The Indiana Weekly Messenger from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 3

HERE AND THERE THROUGH THE WEST v- worm Hielrnsente a bent tbe lnta Heal Tragedy £ljt Jttiiflita JHfsstagtt PRIDE Aa Indiana Comity II eg On May 28 1S9C McKalip of thia place sold to Adam Tobias of Lebanon county a weighing 60 pounds Mr Tobiu slaughtered the enimal on January 4 lut and it dressed 814 pound And now Mr Tobiu wanta a couple more of the uma sort Poland-China 0 A Sy At Vo 4 INDIANA PA JAN 10 1898 intu it oieJ JLXOAL- VJVSBTU un Inch oh week tluu one Inch two reeks one l-v-ti ibn weeks UH ona Bah (Mir waaka iLl Rataa for additional flea lor toncar scruia mod for aom manual a im tUaiBoulimada known on application All legal and official advertising ebuiad to by tba lurfe r- or ra7 rehsksufi film ir yeartf paid la advanea aiB If paid at the 1 three montbe flWl when paid at tba of ala montba and at tba aspiration of tba year THE HOME NEWS TELEPHONE NO 84 JANUARY The pride of the careful housewife is her fine bread On it depends the success of every meal But to have finebread you must have flour Tidal Wave is the highest grade of flour that the mill- ing world has yet produced A barrel of it will produce 150 1 I two-pound loaves It retails for $150 per sack and you might as well burn money as to pay more tbau Tidal Wave costs Victor Roller is a straight Winter Flour has been os I the market for 15 years and is much Superior to any spring wheat for pastry and many prefer it for bread and will have uq other It retails for $125 per sack and 36 pounds of it and 14 pounds of bran and middlings is given in exchange for a bushel of good wheat We are baying 85 cents cash for good red wheat and 40 cents for rye is very interesting to bnyers especially when a store wants to move every article bought for fall and win- gfj trade as new goods are bought and arriving daily and we must have room coupled with the -fact that we are short of having enough cash and we must convert Thousands of Dollars worth of" merchandise into ready money So yon see we are bound to make lively business even if we are to lose money Wool Waists 99c each Silk Waists $500 and $600 values your choice at $350 Wool Suits patterns left '-value 1400 yonr choice at $950 each ties at $850 each David Ellis Sons Qo lo ilia primer ice oa 8atnrday batween tba boon of 5 and 8 Kimnm baa a daiW paper tba limit It it email bat naway and deeervee enocem Fostt eix hire profeaMd faith in tbe Blalnrilla charch recently ee tbe fruits ot revival meetlnge Nix of tbe firm of Cooper A Nix Homer Cliy wu granted a patent laat week for an improvement on Incubators lisas bn ns oaadidataa for Juatioaa of tba Pesos in ibis borough and only ona lo nomine la They are all Mailing at a lively rat Tn Nortbwood gtaas works will remain right in Indiana The managers of that company know good thing when they have it Tai store of Travis of'iBtainville WM entered by burglars on 8unday night ana watches and jewelry to the amount of 12A carried oft Two miners Michael Bukov and John Fedor were crushed to death by a fall of aisle in Lancaster mine No 8 at Barnes boro on Friday last A runoi of 88 par month from April 1895 baa bean granted to Wynkoop of Eoit Mahoning Qeorge Bow of this place waa biattorney At a recant meeting of the Braddock School Board Miss Nettie Campbell of Cberrjiiill township wu elected a eubstl-tuia teacher lo encotod one who bad re- aigned lx is aald that tba new White township road scraper hu been exposed to tba wsatbar all winter Thb kind of treatment is not good for road scrapers aaya our agri-- cultural sharp The Cooper A Nix incubator and brooder manufactory at Homer City ii a rather lively place On shipped three car loads of tbeirmtrem to points at varmue places in tf town in txsii additional members were added WEDNESDAY JAN 19 1898 SELLING! A 61 value $150 your choice at A new shades new styles A few of the desirable A' and $15x10 each take $1150 and $1950 qualir 3i Jackets at this to their interest One- a quick way to 'make $9 00 88 50 97 50 84 50 S3 50 A (I A ii A 20c values at 120 a pair line of Underwear in- sale this week at greatly See the big bars c-j the best make in the Penn Boiler Mills Indiana Pa a Best Way We are selling piles of sale Buyers are looking1 half or one-third saved is money 81800 Jackets now 81250 Jnoketa now 81000 Jackets now 8 Jnoketa now 8 500 Jackets now to do everything A best way to keep store a best way to choose the stock and bny it a best way as regards selling reliable goods Makes the customer feel at Jiome and satisfied that he gets his worth and more the way this store does business We would like yon to call and see ns A few elegant Plush Capes our agent infonns ns they will be higher next season 4 Wool Hose JOHN CLEMENTS Heavy Wool Hose broken sizes 30c to 50c values at 19c per pair- Ct Groceries Provisions Confections Cakes INDIANA HOUSE CORNER We carry the largest town All our odd lots on reduced prices One lot Undershirts worth 25c at 15c one lot Heavy Ribbed Shirts value 50c at 39c DRESS GOODS All short lengths go on sale Wednesday morning Prices will save money for to the Indiana bar tbe other day They are David Blair William Bank 1 and Harry Fee They all paaeed stoat creditable oxaminationa and will make valuable quiiiuons to the profauioo Thb grocers of Kittanning and adjacent town have orginiaad an association for mutual protection 1 The object is to protect