The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-12

George Burkett, Washington town
ship farmer, had the flesh torn off the
ends OF two fingers of left hand last
Saturday in attempting to snub bull
on the hind wheel of wagon on the
Goodwill farm.
j. G. Norris, who has had experience
in the meat market business, will open
a shop in the McGaw building on Main
street in short time. Mr.. Norris
moved from Paradise to Reynoldsvihc
ab nut year ago
Ata meeting of the West Reynolds
willie school board on 5th instant, II. S.
Williams was reelected janitor and
Thomas and Roy Scott were given the
contract TO furnish coal for school build
ing during the coming term.
a street piano was in town yesterday
forenoon and the manipuators of the
instrument made it jump from the
ridiculous to the sublime by playing
Miss Amelia, ] Come to Steal you,"
followed by Nearer My God TO Thee
Court opened at Brookville Monday
and there is large crowd in attend
ance. There were $50 tickets sold at
theP. r. r. Office at Reynoldsville, most
ly sold to foreigners from south side of
county who came in on the trolley line.
The Punxsutawney Ners says : 1t is
reported that Indiana has more schools
to let than they have applications for,
and number of school lettings in Arm
strong county have been postponed on
account Of having no applicants for
them.
Miss Jennie Wood, who has been a
worker in the Salvation Army at this
place for sometime, left here last eve
ming for New York City, where she will
enter the Women's Training Home,
Salvation Army school, where she will
stay six months.
David Hill, of Prescottville, acci-
dentally shot himself in left hand Mon
day afternoon, the ball going through
his hand near index finger. Hills
index finger may have to be amputated.
Hill was sitting in his home when the
revolver was discharged.
Three damsels of this place concluded
that they would spend Sunday with a
farmer and his family six miles out in
the country, and that they would anni-
hilate the distance between the town
and farm house by walker locomotion."
1t was just nice little jaunt.
Thomas Davidson and wife, who have
been residing at Dunkirk, N. Y, where
Mr.. Davidson was working in locomo-
tive shops, were visiting in this place
They returned to Dunkirk Saturday to
pack their household goods TO move
to Sugar Hill, where Mr.. Davidson
will follow mining life again.
Isaac Snyder, Winsow township
farmer, found potato vine in his
patch" one day last week that had
potatoes on clear up to top " vine. Mr.
Snyder did not discover the curiosity
until after the vine had been pulled
out of the ground or he would have let
it remain to see how it would have de-
veloped. -
Mrs. Charles McConaughey, of Du-
Bois, who died suddenly last Sunday
afternoon from paralysis Of the heart,
was daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Brown, OF Panic. She was about "a
years old. Funeral was held at Panic
yesterday afternoon. Albert Reynolds
and wife of this place attended the
funeral.
John H. Bell, formerly superintend-
ent OF the j. & G. G. & l. Co., who
moved from Punxsutawney to Grays
Flats, w, Va, to accept position, has
resigned and is moving back to PUNK
sutawney. Wednesday of next week,
August 10Th, Mr.. Bell expects to start
on pleasure trip to Scotland the land
OF his nativity.
Rev. G. T. Coombs, pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church at Hynd-
man, Pa, who is the guest OF G. G.
Ramsey superintendent OF tannery
preached two able and eloquent sermons
in the Reynoldsville M. f. church last
Sunday. Rev. Coombs is a fluent
speaker and he delivers his sermons in
pleasing and impressive manner.
S. X. Furmau, one of the hustling
mail agents on the p. & e. railroad who
does duty between Harrisburg and
Kane, arrived at homo OF his mother
in-law, Mrs Kate Harris, at Prescott
vile Sunday, where Mrs. Furman and
son, Paul and daughter, Ethel, have
been visiting a couple of weeks. Mon.
day Mr.. Furman and family went over
into Clarion county to make their
annual visit with Mr.. Furman's parents.