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A Pension Burlesque.
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sion policy is not approved ot by some :
who assisted in electing Harrison :
The Ohio Republicans in their plat-
form have declared in favor of granting
a pension to every honorably-discharg-
ed Union soldier and sailor in the War
of the Rebellion, and this is a part of
their declaration of principles, to which |
objection will probably be made by
many good Republicans. Its meaning
is that every-body who served in the
Union ranks, no matter whether he
ever received a scratch or a hurtin the
war, and no matter how little he may
need the bounty of the government,
shall havea pension. To carry out
such a proposition as this would be to
exceed anything in the way of giving
pensions that has ever been done or
even contemplated by any other govern-
ment in the history of the world. [It
is well known that the present Pension |
Commissioner i? in favor of issuing a
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pension to everybody who has ever had | e
any connection, however slight, with | ¢
the Union Army in the War of the
Rebellion and of raising to the highest
figure possible the pensions of those
who are now on the list. Instead of
making an attempt to decrease these |!
payments, his object is to make them |?
as large as the condition of the Treas: | Y
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Hoyt came Kast, found Hoover's father
to Colorado he encountered Simpson,
his former partner whom he had robbed,
The following from the Philadelphia [ and at first sight both opened fire on
Evening Bulletin, one of the stanuchest
Republican papers of that city, quite
each other, the fracas resulting in the
killing of Simpson. For this Hoover
was arrested, tried and sent to the State
clearly indicates that the Tanner pen | Penitentiary, at Canon City, for
life.
After serving ten years there he died
ast month.
‘Besides the diagram where he had hid-
den his treasure in Huntingdon county
eleven years previously, Hoover left an
autobiography and a will in which he
bequeathed to Warden
Canon City penitentiary, and to. his
Hoyt, of the
ywn father, should the latter be found,
all his possessions, which consisted prin-
cipally of his buried gold nuggets. Arn-
:d with the necessary papers Warden
n a remote part of Franklin county, and
a week ago the two arrived in search of
he buried treasure. Going to MeCon-
wellstown they followed up the route
aken ten years ago by James Hoover,
and by careful inquiry located in a gen-
eral way
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the place where the gold was
On Tuesday of last week they
eached the house of Michael T. Bren-
ridden.
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{ neman, and upon exhibiting to him the
draft of the ground found to their joy
hat their search wasabout to be reward-
d, for Farmer Brenneman instantly re-
ognized the draft as a diagram of his
property.
THE FARMER'S EYES BULGED OUT.
The farmer's eyes were then opened
o their fullest capacity when he learned
rom the strangers the object of their
sit. There, within a hundred yards
ury and the generosity of the people
There is apparently no
undertaking which, in the judgment of
Commissioner Tanner, is so laudable
on the part of a government as the pen-
of his home, where he had cooled his
heated brow on ‘countless occasions be-
neath its grateful shade, stood the white
oak tree under whose protecting roots
was hiddem a veritable mine of wealth.
sioning its people, and the bigger its |.
pension rolls the greater, in his opinion,
are the proofs of its wealth and good-
ness of heart. There is no deserving
survivor of the Union Army who, if he
stands in need of help by reason of the
disabilities which he may have contract-
ed in the service of his country, will
not have the sympathy of the Republi-
can party in asking for help from the |e
government which he helped t& save. | t
But when we are seriously told that |!
this help ought to be extended to tens
of thousands of men who are in no
need of support, and who never thought
of asking for it, it is time that a halt
was called on the thoughtless zeal of
those who assume to be friends of the
soldiers. Such a policy would mean
the expenditure of not less than $100;-
000,000 a year in addition to the dis-
bursements which the government now
makes, and it would be the fruitful par-
ent of extravagance and jobbery.
There is no just excuse for such a
proposition. The Soldiers as a class
are not asking for it, and the principles
of the Republican party do ot encour-
age the idea. It has been contended
that no easier method could be devised
of getting rid of the surpus in the Treas
ury, and this is doubtless true. But
there are more useful if not quite so
easy methods of relieving ourselves of,
this plethora of the national income.
and they are to be found in the con:
struction of a navy and in the fortifica-
tions of our coasts. To squander it in
pension money simply for the sake of
getting rid of'it 1s a suggestion which is
not only unrepublican in spirit, but un- 1
statesmanlike in practice. On the con- ¢
trary, the time has come when we
should begin to think of drawing the
line on pensions rather than in extend-
ing them, and this fact will be recog- |
nized by those soldiers who helieve
that a pension should be a mark of
honor, distinction end reward, and |
not a gift showered indiscriminately
upon all persons who ever wore the |
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A Buried Treasure Found in Hunting-
don County. a
Philadelphia Record of Saturday.
