Mount Pleasant journal (December 20, 1882)

              VOL 10.
MT. PLEASANT. WESTMORLAND CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1882.
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rTDITORIAL NOTES.;
Tim managers of tlie Garfield fair at
Washington will go down to history not
as Miss Nancys but us luismanagers.
Prksiount Authuu is evidently spelling harmony with a big H now. Ho has
found out what sort of artillery the
Pennsylvania Dutchmen use when they
get mad.
A GuoRrin undertaker tried to make a
fortune out of Bun Hill's funeral but lie
come to grief when he presented liis
bill. Even the shadowy land of the ]
deed is trespassed upon when it comes
to stealing from the government.
A SIOUX REPAST.
FEEDING Oil GOVERNMENT RATIONS,
M*
What a queer thing law is, any way!
The people are beginning to believe that
the bandage over the eyes of the blind
goddess has slipped just enough for the
lady to indulgo in quite a flirtation with
some of the big corporations of the age.
Tns Senate has a committee looking
into tho legalized gambling in stocks,
nud before it William H. Vanderbilt was
called to testify. His testimony shows
him to be tbe most woefully ignorant
man lo the land regarding corners and
futures.
Two of the Jefferson Medical College
faculty, in Philadelphia, have been arrested and held in five thousand dollars
bail to answer the charge of being accessories to tlie recent grave robbing dona
there. These doctors will have to he
well heeled to escape merited punishment.
A FnrsBCBCi preacher preached a sermon on tho management of the Allegheny county poor house and the retort
courteous wm made by R member of the
board that the minister should have
pulled '.he beam out of his own eye before probing for the motes in his brethren's eyes. The outcome will be a suit
for slander which will greatly tend
towards the betterment of the present
Flatus of affairs ut the poor house.
Not satisfied with present drafts Upon
the National treasury, the Senate has
paused a bill to make the government
stand good for the merchant marine destroyed by France during the embroglio
arising from America's failure to observe
her part of the international treaty in
1302. The two governments cried quits
on their respective claims for damages,
and now the private owners of llie lost
vessels propose, to make Uncle Sum ante
up for his carelessness. The prospects
of pay are, however, not encouraging.
AMFRRY CHRISTMAS,
Before another week lias rolled around
Sants Onus, fair, fat and jolly, with his
old back well loaded with presents, and
his dashing team of reindeer Rnd sledge,
will have come and gone. To our older
readers be will recall days gone by when
they pinned np their faith and their
longest stockings full belief that the visitor would dash down the chimney and
leave a store of good things during the
dark hours before the dawn of the Savior's natal day. By tho youngsters his
advent will bo hailed with the greatest
satisfaction and noxt Monday will bo
l,he one day in the year in which no
second call will be needed to arouse
them from slumber. Gift giving and gift
receiving-is the great feature of our Christ-
mis the custom obtaining from tho fact
that the great gift bestowed upon mankind by the Almighty is supposed to
have entered upon his earthly mission
ou this day. There is nothing that affords more pleasure than the interchange
of presents and bonds of friendship and
love are cemented all the more closely
by these tokens of affection so freely
disposed.
To our readers big and little Tne Jocr-
kai, extends congratulations with the
■wish that many 1 appy Christmas days
may fall to their lot coupled with the
hope that the New Year may bring on
its wings the happiest of happy greetings'
In accordance with the custom observed heretofore, no issue will be mado in
tho holiday week, and the poor printors
will take a short breathing spell before
settling down to furnishing you with the
nows in 1883.
Ho i±n.cn ot Society for Hiim,
A young lady of Oakland, Cat., married a brakeuian in pique, and then returned to her family and kept the wedding secret, When it was discovered
alio sent for her husband and expressed
her desire to live with him. He agreed
to this on the condition that at the end
of six months she could ) akc a loaf of
bread that would meet with the approval
of his friends, but it is hoped that he
may be Induced to receive her bread or
no bread.
It Would Not Huru.
' An attempt, was made on Saturday to
bam the office of the District Attorney
who is at the head of the prosecutions of
ihe Star Routers. The attempt was a
failure and every attempt will be made
to bring the guilty party to justice.
A Western.  Man', True Tnle   RoRitrdlnK
tno Rifle In ithlili the Aborigine,
Tuck  Away   ProTcniler.
One of tho peculiarities of the latest
United States style of feeding the noble
red man in the fact that ho is given
Government rations, and at the same
time appropriations are made which are
supposed to Maintain hint,
Sometimes a wild Indian who don't
know much about groceries and how to
prepare them, for food, comes in anil
draws his regular soldier ration in this
way. For instance, up jo, tlie Silling
Bull country a while ago un Indian
came in from tho warpath who had
never seen any of the pale-face style of
food, and drew his rations.
He made a light mer.l of ungronnd
coffee the first day, and as he overate, mid the coffee swelled on him, he
l.iul difficulty in buttoning his pants
around the pain thnt no had on hand.
He foil very unhappy for a day or two,
but laid it to the fact that ho hadn't exercised much, and the consequent ennui
and indigestion resulting therefrom.
As soon as he succeeded in getting his
interior department quitted down a
little, he tackled his ration of candles.
These he decided to pni boil, in order to
avoid trouble from indiu'estion. The
dish was not so much of a glittering success as he had anticipated, and ns he
remorsefully picked the candle wicking
out of his tmelh with a tent pin he made
gome remark that grated harshly on the
icstlietic cars of those who stood near.
