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(Pjje Monnt $Un*nnt tfontnnl )L.?35. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1011. NO. 38 HEU F SHIELDS IS BEING TRIED F the County Criminal Court at Greensburg fefORE JUDGE ALEX. D. M'CONNELL |H0 DIDN'T WAIT FOE JUDGE REED'S ARRIVAL. Lawyers for the Defense Make lEvery Effort to Have the Case ■Again Postponed, but Judge Mc- loonnell Says No and the Highest ■Peace Officer of Westmoreland |Has at Last Had to Face the Music, ■Charged With Keeping Money ■Which Rightfully Belongs to the ■County. The case of Sheritl John E. Shields, larged with having kept some $54.to }r the service of Fayette county writs toad of turning the money over to us county, was taken up in criminal hurt at Greensburg Monday morning Wore Judge McConnell who didn't fait for the arrival of Judge Heed, of rsort county, later in the day. tant District Attorney N. A. Cort a 1 lenna C Ogden represented the Immonwealth. Attorneys Robbins, mini and dwell, counsel for the tendant, tried hard to have the case |ain postponed, but Judge Alexander said no. The prosecution rested case at noon yesterday and wit- tsses for the defense are now being eaid. The case may go to the jury nday. I There were three true bills against the lerifl as found by the grand jury. The 1st was on a charge of misdemeanor, Jlegiug appropriation of money collect- p on serving writs sent into this county lorn Fayette. I The other two bills charged escape of Vlsoners and malfeasance in office. Ihese charges grew out of the alleged llease of six deputy sheriffs from jail, Iter they had been committed by Jus- ce of the Peace Henry L. Meerhoff, of (•win. J Deputy Sheriffs Albert Anderson, Tony [letcher, Thomas Conibcr, Jacob Vozel, , F. Adams and Bert Roadman were ar- Isted at Irwin on charges of trespassing la property of the Penn Gas Coal Company. Following a hearing they were ommitted to jail for live days each. It was claimed the men were allowed leave the jail before their time was |p and reappeared in Irwin. Again they }ere sent back for ten days each. The Irst commitment was on May 23 and the Tjcond on May 29, this year, j The second sentence, it was claimed, las also not carried out, and the men Lain liberated. Deputy Constable Chas. . Livingstone, on duty at Irwin, then [cut before Justice of the Peace Meer- loft and preferred the charges against Shields, the head wilh a pick handle. The (toy acquitted the prisoner. Louis J. Nadler, an East Vnudergril' constable, was convicted on a charge of extortion made by Mrs. Agnes Sedecky from whom he took $50 to get her husband out of jail, but failed to make good. Joshua Miller, of Millwood, was convicted on charges of assault and battery. He smacked L. S. Shaw for squeezing Mrs. Lizzie Miller on a street car. Joe Joenja, charged with dynamiting ;i house at Atlantic No. 2, was found not guilty. Frank Gray, of New Keiisiugton.charg- ed wilh enticing two little girls into a cabin which he had rented, was acquitted but directed to pay the costs. Ralph Lesse got 20 days to jail for having drawn a gtin on James Simeon. The grand jury found the court house aud couuty home in good condition, also the jail, barring overcrowding. The jury thought jail prisoners should be made lo keep the court house clean aud thus save the county some $10,000 a year. DEATHS OF THE WEEK. Found guilty of having criminally as- aulted his deaf and dumb 15-year-old Jtepdaughter, John Ivanko, of Tarr, was liven an indeterminate sentence of not Jess than 3 years and 9 months and not liore than 15 years in the Western Penitentiary by Judge Doty on Thursday. Nine months to the workhouse and a Ine of $500 were handed to Oliver Mauley, colored, convicted of conducting a lawdy house on a houseboat on the tonongahela river near Monessen. Found guilty of felonious assault and lattery as charged by Harry Fry, Mike f>emeter, an Italian, of Latrobe, was sent the workhouse for four months by Judge Doty who also imposed a fine of ■25 for carrying concealed weapons. Three months to the workhouse were Siven John Pronusik, found guilty of [etonious shooting at Herminie as charged by State Trooper Reynold Plorentine. Sentence was imposed by Judge McCon- tell Following a short deliberation Friday, Ihe jury in the case of "Dick" Johnson, accused of attacking and stabbing Judge Thomas D. Caruahan of Pittsburg, on Vugust 18, when Judge Carnahan order- Id Johnson oft the Carnahan property at loss Park, a fashionable summer residential district in Ligonier townshipi reported they found Johnson had committed the attack and that he was insane, lohnson probably will be taken to Dix- uont. He was charged with felonious Itssault and battery. An equal division of costs was made In the first case sent up from here, being Ihat against Albert Konturick, prdsecn- led by Jacob Skoira. