Terms $2.00 A Year,in Advance.
Beliefonte, Pa., August 8, 1850.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebprror
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STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Governor,
ROBERT E. PATTISON,
Of Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor,
CHAUNCEY F. BLACK,
Of York County.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
WM. H. BARCLAY,
Of Pittsburgh.
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Plumb Makes Trouble.
Republican Senator Proms, of Kan-
sas, is making trouble among his col-
leagues of the same party in the Senate
on the tariff question. He is proving
himself to be as much of a disturber as
Jayes G. Brave to the political
economists who have the monopoly
tariff in charge.
In a discussion the other day he dis-
sented from the claim made by one of
his fellow Republican Senators that the
people have been benefited by protec-
tion in that ic has had the effect of
lowering the price of manufactured
comunodities in this country. The
price of many articles has decreased
since the tariff has been in operation,
but the Senator wanted to know how
it happened that there has been even a
greater decrease in the price of all
manufactured articles in England since
free tradz went into operation in that
country ? And he might have added
that while the cost of manufactures
to English consumers has been re-
duced, the wages of English working
people have been advanced.
Senator PLums, in this discussion,
forced from the supporters of the tariff
bill the reluctant admission that in
their tariff legislation they did not
have in view the benefit which the
people might derive from cheaper com-
modities, their chief object being the
increased profits that would go to the
manufacturers in consequence of tariff
protection.
When Republican Senators get to
wrangling about the the tariff, facts im-
important to the people inadvertantly
come to the surface.
A Strange Story.
There is a strange story out about
good JoEN WANAMAKER in connection
with his recent order directing that
Torstor's novel, “Kreutzer Sonata,” be
excluded from the mails for the alleged
reason that it is indecent literature. In
connection with this case the Boston
publisher of the book makes the follow-
ing statement : :
Before I published the “Kreutzer Sonata’ I
gent out a circular to the book trade offering a
special discount to dealers who should place
advance orders. One of these I sent to Mr.
Wanamaker himself. At first I did not hear
from him, but after the book appeared and was
selling rapidly he wrote to me pretending that
he had mislaid the circular and had been
thereby prevented from placing an advance
order, but now giving me a large order for the
work at the special discount named. I replied
that, unfortunately, it was too late, and that I
could allow him only the regular discount.
From this it would appear that Mr.
WaNaMARER'S thrift was quite willing
to eell in his big store a style of litera-
ture which he now considers unft to
be circulated through the mails. Is it
his object to punish the publisher for
not allowing him to handle the ob-
jectionable book as an article of mer-
chandise ?
Why the Big Majority Will Be Wiped
Out.
Those who look at the usually big
Republican majority in this State as
an obstacle that can’t be overcome,
should remember that two powerful in-
fluences are at work in this campaign
that never before confronted the man-
agers who have been accustomed to con-
trol the politics of the State.
Heretofore the labor leaders have
not antagonized the Republican bosses,
but have rather assisted them. This
is changed in the present contest.
Powperry is outspoken in his opposi-
tion to Quay and his man DELAMATER.
Others of less prominence have assum-
ed the same attitude of hostility to the
Boss and his methods and candidates.
The miners especially are affected in
this way on account of their friendli-
ness to PATTisoN whom they know to
be a protector of their interests.
The record which the ex-Governor
made in his former term of office fav-
orably impressed all classes of working
men, who on the other hand are aware
of the damaging fact that in his legis-
lative service DELAMATER has been con-
spicuously the servant of the corpora:
tions and the wealthy class that con-
trol labor.
Another powerful factor that never
before to the same extent threatened
the big Republican majority, is the at-
titude which the farmers’ organiza-
tions are assuming in the contest. Re
publican and Democratic farmers have
heretofore divided their votes in State
contests according to their party predi-
lections. In this campaign party lines
to a large extent are obliterated in the
granges whose members have confi
dence in Parrison, and know from past
experience that they can expect noth-
ing from the politicians who direct
Republic an executive and legislative
action.
