Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advanée
Bellefonte, Pa., June 9, 1893.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebmor
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Looking Toward a Greater Business
Activity.
The'steps taken by' council, at its
meeting on last Monday evening, bear
a significance which everyone who has
the welfare of this rommunity at heart
cannot be slow in interpreting for them-
selves. The question whether Belle
fonte is to continue in the old rut while
other towns are up and doing is im-
portant to us all. The time for wait
ing until business comes is past. The
old method of building a store and sit"
ting down in it to” wait until people
hunted you up has been relegated to the
past as a system not in accord with
present progressive business principles.
The time has come when something
must be done to encourage further and
more extensive manufacturing enter-
prises in this place, and the only way to
such an end is for every one to do what
he or she can.
The failure of natural gas, all through
the western part of this State and Ohio,
has necessitated many manufactories
looking up more advantageous loca-
tions, and there is nothing to hinder
Bellefonte from holding out some in-
ducements to persuade such establish-
ments to locate here, Our natural re-
sources are equal to any and far above
that of many thriving manufacturing
centres. Competing railroads will
soon give us the advantage of mini-
mum freight rates. We have coal and
iron both within the county. Excel:
lent water power; in fact everything
essential to a vigorous business growth.
What with all the first requisites re-
mains to be done but let projectors of
enterprise know of our superior quali-
fications ?
Now that the Board of Trade has
promised some activity let there be
enough of life to keep it cn the alert
for any opportunities that may pre-
sent themselves. Bellefonte can’t
boom herself. The citizens can how-
ever, and that with very little effort.
An Honest Confession is Good for the
Soul,
The following extract is rather an
interesting find especially in the ed-
itorial columns of a staunch Republican
paper like the Williamsport Republican.
“The trouble with the Pennsylvania
legislature grows out of the character
of the men sent to Harrisburg by
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The coun-
try members as a rule have, or at least
display more horse sense than the ma-
jority of the members from Philadel
phia and Pittsburg.”
Just so, the country members do
possess all the back bone and were it
not for them there is no telling what
would become of the State government.
Such a statement, as we have copied
above, seems, a remarkable confession
for a Republican organ to make, when
it knows that thirty-six of the thirty-
nine members from Phiiadelphia are
Republicans and that all but one of
the sixteen Allegheny county repre’
sentatives are dyed in the G. O. P.
wool:
Provig to be the Right Man,
For a great many years the National
bankers of this country have imagined
the earth theirs with the fullness be-
longing thereto. They have awakened
to realize their mistake, A few
months ago when the Democratic ad-
ministration eaw proper to appoint a
Comptroller of the Currency, who was
neither a banker nor recommended by
bankers, they raised such a howl
about incompetents securing places
and men who knew nothing about the
banking interests of the country being
chosen to oversee the banks, that one
was almost compelled to believe that
our whole financial fabric, was in dan-
ger of annihilation.
It is beginning to appear on the sur-
face now why the bankers were so mad
at Eckres’ appointment. It was not
because he was incompetent, unskilled
in their methods, or wanting in ability ;
but for the reason that he was not one
of them and could not be used to suit
their purposes- He was a man bigger
than they wanted at the head of their
department, and who had ideas, and
thoughts about matters pertaining to
the conduct of national banks, that
were not furnished him by those di-
rectly interested in them. He under-
stood the tricks that financial jugglers
resort to, and was “up” to a number of
the schemes these institutions hatch
out for their own especial benefit. It
was this knowledge of his abilities,
coupled with the fact that they koew
he bad determination enough to see
that the interests of the people were
cared for, and that National banks
would be required to fulfill the letter of
the law, not only in one but in every
tion,
. Facts are proving that because he
was fit for the position and was not
the special tool of their particular in-
terests, was the reason for the out-cry
of National bankers against the ap-
pointment of the present Comptroller of
the Currency. i
——These are all Fair days in Chi-
fago, .
Senator Quays Views.
He Thinks the Constitutionality of the Sherman
Act Should be Questioned.
