Duncannon Record from Duncannon, Pennsylvania • 1

IlT! VOL. 14. CAiNJNU, I A. FiUDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4. 1887.

NO. 31. The two lots of Mrs. Knrah Light's on Cum- was ornamented In ail i beriand street are ottered for sale. A large ville the buys piled sleigh; dwelling, s-able and other outbuildings on the i on the out houses, while Ill wagon wheels lads had fj'UUUSlIKD KVEttl' FKIDAY JIOBXIXU.

premises make it a desirable purchase. Iniiiirc! at this olliee. JNO. L. M'CASKKY, EDITOK ASK W1H.

A. IIOLI-AM, I.0CAI. BDITOK. Itch is epidemic in York county schools and the is greatly affected by it. Newport has several cases of diphtheria, while in Duncannon whooping-cough is epidemic.

Murderer McCabe and Johnston's last hope for life lies in the action of the Pardon Board which meets to-day. The best bread bakers in Dun-cannon won't allow another flour DEPARTMENT LOCAL Lancaster City is affected with The Carlisle jail enjoys the reputation being a hard place on morals. Women and men of depraved characters have full sway within its walls. Dr. S.

B. Keefer, a prominent Carlisle physician and surgeon died on Thursday night of last week. He was foremost in the ranks of physicians in this state and president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society. Last Sunday two Harrisburg lads about 12 years of age passed down the railroad through Allen's Cove bound for their home they said. They asked a boy about the chances for jumping freights, and then went on.

That evening they jumped freights at Rockville and one little fellow had both legs cut their sport in exchanging neighbors gates, while over Halifax that, night a worldly-wise man stole off with a neighbors' wife. Woe, betide his "Hollow The young folks found diversion in pleasant ways. Bushels of chestnuts, shellbarks, walnuts and apples were consumed. Molten lead was poured through the ring of the big front door key into basins of water, and the fantastic shapes taken by the suddenly cooled metal gave either joy or sorrow to the boys and girls who saw forebodings of good or evil in the stars, rings and crosses formed in the basins. Waslilubs with water were placed in the kitchens and the well known custom of diving for apples was indulged in.

Some High sheet young ladies visited the dark armed with a looking-glass, in which the face of the man they will marry Is supposed to appear. Some of the boys slipped away and more than one society girl saw the face of her lover in the glass iast Monday night, and if there is any truth in the old-time saying nioi than one weddlUEr mav be exneet- School Reports. I.OWKR DUNC ANNON HIGH SCHOOL. For month ending October 28. Xo.

enrolled, 20: Average attendance, 21; Percentage of attendance of female pupils, VI: Percentage of attendance of male pupils, Si; The pupils who attended every day were, Minnie Taylor, Ellie Shellenberger, May Care Annie Niekinn, Annie Morris, Annie Taylor, Nannie Monmiller, Harry Johnston, John (i. Both well, Samuel l'is-sll. Cora A. Beam raiflts 1st in the A class; May A. Care in the It.

Class; Annie Taylor in the class. W. II. (Jki.bach, Principal. LOWER DUNCANNON PUIMAltV SCHOOL.

For month ending 2S Number in attendance, boys, 31; girls, 20; Average attendance, boys, 27 girls, 21; Percent of attendance, boys, 91 girls. 90 Names of those who attended every day, Willie Boyd. Martin Shaub, Charley Miller, George Wahl, Hurry lindeni-zer, Harry Main, Alfred Mutza, George Morris, Luther Graif, Fanny Shearer, Hannah Grair, Martha McCann, liertie lindeni-zer, Amanda Keuuey, Lily Gallagher, IVenie Frazier. Phiscilla l. Miller.

Teacher. in their house, but the Steelton Hour. Its right name is Iler-cu-les. Every business man and private gentleman should have printed letter heads and envelopes. This office makes a specialty of that kind of work.

The best entertainment given in off. ed as a result of the celebration of All Hallow li'en. Newspaper thieves. tBai colds are common catches, though Dynamite lavs them all county's favorite lecturer, Col, Conwell, lectuied before the Dauphin county Institute. tA high private of the Salvation Army was in town on Wednesday tight and held forth in Pennell's Jiall.

He is a masher. tA truck of a freight car jumped the track in the Cove last Sun-flay night and demolished a score pi ties, with no other damage. tXext week the "boys" will be home to vote, while a number Of others will go away from 'his jpitv to deposit their little ballot. it' sThe annual inspection of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks has been completed and Mr. Geo.

W. At a public sale at Charleston, West Virginia, on October 15, 1887, Ex-Governor Hamilton Most cf our l'aniier re ilone luisk- bought the iron ore property known as the Virginia ore bank Sheriff lins On Thursday Nov. 17th Lahr will sell' the foilowin erties at the Court House, borough owned by Q. P. Aid and situated 2 miles above Harper's Ferry.

