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The Weekly Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 6

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THE I CONNELLSVILLEJ FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 19U2. MATED IN DEATH. Distressing Features Attend the Burial of Floyd N. Frum. FRIENDS ARRIVE TOO LATE next day and went to bed in his room llltli.

i A A I 111 to 12 A. JAS. L. Caaliler. here.

At first it was thought he was suffering from appendicitis. Monday, December 1st, Dr. T. H. White decided -THIRST A I A HANK OF rEHRt- that the patient -Tvas suffering from I Jj I I I uipftfng oi trie smallpox.

That night at midnight he iYm! holU! I lllL ltf was taken to a special car run off i i an isolated siding near Sodom shops! A J- A A K.th, louw. ut 10 o'clock, and placed under quarantine. 'ii'tiecst HOWARD AIMMS. Twenty-two years ago while the late Emmet SUM wagon was Burgess of! WHAT IS THE USE Connellsviile, two tramp roustabouts from the "lower river" trade, became i.fbrhiK irom I wiint, oruf udiKCsilun if you i i i i avoid ill with smallpox in a boarding house 1 on Water street which stood on the iwtiy nml nil i of I i i i i mul present site of the Baltimore House. I Final Removal of the Body from Quar- There in then.

Tr iite of the Baltimore House.l i i lit i i time, timl'lukf nn Board of Health here! Al UrT lllli he! men were removed to a i antine to Hill Grove Cemetery-- shanty built nn Davidson's if" 1 w. II. Hooker .4 Rites at the Grave Conducted by is i an( north of town. An old iri.h I sailor, who ivas deeply pitted with, marks of the disease, took charge ot, the men. He got a plentiful supply of Rev.

W. A. Edie. Notary Public. i i r.

J. D.VIJH i M'tirtiriigot nreimrwl. Mar- The funeral and burial on Friday whisky and laborer's waqes for Iiis rinsru UL-CHHI-H nnl ivn-iun vmu-iicr- Floyd N. Frum. the young In a both men died.

Tlie more Ohio civil engineer -who died dug Uvo graves and buried Friday morning of smallpox, was with- the men. Then he loft town. For sov- out a parallel in Connellsviile. years tile lonely resting place of en far from home, relatives and victims; was known an 1 shunned long friends it became necessary to i by townspeople, but today no trace isolate him. All thai was possible the graves can be soon.

done to make him comfortable, but at! hest the hurried equipment 01 a camp A ESTATE DEALS. car is far from taking the place home. In. this isolation the p-omisins, Made in Connellsviile and Vicinity young man died with nothing but The Past Few Days. friendly offices and faithful attention' 1 he following real estate have young physician who had never'been made Connellsvilie and vicin-l I I I A i i TUT.

2 4 7 i I'limr. Dentists. lt L. S. A Sivonil lli.i Hotels.

ville. Daniel Mitts to Connells- Ai7 Schuylkill Improvement Land Corn-) I A i i a pany, Lots Nos. ITS, 179 and ISO in i i i TM John T. Hogg's addition to Connells- a i I I I A I I 1 1 1 Attorneys at Law. It I.L.

A AT A i i 1 BUY n. i Huv.l A i i Law I i i i i i Jviiiln 11 I'ark ItalMUft known him until he was stricken, Ity during the past few clays: Bitter madness marks every feature Jamos B. Hogg and others to Pover Frum's illness and death. Edwards, Lots N'os. ITS.

179 and But the worst feature of the casejlSQ in John T. Hogg's addition to Con- was reserved for after death. The spirit of fear took possesion of those who were to have helped in tl.e burial of Frum. When 6 o'clock cai.ie those who had been engaged to h-lp with ville, $10,600. Daniel Mitts to Connells- the funeral refused to stir.

Tl.e dread-1 ville Water Company, house and lot in ed form which the disease took in Connellsvilie township, Georgot case of Mr. Frum was what spread i L-- Fisher and wife to Danu-1 j- orrs i i A terror. Dr. T. H.

White und the of land in Connellsviile township, J-J health officials searched in vain Frank M. Bower and wife AT TOH.NK someone to help with the gruesome Andrew Guiier. lot in Connellsvilie. JL otflre nn work. Those who were willing to go Gabriel Jonos to A.

.1 Staub. were restrained by their friends. Liv-j tract of land in Springfield township, erymeu refused to furnish a to Martin II. King to William H. haul the corpse.

Men. promised to help and then went back their promises. Fancy sums were offered, but they were refused. Time- passed while the cabs waited, and i'. finally looked as if the burial would have to be delayed.

