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6ubcription $1.60 per year, or $1.00 if
paid strictly in advance..
'. A. STUIIIKNON, Kdltor and IMib.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 18i)l.
An Independent lnciilmr,Milllhrdevery
Wnilni-mliiv t. Ui-yniilrtsvlllo, Jefferson t'n.
Vk., k'vnt','rt to I ho tiitermts of Keynnlilsvlllo
ann Jefferson enmity. Non-noHtlriil, will treat
II with fnlrnms, unci will hrespet'lally friend
ly toward t ho liilmrinx rlnim.
RulMcrlntlon nrl'ptl.nnryir,ln nrtvnnrn.
L'ommiinlrntlonn Intended for piihllentlon
must lie ncvonipnnled hy tho writer's nsmo,
not for nuhllentlon. hilt a minrnntp of
food filltti. Intert'Mtln news Item solleltptl.
AdvprtMnc rates nindn known on spiillcs
tlonfttthu nflli-o In 1 rochllrh-llt-nry Work.
InKhty communlestlon nnd ctiftn(e of
advorttsenients should rctirh this office by
Monday noon.
Addn" nil communications to C. A.Hteph
enon, KcvnoldHVllle, Pa.
Knton-d' at th, ihHoIIIi'h at Keynolusvlllo,
Pa., as second clnss mall matter.
Tho busiest mnn I not always the
host business man.
Tho "groen-eycd monster" l a demon
that will not listen to reason.
Tho mot'o exclusivo tho man tho more
piercing tho eyes of !nqninitivo noigh
horn. Tho public servant differs from tho
, private servant In thnt ho will take no
orders from those whom ho serves.
While sitting in the parlor smoking
a eljnr a few niir.hts ajro, a .Tsokson street
man chided his wife for allowing a lamp
to smoke in tho kitchen.
Young men aro now In great demand
as bridegrooms for fall weddings. Pitts
burg Daily X . Tho supply Is great
er than tho demand In Ueynoldsvllle.
It must bo humiliating when a slan
derer has to publicly acknowledge tliHt
he Is a liar, snd yet h person who will
try to ruin another one's character has
generally passed tho humiliating point.
Tho maudlin sympathy that promptB
women to carry flowers to high class
criminals, and men to waste timo in
abusing an officer because tho officer
does not permit a drunken rowdy to
abuse him, Is not a good kind of sym
pathy to have. Tho kind that prompts
one to sit by a sick bed through the
long watches of the night, or help a
poor neighbor with a basket of grocer
ies is tho bettor k ind. Freoport Journal.
Thoro aro sofno of tho class In this town
who abuse officers for arresting drunken
rowdies.
J. W., known as "Jimmy" Stevenson,
formerly a reporter on the Times, but
now a part of the municipal machinery
of tho Greater Now York, being secre
tary to tho president of tho borough of
Brooklyn, Is In Pittsburg. He has been
spending his vacation In Jofferson coun
ty, where he was born and raised. When
Mr. Stevenson loft Pittsburg he went
to Now York and engagod In newspa
per work there, and was as successful
at It as he had been In Pittsburg. When
the Greater New York came he was
taken care of by his frlonds, and his ap
pearance Indicates that he has no quar
rel with his present position. Pittsburg
Times. "Jimmy" weighs 202 pounds.
Special Meeting Council.
A special meeting of the town council
was held Thursday, September 14, 18ii9,
with President Elliott in the chair and
all morabora present but Richard
Smith. '
President stated that the object of
tho mooting was for the purpose of tak
lug action in tho matter of sidewalks
and sewers.
