Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., May 8, 1896.
—_———
P. GRAY MEEK, - -
A Fraudulent Agent of Prosperity.
The extraordinary progress which Mc-
KINLEY has made toward capturing the
Republican presidential nomination, with
_the strongest likelihood of his securing that
prize, is a circumstance that gives the really
thoughtful leaders of the party much un-
easiness. They see that his leadership in
the presidential campaign would place the
party on an issue on which they could not
reasonably expect to be victorious. They
have reason to apprehend that the business
interests, and the sober judgment of the
people, will not consent to the country re- |
entering a protracted agitation of the tariff
question with all its disturbing conse-
quences, which the election of McKINLEY
would imply.
That the ablest minds of the Republican
party do not bank heavily on tariff as a po-
tential political factor is shown by the
course which the present Congress has taken
on that subject. It has not brought the
tariff to the front as a principle essential to
the success of the party in the coming presi-
dential campaign. There has been no ac-
tion on its part to impress the people that
the Democrats had inflicted an injury hy
_the passage of the WILSON bill, which this
Congress would vigorously protest against
by the introduction of tariff measures, even
if it could not expect to pass them over a
presidential veto. There has been nothing
more than a half-hearted perfunctory intro-
duction of a so-called revenue tariff bill
which was not designed to be passed and
has been allowed to be smothered to death
in the Senate. :
While the disposition of the ablest lead-
ers not to rely upon the tariff as a political
factor is manifest, a crazy movement is |
started to push the Ohio tariff spoliator for-
ward as ‘‘the advance agent of prosperity.”’
This is the work of the light-heads, but the
wiser minds of the party know how Mc-
KINLEY’S claim to being an agent of pros- |
| A Five Story Brick Building Collapsed and Fell Last i
perity will be scored and its humbuggery
exposed as the campaign progresses.
It will be shown that the kind of pros- |
perity of which he is the agent was illus-
trated by the bloodshed and the turmoil of
the Homestead strike and riots, as one of
the hundreds of strikes to which workmen
were driven by the reduction of wages in
industries that received the highest pro-
tection of the MCKINLEY tariff ; that it was
exemplified in the failure of labor to secure
any advance of wages that came anywhere
near the advance in the bounties given the
wealthy beneficiaries of that spoliatory sys-
tem, and that finally, in the last year of his
tariff, the kind of prosperity that attended
its operations was illustrated by a million
of men out of employment, a general re-
duction of wages, an empty treasury, a gold
reserve nearly exhausted, a general prostra-
tion of business, and a financial panic.
This is the kind of prosperity of which
MCKINLEY is ‘‘the advance agent,” and
there is not a thoughtful Republican leader
who is not apprehensive of the consequences
of such an “agent” being brought out and
subjected to the rough handling of a presi-
dential campaign.
Steady Prosperity.
Every month is furnishing additional
proof of the benefit which this country is
deriving from the present tariff. This is
being particularly shown in the increase in |
the exportation of American manufactures
for which a widely expanding market has
been opened abroad by our more liberal
relations with foreign countries.
The official figures for March show that
the value of manufactures exported during
that month amounted to $19,125,785, or
25.85 per cent of the total amount of our
exports—the largest percentage on record.
For the nine months of the present fiscal
year the aggregate value was $163,187,926,
or 24.57 per cent of the entire export trade
of the United States.
In those nine months the value of the
shipments exceeded that of any entire year,
prior to 1894, with but a single exception.
In such an effect of this Democratic tariff
may be found the basis of a substantial
prosperity for the industries of this coun-
try. The great evil of‘ the highly protect-
ive system is that it stimulates production
until there is a glut of the home market.
There being no foreign outlet under such a
tariff, production ceases until that glut is
- worked off and labor is thrown out of em-
ployment during such a suspense of pro-
duction. Much of the stagnation and hard
times we have recently gone through was
in consequence of the overproduction of
goods under the MCKINLEY tariff which
had to be consumed at home because the
character of that tariff closed the foreign
markets against our manufactures.
When it is seen, as is now the case, that
more than $19,000,000 of our manufactured
goods are sent abroad every month, there
isno danger of a MCKINLEY glut, but as-
surance of a steady prosperity for our
productive industries.
No Sympathy for Tom Reed.
