IT! sa CREE LSC ae x _ legal authority consulted, was, VOL. XIV.—NO. s. INDEPENDENT — NOT NEUTRAL — RUN BY THE PUBLISHER. | COMMUNICATED. SCHEME WONT WORK!......o | Pertinent Dissertation. Attempt to Steal Patton’s Base| A rattlesnake will shake [ts tail and Jhia | make a fam iar horrible noise, serving Ball Franchise | notice on you to move ou and quickly. ~ | So, also, a gossip with her poisonous IN THE INTER-STATE. | tale gives you notice that you are rem | treading on dangerous ground, for if ¢ the Incompetent Secretary of ghe belies, belittles and besmirks her t e Scheme | neighbor’s character she will do the | same with yours. If you listen to the | scandal monger and perverter of truth | with interest and pleasure, your neigh- For pure unadulterated gall, brazen bor and would-be friend will have the effrontery and down right asininity, the same pleasure in listening to a story action of the Inter-State Base Ball | about you. league representatives at the meeting | If the homes they have broken up, : in Erie last week in delaring Patton’s | the reputations shattered and the franchise forfeited, is the cap sheaf, | deaths caused could be reckoned the The prime mover in the matter, which | number would astonish the world. Yes 4s null and void according to the best | death, for does not worrv, it is | repugnance shorten a man’s life. Some said, L. L. Jacklin, of Kane. | of the vilest sladerers in the town-are | loud in their praise of the Lord, forget- Jacklin was the secretary of the lea-| . : p , forg gue last season,and was such a lament- | Hi"8 evidently that a scandal dealer able failure in the position that up to has a thro ticket direct to hell. this writing he has not compiled the av- erages of the players, or if he has they have not been furnished to the public. One Jacklin, fast Year, Said to be Back of th wor Franklin—Proceedings ot the Last Meeting of Directors. You may deceive yourself and your friends by attending church regularly, loud in your praise and prayers, but 7 7, y. ’ This incompetent official some time | bless you, the good man knows you're ago conceived the idea of putting al® lying, thieving hypocrite. A thief, elab in Franklin Knowing that Pat- | yes, and of the lowest possible sort, for : | you steal one of the sacred and most ton had about the strongest lot of play- | 4 A : 8 ers left in the league, the majority of! lovable things man is heir to—bhis the other top notchers having been draft | honor. : | ed by other clubs in other leagues, he | I suppose you have noticed that the | straightway made overtures to some of | expert sianderers all have very shady, | its best players, notwithstanding that shabby and shoddy moral records. I, ghey had been reserved by Patton for | think they peddle lies to ward off the y {lime light and keep people from talking | the season of 1907 and that the Inter-| ng | about them. It seems that two-thirds | uty, while County Detective Knee will | State lgague 1 in Class C of the Na- | of the people of Patton must have some gional association. | nasty story to pass along. There bein As an evidence that the attempted y story fo;p g: g| ousting of Patton was premeditated, | : one sor local players came to the DAN8S heavy on their hands. COURIER several weeks ago with a let- | ger signed ‘‘Jacklin’’ (or “Jackall;” it | doesn’t make much difference which) in which the writer begged the player Patton, Pa., Dec. 17, 1906. MORTUARY, The Demise of Mrs. Emma Kirk at the 6y-| Rattlesnnke,” a Pithy, 1 PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. Pointed People and Places, Mr. and Mis. J. BE. Larkins, of| Flemington, are visiting at the resi- | dence of their son-in-law, L. 8, Bell, on | Beech avenue. Mr. Larkins was the | ” -~ ' INTERRED [IAN ALIVE. oldest man employed on the P. & E. | livision of the Pennsylvania railroad at | he time of his retirement on peneion | two weeks ago. They will leave for | DuBois to-day to visit a daughter and | son. ~George Thomas, who left Patton | suddenly several years ago and was | supposed to be father, Ex- Associate Judge J. D. Thom- dead, is visiting his | While a resident of | 1s, of Ebensburg. | leaving | hate and lated several thousand dollars. | — Frank Nagle, of Clearfield town- ship, will likely lose a hand as the result | of an accident which happened Tues- | day. While he was operating a fodder | catter one of his hands was caught in | machinery and horribly mangled. He consulted a physician immediately, but | it is doubtful if the member can be saved. --0. F. Wolf has opened his new | drug store at Clymer and is already doing a nice business. The people of that place will ind Mr. Wolf an enter- | prising, courteous and