VOL II. NO. 2. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Teachers Selected by th: Various Town- ship School Boards. West Donegal twp. school school bo ard organized June 2nd at Eliza bethtown, Isaac Wealand and Reu ben Good were sworn in as successor to Amos C. I'riday and A. S. Root who served their terms faithfully The following officers were elected. Reuben Good, Pres. Daniel Heisey Treas., Simon Garber Secretary. Building committee Daniel IHeisey, Simon Garber and Isaac Wealand. The Tuesday morning to make final arrangements entire board met for the new school house. The Mount Joy Borough School Board organized on Tuesday night as follows : President, J. Thomas Brown; gecretary, John VW. Eshle man ; Treasurer, M. M. Brubaker ; The other members of the Board are H. S. Newcomer, H. 5S. Garber and Gabriel Moyer. The term was fixed at eight months and the tax rate at 6 1-2 mills, The following teachers elected : Principdl, W. R. Heilig; High School, Susan P. Rohrer; Gram mer, Lulu Greiner ; Intermediate, Carrie Druckenmiller ; Fourth Prim- ary, Ada Moyer ; Third Primary, Lou Kuhns ; Second Primary, Eliza- beth Brubaker ; First Primary, Miss Andegpon ; Sub Primary, Mrs. Mary G. J@ller. school were » Rapho Township School organized as follows; Addison r, President; Eli G. Reist, tary, and David B. Eby, Treas- The other members are ph R. Shearer, Albert Erb and S. Eby. Teachers were ap=- ted for the coming year as fol=- 8: Newton Secondary, Rufus ple; Primary, Alice Strickler: ‘field, Elizabeth Shaub; Pike, i | ¥ : : iL Au. fei 16 43 — J yer; Back Run, EllJ slers, John B. Brubaker; Lincoln S. Simons. Maple Grove, Mame ss; Sporting Hill Secondary, Elias . Kready* Primary, Mary Snyder; hiques Hill, Mr. Eshleman, Mas brsonyille, George R. Drabenstabt, Fairview, John M. Kready, Chestnut stove, I. E. Zimmerman; McKinley Mary Rowe, Midway, Jacob B. Eby Pleasant Place, C. Emerson Rohrer Mount Vernon John K. Miller: Union Square, Minnie Earhart; Sun nyside, Annie Shiffer. The Board ducided to open the schools on the second Monday in September and fixed the term at seveu months: The salary will be $50 ‘per month. The directiors of the East Donegal school district met at Maytown on Monday and organized by electing M. R. Hoffman, president; S. S. Kraybill, se¢retary, and Amos F. Eaby, treasurer, The two new meuaibers of the board this year are Amos F. Eaby, and S. B. Lenhart. the later . having been elected a director after a lapse of twelve years. The teachers for the next term were elected as follows: Central High School, Prof. A. Kraybill, principal, Miss Laura A. Munson, assisant; Grammar school Miss Susie C. Beck; intermediate, A. S. Long— enecker: second primary. Miss Annie E. Root. first primary, Miss Bell Shetver. Lincoln High school, Prof. A.Stehman Herr, principal, John Campbell, assistant; primary Miss Laura Bell; principal, Miss Edith Cooper. Franklin, Mr. Runk principal; Bessie Johnston, assis- tant, Florin, Frank Herr, principal; Miss Katie Witmer, assistant. Uaion, John Simons, principal; Miss Rohrer, assistant. East Donegal ians are justly proud of their public schools. A new honor and financial as well as educational advantage now conies to them through the efficiency of their teachers, and the Central High School will hereafter be known as the State Central High School, beacause of the fact that the standard excellence has been attained, hich will entitle the school to a po appropriation for the addition hat now received from the source. N de THE WEEKLY BULI FLORIN, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, MOUNT JOY BOROUGH. | Landisville Gleanings. Tobacco planting has had a back- set on account of the continued dry | Happenings of the Week Told in a Brief weather, Yet Interesting Manner. Mrs. Kate of is spending a week in the family of John Herr, A. 1. spent a few hours among friends in Smith Lancaster, All the Lancaster boys were home on Sunday. Frank Eby of New York, is home Campbell, of Manheim, | for several days. A valuable colt died for. William ow i sdav ‘ . town on Wednesday, Scholing on Monday, Harry M. Hall of Columbia, lot David Garber of town, has a moved with his family to the -camp woods on Wednesday. of nice tobacco plants for sale. The Gable Barbara street, is being repainted. property, on North The funeral of Andrew Domer, which was held last Sunday fore- George Brown, made a tiip to Philadelphia with his automobile last week. Miss Katie Witmer and her niece Miss Miriam Shrite, are off on a noon, was very largely attended. Daniel Forry and wife and John Moseman and wife, of Lancaster, visited Mrs. Christian Hershey on