Finaily. however, an immune was secured who would brave tin 1 contagion. George O'Bryon of New Haven has had experience with He has nursed cases in Dunbsi.r town- 0 ship on several occasions. Dr. T.

II. Connellsville Railway Company, right White, a Courier reporter and O'Bryon, of way throi'Kh several properties in composed the burial party. On Dunbar township. rough road wagon with two spirited horses. O'Bryon sat astride th-? rough box and drove.

The other two were in a buggy- At Sodom shops the casket was taken from the rough box a nd rim down to the car on a hand truck. Dr. Singer, alone with the dea 1, was hailed, and the yellow light streamed from the quarantined car. The casket was lifted up in the door. Then Dr.

Singer went into the farther division of the car, divided by a sheet soaked in bi-chloride of mercury, and bore out. the form of the dead, wrapped in three sheets saturated with a stronir disin- The building will be constructed of a fecting solution. The was' unique combination of compressed closed and sealed, run to the wagon on brick and carved stone. The entrance a truck, and loaded. The strange lit-! to the banking room will be from the'jg) neral procession then started while corner.

In the front and center of the Waugaman, lot in Upper Tyrone township. $235; Gtcrge and Ilarrlette Wag- ner to Joseph DeOre. lot in Dim bar. $200; Phoebe Ann Yothers to William F. Landis.

12U acres of land in Bull- skin township. 51.000. J. I. Feather and wife to W.

S. Kuhn, all the Upper Freeport vein of coal underlying several properties in Dun bar township, aggregating about IM l1 acres, James I. Feather and 1 jf 11L 1 wife to the Pittsbnrg, McKee.sport pimBCBs BiiiK FOR SAVINGS Sinllhlioli; Et. a Fourlh Pillsburgh, ESZE Connellsvilie, Offers t'i a Dav and tht -choof m.iv cnte. i Write for a SchooN at i and wurnen Ju.ittion.

OF I II.I.K, McKEESPORT. CONHELLSVILLE AND UN10NTOWS FACTORY SHELLS New Rival" "Leader" "Repeater" you are looliing for reliable shotgun am- Mi munition, the kind that shoots where you point your gun, buy Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells: "New Rival," loaded with Black powder; "Leader" and "Repeater," loaded with Smokeless. Insist upon having "Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM The First National Bank of Dawson, Pa. A I A PAID IN SSO.OOO SURPLUS M.

M. COCHKAS I. R. LAUGHRKY, Vice PresWeni. JOHN H.

WURTZ, Casbler, R. I) KEKPY. Teller. A. J.

WV'RTZ, Bookkeeper. KucfivL-s di pohits on ili-manJ i i notice. Issues i a rnom-v orders on a roirt? in Europe and transacts a i business. I NcN'roycr, J. R.

Lauffhrey, W. Harrj Brown, M. M. Cochran, J. Calvin Core, A.

C. Snerrard, Joseph The New Haven National Bank Opp. R. Depot, a i Slrccl. Capital.

$50,000. NEW BANK BUILDING. Plans for the New Haven Structure Are Ready for Bids, Campbell Wilson have completed plans and specifications for tbe proposed New Haven Xationa! Bank building, and the same are now in the hand of contractors Cor bids. The new building will have a frontage 40 feet on Main street and 72 feet on Fourth street. It will be by all odds the most handsome business and apartment structure in New Haven.

Dr. Singer went back to maVe final preparations for leaving the car. Townspeople wondered when they saw the funeral pass up street. At the entrance to Hill Grove Cemetery the grave digger refused to accompany the funeral to the grave. He directed the drivers to the grave on the farther slope of the cemetery- The roid was hard to find in the snow.

Orce the building, on the Main street side, is a prettily recessed entrance to the apartments in the second and third stories. To the right is a fine large store room with big display windows The interior of the banking room will be finished In quartered oak and will! be up-to-date in every respect. thing necessary to fit up a handsome' modern banking room will be intro- hearse-wagon toppled and O'Bryon duced The lobby and exterior en- was thrown off into a snow drift. The trances will be finished in marble mo- wagon was driven as near the grave possible. "Rev.

W. A. Edie and several men from the Baltimore Ohio engineering department came in a ca'i. All hands helped carry the big box to the graveside, stumbling under Ute weight through the drifted snow. The hox was lowered into the grave Rev- The apartments on the upper floors will be modern and attraviive in many features.

