Keystone Gazette

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HASEISBUSa, PA.
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VOLUME XXIII
WAYNESBORO, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER _. 1898.
NUMBER 1
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SPEAKING OF WHEELS, BY
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"Name,  Quality,  Price"
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QUALITY has always  been the high-
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than ever before.
Price
$60
is fair, one people arelwilling to pay
"to be safe.*"
The public is earnestly invited to
call and inspect RAMBLERS at
GEISER BROS.
STEWART-SPANGLER
DEALERS IK
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A complete line of Smoker's Articles.
Monarch. Bicycles
'98 PATTERN.
Bicycle'Sundries and.Repairing ol all
Kinds a Specialty.
A. B. SOilENBERGER, M. D.
General Practitioner.
Office in Criswell Bldg,
108 West Main St.
Waynesboro
osiery /X.ills,
D. F. BEAVER, Prop'r.
IA. Fall Line of
Lisle Thread and ^ottou Hosiery
Always in stock at Retail prices?
GIVE M    A CALL
...THE
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Ban!?,
Waynesboro, Pa.
CAPITAL ?100,000.        -        SURPLUS 60,000,
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
Daniel, Hoover, Prest.
W. T. Omwake, Vice Prest.
J. H. STONER, Cashier.
Hon. Thad. M. Mahon was born in
Greenvillage, this coanty, on May 21st,
1840. His father, Robert Mahon, was of
Irish descent, and his mother, whose
maiden name was Jane Wallace,of Scotch
descent. In 1843 his father remoyed to
Scotland, where the subject of this sketch
lived until 1859, at which time he moved
to Chambersburg and commenced the
study of law with Kimmel & McLellan.
The only education he received was in
the common schools and the Chambersburg Academy. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, of the 126th Regi*-
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the
expiration of his term of service in that
regiment he enlisted in the 21st Pennsylvania Regiment aud served in lt until
the close of the war, being mustered out
of service in September, 1865. He was
severely wounded en November, 4th,
1864, at Hatchers Run. In 1866 he was
elected Clerk of the Courts and served in
office until 1869. reading law at the same
time. In 1879 he was nominated for the
Legislature. In 1871 he was renominated for the Legislature and elected by a
handsome majority over Mayor North, of
Mercersburg.    In  1872  he  was   again
shape and control legislation. He is one
of the strong men in the Pennsylvania
delegation. Is chairman of one of the
important committees of the House, and
has seryed on other leading committees
Mr. Mahon is a strong debater and hard
tighter for what he believed to be right.
His coarse in public life is without a stain.
Faithful to every trust confided to his
keeping, he has now the confidence and
esteem of his fellow citizens.
HON. W. W. RRITTON.
' Squire" Britton, as he is most familar--
ly known, was born in Franklin county,
at Upper Strasburg, on January 12th,
1833. He was educated in the public
schools, after which he taught for mary
years, being one of the foremost educators in the county at that time, fie latter
engaged in farming and butchering, which
he continued np until 1890, when he
retired from active life, not owing to the
infirmities of age, bat because he had
acquired sufficient of this world's goods,
by hard work and atenttion to business to
enable him to take life more easy.
Mr. Britton was eight successive  times
CONGRESSMAN  MAHON.
nominated for the Legislature,  and  the
Democrats put up against him  Hon.   W.
S. Stenger, who they thought could easily
be elected, but he ran 212 behind his  tic
ket, Mahon's majority being 512.   During
the time he was a member of the  Legis
lature he was Chairman of the   General
Judiciary Committee, the most important
committee in the House.   In 1876 he was
nominated for Congress in the 18th Dis*.
trict, and came within 25 votes  of being
elected.   His competitor in tbe fight was
Hon. W. S. Stenger, who had carried the
district over Gen. Langhorne Wister,   in
1874, b} over 1,000 majority.   In 1888  he
was a candidate for the nomination  for
Judge of Franklin  county,  but  after  a
spirited contest be was defeated by Hon.
John Stewart.   He has frequently served
on the Republican State Committee  and
often been a delegate in  the  state  and
county conventions.   In 1870 he was admitted to the bar and has been  in  active
practice eyer since, and has for a  number
of years been recognized as  one of the
leading lawyers of this part of the  state.
He began poor and unaided and what he
is today he has gained through his own
efforts.   In 189. he was elected a member
of the 53d Congress.
In 1894 he was elected a member of tbe
Fifty-fourth Congress aud in 1896 he was
elected a member of the Ftfy fifth Cons
gress and he is now the nominee of the
Republican party of the Eighteenth District of Pennsylvania, and will no doubt
be elected a member of the Fifty-sixth
Congress. Since a member of Congress,
Mr. Mahon has forced his way into the
front rank, composed of the members who
elected justice of the peace for his towr-
ship, although a member of the minority
party in that district. He seryed in this
capacity for thirty five years, a high
tribute to his honesty and sound judgment. He has always been recognized as
a leader in the party and has given much
time to its welfare.
