THE WEEKLY
VOL. VIIL
THE BULLET
Hi orse
Kicked by a
Met
Jacob Rutherford of I
With a Very bad Accidfent on
Christmas Morninle
fig
Jacob Rutherford of Florin
ured in an accident ¢n Christ-
mas morning that came near
causing him his life, My
[1 ily
her-
ford had arranged to take
to his parents’ home at \
spend the day and had e
employe r Jacob Hershe
: vod
t drives d:
horse that he
coal and feed wagon.
the horse to
hitch it.
Mr.
M. C. Bowman;
Dr
H.
Newpher;
f Ex., S. 5h,
S. Longenecker; H. |
Newpher; V. H., J.
Prustee, Dr. John
Rep., E. F. Heiner;
JNO.
Stoll;
1
Je
Hall commit-
tee. H. C. Schock, M. M. [Leib and
J. H. Stoll.
The following officers were elect-
ed by Trinity Evangelical Luther-
an Sunday school on Sunday, Dec.
27, 1908: Supt, Wm. Tyndall; As-
sistant, L.. Percy Heilig; Asst. Sec,
Chas. DeLong; Treas., M. M. Bru-
baker: Organist, Geo. Drabenstadt;
Asst. Organist, Alice Dillinger; Li-
brarian, Jac. H. Zeller; Asst.
brarian, Paul Dieter. The follow-
Li-
ing scholars have not missed a day
during the year: Mary Dyer, Katie
Shire, Jay Klugh, Alice Klugh,
Mau Hinkle and Wilma
SE
Were Agreeably Surprised
All the children of Mr. and
H.S.
Frank.
Mrs.
Eby of near the Union U. B.
church, met at the home of their
on Christmas where a
parents
bounteous
They received a number
dinner was served.
of very
handsome Those
pres-
Ir. and Mrs.
Eby
wife,
ent as follows: — )
I. B. Breneman, I
wife, Ira S. Hess
Stern and wife, Mother Eby, Miss
Hettie Eby, Eli S. Eby, Wall:
Edgar Elsie, Henry, Lillie, John
and Norman Breneman;
Myra Hess and Maggie Stern.
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A Cat, A Canary, A Fire
Just because a cat was intent
making a meal on Mrs. Derr’s can-
ary at her home on West Main
street, thefe came very near being
a fire on Sunday evening. Pussy
tried to get the canary by pulling
the cover off a table upon which
was the cage and a lighted
were
lwin and
ind Paris
e
Ezra and
ed a small blaze but the flames
were soon extinguished. During
the excitement the cat succeeded 55 4 large supply of all kinds of spending some ti
in making a meal on the canary.
sa __—M— a.
Married in the West
Word was received here last
week from George Craley, formerly
hired with Eli Engle near town, nfany patrons with a cup of delici- brother Wesle
but for the past few years a 1esi- qus cocoa at his place of business spending a we
dent of Kans; h 2 had taken
unto himself
N’S CIRCULATION
on
lamp {
was thrown on the floor and start- \
IS MORE THAN
MOUNT JOY, PEN
\
os
VA, WEDNES
|
A Surprise on Christmas
Mrs. P. R. Greiner of this
and Mrs. J. G
Good’s church, gave a surprise to
their parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Wachstetter of near Elizabethtown
The following were
place
LLeedom of near
on Christmas
present: Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Greiner
Messrs. Walter, Harry
Greiner all of Mt. Joy, Mr and Mrs:
J. G. isses Myrtle, Kath-
ryn, [esther
Leedom all of near Good’s Church
Mrs. Frank
Miss
A grand dinner
and John
Leedom
Marion, and Verna
Ira Shreiner, Mr. and
3rvan of Mt Joy, and Ida
Brvan of Witmer.
1
was served and all enjoyed the oc-
casion.
