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VOL. XV.
MAPLETON DEPOT,' PA., WEDNESDAY* JULY 15. 1903.
NO. 47
LOCAL NOTES.
Saturday, August
—Next week will be "carnival week"
at Altoona.
—Grangers' picnic,
8th, at Mapleton.
—The Baptists are organising a congregation at Mount Union.
—-JuBt received car load corn ears,
1500 bu.   B. O'Oonnor & Sons.
—B. Frank Moore spent part of last
week witb friends up Shaver's creek.
—Miss Jessie Stonebraker, of Altoona,
spent Monday with friends in Mapleton.
—-Miss Mary Hooper and Miss Laura
Lamberson are visiting iriends at Altoona.
—Mrs. John M. White departed this
morning on a visit to friends in Somerset
county.
—Miss Cordelia Gray, of Ickesburg,
Perry county, visited friends in Mapleton
last week.
—Frank Treaster and family, of Lewis-
town, were Sunday visitors of Howard
.Werts' family.
' —Just received car load (100,000)
■choice 18 in. hemlock shingles. Benj.
O'Oonnor & Sons.
—John M. Miller and wife spent a few
•days of the past week with Harry Eade's
faintly at Burnham.
•—Wanted—tie makers and choppers at
Mapleton. Apply to Harbison-Walker
Oompany, Mapleton Depot, Pa.
—The ladies ofthe Presbyterian cburch
will hold a festival in their churh yard
next Saturday evening. Everybody welcome.
—The new Mapleton M. E. church will
be dedicated Sunday, August Oth.
Further announcement of the order of
services will be made later.
—Mrs. J. Howard Shimer and son, of
McKees Bocks, Pa., arrived in town yesterday evening and will spend some time
among friends in this place.
—Mrs. F. D. Heeter and -children, of
Tyrone, who have been visiting in Mapleton, are spending a few weeks with relatives and friends in Trough Creek valley.
—For a lazy liver try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They invigorate the liver, aid the digestion, regulate
the bowels and prevent bilious attacks.
For sale by J. G. Gillam,
3§g—The new railroad work at Newton
Hamilton has been abandoned. It is
stated that fifty per cent of the proposed
'new work on the Philadelphia division
has also been abandoned.
—Bobert Fields and wife and Edward
Bailey and wife on Monday morning
started to drive to Gettysburg. They
'took two days to make the trip and will
spend the remainder of the week there.
—Miss Catharine B. Sharrar, of
Shirleysburg, wbo has been elected to
teach the Bailroad school in Union town-
ship, was the guest of her friend, Miss
Dorothea Robley, in Mapleton, during
two or three days of the past week.
—No man or woman in the state will
hesitate to speak well of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets after once trying them. They always produce a pleasant movement of the bowels, improve
the appetite and strengthen the digestion.
For Bale by J. G. Gillam.
—R. H. Price, of Altoona, formerly of
'Clay township, was treated at the Altoona hospital last Friday for avulsion of
the right index finger, having been hurt
in tbe Juniata shops. Fred A. Letter-
man, of Huntingdon, was treated on Monday for a punctured wound of the palm
of the left hand.   While with a camping
party on Saturday he was accidentally
shot
* —County Superintendent Dell held an
examination for teachers at this place
last Friday. Only six persons presented
themselves for examination, viz.: Miss
Myrtle Wright, of Mapleton, Miss
Quarry,, of Mifflin eounty, Miss Dickenson, of Brady township, Miss. Longen*
ecker, of Petersburg, Elbe Coder, of
Union township, and Charles W. Swope,
of Mapleton. It was the smallest class
examined at this place for several years.
No directors were present.
. —Mrs. G. W. Stroup is the. guest of her
mother, Mrs. Barbara Spangler, in Mapleton. Her husband, Rev. G: W. Stroup,
who has been for several years pastor Of
• the Lutheran congregation at West End,
Bedford county, has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the church at Bittinger,
Maryland, and they are moving to that
place. Her sons Samuel, a dentist at
Berlin, Pa., and Ord, employed with the
- Standard Steel company at Burnham, are
also visiting friends here.
