Mount Pleasant journal (October 13, 1899)

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VOL. 27. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER J :i, 1800. NO. 41.
COMERS AND GOERS.
lit In the Middle of Standpipe
Alley.
WORKMEN UNCOVER THEM
WHILE DIGGING TRENCH FOR A
NEW SEWER LINE.
The Alley Was Once a Part of the Old
Church Street Graveyard. Only One of
the Well Preserved Caskets Was Dis.
turbed and is Believed to Contain the
Bones of “Old Black Soph,” One of the
First Colored Women in the Town.
Workmen in digging the trench for a
sewer line up Standpipe alley struck
four graves of the old Church street
cemetery at the depth of about five feet.
The caskets were in a fair state of pres-ervation
considering that they must
have lain in the ground for many
years. All marks had been oblitera-ted
likely before the borough took a few
feet of the cemetery for alley purposes.
By the exercise of a little care on the
rt of the diggers, only one of the cas-ts
was disturbed. The ditch came
uarely down on it and it had to be re-oved.
J. R. Jones, of Stevenson &
ones, the contractors, tried to have the
coffin taken out intact, but, this couldn't
be done as the walnut boards, from
which the nails had long since rusted
away, fell apart as soon as the dirt was
removed, exposing the bones that lay
within. The remains were placed in
another box that was buried within the
cemetery. There was considerable specu-lation
regarding their identity. J. B.
Andrew, the tinner, said:
“I’m almost positive the remains are
those of an old colored woman who lived
over on Bnnkpr Hill and was one of the
first of her race to come to Mount Pleas-ant.
I don’t know what her last name
was; she was always called ‘Old Black
Soph.’ She was sort of a fortune teller,
very queer in her ways as well as pro-fane.
I remember old Tommy Hurst
buried her body and, counting the fence
panels, I believe, this is her grave. ”
The first part of this alley was further
out, the Main street entrances to itbeing
at what is now the Hotel Cooper and
John A. Stevenson’s residence. It was
used largely by teams hauling whiskey
and flour from the Overton distillery to
the warehouse that still stands on the
rear of Mr. Stevenson’s lot. The inter-ment
Mr. Andrew refers to must have
taken place before 1858 as it was that
year that Captain W. M. Jordan, serv
ing the first of his four years as Burgess,
opened the alley from Church street to
the rear of Dr. J. H. Clark’s present resi-dence.
He says he met with much op-position
as a strip had to be taken off
the graveyard in order to run the line
straight.
The now sadly neglected cemetery is
100 or more years old and was the first
place of burial the town had. It still
enjoyed that distinction when Colonel
Ephriam Dice came to Mount Pleasant
from St. Thomas, Franklin county, this
state, in 1825, then a lad of ten years.
He remembers the funerals of W. B.
Farrell and Joe Kerr, both soldiers of
the Revolutionary War, and believes
one of the other three graves struck in
the alley was that of Tom Fee, an old
stage driver. One of the last bodies
laid to rest here was that of James
BobbB, a Civil War veteran and father
of Private S. B. Bobbs. late of Company
E. The elder Bobbs died at a Philadel-phia
hospital in 1865.
; Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During the Week.
Joseph Eichar, wife and family were
the guests of Latrobe relatives Sunday.
Mrs. S. M. Kennedy spent Sunday in
Allegheny with her cousins, the Misses
Swan.
JoeRumbaugh, now a sturdy Virginia
farmer, is here visiting relatives and
old friends.
Miss Martha Harrison, of McKeesport,
is here this week as the guest of Miss
Grace Jordan.
Mrs. Dr. F. L. Marsh was in Philadel-phia
last week attending the silver anni-versary
of the W. C. T. U.
Edward Greene, now in charge of a
Homestead book and news store, was
here with his parents over Sunday.
H. Griffith, of Pittsburg, was here
several days during the past week visit-ing
his aunt, Mrs. Mary G. Mechling.
Harry T. Snively, manager of the
Greensburg Press mailing department,
paid this office a pleasant call Tuesday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Shupe returned
Saturday evening from an extended
visit paid relatives and friends in Iowa,
Illinois and Kentucky.
Mrs. Dr. Edward Marsh, who was
here visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Mullin, returned to her Greens-burg
home Saturday.
Mrs. N. A. Cort, who was visiting
friends in Philadelphia, was joined Fri-day
by her husband with whom she re-turned
home Monday.
Mrs.J. D. McCaleb,with her daughter,
MissEffie, will leave today to spend sev
eral weeks in Harrisburg and Snnbury
with her sons, Sherrick and Will.
Lyman Sherrick, of Lock Haven, Pa.,
was here Tuesday and Wednesday look-ing
up matters in the settlement of the
estate of his father, the late John Sher-rick.
General Manager Peter Marron, of
the Mount Pleasant Supply Company,
returned with his bride Saturday eve-ning.
For the present they will board
with Mr. Marron s son, George, but
they will eventually go to housekeeping
in one of the new Hitchman residences
on Eagle street.
A SCOTTDALE SENSATION
In Which People Well Known Here
Figure Prominently.
Dr. A. Harold Myers, formerly of this
place, was arrested at his Scottdale
home Sunday on information made by
a local druggist named Evans whom, it
is said, the defendant threatened to shoot
because of the attentions Mr. Evans
paid the doctor’s wife. The prisoner
was released from custody upon promis-ing
to keep the peace.
It seems that the doctor has an office
in Pittsburg now while his wife runs a
boarding house in Scottdale, the drug-gist
being one of her patrons. The
doctor returned home last week and ob-jected
to Evans’ presence, finally driving
him out and later going to the drug
store with a shot gun and revolver.
But, the doctor was apprehended before
he shed any blood.
Continued Meeting of Council.
A continued meeting of Council was
held Tuesday evening to consider the
proposed ordinance refunding $7,1100
bonds of the 1881) issue. While the five
members present constituted a quorum,
it was thought best to defer action until
there was a fuller representation. An-other
meeting will be held to-morrow
evening.
COKE AND COAL.
EXCITING RUN OFF
In which Judicial Candidate Steele Fig-ured
Prominently.
John B. Steele, Esq., the Republican
judicial candidate, was the principal
actor in a lively runoff here Friday
evening last. He had just struck the
head of the West Main street pavement
with a double team in a buggy when
one of the smooth shod horses slipped
and fell, breaking the neckyoke and al-lowing
the pole to drop to the brick.
The high spirited animals then started
to run with the driver hanging on to the
other end of the lines. Down through
the arch they went at a great clip in a
cloud of dust from which streaks of fire
flew as the ironed end of the tongue
was jammed from brick to brick. The
first object hit was a buggy being driven
up the street by W. H. Krizer who was
knocked out and severely bruised about
the head and shoulders.
Mr. Steele was himself spilled out in
front of the Farmers and Merchants
bank and dragged a short distance
under the buggy that toppled over on
him and then righted in time to swipe a
dog cart at the Twin Racket Store before
the team was stopped in front of Patter-son’s
hardware store.
Strange as it may seem, Mr. Steele
was not hurt, although his pants were
out at the knees and his Dunlap hat was
badly dilapidated. The horses were cut
about the knees,but were fit to drive the
next morning. The buggy stood the
racket pretty well, too, except the dash-board
which was somewhat flatter than
a pancake.
MUST BE GOOD.
Stringent Rules Governing the Greens-burg
M. E. Sunday School.
Recently the Greensburg Episcopal
Sunday school elected anew superihten-dent
who has laid down some very strin-gent
rules that are causing considerable
comment. He has given out that he
will not permit any one to teach who is
addicted to the UBe of tobacco or who
uses intoxicating liquor, or attends the
theaters, plays cards, progressive euchre,
progressive hearts, etc., which have
been indulged in by the members exten-sively
of late.
As a consequence a number of the
teachers, young and old, who have been
workers in the Sunday school and
church, have been compelled toquit and
give place to others. It is not likely to
result in a breach in the congregation,
but it has caused some unpleasant com-ments.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both i
Mine and Yard.
A shanty at Rainey’s new Acme coke
plant, just northwest of town, was de-stroyed
by fire last evening,
It is said that the Federal Steal Com-pany
has optioned the Jacob Byers farm
near Armbrust, coal and surface, at
$1,200 an acre,
The banner output of coke at More-wood
was made Saturday whose ship-ment
was 141 cars. Considerable stock
was worked off.
The Duqnesne Coke Compauy has
given A. L. Rickard & Co., of Young-wood,
the contract to erect 100 coke
ovens at Bradenvillc.
W. II. Myers lias sold his Mount
Pleasant township coal to the Frick
company for $700 an acre. The tract is
said to embrace some 40 acres.
The American Coke Company has
given Owen Murphy, of this place, the
contract fortwo coke plants of 500 ovens
each which will he located on the Mo-sier
farm, in the new Masontown field.
The price of custom coal at Greens
burg has been advanced from 6* to 7
cents delivered. Owners of banks have
notified haulers that the new rate must
be maintained or the latter's supply will
be shut off.
Scarcity of coke caused a partial sus-pension
of operations at the Penney1
vania Steel Company's big Steelton
plant Monday. The railroad people
couldn’t get the cars to supply the fuel
fast enough.
Fire destroyed the engine and boiler
house at the Frick company's Mammoth
slope early Sunday morning, causing a
loss of some $5,000 that is partially in-sured.
It is thought the fire started in
the boiler room. The intention is to
rebuild at once.
AN ENGLISH MEDAL
Of Which Jack Mclndoe, a Morewood
Engineer, is Proud.
Jack Mclndoe, engineer at Shaft “A,”
Morewood, has a silver medal of which
he is very prond, and justly so, too, as
it was given him by ths British Govern-ment
for gallant services in the Zulu
war twenty years ago. He was at that
time a sailor on board H. M. S. Shah and
went with the marines sent to help the
hard-pressed land forces some 500 miles
from the coast. He was one of the men
behind the guns in the last great battle
when the savage hordes hurled them-selves
to "destruction against the famous
English square on July 4th, losing some
10,000 men in less than one hour together
with their King, Cetywayo, who was
captured.
The medal is a little larger than a sil-ver
dollar. On one side it has raised
cuts of a lion and Zulu shield and spears
under the words: “South Africa.” On
the other side are the head of Queen
Victoria, “Regina Victoria" and “H. M.
S. Shah ” Jack’s name and “Zulu, ’70”
are engraved around the smooth edge.
CHURCH OF GOD.
Appointments Made by the Western
Pennsylvania Eldership.
The Western Pennsylvania Eldership
of the Church of God closed its New
Brighton meeting Tuesday when the
following appointments were an-nounced:
Mount Pleasant, S. G. Yrahn;
Alverton, W. J. Umstead; West New-ton,
G. W. Byrnes; Butler, J. W. Davis;
Barkeyville, G. W. Davis; New Brigh-ton,
J. W. Whisler; Pittsburg, J. L.
Updegraph; Liberty, J. O. Martin.
Circuits—Connoquenessing, W. H.
Gyer; Harmony, T. W. Lyons; Pleasant
Grove, E. C. Greenert; Venango, R. N.
Dillon; Olivett, W. W. Anderson; Pine
Hill, T. Woods; Templeton, S. Fulmer;
Limestone, W. R. Craig; Jefferson, T.
B. Hawk; Indiana, H. Armstrong; Bul-lion,
R. B. Bowser; Indian Creek, W.
B. Elliott; Break Neck, J. S. Boyd;
Laurel Hill, J. C. Cunningham; Summit,
S. Fulton; Mill Run, J. H. Means;
Kingwood, G. D. Staffer; Markleysburg,
D. A. Stevens.
Big: Wire Fence Contract.
Robert H. Snead, of Uniontown, has
been given the contract to erect a wire
fence from Uniontown to Masontown,
along both sides of the extension of the
Pennsylvahia railroad to the coke field
and the branches to the road, requiring
80 miles of fence, which will cost$12,000.
Wedding Cards Out.
Mr. John Husband, of this place, last
evening issued cards announcing the
marriage of ;his elder daughter, Miss
Mary Etta, to Mr. Ralph Overholt, of
West Overton. The ceremony will take
place in the Memorial Presbyterian
church, Thursday evening, October
26th, at eight o’clock. The reception
will follow at the bride’s East Main
street home from 8:80 to 10.
Of Wilson Shields Tuesday Eve-ning
Last.
HE FELT UNUSUALLY WELL
UP UNTIL AN HOUR BEFORE HE
PASSED AWAY.
He Had Been Out at hie Farm and was
Seized with a Hemorrhage of the Brain
Soon After he Returned Home and the
Peaceful End Came Soon Afterward.
Other Obituary Notes of the Past Week.
Wilson Shields died very suddenly at
his South Church street home shortly
after 7 o’clock Tuesday evening last,
aged 81 years. He had been feeling un-usually
well during the day and had
driven out during the afternoon with
his elder brother, Matthew, to his farm
to look after a new house in course of
erection. It was about five o'clock
when he returned home and ate his sup
per as usual. An hour later his daugh-ter,
Miss Emily, who was in the cellar,
heard a faff in the sitting room and
when she got up it was to find that her
father had faller partly to the floor be-side
a lounge.
Dr. F. L. Marsh was quickly sum-moned
and for a short time it seemed
that Mr. Shields would recover from
what the doctor believes was a hemor-rhage
at the base of the brain. His
heart action wns strong, but soon he
complained of a severe pain in his head
and then he began to sink rapidly, it
being hard for the members of his family
and friends gathered about the couch
to tell just when the peaceful end came.
Mr. Shields was born in Salem town-ship,
this county, and was the youngest
of a family of eight children, six sons
and two daughters, of whom but two
are now living, Mrs. Sarah Rhey, of
Saltsburg, and Matthew, of this place.
A remarkable fact in connection with
the history of this family is that the six
brothers, after voting for William
Henry Harrison for President in 1840,
all lived to cast their ballots for the
general’s grandson, Benjamin Harrison,
the successful Republican candidate for
the Presidency in 1888.
He was married March 81st, 1846, to
Miss Ruth, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Neel and a sister of Wil-liam
B. and Miss Lydia Neel, of this
place. The officiating clergyman was
the late Rev. Dr. James I. Brownson
who lived to congratulate them by letter
upon the celebration of their golden
wedding three years ago last March.
