The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

ware merchant.
There were seven prisoners In the
lookup Saturday night. Three Of them
as suspicious characters, two for drunk
enness and two for fighting. One OF
the seven had to serve AZ hours. The
suspicious chaps had money.
John Crawford Of Washington town
ship, who had lived in that section a
half century, died Monday, aged eighty
six years. Funeral services will be held
at his late residence at eleven o'clock
to-day. His remains will be buried In
the Beechwoods cemetery.
Maud Smith. aged nine years, adopt
ed daughter Of Jonothan Snyder, OF
Winslow township, died Wednesday OF
last week from consumption, and was
buried in the Lutheran cemetery at
Emerickville Thursday. Funeral SER
vices we're conducted by Rev. Harshaw.
Prof Alton G. Lindsey has organized
class in elocution in this place under
the auspices Of the public schools of the
borough. He has about 80 pupils. 1t
was at the suggestion of Prof. Lenkerd,
our efficient principal, that Prof.
Lindsey came to Rcynoldsville. The
lessons are given in the public school
building.
People are requested to step inside
the Methodist church and ask the ush-
ers for seat. They are the only ones
in the back part Of the church who
know when the house is full. Last Sun
day evening many went away while
there was still room in the body OF the
house and no chairs in use all through
the service.
Samuel b. Arthurs, OF the Central
Hotel, Brookville, and Miss Rebecca
Jane Mosgrove Pinney, daughter of N.
G. Pinney, were married at the home
Of the brides parents in Brookville last
Wednesday night by Rev. Leitzell, pas
tor of the Lutheran church in that
place. They went to Pittsburg ON a
wedding trip.
The February term Of court opened
Monday with Judge Reed on the bench.
There are only four criminal cases for
this term. Constable Samuel E. Brill
hart, Of West Reynoldsville, was placed
in charge OF the grand jury. Edward
L. Moore, Of Rathmel, Andrew McKeon,
OF Washington township, and George
w. King, of Worthwhile, were appoint
ed tip slaves.
The prizes offered by the Prize Shoot
ing Gallery last week were a 3S-calibre
Winchester repeating rife and self
cooking self-ejecting, centre-fre re-
volver. Ed. Gooder and Will Ford
were tie for the first prize and had to
shoot the second time. Gooder got the
prize. David Postlethwait got the
second prize. This week the prizes
are diamond studs.
A new bell was put into the belfry
OF the Rathmel school house last Thurs
day. The scholars cannot have for an
excuse for being late now that they
didn't know 1t was school time. The
new bell proclaims the school hours.
1t was through the efforts Of Prof.
Morris and the other teachers and the
pupils that the bell was purchased and
placed in the belfry.
Evangelist John M. Dean, of Kalama-
zoo, Mich, will hold special meetings
in the Baptist church every night this
week, except Saturday night. Cottage
prayer meetings In different homes
every afternoon except Saturday after
noon. Evangelist Dean is young
man, not twenty-five years old yet, but
he has the reputation of being an able
preacher and an active worker.
Among the first Of Sheriff E. G..
Burns official acts was that Of selling
out the post Office at Big Run. He
didn't sell the mail matter, as Uncle
Sam had previous claim on that. But
the outfit was levied upon and sold in
execution for claim. The property
was bid in by the claimant. Mr.. Burns
believes he is the first sheriff in Jeffer-
son county, at least, who ever seized
and sold post office.-Brockwayville
Record.
License court will be held In
Brookville on Monday, Feb. 18th. The
applications were published in the
Brookville papers last week. There
are thirty-nine applications for retail
license in Jefferson county, four for
Wholesale and four for brewers. The
applicants for Reynoldsville are NJ. H,
Walsh, Burns House; Green g. Conser,
The Imperial; John c. Dillman, Hotel
Belnap; f. j. Black, Hotel Mcconnell
]. r. Emery, Hotel Matson, and w. s.
Ross, Ross House; Frank A. Mcconnell
wholesale, H. S. Belnap, wholesale.