The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-10

All the school houses in Winslow
township will be furnished with new
slate blackboards to take the place of
the painted boards used heretofore.
This will be great improvement.
States for all the schools amounted to
over five hundred dollars.
Dame Rumor insinuates rather
assuredly that ex-Sheriff w. b. Sutter
is looking with covetous political eye
towards the prothonotaryship of Jeffer-
son county, waiting longingly until it
gets ripe. This is not given for gospel
truth, only IA hearin' so.'
J. G. Swartz. ex-cashier of the Big
Run bank and a promising young man
of this city, was in West Virginia last
week looking after lumber interests for
a Pittsburg firm. The firm is very
desirous that Silas locate in that section
of the country, and he may do so within
three weeks.
The Berwind-White company are
making preparations to operate their
coal land at Skaters Siding, near
Dubois. The contract for sinking the
proposed shaft has been let to Pitts
burg firm. 1t is expected that the
mines will be in operation by the time
'93 is ushered in.
This week we announce the names of
w. w. Barclay, of Big Run, formerly
of Reynoldsville, J. U. Gillespie, of
Clayville, and H. II. Brosius, of Brook
vile, as candidates for State Senate,
subject to the Democratic voters OF
jefferson county at the primaries on
Saturday August Goth.
The Adrian hospital is to be moved
to some point nearer the railroad, where
it will be easier to get to and more con-
venient for the public in general.
Dubois people are throwing out induce
ments to have it located there. 1t is
not likely that Punxsutawney people
will allow it to pass by their town.
J. G. Williams and John C. Dillmon
are taking advantage of the fire limit
ordinance. Dillmon is building two
story addition to his restaurant and
Williams is building wooden photo
graph gallery near Centennial hall.
The erection of wooden buildings on
Main street will soon be thing of the
past.
Every person knows that MARY has
little lamb" but it is not generally
known by the denizens of the suburban
district, especially in Paradise, that Jim
Mahoney has little lamb. Although
its fleece is not as white as snow, yet it
will follow Jimmy where ever it wants
togo. The little mutton is being raised
to butt-hood on bottle.
Punxsutawney will be the centre of
attraction in this section on Labor Day.
1t is expected that two thousand miners
and laborers will join in the parade.
An industrial parade is to be one of the
features of the day. Hon.J. w. Mcbride,
president of the U. NJ. w. of A., and d.
G. Gillespie, of Big Run, will address the
people in Lindsey grove.
The Congressional Conference of the
End district of Pennsylvania, which met
at Kiskiminetas Springs on Tuesday,
July 10Th, and after sixty-one ballots
were taken, during the four days devoted
to it, the conference adjourned to meet
at Punxsutawney at 500 A. M. this
morning, August 10th. 1t is not at
all doubtful but that there will lively
time in the conference during the
present session.
There is no discount in the fact that
the Presbyterian congregation at this
place will have beautiful church
to worship in hereafter. The interior
of the edifice has been handsomely
frescoed, the woodwork re-oiled and
nice new carpet will adorn the floor.
Drs. Reynolds and Alexander were the
committee appointed to oversee the
work. j. j. Hoffman, of Brookville,
did the frescoing.
Hicks gives forecast for the remainder
of August as follows: about the l1th,
warm and stormy The 10th, 18th and
18th will show another oppressively
warm wave, which, unless it breaks into
violent storms, will continue and reach
climax of summer heat and drought
about the 22nd and 23rd. At these
dates storms will appear. More rain
than before in August is promised from
the 9th to the last.
Last "Wednesday morning ]. c. Barto,
the man who has recently opened up the
neat and attractive green grocery store
in the Nolan Block, sent THE STAR
office large delicious, pulpy fruit,
commonly called watermelon, for
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