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Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance
“Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 2, 1895.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Epror.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Prothonotary.—W, F. SMITH,
of Penn Twp.
For District Attorney.—W. J. SINGER,
of Bellefonte.
No More Government Seeds.
No very great amount of public re-
gret will be excited by the announce-
ment that the Department of Agricul
ture at Washington has stopped send-
ing out seeds. There was a time, in
the remote past, when seeds distribu-
ted in this way did some good and were
appreciated, but the seed stores are
now furnishing them so cheaply, and
of such improved varieties, that it was
scarcely worth while for the general
government to continue the eompeti-
tion with the regular trade. This is
probably one of the reasons why Sec:
retary MorToN has concluded to stop
the seeds that used to be sent out to
the various “districts” principally for
campaign purposes.
We scarcely believe that the Con-
gressmen regret that the “seed” branch
of their official duties has been cut
short. It must have been a great an-
noyance to them without being an
adequate benefit to their constituents.
About the time a campaign was com-
ing on seeds had their use in proving
to a constituency that they wcre not
forgotten by their Representative in
Washington, but it is doubtful wheth-
er many of them were planted, it hav-
ing been proved by experiment with
governmental seeds that most of them
were not as reliable as those that could
be bought at the country store for ten
cents a package. Such discoveries
were calculuted to depreciate the value
of a compliment paid to a constituent
by a supply of congressional seeds, and
as both the seeds and the compliment
became depreciated, it was about time
to stop the farce.
Two Important Acts.
Among the very few acts of. bene-
ficial legislation that are the outcome
of the recent session of the Legislature
the two appended below are considered.
Both of them deal with subjects of
vital interest to people of Centre coun-
ty and should be read be everyone.
The act relative to killing fish with
explosives is- most commendable, but
of little use unless enforced. Streams
in this region are repeatedly dynamited
and innumerable fish destroyed. The
act affecting public school directors is
especially important, since it bears on
the sanitary condition of school proper:
ties.
AN ACT.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted etc., That no person
shall at any time place in any of the waters of
Pennsylvania, any torpedo, giant powder, ni-
tro-glycerine, dynamite, lime electricity or
any other poisonous or explosive substance
for the purpose of taking or catching fish.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons offending
against any of the provisions of this Act shall.
be. guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined fifty dollars for each of-
rense, and undergo an imprisonment of not
less than thirty days, or more than one year
Approved June 25, 1895.
D. H. Hastings.
AN ACT.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the boards
of school directors and controllers of each
school district of this Commonwealth, be and
they are hereby required at least once during
each fall school term and prior to the first of
January of each year, and within thirty days
after the close of each annual school term, to
have taken out, removed and hauled away all
excrement and waste matter from every
outhouse cr water closet connected with or
standing upon the premises of every public
school house in the Commonwealth, or have
the same properly disinfected and they are
required to have every out-house or water
closet properly, scrubbed washed out and
cleaned, the inside walls white washed, and
the vaults or receptacles covered with a layer
of fresh dirt cr slacked lime within ten days
of the opening of each annual school term.
Sec. 2. That the president of each board of
school directors or controllers is required
each year to certify, in the regular form pro-
vided for that purpose, that the requirements
of this Act have been fully carried out before
the district can draw its annual approp riation
from the State.
Approved June 24, 1895.
D. H. HasTINGS,
——The Democrats of Centre county
must beup and doing. It will seem
early to many to talk of “beginning
work tor an election that is to be held
n November, but it isnot. It is never
too early to begin a good fight. What
must be done in Centre county this fall
is a thorough, =svstematic canvass of
every precinct and, if (possible, a per-
sonal visit te every voter by his pre-
cinct chairman. We want an active,
aggressive campaign to begin at once.
A campaign that will prove beyond
the peradventure of a doubt that Cen-
tre county is still Democratic.
