flrti Star. Subscription $1.60 per year, in advance. C. A. ITKHIItHOHi Kdltor an Pub. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, IBM. RVdVflf' Wttlbs. Passenger train arrive and leave Keyn oldsvllle as folhiwsi Allegheny Valley Railway. Eastward. Westward. Trnln, - - S.44 a. m. Train 6,- - 7 40 a. m. Trnln I, - l.no p. m. Train J, 143 p.m. Trnln 3, S.M p. m.Tmln 10. - B.4S p. m. Vlearfleld d Mahoning liailway. Train No. TO, leaves at 7.10 a. m. Train No. 71, arrive at 7. p. m. niTwoi.osviu.a rosr-orncs. Malls arrive and leave the pout-office a follows: Arrive. Impart, nan thi wsst. ron ni at. MS p. m. - 7.nn p. m. 112 30 p. m - - d.Wp. m. FROM TPS It ART. I M tlHWHT. I. nn a. m. .a p. m . 17.15 a. m. - l is p. m. Arrive from Kathmel and Preacnttvllle II. lcla.m. Arrive from Panic Tuesdays,' Thurdaya net Saturdays at 1.H0 p. m. Departs for I'rencottvllle, Bnthmel, Panic 1.01) p. m. Office hours 7.00 a. m. to '.Oft p. m. Money order office open from 7.00 a. m. to 7 sod m. Register office open from 7.00 a. m. tos.OOp. m. I.egai Hoiways rrom t.uu ion. n. m. ami from 12.00 to 8.00 o. m. K. T. MctlAW, P. M. LOCAL LACONICS. Notice to Delinquent!. There are few responsible people In And outside of Reynoldsville who are two years in arrears for subscription to The Star, and unless these subscrip tions are soon paid up they will be left in the hands of a Justice of the Peace for collection. We don't want to give any person trouble, but we do expect subscribers to make a payment at least once in two years for their paper. We hope this will bo a "pointer" sufficient for those in arrears. A bachelor, old and cranky, Was Billing nlone In hie room; Ills toes with pout were aching. And his fnce was o'erspread with gloom. No medical aid was lacking; Tlio servants answered Ills ring. Respectfully heard his orders. And supplied him with everything. But still there was something wnntlng, Something he couldn't command; The kindly words of compassion, The touch of a gentle hand. And he snld. as his hrow grew darker, And he rang for the hireling nurse, "Well, marriage may lie n failure. Hut this Is a illumed sight worse!" Boston Courier. Subscribe for The Star. Harvest time draweth nigh. Money Is a great luxury nowadays. Call and see Reed's lino of boys' shoes. Spring chlckons are now on the bill of fare. The Clarion Assembly has a good program. Oxfords choap. Selling at cost at II. A. Reed's. The Clarion Assembly at Strattonvlllo is now in full blast. There seems to be an epidemic of cholera morbus in town. You will find a bargain in English decorated ware at Schultze's. What is in a name? At Harrisburg they call all the alleys avenues. Quoit pitching is now receiving con siderable attention in this city. Reynoldsville has a few people who are tarnished with ungratefulness. Why is it that when a girl baa a large foot her shoestring never comes untied? The industrious housewife is now busy canning cherries and berries for winter use. The Keystone band was on the street Saturday evening dressed in their new suits. A new canvas awning has been put up in front of S. B. Gllblom's shoe store. A very pretty hydrangea plant in bloom can be seen at Cox's grocery store. At King 4 Co. 's you will find baled hay, salt, flour and a full line of general merchandise. Some person stole a good pair shoes out of Willam Copplng's store one even ing last week. A large delegation of ex-teaohers and would-be teachers were in Reynolds ville last Thursday. The interior of Swartz Bros', store has been repainted and papered. A decided Improvement. The man who thinks marriage is a failure had better try keeping "bach" for four or five weeks. It is likely a lawsuit will result from the forest fire on the hill near West Reynoldsville last Thursday. Tt is rumored that Austin Quigley will soon become proprietor of the Moore House In West Reynoldsville. A series of meetings will be held in the M. E. church every evening next week. ' Everybody invited to attend. The town was so quiet last week that some people could hardly discern between Sunday and a common week day. Two Polanders bad a pugllistio en- oountor on Main street Monday night and were both pulled in and paid a V apleoe. The old iron scraps from the woolen mill that was burned about on year ago war gathered up and sold yesterday to paddtor. Tho Republican congressional district conforonco will be held at Jeannotto, Westmoreland county, on Thursday of next week. Mill Hall, a small town near Lock Havon, was visited by a big conflagra tion last Friday. Twenty-two buildings were destroyed. The parties mentioned lost week that drove to Beech tree to Install new offi cers wore