He thou tried a meal of yeast powder
with vinegar. He ate the yeast powder
and then took a drink of extremely potent vinegar to wash it down.
At Bret there was a feeling of glad surprise in his stomach, which rapidly gnve
place to unavailing remorse.
A can of yeast powder in an Indian's
midst don't seom to be prepared for u
pint of vinegar, and the result of such an
unfortunate circumstance is not gratifying.
Kvery little while a look of pain would
come ovor the features ofthe noble child
ofthe forest, and then he would jump
about seventeen feet and try to kick a
cloud out of Ihe sky. Then he would sit
down and think over his past life.
It took a woek for him to get back
where he dared to get up another meal
for himself. Then he fricasseed a couple
of pounds of laundry soap mid ate thnt.
Soap is all right for external purposes
or for treating a pair of soiled socks, but
it does not assimilate with the gastric
juice readily, and those wtio have tried
auudry soap as a relish do not seem to
think that it will ever arrive at any degree of prominence as an article of diet.
That is why this untutored child of
nature swore. He had never received
the benefits of early (rniiiingin profanity,
and his language, therefore, wns disconnected and rnmhline: but when we consider that ho was ignorant of our b:a-
guage, and that every little while he had
to stop and hold on to his digester with
both hands und dig great holes in the
earth with his toes, the remarks didn't
seem altogether out of place or irrelevant.
When a gallon or so of agitated baking
powder anil vinegar is singing its little
song in the innermost recesses of an Indian, and this has been followed by a
treatment of laundry soap, the student of
human nature can find a wide field for
observation in that locality.
The earnest and occupied look, the
troubled expression of the countenance,
followed by the quick nervous twitching
of the muscles of the face, and then the
swelling up and the bursting of the suspender button, the deep-drawn si^h and
the smothered cuss word, all betoken
the gastric agitation going on within.
This is why au Indian prefers a link
of bologna sausage and a two-year-old
dog to the high-priced groceries so common to our modern civilization.
North  American Re-view.
The initial volume of this standard
monthly for the now year is upon our
table. Amongiit its contents we note an
article upon ihe revision of creeds by-
Rev. Newman Smith, I). D., Rev. Lyman
Abbott, D. D. and Rev. Henry Ward
Beechcr. Prof. Li5 Coiue Stevens contributes an interesting paper on "University Education for Women." Prof. Isaac
L. Rice furnishes "A Definition of Liberty," and Gilbert M. Lucker, a paper on
"American English." Another novel article in magazine literature is that of
"Bigatry in the Medical Profession" by
Dr. David Hunt. Taken as a whole the
January number of the "Review" is fully
up to, if not more interesting than its
predecessors.
TOUOrtTRAMPS.
A Terrible Accident.
A very distressing accident occurred at
Altoona on last Thursday night. A party
of four persons, Mr. James I'arks, a
school teacher, a Mr. L. Carnum, who
was learning telegraphing at Tiptontown,
and two sisters, Miss Alice and Flora Er-
win, were returning from prayer meeting
on the railroad, and stepping aside to let
one train pass, a passing engine ran over
them, killing all instantly, mangling
them in a terrible manner. They were
all residents of Tipton, Blair county.
l*t 17s llur Worn  Guile...
Th» Rev. Dr. Hicks, who was spiritual
adviser to Guitean, announces that the
•asaiHiu is not iu hell, because there is.
"* ?och place.
He Sot {"Blight.
One day last week Bob Mullin, a Mt.
Pleasant boy, was ploying "Catcher" on
the ice when, in trying to escape from a
playmate, he fell and cut an ugly gash
above his left eye. Bob does not object
to being caught, but he does think that
tho degree ot tlie catch was a liltle too
heavy for one time.
HftDdtomclr Arrange*!.
Our neighbors, Graul & Workman,
brim full of energy and enterprise have
spent a good deal of time and money in
arranging their storo for lbe holidays.
Willi the windows hansomcly decorated
and the interior of their storo overflow-
ingwith nice things, it is really worth
tubile tp drop in and see the display.
A. Illnl mul One of Tlieir rtmnber Perfnra-
tcd With a Itullet Wholesale Arrests.
Over at the Monastery farm, near Latrobe, is a rendezvous for the turnpike
sailors on account of the facilities
tor obtaining food without any exertion
iitlici- ihnn demanding it. .For somo
tine pasta gang "'niimberng eleven of
these worthless specimens of humanity,
lias been annoying that neighborhood.
They were traveling together and by
mutual agreement nobody had permission to leave his fellows unless by the
unanimous consent of the  whole party.
Lust Wednesday they secured a couple
of gallons of whiskey and proceeded to
have a high old lime of it. One ofthe
party, John II. Quick, seeing that n fight
would be the probable result of tbe debauch', announced his intention of renouncing the companionship of the gang
and starling out for himself. Vigorous
protests were filed against this declaration but it wns of no avail, and Quick
started off. Some of tho crowd followed
him and one, Charles Ferris, fired at
him with a revolver. The first slot
missed but a second one caught the fugitive in the left side above tho hip.
Quick staggered down to the Monastery
coke works where he told what had happened. Word of the shooting affray was
sent to Lntrobo and Mayor Bierer, with
a squad of deputies, promptly responded.
