Mount Pleasant journal (July 15, 1890)

              MT. PLEASANT JOURNAL.
VOL. 18 MT. PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND CO., PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 15,1890. NO. la
EDITORIAL NOTES.
THIS outline of tile forthcoming history
of what Is now known as the Mt. Pleas-ant
(Middle) Presbyterian church, spe-cially
prepared for THIS JOURNAL through
the kindness of the author, Rey. Mr. G.
P. Donehoo, is full of facts in regard to
the first church of any denomination
established west of the Allegheny moun-tains,
and, ns such, must prove interest-ing
reading. The first part, to be tound
in another column, closes with the com-mencement
of Rey. Donehoo’s pastorate,
of which the second part, to be given
next week, will treat.
As a manipulator of figures we’re will-ing
to back Brother Bill Morrow,
of the Irwin Standard, for a plumb ton
of Black .lack chewing gum. By start-ing
the sack factory and the biggest glass
works in the world in full blast—in hia
paper—Wi 111am enumerates the Irwiu-
Ites, sinners and all, at a round 8,200
people, just double the population of
Greensburg. And still Mt. Pleasant re-tains
second honors in the county.
THE Republicans of the Twenty-fifth
Congressional district are stirred up over
the confession of one of the Beaver coun-ty
conferees, who admits he and Ills two
colleagues received something like $2,000
for their votes which made Major Mc-
Dowell of Sharon, the nominee. An in-vestigation
will be made and lots of ugly
political tricks are expected to be un-covered.
This, right at Quay’s own
home, too, looks bad.
AFTER all has been said, it didn’t mat-ter
much what verdict the Coroner’s
jury returned in the Hill Farm mine
horror; suits for damages will follow,
anyhow. It is doubtless best to let the
courts settle the matter.
WHETHER or not the verdict rendered
by the coroner’s jury in the Ilill Farm
mine disaster is just, the assistance Su-perintendent
Lang gaye the rescuers
made him many friends who now sym-pathize
with him.
SPEAKER REED must be_given credit
for doing some good. He has set the
direct tax and border raid claims bills
back for at least this session.
THE JOURNAL, too, trusts that the Mt.
Pleasant stay of Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith may be a long and pleasant one.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During the Week.
Miss Anna Baughman is visiting
friends at Frostburg, Md.
Mrs. L. S. Tiustman spent last week
with Fayette City friends.
Miss Jessie Markie is at McKeesport
the guest of Miss Martha Harrison.
Miss Emma Davis, of Johnstown, is
hero visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. D. Mul-lin,
Mrs, Elmer Heasley, of Pittsburg, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. May Kellar,
of the East End.
Prof, and Mrs. Coolidge, of Cambridge,
:Mass, are here visiting Mrs. Storer, of
iSouth Church street.
Dr. Sherman Stauffer, of Kalamazoo,
’Mich, is visiting his parents at their
-Church street home,
Mrs. H. F. Brooks and daughters, of
tStaufier's, are rusticating in the moun
-tains near Fairchanee.
Miss Hallie Pool loft, Saturday, for
Markleton, where she will spend a week
with Miss Ella McCaleb.
Misses Anna Criswell and Annie Col-vin
are at Uniontown visiting the latter’s
uncle, ex-Sheriff Miller.
Mr, T, D. Eiclier and family, late of
Albion, Ind., intend returning to again
make Mt, Pleasant tbelr home.
Mr. Jesse Cunningham, an instructor
in the Troy academy in J efferson county,
is home on a mouth's vacation.
Miss Anna Warden left yesterday to
spend the balance of her vacation with
Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska friends.
Miss Happie Lyons, of Morris X
Roads, spent Wednesday with Misses
'Martha and Alice Warden, of this place.
Mrs. Dr. Kemmerer and Mrs. Henry
McIntyre, ot Greensburg, are guests of
Mrs. L. 8. Tlnstman, of East Main street.
Miss Emma Shields left, Wednesday,
-on an extended visit to friends in Lona-coning
and Baltimore. She will Jnot re-turn
until September.
Miss Ada Criswell, on Friday evening,
at her South Church street home, gave a
liye o’clock tea In honor of her friend,
Miss Sallie Shope, The guests number-ed
ten.
Mr. Ed. B. Hurst, of South Bethlehem,
Pa., and his cousin, Miss Maud Hurst,
of Canton, O., are guests of the latter’s
aunt, Mrs. John Sandies, of Mt. Pleas-ant
township.
Mrs. J. S. R. Overholt, of Wooster, O.,
with her daughter, Miss Grace, and sons.
Masters Carl and John, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. S. Braddock, of South
Cburcb street.
Mr. Norman Horner returned Satur-
-day, after having graduated at the Lock
Haven Normal School. Miss Ckattle
Dillon arrived home yesterday from the
name institution.
Mrs. J. R. Kemp, with her daughter,
of Jamestown, N. Y.; Mrs. Dr. Blachley,
of near Washington, Pa., and Mrs. Mary
Bindley, of Conuellsyille, are at the Na-tional
Hotel as the guests of their sister,
Mrs. Lewis Shupe.
LAID ON LANG
The Dunbar Furnace Company’s
Superintendent.
THE CORONERVERDICT
Places On His Shoulders the
Blame for the
Suits Tor Damages Likely to be
Brought at an Early Date.
PRINCIPAL WITNESSES
Anil What They TVnilll. il to nt tile In-quest,
Iiii-ltitllng the Opinions of
the Result Which Show*
PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS
Flailed Out a Freak.
The other evening as John Cunning-ham,
of near George station, was fishing
lor turtles in Barley’s pond he caught au
animal resembling a turtle, only much
broader, having a head like a snake and
four web feet like a duck. Instead of
having a bard shell it is soft and spongy
like a toad and is perfectly harmless. It
eats meat and bread with a relish and la
quite a curiosity. Mr. Cunningham, as
well as his neighbors, is at a loss to find
p name for it.
DIVIDED,
The coroner’s inquest on the bodies of
Shearin and Hay, the only two recov-ered
from the Hill Farm mine disaster,
was resumed at Dunbar, Tuesday last, by
calling Robert Lang, the superintendent
of the mines. His testimony was to the
eflect that the Hill Farm and the Fer-guson
mines were operated by the Dun-bar
Furnace Company as one mine. It
was at his instance that the bore hole
was tapped. He did not think there was
any gas in the hole and thought the wa-ter
could do no damage. The Hill Farm
and Ferguson mines have the same ven-tilation
and Hay and Shearin were
warned of their danger, but they did not
heed the warning. Witness had been at
the Hill Farm for six years. The mines
were inspected often, and were thought
by the mine boss to be in good condition.
They drilled a similar bore hole some
time ago and experienced no bad effects.
Witness thought if Hay and Shearin had
heeded the warning they would have es-caped.
Mine Inspector James Bllck, when
called and sworn, Skid that it was not
unusual to tap bore holes as this one had
been, although it would have been
safer to have drilled into it first. In-spector
Keighley testified that he had
inspected the Hill Farm mines May 19,
and found the mineB in bad condition.
He continued: “The company told me
they would better the mines. I came
back the next day, and found the mines
in better condition.”
How the Fatal Bore-Ilole Wan Tapped.
Inspectors Loutitt and Jenkins both
Baid that it would have probably averted
the accident had a drill been used to tap
the bore-hole. Jack Kerwin, the next
witness, then told the story of how he
had been sent to work by Hugh Doran
to open the hole. His testimony in sub-stance
was:
“Joseph Beighley was with me. I dug
one car of coal and went to get a wagon.
I told Doran I had struck a clay vein;
got a car and loaded it; loaded another
car and the boy IlayB placed the next
car; Joseph Beighley and Ed Conden
came up to meand asked how many cars
I loaded. I told them I hadn’t tapped
the hole. They turned to go away and
I had a piece of coal to cut down. Just
as I cut down the coal Conden was stand-ing
near. I heard the water bursting
on the coal. I don’t know the amount
of water. Conden told me the hole was
full of water. I iumped for the slope
and he with me. My open lamp was
hanging on a shovel, and I didn’t reach
for it. Had between six and seven feet
to go. She made a dreadful report. I
was scared and asked about the men be-low.
Up the slope I saw the empty
truck coming. I rushed for the other
side of the slope.
“The boy Hays came down and Con-don
asked him for a light, but he said
lie hadn’t time. As soon as he got to
the bore hole I saw the gas light and I
fell. I heard a report; got up and found
I was in smoke. I dropped again and
called to Beighley, but received no an
swer. The brattice was burning. I saw
light ahead of me and cried out for it,
but it went out. Then I crawled up and
got into the draw way and found David
Hay and Thomas Shearin. Old man
Hay tried to get to the slope to release
the men, but couldn’t. A man Darned
Kelly said : ‘Let’s get out of here.’ Then
I came to the manway and there was no
smoke. I was then about 1,200 feet from
the borehole. Clarence Beighley came
up and said the slope was in flames. We
got out as fast as we could. I saw no
smoke until we got out of the mine.”
A number of other witnesses were ex-amined,
but their testimony had little
weight in fixing the responsibility. The
most important evidence in tliat direc-tion
was that of Beth Worman, a ma-chinist.
He formerly worked at Mahon-ing
and said that there he once found
dangerous gases above where the diggers
were working.
Summlug Up tlie Evidence.
The taking of testimony closed on
Wednesday when Secretary Watchorn,
in summing up the case, said : “This
matter lias been probed to the bottom
It is for you to decide whether these two
men came to their death by avoidable
or unavoidable accident. We believe
this accident could have been avoided
Mr. Doran is the assistant mine boss and
takes bis orders from the mine boss,and
yet in this case he receives Ills orders
from the superintendent, who has no
authority. I must call attention to Mr
Worman’s statement how the borehole
in the Mahoning mine was driven. Why
couldn’t this be done in this mine? The
inspectors all say it this hole had been
approached in the proper manner no ac
cident would have occurred. I hold that
the man who gave the orders to ap
proach this hole in this way is guilty of
the death of these two men.” He closed
by scoring Superint endent Lang’s subor-dinates
and the mine officials for not
being present when the borehole was
tapped.
Lawyer Lindsey presented the case to
the jury on behalf of the company. lie
held that the men came to their death
from an excessive zeal lu the discharge
of their duty. When they fouud it was
impossible to reach the men they should
have come out, and six men testified that
they could have done so. They stayed
too long when escape was open. Their
duty to their families made it necessary
to escape when they found it was impos-sible
to proceed. The officials went to
the men drilling the hole and asked if
there was any gas in it. The answer
was always in the negative. Danger
was apprehended from nothing but wa-ter,
and nothing came from that. lie
held that neither the company nor the
officials could be held responsible.
Supt. ItRiiK Held Responsible.
The jury, after an hour’s deliberation
Wednesday evening, reached a verdict,
but, having no blanks and Coroner IIol
bert having gone to liis Fairchanee
home, the result was sealed and sent to
him there. It was made public Friday
afternoon and reads as follows:
"Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Fayette county, ss.: An inquisition in-dented
and taken at Dunbar borough, in
the county of Fayette, the 10th day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thous-and
eight hundred andj ninety, before
me, James F. Ilolbert, Coroner of the
county aforesaid, upon the view of the
bodies of David Hay and Daniel Shearin,
then and there lying dead, upon the
oaths of W. H. Cottom, Samuel Moyer,
Wm. Trew.Wm, Blacka, Michael Reagan
and John Lowe, good and lawful men of
the county aforesaid, who being duly
sworn and affirmed to inquire on the
part of the Commonwealth when, where
and after what manner the said Dayid
Hay and Daniel Shearin came to their
death, do say upon their respective
oaths that David Hay and Daniel
Shearin came to their death
while in the discharge of their
duty, David Hay in trying to rescue his
boy and Daniel Shearen while in the
dischurge of his duty of fire boss in the
Hill Farm mine on the ICth day of June,
1890, by being suffocated with afterdamp
and smoke caused by an explosion of
gas, by John Kerwin opening a drill*
hole in an unlawful manner under di-rections
and by order of Robert Lang,
superintendent; and that we believe
that said Robert Lang is criminally res-ponsible
in causing the death of the said
David Hay and Daniel Shearin.
In witness whereof the aforesaid
Coroner, as well as the jurora aforesaid,
have to this inquisition set their hands
and seals on the day and the year, and
at the place first above mentioned. J. F.
Holbert, Coroner; W. H. Cottom, Fore-man,
William Trew, John Lowe, Samuel
Moyer, W. D. Blacka and Michael Rea-gan.”
Public Opinion Divided on the Verdict.
Public opinion seems divided in re-gard
to the justice of the verdict. At
Dunbar some of the laboring people
claim the blame should not have been
laid on Mr. Lang. They say he lias
always been faithful in his duty, looking
after the safety and welfare of bis em-ployes,
They also say there has never
been any great amount of gas in the
Hill Farm mine and tliat a similar mis-take
was liable to be made in any mine
under like circumstances. Mr. Lang
himself is very indignant at the finding
and says it is the result of spite work,
inspector Keighley bad nothing to say
of the verdict as he may now be called
upon to prosecute, but ho was very much
displeased at the way the miners acted
during the luquest. He says they ran
things to suit themselves.
The labor leaders about Scottdale are
much elated over the result. Master
Workman Kerfoot, before starting for
Uniontown to get legal advice in regard
to bring suits for damages, said: “The
verdict was what I expected and I have
reason to feel elated. Lang is charged
with criminal negligence, but the com-pany
is responsible. You cun look for
developments now.”
Peter Wise, a member of the Knights
of Labor Investigating Committee, re-marked
: “It serves Lang right. It is a
decisive victory for us, as we gained
everything.”
Secretary Parker added: “We will
enter suits at once as we have ascertained
why those other thirty-one miners were
killed.”
J. R. Byrne,who conducted the exam-ination
of the witnesses for the Knights
of Labor, said : “The jury did their
duty. The verdict satisfies me, and I
am certain it will satisfy all those who
heard the testimony. The mining laws
need revision, and until this can be ac-complished
those that are now in exis-tence
should be rigidly enforced. I
believe both criminal and civil suits will
be instituted.”
Mr. Kerfoot Talk* of Damage Suita.
Master Workman Kerfoot, in speaking
of the proposed prosecutions, says: “The
bereaved families will be the prosecutors:
and the Knights of Labor and the United
Miners will stand by them and see that
they receive justice at the bauds of the
company. The prosecution of Superin-tendent
Lang will be left to the state
authorities and I have every reason to
believe that our Commonwealth will
mete out justice to Mr. Lang. We, as an
orgauization, are not here to extract
money Irom this company or anyone else
We are here owing to the fact that we
feel we are unprotected. There are dan
gerous mines all over the regions and we
want to compel the companies to make
their mines safe. The bereaved families
claim damages and will, I feel satisfied
get a verdict to that effect.”
Mr. Kerfoot thinks the men that obeyed
Superintendent Lang’s orders in regard
to opening the drill hole are not to
blame. They were simply obeying the
instructions ol the superintendent of the
mine, as any employe should. He says
that from the fact that there was uot a
mine boss or any mine official in the
mine when that deadly drill hole was
tapped ought to be sufficient to convict
the company of criminal negligence be
fore any.court and jury and sustaiu heavy
damages for the families.
The Relief Committee’s report up until
July 7 shows that $2 332.80 had been re-ceived
and$2,321.72di8tributed. Needed
contributions continue to come in.
INTERESTING OUTLINE
OF REV. GEORGE P DONEHOO’S
FORTHCOMING CHURCH HISTORY.
