The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-01-05

AT the meeting OF the school board
Monday evening Miss Lulu Black was
elected substitute teacher. .
l.. w. Robinson. general manager of
the II. a. =. G. e. [. Co., and the j. & G.
G. & I. Co., who has been living at
Punxsutawney has moved his family to
Rochester, N. Y.
1t is high time the heavy fall of snow
last Friday was cleaned of all sidewalks
in this borough. The ordinance allows
twenty-four hours after the fall Of snow
to have the sidewalks cleaned.
The "Jolly Lot matinee, played at
the opera house Christmas afternoon,
by home talent under the management
Of U. G.. Scheafnocker, was Il complete
success financially and every other way.
A congregation of worshipers assem-
bled in the M. +. church at ten o'clock
on Friday night, Dec. 3lst, and watched
the old year out and the new year in.
DIR. Rumberger preached a sermon and
the balance Of the two hours was spent
in prayer, song and praise.
The following officers have been elect
ed for the Baptist Sunday School for
1898: Superintendent, w. S. Stone:
assistant superintendent. w. f. Mar
shall: secretary, Myrtle Dean; treasurer:
Il. G. Davis; librarian, Blanche Whit
more: assistant librarian, Charles King.
The entertainment and social held in
the |. O. o. f. hall Christmas eve. un-
der the auspices of the Sons of St.
George, was better patronized by the
public in general than any entertain
ment or social ever before given by the
Sons of st. George. for which they are
thankful.
The gas well on the Schugars' farm
is now down to a depth of over $500
feet. The company still has hopes of
striking oil. A new well will be drilled
in the Horn Settlement by q Pittsburg
party. 1t is to be hoped that oil or gas,
in a paying quantity, will be struck
in one, II not both, of these wells.
The Daughters of Rebekah were to
have given an entertainment and social
in the Star building New Years eve,
but on account of the big snow storm,
il was postponed until next Saturday
evening, January Sth. Everybody is
invited to attend this social and enter
tainment on the Sth inst Admission
10 cents.
During the past year Heidrick. Mat
son & Co.'s saw mill in Brookville has
cut over $4,000, 600 feet of lumber. The
saving was done by wilkins g. Dickin-
son, and Theo. Wilkins, the latter run
ming the mill now. This Is the largest
amount Of lumber ever cut by any mill
in one year in Jefferson county.-Brook-
vile Democrat.
Miles Walsh, who has been proprietor
OF the Burns House several years,
moved out of that hostelry last Satur.
day. He moved into the Walsh home
stead in West Reynoldsville. Yesterday
John OHare, formerly one of the pro-
prietors of the City Hotel, the past two
years bartender at Hotel Mcconnell,
moved into the Burns House.
Miss Sue B. Ayres, who has been
organist in the Presbyterian church,
in this place number of years, went to
Pittsburg last Friday to take few
lessons on pipe organ, which she UNDER
stands pretty well now, and then she may
accept position that has been offered
her to play the pipe organ for a large
Presbyterian congregation in Pittsburg.
A number OF young men of this place
have organized new society which
they have been pleased to call Terp-
sichorean, the meaning of which is
"the Muse who presides over dancing"
One of the large rooms on the second
floor of the Reynolds block has been
leased for one year A piano and other
furniture will be put in the room. The
first party given by the Terpsichorean
society was on Monday evening of last
week. A midnight supper was served
at Hotel Mcconnell.
George w. Sykes, one OF the proprie-
tors of the large and we'll equipped
woolen mill plant in this place, started
last week on a three weeks trip to
Pittsburg, Chicago, Minneapolis and
other large western cities in quest of
orders for the mill. Mr. Sykes is
first-class salesman and the goods
turned out by the Reynoldsville mill
are as good as is on the market, and
there is no doubt but that he will get
some very large orders. Mr.. Sykes has
travelled the same territory before and
secured orders and where the goods
from this mill are sold once it is not
hard to get second order