The Canonsburg Weekly Notes from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania • 1

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NUMBER 8.. THE 'STATE LINE RAILROAD. THE COUNTY INSTITUTE. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

THE CANOXSBl'BG IKON MILL. CHAlU'lEllS. Alexander MoConnell Is on the tick list, li. D. II imilton Is on the sick list this week.

An adjcur.ied sale of the W. Meloce furm will place on the 18th. T. M. Paxlon shipped a $75 Dickinson Merino ram to Maine a few days since, The roads are improving.

If this im Ml AND OAS MATTERS. A Strike Near MoDtmiild-DoliiBS at Bridtrevillo. Sjme oil has been obtained iu the Itoyal Gas company's well on the farm of J. M. McDonald, near the town of the same name.

Oil operators are skirmishing for leases in the vicinity of the strike. The well at Woodville has some oil in the 50-foot sand, but not enough to call it a great well. Tho well is of such a character, though, that it will likely causa fur-ther developments. Deeper drilling, it is thought, may improve it. It has some gis la the Gordon sand.

The well of the Forest Oil company, further southwest, at Bridgeville, on the Hickman farm, is said to be doing 30 barrels a day. Quite an Bunlncss It) II(H)ininii-TI)0 Mill Will 1)0 Enlai'tftHl and Will I'rolmWy KiiMajro In tho Manufacture ol'Tin I'lute, Tlie following, which is an extract from article la Thursday's rittsburg Com with regard to thaestablish moot of tin plate mills, will bo of interest to the people of CauouBburg and vicinity "Tlie only firms iu this district which have declared their intention of proceed ing with tlie manufacture of tin plate are the Uuited States Iron and Tin Plate com. jinny, at Demmler, and the Apollo Iron and bteel company. The Cliartiers Iron "and Steel compunr will for the present, at least, continue making black pinto, the de mand for which is still very creat. But the Canonsburg Iron and Steel company may begin tin plate making very soon.

Mr. Charles Meyran was seen on this sub ject yesterday. He said that his company had not come to any decision on tlie matter as yet but he thought it very likely they would have a tin plate plant in operation by the spring. "'As. long as the demand for black plate is so said Mr.

Meyran, 'that we are unable to fill our orders we are not giving any attention to tin plate making. We ship a great deal of plate to New York for tinning there and we lately had to refuse an order for 1000 tons sent to us for that purpose because we were unable to fill it. We are now receiving bids for an addition to our plant whereby it will be enlarged I by one-third of its capacity, and when that is done it will not take us long to put the tin plate finishing equipment. 13 lac plate is coming into more extended use every day. It is in some ways superseding the use of tin.

We lately had under con. sideration an order from a firm of baking powder manufacturers for plate to make the sides of cans out of, in Jieu of tin plate. It is also becoming in greater vogue for purposes of internal and exter nal decoration, such as metallic ceilings and panels, cornices and embossed orna- "Mr. Meyran was strongly of opinion that the protective duty on tin plate would not eventually increase the price to con- Burners of articles of domestic use. "'The natural competition which I 3 I- I.

1 oouna io rouow wiien ttie industry once gets into full swing will prevent any possi- bility of manufacturers increasing rates to such a degree as would send up prices to the he said." The Home Bank the Best. 1 he McDonald Outlook says The bes bank now accessible is the "home bank' in the country town like this one at Can. onsburg or that one at Burgettstown, where stockholders and directors and president and cashier are all known, and where in most cases even the humblest depositor may know the financial standing, the daily walk and conversation of the officials who handle his money and also somewhat of the security upon which the bank loans its money. The country bank is the best bank, and that is why the working people of McDonald need one in this town. Improvements at Meadow Lands.

The Pittsburg Times says: John Murphy, owner of the Meadow Lands stock farm, near Washington, contemplates some extensive improvements on his property. He has just put a magnificent barn under roof. Next spring he will lay out one of the finest half-mile tracks on the farm that there is in the United States. This action is taken by Mr. Murphy to avoid sending his young stock on strange tracks for training purposes.

