Mount Pleasant journal (May 24, 1882)

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VOL. 10.
MT. PLEASANT. WESTMORELAND CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1882.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
The striking of three large oil wells in
Warren comity opens an extensive territory   hitherto   considered   worthless
.STANDARD MINES.
COKE WORKS OF HUTCHINSON BROS.
id ki
opera
to r.
ks tin' time onl   of  Br
who wish prices of Peti
main nt profitable figures.
idford
Tin-: following alleged telegram from
,T. B. McAfee, tells his opinion too
plainly in tlio first sentence to bo
altogether a burlescpje:
ilni;r.',si:ri:ii, Pa., Mhy 17:—Oatpeoplo took
nn ntni'k In Wolfe last yoiii-, and h
In me.   icfsfit candidates for pm
Case pledge themselves for Beavei
.1. li. MO—BE.
Pf.nxsyi.xania politics bid fair to was
waiver than usual this your. Tho regular Republicans have their ticket nominated j the Grcenbackers wore able to
hold a State convention last week, and
the Independent Republicans are becoming more hostile, if not more numerous.
Then comes the Democrats, regular and
irregular, and following them the Prohibitionists, the anti-Monopolists, the
Woman Suffragists, etc., etc.
At the'hwsctingjof the Fayette County
Committee at Uniontown, Saturday there
was a bitter contest between the Boyle
wing of tbo party, and the Soaright
wing, which nii'iiti respectively tho Wallace dnd Randall factions. S. !.. Mcstre-
eat, and H. P. Snyder of the Wallace
faction, and Col.T. B. Bearigbt of tho
Randall faction were elected, but the
Wallace mon had their hands tied by
being Instructed to vote for Hopkins,
and hence it was virtually a Soaright
victory.
Tlit-lr History, l'rogri'KB nnd Pas.iesslon*—
Statistics (md Other Iiid i-i-MIni; Points
of (in- Largeal Works in theRegion.
These works, situated almost within
the borough limits of Mi. Pleasant, have
so increased in point of capacity and
Importance, that thoy can justly lake Hie
rank of tho most oxtensivo coke works
in the Connollsville coke region,   Itwill
O n ii IK I
, duly I bo remembered by many readers of tho
under j.Journal that among the first to launch
out in tbe  Coal   ix  Coko  business  wore
the Duncan Bros., who put down tho present slope used by A. A. Hutchinson & Bro-
Tlie Duncans ran the works for several
years, bat owing to finaciaJ difficulties,
consequent of tbe panic, tliey shut down
their works, and the mines and slope
were allowed to fill with water.
A. A, Hutchinson & Pro. began opera-
ling in the coko field in 1878, by purchasing the Globe mines near Broad Ford.
They increased their capacity from 35
ovens tn Mi ovens, when tbey sold them
toH.C.Frick&Co., inl880. In 1S79 tbe
Untchinsons purchased the old slope
and coal territory from (bo Duncans, and
the same your pumped out five acres
of water, and repaired tbe works
and started them with 175 ovens. When
they sold the Globe mines they concluded
tocentreall their coal and coke interests at
tlie one works, known as "Standard
.Mines" at Mt. Pleasant, Accordingly
they purchased more territory until they
is also  making a  number of improvements in tbe location of trucks ot.'.
No cuke firm lias added more to tho
recent, increase of population and business Interests of Mt Pleasant than A. A.
Hutchinson A Bro. V>y the use of their
capital tbey tiro converting the coal,
which would otherwise be 6f compara-
iiit<
ds
tively little us
market al othi
of manu&ctui
from the ha
the employes
Pleasant, and spem
their earnings In tl
cars owned by tin
belonging to nearly
United States, can-;
just now onrichinf
ike wi
.   The
ich funis a
entire cost
the coke is transferred
of coke consumers to
live in and about Mt.
:.] a goodly portion of
■ town, The ninety
firm, as woll as cars
■very railroad in the
away that which is
mi' town. Well Invested capital Is what enriches a locality,
and our people should be grateful to
these men for what they have indirectly
donefor the town. They are especially
praiseworthy in their efforts to treat
their employees well by furnishing them
with comfortable houses, by fair dealing
with them in tho measurement of tho
work, both of miners and drawers. They
havo a comparatively good class of employees who Increase our population as
woll as our prosperity.
HOME HAPPENINGS.
RUNNING ROUND OUR  RICK REGION.
Here Mention or (lie I.ocnl Occurrences—
Yarlons Actlo-it* of Many Pi-oplc In
Our   Ku-vliilile   Loculity.
sprhiiii.', sprlnKle, tittle part,
lieu- v,-i- wonder when coull start.
Will i when dust blows high,
Or when the summer hoe passed by?
Pinkeye is dying out.
Xervo youriiell for pio-nlcs.
Country roads ure drying tip.
Spring suits begin to blossom.
"Walt   for  tin'   big  show," Tuesday
evening, May 80,
Cantp mooting goers are commencing
to talk about "the good tiinecoining.
of
il.
ami
of
It   fi
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ami
ler
DECORATION DAY.
Next Tuosday, 80th Inst, Isdc
for the purpose of strewing wit!
or otherwise decorating the g
soldiers who died in defence of their
country during the late rebellion, or who,
stricken with wounds or wasted with
disease, came back from their campaigns
to be "mustorod out" and to sleep their
bust   Bledp  amidst   the   scenes   of   their
childhood among kindred ami friends,
It is now fourteen years since this
Memorial Day was Instituted, ami that
which seemed to many of doubtful pro*
prioty, has Btoadlly, grown into public
favor, and has been more ami more generally observed. We hope that the
citizens of our town and vicinity who
were noted for their loyalty and patriotism i In ring the dark days of the rebel I ion,
will omit entirely the cares and labors
of life for tlie day, ami devote it to
beautiful ami Impressive commemorative
ceremonies, ami may Ibis day speak to
us all of memories whicli enwreoth an
immortal renown of a patriotism which
WHS measured only by the Nation's
necessity, of the duly laid Upon us to
preserve untarnished the Inheritance of
valor ami loyllltv that bus been tins, that our conduct as citizens
make more ami more honorable "it
vices hh defenders of tin; Union,
that all who assemble in memory o
dead may learn to love our countr
respect her laws, ami to reverence
flag.
