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VOL. XIII.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE -19,190d.
NO. 13
LOCAL NOTES.
—Samuel Hatfield was in Pittsburg
yesterday transacting business.
—D. B. Miller and wite were guests
of friends at Osceola over Sunday.
 Mrs. Lulu   Treverton   is   visiting
father and friends in Perry county.
—W. H. Hill, wife and son, Park,
spent a day with Mrs. Frank O'Connor
last week.
—For men's dress suits, shoes, hats
shirts, etc., it will pay to go to W. G.
Ewing's, Mt. Union, Pa.
—J. B, Montgomery, of Altoona, spent
a couple days of last week with parents
and friends in Mapleton.
—Mrs. Myrtle Richardson and son,
of Pittsburg, are visiting her mother
and friends in this place.
—J. O. Heaton, Cassville, Pa., sells
and recommends all of Chamberlain's
remedies advertised in tbe Item.
—Leslie Smith, of Trough Creek valley, went to Kipple, Monday, wbere he
secured a position in tbe boiler shops.
—Tbere is a rumor that Bedford
county is to be added to th' Huntingdon-
Mifflin judicial district in the new apportionment.
—A fine line of furniture, carpets,
mattings and all bouse cleaning gooda
ut reasonably low prices at Kimmels'
store, Saltillo.
—Ira H. Wilson, of the Newton Hamilton Watchman, accompanied by four
friends, spent a few hours in Mapleton
Monday afternoon.
—B. F. Slates departed yesterday tor
Conemaugh to work at the carpenter
trade. Mr, Slates is a conscientious
workman and an exceUent citizen.
—Melvine Kimmel, ot Saltillo, and
Miss Clara Cutshall, of Three Springs,
spent Sunday the guest of their friend,
Miss Doroetha Robley, in this place,
—S. W. Kimmel & Sons have two
saw mills and plenty ot timber at Cole's
Summit. Get prices on rough and dry
building lumber. Address, S. W. Kimmel & Sons, Saltillo, Pa.
—Mrs. Mary Smith, of Trough Creek'
valley, one ot the county's oldest citizens,
is seriously ill. Her daughter, Mrs.
John Bookhammer, of Tyrone, came
down to see her on Sunday.
—Mrs. Robert Kidd, of Tod township,
who had been visiting among friends in
Johnstown, was summoned home last
week on account of the serious and
sudden illness of her husband.
—S, R. Miller's photograph car arrived in Mapleton last Saturday and will
L. remain here a few weeks.   Mr. Miller is
a good photographer and will no doubt
do a thriving business at this point.
—W, G. Ewing, Mount Union, carries
a big line of ladies' dress goods, muslin sheetings, table linens, sheetings,
ginghams, plaids, etc., and it will pay
to see his goods before purchasing,
—A charter was granted at the state
department on Monday to the Columbia
Sand Company, of Pittsburg. This is
the company that is building the new
plant at Bridgeport, nortb of Mapleton.
—Cassville ia arranging for a Fourth
of July celebration which promises to
be a fitting demonstration. Rev.. Samuel McClain, a veteran of the civil war,
has been selected as orator of the day.
He is said to be a fluent speaker,
—The corner stone of Altoona's public building was laid last Friday morning with Masonic rites. The officers ot
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania officiated. Addresses were delivered by
Hon. J*. D. Hicks and Rev. D. S. Monroe
D. D. '
—Last Tluirsday Prof. Milton Wright,
of Cass township, drove to Mapleton to
do some marketing, On his way home,
after passing the Railroad schoolhouse
above town, day express east came in
sight. At this point the road parallels
the railroad. The horses stopped suddenly, one of tbem commenced quivering at the sight of the passing train and
dropped dead. It was a valuable animal
in good healthy conditton and the only
explanation to be made is that tbe horse
Was literally frightened to death.
—A large audience was present tn the
M. E. church last Saturday evening to
hear Rev. J. Minnies Johnson's plctoral
talk on   John   Bunyan   and   Pilgrim's
Progress.   The views were good and
vividly illustrated the characters of the
world's greatest allegory.
—Call at J. G. Gillam's store and get
a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomacb
and Liver Tablets. They are an elegant
physic. They also Improve the appetite,
strengthen the digestion and regulate
the liver and bowels- They are easy to
take and pleasant in effect.
—A man named Hagins was struck
by a west bound freight at Tyrone
Forges on Monday shortly after noon.
Both legs were severed from the body
and he was otherwise mangled. He was
sent to the Altoona hospital on mail and
just as the tram reached the city limits
he expired.
—James G. Corbin, of Mill Creek, the
oldest bicyclist in the county, was doing
some plastering in this place last week.
He is well advanced in years, has made
some good marks in the school of life,
but as a knight of the hawk and ttowel
he is still a master and we doubt his
having any superiors.
