SEER em . 18 a good fellow at this kind of work and o'clock. These contests will probably de- ——— Sg oA - ce wr. Bo oe Ty or RET... ee pag 50 . on Bellefonte, Pa., April 17, 1896. To Corrrsroxpexts.—No communications pub- lished anless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ——The Musser house, at Millheim, is to be completely remodeled during the summer. . Fine ore has lately been found by prospectors on the A. N. Heckman farm near Clintondale. ——The Hornet is our authority for the statement that Francis Speer, of the Gazette, “has ordered his wedding suit.” —A clever lot of people are with the company that will present ‘2 Thorough- bred” at Garman’s, next Wednesday night, Feb. 22nd. : ——D. A. Boozer, one of Centre Hall's leading business men, and Miss Martha Boal, daughter of Mr. George Boal, were married last evening. —Rev. Grant, of the A. M. E. church, will deliver the memorial sermon to Peters Bros. post 163, G. A. R., of Unionville, the Sunday before Decoration day. —The marriage of George Beezer and Miss Mary Tate, the beautiful daughter of the late Col. D. K. Tate, will be consum- mated Saturday, the 25th inst. ——The young ladies of State College, Lemont and Bellefonte will give a joint leap year dance at the Inn, State College, on Tuesday evening, April 28th. | ——DMus. Bryan, wife of John Bryan the Bellefonte Central mail carrier, has been sent to a Pittsburg hospital to undergo an operation. She left Wednesday morning. ——The engagement of Miss Tillie Lyon and Louis Grauer is soon to be announced. Miss Lyon is a member of the firm of Lyon & Co., and for several years has ably. man- aged their big store. —Scoop-nets and seines have lately been used in Spring creek and Logan’s branch. Such fishing in these trout streams is unlawful and the offenders should he severely punished for it. ——Robert Downing and a strong com- pany presented ‘‘the Gladiator’ at .Gar- man’s, Tuesday night. It easily took rank with the best things that have been seen here and a fair sized audience was highly delighted. —Bill Doak is in town again and wish- REPUBLICANISM HAs TROUBLE ON ITs HAXNDS.—The Republican county conven- tion, 7. e. what some were pleased to call “‘chairman Gray’s snap-gathering,”” met in the court house here, on Tuesday. It con- vened in response to a call to elect delegates to the state convention and also conferees to represent this county in the 28th district congressional conference. 2 Of the 124 delegates in the county all were present but two when chairman Gray called for order. They would have been there had not- the Reeder men tricked them into missing it because they had been instruct- ed for Arnold. The routine of organiza- tion was gone through without noteworthy incident, other than the selection of Hon. Jas. P. Coburn, of Aaronsburg, he of the little speech, to be chairman. Heauade it in his usual style and when he had. finish- ed there might have been. those who had become convinced that there will be no room for Democrats, even in Heaven. Other officers of the convention were seq lected as follows : Fred Dale, Lemont ; John T. Hoover, Philipsburg, secretaries ; Geo. W. Fisher, Half Moon, Twp., reading clerk ; J. P. Harris, Andrew Gregg, A. P. Rishel, H. H. Osman and G. E. Chandler, committee on resolutions. Cap’t. S. H. Bennison, of Marion, Twp., then proposed an order of business which was adopted and the convention got to work. At the start off everything appeared as harmonious as could be, yet beneath the surface there was trouble. Congressman Wm. C. Arnold, of DuBoise, had contested Wilbur F. Reeder’s right to the congres- sional conferees from this county at the primaries on the previous Saturday, the | result being that there was a large delega- tion of men in the convention who sported gay badges with his picture and were pledged to his support. The Arnold wing was centered about the Philipsburg and Rush township delegations and that it in- tended making itself heard was noticeable to everyone from the moment the morning trains arrived. : THE FIRST SIGN OF A SPLIT. The first business before the body was the election of delegates to the state con- vention. Deininger, of Cen, »e Hail, were nominated. The presentation of Crissman’s name was a surprise to the slate makers who had count- ed on putting the last named nominees through without opposition. There had been no opportunity to measure the rela- tive strength of the two sides and as the balance of power wis with the 10 unin- structed delegates the machine was’on the anxious bench until Crissman asked to es us to inform the people that he is ready to do carpet cleaning and gardening. Bill those who have employed him speak very highly of him. ——The commissioners of Centre and Clearfield counties met in Tyrone, on Wednesday, to talk over the building of a joint bridge, over the Moshannon, at Peale. The contract was awarded to the Havana, N. Y., bridge company. ——The inter-class relay races will be held on Beaver field, at The Pennsylvania State College, to-morrow afternoon at 2:: cide who will represent State at the Uni- versity relay race in Philadelphia. ~—-Fire