A Local Prize Fight
£1 Mo
ght Ww pulied
to the surprise
ripant 3
|
0 local
fs
vere
ion”’ (roun
} f
A000 Ut
Mr.
| a trained at
The
, > ee
oes 1amily soon bpeca
1
na
etor, backenstoe
pur—
[Lancas-
Backen-
me greatly
member
little animal es-
The fi
tached to the
Ward rret
son
raising havoc among the
nts, but yesterday it wandered
on the old railroad siding adjoining
yard. A neighbor |
1 ad ‘the Littl l
1 spl animal.
the 1appened
to pass an 1
He immediately with a |
stone, thinking it
.
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Mild Winter Weather
Many people are recalling mild |
was ;
~~ Pd
winters of years ago 1n comparison |
the condi- |
Just nineteen years ago, the |
with present weather
tions.
day after Christmas Mrs. Wm H.
Gantz of this place, then a resident
of Warwick. plucked a fine cluster |
|
|
of wild flowers in a woods near her |
home. While our present winter |
has been very mild thus far, it is |
no comparison with the one of
1889.
Each Won a Plg 7
In a guessing contest zs to the
containdd | in a |
seeds
number of
‘large pumpkin raised by ‘George |
two
he |
Florin,
persons
The pumpkin |
hotel |
count |
Vogle at
guessed alike, 400.
was cut at Wm. H.
on Christmas and a careful
showed 406 seeds. As it was a tie. !
Henry Miller of Florin and Henry |
Zeager of East Donegal were each
Gantz’s
given a pig.
New Year at the Post Office
On New Year’s Day the post of-
fice will be closed from 8.30 a. m.
to 5.30 p. m. and there will be no}
The
rural carriers will be given a holi-
day.
money orders on that day.
The post office was closed part
Day but the
obliged to go
of Christmas rural
carrier were over
thei: routes.
i
A New Bank Soon !
It is expected that within the
| next few days the comptroller of
the currency will authorize the
Landisville bank to start business.
A bank examiner has inspected the
\new bank building and has report
led favorably. |
a
New Meat Market ¥ |
Jacob E. Loraw has opened a
new meat market at his home on
Donegal street where he always
‘meats on hand.. For prices see
circulars. .
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BE —— \
Served Free Drinks Vv |
Dr. E. W. Garber served his’
ay evening. His liber-
eatly appreciated. :
| City,
| sisters.
Vad oes day act
several days in t§n as
Our Card Basket
Persons That Were Visiting Since
Our Lat Issue—Read Their
Whereabout.
Mrs. M. J. Bieber left vesterday
for Canada.
Mrs. John Adams of
8 siting in town
R. Ebersole and fan
ristmas in town
hn Engle of York. s)
th his parents.
|
ier spent sever
burg last weel
Keller spent
ith his parents
ssel spent Mor
Brotherly Lo
£4
otte
w
the guest
spent
amily
Ozcar gennd] and f
‘Lancaster
Spent
friends.
T.M
Glen Rock
. Brownppent Christmas at
asgthe of
guest
mother.
M
spent several c
Oxford, Pa.
J.
Willis Freed
friends at
Mr. and
with
Mrs. J. E. Scholl is the guest of
Mrs. Milton O. Wttle at Elizabeth-
town today. !
C. E. Reed of hiladelphia spent
the guest
{ of his sister.
Frank Hogendbler of Philadel-
phia was the gug of B. S. Dilling-
er on Saturda
Samuel H 1 family of
Pottst
here w
several days
Geo
York .
friend:
Prof.
our sel
home in
Mr. and
are spendin
his parents 3
A. J. Penn
Saturday in to
Mr. and Mrs.
Eli N. Hershée
turned last
several years’ stay in
Mrs. Marian Weltme. is
ing the holidays in Reding
her sister Mrs. Wm. Ktzer.
Charles B. Yeageriand lady
friend of Lititz, spent hristmas
with Alex. Kramer and |mily.
Our able High scho teacher
Miss Anna K. Miller spe Christ-
mas at her homes bs ville.
Mr. and Mrs. h
Christmas at Glé
of Mrs. Leibs’ m(
Mr. and Mrs.