To them were born on the farm some
three miles northwest of town four sons
and three daughters of whom, with
their mother, survive Samuel N., of
Greensbnrg; Mrs. C. B. Power, of Hop-wood,
Fayette county; Mrs. Frank
Hurst, of this place, and Miss Emily
and William at home. The last named
son was a member of Company E, with
which command he recently returned
from the Philippines.
Mr. Shields moved to town with his
family in 1871). Later he bought large
coal and farm interests in Southern Fay-ette
county and the general depression
in business led him to make an assign-ment
two years ago. Recently, how-ever,
the assignee. James S. Hitchman,
was enabled to effect sales that will not
only pay off all debts but leave a very
respectable estate for the heirs.
Mr. Shields was an elder and the oldest
members of the Middle Presbyterian
church in whose yard the remains will
be laid to rest tomorrow following divine
services which the pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Douglas, will conduct at the house at
10 o’clock, a. m.
Obituary Notes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weibel died last Mon-day
at her East Huntingdon township
home of cancer, aged 60 years. The
husband and five children survive.
Salem Hartman, of near Mutual, died
at the Greensburg hospital Sunday of
typhoid fever, aged 38 years. His wife
and one child survive.
Philip Aukerman died at his home
near Lycippus Saturday, aged 65 years.
Henry Swank died at his home near
Ligonier Sunday, aged 80 years.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Greene, Jr., of the West End, died
of cholera infantum Wednesday last.
A six-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Miller, of near Laurelville,
died Tuesday of croup.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elija
Dean, of Hecla, bora Monday, died
Wednesday at New Standard Shaft
home of Mrs. Dean’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hails.
Henry and Chalres Brown, of the
East End, were called to Martin’s Ferry,
O., yesterday to attend the funeral of
their brother.
SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS.
Annual Gatherings of Presbyterian Mis-sionary
Societies.
The annual meetings of the Foreign
and Home missionary societies of Red-stone
Presbytery in the Re-Union Pres-byterian
church, this place, which began
Tuesday evening and closed yesterday
afternoon, were attended by fully one
hundred delegates in addition to a large
local attendance. The official programs,
as published in last week's JOURNAL,
were faithfully carried out and proved
fuff of interest. Fine luncheons were
served in the church each day, each
body performing the service for the
other. The little Scottdale Presbyterian
folk, whose excellent performance was
a special fenture Wednesday evening,
were also served with refreshments.
The Foreign officers elected are: Pres
ident, Mrs. J. W. Bailee, McKeesport;
corresponding secretary, Miss McClin-toek;
recording secretary, Mrs. Frank
Harrison, McKeesport: secretary for
young people and bonds, Miss Mary
Allison, West Newton; secretary for
missionaries, Miss Lydia Neel, Mount
Pleasant; treasurer, Mrs. Jones, Belle-vernon;
superintendent of literature,
Mrs. Moorhead, Brownsville; secretary,
Mrs. G. C. Parker, Scottdale.
The Home officers elected are: Presi-dent,
Mrs. S. L. Negley; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. S. C. Stevenson; record-ing
secretary, Miss Jane Ewing; treas-urer,
Mrs. J. P. Learn; secretary- of
Sabbath school work, Miss Chambers:
Young People’s secretary, Mrs. Effie
Hopwood; secretary of Freedmen, Mrs.
Sheplar; secretary of Literature, Mrs.
R. S. Steele.
ANOTHER BIG PIG ROAST
Given by Mr. and Mrs. George Holyfield
for Bessemer Soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. George Holyfield gave a
pig roast at their new home just south
of town Saturday evening in honor of
Bessemer members of Company E.
Others from town, Hecla and the sur-rounding
country brought the total
number of the handsomely entertained
guests up to 55 people who had just
what their hosts wished them to have
a royal good time.
The dining room was tastefully deco-rated
with a canopy of bunting and,
while pig was supposed to be the lead-ing
dish, roast turkey and every other
kind of good things to eat were there in
abundance and received due attention
from the lucky diners when served by
the charming Holyfield twins, Misses
Cora and Cona, who are as like as two
peas in a pod.
The literary and musical numbers of
the evening’s program, of which Elmer
Strickler, of Hecla, had sole charge, era
braced recitations by “Shorty” Berg
Hecla's chubby humorist, and vocal solos
by “Oby" Hardwick, president of the
Klondyke Club, Joe Jeffries and Hugh
MoPhail, accompanied on the violin
by Edward Clements.
THE FIRST SENSATION
Given the People at Rainey’s New
Acme Coke Plant.
The people of Rainey’s new Acme
coke plant, just north of town, were
given their first sensation Monday when
they learned of what they believe is a
local elopement of Henry Chinck with
Mrs. Andrew Enfield, the wife of a
fellow carpenter.
It seems that the two workmen named
came from Vanderbilt, Fayette county,
last spring to work at Acme and later
Mrs. Enfield and her two young children
followed, Mr. Enfield going to house-keeping,
while Chinck continued to
shanty and, incidentally, to pay atten-tion
to Mr.. Enfield.
When Mr. Enfield and the older child
returned Monday after having spent
Sunday with Fayette friends they found
the house deserted, alsoCbinck's shanty,
the occupants having, it is said, been
seen to board a Southwest train at
Alverton that morning with the child.
Mr. Enfield, who has disposed of his
household effects, says that he took up
with his wife twice after as many sepa.
rations, but he will never do so again.
Ligonier Hotel Man Hurt.
William F. Morrison, of Ligonier,
who was in Chicago to see the festival
sights, fell four stories through a sky-light
at the Argyle flats early Wednes-day
morning, and it is thought he will
die from his injuries. He is the proprie-tor
of Frank’s hotel and cottages, the
famous summer resort at Ligonier, to
which place he weut from McKeesport,
where he had been managing the Hotel
White.
Westmoreland School Children.
Reports from the 750 public school
teachers of this county for the month of
September show that the total number
of pupils enrolled is over 87,500, an in-crease
of some 3,000 over last year.
At Least, an Effort will be Made with
that Object in View Followingthe Fail-ure
of Parfittown People to Secure An-other
School Building. Citizens Gen-erally
are Said to Favor the Idea.
The bottom fell out of the petitioners’
case at Wednesday's postponed hearing
in the matter of a new Parfittown school
house which was demanded of the
Bridgeport Independent District direct-ors.
The people of tuat section asked
the court to compel the board to provide
such a building and S. J. Potts, Esq., of
Greensburg, wns appointed an inspector
to take testimony.
The first meeting was held at the
Hotel Parfitt September 23rd when a
postponement took place until October
11th as County Surveyor Neel had neg-lected
to be qualified to the map he had
drawn. When the interested parties
metagain Wednesday it was found that,
while the petition contained the num-ber
of names required by law, ten. two
of them were of non-residents of the
district, and the inspector forthwith
dismissed the case.
The result of the whole, matter will, it
is thought, be the dissolution of the In-dependent
district which was formed
many years ago from corners taken off
Mount Pleasant and East Huntingdon
townships, this county, and Bullskin
township, Fnyette county, to which the
respective portions wonld then revert.
W. A. Snyder, a member of the Inde-pendent
board from Stauffer, in shak-ing
to a JOURNAL representative
regard to the proposed change, said:
“I think the time has come to abolish
the district and allow the school boards
of the townships from which it was
formed to assume the management. At
least, all the citizens to whom I have
talked on the subject are favorable to
the idea.”
That is Likely to be Abolished
Before Very Long.
BRIDGEPORT INDEPENDENT
TO REVERT TO THE THREE SUR-ROUNDING
TOWNSHIPS.
Seven Mighty Nimrods.
Tellers Will Shope and Charles Stoner,
respectively, of the Citizens and First
national banks, Drs. B- M. Loar and W.
A. Marsh, M. A. King and B. F. Mech-ling,
all of this place, with Dr. E. B.
Marsh, of Greensbnrg, will leave bright
and early tomorrow morning for the
first named gentleman's old home near
Orbisonia, Huntingdon county, this
state, where they fully expect to bag a
fuff winter’s supply of game.
Street Railway Deal Closed.
The option on the Uniontown electric
street railway, which was said to be
held by the Mount Pleasant, Scottdale
and Connellsville company, was closed
Monday for $85,000. The purchasers
also assume $25,000 worth of outstanding
bonds.
,~s.
BULLETS FOR THIEVES.
Broadford Citizens get Winchester Rifles
for that Purpose.
Citizens of Broadford are organizing
to prevent further wholesale robbery
and highway holding up that have char-acterized
that section lately. Some time
ago a number of colored men went to
Broadford to work at the large new
warehouse being erected there. Their
work is done, hut the men remain and
are living off the residents in that neigh-borhood.
There was a generous distribution of
Winchester rifles there the early part of
this week and the officers of the law- are
determined to put up with the depreda-tions
no longer. Connellsville is suffer-ing
from the same gang. Seven houses
were robbed in two nights there, and
one man was held up and forced to give
up $70 in cash to negroes.
Not On Pete’s List.
Charles Rumbangh, the senior mem-ber
of Rumbaugh & Dillon, the Main
street clothiers, who had a valuable
horse stolen several years ago, took
Freeman Gay, of Greensburg, and vis-ited
Pete Zimmerman in the Indiana
county jail Tuesday to see if that notor-ious
old thief had the animal on his long
list. Peter entertained the two West-morelanders
with personal experiences
for several hours, but he swore up and
down, with a few oaths crosswise, that
he didn't take Charley’s horse.
Fish Prove a Nuisance.
The Chautauqua Ice Company is tak-ing
the carp out of its Ligonier lake as
the fish had become so numerous that
they kept the water muddy.
THE MOUNT PTJKAHAMT JIM 'H\ A I , FRIDAY, OUTOUKH i«.
THE UP-TO-DATE MINISTER
Kust Combine the OiftB ofan Impresario,
a Runner and an Auctioneer.
Ian Maolaren writes of “The Candy-
Pull System in the Church" in the Octo
ber Ladies’ Home Journal, and after de
scribing the tendency of the up-to-date
church, designates the qualifications of
a pastor for “this kind of institution. ’
“The chief requisite demanded," he con-tends,
“is a sharp little man, with the
gifts of an impresario, a commercial
traveler and an auctioneer combined
with the slightest flavor of a peripatetic
evangelist. Instead of a study lined
with books of grave divinity and classi-cal
literature, let him have an office
with pigeonholes for his programs and
endless correspondence: cupboards for
huge books, with cuttings from news
papers and reports of other organiza-tions;
a telephone ever tingling, and a
set of handbooks: ‘How to Make a Ser-mon
in Thirty Minutes,’ or, ‘OneThous-and
Racy Anecdotes from the Mission
Field.’
“Here sits an alert, vivacious, inven-tive
manager with his female stenog-rapher
at a side table, turning over one
huge book to discover who is next in
order of time for visitation, and another
for details of families, or hastily exam-ining
filed speeches of public men on
some subject to be taken on Sunday.
From morning to night he toils, tele-phoning,
telegraphing, dictating, com-piling,
hurrying around, conducting
‘socials,’ ‘bright evenings,’ giving
‘talks,’holding receptions, an unwear-ied,
adroit, persevering man. No one
can help admiring his versatility and
honesty of intention, but if he is to be
the type of the minister of the future
then he will supersede and exclude a
better man.
A Soldierly Quality.
Examiner—What is the chief quali-fication
for a soldier?
Frenchman—A thorough knowledge
cf penmanship.—Indianapolis Journal.
Doable Annoyance.
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HiGH-PRiCED
Will Continue to Abide With
Us Awhile
ACCORDING TO MR. WILSON
WHO IS SECRETARY OF AGRICUL-TURE
AND SHOULD KNOW.
1
The American Corn Crop Will, He Esti-mates,
be Something Like Twonty-flve
Hundred Millions of Bushels and,
Should Foreign Demand Fall Off, It
can be Fed to Cattle.
This year's corn crop will be one of
the largest in onr history, according to
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.
The total yield, it is estimated, will be
between twenty-three and twenty-five
hundred millionsof bushels. There will
be plenty for manufacturing and feed-ing,
and we will have all the com to
sell that anyone wants to buy. To what
extent the crop will l e shipped abroad
will depend largely upon the price it
will bring. Tlie high prices offered for
meats will incline the farmers to use
their crop for feeding purposes.
A considerable percentage of the crop
will he cribbed, as the farmers generally
are well off and are getting good prices
for their products, so they can afford to
hold their corn crop.
Meats are likely to be high, because
in the last few years our population has
grown faster than the meat producing
animals. Then, injudicious grazing on
the semi-arid regions of the West has
been destructive, and many of those
range states do not have over 50 percent
of the animals they had 50 years ago.
A steady demand outside of the United
States for first class meats in the quar-ter
and on the hoof, and a growing de
uiand, not only across the Atlantic, but
in the countries in and around the Pa-cific,
for American canned meats, is
playing an important part in influenc-ing
high prices. The demand,is grow-ing
in the orient for animal products
and growing rapidly’.
The British in the Transvaal war,
should it occur, will want onr canned
meats. They cannot use our refrigerated
meats over there, and in order to feed
their soldiers as well as the United States
feeds hers they would have to take the
quarters to Cape of Good Hope in refrig-erating
vessels and then establish a plant
for caring for chilled meats similar to
^the one the United States has at Manila
‘fC*wl'l','They must have canned meats and they
must come to Chicago to get them.
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ORCHARD EQUIPMENT.
A 1,1 Kill Three Lerrsreil I.nililer nml
Other Little t onvctileitecn.
“Gathering and marketing (lie crop
is au Important part of the fruit busi-ness.
of wliut avail is It to plant, cul-tivate,
fertilize, prune and thin and
then spoil the result by wrong han-dling
ai picking time,” asks American
Gardening in preface to the following
suggestions:
There are many little conveniences
that should lie a part of the orchard
equipment—good ladders, picking bas-kets.
carrying straps, etc., are all Im-portant
items.
In the peach orchards here light lad-ders
with three legs are used instead
of the ordinary stepladders with four
legs, as they stand steadier on uneven
or soft ground. Several sizes are used,
according to the age of the trees.
Our picking baskets are round, light
affairs, with Haring tops, holding about
a peek. A ring 011 enelt side of the
basket permits of the carrying strap
being quickly fastened or unfastened
by clip hooks at each end. The strap
goes over the picker’s shoulders aud
is adjusted so that the basket hangs at
the waist. Tills arrangement leaves
the hands anti arms free to work with,
and it picker thus equipped will <lo far
more work in a day than if he had to
balance a basket on the top step or
carry it in ills hand. Not only will he
accomplish more, but there will be less
danger from tipped over baskets and
the bruises and loss thus occasioned.
