fae! Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance Bellefonte, Pa., March 17, 1893. Epiror P. GRAY MEEK, Democratic County Committee for 1893. COMMIYTEEMEN. ..L. A. Shaeffer. cob L. Runkle. . br. M, A. Kirk. .. R. D. Foreman. «...Abe Weber. A. M. Butler. ..d. C.-Smith DISTRICTS. Bellefonte, § 5 eis . Ww. Ww Centre Hall Boro Howard Boro... Milexburg “ ... Millheim “ i 16t Wonurnre DE. ¥, K. White. Piilipsonre Bom 2nd Ww «ww.Daniel Paul. “ 3rd. W.,. cers W. J. Howe. South Philipsburg..... veesndOhn Hoffman. Unioaville Boro..... sieesannes BoM, Greist. Benner fownshi ..Daniel Heckman. Boggs Ne wo.Geo. W. Brown : wewe&. H Leyman his Ho TWaiPuiil cirri aiods «.eee.Ge0. Noll Burnside © 7 irr ini iat, Holt. "ll ‘Daniel A. Grove. Vonage Ww. wT. F. Kennedy. Curtin hede A. A jae PP. . M. Krebs. Rotgusn Ah w. P J. H. Miller regg “ wP, C. Rossman ae 4 B P, .. David Sower. “ _e W. P. .. William Pealer. + Haines © E.P.. John J. Orndorf. - W. P. . ..G¢o. Bower. fe vans g. Bt oon o . H Meyer. Howard Franklin Deitz Liherty Hor Woes Toy if ...James Martin, Miles ” 4 “: I'M 2 fu 40 WL Pd od i Pictrich. ’" ....D. L. Meek. Dili eo a J. C. Stover. Potter sis NP ..Geo Emerick. " “8 Pl. .... W. W. Royer. ‘Rush “IND. .Miles Seigfied. “ web BP, Patio) Nomen, . “ Pa. ...Jno. D. Brown. i Shee, wp Ahir A rad v. te .P ..John Garbrick, Jr, Spring “ 8 P John Mulfinger. “ fe w.P A V. Hamilton. ‘Taylor 3 nton Beckwith. ‘Union “alk .P J. Loughrey. ‘Walker . . .... Sol. Peck. Worth =... .G. J. Woodring. W. G. RUNKLE, J. C. MEYER, Secretary. Chairman a —————————————————————————————————————— ——Sectionalism knows no encour- ager in Democracy. A quarter of a century has passed since that great civil strife’ threatened the republic, and it is not in the;province of the Demo: cratic party to revive the old feelings that then existed or break the ties that that have since cemented the people of the North and the people of the South as one. The premier of CLEVELAND'S cabinet has a‘limb that was shortened by a bullet he received while serving in the Union army while the Secretary of the Navy has a crippled arm which attests his lovalty to the lost cause. SE ——Now that the frost is beginning to come out of the ground and country roads are hab.deep with mud, it might be timelv for the advocates of the Kirk road bill to hold meetings in the rural districts. Farwers must he shown that there is some advantage to be derived from a chaoge which will necessitate the payment of a cash road tax instead of-affording them an oppor tunity to “werk them out” in bad weather. ——Friends of the Reading railroad will be gratified: to learn that the report of its receivers:in reference to the fi nancial status.of the road has more than come up to the anticipations of the optimist. ‘With liabilities amount. ing to scarcely more than three million dollars it ought to get on its feet soon unless theundesirable allies, it has tak- -en to extend its system, succeed in .dragging it clear down. ——WiLLiax Hl. ANDREWS, the Re- -publican usurper, was given the seat in the State Legislature, on Wednesday. ‘to-which the people of Craw ford county ‘had elected Mr. Hieny. The Hawatian Situation. ‘What was supposed would be the crowning triumph of the Harrivon ad ministration, if.there was anything on which to establish a climax, the annex- ation.of Hawaii, has held fire until the trath of the condition of affairs has at Jast:leeked out, and it reports be true poor Queen LILIAUKALANI can attribute the loss of her throne and the conse quent establishment of a Provisional Government to the desire of a few of the leading traders of the island to ad- wance personal interests at the expense 0f monarchical government. Inreviewing the situation the Phila- Adelphia Tines, of Wednesday, com- ments as follows: “The acknowledgment of the two principal commissioners frem the Sand: wich Islands that they have a direct commercial jaterest in anwexation to the United States offers no reason why the islands should vot be annexed, but it does afford a sufficient reason to hes: tate over a treaty of annexation nego- tiated with these particular men. If we are going to take Hawaii, we ought {o take it in a way that will be satis- factory to the dignity of the nation. ‘The