The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-17


and we're guests at the home Of tn
groom's brother, John A. Welsh, |
this place Friday.
Francis Yost and William Burri
were at jamestown, N. Y, last weei
attending the District Council of th,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters ant
Joiners, They were delegates from
Local Union S34 OF Reynoldsville.
John Gallagher. who resided in Du
Bois and worked at the Eriton shaft
was killed last Wednesday forenoon by
a fall OF clay. He was working in the
heading when several tons of clay fell
on him. He is survived by wife and
i've children.
Large congregations attended the
Children's Day exercises in the Me-
thodist Episcopal church Sunday morn
ing and in the Baptist church Sunday
evening. Good programs were render
ed in both churches by the Sunday
school scholars.
The Business Mems Association held
a well-attended session last night. The
Association discussed ways and means
of preventing the people from being
imposed upon by fake sales and ap-
pointed a committee to wait on council
ard ask for an effective prohibitory or
dinance.
The work OF building an addition
to the Presbyterian church and max
ing changes in the auditorium of the
church is being pushed along as rapidly
as possible, but it will likely be late
in September or first of October before
the building will be ready to hold
service in.
Squire P. A. Smith, who was elected
justice of the peace in Winslow town
ship at the spring election, has opened
an Office in one OF the front rooms in
the Marinaro building at Soldier, and
is now ready to dispense justice to any
that may desire to purchase the same
from him.
Thomas Haggerty went to Arnot,
Tioga county, Monday to attend cele-
bration on the 18th inst. by the miners
of Tioga county in honor of W. B.
Wilson. The celebration is held in
commemoration OF the coal miners nine
months strike in Tioga county nine
years ago.
John M. White, ESQ.,, of Brookville,
well known member OF the Jefferson
County Bar Association, who was
candidate last. year for the nomination
for district attorney, has disposed of
his practice Fat Brookville rand will
go to Oklohoma this week, where he
will resume the practice of law. -
Q The specialf fKnightsl of Pythias! Jedi
tion Of the Sykesville Post Dispatch,
published last Thursday on account of
the X. Of P. reunion at that place, con-
tained sixteen pages. Among the pic
lures in the special edition was ''one OF
the handsome new school building that
will be erected at Sykesville this year.
Ira G. Stormer, who has been in the
Stormer meat market couple OF years,
has stored his household goods and
to-day he and his wife will start for
Wichita, Kan, and from there will go
to Colorado and then to New Mexico.
The trip will be made for benefit OF
Mrs. Stormer's health. They expect
to return to Reynoldsville this fall.
Mrs. Martin l.. Hetrick, OF Washing.
ton township, met with peculiar &C.
cident last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Hetrick was at Chestnut Grove church
attending the funeral of Mrs. John
Burkett, and just as she was getting
into her buggy her foot slipped aud
she fell on her hands and sustained
a compound fracture Of the left thumb
The P. R. r. baggagemasters on
Low Grade Division have strict orders
from the company not to check bag.
gage for any person who is not at the
baggage room with their baggage ten
minutes before the train is due that
the baggage is to go on. Don't blame
the baggagemaster If he refuses to
check after the time limit, for he is
liable to get into trouble for SO doing.
William M. Fairman, the eccentric
and silvery tongued lawyer of Punx-
sutawney, who evidently thinks he is
an artist in swinging a scythe, was
in town Saturday morning and while
waiting for the train he watched a
P. r. R. employe cut grass near the
station. The fellow was not doing the
work the way Mr.. Fairman thought
it should be done and he gave the
man a free lesson In cutting a wide