SALIS BU We are now better preprared to meet the wants of our customers than at any time before, as we have on hand a complete stock of every- thing belonging to a first-class Furniture Store. REMEMBER,» No old shop-worn or second-hand goods. Everything new and up-to-date. SPECIALTIES. Couches, $5.75; Sideboards, $10.- 00; Parlor Suites, $18.00; Chairs sold at prices that always pleases our customers. TRY US and be your own judge, and let us C U B A customer of ours. Johnson & McCulloh, ELK LICK, PENNA. AY ~ Fr rN \ 7 - bs IN THE KOONTZ BUILDING! Having some time ago purchased the Koontz property, all those interested in Monumental work will find me in what was once “ kuown as THE KOONTZ MARBLE WORKS I am prepared as never before to offer to all those in need of Monumental work, from small l{eadstones to Granite Monuments. PRICES HERETOFORE UNHEARD OF. None bat the best of Marble and Granite, and workmanship the finest. I make Granite work a specialty. You will be surprised at my prices. Call and mrp ALBERT |. HILLEGASS, Berlin, Pa. ". A Big Lot of Watches." AT VERY MILE PRICE! I have sold over 75 of my watches at cut prices and still have a big lot left. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? If not, do so at once. Get prices else- where and then get my prices and see the difference. I will save you from $4.00 to $10.00 on all watches. MY JEWELRY ILINE OPAL RINGS, $1.00; GOLD BRACELETS, 75 cents; SCARF PINS, 60 cents: all other lines at corresponding AE — a is very complete. prices. My China Line and Novelties —— at less than cost, and don’t forget that I carry the finest line of Books and Stationery in town T. W. GURLEY, MEYERSDALE, PA. WATCHES! Another new lot just added to our al- ready large line, comprising many fiew designs. A nice lot of BOYS” WATCHES VERY CHEAP. No stated number in stock, as we are selling and receiving them every day. The Leading Jeweler, We just received our fine and complete line of CHINA. last week we have received a new line of Efe I N (x SS, IT hn BRACELETS, Ta KETS, CHAINS and full line of STERLING SIL- VER NOVELTIES, SILVERWARE, ete. I also have a complete line of KODAKS and supplies, all sizes. All are invited to call and examine our stock. Diamonds at a Big Discount.ssemessareess H. M. Cook, Jeweler and Graduate Optician, In the | year. | greatly improve the paper during the | | tional Road and started for his home. | | The Salisbury Center St, MEYERSDALE, PA. RY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, TO OUR SUBSCRIBER ». 3 It is now almost one year since THe Star has resumed publication, and it will be but a few weeks until many of our patrons will be in debt to us for a full year’s subscription, while many others have paid in advance. Those in arrears are kindly requested to pay up at the earliest possible moment, as we need the money badly, owing to many improvements that we have been add- ing to our printing plant at great ex- pense. To all those in arrears we would say: If you receive a statement by mail, do not take it as a reflection upon your character or integrity, for nothing of that kind is meant, We have been kind enough to trust you all these months, and we trust that in no case has our confidence been misplaced. If you receive a statement it will simply mean that we need our money and expect prompt settlements. We also wish to call your attention to the fact that after Jan. 1st, 1899, all subscriptions not paid spot cash will be $1.50 per year, but if paid spot cash in advance, $1.25 will pay for a year’s subscription. In other words, the 30- day offer will be withdrawn. We thank our numerous subscribers for their prtronage and solicit a coii- | tinuance of the same. Our subscrip- | tion list has had a phenomenal growth throughout the entire year, every week | adding a goodly number of new sub- | scribers, and the increase shows no abatement. In the meantime we are | contemplating many additional im- | provements, and while we already have | a printing plant that is a credit to the | town, we expect to add many other im- provements to it during the coming | And it shall also be our aim to next year. Kindly help the good work by pay= ing what you owe and a year’s sub- | scription in advance. Wishing all our patrons a prosperous | New Year, I am yours for the best in- terests of Salisbury and Somerset | county, P. I.. LLivExGOOD. THE ROBBER I BARONS, Interesting Proof Which Shows That “The Way of the Trans- gressor Is Hard.” BY T. F. LIVENXGOOD, M. D, Nearly a century has elapsed since a few of the then wealthy agrarians, the real barons of Salisbury, conceived and executed the most gigantic and success- ful case of grand larceny to be found in the annals of Western Pennsylva- nia. “The swift spirit of the seythe and glass” has removed not only all the conspirators and their progeny, but has obliterated to a great extent and even permitted the green mosses to grow over their memories. At one time the Markleys owned by preemption most of the land