Beworralic: Wad
Terms $2.00 A Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa., December 5, 1890.
P. GRAY MEEK,
EpiTor
Governor Pattison’s Appointments.
Much interest attaches to the proba-
ble material of which Governor PartI-
son's cabinet will be composed. The
names of many prominent Democrats
are mentioned in connection with the
higher offices in the Governor's gift,
but so far nothing has been positively
asserted except with relation to the
offices of Secretary of the Common-
wealth and Attorney General. It is
now said with some degree of certain-
ty that Mr. Harriry, of Philadelphia,
will be appointed to the Secretaryship,
and Mr. HexsyL will be the Attorney
General. Both of these gentlemeu are
fully competent for these positions if
they should be placed in them, and
their appointments could give no good
reason for dissatisfaction anywhere.
Both are comparatively young, but
both have had public experience that
will enable them to meet the require
ments of those offices,
Mr. Hensel's appointment, we
think, would be especially acceptable
to the Democrats of the State. He has
long been recognized by them as one
of the most active and able of their
leaders, and his devotion to the cause
of Democracy in many a hard fought
campaign has inspired a confidence
which would be gratified by seeing him
made a part of a Democratic State ad- |
ministration.
There were rumors that prominent
Democrats were dissatisfied with the
Governor's reported intention of mak-
ing Mr. Harriry Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Judge GorpoxN, of
Philadelphia, being especially men-
tioned as being displeased with it, but
this proves to be irresponsible news-
paper gossip. The Judge, who has
always been a warm friend of the Gov:
ernor, disclaims having any feeling on
the subject and contradicts the report
that he is opposed to Mr. HarrITY'S
appointment. The opposition of other
prominent Democrats is no doubt the
invention of fanciful newspaper writers.
Tariff Casabjancas.
The Chicago Tribune is probably the
liveliest, as it is also one of the ablest
Republican journals of the West. Tt
is now employing its energy and ability
in denouncing the McKinley tariff. It
applies the term “Bourbons” to those
who cling to the new tariff law. *Mill-
boss organs’ is what it calls the news-
papers which advocate the continued
support of that measure, and it ingeni-
ously employs the phrase “Casabianca
Republicans” to the misguided people
who are determined to'stand by the Mc-
Kinley bill, tauntingly asking “where
now is the boy that stood on the boru-
ing deck ?”
The inquiry is a pertinent one in
view of the determination of the party
leaders to maintain a tarift policy
which wassooverwhelming condemned
by the people, involving the pa.ty in a
disaster as destructive as a couflagra:
tion. Harrison and the other Bour-
bons who are standing on the burning
deck and defying the fire,will mee: with
the fate! of CasaBranca, but they will
be remembered more for their folly than
for their heroism.
There is something very ugly
in the look of the New York census
enumeration. It appears that PorTER
paid his ennmerators for counting 100,
000 more names ir New York than
are included in the total of the popula.
tionjof thaticity as officially returned.
Enumerators are paid according to
the names they report, and from this
it would appear that 100,000 were de-
liberately dropped from the number
which the enumerators reported and
were|paid for. This is a case demanding
investigation. Rascality has evident:
ly been practiced; and here can be no
question that its object was political.
-—1It waso’t so long ago that IN-
@aLte, of Kansas, d-clared hat “the
puri‘ication of poiitics is an irides:
cent dream,” Since then he has dis-
covered that it isn’t so much of a
dream as he imagined. The political
revolution in Kansas hadn't any thing
of a dreamlike character abodt it, and
although INGALLS may not consider it
a purification, che farmers of Kansas
evilently intencCed it to have a purify-
ing effect.
—— It is a note .rthy fact that in
those States where the secrecy of the
ballot has been pict ted by reform’
ballot laws an advantage has resulted
to the Democracy. Democratic major-
ities Lave been increased by! the pre-
vention of: bribery and: intimidation.
While this is one of the considerations
that recommend the Australian ballot
system to Democrats, it may also be
Well Pleased With His Work.
