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VOL. XV.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA.„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1904.
NO. 51
LOCAL NOTES.
I —Prime clover seed, .7 per bushel at
B. 0*Oonnor & Sons'.
—Mrs. T. L. Banks, of Altoona, is visiting her parents in Mapleton.
—Large sopply of nut, pea and cannel
<:oal.   Benj. O'Oonnor & Sons.
—Frank O'Connor has been housed for
a few days with bronchial affections.
—Mrs. R. K. Potts spent a few days of
the past week with friends in Altoona.
—Leave your orders for choice clover
and timothy seed.   B. O'Connor & Sons.
—A full line of men's, women's and
;. children's underwear at Wright & Dell's.
—James Montgomery spent the past
week with his son, J. B. Montgomery, in
Altoona.
—Wanted—200 bushels potatoes; 90
cents per bushel in trade. Benj. O'Connor & Sons.
—Miss Laura M.. Edgein is visiting
among friends in Huntingdon and Altoona thia week.
—Mrs. Wilson, an aged lady, is seriously ill with blood poisoning at the residence
•of Edward Brown,
—Miss Annie Conrad, of Huntingdon,
was the guest of M. L. and S. B. Niece's
families over Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Hohman, of
Hnntingdon, were guests of friends in
Mapleton over Sunday.
—H. E. Dell, of Altoona, spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother and
other friends in thia place.
—Oharles Smith, who resides on the
•Crowley farm east of Mount Union, spent
Friday afternoon in Mapleton.
—Mrs. Oeorge M. Spanogle, of Huntingdon, spent 8unday with her daughter,
Mrs. W. E. Hack, in Mapleton.
—J. Duane Hicks, of Altoona, and
Hyson Hicks, of Northumberland county,
wore Sunday visitors to Mapleton.
—Wesley Crone yesterday moved from
town to the house of tbe Pittsburg White
Sand company in Union township.
—Mrs. Ann Lamberson, widow of the
late Alfred Lamberson, has been granted
a pension of twelve dollars per month.
—Mrs. Hannah Miller, of Altoona, is
seriously ill with, pneumonia at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Martha Grady, in
Mapleton,
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Wright, of
Cass township, have returned from a visit
to Mr. Wright's brothers, Jefferson and
Amon, at Dudley.
—James S. Gillam, of Tyrone, spent a
couple days of last week among friends
and former neighbor! in Mapleton. He
is always a welcome visitor.
—Representatives of the Standard Oil
■company have leased large tracks of land
in Clearfield county and will thoroughly
test tbe same for oil and gas.
—A. S. Welch, editor of the Mount
Union Times and a candidate for state
senator, was electioneering among repub-
- lican voters in this borough last Friday
evening.
—Mrs S. M. Duvall and daughter, of
. Kipple, were Mapleton Visitors Saturday
at which time Mrs. Duvall concluded tbe
sale of her property on Reservoir street
to'George Palmer.
—Mrs. Henrietta McDonald, one of
Mapleton's aged residents, had a nervous
attack last Friday and made her friends
apprehensive of a stroke. Her condition
is somewhat improved at this writing.
—Thomas McDonald, who for the past
five years had been employed in tbe
shops of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
company at Huntington, West Virginia,
bas resigned hie position and at present ia
visiting his grandmother in this place.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Dell, of
Everett, who had been visiting friends in
Juniata township, arrived in Mapleton
last Wednesday evening and Thursday
proceeded to Cass township where they
are visiting at the home of Mrs. Catharine
Wrighfc
—Mr. and Mra T. M. Wright, of
p Chicago, arrived in Mapleton last Wednesday evening and will remain some time
with friends in this section. The occasional visits of tbese intelligent people are
always appreciated by a large circle of
friends.
—Joseph J. Armento spent a few hours
iu Mapleton laat Sunday. Joe informa
us that he and a friend havo purchased
the Franklin Hotel, opposite the post-
office, Harrisburg, and will embark in the
hotel business in a few weeks. Joe was
on Monday granted hia final naturalization papers by the Blair county court at
Hollidaysburg, his first papers having
been approved by the court of Ohio
county-, West Virginia Maroh 3,1890.
