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Bellefonte, Pa., April 10, 1898.
P. GRAY MEEK, Epitok.
Cuban Recognition.
The great majority --in the House by
which was passed, on Monday, the confer-
ence resolutions recognizing the belligerent |
rights of the Cuban revolutionists may be
regarded as a reflection of the feeling of the
people of this country in favor of the cause
of freedom for which the Cuban patriots |
are fighting.
The passage of these resolutions is caleu-
lated to place our government in a fairer |
and more just attitute in the contention be-
tween the two conflicting parties in Cuba. |
There can be no question that the insur-
zents are helligerents, and being such, there
is no question that they have rights ; but
until those rights were recognized by Con-
gress, international obligations and neutral-
ity laws prevented this government from |
according to the Cubans the same treatment
that tlie Spaniards were entitled to.
From the nature of the situation, so far
as the action of this government was con-
cerned the position of the Cubans was
scarcely above the level of pirates and
banditti. Those who attempted to render
them assistance from our shores made
Pattison and the Presidency.
Nothing could be more appropriate and
| becoming than the endorsement of ex-Gov-
| ernor PATTISON for President by old Berks.
The resolution of her Democratic county
committee, connecting his name with the
| presidential nomination in recognition of
i his eminent public service, and *‘his abil-
ity, his integrity and his interest in the
" welfare of the people,” will, no doubt, re-
ceive a hearty response from the Democra=
i ey of the invincible old county.
| The name of the ex-Governor is attract-
ing a wide-spread interest among Demo-
crats in all parts of the Union. His high
qualities are generally recognized and his
exceptional success” in twice carrying, by
" well-contested assaults, the strongest citadel
| of Republicanism, invests him with a pres-
tige that strongly commends him as a lead-
! er in a national campaign.
The movements in the Democratic party,
| with respect to the presidential nomination,
| have so far heen entirely undemonstrative.
Unseemly hustling for the great prize has
{been left for the cocksure Republicans
whose numerous candidates are resorting to
| any disreputable means of getting ahead of
| each other.
The Democracy are well supplied with
available presidential timber which will be
{ brought forward when the proper time
| comes. There will be no enmities arising
{ from a long and bitter rivalry for the nom-
ination, such as is now setting the Repub-
[ican aspirants by the ears.
No
themselves liable to prosecution and arrest, ! andidate. spoken of at this time
and vessels that tried to escape from our could be put on the ticket who would rep-
ports to convey to them the help which the | resent in a higher degree the harmony and
struggling cause of freedom is entitled to | good will of the party than ROBERT E.
were watched, seized and condemned, as if | PATTISON, of Pennsylvania ; but whoever
their purpose was of a piratical character.
On the other hand the Spaniards had the
undisputed privilege of buying arms and
amunition anywhere, within the limits of
the United States.
directly to the seat of war without their
movements being questioned, and in fact |
this country furnished a basis from which |
Spain could operate in more ways than one |
against the Cuban revolutionists. -
It is easy to see the unfairness and injus- |
tice of this situation ; but the resolutions |
of recognition, passed last Monday, are in-
tended to correct a situation that is so ob- |
viously unfair and unjust. By their en-
forcement both of the contending parties
will be placed on an equality, so far as the
treatment of this government is concerned,
and since Congress has acted in the matter
the President may be relied upon to do his
part in a way that will redound to the
credit and honor of our country.
A Hopeful View,
There is not a more level-headed political |
observer, nor one who occupies a more fav-
orable standpoint from which to make po-
litical observations, than Congressman
AMOS CUMMINGS, of New York, and he is
beginning to sce the favorable turn that is
taking place in the prospects of the Demo- |
cratic party. In his eyes the skies are
brightening as the opening of the campaign
approaches.
Mr. CUMMINGS thinks that New York
will have no candidate before the Chicago
convention, but a good man can he selected
from some other section who will have the
hearty support of the Democracy of that
Ktate.
He does not believe there will be any
serious disagreement in the convention on
the Silver question. There at least will
not be such a misunderstanding on that
question as to cause a split. The Silver
men in the Democratic party are different
from the supporters of free silver in the
Republican party. The latter have, toa
large extent, personal interests involved in
the question. They are located near the
silver mines, and many of them are pecun-
iarily interested in that product. It is a
matter of dollars and cents to them, and |
they will bolt if the Republican conven-
tion does not cater to their interests. Their |
bolting would carry off half a dozen States. |
This is the greatest danger that the Repub-
lican convention will have to encounter,
and it is sure to bring trouble.
