The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04

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evening.
Miss Lydia Mellingcr entertained
number of young friends Tuesday even
ing Of last week.
Ladies desiring lessons in embroidery
or battenberg, please call at Hotel Me-
Conncll Thursday afternoon, Jan. lth.
George Washington Stoke, junior,
installed the new officers in the Sons OF
Veterans Camp at this place Monday
evening
The Utopia Society held II New Years
dinner at the residence of Mrs. James
McCreight, on Jackson street, Friday
evening.
A number Of on people attended the
teachers institute at Brookville last
week. County Superintendent Teitrick
deserves credit for selecting us good
talent rs he does for both the day and
night instructors.
"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" is
without doubt the best and most sue
cessfu Of all the military plays written
of the late rcbellion,-C,iiic. Boston,
Mass. At the Reynolds opera house
Jan. H. l3 and II.
Charles Montgomery, member Of
Company l., 10Th regiment. was mus
tered out last Wednesday and was mar
ried at Brockville on Thursday to Miss
May White. They came to this place
on short wedding trip.
Herbert A. Sprague, the noted inn
personator, will give the next enter
tainment in the public school course at
Assembly hall on Friday evening, Jan
uary Goth. He will present the RIP
Van Wrinkle" play.
The Helping Hand Society Of the NJ.
f.. church will hold market" in Mrs.
G.. w. Bussard's meat shop on Saturday
afternoon next, January eth. They
will sell pies, cakes, bread, fruit, &C.,
at reasonable prices.
a daughter of Mrs. A. j. Russell, of
this place, was buried in the Syphrit
cemetery last Friday, Rev. j. c. Mem
tire conducted funeral services. The
little girl was two and half years old.
Lung fever was cause OF death.
George Mellinger, who is an expert
coal man, of whom we will have more
TO say in the near future, is now over
seeing the drilling of coal lands in the
vicinity of Panic in the interest of the
jefferson & Clearfed Coal & Iron Com
pany.
A. ]. Russell was taken to the county
Jail jew days ago for threatening to
kill his wife. Mrs. Russell, who has
not been living with her husband for
sometime, has applied for divorce and
that is the whyfore Of the threatening
TO kill.
Jasper N. McEntire. who has been
living at Shawmut few months, moved
his family to Helvetia this week. where
Mr.. McEntire has better position than
he had at Shawmut. Jasper was here
Monday night for the installation in the
S. OF V. Camp.
Seven Hungarians, who composed an
orchestra from Pittsburg that furnish
ed music for Hungarian dance at FL
eanora Saturday night, returned to the
"Smoky City" Monday afternoon. They
were smoky" looking band. One of the
party was dead drunk and his COM
panions had to carry him from the sta
tion into the train.
At the suggestion Of the jefferson
County Bar Association Judge Reed has
changed the time for holding court.
Heretofore court has been held the
second Mondays of February, May, Sep
tember and December. Under the new
order, beginning next week, court will
begin the second Monday OF January
April, August and November.
Frans Paulus. aged years and I
months, son of F. p. Stenstrom, died at
Sandy Valley December Goth, of pneu-
monia. Funeral services were held in
the Sandy Valley church the following
day, conducted by Rev. E. Floreen, of
Dubols. lne SERMON was uellNereu IN
English and at the cemetery the Swed-
ish Lutheran church ceremonies were
used.
At congregational meeting held in
the Presbyterian church Monday even
ing the following gentlemen were
elected trustees for 1899; James Irving,
W. II. Moore and G. NJ. Mcdonald.
The annual report shows that the
financial condition OF the Presbyterian
) church has never been better than at
} present, for which, no doubt, the Work
Society of the church deserves much
credit.
, The large doll baby on exhibition in
Stokes drug store will hecnma the