‘ ELLE °C | From Lonpox To MEXIco oN Foor. Deumorratic aclu '_The Brockerhoff house, entertained SoD ' a traveller, on Monday night, who is . perhaps the first of his kind to pass ' through Bellefonte. About 6:30 in the evening a rather chunky, sandy haired, sunburnt pedes- "trian strode into the hotel office, carry- ling a small telescope and black over- coat. He presented a letter to proprie- tor Neubauer, who was in the office at the time and the genial host's “why of course,” answer to the quiet question of the traveler aroused our curiosity. He had been asked if he woald entertain the traveler for the night, free of charge, and after the affirmative answer the stranger register- ed. His name was Vyvyan Gray. After he had removed the travel stains on his clothing and cleaned himself up a little we interviewed him and learned the following : Vyvyan Gray is an English newspa- per writer, who has seen fourteen years work asa war correspondent in the Soudan and is now carrying out a wager that he can travel from London, Eng- land, to Monterey, in Mexico, depend- ing entirely on the charity of the people whom he meets for his subsistence. The wager came about as follows : One evening while chatting with members of the London press association a wager was made that Gray should cross the Atlantic and make his way the best he can, trusting to the hospitality of Americans for boarding and traveling expenses, to Monterey, Mexico, where he is to meet a brother of the president of the press assciation and then start on his return trip home. On the home- ward trip he must raise $5,000 by de- livering lectures in various towns and must be back in England by St. Pat- rick’s day, 1895. If Gray fulfills his part of the agreement he is to receive $5,000 from the president of the London press association and $5,000 from the Daily Telegraph of that city. Gray accepted the wager and on February 6, 1894, started from Derby, England, and walked 162 miles to Liverpool. In that city he signed as stoker of the steamship Cephalonia and landed in Boston, March 9. On March 17, he started on his long tramp through the United States, He went to Albany New York, called on Governor Flower) which executive treated him very cor- dially, thence to Elmira, thence to Can- ton, Bradford county. From that place he walked to Williamsport, a distance of 40 miles, in one day, winning a pair of shoes by the performance. From Wil liamsport he walked to Lock Haven, thence to this place, and left here Tues- day morning for Tyrone, He is walking west to Pittsburg where he expects to work his passage on a river boat down to New Orleans. Thence he will go around the Gulf of Mexico to San An- tonia, Texas, thence to Corpus Cristi and then 40 miles over-land to Monterey. He registers at every post-office or rail- way station in his route. During Monday evening we had a long talk with him and found him to be well educated and conversant on American questions as well as those of most all lands. He was hopeful of winning his wager, but deplored the accident by which Irish and Scotch companions had been laid up in Elmira. The one with a bursted varicous vein, the other with a knee badly lacerated, by a bottle thrown from a passing train. ‘While here he met Burgess Gray, who signed his book of registration and the County seal was also stamped on one page by Commissioner’s clerk, R. F. Hunter. Gray said he rarely got tired during the day, but often felt very bad when rising time came in the morning. As that seems to be a common masculine affection we told him he need fear no bad results. Bellefonte, Pa., April 20, 1894. To CoRRESPONDENTS. — No communications published unless accompanied by the roal name of the writer. cmd THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY ——South Philipsburg wants a post- office. Yesterday's rain was an ideal April shower. ——Read the new testamonials which Dr. Moritz Salm, the specialist, pub- lishes in his advertisement to-day. —— There is no need of any one be- ing out of employment now. The creeks are ground for much labor. ——1In his 7st year John Guisewhite, a well known Haines township resident, died near Aaronsburg on Thursday last. ——Carter’s “Fast Mail,” at Gar- maa’s, on Monday evening, April 28rd. A thrilling play with marvelous scenic effects. —— Attorney John Kline is the hap- piest man in town just now. On last Thursday his wife presented him with an heir, ——Aged Lewis Mussleman died sud- denly at his home in Centre Hall, on Saturday night. He had reached his 78th year. ——Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, who re- cently returned from her winter home in California, is seriously ill with ma- larial fever. ——Mr. and Mrs. Jack McLellan, af- ter a short visit to Mrs. M's relatives in this place, left for their home, in Blairs- ville, Tuesday morning. ——Mris. Clevan Dinges, of Wil- liamsport, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Green in this place. Mr. Dinges spent Sunday here also. ——Rt. Rev. N. S. Rulison, of Al- lentown, bishop of this diocese, officia- ted at the confirmatory services in the Episcopal church on Monday evening. ——No more of the big Columbian two-cent stamps can be had at the Belle- fonte post-office. The last consignment of