PraiLapELPHIA, June 7.—Senator
Quay, in the course of an interview
upon the financial situation in the
country to-night with a reporter of the
Press, said that he thought Secretary
(Carlisle ought to refuse to purchase
any moresilver and go into the supreme
court and attack the constitutionality
of the Sherman act. He said that he
could not say what the result would
be, but it did seem to him that no
court would decide that the govern-
ment was compelled to purchase silver
and store it away in vaults. “It might
just as well’ be held,” he continued,
“that the government should buy
wheat, iron or any other commodity
and store it away, If the present
policy is continued the silver in the
treasury vaults will after a while have
little more value, or, at least, will be
of no more value to the government
than so much pig iron.
“It also seems to be the judgment of
leading financiers that bonds should be
issued to keep up the gold reserve and
to meet the foreign demand for gold.
That, no doubt, would ‘solve the prob-
lem for a time. I think, however,
that Secretary Carlisle should decline
to make any further purchases of sil-
ver on the ground that the Sherman
law is unconstitutional.”
“Have you any fears of a serious
panic 2’ “No, I don’t think there can
be a serious panic. There is not much
money in the country for a bad panic
to occur. What is needed most now
is, 88 Mr. Cleveland hassaid, confi
dence upon the part of the people.”
“Is it not possible that the adminis-
tration fears that the issuing of bonds
might injure the Democratic party ?
“That could not injure the party
nearly so much as business disasters.
There should be no politics in this
matter. It is purely a question of
business and ghould be settled on busi-
ness principles.”
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Parsons Will Resist Removal.
Nevertheless the President Has the Power to
Discharge Hin —Harrison Exercised the Right
—A United S.ates Distric: Attorney Thinks
His Four-Year Commission Cannot Be Re-
voked at the Will of the President. He Bases
."His Contention on a Law Which Was Re-
pealed Eight Years Ago. The Facts of the
Case.
‘WasnaiNGroN, June 7.—1In regard to
the alleged intention of United States
District Attorney Parsons, of Alabama,
to resist removal, Attorney General Ol-
ney said this morning that, while he had
heard nothing direct from Mr. Parsons,
from other sources he had the intimation
that Mr. Parsons contended that the
president could not remove him until
his commission expired at the end of
four years. It is understood here that
Mr. Parsons bases his contention upon
certain sections of the tenure of office
act, which sections were repealed eight
years ago.
Attorney General Olney, while not
expressing an official opinion in the
matter, says he has no doubt from pres-
ent information that the president has
the right of removal at any time. Pres-
ident Harrison exercised this right
throughout his. entire administration
without question, and when he desired
an incumbent’s removal notified him
that he was “discharged.”
BE —
Forced to the Wall.
DEgr1ANCE, Obio, June 6.—The doors
of the Defiance savings bank closed yes-
terday afternoon just before the ‘close of
business. This was done by the assignee
Rolla H. Gleason. Many of the stock-
holders did not know that any such
step was in contemplation. The bank
is the youngest in ‘the town and has a
paid up capital of $27,000 The assets
will reach not less than $150,000 and the
liabilities are stated at $100,000. The
failure is attributed to large loans made
by the bank which ties up seme $127,-
000 leaving them too narrow a working
capital.
EL CT ARIS:
Money Shipped to Chicago.
NEW York, June 6.—Over $1,000,
000 in currency was shipped to-day by
New York banks to Chicago. De:
mands from banks in Cincinnati,
Cleveland and other parts of the west
brought the total shipments up to $1,-
500,000. Application was made at
the sub-treasury for a telegraphic
transfer of $700,000 to San Francisco.
Au order for $100,000 was filed, for
which gold certificates were received,
A Rainmaker Surprises Himself,
Topeka, Kan., June 6.—Last night
Rainmaker Jewell used his captive bal-
loons for the first time to assist him is
his operations at Meade. The balloons
with heavy explosives were sent into
the clouds above the town at seven
o'clock, the charge being touched off by
electricity. At 7.20 a heavy rain began
to fall and continued for the best part of
the night, giving the soil in ‘that vicini-
ty a thorough drenching. This ter-
minates Jewell’s experiments in the
South west.
Crippled by a Quiet Run.
SrokANE, Wash.,, June 6.—The
Washington national bank and its ad-
junct, the Washington savings bank,
closed their doors this morning. They
were crippled by the quiet run yester-
day. Both show strong assets, much in
excess of the liabilities, but could not
get money in time for the sudden whirl.
he other banks are being subjected to
a severe run, but are standing the strain
well.
