The Indiana Weekly Messenger from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 1

Reports say that Company is Buying Right of Way for new Bailroad Death of a ChiM by scalding Queer Belie of a Dead ather VOL 47 NO 6 INDIANA rTwEDNESDAV Indiana Marion Center Kellysburg to Indiana Dr A Simpson and Mr' MuP Thia ia iw nninyilminn vtrhnr Pi a i a xxm Taking Right of Way: Agents of the Buffalo Rochester and On Thursday Congressman Jack in troduced bills in the house to grant a pension of $24 per month to John Curry of Blairsville and to correct the military record of John A White of Horton' i Hamilton" of Indiaua has been granted an increase of pension to $10 A bill lias been introduced in the house to give all volunteers of the Span ish war who served out of the United States two extra pay and those who served within one extra pay The senate pension committee has an nounced its intention to carefully all pension bills introduced' This is in accordance with what has been the popular impression for some time Sale ol Indiana Property Increasing Many transfers of property and real estate in Indiana have been made this week The following have been made through the Wettling and Crossman agency: i The Taylor house and lot on South Tenth street to A Joseph Pol lock of New ork city for $1700 Mr Pollock will occupy tne property soon Lot of Watt on Bast Church streettoJohn Miller of Blairsville con ideration $1200 Mr Miller will erect a modern dwelling house on the lot in the spring and move to Indianait is said Two houses and two lots of John Sutton situated on Chestnut street' to Simpson consideration $1250 House and lot of Kimmell on West Church street to Lewis of Canoe township consideration $1000 Mr Lewis will occupy the house it is said Engle Wednesday of last week purchased the two Snyder lots on West Philadelphia street Cheek Bone Broken 11 Mullen the surveyor fell Sat Live Stoclk Siiipniciits Bucher to Salford 10 horses 17 pigs Harry Bryan to Knecdler 7 cattle 7 calves 159 pigs 1 Thomas Wissincey'" tn fihvronl'c Want die Schedule Changed The Postoilice Department is being petitioned to change the time of the ar rival of the mail on the route between Marion Center and Glen Campbell As now arranged the mail leaves Marion Center at 5 a making the round trip by 7 By the proposed change the mail will leave Marion Center on the arrival of the morning mail from Indiana but not later than 2 :40 and arrive at Glen Campbell in six and one half hours and leave Glen Campbell at 1 and arrive at Marion Center at 7 By the present arrangement all mail including dajly and weekly papers leaving Indiana on the early mail for Mills Horton and Canoe Ridge lies over at Marion Center until the next morning The proposed change will be appreciated by the patrons of the office north of Marion Cliurcli Notes Twenty nine persons united with the Presbyterian congregation last Sabbath Communion service in the Church next Sabbath Preaching morning and evening by Rev Dr Turner of Wilkinsburg Revival meetings are in progress at the Baptist church every night this week except Saturday Rev rench of Plumville is assisting the pastor Rev A urman Kcal stiUo Tronslers John Bell to A Jami son January 3 1902 133 acres in Wash ington $3200 John Clark to Elizabeth Hadden May 18 1901 25 acres in Grant $350 Elizabeth Hadden to John Hollis December 11 11 1901 25 acres in Grant $350 Thomas Sutton to McHenry October 4 1901 of 107 acres in White $53921 Eliza Nesbit to James Johnston January 6 1901 5 acres in White $495 James Johnston to Eliza Nesbit September 12 1901 5 acres in White $500 1 Uber to Mary Clark Septem ber 24 1901 land in Burrell $250 Mitchell to Columbus McCoy lot in Indiana $1800 James heirs to Mary Mul vehill September 21 1901 two lots in Blairsville $1 leming to Horace leming August 7 1901 58JA acres in Green $200 William Bigler to Benjamin rampton November 13 1901 lot in Canoe $150 Michael Shetler to Jacob StClair October 23 1901 8 acres in West Wheat Jennie to Jane Bran don January 7 1901 lot in Indiana $18731 Longwill to Longwill April 1 1884 41 perches in Green $30 Longwill to Porter Rice et al April 1 1884 same $100 elix Trimble to Clark Decem ber 30 1901 57 acres coal in Montgom ery $171810 VI Rank to same January 4 1902 118 acres in Montgomery $3378 John Lowmastcr sr to Clark Low master December 31 1901 acres in Canoe $1000 Daniel Cameron to Sarah Hovis Oct 15 1901 lot in Homer City 8800 George Roof to Charles Ebey lot in Indiana January 9 1902 $600 Clara A Nesbit to reeh May 11 1901 120 acres in Rayne $600 A Reeves