——Subecribe for the Warcuman
and get all the news of the county.
particularly.
to the authorities that the British con- | Mr. Henderson, her builder, sailed on
——Some of the Republican papers
are complaining about Democrats vot-
ing at the primaries that are being
held to determine whether QUAY or
Hasrings shall be the upper dog in the
fight that is going on in their party.
Of course the Democrats have no right
to interfere in that family quarrel, but
it is natural that those who derive
amusement from such a skrimmage
should want to help the fun along.
One of these papers, the Norristown
Herald, which supports the HasTiNGs
interest, makes the complaint that
most of the Democratic sympathy is
on the side of Quay, and uses that fact
to excite the Republicans against the
old Boss, The fact is that both of
these factions arefobnoxious to Demo-
crats, who would like to see them use
each other up in a Kilkenny fight be-
lieving that such a result would be a
good riddance for the State, but of the
two gangs they consider the one led by
Quay as being less of a nuisance than
the one in which the Philadelphia
“Hog Combine” is predominant.
Lives Lost in Floods.
Qreat Storms Play Havoc at Wellston, O., and
Fort Scott, Kan.—City Streets Inundated.—
Rivers Overflow their Banks and Destroy
Much Property.--Heaviest Rainfall in Years:
CoLumsus, July 30.—A cyclone and
cloudburst at Wellston to-day flooded
streets and cellars, carried away the wa-
ter works dam and drowned some Ita-
liane working in a street railway cut be
fore they could escape.
Fr. Scorr, Kan., July 30-—An un-
precedented rainfall in the southeast
corner of Kansas this morning has
again flooded the streams, and caused
destruction of life and property. In
seven hours 4.22 inches of water fell in
the city, and this evening the entire
lower portion of town is inundated.
Two fatalities have resulted.
The Missouri Pacific railroad shops
are surrounded, and the train service
has been partly abandoned: Many
families have been driven from their
homes by the river, which is still ris-
ing, and another storm is threatening.
The Marmation river, Mill creek and
Buck run have become one stream,
spreading over sections of land which
have not for years been submerged.
Walter Austin and Willie Gould,
boys, were drowned this evening: on
one of the principal streets, and O.
Austin, father of one of the boys, was
carried 200 yards in the treacherous
current, and finally rescued from the
top of a tree by boatmen. Mr. Austin,
accompanied by the boys, attempted to
cross Mill creek bridge, which was
surrounded by water, in a wagon,
They proceeded 150 feet through the
water, when the wagon and horses
were swept away. Mr. Austin made a
desperate effort to rescue the boys, but
was helpless, and they were drowned.
The Missouri Pacific passenger train
left for Topeka on time, but was com-
pelled to return, and all traffic on that
branch has been abandoned. The
damage to property will exceed that of
the flood of July 5, which was more
destructive than any for years. The
crops on bottom farms will suffer ma-
terially.
WicHita, Kan., July 30.—The Ar-
kansas river is out of its banks and
thousands of acres in Sedgwick county
are under water. The damage will be
heavy. A number of families have
been compelled to vacate their houses.
The river ie higher than it has been
since 1877.
SterLING, Kan., July 30.—The Ar-
kansas river at this place is at a stand-
still and no further rise is looked for.
Hundreds of acres of corn and pasture
bave been submerged, and it is feared
the corn has been damaged badly.
The river was two feet higher than ev-
er before.
NEvapa, Mo, July 30.—A heavy
rain has been falling for 12 hours.
The Marmaton river to-day overflowed
its banks and hundred of acres of grow-
ing crops are now un water. The
creeks have covered aSrge acreage of
corn. The loss will be heavy. A
prominent local statistician says the
large flax crop has been damaged in
the ehock over 25 per cent.
BoonviLLE, Mo., July 30.—The
worst storm of wind that ever visited
thiscity passed over last night. No
fatalities are reported, but the damage
to property is great. Two warehouses
and an old packing house were blown
down oo the river front. Sam Barret’s
mill was unroofed. The cupalo of the
court house was unroofed and the
spires of the Catholic and Baptist
churches were damaged. Shade trees
were blown down in every direction,
at places blockading the stregte:
Will Give up Trinidad.
