THURSDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1886. Published bjr R. A. BUMILLBIR. LOCAL NEWS. SALE REGISTER. 99~8altt advertised through this office wiil be ftutrtel ti nder this heading free of c ham. March Bth-Prsnk Weaver, Aaronsburg, live stock, farm implements, and house hold goods. March Uth—Geo. Gulstwlte, two miles east of Rebersburg, lire stock, farm imple ments and some household goods, ; - March 17th—J. H. Musser, Aaronsburg, live stock and farm implements, —Winter! J —Snow shovels. —All hail 1 beautiful snow. —Scarce this weak-local news. —SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. —Miase pies are most popular just now. —Jflllbeim ahead of the world-for sensations. —For Rubber Goods go to D. S. Kauffman & Co. -First-class lob work done at tbe JOURNAL office. —22,864 is the grand roll of Pennsyl vania's common school teachers. —The merry jingling of the sleigh bells can be beard all over the land. —Some frozen ears, hands and feet were heard of beginning of the week, —Two Splendid Show Cases ror sale, cheap. Inquire at tbe Journal Store. —Some of thechitdhwa in tbe borough are afflicted with sore throats at pres ent. —The prayermeetiog ID the Lather so church of this place is continuing this week. —Prices knocked to the bottom at Kauffman's store in all kinds of Gloves and Mittens. —The Commissioners of Snyder Co. . are reoeiflng proposals for the erection > of a new }ail. —On account of snow-drifts both morning trains were late at Coburn station on Monday. —A run oil Overcoats at D. S. K&uffman & Go's store. Call early awdget the benefit. —On Sunday last one could realize the truth contained in the words "Home, sweet home." —Mr. J. H. Muwer, of Aaronsburg, sold his farm near that place, to Mr. Jacob Bead for 612,960. —At this writing about fifty singers are enrolled at the convention in the Reformed church at Aaronsburg. —HIGHEST CASS PRICES paid for all kinds of Hides by S. EL Gettig, Co burn, Pa. 47*2 m. —A ten-room house sod two lots for sale or rent at Spring Mills. J. W.ST AM. —Mr. Aaron Harter, the brother of our townsmen, J no. and A. J. Harter, is erecting a new house at Centre Hall. —FIYE AMD Six CENTS CASH paid for Heavy Hides at A. J. Harter's cur rier shop. Peon street. Bring them in. —The attention of our readers is es pecially called to the stray notice of Em'l Swartz, published in this week's issue. —Mr. David Stein, of Tyrone, not Jacob, as we had it in oar iast issue, was the donor of the pulpit to the Ev. church. —Have mercy on your wife! No smell, no moisture, no rags, no burns, no scalds. Buy her an "Odorless" Kettle. —The Benovo railroad shops, em ploying over 700 men, started Jan. 4th, to run six days instead of See, as here tofore. —You must see it; the "Odorless" Kettle and steamer combined, with patent self-acting cover holder. Best thing oat. —The Clinton Democrat says that Rev. T. F. Dornblaser, of Topeka, Kansas, has been extended a call to the Salona charge. —Mrs. E. H. Long, on North street, had a seyere spell of sickness for the last week, but is convalescing now, we are glad to say. —The Bellefonte Daily News of Mon day reported a snow drift between Belle fonte and Lemont, which was 200 feet long and eight feet deep. —Miss Mary Lose is absent from town since last week, visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Ada Herald, at Boating Creek, Colombia county. —Since the snow furnishes sleighing long strings of sleighs arrive in town almost daily, which are offered for sale at remarkably low prices. —The .farmers in this vicinity are not very much in a hurry to sell their grain. The price does not suit them and they are waiting on an advance. . —No sufferer frem any scrofulous .disease, who will fairly try Ayer's Sar saparilla, need despair of a cure. It will purge the blood of all impurities, thereby destroying the germs from which scrofula is developed, and will infuse new life and vigor throughout the whole physical organization. —A two-horse sled load of singers from Rebersburg passed through town on Tuesday forenoon. They were on their way to the convention at Aarons burg. —The water which was in many of the town cellars yet from the late wet spell, froze during the cold weather, making the cellars unoomfortable and unhealthy. —Bellefonte papers state that that section of tbe county was visited by a heavy thunderstorm on Monday of last week. Nature is peculiarly capricious this winter. —Tho Millheim correspondent to the Bellefonte Keystone Gazette was a trifle too fast in his statement of the arrival of a young dentist in town. False a larrn, George. —Frank Barker, proprietor of the Barker House, at Coburn, gave us a short business call on Tuesday after noon. Our latch string is ever out to such as Frank. —Henry Schmohals, foreman Henry Krug Packing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., uses Dr. Thomas' ElectrioOil with his men for sprains, cuts, bruises, chapped hands, etc. It