Facta In Connection With the Founda-tion
and Growth of the First Church
Established West ofthe Alleghenies,
The Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
is one of the oldest, if not the oldest,
church west of the mountains. In 1774
Dr. James Power came to this, then,
western country, and spent about three
months in preaching the gospel of Christ
In what are now Westmoreland, Wash-ington,
Fayette and Greene counties. In
177(1 he moved to Dunlap’s Creek, near
Brownsville. The Mount Pleasant
church was probably organized in that
year, and was supplied by Dr. Power
until 1779, when lie became the pastor
of the United congregations of Mount
Pleasant and Sewickley. On August 22,
1787, the pastoral relations existing be-tween
the Sewickley church and Dr.
Power were dissolved, and from that time
he gave all his time to the Mount Pleas-ant
church, until April 15,1817, when he
resigned owing to the infirmities of old
age. He remained among the people to
whom he had so long ministered un-til
his death on August 5, 1830. He now
sleeps in the graveyard at the Middle
church, his last resting place marked by
an old fashioned flat slab.
It would be difficult to rightly estimate
the value of the labors of this faithful
servant of Christ. Many of the churches
in Western Pennsylvania were organized
by him. lie was untiring in his efforts
to build up the Master’s kingdom. His
power to overcome difficulties, his un-swerving
trust in God, and his earnest
zeal in seeking to lead sinners to Christ
made him the man for work such as he
had to do. His mission was a peculiar
one, hut he was eminently fitted for it.
I think that Mount Pleasant owes more
to Dr. Power than to any one man con-nected
with tier history. The town to a
very great extent owes its early existence
to him. It at least is indebted to him
for its name, as the town look its name
from the church, and not the church
from the town as might be supposed.
The church remained vacant, after the
resignation of Dr. Power, until April 18,
1821, when the Rev. A. O. Patterson, D.
D., was installed as pastor of the again
united congregations of Mount Pleasant
and Sewickley. During his pastorate
hoiiBeB of worship were erected in the
town of Mt. Pleasant and in Pleasant
Unity, and the Middle church was re
built. At the time of his resignation the
two united congregations numbered 400
members. He resigned Oct. 8, 1834, to
take a secretaryship in the Board of
Home Missions.
Rev. Samuel Montgomery was installed
in April, 1830. On May 19, 1840, the
congregations divided, with the assem-bly,
into “New School” and “Old School.”
About two-thirds of the congregation
followed the Rev. Mr. Montgomery into
the New School branch. About sixty
members and six elders remained in the
Old School branch. Rev. Mr. Mont-gomery
continued as the New School
pastor until 1844 or 1845. Now comes
the period when it is difficult to follow
the church in its history. Affairs in the
church were not in a very settled con-dition,
and the pastors and sessions were
so busy with the questions of the day
that church records were allowed to take
care of themselves. The Old School
formed a connection with the Old School
party in the Greensburg church and
united in calling Rev. James I. Brown
son, D. D., on Nov. 25,1841. Dr. Brown-son
resigned in January, 1849, to accept
a call to the First church at Washington
l’a., where he still remains. On Oct. 21
1849, Rev. W. D. Moore became pastor
of the old school congregations. He re
resigned on April 9,1851. Since 18GG be
has been an attorney-at-law in Pittsburg,
On April 14,1852, Rev. Wm. W. McLain
was called to these congregations and
was installed pastor the second Saturday
in May, 1852, and continued until 1855,
He died Noy. 10,1855. Rev. J. M. Bar-nett
became pastor (old school) on April
1,1862, and resigned Oct. 9, 18G9. Rev
Mr. Barnett is still a member of Red-stone
Presbytery.
Now, to turn back to the New School
branch. Rev. Samuel Montgomery was
followed by Rev. Alexander Porter, who
was installed June 10, 1845. It is diffi-cult
to fix the exact date of his reBigna
tion as no record of it has been kept,
Some time ago I received a letter from
him in which he says: “I think that I
leit in the spring of 1854, although I have
not the exact date.” Rev. Mr. Porter is
probably mistaken as to this date as his
successor, Rev. James Cochrane, was in
stalled Oct. 1G, 1852, and it is hardly
Presbyterian to install one pastor while
another is in charge. Rev. Mr. Porter
probably resigned some time in 1852,
He is now living at Iowa City, Iowa.
Rev. James Cochrane, as above stated:
was installed Oct. 16, 1852, and remained
until Oct. 1859. He now liyes at Min
neapolis. He also must be mistaken
the date of his resignation, which he
sent me, as his successor. Rev. David H
Barron, D. D., was installed on May 13
1858. The dates for the installation of
paBtors are given in the old session books
and are certainly correct. Dr. Barron
resigned on Aug. G, 1861, and since then
has been the pastor ol the Presbyterian
church at Hollidaysburg, Pa- In a letter
which I received from him a short time
ago he says: “I would like very much
to visit your place. My old people there
were very dear to me, but most of them
are gone.” Rev. 8. M. Sparks, (new
school) became pastor in 18G1, and re
signed in 1867. He died at Jonesboro,
Tenn., Feb. 25, 1874.
[Note—The above is an outline of the
church history now being prepared by
Rev. Mr. G. P. Donehoo, the pastor of
the Mt. Pleasant (Middle) Presbyterian
church. The article will be concluded
next week.—ED.]
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Uriel NrlitltiiiuMiivMlIa llinl llidtl-retl
l)nring the Fast Week.
No less than three "original package”
houses are reported in full blast in Spring
Garden.
The new bell ior the town dock arrived
last week and the clock itself is expected
the latter part of this month.
Constable Thompson, on Thursday,
took Jasper Marcen and Joe Rusker, two
disabled Huns, to the County Home.
The old soldiers of Stauffer and vicinity
intend going into camp in Jacob Shank’s
grove, near the Mud School House, in
Fayette county.
The pastor, Rev. Mr. Groff, will con-duct
an English service in the Trinity
Lutheran ohurcb, next Sabbath after-noon
at 3 o’clock.
WELCOMING A NEWPASTOR
To Test New Mae Territory.
Drilling for gas and oil on the Hemp-field
township land, leased by'Dr, Ful-ton,
will begin in a few days, pearly
all of the tools are already on thepound. I from the race.
There are now said to he two “origi-nal
package” establishments in the East
End, Joseph Herbst having started up
during the past week.
McNeai * Kelso’s canvas show held
forth in Hitchman’s orchard, Friday and
Saturday evenings, with the "Old Home-stead.”
The attendance was fair.
Braddock it King have inaugurated
the eight o’clock closing system and un-til
Sept. 1 their stores wiil close at that
time, except Saturday evenings,
The local ball club did not go to
Greensburg Thursday last, but is billed
measure bats with the county seat
tossers on Wednesday of this week.
Harry Morrison, the popular young
jeweler, had to set ’em nn for the boys
yesterday over the arrival of a petite
heiress in his family, Sunday night.
The next meeting of the Mt. Pleasant
Grange, announced last week, will be
called to order in the Odd Fellows’ hall
at 2:30 p. m. on Saturday of this week.
S. C. Kelley, Esq., has secured an in-crease
of pension for Hughes Cooper,
and filed over sixty applications for
other old soldiers under the late act of
Congress.
Pit Boss Hugh Ross, of the McClure
company’s Mullin mines, had an arm
broken, Wednesday, by having that
member caught between a pit wagon
and the coal,
Archie Tuning, on Saturday evening,
before Justice Brooks, gaye 8300 bail for
court, there to answer the charge of
criminal intimacy preferred by Miss
Mary Speiker.
Constable Thompson Is serving notices
on owners of borough properties, whose
tenants are selling liquor, that the busi-ness
must stop or the owners themselves
will be prosecuted.
Treasurer J. P. Workman, last week,
paid to Mrs. James Irwin, of McKees
port. 83,000, the amountofinsuranceheld
by her late husband in the local order of
the Royal Arcanum.
A number of Mt. Pleasant Heptasophs
drove over to Connellsville, last evening,
and took part in the lawn fete which the
Yough Conclave gave in honor of visit-ing
officers of the Grand Lodge,
Prof. Stuart Felix Reed, LL B. will
lecture in the Baptist church, Friday
evening next,on “Nature’s Wlerd Pano
rama, or Beyond the Stars.” An ad -
mission of 25 cents will be charged.
Rey. Mr. Cameron, of New Haven,
will preach in the Evangelical church at
Bridgeport, next Sabbath morning at
10:30, to the members of O. W. Ilowell
Council, Junior American Mechanics
Borough Engineer Neel and Mayor
Hubbs last week surveyed East Wash
ington street from Church to South Dia-mond,
preparatory to grading and put-ting
in of water tables on the north side.
C. C. Haven has secured the contracts
foe furnishing some six town residences
with the hot water system of healing.
The workmen are now engaged on Sam-uel
Warden's South Church street home.
A picked bail nine from Mt. Pleasant
and Bessemer, with Marsh as pitcher,
got laid out at Scottdale, Saturday, 15 to
0. It was a bad case of rattles, although
Marsh struck out 15 of Scottdale’s heavy
hitters.
Max Overliolt, while speeding his
horse along South Eagle street, Tuesday
evening, rail over Strickler, the 10-year
old son of John Swain. The little chap
was cut and bruised but not seriously
hurt.
Rev. Mr, Wilson thinksjthat the Smith
laundry is trying to increase trade by
blowing out the smoke stack on Mon
days. The reverend’s family washing,
while hanging out to dry, yesterday, got
a dose of soot.
Two Italians raised considerable ex
oitemeut, Saturday evening, by getting
Into a quarrel in front of Mike Rose's
Churcb street place. One pulled a gun
but did not use it, the cry of police caus
ing both to run.
The last article in the Farmers’ Insti
tute series, that of Hon. John G. Foigt,
on “Our Public Highways,” will be
found on the second page of to-day’;
issue. The delay was caused by the late
receipt of the copy.
It is said that all those who were re
cently arrested here for violation of the
local option law will be tried under the
Brooks law. As conyiction in this case
means imprisonment the report has
caused considerable stir.
Unpleasaut domestic relations between
Mr. and Mrs. John Speiker, of the East
End, caused the arrest of the former,
Saturday eveniug. Mayor Hubbs, at
the hearing last evening, placed the dam
ages to the borough peace at 81 and costs,
The hill was paid.
Two young colored individuals,
"Bucky” Fox and John McDonald, in
dulged in a little set-to, Sunday evening,
near the Standard slope. Mr. Fox was
knocked out in the first rouud by a rock
which the tonsonal artist applied to
“Buohy’s” left optic.
A young married man, whose wife re-sides
in the East End, has created con
siderable unpleasant talk by his associa
tion with an unmarried female. If tills
notice fails to stop the business our East
End correspondent says he has been
asked to give the names next week.
On Wednesday last Watchman Davy
Thornton, of the Standard coke works,
tried to capture Mrs. Maggie Dockett,
colored, upon a charge of attempting to
shoot Charles and Mrs. Liglitfoot, colored
residents of Spring Garileu. But Mar-garet
sailed down the Billyo traoks at
such a lively gait that David soon retired
RECEPTION OF REV. AND MRS.
SMITH BY THE BAPTIST PEOPLE.
A molt PIcMmit Rveiftl, In Which the
People of Other Denomination* Vie
In Kxtentllng Kindly Greetings.
The reception given Rev. G. R. Smith,
their new pastor, ami his wife, by the
Baptist people, Friday evening last, was
one that must have convinced the hon-ored
guests that they can no longer con-sider
themselves strangers in Mt. Pleas-ant.
The church was well filled early
in the evening by the members of the
congregation who were first to extend
the kindliest words of welcome.
Following a well rendered solo by
Miss Maggie Dice, Dr. Stephens, of the
Institute, made a few happy remarks.
Later on the pastors ofthe different town
churches, with many members of their
congregations, dropped in to take their
fellow worker and his estimable wife by
the hand and add heartiest greetings to
those already offered. At the close Rev.
Smith responded and neatly expressed
the gratitude which both he and his wife
felt at this unexpected expression of
good fellowship. The reception. lasted
until long after 10 o’clock.
TALK AROUND TOWN.
Wlint Our Lounging Man Hear* While
on Ills Tours.
Well, I’ve had my summer’s outing
and am back home, refreshed and ready
to resume operations witli the pen, light-er
in flesh if not in spirit. I lostexactly
pound and a quarter eacli day of my
week’s stay down at Gape May Point,
ighting mosquitoes? No; the little
pests did the fighting, while I performed
the advancing backward act. I had sev-eral
liberal offers to invest within sight
of the Presidential cottage, but declined
The agent seemed a real obliging sort of
fellow. I told him, however, I pre-ferred
a natural death in the Connells-yille
coke region even it it was that of
choking on smoke. Even Mr. Harrison
himself did not seem to think it beneath
his dignity to make frantic grabs when
the fearless “skeeter” grabbed the Presi-dential
ear just as though the owner was
only a common mortal. I have nothing
to say against the Point, only a mosquito
and I never could dwell together in any-thing
like harmony.
* **
I stopped for a couple of days at Atlan
tic City on my way home, and the fun-niest
thing happened to me there; in
fact, it is certainly worth telling. I had
been down and taken my morning bath
and was sitting on the beach admiring
the skittish ways of an Immense lady
who had jnst waddled down and was
trying the water’s temperature with her
big toe. Of course, I might have been
mistaken, but I took her to be the fat
woman in some circus who had secured
vacation and brought the tent along for
her bathing suit. Between peeps at the
lady’s queer antics I dug a hole in the
sand with my feet, and my surprise can
scarcely be imagined when I struck
some hard substance, which proved to be
half a set of 1 dse teeth that looked just
as good as new. I have since wondered
if they might not have been those lost by
a Mt. Pleasant gentleman while down
there last season. But he never offered
any reward and so I dropped them back
in the hole and covered them up again
* ,*
I thought my friend, Dr. Marsh, under
whose treatment I still am for sores
where I put in my best licks on scratch
ing, looked badly, but it took me some
time to find out what the real trouble
was. It seems, however, that the head
of the house had gone summering among
western friends, leaving a new girl in
the kitchen. She still wore the German
look of health and was, in many res-pects,
a model domestic. She had never
been introduced to the mystery of waffle
making, but her master didn’t know it.
One evening the boss ordered chicken
and wattles and did full justice to both
especially the latter. Then came an
attack of indigestion that laughed at
botli physic and emetic. Katrina had
used sweet milk in making up the batter
and the cakes might have given sole-leather
pointers on toughness. It was
rattier painful while the wattles were
getting themselves settled, but Doc says
now, with a double lining in his stomach,
he feels as If lie had taken a second and
longer lease on life. THE LOUNGER.
Hhort Notes From Wcstntoit lnml nml tlte
Comities Atljoliiiinr.
Judge Doty is at Milflintown, where he
will spend two weeks with old friends.
Th# Gorman Baptists of Jeannette will
build a fine church during the summer.
Citizens of Irwin will erect a brick
plant which will iiavo a capacity of 30,000
bricks a day.
8. C. Htovenson, tlio well-known Grand
Army man, has been confirmed post-master
at Scottdale.
Mrs. C. Vance, the oldest resident of
Scottdale, died at her home in that place,
Wednesday. She was 88 years old,
John Conlln, a 6-year-old boy, of Ever-son,
died on Monday last from the ef-fects
or a sky rocket piercing his lung.
Judge A. W. Achesou died at his
Washington, Pa., home, Wednesday last,
of prostration by heat. He was 81 years
old.
The long drawn out fight for the Mc-
Keesport postofflee has at last been set-tled
by the appointment of Elmer M.
Soles.
The Scottdale Iron and steel mill start-ed
up yesterday after two weeks of idle-ness,
the company haying signed the
workers’ scale.
Over 200 menjhave beonjthrown out of
employment for two months by the
Charlotte furnace, at Scottdale, closing
down lor repairs.
William Foster, a Mutual coke drawer,
is said to have eloped to Canton, O.,
with Mrs. Albert Schotts, the wife of a
fellow workman.
Miss Clara Jones, whose throat was
out by her lover, Harry Marsh,at Gallit-zen,
died, Tuesday evening, and Marsh
is held for murder.
