The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04


past two weeks.
J. +. Welsh & Co. keep fine line OF
ladies' gentlemen's and children's shoes
constantly in stock.
The Winslow township school board
gave George Beams the contract Sat
urlay to build the addition on to the
Sykesvillc school house.
DR.. Mary Il. Kmball, of Brookvillc,
Pa, will be ut Mrs. Miles Kings on
Friday, Aug. 9Th, and ladies wishing to
see her professionally will call between
200 and 800 p. NJ.
Mrs. Loretta Annie Rickard, nee Will
son. was buried In the Beechwoods
cemetery Monday. She was married
less than month ago and was twenty
years old last March.
DIR. r.. DeVere King will go to house
keeping in the rooms over the Reyn-
oldsvile Hardware Co. store. He will
have couple Of the rooms fitted up
for his dental Office.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the encampment of the Sons of
Veterans at Dubois, Aug. Al, the b.,
II. & =. R'y will sell excursion tickets
at 40 cents, good to return until Aug.
10Th.
There will be no preaching services
in the Presbyterian church next Sun
day. II Is not likely that there will be
any preaching In that church during
this month, as the pastors vacation
lasts all the month.
Rev. j. NJ. Dean, pastor Of the Bap-
tist church, held a gospel meeting on
Main street. in front of Major Epler's,
Saturday evening. A large crowd list
ened to the service. which consisted Of
songs. n short address, testimonies and
prayer.
DR.. j. G.. King and wife. DR.. j. w.
Foust and wife, DIR. Harry King, Mrs.
DR.. S. Reynolds, Clarence Reynolds
and Miss Maud Reynolds attended the
annual picnic of the jefferson Medical
Association held at Punxsutawney last
Friday.
An ice cream festival, under the au-
spices of the ladies of the Rathmel NJ.
f.. church, will be held in the Smith
grove, near that place, next Saturday
evening. Every person invited to at
tend Proceeds to be applied on the
preachers salary.
There will be lawn fete and social
given by Mrs. Palen's and Mrs. Riston's
Sunday school classes Thursday even
ing, August 5th, at the home of Mrs.
Riston. Ice cream. sherbet, cake and
coffee will be served. Proceeds for ben
eft of new Sabbath school library.
Peter Berkhouse, formerly of Brock
wayvile, died at Kane on Thursday,
from heart failure, and was buried at
Brockwayville on Friday. The deceased
was an uncle Of A. Il. Mcclure and
Francis Smith, of the Reynoldsville
Hardware Co. Mr.. Mcclure attended
the funeral.
The dwelling house of Asa Phillippi
at Sykesville was struck by lightning
last Friday night. There are eight
rooms in the building and the lightning
damaged every room but one, and yet
the family escaped without injury. One
Of Mr.. Phillippi's daughters was sleep.
ing with her head on pillow near the
wall where the lightning ran down and
tore the paper Off without affecting the
child in the least.
On account OF the clouds intervening
the partial eclipse OF the sun last Thurs
day forenoon was visible here only g
short time. Almost one half of the so
lar disk was obscured. BY the aid ol
an old-fashioned smoked glass number
of our citizens watched the different
phases OF the obscuration. We are
told, by those who claim to know, thai
this will be the last eclipse visible in
this section until May, 1900.
Thomas Bone, of this place, and Miss
Jennie Pittsley, dress maker in Du
Bois whose parents live at Eleanora
will be married at 400 p. NJ, Wednes
day, Aug. 1lth, in Dubois by Rev. ]
Vernon Bell, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Both young people are Meth
odists, but on account of the illness o
DR.. Rich, Rev. Bell performs the cere
mony. The young couple will imme
diately go to housekeeping in this place
on Jackson street
Misses frankie King and Elvie Cole
man went to Kittanning Monday to at
tend the four weeks normal school OF mu
sic to be held at that place, beginning
Aug. End and ending Aug. 9th. Prof
s. S. Myers, OF Cleveland, o., has charge
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