to Kunkle Janu ary 3 1902 lot in Homer City $775 Kunkle to Joseph Barclay Janu ary 9 1902 lot in Homer City $900 Anna Graff to Graff January 7 1902 81 acres in White $1 John heirs to same January 2 1902 92 acres in White $2500 Martin Lower to James Ralston Jan 10 1902 53 acres in Cherryhill $16 William Stewart to Charles A Ma han December 281901 lot in Indiana $1800 Mack' sheriff to Silas Clark April 19 1888 115 acres in White $4200 DM air et al to Blairsville Semi nary Association 3 lots in Blairsville $1 A Strassler October 7 1901 92 acres in Bayne $1' rank A Strassler to Clara A Nesbit December 28 1901 95 acres in Rayne $3200 Social Notes Mr and Mrs James StClair will entertain to morrow I Mr and Mrs John Patton celebrated their crystal wedding anniversary which occurred on Sunday by entertain ing a number of friends last evening N'e lor NVeliriini anti Blaekliek There seerjis to be good authority for the statement that during the coining sprimr or summer work will be com menced on the extension of the Ebens burg Cresson branch from the town of Wehrumto Blacklick station on the Indiana branch The surveys were made some time ago Blairsville O11 ellow Iniliatc riday evening several Blairsville young men were made members of the I OjO at that place Among those from Indiana who assisted at the initia tion were: County Treasurer Simpson William Braughler Simeon Cunning ham Charles Gessler jr and Wallace Thomas Tho affair was very pleasant us well as showing the prosperity of the lodge Company will be in spected evening ebruary 12th James A McNeal will bo a candidate for renomination to the position of poor overseer He has held the position for a number of years and made a most com petent officer Though somewhat de bilitated now he hopes to soon be about again but he finds something about his office to do and he does it well He should be renominated and reelected Indiana County has not gone Demo cratic as reported in some of the Pitts burg Only the office is a little off color politically The newly appointed mercantile appraiser Calvin Leasure of Green township while a Republican is from the camp of the insurgents and the county solicitor is an out and out Democrat John Rice of Deckers Point who had his right leg taken off on the Hoov erhurst log road near Nashville some weeks ago was in town Monday Mr Rice had arranged to go to Minneapolis Minn this week to be fitted with an artificial limb but had the misfortune to fall the other day and burst open the wound of the stump and as a result he has been compelled to postpone his trip two or three Marion Inde pendent The annual meeting of the Patrons Mutual Insurance Company for the election of directors met at the Griffith House Indiana January 13 which re sulted in the election of 13 directors as follows: Jefferson' county Hall Con tent Stewart Grange Squire John Lewis rostburg A Lingin felter Mills Edward Reitz Stanton Indiana county Mc Elhose Home Learn Cook port Brady Ambrose Wm Morrison Marion Center Bots ord Marion Center Wm Dick Sample Run McHenry Indiana James Speedy Chambersville The meeting of directors for the annual settlement will be held at the Washington Hotel Punx sutawney January 20 1902 lAfkau a it mi Company Pnrrnivics Yesterday Attorney John A Scott purchased for the Lackawanna Coal Cone Company two tracts of the James A Duncan estate One consists of 213 acres in West Wheatfield township for which $30 per acre was paid and tho other 64 acres in East Wheatfield at $28 per acre The purchase is in fee simple and tho tracts will be added to tho present coal land holdings of the Lackawanna com pany Wins in ISasUel Ball Monday night the Pittsburg Leaguers basket ball team was booked to play tho Indiana A A But four members of the visiting team showed up tho other missing the train and the younger StClair was lent them The visitors put up a stiff game in the first half (score 16 to 7) but were unable to keep the pace set losing finally by a score of 45to 15 The Indianas were in good trim and would have beaten tho Pittsburgh's in any event OthKr good teams will bo here this season A 12 year old son of John Miller employed at the the glass works gave a fine exhibition of juggling his work be ing unsurpassed by many professionals seen in Indiana I There is plenty of the I The Auditors are making good pro ft gross in their work A pension of $10 has been granted ft James Mceotors of Blacklick Sta I' tion I The pension of George Homilton I of this place has been increased per month I Our new county officers fit into their I 'several places nicely