Old Home Week
Bulletin
One Cent
AX
REYNOLDSTELLE'S FIRST DA.II.Y.
y VOLUME 1.
BOUND OVER
FOR TRIAL
Member of the State Constab
ulary Placed Under Arrest
on a Charge of Aggravated
Assault and Battery Prefer
red by Men he had Arrested.
About 9.30 last evening, while Ihe
reat crowd ol visitors wore thronging;
tha streets, a little disturbance occrrred
In front of the National Hotel which
has resulted In three men being bound
.-4 Fred C. Miller, a member of the State
Constabulary at Punxsutawney, but
dressed In citizen's clothes, was In the
mlx-up and Is alleged to have used his
-ackjack or iub preiiy irueiy, uumuk
byBtanders rlgnt ana ieii buu utii
was over claimed that Bonw one had hit
him. He placed Frank Reynolds and
Arthur Clawson, two local gentlemen of
unquestioned character, under arrest,
onarging tnem who bwikuik u
They had a hearing Bnd on being bound
over, to court under J.'100 bail each,
promply supplied ball. . 1
Immediately after their hearing Will
Scott and Mr. Reynolds entered a
counter two charges against Miller, one
for assault and one for aggravated as
sult and battery and Miller was also
bound over H court under WOO bail.
When requested to fun.lsh ball trouble
commenced.
'Who standa for jour bail?" said
'Squire Neff.
"The State of Pennsylvania," replied
Miller.
"Bring It in," rejoined the 'Squire.
But the irreat state of Pennsylvania
didn't seem to be around anywhere and
the State Constable will be taken to
jail unless someone appears as his friend.
Reynojdsville
80 Years Ago
Ira C. Fuller was Born on the
Fuller Homestead just above
Prescottville and Lived here
Until the Seventies.
IraC. Fuller, of Brookville, who was
born on the Fuller farm at the junction
above Prescottville, eighty years ago.
was one of the visitors in Ruynuldsville
yesterday. Mr. Fuller Is, porhaps, the
oldest man living who was born In this
Immediate vicinity. This section was
then a vast wilderness in the true tense
of the word. Bear, deer, wildcats and
other kinds of wild animals roamed this
section at will in Mr. Fuller's boyhood
days. The only bouse in this place at
that time was little log cabin, then a
palatial mansion, where Dr. S. Rey
nolds now resides on Main street.
At one time since Reynoldsville was
Incorporated Mr. Fuller was a banker
and leading merchant in this place.
Mr. Fuller's sight and hearlu? are as
good as they were in early life and he la
very active for a man of four score
years, In fact people who do not know
his age would not guess him to be a
man over seventy years old. Mr.
Fuller was looking for some old citizens
to talk over by gone days, and we did
not tee him later to learn whether he
found any one to swap anoient rem
Inlscenta with or not. He expected to
find "Uncle" John S. Smith and wife
and spend an hour in the long ago
with them.
Pickpockets at Work.
There wat an immense crowd on
Main street last night. Such a jam at
tome points it wat almoat impossible to
get through and pickpockets took ad
vantage of It. One lady was "touched"
for $15.00, , She carried her money in a
little pocket book in handbag. The
handbag, or large pocketbook, was
opened' and the little packet book,
money and handkerchief were taken.
The robbery as done so skillfully that
the lady thought she had certainly lost
It, but yet she could not understand
how the clasp of handbag got open.
There were others who lout small turns.
Main Street Turned Into a Vanity Fair by the
Great Crowds of Visitors on Neighbors' Day
Indiana Ball Tossers Didn't
Understand.
The Indiana ball team came to lleyn
oldsvllle Tuesday to play the local club
and were surprised to find that no
game with them was on the program.
They stayed In town to see the sights
of the great celebration hut before they
lert took care to leave a little bill of WO
expenses with a local attorney for col
lection. .
It seems that when the amusemont
committee wrote to the Ind'-wa mana
ger to arrange a game, he answered
that the team would auk 30 00 for ex
penses. JarviB Williams, for the com
mittee, wrote him that the money
would be paid and requested a reply of
acceptance, which never catne The
committee concluded that the Indiana
gentlemen did not oare to come and
arranged another game between Par
dus and Soldier. But the boys from
our neighboring county had taken It
for granted that the date stood and
came over.
