we
GRAF
& CO.
$12,000.00
We solicit your Ranking busi-
nens, and will pay you three per
cent. Interest per ancum for money
loft on Certificate of Deposit or
Savings Account.
~The department of mvings is »
special feature of this Bank, and
all deposita, whether large or
small, daw the same rate of
inbarest.
B. §. SAWTELLE,
Qashier.
The Valley Record
MURRELLE, Publisher.
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MONDAY, JULY 30. 1906
. Fearful of Coming Trouble.
The wives of two musicians met on
the street one day, =ays the Ponca
(Okla) Courier. One was pushing a
Baby carriage containing three babies
Just over her
boneymoon, congratulated her upon
such bliss Upon which the proud
mother attributed it to the fact that
after returning from their honeymoon
the band serenaded them. playing,
“Three Little Maids from School.” The
Young bride held up her hands In holy
horror and exclaimed My goodness!
That same band serenaded and
Hs
Captured Monkey-Faced Owl
A monkey faced owl, the rarest
specimen of a bird ever seen In Call
fornia, flew through a glass window
Redding schoolhouse and was
pared alive by the janitor, who pre
sented It to the landlord of the Tem
ple hotel, where it Is on exhibition
before many wondering gazers
The ow! is of a beautiful gray color,
but its face Is the characteristic fea
ture. In place of the usual round
face of the owl this bird has the fea
tures of a monkey. The wings too,
are of unusual length.
Guards Against Kisses
Two soldiers have been detalled te
wateh Norway's new crown prince
while he makes snow images or coasts
for otherwise this Yad, three years old
might be kissed to death by the
crowds In the parks where he taker
his outings. As yet It is rather dif
cult for Prince Olaf to converse witl
his playmates with fluency, a« he I
Jess proficient in Norwegian than In
English, but even at that he man
Ages to get om fairly well with the
children who come to entertain him
re
Eggs for Whisky Salesmen,
Agaln we say to the Pratt ladles, If
you do not want the booze drammer
bere, egg him out of town every time
he sticks up his head, says the Pratt
{Kan.) Unlon Use eggs with whisk
&rs on them, too, If you want to more
postitively punctuate your order. A
business that the law wlll not touch
must be met by outlaw methods Sal)
in and clean them out of town.
Passing of Noted Chemist.
Prof. Robert Ogden Doremus, the
noted chemist, who died in New York
‘a short time ago. aged $2 years was
a wellknown expert on the effects ol
poison. He equipped the first labora
tary in the United States for Instruct.
ing medical students In analytica
chemistry. At least 50 548 young men
Bave been his students
»
*
Not Deterred by Noise
The idea that birds select secluded
‘plates to bulld thelr nests has Lees
proved faise. Birds have been known
10 bulld io the potsiest or most con
‘spicvous places
discovered in an electric light on the
Thames embankment, London, where
the lamp was lighted and put out eack
day.
i
Quite an Achievament.
{ Ascum--Of course, you consider your
Sances guite pretty
Bragley— Well, yes.
§ "They tell me, at any rate, that she
§4 very clever.”
* “] should say so. Wasn't she clever
Ww catch me —Philadeiphls
ELOPERS ARE MARRIED
IN SPEEDING CARRIAQE.
With Irate Mother fn Full Pursuit
Virginia Couple Are Made One
Behind Galloping Horses.
