Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-02
HARMONY and ZelienOple.

Rev. Leuzinger of Butler preached
in the Grace Reformed church on Sun
day.
Rev. ]. w. Otterman is continuing
his meetings in the NJ. E church this
week.
J. Enslen Beam. of Pittsburg, visited
his brother s a. Beam at Harmony on
Saturday.
Elder VIM. H Guyer will preach in
the Bethel, at Harmony next Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Jonas Ziegler of Harmony WAS
visiting her daughter at Mahoningtown
over Sunday.
Joseph Stuart and wife, of Allegheny
City, stopped with II. w. Bame at Har-
mony Sunday night.
The upper dam of the new branch
railroad, was washed out for the second
time last week; The new channel Is
too shallow for the current.
VIM. Dindinger and sons have start
ed work on building in Harmony
35xS0 ft., two story, which they Will
use for farming implement store.
Some of the teachers of the Harmony
and Zelienople schools attended the
local institute in the Teets school house
in Beaver county, last Saturday.
E.R. R. Boyer, of Lancaster twp,
who recently sold his farm to a.
Ocrease, OF Allegheny. will erect
house and feed store at Harmony this
spring.
Edward 'Stauffer struck a good gas
well on the Michael Ziegler farm near
Harmony last Friday. He has COM
menced work on a second well to be
drilled on the Harmony commons
Saturday afternoon, Feb. 25th, Mrs.
John Stamm died at her home near
Fombell in Beaver county, after being
i'll for about two years, being afflicted
with pernicious anaemia, which took a
serious turn last Thursday Last Sum
mer she was bedfast for two months
and the physician succeeded in rallying
her so she was able to walk around.
Shortly after the holidays she took her
bed again and death relieved her from
her sutferings.
Mrs Stamm was a daughter of Isaac
Latshaw, deceased, an old and well
known citizen of Harmony. She was
DOTn MdTcn llH 1910 anu Ou OCl- ~CIu
1881 was married to John Stamm, old
est son of Conrad Stamm of Beaver
county One son was born to them
John c., who died on Feb. 23d., 1898,
being nearly ten years old.
Mrs Stamm at the time of her death,
lacked but 20 days of being 81 years
old She was member of the NJ. E.
church at Harmony since childhood.
The funeral services were held at
their residence in Beaver county on
Tuesd ay morning, Rev. J. W. Otter
man, her pastor, officiating. Many of
her relatives, friends and neighbors
were present to pay their last tribute of
respect to the remains of the deceased,
highly esteemed.
After the services the interment
took place in the Mennonite cemetery
north of Harmony.
Thus the.loved ones are numbered one
by one among the great majority.
The exercises in the opera house at
Harmony ON Wednesday evening Feb.
22nd., commemorating the birthday of
Washington and Lincoln by the public
school of Harmony, were well patron
lied, fully 600 being present, standing
room was above par and some We're
compelled to remain outside.
Prof J. c.. Digit and the Misses EN-
ma Mcclure and Hattie Hartung deserve
great credit, for such a successful and
instructive entertainment.
1t virtually proved to be two open
| books, the lives of Washington and
Lincoln with great lessons and patterns,
set forth in recitation, defamation,
| origional addresses and song.
The addresses by Misses Mable Fid-
| ler Annie Kradle and Nellie Wilson on
Abraham Lincoln and Misses Fanny
Kildoo, Marguerite Wild and Bessie
Kidd deserve special mention by reason
of the research displayed in the volun
teer speeches they delivered
Columbia and her thirteen colo
nies, recitation by thirteen boys and
girls ending with the song, "Columbial
Gem of the Ocean was patriotic and
| impressive.
An excellent paper was read by G..
D. Swain, president of the school board,
| of a kind word or a loving kiss and
cited instances when such acts were
| the cause of a change for better in the
| lives of public men. He stated that
foreigners seeking citizenship should
be required to pass an examination,
that our text books should be more
practical and less ethereal; that the
lives of such men as Washington, Lin
coin and Jefferson should be held up
before the youth
He spoke about the perils in our
path of state and national affairs, such
as trusts and corruption in our legsla-
tive bodies and closed with the signifi-
cant utterance, There is hope for
America while Americans rule
Attorney j. II. Wilson made clos
ing speech by giving summary of the
spirit of the evening, which was listen
ed to with undisturbed attention by
all.