The Democratic Silver men support’ the
white metal from an entirely different mo-
tive. Their position is based more upon a
sentiment than upon considerations of
selfish interest, and they won’t bolt if the
Democratic convention does not endorse
their views.
South and are represented by such men as
ex-Speaker Crisp and Senator BLACKBURN,
in whom the sentiment of Democracy is
stronger than their partiality for silver.
The strong party sentiment of such men,
based on principles that are higher than
monetary considerations, assures Congress-
man CUMMINGS that they will be found
acting with the party whatever may be the
declaration of the platform in regard to
silver. We believe that he takes a correct
view as to the reliance that may be placed
on their party fidelity.
——The difference between Republicans
and Democrats is this : when the former
don’t like the ways of their leaders they
are clubbed until they do like them, but
with Democrats it is different. They try
to organize a new party.
———Think of it! A market for 10,000,000
tons of Pennsylvania anthracite coal in
Germany every year. Why this is one-
fourth of the entire out-put of the Penn-
sylvania coal fields and under the WiLsoN
bill to.
—A ball and chain gang would: be a
novel sight on the streets of Bellefonte, yet
council has promised to regale the people
with visions of tramps all chained together
and breaking stone.
They could ship them |
They are found chiefly in the |
| may be the standard bearer there is reason
to believe that his selection will leave no
rankling in any section of the Democratic
organization.
Miss Barton Heard From.
A Cablegram Tells of Great Success of the Red Cross
Expedition—More Money Is Needed.
NEW YORK, April 7.—Spencer Trask,
| chairman of the executive committee of the
© Armenian Relief committee, to-day receiv-
ed the following cablegram from Miss Clara
Barton, President of the Red Cross, report-
ing the progress of the relief work which is
being sustained by the funds sent by the
American people :
“Our corps of physicians and medical
| supplies left Beirout, April-3;~and will
| reach Marash the 10th. The scourge of
| typhoid and other diseases from starvation
| and exposure is unabated. Red Cross ex-
| peditions are meeting splendid success, no
| obstructions nor Turkish supervision, as |
{has been wrongly reported. One party,
{ working between Marash, Zeitoun, Malatia
and Harpoot, the other between Oorfa,
. Diarbekir and Harpoot, visiting towns and
| villages en route, is giving assistance where
| most needed.”
| Mr. Trask said : “*The cable indicates to
| the National Armenian Relief committee a
| very gratifying and unexpected degree of
sucess. All doubts as to the unparalleled
extent and degree of the disaster, the merits
| of the sufferers, and the practicability of
| relieving them, have been removed. Thous-
| ands of lives, he claims, have been saved,
| though many regions have not yet been
{ touched. Nineteen centers of distribution
{have been established at strategic points
under the personal direction of the Ameri-
| can missionaries and British consuls. In
i several places industrial relief bureaus,
| where the people work for what they re-
| ceive, have been established on a large and
| successful basis. The money and effort
| expended will be practically thrown away
- unless the work is immediately and effi-
ciently pushed forward, and the people of
America are confidently looked to for large
and immediate gifts."
! ST. PETERSBURG, April 7.—In response
| to a renewed request the government has
decided to send a number of members of
the Red Cross society to work among the
| Abyssinian troops. The party will proceed
by the way of Massowah. The Italian
| government has asked for information as
| to the number of persons it is proposed to
| send on the mission and in what capacity
I they will go.
| The Cuban Resolutions. .
| me,
The House Passes Them as Amended Recently by the
Senate.—The Vote Was a Good One.—Only Twenty-
Seven Voted in the Negative and the Affirmative
Would Have Been Somewhat Larger But for Paris. —
Spain is Now Mixed up on Them.
| WASHINGTON, April 6.—According to
! the arrangement made on Saturday the
' house to-day voted upon the report of the
| conference committee recommending the
adoption of the senate resolutions regard-
ing Cuba, instead of those recently passed
by the house. They were agreed to—245
to 27.