Richmond, Va —A romantic mar
riage took piace at Bristol at mid.
night recently, when Miss Elizabeth
Clark, a beautiful girl of Max Mead:
ows, Wythe county, became the bride
of FF M. Tate, an employe in the
commissary department of the South
ern and Western railways at Clinob-
port
Miss Clark arrived at Bristol aa
our before the wedding. Finding
that she was shadowed by her moth
er, who was bitterly opposed to the
THEY WERE MARRIED GOING AT
A BREAK-NECK SPEED
match, she wired her lover to have
a carriage In readiness. But Mrs
Clark adopted simliar tactics and also
wired for a carriage. When the train
arrived Miss Clark left the Pullman
car on the opposite side from the de
pot, and this gave her and her lover
& momentary advantage Both car
riages appeared simultaneously upon
the street and a wild run commenced
between the lovers and the girl's
mother
A minister was also In the car
riage with the young people, the
groom baving decided to take no
chances after learning that the future
mother-in-law was about Ww appear
upop the sceme The plan was to be
married In the lobby of the post of
fice, but the pursuing carriage kept so
close after the couple that the min
ister, Rev. W. H T Squares, of the
Central Presbyterlan church, was
forced to perform the ceremony
the carriage while the horses
running at a dead gallop and alter
the carriage had wound about on
many streets In the sttempt 4o shake
off the Nemesis that was pursuing the
lovers
After a chase that lasted for an
hour, the carriage io which was the
irate mother chanced to take a
wrong turn, and the sorely pressed
made thelr escape tw thelr hotel,
where the petty Lride, with an alr of
triumph, played the wedding march
on the hotel plano
in
were
TOLD IN DREAM TO KILL.
Inmate of County Infirmary Hears
“Command of Angels” and
Commits Marder
Franklin, Iund.—A room at the John-
Bon county InBrmary was occupled by
three patients, Thomas Darrell, 55
years old; Cyrus Brown, 81, and Sem
uel Kephart, paralyzed
About midnight Kephart heard
some one walk ucross the room and
call to Brown He notuced Darrell
standing at the side of Brown's bed
and heard him say that two angels
had come to him In a dream and told
him to kill Browa Brown tried to
pacify Darrell and told im there
was nothing in the dream and to go
back to bed, whereupon Darrell picked
ap an Iron cuspldor and began beat:
Ing Brown over the head, striking him
four or five terrific blows and mash-
ing bis head to a pulp
While the murder was being com-
mitted, Kephart was powerless to
move and could only hear the moans
of the muordered man, and the blows
from the iron wespon He could not
even calk for help, as It is only with
difficulty that he can utter a few in-
telligible sentences
After Darrell had finished his mur-
derous work and found that he had
killed Brown. he went iato the next
room and told another Inmate, named
{ Cleveland, what he had done, but the
{latter did not belleve It, and tried to
persuade him to go back to bed Dar
ret refused to obey and asked Cleve
land to go Into the room with him
that be might show him the dead
body
{ Cleveland found Brown with bis
head crushed to") pulp and he aroused
ithe custodian Jacob Levan Coroner
| Terhune and Sheriff Baldwin were
called
{ Darrell was arrested by Sheriff
, Baldwin and placed in fall. He re
|8lized what he has done, but would
not tell why he committed the deed,
except that two angels in his dream
Sad told him to kill Brown He says
ge ill fesling betwen bimeelf and his
>
“It is generally the duty of a post
office inspector to solve the mystery
of a robbery of mall without a single
clew to begin with? sald Inspector in
Chief Letherman to a Boston Globe
writer.
“The recent finding of a mall pouch
destined for Newton, but reaching
the waters of the harbor, with the
letters gone, is a cof In point. | re-
member when | was an inspector at
Cincinnati 1 was called out by tele
gram fo unravel the mystery of a lost
pouch containing valuable mall
“I reached the town late in the
evening. and hunted up the postmas-
ter, who was a prominent politician
and a man of high standing. He told
me there was absalutely no clew to
the pouch, which should have arrived
at 11:15 p. m. the night before and
did not. He sald, however, that a city
officer had sald to him that If some
one talked with a certain woman some
Information might be secured.
