Mount Pleasant journal (December 19, 1902)

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YOU. 30. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER H>, 1002. NO. 51.
SANTA CLAUS
WILL VISIT
THE CHURCHES
And Pay His Respects to the
Little Ones
FOR WHOSE ENTERTAINMENT
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS ARE
NOW BEING MADE HERE.
The Different ProRiams Show That the
Qood Little Boys and Girls of Mount
Pleasant Will he Handsomely Remem-bered
at the Glad Christmas Time for
Their Faithful Attendance at the Sun-day
School.
Rev. WilBon will give a lantern slide
recital of “The Cricket ou the Hearth"
at the U. P. church on Christinas night.
The Methodist Episcopal people will
treat their Sunday school Sunday morn-i\
ig next, the annual entertainment to
follow on New Year's evening.
The Re-Union Presbyterian Sunday
school will give the cantata, “Santa
Claus’9 Defenders," in that church on
Christmas evening. It is a bright,
catchy piece, for which the little ones
have been faithfully practicing.
The United Brethren people will treat
theirtSunday school at 9:00 Christmas
morning. There will be no exercises.
The Reformed Sunday schools will
hold Christmas exercises and be treated,
at St. Johns on Christmas Eve and at the
First church in town Christmas evening.
In the country “The Coming of the
King” will be given and in town “The
Revolt of the Toys” with a real live
Santa Claus.
At the Second Baptist church Christ-mas
Eve there will be a Christmas tree
and treat for the Sunday school follow-ing
a short literary program.
There will be no special services at
the Church of God, but the Sunday
school will be given the usual treat Sun
day morning next.
The Lutheran Sunday school will also
be treated the same morning without
any special program.
At the First Baptist church on Christ-mas
Eve the Sunday school will give a
specially prepared literary and musical
program and then receive the usual
treat.
The A. M. E. Zion Sunday school
will give an entertainment and be
treated Christmas night.
At the three local Catholic churches
there will be the three usual masses on
Christmas morningat 5, Sand 11 o’clock
In additions to sermons by the Revs.
Fathers Collins, Statinsky and Siwiec,
the musical numbers will be special
features.
Sunday Sermons.
The subjects for Rev. Haines's ser-mons
at the First Baptist chnrch Sun-day
next are, morning, “The visit of
the Magi,” evening. “The Christmas
Anthem.”
Rev. H. S. Wilson will preach at the
United Presbyterian church Sabbath
next, in the morning on "The wise men
from the East” and in the evening on
“The wise men from the West.”
At the Re-Union Presbyterian church
Sunday next Rev. Lyle will preach in
the morning on "Good Tidings of Great
Joy” and in the evening on “If Christ
had not Come.”
At the Free Methodist chnrch, be-ginning
at 9:3U, next Sunday morning
will be devoted entirely to a rally of the
Sunday school, the pastor, Rev. Wad-ding,
making an address at 11 a. m. on
“Steps for increasing Snnday school
interest.” There will be a special ser-vice
at this church Christmas Eve to be
conducted by District Elder Zahniser
and followed by the usual treat.
Smallpox at Jeannette.
A young daughter of Dr. J. B. Wake-field,
of Jeannette, who formerlyresided
here, has smallpox. At first the report
was considered as only an idle rumor,tut
on Wednesday morning the home on
East Gaskill avenue was quarantined.
Dr. Wakefield had been attending many
eases of the dread disease in the vicinity
of Rnffsdale and Irwin and it is presum-ed
that he carried the disease to his own
home. ^
He Helped Ail Right.
William Billick, of Irwin, aged about
35 years, who waB sent to Johnstown
Monday evening to assist the employes
of the Adams Express Company during
the Christmas holiday rush, skipped out
Tuesday with $395 of the company’s
money.
Dougherty Is Lucky.
After being out nearly forty hours,
the Favette county jury in the case of
Marshall Dougherty, of Connellsville,
charged with the murder of John Re-cuski,
at Buffington, October 26 last, re-turned
a verdict of voluntary man-slaughter
Monday morning last.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During the Week.
Miss Anna McIntyre, of Greensbtirg,
spent last evening here with old friends.
Miss Ada Mortirnore spent the past
week in Connellsville with her cousin,
Miss Edith Nez.
Mrs. W. D. Mnllin, with son Clifford,
has gone to Ligonierto spend Christmas
with her parents.
The Misses Kalp will receive at croki
nole Tuesday evening next at their East
Main street home.
James C. Black and his bride, nee
Miss Carson, of Mnrqnoketa, Iowa, nr
rived here Monday.
Thomas Jones, wife nnd family, were
at Greenstnrg Tuesday attending a re
union of all the children of Mrs. Janet
Ramsay.
Mrs. George Schilling and little
daughter, of Franklin, Pa., are here
visiting relatives nnd old friends. Mr.
Schilling will join them tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Freed will
celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary
of their marriage Thursday evening,
January 1st, at their West End home.
Ex-Sheriff Harry Seanor and William
Jamison came down from Greensbnrg
last Friday for a political pow wow
with the former’s bosom friend, “Hud”
Jordan.
Clark Felgar, owing to the severe ill
ness of his mother, was called home last,
week from South Carolina where he
was taking lending parts with a theatri-cal
tronpe.
Misses Eern Braddoek and Blanche
Stoner, at Bncknell University, return
ed yesterday, lending the procession of
local students coming home for the hol-iday
vacation.
A YOUNG REGULAR
But He Hus Seen Much of tho Strenuous
Soldier's Life.
Lieut. H. E. H. King, of the Eighth
regiment, United States Infantry, who
is doing staff duty as an inspector of
state guards, dropped in here yesterday
to pay his respects to Mnj. James Har-kins,
whom as first lieutenant of Com-pany
E, he met at Manilla when the
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment was there
during the Simnish-American war. The
young regular comes of a race of war
riors. His father is a retired brigadier,
while his fonr uncles on that side of the
house have risen to the same rank,
three in the Union amiy and one in the
Confederacy.
Lieut. King served in China and then
with his command was taken back to
the Philippines and sent to the island of
Yignam. With a detachment of his
regiment he was captured there by the
inhabitants who are cannibals. He and
five others were tied to trees and were
compelled to witness the killing of
another of the captured soldiers. The
body was chopped up, thrown into a
kettle and eaten when cooked.
The lieutenant was chewing at the
hemp bonds that were tied about him
from head to foot v, hen discovered by
the feasters who forthwith knocked his
front teeth out with »a mallet. The
nervy officer, as soon as hfs captors fell
asleep, again got the rope in hiB bloody
mouth and worked the strands in two.
When freed himself, he loosed the bonds
of his companions and the little party
grabbed spears, stabbed toe sleeping
guards and escaped, soon falling in with
the balance of the regiment that had
started oat to hunt them. The lieuten-ant
now wears a false set of teeth and a
finely scarred forehead where he stopped
a Philippine bolo.
EVERYTHING SETTLED.
Jerry Peterson Freed of Charges of Em-bezzlement.
Jerry Peterson, of this place, the well
known musical instrument agent, whom
the Farrand Organ Company, of De-troit,
Michigan, had convicted of em-bezzlement
in the Westmoreland county
criminal conrt, has settled with the
prosecutor in full, the cases against him
have nolleprossed and he is a free man.
He had been ont on bail awaiting sen-tence.
No little credit for this amicable set-tlement
of the affair is due Justice Mc-
Williams, of this place, who made a re-cent
trip to Detroit for that purpose on
behalf of the defendant and finally suc-ceeded
in bringing the organ people
around to his way of thinking. It is
understood that Peterson gave the Far-rand
company $800 and paid all court
costs. The company wanted $3,600.
RAMSAY=JOHNSTON
PITTSBURG WEDDING.
Well Known Young Hount Pleasant People WEio are
Made One at the Motel Schenley Wednesday
Evening by Rev. Dr. S. E. Elliott.
MANY LOCAL RELATIVES AND FRIENDS PRESENT.
Mr. Morris R. Ramsay, fourth son of
the late Superintendent Robert Ramsay
and whose mother nnd other single
members of the family reside at Greens-bnrg,
and Miss Laura Estelle Johnston,
eldest daughter of Mrs. M. J. Johnston,
of this place, and late a teacher in the
public schools of Wilkinsburg, were
married at six o'clock Wednesday eve-ning
last at the Hotel Schenley, Pitts-burg,
by tbeir former Presbyterian pas
tor here, Rev. Dr. S. E. Elliott, now at
Crafton, a suburb of that city.
The ceremony was performed in a
private suite at the hotel, which was
elaborately decorated in the Christmas
colors, crimson nnd green. Masses of
foliage were skilfully disposed nnd all
the lights were shaded in deep crimson.
The wedding march was played on the
piano by a younger sister of the bride,
Miss Mayme Johnston. The bridal sup-per
was served at a dumb bell shaped
table in the private dining room, the
decorations consisting of a superb clus-ter
of Mexican poinsetta, with mounds
of white roses, white hyacinthsand del
icate ferns. A short and very informal
reception followed the ceremony and
later the same evening Mr. and Mrs
ItamBay left for Birmingham, Ala,,
where they will make their home.
Miss Grace Levan Jordan, of this
place, was maid of honor, and Mr.
James Snedden, of Opekiska, Va., a
cousin of the groom, was best man. The
bride wore a handsome gown of white
chiffon, beautifully embroidered and
made with a train over white silk. The
skirt was adorned with a mass of fine
ruffles and the bodice bad a semi trans
parent yoke, embroidered in white. She
wns without a veil and wore a single
white rose in her hair. Her bouquet
was of white roses nnd lilies of the val
ley, tied with many strands of very nar
row white ribbon, knotted with lilies of
the valley. The maid of honor was also
in white, n stylish gown of embroidered
net over white silk. She carried white
roses tied with pale green chiffon.
The guests present numbered some
fifty and were limited to the relatives
and close personal friends of the popu-lar
young principals. Mrs. Johnston,
tho mother of the bride, with Mrs.
Thomas Jones, sister of the groom, head-ed
the local list.
BYERS-BYERS SUITS.
One of the FamouB Accounts Nearing a
Settlement.
Arguments were heard before Judge
Doty in court at Greensbnrg Monday in
one of the now famous suits brought by
Jacob Byers against bis grandnephew,
W. S. Byers, Esq., of Greensbnrg. It
was that in which the plaintiff claimed
$11,058 collected by the defendant on a
judgment held by the plaintiff against
W. R. Barnhart, of Greensbnrg.
In his answer Attorney Byers admitted
having secured the sum mentioned, but
claimed a credit of $7,000 invested for
his grand nnole in the purchase of a
farm in Cecil county, Maryland, the
deed for which, however, the plaintiff
says he hasn't as yet seen. Lawyer By-ers
said he had on hand a balance of
$3,200 in the transaction and, upon be-ing
ordered to do so by the court, paid
it over to the plaintiff.
HUMEROUS INCIDENT.
BUTTERMORE ACQUITTED.
He Shot and Killed William Cunning-ham
at Coalbrook.
Charles Bntterrnore, of Connellsville.
was acqnitted in the Fayette county
criminal conrt Wednesday of the mur-der
of William Cunningham at Coal-brook
on October 9th last. When the
jury brought in the verdict after being
out only 40 minutes the defendant's
wife rushed in and kissed him in open
court.
Both young men worked at Coalbrook,
boarding at the home of Mrs. Keffer.
Before daylight on the day of the shoot
ing Cunningham started to his work in
the darkness. Later he returned and
knocked at the door. Mrs. Keefer
thought that some one was trying to
break into the house and asked Butter-more
to open the door. He did this and
seeing the figure on the porch he shot.
Cunningham fell and died in a short
time.
B. & 0. EXTENSION.
Rough on Fuller.
It is said that Senator Quay doesn’t
know when Governor elect Penny-packer
will announce his cabinet, nor
who will comprise it. It is believed
that Frank Fuller, of Uniontown,
who claims he was promised the secre-taryship
of state, will not get the place.
A Father Who Didn’t Know His Own
Child’s Picture.
Bob Goodman, the well known local
photographer, tells a good story on
Harry Bnrgess, the South West Con-nellsville
Coke Company's colored mes-senger
whose bravery and skill with the
revolver saved that corporation some
$5,000 in cash several years ago when
four foreigners held up the pay way
wagon and killed Paymaster W. L.
Hosier. It seems that Harry had some
negatives taken with a kodak, among
them one of his own little son, which he
wanted Robert to develop as a Christ-mas
present for bis wife.
The proud colored father called for
the proof with which he was delighted,
saying: “Yes, that’s the little rascal all
right.” But it wasn’t, for, as soon as
Mrs. Burgess got her eye on the picture
she saw it was the likeness of one of
Albert McKinney’s young hopefuls at
whom the kodak had been snapped.
“Davy” ran all the way from Dice’s
Extension to the gallery in order to stop
Bob from filling the order.
The Confluence & Oakland Branch to be
Run on to Morgantown.
Engineers for the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad are now surveying an extension
of the Continence and Oakland branch.
The contemplated extension diverts to
j the right at a point near the the ter-minus
of the road and strikes off throngh
Fayette county on the mountainous
portion into Northern West Virginia.
The object is to open the extension to
large timber and coal tracts which have
: been kept from coming into the market
through their isolated position.
The extension will connect with the
Baltimore & Ohio again at Morgantown,
making a short line between Northern
West Virginia and points east on the
main line of the Baltimore & Ohio.