Newville, Cumbe
home
spend-
with
spent
guests
ister.
Derr of
ty, are
icinity
a few
est of
hugh.
P. J. Dieter is
days at Harrisburg
his daughter Mrs. §
fi her
are
at
Mrs. G. Samuel,
y| Wal
sk wit
York.
TRIPLE
[Lancaster
spent { Mrs, H
ent Xmas
vigiting
his |
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| Ch ist
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0]
o
THAT
Marion spent several days in
Pennell,
Miss Kathryn Morton
burg, was the guest of hel
Gantz and wife o
parents Wm,
Chrisemas.
Mrs, Jacob M.
guest of Mrs.
sel
Harmon
wa :
» | Reich's meeting hou
and Sunday.
narry Shoo
H,
}
granddaughter of Mounts
{
4
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Christmas in town ¢
{ Misses Shook
iS
here
\1
VT.
parents |
5
iler.
Mr. and Mrs.
and children of
¥
Aaron Seachrist
East Berlin, Pa,
spent here Mrs
Seachrist’s parents Mr. and Mrs. A
B. Cling
Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Omer S
3
York, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Bar-
bour and son of
ed Mr. and Mrs. John Wharvell on
Christmas.
Prof. E. R. Barclay, superinten-
dent of the sehools at Huntingdon,
| Pa, Christ.
| mas here with Mrs. Barclay’s par-
M. Trexler.
Shelly, and wife and Cath-
with his family, spent
| ents Mr. and Mrs. E
HC.
arine Morton of Harrisburg, spent
Mrs.
Mr.
A. C. Morton at Florin.
with the family of
[ras
Jacob Shelly of this place and
raffin left on Christmas
hiladelphia where he spent
several days,
by Miss
spend a week or more in t
He was accompanied
Ethel Yoffee, who will
he city.
ATL ry T 1
MIS, J. IL, I
the hospital at Lancaster where
she is undergoing treatment, re-
ficiently so as to return
Thursday
covered =
home and
Xmas.
Harry Haverstick, head coach of
the Susquehanna University basket
ball team,
and near
on spend
several days in
It
again
next
spent
with friends.
that Harry will
Shamokin uniform
towr is
quite likely
wear
Summer.
a
Settled Their Dispute
On Thursday ““Pole-cat Bobby”
and “Swift” had quite an argument
as to which was the better shot and
who had the best gun.
ly decided the matter by going to
of 25 cents each. At a distance of
35 yards “Swift” put one shot in
his block but “Bobby” couldn’t
even do that good and of course
ost. !
Rl
The United Brethren Choir will
render the cantatta entitled King
Mrs. A. J./Pennell and df
\
\
Dec. 31, at 7.30 o’clock.
town
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs, John
f Harris-
grand-
the
near
n Sat urda
and
Bucke of
Harrisburg, visit-
Jeacon. who has been |
They final-
pULLETIN
CMBER 30, 1908
5(
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) CENTS A YEAR
1ER LOCAL PAPER. COME AND SEE IT PRINTED
Doings at Florin
Happenings of Our Hustling
n Little Village.
I. B. Gise and wife spent Xma
at Lebanon.
y John Hambright is spending
few days here with his mother.
Mrs. Milton Wittle visited friend
here and at Mount Joy
David
Reading spent Xmas here with hi
Young and family
parents
Mr. Cox
le Horace Cox 1
ew
1
ana
Stee lton,
with friends.
‘atharine Wa left
: fs
k riday for Steelton
n on
che is
I i
where
spending some time with friends.
I'he entertainment in the United
Brethren church w egrand suec-
as a
and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Y.
tained
cess was very well attended.
Kline enter-
quite a large number of
guests at their home on Christmas.
Tiliman Barnhart and Miss Em-
ma Tressler spent Friday at New
Germantown as guests of friends.
and two
Miller, wife
of near
Christmas
Samuel
Elizabethtown,
with
children
spent in town
friends.
