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Benninghosls of Greenville and Meadville the Mark. VERY MYSTERIOUS YOUNG MAN, A Atranger, Chibuing to be a Relative, to Probably Not so Philinthropic After ALL A GOOD BEGINNING, Yesterday's Weather, As observed at Thiel college station, Greenville, of U. S. Weather bureau: Karonioth . » BOG | Ratafallae ceceee aie 0D Moston Ten, ag Bhowtath, a Minera Tem at Direction af selad 3 Average... s FZ Character of Any Pooltdy . Change In the XG X Means eis dn temperature. — fall in tempera ture. The Weather. Threatening, with light rain; cooler; fresh to brisk southwesterly, shifting to north western winds. DAILY RECORDED, Dickinson's art pottery for sale at Dunlap’s, dg 3n Try Tas Recoro’s bargain columns for three months. Eastman's kodaks for Christmas pres ents at Dunlap’s. Sure results, small cost; Tas Rec orp’s bargain columns. Fine Bay State guitars and mandolins for holiday presents at Dunlap’s. Every subscriber of The Evening Record will read our bargain columns. One of the most unique plans for rais ing money was that of the “Art gallery” exhibited at the “Carnival of Holidays,” at the Presbyterian church. To Mrs. McNeal was due the origin of this idea. Go to Greenville Furniture Co's big furniture opening Saturday, December 1L The Eastern booth at the Carnaval of Holidays was omitted, yesterday, by Tre REcorp. It was in the form of a large white egg trimmed with Easter greetings, and was presided over by Mrs.C. B, Shrom and Mrs. F. A. Keck. You might as well be dead, as for gotten, Try The Record's bargain columns. The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap tist Church will hold a Christmas bo ar in the church parlors, December 15 and 16, Chicken pie supper, Wednes day evening, oyster supper, Thursday evening, d10-16, Greenville Furniture Co. will give a Brand display of holiday goods, Satur day, December 11, Butler will be in the dark for the re mainder of the year. At least so de cided the council, which has not con tracted with the electric light company for December light. The reason for not making the contract is that there are no funds at hand with which to meet the expense, Big holiday opening at a Furniture Co’s, store, Saturday, Dece mer 17. For profitable advertising, you can find no better medium than The Race okD's bargain columns. The trackage agreement between the Erie and the Falls Brook road was a Master stroke on the Erie people. It means that the Erie will get the bulk of the Philadelphia Reeding’s westward traffic, particularly of anthracite coal. Which has hitherto been carried over the Lehigh Valley. The Erie uses the Falls Brook tracks only between Corning and Newberry Junction, where connection is Made with the Reading road, “Oh !’ those beautiful fancy Rockers and Center Stands, at Greenville Furni ture Co’s . increase your cash business by adver tising in Tae Eyewine Recoxo’s bar gain columns, S.L Egbert, one of the most prosper o0s farmers of Sandy Lake township, Mercer county, was in town yesterday and today taking contracts for wintering h orses. The majority of the Mercer county farmers harvested immense crops this year, and some of them find it more profitable to winter stock then to seil their hay and grain at the prices offered. 2 Some parts of the county wheat and we wheat were abundant crops, and feral cars of each have been shipped rom Sandy Lake within the last month. Priority of which went to Butler, ~ franklin Cor. Oil City Derrick. What is in all probability an attempt to swindle the Benninghoff families of Greenville and Meadvile is just coming to light, and the consequences will be awaited with much interest. Just a short time ago a stranger came to Meadville and called on George Ben ninghoff. He was a young man and Shabbily dressed. On being admitted to the house and meeting Mr. Benning hoff, the young man proclaimed himself a long lost relative from the wild and wooly West. Benninghoff did not like the young man’s appearance over well and rather grossly observed that he wore Strange clothes for a young man off on a pleasure tour or a visit to relatives. The young man quickly apologized for his uncouth appearance, saying that he and others of the family had driven cattle overland from their home to Chicago, and he had come right on east after the cattle had been disposed of. One could not be expected to wear good clothes while doing duty as * cow-puncher” and, besides, his errand was of such import ance that it brooked its delay, not even to change clothes. He then proceeded to unfold his errand. He commenced by stating that Adam Benninghal, uncle of George Benning hoff, had died recently at his home in one of the Western States, leaving an estate of $14 000, but no heirs. As his brother John was dead, the latter’s chil dren, the stranger said, would be enti tled to the money, the following sharing the whole amount; George, of Mead ville; Milton, of near Rochester, N. Y.; Marlin, Fred and Joseph R. Beaninghoff, and Mrs. Howe, of Greenville, and Mrs. Reep, of flatview, Butler county. George was iiamed to believe the fel low an inquestor, but the visitor gave the names of the living children, and also mentioned those who were dead: Charles and John Benninghof, Mrs. Gabring and Mrs. Drake. He even went further and spoke familiarly of the suc ceeding generation in Greenville, J.G. Beninhoff, of Bacher, Benninghoff Co., D... L) Benninghoff, Dr. C. J. Howe at others, as if he had just come from Greenville. Thre was one weak point in the story, nami! , the dict that another brother of Adam Benninghoff was living, in the person of Peter Benninghoff, of Cherry Tree, Venango county, not far from Franklin. He would undoubtedly be nearest of kin and have the paramount tight to the estate of his intestate and heirless brother, Adam. This point George evidently overlooked, as he was induced to sign papers relative to a set tlement of the estate. This is where the mystery comes in. When the papers were signed, the young man asked for g5 for expenses, which he received with $5 more. This was a very trifling amount to ask for such services as he had rendered in com ing from the West to bring this good news, and especially when this young man would not get a cent out of the estate. This would scarcely pay for meals, to say nothing of car fare. George Benninghoff began to turn this question over and over in his mind until he be came so impressed with this unparalleled disinterestedness that he took a train for Greenville to ask the relatives here what they thought of the matter. His sur mises were correct. The stranger had not called on any of the Benninghoffs here and none of them had heard a word of the affair except that Adam Benning hoff was dead. Some investigation on the part of this paper has developed the fact that the stranger stopped off at Shenango for several hours and made some inquiries, and this accounts for his knowledge of the Benninghoff families. All these pains have not been taken for a five dollar bill. Has George Ben ninghoff signed a paper very valuable to the stranger for some other purpose, or is the paper a genuine document ask ing for letters of administration to which other relatives’ names may be forged and Adam Benninghoff’s estate be di verted into wrong hands? A fancy piece of furniture bought at Greenvile Furniture Co's. store, makes i t the most useful Xtias present Habitual Taper—What you shay, shit, ish very truce, but thish ish the first time I have ever had too much, Parson—Then allow me to congratu late you, sir, on a marvelous success for a first attempt.—Pick-Me-Up.
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Greenville Evening Record
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Dec 11, 1897
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