fifty-thousand was exhausted last week. ——The Bellefonte band was out playing on the streets Tuesday evening. It is arranging to give a concert in the opera house on the evening of Decora- tion day. ——D. L. Meek, of Waddle’s station, and L. O. Meek started yesterday morn- ing for Washington, where the former’s son Herbert has just graduated from the Pharmaceutical college. ——On Saturday evening the ladies of the Evangelical church will hold an ice-cream festival in the lecture room of their church on Willowbank street. Everyone should patronize it who can. It is announced on good au- thority that Robert M. Foster, of State College, will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the legisla- ture. Bob is a hustling young Demo- crat and would make a strong candi- date. ——Col. Austin Curtin, of Curtin’s works, has gone to Morristown, New Jersey, where be will take charge of a large ice manufactory, which is owned by his brother-in-law. It is rather a eool business, but the Colonel is abun- dantly able to adapt himself to it. ——The State conference of College Young Men’s Christian Association presidents is in session at The Pennsyl- vania State College now. The condi- tion and possible improvements of the work are the principal topics under dis- cussion. The sessions will continue until Monday. ——Mr. J. C. McKinney, represent- ing Allen, Lane & Scott, railroad print- ers of Philadelphia, was in town yester- day, the guest of Dr. H. K. Hoy, who found time to lay his fence business aside and entertzin the noted Golden Eagle official in fine style. Opp FeLrLows DAY AT LEWISBURG. —Extensive preparations are already be- ing made for the entertainment of the thousands who will throng Lewisburg’s streets on Odd Fellows day, Thursday, April 26th. An unusually interesting program bas been arranged, and the event promises to far surpass the centen- nial anniversary in 1885 and Grand Ar- my day held at Lewisburg a few years ago. The grand parade of Odd Fellows in bright regalia and bands of music, will be an attractive feature, as Lewis- burg, with its broad, level streets laid out at right angles, affords unequalled advantages for parading. In the morn- ing the address of welcome will be de- livered in Odd Fellow’s hall by Hon. Benjamin K. Focht; later the opera house will be thrown open when ad- dresses will be delivered by Rev. David Craft and other prominent members of the order, including officers of the grand lodge. The general parade will take place at 2 o’clock ; the dress parade of Patri- arches Militant will occur on the Bucknell University athletic grounds, at 4:30, commanded by - Colonel Frank A. hall, var Collins’ furnace, this evening. | Deans. Special trains will be run on Good music and the best of order are all roads entering Lewisburg, and the guaranteed to all who attend. The band | round trip will be low. The several boys take this means of combining busi- | cases of small-pox reported in Lewis- ness with pleasure and while affording | burg a month ago have entirely re- amusement for lovers of the dance are covered and there is not the remotest realizing a suug sum toward defraying ' possibility of contagion. A cordial in- hal vitation is extended to the Peop'e of current expenses, All are invited to the (entral Pennsylvania to join in this dance thi: evening. ' celebration. ——The machinery is being set in the axe works buildings at Axe Mann for the manufacture of the Jenkins pat- ent steel, spring tooth garden rake. Mr. Jenkins and J. F. Mann propose pushing the manufacture of this rake for all it is worth and we trust that their efforts will meet with success. The rake is cut from one piece of steel. Governor Curtin is able to be out again after quite a serious confinement with a lame shoulder. He fell on the ice near his home some time ago and was so badly injured that when a pas- ser by helped him to his feet he re- marked. “Look over there I think some one must have fallen and hurt himself.” When, in truth, some one had fallen, but it was the venerable Governor himself. —— The Coleville band will have an- other of its delightful dances in the band ~——If in need of wall papers or win- dow shades call on E. W. Mauck, Mill- beim, Pa. ——The remains of the late Wm. Bryson Esq., of Philipsburg, were taken to Reading for burial, on Saturday morning. .— Miss Annie Wagner, of Martha Furnace, was married to Wm. Smith, of Spring Mills, on Wednesday. The ceremony was performed at the bride's home by Rev. G. P. Sarvis. On last Thursday evening E. W. Crawford and Miss Maggie J. Spangler, both of Centre Hall, were married. The ceremony was performed at the home of J. A. Martz, in Altoona. —— George S. Lenhart, one of the representative young Republicans of Lycoming county and editor of the Sun- day Breakfast Table, of Williamsport, was in town on business on Saturday. ——The farm on which Leonard Rhone resides, in Penns Valley, will have been in the possession of the Rhone family a hundred years this summer The event will be celebrated by a family reunion. The Rev. Maynard, a Disciple minister from Lock Haven, lectured to the P. 0. S. of A. in this place last Thursday evening. The hall was full, John G. Love, Clement Dale and Gen. Hastings were other speakers. ——Friday was the