He was forced to do this last season and is under the impression that it was detrimental to the speed of the youngsters. Who Will Get the Prize Money. On Tuesday the jury in the West murder case met in Washington and made the following awards of the $1000 offered for the conviction of the murderer of the Crouch family: Officer J. C. Orr, of Washington, $300; Chief Murphy and Officer Eornman, of the Allegheny police force, $200; "VommerciaUGazette correspondent Oehrie, $150; McCleary and Mayor Houston, of Monongahela City, $200 White, of Beaver Falls, $100 Car-rell, of Beaver Falls, $40.

The distribution is considered a very impartial one. d- The Only One in he County. The Load-Herald says Last week Dr. J. B.

Donaldson, of West Pike street, received a diploma from the Cambria County Medical society, for his volunteer service at Johnstown, after the flood. He is, we oeiieve, me only doctor in the county mat went to tie Hooded Conemaugh valley and devoted his time and skill to the af flicted for nothing, and no doubt he feels proud of the diploma received last week, as it is the only one in the county. Bound to Increase in Value. ine vtasuington cupper Table says: One of onr shrewdest business men prophe cies that the average farm in Washington county will average $150 per acre before twenty years. He claims that there is no spot on earth that excels it in toil, climate, geographical position and mineral soil.

He says as sure as the law of gravitation the value of land is bound to increase. 1 It Must Come. Braver Tiioa. Editor Curtis, of the Argue and Radical, has been bunging away in double-leaded style for several weeks in favor of the popular vote system in our distiict nominations. That's all right.

We agree with him, and we doubt not every fair-minded Republican in the two districts is of the way of thinking. A paper for Charlerol. W. Keller, one of the best known of Pittsburg newspaper men, will in a week or so start the Charleroi San, a weekly paper, devoted to Charleroi's interest. Mr.

Keller proposes make a success of we til of are is day ing to is their sion the Force kegs total for year verify the allow About at mills the and CniioiiMburg and ritUburjrMon Before the Commissioners of Ohio Count)', W. In the Interest of the lload- Action to be Taken on the 15th. On Monday Dr. J. B.

Donaldson, Sam uel Munaell, John F. Budke and W. H. Sine, of Canonsburg; Charles Meyran, L. Wood, A.

C. Suocon. II. II. Niemnn and A.

B. Paul, of Pittsburg; Col. Camp bell, of Bethany, and H. Cotton, of Wellsburg, went to Wheeling in the inter est of the Pittsburg, Canonsburg State Line railroad, The object of the aforementioned gentle men in going down on Monday was to be present at a meeting or me comraira.ouera .1 01 umo county, wno, it nau oeen previously i announced, would on that day act on a peti tion from the citizens of the county, ask ing the board to submit the question of the countv takinir $100,000 stock in the State Line railroad, to a vote of the people The petition was presented at Monday afternoon's meeting. It was signed by many of the largest property holders, manufacturers and prominent business men of Wheeling and Ohio county.

The proposed line and its prospects were fully explained to the board by Charles Me.V' ran. of Pittsburi, president ot the coin- any, and by Col. Alexander Campbell, of Iiethnay, when these gentlemen had con eluded their remarks the board, on motion of Commissioner McGregor, postponed action until December 15. The Wheeling people, we understand, are interested in the project, and feel like dome iomethinc but are under tne im pression that the people along the Fenn- sylvania end of the line have not done all they should. It is therefore, we are in formed, very desirable that the committees along this end of the line at once go to work, and get every cent possible on paper and in shape to report at the meeting of the board of commissioners in Wheeling on the loth.

Hard work on the part of all local committees is the work most needed to be done just now. Ninety Days to the Work House. On Tuesday evening about dark Officer George Malone arrested Wilbur Sharp, colored, near the Morgan block, for disor derly conduct. On the way to the lockup Sharp became obstreperous and Malone had to obtain assistance. On Wednesday morning Sharp was given a hearing before Justice Potts and sentenced to pay a fine of $1 and be imprisoned in the work house for 90 days for resisting an officer.