Britain will Surrender the Island—An Offer Also
to Arbitrate the Matter.
Rio JANEIRO, July 28. —A cablegram
was received Friday night by a promi-
nent English bank saying that England
had abandoned the occupation of Triri-
dad. The populace are rejoicing over
the report. The Brazilian minister at
London has telegraphed the government
that Great Britain is willing to submit to
arbitration the question of the ownership
of Trinidad, which was never occupied
by Brazil. ]
Twenty thousand people attended a
mass meeting held Thursday night to
protest against the acticn of Great Brit-
ain. It was 2 a. m. before the meeting
dissolved. z {
patrolled with cavalry, ordered out by
the government to prevent attacks upon
the business houses of English residents
It had also been reported
sulate was in danger, and a strong
guard was stationed at that point. The
signboard of the London hotel, in this
Throughout the night the streets were | I
Our Fighting Ships.
Uncle Sam's Navy Will Soon Be a Terror to
All Enemies.
WasnINGTON July 28.—The commis-
sioning of the Maine and Texas within
the next fortnight will mark a new era
in the development of the American
navy. The two vessels will be an ad-
dition differing frém those which have
“preceded them during the past decade,
and they will belong more distinctively
to the fighting class of vessels than
even the New York, the coast defense
vessel Monterey; or the mouitors Man-
tonomah, Monadnock and Amphri-
trite, all of which are now in commis
sion. 2 =
The Maine is classed as an armored.
cruiser, while the Texas isa second
rate battleship, but the Maine could
also very properly be placed in the cat-
egory of second rate battleships. In
the opinion of experts she could easily
whip two vessels like the New York,
while she would prove a match for
balf a dozen unarmored vessels of the
the type of the Baltimore or Philadel-
phia.
During the next twelve months the
three powerful battleships, Massachu-
setts, Indiana and Oregon, will- be in
commission, When Mr. Tracey, of
New York, was secretary of the navy
under President Harrison he repeated:
ly asserted that these battleships when
completed would be the finest speci-
mens of marine architecture afloat,
and that they could whip the strongest
vessels in the best navies of the world.
A little later the Iowa, a sister ship,
will also be commiesioned, and within
the next three years the two addition-
al battleships provided for at the last
session of congress will be afloat. It
is not doubted that the next Congress
will provide for several more battle
ships of this claee, so that by the close
of this century, five years hence, the
United States will possess .a navy
which, in all round efficiency, will be
second only to the navies of Great Bri-
tain, France and Italy, and superior
to those of Germany or Spain or any
of the other continental or oriental
powers.
Cubans in Gloom.
Reported That General Jose Rodriguez Has
Been Killed.
Havana. July 31.—The insurgent
chief, Roderiguez, who was formerly
associated with Carlos Castillo, has
been killed in an engagement with a
detachment of the civil guards at the
Venidia plantation, near Guantanamo.
New York, July 31.—Cuban head-
quarters to-day was filled with an ex-
cited throng of patriots anxious to
hear the latest news from the seat of
war. During the afternoon a report
was received which caused a general
feeling of gloom. If Brigadier-General
Jose Maria Rodriguez has been killed,
as reported, and the Santa Clara ex-
pedition dispersed, the revolutionists
have sustained a great loss. Promi-
nent Cnban leaders, however, insist
that dispatches from Havana are not
always reliable, and until they receive
confirmation of the disastrous news
from their friends on the island, they
refuse to believe the report.
The Clyde line steamer New York
arrived this afternoon from San Dom-
ingo and Haytien ports. She brought
Francisco Gomez Torro, aged 18 years,
a son of the Cuban General Comesz.
Young Gomez is accompanied by a
military-looking gentleman named
Jose Nicolas Ramoaez, who is said to
be very high in the councils of the re-
volutionists. Both are enthusiastic in
their talk over the Cuban cause. They
claim the Cubans have 35,000 soldiers
in the field but are deficient in ammu-
nition.