Burgoss Stoke stated that he had a
proposition from Messrs. Tapper and
Hartman to settle the damage, of rata
lng the grade of sidewalks In front of
their premises for $175.00. After a
lengthy discussion of the matter by
council the ' following resolution was
passed:
Jtesulred, That the sura of one hun
dred and seventy-five dollars be allowed
Thomas Tapper and David Hartman as
damugos In consequence of raising the
grade of sidewalk in front of their prem
iss on Main street, said Tapper and
Hartman to erect at onoo, at their own
expenso, such sidewalk as is required
by ordinance No. 54. The amount to be
paid each one to ho settled between
themselves, and sucn release lor dam
ago and proper protection from further
expense and annoyanoe as the borough
solicitor shall approve, shall be given
hy them.
After a general discussion of sewers
and sidewalks, by motion council ad'
journed.
Letter List.
List of unoluimud letters remaining
in the postoffice at Reynoldsville, Pa.,
week ending Sept. 1(1, 181K:
Jasper Bacon, Miss Ida Crlssman,
Harry R. Hall, Miss Julia Hepburn,
Mlba OUte Hepburn, M. G. McEnteer,
Capt. Y, Miller, Miss Jennie Smith,
Mrs. Jennie Woods.
Say advertised and give date of list
when calling for above.
A. M. Woodward, P. M.
On account of the Erie Annual Con
ference at Jamestown, N. Y., the B., R.
. & P, R'y will sell exourslon tickets
September 25 to 80 at rate of fare and
one-third for round trip. Tickets good
to return until October 4th.
Tho Elk Is without doubt superior to
other heaters. Reynoldsville Hard
ware Co.
Fifty pair of odd sixes at half price at
Williams' shoe store.
' Old timo copper kettles, eighteen to
thirty gallons, with or without stands,
at Hull & Barton's.
DR. A.J. DAVIS.
Principal of Clarion Normal A Scholar,
Soldier and Christian Qentlemin.
Tho Clarion State Normal School has
been brought prominently before the
readers of THK STAR during the past
summer, and wo b Hove It would not be
out of place to (five n slirtrt sketch of
the lifo of Dr. A. J. Davis, tho princi
pal of that Institution of learning:
A. J. Davis was burn In (Marlon coun
ty. Pennsylvania, In 1H47. Ho lived on
a small farm, and attended a country
district school until he whs fourteen
years old, when he b"camo a student In
tho academy al Uinierahiirg. At fifteen
he left home and worked on a neighbor
ing farm as n full 1 and at ) per month;
the same year he went to Oil City, In
tho days of the early oil developments,
but in a few months tisik sick und re-
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A. J. DAVIS, I'KINCIPAL
turned to tho farm. About this timo
tho Civil war was at Its height, and he
enlisted in Battery B, 3rd Pennsylva
nia Artillery, serving nearly two years
in tho Naval Brigade, commanded by
Gen. Graham, and doing duty In the
waters of southeastern Virginia and
eastern North Carolina. Ho was with
Grant during tho siege of Richmond
and Petersburg, and participated In a
number of skirmishes and battles.
After the war Mr. Davis attended
the Rlmersburg Academy, and tho fol
lowing year taught a country school.
Ho continued teaching in the wintor
and attending school in the summer
until lSUn, when, at Iho ago of twenty-
two he took charge of tho West Free
dom Acudemy. and conducted a success
ful school. While principal at West
Freedom, he organized a National
Guard Company, and In Mnrch, 1872.
was elected captain. Ho has been a
member of the National Guard for
twenty-seven years, and has held almost
all grades from private to battalllon
major, and division judge advocate. In
1874 Mr. Davis was elected principal of
the academy at Rlmersburg, and tho
following year was elected county super
intendent of schools. Ho was twice
re-elected, and In all served eight years.
In 1883 he was Invited by State Superin
tendent Highoe to accopt a position in
the Department of Public Instruction
at Harrisburg. This position he hold
four years, during whioh period he
went to Alaska, In 1885, to orgnnl.o tho
"Industrial Training School for Na
tives," which had been erected at Sitka
through the efforts of Dr. Sheldon
Jackson. On his return from Alaska,
Mr. Davis engaged actively In the es
tablishment of the State Normal School
at Clarion, and succeeded in securing its
recognition by the State authorities
on February 15, 1887. Ho was immedi
ately elected principal, which position
ho has hold for over twelve years. The
school has been prosperous under his
management, over 4,000 students hav
ing been graduated in its various
oourses. His literary degrees are M. E.