The text of the resolutions follows :
Resolved, That in the opinion of congress a con-
dition of public war exists between the govern-
ment of Spain and the government proclaimed
and for some, time maintained by force of® arms
by the people of Cuba, and tht the United States
of America should maintain a strict neutrality he-
tween the contending powers, according to each
all the rights of belligerents in the portsand ter-
ritory of the United States.
Resolved, further, That the friendly offices of
the United States should be offered by the presi-
dent to the Spanish government for the recogni-
tion of the independence of Cuba,
These are the Senate resolutions con-
curred in by the House.
Dispatches from Madrid, stating that it
is expected in official circles there that
President Cleveland will sign the Cuban
belligerent resolutions, but will postpone
giving them cffect by a declaration, indi-
cate that the nature of the resolutions is
{not even yet understood at the Spanish
| capital. As repeatedly explained, these
{are ‘‘concurrent’’ resolution not ‘‘joint’’
| resolutions, and under a practice which
{ has grown up in recent years in congress
concurrent resolutions do not require ap-
{ proval or disapproval by the president,
| who may act upon them or not, as he
.{ chooses, but in no case is called upon to
i sign them. Similar resolutions adopted by
_ congress in connection with Armenian af-
fairs January 20 last remain unacted upon
| by the president.
{The river and harbor appropriation bill
| was then taken up and after forty minutes’
; debate was passed, under suspension of the
{ ruler, by a vote of 216 to 40.
! Republicans “are Raised Faster.
| From the Doylestown Democrat.
The Rhode Island election was held on
{ Tuesday. The Republicans carried the
day as usual, but while the Democratic
vote came within six of being ay large as it
was in 1892, the Republican was 12,226 in
excess of their vote of that year. This has
not been explained.
| Ex-Prestdent Harrison and Mrs. Mary
Dimmick are Now One.
Married in New York Monday.—Only Thirty-six Per-
sons Were Present at the Ceremony, Which Took
Place in St. Thongs Protestant Episcopal Church.— :
Regarding their Honeymoon.
NEW York, April G—Perhaps as simple
a wedding has never been witnessed in the !
sacred walls of St. Thomas as was solem-
nized half an hour hefore 6 o’clock this even-
ing when General Harrison, twenty-third
president of the United States, entered into
the holy bonds of wedlock with Mrs. Mary
Scott Lord Dimmick. Not one
thirty-six favored witnesses of the cere-
mony could fail to have been impressed
with its singular unpretentiousness. Ben-
jamin Harrison is a plain man : Mrs. Dim-
mick is a plain woman. It was fitting,
therefore, that in celebrating an epoch in 1 C 1 :
; of having aided or taken part in the insur- | Kreamersville last Sunday forenoon. His
their lives so important as matrimony, it
should be characterized with the every day |
simplicity of their lives. ~
The assembled crowds outside the church
showed the interest the public had in the
affair. Secrecy as to the exact hour of the
ceremony had been carefully maintained,
which, in a measure, served to check the
growth of the curious. Then, too, the
weather was not inviting enough, even to
the curious, to attract as great a mass as
was feared.
The crowds about the church were not of
the city’s fashionables, but the working |
people were there in force.
The guests began to arrive at the church
shortly before 5 o’clock.
they were received by the two ushers, the
youthful looking private secretary of the
ex-president. Mr. E. P. Tibbott, and the
soldiery bearing Mr. Daniel M. Ramsdell,
a hero of the civil war. Mrs. John E.
Parker, the bride's sister, occupied a front
pew on the left and Mr. and Mrs. Pinchot
the one on the right.
sat Governor Morton and Colonel Marvin,
his military private secretary. In the suc-
ceeding pews were Senator and Mis. Steph-
en B. Elkins, ex-Secretary of State John
W. Foster and Mrs. Foster, ex-Attorney
General W. H. H. Miller and Mrs Miller,
and Mr. George W. Boyd, of the Penneyl-
vania railroad.
In pews back of Mr. and Mis. Pinchot
sat relatives and friends of the bride. They
were Major and Mrs. Richard Parker,
Chancellor and Mrs. McGill, the Miss
Dimmick and Mrs. Briggs, Mr. and Mrs.
Leeds, Mr. Norman Leeds and the Misses
Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Broughton and Miss
Lambert, General and Mrs. Fitzjohn Porter
and the Misses Porter.
In all thirty-six people were present, in-
cluding the United Press representative.
Admission was by card and every precau-
tion was taken to prevent intrusion.