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant hit him over Tho Grim Reaper's Work in This Place and Vicinity. Squire Joseph Lytle. Squire Joseph Milton Lytle died at Connellsville last Tuesday, aged 90 years. His widow, five sous and three daughters survive. William A. Peterson. William A. Peterson, a prominent Ligonier merchant, dropped dead of heart disease at the dinner table Thursday. He was 57 years of age and leaves a widow and one child. William C. McCormick. William C, better known as "Blind Billy," McCormick died at his Union- town home last Tuesday, aged 53 years. He was a prominent contractor despite his eighteen years of blindness. He is survived by his second wife aud three children, of whom one is a son by his first wife from whom he was divorced. Enoch H. Abraham. Enoch H. Abraham died at his Union- town home Friday of a long-staudiug stomach trouble, aged 57 years. As noted in these columns some time ago, he was operated on at the Columbia Hospital, Wilkinsburg, and on returning to Uniontown seemed much better for a time. Recently the disease returned and iu order to satisfy himself in regard to his true condition he went to Wisconsin and had Mayo Brothers, world-famed surgeons, make an examination. They told him his case was hopeless and he returned home last Tuesday to await the eud. Mr. Abraham lived here a number of years with his wife and family while he was first manager of the Union Supply Company store at Morewood and afterwards local natural gas agent. On moving to Uniontown he was first superintendent at the Frick company's Continental works and afterwards went into the coal aud coke business with his his brother, ventures that proved financial successes. The surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Abraham, Lieutenant Clyde, U. S. A.; Mrs. Edith Crowe, of Union- town, and Miss Pauline and Harold at home. David Baer. The interment of the body of David Baer, of Scottdale, took place Thursday at Tarr. He was a member of the old 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil war and had passed the fourscore mark. t Alice Barron. Alice, a infant daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barron, died Friday at her Morewood street home, aged 4 months. Samuel Orimm. Samuel Grimm, of McClure, died at the hospital Monday of general debility, aged some sixty years. Mrs. Lulu Livingston. Mrs. Lulu Livingston, of Conuells- ville, died at the hospital yesterday of typhoid fever, aged 26 years. She was very low when admitted. She leaves her husband with three little children. "Patronize Home Industries" Do You Know What Is Manufactured In Your Own Community? 1§ Who cans tomatoes and other vegetables for the trade ? tj Who makes shoes or harness or other leather goods ? ^| Who manufactures overalls, night shirts or underwear? <J Who makes suits of clothing, overcoats or dress skirts? €J Who makes flour, meal, breakfast foods or other edibles for sale ? ^J Who prints pamphlets, stationery, cards and other jobwork? If you want to help boom your town find out about these things and "PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES" instead of buying these products from Mail Order concerns. PUPLIC SCHOOL OPENING. First Day's Roll Call Registers Almost One Thousand Pupils Which Means Over Eleven Hundred Eventually. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS TWO NEW TEACHERS. The Mount Pleasant Public Schools opened Monday with an enrollment of almost one thousand pupils. The attendance is increasing daily, giving assurance of eventually running over eleven hundred. Some of the lower rooms in the First ward building were so crowded that a division had to be made with the same numbers in the Third ward building; while the High School rooms were also over crowded. ber of its regular corps of teachers. The High School congestion was largely due to the many pupils from the surrounding townships who, under the new school code, are permitted to come to town provided they live within three miles. While Ihe new law makes this provision, it requires the home townships of such scolarsto pay the borough the cost of their tuition so that no additional burden Is put on the town taxpayers. In this instance, with 28 such pupils, the Mount Pleasant Board of Education will receive over $1,100 