and work as easily I as old offenders I It is said that the county committee I will fix the primary for the 1st or 2nd I Saturday in March I Ex Judge Barker of Ebensburg has I opened an office in that town and pro I poses to practice law I Every one interested in municipal af I fairs should attend the I meetings Saturday evening I Every Republican should attend the i ward suggestion meetings and the pri mary on the Saturday following I Two of the judges who presided at the Judicial contest in this county some I years ago are now practicing law 1 The new town of Arcadia is reported I to have eleven cases of diptheria all of I the patients being convalescent now I The jury Commissioners are at work 1 filling the wheel with the names of 600 good and true men to serve as jurors for the year 1902 A er Dr John StClair of the ourth ward has been elected jail' physician by the county commissioners He succeeds Dr Buterbaugh 4 A marriage license was granted at Ebensburg last week to Miles King of Clearfield county and Pearl Keim of Vzrant tms count William Armstrong of nearChcrry tree sustained a serious stroke of paraly sis Tuesday morning of last week His recovery is doubtful Many horses are sick this year Weamer reports that his services were never more required especially in the cases of indigestion and Stewart formerly of Armagh this county now a supervisor on the Pennsylvania railroad located at Paoli received a $100 prize for general excel lence of the condition of his part of the Superintendent Stewart is visiting the schools of the county this week Last week he was in East" Wheatfield and Buffington townships and found scholastic affairs progressing in a highlycreditable manner The flock of sheep which had been (straying around in Canoe township for the past five months apparently with 'out an owner have at last been claimed by three brothers named Henry who live near Canoe Ridge News Dan Schreckengost of Plumville i was in town last week and announced that he is in the contest for nomination 1 for county treasurer to the finish The other candidates are Harry Seanor of Washington and Miller of Brush valley The Indiana ire Association has a benefit fund of some six hundred dollars 'On hand All foreign insurance com panies doing business in this State were taxed for this fund which is divided among the volunteer fire companies of the State Lex Mitchell formerly principal of the Second ward schools here who was announced as a candidate for Assembly from Jefferson county has withdrawn from the fight He will probably be a candidate tor the same of fice in the near future The report of the inspectors at the somerset encampment last year nas been filed ollowing are the averages of the different regiments of the Second brigade: ifth regiment 8616 Tenth A regiment 8966 ourteenth regiment i 8716 Sixteenth regiment 9164 Eigh regiment 9034 VThe Concert Comedy Com is an organization of Indiana boys and is showing in tho smaller towns of the county The members areEdward Clawson Horace Hill Law rence Johnston Paul Zeigler An drew Hasinger and Miller The admission is 15 and 20 cents The friends James Speedy treas urer of the Clymer Manufacturing Com pany cf Indiana are urging him to bo come a candidate for county treasurer Mr Speedy does not wish his name used but they hope to convince him it is his time He is one of the old line Repub licans and some of the boys want to i mention it this way George Senft superintendent of the Ligonier Valley railroad is making cal culations on having immense crowds at Idlewild next season and just as soon as the weather will permit he will have a i force of men at work making improve ments It is the intention to make Idle wild park the most popular railroad pleasure resort in this part of tlio State The of Paul killed at the 'accident on the at Seward was recovered from the river on Wednesday last It was found terribly mangled under the tender of the engine Theremains were taken to his late home at Pitcairn for interment Mr Paul had been married just two months and was highly esteemed by all who knew him 1 i PERSONAL MENTION Weamer of South Mahoning was an Indiana visitor on Saturday Mrs Hetrick was the guest last week of friends in Wilmerding Mrs Cynthia Smith of Jean nette is visiting frieiidsin this place McClure clerk at the New 'American spent Tuesday in Johnstown Mr Emerson Carney of Morgan town Va is visiting his parents at Penn Run A A Beans left Monday morning for an extended visit to New York state relatives Mr and rantz of Ross moyne are the guests of rantz of Penn