A stone boat or low wagon should
follow the pickem, with a supply of
empty picking baskets. Then the picn-er
Itas simply to step down front his
ladder and exchange It is full basket
for an empty one—unhook one and
“hook on” to the other, thus saving
steps, time and bruises.
Choice fruit should be handled as
little as possible, and pouring from one
basket to another or into the wagon is
poor economy. Until to the packing
Blu'd and pack directly from the pick-ing
baskets into the desired shipping
package, and then there is little chance
of injury through handling.
An Apple of Growing Fnme.
Pennsylvania lias an excellent apple,
originated In York county, whose fame
appears to be growing, and the state
may become prominent for its yield
of the York imperial apple. A recent
state bulletin shows three forms of
this apple that often occur on the same
tree, and gives tlie following facts:
It. is being planted largely In New
York, Ohio, Illinois, Virginia, Mary-x
m.. iJrti.'i •
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THE YORK IMPERIAL APPLE.
land and Delaware. In Kansas It Is
growing in popularity. A speaker be-fore
the last, Kansas state horticultural
meeting said: “The York imperial is
new to many of us because of its late
sudden popularity. It has been sent to
Europe, holding its own with the Mis-souri
pippin and others. It is large,
a good keeper and growers always
seem pleased with It. It seems to be
growing popular.”
York Imperial is sometimes listed in
catalogues as Johnson’s Fine Winter
and in its native county sometimes re-ferred
to ns the Nhep apple, shep be-ing
a word of tlie Pennsylvania tier-man
having reference to the oblique
shape of the fruit. The tree is a vigor-ous
grower, with slender, drooping
branches, after the manner of Ben
Davis. It comes Into bearing at four
years from planting and bears regular-ly
and heavily. The foliage and fruit
are remarkably free from scab.
The fruit is of medium size, skin yel-low
and almost wholly covered with
two shades of red, flesh yellow, juicy,
firm, subacid, season late winter. A
good shipper, bringing high prices.
CucamlierN For Pickles,
Pickled cucumbers are sold by count,
and the small ones are generally pre-ferred.
Hence close picking and fre-quent
picking, so as to prevent any
from growing, too large, is necessary
to secure large crops, says American
Cultivator. Sometimes, however, a
stray cucumber will hide under the
leaves until it has almost ripened its
seeds. It is astonishing how this less-ens
the yield of the vine. Yet it is not
to be wondered at, for the perfection of
seed in almost all plnnts exhausts their
vitality very rapidly. The cucumber
vines should be handled carefully, so
as not to loosen the roots which somfl
of them send into the soil from the
Joints. These are great helps to the
vine. If the vine is turned up to see
what is under it, some of these side
rootlets will be destroyed.
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Fly—Oh, mercy! He has two tails.-
New York Journal.
Gaining Time.
“Well, I can’t see how she finds time
to write novels.”
“Perhaps her hair curls naturally.”—
Detroit Journal.
AKrtcultnral Brevities.
All through Long Island and New
Jersey grain and grass follow the po-tato
crop, without extra fertilizing.
The fertilizer farmers use the bulk
of their fertilizers on the potato crop,
the wheat aud grass making line yields
on what the potatoes leave. Wheat
aud rye both do better after early po-tatoes
than any Other crop In the rota-tion,
says The Rural New Yorker.
Royal red Clawson wheat gave the
best yield, 20.87 bushels per acre, this
year at the Pennsylvania station.
Iu New York state hops were two
points higher in condition Aug. 1 than
at the corresponding date last year.
Right now Is a good time to clean up
the fence corners, hedgerows and
highways adjoining fields.
A luxury within the reach of all!
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iv in Every
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Premiums
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Millions **
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Special Notice!
Our New Premium List, which will shortly appear in this paper,
will surpass everything ever offered heretofore!
WOOLSON SPICE COMPANY, Toledo, Ohio.
Getting Ready
for fall Trade.
S *iS:
Pll(H£6i NOTHING.
WtA
Consignments of Furniture are arriving daily,
but we are too busy unpacking and putting it in
proper shape for display to go into details at this
time. Readers of THE JOURNAL, however, can
rest assured that we are prepared to supply all
their wrants in this line at reasonable’ prices
ENAMELED BEDSTEADS ARE OUR SPECIALTY.
Nor should it be forgotten that we are still in
the Carpet business, with the most complete lot
of samples the good housewife ever saw.
GIBBS & KING,
Furniture, Carpets and Undertaking,
427 W. Main St., Mount Pleasant.
But the best materials and work-manship
enter Into the construc-tion
of the
tlNDtlihLLA-STOVES
fS RANGES,
^^OOVENDOO^
Made with a view of suiting the
exact wants of the nouse-keepers
at a moderate cost.
GOOD BIKERS—PERFECT RDISTERS.
SOLO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. ;
T. C. PATTERSON,
MOUNT PLEASANT. PENNA.
FISHER HOUSE,
Main Street, Greensburg,
James Borlin, Jr., Prop’r.
The leading hotel. Centrally located
Accommodations first-class. Kates reason-ble.
101y
FURNITURE
REUPHOLSTERED and REPAIRED
At Reasonable Rates.
H. A. GILSON,
0-16-tf West Main st., Mount Pleasant
MOTT’S FENHY8QYAL PILLS
of menstruation.” They are “LIFE i
womanhood, aiding development of orga
known remedy for women equals them. C:
becomes a pleasure. $1.00 I*151t JLSOX
by druggists. DR. MOTT’S CHEMICAL C
They overcome Weak-ness,
irregularity and
omissions, increase vig-or
and banish “pains
SAVERS” to girls at
organs and body. No
Cannot do harm—life
— - r- —~X BY MAIL. Hold
by druggists. DR. MOTT’S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio.
For Sale by H- F. BARKLEY AND JAMES HARKINS, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Nr
HOTEL COOPER,
W. H. Coles, Prop’r.
West Main Street.
Mount Pleasa't, Penn’a
Everything in and about
the house right up-to-date,
including bath and toilet
rooms, telephones and elec-tric
hells
Fine Bar Attached.
There’s naught in the highway or much In the
park.
There’s naught in a circus but a good bit of
art;
There’s nothing to-day that hus ever been
seen
Can ever compare with the New Home ma-chine.
It’s light, easy running, with fixtures com-plete.
Its beautiful motion can never be beat.
The machine is all right, is what they all say,
Therefore, send In your order to Armbrust,
Pun mi.
The New Home Sewing: Machine is
for sale by J. L. ARMBRUST, Arm-brust.
Pa. New Ideal machines from
$20 up.
NATIONAL HOTEL.-*
Corner Main and Church Streets.
MOUNT PLEASANT,
H. J. JORDAN, PROPRIETOR.
Centrally Located.
First-Class Accommodations
For Man aud beast. 1
Toilet and Bath Rooms. v
Large Sample Rooms.
Good Bar Attached.
Bell and Mutual Telephones
Telegraph office in same block.
Free’Bns to and from all Trains.
TilK MOUNT PLEASANT .fOUIWAL, Fill)»AY, OCTOBER Ifl, 189»
As Judged From the Past Week's
Trade Reports
WHEN CAREFULLY COMPILED
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READ
ER8 OF THE JOURNAL.
Dpwey Days Robbed the American Com-mercial
Interests of two Days Last
Week and yet the Ramalninir Transac-tions
Would have Excited Wonder a
tar ARC, BO that Die Effect of Expan.
in is Not Hard to See.
lie grand dommmtrntion in honor of
Admiral Dewey efTeet.milly stopped busi
lifMs of most kinds for two days nt the
ehief city Ot the country, mol yet there
limiuitig transnctions of the week would
lmve excited wonder » year. At New
York, where the interruption wasgrent-est,
payments through clearing houses
exceeded if I, (159,1100, (Mil) in four business
days, a record never before approached,
and outside New York the gain reflects
a great expansion in the volume of that
kind of business which does not depend
on exchanges.
It lias been a week of remarkable moil
etary changes here and elsewhere. The
Dank of England raised its rate 1 per
cent before and i percent more after its
weekly statement, from ill to 5 percent,
with the hope tliat the outgo to New
York might be checked, Imt the Bank of
Germany lost also and raised its rate to
II percent, and the Bank of France lost
■vily. While high rates were paid
■ for motley required in speculation,
1 Iringency embarrasses any branch of
clmate business, and the stock mar-
1 lias held up surprisingly.
With such business as the great steel
mpanies tro doing, it is not strange
iat their stocks arc firmly hold. There
ive been heavy snlesof railsdeliverable
next year, $33 being fixed as the price
after consultation, and about Jut),(MM) tons
fairly divided between eastern and west-ern
works were sold. For their protec-tion
the great companies bought billets
in large quantities, for which it is said
$85 was paid by sonic, and of hessemer
pig nearly 200,000 tons, the Federal
Hteel Company taking 110,000 and Pitts-burg
works taking advantage of old op-tions.
Other large rail contracts are expected
soon, especially those of the Pennsylva-nia.
Plate works seem to be gaining lit-tle
if any on their orders, and bar mills
nre as crowded as ever, while the renew-al
of efforts for consolidation of sheet
mills cause more active buying. But
while hessemer pig rose 25c and gray
forge at Pittsburg declined 50c, finished
products wore not changed, excepting
another rise of 15c per keg in cut nails-and
there is reported some disposition to
hold back orders because of the general
rise in prices.
The wool market is strong, witli sales
of 10,582,152 lbs. at the three chief mar
kets, prices being maintained, although
thoadvanceat London has been checked.
The cotton mills, after the general ad-vance
in prices last week, have had n
large business, being helped by the rise
in material. It seems still uncertain
wliat form of consolidation, if any, will
be adopted by the Fall River concerns.
After advancing about 2c wheat de-clined
sharply, uncertainty in the Trans-vaal
being used by speculators as excuse
for the fluctuation. The closing price is
unchanged, with Atlantic exports of
'8,562,002 bushels, flour included, agninst
2,884,583 bushels last year, and Pacific
exports of 897,052 bushels, against 702,-
414 bushels last year. When it is noted
that corn exports were also 2,992,232
bushels for the week, against 2,531,002
bushels last year, the price raising lc,
it seems not strange that wheat contin-ues
firm, and western receipts have been
for the week only 6,644,118 bushels,
against 10,539,859 bushels last year.
The merchandise exports from New
York have been in four weeks $31,202,-
622 in value, against $32,784,494 last
year, which, with the increase in manu-factured
exports and in cotton exports
from other points, insure an enormous
outgo for September, while the increase
in imports at New York has been about
$9,500,000 in value, apparently not
enough to reduce the excess of exports
for the month below $30,000,000.
GHA1N. l-LOCH AND FEED, WHOLESALE.
Wheat, per1m
Oats, per bu
Corn, her bu
i Mi
03
83
45
2 3T>
3 85
II) 00
17 00
17 00
17 00
13 00
0 00
Corn Meal, per bbl., bolted
Flour, patent, per bbl
Chopped feed(corn and oats)per ton
Bran, per ton
Middlings, per toil
Mill Feed, per ton
Hay. baled, pqr ton
II ay. loose, per ton
OKOCEIUES AND PHODUCE—BETAIL.
Breakfast Bacon, per D> 13
Brooms 12@30
Buckets 12@30
Buckwheat flour, per sack 38
Butter, per tf. 2.7
Candles, per t> 12H
Carbon oil, per gal
Cheese, per lb 15
Chickens 20@30
Coffee, per tb 12*1820
Dried Apples, per lb 7
Dried Beef, per can 28
Eggs, per do/. 22
Ham. per tb - 18
Lard, per tb 10
Maple Molasses, per gal 00
New Orleans Molasses, per gal 40@50
Potatoes, per bu 75
Rice, per tb 10
Rolled Oats. 2 tb packages 10
Balt, per bbl 1 !«
Salt, per sack
Salt Fish, per tb
Shoulder, per lb
Smoked side hacou, per lb
Salt side, per lb
Soap, per cake
Starch, per lb
Sugar, 101b .
S went Potatoes, per lb
Tea, per lb
AN AUTUMN OUTING.
Gettysburg, Luray, Hot Springs, Nat-ural
Bridge, Richmond mid Washington.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
1ms arranged for an eleven day personal-lyconducted
tour to tho Unttlofield of
Gettysburg, Luray Caverns, Virginia
Hot Springs, Natural Bridge, and the
cities of Richmond and Washington to
leave Pittsburg on Thursday, October
111. The party will be in charge of a
tourist agent and experienced chaperon.
A whole day will lie spent on the Batt le
field of Gettysburg, a carriage drive
with lectures by an able guide being in-cluded
in the ticket. Ample time will
lie allowed at Luray and Natural Bridge
to view the wondrous natural forma
tions, and at, the Hot Springs two days
will tio spent. The season at this great
Autumn resort in the beautiful moun-tains
of Virginia will be at its height.
At Richmond and Washington oppor-tunities
will lie presented to visit,all the
points of interest under intelligent
guidance.
The round trip rate, including trans-portation,
and parlor car seat Pittsburg
to Harrisburg, and sleeping-car berth
Washington to Pittsburg; carriage
drives, meals, hotel accomodations, and
guide fees, $70 from Pittsburg, $69 from
Greensbnrg, $67.75 from Johnstown,
$30.50 from Altoona, $65 50 from Hun-tingdon,
and proportionate rates from
other points.
For detailed Itinerary apply to Ticket
Agents; Tims. E Watt, Passenger
Agent, Western District, 360 Fifth Ave-nue,
Pittsburg, Pa.; or address Geo. W.
Boyd. Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel-phia.
0 20 31,
FOR SALE: One 10 H. P. Upright
Engine, Sheriff & Ashworth make, guar
anteed in first,class condition. A bar-gain
to a quick buyer. Also 0 drop
hangers, good ns new. Inquire of
9 22 4t. GEO. C. GALLEY,
Mount Pleasant Steam Laundry.
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WANTED: Agents to solicit orders
and deliver Ten, Coffee. Baking Powder,
etc. We offer a liberal commission and
steady employment to good men. Must
furnish small bond. Address.
GRAND UNION TEA Co.,
9 29 fit Johnstown, Pa
Wait!
.onsumption?
We are sure you do not.
