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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
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——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.
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——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.”
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.