The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31

eight rooms.
Rev. II. X. johnson. pastor of the
Presbyterian church. closed the special
meetings in his church last Friday
evening. The meetings were held
three weeks. Sixteen persons were re-
ceived into the church.
G. N. Lewis hound had one of its legs
broken in dog row Monday fore
noon. DR.. S. Reynolds dressed the
fracture and 1t is expected that the
canine will be able to run on all fours
again before many weeks.
Prof. w. j. Weaver, one of the teach
ers of our schools. is enrolled in the
long list of popular school teachers
being voted for on the Pitsburg Times
vacation offer. The list Of teachers
now number over three thousand.
Royal Phosphoric coffee is prepared
with special reference to health. II
contains no poisonous element and no
extract II has Il delicious taste, and is
especially adapted to the most delicate
as well as the most robust. Ask your
grocer for IT,
We care not what others may say,
but speaking for ourselves, we never
enjoyed lecture, recitation, sermon,
or dramatic play as we enjoyed "The
Bright Side of Life in Libby Prison." y
Winfield Kdn.) Courier. AtCentennial
Hall, Reynoldsville, Feb. 9th.
Fifty-six probationers were taken into
the NJ. +. church at this place last
Sunday. Up to and including Monday
night there have been seventy-one
persons at the altar, large percent OF
whom are married people. The revival
services in this church seems to have
just begun.
A disgraceful fight occurred near the
Arnold Block. on Main street, last
Wednesday evening between gang of
boys in this place. The boys soon drew
large crowd and were urged on by the
crowd. Such conduct is no credit to
the boys who were engaged in it nor the
men who urged them on to fight.
Wednesday, February eth, has been
announced as the day appointed for ap-
peals from the assessments from the
following boroughs and townships of
Jefferson county for 1894, to be held at
the Office of County Commissioners:
Reynoldsvile, West Reynoldsville,
Winslow, Warsaw and Washington.
The Prohibitionists of Winslow town
ship nominated the following ticket at
recent caucus: Tax collector, f. NJ.
Lucas; supervisors, Geo. Charlton, ST.,
S. +. Brison: school directors, A. Shu-
CARTS, Benjamin Hooking, James
Beveridge, sr.; auditor, d. f. Phillips;
overseer poor, Daniel Isenhuth inspec-
tor of election, John Siple.
Fifty-four applications have been
made for license to sell liquor in Jeffer-
son county, forty-eight retail, two
wholesale and four brewers. There
were ninety-six applications over in Elk
county, and that county is Just about
one-half as large as Jefferson county.
The people of Elk county must keep
their whistles wet all the time.
We received calendar for 1894 few
days ago from the Buffalo Courier,
which is the neatest thing in the shape
of calendar that has ever been received
at this Office. The Courier Co., general
printers and photographers, of Buffalo,
N Y, is second to no other establish
ment of the kind in the country for
turning out good work. Accept our
thanks for the calendar.
The town council of Driftwood is
thinking seriously of holding a special
election to give the people of that town
an opportunity of voting for or against
water works for that town. And why
not? Enough property has gone up in
smoke in the last decade to pay several
times what water works would cost
them. The Gazette, which is an enter
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prising sheet, is in favor of the project
The special meetings held in the
Baptist church at this place during the
past three week, conducted by Rev.
w. G. Patterson, Evangelist for the
Pennsylvania Baptist State Mission
Society, closed Sunday evening. The
meetings were interesting and well
attended. Twelve persons were bap-
tised, eight last Sunday evening, and
nineteen were added to the church as
the fruits of the special meetings.
Persons who believe in luck and
signs will doubtless agree that it is
unlucky to be struck by lightning on
Monday, or to take hold of circular
saw in motion on Tuesday, or tumble
down stairs with "A coal scuttle on Wed-