—Marshal 1 Yocum is spending a couple
weeks among friends, in and abont Pittaburg.
—Clarence Hall and family, of Huntingdon, were Sunday visitors at the home
of Mrs Rachel Wright.
—The casing of the pier of the Fourth
street bridge at Huntingdon was torn out
by the high water Monday and tbe bridge
being considered unsafe for travel the
entrances were nailed np. This bridge
was built in 1854 by the late Andrew
Wise of Union township, .
—Being crowded with work in the
Altoona shops the Pennsylvania Railroad
company has given twenty engines to the
Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia for immediate repairs. More orders
will follow. This is the first time the
Pennsylvania bas ever given out repair
work.
—Emerson Chilcote, of Altoona employed as a flagman on the Pittsburg division, on leaving his home last Wednesday
to go to work, slipped and fell. His head
struck the post of the porch' so violently
as to cause him to bleed from both ears.
Besides this he sustained a gash on hia
forehead.
—Governor Pennypacker has designated April 8 and April 22 as arbor days
for 1904 in Pennsylvania. The differing
dates are intended to suit different conditions of altitude and latitude, so that
the planting may be feasible and successful at one time or the other in all parts of
the state.
—At five minutes of 5 o'clock Sunday
afternoon the big dynamite storehouse of
the H. S. Kerbaugh company, in a vacant
field east of Bradenville, Westmoreland
county, blew up killing Patrick Quinlan,
injuring fifty other persons, demolishing
entire houses and breaking thousands of
dollars' worth of glass in the windows of
many of the buildings within a radius of
four miles of the scene. The cause is
unknown.
—The Petersburg Extension was put
out of service Monday by high water
along the Juniata .iver at Williamsburg.
Between Franklin Forge and AVilliams-
burg the tracks are covered by three feet
of water and ice. Train 418, which leaves
Hollidaysburg for Huntingdon late in the
afternoon, was laid out at Williamsburg
because of high water east of that town.
The passengers were quartered at the
Williamsburg hotel.
—John W/'Hsber, of Newport, Tennessee, is spending a few days of this week
with friends at Saltillo, his former home.
Mr. Fisher is a Huntingdon county boy
who is making an excellent record for
himself in the south. He is general
superintendent of a number of tanneries
owned by a Philadelphia firm and has the
reputation of being one of tbe best posted
men in the business in this country.
Aside from his business he occupies bis
spare time in active church work and is
in great demand as a lay speaker.
—The annual meeting of the council of
Mapleton borough was held Monday evening. Tbe retiring members were George
W. Morgan and Frank O'Connor and the
incoming members George W. Wright
and Frank O'Connor. A permanent organization was effected as follows: President, George W. Wright; secretary, I. N.
Swope; "treasurer, A. W. Swope. The
last Monday evening of each month was
fixed as the time for holding regular
monthly meetings. A tax of six mills for
borough purposes was laid for the ensuing
year.
—A remarkably fast run for a freight
train was made the other day over tbe
Pennsylvania railroad lines between
Washington and Gray's Ferry, a distance
of 184 miles, which was covered in two
hours and fifty minutes, or 179 minutes.
Tbe train was one of the fast through
freights between the south and New
England, known as B. T. 2, and was composed of fifteen box cars loaded with perishable freight and engine No. 5211. J. J.
Martin was engineer, H. C. Marshall conductor and E. M. Davis flagman. The
train was late in getting away from Washington. When once clear of the capitol
city limits Engineer Martin "let her go,"
and came through to Gray's Ferry without a stop in the remarkable time stated.
The time was but five minutes slower
than that of the congressional limited,
one of the fastest scheduled trains between Philadelphia and Washington. So
smoothly was the run made that the trai n
crew were somewhat surprised .upon arriving at Gray's Ferry to find that tbey
had made the run in less thah ordinary
express time.
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—The rains of last week and the breaking of the hetvy ice gorges on the Susquehanna river nnd at the mouth of the
Juniata rivei have caused much trouble
during the past few days to the Pennsylvania railroad at and below Harrisburg.
