To hi | "VOL. IL. NO 2 ~ \ N N FLORIN, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, / Th » VEMBER { ’ HE WEEKLY "BULLETIN 27, 1901. 00 CENTS A YEA H MOUNT JOY ITEMS. The News of our Neighboring Borough in a Condensed Form. S. S. Royer is on the sick list. Benjamin Connelly jr. is on the sick list. A. S. Flowers offers his desirable residence at private sale, D. H. Engle supplied the pews for the new Mennonite church at Ephrata. John Diffenderfer has secured employment in the cotton mill at Lancaster. A party will be held in the Mt. Joy hall on Saturday evening, De- cember 7th. A carpet has been purchased for the audience room of the United Brethren church. Union Thanksgiving services will be held in the Evangelical church on Thursday. St. Mary's Catholic church held a supper in the hall of their church on Saturday evening. Rain prevented the game of foot ball between F. & M. Academy and the local team on Saturday. A hog chase will be held at the Farmers’ Inn on Thanksgiving af- ternoon. Don’t miss the fun. €. K. Bennett will sell 35 head of Blair county cows at his stock yards on Monday, December 2. A case of diphtheria developed in the family of John Shires, his g- year-old son Paul being effected. Phomas J. Brown is having the excavation made for a stong and brick wall around his residence property on East Main street. At a raffling at the Washington House on Saturday evening, Oliver Spickler. John Shires, William Frank and Charles Derr each won a turkey. Mrs. Lillie Pritz of this place, charged Walter Pritz, of Marietta, with deserting her on their wedd- jng day, March 17. He was or- dered to pay her $2 a week. The Farmers’ Creamery company is erecting a new building, the foundation for which, is already laid, in which a plant will be erect- ed for extracting sugar from whey. H. S. Newcomer is putting Ce= lumbian hot air heaters into the two new houses of J. R. Grissinger on Marietta street and in the new house being built by Ezra Zercher near town. The Active Juniors of Columbia a o 3 0 -~ Real Estate Sales. S. S. Kissinger's 13-acte improved tract in Penn township to Emanuel 8. Trout of Rapho for $2,695. The Shaffner property in Manheim, recently purchased by Jacob N. Shaff- ner of Maytown, to A. R. Zug of Mas- tersonville, on private terms. Chas. H. Zeller, auctioneer, sold a house and lot of ground in the village of Newtown, property of Mary Horna- fius to Fred. Kemmerly for $500. A lot of ground in Marietta borough with a two-story brick house. Seized as the property of A. R. Lutz. Sold to Charles H. Zellers for $40, subject to a mortgage of $610. ——e tims Absolutely Safe, One of the best inyestments in Co- lumbia is the first mortgage bonds cov- ering the Masonic Temple ; pays four per cent. clear of taxes ; interest pay- able April and October. Your money is absolutely safe. Not two years ago we opened this bank, confident in the belief that good service would bring good business. Our expectations have been more than realized. To all our custqmaers and friends we extend thanks | and respectfully solicit their continued good will and patronage. Those who are not our customers are invited to give us a trial. For time deposits we pay 314 per cent. Corumeia Trust CoMPANY, Ra Pegth of Mrs. Elizabeth Hossler. Elizabeth Hossler, widow of the late Michael Hossler, late of Rapho town- ship, died on Wednesday night at 11 o'clock at the home of her son-in-law, Simon Keener, at Silver Springs, in | her 83d year. She is survived by the’ following childrey ; Jahn, of Rapho | township ; Mrs. Martin Risser of Mt. | Joy township ; Mrs. Simon Keener of | Silver Springs. The funeral was held | in the Mount Pleasant church, on Mon- | day at 10 o'clock. Interment in the | Hossler grave-yard. | a AEE. | A New Project. | | A meeting was held on Friday even- ing, in Marietta, the object being the organization of a company to opcrate an automobile-omnibus line between Marietta and Maytown. Considerable | enthusiasm was manifested in the pro- | ject. Tt is the intention to have built 2 23-horse-power steam motor carriages, each capable of carrying twenty pass- engers, which will make hourly trips | between the two places. The new pro-, ject will also carry the mails, - Two Foot Ball Victims. i | Frank Schock of Mount Joy, had a, small bone breken in the left leg, four | inches above the ankle in 3, game at F. # . sday. NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF, ’ Local Happenings as Reported by Our Many Reporters. Mrs. George Flowers is on the sick list. Henry Schlegelmilch is nursing a carbuncle, Cnrist Risser was in Harrisburg on Saturday. Elmer Schlegelmilch was at May town Sunday. Allen Sprout of Landisville, wa s here on Sunday. E. S. Weaver sold twenty-two horses last week. Miss Gertie Sprout was at Lan- disville on Sunday. E. F. Heiner is a juryman at Lancaster this week. Mrs. John Raffensberger was in Lancaster last Saturday. Mary Myric visited triends at | Rheems last Wednesday. Revival services closed in the M. E. church on Sunday evening. Amos Eicherly finished taking "down his tabaceo on Monday. David Myers of Middletown, spent Monday with his parents. John B. Myers and wife east of town, are lying ill for some time. Amos Sheaffer and Amos Risser were jurymen at Lancaster last week, : Charles Good and family re- turned