is the best. —The secret art of beauty lies not in cosmetics, but it is only in puie blood and a healthy performance of the vital functions, which can be obtained by using Burdock Blood Bitters. —Owing to the inclement weather the social hop at the Musser House on Friday evening was not as well attend ed as was expected. A good time was had by those who were present. —A letter from J. W. Stam, Maiden Rock, Wis., states that they had a fall of snow two feet deep on Sunday night, Jan. 3rd. John adds that this is more snow than be has seen for five year s. ottrnal. —THE GREAT ZINGARI. For tooth ache and neuralgia has no equal. Warranted. Only 15 ceuts at all drug stores. _ . _ JOHNSTON", HOLLOW AY A CO., Philadelphia Agents. Sold by J. Eisenhuth. Millheim ,Pa. —Mr. C. K. Sober, of Sober, Centre county, Pa., brought to Lewisburg, on January, nineteen pheasants and one wild turkey, the result of a three days' hunt in Centre county.— Sunbury Dem ocrat. —Treasurer Frank, of the Millheim Hook & Ladder Company, desires the members to have a meeting in order to straighten np certain business matters. All whom it may ooucern, please take , notice. —Our Yarn department is filled to its utmost capacity and you can get any color, grade or kind qf Common Yarn, Germantown Wool, Saxony and Zephyr at greatly reduced prices. D. S. KAUFFMAN & Co. —Mr. J. R. Kauffman and wife,from Fisher's Ferry, came up beginning of last week,to visit their children in this place. Mr. K. returned home iu a few days, but Mrs. remained to assist in nursing her daughter Mrs. E. H.Long. —Mrs. Sarah Harter returned home safely last Thursday, having been on a visit to her 800, R. H. R. Harter, at Chicago, 111., for several weeks. Mrs. Harter says Robert is getting along right well in the great western metrop olis. —The regular winter meeting of the Pennsylvania Editorial Association will be held at the Lochiel Hotel, Har risburg. Pa., on Wednesday, Jan 20th, 1886. The annual election of officers will be part of the business to be trans- I acted. —Last Friday and Saturday were two severe days on tramps. One had come over from Sugarvalley on Friday and spent that night in a stable on North street. He was half frozen on the following morning, being too stiff to walk. —Mr. Ira Ayers, of this place, who some time ago had the misfortune to break his leg, is able to l>e about again and expects to go to work on Lamy's saw mill as soon as the weather per mits. We understand he has the job of stocking the mill. —Mr. J. C. Burkert, of Valley Falls, Kansas, who at present is visiting friends io Brushvallay, called at the JOURNAL office on Monday. We hap pened to be out at the time, but were pleased to find his order for the paper to be sent to his western home. —I HAYE be®n troubled u ith catarrh from boyhood and had considered my case chronic until ahout three years ago I procured one bottle of Ely's Cream Balm, and I count myself sound to-day, all from the use of one bottle. —J. R. Cooley, Hardware Merchant, Mont rose, Pa. —Dr. Stnm was unable to attend to a medical call in the country last Sun day on account of the large snow banks which blockaded the roads. He at tempted to get out on several ways,but his efforts were frustrated at every point, and he was compelled to return home. It was a bad day for doctors, —Some say "Consumption can't be cured." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, as proved by forty years' experience, will cure this disease when not already ad vanced beyond the reach of medical aid. Even then its use affords very great relief, and insures refreshing sleep. —Wool and Cotton Carpet Chain sold cheap at D. S. Kauffman & Co's store,Millheim. | —Mr. Cr. 11. Knisely, Collector tor the Centre Democrat ollice, Bellefonte, was in town last week, delivering sev eral jobs of book binding, done at said oftice. The books, as far as we could learn, gave entire satisfaction in every respect and show that the Democrat book bindery is competent of turniug out flue and tasteful work. —The name of N. 11. Downs' still liyes, although he has been dead many years. His Elixir for the cure of coughs and colds has already outlived him a quarter of a century, and is still growing in favor with the public. For sale by J. Spigelmyer, and D. S. Kauffinau & Co. —Mrs. Susan Kreamer, the proprie tress of the First Natioual Hotel, ad vertises the same for rent. The pres ent occupant Mr. 8. T. Frain will re move to Seliusgrove on the Ist of April, to take charge of the Keystone Hotel, at that place. We are sorry to lose this wide-awake aud enterprising landlord. The house has been kept splendidly by him. —The holiday issue of James Vick's Floral Guide is a magnificent proof of enterprise by that well-known seeds man. The catalogue ssts forth an un usually large variety of vegetable and flower seeds and contains some of the finest colored plates, showing fully de veloped flower planU. James Vick's, Rochester, N. Y., is decidedly one of the best places to buy your seeds and plants. Send for his flue Floral Guide. —My wife, for over three years, has beeu afflicted with chills and fever,con tracted in Illinois, and with dyspepsia of long standing and a general debility of the system. She has used three bot tles of Simmons Liver Regulator:—her chills are entirely cured and the dys pepsia almost vanquished. N. W. Ev erhart, Hampton, Va. NOTICE.