The Secretary of the Navy makes a
good reporf of the progress that has
been made in the creation of a new
navy. He has reason to congratulate
the country and also his party on the
change of policy that has taken place
in naval management. He can go
but a little way back to see Republican
administrations pursuing a course
which resulted in wrecking a navy
which at the end othe war was the
most powerful in the world. For near-
ly a quarter of a century the party in
power mfide our naval establishment
the spoil of the navy contractors. The
public money was squandered in re-
pairing old hulks with no other appar-
ent object than to enrich parties who
had a pull on the navy department,
and enough money was spent to have
constructed a navy that would have
been a credit and a protection to the
country. This system of naval spolia-
tion went on uader # succession of
RoBesoNs and CHANDLeRS acting as
Secretaries of the Navy.
ministration after the war placed the
navy in charge of a Secretary who in-
fused a new spirit into its management
and inaugurated a policy which result-
finest ships of war that any nation can
boast of.
It is to the credit of Secretary Tracy
that he has continued the course upon
which his Democratic predecessor put
the reconstruction of the navy, and it is
with justifiable pride that he reviews
which he has zealously and efficiently
followed the example of Secretary
| WairNey. Bat the credit of changing
the cours. pursued in the treatment of
the navy is due to a Democratic officer.
"The present authority in that depart-
ment is merely imitating a good ex-
‘ample.
—-To the general public which
knew D. K. Jamison & Cor as promi-
nent Philadelphia bankers with the re- |
putation of being substantial and pros-
| perous, their sudden collapse last week
. was the cause of great surprise, but it
! is now said that those who had a more
intimate knowledge of their condition
and of the way they did business were
not surprised at their failure. It looks
like a bad break, yet it1s to be hoped
that the unfortunate parties may recov-
er fiom the disaster. Following so
close upon the Barker failure it helps
te confirm the impression that there is
an unsteadiness in the financial situa-
tion which justifies apprehension.
Parnell’'s Fall.
Mr. ParNELL's moral lapse has done
the Irish cause great injury. It has
at a time when harmony of sentiment
and unity of purpose are most needed
to secure success. There does not
seem to be a disposition among the
Irish leaders to condone Mr. Par-
NELL's offense, and there appears to be
& settled determination to discard his
leadership. The Catholic hierarchy,
without whose backing there can be
no Irish movement of any kind, are
unanimous in repudating the leader
who has ruined his own reputation in
a moral sense; and Mr. GLADSTONE,
whose assistance is indispensable in se-
curing English recognition of Ireland’s
claims, also turns his back upon
colleague who has allowed his charac-
ter to be smirched by immoral conduct.
So high is the estimate of Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S importance to the Irish nation-
al cause that of its representives who
are now in the United States appealing
for pecuniary assistance, all but one
have signed a manifesto in which they
announce their continued con fidence in
Mr. GrapstoNE and their rejection of
Mr. PARNELL. :
To those who have admired the
Irish leader who so long and ably led
the fight for Irish rights, it is a cause
of deep regret that he will be forced to
retire from his leadership for ‘a reason
which not only injures his reputation
as a man, but has also destroyea his
influence and usefulness as the head of
a great national moyement. !
Europe is suffering from an un-
usually early winter.
lands are covered with snow of an un:
precedented depth for so early in the
season, and the British traveling public
are suffering from snow bound trains.
| The sunny regions along the shores of
the Mediterranean are smitten by ge |
vere frosts and snow, something un-
known for many years; very severe
snow storms are reported in. Spain,
and in other parts the visitation of wins
ter is equally early and severe. It is
the impression that a cold winter in
Europe is attended by a mild oné on
that Jack Frost is also going to get jn.
the cabisejof Republicans opy osing it.
This disgraceful state of affairs was |
changed whea the first Democratic ad-
ed in the construction of some of the
what has been done in giving the na- |
tion firct class ships of war, a work in |
brought about dissension and division
a:
The British Is-!
this continent, but there een]
some. lively-work on this side of thie] quite-sure ot whatiit was going to :
water. se “duce. a oo pom
The President’s Message.
President Harrison's message, de-
“livered to congress last Tuesday, at-
tracts more attention than it deserves
'on account of a desire to learn
| what he has to say after the tremend-
| ous beating his party sustained at the
"last election. There is a curiosity to
| see whether he shows a disposition to’
' modify or abandon any of the points
of policy which are regarded as having
"been the cause of the defeat.