for the year, or more than enough to pay the wages of the two new teachers just elected. The directors met Monday evening and, on learning ol the condition of affairs, decided to establish auothcr High School room and elect a teacher for it as well as a substitute. Miss Elizabeth Miller, of Greensburg, who had applied for a similar position here before the term began and failed only because the board had determined to fill the place with a male teacher, was unanimously elected; while Miss Eva Plotne'r, of this place, was selected as the needed substitute. Miss Miller came down yesterday and assumed charge of the new room. She will, however, stay only until the board can secure a successor as the Greensburg board has elected her a mem- Aber-Sittmaan. A. C. Aber, of Great Meadows, N. J., and Miss Sarah E. Sittman, a nurse whose home is at Deck postoffice, this county, were married at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the West Main street home of Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. Kuhn by Rev. Charles F. Fox, of Findlay, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Aber will make their home at Great Meadows. WILL BE ALL DRY When Women of the Country are Allowed to Vote. At the Thursday evening session of the county W. C. T. U. convention at Irwin, Mrs. Florence Richards, national lecturer, spoke to a large audience for one hour. Tn the course of her remarks Mrs. Richards said that one of the main reasons that the church cannot do more toward getting rid of the saloon was that the majority of its members were women and they were not allowed the right of suftrage at the polls and when given this right the whole country would quickly be dry. The speaker pointed out that 40,000,000 people now live in dry territory. Mrs. Richards insisted that church members who sign petitions for license should be turned out of the church. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. Lucy A. Poole, of Scottdale, president; Mrs. Sue Simpson, of Branch, vice president; Mrs. W. W. Eicher, of Scottdale, corresponding secretary; Mrs. George W. Stoner, of Mount Pleasant, treasurer. Mrs. Sue B. Simpson was elected delegate to the national convention in Milwaukee in No- yember. The next annual convention will be held in Vandergrift. Pretty Bubble Party. Miss Mary Ramsay gave a prettily appointed bubble party at her South Church street home Thursday afternoon for the members of the infant class in the Reunion Presbyterian church. The little tots had barrels of fun making bubbles and, with their accompanying mamas, were served with a nice lunch. Pretty Social Event. Some twoscore young people from this place and vicinity greatly enjoyed the mock leap year party given in the bank assembly rooms Friday evening by Misses Marie Koehle, of this place, and Sue Graf, of Tarr. The tastefully arranged decorations were green and pink and excellent music for dancing was furnished by the Myers orchestra. The fair hostesses were paid many compliments on their clever management. FINALS IN TENNIS Played at the Scottdale Tournament on Saturday Last. The tennis tournament, played on the Scottdale courts under the auspices of the Westmoreland Outing Club, of this place, for the championship of Westmoreland county and which had been held up on account of rain, was finished last Saturday when Braddock and Durs- tine, of this place, the winners of the men's doubles, were challenged and defeated for the cup by Hone and Murphy, while Hone, of Vandergrift, who held the cup for men's singles, defeated Poller, of Parnassus, the tournament winner. The Mount Pleasant players, who speak in the highest terms of the royal entertainment given them by the Scottdale club, did very well in the tournament, winning three cups. Miss Nettie Fox retained that won last year in ladies' singles, while she and Sherman Durstine each got a cup as the winners in the mixed doubles. COMIRS AND GOERS. Paragraphs Ahont Prominent People Outh- ered Dnrlntr the Week. Mrs. George Murray is entertaining lict sister, Miss Rttby Saylor, nl BoBMTMi B, W, Berg, of Petal Marion, called on a lew of his old friends here Monday. Charles Freed paid friends at Rock Springs, Virginia, a short visit las! week. Misses Jennie and Nellie Cooper relumed Thursday from their Chautauqua visit. A. H. Truxal, of Pitcairn, spent Sunday here with his sister, Mrs. Blaine Coldstnilli. ' Mrs. James S. Braddock is at Franklin, Pa., visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. T. Stevenson. Abraham Neish, of Duquesne, is here visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Velesk,whose uncle he is. Councilman and Mrs. W. P. Henderson spent Sunday with Morgantowu, West Virginia, friends. Russell Smiley, of Altoona, was here over Sunday with Fred King, his Lafayette College chum. Superintendent and Mrs. William S. Ramsay are at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, on a two weeks' visit. Miss Lena Myers left Thursday to resume teaching in the public schools at Crandou, Wisconsin. Miss Velma Myers returned Wednesday from an extended visit paid relatives at Emerslie, Maryland. Mrs. C. D. Kimball, of New York, is spending a week here as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Nevin A. Cort. Prof. C T. Fox, ol Findlay College, aud his daughter, Mistress Ruth, are here visiting relatives and old friends. Mr. aud Mrs. W. H. Templeton took another auto trip to the lakes last week, returning Friday with a new Kline car. Prof. Emel Hanke, the newly elected principal of the Institute, arrived Friday aud took charge ready for today's opening. Mrs. Levina Jordan and Miss Emily Shields go to Markleton today to spend a week with Mrs. Elizabeth Hitchman at her summer home. Misses Margaret and Irene Bowers entertained fellow members of the Mount Pleasant Outing Club at their East End home Thursday evening. Prof. Bricker and his bride arrived here Friday and have gone to housekeeping iu part of Miss Maria Mitchell's South Church street residence. James S. Hitchman look Postmaster H. J. Jordau, R. H. Goodman and W. F. Smith »n his new White gas car to Pittsburg Monday to see the ball games. Mrs. James Craig, who has beeu visiting Kentucky relatives for some time, is here settling up her affairs preparatory to making her home at Grove City, Pa. David Edwards, of Pittsburg, was here several days last week with old friends while placing new agencies for the American Insurance Company, of which he is district manager. Justice and Mrs, John W. Hunter were called to Wilkinsburg Sunday to attend the funeral of their nephew, Benjamin Hunter, a son of James Hunter, who died of diabetes Friday, aged 22 years. The interment took place at Irwin. Anthony S. Malek has resigned from his position as manager in the local International Exchange Bank and has left for Michigan where he will attend school. Mr. Malek has held the position since January, 1908, and has many friends who will miss him very much. COUNCIL HAS A BARE QUORUM MONDAY EVENING And as a Result Transacts Only Routine Business. PASSAGE OF IMPORTANT ORDINANCES 00 0VEH TO A CONTINUED MEETING SET FOR TONIGHT. Tho Ordinances for tho Paving of South Shupe Bad North Hitchmitn Streota will bo up for Final Pannage. Tho Proposed Sewering and Paving of North Diamond St.i<••■* will not be Takon up Until Friday Evenings, September 8 and 18. As there was barely a quofUtn present, Council simply paid fhe August bills al its regular September meeting Monday night and adjourned to meat this evening. Burgess Collins' check for his past month's ollicial business was for £135.75. Three important ordinances will be up for consideration this evening. One II for fhe grading and paving of South Shupe street, another would provide for a similar improvement of North Hitch man street from Main lo Smilhfield street, while the third calls for a $25,000 bond issue to meet Ihe borough's share of contemplated improvement in the way of both sewering and paviug. ft is said that the town's financial condition is such as would permit of a $30,000 bond issue without a vote of approval from citizens. The sewering and paving of North Diamond street, which Council proposes to do under a lale act of Assembly without a petition signed by a majority of property holders, will not come up for final consideration until later, the paving on September 8 and the sewering on September 15. Another matter thai will come before Council Wednesday evening is a demand from Major Henry Coulter, of Greensburg, for the return of a ten spot taken oil him several months ago by Burgess Collins for 'fussing around here ol an evening with the tail light on his auto out. Judges Doty aud McConnell have both handed down decisions holding that auto drivers charged with violating buzz wagon rules must be taken before a justice of the peace. NARROW ESCAPE For an Italian Boy Who Bum Into a Carriage Thursday. A little Italian lad ran in front of a carriage on South Diamond street Thursday and was severely hurt by the wheels passing over his body when he fell. He was taken to the hospital. The occupant of the carriage, whicli was driven by young Arthur McCIoy, was