All the living members of General Har-
rison’s cabinet were present excepting ex-
Postmaster General John Wanamaker, ¢x-
Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster,
ex-Secretary of War Redfield Proctor and
ex-Secretary of the Interior John W. No-
ble, all of whom were unavoidably pre-
vented from witnessing the cergmony.
It was 5.32 o’clock when af two
doors leading to the centre aisle
thrown aside and the ushers, side hy side,
stood in the passage way. At the same
moment Dr. J. Wesley Brown, the offici-
ating clergyman, robed in a white cassock,
appeared from the vestry, followed by the
sexton. The reverend doctor passed in be-
hind the sanctuary rail, the attendant
closing the gates after him.
Doctor Brown knelt in prayer a few
moments and then the ever popular strains
of ‘‘Lohengrin® burst forth and re-echoed
back from the empty stalls with double
volume. Then the door leading to the
vestry on the left of the altar opened and
the silvery locks of Generals Harrison and
Tracy were seen. There was an awk-
ward pause for a moment and the assem-
blage looked inquiringly first at the altar,
then at the rear entrance. Finally at 5.33
o’clock the bride appeared, following the
ushers. At the same moment the minister
nodded his head, signalling the groom to
step forward.
General Harrison and his best man at
once came forward and stood upon the top
chancel step. The left hand of the general
was bared and he carried in his right the
left hand glove. Immediately the bridal
procession was begun. The two ushers
walked well forward and took a position on
the second:chancel step. The bride leaned
upon the arm of her brother-in-law Lieu-
tenant Parker.
Mrs. Dimmick carried no houquet, but
instead carried a white silken prayer book.
As the bridal party approached the chan-
cel, General Harrison came down the steps
to the floor to receive his bride. With a
frank movement, she extended her right
hand which the groom clasped in his left.
Then the couple marched up to the step to
the centre of the altar, where they knelt a
moment in prayer. General Tracey and
Lieutenant Parker followed, the former
standing to the right of groom, and the
lieutenant to the left of the bride. It was
a pretty picture, beautiful in its simplicity.
The reading of the Protestant Episcopal
ceremony was at once begun. When the
usual question was pronounced to the
groom ‘‘Will thou have this woman to be
wedded wife,’’ etc., the general responded
in subdued, almost inaudible tones. When
the same question was put to the bride,
she answered in a clear, musical voice.
As the bride and groom walked down the
aisle after the ceremony, Mrs. Harrison
bowed pleasantly to her different acquaint-
ances. The stern expression depicted upon
her usually pallid face had faded away and
we surplanted by a bright, cheering
smile.
General Harrison's face hore a calm, sat- ®
isfied expression. The bridal party was
driven to the residence of Mrs. Pinchot,
No. 2 Gramercy park, where light refresh-
ments were served. Here the bride and
groom donned their traveling attire. Soon
after 7 o'clock the party re-entered their
carriages and were driven to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station in Jersey City.
They boarded tlie private car of vice presi-
dent Frank Thompson, which was coupled
to the regular 7.50 p. m. train west, and
the bride and groom left at once for Indian-
apolis. Some of the party accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison as far as Philadel-
phia and participated in the wedding sup-
per, which was served aboard the car.
The fact that General Harrison's daugh-
ter, Mrs. McKee, and his son, Russell B.
Harrison, were not at the wedding oc-
casioned considerable comment. It has
been rumored that Mr. Harrison's family
were strongly opposed to their father’s mar-
riage to Mrs. Dimmick. While they still re-
tain all due affectation'for their parent, it
is said they decline to give their filial sanc-
tion.
The honeymoon will be spent in Gen-
eral Harrison's home in Indianapolis, which
has been refitted and renovated for the oc-
casion. Later the couple will go to the
Adirondack mountains. The groom's gift
to his best man was a walking stick, which
was valued by General Harrison because of
its association. Its history dates back to
the civil war, and General Tracy highly
values its possession.
Se or :
How Spain's Humanity is Meted Out to | hung enlarged photographs of some of
} i
of the |
As they entered |
Behind Mrs. Parker |!
large |
were |
Them in Cuba.
mal Dungeons, Vermin infested and Lacking of Sani-
tary Requirements for Little or No Cause.—
Are in the Hospitals.