very fact that a junto of Awmeri- eat Nobody is likely to take Hawaii | from us now. Its acquisition is gener- ally looked upon as inevitable, and if the Senate had immediately confirmed the Harrison treaty the result would have been accepted, though with many misgivings. As it is, every one now agrees that there must bea safer and better way of accomplishing the same end, that could wot return as a precedent to plague us, If Mr. Cleve- land, as seems to be his purpose, shall find this way, he may add Hawaii to the national possessions with eecurity and honor.” ——— The Democratic Committees. Voorhees Made Cheirman of Finance — Names of the Other Chairmen . WasniNGgToN, March 14,—The Dem- ocratic caucus completed its work by adopting the commiitee report making assignment of chairmanships and ma- jority representation on senate com- mittees. The matter of reorganizing the executive offices was discussed but no action was taken, pending a report from the committee. So far thiscau- cus committee has not discussed this phase of the situation and another cau- cus will be called later to cousider a further report. The composition of the majority of the finance committee is as follows: Voorhees, chairman ; McPher- sou, Lance, Harris, Vest and Jones, of Arkansas. The chairman of the other majority committees are : Agricultural, George ; appropriations, Cockrell ; claims, Pas- coe; commerce, Ransom ; District of Columbia, Harris ; immigration, Hill ; foreign relations, Morgan; Iudian af- fairs, Jones of Arkansas; interstate commerce, Butler; judiciary, Pugh; military affairs, Waltham:; mines and mining, Stewart; naval, McPherson; patents, Gray ; pensions, Palmer; post- office, Colquitt; printing, Gorman ; privileges and elections, Vance ; pub- lic buildings, Vest ; public lands, -Ber- ry ; railroads, Camden ; relations with ‘Canada, Murphy; rules, Blackburn ; territories, Faulkner, Pacific railroads. Bri~coe ; Indian depredations, Lindsay ; quadrennial, Vilas; contingent expen- ses, White; census, Turpin ; civil ser vice, Call ; coast defense, ‘Gordon ; edu- cation aud labor, Kyle; enrolled bills, ‘Caffrey ; examination branches of civil service, Peffer; fisheries, Coke; im- provement ot Mississippi river, Bates ; irrigation, White ; library, Mills ; man- ufactures, Gibson ; expenditures in ex- ecutive departments, Smith; revision of laws, Daniels ; transportation to the seaboard, Irbey ; te establish Universi- ty of the United States, Hunton ; to in- vestigate geological survey, Martin ; on national banks, Mitchell, ot Wisconsin 3 forestry reservation, Ailen, of Nebras- ka; to investigate tresspass upon In- dian lands, Roach. Beunefitted by Reading. The New England's Alliance Advantageous to all Parties. Boston, March 12.—In view of the published statement that a midnight receivership might frustrate the plan of the McLeod interests to ohtain con- trol of the New York and New Eng- land Railroad at theannnal meeting on Tuesday. that both sides were said to be prepared tor a receivership, and the additional assertion that the Reading interests hat the proxies to control the election, but not the cash to hold the stuck under the fire .of a receivership, the to'lowing statement of the condi- tion of the New England Road, and the outlock for it under Reading con- trol, is m.de by panties Iriendly to that management : A gigantic effort is-etill being wade to depress New England stock, in order that the control may pass trom the hards of Reading’s friends, but the ef. fort will be unsu-ceseful, The net floating debt on December, 31, 1892. was only $370.354. as against $538,393 on December 31, 1881, the reduction daring the year having been $49 039. The Parsons management, which suc- ceeded that ot Mr. Corbin in the first quarter of 1882 was hampered in its financial management by the purchase last autamn of the majority of stock by the McLeod interests, A reduction in the amount of float ing debt, although small, was, there fore, very encouraging. The gross Hoating debt includes $470,910 interest accrued to December 31.1892 Against the interest is ‘held $283,660 cash, $662,395 due from agents and conduc- tors and $828,503 due from companies and individuals. These facts show that a receivership is