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From: "Helen in Pa." <>
Subject: Newspaper clippings-part 5h
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 18:12:51 -0800


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Mrs. Sadie Caldwell, of Washington, and William Hartzell, of
Minneapolis, visited Carrie Cooper, this week.
L.V. Bonnell, of Wheeling, called on his son, Will, at this
place,
Sunday. It was his first visit here in twenty years.
Elymus Sprowls, of near Coon Island will remove with his family
to
the Craighead farm in North Strabane township after the election.
For the year ending, September 30, there were 516 prisoners in
the
county jail: white males 363; white females, 25; colored male. 117;
colored female, 11.
Rev. Matthew M. Patterson, of Wilkinsburg, a cousin of Mrs. D.M.
Campsey, and who has visited here a number of times, was elected
moderator of the Pittsburg synod of the U.P. church, last week, and not
Rev. John A. Burnett as we stated.
Rev. Dr. J.J. McCarrell, of McKeesport, a native of this place
and
son-in-law of Hon. John Birch, was elected moderator of the synod of
Penna., which met at Harrisburg, last week. The nomination was by Rev.
Ebenezer Erskine of Newville, and the second by Rev. Frank Fish, of this
place.
The women of Colorado; Utah and Wyoming have already voted in
one
presidential election. The women of Idaho, will for the first time
exercise this privilege at the election in November. Very few of the
western women take mush interest in politics, and not more than fifty
percent of the female vote of these four states will go to the polls
this year.
Canonsburg has a public library containing upwards of 3,000
volumes.
Mrs. D.B. Hancher has returned from Dallas, her sister, Mrs.
Lessie Gosney, being ill of typhoid fever at her home in that place.
Only one prisoner who served in the war of 1812 is left. His
name
is Hiram Cronk. He is 110 years old, and lives in Oneida county, New
York.
Henry Stollar and Miss Cleopatra Hensel, of H.W. Thurber's
Confectionery, Wheeling, spent, Sunday with E. Finley and Claysville
friends.
Irvin Clark Hoon, wife and little daughter, of Wilkinsburg,
visited
the latter's great-grandfather, John Hoon, from Friday until Sunday
evening.
Letters of administration on the estate of the late Frank W.
Donaldson of Buffalo township, have been issued to his widow, Mrs. Annie
Donaldson.
J.R. McLain and W.J. Sutherland, whose will was admitted to
probate in Friday.
Miss Edna Sprowls, daughter of Elymus Sprowls, of Coon Island,
left
last week for Cambridge, Mass., to attend Emerson College. She delayed
her decision upon what studies to take up until after her arrival, but
one is physical culture.
The work of arching Thomas tunnel has been completed and a force
of
employment were set to work on Tuesday, cleaning it out ready for
traffic. The approach tracks are in good shape and the tunnel will
probably be put into service with in the next week.
Miss Mary Elizabeth McKean died at the home of her brother in
Buffalo township at one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, October 25, 1900,
of
tuberculosis, aged about 23 years. Funeral services at the M.P. Church
in Burnsville at two o'clock on friday afternoon. Interment in the West
Finley cemetery. Her parents, three sisters, and three brothers
survive.
Our esteemed neighbor, the Claysville Recorder, has printed
several
interesting articles from the pen of Dr. John Inglis, in which he gives
an account of what happened to the besieged foreigners and native
christian while shut up in the British legation at Peking, China. We
read these articles with a good deal of interest, generally speaking,
but probably we are more interested in them than we otherwise would have
been from the fact that we have a familiar acquaintance with some of the
relatives of Mr. Inglis, and had the pleasure of meeting the lady before
her marriage. He served four years during the Civil War in the same
company with Mr. James P. Stewart, the uncle of Mrs. Inglis. Mr.
Stewart was shot in the mouth at the battle of Waufatchie, Tenn.,
fought at the foot of Lookout Mountain in October, 1864. He is a local
preacher of the Disciple Church, but does not make preaching a
business. He is assistant assessor of the city of Allegheny, will go
out and preach when his services are needed.
If it were not for the slight impediment in his articulation,
caused by the bullet wound in the mouth, and if he would make the gospel
ministry
a profession, he would make an excellent preacher, and doubtless take a
place in the front rank of the profession.--West Alexander Call.
The Pittsburg Times confer the D.D. degree of Dr. John Inglis.
Five hundred new banks have been organized the last six months.
Miss Bessie Dunkle, of Washington, visited Miss Eleanor Mehaffey
this week.
T.J. Steel and family are removing this week from Majorsville to
the
property purchased of J.C. Crowe.
Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Anderson paid a visit to their daughter at
Crothers on Thursday. It was Mr. Anderson's first trip by rail since his
thigh
was broken.
Mrs. Ida Lenore Crouch will visit at the home of her husband's
mother at McGovern, next week and from there will visit her uncle,
Robert Lynn,
of Crosscreek.
William S. McWilliams hands us a clipping which announces the
death
of a good old friend of his Mrs. Eliza Stranahan, who died at the home
of
her son, Andrew, in East Lackawannock, on Wednesday, at the age of 100
years, one month and 12 days.
Mrs. Sarah E. Clouse, of Burnsville, widow of Noah Clouse, was
the
guest of John Holmes this week. She left Thursday morning for the
Pacific Coast visiting relatives at Muncy, Indiana, making Chicago
enroute. She will make her future home at Victor, California.