Wharton township will be the greatest
gainer by the new road. Options have
been taken on thousands of acres of coal
and timber lands along the route of the
proposed road.
Holiday Attractions.
The holiday attractions at the Grand
Opera House are headed with “Old Si
Stebbins” for tomorrrow (Saturday)
evening. This is a big company and
carries its own band and orchestra, giv-ing
a parade at noon.
Manager Coldsmith has made a special
effort for Christmas day and has secured
the big spectacular scenic revival of
“New York Day by Day.” There will
be a matinee that afternoon at 2:30 and
the regular performance in the evening
Marie Corelli’s “Wormwood,” a
thrilling tale of the absinthe drinkers of
Paris, as taken from the famous novel,
“The Devil,” will be given Saturday
evening, December 27.
A Chance to Make Money,
The truly wonderful “Mechanical
Man, or the Malta Vita Figure” will be
on exhibition in the window of Tinst-man’s
grocery store this and tomorrow
afternoons and evenings, 2:80 and 7:30
o'clock, respectively. One hundred dol-lars
will be given to any one making
“It” smile. It’s a question whether “It”
is human or wax.
Big- Brick Plant Burned.
The big plant of the United States
Enameled Brick Company, located on
the banks of the Conematigh river oppo-site
Bolivar, was gutted by fire Monday
morning, causing a loss of $40,000, upon
which there is only partial insurance.
The plant was erected only five years
ago and is the largest of its kind in
Western Pennsylvania. The Reese-
Hammond Fire Brick Company, of Bol-ivar,
is one of the largest stockholders
in the concern.
COKE AND COAL.
Important Postal Ruling.
The Postal Department has just made
an important ruling in regard to regis-tered
mail which must now be signed
for by the addressee and, if not, it will
be returned to the sender. Heretofore re-sponsible
parties known to the postoffice
people have been permitted to sign for
and lift such mail.
A Nice Surprise Party.
Relatives and friends of Mrs. George
Galley gave her an agreeable farewell
surprise at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Sadie Bittner, on Thursday evening be-fore
leaving the next day with her little
daughter, Cleora, to join her husband
in their Los Angeles, California, home.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both
Mine and Yard.
The continued scarcity of cars makes
two lay off days a week of common oc-currence.
The H. C. Frick Coke Company,
throngh its president, Thomas Lynch,
on Tuesday last subscribed $2,500 to tho
Mount Pleasant Hospital Association.
The annual examination for mine
foreman and fire boss certificates in the
Ninth Bituminous District will be held
at Connellsville, Jannary 20, 21 and 22.
It is not unlikely that local coal ship
pers. who have been refused cars by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company be-cause
they deliver the output of their
mines in wagons, will bring suits for
heavy damages.
There is a rumor to the effect that
James W. Anawalt will resign the gen
eral snperintendency of the Union Sup
ply Company on Jannary I to accept of
a higher position with President Lynch,
of the Frick company.
The breaking of a pnmp Hooded the
Penn Gas Coal Company's mines at Ir-win
Wednesday, throwing 200 men ont
of employment. It will require a week
at least to get the water ont and the
mine in operation again.
Fire, supposed to have been started by
a tramp, burned some ten feet of the
building surrounding the old Boyle
shaft, just south of town, Monday eve-ning.
The damage done was small. The
shaft is nsed as a pumping station for
the Hazlette mines of the H. C. Frick
Coke Company.
The plant and holdings of the Colon
ial Coke Company at Smock, Fayette
connty, were sold Saturday to T. S.
Lackey and other Uniontown men, for
$275,000. The plant consists of 75 acres
of coal, 230 acres of snrface and some
100 ovens. The new owners will get
possession the first of the year, and will
at once enlarge the capacity of the
plant
F. R. Hazard, president of the Solvay
Process Corn].any, has organized a com-pany,
with a capital stock of $2,000,000,
for manufacturing coke and other by-products
of gas coal, theintention being
to compete with operators in this region
by building plants as the bases of bitu
minous coal. The most of the stock of
the new company will be taken by the
heads of departments and members of
the Solvay company.
MISSIONARY WORKERS.
The Foreign Society of the Free Metho
diet Church Organizes.
The newly elected officers of the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of
the local Free Methodist chnrch are:
President, Mrs. Donella Zahniser; vice
president, Mrs. G. C. Wadding; secre-tary,
Mrs. Elfreda Lachman; treasurer,
Miss Ella Davis. This society meets the
first Thursday of each month in the
chnrch and cordially invites the public
generally to attend its sessions.
The committee has arranged an espe-cially
interesting program for the Jan-nary
meeting when topics will be dis
cussed by Rev. E. S. Zahniser, his tal-ented
wife and the clever vice president,
Mrs. Wadding. Equally cordial invita-tions
are extended all to attend the other
week day as well as Sunday services at
the chnrch.
Teachers’ Institutes.
The number of Westmoreland teach-ers
in attendance at this week’s county-institute
was 833, the well arranged pro
gram, already published, being faith-fully
carried out under the direction of
Superintendent Ulerich. In addition to
the regular evening entertainments
there were banquets of the Indiana and
California state normal graduates and
two dances in honor of the female birch-wielders.
There were 477 Fayette connty teach
ers enrolled at theirinstitnte which was
held at Uniontown this week, a gain of
75 over last year.
UNION-SIIARON
STEEL COMPANY
GOBBLED UP
By the United States Steel
Corporation
FOR $45,000,000 STOCK TAKEN
BY THE SELLERS IN THE PUR-CHASING
COMBINE.
The Vast Holdings Thus'Transferred In-dude
the Big Mille at Donora and
Sharon, 6,000 Acres of Coking Coal in
Thle Region, 6,200 Acres of River Coal
and Valuable Ore and Railroad Prop-erties
That the Purchasers Needed in
Their Business.
The United States Steel Corporation
has gobbled np the newly formed
Union Sharon Steel Company, in which
H. C. Frick, the Mellons and former
State Senator William Flinn were lead-ing
spirits. The big deal was closed at
Chicago Tuesday.
The stockholders of the Union Sharon
company will not receive a cent of cash
for their holdings. The pnrchase by the
steel corporation means an issne of $45,-
000,000 of bonds, and the Union-Sharon
company stockholders will be given the
bonds of the steel corporation for their
stock. The Union-Sharon company
people will also furnish about $10,000,-
000 cash for the completion of such
work about their plants as the steel cor-poration
may direct. It is estimated
that $41,;>00,000 of the bonds will be re
qnired to complete the pnrchase, and
the remainder, or $8,500,000, will he
kept in the steel corporation treasury to
make any improvements in the plants
which are deemed necessary.
The properties thus transferred in-clude
the big mills at Donora and
Sharon, about 8,000 acres of coking coal
in the Connellsville region, besides ter-minal
railroads in the coke region, 6,200
acres of fuel coal on the Monongahela
river, limestone properties and valuable
developed ore mines in the Mesaba re-gion
and Marquette region, containing
about 40,000,000 tons of ore, two lake
steamers and steel railroad cars.
The steel corporation pays the ex/ict
cost of the manufacturing plants,, to be
determined by auditors appointed for
that purpose. For the real estate, ore
properties and the coal lands, it (will pay
something more than the cost value, but
not to exceed the present market value.
The stockholders of the Union and
Sharon plants agree to furnish about
$10,000,000 new cash, to be expended in
the completion of improvements and
further development of the properties in
such manner as the steel corporation
may determine.
The manner of paying for the prop-erty
will be by a bond issue of $45,000,-
000, secured on the property, and prin-cipal
and interest guaranteed by the
steel corporation. For the actual
money put into the manufacturing
property the stockholders will receive
these bonds at par. For the valne of
real estate, ore and coal, they will re-ceive
bonds at par, and for the $10,000,-
000 of new cash they will receive bonds
at par. The remainder of the bonds
will be kept in the treasury for use at
some future time in such further de-velopment
of the property as may be de-cided
on by the steel corporation.
The sellers' profit in the transaction
arises solely from their profit in operat-ing
their plants to date and in the in-creased
valne of their ore, coal and real
estate, some $5,000,000.
Mine Inspector Examination.
Miners from all over the bitnminons
district of Pennsylvania who recently
took the examination for the state mine
inspector grade in Pittsburg, with the
hope of getting one of the three new
appointments to be made when the re-districting
takes place, will know their
fate in a few days. On Wednesday last
in the Allegheny county conrt house the
examining board completed the work
of correcting the papers, and the results
will be announced as soon as the aver-ages
can be figured up.
Young Alverton People Wed.
Mr. John R. Ober and Miss Minnie
Brothers, both of Alverton, were mar-ried
Thursday morning here at the
West End parsonage of the Church of
God by Rev. S. G. Yahn. They will
reside at Alverton.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
That Befell two Unknown Slavs Ne
Smithton.
Two unknown Slavs were walking
the Pemickey railroad track near Smit
ton Saturday when a passenger tra
struck them. One was knocked frc
the track and the other fell under t
wheels. The latter’s head was cut i
and his body rolled down an emban
ment into the flooded Youghioghei
and was swept away.
The train was stopped and the mi
who was knocked from the track w
picked up and taken to a Pittsburg h<
pital. The surgeons there do not knc
yet whether he will live or die. He
badly hurt and is unable to give any i
formation abont himself.
Easy Way to Pay Debts.
The last order has been made in I
bankruptcy case of Jacob Shapira,
Ludwick, who conducted a store hi
several years ago, and his financ
troubles, which have been before I
United States district conrt, Pittsbu
are now ended. He paid his two hu
dred creditors 25 cents on the dol
and had $75.66 left
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THTC MOUNT P17KA8ANT JOURNAL, Fill DAT, DECEMBEll 10, 1002.
ERNETTE
MURDER.
The Coroners Jury Holds Mrs,
Killen and Tom Hoehe as Ac-cessories
Before and Af-ter
the Fact.
JOSEPH ROCHE m HOT IMPLICITED,
The final session of the eoroner'B In
quest in the killing of Louis Ernette. in
North Jeannette, on the morning of No
vember 20th, waB held in the Jeannette
town hall Saturday night last. Many
witnesses were examined nnd testimony
was given that proves beyond donbt the
complicity of Thomas Roche and his
bister. Winifred Killen, in the crime, for
which George Killen, the latter's bus
band, has confessed. The woman’s
other brother Joseph was not impliea-cated.
The finding of the jury was:
"We, the jury, come to the conclusion
that Louis Ernette came to his death by
gunshots produced by bulletB fired with
felonious intent from a revolver in the
hands of George P. Killen. on Novem
ber28, 1902, at the Capelle fan works,
in Penn township. We find that Wini
fred Killen and Thomas Roche were ac-cessories
before nnd after the fact in the
said killing, and we recommend that the
said George Killen, Winifred Killen and
Thomas Roche be held for the grand
jury on the charge of murder.”
Ail Interim.
•‘Johnny.”
“What, dud?”
“I’ve been thlnkln’ ’bout how you can
put in your time to best advantage.”
“Yes, dad.”
“Is the corn all In an’ the potatoes
dug?”
“Yep.”
“The winter wheat sowed an’ the ap-ples
barr’led?”
“Yep.”
“Then I don’t see why you shouldn’t
go to town for a couple o’ months
’tween now an’ Christmas an’ git you a
college degree. There ain’t much else
to do.”—Newark News.
FOR SALK OR RKNT:—fi-rootn dwell
ing house, with modern improvements,
good outbuildings and about 1!) acres of
land underlaid with coal, sitnnted mid
way between New Stanton and Hunker.
For further information call on or ad
dress Joseph Kellar, New Stanton, or
David Gelb, 1417 Carson street, South
Side, Pittsburg, Pa. 11 21 tf
Very Likely the Caae.
“As I recall it, when men were mak-ing
a fierce crusade against women
wearing their hats in theaters the '
women refused to take them off.”
“They did.”
“And then, after awhile, they took I
them off.”
“They did.”
“I wonder why?”
“Just because there was no satisfac-tion
in wearing them after the men
stopped protesting.”—Chicago Post.
The Pride of Heroes.
Many soldiers in the last war wrote
to say that for Scratches, Bruises, Cuts,
Wounds, Corns, Sore Feet and Stiff
Joints, Btick)en’8 Arnii a Salve is the
best in the World. Same for Burns,
Scolds, Boils, Ulcers, Skin Eruptions
'and Piles. It cures or no pay. Only
25c at H. F. Barkley’s drug store. 5 19
Gtood Upholstering-.
Hiram Gilson is once more prepared
to do all kinds of upholstering work at |
reasonable prices. If left either at his I
West Main street borne or Gibbs & I
King’s store, orders will receive prompt i
attention. 11 14 tf
PROSPEROUS TIMES
can not last always. Prepare for a rainy day
by depositing your spare cash with the Real
Kstato Trust Company, 311 Fourth ave-nue,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Four per cent, paid on
savings accounts.
Cs.plte.1 &nd Surplus $3,700,000.00.
ANY CHURCH or parson-age
or institution supported by
voluntary contribution will be
given a liberal quantity of the
Longman & Martinez Paints
whenever they paint.
NOTE—This has been our cus-tom
for twenty-seven years; any
building not. satisfactorily paint-ed,
will be repainted at our ex-pense;
about one gallon of Lin-seed
Oil to be added to every
gallon of the paint to make ready
for use; it’s mixed in two min-utes,
and the cost of the paint
thereby reduced to about .$1.25
per gallon and it then contains
more linseed oil (the life of paint)
than any other paint in the world
and will wear twice as long.
