Mount Pleasant journal (December 14, 1900)

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VOL. 28. MOUNT I*UKAHANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14,1900.
FREW MURDER TRIAL
Ends in a Second Degree Ver-dict
Wednesday Night.
COURT'S MERCY ALSO ASKED
FOR THE DEFENDANT WHO SLEW
NORMAN KING.
The Everson Tragedy Occupies the At-tention
of the Fayette County Criminal
Court at Uniontown the Better Part of
Three Days. Synopsis of the Testimony
Offered on the Witness Stand by Both
Sides Durtnir the Sensational Trial.
The trial of Harry L Frew for the
killing of Norman II. King was taken
up Monday in the Fayette county crim
inal court at Uniontown. The prisoner,
dressed in a double breasted blue sack
suit, cleanly shaven and neat in appear
ance, differed very much from the ordin-ary
defendants in such oases tried there,
Mrs. King, wife of the murdered man,
nnd his father, Nathaniel King, were
present. Just after they took their seats
the calling of the jury began, and among
their names was Nathaniel King, who
answered from his seat at the prosecu-tion
table.
Mrs. King was Minnie Rowe, of Scott
dale, before she was married, and her
husband was a druggist at Everson, do
ing a fine business. He had been post
master at Everson under President
Cleveland and conducted a store in con-nection
with the postofflce.
The crime occurred at, Everson on the
night of September 1, Miss Naomi Kowe.
a young sister of Mrs. King, was mak
ing her home with the Kings, and on
the night of the murder occupied a room
near that of King's. Harry Frew, who
is also a brother-in-law of the man he
murdered, was in the honse, and during
the night was discovered in the young
girl's room. Some confusion was made
by Frew or the girl, which awakened
Mr. and Mrs. King, and King went to
the girl's room to investigate. What
took place there was conjecture up
until this time as the only one who
could tell wlmt led to the tragedy was
the young girl. Whatever happened in
the girl's room induced Frew to shoot
King, who died at tbeConnellsville hos
pital on the following Monday. Each
man claimed the other was the aggres
sor, and the girl would tell nothing to
the coroner that would clear up the
mystery. Monday afternoon was spent
in securing a jury and the taking of
testimony did not begin until Tuesday
morning.
The prosecution created a big surprise
by not calling Naomi King as a witness
although she had been summoned by
both sides. After Dr. T. TI White, ot
the Connellsville hospital, had described
the fatal wounds, Mrs. King, the uiur
dered man’s widow, told her story on
the stand On the night of the tragedy
she retired to her room where she was
joined about midnight by her husband
whom she sent to the children's room
where Naomi slept on his saying that
he had seen Frew enter that compart
ment from his room adjoining, her sus-picions
having been aroused by hearing
voices. She said the two men had
words and her husband finally returned
with Naomi. He went back into the
hall and met Frew who had wanted to
take the girl to the neighboring home of
Mr. Ferguson, another brother-in-law:
but King said Frew would never go up
there to tell them about what had just
occurred. Continuing Mrs. King said.
“Presently I saw a flash and heard
the report of a pistol, followed by a
scuffle and a second shot. I saw my
husband fall to his kneeB at the second
Bhot. I ran to him and he said ‘Mama,
I’m done for. ’ I called Dr. A. Harold
Myers, who roomed in onr honse, and
he took charge of my husband”
Dr. Myers, who is now located here,
related the incidents immediately fol-lowing
the shooting. After placing
Mr. King on his bed, witness said he
went down to the drug store on the
first floor of the King building, where
he unexpectedly encountered Frew, who
pointed a revolver at his head. Dr.
Myers said he threw the lamp at Frew
and after getting another lamp and a
revolver returned again to the drug
store, but Frew had fled.
The prosecution played a strong card
in proving King’s dying statement. Dr.
Noon testified that King declared that
Frew shot him. The trouble occurred
over Naomi, who, King declared, was
in the room with their little children.
The defense, after admitting Mrs.
King's story to be substantially true,
claimed that King and Frew came up
Btairs together and both entered Frew's
room. After a few minutes' chat King
left for his room, passing through the
children's room. Frew retired, but
presently was aroused by voices in the
children’s room. He entered and found
King making advances to Naomi. Both
men returned to their respective rooms,
and Inter Frew dressed, nnd, going into
the children's room, persuaded Naomi
to go to Ferguson's with him. At this
juncture King nnd his wife appeared
and found Frew in the children'a room,
as testified to by Mrs, King. Heated
words ensued and the men engaged in a
scuffle. The defense declared that, Frew
did not lire until he thought he snw
King draw a weapon.
The defense called Naomi Rowe
Wednesday She said it was King who
first came into her room nnd attempted
to get into her lied. .Inst then Frew
came in at another door nnd the two
men had warm words, King sayine
Frew would not leave the house alive,
The girl was led away to her sister's
room and did not see the shooting that
followed.
Frew's story ns told on the stand was
that he caught King in the girl’s room
and got hisrevolveral'ter hearing King's
threats. Frew said he fired the first
shot to scare King who he believed had
reached for a revolver or a knife. The
second nnd fatal shot, Frew said, was
accidentally fired while he was strug-gling
with King.
Mrs. King was recalled by the de-fense
and asked if Nathaniel King, the
father of Norman, had ever said any-thing
to her with a view of influencing
her testimony. He had said if she
would stick to them she would always
have a borne. He asked that Norman s
honor should be kept unsullied. Before
dying Norman King had said he did not
want Frew prosecuted. Tie talked of
his soul s welfare, and said if he was to
be forgiven he must, also forgive.
The jury at ten o’clock Wednesday
night returned a verdict of murder in
the second degree with a recommends
tion to the court for mercy.
A COLORADO WEDDING
Whose Bride was Mine Frances Lyon, a
Mount Pleasant Girl.
A very pretty' wedding took place at
the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. William Lyon
at Longmont. Colorado, at high noon on
Thanksgiving day. The Bride was their
accomplished daughter, Miss Frances G.
Mr. Lyon was formerly in business in
Mount Pleasant., but went, to Colorado a
number of years ago and is at present in
business in Longmont and is a member
of that town’s Council. The groom was
Mr. George W. Eekles, also of Long-mont.
The attendants were Mr. James Lyon,
a brother of the bride, and Miss Anna
Eekles, a sister of the groom, while the
Rev. Dr. L S. Brown, of Denver, the
bride's nnele, performed the ceremony
which was most beautiful and impress
ive. Only the immediate friends of the
parties were present, about twenty in
number. The bride was attired in
white organdie and carried a bouquet of
bride roses. Real orange blossoms
adorned her hair, the gift of a friend in
California.
The bridal party entered the parlor,
preceded by the father and mother of
the bride. After the marriage ceremony
and congratulations, all repaired to the
spacious dining room where a bounteous
feast had been prepared. The table
decorations were carnations, ferns and
srnilax. The happy pair went the same
evening to their home on a farm ad-joining
town which they had previously
furnished. The wedding presents were
both numerous and valuable as well as
useful, among the givers being Mrs.
William Millwnrd and Mrs. Harriet
Galley, of this place.
A Hard Subject,
The pastor of the United Brethren
church will preach a series of four Sab
bath evening sermons upon the general
theme, "The Devil.”
December 111 The what or who of the devil.
December 2S—The oxlslence and greatness
of the dovll
December 30-The character and kingdom
of the devil.
January (1—The conflict and final overthrow
of the dovll.
The public is most cordially invited
to be present at the delivery of these
gospel sermons. The evening services
begin with songs at 7 p. m.
Rev. Hawn Fired.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During tlie Week.
E. S. Jackson, of Ohio Pyle, was here
several days this week visiting his son,
[ Prof. F, W. Jackson-
C S. Overholt, of Philadelphia, who
I whs here with old friends from Monday,
will return home today.
Dr. J. S. Mullin was in Pittsburg
Tuesday and Wednesday attending a
dental association meeting.
Misses Mary and Annie Uber, of Scott
dale, were here Friday visiting their
sister, Mrs. Samuel Morrison.
Mr. and Mrs. George St, Clair, of
Seottdale, were over Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Overholt.
Mrs. M. A. Kiefer, of Uniontown,
with her daughter, Miss Clelia Knox,
spent Sunday here with her mother,
Mrs. Sarali Shape.
Nelson Poorbaugh was in Harrisburg
Wednesday and Thursday attending
the annual meeting of tlie state stock
breeders' association.
David C. Stongh, the old East End
tollgnte keeper, left Saturday for West
Newton to spend a short time witli his
son, Charles W. Stongh.
Miss Alice Overholt, who makes her
home in Pittsburg with her sister, Mrs.
C. C. Law, was here the past week visit-ing
relatives and old friends.
Rev. Tt. L. Byrnes, of Avenne, Pa.,
and his son, Rev. George Byrnes, of
West Newton, met here Tuesday and
spent the day witli Rev. Yalin and other
old friends.
The Rev. Oliver W. Hutchinson, pas
tor of the Grace Methodist Episcopal
church at Cambridge, Mass., the seat of
Harvard University with over 4,01)0 stu
dents, was here for the pnst week with
his son, Oliver Wesley, aged il years,
visiting his mother and sister. The
reverend gentleman's obarge is a large
prosperous one.
Mrs. John W. Ralston, with her three
sons, moved Tuosday to Connellsville
where they will remain with her
parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. James McGrath,
until Mr. Ralston secures a new home
for them at Hooversville, Somerset
county, where ho is engaged ns chief
clerk for the Stuart Coal Company
During their residence here Mr. and
Mrs. Ralston made many friends who
will learn of their departnre with much
regret.
ALMOST DROWNED.
Narrow Esoape at a Dunbar Church of
God Emersion.
With the thermometer well down to
the zero point, and three inches of snow
on the ground, 10 faithful members of
the Dunbar Church of God were immer-sed
in tbe icy waters of Dunbar creek
Monday afternoon. The ceremony was
performed by the local preacher, the
Rev, James Stafford, who was overcome
by the intense cold, which almost cost
the life of one of the candidates, Mrs.
Josh Mormen.
While in the act of dipping her, the
minister allowed her to sink to the hot
torn of the stream, so benumbedw as he,
He stood helpless and but for the heroic
efforts of several bystanders, who rushed
into the cold stream, both preacher and
woman would perhaps have lost their
lives. They were carried to the shore
in a helpless condition and taken to their
homes.
♦♦♦
Shooting’ Near Blairsville.
At Bairdstown, jnst across the river
from Blairsville, Sunday night. Bert
Palmer shot and badly wounded Martin
Patterson, a negro, who had been ar-rested
several times on the charge of
being a “Jack the Ripper." Patterson
took some money from Palmer and
would not give it back. A few honrs
later Palmer appeared with a shotgun
and shot Patterson twice, one shot tak
ing effect in the face and the other in
the stomach. The victim is expected to
die. Palmer is in jail.
At Wednesday’s Jeannette meeting of
Blairsville Presbytery, the case of the
Rev. I. S. Hawn, of New Kensington,
was called in its regular order. He was
not present, but had a communication
there, asking for a letter of dismissal to
the M. E. Church. The petition was
notgranted, and Mr. Hawn was deposed,
and his name stricken from the rolls.
Boycotting the Bell.
The announcement that the Bell tele-phone
rates In Seottdale, Connellsville,
Dunbar and Uniontown will be advan-ced
on January first has led to the cir-culation
of a petition among subscribers
in the first named town, agreeing to dis-pense
with the service if the price goes
up. Similar moves are contemplated
at the other points as well.
Connellsville Library.
The announcement is made that the
Carnegie library, promised to Connells
ville, will be bnilt at once at a cost of
$50,000, the town to shoulder the cost of
maintenance. The valuation of prop-erty
may have to be raised to secure
enough taxes to rnn the borough, when
the library is established. The question
will likely enter largely into the spring
election there.
A NICE UTILE MARCH
Stolen on Friends By a Popular
Young Couple.
WERE WEDDED WEDNESDAY
AT MRS. SARAH SHDPE’S SOUTH
CHURCH STREET HOME.
The Bride Was Her Youngest Daughter,
Miss Minnie, and the Groom Mr. Will-iam
C. Mullen, the Clever Superinten-dent
of the Frick Company's Ooke
Plants About Broadford. They Are
Now Offon a Two Weeks’ Western Trip.
Miss Minnie May Hhupe, thecharming
youngest daughter of Mrs. Sarah Shnpe,
of this place, and Mr William C. Mul-len,
the clever superintendent of the
Frick company’s coke plants at and
about Broadford, stole a nice little
march on their friends by getting quiet-ly
married Wednesday last and leaving
on a two weeks’ trip to Chicago and
other western points.
The ceremony was performed a few
minutes after eleven o’clock at the
bride’s South Church street home by
Rev. S. W. Keister, pastor of the United
Brethren church, in the presence of the
bride’s mother, her sisters, Mesdames
Kiefer and Page, and their children,
Arthur and Miss Edna Page and Miss
Clelia Knox, and Mrs. Keister. Mrs.
Kiefer had intended going toherUnion
town home that morning, but intuition
told her there was something going to
happen and she remained over to see
what it was. Miss Cle had gone home,
but she also “smelled a mouse” and
hurried back, for, things might have
gone wrong if she failed to see her Aunt.
Minnie married.
While the bridal party dined the uiis-chiet'-
loving neices and nephew appro
priately decorated the suit eases with
white ribbons and chalk, not forgetting
the rear of the carriage that bore the
young couple to the B. & O. station
where they took the 1:25 p. m. train.
Mr. Mullen has a Broadford residence
all ready for ocenpancy, but he and his
bride will not take possession before
spring, as it is Mrs, Mullen's intention to
spend the winter here with her mother.
BRIBERY CASES CLOSED.
The Defendants Agreed to Pay Costs of j
Legislative Suits.
The remaining bribery, perjury and j
conspiracy cases of the last session of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, on which true
bills were found by a grand jury of
Dauphin county, came toadose Monday
last when District Attorney Miller en-tered
a nolle prosequi. This was enter-ed
on the aggeement of the defendants j
to pay the costs, which amounted to
about $2,000,
The only case heard was that against I
John J. Coyle, who was acquitted and
ordered to pay the costs.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper's Work in This Place
and Vioinity.