It has been! necessary for trains to take
circuitous routes in order to get into Harrisburg front the east and in consequence
trains ou tins division which are started
from east of Harrisbnrg bave been from
two to five pours late. The danger ia now
past and with the receding of the waters
the schedule time will be resumed.
—The-Mystic Circle of the Mapleton
M. E. church will hold a box social in the
old churoh Saturday evening, ■ March 12,
1904. Each lady member, or friend of
the cburch, fs expected to famish a box
containing a lunch for two and-the name
of the lady. Daring the evening the
boxes will be auctioned off to the gentlemen. The purchaser having ascertained
the name of the lady will invite ber to
eat the lunch with him. Ice cream and
cake will be sold. Proceeds for the
benefit of the new church fund. The
patronage of the community is respectfully
solicited.
More Klots.
Disturbances of strikers are not nearly
as grave as an individual disorder of the
system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous
tension will be followed by utter col lapse,
unless a reliable remedy ia immediately
employed. There's nothing so efficient
tb cure disorders of the liver or Kidneys
as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful
tonic, and effective nervine and tbe
greatest all around medicine for ran down
systems. It dispels Nervousness, Rheumatism and Neuralgia and expels Malaria
germs. Onlv 60c, and satisfaction guaran
teed by B. O'Connor & Sons.
A Contemptible Swindle.
Last Thursday Alfred Simons, undertaker, of Mount Union, was made the
victim of a contemptible swindle. That
morning a man representing himself as
Samuel Hill, of Mapleton, called on Mr.
Simons, stated that his wife bad died at
Mapleton, and desired to purchase a
casket. After making a selection valued
at sixty dollars he handed Mr. Simons a
check for sixty-five dollars, receiving five
dollars in change. The oheek was signed
''Reuben D. Rohrer." The man stated
tb Mr. Slmona that he wanted the casket
at once, that he lived near the station at
Mapleton, that be would have men at the
tbe station in the afternoon to assist in
delivering it and tbat on Friday the body
would be taken to Harrisburg for burial.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Simons brought
tbe casket to Mapleton but on arrival
was surprised to find no persona to receive
it. After making inquiry and learning
that no one of the name given lived in
Mapleton he concluded he bad been
swindled. Inquiry of the First National
Bank of Huntingdon, on wbich the cheek
was drawn, developed the fact tbat
Reuben D. Rohrer was not a depositor
there and -the check was pronounced
worthless. Mr. Simons returned home
in the evening.
Tragedy Averted.
"Just in the nick of time our little boy
was saved" writes Mrs. W. Watkins, of
Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had
played sad havoc with him and a terrible
cough set in besides. Doctors treated
him, but he grew worse every, day. At
length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, and our darling was
saved. He's now sound and well.'
Everybody ought to know it's the only
sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung
diseases. Guaranteed by B. O'Connor
& Sons. Price 50c and $1.00. 'Trial
bottles free.
Epworth League Exercise*.
The following program will be rendered
Sunday morning, March 18th, at 10.30
o'clock in tbe Methodist cburch of tbis
place by members of the Junior and
Senior Leagues, assisted by the choir:
Singing by the choir; opening devotional exercises; duet, Miss Pearl Neice
and Robert McCarl; recitation, Miss Edna
Dell; solo, Miss Blanche Palmer; recitation, Miss Myrtle Wright; duet, Misses
Eva and Ruth McCarl; recitation, Oavton
Swope; short address, Pastor; collection;
singing by the choir and congregation;
benediction.
The service ia in the interest of tbe
worn out ministers of the Central Pennsylvania conference of the - (Methodist
church. A basket collection, together
with the envelopes that have been given
to the Junior Leaguers, will be lifted at
the service. All are cordially invited to
be present and to take some part in the
esterase. fll^j__j
Mra. Hannah Susan Bobley.
Mrs. Susan Robley, widow of the late
Elliott Robley, died at her home in
Mapleton at 11.45 o'clock Sunday forenoon, March 8,1904, of infirmities of advanced age.