Run Mrs Brownlee left Monday morning to visit relatives in Pittsburg and Allegheny Mrs Peterman and Miss Ber thaiMcOreery were the guests of Homer City friends yesterday Miss Alice Davidson of Pittsburg is the guest of Miss Cora McCormick West Philadelphia street Mrs Wilson of Punxsutaw ney arrived Monday on a visit to Mr and Mrs Churchill Miss Ida Gailey" a nurse" in a Phila: delphia hospital is visiting her father Andrew Gailey Oak street Miss Nell Ellis1 daughter of Mr and Mrs Griffith Ellis is spending this week with Latrobe friends Mrs Clarissa Empfield of Penn Run left Monday to visit her son Ed ward Empfield of Cresson Mrs John McGaughey of the Third ward is visiting her son Mr Charles McGaughey at Conemaugh Miller of Penfield Illinois is visiting relatives at Penn Run Armagh and other parts of the county red Huffman formerly of Indi ana after visiting relatives here re turned to Vandergrift Monday Dr Sutton of Pittsburg was here yesterday consulting with Dr Purington on a professional matter Mrs Edwin iat of Apollo was the guest of her mother Mrs Jamison Church street over Sabbath Annie iftK street left Tuesday morning fora visit to relatives in Johnstown and South ork Miss lorence Lowry one of the girls in the local telephone ex change was a Pittsburg visitor last week Merle Thompson and Mrs Gertrude Waddell both of Scottdale are guests of their father Thompson Railroad avenue Mrs Martha Gompers of Water street spent some days last week with her daughter Mrs Scanlan of Johnstown A Sweeney fireman on the In diana branch was called to Allegheny last week by the dangerous illness of his sister Mrs Earl Mr Griffith Ellis of Church street left yesterday morning to attend the annual meeting of the Insurance Company at Huntingdon Rowe of Indiana has se cured a position in Rowe College Johns town of which his brother I Rowe is president Mr Rowe left Monday to assume his new duties Ex Sheriff Lewis of Marion Center was in Indiana riday There are very few candidates for county offices his section but Mr Lewis was unable to give the reason for that condition of af fairs Wrist racture'! Obitnnry UeorgeRanl Saturday evening while on her way George Rank a pioneer resident of home Miss May Scott fell facturing Monfomorv tnwnihin i her left wrist Tho wound was dressed died at his resi audno serious results are anticipated I C1C11C0 011 Wednesday January 8 1902 aged 74 years 2 months and 22 days Niotiee I He had enjoyed vigorous health and There will be a meeting of the Repub was about his daily vocation until licanyoters of Conemaugh township at Wednesday morning when he com ur nominations for township officers was given and lie seemed to respond to Leech i(: "About 330 in he arose from his Calvin Miller couch in the sittingroom and walked Committee I down stairs into his work shop where he inspected the fire in the furnace He Kc'oinuons oi Respect then walked to and opened the front ollowing are the resolutions adopted shoP door and fainted falling prostrate by the pupils of Mr Charles Duncan the road striking his whose death appears in another column sorehead on a log chain crushing the Resolved I That we submit with all outer oi skull breaking his humility to the Divine will and that we aud otherwise cutting and bruis strive to retain the les son that God His daughter Mrs Jacobs would teach in this affliction I knowing his inclination to faint when i II That iu the death of Mr Duncan calJed to about three to we 'have lost a friend one who was so pa minutes after he left tho sitting tient so thankful so kind so true that R00m and receiving no response she he will be greatly missed but we thank to the shop and found him God that wo have the assurance that it the door on his face in a is well with him I pool of blood dead Screaming for III That a copy of these resolutions asslstance several surveyors who were be sent to tne papers of Indiana for pub near to her assistance and car lication and a copy given to the family rlcN lifeless body into the house to whom we extend profound Kank was born near Cherry tree Committee Indlana October 16 1827 and I was one who endured the hardships in Some New Kniiroiut law that country in the pioneer days In The state supreme court in an opinion his 110 was noted his strength 5 handed down the other day in Philadcl aPd Yas at that time he phia laid down a new rule in respect to I Bhouldeied his ax and went into the tho railroad tracks and the rest alone the result is the pleasant thereof The plaintiff was the widow I 7om? near Cush of John McCracken of Pittsburg a