—The undersigned will take all cross ties, which are acceptable to the inspector of tho road they are in tended for, between this and Jan. 15th, 1886. They must be delivered to aR. R. siding and must be marked with the name of the person furnishing them and addressed to the undersigned. The price—4s cents—will be paid in Febru ary, 1886. I. J. GRENOBLE. —Besides being the crack marksman of this county, Mr. C. K. Sober, resid ing a few miles west of Coburn, also is a very floe eugrayer on metal. We were shown seveial samples of his work the other day, and were surprised at the artistic and skillful manner in which it was executed. We under stand that Mr. Sober is continually crowded with orders for engraving. —Since the holiday vacation is over our schools are well attended again, and it seems the scholars apply themselves to their studies with renewed zeal and greater diligeuce. We have good reas on to believe that our teachers are do ing all in their power to keep the schools in their present prosperous con dition and we hope that parents may second the efforts of the teachers. —With the approach of February we are reminded of the coming borough election, which should come in for a good portion of our attention. Let the ward committees give the matter thought In due time and look about for intelligent and trustworthy men who are most likely to make good officers, men who have the interests of our bor ough at heart and who will administer our local government with precision and good judgement. —PROGRAMME of the Excelsior Lit erary Society for Tuesday evening, Jan. 19,1886 : The entire evening will be devoted to a "spelling bee." Thb soci ety has agreed that Hon. W. K. Alex ander shall be dictator for the evening, and that Webster's Unabridged Dic tionary be used for the selection of words. Mr. T. M. Osraan and Jfiss Cora Reifsnyder have been" appointed to pick the sides. A cordial invitation is extended to all, and the society will be pleased to have a full attendance. —The snow most people have been wishing for has come and it turned out to be a regular elephant. II feU on ; Friday night and on Saturday and Sun day it began to blow a heavy gale which drifted the snow in every direction, blockiog up the by-ways aud sidewalks and giving the people lots of work on Monday morning. The road to Coburn was at places obstructed by tremendous drifts interrupting travel tor some time. The mercury on Saturday night and Sunday was down to 12 degrees be low zero, and people were busy firing their stoyes to fight the bitter cold. Such is winter. —Musieal conventions, which form a popular amusement in this part of the county, are being held again. Aaronsburg has one this week, Madi sonbuig expects to have one next week. In many instances they are gotten up for the benefit of some good cause. Be sides that they are a means of bringing representative musicians in contact with each other and forming acquaint ances that tend to strengthen the ties of good fellowship among our people. For both reasons well-conducted musi cal conventions should be encouraged and patronized by the people of our yalleys. —ln case of hard cold nothing will relieve the breathing so quickly as to rub Arnica & Oil Liniment on the chest, Fdt sale by J. Spfgelmyer, and D. S. Kauffman & Co. QUARTERLY MEETING.— The quar terly meeting ot the Evangelical church will be held at Millheim,and commence on Saturday, the I6tli instant, at 2 o'- clock, p. m., with a quarterly confer ence which will be presided over by the Rev. J. M. Ettinger, the popular pre siding elder of the district. Rev. Et tinger will also preach on Saturday night at 7 p. m , Sunday morning at 10 a. in., after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will bo administered, and preaching likewise at p. ra. It is earnestly expected that all the ofll cial members be present as this is the last quarterly conference previous to the session of the annual conference, which is to te held in the new church at this place, commencing on the 4th of March next and to be presided over by Bishop Thomas Bowman. The ded ication of the new church is set ior Sunday, February the 2Sth, when Bish op R. Dubbs, D. D. s expected to offi ciate. B. II EN GST, Neighboring News. SMITH TOWN. Snow this week in place of the water and mud of last week. Nearly everybody was growling and wishing for sleighing. Suppose they are all abundantly satisAed now. Mrs. Sarah Eraerick, of Nlttauy Valley, souire Duck's sister, is visiting a few weeks in our midst. Last Friday evening