“This woman it was sald, would
witness a parade next morning from
2 window In the office of a busineas
company, and a description of her
was furnished. Just before the pa-
rade I went to the street number des-
ignated, but saw no one answering
the description at any of the windows
“There was a lady, very refined and
well dressed, wearing the same sort
of a coat and furs, standing on the
curb, but it did not seem possible that
she could know anything about the
robbery Still, as a matter of duty,
I moved beside her and handed her
my card
* “She did not glance at It. hat turned
her face away. | then asked when the
parade started. She made no reply,
but turned and walked away. 1 fol-
lowed at a distance, and saw her en-
ter one of the richest homes
“lI went bark. thinking I had been
deceived, and saw at the window the
woman who had been described to me.
I walked Into the crowd around the
windows and handed her my ecard
‘I cannot talk to you here, but come
to my house to-night’ she sald, ‘this
fs the address’
“I called that evening, and found
the place was not the most aristo-
cratic In the world. Far from It
“She chatted for a time, -and then,
becoming friendly, asked me If I
could get a money order for $50
cashed for ber. I told ber I thought
I could and would see the postmas-
ter about it
“I took the order, and the next
morning satisfied myself that It did
not belong to her, and, furthermore.
that “it was In a letter sent {n the
missing pouch,
“I went back to the house to see
her about it, and asked where she
pot It. She sald a man who owed
her some money had sent it to her.
I told her If 1 was all right it would
be pald the next day, and changed
the suhject At length she asked
me If | would drink a glass of ale
and started down to the cellar to
get some. As an excuse when she
was half down stairs | offered
help her, and -tarted down ‘You
must not come down here—my hus
band will not ilke it,’ she sald but
I kept on down
“The cellar was filled with plun-
der—lmams by the score boxes and
packages of all kinds, and one box
opened at one end exposed two or
three silk parasols I asked her
what the collection "meant, and she
«ald her husband was going to open
a store and had been collecting mer
chandise,
“She pledged me not to tell. as
he had not resigned his position yet,
and did not want [t known that he
was going Into business for himself
until he got all prepared
“I had heard of the pillaging of
freight cars when [| frst came to
town, but as | was not on that er-
rand 1 made no further remarks
The next day bunches of looted mall
began to come Into the post office,
picked up by eftizens It was found
under board sidewalks, in store boxes
and out of the way corners
“The mall had all been opened and
rifled. but the letters were In the en-
velopes. On my next visit to the
lady's house she showed me four silk
handkerchiefs sald she had re
ceived, as a present, and asked me
what [ thought they were worth
“The next visit resulted fn a full
confession of all she knew about the
robbery She had an admirer who
gave her the order to be cashed and
the handkerchiefs
“The husband was suspicious of
him, and gave the slight tip to the
postmaster. 1 learned that the ad-
mirer was employed at a livery std-
ble and slept in the loft, that he was
in the habit of hitching up for the
man who had the contract for carry-
ing the night malls from the trains
to the post office, and that the twa
were very chummy.
“1 went to the stable and was told
the employe was asleep In the loft
I took an officer with me. We bad to
go up a ladder. There was nothing
fn aight in the loft but a plle of hay,
but | noticed a tunnel In it I
reached In, got hold of a dog and
quickly withdrew my band. We then
took a fork and turned over the hay,
and at the end of the tunnel found
the man we were looking for
“He confessed that day. He told
us where the pouch was Madden. and
we found It. He proved to be an ex-
convict from a neighboring state. He
got five years and the mall wagon
driver got three, and all I had to go
on was a little tip from a jealous
husband.
to
she
Rich Plowing.
Farmers down In Richmond county,
on Dry creek, North Carolina, are
plowing up coins. On the south side
of the creek copper pleces bearing the
Dame of George Washington are be
FRANK EK. WOOD, Representative
News and ‘advertising matter may be
left at Gregg's Racket Store, Waverly.
After 12 o'clock noon call the main
office at Sayre, Valley ‘phone 138X.
F Mrs. Lew Meicereau is ‘spending
the day in Elmira,
E. R. Sherry will more his fami-
ly Monday to Elmira.
E. Clair VanAtta and wife went
ta E'mira this morning.
Mrs. G. H. Lawrence and fanuly
spent the day in Elmira.
