perverse gages » VOLUME 1 FLORIN, P » NEws Toll JN BRIEF, Local Happenings as Reported by Our Many Reporters. H. E. Trout was at Manheim on Monday. Young Bros. are introducing a 1902 model jenny lind, Joe and Peter McGarvey were at Colebrook on Sunday. Mary Hershey of Waynesboro, is visiting friends in town. Frank Eby of Elizabethtown, was in our village on Tuesday. Dr. Ulysses Risser of Campbelstown, was in town on Monday. Don't fail to attend the festival the Florin Park this evening. E. H. Reider purchased a fine Ger- man beagle dog this week. in Harry Reist of Steelton, spent Sun- day in town with John Ritter. Joe McGarvey and family visited friends at Rowenna on Sunday. Henry Greenleaf returned from a trip to Rowenna on Wednesday. Young Bros. finished a fine jenny lind for Mr. Gingrich at Bellrire. J. C. Stambaugh of Lancaster; is among friends in town this week. A good reliable boy can learn baking at 8. S. Gingrich’s bakery. Apply at once, A number of chickens were stolen at William Schuttee’s during the family’s absence. B. L. Musser and wife of near town were the guest of Jacob Hostetter’'s on Monday. Phoebe Risser returned from Waynes boro, where she visited her sister, Mrs. Frank Hershey. Watches and clocks repaired prompt- ly by Harry Peopple. Mt. Joy, and all work guaranteed. Frank Nissley, wife Horn of May- awn, were the guests of Mrs. Amelia roth, on Sunday. arry Lutz and wife, of Harrisburg, were the guests of John Keener and family for several days. Francis Arndt took a load of furni- ture to Hillsdale on Tuesday, which will be used during camp. Jacob Hostetter left last Saturday for Oskaloosa. Iowa, to attend the fun- eral of his brother Harry. Horace George and Lizzie Gibble, oth of Rapho townsi#e, were granted a marriage license last Friday. Thieves visited the hen house of H. . Baer last Sunday night, and relieved fr. Baer of several fine pullets. George K. Beamesderfer, an employe the Safety Buggy company, was the est of C. A. Wiley on Sunday. The Misses Shramusky of New Holl- nd, are spending a week with their ndgmrents Henry Baer and wife. aud Keener, left on Tuesday for risburg, where he will spend several with his sister Mrs. Harry Lutz. , E. Trout, of town left for Clear- this week where he will take up hool work in the very near future. ss Florence Baily who had been est of her sister Mrs. Charles eft for her home at Atglen on y. M. E. Sunday school of this ill hold their picnic in Wag- ods at Elizabethtown in the re. Risser returned home on y after spending some time American Exposition and {s. t of gentlemen from town nning recently and returned seons and several ‘‘over- i5." . Snavely of West Done- Mrs. John Menaugh, Mrs. B. L. morning at 2 o'clock. Just how he met his death will never be known, because no one witnessed the accident, Frey, who was a puddler’s helper, employed at the Columbia rolling mill, had spent the eve- ning around town, Early Saturday even- ing he had visited Dr. H, A. Mowery’s ofi- ice the doctor removing a piece of steel from his eye. He returned home shortly after midnight and seated himself on a bench along the curb. Here he remained until the freight came, when, it1s supposed, he attemped to board it, and sustianed the injuries which caused his death at the Co- lumbia Hospital about six p’clock. Both of Frey’s legs were cut off below the knees and his left arm at the shoulder. He had, besides, numerous cuts about the head. He was a member of thei German Lutheran church, and was also a member of the Red Men and order of United American Mechan ics. The funeral took place on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Services were held at the home of his sister and interment was made in the Marietta cemetery. J ——— Found Dead In Bed. William Floyd, an aged resident of Union