Mapleton Item

              VOL. XVI.
MAPLETON DEPOT. PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 4904.
NO. 30
LOCAL NOTES.
— The Smart Set magazine will entertain
yon.
—Men in all ways are better than they
seem.—Emerson..
—Have yon read tbat very interesting
magazine, The Smart Set?
—Loafers an forever hovering in the
anteroom of crime. —Owen Kildare.
—Real enjoyment is had when reading
that clever magazine, The Smart Set.
—God always has an angel of help for
those who are willing to do their duty.—
Gu/yler.
•—Special line of men's women's and
children's shoes at reduced prices.
Shapiro Bros.
—You will be successful in the measure
that yoa practice self-renounciation.—
Isabella Thoburn.
—Miss Hattie Yocum, of Mount Union,
was tbe guest of her uncle Brace Yocum's
family yesterday.
—Clifford and Robert Magsam, of.
Hnntingdon, were Sunday guests at the
Jionie of M. L. Neice.
—Mrs. Minnie Palmer, of Mount Union,
visited among friends in Mapleton last
Friday and Saturday.
—An addition to be used ae a bar room
and banquet hall is being built to the
Eagle Hotel, Orbisonia.
—E. P. Haines and T. L. Banks, of
Altoona, were among the fishermen in
Mapleton waters yesterday.
—Rev. Harry L. Bowlby, of Altoona,
will preach in the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning at 10.80 o'clock.
—A man may -have enough of the world
to siak bim, but he can never have
•enough to satisfy him.—T. Brooks.
—Henry M. Hanna, of Baltimore, was
an town yesterday looking up matters pertaining to the proposed new sand plant.
•—Mrs. J. R. Weimer, of Huntingdon,
visited her sister, Mrs. B. F. Baker, in
Mapleton several days of the past week.
—Mrs. N. S. Mort, of Atkinson's Mills,
Mifliin county, spent Monday in Maple-
ten, as the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Werts.
—S. Guy Hicks returned last week from
a visit to friends in Illinois and ia again
_t his post of duty, tbat of assistant agent
at this station.
—John G. Gillam had a wound inflicted
in the right hand near the ban of the
thumb yesterday by a fish hook becoming
imbedded therein.
—"The World's Fair and Some of Its
Lessons" will be the subject on wbich
Hev. J. H. Ake will talk next Sunday
.evening.   Everybody invited.
—Gideon 0. Miller, of Mead, Nebraska,
who had been spending several weeks
with friends in this neighborhood, left
yesterday for his western home.
—Mrs. Mary Houp, of Hopewell township, died Sunday. The remains were
were interred yesterday. Deceased was
a sister of B. B. Shore of Mapleton,
—For sale—wagon, set of harness and
fiynets; wagon ia suitable for butcher or
huckster business. Will be sold at a bar.
gain. J. B. McClain, Mapleton Depot, Pa.
—The game of ball played at Huntingdon last Saturday between the Mount
Union and Broad Top Oity teams resulted
in a. victory ior the latter by a score of
* to 7.
—The officers elect of Mapleton Lodge
No. 468,1. O. O. F., will be installed by
District Deputy Mcllroy next Saturday
evening. Let there be a full turnout of
the members.
—Mrs. S. 0. Harvey, of Union township, has not been enjoying good health
for some time past. Her sons, John and
Wesley, of Pittsburg, visited her during
the past week.
—Two bloodhounds bought for Cambria
eounty have arrived in Ebensburg, from
San Antonio, Texas. They were ordered
after the Portage hold-up. They weigh
about forty pounds each.
—Mrs. L. A. Himes, of Mill Oreek,
visited friends in Mapleton last Sunday.
She and her husband will leave in a few
days to visit their son, Prof. R. L. Himes,
at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
—Last Sunday afternoon some of tbe
.Italians employed at tbe Pemberton quarries near Union Furnace engaged in a riot
and as a result one was killed and another seriously injured. The dead man's
name is Pasquelle Sebastian and he was
aged 41 years. His mother, wife and two
■children live in  Italy.   Tbe body was
taken to Tyrone for burial.   Five of the
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participants jn the riot are in fhe Huntingdon jail.