Much of the message is devoted to
the McKinley tariff bill. The Presi-
dent shows no sign of having changed
* his good opinion of that measure. The
verdict of the people againstit seems
to have had the effect of confirming
his favorable impression of it. He is
sure that the bill and the good it will
* do are not understood, and that a bet-
| ter acquaintance with it will ensure its
popularity. He endeavors to show
{ that the recent rise in prices was not
| due to the McKinley bill, and that, as-
sisted by the reciprocity clanse, it will
i surely inure to the benefit of the people
and the rapid increase of our foreign
commerce, Mr. Harrison does some
nice but ineffectual special pleading in
support of a measure which the natur-
al sagacity ot the people has con-
| demned at the polls.
It is just like Mr. HARRISON that, af-
| ter the awful currying down his party
| received, he should stick with increased
tenacity to the proposition which did as
! much as anything else in bringing
“about the merited punishment. Thus,
he strongly endorses the federal election.
! bill—Force Bill—and urges its enact
ment into law at the present session-
With the natural obtusenzss of a small
| mind he is incapable of comprehend-
| ing the obnoxious and objectionable
, character of a law that would place
the elections under military control.
| These are the leading points of the
"message which are of the most interest
On the whole it 18 a
| weak document, advocating chiefly
such measures as the people have con-
" demned.
to its readers.
The Democratic members had
reason to applaud on Monday when
Hon. C. R. BRECKINRIDGE, of Arkan-
sas, was sworn in to succeed himself
as a member of the congress from which
he had been so unjustly and arbitrarily
expelled. His constituents had viadi-
cated him not oniy by seading him
back for the remainder of his term, but
also by electing him to the next con-
gress. It must have béen galling to
REeep and his gang to be rebuked so
promptly and thoroughly, and the
Democratic cheers upon Mr. BrECKIN-
RIDGE being sworn in added to their
feeling of discomfiture. In the pleni-
tude of their power they had it all their
own way at the last session, but the
people have since had a chance to pass
upon their arbitrary and revolutionary
conduct.
i RRO SA RE.
i Among the deposits of State
| oney in private banks was one of
| $25,000 with the banking firm of D.
| K. Jamison & Co., at Philadelphia,
| which failed last week. It was placed
| with those parties by State Treasarer
Boyer who says that he had no other
security than the bond of the individ-
ual members of the firm, If the firm
shall recover, which it is to be hoped
will be the case, there will be repay-
ment, but if they shall never be able to
make it good, the State Treasurer's
bondsmen will have to protect the
State from the loss of this money.
As Americans we congratulate
ourselves that we are not. oppressed
with the expense of maintaining large
standing armies, yet congress will be
compelled to appropriate $175,000,000
for pensions during the coming session, |
and it is evident that our pension list
will in a year or two cost us $200,000,
000 annually, asum that is larger than
the combined cost of the armies of
England and Germany. As a political
factor the soldier vote is mighty ex-
pensive.
Commissioner RauM is insatia-
ble in his demand for more money for
the payment of pensions. For the
coming fiscal year he demands $133,
000,000, in addition to the $33,000,000
deficit for the current year. Notwith-
standing the enormous figures at
which Raum fixes the requirement,
there is no telling what the deficiency
will be next year, as" the pension rolls
continue to: iterease ‘at: an’ Whknown
rate.
—— Cameron has gathered inthe,
| Republican * Senators: and Assembly-
men pretty thoroughly. Pledges to
vote for him have been signed by the
two Senators and four Representatives
from Lancaster county, and there is
evidence that enough have been Tisted
to secure hija, reselection easily. He
didn’t put his money into the election
of Republican legislators without bei
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duce...
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Escape of the Nicely Brothers. :
The Murderers of Farmer Umberger |
Get Out of the Somerset Jail--One
of them Recaplured.
Last Saturday evening Joe and Dave
Nicely, together with some other prison-
ers, managed to escape from the Somer-
set jail. They had been convicted and
sentenced to be hanged for the inhuman
murder of farmer Umberger, after rob-
bing him. '
All day Sunday armed men scoured
the surrounding country within a radius
of seventy wiles without obtaining the
slightest clue as to the whereabouts of
the escaped prisoners. Among the
searchers was William Ferner, a stal-
wart young farmer, who lives on the
Johnstown Pike, just beyond the bor-
ough limits, about a half mile distant
from the county jail. He returned
home shortly before daylight this morn-
ing, put his horse in its stall, and, with
a lighted lantern and pitchfork in hand,
ascended to the hay mow to procure
some hay for his horse.
DISCOVERING THE MURDERER.
Putting his lantern down, he raised
his fork and walked to the rear of the
mow, and was just in the act of plung-
ing it into the hay when Nicely rolled
out from under the pile and cried : —
“My God! Don’t kill me; I'm bad-
ly crippled and nearly dead.”
