Mapleton Item

              VOL. XIII.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1,  1902.
NO. 44
LOCAL NOTES.
—1902.
—Resolve.
—Write it, 1902.
—A Happy New Year.
—Welcome, the New Year.
—Next week will be the week of prayer.
—A. F. Parker and wife, of Kipple, were
^Christmas guests of Mapleton friends.
—A. B. Gillam spent the past week with
father and friends in Shaver's Creek valley.
—Resolve, that during the year 1902
lyou will read and pay for the Mapleton
Item.
—A. M. Dell and family partook of their
Ohristmas dinner with friends at Marklesburg.
—A great many resolutions made one
year ago are to-day sadly in need of repairs.
—Miss Bessie and Howard Niece accompanied their father on Sunday to Altoona.
-—Mrs. Frank Yetter and children have
been spendidg the past week with friends
•at Saltillo.
—For sale—a good milch cow. For
particulars call on or address T. M. Wood,
Mapleton, Fa.
—If this century is to keep the pace set
by the opening year it will have to move
at a lively gait
—W. W. Brumbaugh and family, of
Kipple, were viators fo Mapleton during
the holiday season.
—Samuel Skipper last Thursday moved
from Mapleton to the Clabaugh property
iin Union township.
—According to Prof. DeVoe, the New
Jersey weather prognosticator, a severe
blizzard is due to-day.
—B. F. Slates, employed at Conemaugh,
spent the holidays at his home in Mapleton.   He is looking well.
—Misses Verna and Beulah Starr, "of
Three Springs, are visiting their unole,
B. B. Shore, in Mapleton.
—J. O. Heaton, Cassville, Pa., sells and
recommends all of Chamberlain's remedies advertised in the Item.
—J. Lee Rex and wife, of Altoona, and
E. Guy Rex, of Pittsburg, enlivened the
home of M, L. Rex over Sunday.
—Mason Hicks, who is a pupil in the
Altoona schools, is spending the holiday
vacation at his home in this place.
—Dale C. Wright, of Henderson township, spent Sunday ip Mapleton as the
guests of Mrs. Bachel Wright's family.
—The fourth quarterly conference of
this charge of the M. E. church will be
held next Tuesday evening at six o'clock.
—Twenty cases of small pox are reported
to exist at Figart, Cambria county. The
board of health have sent a representative
to that place.
—The plane of the Mount Union Silica
Brick company, south of Mapleton, was
yesterday connected with the Saltillo telephone exchange.
—John S. Eby and H. N. Oover, two of
Newport's enterprising young men were
in Mapleton last Thursday, viewing some
of our industries.
—J. O. Smith, one of Cass township's
successful teachers, and his father, D. L.
Smith, of Union township, were among
-our callers last Saturday.
—Among our recent callers were our
friends, J. Frank Wright and A. W.
Pheasant, of Cass township, and Allen
Walker, of Clay township.
—Dr. A. J. Hamilton, of Cassville, has
been enjoying the past week with his son-
in-law and daughter at Montoursville.
He will return home to-day.
—S. W. Craig, formerly of Union township, employed at Blair's, Huntingdon,
had his right hand crushed in a cutting
machine last Thursday morning.
—Mrs. Sadie Ripple, of Mount Union,
-accompanied by Mrs. Edward Barkley,
•of McKees Rocks, was visiting among
friends in Mapleton last Saturday
—Martin L. and Oscar Wilson, both of
whom are employed near Pittsburg, have
been enjoying the hospitality of the parental home during the past week.
—A. B. Baker, who holds a clerical position with the American Window Glass
■company, has been enjoying tbe holiday
season with parents and friends in Mapleton.
—A railroad trackman employed on one
-of the gangs working at this place, had
the point of a rammer driven through his
hand accidentally by a fellow workman
yesterday afternoon. The injured man's
home is at Matta wana to which place he
y-ent on Mail east.
—George Hommon last Thursday removed his family from Birmingham to
Mapleton and they are living in Marshall
Yocum's tenant house in the eastern part
of town.
—The business man resolves that hereafter he will use only first-class stationery,
such as he can get at the Mapleton Item
office at reasonable prices. All work
guaranteed.
—Ray and Lloyd Godard, of Huntingdon, spent a portion of last week with
friends in Mapleton. Ray is a pupil at
Williamson school and is home for the
hoUday vacation.
—It has been decided to hold the next
session of the Central Pennsylvania M E.
conference at Bellefonte instead of Shamokin, owing to the prevalence of small pox
in the vicinity of the latter place.
—Michael Nelson, a foreman of one of
0. A. Sims & Co.'s gangs, employed in rebuilding the bridge washed out by the
recent flood at Wiliiamsport, spent Christmas with his family in Mapleton.
