, L. LIVENGOOD, Associate Editor. tered at the postoffice at Elk Lick, Pa., as’ mail matter of the Second class. i LOCAL FIND GENERAL, He on the distant prairie, The pipe of peace had lit, And in the dreamy Orient The opium pipe bad hit; In Ireland with the cuddy He drove away all care, But when he smoked a cigarette- He climbed the golden stair. Trailing arbutus in bloom. Wheat fields are looking fine. Send usthe news of your neighborhood. esse ldvengoud has moved to Boyn- Hn; Chas. B. Fisher. ur city this week. ‘Billy. the Baker,” has a new his issue, Read it. The capacity of the Extract worksi is be- ing greatly increased. John Short, of Rockwood, was in town on business this week. of Somerset, visited Miss Lydia Glotfelty came Some from ‘Connellsville to spend Easter. Advertising i inspires confidence, and it pays to advertise in THE STAR. ’ There is a man here from Columbus, O.. buying a carload of apples. _ The flowers that bloom on the spring honnet tra! la! are “strictly in it.” ‘Mr. Michaels, who lives just south of wa, talks of starting a brewery. Zach Faidley, of Summit Mills, is erect- _ ing a blacksmith ghop at St. Paul. ~The Meyersdale coal region js a myth. The Elk Lick coal regon is a reality. Ralph Engle, of Garrett county, Md. was seen on our streets the other day, _ Rev. Silag Hoover has gone to Norris- town, Pa.. to hold a series of meetings, Miss Mintia Farner came up from Mey- ~ersdule this week to visit her old home. That “Lost” notice on 4th page may be of interest to you. Be sure to read it. "The County Prohibition convention will convene in Meyersdale, April 28th. The spoke factory at Rockwood is for sale, is what some of our exchanges say. Call and see Mrs. Eva Williams’ new = stock of spring millinery, just received. § tf. State convention will be funnd on % _bage, Dr. Speicher will attend the State Med- al Association, as a delegate. May 17th,’ at Harrisburg. Milt Glotfelty will soon have a hakery - in operation in Balisbury, something that the town needs. , . Balishury isto have a new dental office. Read what Dr. P.-P. Ritter, & Bro. have 10 say, on 4th page. Richard Newman orders THE Sram Kent to his'sister-in-law, Miss Tillie Glot- telty, Frostburg, Md. Adam Fogle has taken a big contract stone mason work, ut Friendsville, ., for the Standard Oil Co. At the request of members of the bar the court has postponed regular April adjourned court until May 4th. i Mr. and Mrs. Jer. J. Livengood visited their danghter. and son-in-law. in Mey- ‘ersdale, Saturday and Sunday last. Henry and Harvey Farner were shak- ing hands with their numerous friends nd acquaintances in Salisbury, this week. oh M. Knecht is building the foundation for the new foundry and machine shop. We need more men bere like Mr. Knecht, R. 8. Johns orders THE STAR sent to ~ W. M. Johns. at Cleveland, Ohio. This anakes three that Uncle Scott is paying ! Aor. Read F. G. Stewart & Co.’s new “ad” on 4th page. solve the puzzle init and Cldry your hand at winning a handsome prize. ~The Salisbury normal school opened on Monday with a good attendance. This will be one of the best normals in the connty. : : e. welcome the Chestnut Springs. Kennell’s Mills and Mountain School cor- respondents to our able staff of Assistant litors. John C. Hostetler has heen appointed general agent for the Osborne binders, yeapers and mowers for the state of Penn- lvania. : St. Paul has an organization for the otection of game. They propose to nake it warm for all violators of the Solicitor M. F Smith says the lucre for the completion of the oil well is now all in sight and that every thing looks se- rene and lovely. Miss Harriet Stutzman, of Cresson, is visiting her numerous friends. in this vi- inity. The old burg always bids her a hearty welcome. April 14th was Arbor day. Did vou lant a tree? May 6th will also be Arbor for Pennsylvania has two Arbor you know, postofiice and several adjoining uildings. at Ursina. were consumed by | t Bunday morning. The postofiice ies were saved. ‘olden times, kissing a prefty girl wa a eure for headache. It is almost ible to hE upon some of these | remedies. { for burial. “ad” in| Tare STAR extends its sym- ‘pathy to the bereaved family. The familiar tace of Henry Yost, of {Garrett county, Md., was seen on our streets this week. Mr. Yost frequently makes business trips to Salisbury. The Misses Anna and Lydia Beachly have secured most excellent positions in Philadelphia as stenogrdphers, type writ- ers and book keepers.