There are now within the borders
of our Slate Ihe graves of forty thousand
Soldiers which are found in more then a
thousand burial grounds; in the crowded
cemetery of the city, in the quiet graveyard of tbe village, in tlio shade of the
valley, in the sunshine on tbe hillside,
rest our soldier dead, brought from the
fields of tholr glory where tbey fell in
the baffle's storm.
It is expected that Robert Warden
Post Dept of I'n., (I. A. R,, of this place,
will lead oirin the proper observance of
the day. It is enjoined upon them by
the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic io see that ail
necessary arrangements are made. We
understand thai tbey have appointed
their committees and Intend leaving
nothing undone on their part that will
lie necessary to success. In this they
cordially invite the, co-operation of citizens, of churches, of schools and of benevolent societies. Tbey nave also extended an invitation to Colonel Ellsworth Post, No. 200, G. A. li., of Seottdale, to participate in the exercises of
the day.
May every soldier's grave in this
vicinity, however humble, however se-
i-Iuricd, bo sought out, strewn over with
flowers and wreaths, and tbe (lag for
whose honor be died planted above it.
"No elaborate monument, no bronze
tablet records the heroic deeds, the pa-
triotie services, (be unselfish sacrifices
,of those at whose graves wc pay our
floral tribute. But as yon stand beside
these passionless mounds, there will
arise vivid memories of the ardent,
brave, courageous, genial and generous
ones who lie beneath them."
''To them life was dear, the lies of
homo sacred, the hopes of the future
bright, but moved by tlie purest patriotism they voluntarily relinquished till for
their country's cause, realizing well tlie
hardships to b6 endured, the perils to
be encountered, the prospects of life that
would bo blasted.
"Ami yet these, whose graves we shall
decorate, aro but a few of the mighty
boats of the fallen. Legions rest upon the
War Soldi of the .South, in the glades of
the forest, by the streams along which
tfeey fought, on the bills on which tbey
bled; and the sun of our Memorial Day
will set upon their graves, unwatched
and undecorated, stive by the wild wood
flower ami the untrained vine.
"In a million desolate homes, North
nnd South, there is grief and mourning
for the volunteer who came not back
from the battle, with the tattered flag
under whose folds be marched away in
(he pride and strength of vigorous aud
hopeful youth.
''The services of Decoration Day ore
not, then, for vain display, but have a
higher and nobler purpose, in reminding ns of the priceless ransom paid  lor
the integrity of our republic and its institutions.
''May all our people participate  in the
beautiful ceret les.   May tbo young,
especially, be impressed with their meaning and significance. May we, moved
hy ihe sad memories awakened, return
to our homes at the close of the day,
thrilled with a purer patriotism, incited
to a true* devotion to our country, and
with a linner determination thai, ours
shall be the in,..-I perfect "government
of' the people, by the people) forthe people,''and that our warrior dead shad
not have died in yah
now own about 1800 aw
about 200 acres of surface In 1881 they
sunk a shaft, and began to build more
ovens. They have completed a block of
l!'l, which ad,led to the old blocks make
309ovens in use. They have completed
a new block of 108 which will bo fired
when the grading ami side tracks aro
completed. This will increase their total
number of ovens in use to 660, being the
largest number of ovens at any one
works in the coke region.
Owing to the proximity of these works
to Mt. Pleasant, as well as their exten-
siveness, a brief history of their progress, and a description of their many
points of interest will no doubt be of
interest to the Joins.w. readers, and fo]
thi! purpose a reporter visited tlie works.
The Superintendent Charles Cunningham, titan whom there is no mote gentlemanly and obliging superintendent
in the coke regions, took time to accompany us and favor us with any desired
knowledge. Mr. Cunningham has been
in the employ of A. A. Hutchinson &
Bro. since 1873, having been Superinten-
teudent of the (.lobe mines, lie Is especially praised for his true loyalty to
bin employers. George Wilson has
charge of ihe yards, and assists -Mr. Cunningham and assumes the general muii-
Bgemeut in tlio absence of tlio Superintendent. Jacob Welsh is manager of
the new yards, and Henry Parsons of the
old yards. William Wilcox, former
mine inspector for Western Pa., 1ms
charge of the mines, tipples and engine
houses. William Brennen is engineer at
the slope, a n-I,! oh ns Hawkey engineer at
the shaft, Mr. Hawkey is an experienced
mechanic, and is one of the best men at
the works. Adolph Wilde makes a
first-class pit boss.
One can well spend a day in the tour
of ihe.-', ke works alone. "Underneath
the ground" hundreds of f tiling miners
arc digging the dusky diamonds. Tbe
rooms are connected by tracks which
cross and recross each other, all loading
to the slope or shaft. Over ion miles of
trail; have been laid in these mines.
The coal is hoisted from tbo pit and
dumped into tho "larry," the 100 bushel
car that ''Lilly," the dinkey, hauls to the
ovens. Tho coal is dumped directly into the ovens, where it burns
for 48 hours, when the finest quality of
coke is drawn from the ovens, and loaded
into cars. Ho extensive are the works
that when completed over seven milesof
railroad track will be used. A regular division of men is employed in repairing
the sidings and tracks. Thirty thousand
bushels cf coal are mined daily. About
800 tons of eoke are made nnd shipped
daily.