The tramps were corralled in tho Monastery where Ihey had gone to get something to eat after the fatiguing exercise
just experienced. They jwere searched,
bound together in pairs, and slartod on
the march to the Greensburg Bastile.
Just below the Monastery, Charles
Ferris, the artist who did the shooting,
freed himself from his bunds and made
a break for libcr'.y across the CcIiIh.
Louis Schultz, one of tho deputies, emptied his revolver at the runaway, hut
Louis was not tho equal of Buflalo Bill
and the tramp when captured failed to
show any evidence of correctness in the
deputy's aim. The aggregation, was
brought to the county Reat without any
further incident and lodged in jail.
Seven were committed on a charge of
vagrancy; one for carrying concealed
weapons; one for felonious assault and
battery with intent to kill, and two fur
being accessories thereto.
The wounded man was taken to the
County Home. He hails from Port Jor-
vis, N. J., and claims to have been working at Pittsburg and Johnstown, coming
from tho latter place to Latrobe. He is
only twenty years old. The chances
seem favorable for his recovery.
Truwbi-.picn Cets Win Dues.
Charles 0. Truphsgeu was taken into
court at Canton, Ohio, one day hint week
to receive his sentence for shooting with
intent to kill Thomas J. Orr. He said
(bat his actions on the night ot the
shooting wero a blank to him. He implored the mer'-y of tho court. Judge
Pease said that the proof hnd been overwhelming before Tiaphagen changed bis
plea to guilly, and that he thought the
prisoner was cranky, due largely to Intemperance Btld an ungovernable temper i
that the evidence had shown a determined purpose to kill Orr, and would
have convicted Traphagen of murder in
the first degree had Orr died. Trapha-
£en was sentenced to nineteen years in
the penitentiary. The sentence gives
great satisfaction.
Walltlat  KtcnrlUi,..
It has for many yean been the custom
oftlie Pennsylvania railroad to make reduced rates for round-trip tickets extending over the holidays, and it is announced by the passenger depiirnient
that the practice will be observed this
year on not onlv tho Pennsylvania rail
road, but on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore, West Jersey, Northern
Central, Baltimore & Potomac, and tho
Philadelphia & F.rie railroads. Reduced
rate round-trip tickets will be sold on
December 23d, 24th and 25th, and on
the 30th and 31st and the iRt op January,
good to return until January 2d.
Injured la a Shaft.
John August, a coal miner, received a
severe injury of the left Ihigh while at
work in the Yoiigh shalt at Irwin last
week. The accident was caused by the
working in of gas between the slate and
tho roof coal, causing tlie slato to fall
without giving a moment's warning.
Mr. August was bearing in when the
slate fell, and it seems he was fortunate
in not losing his life. He screamed for
help, but his screams wero unheard.
He remained under the slate about ono
hour before he was found, and was then
in an exhausted condition.
DAY'S DOINGS.
OUR HOMB AND PORHIOK NftWS.
An Overdose or Rum,
A railroader named Palrick Kelly was
found dead in a chair in the office of the
Trans-Allegheny hotel in Connellsville
on Saturday night. He had been drinking rather extravagantly for several
days. He bad been alone in the room
but a short time, and when left by his
companions was devouring a huge piece
of cheese. A jury of inquest inquired
into the cause, but failed to agree on a
satisfactory verdict. He was about 30
years of age, and was without relatives
or intimate friends.
Some Kind-Hearted  Bore.
A correspondent of the Uniontown
Genial of Liberty writing from Morris
Cross Roads, says: "The sensible boys of
the community, a lew days ago, met at
the house of our invalid friend, Osborne
Hare, and cut him enough stove wood
to last all winter. We have heard of no
broken fingers, bumped heads, black
eyes or broken teeth."
The career ol the originators of each
a kindly act will be watched, with interest. 	
Adjourned   Sale-
As will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns, tho sale of the
Hunter farm was postponed from Thursday of last week until Thursday January
4th, 1883 At this time the property will
be offered as a whole, and as it is in un
eligible locality it will doubtless bring a
handsome sum.
A Digest of Event* Trntiipinnj th* World
Over Daring thn Poet Set-, a, Days, a*
Gathered br tho Bner S.nim.n.
IVmismiuv.—The first arrest made in
Ireland under the curfew law.—A great
fire et Kingston, Jaimiea—Bismarck is
Bick.—Bill introduced in TJ. S. Senate
prohibiting polities! assessments.—Garfield board of audit made its award.—A
national convention of drummers held
atBaltimore.—tilt Government enjoined
from selling the Beading railroad property for taxes.—Sixteen persons injured
by a burning yarn factory in Philadelphia.
Tar Ren at.—- An Irish farmer convicted
of seriously wounding a bailiff, sentenced
to penal servitude for life.—Arabi tend
other Egyptians' exiles ordered to leave
in ten days.—The "<^ar" of Russia will
make a continental tour next spring.—
Tho new Library bill voted down in
Congress.—The Marquis of Lome sent
Queen Victoria gome fine specimens of
American sheep.— The Keeley m iter
promised to be in readiness for operation
as soon as the engine is completed.—The
B. & 0. telegraph line completed to New
York.
