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    1. [PABLAIR-L] Altoona Times, 1884
    2. Hollidaysburg Hints A Record of Interesting Events in the County Capital. Hon. B. L. Hewitt is home again from a three days' visit to the ocean. Mrs. W. W. Morrow presented us with some nice ripe peaches picked from trees in her own garden. The jury wheel, during its last run, failed to grind out the name of a Gaysporter. This is all wrong, as we have a dozen first-class jurors all anxious for a job. We had the pleasure to meet and greet an old Frankstowner, Robert M. Riddle, now a railroader living near Bellefonte. Bob is lean but jolly, and every bit as much a Riddle as he was thirty years ago. Yesterday a belle from one of the rural districts and caused more than one heart to flutter. She was dressed in red, has red shoes, red stockings, red hair, red cheeks, and carried a red sun umbrella, and in harmony with all, her name was Miss Rose Redicks. Yesterday a family picnic party looked down on the town from the top of the chimney rock. One young lady could compare a bird's eye view of Altoona to nothing else but a monster set of false teeth, as only a few houses on the hill tops in the form of a crescent could be seen. Yesterday Johnny Woods, with a party of boys went to the woods to gather raspberries. Johnny Woods got lost in the woods and Mrs. Woods, the mother of Johnny Woods, when her boy did not come home from the woods, said she had told Johnny Woods if he would go into the woods a woodchuck would eat him. But Johnny wooded up all right in the woodshed the next morning. -------------------------- Roaring Spring Ripples M. Kauffman has erected a new iron fence in front of his residence, presenting a beautiful appearance. D. M. Baer has been making extensive improvements to his residence, adding greatly to its appearance. Edward Hare, the gentleman who keeps the drug and confectionary store, has constantly on hand one of the finest stock of confections and fresh drugs in this part of the county. George Ehrhart is owner of a blooded horse which George says he is going to take over for Doctor Madara to see, on the 1st of August at the harvest home gathering, and it may be possible that Doc and he will test his speed as a trotter. -------------------------------- Not Dead After All Our old friend, Ignatios Beiter, of Munster township, Cambria county, is one of the few men who has had the pleasure, if pleasure it can be called, of reading his own obituary, which appeared in yesterday morning's issue of the The Times. We had our information from a gentleman who resides on the mountain, and therefore had no doubt about its correctness. It seems, however, that he was misinformed as to the name, the gentleman who died being Mathias Beiter, a brother of the gentleman above named and a resident of Portage township, in the same county. What we said on the subject is, however, equally applicable to both gentleman, and hence the mistake in the name is about the only error the needs to be corrected. -------------------------------------- Death of Infants Edgar T., son of Lemmon and Emma Wissinger, died yesterday, aged 10 weeks and 4 days. The funeral will leave the residence of the parents, Fourth avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets at 7 o'clock this morning to proceed to the railroad station. Interment will be at Conemaugh. Rupert Thomas, son of Robert L. and Maria T. Earle, died on Friday, aged 2 years, 5 months and 7 days. the funeral will leave the residence of the parents, Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Internment at Oak Ridge cemetery. Both of the above funerals will be under the management of Undertaker Stevens. Edna May, a twin daughter of John E. and Louella Irwin, died from cholera infantum yesterday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock, aged 6 months and 14 days. The remaining twin is suffering from the same dread disease, though its death is not anticipated. The parents reside at 1115 Fourth avenue.

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