J. B. Rowley, the shipping clerk, who
has been in the employ of this firm for
many years, and who is noted for his
executive ability says that SO cars of
eoke nro shipped daily, and when the
new ovens are completed they will ship
"il, ami that tbey have a trade
over forty different railroads, lie-
sides Ibis they furnish the coke
for tiio Pennsylvania coke crusher
which is in close proximity to the
works. The crusher was built by a company of Pittsburg capitalists, of which
A. A. Hutchinson is one ofthe largest
stockholders. It was creeled nml started
by the Superintendent J. C. Dysart,
who has been absent for some timo
traveling in the interest of the crusher.
Tlie stable of Standard Mines is worthy
of notice. It has recently been completed, aud has a location quite free from the
smoke and dirt from tbo works.
The building is 100 by 32 feet.
The firm owns nine horses and
twenty-five mules, all of which aro well
caied for under the supervision of Xella
Nelson.
An interesting department of these
great works is the large and handsome company store, which supplies
food, clothing and necessaries for over
1,500 people. The store is under the
direct supervision of D. M. Pigman, assisted by Daniel 8. Jordan,Richard Stahl
Harry Brown and Griffith Francis.
YV. Morgan Smith is the book keeper.
Ho has the names of over five hundred
men on the pay rolls. One hundred and
twenty company housesare already occupied, and ten blocks will soon be completed. Representatives of nearly overy nationality in the World are employed at
these works. There is perhaps a larger
proportion of colored people at these
works than nt any other in the region.
Their town has been called Spring Garden, and is one of Mt. Pleasant's most
populous suburbs, in addition to the
above are about 50 colored men from
Washington City, Virginia ami the
•South, in the employ of engineer Sorpell
who-has the contract of putting in the
DUBIOUSLY  DUPED.
SiisplclotiH Rprcnlaloi-H Foolhij*, Ihe Par-
metsof Mt. Phasaiit Township.
Tho fact that many Mt. Pleasant township farmers wor^ badly sold by leasing
their land, about two years ago to wily
speculators, under pretense of making
oil territory of it, is well known to most
of the JoOHN.U, reade
entered hy ihe farmers
iii.-, and judgment has
cause withheld. 'Ihe su
under the plea thai the
fe'eted by fraudulent i
proved to be worded so ;
mineral,   etc.      Loucki
•s. Suits were
igainst tbo par-
been for some
its were brought
leases   were  ef-
e.ms,  as    they
i to include all
Lemon,  and
The library
we have ever •■■
company i
-X. Y. ExB;
tho best
•ororator.
The II. A o. Railroad Company aro putting iu a siding lor tho Eureka Facing
Company.
I>. !'. Lowe in building a bouse just
oast of his present fine residence on
main street.
A.'ext lo my own, tho Library opera
y is the greatest show on earth.
Barnum.
'Olll Jill
-!'. T.
Messrs. I). P. Lowe C. It. Cool and F.
M. Husband havo each recently pur-
chasod a \i;i-y lino Iloatty organ.
Tlio portion Who stole (ho meat from
ihe porch oftho National hotel -vr III confer a favor upon himself by paying
for it.
many other.) of the farmers who signed
their right:; away, Were visited liy agents
who made offers to purchase their coal,
and run all risk of the validity of the
present leases,
This may be a a ibomc, and it. may not,
but, until a decision is rendered by the
court one way or tie other, no coal html
will bo sold at the prices tendered,   The
i manner in whicli this land, amounting
Ito about 8,000 acres, is held, does not
allow the farmer to even  make  use of
' the lime>t"iie, provided tin.' lease stands
the test iu  law.     Everything is made
fust   by  t
10   J
leculin
• wording
of docti-
nod
wilie
i wero  w
•itten in
line
r as to
likely fool
an ordi-
near Paintorsvllle is
finest blooded colt in
luuuccd   so   by   good
W. s. King of
tho ou nor of the
the   county,   pro:
judges.
William Gtibbs is repairing his house
on West Main street. lie is building an
addition, and is otherwise improving
bis property,
J. A. Lonr represented Moss Roso
Lodge No. U50 of Mt. Ploasant r.t the
meeting of the Orand Lodge at Harris-
butg. M. P. .Stoner represented Bethany
I.odgo No. 869.
llon'l fail lose.'lire a reserved scat for
Pocoriicion evening.
Tho fashionable- color at presont is
cnllod bilious yellow.
Thobowfie.h authoritiofjincroasod lho
police lone yesterday to five.
Miss Baker of Brooklyn is visiting
with her friend Mrs. .1. C. Crownovor.
What J know about bossism.—Simon
Cameron. National Hall, Tuosday evoning, May 80.
A 11.00 ro'.io was stolen from lho office
oi's indies and Lemmon's livery stable
one tiny hist v-coU.
The Pennsylvania editors go to Wash -
ington and   Mt.   Vernon,  .luno  Gilt, on
their annual holiday excursion.
•I. W. Radio of Philadelphia, formerly
of this place, and moro recently of Scott-
diile, was In tho latter named place Ins t
wee it.
Messrs. J. W. & L. B. Minor, have
Contracted to creel -100 coke ovens for lho
Connollsvlllo Coal oi Iron Company at
Loisering.
Dr. P. L. Marsh is tho surgeon for tlio
Fidelity.and Casualty Insurance Company, All persons injured will apply to
him tit once.
,f. Ii. Coldsmitb has arranged his noda
fountain with a view to the convenience
ofcustomors by placing it in tlie window
of his confectionery.
MOUiNI) ABOUT.
NUMEROUS   HEAR-BY   NEWS  NOTES.
PHILORETIAN ENTERTAINMENT.
Tim Week's Wealth or Ni'nr News Gathcr-
ecl hy Onr ltcportcrs ami Ncallj- IVi|i-
pcfl finm Numerous Neighbors.
Tho population of West, NowLon  has
nearly doublod since tho census of 1880
was taken-
Miles Mi'Kenna wan drugged and rob-
b       it :>is residence near West   Nowton,
I on Wednesday.
Fruit trees have not blossomed in the
mountains yet, and tho people up there
I expect a good crop,
John MoWillimns formerly foreman
on the Saltsbnrg Press has accepted the
position ot foreman on the Greensburg
Press.