home trom Atglen on Sat- urday, Mr. Miller is the guest of his son Rev. H. M.Miller at the U, B. par- sonage, John Hambright now at Leba- non Valley college, was home over Sunday. Harry Brandt and family were | the guests of Henry Young's on Sunday, Ed. Booth, mother and Miss My- ra, were at Philadelphia last Wed- nesday. Max Nentwig received fourteen cords of wood from Elizabethtown on Saturday. New Market wagon for sale cheap or will exchange for pork or beef. Apply at this office. The River Brethren held a love- feast at Cross Roads church on Sat- urday evening. Watches and clocks repaired prompt- ly by Harry Peopple, Mount Joy, and all work guaranteed. Mids Estg i" E. S. Weaver will not move to Milton Grove as heretofore an- nounced, having decided to remain a citizen of this place. = He now offers to rent the hotel at that place Rev. H. ¥. Denlinger of Iancas- ter and Rev. Albert Sumner of Annville, assisted Rev. H. M. Mil- ler on Sabbath in the revival servi- ces in the United Brethren church. Ten pupils were forced to leave the Joint schoolin Mount Joy town ship and a new school has been opened in West Donegal township at Rheems with twenty-three pu- pils. Alfred Roth of West Donegal and Miss May Greenly of Eliza- bethtown, were united in marriage yesterday at the home of the bride by Rev. Martin Rutt. ‘They left today for Philadelphia. Death of John A. Strine, John A. Strine, a former resident of East Donegal township, died Wednes- day night at his home in Columbia, aged 82 years. Six weeks ago he fell and fractured his right hip, since when he gradually succumbed to the inevit- able. The funeral was held on Satur day morning with interment in the family burial plot in East Donegal town ship, near Maytown. ——e Two Men Killed. Two men lost their lives in the ‘‘cut” west of Kheemg Station, on the Pennsylvan- ia Railroad, between 2.30 and 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. They were seen walk- ing along the railroad by a track watchman and he noticed them cross from the north to the south track, on which they were going eastward when struck by Limited Express east, running at a high rate of speed. The bodies were taken to tiheems, where Dep- uty Caoraner Frank Miller, of Eligabethtown held an investigation. 1he victims could not be identified. They appeared to be working men about 43 years of age. The bodies were interred in Mount Tunnel cem- etery at Elizabethtown on Monday, EE Should be «“Bookz1" Better. Farmers do not study market prices close- ly, though the daily papers give them reg- ularly. The farmer who keeps himself well informed regarding prices of farm products does not ship to market and wait for re- turns, not knowing whether he will receive a profit or sustain a loss; hut sells at the opportune time, and saves himself anxiety and annoyance. Every man, even the far- mer, is more or less in business and should practice business methods if he desires to succeed, AP eense Slight Railrgad Wreck. A slight wreck occurred on the Pennsyl- vania railroad on Sunday night at Drubak- er’s Crossing, near Salunga, caused by the flange of a car wheel on an east-bound freight train drawn by engine No. 545 breaking ‘The car and eabin of the train were wrecked, blocking both tracks and delaying ty vo hours. eneral News. in in six weeks accounts kk of the Susquehanna. Only one slight for the low water ma The commission in th matter of dividing Elizabethtown borough presented their re- port against division. x, Jacob B. Kready of Raph¢, and Amand. S. Bard of Mount Joy township, were granted a marriage license. A small locktender’s shanty at Chickies, along the Pennsylvania canal, was destroyed by fire shortly before ten o'clock on Sunday evening. The fair of the Citizen's band, of May- town, is meeting with abundant success. The fair will be continued every evening until Nov, 30. Joseph H, Robberts of Marietta was granted a pension of $6 per month and $35 back pay for a gun shot wound received in Southern Luzon, Jacob Hesslett of Rapho township, raised four stalks of cotton this past summer that were over seven feet tall and each had over one hundred bloosoms, many of which matured. Henry Miller, with one exception the old- est resident of Manheim, died on Saturday evening, aged uinety-two years, one month, and eleven days. The funeral will be held this forenoon. Sometime during Saturday night thieves made a raid on York Haven, apposite Col- ling’. The Northern Central Railroad Sta- tion and hotel were entered $70, in cash and some liquor wag stolen, Every house in Manheim is rented, says the Sentinel, and there are quite a num ber of families who know not whither to move or where to go in the spring. Twenty-five new houses ought to be erected at once. A peach orchard of 2,500 trees has been set out and an apple orchard of the same extent will be started. Much, timber will be cleared off in arder to devote the land to fruit culture on the Welsh mountains. The young folks will hold a sociable Frey's Union Square Hotel, Rapho town- ship, on the evening of thanksgiving Day. A first-class orchestra will be present, and an exceptionally good time is in stoye for all who attend. David F, Horst and famfly of Kansas met with a great misfortune recent- ly. They formerly resided in Rapho town- ship.. Their residence was