Yearly product over one million
gallons. Apply to any of our
agents, always the best mer-chant
in every city and town in
the United States.
Longman & Martinez.
Sole agents C. L. Kuhn. Mount
Pleasant, Pa. 10 10 12t
We Buy Train Loads, Others
Buy Car Loads, That’s the Reason We Buy
PURHITDRE HID CARPETS
Cheaper than any house in the state. That is the reason we
can sell cheaper than others.
TLIC IT A H This Yearto Give Household
I I yj I H [I I MU Articles for Holiday Gifts.
DON’T BOTHER ABOUT THE MONEY
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
OCCUPY BOTH CORNERS WEL. 10th and PENN, PITTSBURGH
Come have a look or write for prices and mention
this paper
From the lace looms to your own rooms
We are the largest manufacturers of lace curtains in the United States, and we are also
the leading importers of fine lace curtains in this country. For the purpose of quickly in-troducing
to the public our Duchess brand of cuttams, we have concluded to appeal directly
to the consumers of the goods, and hence we a ivertUe our curtain 4 from the lace looms to
your own rooms, without intermediate profits to jobbers and retailers. We offer you lace
curtains at a price which ' ou cannot duplicate in \our own town at any price.
UPON RECEIPT OF $2.00
We will ship you by express, prepaid, a pair of our lace curtains which will prove to be of
the ve v b st value to you for the money, 'two pair $4.00
There is no other concern in the world that can compare with ut on quality or price and
design We are leaders in our line and recognize no competition. Our popular style oi
Dueness brand, which we offer to the public at $2 00per pair, express prepaid, This curtain
is full 64 inches wide by 3% yards long. All orders will receive prompt attention.
THE BIG
STORE
Tenth and Penn
ERING’S
PITTSBURG
W© Pay Th© Freight
Bad Taste in the
Mouth
I
When you get up in the
morning with a coated tongue
and a bad taste in the mouth,
you may or may not be seri-ously
ill, but if there is any
disease going, your system is
just right to catch it.
We know what you think—
first you are half persuaded to
try Vinol, and then you say
to yourself: “ That’s the same
story all the medicines tell; I’ve
heard it before.”
But Vinol is not like other
medicines. If it were, we
shouldn’t be talking about it in
any special way.
If you will regulate your
bowels with Vinlax and take
Vinol to improve your diges-tion
and assimilation of food,
these troubles, with the head-ache,
“ liver complaint,” neu-ralgia,
rheumatic pains, and
nerve troubles will disappear
as by magic.
We pay back the money if it
doesn’t help you.
II. F. BARKLEY,
DRUGGIST.
Mall Orders Supplied. $1 per Bottle. Express paid.
... IF YOU WANT
A GOOD PIANO,
At a Reasonable Price !
Just drop in and see our stock of fine
instruments fresh from the factory.
J. B. MYERS, Jr.,
313 East Main st.. Mount Pleasant.
We also buy al. Kinds
of Furs.
Have You a Savings
Account with the
PITTSBURGH BANK FOR SAYINGS
Smlthfield St. and Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA ?
Don't allow an out of town residence
interfere with your opening an account
with us,because you can bank by mail.
Write us todayfor booklet onthe subject.
Established 1862. $12,000,000 Deposits.
30,000 Depositors. 4 per cent. Interest,
Application for Charter.
Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made to the Governor of Pennsylva-nia
on Monday. December 22nd. 11)02, byJ.
Wade Shupe. John I). Hitchman and .J. J.
Hout. and ot hers under the Act of Assembly,
entitled “An act to provide for the incorpo-ration
and regulation of certain corpora-tions,"
approved April 29th, 1*74. and tlie sup-plements
thereto, for tlie charter of an in-tended
corporation to lie called. “Brush Run
Coal Company,” the charter and oliject of
which i-, mining coal and <>t her minerals in-cidentally
developed, tlie manufacture of
coke and other products of said coal and other
minerals incidentally developed. and
the transportation to market and sale
of said coal, coke or other minerals
incidentally developed, in crude or manufact-ured
form, and for tills purpose to erect,
maintain and use all necessary and conveni-ent
buildings, machinery, cars and applian-ces.
and for these purposes to luivo. possess,
and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privi-leges
of said Act of Assembly and supple-ments
thereto. N. A. COKT, Solicitor.
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I RADE IVIAHKS
DESIGNS
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Anyone sending a sketch nnd description may
quickly uscertnln our opinion free whether an
Invention is probably patentable. Communica-tions
strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents
sent free. OldeBt agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munu & Co. receive
special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly,
oulatlon of any scientific Journal,
year
Largest clr-
Journal. Terms, $3 a
four months, $L Bold by all newsdealers.
J0O.381Bro.dwa,. New York Offloe. (126 K St„ Washington. 1). 0.
Store Room for Rent. :HK Fixtures tor Sale
To Quit
BUSINESS!
This is not a mere sale talk, but an ad. full of emphasis.
This is not called a bargain sale entirely for its warp of
remarkable offers and woof of very low prices, but for the
single thread of honesty which is interwoven into its state-ments--
adhering strictly to the truth. In a word, “110t fIfinQ
blank cartridges,” like others have done or are trying to do.
This is positively a
Closing Out Sale
as we are determined to quit business and leave the town.
Competition ceases to compete, as no sane or solvent house
will even pretend to quote prices as we are on our new and
most up-to-date stock, consisting of
Clothing, Furnisnings,
Shoes, Trunks, Hats, Etc.
Until the entire stock is closed out at the following prices:
Men’s Suits,
$5 Suits,
selling out price,
$8 Suits,
selling out price, 4io Suits,
selling out price.
$15 Suits,
selling out price,
$18 and $20 Suits,
selling out price,
$2.25
4 50
5 25
9 50
12 50
175
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Over-coats
at accordingly sacrificing prices.
Young Men’s Suits.
$2 25
4 50
5 50
$5 Suits,
selling out price,
$8 Suits,
selling out price,
$10 and $12 Suits,
selling out price,
Men’s Pants.
$2.50 Men’s Worsted Pants, Cl OC
selling out price, vl fcU
$2.20 Corduroy Pants, 125
selling out price,
$3 Men’s Worsted Pants,
selling out price, 150
$4 Men’s Worsted Pants,
selling out price,
$5 and $5.50 Worsted Pants,
selling out price,
75c Jean Pants,
selling out price,
$3 Linen Corduroy Pants,
every pair guaranteed,
selling out price,
Underwear, Etc.
65c fleece lined underwear,
selling out price,
50c fleece lined underwear,
selling out price,
$1.00 wool underwear,
selling out price,
$1.25 wool underwear,
selling out price,
$1.75 men’s very fine all wool
worsted underwear,
selling out price,
ioc red or blue Handkerchiefs
selling out price,
25c heavy all wool Hose,
selling out price,
50c Sweaters,
selling out price,
$1.00 all wool Sweaters,
selling out price,
$1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50
Sweaters at accordingly sacrificing
prices.
The space being too small to enumerate all the Money-
Saving Items we have for you, therefore, we invite you to
call in person. A call at our store will convince you.
KOBACKER’S
Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing and Shoe House,
Main street, = MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Fixtures for Sale. Store Room tor Rent.
l’HTC MOUNT PLWAHANT JOURNAIi, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1002.
AN AGED
SINNER.
Old Peter Zimmerman, the No-torious
Horse Thief Who
Stole his first Animal
Near this Place
SENT 10 THE PEN FOB TEN MORE MRS.
Peter Zimmerman, the notorious old
horse thief, aged 78 years, stood before
Judge Harry White in the Indi-ana
county criminal court last Friday
and pleaded to be sent to the peniten-tiary
for life so as to be removed from
temptation. When he had been accom-modated
with ten years, he said:
I
and was sent to the ‘pen.’ When I was
released I started in business ns a horse
thief.
“During the Civil war I had a har-vest.
Horses were in great demand,
and I delivered to the Federal govern-ment
over fifty animals in the four
years of the contest. T was rich after
‘Forty years of my life I have spent i the war, but reverses came and I had
in prison, and all for horse stealing and ! to steal horses again to secure a liveli-
I want to end my days there. Let me
think, I don’t know whether I have
stolen 150 or 100 horses.
“Mv first theft was committed near
Mount Pleasant when I was 19 years
old. I just took a horse to ride to Som-erset
to attend a circus. I was arrested
hood.
“I love horses, and I cannot pass a
field in which a good specimen is at
pasture without a great struggle 1
never stole a horse from a widow or
from a man poorer than I. I never
whipped a horse in all my life."
4
A Million Voices
Could hardly express the thanks of
Homer Hall, of West Point, la. Listen
I why: A severe cold had settled on his
A* s JiudJged Fl 0111 tlhueUPoraUstAWIenent'cS glungs, causing a most obstinate cough everai physicians said he had consump
Trade Reports
WHEN CAREFULLY COMPILED
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READ-ERS
OF THE JOURNAL
Lower Temperature and Holiday
mauds Have Combined to Accelerate
Retail Trade, Sales Largely Exceeding
the Corresponding Week in Preceding
Years. The Pressure iB Still Greatest
for Railway Supplies, With Structural
Material next as to Urgency ofdema ;d.
Lower temperature and holiday de-mands
have combined to acelerate re-tail
trade, sales largely exceeding the
the corresponding week in preceding
years. Much postponed business is be-ing
made up and shipping departments
are crowded with work, but wholesale
trade has ruled quiet. Railroad earn-ings
for November exceeded last year’s
by 7 per cent, and those of 19UU by 20.5
per cent.
At first glance the sudden rise in fur-nace
stocks of pig iron to 94,295 tons
compared with 71,858 on November 1,
might suggest that consumption was
below production, but obviously any ac-cumulation
that occurs is due to inade-quate
transporting facilities, since needs
are urgent, as evidenced by the imports
of eastern steel works. The pressure is
still greatest for railway supplies, with
structural material next as to urgency
of demand.
Small supplementary orders for spring
shoes are received by New England
shops, but the season is practically oyer.
Aside from activity in Union sole, the
leather market has been quiet. Further
recessions have occurred in domestic
hides. On the other hand, foreign dry
hides are firmly held, despite increased
receipts.
Conditions are practically unchanged
as to cotton goods, a fair volume of
orders preventing accumulation at the
mills. Quotations are steady and 6x
port sales of heavy brown cottons con-tinue
small. Woolen goods for next
fall have been opened at an average ad-vance
of from 5 to 10 per cent.
Failures this week in the United
States are 269 against 204 last week, 213
the preceding week and 273 the corre-sponding
week last year; in Canada, 30
against 15 last week, 16 the proceeding
week and 17 last year.
GRAIN. VLODK AND FEED—WHOLESALE.
Wheat,, per bu
Oats, per bu
Corn, per bu
Corn Meal, per bbl„ bolted....'.
Flour, pateut, per bbl -
Chopped feed(corn and oatsjper ton
Bran, per ton
Middlinns per ton
Mill Feed, per ton
ilay. baled, per ton
Hay, loose, per ton
QKOCEK1ES AND PRODUCE—RETAIL.
physic
i tion, but could not help him. When all
thought he was doomed he began to use
' Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump-
I tion and writes-“it completely cured
! me and saved my life. I now weigh
227 lbs.” It’s positively guaranteed for
■ Coughs, Colds and Lung troubles. Price
| 50c and |1. Trial bottles free at II. F.
De- Barkley’s. 5 19
SORE MOUTH There is nothing so
good as Ozoline. It never fails to cure
M. A. Bowman.
4 Per Cent, on Savings
Deposits
subject to withdrawal of $ioo without
notice, and 2 per cent, on Checking Ac-counts
at Pittsburg Trust Company.
Interest compounded semi-annually. Cap-ital,
surplus ml profits exceedingi'6,ooo,ooo
and deposits over £10,000,000. Do all
your hanking by mail. Send for two-huiulieil
year calendar free. 323 Fourth
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
NA. COllT, • AATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Mount pieiisunt
Office adjoining Eagle street residence,
t, Pa.
RABE F. MARSH,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW.
4(1 Bank & Trust Building, Greensburg
First National Bank Building. Mount Pleas-ant.
Pa.. Tuesday and Wednesday of each
week.
EUGENE WARDEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
208 Main street, Greensburg.
Brnddock Block, Monnt Pleasaut.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building, Greensburg.
A. KALI’,
Agency.
Real Estate and Insurance
888 East Main street.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
RUL ESTATE & INSURANCE,
487 MAIN ST.. MOUNT PLEASANT.
L. S. RHOADES,
JUSIICIOFTHE PMU Willi PUBLIC.
All kinds of legal papers prepared and exe
euted. Collecting a specialty.
Office 1109 Main Street. Mount Pleasant
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock $100,000
OFFICERS:
H. W. Stoner, J. D. Hltchman,
President. Cashier.
G. W. Stoner.Vice President
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock,
Surplus Fund,
$50,000.00.
$10,000.00.
OFFICERS.
J. 8. Hltchman, President.
J. L. Ruth, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
E. T. Hltchman, John Husband.
J. L. Ruth. O. P. Shupe.
J. A. Warden, J. 8. Hltchman.
J. C. Orownover. J. L. Myers,
Jno. M. Stauffer.
Farmers & flerchants
^NATIONAL BANK.[x>
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
CAPITAL STOCK. $50,000.00.
OFFICERS:
It. K. Hissem, President,
James Neel. Vice President,
O. E. Mullin, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
R. K. Hissem, Abraham Ruff,
Frank I). Barnhart, E. T. Fox,
«. R. Ituff. L. S. Tinstman,
D. H. Persb g, James N#el,
9. P. Zimmerman.
DIRECTORS.