Fespect, that called forth. their. opposi-}
m=.
To Restore the Monarchy. !
Spreckles in Constant Communication With the
Ex-Queen of the Hawaiian Islands— Demands
the Payment of $95,000— Minister Blount Ap-
proves of the Revolution.
Sax Francisco, June 6.—The steam-
er Galec arrived from Hong Kong and |
Yokohama via Honolulu at eieven |
o'clock this morning bringing advices
from the latter place up to May 30. It
may now be positively eaid that Minis-
ter Blount has come heartily to ap-
prove of the revolution and probably
that he justifies nearly all ofthe course
of Stevens in it. He has never for an
instant thought of restoring the ex-
queen or of recommending it to be done,
notwithstanding the diligent and per-
sistent assertions of the royalists that
he so intended.
Whether he will recommend annex-
ation is not clear. He may possibly
take the grounds that it is undesirable
on account of the large proportion ot
non-American population. A royalist
rumor now is unusually strong and pos-
itive that the ex-queen will be restored
on June 11. The government is well
advised of the existence of a definite
conspiracy among. the baser class of
whites to carry out this plan. It seems
evident that they have found some
source of supplies not hitherto in cache.
The statement that any new treaty was
to be sent on for negotiation at Wash.
ington was partially incorrect. The
government has been considering cer-
tain modifications to be incorporated in
a treaty of annexation if such could be
concluded.
It is said that after the arrival of the
mail June 1, Minister Blount will be
prepared to proceed with negotiations
looking toward a protectorate or per-
haps a temporary arrangement leaving
the way open for a treaty of annexa.
tion. There is some reason to believe
that some information on this subject
has already been passed between
Blount and persons near the govern-
ment which will doubtless give friendly
consideration to such propositions as
may be made from Washington, H.
B. M. Ship Hyacinthe has received
orders to sail for Tahiti June 1. The
Hyacinthe’s departure leaves Honolulu
without British warships.
Claus Spreckels returned a few days
ago from his second visit to Maui, hav-
ing been unable to bring the planters
and other leading business men over to
his plan of an independent government,
Although he previously had no decided
idea of restoring the monarchy, he now
speaks of it as probable§and has even
threatened that it will come, He is in
constant communication with the ex-
queen and her adherents. It is not
certain that the new conspiracy 1s based
upon the expectation ot his support,
which, if given would render it ex-
tremely formidable in Honolulu.
Spreckels has demanded the imme.
diate payment of $95,000 owed him by
the government. In making the de-
mand he said he did not consider that |
his plans for a republic had received
proper consideration and he did not see
why his money should be used to
further the plans of his opponents.
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‘The Financial Panic Throughout the
! West.
{The Illinois Trust and Savings Bank Pays De-
positors Until Two Oclock in the Morning—
The Worst Believed to be Over—The Globe
Savings Bank Requires the Thirty Days No.
tice.
CHICAGO, June 6.--It was not until af.
ter 2 o’clock this morning that the Illi-
nois trust and savings bank closed its
doors after paying the last depositor that
remained in line. This performance, it
18 said, broke the record, it being the
first time in this country, so far as is
known, that a bank has remained open
after midnight in order to mee’ a run.
As early as seven o'clock, however, an-
other batch of depositors had made their
appearance and lounged against the
walls or sat on the curbstone awaiting
the regular hour for opening. At the
Bank of Commerce farther up the street,
as well as the Dime savings bank, the
Union trust and Hibernian bank, the
same scenes were enacted. When the
doors opened at the regular hour, the
depositors began to press their books for
payment. The officers of all the insti- |
tutions insisted that they were able to
weather the storm, and with the excep-
tion of the Dime savings bank, not one
has so far found it necessary to enforce
even the thirty days notice rule, while
this latter institution 13 paying from |
twenty to eighty per cent. in cach and
requiring but the usual thirty days’ no-
tice for the balance. Tha number of in-
stitutions upon which a run was made
yesterday was increased this morning by
the addition of the Globe savings bank,
which has savings and individual de-
posite to a total of about $600,000. Its
officers, however, were prompt in an-
nouncing that the thirty days’ notice
would be required, and the savings de-
positors had consequently to be content
with giving notice of their intention to
draw next month.