members of the K. G. E. instead of K. of P. County Treasurer Waite's adjourned sale will be hold at the Court House In Brookvllle on Monday, July 30th, com mencing at 10.00 A. M. Mary, elovon-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Touhy, died Friday of cholera infantum and was burled in the Catholic cemetery Sunday afternoon. County Superintendent Hughes ex amined over sixty aspiring pedagogues in tho public school building at this placo last Thursday forenoon for teach ers' certificates. The latest superstition is that If a girl takes the small bow which fastens the lining of a man's hat, and wears it lnsido her shoe, she will have a proposal from the youth within a month. Henry Fcath Is agent for A. H. Her- endeen & Co., nurserymen, of Now York. If you want fruit treos or any thing in the nursery line give him a call. The stock Is good. The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Baptist church will hold a lawn social at tho homo of Rev. Dean, near Rathmol, Thursday afternoon and evening, July 10th. They will meet at tho church at 3. .10 and go out In a body. W. J. Weavor, who Is painting Tom Green's new house on Fourth street, took a twenty-three foot tumblo Mon day by tho scaffold breaking that ho was working on. Mr. Weaver's right side was injured, but not seriously, how ever. Tho minors of this placo docided to observe the legal half holiday on Satur days. To do this they will quit work at noon every Saturday. It is under stood that all tho mines controlled by B., L. ic Yates will shut down at noon on Saturdays. Esq. E. Noff, who was attorney on an application for a jiension for Mrs. Sus anah Springer, widow of Allen Spring er, received a notice from the pension department Monday that Mrs. Springer would receive a pension of $8.00 por month from July 20th, 1803. The water was let out of the Pres cottvillo dam last week to put in a new forbay, and when it was out saws, iee tongs, hatchets, axes, &c, wore found in tho mud which had boon lost at var ious times when the Reynoldsville peo ple were filling their Ice houses. George A. Postlothwait and Miss Dora Luke hart, of Falls Creek, drove to Reynoldsville last Wednesday and were united in the bonds of matrimony at the residence of Mr. W. N. Wells. Rev. E. Lewis Kolloy, pastor of the Baptist church, performed tho ceremony. According to the Washington town ship auditor's statement the amount of dog tax for that township did not pay for the mutton the dogs "necked." The tax collected on dogs last year was $88.00, and the amount paid out for sheep killed by dogs was $117.60. The Reynoldsville and DuBois ball clubs will play a game on the Punxsu tawney grounds this afternoon. Each club is to play home men and the winning club is to got all the gate receipts and the losing club to pay its own expenses. This will doubtless be an interesting game. Win. Wyant, a well to do farmer of Plumcreek township, Armstrong coun ty, murdered his wife and then com mitted suicide last Wednesday morning. The people who lived nearby are un able to account for the double tragedy. Wyant succeeded In putting two bullets clear through his wife's head before he turned the doadly weapon to his own head. A Reynoldsville Divine who was going to marry a couple recently and wanting everything to pass off nicely and get answers just at the proper time, mistook a neighbor lady, who had been called in to stand up with the contract ing party, for the bride and called ber to one side and began explaining to her when she was to answer. The preacher enjoyed the joke on him. The Methodist Episcopal church at Brookvllle has been renovated and beau tified until it is now one of the prettiest, if not the prettiest church in the county. While at Brookvllle last Friday one of the Brethren invited me to take a look at the Interior of the edifice. In "blow ing" about the church the aforemen tioned layman said: "The seats are very comfortable; a person can sleep in them so nloely." Edwin Rhea, of Oil City, visited hi sister, Mrs. L. M. Simmons, in Reyn oldsville last week. In order to give her brother an opportunity to get acquaint ed with the young people of this plaoe, Mr. Simmons invited about thirty of the youth and beauty of Reynoldsville to assemble at her residence on Main street last Thursday evening. The time was delightfully whlled away until a late hour. Elegant refreshment were served. Want Hides. Tho Chicago railroad strlko Is felt at the tannery In West Reynoldsville. Tho company gets hides from the west and expected a large supply over two weeks ago, but the cow skins have failed to arrive. Unless tho hides como In a few dsys a number of the tannery