{ Mmm, Fanny Hambright and son
‘John Nft yesterday for a few days’
(trip to friends through Lebanon
county.
Ida
| Reedmiller
guests of Mrs.
Mame
were
Misses aston and
Lancaster,
JD
of
Easton on
Sunday.
| The Mrs. Shellenberger and two
sons of York were very pleasantly
entertained by Mr and Mrs. Henry
Young on Christmas.
' Mr and M
children
rs. Daniel Stark
two of Elizabethtown
spent Sunday in town as guests of
tJ. D. Easton and wife.
Mrs.
I Wagner of Harrisburg, were Xmas
guests of H. Wittle and family.
Elizabethtown and Emma
of
Wm. Dietrich, wife and son
Palmyra, arrived in town
Thursday for the Xmas holidays
t as guests of Frank Fair and family.
Mr. Wallace of Asbury Park, a |
brother of Elisha Wallace of this
place is spending a
town.
| 26 years.
| Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy of May-
| town and Mrs. Shaub and daugh-
i ter of Philadelphia, were guests of
| Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Schlegelmilch
on Christmas.
i George Dierolf and wife of Phila-
the old Eshleman stone quarry and d€lphia and William Dierolf of | ip, pip
pulling off the match for a side bet | Elizabethtown, were very pleasant- | house, with interment in the ceme-
"ly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Carmany on Sunday.
| Rev. Quigley of Harrisburg, who
preached the sermon when the |
, mortgage of the U. B. church was
‘recently burned, died and was
buried in that city on Sunday.
! «Rev. N. L. Linebaugh made the
of Kings, on Thursday evening, opening address in the Donegal s¢-eral of his Go
Presbyterial church on Saturday
Those That Come and Go—The |
yesterday, |
of
was the guest of his un=-
"a Mr. and
and |
Roy Baker wife and daughter of |
last |
few days in |
This is his first visit here in
rendition o
by
{ evening prior to the
| the Christmas
| Sunday School.
{ Mr. and Mrs. Harry stoll enter
{ tained these guest at a grand sup
| per on Monday evening: Mr. anc
{ Mrs. J. H. Stoll, Mr. and Mrs.
s | G. Stoll and son, of Mount Joy anc
program
Mrs. Mary Lindsay.
a
the United
s | ehurch on Thursday
served in
evening unti
Com-
some time after midnight
munion will also be observed and
g | that of re-
fame evening a series
vival meetings will begin
welcome
Mrs. Jacob Hostetter
entertained ber ests at
ot
irry Shue-
ster Karl Myers
» Morton J
id Alphe
Shuem:
OBITUARY NOTES
Mrs. Annie S. Hernley,
wife of Alvin Hernley,
Hernley
died at her
home near Elizabethtown, yester-
day morning, from
The de-
A.
hom
aged thirty-four years.
ceased was a daughter of
Longenecker, who made his
with her. She is survived by her
her father and one broth-
held
Elizabeth=
husband
er. The funeral will be
Friday at 9:30 at the
town Mennonite Church.
Stauffer—Miss Edna Pearl Stauff-
er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clay-
tou Stauffer, of Rowenna, died
St. Hospital Monday
morning, of appendicitis. She had
been removed to the hospitial one
cn
in
Joseph’s
week ago, and an operation was
performed almost immediately af-
She
seventeen years old, a member of
ter she was admitted. was
this year’s graduating class of the
High School,
and one of the honor pupils.
Central Maytown,
Fun
meeting house Thursday morning
at
made in the
Interment will
[ast
10 o’clock.
Donegal
tery.
Stauffer— Peter H.