AROUND AND ABOUT. A VERY SMOOTH MAN.
WAS MR, M, L, BERGMAN OF THE
STATE OF NEBRASKA.
A ViKoroas Kick from Farmer*.
At a late meeting of Derry Grangers,
whose organization is one of the strong-est
in this county, resolutions were
passed denouncing unequal taxation,
railroad discrimination and the high
rate of interest for money loans. The
members also pledged themselves to
vote for no candidates for the Legislature
who will not declare through the public
press to use their influence to bring
about a decrease of the enormous salaries
of public officers; that they will vote for
a reduction of the rate ot taxation, and
they will not accept a free railroad pass.
Scottdale’s Annual G. A. 11. Encampment
The third annual encampment of Ells-worth
post, No. 208, G. A. R., of Scott-dale,
will open on July 31, in Ellsworth
park, and continue until Aug. 14. All
the Grand Army posts and Sous of Vet-eran
camps in Westmoreland and Fay-ette
counties have been invited and are
expected to participate, as a large num-ber
of tents nave been secured lor the
accommodation of visitors. The park
itself will be dedicated on August 7,
when Major Montooth, of Pittsburg, will
bo the orator of the day.
Creeping Well lip In Year..
Census Supervisor Denney, of Wash-ington,
Pa., received the returns from
Nioholsou township, Fayette county, the
other day, and on one of the papers no-ticed
the name of Jacob Steele, aged 107
yearB, who has u large family. He Is an
aotlve old gentleman, the enumerator
stated, and has uot lost more than 10
days labor during the last 20 years. This
is the most remarkable case on the rec-ords
of the present census.
An Italian named Czrano was struck
and instantly killed by a train at New
Florence, Wednesday morning. He was
walking on the track.
The Disciples will erect a 820,000 house
ol worship at Uniontown, and the Pres-byterians
will put up one worth 850,000.
Both buildings will be of stone.
H. Knapp, proprietor of the Indiana
hotel which bears his name, has opened
an “original package” place, and the
oitizena are up in arms against him.
The annual retreat for the secular
Catholic clergy of Diocese of Pittsburg
will commence on the 21st and 28th of
July at St. Francis’ College, Loretto.
The Taylor company's new nail works
at Emmens, the new town on the South-west
road, when completed will give
employment to something like 600 men
The different congregations and Sun-day
schools of the Reformed church in
Westmoreland county will hold their
annual reunion and picnic at Idlewild
on August 7.
Thomas Franks, aged 13 years, of near
Uniontown, was thrown from a load of
hay, Thursday, and sustained probably
fatal injuries by a fork’s prongs piercing
his abdomen.
Mary, the 7-year old child of Dr. Milli-gan,
of Madison, on Friday evening,
hurried up the kitchen fire with carbon
oil, with the usual result: au explosion
and bad burns.
Marion, a son of G. W. Rumbaugh, of
near Weaver’s Old Stand, while working
about the knives ot his binder, one day
last week, had three of the fingers of his
right baud cut off.
William Kelly, of Bolivar, while at
work in a fire-clay bank near that place,
was, perhaps, fatally injured,Wednesday
morning. The bank caved in on him,
burying him entirely from sight.
The Greensburg and Scottdale ball
clubs played at Greensburg,Wednesday,
the former leaving in disgust from the
field at the end of the seventh inuing
when the score stood 7 to 4 against them,
Work upon the big glass plant at Ir-win
was stopped, Saturday morning, by
the men at work on the excavation
throwing down their tools and demand-ing
|1.50 per day, an advance of 15 cents,
Dr. Ferguson, of Kansas, formerly of
Latrobe, was found dead in bed at La-trobe
the other moining. He was on i
visit to friends In that vicinity. Heart
disease is supposed to have been the
cause.
Dr. W. J. Kline, a promiueut Greens-burg
physician, has entered suit against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
810,000 damages for painful injuries re-ceived
in a wreck near that place in De-cember
last.
Perry Donaldson, who robbed Pay-master
Atkinson at the Wynn coke
works of 81,160, was captured in the
mountains of West Virginia and is now
in jail at Greensburg. But 8350 was
fouud on his person.
The Board of Pardons has postponed
action on the case of David and Joe
Nicely, the convicted murderers ot Her
man Umberger. The story about a con
fession having been made exonerating
them is pronounced false.
John Byrne, who after having been re-fused
a license by Judge Doty, opened au
“original package” establishment at
Jeannette, has been arrested and jailed
at Greensburg, where it Is said he will
have to remain until the September
court.
Orrin Clingan, a farmer residing near
McClellandtown, Fayette county, at
tempted to stop a team from running off
with a mowing machine, but was thrown
and run over, his right arm being
badly mangled that It had to be ampu-tated.
Captain N. J. Bigley, one of the oldest
river coal men, died at McKeesport,
Thursday. While going to his Coulters
ville home Monday he had an arm torn
off while allowing that member to bang
out of the car window and death was the
result of the injury.
D. C. Campbell, a Uniontown carpen-ter,
lound a basket on his doorstep, Sat-urday
morning, containing a 3-months
old baby boy aDd a note saying that it’
mother was a poor orphan girl and it’
father a victim of the Dunbar accident,
A neighbor took the child.
Black diphtheria is prevalent among
the children in the western end of the
county. A great many deaths have re-sulted.
Two little children of William
Fishell, who resides near Jeannette,
were carried off by the fatal disease
Wednesday, and another one is not ex-pected
to live.
He Scoop* In Aliont $500 From Grcen*-
Imrg Horae Denier* oil a Game That
1* n* Olil ns Hie Hill*.
About three wcoks ago a stranger came
to Greensburg anil was driven to the
Zimmerman House, where he registered
as “M. L. Bergman, Nebraska.” Shortly
after his nrnval lie informed Mr. Wright,
tlie proprietor, that ho was a prominent
horse dealer and had a car load of west-ern
horses on the way which he was de-sirous
of selling, and wanted to know
where lie could rent a stable in which to
keep them until disposed ot.
Tho sale 6tablesof John McCreary, the
well known liverym an, were finally se-cured
and flaming posters soon appeared
through the town announcing the coming
salo ot blooded stock. Mr.Bergman,being
a little short, began borrowing money
from his obliging friends in sums of $5o
and 875, the total amount of these tem-porary
loans aggregating about $500.
Mine Host Wright and Elrod Johnston
were among those who contributed most
liberally.
The smooth Nebraskan invited all the
local dealers to go out to the station and
help him unload the expected horses.
Tills they all accepted and at an hour set
by him were to meet at the stable and
proceed in a body to llie station. At the
appointed time every man except Berg-man
was was on hand. After waiting
for a considerable tlmo the duped parties
started out to hunt him but up to this
time have failed to find him or learn of
his whereabouts. Tlie horses, likewise,
have failed to arrive and now the victims
are kicking themselves all over the town.
By the Dsath of Old Wm. Sechrist, Near
Masontown.
The accidental drowning of (William
Sechrist, aged 86, near Masontown, Fay-ette
county, last week, recalls a tragedy
which he figured nearly forty years
ago. It happened while he was a resi-dent
of South Huntingdon township,
this county. As tlie story runs, one
night his house was burned down, and
he reported that two men had robbed
him and killed his wife; then set fire to
the house to cover the crime, and that
he barely escaped with his life.
Two men named Ward and Gibson
were arrested and convicted of murder
and arson on purely circumstantial evi-dence.
Subsequently Sechrist claimed
to have found under a log.the money he
alleged the robbers got. Suspicion then
shifted from Ward and Gibson to Sech-rist,
and they were granted a new trial
and acquitted. Sechrist soon afterward
left this county, went to Uniontown and
married his second wife, who died and
he married a third time, but he and the
last wife did not live together.
AN OLD CRIME RECALLED
DEATH OF MRS, SARAH NELSON.
One of Hit. Pleasant’* Oldest Ladles Passes
Away.
On Tuesday evening last, at tlie Smith-field
residence of her soil, Jerome, Mrs.
Sarah Nelson passed away after an Illness
of about a week, death resulting from
stomach trouble from which at times she
suffered for the past year or more. Tho
funeral took place Thursday afternoon at
:30, followed by the interment in the
cemetery.
The deceased was one of Mt. Pleasant’s
oldest ladies, she having been born at
Coal Hill, Allegheny county, August 18»
1802, her maiden name having been Miss
Sarah Traugh. She was the wife of the
late Samuel Nelson and the mother of
three children who survive her, Jerome
and Iliram who reside here and Mrs.
Detar, of Ohio. She was for many years
consistent member of the United
Brethren church.
The Bnlie* Preparing for Camp.
Company E will leave, on Friday even-ing
next, for Mt. Gretna to play its part
in the National Guard encampment.
Captain Loar’s orders, recently issued,
detail an advance guard, Corporal Clias.
Tuning and Privates John Kosborough
and W. P. Henderson, who will report,
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, to Quar-termaster
Robbins at Greensburg. The
men will report at the armory on Friday
at 1 p. in., equipped in heavy marching
order and ready for inspection, divided
into messes of fours. Each member
must be provided with one day's rations
and necessary toilet articles; while each
mess must provide a tent floor with car-pet
enough to cover (be same. A special
car will be run up over the Pennsylva-nia
road for the company’s accommoda-tion.
Bullsklnncrs Go to Law.
Tliflre was a lively suit, Saturday last,
before 'Squire Murray at Hemmingor’s
Mills. Fayette county. The litigants
were Isaac Coffman and Samuel Eshel-mau,
two well known Bullskin township
farmers. Mr. Coffman claimed that he
had a valuable mare die from injurfes
received from a horse kept by Mr
Eshelman, and had entered this action
to recover the price of tli9 animal. Wm.
Byers, Esq., of Greensburg, appeared
for the defendant, while Lawyer Kelley,
of this place, conducted the prosecution.
Witnesses were examined until 6 p. m.
when the ’squire announced that he
would reserve his decision until Satur-day
next.
Two Flouring Mill* Burned.
The large roller flouring mill of Henry
C. Best, of New Florence, was damaged
by fire, Tuesday night last, to tho extent
of 83,500. The loss is partially covered
by insurance. The origin is said to have
boon spontaneous combustion.
Tho Kittanning roller flouring mill,
owned by J. ICliiigensmith. and leased
by Boarts Bros., caught fire, Wednesday
night, and, with the exception of the
engine house, was wholly consumod.
A Coke Plant. Shut Down.
All the pit drivers at the West Leisen-ring
works of the Friek company struck,
Tuesday last, on account of eight of their
number having been discharged for lay-ing
off without permission. Some three
hundred men were thrown out of em-ployment
thereby as the plant has been
shut down for repairs.
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TUESDAY, JULY" 15.
EARLIER STORE CLOSING.
Some of our merchants have adopted
the 8 o’clock closing plan, but the ma-jority
have not fallen into line. Tills is
not as it should be. Especially during
the heated term should this change be
made aud faithfully carried out.
Such a course would not decrease the
amount of trade at all, and would not
inconvenience the public in any sense,
while it would be greatly beneficial to
the employers as well as employes, In
giving them more time lor rest and rec-reation—
a tiling mo3t desirable in swel-tering
mid summer.
Wherever this experiment of early
closing has been given a fair trial it lias
worked most satisfactorily, and lias be-come
an established custom. It should
be so here. Let ns inaugurate it fully,
now Unit we liaye made a fair start.
An exchange, speaking on this same
subject, well says that there is something
equally important in life ns the gathering
of dollars, and that is, the getting of a
fair amount ot reasonable and healthful
enjoyment out of existence, and this can-not
be done under the present system of
too much work. Customers can materi-ally
assist In this movement by making
their purchases before 8 p. m., tints leav-ing
no excuse for keeping the stores open
later.
HOT WEATHER PERILS.
The people who can rush off to tile
mountains or to the seaside or to pleasant
country homes during these hot days
need little advice how to best battle with
tlie iieatcd spells. They can, as a rule,
escape the excessive heat and its serious
consequences even without severe discre-tion
; but the great mass of the people
must work in ail seasons ami. as a rule,
they have the least protection from heat
in their homes.
There are some general rules which
all should study and respect. They call
for the moderate use of meats, of ice wa-ter,
of alcoholic or other stimulating
drinks, and for every precaution against
undue effort or excitement. These are
sound common sense rules which the
wayfarer should underslaud and obey;
but it Is only too true that many intelli-gent
people multiply the oppressiveness
ot hot seasons by disobeying them.
One of the most important means of
protection from excessive heat is in
maintaining an even temperature. The
excitable and passionate individual al-ways
starts oft' on a hot morning with
inflamed blood and inflamed temper, and
it is not liis or her fault if sunstroke or
entire prostration does not follow. The
best possible start in a battle with excess-ive
heat is to keeps cool and even temper.
There is danger of sunstroke to the
many men who must work in the liar-vest
fields and on buildings, but a little
intelligent care will aimostalways assure
safety. Heavy menls of strong food fol-lowed
by heavy draughts of ice water
just lit the system for a sunstroke; but
when moderation in eating and drinking
and protecting the head with a green
cabbage leaf or sponge In the crown of
the list, there is little danger of that
dreaded calamity It is quite probable
that in a majorlly of cases of sunstroke
the system is deranged by sluggish liver
or sensitive stomach, and In all such cases
no person should be exposed to the sun
In hot weather.
Wholesome food, chiefly vegetable;
wholesome drinks, chiefly milk, with
temperate exercise and avoidance of ex-citement,
are the best safeguards against
the maladies which attend hot spells; and
•s these antidotes are within the reach of
nearly ail who are exposed to hot weather,
the chief perils of the heated term can be
easily obviated.
give them, ami the only way to recover
their lost powers Is by an amend ment to
the Constitution.
Ilut the Philadelphia Times holds that
nobody really believes any such tiling as
that the police power of the states Is sub-ordinate
to t he authority of Congress.
Aud what is more, it is an exaggerated
reading of the reeent decision of the
Supreme Court in the Iowa eases that so
interprets it. No court is bound to ac-cept
that decision for any more than its
exact meaning, which is that astute may
not seize goods which are the property
of a foreign dealer or his consignee while
still In the unbroken packages of ship-ment.
There is plenty of room under that
for the enforcement of any liquor law
that Is in itselt constitutional.
If the decision in the Iowa cases is to
lie modified or reversed, It will have to
be done judicially, not by legislation. As
soon as the lawyers and ttie courts re-cover
from their panic they will And a
way to minimize this decision, instead of
exaggerating It, as they are doing now,
and, if necessary, they will give the Su-preme
Court a chance to modify or ex-plain
away its own deliverance. Tims
we shall get the law straightened out in
time without any meddling from Cong-ress,
which could hardly have any other
effect than to aggravate the muddle.
CONGRESS ANDTHE SUPREMECOURT
The rapid development within the
past few years of the power of Congress
“to regulate commerce between the
states” has resulted in such a muddle
as to those who have all along opposed
the centralizing tendency Is not without
its humorous features. The Supreme
Court Jiaving given to Congress u logical
application that shows it to be impracli
cable and dangerous, the latter body is
now trying to Invent some plan of get-ting
around the opinion of the court.
As concerns the difference between the
Senate and the House upon the “original
package” hill now pending, the advan-tage
is with the House measure. If the
principle of state jurisdiction is sound, it
should apply to nil articles of commerce
alike aud not to liquors alone. But it Is
questionable whether any act of this kind
would have any value.
If exclusive jurisdiction over articles
of inter-state commerce lias been dele-gated
to Congress by the Constitution,
Congress cannot by Its own act return
that power to the states. The states
either have reserved ample police power
er they have not. If they have, they
need no authority from Congress; if they
have not, Congress lias no authority to
THE TREASURY STATEMENT.
July 1 closed the fiscal year, when the
Treasury accounts could he obtained. In
December last the annual report of the
Secretary of the Treasury estimated the
total receipts for the year at $385,000,000,
and tlie total expenditures at $293,000,000.