First Happenings
in Reynoldsville
Dr. W. J. McKnight Contrib
utes Interesting Data Con
cerning Early Events in the
Town.
What is now Uevnoldsvlllo. wie liild
out In 1KI0 by Charles (J. Gaskill and
called Olney. Only one lot was sold.
Gaskill was agent for the land and
erected the first building, a two roomed
log house on the east side of Sandy
Lick, and on the south sido of the turn
pike. This building was a tavern for
the new town and was opened by a man
named Caldwell and was kept by Joseph
Potter until 1838. In 1832 the land on
which Reynoldsville no v stands was a
hemlock swamp and the present Main
street was a long corduroy bridge.
Reynoldsville was originally an Indian
village and was such when Andrew
Barnett located In this wilderness. The
last Indians to tarry here was the
John's family, in 1824. The present
town was laid out in September 1873 on
Warrant 3825. The plotting off and
the lots were sold by David and Albert
Reynolds. The first burgess was M. M.
Miner who was appointed and served
only a few months. The first elected
burgess was Dr. J. W. Faust in March,
1874. When the town was Incorporated
it had about two hundred people. The
first coal shipped from Jefferson county
was from the Diamond Coal Mine at
RevnolrisvillR The first bridge built
across tho creek was in 182 The first
timber raft was run nut on the Sandy
Lick to Pittsburg in 1843. The first
circus exhibited In Reynoldsville was
in 1845. The first store in what U now
Reynoldsvlllo was opened by Thomas
Reynolds In 1844. In 1844 he erected
the first, tannery. Woodward Reyn
olds was the first man to mine coal for
sale, in what is now Reynoldsville,
about 1838. The first school in this
place was taught In a little log bouie on
the east side of CooUprlng Hollow.
Patrick Feeley wat teacher in 1847.
Between 1851 and 1800 the greatest
amount of rafting was done on Sandy
Lick creek. The early merchants In
Reynoldsville were Daniel Dunham,
Frederick Farmer, Washington Rhodes,
Henry H. Gordon and Charles
H Gordon. The early religious
services were held In a house that stood
near the present site of Burnt hotel,
and which was occupied by Milton
Coleman. During a service In 1852 the
second story floor of this house gave
way. The stove wat upset and the con
gregation wat precipitated to the base
ment. Five persons were so injured
that they died. The first white peraon
born within the present limits of Reyn
oldsville was David Reynolds. He it
still living in the town. In 1857, when
Dr. W. J. McKnight, of Brookville
practiced medicine in Wintlow town
ship and in the town of Reynoldsville.
he came from Brookville on horseback.
He doctored in the families of nearly all
the old pioneers. He is the only doctor
in Jefferson county living that prac
ticed medicine in that year. The first
newspaper for Reynoldsville was print
ed in 1871 and was named the "Advo
cate." The pioneer burying ground
wat located near the school house which
stood in Cuolspring Hollow. In 1857
(Continued on Last Pago.
REYNOLDSVILLE. PENN'A.,
TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVITIES
Du Bois, Punxsutawney and
Brookville Especially Well
Represented.
TROLLEY CARS AND PAS
SENGER TRAINS PACKED.
It was the Gayest, Merriest Crowd
that Ever Thronged the Streets
of Reynoldsville and there was
Nothing to Mar the Pleasure of
the Biggest Day of the Town's
Greatest Celebration.
One of the merriest, maddest ero - ds
that ever jostled together on the streets
of Reynoldsv!le surged buck and forth
yesterday anil In Ihe evening it I esti
mated Unit fully twenty thou nnil peo
ple were in the town and most of them
promenading the great court of amuse
ment which In quieter dHvni known us
Main street. It. was Neighbor's day
and our neighbors came to see us In
numbers Hnd in spirit which left, no
qui-Ktion ;f Ihflr guild will tou'itrds in.
Brookville, Punxsutawney, III, Run
and the hud nl other nuuuiy towns con
tributed their full quota and DuBois
turned out as It has not done fur a doz
en years or more. Probably four thous
and citizens of the latter place alone
were here, ludiaua was repiusented
by a jolly crowd of roysters and New
Bethlehem and Clarlonltes were here In
appreciable numbers. Every street car
that came here from the Sykesville and
Punxsutawney terminals was weighted
down with its load of human freight
and the Pennsylvania railroad coaches
were packed to their full capacity.