each other from dead beats Whan a mam foil to pay a just bill ha ia reported to the Moratory who in turn notifies ell the mem- ban end foom that time that man vlllpt no credit bnyers New Spring Ginghams New 36-inch Percales market at -v -y r- i -r 7n inS a Tsx wife of Mr Johor Schuupp of Jsan- nalta the other day preaented her buabaad with twin babied fine a pair aa Westmoreland county aver produced and John ia tba best pleased man west of tbe mountains Mrs Bchnupp fa a daughter of Nick Hoffman of White township and he too ia wearing a broad smile over tbe event Thb officer of tba law era still after the murderer of Wm Cummins who wu shat and killed during lha strike at Conncllavill lest annular Tba latest arrest ia that of a man named Thomu Penberlhy who bu boon lodged in the Groanaburg jail charged with aiding in the murder He says he wu there et the Liuie but had no band in the murder -s In Inst Pregrtte under ilie hrad ing Tublished by waa primed the following: lo ilalemeiita given to some editor and published in their papers there teeine to be a dMira by a few who usds ihemMlvei conspicuous in the inquest on the death of Neal and to cauM lha public to briieva that murder and suicide wm the cium of their dMtb the lut week's bane of this paper it wu stated that I had Mid I found an empty eheil in one end a loaded shall in tha other barrel of tha gun I nsvar made that statement What I first Mid I arill say and be-liavs and Mr TbomM Naal folly confirms my statement that when wa examined tke gun for the purpose of knowing what wu in it we found in one barrel a loaded ehrll and the other barrel bad nothing in it which fact is positive evidence that there wu no murder and suicide friends and neighbors who have bed the beet opportunity of examining the hoosa and knowing the circumstances believe it wu double murder eome parlies by their work and actions tried to ahow the jury during the inquest that it wu murder and suicide they failed to acoompliah it Tha four jurors who voted 'for doable murder ere men who kayo known father and mother nearly all thair lives Ona juror who voted for murder end suicide I believe would not have known them had he met them Tha other juror who voted for murder and auicida hu only known them a very few yean the inquest one of ths leading conductors wm Mked if he had not lost bis head if ha aver had one Wall ha suraly hM not band it yet CL Neal ia a aon of -tha late Milton NmI The moat important ataiemaat in tha above-quoted article la this sentence: the laat week's issue of tbi paper evidently referring to the Msmeiosb it was stated that I had Mid I found an amply shell in one and a loaded shell in the other barrel of the gun I never made that Thb what Harry Neal testified to before the Coroner on Sunday December 26: wm when I came with Tom Neal tha second lima I wm in tbe room I picked up the gun which wm lying from 18 Incites to two feat from head and shoulders I unbreechad tha there wm one loaded shall lha other Darrel I iettett contained no but I would net stoeor potiHoely to tkit In mg exilement I may mm remaned a thellfrom (ft gun I noticed only three empty shell on the floor antil the Coroner arrived when wa found Tha inquest wm adjourned at 4 80 on Sunday December 26 and the investigation wm renewed on Thursday December SO Harry Neal wm re-called and wm tha Ant witness examined at thb adjourned session He testified follows ia regard to tba gun: 1 picked up tha gun tha aeoond tima I visited the Jmmim 1 "haikJiibs jm ja tha occasion of my second visit lo 5m of mg knoteUdgt I did not remove any shall nnlil (ho Coroner came If I wm Mked to wear that tha chamber of tha right barrel wm empty or not I woold swear that it wm empty To (ft best of mg knowledge the chamber wm empty I could notawearlhat I wm eool would suppose that I wm certainly excited I remember the testimony given by me on Sunday I Mid I Miitri that bairel wm amply at that lima 1 raid I would not itate patiUoeg I think my testimony given on Sunday in regard to tha gun and its condition wm correct uty beat The reader may form hb own conclusions In regard lo whether tho written statement of Mr Harry Naal in tha Progreet or what he ewora and subscribed to before tha Coroner are an titled to tha most credence Bat since Mr Neel has' sought tha newspaper field wa may wall add the testimony of a faw other witheecM who awora to declarations made in their hearing and presence by him on the night of the discovery of tho tragedy Here they are: Alex I went to ths home there were about a dosen people about I heard that in the gun wm a loaded shall and an empty abell and two empty ahelb lying beside the gun Harry Naal told me thb while ha wm describing the appearanOM of the room nnd Its eontaata -1 distinctly remember thb and the at element mod by Bony Be al John Downey Naal said he had picked op the gna and it there were two empty ahella on lha floor loaded and 'an amply ahall in tba gun what Harry Neal told me He Harry aid ha had aeon thia I overheard him My George Bav Harry Naal there at tha nooM say that when he examined the gun there wm a loaded and empty shall in tba gnu and that there wm three or perhaps only two amply ahelb on lha floor Alex Ewing and John Downey were proa Galvin lo Mr Naal'a about 10 tha night of tha tragedy Nobody wm there but Harry Neal: George Neal wm with me Heard Harry Naal say that whan ha entered tha houM he saw the bod lea and two empty