Perry County PA Archives News.....Town & Country September 28, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Bookwalter mrsbooker@yahoo.com December 19, 2006, 1:25 pm Peoples Advocate And Press September 28, 1904 Peoples Advocate and Press Town and Country, Bloomfield, Sept. 28, 1904 Jacob Light, of Shermansdale, has been granted a pension of $12 per month from March 30, 1904, through his attorney, J. C. Motter, Esq. Sheriff C. L. Johnson will sell at public sale, at the court house, this place, on Wednesday, September 28, 1904, a horse belonging to Jas. F. Sheaffer. At a meeting of the Board of Pardons at Harrisburg on Wednesday last, the application of Dr. T. L. Johnston, of Duncannon, serving a twenty-year term for murder in the Eastern Penitentiary, was heard and held under advisement. Ezra Cupp, of Oriental, Juniata county, was lodged in the county jail Friday charged with disorderly conducted by Mrs. Wilson Cupp. Wilson Cupp was arrested at Newport Thursday for cutting Chas. Huggins, of Buck's Valley, who was trying to defend Ezra Cupp from the assault of his brother. He secured bail for his appearance at court. ..... ======= . Thursday evening last John C. Hoffman, of Centre township, and Miss Ida M. Berrier, of this place, were quietly married at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. C. M. Nicholas. The groom is a thrifty and industrious lumberman, and the bride is a young lady of intelligence and the possessor of many virtues. Mr. Hoffman recently bought himself a home in this place in anticipation of the pleasant event, where the young couple will shortly take up their residence. We join with their many friends in wishing them long life, prosperity and happiness. ======= Many friends in this place will be pleased to learn of the marriage of Miss J. Gertrude Jackman, of Mifflintown, to Mr. Norman L. Wise, of Philadelphia. The wedding was solemnized at the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. Wm. Jones, 2828 N. 16th St., Philadelphia, on the 17th inst. The groom learned the trade of printing in the Democrat & Register office, Mifflintown, where his prospective bride was editor and is now engaged as a conductor on a trolley line in Philadelphia. The bride is a daughter of the late W. J. Jackman, editor of the above paper, of Mifflintown. The bride is a charming young lady and is well known here where she was a visitor at intervals. We wish the couple much happiness. ======== Death of John A. Garber. John A. Garber, one of Tyrone township's most highly respected citizens died Monday morning from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy sustained some months ago. His death occurring so soon after that of his brother, Hon. J. B. Garber, of Andersonburg, has cast a gloom over the communities in which each so long resided. Much of the genealogy in the obituary of Judge Garber is equally applicable to his brother. The deceased was married to Sarah Seager, who survives with the following children: Robert, of Kansas; Charles J. of Stockton, Utah; Samuel, of Tyrone township; Annie, Mrs. Robert Miller, on the homestead. Two sisters and one brother survive: Mrs. Margaret Hench on the old Garber homestead; Mrs. Elizabeth Lightner and Daniel E. Garber, of Tyrone township. The deceased was one of the most prominent workers in the Lutheran church at Loysville, and in his death the church sustains a grievous loss. He led an upright, Christian life, and was a generous friend, a devoted husband and parent.-He will be sadly missed in the community in which he spent practically all his days. Funeral services at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Interment at Loysville. ======= Death of Mrs. O. P. Wright. Amanda Adeline Hackett, wife of Mr. O. P. Wright, of Greenwood township, this county, and daughter of the late Samuel and Catharine Hackett, formerly of Sandy Hill, Madison township, this county, was born July 11, 1811. She was the oldest of a family of eight children, and is survived by two sisters, Martha Ellen, postmaster in North Liberty, Johnson Co., Iowa; Charlotte Rebecca, wife of Henry Stouffer, Des Moines, Iowa, and one brother, W. Scott Hackett, of North Liberty, Iowa. The family moved to New Bloomfield in 1865, engaging in the hotel business at the Eagle Hotel on North Carlisle street, at that time a temperance stand. After continuing in that vocation for two years they moved to Iowa, where they made their home. March 28, 1871, Amanda was united in matrimony to O. P. Wright, of Millerstown, Pa., by Dr. Osmond, Principal of Iowa City State University, at North Liberty, Iowa, and returned east, locating in Perry Valley, Greenwood township, this county, and from this union were blessed by three children, Flora J., wife of W. C. Coombe, of Millerstown, Pa., an infant daughter who died in childhood, and Minnie Myrtle, wife of Harry G. Martin, who has remained at her home with her parents. The subject of this sketch early in life associated herself in church work, having joined the Presbyterian church near Centre, this county, at the age of fifteen years, and