“Who are you?” asked Ferner, his
eyes blinded by the light of his lantern.
“Dave Nicely,” was the response
against the holding of large tracts of
land by foreign owners ; favor a secret
ballot and a constitutional convention to
| secure the same ; demand adequate jus-
tice to all ; the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people,and
favor co-operation within industrial
classes to secure needed reforins.
Long Imprisonment
Man.
of an Innocent
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 25.—In 1871
Onert Bailey was convicted of being ac-
cessory to the murder of Thomas Harri-
son, a farmer of Dearbourn county, and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life. This morning Governor Hovey
puroled him. MacDonald Cheek, who
was the actual murderer and who is also
serving a life sentence, has repeatedly
written to different Governors, declaring
Baily innocent, Noone now objects to
Bailey’s pardon and it is the common
belief that an innocent man has been
imprisonened twenty years.
Personals,
—Mr. C, W. Struble, of Struble’s station tran-
sacted business in our city on Tuesday.
—Fred Kurtz, Bsg., of the Centre Hall Re-
porter, came in on the 9-15 on Wednesday
morning.
—That prince of gentlemen, Hon. Dan’ D.
Woods, of Tyrone, was seen on our streets on
Wednesday.
—Miss Ide Gerberich of North Thomasstreet
from under the hay. “I am badly injur- |
ed and want to give myself up,” and
out tumbled Dave Nicely, hatless and |
scantily clothed. He was badiy injured, |
sure enough. His right arm and leg
were broken and his feet were terribly
frozen.
Ferner at once seized hold of Nicely
and took bim into his house, where he
gave him breakfast and kept him till af-
ter day break, when he placed him in
his buggy, brought him to town and de-
livered him over to the turnkey of the
jail.
When the men started to come to
town ‘he asked Ferner to lend him a hat
so that people would not recognize him.
Ferner thereupon supplied him with a
hat and an overcoat,
NICELY’S STORY OF HIS ESCAPE.
Nicely had searcely gotten back into
his quarters at the jailand had been at-
tended to by the prison physician when
he told the following story of his escape:
We had intended holding up Milt,
the deputy Sheriff, and taking bis keys
from him, but when we discovered that
the combination box was open we con-
cluded that the easiest and safest way |
would be to get out through the roof, as
we had all of our plans completed to
leave that way.
Joe was the first one to slide down the
rope, and he could not have gotten more
than halt way down when it broke with !
him. Hambertson followed and must
have clung to the water spout on the
side of the building, as he wasn’t hurt |
at all. My turn came next, and my '
hold on the water pipe gave way and it |
fell to the ground. I must ‘have fullen |
thirty feet and wasso badly hurt that I |
could not walk. The boy, Kieser, came |
sliding down the water spout like a squir- |
rel, and by the time I bad crawled on |
my hands and knees to the jail stable I
heard old man Queer fall and the next
minute beard his yells.
We were all at the jail stable’at this
time. Joe said his foot was sprained, |
but he was able to stand up and I told
him to leave me and look out for him-
self. Joe and the other two fellows
started down the ally on arun, and I
followed after as fast as I could crawl.
I managed to get over the fence at
the end of the ally and must have laid
there for an hour, suffering intensely
with my broken foot and sprained arm.
I could hear the shouts of the people 1n
the jailyard, and had it nct been for the |
excitement I would have crawled back
to the jail and given myself up, but I
was afraid that in their excitement the
people would kill me. I remember how
the Somerset people treated us the other
time we broke jail.
It took me most of the night to find
my way, on my hands and knees, to the
baru, where 1 was caught. My idea
was, when I got into the barn to take a
horse and ride to the mountains, but IL
heard people passing outside, and was
afraid they knew where I was hid. I
thought the barn was guarded all day
Sunday and made no effort to leave. By
night I was so hungry and cold, and
my leg and arm pained me so much |
that it was impossible for me to make |
any further etfort to escape. I got un-
der the hay and gwas very glad when
Ferner came into the barn this morning.
I hope they can’t catch Joe, and I be-
lieve that he isin a place before this
time where 1000 men can’t capture him.