—Last Thursday through H. B. Dunn
as attorney,, two valuable milling properties changed hands. Frank Nicks, of
Aitch, purchased the Neff's mill for $1250,
and Edward Helly er, jr., bought the Hatfield mill at Alexandria for $4800.— News.
—Miss Laura M. Edgein arrived in
Mapleton last Friday evening from a six
weeks visit among friends at Glasgow,
Coalport and Altoona Miss Edgein will
open her milliner shop next week in Mrs.
J. B. Dell's house vacated „by A. W.
Taggart.
—It pays to trade with Shapiro Bros.,
the bargain merchants. Their stock of
merchandise is large and complete and
new goods are arriving daily. They pay
highest prices for country produce. Visit
their store and be convinced of the bargains they offer. *
—Edward Henry and Oharles Flasher
are in the county jail, accused of highway
robbery. The informant is a constable
from Williamsburg, who alleges that the
prisoners robbed him of $5 in money and
a pair of handcuffs. Henry and Flasher
are both well known residents of Huntingdon.—Globe.
—Mrs. Cora Clark, wife of Oharles H.
Clark, who was taken to the Nason Sanitarium at Roaring'Springs a couple weeks
ago for treatment, died in tbat institution
at four o'clock Sunday evening. The remains were taken to Trough Creek valley
Monday where they were interred yesterday.   We are without further particulars.
.—Cyrus Clemson, aged 93 years, a resident of Newport, Perry county, and one
of the town's most prominent citizens,
was struck by the engine of General
Manager W. W. Atterbury's train at noon
on Monday and almost instantly killed.
Tbe venerable gentleman was in the act
of crossing the tracks at a regular crossing
when the fatality occurred.
—The twenty-first annual reunion of
the One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer association will
be held at Orbisonia Thursday and Friday, October 20 and 21. Headquarters
will be in the opera house, where all business will be transacted. G. G. Tate, of
McKeesport, Pa., is president and George
W. Buck, of Altoona, 'is secretory of the
association.
—D. W. Bagshaw, a native of Juniata
township, this county, is editor and proprietor of the Oakville Oruiser, published
at Oakville, Washington. A copy of the
paper has been banded us by H. H.
Swope and we find it brim full of local
news. From it we observe tbat Mr.
Bagshaw in addition to bis editorial
duties, is a notary public and is engaged
in the real estate and insurance business.
—A notice has been sent by the State
Department of Factory Inspectors to the
Harrisburg school board to have the doors
on the school rooms open outward instead
of in. A deputy inspector recently found
that the doors on five of the buildings
open inward instead of out and the notice
followed. An aot of Assembly requires
that doors on schoolrooms, ohurches, etc.,
swing outward so as to afford an easy
exit in case of fire.
—Oharles H. Steese and William
Weand, of Philadelphia, and J. W.
Musser, of Newport, state president, Btate
secretary and state organizer, respectively,
of the Patriotic Order Sons of America,
came to Mapleton on main line express
last Saturday evening and were here met
by Prof. J. G. Dell, district president of
Hnntingdon county, and taken to Calvin
where a big demonstration was held after
which the visitors went to Huntingdon,
thence home. We regret that we do not
nave particulars of the Calvin meeting.
-—In response to a petition of the passenger flagmen of the middle division of
the Pennsylvania railroad the order has
been issued that the flagmen who at present are older in point of service than the
brakemen, be made brakemen and a corresponding number of brakemen be made
flagmen to take their places. The position of flagmen has been considered
higher than that of brakemen, as the responsibilities are greater, but the pay for
both positions is the same. The older
men therefore think that their tasks
should be lighter and for this reason have
signed the petition that has brought
about the.new order. The change will'
place a large number of newer men in the
places of the flagmen, all of whom will be
subjected to an examination before they
are given the positions. The older and
more experinced men becoming brakemen
will be in a position to assist tbe conductors ^t the front of the trains,
—At 1.80 o'clock last Thursday morning
Mr. Daniel Downs died at Ihe home of
his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Goto, at Altoona.