day set for the examination of candidates for profes- sional and permanent certificates as teachers in the schools of Centre county. There were ten candidates for perma- nent certificates and twenty-five for professional. ——Miss Alice M. Heaton and Miss M. V. Thomas, two of Centre county’s successful teachers, having closed their schools, started for Atlantic City on Saturday, the 14th, to visit Miss Thomas’ brother and sister who are the proprietors of the Hotel Edison. ——Miss Sue Danley, who has just completed a sucessful term as teacher of the Hublersburg school, was in town yesterday on her way home to Pine Grove Mills. Though she had very pleasant work she is nevertheless glad that her vacation has come. She is one of the county’s most earnest teachers. Lincoln J. Carter's great scenic production “The Fast Mail” comes to the opera house next Monday evening with all its realisms in stage effects. The freight train, steam boats and fast mail train all are wonderful bits of stage mechanism and are worth seeing. The company that plays out the well sus- tained plot of the play isa thoroughly capable one. The last appearance here elicited much commant. -—R. J. Henderson, of Renovo, a nephew of Mrs. Reuben Valentine of this place spent Sunday with his aunt out at “Burnham.” Dick, as he was known to Bollefonters before he left here in 1878, has a good position in the P. R. R. shops at Renovo and since leaving here has been married. His wife is a daughter of our esteemed friend John U. Shaffer, owner of the Renovo Record. ——General Benjamin F. Fisher, of Valley Forge, lectured in the chapel of the Pennsylvania State College, last Saturday night. His theme, ‘‘Reminis- cences of life in, and escape from Libby Prison.” was an old one, but told in the manner that characterizad the Ganeral’s lecture, it took on many new phases and was very entertaining. Ha was one of the original nineteen officers, who planned and executed the work of dig- ging the famous tunnel through the walls and thence out under the prison yard to the street. r ——Rev. Crosthweite, of Williams- port, filled Dr. McGarrah’s pulpit in the Methodist church here on Sunday morning and evening and gave two talks that could not have been more ap- propriate had he been studying the characteristics of his auditors for years. He gave all the fellows who leave the church the moment everything doesn’t run according to their particular dictate a decided combing and perhaps the venerable preacher's pointed talk on the aims and requirements of christiani- ty will have a much needed effect in the church here. ——On Monday afternoon A. J. Greist, of Unionville, was walking down High street, in this place, when in front of the Arcade he stepped on the iron grating that covers the coal hole, in front of the post-office, and before he could realize his legs went down into the hole, throwing him violently on the pavement. Mr. Greist is a very heavy man and the fall might have proven very serious. As it was ho crawled out gracefully, swore a little about his skinned shins, and limped over to the Bush House. If the ex- Commissioner hadn’t have been so fat he might have gone clear down, but the hole was not quite large enough to take him in. The grating doesn’t fit any more, so we are led to believe that he stretched the hole pretty badly. Mo~NDAY EvENING'S CoUNCIL MEET- ING.--Only five councilmen were in their places when the meeting was called to order last Monday evening, but there were enough of them to trans- act the business that came up. Under the head of complaints Jas. Harris appeared and asked council to to stop residents of the west side of Spring street from dumping ashes down over the steep embankment onto Water street properties. The school board sent in a communication protesting that the high constable is not enforcing the cow ordinance. Mr. Shortlidge, repre- senting McCalmont & Co., asked to know on what grounds a bill, for $50 back water rent against his flrm, had been put into the hands of a collector, All the complaints were referred to the propercommittees. The Street commit- tee reported progress with its Spring work. The Water committee reported the painting of the fountain in the Dia- mond. The angel having been made a pure white and her pedestal a lemon yellow, giving a colonial effect. We will look in the Gazette’s “That col- umn’ to see whether Francis says the same thing about the angel’s seat as he did when the hitching posts in front of Harris’ hardware store were painted such a well known shade of yellow. Permission was granted the Hale es- tate to temporarily raise the breast of the Spring Creek dam so 8s to throw more water into their mill race. The rules and regulations to govern the movements of the Board of Health were adopted and $100 voted for its first year’s expenses. Council then instruc- ted the solicitor to inform the burgess and Mr. Berger's bondsmen that if he did not do his duty as high constable they would be held responsible in suits for damage. This ended the miscellaneous business and after acting on the routine work council adjourned. LitTLE GIRL DROWNED AT PORT MATILDA.