NEWS: Items from the Morning Tribune, November 13, 1879, Blair County, PA

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Items from the Morning Tribune, Thursday, November 13, 1879

STATE NOTES.

  A little son of Lawrence Koenig, of Tamaqua, set fire to his father's barn 
while playing with a box of matches a few days ago.
  A Philadelphia firm have ordered one million feet of lumber from John 
Dubois, of Clearfield county, to be used in the construction of an elevator.
  Signor Lowanda, a Hercules of Reading, who lifts a barrel of water with 
his teeth while two men sit a straddle of the same, has been engaged by 
Barnum.

CITY AND COUNTRY.

THE DEATH OF ISAAC F. BEAMER.
Action of Colonel William G. Murray Post, G.A.R., With Reference Thereto.

  The following is a portion of the proceedings of Colonel William G. Murray 
Post No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic, at a regular meeting held in 
Stehley's Hall in Hollidaysburg, Pa., November 11, 1879.  The death of 
Comrade Isaac F. Beamer having been suggested, on motion of Comrade H. H. 
Snyder a committee was appointed to prepare a paper in which the feelings 
and sentiments of the post are fully expressed and report the same for 
adoption.  Comrades H. H. Snyder, James P. Stewart and Johnson C. Akers were 
appointed on that committee, whereupon they reported the following, which 
was unanimously adopted:
  It having pleased the Almighty Father, our Creator, Preserver, Guide and 
Protector, to remove from our midst and to "receive into the grand army 
above" our worth and beloved comrade, First Sergeant Isaac F. Beamer, who 
was the first commander of this post, the sad intelligence is received by us 
with feelings of the deepest regret.  Isaac F. Beamer was a true, faithful 
and patriotic soldier, having enlisted as a private in Company F of the 
Forty-ninth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers in August, 1861, and served 
his flag devotedly and zealously until the close of the war; he was a 
gentleman with whom all delighted to associate.  As the Treasurer of Blair 
county he exhibited traits of sterling integrity and honesty, and 
conscienciously discharged the duties of his trust; he was affable and kind 
- generous even to a fault; affectionate in his disposition and a friend to 
every one.  He was highly respected and very useful in his association with 
this post, and as its first commander rendered much needed and efficient 
aid; in its early organization he was the leading spirit and to his energy 
and unceasing persistency this post is greatly indebted for its existence.  
We sincerely sympathize with his bereaved widow and her two interesting 
children in their sorrow, and extend to them a soldier's hand of fellowship, 
with the assurance of our willingness to continue to them a soldier's 
friendship and a soldier's aid.
  Ordered, That this post room be draped in mourning for sixty days in 
memory of Comrade Beamer; that these expressions of our sentiments be spread 
at large upon our records; that copies be prepared by the Post Adjutant and 
furnished to the family of our deceased comrade and to the several 
newspapers of our county for publication.
  (Altoona Sun and Blair County Radical are requested to copy.)

FROM HOLLIDAYSBURG.

  Mrs. Short, the lady who died in your city yesterday, was a sister of 
Samuel Whren, proprietor of the Kellerman House, Gaysport.
  On Monday evening the children and grandchildren of Mrs. Mary Rollins, of 
Gaysport, assembled at her residence to celebrate her 76th birthday.
  George Ullery wanted to stop a dog fight at the basin yesterday.  He 
kicked one of the dogs and killed it.  The owner had a warrant issued for 
Ullery's arrest.
  On Monday a Martinsburg Constable arrested Mr. Shaeffer, the "Diamond" 
barber, on a warrant charging that gentleman with assault and battery 
committed on a Morrison's Cove German he visited on an electioneering trip 
on the day before the election.  Mr. Shaeffer was permitted to go and hunt 
up bail, but he failed to return and has continued absent from his place of 
business up to date.

POLITICAL "BOOMS."

  James M. Stiffler bids fair to be little Blair's next Representative at 
the State capital.  The farmer and working element of his party are already 
giving him a "boom" that will be hard to overcome.
  Dr. Harry Kephart, of Gaysport, is after the Mercantile Appraisership, we 
are told.
  Mr. George McCahan has accepted a clerkship in the Recorder's office.

FROM WILLIAMSBURG.

  Rev. Mr. Gibson, of Duncansville, is visible on the streets.
  Mr. James Patterson has built a boat that beats any that has been put on 
the river.  It is very easily oared and is very liable to upset.  Any person 
who wants to get ducked and don't know how to oar a boat had better take 
McCormick's "Dart."
  The Williamsburg Cornet Band is numbered with the things that were.  The 
members resigned membership and some quit playing, while the others adopted 
the name of "McCormick's Solo Band."  They serenaded Robert Fluke on Tuesday 
evening.  We hope they will stick together better now than they did 
formerly.
  The throwing of stones through windows has not been stopped.  On Monday 
evening a couple of windows were broken for Colonel Metz.  On Tuesday 
evening a bullet was thrown from a sling-shot through a window in Mr. John 
Hare's sitting room.  It passed over his wife's head and struck the wall on 
the opposite side of the room.  Mr. Hare offers $25 for any information on 
the subject.