Tailors on a Strike.
Fully 12,000 Out in New York, Brooklyn ar
Brownsville. :
NEw York, July 28.—Of the 15,000
tailors employed by the contractors in
this city, Brooklyn and Brownsville,
fully 12,000 are now out on the strike.
Mayer Schoenfeld, one of the organizgs
of the United Garment Workers, called
the men out last night. In a statement
he says : ‘Our new agreement will call
for fifty-nine hours’ work instead of
sixty hours as heretofore; a weekly wage
at union prices; tha employment of
union men only, and the total abolition
of sweat shops, as demanded in last
year’s agreement.
At the headquarters of the contractors,
Chairman Witkowski was seen. He
said : “The agreement we made in last
September and kept to the letter. It
does not expire until some time between
the 1st and 15th of September. Since
the men got the agreement they have
been unreasonable and arrogant. They
now demand further concessions, which
we cannot grant.”
A Plot to Kill the Czar.
Clatined that it Has Been Discovered in the Stu-
dents’ Union of the University of Moscow.
St. PETERSBURG, July 30.—The dis-
covery has been made that the stu-
dents’ union in the University of Mos-
cow are ‘planning to assassinate the
Czar.
An extensive conspiracy has also
been discovered among the priests of
the seminary and university of Kieff,
aiming at the introduction of a plan of
greater freedom of attack upon the pre-
vailing system of nepotism in govern-
mental positions.
Valkyrie IIX Sails.
CAMPBELLTOWN, Scotland, July 28 .—
The yacht Valkyrie IIT now well out
ai sea, beari astward the hopes of
yaclitsmen and many ‘others,
» sailed yesterday afternoon at 2:45
for America and was given an enthusi- |
astic farewell. Lord Dunraven, Mr.
Watson, the designer, of the boat, and
the boat.
city, was torn down by the mob.
—— Subscribe for the WarcaMaN,
News From the West,
There Has Been no Great Outbreak in the Ban,
nock Country.—The Indians Must Have Moved
— Regulars, National Guardsman and Volun.
teers Responded in Answer to Eraggerated
Reports First Sent Out.
SALT LAKE, Utah, July 80.—The
first reliable news of the Indian troubles
at Jackson’s Hole proper which has
been received for more than a week
came by messenger this evening via
Griggs, Idaho, from Fort Wilson, a
little place located in the centre of a
valley in Jackson’s Hole, over one hun-
dred miles from any railway. The dis-
patch is dated July 26 and says : “All
the people of the valley are gathered at
Wilson’s ranch for protection. One
hundred men are under arms. Night
before last a council of war was held
and four men were selected to recon-
noitre_and locate the Indians, but as
yet the scouts have not returned.
“The Indians must have moved away
back or left the district altogether, as
no redskins have been seen for three or
four days. A company of volunteers
came into Fort Wilson from Teton
Wednesday. after traveling all. night.
Exaggerated reports of the trouble. led
them to believe help was badly needed
at the Hole, but on their arrival here
they were surprised to find all quiet. A
consultation was held as to the advisa-
bility of going out and fighting the
Indians. It was decided to remain
passive for the present,’’
“The Indians are, no doubt, in the
mountains and may make a descent on
the settlers when they are not looking
for it, but the opinion is that if they had
beer on the war path properly, they
would have attacked Fort Wilson be-
fore this.”
Time to Free Erin.
Efforts at Re-uniting Irish Factions for the Great
Work.
NEw York July 30.—The national
officers and directors of the Ancient Or-
der of Hibernians are in this city bent
on securing a union of Irishmen in this
country in what they consider the most
critical point of Ireland’s history since
the suppression of the rebellion in 1798
and the passage of the act of union.
They will make a supreme effort to
bring back to their ranks the dissenting
section known as the ‘Board of Erin,”
and in addition will do everything in
their power to bring other bodies of
Irishmen into one fold.