J. S. Hltchman,
H. W. Stoner.
J. C. Crownover,
S N. Warden,
J. I). Hltchman,
Wm. B. Neel,
Jos. It. Stauffer.
Dr. J. II. Clark.
C. W. Stoner.
Particular attention given to collections, and
proceeds promptly settled.
Burglar and Fire Alarms
To protect your stores and residences.
Telephone and Bell Work.
Write or call for estimates.
FRANK J. REESE,
'04 Main st. 7 4 Mount Pleasant. Pa.
SORE THROAT—A few doses of
Ozoline cures it. M. A. Bowman.
Get a Yale muffler (the newest thing
out) for brother. Yon will be sure to
please him. At Goldstone’s. 12 12 2t
QUINSY- To prevent it take Ozoline
in time. There is nothing better. M.
A. Bowman.
* JUUUyu kA: in: ^ *
If it’s
JEWELRY
You’re looking for, t We’ve got It All.
K
67
42
67
3 25
4 00
26 GO-
21 00
21 00
22 50
17 00
10 00
Watches,
Chains,
Rings,
Collar Buttons,
Studs,
Brooches,
Gold Pens,
Clocks,
Charms,
Bracelets
CuffButtons,
Scarf Pins,
Ear Rings,
Inkstands,
and a complete
some line of
and very hand-
All the latest designs and the
largest stock in town
We ask simply that you call
and examine goods and sam-ples
before purchasing
COMPETENT WORKMEN.
If you wish to have the hanging
done on paper bought of us.
remember we employ onlj
the most competent work
men and guarantee all work,
Respectfully
J. B. Coldsmith,
“On the Hill,”
MOUNT PLEASANT.
FOR SALE—A second hand Hot Air
Heater, in good condition, with pipes
and fixtures. Inquire of J. S. Braddock
11 tf
Breakfast Bacon, per 1b
Brooms
Buckets --—
Buckwheat, flour, per sack.
Butter, per lb
lb
18
£>@35
15@30
Silver Novelties
j which will be well worth your
n while to come and see. We never
■j had a finer line of these goods
1 than we have this season, and the
n prices are very reasonable. Come T
■j and see the goods before making |l>
j your purchases. c
H II. C. MORRISON, H
j At the New Stand,
j Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank Block, .
?j Mount Ploasant, Pa. ^
iff TfT- sTs71^
Candles, per ro an
Carbon oil, per gal
Cheese, per
Chickens - —
Coffee, per lb
Cried Apples, per 1b
Dried Beef, per can -
Eggs, perdoz
Ham, per fl)
Lard per lb ■■
Maple Molasses, per gal
New Orleans Molasses, per gal- .
Potatoes, per bu
Rice, per u> -
Rolled Oats, 2 lb packages
Salt, per bbl
flalt, per sack -
Salt Fish, per pail
Smoked side bacon, per lb
Salt side, per lb
Soap, per cake , -
Starch, per tb
8ugar,per 16 1b
Sweet Potatoes, per lb
Tea per lb
OZO COUGH SYRUP is good to cure
coughs. Enough for any cough 25
cents. M. A. Bowman.
WARREN DOUGLAS, President.
DOUGLAS BUSINESS COLLEGES,
McKeesport, Connellsville, Union-town,
Pa., offer to young men and
women courses of study which prepare
for business life.
Catalogue B is free. Send for it to-day.
Address either school.
Talking of
Christmas
Presents,
what would be nicer to give
a friend than a pair of our
shoes or slippers? Just
bear in mind that we have
the largest stock in town
to choose from and that
we are sole agents in
Mount Pleasant lor these
famous lines tor men and
women:
Walkover and Stetson,
For Men.
The Sorosis,
For Women.
The School Boy’s Pride,
For Boys.
The Maloney Bros.,
For Misses.
Rumbangh 4 Dillon,
619 /V\nin Street.
Why Do the Best Dressed
MEN DEAL HERE ?
The best dressed men throughout this locality buy
their clothing at this store—every man who wishes the
best comes to us sooner or later. This is one of the
reasons “why.”
Here is Reason No. 3.
That smart, dressy ap-pearance
about the fig-ures
of the men who
wear our clothing is due
largely to the way we
fit our patrons. If you
have a suit made to or-der,
you cannot get a
more perfect fit than we
can give you, and you'll
pay twice as much. If
you are accustomed to
having your clothing
made to order, have a
talk with us first. We
will save you money—
we’ll gratify your most
critical whims, and there
is no delay while the
garments are being made.
Reason No. 4 will ap-pear
next week.
We sell the “Best Clothing Tfl,s *-ABEl °N
GARMENTS
in the World,’’ made by the fa-mous
house of Schloss Bros. &
Co., of Baltimore. All their
garments bear this labelUSSr5*
Guarantees Superiority.
Rumbaugh & Dillon,
High Grade Clothing and Furnishings
for Gentlemen and Boys.
. Zimmerman Block, Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
,*■ ■ I.
Excelsior
Bakery.
wmymymym
IfBillHSlSlH
Fine
Bread M
Cakes,
Wholesale and Retail.
C- A. GRAUL, Prop’r.
HcCORMICK HARVESTING flACHINERY.
mg
W. A. PYNE,
711 ITain street,
Mount Pleasant, - Pa.
t£izl '■ iv » y-rT ijSVJWF
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MCCORMICK
We 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. HITCHnAN,
East Main street1] Mount Pleasant, Pa.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBHt 19, 1902
8fhr$Elount JtawrantJournal
JOHN L. Snixuis. PBBLISHBR.
Mount Pleasant Is situated In the heart of
the Great Oonuellsvllle Coke Rollon, has a
population of over 5,000; while, with offices
surrounding within a radius of three miles
the postofflce distribution Is 13,000. A new 21-
pot tableware glass factory, the llnest In this
country and employing over 400 hands. Is In
successful daily 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 10. 1002.
THE TARIPF QUESTION.
There was a big flurry in Wall street
last week, one that bordered danger-ously
on a panic. Prices went tumbling
down, while the rates for money ruled
high. Numerous explanations of the
trouble have followed, one being that as
soon as Andrew Carnegie arrived in
New York from his castle in Scotland,
he scented danger to trusts in the air
from Washington and forthwith began
to unload his United States Steel Corpo
ration stock in such chunks that Morgan
and other Gotham men of millions at
the head of that big combine had to
rush to the rescue of the bulls and the
onslaught of the bears was stopped.
This may have been only a fairy tale
of the stock gamblers and the Laird of
Skibo might have added to his gilt-edged
holdings for all THE JOURNAL knows;
but, it strikes ns that a tariff which
compels American consumers to pay
more for homemade steel rails and the
like than our manufacturers ask for the
same in foreign countries is sadly in
need of revision if not, indeed, of wip-ing
ont entirely.
NOTHING LIKE FOOT BALL.
The ninth annual debate between the
universities of Princeton and Harvard
was held last Friday evening at Prince-ton
and was won by Princeton whose
speakers had the affirmative. Harvard
proved strong in her first speeches, but
failed to successfully rebut her oppo-nents
on argument. The question de
bated was:
"Resolved, That whenever in the
event of continued domestic violence
lives and property are not adequately
protected by a state, it is for the public
good that the President should have the
power to afford protection without the
application of the state for federal aid.”
The contest wasI doubtless full of in-terest
from a literary standpoint, and
yet the above paragraphs were all that
the newsgatherers sent out regarding
the result. Had it been a foot ball game
between the two universities, columns of
the daily press would have been used
before as well as after the gridiron giants
had clashed. It may not be very com
plimentary to the reading public at large
to say so, but it's a fact, nevertheless
that papers, as a rule, publish what their
patrons enjoy reading. Otherwise, pub
Ushers would be a scarce article.
constituents and we feel sure that
"Gappy” will be fnir to them.
However, if that portion of the people
of West Newton who favor the repeal
of their local option law, in which THE
JOURNAL frankly confesses it never
took any stock, can secure a good peti
tion and the support of a solid West-moreland
delegation -Senator Woods
and the four Assemblymen—-next year's
license court in this county will have
many an applicant from that town.
Because, being a local measure and hav-ing
no opposition from those most inter-ested,
other members of the Legislature
are, in a certain sense, bound to sup-port
it.
But, on the other hand, if only one of
our representatives should be opposed
to the bill, its defeat is almost certain,
for, there are many members in every
Legislature who, on general principles,
object to voting for the repeal of a local
option law, and these would be only too
glad to have some obliging Westmore-land
representative give them the chance
to escape doing so.
IT is needless to say that local Sunday
schools are well attended now.
THE sale of the Union-Sbaron Steel
Company to the United States Steel
Corporation shows that Henry Clay
Frick knows a thing or two about en-gineering
big deals.
QUAY’S HARD JOB.
The list of Republican Senators who
are announced to speak against the om
nibus statehood bill for the admission of
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
plainly shows that Senator Quay is up
against a hard proposition in his fight
for the passage of the measure.
Among the opponents are Messrs
Lodge, Hanna, Beveridge, Spooner and
Nelson who are not only party leaders,
but also supporters of all administration
measures. If it be true that the Presi-dent
favors the admission of all three
Territories, as the advocates of the om-nibus
bill claim, his most trusted adher
ents in the Senate must have parted
company with him in this fight.
This means, of course, that Senator
Quay has some very rough sledding in
front of him, but the “Old Man” is a
fighter and, with the help of Democrats
who favor the bill, he will at least keep
the other fellows busy.
WEST NEWTON SHOULD SAY.
The two West Newton gentlemen
who are opposed to the proposed repeal
of that town's local option act and who
called on Assemblyman-elect W. F.
Morrison, of this place, Saturday to se
cure his aid in defeating this particular
measure when it comes before the ap-proaching
session of the Legislature,
probably returned home about as wise
as they came; that is, so far as learning
what the local lawmaker will do on this
particular bill when it becomes bis duty
to vote upon it in the House.
In the first place, Mr. Morrison is
shrewd enough not to commit himself
to any measure until he sees which way
the political cat is going to hop; but,
there being no politics in the West
Newton matter, he will likely wait to
see how the people of that town line up
on the troublesome question, and be
governed accordingly. They are his
THE local coke superintendent who
isn't hoarse begging for cars over the
telephone isn't on to bis job, as it is said
that the biggest kicker gets the lion’s
share of this remarkably scarce article.
IF we should yet get mixed up with
Germany Rnd England over the Vene-zulan
trouble, it would come in mighty
handy to have Admiral Dewey and his
strong fleet down that way where they
are now holding the winter manoeuvres,
THE balance Attorney Byersadmitted
owing his grand uncle, Jacob Byers, on
that little $11,D53 judgment transaction
had to be paid over before sundown on
the day the admission was made. Judge
Doty doesn’t seem to have any three
days of grace about his rulings.
THE Senate, in executive session on
Tuesday last, ratified the treaty of
friendshipand general relations between
the United States and Spain. That’s
right. We’re glad that the Dons don’t
hold any spite for the little unpleasant-ness
we had with them some four years
and more ago.
GERMAN and English war vessels are
still blockading Venezuelan ports in an
apparently vain hope of either collect-ing
their old bills against that country
or having your Uncle Samuel guarantee
their payment. Its dollars to doughnuts
that the collectors will be out of pocket
whether they succeed or not.
MRS. JULIA DENT GRANT, widow of
former President Ulysses S. Grant, died
Sunday night at her Washington City
home of heart trouble, aged almost 77
years. As is fitting, the body will be
laid beside that of her distinguished
husband in the sarcophagus of the beau
tifnl tomb in Riverside Park, New York.
An Honest Confession.
Web Newton Sun.
A law that can’t be enforced is no law
at all. In this respect prohibition fails
to prohibit in West Newton.
A Comforting Thought
Pittsburg Times.
While nobody believes there is any
danger of trouble with Germany or
Great Britain over Venezuela, every-body
is content to have the navy in
West Indian waters.
A Fair Warning.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
If King Edward’s wish for Mrs.
Langtry’s success in this coming Amer
ican trip is to be taken as a royal com-mand
onr fashionable circles must be
prepared to pnt np high prices for boxes
The Charge Retreated.
Pittsburg Leader.
The wife of the German charge d’af-faires
at Caracas was too ill to be moved,
so the charge skipped out alone. In
trepid fellow! Another in his position
would actually have been alarmed about
the abandoned lady.
A Greensburg Trouble.
Oreensburg Argus.
Why iB it that during a fire the water
pressure is always lowest? Council
would earn the thanks of property own
ers by inquiring into this matter. The
destruction of the Temple building last
summer, and of the Greensburg foundry
and machine company’s plant lastTues
day night, was due to a water scarcity.
Young-wood Hotel Burned.
J. L. McKean’s Youngwood Hotel
was destroyed Wednesday night by fire
supposed to be of incendiary origin.
There is $15,000 insurance on the $30,000
loss.
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A Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year to All.
WE GREET YOU
with the largest selection of Holiday Goods in Men’s Outfittings
that has ever been seen in a Mount Pleasant store and at record-breaking
low prices. If you cannot be suited here as to style,
quality and price you cannot be suited anywhere.
Make Yourself a Present
of a Suit or Overcoat from our superb show-ing
at
*5.50, *6,65, *0.85, *11 TO *15.
These garments are worth a great deal more,
but it is Xmas and we want you as a customer.
