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VOL. 4.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA.. WEDNESDAY    NOV.   2. 1892.
NO. 31
BUSINE.S   CARDS.
*|\RBS-MAE*ING, CUTTINa  AMD FITTING.
PLAIN AND FANCY  SEWING OF
ALL KINDS.
Satisfaction guaranteed.   Charges moderate.
MISS OEKTIK SPANOGLE,
J uniata House, Mapletoi. Pa.
T   «. SPANGLEB, M. D.,
—PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,—
ajesr-Office on Main Street, near Juniata
House.
A    W. SWOPE
—JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—
All business entrusted with him ttiil receive
proper attention. _ Collections made and Immediate returns given. Legal writing promptly executed.
Bee on Main street.
T  E. SIMPSON,
Huntingdon, Pa.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE,
IN SOLID BEL-ABLE COMPANIES.
aa-S-Call at office, or send for circulars.
W. H. WOODS. JAMES S. WOODS,
Notary Publio.
W. H. & J. 8. WOODS,
ATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW,
No. 827 Penn Street. Hunmnodon, Pa.
•Q P. STUBBS,
—CARPET WEAVER.—
_. A dealer in all kinds of Carpet Chain, and
Materials.
Prompt attention te business and satisfaction guaranteed.   Charges reasonable.
New Stage Route.
—BETWEEN	
Mapleton & Cassville.
Perseverance   Pays.
The constant drop of water
Wears away the hardest stone,
The constant gnaw of Toivser
Masticates the toughest bone;
The constant cooing lover
Carries off the blushing maid,
And the constant advertiser
Is the one who gets the trade.
..   mam   »•        "*
mount Union.
Tri-weekly—Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday. Leave Cassville, on each
of the above named days, at 8.00
o'olook, a. m., arriving at Mapleton
at 11 o'clock, a. m. Returning, leave
Mapleton at any time io suit convenience of passengers. Fare, 50 cents.
Merchandise carried at reasonable
rates. W. A. HIGHT.
Cassville, Pa., July 3,1889.-tf.
Stage Route
—BETWEEN—
Cassville & Mill Creek.
The undersigned has just placed
ou the old stage route between Mill
Creek and Cassvile a new hack, and
is prepared to give patrons first class
accommodations. Leave Cassville
every morning at 7.30 o'olock arriving at Mill Oreek in time for Way
Passenger; returning: leave Mill Creek
■at 2.30 p. ni. Patronage solicited.
J. H. RINDLAUB.
Wt Pre ae h—Y o o
Prattle*.   In
other words, w«
Will teach yoa
Fit BR, and start
you In business,
at which you can
Mpldly gather in
the dollars. We
Mn and Willi If
yoa please,teach
you qui ck ly how
to earn from DRS
to H. IO a day
at the atart, and
more ns ynu go
On. Both sexes,
all agi-i. In any
part at A merUa,
you can commence at home,
■riving ill your
time, or spare
moments only,
to the work.
What we offer is
new and II haa
boon proved
over and over
again, that great
pay ii sure for
every worker.
Easy to leant.
Ko special ablli-
S| required*
easonahle In*
dusiry only necessary for §ure,
large success.
We start you,
•tarnishing everything. This ii
ono of the great
......  J strides   forward
In ntemi, Inventive progress, that enriches alt workers. It ia
probably too greatest opportunity laboring people him ever
known. Now to the time. Delay means lose. Full particular!
tree. Better write at once. Address, GEOROE
t_.TI-VSO-__.fc Co„Box 488. Portland. Maine*
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE onffiibn.
And other specialties for
Gentlemen! Ladles, Boys and
Misses are the
Best in the World.
See descriptive advertise-
ment whioh will appear In
this paper.
Take no Substitute,
bnt Insist on having W. Is.
DOUGLAS" SHOES, with
I name and price fftiniiiml oa
[bottom. Sold by
[LJLAJH.
Geo. Schmittle, of the American
House, succeeded in landing a fine wild
turkey last week.
Anderson Beers has completed a brick
walk in front of the Seibert House on
Jefferson street.
So little rain has failed lately that
most of the wells in this-place have
gone dry.