The most prominent of the granger
leaders have openly declared for the
Democratic candidate for Governor, and
the entire class of agricultural voters
is pervaded by a distrust for the Quay
management which, on the question of
taxation and other matters of interest
to the farmers, has sacrificed them
time and again for the beuefit of the
corporations.
Ia no former State contest were the
laboring and the agricultural people
arrayed in so distinct and pronounced
a manner against the dominant Re-
publican machine as they are this
year. As they are the two most nu-
merous classes of citizens, the stand they
are taking converts the possibility. of
overcoming the usually large Republi
can majority into a very stroag proba-
bility.
Later Federalists.
The Descendants of the Men Who
Fought Jefferson Still on Deck.
Chicago Herald.
Cabot Lodge, the Massachusetts Re-
publican who stands as sponsor in the
House of Representatives for the in-
famous Federal election bill, is a de-
scendant of George Cabot, who was a
member of the notorious Essex junto.
The Essex junto was a cabal of old Fed-
eralists who held out for many years
against the Democracy of Jeffersou and
in favor of the aristocracy of Hamilton.
It was this junto, aided and abetted by
the preachers of New Kngland, that car-
ried the old Federalist opposition to
Jefferson almost to the point of treason
and secession. Its members were aristo-
crats who hated the people and who
believed that this Government should
be managed by the wise and the good,
they being the persons who were to de-
cide who were wise and good. As for
the idea that there could possibly be
any wisdom or virtue in the body of
the pecple, such a proposition never
entered their heads. They regarded
wealth as the first requisite of good
citizenship and a man’s poverty was
to them sufficient evidence that he was
not wise and good. The Essex junto
was overthrown by the triumph of
Democracy, its members went croaking
and lamenting to their graves, some of
them publicly deploring the separation
of the colonies from the British crown,
and although their descendants organiz-
ed further opposition to Democracy on
practically the same lines, they never
again dared to raise aloft in the light of
day the old Federalist motto of “Down
with the people.” The triumph of De-
mocracy over this element was of as
much importance as the triumph of the
revolutionary army against King
George's regulars and mercenaries. The
one was the complement of the other,
and without the triumph of Democracy
over American aristocracy and privil-
ege the triump of the-patriot army over
the British monarchy would have been
of little avail. There would have been
a change of masters and no more.
Cabot Lodge fears and hates the peo-
ple to-day as his ancestors hated and
feared them three generations ago. He
wants to govern them and to control
them. If they do not vote as he wish-
es, or if they do not vote at all, he would
like to havein use official machinery
that would compel them to vote and to
vote as he thinks they should vote. He
has no sympathy with and no under-
standing of the Jeffersonian idea that
the people are capable of governing
themselves, of correcting errors as they
may arise. and of working irresistibly
and continually toward justice and
right. He believes in drastic meas-
,ures and he is never quite so happy as
when he is laying down rules and regu-
lations for other people. :
It is fit and proper that the party
which is the direct descendant of the
old Federalist party should have for a
leader in its newest assault upon the
liberties of the people a man who is a
direct descendant of one of the bitterest
of the old Federalist leaders. The busi-
ness is congenial all around.
Blaine’s Friends Aroused.
Preparing to Meet the Cnslaught On
Their Favorite.
WasHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The gentle-
men in congress who have imposed upon
themselves the task of reading Mr.
Blaine out of the party are industrious-
ly at work inspiring attacks upon him.
For the most part their work is be-
ing done secretly, but under the in-
fluences of their anger some of them are
quite outspoken, relying only on the
generosity of correspondents not to use
their names, though they are anxious
for their language to appear in print-
Mr. Harrison is trying to conceal his
hand in the matter for the present, and
his friends are insisting that he and
Mr. Blaine are getting along quite
nicely.
Mr. Blaine and his friends fully under-
stand the situation, however. ~ If Mr.
Harrison is going to assist Messrs. Reed
and McKinley in this fight he will do
so at the sacrifice of whatever hopes
he now has of a re nomination. The
Blaine men in the house and senate are
prepared to make a counter fight on
Reed and his followers in both houses,
The situation is very interesting to the
democrats.