Nobody wants it. Butit comes
to many thousands every year.
Itcomes to those who have had
coughs and colds until the
throat is raw, and the lining
membranes of the lungs are
inflamed. Stop your cough
when it first appears, and you
remove the great Jangcr of
future trouble.
stops coughs of all kinds. It
does so because it is a sooth-ing
and healing remedy of great
power. This makes it the great-est
preventive to consumption.
Put one of
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
Plasters over your lungs
A wholo Medical
Library Free.
For four cents in stamps to pay post-age,
wo will guild you sixteen medical
books.
Medical Advice Free.
We have the exclusive services of
some of the most eminent physicians
in the United States. Unusual oppor-tunities
and long experience emi-nently
fit them for giving you medical
advice. Write freely all the partic-ulars
In your case. You will receive a
prompt replv, without cost.
Address, DR. J. C. AYER,
Lowell, Maas.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, »
x LIX’AH COUNTY. »
FRANK J.*CHENY makes oath that ho is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY it
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL-LARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by the use of HALI/S CA
TA HUH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before roe and subscribed in my
presence, this 0th day of December, A. I). IHHfl.
•j SEADA A. \V. GLEASON.
( —v— ) Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh (Jure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur-faces
of the system. Send for testimonials,
free F. J. CHENEY &Co., Toledo. O.
resold by Druggists 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best. 10-0-4t
8®5
5fti8
35®50
PILES! PILES! PILES!
Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment, will cure
Blind. Bleeding, Ulcerated and Itching Piles
it absorbs the tumors, allays the Itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief.
Dr. Wiliams’ Indian PileOlntment Is prepared
only for Piles and Itching <>f the private parts,
and nothing else. Every box is guaranteed.
Sold by druggists. Sent by mail for 50c and
$1.00 per box. 10 7-1 y
WILLIAMS M’F’G CO,, Prop’s Cleveland, o.
a.,;fti. V n
Headache for Forty Years.
For forty years I stifl'ered from sick head-ache.
A year ago I began using Celery King.
The result was gratifying and surprising,
my headaches leaving at onco. The head-aches
used to return every seventh flay, hut
f hanks t<*( Vlery King, I have had but one
headache In the last eleven months. I know
flint wlmt cured mo will help ot hers. Mrs.
•lohii D. Van Keuren, NaugertIt s, N. Y.
('olei’V K Ingcuresf onsf Ipallon and all dis-eases
off he Nerves,Sfoinueli, I ilveriuid I id-neys.
Sold by druggists. 25o. and 60c. 2
Sold by ('. L KUHN.
In the War
^afir-vw
Comrade S. H. Burtis
of Lewiston, III., had some tlirllllnR ex-pnrlonreH,
tmt none seemed moro dangerous
than thoseof bis late heart, trouble, tie says:
“I had severe palpitation of the heart
for years. My physicians said I
was liable to drop dead any moment.
Pulsation at times would be 150 a min-tite
and I could scarcely breathe. I
grew worse under doctor's care and
began taking Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure.
It gave me prompt relief, and today I
am in good health.”
DR. MILES’ He^rt
Cure
is sold by all druggists on guarantee
first bottle benefits or money back.
Book on heart and nerves sent free.
Dr. Milos Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind.
TOWN ?
Then make our store your head-quarters
during your stay.—Of
course you’ll
VISIT THE
PJTTSBURG
EXPOSITION
and when BO doing it would be
well to embrace the opportu-nity
of getting pure, absolutely
pure liquor at the most moderate
prices—here’s a brief list:
Full Per
yt. Case Per
Hot. 12 yin. (Jul.
A pule Blossom #...$ 50 $ 0 00 81 f>0
Violet Springs
Chestnut Grove
Gibson, 5year-old 1
Finch, 5-ycar-old 1
Fleming's Export, 1881.... 1
Guokeiifieiroer, 1819 1
Overholt, 1881 i
Finch, 10-year-old l
Gibson, 10-year-old 1
7 00
8 00
10 Oi)
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
12 00
15 00
2 00
2 50
:J oo
3 00
3 25
3 25
3 25
4 00
4 50
and we put them up in FULL
quarts—we carry oidy the most
complete line of all grades of wines,
liquors, cordials, brandies, etc.
Send for a complete price list, or
better still, drop in and get one.
OLD EXPORT WHISKEY
Is the Invalid’s friend—too phy-sician’s
standby—the “good fel-low’s
cheer.”
$1.00 full quarts—six quarts $5.00.
Wo sen I nil $10 orders free of
charge to any address.
.JOS. FLEMING & SON,
t Wholesalo and Re ad Oiujgists,
( 410-412 MARKET ST.. PITTSBURG. PA.
100 Lots for Sale
on Eagle, Diamond and Warden streets,
adjoining Mount Pleasant. All desira-ble—
Easy terms. Inquire of
JAMES S. WARDEN,
5-5-tf Mount Pleasant, Pa
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T\I A. OORT.
^ • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office Corner of Main and Ohuroli street In
the Bruddoek A. (Jo. Block, Mount I’leaNUnt,
n,w- L. A W. A. MARSH,
^ PHYSICIANS A Nb SURGEONS,
unices No. 339 West Main Street and 2nd
Floor Bniddock Block.
Special attention to tho Eye. Ear, Nose and
Throat. Glasses fitted.
Telephone No. 54.
Night calls nt West Main St reet Office.
rjlL M. W. HORNER.
^ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
(Milce Hours: —(Inf II 10 a. m ; I to 4 and
0 to H p. m.
F. A M. Ihink Bl’k, Main St., Mount Pleasant.
n» T WITT DICK EY.
^ IlnMoEPATIIIC
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office (’or. Main and Diamond Sis.
Office Hours: I Util 10 n. m.; llo .'lp. m :
0:30 to K p. m
FOE SALE:—A good range, used onlv
three months. For particulars apply to
J. P. Workman, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
EUGENE WARDEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
South Main st reet, next door to Zimmerman
House,
GREENSBUKO, PA.
PAOLI S. MORROW. JOHN M. CORK.
MORROW & CORE:.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
29 East Main St., Uniontowri
Fayette county, Pa.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building, Oreoimhurg.
yy A. KALI
Agency,
Real Estate and Insurance
888 East. Main street,.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
BEAL ESTATE & INSURANCE,
457 MAIN ST.. MOUNT PLEASANT.
L. S. RHOADES,
MIC! If Hit PltCIS Him fine.
AII kinds of legal papers prepared and exe
cuted. (killed big a specialty.
Office 1109 Main Street. Mount. Pleasant
IT
OF MOUNT f’LKAHANT, l»A.
Capital Stock $100,000
OFFICERS:
II. W. Stoner. J. D. Hltchmari.
President. Cashier.
O. W. Stoner,Vice President
DIRECTORS.
Henry Jordan, J. D. Hltchmari,
H. W. Stoner. Wm. B. Neel,
J. c. ( rownover, Jos. R. Stauffer.
S N. Warden, Dr. J. II. Clark.
O. W. Stoner.
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proceeds promptly settled.
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Capital Stock.
Surplus I' und,
$50,000.00.
$w).ooo.oo.
OFFICERS.
J. 8. Hitchman, President.
J. L. Ruth, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
E. T. Hltchman, John Husband.
J. L. Ruth. O. I*. Slmpo.
J. A. Warden, J. 8. Hltchman.
J. C. Crownover. J. L. Myers.
Jno. M. Stauffer.
Farmers & Herchants
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CAPITAL STOCK. $50,000.00.
OFFICERS:
R. K. Illssem, President,
James Neel, Vice President,
C. E. Mullln, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
R. K. Illssem, Abraham Ruff,
Frank D. Barnhart, E. T. Fox,
s. It. Ruff, L. S. Tlnstman,
D. II. Pershing, James Neel,
S. P. Zimmerman.
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JOHN L. HIMKI.IIS, PCUMBUKH.
Mount I’lt'ftHiml Is Hltmitpil In I lie boar!, of
the (Irani, iioimollsvllle (Joke Heglnn. Ims »
poptlliition of over fi.lKXl; while, with olllcos
lurrmintlliig wllhln It rnilliie nf l.ltrno miles,
the postollloo dieti-llmllon Is lit.otttt. A mnv 24-
pol Inhlewitre uhtss fnotnry, the lines!. In this
country nml employliiK over 400 hiioils, Is In
successful ilully opoi'utlon.
BUHHUHll’TlON »l.«0 peryenr, puynhle In
advuueo.
AIIVKIITIHINO RATIOS will he furnished
on itpplhutl lou.
loll PRINTING of every kind with the
lies! workmanship tied Rest mutorlnl.
Kill HAY. Oelnlier IK. ISlill.
A SADLY NEGLECTED SPOT.
THE iloi'KN Al. Ims no desire In Inn
row the feelings of thesurvIvitiK relatives
of i hose whose bodies lie buried in I lie
old And smlly neglected Church street
cemetery by again referring to (lie need
there is for the removal of nil the re
tnaihs to the new and beautiful city of
the dead on the bill nortll of town.
But, the finding of graves in the alley
shows that the laek of proper attention
began many years ago and time since
that has only added other unsightly
features in t he way of brush, briers and
weeds until to-day it is no ensy task to
force one’s way through the tangled
mass.
It is true that several times within
the past ten years or so workmen have
cleaned the place off, but, it is also true
that each succeeding year saw a ranker
growth of the little wilderness appear.
A late act of Assembly permits of the
removal of old places of burial, and we
see no good reason why it should not be
applied to Mount Pleasant's betterment
in this case.
NON-PAR IISAN JUDICIARY.
When the Republicans of this county
were advocating the election of their
candidate for Additional Law Judge, A.
I). McConnell, lOsq., the Westmoreland
voter heard a great, deal about the
beauties of a non partisan judiciary.
The Fayette citizen was treated to simi-lar
arguments by the Republicans of
that county when they were running
E. H. Reppert, Esq., fora similar posi
tion on “Old Fiatt's" bench, lint, things
are different now.
Westmoreland Democrats can now set
the nice points their G. O. P. enemies
tried in vain to show them a few years
ago, while the latter have forsaken their
non-partisan stand and are entrenched
on their old political lines. The Fay-ette
sides are the same, only the posi-tions
of the two parties are reversed.
But, the non-partisan feature in judi-cial
contests is still all right and greatly
to be desired. The trouble, however, is
that its attainment in a country like ours
is, if not improbable, at least of the
dim and far distant future when the
politician will have no hand even in
appointments.
BULL FIGHTING IN FRANCK.
France had its first bull fight Sunday
and, to judge from the cable accounts
of the affair, it will be the last, too. It
was held at Enghiera and was witnessed
by some 10,000 of the roughest and
tonghest men and women of Paris who
went by special trains to witness the
fight which was pulled off under the
management of a Polish Jew named
Lucenski who paid -400 francs for a per
mit.
Six bulls were to have been killed, and
three of Spain's most celebrated mata-dors,
including Laveritto and Lagartillo.
were to have exhibited their skill and
prowess, but this program was not coi-ned
out aud the fight was a failure, al
though it wasn't any fault of the bulls.
The first bull acted in a most unbe-coming
manner. He chased the mata-dor
all around the ring and, tiring of
that tame sport, jumped the paling en-closure
and hooked and kicked fifteen
of the spectators before he was dis-patched.
Then the Minister of the In-terior
interfered and now the Paris
Humane Society is after the manage-ment.
This kind of sport does well
enough for the Dons, but it’s entirely
too exciting for the French people.
they failed to find a single case of small
pox. The Pennsylvania Knilroad Com-pany
has bad a Philadelphia specialist
make further examination, and as a
result of bis report the citizens have
had the quarantine raised.
It may be that Dr. Hammer is wrong,
but, if such should even prove to be the
case, the mistake he made was on the
safe side.
IF John It. Htoele, Esq,, makes ns good
time in bis canvass ns bo did down our
Main street a week ago, Judge Doty
might ns well retire now from the jmli
cial race
WIII.N their now superintendent gets
his rules in force, the Geeensbnrg Moth
odist Episcopal people will have the
model Sunday school in that district.
PRESIDENT KKUCIE.IL of the Trans
vital Republic, says lie's not scared at
England's preparations for war. But,
(loin Paul's bravery lias not been called
into question, and, while some may
doubt bis wisdom in permitting the
Boers to begin hostilities, his ehnnees
for victory are better now than they
will la- when all the British forces shall
have arrived.
THE three younger children of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt, ought to lie
able to worry along on the #10,11(10,000
each will receive, even though their two
older brothers will be given souiiithing
like fifty millions apiece.
IF the Bridgeport, Independent Scbool
District is abolished, the directors will
have no reason to feel ashamed of the
record they have made.
ITS to be deplored, but, present indi-cations
arc that the Westmoreland judi-cial
ermine will he dragged through the
political mire The opposing county
chairmen over in Fayette, however, are
to lit1 congratulated upon their agree-ment
to conduct their contest for the
saute office on a higher plane.
Now that Admiral Dewey told the
President thatGeneral < >tis was attempt
ing too much, the general's days as a
Philippine commander are doubtless
numbered nml few.
THERE should be nothing in Satur-day’s
defeat to discourage the Institute
football team. All that's needed is a
little more strength at the left of the
line.
THE press censorship at Manila
couldn't have been so awfully strict as
our sailors there, who believed they
were thus slighted, have just discovered
that there has been no such a thing for
the past month.
Bight in His Line.
Groensburg Argus
When our bald-pated reporter was in
New York last week he saw in front of
one of the big mercantile establishments
a placard bearing these words: “Oper-ators
on waists wanted.” Being an
artist in that line, he hastened to make
application for the position, and as he
has not yet returned it is probable he is
now reveling in elysian bliss.
ON THE SAFE SIDE.
The statement in last week's JOURNAL
from its Donegal correspondent, to the
effect that many people over there do
Dot believe there is a single case of gen-uine
smallpox in tlieir neighborhood,
despite the quarantines established by
Dr. R. B. Hammer, the Westmoreland
representative of the State Board of
Health, is strengthened by more recent
reports from New Florence where the
doctor quarantined a number of families,
sixteen of whose members, he claims,
were afflicted with this much dreaded
disease.
Dr. W. W. Grove, a New Forence
physician, took exception to Dr. Ham-mer’s
finding and, with another Greens-bnrg
expert, inspected the quarantined
district Saturday. Their report is that
Come up and get Ours.
