its own capital and did not ask 8 bo- nus to locate here, as papers often do, All it has to ask is a liberal support in the way of advertising and job work, and it will do the rest itself. Help us along, pay your subscription in advanes, keep on paying in advance, and we will give you an excellent paper. Set Clarence Livengood is achieving a great reputation as a Nim and if old John J. don’t look welk tb his laurels this promising young spdnitsman is going to distance him in spilliffg the-blood of wild animals. Clarence dan’t hunt coon, hat he’s an awful bad man on ’possums, and up to date can show about as many ’pos- sum hides as John J. can coon hides. Mr. and Mrs. B own, only colored babe ever born in Salisbury. had to part with their Jittle one last week, as it took sick and died. This was the sixth child born to Mrs. Brown, and all died in infanev, which makes this be- reavement doubly sad. The stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire commuhity. : : ~ When you say, ‘nit py name on your list,” hand ns $1.50 right there and then. Remember that we have been at great expense in moving our entire outfit here from Nebraska, and beipg sick and de- layed in our business for a month or more adds still more to onr expense ac count. We need money now and need it badly; therefore, please pay for your pa- per in advance. Visitors are always welcome at Tur Brag office, but we kindly request all visitors not to handle our type and fix: tures, nor read cony, proof slips or copies of THE STAR before thev are mailed. All manuscript. proof slips, ete., are pri- vate property. and even the contents of the printed papers are private until the papers pass Hiro ough the mails. bear this in mind. from Balemville, Bedford county. where for several weeks he conducted a spirited series of meetings ending with sixteen ad- ditions by trine immersion. The chnreh is a new one and was built as a rift to the congregation by sister Leah Broyer. It easily seats 500 people, is well fur nigshed throughout and cost the devout lady $2,200.—Commercial. M. J. and J. L. Beachy have broken ground for the mantmoth hardware build- ing they are goir to erect just north of Tag STAR buil bi The structure will be 80x26, two sYories high. The second | story will be for a town hall and opera house, what this town ineeds since C. T. hate fitted up his lai building Tn hotel. The new buildin | will be pushed completion the weather will permit not feel slighted. We didn’t have time | owl” Please Eid. Silas Hoover, Saturday. retnrned: Ju Jocal newspapers. It the business me ofa town sallow their local paper to outinto the world minusa liberal amount of advertising patronage, the paper will | 1 Jook a great deal like the advance agent of a graveyard, and the people reading that paper will get it into their heads that the town in which it is published is about the next thing to a graveyard, and they will give that town the grand ‘‘go-by.” John J. Livengood, the veteran ‘coon hunter, s informed us the other day that he had already this season killed forty- nine ’coons, and thay be hasnt fairly commenced yet. Saturday night he raked in six of ’em¥and one that weighed 20 Ibs. We don) “how a fellow can] catch that man ns before midnight, and we fear very much that Uncle John had to borrow a few hours from the Lord that night, as Charles Boucher used to say. : Always let us know all news emia that you may happen onto, as it will aid ug -wonderfully. in getting: up a good. spicy local paper. There are lots of things happening every day in every communi- ty that an editor has no'way of finding out, unless he is told by some one. If you are being visited by friends. or if there is sickness in your family or among your neighbors, or if you know of any accidents, marriages, deaths, births, or anything that will make readable news in your local paper, report to ‘THE BTAR. Our jolly nejghbor, Mr. CO. T. Hay, bas thoroughly overbauled part of his large business block: and has fitted it up for a hotel. fine large porch ond story out acros exfending from the sec: ‘the pavement. The. building is a very @wod one for a hotel, and Cal is just the , accommodating fellow it requires for a good landlord. We wish Mr. Hay abundant success in the hotel business, #8 he deserves it, hav- ing spent a great deal of money in im- proving this town daring the pust nine or ten years, The clergymen of this town are cordial- ly invited to make all such announce: concerning all free services, that they may think will benefit the cause of Chriss. ‘We like to see preachers announce in their local papers what they are going to preach about. In that way some people would not attend For all free sermons, free lectures and free gospel, the columns’ of this paper ure free, and it affords us pleasure to offer our brethren of the pul- pit a reasonable smount of space “to an- nounce such services whenever they so desire, free of charge. A good many cases of plain aroskn in town, last Pay day night. Boys, we can well remember wlien fwe used to take on 100 puch coffin varnigh, too, and go out and Lelp you paint the town a beautiful: ly tinted red, but we/Bave learned a good while ago that it \ y too freely with wet goods of a spirituous nature. Who hath redness of eyes? Who hath breath more rank than the juice of a skunk? Who hath headache? Who bath all these and sundry and diverse other things too humerous to mention? He that tar rveth long at the wine cup and maketh himself as drunk as a “biled ly with the juice of the bug. His name will surely be Dennis who repenteth not while the latch string is yet out. Every professional man, business man, drayman and mechanic in and about Salisbury should use printed stationery and have an advertisement in Tug STAR. who a few Your home paper is the niirror into months ago became the parents of the ™ J enterprise of your town. which the wor'd looks and judges the ‘Do you want it:16 acquire the reputation