VOL VII. NO. 10 : 3 or \ mma torr iy = THE CIRCULATION OF THE WEEKLY BULLETIN EXCEEDS THAT OF 9 2 The Union Picnic Many Mount Joy People Spent Yester- day at Rocky Springs Tue-day was Mount Joy’s day at Rocky Springs, the occasion being the union picnic of all the Sunday Schools. The weather was :xceed- ingly pleasant and could not have been better suited to the oeecasion The factor- ies, manufacturing plants, general had it been ordered. stores and groceries were closed in order that all could be given an opportunity to attend. As early as 5.30 people departed for their destination but the Sun- day Schools in general left between the hours of 7 and 8 a. m. A num- ber of extra cars were required to get the crowd to Rocky. A spec- ial freight ear conveyed all the baskets down at 8.30 andweturned with them in the evening. Sixteen cars were required aside from the regular cars, to get the crowd to Rocky. In the evening the people began arriving home as early as four o’clock. The day was very oller skating, pleasantly bathing and riding on the “Figure Eight” together with the Roof Garden and the game of ball at Rossmere, attracted the majority of the crowd. It if estimated that almost 2,000 people took part in our nual picnic. A spent. an- delegation from the rural districts were in ev- idence. large Up to this time we have not heard of a single accident that oc- curred yesterday and this was one of the most successful union pienies ever held by the Sunday of the borough. Much credit is due the committee that spared neither time or trouble in making the event a success. Schools Picnic Pickups Rocky Springs, 1907. Where was our band? Mae lost her lunch box. The crowd missed Timmy. Nearly 2,000 at our pienie. ‘Who put his foot in Bill’s lunch basket? The stout lady says skating is violent exercise. An earthquake at Peoples. Mrs. You Know, fell. Revs. Reitzel and Stewart among the bathers, Some of our most prominent bus iness men “had skates on.” . The barber was sorry he could not feed the monkeys peanuts. Sallie says: “‘No more roller skat ing for mine.”. Can you blame her? Joe was busy piloting the motor boat the greater part of the day. Charles DeLong thinks the Tom Thumb railroad is all to tard. Miss Elsie Battye is carrying her arm in a sling the result of a slight accident. were the mus- The lady that never had an auto- mobile ride took advantage of the Figure Eight, | \ —— 1 OBITUARY NOTES Emanuel Kpiber is dead at Eliz- abethtown, aged 38 years. Miss Minnie Gochnauer of Man- heim, died on Thursday of con- sumption, aged. 20 years Benj. F. Shields, the oldest river pilot in Marietta, dropped dead on the street on Friday, aged 80 years. Mrs. Barbara Sherk, who has been living with her daughter Mrs. Benjamin U. Gantz, half a mile north of town, died on Sunday af ter a lingering illness of several years, death resulting from infirm- ities due to old age. She was a member of the Florin U. B. church and was eighty years of age. She leaves one son Dr. Nehemiah Sherk of Kansas City, Kansas, who read medicine under the late Dr. Zieg- ler; two daughters, Mrs. John My- ers of Marietta, and. Mrs. Benjamin U. Gantz of near town. Deceased is a brother of ex-county treasurer of near town. The funeral will be held this after- noon with services in the Methodist ehurch at two Interment will be Ilorin cemetery. Steven Grissinger Florin o'clock. the made in Scared at Trolley—Ran Off A son of Reuben Hostetter came driving down Marietta street Saturday evening when his scared at a trolley car. The mal ran down Marietta street and ran into the iron fence at the resi- dence of John Hoffer. Mr. Hos- tetter was thrown out but escaped injury. The vehicle was slightly damaged and the Mrs. J. E. Hoffer and Mrs. M. M. Leib were occupying the front porch at the time and were greatly frightened. on horse ani- harness torn Erie sf Thief