was baptized in the faith by Rev. Clark. Although not being able to take an active part in church work for some years past, she has always been a devout Christian, bearing her sufferings with a brave and Christian like spirit. In 1885 she was stricken with paralysis, which left her a helpless invalid. After nineteen years of suffering she passed peacefully and quietly to her rest September 22, 104. A husband, two daughters and four grandchildren survive her. Interment was made from her late home, in Greenwood township, in Wright's Cemetery, in Perry Valley, on Saturday, 24th inst., at 10 a.m. the services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. G. Clair. "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep. H.G.M. ======= Death of Mr. J. H. McElwee We take the following from the Carlisle Herald of last week: Mr. J. H. McElwee, a farmer residing on the Allen A. Line farm in Dickinson township, five miles west of Carlisle, died Sunday evening, 18th inst., at 5 o'clock, aged 65 years. The cause of death was jaundice with attending complications.-He had been in ill health all summer, but was confined to his bed only a little over a day. The deceased is survived by his wife and three daughters-Maggie, Ada and Sadie, all at home. Two sisters and three brothers survive: Elizabeth, wife of Rev. R. F. McClean, of Mechanicsburg; Matilda, wife of James P. Laird, of New Bloomfield; Charles, of Iowa; Winfield, of St. Louis, and Thomas, of Adams Co. Mr. McElwee was a member of the Lutheran church in Centerville, and during his entire life has been a meek and consistent Christian, and thro' an extremely painful illness he never complained but was cheerful, and remarked shortly before his death: "All is well! Do not worry, I don't. "The Lord will care for my family. I am ready to go. I trust in the Lord." He had very many warm friends. The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of Co. G. 99th Regt. Pa. Vols. In one of the battles with the Army of the Potomac in the war at Appomattox he was wounded in the knee by an exploding shell. The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Services at his late home. Interment at Centerville.-One or two of his old comrades-in-arms were among the pallbearers. He was an ardent Republican. ======= Blaine Budget. The Mary E. Hollenbaugh property, in Toboyne township, was bought by Charles Tressler of Andersonburg, for $3,500. Frank Reisinger has bought a strip of ground 60 feet wide of the Dr. Gutshall corner lot, east of town. That which he purchased extends along the road leading to Stoke's Mill. Mr. Reisinger purposes building a dwelling house on the property during the winter, and preparatory to building, the foundation wall will be erected about Nov. 1st. Charles Smith, of this place, was married recently at a Miss Gray, of Concord. We extend congratulations. This community was sadly shocked on Wednesday to learn of the sudden death of Hon. Joseph B. Garber, of Andersonburg. Mr. Garber was widely known as an honest businessman and a gentleman held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was a devoted Christian and in his daily walk and conversation in his religious light was brilliant to all about hi. The surviving children have the sincerest sympathy of all. The following are those known of this place who attended the funeral of J. B. Garber, at Andersonburg, on Saturday: W. B. Gutshall and wife, Mrs. W. M. Bower, Mrs. Lydia Lupfer, A. Bistline and wife, G. W. Shreffler and wife, C. H. Wentzel and wife, D. G. Keck and wife, Joseph Wentz and wife, Wm. Wentz, G. W. Gutshall and wife, S. B. Gutshall and wife, H. L. Spohn and wife, Mesdames N. K. Bistline, W. L. Smith, Benj. Wentz, Henry Wentz, F. B. Morrow, Israel Lupfer, Elizabeth Lightner, Hannah Garber, Susan Gutshall, Misses Ida McKee and Ida Gutshall, Geo. A Garber and David Gutshall Rev. Dyer, of Landisburg, owing to the death of his brother, was unable to fill his pulpit here on Sunday and preach in the Lutheran church as announced. ======= Loysville Locals. Miss Lentz, one of the teachers at the Home, was called to the bedside of her sick brother in Altoona, who was suffering with typhoid fever. Word has since reached here that he has died and will be buried on Tuesday. Mr. Widle, Supt. Of the Home, will attend the funeral. ======= Landisburg Items. The property of Miss Mary Heckendorn, deceased, was sold Saturday by the administrator to Samuel Garber, of Loysville, for $2900. ======= DIED Buck.-On the 17th inst., at the home of her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Shuman, in Newport, Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Buck, late of Harrisburg, aged 74 years, 1 month and 13 days. Garber.-On the 21st inst., at Andersonburg, Hon. Joseph B. Garber, aged 74 years, 6 months and 19 days. Rinehart.-On the 15th inst., at the home of her son, Allen Rinehart, at Belleflower, Ill., Mary A., widow of the late Frederick Rinehart, of Pfoutz's Valley, this county, aged 78 years 10 months and 29 days. ======= This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 10.5 Kb