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Y O U N G S T O W N , N. Y., S A T U R D A Y , N O V E M B E R 20, igog.

Correspondents. INewfane.

Miss Lottie Corwin has returned home from a three weeks visit in New York City.

A large number from here attended the dedication of Olcott’s new M. E. church Sunday.

The Tqesday Afternoon Club was pleasantly entertained by Mrs. W. H. Collins this week.

The Epwortb League will serve an oyster supper in the Baptist church parlors, Thanksgiving evening.

The Lockport Felt Company are having a private telephone syetem installed, connecting all departments with the main office.

A Married People’s Dance will be held in Brookins’ Hall Friday even­ing. The H. T. Club will also hold a dance in the same hall Saturday even­ing.

Olcott.William A. Sawyer andjdaughter

had a very miraculous escape in an automobile accident on Keg Creek hill, three miles east of this village, Sunday afternoon. They were on their way home, and as the machine was descending the hill, it swerved and struck t he fence at the side of the road. The fence was broken down by the impact, but Mr. Sawyer succeeded In stopping the plunge over the high embankment. The car was some­what damaged,/hut neither Mr. Saw­yer or his daughter were injured.

The first services held in the new Methodist Episcopal church was con­ducted by Dr. J. E. Williams, District Superintendent, last Sunday morn­ing. assisted by Rev. J. A. Krautz of New York City, who preached the dedication sermon. Rev Charles Schanbacher, the pastor and Rev. Mr. Robinson df Newfane, also spoke. The church is of brick neatly finished with a seating capacity of three hun­dred costing $11,500. Some $4,000 has been paid in cash. Pledges were secured Sunday for the balance. Ol­cott has the oldest Methodist church in Niagara county, a substantial frame building built of hewn white oak timber old-fashioned and just outside of the village. The new one is near the center, modern, conven­ient and an ornament to the town./

Lewiston.Norman Walker spent Sunday in

Buffalo.Joseph Childs spent Tuesday at Ni­

agara Falls.Dr. H. S. Ernes is having a large

furnace placed in his house.Mr. Morgan of the River toad is

building an addition to bis house.Henry Vaughn has moved his

house on the lot recently purchased of L. Burke.

Miss Belle Carpenter has accepted a position with Mrs. E. Murphy as clerk in the dry goods store.

All the teachers of the Lewiston High school are in Wilson this week attending the teachers’ institute.

The Ladies’ Study Club was very nicely entertained this week Tues­day at the hotre of Mrs Mary Grant.

Miss Margaret Hoobie gave a chocolate to a number of her friends, at her home, “Twin Oaks” , Wednes­day.

Miss Geraldine Mackin who had an operation in the Emergency Hospital last week for appendicitis is reported very much better.

The subject of the sermon in St. P aul’s church on Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock will be, “In What Sense is God a Consuming Fire?”

J. B. Myrick left town for Niagara Falls on Wednesday having sold his business to W. J. Comerford who took possession one day this week.

The wili of the lateGalen Miller was filed for probate in Lockport this week. The will bequeathes an estate of $20 ,000 to rela tives. Maria Perry and W. W. Campbell of that city are named as executors.

Invitations have been issupd for the W. O. W. dance which will be given at Brown’s Amusement Hall on Wednesday evening, November 24th. (Thanksgiving Eve). The mu­sic will be furnished by the Sliger & McCoy orchestra.

E. J. Noble, H. S. Case and H. H. Porter ha ve been in town for more than a week looking after the inter­est ol the Porter Fiber Bottle Co. by which they were employed before it closed. It is expected that rery soon the factory will be in running order.

This week will end a two weeks se­ries of revival meetings which have been held in the Presbyterian church. The meetings have been conducted by the pastor. Rev. R. C. Stoll, a s ­sisted by Rev. D. M. Geddes of Youngstown and Mr. Zaehmau of Chicago, who leads the singing.

Wilson.Dr. W. L. Draper of Niagara Falls,

was in town Monday on business.The Ladies’ Reading Club will meet

with Mrs. Arthur Pease next Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Reed, who have been visiting friends in Barker, have returned home.

Roy Rising of Buffalo, was t heguest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rising, Sunday.

Middleton & Johnson have pur­chased a new military band organ forjtbeir skating rink.

R. R. Singer, and two sons, Adel- bert and Harold, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Buffalo.

Miss Arietta Richmond of Buffalo, spent Sunday at the home of her mother, Mrs. C. Richmond.

Mrs. Thomas Crowie and little daughter, of Niagara Falls, visited relatives and friends here Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hackett who have been spendiug' several weeks with friends in Michigan, have re­turned home.

Mrs. C. Starkweather and little sop, Robert, of Lockport, are guests of Mrs. Starkweather’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pettit.

E. F. Barton, our veteran harness maker, is lying very ill with sugar diabetes and blood poisoning, and but little hope is entertained of his recovery.