Marguerite, the six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Will Laird, west
of
town, died on Sunday evening, October 21, 1900, of Spasmodie croup. The
funeral was held Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Rev. S.L. Parcell conducted
the services. Interment in Claysville cemetery.
Dr. Charles S. Terrill; died on Monday. The house of his father,
east of Triadelphia, of consumption, aged 33 years. Last December, he
went
to Sa Chiem Klang Sa Province, China, accompanied by his wife, he as a
medical and she as a gospel missionary for the Presbyterian board. They
had only arrived home two weeks age. They left King Su two days before
the Boxer uprising in the adjoining province, Shantung, for a mountain
resort in Japan on account of the Dr.'s ill health. He rallied a little
there, but was taken with appendicitis, and consumption developed.
Wednesday was the 15th birthday of Miss Katy Bell, and two score
or
more of young folks called at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M.
Bell, that evening, to do their part in properly celebrating the
event. They had a delightful full time, as the house was turned over to
them for their fullest enjoyment. One of the nicest kinds of lunches
was set before them and all did it justice, Miss Katie was presented
with a nice selection of tokens by her friends, but what tickled her
most was a fine Hamilton piano in a mahogany case sent by her big
brother, Train Despatcher Roy M. Bell, of Pittsburg.
Mr. Harry A. Miller and Miss Alice McFadden, a popular young
couple
of this place, were quietly married shortly after 8 o'clock Wednesday
evening, October 24, 1900, at the Presbyterian parsonage, by Rev. Frank
Fish, after the ceremony they retired to the home of the groom's mother,
Mrs. Maryatta Miller. The Claysville Cornet Band called in a body later
to extend their congratulations and give a serenade. Choice
refreshments were served them and afterward several selections were
rendered. Mrs. Miller was one of Hopewell townships successful teachers
previous to her removal to this place last spring. They have our best
wishes.
The machinery to be used in North Strabane township has been
unloaded at Canonsburg and taken to the scene of the proposed
improvement. This
machinery includes a road plow, a scraper on wheels, a 6-ton roller and
a stone crusher, with elevators and storage bin attached. For nearly a
month, ten jail prisoners have been quarrying stone for road making
purposes. T.H. Musson, an expert road builder as been on the ground
for several days. There is enough material now ready to build about one
half mile of macadamized road.
A Steubenville, Ohio, there has been started the first, American
manufactory of glass marbles which have hitherto been imported from
Germany.

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