men will get a vacation. A Short Ctop. The farmers of the community are busily engaged In harvesting tholr hay crop. The cut Is exceedingly light, and various estimates place tho crop at about half its usual yield. Most of the farmers attribute the short ago to spring frosts, although some are of tho opinion that the drought of last summer burned out many fields that were newly seeded. Brockwayvlllo Uccord. Need a Lesson. Several pretty shado trees In town have been almost entirely destroyed by persons tying their horses to the trees. An cxamplo will be made of some per sons soon unless this piece of thought lessness is stopped. Whon a tree has been tenderly cared for until It gets to bo of some good for shade and beauty, and then a person who has no more good common sense than to tlo a horse to It and allow the animal to pool the bark off the treo, should bo taught a lesson they will not soon forgot. Firs Companies. The ft ro lads of Hose Co. No. 1 woro drilling last Friday evening. They mndo a livoly run from tho hose house to tho water plug on tho corner of Fifth and Main streets and soon had tho hose attached and wero throw ing water up Main street. If there is any person or company that deserves encouragement it Is tho firemen and companies, especially when their work Is gratuitous. Our fire companies are composed of willing workers and they should be highly appreciated and do servo honor and praisn. Remove the Dirt. Tho accumulation of dirt on Main street has reached such a depth now that It would be well to havo it gath ered up and hauled away. It will ho noticed thero is much more dirt on that portion of the paved street that Is sprinkled than there is on the part not sprinkled. Tho business mon havo just that much less dirt In their Btores. A gust of wind comes along and blows the loose dust on tho unHprlnklod street into snmo nearby store or dwelling, but the sprinkled part has no loose dirt for tho wind to toy with. Mr. Whltmore does not recclvo the financial encour agement he should, for tho sprinkler Is about tho best thing that has struck the town this summer. Runaway Horse. Thore seems to bo some attraction about the Reynoldsvillo Hardware Com pany's store for runaway horses. It was a runaway horse that knocked the old wooden awning down In front of that store last summer. On Friday John Smith, of Rathmol, was at the A. V. station for a load of goods when his horse got frlghtonod and ranaway. It kept In the middle of the street until It came to the hardware store and then it ran onto the sidewalk. The wagon caught the iron hitching post in front of the store and stoppod wbllo the horse continued the run around another square. Uncle Ed. Seeley was badly frightened when the horse made a quick turn towards the store. One dollar and sixty cents paid all the damage done. Four in ths List. We mentioned three Reynoldsville ministers last week that were numbered in the Pittsburg Times' long list of preacher who are receiving votes for the trip to the Holy Land, offered by the Timet. The name of Rev. H. R. Johnson, pastor of the Reynoldsville Presbyterian church, appeared in the list last Saturday. This give Reyn oldsville four preachers to vote for. If the list continues to increase inside of three months there will be name enough, if they were widely spaced, to reach almost half way to the Holy Land. When it is taken into consideration that only five out of the lot are to have the prlvlloge of enjoying the trip, it will be just a well for the Reynolds ville people not to expect to send more than three preachers from this town. Did Not Live up to Scale. When the miners returned to work three weeks ago it was with an under standing that the miners and mine laborers wore to be paid a certain scale of wagos. Monday was pay day and when the statements wero received Sat urday evening It was discovered that some of the day laborers, who are all Italians, with one or two exceptions, were not being paid what was agreed upon. The men held a meeting at Big Soldier Monday morning to discuss the matter. While the meeting was in pro gress Supt. Boll made hi appearance and when the matter was presented to him be requested the miner to go into work and he would settle the trouble satisfactorily with the Italians. The men went to work, but Mr. Bell and the Italian could not make a aettlement and the miner were notified and they laid down their tool at noon and came out to await a settlement, which was made Monday afternoon and tbey re turned to work yesterday morning. Fish and Snaks Story. We heard A. B. Wocd, train dis patcher on tho A. V. R'y, "spin" the following story the other day. We will not