The Union Thanksgiving service will be held in the Presbyterian church next Thursday morning, No­vember 25th. The pastor will preach the sermon.

The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. church will not hold any meeting next week on account of Thanksgiv­ing. The next meeting will be held December 9th.

The Woman’s Christian Temper ance Union will meet with Mrs. Al- vord at the home of Mrs. J.G. Wright, on Wednesday, November 24th, at 2:30 o ’clock.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stevens and son, Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Taggart. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Stevens, and Elbert A. Stevens of Gasport, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Stevens.

Mrs. Thomas Pew, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs Fred Seeley for several weeks, returned to her home a t Niagara Falls, Ont., Monday. She was accompanied home by hergranddaughter, WinnifredSee- lev.

Gaylord Browne, son of Rey. and Mrs. S. H. Browne, had the misfor­tune to fall, while playing on the banisters of the stairs leading to the Reading Room, Monday, and splinter

his arm, which he is now carrying in a sling.

Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Markle visited friends in Lockport Saturday and Sunday. While in that city they re­ceived word of the death of an uncle of Mrs. Markle’s in Pennsylvania, and they left immediately to attend the funeral.

On Tuesday, November*30th. Mrs. Minnie Englehart will sell at Public Auction at her residence one-half mile East of Maple Street, on the 8moyer Road, this town, horse, cow. wagons, harnesses, farming implements, corn­stalks. hav, etc. John S. Wilkinson Auctioneer.

The new highway law requires the town hoards to publish an annual report of receipts and expenditures for highway purposes in a newspaper published in the town, or, if no news­paper is published in the town, in the county paper having the largest cir­culation in the town.

The Gold Medal Contest given in the Baptist church last Monday eve­ning under the auspices of the W. C. T. U., was well attended, and thecon- testants. as well as the other num­bers on the program, were well ren­dered. The entertainment was a success in every particular. Thegold medal was awarded to Miss Mardie Hall.

Services as usual next Sunday morning and evening at the Presby­terian church. Preaching by the pas­tor. Subject of the morning sermon, “The Relation and Duty oftheChurch to the Community,” of the evening discourse “The Lost Boy.” All even­ing services will henceforth commence half hour earlier, and so continue during the winter months.

Tuesday, November 23rd is the date on which the Big Home Talent Play “Farmer Rogers’ Daughter,” will be produced at Albright’s Opera House, Wilson, by a splendid cast of

j Barker local talent, under the di- , reetion of Sidney Erin PiLon. The cast includes Mildred Taylor, Viola. Smith, Ebba Pilson, Will Spafford, Fred McComb. Aaron Coleinan and others. The Barker Star Dramatic Club is one of the best amateur dra­matic organizations in Western New York and a good play and company is positively guaranteed.

William Slocum has a cub bear, which was captured by Aulden Bow- ker in the wilds of Canada, and which he brought here several weeks ago. Mr. Slocum has several hounds with which the bear has become very familiar, and they have many frolics together. A few days ago the cub and dogs were taken to the creek for a swim and much fun was derived from watching them in the water. Whenever the bear would come out of the water the cows in the pasture near by would chase it. The cub is very friendly ro everyone with whom it comes in contact

On Thursday, November 11th, a farm house belonging to William Kruske, on the Ide Road, which was occupied by Norman Hurd, was burn­ed to the ground. The fire caught from the stoye about noon, but by the assistance of the neighbors the flames were extinguished. About 5:30 o ’clock in the afternoon fire again broke out, and before enough assistance could be procured the flames were beyond control. It is thought that the fire was not all ex­tinguished when first discovered, and that it was smouldering in the par­tition until later in the day. Mr. Hurd and family lost all of their household effects, saying nothing but the clothing which they were wearing at that time. The house was insur­ed.

Reproach Removed from Por­ter.

Boon for Poor Carvers.A pair of carving shears has been

devise^ especially for those who find the ta len t of carving hard to acquire. The upper blade is a carving knife, and the dented lower blade form s a clip. The shears are easy to handle and perm it one to a ttack any pa rt of th e fowl.—Popular M echanics.

If thp gentleman who wrote “ After the Battle” in the T im es of Novem­ber 6th, will consult the businessmen of Youngstown, he will find that they have had enough of the no-license policy. They have lost so much in trade without perceiving any moral benefits for the sacrifice that they will not be willing to return to a no­license policy in two years.

If he will consult the officers of the army post, he will find that they would much prefer that the boys of the regiment could get their beer and enjoy their liberty in Youngstown than to have them going to Lewis­ton, Niagara fa l ls and Buffalo for such enjoyment.

If he will consult the majority of men of the town of Porter, he will find that they would rather have the right of self-government than to be compelled to yield to the dictates of others and live under the reproach of a no-license town.

Two years ago a minority of the citizens of Porter succeeded in. casting1 the reproach of depravity and irre­sponsibility upon the majority by voting the town of Porter dry. They did this because a majority of the cit­izen’s of the town did not vote on the license question or voted wrong.