CITY AND COUNTRY.
Things Briefly Told.

  Mr. George A. Houck and wife leave this morning for a week's sojourn in 
Washington, D.C.
  Mr. Henry Fettinger left on our table another potato curiosity.  This one 
presents the head of a lion, as he views it.
  Miss Johanna Steichele, of Columbus, Ohio, who is to take charge of the 
kindergarten, arrived in this city yesterday morning.
  Professor R. C. Ward will give a concert in the United Brethren Church 
this evening.  The proceeds will be applied to the Sunday school.
  Rev. Father Walsh is slowly recovering from his late serious illness.  
This will be welcome news to his many friends here and elsewhere.
  William Koofer, farming Judge McCune's plantation in Frankstown township, 
raised this season 120 bushels of barley from 1 1/2 bushels of seed.
  The wife and daughter of Mr. Elmer Epler returned home from a visit to 
relatives and friends in New York city last evening.  They have been absent 
over a week.
  J. G. Vail, of Carlisle, on Tuesday received $3,400 from Pension Agent 
Herron, being the largest sum ever paid to a pensioner at one time at the 
Pittsburgh office.
  Henry Wood, the wicked man who attempted to shoot Clement Jaggard, entered 
bail before the Recorder yesterday, after serving a sentence in the lock up 
on one of the charges.
  W. A. Stone has been appointed by the United States District Court 
examiner and master in the matter of J. W. Curry and William M. Jones, 
assignees of William M. Lloyd vs. S. C. Baker, et al.
  Patrick McCann, of Tyrone, has been entered as a contestant for the Eureka 
prizes in the walking match on Thanksgiving day at the Opera House.  
Johnstown and Hollidaysburg pedestrians are invited to join in the contest.
  The wife of John Arble, residing on the Dry Gap road, died about noon 
yesterday.
  Mr. George Worthington, extra conductor and assistant ticked received of 
the Pennsylvania railroad, who resigned to accept a position in the general 
office of the Western Union Telegraph Company in New York, left the city on 
Sunday last.  The Altoona Call, with its usual lack of reliability, says Mr. 
Worthington resigned to accept an extra conductor position. - Pittsburgh 
Chronicle.
  The stockholders of the Juniata Valley Camp Meeting Association held a 
meeting at Newton Hamilton last Thursday and elected the following directors 
for the ensuing year: J. F. Stiner, H. A. Lewis, J. A. McKee, C. W. Ashcom, 
J. W. Webber, D. Heister, F. D. Stevens, F. M. Bell, J. Boynton, J. 
Robertson, James Lowther, S. H. McCoy and K. M. King.  The newly elected 
directors will meeting in Huntingdon next Saturday.

How the Apple-stealing Case was Disposed Of.

  The case of the Commonwealth vs. Charles W. Taylor was disposed of as far 
as the juris diction of the Recorder is concerned yesterday afternoon.  This 
was the difficulty between Mrs. Miller, the mother of "Jack" Miller, and Mr. 
Taylor, in which the latter was prosecuted for assault and battery upon the 
boy, who Mr. Taylor alleged was concerned in the theft of apples from his 
grocery store on Saturday evening.  There were four witnesses examined for 
the prosecution, who testified that the boy was "jerked around" and locked 
in the store, and it was alleged that Mr. Taylor had injured the boy's sore 
arm - which had been cut with a saw - when he grasped him by it.  The 
witnesses denied that the boy had stolen or that he had attempted to steal, 
and said he was not in front of Mr. Taylor's store at all.  Mr. Taylor in 
his own behalf stated that the boy was acting suspiciously about his 
premises.  When in front of Kleffman's store Mr. Taylor advised the boy to 
go away and the latter refused, giving the defendant impudence.  Chief 
Holtzman, to whom it was stated that young Miller admitted he and Burley 
were there with evil intentions, was not called as a witness, and the 
Recorder placed Mr. Taylor under $200 bail for court.  Mr. Adolphus Ake 
became his security.

Operations at the Artesian Well.

  The artesian well of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the yard 
opposite the Logan House has now reached a depth of between fifteen hundred 
and sixteen hundred feet.  The drills are still hammering away at the hard 
limestone beds, the rock of which stands on edge.  One of the gentlemen 
connected with the operations remarked yesterday that the drilling was the 
hardest he had ever met with in a long experience.  The hole is filled with 
water to within about fifty feet of the surface.

Mashed Beneath Ten Tons of Coal.

  Calvin Nole, a young man 24 years of age, a resident of the town of 
Clearfield, Pa., was killed in the coal mine of Coulter & Huff and 
Philipsburg, Pa., about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  Ten tons of coal 
fell upon him and he was mashed almost to jelly.  The deceased leaves a wife 
and three children in Clearfield, and he had only been working in the mines 
at Philipsburg for about two weeks.