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 COLUM BIA A N D M O NTOUR COUNTIES There is no place in the (own where intoxicat­ ing liquor is sold. A n excellent system o f sew erage, put in in and 19 0 1, is still in use. M illv ille is reached by the Pennsylvania rail­ road n o w, with tw o trains daily. T h e trolley line, projected in 1900. consists now o f a rust­ ing track overgrow n with weeds and supported by rotting crossties, a monument to the cred­ ulity o f local investors. T lie storekeepers o f M illville a r c : General Stores— P . L . E v e s. G . & D . Sm ith, J . C . C hris­ tian & C o ., B . F . Cadm an, G . W . H enrie, S. T. L e w is. G ran t Johnston, H eller & Fritz. Clothing— A, F ran k. Restaurant— H . J . B o w ­ man. D ru g g ist— C harles S . E ly . M eat M ar­ kets— R . C . K e ste r & Son, M illville Cream ery. Livery— D ildin e & K ram er. Blacksm iths— H. W. K is n e r & B ro ., G . A . Stackhouse. M ill­ ville la u n d r y, H a rry V. Buck. The A iillviU e TabU t is a five-column, eightpage p ap er, founded in 1887 by G. A. Potter, who ran it till 19 12. when Boyd Trescott took the ed itorsh ip and has held it since. It has a jarge circu lation in that end of the county, and is ably ed ited and well printed. A nu m ber o f fraternal societies have had existence in the town since its founding, while many o th ers have passed into the history of the “ has b c e n s." M illville L od ge, N o. 8 0 9, 1. O . O . F ., w as o r­ ganized J u l y 29. 1872, with twenty-one mem­ bers. but surrendered its cliarter a few years later. In 18 8 0 the charter w as restored, only to be su rrend ered again in 1886. and finally re­ stored in 1888. Since then the existence of the lodge h as been uninterrupted. T h e officers for 19 14 w e r e : C harles W agner, noble g r a n d; Perry E v e s, vice g ra n d; W . O . Johnson, treas­ urer; D r. H . S . Q iristian, trustee. Recently a cam p of the Woodmen of the World h as Iiccn organized here. ’alley G ran ge. N o. 52. P. o f H .. one of the oldest in the State, w as chartercrl with twenty members. Feb. 4. 1874. T h ey own a fine library in M illville ami have a membership o f over one hundred and fifty. T h e officers a r c : W illbm F.ves. Jerseytow n. m aste r; M iss Sarah Reece, sccrctaiy. J. P. E v e s Post, N o. 536. G. A. K .. w as m us­ tered Sept. 3. i88i6. with the follow ing ro ste r: James W. E v e s. H enrv Robbins, G eorge W. Belig. B. F. F ish er, fsaac M. Lyons, John Shaffer, J. C. E v es, W. G. M anning, Em anuel Bogart. Ja c o b D err. H enry J. Applegate, John Tliomas. D. F. C raw ford. D ia rie s M. Dmlson, William L. Caslan, W. H. H aym an. Richard Kitchen, G eorge W. Perkins, Jo h n Applegate,

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H a rve y Sm ith, Jo h n K rcpncck, Jo h n H. M or­ dan. J. P. E v e s, in whose name the post w as organized, w as wounded at the battle o f F re d ­ ericksburg, died in (he field hospital and w as buried in an unmarked g rave on the R ap p a­ hannock river. H e w as a member o f Company 1, 136th Regim ent, Pennsylvania Volunteers. T lie surviving members of the post arc in 1 9 14 : G co ig c W . lic lig, Isaac M . Lyons, Jo h n S h a f­ fer, J . C . E v es, Jac o b D err, Jo h n M ordan. KOHRSDUKO

T h is town w as named from its early land­ ow ner, Frederick R ohr, who served in the Prussian arm y against Napoleon, and who in 18 2 5 bought the land on which the town is situated irom Sam uel Shcrtz. T h e follow ing ye ar the only building on this spot w as the blacksmith shop o f R o M rt Campbell. In 1828 P eter V cn clt opened a store here, and Shoe­ m aker & Rees soon a fte r foUowed the lead thus set. T h e first flouring mill here w as built by Joseph Fullm er, on Green creek. In 18 3 2 a fulling and carding mill w as operated on the creek ju st north of the town by Joseph E. Sands. In 18 56 he moved it to M ordansville. A flouring mill w as built below the town onl Green creek by Joseph Fullm er o f Limestoneville in the early d a y s; this mill w as later owned by Jo n as H aym an, and a fte r him by J. I I. Ikeler. Lum bering w as at one time the principal in­ dustry in this section and continued to be until the forests were practically exhausted. In 1820 Joseph Lemon built a mill on the crcck below town, which w as carried on until 1848 by his sons Jonathan. Isaac and W illiam. T h e steam sawm ill an<] foundry o f M atthias M. Appleman w as built in 18 35 and operated for many years with success. T h e pottery o f K ester P ark er in 1847, and the tannery o f F e rry Sm ith in 1868, were otlicr industries of the past. Ju d g e Iram D err ran a hotel here from 1838 to i ^ i. Jac o b Berlin w as postm aster from 1862 to 1874. T h e present storekeepers arc F ran k A lb ert­ son. (ieorge Applem an, C arl Rcdline, E . E . P arker. R ohrsbu rg G range, N o. io8, P . O . H .. w as organized Feb. 12 . 1874. with thirty members. In 1886 the m cnilirrsliip had increased to eighty-four, an<l it is now about one hundred. KYER’ S r.ROVE

Ixicatcd in the southeastern corner of the township, this village w as founded in i860 by