Warden Hoyt, of the Colorado State
Penitentiary, is in this city on his way
home from a successful search after a hid- | t
den fortune in Huntingdon county. He
received the information of the buried
treasure from a convict in the State pris-
on at Canon City, Col., who had been
sentenced to a life term for murder, and
who died a few wecks ago. This convict
was James Hoover, a Syell-known resi- | 1
dent of Franklin county twenty years
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In 1874 Hoover, to avenge a wrong
done to hissister by a hysicigg of Frank-
lin county, shou and killed him. Before
he could be apprehended he fled, finally
locating .t one of the numerous mining
camps in Colorado. There he met a
man named George Simpson, of Ohio, |
and the two afterjoining fortunes, finally | i
struck it rich. When the two had amas-
sed a considerable fortune in gold dust
and nuggets Simpson fell ill, and Hoov- ||
er decamped withall their wealth. Fear-
ing to remain longer in that country |
he decided to come East again and brave | i
the chances of being arrested tor the
murder.
GOLD NUGGETS
The wealth he brought with him con-
sisted partly of gold nuggets, valued at
$10,000, tied in a canvas bag. Hoover
found his parents had moved from Frank-
lin couuty to McConnellstown, Hun-
tingdon county, and he went in search
of them, but his search proved unavail- |!
ing, and he left McConnellstown and | t
started in the direction of Alexandria,
ten miles distant. When half this dis-
tance had been covered loover became
very weary with the weight of his trea-
sure and stopping by the wayside on the
farm of Michael T. Brenneman, he hid
bis gold nnggets beneath the roots of a
white ouk tree. He thenmade a careful
draft of the surrounding country, enter-
ing into the minutest details, and after
familiarizing himself with the surround-
ings resumed his journey. He stopped.
at the adjoining farm-house of George
Miller, where he remained all night and
obtained the names of the owners of the
near-lyingsifarms which were included in
his diagram of the locality where he had
secreted his treasure, thus perfecting his
description of the place.
HOOVER'S SECOND MURDER.
Hoover's fruitless search for his parents
continued until the latter part of the
year (1878) .when he returned to Colo-
rado without taking wie.
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mer who entertained James Hoover over
night is dead, but his widow remember-
ed distinctly the circumstances of the
mysterious stranger's brief visit of elev-
en years ago, and hissearching inquiries
ofpersons and places.
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answer to a note in
he wanted her to return a gold ring
and breastpin &s he was going out west.
She found him half a square from and
within
grabbed her by the arm with his one arm
and sought to drag her away, saying he
struggled to
fence.
the eye, and knocked her almost sense-
i out again.
hausted and at the villain’s mercy.
“Why,” said the aggrieved old farmer,
‘when they told me this it fetched a
kind of fizzle over me when I remember-
d that 1 need only tohave stretched my
hand out to gaina fortune!” And the
old man’s bewilderment was still notice-
able as he told his story.
Leaving Mr Brenneman, as he says,
tupefied by their startling recital, War-
den Hoyt and the old man Hoover repair-
d to the foot of the white oak tree along
he roadside, and there beneath its over-
apping roots, but little covered by the
soil, they unearthed the golden treasure
which eleven years before James Hoover,
he fugitive, had hidden. The will, the
diagram and the autobigraphy were all
hown to Mr. Brenneman, and bore
vidence of their genuineness and legali-
y. George Miller, the neighboring far-
The value of
he recovered treasure is gotten from the
estimate given of it in James Hoover's
will, which places it at about $10,000.
A Fiend’s Brutality.
A Labenon Woman Dragged for Two
Days Through the Woods aiid Rescued
at the Mouth of her Mother's Revol-
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Lapaxon, Pa., July 7.—The abduc-
ion of Lillie Johnson, the 20-year daugh-
ter of Fruit Dealer John Stains, has
created an immense sensation here. Af-
er a search for two days and- nights,
participated in by several hundred men,
1eaded by the girls father and the police,
he young woman was found late last
nightand taken from her captor, Thomas
Hotfinan, her cousin, at the point of a
revolver.
Hotfman escaped. The young
voman was found in the house of Hotf-
man’s brother at Mount Lebanon.
Plucky Mrs Stains declared that she
vas prepared to kill her child’s abductor
should<he refuse to give her daughter
1p The girl is now confined to her bed
oom in her father’s house, suffering
rom a series of beatings administered by
Hoifman in his efforts to hurry her
way with him. Both sides of her face
and black and blue. Her
‘ght eye is discolored, and bruises and
fingers marks made by Hoffman in his
attempt to choke her to death, and her
reast and right arm are horribly bruis-
ed and diseo’e ed.
A STORY OF INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY.
