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VOL. XII.
MAPLETON DEPOT. PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 4900.
NO.  15
LOCAL NOTES.
—July 4th.
—Independence Day.
—Let the eagle scream.
—Attend the picnic at Riverside park
to-day.
—Only two inmates in tbe Huntingdon jail.
—Mr. and Mrs. Geoige Palmer spent
Sunday with friends in Altoona.
—Most of the grain in this seetion is
cut. Grain harvest will be over this
week.
—L. L. Parker, foreman of the Item,
was the guest of friends in Juniata and
Altoona over Sunday.
—E. R. Himes, who is employed at
Braddock, is spending a short time with
his family in Mapleton.
—George Buchanan is seriously ill at
his home on Ridge street. It is feared
his ailment Is typhoid fever.
—Don't use fireworks in proximity to
buildings. Many fires bave been caused
lb tbat way during the past week.
—-Flour learns of an advance in the
price of wheat by telegraph, but gets
the news of a drop by slow freight.
—Mrs. John Kauffman and children
returned home a few days ago trom a
week's visit to friends in Harrisburg.
—Frank Yetter and family have gone
to Juniata county to harvest their crops,
sown prior to their removal to Mapleton.
—George Hommon and sister, Miss
Maud, of Birmingham, are visiting
among friends and relatives in Mapleton.
—The Mapleton band have purchased
new drums of fine quality. The boys
were out on a serenading tour Saturday
evening.
—McCarl's liniment is good for man
or beast. It quickly brings relief when
'applied to aches, pains, sprains, cuts or
bruises.    Try it.
—Rev. T. P. Orner, of Pitcalrn, a
former pastor of the U. B. church, was
circulating among Mapleton friends last
Friday.   He is looking very well.
—A box of salve is a requsite In
every household. When buying get
McCarl's ointment whieh has healing
properties unequaled by any other
salve.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joha A. 'Toomey were
summoned to Huntingdon yesterday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Toomey's
brother, William D, Wooding, who died
Sunday evening.
—Ellis Quarry, wife and child, of Altoona, eame down to Mapleton Saturday
- and proceeded to Cass townahip where
they are spending a short time with relatives and friends.
—Jacob H. Miller and family went to
Smithfield township last Saturday to
visit Mrs. M.'s father. Mr. Miller returned Sunday evening but the family
will remain a few days.
—The man wbo celebrates the Nation's natal day by filling himself with
beer or other intoxicants shows himself
to be devoid of patriotism and is unworthy of American citizenship,
—John Stubbs and family, of New
Castle, are spending a few weeks among
friends in this section. Mr. Stubbs is
foreman of a department in a tin plate
mill at New Castle and is doing well.
—Harry Cowher a few weeks ago took
bis children to the home of his parents
in Washington county and returned to
Mapleton. Last Sunday he departed
for the western part of the state, hav-
ing decided to locate there.
—Some emissaries of the devil intent
upon doing a mean and contemptible
act recently removed the corner stone
of the U. B. chursh at McVeytown, carried it to an adjoining field and mutilated it.   The contents were carried off.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Brumbaugh! of
Southern California, arrived in Mapleton last week and are the guests of
Alfred and Michael Brumbaugh's families. They were here at the time of
the flood of 1889 but find most of ths
marks of that catastrophy obliterated'
They are thinking seriously of locating
ta this section.
—Miss Bessie Donelly and Miss Minnie Jones, whose homes are in Perry
county, but who rank among Blair
county's ssccessful teachers, were
guests of Mrs. Rev. Treverton one day
last week.
—John Long showed us a hen egg
Saturday evening which was at least
twice the sice ot an ordinary hen egg.
He says he has a hen which habitually
lays such eggs and he naturally prises
the fowl highly.
—Tbe communion of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated (D. V.) in the
Presbyterian church on Sabbath morning, July if th. There will be preparatory services on Thursday and Saturday
evenings preceding.
—Miss Lacy Treverton, of Carlisle,
a very accomplished lady, is a guest at
tlie home of her brother, Rev. Treverton, in Mapleton. It is Miss Treverton's
intention to spend a portion ot the summer in this cozy resort.
—Miss Lizzie Wilson, of Greensburg,
Miss Minerva Wilson, of Harrisburg,
and Mrs. Ira V. Rex and son, of Wilkins-
burg, are making merry at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wilson,
on Railroad street.