The capture of Vermont by McKINLEY,
and the strong tendency of the New Eng-
land Republicans to go for the Ohio can-
didate, makes Tom REED’s show for the
nomination appear very slim. If he can
not look to his own section for support,
how can he expect to stem the tide of Mc-
KINLEYISM elsewhere ?
No one should pity ToM REED for the
disappointment he is about to undergo.
The Democrats, particularly, have a reason
| .
| tem of tariff robbery than MCKINLEY is
{ himself.
_ | it upon the country. Being a man of much
| greater ability, he exerted a greater in-
{ fluence in the passage of that tariff bill
Error. | than the man whose name it bears. It was
to derive satisfaction from it. He is really
more responsible for the MCKINLEY sys-
He did more in helping to inflict
to secure its passage that he browbeat the
Democrats in the House and exerted the
despotism of a czar in ruling that body.
McKINLEY’S connection with it was chiefly
in his being chairman of the committee
that heard the demands of the tariff bene-
ficiaries and made the schedules according
to their demands. The hard work and the
| dirty work of putting that bill through
| Congress was done principally by Tox
REED. ¥
Now that he must be stood aside as the
tariff champion and the reward of the pres-
idential nominatien be given to a mousing
fellow like BILL MCKINLEY must be pretty
rough on the feelings of the imperious czar,
but he can get no sympathy from the Dem-
ocrats.
Pension Infamy.
|
We have alluded to the PICKLER pension
committed by a Republican Congress under
4
| the guise of being friendly to the old sol-
i diers. Ours is a Democratic opinion of that
| proposed pension fraud, which is held out
las a bid for votes. The following is the
| opinion of it expressed by the Chicago
| a dyed-in-the-wool Republican
| Record,
| journal :
| This measure is intended purely for political
| purposes. It is an appeal for the vote of the old
I soldier, but if he has any respect left he will re-
| sent it as an insult, because a pension is no longer
| a badge of honor when it is offered to every de-
| serter, bounty-jumper and ex-rebel, who is able to
| come forward and prove that he served in the
| army in any capacity for 90 days. No evidence
i of loyalty or good conduct is required. All are |
placed upon a level—the good, the bad and the
i indifferent—and if this bill becomes a law thou-
| sands of deserters and bounty-jumpers can walk
up to the pension office with the armless and leg-
| less heroes of the war without distinction, and
{ draw their pay.
| What is to be thought of a political party
‘that will resort to such measures to gain
| votes ? We leave this question to be an-
swered By honest citizens and honorable
| soldiers.
Calamity in Cincinnati.
Evening—A Great Loss of Life.
CINCINNATI, O., May 4.—What may
| prove to be the most disastrous calamity of
| the year occurred in this city to-night,
| when a five story brick structure, filled
| with people, completely collapsed and fell,
| a conglomerate mass of brick and shattered
timbers, burying the unfortunate inmates
i beneath the ruins.
{ It is impossible to say how many persons
i-have been killed, some placing the number
| as high as forty, others as low as fifteen.
| No accurate statement can be given on
| this point until the debris shall have been
| cleared away, which will certainly take all
The building was situated on the east
side of Walnut street, just south of Fifth,
the lower floor being occupied by Drach’s
saloon. The upper apartments were rented
out to lodgers. No one knows at this
| writing what caused the collapse of the
{ building. It is only known that people
| for several blocks around where the dis-
aster occurred were startled by a most ter-
rific explosion about 7.45 o’clock. A fire
alarm was instantly turned in, and in a few
{ moments half the fire department of the
| city was upon the scene.
| ©. WORK OF RESCUE BEGUN.
The work of rescue was instantly begun,
‘a force of men taking the front, while a
' second corps went to the rear of the build-
| ing, which opened into an alley. - It seems
utterly impossible that any persons on the
| upper floors could have escaped a horrible
| death. In addition to the victims who
were buried beneath the building, it is esti-
mated that fully 100 persons have been
more or less injured by the concussion, fall-
ing electric wires and fragments of shat-
tered glass and timbers.
Twenty of those injured on the streets
were taken into the Gibson house, just
across the way, and their wounds dressed.
Three persons, whose names cannot be
learned, were injured slightly in a passing
street car, and several ladies in another car
were prostrated by the shock.
