Newspapers: Gleanings from The Northumberland Democrat, Northumberland Co File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sue Marcus USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. From the Northumberland Democrat, Aug 18, 1904: Riverside News Daniel FARLEY had the misfortune to break his left arm between the wrist and elbow last Friday evening while wrestling. Dr. SMITH set the broken bone, and it is hoped he will soon have his arm out of the sling. The masons are making good headway on the cellar walls of the new P.O.S. of A. hall being erected at the corner of Fifth & F Sts. Miss Eva BIRD and Mrs. John BALL who spent 10 days at Washington DC, returned home Saturday. Prof. Harlan R. SNYDER, principal of W. Berwick schools, called on his brother, Daniel, Thursday. Editor LUTZ of the Danville Intelligencer spent Sunday at the home of D.J. SNYDER. Prof. I.A. DeWITT, principal of the Herndon scholls, and a candidate for Co. Supt. was in town several days this week. Ephraim DIMMICK and sister, Ruth, are visiting friends in Mahanoy City. John, the 2-yr old son of Daniel BRADY, was interred in the Catholic cemetery at Danville, Saturday. Since the appearance of one of the foremen in the construction of the sub- structure, we have more hope for the building of a bridge. He reports that the tools will arrive about Monday. Don't forget the picnic next Saturday. The park is free to everyone. An excellent program will be rendered in the afternoon. Baseball and other sports will help to make the time enjoyable. Centerton Some of our farmers finished corn plowing last week. Miss Sapora HETRICK was the guest of Miss Stella BARTHOLOMEW Sunday. Augustus GAZETTE and Harley DIEHL of Sunbury spent Sunday with David SPECHT. Mrs. J.J.W. SCHWARTZ of Shamokin was the guest of Mrs. Henry BARTHOLOMEW Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. J. H. BECK of Seven Points were guests of Ira J. SEASHOLTZ Sunday. Edward BARTHOLOMEW, Clarence and Wm. STRAUSER of Mile Run were the guests of C. S. FEGLEY this Sunday. Miss Ethel WEITZEL of Lower Plum Creek was the guest of Mr. & Mrs. Peter CULP Sunday. There will be a festival in Hornberger's Grove Saturday evening to which all are cordially invited. Music by the Sunbury City Band. Mandata Between 11 and 12 o'clock Saturday night, lightening struck the barn on the farm occupied by Daniel ENGLE, formerly of this section, but now of near Curtin, and it was consumed with all its contents. A number of adjacent buildings were also destroyed. All the live stock was rescued, but practically all the other personal property pertaining to farm use was destroyed. The total loss nears $2000 and is partially covered by insurance. The scribe, being in that vacinity, visited the scene of the conflagration when the work of destruction was already done. Another small barn owned by Aaron STROHECKER, near Elizabethville, was destroyed by the same electric storm as the above. This fire did not entail so great a loss as the above, but was more pitiable because of the live stock which perished. Philip B. BOYER of Gratz made an interesting call upon the scribe one day the past week. Henry WOLF of Harps was in town on Monday. H.P. BOYER and his wife visited relatives at Millersburg and Killinger over Sunday. The law suit between Israel BYERLY of the first part, and J.A. BYERLY of the second part, came off before Justice TRESSLER at Trevorton Saturday. J.A. FACKLER, agent for the Farmers' Nursery Co., Tippecanoe City, O. made his annual tour through here last week. Josiah BYERLY and son have their hydraulic cider press in operation every Tuesday through the season. From the Aug 18, 1904 Northumberland Democrat Irish Valley Morris SMITH and wife visited their son at Sunbury on Sunday. E.E. RHOADS and wife and mother, of this place, and Mrs. Mary McWILLIAMS of Mt. Carmel, spent Sunday with relatives in Trevorton. The M.E. Sunday School will hold their annual picnic on Aug. 27, Saturday, in the grove at the church. A good time is expected and all are invited to attend and help to make it a joyful day. Rev, OWENS of Shamokin preached a very interesting sermon here last Sunday. Rev. BETTENS attended the reopening of the Baptist church at Stonington Sunday. Several of our young people attended the silk