Square, was found dead in bed at 11 o'clock on Friday morning. The deceased, who was a widower, resided with his son, Peter. He was about early in the morn- ing and, probably feeling unwell, went to his room, where he died. He was eighty- two years of age and is survived by several sons and daughters, all of whom are grown. Deputy Coroner J. B. Stroh, of Manheim, empaneled a jury consisting of Wm. R. Rice, Joseph Newgard, Henry M. Zgey, Abraham S, Gibble, Amos W @hissley and Henry B. Hershey and with Dr. J. F, Dun. lap, as his physician, held an inquest. A verdict of death by valvular disease of the heart was rendered. Semmes — Death In Salunga. Jacob B. Kepperling, of Salunga, died at his home on Sunday after a long illness. He was a stone mason and was seventy-four years old. He was a Republican and was supervisor of Manheim township for many years, He is survived by the following children : Aaron and John of Salunga, Jac. of Lancaster, Mrs. Shissler of Neffsville, Martin Kepperling of Lancaster, and Jere- miah Kepperling of Neffsville, are brothers of the deceased. The funeral was held on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock with servi- ces in the Dunkard meeting house, Salunga. rm —— A New Venture. The Lancaster county Railway and Light company has entered into contracts which will give the company the most modern and complete plant in the state. Their idea is to put in plants in different parts of the county, to furnish power to run all cars and light cities, boroughs and villiages wherever wanted. A plant will be put at Landsville to supply this section. Contracts have already been awarded for all the ne cessary items. The new project shall be ready for use within eight months, rn Woods Meeting. ie R. Helt, of Mount Joy re granted a marriage li- day. hart of near town, years. r, of Manheim, who had at Milton Grove for the | s now doing duty at ch works. ous way a hog trough . Stoler, disappeared d in a day or two it has w stack seen in this com- Henry Zeager Dennis Barnhart of this place, is a mem- ber of the Committee of Arrangements at the woods meeting which will be held in Mumma’s Grove, in East Donegal township near Marietta, on August 17, 18, 24and 25. The meeting is being held under the auspi- ces of the A. M. E. church of Marietta with Rev. John O. Stewart pastor. r————— Pp ———— At Hillsdale Camp. This town will be well represented at the Hillsdale campmeeting next week, Five families have thus far engaged tents as fol- lows : Mrs. Fanny Hambright and family, Andrew Stoll and family, Francis Arndt and wife, 8. S. Stacks and family and Mes- srs. David Landis, John Shank and Clayt- on Witmer, | B 2-base hits. Frank, Sloat ; Hit by pitcher, by Hollenbach 1, by Witmer 1; Double play, Kauffman to Bard; Pases on balls, off Witmer 1, off Hollenbach 3 ; Struck out by Witmer 11, by Hollenbach 6 : Time 2,10. ——— AP ——— Happenings at Manheim. Mrs. Frank H. Wechter, wife proprietor of the Schoeneck Hotel, in Lan- caster city, died unexpectedly on Friday morning at Manheim, where she was un- dergoing treatment for cancer. Deceased was forty-four years old. She was a daugh- ter of Jeremiah Wiest, of Schoeneck, She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Samuel G. Reinhald, of Ephrata and Mrs. Walter Sheaffer, of Schoeneck, a brother, Lemuel Wiest, and twgq sisters, Mrs. Susan Wiest and Mrs. -* A chlosser | all of Schoenebk., Mrs. a' member of the German be, & All of the female operatives Lge Man- | heim Pantaloon Factory walked out on Thursday after the manager had refused to re-adjust the wage scale. The hands com- plained that they could not make enough wages to justify their remaining at work. On Friday morning a large number returned to work, but a number of the most experi- enced operators are holding out