A Newport, Ky., car, which was also
near the place, met with a remarkable ex-
perience. It was suddenly brought to a
standstill by a fearful shock and an im-
mense mass came crushing through the
roof. This proved to be an iron door from
the cellar of the building, which, by some
strange freak of the explosion, had been
blown through the fallen debris and up in-
to the air. No one in the car was hurt.
CAR SMASHED INTO FRAGMENTS.
A Brown street car was smashed almost
into fragments. There were, fortunately,
no passengers on board and the conductor
and mortorman escaped with slight in-
juries.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
—
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.—At a meeting
of the society held at the home of Mrs. A.
O. Furst, Saturday, May 2nd, the follow-
ing committees were appointed to look af-
ter their several streets.
Allegheny St.—Mrs. L. T. Munson, Mrs.
J. L. Kurtz, Mrs. J. A. Aiken and Miss
Emily Valentine.
Bishop St.—Mrs. W. C. Heinle and
Misses Brockerhoff and Rose Fox. =
Curtin St.—Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer and
Misses Emily Natt and Mary Valentine.
High St.—Misses Nan Hoy, Mary Meek,
Miss Petriken, Mrs. H. Y. Stitzer, Mrs.
W. E. Dorworth and Mss. Geo. F. Harris.
Howard St.—Mrs. Henry Harris, Mrs.
T. R. Hamilton and Mrs. S. M. Buck.
Lamb St.—Mrs. Case.
Linn St.—Mirs. Geo. L. Potter, Mrs. C.
M. Bower, Mrs. G. W. Jackson, Mrs. A. O.
Furst, Mrs. F. W. Crider and Miss Lulu
Harper.
Logan St.—Mrs. Will Conley and Miss
Curry.
Spring St.—Mrs. James Harris, Mrs. E.
Garman, Mrs. M. I. Gardner, Mrs. Ira
C. Mitchell and Mrs. C. L. Calloway.
Thomas St.—Mrs. Isaac Mitchell, Miss
Ida Gerberich, and Miss Annie Shortlidge.
Water St.—Mrs. Wilbur Twitmire.
Willow Bank St.—Mrs. Frank P. Blair
and Mrs. Satterfield.
A meeting will be held on Friday, at 4 P.
M. at the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., to
which all’are invited.
bill, the latest outrage attempted to be |
fa
——The Centre county Sunday school
convention will convene in the court house,
ih this place, on May 20th.
see awn =
—From the appearance of Philipsburg
papers the tomb-stone men over there are
the only fellows who are hustling. At such
a rate it will not be long until the whole
town is laid out.
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L1FE CRUSHED OUT IN A MINE CAVE-IN
—Henry Mosel, a 60 year old ore miner,
met an awful death at the operations of the
Carnegie company at Scota, last Tuesday
afternoon. He had been employed there
for years and was reckoned an experienced
miner, for he had been at the business ever
since he was ten years old. Mosel had
been working on contract and with his two
young sons, James and Joseph, had been
drifting for lump ore. They were paid by
the car for mining it.
On the ill fated day James and his father
headed a drift into the bank and had work-
ed in only about 30ft when they had se-
cured a car load or more of lumps. They
had been cautioned before about the cover-
ing of their drifts, but as no accident had
ever happened they did not heed. There
was only about two feet of earth between
the roof of their drift and the surface of the
ground. It is supposed that this became
loosened by the swaying of the trees above
and fell in on the elder Mosel.
About 4 o’clock James started out of the
drift to secure acar. He was gone not
more than half an hour until he returned
to find the mine caved in and his father
buried under a mass of clay. The old
man’s legs protruded from under the pile
of dirt that pinned him to the ground and
the boy set to work to extricate him. It
was not long until he had the body un-
covered, but life was extinct and it was
already cold. This would suggest the idea
that the cave-in had occurred very shortly
after James left the drift.
The old man was a widower, his wife
having died several years ago. He had
five sons living, two of whom are at Scotia.
His father was a miner and is said to have
been killed at Ore Hill, Blair county, in
almost the same way.