John Lytle Kyle died at his Wilkins
hnrg home last Friday after a long ill-ness,
aged 00 years. The interment,
which was attended by a number of old
Mount Pleasant friends, took place at
Greensburg Monday. Mr, Kyle, who
was a thoroughly, upright Christian
man, wns born in Franklin county, this
state, and served his country well in the
Civil War, following which he resided
here some twenty years, being a coach
maker at the Galley factory. The
maiming of his hand in a circular saw
compelled him to give up his trade and
soon after that he moved to Wilkinsburg
with his wife arid family of three daugh-ters
who survive him. MissTracey has
been in India for many years ns mission
ary for the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Kyle was a Mason, a member of
Robert Warden Post, G. A. R., and of
the local order of United Workmen, in
which last organization he carried $2,000
life insurance.
Leopold Furtwangler, a prominent
Greensburg jeweler, who had gone east
for goods, died Sunday at the New York
home of his daughter, Mrs. McTighe,
aged 7B years. His wife and several
grown children snrviye.
Ex-Sheriff W. IT. Wilhelm died sud
denly of neuralgia of the heart at his
Uniontown home Sunday, aged Hi years.
William Newill died Sunday of ty-phoid
fever at his home near Kecksburg,
aged 05 years. He was a widower and
the father of two children.
Henry Rader, a highly respected eiti
zen of McKeesport, who was recently
found dead in bed by his daughter, Miss
Alice, was (ill years of age, the interment
taking place at West Newton beside the
grave of his wife who passed away six
years ago. Mrs James E Fox, of this
place, is one of his six children.
Mrs Harriet Galley, of this place, re-ceived
word Saturday of the serious ill
ness of her brother in law, Robert Por
ter, of Connellsville, who was suffering
from the effect of a stroke of apoplexy.
Mr. Porter passed away Sunday, aged
68 years. He was a veteran of the Civil
war and is survived by his wife and
seven children.
Mrs. George Galloway died suddenly
of a tumor at her home near Latrobe
Snnday, aged about 35 years. The bus
band and three children survive. The
deceased was a niece of Mrs. Sarah
Shnpe, of this place.
John Huffman, of Donegal, died last
Wednesday night, aged 76 years.
Harry Riley died at his Carpentertown
home Tuesday of typhoid pneumonia,
aged 19 years.
Nice Royal Arcanum Benefit.
On Tuesday last Regent L. S. Tints
man, Secretary C. A. Granl and Treas
urer H. C. Morrison waited upon Mrs.
Lavinda Hosier and paid into her hands
the sum of $3,000, the arnonnt of insur-ance
her late husband, Paymaster \^il
fred L. Hosier-, carried in Mount Pleas-ant
Council, No. 592, Royal Arcanum.
Mr. Hosier had been a member of the
order for some eighteen months. His
dues and assessments during that time
amounted to some $65.
Escaped Jail Bird Heard From.
It is said the Chicago police have
David Weitzel, alias John Green, loca-ted;
at least, they have asked for infor
mation regarding him of Greensburg
officials. Weitzel, who was awaiting
sentence for having buncoed tbe late
William Barnhart, of near this place,
out of $1,060 thirteen years ago, escap d
from jail at Greensbnag over a year ago
with two other prisoners, Harry Harding
and Paul Jones.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both
Mine and Yard.
The strike of the employes at the Du
qnesne coal works at Bradenvilfe has
resulted in the Bessemer company clos-ing
tbe plant down until April next.
The Wolf memorial fountain, erected
at Irwin by the coal miners of that dis-trict
to the memory of their late super-intendent,
will be dedicated New Years
day.
All of the mines of the Loyalhanna
Coal Company are idle. A column pipe
in a shaft in the Southside, Latrobe,
burst and the mines have been flooded.
Three hundred men are effected.
Thomas McDonald, while working on
the steel tipple at the Continental Coke
Company’s No. 2 plant Tuesday, missed
his footing and fell a distance of 300
feet. His body was crushed into a pulp.
F. M. Fox, of Tarr, was in charge of
the South West Connellsville Coke Com
pany’s pay wagon this week. It is ex-pected
that a regular paymaster will be
sent on from Chicago by the first of the
new year.
Hunter's Wounds Prove Fatal.
Nonnau Beal, the young Donegal hun-ter,
of whose injury mention was made
in these columns last week, died
Wednesday. He was standing on a
stump when his gun slipped and was
discharged, the contents striking him in
the shoulder.
Sewerage for Everson.
A new sewer company has been organ-ized
in Everson to put in a new system
of town sewerage at once. The enter-prize
will be a private affair. These
officers have been elected: President,
’Squire Hay; treasurer, Michael Morris
sey; secretary, James Keegan; directors,
John Byrne, Adam Brown, John Tip-ping,
William Hay and James Kee-gan,
Jr.
Drowned In a Coal Shaft.
While working on the new shaft super-structure
at the Buffington coke works
near Unionlown Wednesday William
Ferguson attempted to leap from one
beam to another. He missed his foot-ing
and fell down the long shaft. At
tbe bottom of the thnft a deep pool of
water had formed and in this he was
drowned.
Alleged Brutal Father.
Lammert Ukena, a New Kensington
briekls er, was arrested last Thursday
night til a serious charge preferred by
his 13-year-old daughter. Public senti-ment
was such that the hearing before
Justice Heister Friday morning was
held behind closed doors. Hnmane
Agent Arthur Erdrnan had the prosecu-tion
in charge. Ukena is the father of
five children. He was held for court
without bail. His wife was not per-mitted
to testify.
NO. 50.
M MILK DEALERS
Who Defy Their Local Board
of Health.
A NEW KENSINGTON CASE
THAT IS ATTRACTING CONSIDER-ABLE
ATTENTION JUST NOW.
All That Town’s Dispensers of the Lac-teal
Fluid Except One Have Been
hound Guilty of Adulterating Their
Product and Fined 320 Each, but They
Not Only Will Not Pay but Ignore a
Justice’s Finding.
A most peculiar legal entanglement
lias resulted at Now Kensington from
the attempted prosecution of the milk
dealers by the local hoard of health,
notice of which appeared in these col-umns
several weeks ago. With one ex-ception,
every dispenser of the lacteal
flnid in the town has not only been ad-judged
guilty of using the farm pump
and skimming off the cream for favored
customers, but also with using formal-dehyde,
carbonate of soda or in some
way defying the state health laws.
Justice Heister fined the dealers $20 and
costs each. He released them on their
own recognizance for ten days, until
which time they had the option of pay-ing
the fines or taking the cases to court.
The ten days expired, and not one of
the men put, in an appearance before
the justice. About that time Thomas
Leslie and John Turner were arrested
on similar charges. They were fined
like amounts and put under $100 bond
to appear last Saturday. They complied
witli their bond and appeared Satnrday.
They stated to the justice that they had
decided not to pay their fines, neither*}
would they take the case to court. ^ ®
tice Heister then commanded that they
be sentenced to the Greensburg jail for
sixteen days. The commitment was
made out and Constable J. M. Stewart,
ordered to take the prisoners. The
constable bluntly refused to take charge
of the two men until he was assured of
his costs for taking them to Greensflo.rg.
The justice let the prisoners go free for
the time being.
Martin Hobi, R, R. Leslie, J.
Wilds, ThoinasQninri, Sherman K.else
George H. Johnston and Herbert LeJ
all ignored the nltimatnm to app
Monday. They claim to be acting
the advice of their attorney, wbc
alleged to have said he would have r
rants issued both for the justice andi
hoard of health attorney if his elf
wore arrested. Squire Heister is eqr
determined, and a capias has been id
for each of the defiant milk dealers!
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Little of Local Interest Done In the
Week’s Grind.
John McGinley, of Vandergriffc, w
household goods Constable W. W.
clay sold on a landlord's warrant, ig
ing the $80(1 exemption act, sned
officer to recover. The jury aliowed
McGinley $241, ~*V
Martin Kuhns, whom viewers had
lowed $800 damages against the Pori1
Water (Company, refused to accept
award and went into court. The jt
gave him $096.49.
The first case this week was that
Flora Greer, of Jeannette, against tl
borough for $5,000 damages for injur
from a fall on a board walk, snffei
fonr years ago. Judge McConnell tc
the case out of the jury’s hands and i
it on the argument list.
The conrt imposed the minimum s
tenee OR Uriah Stull, convicted at 1
August term of criminal court of 1
unlawful sale of liquor.
A verdict of $32 in favor of the pla
tiff was returned in the case of Rosar
Andree vs. J. L. Tarr. The plain
claimed $300 as the value of certi
property sold by Constable Tarr in E
Huntingdon township as the property
her husband which, she alleges, rea
belonged to her, Mr. Tarr has a s
for slander against A. L. Crurnm gro
ing out of she escape of S. L. Burke,
Ruffsdale, whom the plaintiff had urn
arrest on a serious charge.
Newspaper Man s Trouble.
A. P. Bloekinger, formerly editor
the Bolivar Despatch, is in jail at Greei
burg, charged with selling wine wil
out a license. Bloekinger suspend
publication of his paper several rnout
ago, owing, hesnid, to the public faili
to lend him its support.
Coming Shows.
“King of the Cattle Ring” will be the
attraction at the Grand Opera House
this evening.
Sipe s Educated animal and lillipntian
shows will exhibit here Tuesday next,
following a great street parade and mat-inee
performance at 2:30 p. m.
Fatal United Accident.
Guy Wiltner, an engineer at tbe
shaft of theH. C. Frick CokeCompa
United plant, was caught between
engine and a trip of pit wagons Fri
and crushed to almost instant de
He was about 35 years of age and lei
a wife alid family.
ftjhiM&Hm
^^his is the glad time of the year, affording us our first opportunity
' to supply our friends with useful gifts, and we do not propose to
to do it by halves. From the very day we opened our doors until the
present time we have been preparing for this, the greatest event in our
history, our first Christmas and the last of the Nineteenth century.
Photo !>y Parker, Washington.
GEORGE l>. MEIKBLJORN OF NEBRASKA.
fame, has declined re-election; Petti-grew
of South Dakota, uoted for his
attacks on the administration; Chilton
of Texas and the genial Wolcott of
Colorado will all be numbered among
the missing. The Nebraska Populist
senator, William V. Allen, who is tem-porarily
tilling the chair vacated by
the death of Monroe L. Hayward, will
also retire, since the Nebraska legis-lature
is Republican and will select a
Republican to fill out the uuexplred
four years of the term.
Joseph Weldeu Bailey, the erstwhile
Democratic leader of the house of rep-
Photo by Knowlton, Lincoln, Neb.
D. E. THOMPSON OF NEBRASKA.
thew S. Quay’s standing Is not positive-ly
known. He may he re-elected by the
legislature, In which case no doubt can
be thrown on ids eligibility. There is
considerable opposition to his candi-dacy,
and Peter A. B. Widener, the
millionaire street railroad man of Phil-adelphia,
is being discussed as a possi-ble
senator.
The recent death of Marcus Daly re-moved
from the path of William A.
Clark of Montana his chief opponent.
Photo by CiutekunBt, Philadelphia.
P. A. B. WIDKNKK OK PENNSYLVANIA.
Mr. Clark Is again seeking election by
the legislature of his state and hopes
that tliis time he will he allowed to
take his sent without question. In the
event, of course, of ids obtaining clear
title from the legislature. Congress-man
Robert Jackson Gamble, South
Dakota’s single representative in the
! lower house, hopes to be promoted to
Panto by .tanousck & tiruhn, Yankton, S. D.
RORERT J. GAMRLK OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
reseutatives, will In all likelihood as-sume
the toga of Senator Chilton. The
political heir of Senator Davis is not
positively known, with the probabili-ties
In favor of ex-Scnator W. D. Wash-burn.
The Nebraska senatorial light
is a very warm one, with about a dozen
candidates in tlie held. The most
prominent aspirants are George D.
Meikeljohu, now assistant secretary
of war; D. E. Thompson of Lincoln, a
FV. m a recent photo.
WILLIAM A. CLAltK OF MONTANA.
man of wealth and groat ability us a
political organizer; Edward Rosewater,
editor of the Omaha Bee, the leading
llMiuhhcau organ of Nebraska, and ex-
Oorernor Lorenzo Cronus0. tb» Rcptib-
Photo by Howard, Pueblo, Colo.
ALVA ADAMS OF COLORADO.
the seat about to be vacated by Senator
Pettigrew. Congressman Gamble's
friends claim that he is the logical
candidate, since his record in congress
has been satisfactory to his constitu-ents.
Who the successor of Wolcott of
Colorado will be is a matter of consid-erable
doubt, but the choice seems to
lie between ex-Governor Alva Adams
and Thomas M. Patterson, a well
known Colorado journalist and politi-cian.
Mlntitkeii Identity.
Man—My hoy, do you know what be-comes
of ladi who win marbles?
Boy—Win! Why, I’ve been losln all
mornin.—Exchange.
EVERY MAN, BOY or CHILD WILL BE HAPPY
RECEIVED OUR GILTS!
Mufflers.
The Handkerchief Muffler in all the fine
silks, plaids, stripes and plain, from 25c lip to $2
Full dress Mufflers in black and fancy col-ors,
some with very tine hand embroidered
pink flowers, from . . 5GctO$2,59
Way’s Muffelets in wool and mereerrized
silk, in black, blue, garnet and green and
combination colors at . 65c, 85c and $1
Umbrellas
to please everybody, with prices, styles and
quality from . . . 45c up to $5
Gloves.
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s fine dress kid
gloves, lined and unlined, with or without
fur in top, at . . 45c, 75c, $1, SI.25 anil $1.75
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s undressed kid
gloves lined with silk or with extra fine, fancy
striped flannel, . . . 50c up to $1.50
Men’s and Young Men’s extra fine Moca
silk lined gloves, special, at . . S1.50
Our line of woolen gloves and mittens for
men, boys and children is complete at a very
low price.
Hosiery.
Men’s fine / hose in dots, stripes, flowered,
fleece lined, plain black and fancy woolen;
prices from . . ioc up to 50c a pair.
Shirts.
Fine Dress Shirts for men boys and chil-dren.
