p. THURSDAY, MARCH 23., 1882. -T— —' _L ' X * ' 1 ' 'LUL aimXGEK & BLMILLER, Editors and Proprietors. Local Department. SALE REGISTER Parsons retting sale bill# printed at the JerauAL Orftcs will have their salaa announc ed la this register free of charge. Feb. 14th—John Long, near Mlllhelra; live stock and farming In.plements. Feb.Sßb—Ueor„e M. Barter, Fenn twp.; lire stock and farming implements. Marek Ist—Daniel E. Gentzel, Fenn twp.; lire stock and farming Implements. Marsh tod—William Yearick. Gregg twp.; live stock and farming implements. Marsh Brd-Wllllam Weaver, Gregg twp.; lire stock and farming Implements. Marsh 4th.-Michael Ebert, Coburn, lire stock *nd farming implements. Marsh 9th—Cvrua Philips, Aaronsburg; lire •took, farming Implements and house held goods. Marsh lOth-Jaeob Keen, Penn twp.; live stock and farming Implements. Marsh llth-Rer. K. Smlih, three miles west of Millhelm, homestead of Henry Smith, deceased. March 11th,—Heirs of Elizabeth Mots, Wood ward. household goods. March 14tli, —Jesse Long, near Uebersburg, live stock and farming utensils. Marsh llth—John Same, near Millheim; live stock, farming Implements and house hold goods. March 21st,—John Zarker, Mlllhclm, household roods. Marsh 24th-Amelia Hettinger, Haines town ship, live stock, farming implements and household goods. March 2f.th— Henrv N . Kreamer, MlUhetm live stock, lot'of new furniture and house hold goods. March 29th—Perry Stover. Coburn, live stock and household goods. April Mb— Bent. Kerstetter. Administrator of Daniel S. Kerstetter, dee'd. Homo stead at Coburn. —This is court week at Lewisburg. The Central Penna. Conference of the M. E. Church met at Lock Haven yesterday. —llr. John Zarker sold his home stead to Miss Cathariue Dinges, and has concluded to go west this spring. —Money sold at 19 per cent premium at the meeting of the D.AL Associa tion on Monday evening, Read the borough statement in the JOURNAL this week. It is a full state ment of the public business for the year. —Mr. Mark Moony is the best tax collector we have had for years, and was very a good overseer of the poor be tides. Hon. A. G. Curtiu is hereby tend ered our thanks for bound volume of Congressional Record, 47th Congress, extra aession of the Senate. —Pi of. . Kurzenknabe will give a grand concert in the Evangelical church, Logansvill, next Saturday eve ning the 'Sth instant. % —The smiling and cheerful face of Mr. John W. I.use is again seen and heard in town. John was absent for some weeks on professional busi ness. Lewin,of the Philadelphia Branch, Be Uefonte, sells off the balance of his winter stock at cost. If you need a good suit, overcoat, hat, or anything else in the clothing line, now Is your time to buy. —Ou Monday, Mr. Jac b Lose, re siding at Madisonburg, net his death at Cresson, Pa., by falling from a building. The corpse was brought home and buried yesterday. Mr. Lose knves a family surviving him. Mr. and Mrs lleDry Ga*t, of Mifflinburg, celebrated their golden wedding oo the 24th of last month at their home. Mr*. Gaat is a daughter of the Dtf Daniel Spyker, of Aarons burg, where the couple were married, Feb. 28th, 1832—fifty years ago. —Rev L. W. Craumer, of Lebanon, who traveled and preached in Penns Valley some thirty years ago, was re cently visited by burglars who ex ploded his safe but got nothing for their pains but a trifling sum of money and a box of cigars. —J. A. Limbert, the mail contractor on the route betwen Coburnaod Wood ward, is prepared to carry express {Mckages and other goods to all points along the route at reasonable charges. All business entrusted to him will be punctually attended to. —A tax-payers convention is called to meet at the Court House in Belle foute, on the 21st of this month to do a little investigating into the financial affairs of the county. The citizens of Spring township are the movers in this matter and we hope they will take no backward step. Go in, gentlemen, and let us have the bottom facts. The Summer Session of Spring Mills Academy will pegin MONDAY, APR. 17th., 1882. Tuition $10,13 and 16 for term of twenty weeks. Boarding rereonable. For further information call on or ad dress LEWIS REITER, A, 8., Principal, SPRING MILLS, PA. CAMP,—the enterprising furniture man at Centre Hall, is to furnish Grenoble's new mammoth hotel at Spring Mills. This is what we call supporting home industries. But the truth is too, that Mr. Camp can do such a job just as well and cheaply as any other party in or outside of the eounty. His stock embraces every pos sible article in the furniture line, is well mads and reasonable in price. —A fine line of Family Bibles, Pre sentatiou Bibles, Photograph Albums Velvet Frames, French Vases, Beauti ul Scrap Pietures, Paper Boxes, and a great variety of Fancy Goods generally Splendid S. School, Day School and Visiting and other Cards—all very cheap, at the Journal Store. tf —The Evangelical Sunday School organized a missionary society on Mon duv evening. The following officers were elected: President— Rev. C. F. Gephart; Vice Presidents—A. J. Grove, W. K. Alexander; Rec. Sec.