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VOL. XIX.
MAH.ETON BEPOT, PA*. WEDNESDAY, JANtJAl.Y ii#&
NO.'AS
LOCAL NEWS.
lM.bru_.ry 14th will be St. Valentine's
•mhty.
Kor fine box stationery, goto the Item
-tiriice.
Next Sunday   will   be  Candlemas,'or
rjjroand hog dav.
Por best hard  and  soft ooal, go to
Ui Ibert's coal yard.   Prices al way-lowest.
WANTED—Boarders, at reduced rates;
«!l conveniences.   Hotel Clairndon, 0. C.
Wright, proprietor.
A new assortment of post 'card albums
are among the late arrivals at the Item
. stationery department.
FOR KENT—Flats in Hotel Clairndon
at $S, $10 and $12 per month. Inquire of
WHIGHT BROS, MapletOH Depot, Pa.
The line of valentines at the Item
stationery department is large and varied.
"Call early and make your choice.  .
Tho revival services being conducted in
-the U. B. church are well attended each
-night and nVuch interest is manifested.
J. O. Smith, of Trough Creek, delivered
a car load of western corn to the farmers
of this section last-Thursday and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson who have been
-boarding at the Clairndon during the
winter are taking one of the fiats and will
again take up housekeeping.
It depends upon the pill you take. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best
pills known for constipation and sick
headache.   Sold by Wright & Dell.
A rich treat awaits those who attend
the musical and literary entertainment to
be given iii the Mill Creek M. E. church
next Saturday evening, February 1st.
Wright Bros, are nenovating Hotel
Clairndon, freshing the walls with kalsomine and otherwise.improving the interior of their already up to date hotel.
Harry Foster, who has resided for several vears in a house belonging to the E.
'O Rex estate on Main street, yesterday
--moved to the Clabaugh   place in Union
- 'township.
' When yon want the best, get DeWitt's
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve.   Il in good
tor little or big cuts, boils or bruises, and
is especially recommended for piles. Sold
*by Wright & Dell.
Wednesday and Thursday at last Week
* a freight blockade, caused tho wrecking
of a coal train near Vineyard, extended
through this place blocking tracks through
-the town most of this time.
Messrs. ti. W. Wright and J'. G. Micks
i attended school directors' meeting at the
county seat Friday and* Saturday last.
Mr. Wright was made one of three delegates to attend the state convention to be
hejd in Harrisburg next mouth.
Beginning next Sunday the regular
'preaching servibe will be held in the
Mapleton M. £. church at 10.30 a. in. for
three successive Sundays, or during the
■progress of the revival meeting which
will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. J.
II. Ake, at Mill Creek.
A general order issued by Superintendent Preston says; "All freight and work
trains ou the main line of the Middle di
"vision will be operated under alisolnte
blocks and will be treated in the same
manner as passenger trains. The order is
"in effect Saturday, January 26."
The revival meeting which had been
an progress in tiie M. E. church.upward
of four weeks closed Sunday night. A
number of young people who were born
.anew at these meetings were taken as probationers into the church at the closing
-service. The pastor, Rev. Ake, will reopen a protracted meeting at Mill Creek,
■commencing next Sunday evening.
At the Republican primary election
held in this borough Saturday evening,
the following ticket was nominated:
Judue of election, R. N. McCarl; inspector, C. C. Foster; councilmen, James H.
Hoope/, Samuel Rublev, E. E. Bell;
school directors, A. M. Parker, J. E. Corbin; justice of the peace, L. L. Parker;
tax collector, J. A. Toomey; constable,
John M.v White; auditors, Edward Poster,
Kelvin Miller.
The Juniata White Sand Company has
reoived frdni tiie Arthur Koppet Co.,
■of Pittsburgh, a consignment of twenty-
one new steel cars of three tope capacity
for use in transporting tlie crude sand
from the quarry in Hare's valley to i s
manufacturing plant in this borpugh.
The new cars are of a type embracing a
number of features not embodied Iii any
'other cars used for the purpose iii this
section, one very decided feature being
the side dump, whicii greatly facilitates
the unloading of the trains at the works
which with tlie old style of cars was a
-cumbersome task.