A new line of tine soft shirts, special
for holidays, just received. Best selection
ever shown in this neighborhood, at all prices.
From now on till Xmas we will close out
one special lot of men’s fine stiff bosom dress
shirts, sizes 15 to 18, at
Don’t wait till the last day—they are too
great, and everybody who sees them will cer-tainly
take more than one.
35C
Handkerchiefs.
Men’s fine silk initial handkerchiefs with
combination letters, extra large size, at . 50c
Men’s broad hemstitched large size silk
handkerchiefs at . 45c
Men’s red and blue center and fancy bor-der
silk handkerchieis, . . . 50c
Men’s fine linen handkerchiefs, with or
without initials, from . . 5c up to 50c
Neckwear
in all the latest styles. Four-in-hands, Im-perials,
Puff, Teck, String, Butwings, Butter-fly,
prince of values; Band Bows, all new and
carefully selected. Special for Xmas pres-ents,
from . . . • 5c up to $I
Sweaters.
Sweaters make nice Xmas gifis, and we
have them for men, boys and children in a
very great assortment. Several new styles,
special for Xmas, in all up-to-date combina-tion
colors, from . , 35c up to $5
Night Robes.
Men’s fine flannel or lawn night robes, all
sizes, value $1, at . . . 75c
Clothing.
We don’t want to forget to tell you that
our line of Overcoats and Suits for men and
young men is certainly a wonder. Ask your
neighbor or friend who has bought goods
here. They will tell you that we save you
from $3 to $4 on each high priced garment,
and from $2 to $2.50 on each medium priced
coat or suit.
do not even ask you to take our word. We do, however, in-vite
inspection. Come and convince yourself that all our goods
are just as represented. And come early so that you may have a large
assortment from which to make selections. You- can leave your pur-chases
with us until you are ready to take them away; we will take good
care of them for you.
msmm
603 Main street, Mullin Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
UC5gr*We will have an extra force of experienced salesmen from now until Christmas.
TIIE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. I !-<)(>.
Visitors to 1 lie senate chamber dur-ing
(lie Fifty-seventh congress, which
will convene during the first week of
December, 1901, unless sooner culled
by the president to hold aw extra ses-sion,
will miss some faces that have
long been familiar on the senate floor.
Davis of Minnesota and Gear of Iowa
have been removed by death; Thurs-ton
of Nebraska, he of “rose, red rose”
A Few of the Many
Statesmen Who Are
Willing’ to Sit In the
Upper House at
Washington.
lienn national committeeman. About
I five other prominent Nebraska poli-ticians
have their lightning rods up for
! the senutorship. »
Pennsylvania’s representation In the
senate is in a state of doubt, since Mat-
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1-), 1900.
As Judged From the Past Week's
Trade Reports
WHEN CAREFULLY COMPILED
FOR THECONVENIENCE OF READ-ERS
OF THE JOURNAL.
Trade is Progressing Along Conservative
Lines Although the Customary Holiday
Trade Was Late In Setting in. The
Quiet Condition of the Iron and Steel
Market, However, Causes No Uneasi-ness.
Business is progressing along eonser
vative lines. It is without excitement
nnd without great speculative activity,
but with a confident undertone, which
is to be explained largely by the fact
that lending concerns in most of the
great industries have orders booked to
employ their machinery at nearly full ca.
pacify during months when curtailment
is usual. No net reductions in work-ing
force have appeared in the last fort-night,
and a readjustment of wage
schedules in some branches of the steel
trade is effected without trouble. Pri
ces of commodities are generally steady
and holiday trade is brisk at nil points.
The south is particularly cheerful, with
cotton firm and the rice crop coming in
at very full prices.
There is no cause for alarm in the
small volume of new business at iron
and steel centers. With the first sign of
higher prices there came forward such
a flood of contracts that mills and fur-naces
booked orders sufficient to keep
their full force employed for months.
Hence there has come a more quiet
condition with less bidding for products.
Fortunately, quotations were not forced
up unreasonably during the weeks of
greatest activity and now there is no
sign of depression. On the other hand,
bars are more firmly held, while many
idle mills have resumed in this depart-ment
and sheet makers also insist on
better terms. Other forms of finished
material are steady and at most points
pig is unchanged, although concessions
are made for Bessemer at Pittsburg.
Numerous bridges are erected by the
railroads and a heavy tonnage of struc-tural
steel is taken. Other railway sup-plies
are in active demand, with rolling
stock urgently sought. Business in iron
is particularly brisk at Chicago, with
slight moderation in domestic buying,
more attention being given to exports.
Aside from a further advance of 21c
in men s kip boots and a firmness in
grain shoes, the market for footwear has
quited down, but with no disposition to
recede from the generally higher range
established last week. Makers have few-er
new orders, however, and heavy foot-wear
has been purchased for the season's
requirements.
The customary holiday demand has
not appeared, though retailers have full
lines of fancy shoes and slippers. There
is a shortage in some grades of hemlock
sole, but it has ceased to advance. Hides
are easier, especially for country lines at
Chicago. Even after the decline of the
past two weeks the average is above the
closing prices of October. Wool remains
steady and Hales are less than half last
year’s. Manufacturers purchase care-fully
and the goods market is unusually
dull for the season.
For the first time in many weeks the
cereals exhibited strength and some ad
vance was to be expected after the ex-tensive
decline. Wheat wasstarted up-ward
by foreign markets and prompt re-sponse
here compelled covering of con-tracts.
Nothing of importance was
learned regarding domestic conditions
aside from the heavy marketing at inte-rior
cities.
The textiles are quiet and rather dull
with agents pending the opening of the
spring season. Wool and woolens are
still quiet. Cotton is irregular and the
market is at a balance pending the pub-lication
of the next government crop re-port,
which, however is expected to ap-proximate
9,750,000 bales.
Finished products monopolize the ac-tivity
in the iron and steel trades, with
bars, plates, sheets and bridge material
most active. Even in finished lines, how-ever,
there is less reported doing in new
business, but Pittsburg nnd Chicago mills
are reported sold ahead (>0 to 1)0 days.
(JHAIN. FLOUR AND FEED—WHOLESALE.
heat, per bu
its, per bu
>ro, per bu ••••••
>rn Meal, per bbl., Ixmed
our. patent, per bbl
lopped feed(eorn and oats)per ton
•an. per ton
iddlings. per ton
Ill Feed, per ton
ay, baled, per ton-ay,
loose, per ton
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE—RETAIL.
07
32
48
2 50
i 25
17 00
18 00
10 00
10 00
17 00
10 00
eakfast Bacon, per lb -
ooms - -
ckets -
ckwheat flour, porsaek
itter. per lb
ndles, per lb
rbon oil, per gal -
eese, per lb
lckens
tree, per lb -
led Apples, per lb
led Beef, per can ....
gs, perdoz -
tin, per lb
rd per lb
tple Molasses, per gal
w Orleans Molasses, per gal
tatoes, ^er bu
e, u
led
t, per bbl
t, per sack
tFil
Oats, 5
bbl.
Ish, per lb.
tdet
lb packages
skedside bacon, per lb
b side, per lb
p, per cake
rch, per lb
^r, per lb
set Potatoes, per lb
. per lb
13
12@30
12@30
35
28
12^
10@15
10
20(3)30
12(2120
28
18
10
00
40(8)50
75
10
10
1 25
3@5
5(§H3
35(2)50
Coaled
Look at your tongue.
Is it coated?
Then you have a bad
taste in your mouth every
morning. Your appetite
is poor, and food dis-tresses
you. You have
frequent headaches and
are often dizzy. Your
stomach is weak and
your bowels are always
constipated.
4 There’s an old and re-liable
cure: Am
►
>
4
Don’t take a cathartic
dose and then stop. Bet-ter
take a laxative dose
each night, just enough to
cause one good free move-ment
the day following.
You feel better the
very next day. Your
appetite returns, your
dyspepsia is cured, your
headaches pass away,
your tongue clears up,
your liver acts well, and
your bowels no longer
give you trouble.
Price, 25 cent*. All druggists.
“ I have tako.j Ayer’s Fills for 35
years, and I consider them the best
made. One pill does me more^ood
than half a box at any other kind 1
have ever tried.”
Mrs N. E. TALBOT,
March 30, 1899. Arrington, Kans.
MILLINERY
Call and see my fine line
of nil the latest styles of
STREET HATS.
I have the finest display
of TRIMMED HATS that
was ever shown in this
city. With the fine
trimmer I have, I know
I can please yon.
CALL AND SEE
WHAT WE HAVE.
In the upper rooms of J.
W. Swartz's wall paper
and paint store.
Miss Mary Swartz,
525 Main st. Local 'phone No. 35.
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
NA. CORT,
• AATTTORNEY-AT-LAW.
„ _nl
Mount Pleasant
Office adjoining Eagle street residence,
\ Pa.
nKS. F. L. & W. A. MARSH,
^ PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Offices—No. 389 West Main Streot and 2nd
Floor Braddock Block.
Special attention to the Eye. Ear. Nose and
Throat. Glasses fitted.
Telephone No. 54.
Night calls at West Main Street Office.
DR. M. W. HORNER.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours:—Until 10 a. m.; 1 to 4 and
fl to 8 p. m.
F. & M. Bank Bl’k, Main St.. Mount Pleasant.
EUGENE WARDEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
20S Main street, Greensburg.
Braddock Block, Monnt Pleasant.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building, Greensburg.
WA. ICALP,
• Real Estate and Insurance
Agency, 833 East Main street.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Remember
MAJOR’S
RUBBER
CEMENT,
MAJOR’S
LEATHER
CEMENT.
In the Court of Common Pleas for the County
of Westmoreland:
In the matter of the disso-)
Union of the Dunlap Coal >No. Term 19
and Coke Company. j
Notice Is hereby given that the Dunlap
and (Joke Company filed Its petit ion in the
Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland
county, on Saturday. November 17,1900. prav-ing
for a decree of dissolution and that the
Court Inis fixed Monday, December 17. 1900. at
9 o’clock a. in. for hearing said application
for dissolution, when and where all persons
interested can attend if they deem it exped-ient
and sfiow cause against the granting of
t he prayer of said pet it loner.
N. A. OORT.
Solicitor for Petitioner.
Public Notice of Application for Charter.
In the Court of Common Pleas for the Count y
of Westmoreland:
Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made to tin* said court on the 22nd
day of December, A. D. 1900. (or as soon there-after
as the said court will hear the same,)at
lOo’dock a. m.. under the “Act to provide for
t lie incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations,” approved April 29.1874. and its
supplements, by A. B. Cooper, Marshall
Busco, Frank Dulfer, W. W. Lowther. II. N.
Smith, S. M. Lowther, E. G. Weaver. Edward
Keller. Robison Cooper. J. W. Pore. E. II.
Cooper. M. McClusky. Lewis Johnston and
J. L. Robinson for the charter of an intended
corporation to be called “The Mount.
Pleasant Band,” the characterand object of
which aretlie promot ion and study of music by
its members and the rendering of public and
private musical recitals or concerts, and, for
these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all
the rights, benefits ana privileges conferred
by the said act and its supplements.
WHITTEN & SCANLON.
Solicitors.
457 MAIN ST.. MOUNT PLEASANT.
L. S. RHOADES,
JUSTICE IF THE PUCE&laTUTPlIllC.
All kinds of legal papers prepared and cxe
cut.od. Collecting a specialty.
Office 1109 Main Streot, Mount Pleasant
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
George W. Myers, late of Donegal. Westmore-land
county, deceased, having boon granted
to the undersigned, notice is hereby given to
all persons indebted to said estate to make
immediate payment, and to those having
claims against tho same to present them,
duly authenticated, for settlement.
Mount Pleasant. Pa.. W. A. KALP,
Oct. 1, 1900. Executor.
10 3 fit
FIT NATIONAL BUHL
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock $100,000
OFFICERS:
H. W. Stoner, J. D. Hitchman,
President. Cashier.
G. W. Stoner,Vice President
DIRECTORS.
J. S. Hitchman, J. T>. Hitchman,
If. W. Stoner, Wm. B. Neel,
J. C. Orownover, Jos. R. Stauffer.
S N. Warden, Dr. J. H. Clark.
C. \V. Stoner.
Particular attention given to collections, and
P*<jceecls promptly settled.
CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK.
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock,
Surplus I' und.
S50.000.00.
330.000.00.
rINCH’S DisTiLBih LIQUOR HOUSE.
finch’s Best, Pure Rye, $1 per Ot. or 6 for $5.
Has no equal for medical purposes, and is recommended
by the best physicians.
OFFICERS.
J. S. Hitchman, 1 resident.
J. L. Iluth, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
E. T. Hitchman, John Husband.
J. L. Ruth. O. P. Shupe.
J. A. Warden. J. S. Hitchman.
J. 0. Orownover, J. L. Myers.
Jno. M. Stauffer.
Finch’s
Gibson
Best.
Per Qt.
$1.25
1.00
1.50
1.00
Per
Guckenheimer
Overholdt 1.00
Finch’s Best 1.50
Monongahela Pure Rye 1.00 :
Our Favorite
I. X. L. Pure Rye 75
Grandpa’s Choice .50
Holland Gin 1.00 to 1.50 3.75 to
Domestic Gin 50 to 75 .... 2.00 to
Brandies 50 to 2.00 2.00 to
Apple Brandy. 2.00
Blackberry Brandy. 1.00 to 1.50 4.00 to
Port Wine .50 to 1.50
Sherry Wine 50 to 1.50 2.00 to
Kurnmel 50 to .75 2 00 to
Gal.
G-75
3.75
5.75
3.75
3.75
5.75
3.75
2.75
3.00
2.00
5.75
3.00
8.00
7.75
0.00
0.00
3.00
Farmers & flerchants
^NATIONAL BANK.*
OF MOUNT PLEASANT. PA.
CAPITAL STOCK, - $50,000.00.
OFFICERS:
R. K. Hissem, President,
James Neel, Vice President,
C. E. Mullin, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
It. K. Hissem, Abraham Ruff,
Frank D. Barnhart, E. T. Fox,
s. It. Ruff. L. S. Tlnstman,
I) H. Persh g. James Neel,
a. P. Zimmerman.