—If troubled with a weak digestion,
belching, sour stomach, or if you. feel dull
after eating, try Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free at J. G. Gillam's store.
—Elliott Wible, one of Springfield township's substantial citizens, was a visitor to
to Mapleton yesterday. Mr. 'Wible is
thinking seriously of being a candidate
for county commissioner. He would
make a good official.
—A bill has been introduced in the
House of Representatives by a Maryland
man granting a monthly pension of $60 to
survivors of the Olvil War who are totally
blind. Under the present law such veteran pensioners who cannot trace their
affliction directly to causes arising from
their service are entitled to a maximum
of $12.
—Tuesday evening of last week the
pupils of tbe Lone Star school in Union
township gave an entertainment in which
each pupil had a part. The patrons of the
school were present in goodly numbers
and were much interested in the exercises.
At the close of the entertainment the
teacher. Miss Florence Oswalt, gave the
pupils a liberal Christmas treat Miss
Oswalt is meeting with success as a teacher.
—Dr. E. H. Green, of Philadelphia, was
a visitor to Mapleton last Friday evening.
The doctor is a Mill Creek boy who is
making his mark in his chosen profession.
He is one of the thirty-three physicians
selected as tiie official vaccinators of the
city and this in connection with his other
professional duties keeps him quite busy.
He was accompanied on his visit to Mapleton by his father, E. A. Green, of Mill
Creek.
—The team of Samuel L. Smith, of
Union township met with quite an experience yesterday. He had gone to McCon-
nelstown to mill and his horses broke
loose from the hitching and started toward
Huntingdon. Before they reached the
railroad they tore loose from the wagon
and on reaching the railroad they ran
down the trade into a bridge in which
they became so tightly wedge that a derrick had to be sent from Huntingdon to
hoist them out Strange to say the horses
were not seriously injured, whilst the
wagon was a complete wreck.
—The annual appropriation for the expenses of the President's office, including
the President's salary, compensation for
his clerks and secretaries, the furnishings
of the White House and the maintenance
of the grounds, is less than $300,000 a
year. The estimate for 1902 is $294,000.
The expenses of the legislative branch of
the Federal Government are $6,300,000
a year and of the Department of Justice,
$5,600,000. The expenses of the District
of Columbia, paid for by the Federal
Government, are $7,000,000 a year.
—At a special meeting of the directors
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company on
Monday two new offices at Pittsburg were
created, resulting in the advancement of
four officers Of the road. Robert Pitcairn,
who for many years has been general
agent'and superintendent of the Pittsburg
division, Will, on January 1, become resident assistant to the president, -located at
Pittsburg: At the same time Robert M.
Patterson, now superintendent of the New
York division, will be made general superintendent of the Pittsburg terminals.
By the establishment of these offices, R.
L. O'Donnel, assistant superintendent of
the Pittsburg division, will succeed to the
office vacated by Mr. Pitcairn, and R. T.
Morrow will assume the duties heretofore
devolving upon Mr. O'Donnel.
—The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company has issued a bulletin, under
which employees must pay thei r debts or
leave their jobs. The bulletin reads:
"Employees, by neglect to pay their debts,
are subjecting themselves to garnishees or
attachments to such an extent that the
litigation, correspondence and annoyance
are becoming a serious burden to the
company. All those employees desiring
to remain in the service must make a
practice of paying their debts. After January 1,1902, the second service of an attachment on the company on account of
any employee will be considered sufficient
cause for dismissal, and snch action will
result, unless good and sufficient reason
can be given why such attachment of
wages could not have been avoided.
—Ohristmas evening Horace Tyler and
Edward Speaks, both colored barbers,
went into the barroom of the Keystone
hotel, Lewistown, and called for drinks.
Being already very much under the -influence, the drink was refused them. They
then became ugly and abusive, but finally
went out when Tyler returned for his hat
which had fallen off inside, whereupon he
was seized by the crowd and was being
roughly handled, when Speaks opened the
door and began firing at the crowd. Only
one bullet of the four loads took effect,
striking Sheriff W. P. Schell on the left
hand. The ball entered the under side
of the hand near the littie finger and
lodged near the top at the base of the first
and second fingers, where it was afterwards removed. The wound is a very
severe and painful one. Speaks got away,
but was captured Friday at Hagerstown,
Md., where he formerly worked.
Fred Rupert Killed.
Fred, youngest son of Mrs. Margaret
Rupert, of Clay township, shot himself
accidentally about 8 o'clock this morning.