Mr. Downs was born in Blacklog valley,
Huntingdon county, June 9, 1838. Surviving him are these children: James R.,
of Johnstown; Mrs. J. F. Cole and Mrs. 8.
G. Vance, of Altoona; Mrs. Sadie West,
of Geneva, O., and Mies Laura Downs,
who is a missionary in India.' During,
the civil war the deceased served his
country in one of the hard fighting regiments—the Seventy-sixth regiment, Penn-
solvania Volunteers—in which he served
three years and nine months.
. —A correspondent of the Altoona Tribune is the author of the following timely
truth: "Next Saturday the annual
massacre of small game will begin, and
there will be sucb a report of firearms as
will not be heard again for one year. The
destructive temperament seems to still
exist in a large number of the human
family. The Indian killed to eat; the
white man kills for the fun of it. The
owers of many small tracts of timber
would enjoy having it well stocked with
small game, but this is. not possible when
everybody takes the liberty that belongs
to nobody. Therefore trespass notices
are becoming more general."
•—The Pennsylvania railroad began an
experiment last week of hauling fast
freight trains over the middle division
with special engines which have been as.
signed to regular crews that will have
charge of all the fast trains. This is an
entirely new departure and the practicability of the scheme will be tried out for
one month. The moving of these trains
has not been satisfactory to the company
and the experiment is being tried for the
purpose of making better time. Tbe engines used heretofore have all been of the
heavy type with four pairs of driving
wheels. These engines were used both
for fast and slow trains, but they are built
mainly for long and heavy trains. The
locomotives conld not cover the ground
fast enough for perishable goods and it
was decided to use a class F3b engine
which is built on tbe passenger type.
—From the Morgan Messenger, published
at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, we
glean the following concerning the We^t
Virginia Sand company, the same company interested in the proposed new sahtf
plant at Mapleton: 'The commissioners
in the Shelly-Fouse case sold the property
on Wednesday and all that in town (the
old tannery property) and the mountain
land just west and adjoining the town,
was bought by Mr. John G, Foust for the
sum of (9,500. The sand land north of
town that was sold about two years ago
by Mr. Chas. West for (600 was bought
by tbe West Virginia Sand company for
$6,700, and the sand right on the Frank
Wise property was bought by the same
company for $4,000." These properties
are on either side of a tract owned by
B. O'Oonnor & Sons, of Mapleton, and
Baake tbe latter much more valuable.
The tract owned by O'Connors is adjacent
to the railroad and a stream of water runs
through it from the  famous  Berkeley
Springs.
Chnrch of Ood Appointments.    .
The East Pennsylvania Eldership of the
Church of God which had been in session
at Shippensburg adjourned yesterday.
Lancaster was selected for the place of
meeting in October, 1906. The appointments were announced yesterday. Those
in this vicinity are as follows:
Walnut Grove—E. Myers
Broad Top Circuit—O. W. Harry
Upper Perry Circuit—W. H. Dressier
Saxton—F. W. McGuire
Martinsburg and Woodbury—-J. A.
Detter
O. F. Reitzel was assigned to  Mount
Joy and J. F. Meizel to Matamoras.
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Cnnfeaslons of a Priest.
Rev. Jno. 8. Oox, of Wake, Ark.,
writes, "For 12 years I suffered from
Yellow Jaundice. I consulted a number
of physicians and tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relief. ' Then I began
the use of Electric Bitters and feel that
I am now cured of a disease that had me
in its grasp for twelve years." If you
want a reliable medioine for Liver and
Kidney trouble, stomach disorder or
general debility, get Electric Bitters. It's
guaranteed by Wright & Dell.
To Tie Makers.
The undersigned will buy railroad ties
and advance goods on same for the next
sixty<days, pr until December 1st
pHAPjKO Bros.,
Mapleton, Pa,
Joseph Milton Hatiman.
J. Milton Bauman, aged 54 years, died
Sunday at the Allegheny General Hospital of Bright's disease. He was taken to
the bopital about two weeks previous to
death from bis home at Sewickley. Mr.