A New Railroad Venture. The Washington papers say that a num ber of local capitalists have in contempla tion the buildinsr of a railroad from the B. O. station near Taylorstown down to that village and two or three miles beyond along Buffalo creek. It would seem that a short line like that would be better suited an electric road.

AMONG THE CHURCHES. The Methodists of Charleroi will effect church organization on the 14th inst. Dr. Des Islets, will preach at the Mil ler's Run Presbyterian church on Sabbath. The Methodist Episcopal church now completes a church every six hours four day.

The members of the Mansfield U. P. church have voted to place an organ in their church. The Braddock M. E.

church voted in favor of women delegates to the conferences, 107 to 16. The Canonsburg M. E. church voted 24 to 20 against women as delegates to the general conference. Rev.

Pridgeon is giving a series of ex positions on the Psalms at the Wednesday evening prayermeetings. Harvey McMurray and James McNary were elected elders by the U. P. congregation of Mt. Prospect, on Thanksgiving day.

The young folks of the Central Presby terian church held an enjoyable social at M. Park's, Central avenue, on Tuesday evening. The Bargettstown Enterprise-Call says A. Welsh has accepted the position of chorister in Rev. W.

B. Smiley's church at Canonsburg. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, at Mansfield, will be finished some time in January. A chime of bells for the church been received.

The new Christian church at Mansfield be dedicated January 7. Morgan, evangelist, will hold a revival shortly after the dedication. There will be no preaching at the Green-side Avenue U. P. church on Sabbath.

Preaching on Sabbath week by Ber. M. J. Smalley, of Oakdale. The Indies' Missionary society of the Central Presbyterian church recently sent barrels of clothing, valued at $150, to Home Mission board.

Kev. CaMn Hays will lecture in the First Presbyterian church Thursday, December 11, on his travels through Palestine. The lecture will be delivered in the costume of the people of that country. The question: "Shall women be admitted the general conference as lay delegates?" has been submitted to all the congregations of the Methodist church in the United States, and this week' JldJtodiii enough of returns have been received show that the women have won. The Methodist churches have finished voting on tb question of the admission of women ts the) general conference, supreme legjafatiwe body of tbe com amnion, and the present indications seem be that the wobmb.

have won. But even the women win iu this cow teat, it yet remain for the auntad eonfmVSK and the geweral conference give tbe final decision. But if these srtiamt of the Methodist woraen is stro nsrly ia favor of the in awvatiess the rev jlvtieai will come as a matter of a at 9 of It on ltctfulitr Monthly Meeting on Monday Dynamite Fiend Hoadod OAT by an OrdlnanooAn Eflort to Ileuulatn the Speed of Trains in the Borough. The town council held its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening. The following members of council were In attendance Scott, Huston, Richards and Hart; Burgess Scott in the chair, and Clerk Gowern looking after the minutes.

The following business was transacted: llio ordinance ottered at a previous meeting forbidding the hauling or carry. ing of mlro-glycerine through the streets or ullevs of the borough, was passed finally by a unanimous vote. The ordinance was ordered printed in both papers and will be found in another column of this issue. Councilman John Scott was granted leave to erect a wooden ice house 12x22 feet. On motion it was decided to notify W.

I'. Morgan to clean the mud off his pave ment in front of his property on West Pike street. Councilman Huston complained of the disorderly conduct on the streets at night, especially Sabbath nights, in tho West End. Recently he said two drunken men were seen lying on the pavement in front of one of our churches at the hour of even ing services, lie thought the police should be more vigilant. Others expressed similar opinions.

Burgess Scott informed council that the report of the viewers on West Colleg street between Central and Jenerson ave nucs had been confirmed by court. The question of trains running through tne Dorougu at a hign rate ot speed was discussed, and resulted in an ordinance being offered by Kichards to regulate the speed of trains inside tlie borough limits, The ordinance will come up for final pass age at the January meeting. tsius to the amount ot $217.61 were ordered paid, and council adjourned. of Imitation. The mayor of Williamsport is attempt ing a reform that deserves imita'tion.

