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THE WESTERN STAR. 95 ownership, and he took full charge of the editorial and local work at once. When the end of the six months came, the failure to realize pecuniary anticipations, pre- vented the deal from being consummated. Then Lewis W.Reed joined with Mr. Whisler in the publication of the paper. The time was an unpropitious one, in a very dull season, and the business went along with but little, if any, increase, and soon Mr. Whisler and Mr. Eeed sold their interest back to Mr. Kennedy, and retired from the paper, the business being again taken up by the latter in October 1885. A more extended notice of Mr. Whis- ler appears in the sketch of the "Beaver Valley News" New Brighton, where he d^d his best work. The power of the Democratic party in the county was on the wane, while the Eepublicans who had been divided by factional quarrels, gradually came together, leaving the Democrats in a hopeless minority. Beaver Falls had grown rapidly and of great importance, and a Democratic paper of considerable influence had been started by John Mellon, under the name of the "Globe," which promised to be a formidable rival to the "Star," and Mr. Kennedy feeling that there was not room for two Democratic papers in the county, sold the "Star" to Mr. Mellon in September 188Y, and retired after almost ten years of faithful service to his party, in a well con- ducted and able paper. Mr. Mellon consolidated the two papers under the name of the "Globe-Star." September 10, 1891, he sold one half interest to William H. Porter, M. I)., and Eichard W. Stiffey Esq., and September 28, 1891, they changed the name to the "Star," and began the publi- cation of the "Daily Star" at their oifice in Beaver. Eichard W. Stiffey Esq., was editor of the paper. Mr. Stiffey is a member of the ' Beaver bar, but devotes a great deal of his time to the lumber business in which he