ahella he Mid he had examined tha gnn and that there wm ona loaded and ona empty shell in the gnn and two amply hall on the floor I wm standing by Harry's aids whan ha made thb statement I mw three amply ahrill on tha Harry Naal in tha Progreee article aeya TnomM Neal folly con firms my statement that wban me examined the gun Aa Mr ThomM Neal awora: picked np lha gun Be the gnn I did not want Harry to touch lha 8o from Mr Tom testimony the assumption made by Harry Neal that examined the gun hardly justifiable The four jurors who ware opposed to finding a verdict of murder and suicide were undoubtedly eonarientiona in thair finding and oonadantiona men will hardly relish tha assumption of Harry that they ware guided in their action by tha fact of having known tha dead intimately rather than ly the sworn testimony upon which they were to bus thair finding juror who voted for murder and auicida would not have known them tho dead if ha had mat Thb ataumant unquestionably true and that juror cast hb vote hacauM ha wm influenced by the taatimony alone And other who had only known tho deadj vary few years" waa equally sincere hie fellow-juror who had formed hte opinion from the taatimony alone and not from faalinga of friendship or from intimate knowledge of the deceased in their lifetime In tha wriler'a opinion there no about tha ease bat hab just anxious any one to learn of developments fastening tha crime npon some ona other than the justly lamented Milton NmL If the declaration of Harry Neal made to tha witnataea quoted above are to be relied end there no reason advanced why they are not to be retted npon and if Harry own testimony that ho wm not to whether he did or did not remove an empty shell from the gun is to be be lieved end if it true believed by many who are familiar with the case that there mat an empty -shell in the gnn and taat Harry either removed it or it dropped oat unobserved when ha lha gun if all these seeumptiona ate correct but om conclusion can follow and that that murder wm committed and auicida followed EMstorieul Metety OrguliKI Tha Indiana County Historical and Biographical Bdcisty wm organiaad in this place yesterday evening In the offioe of Clark A Scott A constitution and by-laws ware adopted and tha following officers elected: President ex-Beg ister Janwa McGregor Vice President Stewart Esq Be-cording Secretary Celhoun Treasurer John Hill Eeq Exeonttye Committee 8 Thompson Chairman and Corresponding Secretary 8 Telford Esq Mack John A Boott 8 A Smith and Work Tha pnrpom and objaot of tha organisation will bo more fully expounded in the near future Wa will sava yon at least the price of a pair of robbers on every pair of ladiW she Try it The Bad Front Ix and Akouxd Diets One mile above sea-level when plain ana mountain meet a city of on hundred and for thousand inhabitant building tons and brick with but few sky scrapers sires ta broad and level and filled with people 'ot widely-vary ing type' and taste a young giant of lha west that has outstripped its competitors experienced a bbom suffered a collapM and gotten on its feel each the history of Denver briefly told The courtesies of the railway men at an end wa filed through lha magnificent Union Depot to the street beyond where two rows of bus men were lined np like an old-time Indian gauntlet or more modern ly ex primed like rival football teams fighting for the championship I Wa mada a good grin around tha right end and ware soon flying down tba South Fremont electric 11m for a sojourn in South Denver Om of tha effects of a high altitude to prod ace excamiv drowsiness so it wai only after three or font dayaofBip Van Winkle anaesthesia that wa wars ready for right seeing In' a 8tata Capital tha imeraat always centers more or leas upon tho Stale build-iaga and tha people Mk the stranger you keen to see the Capitol Denver qoeriata were no exception ao to tha Capitol wa went It Hands in lha midet of fine grounds on on of tha moat commanding alavationa of lha city It la built of Colorado material for lha moat part granila and marbla at a ooat of over two million dollars and with ita mamiva dome rbing two hundred and eighty-four above tha on edition it forms tha moat significant bud-mark On public ocoMioua ita twanty-mvan hundred outaide electric lights are lit whan it showi up a place of indaacribahls beauty In ita basement ar the various collections of fruits and geological apaci mane and tho enriaa and war ralicagith-erad by tha In the latter are event reeks of tha different kinds of guns mad by thoaoldiara in the Civil War It wm interesting lo nota tha development of tboahcll guns KU Carson's famous rifle liM in one of the cases with thirty-five bnM naite in thw stock each nail to mark Indian killed by tha owner From tho dome of tha Capitol in of the beat viawa of tho city and surrounding country to be obtained Off to the north tho chimneys of tha three smelters poor out thair volumes of black and gray amuke which drifts a filthy eload erase on section of the oity Close by to the east tha palatial homes of Capitol Hill lift their retention! fronts for a aoore of blocks beyond which tbe plain atralchM away to greet the sky To tba sooth lie tho scattered cotta- like homM of South Den ver ehowing i tha boom here forsook her nest before all the real estate chicks got through their shells! But it the western view one find most entrancing Hare the heart lending out ita flow of