vouch for tho veracity thereof: "A gontloman was strolling along the bank of a oreck and saw a largo' number of big fish swimming around in tho clear water. Ho was without hook or line and was lamonting this fact as he gased at the fish when he was aroused by a noise noarby. To his amazement thore was a big black snake so close to him that he could touch It. His first thought was to run, and then he remembered of hearing that snakes were fond of fiBh, and a great scheme flashed Into his pate. He grabbed the snake by Its tall and threw Its head Into the water. The snake caught a fish and the man on the bank pulled the tail In his hand and landed tho fish onto terra flrma. This was repeated until the genius was ablo to walk home with a big string of fish dangling down his back. The fol lowing evening the man returned to the crook and while meditating upon his experience of the previous evening ho felt something rubbing his leg and on looking down behold the black snake was there wanting him to fish again." At this point of the story Weed walkod away and wo are unable to say whether the man caught a string of fish that night or not. Not So Bad as Reported. We mode mention last woek of a call thumpian affair that occurred in Falls Creek last month which resulted In tho arrest of cloven young men charged with riot, tumult and disturbance. From an account we heard of tho "doings" by the calithumplnns and charges preferred against tho young men wo were led to sny "their conduct was outrageous and shameful." If tho afTatr was as reported wo would repeat what wo said before. On Thursday morning wo received a lottor from Chas. J. Bangort concerning tho articlo pub lished in The Star In which ho says: "I will havo chargo of affairs for thoso who wero arrested and In behalf of thorn I request that you correct your state ment, 'that tholr conduct was outrage ous and shameful,' for It Is a misstate ment that might delude some persons who are not acquainted with the facts of the case." From what we can now learn tho call thumpian band was composed largely of the best citizens of Falls Creek who woro out for a little Innocent sport, and that the charges of riot, tumult and disturbance are without substantial foundation. Tho people at Falls Creek are Indignant about tho arrests and re ports sent out concerning the affair. Five Dollars Reduction. It Is an open secret that business Is dull, money scarce and times in genoral not very bright. Especially are most all laboring people forcibly Impressed with this fact because wages aro being reduced. This Is not confined to man ual labor only, It even reaches tho edu cators of the boys and girls. A reduc tion of five dollars per month has been made on the salaries of all the teacher to bo hired in WInslow township for the coming term, and the same reduction will be mado in the primary depart ment of the Reynoldsville borough school. We disagree with the direct or In cutting down expenses by reduc ing teachers' salarlos. A good teacher will be hard to got for $30.00 or $35.00 por month, and none but good teacher should be hired. It has been our opin ion that teachers in this section of the country do not get paid enough salary to encourage them to prepare for teach ing school. The best teachers that can be secured is none to good for the boy and girls of our land. Economize any whore but on the educational line. Warning to Boy. An accident on Tuesday last, at half past five o'clock, cost the life of Jimmle Canty, aged eight yoars, eldest son of Dennis Canty. With Willie Schauer, of about the same age, the boy was standing on the platform at the rear of the freight depot, when, against the protest of the Schauer boy, Jimmle attempted to step on the platform of a car on local freight, whlob at the time was passing. He missed the car and foil on the track be neath the wheels, landing on his back with bis neck on the rail, the head was taken off, and the right arm entirely severed from the shoulder, no other part of the body was marked, and the faoe was free from Injury. Sadly and tenderly the inate form of the unfortun ate little lad was lifted up and conveyed to the undertaking establishment of A. Weis, where It was prepared for burial, The entire community join In extend ing sympathy to the griof stricken par ents. -St. Marys Gazette. Observation. When an Investigation is on foot the witnesses should be on hand. When a man auks of a scheme, Is there anything In it ? He moans, Can I got anything out of it? It was Mr. Cleveland who said publio office Is a publio trust, but the man who want an office doesn't trust to the pub lio to give it to him; he bustle around for it. The