A special crusade is being made against the foul-iuou I hed loafers and blackguards who indulge in obscene and profane use of lan' guaoe on the streets. There is a fine field for similar work in every city. The offend' ers are principally a lot reckless boys and young men with, no sense of decency or shame, but who would learn wisdom rapidly if given a few lessons. Let the Laws be enforced. The disorderly conduct on the streets has for some time been the subject of general remark.

The.authorities have this week made a start towards putting a stop to it. Now that they have got the "hustle on," hope they will continue to wear it un every last drunk and disorderly has been gathered in and punished to the full extent the law. i PITHY PEN POINTS. Pittsburg's new theater, the Duquesne, was opened on Monday evening. Homestead is to be connected with Pittsburg by an electric railroad.

The Daily News is the name of a paper started in Allegheny City on Monday. A project is on foot to connect Greens- burg and Jeannett. by an electric street railway. Henry Phipps has given $10,000 to pur chase books for the Carnegie library in Allegheny. Governor-elect Pattison has appointed Humphrey D.

Tate, of Bedford, as his pri vate secretary. Pennsylvania has 8000 registered prac ticing physicians, and 300 of the number of the female sex. The public debt was increased over OOOjOOO during November. The increase largely, due to increased pension payments. Steubenville, Ohio, celebrated on Satur the entry into the city of the Wheel Lake Erie railroad with a general public demonstration.

The failure of the Philadelphia company longer supply gas to the Pittsburg mills giving the coal business in the Monongahela valley a boom. A man named Irwin and bis wife lost lives in a burning building on Ninth street, Pittsburg, on Wednesday night. Others made narrow escapes. The National Farmers' alliance is in ses at Ocala, Florida, this week." One of resolutions adopted condemns the bill now pending in the senate. The Dispatch says Carnegie, Phipps wire nail department turned out 2211 of nails one day last week in 23 hours, breaking its previous record by 344 kegs.

The report of Mayor Wyman, of Allegheny, the month of November shows a of 353 arrests, of which 4 were for felonious assault, 10 for gambling and 8 larceny. The first census district of Braddock is declared by Superintendent Porter the healthiest in the United States. Enumerator McCurdy reported seven deaths in a in a population of 1997, and had to his report before it was accepted. It is said that the Dunbar Furnace com-pany, of Fayette county, has made overtures to the widows of the Hill Farm miners, for a compromise to the effect that if sails are withdrawn the company will each widow a leasonable amount $5000 will be the damages demanded by each of the 29 widows. The State Grange Legislative committee vrisburg on Monday endorsed the kill adopted by the revenue comaussiooers appointed under the last legislature.

The proposed tax is on corporations and four on the dollar. It is estimated that revenue will be $6,000,000 aaauallr will relieve ml estate Railroad eor-pxatioas aloue ant to pay $4,000,000 additional tax. The adoption ef the bill by Use State grange wiU be to a a for J. J. has will the two the into says to their the to if A.

0, Pollock Is at court this week juror. Scott Thompson has moved from place to Mansfield. at this Isaac C. Weaver, of Cecil, who has been dangerously ill, coutinues to Improve. Mr.

Jofcph CiiiYtnto', of Mercer, visiliug her sister, Mrs, David Orr, of Ceu. tral aveuuo, Miss Maggie Martin, of Allegheny, vis ited Miss Jennie Pollock and other friends in town last week. John Watson, of Fairpoint, Belmont county, Ohio, visited his sisters, the Misses w.lso Pikft i Mary, daughter of Dr. JV" 1 quite ill at present of typhoid 1 er. Other children of the same family are also sick.

Oliver youngest son of Major Mer- riman, of Ingram station, who has been seriously ill for several days, is improving Robert Moore, of East College street was at Independence this week visiting his mother, who is 84 years of age, and who is quite ill. Mrs. Hew Elliott, of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, is visiting her parents, Hon, J. Murray Clark and wife, of Central avenue.