— MM Mary E, Mauck; Cor. Sec.— Miss Ada E. Eisenhuth; Treasurer —Adolph Mil ler; Organist— Miss Cora V. Kreamer. The society hegiDS with sixty mem bers and is increasing. The objects of the society are the cultivation of a missionary spirit and the collection of funds, and the social, literary and re ligious culture of its members. The society meets on the second Monday evening of each moueh in the Evangel j ical church. Every member is expect ed to contribute monthly according to abi'ity. After the society gets into good working order they expect to have free public entertainments every three months, consisting of essays, declama tions, music, Ac. A BUST PLACE.— One of the busiest places m Penns Valley is the MILL UEIM MARBLE WORKS. Fine monu ments and elegant head stones are made in the best style of the art and in quick succession. The establish ment has earned a reputation for good work and fair dealings second to none in this part of the state, and has a wide spread and increasing patronage. tf PARSONAOB VISITATION.—During the lust fortnight there have been oc casional visits made at the Reformed parsonage, at and pack ages and groaning baskets have found their way into the kitchen and pantry, to be emptied of their contents, remind ing the inmates very forcibly that, af ter all, they were not angels, but might like the rest of mortals, make good use of the solid comforts of life. And to crown all, a regular invasion by a bas ket army was made upon the parsonage on last Saturday, in broad day light, while the pastor and his wife had been lured to the other end of town to take dinner. On iat urn home they found tie main apartments of the house iu posession of this unceremon ious host, guarding two tables loaded with useful articles, too numerous to mention. The whole party looked very serious indeed, and withal as innocent as possible; but we thought we noticed a good deal of merriment and roguish ness lurking behind tlie disguise, as we entered. No doubt they rather enjoyed our confusion and aw kward movements. So it goes: there stems no end to trouble: but our ouly trouble this time was to find suitable room and store a way the flour, potatoes and apples, the butter, eggs, lard and hams; the sugar, coffee A fruit; the dry goods, hardware, Ac. There were a few little packages, (and who does not know that these sometimes contain the most precious things,) which almost escaped our no tice. There was no difficulty in find ing room for the contents of these lat ter,—there is always room left in a preacher's purse. We have received lately from different members of the charge, in a more private way, some ef these little packages which are so handy to take along. Now for all these generous gifts, large and small, which we can assure all supply a pressing want, we feel very grateful, and return our sincerest thanks. And may the good Lord of heaven and earth, whose stewards they are, multiply to these doners twofold of his temporal and spiritual 'blessings, is the prayer of The pastor A his wife. —For reasons satisfactory to us, but which are not proper to state here, we will not reply to the unwarranted and far fetched attack which a certain Millheim lady made on us in a com munication to the Centre Reporter of last week. We have Jived here for nearly thirty-nine years, every one ought to know us. and we are willing that our cliaracter and reputation shall take care of themselves " Reden ist Sil her Sehweigcn ist Gold." —The Bellefonte Democrat gives the following pointed article on the vulgar but common vice of profanity. It is a fit word in season and there are other places than Bellefonte that might profit by the admonition: An exchange says that under the Act of 1794, any person is liable to ar rest for profane swearing. The fine is 67 cents for every profane oath. Now, there are great efforts being made to supress the liquor traffic