broke out in the home of Ed- waid Overton, colored, on Water street, carly Wednesday morning, but the prompt work of the inmates of the house saved it from destruction. The fire caught from the stove. A line of clothes had heen sus- pended over it. E. K. Rhoads, the reliable coal dealer, who is much more liberal and pub- lic spirited than many of our older and wealthier men, has been having a serious siege of the grip. He has been confined to the house for three weeks and is only now able to be out. : ——On Tuesday cvening Rev. J. W. Rue, of the Methodist church, celebrated the anniversary of his birth and the mem- bers of his Sunday school class made the occasion memorable by giving him a de- lightful surprise party. During the even- ing they presented him with a gold pen and an ink-well. ——Last Friday evening, Mims. F. W. Crider very pleasantly entertained a num- ber of the young people at her-hoine, on Linn street, for her daughter May, who was home for the Easter vacation. The guests from out of town were Miss Annie Shaffner, of Philadelphia, and J. P. Metzger, of Bedford. ——F. Peebles Green has opened a res- taurant or lunch room, on High street, in the room under Dr. Dobbins’ “office next door to Williams’ paper store. Itis just the place to goif you want a good palatable meal, a refreshing cup of coffee, a nice sandwich ora bowl of soup served in a clean, quiet room at reasonable prices. ——By fainting from too much carbuncle on his hand Col Wilkinson, the genial pro- prietor of ‘China Hall,”’ caused nearly as | much commotion in his beautiful store, | Saturday evening, as the proverbial bull. A doctor was hastily summoned and he was taken home in a carriage. He is able to be out, but has not yet recovered his usual health. ——Dr: R. Leighton Gearhart's lecture, in the opera house to-night, will be very entertaining. ‘Fairy tales and who first told them’ is his theme. Parents can pick up some very pretty stories for the en- tertainment of their children, as well as learn of the true origin of the myths so popular in the nursery. Don’t think from this that the lecture is a trifling thing, for itis not. Dr. Gearhart deals with his sub- ject philosophically and makes it both en- have his name with-drawn. He did this | with the hope that it would help Arnold in some way, but when he asked the conven- tion later for a favor it had every right to concede, yet refused, he must have found out how vindictive were the people he had de- clined to contest with. OPEN REVOLT. When the election of congressional nominees, or rather the voting of instruc- tions to them, was called for Dr. Geo. F. Harris, Bellefonte, place the name of Col. W. F. Reeder before the convention. Townsend, of Philipsburg, then addressed the convention in the presentation of the name of the present Congressman, W. C. Amold. During his speech he advanced good argument as to why ARNOLD should ['be renominated, but over-shot his mark when he stated that that man was the only representative congressman the district has the housepHut were no-where to be seen. An incident that soon followed brought both men onto the floor and gave them an opportunity to disclose how bitter the con- test really was. The convention then proceeded to vote by hallot, the result being that Reeder won by a vote of 72 to 50. This made his friends 80 exultant that they. cheered like mad, forgetting that the Arnold people were fel- low Republicans and entitled tosome cour- tesy at their hands. Crissman got the floor, when order was restored, to present a reso- lution that Messrs Dale, Simler and Criss- man—three Arnold—Quay men—be select- ed as congressional conferees. Quick asa flash chairman Coburn referred it to the committee on resolutions, knowing only too well what would become of it there. I ever ye and Arnold were both in The Arnold people submitted to this nipping of their little plan to have their own men represent Reeder in the conference, but ! were on their feet, to a man, the next min- | ute, when the chairman called for a vote on Foster’s resolution to allow Reeder to se- lect his own conferees. This move was all too plain. The machine intended effecting its plans, whatever the method. There was pandemonium for a minute. The choicest kind of pet names were ex- changed and notwithstanding the apparent unfairness of the proceeding it was put to a vote and carried 65 to 53. It will be seen from this that three of Reeder’s support ers-on the first ballot had not been able to stomach such manipulations. ARNOLD MEN LEAVE THE HALL. When order had been restored the Ar- S. 8. Crissman, of Philipsburg ; | F. H. Clemson, of Patton Twp. ; and C. F. | El | the one introduced by Phil. Foster to let Reeder choose his own conferees. Not- withstanding all their charges of unfair- ness, perfidy and incompetency the chair was stolid in the intent to carry out the machine plan until Reeder appeared on the floor and asked that the resolution be re- called and voted down. Of course the re- quest was granted, but Col. Coburn an- nounced that the vote would be by ballot. ‘This was the last straw. The vote on Fos- ter’s resolution had