April 6.-—Two hundred and twelve men
{are confined in two cells of Moro castle. |
| They are political prisoners or ‘suspects’ |
{awaiting trial. Some have heen there a
{ week, some a month and some a year.
| Two are American citizens and one is a
British subject. There isa child 14 years old,
i born in Spain and not long enough in this
| country to dream of rebelling against the
i government. There arc men howed in
years, young men, professional men, clerks |
|
{and farm laborers, all gathered in and
thrown together with little or no evidence
|
[ rection. In the Cuban fortress close by,
; and in prisons al! over the island, are other
unfertunates. Two thousand, three thous-
and, perhaps four thousand, altogether, for
no man may know how many: people Spain
has behind the bars at this time in Cuba.
Each cell in Moro castle is about twenty
feet wide and nearly one hundred feet deep.
They are of stone, arched above and are
more like subterranean tunnels than rooms
for human heings. The only openings are
at the ends. They are in the lower part of
a building, within the outer walls, and
{ having the appearance of being intended
or storing supplies. They are damp and
filthy and are said to be infested with ver-
min. Nothing in the shape of chairs,
benches, or beds are provided. There are,
however, hooks for fifty hammocks in each
room. Friends of the prisoners supply the
hammocks, but as there are 108 men in one
room and 104 in the other, over half the
number are compelled to sleep on the stone
floor.
Water is furnished twice a day in square
cans which once contained kerosene oil.
Regular army rations are served. The sani-
tary arrangements are vile. Many men are
taken from these cells to the hospitals be-
fore the slow moving authorities see fit to
try their cases, or admit that they have no
case.
The political prisoners are Cubans al-
most without exception.
any sense prisoners of war. They are
peaceable citizens dragged out of their
homes, away from families dependent upon
them for support and sent to Moro Castle.
| If there is any real evidence against them |
| they are reported to the Spanish penal
‘colony at Central Africa.
against Spain, but whom Spain suspects of
disloyalty. Were it not for the hope of re-
lease that is ever present in their breasts,
their fate—that of slow death in Moro
Castle—might be considered worse than
that of men who have shouldered a gun
and fought the soldiers of Spain. Prisoners
of war in Cuba are given drum-head court
martial and promptly shot.
pects rot in the jails.
Port Matilda Pointers.
And still grim old winter is with us and
we are having quite a lot of snow storms in
still above the tops of the fences.
And still we get the sight of a candidate
once in a short while, but some of them are
beginning to look blue for some cause un-
known to the writer. Keep up your courage
boys, as there is an end toall things.
Mr. John A. Stephens, who has been at
home since last fall, packed his grip and left
for West Virginia, on last Tuesday, where he
will take charge of a saw mill for G. W.
Woodring, formerly of this place, who
went to West Virginia a few years ago
and embarked in the lumber business.
Our little burg is in need of a liveryman
very much at the present time if we are to
judge from the effort put forth by one of our
young merchants, on last Sunday evening, in
trying to procure a horse and buggy to drive
out into the country to see his best girl. Keep
in good heart Charlie the weather will get
warm by the middle of August then you can
walk or go a foot back.
Ex-recorder John F. Harter, of Millheim,
who is secretary of the Millheim building and
loan association, was in our town, on last
Monday, making a transfer of some real
estate belonging to the association to Philip
S. Spotts of this place. In conversation with
Mr. Harter we drifted on to the Ettlinger
tragedy, he being one of the coroner's jury
was able to give a full explanation of the
awful affair. He also showed us quite a relic
in the way of onc of the bullets that he had
taken from the body of constable Barner
when they were making an investigation of
the shots that did the deadly work.
All Through Brush Valley.
Forest Ocker, of Rebersburg, is sick.
Miss Bessie Stover is Rebersburg’s newest
dress-maker.
Our telephone poles are still lying in the
fence corners.
Mr. Willis Weber, of Rebersburg, is smil-
ing for it is a boy.
Prof. Calvin Morris moved to Rebersburg
into the house of John Zeigler.
Forest Emerick and Mr. Zeigler, of Wolf's
Store, have gone to the Bloomsburg Normal.
Rev. Brown will preach his Rebersburg
farewell sermon a week from the coming
Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Moyer and her sister Rebecea,
of Centre Mills, are attending the Rebersburg
Academy.
Thomas Meyer, of Lock Haven, is stop-
ping at the house of Daniel Harter, near
Wolf's Store.