—Mrs. Edward Estep was taken to
Altoona on the 20th ult. for medieal
treatment, she being in very delicate
health. Recent reports trom her are
somewhat encouraging and it is hoped
she may soon be able to retnrn home.
—John Greenland and wife were summoned to Clay township last Wednesday
on account of the serious illness of Mrs.
Greenland's sister, Mra. Maggie Ruby.
We have sines learned that the condition ot the lady is somewhat improved.
—Mrs. Thomas Hoover and children,
of Johnstown, arrived in Mapleton on
Monday evening en route for a visit to
the home ot Mrs. H.'s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Rickabaugh, in Tod township. They expect to remain for some
time.
—H. E. Himes, of Braddoek, came
over to Mapleton Saturday to spend a
wbile among friends until a mashed
finger which he is nursing will permit
bim to resume work. He had the member mashed while working In a stone
qnarry.
—Why not get rid of that hacking
cough before it runs into something
more serious? McCarl's Cough Syrup
is an excellent remedy for coughs, colds
croup and all irritations and inflama tions
of the throat or chest. Price 25 cents
per bottle.
—Rev. Steven Traver, Lutheran minister in charge ot Hawn's circuit, has resigned that pastorate, and will remove
with his family next month to to New
Jersey, where he will take up the pastorate of the Spruce Run charge, in Hunterdon connty.
—The pensioa department has ruled
tbat "Any pensioner, the victim of strong
drink and dissipated habits, who makes
a public nuisance of himself, may be
investigated by Uncle Sam, and li found
guilty is likely to be dropped from the
pension rolls."
—The saw mill of F. G. Young, of
Hollidaysburg, was burned Saturday
night. Through the efforts of the men
the loss was kept within #500. The mill
was located four miles east of Grafton
station, on the line of tbe Huntingdon
and Broad Top railroad.
—"We have sold many different cough
remedies, but none has given better satisfaction than Chamberlain's," says Mr,
Charles Holzhaur, Druggist, Newark N.
J, "It is perfectly safe and can be -relied upon in all cases of coughs, colds or
hoarseness."   Sold by J. G. Gillam.
—Messrs. A. R. and C. E. Wolfe, of
Altoona, with other capitalists, have
purchased th old Henderson mill property at Union Furnace and will convert
the same into a manufacturing plant, in
which ihey expect to employ at least
forty men In the production of hardware
specialties and blasting powder. The new
manufacturing firm is incorporated
with a capital of $100,000.
—Rev. J. R. Dnnksrly, pastor of the
Second M. E. churcb, lost about a gallon
of blood last Wednesday by the bursting
of a blood vessel. After several hours of
work tbe doctors checked the flow and
in a few days, it is hoped, the popular
preacher will be himself again.—Globe.
—Children exploding fire crackers
caused the destruction by fire at Boals-
burg on Tuesday of the stables of Mrs.
Caroline Fisher, W. Hosterman, Lot
Kimport, Alexander Kuhn, Mrs. Cooper
and Samuel Sellers. No stock was
burned. Loss about $6000; partly in.
sured.
—"My boy," said a gentleman to a
youngster who is eating some green
fruit, "you should not eat those apples;
they are not good for you." "Guess you
don't know much about It, mister," replied the urchin. "Why three of these
apples will keep me oat of school for a
whole week.
—Harry T. Unversagt, of Clay township, who has been employed in Mapleton tor several months, was called home
last Thursday on account of the critical
illness of his father-in-law, W. H. Booth,
ex-county surveyor. Mr. Booth's condition is sucb that bis friends have no
hope of his recovery.
—Mrs. Dr. Graham and children, of
Washington, D. C, accompanied by
Miss Rindlaub, of the same city, arrived tn Mapleton last Friday evening
and on Saturday proceeded to their
summer home in the Cassville seminary
buildings. They greatly enjoy their annnal outing in this well-shaded retreat.
—Squilgeed Cabinets at S. R. Miller's,
the finest finish we have ever seen and
durable. Price, six for $2 or twelve
for $4. Fine porcelain cabinets from
J1.50 up to $_; card size $1.00. Call
at his car on Main street, near post-
office, and see the fine work as bis stay
at this place will only be for a short
time.
—You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rheoa Remedy. J. G. Gillam will refund
your money If you are not satisfied after
using it. It is everywhere admitted to
be the most successful remedy in use for
bowel complaints and the only one that
never fails. It is pleasant, safe and re*
liable.