Sunday. Andrew Baker of Nebraska, who has been visiting among friends and | relatives here, started for home on trip to Brunswick, Maine, Samuel Rinehart purchased of Martin Hiestand the brick property Wednesday. occupied by Elmer E. Brown. Rev. G. W. Welsh, pastor of St. | og Ay nish the music for the of Man- : : the Washington House this evening. heim, called upon a number of our) E The Foresters Band will not fur— : : 3 opening at Paul’s Reformed church ! > ’ people here on Tuesday. | A restaurant has been opened in Phie ‘blacksmith David, the basment of the Mount Joy Hall, shop of Long presents a pool’ room, busy appearance in connection witn the these dry days. Rehooping wheels| E. G. Myers, artesian well driller is the chief business at present. Bf Salunga, is sinking a well for While the fifteen year old daugh Reist, Nissley & Co. at their cream- ter of Jacob Musselman was dragg- | ery, near town. ing in a field near her home, the| Both vocal an instrumeutal music horses became frightened at a pass- | will be rendered at the strawberry ing train and ran out of the field |feftival in the Hall on. Friday and upon the road, where they ran into Saturday evening. a telegraph pole with'such violence| he necessary connections of pipes that one of the horses was killed, | was made on Monday and H. E. The girl escaped without injury. | Ebersole’s general store will here ee | after be lighted by gas. : Dogegat Springs ; Philip Frank and three grandchild- J. D. Cameron has arrived home ven, P. Frank Schock and Misses again, | Mary and Caroline Schock, will take Cyrus Schroll and C. L. Nissley a European trip in the near future. finished planting tobacco on Thurs- | 3 Ii o- , : ) | The William Dierolf store pro- day. : A op : perty, i Caaeast has Miss Ida Dupler left for Middle-- Tork die ne . "ob -~ pl vi «¢ ~ LY D By wi ®: she is visiting her par- | _. . 2 S g het] ville, who will shortly open a shoe end, been from LION ha NOCH TX = ents. 3 store. Cyrus Schrell, wife and son Roy, 5, 4500unt of the ever increasing trade, C. H. Zeller had a 4-horse- power Olds gasoline engine installed which will be used in making ice visited Samuel Rutherford on Suan- day. Wallie Graham and friend visit d the former’s parents in Cumberland ream. county ove: Sunday, John Bombach, engineer at the A daughter was born to Joseph borough water works, has tendered Keller died on hig resignation. He will continue Wednesday and was buried in the 'at his duties until his successor is Donegal graveyard. and wife which elected. Hon. J. D, Cameron will al from open E. C. Hertzler, who succeeded S. private Donegal to N, Eby in the general store business Rheems’ Station, a distance of two'ig daily making alterations to his miles. This is the nearest railroad place of business. ~ This. week a peint to his beautiful twelve hund- pew glass front will be put in. red acre patch of farming land. road ee —— Other Mount Joy Locals | The Alonzo Hatch company gave a good entertainment in the hall on Sat Death Near Saiunga. Mrs. Susan Garber, widow of the late Reuben Garber, of Garber’s; : Mills, near Salunga, died on Thurs | Urday evening : day at her home from a complica | Children’s Day services were observ- of | ed in the Evangelical Methodist and | Bethel Churches in this place on Sun— | day evening. [Excellent programmes we e rendered and the little folks quitted themselves nicely. tion of diseases, after an illness only nine days. Deceased was the seventy-third year of her and is survived by two sons, drew M. Garber of Salunga Christian M. of near Mountville. She was a consistent of the Dunkard church and had a large circle of friends who will regret to hear of her death. The funeral was held from her late home on Sun- day morning at 9 o'clock, with ser— vices at the Mennonite church at Salunga at 10 o'clock. Interment was made in the Silyer Spring cem-— etery. in age An-- and | ac- There are some trick riders at Mount Joy but Harry Shelly is none of them which proved true on Sunday when he tried to ride a bicycle without handle— { bars in froct of the Lutheran church We would advise him to try it in some alley next time. No bones were brok- en but several of his New Year resolu— member tions were. On Sunday a west ender told his son that he had not yet milked the gecat. A bystander immediately volunte ered to do the wilking. He got a two gal- lon creck and went to the stable and An Abundance of Locusts, Kinderhook can probably boast East Donegal Items. Peter Troutwine is having his house repaired. Henry Hiestand planted his. corn field the second tima, : Miss Maud Kaylor is visiting her friends at Philadelphia. Daniel