NEWS: Items from the Altoona Mirror, August 29, 1899, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich & Alice James Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ Items from the Altoona Mirror, Tuesday Evening, August 29, 1899 LATE NEWS PARAGRAHED The new brick plant is turning out about 22,000 brick a day. Mayor Giles and family returned from Atlantic City last night. John W. Ebert will open a music store at 1108 Eleventh avenue. The fronts of the store rooms in the Phoenix block were painted green today. Mr. Frank Bryan, of Twelfth street, left last night for a visit to eastern cities. The barroom of the Brant House is closed on account of the death of the proprietor's child. Ex-Chief of Police James Foust denies that he is a candidate for jail warden of Blair County. Undertaker Thomas Lynch has returned to his business after a week's vacation at Point View. George Mayne, proprietor of the American House, Hollidaysburg, was in the city this afternoon. Misses Jessie and Bessie Parker, daughters of Hewit Parker of Wilkinsburg, are the guests of Altoona friends. Miss Edna Orr, who has been the pleasant guest of Miss Marie Long, of Howard avenue, returned to her home in Harrisburg today. It is reported that Edgar S. Stayer of this city has been promoted from lieutenant to quartermaster of his regiment which is now at Camp Meade. Governor Stone and staff, enroute home from Pittsburg, passed through the city this morning on fast line. General Wesley Merritt was on the same train. Miss Mame McQuade of Altoona has gone to Johnstown to spend several days with her sister. From there she will go to Pittsburg to spend the winter with her cousin. Mr. Wm. Mcclay, Altoona's crack bicycle rider, left on day express today for Huntingdon to take part in tomorrow's races. He is entered in the one mile open and the two mile lap. He is well trained and should give a good account of himself. HOSPITAL NOTES Harry Brooks of 500 Twenty-third street, while attempting to jump off a moving train at Ninth avenue and Twentieth street yesterday afternoon about 3:15 o'clock had his left foot caught under the wheels of a car. The foot was badly crushed. He also had his head contused by the fall. He was taken to the hospital, where his injuries were dressed. The foot, with proper care, will not have to be amputated. MATERIAL FOR THE CHAIN GANG About 5:30 o'clock this morning, Patrolmen Shaffer and Irwin arrested three hobos at Chestnut avenue and Fourth street. They were locked up and charges of vagrancy preferred against them. It was intimated at police headquarters this afternoon that the mayor would form a chain gang and put the "Weary Willies" on the street. NEWS IN RAILROAD CIRCLES Local and General Items of Interest to Mirror Readers Tim Sullivan, assistant baggage agent at Tyrone, who has been confined to his home with severe illness for several weeks past, has recovered sufficiently to be out. The resignation of William J. Latta as general agent of the Pennsylvania railroad was announced by the officials of the company at Philadelphia yesterday. It will take effect September 1. Mr. Latta had been in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad since 1852. Shortly after 7 o'clock Sunday morning as Track Walker Harry Burger was examining the roadbed of the Pennsylvania railroad in the vicinity of the Ann Street crossing, Middletown, he found twenty-one shoes, most of them ladies' patent leathers, of a variety of sizes. It was raining at the time and the assortment of footwear was water soaked. He took them to the supervisor's office. The supposition is that some party or parties were robbing a freight car and threw out them out, expecting to return and pick them up. Officers are looking up the case. - Harrisburg Patriot. DOINGS OF THE CITY POLICE Our Reporters' Notes Gathered at the Mayor's and Aldermen's Offices Two fighters were arrested by the police yesterday afternoon. Railroad Officer Emeigh took a trespasser off fast line east this morning. One man charged with drunkenness forfeited $10 security and another $2.80 by not appearing for a hearing last evening. About 200 laborers employed by Contractor E. P. Wells on railroad improvements at Allegrippus struck yesterday because they had not received their pay for the past two months. About fifty of the laborers, mostly Italians, came to Altoona this morning and brought suit before Alderman O'Toole to recover their wages. Attorney R. A. Henderson has been engaged as their counsel in the matter. Charles and Harry Rice and Harry Curry were given a hearing before Acting Mayor DoByne at police headquarters last night on the charges of profanity, disorderly conduct and breaking the awning of Charles Kimmon in the Sixth ward. The