Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-17
'ORTANT NEWS OF TOWNS In CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Burgess Fires Gypsy Band
Out of Nit. Wolf Borough

Mount NOlf, IA, Nov. ia
band of gypsies camped within the
| borough limits Saturday evening, but
were only permitted to stay over
night, after which they were ordered
out of the town by Constable Mel
! horn, acting in behalf of the Bur-
CESS, They were no more than To-
! Gated when they started their work
of fortune telling. There were about
twenty-five in the band, with four
, wagons.-Twenty members of the
local troop of Boy Scouts, in charge
| of Scoutmaster Wilbert c. Eisen-
hover hiked to SchrolPs Rock, Sun
day, where they are planning to
erect a lodge.-Sixty dollars was
realized Saturday evening at n
chicken and waffle supper held by
the members of the "I'll Try" Bible
class of st. Johns Lutheran Sunday
school. The affair was held. in the
, basement of the church. Prof. -. w.
Whistler is the teacher.-John Kin
ports, typist in the ordnance de-
partment of the United States Gov
ernment, at Washington, is home on
thirty-day leave of absence, the
result of a fractured right wrist.
which he suffered last Friday.
Young Kinports was walking along
the sidewalk, when he slipped and
in the fall struck his arm against
the curb.-A small piece of an in
delible pencil lodging in the right
eye of Miss Meta Miller, 14-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Mil
/ Ter, of Fourth street, almost resulted
. in the girl losing the sight of her
eye, which became infected. Miss
Miller was engaged in writing with
the pencil last Monday evening,
when the piece broke off and flew
into the corner of her eye. At the
time nothing was thought of the
matter until the following Gay,
when the eye began to swell and
closed entirely.-Placing a lighted
pipe in his trouser pocket and then
changing clothes almost resulted in
the burning of the house of John
Diehl, living in the vicinity of Rudy's
mill, several miles from here, on
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Diehl
hung the discarded trousers on the
bedpost, where they took fire from
the spark and then set fire to the
bedclothes.-Daniel Diehl, employed
at the plant of the American Wire
Fabrics Company, is suffering from
severe burns about his eyes. the re-
suit of sulphuric acid splashing into
them several days ago.-Miss Fannie
Stefee, of New Cumberland. enter
tanned the members of the t. A. II.
Club and a party of friends at her
home on Wednesday evening. They
went to New Cumberland by train
The members of the party We're:
Misses Nettie Melhorn, Margaret
Rodes, Sara Diehl, Sara Rodes.
Laura Kunkle, Laura Bare Cathar-
me Greiman, Mabel Kunkle. Helen
and Ruth Farcht; Charles Kohr.
Oscar Bare, Herman Greiman, Will
liam Diehl and Fred Rodes.-A vol
unteer committee, composed of Arna
Arnold, chairman; Harry Kaufman.
Mrs Charles Hannigan, Mrs. b. +.
Deuring, Mrs. I. Park Wogar,
Charles Shearer and Laura Kunlile.
Will have charge of arrangements
for the Christmas entertainment TO
be given by the Sunday school of
st. Johns Lutheran Sunday school,
&. w. Whistler uperintendent-'The
Mt Wolf band will conduct n series
or fairs commencing Saturday even
ing, December l, and continue until
December IS. They will be held
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings throughout the two weeks.
Miss Ruth Prowell has returned
home from the Polytechnic Hospital.
at York, where she was a typhoid
fever patient.-Mrs. George May
spent Sunday at Harrisburg, where
she was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
John Hoffman. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey Eisenhower and Mrs. Ed
ward Rodes are spending some time
at Johnson City, Tenn.-Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wolf and Mr.. and Mrs.
George II. Wolf spent Sunday at
CamD Meade whore thev yicitad
Earl Wolf, q son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Wolf, who is in the Ma
tional Army.-Henry Wolf spent
Sunday at Pine Grove, Schuylkill
county, where he was the guest of
his daughter Mrs. H. NJ. Bower. The
Rev. Mr.. Bower is the pastor of the
Lutheran Church there.