mill picnic last Saturday at Lake Side near Mahanoy Jct. Milton Mr. & Mrs. Merrill KLING of Kelly X Roads were guests of Mr. & Mrs. Harrison HAFER on Second Street yesterday. Mr. & Mrs. E. E. BARDOLE and two sons of Upper Market Street are spending several days in Washington City. Miss Minnie DANNER of Allentown is the guest of the Misses Lottie and Lulu BECK on South Turbot Avenue. Dr. F. H. CLINGER of North Front Street enjoyed a ride to Williamsport Saturday afternoon in his auto. Miss Eva YOST of this city is spending her vacation with friends in Baltimore. Miss Grace SCHWARM of Wheeling, Virginia, is the guest of Miss Mary V. REIMENSNYDER of Walnut Glen. Mrs. John MAST and daughter have returned to their home in Muncy after a pleasant visit with the former's mother, Mrs. Rachel HOY on Queen Street. Don DONNICHI of Lewisburg spent Saturday evening with friends in town. A.C.YEARGER and son, Fred, of East Broadway are spending several days in Atlantic City. Miss Lill WALTER has returned to her home on East Broadway after a delightful two weeks vacation with friends in Wilkesbarre. Mrs. Charles MALADY of Broadway is spending some time in Atlantic City. The Milton band gave a free recital at the Milton Park Saturday evening. At the recent meeting of Camp 121, S. of V., J. B. PROSSER was nominated for Senior Vice Commander to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Guy F. HANKEE. Election August 18. Richard DARLINGTON of Lewisburg was a caller in town Saturday. A three weeks' old child of Mr. & Mrs. Walter KREBS of Railroad Avenue died Friday morning last at an early hour. Funeral took place on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was made in Harmony cemetery. Mrs. David FULTZ and daughter Margaret of Williamsport are guests of friends in town. Miss Sue FREDERICK of this city is the guest of her niece, Mrs. John FEIRICK of Sunbury. Miss Bessie STROH of Sunbury has returned home after a pleasant two weeks visit with Miss Bess VAN KIRK of Brown Avenue. Mr. & Mrs. George SHI_ ER [ltr missing], and daughters Miriam and Florence, and son George, of North Front Street, are spending several days in Atlantic City. Mrs. James BAKER of Academy Avenue is spending a week with Williamsport friends. Miss Florence VAN KIRK of Brown Avenue left Saturday for Sunbury where she will spend a few days. Mrs. Huldah SMITH of South Front Street has returned home after a pleasant visit at Eagles Mere. Mrs. Dave WELLIVER of Philadelphia is visiting Mr. & Mrs. John SYPHER of North Front Street. Mr. & Mrs. H.H. WILLIAMS spent Sunday with Mrs. C. L. ROGERS of Berwick. A.B. SEAL_BAS [ltr missing] has been elected secretary and treasurer of the Milton Gas Company. Master Malcom CLINGER entertained a number of his little friends at a party on Saturday afternoon at the home of his parents on South Turbot Avenue. Miss Margaret HITCHLER of Wilkesbarre is the guest of Mrs. Mary BARR of North Front Street. Prof. COMSTOCK, who has been spending the summer months at Eagles Mere, led the orchestra at the Milton Park on Saturday evening. The father and mother of our honored townsman, F.R. SLIFER of East Broadway came up from their Lewisburg home yesterday and spent the day with their son and family. Among the shaky things you find here in Milton just now is the old canal bridge on Broadway, and if the town council desires to avert an accident and a bill of damages for the taxpayers to pay, the sooner it is taken down, the better it will be. Miss Edna BECKER of Royersford is visiting at the home of C.L. DERR on Park Avenue. D. W. EBBERT, D.D. and his interesting family will take leave of their many friends here and depart for their new house and location at Collegeville, Montgomery County, where the Rev. Dr. will assume charge of Ursinus College there, under the care of the Reformed church. They leave on the coming Thursday. Misses Margaret and Eva KURTZ of Turbot Township spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Calvin RAUP of East Broadway. Mrs. Jonathan NIECE of Sunbury is visiting friends in town. J. Warren GODCHARLES has returned to Pittsburg [sic] after a pleasant visit with his parents. Milton August 15, 1904 Prothonotary McCARTHY requests this paper to note the fact that on Aug. 22 naturalization court will be held