The receipts reached $102,000,000 and
tlie expenditures $318,000,000. The reve-nues
increased $17,000,000, and tlie ex-penditures
increased $25,000,000 over the
Secretary’s estimate.
The Secretary now estimates tlie re-ceipts
for tlie new fiscal year at $385,000,-
000 and the expenditures at $203,300,000.
This is exclusive of the sinking fund that
requires about $50,000,(00, and of the
new pension bill that will add probably
$50,000,000 more, swelling tlie total ex
penditures to $303,300,000. This would
make a deftcit of $8,300,000 alone; if the
new tariff bill shall puss, with its $00,-
000,000 reduction of the revenues by tree
sugar, the deficit of the present fiscal
year would be close to $70,000,000.
These pension figures alone must pre-sent
startling proportions to tlie reader
who will calmly consider them without
party bias. But reaction will come and
in the rush to the other extreme w ith It
tlie danger that tlie present help to de
serving soldiers may he cut oft'.
IK tlie farmers of tills county carry out
their avowed intention of supporting
only those candidates lor the Legislature
who will first pledge themselves to sup-port
all measures looking to a reduction
of taxation, tlie politicians will soon
square themselves with the movement.
It would he a little rough, ’though, to
compel our solons to pay their railroad
fare.
Tun water stopped running over the
Bridgeport dams last week; but, that
needn’t cause fears that Mt. Pleasant Is
threatened with a water famine. The
storage supply would last until along in
September without a drop of rain. This
is one of the beauties of having big res-ervoirs.
But it’s soon time for Oreens-burg’s
basins to run low.
IT is all well and good for Constable
Thompson to notify owners of places
where liquor is sold illegally that they
must either abate the nuisance or suffer
prosecution; hut Mt. Pleasant will con-tinue
to have the “speak-easy” until tlie
licensed bar can replace it. It is simply
a choice between two evils.
As WAS predicted by THE JOURNAL
last week the present census places Mt.
Pleasant, with 3,045 people, as tlie sec-ond
town in Westmoreland county.
Irwin and West Newton are a little slow
with their figures, but probably the re-turns
are nothing to be proud of.
WHEN Perry Donaldson, the robber of
Paymaster Atkinson, was taken he re
marked that he did not consider his
crime any more risky than digging coal,
but, perhaps, a few years in tlie peniten-tiary
may cause tlie bold young man to
think otherwise.
THE Board of Pardons lias again post
poned action in the case of Joseph and
David Nicely. Tlie entire lack of evi
denoe to throw the least doubt on Hie
guilt of these convicted slayers of old
Farmer Umberger leaves no excuse for
such delay.
THE day is not tar distant when the
ever-increasing numberofborough pupils
will require additional school rooms.
The directors would be acting wisely by
making early provision to meet the de-mand
that will soon be made upon them.
THE last Farmers’ Institute paper, that
of Hon. Joliu U. Foigt on our public
roads, came a little lute, but that will not
detract from the interest with which re-marks
from the chairman of the State
Road Commission should be read.
CANADA can talk of war between tlie
United States and Great Britain if our
government refuses to recede from the
position it lias taken oil Behring Sea seal
fisheries; but, that's all. Tlie Dominion
has no desire to engage in a fight.
THE cigarette is a dangerous tiling,
almost any way it is taken. While in a
new mown hay field near Carlisle, the
other day, David Stauffer lighted one,
set fire and destroyed ten acres of grass
aud was himself fatally burned.
TUB long drawn out McKeesport post-ofiicc
light lias at last ended in the con -
firmatlon of Elmer M. Soles by tlie
Senate. The settlement, however, camo
too late to do Congressman Ray any
good.
OUR PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
Tlie IAIIN t of (lie Funnera' IiiHtltiitc I'niicm
liy lion, .foltn <>. Folgl.
I shall try and talk to you for a short
time about our public highway!. How
can they bo improved? In the discus
slon of this subject I will olio by way of
proving tlie necessity for improvement,
tlie fact, that tlie question is being
written upon and discussed by some of
the lieHt and ablest minds in the state,
which goes to show that the public mind
is looking for some solution to this ques-tion.
However, if any one present has
any doubts on the subject, a drive of a
few miles through some parts of our
county, at almost any time hi the year,
will dispel that doubt. Neither is It
necessary for me to iirguethedesirahillty
or want of a hotter condition of our pub-lic
roads. We will all admit Unit. Just
think for a moment what a pleasure it
would be to all of us, if we had solid,
smooth, and dry roads over which to
haul our produce, our coal, our grain,
onr hay, etc., and the satisfaction il
would he to us when we took a day’s out
ing.or drove to church or anywhere else.
We all admire skill and line workman-ship,
and elegance of finish in our bug-gies,
wagons, and machinery, as Is evi
deuced by the elegant turnouts I see our
farmers dilve; and it is right and proper,
and I am proud of it. I want to see the
farmers of Westmoreland county, their
sons aud daughters, in the very front
rank In society, in dress, in education, in
manners, in style. I want them, as
Brother Woodward says. In that elegant
little paper, “The Farm Journal,” to sit
at tlie first table. There is nothing in
my opinion too good lor the industrious
tiller of the soil. But excuse this di
gression. What has that to do with our
roads? Just this, we are making arid
have made great progress In every
branch of trade and agriculture hi our
county, while in the matter of roads, we
are ii anything retrograding. What
progress have we made in the matter of
Improved road construction? None
whatever.
1 now come to the second point In my
discussion. How can they be improved?
This is more easily asked than answered.
In the first place, I say we need a good
road law. Our laws on this subject are
recognized hy those who have given tlie
subject careful thought and investigation*
to be loose, faulty und defective, and
further I give it as my opinion, after
careful thought that there should he a
separate department of the state govern-ment
organized to take charge of this
road matter, in co-operation with tlie
different counties of tlie state, and J
think there should be authority vested
In each county In a road engineer or
superintendent (possibly the county sur-veyor)
whose business It should be to
oversee, and direct and furnish specifi-cations
to tlie different pathmasters or
supervisors in tlie different districts of
the county, and by whom they should
be held responsible for tlie faithful per-tormance
of their duties, and 1 am con-vinced
that apart ot the expenses should
he borne hy the stntc, and tlie fact that
die resources of our state are derived
largely from a source that contributes
nothing towards bearing the burden of
local taxation, and a mighty small por-tion
for state purposes, as compared with
tlie amount levied on real property for
local purposes is to my mind a strong
argument in favor of tlie stale taking an
interest in the betterment of our public
highways, and m this way benefit every
man, woman and child in the commun-ity
; and this should be made a matter ol
state pride. Let Pennsylvania, thegrand
Keystone in tlio Union Arch, lead in this
matter and hasten tlie day when her
highways shall be ways of pleasantness
and a credit to the state and the people.
Now as to tlie matter ot road making
and repairing, I shall touch hut briefly
as I have done the foregoing, and as I do
not wish to trespass on tlio time of the
Institute. A little hoy was once asked
in school the question, ‘what Is salt?”
His answer was this: “It Is what makes
the potatoes not lit to eat it you do not
put some on.” I would say that stone
is what makes tlie roads not fit to travel
on if you don’t put sonic on. I do not
mean a load or a part of a load here and
there, dumped in a mud puddle or
thrown loosely oil the surface to annoy
and vex, but I would build a permanent
road bod of stone 8 or 10 Inches thick,
full in the center and sloping towards
tlie sides, crushed lino and packed down
solid with heavy rollers (life is too short
to fool away with Utile napping ham-mers)
as last as we could hear the ex
pense, taking tlie main or Hie most
traveled roads first. Tills, of course,
would cost some money at first, but it
would ho money well spent, and are we
not spending lavishly twice or thrice
what we did formerly on our buildings
for our vehicles, and in our homes, ami
for what? To procure comforts and
conveniences for ourselves and our
families, and this* is right aud proper, but
is there anything that would be more
conductive to our comfort aud conven-ience,
and pleasure of ourselves and eur
young people than roads over which we
could occasionally take a spin with our
best girl without endangering the life
and the limbs of ourselves ami animals.
Oh, jes; let us have good roads and tlie
question, is life worth living? will be
answered in tlie affirmative.
Manor Dale, Pa. JOHN G. Foior.
W. C. T. U.
•FOR GOD AND HOME
LAND.”
AND NATIVE
This column la conducted by the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union ol Mt. Pleasant,
Mrs. Vnlld.-rtillt's Imposing Red.
Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt is said to
have tlio most imposing bed in New
York. It revives the ancient style of
posts and canopies, and it stands en-throned,
as it were, on a raised platform,
tw o steps high, in the center of t he room,
which lias four windows looking out,
two on Fifth Avenue and two on Fifty-second
street. The bedstead is of rose
wood ami the canopy used to be lined
with an enormous plate glass mirror, so
that tlie sleeper could see her face and
figure as long as she kept awake, hut
this vulgar tiling has been removed and
is now replaced by the more conventional
panel of old-rose satin.
NoU.lily Fc-w, Imlerd.
“Absence makes tlie heart grow
tonder,” the old proverb says; but after
all there are comparatively few lovers
in tills w'orld who feel that they are
solid enough to make a trial of the. ex-periment.
Love I* llllixl.
Mr. Infrit—“Miss Chanse, I love you !
Will you be my wife?”
MissUhanse—“lam sorry Mr Infrlt;
but—hut—I am somewhat fastidious in
my choice.”
Mr. Infrit—“Oh, but I am not.”
The National Temperance Congress “of
all tlie foes ol the saloon” met in Broad-way
Tabernacle, New York, June II ami
12. It was composed of representative
temperance people of all shades or opin
ion and lls object was, If possible, lo
bring about an agreement on some line
of action that shall he effective against
the snloon, and at tlie same lime sacrifice
or endanger no principle. Rev. Dr
Charles F. Deems was chairman of the
Congress and said, “We are here as foes
of tlie saloon. This is the first of a series
of conferences to be held every year
until tlie liquor trail!3 dies.”
Tlie different methods of temperance
reform were presented by prominent
advocates of each and discussed hy work
ers ef opposing views. Gen. Neal Dow
opened in favor of “Prohibition, Stale
and National.” opposed by Robert Gra-ham,
of tlie Church Temperance Society,
who thought it “unseriptunil” and ad-vocated
tlie old-time rescue and moral
suasion work. “Alcohol a Poison” was
a valuable paper hy Dr. N. S. Davis, of
Chicago, President of the National Med-ical
Association, in which lie denounced
as one of tlie “most destructive errors
existing in human society, the theory
entertained by many, and daily reiterated
in tlie columns of the public press by a
class of flippant writers, that it is the
abuse and not tlie useofaleoholic liquors
that is injurious.” Dr. Davis has not
used alcohol in his practice for half a
life time.
“The Battle of Omaha” by Prof. Corn-wall
was a plea for a help in tlie Prohi-bition
contest in Nebraska. He said :
"In Omaha we are contending with all
i lie liquor powers of the earth. There is
more revelry aud debauchery from mid-night
to one o’clock in Omaha than you
can find in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in three
days with the aid of policemen. 'The
saloons in Omaha are gilded hells, in
Council Bluffs they are in broken-down
rookeries, alleys and pigpens. I have
just come from Iowa. I visited 1"county
seats and learned there was not a prison-er
In one of tlie jails. More than (10 ol
their county jails are empty. [Shouts of
applause.]
“If we fail to take Nebraska we may
lose the two Dakotas, and Iowa and
Kansas will be in danger. Brethren, we
can take Omaha and Nebraska. Let us
do It.”
On the topic “The Church against the
Liquor Traffic,” Joseph Cook said “that
tlie churches should first rise to the level
of tlie public schools and teach total
abstinence in the Sunday schools and to
every member of the congregation. Tlie
church should be a Law and Order
League to help enforce every feature of
the present law that restricts or prohibits
and at the same time does not sanction
the crime of liquor selling.”
Rev. Dr. Payne said that every church
should educate the children iiillieSiin
day schools in tho scientific principles of
total abstinence and In tlie moral princi
pie that tiie traffic “cannot be legalized
without Bin.” “The Moral Forces ol
lhe Nation are its Imperial Forces” was
tlio subject discussed by [queenly Mary
T. Lathrop, declaring that the church
must help to enthrone moral forces In
our polities or the Republic goes down.
Mrs. Fessenden, of the Massachusetts
\V. C. T. U., urged the temperance men
of the nation “to do their duty, or the
children now receiving temperance in-struction
in tiie schools would one day
do it for them to tlie lasting shame of
Hie present generation.”
The only definite plan for tlie union of
the temperance forces was that proposed
hy Dr. Funk, of the New York Voice.
First, and imperatively, the abrogation
of all licenses, ami second, tlie vigorous
enforcement of nil the present restrictive
laws, with tlie gradual extension of these
on the line of ultimate prohibition. This,
he argued, would be a basis on winch
could he united those who believe in
restrietriction, but do not yet accept ab-solute
prohibition, and the Partisan and
Non Partisan Prohibitionists, who will
never agree to any so-called restriction
which also includes license.
ills. Hitchcock, President of tlie Ne
braska IV. C. T. U., appealed for help in
their conflict there and showed tiiat the
submission of the amendment.was a po-litical
necessity forced upon the Legis
laiiire with the understanding that it,
must be deteuted at the polls, “But for
the failure ot municipal woman suffrage,’*
lie raid, “the victory would be assured.”
The Internalionnl Triennial Sunday
School Convention which met in Pitts
burg recently had before it on the last
lay of its session a proposition, urged by
the National \V. C. T. U., that the lesson
committee be required to furnish one
temperance lesson in each quarter. Miss
Willard, who was present for the pur-pose,
was permitted to speak in its favor.
Mrs. II. C. Campbell also spoke in adyo
cacy of ir, hut foreign influence and old-tlnie
notions prevailed over progressive
Christianity, and the report ot the Lesson
Committee, which is a slight advance on
tlie concession granted three years ago,
was adopted. The world moves—slowly
—and those who live on may still thank
God and take courage.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
1. O. O. F.
Moss Hose Loti No. 850, L O. O. F., meets
every Thursday evening In Odd Fellows’
Hull. JOHN A. STEVENSON, Hee’y.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Mt. Pleasant Lodge No. g-ISO. IC. ol H.,
moots alternate Monday evenings in Odd
Fellows' Hall. J AS. rt. IlKADlIOi'K, Uop.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
R. A Lodge No. 5112 meets alternate Mon-day
evenings In Odd Fellows’ Hall.
J. A. LOA R, Seo’y
A. O. K. ot M. O.
Mt. Pleasant Castle No. !Hl, Ancient Order
Knights of Mystic Chain, meets alternate
Saturday evenings In Odd Fellows’ Hall.
U. W. WILSON U. S.
G. A. it.
Robert Warden Post No. HR H. A. R..J. A.
Stevenson, Adjutant, meets In odd Fellows’
Hal) every third Friday ofeuoh month
J. O. U. A. M.
Logan Council, No. 115, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, meets every Tuesday
evening,at 7 o,clock, in Odd Fellows’ Hall.
UAN’L DULLINUKH, Councilor,
A. O. U. W.
Lodge of Ancient Order United Workmen
meets in odd Fellows’ Hall every alternate
Friday ot the month,
A. N. STAUFFER, Sec’y.
K of P.
Hylas Lodge No 474, Knights of Pythias,
meets every Wednesday evening in K. of P.
Hall Dr. W S. PLOTNEK K.ofH.andS.
A RAILROAD QUEEN.
Mrs. IlHlnes, Three Tinier a Millionaire,
Will Slake Her Home In Brooklyn.
The first woman in America ever cho-sen
presilient of a steam railroad is Mrs.
Charles D. Haines, who has just left the
southwest to live in Brooklyn. 'The
line of which she is the chiefofficer is the
Haines Medina Valley road in Texas.