The officers were in conference nearly
all day at the Continental hotel. Those
present were P. J. O'Connor, national
president, Savannah, Ga.; N. J. Slat-
tery, national secretary, Albany; T. J.
Dundonl, national treasurer, Columbus;
Judge Maurice F. Wilhere, Philadel-
phia ; Mayor Edward Sweeney, Cincin-
nati; Judge John M. Clark, Mil-
waukee, and James Jackson, Philadel-
phia. A letter was sent to James Hag-
gerty, national delegate of the Board of
Erin, inviting him to meet the officers
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
with a view to agreement for a reunion.
Certain terms were submitted to him,
and there are hopes that an amicable
arrangement may be arrived at, al-
though previous efforts in this direction
have failed. Mr. Haggerty is expected
to meet the officers to-morrow. Certain
other Irishmen have been asked also to
attend to-morrow, and have signified
their intention of doing so, which is
considered a favorable sign of reconcil-
iation.
No Miners’ Strike Ordered.
President Penna Does not Expect one in the
Pittsburg District, but says st Will Come if
Necessary to Advance Wages.
Corumsus, 0., July 30.—President
Penna, of the United’ Mine Workers of
America, said to-day:
“J have not ordered a strike. There
will be a strike, however, in the Penn-
sylvania district, if necessary, to secure
an advance in wages. We hope to be
able to secure the advance asked for
without the strike, as some Pittsburg
operators are willing to pay the ad-
vance. If a strike in the Pittsburg dis-
trict is made contingent upon a strike”
in Ohio, it will be difficult to prevent a
strike in this State, although it is my
opinion that Ohio miners can best help
the Pittsburg miners in their strike by
continuing at work and we hope to be
able to convince the Pittsburg miners of
this.”
Charged With Embezzlement.
Hu~TtiNGDON, Pa., July 28.—B. F.
Wood, a general agent of the Singer
Sewing Machine company, residing
here, was arrested and placed in jail
last night, charged with embezzling
$1,200 from the company.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——See Shaeffer’s ad.
——=Send 50cts. and get the WATCH-
MAN from now uatil Jan. 1st, 1896.
Apples are plenty in this county
at 25 cents a bushel. At least the price
would indicate it.
——The Snow Shoe band will hold a
festival and dance in Grauer’s hall to-
day and to-morrow.
——Farmers near Montgomery have
reported a white grub that is playing
havoe with the corn.
——Lyon & Co., have a new adver-
tisement on another page. Lcok it up,
and it will interest you.
——Henry Boozer has retired from
the firm of Huyett, Rearick & Boozer
Centre Hall foundrymen.
~——Spring Mills consumers club to-
gather and buy coal by the car load
saving ninety cants on a ton.
-——=John 8S. Waite has moved his
bicycle store from the room next door to
this office to the Waite carriage shop,
on Water street.
——The members of the Bellefonte
Reformed church enjoyed a sociable at
the residence of A. Lukenbach, on Wil-
lowbank street, last evening.
——Ella Hosterman died at her home
near Centre Hall last Friday.night. She
was a daughter of Alfred Hosterman.
——Banker Charles F. Cook’s family
is one larger since thearrival of a new
boy at his home, on Spring street, last
Friday.
——A half dozen fine cabinet photos
for 99cts is the latest departure at
Shaeffer’s.
For SALE.— Carriage, for one or two
herses, with pole and shafts, for about
one-half cost: Inquire at WATcEMAN
office. >
——St. Mary’s Catholic church, at
Snow Shoe, will picnic on Saturday,
August 17th, in the grove adjoining the
church property.
——Ella Glenn, who represented the
Lemont Society of Christian Endeavor,
at the Boston convention, made her re-
port last Sunday evening.
——Roy Gillam, of Tyrone, a former
Bellefonte boy, is playing left field and
oceasionally pitching for the Hagers-
town, Md., base ball clnb.