Scottdale Independent.
Council is evidently going to pass a
curfew ordinance and in anticipation
of that event the young Americans
within the borough limits should begin
practicing at getting home early.
Numerous American Relatives.
Pittsburg News.
From the numberof relatives of Presi-dent
Kruger who are bobbing up in all
parts of this country it would seem that
the old man would feel more at home
here than over in the Transvaal among
a lot of strangers.
A Pertinent Question,
Pittsburg Chronical Telegraph
The Rev. Dr. J. T. Boyd, a Hoosier
clergyman, predicts that the world will
come to an end on November 11, 1900.
This being the case, is it really worth
while to go through the throes of a
Presidential election?
Women are Deep.
Pittsburg Leader.
Man never knows what depth there
is to woman until she joins a woman’s
club and begins reading papers on the
mysticism of the Aztecs and the early
history of Macao.
Pointer for the Lover.
Pittsburg Dispatch
Whenever a breach of promise case
goes into court the moral: “Dont write,
but go and see your sweetheart” is put
largely in evidence. Neither age, sex
nor condition is free from the follies of
love-letter writing.
Honors to go Bound.
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Schley found there was enough glory
for all in the Washington reception to
naval heroes.
GENTLEMEN:
Will you, in the interest of your own appearance and the benefit of
your pocket book, COME AM) SEE the line of
FALL AND WINTER
CLOTHING tP FURNISHINGS
we have and how we sell it? You will find our line strictly U|)-tO-date
in make and style and dependable for wear. We handle no cheap,
trashy stuff, but we do have (JOOd (JOOdS Cheap and that’s what every-body
wants. I lore we mention a few
EXTRAORDINARY SEASONABLE BARGAINS,
not as a bait, but as an inducement to see the rest of the line:
Men’s blue and black Heaver Overcoats, splendidly made
and trimmed, an extraordinary bargain .... # • #
Men’s dark grey Victory Cloth Overcoats, lined only in sleeves
and shoulders, so you can see what the material is; it is ^
a beautiful garment, extraordinary bargain / #
^ Men’s blue or black Cheviot Suit, made with deep facing and
well trimmed, an extraordinary bargain 5-35
b Men’s line Worsted Suits in beautiful plaids and checks, up-to-
date in every respect, a large variety, extraordinary
bargain 8.75
Men’s heavy weight lleece lined Underwear (the best for
the money you ever saw) shirts or drawers, extra-ordinary
bargain ...... 38C each
Men’s pure wool fleece lined Underwear (we defy all
competitors to equal it in price) Just think, all wool Q
fleece and only A.Q each
Men’s pure silk, fleece lined Underwear (the manufacturer’s
guarantee on every garment) for people who cannot
wear wool. Nowhere else for less than $4.00 the suit.
An extraordinary bargain, the suit 300
We repeat our invitation to the well-dressed gentlemen of Mount
Pleasant and vicinity to come and inspect our new Fall and Winter
line of Clothing and Furnishings. See our goods. See our prices.
Compare them. Buy where you get the best goods for the least
money.
The Famous
Clothing House, H. GOLDSTONE, Mgr.
The famous 81
Cor. Main and Church Sts.,
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
TUB MOUNT PMSABANT JOURNAL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1 «n«
HAPPENINGS IT HOME
Vor the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned.
LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN
THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST A-ND
ENTERTAIN.
A Department in Which the Local Eclitoi
Holds Hifrh Carnival and Works off his
Surplus Energy In Condensations
ThatDeal Solely with Matters Relating
|to Mount Pleasant.
Tim Mount Pleasant Board of Ednen
Bon last week paid off $8,800 "!' the bor
"Ongh school debt.
The Institute and Seottdale football
teams will play at Ellsworth Park to
morrow afternoon.
Joshua A. Hart, of this place, had his
pension increased from $0 to $N per
month on Monday last.
The United Brethren people cleaned
up their indebtedness Sunday wlen the
canceled notes were burned.
Abe Myers, who lives .just south of
town, lost a valuable young horse Sat-urday
night. The animal died of colic.
Ellis S. Bitner, of Allegheny, and
Miss Eliza L. Barron, of this place, took
out a marriage license in Pittsburg Mon-day.
Edwin C. Jepson's famous production,
‘ Darkest Russia," will he given at the
Grand Opera House this evening by n
strong company.
A number of people from here were
at the Hotel Kminer, Seottdale, last
night, attending a large party given by
the proprietor, N. Kromer, in honor of
-4is 60th birthday.
Louis J. McMillen, the clever dancing
master who has a class here, has raised
a class at Seottdale. He will open the
season there to-morrow evening in the
Ellsworth Park Auditorium.
There will be no preaching nt the
United Presbyterian church Sabbath
next ns the pastor, Rev. H. S. Wilson,
will he absent, assisting Itev. Duncan
nt Laurel Hill in holding communion.
Wallace Lowther, late of Lowther
Brothers, barbers, is now the local
United States express agent, having
bought out A. S. Overholt and moved
the office to the Western Union tele-graph
rooms.
Postmaster Zuek has arranged for a
second afternoon Greensburg mail
which will leave this office at 4:45 and,
by being transferred from the B. & ().
to the Southwest at Everson, reach the
county seat at 7:05.
D. W. Fox, of Tarr, will pay a liberal
reward for the return of bis book on
Rainey's Alverton store. It has his
name on it and could be of use to no one
else. He lost it October 3rd between
Alverton and this place.
Another special feature of the Royal
Arcanum open meeting Monday evening
next, in addition to an address on the
Philippines by Captain Lour, will be the
presence of District Deputy Grand Re-gent
Harry Cook, of Dawson.
John A. Warden has bought the Dan-iel
Keister property on Eagle street.
He and his wife moved in from the farm
and took possession Thursday last. It
is Mr. Warden's intention to build a
*’ new residence on the adjoining lot.
Thomas Ryder, of this place, has en-listed
as a United Stntes volunteer for
service in the Philippines. He is now
with the 47th regiment at Camp Meade.
His brother, Martin, was a regular and
took part in the Porto Rican campaign.
Mr. Garwood, formerly in the hotel
business at Seottdale, and a son of ex-
Sheritf Chalfant, of Fayette county, were
here this week trying to buy out Pro-prietor
Anderson, of the Hotel Ander-son.
They were, however, unable to
come to terms.
You will miss a good thing if yon
don't attend the chicken and waffle sup
per, to be given by the Ladies’ Aid So-ciety
of the Middle Presbyterian church
at the South Church street home of Mrs.
J. L. McGiffen Tuesday evening next.
Supper from 5 o'clock on.
The members of the board of viewers,
appointed by the court in compliance
with the petition of citizens who wish
to see the Mount Pleasant and Donegal
turnpike made a public road, will meet
with Master Johnston at the Greensburg
court house this morning to organize
and fix the date of examination.
First Lieutenant J. G. Thompson, of
Company E, made application fora pen-sion
through a Greensburg attorney
Tuesday. Jack was wounded in the
thigh by a Mauser bullet while engaged
with the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment
against the Filipinos near Manila on
March 17th last. He still walks with a
slight limp.
William Schmidt, Karl Rauhenschlag,
Anton Numaker, Conrad Schanb, Se-bastian
Heuler, John Ilanse, Henry
Reppelmire, Jacob Schenck and George
Zipfel have applied to court for a char-ter
for the Germania Singing Society,
this place. They have leased the old
Polish church on North Hitchman street
tor a year and will use it as ii place of
meeting as soon as it is fitted up with
electric lights. The membership already
is some fifty.
the Royal is tha highr.t gratia hating powder
known. Actual tests show it goes one-third
further than any other brand.
&AKIN0
POWDER Absolutely Pure
ROYAL tlAKINO POWDER co., Ntw YORK.
Thomas's Injuries Prove Fatal.
Samuel A. Thomas, the young Greens
burg student at Mercersbnrg college
whose injury while practicing with the
football team was noted in these col
minis recently, died Sunday evening do
spite the combined skill of five physic-ians
and a trained nurse, lie was popu
lar both at home and school.
Must Have Been Easy.
In Saturday night's glove contest at
Seottdale between Henry Mason, the
colored light, weight of that place, and
Tony Bnfano, of Connellsville, Henry
Knocked his Italian opponent out in the
second round with a tap on the jaw.
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO PHILA-DELPHIA,
ACCOUNT NATIONAL
EXPORT EXPOSITION,
Low Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for special excursion rates
to Philadelphia on October 1H and 26,
November II and 28, account National
Export Exposition. Round-trip tickets,
good to return within ten days includ-ing
day of issue, will be sold on above
dates front all points on the Pittsburg
Division, Monotigahela Division, West
Pennsylvania Division, Cambria and
Clearfield Division, Altoona Division,
Tyrone Division (except Lock Haven),
Middle Division, Bedford Division, and
Frederick Division, (except York, Hel-lam
and Wrightsville), and from all
points on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad, at rate of single
fare for the round trip, plus admission
to the Exposition (no rate less than one
dollar). For specific rates apply 1o
Ticket Agents.
The National Export Exposition has
surpassed all expectations in the extent
and variety of its exhibits, and in its
general excellence and attractiveness.
The Implement Building, containing a
marvelous display of farm machinery,
is particularly interesting to agricultur-alists.
The hand concerts and diverting
midway furnish delightful entertain-ment
for all. 10-18-0t
Our Latest Music Offer.
Please send ns the names and address-es
of three music teachers or perform-ers
on the piano or organ and twenty-five
cents in silver or postage and we
will send yon all of the following new
and most popular pieces full sheet music
arranged for piano or organ: “The
Flower that won my Heart” now being
sung by the best known singers in the
country, “Mamie O’Rourke” the latest
popular waltz song, "March Manila,
Dewey’s March Two Step” as played by
the famous U. S. Marine Band of Wash-ington,
D. C. and five other pages of
popular music. Address, Popular Music
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. tf
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS
To National Export Exposition, Phila-delphia,
Pa. Baltimore & Ohio Rail-roa.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will
sell special cheap excursion tickets to
Philadelphia on account of the National
Export Exposition for Thursdays, Octo-ber
12th and tilth, and November 2d
and Kith ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND
TRIP, plus 50 cents admission to the
Exposition (minimum rate$1.00). Tick-ets
will be good going from all points
east of the Ohio River, and are valid for
return ten days, including date of sale.
10-18-5t
WANTED: Apples for Cider Vinegar:
highest market price paid for wind-falls
and shaken apples. H. J. Heinz Co.,
Northside, Pittsburg. 2t
FOR SALE:—Office desk and chair,
both almost as good as new. Goods can
be seen at the West Main street store of
Gibbs & King. 2t
Reduced Rates to the Pittsburg Indus-trial
Exhibition via Pennsylvania Rail-road.
On September 14, 21, and 28, and Octo-ber
5, 12, and 19, 1899, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets from points on the West Penn,
Monongahela. and Pittsburg Divisions
to the Pittsburg Exposition at half rates;
with'price of admission added. No
ticket to be sold for less than 75 cents,
including admission coupon.
These tickets will be good going only
on regulhr trains leaving stations at or
before noon on day of issue, and valid
for return until the following day, in
elusive.
WANTED:—A dressmaker Apply to
W. A. Byars, Alverton, Pa. 2t
AROUND AND ABOUT.
But Principally Within the
Bounds of This County.
A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS
SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE
EXCHANGES.
How these Articles Appear After They
Have been Boiled Down Into Short
Paragraphs That Speak to the Point
But Briefly of Interesting Events
Transpiring in the Old Star of the West
Heinpficld township will try having
its public roads made by contract.
A council of the Daughters of Liberty
was instituted nt Irwin Thursday with
members
The Tenth regiment's football loam
was defeated in Pittsburg Friday by the
Dnqnesnes 21 0
Irwin Presbyterians have contracted
for a $5.0110 parsonage for I heir minister,
Rev. J. E. Hutchinson.
A 2-year-old child in the family of
Andrew Fnnk, of Delmont. is said to he
afflicted with smallpox.
Ambrose Riffle, of Derry, was killed
by the cars Friday evening. He was 45
years of age and leaves a wife.
Samuel Handford, of White Rock,
above Connellsville, aged 5)1 years, was
killed by a B. & O. shifter Monday
evening.
The Seottdale football team got even
with their South Connellsville rivals,
the Humberts, Saturday, shutting them
oat (!—9.
J. Tomer's Franklin township barn
was destroyed by fire Monday night,
causing a loss of $2,500 on which there
is $2,100 insurance.
Andrew Jolly was billed Wednesday
by a fall of slate in the Oliphnnt mines.
He was 28 years old, and is survived by
his wife and two children.
The Carnegie Steel Company is pre-paring
to build two of the largest blast
furnaces in the world at Dnqnesne. It
is said the plants will cost $8,000,000.
The Brownsville Glass Company has
sold its New Kensington plant to the
Appert Glass Company, of Port Alle
gheny, N. Y., to which place the men
will go.
Mrs. R. W. Hochstetler, of Johnston u.
nged 23 years, committed suicide Thurs-day
night by taking poison and holding
bur husband until it wns too late for
medical aid.
The members of Company C, Tenth
Pennsylvania regiment, were banqueted
at South Connellsville Monday evening
by George Humbert and the Indies of
the G. A. R.
William Jenkins, of Irwin, the ex-mine
inspector of this district, who
recently attempted snicide, will be
placed in a private ward at the Dixmont
Insane Asylum.
James Lahen, a driver in the Loyal-hanna
mines, was caught by a trip
Friday and crushed to death. He was
22 years of age and leaves a wife and
child at Oakville.
Percy Bracefield, who was struck by
a Southwest train near Hunker, died
Thursday night at the Greensburg hos-pital.
He was 25 years of age and came
from Pottstown, Pa,
John Kinney, a young Plttsburger,
hired a Greensburg team and went to
Jeannette Sunday and wns arrested on
his return. He took the electric line
and n ear smashed the buggy.
John Stull, who was knocked out by
Tony Bnfano in a recent contest at Con
nellsville, is still silly from the effects
of blows on the head and his friends fear
he will lose his mind entirely.
Rush Walthour, a Manor liveryman,
and Paul Dry, a Pittsburg drummer,
were seriously injured Thursday last by
being thrown from a buggy at the first
named place. The horse ran off.
