Mapleton Item

              VOL. XIII.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1901.
NO. 23
LOCAL NOTES.
—Pay your taxes this week.
 Dog days ended last Monday.
 The borough schools will open next
Monday.
—Next Monday will be Labor Day
—a legal holiday.
 Choice clover and timothy seed at
B. O'Connor & Sons'.
 Sousa's band concert at Huntingdon next Tuesday evening.
—William Reed & Sons have news of<
interest this week.   Read it.
—Pay your school and borough taxes
this week if you wish to save five per
cent. •
—Mrs. G. D. Wood spent a portion
of the past week with friends at Cass.
ville.
—Bruce Smith and wife, of Altoona,
were guests of friends In Mapleton over
Sunday.
 Francis Gross, of Tyrone, spent a
portion of last week among friends in
Mapleton.
—Men's, boys' and children's hats
*nd caps at coat to close. B. O'Connor & Sons.
—Rev. Joseph Gray, of Orbisonia,
will preach tn the M. E. church next
Sunday morning.
 Entire stock wall paper 8c. double
roll to close, worth 12 to ao cents.
B. O'Connor & Sons.
 Charley Cavanaugh and family, ot
Tyrone, spent Sunday with the family
of J. E. Corbin in this place.
 Mrs. E. G. Piper and children, of
Mount Uuion, were guests of W. H.
Mounts' tamily over Sunday.
—The employees of the Standard
steel works of Burnham will picnic
at Lakemont, September 7th.
—Mra. John Daugherty, of Altoona,
and Miss Claudie Speer, of thia place,
are sojourning at Atlantic City.
—Mrs. Charles Waterman and two
Children, of JVilmerding, are visiting
Mrs. L. M. Speer at Bridgeport.
—J. O. Heaton, Cassville, Pa., sells
and recommends all of Chamberlain's
remedies advertised in the Item. ■■
 Mrs. John M. White, of Wilmington,
Delaware, arrived in Mapleton last Wednesday evening and will remain some
time with friends in this section.
 The State Camp ot the P. O. S. of
A., of Pennsylvania convened in Harrisburg yesterday. Jesse E. Corbin is
representing W. C. No. 59, ot this place.
—Mrs. A. B. Gillam accompanied a
party of friends who drove from Petersburg to State College Sunday afternoon,
returning Monday afternoon. It was a
delightful trip.
—John G. Gillam and family departed
last Thursday for Orville, Ohio. Mr.
Gillam returned on Monday but tbe
family will remain for a short time with
friends at that place.
—Mrs. Gotlieb Leitenberger, of Johnstown, died at the residence of A. C.
Greenland in Cass township, August
27th, of hernia. The remains will be
taken to Johnstown for burial.
—Mrs, Cooney and children, of Phil,
adelphia, are spending two weeks with
husband and father ic Mapleton. Mr.
Cooney is foreman of masons on -the
railroad contract at thi? place.
—'.'Locust Lodge" ia the name given
to the cottage recently erected at the
-old lock north of town. The family of
John Edelblute, of Huntingdon, are the
present occupants of the Lodge,
—Mrs. H. C. Bratton and children,
«f Harrisburg, stopped a short time
last week with Mapleton friends on
their way home from a visit to- Mrs,
Bratton's sisters at Lorain, Ohio,
—A grain of corn which was supposed
to have been dropped by a crow in a
knot hole of a large chestnut tree near
Granville bridge has sprouted and a
few days ago it came out in tassel and
is now shooting for ear.
—Wbat most people want is something mild and gentle, wben in need of a
physic. Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets fill tbe bill to a dot. They
are easy to take and pleaaant in affect.
taot sale by J. G. Gillam.
—Lester Calvin, son of John Stubbs,
died in New Castle, Pa., August 22nd,
aged 2 years and 2 days. Funeral ,at
Mr. Hancock's, Mt. Union, Pa., last
Saturday,
—H. C. Kieferle, ot Mount Union, was
in town last Saturday. Mr, Kieferle had
been connected with the McVeytown
'Journal until last Thursday evening at
which time he resigned hia position. He
will locate temporarily In Altoona.
—Special aale of lot men's, ladies'
and misses' dress shoes, only one or two
pairs of a lot, worth $1.50 to $2.00
placed on our bargain counter for $1.20.
Lot of misses'and children'shoes worth
$1.00, for 75c.   B. O'Connor & Sona.
—Clifford, aged 11 years, son of
Daniel L. Grissinger, of McConnellsburg,
while playing ball on the atreet in front
of his home on the 15th mat., was struck
over the heart by a ball thrown by a
playmate and died a few minutes afterward,
—H. D. Wicks and family, of WH-
more, visited among friends and former
neighbors in Mapleton last week. Mr.
Wicks is employed on the Kerbaugh
railroad contract at Wilmore. It is one
of the largest contracts ever given out
by the railroad company.