This afternoon she told the story of
he horrible tortures she had endured
ince she left her home on Friday after-
won. She went to meet Hoffman in
which he said that
view of her home. He at once
1ad something to say privately. She
free, and he struck her
n the face andl knocked her against the
Again he struck her, this time in
ess.
The girl cried for help, and her
young brother John ran to her assistance
Hoffman drove the boy away, threaten
ng to kill him, and then he dragged
the girl along an unfrequented lane to
an old unused cemetery, which is thick-
vovergrown with all kinds of bushes.
He pulled her through blackberry bush-
ed, and her clothes were nearly torn from
her back and her face and limbs were
horribly scratched.
kill her if she did not go quietly.
He threathened to
He
topped for rest in the bushes and fierce-
v told her that should she tell any one
hat he had struck her he would kill her,
A BROTHER'S ATTEMPT AT RESCUE.
Her brother John had hidden behind
a clump of bushes and heard Hoffman
threaten his sister, and jumped out and
called to him te let his sister go.
a piece of tombstone Hoffman again
drove the boy off, and then turned to
the girl with the remark:® “Now, curse
you, I will kill you.”
for help, but her cries were hushed by a
blow on her right eye, which knocked
her across a tombstone.
clutched her by the throat, placed his
knee upon her breastand tried to strang-
le her. Summoning all her strength
the girl tore his hands from her throat
and once more called for help; but Hoff-
man smothered her cries with his hand
With
The girl called
The brute then
ind threatened to kill her should she call
She was now completely ex-
He
dragged her through the cemetery to a
| wheat field, through that and through a
iim the gold | corn field,
where he compelled her to
nuggets which he had buried on the climb a high fence. All this time she
Brenneman farm.
On his second journ. pleaded for mercy, and asked her captor
to let her go home, but he declared she
would never sec home again. He com-
pelled her to walk about until after mid-
night, when he took her to his brother's
house. What few garments remained
on her were soaking wet, and her ap-
pearance terribly frightened Boffman’s
brother’s wife. The girl’s wounds were
attended to, and after a night’s rest with
Mrs. Hoffman she was acain taken out
by her abductor. >
CONCEALED ALL DAY IN THE WOODS.
All the day she was concealed in the
woods,about five miles from the city,and
at night was taken to Brock’s iron fur-
naces. She was nearly {rozen, and al-
most starved. Hoffman took her from
the furnaces to his brothers house,
where Mrs. Stains was lying in wait
for her. The mother had been search-
for her daughter for two days, assisted
by 200 friends and neighbors, The ab-
ductor and the young abducted woman
had been traced to the house on Friday,
and Mrs, Stains was waiting in hopes
that Hoffman would return there,
“TOUCH HER AND T WILL KILL YoU.”
‘When Hoffman saw that he had been
caught he made an effort to drag the
girl away again, but before he could do
so Mrs. Stain leveled a revolver at him;
exclaiming: “Touch her and 1 will
shoot you as IT would a cur!”
The cowed brute stood aside at this
deadly threat, and allowed the girl to be
taken home. He declared that he in-
tended to take her to Harrisburg,
The band of friends and neighbors
who were hunting the cemetery and
woods declared that if they caught Hoff-
man they would lynch him, and had he
been found by them he would undoubt-
edly have been strung up to a tree. Mr.
Stains was crazed by the disappearance
of his daughter,and rushed about with a
pistol in his hand threatening to shoot
Hoffman on sight. The brute, however,
succeeded in making his escape while
Mrs. Stains was embracing her daughter.
A warrant charging him with abduction
has been placed in the hands of the po-
lice, and he will be further charged with
assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Barnum’s Show Going to Europe.
Barnum, Bailey & Co. are going to
take their big show tq London, Eng-
land, where they will exhibit for sev-
enty-five days and nights, returning to
this country in time to make the sum-
mer tour next year. The Olympia,
the largest building in London, has
been rented for the show from the 20th
of next October and the exhibit .1 will
open about the first of November next.
This trip will cost the showmen from
three-quarters to a million of dollars
and it will exhibit nowhere in England
except in the metropolis. It will re-
quire five ordinary steamships or three
of the largest afloat to convey ‘the
whole menagerie, hippodrome and par-
aphernalia across the Atlantic. Among
the preciousrfreight thus to be entrust-
ed to the treacherous waters will he
eight hundred people of both sexes,
three hundred and eighty horses, forty
ponies, eighteen elephants, twenty-six
camels, thirty-two led beasts, forty
cages of rare wild animals, Jumbo's
skeleton, ten bands of music, colossal
orchestrian, combinations of mechani-
cal musica®y instruments, twenty-two
golden chariots for the illuminated
night street pageants, five hundred tons
of baggage, sixty tons of printed mat-
ter, &c. To this must be added the
immense amount of meat, hay and
grain and live food for all these ani-
mals and provisions for the 800 pas-
sengers. Mr. Barnum considers this
the greatest’ undertaking of his life,
and does not know whether it will be
pecuniarily profitable or not, but he
says he 1s determined to show old
Mother England what her young
daughter America can do in the wav
of a grand entertainment.