Friday.—Several rooms in Hampton
court, a royal English palace, ruined by
fire.—Twenty-two miners drowned at
Creswick, Australia, ;n flooded a mine.—
Two important arrests made in connection with the Phoenix Park murder.—
Great Britain will mako proposals to assume the-^p'otectorale of the Suez canal
under international supervision.—Jury-
in Star route case completed, and Bliss
commenced the opening speech.—The
coins, notes and bonds of Brazil are extensively counterfeited .in New York.—
The report of a step-mother murdered
through drink comes from Iowa.—The
public awake concerning grave robberies.—A wealthy widow in Pui'adclphia
is being sued by a discarded lover for
broach of promise.
Saturday.— Sir Charles Dilke will
probably enter Queen Victorias cabinet.
—The Sultan of Turkey is siiid to be deranged.—Tho Marquis of Lome aad his
wife havo left San Francisco for Mexico.
—Montreal is suffering from grave yard
robbers.—An entire family in Missouri
poisoned by whiskey.—The Philadelphia
grave robbers found guilty.
Sunday.—Franco has given notice to
Fngland of the interests which she
menus to protect in Egypt.—Changes
made in English cabinet.—Threatening
letters are being sent to the Horns office
in London.—Two cent letter postage after next year passed the lower house of
Congress.— The Attorney General, of
Pennsylvania has commenced proceedings against tho Western Union Telegraph Company.—Two boilers exploded
iu a Canton, III., tool factory and killed
eight men.
Monkav.—One of the Phoenix Park
murderers arraigned at Dublin.- -A censorship of the press at Constantinople—
John Greonieaf Whit tier celebrated his
seventy-fifth birthday at Boston.—Tht
first tmne-atlantic steamer ever chartered
for Providence R. I., has arrived there.—
Congressman God-.ove S. Orth, of Indiana, is dead —Protective tariff sentiment
is growing in Virginia.
Tuesday.—The liabilities of the six
English tin-plato firms which failed in
the last fortnight agregate $4,1500,000.—
United States Supreme Court sustained
the conviction of Gen. Curtis, and pronounces the act of Congres* on political
assessment to bo coutitulional—Secretary of the Treasury ban suspend the exchange of bonds for one month.—Sp-
rious collision occurred on the Panhandle road Monday night about 30 miles
from Cincinnati. Two men killed aad
a number injured.
Tho Nameless Coterie.
The 'No Name" sociable hold its
second meeting last Thursday evening
ut the residence of Mr. Matthew Shields,
on Walnut street. The parlor was filled
lo overflowing with the young people
and lbe oxercisos wero heartily enjoyed.
The program was opened with instrumental music by Miss Haltie Keynolds,
after which Miss Lillio Mc.Adalns read
ono of Longfellow's poems. The recitation was very creditably done. The debate on the question whether bachelors
should be deprived of their civil rights
followed. Two of the debaters, Messrs.
Stevenson and Warden, were prevented
from being present and their places were
ably filled by Messrs. Dysart and L. P.
Wragg. The bachelors were defended
by Mr. J. A. McCurdy and Mr. Wragg,
whilst the other two gentlemen, Messrs.
Dysart and Neel, harassed them. No
decision was rendered by tho vote of the
assembly, but judging from the predominance of the ladies, wo suppose that it
would havo fared badly with the lovers
of lone life had a resort to the ballot
been made. The evening passed pleasantly with games, vocal and instrumental
music. Tlie singing of several Norwegian and Italian airs by Mrs. Kogge was
a feature of the evening's entertainment.
Mrs. Rogge is the wifo of the draughtsman connected with the South Pennsylvania surveying corps which has its
headquarters here.
The next meeting will be held at the
residence cf Mr. W. J. Hitchman, on
Eaglo street, on Thursday evening, and
the program is as yet a mystery.
Consumed For Lots.
A fireman at the Low Moor Iron
work", near Manchester, F.ng., fell in
love with the daughter of his foreman,
and being rudely refused by her father,
turned away, walked up tlio long flight
of steps to the top of the blast furnace,
took off hli boots and jumped into the
furnace. The blast wns stopped and
search made at once with long shovels
and rakes, but nothing of the body but
one piece of charred bone was recovered.
An attempted Suicide..
On Saturday last, Mrs. Michael Roscn-
jsieil pf Bessemer attempted Hup-ide by
taking laudanum.   The act wee discover
•d in «jme to prevent fatal results.
THE DEAD ALIVE,
A Lone-Mint PnrnntTtimsnp as'n Claimant ofa Decent! CIltld's.Kstate.
In ISIM Samuel Drum, of Fayette City,
bade farewell to his wife'and struck out
for the West. On April 29 of that year a
child was born to Mrs. Drum, and Ihe following June the mother died. The family of William Kendall look charge oftho
child. Jane Drum was always sickly,
and on November 15 she diod. Then
begau the memorable battle for possession ofthe dead body. At the instance
of Nathan Brightwell, uncle of the girl
and testamentary guardian, L, H. Frasher
was appointed, administrator of the estate. Judge Wilson decided the guardian
and administrator were entitled to the
body, but of all the good people of Fayette City none could be found willing to
remove the body from the Kendall residence to the house oftho guardian. The
people themselves buried the corpse in
the Kendal! family lot, as the girl had
requested before her death.