Mr. John Cook, wife and two sous, of I'lttsburg, formerly of Crafton, spent Thanksgiving with his brother-in-law, A. A. Griffith, of Central avenue. Miss Belle Day, professor in theCalifcr.

nia normal school, will be one of the iu structors at the farmers' institute to be held at this place the last of January. Isaac Weaver, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of North Strabane, who has been on the sick list for several weeks, is no better. He is 77 years of age. Elias Williams has moved from the house of Gowern near the station, to Mansfield. Thomas Turner, a blacksmith at the rolling mill, has moved into the house vacated by Mr.

Williams. James K. Barbour, for so many years tbe very efficient farmer at the county borne, at a recent meeting of the poor board tendered his resignation, to take effect as soon as they could secure a successor. C. C.

Hill, formerly of this place, but who for the past three years has hod charge of J. C. Morgan's dry goods store in Waynesburg, has gone to Denver, Colorado, where he expects to locate and en gage in business. Joseph Woods, who has been dangerous ly ill at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. William Donaldson, West Pike street, for several weeks, is improving.

On account of the illness of Mr. Woods, Mr. Donald son will probably not move to the city until about Jauuary 1. Fell From the Fast Train. Ex-chief of police James Hammond, of Washington, on Wednesday evening fell from the the fast train an the Cliartiers road shortly after the train left Canonsburg.

Strange to say he escaped with only few slight bruises. At the time of the accident he was on his way from one car to aonther, when he lost his balance and fell. Fifty Years Married. The golden wedding of Tolbert and Margaret Sluby, which was celebrated on Thanksgiving, was quite an enjoyable affair, Mr. and Mrs.

Sluby thank their many friends for the substantial tokens of regard received by them on that occas-sion. Will Build a House. Matthew Wilson, of the firm of Wilson Mc Williams, is making preparations to commence in the spring the erection of a good brick dwelling house on his vacant lot on West College street. He was AVell Named. David Goodman, Pennsylvania railroad watchman, was killed by a passenger train Altoona on Weduesday while trying to save the life of a boy.

The boy escaped uninjured. COUNTY NOTES Washington business men have, organized a chamber of commerce. The Washington presbytery will hold its winter meeting at Washington December and 10. The new electric light works at Monongahela City have been started up and work very satisfactorily. In Washington people who disturb audiences in the town hall are given $10 fine and 10 days in jail.

The Pittsburg Timet states that two officers from Jhat city found over a dozen speak-easies at McDonald riday. The annual meeting of the stockholders the Western Pennsylvania Agricultnral association will be held in Washington next Monday. The daughter of a prominent Washington citizen has disappeared mysteriously. is thought that she has eloped with a young man of Washington. She left a note comphininr of her treatment.

Governor Beaver has announced that he will not issue a warrant fixing the time for the execution of William West, the murderer of the Crouch family, of Washington county, until after the holidays. On Wednesday of last week Harry Steele, of Washington, a tool dresser, was struck by a piece of timber while at work a well in the Taylorstown field, and so frightfully injured that he died four hours later. The deceased was a young man and unmarried. Officer W. B.

Mc Bride baa brought to Washington George Shirk and his two one, whom be captured in West Virginia, Tbe prisoner! are charged with robbing Taylontowa far-era. Officer McBride bad not been beard from for several days and fears were entertained for his safety. Sovoial Hol'oi nw in Connection With iU Management Ed Ucators not Needed. The following concerning the county institute is from the Irwin Standard: Tho act of the Washington county school direc tors, endeavoring to abolish tlie county in. stilute, has caused considerable, comment among newspaper men and has started con.

siderable discussion in that and surround. ing counties. As far as our experience goes we cannot agree with Washington county directors in pronouncing the insti tute a failure, a burden to the teachers and a toll on the taxpayers. While there aro a number of features connected with the countv institute that it would be better without, we believe it has done a vat amount of good to tho common schools. It has been the cause of progressiveness to many teachers, lias encouraged them in their work, has given thorn many good ideas and has developed special modes of teaching which have borne good fruit, and our school system has been advanced great ly in consequence.