Wm. .Tones a miner nt the Atoyor
works oilers to fight any coal miner in
tbo Connollsvlllo region for $100 or $500
a side.
Rev. Moot'hoad, of tho Presbyterian
Church, Oreensburg' has decided totako
the matter into his own hands of socuring
sufficient funds with which to oreet a
now edifice.
!•: is well settled that the early Greens-!
burg accommodation   train, down the
Southwest railroad, will bo put- on again |
about .Monday.   This is good news to
our citizens.
A Creditable Performance by the Literaly
Lights of (he In.iiin.d .
The entertainments given Friday and
Saturday evenings at National Hall by
the l'hilnrel: in literary society of the
Mt. Pleasant Classical Institute were a
docjded success, and the young ladies
and gentlemen, as woll as their instruc-
COAL AftD COKE.
OUR    COUNTRY'S:  GFlSAT    WEALTH.
Vnrtona flonj.s of Interest About tho Great
Industry    Scoopi-il   in   Aieimil tho
Work* anil Cawjht cm (he JOy.
Twenty blocks of now- tenements will'
I bo built st Trotter this summer.
tor, Prof. I'.yron W. King, deserve great j    Tho  situation in  tho Georges Crock
praise for their clever effort. i region has   not changed   during tho
Friday evening a few minutes after 8 i month,
o'clock Charley Mullln, thepresiden
the society, opened the exorcises wii
very few introductory remarks to ac
paratively
James
on the
It was
Stauffo
lay a poefcot book belonging to
icele of Qroensbiirg} was found
iieei. loading past James Neels.
ilaced in the hands of 'Squire
A littlo son of Mr. Nutting of Texas
fell Off u wagon last week and  getting
his foot caught  in  a wagon   wheel   received severe injury.
Tho B. A O. company havo oponed
their telegraph oiliee for COtnmorolal
telegraphing, Ait. Pleasant can now
boast of two telegraph offices.
J. W. Koneer has completed his buildings and placed tlio machinery for making fire brick. Ho has fired a kiln and
will soon havo two moro in readiness.
.lames Watson, a lad of about twolvo
years, ran away front his homo in Seottdale. < oustable Elchor found him lying
in a wagon bo:-: Friday night,    tie found
f  Pleasant   Unity, last   him lodging for the nigi
iiv encaged leasing bit
T. J. Williams Esq. of Jones Mills
stopped at tho National Hotel overnight
last week on his way home from Greensburg where he had.boon foreman ou tho
Ward in tinier jury.
B. E. Patton, of (somerset Pa. TO. P.
Smith of Pittsburg, both passenger
agents for the P.. A O. it. r. and D.
Dower passenger agent for the P. R. P..
wero iu town 1
Several nights ago
inoveii from tho win
man's blacksmith si
Church,   an I   quite
horse shoes taken.
somo glass was fellow in Wm. Poor-
op, at tlie Middle
n  lot of  Finished
St Wi e!
no in'
You ean be
terfaii'.o I than by i
with (lie T.ile-i'.i'y
you   bear   theui   <
(nevor) waul fo b.
liurdetlo.
re delight fully on-
1 'ioi- an evening
lera company. If
' you will surely
them again.—Bob
irted that tho Scott Bn
) oil excitement  in  t
such a in
nary lawyer.
It is now r
who raised  tin
neighborhood  i
summer, arc bu
on nearly the sum,' conditions as these
farms ore held, and at present have
over 1,600 acres. It is said the only difference botween tho Beotts and the
others is, that the latter only agreed 1"
go a reasonable depth with test holes
and ended in a few feet over I,led feet,
while the Scott Pros, are binding themselves to sink tit leas! three holes at different points, and give the territory a
thorough Its! and rat her than fail to strike
oil in paying quantities go 2,000 feel. Now,
tf simply sinking three weiisench 2,000
feet deep, oil an agreement to give one-
eighth royally on all oil, mineral, etc.,
found and worked, will bold 1,600 acres
of coal land "until all the minerals arc ex-
exhausted," it is truly a splendid invest;
ment for the firms leasing. But, on the
othor hand, the farmers who are fooled in
ibis manner are to be pitied, OS they see
(heir neighbors disposing of their coal at a
fair price per acre and gelting the ready
cash, while they have no right ton bat
was once their own nml never have or
will receive just value.
It is presumed by many that tho Scott
Pros., never bad an idea of striking oil,
but struck it accidently and, on this account other operators were induced to
lease laud, on conditions they test the
territory in ft specified time. The failure
of the Scott's to be successful in this oil
business bad the effect to throw all other
operators off the track, allowing their
leases to die.    Now it is also said that, nt
tbe expiration of their leases on account
of not fulfilling the agreement, the Scolts
step in nml have it all in their own name.
It is now considered a fact, that the Scotts
passed through coking coal when putting
down the holes last summer, at a depth
that will pay to work before many years,
and it is an easy matter to give what
other reason they have for leasing land
in Unity township, now, out side of any
possibility of striking oil territory.
him
At this writing tho testimony forthe
commonwealth in tho firay murder
trial is closed and lho defense is being
made. Owing to tho crowded condition
of our columns lho history of tlio trial
is crowded out.
One night last week somo low-lived
fiend, who should not bo classed with
human beings, entered Mr. Anthony
keif's carriage-house and mail" a wreck
of a fine carriage which cost Air. Buff
about 8100 not lonK BffO.
No', ices have been posted up at every
station house along the Balto. and Ohio
road, forblding persons tresspassing on
the platform or grounds of the company
unless on business.
large audience: after which
an instrumental duet was performed by
Misses Palm and Strickler.
The recitation, "The Sioux Chiefs
Daughter," by Miss Ella Squibb, was one
of the finest performance i of the evening.    Tbo lady's voire, expression and
gestures were good.