bi He was a diligent farmer and as cylist who wan killed by a car while be master mechanic In whatever field of was attempting to cross a street in front work ke Yas placed it was done with of it Mrs' McCracken brought suit accurac neatness and precision He and recovered a verdict and both sides waf a great reader full of information were dissatisfied and a ready conversationalist Justice Dean wrote a lengthy'opinion I Yas prominently identified holding that tho railway companies own ground work the tracks upon which their cars ruu I lag la slavery days and was consider and that the public in crossing must con one ot tke dest in tlle line duty cede the right of ownership and must 6 was a loJal Prohibitionist and a ascertain whether the company as I 11 Pate of temperance Very ear owner of the track is about to use it I llfe gave his heart to God and Otherwise if injury results thecompany I Yjth true Christian fortitude placed cannot be held liable for damages in oare of his Saviour His Among other things the 'justice writes ole purpose was to live as directed by was bound to look and lis ble and he prayed and watched ten before crossing A bicycler is not Yithout ceasing His aim in life was to exempt from observing the caution ini Yholly and entirely do good and fo lead 5 posed on the public and to hold other I 2 and consecrated life The wise would be to give the bicycler aright was the day of all days to him to the track superior to that of the rail aud Yhcn unable to attend church he way company I spent the day iu Bible study andprayer a 1 His devotion and piety were pointed to Soliee imliana Ti lepiione Company eVen Complaint has been made to the Tele I Mr Rank is survived by an invalid phone company frcquchtryr' hat Ml ie 1 widow two Ira and Samuel contents ot messages aud dispatches and two daughters Mrs A have boon divulged and that persons Rankin and Mrs Dr Jacobs are permitted to take down the receiver The funeral services were conducted and listen when they have no business at his late residence by Bev to lo so Williams and were unostentatious and mere was a law passed by the legis I simple in accordance with the life of lature July 10 1901 which should be the deceased His remains were sor entorced against all persons violating I rowfully laid away by a large concourse the same the penalty of which is as of friends add relatives in Pine Hill toliows cm el pry in case any person superinten I dent operator or who may in any other '4 capacity be connected with any tele ss Woodward Ieal graph or telephone line in this state I Miss Isabel Woodward died Sabbath shall use or cause to be used or make night at ner home on east Philadelnhia tents of any dispatch sent from or re 65 years" eath was caused ceived at any office in this state or in I cancer with which deceased had anywise Unlawfully expose I suffering for seven years Deceased business or secrets such person shall be I dauKhtcr of the late Absalom deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and Woodward and is survived by two sis upon being duly convicted thereof shall I flllss Margaret with whom she for every such offense be subject to a I boon Irving and Mrs Daniel Smith fine of not less than one hundred dollars 0 Nation uneral services or imprisonment not exceeding six I bold this afternoon at 2 months or both or either in tho dis 1571 ev Pr Crawford Interment at crction of the Oakland Watson President I Absalom Woodward mentioned above Telford Secretary was one of those who went west in 1849 A i 1 during the gold excitement He secured wills Probated I a contract for delivering mail from Salt Clurghan who is also appointed execu I tor The will is dated December 14 1901 I mortuary BECORn The will of John yock late of Cher Ntt nic ryhill township filed January 13 after DIL1S At Blairsville Thursday of directing that a suitable headstone be I pneumonia WALTER DILTS the erected for himself and wife devises his three year old son of Mr and Mrs entire estate to his niece Zora yock I' Hilts uneral services were held yock is appointed executor The I Saturday will is dated December 11 1901 I vvecr i i'T 4 Sunday January 5 1902 A pejy oi Lucinda Brandon late of I at his home iu DuBois of pneumonia Easu Mahoning township was filed SAMUEL KESSLER a son of January ith She devises her entire cs Mr and Mrs'S Kessler The re late real personal and mixed to her mains were brought here for inter husband Edward Brandon in trust I ment the following Tuesday for his daughter Nancy A Getty The real estate consists of a farm in East KELLEY at