—Commercial. Geo. Glotfelty, who is doing a flour- ishing mercantile business at Wittenberg, was visiting in Salisbury this week. He orders THE STAR sent to his address. The membership of the Reformed church in the United States is 204,018, its organizations number 1,510 and its church property is valued at $7,975,588 —Ex. If anybody has a grudge at the editor of THE STAR and wants to lick him, now is the time to do it, for at present his right arm is almost paralyzed with rhen- matism. Frank Stutzman has resigned his posi- tion with the Cresson & Clearfield rail- road and accepted the position of store- keeper and guager at Topper’s distillery, at New Baltimore. One-fourth of all the Republicans in New Baltimore have subscribed for THE STAR. Mr. John Ross. one of the jolliest and most whole-sonled men we ever met, constitutes the one-fourth. The coal that is said to be shipped out of the Meyersdale coal region is all shipped out of the Elk Lick region. Tre Mevyersdale coal region does not exist, and the geological maps prove it. Your attention is called to the time card of the Shlisbury hack line, which appears at the head of the local columns. Read it, 80 that you will never bie left be- hind when you want to go to Meyersdale. If you have chapped hands, face, or rough or red skin, from any cause, use Stewart's Almond Cream. It will please you and bring quick relief. Only 10 and 25 cents a bottle. Sold by J. L. Barchus. ‘A new and novel way to cure corns is afflicted with that tronblésome cerial. You will be astonished how soon they will drop off—the corns, not the toes. — x. Correspondents will please take notice that all. communications sent to THe STAR for publication must be written on one side of the paper only. We also want “all ‘correspondence no later than = - | Tuesday evening. "Full proceedings of the Democratic! Mr. J. T. Shipley, the rustling Meyers- dale hardware merchant, was a welcome caller at our sanctum today. Before leaving he planked down $1.50 for THE STAR and also left us several business lo- cals which appear in this issue. : Salisbury is the the best town in the county for laboring men. Here the la- borer can always find employment at good wages. In no other town in the county can a laboring man so readily ac- quire a comfortable liome of his own. The annual meeting of the stock-hold ers of the Salishury & Baltimore Rail- road and Coal Co. will be held at the company’s office, No. 184 South Third street, Philadelphia, May 10th, 1892, at 12 M. CHas. E. AnsPAcH, Secretary. Steps are being taken by the members of the Jr. O. U. A. M. of this place to or- ganize a Commandery of the United American Mechanics. This is a higher degree of the Junior Order. and all its members are uniformed.—Meyersdale Register. “No yon don’t.” sharply remarked the experienced buyer of old iron, as he handed back one of the articles the boy had emptied out of the sack. “You can’t roll up a printing office towel and pass it on me for a section of old stove pipe.”— Chicago Tribune. Pritts, the murderer, has not vet been captured and it is not likely that he will be until there is a reward offered for him. The County Commissioners are doing the right thing by not offering a reward. At any rate that is what most of the tax- payers seem to think. A fine boom edition of the Hebron (Neb.) Journal has reached THE STAR of: fice, and to say the least it is immense. The Journal is one of the best connty papers that comes 10 this office, and any town possessing such a paper has some- thing far more valuable than a rich gold mine, Owing to failing health, Bishop C. G Lint, who for the past thirty-five years conducted services in the: German’ Bap- tist church at this place, was forced to retire from the pulpit, having preached his last sermon Sunday evening. His successor has not yet been decided upon. —Register. towns created quite a sensation in church, hymn, by bawling out in a spirit of mad- ness: ‘Let every kindred. every tribe, on this terrestrial ball, put down two dollars and subscribe. and we'll receipt for all.”—Ex. To Richard Jeffery, of Salisbury, be- longs the honor of organizing the first K. of P. lodge in Somerset county. Mr. Jeffery is now taking steps to organize a lodge of that fraternity in Salisbury, some time in June. Of course he will | succeed, for he is a rustler at whatever he undertakes. In three yedrs (1895) will occurjthe 100th anniversary of the organization of Somer- |. set county. At least a year before its ad- vent measures should be taken to select for about a year. to place a pear] button between the toes | An editor of one of our neighboring while thev were singing a well known’ Ceneral takes this method of returning who have enabled him to make ly cash system venture. buying® necessary to make up for bad accounts. — Dealer m prenan 8, Grantsville, Md., his thanks to the many patrons a complete success of his strict- We find that we can, under the above system, give our pat- rons any goods they may need, without the additional profit I pay Cash and sell goods at Cask Prices, for Cash, and give -you a cordial invitation to visit us and inspect our stock; we will risk your orators, historians and poets for the oc- casion, giving them ample time for prep- aration. Let us see that it is nét forgot- ten.