at Campmeeting. Some time within the days a spring, mattress last few. and bed clothing for a cot disappeared from the “Wheatland” boarding on the Landisville campmeeting grounds. As the theft was of an unusual nature, Dr. Charles H. Rorer, spiritual director of the camp. took occasion at the services on Friday evening to make pub- lic announcement of - the ence. house, oceur- la P. R. R's. Changes Mechanics are now busy setting curbing and laying a brick walk on the north side of the tracks at the passenger depot, This the plank walk which was about worn out. The same kind of a walk will be laid on the south side as soon as the present one is con- demned. New plank will also be laid on almost every town. replaces bridge in —— : Went To New York State / “On Sunday evening Messrs Charles Haines, Mifflin Ressler and Wilson Schroll left for Canandai- gua, N Y., wherethey havesecured Mrs. Shelly says Manager Grif- fiths’s supply of whips was entirely too limited. Messrs. Mumma and Stoler had | a lease on the toboggan-—but they couldn’t float. Charlie says the picnic was O. K. but that three hour trolley ride home, was not. The base ball fiends amused shemselves trying to make Maud Kick. Their success was fair. Ex-Burgess H. C. Schock among the graceful artists on the rink. It must be remembered that we had a rink here years ago. Fanny positively refused to al- low her husband to join the bath- ers unless accompanied by the life saving crew, Jake got even by taking a bath when he came home was -- Not Treichler But Brinser Last week we mentioned in our columns that Dr. Vere Treichler of Elizabethtown, rented the rooms formerly occupied by the late Dr. Harry. This was a mistake the rooms were rented by Dr, J. E. Brinser, Osteopath, of Elizabeth- town, who is a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Missouri. Dr. Brinser as employment at their trades, mould- ing. They were all employed at the Grey Iron here. ——— - / Mr. Garber Will Build \/ Carpenter Benj. Garber pur: chased a lot of ground from Clinton Eby on the west side of North Barbara, adjoining property of Harry K. Miller, where he will erect a handsome dwelling in the near future. ia A Shower of Handkerchiefs AV, On Saturday Levi G. Dillinger was tendered a handkerchief sur- prise the occasion being his birth- day. He received forty costly presents. Levi can now blow him- self for some time to come, —— ’ 4 Was This Dog Mad? A «canine belonging to Harry Peoples, was about town Monday morning and showed signs of being mad, the until He was frothing from mouth and was very weak finally the dog fell dead. ls Cars Every 40 Minutes \./"" All day Sunday the public en- joyed and took advantage of the forty minute trolley service be: tween here and Lancaster, Landis- expects to occupy the rooms and open for business about next Wosk | stisastian ville camp being the centre of MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1907 Doings at Florin the Past Few Days Sunday in town. Miss Anna Shank is spending a week at Maytown. Don’t forget the festival in town on Saturday evening. Vv E. M. Souders; at the hotel has a fine young raccoon caged. Henry Young transacted business at Columbia on Saturday. Harry Eichler of Steelton, was a Sunday visitor to our town. Fd Reider, who was ill the past week, is gradually improving. Miss Anna Rhoads of Maytown, called on friends here Sunday. E. S. Weaver attended a big horse sale at Tyrone on Saturday. Owen Kersey of Elizabethtown, visited at Henry Young's Sunday. H. C. Keener has been on the sick list the past week. Contractor David Young of Reading, was sojourning among friends in town Sunday. Quarterly Conference was held in Macedonia A. M. E. church all day Sunday, Mrs. Ed Booth and children spent Sunday at Landisville with her mother. George Dierolf and Miss Evans of Philadelphia, were guests at