—Last Friday night the Sunshine
Division No. 200, Sons of Temperance,
installed the following officers : W. P.,
Jesse Corbin; W. A., Louie McCarl;
R. S., Mattie O'Connor ; A. R. S., Harry
Hooper; F. S., Duane Hicks; chaplain,
Roy O'Connor; treasurer, Elsie Corbin;
S. Y. P., Georgie Dell; conductor, Charles
O'Connor; Asst. Con., El by Coder; 1.8.,
Olive Coder; O. S., Charlie Skipper.
Tbe Sunshine Division is in a flourishing
condition. The membership is large and
the meetings are well attended. Literary
programs, consisting of interesting debates, etc., are frequently carried out
The society is doing a grand work. May
it continue to flourish.
—On Friday afternoon, July 3rd,
Charles R. Lucas, while hoeing corn on
the farm of Mrs. James Porter about one
and one-half miles north of Petersburg,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. It was in the middle of the open
field and was witnessed by Edward Porter
who was working in the same field a short
distance away, and who hurried to his
aide but found him beyond any help he
could render him. Mr. Lucas was a son
of W. F. Lucas, oi Union Churcb, this
.county, was 21 years of age, a young man
of good habits, a regular attendant at
church and Sabbath school. Interment
was made in the cemetery at Union
church on Sunday afternoon.—News.
—The second section of the fast Pennsylvania railroad train No. 7, St. Louis
express, was 'wrecked at Manayunk
bridge, one mile west of Ryde station,
early Saturday morning. While speeding
along at a fast clip It ran into the side of
a freight train that had not altogether
cleared a switch in being side tracked to
allow the flyer to pass. The engine and
one postal car were wrecked and three
trainmen were injured. They were Engineer William J. Bealor and Fireman
George W. Boyd, of Harrisburg, and
Mail Clerk W. J. Flick, of New York, of
the postal car. The wreck delayed passenger traffic for several'houre. The injured men were taken to the hospital.
Bealor's left leg was considerably bruised
and he is considerably strained. Fireman
Boyd's right shoulder was contused and
he is otherwise injured about the body
and hands. Postal Clerk Flick was hurt
about the head and body.
Very Remarkable Oure of Diarrhoea.
"About six years ago for the first Hpe
in my life I had a sudden and severe attack of diarrhoea," says Mrs. Alice Miller,
of Morgan, Texas. "I got temporary relief, but it came back again and again,
and for six long years I have suffered
more misery and agony than I can teU.
It was worse than death. My husband
spent hundreds of dollars for physicians'
prescriptions and treatment without avail.
Finally we moved to Bosque county,
our present home, and one day I happened
to see an advertisement of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
with a testimonial of a man who had been
cured by it. The case was so similiar
to my own tbat I concluded to try the
remedy. The result was wonderful. I
could hardly realize that I was well again,
or believe it could be so after having
suffered so long, but that one bottle of
medicine, costing but a few cents, cured
me."   For sale by J. G. Gillam.
Kcunlon   of Hautiugdon   County Veteran
Association.
The annual reunion of the Huntingdon
County Veteran Association will be held
at Shade Gap on Saturday, August 1st
All the old soldiers in the county and all
who were residents of it at the time of
their enlistment, with their relatives,
friends and acquaintances, are cordially
invited to be present.
The fare on the East Broad Top railroad
from Mount Union to Shade Gap and return will be 25 cents. Refreshments may
be obtained on the ground at the restaurant of G. A. R. Post of Shade Gap. j<M
It is expected that this will be tbe
largest gathering of veterans and citizens
that has ever been held in the lower end
of the county.
Milton S. Lytle, T. W. Myton,
Secretary. President
J. G-. Gillam Will Bny It Back.
You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ahd Diarrhoea 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 it pleasant, safe and reliable.