—Somerset Democrat. The attractions of the saloon seldom have much influence upon young men whose homes, from infancy up, have been bright and cheerful and open in every part to the boys and their friends. The mother who would rather have un- tidy rooms and worn out carpets than lose her boys is wise.---Ex. Mrs. E. Gnagey, of Grantsville, Md., was in this city Inst week bidding her many friends and relatives adieu. She intends to go to California, next week, where she will remain with her danghters Her son, Mr. John Gnagey, and his wife, will accompany her to the land of fruit and flowers. C. F. Winter, of Baltimore, who is largely interested in the Elk Lick coal region, orders THE STAR sent to. his ad- dress. Mr. Winter is at present looking after his interests in this locality and in- tends to remain here abont two weeks. He is a very jovial man and our people are always glad to have him sojourn among us. Berlin has given up the idea of erect- ing a barrel factory, and now the Record suggests 4 shoe-peg factory. The New York Sun says maple and white birch is used for shoe pegs, and it that is the case the people of Salisbury ought to get a fac- tory of that kind, as there is an almost inexhaunstable supply of maple and white birch here, We are informed that there are several persons in this vicinity who are very fond of shooting robbins. Now, the. persons referred to should let np on that kind of amusement before they are arrested and fined. It is a shame to kill such birds as robbins, especially during the nesting season, and this is a warning to violators of the bird laws. The Democrat says the jail now con tains thirteen prisoners committed. for the following offenses: Wm. Miller, murder; Robert C. Miller, Abraham Pletcher and Jacob Geary, accessories 10 murder: Jas. Murphy, Wm. Dougherty, Jno. Roberts and Chas. Spangler, burg- lary; Elvin Fubrer, murder; John Black and Grant Dean, surety of the peace; Ja- cob Priedline assault and battery; Wm. Boyer, rape. There is more capital invested in pub- lic works in Elk Lick township than any othet half dozen townships in the coun- ty. Why? Because it hag greater ad- vantages for both capital and labor than any other part of the county. It has more mineral wealth than all the rest of the county combined. Salisbury is the com- mercial center of Elk Lick township. Why shouldn’t it become the leading town of the county in both population and business? As spring approaches, it is absolutely essential for the preservation of health to have all places around one’s premises where dish-water and slops have been thrown and garbage has accumulated during the long winter months thorongh- ly cleaned and disinfected, for in them lie lurking the gering of many different fevers. diphtheria, malaria, and other dangerous diseases. Give this matter prompt and careful attention as soon as the weather will permit. Tue New York Steam Company is ar- ranging to grind coal in the Connellsville coke regions to a powder, which will be mixed with a sufficient quantity of water to transform it into a liquid. It is then proposed to build a pipe line to New York, where the lignid will be. received in immense tanks, dried and pressed into bricks and used for fuel. It will be forced at the rate of five miles per hour. The company has the whole process on a small scale, in successful operation in New York.—Ex. Hundred. W. Va., close ‘to the Greene county line, was so named, avers the Waynesburg Republican, because of an old couple who lived here, both the hus- band and wife being over 100 years of age. The man was given the nick-name of ‘Old Hundred” and his wife was called ‘Ninety and Nine.” The former died at the age of 112 years and the latter 109. “Old Hundred,” as he was familiarly known. had deserted from the British army and lived in hiding in the moun- tains for many years.. He took out nat- uralization papers afier he was 100 years old. Mr. W. T. Buchanan, mannger at the Extract Works, says he would like to move to this town, but can’t get a house. It is about time for our capitalists to build more houses, if they want this town to grow and get to the front as a husiness center. Salisbury would increase several hundred in population within the next year. if people that want to move here could get