While this novel battle was in progress, Samuel Drum, father ofthe child,
was believed to he dead. Last Thursday
he appeared in Uniontown,accompanied
by Mr. Kendall and Attorney Howell,
and at their in.stn.nce served a notice on
Administrator Frasher that he must step
down and out. Register Connor was requested to recall the papers, but declined,
and application will be made to Court for
a rule on the Register to show why the
father should not be appointed ndminis-
tor of tlie estate. Samuel Drum left
Fayette county 20 years ago. He was
then a drinking man. He went to
Bloomington, HI., and soon afterward
news of his wife's death reached him.
Then he drank more freely thnn before,
but he soon determined to beeomo a
man again, and for 10 years ho has not
touched liquor. He is now au employe
ofthe Union Pacific Express Company,
Willi headquarters at Denver.- He says
he has enough wealth for nil his wants
and that he will pay the Kendalls liberally for their care of his dead child. Her
estate is worth about $800.
PERSONAL,
Bishop Tuigp, of Pittsburg is lying at
the point of death.
Mr. WeetGufToy the oil proprietor of
Greensburg ie In town.
Mr. R. Coburn, of Pittsburg, ajrent for
an ingenious patented coke oven was in
town last weok.
Mr. G. N. McCain, of tbe Pittsburg
Dispatch, pnid Mt. Pleasant a flying visit
last Wodnesday.
Josish King, Esq., the senior proprietor of tho Pittsburg Oummerctal CJazette,
died on Monday last.
WESTMORELAND.
OUR CORPS  OP LOCAL REPORTERS
Xerrs Jlotes Reported from the tloronjrhs
and Townships AVIthln the Connty
anil from Across the Ilorflers.
The Baptist elmreh atLudric.lt is enjoy ing a season of rovlval.
Scottdale   has secured a nhnrtor for a
A SUDDEH DEATH.
A United  HretlMen   Minister   goes to Ills
Reward.
On Monday morning last at R:30 o'clock
Rev. Cornelius S. Miely, of Lebanon,
Pa., died at the residence of Dr. J. A.
Loar, on College avenue, in the thirty-
fourth year of his age
Mr. Miely was born at Fredericksburg,
Lebanon county, and after a preliminary
of ths Junior
College,    will
Mr. Sam Warden, Jr
clans of Wssfmiiistor
arrive home to-day.      j	
Charles Fox, of tbe sophomore class
at Allegheny College, Moadvillo, returned home on Friday last.
Kor. Lowes, ofCannonsburg, filled tho
pulpit of tlio Presbyterian church on
Sunday morning and evening,
Messrs. II. C. Prick, E. M. Furgoson,
of Pittsburg, and Thos. Lynch of Seott-
dalo, took dinner at tho National last
Friday,
Miss Alice Hitchinan, who lias been
attending school at Clifton Springs, N.
Y., armed home for the Christmas vacation Tuesdey.
Mr. J. B. Laux, of the Groonburg
Press, dropped into the esnetum last
Thursday, lie Wiui on a businoss trip
for his bright little daily.
Mr. Alex W. Hunter, of Mt. Ploassnt
township, hugely onjors the Scottdale
salt river excursion party. He thinks
ho will have jolly company on the trip.
J. 8. Sharlle, telegraph line inspector
who lias had his office here for Home
time, exchanges position* with Joe Lan-
dls of Latrobe on the first of January
next.
Misxes Ray Neel, Carrie Hurst, Grace
Jordan, Bessie Finney and Alice Lobin-
fcier, who have bean at school et Ilolli-
diiysburg, will return home for the
Christmas vucution this week.
Prof.'.uss loft Saturday last for Grcflns-
hurg to attend tho insti'-rte to ho held
there this week, and before returning to
resume his duties as priueipal will make
a short visit to his parents at Hotzdale,
Pa.
Intelligence we* recived hore yesterday of tho death of Mrs. John McCtil-
lough, of Greensburg, which occuaied on
Monday morning last. Tho lady had
boon an invalid for somo months prior to
her death.
F. M. Fox, of Tarr's stttion has boon
installed as additional assistant to
Freight and Passenger agent Stark ofthe
South West Perm railroad at Uniontown.
Tho business ofthe office has largely increased since the Redstone branch opened, and tho assistant was  badly needed.
Air. Conroy, agent for Hall's lime lock,
was In town trying to Introduce a later
patent on timo locks, at both our banks.
As those institutions are already provided with timo locks, they did not give
any order but took th* matter under
consideration, as the improvements are
said to be very tine.
A Burglary at BtosKr-rUW.
On last Sunday evening, at Stonerville,
while the family of W. A. Byers were
attending church, somo parties, as yet
unknown, oflected an entrance by the
aid of skeleton keys into his dwelling,
ransacking the whole house and store,
which is in the same building. They
succeeded iu bagging about $4o, a watch,
a revolver and some other small trinkets.
There was nbifwj, $800. secreted in the
eas   company with  a CAHltal  stock  of[ education was graduated at Ihe Lebanon
f.20,000. Valley  college, Annville.    He was con-
„      .       ..„„„„      „ verled under the minislra'.ion of Rev. O.
} rank and W. P. Graff, of Greensburg,    ,,r   .,   ... ,      ,   ,    .  ■,„   T„
,,,,        , ,,     ,   . , W.  M.  Rigor, now located at Mt. Joy,
are getting it fifteen dollar fortune from i      , . r.   ' .      ,   ,,        ...
a-ffji (and immediately entered  the ministry.
j Having been received into  tho Eastern
Miss Hunker, who was thrown from a ! Conference   oftho    United   Brethren
DUSKY DIAMONDS.