at Sunbury. This will be the only chance to secure naturalization papers in this county. The annual DUNKLEBERGER family reunion will be held at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Wednesday, Aug. 24, and a most cordial invitation is extended to all DUNKLEBERGERS, their friends, and to those related to attend. At 2 p.m. there will be a committee appointed. By the explosion of acetylene gas in the basement of the Lewisburg Post Office Saturday morning, the building was badly damaged. Morgan BENNET, whose mother owns the building, had gone to the basement to change the tank. He carried a lantern and its flame communicated to the gas. A terrific explosion followed, badly wrecking the first floor which immediately took fire. The blaze was extinguished quickly. BENNET was uninjured, although his escape from death was miraculous. Major GEARHART of Danville has made a contribution to the State Agricultural department in the shape of a cross between an apple and a pear. This county could make a contribution that will beat this combination out of sight, if it is a cross between a hog and a man, but the hog so largely predominates, that to the average observer it would just be a plain case of hog - not a thoroughbred either - Editor Hastings in the Milton Standard. Whereas. - Solomon S. HELWIG, a worthy member of the Elysburg Farmers' Club, has passed on to a higher life, we must humbly submit to the Divine power, who doeth all things well, while we mourn for his loss, which we feel is no ordinary one. Through a number of years of fraternal association, we have learned to love him both for his genial manner and his noble character, truth and honor. And while we thus mourn, we also feel our loss to his eternal gain. Whereas. - We extend our most tender regards and sympathy in this their very great bereavement to his family, who have lost such a good, kind husband and father. May God the Father of us all sustain them in their loneliness is our prayer. One behalf of the Club - Geo. W. MILLER, James B. ENT, William U. JOHN, Committee The Susquehanna District Association, Knights of the Golden Eagle, will celebrate their 16th anniversary in Lewisburg on Labor Day, Monday, September 5th. It will be a gala day for Lewisburg as fully five thousand visitors will be there, not including several lodges comprising the district which are Lock Haven, Williamsport, Jersey Shore, Milton, Watsontown, Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Danville, Mifflinburg, Millheim, Bellefonte, Spring Mills, Shamokin, Sunbury, and others. Each lodge will bring from 25 to 150 members to participate in the parade which will be held in the afternoon. Eight or ten bands will be in the line, and in fact, it will be the largest celebration Lewisburg has had since the centennial in 1885. The officers of the district, J.P. MILLER, pres., W.W. MUSSER, sec., of Lewisburg, and I.D. GRESH, treas., of Milton, together with the local committee have been working hard to make the celebration a grand success. Several of the grand officers will be in attendance. Line Mountain The picnic which was held in MASSER's Grove at Line Mountain on Saturday, under the auspices of the St. Jacob's Sunday School, was a decided success. Miss Sadie STARR is back from Watsontown where she was employed as domestic, to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Peter STARR at Rough and Ready. The Daniel WEIKEL family reunion, which was held at Dautyville Saturday, Aug. 6, was a delightful gathering. The family consists of 17 children, 52 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Rev. W. H. KLINE and wife, of Gowen City, spent Tuesday with Rev. KRESSLEY and family. Rev. KLINE is pastor of the Gowen City Lutheran church for the last 18 months. He has resigned his charge and accepted a call to the Dushore Parish at which he will begin work on Aug. 22nd. Pillow Mr. Edwin BOYER and Alvin RAKER, of Philadelphia, are spending their two weeks vacation with their parents. Misses Mabel and Edna DEIBLER returned home from Harrisburg on Saturday. Clayton BOWMAN of Philadelphia spent Sunday with his parents and friends. David WITMER of Devault, Chester County, is spending his vacation with his parents. Joseph WITMER and brother, John, spent Sunday with their