for their | demands. The factory is rushed withorders and the trouble has come at a time when it will cause the proprietors some annoy- ance. Robbers visited the general merchandise store of H, C. Boyd, on Market Square, early on Saturday morning, and succeded in getting away with about $100 worth of of the , was ‘urch. and shoes. During the past few days two Mormon missionaries have been preaching and dis- tributing tracts in town with a view to making converts to their faith PR —— Sociable Next Saturday. The Epworth League of the M. E, church of this place, will hold a sociable at the evening, August 24, the season will be served including ice cream, cake, chicken corn soup, bananas, sandwiches, coffee, etc. Everybody wel- come. ———e—— Lost a Valuable Horse. John A. Kaylor, the Rowennastore-keep- er lost a horse valued at $225 last week. A few weeks previously the animal picked up a nail, The leg swelled to enormous proportions and finally the body was affect- ed. The doctor pronounced palpitation of the heart the cause of death, een leer Reside in Three Counties Joseph Risser, John Risser and Peter Risser, three brothers who reside within a mile of each other, near Risser’s mill, how- ever reside in three different counties, Jos- eph lives in Dauphin county, Jacob in Lebanon county and Peter in Lancaster | county. EE Awarded Damages. Milton Bowman, T.M. Breneman, John M. Brandt, Gabriel Moyer, Samuel Lytle, Harry Newcomer and John Reist, the viewers to assess damages for the opening of East Donegal street, in Mount Joy, and awarded sylvania railroad $82. eee A een Farm For Sale. signed, a farm of 87 acres of grav with improvements by Fanny Hampright. — een | Execution Against Druggist. 0. P. Bricker, attorney for Jacob R. x 3 heims id the cat. BULLE URDA MOUNT JOY ITEMS. Y, AUGUST 1 7.0000, - CHANGE IN WATCHES. Tr jewelry, including watches and somerazors | residence of Samuel Shank next Saturday All the delicacies of | Lewis Seaman $175 damages and the Penn- Saturday, September 17—One-fourth mile nel of this place, Mrs. John Skane west of Florin, on the premises of tlie un-'of Harrisburg, and Mrs. George land: praim of Lancaster. el- ley, has issued an execution for $500 agafnst Samuel A. Ensminger. druggist, of M@n- Fisher, and daughter, and Mrs. H. L. Local 1 De ast oca am : : n . Stoll and son, spent Monday at c e € The News of our Neighboring Borough in Whe Dulvs BYe of a Century Ago apd Elizabethtown visiting friends. Sauda a Condensed Form . vers Hacking. made % . An ideal base ball . A eplece, Harry Charles and wife who spent | ition before them, the Fo ay Miller, spent Sunday in| The almost total dis spent several weeks with relatives at from this place, went t ummelstown, the _old-fachionoe: i Sippeatante of ni ~ ss . hp a — - . * as B wall’s-eve’’ silve Christiana, returned home on Tuesday day afternoon and tried 1 Rev. J. M. Shelly left last Mon. | Watches is a source of er and will go to house keeping in East ha pos Tok Mn Dinca} ay for Cape May Point, to vey some watch dealers. It is| ‘Lhe Re seve sonsecutivd z . : oractically i ssi ; . Donegal. son. This was the finest ex \ S Reimer of Titusville, has Bo jens Henossibie Jo isk rie jas Izasting i Ra Vis i s 1 . g them. Shinran Pa A card party was given at the home National game seen in the I p : ing friends in town. une reporter made the —_ Son fhe Rep { Mrs. Emma Grosh on Monday even- | thus far this season. The te: om gis . George Johnson of Lancas-| Watch, pawn and junk shops in auest | (eras ae frie of Mrs. mu S y : : . tl 7 J ps in quest | Cassel Sn + Miss place states that it dealt with % set of gen. |ter, 1 ne guest of Mrs, Steve T: of one of these old timepieces, and sel and Prof. ing in henor of her guest Miss Irene M. | {lemen and this is certainly tri\e in every | Owens: did not find #. One dealer a and an active canvass Brandt, who left for her home the fol-|instance. The umpire also deseqrves praise es knew where single speed > a spective favor hs : ns: : pire 2 : Mr. Qand Mrs. James Vellets, of but a single specimen was, ite. lowing morning. for his satisfictory decisions alltRrough the Wright sville, were in town over yu later admitted that the owner |S the candidacy game. Score is appended : Suna either had sold or lost it. A veteran Cassel appeals wit J. W. Ramsey, traveling salesman / unday watchmaker, wi ; it . - . FLORIN R H\0O AE T ill b : ; Ker, who can make a watch | YO the thinking vote for E. L. Nissley & Co., registered at|gparles cf oo XO 1} here Will be no preaching in| ®y hand, in referring to the disap-| Mr. Cacsel is 7 n : Ae Pr in i“ ’ oY aX . ’ Hotel Florin on Monday. He left on |C. Frank ss ; o 2\ 0 1 the UniteQd Brethren church next pearance of the “bulls-eyes,” said: | man, He has all i Tuesday for Atlantic City, where he is | O: Holleubach p 1 1 1\s 2[Sunday. they ony Jaen 1 suppose, that in huginess affag : Baker 3b 1109 0 Mrs.S . Witmer will sell a 1 Tn disappear. None of them spending the week. a Ae : sell a lot | were first-class timepieces "1 ty more 50. Hi pending : | Kraybill x f and 1b 1 0 4 0 0 of furnitur@ at public sale next] that the To pieces. 1 meal lou van im Eli Menaugh and his employes raised | Schroll 2b 0 0 5 2\ 0 Wednesda = Lhe a om would vary prices h y bo? | . Hambrizhtl © 1 1 ol gli va as a minute a week. The 868 has broaden a tobacco shed on the farm of J. M. Shotgun ' \| Mame Ha\ines of Iancaster, is cheaper machine-made watches keep | Dim self reliance Brandt 3 miles fromtown. The structure |: Frank 1b and x f 1-1 40 ¥ithe guest of fhe family r better time and cost I T s an : 3 : F. Hollenbach ¢ 0 0 61 Xjilc.guesto amily of Dr, Jno,} >*1= Lime and cost less. The first [for emergencies. dn is 38 x 6o and 16 feet to the square 2 22 LN) Newpher. of oe 0 a ol s-eyes’ carried the [perience acquired in the St : : rR OB : 2gulation Virdge AYTvE i The raising was done on Wednesday. 6 4 24.6 6 Mrs. Charle} Zortman of Harris. | hundred ve : a ; Soe mong . Dae lature, associated with ma, Catharine Gish, who had been spend | goa; IRONVILLE 5 5 8 A E Burg, is Shun her father Abra-| watches were carried by all ta Wi of the highest(public an : : : os j id (hiam IL. Xolp. men. Later the English we SHESS I private character ing some time with her son Simon Gish | Kauffman 2b i 3 550 L 0 p q or he English watchmakers | 1 name, h > of -Staililess fait nd v Lord It 1 A. IL. Clay of orfolk, Va.. is * oull’s-eyes’ with improvements bi ©, he stands the pear of any near Rock Point, left on Thursday for | Bard 1b 0 800 \ e : 3 ) on the Virdge as man in th 3 Stively ¢ 1 0 9 o 3 theiguestof hisb other-in-law, Dr. | ce Virdge movement. I haven't in the community: is record Black Horse, Chester county, where| Sera re 1.0298 My I Newpher ’ teen aV Iris fr two or three years, | 188 been before the public for many ~ will visi 3 As a matter of fact, those -fash- a she will visit her daughter Mrs. U. 8. | yummalt 0 1 10 of Thomas]. Brofn and family |ioned key-winding Ta 1 M iy Stood theitest of. prblie G. Breckinridge. Strine c f 1 0 3.0 of have returned froma trip to Wild-] worth only what the silver in ihe it. If Y. ant fiir mah has impugned 9 "wa . y . a Sw Sr ; Rogaiohies 3b 1 1 1 1 3|wood, New Jersey.. cases amounts to. The metal repre- | his pak Cerorst his privatgaid of Killed at Marietta. Famer p 2 1 04 1 Christian L. Eby and wife left| Song, “vont @ dollar in value. TiS that yy neyer been spoken\gile An cast bound freight train struck and 8 8 21 8 ¢|yesterday for Buffalo and the Pan| {wo re Soren Only one orf. taunch, working Repub fatally injured Frederick Frey, a well |yjorin 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 o o—g| American Exposition the Tel ores a. my nidesy sppesls Wit ung known iron worker, of Marietta on Sunday | yponvill iQ . > apatite 5 ‘they are hye force to Republican yoters. onville0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 x—58 Simon B. Cameron Has taken ot useful in repair ami ; : s taken out pairing family heirlooms. nay be relied on to ably suppo What are they worth? Why, nothing at all as timepieces. The best wg to get one is to keep on inquires among the grandfathers and g-éat- uncles until you run across oxe, and then beg it or buy ite It is practical- W worthless, excepf-as a relic.” letters of administratio) on the es- tate of Christian Meckle’, deceased Harry Kreider and wift'of Phila= after spending two weekswith Geo, Durr, returned home last Saturday Benjamin F. Eberle slipjed and fell on a wet board, in his yrd last Tuesday, with such force \as to break a rib, Will Heilig and Howard Sioker will leave next Wednesday »r a week’s stay at the Pan Ameican Exposition. Mrs. Augustus Rauch of Lancg- ter, died last Sunday. She wasa sister of the late Levi Rickseck- of this place. A woods meeting Mumma’s ‘0 next Satur sound Republican principles and th splendid administration of President McKinley, and to reflect credit upon the old Ninth district, Mr. Brecht, the rival candidate, is well known in the publie ool cir cles of the county ; that h his only sphere of action. I in legislation, in public affa ally, he has net been a factor public life of this county. A po great weakness in the Brecht ca is the evident disposition to throw public school system of our county to factional politics, and to convert into a political machine in aid Brecht’s ambition, The remarkable situation is prese ed today of the office of County perintendent of Publi r the rent of which is paid ty for use ot schnell pu turned into 8. ‘political and crowded with am eiong who are endeavorini machinery of our great p system for the furtherance bition not alone of the County intendent in his Congressional ations, but in the hope that up can be built a political machine may aid them in their own selfish poses. Viewed from a friendly or friendly point of view, few will reg the present situation as an evide of a high sense of personal proprie such as should become one who piresto the office of Congressma Men who believe in real political re form will find little encouragement in this kind of polities. Go to the polls this afternoon, and vote for Hon. H. Burd Cassel for Con gress and condemn the effort to drag our public school system into the po litical mire, : ————— name r— More PMlount Joy News, A baby boy was born to Aaron Bie- grist and wife on Sunday morning. Twelve tickets vere sold at this, place. last Sunday for the Atlantic City excursion. The Reformedf’Mennonites will haye gerviees in theif church in this place on Sunday moffning, John L. Long has charge of Samuel N. Eby’s stora@iuring the time that 8 rusticates a will be held iL aa AEA 0 re shot a erane above th hat measured five feet six feet from tip to tip place, joined wit Marietta and Colt picnic at Chiques [I Misses Minnie Engle, w- ens, Gertrude Metzger, Grace Cling will leave next Tuesday for Atlan- tic City, where they will spend some time, Mrs. Benjamin L. Greider, who has been spending some time with Mrs. Steve J. Owens, left last Tues day for her home at East Orange, New Jersey. Misses Rachel Howard. May Kil i lian and Charles Clinton Roland, of Philadelphia, are spending some time in town, the guests of their grandfather John W. Roland. Henry U. Coble, marble dealer of Elizabethtown, placed a very nice and large granite stone in the Mouut Joy cemetery, last Monday, over the remains of A. J. Kolp. Miss Lida Sheaffer returned