two Rice boys were discharged for want of sufficient evidence. Curry was found guilty as to breaking the awning and was fined $1 and costs but sentence was suspended during good behavior. Con Buttershell, Nicola Buttershell and Michael Senesa, three Italians charged with being drunk, disorderly and resisting an officer had a hearing last evening at the mayor's office. The Buttershells were fined $10 each and the costs and Senesa $5 and costs. The above defendants got their "jags" aboard while celebrating an Italian wedding on Sunday afternoon. "If you ever indulge in any more Sunday fights," said Alderman DoByne, "and you come before me, I'll give you the full extent of the law which is $50 fine or thirty days." HOLLIDAYSBURG Regular Correspondence The Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet at the home of Mrs. M. E. Love this evening at 7:30. Mr. J. Dean Buoy is able to be out again, after a brief illness. Mr. Edwin Hoopes counted 125 dead sparrows on the pavement around his home on Walnut street yesterday morning. Mary, daughter of Mr. George Reilly of Gaysport, fell and broke her arm on Sunday. Letters for William Crambele and Lloyd Figart remain uncalled for at the Hollidaysburg postoffice. During the progress of the storm on Sunday evening the residence of Dr. R. W. Christy and Mr. Andrew Meyers was struck by lightening. The damage was slight. Pieces of the roof of Mr. Meyers' home were carried a whole block away. Miss Marry Tussey, of Newark, N.J., is the guest of Miss Mary King. TO GREET COLONEL BELL Call for a Meeting at the Train Which Takes Him Through The following committee and all other friends of Colonel Bell are requested to be at the train containing the Twenty-seventh regiment, U.S. volunteers as they pass through Altoona tomorrow, to give expression of their good will and esteem and wish the colonel good cheer. The train will likely reach Altoona between 12 and 1 o'clock and the committee will meet in the Logan House: Hon. E. F. Giles; Robert Johnson; Major R. J. Crozier; Hon. Martin Bell; J. D. Hicks; J. L. Hartman; Hon. J. K. Patterson; Daniel Laughman; Col. Theo. Burchfield; N. P. Mervine; Major William Williams; H. C. Dern; Francis McCullough; Peter Moore; Frank McCullough; William Murray; W. F. Gable; D. K. Ramey; Daniel Houseman; Thomas Martin; Alderman W. H. Stevens; R. A. Akers; Alderman Metz; John Schenk; John Burley; Henry Vetter; John Schnider; H. T. Heinsling; D. J. Neff; Jere Delo; Charles Wilson; Jere Davis; James Foust; G. W. Strattan; W. C. Smith; John Sellers; L. P. Work; Hon. S. J. Breth; G. W. Rhine; W. H. Slep; J. W. Wallis; W. H. Schwartz; David Myers; P. H. Kelly; Charles Greer; David Koch; B. M. Bunker; William Stoke; A. J. Anderson; W. W. Atterbury; H. B. Kendig; M. Alexander; T. E. Greevy; T. I. McKiernan; Thomas Myers; Fred Scheffield; J. B. W. Ickes; Matthew Calvin; A. G. Morris; H. A. Gripp; Samuel McCamant; Rube Ginerich; A. A. Stevens; Dr. Burket; Dr. John Fay; G. G. Zeth; W. W. Wilson; Walter Beatty; W. S. Lee; D. S. Hughes; W. J. Heinsling; Andy Gamble; Jacob Beal; Harry Graffius; Louis Plack. TYRONE NEWS ITEMS Edward J. Shirk, of 566 West Washington avenue, is confined to his home with dysentery. Miss Mada Smith, of Hollidaysburg, is the guest of Miss Helen Study, of 117 West Tenth Street, in the Central city. Miss Millie Mock of 1430 North Pennsylvania avenue and Miss Ada Wooden of 1029 Cameron avenue, left yesterday at noon for the Millersville State Normal school, to resume their studies, after the summer's vacation. Mrs. Edith Canfield and daughter, Miss May of Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Jessie Slike of Roanoke, Va., are visiting their mother, Mrs. Sarah Gibboney and their sister, Mrs. A. E. Jones of 724 West Washington avenue in this place. Altoona Mirror, August 29, 1899, Page 2 MILITARY NOTES The Twenty-seventh regiment, United States volunteers, will leave Camp Meade on Wednesday morning in five trains and will pass through Altoona some time during the afternoon. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Jas. Bell, a brother of ex-Sheriff G. T. Bell and Rev. P. G. Bell of this city and David Bell of Pleasant Valley is one of the finest of the new regiment. VALUABLE DOG KILLED Lew Kellar, of the Columbia hotel, of Eighth avenue and Seventh street, lost a valuable dog Sunday. It was run over by a street car. The dog was valued at $100. Motorman Lincoln, of car No. 27 was manning the car. Mr. Kellar is very indignant and blames the motorman for carelessness. We are assured by an eye-witness, however, that no one was to blame for the accident but his dogship. He ran under the car back of the fender and in front of the wheels. HELD AT POSTOFFICE Letters held at the