impossible. The mon ey for interest is in hand and the notes payable of $442.853 are not nearly due. The alliance of the Reading will be most advantageous to th: New Eng- land. In fact, its net earnings in- creased $170,000 in the last quarter of 1892, and gross earnings for January, 1893, increased £70,000. Murdered on South Mountain. A Young Woodchopper's Body Found Under a Pile of Stones. GETTYSBURG, March 12 —The disap- pearance of the snow on South Moun- tain has developed a case of murder. Some weeks ago a young woodchopper, named Maun, disappeared and constant search has since been made for him. Constable Peters yesterday reported the matter to District Attorney Dunean, who directed him to spare neither time nor expense in investigating the matter, and the result was the discovery of Maun’s bedy in the Mountains this af- ternoon under a pile of stones. The lower jaw was cut off, the windpipe ean sugar growers were able to over throw the recognized government of the country is evidence that the govern: ment was practically obsolete ; yet we really do not know whether the self- <onstituted Provisional Government set up under the protection of Minister Stevens represents any authority what ever, and itis pot the policy of this country. to encourage the forcible seiz- ure of islands in the Pacific by any power that Lappens to have the most naval vessels on hand at any particular Juncture, severed and deep cuts inflicted on the back part of the head. One of his fellow-workmen, Henry Heist, is suspected and has disappeared, Intense excitement prevails in the neigh- borhood of Fuirfield, the tragedy hav- ing transpired a few miles above that place. A jury has rendered a verdict, naming Heist as the probable murder. A Redaction of Ten Per Cent. Reaping, Pa., March 15.—Notices were posted at Alburtis that the wages of the Lock Ridge furnacémen will be reduced ten per cent. after April 10. Increase the Majority. | Republicans Aiming to Override a Veto in the House— Porter and Hunter Seated. HARRISBURG, March 14.—The decis- ion of Judge Doty of Greensburg on the contested election cases in Westmore- land county was banded to Speaker pro tem Boyer this morning by Secre- tary of the Commonwealth Harrity. The decision says the Republicans, W, N. Porter and A. B. Huuter, received a majority of the legal votes cast at tire election over the Democrats, Eli Wang. aman and W. R. Barnhart, snd thas while Waugaman and Barnhart might have, early in the proceedings, made a motion to quash, they neglected to do 80, and the court had no alternative but to declare Porter and Huater duly elected. After the decision was read, Mr Murphy, sitting Republican mem- ber from Westmoreland, made a mo- tion that Hunter and Porter be sworn in. Then a debate occurred on the question of whether the decision of the court was a proper certificate on which to swear in the Republicans, Mr. Wherry of Cumberland raised the point of order that it was not, and maintained this point well. Captain Skinner of Ful- ton supported Mr. Wherry, and said .he understood that proper certificates of election were on the way to the house. Mr. Hewitt of Blair, 8 Republican, said the resolution was not genuine and that the court had gone too far in declaring Hunter and Porter duly elec- ted. To do that, he said, was solely the privilege ofthe house ; all the court could do was to say who "had received the majority of legal votes: Mr. Wher- ry’s point of order was fin: lly ruled by the speaker to be not well taken. Af. ter some further wrangling the resolu- tion to swear in Huuter and Porter was carried by 122 yeas to60 nays, a strict- ly party vote. Messrs. Hunter and Porter were sworn in at the afternoon session, and Mr Cessna of Bedford im: mediately offered a resolution that the committee 0a appropriations beauthor: ized to allow Messrs. Waugaman and Barnhart compensation, mileage and other expenses for the session. It was carried unanimously. The only reason known for Republi. can haste in seating Hunter and Porter is the fact that the final battle of the Andrews-Higby case comes up to-mor- row, and though in the light of recent developments the two extra votes are not needed, they will help put a better face on the theft of Higby’s place. Af ter seating Andrews, the Republicans will turn their attention to Mr. Forrest, the Lancaster Democrat whose seat is contested by a Mr. Franklin, and the Forrest will be chopped dcwe: in short order. This will give the Republicans two mare than constitutional majority, and it Farmer Taggart ousts Charles TI. Baker, the Democrat from Mont gomery, the two will become three, and they can pass bills over the governor's veto easily. —————— ‘Work Ahead for Satollf. The Papal Delegate to Make a Tour of the West. St. Louis, March 14.