Supt. C. L. Gramley can now accommo-
date his customers, for he has put an- engine
to his grist mill.
Mr. Yearick, who had been teaching in
Union county, is at home attending the
Academy at Rebersburg.
Mr. Leyman, of near Bellefonte, who is a
candidate for sheriff, was circulating among
his Democratic friends in this section re-
cently.
The Brumgart boys, of near Wolf's Store,
who attend the Lutheran school at Selins-
grove, were at home over Sunday to
spend their Easter vacation.
Last week the Rebersburg hotel was a sort
of an art gallery. Inside
and out were
| Thousands are Locked up.—Placed in Damp and Dis- |
They are not in |
Those remaining |
i at Moro are men who have not rebelled |
| ing examined for the U. S. mail service.
i
Political sus- farmers this week to introduce his Canadian
| thistle exterminator, which when properly
' {7 Squire Keichline, and his brother Peter of
| Bellefonte,
this neck o’ the woods; with snow drifts |
Mr. A. Nearhood is Rebersburg’s new |
butcher.
Mrs. Betsy Stover is becoming weaker
every day.
‘aged but the hay crop will not be heavy
. Brush valley's foremost citizens.
The Rebersburg Academy, conducted by
Prof. Hosterman, opened last Monday
Many | ith thirty-one pcople, Mr. Smith and a
{ Miss Smith, of Center Hill, are the only ones
HAVANA, April 4, via Tayea, Fla, | from a distance in attendance so far, but
| more are expected.
It seems strange that the minister and
| church officials of such a small town as Reb-
ershurg cannot arrange services so as not to
have them all at the same hour. This isa
good indirect way to teach an unchrist-
ian spirit of sectarianism to our children.
Rev. Faus, the new Methodist minister on
the Penns valley charge, preached an exceed-
| ingly interesting and fine sermon on the sub-
ject of God in nature and in thought, at
{ language and thought is rather of the ®sthet-
{ ic and serious, than of the brilliant. His dis-
| course produces a warmth of religious emo-
| tion, gently pleading and convincing. He is
not such a ready, casy and fluent speak-
cr as Rev. Illingworth, but he is not less in-
teresting and intellectually up-building. He
has a warm heart and warm shake for every-
one. His conception of the duties of a pastor
in a country, namely, of calling on people at
their homes in and outside of church mem-
bership, is not only very henefitting but also
very promising. He. can hardly fail to be
very successful among the Methodist there
and elsewhere.
THE EASTER SERVICES IN THI REBERS-
BURG LUTHERAN CHURCH.—Last Sunday
evening was a decided success, it having been
under the supervision of our county Supt.
Gramley. The chorus music was good, the
quartette rendered by Mrs. Harry Miller,
the Misses Orpha Bierly, Lula Erhart and
Winifred Wolf was very good, and the organ-
ists Miss Sallic Harter and Miss Grace Miller
did well. The responsive reading was well
prepared and read. The individual recita-
tions by the Misses Edith Ziegler, Alma
Gramley, Lula Erhart, Bessie Stover, and
the concert recitations of classes of little boys
and girls were simply excellent. The ad-
dress by the minister, Rev. Mumma, was
brief and to the point, on the subject of
moncy for church extension. The house
i big" went home with a light heart.
Pine Grove Mention.
Last Monday our Academy opened for the
Spring term.
A. J. Tate was in Pittsburg last week, be-
one of Bellefonte’s re-
Democrats, has been visiting our
{ Samuel White,
| liable
applied is a perfect success.
spent Easter in town visiting
their mother. Mrs. Keichline is remarkably
well for a woman of her years but is now suf-
fering from a broken shoulder.
Tuesday evening, the birthday party held
at the home of Dr. Wood's under the auspices
of the women of the Presbyterian congrega-
tion was a very pleasant affair and a financial
success. Seventy-three dollars were realized.
Daniel Heckman, Benner's candidate for
commissioner ; Reed Alexander, Penn's can-
didate for recorder; G. H. Leyman, Bogg's
candidate for sheriff have been doing Fer-
‘guson this week. They are all tip top fellows
and first rate Democrats.
Mr. Gardner is sick with lung trouble, not
cancer of the stomach, as we said last week.
His two sons, Harry and Robert, the first
head clerk in a coal establishment and the
latter shipping clerk in a wholesale house, at
Pittsburg, were home over Sunday.