The tract contains 90 acres and brought $142.50 per acre. This tract has been connected with the niff corn. Lewis Acher is ilisiiosino- ii of store (roods nt. nuctio.i Joiin V. Bun' of litis vMry was visiting friends in Buileyslmrjc Jast week.

Olart'iH'e Thompson fnim'hornp-sontown wns the guest of James E. Stephens last week. Mrs. Goo. Potter of Selinsmwe died on Friday, aged 37 years, 7 months and 19 cUivh.

she was interred at Buck's church graveyard on Sunday. Kev. R. IX Keen of Liverpool preached the funeral sermon. Juvenile.

Antietam iron works in Maryland lor many years an which the Governor purchased recently. He also purchased the government Duncannon for a year was given by "Our Jonathan" Co. last evening. The house was packed from the peanut gallery to the stage. The Company leaves to dav for Osceola MillPa.

Recently while Mrs. Haines of Millerstown, was sweeping a room, she noticed a small cartridge among the dirt, and without thinking ot any danger put the dirt and cartridge in the stove. The cartridge exploded and struck Mrs. H. above the right eye, inflicting a painful injury.

Star. While at work in the rolling mill Mr. G. W. Shearer of this place became over heated and took a heavy cold which settled all through him.

He had a terrible pain in his side and suffered severely in his head. He got a bottle of Cough Dynamite and it gave relief after the second dose. This valuable medicine for sale at the Drug Stores and I he Duncannon Store. Keep if. in the house.

Twelve aorescf land in Tuscarora seized as the property or I'aniol Long. Five acresof land In live seized as the property of fieuben Hippie. A lot of ground in seized a-- the property of Mary J. Aker. A tract of so acres in liulialo as the property of Daniel Liddiek.

A tract of 30 acres of woodland in Duffalo seized as the property of Daniel Liddlck. A tract of 2S acres in T.ibnyne rvp seized as the property of Martha i liessmnn tract of 11(5 acres in atrs seized as the property of fosse Johnston. A tract of (Vi acres in Kaville seized as lie property of John Stewart. A tract of ICO acres in 8 ville. seized as the property of Samuel OuitciI.

Shcj'sssajasnSsiJc Sews. Jacob Sloop, ii fanner citizen, died nfter a lingering illness last week. Sea gulls and wild ducks were plenty along the creek. Cyrus Smith shot live ducks. King, supervisor of the Milllin-Jlnrrisburg division was awarded a $50 prize for the best piece of tracks.

$Harry Newhall who has been traveling in this vicinity for several weeks "jumped" his board bill in this place last, week. The landlord gave him a hard chase, fie would stand a good chance for six months' lodging in jail if caught. eThe Winfild Courier is after delinquent subscribers. It has just collected through the courts, $1.75 from a subscriber who removed to Illinois without settling. The costs the delinquent in the claim, covering the right to mine ore on 1000 acres in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry.

While playing ball with some companions in liaskinsville on Weuuesday afternoon of this week, Samuel, au 11-year old son of Styles Mader, met with a severe accident. While looking up and running to catch the ball he came in contact with another boy whose head struck him above the right eye with such force as to cause concussion of the brain from which he lay in a delirious condition until Thursday morning when under the treatment of Dr. II. D. Ileutter, he had become Thv 1.

C. SS. R. The principal points of the trip over the of the Ferry County railroad were mention ed last week, if we except the cuts at the Ho-lienshildt mill dam. These were again as difficult as the work on Morris' mill dam near Piles of railroad ties are banked up along conscious and is now recovering.

Dr.J. C. Hall of Millerstown, assisted by Dr. Grubb of Thomp-sontown, and Dr. Itinehart, of here at frequent intervals which the A IfjWttM- frmti vjf.

5Jo51itl. Our Local Editor received news last Friday that his son Elmer had met with a serious accident at Altoona and his presence was requested at once. His letter speaking of the accident has so much news in it that we give it in full Altoona, Nov. 1, 18S7. Dear Mac: Arrived here on Saturday afternoon and found Elmer all right, except the loss of the middle finger of his right hand.

His hand is pretty badly crushed but the doctors think it can be saved. He received his injury on Friday morning; while making up his train in the yard at this place, in the act of making a coupling. He is still in the hospital and receives the best of treatment. There is a great change in this place since I was here last, which was in 1S03, about Sf years agro. At that time there were not- over fifty houses and about 8 or 9 hundred inhabitants, determination of the managers to push the road along.

Through a long narrow valley we next parsed Mr. Wm. Stonfter made a close! sliave from falling off the Fio Forge bridge while at work. Wild geese were flying on Saturday night. Out, struck Geo.