Those who voted for no-license said by their vote that they have no con­fidence in the men of this town, that the men of the town are such depraved irresponsible beings that they should not be allowed the liberty of self- government, or the right to attend to their own business according to the dictates of their own conscience. They said by the no-license vote that the men of t his town are such moral degenerates, with hearts so impervi­ous to the appeals of truth and rea­son, that they arp unworthy of the liberty that has been enjoyed in all Christian lands in all ages, and that they should be placed under the dic­tates of self-appointed guardians of our morals who imagine that they are wiser and better than other men.

By the vote of the recent election, this reproach has been removed from the town of Porter and we have de­clared ourselves to be free men; free from the yoke of self-appointed dicta­tors, and free from the reproach of moral depravity and irresponsibility.

By the vote against no-license the citizens of Porter have declared that each man of this town is responsible for his own conduct and should have the right to stand before the world in the strength of his own honor and manhood.—M.

Columbus, where a fog was encoun­tered. Leaving Columbus we got into a dense fog and then we were hit bv a tornado and carried along at a frightful speed. After awhile the fog cleared away and we were near San­dusky and on the verge of the lake, about 5000 feet in the air.

The hurricane carried the balloon across the lake totheCanadian shore and a rival tempest buffeted it back to the American side. At times it traveled at a speed of 90 miles an hour. Some times it was 11,000 feet up in the air. far above the clouds aud rain, and a few minutes later it was within 20 feet of the waters of Lake Erie with the angry waves dash­ing spray upon the occupants.

GIRL HOBO POSES AS MAN SEVERAL YEARS

ARRESTED FOR THEFT AND SEX REVEALED—WORKED AT MANY JOBS, BUT NEVER SUSPECTED.

St. Louis.—To th e perspicuity of a detective of the E ast St. Louis police departm ent, th e sex of Mabel Davis, who has been w orking several years a t Jam es Davis, was discovered a t the E ast St. Louis police sta tion the o ther day. She, w ith her “pal,” Del Brown, was a rrested on a charge of stealing from some of the boarders a t H al’s boarding house.

She was taken to Belleville w here Sheriff Cashel provided her w ith fe­m ale garm ents, although she declared th a t she did not expect to w ear them .

W ith hands calloused and hardened and a fram e indicative of the ordinary

Aviators Battered.Perilous Time in a Balloon

near Buffalo.

Battering with fog, wind and rain, at times riding high above the clouds and again sweeping down in the very spray of maddened Lake Erie, three daring aviators in a big balloon were buffeted back and forth across the lake Sunday night, finally landing in the top of a tree near Derby. N. Y. Even this tempestuous landing was not made until after the wild balloon had torn away part of a farm house, mowed a clean swatch through <~>r- ejiards, fields and fences and scatter­ed two of its aviators along the path­way of ruin.

The trio of battered air na vigators were Campbell Corey and C. Y. Levis, Cincinnati newspaper men and Gen. Howard, a professional pilot. The big balloon Haddock, in which the trip was made, left Latonia Sunday uigbt. When it reached Derby, a re­mote town in Erie county, it had cov­ed 582 miles

Discussing the trip, Mr. Corey said the Haddock sailed at an average height of 3000 feet until it passed over the cities ofCincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. Then it veered over to

She W a s Arrested with Her “Pal,” Del Brown, for Robbery.

laborer, Mabel looked like a husky man. It was the finely molded neck which attrac ted the detective to the girl. He thought M abel’s neck looked too soft and delicate for a man, even if he was dressed in common clothes.

G rabbing Mabel by the shoulder, he asked her w hat she m eant by posing as a man. Then, like a woman, Mabel broke down and cried, and finally ad­m itted she was a woman.

For a year Mabel has been a hobo and a common laborer. She was born and reared in W averly, N. Y., and she says th a t she has worked behind the plow ever since she has been able to handle the reins.

A year ago th e people w ith whom she lived died, she said, and left her alone in the world. She decided to go w est, and as she had no money, she adopted male a ttire . Mabel said she w orked her way and p a rt of the tim e “bumm ed it.” She told the police th a t she could ride the bum pers w ith the facility of the educated hobo.

On her tr ip s w ith hobos she got into th e hab it of sm oking cigare ttes, and now rolls them w ith the facility of a man. She also learned to chew to­bacco. Six m onths ago she got a job in St. Louis w ith a w recking com­pany and helped to te a r down old buildings.

She worked a t th is for a m onth and then came to th e E ast side as a dish­w asher and ass is tan t cook a t a g rad­ing camp. She then got a job a t a boarding house, and in dull tim es used to shovel w ith the section hands. All of th is tim e, she says, no one sus­pected th a t she was a girl.

She says th a t some of the men used to “kid” her about th e fact th a t she had no beard, bu t th a t no one ever charged her w ith m asquerading. She also declared that she had never had a sw eetheart.

Holiday bargains are en route.