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—Tut Star office has
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its work. th cls best ty and at ve
Tenunn able prices, a Sra We ta kinds of
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LOCAL finD GENERAL,
: Somerset wants a sewerage system,
Darn up your stockings’ for Christmas.
December 24th will be our shortest day.
The M. E. church js nearing comple-
tion. a
We can now almost shake hands with
1802.
today.
Salisbury is looming up.
to be a seaport vet.
The president's message to congress
appears in full in this issue.
Talmage sermons will continue to be a
weekly feature of this pager.
8. J. Lichty and J Keim were pleasant
callers at our den on Tuesday.
Report all news to ns that von can.
Let no guilty news jtem escape.
: Carpenters have commenced framing
Beachy Bros. hardware building.
_.Beott Johns orders Tar Stas sent. to
his brother Frank, af: Chanbeributg.
.. The editor of this great moral beacon
Passed his 28H mile post on Monday.
“If vou don't see what von want in the
way of news, subscribe for THE STAR.
Ed Haselbarth orders THE STAR sent
10 two Ohio friends of bis. That's right.
A common expression—‘‘No flies on
‘the Soumgser COUNTY STAR; she’ sa hum-
mer.” 5.
KW. Simpking save he saw Big Sav-
‘age and Little Savage in a mirage, this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wagner and Title
son have heen on the sick list during the
past week.
She’s going
We Haves come to stay, as is the case
with all pnblishers when they establish
newspapers.
Salisbury needs a good hakery. There
ia.a good opening here for the. right kind
of a bakery.
We want a big, fat Christmas turky on
subreription. This offer is to the first
man who takes it up.
Miss Laura Johns is learning to set
“type at this office and is making good
headway for a beginner,
Died. Dec. 11th, at Summit Mills,
Amanda, wife of Wm. Sutton, aged 30
years, 8 months and 10 days.
When yon wish us success in our bnsi-
ness, back up yonr wishes with a shekel
and a half. We'll do the rest.
© The pavement that Samuel J. Lichty
{has put down along his pasture lot is a
: good improvement to the town,
* The farmers’ annual institute will be
held in Somerset, Jan. 5th and 6th. A
good program is being prepared.
“Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dil) and Mrs. A.
_ D Gnagev, of Meversdale. were visiting
friends in Salisbury lav Sunday.
Rev. J. M. Evans. Station Agent Riley
and others have our thanks for putting
_ us onto.some news items this weck.
The Dively farm. east of town, which
"was sold a few weeks ago hy M. F. ‘Smith,
was-bought for $4,500, by E. Statler.
Will Haselbarth has been on the sick
list during the past week, but is still worth
«qporé than whole acres of dead men.
‘Miss Nettie Yonng, late of Boyuton, is
now clerking in Wm. Hay & Song’ store
n Meyersdale, says the Comnercial.
dam Fogle is going around town pry-
hz into other people's business. But
n that's his duty, for he's the assessor.
/M: Evans has been hothered
tfew days with a sort of throat
oe firet to hand ns
Hurrah for Rev.
KEW. Simpkins went to Cumberland
| Salisbury this year.
Give us liberty or ove an death. bat
also give ns $1.50 for a year's subscrip-
tion for Tae STAR. We need it in our
business.
Died. Dec. 11th, at West Salisbury.
Evora Ellen. daughter of Clarence and
Mary E. Fuller, aged 2 years, 83 months
and 18 ddys.
The mines throughout this coal region
are nearly all running full time. We
mean the Elk Lick coal region. Meyers-
dale isn’t it it. :
Mrs. E. Gnagey and Miss Mary Liven-
good, of Grantsville Md.. have our thanks
for two subscriptions to THE STAR for
wertern friends.
We're going to try very hard to make
Tre STAR one of the hest country papers
in the state, and if we don’t succeed we're
going to suck eggs.