Mrs. Kirk Bryce and both were so concerned about the boy that they ran no little risk of bodily harm when angry fellow countrymen, some with pistols, joined the half-crazed mother. In fact, it required considerable tact on the part of Policemen Stefi and Parfitt to get the crowd pacified and permission to remove the little victim to the hospital. Fortunately, he was not hurt internally and was able to return home in a couple of days. Those who witnessed the accident say it was unavoidable. Killed for Half a Dollar. In a quarrel over 50 cents, Annie Brown, colored, was murdered near Fort Hill, Somerset county, last Monday night by Bert Burns, also colored. The killing took place in one of the construction camps along the new Western Maryland railroad. Burns, better known as "Piedmont Jim,'' ascaped. • Fair Preparations Complete. The Westmoreland Agricultural Society has everything ready for its annual exhibition which opens today at Youngwood. Weather alone can prevent the fair from being a success. TRAGEDY AT DAWSON. Harrison Hone Shoots Wife, Alleged Lover and Kills Himself. Seeing his, wife in a buggy with her cousin, Frank Welsh, on their way to the B. & O. wreck near Layton last Tuesday night about 10 o'clock, "Pip" Hone shot his wife, Welsh and then himself. Mrs. Hone was shot in the left shoulder, Welsh in the back on tbe left side.while Hone's wound was in the mouth with the bullet emerging from the center of the forehead. Both men were placed side by side in an automobile and taken to the Connellsville hospital where Hone died. Welsh is also in a serious condition as the bullei penetrated the left lung. The woman was taken to the Welsh home where her recovery is assured. The Hones had been separated for about a year. Big Drawing at Bridgeport. The grand drawing for the men's suit and lady's $10 parasol will be held in O. of I. A. Hall at Bridgeport Saturday evening. September 16, at 10:30, following the service, of toothsome refreshments. Tbe public is cordially invited. Fatal Boating Accident. Joseph Ernest and William A.Wagner, North Braddock boys, were drowned and James Hutchinson and Elmer Wolfe, young Swissvale men, made narrow escapes from meeting a similar fate San- day morning near Cbarleroi. The goso- line launch, in which they were riding on the river, was capsized by the waves from a passing steamer. Colored Campmeeting. There will be a week of colored campmeeting in Spelker Park commencing; next Sunday with three preaching services and a service each evening until. September 17 under the auspices of the local A. M. E. Zion church with the pastor, Rev. Mr. Ball, in charge. The famous Bethel choir of Greensburg will furnish the music. Meals will also be served on the grounds. Latrobe Business Jubilee. Latrobe is preparing to hold a business jubilee September 14, 15 and 16. Besides balloon ascensions each day, Thursday will have a band concert and unique bargain fest; Friday, free street shows, mercantile, industrial and automobile parade, with fireworks at night; Saturday, street shows, country circuses and mummers' parade.
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Title | Mount Pleasant journal (September 6, 1911) |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Westmoreland County -- Mount Pleasant ; Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Mount Pleasant |
Description | Publishers: John L. Shields, [Jan. 10, 1923]; Howard M. Stoner and Clark Queer, 1923-1963; H. Ralph Hernley, 1963-. |
Creator | Mount Pleasant journal (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) |
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Place of Publication | Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. |
Contributors | Mt. Pleasant Pub. Co. |
Date | 1873- |
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Location Covered | Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. |
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Description
Title | Mount Pleasant journal |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Westmoreland County -- Mount Pleasant ; Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Mount Pleasant |
Description | Publishers: John L. Shields, [Jan. 10, 1923]; Howard M. Stoner and Clark Queer, 1923-1963; H. Ralph Hernley, 1963-. |
Creator | Mount Pleasant journal (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) |
Publisher | |
Place of Publication | Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. |
Contributors | Mt. Pleasant Pub. Co. |
Date | 1873- |
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)L.?35.
MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
1011.
NO. 38
HEU F SHIELDS
IS BEING TRIED
F
the County Criminal Court
at Greensburg
fefORE JUDGE ALEX. D. M'CONNELL
|H0 DIDN'T WAIT FOE JUDGE REED'S
ARRIVAL.
Lawyers for the Defense Make
lEvery Effort to Have the Case
■Again Postponed, but Judge Mc-
loonnell Says No and the Highest
■Peace Officer of Westmoreland
|Has at Last Had to Face the Music,
■Charged With Keeping Money
■Which Rightfully Belongs to the
■County.
The case of Sheritl John E. Shields,
larged with having kept some $54.to
}r the service of Fayette county writs
toad of turning the money over to
us county, was taken up in criminal
hurt at Greensburg Monday morning
Wore Judge McConnell who didn't
fait for the arrival of Judge Heed, of
rsort county, later in the day.
tant District Attorney N. A. Cort
a 1 lenna C Ogden represented the
Immonwealth. Attorneys Robbins,
mini and dwell, counsel for the
tendant, tried hard to have the case
|ain postponed, but Judge Alexander
said no. The prosecution rested
case at noon yesterday and wit-
tsses for the defense are now being
eaid. The case may go to the jury
nday.
I There were three true bills against the
lerifl as found by the grand jury. The
1st was on a charge of misdemeanor,
Jlegiug appropriation of money collect-
p on serving writs sent into this county
lorn Fayette.
I The other two bills charged escape of
Vlsoners and malfeasance in office.
Ihese charges grew out of the alleged
llease of six deputy sheriffs from jail,
Iter they had been committed by Jus-
ce of the Peace Henry L. Meerhoff, of
(•win.
J Deputy Sheriffs Albert Anderson, Tony
[letcher, Thomas Conibcr, Jacob Vozel,
, F. Adams and Bert Roadman were ar-
Isted at Irwin on charges of trespassing
la property of the Penn Gas Coal Company. Following a hearing they were
ommitted to jail for live days each.
It was claimed the men were allowed
leave the jail before their time was
|p and reappeared in Irwin. Again they
}ere sent back for ten days each. The
Irst commitment was on May 23 and the
Tjcond on May 29, this year,
j The second sentence, it was claimed,
las also not carried out, and the men
Lain liberated. Deputy Constable Chas.
. Livingstone, on duty at Irwin, then
[cut before Justice of the Peace Meer-
loft and preferred the charges against
Shields,
the head wilh a pick handle. The (toy
acquitted the prisoner.
Louis J. Nadler, an East Vnudergril'
constable, was convicted on a charge of
extortion made by Mrs. Agnes Sedecky
from whom he took $50 to get her husband out of jail, but failed to make good.
Joshua Miller, of Millwood, was convicted on charges of assault and battery.
He smacked L. S. Shaw for squeezing
Mrs. Lizzie Miller on a street car.
Joe Joenja, charged with dynamiting ;i
house at Atlantic No. 2, was found not
guilty.
Frank Gray, of New Keiisiugton.charg-
ed wilh enticing two little girls into a
cabin which he had rented, was acquitted but directed to pay the costs.
Ralph Lesse got 20 days to jail for
having drawn a gtin on James Simeon.
The grand jury found the court house
aud couuty home in good condition, also
the jail, barring overcrowding. The jury
thought jail prisoners should be made
lo keep the court house clean aud thus
save the county some $10,000 a year.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
Found guilty of having criminally as-
aulted his deaf and dumb 15-year-old
Jtepdaughter, John Ivanko, of Tarr, was
liven an indeterminate sentence of not
Jess than 3 years and 9 months and not
liore than 15 years in the Western Penitentiary by Judge Doty on Thursday.