They have been arranged to meet the requirements ot" the most exacting tenants. Big Shipment of Wool. W. Ij. and Closstr, wool crentlv the little gathering of friends merchants of Wayneaburg.

shiriped to; uncovered their heads while Re-. Edie Stone Christie. Philadelphia, last pastor of the Presbyterian Church, 'week, 200,000 pounds of Greene county conducted the services of a Chris- wool, for which they received 30 cents tian burial. He first made some at This week' marks befitting the occasion. He Closser is shlppins 100,000 pounds, spoke of Mr.

Frum as a stranger of "ore, which is owned individually and whom he had heard nothing that is for which he receives 32 cents per S. TT, ATT Hoi'in i i i i i A n. I i A i Johiii.i- l.ii«, I Unit nn'1 i i i i I i i i i i i REAL ESTATE! THE CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK OF Capital $100,000. I I i I' I OX A I A i i a Miiin-iit' A. C.

McCOMB CO. 326 fourth PITTSBURC, PA. Make Your Money Work And teaci your children habits of i that they may become prosperous and i in the i Open an a with any a $1 up and you will receive one of our A i i a a a i to encourage saving by your i FOUR'PER CENT. INTEREST PAID on Time Deposits. The highest rate in the co'imy.

No other a i insti- i pays 3 per cent. Title Trust Co. of Western and Pittsburg Connellsville, Pa. H. A.

CROW, NOTARY PUBLIC, Loan Agt. Title and Trust Building. not lie spoke of. the trying circumstance under which he had to be buried: he contrasted the strange night with a funeral at home friends can comfort friends. Then he spoke of the stricken triemls at home and of the sad circumstances i hat -would deepen their grief.

"Dust U) dust, earth to earth, ashes to ashes." and the clods of clay muttered .1 benediction as they sounded on the boards below. Tnen Rev. Edie prayed; for the soul of the departed friend; for those who were near and to him in the trial of their great sorrow; for her to whom, the dead had Alighted his love and his faith, that she; may be comforted in her grief; for pound there. These gentlemen had good faith in the outlook for wool and stored their purchases made earlier the season. By the recent sales they realize a handsome profit.

Closser says he is willing to engage all of the new Greene county clip of 1903 at 30 cents per pound. Election Notices. rpIIE A I A A UFCO.N"- a a mt-etlnjr of tl.e ol UitH I i trio flection of Hit Directors to nerve (or tlie eiinuitiic ri-ar. helil the Itanklcpr 011 TUKS- DAV, A A Uttli, 19CH, between tke of lii M. and '2 P.

M. 12dec5t GEO. T. I Cashier. HENRY GOLDSMITH, I I A a cnil i.f O.ik I 1 48 A I r()NN F'A.

J. DONALD PORTER, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Ltudlns CompiiiJtw KcprcneiiteU. young man. Dr.

J. J. Singer, whose spirit of brotherly love prompted him 10 volunteer his services in caring for sick when others quailed the of his awful malady; for the triends who had followed the remains of their friend to the grave, and lastly this community may be spared nerve lor i btt hpld ut tlie I a i lluime on TUKyD -V A A 18th, 100.S, betivpTM tlib lioura of 1 2 o'clock P. 11. l-'dfCol E.

T. NORTON', Cnnlilcr. ECOXD A I A A OF TON- lut-elliu; of the DC spared i ul Hunk. lor i i i oi irnm tha i-nvflcoc nf npdtilfnf 1 1 and tlie eiiHiilnu: i be held tit the ot pestuenci ana ieBl I1 Kl i OUB1 onT ij KS i AN AK Then the grave was filled in. The floral offerings were very beautiful.

One large piece, "Gates Ajar," vas sent by the fraternity of the West Virginia University of which Mr. Frum I ItfUvtLMI i boil A. M. and 1.2 o'clock M. ul 10 uVluck IL'decOl A.

AItMSTR.O.\T.,C;i«liler. EST A I A A A -The minimi inettiiiK oi tin of yi- was a member. Other offerings came tolervv I i his frion and associates held the ll.inkri~ Friday night Dr. Singer thoroughly tiip IMI'Ifa P. H.

Mitfl. PENDLETON REID, SuccuHHura to INSURANCE AGENCY. tt'cllio BllllclluK, Main aril I'itubilrff Slrefta, I F. E. A President W.

H. BROWN', 1st Vice PrcaiJent J. S. I 2nd Vice ROB'T. W.

SO1SON, Cashier E. L. I Teller I B. F. Boyts, J.

K. LauRhrey, John D. F. E. a i W.

H. Brown, F. T. Adams, T. J.

Mitchell, H. F. A i S. E. Frock, H.