Saltsburg Mr Mahoniug township containing about PREBLE KELLEY in his 65th 220 acres Edward Brandon is ap I year Deceased was born and raised pointed executor Tho will is dated Oc Shelocta but for the past twenty tober 31 1901 five years has been a resident of Salts The will of James Lewis late of 7ear8Kc01J Indiana was filed January 9 02 Ho wlth iskiminetas school bequeaths his late home at 019 School 18 sarviyed by four daughters street to his wife Cordelia until her rServices were held Mondry at death or remarriage in either cf which liock contingencies the property is devised iu DUNCAN riday morning at Black equal shares to five children lick of pneumonia CHARLES DUN The residue of the estate is also devised CAN aged about 20 years Deceased to the latter heirs William McCul was a son of Thomas Duncan of Buff lough is appointed executor The will ington township and taught for three is dated July 12 1898 I years two in Buffington and one in Blacklick He had suffered with pneu monia eight times previously uneral services were held Sabbath at the home of his parents StCLAIR riday at Pittsburg of' complications superinduced by an at tack of grip ISAAC NEWTON St CLAIR aged 60 years Deceased was a son of the late Samuel StClair and lived for many years on East Phila delphia street He is survived by three brothers James and Samuel of Hom er and Alex of Marietta Ohio and three sisters Mrs Evans of Blairs ville Mrs Gary of Blacklick and Miss Margaret his wife Matilda (neo Duncan of Livermore) and one son Walter by his first wife who was a daughter of the late David Myers uneral services were held at Pitts burg Sabbath and the remains were brought here Monday on the 11 train Interment at Oaklank vxxv AU11 OilL Pittsburg Railroad company arc now urday morning and sustained a engaged in taking up the right of way I of loft cec bo by way of Rochester Mills Hamil which is very 5 It "ITT i A AC3 at work Borongli OHicei's Bled The following councilmen are to be elected this year rom the irst Sec ond and Third wards one each from the ourth ward three two having moved from the ward and the term expiring Those retiring are A Smith A Gilbert Orr The following terms expire and their places will have to be filled irst ward Langham Second ward Hamilton Third ward Cunningham ourth ward Ernest Stewart Tlie laitest Survey The latest survey made by the engi neers of tho kP started in above Punxsutawney thence to Locust Lane thence to Point thence by way of run to Twolick thence down the latter stream to the mouth of Ram run thence up that stream to a point near the Indiana aud Ebensburg pike and thence to Indiana The re port of what the engineers found on the route has been sent to the New York office where it is being considered with the other lines run There is no ques tion about the building of tho road but just what route will be followed has not yet been fully determined CliiRl Scalded to lleatli Mary Sherman a three year old daughter of Mr' and Mrs Sher man of Allegheny fell into a bucket of boiling water Saturday morning and before she could be rescued was so ter ribly scalded that death resulted Sab bath afternoon The mother Mrs Nannie Sherman is a daughter of Samuel Mack of West Wheatfield township The child was playing in the room and her mother was preparing to do some scrubbing and in a moment when the latter was absent tripped and fell in Mr Sherman is a conductor on the West Penn railroad The remains were brought to Centerville Monday for interment The Troubles ol ass lee man Mr Gessler is an enthusiastic ice gatherer and has already harvested 500 tons of as pretty ice as ever was cut But he wants as much more Monday morning he ventured out on the lake to sweep off the snow When a few rods from shore the ice suddenly broke and Mr Gessler was treated to a very cold bath He managed to crawl out and was saying things when the ice again gave way and he went into the cold water to the armpits However he got out safely and was congratulating himself that the mishap was no worse when down he went again This time after getting out he made a quick trip to the shore but even then did not feel perfectly safe And he He stepped on an icy and went down After mak ing an examination and finding no bones broken ho started for home for dry clothes But he had gone but a short distance when his foot came incontact with the raised root of a tree and he again assumed a recumbent po nitinn i Mi is Poll lin 1 xxxx VXXO XLXX XXX A Vy llUlJlcLS CXj covered went home and called it half I villo 122 pigs aday McKalip to Linfield stock I.