Burial was made at Penna. Furnace yes-
' terday morning.
eee GP me
IN COoURT.—AIl the cases for the second
week of court were finished up yester-
day afternoon and the a
discharged from further attendance. Next
week there will be a special term to finish
up some cases that have been on the cal-
endar for some time. The disposition of
cases was as follows :
When the WATCHMAN closed its forms
last Thursday evening the case of Hannah
E. Grove, administratrix of etc., of Wm.
C. Grove, deceased, vs. D. P. Shope, who
survives J. B. Shope, deceased, plea as-
sumpsit, was on trial. Verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for $24.41.
Commonwealth vs. James A. Wagner,
charge assault and battery ; prosecutor,
Edward Parsons. Bill ignored, and prosecu-
tor to pay the costs of prosecution.
Commonwealth vs. Harry Hampton, and
“Hunk” Watson, charge assault and
battery ; prosecutor Isaac Lauver. Bill
ignored and the prosecutor to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Samuel Bowers, and
John Smith, overseers of the poor of How-
ard township, charge neglect of duty ;
prosecutor Washington Tipton. Bill ignored
and prosecutor to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Otto Gumper, charge
furnishing liquor to men of known intemp-
erate habits ; prosecutrix Mary Sexton.
Discharged by habeas corpus proceedings
before court.
Daniel Nestlerode, an heir of Christian
Bowman, deceased, vs. John S. Nestlerode,
Nelson Miller, and Frank T. Wallace, plea
assumpsit. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for $29.92.
William A. Hartsock vs. W. F. Reeder,
Anna Myers, Joseph W. Myers, John
Myers, James Myers, Elias Williams, John
Milton, Milligan Richards, William Hen-
derson, William Milton, George Flick, and
Sanford Kinney, plea trespass. On motion
of counsel for plaintiff the names of W. F.
Reeder, Elias Williams, John Milton,
Milligan Richards, William Henderson,
William Milton, George Flick, and Sand-
ford Kinney, were stricken from the record
and verdict taken in favor of the plaintiff
and against Anna Myers, Joseph W. Myers,
John Myers and James Myers for $2.00
James Dillen and Elen Dillen, in right
of said Ellen Dillen, vs. Anna Myers,
Joseph Myers, John Myers, James Meyers ;
plea ejectment.” Verdict in favor of the
plaintift for the land described in the
writ.
John L. McNitt, who survives James
W. McNitt, late trading as John L. and
James W. McNitt, now for the use of J.
H. Taylor, vs. James A. Lingle, plea as-
sumpsit. This suit is brought to recover
on two certain notes under seal given by
the defendant to the McNitt’s, one in 1874,
and the other in 1875.. The jury after be-
ing out for twenty-fohr hours failed to
agree and were_ discharged on Wednesday
morning.
W. Fred Reyuolds vs." Margaret C.
Brockerhoff, Andrew J. Brockerhoff and
Henry Brockerhoff, plea trespass. After
the jury was challenged in the above case
on Tuesday afternoon, all jurors not im-
paneled in this case and in the McNitt-
Lingle case, were discharged. This suit is
brought to recover damages done to the
Reynolds’ bank building in sinking the
foundation for the ‘‘Temple Court’’ build-
ing. Verdict for defendants.
It will be noticed in the above that we
have reported only those cases actually fin-
ished by the court. There were a great
many settled and continued, but want of
space precludes giving any account of them.
——On and after Monday a new sched-
ule will go into effect on all the lines of the
P. R. R. Some very material changes will
be made in the time of the trains on the B.
E. V., and it is likely that one train will
be taken off.
ooo
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
lists of marriage licenses granted by
orphans’ court clerk, G. W. Rumberger,
during the past week.
Chas. F. Allen, of Boalsburg, and Mary
E. O’Hare, of Union county.
Tralisan Turacka and Kuzanna Hrabor-
ski, both of Gordon Heights.
Calvin Jones and Annie R. Lucas, both
of Philipsburg.
Rev. J. C. Young, Three Springs, and
Abigail M. Williams, of Port Matilda.
J. W. Bower and Annie R. Bright, both
of Haines Twp.
Samuel J. Fye, of Moshannon, and Mag-
gie Mayes, of Snow Shoe.
Orien E. Osman and Sara C. Kern, both
of State College.