Everyone was bent on having an out
log and the Reynoldsville people for
the day laid aside alt serious business
and joined them. Many of the mills
and Industries were closed.
An unusually large crowd witnessed
the ball game In the morning between
Reynoldsville and Falls Creek and at
the afternoon game, when the home
team met a bunch of old Romans who
used to do battle some centuries tince,
the "grandstand" on four sides of tbe
field was filled with a mob of howling
fans. On Main street races were held
and tbe thousands of promenaders
had no lack of entertainment from tbe
time that Freddie Cunningham gave
his startling exhibition on the tight
rope to the moment of excruciating ex
pectancy when Harry Breton cut tbe
rope, glided down his awful Incline and
took flight through the atmosphere.
It whs worth a year of life to have
seen and to have been one of tbe great
pleasure-seeking crowd which thronged
Main street during tbe evening. Young
people and old men, women and chil
dren jostled together In tbe bestof good
humor and in the whole crowd there
was but one case of disorderly conduct.
The air was filled with confetti and
every device knowo to tickle the risi
bilities of humanity wai in evidence.
A dozen great bonking autot were rac
ing up adfl down the street, a fantastic
band under J. A. Blaydon made gay
ety all along the line, while the Key
stone and Volunteer bands were sur
rounded by appreciative crowds
througout tbe evening. The latter or
ganization came down with the big Du
Bois delegation and beaded the process
ion as they marched up town. About
eight in the evening, when the fun was
at ltt height, another Pennsylvania
railroad passenger train pulled in and
another thousand of our "neighbors"
dropped. off to help tbe celebration
along.
Main street, blazing with itt myriad
electrlo bulbs, ltt up with tbe glare of
red fire, with itt mast of continually
moving humanity and noise of bands,
of autot, of pasting cart and carriage!,
of street barkers, of shouting and laugh
ter, wat transformed into a great thor
oughfare in Vanity Fair and its prom
enaders delirious with the mere exuber
ance of joy.
When tbe hour for Breton's wonder
ful leap arrived, Main street wat
Dlockaded with an immovable massed
body of people. It was the greatest
crowd that has ever gathered to witness
auch an event in the town. Ropea bad
been stretched to prevent the near ap
proach of persons to the big incline but
FJtlDAY. AUGUST 23, 1907.
they were useless. The rush from the
rear was so great that those in tront
were forced to push ahead to the very
verge of actual danger and when the
thrilling leap was made, Breton shot
right through a crowd so eager to see
the feat that they forgot the danger
and crossed the very path of the auto's
deadly course. As in the afternoon the
feat was accomplished successfully and
Breton was wildly cheered as he landed
safe and sound after a forty foot flight
in the air. Tbe vlultors who witnessed
it were unanimous In their opinion that
be stands pre-eminent among perform
ers in his line now before tbe public.
Immediately ufljr the exhibition a
beautiful display of fireworks was given
on an adjoining lot, an account of which
appears elsewhere.
While these events were transpiring
on Main street a dance was tn progress
in Frank s park which was one of the
largest aud most enjoyable events of the
kind given in Ueynoldsville for many
years. Young people from all over the
section congregated there and waltzed
away the time until tbe eastern sky be
gan to gluw with the tints of a new day.
It was the greatest day of a great
week and alone sufficed to prove that
the Old Home Week is the "most nota
ble, social and industrial event in tbe
history of the town," well worth every
cent contributed by tho citizens, and all
the ceaseless labor of the committee
men. It brought forth from every
neighboring town expressions of good
will that will go far to cement bonds of
social friendships for the future.
THE PROGRAM.
Friday P. M.
2.30 p. m. Addresses by G. M. Evans,
A. L. Mott and others Park theatre.
'4.00 p. m. Potato raceMain street,
cash prize S3.
4.30 p. m. Flying automobile.
7.00 p. m. High wire walking.
7.30 p. m. Band concerts.
9.00 p m. Flying automobile.
9.30 p. m. Grand ball and general
jollification of ye old settlers with ye old
fiddlers.
Saturday, General Jollification
Day.
1.30 p. m. High wire walking.
4.30 p. m. Flying automobile.
