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hoe,
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you about!
assistance of his wife. Mrs. Gill al-
“gable it is alleged they gave her black
{ from what they had done before Mrs.
+ and she sent for Joe, who svon told her
/ that he had not seen Jerry or the |
stantly effective but not to be paid for
5 the $1,200 until after her death. | year our nicest base ball weather came
after the disbanding of the team. We
\
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THE PATTON COURIER.
VOL. XIL—NO. 47.
INDEPENDENT — NOT NEUTRAL — R
ARGUMENT COURT NEWS!
Business Transacted of Inter-
est to This Section.
THE GILL HOMESTEAD.
Alleged Peculiar Work of One ot the Sons
of the Late Anthony Gill—-What the Test-
imony as Given by Mrs. Gill Showed—
Other Court Notes,
Argument court convened at Ebens-
burg Monday with Judge O’Connor on
the bench. The following business was
transacted:
Robert F. Notley vs. Geo. C. Divers,
exceptions to distribution; settled.
Commonwealth vs. Benjamin Yeck-
ley, motion for new trial; continued to
November 10.
Ebensburg Building and Loan associ-
ation vs. William T. Robinson, excep-
tions to sheriff’s sale; settled.
In re appeal of Harbison-Walker
company from valuation and assess-
ment of property in Reade township,
to show cause; open.
James J. Henry was appointed a con-
stable with powers of police at Baker-
ton, Carroll township.
On the motion of District Attorney
Leech, Judge O’Connor appointed C.
C. Linton, of Johnstown, assistant dis-
trict attorney, fixing his salary at $600
per year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gill, of Chest town-
ship, the widow of the late Anthony
Gill, was the plaintiff in a bill of equity
seeking to have annulled an agreement
between herself and her youngest son,
Jerry, concerning the disposition of
Murs. Gill’s farm of 150 acres, about two
and a half miles below St. Lawrence,
estimated to be worth about $5,000.
Mrs. Gill, who is seventy-five years
of age, was accompanied to court by
her ten sons, all of whom weigh from
two to three hundred pounds. They
are Ohief of Police William Gill, of
Patton; John L., of Flinton; Joseph, of
Coalport; Abraham, of St. Lawrence;
Thomas, of Altoona; James, of St.
Lawrence; V. E., of Latrobe; Daniel, of
St. Lawrence; Samuel, of Flinn City,
and Jerry, of St. Lawrence.
Mrs. Gill was placed on the witness
stand and testified that some time ago
she became ill, and, longing to spend
her last days on the old homestead, she
invited her youngest son, who is about
twenty-nine years of age, to live on
the place and take care of her with the
lowed Jerry to operate the farm and
have the use of all the personal prop-
erty, and asked him to draw up an
agreement by which, at her death, he
was to receive title to the farm and all
upon paying her executors $1,200.
By this contract the aged women
was to own the place until her death,
Mrs. Gill cannot read or write, and
before making her mark to the instru-
ment which Jerry drew up she asked
him to take it to her son Joseph at
Ooalport and see what he would say
about it. Jerry went away -and re-
turned with the statement that Joe
had said that the agreement was ‘‘all
right.” Mrs. Gill affixed her mark to
' the paper npon hearing this.
Some days ago Mrs. Gill hired a little
boy to wait upon her, whereupon her
son and daughter-in-law began to show
their spirit. They told her they would
feed her, but no one else, and that she
should not invite any one to the place
without first consulting them. At the
looks, would not speak to her, and al-
together acted in a very different way
Gill signed the agreement. This
| aroused the aged woman’s suspicions
agreement, and on examining the lat-
ter found it to be a deed of sale of all
of Mrs. Gill’s property to her son, in-
of the summer and fall months.
PATTON, CAMBRIA CO., PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1905.
plaintiff’s attorneys. On the case bein
dar the attorneys for the plainti
their exceptions to be overruled as the;
to the supreme court.
THE TRESPASS LAWS.
of Fines Imposed.
$10 or ten days. The law says the fin
amount under that sum which h
the facts in the case.
clude the offense was so slight that th
nominal fine of a few cents would b
just right.
a chestnut tree, picket berries o
respect the rights of his fellow man.
the trespass occurs.
defendant.
cover more thoroughly that class o
down trees to obtain nuts.
WANTS BIG DAMAGES.
Susquehanna Township Man.
A suit has been filed by Luke A.
Byrne, of Susquehanna township, de
Cambria & Clearfield Railroad com
company.
ates the millwheel;
change mud, sand,
in other items.
A Good Suggestion.