Must Pay BiLrs.—The Pennsylva-
nia railroad has issued this order. “All
bosses must be present when their em:
ployes are paid, to identify them. Bills
against employes for board, washing or
groceries will not be accepted or paid
except on written order of the Superin-
tendent. No liquor bill will be paid
under any circumstances. Any employe
who neglects to pay his board, clothing
and living expenses will be discharged.
No employe will be permitted to ride
over the road without proper permission.
Suspension will follow a violation of the
latter law.”
—— Allegheny street last Wednesday
evening presented a lively scene in con-
sequence of the collection of a large
crowd to witness the performance of an
acrobat who walked a tight rope that ex-
tended across the street from the roofs of
the puildings of Joseph Brothers and
Lyons & Co. Although there was
nothing extraordinary in the feat he per-
formed he held the crowd and managed
to pick up considerable loose change
when the hat was handed around.
——Under the present law, any per-
sor appearing on the street or in any
public place in an intoxicated state, is
liable to arrest on sight by any person,
and can be taken before any magistrate,
who shall fine the offender not exceeding
$5 together with the cost. The fine is
to be paid into the school fund. If the
above is enforced as it should be, a step
towards prohibition would be accom-
plished.
——That the sanitary condition of
Lock Haven is greatly in need of atten-
tion is sufficiently indicated by a state-
ment: of a paper of that town that a
dead sheep and one or two dead dogs
were found the other day under a ma-
nure pile back of the old City Hotel, |
that the stench arising therefrom is un-
bearable, and that the ground in the |
vicinity of the manure pile is alive with |
maggots.
~——There is quite a feeling prevail-
ing among the West Branch towns as
to which was the greatest sufferer from
the late flood, each one seeming ambi-
tious of the distinction of having been
injured the most by the great calamity,
and jealousy exists in regard to the dis-
tribution of the relief fund. While we
extend our sympathy, we are thankful
that Bellefonte is not included in the
category of flood sufferers. Her eleva-
ion places her beyond the reach of
floods and her water experience extends
merely to her inexhaustiblesupply of the
best and purest drinking fluid in the
world. For healthful air, a bracing
climate, pure water and immunity from
the ravages of floods, nothing can be
compared with a city Jocated as Belle-
fonte is, on the hills,
Pine Grove Mention,
Rev. King and family are the guests of our
townsman, Joseph Wardle.
The golden grain is ripening rapidly and
bids fair to be of good quality.
Our genial friend, J. B: Ard, Esc
ing ths heated term in Union county.
Mr. T. G. Archey recently returned from the
west where he spent the last two years.
Old Sol is pouring forth his heated rays
again after being hid by a elonded sky, and an
occasional shower has damaged much of the
hs
crop.
Our base ball boys returned from Baileyville
feeling joyously good over their victory achiev-
ed over the Baileyville ciub, the score being 10
to 20.
The oid home mansion of. our agricnltura
friend, G. W. McWilliams, has undergone re-
pairs. A large and commodious porch, and a
new coat of white paint, with dark trimmings,
beautifies the hospitable home.
tev. A. A. Black has accepted a call by our
German Reformed neighbors as successor to
ev. Mr. Grough. Mr. Black has entered upon
his ministerial duties, preaching his first ser-
mon last Sunday evening.
Our legal friend, Judge Krebs, of Clearfield,
accompanied by his interesting little tamily,
spent last week at the home of his boyhoad
with his aged mother, who is still quite a
sprightly and well preserved old lady.
The glorious fourth was a dull day on our
streets. Not even a fire cracker was heard.
In the evening a couple of young Americans
engaged in a pugilistic encounter, in which
cach tried to show his independence. We
have failed to learn who wears the belt.
Mr. James Irvin Reed, of our town, and Miss
Emma Gates, of Pine Hall, hied themselves
to Bellefonte on the 3d inst. to launch their
love boat on the wide and billowy sea of mat-
rimony. If this be true, and no doubt it is,
here is our £G. Ci
One of the most social events of the season
was the birthday gathering at the home of D.
L. Miller, Esq., where a large number of
guests as embled, it being the 19th anniversa-
ry of his only son, James A. Beaver, who was
the recipient of a number of presents, includ-
ing a valuable watch.