DEAFNESS ON THE DECREASE IN
ExGLAND.—The recent introduction in
England of the sound discs, invented by
A. H. Wales, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
bids fair to perceptibly decrease deaf-
ness throughout the British Isles,
!
Pennsylvania Farmers A-Thinking.
John E. Edwards, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa., traveling agent for an agricultural
implement manufactory, whose business
brings him among the furmers from
February to November, says that
never in his experience has he seen the
farmers of Pennsylvanis so much work-
ed up over political matters as they are
this fall.
“I have traveled among the farmers
of the State for a good many years, and
talked politics in half the counties of
the State, but never befor, not even in
Presidential years, have I seen so much
interest taken in a campaign as in the
Delamater-Pattison fight. The average
Republican majority in Pennsylvania
is put at about 40,000. Really it is
much less. This year the Republicans
may feel well satisfied if they elect their
man. Idon’t base my calculation on
the disaffection of such men as Senator
Emery, Wharton Barker, Chris Magee, |
and Congressman Dalzel, nor yet upon
the opposition to Delamater of the anti-
Standard Oil producers and the miners,
though both will be important factors
of the fight against him, but upon the | k l e
7 | of the convention, and iz working for
the success of ex-Governor Pattison and |
“1 expect!
to see the whole ticket elected and a
Democratic majority in the legislature. |
Lean see the same political symptoms |
quiet changes in political feeling going
on among the farmers. They don’t like
Delamater, and they, more than any
other class of people, are inclined to
throw off the Quay yoke.” Other men
may shrug their shoulders and smile
over the charges made against Mr.Quay, |
but when your farmer comes to believe
that Mr. Quay robbed the State of
$200,000 or $300,000 for private speculs-
tion, and was only saved by his friends,
they don’t smile, and they have an old-
fashioned prejudice against that sort of
‘shrewdness.” Then businessis bad, very
bad, for Eastern farmers not living close
to big cities where they ean turn their
attention to market gardening. Eastern
agriculturists cannot compete with the
Western men in raising either cattle or
grain, and mortgages are increasing
much faster than bank accounts in two-
thirds of the farming counties of the
State, and instead of brightening, the
aspect of affairs has been growing dark-
er for several years, and thess things
are making the farmers do alot of think-
ing. From my experience I lock for
the biggest falling off from the normal
Republican vote right in the farming
counties, and, more than that, I look
for Pattison’s election.”
The Fire Fiend at Braddock.
Forty Houses Burned and Three Hun-
dred People Wounded.
PIrrsBurG, Aug. 1.—Forty-one dwell-
ing houses were destroyed by fire in
Braddock yesterday afternoon between
the hours of 2 and 6 o’clock, and more
than 800 persons were, for the time be-
ing, rendered homeless.
The fire broke out in a stable on
Washington street. A strong wind car-
ried the flames along both sides of the
street until more than two blocks of
buildings were burned. The houses
were all frame structures, and in a few
moments the fire was beyond control.
The high wind carried "the burning
shingles long distances, and at one
time furious flames were burning in five
different places, theatening the lower
part of the town near the steel works
with destruction.
The burgess telegraphed to this city
for assistance. Two fire engines were
ordered to the scene but their services
were not required.
The houses were nearly all owned and
occupied by employes of the steel works
and the families of laborers. ~ Very little
of their household effects were saved.
Late last evening all of the homeless
were provided with temporary lodging
places.
To-day Marager Schwaab, of the
steel works, began the erection of houses
employes in the fire swept district
The loss on building and household
goods will aggregate $60,000. The in-
surance is estimated at $25,000. No
serious accidents are reported.
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On Which Side Their Interest Is.
Wyoming Democrat.