—A sad accident occurred at Port Matilda, on Saturday afternoon, and as its result the body of little Effie Young 18 lying peacefully in its grave and her loving parents are almost dis- tracted at their sudden bereavement. The story of her death is about as fol- lows: On Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, her father left her at home, bright and happy as usual. Shortly afterwards she went out to Awmmer- man’s vacant lot, near tha rail-road station, to play with some other chil- dren. There they romped along the | banks of Laurel run, which had become greatly swollen by the melting snows and was a torrent of rushing, muddy waters. The children became separated while playing their games and ’twas not for some time that Effie Young was missed. All the little ones began call- ing her, but no response came. Then her bonnet was picked up on the banks of the stream and that seemed to con- vince everyone that she had gone home. They went in search of her there, carry- ing the bonnet with them, but she was not to be found. This alarmed her par- ents and they instituted a thorough search. Men hunted along the stream in all directions until a party of them saw the little body in an eddy, quite a distance below the place at which the bonnet had been found by the children. When taken from the water it was al- ready badly swollen and shortly after turned black. Burial was made on Sunday and a large concourse of people assembled to express condolence for the living and sorrow tor the dead. Effie was a bright child and very pretty. Mgrs. McGARRAH 18 DEeap.—The death of Mrs. James H. McGarrah occurred at her late home in York, last Monday evening, after a protracted ill- ness. Deceased was a woman 60 years of age and leaves three children, two sons and a daughter, with a husband to mourn her demise. Rev. J. H. McGarrah was formerly | presiding elder of the Altoona district of the Methodist church, his last appoint- ment was at First church, York, and while there he was directed by the last conference to succeed Rev. Houck at this place, The illness of Mrs. McGarrah made it impossible for them to move here and Mr. McGarrah has only been here one Sunday since his appointment. The people here will be sorry to learn of his hereavement. BurLpIiNg A NEw STORE.--Millheim the metropolis of Penns Valley seems to keep moving right along, notwith- standing the cry of hard times. The people down there are never panic stricken or troubled with finding gold mines, but they hustle all the same and make improvements as often as many towns which profess far more impor- tance. This summer there will be con- siderable building, and among the new buildings, none will be much more of an improvement than the store building which E. P. Mauck is erecting, on Penn street, adjoining his house. For four- teen years he has been associated with | his father, in the furniture business and ——R. M. Campbell, of Port Royal, filled Dr. Laurie's pulpit on Sunday. The Dr’s cold still incapacitates him. ——The Williamsport Republican, after an existence of five years, has sus- pended publication. It was a good eve- ning daily, but didn’t pay. ——The Sheridan troop of Tyrone ranks second in the National Guard of the State. Its percentage of 89.05 is only .15 behind that of the Governor’s troop. —— Lock Haven base ball enthusiasts will call a meeting of managers of clubs in nearby towns to organize a league for this season. Lock Haven, Renovo and Williamsport will have clubs. ~Mary Wychoff Packer, relict of Ex-Gov. Wm. F. Packer, died in Wil- liamsport last Saturday. Deceased was 82 years old. Mrs. John A. Wood- ward, of Howard, is a daughter of the deceased. ——A complication of troubles ended the life of Mrs Agnes G. McCoy, of Potters Mills, on last Friday. She was the wife of John McCoy and was about 65 years of age. She was interred at at Centre Hill. ——DMorris Ginskey, a jew peddler, was struck and killed by a Pennsyl- vania train, between Tyrone and Bir- mingham, on Tuesday night. He had eleven watches and $92.57 in cash on his mangled body when it was picked up. —-After a lingering illness with a sore limb Jeremiah Blair, of Unionville, died on Tuesday. Deceased was 67 years old and was a veteran of the late war. An esteemed resident of that community he will be sincerely mourn- ed. ——The death of Mrs. Mollie Mil- ler occurred at her home at Valentine’s iron works on Sunday. Deceased was the wife of Lewis Miller and leaves a husband and two small children to mourn her demise. The burial was made in the new cemetery at the fur- nace, ——The annual convention and pa- rade of the Central Pennsylvania asso- ciation of the P. 0. S. of A. will be held at Emporium July 4th, instead of Philipsburg, the place originally selec- ted. Philipsburg gave notice that it would be unable to handle the affair this year. ——Mifflinburg, Millheim and Mill- mont physicians operated on Henry Brown, of Hublersburg, yesterday for a tumor on the stomach. The growth was attached to the inner organs of the stomach and was removed without trouble. The operation was performed at the residence of Mrs. Henney, in Millheim. ——A well known visitor;§to our town is Frank Mullen Esq. who has left his large mercantile business at Reynoldsville, Pa. to visit friends here and recuperate his shattered health. It has been seven years since he was here last and though he has not