Family trade supplied. Goods shipped on receipt of P. O.
order, Registered letter, Express order, or C. O. D. All orders
made payable to C. M. Finch. No charge for boxing.
JS7" Store closes at 7 p. m., Saturday at 9 p. m.
C/VI niXir’H 12 Smithfield Street,
. LV\u r I IN 11 , Pittsburg, Pa.
C. D. & P. Tel. 1625, Pittsburg.
rnrr A full quart bottle of wine with every purchase of $1 or
MU upwards from December 20th to 26th.
THIS BEAUTIFUL DECANTER ? FREE.
HANDSOME CUT GLASS PATTERN!)
FILLED WITH CHOICEST CALIFORNIA PORT WINE:
WITH EVERY DOLLAR PURCHASE OF WlNES AND _
LIQUORS BETWEEN DEC. 15-AND JAN. 15—3
A SUPERB
HOLIDAY GIFT.
GET UP CLUBS, AND SAVE EXPRESSAGE-1
WE PAY IT ON $10- ORDERS, REMEMBER
$5— ORDERS, 5 DECANTERS, ETC. 200
VARIETIES OE WINES AND LiquoRs TO SELECT^
FROM. CATALOGUE FREE.-ss^
JOS. FLEMING & SON.
WHOLESALE: AMD BfTAIL DRUGGISTS. 412 MARKET ST. PITTSBURGH, PA.
Exchanging Ideas.
WELL DRESSED PEOPLE
seldom discuss clothes in public,
but wherever a well dressed man
is seen his clothes are an argu-ment
for tailor made garments.
OIJR PATRONS ARE
pleased with the perfect fit and
splendid appearance which ar-tistic
tailoring gives. Correct
ideas worked into clothes—that’s
what you get here.
VOGEL BROS.,
Mullin Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
FURNITURE
REUPHOLSTERED and REPAIRED
At Reasonable Rates.
M. A. GILSON,
6 16-tf West Main st., Mount Pleasant
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
iMnae* ami beautifiea the hair. I
-Jomotee a luxuriant growth. I
Hover Falls to Bentore Grayl
Hair to its Youthful Color. I
Cures scalp diseases h hair falling. I
M>c,kudJl.(JUat Drug^uts^^J
McCORMICK HARVESTING HACHINERY.
.'AYot >•,
Wo handle not only all the McCormick Harvesting Ma-chinery
but also Wagons, Carriages, Surreys, Buggies,
Harness, Blankets, Robes, Whips, etc., all of the very
best and at lowest prices. Call and examine.
J. J. HITCHHAN,
East Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Excelsior
Bakery.
516
Church Street,
mmm
minnnmm
Mount Pleasant,
Penn'a.
Bread «
Cates,
H.S. ACKERMAN,
DEALER IN.. HIGH GRADE Pianos = =
AND y—y
<^=—(>gans,
Sheet Music and Musical
Merchandise.
Densmore and Yost
Typewriting Machines.
Gramophone Talking Machines an?he Standard Sewing Machine,
NEEDLES, OIL AND ATTACHMENTS.
Address *
H. S. ACKERMAN,
2oi Main Street, GREENSBURG PENNA.
BE COMFORTABLE
And you can be so in cold weather only when your house
or place of business is warmed by a good heater. There are
three agents for this purpose, hot air, hot water aud steam,
but the greatest of these is steam and especially is this true
when it is used in
A plant of this kind, put in by J. A. Stevenson & Co. can
be seen in successful operation in THE JOURNAL Block.
.CALL AND SEE IT WORK.
HEALTH AND VITALITY ■ll ■w ff^lns ■1 1■1■ WERDVRE.RMIIYOHTTPOISLLS
The great remedy for nervous prostration and all diseases of tho generative
organs of either sex, such as Nervous Prostration, Failing or Lost Manhood,
Impotency, Nightly Emissions, Youthful Errors, Mental Worry, excessive use
of Tobacco or Opium, which lead to Consumption and Insanity. With every
ACTED IKIftlft $6 order we guarantee to cure or refund the money. Sold at $1.00 per box.
AMtn uoinu* 6 boxes for $5.00. DK. ITIOTT’S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio.
For sale by H. F. BARKLEY and JAMES HARKINS. Mount Pleasant.
EDISOITS PHONOGRAPH
Better than a Piano, Organ, or Music Box, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and
don’t cost as much. It reproduces the music of any instrument—band or orchestra—tells
stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it isalways ready.
See that Mr. Edison’s signature is on every machine. CakL
logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 135 Fifth Ave., New York.
I I
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900
miicplmint jjlcnsantJournal
JOHN L. BHIKI.HS. I'URUSHEII.
Mount Pleasant is situat ed in the heart of
the Great Oonnellsvllle Coke Region, lias a
population of over 5,000; while, with offices
surrounding within a radius of three ntilos,
the postoffic e distribution Is 13,000. A new 34-
pot tableware glass factory, the finest In tills
country and employing over 400 hands. Is In
successful dally operation.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, payable In
advance.
ADVERTISING RATES will be furnished
on application.
JOB PRINTING of every kind with the
best workmanship and best material.
FRIDAY. December 14, 1000.
COUNTY CON TROLLERSHIP FIGHT.
The increase of population, ns shown
by the last census, entitles Westmore-land
county, among other new offices,
to that of Controller, whose holder will
draw a fixed annual salary of if4,000
This is a nice little plum and it is no
wonder that the number of Republican
applicants for the place is large.
A recent article in a Pittsburg paper,
speaking of the fight for this place, says
that Hon. John H. Brown, the Grape
ville statesman, has the race won al
ready; that is to say, he will receive the
appointment at the hands of Governor
Stone who will thus fill the office for the
coming year, or until an incumbent can
be chosen at the next general election.
With only the kindest feeling for Mr.
Brown, we trust the above statement is
not only premature but a mistake and
that some other equally good Repnbli
can who has been paid fewer honors
will get the place. For, Mr. Brown has
certainly been well taken care of by his
party and should now retire from the
political crib for a respectable period.
THU SENATORIAL FIGHT.
The Republican caucus on the United
States senatorship will be held at Har.
risburg on Tuesday, January 1, 1!)01, at
8 o’clock p. m., in the hall of the House of
Representatives. The date was agreed
upon at a conference between Senator
Grady, “Father of the Senate.” and
Representative W. H. Keyser, “Father
of the House,” at Philadelphia Tuesday
night last.
Messrs. Grady and Keyser have both
placed themselves on record very em-phatically
with predictions that the vote
received by Senator Quay in the caucus
will be far more thau enough to elect,
and that not only will he be chosen
senator on the first ballot in the joint
assembly, hut that he may receive as
many as 150 votes, or 23 more than will
be required to elect. On the other hand,
however, the insurgents claim that Mr.
Quay will be fully ns many votes short
as his friends have him long.
There is doubtless a good little bit of
bluffing on both sides and when it is
called and a balance struck, the fight
will be found to be close, both sides
whistling to keep up courage. Still, we
believe that the “Old Man” will win
out this time.
ON THE LEG-PULLING ORDER.
It remained for Cambria county to
get np something unique in the way of
a lawsuit which came up for trial Sat-urday
in the Ebensburg court.
The plaintiff was Miss Sallie Bald win,
who resides near JoliDstown and has a
wooden leg. George Reed, the defend-ant,
is her neighbor and is also possessed
of a similar understanding. A month
or more ago George proposed to swap
their peg legs. A trade followed and
Mr. Reed was tickled with his bargain.
Miss Sallie, however, rued the exchange
and begged to have her own artificial
leg returned. But, George, very un
gallantly, refused to comply with her
tearful request, and then she went to
law.
Still, Mr. Reed made the amende hon-orable
by pleading guilty to larceny
by bailee, paying all court charges and
returning Miss Baldwin her own leg, so
.that it all ended well.
THE NEW ARMY BILL.
After debating that measure for two
days the House passed the army reor
ganization bill by a vote of 106 to 133.
It provides that the regular army can
be increased to 00,000 men and, in case
of an emergency, the President may in-crease
the country’s military force to
300,000 soldiers. It is held in some
quarters that the bill smacks too much
of militaryism; but, an army of the
maximum strength allowed by this
measure is small when the seveuty-five
millions of American people are consid-ered.
For the benefit of the galleries, which
were crowded with attendants on the
national convention of the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, then in
session in Washington, the House, be-fore
passing the bill, adopted Repre-sentative
Littlefield's motion to prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors on all
grounds used by the United States for
military purposes. This motion pre-vailed
by a vote of 151) to 51, and
abolishes the canteen.
THE JOURNAL, accepting the state-ments
of officers, believes the canteen is
an aid to discipline, and for that reason
trusts the Senate will restore that feat-ure
before passing the bill.
FRIENDS of Ur. J. W. Shelar, of this
place, need have no fear that he com-mitted
any breach of professional conr
tesy in connection with the publication
of the Alverton sensation in last week’s
JOURNAL. The main facts in the dis
tressing case were secured by this paper
before he was seen.
THE REV. Mit. KEISTER, as will be
seen by the announcement in another
column of this issue, is going to give the
devil a few turns. THE JOURNAL de-sires
to be put down as hanking on the
reverend gentleman putting up a stiff
argument.
EVEN Holland has turned “Unde
Paul” Kruger down. Sympathy is a
good thing iu its place, b it it will take
more than that to stop John Bull’s
soldiers in South Africa.
THE New Kensington milk men are
not to say particularly afraid of hoard
of health prosecutions.
1: I
” “AU A ♦
Are not
Thieves JL*
That W
Dogs
Dork
At.”
Appearances are not always to
be relied on; neither are all
kinds of advertising Electrical
clock and similar catch-penny
devices are apt to entrap the
unwary They are better than
no advertising, but the same
money spent in the columns of
a local newspaper would yield a
hundred fold better returns.
This is the local newspaper
in this community that reaches
the homes of the best people.
It is therefore the medium the
advertiser should use.
We take pride in our paper.
We study the needs of our ad-vertising
patrons and are
pleased at any time to aid
them in any manner possible.
A JUDICIOUS
USE OF PAINT.
A Change of Scenecnn Ile'nhtallied wit li-mit
going away. Paint up the old objects
and the scenery of your homo will bo
vastly Improved. For .1 full Hue of tli?
best Paints’, oils, otc . go toj
J. W. SWARTZ,
Dealer in
WALL PAPER,
WINDOW SHADES
Paints. Oils. Varnishes. Rrushos. Artists’
Materials. Floor and Table Oilcloths. Lin-oleum.
Window and Picture Glass. Roof-ing
unci Building Paper. Picture and Wall
Moldings. Picture Frames made to order
and molding sold by the foot.
Paper Hanging a Specialty.
TelofecaU J* W. Swartz,
625 Main st., Mount Pleasant.
You
Are
Invited
_= to call and exam-
W ine the most com-plete
line of
fANCY CHINAWARE and LAMPS
that line ever been displayed in our
town. Call soon as the ware is selling
rapidly.
Have also all the good things found in
a first class Grocery. Goods delivered
promptly.
lA/IBLE’S,
Church street.
t
Only Too True
Greensburg Argus.
Business men complain of people buy-ing
merchandise out of town and howl
about patronizing home industry, and
then proheed to set an example of con-sistency
by giving their printing to out-siders.
A little encouragement to the
home newspaper would go a long way
toward correcting these evils. It takes
considerable grace for an editor to advo
cate home trading and see the imprints
of outside publications under the adver
rising matter of the very men he is try
ing to assist.
An Honest Confession.
Blairsville Courier.
A half hour’s sojourn on a street cor-ner
of a Saturday will show even a blind
man that prohibition does not prohibit,
and that either the speak-easy flonrish-eth
like a green bay tree or else the
Adams Express Company is working
double turn in rushing kegs, cases, jugs,
demijohns and various packages of that
sort into town.
An Editorial Mistake.
Somerset Democrat ,
Editors sometimes get into trouble
when no trouble is dreamed of, as did
the Missouri editor who thought he was
writing a very nice obituary notice. In
speaking of a respected old lady in his
town he made his paper say: “She was
a devoted Christian until about four
years ago, when she joined the Presby-terian
church.”
Trouble Ahead for Ghauncey.
Pittsburg News.
It will be noticed that Channcey M.
Depew, the chairman of the committee
that selected the most beautifnl women
in the Pan-American competition, is a
widower. No married man would take
the job.
And, No Wonder.
Pittsburg Leader.
When Frick puts the twentieth floor
on his Grant street sky scraper, the
whole town will be moved to break ont
with the chant, “What a strange and
wondrous story I”
•jfyotd Cooper|
W. H. COLES. Proprietor.
‘" Main St., - HOUNT PLEASANT. PA.
: ARE SURE WE WILL
Have our store crowded with customers every day
the remainder of this month. The prices we
name in our immense assortment will fetch ’em.
Here are the Crowd-drawing Magnets in Brief:
$4.45
for men’s and boys’ Suits.
Materials are wool, cheviots,
worsteds and bird eyes in
blue and black. Were until
now $0.50.
$7.25
for suits of all wool thibets,
cashmeres, and fancy wors-teds
in stripes and plaids.
Were until now $10.00.
$9.25
In and about
the House<«4a Everything
Highl Up-to-Date,
Including Bath and Toilet Rooms,
Telephones and Electric Bells.
FINE BAR ATTACHED.
GET THE BEST.
When in need of oil or gasoline buy
of the PEOPLE’S OIL COMPANY
Tuebest grades of oils and gasoline.
10-138t
for suits of pure wool diag-onals,
serges, line worsteds
and cashmeres, embracing a
great variety of patterns and
colors. Were until now $12
and $14.
UMBRELLAS—An
elegant assortment in nat-ural
wood, silver and gilt
handles from 65c up.
SIA/EATER S—In
blue, black, plain reds and
stripes for men, boys and
children, 35c Up.
$5.90
for blue, black or grey mel-ton
and chinchilla overcoats.
Were until now $8.50.
$9.50
for very fine coverts, kerseys
and vicunas. These are top
notch as to style and quality.
Were until now $12 to $15.
$2.00
for boys' overcoats. Only a
few left. Sizes for ages from
14 to 19. Were until now
$4.50.