ruined by fire, + piano, 400 quarts of canned fruit and a lot of clothing was burned. reff ree e at Freeport A Family Fight. The case of David H, Miller charged by his father-in-law, Michael Young, of Sporting Hill, with aggrayated assault and battery was before court on Friday, he aged gentleman swore that July20, Miller met him on a public road outside of his house (hey had some angry words concerning re- ports circulated about viller. Young claim- ed that siller then struck him on the face, knocked him down and kicked him break- ing three ribs. For the défense it was claimed that when Miller charged Young with interfering with his family affairs Young called the former a liar and struck at him. Miller then slapp- ed Young on the face. The latter tried to kick Miller, who grabbed hisfather-in-law’s Young fell, and Miller claims that The leg. his injuries were caused by the fall. defendant denied doing any kicking. The jury rendered a verdict of acquittal and divided the costs between the parties. ——— RR e— 211 for Philosophy of Revelry, Benson—But dow't you think this way of spending your evenings is rather unsatisfactory? Harris~—0, I don’t know. When I'm having a good time at night I don’t al- low myself to think of the headache I'm going to have next morning. In “the morning I try to forget the head- ache by thinking of the jolly time I had the night _before.—Boston Transcript. I A RE nn, A Word of Caution, “Yes, doctor, 1 want to see you. It’s about my wife. Shels got something in her throat that hurts her just as soon as she gets to talking. She’s coming over to see you herself.” And you'll be careful, won't you?” “About removing it?” “No. About not removing it!” Cleveland Plain Dealer. Professional Ambition, “TI hope, some day, to see my daughter's name on a doctor’s sign,” said the match-making mother. “Ab, indeed,” said the young physi- cian; “is she studying medicine?” “No; but I am anxious for her to marry a doctor.”—Yonkers States- man. Nataral Sequence, Mrs. Grawells—I do wish you would give up smoking, John. Growells—1’ll do nothing of the kind. I intend to smoke as long as 1 live. Mrs. Growells—Yes, and after that you'll begin to blaze.—Chicago Daily News. Solace for the Obscure. Don’t sorrow though you are forgat Amid the world’s dissensions; The biggest nuisance frequently Attracts the most attention. —=Washington Star, 3 Strange Antiseptic Method of Treat« ing Wounds Adopted by In- dian Mgdicine Men. From a late adventure among the Passamaquoddy Indians who live on the borders of New Drunswick Dr. Robert Loud, of Boston, who has been hunting bears in the Maine woods for the past month, believes that the abor- iginal inhabitants of America are pos- sessed of a wide knowledge of medicine and surgery, using some methods which may be adopted into general practice with benefit to the public. Late in August while camping on the Micmac river he had the misfortune to cut a deep gash in his leg, which bled 5 MISS BASCOM’S WEDDING. A Thanksgiving Episode Which Ended Happily tor All Conéérned, By sakes! Polly, you dom’t tell me that you're going to mar: ===dl ry Eph Iawson?’ and Mrs Thomson took her hands from the dougl and looked at the prim figure at the win dow, for Polly Bascom was trim and § mite over 40. . “On Thanksgiving day, Sarah. I'd like to know if I haven't as good a right to—"' “To be sure you have; but there’s the parson, who lost his wife last year and who wants another helpmeet.” “And there’s the Widow Jones and Miss Stickle,” said Polly. “I can’t help she par- son out this time.” “Really, I didn’t know it had gone so far. Why, what have you done towards the weddin’? This is the twenty-third—"" “And I'm as ready as I ever will be.” “As ready as you've been for 20 years,” and Mrs. Thomson went back to her work. Suddenly she looked up. “Who's goin’ to give the bride away?” she asked, abruptly. “We're mot goin’ to have any such hifa lutin’ proceedings,” pursed the bride-to-be. HELD OUT HER HAND TO THE PARSON. “T'd like to ask the privilege of bein’ man ried in your house, Sarah.” “Ta be sure. To be sure,” was the prompt rejoinder. ‘Anything to see you started well in life, if it isa little late.” And thus the matter was settled. Miss Polly Bascom began at once to pre. pare for the greatest event in her life. Mr. Lawson was a man of her own age, a timid bachelor who thus far had escaped the pitfalls of love, and who, like Polly, had come te the conclusion that ere long it would be too late to wed. 3 His courtship had extended over a series of months and some said that at the last moment he would “back out” and leave Polly still in the matrimonial market. Thanksgiving morning. found Polly ready for her nuptials. The whole neighborhood was on the qui vive. And why shouldn’t it be? Polly Bascom and Eph Lawson. Did you ever? “I say, Polly, what if Parson Trimble had asked you first?’ queried Mrs. Thom- son, as she looked at Polly in her wed ding gown. “But he didn’t. He had more than one good chance, Sarah, and you know that I don’t want to miss this one,” and Polly laughed as she surveyed herself in tne mir ror. The hour of seven came on apace and the little parlor in the Thomson home had been arrayed for the occasion. The few :ovited had come, and aq itin- boon on
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