— Further infor- mation was received here yesterday re garding the visit of Monsignor Satolli to the West. The information shows that Monsignor Satolli has stated ap pointments for the transaction of busi. ness and the trial of causes at both Kansas City and Lincoln, Neb. He will go to one of these points from St. Louis, whichever seems the most ur- gently in need of his presence. Kavsas City, itis thought, will be first visited after leaving here. There, itis stated, he will take up the long complicated and disagreeable controver. sey between Father Hines, of Pierce City, and Bishop Hoan, of Kansas City which grew out of the suspension of Father Hines by the Bishop half a dozen years ago for alleged insubordi- nation, and which Archbishop Ken- drick has failed to settle. Monsignor Satolli’s business in Lin- coln is said to be an examination into the differences between Bishop Bona. cum and his priests. ——— Deplorable Condition of the Reading's Finances. PriLaprrpaia, March 14. — The Ledger in its financial article to-morrow will say: “It is undeniable that the judgment of the financial commu. nity upon the disclosures of the Reading receiver's report is unfavora- ble. The financee are shown to be in a deplorable condition and it is evident that the Reading stoppage came from its own insolvency. That the receivers mut resort to an issue of certificates is inevitable. They are now paying liule more than the current wages, but their obligations will before long exceed the high Valley lease is to be maintained with modifications.” No Discrimination Against Newspaper Men. WasniNeroN, March 13.—The re- port that Mr. Cleveland had told con. gressmen that he did not intend to ap point newspaper men to office for the reason, among others, that he might be accused of subsidizing the press, does not hold good. Mr, Dockery asked Mr. Cleveland point blank whether it was true or not that he had discriminated against newspaper men, and the answer came just as straight as the question that there was no such intention. BE — Will Support the Government. Paris, March 13.—The chamber of deputies, to-day, by a vote of 297 to 228, has declared its confidence in and voted to support the goverrment. The vote was taken alter an exciting de- bate in which M. Ribot the premier, and M. Bourgeois, the late minister of | justice, took a leading part as speakers lin defense of the course pursued by the | government in reference to the resolu. | tion of the Panama defendants. a | —— Subscribe for the Warcnvan, i SE “ Under Satolli’s Ban. The Swedesboro Church Troubles Reach a Climax —Father Treacy Unfrocked— He and His Re- formers Are Formally Excommunicated. — The first atiemnpt of Monsignor Satol. | li to exc.mmuoicate a priest in this - country was made in Swedesboro yes- [terday morning, alter two weeks of a | current income espe-ially as the Le.’ lively cross-fight beiween the divided congregation of St. Joseph's Catholic Courch in that litle Jersey village. His order was promulgated in a most iu- | formal way by Rev. Walter I'. Lealy, acting for Bishop O' Farrel, ot Trenton, aad although he had the assistance of | a Sheriff and two deputies, the sweep- ing provisions of the order were neither obeyed nor listened to by those attec- tea. More than half the members of St. Joseph's took a stand during the day wuich openly and deliberately defies the Apostolic Delegate and his authori- | ty, and last night Father Leahy, doing the best he could under most “adverse circumstances, had gathered under his banner but a fraction of the rebels. Having done this he excommunicated the others along with their reteliious priest and to-day will begin to reorgan- ize the church and straighten out its tangled