bounded by the west bank of the Casselman and by the mountains on the eastern and western sides, and by Mason and Dix- on’s line on the south, while on the north the tract extended quite to Sum- mit township. Most of the territory on which Salisbury borough stands,and all of the Beachy Grove farm were Markley possessions. Another land owner was a man nam- ed Keagy. He held in legal title all the ground lying between the road leading to West Salisbury and Meadow run, as far as the Casselman river, and he built the stone “castle” now owned and occupied by C. R. Haselbarth. Keagy also began the erection of a large grist mill near the West Salis- bury bridge, which he nevercompleted. The ruins of this structure were still plainly visible as late as 1861. When the Markleys and Keagys were at the zenith of their prosperity, railronds had little more than been thought of, and none were in operation. All trade was carried on by means of wagons. The great avenue of com- merce at that time was the historic National Road, commonly known as “The Pike,” which was the great thor- oughfare of the nation and extended from Baltimore to Wheeling. Over { this great highway moved the entire commerce of most of the state ot Mary- land, Ohio, Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania. It was customary for merchants of the territory mentioned to go to Baltimore—then perhaps the greatest commercial city in the states —to sell the produce of their localities and lay in a stock of goods. These journeys occured at least annually, but more frequently semi-annually. The Salisbury barons, Markley and Keagy, owned and operated a store, and had for their book-keeper and sales- | drift of the game, and after he was | job of transporting his goods to Ohio. | such nefarious business before, | tyro, he showed skill that would give { him high rank as a pupil of Dick Per- | man a shrewd, tricky and rather un- PA, THURSDAY, - DECEMBER 22, 1898. serupulous fellow the of Crider. Once while this trio were in Balti- more buying goods and having “a hot time in the old town,” they met a man by the name of Bohren, who was on the same mission. Being of one ilk, they visited the wholesale houses to- gether and made such purchases as their several cases demanded. Great was the astonishment of the Salisburians while they were buying calicos, ging- hams and muslins, to see their Ohio ac- quaintance purchasing what seemed to them vast quantities of silks, velvets and “seventeen hundred (bonnie) lin- ens.” While they were investing in common crockery and stoneware, he laid in a large stock of elegant China and beautiful glassware: At every store they were made to feel that they were but pigmies, compared with the capitalist from the Buckeye state, and their souls were filled with envy. That night in talking the matter over at their hotel, their greed drove con- br name science out of the question and they concocted a scheme to steal a six-horse wagonload of Mr. Bohrenr’s goods. During their sojourn in the Monu- mental city Crider had made the ac- | quaintance of a teamster who was a person most likely to undertake any-: thing that held out a fair prospect of netting “big money” in a brief time. This fellow they tried to get as a tool. | A few words made him understand the sworn to secrecy he entered into the | work, as the sequel will show, with heart and soul. Ie went at once to | Bohren and solicited and procured the | Having finished his business, Bohren took passage in one of the scores of | stages (hat were running on the Na- | merchants had com- | pleted their diabolical scheme, and after giving minute instructions to the | teamster, were also homeward bound. “5 shrewd beggar,” was the team- | ster, and if he had never engaged in as a | pin or even Schinder Hans. He avoided the National Road and took the Phila- | delphia pike that runs through Bed- | ford. Most of his journey was made | at night. On the trip he traded horses | several times and had his wagon re- | painted a number of times, always changing the color. At Bedford he was met by a confed- erate, who piloted him on the courtry roads across the mountains to Salis- bury, where he received a royal wel- come at the hands of the other thieves. Some of the booty was stored in a barn on the farm now owned by Mr. C. Rodamer, but most of it was lodged in Keagy’s and Markley’s stables and houses. Imagine the astonishment of the citizens, next day, when they entered the store! Silks, sating, Chinaware, silk hats, ladies’ hats and bonnets trimmed a la mode, Havana cigars, tropical fruits, French confections and candies—many things they had never seen, nor perhaps even heard of, were seen on shelves and counters, and at prices no higher than ‘rough and ready” goods at the other store. The news soon spread and the store was crowded with people from four town- ships. “Where did you get these goods, and how can you sell them at such prices?” the merchants were asked scores of times, and they always had a