$3.00
for mackintosh coats in tan
and greys with velvet collar.
A great bargain. Were un-til
now $4.50.
GLOV/ES. An endless
line of dress gloves
from r>0c to $5. All yiopu-lar
shades.
33 1-3 per ct. cut
in Hats and Caps in all the
latest styles, shapes and
colors, stiff or soft.
33/i per ct. Cut
on all our men’s Underwear
from the cheapest to the
best.
Gift-giving Goods
V
at prices that will save you
money.
Japanese Silk Initial Hand-kerchirfs,
3 for 25c.
Hundreds of Silk Mufflers,
the assortment of colors and
patterns so large that we
cannot go into detail, from
50c up.
Silver and gilt buckle silk
web Suspenders, the regular
$1.00 kind, for 65c.
An inexhaustible line of
Neckwear—tecks, imperials,
4 in-hands, in choicest silk
and satin, 25c and 50c.
33/$ per ct. Cut
on all Children’s Suits and
Overcoats.
The largest line of Monarch and
Mascot Dress Shirts, 50c up.
Under auy circumstances come before the selection is broken. If you are not prepared to
buy now make your selection and we will keep it for you until Christmas.
II. Goldstone,
...of... fhe famous Clothing House Main& Church
streets,
V Mount Pleasant
U-?v' Prom now until Christmas useful Glassware Presents GIVEN FREE with every
purchase of 25 cents and over.
PARKER’S.
SHOE STORE
Just opened at No. 711 Maimstreet, Mount Pleas-ant,
in rooms lately occupied by McWilliams &
Beltz.
We desire to call the especial attention of the
people of town and vicinity to this new place of
business as we feel sure that our stock of foot-wear,
EVERY BIT OF IT
JUST FROM THE FACTORY,
Wise Buyers will Capture
these Price-Prizes
Special Sale to Aid You in Selecting Your Christmas Gifts.
Ladies’ Jackets )
Ladies’ Box Coats i Reduced.
It is a short story. We bought sparingly at opening of sea-son;
owing to the backward season some manufacturers of fine
garments became alarmed and cut prices; we were in position to
buy at a saving of J to 1 and did so. These newest models, made
from fine cloths, are now at our store at prices $3.00 to $5 00 under
value
$12 and Si.3 Coats for $9.50.
Fine Kersey Box Coats, 27 inches long, silk lined throughout,
high flare collar. Black, castor, ox-blood.
Black and Oxford pebble cheviot jackets, satin lined, silk
velvet collar, swell man tailored garments, double breasted,
with plenty of silk stitching.
Royal, navy, brown and castor jackets, each one perfection
in cut and finish, of rich kersey, double breasted, Panne velvet
revers.
Tan, castor and black jackets of rich kersey, taffeta silk lined
fly front.
V
,r
is deserving at least of an inspection and that is
all we ask to begin with. The goods themselves
will do the rest.
We handle all the standard lines for men, women
and children, such as the Walkover and Stetson
for men and the Berry for ladies, and that, too,
in almost any width or weight.
THE BEST FELTS GRUBBERS
You are cordially invited to call and see that our
goods are just as represented.
Yours, anxious to please,
W. A. PYNE,
711 Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
famous WALKOVER Shoes arrived this week.
**«*»*»»»*»**«*»»*»»»*:•***'
Misses’ Jackets
Girls’ Jackets Lower Prices.
An immense variety at less than three fourths their
value. There are box coats, semi-tight fitting, back and box
front jackets in correct colors and cloths.
$5 and $6 Coats for $4.
Tan and royal wool kersey jackets, box front, Panne
velvet revers. very dressy.
Ox-blood and navy melton jackets trimmed with
stitched straps and buttons; others trimmed with narrow
braid, high collar, coat baek.
Tan jackets, lined throughout, neatly stitched.
$6 Plush Capes for $4.
This a special value; Salts seal plush, 27 inches long,
marten trimming on collar and front, lined with serge.
The many other styles of capes we have are just as
good values.
new models Etons,
Five and seven-
More Women’s Suits Reduced.
There are twenty-five in this lot, all
blonse front, box front and right-fitting jackets,
gore skirts with a sprinkling of circular flounces.
$!5and$l7 Suits for$l2.50.
Black pebble cheviot- satin lined, velvet collar, fly front jack-et—
many rows of silk stitching on both skirt and jacket.
Tight-fitting silk lined jacket, suit, made of fine mixed melton.
Fine homespun Eton suit—royal and oxford—jacket satin lined,
sans revers, collar of stitched black sarin.
Box-front, double breasted suit, loop fastenings, of very fine
Venetian, castor and brown. Blouse suit, silk lined jacket of
all wool Venetian, $10.
SCOTTDALE, F*J\.
\
TIIR MOUNT rr.KAHANT JOUHNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1900
For the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned.
LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN
THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST AND
ENTERTAIN.
A Department in Which the Local Editoi
Holds Hiph Carnival and Works off his
Surplus Energy in Condensations
That Deal Solely with Matters Relating
to Mount Pleasant
Dr. A. H. Myers will open his new
office at 812 Main street Monday.
The public schools will close today
for the two weeks of the holiday vaca-tion.
A patent on a clothes wringer has
juBt been granted the late A. H. Strick-ler,
of this place.
i/Rev. II. S. Wilson gnve his illustrated
/lecture, “In His Steps,” in theScottdale
7 U. P. church last night.
' Mrs. B. F. Mechling will entertain at
domino whist at her South Eagle street
home tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
8:80.
Dr. Edward Lowe, who has been suf-fering
from typhoid fever, was able to
come down stairs Tuesday for the first
time.
Friends of Joseph W. Stoner, oldest
son of H. W. Stoner, ot this place, will
regret to learn that he is seriously ill of
paralysis at his Greensburg home.
Irv. Morrow, formerly of this place
and now a B. & O. railroad detective, is
in jail in Cumberland charged with
threatening to shoot C. F. Woodford.
The McMillan Home Missionary So-ciety
will hold a praise service at the
Presbyterian church this evening at 7:80
when a thank offering will be taken up.
The petition for a new trial for the
two convicted murderers of Paymaster
Wilfred L. Hosier will come up Monday
next in argument court at Greensburg.
Goodman & Springer have purchased
the Gibbs & King picture framing out-fit
which they are now running in con-nection
with their photograph gallery.
THE JOURNAL is indebted to D. L.
Carpenter A Son, the Carpentertown
merchants, for a handsome calendar,
the first for the new year this office has
received.
The personal property of L. J. Peter
son, the East End music store man, is
advertised to be sold by the sheriff Mon
day next at the suit of the Display Man
ufocturing Company.
W. J. Palmer, of Scottdale, violated
. the rules at the Hotel Cooper Sunday,
bat adjusted matters by telephone with
Mayor Kuhn the next day by sending
up $15 with Officer Nugent.
There will be a musicale at the Insti-tute
tomorrow evening, with a cordial
invitation to the public to attend. The
school will close Tuesday next for the
holiday vacation of two weeks.
Prof. Jackson is all broken up over
the loss of his St. Bernard pup that is
about half grown and strayed away
from his South Chnreh street home
Monday. The professor will give all
his Christmas money for her return.
Miss Margaret Byars, of Alverton,
while here the other evening lost, be-tween
Hout's livery stable and the opera
house, a small brooch with five leaves
and five red sets. A suitable reward
will be paid for its return to this office.
James Gaffney, a son of Daniel Gaff-ney,
of this pluoe, and a freight brake-man
on the Southwest road, was run
down by an engine near Leuffer Satur
day and severely hurt. The injured
man was taken to his Everson boarding
house.
The clever First Baptist Ladies cleared
some $200 with the bazaar they gave in
the handsomely arranged lecture rooms
of their church Friday and Saturday
evenings. For the generous donations
from merchants the ladies feel especial-ly
grateful.
The Ottumwa male quartette and
reader pleased a fair-Bized audience in
the Grand Opera House Tuesday even-ing.
The next entertainment in the
course is Rev. Thomas McClary'slecture
on “The Mission of Truth” Saturday
evening, December 22nd.
Rabe F. Marsh, Esq., a memberof the
Westmoreland County Bar, will open a
branch office here in which he will
spend Monday afternoon and Tuesday
of each week, beginning December 17th.
He has secured desk room with S. C.
Stevenson in the First National Bank
block.
Joe Bolek, a Polish miner who
worked at Rainey's new Acme coke
works, was given a hearing before Jus-tice
Rhoades Tuesday on a charge of
having stolen a fellow workman's picks.
He was held for court aud, not being
able to give security for his appearance,
was sent to jail.
The Second Baptist church choir will
give a musical entertainment in the old
( Third Ward school building, tomorrow
evening, the object being to raise money
for the new Sunday school books. The
opening address will be made by Cap-tain
Thomas Finch, of Morewood, from
whom a real warm speech can be ex-pected.
The admission is ten cents.
HOLIDAY RATES.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
On account of the Christmas and New
Year Holidays the Baltimore & Ohio R.
R. will sell excursion tickets at greatly
reduced rates to aud from all points on
its line between Baltimore, Pittsburg,
Wheeling, Parkerslmrg.Strashurg Junc-tion
and intermediate points, good go-ing
Dec. 23, 24, 25, 31, and Jan. 1. 1901,
valid for return until Jan. 4, 1001, in-clusive.
Splendid Royal Blue Train service.
Pullman Palace Cars and B. & O. Din-ing
cars on through trains. dec 7 4t
It Is Unquestionably the Best.
From the Pittsburg Post December 1st.
The superior facilities of The Post for
publishing the world’s news was dem
onstrated again in Thursday’s sisue.
There are so many cases of this kiud
that it is almost unnecessary to point
them out to the reader, but occasionally
we cannot conceal our feeling of pride.
The Post was the only paper in Pitts
burg, and in fact one of the very few in
the world, to publish a detailed account
of the sinking of the Yesomite off the
Island of Guam. Other papers had less
than 50 words of a cablegram on the
subject, whereas The Post bad nearly a
column. In late editions our conteui
poraries managed to get hold of a re-port.
practically word for word The
Post’s cablegram, and supply it to a
small percentage of their readers.
The people know that by reading The
Post they get the news first and best.
Our circulation is proof of this state-ment.
IT
A Handsome Gift.
We defire to call the attention of our
readers to the Special Holiday Offering
of the well known firm of Jos. Fleming
& Son, 412 Market street, Pittsburg, Pa.
It has been their custom for several years
past at the holidays, to make such an
offering as is contained in their adver-tisement
in this issue, but we are assured
that on this i evasion they have gone the
limit both as to the artistic beanty and
attractiveness of the decanter, and the
quality of the wine contained therein.
Onr readers can rest assured that no
cutting on quality of their 200 odd va-rieties
of wines and liquors has taken
place in order to “even up” on the pres-ent.
Fleming’s don’t do things that
way—50 years of business existence lias
proved their reliability.
Telephoning Without Wires.
Wireless telephone and telegraph cir-cuits
will span the world in the next
hundred years. A husband in the mid-dle
of the Atlantic will be able to con
verse with his wife sitting in her boudoir
in Chicago. We will be able to tele-phone
to China, quite as readily as we
now talk from New York to Brooklyn.
By an automatic signal they will con-nect
with any circuit in their I lity
without the intervention of a “hello
girl.”—December Ladies’ Home Journal:
Reduced Rates to Baltimore and Wash-ington
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that on December 23, 24, 25,
31, and January 1, it will sell excursion
tickets from Pittsburg, Connellsville,
Uniontown, Dravosbnrg, Scottdale,
Braddock, Dunbar, Fairchance, Mount
Pleasant, Johnstown, Cumberland,
Hyndman. and Frederick, to Baltimore
and Washington, good to return until
January 4, 1901, inclusive, at rate of a
fare and a third for the round trip. 14-2
Deoember Outlook.
An orininal feature of an unusual
kind is the spirited Christmas poem
written for the Outlook by Dean Stubbs,
of Ely Cathedral. England. It is called
“Ave Jesu,” and it has been set to music
for The Outlook by the organist and
choirmaster of York Cathedral, Mr. T.
Tertins Noble. It is printed with dec-orntion
nnd illustration. ($3 a year.
The Outlook Company, 287 Fourth Ave-nue,
New York.)
Pictures are the most appreciated
Christmas gifts you can buy. Get a
negative now; then yonr pictures will
be finished by the holidays.
GOODMAN & SPRINGER.
Have yon a good photograph of your-self?
If not, why not let Goodman &
Springer make you one?
Onr aim is to please the trade. Onr
work is guaranteed.
GOODMAN & SPRINGER.
E. C. PIERCE,
Upholsterer,
Makes your old furniture new.
Leather work a specialty. All work
first class. Over Wible’s store, Chnreh
street. Local ’phone 135. 12-7-tf
It’s a gentleman’s whiskey, a pure de-licious
beverage and a grand appetizer.
Don’t forget the name. “I. W. Harper”
Whiskey. The kind vour grandfather
used! Sold by Grand Central Hotel,
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
To Cure A Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Brorno Quinine Tablets,
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
on each box. 25c. 8-24-ly
We can make yon any size or style in
pictures. Give us a call.
GOODMAN & SPRINGER.
TO-LET—Furnished room in a West
End residence. For further particulars
call at this office. 10 19 tf
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
■ Connellsville will entertain the old
Tenth regiment on its next annual re-union
some time next summer.
It is said the Pennsylvania Railroad
people intend adding a big electric
power plant to their new Youngwood
yards.
Greensburg Connell has passed a new
ordinance taxing all telegraph, telephone
and electric light poles one dollar a year
Straight.
Pittsburg will erect a monument to
the memory of the late Colonel Hawkins
at the entrance to either Schenley or
Highland park.
The new Geyer opera house at Scott-dale
has been thrown opeu to the pnblic.
While not as large as the one here it is
a very neat affair.
William McHugh, proprietor of the
McClelland house in Uniontown, has
purchased the Dolan house at Vander-bilt
from James Dolan.
Ligonier has two boards of health as
the result of local physicians failing to
agree in their diagnoses of cases of sick-ness
among school children.
Mrs. John Seade, of Ilahntown, an
Irwin suburb, gave birth to triplets Sat
nrday morning. They are three well
developed and likely girl babies.
