The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-01-26

The Summerville Telephone Company
will connect the Punxsutawney and
Reynoldsville exchange Offices this
week The connection with the Du-
Bois exchange office will not be made
until about the first of March.
We received a calendar Monday from
]. w. Hill, an insurance agent OF East
Brady, on which is picture of his little
daughter, Elizabeth, and her dog, Ted.
The cut was made from snapshot
photograph taken by Rev. G. G. Rum
berger, now pastor of the Reynoldsville
NJ. h. church.
Last week we received the first an
nual catalogue of the Marienvile
schools containing the courses of study,
duties of principal and teachers, names
of pupils, etc, which was prepared by
the principal, Prof. Lex N. Mitchell.
The catalogue is well gotten up and
nicely printed. The work was done at
the Marienville Express Office.
Smith M. McCreight, young lawyer
Of Reynoldsville, who resides in Wins
low township, has announced himself as
q candidate for delegate to the Republi-
can State Convention. Three delegates
are to be elected from this county.
There are no two better candidates for
delegates than Mr.. McCreight. Of Wins
| l.,xr nf
this borough. The primary will be
held February 18th.
Col. Balm is a man singularly sweet
and unaffected personality, an honest,
earnest, entertaining and convincing
public talker. An audience that can
hear him and not enjoy him, accuses IT.
self, and one that can hear him
and not be benefited by what he says,
is either so good as to be beyond the
need of improvement, or so bad as TO be
beyond its reach. h.--Jahu Dewitt Miller.
AT Assembly hall. Friday, February
lth.
G. /. Dinger has sold his interest in
the Hughes & Dinger furniture store
and undertaking establishment to FL
mer Schugars, Of Winslow township,
son of Levi Schugars. Mr. Dinger
stepped out last week. Mr.. Schugars
has many friends in ReynOldsville and
Winslow township who will wish him
success in this business venture and will
throw their trade and influence in his
direction. Mr.. Hughes, the other part
ner, is genial fellow and seems to un-
derstand the furniture business.
On account Of the extremely bad
weather Saturday evening the speak
ers who were expected here for the 25th
anniversary Of the Odd Fellows lodge,
some OF whom were quite old men,
failed to arrive, and local talent did
about all the speech-making for the
occasion. After the meeting in the hall,
the members of the lodge and visiting
brothers adjourned to the rooms OF the
Daughters OF Rebekah, in the same
building, and were served with hot
chicken supper by the latter organiza-
tion.
A correspondent from this place fur
nished the Dubois Courier with ghost
story yesterday morning. His ghost.
ship was seen near Prescottville last
Friday night, according to the cores.
pondents story, by the night crew on
the r.. e. +. 9. R'y and some miners
Engineer David Postlethwaits name
was mentioned with others who saw the
ghost Mr.. Postlethwait said yesterday
that while doing some shifting at the
junction Friday night he saw man
standing near the track waiting for the
train to pass by who had his head tied
up and was smoking pipe. That was
the ghost seen Friday night.
Last week we published the Prohi
bition ticket that had been nominated
on the l4th inst, which was moi
complete, and this week we have beer
requested to publish the entire ticket
since the correction has been made
which is as follows: School directors
Rufus Kirk, A. +. Dunn; town council
Milton Sterley, j. Van Reed; auditor
Vine r. Pratt; Overseer poor, james
Tyson; assessor, r. L. Miles; register
Matthew Phillips, lst precinct, e. l.
Evans, End precinct; Judge of election
John p. Haskins, let precinct, j. X
Johnston, End precinct; inspector, f
G. Davis, lst precinct, Frank Fl. Beck
2nd precinct.
George M. Cavanore, son Of Widow
E. B. Cavanore, Of Brookville, dice
at Juniata, Alabama, on Tuesday morn
ing of last week. Mr.. Cavanore, VIII,
, was shipping clerk on a saw mill q
Juniata, was injured about the first o
the new year. His remains wer'
brought to Brookville and buried Sat