Sewickley Herald

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" Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 2,1904.
No. 29
EXPLOSION AT SHIELDS
RESIDENCE OF J. B. OLIVER
■    BADLY DAMAGED.
The summer residence of Mr. J.
B. Oliver, at Shields, was damaged
by ah explosion of natural.gas on
Wednesday morning. The house
was unoccupied, but under the care
of a gardener and his wif e_. On that
morning the gardner entered the
building by way of the cellar with
a lantern to inspect the house.' He
had reached the head of the stairs
leading to the first floor when an
explosion occurred, throwing him
down. . All the windows of', the
house were broken by the concussion and the kitchen door was blown
open.
The gardner managed to get out
of the house, and with the aid of
his wife, extinguished the fire which
resulted. The floors of the kitchen
and one other room were on fire.
The walls were badly shaken up
and considerable bric-a-brac was
smashed. The gardener was painfully burned. The explosion was
due to leaking gas in the cellar or
kitchen.
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Albert Menz.
Albert, the four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Menz, of Walnut
street, died on Tuesday of this
week. He had been sick for two
weeks with pneumonia, which terminated in brain fever, and the
little fellow sank into his long rest.
His sorrowing parents have the
sympathy of a large circle of friends.
Stricken With Paralysis.
Mrs. Amos Luster* of Haysville,
had a paralytic stroke last Monday
evening. During the day she was
in the city in apparently good'health,
but in the evening she lay unconscious, in which cohdition she has
since remained.
A Handsome Lodge Room.
The new home of Doric Lodge,
F. & A. M., in the First National
Bank building, will, when completed,
be a very handsome lodge room.
The entire third floor, formerly
used by the Y. M. C. A. as a gymnasium, is being remodeled .and
flttted out for the lodge.
New Location.
Messrs. J. S. Gaughey & Bro.,
the wholesale and retail milk dealers, who have been located on
Maple lane for some time, have
moved to their new quarters, 412
Beaver street.
New Enterprise.
Sewickley is to have a new enterprise in the way of an art store,
which will be conducted by Mr.
Hud S. Gampbell, a young business man from Westmoreland
county. The store will be located
at 406 Beaver street and will be
opened about April 9. • Mr. Gampbell will carry a complete line of
cameras and photographic supplies
and will have a free dark-room for
amateur photographers. He will
also carry a fine stock of pictures
and picture frames, plate, window,
chipped and art glass and French
plate mirrors. We bespeak the patronage of our citizens for Mr.
Gampbell and ask you to watch for
and read carefully his ads. They
will mean bargains forjou.
Pleasant Birthday Anniversary.
On Thursday evening a party
was given in honor of the twenty-
first anniversary of Bayard Walker's birth at his home, on,Henry
avenue. Guests to the number of
thirty-five were present, and the
evening was spent in games and
music.
Talk on Lepers.
Mr. J. Jackson, F. R, G. S., of
London, England, will address a
a union meeting of the people of the
Sewickley Valley at the United
Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock on "The Lepers
of India."
EASTER MUSIC.
Interesting: Programs in the
Various Churches.
The Easter music for  the churches of
this place will be as follows :
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Organ prelude, "The Trumpet Shall
Sound" Handel
Offertory,   "I   Know  That My  Redeemer Liveth" Handel
Anthem, Te Deum in F  .  .   . Kotschmar
Solo, "Hosanna" Graviere
Anthem,"Calm and Beautiful" .   . Leman
Solo, "Redemption" Stults
Solo, "Triumphant Morn" .   .   .   . Lemah
PRESBYTERIAN.
Organ Prelude, St. Cecelia  .   .   . Batiste
Solo.
Interlude, "Unfold, Ye Portals" . Gounod
Solo, "Redemption" Schelley
Postlude, Festival Fantasie .   . Tschirch
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN.
Solo, "Rejoice in the Lord" .   .   . Shackley
Solo,   "The   Earth   is   the   Lord's"
    Schnecker
SHIELDS PRESBYTERIAN.
Solo, "Resurrection" Shelley
Aria Bach
Solo Printz
Solo, "Berceuse" .   .   . ' Godard
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
A chapter of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew was formed Monday
evening, March 21, 1904, in connection with St. Stephen's P. E.
Ghurch. The aim of the society
being a worthy and most desirable
work in the spread of Ghrist's kingdom among young men, both by
prayer and work. This organization
is fast spreading throughout Ghrist-
indom and has already borne much
fruit.
Mr. Way's Bible Class.
A Special Easter Service will be
held by Mr. Way's Young Men's
Bible Glass to-morrow morning
from 9.30 to 10.30 in the Y. M. G.
A. rooms. Rev. H, B. Rankin will
address the class. Special and
appropriate music will be rendered
by McDonald's Orchestra, A cordial invitation is extended to all
men to be present at this service,
Mr. W. K. Brown teaches the class
and is very proud of it.
Good Samaritan in Trouble.
A case was tried yesterday before Squire Johnston which had
some very peculiar features. It
appears that a man named Cunningham, of Leetsdale, had a team
of horses resembling the seven
lean kine which came out of the
river. This team was domiciled in
a stable on the bank of the river,
and during the last flood one of
them was in imminent danger of
being drowned. The Humane
Agent ordered a Mr. Larkin to
take the horse to a safer place.
Larkin took the horse out, and
seeing its emaciated condition,
gave the beast to a farmer standing near, to have him undergo repairs. During this operation the
horse died, and now the owner of
the animal wants to replevin on
Larkin for the value of the horse.
The defendant has been held under
$300 bail since the time of the occurrence.
Y.M.C.A.Notes.
The Sunday meeting will be held
in the Baptist Ghurch at 3 o'clock.
The speaker will be Rev. H. M.
Penniman, of Berea Gollege, Berea,
Ky. His subject will be: "The
Pioneer" with graphic illustrations
from the Kentucky mountains.
The house-to-house canvass will
be taken next Saturday, April 9.
Blanks have been prepared for this
purpose and the preliminary arrangements have been made.
The rooms will be open until
April 16, and possibly until April
19. The gymnasium has been
closed.
There has been considerable increase in the membership during
the past few weeks. It is now the
largest in the history of the institution, there being over 500,
The new building is progressing
finely, The committees are working like beavers to have everything
in first-class shape for thei opening
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