D. R. Giffin, of Saltillo, was In town
off Saturday.
G. P. Wakefield is making an addition
to his residence in the shape ot a
kitchen.
Miss Mary Spanogle, of Mapleton,
was circulating among her friends In
this place on Saturday last.
The water having become so low at
the chair factory that it was at considerable inconvenience the works were
kept running, the well is being put down
several feet.
Tift forest fires that have been raging
on the mountains about town for sever;
al weeks past, have been extinguished
to a considerable extent.
Our hunters are not having as much
success securing game this season so
far as last.
Quite a number of people, relatives
and friends of those who were killed by
the unfortunate accident at Mapleton,
journeyed to the above place on Saturday to attend the funerals.
R. E. Dungan, daughter and mother,
of Williamsport, Md,, are visiting Mr.
Dungan's father-in-law, Wm. DeFrehn.
Prof. Pearl E. Taylor, of McVeytown,
principal of the schools of that place,
visited in town on Sunday, the guest of
G. C. Hain.
Miss Minnie Miller, of this place, is
visiting triends in Tyrone.
The carpenters have begun the erection ot J. White Shaver's new house on
Market street.
A gentleman with a stereoptican gave
an exhibition in the U. B. church on
Friday evening last to quite a limited
turnout of people.
Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Benscoter and
Chas. Stratford, Jr., are representing
Mount Union Chapter, No. 6997, Epworth League, at the annual convention
in Harrisburg this week.
R. Sechler and Jno. Himes are preparing to put down brick walks. It will
no; be long until Mt. Union will have all
brick walks.
Mrs. Eliza Smawley and Mrs. Jesse
Musser are still on the sick list.
there are some that don't hoop, stay at
home for some cause best known by the
children or tbeir parents.
If reports are true, and we think they
are there will be a wedding or two in
our town before long.
Mr. Smith and Miss Himes, our teachers, are giving good satisfaction. They
are the right teachers in the right place.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
hold an oyster and waffle supper in Mr.
Hicks' vaeant store room on Friday and
Saturday evening, the 4th and 5th of
November.
Mrs. B..R. Foust, who for many years
has been a resident of our town, moved
to Huntingdon to-day. We are sorry to
loose her as a neighbor, bnt join in wishing her joy among her new neighbors,
Cassie Shingler was home over Sunday with parents, Miss Postlethwaite,
of Mifflin, accompanied her.
J. G. Gillam, of Mapleton, candidate
for sheriff, was in town shaking hands
with our citixens recently. He is a very
pleasant gentleman and we believe him
well deserving of our honest vote.
Hallow E'en was quite lively. A
number of our yoang ladies came to
grief from a wire put across the road by
the young Americans, who were greatly
pleased that they -caught even school
marms.
How   Dignitaries   Were    Brought.
mill 1
As this is the 400th anniversary of the
discovery of America, and as we as an
American people have great faith in the
colors of our country, I will take tbe
privilege of proposing that each teacher
in the county wear a badge made of
Red, White and Blue while in attendance at the County Institute.
Mr. Brimmer, of Lewistown, the
pleasant young agent wno took Charge
during A. M. Menold's absence, left last
Thursday and Mr. Menald is officiating
again. .
Mrs. Writter and family, of Pittsburg,
will return home this week.
Mrs. Margaret Johnson, of Mifflin,
spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here.
Miss Flora Himes visited friends in
Huntingdon on Saturday.
Mr. Barr paid friends a brief visit
somewhere in the east on Sunday.
There was a sermon delivered to a
large audience at the Lutheran church
on Sunday evening by a Rev. from Ohio.
The nimrods are having poor luck in
killing wild turkeys we think from tbe
reports that-there were too many killed
before it was lawful to kill them.
Hooping-cough is being some of the
pupils, al home from  school and  then
Programme for Teachers' Institute
The   thirty-seventh   annual   session
Teachers' Institute will be held in the
Opera House, Huntingdon, Pa., Nov.
14-18, 1892.
Instructors.
Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
Dr. A. E. Winship, Boston, Mass.
Dr. G. M- Philips, Principal of State
Normal School, West Chester, Pa.