Bauman was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Allen H. Bauman, of Mapleton, and
although Milton was born in Centre
oounty' much of his youth was spent in
Mapleton, He lived a short time in
Philadelphia and later moved to Pittsburg. For several years he was the Pittsburg representative for G. P. Dull, of
McVeytown. For the past seventeen
years be has resided at Sewickley.
For years he was a salesman and genera-
manager for Sloan & Mcllvaine, Pittsburg
contractors. At tbe time of his death he
was with the Allegheny Valley Brick
company. Ml*. Bauman was a member of
Washington Lodge No. 253, F. & A. M.;
Allegheny Oommandry Knights Templar;
Allegheny Lodge, B. P. O. E., and the
American Republican Olnb of Pittsburg.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Josephine Loesby, of Pittsburg, and Miss
Myrtle, at home; (two brothers, Arthur,
of Youngstown, and Jeremiah, of New
Castle; and four sisters, Mrs. George
Green, Mrs. Eugene Chapin, Mrs. Samuel
Gibson and Miss Louise Bauman, all
of New Castle.
The fnneral occurred yesterday from
his late home at Sewickley.
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8. ft. Shumaker.
Samuel R. Shumaker, formerly cashier
of the First National Bank of Huntingdon,
died suddenly at his home at Sewickley
about 10.80 o'clock Sunday morning. He
had just returned that morning from the
meeting of the Bankers' Association at
Atlantic Oity and retired to the bath
room to take a bath. There he fell, dying from a hemorrhage of the brain.
Mr. Shumaker was a son of the late
Prof. Shumaker, of Juniata oounty. He
received careful training in banking in the
Girard National Bank of Philadelphia,
In 1881 he became cashier of the First
National Bank, of Huntingdon, and last
year went to Pittsburg to accept the position of vice president of the National Bank
of Western Pennsylvania. At the time
of his death he was a director of the First
National Bank of ^Huntingdon, vice president of the National Bank of Western
Pennsylvania, president of the National
Bank of Windber, a member of the executive committee of the National Bankers'
association and ex-president of the Pennsylvania Bankers' association. Deceased
was a member of the Presbyterian church
and of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 800,,
F. and A. M. He is survived by bis wife
and three sons. The remains will be interred to-day at Indiana, Pa.
Reunion 22nd Pa. Tail. Cal. Postponed.
The annual reunion of survivors of
22nd Pa. Vol. Cal. was to be held this
year October 21 at Mapleton, Huntingdon
county, Pa., M. L. Rex of Oo. I, being
president for the year. Comrade Rex has
had so much sickness in his family that
he could not make such arrangements for
entertaining the visitors as he desired, and
because of tbis, and because of the epidemic of scarlet fever prevailing in Mapleton, it has been decided to have no reunion this year. A reunion will. be
arranged for next year, to be held probably at Mapleton, of which due notice will
be given.
A. R. McCarthy, Sec'y.
Mount Union, Pa, Oct. 10,1904.
Three Oars Passed Over Ber.
Prom the Saxton Herald.
While on her way home from school
Wednesday evening, Margarett Kelley,
the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs..
Joseph Kelly, was struck down by the
cars on the Letitia street crossing near
round house, and three coal cars passed the
over ber. Her brother had crossed the
tracks ahead of her, and seeing a cut of
three cars being dropped down tbe track,
told his sister to wait, but she began to
cross over. Midway of the track the cars
struck her and knocked her down. The
little boy, by rare presence of mind, called
to her to lie still and not move, and he
also signaled to the brakeman of the
accident. When the cars bad passed
over the spot where the little girl lay, she
got up and walked' home. The only injury she sustained was when struck by
the cars.
World's Fair B-eti. stons.
Low-rate ten-day coach excursion's via
Pennsylvania Railroad, October 5, 12,
19 and 26. Rate, $15.20 from Mapleton.
Train leaves Mapleton at 2.14 P. M.. connecting with special train from.New York
arnving St Jaou'ie 4.15 P. M. next day,
Annual Inspection.