I don’t regret that I tried to escape,
and believe that any innocent man with
such charges hanging over him would
have done the same thing. Life and |
freedom are as dear to me as they are to
any man. ;
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Joe Nicely, the other gsczped prison-
er, was captured on Tuesday 1n a barn,
not far from Somerset. Que of his legs
was also injured in making the escape,
and he sought refuge in: the barn where |
he was discovered.
Pennsylvania Farmers,
The Alliance Elects Officers and Adopts
a Platform.
"HARRISBURG, Noy. 28.—At 8 o’clock
Thursday mocning the State Farmers
Alliance adjourned, after electing the
following ollicers :- President, Henry C.
Saavely, of Lebanon county ; vice presi-
dent, C. 3. Clark, of Crawford ; lecturer,
J. S. Hoitz, of Indiana county ; secre-
tary, Harry C. Dewwing, of Dauphin,
county ; treasurer, Valentine Hay, of.
Somerset county ; business agent, HE. H
Warner, of Somerset county ; executive
vith full power to uct.
board, Henry Brobst, of Berks conuty ;
Ed Roche, of Potter county and Will
iam, of Adams county ; judiciary board,
P. B. Schall, of Armstrong county ; W.
P. Bricker,” of Lycoming county, and
Theodore McAllister, of Adams county.
A committee of three on summer en-
cam pment, ;consisting of Messers, Dem-
ming, Wible-and Moore, was appointed”
‘The re-olutions reported deinaud a re-
vision ot the tax lawsin the interest of
equality. ; free coinage of silver ; declare
“against all kinds of trustand combines ;
, asuburb of Philadelphia.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. U. Hoff er, in
Philipsburg.
—Mr. S. F. Shugert and wife'are spending a
a few days with Mr, and Mrs. Ellis Burchfield
in Philipsburg.
—D G. Meek, Esq.,of Fairbrook, Pa., isin
town as a witness on the case of David Mil-
ler vs Sheriff Cooke.
—Mr. Wm McFarlane, of Boalsburg. and Miss
| Susie Jack ofthe same place alighted from the
9-15 train on Tuesday morning.
—Mr. John Given, a former Bellefonte boy,
and now city editor of the Altoona daily Times,
spent Sunday with friends here.
—Mr. A. Luckenbach, the superintendent
and representative of the Phoenix Flouring
Mills of our eity, was in Tyrone cn Monday.
—William Temple, the old and reliable en-
gineer on the Snow Shoe R. R., spent a few
days in Altoona during the fore part of the
week.
—Will Harter, the jolly and fat deputy Re-
corder ot our county, will leave for Chicago
soon where he expects to take a course in
den tistry.
—A. A. Stevens, an eminent barrister of Ty-
rone, is here on the Holt Shipman case which
has been occupying the attention of our court
nearly all week.
—Jas. Passmore, H. Mec. D. Loraine, John
Asheroft and A. B. Herd, Esq., four prominent
business men of Philipsburg, registered at the
Brockerhoff House on Monday.
—Miss Bottorf, the charming young lady
from Salona, who has been visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Powers, departed on
Wednesday morning for her home.
—Mr.and Mrs. Wm Bryson have returned
i from their honeymoon and taken up their res-
idence at the Potter House in Philipsburg.
Mrs. Bryson was formerly Miss Lucy Schroe-
der of our city.
—W. H. Wigtqp and family have moved
from their home in Philipsburg toBryn Mawr,
Mr. Wigton’s busi-
calls him thither where he will probably re-
side permanently.
—Geo. C. Potts, Esq .a former Bellefonter
who operated the Mattern Ore Banks on the
B. R.B. & B.C. R. R. is spending a few days
with friends here. He is at present interested
in the big iron ore opening at Cranberry,
Tenn.
—Tuesday’s page of the Bush House register
is ornamented with the signatures of D. H.
Holt and Wm. P. Duncan of Philipsburg, A. B.
Weaver, ofiClearfield and Jas. F. Marstellar, of
Snow Shoe. They were in town attending
court.
—On Tuesday morning three very distin-
guished looking gentlemen were grouped in
front of the Watcnman office. They were
Messrs Thomas, Phillip and Peter Collins.
'Tis seidom one sees such a party and all such
decided Democrats. and popular business
men.
Hecla items.
J. J. Johnsonbaugh has moved from the
McMullen farm to the widow Zimmerman’s
farm.
Graham ‘& Co have slaughtered the boss
porkers of this valley so far; they killed two
that dressed something over four hundred
pounds apiece.