—J. Harry Walker, of Altoona, was
among our callers last Saturday. He
had been transacting business in connection with the estate of G. M. Park,
deceased, late of Cass township, of
which he is administrator. Harry is at
present employed in a casket establishment in the Mountain City.
—Take the number of your living
brothers, double this amount, add to it
three, multiply the result by five, add to
it the number of living sisters ; multiply
the result by ten, add number of deaths
of brothers and sisters, subtract 150
from the result. The right hand figure
will be the number of deaths, the middle figure will be the number of living
sisters and the left figure the number of
living brothers.
—The school board of Union township met at the Railroad school house
last Wednesday for organization. The
newly elected members, James C. Dell,
C. M. Pheasant and M. F. Robley presented their credentials. An organization was effected by the election of
David Sloan, president; W. T. Steele,
secretary, and C. M. Pheasant, treasurer.
The board will meet to elect teachers,
Saturday, July 20th.
—The consolidation of the Central
Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply
Company, known as the "Bell company,"
and the Pennsylvania Telephone Company, of Harrisburg," has Jpeen decided
upon. The headquarters of the Central
Pennsylvania Company, at Wiliiamsport,
will be abolished and the consolidated
interests will be directed trom Harrisburg under the name of the Pennsylvania Telephone Company,
—Tht poor directors of Lebanon
county on Tuesday framed an order tbat
tramps applying for food and lodging at
the almshouse will be compelled to work
in the stone quarries on the poor farm,
and will be fed on bread and water.
Wardens will oversee their labors in the
quarries. Tbis decision is a result of
the action of the June grand jury recommending that strong measures be
taken to drive the tramps out of the
county.
—An expensive freight wreck occurred in the Huntingdon yards about
noon last Sunday. Engine No. 251 was
making her maiden trip-over the middle
division, having been just turned out at
the Altoona shops. A journal box had
become heated and the .engine was
stopped at Huntingdon to cool and take
water. A beef train, hauled by engine
No. 1,167, came down the same track
at a bigb rate of speed. The engineer
of No. 251 made an effort to runNhis
engine out ot the way but without avjiil.
The enginemen jumped and No. 1167
Crashed into No. 251 with terrific force.
Both engines were ditched and several
cars were wrecken. The wrecking
Crewe from Altoona and Mifflin were
summoned and assisted the Huntingdon
—At W. G. Ewing's, Mt. Union, you
can get dress plaids as low as 5 cents
per yard and all wool 36 Inch dress
goods at 25 Cents per yard.
—The exercises connected with the
close of the present term of the schools
Of the Pennsylvania industrial reformatory at Huntingdon, together with the
annual exhibit of the industrial departments and the exhibitions of the gymnasium and military depc rtment, will be
held Thursday, June 27, afternoon at 2
o'clock and evening at 7.30 o'clock. An
.address will be delivered at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon by Hon. George B. Orlady,
ot the superior court.
—Rev. Harvey W. Koehler, of Shenandoah, whose call to the pastorate of
the Presbyterian churches of Mapleton,
Mount Union and Newton Hamilton
was recently noted in these columns,
has'accepted the call and will conduct
his first service at this place Sunday
evening, July 14th. Rev. Koehler is a
young man and has been preaching .for
four years. He is a good preacher and
we hope his pastorate may be attended
with rich spiritual results.
—Tbe Postmaster General has issued
an older that newspapers which publish
notices-ot taffies, drawings or other
games of chance, or who publish the
names of the winners of the prizes will
be excluded from tbe mails. According
to the postoffice department the publication of such matters is a clear violation
of the "law against lotteries, and tbe
manner in which it was violated by
many newspapers has caused the postal
authorities to make the above quoted
announcement.
—You may as well expect to run a
steam engine without water as to find an
active, energetic man with a torpid liver
and you may know that his liver is torpid when he does not relish his food or
feels dull and languish after eating, often
has headache and sometimes dizziness.
A few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets will restore his liver
to its normal functions, renew his vitality,
improve his digestion and make him
teel like a new man. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free at J. G. Gillam's store.
—While in Huntingdon- last Friday
we spent a short time in the mammoth
dry goods establishment of William Reed
& Sons, Tbis is one -of the largest
stores of the kind in this section of the
state. Tbe great business built up in
the twenty-one years of its existence
demonstrates what push and energy
coupled with business forsigbt can
accomplish. About two years ago a
carpet department was added to the
business and the display of carpet,
mats and rugs is astonishing and one
finds himself wondering if it pays to
handle such varities. It eviedntly does
and we advise our readers to take a look
at the display of this establishment.