M. Kerr, John S. Detwilev, J. D. Jackson, J.

R. Davidson. Xortli 1'ltMiurg Sired, MurkeJl liiiildiug. i iVongii National Bank' of Cocnellsville. Capital paid in $75,000 Surplus 60,000 Undivided Profts 14,7.15 JOS.

SCISSOR, President, B. F. BOTtS, Vice President, GEORGE T. GRIFFIH, CasLIcr, J. S.

Teller. JAS. B. STADER, Bookkeeper. CHARLES IIA.LL, Messenser.

Receives deposits payable on demand without notice. Sells sight exchange on Great Britain and transacts a general banking business. i Safe deposit boxes for Prompt Collections Mean a larger balance--Our facilities for handling collections at home and abroad arc unsurpassed by any financial insiitution in this section. A prompt and efficient service insures ijuick payments-We would be pleased to have you place your collections in our hands. The First National BanH, Main Street, Pa.

DIRECTORS: Robert Fclty, W. F. Sotsson, Joseph Sotsson, J. R. Stauffcr, James Allen, B.

F. Boyts. i DOM Insurance Underwriters, Connellsviile, Pa. Representing: Old Reliable Companies. ismffcied and went home, lie deserves great credit for his work i-i nursing Frum took a greai i isk, dared to do ivlur not one an in thousands would do.

the fiier.ds Mr. Frum can be ain that the i nfortauatf man was. i 1 cared fur ii: 1 suffering. Mr. Frum uas taken ill the i Wednesday.

November He 1 been in Baltimore several a 1 revious to this. On that nir'it hc cl to Conrluence on the exprt i i 0 I after some work there He I be Mel SEND US COW, fc A OF i i i i '1 i aiiini.il lit- it'icklioldcri. of this i i i i i i mill for tin- trntis- rli otln-r lui-ui'-i' i-oiin- I i I i i i r.ri.iii»\i-vi. I'H .,,11 Steer, or ilorse. o'' r1 Calf skin, Dog Kinv.viti) K.

I skin, or otliL-r kind of hide or skin, and let it with the hair to i Tor tilt- elei-lion ol tin' -t tin- I i i i some chestnuts to keep Mm 1 u'nd 4 i'. et llMecot ROHT. U'. SOI will i i i A i tlie of awake." as he said, on the way rp the "imtain. That night he suftered from i and in the mornirs ho i a bail headache.

He returncj the A A I A A a a mectinji of die norklioldtry ol lank lor the i-U'dlm of Dlrtetors to for tlie L'nauiDff year, will be at the on, soft, light, odorless and moth-proof. for robe, coat or gloves. But first get our Catnlofjuc, giving prices, and our shipping taps and instnictioiia, so as to avoid mistakes, also buy raw furs. THB CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 116 Mill Street. Rochester.

N. Y. ABSOLUTELY FREE A USEFUL XMAS GIFT METAL CLOCK SAVINGS pcnon starting savings account of S5 We pay 4 per ctnt Interest compounded cvctj six months. i to-day. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS REAL ESTATETRUST Co.

311 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURG, PA. THE OF PERRYOPOLIS, PA. t'ttmnii'iiu'tl 1902. A I A STOCK H. M.

COCHRAN, President. DR. J. II. DAVIDSON, Vice Pres.

HOWARD ADAMS, Cashier. Receivis deposits payable on demand without notice. Issues drsfts and money orders on all points In Europe and transacts a general banking business. DIRECTORS: Jno. H.

WurtE, M. M. Cocnran, Alfred M. Fuller, Dr. J.

H. Davidson, J. S. Kewmyer, Wm. H.

Hopkins, Martin E. Slrawn. S2OO.OOO Surplus. 3 2 O.OOO Banking by Mail is merely a matter of going to the Post Office. Write for booklet giving particulars.

4 Per Cent. Interest The City Deposit BanK i (Fl Center A a Mellon National BanK of i i Capi'laI The business of our out-of-town patrons receives the most, careful consideration. I I i i H. A I KLL, CA-uim W. lieLL H.

C. r'tio. H. C. i A I -M.

I A I (UK-. i i Fl' i i 514 Smithfield Pittsburgh, Pu. UNION SAVINGS BANK i i i 'A I A 1.. I Xo S.i\ i i 1.1 i i i i i i lias so a or Mk'h on: i i i i i i i 1 i i rooms. Deposits a i in i i i 4 1 NT I is paid.

a i in.iy i In i i i a i i perfect safety. Kt-icK Building. Pittsburgh, Pa..

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