Mra. Robley, whose maiden hame was
Clemens, was a native of Shirley township, this county, and was born December
20, 1821, bence was aged 82 years, 2
months and 16 days. August 17, 1840,
she was united in marriage to Elliott
Robley who died in Mapleton April 1,
1898. To them were born six sons and
five daughters of whom five sons and four
daughters survive. They are Mrs.
Hannah Miller, John K., Elliott and
Harry, of Altoona, Mrs. L. D. Himes, of
Braddock, Mrs. Abram Myers, of Washington, Pa.,   Mra.   Martha  Grady  and
Samuel, of Mapleton, and Marion F., of
Union township.
About 1852 the family moved to Mill
Creek and in 1856 to the old homestead
north of Mapleton sin|e which time Mrs.
Robley has been a resident of thia Vicinity.
For half a century ebe had been identified
with the United Brethren church. Mra.
Bobley took a deep inter eat in the welfare
and success of her family and they in turn
held her in high esteem. Her declining
years were made peaceful and comfortable
by their ministrations.
The remains will be interred this afternoon in the U. B. cemetery, services
being conducted In the U. B. church by
Rev. W. F. Gilbert.
Oharles Heeter Clone to Bis Long Home.
After an illness of about nine months
Charles Heeter, of Three Springs, died
quite suddenly of consumption March 2,
1904. Although Mr. Heeter understood
the nature of his disease he always hoped
and entertained the thought that his
health might yet be restored, and was
able to still circulate among his friends.
On Wednesday last he arid his brother
George Heeter, of Saltillo, went to Huntingdon thinking that there medical aid
might be secured to prolong his life and
when told his afflictions were incurable it
is thought by nis many friends greatly effected him and at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night after his return home realized
he was dying, bade his wife and children
good-bye and quietly passed to the great
beyond.
Mr. Heeter was of a quiet, retiring .disposition, always wore the same countenance wherever you met him and his
presence will be greatly missed by his
friends as well as his family wbo had
hoped so much hia life might be spared.
Mr. Heeter ia survived by bis wife and
three children—Nora, Ruth and Paul—
also by one brother and three sisters. He
was at the time of his death aged 29 years,
. months and 2 days.
Funeral services were conducted in the
Baptist church of Three Springs, of which
he had been a faithful member for several
years, by Rev. Strayer, of Saltillo, at ten
o'clock Saturday, March 5th, after which
his remains were laid to rest in the beautiful little cemetery at Three Springs.
Thus endeth the career of a man who
was a friend of everyone. —B.
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Track Walker Killed.
At an early hour last Friday morning
John Lynn, of Mount Union, was run
down by an empty engine and instantly
killed. The accident occurred at the
west end of division No. 36 in Jack's
Narrows a short distance east of the
Jackstown water station. The body of
the unfortunate man was horribly
mangled. Mr. Lynn was employed as
track hand on the Mount Union division
and Thurday evening was sent out to
walk the tracks in place of David Hughes,
tbe regular watchman who had reported
off on account of sickness. After coming
to tbe west end of his division he was returning on No. 4 track and seeing a train
approaching on the same track stepped
over to track No. 8 when the empty
engine run him down. The accident was
reported to the authorities at Huntingdon
who bad the mangled remains picked up
and taken to Huntingdon and prepared
for burial.
Deceased was tbe son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Lynn, of Tuscarora valley, and
was aged about 23 years. He is survived
by his wife and one child, also by hi8
parents, three brothers and one sister.
for President Ju.ige.
The two commonly accepted Republic-,
can candidates for President Judge in this
county, Thos.   W.  Myton  and  H.   H.
Waite, Esqs., having withdrawn from the-'
contest, Judge Woods, of Lewistown, has
registered in this county and will bave no;
opposition, which   guarantees  him  the-,
district nomination.