enterprise in every direction and the coiaea come rolling np lik4 a confuted hum The beat buildings ar here while to tbe right and left the apires of many church ea piJafl lha ilifli-iiaBa eery tip of tho ateepia Bat tha thing that hM greatest attraction for eastern eyes in thb westward view ia tba range of tablelands foothills and mountains weeping in a vmI bemi-circle around lha oily from north to south Peak liowa for lo ilia north and lha range bends southward to Peak Mventy-fiva miles away Tha tablalaudi are gray dark sod forbidding in appearance tha foothills are Um and threatening and tha peaks ahow white and imposing in thair winter mantles Tha play of color (s constant npon these heights however and tho above-mentioned efleel ere often ao reversed that tha tablelands eoma in for the ahara of tha glory Thb varying play of light and shadows purple gray and white shifting blM shrouding mist and sunset Bra has to be seen to be appreciated Another place eveiy stranger in Denver wants to ee the Brown Palace an Imposing triangular-shaped hotel built of brown tone end owned by a man named Brown who Mid do thing! np In ita lobby public roeepttona ara held and it certainly ia royal place lo receive The lobby te apaeiooa and in ita nooks and crannies ar curioa cabineta newe-atanda tele graph and telephona inatru manta Tha high walb and pillars are faced with alaba of onyx and on the mamiva mantel-piece on om aid a lordly Bocky Mountain goat adda a pictnreaqna grac lo tha scene Eight toriM rue to the skylights each of tha MVtn upper floors faced with an artbticallv-wrought bronxs railing opening upon the lobby and serving aa a kind of theater balcony in csm of need The Equitable Bnilding with ita palatial officii and fnrnbhinga ita delicate moarica ita (m interior taring of French marble and ita princely aarvioa is deserving of equal notice To tall of tha other places of interest visited each the Mine re1 Exchange Telephone Building tha stores smelters and churchM would require loo much time and Soma misoallanaoua observations might be made npon Denver to the effect that tha boaatad May WMthag Mid to eontinua until ChrisImM ia a myth From the opining of winter until New day Denver hM had tan snow folia end the Denver people have consequently bean foil of apologias tho air wm foil of snow flakes Loyalty to their oommoowralth wMther and all a characteristic of thb people and whan lha thermometer want down tan degraM below aero it tested their fealty Another mark of the urban spirit wm tha vary frequent putting of the question do yon like our sometimes broadened to include the western country whole Denver thoroughly American having a larger proportionate number of American-born cttiaeni than any other city in tha United States Her people are Mid to be in Colorado for health ana wealth and as they represent ovary Blata and large city in our land they diaplay lha cosmopolitan foe-ulty to good advantage Haying once been strangers themaelvM they know how to entertain at rangers 'There with them a wholeaoolad freedom and heartiness of manner which lacking to lha stilted propriety of tha east Its achoob are of tha best and ita talent in tha various profemions wajta second to non The suburban streets an lined with cottonwood tree of vigorous growth which item 'to be held at a premium by the orioles for on single trees we oounlad many fonr or fly hanging nests Tha curio storoa form an attractive downtown fee to re for visitors although their prices are high wild geese on the wing Mineral specimens Indian relics a stuffed coyote wolf bear bird or head of alk or dear to be found in Marly every home and place of business ehowing how naturally the refined mind seeks intercourse with wild nature where the opportunity is afforded Jta Ceaiohxad (town Proceedings William Pattaraon of Conetnangh tm native of Ireland wm naturaliMd in court it weak Ha hM been in thb country more than 80 years Publication ordered in divorce proceedings of Anna Taylor va Hanry Burgees Judge White hp made naw rule of eourt fixing tho fourth Monday of March as tha time tor granting or refining licaina to sell liqnor Aa tho hotel licensee expire March let the oonnty will be dry at lent daring the month ot March 1898 Pluries order of Mia of real estate of- Ferguson and Jmm Fergnaon deceased ordered report filed In estate of Mrs A Cessna lata of Banka tp Order granted for mI of real astata of Joseph Old deceased John Qi Cameroft administrator of Geo A Coy late of Cherry hill allowed to bid at Mia of ml estate Bala of rami estate confirmed on astata of Gaorga Crbaman and Samuel Beeger Order granted far Mia of ml astata of John Leisure late of Canoe Auditor appointed in CL Gordon mignment Exceptions to report in Guthrie aaignmant signed pell tale et Underwear Thb week I will tell my stock of Underwear at Half Priest bnt not over two anita to each customer anfi positively none to dral-IE A PKmxaTox Planing CUli II Flrd la West Mahoatwc -The house and bam on the farm owned by George end Henry Kennedy in West Mahoning township were destroyed by fire on Thursday morning lut' A dafeolira flu in the dwelling set the house on fire end eparka from thia communicated lo the barn The family had a narrow escape ms all were in bed whim the flsmu broke out A Bsl Tlae la Tke Old Tlae There will be a hot in tha old town of Indiana on the 4ih of July Tha Managers of our Agricultural Association mat the other day and