The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15

Rev. Harvey Greene Furbay will
preach in the M. T.. church this evening
and consequently the usual Wednesday
evening prayer-meeting in the Presby-
terian church will not be held this
week.
Jemima Lauretta, an infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Doney, of
Winslow township, aged ten months
and seventeen days, died on the llth
inst. of Group, and was buried in the
Moore cemetery yesterday.
Our authority for the statement that
there was no dance in connection with
the oyster supper at Peter Baum's on
the 2nd inst, was the foreman Of the
| STAR office. who was there. and Rev.
Jas. II. Jelbart, whose wife was present.
Peter Baum told some of the young
people that there would be dance at
his place that night. and one fellow took
his violin with him, but there was no
dance "all the same
The officials of the A. V. R'y have
not seen the one hundred cars of freight
that the Pennsylvania II. II. was to
ship daily over the Low Grade, which
was to have been inaugurated last We'd
nesday. There is some talk of the p.
II. II. shipping freight over the A. V.
R'y, but II has not been settled yet how
many extra trains will be run or when
the work will be commenced. 1t is
pretty certain thing that the Pennsyl-
vania will ship considerable freight this
way before many days.
! II has been rumored about town. and
even stated by correspondents to out
side papers, that S. B. Rumsey, super
intendent Of the Low Grade Div. of the
A. V. R'y, has a cancer on his tongue.
We are glad to say that there is no
truth in the statement, at least the
eminent physician of Philadelphia, by
whom Mr.. Rumsey is now being treated,
says it is not a cancer nor anything
even Of amalignant nature. Mr.. Rumsey
will be at home again in ten days or
two weeks with good, healthy tongue.
Sixty years ago the few people who
lived in this neck O. woods had to go to
Bellefonte, sixty-six miles, for their mail
and groceries. The postage on letter
then was about twenty cents. Now
groceries are delivered at your door,
and before many years the free delivery
system will be in vogue, not only in
villages and hamlets, but the farmer
can sit by his freside in the winter
months and wait for the mail man to
come, not only that but it will cost
a penny to send letter. In the olden-
times, however, every member of a family
did not visit the postoffice daily.
The overflow of the Sandy Lick creek
on the swamp below town, and the
freeze up OF the same, made good skating
for the lads, lassies and few married
people Saturday. The creek was not
safe for skating on and consequently
the skaters almost swarmed on the
place above mentioned. Several found
tender places in the ice and got into
the cold water up to their waists and
had some difficulty in getting out again,
as the ice would break when they
would try to get out and their compan-
ions were afraid to get close enough to
help them, fearing they too might get a
bath.
Yesterday was st. Valentine day. On
this day many despicable towards seize
the opportunity to send contemplate
colored pictures to their enemies as a
token of their hatred for them. Valen-
tines sent out by young people, more
for joke than anything else, is alright
but grown people who take that
avenue to try to hurt some ones feelings
are STOPPING to an act that shows their
extreme littleness. Some people are
very sensitive and when a valentine is
received by them they take it to heart,
but generally speaking, such valen-
tines have no more effect on the re-
celver than the pouring OF pint oil
water on ducks back.
Rev. G. r. Mckinney, the evangelist,
is still conducting services in the M. f.
church. His sermons are delivered in
a way that draws the people and the
house is crowded almost nightly, and
yet there have been but few at the
altar. The man is greatly in earnest
and II the church members were one
half as much in earnest about a revival
as Rev. Mckinney is, there would be 9
big ingathering into the church. Unless
the people have mind to work the
results of a special meeting will not bt
very great. Rev Mckinney, in his
peculiar style, shoots some very plain
unvarnished truths at his congregation
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