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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1882
Page
3
A heavy editor is in Bellefonte this week courting. The first snow of the season arrives, and Dr. Wm. I. Wilson of Bellefonte, Governor Curtin's father in law, celebrated his nintieth birthday on the 10th. The Journal Store sells school requisites and holiday goods at catalogue prices.
Joseph Hill, a Williamsport machinist, has invented a steam street tar he says meets every requirement. Bellefonte glass works produce about 900 boxes weekly or 150 daily. General Butler narrowly escaped drowning in Merrimac rapids near Lawrence, Massachusetts, after his steamer and a skiff capsized. Williamsport teacher J F Reamer was arrested over a disciplinary incident with a pupil Zerby. school board ruled the punishment justified. A Griffin News item notes a Barnesville man killed by an elephant after offering tobacco to the animal.
In Lu zerne county a group of women faced slanderous rumors about neighbors. They chose to settle the dispute under Marquis of Queensbury rules. After several rounds the pugilists were separated and punished each other severely.
A Nashville American excerpt describes a murder suspect in Davidson County Jail who exhibits nocturnal somnambulism. He observ es the cell and constructs a dummy with a shirt and leaves, then simulates a shooting and digging with a broom, hides the evidence, washes for blood, and sleeps through morning. the prisoner denies knowledge when told of the act. The column also urges regular school attendance, citing the Philipsburg Journal on sending children to school daily.
A Greene county party returning from Michigan reports a tragic hunting accident near their camp in which Samuel Tarbox fired on what he believed to be a bear and killed a Pennsylvania hunter. The coroner ruled no criminal intent, but Tarbox is deeply distraught. the victim's name was not learned.
A blaze at Short Mountain slope in Lykea last Sunday evening forces about 1500 workers, including 150 mules, from work and stalls operations for months or a year. Fire spread upward despite efforts to extinguish it, with water diverted from Bear Creek and the old tunnel. The mine, run by Lykens Valley Company under Pennsylvania Railroad control, faces an official inquiry to determine negligence as the cause.
Mr. Benjamin F. Stover and Miss Mary Geistweite of Haines township wed in Aaronsburg on the 2nd inst by Rev. Z A Yearick.
A fragmented market notice lists items like rye flour plaster cement Timothy seed flaxseed cloverseed dried apples and coal with assorted prices per unit or ton. The text includes unclear entries and scattered quantities in a rustic catalog style.
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