Successful Moating bf Directors.
Rennrts from the School directors con-
yention beld in the Court house, Huntingdon, last Friday and Saturday, indicate much interest manifested by the
directors in all parts ot the county, along
linen which will materially benefit the
public schools of their several districts.
Prof. Rapp, of Berks county, gave several yerv instructive talks on subjects
bearing directly on school work, giving
the benefit of his personal work and experience and results from the same. He
was a very "entertaining and instructive
speaker and especially enthusiastic on
the subject of manual training, whicii be
hopes to see the new educational commissioners 'tnake a part of -the public
school course, at least in a degree
sufficient to enable the boys and girls to
get an idea of the realities'of life, and
thus guide their voting minds in a channel that may help them decide their
future action in life. To accomplish this
change in our present system will require timeand much careful investigation.
The best possible results can he relied on,
however, from the commissioner-as constituted, all being men of well known
educational ability.
Many discussions as to methods pertaining to schools, was heartily entered
tiito by the directors present. Tne one
subject seemingly considered the r..o. t
important, was the moral standard of
those who teach our schools, which all
agreed should be of the highest possible
standard. Most of those present being
parents, they naturally considered as
most Important, the character of those
'Who, of necessity, would largely mould
the future life of their child, and from
expression given by directors representing different sections, we have reason to
be proud of onr efficient teachers throughout the countv.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Ray TerHaar has' been assigned to
DI tower, near Bellwood, as second
trick operator from 8 P. M. to 11 P. M.
His many friends dislike to have him
leave town. Loy Rex has been appointed
3d trick operator at BP tower, taking
the place of Mr. TerHaar who was sent
to Bellwood to-day.
Some time during last Saturday night
some rascal entered .Howard Wertz's
house while he was on duty at the sand
works, leaving the door open after ransacking tne place in which condition Mr,
Wertz found his apartments when returning from hts work. An entrance was made
into the home of Mrs. Heaster through a
window on the first floor, but the thief
was frightened away by hearing that lady
go from her own apartment on the sec-
end floor to call one of her sons.
A slight fire at the home of Mr. Ben,
jaini'n O'Connor about 11 o'clock lust
Thursday morning (bused-some little excitement for a time. Fortunately the
damage done to the building was slight,
but what might have been is what keeps
up the talk. The nre was caused by a
spark from the furnace flue lodging in the
shingle roof and being fanned into a blase
by a gale that was blowing at the time.
Prompt action on the pari of several citizens who quickly responded to the
alarm prevented the destruction of the
home.
Townsman T. M. Wood has completed
his twentieth year of service at Jacks-
town water station. During this period
of years many changes have taken place.
From a small pumping station it has
grown to one of importance and where in
the eighties trains wonld stop for water
by the dozens during a twenty-four hour
day, thev are now supplied hy the hundreds, from the iron troughs which are
filled as rapidly as emptied by the constantly passing trains in both directions
up to date appliances for utilizing the
waters of the Juniata river to supplement the supply from the mountain
and buildings of undreamed-of proportions and machinery of latest style have
replaced the crude structure that once
cover*! an old boiler which van sufficient
to supply the necessary water for the
long ago. The large house on the mountain side and the lesser ones which so
long constituted a domain with General
McComb as an absolute monarch have all
passed Into memory, as the Pennavgrew
and grew and hewed her way iuto old
Jacks mountain to make room for more
tracks over whiob to haul the ever increasing volume of traffic. To those ta-'
mi liar with tbe years long ago the reminis-1.
cences are pleasant to*recall with the
present conditions with which to niak-.
comparison. §_&__&
—Ray Terllarr made a trip to Granville Sunday evening.
—Mr. and and Mrs. J. G. Hicks visited
thetr son at Granville on Sunday.
—Mrs. Michael Crane, Of Vineyard, visited triends in town last Thursday.
—Rev. J. II. Ake Is spending a part of
this week at his home in Williamsburg.