Mr. Hartman Reitz, the genial propri-
etor of our applebutter factory and plain-
ing mill, has a fine new residence under
conrse of construction,
Jeff Garber has the honor of being our
first cash subscriber at Boynton, while
Henry Reitz has the honor of being the
first at West Salisbury.
We are informed that Jonas Gnagey
and daughter, of Grantsville, Md., started
for California the other day, where they
will visit for some time, an
Milt Glotfelty called at nur sanctum the
ery | other day and had a friendly: chat with
the editor concerning the great west and
things pertaining thereto.
If a fellow tells you that he can print
neater handbhills than those we printed
for P. 8. Hay, just call him a—well,
just shoot him on the spot.
How we do twinkle! The sun and moon
are not “in it” with Tue STAR, when it
comes to giving light. Neither are the
well lighted streets of this city.
We had the pleasure the other day. of
making the acquaintance of Rev. Gibson
of Roanoak, Va, Mr. Gibson represents
the Brethren book and tract house.
The building at Coleman Station used’
as a store, poatoffice and express office,
was consumed hy fire last Thursday.
‘All the contents were also consumed.
Chas. Boucher and Harry Hartline are
home: from: Pittsburgh to remain until
after the holidays. The boys are looking
well. Railroading must agree with them.
Thus far Mrs. 8. C. Keim is our ‘best
patron of the subscription department.
She pays for four of 'em, all in advance,
Now who will. go her one or two better?
_ Mr. McDowell, the West Salisbury
jeweler, has heen suffering for some time
with a badly injured ankle, caused by
Jetting the marble slab:of a bureau fall
Jon it.
John Schramm went to Graniswille on
Monday to attend the funeral of bis aunt
Mra. Jucob Onto. Mr; Behiramin says it
attended.
We are rushed very much with job.
printing this week and our joh press is
running day and night, ¢
have this week had 10 be caughton the fly
at short intervals,
The prevailing opinion around here
seems 10 be that THK STAR is nll right.
Well, we're here to make it nl! right, if
the people do the right thing in regard to-
supporting the paper. :
Jesge Livengood says while on his way
to church last Sunday he was stoned by
some of Salishury’s bad boys. These
hoy should be sent to Nebraska, where
there are no stones to throw.
If appearances indicate anything, San-
1a Claus certainly has his headquarters in
If yon want to know
at what places to find him, watch the
advertising colnmus of Tur STAR. ,
Drop a “rock and. a half” into Wie slot
and get THE STAR for a year. It cures
the blues. prints the news and don’t re-
fuse its honest dues. There. isn't much
poetry #ghout that, but there are large
chunks of heautiful sentiment in it.
J. D. Livengood is our first cash sub-
acriber for Elk Lick. The early bird is
a good bird every time. Oome along, all
the rest of you; for if you can’t be early
you shodld be as early as yon can in sub-
seribing for this great moral and political
headlight. . :
Dencon W.. J. Long, of Carivton. Neb,
to assist Rev. Wm, Weod ‘in conducting
“| » Nebraska news colunn. in this paper.
Presiding Elder Theodore Brown: will
please see to it that Mr. Wood and Mr.
Long attend to their duties.
The Ursina mail carrier brought “the
sad news to Salisbury on Monday that
Branch Robinson, whom many, will re-
member as the first conductor’ on the
| gatishury railrord, had one of his BTR
£0 badly mangled at Ursina: while eoup-
ling cars, that it bad to be amputated
above the elbow.
It will no donbt be sorrowful news 1o
the boys tu learn 4hint the 1816 ‘storm blew
down the big plnm tree just back of Tar
SraAR building. Every boy in town knew
that tree and knew just when the plums
were ripe, and when the editor of this pa-
per was a boy he also knew that tree and
others by their fruit. !
M. J. Beachy informs us that his sister,
Mrs. M. C. Berkley. of Ruskin, Neb, is
expected here by Jan. 1st. He also in-
forins us that Mr. and Mrs, Berkley are
{thinking strongly of again returning’ to
numerond friends here will be glad to
welcome them if they come.