—An English setter dog was in a yard
at Shamokin, Friday, 22nd ult., when
several bees landed on the dog's head.
He barked and the bees flew to several
hives close by and returned with over a
thousand bees. Tbey stung the dog until be was blinded and unable to retreat.
Several people tried to rescue him, but
were badly stung. He fougbt until be
dropped dead.
—At a meeting of the school board of
this borough on Monday evening Miss
Ella M. Grove, of Saltillo, was elected
teacher of the No. 3 school for the ensuing term. This completes the corps
for tha ensuing year, the teachers for
the other three schools having been
chosen a week ago. All the teachers
elected have had considerable experience and all are highly recommended.
We look forward to a very successful
term.
—Elihu Brown, aged 79 years, died
In an outhouse near his residenoe in
Orbisonia last Sunday morning. The
remains will be buried this morning at
tbe Old Baptist church in Springfield
township. One daughter and tour sons
survive him. This Is the third brother
of the family who has died within three
months. All were aged men and veterans of the civil war. Tbey were
brothers of the late Mrs. Missouri Truax,
of Mapleton.
—A disastrous freight wreck occurred
at Shoenberger station a few minutes
after 7 o'clock Sunday morning. An
east bound tregiht train had stopped
near No, 8 bridge to make some slight
repairs to the engine when a stock train
following closely crashed into the rear
end. The cabin was demolished and
the engine and eight cars containing
sheep and hogs were wrecked. About
two hundred head of sheep and hogs
were killed and injured. Those killed
were burned and the injured were sold.
—Mrs. Martha Ann Browu, wife of
Everett Brown, of Springfield township,
died last Friday morning and was burled
on Sunday at Walnut Grove. Deceased
was the mother of our townsman, Edward Brown, and an aunt of Mrs. R. C.
Fields and M. P. Truax, ot this place.
The family a few years ago resided for
a while on the Thompson farm in Brady
township. The husband, eight sons and
two daughters survive her. She was
aged 63'years and 7 months and for
more than a quarter of a century had
been a devout member of the Church of
God. We extend sympathy to the bereaved friends.
—Messrs. Duncan & Wills, of Perry
county, who recently purchased the
Kendlg tract of 4100 acres in Trough
Creek valley arrived In Mapleton Sunday afternoon and Monday morning
started out to inspect the tract. They
returned Monday afternoon, well pleased
with their purchase which includes the
land,"timber and two-thirds of the mineral right. About two thousand acres
of the tract Is virgin forest and they
estimate that it will require from three
to five years to temove the timber which
is variously estimated at from two to
six million feet. Work on the job will
be commenced at once.
—Charles Miller, aged 20 years, of
near Seven Stars, Franklin township,
met with a horrible accident on Thursday. Christopher V. Miller, father of
the boy, Is a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, and Charles has been
managing the farm. Thursday afternoon he was unloading hay in the barn,
his younger sister riding the horse used
in elevating the harpoon fork. In some
manner when the fork was pulled it became fouled and broke loose, tbe fork
striking young Miller in the abdiynen.
The young man pulled tbe fork from the
wound, crawled off the wagon and
walked a few steps when he sat down
and died before his mother reached
him.
—Last Thursday evening a wreck of
one car at Mount Union blocked the
south track. Inconsequence trains were
run both directions on the north track.
Mail east crossed over at coal siding.
Foreman L. A. Himes' gang, of Mill
Creek, were trucking ties at Vandevand-
er's bridge, one mile north of Mapleton,
on the north track and 'were ignorant
of the fact that mail was approaching
on the same track. As they rounded
the curve at the east end of the bridge
mail was almost upon them. Fortunately the engineer, Joseph Winters,
who by the way was making his first
trip as a passenger engineer., saw the
load of ties in time to avert an accident
but struck the truck hard enough to
scatter the ties and reverse the truck's
course.
—Last Thursday night thieves made
a raid on a few houses in this town.
They first went to H. H. Swope's residence but falling to effect an entrance
took a cake of soap from the back porch.