As we said before, there are a number of thing that could be just as well left out, especially the employment of the "big" educators from eastern cities who know about as much of the riquirementJi of the ungraded country schools as a Hottentot knows about conic sections. Their fine spun theories on teaching have discouraged many young teachers, who cannot apply them to the schools in which they teach, hence become disheartened and loose in terest in their work. A good talk from some of the sncciwful teachers in ungraded schools would be of vast benefit to the younger members of the profession, and of a hundred-fold more use than the so-called instructions of the big guns. And if th directors would exclude the principals of normal schools who attend these institutes, seemingly to instruct, but in reality to ad vertise their schools, it would be much better; the time consumed by these fellows could very profitably be spent by the home teachers, in discussing the best methods of advancing the schools under their charge. There are many other points that might be mentioned, but our institute, like everything else, needs revision, and there is a great deal of room for improvement, but we would not like to see it abolished, as we think it would have a tendency to cause tlie profession to retrograde.

Old Pieces of Currency. Mrs. J. B. McBride, of North Strabane, shows several interesting pieces of continental money.

One is a three-dollar note issued by order of act of congress of 1779. Another is a one-dollar bill issued by the city of Pittsburg in 1821. The remaining note is for $10 and was issued by a bank in va. lias money was once the property of Mrs. McBride's great grandfather Jones, who was the first sheriff of Allegheny county.

A Pumper Prosecuted. W. C. Kennedy, an oil pumper in the Murdock8vilIe field, was prosecuted Wednesday before 'Squire Donehoe, of Washington, for violating the Sunday law by pumping on Sabbath. The justice will render a derhion next Wednesday.

SOME NOTES AND OPINIONS. The town council did a wise thing on Monday evening when it enacted an ordi-nan ce to head off the "dynamite fiend" preventing his chariot of death from passing along our streets. We hope the ordinance will be vigorously enforced. Another good movement was the introduction of au ordinance to regulate the speed of trains inside the borough limits. The speed with which some of the passenger traine run through the town is exceedingly dangerous.

Council cannot stop the practice any too soon. The commissioners of Ohio county, W7 were not ready on Monday to say yes or no to the question of submitting to a vote of the people of the county the proposition for the county to take stock to the amount of $100,000 in the State Line railroad. The board will decide the matter on Mon day week, the 15th. It is to be sincerely hoped that a decision favorable to the road will be arrived at. The road, if built, cannot help but prove a benefit to Wheeling and Ohio county.

WW Evidkkcs is coming to light which makes it seem probable that Thomas B. Kelly and James Christy, sentenced to the penitentiary for life, in September, 1S8S, in the circuit court of Ohio county, W. for the murder ot Police Oflicer Ulenn, are innocent. Kelly insisted that he was in Pennsylvania on the night of the murder, and ho ia now in roccipt of letters from Beaver county, making it pratty certain his claim is true. The governor will be petitioned for a pnnioa.Iiiiick.

Another proof that judges and juries are not infallible. As will be seen by an article in another column the Irvin Standard has had its little say on the county institute and reforms needed in connection with its man agemenL A careful perusal of the article will, we think, convince unprejudiced people that the writer has hit several nails on the head. a Criminals, it seejis. will occisiontlly break into as well as out of penitentiaries. In proof ot this atfirmition we cite the fact that a few nights since burglars broke into the penitentiary at Moundsville, W.

and blowed open the safe in the office, and carried off the contents. tj Woodchucks are running over a good many Washington county farms, ia doubtless the way you intended putting it Lean to be accurate, neighbor Tub Ofcerrer would bare us believe that judges and juries are infallible; that the latter always know evidence from suspic ion and prejudice and are willing tc be guided by it. The Observer knows better. provement continues a special tbanksgiv ing day would not be out of order. Add Miller had 12 good turkeys stolen from hU premosis in Houstonville on Wednesday night of last week.

He offers $25 reward. vve see inn jnotku is advocating an electric road from Caoonaburg to Houston- ville. We move to amend the route by having it extended to McConuell'g Mills. Why do not our school directors and teachers organize and conduct a township institute? Other townships have them and they are found to be both interesting and profitable. It is said that some of the Hungarians and Italians at work on the pipe line from the Shaw well to the well on the Cross Boads U.