a number of young folks from Millheim had a social party at Ilenry Keen's. They intend to repeat the same on Thursday even ing of this week, when a real nice time is expected. Our by-roads are all drifted shut with snow, and the people are compelled to cross the Aelds. The young man from this place, who had been arrested for "cruelty to ani mals" and was tried by Millheim's mock court, feels greatly relieved since the jury acquitted him. Miss Minnie Duck, from Smith Town, who attends the Millheim gram mar school, stays with J.C. Smith's ou Penn street during the whiter That item in last week's Centre Dem ocrat speaks t cell (! ?) of one of our young teachers. JUMRO. AARONSBURG. Snow, snow, yes lots of it. J. 11. Musser sold his farm adjoining town to Jacob lleed. A"disease has attacked Fred JJm bert's hogs, supposed by some to be cholera. Two have died, eight are sick. The week of prayer was observed publicly only by the Evangelical asso ciation of our town. Bierly's singing class is progressing Onely. The *new books have arrived and with the Hon. J. G. Meyer as pres ident, L. E. Stover, secretary and H. H. Weaver, treasurer, the class can expect to meet with good success. Prof. Johnson's singing convention opened on Monday evening. We no ticed during Monday, a few singers from a distance arrived in town. As these locals are made up iu the early part of the week, we are not prepared to say mucb in regard te the conven tion. Will say more hereafter. ANOTHER. OOBURN. The heavy snow-drifts in the begin ning of the week impeded travel by rail very mucb. Mr. Henry Stover,of Farmers' Mills, is the name of the new blacksmith,who located here last week. Miss Annie Gettig, in company with Miss Wolf, of Union county, visited friends near Tusseyville, over Sunday. Samuel Ulrich is much obliged to his mauy friends for openiug away to tne creek for him. The high waters of last week aro all gone, and everything has about quieted down but the gaose question. This question is still agitated, but the geese —well, they have gone down too. The boys were heard to say, "Four geese for foui of us, thank the Lord there were not more of us." Wm. Kreamer, Andy Campbell,Lou. Gettig and Dave Foreman represented Coburn at the "hop" in Millheitn, Fri day evening, last. Who is the Coburn correspondent V Well, who do you think, anyway ? The last heard from Mi. liicker'a pig-pen and hen roost, was by Mr. A. Harter, of Millheim. Well now, who did Mr.II. think he could make believe that this pen had gone up the liver. Why, those chickens a e now roosting down on a Maryland fence. The joke was good, but it was not wortli the toll. Z MADISONBURGh On last Tuesday morning the mer cury was 10 degrees below zero. Mr. J. L. Roush returned to Lancas ter on last Thursday, where he expects to stay until Juue. E. H.Reber's singing closvd on Wed nesday evening. Conventioft will commence next Monday, the 18th. By the time the Journal reaches its many readers, Mr. Klinefelter will haye ills mill in running older. The snow drifts made considerable work in town. In some places drifts were as high as the fences. Samuel K. Faust and John Reifsny der passed up through Brnshvalley on last Tuesday morning with 8 sleighs and a cutter. F. F. Moyer, of Rebersburg, and Michael Miller, of this place, swapped horses last week. Lewis E. Wolf left our town last Friday morning to take charge of a school near Lemont Smith Town Jumbo was misinform ed. It was Wm. Kelifer of Jtfadison burg, that took the stolen horse to Lewistown and got the 850 reward, i u stead of Harry Keller, of Penn Hall. John Rauchau, will move into Harvey Miller's tenement house on his farm. Wm. Keller expects to cornraenoe • housekeeping in the Spring. He iu- I tends to move into Levi Long's tene ' ment house, four miles west of town. 5 STILL, PENN HALL. After a loner silence here we come. Mr. John Richard, who has been to the Western states for the past Ave years, is here on a visit to his relatives and friends. Always glad to see you, Johnny. Our enterprising carriage builder, J. C. CoLdo, is busy as a beaver selling his beautJful sleighs. Queer that near, ly everybody strikes for J. C., but then the old adage holds good—"The wise men read the papers,while the bull-dog is sattsQed with a mouthful of trous ers.' Cold, cold, cold, and yet no ice, is the common saying here. Mr John Wieland, a practical car riage smith has engaged work with Mr. Condo, for the summer. Mrs. Susan Smith is oiT on a visit to friends at Green Briar, Centre Co., Pa. Mr. Robt. Bartges is doing some painting for Mr. Guise in his new house at Spring Mills. John Wirick, the famous checker player, is still about. Come along, ye old lads, and try John a game. Jfr. David Bartges is sporting a new sleigh and is happy. The boys are getting ready to attend the concert on Saturday eveuing at Aaronsburg, ana of course, as usual, will not forget somebody else's sisters. JACK PLANE. SPRING MILLS. The trains