Nine months to the workhouse and a
Ine of $500 were handed to Oliver Mauley, colored, convicted of conducting a
lawdy house on a houseboat on the
tonongahela river near Monessen.
Found guilty of felonious assault and
lattery as charged by Harry Fry, Mike
f>emeter, an Italian, of Latrobe, was sent
the workhouse for four months by
Judge Doty who also imposed a fine of
■25 for carrying concealed weapons.
Three months to the workhouse were
Siven John Pronusik, found guilty of
[etonious shooting at Herminie as charged by State Trooper Reynold Plorentine.
Sentence was imposed by Judge McCon-
tell
Following a short deliberation Friday,
Ihe jury in the case of "Dick" Johnson,
accused of attacking and stabbing Judge
Thomas D. Caruahan of Pittsburg, on
Vugust 18, when Judge Carnahan order-
Id Johnson oft the Carnahan property at
loss Park, a fashionable summer residential district in Ligonier townshipi
reported they found Johnson had committed the attack and that he was insane,
lohnson probably will be taken to Dix-
uont. He was charged with felonious
Itssault and battery.
An equal division of costs was made
In the first case sent up from here, being
Ihat against Albert Konturick, prdsecn-
led by Jacob Skoira. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant hit him over
Tho Grim Reaper's Work in This Place and
Vicinity.
Squire Joseph Lytle.
Squire Joseph Milton Lytle died at
Connellsville last Tuesday, aged 90 years.
His widow, five sous and three daughters survive.
William A. Peterson.
William A. Peterson, a prominent Ligonier merchant, dropped dead of heart
disease at the dinner table Thursday.
He was 57 years of age and leaves a
widow and one child.
William C. McCormick.
William C, better known as "Blind
Billy," McCormick died at his Union-
town home last Tuesday, aged 53 years.
He was a prominent contractor despite
his eighteen years of blindness. He is
survived by his second wife aud three
children, of whom one is a son by his
first wife from whom he was divorced.
Enoch H. Abraham.
Enoch H. Abraham died at his Union-
town home Friday of a long-staudiug
stomach trouble, aged 57 years. As noted
in these columns some time ago, he was
operated on at the Columbia Hospital,
Wilkinsburg, and on returning to Uniontown seemed much better for a time.
Recently the disease returned and iu
order to satisfy himself in regard to his
true condition he went to Wisconsin and
had Mayo Brothers, world-famed surgeons, make an examination. They told
him his case was hopeless and he returned home last Tuesday to await the eud.
Mr. Abraham lived here a number of
years with his wife and family while he
was first manager of the Union Supply
Company store at Morewood and afterwards local natural gas agent. On moving to Uniontown he was first superintendent at the Frick company's Continental works and afterwards went into
the coal aud coke business with his
his brother, ventures that proved financial successes.
The surviving members of the family
are: Mrs. Abraham, Lieutenant Clyde,
U. S. A.; Mrs. Edith Crowe, of Union-
town, and Miss Pauline and Harold at
home.
David Baer.
The interment of the body of David
Baer, of Scottdale, took place Thursday
at Tarr. He was a member of the old
28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil war and had
passed the fourscore mark. t
Alice Barron.
Alice, a infant daughter ol Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Barron, died Friday at her
Morewood street home, aged 4 months.
Samuel Orimm.
Samuel Grimm, of McClure, died at
the hospital Monday of general debility,
aged some sixty years.
Mrs. Lulu Livingston.
Mrs. Lulu Livingston, of Conuells-
ville, died at the hospital yesterday of
typhoid fever, aged 26 years. She was
very low when admitted. She leaves
her husband with three little children.
"Patronize Home Industries"
Do You Know What Is Manufactured In Your
Own Community?
1§ Who cans tomatoes and other
vegetables for the trade ?
tj Who makes shoes or harness or
other leather goods ?
^| Who manufactures overalls, night
shirts or underwear?
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