P. church property indulge in numerous "scraps." The literary society at McNary's school house is in a flourishing condition. The meetings are well attended and quite inter esting. A. well-conducted literary society is a benefit to a commuuity.

It were well were they more numerous. Animals, wliu they be buried. To allow them to decompose on thesurface of the ground is to invito disease; besides it causes dogs to assemble in crowds, and when they feast on the dead animal, they are liable to decide on live sheep for dessert. HICKOKY. M.

McNary, our barber, is erecting a fine new shop. Vincent McPeak is erecting a fins barn for T. M. Berrvhill. Curtis rotter, of Midway, in town on business on Monday.

Wm. Welsh and sister Carrie spent Sab bath with friends in, town. Andrew Forner, foreman of the White well, spent Sabbath in Washington. Will, son of the Rev. W.

A. McConncli, is attending school at McDonald this winter. Bert Caldwell gave all the lady members of the U. P. choir a grand dinner on Thanksgiving.

Henry' Kinnemond, an employe of the Royal Gas company, spent Thanksgiving with friends in town. James Young gave the young folks a grand hop last week. Music was furnished by Messrs. Bedillion and Cain. William Rowlan, an employe of the Philadelphia Gas company, has gone to 'batching." He reports having lots of rab bit and groundhog.

Y. K. W. INDEPENDENCE. Buxton and Bates are engaged in buying poultry, David Moore, of Illinois, is visiting friends here.

Mrs. Dr. Johnston, who lives in Wheel ing, has returned home. The farmers ate all done husking corn. There was about half a crop.

Joseph Moore, of Knox county, Ohio, visiting his mother, who is sick. Mrs. Stephen Smith, who livej in Han over township, is visiting friands here. W. C.

Liggett, who has beeu attending court in Washington as a juror, has re turned home. Wm. Perrin, who has been attending United States court at Pittsburg as one of the jurors, has returned homo. The vote taken in the M. E.

church here on admitting women as lay delegates resulted in 23 for and 7 against. There has been a literary society organized at Boyd's school house. Lewis Patterson is president. The society meets on Friday night. Bellview.

CECIL. Will, son of W. T. Denny, is recovering from a severe attack of bilious fever. A well attended and interesting teachers' institute was held at Yeuice on Saturday.

Miss Jennie Simcox, teacher of school No, 6, is sick of bilious fever at the resi dence of W. T. Denny. A literary society was organized at the Venice school house last Tuesday evening. J.

E. Scott was elected president, Miss Ida Carlisle, secretary, and William Cowden, treasurer. At J. C. Harper's sale of horses on the W.

T. Denny farm, the following prices were realized; One pair of mated mares, $180 two-year-old colt, $85 two-year-old colt, $95 two-year-old colt, $50 two four-year-old horses, one at $141, the other at $150 driving horse, $166 two four-year-old mares, one at $132, the other at $120 three-year-old mare, $132; two yearling colts, $50 each two yearlings, one at $51 and the other at one driving horse at $114 two at $60 and the other at $62. Lecture. Bev. Calvin C.

Hays will deliver a lee-ture in the First Presbyterian church Thursday evening, December 11, at 7:30 o'clock. His subject will Out in Palestine." Proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of a carpet for the lecture room of the church. Admission, 15 and 25 cents. Mr. Hays will speak in Oriental costume, having several different CMtumes, veils, etc, with him.

The lecture abounds in amusing incidents as well as instructive talk on the manners and customs of the country. Everybody should go to hear him. Once More the Smoky City. The Pittsburg Post says Pittsburg will soon regain ber title as the Smoky City. Fully four-fifths of the puddling furnaces have returned to the use of coal and the mills of this city are now consuming snore coal than at any time ia the past seven years.

"Tbe railroads are pushed to deliver the feel at fast as it is area of land near this well has been taken up by foresighted leasers, and some more wells will be drilled. One day last week the Philadelphia com- pany's Hue broke on the Johnston farm in Canton towuship. An immense volume of gas rushed out with great force, blowing tbe connection away quite a distance, and also blowing the fence near where the break occured entirely away. The line was open about 24 hours. The Philadelphia company has com menced drilling in the well on the Mrs.