accommodating business man and withal a good phar- macist. Miss Agnes, Hunter is assist- ing at the Clymer stosg. —Webster Griffith, the sheriff-elect, has appointed William Piper as .is dep- reside in the jail and officiate as war- der. Mr. Piper was deputy when Elmer | no other mode of entertainment, time | § Davis was sheriff. Itis perhaps un- | necessary to state that he resides in Johnstown. * —Langbein’s harness establishment, the American express office and Mike Payton’s shoe factory will be moved to | where they dumped the remains in the necean Hospital in Philadelphia. | the quarters recently occupied by the not to sign a contract with any team Mrs. Emma Kirk, relict of the late | Luxenberg Jewelry Co., in the Grange bat Franklin, all the time knowing that) the receiver of the epistle had been re- | gerved by Patton and that this town | avas a member of the league in good ! and regular standing. Patton put up good hard cold cash | for ite franchise and is willing,aye,anx- | jous, to spend ten times more in a fight for its retention, thro the courts or otherwise. It does not propose to have she franchise stolen by Jacklin or any > [of his confreres. In the immortal words | Mrs. Kirk was about 34 years of age of John Paul Jones, ‘‘we have just be- and was born at Treverton, Northum- Right, law, justice and | berland county. She was married in Dr. Joseph Kirk, of Spangler, and the | daughter of John Truman,of this place, died at the Gynecean hospital at Phila- | delphia on Friday. She had been ill for several weeks and on Saturday, the 1st inst., was taken to the hospital, where an operation was performed three days later. She rallied somewhat after this, but on Friday grew worse and died the same evening. gun to fight.” fair play are on our side and we will | Clearfield to Dr. Kirk, of Hawk Run, win. | and resided there, at New Washington ea- | and at Spangler until the death of her lub | husband. Several years ago she opened millinery establishment in Barnes- If Franklin wants to get in the I gue levit buy a franchise from some C the same as Patton did. As for the | a Diggers, their franchise is not for sale, | boro and was a resident of that place and the sport loving people of this | until her demise. Besides her father, place will gpend their last piastre to she is survived by a daughter, Lillian thwart the schemes of a few cheap guys | M. Kirk, 15 years of age, and three whose perverted ideas of justice and | brothers and two sisters. fairness, coupled with moral astigma-| The remains were brought to Patton. tism, leads them to believe that fran-| Tuesday morning and the funeral held chise larceny is honorable and a mark | at the residence of her father on McIn- of superior financial ability. Jacklin | tyre avenue Wednesday afternoon at evidently imagines that he is the entire | 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Singleton league schmierkaas, but pray “upon | Neisser, of the First Baptist church. what meat hath this our Caesar fed | The interment was in the Fairview ¢hat he hath grown so great ?”’ | cemetery. However, Patton will be represented | in the Inter-State league next season | by a club as strong as any. Plans are | Pation and Ebensburg Play Basket Ball already maturing for securing several | With Usual Result. additional players,and if this particular| [np contradistinction to the contest at neck 0’ coal land is not represented in | gt. Benedict, the basket ball game ab the league there will be no Inter-State | the Miners’ Hall Friday evening be- league. Stick a pin here. This is writ” | tween Patton and Ebensburg was one gon advisedly and with legal authority, | marked by nice, clean, fast playing. an attorney of wide reputation and a |The feature of the contest Was the ghorough knowledge of the facts hav-| clever shooting of Rees, the local cen- ing given an opinion that justifies this | ter, altho all of the home quintet put assertion. * |up an excellent game. The Ebensburg One of the arguments, it is under- | boys are gentlemanly fellows and so stood, that was advanced against this | conduct themselyes on the floor. ¢own remaining in the league was that| The score and line up: it was too small to successfully cope parron, 20. A NICE CLEAN GAME. EBENSBURG, 6. with the cities. Let us see if that i8| A. Dinsmore forward Bolsinger ¢roe: Patton entered the league at | gweeney forward Davis what was virtually the end of the sea- Rees center Boney son with an independent team and no | Bender guard Peach knowledge whatever of the opposing | gy, Dinsmore guard Connell elubs—their individual strength Or | Field goals—Rees, 5; A. Dinsmore, 3; weakness. With the city teams, how- | Bender, 1; Davis, 2; Connell, 1. Foul ever, it fared pretty ell thank [ goals—Rees, 2. Fouls—On Ebensburg, We took five out of the six games with | 4. at 3 se Mills. Bradford, a majority of the Contests on Patton. 