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Vol. Ill
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1905
No. 16
EARLY MORNING FIRE
Flames Destroy the Laundry
of Hing Lee and Store
and Residence of S.
Hawkins.
VERY NARROW ESCAPES
About 3.40 o'clock on Tuesday
morning fire 'was discovered in the
building owned by Hing Lee on
Beaver street, near Walnut street,
in which his laundry was located
as was lalsothe store and residence
of S. Hawkins, dealer in wall paper, mantels, hardwood flooring, etc.
The fire was confined to the building in which it originated, but for a
time it looked as though Messrs.
Grimes and Heuler would be burned
out.
The origin of the fire is not
known. Mrs. Hawkins was awakened by the smoke, and she immediately aroused her husband and the
children. Mr.. Hawkins tried to;gel
downstairs, but the srnoke was so
dense that he had to abandon that
way of escape and was compelled
to take his wife and children out a
window and down over a shed roof
to safety. Mrs. Hawkins, in her
efforts to recover a picture of her
parents that hung" on the wall was
almost overcome, but she finally
reached the window with the picture in safety.
Mr. Hawkins had his property insured, but it is not known whether
Hing Lee carried any insurance or
not.
The firemen did good work and
the water pressure played no little
part in their successful quenching
of the flames. It was the first time
in many years that the firemen experienced difficulty in controlling
the nozzles on this account.
Several firemen hau narrow escapes from injury when/the heavy
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Beaver street, where she had lived
for 30 years. Besides her husband,
Michael Springer, and a brother—
J. D. Neal, of Beaver Falls, she is
^survived by six children—Edward,
Oliver, Albert, Gharles and Archer
Springer, and Mrs. Anna S. Book.
Services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2.30, at her late home, by
Rev. G. D. Grissman, pastor of the
M. E. church. The pall-bearers
were Messrs, Harry ,Sackett, S.
Krepley, Edward Gray, Max Lavender, Nathan Buckley and James
Grimes. Interment in Sewickley
cemetery.
MR. B. H. MORWOOD.
The funeral of Mr. B. H. Morwood, who died last Friday, in Des
Moines, Iowa, where he had been
on business in the interests of .the
R. L. Polk Directory Gompany,
took place from the Baptist church
on Monday afternoon, at two o'clock.
]Rev.;, H. B. Rankin .officiated and
was assisted by Mrs. A. G; Thacher,
who sang a beautiful-solo. Mr.
Morwood was -born.'in Detroit,
Michigan, 38 years ago, and resided in the Valley over nine years.
He was clerk of the First Baptist
church, a consistent Ghristian, a
loving father and a devoted husband. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H: D. 'Morwood, a former
Baptist minister of Allegheny. He
is survived by his father and mother, his wife and three children—
Ruth, Burton and Raymond, who
reside at Gentennial and Nevin
avenues. The pall-bearers were
Messrs. Jas. Hood, A. G. Thacher.
W. R. Hill, A. W. Macy, L, D. Evans and S. B. Handy. Interment
took place in Sewickley cemetery.
MRS. ANNA, S. SPRINGER.
Mrs. Anna S, Springer, 59 years
old, died Sunday, at her home on
MRS. MARY A. GRAIG/  •
Mrs. Mary A. Graig, 82 years
old, died Wednesday, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. M. B. Ghaplin, on Bank street. Death followed after a brief illness. Mrs._ Graig
was born in Kittanning, and resided
there until seventeen years of age,
when she moved to Sewickley. She
was the widow of Gaptain Andrew
Graig, of Kittanning, and was a
member of the First Presbyterian
church, of that place. One sister,
Gharlotte Morgan, and one daughter survive.
The funeral services took place
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr.
Ellsworth Giles assisted by singing
a beautiful solo. Interment was
made at Kittanning.
Schedule of Mails.
Postmaster W. W. Scott has just
issued a schedule of the arrival and
departure of the mails. This is a
convenient little circular as it gives
much valuable information that the
public should know concering our
postoffice. It speaks of the money
order division, registry division,
classification of mail matter, domestic rates of postage, and some
other precautionary paragraphs
which the public should read and
heed.   Get a copy of it.
Rev. Dr. Harris Will Preach.
To-morrow morning at 11 o'clock
Rev. Dr. Elmore Harris, of Toronto,
Ganada, will occupy the pulpit of
the Presbyterian church in this
place, Dr. Harris is a brilliant
speaker,
Has Increased
Capital Stock.
First National  Bank  Makes
Another Stride Forward.
$100,000.00 the New
Capitalization.
ELECTION HELD ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The stockholders of the First
National Bank held a meeting at
that institution on Wednesday evening and decided to increase the
capital stock from $50,000 to
$100,000. The expansion and
growth of this bank demanded that
this should be done in order to
properly handle the financial transactions which have been coming to
them. Their statements have always shown gratifying results: ipH
it has been a good paying investment for the stockholders, who will
be able to purchase the new stock
at par. This stride forward speaks
well -of the board of directors and
the officers, who are: president, R.
J. Murray; vice-president, E. P.
Young; cashier, E. P. Goffin. This
is, in fact, the second expansion of
this bank, as they recently doubled
their capacity in the safe deposit
department, adding a large burglar
and -fire proof steel and cement
vault.
Sewickley should be elated over
the success of the First National
Bank, as it is an important factor in
the business community. The
bank officers are ever on the alert
and have just issued a series of
beautiful calendars that are works
of art. There is no conspicuous
advertising matter on them and
they are fit to adorn any parlor.
There are six different subjects in
the set and they are the work of
Beatrice Stevens, the famous artist,