It is a little bit unseasonable to talk
next year’s base ball, but we have a
suggestion to make concerning the
time of opening the season in 1906. All
the teams in this region could, we be-
lieve, carry out the suggestion with
profit to themselves and the associa-
tions backing them up. Instead of
opening in April or May, or even June,
when we have most of our wet and dis-
agreeable weather, begin ball playing
in July and run theseason into Octo-
ber. Both last year and this year bad
weather interfered greatly with the
scheduled games and piled up expen-
ses. In both years nice weather pre-
vailed during July and the remainder
This
Mrs. ®ill at once entered suit.
The défense tried to show that the |
must have base ball, but let us have it
objectionable agreement had been read | at a period when the weather is most
to Mrs. Gill before she affixed her mark | favorable to the player and the inter-
to it, and that some brothers of Jerry, | ested spectator. —Osceola Leader.
who were envious of his obtaining the
fine farm for only his services and
$1,200, had poisoned his mother against |
Advertised Letters,
The following letters remain uncalled
him. Daniel Gill testified that he was |for in the Patton post office for the two
present when the paper was read to her
although Joseph Gill had not seen it. |
The attorneys for the Hastings Water
company agreed to allow the court to
{ weeks ending Saturday, Oct. 12, 1905;
William Fitzgerald, J. Kopsa, John
Sullivan, Mrs. George Simmons, W. J. | principally because the majority of the
Wilson, John Gibson,.J. W. Orndorf, | members reside in the country districts,
dismiss their exceptions to his decree | MS Fred Simmons, John Uroshick.
last June. The water company is try-
that such action violates the contract
of a franchise given by the defendant |
began action in equity and Pi the COURIER does it, you know it is | Madge A. Rogers, reader; Ford Hum- | 1500; Pittsburg Dry Goods company,
right.
O’Connor at June court decided some
Persons calling for the above letters |
; ing to restrain the borough from oper- will please say that they are “Adver-
~.ating its water plant, on the ground | ised.” i
E. WiLL GREENE, Postmaster.
Who does yonr printing?
points adversely to the plaintiff, to |
which exceptions were filed by the
reached on the argument court calen- |
waived argument and agreed to allow
stood, thus clearing the record in case
they should decide to appeal the case
The Informer Does Not Receive Any Part
There has been some misapprehen-
sion concerning the trespass law that
was recently enacted, and many be-
lieve that one-half of the fine goes to
the prosecutor and the fine is fixed at
shall not exceed $10, hence a justice of
the peace could place the fine at any
thought equitable in consideration of
Thus if a man simply went through
another man’s woods and did no dam-
age the justice of the peace might con-
On the other hand if the
trespasser tore down a fence, cut down
tramped down the grass or growing
crops it would seem that the offense
might most equitably be treated by the
imposing of a fine of five or ten dol-
lars, which would have a tendency to
remind the trespasser that he should
In regard to the disposition of the
fine the law states that the entire fine
shall be paid into the treasury of the
school board ot the township in which
The costs in case
of conviction shall be placed on the
The intention of the law
does not appear to be so much to re-
strain hunters—the regular fish and
game law does that—but rather to
trespassers who go into meadows to
pick berries and enter woods and cut
Suit Filed Against Kailroad Companies by
manding $4,000 damages from the
pany and the Pennsylvania Railroad |
Mr. Byrne states in his complaint {lot in Barr
that in 1902 he purchased from Gray
& Lantzy the historical old Garman’s
Mill property, and has since operated
it; that in the winter of 1901 and the
spring of 1902 the defendants changed
the course of the Susquehanna river
at Garman’s Mill to furnish ground for
the enbankment required for the
building of the Moss Creek extension
of the C. & C.; that the shifting of the
channel has cut off a regular water
supply for the race course which oper-
that since the
ete., frequently
come down onto the wheel, retarding it,
and that in consequence he has lost
$2,000 in decreased earnings and $2,000
TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY.
" Properties In This End of the County That
g Changed Hands Recently,
ff| Herman Hornauer et ux to Frank
y | 18, 1905; $800.
Ellen O. Wilt et vir to P. J. Galligan,
one lot in Ashville, September 19, 1905;
$225.
M. J. Lantzy et ux to OC. H. Lantazy,
two lots in Reade township, October 7,
1905; $1.
Philip Hartzog et ux to Mary Ettie
Troxell, one lot in Carroll township,
October 19, 1905; $75.
Ernest Saboll to Mary Ann Saboll,
one lot in Hastings, October 19, 1905;
$10.
James F. Stott to Thomas Dawson
et al, one lot in Hastings, April 5,
1901; §1.
John Fetsko et ux to E. W. Samuels
et al, one lot in Hastings, October 30,
1903; $27.50.
Emanuel Wertz et ux to Edmund W.
Samuels et al, one lot in Hastings,
August 20, 1903; $100.
Peter Parabaugh et ux to James F.
Stott, one lot in Hastings, May 7, 1900;
$25.