man who believe everything he bear Is not a desirable acquaintance. The man who called his wife an old hen afterward compromised by buying ber a duck of a bonnet. Forest Fires. Thursday noon a forest Ore was rag ing on the hill north-west of West Roynnldsvlllo, with a strong wind blow ing towards the town. It was evident then that unless the wind tell or changed Its course that the fire fiend would swoop down upon the house nearest the woods and destroy them. Before three o'clock the fire alarm was given from West Reynoldsville and Hose Co. No. 1 and West Reynoldsville fire com pany responded promptly to the call. There wore no bouseson fire, but a num ber were In imminent danger. There were no fire plugs near enough to be of any use and the firemen attached their hose onto plugs at the tannery and thon In tho face of an Intense heat and vol umes of smoke they bravely fought the lire while the wind encouraged It on ward. Tho only damage In West Reynoldsville was to dostroy several fences and potato patches and blister the paint on a few houses. The fire was started by a West Reynoldsville man who had a piece of land to clear. On the other side of the hill from West Reynoldsville the lire was on the rampage and done some damage to tim ber and burned the barn, all the out buildings and two ton of hay for Emery Lash. The greatest damage In this section was out In the Horm Settlement, In Washington township. Israel Snyder was cloaring a piece of land and on the Fourth of July sot fire to the clearing. Tho fire stayed within the limits of the clearing until lost Friday when It was fanned Into a demon of destruction by the Btrong wind then blowing. Tho following property was destroyed: John Zlmmorman's barn, all out buildings, hay, and a number of pigs wore roasted. David Hotrlck lost 100,000 feet of hardwood, and all his wheat in tho field. Levi Schuckers lost 400,001) feet of hemlock and 100 cords of bark. A. D. Doomor 300,000 feet of hemlock. Jonathan Smith logs and bark. Most all the farmers of tho neighborhood were busy in the hay field, but they dropped everything else and made a heroic attempt to battlo with tho flames. Tho only plaeo the mon could do any thing with tho fire was when it would run across a field. Fighting a forest fire without a good supply of wator, and especially whon thore 1b a strong wind urging it on, is a hot and discouraging business. Tho fire took a run through a ton aero Btrlp of timber land of Robert Walto's, near Reynoldsvlllo, Friday and dono considerable damage In McCalmont township a forest fire made a wide track through a big tract of timber land owned by Wllllamsport parties. Fif teon thousand dollars worth of bark was burned, five cows cremated and No. 12 tipple at Anita burned down. Doesn't It Seem Funny. That a blunt man's sayings may be very cutting. That thore Is a time in every man's life when his mustache is "down" on him and won't take any of his lip. That when a man Is short he gener ally has a long face. That It Is In bad form, though good taste, to soak your bread in gravy. That a man' name 1 never mud while he has the dust even though he don't come In out of the wet. That women are like bells, because you never know the metal they are made of till you ring them. That many a fly meets a watery grave in a milk pitcher. That some people cant even catch a cold without getting It in the neck. That a man' shortcomings go a long way against him. That It Is a cold day when a man 1 fired. That a pensive maiden may become expensive after marriage. Jewelors' Circular. The "man eater," which I supposed to have escaped from Walter Main's circus, Is again reported in sight In some of the wooded district of Clear field county. During the past month this monster had the audacity to call at the very door steps of many house where he "kissed the babies," smiled tendorly on the gentle mammas and after affectionately shaking the hand of the family disappeared In the forest to bob up again somewere else. Clear field Spirit. The Reynoldsville school board met Saturday evening and settled upon the time for the ensuing term of school to open and on the salaries of the teach ers. School will begin the first Mon day in Soptember. The same salary will be paid to the teachers this year that was paid last year, with the ex ception of the primary department where a reduction of five dollars per month was made on the teacher. Go to H. J. Nlckle' for cheap tin ware, dust pans, dish pans, milk pails, trainer palls, slop palls, scrub and shoe brushes, carpet tacks, cheap lamp and glassware, queensware, ladles' and chil dren' Jersey vesta and hoslory, handker chiefs, toweling, &o.; also