COKS  ANt>  COAL   ITEMS.
runaway horse at Hunker's station, has
recovered.
Oroer.sburg denies the soft Impeachment that the footpad le abroad within
her borders.
Mr. Lewis Raugh, of Cokoton, had n
leg broken by his horse slipping and
falling upon him lust weok.
Mrs. Doty Jeilison, ono of tho reputed
hoirs of the Immense Jeilison *»tate, him
beon prostrated by a paralytic stroke.
Tho two New Perry school children,
who wero wounded by a premature discharge of a pistol in the hands of one of
them, are recovering.
John Shrum, Jr., of Lstrobo, fooled
with a gun. Tho next timo ho picks it
up it will not recognize him for ho is
minus a finger and has a sear along his
face where the bullet called after cutting
off the digits.
A son of Daniel Monahxn, one of
Westmoreland's directors of tho poor,
was helping bis father to dress a hoof,
when the knife iu his hand slipped and
narrowly escaped destroying the sightof
ono of tho old gentleman's oyes.
A Westmoreland county farmer,
named lioale, while passing along Forty-
Sixth street iu Pittsburg, ono day last
week, fell into an excavation carelessly
loft ungualded by plumbers. Ilisinjuries
consisted of a brokon noso and a fow
bruises.
Tho County Commissioners hnve mado
tho following nppolntmente for tho places named: William Alcorn, Assistant
Assessor for Bell township; James
Gregg, Assessor for Irwin borough, vice
W. II. Cuiiiiinfrh.ini, rosigned; O. B.
Robertson, Assistant Assossor for Scottdale borough, vice John Robertson, resigned. ^^^^^
FEHH*VII,l,ffl.
Judsnn Detwiler has gone to clerking
at McClures.
A relnve of the Echards, Mrs. Johnston, of Pittsburg and mother of "Abe,*
tho printer, is herespendinga few weeks
for her health.
It is anticipated that ths Baptist Sunday school will have a deiiffbtful timo
on Christmas evening. They will have
a tree full of the nicest kind of "goodies."
On Friday Mr. Robert Freed had occasion to go np the mountain a mile or
two on horseback. On his way home
the horse fell and threw Mr. Freed off,
and dislocated his right, shoulder.
On Ssbbath Mr. Collins presented his
views on Baptism more fully and plainly
than usual. He was very pointed and
definite and was listened to with much
interest, not only by his own people but
by others also. The disooure will- bo
productive of much good as it is causing
discussion and investigation.
WJiat Is Worth Metrflohlnjf fa Mrtto «•>#
Vnril    Iliiioi of littt*rest Connerafsiy
Oai'   Orent   Iuda*trlt>*.
Two men woro badly injured at (btf
United Coko Works last weok.
AH tho coko men around this place aro
grumbling on aocountof tho great scar*
city of cars.
Sam Myers, a minor sat Alice mines,.
was arrcsled ono day last wook, charged
with assault upon the superintendent,
John A. Cox hns resigned his posltlrtft
as pit boss at the Jimtown coko works,-
and returned homo to his farm at Mill
Hun.
church, ho served as a pastor to different
eharges acccrdiug to the rotation custom
of the church, his  last charge  being at
Lebanon which he was obliged to resign W. J. Ryan, formorly pit hose nt
on account of a cancer forming on his Youngstown hss mored to Punhar He-
neck. This disease was treated nr.sac- j Intend* working for tho Dunbar Fur*
cessfully by a number ['ot physicians un-|
til last summer, when he put himself
communication with Dr. Miller, of the
East End, a specialist in this disease and
through the'ndvice of his former pastor
got Dr. Miller to go to Lebanon to Heo
him. The doctor, although the growth
had beon great, was sanguine, and Jive
weeks ago, Air. Meily came to Ml. Pleasant for treatment. The cancer had however Secured a deadly hold upon him
and his death ensued. On Tuesday
evening his body was taken to Iiobanou,
where it will be interred on Saturday.
It is thought thnt nhout eighty ministers
of the eastern conference will be present .It the funeral.
Mr. Meilcy was ono of the foremost
Hebraic and German scholars in the
conference, and as asincere christian
and a goodly man, his death will create
a gap not easily filled.
CONTESTING A CONTRACT.
Tronblc ;Over the Conduct of Affairs ot
the Chlcnco Works.
A special dispatch from Uniontown
R.iys that R. Montgomery, ol Pittsburg,
a member of the Chicago it Connellsville
coke company, was in that place last
week on account of a difficulty between
(hat company and Josiah Strickler. The
latter contracted to run the works and
deliver coke at OS cents per ton to the
Joliet Steel Company of Illinois. This
ho has beon doing, hut the owners of
the works claim that in mining the coal
he takes too much coal from Iho walls
near tho bottom of the shaft, thus leaving very thin instead of heavy walls or
partitions to support the land above the
rooms. On Friday last notices were
posted upon the works, which aro located
one mile south of Uniontown, notifying
the mon that after 12 o'clock that night
all who work will be in the employ of
Ihe company, and not of Josiah Strickler. Mr. Montgomery says the company
will hereafter mn tho works. Thoro
are 2S4 ovens, and the wcrks cost $37o,-
000. Twenty-two cars of coke per day
aro shipped to the Joliet Steel Works,
and when the eighty new ov' s arc
fired up in a weok or so thirty d rs will
be shipped daily, notwithstanding the
newspaper talk about the Joliet Steel
Works shutting down.