At the last session of the Legislature
the Republicans defeated a bill designed
to equalize taxation because it was for
the interest of corporations to have it
defeated. The Republican party get
their money from these corporations
with which to carry elections, and the
farmers need look for no relief from this
organization. The legislation of the
Republican party for the past twenty-
five years, both in the State and nation,
has been in the interest of the rich class-
es, and this system of legislation is to be
perpetuated if the Republican party is
to be continued in power. Delamater,
the Republican candidate for Governor,
belongs to the corporations. He is a
creature of the Standard Oil Company
and “Boss” Quay, who claim to own
him, and, of course, he will be controll-
ed in the interest of corporate wealth as
against the right of the people. If our
farmers who are suffering from the bur-
dens of taxation desire relief, they must
support the party and candidates who
are in their interest; whose' acts have
been in accordance with their declava-
tions.
——The Dubois Express has the fol-
lowing compliment and kind words for
congressman KgRR of this distriet :
“Clearfield has had a good many
brainy men since she has been organ-
ized, and she gives promise of more of
them before sheis done. One who is
coming to the front now with a rapid
gait is Jim Kerr. Of course it has now
come to be Hon. James Kerr, member
of Congress and chairman of the State
committee and a lot of other distinguish-
ing affixes, but at the same time the
early settlers of Dubois are more thor-
oughly acquainted with Jim Kerr than
they are with the new handles. It is
but a few years ago that Mr. Kerr was
a familiar figure on the streets, and
with such jolly old bucks as Dr. Steb-
bins, William Corley, D. M. Kuntz and
a few others, he could play a game of
pin pool in the back room of the old
City Hotel that would keep the board-
ers awake all night. Kerr was recog-
nized then as an exceptionally bright
cuss. But who supposed he was the
coming man of Clearfield county and
possibly of the State ? Kerr is coming
up, and there is no section of the county
that is watching the progress with more
satisfaction than the corner where he
wrote insurance policies less than a doz-
en years ago.”
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Farmers of Pennsylvania.
The present delegation in Congress
frem the State of Pennsylvania contains
twenty-one Republicans and seven
Democrats. When these twenty-one
Republicans shall come stumping
among you this fall, und shall tell yon
that the McKinley Tariff bill was devis-
ed to better your condition you should
reply :
“There is not a section or a line in
the entire bill that will open a market
for another bushel of wheat or anotner
barrel of pork.”
And if they want to know your
authority for that statement you can
tell them it is James G. Blaine, the
chief Apostle of Protection and the Sec-
retary of State of this Administration — .
Record.
How an Experienced Polnician Looks
At It.
Ex-Auditor General Justice F. Tem-
ple of Greene county is in Philade’phia.
He was an ardent Wallace supporter
( before the Scranton convention, but he
has cheerfully acquiesced in the result
the whole ticket, He says:
now which appeared in 1874, when the
Democratic tidal wave swept over the
country from Maine to California, and
carried this State by a safe majority.
Speaker Reed evidently interprets the
signs correctly, because I see that he
has been making arrangemants to colon-
ize voters in the Kittery navy yard, in
order to secure his re-election to con-
gress. The party must be in bad shape |
when it is necessary to thus intrench it |
selfin the First district of Maine in order |
But even
to keep Reed in the House,
such expedients will not save them.
The handwriting is on the wall, and
destruction is imminent.
Jews Tortured for Their Money.
Atrocious Conduct of Russian Rujfians.
LoxNpoN, Aug. 2.—The statement
made by the Brittish charge d'affaires
at St. Pettersburg and quoted in the
house of commons last night that the
Russian government had altered its
treatment of the Jews is wholly at
variance with all other advices on the
subject. Letters received here from
Moscow and St. Petessburg mention
that the laws against the Hebrews are
being stretched to cover a line of treat-
ment never before supposed to have
been contemplated by the legislation re-
ferred to.
Large numbers of Jews who lived
near the German and Austrian frontiers
have been compelled to move further
within Russian territory, the pretext
being that many of them are engaged
in smuggling, and Jews residing in the
country have been obliged to leave their
homes and settle in the villages.
The ignorant peasantry, taking ad-
vantage of the prejudice shown by the
authorities, plunder the Jews at will,
and in one village near Kertich a Jew
was put under torture to compel him to
surrender his money and other valuables.
The robbers pulled out two of his toe nails
before he would reveal the hiding place
of his treasure, which at last he did.