This they carried up to Dr. Spangler's
cellar. The doctor had just purchased
a bunch of bananas and bananas seemed
just to suit the taste of the thieves-
They generously exchanged their cake
of soap for the bananas. After eating
their fill and throwing the skins on the
doctor's sidewalk they put the remainder Into a corn meal sack and went to
W. H, Mounts' residence. They placed
their bananas on the porch and entered
the house through a window in the, west
end. They emptied the son's bank of
seventeen cents, rifled a desk drawer
containing nearly, a dollar io pennies,
took a bottle of cologne and a silk
muffler. They started to go up stairs
but the family was aroused by this time
and the thieves hastily departed, leaving their bananas. The same night a
good bridle was taken from E. H.
Welker's stable, Though the value of
the property taken in this raid was inconsiderable, it is a great pity the
thieves did not get the dose of lead they
deserved. They are not strangers and
in their next raid they may get what
they merit,
—Rev. Herbert Grimwood and family
spent several days last week at the
home of his friend, David F. Sloan, In
Union township. On Friday Mr. Grim-
wood, wife and children went to make
a call at the home of Mr. J. M. Oswalt,
and as they entered the yard little Ada
tripped ahead as if to play under a high
porch. Mr. G. at once heard a strange
sound, tben heard it a second time wlien-
he drew the child away. A large rattlesnake lay coiled up under the steps a
yard from tbe child's feet. Miss Florence Oswalt handed a gun to Mr. Grim-
wood with which he soon ended the life
of the great reptile.
' —For burns, injuries, piles and skin diseases use DeWitt's Witch Hazel .Salve. It is
the original. Counterfeits may be offered
Use only DeWitt's. A. B. Gillam, J. h.
Houok.
An Epidemic of Diarrhoea.
Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoa-
nut Grove, Fla., says there has been
quite an epidemic of diarrhoea there.
He had a severe attack aod was cured by
four doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera aod Diarrhoea Remedy. He says
he also recomended it toothers and they
say it is the best medicine they ever
used.   For sale by J. G. Gillam.
PENNSYLVANIA   CHAUTAUQUA.
Reduced Bates to Mt. Oretna via Pennsylvania Kailroad.
For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, to be held
at Mt. Oretna, Pa., July 2 to August 8, 1900, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell special
excursion tickets to Mt. Oretna from New York,
Washington, Baltimore, Frederick, Md., Canandaigua, and Intermediate pointy, including all
stations on its tine in the State of Pennsylvania.
Tickets will be sold June 25 to August 8, inclusive, and will be good to return until August 13 inclusive. 7-4-2t
Xs It Right for an Editor to Recommend
Patent Medicines?
From Sylvan VaUey News, Brevrad, N. C.
It may be a question wether tbe editor
ot a newspaper has the right to publicly .
reoommend any of the various proprietary medicines which flood the market,
yet as a preventive of suffering we feel ii
a duty to say a good word for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. We have known and used this
medicine in our family for twenty years
and have always found it reliable. Ia
many cases a dose of this remedy would
save hours of suffering while a physician is awaited. We do not believe in
depending Implicitly on any medicine
for a cure, but we do believe .that it a
bottle of Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Rem- .
edy were kept on hand and administered at the inception of an attack much
suffering might be avoided and in very
many cases tbe presence of a physician
would not be required. At least this
has been our experience during the past
twenty years.   For sale by J. G. Gillam.
Juniata Valley Camp Sleeting.
The Juniata Valley Camp Meeting at
Newton Hamilton, will begin this year
on August 14th and continue ten days.
The Association has made a number of
improvements to the grounds this year.
Nearly all the kitchens have been rebuilt and are uniform, and made other
needed repairs.
The hotel on tbe grounds, will be open
on and after July 1, and persons can secure square meals and lodging by giving
notice a day or two in advance.
The prices tor the tents will be $10
for tents having a front of ten feet, $<j
for tents having comb roofs, all others
$8. The first and second floors are in-
eluded in these prices.
Accommodations for boarding and
lodging can be secured at the hotel at
very reasonable rates.
liaggage will be carried on the P. R.
R., on Monday and Tuesday, August 13,
and 14, tree ot charge-. All camp goods
shipped before August 13 must have the
freight prepaid from point of shipment
or it will not be taken to the grounds.
Coal oil, benzine-, gasoline or lard oil-.
must in no case be loaded with goods.
The Pennsylvania railroad and
branches will sell excursion tickets during time of campmeeting.
Persons desiring to secure tents will
make application to M. K. Foster; Sec.
retary of the Association at Clearfield;
or Miles Appleby, Newton Hamilton,
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