Pletforns of the Grangers.
Tho Stato Orange Patrons of Husbandry, at their recent session in Har-
risburg, passed a series of resolutions,
one disclaiming any purpose to monopolize or control the markets against the
natural law ot supply and demand, asserting the determination to strive only
to secure from the producer such prices.
as the current market from time to time
affords, without manipulation from produce speculators or rebate from middlemen, and protesting against the practice
of some corporations and capitalists
combining to control the prices of coal,
iron and other articles of goneral consumption because they have tho power
to do so. Tho use and necessity of corporations established for proper and
legitimate purposes is recognized, but all
classes are urged to keep a vigilant _eye
on tho operations of institutions which
may wield a combined power for selfish
purposes. The membors of the grange
aro advised to hold all political organizations to their good behavior and to
vote for such men for office, regardless
of party consideration,who pledge themselves to act with the Grangers on all
questions affecting agricultural pursuits.
Governor Iloyt is thanked for his good
offices toward the grange and the election Of Chauncey F. Black, a member of
the order, as Lieutenant Covernor, is
accepted as a harbinger of a good time
coining for tho agricultural interests of
tho State.	
Wedding   Bells.
Louis Sinn, chief of cuisine at the National Hotol, will tako unto hircselfa wife
to-morrow in the person of Miss Mary
Butler, of Mt. Pleasant. The happy
couplo will leave for a trip to Philadelphia immediately after the ceremony.
At Glad Brook, Iowa, ou Dec. 5th, Dr.
A. F. Walker was married to Miss Mary
E. Stauffor formerly of Mt. Pleasaut
Among the numerous presents was a
handsome tea set presented to her by
her lady friends here and purchased
from Morrison 4 Brothets.
The County  Iu.ntlt.af6.
Three hundred and fifty teachers out
of a total of four hundred and eight, assembled at Iho first roll call of tho
Teachers Institute av. Greensburg on
Monday, John Chamberlain, of Irwin,
was elected secretary, and J. S. Walt-
hour, of Greensburg, wns chosen assistant. The session was opened with a
speech by County Superintendent Spiegel, in which he refered in scathing
terms to tho board of directors of a certain township which had notified the
teachers in their employ that pay would
not be allowed for the time spout at the
Institute. Mr. Spiegel assured them that
he would see that their salaries wero
paid.
Prof Geo. E. Little, of Washington D.
C, and Prof. A. R. Rout, of Lock Haven,
wero the only instructors present on
Monday. The music is under the direction sf Prof. John Francis and wife.
Cau_ht Iir * Trap.
Some lime ago a sneak thiof entered
tho residence ot Mr. Henry Pershing
during the absence of the family and
stole about ten dollars from a cupboard,
the proceeds of sales of milk disposed of
by Mrs. Pershing. The gentleman has
been quie"y working the matter up, and
now basque case in such a shape that
an arrinuioiill be made unless the money
is retufe, ai within the next few days. A
word ted f'3 wine is sufficient.
All On Aerosol ofa Cartridge.
Last week, William Sogee, who has
charge ofthe hogs at tho Bethany distillery drew a revolver upon Bon Carpenter, a farmer of the neighborhood
and a tussle for the possession of the
weapon ensued. When the revolver was
secured it was found to be guiltless of
cartridges and the tragedy was postponed
until thojarrival of some ammunition.
A. Card sf Thanks.
The undersigned desires in this way to
express to the'many kind friends that
she has found iu Mount Pleasant, duriug
bouse which fortunately they  failed  to j her   briet    tad   stay     hei     most    sia-
tind.
The Washluglon ittonamant..
The Washington monument has now
168 courses of stone aad is 338 feet 5J
inches hizh, or 2$ inches higher than the
top of the figure of America on the
C.ipitol.
Ilorsiis Stolen.
Two valuable horses were stolen from
a teamster at Tarrs hist week. They were
traced some distance, but the owner was
aot Sicees&iul in recovering them.
cere gratitude for their nuinorous acts of
kindness nnd their many manifestations
of christian sympathy towards her and
her late husband Rev. C. S. Meily, and
wril ever hold them in grateful remembrance. Esthku M. Meilv.
Mt. Pleasant Pa,
Awny From   Home for News.
Fmm tlio Connellsvllle Courier.
Dr. Frank Cowan, of Greeusbitrg, tho
great Ameiic-in traveler, opened his lecture season at Mt. Pleasant, ou 8aturday
e\ oning-lnni.
Killed l>r the Cars.
Peter Mack, who had been recently
employed near here as a sub-boss on the
P. It. R. construction gang, left work and
went over to Connellsville. On (Saturday, while walking along the Southwest
road between Connellsville and Wheeler
he was struck by a train and almost, instantly killed. He had a considerable
sum of money and many valnabJes on
his person at the timo of the accident..
uaeo Co. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thomas Marshall,  supsrintendant of
the Millwood Coal and Coko company'*
farm, had one of his fingers badly broken
last Thursday.
Tho Fohinoor Colliery, nenr f-'hoiinn-
doith, iii obligeil to get wator from Gordon liy train to meet tho ro-iuiromoiits
of Its machinery.
An   order  reducing the price of car
forking   from   ninety  to   eighty  ccntjf
wont into effect cm last Wednesday
tho Stan.h'.rii mines.