resolved to take the lid ofl on the next Glorious Fourth of July The celebration will continue for two days Moos day and Tuesday and there will be amusements for old and young Tha programme will be published later Hears ar Trade Oncers The regular mealing of the Board of Trade wu held on Monday evening when the following Directors ware elected 8 Daugherty John Sutton Stewart John Hastings A 8 Cunningham Joseph Clemente John A 8eoit Losghry Deloe Hetrick and Dr Waller Judxe While wu elected President Lowry First Vice President Edward Raw Second Vice Prceident Watt Treuurer and Franklin Bansom Secretary' The eomaitlaa appointed lo secure money to purchase the Glass plant reported progress ana worn oaalinaed Soma four thousand dollars are in eight and it believed a sufficient amount will bo railed to secure tha plant There iq Kama fox Iapreveama Thomu Elliott wu locked up on Saturday last oa a ohaiga of being drunk and disorderly Boms months ago ha wu convicted of steeling a pair of (hoes from Mr store The court so pended sentence on the promise of Thomu that ha would sin no more But ha forgot hie promise and when Judge Whim heard that ha wu locked up he attracted that ha be brought before the court oa Monday morning Tha Judge gave him tome good advice and extracted from him a promise "on hie word of that he would mend hie ways tolling him that sentence in tha larceny case wu only suspended and that ho might bo called np at any time and sentenced to tha penitentiary Thomu wu taken heck to jail and appeared before tha Burgess in lha afternoon who aen tanned him to jail for a term of 15 due in default o( lha payment of a fine of 85 for disorderly con-qual and 9Ht fur Striking wad seeietiwg- the officer who made the arrest (all KaMora On and after January 17 mail for tha east will clou at 610 a 8B5 a and 4 80 This means that mail will go seat oa the 850 train hereafter After January 24 tha Elderaridga route will be from Indiana lo West Lebanon El-deraridge will ha served from Edri and go by rail the maila daring at thia office at 910 a and 1pm Mail from Roaemoyna will be served by tha carrier from Indiana to Bmickaburg After February 15 the following changes will be made in the servioe between Indiana and Marion Center: Leave Indiana at 916 a and LOO arriving at Marion Canter at L15 ana 600 Leave Marion Canter at (JO a and 1145 a arriving at Indiana at 1180 a and 400 Tba maila for Marion Center will close at thia place 20 minutes before the time fixed for departure The new contract wm secured by 8 Smith of Washington IX GLt860u As it will require at least three teams and throe drivers lha oou tractor ia not likely to realise a fortune out of his job Wo trust ha will be allowed lo do the work hiuuelf or pay soma om Mvaral hundred dollars in excam of tha contract price Tke mepnnlleaa BncHeetleae The following suggestions lot general borough offioas ware suggested on Friday evening: Justice (one to Keller A Croaaman Andrew Gaitey James Fenton Tiffany and George Row Treasurer A Mabon Auditor (throe to nominate) David Blair Marlin Joa A Dickey George Lovelace Wilson Overseer A McNael JohnR Carnahan High Coniteble Wacbob For ward offioea Jhe following wars suggested: Fint Ward Judge John Pearce Inspector Warner Ameeeor Geo Wheeler 8chool Director Dr Hoeack Council (one to nominate) Harry Brilbart Dickw-7 Second I Judge A Taylor Inspector Ha Yuckenberg School Director (one minate) A Braughlar Taylor BeL Council Boucbar Aeeewor A McLain Third Ward Judge Daugherty Ia PstermsD Inspector foM to nominate) Allison Alex Malcolm Amasaer (one to nominate) James Camp-ball Walker Conncil 8 years (one to nominate) Hare Job McCreighi Conncil 1 year (ona lo nominate) Dr Torrence Henry Livingstone ird Judge Lowry In- Fourth Wai poctor Willia Wilaon Bchool Diractor 8 yean' (one to nominate) 8 Daugh-ty one year Elder Perior Conncil Wila McCbrtney Assessor A Bowman The primary aieotion will be held at the regular polling pi sees on Saturday next January 22 between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock A PreHtable IwveaiBieBt- In 1889 Robert Mitchell and Joseph 3 Finds of thia place took oat a'patent on a tract of vacant land in Somerset township Cambria eoonty containing 417 acne For years tbe land had been considered worthless for the region that all tha cherry and oak timber had been taken off yean ago Then remained on tha land Largs quantities of hemlock and maple timber but it did not count for much in tha eye of the old-tima lumberman Bat Mitchell end Finds knew the value of the remaining timber and lost no time in perfecting their title The lana ia located on the South Fork not far from the big dam that caused inch a disaster at Johnstown a few years ago When Mitchell and Fiuda made their first array of the land then wm not a habitation within four miles of it and tba survey-on were oompelled to pack provisions aa they went Bui times changed Several tracts of coal land nearby ware aold and a number of saw mills ware located in the neighborhood It was not long until a railroad was built up tbe creek and speculators end operators began to make inqniriM for lands in that locality But Mitchell and Finds bald on to thair land and refined to leaM or aril until they got their price A few weeks ago they had a call from Cecil Gross of Marionville Forest eounty Ha ia the owner of largo tracts of timber land in tha neighborhood of their tract and ha contracted to porch