affairs. I: was a day of excitement, taken al- together, which Swedesboro and Rome are both likely to remember for seme time to come. The rebels knew on Saturday that word bad come from Monsignor Satolli to use radical meas. | ures if necessary, to secure control of the church, and when Lawyer Peter Backes with Sheritt Packer and Depu- ty Sheriff Garrison served their writs of ejectment aud repleviu on the Rey. William P. Treacy at noon and took possession of the church, everybody get their alarm clocks for an early hour Sunday morning. I AEE AR ———— Maine Wants the Body. The Remains of James @. Blaine May Be Trans- Jerred—The People of Maine Will Provide a Monument. WasniNeron, March 13—Acting un. der the terms of a resolution adopted by the legislature of Maine, Governor Cleaver has written to Mrs. James G. Biaine, requesting permission for the state officials toremove the body of her late husband from Qak Hill cemetery, in this city, to Augusta, the capital city of Maine and his home throughout his long and prominent career. At the time the resolution was adopted by tl e legislature, it was understood that the people of tue state would provide a monument 10 mark Mr. Blaine’s rest- ing place, in case the effort to secure the removal of the remains was suc cessful. Mrs. Blaine returned last night from New York aud has not made any re- ply to the request of the governor. Whatever may be the decision in the matter, it is understood that it will not indicate a change ot residence for Mrs. Blaive. She will continue to make her home in Washington, but desires to find a smaller and more retired house thao the big red mansion she now oc- cupies, Will Beckwith be Seated ? A New Complication in the Wyoming Senator- ship Matter. CHEYENNE, March 12.—Reliable ad vices trom Wyoming Democrats 1n Washington to-night are to the effect that the Senatorial appointee, A. C. Beckwith, will not be seated. Both the law and precedent are against him, and likewise political expediency. It is claimed here by those high in the councils of Wyoming Democrats that Governor O=borne will be advised to call ap extra session tor the purpose of electing a successor to Senator War ren. The best informed lawyers in Cheyenne question the constitutional right of the Governor to do this. i ——————E————— News From Hawaii. WASHINGTON, March 14. —The mail from Honolulu which reached San Francisco last Thursday arrived in Washirgton this evening. The annex ation commissioners reeeived a large budget of newspapers and letters. One of the letters sta ed that Mr. Wodehouse, the English consul general at Honolulu, had, up to the time the steamar left there, not called upon the members of the provisional government nor extend- ed them any of the usual courtesies. The same was true of the officers of the Jupanese frigate which had recently ar- rived in the harbor, and the letter giving this information stated that they seemed to be acting under the influence of the British officials. A Senator for Thirty-six Years. WasHINGTON, March 18. —Ex Sena- tor H. L. Dawes whose continuous ser- vice of thirty-six years as representa- tive of the state of Massachusetts in the national congress equally divided be- tween the upper and lower branches, ended on the 4th, inst., by his voluntary retirement, was complimented by his former associates bya dinner at the Adlington. It was tendered him by members of the senate irrespective of party. A Gloomy Outlook. WiLkgsBARRE, March 13.—There is a gloomy outlook at present in the Hazleton district for the miners and laborers. Over 150 men and boys are idle on account of the thaw and rain of last week, The Hazel, Cranberry, Highland and Humboldt mines are completely drowned out. It will take at least ten days or more to pump ihe water from the mines. A number of other collieries of the region are also flooded. A Bishop McGovern’s Fifth Anniversary. HarrisBure, March 14.—-Bishop McGovern celebrated the fifth anniver- sary of his consecration as bishop of the Harrisburg diocese to-day. Many of the clergymen of ile diocese were present. German Forces Win a Victory, *BERLIN, March 14.