L. D. Atwater and family have
returned from Atlantic City.
Gorge Cushing has accepted
a position in Farley's grocery,
George English of the south
side is visiting friends in Auburn.
Misses Anna Johnson and Mame
Wilcox are at Ocean Grove, N J.
Wm. Schutt went to Watkins,
N. Y.,, this morning to visit the
Glen.
Mrs, Schoonmaker of Park ave
nuc is spending the day at Che.
mung LS
The Waverly base ball team will
play the Ithaca team at Ithaca next
Wedaesday.
John Daily and family are camp
ing on the Chemung near the
white bridge.
John Seacord and wife went to
Deposit this morning for a two
weeks’ outing.
Mrs. Millspaugh and children of
Brooklyn are visiting Mrs. Rich-
ardson on Fulton street.
Miss Nora Cain of Corning is
visiting at the home of Night Offi
cer Corcoran in Broad street.
Alec Mullen of Binghamton is
visiting friends in Waverly. He
lived here twelve years ago.
L. B. Shriver and wife of Elm
street left this morning for a two
weeks’ sojourn at Keuka lake,
Mrs. Flynn and Miss Margaret
Donovan of Corning are visiting
their sister, Mrs. Daniel Lyons of
Broad street.
Mail Carrier Leon Canoll will
resume his duties tomorrow aad
George Ropp will start on his two
weeks' vacation.
Lewis Mills and family of Buf
falo are expected today to visit
Mrs. Mills's brother, J. B Hanna
of Waverly street,
Miss May Adamy, who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank John-
ner of Waverly street, started this
morning for her home in Mayors,
Arizona,
Roy Wade, the new representa:
tive of the Binghamton Press,came
to Wavealy yesterday with his
wife and have taken apartments in
the Scott flats on Orchard street.
Sol Unger and daughters, Paul-
ine and Blanche, and their friend,
Miss Wertheimer, are visiting Abe
Unger at this place. They will
spend a week in Waverly and a
boro,
PLANS FOR SANITARIUM
Waverly—Dr. Ellsworth Gamble
is contemplating starting a sanis
tanum in the Lyman house on
North . Waverly street and is in
communication with several dce-
tors in view of getting an assistant,
He has obtained an option on the
property, which is particularly
idapted for the purpose. Waver-
ly people hope, to see the venture
consummated, and wish the doctor
success,
Free Free
Mra. A.C, Trainor, Colchester, Conn.,
writes t a free “sample bolile of
Bloodine hel her when she was all
run down, loodine is a body builder
sud system Loaic of wonderfal merit
and if you have not it, you shoald
today. The greatest system Tonle ln
hl 3
Kidneys are
ins, Sold
Waverly—R C. Hallet of thi
place and Fred Beers of Athens
engaged in a lively scrap on Loder
street last night and were both
According to witnesses Beers was
the asefilant and he was fined $5
by Justice Hoagland. Hallét was
discharged,
An umbrella mender was also
arrested for intoxication but was
allowed to go on suspended sen
tence,
Mrs. Maud DeVore, with her
little boy in her arms, was ordered
¢ff the street last night. She
came back later without the boy
and was arrested by Officer Cor-
coran. This morning she pleaded
not guilty to intoxication and will
be given a trial at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. About two months
ago she was ordered out of town
or the same charge.
REUNION OF 1415T
Athens—The official program
for the 23-d annual reunion of the
survivors of the 141st Regiment is
just published and will be sent out
at once. The reunion will be held
at Wysox Wednesday, Aug. 29
The business meeting to take
place in the brick church at 10:30
o'clock a. m. Dinner will be
served by the ladies from noon
until all are served at 25 cents per
plate. The ceremonies of dedicat.
ing the monument to Gen'l. H. J.
Madill will take place at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon and are in
the hands of Capt. George W.