Our stock of
Men’s
Furnishings
contains a great varie-a
ty of goods suitable for
men of all ages and
tastes and no matter
who makes the selec-tions
the choice cannot
fail to please.
An Innovation
rarrnehr
would be to put some of our excellent holiday
footwear into the Christmas stockings instead
of filling them with things which are almost
useless. A gift of this nature cannot fail to be
appreciated. It is something at once useful
and handsome, and it is not quickly forgotten.
The complete and large variety of our stock of
....Shoes and Slippers....
permits us to fit all feet and suit all tastes and at money-saving
prices. These are good things to stand in.
H. Qoldstone,
CLOTHING, SHOES and FURNISHINGS.
Mount Pleasant’s Largest Men’s Outfitting Store. Cor. Main and Church sts.
A Beautiful Present with every purchase of $1.00 and over.
t'TlK MOUNT PTJBAHANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11». I'Mtij.
For the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned.
LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN
THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST AND
ENTERTAIN.
A Department in Which the Local Edttoi
Holds Hlgrh Carnival and Works off his
Surplus Energy in Condensations
That Deal Solely with Matters Relating
to Mount Pleasant
J. W. Fanst, Jr , la suffering from an
attack of typhoid fever.
Next week's issue of THE JOURNAL
will be put out Christmas morning.
Samuel Znck, whose illness caused his
friends much uneasiness, has almost
fully recovered.
The person who'left a pair of gloves
at this office last week can have the
same by calling again.
Jeweler Posner will announce the
winners in his letter writing contest in
next week’s JOURNAL.
The Cotillon Club will give a swell
reception at the National Hotel Friday
evening, December 20th.
The annual Hitehman trophy shoot
had to be postponed again owing to
Saturday’s rough weather.
Senator Tillman, the famous South
Carolina statesman, will lecture here in
the Grand Opera House Saturday eve
ning, January 3rd.
Fred B. Wigle will, with local talent,
give the "Drummer Boy of Shiloh here
on January 10 and 17 for the benefit of
the Fire Department.
An important meeting of both the
local dispensary and hospital boards of
directors will be held in the Justice
Free Dispensary rooms Monday evening
next at 8 o’clock.
Homer Braddock got back Friday
from near Stahlstown where he had
been hunting with his host. George
Milbee. Despite rough weather, he got
19 pieces in two days.
John Strnbel, the well known baker,
who was severely burned about the arms
and face two weeks ago by an explosion
of natural gas in the oven, is not yet
able to resume his work.
E. O Mechling and A. L. Kelly have
formed a partnership and will go into
the plumbing and gas fitting business in
the Abbott bnilding, on West Main
street, about January 1.
Despite Monday evening’s miserable
weather, there was a fair sized and ex
eeedingly well pleased audience at the
Grand Opera House to hear the famous
Chicago Marine Band Orchestra.
The Drs. Marsh performed an opera-tion
for a small abscess on Wilbur Bar
nette. tbe new B & O. telegraph opera-tor,
Tuesday evening. The patient will
be around all right in a few days.
Friends of Rev. W. R Swiekard will
be pleased to learn that his visit to Ohio
relatives has so improved his health that
he expects to be home for Christmas.
He will resume his Lutheran pastoral
duties the first of the new year.
H. P. Pershing on Tuesday lo.it a ten
page letter from David Metzgar, a
former citizen of this place, now living
at Port Byron. Illinois, and will pay a
suitable reward for its return as thecon-tents
were of considerable local interest.
Two young glass workers at the East
End factorv, John Idue and Nicholas
George, got into a quarrel Wednesday
when the former laid George’s head open
with a big ladle and is now charged
with aggravated assault before Justice
McWilliams.
At a special meeting of the Mount
Pleasant Board of Education, held Mon-day
evening, it was decided to open two
new rooms in the rear of the Church
street bnilding after the holidays.
Teachers to supply the same will be
elected at once.
George W. Taylor, the Anti-Cruelty
Society’s Donegal agent, had James Zim-merman,
of near Laurelviile, before
Justice McWilliams Tuesday on a
charge of having abused one of his
mules. The testimony was, however,
so conflicting that the justice sent the
case to court.
Paul Forest, an Italian who lived in
the West End with his wife and wid-owed
daughter, was found dead in his
room in the Morewood mines late Mon-day
evening, having been stricken with
apoplexy or heart trouble while at work.
Coroner Wynn’s inquest found death
was due to natural causes.
Two anti-local option repealers from
West Newton were np Saturday and in-terviewed
Assemblyman-elect W. F.
Morrison on the proposed bill for the re-peal
of Robbstown’s prohibitory act.
The visitors were shown every courtesy,
but "Cappy" did not commit himself,
preferring to await developments.
The Markleton Sanitarium Company,
of which James S Hitehman. of this
place, is president, has leased its sani-tarium
property at Markleton to Dr.
Waller, the physician in charge, and
Pittsburg parties for a term of three
years, beginning January 1, with the
privilege of buying it at a price not
made public.
DEATHS 0E THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper’s Work in This Place
and Vlclnitv.
Mrs. William A. Eicher, whose illness
of stomach and heart troubles was noted
in these columns, died at her home near
Carpentertown Saturday afternoon
last after about a month's illness,
aged 54 years. Divine services were held
in the Middle Presbyterian church, of
which she had been a devout member
from her youth, Tuesday afternoon by
the pastor, Rev. S. W. Douglas, and at
their close the body was laid to rest in
the graveyard there beside that of her
son who died in infancy. She is sur-vived
by the husband and five daugh-ters,
Mrs. Samuel Reese and Miss Lottie,
of Hyndmau, Pa.: Mrs. Jerre B. Myers
and Mrs. Lewis Davis, of this place, and
Miss Ada at home, to all whom the
deepest sympathy of a wide circle of re
latives and friends goes out. Mrs.
Eicher was of the highest type of Chris-tian
womanhood, a loving wife and
mother.
The 8-months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Jandeliet, formerly of this
place, died Saturday morning of pneu-monia
at her Uniontown home. The
body was brought here that evening and
buried Sunday afternoon from the
Church street residence of the mother’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Cooper.
Mrs. Catherine Silvis died at her
Greensburg home Saturday, aged 91
years.
Dr. George VanDyke died suddenly of
heart trouble at his West Newton home
Sunday morning, aged 45 years. His
wife and two children survive.
INTERESTING SUIT
Involving $80,000 in Property Now on
Trial in Greensburg.
A suit involving some $60,000 in
property was taken up before Judge
Doty at Greensburg Wednesday. It has
been in litigation for over 17 years nnd
is full of exceptional features.
In 1883 Clara Tomer, of the East End.
Pittsburg, while living on a farm near
Webster, this county, was declared a
lunatic. Miss Tomer's estate was man-aged
by her sister, Mrs. Amelia Kamer
er, from 1883 until a year ago when Mrs
Kamerer died. The Safe Deposit and
Trust Company of Greensburg was then
appointed to succeed Mrs. Kamerer as
the committee. Immediately thereafter
Miss Tomer filed a petition asking that
the inquisition proceedings declaring
her a lunatic be set aside.
By the report of the commission ap-pointed,
Miss Tomer was found to be en-tirely
capable of looking after her busi-ness
interests. Upon this report excep-tions
have been filed by the heirs and
next of kin of the petitioner, and it is
upon these exceptions that arguments
are being made.
Miss Tomer, by the death of her sister,
came into possession of a life estate
amounting to over $30,000, in addition
to being the owner of valuable coal
property near Webster and real estate in
the East End, Pittsburg.
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A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS
SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE
EXCHANGES.
Marriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses have
been granted for this vicinity during
the past week:
Cyrus F. Shoemaker, of Madison, and
Emma Ida Gross of Cribbs.
James Stephenson and Mary Castle,
both of Mount Pleasant.
FOB-SALE CHEAP:—Only $800, or will
exchange fortown property. Four acres
and 02 perches good farming land, with
5 room dwelling house with cellar, log
stable, good water, fruit trees, etc. Ex
cellent location for fruit growing or
gardening. Buildings alone worth the
price asked. Easy payments. Location
near Hammondville, Pa.
D. H. PERSHING,
12 19 4t Stauffer, Pa.
FOR SALE:—An almost new 12 expos
ure magazine camera. Inquire at this
office. 12 19 tf
A suit case is a very nice present for
either lady or gentleman; $1.35 to $12 at
Goldstone’s. 2t
FOR SALE:—A fine fast 6 year old
driving mare with 0-month mare colt at
side. A bargain for an early buyer.
Price, for mare and harness, $75: colt
$G0. Call on C. E. Mnllin. It
The largest line of Silk Mufflers 45c
up to $1.90 at Goldstone’s. 2t
C. G. Page can supply Christmas dec
orations for churches cheaper than any
other dealer. 12 5 3t
A nice pair of shoes or slippers for
father, mother, sister or brother is a
nice Xmas gift. At Goldstone’s. 2t
C. G. Page’s lines of Christmas trees,
loose holly and wreathes will be larger
and better this year than ever before.
Leave yonr orders for Christmas trees,
holly and wreathes with C. G. Page if
you would buy below Pittsburg prices.
NOTICE:—This year’s borough and
school taxes must be paid on or before
Dec. 25. All county taxes are also due
and payment of them is desired.
12 5 3t J. M. Yothers, Collector.
But Principally Within the
Bounds of This County.
How theae 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
Smithfield, Fayette county, is to have
a new national bank with $25,0i'0 cap
tal.
Ligonier will issue $20,000 worth of
bonds for the erection of new school
buildings.
Y. E. Gill’s Latrobe slaughter house j
was destroyed by fire early Saturday j
morning, causing a loss of $2,000.
Edgar Smeltzer. of Avomnore, who|
recently attempted to kill his uncle, ,
was taken to Dixmont last Thursday by !
Sheriff Trescber.
Patrick Riley, of East Greensburg,
onductor of a Southwest shifter, was
struck by the engine at Huff Friday
and perhaps fatally hurt.
The franchise of the Greensburg &
Southern Street Railway Company has
been restored by the Greensburg Council
upon payment of $628.06.
Mary, the 0-year-old daughter of C.
H. .Tacquette, a Scottdale jeweler, was
hit in the eye the other day with a
snowball and may lose the sight,.
Harry Kennedy, a young Pennsylva-nia
freight conductor, whose home is at
Derry, was bidly hurt Sunday evening
by falling from his train at Lilly.
James Wilgus, of Dawson, on whose
Donora lot Thomas Hollowood erected
a fine residence by mistake, says he will
sell the site at the current price for lots.
Lieutenant Wilson, one of the regular
army officers who attended the last N.
G. P. encampment, pays high compli-ments
to the Tenth and Sixteenth regi-ments.
The old handle factorv at Manor, '
owned by BeamerBros., has been pur-J
chased by a stock company that has been
incorporated with a capitalization of
$150,000.
Mrs. Barner, a young widow, living
on the outskirts of Ligonier, has been
stricken down with smallpox. She con-tracted
the disease while visiting in
Pittsburg.
Charles Stivers, of this vicinity, fell
into the hands of the Greensburg police
Tuesday and was sent to jail for two
months for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct.
The safe in Fred Robbins’s Counells-ville
confectionery store was robbed of
$200 Sunday night by Ferdinand Bar
nett, a colored employe, who escaped on
a Pemickey train.
Two P. V. & C. freight trains collided
near West Brownsville Wednesday, kill-ing
John McCoy, an engineer, whose
home was in Pittsburg, and injuring
five other trainmen.
Scottdale ministers will pay their
respects next Sunday to those of their
congregations who sign petitions tor
license. It is the intention to publish
the names of all such.
Mary Proebanec, the 15 year old
daughter of John Prochanec, of ftostra-ver
townihip, was run down by a pas-senger
train at Charleroi Tuesday
morning and instantly killed.
J. A. Huff, a son of Adam Huff, the
Greensburg court crier, and a student
at the West Penn medical school, Pitts-burg,
is confined to the hospital there
with a mild attack of smallpox.
It is said that the leading citizens of
Somerset will protest against the regu-lar
army post which it is proposed to
locate there. They fear it would have
a demolalizing effect on the town.
Capt. John B. Keenan, of Greens-burg,
appeared before the Board of Par-dons
at Harrisburg Wednesday for
Harry J. Hannan, who is serving a term
of six years for murder in the second
degree. The petition was granted.
William Morgan, a Jeannette sewing
machine agent, was found Sunday night
near the South Greensburg glass factory
with a fractured skull. It is supposed
that a street car struck him. He may
not recover.
John Shanefelter, of Youngstown,
aged 53 years, who has been mysteriously
missing from his home for the past ten
days has turned up all right near New
Alexandria. His wife and daughter
were alarmed.
Mack Trumbly, a Baggaley mine
worker, is in jail at Greensburg charged
with having almost killed his half
brother, John, whom he hit in the face
with a brick when the victim put him
out of the house.
Charles Smith, when arrested and
placed in the lockup at Garrett last
Thursday, charged with having robbed
the B. & O. ticket office there, was res-cued
by his brother William, and W.
G. Adams who were all taken after an
exciting chase with officers in a sleigh.
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Offerings
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Open
Evenings
riullin Block, Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Special Holiday
Bulletin.
Glance Tlpugti This List
Hats, 50c to $3 00
Mufflers, 50c to $3 00
Handkerchiefs, 5C
to $|. 00
Gloves, 25c to $5 50
Hosiery, JOc to 75c
SPECIAL FOR XMAS.
