The following excerpts from the Friday, November 3, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 33), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, www.sharon-herald.com in the Sunday, November 3, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper. >From page 4 of the newpaper: ______________________________ An October Day Soft falls the sunlight on the field. Shorn of its fiercer rays. Coloring with crimson and with gold The green of summer days. The purifying mists drift lightly down Veiling the distant hills. The frail age of orchards and of vine The air with incense fills. So, in the Autumn of our years, Life's pulses softly run, With game hope and faith undimmed, We view our setting sun. - Chas. W. Townsend Briefly Told. Rabbit shooting season began on Wednesday. A new restaurant is to be opened in the basement of the Shenango House block in the near future. There have been one hundred amputations in Mercer hospital this year with a number of cases yet for operation. Truant Officer J. W. Mason, of the public schools, ahs purchased a lot on Victoria Avenue, West Hill. He will build a residence on it. The business of the Bessemer Gas Engine Company at Grove City is increasing so rapidly that they have broken ground for a large addition to their works. M. V. Hoagland, the dairyman, has purchased a lot on the West Hill, in Brookfield township, from Mr. George Tribby, of this place. Consideration private. Wm. Hall has purchased a lot on top of West Hill in Brookfield township, from Luke Madden, the Erie railroad baggage aster in this place. The consideration was $205. The warehouse of J. H. Muntz and Co. at Greenville, stored with blankets, robes, hardware, etc., was burned on Monday night causing a total loss of several hundred dollars. Chas. A. Carson of Conneaut, O., employed at the Aschman steel works, had his leg broken on Wednesday afternoon by a steel beam falling on it. He was removed to Buhl hospital. Burgess F. F. Davis, agent, has sold five lots on Logan avenue, three to Elmer Stewart, the lumber dealer, one to Thos. Ramage, and one to Thos. Hobbins. Also two lots on Ohio street to H. F. Achre. Work has been commenced on the foundations for two six room frame dwellings on south Water street to be erected by S. Herrmann. One will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Clark, the latter a daughter of Mr. Herrmann. Charles Hyde, of Orangeville, was thrown from his wagon Wednesday, at the corner of west State and Porter streets, by the vehicle coming in contact with the curb. His left arm was broken below the elbow. He was removed to his home. Workmen have begun the erection of the splendid mausoleum and chapel which Mr. F. H. Buhl will erect at the entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, the details of which were give some months ago. It will be of granite and cost upwards of $50,000. The Erie railroad handled more freight in Sharon during October than for many years past and from present indications the rush will continue indefinitely. Freight Agent. G. C. Leighton has increased his force of clerks to five in order to transact business with dispatch. The Monthly Tea of the Ladies' Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church was held at the residence of Mrs. Alex Mc Dowell, East Hill, yesterday afternoon, and was addressed by Mrs. Greer, formerly Miss Donaldson, of Greenville, a retired missionary from China. Landlord McFarland, of the Commercial Hotel, Greenville, will erect a handsome three story brick hotel at the corner of Main street and the E. & P.R.R. in that town. It will be of colonial style and built of buff brick. It will have 34 bed rooms, with five baths, etc., and will front 67 feet on Main street and run back along the E. & P. 81 feet and occupy all the ground between the latter and the Shenango River. Married in 1867, separated in 1890 and application for divorce in 1899 is a chapter in the life of Erwin Fell and Lizzie Fell, of Orangeville. On Thursday the former filed his petition for divorce, claiming willful absence, cruelty and gross neglect on the part of his wife. The petitioner claims that the wife drove him from home nine years ago and although he has a life interest in a farm of 106 acres in Pennsylvania defendant refuses to let him share in it. He now wants a divorce. - Warren Democrat. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL Miss Grace Perkins, West Hill, is visiting friends in Meadville. Hons. Jos. W. Russell, of Warren, was a Sharon visitor on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bell will arrive in Sharon today from Denver. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henri Hoelzle last Thursday morning. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Irvine on Sunday night. The Acorn Club will give its annual Thanksgiving ball at Ashton hall on Thursday evening. Rev. S. M. Holden, rector of St. John's, is expected home today from a vacation of a couple of weeks spent with friends in the east. Mrs. C. N. McClure has returned from a visit with her mother, Mrs. Dr. Savage, at Weston, Ontario, Canada, and with friends in Mercer. Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Morgan have returned from their wedding tour and are now at home to friends at their residence on Logan avenue. Mr. Alfred Williams, South Penn street, who had been confined to his home by a slight attack of paralysis, is able to be around again. Captain G. F. Fischer returned home on Saturday from a trip to Europe, on which he was absent from about four months, visiting many places of interest in the country. A. W. Johnson, the well known Hubbard horseman, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court at Cleveland. His liabilities are stated at $3,530 and his assets $110.90. Mr. G. C. Mathers, for some years manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s office in Sharon, resigned on Saturday. He will engage in the real estate business with Attorney J. H. Elliott. Miss Tilda Frampton Duncan formerly of Sharpsville, was married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Duncan, in Cincinnati, on Wednesday of last week to James Buchanan Lantz of Cincinnati. A pretty little poem by Mr. Chas. W. Townsend, formerly principal of Sharon schools, was published in the Pittsburgh Dispatch a few days ago, from which we take it. It will be found at the head of these columns. <more>