5. Retsres Mills with Oil City and Olean and broke | even with Erie, the pennant winner of | the last two seasons. town is so small that it doesn street cars—the only place in the circuit go unfortunate—and Patton had no L difficulty in shutting them out. This| Rodier, Robert Cassidy, J. hamiet and the cities were easy, the games with clubs representing bor- oughs like Panxsutwney and DuBois | Zasadny. Advertised Letters. that played havoc with Patton’s per-| centage. But all this ancient history is futile, | tised.”’ sprelevant, incompetent and imma- E. WILL GREENE, Postmaster. —-No COURIER next week. : pe 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4. i The following letters remain uncalled As for Kane that | or in the Patton post office for the two 't have | weeks ending Saturday, Dec. 15, 1906: Harry BE. Crane, Jerome Flick, Mary angafelt, Mrs, Mary Nolan, J. Harry Hallahan, It was | Alvin Miller, Mrs. Mary E. Nagle, Miss | Marie Unger, Stif Szovokaics, Stefan Persons calling for the above letters | will please say that they are ‘‘Adver- Bahk building, about the first of the year. —A benefit ball under the auspices of the local union of the United Mine Workers will be held in the U. M. W. of A. Hall New Year's eve. Ruther- ford’s orchestra of five pieces will far- nish the music. --Duncan W. Sandford, who has been employed in New York city for some | time, has returned to Patton and ac- | cepted a position in the insurance of- fice of Parnell, Cowher & Co. —Through the instrumentality of Pension Agent George Boone, Mrs. Henry Krise, of Clearfield township, has secured a pension of $8 a month with $149.07 back pay. —Sam H. Jack, an experienced cloth- ing man who has been employed at St. Benedict for the past three years, has | accepted a position at The Keystone. —Killbuck Tribe of Red .uen and | Chippewa Council, Degree of Pocohon- | tas, will attend Trinity Episcopal | church in a body Sunday morning. —A year’s subscription to ‘‘the great | family moral educator” will be the | nicest kind of a Christmas present to | an absent relative or friend. —The Keystone Basket Ball five of | Johnstown will play with the Patton quintet at the Miners’ Hall Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock. —A well written and interesting ad- vertisement in this issue is the new one ton. Read it. —A Fight to a Finish,” with a cap- able company will be the attraction at the Patton opera house Tuesday even- ing, Jan. 4. VERDICT RENDERED. Ira Gray Charged With Death of Hainey by Coroner's Jury. “We, the jury,find that Lewis Haney came to his death from gunshot wounds and that the gun was in the hands of Ira Gray.” This was the verdict rendered Tues- day afternoon by the jury empanelled by Coroner Prothoro to inquire into the death of Lewis Haney at Spangler recently. The jury met in Johnstown and for the first time, as far as is known, there was a star chamber session of a coron- ers jury. In all about 12 or 13 witnesses were examined by Dr. Prothero, who was aided in the questioning by District Attorney Leech. The witnesses were put thru a severe and thorough exami- nation and their testimony was taken by a stenographer. allowed to become public, would seri- quest. of The Grange National Bank of Pat-| y/ ree THEY WONT BE BANGED! But Culprits Richly Deserve Be up to date when you can buy a stylish suit, overcoat ora pair of dressing shoes for such a small sum at this store. That Punishment. perpetrators of the Most Dianotient Orme | in all the latest shapes and all the different kinds of leather In the History of Northern Cumbria Es- | made cape the Death Penalty and One Goes Free—Treacherous Gypsies, Another of the numerous murder cases from Northern Cambria county when a jury found Tony Matee and his this place he was employed by the Pat- | sister, Tillie, guilty of murder in the ton Clay Mfg. Co., and after located at Hurin, O., where be accumu- | wife, Emma, all Gypsies, of the killing second degree and acquitted Matee’s of George Cann, of Garmantown, last autumn, | The Matees killed Cann while he was under the influence of a drug and bur- ied the body in a shallow pit, but fear- ing the smell of decomposition might direct attention to the body, they dug |it up and drove ten miles by night to a | point near No. 9 mine at Garmantown, woods and where it was found by hun- | ters, an account of which appeared in | the COURIER at the time. Cann was about 53 years old, had re- cently separated from his wife, and oc- | cupied a stable near