houses, What this town needs is more houses and less money at interest. Fifty houses could be rented in this town within two weeks, if the houses were here to rent, and if some of our capital- ists would build them. they would realize a good rate of interest on their money so invested, as rents are high. ’ A A ——— The Elk Lick Coal Region. The Meyersdale Register €ays that town did not feloniously appropriate the name of this coal region, bunt says the name ‘“‘Meyersdale coal region” was thrust up- on Meyeradale, Yes, we know, but the Commercial did the most of the thrusting. The Register says there is no coal and adds that this region extends to Ber: lin on the north and to Grantsville on the south, Well, "we think not. The little groundhog holes of mines about Berlin can not be included in. this region any more than the George’s Creek and Clear- eld mines can, and the big vein of coal and reputation Ques not extend to Grants- ville. : The geological maps and surveys show that there is an Eik Lick coal region, and by referring to them it will be seen that Meversdale isn’t in it, much less the geo- graphical center of it. The Register is correct in saying that there-is no coal mined .in Meversdale or Salisbury. Nobody ever said that coal is mined in any of the aforesaid towns. It can be truthfully said, however that about £ of the miners in this region are men residing in Salishary and its imme- diate vicinity and that Salisbury and West Salishury are the only mining towns in Somerset county. There are but two or three mines in Meversdale’s territory from which coal is shipped, while there are something like eleven or twelve such mines within an hour's walk of Salisbury. And yet, in the face of all these facts, the Meyersdale papers call this the Meyersdale coal re- gion. They would doubtless call the George's Creek region by the same name, were it not for the fact that the George's Creek region had its present name long before Meyers Mills became known as Meyersdale. Pennsylvania in the Lead. : Although it: will soon be a year since the appointment of the Pennsylvamial. | Board of World's Fair Managers, the ap- propriation of $800,000 remains practical ly untouched despite the fact that the work in the state has been rapidly and systematically pushed forward, The Chi-, cago authorities state that Pennsylvania preparing its Btate exhibit for the World's Fair and has the details and plans better in hand than any other state. Some 840 Pennsylvania firms have al- ready been granted space for exhibits and applications for space are daily being re- ceived by the State Board of Managers. Consumption. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. No single disease has has played such 3 3d havoe with ork head i Toi a . mM) Pe i all only 8 tary id or hacking Cough, which of meglecid until this monster has such a hold that n but dea Ballard’s H: Horehound by -) time it will effect a permanent cure, and Sager it will it will Eve su Sop A "Try its soothing Do not put it off until too late. The Salisbury Hack Line. TiME CARD: Hack leaves Salisbury every day, except Sunday, at 8;00 A, M. Leaves Meyersdale every day, except Sunday, at 1:00 P. M. Passengers should always secure their passage the evening before they intend to go away, so that the Conductor will provide smple ACCOmMMO- dations for all. Extra trips made ‘to all points when requested. Baggage and parcel carrying a specialty, First- class accommodations in every respect. The hack line affords the only convenient means to travel to and from Salisbury. Jour COLEMAN, Joux SonRAMM, mined in either Meyersdale or Salisbury, | hat gives the Elk Lick region its name | has made more progress in the matter of |- Give mea Gall 45S eoRvinee that T ame selling cheap. If you are o looking for reliable place to trade, I wish to Inform you that : 1 Have the Boreal Have just received a nice lot of Cashmeres, Delains, Ginghams, Calicos, ele. Also a fine of Gents’ and Boys’ Hats and Caps, THE LRTEST SPRING STYL 1 have the old reliable Latrobe Boots and Shoes, also Ladies’ Carlisle Shoes, which gi value for your money. I also carry the purest and best of Groceries. My motto is: “FAIR DEALING, ALWAYSSQUARE, ANXIOUS TO PLEASE." [Thanking you for past patronage, I remain your friend, GEO. K WALKER, SALISBURY, = We need more Shops, Factories, a. ete., in our community, and we rd all Jorth our best efforts to get them here; but stop: We should patronise those alread, I. A. Reitz Royal Roller Flouring West Salisbury, Pa. MANUFACTURERS oF AND DEALERS IN— Fancy High Grades and Family Flours, Feed, : 1 now offer to the trade and public fore differe grades yf flour, viz: : Gill’s Best, best