EE —————————————— ——————————— | VOL. VIII. NO. 7 MOUNT JOY, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1908 50 CENTS A YEAR —— T PRINTED Rob Yoffe's t Bube’s was | Clothing Store in Mount Joy Hall Night I''HE B Three Fires in Town ULLETIN’S CIRCULATION IS MORE THAN TRIPLE THAT OF THE OTHER LOCAL PAPER. COME AND SEE 1 I [ LOCAL HAPPENINGS. “Baw Bu) | Our Card Basket More ‘‘Secrets’’ D : { Fl rin b Some men burst their safty valve oings a 0 Haverstick played a fine game at | I'he grass is yet quite small, as €rs a in endeavoring to be a power in the short for Shamokin yesterday. is also the plover crop world. Seems strange but next year the 4th of July | will fall on the 5th as the former is Those That Persons That Were Visiting Since | The new ice plant a Happenings of Our Hustling Little Village. Makes Narrow Come and Go—The Coal M. scape ro a . ‘ Brown Just before the game last Satur- Large Sheds nevertheless day Charles Cassel was elected cap-| Our Last Issue—Read Their | put in operation this week. Building Entered Last Mount Joy was well represented at White Oak camp Sunday at Cling’s Coal Yards its true tain of the local ball team. Whereabouts. The rain and storm of last night, aff- j orded an excellent opportunity that An effort is being made to have New Holland Inter-County league team play .here on Saturday. that Destroyed. Philadel- Harry Smith putting our town in darkness. pound ground hog yesterday H. K. Shellenberger of captured a ten phia, M Saturday at Richmond, Va. Philadelphia, is visiting Monroe Sheaffer. Mrs. John H. Buohlis spending her v: at Atlantie Citv, Mr. Mrs. Manheim, spent Sunday in Sunday. nm : ha a, I'he shirt factory is running he Isn’t it strange that such an in- is visiting in town. lot of would actually exonerate again, The ['hree fires in about as man days was accepted by rascals who en tered Wolf Yoffe’s elothing store in Mo a record for our borough. | telligent school directors a Ross Engle plays short for A. Rollman spent I'riday and A surprise party was held in hon est son of ( or of Carson Engle last Wednesday the large coal citizens aggregation, hursday noon unt J stole of | ; : i oy Hall building and (line's yards Irom paying tax when they own I SBR ¥ Alok vama Nou ; . evening. ) t ding ¢ | om pa Ee | : | ‘Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gainor shent [Last evening a twilicht game of Charles Roland of hundred worth prope ) Wer suc ac nn v th property. ienever such action | 6 A special meeting of No. | will destroyed rida) inday at J. 8. Carmanv’s, s played between the Juniors Friendship s taken there are always reasons ked nine from the “Palace Fire Co, for same, but then think of such a RoSpt town. The former evening . : 5 ation rE ning as exonerfting men who have victorious 7 to H 1 y ! ‘ | | ingest o id their taxes. Loose 1 1 inc John Yingst clestown base ball team } t town Isiness that / re Saturday and was out- lI and bial Delow : with friends. badly de- eg ] Mrs. Mary Kolp of Elizabethtowt SIHOWS., : o : (l 1... | returned home after ing come ) 1e game bu : time in town, yv-three ler N.G. 1 t vd twent ) | Oliver n Spiel allowed one hit In Co any Ix nning he plaved | mpany K., the outf fanned the ide Mrs. Harvey (ring burg for ten days. callmg il rich rsday after spend then home Thu t Asbury Park. time a of Riel Leroy Smith Cedar Works, visiting M. A. Wm. Reynolds of George Reynolds of Lancaster spent . as nearly to». r pure a refreshing recormiu ended by best Martin Hiestand oline engine at tl Dearbeck’s Liquor store nD yesterday in town with friends. : iniermented Roval ( Harrisburg Saturday where she is rape ad been exonerated ; : Harry went to | Jiice rink 5 ulletin and the re as receiver Julee drink port w . : Ing at ith at the regular A few some one was heard between the bv our repoiter > . tics . . . : : Lite holders are visiting her parents for a few days. nstalled a gas- | Bulletin office. ninutes lat- H Harrisburg, spent Sunday the | er meeting, just I g,] prior to that Y bE ie office of | tall Iilias Hollinger of Union Square } Allen | was the guest of | Hollinger in this place on Sunday. ig? Harry Bear and son ced of” and unnecessary secret > ? hh e . . = : : 2 p= : : LINGLI 11s brother Landisville Vigil, Florin News and | hall and this off ce, but he made a session. in iI >. Reimert, If 3 hasty retreat on account of a noisy Mrs. J. story fire was again discovered in one Now there is something wrong with the former’s parents Mr. Star and News in this place ye dog that was tied nearby. Schroll, bi | Mrs. Henry P. Baer Zeller retur » Thurs- | terday. bins and this time a bucket [hese taxes were paid | Mrs. Henry P. Baer. Jno. Zeller returned home Thurs ] from second >. Lanker, 3} 5 day after spending ten Middletown, Harrisburg and | shey. | somewhere, Ti i : 1D Mrs. S. P. Linebaugh and son and | Cassel, days at 1e smiling countenance ot our! I. a Her- the The loss will probably be | Y | » flames under | and the collector exonerated so the | Where's