The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-05

will find ready sale.
A number of wooden awnings in front
of business places on Main street are
soon to give way for canvas ones. II
would make great Improvement in
the appearance of the town II canvas
awnings would be contagious.
There are now about twenty passen-
ger trains each day arrive and depart
from Falls Creek on the many different
railroads and when the Clearfield and
Mahoning road is opened several more
will be added to that number.
Little Susie, six year old daughter Of
Joseph Mckernan, presented ye editor
with dozen fresh eggs Saturday even
ing for Easter. Susies smiling coun-
tcnancc is seen in the STAR office about
once every three weeks. She gathers
Pittsburg Times votes for her teacher
Miss Lizzie Burris.
The first green truck of the season
was sold i'm our markets last week. Gu
cumbers sold at twenty-five cents apiece
and radishes the size of a hickory nut
at penny apiece. Strawberries sold
for fifty cents quart. 1t requires fat
pocket book to indulge in such luxuries
at this season of the year.
The drivers at the Rochester mines
at Dubois. instituted short strike at
that place last week. The boys got
paid for ten hours as a days work, but
the boss drivers managed to make them
work eleven hours and the boys rebelled.
After days idleness work was resumed
on basis of ten hours per day.
The Rathmel correspondent to the
Dubois Courier claims a thousand in
| habitants for that village and suggests
that it be made a borough. The street
car projectors figure on five hundred
people in Rathmel, but If there is
thousand so much the better for the
street car line. The street cars, how
ever, are yet a nonentity.
Miss Marguerite Thompson, of Brook
vile, who has been playing the vocalian
organ in the NJ. f. church at this place
each Sunday since the first of last De-
cember, has resigned on account of the
extra time, at this season of the year,
demanded by the additional scholars to
whom she gives music lessons at Du-
Bois, Reynoldsville and Brookville.
A typo from Lock Haven, who was
"holding cases" on the Dubois Courier,
came to Reynoldsville recently to see a
fair maiden with whom he was so enam-
ored that he preferred, after staying
with her two days, to remain another
day at the sacrifice of his job. A daily
paper must be published cen though
printers do get tangled in loves meshes.
Last Sunday evening just about the
time DR.. ;. 5. ellison, who preached in
the Presbyterian church, had reached
the "lastly" in his sermon. Thomas
Shields tainted and raised considerable
excitement. Mr.. Shields was not feel
ing very well before he went to church,
the room was warm, and the air was
not good, and before he could get out
he swooned.
The new whistle at Hopkins mill
busted the first time it was tried last
week and it was sent away for repairs.
1t was returned on the accommodation
Saturday night and was tried again
about ten o'clock that night, which
sounded like fire alarm and led many
Reynoldsville people to think that there
was fire at the mill. The new whis-
tie is loud one.
In an official proclamation Governor
Pattison has named the 18th and Goth
of this month to be observed as Arbor
Days in Pennsylvania. This is an ex-
cellent custom and it is becoming more
observed every year. Those who own
property in Reynoldsville who have not
already a row of trees in front Of their
property should observe the days desig-
mated by the Governor.
Lawyer c. Mitchell left Reynoldsville
on the evening train last Thursday and
went as far as Penfield. He returned
Monday afternoon, The gentleman was
dressed for either hunting or fishing
and carried an outfit of some kind with
him. When asked by representative
of this paper where he had been, an
swered, lat Dubois" The readers can
draw their own conclusions.
William G. Campbell, an employee at
Hopkins mill, had his left hand badly
injured while at work last Friday. Mr..
Campbell is familiarly known as
mike" Once upon time he bought
boat from man named Mike Kahoe
in Lock Haven, where William comes
from, and when he took his first ride In