Kilmer, president of the associa
tion. This will be onc of the
most importan® reunions of the
survivors of that historic regiment
ever held, and ids desired to have
every member preseat. Able
speakers have been secured for the
occasion.
Revelation,
In the midst of hi= passionate declan
ston she yawned slightly Though
with her white and jeweled hand she
Altagipted 0 conceal the movement,
it did rot escape him. His torrent of
burning words ceased. The light died
in his eyes.
“But why,” he sald, hoarsely, “why
speak to you of love? You are heart-
less—heartiess Your yawn showed
"we
“Oh, Clarence,” she whispered, hor-
ror-siricken, “did 1 open my wouth as
wide as that?”
What Lunar Athletes Could Do.
The “man in the moon” must surely
regard with amused contempt our
much-vaunted athletic records. A good
terrestrial athlete could cover about
120 feet on the moon In a runaing
broad jump, while leaping over a barn
would be a very commonplace feat. He
would find, no difficulty in carrying six
times as much and running six times
as fast as he could on earth, all be-
cause the moon attracts bodies with
only one-sixth of the force of the
earth. —Spriugfield (Maas) Republican.
Carried Bullet Long.
J. D. McFall, of Wichita, Kan., has
had half of a grapeshot removed from
his right leg. The ball entered his leg
Al the battle of Shiloh, op April 6, 1862,
44 yeurs ago. The ball was split in two
at the time It entered his ick and it
weighed nearly a pound. After carry.
Ing this shot around all these years it
began to hurt him for the first time re-
osutly.
High Happiness,
“Ef you could only Lregk de moon
up Iato guld dollars en have de stare
fer swell change, maybe you'd be hap-
Py. but dat sorter happiness would
ome too high fer you, so you better
try en git along wid dis o!' worl’ en
thank de Lawd you in it!”"—AUanta
Constitution,
Popular Woman.
Connecticut boasts of a woman wha
hasn't spoken a word in over 30 years
We are willing to bet, says the ‘At
lanta (Ga.) Journal, thal that woman
will recelye a thousand offers of mar
riage within lesa than a week after her
pame and address !s published,
Durability of Concrete.
In thsee days of Increasing use of
concrete for bullding purposes, it 1s In
terecting to mcr! the fact that th
Pantheon, in Rome, abont 2000 years
old, 1s covered by a dome over 142 feet
fn diameter, which 1s cast In concrets
in one =zolld mass
$1.29to Sylvan Beach and Return
The Lehigh Valley Railroad will sell
tickets Sanday, July 1st and every San
day thereafter until Sept. Rh. Tickets
geod going and returning va all trains
on date of issar valy, Bee Lehigh Tick-
et Ageats for forther particulars, 46
$1.33 to North Fair Haven and
Return .
The high Yall Railroad will sel]
Lickets Sa daly tat and ary Ban-
#
2 Hustler Soap
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Every little
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National Encampment G. A. R.,
N Minneapolis
Oaasoouat of tha above eveat, the
Erie Railroad will ran a personally con-
dacjed train, compos+1 of day coaches,
tourist and standard Pallman slespi
cars. Write J. H. Webster, Division
Passenger Agent, Elmira, N. Y., for par-
ticalars. 68-19
5c to Elmira and Return
The Lehigh Valley Rallroad will sell
tickets August 12th, Special train stop-
ping at Eidridge Park in both direc-
tions. Leaves Sayreat8:05a.m; 1e-
turning leaves Eimira at 6:00 p, a, Tick-
ots good golog aud retarniog only on
special train on date of issue. See Le-
high Valley Ticket ageats for further
particulars. = oe
$1.50 to Syracuse and Return
The Lohigh Valley Railroad will sell
tickets Sanday, August 12th. Special
train in both directions, Leaves Sayre
at 7.002. m.; retarning leaves Syracuse
at 8:00 p.m. Tickets good going and
returning on special train on date of
sale only. See Lehigh Valley Ticket
Agents for farther particulars. 66
$1.00 to Harvey's Lake and Re
tura. The Labigh Valley Railroad will
sell tickets Augost 5th. al train,
stopping at Pittston in both directions.