Pee
A GYPSY ASSEMBLY. — For several
weeks gypsies from all parts of the country
had been making a rendezvous of the vicin-
ity of Bellefonte, until last Saturday the
many bands that had gathered wherever a
suitable camping place could be found
united in a grand encampment on Bald
| Eagle creek a short distance west of Miles-
| burg.
To a representative of this paper their
chief, Peter Guy, of Elkhart, Ind., said it
was their regular gypsy carnival, held once
in five years. As to the truthfulness of
Peter’s statement we have nothing to say,
for we did not have the heart to question
it in his presence ; since he weighs 290
pounds and stands 6ft. 4in. in his stocking
feet—if, perchance, you could find him
with any on. Peter was the professed rul-
er of the camp. However arbitrary his rul-
ings all were supposed to abide by them.
Next in authority was ‘‘the Queen”, An-
nie Harrison, of Raleigh, N. C., who loung-
ed about her quarters, in one end of the
camp, with all the indolent luxury of gw
oriental Sultana.
ruled.
In Peter’s absence she
| Both of them were intelligent and quick
| witted.
: 90 x :
THE END OF THESECOND WEEK'S WoRk | ~~ Y¢ars and decidedly pretty. Her man
“The Queen’’ was a girl of only
ners seemed refined, in fact there was noth-
ing said or done by any of the women in
the camp that might have been construed
otherwise.
The life of the gypsy is well-known to
all. Here to-day, but heaven knows where
tosmorrow. There are few of the true type
extant and most of the roving families who
are found Yiving in tents by the road side
in the summer season are of a later day
class, which has sprung up to make an easy
living at horse trading, lace and basket
vending and fortune telling humbuggery.
Many of these so-called gypsies are only
such during the warm months, when living
out-doors is not uncomfortable. During
the winter season they reside in towns
where they deal in horses or follow any
any business they are inclined to. They
are usually an alert class and have the long
end of the string on every deal they enter.
The band that had their quinquennial
reunion near Milesburg, last week, num-
bered about seventy people, with 54 wag-
ons and 127 horses. There was a tone of
regret in the chief’s voice when he said that
other bands, numbering forty people, with
27 wagons and 47 horses, had been expect-
ed to join him there, but they could not
get together until the vicinity of Philips-
burg would be reached. ,
The wagons were nearly alliof the mod-
ern gypsy pattern apd might have cost any
sum from $200 to $600, thus it will be
seen that these people represent quite a
goodly sum of money in their stables alone.
The whole camp seemed in holiday at-
tire. The swarthy complexions of the
women were heightened by gay colored
dresses, while the men affected an easy
swagger and braggadocio that quite suited
the life they lead. Fat, healthy looking
children tumbled over one another on the
ground and every second added to the ap-
parent need of a scrub brush in the camp.
The whole party seemed happy. The
men traded horses, the women sold lace
and told fortunes.
It would be a matter of surprise were
you to know how much money one of these
roving hands will pick up during a sum-
mer. When in the vicinity of a town the
children are sent out to beg ‘a few cents
to buy bread ;”’ the women sell cheap lace
which they claim to have made but has
been bought before starting on the annual
pilgrimage, they tell fortunes and the men
‘“swap’’ anything and everything from
dogs to their camp outfits. Piles of money
are turned in from all these sources with
the result that such a thing as a poor
gypsy is actuallff unknown, when a thor-
ough investigation is made.
There is honor among them, too, and
while they will'try to ‘‘do’’ a person in a
‘‘deal”’ they are for the most part fair and
square when they meet business of a legiti-
mate nature.
An idea of how they start in business can
be found from an occurrence during this
recent reunion. Two men from Milesburg
joined the wanderers. Each was given a
horse and told that he would be boarded
and receive $1 on each profitable ‘‘swap’’
he made.
The horse business is really the big part
of the gypsy life. In fact it is so profitable
and enjoyable that many horsemen take
a few weeks off during the summer and
travel over the country with a string of
horses, trading and gelling wherever a point
can be gained. George Hepburn, a Jersey
Shore | liveryman, had a very expensive
wagon built last year and has been *‘gypin’’
many a time.
“ton, and
A Natural Conclusion.
From the Wilkesbarre Sun.