—Mrs. A. L. Hyskell, of Warriorsmark,
is visiting her Sister, Mrs. Dr. J. G. Spangler.
—Oeorge Henneman and family are
visiting Mrs. lleniieinan's parents near
town.
—Homer Pheasant, of Petersburg,
spent Sunday with his parents In Smith
vatley.
—Shapiro Bros, are preparing the store
room in the Wright Bros, buildiu; for
occupancy.
—Miss. Myrtle Wright, of Juniata, spent
Sunday with het parent, Mr. and Mrs.
ti. W. Wright.
—Jay Decker and Miss Rebecca -Foust,
of Ardenheim, apent Saturday last with
.Miss Tillie Neice.
—Mrs. J. ti. Gillam, of Huntingdon,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Parker, last Wed uesday.
—Mrs. William F. Wakefield visited
her sister, Mrs. George Rogers, at Warrior Ridge over Sunday.
—G. D. Wood and M. L. Rex attended
the meeting of Mt, Hor Encampment at
Huntingdon Monday evening.
—Mrs. E. R. Stratford and two children,
Of Mount Union, were guests of her aunt,
Mrs. J. ti. Hicks, Thursday last.
—Beatriceand Gladys Cassidy, of Air
toona, spent Sunday with their grandparents, Mr. and Mra. M. L. Rex.
—Mrs. Amanda Dell and her son,
David H. Dell, of Cass township, were
visitors to Mapleton on'Saturday.
—Ira Swope, of Selinsgrove, Pa., spent
Saturday and Sunday with hts mother,
,Mrs. Jennie Swope, on Main street.
—Mrs. Jennie . Swope, Mrs. Alvin
Decker and Mrs. Frank O'Connor spent
yesterday with friends in Huntingdon.
— V. S. Godard, of Altoona, a popular
fre.biht conductor on the middle division,
was a visitor to Maplet->n Saturday last.
—Chalmer Horton and wife were
guests of Mrs. Lou Bowman and Alvin
Decker and Wife for a couple days last
week.
—Mrs. Lida Miller wentto Juniata last
Saturday whe e sho will spend Some
time with her daughter, Mrs. A. F.
Parker.
—Mr. Harry Kinsel, of Huntingdon,
■was the guest of his lie whew, Mr. Don
Wright, at Hotel Clairndon last Saturday
evening.
—Capt. Wm. Simpson, of Alexis, III.,
was a caller tn town Monday evening iu
company wtth his brother Dr. G. W.
Simpson.
—Mrs. John W. Hooper was sum-
mounded to Altoona last week on account
of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
Peter Currv.
—John McMullen, one of onr aged residents a'nd a veteran of the ci* il war, is ill
with pneumonia at his home in the southern end of town.
—Mr. Samuel Henderson was called to
Altoona, Tuesday on account of the illness of his son Herbert, who is threatened with pneninoiiia.
—Mary Graham, eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Graham, is ill with pneumonia. Dr. W. J. Campbell, of Mount
Union," has charge of tbe case.
—Andrew P. Simpson, of Mill Oreek,
and Mrs. Martha Sharrer, of Norwood,
III., were guests of tbeir niece, Mrs.
J. G Hicks, Tuesday.
—Miss Al wilda Gillam, daughter of Ex-
mayor, James S. Gillam, of Tyrone, has
been visiting for several days with her
uncle, W. F. Gillam and family on Main
street.
-Rev. W, J. Watters, of Pittsburgh,
who is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Green, assisted Rev. MacLeod during last
week with his meeting in tbe U. B.
church.
—Geo. W. Yocum spent a couple days
last week in Williamsport transacting business for the Pittsburg White Sand coin-
pan v, for which company be is superintendent.
---Murray Messmer, son ot J. P. Mess-
mer, bad a leg broken yesterday evening
by running againt a post while coasting
ou O'Connor's liill. The fracture au
reduobd b> Dr, Green, of Mill Creek-
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DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH.
Death  Summons a   Prominent   Resident  of
Huntingdon.