No steps have been taken to punish the
miscreants guilty of this and other out-
rages, and all appeals to the police are
in vain.
se —————
Devouring Live Animals.
Revolting and Horrible Sight in a Min-
ing Town.
Prrrspurg, July 31.—The mining
village of Hickman, located on the
Toms Run branch of the Pittsburg,
Chartiers and Youghigheny railroad, is
in a State of terror and of indignation.
Humane Agent O’Brien Tuesday re-
ceived a complaint from some citizens
of that village of a crime so startling
that he immediately began an investiga-
tion, which will lead to arrests. The
complairts state that a number of Ital-
ians and French miners, from Walker's
Mills, are in the habit of congregating
at Hickman and wagering bets on the
ability of a Frenchman named Maxime
to eat live animals. The Frenchman
is a small, thickset man, with a brutish
countenance, who it is alleged fled from
France to avoid imprisonment on com-
plaint of the humane association there.
He wagers that he can eat any small
animal alive, On the last occasion the
spectators formed a ring around him,
and a signal Maxime seized a frighten-
ed, trembling rabbit and began to
crunch its right forefoot. He ate hide
and all, and in a few minutes his brut-
ish instinct so asserted itself that he
would hold the dying animal in his
teeth and shake it like a terrier does a
rat, all the time yelling, while the blood
of the rabbit covered his face and shirt
and spattered over the countenances of
the drunken group that gazed at him.
The live animal eater within fifteen
minutes consumed all of the animal
save its hind legs, and then fell exbaust-
ed to the ground. He had won his
wager and his backers insisted on being
paid. The losers were unw lling to set-
tle, and soon there was a general fight,
in which several of the participants |
were badly injured, and knives were
used, but without serious effect.
Porter Tells Ow Twas Done. !
| ———
The Effect of Having an English Cen-
sus Superintendent.
Reporter—Mr. Porter, why do you |
give the city of New York several hun-
dred thousand less population that it is
entitled to ?
Porter— Why, blarst your bleody
heyes, de you think hi'm going to let |
that blarsted town ’ave ’arf as many |
people bin hit as Lunnon ’'as? Why, |
man, at that rate New York would be |
as big as Lunnon in twenty years, do |
you know ! |
Reporter—But, Mr. Porter, do you
think such eonduct honest ?
Porter—Bother my heyes, what ‘ave
h’i to do with honesty! I must hobey !
the horders of my superiors, which are
to cut off two members of Parliament if
possible, hand I would "ave done it, do
you know, but the blarsted papers
made such a bloody kick, do you know,
I could only rob them of one, do you
know.
| market.
AS SD
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,
Tae Borouver CoUNCIL Mrvis.—
The regular monthly meeting of our
town council was called to order at 7.30
sharp on Monday evening, and notwith-
standing the oppressive heat, transacted
‘their regular business. J. Kyle Me-
{ Farlane appeared before the august
| body and prayed for enough water at
his East Linn st. home, to quench his
i thirst and wash his face in. Kyle
| should have made this request earlier in
| the season and our minds would bave
"been very much relieved indeed.
{All committees yeporled progress ex-
cept the nuisance committee which has
| been greatly troubled about the many
objectionable things in our town. Mr.
| Baur suggested the propriety of appoint-
ling a committee to investigate the water
| tax levy with a view to assessing it next
year in accordance with the amount of
water used. A long list of the names
| of Bellefonte’s most prominent women
was then read. The petitioners asked for
better and cleaner walks and streets
throughout Bellefonte.
A PowrrruL TRACTION ENGINE. —
On Thursday morning our attention
| was attracted by a traction engine
, which was on its way to the party
in the country who had boughtit. It
wasa powerful looking machine and
| moved with a steadiness that indicated
its capacity to do the work for which it
was intended. These engines, for the
| sale of which McCalmont & Co. are the
agents, are known as the Peerless Trac-
| tion Engines,manufactured by the Geiser
Manufacturing Company, at Waynes-
burg, Franklin county, Pa. They furnish
not only the power for threshing, but al-
so have the capacity of hauling the
thresher and separator, toget:er with its
supply of fuel and water, and does it
with ease over ordinary country roads.