Last Sunday was childrens’ day in the Lu-
theran church in this place. It was presided
over by the pastor, Rev. C. I. Aikens, the
church being beautifully decorated with flow-
ers and evergreens. The boys and girls all
acquitted themselves nobly. The pastor de-
livered the address which was interesting and
instructive. A liberal collection was taken for
edueational purpos
It is with deep regret that we note the death
of Mrs. William Beck, of Shingletown, which
occurred on the 8th inst, of heart disease, after
a brief illness of a few days. Mrs. Beck for-
merly lived here, and the deceased lady had
many friends who sympathize with the be-
reaved husband and family in this their time
of bereavement and sorrow, and we can only
say, God's will be done.
Mr. George Grimes made a miraculous es-
cape from being killed on Saturday last. While
hauling hay along the public road a runaway
team belonging to Capt. J. M. Kepler, passing
by frightened Grimes’ team, causing it to run
through a post fence, with which Mr. Grimes
was brought in contact, trying to stop his
team. For a time it was thought his hurt
abont the face and head was serious, but at
this writing he is improving.
Our community was startled by the death
of Mr. Jas. W. Sheffer, who had left his home
on Monday afternoon to shoot ground hogs, in
whieh he failed. On his way home, and with-
in sight of his house, when he discharged his
rifle it exploded, the breach entering his brain
above the eyes. The accident occurred in the
evening in James Micwchell’s woods, where he
was found on Tuesday, the 9th inst, about ten
o'clock in the morning, he having lain there
all night, and next day had to be buried im-
mediately. Mr. Shefller was a tailor hy trade
anda good citizen, generous to a fault. His
young wife and babe, to whom he was much
attached, have the sympathy of all the friends
and neighbors in this their time of affliction
at the untimely death of a kind husband and
loving father, at the carly age of 24 years.
Philipsburg Pickings.
It was thought that by this time the coal
trade in this region would have been more
brisk and active, but it seems that there is al-
ways some sort of an obstacle to putan ob-
struction to the output of coal. When orders
are plenty it seems that cars are scarce, and
when cars are plenty there are no big orders
to fill. Last week the mines could have made
better time, but the operators claim that they
could not be furnished with a sufficient num-
ber of cars. How soon the miners of this re-
gion will have steady employment it is not an
easy matter to conjecture,
At arecent meeting of the new School Board
the following teachers were chosen to serve
during the coming winter term of school :
Misses Jennie, Morrison, first assistant, and
Emma J. Harriot, second assistant; Misses
Mollie Ward, Lyde Holt, Ella Ward, Alta Smith,
Carrie E. Vaughn, Myrtle Gray, Maggie Mead,
Cora James, Phoebe Hoover, Mrs. Lucretia
Colburn and Agnes Shoemaker. The Princi-
pal and Assistant Principals have not as yet
been selected.
tr sr om sensor
Books, Magazines, &c.
—In the Forum for July Bishop Potter, of
New York, treats of the place and prospects
of “The Scholar in American Life.” The most
! urgent need of our civilization, on the intel-
lectual side, is the encouragement of the re-
search for truth in every department of
knowledge, without direct regard to “practi-
cal result.” The Rev. Dr. Edward E. Hale
writes of “A Market for Books.”
he holds, is essentially of the same nature as
patent-right, and should be governed by the
same liberal principles. Senator Justin S.
Morrill contributes the political article—“Re-
publican Party Prospects.” Mr. W. S. Lilly
has another of his very remarkable papers on
| by Lillian L. Price, is based upon a touching
Copyright, |
Ethies, the title of his article for the present
month being “The Ethics of Journalism.”
Prof. Romanes makes a spirited reply to the
attack upon “Anti-Darwinian Fallacies.”
“The Attitude of the French Canadians,” by
Henore Beaugrand, ex-Mayor of Montreal, is
a defence of the French-speaking population
of Canada. Dr. Austin Flint writes of “Late
Theories concerning Fever,” showing the
modus operandi of antipyrin and cold baths in
reducing fevers. “Organizations of the Dis-
contented,” by Richard J. Hinton, is an_elabo-
rate study of the aims and purposes of social-
istic and communistic agitators. “The World's
Supply of Fuel,” how long will it last? Prof.
W. J. McGee of the U. S. Geological Survey,
considers this question in the light of the
most recent research. The ever-pressing pro-
blem of “Domestic Service” is considered by
“Jennie June’’ (Mrs. Jennie C. Croly), and
the Rev. H. Price Collier presents “The Bet-
ter Side of Anglo-mania” The Forum Pul-
lishing Co., 253 Fifth Ave., New York, 5) cts.
—The July Wide Awake has many strong,
timely features, notably two especially Ameri-
can. One is Miss Seward’s “Fourth of July at
Robert College”—the other is Mrz. Burton
Harrison’s “The Republican Court,” in which
she gives portraits and charming little biogra-
phies of eighteen of the prominent young so-
ciety women who were in General Washine.
tons circle of friends. “Mademoiselle Papa”
isa touching little tale from the French,
translated by Miss Virginia Champlin. There
is a thrilling story of another French child in
this number, “The Child Knight of Bouffiers,”
written by Madame Cramer Bernhard. Then
we have “How Patty earned her Salt,” by Wal-
ter Colby. “Cuck-00!” by Mrs. Frances A.