ae their holding! at 840 per aero and tba deal wu finally oonanmmatad at Ebedrimrg a few days aga The land ooat Mitchell end Fiuda 27 cents aa acre and since they got their patent they have paid taxes on it to tha amount of eome 8800 which mikes a pratty handsome profit on the speculation At tha Fair in New York in 1855 there wu on exhibition a cherry plank 15 foot long and neaily 6 feet broad which wu eat from a tree taken off thia tract It is Mtimatad that than an 8000000 foot of hemlock and hundreds of thousands of feet of sugar and poplar on the tract I and Wherle of thia place also owned 50 acre tract adjoining lha MUchall and Find tract which they sold to Mr Grom at 840 per acre Thia land coat tha boy 27 cant an acr INDIANA PA JANUARY 19 1898 We Mentioned to You SStSTiJViiB Door and Window Stops on hand cat to lengths to gait the ordinary doom and windowa Yon can get jut the amount yen want nnd have no waste They are the only door nnd window atop thnt will keep ont the oold nnd nt the wine time keep yonr window from rotting nnd your doora in plnce You do not have to take them ofl every summer nnd when winter comes find thnt half of them are lost They are always in placa doing their duty both in winter nnd summer Why not when building get your frames nude with tha Patent Stops? It will not ooat you any more to have them put' in than to hare the ola-atyle stops We alao have a Patent Window Fastener which is put in tho ride of the frame and which will lock your aaah any place you may with You can leave the aaah up a few inchea from the bottom or down from the top and can lock it securely ao that no one can get in without breakiugaaah or glaat and in thia way insure yourself good fresh air at all times When you are buying something new why not get the beet especially when it coats no more than the inferior articles Remember ice are offering epeeial indueemente to you to buy from us this winter We see no reason why' you should not profit by the same Call and see ns and we will show you what we can do for you Yours truly JGIHft NASTOG The WtMwsea Case The taking of taatimony in the eoo tested will of Joaiah Widdowaon decs seed occupied two or three dava of ooort laat weak and resulted in Jndg a anataining tha will and refusing a jury trial Joaiah Widdowaon died a bachelor baying to survive him three brothers and Mvaral niece and nephews children of a deceased brother By hb will one of theM children Joaiah Widdowaon Jr wm left 815000 tha other children nothing and Iho hoik or hia estate of 8140000 divided equally among hia three surviving brothers Tha disappointed nephews and nieces a year after thair death instituted proceedings to set aeida tho wilL Tha will wm written hr David Gorman Jr of Banka township and the money beqnaata ar ia figures The contestants claim that tho bequest of 15000 dollan to Joaiah Widdowaon Jr really 75000 dollan that the 7 wMiqneeied in after the 6000 wm written that at least two kinds of ink ware used and that eome eraanrM were made and written over Such wee the opinion of two handwriting experts ona of whom Prof Maltbv formerly of the Indiana Normal School but now the principal of the Slippery Bock school In addition (p the expert taatimony om of the disinherited nephawa aweeia that on tha evening tha will wm written ha overheard Gorman and Joaiah Widdowaon Jr who war making a bargain 510000 a bo whereby Gorman wm to gat would make Widdowaon bequest $76000 Altar tha will wm written Gorman and lha latter Widdowaon walked home together Joaiah Widdowaon Jr' died shortly after tha dMth of Joaiah 8r Gorman was of course the moat important wilMM for the wilL He admitted that two kinda of ink ware need in writing the will ha had taken hb fountain pen and also a steel pan and ink-wall borrowed from a neighbor and showed wham tha different inks and pans wars used in writing tho will Ho denied all allegations of tho contestants and produced list of bequests written in pencil which he awora ho took down jnat tba aldMt Widdowaon dictated and from which he copied whan writing tha will' Ha also related that the old man aS'ipeaking of Ihma nephawa end niaoes aid that thay had navar treated him right bat Joaiah Jr had baan kind during hb rat illnaaa hb wanted to give him 815- which wm done A bequest of 82000 to Twolick charch fails the testator died within 80 days after making hb wilL The com will go to the Supreme Chart Warty Teen Age A copy of tha Indians Begitier dated February 8 1859 hrn come into cur pamaaaion Bow wm the editor and 1 in thb bans ia published tha receipts end expenditures of the eoenty for tha year 1858 Tha total amount of taxes srassaail that year amoontad lo 611)7984 The compensation paid the coonty commbsioMia follows: John Goorlry 8115-00 David Handerson 814600 ThomM Davis 8100001 Stewart Esq counsel for tha commiaaioMra received 825001 The county auditors Wm Biddla Jr 8amnal Drips and Robert Hughs received 82500 each compatwa -lion John Brink coonty tmanror re-Mivad 8331 for hb service It noted that William MoClamn hM sold ont hb intareat in the imriem to Mf Hill and retired from tha establishment We regret to Iom from the corps editorial for he always on tha gooM and fighta like a tiger whenever the political bugle calls to Tha marriage by Bav A MoElwain of Mr Conrad Hoffman and Mbs Belinda Todd announced having taken placa on tha third of February Tho marriage of Mr Jacob Crops and Mbs Louba Wheeler both