—S. F. Snyder, of Harrisburg, a
brakeman, on Thursday night at Mill
Creek fell from a box car down on a
truck load of steel billets and cut his
head badly. He was taken to Lewiatown and hia wounds dressed, after
which he was aent to Harriaburg.
—Anderson Bowman, of Grapevllle,
arrived in Mapleton last Thuraday evening and remained until Monday with
friends in Union and Cass townships.
His tamily who h.ave been spending two
or three weeks among friends in this vicinity accompanied him on his return
home.
—Prof. C. E. Kauffman, of McAUister-
ville, formerly principal of the Mapleton
schools and subsequently principal ot
the Tyrone schools, is a candidate for
the county superintendency of Juniata
county. Prof. Kauffman is a good
Christian man of excellent literary attainments. He would make a first-class
superintendent.
—"My baby was terribly sick with the
diarrhoea," says J. H. Doak, of Williams,
Oregon, "We were unable to cure him
with the doctor's assistance, and as a
last resort we tried Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera aad Diarrhoea Remedy. I am
happy to say it gave immediate relief
and a complete cure." For sale by J.
G. Gillam.
—Kay S. Godard, of Huntingdon, was
viewing the scenes of his earlier years
in and about Mapleton last week. For
more than a year past Ray has been, a
student at the Williamson Trade School
in Delaware county where he has taken
up the machinist's trade. It is gratifying to bia friends to know that be Is
taking advantage of his  opportunities.
—The laws ot health require that the
bowels move once each day and one of
the penalties for violating this law is
piles. Keep your bowels regular by taking a dose of Chamberlain's Stomaeh
and Liver Tablets when necessary and
you will never have that aevere punishment inflicted upon you. Price, 25 cents.
For sale by J. G. Gillam.
—Port Royal Times: On Friday
alternoon of last week while engaged at
work painting the outside pf the Moan*
tain bouse, in Eaat Waterford, Howard
Pyles, of Waterloo, and Martin Hurrel,
of East Waterford, were precipitated to
the ground, a distance of some fifteen
feet, resulting in breaking an arm tor
the first named person and rendering
the other man unconscious for several
hours.
—Last Wednesday afternoon a freight
wreck occurred between Thompsontown
and Millerstown which blocked traffic
for about five hours. This ia one of the
few places where there are but two
tracks. The wreck was caused by a
rear-end collision and engineer, Joaeph
Anderson, of Harriaburg, was killed and
his fireman, jf. Passmore, waa injured.
A locomotive and seven cars were demolished.
—James G. Corbin, of Mill Creek, accompanied by Paul Land and wife, of
the state of Washington, were guests of
Mapleton friends last Wednesday. Mr.
Land ia a member of the legislature of
Waahington and is one of the commissioners from that state to the Pan-American exposition, having charge of the
forestry exhibit. Mrs. Land, who was
formerly one of the pupular and successful teachers of this county, is a daughter of Mr. Corbin.
—Last Thursday a pleaaant day's
outing was spent at Riverside by a number of folks from Mount Union aud
Philadelphia. In the party were Dr.
and Mrs. Van Tyne, Mrs. A. G. Postlethwalte and Miss Postlethwalte, of Philadelphia, W. C. Gayton'and Mrs. Gayton, Henry McGarvey, Mrs. McGarvey
and Albert McGarvey, Dr. A. R. McCarthy, Mrs. McCarthy and Miss McCarthy, of Mount Union. Apparently
they enjoyed the day very much.
—The board of examiners of the
Central Pennaylvania Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will hold
the mid-year examinations for the undergraduates October 21st and 22d in Grace
church, on West State street, Harriaburg. Members pf the first, second,
third.and fourth year classes will be examined. The examiners have decided
to grant no special examinations in the
interim of its regular sessions at midyear and at the seat ot the annual conference.
—The following fish-y story comes
from York county: "Oliver Spangler,
a Peachbottom youth, was fishing, when
he caught a small sunfish. In order to
keep the fish alive he used a stringer to
the lower end of wbich was a common
nail. Thia, with the fish, was placed in
th^water. In a ahort time the boy noticed that something was at work at bis
stringer, and found that a bass had swallowed the sunfish, nail and all. The
baas was captured, and found to weigh
three and one-fourth pounds."
—Tbe dead body of Charles R. Reed,
aged 22 years, of Shrader, was found
on Thursday morning on the road between Milroy and Siglerville. The
young man had been engaged at threshing at his grandmother's in the vicinity
of Siglerville, and on Wednesday evening went to Milroy. Along about ten
o'clock he started back again, and in
some way he fell into a ditch filled with
water at the aide of the road and was
drowned. His body was not discovered
nntil some time the next morning.