He took his rifle out to clean it, removed
the cap and blew in the muzzle to make
sure the barrel was empty. From some
cause the gun was discharged, the ball
passing through the roof of his mouth and
blowing off the top of his head. He was
aged 18 years and 27 days. His father,
John Rupert, died a few years ago since
which time Fred had assumed the management of affairs about the farm. He
was deeply attached to his mother and
was esteemed as an excellent young man.
He is survived by his mother, five brothers and two sisters. We extend sympathy
to the bereaved friends.
A Deep Mystery.
It is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy
Spells when thousands have proved that
Electric Bitters will quickly cure such
troubles. "I suffered for years with' kidney trouble," writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley,
of Petersan, la., "and a lame back pained
me so I could not dress myself, but Electrio Bitters wholly cured me, and, although 73 years old, I now am able to do
all my housework." It overcomes Constipation, improves Appetite, gives perfect
health. Only SOc at W. H. Spangler's
store.
Pomona Grange.
Pomona Grange No. 8, P. of H., of
Huntingdon county will hold the fourth
quarterly meeting with Mapleton Grange
No. 1134, January 8 and 9, 1902. The
first session Wednesday evening will open
at 7 o'clock. J. T. Ailman, secretary of
Pennsylvania State Grange, D. B. McWilliams, of Juniata county, and G. W.
Oster, of Bedford county, members of the
executive committee of the Pennsylvania
State Grange, will speak and the public
is cordially invited.
Thursday morning, 9.30—Opening exercises ; miscellaneous business ; address
of welcome by J. G. Hicks; response by
R. S. Seeds ; reports of Granges ; question
box.
Thursday afternoon, 1.30—Election of
officers for the ensuing two years.
Thursday evening, 7.00—The fifth degree will he conferred after whi ch the unwritten work will be exemplified. As
this is the time for the election of Pomona
officers, a full representation from each
Grange is called for.
T. O. Milliken, Master.
D. M. Summers, Secretary.
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Blown to Atoms*
The old idea that the body sometimes
needs a powerful, drastic, purgative pill
has been exploded; for Dr. King's New
Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless,
gently stimulate Uver and bowels to expel
poisonous matter, cleanse the system and
absolutely cure Constipation  and  Sick
Headache.   Onlya&fcfckWv fl Spangler's
store.
A Murderous Night Attack*
Some fourteen Swedes who came here
from New York city to work for the Logan Iron and Steel company, occupied one
of the old boarding houses along the railroad at Burnham. On Christmas night
while the men were asleep the place was
suddenly attacked 'by some men arrayed
in fantastic costumes and three of the
Swedes were badly slashed with knives.
The deed was done so quickly that the
inmates had not time for resistance or defense. Gust Carson, aged 26, received the
worst injuries, having been stabbed in the
back, the knife penetrating between the
lungs. His recovery is doubtful. Irick
Knepp, aged 19, had a serious cut across
the region of the kidneys with other injuries. Alex Ickinwelly, aged 25, was
cut across the back and arms. The blood
flowed freely and the house resembled a
slaughter house. The injured men were
taken to the almshouse where they are
being cared for.
Thursday morning Jack Whitehead and
Joe Whaley were arrested at Burnham.
They were taken to the almshouse where
Whaley was identified as one of the attacking party. Two other men were arrested Thursday evening and warrants are
out for others.
There is a generally accepted belief as
to the motive for the attack. It will be
remembered that about a month ago some
of the Logan company's employees refused to work because of the appointment
of a colored boss. The Swedes were
brought from New York to do the work
in the yards. The feeling aroused over
the matter probably prompted the attack.
It was a horrible method of seeking redress and badly out of harmony with
the sentiment of Ohristmas day, the anniversary of the angelic proclamation,
"Peace on earth, good will to men,"
The men arrested Thursday evening
were Charles JGardiner and Harry Col-
lenburg. Friday upon warrants issued,
Deputy Sheriff Wren arrested John Nearhoof and Charles Jenkins. All are residents of Burnham.
Friday evening Carson was resting well
and there are fair chances for his recov-
ery. —Lewistown Democrat and Sentinel.
A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks.
ProL Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice-
President Illinois Woman's Alliance, in
speaking of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, says: "I suffered with a severe cold
this winter which threatened to run into
pneumonia. I tried different remedies
but I seemed to grow worse and the medicine upset my stomach. A Mend advised
me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and I found it was pleasant to take and it
reUeved me at once. I am now entirely
recovered, saved a doctor's bUl, time and
suffering, and wiU never be without this
splendid medicine again." For sal e by J.
Qt. Gillam.
Ate Embalmed Candy.