Garmantown, | where he kept bachelor’s hall and | became acquainted with the Gypsies, { who camped near by. | Altho little Mary Matee, a witness to ! the marder, and Wilkes Herman, Mrs. Matee’s brother, who had learned full | details of the murder from the defen- dants, presented sufficient evidence to | convict them, the story was not all told | by these relatives and a graphic ac- { count of the crime was repeated when | the confession Tillie Matee made was i read. | According to this Tillie and Cann had been quite friendly. One day she learned that he had $80 and resolved to secure it. She sent Mary Matee to Garmantown for landanum. Then she, her brother and sister-in-law placed the poison in two bottles of beer and gave the stuff to Cann. When he failed to rewive in the expected time, Emma Matee wanted to send for a doctor, but the others objected and buried him alive, throwing beer kegs over the THE PATTON COURIER. PATTON, CAMBRIA CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1906. cheaper than any place in town. came to an end Saturday afternoon, | (\41] ps and see yp children. on above articles. Next Door to Bank. Christmas Cheer! | Local Phone. $1.00 PER YEA WHY NOT SHOES. Men's, Women’s, Misses’, Youth's and Children’s Shoes A Pointer for Women. You can get a coat for yourself or child in this store A full line of dress skirts. FURS. Just received 150 furs to-day. Some special made for Call in and inspect. Space is to small to tell the prices. B. KUSNER, PATTON, PA. EE We have it on tap in numberless forms and varieties. We have made special efforts this year to furnish something a little better than usual for the Glad Holiday Season. We are fully prepared to cater to your wants in all lines. Duquesne and Peil Beer, Ale and Porter—the two leading brands on the market. High grade whiskey, wines - and cordials. The celebrated Dublin Stout—24 pint bottles for $1.25. ED. A. MELLON, PATTON, PA. grave to be sure the victim could not | se———— SC — SEASONABLE GIFTS! escape. While the women were burying Cann it was found that his cash totaled but $30 and this so enraged Tony Matee that he jumped on the chest of the un- conscious Cann. Three days later it was decided to haul the body away to the woods. A buggy was secured and Oann’s remains were dug up, it being discovered that the man had regained consciousness in his grave and had partly struggled out from his tomb. The body was then dragged to the bug- gy and was tumbled in, with the head swinging over the dashboard. A blan- ket covered the upper part of the body while Tillie kept the feet and legs from view by sitting on them. Em- ma, Tony’s wife, sat on the left and carried the baby. After a long and horrible night's ride they came to a place in the woods where they Pelieved it was safe to de- posit the body. Tony grabbed the legs, puiled the corpse from the buggy and dragged it to where it was found. QUARTERLY MEETING. Cambria County Pomona Grange Will Hold it at Cresson. The Cambria County Pomona Grange will hold its quarterly meeting, the firgt session of the new year, in the Cresson theatre at Cresson on Monday, Jan. 7. Morning session opens at 9 o’clock with the following program: Reports from subordinate granges with suggestions; ‘The Benefit of the Public Road,” J. S. McCoy; queries. Afternoon session ab 1:30 o’clock— Election of officers for Grange Fire In- surance company; ‘How to Make Cheap Pork on the Farm,” Hon. J. J. Thomas; recitation, Miss Augusta Far- abaugh; “Alfalfa,” Joseph Farabaugh. Fifth degree session at 3:30 p. m. Pa- trons should bring song books. All trains from the north will arrive ab Oresson about 8 a. m. and will leave for the north about 5:20 o'clock p. m. MARRIAGE LICENSES. James M. Campbell, of Patton, and Rose 0. Swope, of Chest township. | Rees Morgan, of Patton, and Ellen | | Bailey, of Carroll township. { Walter Beckwith, of Patton, and | It is said District Attorney Leech | pobie Singleton, of Hastings. { feared that some of the testimony, if| Robert Philips and Martha Ellen Me. | | Qlellan, of Elder township. ously damage the case of the prosecu- - ee tion and for this reason he refused pd allow others than witnesses at the in- —A merry Christmas and a happy | New Year to all the readers of the | COURIER. go fi Nothing pleases a boy or man as much as to get a Christmas present that can be used and is durable. Here is where we come A tew seasonable gifts: Mut flers, Neckties, Handkerchiefs, Shirts, Suit Cases, the famous Ralston Health Shoes and a va- riety of other useful gifts. WOLF & THOWPSON, in. OUR MOTTO: Top for Quality; Bottom for Price. WOLFF'S PHARMACY, PATTON, PA, {
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