Mr. Cline Neff has purchased for himeelf a
handsome farm and is now appreciating
the fact that old mother earth will yield for
him the future nourishment for his body.
Mr. Charles Goffle, after disposing of his
personal property by public vendue, moved in
with his sister-in law, Mrs. Susana, Zimmer-
man, and at present writing is confined to his
room. i
John Guiser, son of John Guiser, Sr., of this
‘place, after enjoying a summer's recreation
with his father, left a few days since for Illi-
nois, where he contemp'ates completing his
commericial course of study.
The heirs of John and Sarah A. Deitrich,
deceased, have disposed of their farm. Henry
M. Deitrich ‘purchasing the northern half, J.
H. W hite and L. C. Deitrich the southern half
at a very reasonable price.
Mr. Samuel Homan moved from the Cline
Zimmerman farm to Mr. Charles Goffle’s,
where he will wield the hoe and run the
plow for the next year or more. Even these
economical times with wheat one dollara bush
el, corn sixtyfive cents and potatoes one dollar
yet we know of a couple of persons in this vie-
inity who have left their potatoes in the
ground, whether it was for time to raise them
or for early planting in the spring, we have:
not ascertained, but we think, at the price
it would have been best to have dug them.
The long looked for snow has at last
appeared, and we once more can’ see the
beautifui fields’ of white. We would enjoy
sleighing with it very mueh, but as we are de-
pied this, we patiently wait for its coming in
the near futuré. One of our “mountain boys”
best known by the name of Shuman Zimmer-
man has returned home from a two weeks
hunting cxpedition on the Alleghenies. His
success was that of one of the largest deer
known. Tts weight being 224 Ibs. dressed. It
is not surprising at all to see Shuman’s face all
aglow when relating his adventures in the
wild woods, nor would it be unexpected'if he
should return where he left his brothers John
and Will in‘company with others who enjoyed’
similar success and perhaps by this time to a
much greater extent. .
ITEC
Pine Grove Mentions,
Our young friend, Robt. B. Fry, has slaught-
ered the largest porker in town. Others yetto
be heard from.
A. B. Struble, of Struble’s station, spent
Wednesday looking up business interests in
Tyrone.
We regret to note the itlnessof Miss Ada
Bell who is at death’s door with vhat fatal dis.
ease consumption.
One of our popular young men, James Ham
mer, hied himselt away to Altoona in search of
more lucrative employment.
Mr. Robt. Gardner,one of our most proper-
ous and oldest farmers, has disposed of his
valuable farm, by private sale, to Mr. John
Homan.
Amongst the numerous Thanksgiving tur-
key dinners was that of our generous friend,
Dave Otto, whose table was ladened with iu=
numerable toothsome viands.
The ladies of the church will give a turkey
and oyster supper in the the lecture rooms of
the Lutheran church, One of the finest coila-
tions, with all the toothsome viands that the
farm and market cau afford, will be offered.
Proceeds for the church.
The necessary arrangements to hold the
Farmers’ Institute in our town on the 19th and
20th of January, are being made. A num-
ber of prominent agricultural orators have
consented to be on hand, as has also Secretary
Edge of the [Pennnsylvania State Agricul=
ural Society.
The pangs of defeat over which some of our
republican friends have recently been bryod-
ing, have been somewhat appeased by par-
taking of the thanksgiving gobbler to which it
is hoped, the unpleasant and unpalitable taste
of an overdose of crow will yield, from which
they have been suffering ever since the fourth
of November.
The death of Mrs. James Deters occurred
last Friday, the 20th inst., of a lingering illness
from typhoid pn2umonia. Her remains
were interred in the Graysville cemetery on
Sunday, the 31st.” A loving husband and two
small children survive her untimely death.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Frank.
In connection with Thanksgiving services
a congregational meeting will be held in Rev.
Mr. Kelley's charge to take into consideration
the resignation of Rev. J. C. Kelley, which will
await the action of a special call of Presby-
tery, during which time the Rev. gentleman
will hold under consideration the acceptance of
a call from the Williamsburg congregation.
For a period of over twenty-one years Mr.
Kelly has labored successfully in the Master's
vineyard. His cheery countenance always cast
aray of sunshine in the sick chamber, and
many were the words of sympathy that touch-
ed the tender cord in the hearts of his hearers
which shall never be forgotten, In this part-
ing we can but briefly say we owe a debt of
gratitudes which words cannot express.