--A despatcn from East Africa states that the German for ces have won a victory over the. hosuls | natives, killing Sikki, the leader of the { bostiles nauves. and a numer of bis followers. No Germans were injured iu the fizht, but five of their native allies were killed. Gladstune Much Better, LoNDoN, Murch 14. —Mr. Gladstone is so much better as to be able to con- duct his correspondence. Lord Salis bury is confined to his house by a cold. ADDITIONAL LOCALS, — Go to E. Brown Jr’s. for your wall paper. —J. B. Sliker, of Beech creck has moved to Milesburg. ——W. E Keen, of Millheim, was a Bellefonte visitor on Monday. —— Williamsport capitalists have purchased the Lock Haven boom. ——The Record gives very favorable reports of Renova’s new opera house. —1Itis rumored that the Sandy Ridge fire brick works will soon resume. — Willis Weaver will open the National hotel in Miilheim on April 1st. ——The P. and E. rail-road has giv- en $750 toward paving Market street in Sunbury. — Rev. W. H. Wilson, of Phila- delphia, has accepted a call from the Ty- rone Baptists. —W. C. Duck, of Millheim drop- ped into this office for a few minutes on Wednesday. ——DMichael McCloskey, of Cedar Run, Lycoming county, has returned to reside at Romola. ——The old Methodist church build- ing in Tyrone has been, transformed in- to a broom factory. —Mr. H. Sampsell came in from Pleasant Gap on Thursday morning to take a look at the preachers. ——Jersey Shore has done without electric light a long time, but it will be turned on in a few days. —— After several years residence near Milesburg, J. J. Martin will move back to his old home at Nittany. —— Shields, Bellefonte’s last year’s second baseman, will play with Altoona during the coming base ball season. —D. P. Houser, of Linden Hall, will flit on down the valley on the 1st. Hig destination will be some where near Contre Hall. —8. Strong, an old and respected resident of Beech Creek, was struck by a rail road engine in that place recently. It was his third mishap of the kind. — George F. Patrick, a st udent at S ate College, died yesterday afternoon from the effects of measles. His home 18 in Mill Creek, near Scranton, Pa. ——The largest suspender factory in the world is the one in operation at Williamsport. The capacity of the es- tablishment is forty-thousand pair dai- ly. ——Wall paper of all kinds at a very low figure can be had at E. Brown Jrs’. ——Mr. Washington Garbrick, who has farmed on the outskirts of Bellefonte for so many years, will soon move to Fairbrook, in Ferguson township, where he has rented the Robert Meek farm. —— Mrs. Hughes, of East Liberty, a suburb of Pittsburg, is visiting in town and enjoying conference. She is the wife of W. V. Hughes, one of the larg- est building contractors in the Sate. ——Two very distinguished looking conference visitors who have excited no little attention about the Bush House are: Rev, W. A. Stevens, of Shamokin, and Rev. George Leidy, of Hunting- don. Both are over six feet tall. —— Tire destroyed the M. E. church, at Aschroft, Clearfield county, on Sun- day morning. Everything in the church was burned, involving a loss of $700 on which there was only $450 in- surance. The fire was of incendiary origin. ——On Thursday morning Emanuel Hisenhuth, of Coburn, passed through this place on his way to West Virginia, whither he goes to bring home a sick 80on who is in the lumber business down there. We trust that Mr. Eisenhuth's mission may not provea sad one and that his son will recover soon. CreaTED A Goon IMPRESSION, — Rev. Mr. Eisenburg, of Centre Hall, filled the pulpit of St. Luke’s Reformed church yesterday. He is a pleasing talker, of a practical turn of mind. His sermons contained much that encour- i aged the christian, and the non-profes- ! sor could study his views with profit, — ' Lock Haven Democrat. —— The seven yenr old daughter of Frederick, Trohmyer, of Tyrone, was crossing a foot log over Sink run, in ‘hat place, on Wednesday morning, when she lost her footing and fell into the stream. The swollen current carried her down a distance of three hundred feet, where she lodged against a sereen fence and was rescued hy a brave lad who plunged in and carried her out. ——We were honored yesterday by a visit from our old friend Rev. John A. DeMoyer. Mr. DeMoyer needs no in- troduction to the Methodists in this part of the State and in his