"The Wild Oscar," an essay by Miss
Happy Lyon, was especially line in point
of composition.     The   criticism was so
j fair—so philosophical—and yet so strona
| and  convincing that we fear tbe wily
I Oscar   himself  couldn't  have answered
them. -A slight Imitated accent in her
pronunciation of words that fended towards monotony was noticeable,
After music by the Institute choir,
.lames Pershing delivered an oration on
"England's Selfishness." His oration
was a caustic, severe nnd telling rebuke
to the overbearing and selfish "Johnny
Hull" While his oration was well written and lull of lire and feeling, yet Ids
use of the guttural tone might 1
better; this, coup!
Belf-importance,
from his otliorwls
The  recitation,
A charter   has   been
Govornor to the Latrolx
with a capital stt
Northrop, A. II.
ranted by the
ntrobo <ias Company,
•k of (20,000, Smith A
Voting' and  S. II, ail']
ive bis n
d with an extra air of
letractod    somewhat
very excellent effort,
"Iiciith of Ney," hy
ir-
t. linker nro tho principal shareholders,
a
Blairsville has just pt
siego of smallpox, tliero
All are now convaloscont
danger is apprehended.
icd through
ing five cases.
in .1 no further
ft was carried
Iron
lleit ti
Ihe city.    Ail the
i two houses.
eases
von
Tho incongruities of fiat nro ure well
lluslratod when a man, whose iil'o from
lho cradle has been ono stupendous
error, points out a small mistake in a
newspaper and then asks thoeditor "why
be can't got things strait iu his paper?"
—[West Newton Press.
Home
C. A. R. ARRANGEMENTS
For Decorating Owivw nml Co-aclncttng
SxervUei for Doooratiou Vny.
Following is the ordor of exercises for
Decoration day as arranged by tbo committee of genera! arrangements)
Tho Itobcit Warden Tost if. A. It. will
moot nt Mi o'clock a. m. nt tbe Post room.
At!»o'clock n procession of soktiors and
citizens will form in front of tho Post
room and proceed to tho old graveyard
on church stroot, where the graves will
be decorated according to tho memorial
ceremonies of tho (I. A. It. This done
tho exereisoa will bo continued at the
M. E. church, whoro addresses will be
delivered and appropriate music, will be
sung. Procession will again bo formed
and will move to tbeccinetery when tbo
graves will bo decorated and fromthonco
to St. Johns church grave-yard and then
to tho Middle church graveyard, and
after the ceremonies of decoration
tho exercises will bo concluded at the
Mfddlo church. The speakers for tlio
oooaslon are Itevs, J. !'. Core and S. I,.
Markov. A full programme will bo
printed in a day or two.
A Mrs. Brown, of Texas fell through a
trap door at Ihe lauding of a flight of
stars. She feU a distance of twelve feet.
Save some skin wounds and a very bad
scare, shs gathered herself up iu gootl
shape.
Tho senior class of Indiana Normal, for
1S82, has the following representatives
from Westmoreland county: Miss Annie
E. sa.ndics, Ml. Ploasant, Silas A. Sntor
P.uII'sd.'iii, and N. N. McGrew West-
Newton.
One day last week seven men having
purchased ft gallon of whisky at Tarrs
station seated themselves around it, and
did not rise until thoy had d.tinlt nil tho
liquor. Somo didn't rise for somo time
after, no doubt.
A lady near Cliauiliersburg, Pa., recently scared some earth in a 1 ox for tlie!.,
purpose of raising cabbage plants, and
placed tiio same in a warm room. In a
few hours llio room was filled with young
grasshoppers, which the warm atmosphere had prematurely hatched from eggs
deposited in tho earth.
When a newspapor man comes to M
Ploasant and fails to loftk in o:i us, wo I
begin to wonder what is wrong.   Bul
then when men utterly fail to observe
tho "Gplden rule" they aro not no ready
to call on their neighbor.
it. M. J. Zahnlser has been elected
supprintendnnt of tho Union Sunday
School at the now Texas public school
building, and Freeman Murphy assistant superintendant. The number in attendance last Sunday was 103,
Go to'iNatlonaP Ilall Tuesday evoning, May 30th, and givo your support to
tlie Circulating Library Association of
Mt. Pleasant. The public library de-
servos your patronago, and the entertainment, wo trust, will bo all that could
be e:- peeted.
Last Sunday a Morowood Hungarian
was arrested and brought boforo 'Squire
Stauffer upon tlie chargo of beating and
Will Mberso'.e, was certainly up t<
fection in point of delivery.   Air.
sole's graceful gestures, well oonti
P'
Oil'.'
piece
ilmost
ItoiU'iv Vour I.i n-,.-.
There  aro limes  in  every one's   life
when energy fails nnd a miserable feeling
comos over them, mistaken lor laziness.
Danger lurks in those symptoms, as they
arise from diseased organs. Parker's
if inner Tonic will restore perfect activity
to tho Stomach, Liver and Kidneys,
purify the blond, and renew your loaso
of health and comfort.—Advocate.
e-2i-4t.
shliugattke new block of oveja,   UerGrooor*
Lumps uf all kinds at the Mt.  Pleasant
J-17 L-t.
The Hillside Literary Society will give
nn entertainment at tho Ilillsido school
house, in Alt. Ploasant township, Thursday evening of this week. Tbo exercises
will consist of dialogues, burlesques
farces, etc., interspersed with music.
Admission 115 cents, children IS cents. A
crowded house is cxpoeted.
A local newspaper man is generally
oxpeoted to bo everywhere, seo everything, and catch every item afloat, Simply
because it is profession, lint he can't do
it. His friends can help him through by
sending or bringing such items as aro of
interest. All manner of legitimate local
news go to make upun interesting paper.
Messrs. Edward C. Allison, of Union-
town, IS. Judge Williams of Washington
city, aud J. (). Frost of Uniontown are
stopping in Alt. Pleasant whilesolloiting
for tho Fidelity tic Casualty Insurance
Company of Now fork city, Air. Allison, tbo general agent and liis assistants
aro very slick talkers. Thoy report a
successful oanvass at tho works in this
region.