postoffice, improperly addressed: John Brown, Sixteenth street; Mrs. Woner Lore, 2314 Ninth avenue; Miss Annenna McCrory, Twelfth street; James Thomas, 1115 Eleventh street; James Coonron, Fourteenth avenue and Eighteenth street; Miss Bertha Stevens, 1720 Eighteenth street. GERMAN-AMERICANS OF BADEN The German-Americans who were natives of Baden held their first annual reunion at Kyle's farm, near the Ant Hills station today. There are a number of this class of citizens in this city and all turned out for a big day. Games, music and social intercourse, with a big old-fashioned dance, went to take up a most enjoyable day and one long to be remembered by these great-hearted people of Altoona. LOCAL NEWS BRIEFLY GIVEN Gathered by Mirror Scribes on Their Daily Visits Miss Elizabeth Glass, of 412 First avenue is spending a few days with Rev. Krieder of Duncansville. The P.R.R. Y.M.C.A. will hold cottage prayer meeting this evening at the residence of Mr. Walter Hamilton, 323 Walnut avenue. Lighting struck Fourth street bridge on Sunday night and burned out a telephone in the switch tower on the south side of the bridge City Electrician Burleigh says that the only trouble to the fire alarm system during the storm occurred at Fifth avenue and Ninth Street where the electric light and fire alarm wires got crossed. Arthur Sturton, formerly of this city, but now of Mount Union, was thrown from a buggy on Friday and rendered unconscious for a couple of hours. A sprained back was the only injury resulting from the fall. Mr. E. J. Longenecker, late of the Altamonte hotel, has accepted a position as a bar clerk at the Commonwealth hotel, 1010 Bridge street. Mr. Longenecker is a genial and obliging gentleman and one of the best mixers of fancy drinks in the city. The B.O.S. club will break camp at Flowing Spring and return home today after a two weeks' jolly time. On Sunday Newton Westbrook, Sam Jackson, Fay Fisher and Edward Reese were pleasantly entertained. The party was composed of Homer Westbrook, John Ross, Thomas Goodfellow and Howard McCurdy Yesterday afternoon two men entered the St. Charles hotel bar and asked John Ohsman, the proprietor, the prices of the different brands of whiskey, stating that they wished to purchase a quart bottle. A bottle was placed on the bar and while Ohsman turned his back, the men picked up the bottle and darted out the door. They were chased for several blocks but succeeded in escaping with the liquor. ECHOES OF THE STORM Additional Losses by the Flood in This City and County During the rain storm on Sunday the water came through the ceiling in Dick Ford's cigar store in the McHale building on Eleventh avenue, causing the plaster to fall on a show case. One hundred dollars' damage was done. At the Hotel Lafayette rain came through the roof and caused the plaster to fall, doing damage to the amount of $100. The sewer trenches on First avenue between Ninth and Tenth streets and on Third avenue between Ninth and Twelfth streets caved in, causing a number of sidewalks to sink. The ditch for the new water main on West Chestnut avenue also caved in. The soft iron and brass foundries of the Pennsylvania railroad company as well as the boiler room at Ninth avenue and Thirteenth street were flooded and men worked all night pumping out the water. At Roaring Spring, several thousand paper wood logs, valued at thousands of dollars, were washed away from D. M. Bare's paper mill. They were scattered all along the stream as far as McKees. Several carloads were recovered. The big mill dam at Rodman broke, entailing a loss of $500. Fall crops were damaged to some extent in Martinsburg cove. The pike bridges in McKee's Gap and below McKee's were damaged considerably by the high water. The rainfall from Sunday evening to yesterday morning measured 3.4 inches exceeding the downpour of May 15 by one inch. PURELY PERSONAL ITEMS Arrivals, Departures and Other Facts Concerning People Known Here Frank Boyer and Thomas J. Patschke are visiting friends in Lebanon. Rev. H. C. Hartman spent yesterday with friends in Huntingdon. Miss M. Kinney of Tyrone was a visitor in the city last evening. George Parson and family of Pittsburg are visiting friends in this city. Thomas Poet and wife left yesterday to visit friends in Philadelphia and Sunbury. Stanley Sipes of 800 Seventh avenue left for a visit to friends in Pittsburg yesterday. Dr. Guy C. Robb returned yesterday morning from visiting his parents in Huntingdon. Miss Pearl Welsch of 1517 Twelfth avenue, is visiting her grandparents in East Liverpool, O. William Pincin and wife of 723 Seventh avenue left yesterday to visit friends in McVeytown. Miss Katherine Kinney of Seventh avenue, left yesterday for an extended trip to eastern