flour on earth. Minnesota, Ley ban Old Gold, hard red winter wheat patent. Royal, winter wheat straight. Purity, white winter wheat st These flours will suit any and everybody i in p and quality. of the low priced flotir's offered you and represen as Reitz’s best. If your dealer does not handle or get our flours for» you, not persuaded to take any other, but order direct from mill and it will be delivered to you free. Buckwheat Flour, Cornmeal, Red- -dog Medium, Red Mid dlings, Wheat Bran, Chop of all kinds, Oilmeal, Pratt's Pi try and Cattle Food, ‘etc., Slways on Band, Com and Os by the carload. Farmers, I will pay you highest market prices for your grain, and 1 kindly solje patronage in custom and exchange work. = Will exchnage on cither grade flour y pounds Purity flour for bushel good red wheat; try #f. Respectfully, _H. A. REITZ, Elk Lick, Pi A FREE PASS The only eonsideration is that you buy your goods at L. Morrell's Mammoth Furniture roo: where you will find a well selected stock of all kinds of Furniture, Carpet Sweepers, Window Shades, Wall Paper and border of all descriptions, Queensware, Glassware and everything per taining to a first-class Furniture and House Furnishing store. All Furniture Home made and ,- guaranteed No. 1. You will also find one of the grandest, best and most complete stock of Organs, Pianos and Sewing Machines to be fonnd in the state. The Chicago Cottage Organ 18 FINE, taking the lead wherever known. Get no other. - The Gabler and Schubert Pianos are JUST GRAND—what everybody wauts to make a bappy home. $ The New Home and the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines stand at the head of the list—the best in the world. Get no other. All goods sold CHEAP FOR CASH Or On easy payments. Now, remember, on all the above goods you get ROCK BOTTOM Cash prices, and every dollar's worth bought and paid for, before Sept. 1st. 1898, entitles you to one red ticket, and 266 red tick ets entitle the holder to one first-class round-trip ticket to the World's Fair, free of charge, Tiek- ets are all transferable, and the lucky holder draws the prize. Do not miss the opportunity ofa lifetime, but come and go with us. i Get your tickets of MORRELL & SHAFEN BERG. Main Office, Meyersdale, Pa. Large branch Slates at 63 Balto, StL, berland, Md., and Masonic Toman Altoona, Pa, NTERISTING ANNOUNCE ~The Knife Plunged Into Prices Of Wall Paper, Cutting Them in Half, HOW CAN WE DO IT? WE BUY WALL PAPER BY THE CAR LOAD from the largest manufactories in the oad | States, so cheap and in snch quantities that we can sell you many patterns for less money than small dealers can buy them. We will sell stores in 50 plece bundles and save them money. Will sell YOU in any quantities wanted, good patterns, no gilt, at 2, 3,4, 5 and 6¢ per bolt. - Good Gilt Papers, at 4, 5, 7, 10 and 12¢; extra fine, at 15 and 20c. We selected the fin newest and best patterns from four factorles—we haven't a piece of old paper In our store. will sell these goods for less money than you can buy them for in any city. Having investigated the matter, we know whereof we speak. WE CAN DO IT, as it costs us nothing to add paper our large business, We carry all kinds of paper—hundreds of patterns—from the cheapest to the finest embossed, beautiful gold patterns, plain ingrains with magnificently decorated 18-inch © borders, up {fo the very finest pressed paper, good enough for a palace, EF 1f you need paper and appreciate saving the dollars, you will buy from us, for samples of paper and a copy of our guide—“How to Paper.” CARPET and GENERAL MERCHANDISE. We have also put in stock’ the largest and finest line of CARPET ever brought to Meyersdale, - All grades from the cheapest up, Ingralns, Tapestry, Body Brussels and Velvets. See our Brus- sels at 40c. A magnificent assortment of LACE WINDOW CURTAINS, about 200 pairs in stock at 60c to $5.00, Large assortment. fine | DRESS GOODS. Summer Fabrics of all kinds. Large stock : Ladies’ Spring Coats : just opened. Cail and see them. An elegant stock of best makes of SHOES for men, women and children, which in quality, fit and price withstand all competition. In OUR CLO THING ROOM can be found as fine a stock of Men's, Boys’ and Children’s Suits as the country affords, as we make a specialty of superior goods. Call and sée if we haven't . Just what you want for less money than you can buy elsewhere. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT “vill open in April, Large stock in every department. We do a large business on a small margin. Come, soeour £03. We will save you money. Ba Your Friends, Call, or send Proprietor. Conduotor.
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