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 136 HISTORY OP BEAVER COUNTY PAPERS. exclaim — "Were'nt I dry." On his last visit here, he dropped the following verse as a kind of last farewell : "At the sound of the trump Give yourself a hump. And be ready to jump And take up your baggage and go." And that was the last ever seen or heard of our doggerel printer friend in this vicinity. In February 1898, Michael Weyand disposed of the paper to Gilbert A. Hays, of Sewickley, and on Septem- ber 22 of the same year, Mr. Hays assigned his interests to the Beaver Publishing Company, and Mr. Weyand was retained as editor until January 1, 1900, when he was ap- pointed postmaster of Beaver, and is now serving his second term in that office. The "Times" was continued solely as a weekly until April 27, 1899, when a daily edition was started, with J. L. Deming general manager, and M. Weyand editor. It was an eight .column four page paper, and was a very creditable number. Mr. Deming came from Bethany, W. Va., and took hold of the work energetically, but retired after some months service. Hon. Henry Hice is the president of the Beaver Pub- lishing Company, holding that position from the be- ginning. Judge Hice is a native of Beaver county, bom in Hopewell township January 24, 1834. He studied law in 1857 with Col. Richard P. Roberts, and was admitted to the Bar of Beaver county in June 1859. He entered into partnership with Col. Roberts, which continued until the latter was killed at Gettysburg. Judge Hice was appointed President Judge of the new Thirtv-sixth Judicial District, of which his county was a part, April 30, 1874, and was elected for the following term, in which he served with ability and acceptability, imtil January 1,