The citizen., 1899-02-03
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Something About the Current
Events Transpiring In the Sur
rounding Agricultural
Districts.
Rocky Springs.


Jan. %, 1899.
The residents of Yellow SrrIngs aud
vicinity, met at Bnrkhut'> Hall, at
that = are, nn last tr doy tvenng =, the
.0th list. i h- nettluS Was hrld for
The rurl">e uf ,rnulating Il plan tor
tht rebuilding or repairing f Tie old
builhlng kuoWn as the 'BrU"khiil
Nj, etIug H"use." shoIt history If
~hlcn was published IN the CITIZEN,
of the IL II inst. The mtetiug vas
called IT, order ny Mr.. Roger 6. Hau-
ity, OF Gell'w 81 rluhs. Mr.. ID. j.
Young, of yellow Springs. Was select
Ell as chairman, who "pt ned the meet
ing with payer. MIR. George :.
Twenty, of Rocky SurmSs, Mas se ert-
ed as secrtar>. \ hui dug cOnInltLe,,
five III numher, Was then sci ced no
tollO@s: Mes>is. j. EEra Slmne :, w.
Ii. Capnou, ID. }. Young, Yellow
~pring>; George l.. rWenty, Jr., Rocky
Springs, winch VAS also euInw cred
To select chairman, SECRETARY and
Ir, a>ufer from amcng their una er or
q, ,herwlse. a lecess III order u allow
The committee To select its officers vas
then taken. and the following were ST.
lected: Chairman, Dhule }. Ynun.;
stc eiary Ge rg- l.. Twenty. Jr.; tIeae-
uIer Roger Ii. HamleA. The fellow ing
hu'lhess Was sl-o traGsact,d Il. Mr..
Samuel Linton stated that the,e were
three collec' Or appointed Tor suilriIl &
money, VIZ, MessIS. Samuel LiutuI,,
Nj. E Baugls and Mrs. Wi am Roth
enh efri. Ihe lollnW III! al Int> were
Iep red as Sub.crib -u: Can, $50. 70;
work subscribed, $1,000. y question
ar1se Ill IegaId tn the ret, ntIon "f the
old b ,ard uf trustees. Mr.. Ioung
Stated that the hutldiug wound b.
handed over To the od trustees, a
they were apl"in for life. The fol-
lowing, representing five deuOmIua.
tlOu>, are the present bnaru ol lrus-
Ices: a. W. BNr~narI, Prr>hy erlAm;
}. + Summers, Luthetan; a Il.
Ran!>buig, Reformed; u. j. Y"un-,
MethndIel; Dan I'll Shook, UnIt d
Brethren. ~ descriptive history OF
the OLD house, the Organization OF the
board OF trustees, how vdcan;les. et'.,
were to hp filed, wa read ~ Mr.. A.
w. Butkh ,rt. Mr. William Hairs >ai (
that lie had IA sna sum ut money
that WAS collected sunIe five ur SIX
years ago for the lel auIng ot the old
house. A prominent iuI Der finn of
Frederick. has promised SlO on bll ui
lumber. Ton u"llaIs has also been
prOmlstd d from another s. utcr. 1t Was
decided that the work Oh the huIIdIns :
should Proceed ut once. Nj. Roger Ii.
Haul Y aunoutcei that IL Diet ate
would b. he III at the ball on the 4. h oil
next III nth, The pro terds To 90 the Ie-
pairing uf the bmlGiug. / lie commits
tie wnl NEE. at the "uiiding to-d"y at
4 u. M, t. make piaus ami specitira-
tious. The C ,n.mlltee viii tnen re-
port al Il meeting tu br held on the
9th inst. The meeting then aujpur ed
NJ, s>Is. john Carr, and Joseph H,l-
| debrand are SAVING the lumber + II
MIR. CHARLES n. RetdeI's barn. Re-
| C, ntly they sawed chestnut tree
which ma Ike 836 feet If lumber. Tue
largest cut W9s l. Ieet long aud two
feet wide.
we have had several heavy hoar
fIo,ts.
The R-v. Philhower filled his ar-
phnInent AZ Mt. Haven Bethel on
Sunday III rHlng, the - h inst.
Lat sun lay, the - Ii INST, at II a.
NJ. the lhefm"ne Was up To 50 de-
grees. 10 day at 3.on p. M, the Ihel-
m"mettr was 5S deEr Is higher On
SUNDAY II light re-Actionary wIud
storm.
Tns section was well represented in
Frederick last Sunlay evening, the
2Sth inst, at Che services held in the
; lvatIon Army BARRACKS, by the Rev.
Phllhower.
Another meeting of The res dents nt
( Vel o~ Stlings Mas held at BurNt art 5
Han, on The evening of the 2T,h st.
The building cOmmi tee mate "A reI orr.
The work VIII cost over 500. Ten oi
w elve carPent IS lave promised "a
weeks work Sra Is. Also the na-ous.
! Col iectors weIe also appointed To
gather the money that Is ouI. Work
VIII commence as suun as p ssIhle.
a dictate VIII be held AT the hall On
the evening of Febfua' y 4th. in aid of
the building. The subject will be, Re.
solved, That the SIeauI Engine las
doue more for mankind than the
Priuting Press" The yellow Spliugs
string band and other volunteer muslc
Will be pieseLI.