Tho "No Nsnio Series'' hold an inter-
esiing session Thursday evening at the
residence of Wm. Smith. Tlio members,
as woll as visitors,  enjoyed themselves.
shallow pantomimes were a feature oftho
evening's exorcise. Tiio next meeting
will bo held on Thursday evening June
8th, at the residonee of Sauiuol Warden
whon lho life nnd works of Ralph Waldo
Emerson will bo discussed.
Thursday morning Alisa Anna Al.
Maker started out ou a lecturing tour in
Jefferson, Forrest and adjoining counties. After completing hor tour Aliss
Baker will spend a portion oftho summer months iu Forrest county, with her
lUthor, who ministers to the Cnitotl
Brethren people ip that district. Aliss
linker is an excellent scholar, a liuo lecturer, nnd we wish for hor a pleasant timo
while oiiinying tho romantic sconery of
northern, counties.
When people see a man advertise they
known bo is a business man, and his advertisement proclaims tb»t ho la not
above business, but anxious to do it.
Customors like shoop, aro grogarious,
nnd Hock Where thoy soo othora go. If
nobody else woro engaged in tho snmo
business, it would bo iportant to tradesmen and dealers to advortise in tho paper, beeauso people aro tomptod to buy
What thoy road of. Bttt Others aro engaged iii the same business, and even if
they do not advertise, it beeoinos tho
moro important for you to do so; If they
do advertise, it becomes doubly important.
Ho threw it into tho grato where Peter
ClibbOllgOt tho child nnd protected ii
until tho arre-f. The defendant paid
tho costs nnd tho child was sent to the
pool-house-
Ono oftho most disgraceful scones in
tli.- -.tre-'is of Mt. Pleasant, was the attempt of 9 young fellow to ride ft Texan
pony. The action of the human showed
thai be had taken loo much corn whilo
skin-covered bones of the brute were sufficient proof that it was sadly in need of
same Cereal. Tho cruelty to tho animal
was a fltoase for a 11 tnmuio society officer.
Communion services wero held on last
Snbbnth afternoon by Rev. S. L. Harkey
at which the rito of confirmation was ad •
ministered Co a class of live. Two sermons were preached, ono in German and
ono in English, and some 25 or 30 of the
Qerrsans from tho different works communed in their own language; Kev.
Harkoy preaches with equal facility in
German and English,
Saturday evening a young man stopped
al the National Hotel and inquired if n
man with a carpet sack had been scon in
town, Ho said he bad walked all tho
way from "Qhpstown Saturday. That a
man had stolen a watch mid oilier valuables to the amount Of $200 from him and
that ho carried a carpet sack. That bo
had traced the man through Pleasant
Unity and that he was quite certain he
was but a short distance behind the thief,
lie hurried liimsoli down main street
and has not been beard of sinco.
Mr. W. I.. McLean, formerly of tho
"Lender," now of tho Philadelphia
"Press," visited Mrs. Sergeant Mason
for tho purpose of delivering tho money
collected bv the Philadelphia "Press''
for tho bonofitof her sell and baby. Mr.
McLoan gave .Mrs. Mason $:I,">-I2.fi2, whicli
is in addition to»125 previously collected
by that journal. In tho receipt which
Mrs. Aluson gave for this money, sho
agreed to set aside (1,000 for Ihe exclusive
benefit of tiie baby,' 'buries Field Mason.
—-"Lender." Air. McLean is a Alt. Ploaa-
ant boy, Htid spends a we*k or ao hero
every your visiliuu relatives and frietuis.
Wednesday lust Airs, John Husband
accompanied by Altss Bebeooa Qodge-
kiu, daughter of Abrnm llodaokiu who
live on Bunker Hill drove to tho rosi-
doneo of H.tvi'l Fox In Fast Huntington
township. The Indies lighted from the
litiggv nnd procoodod to the house. In
looking around Airs. Husband noticed
that something was wrong with her
companion. Aliss Elodgekin cnllod for
assistance and sank down exhausted.
Alomhors oftho Pox Family ran to her,
and they and Mrs. Husband did all thoy
could lor tbo ludy, who now was deathly
sick. Tbey curried hor into the house
where she expired in iess than ten minutes. MissHodgekin had been a con-
suuipil ■ ■ Bar itime time.
According to (ho Cumberland ISfnil
large quantities of tonic beer and pop
are shiped lo connollsvlllo from that
place. Connollsville is the "buck alley"
town of coko regions. I1- furnishes the
necessary Ingredients foi half the riots
and crimes in th* region.
That tho South Pennsylvania railroad
will bo built is now considered a certainty. Thirty millions of dollars will lie
rorpjfrod to build iho road. Ponds for
one-half this amount will be issued, and
the other half will bo stoek. The money
conies principally from London and
England. It Is reported that tli instruction t lho road has already been
contracted I -r.
A boy named flosley, living in Sow-
icliley township went to Church at a
country sehool-houso one day last wee!-:
and there saw a young lady whom he
immediately fell in love with. Unsought.
and obtained an introduction ; courted
hor for two hours, and before tbey had
known each other:! hours a neighboring
justice was cnllod in and the twain were
made one flosh.
Tho oil house ofthe Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Connollsville was burnt at on
early hour Saturday morning. An employe went into the building for some ben
zlno,carrying a lighted torch. Tho latter
accidentally came in contact with lho inflammable liquid, ami in an instant tho
room was in flames. About thirty barrels of oil were burned. Tho shops woVo
saved only by tlio greatest effort.
To acquire habits of cordiality and
friendship, a loenl candidate shakes
bands with his wil'o every timo ho meets
her, and before leaving presents hor one
of bis cards. Last week her arm grew
so painful in consequence of these
exceedingly cordial and constantly recurring greetings that she was obliged
to carry it In a sling. Tho candidate is
now practicing with the pump-handle,
varying the exorolse by occasionally
kissing tho cook. His wife is beginning
to think that he is getting it down almost
too line and wishes tho election wero
over.
voice and line conception of th
enabled hint lo hold the attdlonce
spell-bound to tho end. Aftor adding
strength to his voice by uioro practice
iie can justly feel proud of bis abilities
as a speakor.