The crowd about the Prairie state na-
tional bank and the Prairie buildings
and trust was even greater than that of
yesterday. The former institution suf-
fered but little to-day, however, as the
depositors are business men and have
implicit faith in the stability of the bank.
The officials of both institutions appeared
as complaisant to-day as ever and met
all demands upon them.
This afternoon the crowds surrounding
the different banks have diminished and
a measure of confidence seems to have
been restored to the savings depositors.
“I believe to-day will be the worst
and that by to-morrow people will begin
to sea that there is no cause for alarm
and will gradually cease their frantic
efforts to withdraw their deposits,” said
President Ransom, of the Union trust
and . savings bank, this afternoon.
“There is no reason for the run. ~With-
in the past fortnight I talked with an
experienced state bank examiner and he
told me there was not a bank in Chicago
worthy of the name which was not per-
fectly sound.”
PE ———
“A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.” MORE
NEw KeNsiNGToN LOTS TO BE SOLD oN
JUNE 141H.—Persons in search of pro-
fltable business opportunities cannot do
better than to attend the sale of lots at
New Kensington, 18 miles from Pitts-
burg on the A. V. R. R., which opens
The government had referred to Min-
ister Blount’s position that it has no |
jurisdiction in the Nordhoft base for |
the matter has been dropped and there
is no more talk of violence or libel suits
for the correspondent.
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Hopeful Prohibitionists Meet in State |
Convention at Harrisburg
Another Raid on King Alcohos. |
HarrisBurG, June 7.—The Proh ibi-
tion state convention, which assembled
here this morning, was preceded by a
musical, entertainment. Lee Crum.
bine, law partner of Senator Gobin
and editor of the Lebanon Report, was
chosen temporary chairman. He
made a brief speech in which he de-
clared that Matt Quay and Tammany
Hall would be impossible if it were not
for the power exercised by those licens
ed to sell intoxicating liquors. Ie re-
ferred to the members of the legisla
ture as the creatures of Senator Quay,
and scored the newspapers for alleged
subservience to the liquor element. *So
great was this power,’ said Crumbine,
“that even Grover Cleveland was
afraid to raise his voice against it. We |
must fight for our cause. The aboli- |
tion of the liquor traffic will never be |
accomplished except through the party
Prohibitionists.”
te———— TE
Shot in the Neck.
Grace Gingery Uses the Body of Charles
Philips for a Target—Injuries May be Serious.
TYRONE, June 7.—About 9 o'clock
to-night Charles Philips was shot 1n
the neck by a girl of the town known
as Grace Gingery. Philips is janitor of
the Academy of Music, and had been
in company of the girl frequently dar-
ing the past three months. This even-
ing they quarrelled, and she claims
that Philips, knowing she had a re
volver, threw her down and attempt-
ed to take it from her, when she fired
at him, hitting him in the neck. He
was taken to the office of Dr. G. W,
Burket, where the wound was dressed.
It is not dangerous. No arrests were
made.
Larer—Philips became jealous of
the girl’s relations with circus men
and reprimanded her. She then pro-
cured a 22-calibre revolver and shot
him, the bail entering near the left
shoulder blade. The ball was probed
for but could not be located. and the
result cannot be determined. Officer
Snyder arrested her on the street at
9:35 p. m.
The Russian Treaty.
‘WASHINGTON, June 6.—The Russian
extradition treaty, which has been the
subject of negotiation between the two
contracting parties for more than six
years, which has been amended again
and again and which was threatened
with defeat in its final stages, has at last
been formally proclaimed and will
henceforth be the law of the land until
it is superceded by another treaty.
—— Subscribe for the Waronymav,
is paid daily in wages. Churches, pub-
i meut of $25 down and $10 to $25 per
on Wednesday, June 14th, and continu-
ing daily thereafter. Alladdin’s lamp
worked no greater wonder than is ex-
hibited by the progress of this town in
the two years of its existence. New
Kensington has now a population of
9,000, 2,400 of whom are workmen em-
ployed in the great manufacturing plants
of the town, fifteen in number. $5,000
lic and parochial schools, an unhmited
supply of pure water and efficient police
and fire protection are a few of the ad-
vantages enjoyed and to these will
shortly be added electric light, telephone
service and an electric street railway, of
which Parnassus and Tarentum are to
be the terminal points.