—Orin Chester Miller, aged 12 years,
son of Lewis Miller, was killed near
Bellwood on Thursday. Accompanied
by his father the lad was standing along
side tbe track waiting for a west bound
freight to pass. As soon aa tbe last car
waa over the crosalng he called to bis
father to "come ahead." He started
over and just then Limited came rushing
on. His father saw the danger and
caught him in hia arms to prevent him
in his attempt. It was too late, for the
bumper of the locomotive struck him in
the left temple, crushing his skull and
killing him instantly. Mr. Miller was
also slightly cut on the left wrist by the
edge of the bumper.
—The first man killed on the Kish-
acoquillas Valley railroad since it began
operations twelve years ago, was C. C.
Bent, of Riverside, Montour county, who
met with tatal injuries on Thuraday
night about nine o'clock. Bent was a
moulder by occupation, one of the kind
of mechanics given to wandering from
place to place. He evidently had a
weakness tor strong drink, and was intoxicated on that evening. He had
crawled on the cars being used on the
picnic excursion trains while" they were
being shifted to Belleville and fell under
the wheels. Both bis legs were terribly
crushed, and although he received
prompt surgical attention hia death occurred at five o'clock Friday morning.
The deceased was sixty-four years of
age and was a veteran of the civil war,
having been a member of Company F,
81 st Ptnna. Volunteers^
—"Through the months of June and
July our baby was teething and took a
running oS of the bowels and sickness
of the stomacb," says O. P. M. Holliday,
of Dem ing, Ind. "His bowels would
move from five to eight times a day. I
had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remeby in the
house and gave him four drops in a
teaspoonful of water and he got better
at once."    Sold by J. G. Gillam.
—It is astonishing how easily people
may be humbugged. Last week a pill
peddlar dropped into this community
selling packages of pills warranted to
cure all the ills of life and for convenience of purses he could furnish a package at any price from five to fifty cents.
He did a very fair business until one
lady who invested in a low priced pack*
age, becoming auspicious that the pills
had a familiar look, pnt them to soak
and discovered, aa she expected, that
they were grains of tapioca. She started
after the pill vender and tound him next
door. She charged him with being a
fraud and intimated he had better leave
town. He urbanely replied "Why, lady,
if you are not satisfied with your purchase I wtll refund your money."
Nevertheless, he heeded the admonition
to depart and soon after was seen going
down the railroad track out of town.
AMERICANIZING PORTO KICO.
Brief bnt Significant Report on the Progress of Eduoation.
From the New Tork Sim.
Ms. Walteb J. Ballabd, Schenectady,
N. Y.—Dear tSir: At present we are too busy
building schoolhonses to think. For illustration, we planned a summer Normal School for
tliis otty for ten weeks, beginning July 14.
We thought we might have SOO students from
among the teachers of the island. To our
amazement when the sohool opened we had
over 800 pupils, and it took tbe telegraph
service a whole day and night to bring In hero
a faculty to take charge of these pupils the
next morning, bnt wo did lt and tbe school
is a great success. It has been the largest
triumph for American educational methods
that the island has yet witnessed, and as an
immediate outgrowth we are uow laying the
foundation for a largo Insular Normal School
building In the suburban oity of Bio Fiedras,
seven miles by railroad from this city. We
have seventy acres of flrst-class ground, beautifully situated, and we are erecting a school
building thereon at a cost of $36,000 anil we
will open sohool on the first of November.
M. G. Brumbaugh, Commissioner.
Porto BlCO, Aug. 13.
Mrs. S. H. Allport, Johnstown, Pa., says:
"Our little girl almost strangled to death with
oroup. The dootors said she couldn't live but
she was instantly relieved by One Minute
Cough Cure."   W. H. Spangler.
mam
Pennsylvania Railroad's Special Excursions
to Pan-American Exposition.
The Pennsylvania Bailroad Company will
run special excursions to Buffalo on account
of the Pan-American Exposition, from Philadelphia and adjoining territory, on August 27,
September 5, 11, 17, and 26. Bound-trip
tickets, good going only on special trains leav-
Pbiladelphia at 3.44 A. M., Harrisburg 11.60
A. M„ Sunbury 1.03 P. M., Wiliiamsport 2.30
P.M., Lock Haven 3.06 P. M., and on looal
trains oonneoted therewith, and good to return on regular trains within seven days, including day of excursion, will be sold at rate
of $9.80 from Trenton, $9.00 from Beading,
$9.00 from Philadelphia, $9.00 from Lancaster,
$8.40 from Harrisburg, $7.36 from Altoona (via
Tyrone), $10.00 from Winchester, and proportionate rates from other points. These
tickets will not be good in Pullman, parlor or
sleeping cars In either direotion. Stop of 30
minutes will be made at Wiliiamsport for
luncheon. For specific time and rates, consult
local ticket agents. 8-28-St
Eruptions, cuts, burns, scalds and sores of all
kinds quiokly healed by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salvo. Certain eure for piles. Beware
of Counterfeits. Bo sure you get the original
—DeWitt's.   W. H, Spangler.
