The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

Conrad Mendel has purchased the
property on Broad street, West Reyn-
oldsyile, near Wilson's planning mill,
from Elisha Cox. Mr.. Cox bought the
property from Miller Bros, of Big Run,
early in the year.
James Nolan. OF Reading, a retired
railroad contractor of wealth, who was
nominated at the Democratic conven-
tion In Erie last Wednesday for Secre-
tary OF Internal Affairs. is cousin OF
our townsman, Daniel Nolan, ST..
The food In the Sandy Lick creek
this week gave p. Mcdonald, the
lumberman, an opportunity to get his
last lot Of logs from Harvey's Run camp
to Hopkins mill. There was from eight
TO ten million feet to float down.
The Star Glass factory has shut
down aud many Of the men and their
families have gone to various places to
spend their vacation, and as conse-
ouence our merchants had good de-
mand for trunks and suit cases during
the past week.
]. j. Sutter, one OF our dry goods
merchants, went to Carthage, Mo,
Friday TO remain month and look
after the business of the Plymouth Rock
Mining Co. TO allow j. Van Reed to
spend month with his family In Reyn-
oldsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Donaldson and
son. James Lawrence Donaldson, of
Cleveland, Ohio, are making their an
nual visit with Mr.. aud Mrs. Alex
Riston on Grant street. II the weather
gets warm enough they will spend a
week or ten days at Sunset Camp in
Beechwoods.
Rev. Perry A. Reno went to Waller,
this county, Monday to attend the semi
annual session of the Clarion District
conference of the NJ. +. church, which
convened Monday and will close to-day.
DR.. G. w. Smith, editor of the Pitts
burg Christian Adrocdte, preached the
sermon last evening.
Thomas S. Gathers, of Paradise, the
young man who won first prize-one
year at Lock Haven State Normal-in
the scholarship contest conducted by
The STAR in 1901. completed the year
last week and returned to his home.
Mr.. Gathers made good use Of his time
while at the Normal
June is the month of weddings and
the month that ended yesterday,
particularly, was rich In their har-
vest. There were a number OF
young people in this immediate vicinity
that disavowed single blessedness and
cast their lot with Hymen's forces
during the month of June, 1902.
A boy named Cummings, Of Bradford
aged II years and small for his age, was
carried to the lookup last evening dead
drunk. The authorities will try and
find out to-day whore the boy got the
liquor, and II they do find out where he
got it the guilty parties should be pun
ished to the full extent OF the law
A house toulouse visitation, under
the auspices of the Washington town
ship Sunday School Association, was
recently made In that township and
according to report sent to THE STAR
Office 4,734 persons were visited, out Of
these III had no church preference and
3 refused to give the information re-
quested.
An itinerant band was playing on
our streets last Thursday and we have
been informed that at some places
where they were not given money they
used vile and profane language. These
professional "bums" are careful to give
vent to their mean disposition before
women and children-when there are
no men around.
"Rattlesnake" Jim Thompson called
at THE STAR Office last Friday after
noon with a live rattlesnake over his
shoulder. The snake was about 81 feet
long and had seven rattles. Jim wrap.
ped the snake around his neck and put
its head close to his mouth for kiss
Jim kills the rattlesnakes and gets a
good price for the snake oil.
N. B. Lane, of Lanes Mills, who is SO
years old, the Oldest lumberman now
living In jefferson county, was in Reyn-
oldsville yesterday, the first time for a
number OF years, and he noticed num-
ber Of improvements In town. Mr.. Lane
started the first steam saw mill in JEFF
ferson county and also introduced the
first circular saw In the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mabon, OF
Marion Centre, Indiana county, attend
ed the Sadler-McCreight wedding In
Paradise Wednesday evening and drove
to Reynoldsville Thursday morning and