home after a six weeks’ visit to Cross Roads, York county, accompanied by her uncle J. Wesley Waltmyer and Miss Ida May Bell, of Cross Roads. The smouldering embers of a lot of burned rubbish, created consid— crable excitement, in a portion of the East ward, as it was first thought that the smoke eminated from a burning building. eee el Death of Miss Smnling. Miss Sarah Smaling, an aged and | highly respected lady of Mt. Joy, died at the residence of her broth- er-in-law, Postmaster F. G. Pen- nell, on Mount Joy street, on Mon- day morning, at one o'clock. The deceased was sixty-seven years of ‘age and was unmarried. The fun- | eral was held on Wednesday after- noon at two o'clock from here late | residence. Rev. Wayne Channell 'of the Methodist church, conducted the services: Interment was made in the Mount Joy cemetery. De- ceased was a mative of this place. She is survived by ome brother, | Aaron Smaling, Kewanee, Illinois, tand four sisters, Mrs. Mary Sny- |der of Hanover, Mrs, Frank Pen- or receiyed a car load of ; which he is selling ab + hic skohles ip thie bor- ller & Co:, will sell at public sale at Mx@irl’s hotel stock yards, in this place, on Friday of next week, a lot of cows, steers, &e. J. W Johnson, attorney for George G. Greiler, has entered suit against John M\feisey. of near Masterson= ville, to neover $350 on a note. Burgess\darry, of Mount Jcy, has approved t\s ordinance giving per- mission to t}e Lancaster & Mount Joy railway to ottupy Main street. 8 N. Eby oithis place,and Rev. H. M. Miller ¢f Fhrin, were last Monday elected directoMof the Mount Gretna United Brgthrefeamp meeting. A Few L¢sson®rom Church His- tory, will be the Mbject of Rev. A, R. King’s sermon in United Eyangel- ical chureb, next 8 day morning. The ice wagon John Stauffer, came in such close act ‘with the milk buggy of Elias tetter, on Mar jetta street, last Satu , a8 to break down the two rear wh of Hostett- er’s wagon. Miss Sophie Py her visitors Mrs. Ph town and Mrs. Abrah Altoona, left this morni to Sunbury. Henry Fry of Rapho while engaged at threshing raim Hertzler, last Friday, f scaffolding, injuring himself that he had to be hauled ho Dr. 8. M. Yutzy, a member faculty in the medical depart Michigan University, was prin Mount Joy schools 16 years ago. married on June 25 Miss Mario Daniei, of Ann Arbor, Mich. A party from town held a pri picnic at Chiques Park, last Wed day, going by way of Dearbeck’s b Among the party were John P Mrs. Philip Pyle and son James, Mi Sophia Pyle, Sam’l Gaffin, Mrs. Abral ham Farmer and Miss Lulu Owens. Wedding at onnt Joy: Prof. Edward Ranson Barclay, prineipal of the Mechanicsburg schools, and Miss Gussie M. Trexler, for a number of years a school teacher in Mt. Joy, were married last Wed-~ nesday morning, at g o'clock, at the home of the bride’s parents, E. Marsh Trexler and wife. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wayne Channell. The hduse was profusely jecorated for the occasion, Mrs, Oliver enecker played the Méndelsohn march. man was S. T. Barclay, brother of The bridesmaid was Luella he bride. (The ushers were { | | | Accused of Larceny. Clinton Eby of Rapho township, last Saturday brought a charge of lar- ceny against William Bebengern, a! butcher, in Colunbia. He accuses *" him of taking a steer out of his field | without his consent. The case was ite heard before Justice Zeller, who will er decide the case on Baturday of next th week. 8 All of them | were in attendance at the funeral. JE————————— Broke His Collarbone. Dr. James Ziegler of Mt, Joy, was thrown from his buggy while returning home from Marietta, last Saturday evening, by which he broke his collar bone. The fracture has been reduced by Pr, T. B, Apple of Lancaster: » :
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