The Irwin Council has passed an or-dinance
to annex West Irwin, which
will add about 200 population and $50,-
000 in valuation to the borough.
Irwin people are hustling to raise $25,-
000 for which the Pennsylvania Plate
Glass Company has agreed to rebuild its
plant that was burned there a few years
ago.
Ebenezer Wilson, formerly connected
with the Bell telephone service at New
Kensington, is wanted on charges of
having forged checks on business people
there.
Mrs. John Greene, an aged widow,
was burned to death last Thursday at
her Spring Hill, Fayette county, home,
by her dress catching lire at an open
grate.
The trustees of the South Side Baptist
church, of Connellsville, have prepared
plans for a handsome new church on the
corner of Morton avenue aud Pittsburg
street.
The Adame Express office at Blairs-ville
Intersection was broken into last
Wednesday night by burglars who blew
open the safe, but got only $2.95 for
their trouble.
Harvey T. Jaco was awarded $1,442
against G. Gansat Uniontown Saturday.
The men were interested with others in
a Pittsburg hotel a few years ago which
was sold and Jaco sued for his interest.
Andy, the 14-year-old son of Michael
Cuneo, of Greensburg, who ran away
from home last August, has been lo-cated
in the south where he is traveling
with a museum, doing the fat boy act.
F. E. Markell has bought the First
Baptist church property at Connellsville
and will erect a business block thereon.
The church people will build a new
place of worship as soon as they can
secure a site.
The mutilated corpse of a man found
at Sheppler two weeks ago has not yet
been identified. Mrs. Joseph May, of
Bradenville, who thought it might be
the body of her missing husband, found
such was not the case.
Bennett Clark and Bennett Shirley,
two young Ligonier township men,
were arrested and given a hearing Sat-urday
on a charge of disturbing a
religious meeting at Boucher. Both de-fendants
were held for court.
George McCartney, while walking
home on the B. & O. track near Point
Marion, Friday night, was struck by the
Fairmont southbound train and ground
to death. He was 45 years old and
leaves a wife and seven children.
Two tenement houses at Larimer,
owned by John McCallen, were destroy-ed
by fire Monday. Joseph Myers, a 14-
year-old bby who was helping to fight
the flames,fell from a neighboring build-ing,
sustaining serious, if not fatal, in-juries.
Rev. W. D. Cunningham, formerly
pastor of the Connellsville Christian
church and who was prevented by a
stroke of paralysis from becoming a mis-sionary
to Japan, has received a call
fron the California, I’a., people of that
denomination.
Dr. M. L. Root, the Greensburg Slavish
doctor, was laid up in the McKeesport
hospital the past week with a fractured
skull, got while resisting arrest at the
hands of a Duquesne constable on a
charge of larceny and receiving stole;
goods. Cross suits will follow.
[f it is dollars and cents you are after we can
save you lots of them if you center your
Xmas shopping at our stores. Such selection of
Pine Shoes, Clothing and Furnishing Goods was
never before shown in Mount Pleasant at such ex-ceedingly
low prices. Every father, mother, sister,
brother, all your relatives and friends are anxiously
awaiting the arrival of Kris Kindle. A fine Suit,
Overcoat,Shoes,Slippers, Umbrellas,Neckwear, Un-derwear,
Overshirts, Hosiery Hats and Caps, all
such articles make valuable presents andyourfriends
and relatives will appreciate them when they seethe
package comes from our stores, for our reputation
of handling the best Clothing and Shoes is undis-puted
and questioned by no one
CLOTHING.
$8.oo Men’s Overcoats in black,
blue-black or brown, C AA
and Oxford greys, at J vU
$n.oo Men’s Overcoats in all the
latest shades, 7 50
$15.00 Men’s Overcoats, Raglain
make, in different IA CTA
shades, at ■ £ JU
$7.00 Men’s Business Suits 500
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THE MOUNT TUFASANT JOUKNAI.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900.
"s
JUDGE HOKE S UOIJRT
SOME MORE JUSTICE DISPENSED AT
SANDY BEND.
8IIIK I.e<- Not Only I II1 n l.nnnilry
Foe, lint lino to l'ny n Fine, While
Hill Wreford nml Hum McGee Are
AIHO Properly Mulcted,
[Copyright, 1000, by C. B. Lewis.]
“Tills yere court beln opened fur
luzness,” said Ills honor ns he laid
aside the pipe he lmd been pulling at—
“this yere court liein open fur bizness
and the Goddess of Justice beln ready
to deal squarely by all men, Sing Lee,
the heathen, will stand up. Sing Lee,
you squint eyed son of China, you are
charged with drawiu n knife on Bob
Furbush.”
“He no payee wishee,” protested
Sing.
“I expect not. Bob never pays fur
anything if he kin dodge it. How he
A TALE Of WOE A TALE Of JOY
A small boy has
Sore Throat.
Mothereets the oil can,
Soaks a cloth,
Wraps boy’s neck.
Awake all night.
Next morning
Throat blistered;
Raw cs beefsteak.
Outside so sore.
Boy forgets inside.
Can't turn head for
8 days—sorry
They ever struck ‘lie,’
He thinks—“Next
Time I’ll keep mum;
Kerosene worse than
Sore Throat.
Don’t fool me again."
Same boy, a
Little older, wiser.
Sore Throat again.
No lamp oil for hits.
Heard of
TONSILINE.
School chum used It.
Telia mother.
Who pities hoy.
Buys a bottle, 25c.
Gives two doses.
Sleeps all night.
Morning-
Boy wakes up.
Throat all right.
One more family
Never v/ithout
TONSILINE
After that.
TONSILINE
SORE THROAT.
Is sife and pleasant to take and quick and
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THE TONSILINE CO., Canton, Ohio
SING LEE EXPLAINS.
ever happened to think of hevln a
shirt washed I can’t understand, hut,
of course, lie never calculated to pay
fur it. However, you busted the law
In drawin a knife on him, and it’s .$5
fine you'll hev to plank down. In im-posin
tills yere fine this yere court
wants it distinctly understood that he
ain't hlttin back at Chinn fur the Box-er
movement and the klllin off of mis-sionaries.
It’s a hunk of pure and un-adulterated
home Jestlee and is inflict-ed
witli a view of maintninin the
moral standard of the growin town of
Sandy Bend.
“Our second ease is flint of Bill Wre-ford.
Bill, git to your feet and look
upon this court in a respectful manner.
The charge is shootin at the postmas-ter
of tills town beknse lie couldn’t
scrape up nary letter fur you when you
called. You was too drunk to shoot
straight, but the shootin was ng'iu the
law, all the same."
“Hev we lost ail our rights in this
yere town?” asked Bill in plaintive
tones. “Can’t a fellow pop away no
more without bcin Interfered with?”
“Bill Wreford. things hev took a
change. Civilizashun and the goddess
hev arrived, and the whgopin old times
hev passed away furever. I kin sym-pathize
with you to a snrtin extent,
hut 1 must do my dooty all the same.
Your pop at the postmaster will cost
you $7 in lawful money, and the same
has got to be paid before 12 o’clock
noon. Arter the fine has bin paid I’m
willln to drink With you, to show that
thar’s no hard feelin's, but up to that
time we must keep law and friendship
in two separate pens. And this yere
court feels it his dooty as a court and
as a friend to say to you that thar
must he no more promiscuous poppin
willi your gun. We’ve got eiviliza-shun.
and we’ve got law. and both of
’em ar’ ag'in the promiscuous pop.
That’s all. Bill, except to say if you
feel homesick and broken hearted over
it you kin travel oh to Cndaverville ar-ter
payin your fine. That town is still
runnin on the old programme, and if
you don't shoot over three men a day
nobody’ll raise a fuss.
“Our third case is tlint of Sam Mc-
Gee, and Sam had better riz up with a
smile and treat this court with due
respect. The charge is stealin a eny-
Jisc, and of course he’ll deny it.”
“1 found that cayuse ID the hills,”
protested Sam. “Y’es, sir. lie was run-nin
astray and wantiu a master, and I
took him out of pity. When Pete Lar-kins
come along and claimed him.
didn't I give him up without a word?”
“Don't try any soft soap on this yere
court, Samuel, bekase it won't stick.
Hevin gobbled up that cayuse from in
front of Pete’s shanty you come ridin
over to Sandy Bend as gay as a pea-cock
and offered to sell the beast fur
$30. Later on you staked him fur $10
in a poker game, and it must Uev bin
'■owin to Providence that you didn’t
lose him. Pete struck your trail and
follered arter, and when he had over-liauled
you and teched your nose with
the muzzle of a gun you throwed up
your hands. That’s the way of it,
Samuel, and it’s no use to try to bluff
this court on ace high. Sittin right
yere and lookin at the matter from the
staudp’int of a private citizen and the
•owner of the Red Dog saloon I can’t
make out why Pete didn’t pump you
lull of lead and hold a funeral with no
mourners to speak of. Sittin right
yere and lookin from the staudp’int of
a jodge—of a jedge represents and
bound to carry out the la ws—I kin see
that Pete did the right thing in not
jnillin the trigger. Thar ain’t no sort
of doubt ’bout your stealin that cay-use,
but I can’t do with you as I’d like
to. We’ve got no Jail to speak of, and
the sheriff can’t keep you tied up to a
tree by the leg nor lead you around at
his heels. I shall tliarfore tine you $17
and give you the rush. I say $17 be-kase
I know you won it at poker and
hev got it in your pocket. In this
case poker aud the law go together.
Hear ye three times, and this temple
of Jestlee is now closed till tomorrer at
the same hour.” M. QUAD.
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Mount Pleasant, Pa.
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LimiTED,
Dealers in General Merchandise.
30 Large Stores in Westmoreland and fayette Counties.
We sell everything, but just now we feel like
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to tell you a little bit of truth about what we
offer you in these lines, if you will spare a few mo-ments
to listen to our speech.
Our Shoe salesmen are prepared first, to fit your
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to price; third, to tit your feet as to neatness and
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than guarantee them—we make good our guar-antee
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TIIE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FHIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1(100.
MAMEMC® ASPIRANT
.JENNIE ^^^iWTERBURY,' .
Copyright, by J.B.Lipp in cott Co*
, [CONTINUED.]
“I urn lit a loss”—the judge’s voice
hero took on u quality which liis col-leagues
were wont to dread—‘‘to dis-cover
any sum accredited to you at your
banker’s, where, I have been informed,
you do not possess a checkbook. At the
office where you are employed as report-er
I have received this recommendation,
flr, as M. Desmoulins calls it, renseigue-ments:
‘DeLucaze. Wherewithal? Nil.
Income? Nil. Intelligence? Unequal.
Ability? Undeniable. Salary, 400
francs a month. ’ ” He paused. “At your
club,” he added dryly, “your debts are
reported to exceed your winnings.”
There was a tine smile in the judge's
eyes as belaid the paper down. “So slim
a case had hardly been worth crossing
the Atlantic for,” he mused. Storn-mouth
could have conducted the matter
without his assistance.
Desmoulins had been moving toward
the door. He started as though he iiad
been shot as a man barred his exit—the
man designated as “The Rat,” Storn-wouth’s
garcon from Durand’s, with his
well known smooth face and little ferret
eyes. Desmoulins recognized him as his
direst foe. He it was, lie now remem-bered,
before whom he had laid his ne-farious
proposition as regarded De La-caze.
He recollected at this moment
that this man held him by the throat as
effectually as those papers of Judge
Deluo, which might encompass his ruin.
Before the occupants of the room
could acquire even recognition of the
arrival of this last overpowering wit-ness
of the two rascals’ consternation
and visible acknowledgment that the
game was up, Desmoulins, with a brief
Gallic exclamation which was as salient
ns it was rife with an awful purpose,
had thrown himself against the aston-
* ished newcomer and was dragging him
frantically through the doorway out on
the landing. There he fastened him by
the throat against the wall and pom-meled
him roundly. Then, before
Stornmouth or Doxie could come to “ The
Rat’s’^ rescue, Desmoulins had seized
him bodily in his arms and had thrown
him, with a dull crash, far down the
stairs. “The Rat” had been so suddenly
attacked—expectant only of a large re-mtvueration
for putting in an appear-ance
ftpon the scene where, he had been
assured by Stornmouth, his presence
would be sorely needed—that, taken
unawares, he was unprepared tc defend
himself.
When, bruised and shaken, happily
with no bones broken, but with his
countenance mashed from Gallic exuber-ance
to a mass of pulp, one eye nearly
gouged out, his throat encircled by a
purple rim, shaking from head to foot,
he was gathered up, he stuck his van-quished
head forth from the window of
the fiacre which Stornmouth had hired
for him to convey him to the juge de
paix with Desmoulins (the latter hav-ing
beon handed over to two sergeuts
de ville who had opportunely made
thoir appearance at this moment) and
gave vent to some memorable words.
“ ’Twas ho,” he said solemnly, with a
knowing wink, mindful of the promised
sum for constituting himself a witness,
“Desmoulins of the Eclair. Et je rn’en
ficho du reste. ”
Tho count had slunk away when
Stornmouth returned to the library. In-deed
the room was vacant, with the ex-ception
of a slight figure which stood
beside the mantelpiece gravely gazing
into the fire—a little figure in a pink
gown, with a pale face and shaking,
nervous hands.
“Priscilla,” said Stornmouth, “how
well, how very well, you know what
love is! Who taught you?”
“A man,” answered tho sweet voice,
“a man who misunderstood me”—the
voice grew firmer as it continued, as
though gathering courage as its owner
becarno strengthened by what the words
strung on it contained—“q man who
dared to think”—
“Dared?” Stornmouth quoted re-proachfully.
“Yes, dared,” said Priscilla. “Yon
thought,” she said, “oh, my dear, my
very dear!”—her hands were in Storn-mouth’s
hands by this time and she
was speaking very fast—“you thought
I played fast and loose with you—with
you! It was for Constance—all for Con-stance.
I wished to pull her through.”
“And you sacrificed yourself thus for
her?” Stornmouth spoke huskily, in a
tone wnien neld no small element of
awe and reverence. His hands were
clasping her shoulders. Presently one
of them crept up to the rounded chin
and turned the dearest little face in the
world toward the tender, searching eyes
that loved it better than life.