The general manager's annual inspection of the Pennsylvania railroad began
yesterday at Fittsburg when General Manager Atterbury and some two hundred
and fifty officials started east to determine'
the condition of the roadbed and tracks.
The road was inspected from Pittsburg to
Harrisbnrg yesterday, the inspection
party passing through Mapleton shortly
after two o'clock, and to-day tbe tini.
will be spent in inspecting the tracks between Harrisburg and Jersey City. There
are five special trains, the general manager being at the head of the party.
The officials are divided into five separate committees, each of which has it-
particular work. Each committee has
from forty to sixty members. The first
of these judges concerning the line and
surface conditions, the second concerning
the freight, tracks and sidings, the third
concerning joints, spacing ties and ballast,
the fourth concerning station grounds,
road crossings, ditching and policing, and
the fifth concerning telegraph lines and
fixed signals.
One supervisor in each superintendent's
division will be given a prize of $100. The
territory of the different supervisors is inspected every six weeks, but this will be
the final inspection, after which prises-
will be awarded. Additional prises of
$50 each will be given in each supervisor's
division. There are nineteen supervisors
in all and each supervisor is in charge of
several subdivisions.
Because of the great rivalry existing between the officials stationed along th«
lines there will be some fine track in»'
spected by the party. Considerable work
was done at some places in order that the
tracks might present the best possible appearance. During tlie summer months
the number of men employed on the
various section crews was reduced. Th is
probably has tended to make the tracks
in poorer condition than usual, but every j
effort was put forth to place the tracks in
tbe best condition, and many additional
men were employed within the past week
for this purpose,
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_larrlaife talsenftes.
Samuel A. Trimmer, Roanoke, Va,. and
Anna M. Walter, Morris township,
Ernest W. Baker and Anna M. Benson,
both of Tod township.
W. M. Cummins and Carrie Gallagher,
both oi Jackson township.,
Samuel S. Shover, Milford, Pa, and E,
Josephine Aucker, Walker township!
Vernon L.   Kipe,   Williamsburg,  and
Arilla C. Ross, Tod township,   '      ''?$&&
Albert M. Myers and Nora O'Donnell,
both of Mount Union,:
Alonzo Hughs  and Hattie P.   Wolfe,
both of Robertsdale.
Harvey Parsons,   Tell  township, and
Maggie Snyder, Mount Union.
Edward H. Lorenz,  Huntingdon, and
Minnie E. Brown, Springfield township, .
Jobn Morrison, Millet township, and*
Kate A. Barr, Jackson township.
Norman Gilbert and Mary E. Hicks, J
both of Mount Dnion.
John A. Kleff man and Ada G. Querry,
both of Mount Union.
Wm. H. Querry,   Hollidaysburg, and
Harriet 0. Bradley, Huntingdon.
Samuel G. Fitzgerald, Manor Hill, and
Emma J.McEl wain, Henderson township, 1
J. Van Black and Veda Elliott, both of
Huntingdon.
John D. Wheland and Minnie M. Bosecrans, both of Franklin township.
Wm. E. Brooks, Reedsville, and Jeannette S. Stewart, Birmingham.
Harry S.   Clymans and  Margaret A,
Crouse, both of Decorum*
Chas. M. Goodman and Mabel M. Carothers, both of Mill Oreek.
Lawson Fleegal, Coalmont, and Minnie
M. Leonard, Stonerstown.
Sale Register.
Thursday, October 27,1904, Mrs. J, M.
Oswalt will offer at publie sale at her rest*
dence in Union township, 2J miles northwest of Mapleton, two work horses, four
good milch cows, young cattle, wagons,
buggy, sleigh, sled, mower, hay rake and
other farm implements j also a large quanta
tity of hay, fodder, grain,, vinegar by the
barrel, household furniture, etc,   Eale to
commence at 10 o'clock,.
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IJroUe Into |-|a House.
S. Le Quinn, of Cavendish, Vt, was
robbed of his customary health by invasion of Chronic Constination. When Dr.
King's New Life Fills broke into hia
house, bis trouble was arrested and now
he's entirely cured. They're guaranteed
to cure, 25c at Wright & Dell's start),