During the past few weeks $156,500
worth of county bonds has been paid and
burned. But $25,000 remains to be paid
and it is said January 1st, 1900, will see
the “Star of the West” free of debi.
Rev. I. S. Hawn, who was deposed
as pastor of the New Kensington Pres
byterian church, has sued the leading
members of the congregation for defa
mation of character, claiming $10,000
damages.
Captain Finney, late of Company I,
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, has been
elected a teacher in the Irwin high
school in place of Prof. Crawford whom
typhoid fever confines in an Allegheny
hospital.
Charles True may lose his eye sight
from burns received Monday in an ex-plosion
of hot metal in the Uniontown
radiator works. His younger brother,
George, was badly hurt on the tipple at
the New Atlas coke works about the
same time. I
Col. T. W. Tyner, representing Wash
ington, D. C., capitalists, has bought
the old mower and reaper works at
Latrobe for $40,000 and will operate the
plant for the manufacture of caskets,
wooden pumps and automatic tele-phones
out of wood pulp.
Tfr KOBACKERS.’
Our Semi-Annual and Annual Sales show a
wonderful increase of sales from time to
time. The reason is easily explained. Our
High Grades of Goods at Liberal Low Prices are what
bring our friends and patrons to our stores, and the
same liberal low prices are going to bring many new
patrons, while they strengthen but iness relationship
with those who have already dealt at our stores.
Everything has advanced and is still advancing.
Despite this tremendous advance KOBACKERS’ large
stores welcome you to better goods and lower prices
than ever.
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Shoe Department.
Ladies’ fine shoes, at the advanced price, $1.50, <J|T
Kobackers’ price, N)I
Ladies’ fine dress shoes, at the advanced price, $2.00, /Ng —~
Kobackers’ price, NJI 3U
Ladies’ fine Kangaroo Calf dress shoes, at the advanced price, $2.50,
Kobackers’ price, UU
Ladies’ real fine dress shoes, at the advanced price $3.25, /N <-» _^
Kobackers’ price, 3U
Ladies’ fine dress shoes, extended soles, advanced price $4.00,
Kobackers’ price, UU
Ladies’ fine vesting top hand welt shoes, advanced price $4.50,
Kobackers’ price, 0*3 3U
Ladies’ fine dress shoes with the new patent Krohn Rapid Lacer at35 OO
will be appreciated by all fine dressers. We have exclusive
sale of the new patent Rapid Lacer shoe.
Men’s dress shoes, at the advanced price $1.75, 3r
Kobackers’ price, 01 ^ 3
Men’s dress shoes, at the advanced price $2.50, ti'*! AA
Kobackers’ price, 0<- vU
Men’s vici kid, kid lined shoes, at the advanced price $3.50, — —
Kobackers’ price, 0^» i 3
We show the largest line of men’s fine dress shoes in tan, enamel,
patent leather and box calf at $3.00 and $3.50 that was ever
shown in town, and we guarantee a saving of $1 on every pair.
Our line of men’s fine dress shoes at #5.00 can not be matched by any
one. Our line of school shoes is large, and our line of Misses’,
Boys’. Youths’ and Little Gents’ sh6es will please you in style,
price and quality.
Clothing Department.
Men’s all wool suits, at the advanced price $7.50, £— AA
Kobackers’ price, *3 UU
Men’s black all wool Clay Worsted suits at the advanced price $10, rA
Kobackers’ price, 3U
Men’s all wool Cheviots, Cassimers, Worsted in stripes, all the latest
fabrics and makes,at the advanced prices $10.00. $13.00, $15.00
and $18.00, Kobackers’prices $8.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00,
respectively.
Men’s all wool Overcoats in black, blue-black, or light colors or dark
grey, at the advanced prices $6.00, (J'J rA C'r* r A fry rA
$8.00, $10.00, Kobackers’ prices, ^ 3U, 3U, 3U
Young Men’s suits in all the latest fabrics at accordingly low prices.
Mothers, call and take a look at our magnificent line of Children’s
Clothing. The largest assortment, and prices lower than
anywhere else.
Our line of HATS, SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY and
NECKWEAR is immense. A call at our stores will con-vince
you.
Kobackers’
UP-TO-DATE CLOTHING AND SHOE STORES, «TT
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THE MOUNT PHEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, I80!>
A BASE BALL CRANK
And the Trouble He Had at
Pittsburg.
HE WAS A BOSS SMELTER
IN ONE OF THE BIG LAWEENCE-VILLE
IRON MILLS.
The Pirates were Away and he was
Taking In a Game on a Vacant Lot and
Said the Umpire was Rotten. In the
Fight that Followed His Eyes were
Both Put in Mourning and His Depart-ment
Lost a Whole Day as a Result of
His Absence.
Everybody knows the old nursery
rhyme which runs like this:
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a Hhoe the horse was lost.
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of the rider a kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
This is n story on the same principle.
The boss smelter in one of the large
Iron works in the Lnwrencevllle dis-trict
is an enthusiastic baseball fiend.
He knows as much about tlie national
game as be does about bis trade and
perhaps more.
Any old kind of a game, as long as it
is baseball, suits him. When the
Pirates are not at home, lie satisfies ids
craving for t lie sport by watching some
amateurs play on a vacant piece of
ground near Thirty-sixth street. Last
Saturday afternoon there was a game
between the Royal Hobsons and the
Admiral Deweys, and of course the
boss smelter was there. It was an ex-citing
contest. Joe Uroggs pitched
great hall for the Hobson bugs and
struck five men out one after another.
Tlie boss smelter had been whooping
’er up for the Deweys and got excited.
“Ter rotten!” he shouted to the um-pire,
and then somebody lilt the boss
smelter in the eye. There was a light,
during which the boss smelter was hit
in the other eye. Some of his friends
took him home. All that night his
wife kept two raw pieces of beefsteak
on his swollen optics to draw out tlie
Inflammation, but It was no good. He
couldn’t see nt all next morning. So
word was sent to the works that lie
wasn't aide to come. The smelting de-partment
Is one of those Institutions
which fall to pieces unless tlie boss is
there nil the time to watch tilings.
Without the boss smelter it couldn’t
run, and so tlie department was closed
down for tlie day. Fifty men and boys
lost a day and nil because somebody
bad lilt the boss in the eye.—Pittsburg
Press.
How to Isabel (ioodN.
Pat Maloney was nailing a box con-taining
articles which be Intended
sending by rail. From tlie nature of
the contents a friend knew it was es-sential
that the box should not be in-verted
during the passage. lie ven-tured
to suggest If) Pat to write con-spicuously
on the case, “This side up,
with care.” A few days afterward,
seeing Pat again, lie naked, “Heard
any more about your goods? Did they
got there safely?”
“Every one of them broke,” said Pat.
“Tlie whole lot? Did you label it,
'This side up,' ns I told you?”
“Yes, I did. And for fear they
shouldn't see it on I lie cover 1 put it on
te bottom too.”—Tit-Bits.
Two of n Iiltifl.
“See that fellow on tlie corner?”
“That pale, lean looking man?”
“Yes. (lie one who looks as if lie
hadn't enjoyed n meal for at least nine
years.”
“I see him. Friend of yours?”
“No. but lie reminds me very strongly
of Emperor William.”
“Doesn’t resemble any of tlie em-peror's
pictures that I've ever looked
at.”
“I know it. lint il’s easy enough to see
that his diet doesn't agree with him.”
—Chicago Tlmos-IIornld.
Her I<len of IIiiNto.
Husband (ill al home)—Did you post
that letter I gave you?
Wife (back from hurried shopping
touri N'-o; I forgot it until the last
Minute.
“It was very Important."
“Oh, it’s all right! I gave It to a lit-tle
boy who promised to give It to an-other
little boy. whose half uncle lives
next door to a postman.”—Stray Sto-ries.
Some Can't.
‘Miss Daintee—Wlint an awful occu-pation!
To lie employed in a place
■where they tin meats.
Mr. Ertgomore Well, It argues a cer-tain
ability.
Miss Daintee—Ability!
Mr. Edgemore—Certainly. They only
employ those who can! New York
World.
toNlly MlMiiiMlerMtniidinf?.
Irate Customer—Look here. The bill
tor those two boxes of cigars I bought
of you hist mouth calls for $14. Didn’t
you tell me they were three for a
nickel?
Tobacconist—Not at all, sir. I told
you they were free from nicotine.—
Chicago Tribune.
In Old Kentucky.
Stnanger—Have you lived long in this
WBflt'tan?
Native—No. sail. I nm a gentleman,
sail! And it is impossible for gentle-men
to Kwe long In this section, sail.—
Washington .Star.
Accounted For.
“No wonder tlie French people are
that way.”
“Why? Do you attribute It to their
climate?”
"Not altogether. They publish more
poetry in Frnuce than in any other
coi utry on earth.”—Chicago Times-
Haro Id
Oenerou*.
/ /
“Have you heard tlie news? Herr
I von Meyer of the Stock Exchange is
j bankrupt!"
“Indeed! That’s too bad! It was
I only yesterday that I went to him to
ask a favor, and lie promised just what
I wanted. But now I can’t, with a
clear conscience, hold him to Ids prom-ise.”
“Very generous of you, I'm sure.
What was it?”
“His daughter’s hand!”—Der Floh.
No Flip.
First Lawn Caterpillar—We’ve got
this grass finished. Let's tackle these
plantains.
Second Lawn Caterpillar—What’s
the use? The people who live here
have been trying for ten years to kill
it off and can't do it.—Chicago Trib-une.
A Lender.
“You continually refer to yourself as
a Filipino lender.”
“Yes. sir.”
“By wlint right?"
“There lias never yet been a retreat
that I wasn’t at the head of tlie pro-cession."—
Washington Star.
So Thar. Settled,
“Did George propose to you on ills
knees?”
“No! I want you to understand that
I never sat on his lap until after we
were engaged.”—Chicago Times-Her-nld.
Color Training:.
“How did you get a start as an art-ist?”
“Well, when 1 was a bootblack, 1
used seven different shades of polish
on tan shoes.”—Chicago Record.
TAKES A HIGH PLACE.
Stands Well in the Estimation of the
People.
Attention is Naturally Excited When Anything
is Praised by People Whom We Know.
A thing that stands high in the esti-mation
of the public, and which is es-pecially
recommended by Pennsylvania
people, naturally excites our attention
more than if our own people did not
praise the article. Such a thing is going
on right here in this state every day;
people a\'e praising Morrow's Kid-ne-oids
because they cure. There is no de-ception,
no humbug; they do positively
cure, and we furnish the evidence.
Uapt. W. B. Stout, 520 Johnson St.,
Connellsville, Pa., says;—“For years I
have had symptoms indicating kidney
disorders. During this time I have ta-ken
different kinds of kidney remedies
to alleviate my troubles, but nothing
proved as effectual as Morrow’s Kid-ne-oids.
I had a sharp, shooting pain in the
region of the kidneys and across the
small of my back would have a dull,
heavy pain. I could not sleep nor rest
on account of nervousness. Since taking
Morrow's Kid-ne oids they have greatly
corrected my troubles. I will recom-mend
them to my friends and others
who are suffering from kidney troubles.”
Morrow’s Kid ne-oids are not pills,
but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents
a box at all drug stores and at H. F.
Barkley’s Drug Store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac-tured
by John Morrow & Co., chemists,
Springfield, Ohio.
Five boys between the ages of 13 and
18, who are desirous of learning the
glass blowing trade, can secure positions
by applying at the East End factory.
Horne-Stewart Co.
Dry Goods.
Successors to Horne, Normecutt & Co,
The New firm
lias succeeded to the old
established business of
Horne, Normecutt & Co.
The scope of the store has
been enlarged and its help-fulness
increased in every
way.
It is more than ever your
store.
New Dress Goods.
Shelves are piled high with
the Fall stock—everything
that is new and wanta-ble
is here. Rich, splen-did
Plaids and plaid-backs,
swell Scotch and English
suitings, broadcloths and
silk and wool novelties.
In writing for samples, be
explicit in stating your wants.
233 fifth Ave., Pittsburg.
If you are prejudiced
against
Ready-to=wear
Clothing
you have never seen the right kind—the
it Vitals” Brand
—our Clothing litis loug since passed the
ordinary cloth'ng, and stands out charac-teristically
alone as the
Best Tailored,
Popular Priced,
Perfect Fitting Clothing.
Striped Worsted
is to be the reigning fabric in
..Men’s Suits..
FOR FALL.
Our forethought, many months in advance,
gave us an advantage of selecting the
cream of the designer’s best efforts. We
show over Fifty of the newest and most
exclusive patterns in
Men’s fine Striped Worsted Suitings
—AT—
$io, $12 and $15.
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you pass judgment on them. Won’t you
call?
• Rumbauyh & Dillon,
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619 Main street, Zimmerman Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
vV. jn
Dr. KOCH’S LYMPH CURE
No one denies the fact that Professor
Koch, of Germany, cures consumption,
asthma and bronchitis.
The Government of his
country employs him at
an immense salary tocure
consumption in the public
nospitals.
He is the only man who
■flliAAv—jmH, ever did cure this fatal
disease. His new system
PROF. KOCH,
which he is constantly improving, for
curing consumption by the nse'of anew
tuberculin,Lymph is here in New York,
at the Koch Lymph Cure, 116 West 22d
Street.
It has cured hundreds of New York
people. Call and see the written testi-monials,
then call on those who have
been cured right here in your own city.
This great medical philosopher, Pro-fessor
Koch, of Berlin, has not only
answered the question; What causes
consumption? but proved beyond a doubt
to all thinking physicians of the medical
world that consumption is caused by a
poisonous germ, called the tubercle ba-cillus,
existing in the lungs of patients
having consumption.
The bacillus can be seen by the aid of
a microscope. It multiplies in numbers
as the disease advances in its onward
road to destruction. At the meeting of
physicians at his home in Berlin last
May his treatment was again indorsed.
The Emperor of Germany attended the
opening meeting, at which over two
thousand physicians were present.
The great professor in his years of
study discovered a medicine called tub-erculin,
or lymph, which can be injected
into the circulation, or by combining it
with healing oils it is thrown into fine
vapors by the use of Dr. Koch's inhaling
apparatus.
These vapors are easily breathed into
the air tubes, causing the lungs to be en-tirely
filled with these healing oils, and
the lungs are healed as if by magic.