MIEJSXIN COUNTY PAIR.
Special Excursion Tickets via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
On account of the Mifflin Connty Fair, te
be held at Lewistown, Pa., September 3, 4, 6
aud 6, the Pennsylvania Bailroad Company
will Sell special excursion tickets on September 8,4, S and 6, good to return until September 7, inclusive, from Newport, Huntingdon
and intermediate stations, to Lewistown
Junction and return. S-28-lt
O. O. Buck, Beirne, Ark., says: I was troubled with constipation until I bought DeWitt*a
Little Early Bisers. Sinoe then have been
entirely oured of my old complaint. I recommend tbem;   W. H: Spangtar.
An Italian Killed.
Last Saturday evening a few minutes
before six o'clock an Italian, named
Antonio Cierlanto, was struck by an
east bound beef train, hauled by engine.
No. 210, at the foot of Sheridan street
and instantly killed. The right aide
of his head was crushed and both legs
cut off below the knee. April 12th tbe
man had his left thigh fractured by a
stone buggy at the culvert at BP tower
and was admitted to the Altoona hospital. A few weeks ago, being able to
travel with the assistance of crutches,
he was discharged from the hospital and
returned to Mapleton. The contractors
gave him a position as watchman at
Gayton's culvert and a few days ago he
discarded one of his crutches. He was
on his way to work Saturday evening
and at the time a west bound freight
was passing. David Hutchinson warned
him that an eaat bound train was approaching but he thought he could pass
between the approaching train aud some
cars that were standing en the aide
track. It is supposed that when tha
train approached he staggered on his
crotch and swung to close the train. .
He waa a native of Isernia, Italy, and
was aged 22 years. His father is employed on the contract at this place and
when he learned the fate of tbe son
started to come from the commissary to
the tool house to which place the body
had been removed. His grief overcome
him and he fainted and was removed to
the commissary. The body of the young
man waa taken to Huntingdon, prepared
for burial and Monday was Interred in
the Catholic cemetery at that place.
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To Save Ber ChUd.
From frightful disfigurement Mrs.
Nannie Galleger, ot La Grange, Ga., applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve to great
sores on her head and face, and writes
its quick cure exceeded all her hopes.
It works wonders in Sores, Bruises, Skin
Eruptions, Cuts, Burns, Scalds and
Piles. 25c. Cure guaranteed by W. H,
Spangler.
Mrs. Sarah A. Bight,
At 10.30 o'clock Saturday night Mrs.
Sarah A. Hight died at the home of her
son-in-law, J. M. Hileman, at 2310 West
Chestnut avenue, of disease incident to
old age. She had been ailing for some
time. Deceased was born in Huntingdon county, May 12, 1823, and hadrje-"'"
sided In this city for the past thirty-five
years. Her husband preceded her to
the grave twenty-eight years ago, and
her only son, George, died in Philadelphia last April. She is survived by four
children, Mrs. Anna Ebbs, of Wilkins-
burg; Mrs. J. M. Hileman, of Altoona ;
Mrs. Laura Taylor, of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. Agnes Bryan, of Pittsburg. Also
by fourteen grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal
church and was much esteemed by a
number of friends. The funeral took
place Monday afternoon.—Altoona
Tribune.
Don't be satisfied with temporary relief
from indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure permanently aud completely remores this complaint. It relieves permanently because it
allows the tired stomach perfect rest. Dieting won't rest the stomaoh. Nature receives
supplies from the food wo eat, The sensible
way to help the stomach is to use Kodol Dys
pepsin Cure, which digests what you eat and
can't help but do yon good.   W. il. Spangler.
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REDUCED RATES TO CENTRE HAUL, VA.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account the
Pennsylvania State Orange, Patrons
of  Husbandry.
Account the Pennsylvania State Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, at Centre Hall, Pa.,
September 14 to 20, the Pennsylvania Bailroad Company will sell excursion tickets to
Centre Hall, Pa., aod return, nt the rate of
one fare for the round trip, from Harrisburg,
Johnstown, Tyrone, Grampian, Bellefonte,
Ber.ovo, Lock Haven, Wiliiamsport, Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Mt. Carmel, Millersburg, and
Intermediate stations, inoluding points on tho
Altoona, Cambria, Clearfield and Lewistown,
Divisions. Tickets will be sold September 14
to 20, inclusive, good to return until September 21, inclusive; no tioket to be sold at a less
rate than 36 cents. 8-28-3t
James White, Bryantsville, Ind., says DeWitt's Witoh Hazel Salve healed running
sores on both legs. He suffered six years.
Doctors failed to help him. Get Dewttt's
Accept no imitations.   W. H. Spaugler.