of Bayne township by Bay Emery alao DOltda Weamer Jr in an advartiaement offer to trade cash for clover seed Tba following deaths are noted: Robert Elder Sr of East Mahoning Janfiary 80 at an John Crombling of Biushvalley aged 30 years Henry Hile-man of the Mine township on January 80 aged 75 years Martha wife of David Luts at Groan township January 30 aged 28 ysara Among tho now advertisements Young men at private sale hb brick dwelling in Indiana containing 11 rooma John Rltn and David Balaton advertise a dissolution of partnership and William Arthurs announeM that he will eontinaa tha blarksmithing business in tha shop on Philadelphia street adjoining tha dwelling of JamM Clark An editorial nrgM tha legislature to pass a bill giving greater compensation to tho oonnty oommiatiooerv and county aoditora and to clinch the argument aaya: many offioe rv an amploved only a faw hours each day and receive a handsome remuneration far their aervicea our county commissioner are toiling from morning till night and Often long after night for the amall ram of ona dollar and fifty cent par Tha bill wm pamad Setae te Isxnrtrs 1 I will be at tka court houM in Indiona on Friday and Saturday January 21 aiflf 22 forth purpoM of receiving White town-ihio iota Ui foi 1897 AW Braun Collector Live Meet Uhl Tha following live stock wm recently hipped from Indiana Bochar 11 horses 8 cattle 2 cmlvM and 166 piga to Salford McMillan 10 cattle 5 calves 237 piga and lot of poultry to Doylritown CL 11 Henry 16 cattle 8 calvM and 150 piga to Linfiald ThomM A Wbaingar 225 piga to Potto-town i Harry Bryan 142 piga to Kneedlar I Tha following marriage liceneM were issued by Bagbter and Baoordar 8tewarl since our bat fosus Joseph Barnes Indiana Emma Tiffany Indians Henry Shank Mitchell's Mtlb Bhoda Milch Miib Danka Aul Ead Mahoning Ella Sink JBouth Mahoning John KinnaammwMm Indiana Anna lieClannraIsdiana 8 Palmar lack lick Clara Wilkinson eeeewe aeeane aeeeeeenaee Park wood Jo Bcitljj MMMM sma a eee iissajssa IndiaM Naunia Johnston I(i Indiana i Bagbtarod in the offioe since our laat but Norris Ban nett to JShu Connor Nov 2 97 lot in Gian Campbell 8200 Elliott hairs to Annia Bob-Inaon Oct 25 7 tracts in Wait WhMt-fiald 86000 Wm Bobinson to Annie Bobinaon Oct 25 2 tracts in Wert Whcatficld 820000 Annie Bobinaon to Garfiald Fir Clay Co Oct 26 '97 2 tracts in West Wheat-field 820000 Same to seme Nov 26 7 tracts jn West Whaatfiald 86000 8 i Neal shari ff to A Thompson Dac 8 '97 65 acres ia Banka 8100 babel Moody lo Esther A Cummins Do 28 70 acres in Buffington 8600 Hiram Burley to: Emma Stack Fab 11 '97 lot in Oonamaugb 8435 Fred to White Dec 9 fol in Indiana 8201 Will Probated The will of A Stewart lata of Washington township waa probated in tha Begb-ter's office on Saturday laat and directs the following bequests: To hb wifo Bach si one hone ana two cows She also to have OM of tho dwelling and garden and from tha procrada of coal sale ah to roeaiva 8400 To hia aorta and 85 each To hb son John tha old homestead containing 50 aorta To hb daughters Mary Ann Bach el Adeline Laura Miranda and Emma and son John an equal share of the money derived from lha aala of tho coal John 8towart and Samuel Flaming ar namad axaenton Tha will dated May 2 1895 and wlleeaaad by Smith Black ana Samnal Flaming Tha will of tho lata Barto Barring ar of the Third ward wm probated on Tuesday After providing for the payment of hb jnat ail hb debts ha directs that all hb astata personal and mixed whsravar aitnated be given to hb beloved wifi and hb aid wifa mada hb axecutrix Tha in-trnmant dated March 18 1882 and witnessed by BUm Clark and HilL at Wa Ballava It Altoona Timas A secret organisation eonabting of old soldiers and friands hM baan organised at Lfoydaviila with a view of purifying the rolls of any fraudulent pensioners So for lha investigations hava gona it shown that many old aoldiars in tkta oonnty who dararve peoaiona are left out in tha oold Ono remarkable com that of a soldier who srved five years in tha regular army and thereafter throughout lha taballion without pension and being absolutely incapabla of performing physical labor wm damped oat of a poatoflfoa position in foyer of a follow who navar mw tha front bnt draws a pension of 824 par month Five hundred people will substantiate thb under oath Wo belter thb a tory It ia alto gether Improbable Tha Timet a Democratic ahaaC It five peopls would substan tia! tha ataxy tha allaged illegal psnsfonar would ha in the penitentiary inaida of a month1 and tha soldier who Mnrtd five years stated would have winp and be living on fnah manna every day with quail on toast Aa The Timet hM bean impoaad on or it la trying to impora on Ita read an A cava Car law Back daughter whan recovering from an attack of bvar wm a groat sqffaror from min In tha back and writes Loud an Grayer of Sardis Kj using quite a number of remadtea without any benefit ha tried ona bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it hu given entire Pain Balm alao a car tain can for rheumatism Sold by Dangharty Bros Indiana EL Robinaou Baltabnrg Your last chance to buy a Storm Overcoat at half price ONLY TWELVE COATS LEFT! Special Bargain Sale SUITS KiRAimxn Is shrouded in darkpau et leeit so for the streets era concerned This cornu about because tha City Councils and the Elactrie Company cannot coma to an agreement as to tbe price tor street arc ligbte Tba town hu 28 lights 1 and