In 1880 he was a elected to the Legisla-
w. w.  BRITTON.
ture and polled the largest vote ever given
a candidate for that office in this county
up to that time. In 1896 he was again
elected and repeated the record  breaking
as a candidate before the people. In
both sessious he served with marked
ability. Although his course on some
matters may not haye agreed with that of
some of his constituents he nevertheless
was prompted from purely conscientious
motives. No man in Franklin county
has a higher regard for truth and right,
and when he once determines upon bis
course, he is as immovable as the moun»
tains, at the base of which he was born
and has spent his entire life. A man-
reputation in a neighborhood is generally
based upon the esteem in which he is held
at home. That Mr. Britton, a Republican, should hold an office for over a third
of a century in a Democratic district and
that be should twice be elected to the
legislature by the largest vote ever given
a candidate for that office in this county,
is sufficient proof of the confidence re
posed in him. He is an honest, clean and
upright man, and Franklin county should
again show her appreciation of him by
electing him by an over-whelming majority.
HON. WM. 0. KREPS.
Hon. William C. Kreps, one of the
candidates for the Legislature, was born
in Oreencastle on May 27, 1853. He received his education in the public schools
in that place and at the Chambersburg
Academy. He afterwards engaged in the
mercantile business in Cinncinnati, Ohio,
but remained there only a short time. In
1879 he returned to Greencastle and was
appointed agent for the Adams Express
Co. While thus engaged he read law
with Hon. D. W. Rowe and A. G. Mc-
Lanahan Esq. and was admitted to the
Franklin county Bar in 1883, since which
time he has been pursuing the practice of
his profession, and is recognized as one
of the leading members of the Bar.
Mr. Kreps never held bat one office.
In 1888 he was elected to the Legislature
being the highest man on the ticket and
running 271 votes ahead of Harrison for
President. In 1890 he was again a candi.
date bnt was among the large number of
Republicans who in that year suffered
defeat. Since then he has taken an active interest in politics, as he always did,
was never disgruntled over his defeat.but
aided the.party by purchasing the Echo*-
Pilot and conducting it as a Republican
paper. Mr. Kreps has frequently been
heard from on the stump, and his speeches are listened to with marked attention.
He is a ready speaker, an able debater
and will be one of the prominent members of the next House. His election is
sure, for Franklin county recognises' in
him one of her brightest sons and truest
Republicans.
JOHN T. PENSINGER.
John T.  Pensinger,   the  Republican
Candidate for Sheriff, was born at Welsh
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Run Mills in Montgomery* Township on
October 5,1848. His father, George Pensinger, was a miller and in the Spring of
1860 the family moyed to the McCauley
Mill in Antrim Township.
Mr. Pensinger, his father and two
brothers were all in the service during the
war of the Rebellion. At the time of his
enlistment, Feb. 3,1864, in Co. K, 31st
Pa. Cavalry, he was but fifteen years and
three months old. His regiment was in
all ths battles of the Army of the Potomac
from Cold Harbor to Appomattox. During the campaign, the regiment lost in
killed and wounded four hundred men.
Among other severe engagements in
which the regiment was concerned was
the attack upon Lee's wagon train on
April 5, 1865 upon his evacuation of
Richmond. On this occasion they struck
the train, captured a battery and destroyed two hnndred wagons. Out of the 234
men engaged in the attack the regiment
lost 98 men m killed, wounded and missing in less than half an hour.
He served with credit during all these
stirring scenes and was mustered out
with his command at Lynchburg, Va.
July 8,1865.
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The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O., will mail Dr. Hartman .special
book for women, free on application, to
women only. All druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
Ask any druggist for a free  Pe-ru^na
Almanac for tbe year 1899.
In the fall of 1866 Mr. Pensinger went
to learn the trade of millwright with M.
Hays at Mercersburg. Mr. Hays was an
expert mechanic and a large contractor
and Mr. Pensinger remained with him
until Hays' death in 1882 when Pensinger
succeeded to the business. He was in
business for himself for two years only
as his kill as a mechanic and his expert
knowledge of mill machinery wereat once
recognized by Wolf & Hamaker and he
was employed by them as traveling; sales
man in the spring of 1884. At the time
of his nomination for Sheriff he was still
employed by the same firm's successors,
The Wolff Co.
Mr. Pensinger moved to Chambersburg
in the spring of 1886.