“She is so poor,” exclaimed Priscil-la,
“she could not pay her critics.
There was no other way. Besides, I
wished to teach both you and him a
losson. ”
“If you love me, ” whispered Storn-mouth
irrelevantly, with pardonable
audacity under the circumstances, “you
will, of your own accord, teach me
something I have longed to know all
my life. ” His brilliant eyes held a com-pelling,
masterful look which made
Priscilla tremble.
“Yes!” answered Priscilla, and then
she managed to ejaculate. ‘ ‘ And what
is that?”
“The lesson a woman teaches the man
she loves with all her soul when she
lays her lips on his and tells him in
that kiss she will be his wife.”
"Is there no other way?” demanded a
remarkably subdued, shaky little girlish
voice uttmousiT.
"No.”
“Well, I don’t, know that I mind
much,” whispered Priscilla.
CHAPTER XIV.
“The Rat” exhibited, in the confron-tation
with his assailant before the juge
de paix, a memory which made him fa-mous.
It held pigeonholed facts as a
honeycomb holds honey. Indeed he
proved himself so valuable an aid in
emphasizing Desmoulins’ just retribu-tion
that he received an offer—as soou
"Well, I don't knim- that I mind much,”
v hinpered Prfxcilla.
as shook off tic coils of French admin-istrative
methods—of the position of
head detective in a private force which
proved itself later to be possessed of
rare excellence and undeniable original-ity
in ways and means hitherto un-dreamed
of in the business.
Desmoulins, accused of collusion in
many cases of fraud concealed until
now, was sent to Alazas for a period of
two years. “The Rat” smiled grimly as
ho was marched off to prison between
two gendarmes. The exuberance returned
to his countenance and tho light to his
i iyes as he administered his own medi-j
cine to the individual who had sought
' for so long to suppress him.
De Lacaze slunk off toward the Midi,
having been informed by his employers
of the Figaro that his services were no
longer required.
The affair caused an immense stir in
Paris. It was deemed wise that its per-petrators
should be forgotten.
For three years Constance Bril la pur-sued
her vocal career. Then she retired
from tho stago. In those three years she
learned how sad a struggle women born
to private life assume when they elect
to cast in their lot witli those ungodly
and lowborn creatures with whom the
foreign stago almost invarialilg' over-flows.
Doxie returned to America with his
honest heart fired with new zeal now
that ho had her promise to work upon.
Constance’s loneliness was profound.
Friends she had none. Jealousy and
venom cap sheafed any possible con-tingency
in that delightful direction.
Her film character, her high standard
for art pure and simple, her desire to
succeed through merit, proved her
direst foes, since unconsciously they
assumed for her a superiority which ill
any other direction she was far from
feeling. Her better womanhood only-won
for her venomous innuendo from
her comrades of both genders. For the
foreign stage, feverish from incessant
contact with scurvy methods and talent
strung on a record of viciousness—a
viciousness perhaps acquired or inherit-ed
through strangling poverty and im-perative
association with immorality—
has at present very few instances of in-domitable
will, coupled with merit
spiritual as much as material, having
made its way worthily to the fore. It
has been proved, it is being proved, it
will be proved again and again, that suc-cess,
the highest, sweetest version of
righteous achievement, is practically
unattainable in this quarter for young,
beautiful and well bom foreigners un-less
through the most awful strife, a
strife incomprehensible perhaps, at least
unmastered, by onlookers at honie, a
strife which to uninitiated maidenhood
is as the blizzard to the hothouse flower,
a strife no less ceaseless nor racking
than the strife of the spirit against the
flesh.
When Constance turned her face to-ward
home, she experienced none of the
regret it might have been supposed
would be her portion upon taking such
a decision—a decision to renounce the
footlights for the fireside, the applause
of the multitude for the appreciation of
her friends. Rather she rejoiced, for
she recognized, sadly enough, that her
star would never be in the ascendant in
a country where human nature warred
against her peace with vile innuendo
and inappreciation of her noble battle
against deterioration. Her mind encom-passed
finally the sad conclusion that
she was purposely misunderstood. Hap
pily by that time Stephen Doxie came
in search of his wife.
At home at last, where the sound of
the thrashing machine made music for
her dreams, and the grasshoDners droned
out their monotonous song, and the odor
of salt and sedge drifted ita fragrant
freshness through tho honeysuckle
which sweetened hi r quiet thoughts,
she wrote one day a letter to Mrs. John
Stornmouth of New York.
“Stephen says, ” ran the little mis-sive,
“that every note I sing to him is
worth its weight in gold. Although ho
is not the greatest critic in the world,
somehow 1 believe him. By tho way,
dearie, are there not days when you are
glad that wo gave up our dreams—yours
of a title and mine of being a prinia
donna?”
“Constance, you dear old girl,” came
the answer, a month later, “how did
you ever know I wished to lie a count-ess?
John has never even suspected it.
Besides, it is all very well for you to be
resigned. You were a prinia donna.”
That very night the Stornmpuths
gave a dinner, a fashionable dinner,
with a pink and silver background,
Hungarians in a small conservatory at
tho left of the dining room, several of
the season’s prettiest debutantes and
Mrs. John turnmouth radiant at the
head of the table.
The conversation drifted on to the in-i
ternationul marriage question.
“Listen, ” Priscilla advised soberly,
' her hand on the dimpled wrist of a girl
at her side, a girl who had turned the
heads of half England’s noblest sons at
the queen’s last drawing room, a girl
with eyes like golden topazes and a
bead like a stag in its spirited carriage,
a brow for a tiara, the world said,
“listen. Don’t do it. There will he
days, you know, when the atmosphere
will be heavy as lead and your hus-band
won’t care to understand.”
“But how do you know?”
Priscilla flushed violently. Her eyes
caught Storumouth’s. His were guilty
of the old twinkle. “Hush!” she whis-pered
fearfully. “I came very near it.
He”—indicating her vis-a-vis—“never
knew how near.”
And just at that moment one of John
Storumouth’s most observing guests
wondered why his host threw back his
handsome head and gave vent to a ring-ing
laugh.
THE END.
Inn ueiido,
“Did you ever hear anything against
his honesty?”
“No, suh,” answered Mr. Erastus
Pinkly. “But lie eats chicken mighty
reg’lar on Sunday, an he's alius got an
umbefell when it rains.”—Washington
Star.
Everything; Ready
For-
Mnn’fi Fool Age.
A medical man has discovered that
neither in youth nor old age is a man
likely to make tile biggest fool of him-self.
Extreme youth usually Is con
sldered not to have arrived at the dig-nity
of years of discretion, yet a home-ly
proverb would have us believe that
"there is no fool like an old fool.” This
medical observer 1ms broached the the-ory
that there is an "aberration period
of middle life,” between the ages of 57
and 02. “If." he says, “a careful ex-amination
be made of the preventive
disasters of the last 20 years and of
the ages of those who were hold re-sponsible
by the verdict of mankind
for such lamentable Issues, there will
be found a strange coincidence in the
range of their ages.”
Here is an Interesting and practically
inexhaustible field for investigation.
Politicians who are "agin the govern-ment”
may trace the blunders of an
administration to the sinister influence
of some boss who was passing through
the fatal period at the time, and “re-grettable
incidents" of nil kinds, in
war or peace, may be traced to their
true origin, in time no doubt we
shall appreciate the necessity of re-quiring
all public men, oil entering the
fatal period, to take a five years’ holi-day
and to resume work only when
they have passed the age of aberration.
—New York Press.
IturiiH ami Tnm SaniNon.
Tam Samson was a gray haired vet-eran
sportsman, who on one occasion,
when out nioorfowl shooting and feel-ing
the weight of years begin to press
upon him, expressed the belief that the
expedition was to be his last and de-sired,
in somewhat tragic style, that
he might die and be burled in the
moors.
Burns, hearing of this, immediately
composed his famous elegy, in which
he related nt length the exploits and
skill of his hero, ending each verse
with the plaintive line, “Tam Samson’s
dead.”
Some one having told Samson that
Burns had written a poem—“a gey
queer nne”—about him, he sent for the
poet and in something like wrath asked
him to read what he had written. On
hearing the recital of his exploits he
smiled grimly and seemed by no means
displeased. “But,” he exclaimed, “I’m
no’ dead yet, Robin. Wherefore should
ye say that I’m dead?” Burns retired
for a few minutes; then be returned
and recited to Tnm the following verse,
which he had composed in the Inter-val:
PER CONTRA.
Go. Fame, an canter like a filly
Through a’ the streets an neuka of Killie;
Tell ev’ry eocial, honest billie
To cease his grievin,
For yet, unskaith'd by Death's gleg gullie,
Tam Samson's livinl
Samson laughed gleefully and ex-claimed.
“That’s no’ bad, Iiobin; that’ll
do,” and the poet was received once
more into his good graces.—Chambers’
Journal.
tike n Cat on a Wail.
A Scotch highland minister was very
fond of commenting on each verse as
he rend it out. On reading the precept,
“Walk circumspectly,” lie said: “Ye’ve
all seen a cat, my brethren, walking on
the top of a wall covered wi’ broken
bottles and bits of glass. See hoo it
lifts ae fit and then anither fit and hoo
slowly and carefully it puts it doon, to
keep clear of the sharp bits of glass.
And so, my brethren, In this warld o’
snares and pitfalls, we should be like
the cat on the wall—we should walk
circumspectly.”
Christmas Shoppers! i
Useful Presents for Everybody ! $
We have just received a large and well selected stock of the newest ^
and latest Holiday Novelties; also the liuest assortment of ^
fine Watches, Jewelry, Silverware 5
and Musical Instruments £
Come and look over our goods, and il you see anything you want, and you are not ready $
to buy, we will lay it aside for you. Here are a few of our special Holiday prices; Jh
A line Bruno Mandolin with 15 ribs and patent
head, very sweet in tone, from $2,50 up.
Mf!
* FJ£
A Fine Gent’s 14-karat Gold Filled
Watch, guaranteed for 20 years,
with a tine Elgin‘movement,
for $16.50.
We have a large assortment of Violins of many dif-ferent
makes that we are selling from $ 3.00 up.
A fine Rosewood
Guitar with patent
head, Bruno make,
from
$3.00 up.
<S?
P
F642.
A Fine Ladies’ 14-karat Gold Filled
Watch, guaranteed for 20 years,
with a line Elgin or Waltham
movement,
for $16.00.
Make
Your
Home
Happy.
We have a full line of Mouth Organs from SOc up.
Silverware.
We have a fine line of Tea Sets, Cream Pitchers,
Butter Dishes, Sugar Bowls, Cake Dishes, Berry
Dishes, Spoon Holders, Water Pitchers, Castors, Su-gar
shells, Butter Knives, 1847 Knives and Forks, Tea
and Table Spoons, and hundreds of other silver novel-ties
not mentioned
JE-Buy
a
Phono-graph
for $5.
Here is a little wonder—a talking machine—the greatest home entertainer that money
can buy. W’e have them from 35.00 up.
A Solid Silver Youth’s Watch,
with a fine New York Standard
or Swiss movement,
for $5.75.
A Ladies’ Solid Silver Chat Watch,
worth $0.50, for $4.25.
A Fine Ladies’ Gold Filled Watch,
guaranteed for 10 years, Elgin
movement, for $11.75.
We have the finest assortment
of Ladies’ and Gents’ Rings
that was ever shown to the
Mount Pleasant public. Don’t
fail to come and look at them.
If you are buying any
....Holiday Presents....
don’t fail to come and examine our
stock as you are sure to see some-thing
here that will suit you.
1 POSNER’S JEWELRY and
MUSIC STORE,
Main street, two doors above Zimmerman’s Furniture store, Mount Pleasant, Pa,
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, moo
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NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
ARMBRUST.
Jesse Ogg, our blacksmith, was shot1
I will be on the 14th of this month All
I citizens are cordially invited.
Saturday afternoon while hunting near Miss Rebecca Geary and Mr. Edward
New Alexandria with Wylie, the lit- Beistel were married at Alverton last
year old son of John C. Giffen, of that week and are now here visiting the
place Young Giffen shot at a pheasant, bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
but missed the bird, and one of the shot Geary. They intend to go to house-struck
Ogg in the right cheek, two inches keeping at Alverton.
below the temple, inflicting a painful. | Mjag McLean, of .Tones Mills, wns
bnt not serious, wound. Mr. Ogg was l>ajjjng tipon her cousin, Miss Olive Mc-able
to return home the same evening. ! Lean, this week.
H. O. Armbrnst spent Saturday in |
Derry. Re expects to go to firing on 1
the railroad as soon as any new men are
needed.
Miss Laura Rumbnugh has purchased
a parrot. He has not learned to talk
Don't let Raven freeze to the post next
time. .
Mrs Hunter has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. Adams, the past week.
Mrs. Jessie Freeman has bought the
yet, but, as parrots are naturally smart house and farm apposite the Progressive
birds, it will not be long until he has; <*««* fro“ Freeman Kalp where
learned the art. Then his proud mistress >*e intends moving in the spring.
will spend the evenings teaching him
funny stories and nice things to say to
Ed when he comes around.
William Armbrnst has moved his
abiding place to that of his daughter,
Mrs. Peterson, where he will stay dur-ing
the coming winter.
The young people are busily practic-ing
for a Christinas entertainment
which will be held sometime near that
day.
Winter is with us once again and
right glad we are to see it; for, we
know that winter means snow, and
snow means sleigh ride?, and sleigh
rides mean pretty girls and oceans of
fun besides. So let her come; the
sooner the better.
Mrs. A. J. Bowman is at Kregar car
ing for her mother, Mrs. David Berg,
who is very ill.
Harry Kalp is visiting friends it
Greensburg.
Solomon Sturtz purchased a new
buggy in Somerset last week.
Rev. McCauley is holding protracted
meeting at Zion's United Evangelical
church.
The young folks were out trying their
skates the other evening.
IIECLA.
The Bailey sisters. Misses Margaret
and Bessie, are the happy possessors of
an early Christmas gift from their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bailey.
It is a fine Fisher piano which Mr.
Bailey bought on a visit to Pittsburg
last Friday. It is a splendid instrument.