that | Miss Lottie Linebaugh of We feel positive no mem- I brigade soon had | in a crouched it toward Market street, rear of the Metho- York ar-| Fleegal, old friend Paris Hinkle may be seen | window, saw a man Shope, ¢ Nfeesit, 1b question arises, 85...nense : iss lg tonsorial tip-toeing of :ontrol. | vbout $500. | 1 1 | aoal ‘ / 2 la ante “4 money? rived in town today and are spend- again at W. B. Bender's position Jurwood Brandt arrived home | Parlors, after an absence sev- - threw the bedclothing out the win- On Sunday morning at 4 o’clock T. M. local tin and sheet iron worker, was suddenly at the Ex- bed Brown, our aroused from slumber change hotel. Mr. was ablaze and quick as a flash he Brown’s dow on the tin roof. A half bucket ~f water, with which he had taken a bath before retiring, was used to extinguish the burning vedstead. Mr. Brown escaped without any burns and had he not been awak- ened, the result wound undoubted- ly have been serious and only his prompt action saved that popular hotel stand from destruction. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Sparks from a engine set fire to thé dead grass along the “cut’’ near Barbara street on Friday evening. A volunteer fire company extin- guished the flames. Our New Plumber Joseph B Gantz, who formerly conducted a plumbing establish- ment in this place, but who has been employed with a Pittsburg firm for some time past, has decided to make Mount Joy his future home and has again embarked in busi- ness here. He is prepared to do all kinds of plumbing on very short notice reasonable prices. He invites a share of your patronage. Main street, John J. Newpher’s office. and at He is located on East one door west of Dr. C-— A Corn Thief Some time ago a certain man in East Donegal, took liberty enough to steal about a barrel of corn from the erib on J. S. Carmany’s farm, now tenanted by Harry Gainor. The corn is of the short eared yell- | OW variety. The party is known and if he will be kind enough to stop at J. S. Carmany’s store the guilty ] next time he gets to Florin, he can avoid prosecution. An Imitation Show A tent show tried to do business here Friday ®nd- Saturday evening without advertising and both per- formances were rendered to a few people. An imitation parade given on Friday evening. here the show went to Marietta and by all appearances that will be about the limit. was From Harvest Home Services Harvest home services will be held at the Cross Roads church a short distance west of town, all day | engine room Saturday. A roast beef dinner) will be served to all in attendance. | ber of the board or our collector would make such a mistake inten- | tionally, so “another explanation’ | would be in order. If our reporter is debarred from | these meetings of the board, how would people learn of its doings. Here are two mistakes that the Bulletin unearthed and there may | be others. Landisville Campmeeting Landisville campmeeting will open Thursday evening and the in- dications are that this will be the banner year for the camp. Many improvements have been made. the new auditorium is finished and will be dedicated next Sunday. On Saturday evening the young people gave a festival for the benefit of the repair fund and last evening ‘Ye Districk Singin’ Skule was present- ed. Maytown Man is Liberal M. R. Hoffman shipped press to the by Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia, on Thursday evening! a tame badger, which he had in his possession for about a year. brought it from Wisconsin, and it is about a year a half old. This animal is a very fine specimen. The children could play with it, the some as with a dog,but if teased it was liable to claw or bite. and —— National Bank for Maytown With a national bank, residents of Maytown on Friday selected the committee to further the of the organization: Chairman, John A. DeHuff: Treas— view to organizing a following purnoses proposed urer, Henry Lingle; Secretary, Geo. F. Rhoads; Clayton Farmer, Hiram Jacobs, Charles C. Hicks Dr. D. A. Harter. and tires —— Installed -a Motor A fifteen-horse-power electric motor was placed in position in the at Mumma house will wiler’s slaughter and ice recently. It take the place of the large gasoline engine. plant The litter will however remain in | position and will be used in cases | of emergency. —_— Delinquent Subscribers Read This An old criminal, asked what was! the first step that led him to ruin said “Thejfirst stepsthat led me to my downfall was cheating an editor out of a year’s subscription. I had done that the devil had such a grip ongme that I could not shake him off.” ex- | He ! & Det- { When ing a few days at the U. B. parson~ | 2 ! . : {| W. Lanker, | Rabert p. the age. Baptizing will be held Brethren church on Saturday afternoon at four o’clock. | Florin United | Immediately after the services bap- tizing will be held at the Cove near dozen a “a Mount Joy, when about will be baptized. The United I school held its annual picnic Mumma’s Grove in East Donegal ‘on Saturday and it proved a big success. The weather was all that could be expected and the attend- ance very large. A feature of the day was a game of ball between the married and the single men. The former were victorious by a score of 6 to 4. Jrethren Sunday in Borough Council at Reading Last Wednesday Burgess J. W. | Shrite and Councilman M. L. Greid- ler, B. S. Dillinger, C. N. Mumma, | Wa. Tyndall, and J. G. Reist made a trip to Reading, accom- | panied by Mr. Titzel of the Cones- toga Traction Company. While in that city they were guests of a large street sprinklers. The purchase of one of these machines will be con- ‘sidered at the next regular meeting C. H, Zeller and clerk R. Fellen- baum unable to accompany them on account of the sickness of their wives. were - Another Vacancy Filled A special meeting of the School Board was held Friday evening for in the Secondary school caused by the resignation of Miss Ernst, will teach at Carlisle. manufacturing concern that builds | | { noon Referee William of Shippenburg was elected to the! position, en - < Lad’s Arm Broken of the East Donegal, Tressler, tenant on one Cameron farms fell off a load of wheat in and landed between two bags on Saturday. His right forearm was broken and be sustained a bad scalp wound. — is This Your Money? The person that left a bag con- taining money lying on the writing desk at the post office, can have same by calling and proving property. | In Business Again Albert Heisey formerly of town is again in jail and must answer at , court for stealing a watch and chain from a Lancaster property. 4° | $100,000, while who | Miss Reder, | Feaser, 1, Blessing, rf.... Totals 8 9! Mt. Joy Linglestown x—17 Os Two base hits G. Brown, Schock, | Miller 2, Brandt, Fleegal. Sacrifice hits Schock. Struck-out by Miller | 23, by Raber 4. Double plays, Balthaset to Nfeesit 2. Base on balls of Miller 3, off Raber 4. Hit by pitched ball, Miller 2. Umpire, Schroll. Time of game 1.45. Church Notes. There is some talk of erecting a tower to the front of the United | Brethren upon which will | be placed a bell. church EVANGELICAL Sunday School at 9 a. m. Preach | ing by the minister, Rev. W. H. | Egge, at 10 a. m.and 7.30 p.m. The morning subject will be: “David’s Strange Request.” the evening the pastor will have for his theme: “The Two Draughts of Fishes.” In | Alwine’s Debts Are Heavy The affairs of H. Alwine, of Middletown, the missing Republi- can candidate for County Treasurer, of Dauphin county, and a well- known dealer in live stock, are in a worse plight than was at first be- lieved. After meeting of numerous creditors Monday after- H. Middle- K. a his AIT | town state at Alwine’s liabilities the purpose of filling the vacancy | © vn stated that Alwine’s liabilities over would would probably amount to his assets hardly amount to $35,000. Must Behave Here The constables that were put on | duty Saturday night were kept busy Lou Tressler, little son of S. H. | and were obliged to make several arrests. At about midnight five young men from the country be- came noisy and later two engaged in a pugilistic encounter. Con- stable Jacob Fissel arrested two of them Menday and the other three will be taken into custody at once. | They will given a hearing before | Justice Zeller on Saturday. This should be a warning for others. —— A Fine Wagon That fine one-horse delivery wag- on now being used by our local millers Messrs. Brandt & Stehman, | is the product of Geo. W. Shickley & Sons’ coach works. It is an ; ideal wagon for that purpose and makes a good appearance. | Thursday evening ! for Atlantic City where they ‘enjoy the sea breezes after spending some time at Philadelphia | Atlantic City. Mrs. Anna Hauenstein and | were guests of the former’s brother Frank H. Baker. P. S. Pyle of Pittsburg one of the best trap and field shots in the here with friends Mr. and Mrs. J. C. turned to their home Beatty re— in Philadel- phia Sunday after spending three | weeks in town with friend. Mrs. Charles Dillinger and daugh- | ter Maud and Mrs Frank Baker spent Sunday with friends at East Petersburg and Manheim. Mrs. W. W. Strasbach and son Arlington of Hershey, returned home Friday after spending a few days here with her parents. Samuel Hershey and lady friend | Miss Katie Sheaffer left yesterday will for a days. will attend the annual on Saturday. Mrs. Charles Marks and daughter ' ‘dents of this borough, occurred on of Manheim, were gue sts of her hus- band, the accomodating bar clerk | Sun- | at Bube’s Central House, on day evening. Wm. Bookman is spending the family of Charles Langly at Norristown. will also visit his S. P. Moore at Willow Grove. two weeks with and | : ; i tion will hold a harvest meeting few | | of his son, from infirmities incident Jacob H. Zeller, the local agent, | outing of | | the representatives of the Pruden- "tial Insurance Company at Accomac | Li : { during state, spent Friday and Saturday | ral months. The Yorker Brethren denomina- at the residence of John