Mr. Pensinger was twice elected Burgess of Mercersburg, and in the fall of
1884 he waa elected County Auditor. He
was always an ardent Republican and
took great interest in politics. His nomi«
nation for Sheriff was fairly and honestly
made from among a large number or cans
didates, and meets the hearty approval of
Republicans everywhere.
Chambersburg where he is so well known,
will give hiss a tremendous veto, and it is
expected that the remainder of the county
will do well.   It certainly should.
TROLLEY MEETING-
HOKE.
the  Republican
JOHN W
\ likeanewwoman       _       __
J since using youli r* Jolm W Hoke» Eflq-
.andidate for District Attorney, is a native of Chambersburg, having been born
there on July 17,1866. He is one of seven
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Hoke, his father having been for many years one ot the
well-known dry goods firm oi Hoke &
Appenzellar.
The subject of this sketch was educated
in the public schools, the Chambersburg
Academy and Lafayette College, graduat
ing from tbe latter institution in 1890 with
high honors. Returning to his home he
studied law with Hon. W. Rush Gillan,
and was admitted to the Franklin coanty
Bar in February 1893, after haying passed
an exceedingly creditalle examination.
Whilst engaged in reading law he was,
for a time, local editor of the Repository,
and showed marked ability as a writer.,
Since his admission to the Bar he has met
with great success in his profession.
Mr. Hoke comes from a family of good
Republican stock. He is one of seven
brothers, all of whom, are Republicans.
He early in life exhibited an aptitude
for the law and that he made no mistake
in choosing his profession as has been
folly attested in recent years. He is a
natural orator and speaks with fluency
and ease. He is well versed in the law,
which has been acquired by close attention, and deep research. That he will
make one of the best District Attorneys
the coanty has ever had is not questioned
I by anyone who is acquainted with  him.
Tbe Rome To Be Selected Ana   Then
The Work To Start.
The board of directors of the Blue
Ridge Electric Railway Oo., held a meeting
at their office here in Walker building
Monday afternoon. Mr. Aug Beck and
•J. Reily Weaver, of Baltimore; Maj. Norwood, Blue Ridge Summit; Peter Rouzer,
Rouzerville, and the local directors wen-
present. Hon. B. F. Welty who was a
short time ago elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late John
Philips was not present, but sent his check
for his share of the ten per cent cash installment.
The situation was gone over and the
project found to be in splendid shape
for the beginning of active operations.
Maj. Norwood, Dr. Amberson and Peter
Rouzer were appointed a committee to
look up the matter of route. Two routes
are suggested, one along the pike
and the other the creek route.
Both will be canvassed with a view to determine their respective advantages and
disadvantages. The committee will report to a meeting called for the 11th inst.
Then a route will be adopted and the
engineers be set to wor_.
The plan as was before said is to start
building the line at Waynesboro and
build to a mountain. Tbe plan is to connect up PensMar, Blue Mountain House,
then swim; over to Blue Ridge Summit,
Monterey, Buena Vista and back again to
Pen-Mar, where the loop will connect
with the main line to Waynesboro. The
line to High Rock and Mt. Quirick has
ben for the present abandoned.
The plan now is to make this a strictly
home enterprise, just ss wss contended
for herein, and give to Waynesboro the
contract of the entire business. The
stock book will be opened and the local
capitalists be given an opportunity to invest.
This is the cornet plan and just as
Waynesboro wants. By making it an
all-home affair the other local project
started some weeks ago with the same end
in view may be abandoned, or at least
held in abeyance till the present company
perfects its plan.
Waynesboro will haye the trolley. That
was foretold herein three months ago, and
every day bring's us nearer its realization.
Whoopla!
m
Bnslness Bunts.
See advertisement of Ike Greenwald's
horse and buggy sale in another colum.
There is a rare opening here for loyers of
good horse flesh.
Mr. A. W. Miller closed the contract
this morning with Mr. J. S. Funk, for a
monument of Brandon marble, to be soon
erected in Green Hill Cemetery, in memory of Mrs Funk.
 my
Brave Hen Fall.
Victims to stomach, liver and kiduey
troubles as well as woman, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons ia
the blood, backache, nervousness, headache and tired, listless, run-down feeling.
Bat there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner, Ida ville, Ind. He
says: "Electric Bitters are^iust the thing
for a man when he is all run down, and
don't care whether he lives or dies. It
did more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything I Could take.
I can now eat anything and haye a new
lease on life." Only 50 cents, at Forthman & Miller's drug store. Every bottle
guaranteed.
The fall communion will be held in the
Salem Reformed church next Sunday
forenoon at 10 o'clock. Services preparatory to that occasion will he held there on
Thursday and Friday evenings, and Saturday afternoon and evening, of this week,