been a rising one and the same method was refused when the Crissman resolution was to be considered. Every one got hot and there were charges that. Reeder was afraid to allow a rising vote for fear he could not keep ‘‘tab’’ on his men. The vote was finally taken by ballot. It resulted 58to 64 against, adcp- tion. Then the wild cheers of the Reéder people were heard again and Arnold’s friends, realizing that they had received no quarter, whatever, left the hall. A few of ‘them stopped near the door to hear the committee on resolutions report the usual tirade against everything Democratic. They endorsed McKinley and his protec- tion theory, declared for sound money and adjourned. It was the most notorious political gath- ering ever assembled in the county. It was not a matter of much surprise that the Arnold people should have acted as they did and the scheme to ‘“‘work’’ them was a miserable bungle, if it was intended as a political trick. The other side could have afforded to keep its dirty work con- cealed after it had secured control of the convention and thus saved the unpleasant situation that branded it as guilty of taking { unfair advantage of the minority. ode { ——The Lock Haven traction company lis soon to carry mail from that pifee to { Mill Hall. ! >be | ——The Milesburg band will have a cake walk, in Gruver’s hall, in that place, to- | morrow night. *de ——Millheim’s new planing mill and | wood-working plant is under roof and will | . soon be in operation. os The proposed Central Pennsylvania { base ball league is about to go under be- | cause Shamokin has withdrawn. a | ——The.martins arrived in Lock Haven | on Sunday evening. They were three days | | later than they were last year. i Re | ——The home of John Naugle, in Phil- ! adelphia, was burglarized the other evening | and Will Toner, of this place, who hoards ! with the family, is minus a gold ring. , ——“A Thoroughbred” is full of clever | specialties and among the particularly good | ones, says the New York World, is the song, | “a son of the desert am I,” sung by Geo. , C. Denton, barytone. | nt | ——Tuesday was the thirty-first anni- | versary of the assassination of Lincoln. | The President was shot in Ford’s theatre, { where he had gone to see Laura Keene play in ‘Our American Cousin.”’ i i eas ——TRev. Dr. Laurfe, of this place, con- | ducted memorial services in the Tyrone | Presbyterian church on Sunday. It was {in memory of two former pastors of the | | church and of the wife of the present pas- { | i tor. - ote + ——We call the attention of our readers | to an advertisement that appears elsewhere lin this issue relative to the election of a | superintendent for the public schools of i Centre county. It is a matter in which every parent is interested aid should be | given careful consideration. { rr Gp me | + —The Senior alsembly at The Pennsyl- vania State College will be held Friday evening, April 24th. Lettan & Chappell’s orchestra will furnish the music. The committee is composed of Walter Wright Greenland, Chas. Ezra Scott, Robert A. McCrea, Jacob Marion Vastine and Chas. I'S. Gingerich. a | ——While walking along Allegheny street with his father, last Thursday even- ing, three year old Jack Lyon ran in front of ateam driven by W. C. Heinle Esq., and was run over. Both horses and buggy passed over him, but aside from a bruised’ ankle "he was unhurt. His nick-name, “‘little soldier,”” seems very applicable. oe ——The Huntingdon Presbytery con- vened in Tyrone, on Tuesday, and closed | its sessions yesterday. Rev. | Raven, from Newton, N. J., was admitted | to the Presbytery. He has accepted a call | from Mifflintown. Rev. Leander M. Lewis, i of the Pittsburg Presbytery, was also ad- | mitted. He will go to the Sinking valley { and lower Spruce creek charges. Lick run, | Bald Eagle and Buffalo Run presented a | call for a pastor for Rev. M. Jones, who { will probably accept. State College asked | for Rev. Dennison. The next meeting will “be held at Upper Tuscarora. —— pn a ——W. H. Miller, possibly better known as “Harvey,” has embarked in business Alfred N.. nold men were plainly very indignant, but | for himself and is now located in the store still hopeful that they would not be turned room formerly occupied by the Phila. down entirely. * Crissman then presented a | Branch clothing store, on Allegheny street. resolution . that the conferces from this | A tinner of long experience he is prepared county, having used all honorable means to ' to do all sorts of work in that line. He secure the nomination of Reeder and in the recently purchased the outfit of H. A. Mec- event of their failure to bring about such ' Kee’s hardware store and now has a thor- an end, be instructed to vote for Arnold as | oughly equipped establishment. Besides second choice. This resolution was far on | carrying a full line of tin and granite iron its way to the committee to meet the fate ; ware he does repair work and can repair of the other one, when a second storm ' granite iron as readily and satisfactorily as broke loose. The Arnold people were be- tin. This is not. generally understood by side themselves with rage. They had rec- users of such goods but it can be done. tertaining and instructive. ognized the eaemy by this time and hand- led them with anything but pillows on their tongues. .. They demanded a vote on the resolution, the same as had been given Slate and tin roofing, stove and range re- | pairing, spouting, etc., are all branches of "his business and if you want a prompt, | satisfactory job give him a call. os CYRUS STRICKLAND DEAD.