Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-28
Local Department.

Tho corn crop of Union county will
be very goods that of Penn's Valley,
number one.
"A Methodist campmeeting will be-
gin near Pine Grove Mills, Septem-
Der 1lth.
go 900 persons were present at
ocean Grove campmeeting near New
York, last Sunday.
Very copious and reasonable rains
have put the soil in easier condition for
blowing.
Those of our folks who were pre-
sent at the Clintondale campmeeting
report very large attendance and
good order.
Edwin Smith, farmer, living sew
en- miles from Adrian, Mich, has a
beard seyen feet six and half inches
long.
Senator Conkling is going to stay
at home the balance of the summer.
He has discovered that home is much
healthier place for him than Narragan-
Sett Pier.
Somebody down in Snyder county
has tobacco leaf that is 81 feet long
and % inches wide. Well, we have
made up our mind not to get mad abo ut
it and if it were thrice as big.
AT the Harvest Home last week we
had expected to meet brethren Whit
man, Cornelius and SchOch, and be in
Yited to dinner by at least several of
them, but nary a one showed his face
and we had to shape our dinner as best
we could. Wen mird you for that
boys.
The Miflinburg Telegraph says
that "NIr. Chas. Seebold, of New Ber-
lin, is becoming noted as land owner.
Recently, at sheriff's sale, he secured
the fne farm of Mr.. Eyer, in Union
township at SIC, 900, which makes we
are informed, the sixth farm he owns"
The picnic of the Elk Creek and
Liberty Sunday schools, which had
been spoiled by the rain the other Sat
urday, came off last Saturday, in Ev-
ert's woods, near Coburn. Although
the clouds appeared threatening in the
morning the day passed off without
rain. The attendance was very
good and everything passed off to the
entire satisfaction of all concern ed.
Revs. Shoemaker and Tomlinson made
addresses and the Mlllheim Cornet
Band made the music. The picnic was
a success altogether.
On Sunday last Mr.. a. Walter and
F. 2. Musser met with an accident,
which though bad enough came very
nigh of being much worse. They were
in buggy on their way to Clintondale
camplneeting, and were overtaken just
before crossing the bridge, near Love
lands store, by party of three or four,
in so many conveyances, who were IA
cling and by drying around them they
cut off the bridge. Their horse took
fright and sprang down the embank-
ment, upsettlng the buggy. The top
was broken clear off and the buggy 9TH
erwise badly damaged, and it is woD-
der i'm view of the nature of the acci.
dent, that both the occupants escaped
without any material injury to them
selves.
=PERsoNAL.-Mr.J Jonathan Philips
one of our oldest f1ieh and citizens,
seems to be on the decline. He is still
able to be up but can no longer walk a.
round town. He is in his eighties.
At the Union Cnunty Harvest Home
we had the pleasure for the FIRST time to
meet Thos. Quicker, Superintendent,
and Mr.. E. s. Harrar, General Ticket
Agent, of the Williamsport Division of
the p. s. E. r. r., of which our road
is branch. They are said to be rail
road men of strictly No grade, as
regards qualification and efficiency. On
this point we are no judge, but we
do know that both of them impressed
us with the fact that they are gentle
men in the best and fullest sense of the
word.
VIM. B. Mingle s. family, visited at
Aaronsburg over Sunday.
Mr.. Amos Alexander is again able to
walk about. Hope he may continue to
improve.
Emanuel Motz, Esq, after an abb
sence of over year away down in
South Carolina, is here for short time
on visit to his family.
&. w. Hartman who was confined
to his bed in consequence of a severe
spraln in the hip, is up and about again.
Thomas Gutelius, the boss buggy
man, of Miffiinbur9, was in town on
Monday. We did not inquire what his
business was, but when we saw him ne
was engaged in pacing off our new side
walks In long, measured, regular steps.
Mrs. Garman, of Philadelphia,
sister to Mr.. Elias Lose, who had been
here for some time on q visit to her
brother, has left for home.
Mr.. w. H. Stevenson, a teacher, of
Chatham's Run, Clinton county, gave