Property values have increased with
amazing rapidity in New Kensington
and will continue thus to increase, offer-
ing splendid chances to investors. Ow-
ing to the diversity of industries there is
employment for everyone at'good wages,
and, as a consequenca thers is a very
profitable field for business men. A
residence quarter kas been set apart,
which is admirably adapted for private
mansions.
Thirty trains run between Pittsburg
and New Kensington: daily.
That all may have the opportunity of
buying property on easv terms, a pay-
month will buy a lot at New Kensing-
ton, at original prices.
For free round trip tickets from Pitts-
burg apply at the office of The Burrell
Improvement Company, No. 79 Fourth
Avenue, Pittsburg. Railroad fare will
be refunded to all purchasers of lots.
2t
Two Rivers, Wis., June 5.—The
bank of Two Rivers closed its doors this
morning. Its resources according to
the last statement, were $70.528 and
amount due depositors, $59,314.
The Governor's Appointments. 1
HARRISBURG, June 5.—The governor
has made the following appointments:
Eastmun Reeder, Newhope, Bucks
county, to be food and dairy commission-
er under the state board of agriculture ;
Christopher Heydrick, Venango, Nor-
man Hall, Mercer; George A. Jenks,
Jefferson ; George Guthrie, Allegheny,
and W. Horace Rose, Cambria, to be
commissioners to select a site for the
erection of an institution for feeble.
minded children of Western Pennsylva-
nia; Robert Watchorn to be factory in-
spector.
ceremony.
daughter of Robert Hamill D. D. of Oak
lieve.
describable.
of North Allegheny street for a num-
hustle.
affairs that made Mr. Harvey feel that
bis work was practically futile here and
his resignation followed.
—— The marriage of Mary L. Ham-
ill to Henry W. Armstrong, of Bayard,
W. Va., attracted quite an assemblage
of society people to Lemont on Wed-
‘nesday. A special was run from this
place returning immediately after the
The bride is the oldest
Hall, a retired Presbyterian minister,
The groom was formerly engaged in
the grain and supply business at Le-
mont, but recently has been engaged in
lumbering.
A Hermit KiLLEp BY A FaLLiNGg
TrEk.—Henry D. Seeley, who for years
past lived a homeless life, and who was
well known to many Philipsburgers,
was kilied Tuesday afternoon by ' a fal-
ling tree on the Jack Nason job, near
the old original farm camp, between
Forge Run and Black Moshannon.
James Woods, who was assisting in cut-
ting the tree, was also very seriously
and fatally injured, a limb striking him
on the breast and producing an ugly
wound.
Mr. Seeley, who so suddenly met his
death, was a brother-in-law to Mr. John
Ardell, the well known lumberman,
and was aged 60 years. He was a man
of very fair education, and why he was
constrained in his latter years to come
to this section of country and live the
life of a hermit is a mystery. He was
well known to hunters and fishermen,
having lived in a shanty at the well
known Dayton dam and also further
down the Six Mile Run at the old shin-
gle mill dam.—Philipsburg Journal.
——You should certainly not miss
seeing our line of ladies and misses
blazer coats with or without capes, wraps
&e for spring wear. Blazers from $2.00
up. The finest coats $2 50, $3.00, $4.00,
5.00, up to $10.00 and $12.00. All
Sages tan, pearl, blue and black. Lyon
o.
Tur DEATH OF ANDREW SHIVERY.,—
The report of the sudden death of Mr.
Andrew J. Shivery startled this com-
munity on last Friday and investiga-
tion proved that it was indeed too true.
For years Mr. Shivery had been troubled
ed with dyspepsia, which long visits to
leading sanitariums and constant treat-
ment by the best physicians did not re-
His suffering at times was in-
He had been a resident
ber of years, having moved here from
his elegant farm on Buffalo Run.
Deceased was in his sixty-fifth year
and leavesa widow, two daughters
Misses Maggie and Sallie, both at
home;
homstead farm, and Dr. Barton Shiv-
ery, who is practicing medicine in
Clearfield county.
Harry, who “resides on the
Funeral services were held at the
Louse on Monday afternoon.
