The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-06

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vile in the vacant lot near the opera
house.
The weigh scales in front of j. S.
Morrow's store are now ready TO tell
the accurate weight Of everything put
on them.
| We can't blame a man for being
watchful OF his dollars, but all are not
watchful; II they were, they would trade
at Reeds.
Edward Thomas, coal miner, was
drowned at New Bethlehem Wednesday
night Of last week. He attempted TO
cross foot log over a mill race and
fell In.
The b., II. & Z. will run an excursion
to Niagara Falls on Thursday, Sep.
18th, tickets good for five days, for
$3.50. The train leaves Falls Creek at
LAO p. M.
| The second annual exposition Of the
Jefferson County Agricultural Associa-
tion will be held the latter part of this
month. Six thousand dollars will be
paid in premiums.
| Mr.. Waugaman. deaf and dumb
man, was run down by an r. & +. G.
train at the mines Wednesday morning.
He miracuously escaped with several
scratches on his face.
| Mrs. Chambers handed small boquet
Of lilac flowers into this Office Monday.
1t is late for such flowers, but this was
the result of taking the leaves off the
bush the first of August
The Winslow township school direc-
tors have been asked to build two new
school houses, one near Sykesville and
the other near Isreal Snyder's. They
have not decided to build them yet.
The Clearfield & Mahoning Ry
commenced carrying mail between
Clearfield and Dubois last Monday. 1t
will only be short time until the
train will carry mail between Reynolds
vile and Clearfield.
The fifty-eighth session of the Erie
Annual Conference will be held at
Dubois next week. Bishop Hurst will
preside. This conference is no small
affair. 1t will convene on the 18th and
continue until the 18th.
There will be box supper and ice
cream festival held in G. A. r. hall on
Saturday evening, Sept. 9th, 1893, UNI
der the auspices Of True Blue lodge No.
II, A. p. A. Every body is invited to
come and bring basket
Anthony Comstock, of New York,
speaker of national reputation, will lec-
ture on Gambling and Crime Breeders
of the day." in the Court House at
Brookville tomorrow evening, Septem-
ber 7th. The lecture is free.
A typos of the STAR and Volunteer
Offices went coon hunting one night last
week. The "devils" of the two offices
are not much on catching coons, but
they are a small "herd" when 1t comes
to getting away with roasting ears.
w. L. McCracken, president. and A.
ID. Long, secretary OF the Jefferson
County Agricultural Association are
hustlers and will leave nothing undone
to make the BrOokville fair complete
success this fall. The fair will be held
four days, Sep. 26th to Goth inclusive.
The four American orders that held
the festival in the G. A. r. hall Labor
Day met with financial success. A
good musical program was furnished
free in the evening by 'The Strouse
Family" Noah Strouse and his sons and
daughters, w. L., Ambrose, John,
Mabel and Estella, and the Hopkins
Mandolin Club.
AS the one o'clock passenger train
came laundering around the curve at
the round house Monday John Dillman's
white COW stepped onto the track. The
engine struck the cow and knocked her
a distance OF almost one hundred feet
over the embankment. The cows back
was broken, leg broken, horn knocked
off and tail cut off. She died in few
minutes.
Will Schultze borrowed several dogs
and went out hunting few days ago.
The dogs started up some game and
Will jumped on log ant saw the BUSH
es shake near him, and thinking the
game he was after was in there, he
pulled the tricker. When he stepped
into the bushes to see the result OF the
shot he found Ed. Lewis dog with big
hole in its head.
The N. T. L. Society, Of the Presby-
terian church, composed Of nine ladies,
are having the parsonage of their
church painted. Five Of the ladies, Sue
Ayers, Mary Cooper, Agie Riston,
Isabelle Arnold and Robertha Ayers,
worked faithfully with paint and brush