As a test of its capacity one of them is
being used with success along the foot-
hills of the Alleghanies.
The engine of which we make partic-
ular mention was bought of McCalmont
& Co., by Mr. John Thomas Lesh, of
Zion, and it was delivered to him by
Isaac Underwood and Harry C. Taylor,
who had never run one before, thus
showing the manageable character of
the machine. Cheaper traction engines
have been used in this section, but they
failed to do a most essential part of their
work, the drawing of the thresher and
separator, and in most cases their own-
ers are willing to dispose of them at al-
most any price.
Tur A.M. E. Suxpay ScHooL CoN-
vENTION.—This week has been one of
considerable interest to the colored resi-
dents of Bellefonte, as their attention
was enlisted in the eleventh annual ses-
sion of the Eastern District of the A.M.
E. S. £B. convention of the Pittsburg
conference, which was in session this
week commencing on Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock, Rev. Charles H. Brown
presiding.
On temporary organization Rev. W.
F. Wheeler was elected temporary
chairman. After devotional exercise a
committee on permanent organization
was appointed and tiey soon reported
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, B. F. Wheeler; Vice
President I. B. Tiil ; Secretary, Mrs, A,
J.Price ; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Q. W.
Mill ; treasurer, Mrs. M. J. Richardson;
corresponding secretary, Miss Louisa
Blue.
Reporters—Miss Kinslow and Mr. J.
A. Oreig.
The afternoon session was occupied in
appointing the following committees :
On Credentials—Revs. Till, Brown,
Mrs. A, J. Price, Mrs. M.J. Richard-
son and Mr. M. Tolivar.
On Resolutions—Mr. D. C. Johnson,
Mr. J. A. Craig, Miss Russell, Miss
Katie Miller and Miss Mamie Kinslow.
On Finance—Messrs. A. V. Jackson,
D. C. Johnson and M. Tolivar.
The evening session began at 7. 30 p.
m. Rev. I. B. Till in the chair. After
song and prayer Mr. Q. W. Mills, of
Bellefonte, made an address of welcome
to the delegates of the convention,
which was received with very much ap-
plause, after which Rev. I. B. Till
made the response to Mir. Mill’s eloquent
address.
This was followed by music by the
choir. Rev. C.L. Brown then addressed
the convention, his subject being ‘How
can we best promote the life and effi-
ciercy of the Sunday School ?’
The response was made by the Rev.
Charles Garner, of Bellefonte. This
benediction and adjournmentto ‘meet at
9 o’cloek Thursday morning.
It must pay profits to use fertiliz-
fifteen tons of Croker’s Buffalo Honest
Ammoniated Desolved Bone from
Messrs. McCalmont & Co., who enjoy
the best
in
a reputation for dealing in
and most honest fertilizers
shoddy goods. They also sold ten tons
of the Buffalo goods to another farmer
who believes in securing his fertil-
zers in due season. Quite a number
of farmers were at their store yesterday
ordering the new brands of McCal-
mont & Co’s. Champion $25.00 Am-
moniated ~~ Bone Super-Phosphate
which also invites the attention of
farmers.
was followed with ‘music by the choir, |
rs on farms for one of our largest farm '
‘owners in Bellefonte has just purchased
Phosphate and fifteen tons of Lister's
the .
They take no chances on '
% EE
The South ward Democratic cau-
cus will be held in the office of Mr. W.
C. Heinle to-night at 7-80 o'clock.
Miss Mary McCanley, sister of
Mrs Annie Campbell, of Milesburg,
died at Altoona last Sunday at the age
of about 74.
——Dont forget the special train over
the Buffalo Run R. R. to-morrow even-
ing to the Fillmore festival, The round
trip will cost only twenty-five cents.
Train leaves at 7 p. m.
For the accommodation of those
persons] coming along its lines, who de-
sire to attend the Democratic convention
on Tuesday next, the Bellefonte and
Buffalo Run Railroad will hold the re-
gular afternoon passenger train until 6
o'clock on that day. This change has
been made in order that all who want
to atter.d can stay for the full proceed«
ings of the convention.