Gibson's house but escaped. They were flying remark- ably low, probably ou account of the lightning. The yearly nuisance in the shape of town hunters are already about. If they would take to the woods like the rest of us we would say nothing, but to have them popping around so close to buildings is not safe. A party of of wild Irishmen of the.

devil's own kind, came through this place last week. They went into people's houses without leave or license, ancl helped themselves to whatever pleased their fancy, even to taking part of a woman's dinner off the stove. If thev take a notion to come this nay again they will be treated to cold lead. S. Slarysville KccorcSiugs.

Ickesburg, removed a tumor from the neck of Miss Castle of Turkey Valley. This tumor had been growing for twelve years and case were fcjlrs. Frank Gamber of Marys-jille says she has tried Cough Dynamite and finds it to be the best medicine for a bad cold that she ever used. It did the work just as dynamite will do, destroy and make a clean sweep. Try it.

for sale at Wise's store, i An esteemed exchange has it that ''many a man has ruined his eyesight by setting around on a Piy goods box looking for work." AllV man xvhn wMilrl" flmo ruth. over the smooth bed and around the long side cut curve on the second mile of road. Here a fine spring under the road was saved by careful walling and although Its head is under the road its flow is uninterrupted. In the Sanderson meadow little creek is traveling along in Its new bed for a mile, unmindful of the set-back the road gives it. This brought us close to Kloomiield.

and with weighed eight ounces. Miss Castle had been to Harrisburg and Philadelphia to have it removed, but the surgeons advised her to let it alone, owing to its dangerous location. The doctors were two and now there are about 38,000 people here. What was at that time a swamp and forest Is now covered with fine dwellings and places of business. Factory work goes The new Shoe steadily on.

lessly infringe upon the ancient barnyard pheasant's prerogative to account himself fortunate that nothing worse than loss of fiaou befel him. fDeath stopped four elopers in St. Jeph, Missouri, last Sunday morning. They were extremely Jell dressed and were driving tliroughthe streets lively to a Minister's house when the horse Pm the carriage against a lamn- the exception of a bmff (Piney Knob) the work was easy. Just east of this knob is where the water tank for the locomotives will be erected and fed from a line spring up the little valley.

As a sketch was given in detail of this end of the road in these columns some months ago, we will not repeat it, for the Doctor was hungry and tired as was the Scribe, and after examining the noble spring where the depot is to be located, the engineer ran a bee line without the aid of his transit for an oyster house, arriving there at two o'clock. A visit to the Engineers' office was a notable part of this trip. An immense map of the entire line is there showing every point in tie tail, and that the railroad is, itself, a long curve instead of a straight line between the two towns. A profile map shows every till and cut while every difficult piece of rock is plainly marked on the section map. Every fill, cut and section was nicely calculated and the contractors went I met Wm.

C. King, formerly ticket agent at Duncannon. He is ticket receiver at this place and is getting along first class. This afternoon I visited Millville and saw H. Fissell and E.

Mc Murray of Duncannon. They are puddlers in tiie Altoona Iron Works. There are several Duncannon boys here but I have not yet met them, except James Foose, who is employed as conductor in the Altoona yard. Chas. Mutza-baugh and Jones McCoy were hero to-day to See E.

E. Holland but were not admitted at the hospital. They are employed a short distance below the city, the former with a gang of masons and the latter as an operator. Tuesday Morning, 8 o'clock Last night one of the gas companies was trying some new experiment with their works which resulted in a hours operating, owing to the growth being so close to the large arteries and veins of the neck. At last accounts the patient was doing very well.

Sisul iioatli. After a brief illness Mr. Abram Kulp died at his father's home in this place last Monday morning, lie was an exemplary christian man and his untimely death will long be regretted by his friends and relatives. He was buried on Tuesday in the U. P.

cemetery. He was aged 21 years, 1 month and 8 days. A. Corpse's Journey. The foundation work of the new depot is finished.

Mrs. Styles Fesler went to Baltimore on Tuesday to visit her sister. George Ilartman has gone to work again after a three months' illness. Our schools are having a prosperous term, under Prof. Haiti's jurisdiction.

The Seidel Bros', forge is idle for a wtek, but will resume operations next week. G. W. King is the crack shot after the way ho made the ducks suffer. He brought home 20 cf them on Friday.

)st inilll'ilio' nil (Vim- tovvibUr to work knowing how many cubic yards of fire and at first it was thought it would be very serious, but the prompt action of the tiremen saved everything but the office of the company earth had to be moved, how much lumber needed in bridges, etc. Every foot of the line Is on a down grade and a draft of cars once in motion would run from nioomlield to Duncannon without assistance. The steepest grade is in the Narrows while the easiest is on the Morris' mill race bank. A man was found floating in the Juniata river, near the Aqueduct bridge, on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, by Mr. John Bo vers.