Thomas A. Sharbaugh to Thomas A.
Weible,one lot in Carrolltown, October
23, 1905; $1.
Theresa M, Weible et vir to Thomas
A. Sharbaugh, one lot in Oarrolltown,
October 23, 1905; $1.
Joseph A. Grey et ux to Albert Meal
et ux, one lot in Spangler, October 18,
1905; $30.
Charles Krudendorfer et ux to Ra-
pale White, one lot in Carrolltown,
September 23 1905; $935.
Harry M. Miller et ux to Martin
Misimk, 6 acres in Carroll township,
September 18, 1905; $420.
Annie Gamish et vir to Frank Saba,
two lots in Carroll township, October
9, 1905; $600.
Frank J. Campbell et ux etal to
£ Cyril Duclos, 23 acres, 93 perches in
Clearfield township, September 11,
1905; $235.50.
Frank H. Seely et ux et al to Frank
Maus, 15 acres in Allegheny township,
October 4, 1905; $367.50.
Vincent Meloy to Joseph F. Conrad,
lot in Chest Springs, April 5, 1896; $51.
C. F. Frazer et ux to H. J. Huether,
-|lot in Hastings, September 5, 1905;
- | $11.03.
Samuel Good et ux to George Davis,
- | lot in Barr township, February 9; 1905;
$40.
George M. Davis to Simon A. Gray,
township, September 27,
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1905; $50.
Margaret McCullough to Dr. H.
Somerville, 107 acres, 38 perches in
Allegheny township, July 19, 1905;
$200.
J. D. Ritter et ux et al to Frank
McAnulty et al, 2 lots in Barnesboro,
October 13, 1905; $5,000.
Simon F. Sanker et ux to Charles T.
Melhorn, lot in Cresson, March 25,
1905; $75.
Kauffman is a Hustler.
An example of the efficiency of
the local service of the Huntingdon &
Clearfleld Telephone Co. and the excel-
lent work done by A.L. Kauffman,
the manager of the Patton exchange,
was given Tuesday, on the occasion of
the visit of the Pittsburg Merchants’
and Manufacturers’ association. In
exactly five minutes from the time the
special train reached here Mr. Kauff-
man had the wires connected with a
telephone in one of the cars and one of
the members was conversing with his
wife in Pittsburg. Pretty quick work
that, but that’s a way Manager Kauff-
{ man has of doing things.
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A Palace on Wheels.
Charles M. Schwab, of Loretto, has
contracted for the construction of three
private cars. They will be veritable
palaces and surpass in beauty and ex-
cellence any cars ever built in America.
Mr. Schwab’s car, the ‘‘Loretto,” is to
be sold. Every time Mr. Schwab
travels from New York to Pittsburg it
will cost him $540, at the rate of eight-
een full fares for each car.
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Post Has Disbanded.
Hornauer, two lots in Patton, October
GIVEN A ROYAL WELCOME!
Pittsburg Business Men Visit
the North Star.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
It Was Delivered by W. H. Denlinger, With
Response by the President of the Mer-
chants’ and Manufacturers’ Association—
Special Train Late,
Drawn by three big engines, the
special train of the Pittsburg Mer-
chants’ and Manufacturers’ association
consisting of seven Pullman sleepers,
two Pullman diners and a baggage car,
pulled into Patton an hour and a half
late Tuesday afternoon. The schedule
time for reaching Patton was three
o'clock, but delays at Ebensburg and
Barnesboro and the heavy mountain
grades made this impossible and it
was half past four o’clock before the
members of the association reached
here.
While their visit was brief, all the
details of the reception were faithfully
carried out, and the visitors saw as
much of the town and made as many
acquaintances as possible in the short
time they were here. They were met
at the station by a reception committee
composed of a majority of the business
men of the town, and headed by the
Patton Silver Cornet Band marched to
the Palmer House.
No time was lost in getting down to
business and an excellent address of
welcome was delivered by W. H.
Denlinger, the president of the North-
ern Cambria Street Railway Co., and
one of the foremost business men of
this section. When he had finished the
Smoky City business men knew more
about Patton, its industries and com-
mercial importance than they could
haye learned by hours of reading.
The response was made by President
E. J. Lloyd, of the Merchants’ and
Manufacturers’ association, in a neat
little speech. The formalities over, the
balance of the time here was occupied
by the members of the association and
the local business men in getting ac-
quainted and discussing trade condi-
tions, unjust freight discrimination
against Pittsburg, ete.
In half an hour the special train was
speeding on its way to Hastings, where
a similar program was enacted. About
a dozen members of the Patton recep-
tion committee accompanied the asso-
| ciation as their guests to our neighbor-
| ing borough and were treated to a
sumptuous luncheon on the train.