A patent has been issued to W. F. Holij
Ing,of Dunbar, cx-'Suporiutcudontof the
Youn_stown coko works, for nu "exhaust"
steam conductor for stc:im pumps."
The Kvornou nnd Morewood telephone
lino will be oxtonded to .Stoneivillo and
Tarrs an soon as the polos necessary for
the construction of tho line can be secured.
Tho use of horses for hauling tho l'nf»|
rios at tno Standard mines, has bo«n dja"
pensed with, a second locomotive nnmodl
tho Blanche, having been put on to take]
their place.
Tho case of William..f,ce-agnlnst tho
Waverly Coal nnd Coke Company,   for t
rent of certain tenements Jwast docidoil)
against the pluintiffin tho Westmoreland
conrls last week.
D. W. Strickler, superintendent o|
Fountain mine, has resigned hisposilior
of thoso works and accepted tint position]
oi general superintendent oftho Ileelti
mines on tho.Yonngwood branch.
Tho Brown coal works on tho Yough-i
logheny botwocn Wost Nowton and AtcJ
Keesport, are closed down by reason-of
low water. About two hundred ami flf-J
ty men aro thrown Joat^of (employment]
Frank_Bi'sdford,'s uperiiitendente) thai
Youngstown coke|-.vorks, was'assaulted!
by an employe, named ,11111 Allen some
time ago.   A warrant wrtejissned for the
arrest ofthe aessilactt, who has so far,
evaded tlio ollicors.
Through somo neglixbnco on (ho part]
of a couple of miners at Urnvo's worksl
a valuable horse had ono of his front loga
brokon by being ennght between two pat^
cars. Tho horse wns shot und ono oftho
drivers discharged.
Tho now pump liouso at th« Standard
works, which Lis to force wator to tho
reservoir, is about completed. All the
pipo^conncctioiis ,have>,been mado, thej
rosorvoir is ready for nso, anil as soon as
the pump is connected with tho pipj
wator can bo forced to tho top of the hi j
John Bro-wnfield and D. Shipley haJ
leased from T. Bnird Giuliani the right
to cut timber from the mountains In
South Union township Fayetto county.
Tho lesHoeshavo tho contract forfurnlsh-
ing a largo quantity of tios and lagging
to (ho Stewart, Lolth and Moore coko
works.
Yesterday morning nil tho ovens above j
the slope on the double block, at Standard ks, could not bo drawn on account of tho breakage of a valvo In Uxoi
water tank. Tho coke crueller had V\
shut down ou this account and it was
particularly aggravating because for tho
first time within live days, the crusher
had ton cars on its siding ready lo bo
Oiled*;
Representative Benjamin Wilson, o|
West Virginia, has requested tho Con/
mitteo on Ways and Moans to appoint/
day on which ho can Make a stall
in opposition to thoroductiouof t»l
on bituminous coal, ns proposed l,_|
report of the Tariff Commission,
present tariff on that article is 75
por ton. Tho Tariff Commission roel
mended that il ba reduced to .idcea
It in understood that a majority of tfl
Maryland, Wost Virginia and i'nnnafl
vania delegates In Congress support
Wilson in his opposition to tho propose]
reduction.
Somo ."lampies of coal from Masontown
Fayette county havo been tested and tlio
experiment appears to prompt the nlcj
that it would be profitable to iiihiiI
tare con1 oil. Tho plan rori-ommoi^
is to build furnaces in tho sly lo that <
ovens are built on, placing a miiiibol
large iron retorts ovor ouch furnace, ce
nocted on the other sido oftho furnad
wall from the doors with a; condense!
and gas escapes. Thoso retorts llllol
with coal and kept to a curtain boat -wl!|
produce enough oil to pay for tho o_a,
chinory and all tho labor, und tho coke
whieh is equally as good as that made Jij
usual way, wfll be a not profit.
Amplication   fox h Blew Charter.
Tho charter ofthe Frst National Hank
of Mt. Pleasant will expire by limitation,
in February, and by tho consent of two
thirds of tho stockholders, application
will bo made for a renewal, and a consequence continuance of biisiuesa.
Confla_rutluns tn Chlnia.
Ho.vg KoMi, November 23.—Thorol
a grent fire at Canton November 7 anq
F.ijdit hundred houses were- detilroyl
nnd many lives lost, including literal
burned to death. The Viceroy viniti]
the scene with a body of soldiers to in
vent robberies, and a fierce fight o^
curred between the thieves and citizens'^
The Viceroy himself was placed in danger, his party being jammed in narrow
streets, Two fires iu Poo Chow, November 4 and 5, consumed each nbuut 20ft
houses.   Five lives wero lost.
An Unknown >I«n  Klllwl,
An unknown man was struck and fatally hurt by thu Proadford Accommodation on the li. & O. read, about a milo
west oi'donnellsvillo  ou Monday  even-
OS the Program.
Tbo lecture on "Brains" which was t_|
have beon delivered by Kev. E. J. Jef-: ing. lie was taken there, but was prefers, 1>. 1)., on Friday evening iu tho | nounced by the railroad physician to bo-
United Presbyterian church has been | beyond medical assistance. He was iiv
postponed on account of the gentleman's (tho neighborhood of 40 years, and hn,d
usabi'ihy to SU tbe engagement. ' the ap; earance ofa laboring man