A coroner's jury wai summoned and a verdict of suicide was rendered. The body is supposed to be that nfa t.rnmn. about 40 years old. Dauphin county teachers are instituting this week in Harrisburg. Adams, Chester and the teachers of a half score other counties are similarly engaged.

Dr. Heckert, formerly a practicing physi in which the fire originated. Many people were frightened on account of the scarcity of water. The water works are undergoing some repairs which makes water very scarce in the city. At this time many of the citizens cannot get water enough to wash their clothing.

The Itailroad Company is putting up a large basin a short distance from the city which when finished will be a great relief to the people and furnish all the water required. Young America was out in full force last night doing the Hallow E'en honors and many citizens were terribly angry at some of their doings. Tuesday jiohnino, 10 a. m. Just returned from the hospital.

Elmer is doing very well and expects to be out in two or three days. The city and railroad company deserve great credit for the manner in which the hospital Is managed. Everything is in first class condition and the attendants are very kind and attentive to duty. Yours, W. A.

H. The man wore a knit jacket, colored shirt and overalls, with a cap, and had a big stone in one of the pockets. The remains were buried a short distance from Aqueduct bridge. It is supposed the body was in the water about two weeks. Y'e next, day when the lady found fe was dying she sent for a mincer and confessed she was the pe of a leading citizen in Atch-inson.

fVhileat Play on Wednesday hanmel, a 16-year old son of Gamber, of this place, reu oil a tree, and striking a pale 'nr-e run a pale into his left leg midway between the knee and i.T5'1- grange to say the pale JMered the flesh a distance of four T-w-lthout tearing the pants, ,7 tolling being drawn into the nh along with the pale. Dr. Nearer dressed the wonnd and i uoy is now getting along well. 011 the nver i nbur.V to Columbia was last Friday and Saturday. boat in the neighborhood 011 the and dozens of am "Gutter," "Mallard" ht ducks were brought Zvfi" Green'B dam was full" of tl ancl loonsi not a few J1 Inch fell under the constant a carnival for every 111 the country.

John and S(h captured 30 ducks had 35 and tl tllaldeman58. On Sunday had nearly all departed but day. se were 0,1 the wing all cian, Is now Postmaster in West Fairview. He was appointed to till the vacancy caused by Mr. Lougenecker's resignation.

rs. Maggie Carman of Reading, widow of thelareG.W, Garman, formerly of Juniata Bridge is now lying seriously ill with dropsy at the resideneo of her father without any hope of recovery. The following additional jurors were drawn on last Saturday, as there will be a case to try in the Court of Oyer and Terminer lit the ensuing term: "Wm. Hornberger and wife went over to Adams county on Monday to' attend the funeral of one of their relatives. Last Thursday the Setterly farm was bid up to $4,700, but fell short of the price wanted.

There was a big attendance. George Smith, who is employed as a carpenter in the N. C. shop, is off duty with a sore hand whi-jh he injured while at work. John Harrold has been suffering for some time with boils and at present haa a bad carbuncle back of his ear, disabling him from duty.

The 2f. C. Company's men, eight of them, are here slating the roof of the roufd-house, taking off the old ones and 'putting others on as they go. Miss Laura Jackson, from Dallia-town, York ''ouuty, and Martha and Ida lleinicke of York, Penn'a, spent a week with their uncle, J. Yeager, on Pahlion stieet.

Jesse Wagner's two sons, Kobert and George, came up on Monday from Steelton and took their father and hi3 wife to that place. Mr. Wagner has been suffering with paralysis for almost AU Hallow E'en. Centre John I'ee. Sandy Hill John Mllllgan.

Duncannon Abraham FenstemaKer. Carroll Henry Smith. This noisy night of cabbage pulling, corn Wedding Bella. D. I.

Rice, the genial landlord of the National hotel in thisplace, took to himself a be( ter-half on Wednesday of this week. The bride was Miss Jennie Clouser, of New Germantown, this county. The ceremony was performed by Rev. II. B.

Wile, at the Lutheran Darsonage in Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. Rice will settle down to tha joys and cares of married life in this place, carrying with them the best wishes of their many friends, including The Record. throwing, door bell ringing by the bad boy of the town has come and gone and the b.

b. just had his shirt full of fun. "Hollow Eve" started In for him at the first 'shade of evening and all the wagons left outside of sheds were spotted, as well as wheelbarrows, signs, store-boxes, barrels, and gates, in fact the citizens felt as if everything from their chimnlesto their pumps were in danger of being snailed off that night if not taken Into the kitchen. In Saville Jacob (jailor. Millerstown D.

A. Snyder. Newport T.J.Clark. l'enu Franklin Miller. President Cleveland names November 2h as Thanksgiving Day andGovernor Beavercon-curs, so give the old rooster a little extra corn Annie, and lay over a few pieces of celery for that great day.

We'll have a feast then if we have a famine until the following Christmas. this place the Town pump (the old landmark) 1 a year..