Mary Greenland Barton.
Mary Greenland Barton, widow of the
late Philip Barton, of Ray's Hill, died at
the home of George McClellan near
Rainsburg on Monday night, July 6th.
Since the death of her husband, which
occurred in February, 1901, Mrs. Barton
has made her home with Mrs. McClellan,
who is a sister. The deceased was a little
past the three score and ten years allotment. She had been a consistent member of the Baptist church for ten years
and had always shown an exemplary life.
Any one might profitably follow her example of good works and cheerful conversation.
The 'death of Mrs. Barton was unexpected. She had an attack of indigestion some ten days before sbe died
but seemed to be recovering from that
On Monday she remarked that she was
gaining strength so rapidly. She went to
bed that night feeling quite weU. After
eleven o'clock she went to the door of
Mrs. McClellan's room and called her
saying she had great pain about her
heart. Mr. and Mrs. McClellan both got
up at once, but before they could light a
lamp Mrs. Barton had sunk to the floor.
They picked her up and laid her on their
bed but she breathed only twice afterward. >
No children survive Mrs. Barton. She
leaves two brothers, Miles and Allison, of
Well's Tannery, and three sisters, an
invalid sister with Mrs. McClellan and a
married sister in the west. She has
relatives in Trough Creek valley and
other parts of Huntingdon county. She
was buried on Wednesday afternoon in
the Lutheran cemetery at Ray's Hill.
The choir of the church sang "Asleep in
Jesus," and "We are going down the
Valley One by One." Rev. F. W.
Roher, of Wolf-burg, officiated at the
funeral. *»*
Howard M. Btronp.
Howard Stroup, of Mill Creek, was run
over by a freight car last Saturday about
noon and received injuries from which
he died about three-quarters of an hour
afterwards. Mr. Stroup was along the
railroad gathering coal and In order to
escape a shower of rain crawled under a
car which was standing on the side track
near the the freight station. A shifting
engine went after the car aad aa the rain
was falling fast Mr. Stroup did not notice
it and the car was pulled over him, crushing his body and cutting one foot off and
badly mashing the other. The remains
were given over to Undertaker Dick, of
Huntingdon, and prepared for burial.
Mr. Stroup was a native of Lilly ville,
Mifflin county, aod was aged 66 years.
Besides his wife, he is survived by eight
children, as follows: Mrs. Stella David,
of Huntingdon, Mrs. Mollie Parks, Orbe,
Howard, Ralph, Olark, Minnie and
Bessie, of Mill Creek. He is also survived
by one brother, Rev. George Stroup, of
Bedford county, and three sisters living
in Mifflin county. Mr. Stroup was a
miller by trade and for many years
followed that vocation. At the time of
his death he was serving his second term
as supervisor of Brady township and was
a popular official.
The funeral occurred Monday morning
at 10 o'clock, services being conducted by
Rev. J. H. Ake, of the Methodist church.
Interment was made in Mill Creek
cemetery.
Granger*'   Fionic.
A picnic under the auspices of the
Pennsylvania State Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, will be held at Mapleton,
Saturday, August 8th.
Prof. A. E. Morse, of Maine, and Hon.
W. T. Creasy, of Columbia county, wiU
be the speakers for the occasion. Both
are men of wide reputation. Prof. Morse
is a noted humorist and a pleasant entertainer. Hon. W. T. Creasy's speeches in
the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and while a candidate for state treasurer demonstrated his ability to discuss
the questions of the day. All who can
should hear these men.
The grounds selected for this demon*
stration are just south of Mapleton in a
natural forest .and a more inviting spot
could not be found."
Mapleton Grange will sell ice cream,
cake, sandwiches, fruit and otber refreshments, and will furnish free of charge hot
coffee to all who desire it
Everybody invited. Come and spend
a day in the most beautiful -grove in this
section of the statei
NIAGARA FAIXS EXCURSIONS.