Ben ‘Bova,
was one of the largest funerals he . ever.
What news we
can consider himself ag associute editor |.
this state to make their home here. Their |
of ‘West Salisbury. has
y Blood} in is ove, Tutnuse. on ‘Monday
night some sneak thief
and stole some hams, Ben islonking for
some fellow that has nails in his shoes,
the prints of which were shown in his
tracks. Hunt him down, ‘Benjamin, and
if you find him don’t leave a gress spot
of him.
Last Sunday Mrs. Jacob Otto, of neur
Grantsville, walked to the Dunkard
church situated a few miles south of that
town, to attend services, and during the
services she dropped over dead. The
funeral took place on Monday. The de-
censed wae 58 years old. She leaves a
husband und eight children to mourn her
departure.
Recently an addition was made to the
soldiers’ monument at Somerset, and
placed in position by R. P. Cummins
Post, G. A. R. Originally it contained
the names of 288 of the county’s dead
heroes; there now have been added 178
names, making 411 in all. A monument
and a record the county may well feel
proud of. —Commercial,
Salisbury is improving more rapidly
than any other town in the county. If
our northern suburb, Meyersdale, don't
look well to her laurels this burg will be
in the ‘‘metropolis” business herself.
Just let old Salisbury’s citizens put their
shoulders to the wheel in good shape and
there will be a few eye-openers in storé
for some of these would-be metropolitan
towns.
David Lichty wanted to be the first
man to'have the honor of subscribing for
Tux STAR at this place, but J. D. Liven-
good got there first. But all the same Mr.
Lichty’s name was entered on the book
first, so honors are about equally divided
aud we hardly think a duel will be fought
over the matter. But if blood must be
spilled, we want to be on hand to write
up the fight.
Now then, if any of our numerous
friends in the west have anything to con-
tribute to these columns, they are cordial-
ly invited to send in their manuseript.
We would like to have a Nebraska col-
winn, and before leaving that state, Mr.
Wm. Wood, a prominent preacher of
Citrleton, promised to conduct a Nebras-
ka ‘column in our new paper. We are
now ready for items, Rev. Wood.
The establishing of a foundling hospit-
al and the employment of a wet nurse to
attend the sessions of the Quarter Ses-
sions court are two things that will have
10 be taken into consideration in the near }
future, unless the existing state of affairs
speedily undergo a change, At the pres-
ent term of court, of the thirty-five cases
down for tris), nineteen of them, over
one-half, are cases of forniz et cel.—Som-
erset Herald.
: Here von are. Somh Penn. once more
lienrd from. Cowty commissioners will
assess the property of the road in this
county and make ales case of it. If
they win ‘it will add almost $2,000 for
Treasurer Hamer 10 draw a percentage
on, But so far thie county. has been
knocked ont in collecting taxes from live
railway companies, and the prospect of
getting money for taxes out of the de-
funct South Penn., is far from Deiliant
—Commercial.
To our friends in the west we wish 10
eny that Pennsylvania isa glorious state
to live in. Here every man has a chance
to be on equality with other men. For
instance, two men get into a fight here
and one of/them gets knocked down and
1 soundly beaten; #8 soon as the under
man gets up he picks ‘up a stone and
knocks the other fellow galley west.
But in Nebraska, where there are no
stones 10 throw. the min who comes out
second best in a Aight has to.put up wit
it, : :
M. J. Beachy was a plensunt caller at
Tue Star office this week, In spesking | Sg
upon various subjects Mr. Beachy said
that using printed stationery has paid him
big, as the printed headings advertise his
business and bave increased his gales of
maple syrup, butter, etc., wonderfully.
Mr. Beachy's head is level; it is much
cheaper, everything copsidered, to nse
neatly printed stationery thai to fool
away timewith an old dauby rubber stamp
or to use blank writng material. All our
farmers should use printed stationery,
and the place to get that kind ofprinting| TT —
done right, and at reason: ible prices, is]
at Tur STAR office.