D., Ed inboro State Normal School; M.
S., National Normal University, Lob
anon, Ohio, and A. M., Bucknell Uni
versity, Lewlsburg, Pa.
Mr. Davis has had a busy career,
never having been out of employment
a single week (except when sick) Blnoe
he loft his home at the age of fifteen.
He learned a trade, taught in all grades
of schools from the country ungraded
school to high school principal, principal
of academy, county sujierlntendent,
superintendent of Indian Training
School, school department offloer and
normal school principal. He tried the
mercantile business for a short time,
was thrioe nominated for Congress by
the people of Clarion county, and once
by the conferees of his district. He
declined the honor and did not stand
for election.
When the president called for troops
to served in the war with Spain, Mr.
Davis was in oouiiuand of tho National
Guard Company at Clarion. Although
it required great sacrifice on his part to
leave the Normal School and his family
to launch into the unoertaln fortunes of
war, yet at tbe earnest request of the
mothers of tbe boys in the Company he
did not hesitate to accompany them to
tbe field and remained with them until
I their discharge after a service of nluo
month. Tho touchers In the Normal
School distributed his duties among
themselves, and performed the added
labors with great credit and efficiency.
On his return from the volttnter service
Mr. Davis quietly resumed his duties in
tho school. Hri Is a member of the
Grand Army and Is a past commander
of Post 2o.ri. Ho alio belongs to tho
Masonic Ijodgo, and Is a mnmber of the
Patrons of Husbandry. Ho Is a member
of, and ruling elder In, the Presbyterian
Church.
Principal Davis' family Is large, his
wife, Mary Kerr Davis, having borne
him eleven children, eight of whom him
lt,..r uitrl PHiiirit It, aVi fi,v.i , ur. ,.. a
to twenty-one. They are: Mary E..
j Agues C, Cora H., Vlda M., Harold J.,
I Rollin V., Chester K. and Eleanor E.
I Three little Imys are dead Lee, Wayne
and Jerome.
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CLARION NORMA!,.
Acknowledgement of Falsification.
State of Pennsylvania, )
County of Jefferson, (
Before mo, E. Neff, Esq., one of the
.Tuxtices of the Peace in and for said
county, personally came Roy Newberry
who, being duly sworn according to law,
did depose and say that any slnnderous
things that he may have published or
uttered about Miss Hellen Worden is
untrue and was uttered without any
foundation, and further saith not.
Roy Nkwherry,
Sworn and subscribed before mo at
Reynoldsville, Pa., this 30th day of
August, A. D. 18011. E. Nf.KF,
Just ico of tho Peace,
Story of a Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for years
by tho chains of disease Is tho worst
form of slavery. Georgo D. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich., tolls how such a
slave was mado five. Ho says: "My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over In bed
alone. A'ter using two bottles of EleO'
trio Bitters she is wonderfully improved
and able to do her own work." This
supremo remedy for femalo diseases
quickly cures nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, headache, backacho, faint
lng and dizzy spells. This miracle work'
lng medicine Is a godsend to weak, sick'
ly, run-down people. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by
H. A. Stoko, Druggist.
We soil the Crown drill, which sows
all kinds of grain and grass seed, plants
corn, beans and peas, distributes fortll
lzer and never chokes Wo soil the
Ellis thresher, which we have testod
and sell backed by our and tho compa'
ny's guaranteo Special to farmers,
wheat phosphate $22 per ton We soli
harrows, plows, hay, grain, straw, flour,
feed, horses, buggies, wagons, harness,
groceries, hardware, dry goods, drugs
We have told a few things we do sell,
you toll us something wo don't sell and
we'll gut It Come and see us.