Dr. Geo. W. Hull, State Normal
School, Millersville, Pa.
Supt. C. J. Swift, Elk County, Pa.
Mrs. H. E. Monroe, Philadelphia, Pa.
Music.
The music will be in charge of Supt.
C. J. Smith. Miss Gertrude Wakefield
will add to each entertainment by her
fine vocal solos. Bring your "Songs
and Glees."
Papers and Discussions.
Papers—Ezra Lehman and W. M.
Benson.
Tuesday.
1. Information Talks—J. K. Leader,
J. G. Dell, George Boggs and J. O.
Smith.
2. Neglected Branches—H.M.Trude,
M. J. Elias, Anna Kidd and S. J. Dale.
Wednesday.
1. What Should We Teach—J. H.
Kratz, J. F. Evans, L, R. Smith and A.
A. Stevens.
2. Value of the County Institute—
Jno. A. Thompson, D. L. Dickson, J. H.
Walters and Jno. M. Drake.
Thursday.
1, Current History—C. W. Hiney, W.
H. Shultz, A. D. Miller and D. H. Fish-
er.
2. Habits of the Teacher—C. A.
Huyett, E. G. Rex, Annie Terner and
D. F. Tussey.
Friday.
Resolved,That in the selection of teach
ers for the Grammar and High school
grades, males should have the preference—Affirmative: G. C. Hain, H. M.
Hosterman. Negative: Gertrude Kauffman, Gertrude Letterman.
To Directors :
We shall be glad to have the Directors with us at every session, but especially urge their presence on Tuesday.
Directors will receive free tickets to the
evening lectures by calling on the Superintendent.
Lecturers.
Monday Evening—Dr. George Edward Reed—"Qualities That Win."
Tuesday Evening—Rev. Joseph
Cook—'-Leaders and Mis-Leaders."
Wednesday Evening-—Dr. George
Thomas Dowling—"The Good Old
Times."
Thursday Evening—Dr. A. A. Willi ts—"Sunshine."
You are cordially invited to attend*.
S. G. Rudy,
County Superintendent.
Magnificent    Trains   Run   Over   the
Pennsylvania  System.
Chicago Herald, Oct. 22, 1892.
One of the most successful and important features in connection with ths
dedicatory exercises of the World's Fair
grounds, and one which fully Illustrates
the wonderful progress which our country has made within the last half century, was the movement made by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company of the
cabinet officers, the supreme court justices, and the diplomatic corps from
Washington to this city and back. It
required three special trains to perform
this function, and vice president Frank
Thompson, to whom the credit of the
achievement is due, made requisition
on the Pullman Palace Car company for
the finest equipment which those famous
car builders could produce. The result
was a triple section train such as has
never before glided over the rails in any
country. A crew of twenty-five persons, including stewards, cooks, waiters,
porters, maids, electricians and machinists, in addition to the usual quota of
trainmen, was required to insure proper
service. The outfit resembled in a somewhat lessened degree the personal
equipment of an ocean greyhound, of
which the trains were a duplication on
land.
These trains were provided and tendered for the use of the distinguished
guests ot Chicago by vice president
Thomson.. They were run trom Washington to Chicago as sections of the regular "Chicago Limited," of which they
were duplicates, and they conformed to
the regular schedule of that train. With
the thorough organization of the Pennsylvania Railroad company and its splendid system they came through the entire distance, on the special schedule
time* arranged for them, without accident or delay of any kind, and this in
the face of an extraordinarily increased
passenger traffic. The great line is in
such excellent physical condition, so
well protected by the safeguards of
modern invention, and so perfectly man-
aged by a corps of men who have been
educated and trained under the eyes of
its high officials, that a movement of this
kind, extraordinary as it may appear to
the public, was effected without inter
fering in any manner with the routine ot
everday traffic.
It is safe to say that while no other
country in the world would be able to
move the entire organization of its government a distance of one thousand
miles, so there is no other railroad company which could grapple with such a
problem and solve it with tbe ease to
the persons in interest and the credit to
itself that has distinguished this achievement of the Pennsylvania railroad. It
reflects the utmost credit on vice president . Thomson, who planned, and his
associates, who executed the brilliant
feat ot railroad transportation, and holds
out a bright promise of equally successful work wben the resources of this line
will be drawn upon next year to furnish
adequate transportation facilities to the
hosts who will visit the world's greatest
fair. ■
Reformatory   Notes.