stereotyped lie in answer. Not a day passed that some new goods did not appear in the store. The merchant in the other store could scarcely give his wares away, had plenty of leisure time on his hands and. was a picture of de- spair. Meantime a month had passed and the rightful owner of the merchandise was anxiously waiting for the wagon “that never came.” Teams from Balti- more laden with gcods for other mer- chants in the town arrived, but brought no tidings of the lost ©“ agon. Letters of inquiry were written, to the whole- sale merchants, and replies received af- | ter some weeks. (It took longer in| those days for a letter from Baltimore | | | | | | to reach Ohio than it now does for one | to reach Europe). This caused Mr. | Bohren to start on a search after lost property. Scores of ways his goods | might have been lost suggested them- | selves to his mind. Arriving at Baltimore he was con- his vinced thatthe teamster did not take | : the direct route. But where had he gone? Many roads lead out of a great city. Out of the difficulty, since no | clue could be secured, was only one | plan, to have patience and inquire on | the roads. Not many miles had Mr. B. traveled on the Philadelphia pike ere he knew he was on the right trail, which he fol- lowed to Bedford. There it vanished ' | utation of an honest man, | probably in an | hospitality. as if touched by the magician’s wand. and no amonut of patient search seem- ed to give light on the matter. Fortunately for Mr. B. when he pur- chased his dry goods, he, with his mer- chant’s scissors, cut pieces out of a number of bundles and still had them in his possession, and these would ena- ble him to identify his property. He visited all the stores in Bedford, which was an easy matter, as they were few at that time. Then he came to Somer- set county and instituted the same pro- cess. No sooner had he entered Keagy’s store in Salisbury than he recognized his goods. As soon as he could swear out war- rants for the arrest of the gnilty par- ties—(whether he did any other swear- ing is a matter on which tradition is silent, although in those times “Bill- ingsgate” was much in vogue and the occasion was exasperating)—accompa- nied by the Sheriff he proved Ee prop- erty, and Keagy, Crider, et al. were ar- rested. A pal gave Markley notice and he fled ere the Sheriff could reach him. Keagy and Crider were released on bail pending a “hearing.” Crider for- | feited the bail and fled to the Western wilderness, where he perished in pover- ty and obscurity. Keagy, who previously bore the rep- unguarded moment, through greed, had been lured into the | plot, was so filled with remorse that he { committed suicide by drinking lauda- num. He passed away in the house where Mr. Haselbarth now resides. If they of cloth and gown refused the body interment in the old cemetery, it was | \never so stated by people who should | | | have remembered it. Certain, how- ever, it is that Keagy’s remains were buried in Haselbarth’s meadow, near the woods, and no masses were said for the repose of hissoul. Thirty years ago the tottering fragments of an old worm- eaten, weather-stained board fence | made a poor effort to enclose his last resting place, but the last vestige of even this has long since disappeared. Many times has the plow passed over the spot, and waving grain has flourish- ed on and been garnered off the grave of a man who but for this one blighting error might have left his name and his grave green in his native town. Now neither track nor trace of either are to be seen. “He has gone down to the vile dust from which he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.” But what .of Markley, the man of land and of wealth? A renegade from justice, despised by the poorest citizen, with not a friend save his faithful wife, he made his home in the forest. For many long, lonely weary months the sounds that fell on his ear were those uttered by wild animals and the sough- ing of the wind as it swayed the branches of the trees. His couch was mother earth and his roof the blue, ethereal vault of Heaven. The only person he ever saw during his exile was his wife, who, when op- portunity offered, carried him provis- ions. Their signals and trysting places were known only to each other. But “the best laid schemes of men and mice gang aft aglee.” A hunter was one night stalking deer and suddenly cume upon Markley. Under the circum- stances he was afraid to run lest the hunter would shoot him. So he meek- ly inquired what the hunter wanted. The huntsman said: “I did not expect to find you here, Markley, and I bear you no ill will, but have you forgotten that you owe me ten dollars?’ The re- ply was that if he paper and ink he would write a note which his wife would pay. Paper was procured, but where could they get pen and ink? Hardby was a large oak stump, in the center of which was a hollow like a cup. Into this the rainwater and for- est refuse had gathered. This, with the oak sap, made a murky looking in- fusion regarded by old woodsmen as a specific for warts. Markley made a pen of wood and wrote the note on the | stump, using the aforesaid fluid for ink. The hunter made a solemn promise to Markley that he would not reveal his I niding place; but after the note had | been paid, he thought “a bad promise | is better broken than kept,” and so he notified the officers of the law. Very soon afterwards Markley was captured and brought to Salisbury. His wife at that time kept tavern in the house owned by William Smith, oppo- site the stone house before mentioned. A great rabble followed the posse to the bar room. Markley declared “free house,” but asked permission of his custodians, to make his much-needed toilet while they were enjoying his This was readily granted, and he went into an adjoining room, where his wife was ready to receive him. She was told to go to the stables, saddle and bridle the fleet gray mare and bring her to the window at the ~ . and who | western side of the house, as soon as possible. From that window the prisoner mounted and was off like an arrow. As he darted by the bar room soms one recognized him through the win- dow and gave the alarm. Though con- stables and posse fell over each other as the rushed pelmell for their horses, their prisoner was out of sight ere they were mounted. Half an hour after- ward the jaded mare was found on the Beachy hill, grazing quietly where Ler master had left her when he took to the woods. The pursuers, smarting with disap- pointment, returned to the hotel and tried to drown their grief in the flow- ing bowl. The prisoner was never re- captured. The wife managed to dis- pose of their property, and they prob- ably met on the borders of unsettled territories and there passed their re- maining days in silence, in sadness and alone. “The way of the transgres- sor-is hard,” sayeth the wise man, and thus endeth the Shapror O~ the 18th Jastant L out, Hobson, the famous hero of the Merrimac, lec- tured at the Chicago Auditorium, and j after the lecture he was kissed by 163 | pretty girls. The brave hero stood the smacking bombardment brevely, and Well, {he really seemed to enjoy it. who wouldn’t? he situation among the striking miners remains unchanged. The min- ers held several mass meetings during the past week, but we have not learned what the deliberations of these meet- ings were. In an interview with Supt, Garrett, of the Merchants Coal Com- pany, yesterday, Mr. Garrett informed | Tire Star that he is waiting for in- structions from his employers, and ad- ded that whatever instructionsanay be sent to him will be carried out. This is certainly all that can be expected from the Superintendent, for he is but an employe of the company, the same as the men who wield the pick and shovel, the only difference being that he is employed in a ditferent capacity. Those of us who. are not directly con- cerned in the matter all hope for a speedy adjustment that will be satis- factory to the employers and the em- ployes. We do not want to see any rioting, but we want to see a fair and just settlement of the matters at issue. Bryax says he resigned because “our country is in greater danger just now than Cuba.” The “common people” will rush and fall over themselves in a heap at Mr. Bryan's feet, in recognition of the unparalleled patriotism and un- selfish devotion which he shows in once more foraging to the front to res- cue them from the fearful impending danger that threatens their destruction. The promptness with which he raised the “silver regiment” and rushed to the rescue of the Cuban patriots was a dazzling military exploit that the fu- ture biographer of the “boy orator” will not fail to mention as the starting point of a new era. The equal promptress with which he resigns from his glorious military career, just as his “silver regi- ment” is preparing to embark for Cuba, and turns back to the rescue of his own beloved country, caps the climax of his meteoric syzygy with an eclat that fairly dazes the regular line of military and political luminaries. Let us have a day set for national thanks- giving to Bryan to show our gratitude to him for turning back from Cuba to gave the United States. — Wathena (Kan.) Star. Good Excuses. A Joplin, Mo., paper says that a wom- an preacher at that place recently stopped in the middle of a discourse, ~ and picking up a Bible, said she was going to throw it at a man who was unfaithful to his wife. As she drew her arm forward, every man in the house but one, ducked under the seat. After giving the man who stood the threat without flinching, a good pufl, as the newspapers term il,the preacher learned that he was a deaf mute. The revelation was a little dizcouraging un- til the dodgers explained that they had ° seen a woman throw a brick at a hen and knew mighty well she wouldr’t hit the fellow she was throwing at, and dodged as a matter of necessity, not of conscience. OTIVE SOLICITORS. 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