——We are sole agents for the
Douglas shoes the best in the country.
Every pair warranted. Buy no other they
will give you satisfaction, boys $1.75
$2.00 and $2.50, mens $2.00, $2.50,
$3.00, $4 00 and $5.00, the $4.00 and
$5.00 are hand made. Lyon & Co.
THE Y. M. OC. A. SECRETARY RE-
SIGNED.—J Elliott Harvey, wife and
child left Bellefonte yesterday morning
for Oil City where Mr. Harvey has been
tendered and accepted a position with
the Standard Oil Co.
Bellefonte bas lost a citizen of whom
we had every reason to be proud and it
is surely to be regretted that the Y, M
C. A. did not bring more influenca to’
bear to persuade Mr. Harvey to remain
here.
munity was just beginning to have its
harvest and the Y. M. C. A. has never
bad as efficient and altogether satisfac-
tory Secretary as he has made.
more than a year Bellefonte has had an
opportunity of studying
manly character of this young man,
who was as sincere in christianity as he
was zealous in his association work, and
me the unanimous verdict has been one of
Obliged to Close 1ts Doors. satisfaction and pleasure.
more keenly will our loss be felt be-
cause of the general appreciation of
this man.
In his departure
His christian work in the com-
For
the frank,
So much the
But in Y. M. C. A. work, as in
every thing else, Bellefonte can do
ots of talking but very little actual
It was just such a condition of
——-We have a great assortment of
children’s suits as low as you want them
and as fine as any in the country.
Just look $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50,
$3.00, $4.00 $500 and up. Lyon & Co.
FATHER, DEAR FATHER,
CoME
Home. —Father, dear father, come home
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
MARRIAGE LicENsEs.—Issued during
past week—Taken
John Breon and Lidie Spotts, both of
Richard Bland and Harriet L. North,
both of Philibshurg.
James Haworth and Mary A. Rel-
Icck, both of Philipsburg.
H. W. Armstrong, of Bayard, W. j®
Va. and Mary L. Hamill, of Oak Hall. '8
-—TFor well made clothing go to
Faubles.
with me now, for ma has some carpets
to beat, she’s got all the furniture outin
the yard’ from the porch clear down to
the street. The stoves must come down
and be put in the shed, and the yard
must be cleaned of dead grass, for its
time to clean house and the devil's to
pay—and the front windows need some
new glass. Father, dear father, come
home with me now and bring some bo-
logna and cheese; its most 12 o'clock
nd there’s nothing to eat—I'm so hun-
ry I'm weak in the knees. All the din-
ner we'll have will be cold scraps and
zh, and we'll have to eat standing up,
too, for the tables and chairs are all out
in the yard—oh, I wish spring house
cleaning was through! Father, dear
father, come home with me know, for,
ma is mad ag a turk ; she says you're
a lazy old thing and that she proposes
to put you to work ; There’s painting
to do and paper to hang, and the win-
dows and casings to scrub, for its house
cleaning time, and you've got to go
home and revel in suds and cold grub.
—Ezx.
BIRTHDAY SURPISE PaARrTY.—The
many friends of Mr. Henry Shults, of
Roland, gathered at his home on last
Thursday evening to surprise him with
their wishes of continued life and pros-
perity. 1t was the occasion of his 43rd
birthday and the pleasant time enjoyed
by all his friends and neighbors’ will be
remembered as one of gladness.
The individual thus happily remem-
bered is a son of Jacob Shults, a man
who is quite remarkable for his vigorous
health and capability in his occupation
as a farmer, at an advanced time of life.
He has been a charcoal burner, a master
miner, the foundryman of a charcoal fur-
nace, a forgeman, a stone mason and now
a farmer: In all of these having won
a high character. His son, the subject of
this briefsketch, is truly a type of that
homily, -*a chip off the old block,” = for
he has already had almost as many oc-
capations as ‘his father, following in
the same line of work, and excellent in
all he undertakes. In religion as in
other matters, Mr. Shults might be
justly called an enthusiast. For years
past he has been a prominent member
of the Evangelical congregation in this
neighborhood and has worthily born the,
responsibility of church membership.
Card of Thanks,
Mr. W. F. Strouse, of Baltimore, wishes to
return his sincere thanks to the residents and
students of State College who so successfully
protected his property from the recent fire
which destroyed the home of Frank G ates.
