Sewickley Herald

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Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1903.
No. 11.
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A Purpose—A Prophecy And A
Possibility.
HER GUP IS NOT YET FULL.
[We give a synopsis of the sermon delivered at-the union service in the M. E.
Church, Sewickley, on Thanksgiving Day,
by Rev. E. M. Milligan, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church.]
Psalm 9:17 '/The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forgitGod."
It is. customary to hold up for admiration the gold, greatness and glory which
are the proud possessions of our Nation,
and, in contemplation of these things that
entitle us to claim a chief place among
foremost nations of the world, to find
oause for thanksgiving on these occasions. But to-day, as the text suggests, we will follow a different line of
thought; one possibly not so pleasing,
but a truth, which we trust, will be
profitable ; and, since, we have thus far
escaped the doom threatened, it is a
truth that should awaken in us a thankful spirit. Surely God's mercy, not less
than his goodness, is cause for thanksgiving. And, in view of many evidences
of our national forgetfulness of< that
God who hath made and preserved us a
nation, we are the more greatly indebted
to Divine mercy that still affords us the
blessings of prosperity, instead of visiting us in wrath, which, as Scripture
declares, would result in our destruction.
I am glad to believe the, evil threatened is not what this version of Scripture
leads some to conclude, The men who
supplied this translation were confident
that wicked men went to hell, and they
thought it proper that nations which
forget God should go there also; hence
they so rendered this Scripture. But
for nations there is no hell in the commonly understood meaning of that word.
Every man must appear before God to
answer for himself, and receive according
to the deeds done in his body, and, after
judgment has been thus passed on each i
person separately, there certainly will j
be no nations left, either to reward or |
to punish.
GOD S  WARNING TO  AMERICA.
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It reminds of a purpose of God in
regard to all nations that forget Him.
When we remember that the God of
Heaven, by his Son Jesus Christ, created all things ; that he is the only lawful Proprietor of the earth, and of all
creatures and things it contains, then we
will recognize God's right to be acknowledged and held in reverence by all
rational beings, both severally and in
their national organizations. That God
has been . pleased, for wise reasons, to
permit Satan to usurp the dominion, and,
for a time, to exercise sovereignty over
the earth as its prince and ruler ; and,
within certain limits, to control the
affairs of those men and nations who,
as free moral agents, choose to follow
the devil in his rebellion against God—
the fact that God permits this state of
affairs for the present, and allows man
the full exercise of his freedom to do
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Buried in Sewickley.
Miss Laura Stoughton, a former
resident of Sewickley, who had a
large circle of friends and acquaintances in the valley, died on the 13th
inst. at Grand Rapids, Mich. In
honor to1 a request made by the deceased, to her only sister, Mrs.
Pease, of Chicago, that her remains
be laid to rest in the Sewickley cemetery, where her parents are interred, the latter accompanied the
remains to this place.
Miss Stoughton was thirty-one
years of age, and had been in declining health .for some time. The services were held on Monday at 10 a.
m at tne mortuary of Mr. Marlatt,
from whence the funeral cortege proceeded to Sewickley cemetery. Among
the relatives of the deceased who re"
side here are Mrs. Wesley Hill,
Messrs. William, Bert and Philip
Emmert.
Mrs. Pease had" been attendant
upon her sisten prior to her death,
and showing the true loving spirit of
a sister, unfalteringly undertook to
carry out the wish of Miss Stoughton, by accompanying th© remains to
this place.
THE TRIEIIAL
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Commissioners and Ward Assessors Meet in Joint Session.
TO   EQUALIZE   TAXATION.
At a recent meeting of the Sewickley Council a resolution was
passed creating a commission of four
persons to act in conjunction with
the Assessors, Mr. James Buckley, of
the First ward, and Mr. John Gaston, of the Second ward, and assist
them in making out the regular triennial assessment which the assessors
are now working on.
The object sought in appointing
tiiis commission was to secure a more
just and equitable valuation of property in the two wards. There were
a number of discrepancies on the
valuation in the parallel properties
claimed to have been made in the
previous assessments—some were too
high, others too low—and in order to
remedy this inequality, and also in
answer to the request of the petitioners, Mr. Jas. C. Chaplin, president of the Council, named a commission of four men, who are well fitted
to perform the duties assigined to
them, as the personnel of the commission will show. They are: , Mr.
W. J. Turner, real estate broker, who
is thoroughly conversant with property values: Mr. Gilbert Stuck, who
for many years has been the efficient
president of the Sewickley Building
and Loan Association; Mr. Dan S.
Frazer, the well-known contractor,
who is well versed in building trades
matters, and Mr. Robert McFarland,
a conservative and enterprising business man of the First ward.
Pursuant to a call, they met in
executive session in the Council
chamber on Friday evening, November 20, at 7:30 o'clock, and after some
preliminary arrangements, proceeded
to the business in hand. Many varying expressions of opinion were given
by  the  members  present,  and much
good was derived from this interchange of views. A line of procedure
was mapped out, and adjournment
was taken until Monday evening,
November 23, at the same place.
The commission met on Monday
and also on Wednesday evenings,
and proceeded with the work in hand'
and the work is progressing satisfactorily.
Police News.
On Sunday afternoon, November 22,
Mr. Washington Rice, a gentleman of
cclor, who had stored away under
his jacket too much of the wet goods
brought into our borough on the A. M.
train, the night previous became quite
boisterous and disorderly, and proceeded to do the "rough-house" act
at his stopping place, Centennial avenue and Little alley, but the spectators did not appreciate Mr. Washington's efforts as an entertainer. The
curtain was rung down when Mr.
Bomler, also colored, of the same
address, summoned Chief of Police
W. H. Hart, who locked the offending
drunk and disorderly specialist up.
At a little rehearsal held by Squire
Johnston the box office receipts
netted the borough $10,
On Monday, November 23, John
Hummert, who is employed by a well-
imown family of Glen Osborne, was
arrested by Chief Hart, on information made by Mr. Charles Buchs, who
is also employed by a prominent gentleman of Glen Osborne, charging
the defendant with assault and .battery. The case was settled by Hummert paying the costs and agreeing
not to molest Mr. Buchs in the future.
There was an interesting hearing
held in Justice of the Peace Nathan
Buckley's office at Edgeworth, on
Tuesday evening, November 17th,
when seven young men of that section of the valley, whose ages range
from 15 to 23 years, were brought
up for a hearing. The offenders are
all well known in the community,
They were arrested on a writ of capias for trespass. The penalty was
a line of ?5,67 for each offender.
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