———Having perfected arrangements for
handling grain, we are prepared to buy
at our Bishop street warehouse all kinds
of grain at market prices and exchange
flour for wheat.
31-3¢ BRrOCKERHOFF Bros.
-At arecent meeting of the Gam-
ma Phi chapter of the Phi Gamma
Delta Fraternity, held at the Bush
House in this place, Professor J. W.
Heston, principal of the Preparatory
Dept., and Prof of Pedagogics at the
Pennsylvania State College ;. C. F.
Reeves, Prof. of French and German and
Librarian of the same institution, and
Geo. C. Butz, instructor in Botany and
, Horticalture, were initiated into the
mystic order of Deltas. The chapter
located at State college is one of the
youngest though one of the best in the
fraternity, and the fact that they have
cauglit three such prominent members of
their college faculvy is evidence of their
standing. The initiatory meeting was
held in the Bush House parlor and an
elegant banquet was served in the din-
ing room, after the meeting.
Prof. M. W. Bohn, of Altoona, Geo.
R. Meek, Bellefonte, R. G. and J. K.
Furst, Mill Hall, W. R. Motz, Coburn,
C. J. Girvin, West Philadelphia, J. M.
Small, Harrisburg and C. H." Hile,
State college, all of Gamma Phi chapter
were present, and Geo. S. Lenhart, Edi-
tor of the Williamsport Breakfast Ta-
ble, Howard Potts, Altoona, and R. G.
Davies, Easton, were among the mem-
bers of other chapters present.
Tux HanNpsoME VEHICLE OF 4
CELEBRATED St10vE ComMPANY.—For
several days during the past week the
people of Bellefonte who have an eye
for something handsome, had their at-
tention attracted by a superbly gotten
up wagon, drawn by a pair of fine
horses, which made its appearance on
our streets. It belonged to the Abram
Cox Stove Company, of Philadel-
phia, and was in charge of one of its
traveling agents who was conveying
specimens of their handsome stoves
through the country. The wagon was
elegantly finished and ornamented, it
being in fact an attractive show case on
wheels. The sides and end consisted of
the finest quality of plate glass through
which could be distinctly seen several
of the stoves manufactured by the Com-
| pany, and this was the method of letting
the public see the character and appear-
ance of their production. The wagon,
whose beauty attracted attention wher-
ever it went, was manufactured by Ful-
ton Walker, of Philadelphi, and
wasin charge of Mr. Frank C. Eck-
feldt, who made a good impression up-
on all with whom he came in contact.
The Abram Cox Stove. Company,
which has adopted this novel and inter-
esting method of introducing their
wares to the people of this section of
the State, is one of the largest estab-
ments in the country operating in that”
line of manufacture. Their works are
in Philadelphia and Landsdale, Pa.,
and their product has a large demand
| wherever stoves combining beauty of
appearance with serviceable durability
are ap preciated and required. That
| they have not been more in use in this
| section was because the company has
: not heretofore made an effort to extend
| their trade in this direction. In quality
{of finish and attractiveness of appear-
ance they are unrivalled, the smooth-
ness of the casting even surpassing the
finest New York work of the kind,
+ which heretofore was superior in that
| respect to the ordinary Pennsylvania
{ stove. That our readers may be assur-
. ed of the high grade of metal used in.
their construction, it is but necessary
, for them to know that the Abram Cox
Stove Company exclusively use iron
furnished by the Centre Iron Company
for their purpose, the iron of this neigh-
borhood being unsurpa:sed in the pro-
, duction of fine and durable cas ings
‘We are pleased to learn that while
here Mr. Eckfeldt made arrangements
with Messrs. H. A. McKee & Brother
to act as agents for the sale of their. su-
perior stoves.
——Having perfected arrangements
for handling grain, we are prepared to
buy at our Bishop street warehouse all
kinds of grain at market prices and
exchange flour for wheat.
31-8t BROCKERHOFF Bros.