J. S. Carmany’s. Prof. H. I. Trout and family are spending some time with his par- ents at Manheim Miss Jennie Hildebrandt of But- ler, Pa., is the guest of her cousin Miss Myra Booth. Misses Gertrude Eshleman and Fanny Kline, called on friends at lhandisville Sunday. \ Jacob Stigler quit his job as local newsdealer. He was succeeded by Elmer Schlegelmilch. B. W. Fisher, wife and daughter were the guests of H. L. Stoll and wife Friday to Monday. Present indications ‘are that Flor- in will play Mount Joy in this place on Saturday, August 10. H. B. Lutz and wife of Harris- burg, spent Saturday and Sunday with John M. Keener and wife. Herbert Keener of Harrisburg is at home on the sick list, nursing sprained muscles of the back and neck. Saturday demonstrated that we not only have a good baker in Mr. Frymyer but an excellent ball player as well J. D. Easton and Herbert Keener were at Lancaster Friday and took in the ball games between Altoona 4 and Lancaster. Miss Mary O. Carmany and Misses Rose and Wilson and Lee Forney of Lancaster, spent Sunday at J. 8. Carmany’s. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lear of Allegheny City, were the guests of the latter’s aunt Mrs. Fanny Booth Thursday to Saturday. Henry Young and wife attended the funeral of Harry Hoffman at Elizabethtown on Sunday. 872 persons viewed the corpse. A printer in the employ of Allen, Lane & Scott, at Philadelphia, is spending a few days with his old friend Ed Souders at the hotel. Laverna, little daughter of Chris- tian Gerber and wife, received a useful present from her grandfath- er Christian Gerber at Mount Joy. A “fine go-cart. Mrs. Lawrence Whittemore, who has been spending several weeks with friends and relatives in town and Mount Joy, returned to Brook- lyn, N. Y. last Wednesday. Mr. Henry P. Bear and wife re- t* rned home from a visit of a week to their daughter and family Mrs. EE. W. Numbers at New Hol land. They also stopped at Lan- caster with their daughter Mrs. Emma Shramusky. Willis R. Hersh was tendered a postal surprise last week the oc- casion being his birthday. He was the recipient of 120 beautiful cards from friends at Reading, Lancaster, Safe Harbor, Carlisle, Newport, Philadelphia and other Places, { Required Seven Heats . That M. G. Myers’ { yond a doubt as he It required seven heats the race, the heats being | 2.221, 2.21, 2.21, 2.231, 2.16, and 228 1-2. finished in | the following order in the heats: 7, 4,8,3,1, 1, 2. The Philadelphia Press contained the following: One of the greatest contest ever witnessed upon a local race course marked the close of the three days’ race meet of the Delaware Horse Show As- sociation at Wawaset Park this afternoon, when seven heats were required to decide the winnerin the 2.25 pace. The contest was be- tween Sidney B. the brown gelding owned and driven by Hugh Moore. of Mortonville, Pa. and the hand- some chestnut gelding of M. G. Myers of Florin, Pa. driven by Mr. Adams. 9 9 The horse New Signal Device The device for the warning of engineers is shortly to be tried on the Pennsylvania. The new signal consists of two incandescent lights arranged on the right-hand side of the engineer’s eab. They are opera- ted by electricity from the signal tower. When the engine passes a certain point the cab lights show either safe or danger signals as the oper- ator elects. Being inside. the storm, fogs, ete., do not interfere with the vision of the driver and they will be a great element of safety if practicable. —— —- tit Prolific Vegetation L Mrs. John S. Shenk, residing in East Donegal township, a few days ago, took up a petato plant in her garden that beats anything in that line ever noted. . On this particular plant were seventy-five potatoes ranging in size from that of a shell- bark to a large walnut. The plant was still busily growing when tak- en up and the pity is that it was not left to grow