They are mining silver in Garrett coun-
ty. The vein of ore worketl is four feet] ;
thick, which yields sixty-five onuces of
silver, $2.50 in gold and $71 in lead, or
about $187 worth of ores 10 the ton. Bo
far the output is expensive to handle, as
all the ores are sent lo Mansfield to be
smelted. The Silver Bell Mining Com+
pany is operating the mines, having been’
organized for that purpose last summer,
Ax soon as possible the company will
erect theirown reducing works and thus
nave the large sums now lost through
freight chnrges, The Hirnm Duckworth
farm ix the scene uf operations. It is lo-
cuted in Distriet No. 12, eight miles north
of Frankville, —Commercial,
We. would have liked very much fo}
publish in this issue the program of the
teachers’ institute that is to be held in
this town ‘on Saturday. but for some
'sIrange reason nwo copy of the program
was handed to us. We were asked if we
could print some programs for general
distribution, to which we replied in the
affirmative, and thought the job was just
ahout the same as promised to us. But
the person making the inquiry concern-
ing programs failed to eall on us again,
as hie said be would do, and we supposed.
the institute’ hind been ‘postponed or aban-
that printed programs :
out, snd we are jnformed that
they were printed in another town.
Well, that’s the way some people do—
never get anything at home that can be |’
had in any other town. We do not wish 0
to raise a howl, at all, but such treatment .
don’t ‘look right and isn’t right. We
hope, however, that the institu
a grand success, and we would like to :
have a report of it for publication, next % an
week, but we will not have time to report !
it ourselves.
Reformed Church Christmas Program,
The following will be the program for
te will be
We handle the celebrated
Christmas in the Reformed pastorate:|line of Cinderella Stoves and
The usual Christmas services for the
Sunday school, consisting of
readings, | Ranges, also the Sunshine and
recitations, treat. etc., will be held on | Rival Ranges, in connection
Christmas eve (Thursday evening) at 6
o'clock, in 8t. John’s Reformed church,
with a full line of double and
Salisbury. Regular divine services will [single heaters, or most any
be held in this church on Christmas| ind of stoves that may be de-
morning, at 6 o'clock.
8 ’oclock.
At St. Paul's (Wilhelm's) the Christmus sired. x
services will be held on Christmas eve at
We aim to please the peo-
At New Germany, Christmas (Friday ple in giving the lowest prices
megning).
on shelf and other hardware,
At Grantsville the sorvites will be held including Oils, Paints, Glass,
on Christmas evening:
All are invited to attend these services. Nails, Pumps, Hollow Ware,
Bev. J M. Evans,
We want news gatherers and
in all parts of the county, but want noth-
Correspondents Wanted.
Pastor.
Horse Pads, Blankets, Robes,
etc., etc., and such other things
itemizers | that may be found in a hard-
ing but. actual news reported—no.non- ‘ware store.
sengical rot, such aeywe sometimes see in
some of the communications 10 a few of
our esteemed contemporaries. *
nothing but sensible’ news items, plainly :
written on ane side. of paper only, con- and of any quantity or quality, from the cheapest to |
cerning. such things as accidents, amuse:
Wewsnt| In the line of Tinware we can farnish anything m
ments, births, burglary, change of busi: of grades, at lowest prices. ;
ness firms, grops, crime, church news,
deaths, discoveries, arrivals at botels or
elsewhere, divorees, elopements, election give satisfaction, at reasonable prices.
news, fires, facie and figures concerning
various things, festivals, improvements, ronage, ‘we remain
inventions, lectures, marriages, new en-
terprises, persons leaving-the community,
sales of real estate, shows, exhibitions
and fairs; schools, secret societies, strifige]
phenomena. suggestions of improvements
sickness, surgical operations,
needed,
ete. ete.
postage, etc.
- Write to Tug Srar for stationery,
Spouting, Roofing and all kinds of job work, guaranteed
Soliciting your
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