Schoch at . [ Manor township on Thursday after- | daughter Henrietta of Lancaster, | i I ? (noon, July 23. William Scholing has purchased | the baking privilege at the Landis- ville Camp grounds. He will have :amp all kinds of fancy rakes, pies, ete. The pneumatic cutting and let- | tering machine at James Glatfelter’s marble and granite works, was put in operation a few days ago and gives good satisfaction. On Saturday evening Harry Dar- { renkamp received a carload of wat- ermelons from Georgia, which was { one of the finest lots that ever came to this town There 1,600 on the car. a OBITUARY NOTES were over The oldest citizen of the borough of Elizabethtown, John Kline, died on Sunday morning at the residence the ad- years. He PY Ol to old age. reached vanced age eighty-six One son, John Jr., survives. HIRAM MICHAEL The death of Hiram Michael one of the oldest and best known resi- Wednesday evening at his late home. Death was due to paralysis lof the bowels, and the infirmities of Rev. ! He | sister-in-law Mrs. ! his at he old age. Deceased was in eighty-first year, and was born Marietta. When a young man learned the carpentering trade, and 5 | later in life engaged in the contract- Edward Yeager, a miller of near | | removed to this place where he re- Lenker’s, Dauphin County, who is quite an expert gunner, tried skill on plover in these parts Fri- day and Saturday. successful. Miss of Millersville, Mrs. Bowman of Lancaster, Ralph Williams of Orange, N. J., William Vansant of New York City and Walter R. Dunn of Washington, D. C., were guests in the family of Dr. John J. Newpher. — Bitten By a Dog James Yellets, residing on Hell- am street, Wrightsville, formerly a resident of Florin, was bitten on the left shoulder by a dog last Sat- Bowman urday, while attempting to put the canine into a box. Mr. Yellets was sitting on the porch coaxing the hound when suddenly it became angry and-attacked him. Three wounas were inflicted. Dr. J. L. Jamison, of Wrightsville, cauterized the wounds. his | ing business at Florin. He then sided for a number of years. Dur- ling the Civil war deceased enlisted He was quite | | | | | Y. 1. He Lutheran Miss the of in the 122d regiment, P. member the His wife, who was a of church. was Mary Shrite, survives, as do following children: Elinore, Philadelphia; William S. and Hiram the P. R. R. officer of Lancaster, and George,of Trenton, N. J. One brother, Abraham Michael, of Har- risburg, also survives. The funeral was held from late residence on Saturday morning with interment in the cemetery at Florin. his Our Holiday Tomorrow Tomorrow will be a general holi- day in Mount Joy. Nearly all business places will be closed and everybody will join in a union picnic at Rocky Springs. The bas- ket car will leave at the school house about 8 o’clock. dist church. She spoke, asking the chap what he was doing back there, when he immediately took to his heels. Marks on the step at Yoffe’s store, prove that the thief walking in the clay on Mr. Glatfelt- er’s premises, The west window at Yoffe’s store, is also broken. Until recently Mr. Yoffe had a watchman at his store but lately it has not been occupied at night. Several detectives were put to work this morning. was Horse Almost Electrocuted This morning Mrs. David Eber- sole, who resides at the fork of the Marietta and Mount Joy turnpike, just beyond the toll-gate kept by Mr. Hawthorne, figured in an acei She was driving the her dent in this place. west on David street and at residence of H. H. Morton horse tread on the feed wire of the Manheim electric light company which was blown down during last night’s storm. The animal was thrown to the ground fell on the wire. The saddle on the ness touched the wire doubtedly saved the horse from be- ing electrocuted. The harnes was nearly burned thru when electrician Harry Peoples cut the wire. The animal is badly burned on the right side. It was immediately attended by Dr. E. W. Newcomer and will recover. Had the horse received the full charge of 2300 volts it have been killed instantly. Germer and har- which un= would This morning Carl driving south on Market street with Bube’s delivery when the horse he was driving tread on an electric light wire of the Manheim company that was also blown down drandt & Stehmari’s thrown was wagon last night at mill. The heavily to the ground but jumped to its feet immediately. There was no damage, as the horse fell away from the live wire. horse was - Eli Can Supply You Eli H. Shreiner returned from a trip over the mountains where he found kuckleberries plentiful, but on account of the scarcity of help few are being picked. He however has enough to supply our town and vicinity which he states he will sell very reasonable and for cash only. Removed to Asylum Constable Michael Randler of Milton Grove, removed Tillman Gibble to the county asylum on Friday afternoon. The unfortun- ate man is but 21 years of age and: is in a pitiable condition. !
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