to full maturity, in order to ascertain the quantity of tubers that it is possible to secure from one plant. el A Postal Surprise Last Thursday the many. friends of Jacob Fenstermacher, an expert and well" seasoned -moulder at the srey Iron Works, surprised him in a very agreeable manner. He was the recipient of almost half a hun- dred beautiful post cards. “Pap” greatly admires the ones he received from Messrs. Waltemyer, and W. Dillinger. Fogie Harvest Home Services The Brethren in Christ will hold Harvest Home services, as fol- lows: On Saturday afternoon, Au- gust 10, at the residence of Albert Rettew, near Landis’ mill, Rapho township, and on Saturday after- noon, August 17, at the residence of Samuel Nohrenhold, near Union Square. mnt fli imeem ; Many People in Town The festival held here ‘on Sat- urday evening by the Foresters band, was a grand success. Fair weather, a festival and flying-horses brought out a large number of people from the entire surrounding community. ia Failed in the Attempt Mrs. Albert Hershey, of Manheim last Tuesday drank a mixture used in marking steel. A physician ad- ministered an antidote and the woman is now out of danger. Mr. and Mrs. Hershey formerly lived here. bo Sued by Wife for Desertion Herman Miller of this place, was prosecuted before Alderman Bres- sler at Lancaster on Monday, by his wife, Lizzie Miller, on a charge of desertion. The accused furnished bail for court. has Be — Farm Sold Martin Nissley, of Salunga sold his farm in Rapho township, ten- anfed by Jos. N. Strickler, to Chris- tian 8. Nissley. Consideration $10,000, - chestnut What Transpired in That Busy Village gelding is a good one, is true be- demonstrated Irvin Geyer of Lancaster, spent { at Wilmington, Del., on Thursday. 1 to decide ay Our Card Basket Persons That Were Visiting Since Our Last Issue—Read Their Whereabouts Harry Haverstick friends in town. is visiting V/ Scott Detwiler has gone to the Jamestown Exposition. Miss Ada Patterson of New York, spent a week in town. Amos Kaylor and son Earl, spent Sunday at McCall's Ferry. Miss Mary Eckhardt of Philadel- phia, visited friends in town. Mrs. Ellen Mumma spent last week here with her parents. Miss Clara Hoffman was from Atlantic City last week. Henry Koch, of Philadelphia, is the guest of his‘father, Lewis Koch. Mrs. Jno. Wharve!l entertained her sister Mrs. Buck of York, week. Miss Irene Stillman of German- town, spent several days in the borough. Miss Jennie Witmer is spending two weeks at Harrisburg Steelton. - Miss Alice Mooney of Philadel- phia, spent several days in town last week. home and Ivan Shellenberger spent Sunday evening at [ronville, the guest of his-lady friend. Mrs. Mame B. Castor and niece Miss Hubbard, of Kittanning, visit- ed here Thursday. Miss Catharine Eby of Middle- town, spent last Wednesday with Mrs. C. K. Bennett. Mrs. Wm. Cunningham and daughter have returned to their home in Philadelphia. Misses Mge Zeller and Emma Brown spent, Sunday with Mildred Greider at Landisville. Floyd Breneman, of Osawotamie Kansas, has been the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Herr. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wittle of Elizabethtown, circulated among friends in town Monday.. Misses Elizabeth and Ella Wittle will leave tomorrow for Michigan on a visit to their sister. Norman Arntz, of Lancaster, left here for Elizabethville, where he will spend his vacation, Misses Bessie and Ella Slyer, of Easton, have been spending some time with Miss Nan Sngder. M. M. Leib returned home from a trip to the Jamestown KExposi- tion and the south on Friday. J. N. Hostetter left on Monday for Schuylkill County, where he is transacting business this week. Stanley Fortenbaugh and wife last | 50 term in the U. S. Navy. H. S. Shellenberger, who is the naturalization clerk in the United States District Court of