The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-14

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urday in Tapper's Martha Washington
turnout. The young ladies had jolly
time.
One more issue of THE STAR before
Christmas. Merchants who wish to
advertise holiday goods should not for
get to advertise in The STAR II they
want to reach the people.
You can make no mistake when you
make your wife a Christmas present,
especially OF a new cook or heating
stove. Look at Hall & Barton's prices
then call and see the goods.
Communion service was held in the
Presbyterian church Sunday. Prepare
tory services were held in the church
three nights last week. Rev. Reber
conducted all the services alone.
The Mcdowell Recital Company of
Pittsburg gave an entertainment in AS
sembly hall last evening under the aus
pces of the Village Improvement AS
ISOLATION. The company is a good one.
Hall g. Barton are the authorized
agents and handle all of the Welsbach
goods, such as lamps and mantles. They
Just received six barrels of them and
have hundreds )n tap. Try them at
once.
Some OF the Winslow township money
was spent last week in opening country
roads at various places in the township
where the wind had tossed the snow in
to piles so high that travel was an inn
possibility.
Ella f. Seeley will have fine display
OF Xmas novelties and patriotic fancy
work. all hand painted, on exhibition
at Johns & Thompson's store this week,
commencing tomorrow. Prices all low
er than last year.
A West Reynoldsville lady slipped off
the side walk into snow drift in that
borough one day last week. She could
not get out of the pile Of beautiful"
alone and some neighbors had to rescue
her from the chilly position she had
tumbled into.
George w. Swartz, who is at Winter
Haven, Florida. looking after his farm
in the 'Peninsular State" shipped a
dozen boxes OF delicions oranges to
Swartz Bros. in this place last week
The oranges were pulled from Swartz's
orange grove.
Lewis F. Hetrick has opened cash
meat market next door to Swartz Bros.
grocery. He will buy and kill the best
country beef. He solicits share of the
public patronage. Call at his shop and
inquire for his prices before going else
where for meat.
w. j. Shaffer, of Brookville, has been
appointed agent for the Central Acct
dent Insurance Co. for Brookville,
Reynoldsville and vicinity. G. Wildey
Lloyd, special agent for the company,
will be in Reynoldsville with Mr.. Shat
fer for a short time.
Joseph Marinaro, a merchant at Big
Soldier. bought the two old school
houses and parcel of land at that place
from the Winslow township school
board Saturday for six hundred dollars.
Marinaro will convert the school houses
into store room, ware room and dwell
ing rooms.
What's the matter with Hall and Bar
ton. They have first-class timer and
a No. l plumber and are in it with both
feet. They keep full line Of plumbers
supplies and fit up a bath and toilet
room in first-class shape, and when it
comes to tin roofing and spouting they
just spread themselves.
VIM. Hawley Smith is a magnificent
lecturer-full of wisdom, yet bubbling
over with humor. Words utterly fail
to describe his performances. His
hearers laugh, applaud, weep, admire,
love. On the educational platform he
is without peer.-George j. Luckey,
City Superintendent, Pittsburg, Pa. AT
Assembly hall Friday evening, Dec. 16.
There will be a lecture on Persia Civ
en- in the Presbyterian church Tuesday
evening, Dec. Goth, under the auspices
OF the missionary committee of the Y.
p. S. @. E. The lecture will be illustra-
ted by seventy or eighty stereopticon
slides, showing the manners, customs
and life of the Persians and will be very
interesting. Admission, adults 10 cents,
children cents.
At meeting held in the M. E.
church last Thursday evening the fol-
lowing Sunday school officers were
elected for 1899: Superintendent, S. S.
Robinson; 1st assistant superintendent,
G. A. Stephenson; End assistant super
intendent. Philip Koehler; secretary,
John Barkley: assistant secretary, Jes-
sic Smeltzer; treasurer, A. Il. Bing: IL