In Judge Woods the people of the dis»'
trict have an able, fearless, upright judge.;
a man who does hia full duty, without'
fear or favor, at all time's, and the fact
that be ia to be continued on the bench-
for a full term of ten years is a gratification alike to the profession and the laitv. j
We repeat what the Ohbe said of Judge-
Woods in its issue of October 29th last,
following hia appointment by Governor
Pennypacker:   -
"Judge Woods comes to the bench at
a mature age, with an experience of about'
twenty-five years at the bar. He is a
well educated Christian man, and comes
from sturdy Scotch-Irish stock. He is a
lineal descendant of John Knox, the
founder of the Presbyterian church, and
is a great-grandson of John Witherepoon,
one of the signers of tbe Declaration of
Independence. Judge Woods was graduated from Princeton College in the class
of 1876, was admitted to the bar in 1673,
and ever since has been a delving student
of the law and a successful practitioner.
He served bis county with marked ability
as District Attorney and for eight years
represented the people of Mifflin, Perry
and Juniata counties ia the State Senate.
We have known Judge Woods well for
nearly twenty years and can speak by the-
book of bis pure, unselfish life, his devotion to the profession of the law, and hia
high talent."
—It would be well for drivers of wagons
to remember that all United States mail
carrier, have the right of way in public
highways when on duty. They cannot*
be driven into tbe ditches by heavy
loaded wagons without violation of the
United States mail law, and if a collision
is made by so doing and the mail delayed,
it will not be long thereafter until a
deputy United States marshal will be
looking for certain parties who will answer
tbe roll call at U. S. court. This law
applies not only when meeting a vehicle,
but applies to those in front of the mail
as well, when the mail makes an effort to
pass.—R. F. D. News. '
Publie Hale Register.
Saturday, March 12, 1904, B. Frank
Godard, executor, will sell at public sale
the George Godard homestead, situate-
in Mapleton borough, comprising brick'
dwelling and three lots of grond each
50x150 feet. Sale to commence at one
o'clock. *
Monday, March 14, 1904, M. F. Lynn
will sell in Smith valley, 2 miles east of
Cassville and 1 _ miles west of Bowman's
chapel, brood mare, work horse, colt, 4
milch cows, yonng cattle, wagon, buggy,
farming implements, harness, chains,
cream separator, chickens, docks, turkeys,'
bay by the ton, etc. Sale to commence
at 10 o'clock.
Tuesday March ! 15, 1904, Mrs.
Elisabeth Shore will sell at her
residence south of the borough limits, -
bedstead, springs, sink, cupboard, carpenter tools and chest, sausage grinder and
stutter, books, eto. Sale to commence at
one o'clock.
Tuesday, March 15, 1904, Charles I.
Stever will sell at the residence of David
Stever, i miles west of Cassville, draft
horse, 2 mares, 5 mules, wagon, sleds,
harness, saddle, chains, etc. Sale to
commence at 1 o'clock P. M., sharp.
Friday, March 18, 1904, E. Miles Smith
will sell in Trough Creek valley, 5 miles
from Mapleton, 8 miles from Huntingdon,
2 span mules, workhorse, 7 head cattle,
19 sheep, brood sow, chickens, turkeys,
ducks, wagons, hack, sleigh, mower, all
kinds of fanning implements, harness,
chains, corn, wheat, oats, hay, • straw,
apples, potatoes, shingles and household
and kitchen furniture. Sale to commence'
at 10 o'clock in tbe forenoon.
Working Overtime.
Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless, little workers—Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Millions are always at work,
night and day, curing Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and
all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles;
sure.   Only
Easy, pleasant- safe,
B. O'Connor & fs^JBg,
Kev. J. B. Haue* Resigns..
On Snnday morning Rev. J. H. Hanes .
pastor of the United Brethren church,
announced to his congregation that he
would resign his pastorate* within a few
weeks, which has become necessary owing to the delicate state of his wife's
health. From here Rev. and Mrs. Hanes
will go to Colorado, where tbey will reside indefinitely- Their departure from-
Huntingdon ia sincerely regretted. In
the year and a half of Rev. Hanes' pas-.
to rate here a new church aud a parsonage
have been built, and the membership _f
___ at [ the   congregation   greatly    increased.—