Rev. Watson, of Pleasant Unity’, will
preach in the local M E. church Sun-day
evening next at 7 o'clock, following
Christian Endeavor meeting.
Mrs. Fred Bailey’ went to Masontown
yesterday to visit her brother, James
Jeffrey, who is a mine boss at one of the
new coke plants near that place.
Mrs. Snedden, of Sharon, Pa., is here
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Laird.
Walter Dean's little son is seriously
ill. Mrs. Dean is having the assistance
of her mother, Mrs. Jacob Hull, of
Alice Mines.
The local coke plant is now running
six days a week.
The receipts of the box social for the
benefit of the school netted the clever
management over $30. One of the feat
ures of the pleasant event was a cake
walk which was won by Johnson Forbes
and Miss Lottie Sauerwine.
George Laird, wife and son, Master
Tom, were here over Sunday with Mrs.
Laird's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Dean.
Sandy Jeffrey was over at Masontown
the past week visiting hisbrother,James.
Miss Margaret Laird spent Sunday in
Connellsville with her friend, Miss Mary
Dick.
Mrs. Thomas Laird and Mrs. James
Bailey were in Greensburg Thursday
the guests of Mrs. J. W. Snedden.
The local Sunday school is making
preparation for its annual Christmas
service. Everything points to a nice
time.
Miss Jennie Laird was a Greensburg
caller Monday.
C. H. Fries spent Tuesday evening in
Greensburg.
CHAMPION.
Miss Minnie Newill was at Jones
Mills last week visiting her cousin, Miss
Nora Mathews.
Lenox and Charles Sleasman were over
at Scottdale Sunday to see their brother,
Henry, who is slowly recovering.
Sanlie has recovered.
Miss Kate Galentine, who had been
working at John Dumbauld’s, is now
staying at Leroy Kahrns.
Lenzy Sweitzer took a large load of
hay from his Springfield home to Mr.
Harman at Jones Mills where his brother
Cleve, the Indian creek mail carrier,
boards.
Miss Mary Solomon has returned home
from a visit paid Alverton friends.
Mrs. Jessie Freeman and Miss Annie
Sipe paid us a flying visit Saturday.
Protracted meeting is still in progress
at the Mt. Olivet church.
The spelling held at Weimers school
house was well attended.
We are glad to say the birthday party
given to Rev. McCauley’s little daughter,
Viola, was a snccess.
William Mathews and wife passed
through here Saturday.
The scholars of Weimer’s school aye
busy preparing for Patron's Day which
HAMMONDVILLE.
Risheberger & Co., the merchants
who recently started in business at this
place, were taken by surprise when the
Connellsville Grocery Company levied
on and sold their entire stock of dry
goods for a debt incurred by Mrs. D. H
Murray, who was formerly proprietor of
a store in the same building. The goods
thus sold were bought from parties dis-interested
in this debt, and placed there
by Risheberger & Co. and they will
enter suit to recover damages to the full
extent of tlje law.
D. H. Pershing is in Cambria county
this week addressing a farmer’s insti
tnte. “Uncle Dan’s" services have be-come
indispensable on occasions of this
kind throughout this end of the state.
Bridgeport now has an undertaking
establishment just opened by J. S. Shu
maker, late of Glencoe, Somerset conn
ty. He will also engage in the lumber
business with S. G. Martz as his part
ner. Mr. Martz will move from Glen
coe this week.
Road Supervisor Sanders has been re
pairing some of the bridges in the vi
cinity of Prittstown this week.
A mud sled would be of more use this
winter than a bob sled.
Norman Washabaugh transactedbusi
ness at Hamtuondville Monday.
John P. Gans is preparing for a trip
to Arkansas where he intends to pur-chase
a farm.
Clarence Keefer, of Fairchance, spent
Sunday here, the guest of George W.
Gans.
Miss Ethel Chalfant. teacher at Kell,
spent Sunday at Penusville, the guest of
her father.
Mrs. Thomas Greenawalt is on the
sick list this week.
Prof. Walters. Stiuimel spent Sunday
at home.
The attendance at Mud is not ns large
as usual because of diphtheria in the
district.
Austin Rhodes is seeking for a hog
that broke out of the pen last week
Anyone knowing of the hog should
notify Mr. Rhodes and receive a reward
Braden Queer, of Mount Pleasant,
called on his lady friend here Saturday
and Sunday.
Many people of Wooddale and vicinity
attended the institute at Mud on Satnr
day. The teacher, L. G Hauger, is
doing good work.
TAllR.
The funeral of Mrs. Christina Spiegel
whose death was noted in last week'
JOURNAL, took place here Friday, there
being a very large concourse of relatives
and friends. Impressive divine services
were conducted by the Rev. Dr. J
Sarver, of New Stanton, who was as
sisted by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, of the
local M. E. church, and at their close
the remains were laid to rest in Mount
Lebanon cemetery by her grandsons,
Edward and Rabe Marsh, ,lohn, Marsh
and Harry Campbell, Jay Spiegel and
John and George McCurdy.
C. P. Ruff, of Central, and his daugh
ter, Miss Lydia, were hurt by being
thrown from a buggy while on their
way to this place Monday morning.
The horse frightened and ran away
throwing both occupants out and wreck
ing the vehicle. Mr. Ruff was cut in the
face and bruised about the chest, while
Miss Ruff also suffered a scalp wound
besides bruises about the body. Miss
Ruff teaches in the public schools at
Scottdale and her father was bringing
her here to take the train for that place.
Joshua Evans, of New Stanton, who
recently had several ribs broken by a
kick from a colt, is in a serious condi-tion.
His son, John, died of lung trou-ble
Tuesday, aged 40 years.
Rev. Wilkinson delivered a fine lec-ture
in Lowe’s Hall at Rnffsdale last
evening.
The pupils of Strohm s school will
hold a box social this evening, intend-ing
to devote the proceeds to the pnr-hase
of a library. All are cordially in
vited to attend and help the good cause
along.
Two of the fattest porkers about the
village were butchered by Henry Eicher
Monday.
Daniel Lowstetter is exceedingly
lmppy over the birth of a fine big boy
Monday.
Alex Poole had his leg broken Tues-day
by slipping off a log.
Thomas Connard is laid up with a
sore hand, into which he ran a pick.
Nature’s Remedy Company, which
showed for a week here, left Wednesday
for West Newton.
ALVERTON.
The protracted meeting which has
been in progress during the past three
weeks at the Church of God closed Sun-day
evening.
Miss Daisy Parry visited friends in
Greensburg Wednesday.
Misses Emma and Mary White visited
Greensburg friends Wednesday.
Joseph Wheat and family moved to
Scottdale Monday last.
Mr. and Mrs. John Warheit have
moved from Homestead to this place.
The Epworth League, of this place,
will hold a box social in the school house
Saturday evening next.
Mrs. D. H. Leamon, of Greensburg
visited friends here Sunday last.
This will be observed as Patron's Day
by the public schools here.
Mrs. Sarah Stoner, of Scottdale, visit
ed friends here Thursday.
J. O. Sherrick, of Scottdale, spent a
few hours here Saturday calling on
friends. ,
William Maxwell and sister, Miss
Hannah, of United, spent Sunday here
with their brother, H. K. Maxwell, and
his family.
LAURELVI LLE.
This community is enjoying fine win
ter weather.
Butchering is still all the go here.
D. R. Berg, his daughter, Mrs. O'Don-nell,
and the latter's daughter, Mistress
Rachel, are just home from a Connells
ville visit.
W. S Leeper now receives salt by the
carload.
Walter Kooutz is at Raegantown
working as setter on a steam sawmill
James Fligor acted as guide for
Lemuel Byers from Ligonier to a tract
of timber on Neel's run owned by Hiram
Steele.
While some better, Mrs. D. R. Berg
is still housed up and suffers from short
ness of breath.
Robert O’Donnell's chickens are lay
ing all right now.
Robinson Berg carried off the prize at
Saturday’s rifle match.
A splendid dinner was served and the
hosts were the recipients of many nice
presents.
Winter has struck this section all in
a bunch, bnt the fall of snow wns not
sufficient to make sleighing.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caldwell have
the heartfelt sympathy of many friends
over the loss of their only daughter,
Goldie, who passed away November 37,
aged almost 13 mouths.
Itod gave her to tier parents;
On them her loss hardest fell
When lie took her to he with Him.
Yet God doeth all things well.
Stops the Cough and Works ott tho Cold
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No Cure, no Pay.
Price 25 cen ts. 8- 24 -1 y
, Annual Election of Officers.
rite anneal elect Ion of nine directors of t he
’irst. National Rank, to serve for t he ensuing
-ear, will he held in t he rooms of t he hank on
ruesday, .latiuary s, lltdl, between the hours
of 10 a. m amt 2 n. til.
John I). Illtclmian, Cashier.
Mount Pleasant. I’a.. Dee. 7. WOO.
The annual elect ion of utne directors of tin*
Itlzens National Rank, to serve Tor the en-siling
year will he held In tho rooms of I lie
hank on Tuesday. January s. W01. between
RUFFBDALE.
Mrs. Albert Williams was shopping
in Scottdale Saturday.
Typhoid fever patients are all slowly
improving. Mrs. Frank Leighty, whose
condition was a most serious one, is now
on the rond to recovery, being so
brought through the careful attendance
of Dr. A. S. Sherrick, of Alverton.
Of course, the people here wish to
know of the doings of their friends in
neighboring towns and they undonbt
edly wish their friends to know of their
doings. Now, if a few more subscrip
tions can be gotten, the local corre
spondont will be able to scatter broad
cast over the land each week all the
home news that will likely interest
many if not all.
CARPENTERTOWN .
Miss Babbie Lemmon is suffering from
an attack of tonsilitiB
Burrell and Raymond, sons of John
Riley, are ill, one of pneumonia and the
other of typhoid fever-
Miss Lottie Eicher, who is visiting
here, spent a few days at Stauffer the
past week.
W. G. Lemmon and Henry Blank
were business callers in Greensburg last
week.
The Mount Pleasant township teach
ers’ institute, held at Jack’s school house
Saturday, proved a well attended and
interesting meeting, the well arranged
program being that published in THE
JOURNAL. The next meeting will be
held at Ridgeview on January 18th.
BEAR ROCKS.
Some fifty people gathered Tt^
last at the hospitable home of Mr.
Mrs. David Coffman whose 40th wedding
anniversary was the happy occasion
Jay
and
FOR RENT—A furnished bedroom on
College avenue. Inquire at this office
12 7 tf
the hours of 40 a. m. and :: n. m.
olm L.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., Dec. 7
Ruth, Cashier.
1JI00.
The annual election of nine directors of the
armers & Merchants National Hank, to serve
for the ensuing year, will he held in the rooms
»f the hank on Tuesday. January 8, 1901. be-ween
the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
O. E Muliin, Cashier.
Mount Pleasant, Pa. Dec. 7, 1900.
The annual elect ion of seven directors of
. he Mount Pleasant Gas Company, to serve
for the ensuing year, will be held attheothec
of the company on Tuesday. January s. 1901,
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and ‘J p. m.
John L. Ruth. Secretary.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., Dec. 7, 1 00.
Tho annual meet Inc of t he stockholders of
the Mount Pleasant Electric Llirlit. Heat and
’ower Company will be held at the office of
he company on Tuesday, January 8. 1001, bc-ween
the hours of P» a. in. and 2 p. m.. for
he purpose of electing seven directors to
serve for the ensuing year.
John L. Ruth, Secretary.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., Dee. 7.1900.
The annual election of live directors of
he People’s Heating » ompnny. to serve for
the ensuing year, will be held at the < lllce of
the company on Tuesday. January 8,1001. be-tween
the hours of in a. m. and 2 p m.
John L. Ruth, Secretary.
Mount Pleasant. Pa.. Dec. 7. 1IKK).
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Mount, Pleasant Mutual Telehone Com-pany
will he held at thoofllre of t hecompany
on Tuesday. January 8. uml. between the
hours of0::t0 an < H o’clock p. in., for the pur-pose
of elect Ing seven directors, a secretary
md treasurer to serve for the ensuing year.
J. A. Stevenson. Secretary.
Mount Pleasant. L*a., Dec. 7, 1900.
he annual election of officers of the Mount
Pleasant Building and Loan Association will
he held at t he office of t he secretary on Fri-day,
January 1.1001. from (hJatoSo’clock p. in.
S. (’. Stevenson, Secretary.
Mount, Pleasant, Pa.. Dec. 7. 1000.
hereby given that at the same
UCKholders will vote on
Notice is „
annual meeting the stoc
the following proposed amendments to the
By-Laws of the said Mount Pleasant Building
& Loan Association, to wit:
ARTIOMS V.
See. ‘J, page 17. shall bo amended to read as
follows: “Each share of stock shall entitle
the holder to a loan of two hundred dollars.”
ARTICLE VI.
Sec. 1. page 17. shall lie amended to read ns
follows: “'Pile funds of the Association, as
they may be accumulated in the Treasury,
shall he loaned on application at, any time,
said application thereto!* to ho made to the
Secretary of the Association; all applications
for loans must he made on printed forms fur-nished
by the Association, and the same will
he acted upon in the order in which they are
received.”
Sec. 2. page IS. shall be amended to read as
follows: “Any person making an application
for a loan shall at the same time submit a
full description of his or her property, offered
as security, with the estimated value and
income, and such ot her information as shall
he required, and snail secure the payment of
said loan with legal interest and the premium
as fixed by the Board of Directors, by a satis-factory
judgment bond and mortgage upon
real estate in Westmoreland county, Penn-sylvania,
or assign other securities satisfac
tory to the entire Board of Directors, and for
every loan, shall in addition thereto, if con-sidered
necessary by the Hoard of Directors,
transfer one or more shares of stock to the
Association as collateral security, together
with a policy of insurance, when upon im-proved
property. All securities offered for
money loaned must he satisfactory to a ma-jority
of the Board of Directors. Securities
outside of Westmoreland county must he ap-proved
by the unanimous vote of the Board.
Each borrowing member shall pay to the As-sociation
monthly, on each share borrowed,
the sum of one dollar duos, onedollur interest
and the premium as fixed by the Boa