East died
Stauffer, of
Donegal, yesterday
morning at the residence of his son |
{ Amos N. Stauffer on the G. Moyer
farm near the borough, aged eighty-
old
in
two years. Death was due to
age. The deceasad was born
West Donegal township, and when |
Donegal |
and engaged in the milling business |
at the mill
| mill,
married moved into East
Stauffer’s |
along Chickies |
Creek. His was Miss
| Anna Newcomer, died in 1886, and |
in 1888 he quit the milling business |
and retired. He survived by
Levi H-, of this place
land Amos, of East Donegal; also,
four brothers, Jacob H., of town;
i Abram H., of Rheems; Henry H,
of Lititz; Samuel H., of Dayton
Ohio. The fuperal will, bg held
{ Friday morning at nine o’clock at
| the house, and at ten o’clock at
Mennonite Meeting-
known
the Little
wife, who
as
|
{
is
i two sons,
tery adjoining. The deceased was
| a life-long member the of Menno-
! nite denomination.
ea,
A Lad’s Close Call V
Elmer Brown jr. was skating on
Snyder’s dam when the ice broke
and the lad went iol over head.
| After a desper; ggle and
the
Watch-night services will be ob-
All are
ano |
peritonitis, |
eral services will be held in Reich’s |
be |
ceme-
f :
Local Doings
- Items of Local and General Intgr-
-| est That Occurred Since Our
1 Last Week's Issue.
H.
1 A Happy New Year to all.
Last Monday was the shortest
day of the year.
Brethren
& Co.
See what S. B. Bernhart
have to say about coffee.
A ball will be held in the hadk
here on New Year's eve,
The davs of appeal for 1909 are
[ advertised elsewhere in this issne,
. Good Cooking
Del.ong’s,
Eggs on sale at
tf
A. Ricker is able to be
13 eggs for 25 cts.
Squire 1
about again after a spell f sieck-
Ness
mer of L
will
er's tonsorial parlor on
anca
ter,
west
end
I or of the
ecovering from
| Merchant will
of
rmy rifles.
Ebersole
soon receive another shinment
{ A handkerchief surprise was ten-
last Thurs-
costly
Weidman
received many
The Fulton band of
[ enlivened the Foresters’
Lancaster,
fair
The fa'r is
band
on Saturday
evening,
still in progress
Constable Eli Willian? TO. REV -
} 44] ) }
eral “Jags” a chance to_ sober up
over Christmas by lodging\then
e borough lockup.
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Che shooting match at the Flo¥in
1
‘1 14ST
|
|
[hursday afternoon was
a L.g success and the “store shell’?
proposition proved
very interest-
ing.
John H. Buohl started to
to
parsonage with
He
equip
the Evangelical
heating
is also installing a
the addition
a vapor
system.
bath.
Electrician Harry Peoples has
secured the contract to wire. th
new house of C. H. Herr on Poplfr
street. week Mr.
wired Hotel McGinnis.
Last Peop
Margaret Ruth, daughter of
and Mrs. H.
iamsport, was christened
Trinity
Wiil-
the
Lutheran
M. Geistweit of
in
Evangelical
church here on Sunday.
Martin B. Hiestand made a bus-
| iness trip to Washington borough
| yesterday where he disposed of an
| engine and sawing outfit.
Wanted—A middle aged woman
to take care by an
no children; good
Ad-
{ dress Household, care this office.
of househeld
| aged gentleman;
,
gant
{ home for the ri person,
Rather than disappoint the people
with unsatisfactory films, manager
Chas. Dillinger did not show in Mt,
Joy hall Christmas eve. The pic-
tures on Saturday night were ex-
cellent.
Charles Cassel of this place has
accepted a position as a member.of &”
the choir of the First Baptist
church at Lapcaster. The choir
is one of the best in the city. He
is the bass soloist and sings at both
morning and evening services,
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Our Predictions Came True
Dr. E. W. Garber, who exhibited
his fine poultry at the Lititz Poul-
try Show last week, came home g =
winner. On White Plymouth
Rocks Mr. Garber’s birds took
fourth and fifth on pullets. On
Columbian Wyandottes he took
i on cock, second and third
on chen. Next week Mr. Garber
exhibits his poultry at the first
show yiaghe Poultry, Pigeon ‘and
Pet a ot Colm bi:
sistance,
he landed safely
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