Twin children of John Allison, of
Freedom township, Blair county, died
Christmas night A bottle of embalming
fluid used by the undertaker was upset on
a sink by his assistant The fluid was
wiped off the top of the sink but some of
it had run through a crack into the sink
where some Christmas candy had been
placed.
The funeral took place on Friday, and
nothing more was thought of the matter
until Saturday morning, when Mrs. Allison, going to the sink, got the candy and
offered it to her two sisters, Viola and Rose
Ickes, and her grandmother, Mrs. George
J. Noffsker, who were at the house making
a call. They each took some of the candy
and began eating it. They noticed a
peculiar taste, but paid Uttle attention to
it, until the embalming fluid began to'get
in its work. The Ickes sisters had huge
holes burned in their tongues and throats,
and the deadly stuff, reaching their
stomachs, acted at once, throwing them
in a semi-comatose condition. Mrs.
Noffsker, in addition to the poison in the
same manner as with the Ickes sisters, had
her false teeth eaten into pieces by the
embalming fluid.
A physician was hastily summoned and
when he arrived antidotes were given the
three women. It was not known at first
what was the matter, but when the physician was told that the woman had felt the
effects after eating candy, he asked for
some of it, and an investigation brought
out the above facts.
The three women are still in a serious
condition, and fears are entertained that
they wUl not recover. Mrs. Noffsker is in
the worst condition, her age, 85 years,
being very much against her in- her
struggle for recovery^
A Silver Wedding.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
wedding of Dr, J. C. Barr was celebrated
at his home in McAlevy's Fort on Thursday, December 26, 1901. Notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain guests be*
gan to arrive as early as 4.30 p. m., 5 p. m,
being the hour at which time the commodious home of the doctor was filled to
overflowing with invited guests from
Huntingdon, Mifflin and Blair counties.
The Rev. Ash, of the Methodist Episcopal church, who is now stationed at the
Ennisville charge, made an eloquent ad*
dress congratulating the doctor and his
estimable lady, whose maiden name was
Mary Wilson, on their successful as well
as happy voyage of twenty-flve years of
wedded Ufe, after which nearly one hundred guests offered congratulations and
wished that they might be able to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary.
Next in order being refreshments, we
were invited to the dining ■ room and
whilst the writer with his lady had th«
honor of being amongst the first called to
this sumptuous repast, an attempt to describe the delicacies which were thereon
would be an utter failure. Ninety-six
guests did justice to that sumptuous supper and there was enough left for ninety-
six more. A noticeable fact as the guests
arrived was that each carried a package
which was carried by an usher to an upper room, A Uttle anxiety on the part of
myself, coupled with that of the Hon. T.
O. Milliken, led us to make an investigation and behold a table loaded with silverware the value of which would reach into the hundreds of dollars, cash to the
amount of $20, a commodious rocker and
quite a lot of linen ware.
After the guests had all partaken of refreshments, which was not completed until after eleven o'clock, we were treated
to some very fine music. Miss Bird Green,
an accomplished lady as well as one ofthe
successful school teachers of Jackson town*
ship, presided at the organ with the accompaniment of two violins handled by
gentlemen whose names we failed to get
Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves
hugely and with reluctancy on account of
the wee small hours of the night the party
dispersed wishing the doctor and his wife
a long and happy life. Guest.
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Beat Ont of an  Increase of His Pension.
A Mexican war veteran and prominent
editor writes: ' 'Seeing the advertisement
of Chamberlain's CoUc, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, I am reminded that...
as a soldier in Mexico in '47 and '48, I
contracted Mexican diarrhoea and this
remedy has kept me from getting an increase in my pension for on every renewal
a dose of it restores me." It is unequalled
as a quick cure for diarrhoea and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by J. G.
Gillam.
To Make Hens Lay.
Here is an item for our farmers and a
receipe that can be relied on, as the New
York chemist remarked while lecturing
before the chemistry class, and while analyzing an egg said if the hens were fed
it regularly they would lay as many eggs
in winter as in summer. Powdered red
albumen and black or red pepper, one
pound of each, mixed. Then mix wheat,
brand and corn meal, same quantity of
each, and to each quart of this mixture
add two teaspoonfuls of the albumen and
pepper to each twelve hens. In the evening feed whole grain and in .two weeks
time your hens will be on duty the same
as in summer. The professor said further
that the hens would not set until he quit
feeding this mixture.   In an egg famine
Uke this it is worth trying.
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$1.00.   Every bottle guaranteed.
The Little Blue Book.
This handy' little publication for December contains the new time tables of
all railroads in Pennsylvania, with their
connections. Indispensable to a man who
is traveling or who expects to. Published
monthly at $1.00 per year. Single copies
by mail, ten cents. Address W. P. Hastings, Milton, Penna,
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