changed an iota in appearance, he finds many strange faces on our streets. ——The Altoona and Philipsburg railroad company built a temporary crossing over the Tyrone and Clearfield branch of the P. R. R. at Mapleton ear- ly Sunday morning. Anu engine and two passenger coaches were run across while the Pennsy watchmen slept, and now the new road is carrying passengers between Philipsburg and ;7;Osceola Mills, a transfer being made at Maple- ton. ——While watching the smouldering ruins of the Loose’ saw mill, in Miles township, Brady Houtz was seized with an epileptic fit and fell into the fire. He was employed, with two other men, to keep the flames from spreading to the adjoining mountains. His face was badly burned and his right had so charred that when the fingers straight- ened out they cracked and broke at the joints. He is not expected to recover. ——The Altoona state league base ball club has been touring in the South for some time and is in fine form. Its appearance at State College to-morrow afternoon when the Collegians will be the opponents, is looked forward to with interest. The State College team has been defsated wice this week, once by the University of Penna. at Philadel. phia, and by Dickinson college, at Car- lisle, so it may be expected to play a strong game to retrieve its fallen laurels. ——The wife of conductor Casie, of the Beech Creek railroad, residing in Williamsport, recently gave birth to tour children at on2 time two are boys and two are girls. It won't take the Cusic family long to grow at such a rate. Since writing this we have learn- ed that the story of this quadruple birth is a lie and that the Willinmsport Ga- zette and Bulletin has had the fellow, now he will open up a complete stock of wall paper, window shades and all fixtures pertaining to the trade. who made it up, arrested under the new act that makes the telling of untraths to newspapers criminal offsnses. AN IDeA oF How Heavy THE Sxow Was.--Now that the big snow of last week has all disappeared we wonder that reports of more damage from it are not heard. In any other year the melt- ing of such a great quantitity of snow would have been sure to cause a flood, but the remarkably dry winter we had left the ground almost parched so that as fast as the snow melted it was drunk down by the thirsty ground. In fact so much of it disappeared in this way that notwithstanding the fact that it all melted in three days there was scarcely any rise of water at this place. Under ordinary circumstances such a bed of snow going off in so short a time would have caused a pretty big flood. Perhaps the most singular feature of the snow was that it wrecked so few buildings. We were expecting to hear of the collapse of a great many struct- ures under its great weight, but with the exception of geveral weak sheds there was little damage done in this sec- tion. An idea of how heavy the snow was can be had when we inform you that the amount that fell on the scales at Nittany, a station on the C. R. R. of Pa., weighed just 1640 lbs. and the scales are only 8 x 12 ft. in dimensions. THE ProPoSED ARMORY FOR Co,, B. —-A movement has been agitated for some time that has had for its object, the securing of a permanent and prop- erly appointed barracks for our crack Co, B, 5th Reg. N. G. P. Some time ago there was talk of buying the lot at the corner of High and Railroad streets, now cccupied by Maitland’s boiler works, and building thereon a fine brick armory that should do duty as a concert hall, bowling alley and shoot- ing gallery as well as be a proper home for the soldiers. The deal fell through, however, owing to a failure to arrange satisfactory terms with Mr: Chas. Mec- Cafferty, owner of the property. The question of the erection of an armory then lapsed into quietude for a while, but recently it has been revived and is now a sure go. The company has made arrangements for the purchase of a lot, 145 x 90 feet, on the northwest corner of Spring and Lamb streets and the armory will be built on that site. The structure will be either of brick or stone, with trussed roof. Thorough in its equipment and an ornament to the town. Work will be begun as soon as the design is de- cided upon. CHOIR SINGING Book.--Bierly’s ¢*Ju- bilee Choir,” two volumes combined in one, has been issued. Thisis a book of 400 pages of easy and medium grade sacred music for church choirs, consist- ing of choruses, quartets, trios, duets and solos. The price of the book, sin- gle copy, is $1; per dozen, $9. Alfred Bierly, 118 Adams street, Chicago, is the publisher. Bierly’s musical publi- cations are very popular in this county and choirs or individuals will find his «Jubilee Choir” fully up to his usual excellent standard. Two To ONE : —You are complaining about hard times. We all had to suffer —but, brace up, Spring is here—and we have the right goods at hard time prices to make you more than happy. MonTtaoMERY & Co. ——Go to E. W. Mauck, Millheim, Pa., for wall papers and window shades. An extra as- gortment always on hand. ——The largest stock of wall papers and win= dow shades ever brought to Penns Valley, at greatly reduced prices, at ki. W, Mauck’s Millheim, Pa. Bellefonte Grain Market. 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