Mrs. Haines’ husband, In association
with others, Is the owner ot several
short railways in various states in the
Union. 'The fair president is an excel-lent
business woman, and is well fitted
for the position to which she has been
elevated.
Mrs. Haines, who is only 28 years of
age, is gifted with rare executive ability.
She lias come nortli for a two fold pur-pose—
in search of a much-needed rest
and In order to look about for profitable
speculations. On the arrival of her hus-band
from Texas she proposes to begin
the construction of a palatial home near
Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Haines is in possession of an in-dependent
fortune ot $3,000,000. She Is
inosi charitably inclined and a charming
woman.
I. o. H.
Mt. Pleasant Conclave No. 173, Independ-ent
Order Heptasophs, meets on the second
and fourth Wednesday evenings ot each
month, in Odd Fellows' Hull.
H. C. KELLEY,Secretary.
FOR PURE
Whiskies, Wines, Etc.,
Send your orders to
H. a, WOLF & SON,
1036 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburg, Pa,
Lowest Prices and Esst Quality
Guaranteed.
All Goods Packed Froe of Charge.
10 22 80 ly
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Hi. Peter's Heformed Church—Service* at
10:30 n. in. and 7:30 p. in. Sunday school at
9:uuu lu. C. B* Ferner, Pastor.
United Presbyterian Church—Services Hub-bath
morning and evening at the usual hourB.
Sunday school at 0:30 a. m.
Howard H. Wilson, Pastor.
Presbyterian Church.—Service* every Sun-day
morning at 10:30, and every Sunday
venln g t 7:30. Sunday school ut9:30 n. rn.
S. E. Elliot, Pastor.
Trinity Lutheran Church—Services every
M.ihhath alterIH on at 3 o'clock, English and
Ueriimn alternating. .1. It. Groff, Pastor.
United brethren In Christ —Service* at 10:80
a, in. and 7:30 p m. Class meeting at 0:30 a.
m. .Sunday school at 2 p. in. Young people's
meeting at 0:30 i». in. J I. L. Hosier, Pastor.
First Baptist Church.—Hervices at 10:30 a,
m and 7:30 o. m. Sunday school at 0 a. rn.
Preaching at Alice mine* Tuesday at 7:30 p.
m; Bessemer, Thursday, 7:30 p. m; West
Overtoil. Friday,7:30p m. Mission Sunday
school at Hast End, Morewood, Alice, Besse-mer
and West Overton at 2:80 p in.
N. L. Reynolds, Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Church.—Services at
10:30 u. m. and 7:3U p m. Sunday school ut
0 a, m. Young people's meeting a16:30 p. m.
T. F. Pershing, Pastor.
A M. E. Z. Church.—Services on Sunday
at 10:80 a. m and 7:30 p no. Sunday school
at 2 p. m. i’rayer meeting Wednesday even-ing
at 8:00. G.W. Lewis, Pastor.
Church of God Services at 10:80 a. m. and
7 p. m. every Sunbath. Also service* at Bun-ker
Hill very Sabbath at 2:30 p, m. Sabbath
school 9:15 a. m. at Bethel and 2:30 p. rn. at
Bunker HIM every Sunday All invited.
Rev. 8. G. Yahn, Pastor.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
I . L. MARSH, M. D.,
_ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office anil residence, West Main Street,
' Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
ViVJW.
lid Lady.—Have you new Rubbers?
And Lady.—Why, no! Those are tho old ones
dressed with
WolffsACME^cking
It makes thorn look like new; imd my shoos also
dressed with it, hold their polish (i.NDRR th®
rubber, ©von should tho snow creep in.
Change a Pine Table to Walnut.
A Poplar Kitchen Press to Antique Oak.
A Cane Rocker to Mahogany.
See what oan be done with 25C. worth of
IK-OON
*M CAANMA/INfTfTHDA(TAOOVNt«M%.l^Xk ''TdPV’ 17*•
WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia.
Atk in Drug, Paint and Howto Furnishing Storei.
Real Estate!
J. U McCJaleb A Co., office on corner oi
Church an<l Main streets, will give attention
o the purchase, sale and rent i ng of Heal Es-ate
and all other business lu this line.
25,000 MILES
Of hedge nnd wire fence have been put out by
tho Dayton Hedge Co, making an average of
one thousand miles for each year spent by
the originator. Wesley Young, in the busi-ness.
There Is now growing in this county
nearly forty miles of their fence.
E PRESCOTT,
.Solicitor and Superintendent Penno. Dlvls’n,
Mt Pleasant, Pa
Mt- Pleasant Nurseries.
Apple. Standard Pear, Dwarf Pear,
Plum, Cherry, Peach, Quince,
Grape Vines, Strawberry Plants
Raspberry Plants,
Evergreens, Shrubbery,
Shade and Ornamental Trees
In great variety at reasonable prices.
ESPECIAL BARGAINS In Pear, Plum
and Cherry by the dozen or hundred.
Something New !
Ill commotion with our Nursery and Green-house
business we have opened out,on Church
street, a
Seed and Florist’s Store,
where wc are prepared to furnish the old re-liable
Landreth’s Garden and Field Seeds ir
large or small quantities, und Peter Mender
son’s Flower Heeds. Also all art icles ol mer-chandise
usually found in Horticultural aud
Florists' stores, such as
Plain and Fancy Flower Pots,
Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes,
Bracket Pots, Lawn Vases and
Garden Tools, Lawn Seeds,
and Lawn Feitilizers,
Flowering Bulbs and
Boots, Grape
Vines,
Shrubbery ami Hardy Ruses in season for
p'.antiug. Also Pear. Plum Cherry and other
Fruit trees. A xreat variety of
FLOWER DESIGNS
for Festive or Funeral occasions will be put
up on short notice at reasonable rates.. Or-ders
for Bouquets or baskets of ilowera will
receive prompt attention. Special care will
bo given to this part of the business.
All desirable kinds ofGreenhouse, Bedding
and Border plants will he kept ou hands or
supplied from our Greenhouses at the nur-sery
on Sand Hlil Avenue.
Canary Birds and Bird Cages,
Gold Fish, Fish Globes and Acquarlums.
Will he pleased to have you call either at
the nursery or at No. 319 Church street.
JOHN WIcADASflS,
Nurseryman, Seedsman aud Florist.
Fine SPRING SUITS;
From Samples or Piece Goods.
Now is the time to make your se-lections
from my
at Liao of PIECE GOODS.
Just received from the East, with
tlie very latest. Fashion Plates.
My Work Will Speak for Itself.
JOHN -BL0CKINGER,
(Successor to T. D. Eicher.)
Merchant « Tailor,
610 Main Ht... Mt. Pleasant.Pa.
N. M. Downs’ Vegetable Balsamic Elixir
Is a positive euro for Coughs, Cows, Croup, Whooping-Cough, Catarrh, Hoarse-ness,
Influenza, Spitting Blood, Bronchitis, Asthma, Lung Fever, Pleurisy, ami
all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. As sn Expectorant it has no equal.
Consumption has been cured times without number hy its timely use. It heals
the ulcerated surfaces, and cures when all other remedies fail. Fifty-six years of
constant use lias proven its virtues. Every family should keep it in tlie house.
Sold everywhere. Jlenry, Johnson & Lord, Proprietors, Burlington, Vt.
Dr. Henry Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters a™
a sure cure for Costiveness, Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Diseases of tlio
Kidneys, Torpid Liver, Rheumatism, Dizziness, Sick Headache, Loss of Appetite,
Jaundice, Apoplexy, Palpitations, Eruptions and Skin Diseases. Keep tlie Stom-ach,
Bowels, and Digestive Organs in good working order, and perfect health will
bo the result. Ladies and others subject to Sick Ileadaolio will find relief and
permanent cure by tlio use of these Bitters. Being tonic and mildly purgative
they purify tho blood. Price 25 ets. per bottle. For sale by all dealers in medi-cine.
Henry, Johnson & Lord, Proprietors, Burlington, Vt.
nenry, Johnson & Lord, Proprietors of
Arnica and Oil Liniment for Man and Beast. Tlio
best external remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps, Sprains, Bruises,
Burns and Scalds, Sciatica, Backache, Frosted Feet and Ears, anil all other Pains
and Aches. It is a safe, sure, and effectual Remedy for Galls, Strains, Scratches,
Sores, Ac., on Horses. One trial will prove its merits. It effects aro in most
cases instantaneous. Every bottle warranted to givo satisfaction. Price 25 cts.
and 50 cts. per bottle. Sold everywhere.
For Sale by J. P, WERKMAN, &t. Pleasant, Pa
I. A. STEVENSON & CO
Corner Main and Eagle Sts. - It T. PLEASANT, PA.
DEALERS IN j
FLOUR, COBH HEAL, HILL FES13 cf ALL ORADBS.
CORlSr, OATS,
GARDEN AND VEGETABLE SEED?,
Grrstss Seeds and Seed "W'h.eat.
A full line of
FARM AND GARDEN TOOLS, NAILS AND IRON AND WOOD PUMPS.
|We also sell the
WIERD CHILLED PLOWS
l which ca u.'.t i.e excelled for ilghtuess of draft and durability. Call andxm-
) the goods a -,d l am prioes before purchasing elsewhere.
F* M. MCCONAUGHY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
will be foumi at tlie old office vacated by
J. & R. McCouaughy, to attend to pro-fessional
calls promptly at all hours,
SC. KELLEY
. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office—Hitehman Block, Church street
one door south of 'Squire Stauffer’s Of-fline,
Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Collections a
specialty. Special attention given to the
preparation of legal papers of all kinds.
Real estate and pension agent. 4-12-tf
I OSEPH A. McCURDY,
rl ATTORNEY AT LAW.
GnKBNSBURO, PA.
OFFICE—No. 135 North Main street,
four doors above Court House.
OT. STAUFFT, M. D.,
. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Office corner Church and Main streets,
Mt. Pleasant, I’a.
SM. CROSBY, M. I).,
. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Office, 1015 Mam street, Mt. Pleasant,
Pa.
f^URTIS II. GREGG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office with Sloan & Doty, Greensburg,
Pa.
C~* EORGE TAYLOR, C. E.,
J Mining Engineer and Surveyor.
Auctioneer.
Apply, West Main st., Mt. Pleasant.
Dr. J. H. Clark. lu*. W. S. Plotner.
Drs. CLARK k PLOTNER,
OFFICES—No. 416 and C04 Main Street.
Professional calls answered day or
nitit.
DR. J. A. L0AR,
ffRESiDEMfYPENiisTTl
Teeth Extracted Without Pain,
Pine Pilling^With Gold, Silver, &o.
A Specialty.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH
at the lowest prioes, mounted on
any kind ofplate you may wish.
Vitalized Ai? Administered
All work guaranteed. Office three
doors East of U. B. Church.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
OF MT. PLEASANT, PA.
CAPITAL STOCK $100,000.
OFFICERS:
H. W.STONKH. HENRY JORDAN,
President Cashier.
W. J. HITOHMAN, G. W. STONER,
Vice President. Assis’tC'ashier.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY JORDAN, W. J. HITCHMAN,
H. W. STONER, WM. B. NEED,
J. C. C’RowNovbR, Jos. R. STAUFFER,
HAM’L WARDEN, DR. J. H.CLARK.
W. D. MCLLIN
Particular attention given to collections, and
proceeds promptly settled
MT. PLEASANT,
Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa.
W. J. HITOHMAN - Cashier.
J. G. SHOPE, - Ass’t Cashier
Receives Current and Time Deposit*.
Discount* Paper.
Collection* made throughout the United
St»;te*
Draft* issued on England.Ireland, France,
Germany, etc., and a GENERAL BANKING
BUSINESS transacted.
W. J. HITCHMAN,
W. B. NEEL,
J. C. CROWNOVER.
J. P. Werkman,
Gor. Main and Church Sts.,
DEALER
GROCERIES
AND
FINE ^CONFECTIONS,
|FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
FRUIT
None but A1 Fruit,
VEGETABLES
ICE CREAM and LEMONADE
in season.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
MT. PLEASANT AND BliOADFORI RAIL
ROAD.—On and after May llth, 1800, tlie
passenger trains will arrive aim depart from
tlie several station as follows (Standard
time):
HEW UYERYI
Mev Horses! Nev Yehiclcs
J. E. Gibb* desire* to announce to the
citizens of Mt. Pleasant and; vicinity that he
has opened new
LIVERY AND EXCHANGE STABLES,
in the rear ot the Gibbs House, West Main
street, where they will be pleased to see any-body
desiring livery service. Moderate rates
and flrst-olass accommodations, Htables open
at all hours. 10 17 83 ly
J. E. GIBBS.
NORTH,
Mt. Pleasant
Stauffer
Iron Bridge
West, Overton...
Everson....
Tlnstman
Morgan
Broad Ford
Pittsburg
SOOTH.
Mt. Pleasant,
Stauffer
Iron Bridge
West Overton....
Everson
Tinstmnn
Morgan
Broad Ford
Pittsburg
A M
S 20
8 16
H 10
8 05
H Mi
7 55
7 43
7 45
A M V M
10 30 12 25
10 25 12 20
10 11* 12 15
10 15 12 10
10 10 12 05
10 05 12 00
9 59 11 58
9 65 11 50
8 00|..
P M I- M
1 05 0 50
4 00 6 15
3 55 6 10
3 50 0 35
3 '15! (J 30
3 101 (i 25
3 88 6 20
8 30 0 15
1 00) i 00
A at
(i 55
7 00
7 00
7 10
7 Hi
22
27
7 80
1000
AM AM
9 rofii op
9 06 11 05
9 II li II
9 15 II 15
9 21 11 21
9 27 11 27
9 32 11 32
9 35,11 351
2 001
I* M J* M
2 36 5 05
2 !" 1 10
2 40 5 15
2 50.5 20
2 56:5 25
3 02:5 32
3 07:5 37
3 10 5 40
5 46j7 35
The Baltimore Express leaves Pittsburg «t
b P stopping at McKeesport at West
Newton 10 2a Cpnncllsvlllo 11 10j Cumberland,
Pnlhi.!lla^deWlpahsiahi1n1g00toanm7. 10 a m, Baltimore 8 »•,
The IMMsburg Kxprpss ipnvos PliUndelnlilft
at I II pm, Unit ini ort; 7:10, Washington 8 40.
( milher nml 1 ID connollsvllle 4 80, Dili,
burg li 20 a m.
Thu Through Mull lunves Pittsburg nt 8 00 a
m, Slopping at Broad Ford at !l to a m, at
m,s’8"1m'pngmto.n Iattet5u5r0nplnmg,,afrtrivleianvgeast BBaallttiimmoorree
st il .Warn, stopping nt Washington at 1108a
Joril'.t.t0a!l1uirUgraotad7 .‘1F5 pormd .atTh5e5s0eptrmni,nasrrcivoinnngecInt
at Book wood with trains to and irom .somer-setand
Jonnstown, at Hyinimnn with trains
to and from Bedford, at Garrett with trnius
to nnd from Berlin.
LPE?hl^XIjVA?IA tK AILROAD.-Trams on aPennsylvania Railroad leave the sev-
MrSymh°?8!,90aafolll1owsOUnty 0,1 and after
| WESTWARD.
Q
STATIONS.