7.00 p. m. High wire walking.
9 00 p. m. Flying automobile.
Every man, woman and child it ex
pected to take part and assist In making
the wind up of Old Home Week one
long to be remembered. Songs,
Speeches, General Good Feeling and
Sociability will be the prevailing
features of thlt day. Grand chorut by
everybody in Reynoldsville of "Home
Sweet Home" at 10.00 p. m.
ANNUAL PICNIC .
OF THE DOCTORS
PLEASANT AFFAIR
Frank's Park was the Scene
of the Gathering and the
M. D.'s helped Sweflthe Old
Home Week Crowd in the
Evening.
The annual picnic of tbe members of
the Jefferson County Medical Society
held in Reynolds Park last evening wat
well attended and was a very enjoyable
picnic. At usual the doctors had their
appetites along, and any person that
ever taw a doctor get "sol" down be
fore square meal knows that they are,
generally speaking, all good feeders
If you have never teen one of them
store away victuals it would turprise
you what capacity each onecarriet with
him. Get up a big meal tome time and
invite "any old doctor" in and tee him
enjoy himself.
Notice.
Parties having accounts against the
Old Home Week will ' please send
Itemized bills to headquarters by Mon
day evening.
J. W, Gillespie, Chairman.
The Spirit's Special Edition,
The Punxsutawney Spirit Issued a
pi elul edition vcslnrday devoted to
UevnolilHvill.- Old Home Woek, "the
muM, notable, social and Industrial
event in the history of the town." Be
side a number of Illustrations of nien
prominent In the movement, of old sot
tiers, old liniil marks and a few of the
muil.irn buildings, tho edition contain
ed historical matter relative to Reyn
oldsvlllo of rare interest and worthy of
preservation by every family In town.
Not the least Important of the features
were the poems reminiscent of Reyn
oldsville In the days of "auld lang s. mt'i
when the now distinguished editor of
tho Spirit was a boy and dwelt in our
midst. Tbe Spirit has done credit to
itself and benefitted tbe town and a vote
of thanks Is due them.
Brookville Lost.
The Ramo of bull between Reynolds
vllle and Brookville team this fere
noon resulted in a victory for the Reyn
oldsville team, score 9 to 5 There has
always been some rivalry between these
two towns in base hall and the "fans"
were certainly pleased to see the home
team win. Wingcrt for U-ynoldsville,
carried olT tho battery honors, having a
homo run, two bagger and two safe
hits. Score by Innings:
Reynoldsville 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 x 9
Brookville 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5
Umpire, Sibley; scorer, Hoffman.
Don't Miss Seeing the Curios
ity Shop.
No visitor to Reynoldiville's Old
Home Week thould . miss seeing the
collection of relics In the Old Curiosity
shop on Fifth street.. The collection
has been greatly augmented the last
few days and norf contains many
articles of genuine educational value
as well as historical Interest. Among
many others are tbe following:
W. C. Kiliott, a ball clock made in
England io 1710, brought to America
in 1810, saved from tbe DuBois fire in
1HSS; vegetable remains of the carboni
ferous era; fossil remains of ancient
vegetatioo; several hundred insects
from China; Indian relics and a number
i f sea curios.
H. E. Phillips, petrified tea grass
from the Arctic ocean; tooth wood club
from Texas.
Grant Rhoads, tomahawk 100 years
old.
Charles Strouse, anoient candle lan
tern; bed spread made 90 years ago by
band.
H. S. Belnap. hand made quilt; very
old.
Mrs. Marie Roller, bed spread made
in England in 1770.
Lyman W. Scott a remarkable col
lection of canes, made in Mexico, Cali
fornia and many other points in the
United States; also two books of great
age and value, Pollard's History of the
Lost Cause, a story of the rebellion,
and a book of biographies of the sign
ers of tbe Declaration of Indepen
dence, containing an engraved repro
duction of tbe original document.
Charles A. Herpel, a German bible,
very old.
W. T. Cox, a revolutionary flintlock
nearly a century old.
M. J. Dalley, tbe musket carried by
his father in tbe Civil War.
G. W. Fuller, a gun brought to this
country by John Fuller, second pioneer
tettler in Wlnslow township.