The vapors are composed of antiseptics,
disinfectants and the great Koch tuber-culin
Lymph, and the effect is to kill
the disease germs and expel them; in
fact, no form of germ life can live when
thoroughly under the influence of Dr.
Koch’s new method.
The physicians of New York are invited
to join the classes of instruction begin-ning
the first Monday of every month.
The trial treatment is given free to
prove the wonderful value of the new
Koch system.
Many cures have been made in New
York of patients who had been given up
to die by the best medical men, and
many testimonials have been published
by the patients themselves to show their
gratitude.
The addresses will be gladly given.
If you don’t believe the patients, call
upon their neighbors, and you will get
the truth. Call and see the wonderful
inhalation invention. You will find
that this treatment has absolutely cured
hundreds of patients after every known
medicine had failed.
Don’t take any more medicine into the
stomach. Lung medicine is always hard
on the stomach. The Dr. Koch’s inha-lation
and medicine is doing for New
York people a great work. It is the new
method of curing lung troubles.
Be skeptical if you will until you have
investigated, but investigate and find
out the truth. The doctors invite sharp
criticism. Their cures will bear inves-tigation.
Send for free sample of Koch-o-lene.
Consultation and examination free,
at the office, 116 West 22d Street, be-tween
6th and 7th Aves., New York
City.
Remember the number. 9-8-6m
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Mount Pleasant Branch.
Eastern Standard Time. In Effect Nov. 20,1898
NORTH.
a. m. al in. EL p. m.
7 05
7 00
0 5fl
0 52
<i 48
0 45
8 10
8 II
8 07
8 02
7 59
7 50
10 50
10 45i
10 41
10 391
10 83
io 39
0 39
0 34
«;to
0 29
0 22
(i 19
STATIONS.
Mount IMeasaift.
Star Minos
Greenlick
Emma
Overton
..Scottdalo Branch Jc..
a. m. a. m. |> m. p. m.
9 40
9 45
9 49
9 53
9 57
10 00
2 59
3 00
3 07
3 10
0 45
0 50
6 54
0 58
7 02
7 05
Southwest Division.
p. in.
5 00
5 10
5 19
5 27
5 29
5 30
5 33
5 30
5 40
5 40
5 49
5 53
0 02
0 00
0 11
0 14
0 17
0 19
0 25
0 31
0 34
0 42
0 47
0 53
7 05
8 25
101) 105 101
p. m.
2 53
2 50
3 00
3 00
3 09
3 13
3 22
3 25
3 30
3 33
3 35
3 37
3 44
3 51
3 54
4 02
4 07
4 13
4 22
5 35
a. m.
0 40
0 58
7 01
7 OS
7 10
9 00
9 03
9 11
9 13
9 14
9 17
9 20
9 24
9 30
9 33
9 37
9 40
9 50
9 55
9 58
10 01
10 03
10 12
10 14
10 18
10 20
10 31
10 37
10 45
12 10 9 50
STATIONS.
Falrehanoe
Fnionfowri
Redstone Junction
Parent
.Stanilmifgh
Frost
Gist
Furguson
Dunbar
Wheeler
New Haven
Connellsville
Moyer
Pennsville
Valley Works
Everson
Scottdalo
Scottdalo Junction
Alvcrton
Tarr
Bethany
New Stanton
Youngwood
County Home Junction.
Greenshurg
Pittsburg
SOUTH.
•10 4 100 104 108
a. m.
8 30
3 33
8 25
8 23
8 22
8 19
8 15
8 II
8 00
8 03
7 59
7 50
7 40
7 41
7 37
7 34
7 32
7 25
7 19
7 17
7 09
7 04
0 58
6 50
5 25
p. m.
4 34
1 19
4 10
4 08
4 00
4 05
4 02
3 59
3 55
3 49
-*0
3 41
3 ;JO
3 27
3 24
3 21
3 18
3 10
3 09
3 02
2 59
2 52
2 49
2 40
2 30
1 00
p.m.
7 05
7 02
6 58
0 52
0 49
0 45
0 35
0 31
0 27
0 24
0 21
0 19
0 12
6 05
0 01
0 53
5 40
5 39
5 28
MAIN LINE TRAINS.—LEAVE GREENSBURG.
EAST. J WEST.
0:35, 8:31. 9:04 and 11:55 a. m, and 2:23, 5:05, 5:15, 0:12, 7:27, 8:48 and 10*57 a. m. and 2:18,
5:42 and 9:12 p. m. 4:32. 5:51. 7:18. 8:55 and 10:27 p. m.
For rates, maps, etc., call on ticket agent or address Thos. E. Watt. 300 Fifth avenue.
Passenger Agent Western District, Pittsburg, Pa.
J. B. HUTCHINSON, General Manager. J. R. WOOD. Gen. Pass. Agent.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Mount Pleasant Branch.
Eastern Standard Time. In Effect Juno 18, 1899.
53
a. m.
10 20
10 15
10 10
10 05
10 02
10 00
9 48
9 45
8 00
3 :*o
3 25
3 20
3 15
3 12
3 10
2 58
2 55
12 40
7 10
7 05
7 00
6 55
0 52
0 50
0 38
0 35
5 00
Mount. Pleasant...
Pershing
Iron Bridge 5
...West Overton i 5
Scottdalo j 5
Everson > 5
Morgan 1 5
Broadford i 5
Pittsburg i 8
p. m.
5 15 1 55
2 00
2 00
2 10
2 13
2 10
2 20
2 30
5 00
12 00
12 05
12 11
12 15
12 19
12 21
12 31
12 35
2 20
52
Pittsburg Division.
TRAINS LEAVE CONNELLSVILLE.
EAST. WEST.
At 8:55 and 9:40 a. m. and2:50, 7:55 and 11:25 At 4:28. 0:35, 7:50. 9:40 and 10:30 a. m. and
p. m. 12:35, 2:45. 5:45. and 5:55 p. m.
E. D. SMITH, D. P. A., Pittsburg. Pa. J. M. SCHRYVER. G. P. A.. Baltimore, Md*
Paid in Pennsylvania Since Organiza-tion,
$26,278.505.21.
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That Does the Most Good.
Are You Aware, the Most Far-Reach-ing
Life Insurance Contract Ex-tant
is the Mutual Life’s
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It was Designed by Our Mathemati-cian-
the King of Actuaries,
Emory McClintock, LL. D„ E. I. A.
Briefly: This contract makes it pos-sible
to settle an annual income upon
wife or children—at your decease. The
income continues during their life. If
you prove a good risk, yon have pen
sioned yourself for life, and at your
death begins the income for your family
during their life.
The Mutual Life
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WF. T.MIOVRIURnInSiOONUN,UiSsot.uAthgwenetstfeorrn Pa
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Flour for Wheat-
O. P. Shnpe, the East End miller,
will exchange for 60 pounds of wheat
27 pounds of spring wheat flour, 32
pounds of spring and winter wheat flour
blended or 36 pounds of straight winter
wheat flour.
FOR SAKE;—A desirable 7-roomed
property on South Church street,
Mount Pleasant. Inquire of Frank P.
Stauffer. 3-81-tf
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' For Sewing Ma-chines,
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All Work Guaranteed.
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—AND—
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and prices. Address,
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Mount Pleasant, Pa.
in Mount Pleasant.
If it’s a good Clock, Watch, Dia-mond
or Plain Gold Ring, or
one of the thousand and one
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up-to-dute store of the kind,
we have it and at prices so low
that they must surprise you.
Repairs of All Kinds
A SPECIALTY. . . .
This work is Guaranteed as it
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H. C. Morrison,
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Monut Pleasant, - Pa.
All the latest designs and the
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We ask simply that you call
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before purchasing.
IT
If you wish to have the hanging
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remember we employ only
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and guarantee all work.
Respectfully
J. B. Coldsmith,
“On the Hill,’’
MOUNT PLjEASANT.
TIIK MOUNT PIiTCABANT JOirKNATj, IHtIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1890.
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I “u rum tlie lug of Nicholas C'olepep-per,
Esq., master ct the snow [hrig|
Lucky Venture.
“THURSDAY, iij February, 1891.
* * * “Tlie night had been a thick
one. and uiayhap our lookouts, being
somewhat tired of their task, had not
been overspry in their watch. Three
weeks of peering through the weather
for a vessel that never heaves in eight
dulls tlie fresli glances of any mariner’s
eye. and we had been lying hove to or
standing on and off foT the galleon for
five days over that time. So when dawn
sickbed over the waters, and the great
ship was spied bowling along good five
miles to windward, I was at first mind-ed
to shoot the fellow7 on the foreyard
for keeping suc\i lubberly watch, but re-membering
that we should presently
need all the hands we could get I
anointed him with a few shrewd blows
from a calker’s mallet, lying handy, and
set the watch to trim and make saii, that
we might get all the pace out of our
tight little SIIHW of which she was ca-pable.
“The Spaniard’s lookout was smart
enough. His sail trimmers were hard
at work when first we espied him, so he
must have known of our presence before
we knew of his. Now, it is the custom
of the yearly plateship to sail only dur-ing
the day and to remain hove to dur-ing
the night hours, but this fellow
must have been under weigh all tlyough
the darkness, having been advertised of
our snow’s presence, probably, and so
from this departure from custom we
judged that he feared ns, and our lads
took heart accordingly.
“A chase to windward is always tedi-ous
work, but as we sailed better and
faster on every point than the Span-iards,
'twas only a matter of time, and
wo could tell the tour to a nicety when
we should be able to bring them into
action. The thing that vexed some of
my men was the disparity in numbers.
We had been at sea, off and on, for two
years, and lmd lost half our number
through wounds, scurvy, calentures and
other sickness, and so could muster but
a poor 83 all told, and many of them
half disabled and brought scurvy rotten
from their bunks by the rustle of prepa-ration.
The don was a 1,000 ton galleon
newly out of port, with all her comple-ment
hale and sound, and with well
nigh 500 men fit to carry arms.
“As we rose her hull above the plain
of ocean we saw it was pierced for ord-nance
innumerable, for pieces both great
and small; but, though this was some-what
discomforting, her lowness in the
water was such that fears were swamped
as they rose to the surface, for there
was surely yellow ballast enough in her
holds to make us all rich men for life,
even supposing that none of us was
killed, and as out of our small 83 a
third, or perhaps a half, might lose the
number of their mess during so hot an
engagement as the one whereon wo
were entering promised to be, there
would be the greater share for the sur-vivors.
Ho all were eager for the cast of
fortune’s dice box, which might bring
them their death or might render them
independent of mariner’s trafficking for
the remainder of their natural lives.
“The don was ablaze with banners
and ancients [ensigns], and on the am-ple
belly of her forecourse was depicted
the head of St. Catherine, her patron-ess,
with all the gauds and embellish-ments
of the master painter’s art. She
was replete with carvings and gildings,
with high fore and after castles, with
close quarters and with all thfe Spanish
devices for naval fortification, and in
good sooth she was as brave a ship as
ever breasted Atlantic or lured honest
English buccaneer to plunder.
“Thus far had I writ before we came
within shot range. Our fellows, as is
always their wont, had set a cask of
strong ale abroach in the waist and
were feasting and making merry, for
fear lest the hap of war should take
from them other opportunity cf doing
that same again. The don, seeing that
his heels were too dull to give us the
slip, triced boarding nettings up to his
lower yardarms, opened his ports and
ran out the guns, and in fine made all
ready for action. He was willing enough
to run had chance been given him to do
so, but now that he was cornered had
no notion of yielding his treasure with-out
a battle. But as this fell out as we
had anticipated we were in nowise dis-mayed
nor surprised, but cleared our
pipes with a loud voiced drinking song,
worked round to windward of him and
held on to within musket range with-out
throwing a shot.
“The don had been burning powder
for a good half hour before our culverins
and falconets hurtled back their mes-sage.
Indeed his great ordnance on both
broadsides had been spitting away at
one and the same time, so that we
guessed at the confusion that was rag-ing
in his ’tween decks and took com-fort
therefrom mightily, remembering
that one small ball driven home is
worth a dozen score of heavy ones
which miss their bourne. Owing to the
closeness of our approach, the don’s
gunners could not well depress the muz-zles
of their pieces, by reason of the
narrowness of the gun ports; so that
even the few shot whose direction was
trqe had too great elevation and whis-tled
harmlessly over our mastheads or
sang through the upper rigging, and
save for a cheesehole punched in the
main topsail and a lee fore topmast
backstay shot in twain we were not a
whit the worse for his pelting when at
length we began our own.
“Having run up into such short range
before I gave the word to fire, we hacked
him through and through with our very
first broadside, and the groans and yells
from his ’tween decks told us that we
had made commendable slaughter, but
by this time the arquebnsiers in his
roundtops had steadied down to their
work and were browning my gun crews
somewhat too cavalierly. So I bade my
fellows load up with bur and chain
shot, knock out some of their quoins
and have at the don's rigging for all
their skins were worth, which salute
the galleon acknowledged by bowing to
ns with his foremast head, which bad
been twice hit by a shot from my main
deck culverins. Roundtop and sharp-shooters.
foreyard and the great belly-ing
course with its gaudy painting
came down by the run; the galleon slid
up head to wind, in spite of her timo-neer’s
every effort, and we had her at
our mercy.
“After this 1 ran ahead and in a
series of short tacks raked her with
alt mate broadsides, to which she could
hardly reply with a gun; for her bow
chasers were masked by the raffle of
wreckage, and when any of her people
sought to remove this they, too. were
mown down by our incessant fire. And
had the fates permitted me to carry on
this game of long bowls, she must per-force
have yielded unconditionally.
“But when another half dozen broad-sides
must have reduced her word was
I passed that the powder had run com-
I pletely out, for we had come into action
with but a poorly stocked magazine,
not having found opportunity to re-
' picntsn it or late, f orgetful of tins, we
had been burning the precious grains
j with feverish haste, and the grinning
little powder monkey who brought me
the tidings d— Ured tin.t there was not
| another tub but.
“ Tis truly vexatious when an bon-
I ost buccaneer finds himself in a strait
I tike this, but there was no help for it.
| We could not get more powder by mere
j wishing, and we could not fire shot
without it. We had naught therefore
but cold steel left to rely upon, but
cold steel has laid many a Spaniard low
at my hands (and will, please heaven,
do the like to many more). So, trust-ing
in Jliat, I sang out. ‘Up helm!’ and
cried for boarders.