§7 11 8 3)
7 05: 8 291
ti M $ 0
6 :J8 8 I’.S
10 34 f 7 50
tt 29 7 50
6 24 7 46
6 13 7 35
6 98 f 7 29
6 03 7 23
5 59 7 18
5 50; 7 11
5 50 7 07
5 42 f 7 00
5 35; (5 54
f5 8i| 6 501
f5 24 f 6 -13 j
5 16 1 6 351
5 09
5 05 f 6 28
5 03 6 20
4 59
4 55
f4 53
fJ 51
4 40
4 45;
(i 28
0 19
6 14
0 11
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$8 401 $5 30
J 27 Conem’h
fl ! I John’wn
i: 5(i NInevab
3 ii Florence
T' 36 Lacolie
8 ;sl Lockpr’t
3 28 Bolivar
3 :s- rnters’en
. Gray’s
rj» * if inside
13 M 111 wood
8(.J Derry
f2 51 ibadenvllle
2 47 I .atrobe
f2 4l Beatty's
P2 37 rarney’8
f2 81 George's
2 22 Greensburg
Radeb'ghs
f2 12 Grapevine
2 lo .luannette
12 W Penn
12 01 Manor
Biddle
Shafton
Irwin
Larimer
Ardara
fl 41.Stewart’s
1 61
fl 49
III 00 Pittsburg
§6 45
6 52
712
7 19
!7 23
7 28
7 32
7 4,3
f7 48
7 53
7 57
8 00
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re 12
8 19
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8 57
858
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Flag station.
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9 321
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10 02
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flO 14
10 24
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flO 89
10 43
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1153
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116 10
5 16
5 36
5 45
5 55
5 59
6 10
6 2i
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0 30
6 .36
16 43
6 51
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11 2-4 17 11
fll 35
fll V,
ill 4J
fll II
lib;
HI 55
112 02
i I 28
810
QOUTHWEST PENN. RAILWAY,—On and
jj alter Nov. 1 ) 1889, the time of passenger
trains will be as follow*:
SOUTHWARD.
P M P M
«4 25! 12 50
5 28 ! 2 235
5 88 2.39
5 38: 2 43
f 5 40; f 2 45
f 5 48'f 2 17
6 40
5 53
f 5 56
f fl 01
6 05
I 6 12
f0 I
6 19
0 21
0 24
f 8 27
f 0.31
f 0 32
f 6 41
6 45
8 49
f 6 52
"0 58
f 7 02
f 2 50
2 55
f 2 58
f 3 08
.3 00
f 3 11
3 10
f 8 18
8 20
3 21
f 8 23
f 3 28
f 3.32
f 21 39
3 44
f 8 49
f 3 52
f 3 55
8 58
f 4 02
If 4 08
f 7 05'f 4 05
f 4 1*8
f 7 09 f 4 C9
7 11 f4 11
f 714 ^ 4 14
7 19 f4 19
NOXTHWAD
J 8 35 Pittsburg.. :g 9 45
9 42 Greensburg.. 8 44!
9 10'E. Grecnsb'g 8 40
9 50 Huff | 8 35
Co’ty Home. 8 88
.Fostervllle..| re 80
Youngwood.! 8 27
Paintervllle 18 19'
... Hunker....! re lfli
...Bethany...! re 111
Tarrs j 8 08
7 22
17 24
422
14 24
f 4 28
14 30
l 4 38
4 38
f 9 52
f 9 64
9 57
10 04
f 10 07
flO 12
10 15
flO 22
10 27
no 29
10 31
10 34
no 237
no it
no 46
no si
10 55
no 59
fll 02
fll 0.5
1108
tn i:
til a!
til 15
m is
fll 20
fll 21
ni 24
til 29
11 232
til 34
fll 38
til 40
til 48
11 48
Stoncrvlll©
...Hawkoye...
Scott. Hr. J’n
...ScottdalQ.«
..Everson ...
Valley w’ks
.Pennsvllle.
. Moyer .
Davidson
Connellsv’e.
New Haven.
.Wheeler.
. . . Watt . .
.Dunbar..
.Ferguson.
. Beeson...
... .Gist
. Frost
Stambaugh.
Lemout Fur.
..Evans.
.Red B June.
Uniontown.
Leith
Hutchinson.
Brownfield.
Ollphant
.Falrchance.
F M P M AM
re 02
17,58
7 56
7 54
7 61
f7 48
f7 44
17 10
f7 85
7.32
17 28
17 25
f7 22
7 20
17 17
17 16
17 14
17 11
17 10
n 08
17 00
17 01
0 58
10 50
10 52
6 50
«47
>0 42
P M
12 20
11 12
11 08
II 04
III 02
110 59
10 57
110 52
110 49
110 44
10 41
11C 35
10 31
110 29
10 27
10 24
no 21
no 17
no 12
f 10 07
10 03
f 9 59
f9 56
f 9 68
9 50
f 9 40
f 9 44
f 9 42
f 9 40
f 0 88
f 9 37
f 9 34
f 9 29
920
f9 24
f 9 19
9 17
9 1,3
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P M
§5 85
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4 18
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fl 09
4 07
4 02
3 59
3 54
3 51
3 45
f3 41
3 39
.3 37
3 34
IS 31
3 26
322
1317
8 18
3 09 race
*3 66
12 60
12 19
12 47
12 89
2S0
12 84
(2 28
2 25
52 20
AM AM PM
The Pittsburg Acc’n leaves Pittsburg 5 30 a
m, Greensburg at§0:uO a. m„ arriving at East
Greensburg6:53, Huff(l:67 County Home 10:59,
FosteivllleL:02,Youngwood 7:04,1'aintervllle
f7:0H, Hunker 17:12 Bethany 17:17 Tarrs 7:19,
RYUIBUU » uiivn rtimiBVUH)
f7:46 Moyer 17:50, Davidson 17:55,Connellsville
7:59 New Haven 8:08, Wheeler 8:06, Watt 8:09,
Dunbar 8:11, Ferguson 18:15, Beeson f8:lfl,
Gist re:J9, Frost 18:22, Stambaugh 18:23, Le-mont
Furnace 18:26, Evans 18:28, Redstone
Junctton 18:88, Uniontown 8:30, Leith 18:88,
Hutchinson 18:43, Brownfield 18:46, Ollphant
18:49, Falrchance 8:54 a. m.
S Going North it leaves Falrchance at §5:00 . m., arriving at Ollphant at 5:05, Brown-eld,
15:08, Hutchinson 15:10, Leith 15:14,
Uniontown 5:16, Redstone Junction 15,19,
Evans f5:24, Lemont Furnace 15:27, Htam-baugh
15:28, Frost 15.30,Gist 15:32, Beeson 15:84,
Ferguson 15:30, Dunbar 5:40, Watt 15:43,
Wheeler 5:40. New Haven 15:49, Connells-vllle5:
53, Davidson 15:57, Moyer 10:02, Penns-ville
rtB07, Valiev Works 10:11, Everson 0:14,
Scott dale 0:17, Hcottdale Branch Junet2on
0 17,Stonervlllo0:25 Leuffor 10:28. Tarrs 0:81,
Bethany f0:84, Hunker 10:39, Falnterville,
10:42, Youngwood fH:*7, Fostervllle 16:49,
County Home 10 5?, Unit 6:54, East Greens-burg
0:59. Greensburg 7 :03J Pittsburg 8:10,
I—Dally
?—Week days.
Scottdale Branch.
NORTH.
Mt Pleasant.
Star Mines
Greenliok,
Emma .. . ...
Scottdale Branch
SOUTH
Mt Pleasant
Star Mines ..
Green lick
Emma
8coltdalo Branch
7 05
7 00
G 50
0 52
6 45
A. M.| A. M.|
8 10 10 50
8 1*
8 07
8 03
7 56
Jc
AM A M
| 7 10 10 00
7 15 JO 05
7 19 10 09
7 23 10 1.3
1620
10 I5|
10 41
10 37
10291
P M
2 50
2 55
2 59
3 03
3 JO
P M
0 39
031
6 30
0 20
0 19
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Cleveland & Pittsburg Sljort Line.
BEST andSHORTEST LINE between ritts-burgand
Cleveland, Buffalo. Rooheater, Syr-acuse,
Albany, Boston, Portland, Toronto.
Montreal, Quebec, Halifax and all Central
and Northern New York, New England and
Canadian points.
TOURISTS' FAVORITE LINE to points on
tho Great Lakes, to the summer and fishing
resorts of Michigan, Northern Wisconsin,
Muskoka Lake Region, Adirondack and
White Mountains, Thousand Islands, etc.and
to the winter resorts of the Sunny Sout h in
Florida, Mexico, Texas and California.
Persons desiring to go West, either In the
capacity ol tourists or homeseekerH, will con-sult
tlielr interests as to speed, comfort and
safety hy going over the l ake Erie Road.
Through tickets issued, and baggage cheeked
to all points In the west.northweHtand South-west,
Calirornltt. Washington,Oregon, North
and South Dakota Texas New Mexeco, etc.
No extra charge for riding on our fast express
trains.
Fast time! Ur Ion Depot Connections!
No delays! ! I
P crimps yon ne’er have traveled yet,
& know not best what things to see;
L 1st then to me—your friend well mot^
E ’ernow you start, “Go P. A L. K."
For tickets, and further Information,
on or address A. E. CLA RK.
L. M. WOHAEN, Gen. Pas. A T’kt Agt
Trav. Pae, Agent, Pittsburg, Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa
MAIL ARRANGEMENT.
The time for the arrival
Malls from the Post Office, Mt, Pleasant, Pa
are os follows:
ARRIVE.
Way mail from Plttshurg and Wost 11 a.m
do Greensburg and East..11 a.m
do Jones’ Mills n a.m
do Mondou, Tarrs, etc 2p.m
do Broadford, etc 2p.m
do Uniontown, etc 7p.m
Through mall from Plttsourg and West 7 p.m
CLOSE.
Through mall—Plttsbugh and West... 7.16 a.m
Way—Stoner, Scottdale to Uulont’n.. 7.15 a.m
“ Jones’ Mills, etc 12.30p m
“ Tarrs, Mendon, West Newton. 8.00pirn
“ Pittsburg aud West 3.16 p.m
U Greensburg and East 8.15 p.m
Through—Stauffer, W. Overton, etc... 00 n.m
John McAdams, H, M,
Tip: JOURNAL -MT. PLEASANT, PA., TUESDAY BVENINQ, JULY 15, rbtiP
A LITTLE OP EVERYTHING
AND NOT TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING
TO WEARY THE READER.
A VVrstent Title Wlilcli Shown How Kveii
a Quick Trigger-Worker Can He
Sometimes (Tin "tit Na|)|iln|(.
Now and then you will find u man who
will bully anil tight at the same time.
Such a chap was “Lop-shoulilereil Bill,”
as we called him in Montana, lie was
ugly, quarrelsome, and a braggart, but
he would have (ought ten men as soon
as one. For two years he had a revolver
where he could drop bis hand on it in a
second, and tile half dozen chaps who
were waiting to get the drop on him had
to keep on waiting. One day, however,
llill’s shooter got out of repair and he
gave it to a miner to be fixed. Instead
of waiting for it he wandered down to a
saloon where the bard ’uns congregated
and It w asn’t a quarter of an hour before
he set out to pick a fuss with a new ar-rival.
He just ached to kill somebody,
and when be nettled the stranger into
“talking back” lie reached for his gun to
pop him. Ills gun wasn’t there. When
Bill realized it he turned as white as
snow, thinking ids time had come. The
stranger had drawn oil him, you see, and
he carried a wicked look in his eyes.
“Well?” lie asked, as Bill raised both
hands.
“I haven’t any gun.”
“I see. Leave it somewhere?”
“Yes.”
“Very careless of you. I’ve got the
call.”
“You hev.”
“You are a bad man and I ought to
shoot you through the head, but 1 don’t
like this cold-blooded business. Hold up
your right hand and spread out the lin-gers.”
“Stranger, don’t do it.”
“Either that or I’ll put six bullets
Into your heart. Spread !”
Bill held up his right hand and three
reports followed each other like the tick-ing
of a clock. Each Anger was shot oil'
at the Arst joint.
“That’ll do,” said tlio man, as he low-ered
his weapon. “You can’t pull trig-ger
with nothing on that hand, and be-fore
you can learn to shoot left-handed
some one will bury you.”
He went out and away and Bill sent
for a doctor and sat there and cried like
a boy. Next day he left without a word
to any of us, and we always believed he
jumped oil Horse Clill' into the creek,
which was then oil a Aood.
WAKED BY FLIES.
The Queer Custom at a Central Ameri-can
Hotel.
“The queerest hotel in the world is at
Gautemala City, Central America,” said
an English tourist who is stopping at the
Richelieu. “While there a few weeks
ago I stopped a day at the biggest hostel-ry
and met with more surprises than 1
have previously encountered in my trip
around the world. The house is built
only one story high on account ot the
earthquakes. It is constructed in the
form of a hollow square and the Interior
court is made beautiful with trees and
Aowers. The exterior presents the ap-pearance
of a prison.
“After pounding a higli knocker on
the outer door you are ushered into a
Beene of verdant beauty. The Hotel was
formerly the private residence of one of
the richest families of Central America,
blit the owner was banished by President
Barrios for an alleged conspiracy against
the government. Around the interior
were balconies overlooking a garden
Ailed with orange and peach trees, palms
and beautiful Aowers. The fare was
good and we had our choice of pancakes
with honey, Ash, poultry, fruits, coffee
and chocolate. You can’t eat there if
you are In a hurry, though. Only one
thing is served at a time, and you can’t
get a cup of coffee until everything else
has been served. The hotel furnishes
candles, but matches are extra,
“Then there Is a system of calling the
guests which entitles the hotel to the
name of the queerest one on the earth.
You are called by dies. The Hies down
there are nearly as large as an English
sparrow, and they sting like a hornet,
though the bite Is not poisonous. They
never kill them, but brush them away.
The halls of the hotel arc Ailed with
these pests hi the morning. Over each
door is a transom. Now, it you leave a
call for 7 o’clock your transom is opened
at 7 and the dies go In. Do they wake
you? I Bhoulil say so. The sensation
is like that of being sandbagged. In live
minutes from the tioie your transom is
opened you are down stairs looking tor
the proprietor. It doesn’t do any good
to kick, though, for that system haB been
the custom for years.”
OLD PUNISHMENTS.
Crime In Olllt-r liny, mill II. Attendant
Penalty.
Under Henry I. coiners of false money
were punished by the loss of tneir right
hands and other mutilations of various
kinds were In common use. In 1100 we
hear of heretics who refused to adjure
their faith being handed over by the
Church lo the civil authorities to be
branded with a hot Iron on the forehead,
have their clothes torn off from the waist
up and whipped through the public
streets. Boycotting was at that time a
legal practice, whatever it may be now,
for the said heretics were not only for-bidden
to worship as they desired, but
forbidden to enter the houses of orthodox
believers, or even to purchase the neces-saries
of life.
The popular notion of tiie Crusaders,
as ail army of Bayards, “sans peur et
sans reproche,” is hardly consistent with
the code of criminal law which Richard
Coeur de Lion enacted for the special be-hoof
of those with whom he set out for
Holy Palestine. If any one of them
were convicted of theft, boiling pitch
was to bo poured over Ins head, then a
pillow full of feathers shaken over him,
and he was to be abandoned at the Arst
port the vessel touched. Whoever killed
another on board ship was to be tied to
the corpse and east into the sea; whoever
killed another on shore was to be tied to
corpse and buried with it. A blow was
to be punished by three duckings in the
sea and the use of a knife In a quarrel
caused file aggressor to lose one of his
hands.
INTO A DEN OF SNAKES
When Two Apache Bocks Quarreled the
llulllci-H Settled It.
A little blind canyon on the Sierra
Madre used to furnish the Apaches with a
means of formally settling their disputes.
This gulch is fairly alive with rattle-snakes.
When two bucks had a quarrel
which they did not wish to settle oil'-
harnl they repaired to this gully, anil
while the remainder ol the tribe stood
around anil watched from the hills on
either side the combatants went together
to where the serpents were thickest.
There, stark naked anil weaponless, they
would wrestle. This would wake up the
rattlers in the glen. The aim of each was
to force the other onto the angry snakes.
It was not unusual for both to be bitten
while they struggled and rolled around
among the rocks. Each was bound to
remain and wrestle as long as his adver-sary
had life or strength enough to strug-gle
with him.