Samuel Harpster, Jr., of Gatesburg, was
the holder of tab No. 15 which brought him
a 14 carat-gold hunting case watch, then
his father presented him with a solid gold
chain. Sam is a lucky fellow and isas happy
over his watch as a little boy with his first
red-topped boots.
On the 6th, a very pleasant surprise was
tendered Ed. Lytle at the home of his father
on Main street. It was his twentieth birth-
day but so like all the other days that he did
not suspect the preparations until the feast
was ready and the guests there. He received
a number of presents and the guests had a
good time.
While attempting to burn some brush on
Monday, Samuel Kelly’s man came very near
having a serious conflagration. A high wind
was blowing and carried the sparks into the
dried grass which was soon ablaze in all the
adjoining fields. The fences were not dam-
were the fire burned.
Last Saturday evening, a birthday party
was given at Daniel T. Johnson's, at Pine
Hall, in honor of Mrs. Johnson's birthday.
Mrs. Johnson does not enjoy the best ,of
health but was well enough to derive much
pleasure from the occasion and to greet her
friends both old and new, who had a most
enjoyable evening.
Last Friday Boalsburg was all stirred up
by a mad dog which suddenly appeared on
its streets ready to bite anybody or thing
that came in its way. The dog was finally’
shot by Wm. Stewart but not before he had
bitten a small boy, Alex Miller's horse, a
number of dogs and killed a goose belonging
to Wm. Holman. Dr. Glenn cauterized the
boy’s hand, some of the dogs were killed and
others are awaiting hydrophobia.
Tussey council No. 515 is rapidly pushing
to the front. It was organized only two
years ago and now has a membership of sixty-
five. Last Saturday its second anniversary
was celebrated in the hall which presents a
fine appearance with its new furniture and
decorations. Most of tho members were pres-
ent with their ladies and” many guests were
welcomed. Refreshments were free and
plenty. Music that was loudly applauded
was rendered by the Cronemiller orchestra.
Speeches were short and pithy and when ad-
Jjournment was suggested it was only because
church goers were afraid they would break
the Easter Sabbath if they remained longer.
Adam Felty was obliged to kill one of his
best horses last Saturday. While being hitch-
ed up another horse kicked it, breaking its
cawon bone.
DEATH oF DAvID M. WEAVER.—On Sat-
urday the 4th, David M. Weaver died at his
home in Bellwood, Blair county, after a long
illness. He had not been in good health for
time and when his only son died last year he
was very much crowded and all, “little and
the blow, but gradually declined in health.
Heart trouble and dropsy set in and his death
was not unexpected. He was the youngest
son of the late John Weaver and was born at
the old home near town. His brother Wm.
was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville in
’63 and his oldest brother, Theophilus, died in
Harrisburg several years ago. He was a
consistent member of the Lutheran church
and a loyal member of the I. 0. O. F. who
took charge of his funeral, held in
wood on Tuesday the Tth. His wife,
Annic Wolf, and three sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Krumrine, of Potter's Bank; Mrs. Ellen
Fisher, of Bellefonte and Mrs, Emma Meek,
of Fairbrook, arc all that is left to mourn the
loss of «dear kind relative and agood true
life.
ANOTHER PROMINENT MAN GONE. —Just
as Easter Sunday was ushered in the spirit
of Henry Dale took its flight to the God who
gave it. All winter he had been sick with
heart trouble and dropsy but most of the time
was able to be up in his chair conversing with
friends, who were constantly by his side
| watching and taking care of him.
The eldest son of Christian Dale, Sr., he
was born at the Dale homestead, at Oak Hall,
Nov. 9th, 1828. He married Priscilla Durst
March 20th, 1850, who lived but a few years,
and Aug. 20th, 1861, he married Henrietta
Rutherford who, with his four children, Mrs.
Kate Saunders, Mrs. H. A. McGirk, of Al-
toona, Charles on the old farm, and Miss
Annie at home, survive him and miss the
presence of a kind indulgent parent. He
owned and lived on one of the most produc-
tive farms on the Branch and by his careful
business methods and untiring energy ac-
quired considerable property in the com-
munity. For some years he had lived a
rather retired life at his beautiful home, near
Oak Hall, where he was given to the most
generous hospitality. He was an active mem-
ber of and past officer of Logan Grange.
where he seldom missed a meeting. He was
2 most helpful member of the Boalsburg
Lutheran church, where he. will be missed
wonderfully. Wise in his counsels and well
versed in the news of the day, he was influ-
ential in church, grange and local affairs, and
his death is 2 severe loss not only to his
family buf to the entire community.