of alive, en- | terprising, energetic town, or do you dreary, want it to be adjndged as a dull, slovenly place—a place fit only for dead men’s bones to be buried in a nice little bole in the ground—a place where the bumble bee bums, the cricket ericks and the straddle bug straddles around? We think it is the former opinion of Salis- bury that you want people to have, but the patronage you give your home paper will tell. We wunt to do this town some good, and as the late Charles McFadden used to say, will vou come over into ‘*Mackedonia” and help us? The Ol Wail. Evervthing is lovely and serene at the rate. Two experts are superintending the thing, and they/are making things ham. They aré\now down to a depth of over 1,800 fect, and{prospects for oil are good. x “M. P. Smith, thie soNcitor of funds for the ofl well, saysmore mney can be used to completion. Anybody. that wants more stock will be cheerfully accomnmo- dated by Mr. Smith; and this paper is of the opinion that those who take more stock will not regret it. : Correspondents Wanted. We want news gatherers and itemizers in all parts of the. county, but want noth: ing but actual news Teparted—no. non- sensical rot, such as we sometimes see in some of the communications to a few of our esteemed contemporaries. We want nothing but sensible news items, plainly written on one side of paper only, con- cerning such things as accidents, Amuse: ments, births, burglary, “change of busi- ness firms, crops, ¢rime, church news, deaths, discoveries, nrrivals at hotels or e :Lloyd Beachy. M. Knecht, L. CG. Boyer|" His latgst improvement isa | ments through the columns of this paper, | are brought to chureh that otherwise Yen, he that monkeyeth too free- oil well; and boring is going on at a rapid | across the hallway, where. during tiie day: oe time everything can be plainly heard that | tne to goad advantage in pushing the work sickness, surgical operations, Write to THE Bran for stationery, postage, etc. 2a Card of Thanks. * We hereby tender our thanks to all those who so willingly assisted us in mov ing our printing press and other heavy] material to the seeond ficor of the-build- ing which it now occupies. It was a hard task, indeed, but the abundance of will-| ing and competent help we had made the | work as light as possible, ‘and we hardly know how to thank the boys enough. | Their kindness, will gladly be returned at {any time, and will be returned, even ifin | no uther way, thap by writing them nice obituaries when they die and seeing that their graves are kept green and bedecked with flowers. But of course if we die first, then the only thing we can do isto] give them all gilt-edged recommends on the other shore, providing we don’t find it too awful hot oh the shore we land upon. i: We also tender our thanks to Messrs. and Jer. J, Livengood for the ‘nse of| crowbars and iron rollers, to 8. 8. Koontz | and Maust & Newman for the ‘use of | some of their lumber, and to Bupt. ‘White, of the extraet works, for of ropes and pulleys. A Thanking you, gentlemen, all of you - who helped us in any way, we stand ready to do you a favor in return at any v time we can be of service to you. : Repors.e of the Salisbury Public schools for Second Month, Ending Nov. 6th. HIGH SCHOOL. . ed “M. 7 T. | Average attendance 8. 25. 28 Percent. of~,, . 86. 87. 87. - CHas. F. L1vENGOOD, Teacher. GRAMMAR. : M. F. T. 25. 14. 39. Sos 83. 94. - 89. C. E. STATLER, Teacher Average attendance Per cent. of PRIMARY NO. 1, i MP. T Average attendance 83. 20. 53. Per cent. of 92. 95. 98. Miss Lizze 1ayERqo0D, Teacher. PRIMARY NO. 2. Average attendance 28. 28. 46. Per cent. of ,, “ob. 91. 98. Miss ANNIE HasELBARTH, Teacher, SUMMARY IN M, 04. 84, Sd S188. FP. Enrollment 94. Average attendance 92. 176. Per cent. of ,, a Parents will you see that your children | of attend regularly? Are you aware that] your children are sometimes late? Can you remedy this annoyance? ; ; Parents, come to see us. We will wel | come you at any and all times. ; c E. Dicky, “Principal. Bold, Bad Burglars. - On Thanksgiving night the postoffice at this place was burglarized, also the depot at West Balisbury. The postoffice robbery, however, did not prove to be a very rich haul for the thieves. They failed to find any money, su they stole all the postal notes about the office and "the postmaster’s punch and office stamp. These things, of course, were taken so} that the scoundrels eould go a good dis- tance from this place and then issue pos- tal notes to themselves and have them cashed. i ’ : Postmaster Welfley promptly” ‘notified the department, and every precaution has been taken to prevent the robbers from being ‘successful in getting their notes cashed anywhere in the country. It was a bold robbery, for the post: office is inithe same building in which the editor of Tae Srarjand family reside, | and the night the robbery teok place] Mrs, Livengood was up nearly all night, attending to the wants of the editor, who was sick abed. But she heard no noise about the place; and little did she dream of burglars being in the building, just] ‘18 going on, ‘The same night thie postofiice was rob- bed, thie depot at West Salisbury was al- 80 broken open and burglirized, but here too, the burglars secured but little plun: der.. All they got was a watch worth about $20, and the contents of a trunk belonging {o.a Mr. Fernser, of Beatrice, Neb. We are informed. that the watch ‘was the property of A. P. Beachy, and| that Mr. Fernser ¥alued the contents of | : robbery, but their gui his trunk at $45. 3 It is supposed that the postofice and] depot were both robbed hy the same] gang, and up to date the guilty patties] are still at large and there is no clue to their identity. Agent Riley had two sus- picious looking fellows arrested on cir cumstantial' ‘evidence and tried the fore Squire Lichliter, thie day afte ven. The Squire, hawev Jail for
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