forty-three years work in the ministry he hus not forgotten his cunning as a type seLter. Ivis fit'y some yeurs since he hada case of his own; but he filled up his stick like a “regular” and if this paper looks better than usual it is due to his helping band. TEMPERANCE REVIVAL. — Edward Cars well, the celebrated temperance loc- turer and orator, will conduct a series of meetings in the Court House commenc- ing Wednesday evening, March 221. und continuing one week. While thése meet- ings will be held under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Bellefonte Temperance Society, they will be most interesting for every one. The lectures are free, puid for though, and well, by these two socie- ties, who cordially invite you to attend every meeting. —The WATCHMAN office was graced by a pleasant call from Rev. Charles Barnitz, of Audenreid. Rev. Mr. Dougherty, of Williamsport, and Fred Smith, a rising young attorney of Hazleton, on Thursday afternoon. The two former are representative young preachers in this conference while the latter isin attendance purely on ac- count of the kindred (?) relations which he said exists betwaen the law and the gospel. --—On next Tuesday morning the members of the Senate Appropriation committee will arrive in this place to be taken, via the B-llefonte Central railroad, to the State College, where they will view the recent work done at the institution so as"to ba able to pass intelligently on the appropriation of $166,000 which the College is asking this Legislature for. George Handy Smith, of Philadelphia, is chairman of the committee. It will return to this place in the evening en route for Hunt- ingdon. — Prof. Louis E. Barnard, fo twelve years at the head of the Civil Engineering department at the State College, has resigned to accept the trus- teeship of a fireign estate. He is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and in connection with his work at State College has been en- gaged onthe United States coast, geo- detic survey. This work has aftorded him the most excellent opportunities for practical instruction to his classes, for on many occasions he has taken students with him for summer work. In this way giving them a pleasant vacation and the best of field work training. ——An exchange tells the following which seems almost incredible, yet as the place is specified we suppose it must have some truth init. Thousands of dead crows lie upon the ground under the trees on the mountain east of Brush Valley, beyond McKnight’s Gap, near Reudicg. This place has beea the roosting place for crows many years, The unusually severe winter and the deep snow bave killed the great black birds. There are said to be tons upon tons of dead crows on the mountain at this famous roosting place. The cold- ness has blinded many of them so they cannot find food. ——On last Thursday afternoon, too late to make mention in last week’s paper, occurred the death of John Mec- Dermott, one of Bellefonte’s oldest citi- zens. Hehad be ill for nearly two months and as he had already outlived the time allotted to man by about 17 years, his death was not unexpected. Mr. McDermott was very well known, for years he was one of the reliable stone masons and contractors of the county, and many of the largest buildings of the town owe their solid foundation to his skill and judgment. Several years ago ago he was seriously hurt, while relining a lime kiln down at McCalmont’s and since that has not engaged in active work. He was a staunch Democrat, and a devout member of the Catholic church, from which he was buried last Monday morning. The large attendance at the funeral, at which Col. Geo. Bay- ard, W. C. Heinle, Robert McKnight, Sr. John Howley, John Curry, Nicho- las Bauer, Mert Cunningham and James Dolan were pall bearers , was in itselt a a testimonial of his character and the respect in which he was held. His wife, a sister of Mr Charles Mec- Cafferty, and who is at this writing very ill, and ten children. Charles K. of W. Va.; Mre James Burns ; of Cato; Mrs, John Swaney, of Winburne; Mrs Andrew Harris, of Lock Hav- en; Josephine, Julia, Sue, Marjory, James and John, mourn the loss of a kind husband and a loving father.
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