1—m-Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has selected tbe following dates for its
popular ten-day excursions to Niagara
Falls from Washington and Baltimore :
July 24, August 7 and 21, September 4 and
18, and October 2 and 16. On these dates
the special train will leave Washington at
8.00A.M., Baltimore9.06 A.M., York
10.46 A. M., Harrisburg 11.40 A. M.,
Millersburg 12.20 P. M., Sunbury 12.68
P. M., Williamsport 2.20 P. M., Lock
Haven 3.08 P. M., Renovo 3.66 P. M.,
Emporium Junction 6.06 P. M., arriving
Niagara Falls at 9.46 P. M.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive of
limited express trains, within ten days,
will be sold at $10.00 from Washington
and Baltimore; $9.35 from York; $10.00
from Littlestown; $10.00 from Oxford, Pa.,
$9.35 from Columbia; $8.50 from Harrisburg; $10.00 from Winchester, Va.; $7.80
from Altoona; $7.30 from Tyrone; $6.45
from Bellefonte ; $5.10 from. Ridgway;
$6.90 from Sunbury and Wilkesbarre;
$6.75 from Williamsport, and at proportionate rates from prinoipal points. A
stop-over will be allowed at Buffalo with-
in limit of ticket returning.
The special trains of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will be run with
each excursion running through to
Niagara Falls. An extra charge will be
made for parlor-car seats.
An experienced tourist agent and
chaperon will accompany each excursion.
For descriptive pamphlet, time of connecting trains, and further information
apply to nearest ticket agent, or address
Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.   7-8-7t
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Brutally Tortured.
A case came to light that for persistent
and unmerciful torture has perhaps never
been equaled. Joe Golobick, of Colusa,
Cal.', writes. "For 15 years I endured insufferable pain from Rheumatism and
nothing relieved me though I tried everything known. I came across Electric
Bitters and it's the greatest medicine on
earth for that trouble. A few bottles of
it completely relieved and cured me."
Just as good for Liver and Kidney
troubles and general debility.   Only 60c
Satisfaction guaranteed by B. O'Connor &
Sons
A Dastardly Crime.
Michael Orane, who a few months ago
moved from Mount Union to Mapleton,
is in the Huntingdon jail awaiting trial
on a charge of feloniously assaulting Ethel
Yocum, a cbild five years of age, with
intent
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yocum, parents
of the little girl, formerly lived in the
same house with 'Crane's family in the
eastern part of town. On the 3d inst
Yocum and his family, now residents of
Union township, went on a visit On
Monday the 6th inst Crane met them at
Huntingdon on their way home. The
two men drank freely together and Yocum
publicly abused his wife. A man named
Kyper seeing Yocum strike his wife struck
him and knocked him down. In the
confusion that ensued little Ethel became
separated from her mother and when
search was made for her it was found that
Crane had enticed her over the river from
Huntingdon and when discovered was in
the act of assaulting the child. A crowd
quickly gathered and an effort was made
to take Crane from the officers and lynch
him. This was prevented, however, and
Justice Kelly committed him to jail,
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Reunion.
The third annual reunion of the
Austraw,singers will be held at the
Grange hall in Tod township, Huntingdon county, Pa., July 25, 1903. All well
disposed persons are cordially invited to
be present One feature of the exercises
will be a competitive singing between the
patent note singers and the present round
note singers.     By order of Committee.
Night Was Her Terror.
"I would cough, nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., "and could hardly get any
sleep. I had consumption so bad that
if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when, all other
medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr.
King's New Discovery, wholly cured me
and 1 gained 58 pounds." It's absolutel**
guaranteed to chre Coughs, Cold, La
Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and
Lung Troubles. Price 60c and §1.00. ■
Trial bottles free at B. O'Connor & Sons'
store.
A Th rilling Experience.