—A Luzerne county jury has rendered
a verdict which, unless upset, may piove
a wide application. The case was that
of a woman and her husband against the
township of Lehman for damages. The
Woman and her husband one night in
the winter of 1895 were on tbeir way to
attend a grange meeting. At a certain
point along the road snow had drifted
and frozen to a solid mass, so that when
the sleigh struck it there was an upset
and the woman was so severely .injured
that she has been an invalid ever since.
—The Montgomery's Ferry correspondent of tbe Newport News writes
the obituary of the Penesylvania canal
aa follows: "Tbe last ladened boats to
to pass over this section of the now
abandoned Pennsylvania canal, passed
through the lock here on Thursday,
June 6, 1901. The cargo consisted of
cOrd wood shipped by Silas Snyder and
H. F. Zaring, of Liverpool, destined for
the Pennsylvania Steel Company at
Steelton. The boats, a pair of company
boats, were manned by John Kough,
captain ; John Williamson, boatswain,
and a young Mr. Hoffman as driver.
With the passage of these boats our
neighbor, Henry Benner, has been relieved from a long, useful and efficient
service as a lock-tender, having passed
the greater part of his life up to a ripe
old age In that capacity. He will ever
be remembered among the boatmen as
one of the most faithful and best lock-
tenders along the line, as we bave frequently heard expressions from them to
that effect."
Daniel Parsons Killed.
About 11.30 o'clock, Thursday, June
131 1901, Daniel Parsons was struck by
a time freight at McVeytown and soon
after died. His body was not badly
mangled but there was a cut on the
head sufficient to cause death. Mr.
Parsons was employed as water man on
the Huntingdon construction train. The
train was doing some work at McVeytown and Mr. Parsons started across the
tracks for a bucket of water. The men
of the work train saw the time freight
approaching and shouted to him. He
stopped, turned but too late to escape.
His body was hurled a distance of about
thirty feet.
Mr. Parsons was a native of Shippensburg and a part of his early life was
spent in Path valley. His mother died
when he was quite young. Subsequently
the house in which they lived was
burned and the family records destroyed
but Mr. Parsons was aged about 70
years. He was the only survivor of the
tamily, one brother having died in Illinois and the other in Altoona. His
step-mother died a few years ago in
Harrisburg. Mr. Parsons came to this
neighborhood several years ago and
married Miss Maggie Irvin, a daughter
of the late Thomas Irvin, ot Union township. She and one daughter, Mrs. J, L.
Numer, survive him. About twelve
years ago the family moved to Huntingdon where they bave since resided. Mr.
Parsons was a member of the Second
M, E. church of Huntingdon and was
also a member of Washington Camp,
No. 59, P. O. S. of A., of Mapleton. He
was a good man who had a large circle
of warm friends. The remains were interred at Mill Creek last Sunday moruing, services being conducted by bis
pastor, Rev. J. R. Dunkerly.
Death of IVillliuiu J. Conrad.
I,ewistown Democrat and Sentinel.
William J. Conrad, son of Editor Conrad of the   McVeytown Journal, and
widely known in the county, died at the
home of his parents in  McVeytown on
Thursday mornijig at 7 o'clock, aged 34
years and about 3 months.   The disease
to which he succumed was consumption
and he went down rapidly to the grave,
after the fatal malady began its terrible,
work.    He    struggled    hard    against-
the  inevitable  and   was   on   his   feet
when  a   man  with  less  pluck   would
have  been  in  bed, and the poor   fellow seemed always to be  in a  hopeful
spirit, talking and planning of the future.
The deceased was  born and grew to
manhood's estate   in  McVeytown and
has been associated with his father for
many years in   the  publication of the
McVeytown Journal, doing  all of the
mechanical and   part   of  the editorial
work thereon, in the discharge of which
duties he was industrious and faithful,
making the burdens of his father lighter
in his declining days.    Mr. Conrad was
also Jury Commissioner of Mifflin county
at the time ot his death, and he has held
offices of trust and responsibility in McVeytown.   He was a devoted and active
member of BrighfStar Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
and also of the P. O. S. of A.    He was
a young man who had many friends and .
he will be missed in the community and';
in the organizations with which he was
connected.   He leaves a  wife and two
bright children to mourn bis untimely'
end, also his father and mother to share
the burden   of   a   great sorrow.    His
funeral will take  place  on Sunday at
2.30 p. m. Richard.
An Old Volume.
From the McVeytown Journal.