and vice gen erally, but we do not hear of any ar rests for violations of this law. There is scarcely an evening but profane swearing is indulged in by half grown boys standing on the corners and squirting tobacco juice on the pave meuta. No one seems to molest them, and yet the practice is one of the most senseless, and at the same time degrad ing, that we know of. The poor man who inflames himself with lightning is to be pitied, but the man who in his sober senses takes God's Holy Name in vain is wholly destitute of those en nobling traits which constitute the true christian gentleman, and!his so ciety should be shunned by all who have respect for themselves and moral ity, If every young man especially, in Bellefonte, was fined for using profane language it would amount to a good round sum in the course of a year, for ! we must confess the practice is not ex ' ceptional; it is entirely too general. The infidel does not profane God's j Holy Name, because he does not be ; lleve in God, and because it is shame ful for one who professes to believe in Him to do so. The practice should be broken up and the only way we know of to do so, is to enforce the law. —Those of our subscibers who change their post office addresses by re moving to other places will please notify us of the fact. 3t PICTORIAL ILLI'STRATIOSS. —"The USEFULNESS of pictures is a general way is seen by compar ing th> keenness of observation the general in telligence, the accuracy #f knowtodus aihlWt. Ed by children brought up In the n.ldst of an abundance of waolesouie illustrated literature, with the comparative dullness of vlslou and nar rowness * f Information shown by those whs have not bsen so privileged." The foregoing which ws take from the "Cona da School Journ al," truthfully applies to the SOOO Illustrations In Webster's Uuabrldgded Dictionary, la wiitch mere thau 340 words and term? are illustrated and defined under the following words: Beef, Boiler. Oistle, Ob lumn, Eye, Horse. Molding*, Phrenology, Ravelin, Shipt, Steam Engine, Timbers, as may be seeu by examing the Dic tionary. flews Miscellany. A Dwelling House that Han Away. From the Territorial Enterprise. C. L. Johnson's house is situated at the foot of a high b;inh of Russiou riv er, near Cuffy's Cove, Cal. On Satur day last, while Mrs. Johnson, her loy and a cook were in the house, the high bluff behind the houee slid down, carry ing the house into the middle of the river nnd overturning it. The house was choked with water and the three wiibiu were drowned. Mis. Johnson was twenry six years of age and had been married about two years. Virginia City (Tev.) Enterprise, Feb t. A CHINESE POW-WOW.— The Chi nese had a grand New Year's pow wow in their temple in this city yester day afternoon. Their big god, decked in all the finery of tinsel and gilt paper was mounted behind the altar, on which were smoking roast pigs and burning candles. Worshippers were constantly coming iu, saying their prayers, making their hows, contribut ing their 44 cath" and passing out. There were no regular aei vices, or rather the services, iu the shape of music by a band of men armed with fiddle?, drums and gongs went right a long. The Celestials all said it was •'belly good;" give "plenty good luck next year." Two Double Funerals in one Family. The scarlet fever continues its terri ble ravages among children in various localities. Last week Mr. Adam B >hn, of Wernersville, Berks county, had a family of four intereslng children. Two of the little ones became suddenly ill with scarlet fever, died on the - same day, and were buried In one grave. Within a few days the remaining two children were smitten with tne, same disease, died within a few hours of each other, and were bnried together on Sunday last. A FAT BOY'S DEATH. David Navarro, Who Weighed 730 Pounds, Succumbs to the Small- Pox. ———— 1 PITT3BURG, March 7. David Navarro, the fat boy who was on exhibition at a museum in this city for weeks, died at the Municipal Hos pital this morning. The boy's parents refused to have him vaccinated on Feb uary 26 and he ontr acted the small pox from an attendant at the museum, from which he died. Navarro was born in Rochelie, 111., June 22 1861. He weighed seven and three-quarters pounds when he was born and seven hundred thirty pounds before d ath. His measurement was ninety-seven inches around the waist; around the chest, seveuty-flve inches; thigh, fifty seven inches; neck, twenty-four inches. Navarro was on ex hibition all over the