Mrs. Mae Long, wife of Reuben Long,
of Grapeville, formerly of Clay township,
had quite an experience in the flood
which visited that section on the 5th inst.
Mrs, Long is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson Bowman, formerly residents of
Union and Cass townships. Under date
of July 7th sbe writes a private letter to
her uncle, W. G. McConahy, of Maptetoh,
from which we are permitted to make
the following extract:
Having just escaped from death's door
I write to tell you my experiences.   On
Sunday afternoon my friend Eliza Pickett
and I went to Oakford Park.   Ren b could
not go with us and we went alone.   As I
was leaving the house I had a presentiment that something might happen and t
called back,   "Good bye, I am going."
We reached Oakford Park safely. A gentle
rain commenced falling but soon it seemed
to come in streaks that resembled ribbons
We ran to the pavilion for shelter.   It
was overcrowded and we. soon learned
that we must leave there.   All ran to the
house in front of it which was no safer
and Eliza and I ran to the band stand
where half a  dozen  men  Were  under
shelter.   8oon we saw all the property ,
mtfving   down  over  tbe  lawn,   boats,
merry-go-round, hobby horses and other
objects.   We had the bridge to cross and
only Eliza and I ventured to cross it
People cried, called and stretched  out
their hands for us to hurry across, the
stream.   Just as we stepped off the bridge
it was carried away.   By this time we
were wading in very deep water but we
reached the roily coaster.   Hundreds and
hundreds of people were standing on the
roily coaster and we were obliged to leave
that place and run to the opera house.
Scarcely had we reached this when we
were obliged to flee for the hills.   We
ran for miles and then came to a farm but
the house was on the farther side of a
creek  which  was rapidly  rising.   The
farmer  saw  us  and  came   down  and
assisted   us   to    wade    through     the
waters.   We were joined here by some
young man who   said   he would help
us out and he went  with  us until we
reached home.   We reached  the street
car track near Greensburg but were not
half way home.   Telephone lines were
falling  about  us   and  we  were  again
obliged to  plunge  into  the creek now
above waist deep.   I was wearing a heavy
black skirt which hindered my progress.
My feet were swept from under the and
I was floating on my back and the young
man assisted me out.   Eliza was heavier
and got along all right bttt f had been
sick and the waters tossed me about like
an egg shell.   We came over hills and
valleys,   wading   swollen  streams  that
would thro,w us  off  our feet   My skirt
was torn" badly, my hat lost and we were •
thoroughly drenched.   At one time we
were in a field on a big hill and the rain
descended not in drops but in torrents.
Sharp,  vivid  lightning   and  deafening
thunder added to the awfulness of our
situation.   Trees were being struck by
lightning all around us.   We ran through
briars, bushes and thickets and our cloth*
ing was  torn   and. our bodies  badly
scratched.   When we came to open fields
we cried to the Father above to save us
and He heard our prayers.   I cried for
home and screamed at the top of my voice
for Pa and Reuben.   They w we --out and
anxious for our safety.   I certainly am
thankful to the Heavenly Father for saving us and giving  us strength to reach
home for when we arrived I felt as if I
could not have taken another step.   My
hat was found but many who saw us in
our flight thought we had perished.
REDUCED KATES TO BAI.TIMOK):
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Aooount Meeting of the Benevolent and 1'rotectlve
Order of Rika.
For the benefit of those desiring to attend the meeting of the Benevolent and
■Protective Order of Elks, at Baltimore,
Md., July 21 to 23, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell round-trip tickete
|to Baltimore from all stations ori'its lines,
except Woodberry, Harrisburg) and intermediate stations, Columbia, Frederick,
and intermediate stations on the Northern ■
Central Railroad, Lancaster, Harris!u-gg. s
and intermediate stations, jmd stations on .
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad (exclusive of stations
south of Townsend, Del., from which
tickets will be sold), on July 19 and 20,
good for return passage until July 31, inclusive, at rate of single fare-for the round
trip, plus one dollar. 7-15-11