From Record of Oct. 29.
Population, 424.
Last consecutive number, 1030.
Two patients are occupying cots in the hospital.
The number of visitors this week was forty-one.
Inmate 516 was released on final discharge
en Thursday.
No 430 was reparoled ftom the Reformatory
on Monday,
Final discharges were granted to Nos. 536
and 545 on Tuesday.
Machinists are atill at work on the steam
fitting for the solitary.
Oons. Nos. 642, 581 and 582 were given final
discharges on Saturday last.
Cons. So. 676 was returned to the Reformatory for violation of parole on Thursday.
There were fifty-one failures in the various
schools at the examinations this month.
Monday witnessed the return of Nos. 375,
382, 554, and 563 Hat violation of their paroles.
Farmer Beck and his men are at present
husking the corn crop on the Beformatory
farm.
Inmate 572 was returned to the Beformatory on Saturday and donned the red of the
Third Grade.
The week's shipment from the shirt factory
was 39 dos. shirts, 27 doz. pairs drawers, and
45 doz. boys' shirt waists. There was received 138 doz. shirts.
On Wednesday morning abont 4.30 firs waft
discovered issuing from the abaittor connected with the Beformatory and the alarm was
founded. In a few minutes quite a number of
officers were on the ground, but were unable
to save the building, whieh was destroyed, together with its contents. The officers succeeded, however, in keeping the fire from the
pig sty adjoining, thereby saving that building from the flames. The fire is supposed to
have caught from a defective fire-place. The
loss will reach about $250, of which $200 is on
the building, and $50 on tools, eto.
THE   ELECTION.
Ed. Item; :—Before another issue
of tbe Iten reuches its readers the
battle of ballots will hare been
fought and we will all be anxiously
awaiting tbe outcome of the straggle. Republicans are very saugniDe
of success. Hard work is being
done in all tbe close states by both
parties, bat that whicb most direct,
ly interests us is the local tioket.
We want good men in office at
home. Both parties hare given ne
good coanty tickets bat there are
some things which .should be taken
into consideration by Republicans
before casting their ballots. Many
of the coanty offices are filled today by Democrats, who have been
placed in their positions by Republican votes and the Democratic organ gloats over it as loudly as if
Republican help were not needed.
It advises Democrats now to stick
to their ticket and shows Republicans how easy it is to split theirs.
Every Republican should stand by
his ticket. If it were* not worthy
of support there might be some ex-
case for cutting it.
No better men will occupy seats
in the next session ofthe legislature
than Lytle and Bare, if they be
elected—and they will be. Mr. Lytle was recognized as the leader of
the last house and the Republicans
of Huntingdon coanty are sorely
not silly enough to aid in sending
unheard-of men to take the place of
suoh a man. We bave not had his
superior iu the house from this
county. Mr. Bare will make a
worthy colleague. He is a strong
candidate, an excellent citizen and
a man of ability. He is a worker
of whom the county will have reason to be proud.
The Democratic candidate for
sheriff lives in Mapleton. where he
is an honored and prosperous citizen. Tbis cannot be denied. The
Republican candidate, Thomas M.
Oaks, is his peer, ban seen service
in the sheriff's office, knows the
duties of tbe position and will fill
it to the satisfaction of tbe people.
He is a poor man and the bad treatment he has received makes hia
candidacy the stronger. He is
worthy the support of all Republicans.
E. O. Heck, the-Republican nominee for director of the poor, is
serving oue term in that office and
he has filled the position witb credit to himself and to the interests of
the tax payers.
H. H. Swope, the nominee for
county surveyor, is a Mapleton
man and his abilities as a surveyor
are known all over the county. He
is accurate, methodical, careful and
as an accountant lias no superiors
in tbe coanty.
Why should any Republican cut
bis tioket and aid in elevating a
Democrat to office, only to be
laughed at after tbe deed is done f
(!.
|ngdon, ra., Qcfc, ..1,189&
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