Shirts that cost $1.50 at $|.|Q
“ “ 1.00 at 80c
Underwear,
Night Robes,
Umbrellas,
Toboggans,
Caps,
Neckwear,
Sweaters,
Card. Jackets,
3Qc to 3 00
50c to $100
50° to $6 00
25c to 50c
25c to $2 00
5c to $j 00
30c to $5 00
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Etc., Etc., Etc.
Very Attractive
Is our display of Clothing and Furnishings.
Surely you have a friend whom you would
like to surprise with an inexpensive re-membrance
? Why not send your ‘‘good
wishes” within the folds of a dainty scarf,
a silk muffler, a dozen handkerchiefs, or
something of the kind? A splendid idea,
and he would appreciate the gift.
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Wlnier Suits for
men, Young men,
Bogs and Children.
Men’s and Young
Men’s Suits,
$5 to m
Boys’ and Children’s
Suits.
$1 25 to $6
Ages 3 to 16.
Winter Overcoats for
Men, Young Men, Boys
and Children.
Men’s and Young
Men’s Overcoats,
$5 to $18
Boys’ and Children’s
Overcoats and Reefers,
$1 50 to $6
Ages 3 to 16.
CHAS. PROSS,
Main street,
Men’s and Boys’ Outfitter,
Mullin Block, Mount Pleasant, Pa
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Strickler’s Store.
Established 1854,
Christmas Reductions in Ladies’ Coats.
A shipment of ladies’ half-fitting back coats in blacks, blues and castors at
greatly reduced prices. These coats are from one of New York’s best mak-ers
and at the reduced prices make the greatest value in ladies' coats this
store ever offered. The sizes are from 32 to 44 and at these Christmas prices
they won’t last long.
Blue and black coats, $5.00, reduced to $3 00
Black, blue and castor coats, $7.50, reduced to $5 00
Black and oxford coats, $6.50, reduced to $4 50
Black and Castor coats, $10.00, reduced to $7 00
Black and castor coats. $12.00, reduced to $8 00
Black and oxford coats, $15.00, reduced to $10 00
French Flannels Reduced
All our 65c, 75c, 85c French Flannels reduced to 50c per yard.
Ladies’ Black Mohair Waists, sizes 34 to 40—our regular $2.50 waist, reduced
to $150
Christmas Kid Gloves
Our stock of Kid Gloves was never larger—never more complete as to colors
and at less prices. Any color you may want you will find in this stock—
blues, browns, greens, red, white, black, tan, slate.
Bed Spreads for Christmas.
White spreads from 75c to $2 50
Colored spreads—pink and blue—$2 00 to $2 50 each.
Christmas Handkerchiefs.
Two hundred dozen of all qualities at all sorts of prices from 5c to 75c each.
Ladies’ stocks in the newer styles from 50c to $| 50
Ladies’ belts from 25c to $| 50
Chatelaine Bags and Wrist Bags at any price you may wish to pay, but at
whatever price, they are at less price than elsewhere.
Christmas Table Linens.
The stock was never larger and the prices never lower than for the holiday
trade—25c to $2 00 per yard.
Golf Gloves for ladies and children.
Towels from 5c to 75c each.
Holiday Slippers.
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER Il>, I UOSJ.
BURGLAR
CAPTURED.
Allegheny Police Arrest Cedar Ross,
the Leader of the Gang that
Robbed the Irwin Na=
tional Bank.
THE PRISONER IS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
The Allegheny police are now in pos-session
of facts which prove beyond a
doubt that Cedar Ross, alias “Sam” Syl-vester,
alias Harry Williams, whom
they arrested a week ago, and his gang
Tobbed the safes at the offices of
Walker, Stratman & Co., on Herrs is-land,
the safe of the Pittsburg and
Western railroad ticket office, in Alle-gheny,
and that the same gang com
mitted the daring robbery at the First
National bank, at Irwin, on the night
of December 0. Sundny Rosa was posi-tively
identified as one of the robbers
seen in the Irwin bank. Two detectives
employed by the Pinkerton National
Detective Agency, accompanied by two
young women, who saw Ross at Irwin
on the morning that the bank was rob-bed,
visited the latter in the North Side
police station, Allegheny. One of the
women, whose name is being withheld
for the present by the police, recognized
Ross as the person who bound Miss
Bessie Fulton, the Bell telephone night
operator.
EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE.
A Handsome and Useful Calendar Pre-sented
to all Who Write.
As usual, that old established and
popular banking house, the Pittsburg
Bank for Savings, of Pittsburg, Pa., is
on hand with a very attractive Calendar j
for the coming year. It is executed in j
the best style of the engraver’s and lith j
ographer's art, and is considered one of j
the most artistic calendar conceptions
of the year. It will find great favor j
with all, especially with women, on ac |
count of its beauty and utility. Whether :
yon have a Savings Account or not with
this bank, yon should write for one of
these pretty calendars, and ask them to
also send you their illustrated booklet, j
“The Story of a Savings Bank,” inter-I
eating to all who need the services of a |
savings bank. It also tells how to do j
your Banking by mail Be sure and
mention this paper when you write, and
you will be certain of receiving calendar
promptly. I25jl
HOARSENESS—Take Ozoline. It
cures all throat tronbles. M. A. Bowman.
Soft
Harness m
You can make your har-ness
ns soft ns a glove
and as tough ns wire by
using El! It ERA Unr-n
«NN Oil. You can
lengthen its life—make it
Inst twice as long as it
ordinarily would.
EUREKA
Harness Oil
makes n poor looking har-
/ ness like new. Muile of 1 pure, heavy bodied oil, es-pecially
prepared to with-stand
the weather.
Sold everywhere
In cans—ail sizes.
K/ Marfa by STANDARD OIL CO.
One Way Colonist Tickets.
On the first and third Tuesday of
each month until April 30, 1903. one-way
second class Colonist tickets will
be sold by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway from Chicago to
Nebraska, Kansas, Eastern Colorado,
Texa4 Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
and Southwestern Missouri, at about
one half regular rates.
Round-Trip Home Seekers’ Tickets.
During the same period round trip
Homeseekers’ excursion tickets will be
sold by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway on the first and third
Tuesday of each month, good to return
within 21 days from date of sale to
many points in Iowa, Minnesota and
South Dakota, North Dakota and other
western and southwestern states.
For further information apply to any
coupon ticket agent or address John R.
Pott, District Passenger Agent, Room
D Park Bldg.,Pittsburg, Pa. 2n 2d
Stops the Whoop Cures the Cough
Stewart’s Whooping Cough
Remedy never fails to
give immediate relief
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Sbo could not resist the temptation
to follow his finger ns it pointed
through the window on his side of the
ear. A short distance, on the banks of
the stream, she saw a wretched, miser-able
village of rude huts. Men and wo-men.
dressed in leather, undressed
skins, heavy cloths from Moscow mer-chants,
stood In groups, all with their
faces toward the car.
“Were I to sa.v the word.” said Neste-rov,
“these people would tear you limb
from limb and would perform the same
agreeable service for any fool who at-tempted
to Interfere between us.”
"Monster!” she gasped.
0 “Of course 1 am a monster to you,”
he said. “All Russians are monsters
to those who do not like us. We may
have our little peculiarities. One of
them is that what we cannot get by
fair means we get some other way. I
spoke to your father, and l spoke to
you. I' offered the honest love of a
Russian prince. 1 was spurned. But
now the game is mine, ami I shall win.
You shall become my wife before your
father has time to return from the
Obi.”
“Never! I would prefer to be torn
apart by your villagers!” ,
/ “You believe that now while you are
on the heat of anger, but a short period
of rest and contemplation will show
you the folly of your refusal. Think
of this. I shall go out now and obtain
some food. We may remain here a
week. Who knows? Before 1 leave
you 1 wish to say that until you con-sent
to have the priest of that village
make you my wife you shall not be per-mitted
to leave this car. I much pre-fer,
ns would any man. a willing bride;
but, denied this, 1 will compel you to
obey. It will be the worse for you. 1
offered love—an affectionate embrace.
You refused. Now 1 command! Think
this matter settled only when we are
married."
“Never! You have my revolver and,
I suppose, one of your own. Shoot me
if you will. I will not marry you!”
“It will not bo you I shoot. What do
you think your father will do when he
finds you are left behind?”
“Without doubt he will obtain a spe-cial
train and come here after me.
Then, Prince Neslerov, beware!”
lie smiled like a wolf and showed his
teeth.
“That Is what 1 wanted you to say.
If when your father comes here you are
not my wife, 1 will shoot him dead.”
“You dare not!” she gasped.
“1 dare anything. No report of mine
would be discredited at St. Petersburg.
I could prove that your father was a
conspirator against the government
and was shot while fighting my sol-diers.”
“There Is a government of the United
States of America!”
"True, but at a distance. I do not
fear It. But consider what 1 have said.
I will return with food.”
He left the car, securing the doors
to prevent her escape. When she saw
him striding toward the village, she
leaned against the window and studied
the rude people.
^ “I am helpless—absolutely helpless!”
she moaned. “Oh, if he had not taken
my revolver I could have shot him—
Dr myself.”
She looked about her for some meth-od
whereby she could, If the need
should come, take her own life rather
than submit to his demands. She
knew that if there were a priest in
this squalid place he would obey Ne-slerov,
and mumble some words per-fectly
meaningless to her. but which
would give Neslerov power over her.
She walked the length of the apart-ment
like a caged lioness.
Women turned into their huts and
came out again. She saw Neslerov
start back toward the car carrying a
wooden tray. She shuddered again.
“God give me strength, courage,
rain.n-rss!” she murmured. “To lose
consciousness would be to fall a vic-tim
to him.”
She nerved herself to meet him as
hl6 footsteps sounded on the platform.
The door opened, and he entered with
a bowl of gruel, some steaming pota-toes,
roast fowl, coffee and some coarse
bread.
“It is not quite like our usual fare,”
he said, “but It 1B better than being
hungry.”
He set the dishes on a table he im-provised
out of the back of a seat. He
had a large traveling bag with him,
and from it he took a bottle of wine.
“We will pledge each other,” he said,
with a laugh. .
“I do not wish any," said Frances.
“Come, don’t be churlish! Let us get
over the unpleasant part. Drink a
toast to your future husband.”
“I will not. I will not touch it!”
“Drink—drink my health!” he com-manded.
“I will not!”
“I will make you!”
He held the cup in his right hand.
With his left he grasped her by the
hair. He bent buck her heud.
“Open your mouth. Swallow the
wine. I will choke you!” he cried.
With a powerful effort she wrenched
herself free and to her feet, and the
wine went to the floor with a smash.
Her eyes were glaring with despera-tion.
She clinched her fist und
blow upon blow upon his face.
curses deep and terrible burst from
him. lie clutched her round the waist
and struggled with her. She exerted
all her strength. She was like a fero-cious
tigress. Her nails scratched Ids
face and tore his hair. Her blows cut
his lips on his teeth. But he was n
powerful man and used his strength
against this captive woman. With a
gasp she succumbed and sank helpless
and exhausted almost in his arms.
“Curse you!” he spluttered between
Ills swollen lips. “I have wasted my
kindness on you! 1 should have starv-ed
you. But 1 will delay no longer.
I'll drag you to the priest, and in ten
minutes you will be the Princess Nesle-rov—
and my slave for life. I’ll break
your heart, you devil!”
lie closed his arms tightly about her
and dragged her from the car. The
villagers stared in astonishment as
they saw him coming toward them
with his burden.
“What m f ns this strange happen-ing.
little father?” asked a woman of
an older rna a of the village. “Is the
man killing her?”
“Let be!” growled the man. “Use
your eyes in your house, but meddle
not with others. The man’s gold is
good. He will not hurt her. She Is
probably his wife.”
Russian wives are accustomed to cru-elty
from their husbands. A beating
Is but part of their demonstrations of
authority as head of the house. The
women looked on with apathy, while
the men smiled.
“He has married a Tartar.” they said
among themselves.
“Help! Save me from this man!”
gasped Frances ns Neslerov half drag-ged,
half carried her Into the nearest
group.
“Where is your priest?” Neslerov de-manded.
“Get him at once. Not only
he, but all In the place, will receive
pay. Call the priest at once!”
“Save me! I am an American! Gor-don—
the man who built—the road—Is
my father!” cried Frances, struggling
again.
A' bent old man was seen shambling
toward them.
"Come.” said Neslerov roughly. “This
young woman and I are to be married.
Hurry. We have been left behind in
that car, and to save her good name
she must become my wife. Proceed!”
“No! For pity's sake, do not!” cried
Frances. “Mf father will pay you
well! Do not compel me to marry him!
I hale him!"
“I command you to marry us!” shout-ed
N.slcrov.
A tall man of about middle age step-ped
from the crowd.
“It is wrong,” he said. “Who you
are 1 know not. but It is not the way to
win a wife. Release the young woman.
Let us hear what she has to say.”
“What she has to say! Curse you!”
howled Neslerov. He did release her
for a moment and sprang forward. His
fist shot out against the mail's face.
Without an effort In his own behalf he
fell.
"I am Neslerov. governor of Tomsk!”
shouted the prince, now perfectly fren-zied.
"I command you, old dotard, to
say the words that will make this girl
my wife.”
“Please do uot!” cried Frances. “He
has stolen me from my father! He is
a cruel monster! 1 cannot marry him!”
“He is his excellency, the governor,”
muttered the oil man. “We must
obey.”
Neslerov seized her by the wrist and
swung her toward the priest. The vil-lagers
crowded round, awestruck at the
great name they had heard. They well
knew the governor. Many of them had
felt the knout at his command.