There is also on exhibition a chair
and lamp once owned by F. K. Arnold
long used; a chair by Nin?an Cooper, a
Venezuelan blunderbluss; military
weapons, by C. F. Hoffman; tbe Stars
and Bart of the Confederate army; a
sailors knife that went through the
Boer war, a valuable goldtwatcb, 101
years old, with two teals and a sliae,
belonging to W. H. Cumins.
The Winners Yesterday.
The greased pole climbing contest
yesterday was a laughable affair and It
remained (or a DuBoit boy, Dwight
Montgomery, to reach tbe top and pull
off the 13.00 prize.
Another 0 yard dash race wat held
on Main street In tbe afternoon Thurs
day and Leonard Harris, victor of the
100 yard race Wednesday, wit again a
winner.
Extra copies of the Daily Stab for
each day this week are on tale at The
Star office for one cent a copy.
LOST A pocketbook on Main street
last night with 118 00 in cash and gold
ring. Finder please return to STAR
office.
NUMBEK 5.
LYNCHING
I
H IS
A SUCCESS
Excited Crowd Watches the
Ex-Sheriff's Posse Pursue an
Alleged Horse Thief and
Finally String him Up to a
Convenient Tree.
One of the greatest farces ever at
tempted in Reynoldsvlllo was pulled off
VeflterrtAV aftnl-mwin urhun a nnau nt
eight men, mounted and armed, pursued
an alleged horse thief through the.
streets of town. going at a gallop through
the crowded thorough faros, firing blank
cartridges, shouting like Comanches on
the war path and finally rounding up
their victim on tbe ball ground. A
pitch battle was fought between pur
suers and pursued but the villian was
outmatched. A good stout rope was
produced and the culprit was promptly
strung up to a nearby tree. But for the
timely interference of a host of humane
bystanders the lynching bee would have
been the real thing.
This little extravaganza, reminiscent
of Wild West days, was the suggestion
of W. C. Elliott and those figuring in
mad race were George Hartman, tbe
culprit, Postmaster Burns, D. H. Break
ey, John Fuller, Leroy Yohe, Sheldon
Evans.Pete Yenewine, Frank Guns and
John Pomroy.
Tbe "lynching bee" was not on the
program and when the people beard tbe
continuous firing, and saw the widly
galloping horsemen careering through
the streets, tbe excitment was Intense.
Everywhere tbe posse put the question,
"Where did he go?" "Did you see the
fellow who stole the horse?" and many
more of the kind and in a few moments
a quarter of tbe town's papulation came
pouring Into the Main street or went
racing after tbe posse. It was danger
ously thrilling, and a score of accidents
were narrowly averted when the horse
man cut through the packed crowd. Not
only Main street but skle streets were
traversed In the aearch.
The farce was well executed and
made lots of fun for the big crowd on
the streets.
Beautiful Display
of Fireworks.
Several Costly and very -Unique
Pieces Set Off In the Pres
ence of Fifteen Thousand
People.
One of tbe prettiest displays of fire-'
works ever seen in tbe county wat
given about 9 30 last evening on the'
vacant lot oppo-tite Breton's auto in
cline. Tt was in charge of the amuse
ment committee. The big crowd of
pleasure-seek6rs were just turning
away after seeing Breton leap tbe gap
wben a half doz-;n sky rockets shooting
over their beads wat tbe signal for a
burst of beauty tha-. held them spell-'
bound for half an hour or more. Some .
of the pieces were very elaborate and
costly and caught the fancy of the
people, who expressed their approval
io repeated cheers. Perbapa the
crowning feature wat tbe representa
tion of a house, of beautiful architect
ural design, aglow with light at win-
ea a nre seemea to Dreak out, flames
shot on high, sparks rained down and
presently the structure commenced to
fall, disappearing at last in darkness.
There were many other varied designs
aod It was a fitting close to the mott
successful day of the Old Home Week
celebratinu.
Notice to All Old Home Week
Committees.
Ail members of every committee con
nected with the Old Home Week
celebration are requested to meet at tbe
headquarters' rooms Monday evening,
August 26, to arrange for a final settle
ment or all business still standing.
Stole Eight Dollars.
While Samuel K. Wray and family
were on Main atreet last night taking
in the sights, tome thief intered their
home and stole M.00 in cash belonging
to James Wray.