paid 860 per annum for each one The other day the contract expired end the company refused lo renew tbe contract at that figure la aooord-nee with peremptory order from the President of Councils approved by the Burgess that body will assemble et the residence of the Clerk Dl Taylor Eup this evening at 630 the Iranaso- tion of Important business requiring tha presence of ell tha Tbs nature of tbs 'Important ie not stated hut we predict a fall attendance of the Council It is pocmibls tha Clerk will eat wetermsl-lon or open keg of bails Tkb work on the shaft being sank over In Batter county after gold still goes on Tke hole 'which ia eix feat square ia now down ono hundred end sixty feet 8ixty feet more will take it to where it ia expected to find the gold The men who are working -right hoar shifts era haying a hard time of it Xb7 sn working in water ap to their knees Christmia they wars off two weeks end forty fast of water gathered in tbe hoist A six-inch pomp ia need to draw the wafer ofll Bui aetata la increasing ia price Aoouxuef preachers from Ohio ooou- pisd some of our pulpits on Sabbath end explained the workings end object of tha Anti-Bel ooo Leag ne It ia an Ohio invention end appaen to do good work there end they want to engraft it on Penney Ivania institutions It is now in operation in 16 States end will soon spread all over the Union A branch League will be organised bare this week and we hope to see tba members foam game their labors by getting after the eev- oral illicit whisky set lets of oar town There ie work here for such an Inatitntion Tsrnl ivilla Courier wanted thariti-of wn to raise five or eight thous and do ijlo give the Nerthwood -Glue Company lit induce them to locate in that town- The Courier put up a double column scar head followed by two columns of leaded matter urging the citiaena to con- tribute the money and woend up calling meeting of the citiaena for Thursday even' log to take action in the matter Thunday evening arrived on schedule time the ball waa ready for fha reception of the people bat tbe seats empty and the out-pouring of the people did not take place The people of that town hava had some nn comfortable experiences in the bonne bual-nem boomed by the Courier and a burned child droeda the fire lx look as though ex-traaaorer Nssbil would hava lo tha percentage ha retained out of the liquor license money which pawed through hie bands The fol lowing dispatch from Ebanaburg indicates that the treasurer of that county will not bo allowed to chargs a percentage on ths license money City Solicitor Stephans of Johnstown appeared before tha County Auditor and County Commissioner here Thursday and entered protest against allowing the coonty treasurer 5 per oenL for the collection of 11 cense fees in the city contending the rata is exorbitant and not warranted by law though it hu been collected by the treasurers in the past Ha asked the Auditors that in pairing upon tha accounts for 1897 they refuse to approve the payment of the rata in question and petitioned tha Commissioner to not allow ths retention of a aimilar account in the coming year Tha knife has goua into oar stock of shoes Bargains Bargains I Tha Bed Front EMPORIUM f'Sv- -i i V-V- FLORIDA Personally-Conducted Tour via Penn-sjlTanla Railroad With ita matchless" climate ita oranga groves ita rivon and lakes ita boating and bathing its dihing and banting and its primars! faroata Florida manta nnrivalad attraction! for tha valetudinarian ths tovar of nature tha aportaman and tha explorer The fint Jacksonville tour of tba aeaaon via tha Pennsylvania Railroad allowing two WMka in Florida team Naw York by special train Tnawlay January 25 Excursion tickets including railway transportation Pullman oooommodotiona (on barfh) and meali in route in both diroctiona white tn Tiling on tha apodal Inin will aold at tha following rataa: Now York 85000 Philadalphia 84800 Canandaigua 85285 Erio 85485 Wilkaabarrs 850 35 Piltabarg 85300 and at proportionate rates from other For tickets iliaarariaa and foil information apply to ticket scant Touriit Agant 1196 Broadway Naw York or addram Geo Boyd Amtatant General Pamanger Agant Broad Strait Station Philadelphia Fob Bxwr A fin naw storeroom next door to Loughry A Co Philadelphia treat Indiana Suitable for almost any kind of marcantil buiinara Poaaamlon Sina at ono Inquire a bora tha (tore of ire Wasmar jandtf CLOTHING IN NEW DRESS The Seventh Atcum Hotel Hss Lately Ben Remodeled and One of Finest Hostelrles After montba of dna to tha an tire hotel bdng ovar-haalad tha old roliabl Boronth Avo corner Seventh avo and Libarty Piltabarg Flu (B Wiliaon A Col hM merged a complete madam ap-to-data hostelry Boom idea of ita naw dram can had when it Mid that it hM bean remodeled re paired and renovaiad from cellar lo roof hot and aold water pot in ivory room team heat also added neat and naw artiatie iron and bran bed installed In fact everything from cooking ntendb to linen has bean newly replaced leaving nothing undone or to deal red Tha dining room comae from tha hands of tha decorators ono of tha handsomest in the city tablet always np lo a high standard batter than aver before Tha Seventh Avo hM bolides the advantage of being oomfortabl hotel Whan in Piltabarg pat np I tha Seventh Ay and ha pleased i Underwear 15c at Fob Twootory frame horns Eul Philadelphia street A bargain' Inquire fsblOtf at thb office Bav money now The Rod Front i.