J. C. Kino & Co,
Pittsburg Exposition Excursion.
Commencing Wednesday, September
20th, and every Wednesday until and
Including October 18th, the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co,
will sell special low rate excursoc tick'
ets to Pittsburg and return, including
admission to the Exposition, at rate of
14.00. Tickets good returning on all
trains until the Saturday following date
of sale.
Twenty different styles of gas heat'
ing stoves to select from, also nice as
sortment of gas ranges at Hall &.
Barton's.
Tbe Cutter shoe Is sold only by J. K
Johnston in this place.'
J. K. Johnston has the exclusive sale
of the Cutter shoe in Reynoldsville.
How about our school shoes. Call
and seo at Williams' shoe store.
MllllrenB school suits are better and
cheaper than all others in town.
A full line of Wulsbach lamps and
mantles. Anything in the hardware
line at Hall & Barton's. .
New buggies for sale, also 3 second
hand buggies and 1 buck board in good
order. L. M. Snyder.
Good all-wool school suits at Milllrens
from 11.50 to 5.00.
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leneo for quality and styles
makn them desirable, are al-
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ninke our selections In season
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if fullest stocks are shown. That f
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willingly admit, when you
jj note tho low prices and httvo J)
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JVi, The stvles. too. that irood buv- Jv
" era prefer the freBhoBt, new-
est offerings. Getting In &jf
touch with our September Jjv
" selling will make you a f
HJ( customer hero for all your fall f
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To have your pocket-book
swell out with cash naved,
buy your groceries and flour
at Robinson & MundorlTe.
Prices always a little lower
than elsewhere at Robinson
& MundorlTs. Buy and sell
for cash is the secret.
In cheese we stand right
up at head of class in quality.
One pound more sugar for
the dollar than others give,
What's in a name? It's a
biscuit all the same. 5c. a
box.
Put the testing Bcrews to
our 25c. coffee. You wil
find it is the 4 'stuff? you want,
Our coffee 2 lbs. for 25c. is
a winner. 15c. to 18c. else
where.
Grape nuts, the' great
food.
ROBINSON & MUNDORFF.
If You Want
to Buy ...
ANY GOOD
WALL PAPER
CHEAP
it will be to your interest to come and see
what I have to offer. I am closing out my
stock of
WINDOW SHADES
AND
GO-CARTS
at very low prices.
STOKE. .Druggist.
MILLIRENS
Remarkable values for this
week the best clothing val
ues in the county.
Men's neat all-wool Business and Dress Suits, made
of handsome, pure Worsted,
and Fancy Clays and Scotch Tweeds, newest styles and
patterns, made with the greatest care in such a manner
that insures retaining their shape. The prices are so low
on all these suits that you will exclaim to yourself: How
Cheap!
$6, 8.00, 9.00 and $10.
These are all new goods, bo don't go elsewhere and
buy trash.
MEN'S
Fall Dress Trousers
All new Fall Stock
and Checks in Cheviots, Worsteds and Cassimeres. Every
pair right up to Tailor-made
Prices 75c, $1.00,
and $4. 50.
Shick & Wagner
Last Spring we were a little late in getting our stock of
goods, but it was on account of the firm changing bands A
everything 1b settled we wish to call our friends' and custo
mers' attention to the fact that we will have goods on time
this Fall, and also have tbu finest and best Hue of goods ever
brought to this town We already have a very fine line of
SILKS and
DRESS GOODS
Anything you may ask for you will And In our line. It Is
true that goods have advanced all over the country, but you
will not And It bo here, as we have bought all of our goods
in very largo quantities and we will Bell you goods as cheap
as you ever bought them and In many Instances cheaper.
We gut chances to save on a groat many articles by buying
large quantities and we are going to give it to you. Call and
see if this ia not correct. You will And things as repre
sented at
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Serges and Cheviots, Black
A splendid choice of Striped
Standard.
$1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $4.00
Millirens.
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