uncle J.F. WITMER. Quite a number of our people attended the picnic at Berrysburg on Saturday. Clarence AUNSPACH and family of Philadelphia, and his father, J.S. AUNSPACH, visited relatives above Klingerstown Saturday and Sunday. Harry MOYER and family and mother, and Misses Katie GEIGER and Lillian HARTER were the guests of J.S. WITMER Sunday. Miss Daisy GEIGER accompanied by her cousin, Miss CROUSE, and another lady friend, arrived from Allentown to visit her parents and friends. It is now decided that Prof. C. GRIMM will teach the high school and Prof. A.B. DEIBLER the primary. Mr. KINSLY of Wilkesbarre was in town Monday making preparations to put up a new telephone. The Harvest Home services in the Reformed church were largely attended. Look out for the wedding. Montandon Chas. HAUCK, wife and son, Donald, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Sunbury. R.S. HUMMEL and wife spent Sunday with friends at Turbotville. Frank COX, express messenger between Williamsport and Kane, was a visitor with his parents over Sunday. Mrs. MULL of Altoona is visiting at Chester HALFPENNY's. The Misses IRVIN of Brooklyn are visiting their grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. R.M. CUMMINGS. William PENNYBAKER, wife and daughter of Mooresburg, spent Saturday at the home of James WAGNER. Mrs. McCLOSKY of Liverpool is visiting friends in this place. D.S. COPE, wife and son, Don, drove to Mooresburg on Sunday, where they spent the day. Mrs. FURMAN of Pottsville spent Saturday at the residence of Jas. STIVER. Mrs. D.A. DIEFFENDERFER and Miss Minnie DIEFFENDERFER of near Cowan, are visiting at the home of Henry DIEFFENDERFER. D.S. COPE, wife and son, Harry, left for Atlantic City Thursday. Holmes FRANK, after spending a week in this place, has returned to Centralia. He was accompanied by his sister, Luella, who will visit with friends at Girardville. J. W. MARSHALL of Kalamazoo, Mich., a veteran of the Civil War, spent Thursday night with C. A. FREY and family. It was his first visit to this place in twenty-eight years. Harvey REED, one of the boys who was caught by a cave-in at B. S. HUMMEL's sand bank last Tuesday is all right again. From Mahanoy D. K. HEPLER, the lightning rod man, was around here last week with teams and men. Several weeks ago, lightning struck down a lightning rod at the barn of F.L. KAHRES at Rebuck, Pa., killing one cow in the barn and two head of cattle in the barnyard. On June 15, 1894 the barn that was on the same wall of this barn, was burnt down by lightning. It is somewhat strange as reports say this lightning struck the new barn of Aaron SNYDER near Green Brier, Pa., built this summer on the wall of his other barn that burnt down by lightning last summer. No damage was done to the barn, but the lightning rods were damaged some, but again repaired by D.K. HEPLER. On Thursday, August 25th, 1904, the Lutheran Reunion will be at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Pa. A special train will leave Herndon at 9:45 a.m. and will stop at all stations. Returning special train will leave Shamokin at 7 p.m. H.B. LATSHA had 500 feet of two-inch metallic pipes laid last week to convey the water from the spring to his house and barn. H.D. MUTH is the man who furnished the pipes and made the job complete at 14 cents a foot. He is an expert in such work as he does it to give satisfaction. Our St. Peter's Union Sunday School will have a picnic in the grove near the church Sunday, August 20th. Last Thursday J.R. HILBUSH made a business trip to Lower Augusta Township. The BYERLY, BURRELL, and STEPP Company are taking lots of coal out of the Mahanoy Creek at Dornsife with an engine. One said to the writer the other day that they took out six tons in 50 minutes, and if they had the men to handle the coal, they could, when the water was not too low, take out over 60 tons in a day. Felix KLOCK is running his threshing machine daily. It is all right now. Fred STETLER, son of Rev. D. M. STETLER, had a runaway last Friday and a narrow escape from death. The horse was hitched to a truck wagon and while trying to pass Dr. HOTTENSTEIN's buggy he ran into it, smashing a buggy wheel. The wagon was demolished, but with the shafts still attached and dragging the boy, who became caught in the