"It must be done." again muttered
the priest.
"No, no!” cried Frances, trying to
wrench away from Neslerov’.
A boy slid quietly away from the
crowd and ran.
“Stand there, curse you!” said Nesle-rov,
grasping Frances by the hair.
The pain of bis rudo hand on her lovely
hair made Frances cry out In terror,
pain and shame. “I’ll kill you if you
move again!”
There was the sound of a quick and
stealthy tread. There was a swish in
the air. There was a gasp, a murmur
from the crowd, which fell back In
consternation.
A heavy Russian riding whip swung
through the air in an arc and, descend
ing, cut the skin across the face of Ne-slerov.
“Curse you!” said a lienrty American
voice. “I’ll have your life for this!’
“Jack! Oh, Jack!” cr]ed Frances,
and then, the last vestige of hei
strength deserting her, she fell uncon
scious into Jack Denton’s outstretched
arms.
On the testimony of May Hammer
the Allegheny county coroner’s jury on
Friday last recommended that Harry
Singer be apprehended and held to
await the action of the grand jury on
the charge of murdering Elizabeth
Cuthbert, the Irwin woman, at 48 Col-well
street, Pittsburg, December 1.
The jury also charged Martin Singer.
Harry's half-brother, with being an ac-cessory
before and after the fact, and
further recommended that May Hammer
be held as a witness. Martin Singer
was released on the bail bond of $15,000
CHAPTER VII.
A DUEL.
ESLEROV recoiled, and tin
writhing of Ills face In pair
and fury, together with tin
long red cut made by the
whip, gave him the expression of a de
mon.
“You! You!” he gasped.
“Yes, I!” said Denton. “Fortunately,
I arrived in time to foil this dastardly
attempt of yours to take advantage ol
a defenseless girl. I have been riding
along the railway from stream tc
stream examining the bridges. I reach
ed this place on my horse a moment
CORONER’S
INQUEST
Charges Harry Singer With the Hurder of Elizabeth
Cuthbert, the Irwin Woman who was
Killed in Pittsburg,
fURNiriRE Of HER HOUSE WAS AUCTIONED Off.
given last Wednesday. May Hammer
was taken to jail, but later released on
a bond of $500, which was furnished by
her mother who lives at Buffalo, N. Y.,
and where the girl will remain until
the trial comes up.
Friday morning last the household ef
fects of the Cuthbert place were sold at
auction. The sale was well attended
and the goods brought large prices.
Most of them went into the hands of
second hand furniture dealers. The
sum realized ran into the thousands of
dollars as the house was finely furnished.
ago. A boy saw me coming and hur-ried
to tell me what was going on. I
had no Idea I should find a friend In
need of help. But, thank God, 1 was
In time.”
“You will never leave tills place
alive!” said Neslerov.
He plucked a revolver from Ills pock
ct and aimed at Denton.
A woman standing near held out her
hands and caught the form of Frances
anil bore It into her house. Denton,
with flashing eyes, leaped forward and
closed with Neslerov.
“It Is a battle to the death between
giants!” cried n man in the crowd.
The pistol fell from the grasp of Ne-slerov.
and the whip before wielded
by Denton dropped to the ground.
The iron Angers of Denton would
close on the throat of Neslerov, and it
seemed as though the struggle would
end that moment, but Neslerov would
wrench himself free and leap at his
enemy with a curse and growl.
“It is you or 1! One of us must die!”
cried Neslerov.
A swinging, crashing blow from tlie
American’s right hand sent the gov-ernor
to the ground, where lie lay as if
stunned.
“Take care of him, somebody,” snld
Denton in Russian. “I don’t want to
kill him.”
lie turned without a look at the fall-en
man and started toward the lint into
which Frances had been carried.
“Look out!” cried a woman.
At tlie cry, which was echoed In the
crowd, Denton turned suddenly. The
dastardly Neslerov had feigned. lie
had risen to Ills feet and was creeping
upon his enemy with a dagger drawn.
“Oh, you are an assassin, ell?” said
Denton ns lie drew Ills revolver. “Let
me see if we can’t settle you once for
all.”
While It might be that not one of the
villagers sympathized with Neslerov,
yet his net was not a crime to them.
With their sordid understanding of
women having no rights, no freedom,
no liberties save what their lords and
masters gave them, the men of this
place looked upon the eagerness of
Neslerov to be married to so beautiful
a girl as natural.
One of them, realizing that tlie gov-ernor’s
safety was necessary to their
own, sprang upon Denton and drove
a knife through the fleshy part of his
arm.
The pistol fell to the earth near that
of Neslerov and two villagers picked
them up and I:I<1 them
Like a flash Neslerov ■ was upon Ills
unarmed foe. and Ids knife was raised
to strike, but Dentou. \Wtli a quicker
BANK REPORTS.
REPORT OP THE CONDITION OP THE FIRST
National Bunk of Mount Pleasant, at
Mount. Pleasant, in the State of Pennsylva-nia.
at the close of business, Nov. 25th, 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $205 356 10
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 1 918 00
U.S.Bonds to secure circulation 50 000 00
Stocks, securities, etc 89 000 00
Banking-House. furniture and fix-tures
19 000 00
Due from national banks (not re-serve
agents) 7117 07
Due from state banks and bankers 10 000 00
Due from unproved reserve agents 100 216 23
Checks and other cash Items 3 238 48
Notes of other National banks 10 797 00
Fractional paper currency, nickles
and cents 465 88
Lawful money reserve in bank, viz:
Specie $22 501 95
Legal tender notes 22 010 00
Redemption fund withU. S.Treas’r
(5 per cent of circulation)
Total ...
45 11195
2 500 00
$010 721 08
LIABILITIES.
CapitEil stock paid in $100 000 00
Surplus fund 50 000 00
Undivided profits less expenses and
taxes paid 13 749 05
National hank notes outstanding.. 50 000 00
Due to state banks and bankers
Due to other National Banks 402 91
Dividends unpaid 1 531 00
individual deposits subject to ch’k 398 803 40
Demand cert ificates of deposit 2 054 50
Cert Hied checks
Cashier’s checks outstanding 179 59
Total
State of Pennsylvania. (,
$010 721 08
County of Westmoreland, (s,s*
T, J. I). Hitehman, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
J. D Hltchman. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
29th day of Nov. 1902.
S. C. Stevenson, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
S. N. WARDEN, f
UFA). W. STONER, f Directors.
.1. 8. illTCHMAN. t
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE CITIZENS
National Bank, at Mount Pleasant. In the
State of Pennsylvania, at the close of busi-ness.
Nov. 25th. 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts,secured and unsecured
U.S.Bonds to secure circulation
Premium on U.S.Bonds
Stocks, securities, etc -
Banking-house, furniture aud fix-tures
Duo from national banks (not re-serve
agents)
Other real estate and mortgages
owned
Due from state banks and bankers
Due from approved reserve agents
Checks and other cash items
Notes of other national banks
Fractional paper curreucy, nickels
and cents >•
Lawful money reserve in bank, viz:
Specie 11 050 90
Legal tender notes 8 50000
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-urer
(5 per cent, of circulation)..
$191 278 69
4 868 51
50 000 00
1 250 00
48 500 00
30 000 00
79 272 35
9 i"i 98
it; 582 ""
Total
203 31
19 556 90
2 500 00
$453 416 72
5-'—
NS
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $50 000 00
Surplus fund 40 000 00
Undlv’d’d profits, less expenses and
taxes paid 0 8-15 08
National bank notes outstanding . 50 000 00
Due to other national hanks
Due to st ate hanks and hankers
Dividends unpaid 100 00
I Individual deposits subject to ch’k 188 331 44
Demand certificates of deposits 112 682 50
Time certificates of deposits
Cashier’s checks outstanding 5 457 64
Total . $453 410 72
State of Pennsylvania. t
County of Westmoreland, J
T, Jno. L. Ruth. Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement Is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Jno. L. Ruth. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
day of Dec. 1902.
Jno. D. McCaleb, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
O. P. SIIUPE. 1
JOHN A. WARDEN, -{Directors.
JAH. S. HITCHMAN. /
And now began a duel.
movement, drew a knife from his belt.
He had ridden too often over the tun-dra
to go unprepared for enemies, hu-man
and otherwise.
And now began a duel the like of
which the banks of the Irtish or Its
branches will probably never see
again.
Steel flashed on steel.
The blood from the wound in Den-ton’s
arm was Hung over the face and
clothing of Neslerov, while that from
the bruises on the governor's face grew
thick aud dark, maklug him truly hide-ous,
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
EPORT OP THE CONDITION OP THE FARMERS
& Merchants National Bank, at Mount
Pleasant, in the State of Pennsylvania, at the
close of business. Nov. 25th, 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $200 018 37
Overdrafts,secured and unsecured 3 424 53
U.S. Bonds to secure circulation 2500000
Premium on U.S. bonds
Stocks, securities, etc 25 000 00
Banking-house, furniture and fix-tures
20 000 00
Other real estate owned 2 041 00
Due from approved reserve agents 23 61028
Internal Revenue stamps
Checks and other cash items - 1 988 19
Notes of other national banks 11 500 00
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents 90171
Lawful money reserve in bank, viz:
Specie 17 795 00
Legal tender notes 8 400 00 26 255 00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-urer
(5 per cent, of circulation).. 1 250 00
Advance of Science.
“My foe for the surgical operation,
which Is a dangerous one,” said the
eminent expert, “will be $5,000.”
“Five thousand dollars? Whew!” ex-claimed
the prospective victim. “Why,
four centuries ago the royal execution-ers
hadn’t the nerve to charge over $10
for their work.”—Baltimore American.
Total $408 309 98
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In $50 000 00
Surplus fund 20 000 00
Undivided prolltB.lessexpenses and
t axes paid 2 717 33
National hank notes outstanding... 25 000 00
Dividends unpaid 159 00
Individual deposits subject to ch’k 170 173 31
Demand certificates of deposit 131 700 34
Certified checks 2 500 00
Cashier’s chocks outstaudiug
Total $408 309 98
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and belief
C. E. Mullin, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
day of Dec. 1902.
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more useful or satisfactory
than a pair of SOROSIS
SHOES or SLIPPERS?
By means of this Certi-ficate
a perfect fit and
choice of style can be had,
with no possible chance of
dissatisfaction.
This Certificate is good for any
style, any size, any leather, of over
ioo different kinds.
Buy one of these certificates and
give it to loved ones at home or in
other cities. They can present it
to the nearest dealer in SOROSIS
SHOES and get their choice. Saves
the annoyance of choosing for an- ,
other.
Thousands of these Certificates
are used in this way all over the
country. If you want to send them
to the old country they are good
there too, as there are SOROSIS
Stores in London, Dublin, Glasgow,
Leeds, Birmingham, Hamburg, Ber-lin
and Frankfort-on-the-Main.
For Sale by
W.A.PYNE,
711 Main st.. Mount Pleasant, Pa.
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Sanitary
Plumbing and Gas fitting
Steam and Hot Water Heating.
N. B—12 Years’ Prac- Only Competent Me-tical
Experience. chanics Employed.
(Jewel Gas Ranges and Hot Plates.
Agents for Classic, Wilson and Mentel Heating Stoves.
( Rudd Automatic Instantaneous Water Heater.
Call and see the Rudd Automatic Instantaneous Water Heater in
operation in our store, 212 E. Main street. ’Phone 139.
H. S. ACKERMAN,
DEALER IN
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HIGH GRADE Pianos = =
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Organs,
Sheet Music and Musical
Merchandise.
Densmore and Yost
Typewriting Machines
Gramophone Talking Machines an?he Standard Sewing Machine
NEEDLES, OIL. AND ATTACHMENTS.
H. S. ACKERHAN,
201 Main Street, OREENSBURO PENNA.
THTC MOUNT P1YHSAHANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER li>, 11102.
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NEWS EDOM OUR NEIGHBORS. * Gifts for Everybody.
LAUREIJVILIJE.
Everything liere la on the move, with
the lumber intereata leading, while the
health of the community la of the kind
that alarma undertakera.
We had lota of rain the paat week np
until Tueaday night when the mercury
fell below the freezing point where it ia
hoped it will remain at least until after
Christinas.
Miss Viola Miller, who hnd been con
fined to her room with catarrh of the
head while visiting Mrs. W. S. Leeper,
was able to return Saturday to her In-dian
Head home.
Robison Berg, despite the cold weath
er, ia atill sticking to bis carpenter job
up near Redstone Junction.
Old Man Solomon is off the local sick
list, being able to be about again.
David Sheets, whose purchase of the
David Kreps property near the Dunkard
church for $1,000 was noted in these
columns se'veral weeks ago, intends
starting a store there. Mr. Kreps will
move to Warren where he will engage
in the hotel business.
Mrs. Zimmerman is having her old
house razed, converting the lnmberinto
pit posts.
Henry Mechling last week caught a
white opossum from which he rendered
almost a gallon of fat.
Robert O'Donnell went out to the
creek one morning last week before dny
light for n bucket of water and was
pulled into the high water when he
stooped to fill the vessel. As he was
whirled down the stream he caught the
wire fence and saved himself from
drowning. He lost the bucket, though.
lights and a number one hotel, the New
Stanton House, of which Joseph Keller
ia the genial proprietor. He has four
teen rooms and enjoys a fine trade. He
deserves it, too, as there isn't a finer or
better conducted home of its size in the
county.