country. He had handsome features and as a pet of the ladies. He receiv ed fifty dollars per week. Some weeks ago Miss Liizie Glendening, of Alle gheny, fell violently in love with David and the fat bo? reciprocated her affec tions. They were to be married atoo't ly. His sweetheart spent Sunday with him. David was buried to-day. Ilis coffin was six feet eight inches long, three feet wide and two feet two inches deep. What Oomesof Playing Ghost. A few nights ago Henry "Waters, a youth, whose home is near Younjs town, Ohio, was aroused from his sleep by something in the room. lie sat bolt upright in bed. The moon shone through a window, and as young Waters looked towards the light be saw a tall figure in ghostly attire slowly ap proaching. He spoke, but the ghost made no reply. Then he grasped his reyolyer, and thus armed and thus em boldened said: "If you're a man I kill you; if you're a ghost this won't hurt you." He pulled the trigger and the report came, but as with quick motion the ghost lifted up an arm Waters heard the bullet rebound agaiust the headboard of the bed. This sent a cold chill through the youth, but he discharged his revolver again and a gain, and then, wild with fear, hurled at the intruder. At that moment the ghost threw off his disguise, several other parties to the joke came laughing in and lights wero struck. The mer ry-makers had drawn the bullets from the pistol, leafing enough powder to make a report, and at each discharge the play-ghost had thrown a bullet a gainst the headboard. All this the practical jokers expected Waters to en joy, as he was a jovial fellow, but they found him first dazed, then incoherent, then ravlug—us his parents fear, a maniac, POLICYHOLDERS ALARM ED* A New and Interesting Phase of the Graveyard Insurance Business. READING, March 9.—Quite an ex citement prevails in graveyard insu rance circles in eastern Pennsylvania, owing to the fact that a large number of suits are to be entered against poli cy holders in the defunct mutual aid companies that have recently appointed receivers. Receiver McGarroli, of the defunct World company, of Lebanon, Is going to sue all responsible policy holders who failed to pay their assess ment* on deatha prior to the failure of the com piny. It is intended that the assessments shall be collcoted under the contract entered into between the company and the assured, and acceptfd by the asignee of the policy when tak ing the same. It is believed that Mc- Carroll has the sanction of the highest legal authority in the state, aud that this example will be speedily followed by his con tern powrjes in charge of the other defunct associations. If this can be done there will be a very lively scramble among policy holders all over the state. DIED. At Carrol, Carrol county, lowa, on the 25th ult.. Miss Ida J. Alter, daughter of Mr. Abra ham Alter, formerly of Millheim, aged 17 years. Xlllhel4aarkel, - Corrected every Wednesday by Gephart A Musser. Wheat 1.15 Corn X) Rye 55 oats White Buck wheat Flour 6.50 Bran 4 Short*, pei ton 25 00 Salt, per Rrl 1.75 Plaster, ground 9.00 Cement, jer Bushel 45 to 60 Barley Ty mot hy seed 1.00 Flaxseed Cloverseed I.OOto 5.00 Butter 25 Hams 11 Sides 9 Veal Pork lb-ci Ekks . Potatoes l *5 Lard U Tallow 50ap..... C Dried Apples 6 Dried Peaches Dried Cherries COAL MARKET AT COBIRN. Krc Coal ". $6.00 Stove " 5.20 Chestnut 4.80 Pea 3.50 Pea by the car load 3.10 Fifty eeuts per ton additional when delivered In Millheitu. | SLATE! i The celebrated Washington Vein of ROOFING SLATES for Roof*. &c., from the farunu* SI.ATEQUAR HIES OF SI.ATINTON, LEHIGH CO., PKNNA. Can Now Be Bought 4 } AT THE MOST REASONABLE RATES of the undersigned who In a practical Slate Roofer <B OUR DECEMBER TRADE * THE LARGEST WE HAVE EVER HAS * Yet. owing to unfavorable weather for>tr!etly speaking WIZtTTZEZRO-OOIDS Wg.niVE A LARGE STOCK OF OVERCOATS, ** . a IN NEARLY ALLIGRADES AND SIZES AT PRESENT. ALS9 \ Winter Gloves aud I Winter Caps 9 4 ADJ or Wfilfh will he sold AT COST itd>omeof them BELOW COST. WHITCOMB'S MAMMOTH STORE, LOCK HAVEN. PA THE ONLY PERFECT SEWING MACHINE. THE LIGHT-RUSH LUO Rapidly superceding all ethers wherever Introduced. Pronounced toy an army of ha^py purchasers to be the BEST. The NEW HOME Is positively The Simplest, Easiest Running, Most Reliable, and Most Durable Sewing Maehlne ever Invented. It operates Quickly, Quietly, and without fatigue to the operator. Full Information, Descriptive Cat alogues, Ac., free on application. JOHNSON,. CLASS