Humphrey, “Five Little Peppers Further On,”
the Margaret Sidney serial. “Sybil Fair's
Fairness,” by Charles R. Talbot, “Sierra
Neighbors.” “The Monkey and the Camel,”
illustrated by Garrett. There are also many
other bright things in verse and picture:
Mrs. Sallie Joy White's “Public School Cook-
ing,” Mrs. Goddard Orpen’s diamond paper,
Mr. Warren's “Fishing with a Bottle,” Prof.
Starr’s| “Geological Talk,” and plenty of or-
iginal anecdotes and extertaining “short talks”
in “Men and Things.” Wide Awake is $2.40.
year. D. Lothrop Company, Publishers, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Tne JuLy St. Nicnoras, 1880.— The opening
story in this month’s St.Nicholas deals with
Revolutionary times, and particularly with a
devoted old Whig who had vowed to wear the
same coat until the war was decided. The
illustrations, including the frontispiece, are
by George Wharton Edwards. Following this
is “Louis the Resolute,” which is, virtually,
the true story of a boy who walked from his
home in Massachusetts to Washington and se-
cured for himself, by personal application to
President Lincoln, an appointment to Anna-
polis. Theodore R. Davis, the war artist, con-
tributes a description, “How a Battle is Sketch _
ed,” There is also a bright little sketch by
Eliza Ruhamah Skidmore of the Prince Im-
perial of Japan, “Lactitia and the Redcoats,”
incident of the Revolutionary war. A natural
history serial, “Among the Florida Keys,” by
‘Charles Frederick Holder, describing the
strange adventures and observations of a par-
ty of boys during a vacation trip in Florida,
begins in this number and will continue for
four months. The foregoing are all profusely
illustrated. Other contributors of prose are
Charles Barnard, Myra Goodwin Plantz, Mary
E. Hawkins, John H. Jewett, Elizabeth F.,
Parker, Thomas W. Chittenden, and others.
The poetical contributors are Joel Stacy, Dora
Read Goodale, Tudor Jenks, Francis Randall
Harriet Prescott Spofford, Esther B. Tiffany,
Adeline V. Pond,and M. M. D. The depart
ments, including “From ‘our Serap-book,” a
$2mporary substitute for “Jack-in-the-Pulpit,”
contain interesting facts and reflections.
New Advertisements.
N OTICE.—Mrs. Mary Stern's Mill
below Curtin station, is in as good run-
ning order as before the flood. #25 1t
IFTY DOLLARS FOR LIFE-
SCHOLARSHIP.
PALMS’ BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Positions for graduates. Time required 3
to 4 months. BEST Equipped. Best course
- of study. Circulars free if you name this
paper. 34 27 3ra
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. —
Letters of administration on the estate
of Patrick Kelly, deceased, late of Snow Shoe
township, having been granted to the under-
signed, he requests all persons knowing them-
selves indebted to said estate to said «state to
make immediate payment, and those Laving
claims against the same to present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
MICHAEL KELLY,
Snow. Shoe, Pa.
34 27 6t
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. —
A Letters of administration on the es-
tate of Henry Markle, deceased, late of Potter
township, having been granted to the under-
signed, 5 requests 3] peispns knowing them-
selves indebted to said estate to make pay-
ment, and those having claims against the
same to present them duly authenticated for
settlement. EMORY McAFEE;
31 27 6¢ Stormstown, Pa.
DMINISTRATORS’' NOTICE.—
Letters of administration on the estate
of D. KE. Sellers deceased, late of Patton
township, having heen granted to the under-
signed i request all persons knowing them-
selves Te to said estate to make imme-
diate payment, and those having claims
against the same to present them duly anthen-
ticated for settiement. .
ELMER E. ROLLER,
34-22 Gt . Filmore, Pa
UDITOR'S NOTICE.— In the
5 Orphans’ Court of Centre county. No-
tice is hereby" given that the undersigned, an
auditor appointed by the Orphans’ Court of
Centre county to hear and pass upon the ex-
ceptions filed to the account of John G. Uzzle,
guardian of Clara Mulholland et. al, minor
children of R. Mulholland, late of Burnside
township, deceased, and restate said account
according to his findings, will meet the parties
interested for the purpose of his appointment
at his office in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday, the
30th day of July, 1580, at 10 o’clock a. m., when
and where all persons interested may attend,
J. C. HARPER,
34 21 Auditor.