The Thanksgiving shipments of live
turkeys and chickens to the Pittsburg
markets were large, but it looks as if
Christmas trade will lie still bigger.
The $1,400 metal water wheel which
drives the flour mill is a beauty and
saves “Jim” Stanton abont $8 a day in
operating expenses.
Although the street car line from
Greensburg is graded through to Tarr
and the road is completed part of that
distance, the cars, ns a rule, stop here,
unless a number of passengers desire to
proceetl to Hunker. In that event the
jar is run on down there.
Mrs. Joseph Keller and family will
leave tomorrow to spend Christmas with
Pittsburg relatives.
CHAMPION.
Jack Frost has been very busy here
the last week.
The teachers are all at the county in
stitute this week and the scholars are
not one bit sorry.
Charles Kennell was a visitor at Scott-dale
last week.
Protracted meeting is now in progress
at the Mount Olivet and Nebo churches.
Mrs. Jessie Freidline calls her baby
Helen Adella.
Miss Lulu Miller is visiting at John
Dumbanld’s in Scottdale.
There will be a Christmas tree at Cal
vary eiiurch on the night before Christ
maS and also one at Progressive church
on Saturday night after Christmas. All
are cordially invited to both.
Quite a crowd of people from here at-tended
the communion services at the
Miller church last Sunday morning.
John Dumbanld made sale of all his
personal property last week.
“Pud” Hitchman, of Mount Pleasant
is boarding at Edward Foust’s.
Patrons’ day was observed in our
schools last Friday. The number of
visitors present was only fair, owing to
rough weather.
INDIAN HEAD.
Most of the school teachers of this
township will attend the county insti-tute
at Uniontown this week.
D. C. Kramer ha3 gone to Mammoth
to work at the blacksmith trade.
Samuel Bowlby, of the Dominion of
rCanada, was here visiting his brother,
[ John Bowlby, a few days the past week
James Kaufman’s barn was consumed
by tire on last Wednesday night togeth
er with all the farming implements
feed, two mules and a colt. The cause
of the fire is unknown. Mr. Kaufman
carried some insurance on the building.
A large crowd attended church at Mt.
Nebo Sunday night. There will be ser
vices there again on Saturday night,
December 27th.
ffor ffirotber.
An earthly heaven
for the children is
Christmas time. Do
your part to add to
the joy. The happi-ness
of the little ones
is surely sufficient re-ward
for your slight
investment. Suitable
gifts will cost little
at our store. A large
stock of
Watches,
Chains,
Charms,
Fobs,
Cuff Links,
Studs,
Rings,
Fountain Pens,
Silver Pencils,
Desk Sets:
BUCHANAN.
William Shupe was the guest of
Julius Kropp Sunday last.
Levi Christner was driving his best
girl through this vicinity Sunday.
Miss Bertha Kropp was the guest of
Mrs. Bond Sunday.
Mrs. Abram Sbupe and Joseph Shaffer
had quite a fight the other day, the for
mer using clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Kropp was the guests of
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Corns Sun
day last.
Mr. and Mrs. Shipley are-visiting re
latives in this section.
Hnrry Knopsnyder says he is glad to
see the snow leaving.
John Kropp is able to pack slabs again.
Charley Mowery says that he is kept
so busy in his store that he hardly gets
time to eat his meals.
Miss Clara Shupe was the guest of
Miss Lizzie Kropp Sunday.
CARPENTERTOWN.
The teachers of Mount Pleasant town-/
ship will hold their next institute at Ja-cobs
Creek on Saturday, January 17.
School will be in session from 10 until
11:15 o’clock and addresses will be made
by Miss Lemmon and Miss Snyder. The
afternoon program will be:
Roll call, answered by quotations
from county institute; debate, “Resolv-ed,
That Education has far Greater In-fluence
Than Nature in the Formation
of Character, ” affirmative—Mr. Weaver,
Mr. Hays; negative—Mr. Tranger, Mr.
Tinkey; recitation. Miss Bennett; essay,
Miss Lemmon; class drill in current
events, Miss Beistel; recitation, Miss
Porch; oration, Mr. Cummings; topic,
Mr. Anknev; “Blue Monday and the
Remedy for It,” Mr. Pierce.
NEW STANTON.
New Stanton is not only looking up
but is moving rapidly that way. We
have a sand and stone works and a flour
mill, all in full operation; in fact, JameB
F. Stanton, the proprietor, is compelled
to keep the mill running night and day
and even then he is away behind his or-ders.
Then, we have street cars, street
JONES MILLS.
Edward Shaffer has changed his plan
on a certain line. As afore stated, his
intentions were to bring suit against
certain class of people of this place.
He has procured a savage, vicious and
ferocious dog which he thinks will have
the desired effect.
The local school has been closed the
past week on account of the county in
stitute.
Mrs. Lizzie Ross, an aged lady of this
place, who was taken sick at her home,
has been removed to the home of Mr.
Leroy Kurns.
The protracted meeting has been dis-continued
at the Albright church near
here.
The teachers of Donegal township are
well represented in Greensburg this
week.
Next week brings with it Christmas
and we are expecting to have a number
of Christmas trees in this vicinitv.
Lost, but no reward.— A young
couple of this place who were out for
drive one night recently and did. not re
turn till the dawn of a day that was in
the future when they took their de
parture.
FLETCHER
W. F. Reese has just made a flying
trip to Mount Pleasant. John Hostet
ler accompanied him as body guard.
John Peck seems to have the blues
this week, caused probably by Miss
Sterbutcel's absence from this place.
The party at Jacob Tinkey’s last week
was well attended. Jerry Murray was
so exhausted from the severe plays that
he could not get home until the next
evening. Jerry is such a strenuous
fellow.
Hurrah! for Nels Pritts, the champion
marksman who attended the shooting
match at this place last Saturday. He
got all the turkeys, a woodchuck and a
toy elephant.
Francis Murray and D. E. Ferguson
are cleaning up their rigs preparatory
to seeing the Christmas tree at Barron's
church on Wednesday evening next.
Richard Keslar, who is hauling lime-stone
from the Ferguson quarry, had a
break down the other day.
IrVin Faust spent Tuesday clearing
the road of brush which broke down
under the great weight of sleet.
Our blacksmith, Eli B'aust, has em-ployed
an expert smith to assist him in
his shop.
Philip Baker is thinking of going to
London to secure his fortune.
for father.
father is prepar-ing
surprise for you;
don’t fail to prepare
one for him. He ex-pects
it find will ap-preciate
it. Hut be
economical; papa
does not like extrava-gance.
Here you set
the cheap, the good
and the useful—above
all, the beautiful.
Shaving Cup9,
Shaving Sets,
Razors,
Mirrors,
Military Brushes,
Hair Brushes,
Cloth Brushes,
Hat Brushes,
Smokers’ Sets.
Ifor Sister.
“Wonder what bro-ther,
father or mother
will give me?"—that
is what sister is say-ing
these days. Don’t
disappoint her. Hut
what to give her?
Here are some of the
things we have for
sisters. We hftve
hundreds of others,
equally beautiful and
useful.
Cologne Bottles,
Hair Brushes,
Cloth “
Bonnet “
Combs,
Embroid’y Scissors
Writing Sets,
Manicure ‘‘
Bracelets,
Broaches,
Secret Lockets.
Posner’s Jewelry and Music Store,
/Wount Pleasant, Pa.
GREATEST CHRISTMAS BUSINESS
IN THE HISTORY 0E THE STORE.
Large assortment and the class of floods at the prices
the reason for it. See how well prepared we are to
supply what you want, and save you money on the
purchase. Come whether you want Toys, Dolls, Silk
Dresses, Coats or Purs.
Ladies’ Handkerchiefs 5c to $1 25 each.
Good Coats for winter weather that have style to
them, as well as warmth and comfort, on sale
Prices now from $4 50 to $35 00
Good material, cut and made by people who know
how to turn out smart coats.
PURS come first as a fine gift article. Not a
woman lives but who loves them. Lots of fine
Purs here now,
Prices from $150 to $22 50
G R A IV I) O P E R A IL O U S E,
J. B> COLDS/UITH, Manager.
SATURDAY EVENING, Dec 20.
DECANT & COLEMAN Present that quaint, natural Yankee
Character Comedian, DAN DARLflGH supported by a company
of competent players in the HOMESPUN STORY
OLD fe* I S T E B B I IN S
Interspersed with a Complete Complement of Vaudeville Acts, SUBERB
BAND, CONCERT ORCHESTRA,
ED. FALTE, Director. Prices, 25. 35 and 50cts.
Christmas Day, Matinee and Night,
The fc>Igr Spectacular Scenic Revival,
NEW YORK DAY BY DAY.
A Great Popular Success.
SATURDAY, DEC. 27,
MARIE CORELLI’S WORMIA/OOD,
OR THE ABSINTHE DRINKERS OF PARIS.
CAST OF WELL-KNOWN ACTORS! BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL SCENERY!
WONDERFUL ELECTRIC EFFECTS! STARTLING ILLUSIONS!
Reserved Seats on Sale at Overholt’s News Stand.
Ladies’ Christmas Aprons.
Ladies’ Eider Down Jackets.
Ladies’ Flannelett Wrappers.
REMEMBER OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT.
(Successor to Braddock & Co.)
Braddock Block, Corner Main and Church Sts.,
HOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
J. S. PARKER CO
Jury Couldn’t Agree.
The case of the Penn Plate Glass
Company against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company went to the jnry at
Greensburg Saturday and that body had
to be discharged Monday by Judge Doty
as it couldn’t agree on a verdict.
PROMPT HOLIDAY SERVICE
The Christmas shopping crowds are served just as promptly in our store as buyers
are on ordinary busy days of the early season because we have the extra help necessary to
accommodate crowds of shoppers.
The chief purpose of our advertising now is to urge a visit.
You will meet with many suggestions for gifts and when you buy, save money.
Christmas is only a week away—come, the more the merrier.
CHILD’S COATS REDUCED.
Pull length coats for children 4 to 14 years of age. Prices crippled in a way that
will enable you to make a clever present with little outlay. All desired colors, worthy
cloths, tastily trimmed, properly tailored.
*4 for the kinds that sell for $5 and $6.
$3 for the kinds that sell for $4 and $4.50.
$2 50 for the kinds that sell for $8.50.
YOUR NEW HAT FOR CHRISTMAS.
HALF PRICES.
It is part of our plan of business to clip prices in half so that the cases may be well
Cleared before Christmas, although there still remain three to four months in which to wear
them.
Charmingly trimmed hats that have more beauty than any we have ever seen
for the money—were $(> and $8, now selling for $3.
Street hats reduced to 50c and 75c
Child’s hats for little.
CHRISTHAS FURS.
We have sold furs for years and have tried to build up a reputation for reliability and
fair dealing that will give weight to what we say as to qualities and prices.
We make a specialty of furs—carefully selecting skins and having them made in best
manner.
Smart cluster scarfs of Opossum, Mink and Skunk at $4, $5 and $6.
Flat boas with brush tails of Sable Coon, Isabella Opossum and
Brown Fox at $8 to $15.
Blue Lynx, Black Lynx, Marten and Sable Fox scarfs and boas, $10
to $18.
Higher priced furs in all the fashionable shapes.
JACKET SUITS, MONTE CARLO COATS—Reduced.
To help you in the selection of gifts and to help us clear the racks of this immense
stock prices have been generally pruned so that for those who are interested this is a splen-did
opportunity to get swell garments underpriced—a beautiful, useful gift that will cost
no more than you would probably spend for a bauble.
When in Doubt—Read Our Gift Suggestions.
For Mama.
Silk Petticoat, black Mercerized Petticoat, Shetland Floss Shawl, wool Shoulder
Shawl. Dressing Sacque. Purse, Chatelaine. Kid Gloves. Golf Gloves, Kerchiefs,
Silk Waist Pattern, Toilet Set. Brooch, Sasn Pin. Umbrella. Linen Doyly or Stand
Cover. Couch Cover, Dress Skirt. Jacket Suit, Coat, fancy Dish. Neck Fur, Muff.
For Sister.
Fancy China Plate, China Tea Set, Staghorn Toilet Articles, Triplicate Mirror,
Kid Gloves, Golf Gloves, Kerchiefs, Boxed Silk, waist length, White Fan, ~
brella, Bronze Toilet Articles. Clrculer Floss Shawls.
Um-
East End
Meat Market
JOHN VETESK, Prop'r.
Home Dressed Meats.
I make a sjiecialty of such
meats, all reports to the
contrary, notwithstanding.
I also carry a full line of
Smoked Me its, Bologna, Etc-
Home Rendered Lard.
Give me your order now if you
! wish a Christmas turkey.
1 All goods delivered free and
promptly.
Both ’phones. 202 Main st.
For Father or Brother.
Watch Fob, Umbrella, Kid Gloves, Cigar Case. Initial Kerchiefs. Military Hair
Brushes. Pocketbook or Wallet, Smoking Jacket, Clothes Brush, TravelersrToilet
Set, Shaving Mirror, Ash Tray.
SCOTTDALE, PA.
TO 8EJE THE BEST
there is in Christmas things for
| gifts come into the store and look
around. We cannot tell the
names or describe the uses of a
hundredth of the articles; can
j ODly give a hint in this partial
list of
Christmas
goods of various kinds.
There’s both variety and excellence
in this stock.
The holidays are not permitted to
interfere with our regular business of
selling Drugs and Medicines.
M. A. BOWMAN,
West Main st., Mutual ’phone 58.
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
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