were all delayed on 3fon day on account of snow drifts. I. J. Grenoble's store barely escaped a large Are last week. A lamp iu his store began to leak and the oil at once took Are and had it not been for the presence of mind of one of his clerks, who at once seized a horse blanket and smothered the Aames, the building would have been laid in ashes. Tkos. Snyder, of Salona, Pa., is visit ing at John Minich's. S. Soars, our ticket agent, is again at his post. He was absent about a week, nursing a sore throat. Miss Mary E. Duncan has taken a trip to Milton, Pa., to visit her brother. It. 11. Duncan, formerly of this place. * REPORTS OF THE COLD WEATHER. The Raging Blizzard. Wider in Extent and Fiercer Than Ever known. CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—The blizzard rag ing throughout Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota and Minnesota, is declared to be of wider extent and fier cer in character than has been known before in years. All moving western trains are behind time. .Many other trains have been snowed in and aban doned. Very little can be learned con cerning the abandoned trains or of the further effects of the storm, owing to the stoppage of telegraph communica tion. The temperature throughout Dakota is stated to be 20 to 40 degrees below, with a wild blizzard blowing. LOUISVILLE, Jan. B.—Late this af ternoon, during the heavy snow storm, the front and middle part of the large four-story ware-house occupied by 11. Forwood & Co., Trabue & Co., and J. R. Balmforth & Co., all cotton and commission merchants, fell suddenly and overturned a stove, which set fire to the building and threatened a seri ous conflagration, but fortunately the flames were confined to the fallen building. There were eleven persons in the building at the time, but all are known to have escaped except J. It. Balmforth, one of the proprietors ; M. H. Wright, manager of the place, and Charles Stanforth (colored), porter. It is believed they are still in the wreck. Frozen to Death. CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Reports from the West and Northwest indicate that there is as yet no abatement of the cold snap. The mercury stood at 15 degrees to 24 degrees below zero throughout Illinois yesterday and last night. At Elgin, 111., Irwn Under bill, on his way home from a party, lost his way, and was found frozen stiff yesterday. His horse was stalled in a snow bank some distance from him. At Dundee Irvin Baker was found fro zen in a farm yard. At Burlington, lowa, John Lang left a barber shop late Saturday night for home, and was found dead Sunday morning, not a quarter of a mile from where he start ed. A dispatch from Denver says that two men were frozen to death near the Western Kansas ime. and it is feared that the loss of life in the mountains was considerable. At Rochester, N. Y., Wilmington, Washington and other places people were found frozen to death. Stook Dying at East Liberty. PITTSBURG, Jan. 12.—The severe cold weather and heavy snow is playing havoc at the East Liberty Stock yards. Since yesterday noon 250 hogs have did. A majority of them froze to death. Others were smothered. Some cattle, sheep and hogs have also died in cars while blockaded along the line of shipment and in the yards. Intense Suffering in the South. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Jan. 12. The cold for the past three days is tne most extraordinary spell of winter weather ever experienced in this sec tion. Yesterday morning it was 7 de grees below zero at the Signal Office, and 9 degrees below at other points in the city. Last night at 10 o'clock it stood at zero, and was falling. Pre vious to this spell, the coldest temper ature ever recorded was 1 degree below zero. Suffering throughout this section is intense. Railroad traffic is virtually suspended. The blockade of freight is causing a coa' famiue, and the prospect is yer£ gloomy. Three of the largest industries are already closed for want of coal, and unless a supply arrives to day the situation will be alarming. The suffering ot thß poor throughout this section is very great. Over 500 dis tressed cases were relieved by the As sociated Charities yesterday. Fully | 3,000 hands are out of employment on account of the cold weather. Attention, Eead! ■ . - •. * - Positively the best and cheapest store of js _ # fipil —GENERAL MERCHANDISE— in the county. A large, attractive, neat, fresh and new stock—any- JUL j imaginable in this line. Ready-Made Clothing in this vicinity. We always car* ry a full line. Sold cheap. Valiatia This department is simply chucked full of the tastiest goods ll 0 tlOliS™"~"the market affords. Soots and Shoos"— AD unparelled stock in leatber and rubber Drugs and Patent Medicines-^Ta pe at Groceries Alwaya a full stock of fresh groceries * Queensware, Glassware, Wood SOf CfiSOßof tlio worst M tadinic have leon cured. l n■ m together wltn a'VA I.CA Bl.l* to any onflferer. - hii. V, i i