Sarah Campbell place, on Plum run. The Philadelphia compauy's well on the farm of George Skiles on Plum run is down 700 or 800 feet. The Philadelphia company is putting up a rig for a well on the farm of McNary heirs, Cliartiers township. The Washington Light and Heat com pany has bromrht in a fair gasser on the Hagan farm at Arden. The Washington Light and Heat com pany is running a four-inch line from the Joseph Shaw well to the well on the lauds of the Cross Roads U.

P. church. A month ago the bit was lost in well No. 2 on the farm of Peter Martin, Cliartiers township, and after a long fishing job it was given up and the rig moved, Spud ding was commenced in the new hole the first of the week, The well is the property of the Philadelphia company. THE DEATH RECORD.

Miss Sophia Harding, a highly esteemed young lady of Washington and a granddaughter of the late Dr. LeMoyne, of Washington, died on Thanksgiving. James Gailey Murray died of paralvsis at his home at Bridgeville, Friday morning. Mr. Murray was boru in Washington county June 22, 1821, and was educated in Allegheny.

He held many important county offices, including county treas- urer, county commissioner and poor direct or. He leaves four sons and a daughter to mourn his loss. The funeral, which took place on Monday, was largely attended. A car load of Pittsburgers were present. Kev.

Dr. Marshall conducted the services. James Hoed, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Canonsburg, died at his residence on West Pike street at one o'clock, Thursday morning, December 4th, 1890, aged 84 years. Mr. Beed lived for many years onJ the farm now owned by Kichard Gladden, near McDonald.

About 20 years ago, how- ever.he sold his farm and moved to Canons burg, where he continued to reside until his death. He was twice married. His first wife was a JohnsLon, by whom he had three children, all of which are dead. Mr. Reed's second wife, who survives him, was a Hays, a sister of Dr.

George P. aud Rev. I.N. Hays. Mr.

Reed was a consistent member of the First Presbyterian church-Funeral services will be held at the family residence to-day, Saturday, at 10 o'clock. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The Fisk Jubilee singers in the Coliseum on Tuesday evening next. A. H.

Huston is finishing up a four: room house in the West End. McNary Hemphill have the contract for plastering the Morgan block, and are pushing the work rapidly. Dealers who expect to do a big holiday trade, should at once plant their advertise ments In The Notes. i. At the meeting of Radiant Star council of the Jr.

O. U. A. M. on Tuursday tbe question of compulsory education was discussed.

Ou Tuesday evening out the West End, Oflicer Malone arrested an Italian for drunkenness. Oa Wednesday morning he was given a hearing before Burgess Scott, who tiaed him $3 and costs. Craig will Contest Stewart's Seat. The Pod sys: "Colonel Andy Stewart's right to a seat in congress from theTwentv-fourth district is likely to be contested by his late Democratic opponent, A. K.

It ia claimed that frauds gave the colonel his 116 majority." The Fisk Jubilee Singen. The Original Fisk Jubilee Singers, who will be in the Coliseum on Tuesday even-sng, recently returned from a six year's trip around the world, during which they sang io nearly all lands. They visited in the course of their wanderings nearly all the capitals of Europe and sang before many royal personages among them the emperor end empress of Germany, empress of Russia, king and queen of the Netherlands, the king and queen of Saxony, the Prince and Princes of Wales, Queen Vic tori a and others. Their success, during the past six years, is without precedent in the history of any concert company. Iu Australia, they gave eighty consecutive concerts in Melbourne, twenty-six of which were in a hall seating three thousand two hundred people, and many nights hundreds ware turned away for lack of room ufy concerts in Sidney, forty concerts in Adelaide, thirty-two in Brisbane and fourteen in Auckland.

The company have now returned to America to renew their acquaintance with their old friend, having added a few new and better voices to 'thier numbers, and while singing the old favorites, they have also many new eonra in their programs. Ia the Coliseum Tuesday CTeuing next general admission, 35 cents; reserved seats 50 cents. Tickets for sale at Munnel A Taylor's hardware store..