E)r. Andrew Boelus Brumbaugh, one of
the most prominent citisens of this county and Well known throughout the state
as a physician ahd surgeon, died shortly
after midnight. Monday morning  at   the
private hospital of Dr. Price, Philadelphia, to which institution he was  taken
on Friday and on Saturday underwent an
operation for appendicitis.   He was taken.
ill during the early pari of last week and
the operation was performed under most
unfavorable conditions and   when   little
hopes were entertained for his -recovery.
He slowly sank until death claimed him.
Dr. Brumbaugh was   the   third   son   of
Jacob aud -Bachel Brumbaugh, was born
on the  ont   Brumbaugh   homestead   in
Penh   township,   August  8,   1836.   ;His
education was obtained in the 'subscription  schools and the public schools and
by private study, which resulted   in  his
mastering the branches of Higher English.
Iu 1864 he became a teacher and this lie
foi lowed for a period of nine years.   In
1862 lie began   the  study  of  medicine
under Dr. John A. V\ intrnde, of Marklesburg, entered rhe University of Pennsylvania in 1863 and graduated in 1866.   He
gave his special atteution to surgery  in
which he acquired  a   high   reputation.
He was surgeon forthe Pennsylvania and
the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad
'Companies and   was  a member  of   the
"County, State and National Medioal associations and of the American Academy of
Railway Surgeons.    He was also a member of the United States pension examining board.    He was a founder andtrustee
of the Orphans' home at Huntingdon and
for tweuty-sevej) years officiated  as  its
physician.   He was the founder and sec-
cetary of the Huntingdon Brethren Dunkard church; a founder, trustee, and secretary of the board of trustees of Juniata
college; tlie first promoter of the  library,
the museum, tire hospital and the periodical publications at. Juiriata College.    He
had a rare appreciation for art, literature,
education and culture.   He possessed a
strong aud winning personality and enjoyed   the  esteem   and  respect of  the
people of Huntingdon and of many scattered throughout the state.   He is survived by his wife and two children:   Dr.
Gains  M.,  of Washington,  D,  C,   and
Mrs. Co.*a   B.   Silverthorn,   ot Coalport.
The remains were brought to Huntingdon Monday evening and the funeral will
take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
—W. H. Mounts on Monday went to
Hyndman where he will be eng-tged for a.
few days In assisting to tear down and
pack the machinery of the' Bulletin office
which will be shipped to Mapleton.
*-—Mrs. W, • H. Stonebraker, of Mill
Creek, called on Mrs. G ^N. Yocum in
this, place between trains Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Yocum has been ill for some
time with grippe bnt is convalescing.
—Prof. William Beery, Of Huntingdon,
who was recently appointed field wdrker
for the State Sabbath School Association
for the counties of Hnntingdon, Blair,
Bedford, Mifflin and Fulton, spent last
Sunday with the Mapleton M. B. school
aud was much pleased with his visit. <
—John Larkins, of Altoona' visited the
families of John and William Long in
to*vn on Monday. Mr.***-Larkins also
called on his friend John M. White whon.
he had. not seen Ior thirty-fonr years.]
When a lad of thirteen years, Mr. Larkins
drove boat team for Mr. White, who-was
then a popular boatman on the eld Pennsylvania canal.
—Mrs. H. D.- Winks, of Newherry, Ea.,
was In town Saturday afternoon and took
her aunt Miss Jane Long home with her.
Miss Long being an invalid, it is Mrs.
Wicks' intention to have her placed in a
home for the aged and incurable in the
city of Williamsport Advice received
from Mrs. Wicks late last evening is the
effect that her husband, H. D. Wicks,
and daughter, Miss Ruth, are ill with
scarlet fever at their home in Newberry.
Iu the case of the daughter the attack is
considered mild while that of tlie husband is more pronounced and the patient
is in a serious condition. It will he remembered by most of our readers that
Mr. Wicks is the Sims & Co,, construction
superintendent who several weeks ago
attempted suicide hy shooting himself
throngh the head while temporarily insane, from the effects of which he is
totally blind.
Samuel Bruce Hooper.