—The an- nouncement, Monday, of the death of Cyrus Strickland was not surprising, inas- much as he had been in poor health for years and lately had suffered greatly from kidney trouble which was caused by a hurt he had received during the war. e was born «in Union county, March 15th, 1828, and came to Bellefonte in 1849, where he followed the carpenter trade until the war broke out in ’61. With the first call for volunteers he enlisted and was enrolled in Co. H., 2nd regiment of three months mén under Captain John B. Mitchell’s command. Of the company he was 1st corporal and later, when he was mustered into the three years service as a member of company H., 56 Reg, P. V., he was made a sergeant. In August, in’62, when on duty near Rappanhannock station, he had his back hurt and was taken to the hospital from which he was not discharged until the following summer. For some years after his return home he was superintendent of the water works. Failing health finally compelled him to give up active work and he opened a grocery store on Bishop street, which he tended and enjoyed almost to the day of his death. He was married on Jan. Ist, 1862, to Nancy Huey, a daughter of Robert Huey, of Harris township, and a sister of Mrs. David Fortney. She and their two children, Mrs. Clara Gardner and Miss Jennie, who is one of our younger public school teachers, survive him. He was buried, Wednesday afternoon, in the Union cemetery. Rev. Dr. Laurie con- ducted the services at his home, on Bishop street, and the pall bearers were Amos Mullen, Steel Hunter, Thomas Donachy, J. A. Aikens, S. H. Williams and Charles Smith. Bishop street, which has long retained its old fashioned good comradeship among its neighbors, is fast losing its characters. One by one the older residents are passing away and soon its pleasant, genial kinship will only be a memory of the past. boy DEATH OF A FINE YOUNG MAN AT HowARD.-—John DeMurt McKinney, son of David B., and M. Katharine McKinney, was born at Howard, Pa., September 7th, 1876, and died at the home of his parents, in the same place, April 13th, 1896. The disease which carried Mr. McKinney away, before he had reached manhood, was con- sumption, and his illness, though compara- tively painless, was of long duration and during its entire continuance he gave un- | ceasing evidence of the gentle spirit and kindly manner which dominated his whole life. DeMurt, as he was familiarly called, was a young man of rare qualities of mind and ! heart, and few of the youth of the com- munity gave brighter promise of useful and honorable lives than did he. His short life was one of strict uprightness and his cen- tempt for meanness was as marked as was his desire to avoid wrong-doing. Strictly taught in the truth of the church of his parents he faithfully lived by its teachings and though so young developed a christian character of the finest mold and died in the full assurance of a happy hereafter. He was as popular as he was good, and the whole neighborhood, young and old, join his parents and his younger brother in lamenting their loss. He was buried with the solemn rites of his church in the Catholic cemetery, at Belle- fonte, on Wy ot 0 = BURIED ON SUNDAY. — The funeral of Mrs. Hannah Schrock, who died at the home of her daughter, Bertha, in Monte Vista, Col., on Monday, April the 6th, took place on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock from her old home, on Bishop street, now presided over by her daughter Mis. Dona- chy. of which she had been a member for sixty- four years, conducted the services. Last May, while visiting in Akron, O., she decided to go to Colorado to see her daughter, Mrs. D. J. Elliott. Although 75 years old she enjoyed the climate great- ly and was perfectly well until ten days before her-death. Then she, her daughter and her daughter’s husband took the grip. A professional nurse was employed but Mrs. Elliott was scarcely ableto be about when her mother died and Mr. Elliot was still confined to the house when Mrs. Elliott started East with her mother’s body. They arrived here Friday morning. Her children were all home to the funeral which was largely attended by the older residents of the town. The pall-bearers were W. W. Montgomery, W. S. Tripple, L. Mullholland, N. Bauer, D. F. Fortney and Charles Smith. Interment was made in the Union pater | : I pf A sad death was that of little George, the bright son of Alfred and Mary Beezer, of Roopshurg, which occurred at his home last Sunday, after-an illness of about ten days with pneumonia. He was suddenly stricken with the fatal malady and before his loving parents had realized that he was dangerously ill he was beyond