full line of doll and toy of all kind for the children, with a full line of article usually found in a first class variety (tore, allatprloe to suit the times. Woodward Building, Main street. . Hello! Just received sixteen cases of new good. Come in and examine. H. A. Ruo. PERSONALS. Jos. B. Morrow Is in Pittsburg this week. C. F. Hoffman and wife Sundayed in Brookvllle. Dr. E. E. Gnrow, of Hastings, 1 In town this woek. L. M. Wettsel, of Adrian, visited In this plaoe last Sunday. Mr. J. C. Hirst, of Lawsonham, 1 visiting In Roynoldsvllle. Dr. B. E. Hoover was in Trado City visiting friends the past week. G. M. McDonald and wife spent Sun day with her parent at Penfleld. Miss Elvlo Navlor, of Brockwayvlllo, I visiting friends In Reynoldsville. Mis Laura Sieers, of DuBois, visited friends In Reynoldsvlllo the past woek. Edward C. Burns and Soott McClel land were at the hub of this county last Friday. Rev. J. C. McEntlre, of this place, filled the M. E. pulpit at DuBois last Sunday. Edward DHhooH Is visiting his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wlndlo, In this place. Mrs. L. J. McEntlre returned Satur day from a visit with her father at CUntonvllle. Mrs. Maggie Brody, of DuBois, spent Sunday with hor sister, Mrs. G. Bohren, In this place. W. T. Motzgar, of Instanter, Pa. spent Sunday with friends In Wost Reynoldsvlllo. Mrs. J as. K. Johnston returned home Monday after a weeks' visit with rel atives in DuBois. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark, of Warsaw, N. Y., visited Reynoldsville lost week on a pleasure trlpv Miss Mlnnlo Chase, of Meadvlllc, Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. J. S. Abor nathy, in this place. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McEntlre, of Wllllamsport, visited relatives In this place tho past week. Capt. Lahey, proprietor of the Ever green House at Falls Creek, was in Reynoldsvlllo yesterday. Ralph Abernathy, of Morris Run, is visiting his brothors, Jamos and Joseph Abernathy, in this plaoe. Miss Molllo Miles, who has been at tending the DuBois Business College, returned homo last Wednesday. Morton Grey, of Brockwayvlllo, was In Reynoldsvlllo last evening shanking hands with his numerous friends. Mrs. Sarah Stewart and son, Charles, of East End Pittsburg, Pa., are visitors at D. W. Riston's on Grant street. Mrs. M. M. Cribbs, of DuBois, visited hor parents, Mr. and Mr. D. W. RIs ton, on Grant street tho past week. Mrs. Geo. Melllnger was at Shawmut Sunday with her husband, who Is super intendent of the mines at that place. Chas. J. Bangert, editor of the Falls Creek Herald, was in Roynoldsvllle last Thursday and called at this office. 8penoor Rumsoy, of Berlin, Wis., is now enjoying bis annual visit with his uncle, S. B. Rumsoy, in West Roynolds vllle. Misses Lizzie and Bertha Barclay, of Big Run, have been the guests of Mis EdnaHumphery in thi place during the past week. In mentioning the delegate to the Endeavor Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, last week, Miss Llnnie Reynolds' name was omitted. Jame Knapp, an employee of the Brookvllle Jtepublican, spent Sunday with Lloyd L. Gourley, of the Volunteer office, in this place. Herman Sindorf started to day for a long ride on hi bicycle. He goea to Pittsburg first and from there be will take a trip through Ohio. W. H. Jackson, formerly of Reyn oldsvlllo, who has been in the Indian territory for a few year, passed through this place last Friday morning on bis way to Chicago. Thos. Lowther was In Reynoldsville during the week. He is moving his family from Clearfield back to Rimers burg. He moved from Rlmersburg to Clearfield about one year ago. S. K. Furman, formerly a pedagogue In this neck o' woods, now a mall agent for Uncle Sam between Harrisburg and Kane, brought his family to Rathmel last week to visit her parent. Mr. Furman has a good job and gets well paid. He works six days and then rests a week. He returned to his borne at Harrisburg Saturday to go on duty for a week and will then return to this place and visit with his family threo weeks. S. K. Is a nice young man and is capable of filling his position handling U. S. mails. Notice. All partlos knowing themselves to be indebted to me will please call and make Immediate settlement. F. Swartz. Albert Reynold baa secured the cele brated comedian, Frank S. Davidson, and hi company of metropolitan favor ite, who will appear September 8th in the great rural oomedy, "Old Farmer Hopkln. The Roynoldsvllle and Rathmel ball team played a game at Rathmel last Friday. The score wa 26 to IS In favor of the Reynoldsville club.
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