His sisters and brothers living arc Mrs.
! John Musser, of this place; Mrs. John Mus-
{ ser, of Fillmore ; William, of Pleasant Gap :
i George, of Lemont, and Philip, of Woodward.
Austin, of Oak Hall, and Clem and Al. of
Bellefonte are half brothers. He was buried
on Tuesday the 7th, at 10 o'clock. in the
Boalsburg cemetery, with his friend and
pastor Rev. Lescher officiating.
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Spring Mills.
Public sales are about over in Penns valley.
Owing to a change in the milling firm of
Allison Bro. & Co. of our village, they were
quite busy last week taking a general in-
ventory of stock.
The Spitzberger blasts hurled down this
valley last weck, continued from Wednesday
‘til Saturday night. It was decidedly on the
blizzard order and the cold about as severe as
any we had during the winter. Some old
folks were wondering what broke loose with
the calendar, they were under the impression
it was spring time.
J. S. Herman, of Lemont, Republican can-
didate for sheriff, was in our village last week
visiting his old friends and seeking new ones.
P. H. Meyer, of Boalshurg, Democratic can-
didate for county commissioner, was also
here. The professor is well known and very
popular in these valleys. Politics are begin-
ning to be discussed quite lively down thix
way, but the candidates for the several offices
are so numerous, that as yet it is rather difli-
cult to say who has the inside track of public
opinion.
‘manuel Shock intends erecting a large
hennery in our town. He has all the lumber
on the premises and will commence opera-
tion as soon as the weather permits. Mr. S.
thoroughly understands conducting a hen-
nery, having been engaged in it for several
years. I also hear of several other enterprises
in contemplation, among them isa planing
mill, the arrangements of which are now
under consideration, and I have every reason
to believe that within a short time the erecec-
tion of the necessary buildings will be com-
menced.
The candidates, instead of mecting their
friends at vendues, can now enjoy a little
fishing and find their constituency along the
streams, the banks of which are lined with
fishermen, everybody seems to be of that call-
ing now. No doubt the candidates for sheriff,
will soon be taking an extended and general
observation for the most convenient points to
locate fish baskets, nets and outlines. And
after the nominations are made, the success
ful candidates, while canvassing and seeking
laggard and doubtful voters, can quietly in-
form their respective friends just where to
plant the baskets, nets, ete. This will make
it quite easy for the triumphant sheriff to dis-
cover and remove them. Of course election
| expenses are heavy and must be paid some-
| how, and the ‘‘dear” people arc always so
willing to liquidate the debts of their ‘“‘ser-
vants’’—they love to engage in deeds of an
eleemosynary character and—fish baskets,
nets, ete., must be removed, even if placed
there for that purpose.
Tribute of Respect.
WueRrEAs, An allwise Providence, in infinite
wisdom, has removed by death comrade Elijah
Kellerman, of Post 261, G. A. R., who has always
been held in the highest respect. and loved by all
members of his post and the community in which
he lived, therefore be it
Resolved, That while we bow in humble sub-
mission to the will of God, believing that He doeth
all things well, that in the death of comrade Kel-
lerman we have lost one of our esteemed and
worthy members, and the country one of the noble
band of defenders. One whose character and
qualitics were such as call forth love and admira-
tion ; whose manner, disposition and virtues en-
deared him not only to his comrades but to all
who know him, and be it further
Resolved, That we tender the family our heart-
felt sympathy in this their sore bereavement, that
our charter be draped for a period of thirty days,
that a copy of these resolutions be spread on tho
minutes of post, a copy of same sent to the family
of our deceased comrade, and that these resolu-
tions be published in the county papers.
Comrade Kellerman enlisted May 31st, 1864, and
was discharged July 26th, 1865. Mustered into
the G. A. R., June 2nd, 1883, and died March 31st,
1896, aged 52 years.
J.C. P. JonEs,
A. G. RAGER,
Davip BaLbriGr,
Milesburg, April 6th, 1896.
committer.
was so shocked that he never recovered from
3ell-