Leaves Bayre at 7:10 a. m.; returning
leaves Harvey's Lake 8p. m. Tickets
good going and returning only on spec-
ial train on date of issue, See Lehigh
Valley Ticket Agents fof further pr
ticulars. 1
A Vacatioh—An Educator
If but for only one day. Keuka Lake
excursion by special train, fast time,
fine coaches, Krie Rallroad next San-
day. 70
Personally Conducted G. A. R.
Train
The Erie Railroad will have a person-,
»lly conducted train to Minneapolis
August 11th, account of G. A. R. Na-
tiomal Encampment, made np of day
coached, tourist and standard sleepers,
train rupning through without change.
For rates and other information, inquire
of any Erie Ticket Agent, or write J. H,
Webster, Division Agent, Elmira. 63-19
$1.90 to Freeville, N. Y. and Re-
turn, via Lehigh Valley Railroad, ao-
count Centry) New York State Spiritual-
ist Meetings, July 221 to Aug 20th, 1906,
Tickets sold Jaly 21 to Aug. 10th, in-
clusive, good on all regular trains. For
further particulars see Lehigh Valley
Ticket Agenta. 51
Excursions
ERIE RAILROAD.
10 day excarsion to Saratoga and
Lake George, $5.00 from Waverly via
Brie RB. R. July 14th and Aug 150. 4S
75¢ to Binghamton and return,
Sunday, Aug. 12, and each alternate
Sunday thereafter. Tickets good leav-
Ing Waverly at 7:62 and 10:36 a.m. 25
Holdersof (1. A] R. Excursion Tickets
to Minneapolis will be granted a ten
day stop over at Chicago on return trip
If desired. 07
Jamestown or Chautauqua passengers
please pote that the Erie Railroad Co.
is now running a vestibule coach daily
‘on their train one through to Jamestown
without change of cars. 70
For further particulars apply to Erie
Ticket Agent, J. W, Clark.
[A Sure Cure for Piles]
Me. F. 5 Randall of No. so East Mais St,
Leroy, N. ¥., Bloodine Olntment has
Bloodine
‘has always
large line of
notions, 5 and
Beautiful Lakl Eeuka
Keuka is jastly entitled to the
tion it bears, that of be the y
beautiful lake in New York
Its shores are lined with countless
cottages. Those whoare unable to se-
dati the several
Grove Hogs Keaka
| you enjoy fishing, no
greatsr attraction, the
annually stocked for se
various species of trout,
ike and plckerel from t
atchery, located but
regarding A
illustrated booklet will be mailed
application to J. H. Webster, Div.
Agt, Elmira, N. Y. 38.dly-
Week-End Outings
On Saturday and Sandays from June
30th to September 30th, the Val-
ley Railroad will sell excursion
locally in New York state at low fares,
which will provide over
ata minimum cost for railroad
This arrangement applies
Rok Loman state east of Geneva.
cket ta for full
ticulars, x rivals
Seaside, Lake, Mountain Resorts
When considesi vacation
| remember that the a ation itty
| tickets on sale at reduced rates toall
| attractive resorts. Our excellent train
sorvios will increase the pleasure of
EE
ven a ord.
vba, Division Agent, n N.
I. L. BENJAMIN,
Paluter, Decorator and Paperhanger r.
Girl for general housework in a fami-
Ivy of three, $2.50 per week. 020
Mala street, Athens
For Rent:
Ointment
:
1s the most sven the werld._ Bt will !
care cuts, BOTes, SCERIDS. SQLIEY
rant hae :
Furnished rooms for housekeeping
Inquire
/ x
second floor for pent.
oom with b
- I v
North street, Athens,
Two small one
For rend, office rooms in the Wheel
Rioek. 3
wnitable for as 08
Talmadge,
Twu olices for rent in the Maney
block. ; aX