——Mesmer’s shingle and stave fac-
tory, on Brush mountain, resumed
operations, on Monday, with orders for
several car loads of stuff.
——Ex-deputy sheriff George Craw"
ford, of this county, has quit
the cigar and pool business at Altoona.
The venture was not successful.
. ——Next Wednesday the colored ball
players of Philipsburg will meet those
of Bellefonte on the diamond here. It
will be a regular snow-ball game.
——Rev. Oscar W. Riley, a young
graduate of Kentucky University, at
Lexington, has been called to take
charge of the Disciple churches at Mill
Hall and Flemington. ~~
——On the farm of J. J. Twigg, in
Rush township, there is a dead pine
tree possibly 50ft. high. Over half way
up along its side there protrudes a full
grown goose berry bush full of berries.
——=Some of the young people of this
place are arranging to give a dance in
the Armory, on Wednesday evening,
Aug. 14th. Stopper & Fisk’s orchestra
has been engaged to furnish the music.
——Sanford Mothersbaugh commit-
ted suicide at his home, on Brush moun-
tain, near Tyrone, last Thursday, by
shooting himself through the head with
a 32 calibre revolver. Ill health is said
to have driven him to the desperate act.
—You are cordially invited to go
with the Methodists to Hunter’s Park,
next Thursday, on their annual picnic.
They always have a social good time
with a band and plenty of amusements.
There is not a prettier place in Central
Pennsylvania for a day in the woods
than Hunter's Park.
——The story that Mrs. Keith, at
Osceola Mills, had given birth to trip-
lets is untrue. The lie even went so far
as to name them Hastings, McKinley
and Reed. It is good triplets never
came to light under such conditions, for
those names would have killed them
anyway.
——1It is reported that Henry Van-
ner, a Boalsburg tin-smith, undertook
to end his mortal career, last Friday, by
taking corrosive sublimate, but the
dose did not prove sufficient to kill him.
Family, groubles are said to have driven
him to the rash act. He will get well
and now regrets he made such an at-
tempt on his own life.
——Dr. Samuel Gutelius, of « Mill-
heim, died at his home in that place, on
Monday night, after suffering from
dropsy for some time. Dr. Gutelius
was a veteran of the late war, having
served in Co. D, of the famous ‘‘Buck-
tail’’ regiment until the close of the war.
Deceased was a dentist by profession
and is survived by two sons and a
daughter, his wife having died several
years ago. He was postmaster at Mill-
heim during the Harrison administra-
tion. Burial was made yesterday.
——Seldom does a good, staunch Re-
publican like Col. Shortlidge feel inter-
ested in Democratic chickens ; but ours
are so indebted to him for a clean, new
feeding trough that we promise they
will be stronger and abler to crow than
ever this fall. Col. Shortlidge, as all
other poultry raisers, was not able to
find in the markets a feeding trough
that was satisfactory, so after giving the
subject a little thought he has made a
number of troughs which are not only
economical but cleanly ; being Presi-
dent of the Board of Health he says
they are ‘‘sanitary.’”’
MARRIAGE LicENsE.—Issued during
the past week taken from the docket :
William D. Sholler, of Weikert, and
Melinda E. Fryer, of Coburn.
P. Gray Murray, and Ethel Mec-
Laughlin, both of Boggs township.
John W. Swartz, of Troxelville,
Snyder county, and Amanda Kiester,
of Glen Aurand, Union county.
Wm. D. Breon, of Wolfe's Store, and
Della Glantz, of Madisonburg.
——J. B. Barner and his family, of
Loganton, picked more than four bus h-
els of huckleberries in one day on Mt.
Shade.
——While driving home from the
funeral of Jackson Watson at the Advent
cemetery, near Milesburg, last week,
Thomas Quick’s horse suddenly plunged
forward, when struck with a whip, and
upset the vehicle, throwing old Mrs.
Hannah McMullen out. Sheis 75 years
old and was seriously injured, though
she is reported to be recovering from
the shock.