Philadel- phia, is in town, the guest of his father, John Shellenberger. EMrs. R. G. Heilig, of Carlisle; Mrs. Will, Mease and family of Williamsport; Mrs. John Shiner, of Palmyra, and Mrs. Rudolph Marks of Hummelstown, were visitors the family of Rich. week. in Heilig last Base Ball. The Lancaster A. A. will do bat- tle with Florin at that place on Saturday afternoon. Why not have a few interesting twilight games ere long. Fats vs. Leans, married vs. single, or some- thing of that kind. The Juniors easily defeated the Marietta Nailers on Saturday by a score of 13 to 3. The game was too one sided to be interesting, the local just toying. According to the Lancaster pap- crs, Christiana and the Jolly Rov- ers played at Lancaster on Satur- day for the amateur championship of the county. The Jollies won 7 to 6. Now don’t fail play here Saturday. The locals won their second game here on Saturday by defeat- ing the Keystones of Elizabethtown in a good game by a score of 6 to 1. But for a slip in the eighth, the visitors would have been blanked. It was a great pitchers’ battle be- tween ElmerBrown and Cover, the former having the better of the argument by being more effective with men on bases. [ach had eleven strikeouts. At several stages of the game Brown had the batters almost standing their heads. The score: MT. JOY Brown, rf .. . Hendrix, ¢ . . Hoffman, If . Brandt, 2b . . Hendrix, 3b . . Brown, ef ...., . Springer, 1b . . Roberts, ss. Brown, p .. to see them on PNW —=NNDO cmooOoO~=o—=OB | com =mT | wmoow—oOC> I I | | WN | ~3 Total .. TOWN . . Wormly, ef . Spickler, ss . Witmer, If Cover, p Derr, 2b . .. Sheaffer, 3b . Barnhart, rf . . Sheaffer, 1b . . 0-0 Barnhart, e. . .. ¥ 0 Total . . 1 3.27 51 ——O ~ oot WEEK BULLETIN CENTS A YEAR ANY OTHER MOUNT JOY NEWSPAPER BY HUNDREDS Local Notes Happenings of the Week Told in a Brief Yet Iteresting Mannner. . Amos B. Root spent last Wed- nesday at Manheim. Lost—A gold mounted pen. fountain Return to this office. 2t Mrs. Strayer’s sister is here on a visit for a few days this week. For Sale—Celery plants, early and late varieties, A. B. Root. for the Union pienic at Elizabeth= town tomorrow. Frank D. Kulp and Fannie G. Gibble, both of Rapho, were grant- ed a license to wed. The west window at S. B. Bern- hart & Co’s. store wore a beautiful picnic attire the past week. Lost—The brass bottom to an automobile lamp. Reward for its return to C. Shatz’s toll gate. Over at Manheim, men carry umbrellas these warm days when they cultivate their tobacco. Miss Hannah E. Boyce found a lady’s embroidered s belt. will please call and indentify. Owner James Glatfelter erected a very fine tombstone for Abram G. Herr in the Landisville burying grounds, Elmer Heisey and his assistant John W. Brandt, are plastering the interior of the church. United Brethren Harry Walters, a core-make: af the Grey Iron, quit his job and ac cepted a position with the Monito: Steam Heating Company at Lan disville, on Monday. Don’t forget the big horse sale of E. S. Weaver & Co. at the Far- mers’ Inn stables ‘on Saturday. The finest lot of Missouri colts ever shipped to Mount Joy. Rev. A. DeLong, pastor of the United Evangelical Church, of this place, is one of the principal spiritual directors of the Millway camp meeting which opened Wednesday and will continue for ten days. Church Notes. UNITED BRETHREN Preaching services Sunday morn- ing and evening as usual by the pastor, but the following two Sun- days there will be no services Rev. Burtner will take a of two weeks granted him by the official hoard. Sunday school at 9a. m. and C. E. at 6.30 p. m. led by A. Stauffer. At a special meeting called by the Ladies’ Mite Society last Mon~- as vacation Mt. Joy. 0100020 3x—6 E'town ..000000010— 1 of Harrisburg, are visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, P. J. Dieter. Mis. Richards is spending a few days