Samuel B. Hoo pei* died af his home,
2810 Walnut avenue, Altoona, at 2.40
O'clock Saturday niorning. January , 25,
1908, of congestion of the lungs and
heart Failure, after an illness of two'
weeks' duration.
Deceased waa the ion of the late Philip
And Marv Hooper, of Mapleton, and wns
born in t his place June 4, 1864. Most of j
his life was spent in Mapleton where I
under Iris father he learned the carpenter
trade. In August, 1893, he was married
to Miss Ella Grove. Soon after their'
marriage tney moved to Altoona where
Mr. Hooper was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company lu the cab
shop. He was a member of the United
Brethren church, of Altoona, of the Im-'
proved order of Red Men and of W. C,
No. 60, P. 6. S. of A. He is survived by
his wife and one daughter, Miss Bertha,
at home. He is also survived by one
brother and four Bisters. They are Elmer
O. Hooper, of Union township; Mrs.
Fietta Clemens aud Mrs. Jane Templeton,
of Altoona; Mra. Margaret McDonald, of
Wilkinsburg, and Mrs. Ora Ramsey, of
Clover Creek.
The remains were brought to Mapleton
Monday morning on the 11.40 train and
conveyed to the U. B. church where services were conducted by the pastor Rev.
T. H. MacLeod. The interment was
made in U. B. cemetery, adjacent 'to the
house where tlie deceased was bom and
most of his life was spent. The two
secret societies to which be -belonged
were represented by three members from
each and they acted as pallbearers. The
beautiful ritualistic ceremony of the Red
Men was performed at the grave and the;
releasing of the snow-white dove by the-:
chaplain was a fitting tribute of peace to
the memory of the departed.
■ ■   m a a.
Found Dead In Home.
Prom Newton Hamilton Herald.
John Z. Norton, a signal inspeotor for
the Pennsylvania railroad, Who resided
with bis two sons, Herman and Ralph,
since the death of his second wife a 'little
over three vears ago, in the. Ewing Sc
Kinsloe house on Front street, was found
dead on a couch in his sitting room on
Thursday at noon.
He with his two boys took their meals
at the Logan House and he left word with
Mra. McEl hone to have nis dinner bucket
packed so he could go away in the morning. He failed to get his dinner bucket
and tlie boys, who' slept at the Logan
'House, had been down to the house
before going to school but could not get
in the sitting room-, the doors being
locked, but they said nothing until-noon
when Mr. McEthone went to the house,
-broke open the door and found him
tying on the couch undressed with a hap
over him cold and stiff in death. A lamp
was burning on the table aud tiie fire
had been fixed for the night. Death was
due to heart.disease and must have occured some time during the night. There
was no sign of auy struggle whatever and
death-must have come quickly aud peacefully.
He was a member of Aughwick Lodge
No. 472.1. O. O. F., a beneficiary of the
Ridgley Protective Association ot Wor
cestui-, Mass., aud a member ofthe Penn
sylvania Relief Association. He was a
master mechanic in any line of -work he
undertook and was well liked by every
person in the town.'
The funeral will occur this Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Interment!
will be made in Presbyterian cemetery
beside his wife, ttie services at the cemetery being in charge of Aughwick Lodg«
I. O. O. F. Funeral services at the Logan
House.
m
Convicted of Murder In First Degree.
Clarence Long, formerly of H un ti ngdon,
a 16-year-old youth, is the youngest homicide in the. history of Allegheny county tie
rest under the shadow of tlie gallows.
Tlie lad was last week convicted of murder iu the flrst degiee for killing William
E. Muthias, a crippled pool room keeper
of McKeesport while trying to hold him
up o)i tbe night of December 21st last.
It look tbe jury but one hour to reach its
verdict,
Mrs. Cora Moffett, the mother of the
boy, wbose testimony largely aided in her
son's conviction, was carried from the
court room, shrieking and weeping when
sbe heard tlie verdict. Long went on the
stand in his own behalf and admitted the
plans for the robbery and tne shooting.,
but claimed his foot slipped causing his
finger to pull the trigger.