While the two sections of the Salvation
Army are cuffing each other and pulling
hair, old Satan is dancing a sulphurous
clog dance, and as he lashes his sides with
his tail he gleefully chuckles, ‘I'll
get’em both ; see if I don’t.
An Endorsement.
To the Democratic Voters of Centre County :
Upon the solicitation of many citizens of Centre
county, Mr. Isaac 8. Frain, of Marion township,
has finally consented to allow his name to Le pre-
sented as a candidate for -county commissioner,
subject to the decision of the Democratic county
convention. We take pleasure in endorsing his
action, because we know him to be eminently
qualified for the many complex and trying duties
which the position involves. To the taxpayer
this is the most important office and deserves our
careful deliberations. We have confidence in his
integrity, and his ability ; and from his nmny
years experience is a farmer and active worker in
various interests that tend to promote the welfare
of the farmer, we firmly believe he would be a
valuable man for the position, where intelligent,
conservative counsel is sp much needed. Furth-
er, if he should become tlie choice of the party,
we believe his name would bring strength to the
ticket.
For these reasons we take this opportunity to
endorse his candidacy and solicit from others the
kindly consideration it deserves.
(Adv.) H. T. McDowkwr,
J. J. Hoy,
Joun L. SHAFFER
HeNRY WHITELEATHER,
Joux S. Hoy,
All of Marion Twp.
State College and Vicinity.
The base of the great building-stone pyra-
mid will be laid this week.
B. F. Morgan transacted business in Phil-
ipsburg the early part of the week.
Postmaster T. F. Kennedy transacted’
business in Bellefonte on Saturday.
The Meyers’ Bros. houses, on Front street,
have been much improved by a coat of paint.
Mr. Heisler of the Dept. of Mechanical En-
gineering took the juniors to Scotia on Mon-
day to take some measurements of the steam
shovels.
Our numerous farmer friends are so busy
Just now that they haven’t even time to talk
politics. They will get over the rush by and
by.
Ralph L. MacDonald was home several
days this week. Mr. MacDonald is in the
employ of the White, Crosby Co., of Balti-
more, Md.
P. 8. C. boys seem to be away up in G on
base ball this year. On Tuesday afternoon,
before a good crowd, they played Colgate
University, of N. Y., and defeated the visit-
ors by a score of 16-7. Nesbit pitched fine
and struck out fifteen men.
The beautiful residence of Prof. Geo. C.
Butz was crowded, on Monday evening, with
Presbyterians and their friends to do honor
to the new minister, Rev. James Ottis Denis-
his chapming wife. The reception
was given byt Woman's Missionary so-
ciety. Every one had a most enjoyable time
for the affair was so nicely managed.
Spring Mills.
Archibald Allison Jr. a very highly es-
teemed citizen of our village, has been af-
flicted with a cold which seems difficult to
get rid of. No doubt a light form of the
grip.’
What has become of all the candidates?
They seem to have deserted us entirely the
I past week. Heretofore they were as plenty
as blackberries in summer time. Evidently
they must all have struck against the same
snag. .
Andrew Dunlap, the tonsorial artist of our
village, intends locating in Glen Union, and
will engage in another line of business. Mr.
D. has been a very good citizen, and his
many friends here regret that he is leaving
us.
C. C. Bartges has his printing office very
nicely arranged in his new quarters. He has
a place for everything, and everything in its
place. Mr. B. was formerly an engraver and
printer of music, he contemplates resuming
this branch of the business in connection with
job printing.
T. M. Gramley, of our village, is remodeling
the interior of his residence, and the exterior
is also receiving attention. He has removed
three or four large trees which stood directly
in front of his dwelling beyond the public |
walk, in fact, the entire thoroughfare is lined
with large stately trees. Some of his neigh-
bors rightly think this butchery, as they call
it, is not much of an improvément.
Frequently towards morning. as slumber
half‘unfolds her dreamy wings, we are start-
led by hearing driven through our village
with the speed of a hurricane, a buggy con-
taining a solitary traveler. At first we all
thought it must be some phantom, a ‘spook’
but we have since discovered that is it simply
C. P. Long returning home after one of his
expeditions of thirty or forty miles. That
Mr. L. is a ‘“‘hustler’” none question, and in
politics he isn’t slow by any means. But the
old ladies say he keeps such ‘late hours.”