Some- months ago, while renovating
about the atore of William Macklin's
Sons, an old and curious book came to
light. Its title, page shows that it was
printed in 1715 in Harlem, Holland, by
Hans Paschiers von Weszbasch, publisher, and is a handbook of religions
dissertations and essays. Its title alao
declares that i.t is written "for the,service of lovers of the truth and compiled
from the Word of God (through the
grace of God) by Deitnch Philip."   It
The jury struggled with the matter some | also contains annotations and references
"from the published Bible of 1627," and
typographic art of that day, perfectly
legible and easy to read. It is printed
in the German language and though its
leaves are discolored and the ornamented leather binding broken, it ip a relic
worth preserving and possibly of some
orty hours and finally awarded the wo
man $1,000 and the husband $113 for
the loss of his wife's services. The
figures are not high for the extent of the
damages apparently done, but the fact
that-there was any reeovery atall fixes
upon the township the responsibility for
keeping the roads clear and safe for
travel. In a very few sections of the
state is any attempt made by the authorities to clear the roads of snow and ice.
"The doctors told me my cough was incurable. One Minute Cough Cure made me a
well man." Son-is Silver, North Stratford,
N. U.—Because you've not foimdrehef from
a stubborn cough, don't despair. One Minute
Cottgh Cure has cured thousands and it will
crew in cleaning up the debris.    Fortu
nately no one was hum j o^re jou.   Safe aud sure.   W, H. Spangle*
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intrinsic value.
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Didn't Marry for Money.
The Boston man, who lately married
a sickly rich young woman, is happy
now, for he got Dr. King's New Life
Pills, which restored her' to perfect
health. Infallible for Jaundice, Bilious
ness, Malaria Fever and Ague and all
Liver and Stomach troubles. Gentle
but effective. Only 2Jc at W, H. Spang-,
tec's, store.
Esau Buck and the Buck Saw.
An old former of Arkansas, whoso sons had
all grown up and left him, hired a young man
by the name of Esau Buck to help him on tlio
farm, says tho   Olobe Democrat.   On tin-
evening of the first day they haul ed up a smal 1
load wf poles for wood and unloaded them between the  garden  and   tho barnyard.   Thn
next morning'the old man said to the hired
man, Esau, I am going to town to-day and
while I am gone you may saw up the wood
and keep the old  ram  out of the garden.
When the old man had gone Esau went out
to saw the wood, but when he saw the saw he
wouldn't saw it.   When Esau saw the saw he
saw that he couldn't   saw it with that saw.
Esau looked around for another saw but that
was the only saw he saw, bo he didn't saw it.
When the old man came home he says to'Esan,
did you saw the wood ?   Esau said :   I saw
the wood, but I wouldn't saw it; for wben 1
saw the saw, I saw that I oouldn't saw with
that saw, so I didn't saw it.   The old man
weut out to see the saw,and when he saw the
saw he saw that Esan couldn't saw With that
saw.   When Esau saw that the old man saw
that he oouldn't saw with the saw, Esau picked
up the ax and chopped up the wood aud made
a see-saw.   The next day the old man went
to town and bought a new buck saw for Esau
Buck, and when he came home he hung tht-
buck saw for Esau Buck on the saw buck by
the see-saw.' Just at this time Esau Buck saw
the old buck in the garden eating cabbage,
and when driving him from the garden to tho
barnyard Esau Buck saw the buck saw on the '
saw buck by the see-saw, and Esau stopped
to examine the new buok saw.   Now, when
the old buck saw Esau Buck looking at the.
new buck saw on the saw buck by the see-saw,
he made a dive for Esan, missed Esau, hit tho
see-saw, knocked the see-saw against Esau
Buck, who fell on the  buck saw on the saw
buck by the see-saw.   Now wheu the old man.
saw the old buok dive at Esau Buck and'miss .
Esau and hit tbo see-saw and knock the seesaw against Esau and Esau Buck fall on tin-
buck saw on the saw buck by the sec-saw, he.'
picked up the ax to kill tbe old buok, but tho
buck saw him coming, and dodged the blow.. -
and countered the old man's stomach; knocked. •
tho old man over tlie see-saw outo Esau Buck
who was getting np with the buck saw off tlie
saw buck hy the see-saw, and knocked Esau
Buck and the buok saw onto the saw buck by
the see-saw, crippled Euan Buck, broke th»
buck saw and the saw buck aud tbe see-saw-.-'1
Now. when the old buck saw the completeness ''•
I of his  victory over   the   old: man aaid jEsuii'. 1
Buck and tbe buok saw and ihe saw buck ami
the seo-saw, he quietly turned around, w«it>,
back and jumped into the garden again add J
ate up what was left ofthe old man's cabbatic/
"A few months ago. food which I ate fi>i\J!
break nisi, wo,ild Uot remain on my slo>n)H"b •'
for halt'au.hour. I used ono buttle of yum- '
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and can uow eat my
breakfast an-1 other meals with a relish yu<J .
my food is thoroughly digested. Nothing .'
equals Kodol Dyspepsia '(Jure for stoijtttpU <
troubles." H,- ti, Pitis, Arlington, Texas/./
Kodol Dyspepsia" Cure digests what vou .aiia
W. IL Spangler.