cities. Alderman B. B. Irvin was in Pittsburg yesterday attending the reception of the Tenth regiment. Wm. Yon, of Washington avenue, who had been confined to his home for several days is about again. Mr. C. F. Macey of Altoona was registered at the Hotel Lafayette in Philadelphia yesterday. W. M. C. Craine, who has been confined to his home for several weeks was able to be out yesterday. Mrs. Ida Fahrney returned to her home in New Lexington after a two weeks' visit with relatives here. Mrs. George Ott of 2518 Eighth avenue left yesterday to visit friends at Harrisburg and surrounding towns. Messrs. H. P. Huff and Charles W. Scott of Williamsport are among the recent arrivals at the Logan House. Rev. D. S. Monroe, D. D., returned home last evening from Mahaffey and New Washington on account of sickness. Dr. C. W. Brown joined his family in Punxsutawney today for a ten days' vacation in the vicinity of his old home. Miss Kathryn Miller, 1301 Third avenue, left yesterday on day express for Millersville to enter the State Normal school. Mrs. Frank Fabinscki and Mrs. F. Schimp of Elmira, N. Y., are visiting their sister, Mrs. Christ Beyer of 1303 Second avenue. W. V. Lorenz, accompanied by his niece, Miss Amber Lorenz, departed for Roaring Spring yesterday to visit relatives and friends. Miss Verne Magruder of Harrisburg and Miss Viola Davies of Lewistown are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Harry Rupe of 952 Seventeenth street. W. T. Prescott, proprietor of the Sherman House, was in Pittsburg yesterday to help welcome the Tenth regiment. He will return to the city this evening. Miss Stella Barnes, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Lewis Dickel, 2105 Thirteenth avenue for the past six weeks has returned to her home in Wilmerding. Mr. H. C. McAlarney and wife came home last evening from a trip to the east. The journey was taken for Mr. McAlarney's health but did not seem to do a great deal of good. Mrs. Mary Runyeon and three daughters of Akron, O., who have been visiting relatives and friends is this city for the past five weeks departed for their home yesterday. Mrs. John Miller and daughters, Mrs. Osterloe and Mrs. Dysart all formerly of 1114 Eighth avenue, this city, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Hughes of Charlotta are visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. Sarah Soyster of Eighteenth avenue and Sixteenth street is lying ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Barbara Benton at McKee's Gap. She is improving now but was very sick last week. Martin Lee, of the 125th Pennsylvania volunteers was unable to go to Pittsburgh yesterday to the Tenth regiment arrival home but he will attend the G. A. R. encampment at Philadelphia next week. TENDERED A RECEPTION Rev. and Mrs. S. D. Daugherty Say Farewell to Altoona Friends A farewell reception was tendered to Rev. and Mrs. S. D. Daugherty, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bloomhardt, 1000 Howard avenue, last evening from 7 until 10 o'clock. It was one of the most pleasant affairs of its kind that has ever been held in Altoona. During the evening several hundred persons called to say farewell to the departing minister and his wife. The reception was not confined exclusively to Lutherans, there being many leading members of other churches present. Refreshments were served during the evening. These ministers, accompanied by their wives, were present: Dr. J. S. James; Dr. J. F. Hartman; Dr. E. J. Metzler; Dr. S. F. Greenhoe; Rev. P. G. Bell; Rev. H. L. Jacobs; Rev. Henry Howard Stiles; Rev. S. S. Hough and Rev. D. S. Lentz. Rev. Daugherty has been for the past couple of years the efficient pastor of the Grace Lutheran church of this city. He was called to the pastorate of the Immaculate Lutheran church at Norwood, a suburb of Philadelphia. With his family, he will leave Altoona on Wednesday for his new charge. He will preach his initial sermon at Norwood next Sunday. LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that G. W. Turley, trading as the Herman Coal Company, did, on the 29th day of December, 1898, by his indenture, duly signed, sealed and delivered, grant, bargain, sell and deliver unto Charles W. Martin and Thomas C. Whitehead, all and singular, the property and lease between A. A. Stevens, agent, and Herman Coal Company, thirteen mine wagons, four mules and all the tools and fixtures upon the grounds at Bell & McCartney's mines, in or near Dysart, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, together with everything in the way of merchandise, store fixtures, stoves, etc. which is on the property of the said Herman Coal Company. All persons are therefore notified to govern themselves accordingly. G. W. Turley