reins, the horse ran on some distance before he could be captured. The boy is badly but not fatally hurt. J.R.H. August 16, 1904 Hickory Corners Edward SPONSLER and wife of Harrisburg are visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. Adam BYERLY at Stone Valley. The Lutherans of this conference held a greater Muhlenberg picnic at HARTMAN's Grove near Berrysburg on Saturday, and an immense crowd was present in the afternoon. Some of the oldest members of the Lutheran Synod made addresses. Theo. CROUTHAMEL of Millersburg Sundayed with his family in town. Geo. B. KOPPENHAVER and wife, Miss Linda WITMER, and the family of Morris BAHNER attended a Sunday school picnic at Killinger, Saturday. Henry LINDLER of Ringtown called on J.H. WITMER on Friday. Misses Clara and Martha EMERICK of Harrisburg visited the home of Dr. EMERICK on Saturday. Jim SNYDER of Herndon transacted business with B.F. HARRIS here on Sunday. B. F. HARRIS and his gang of carpenters went to Paxton on Monday to build a grist mill for C. J. SNYDER. Mrs. Milton WIRT of Georgetown died suddenly on Saturday, and her funeral was held Tuesday at Georgetown. Mrs. Edward ENGLE and Mrs. A. D. TSCHOPP visited the former's daughter, Mrs. E. LONG at Sunbury Sunday. Emanuel KLINGER of Toad Valley raised over 800 shocks of oats on 16 acres and expects to thresh over 300 bushels of clean oats from the same. Dalmatia Rebecca KEBACH of near this place died early on Sunday morning after suffering for many weeks from cancer. She was aged 66 years, 4 months, 9 days. She was a member of the Lutheran church of Malta, where interment was made Wednesday forenoon. Rev. W. H. GEIGER of Pillow officiating. Mrs. Catherine STEIN of Rushtown died on Thursday, aged about 62 years. She was married four times, all her companions preceding her to eternity. She was a faithful member of the Lutheran church. Interment at Stone Valley Sunday. Rev. GEIGER officiating. D. E. STEVENS of Hickory Corners lost his gold watch at the Dalmatia Sunday School picnic, July 31, and he has not yet recovered it. A. L. ZERBE and wife of Malta called on W.L. ZERBE and wife on Monday. The stocking factory resumes work on Monday. Farmers are busy fertilizing and plowing. Miss Katie FETTER, who is employed at Mifflinburg, called on her mother on Sunday. Over a hundred tickets were sold here on Saturday for the Peoples Picnic at Mahantongo under the auspices of the Malta Lutheran Sunday School. Aug 10, 1904 Plum Creek Elmer FURMAN and Amos WILSON drove through the valley Thursday evening. The CALLITHUMPIANS had a fruitless adventure last Thursday evening at the residence of C.C. BARTHOLOMEW. Frank SHIPE and wife of Centerton held a visit to Lawrence APP's over Sunday. J. S. HACKENBERG and family took a drive out the valley last Sunday. Miss Marguerite KUEBLER of Sunbury spent Sunday with her parents. J. WALT and C. GEARHART attended the Herndon Camp Meeting. Miss Bessie SMITH is staying with Isaiah JOHNSON and family this week. Mrs. J. SMITH called at A. WILSON's Saturday evening. Mrs. Chas. LENTZ, Myrtle SMITH, and Irene FASOLD called on Mrs. HACKENBERG last Thursday evening. Mrs. James SMITH visited Northumberland friends last week. Lewis Center W.W. WATSON is giving his residence a new coat of paint. E. O. COTNER of Schuyler moved to Delaware township on the farm formerly owned by John SEIBERT. Samuel SERCH last a valuable horse by death last week. Robert HEILMAN has purchased the farm formerly owned by Elias MILLER on Muncy Hill. Alfred SCHUYLER and sister visited friends in Muncy last week. A birthday party was held at the home of F. P. MURRAY recently. Stephen MENGES is making preparations to remodel his home. Daniel STAHLNECKER of near Warrior Run Church lost a valuable cow last Friday by bloating. The large barn of Rosco ELLIS in Limestone Twp. was burned last week with personal property of Isaac GLIDEWELL tenant. The loss consisted of farm implements, 7 cattle, 1 horse, 2 colts, 1 hog, 75 chickens. The combined insurance $2400. Mr. & Mrs. Henry READER were Milton visitors on Saturday. James HOLLYOK has returned from a visit to friends in Virginia. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel HARTLY and Mary, and Mrs. Henry SNYDER of Turbotville spent Sunday with friends in Clarkstown.