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The Sharon Herald December 29, 1899
The following excerpts from the Friday, December 29, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 31), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, in the Sunday, December 29, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. The names of the people are highlighted. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper.
<From page 3> BRIEFLY
TOLD.
The public schools will reopen Tuesday
morning.
A farmers' institute will be held at Hadley, January 10-11.
Irvine Fell, of Orangeville, has been granted a
divorce from Lizzie Fell. Judge
Gilmer, of the Trumbull county courts, granted the decree on the ground
of willful absence for more than three years.
About 40 citizens of Meadville and vicinity have petitioned Congress through Congressman
Gaston, for a cessation of war in the Philippines. That is a petition to
which Aguinaldo would be glad to subscribe. - Jamestown Journal.
P.C. Hayes, the Burghill auctioneer, reports a
public sale which shows a gratifying condition of affairs. At this sale the
receipts, over $800, were all paid in cash, not a single man asking for time on
his purchase. - Warren Tribune.
Mr. J. S. Hoffman,
the chicken fancier of this place, won three prizes with his White Plymouth
Rocks, at the Meadville Fanciers’ Club exhibition last week. The entries in
this class numbered 149, and Mr. Hoffman secured first, second and fourth
prizes.
The entire debt on St. John’s
Episcopal church was liquidated at the Christmas services. The balance amounted
to about $5,000. It is expected that the church will be consecrated as soon as
the necessary arrangements can be made with Bishop
Cortlandt Whitehead.
We thought when a Crawford county
farmer sold a steer for over a hundred dollars that he was getting quite a good
price, but we see he wasn’t in it with the prices realized at Chicago last
week. Several car loads were sold at $8.25 per hundred pounds live weight,
bringing an average of S126.72 per head. The Western Crawford steer at that
price would have brought over $130.— Conneautville Courier.
The directors of the Bell telephone
company will hold a meeting in February in Pittsburgh to vote on the increase of
the capital stock from $4,000,000, to $7,500,000. The entire increase will be
expended in extending and improving the company’s telephone service, and more
than $2,000,000 will be expended in Pittsburgh. Almost $1,000,000 will be set
aside for the purchase of real estate and the erection of buildings alone. —
Christmas day was a happy one
for the children of the Odd Fellows’ home, says the Meadville Tribune, and of
the 54 all but two were present to mingle in the Christmas exercises. During the
forenoon a large Christmas tree was put in place in the playroom and trimmed.
The gifts contributed by friends of the home were placed on the tree, and it
presented a fine appearance. In the afternoon the children gave a musical and
literary entertainment, conducted by Superintendent C. C.
West. Among the donations
was a check for $120 from Oil City lodge, No. 589. A bill has been
introduced in Congress to empower the Lake Erie & Ohio River Ship Canal
Company to conduct a ship canal 15 feed deep from Pittsburgh to some point in
Lake Erie, following in general the Ohio, Beaver and Mahoning rivers in
Pennsylvania, and the Mahoning river in Ohio to a point near Niles, and thence
ortherly to the most accessible harbor on Lake Erie between the Pennsylvania and
Ohio lines and the mouth of the Grand in
Ohio, also to construct a branch canal from the mouth of the Shenango river in
Pennsylvania, and along the river to Greenville. Also a branch along the
Mahoning river from Niles to Warren. Election
of Officers. The following officers
for Sharon Circle No. 1, P.H.C. [Protected Home Circle], were elected at a
meeting held on Monday evening: President, Miss Gertrude
McKay; vice president, L. M. Tittaler;
guardian, L. R. Rankin; chaplain, Blanche
Jones; secretary, W. Whitehead; treasurer, C.
M. Ohl, accountant, W. A. McKnight; guide, Chas.
Hayes; companion, Kate Hynd; porter, Uriah
McKay; watchman, George Cartwright; medical
examiners, Drs. Mitchell and Tinker, trustee, J.
W Mason. Representatives to Grand Circle, John E.
Harris, J. W. Mason, W. A. McKnight, Irvine Hyde, Thos. A. Harris, Fred
Patterson, F. B. Gilbert, C. M. Ohl, J. M. Evans, Walter Whitehead, P. D.
Stratton and W. S. Palmer. Officers for Sharon
Court, No. 13, Tribe of Ben Hur, have been elected as follows: Chief, Amos
Lowndes; judge, George Powell; teacher, Jennie
Powell; scribe, M. H. Davis; keeper of
tribute, Mary Nikirk; guide, Thos.
Donahoo; captain, Jos. Powell; keeper of
inner gate, John Burke; keeper of outer gate, Celia
Davis. Hospital
Report. The annual report of the
Christian H. Buhl hospital has been forwarded to the State Board of Charities.
There were 215 patients admitted during 1899, an increase of 70 over the
admissions during 1898. Of this number, 70 medical cases recovered, 14 improved,
2 unimproved, 5 died and 2 remain in the hospital; 94 surgical cases recovered,
11 improved, 1 unimproved, 8 died and 8 remain in the hospital. Prescriptions
given to patients during the year amounted to 317 and the aggregate number of
days patients were supported in the institution was 4,411. The average cost per
week for each patient was $10. A fine tile floor has been laid in the operating room, which was also otherwise repaired, and hand grendates [grenades] procured to guard against fire. Other repairs were also made.
Sharon
Iron Works Store Sold. The Sharon Iron Works
Store, one of the oldest mercantile establishments in this place, was sold on
Saturday to M. Fitzpatrick, the dry goods merchant.
The purchase also includes the building. The consideration is private. Mr.
Fitzpatrick will take possession of the store on Monday and about April 1
will remove the stock in his present store to the new quarters.
The entire stock of the Iron Works Store will be closed out and when the
new store opens it will be one of the largest department stores in Western
Pennsylvania.
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