here the guest of her son Dr. I. L. Richards on West Main street. Mrs. A. K. Manning and daugh- ter Miss May, left on Monday for Canada on g visit to her daughter. Miss Emma Schroll is spending several days with relatives and friends at Harrisburg and Steelton. Misses Mary E.. Newpher and Mary Haines arrived homeé from the Jamestown Exposition Satur— day. Edgar Hamaker, of the James- town Exposition, is in town, the guest of his father, John S. Ham- aker. Mrs. Cora Spera will leave on on Saturday for Yutzestown and Waynesboro where she will spend a week. Mr. and Mrs, H. C. Johnston and little grandyson of Columbia, spent several days with their uncle Wm, B. Doyle. . Mrs. Norman "Arntz is spending several days in town with the family of Jacob Arntz on Mount Joy street. Mrs. Chas. H. Zeller and Miss Lydia Carpenter left on Saturday for Williamsport, where they spent several days with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Moyer of Norristown spent several days visiting the family of Mrs. Moyer’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sch- maelzle. Daniel Heiser, of Steelton, is the guest of relatives here for a few (days. Mr. Heiser was just recent- One of the best games = of base ball ever played in this vicinity, was pulled off at Florin on Sat- urday when that team defeated Maytown in a great pitchers’ battle between Hershey and Hollenbaugh, in fifteen innings by a score of 1 to 0. Twelve hits were made off Hershey and seven off Hollenbaugh while each team had four errors. The Maytown bunch was practically the same that represented that town in the Inter-county League last summer. That Florin aggre- gation is coming to the front very strong by defeating some of the best teams in the county. The score: FLORIN Widman, of .. Kraybill, 2b 3. Hershey. p ... .0 2 1 3 Schlegelmilch, rf. . 0 0 Conrad, xf... . . . 1 4 Frank, If . . +0 Bishop, ss-. . . . 0 Frymyer, 1b . . . 0 Schroll, 3b . 0 0A 0.0 3 R BH 00] +0 12 6 2 18 ) | Total... :..:] MAYTOWN =r Flick,ss . . . ..0 ¥. Hollenbaugh, 1b 0 C. Hollenbaugh, p 0 Drage, . .°. v0 Hoffman, 2b Tyler, 3b . . Glattacher, If . Wolf, xf... Bowers, cf . . . -3 45 0 4 17 3 8 In 0 4 2 0: 2 4 0 0. 1 0 0 Total . i.» 01243: 16 4 ¥lorin, 0000000000000 0 1-1 May’n, 00000000000 0000-0 Two-base hits, F. Hollenbach. Struck out, by Hershey 11; by Hollenbaugh 9. Base on balls, off ‘Hershey 3. Ump®%, Snyder. —_—o on = +0 . 0 «0 +0 «+0 | ompR w—R—- coco |] | risburg for the day evening in the church, that society decided to purchase a gas range for the parsonage and on last Friday the Gas Co. connected their pipes with the range. - This move by the society very much appreciated by and Mrs. Burtner. was Rev. Child Burned—k Dies The 5-year old daughter of David Snyder and wife, tenants on one of the John Levenight farms, a few miles north west of Elizabeth- town met with a horrible accident on Sunday morning that eost her life before the day was over. The child was the victim of a coal oil lamp explosion. How the accident happened seems to be a mystery, but it is presumed that she was playing near the lamp at the time of the explosion on the back porch. Strasbach Goes to Hershey Wm. W. Strasbach, a former barber here but who has been con- | ducting tonsorial parlors at Har- past seven years, yesterday moved his family and effects to Hershey where he will conduct the only barber establish- ment in that hustling chocolate town. Success, Billy. mba Lightening’s Queer Prank* Lightening during a heavy thun- der gust last week struck a post of a fence enclosing the yard on the farm occupied by Samuel Fry near Rheems. Not more than a foot in length of the post remained. It ig was consumed by fire, altho there are no signs of burnt em! [to prove it. The Foresters’ band will play L- supposed that the remaining pay i .. \ | —
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