——Low prices seem to be effecting
all branches of trade just now, but the
idea of getting six good cabinet photo-
graphs, made by an artist of high repute,
for the sum of ninety-nine cents seems
ridiculous. Yet it is just such an offer
that Shaeffer makes in a new quarter
column advertisement to-day. His
work is its own advertisement, so far as
that is concerned, so all there is left for
the newspaper to do in this case is to
“put you onto’’ the rare opportunity.
FosTER'S WEEKLY WEATHER TALK,
~My last bulletin gave forecast of the
storm wave to cross the continent from
July 28 to Aug. 2, and the next will
reach the Pacific coast about Aug. 3,
cross the west of Rockies country by the
close of the 4th, the great central val-
leys from the 5th to 7th, and the eastern
States about the 8th. This disturbance
will be of unusual force, and severe
storms may be expected, accompanied
by extreme temperatures. The first ten
days of August will probably average
cooler than the middle third of the
month.
Warm wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about the third, great
central valleys the fifth and the eastern
States the seventh. Cool wave will cross
the west of Rockies country about the
6th, great central valleys the 8th and
eastern States the 10th.
Summing up my forecasts for the four
crop months, March, April, May and
June, only one error occurs. South-
western Texas Had more rainfall than
calculated. For all other parts of the
country the verification of my rainfall
forecasts is the most remarkable event
ever recorded in connection with met-
eorology.
CENTRE COUNTY VETERANS ARE IN
Tri1s.—The Juniata valley Veteran As-
sociation was organized at Lewistown,
Tuesday of last week, by delegates rep-
resenting eleven counties in the Juniata
valley or contiguous thereto.
A constitution for the government of
the Association was adopted. and offi-
cers elected for the year 1895. All
honorably discharged soldiers and sail-
ors who reside in the counties of Bed-
ford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mif-
flin, Juniata, Perry, Snyder, Centre,
Union and Northumberland are eligi-
ble to membership without the pay-
ment of any fee whatever.
The constitution provides for the
holding of yearly encampments in some
one of the counties named in the dis-
trict. Amid much enthusiasm it was
| decided that the first encampment
should be held in conjunction with the
Lewistown Centennial, commencing
September 4 and closing on the morn-
ing of September 7. A sufficient num-
ber ot tents will be furnished by the
State and will be up and ready for oc-
cupancy by September 4.
Camp Hulings, the name by which
it will be officially known, will be
located only a few steps from Lewis-
town borough railroad station. We
are more than pleased to be able to an-
nounce that the citizens of Lewistown
have generously donated funds suffi-
cient to light the camp with electricity,
furnish an abundance of water and
clean straw for tents and wood for those
who wish to do their own cooking on
camp ground. .
An efficient guard will at all times be
kept on duty at the camp so that the
property of the Comrades will be en-
tirely safe. All this will be done with-
out one cent of cost to the veterans.
Those who intend to go into camp,
however should bring blanket, soap
and towels. There will be a restaurant
on the grounds where the ladies of the
G. A. R. will furnish meals at_reasona-
ble raies. Comrades can, however, if
they prefer, be accommodated at any of
the eight hotels in town, the rates per
day being as follows : National house
$2.00, Coleman house $2.00 Miller
house $1.50, St. Charles hotel $1.25,
Valley house $1.25, Kline house $1.00,
Keystone hotel $1.00, Junction hotel
$1.00
Railroad rates are not yet fixed, but
will be announced later.
The Lewistown cornet band will
furnish excellent music during the en-
campment.
There will be many novel and attrac-
tive fertures of the T.ewistown Centen-
nial which will add to the pleasure and
enjoyment of the visiting veterans,
From information already received
we are able to announce that this, the
first encampment of the Juniata Valley
Veteran Association, will be a grand
success.
Among the officers of the new asso-
ciation are R. S. Musser and Austin
Carter, both of Centre county.
Art
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