Great Sioux Reservation Now Open.
The fertile lands in the Great Sioux
Indian Reservation, wostof the Missouri
iver, are now open for settlement. The
President’s proclamation was issued on
February 10th, 1800. The natural gate-way
to the southern part of the reserva-tion
is via Chamberlain, South Dakota,
the present western terminus of the
Chicago, Milwaukee it St. Paul Railway,
From that point to the lauds beyond,
home-seekers must proceed, by team.
All necessary outfits can be secured at
reasonable prices at Chamberlain.
For the convenience of persons who
may desire to inspect the new country,
first-class reduced rate excursion tickets
to Chamberlain and return, will be sold
rom Chicago, Milwaukee and other
points on the Chicago, Milwaukee A St.
Paul Railway, good to return, until Oc-tober
31st, 18 *0.
For maps and circulars containing
general and detailed information, please
apply to the nearest ticket agent, or ad-dress
A. V. II. CARPENTER, General
Passenger Agent, Milwaukee Wis.
A PREHISTORIC GIANT.
What a hoi ot Men Digging a Well Kan
Across.
‘Cornelius Jones, a well-known and
■wealthy land owner of Speneerville, Al-leu
county,0., in Cincinnati on business,
said:
“By the way, there was a remarkable
discovery of prehistoric remains in our
section the other day. The instance
came under my own observation. Last
week I had occasion to visit the farm of
■J. Honly, about two miles west of Kos
suth, just cross the border in Auglaize
county. Some workmen were engaged
in digging a well, and had descended to
a depth of thirty-two feet when they
struck a gravel drift, trom which they
exhumed a gigantic skull thirty-eight
inches in circumference. Further down
the other bones of the giant were found.
There can be no doubt as to the kind of
remains. The thigh bone measured
three feet two inches in length, and the
spinal column is four feet two incites
long. All the bones were in an excellent
state of preservation, and were probably
those of a prehistoric warrior who was
killed In battle, as the skull seemed to
have been crushed with a blunt lnstru
ment. The whole skeleton measured
eight feet eleven and one-half inches in
height, aud when clothed with flesh
must have been a tremendously power-ful
man. A huge stone axe weighing
twenty-seven pounds and a flint spear-head
of seventeen pouuds weight were
found with the bones and were, no doubt,
swsyed by the giant with the greatest
ease. A copper medallion eugraved with
several strange characters was also found
with the bones.
“This startling discovery proves the
Biblical assertion that ‘there were giants
In those days.’ The scientlAc value of
the discovery is also great, and may lead
to some interesting developments.”
J. It. Dodds, editor of the daily and
weekly Arbor State, of Wymore. Neb.,
says: “1 have seeu the magic efiect of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in .cases
of croup aud colds among my grand-children.
We would not thiuk of going
to bed al night without a bottle of this
remedy iu the house. Chamberlain's
medicines are growing more pogular
here every day.” For sale by E. J. Mc-
Elwee.
A new idea embraced in Ely’s Cream
Balm. Catarrh is cured by cleansing
and healing, not b.v drying up. It is not
a liquid or snuff, but is easily applied
into the nostrils. Its effect is magical
and a thorough treatment w ill cure the
worst cases. Price 50 cents.
E W. Potter, postmaster al Elm Creek,
Neb., says ho has personal knowledge of
several cases of rheumatism iu that vi-cinity
that have been permanently curod
by Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, afierother
remedies were used without betieHt. He
has sold it at his drug store there for live
years and says he never knew it to fail,
that “any customer who once uses Cham-berlain’s
Pain Balm will have nothing
else instead.” For sale by E. J. Mc-
Elwee.
With Ely’s Cream Balm a cbild|can be
treated without pain or dread and with
perfect safety. Try the remedy. It cures
catarrh, bay fever and colds iu the head.
It is easily applied into the nostrils aud
gives relief with the Arst application.
Price 50 cents.
REASONS WHY
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THIS PAPER.
I. S. Doten, Justice of the Peace and
merchant ol Bristol, 111., says he can
recommend St. Patrick’s Pills. “I have
used them,” he says, “and know*where-of
1 speak.” Auy one troubled with
constipation or biliousness will find
them a iriend. They are prompt and
certain in their action and produce a
pleasant cathartic efiect. For sale by E.
J. McElwee,
THE : JOURNAL
Is published every Tuesday Morning and we simply repeat
what its readers say when we claim that
<xl WESTMORELAND COUNTY HAS NONE BETTER.*
In the first place., THE JOURNAL is thoroughly Independ-ent
in Politics and wears no party’s collar. It can, therefore,
and does express its opinions without fear or fax or.
ALL: THE: HOME: NEWS.
Mt. Pleasant, THE JOURNAL’S home, is one of the bestbusi
ness towns in Western Pennsylvania and divides the honors
of this county with Oreensburg, the conuty seat With the
finest Water Works in this end of the State and natural and
artificial gas, surrounded by rich Coal, Ooke, Iron Ore and
Limrstone fields, and with a population ot over 5,000, not
counting the 0,000 workmen who livfe adjoining its borders, the
above statement cannot be doubted.
S1.50 PER YEAR,
READ THE
June Bargains
Which our Mail Order puts in
your reach. Rut don’t expect to
(ind them here for you if you don’t
write for them until J uly or August.
'ITie time to buy June Bargains is
in June, and this is June,
READ:
50,000 yards ot the finest French
Salines,
At 15, 20 and 25 cents a yard.
Worth 35, 40 and 45 cents a yard.
And you never saw or heard of
them selling under these higher
prices at this season of the year.
These are the li nest goods, all ot
this season's manufacture and
stylos.
And tens of thousands of yards
of the finest American and Scotch
Ginghams at 8c, 10c, 12.Jc, 15c, 20c
and 25c—all reduced for these gieat
June Bargain sdes—the 8c ones
reduced from 12c, and the 20 anil
25c ones from 40 and 45c,
Write for samples at once.
Thousands of yards of very choice
extra wide (4’i inches) all-wool
imported Dress Goods, in plains,
mixtures,stripes,plaids and checks,
in choice patterns and choice col
orings, at 50c a yard—all reduced
from 75c, 85c, 90o and $1,00 a yard
—now only 50c a yard.
Write to our Mail Order for
samples at once.
FOR SALE!
VALUABLE
Building Lots,
On Bunker Hill, near Checkered
Front Store. The entire lot is 270
xlOO feet and xvill be sold either as
a whole or in smaller lots. A large
frame stable occupies one corner of
the lot.
For further particulars call on or
address
JOHN N. BURST,
East End. M . Pleasant. Pa
THERE
Don’t Tear me up, but Read me
Through and then hand me to
Your Neighbor.
JOS, 111 & CO
609-621 PENN AYE.,
FITTSBU KG,PA.
CAUTION Taho no »hoe* unlei*
TV. L. Douglas’ irnme ana
price are stamped on In®
bottom. If the dealer cannot supply YOU*
send direct to factory, enclosing advertised
price.
if paiti in advance, is the subscription price
subscriber to 52 issues, as this paper comes
and entitles the
out every week.
FINE JOB DEPARTMENT.
PLUMBER.
Licensed by Mt. Pleasant Water Co.
Special Attention Given to Sanitary
Drainage.
N. B, Orders left at shop, 1,000
East Main Street, or at residence,
541 College avenue, xvill receive
prompt attention.
If You Want
Driving or Riding TIoras3,
Single or Double Teams,
Carriages, Buggies & Light Wagons
Nothing but first-class and perfectly safe
animals kept Careful and
COMPETENT DRIVERS
furnished when desired. 8pecial rates to
funerals.
Stables in rear of T. C. Patterson’s. Open
all reasonable hours,
M. S. BRINKER.
in th
ing evi
lis department arc the best of presses a
ivory facility lor doing Fine Job Work at
nd material, aflord-
Reasonable Rates.
«ITRY THE JOURNAL A YEAR.t>°
WHICH ARE THE REST M AKES?
’VGlWtUlf.
ANSWERED AT-W.
L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN
Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed-moor
Waterproof. _ ...
lies! iu flu* world. Kxnrnlno hlfl
*15.00 GENUINE H.XND-SKXVlCp SHOE.
81.00 II.XNIl-SEWKD XV1.I.T SIIOK.
8:i.r>o 1*01,11T: AND FAiiMKltS' MlOE.
S2.BO KXT11A VAI.IJK <'AI.I’ SHOE.
§2.25 &Vi WORKINGMICN’S SHOPS.
§2:0!) and 81.75 HOYS* SCHOOL SHOES.
An mtitle In Congress. Hullon aud Lace.
$3 & $2 SHOES LADIES.
*1.15 SHOE FOR MISSES.
Best Material. Best Style. Best Fitting.
W. I*. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Sold by
;For Sale by
IT.
Mr- PLEASANT. PA
G. W. LEMMON. D. O. LEMMON.
LEMMON BROS,
Livery 5 Sale Stables.
Opposite Diamond Hotel
Diamond Street. Mt. Pleasant. Pa
We keep on hand a number or stylish rlgR
and good driving horse*, and will he pleased
to accommodate all at. reasonable rates and
•at all hours*
uneral Carriages Furnished on Short Notice
AT SPECIAL RATES.
We are prepared to suit all, and solicit 9
liberal share o/ ..iRtronagc /rom the traveling
public. All kinds ot
Horses Bought anti Sold.
Lemmon Bros.
D. B. KEISTER’S MUSIC STORE.
Elegant NEW STYLE ORGANS, the perfection of modern skill, fully warranted for
the longest time, are sold for Cash or on THE EASY PAYMENT PLAN, with Htool aud
Instructor and delivered anywhere at prices which save the buyer from $l<> to % JO.
Violins,Guitars, Banjos, Instructors, istring« and Trimmings, Mouth Harmonicas, Ac-cordeons,
Flutes, Fifes, MUSICAL, NOVELTIES-everything from a Daisy Whistle to a
Grand Piano or Organ. Come and see and hear for yoursell and make an intelligent pur-chase,
at the Music Store
Keister’s Corner ant. Pa.
Daughters, WIves and Mothers.
Physicians heartily endorse the use of
Speer’s celebrated Port Grape Wine lor
the use of debilitated females. It is not
an intoxicant, aud is absolutely pure,
being made from grapes grown at Mr.
Speer’s Mouut Prospect vineyards, Pas-saic,
N. J., from vines imported from the
port wine districts of Portugal. Drug-gists
sell it.
Traveling West.
Only one change to points in Califor-nia,
Washington, and Oregon. Maps
and reliable information free. Lowest
rates. L, M. WORDEN
Traveling Passenger Agent,
77 Fourth ave., Pittsburg.
TOOK THE HINT. years with Dyspepsia ID
A New York lawyer,
. who suffered many
and Indigestion, used
J>r. I.c*e*n Liver Itcgulnlor and was cured,
alter all other medicines failed. Try it; 7W.
Trial bottles free at
E. J. McELWEE’S
Complete Culinary Outfits for Hotels
and Restaurants-
WILLIAM PEEBLES,
Agent for the
VAN WROUGHT STEEL RANGE
Eorfnhle or Brick Set,
And dealer in
SLATE 1*1 ANTKL*»,TIL EllEARTHS,ETC
W3 Liberty st.. head of Smltlifield st.,
Write for prices.
J. ZUCK
DR.U.8U IN
School Books,
Bibles & Testaments,
Fens & Pencils,
Blank Books,
CHEAP FOR
Opposite Postoffice.
Hats and Caps, School Books,
Boots & Shoes, Paper & Envelopes,
Inks and Fluids, Albums,
5c Sheet Music- School Books
CASH*
■ Mt. Pleasant
PITT8UI/H.U, PA.,
«W8m 1
Selling & Collecting Agt.
FOKTHE
NEW LIVERY STABLE
H. R, BRINKER, Proprietor.
Main Street, Near Rnilroads.Mf. FieuHnnt.l'a.
New Buggie Carriage
AND LIGHT WAGONS.
Finest Horses in the Business.
Terms Reasonable, Special rates for funerals
and commercial men. All kinds of Imulifig
done on short notice. Will pay all mossen
vers sent lo stable with order for rigs.
We are no longer Strangers. We are here to stay and become
a household word in every family of Mt. I’leasant and surrounding
towns. The means which xve xvill employ to accomplish our aim, is to
sell our goods at a price that xvill astonish even the merchants. Our
MEN'S, BOY’S # CHILDREN’S
<ICL0THING,[>
HATS, GAPS AND
Furnishing Goods
At such a loxv figure that will draw exclamations from every one pass-ing
our store or reading our bills. For an example xve xvill sell you
A good pair Working Pants at 73c.
A good pair Woolen pants, $1.25.
All Wool Dress Pants from $2.00 up.
A good pair Boys’ Long pants from 48c up.
Children’s Pants 23c up.
A good Workingman’s suit from $4.50 up.
Dress Suits Proportionately.
Boys’ Suits, long pants, from $3.50 up.
Children’s Knee Suits, from $1.75 up.
Our Furnishing Goods stock is too large to enumerate everything
suffice to say we can give you a good Undershirt from 19c up; a fine
White Shirt, linen bosom and linen cuffs, from 35c up; an elegant xvhite
Laundricd shirt, 55c tip.
Hosiery, xve can give you from 4c per pair up.
Well, about our large assortment of Hats and Caps, xve forgot all
about, and as we have not much space left to mention every style and
shape, xve will mention only one or two prices:
Thanking you for your kind patience in reading our greeting, hop-ing
you xvill take advantage of our loxv prices and make your
purchases always at the new store known as
LEVINSON BROS.,
NATION’I, HOTEL BLOCK, - OPPOSITE OPERA HOUSE
ELY’S
(Tear:
iMgl Cl e a n s e s the
Nasal Passages
allays pain anc
inflammation,
Heals the sores, W
Restor e s the#
Senses of TasteJ
and Smell.
rgi/
New Goods! New Goods!
Try the CureJHj^iY-EEVEFl
A particle is applied into each nostril and
iaagneable. Price 60 cents at druggists: by
mail, registered, 60 cts. ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren street, New York.
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE.
vFf
VGiGE from Ohio. Here i» a
portrait of Mr. Garri-son,
of Salem, Ohio.
He write*: “Wo* nt work on a farm f«.r
*20 u month; I now have an agency
.r K. C. Allen A Co * nlhnnn and puhli-iona
and often make >*20 a day.
(Signed) W. II.UAltKlhON.
William Kline, Harrisburg, Pa.,
writes: “l have never known
-nything to sell like your album.
Yesterday I took orders enough to
pay me over Jftg.V" W. J. El-more,
Hunger, Me., writes: “I
ke an order for your album at
moat every house I vi»it. My
profit ia often aamuehaa®5SO
fetor a single day’s work.”
r t H tiers are doing quite as well;
re have not apace to give ex-iirts
from their letter*. Every
one who takes hold oftbiagrand business piles ungraml profits.
Shall we start YOU in this business,
reader ? Write to us and learn nil about It for yourself. Ws
•re starting many; we will atart you if vou don t delay, until
■ '— part of 1
anothergets a..h..e.aMd »o.f y,ou Inpyo art the country. If you
take hold you wiil he able to pick up (jold fttst. ftiTKertd—
On account of a forced manufacturer a aale 1 £5,000 ten
dollar Photograph Albums areto he sold to the
people for each. Bound In Itoyal l rlmson Silk Velvet
Plush Charmingly decorated inside*. Handsomest albums in the
world. Largest size. Greatest bargain* ever known. Agents
wsnted. Liberal terms. Big money for agente. Any one can
become a successful agent. Hells Itself on sight—little or no
talking necessary. Wherever shown, every one want* to pur-chase.