Musser purchased a Bemis tobacco planter last week. Joseph Habecker had a telephone put in his residence last week. She mason work on Elam Myers’ new barn is neariy completed. George Derr and wife of Reading were the guests of Jacob Hoflines and family, last week, The Strickler brothers have. start- ed to haul stone from DB. F. Iiest- and’s quarry to Vesta furnace. Mrs. Atibert Strickler from the hospital at Philadelphia. Her condition is somewhat improved The local board of health has is— sued notices prohibiting traflic to and from Columbia on account of returned small pox. Andrew Stoll farmed two and one-fourth acres of seedleaf tobacco for Elam Myers, which weighed 5,492 pounds. Tobacco planting has started on almost every farm in this viciaity. Some are planting with machines and others the old way. Edith Inners, who, for several years had been employed as” a do- mestic in Monnt Joy, has accepted a position in a silk mill at Lancaster -—r Teachers Appointed The Mount Joy Township School Board met in the Florin Grammar school on Saturday and made the following appointments : Florin Grammar, D. H. Singer ; Primary, Miss Anna May Hoover ; Oak Dale C. A. Wiley ; Pleasant Hill, Miss Eshleman ; Fairview, Mr. Burk- holder ; Barnes, Mr.. Hoffer ; Rock- ville, Miss Kahn ; Bellaire, -I. W. ;- ~Risser’s, Miss Engle ; North Milton Young's, | Eshleman Ginder’s, Miss Sue Brandt ; M. Hersliey ; Grove, Miss Edwards * Miss Mab:l Grosh ; Brememan’s, N, Eastern, 3. (rautz. ee Awarded the Contract. E. L. Nissley, the extensive to— bacco dealer of this place, who pur: chased the Myers’ farm, at the Cross Roads, is greatly improving the buiJdings thereon, “The most ’ important changes are being made : at the dwelling. Mr. Nissley re- ceived bids from John L. Arnold, of Lancaster, Stump & Muller, of Marietta, and Jos. B. Gantz of Mt. Joy, for doing the plumbing. The : latter, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in this paper, was award- ed the contract and speaks well for the young man. t i Keep Your Eyes Open, I just wish to plainly state that the recent action of the Board of Health at Mount Joy to prevent small pox was a good move but now I would advise them to enforce it. There is a young lady in that borough who is employed in a silk mill at Colambia and goes home every Sunday, Then again there are saveral families at Newtown whose children work at Columbia and Mt. | Joy and return home every day. Should this be allowed ? An Observer. Judgment Against Philip Frank. The jury in the case of Albert Guhl against” Philip Frank before Judge Livingston at Lancaster on Thursday, reached a verdict after began milking and if some one would not have told him he might be at it Af er trying of more 17-year locusts than any They exist there tn large swarms and are a feast for the chickens. One far- mer of that vicinity told a reporter that his chickens absolutely refuse 70 eat corn preferring the locusts. - Bainbridge Wedding. Dr. Winfield Missimer Thome, son of Dr. Thome, of Milton Grove, and Miss Gertrude G. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon H. Engle, of Bainbridge, will be married on Thursday, June 12. othe section in this vieinity. yet. only a few months old. whether he would attempt to milk pigeons. EE — Opening at Mount Joy. Charles Willer, proprietor of the Washington House at Mount Joy, will hold a grand opening Wednes- day evening, June 18. The Fores- ter’s band will furnish the masic. Everybody is invited to come and about a helf hour of the plaintiff for $1,031.32. Henry he found he was trying to milk a kid Wonder spend an enjoyable evening. long deliberation, finding .in favor Carpenter and W .U. Hensel, attor— nies fof plaintiff; Coyle & Keller for defendant. Board Organized. "Fhe Mount Joy township School Board met on Monday at Hotel Milton Grove for organization and elected the following officers : Pres. ! D. B. Eshelman; Sec. Elmer Strick- ler ; Treas, H. H. Myers. Teach- ers for the township were appointed on Saturday. town, West Donegal township. toes. an experienced potato farmer. day from 2 o’clock to 5. did not seem very great to take advantage ef the 5 per cent discount gtition to catch Sea NS due here at 12.30. N where down the balance and rebuild, put- ‘(ting a flat roof on. they will be able todo all sorts of work on short notice. Middletown, come to this place and be on lookout for soms persons who are reported having thrown a stone into the window of a passing train last Friday morning, due here at 5 o’- clock. ledge of the guilty person, but was unable to get any trace. RHEEMS STATION. What Transpires in the Busy Village « West of Here Jacob Saunders Ezra S and wife vircited ouders and wife last Sunday. seorge Floyd, West supervisor recoived by freight two bundles two-incly pipe.to where P. M, Charleston KE. H. Hersh repaired the large traction engine for Phares Landis, Donegal bo used resides. by putting in an entire new set » flues requiriug 10 honrs Toxgyoplete it. = John Wolgemuth, clerk and book- keeper for 3. G. Graybill, left for Phila. last Saturday, accompanied by William Winters, of Elizabeth— town. ; Jacob Erb and wife, of Karsas are visiting Ephraim Hernley, of near this place, at present, expect- ing to remain in Penna. for a few months. EK. H. Hersh erected an iron fence around the yard of Mr. Choic near Maytown last Monday. is an invention makes a fine appearance. This fence of his own and The High C Lime and stone Co. are running their stone crusher at present filling orders in Elizabeth- also furnishing ballast for - to us Samuel Wormley reports that he has had a mess of new pota. as He Sam claims a reputation raised them in his garden. Old K. U. tower which stood close tv.the warehouse, was removed by Middletown work train last Satur- d fine view for west bound train. ay. This gives the operators a John S.\gg¥veler, tax collector, West Donegal twp., received State and Co. tax in this place last Satur— The rush Saturday noon W. Ii. Heisey had iis son Henry take him to Florin hore Express, They covered he distance, which is 3 1-2 miles 1n 11 minutes,. with the horse Topsy attached to a buggy. S. G. Grabill, is stock yard, expecting to erect a arge engine house where he will lace a large engine to run his nill and elevators. Owing to the nerease of business he cannot get removing the along satisfactory without this power, : Isaac Groff is excavating for his ew machine shop. He will roll the western side of the building to he has dug out, and tear After completed detective Michael of orders to the P. R.-R. received z He endeavored to get know- General Notes. A few time—worn dollar bills cirenlating, flavored with carbolic— are acid. . Ira Hess and Ellen ‘P. Eby, both ob Mt Joy were granted a marriage license. : The Marietta School Board has fixed that borough’s tax rate at six mills for'school purposes and two and one-half mills for the sinking fund. The North American said on Wednesday that a cat got kittens in a $30 bonnet in Philadelphia. The same thing happened in Mari. etta thirty years ago. A Lady living on Market street had a love of a bonnet, She put it into a hat box after church. That night the cat found it and nestled a brood of four kittens in it. the rest. You may guess W he “ Mastersonville Mites i: B. 8. Stauffer and family visited, ro=| latives and friends at Neffsville and vicinity Sunday. hig TEE The German Baptist. Brethren will hold their annual love feast at Chigues Hill next Tuesday and Wednesday. Nathan E. Griner, who was sistant operator at - the creamery for the last three years, quite work on the last of May. by Elias S. Heisey, formerly of the lagle mill. Samuel Felker, is a supply of coal for” the winter, nless the strike situation he is better off than those who have not yet supplied themselves with as~ He. is succeded hauling busy change the necessary article. William Rice, supervisor of Rap- ho township, with a force of work- men is busy macadamizing the pub- lic roads through this section this week. He knows how to make roads and does it, too. Joseph F. Greiner, in addition to the new buildiny erected this spring, will” have all his other buildings painted this TF. Spickler, of this place, has secured the contract to do the work, The Messrs Gingrich Bros of Lawn are handling the bulk of cattle feed in this section. Almost daily herds are being driven through our village by their assistants to Lawn, their shipping point and the supply is not sumnier, and B. yet exhiusted. Tobacco planting is retarded by the present drought. - Several plant- ing machines have been placed in this vicinity and are used occasionally and with seeming success. Unless it fails to rain for toolong a time, this seems the only safe way to start the plants. A Horrible Death Rlmer, the sixteen-year-old son of Benjamin Musser, who resides on a farm on the Maytown & Eliza=- bethtown turnpike, about two miles from the former place, met a horri— ble death on” Monday evening about four o’clock. - The yonng man was on his way home and at the farm of Cuvier Spangler, the bolts holding the shafts broke and fell on the hor- se’s hoofs. This frightened the an— imal and away he ran. or other the lines became with the young man’s feet and he was pulled out of the wagon and dragged