recovery. -He was 4 years, 3 months and 7 days old. Bright and happy his was a life that made a cheery home and now that he is gone the bereaved parents are almost prostrated with grief. Burial was made in the Catholic cemetery Tuesday afternoon. the Valentine iron works, early Wednesday morning. He was 86 years old and a gen- eral breaking. down was the cause of his death. The old man had worked about that place as long as can be remembered and was faithful in the performance of every duty. His wife died seventeen years ago, leaving him with a son and daughter. The former is dead and the whereabouts of the latter is not known. Burial was made in the company’s burying ground yesterday afternoon. Rev. Rue of the Methodist church, | sdied-at- Mrs. Mary Ann Conrad, aged 78 years, died in Tyrone, Wednesday morning, with stomach trouble. Deceased was the widow of Daniel Conrad and had been a resident of Warriors-mark valley since 1839. She was in Tyrone visiting her daughter at- the | time of her death. i L.0. Mrs. Vonada, relict of Daniel Vonada, of Woodward, died at her home in that place last Sunday night. Deceased was 74 years old and her remains were buried on Wednesday. We Ho George Y. Stover, once a resident of Haines township, this county, died in the West a few days ago. He was a son of Jacob Stover, of Woodward, and was 60 years old. ef David Wiley died very suddenly at his home, at Lamar, on Saturday. De- ceased was 77 years old and leaves a daugh- ter and son. His interment was made on Mondhy. oh Mrs. Hannah Smith, wife of William Smith, of Point Lookout, Philipsburg, died on Tuesday. She was 65 years old and had cancer. . ——Luther Waring has declined a call to the charge of the Philipsburg Lutheran church. Sind ppt ——DMilesburg Methodists have about de- cided to build their proposed new church of brick. . ess ——“A Thoroughbred” comes to Gar- man’s next Wednesday night, April 22nd. It is a farcical society play full of fun from start to finish. The comedy is grounded on the blunders of an unsophisticated youth who apes the sporting characters he has heard about, and the situations are ex- tremely ridiculous. *de ——The regular monthly meeting of the Bellefonte chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held Thursday eve- ning, April the 9th, at the home of Mrs. George L. Potter, on Linn street, was very interesting and entertaining. The subject of the evening was the battle of Monmouth. Carefully prepared papers on the battle and life of Gen. Wm. Wilson were read. His ‘portrait and the British flag he captured in that battle were exhibited by Mrs. Potter who is a direct descendant. News Purely Personal. streets yesterday. —Mrs. Edward Shoemaker went to Philadelphia, Monday, where she will visit for several weeks, —Mr. and Mrs Harris Mann, who spent Sunday | with their parents in this place, returned to their home, in Reedsville, Monday. —Robert Larimer, who was in town last week visiting his mother and brothers, returned to his home in Clearfield, Saturday. —B. Weber Esq., a man whose name and word goes £6 a great deal in Howard, was in town, on Wednesday, to attend the funeral of DeMurt Me- Kinney. —Mrs. Galway and her little daughter Marie Louise, after a three months’ visit with Mrs, G's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris, leave for their home in Radford, Va., to-day. —Mr. and Mrs. James Harris are in Oakland, Cal, now. They are perfectly delighted with the Pacific coast but will be glad enough to get back | to Centre county when the time comes. —The Hon. James Milliken, of Milroy and New York, spent Wednesday in Bellefonte visiting his sister, Miss Marion. We lost a very ornamental citizen when he moved from the town. : | —Benj. Beaver and his estimable wife spent yesterday doing some spring shopping in town. They have a snug home at State College, where Ben is held responsible for the proper care of the Collegg buildings. —Géorge Shrock, for many years a conposi- toron the Republican, but now of Akron, Ohio, where he is employed in a great big printing es- tablishmenf, was in to see us Wednesday. He has far out grown the country printing office and ook as though the business paid in ‘Akron. —Dr. Deshler, who has been in from Lisbon, Towa, visiting old friends and neighbors for the last two weeks, left for his western home Tuesday. He is a son of Dr. Deshler, of Aaronsburg, and it is fifteen years since he left that place for the West. In that time he has advanced and prospered as only keen, industrious men do and of course claims that Boies would make a great run for the Presidency. —George M. Rhule, one of the Philips- burg Arnold men, was in town, Monday, a day ahead of his convention. Like some of the other Philipsburgers he found that Republican machine workers in Bellefonte are not the most attractive fellows on earth so he went home with the party from over the mountain with the well them unfairly. ~ —Mr. and Mrs. Calvin H. Struble, of Graysville, Huntingdon Co., tarried in town, 1 esday, for a few hours. They were on their way home from Zion, where they nad been visiting, for a few days, Mr. Struble's grand