Agent* take thousand* of orders with rapidity
before known. Great profits await every worker. Agent* are
making fortunes. Ladles make as much a. men. You, reader,
can do as well us any one. Full information and terms t ree,
?o tho “who xvrlte for s.me, with particular, and term, for our
Family Bibles, Hooka and Periodicals- *
should you conclude lo go no further
Address E. U. ALLEN
PR.H.J. WLLGR’-S
Constitution 5 Searcher
Caros Dyspopsin, Diver Complaint, I*OBS of Appo
tito ami General Debility. Purifies the
lilood and impart* Enertfy ana
Vigor totho WholeSystem.
H. J. MIIiliERH SWEEPSTAKES
LIATMKXT stands second to no other Lini-ment
made for tho speedy relief of all Pains,
Aches andCramp, Uhoumatiain, Toothaoho, «fcc.
H. J. KILLER'S SWEET WORM
POWDER, n Safe, Pleasant and Effectual
Remedy. None hotter.
OPALINE, tho Groat Invisible Complexion
Boantifter, rondoring the skin soft and delicate,
imparting to the face asoft and beautiful com*
plexion hitherto unknown.
JNO. J. MILLER & CO.,
I.ATROBfi, PA.
Tor Sale by ail Druggists and Douloro. BSu
After you know all,
■, why no harm la done. Atutara. MAINS.
Jr m
Gol*l uich|_ — „
’ Worsts S 1 OO.OO. i.i’si $N5
|xvuii'li in tho world. Perfect
timekeeper. Warranted heavy,
iJioi.ll> lidl.U hunting cases.
iBoih ladies' and gent's sizes,
‘with works and cases of
fequal value. ON K I’KltsONln
'each locality con secure one
ffree, together with our large
1 valuable llneofllouseliolsl
inlet. These samples, as well
Ta the watch, are fk*i*«*. All the work you
naed do is to show what we send you to those who call—your
friends ami neighbors and those about you—that always results
in valuable trade for us, which holds foryears w hen once started,
and thus we are repaid. We pay all express; freight, etc. After
you know all. if you would Ilka to go to work for us. you can
earn from #20 to per week and upwards. Address,
htluson li: Co., BoxSDSi Portland, Maine.
WHIT IS GOING ON
roR MANY FREE One of the I
I!KMTTel-I
eacopea I i» L _T_
the world. Our facilities are
unequah'd, and to introduce our
si!|H'rior goods wewill sendrstKB
to ON K PERSON III each locality,
a< above. Only those who writ,
to us at once con make sure of
MB the chance.’All you have to do in
return la to show our good* to
those who call—your neighbor*
and tlmee around you. The bo-
**■ ginning of thla advertisement
shows the small end of the t«la-nce
of It reduced to
rf t;
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F.YE*
A"YEMua£:
acope. The following cut gives the appeal
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Better write at once. We pay all expreoachargaa HAU.ETT.CO., »»J. TuEriAIH., MALA
High Arm Singer
“Best in thefiVorhl.’
South Diamond St ,
Mt fleasant }a.
WANTED
to CIUIVIISB for the sale of Nursery Stock.
Steady employment guaranteed. XL.SRY
AND EXPENSES PAID. Apply . onen,
Elating ace, (Refer to this paper. (15 4t
(JH.ASS FHOTKEIMCOMP NY,
Umber N. Y.
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
On llie female face,
lip' *n the fore-head,
neck, none,
ears, hands, arms,I
breast, oa men's
cheeks above the
hoard lino and he-twoen
tboeyebrowB
dentroyed forever
by lito Electric
Needle Operation
by Dr. Van Dyck,
Electro Surgeon,
602 Penn avenue,
Pittsburgh. Birth
marks, Moles,
Warts, Men's Red
Nose, Eulargod
Veius of the Nose,
Pimples, Black*
head*, l.lver Spots
and all dUeaee-t und blemlshoa of the skin,
complexion, ha!r and sculp successfully
treated by Dr. Van Dyck. The Doctor has
had 20 years’ oxperlenco in the practice of
Lis specialty, aud numbers among his pa-tients
our most prominent fxihillea. If you
are afflicted with any of tho abovo blemishes,
avoid patent medicines and consult Dr. Van
Dyck at once. Special terms to all who make
engagements'll)is month. Book free. Engage*
menu can lie made by mail. Cull on oraddress
Dr J. Van Dyck, 40 N. lltb street. Philadel-phia,
or 502 Petiu nveuuo, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hours 0 to 1 and 2 to 7: Sunday*, 10 to 5.
Mm
J. J. HURST & CO.
Have received a Large Assortment of Goods and have more
bought to arrive soon, and xvill keep our stock well up in all
regular goods, such as
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, ALL WOOL HENRIET-TAS,
CASHMERES, FRENCH GOODS, LADIE’S
TRICOT and CLOTHS in great variety,
WOOL and COTTON FLANNELS,
TOURNAY SUITINGS, MUSLINS, TICK-INGS,
SHEETINGS, UNDERWEAR in RED
WOOL, NATURAL WOt L and MARINO, and a
General Stock of Notions,
Persian Damask, Oretones, Scrims for Curtains, also a large
lot of
LACE CURTAINS
Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths in Good Variety.
COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
J. J. HURST & CO.,
CHURCH STREET. MT. PLEASANT, PA.
GRAUL’S EXCELSIOR mm
IS TURNING OUT BETTER
BREAD
CAKES
& PIES
Than ever. A large stock of fresh cakes and pies always*on hand, to-gether
with a full line of
Foreign &l)omestic Fruits.
XCJJE!
THE BEST IN TOWN.
Festivals, Picnics, Parties, &c., furnished at very reasonable rates.
CHAS A. GRAUL,
CHURCH ST.. MT. PLEASANT, PA.
THK JOURNAL-MT, PLEASANT, PA„ TUESDAY EYBNiNO, JULY 1M i»tM>
DAY’S DOINGS.
BUDGE'! OFHOMENEWSANDTHATOF
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
A Digest of JBventaTranspiringthe World
Over During the Past Seven Dnyii ns
Outhcred toy I toe HUMS' Newsmen.
TUKSDAY.—The American sliarp shoot-ers
hove been invited to visit Bismarck.
—The conference committee readied an
agreement on tire silver question, and
the bill will be reported this week. It
places gold and silver on a parity, with
free coinage stricken out.—Congress may
not adjourn before fall.—There was a
flood at New Orleans. The custom house
building was badly damaged.—Ur. Char-les
IC. Barlow, a Poughkeepsie dentist,
has taken no food of any kind except a
glass of milk for Ci days.—Five census
districts in San Francisco have been
padded fir political purposes and a ro
count will be ordered. It la reported
that Assistant Postmaster General Clark-son
will not resign, but that there is a
probability that he may eucceed Wana
maker.—Seven children were killed by
the storm at Fargo, N. D.—Two men,
near Tin Cup, Col., have made a rich
strike of gold and are now taking out
$5,000 a day each.
WKDNMSDAY.—The compromise silver
bill will doubtless pass botli houses
without change.—A special meeting of
the Canadian cabinet was held to con-sider
the troubles in the Behring sea.
The first seizure by Uncle Sam will be
the cause of trouble.—About 7,000 cloak-makers
paraded through all the princi-pal
streets of New York.—The Louisiana
legislature passed the lottery bill over
the governor’s veto.—The Bluff Point
hotel, on Lake Champlain shore, owned
by the Delaware & Hudson company,
was blown into the lake and a number
of persons lost their lives.—Tlie Green-land
whale and seal fishery is almost a
total failure.—Over 10,000 Knights of
Pythias took part in the parade at Mil-waukee.—
The Zalmski dynamite gun
was successfully tested at New burg, N.
Y, The test was made in the presence
of an English ollicer, and the weapon
will be accepted hy that government.
THURSDAY.—A potato blight has ap-peared
in several parts of the west oi
Ireland.—The report is denied that
James G. Blaine, Jr., was ordered from
the floor of the House by Speaker Reed.
—The window gla“S workers are kicking
vigorously on account of the reduction
made in the tariff rates by the Senate.—
The Virginia Republican state commit-tee
lias advised all Republicans not to
participate in any more elections in that
state until there is a change in methods.
—Chicago brewers are at war, and beer
is sold at one-half the former price.—
Charles S. Wolfe, the Independent lea-der,
has declared against Delamater.—
—Tlie street laborers of West Superior,
Wis., engaged in several riots, and a
number of men were injured, but not fa-tally.—
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury
McCullough is lying very ill at his home
in Washington. He is 82 years of ago
FIIIDAY.—Both Republican and Demo-cratic
Senators held caucuses upon the
Federal election bill yesterday. At tlie
latter meeting instructions were received
from Calvin S. Brice to talk the measure
to death at all hazards. At the Repub
lican conference several plans were sug
gested, but none adopted. An attempt
may bo made to change the rules in the
near future.—Ex-Senator Wallace will
support Battison and Black, and thinks
that they can be elected. He is very
bitter, howeyer, concerning Scott, of
Erie, whom ho charges with favoring an
independent ticket if Wallace was nomi-nated.—
McDowell strongly denies the
charges of bribery from Washington.—
The Beaver delegates are silent.—Ac
cording to advices received at Constanti-nople,
a number of Armenian peasants
at Alakiles, who failed to pay their taxes,
were burned alive by Turkish zaptielis.
The authorities of Trebizonde have sent
20,000 cases of parrafine to Dersira for
the purpose of firing an extensive dense
forest, which is likely to serve as a refuge
for Armenians pursued by Turkish
troops.
SATURDAY.—In a lengthy letter Henry
C. Lea attacks Senator Quay and Candi-date
Delamater. He advises all good
Republicans to vote for Pattison in the
interest of a purification of the party. A
number of business men of Philadelphia,
formerly Republicans, have declared for
the Democratic nominee for Governor.—
The Democratic Senators discussed tlie
subsidy bills at great length yesterday.
Frye tried to secure an agreement for a
vote to-day, but was unsuccessful. Noth-ing
of importance was accomplished in
tlie House, but the silver bill, under gag
rule, is scheduled for the next session.—
An explosion on a lake steamer at Chi-cago
last night caused the loss of at least
a dozen lives and the serious injury of a
score or more others. The vessel took
fire and smoke and flames prevented a
rescue. The killed and injured were
stevedores and sailors.
SUNDAY.—Ilenry M. Stanley and Miss
Dorothy Tennant were yesterday after-noon
pronounced man and wife witli
great ceremony in the Westminster Ab-bey,
London. The couple are now en-joying
the honeymoon at a rural castle
placed at their disposal.—The silver bill
has now passed both branches of Con-gress,
and is at the disposition of Presi-dent
Harrison. The vote in the House
was strictly on party lines. There is a
report that the measure may be vetoed,
but such action is not considered proba-hle.
1 lie postal and tonnage subsidy
measures wero passed by the Senate yes-terday.
Payne voted with tlie Republi-cans
and Edmunds and Plumb with the
Democrats. The tariff hill was then
brought up as unfinished busiuess.
MONDAY—William Malcolm died at
Syracuse yesterday. After years of work
he invented a telescope that counterfeit-ed
the human eye. The plan was a
secret, and small hope exists that it will
ever be discovered again. The inventor
lost money in his great work.—General
John C. Fremont is no more. Tlie aged
SELECT EXCURSION.
Tim Prunity I vnuln Hull road’* Second of
tlie Seashore Neilr*.
The second of tlie Pennsylvania Rail-road’s
series ol' select excursions to the
seaside resorts of New Jersey occurs on
Thursday, July 24th. Tlie points em-braced
in the tickets are Atlantic City.
Cape May, Sea Isle City, or Ocean City,
any one of which may be chosen. The
Jersey Coast was nevor more attractive
than it is this season, and there was
never so much to amuse and entertain
tlie visitor, nor is there any possible way
in which all the pleasures of seashore
life can lie more thoroughly enjoyed
than through tlie medium of these select
parties.
A special train,composed of day parlor
cars and day coaches, will leave Pitts-burg
on the date mentioned, at 8:50 a
in. and run through to Philadelphia, ar
riving at 7 :IU p. m. The night will lie
passed in Philadelphia and the party
will take regular trains to tlie seashore
next morning. Passongers from Pitts-burg,
East Liberty, Irwin, Uniontown,
Connellsville, Scoltdale, Stonerville,
Greensburg or Johnstown may take tlie
evening trains leaving Pitteburg for Phil-adelphia
at 4 :30 and 8:10 p. in., and pro
ceed to tlie shore tlie next morning.
The first of these excursions was i
grand success and similar good fortune
is predicted for the others. Tlie excur-sion
rate from Mt. Pleasant is $10.00 and
the regular train connecting with the
special will leave at 7:10 a. m.
Any special information in regard to
these excursions may he obtained by ad
dressing Thomas E. Watt, Passenger
Agent, Western District, 110 Fifth ave
Pittsburg.
MIDSUMMER BY THE SEA.
Date Set for the II. & O.’s Next Popular
.Excursion to Atlantic City.
Ever attractive, and particularly at
this season of the year, is the seashore,
with its cool breezes and invigorating
surf bathing, and nowhere on the Allan
tic Coast can one better enjoy himself
than at Atlantic City, tlie Brighton of
America.
Where shall I spend my vacation this
summer? is somewhat of a problem with
most people, and this little item may
help them solve it with gratifying results
to themselves.
The expense of most trips of any
length is an important factor in tlie dis-cussion,
which in this case is reduced to
a minimum. Board and hotel accommo-dations
can be had at Atlantic City at
all prices, and by consulting tlie railroad
fares shown below it will be found that
a trip to this great watering resort can
be made at less expense than to any
other resort within the same distance, to
say nothing of the attractions to be found
there.
The second excursion of the seasoit is
announced by the Baltimore and Ohio
R. R. for Thursday, July 17th. Round
trip tickets, good for ten days with the
privilege of a stop off at Washington on
the return journey, will be sold at $10
from Mt. Pleasant and other stations on
the main line and branches at propor-tionately
low rates. Passengers from
here can have choice of 8 a. ra. and 5:05
p. m. trains.
-CREATES A-DEMAND
Marrlttge l.tcen.c.
The following marriage licenses have
been granted in Greensburg to parties
in this vicinity during the past week:
John F. Rodgers, of Scottdale, and
Lizzie S. Staley, of Penn Station.
James Smeter and Mary Shuster, both
ot Mammoth.
Don't Forget Till.,
Remember H. B. Pershing, of this
place, is still selling the Greencastle
Force Feed Grain and Fertilizing drills,
equal to anything in the market. You
should see them before making your
selection. Can be seen at home or at J.
Q. Adams’ store.
The PUtulmrg A Lake Erie It. It.
Will sell excursion tickets as follows:—
National Educational Association at St.
Paul, Minn., July 1st to 7th; Knights ot
Pythias, Milwaukee, Wis., July 6th and
7th; Sunday School Association, Mead-ville,
Pa., July 6th, 7th and 8th; G. A. R.
meeting at Boston, Mass., Aug. 8th, 9th
aud 10th.
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Alwajk Reliable.
I now announce to my customers and
friends, that I am ready to supply them
with Spring and Summer Goods. I also
have a full line of novel and late style
Corduroy Samples. Please call and see
goods. A beautiful line of samples just
received. Thankful for past favors.
COLLEGE AVE. JOHN ADAIR, Tailor.
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GINGHAMS
Always head the list of Wash Fabrics and nothing in all the
realm of wash goods is more serviceable than Ginghams. We
offer you the largest stock from which to make your selections
that is to be seen in Ihis town, and offer yon the Largest Range
in Prices. Here you can find any color, style or price. Do not
fail to examine our stock before imrchasing. We never fail to
please.
FL0UNCINGS
Are always very serviceable and while the demand for this
class of goods has been very great, yet we anticipated a warm
summer, and bought a very large line of these goods. Your
wants in this class of goods can Lie satisfied; we feel sure, as we
have all the new and desirable styles. Hemstitched, Vandyke
Points, Tucked, Irish Point, and