OTICE TO CONTRACTORS. —
Proposals will be received by the ar
dersigned until WEDNESDAY, JULY *
1889, at I2 m., for supplying all material
labor (except as noted below) for the ere:
on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Ind
Reformatory, near Huntingdon, Pa., 0
age building about 48 feet by 36 feet
story and basement in height.
Walls—Stone and brick, and all «
hollow. :
Basement Floor—Concrete an’
First Floor—Iron beams a
filled with concrete and cen
Roof—Iron truss, wood a
Plans and specification
Reformatory office.
The Reformatory m
excavations, and will
A a stor-
2 and one
Aside walls
A cement,
4& brick arches,
A slate.
Awan be seen at the
amagers will provide all
for the basement wr JRE the building stone
— 3 "iy S YN
arrange with the smtractors to furnish the
common labor.
a R. W. McCLAUGH ny,
Gen. Supt.
Huntingdon, Pa, June 24, 1839.
7 m3
Mew Advertisements.
bie REAL ESTATE
—AT-—
0——-PUBLIC SALE 0
By virtue of an order issued ont of the Or-
phans’ Court of Centre county, there wiil he
exposed to public sale upon the premises, ne:
Linden Hall, Centre county, on
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1883,
the following described valuable rea!
late the property of Henry Meyer, deceasad
No. 1—Beginning at an elm tree, thence by
Curtins’ lands north 1814 degrees west 17 6-1
perches to stones, thence by tract No. 2, he
described, north 71% degreas west 28 4-10 per
ches to walnut, thence by same north (31g de-
s West 21 2-10 perches to post, thence by
same north 40% degrees west 39 3-10 perches
to middle of bridge, thence south 76 degrees
west 111 5-10 perches to middle of run, thence
along same south 1-4 degree east 33 2-10 pe
ches to post, thence by Curtins’ south 73 de-
rees east 27 8-10 perches to white oak, thence
me south 65 degrees east 40 perches to
stones, thence by samg sonth 78 degrees
11 perches to stones, thence by same north =
degrees east 27 perches to the place of |
ning, containing SEVENTEEN (17) ACR
AND 122 PERCHES, thereon erected a GRIST
MILL, STORE ROOM AND DWELLING
HOUSE combined, blacksmith tenant honse
and stable, and mill house and stable,
No. 2—Beginjjing at stones }
of Curtins’ noth 18} degrees St 36 4
rehies to whit) oak, thence by came no
i degrees east 89 2-10 perches to stone
thence by same north 21 degrees west 7 |
ches to post, thence by land of Daniel H
south 5814 degrees west 53 perc) to
thence by same north 21%4 degrees west 13 6
perches to post, thence by same sou
estate,
ess
1th 60 de
grees west 34 4-20 perches to post, thence by
same north 28 degrees west 17 7-10 pe >
an elm, thence by same south 83 degre
23 perches to a post, thence by same south 67
degrees west 40 5-16 perches to a post, thence
by same degrees east 13 6-10 perches to
thence by land of said decedent south 1014 de-
grees east 39 3-10 perches to stones, thence by
same south 6314 degrees east 21 2-10 perches to
a walnut, thence by same south 711; degrees
east 38 4-10 perches to the place of 1 i
containing 36 ACRES and 15 PERCH
on erected a LARGE BRICK DWELLING
HOUSE, tenant house, barn aud other out-
buildings.
No. 3—Bounded on the north by lands of Ja-
cob Sparrs’ estate, on the east.by lands of Cy-
rus Furst, on the south by lands of Riiza Cur-
tin, and on the west by lands of Wn, McFar
lane, containing 200 ACRES, more or
thereon erected a TWO-STORY DWELLI
HOUSE, bank barn and other outbuildings,
No. 4—Beginning at stones, thence by lands
of Wm. H. Groh south 31 degrees cast 125
perches to stones, thence north 63 1-4 degrees
east 93 2-10 perches to stones, thence hy lands
of Cyrus Furst north 1134 degrees west 99 8-10
fei to stones, thence along lands of John
KimRort south 6714 degrees west 1:14 perches,
thenct south 914 degrees east 7 perches thence
south 67)4 degrees west 26 perches, thence
north 187, degrees west 8 perches, thence
north 5814 degrees west 26 perches to the place
of beginning, containing 52 ACRES and 78
PERCHES and allowance.
No. 5—Bounded on the north hy lands of
James Kimport, on the west by londs of Cyrus
Furst, on the south by lands of John Wagner,
and on the east by lands of Peter Hurst, con-
taining 190 ACRES, more or less, thereon erec-
ted a DWELLING HOUSE, bank barn and
other outbuildings,
No. 6—Bounded on the north by lands of
Peter Hurst, on the west by lands of Cyrus
Furst, on the south hy Tussey Mountain, and
on the east by lands of Peter” Hurst, contain
ing 90 ACRES, more or less.