Marriage.
CONFER—WATSON.—At Howard, Pa. May
30th, 1893, by Rev. N. B. Smith, Mr. J Ed.
ward Confer and Miss Ella Watson, both of
Boggs Twp., Centre Co., Pa.
CONFER—KEELER.—At Howard, Pa., May
20th, 1893, by Rev. N. B. Smith, Mr. William
Confer and Miss Annie Keeler both ot Ro-
land, Pa.
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Pine Grove Mentions.
On Monday of this week everybody was
hunting cool places, with the thermometer
registing 93° in the shade.
Our former townsman, J. W. Carter, now one
of Altoona’s well to-do citizens, has about made
up his mind to change from single blessedness
to married happiness.
Mr. James Hamer, of Altoona, is this week
at the bedside of his sick mother, as are also
all the rest of the family. She has changed
for the better, we are glad to say.
Our agricultural friend D. W. Miller has just
increased his herd of Holstein cattle with an
additional pair of thoroughbred and they are
beauties. Shipped him by the Lackawanna
Breeder’s association.
During one of the recent electrical storms
Frank Bowersox's house was struck by the
lightning; conveyed by the spouting to the
corner where some damage was done to the
siding but nothing serious.
Mrs. William Gates, one of the most devoted
of mothers, is prostrated with a paralytic
stroke. No doubt largely brought on from
nervous prostration on the account of the sud-
den death of her son Robt. which we note
elsewhere.
A. Lytle, an aspirant tothe Commissioner
ship, last week interviewed his Republican
friends in this and adjoining townships in the
western portion of the county, with a flattering
showing. Of course Andy formerly resided
here and really has a claim here and we feel
sure our Republican friends can do no better
than give him their undivided support.
Our big farmer friend Isaac Walker thinks,
and no doubt correctly too, that the way the
straw fiies is an indicator of which way the wind
blows and from the extra amoun t of needle
work being done at his house, in making dress=
es with eight yards of stuff in the sleeves and
four in the skirt, we are of the opinion that the
required license will be soon forthcoming if
not already granted.
Monday was auditors day with the school
board. Treasurer and tax collector M. A-
Dreiblebis, promptly lifted every order drawn,
Mr. D. has made an excellent official, being,
one of the first to settle his county duplicate
and has also squared up his township dupli
cates of schocl and poor. The new board or
ganized by electing Frank Bowersox, Presi:
dent; C. B. Hess, Secretary ; and Wilson Gard-
ner, Treasurer. The board is now made up of
Frank Bowersox, Wil-on Gardner, C. B. Hess
J. M. Homan, G. W. Ellenberger and Jacob
Keller. The matter of salaries was discussed
atsome length, but not permanently settled:
With the four and a half million dollars appro_
priated with the usual school tax, the teach
er's salaries will be advanced, as they should:
be, and better schools will be expected which.
together with free text-books, will surely edu-
cate the Keystone State.
A gloom of sadness hung ower our entire.
community, over the sad intelligence of the.
sudden death of one of our best and much re-
spected young men, Thomas M. Gates, aged 27:
years, who met his death while engaged with
a wrecking crew called out from Tyrone to.
assist in removing the debris, of the wrecked,
Walter Main show train. The rope attached
to a tank broke causing a timber stick to.
strike him on the back of the head, from the.
effects of which he died within an hour after
the terrible accident occurred. His remains
were taken to Tyrone and embalmed, and.
shipped by rail to Penna. Furnace where un»
dertaker Heberling was in waiting to convey.
them to the home of his parent, William Gates,
near Rock Spring. The funeral took place on
the 3rd inst., at which. the largest concourse of
people gathered for years, attended to show
their respects and look for the last time on his
calm and peaceful face. The P. 0.8. of A. or
ganization, of which he was a member, had
charge of the funeral services. Rev. Ermin
trout, of whose church he was a member, offici-
ated. Atthe conclusion of the house services,
the casket, covered with wreaths and the na-
tional colors, was tenderly carried by his com-
rades and laid away amidst the quiet beauties
of the Graysville cemetery, to await the eall
of Him who said “I will come again
and receive you to myself, that where I am
there you may be also.
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