“We ran down alongside and threw
our grapple. The Spanish gunners
poured in a fierce fire to our deserted
’tween decks, but armed with pike,
banger and boarding ax we scaled
their lofty upper works and hacked our
way through the nettings inboard.
“Flushed with victory and nerved
with strength by thoughts of the golden
hoard below, my fellows were not to be
resisted, and save for a party headed
by the Spanish commandant—who re-i
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treated beyond the break of the poop
and held the after castle in spite of all
our efforts to dislodge them—save, I
say, for these few, the whole crew was
beaten below, and we thought the ves-sel
our own. But this pestilential hand-ful
kept stubbornly at bay, and so,
when, tiring at length of their resist-ance,
they called for a parley, we staid
our arms for a moment, being willing
to make a truce and grant them quar-ter.
“But tlie knave commandant, aping
an insolence that would have sat ill on
his betters, must needs dictate terms to
us—tc us, who held his ship and his
shipmates’ lives at our swords’ mercy.
‘I yield to pirates on no terms what-ever,
’ quoth he. ‘Get you gone, and
your lives are spared,’ quoth he, ‘or
stay and press your present advantage
and I will rid the world of your thiev-ish
hands and minds forever, even at a
large cost to myself and my following.
And ye have not left my ship before this
minute glass hath drained its sand I
swear to you on my honor as a caballero
that I will send you and the Santa
Catarina and myself and my crew sky-ward
in one smoky shower. Beware,
accursed English picaroon I A volcano
is underfoot! At this instnnt I turn the
glass. If in a minute’s time you and
your robber band have not made re-treat.
I fire niv magazine.’ auoth he.
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“And then,” said the naval hero who
was making his way slowly and re-luctantly
homeward after a prolonged
absence from Ills native land, “think
of the babies I’ve got to meet who have
been named for me since 1 went
away!”
And he sighed heavily.—Chicago
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THE MOl NT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER I a, 18D9.
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I1ECLA.
C. H. Fries spent Sunday at Greens-bnrg
with his parents.
Mrs. Perry Whitehair is in Pittsburg
t lis week visiting friends.
Thomas Wright has sold out his bar
ber shop here to J. W. McPhail and
gone toTrauger to work in his brother's
shop.
The lornl Methodist Episcopal people
have contracted with J. 13. Coldsmith,
of Mount Pleasant, to paper their
church.
A daughter was born Mr. and Mrs.
Elija Dean Monday at the Standard
home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hails.
Braden Hurst, of Creston, Iowa, after
spending a month here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, left Monday
for his western home.
The Rev. Mr. Watson, the new M. E.
pastor in charge of Hecla and Pleasant
Unity, preached his first sermon here
Snnday evening, making a most favor-able
impression.
The marriage of Mr. Joseph Jeffries
and Miss Cora Gonghenour, both of this
place, took place on September 28th.
Heartiest congratulations are extended
the young couple.
Mrs. John Manning and two children,
of Trauger, were here Thursday visiting
Mrs. George Bailey and will leave this
week to join her husband at Washing-ton,
Pa., where he is now an engineer
in the tin plate mill.
A jolly little party was given Friday
evening at Mi’s. Haller's Strickler home
by that lady's son,,Charles. The pleas-ant
affair was in honor of the return of
Miss Christy, of Slippery Rock, who
teaches at the Byers school.
CARPENTEUTOWN.
Leonard Leathers spent Saturday and
Sunday in Pittsburg.
Edward Myers was home with his
parents over Sabbath,
Frank Hunter, of New Castle, was
here over Sabbtah with his uncle, Wil-liam
Hunter.
The Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Soci-ety
will meet today at the horns of Mrs.
E. L. Snyder.
Mrs. A. T. Tarr, of Latrobe, is here
this week visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lemmon.
Michael Myers broke a large wheel on
his threshing machine Monday, which
kept him from work a few dayB.
Roy Myers, whose arm was reported
broken in last week’s JOURNAL, just
had the memberdislocated. It has been
very sore, but is improving.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Middle
Presbyterian church will give a chicken
and waffle supper at Mrs. J. L. McGif-fen's
Mount Pleasant home Tuesday
evening next, October 17th.
ALVERTON.
Postmaster B. F. Shawley was in Wil-kinsburg
yesterday on business.
Mrs. Underwood, of West Newton, is
here visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P. Reese.
M. D. Barron, the teacher, is raising
a fund to supply tl\e Warden school with
a library.
The Indian medicine show returned
to town Tuesday evening for a two
weeks’ exhibition in Fox’s Hall..
Turner, the traveling photographer,
is paying Alverton his annual visit.
His gallery is located on Union Park.
William Duncan, Jr., formerly super,
intendent of Rainey's Union coke plant
here, has exchanged places with his
father and is now in charge of the new
Acme works.
The local Church of God people are
much pleased to learn that the Western
Pennsylvania Eldership has returned
the Rev. Mr. Umstead to them. The
reverend gentleman and his entire fam-ily
have many warm friends here.
Miss Emma Leasure, one of Alver-ton
s buxom daughters, while calling
on her Sheppard neighbors Sunday, top
pled out of an apple tree, broke her fall
on the fence and landed right side up
with care, minus both bruises and brok.
en bones, to the surprised pleasure of
her badly scared friends.
here to jail at Ureensburg Monday on a
charge of surety of the peace.
James Dodson and family left Monday
evening for Bolivar to attend the fune-ral
of that gentleman’s uncle.
Charles Kelly, an old New Stanton
soldier, is getting up a party to attend
the Paris Exposition next year.
The work on the new style of coke
ovens, which the South West company
is erecting at its Tavr plant, is progress-ing
nicely.
James McGill, of Ruffsdale, who is a
driver in the Central mines, was caught
between a wagon and the coal Friday
and badly hurt. His recovery is in
doubt.
Rev. G. W. Byrues, pastor of the
Church of God at West Newton, and
Miss Glive Tarr, of this place, were
married Thursday last. They were at
home to friends at West Newton last
evening.
Thomas Powell, near New Stanton,
who is charged with having stabbed his
sister, Miss Maria, in the shoulder with
a knife several weeks age, was given a
hearing in the Greensburg jail Monday.
He was bound over to court.
The teachers of East Huntingdon
township will hold their next institute
at Warden's school house on Saturday,
October 21st, with this program: School
addresses, A. O. Barnhart and J. L.
Bowman; afternoon session-music,
chorister; discussion, “Aimlessreading,’’
B. W. Byers; discussion, “The act of
teaching,” Miss Mary Byerly and J. S.
Thompson; “What nature work can be
done at this season of the year?” Misses
Barron and Albig; music, institute; pa-per,
subject optional, Miss Shaffer;
“Current events,” Mrs. Stahl; debate,
“Resolved, that modem tendencies are
not toward true education,” affirm, Mr.
Lohr; deny, Mr. Shrader; parody, D. L.
Scott; query box, Mr. Brougher.
DONEGAL,
The local chestnut crop is a very poor
one.
J. H. Campbell is adding another
story to his house.
Our farmers are busy making cider
and boiling applebutter.
Harry Lohr is going to Scottdale to
clerk in Jesse Anawalt’s bakery.
Sampson Luke is, we regret to say, no
better, being still confined to his bed.
“Grandmother” Keslar has returned
here to nurse her sick daughter, Mrs.
Leathers.
Prof. Pletcher returned home last
Monday, an epidemic of diphtheria com-pelling
him to close his school.
In the absence of the pastor, the Rev.
Mr. Michael, the Rev. Mr. Ulery, of
Greensburg, preached a very able ser-mon
in the local Lutheran church Sab-bath
last.
Albert Eutsey has just returned from
West Virginia, accompanied by his sis-ter
and her son. Ab. says give him old
Donegal every time before W. Va.,
which is nothing but hills and moun-tains.
The Bear Rocks correspondent ne-glects
to note an important item of
local news if it is true, as imported, that
S. I. Coffman supplies the coal for the
public school there in a two-bushel
sack.
It is said that Mrs. Harry Hoyman
has taken out a warrant for the arrest
of Mrs. William Lohr and Delia Jones
who are charged with having milked
the prosecutrix’s cow on Main street
last Tuesday evening.
TARR.
Barney Campbell is preparing to build
himself a new house.
There will be an entertainment at the
M. E. church here tomorrow evening.
“Little Trixie” drew quite a number
of Tarr people to Mount Pleasant Mon-day
evening.
Sam Schenck came out from town
Tuesday and put a fine slate roof on Mr.
Snyder’s house.
The teachers of East Huntingdon
township will make up a mountain par-ty
arranged tor tomorrow.
John McDonaldson was taken from
RUFFSDALE.
The Southwest branch to the new
Empire coke works wascompleted Tues-day.
Wylie Dayton, a Pennsylvania freight
brakeman, came home Friday to recover
from a slight injury got while flagging
another train.
It is feared that Reagantown girl’s
Tarr beau is booked for more trouble
for again hitching his horse to one of
Mr. Cowan’s plum trees. Well, well.
Percy Bracefleld, who resided near
Hunker, was struck by a Southwest
freight train near this place last Wed-nesday
evening and so badly hurt that
he died soon after being taken to the
Greensburg hospital. He was a highly
esteemed young man. The interment
took place Tuesday.
JONES MILLS. ■’
The smallpox scare is apparently over.
N. J. Miller has added furniture to
his stock of merchandise.
Homer Thompson, of Stahlstown, for-merly
a local teacher, is sick.
Charles Porch,because of lung trouble,
has resigned in favor of W. H. Pletcher
as teacher at the Fountain school.
The Rev. Mr. Ulery, of Greensburg,
was here last week as the guest of Lu-theran
friends after seeing his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lucy Ulery, who is seriously
ill of dropsy.
Ed. Bennett’s mother-in-law, of Ly-cippus,
his wife's aunt and cousin, of
Lntrobe, were visitors here the past
week.
Isaac F. and J. W. Overholt, of Mount
Pleasant, stopped over night here home-ward
bound, after a trip of exploration
above Johnstown.
H. J. Kuhns’ patriotism led him to
resign his position as teacher at Frank-lin
for the post of sergeant at Camp
Meade. Mrs. Jessie Williams-Freeman
is teaching in his stead.
An old old-time style gig, in white
dress, two fine bays in brass-mounted
harness, driven tandem by two young
men, created a pleasant episode as they
flitted through the village the other day.
Tuesday, while Percy, the 10 year old
son of Jacob Crouse, of this place, was
fooling with a revolver, the weapon
was discharged, the bullet striking him
on the right kneecap, splitting it. He
is in a critical condition, lockjaw being
feared.
STAUFFER.
William King, of Washington. Pa., is
here this week visiting friends.
Linn Black, after an illness of several
weeks, is able to be up and around.
W. S. Cochran is on the sick list. The
doctor pronounces it a case of typhoid
fever.
Rev. A. L. Burkett is conducting a
successful protracted meeting in the
Evangelical church this week.
D. B. Clark, now manager of the
Union Supply store at the Monastery
coke works, spent Sunday here with his
family.
Yesterday's local reunion of old and
new soldiers proved a most enjoyable
occasion for the large crowd in atten-dance.
The Union Supply Company has
transferred Walter Snedden from here
to a higher clerical position in its Trot-ter
store.
Dr. Doncaster, of Jeannette, was here
Tuesday with a view to locating among
us. A good physician is needed here
and it is to be hoped he will come.
S. E. Reese moved with his family
last week to his mountain farm near
Hyndman, Pa., W. S. Cochran taking
possesion of the residence thus vacated.
The McClure company's Buckeye
mines will be shutdown tomorrow and
operations suspended until the new tip
pie and a 400-wagon bin is completed.
The intention is to fire up the old Haz-lett
plant of ovens at an early date.
A Farmer's Heavy Loss.
The barn on the Gen. Richard Coulter
farm a short distance west of Greens-burg
was destroyed by fire Saturday
night and all the season’s crops, five
head of horses, hogs and other stock
burned. The tenant, Caleb Barnhart,
had just threshed a few days ago and
had all his grain in the building. The
loss will fall very heavy on him as he
carried small insurance. The origin is
believed to have been incendiary.
A Little One-Sided.
The football game between the Insti-tute
and East Greensburg teams, played
at Frick Park Saturday afternoon, was
a good contest for the first half, during
which neither side scored: but, after
that, it was rather one sided. The. vis-itors
found the students’ one weak spot,
the left end, and went around that way
for two touchdowns, from both of which
they kicked goals, winning 12—0.
No Smallpox at New Florence.
The smallpox quarrantine at New
Florence was lifted Wednesday as the
result of an inspection made by Dr.
Walker, a Philadelphia specialist, and
Dr. Groves, a Pennsylvania surgeon, in
company with Dr. Hammer, the West-moreland
representative of the State
Board of Health. The first two named
physicians agreed that the disease did
not exist there at all.
Unlucky Bridegroom.
Frank Jackson, of Jeannette, and
Miss Marie Thompson, of Wilmerding,
eloped to Cumberland Sunday morning
ih the caboose of a freight train and
were married on their arrival there.
On attempting to regain the moving
caboose for their return trip to Pittsburg
in the evening the groom fell and broke
his right leg, being now laid up in a
Cumberland hospital.
Barnett Still Sick.
It is said that Colonel Barnett, Repub'
lican candidate for State Treasurer, will
have to abandon his campaign tour upon
the advice of the physician. He may
go to Philadelphia first but it is believed
he will return this week to the Markle-ton
Sanitarium and remain there until
his health is restored. The trouble is
of a malarial nature.
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For Cleaner Fayette Politics.
H. S. Dumbauld and William E. Crow,
respectively, chairmen of the Fayette
Democratic and Republican county
committees, have signed an agreement
offering a reward of $2,7 as an induce-ment
toward purer politics in Fayette
connty, the reward to be paid to anyone
giving information regarding illegal
acts.
Parker’s. Parker’s.
There are openings here
all the time—-just as fast as
hammer and chisel can pry
open the boxes. No details
are neglected in buying.
That is why this store is
“my store” to so many of
you. We make a special
study of your require-ments—
have for years.
Misses’ and
Children’s Jackets.
Details have been very care-fully
guarded in this branch
of the business. We are
showing to day an immense
line of perfectly made jack-ets—
priced right and cor-rect
colorings.
Misses’ Jackets, navy
blue or brown beaver, dou-ble
row of buttons in front,
at $3.50.
Misses Jackets of blue or
tan Venetian, dip