Books, Magazines, etc.
Mother, home and heaven ; Golden Thoughts
on ; Editor Rev. Theo. L. Cuyler,D. I., and
others. 454 pages. Illustrated. Price $275.
Gilt edge in a box, $3.50. AcrNts WANTED. E.
B. ‘Treat, Publisher, 5, Cooper Union, New
York. This is among the choicest of the many
beautiful Gift Books. Itis appropriate at all
times and places and suitable to every condi-
tion in life. By its popularity it has already
reached a sale of 200,000 copies. In reviewing
Holiday Books, The New York Herald says
of it.
“Of all the books of the season, not one has a
name more beautiful or more suggestive than
the one now before us. Itis but fair to say.
however, that the volume is not unworthy of
the name it bears. It is not an original book,
but it is better than original books usually are,
for iv is a collection of approved literary gems,
of the choicest things, which have been spok-
en or written, in prose or in verse, on the
choicest of all themes Over four hundred
authors have been laid under contribution,
and the selections have been made with excel-
lent taste.”
Harper's Magazine for December is a superb
Christmas number. It opens with “As You
Like It,” the third of the series of articles on
the comedies of Shakespeare, while Charles
Dudley Warner, in an article entitled “The
Winter of our Content,” relates many interest-
ing facts regarding the climatic influence of
southern California. The article is accom-
panied by numerous illustrations. Theodore
Child writes concerning “A Pre-Raphaelite
Mansion” —the famous Leyland residence in
London—and describes the art treasures which
it coniains. The article is itlustrated.
Pierre Loti contributes an article about “Jap-
anese Women,” which is very fully illustrated
from paintings. The fiction is appropriate to
the holiday season. Itincludes “A Christmas
Present,” by Paul Hayse, “Flute and Violin,”
a story of Nld Kentucky, by James Lane Allen
with twenty-one illustrations. “P’laski’s Tour-
naments,”,by Thomas Nelson Page, illustrated.
“Mr. Gibble Colt’s Ducks,” by Richard Mal-
colm Johnston, with an illustration. “A’Speak-
in’ Ghost,” a dialect story by Annie Trumbull
Slosson ; and “Jim's Little Woman,” by Sarah
Orne Jewett. The Editorial Departments, too,
has a distinctive holiday flavor. George
William Curtis, discoursing upon the delight-
some character of the modern Christmas, ar-
gues that the enjoyment of true pleasure is
not only a Christmas privilege but a religious
duty. William Dean Howells describes a
Christmas dream in which The Study, being
transported into the ideal commonwealth of
the future, beholds the last of the romanticists
and the anonymous critics, and has a beatific
vision of the results which would follow the
passage of the international copyright "bill.
Charles Dudley Warner discourses upon the
pleasure of giving, and pleads for the exercise
of good judgment in the selection of Christ-
mas gifts. :
Seribner's Magazine for December ‘is a holi-
day number (with a special bronze. cover) con
taining seven illustrated articles, in which &
| remarkable list of artists is represented, in-
| eluding Robert Blum, Domenico Morelli, Har
-y Furniss, Howard Pyle, A. F. Jacassy, ©. D.
Gibson,” W. L. Taylor, and W. L. Metealf.
| Among the contributions aro Sir Edwin Ar-
| nold’s first paper on Japan ; Humphey Ward's
. description of the famous London picture
| salesroom, known as “Christie’s;” W. H_.
| Rideing’s picturesque account ofAmyRobsart’s
{ country ;. A. F. Jacussy's article on a great
' contemporary artist—Domenico Morel; and
| three short stories, which in feeling and mo-
| tive ‘are especially suited to the Christroas
| season. ' Theiranthors—Octave Thanet, Rich~
ard Harding Davis, and (George A. Hibbard—
are well known to the readers of. Scribner's, in
whieh for the most part, their work appears.
' The poems. of the issue include] Helen Leah
Reed's Sargent prize translation of Horace,
Book IIT, Ode XXIX. (won by her over six-
teen male competitors in Harvard University)
and contributions by Richard Henry Stoddard,
Duncan Campbell, Scott, and James Herbert
Morse. A unique feature in magazine illustra
tion is “*A Pastoral Without Words,” twelve
drawings by Howard Pyle, ‘which tell their
own story ‘without the aid’of text. They have’
been delicately engraved. if ‘
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