All of the above properties are in the best of
condition. Tract No. 1 is one of the best busi-
ness stands in the county, the mill, store and
smith shop all having an ‘excellent run of cns-
tom, and located in the heart of one of the
richest and most productiva valleys in the
State. No. 2 is a pleasant homestead, and Nos.
3 and 5 are excellent farms. All are located
near schools, churches, post office and railway
station ; have plenty of fruit, water, &e.
Sale to begin at 10 a. m. Refreshments will
be served to those attending.
Terms oF Sare—-One-third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on cor
sale, one-third in one year and th
two years with interest, deferred
nation ot’
balanee in
tents to
be secured by bond and mortgage on the
premises.
By the Court.
JOHN A. RUPP,
31 2v colo
V HY SHOULD |
G0 TO MONTANA!
GREAT RESERVATION. Because 18,000,000 acy
of free Government land, with a del
climate, and equally suited for general fe
ing and stock raising, have just bec P
to the homeseeker, in the Milk Ris
and near Benton and Gr
Stock RarsiNg. Bec
mate and superior gras
the natural home of hors
other domestic animals ; and because
feeding is not required, as stock gr:
the year round.
GrNeraL Farming. Beeause a rich soil and
abundant summer rains proinee wheat, oats,
£ , and vegetables of a size
d.
Tontana produces mors of
the precious metals than any oth
ritory, and abundant opportunit
secure valuable properties at nor
ImvicrarioN. Beecanse the
tion is the meeting point of settlers from the
Pacific Coast and from the Eastern tes, aii
is the only extensive tract of guod Iand left,
suitable for settlement.
Bush Because the rapidly growing
towns along the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani-
offer splendid opportunities to engage
teserva-
a6.
Manufacturer. Because the 1,000 000 horse-
power water-power at Great Falls, the es i
coal veins, wool, mineral and grain raisir
courses of Montana offer exceptional cpportu-
nities to the manufacturer.
Tourist. Because the canon of the Gates of
the Mountains, the Great Falls of the ) rl,
the Giant Fountain and Continental Div
ore.
e of-
fer the most sublime and diversiticd senery to
be found on the Continent. Take a summer
tour.
Way Traver sy tae 87. P., M. & M.--Be-
wough the
cause only by it can youn travel! tl}
ottlement.
largest body of free land ieft for
Because it reaches the Great Falls, with the
largest water-power on the Continent. Re-
cause it reaches Helena, the richest city of its
size in the world; and because it is the shortes*
and best route to Butte, the largest mini
camp on earth. Special touris and lar
seekers’ rates. Daily trains through solic
Montana.
ic Coast. Find out all about it by writ
“The Great Reservation,” and “Tourist
mer Guide.” For further informatio
maps, ete. apply to F. I. WHITNEY,
T. A, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Man’
St. Paul, Minn.
3
&
1d-
Choice of three routés to the P 1 1
acif-
1g for
s’ Sam-
J, rates,
GP,
OTICE TO STON
Sealed proposals
the Commissioners of f
office in Bellefonte, an
of Clearfield county,
until 2 o'clock p.
188), for the erec
abutments and
wrought iron ’
Snsquehann
tween Cen’
The pls
ed by t!
at the’
Cler
i §
by
JB MASONS.—
wil be received hy
Jemntre county, at their
d by the Commissioners
at their office in C field,
4a., THURSDAY, JULY 11,
sion and construction of two
one pier for the support of a
bridge to be erected across the
ariver at Karthaus, conjointly be
.re and Clearfield counties, ‘ye,
«ns and specifications wil] be furnish
18 said Commissioners, aid can he seen
«I respective offices in Bellefonte an
field.
-he right is reserved
«ds that may be offered.
_ Also, under the same conditions and stipnla
tions as ahove, sealed proposals will be receiy
ed by said boards of Commissioners, until the
time stated, for the erection and constraction
of two abutments to support a wroteht iron
bridge to be erected across the Moshannon
creek, at the mouth of Little Mo-hannon
to reject any or all
creek. J. C. HENDE ISON,
JOHN D. | KER,
1 M. S. FIEDLER,
Attest County Commissioners
. J. B. Srtrowuy, Clerk. '
Commissioners’ Office, Bellefonte, Pa.
June 22, 1889. " nom
Y r TPT
TRAY STEER.—Camie to the res-
Ae , idence of the subscriber, near Blanch-
ard, Pa., on or about the 10th of May I f
red steer, about one year old, with white spot,
on forehead, and end off and notch in left ear.
The owner will Please Prove property, pay
charges and take him away, otherwise he will
be disposed of as the law directs.
. ELLSWORTH GA RDNER,
34 Blanchard, Pa.
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