along, The horse ran to the Jacob Souder’s farm and down return he In some way tangled a lane and when was caught by Harvey Souders. The young man was still fast to the lines and when picked up was lifeless. He was dragged about a mile and was badly bruised about the head | and body. The young man’s many friends will regret to hear of his fa- i | tal accident, a | Journalistic Comment. The Florin Bulletin entered up- on its second yolume with the issue | of June 4th and its publisher is to be congratulated upon its advance | and improvement during that time, : the public by its patronage appreci- | ating the effort to give every inter— esting local happening in its columns as the weeks go by.—Marietta Reg- | ister. i «“T'he Weekly Bulletin” of Flor- in, has just entered upon its sccond volume. It wasa good paper a, year ago and is much better now. | An entire page of bright snappy | locals tells how it keeps watch on what is going on in its special local- ity. It has been a ‘great success, | and proposes tobe a still greater one in the future, Papers like the Bulletin are a credit to local journ— alism.—Lancaster Daily New Era. i | | Off for the Philippines. David Witmer, who re-enlisted into the navy, after spending the winter at Mare Island, California, 1s again on active duty. He sailed aboard the supply ship Solace, for Cavita, P. L. They will sail along the Asiatic coast for some time and return to New York by November, when he expects to visit old Mount Joy _again-—Meunt Joy Herald. What Tra & ing the latter’s parents a | coach tr pais pe li ins rt mpi ied) A YEAR | a MANY LOCAL NOTES. nspired in Our Busy Vil ago Since the L:s! Issue. ‘ia tpn Sati Bert Fisher of Lancaster Sunday in town. E. 8. Weaver took alot of horses to Lancaster on Monday. “spent Miss Barry Hostetter was at Elizabethtown on Saturday. The Democratic Conyention will meet at Lancaster on Monday, Miss Blanche Zeller spent a few days at Mount Gretna last week. E. If. Heiner will attened the Re— publican convention at Harrisburg. Wm. Widman jr., made a busi— ness trip to Middletown on Wednes-+= day. E. L. Nissley bought nine lots of ground of H. P. Baerat private sale for $500. . Charles Warner and wife are pay- visit in this place. Rumor has it that a string band will be organized in town in a very short time. Watches and clocks repaired promptly by Harry Peopple, Monnt Joy,and all work guaranteed. Walter Kraybill of Steelton, was the guest of his uncle, Peter Kray— bill on Kriday and Saturday. > Note the ad. of D. W. Kautz the-new baker, in ‘another column. He sells Gunzenhauser’s bread, David Abel and friend of ° spent Sunday in town the g the former’s parents at the A festival and cake walk wi held in the i'lorin park by the 8 ored folks on Saturday evening. Mrs. Sadie Donaven and Miriar Baer of Ilarrisburg, are spending their yacation with H. P. Baer ahd wife. 7 Miss Lottie Dieter and her friend Mr. Fortenbaugh of Harrisburg spent Sunday with the family of Martin Rudy of Lancaster. Miss Lillie Giberson and gentle man friend of Middletown, the guests of the Mrs. Frank Fornwalt on Sunday. were former's sister, W hat has become of our Joint correspondent ? We have an idea he is spending all his spare time with the fair sex. How about it H? We are pleased to say that our friend 1. B. Nissley is about again and is fast,recovering from his se— vere fall at Donegal algut a week a0 ag 0. Misses Tillie and Daisy Pansing;. Abe Shelly and Peter Shank, of Philipsburg, Ohio, returned home- after spending several days very pleasantly with the family of H. G. Shelly, near town. Samuel Becker, our prosperous builder, and Miss Alice Tschudy of Milton Grove, were he home of Our best united in marriage at t the bride on Sunday. wishes accompany them. W. H. Schutte, our merchant, purchased the Myers’ orks, enierprising. property, formerly a coach opposite the hotel, at prival on Saturday, The sale was through real estate agent C. Hj ler at Mount Joy. Considg $3,000. A very pleasant time was all present at the home off Emma: Widman one evening last week, Music was the feature of the even ing. Frank Way of Mount Joy, assisted on the cornet. Instrumen— tal music was furnished by Messrs. Walters and Nentwig. Hands Off These Boxes. The postoffice authorxities here have been notified by the general postoffice to make public an act of Congress recently become a Ia which makes it an offense aga the general government to tear down or steal the boxes of ry free delivery services, or to s the mail from such boxes. penalty is a fine of $1,000: or years’ imprisonment. = See
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