After the rendition of an excellent instrumental solo by Miss Cochran, a selection from Shakespeare, the "Quarrel
Scene," between Brutus and Oassius in
tho tragedy of Julius Cmsar, was performed by Daniel Kiostor as Brutus and
A. S. Lobingier as Cnsslus. This is the
first introduction of a Shakesporian play
before a Alt. Pleasant audience. The
fact that the first venture was made by
homo talent and that liny dill so admirably well was very pleasing to tho audience. The costumes were exceedingly
beautiful.   Aside from a slight unnatu
ral gesture of Hi.' arms on tho part of
Mr, Leister ami a partial hick togivetho
full orii un'!' voice on the part of Mr.
Lobingier, tho performance was such
that v. e defy tho best of nmntouv players
to OXCOl them.
"Archie Bean, ns recited by MiSSOS
Annie overholt and Emma Reynolds,
was "just too lovely,'' and no doubt
many a poor fellow's heart jumped about
Wildly beneath his vest, as the SWC
tlestoryof love wan rehearsed by two
such charming young ladies. A slight
imitative accent wasn«tlceable,howovor.
There scents to be the some tendency at
tbe Institute as in many other institutions for tbe young ladies to imitate tho
manner  or  voleo of other readors and
Whon in operation Charlotte furnace)
used two hundred and sovoty-flve tons
of raw material per day.
The wages of the haulers at lho works
ofthe Stewart Iron Company hoVO been
advanced to $1.83 per day.
C. H. Armstrong A- Co., are opening
np a now coal works oast of Shanor,, on
the Balto A Ohio Railroad'.
Tho Fayette Coko and Furnace company are erecting fifty ovons on theKylo
farm, Tn George township".
Work at all tho mines in thn Meyers-
dale coal region progresses linoly. Orders continue good and thoro is amnio
employment for all.
The car shops and all tho coal works at
Latrobe are in mil blast,notwithstanding
the rumor some time ago that somo of
them wero shut down.
Col. Soboonmoker and others aro tho
possessora of three thousand acres ofco.it
in Colorado which is said to make excellent coke alter being washed.
During the past week two mules woro
kilted at the Standard minns. To avoid
further trouble in Ibis lino, substantial
brakes aro being attached to ovory wagon
in tho pit.
A prominent coal operator and iron
manufacturer remarked within a fow
days that the demand for iron was still
verry great, and that the fears of a panio
were groundless,
Hurry Pry, a driver, at Jamison's conl
works in All. Pleasant township wan
caught betweon trucks recently, and
bad bis arm mashed so badly that amputation was noeossary.
Tbe ECoiferend Charlotte furnace works
have shut down beeauso ot tho idleness
ofthe furnace, which, blew out a couple
of weeks ago for repairs. Sixty miners
and drawees are out of employment.
The deed from Carnegie Pros. Ai Co.,
limited, to tho H. C. Prick Coko company, for iutorest In certain coal lands in
We itmoroland o unity, has been recorded
in the recorder's office at Greensburg*
Tho consideration ia S22">,(|00,
The conl and coko works in tbe vicinity of Lntvobo are reporte 1 to bo running
full, except lho ':. Clair works, where
the minors and drawers aro on tho striko
for higher wages,   tt 1b also rumored
that th" Mon". I  iv wili close down soon.
Messrs. Joseph W. Stoner, Harry W.
Stonorand Albert Shtipo have purchased
240 acres of coal land ill Washington
county. Thoy will open out and run an
extensive coal works. Harry Stoner
left last week to take tho superintendence of flic works.
McClurO A- Company have boon granted the right to erect ovons and manufacture coko for live yoars at ;i royalty of
sixteen cents por ton, on the Johnston
farm just- north of Connollsville along
tho Sou'.!: west railroad, Thoy aro erecting fifty si \ ovens.
ilecioeu
Commencement nt Ml. Plrcunnt.
The Institute closes its ninth year June
21st. Tbe Annual sermon by the President will be preached in the Baptist
church on Sabbath evening .Tune 18th.
Examinations on Monday and Tuesday
10th and 20th. Annual address before
the I'hilorctinn Literary Society by Rev
B. D. Thomas of Philadelphia, on Mon
day evening June l'Jtb. Public EtOrcise
of tbe Graduates in tho Baptist church,
Tuesday evening 20th. Meeting of tbo
Board of Ti ostees in the Parlor of tho
Institute at. 1 P. «. Tuesday 20.th Commencement Wednesday 21st.
lnntltnte I.rcturo Course.
On Thursday of this week-, May 23,
Prof. O. J. Sturgis of Uniontown will deliver the fourth of his Lectures on the
Colonial History ofthe United States in
the Chapel ofthe Institute at 3:31) p. m.
On the same evening at 8 c. m.Rcv. N*. L.
Reynolds will deliver his second Lecture
on "tbo Origin of the Earth." This will
no doubt bo a subject of as milch enthusiastic interest as tbe former ono on "lho
Origin of the Heavens." Tlio entiro
course of lectures is proving instructive
in an eminent degree.
the best performance
Or   Saturday   evening   was   tlie
hip" in tween Widow Bedoll
lioo Warden) and Eider Sniflios
nley  Squibbs).   Tho acting  of
A Hecla  Unppvn ing.
Ono day last week two sinkers nt Hecla coke works named Tom Browers and
Joe Conway quarreled while at work
down in tho shaft, the former getting
severely punished, Conway was discharged the next morning and skipped
out at ouco to save being arrested, as the
But
of I his
"I lourtc
(Aliss A
(Air.   F
Miss Warden as the love-sick widow
was simply perfection. Mr. Squibb
mode a capital, Simon-pure Elder Sniffles. He may havo overdrawn his character in several Instances, but tho audience overlooked this in their continuous
at of laughter from, the beginning lo tho
oud of tho performance.
