Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-27
LEGAL Department.


Thanksgiving to-day. Bad day for
turkeys.
=-Oentre County Count in session
tins week.
-Hyatt's celebrated WIRE BouNn
States Tor sale ut the Journal Book
Store.
Mr.. James ". Stover, OF HaineS
township, viii have public sale of his
personal property on December the
10Th. See Bills.
job work OF all kinds done at the
JoCENAL Once ut prices rs cheap rs
the cheapest.
A splendid private residence with
the good VIII of a medical practice for
sale. For particulars apply at this Of
Gee. If.
Our merchants have Sn been to the
cs1y now, 10 lay in their winter stock
and the stores are well filled with fresh
looking and well selected goods.
Cold, did yOa sayg Why yes, rather
for November. 'Nopacsor down near
the oeichSorhood Of zero. Overcoats,
underwear, coal, wOri and good new s.
pSPGs in sharp demand.
The editor Is at B,llefcate this
week ccaErsiRg. Lay no blame at his
door for any improvements in this
weeks JOURNAL,
Samuel WeiSer, ST. has built good
plank walk along the front Of his two
lots, On Penn Street.
-Nillheim Is getting 10 he pretty we'll
supplied with side walks and people
can 60 almost anywhere dry shOd. A
few more gaps should be filed up before
winter sets in.
The butcheUing season is now fair
ly ON Us and the clatter of the chopper
machine may be heard every day.
We Still need wood. potatoes and
aFrleS. We have some of each but not
e 'ough Of any one TO do US. Bring
them along friends.
Christ Woodling did a very clever
trick last Saturday, by building beard
walk. This fills up the gap on Penn
street, making good continuous side
walk from AlNander'S corner TO lSlael
Confer near the brick mill. Tird Ia
Penn street.
Our young an1 efficient Ian llord of
the Nillheim Hotel, Mr.. W. ). Musser,
i still confined "a his Sickbed, and suf-
fers considerable pain by his wounded
shoulder. Hope he may soon be able
TO be out again.
Its soon time to think about
Christmas gifts, to be given and TO be
got We call yoar attention to the fact
THAI the JoGrnal Book Store has the
-'boSs" selection of gOodS-very suita-
ble for Christmas presents.
The weather has been unusually
cold and dry for the last week. and
heavy storms chased the snow and dust
IN the peoples eyes. There are only FIVE
or six wells in town, that contain wat
er and a large number Uf the inhabit-
ants Of our town have to fetch their
drinking water considerable dis
tance.
We see by last weeks Wotchman
that Mr. and Nrs. Gottlieb IIsag, of
the Pleasant Gap Hotel, celebrated
their silver wedding by a grand dinner,
vocal and instrumental music and final.
" by Terpsichorean enjoyment. The
house WAS crowded and the presents
given TO the happy couple were many
and costly. They have our pest wish
es-
DR.. J. ". STAN, one Of our mer-
chants, viii leave town next week and
move TO Linden Hall, where he expects
to be engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness His son, Russell, is to stay here
and carry on the store business in the
old stand I'm Alexander's building. We
wish the doctor all possible success in
his new enterprise.
FIRE.-Last Tuesday night, at a.
bout 10 O'Clock, the cry OF fire rang out
into the stiIl night air al the south end
Of Penn Street, while over on George
Meyers farm high and strong flames
could be seen striking up towards the
sky. At the one end of the barnyard
stood an old pigpen, near which they
have their kettleplace. While heating
water for butchering purposes the day
before, some sparks had got under the
floor Of the pigpen, without being no.
ticed by anybody. A little breeze fam
ned the sparks into flames on the men.
toned night and soon the whole pigpen
and part of the barnyard fence stood
on FIRE. SIR. Meyer and family were in
bed at the time, but after the arrival OF
some of the neighbOrs and their help,
they succeeded in checking the fire, be-
fore it could do very geat damage. The
pigpen however was burnt away entire
ly as well as three turkeys that were
shut up in it. We learned since, that
Mr.. Meyer received painful burns at