In the M. & M. delegation were the
following persons, representatives of
business houses, guests of the associa-
tion and newspaper men:
Banks and Trust companies—Bank
of Pittsburg, G. F. Fletcher; Federal
National bank, H. M. Landis; Home
Trust company, F. W. Brown; Indus-
trial National bank, C. M. Gerwig;
Mellon National bank, H. 8. Zimmer-
man,
Beef and pork packers—Pittsburg
Provision and Packing company,
Charles H. Ogden.
Bonds, ete.—Municipal and Corpora-
tion Secureties company, C. M. Barr;
H. P. Taylor & Co., George W. Ryan.
Boots, shoes and rubbers—H. Childs
& Co., Thomas S. Steele; Stewart
Bros. & Co., G. W. Stewart and W. L.
Stewart.
Brushes, etc.—Wolfe
pany, W. B. Wolfe.
Builders’ supplies—Houston Brothers
company, Samuel M. Houston,
Butchers’ tools — Bernard Gloekler
company, H. O. Bennett.
Carpets and rugs — George Wehn,
Son & Co., J. Fren Wehn.
Clothing—M. Oppenheimer & Co.,
D. W. Oppenheimer.
Coal, coke and fire clay products—
Pittsburg-Buffalo company, William I.
Jones.
Coffee—Haworth & Dewhurst, R. D.
Haworth.
Confectionery—James McClurg com-
pany, Joseph G. McClurg; Reymer &
Bros., Inc., John H. Smitley and Isaac
S. Thomas.
Brush com-
| Lt. Peter Kaylor Post, G. A. R., of
| this place, has been disbanded. George |
Boone was appointed to inspect the |
post this fall and he reported that none
of the members had paid their dues
since last year and that no meetings |
had been held since the last inspection, |
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| Good Concert Scheduled,
The concert company of the Ithaca G. F. Sichelsteil, Jr.; George A. Kelly
| conservatory of music will give an en- | €0MPany, Samuel RB. Eelly,
tertainment in the M. E. church next |
Thursday evening. The personnel of | ©°MPany, W. W. Mien 0 ’ s F lensing,
If the | the company is Lissa Mae Treat, so- | J: w. Shrum, 5 wv. ees :
to the plaintiff. The water company | other fellow does it, it may be right. |prano; Bessie Dalrymple, contralto; | Hamilton, C. B. Yount and J. C. Ferg-
'mel, violinist; John J. Odbert, bass,
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and Sash company, Fred W. Rockwell,
A. C. Barlett, H. G. Johnson; Commer-
{cial Sash and Door company, F. R.
| Pearson.
Diamonds—Samuel F. Sipe, Samuel
F. Sipe.
Distillers—A. Guckenheimer & Bro.,
Adolph Frey.
Door, sash, ete.—Pennsylvania Door
Drugs--W. J. Gilmore Drug company,
Dry goods—Arbuthnot, Stephenson
Our complete line shows the correct styles in
Boys’ and Children’s Clothing and Overcoats.
the benefit.
SHOES.
This line is also complete.
cannot be beaten.
The latest and most up-to-dote in Patton.
store and see for yourself,
STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHING.
B. KUSNER,
PATTON,
Stop
Next Door to Bank.
To quote a more of less distinuished
American, can be applied to other
things than policies or men. Take our
business for instance. It’s constant
steady growth and our pleased cus-
tomers emphasizes the fact that it is
conducted on “Sane, Safe and Sound”
principles. These are giving the
people the best the market affords at
a minimum of cost.
Cream of Kentucky and Other High Grade Whiskies, Wines
Cordials.
Duquesne and Piel Beer—Leaders in their class and that class
best,
ED. A. MELLON
Bell and Local ’Phones. PATTON,
$1.00 PER YEAR
UN BY THE PUBLISHER.
Fall and Winter Suits.
Men'’s,
Call and get
For wear and neatness they
Ladies’ Coats, Furs and Skirts.
in the
PA.
———
“Sane,Safe and Sound,”
and
the
PA.
FALL IS
HERE!
But
noticed it.
perhaps
Maybe you
men, boys and children.
@
1DOUS JONES
AMERICA’S LEADER
oF
BOYS' FASHIONS Rubbers, Trunks,
Etc., Etc.
1905-6
yov've
didn’t
know, however, that we had
received our usual big line of
fall and winter clothing,
the fall and winter needs for
All
The
stock is full andjcomplete and
Prices Right.
Men’s Furnishings, Shoes,
V.
alises,
WOLF & THOMPSON.
Worth a Ton of Talk.
We guarantee Satisfaction.
sharpest buyer.
A Trial Will Convince You.
O. F. Wolf,
The Druggist,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.
PATTON,
An Ounce of SATISFACTION is
A child
can trade here as advantageously as the