A number of tableaux woro given botween lho exorcises. "David Slaying
Goliath" was a good one.
The   evening's  exorcises wero closed
with music entitled "The Anvil Chorus,"
by tbe choir.
B LTUBDA*"  KVI-iNlXil.
A crowded house was greeted with n
repetition of "Tho Anvil Chorus" in su-
p.orb stylo,
The reoitatiou, "charge at Balaclava/'
by Aliss Ida Roadman was given with
mob clear enunciation that ovory word
could be beard by tho audionce; nnd in
such a manner as to hold the attention
of the entire iiudionco, which was .somewhat annoyed liy tho people coming in.
That beautiful anonymous poem entitled "Pock Of Ages'' was rocilod by
Miss Etta Louoks in her own sweet way.
By the uso of a naturally tine voice
under good control, and of elegant gesture, site pictured in quick succession
tho jaunty grace of tho thoughtless
maiden, tho burdening sorrow ol tho
oare-worn woman, tbo trembling form
aud faltering tono of age, and tho sad
funeral dirge above tho eoflin lid.
Aftor tho rendition of ono of Aliss
Palm's exquisite Instrumental solos, the
rising of tbo curtain displayed Airs. Jar-
loy's wonderful collection of immortal
wax-work figures. Horo could bo seen
mighty giants and puny dwarfs; notable
women and celebrated men—in fact, if
Was a great panorama of scores of real
and imaginative scones. Tho preparation for tins.part oftho enlertaiuniont
certainly required much patience and
work. The two stipes wdio assisted Alia.
Jarloy in exhibiting the figures took up
too much time, so that often the effeot of
the exhibition of a figure on tho audi enoe
had died out long   boforo   anothor   was
brought    forward.      The    perform! 0
would have left n bet tor Impression had
tho    exhibition    been    much    shorter
Owing to a lack of music, caused by the
illness of Miss Palm, and the length of
tho exhibition, the lasl scene was not SO
well appreciated, r.ut, as wo said at the
beginning, the efforts of the members of
tbe literary society were orowned with
success, and they amy rest assured that
their future attempts in this lino will always be appreciated by a large Alt. Pleasant audience.
Tho Chicago A- (lonnellsvillej Company
havo developed some valuable minerals
on their property.   Three hundred acres
of herd coal, live and a half-foot vein, n
a two-foot vein of excellent lire clay and
a vein of iron ore, the latter two beneath
the bituminous coal vein, have boon do-
'veloped and will bo worked.
Thero will be a delegate eonvonlion of
miners and coko drawers of tho Con-
nellsville coke region held in Coffman's
Hall, Everson, Thursday 2 p. in. June
1st, 1882. Each works aro entitled lo
sond two delegates. Thoro will be a
permanent Secretary and Organizer
oleeted. Also, an Executive Committoo
of throe,
A diseaso cnllod anthrncosis is giving
much trouble to miners. II Is caused
by constant inhaling of coal dust. Tho
fine particle.-! being rounded, do not for
a considerable time givo great inconvo
nionco. Finally certain portionsofthe
lungs become so loaded with the coal
dust that they break down, and the victim dies of marasmus.
A good doal of conjecture Is being
made as to wliou tbo ConneUsvllle ooal
deposit will have been ontiroly worked,
s mho place the time at 60 years j others
at 25 und others say the deposit v/ill last
for over. The ConneUsvllle coko region
covers an area of about forty utiles long
by from three to four miles wide. Ascertain how many acres of coal arc mined every your and the problem ean bo
solved.
Tbo coke industry moves stoadly onward with Its groat product of 70,000tons
n week, needed to meet tbo widespread
'demands of onsuniors. It being a commodity the consumption of which marks
the condition  of the  Iron   business,   im
situation a.t till times is interesting.
Prices continue steady ranging from
£1.05 to i'.2 per ton of 2000 lb. ou board oars
at tho ovons.—[American Manufacturer
,V Iron World,
Another convention was hold Saturday
by river and railroad coal miners. They
reaffirmed their previous action di reeling
miners at the twenty-one pits along the
Pan-handlo Railroad to stand out against
reduction of digging from 4 to ,'IJ cents
n bushel. Thoy passed ti series of Toso-
luiions providing thai unless the Panhandle oporators remove tho 150 colored
miiiers from Ohio by Juno 1, all pits in
tho Pittsburg district on all railroads ami
ou tho river shall bo closed down.
Anuoynuce Avoldril*.
(tray hairs are honorable but their pre
mat in ii appearance is am loving.  Parker's
Ilalr Pals un prevents the annoyance by
penalty is heavy for actions of this kind j promptly restoring the youthful color.
underneath the ground.   J.  Al.  Keck, ii-2i-it.
merchant ;' Ridgeview looses about$25,
and Mr.    lo     son, of Weavers Old Stand J     Hager^town (iraiii  llriils
i?M, through the limklou flight of' otr.vav.   J, B. Andrews.
Several   capitalists of Cleveland ami
other points In Ohio have boon in tho
neighborhood of West Newton, Pa., for
several days. It is reported that thoy
have bought from M,-. Ralph Hagidey,
of Pittsburgh, 460 acres of ooal land thore
for 170,088 cash. A.'ow teiiomonts houses
aro on lho tract, with other additions,
Tho engines of tho Baltimore Ai Ohh,
railroad are supplied with coal attblS
point. Another Ohio company, m which
are the Stambaughs, of Youngstowh,
baye purchased 1,900 acres of rfaiiti at
Port Royal, fonr and q half miles above
West Newton, it ls-also said that three
othor Ohio   o 'inpaiiio.s  have  purchased
sale by'ga- coal tracts in the volley Ot .no ia- '.
-l-i ti.       li iti-i'j for Uii.iu.