While at Lewisburg, last week, I stopped
in at the Baker house and met an old ac-
quaintance, a politician by the way, who was
entertaining a number of gentlemen with his
‘political views. . Just as I entered he was re-
marking, “why, if we put a sound money
plank in the St. Louis platform, with no eva-
sion nor straddling of the question, the
Democratic party will be with the old Whig
party, dead as the twelve Ceesars. What
nonsense this free silver craze is anyhow !
Of paying an indebtedness of one dollar with
fifty cents worth of the white metal, Of
course it’s simply bare-faced swindling, and
such a wild cat policy would ruin any party,
why it would bankrupt the United States !
Sound money, gentlemen, is the winning card
and with a sly wink and no doubt thinking
of poker added, its an invincible hand-like
‘“fouraces.”’ Some one asked how about Quay?
“Quay, Quay,” he repeated, ‘‘Oh, to the d—use
with Quay. I'd sooner have Pattison.”” This
reply was received with shouts of laughter,
and an adjournment to the bar room was
then in ogder to take a little ‘‘something” on
the strength of his preference. Your corre-
spondent being invited to join them, excused
himself and quietly withdrew, knowing that
it would evidently be an all night “session”
with the company he just left. Politics
seems to be running somewhat high in Un-
ion county, however its becoming a trifle
heated most everywhere just now.
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All Through Brush Valley.
Reuben Gramley is sick with imflammatory
rheumatism and heart disease.
Mr. and Mrs. Hackenberg, of Millheim,
spent Sunday at Kreamerville.
Supt. Gramley, of Rebersburg, again wears
the crown of the supcrintendency.
Rev. Binkley, of New Berlin, recently
| spent several days among his friends in Reb-
.
ershurg,
Last Saturday evening the Rebersburg peo-
ple were pleasantly entertained by Howard
Krape's bicycling.
Orvis-Walker, who just returned from tak-
inga co hmercial course at Oswego, N. YX.
was in Harrisburg last week.
Mr. Dighl, of Centre Mills, who was nearly
killed in Huyett's lumber job, in Hunting-
don county, came home last weak.
In the western end of our valley, above
Madisonburg, many of the wheat fields have
been plowed and sown with oats.
It is reported that the United Evangelical
association (Dubbsites) will also have a camp-
meeting this summer some place in the val-
ley.
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Port Matilda Pointers.
We still receive an occasional call from the
{ smiling candidates all of whom feel confident
| of carrying off the plum at the primaries.
As usual some of the WATCHMAN readers
at this place were disappointed last week in
not finding any ‘‘pointers” from here. As
your correspondent was courting it was im-
possible to be on deck.
Our farmers are busy as bees this week get-
ting in their oats, and from present appear-
ances along this section of the valley there
will be an abundant fruit crop. Apples, as
well as all kinds of fruit bearing trees, are a
mass of blossoms.
This being the season of the year for bark
peeling, quite a lot of our industrious young
men have gone to Potter and other counties
to engage in felling the forest and filling
their coffers with the shining metal which
is very scarce in this neck of woods.
The planing mill pond, at this place,
was drawn off the other day to make
some nceded repairs, leaving very little
water in the channel. The young men and
boys of this place are having quite a harvest
catching fish, such as suckers and cat-fish.
Some very large ones too.
We are to have an interesting wedding
in our town but too late to report for
this issue of the WATCHMAN. We will try to
give more of the particulars in our next.
We can only say that the groom is an M. E.
minister who was a former pastor on this cir-
cuit. He is not too YOUNG, to marry,
and the bride is one of our fair young mu-
sic teachers.
Foster Q. Young, who was badly used
up some time ago at Morris’ stone quarries
on Buffalo Run, has been visiting his father,
William Young, at this place He is unable to
resume his occupation at hard labor on ac-
count of the beating he received from the
Huns. He has accepted an agency for a book
entitled the “Story of Cuba and her Strug-
gles for Liberty,” whichis a very interesting
work, and as Mr, Young is striving to make
an honest living for himself and family he
should meet with merited success in the sale
of the same.
Pine Grove Mention.
Wilson Gardner is seriously ill with con-
sumption,
Our candidate for treasurer, Frank Bower-
80X, is laid up with lumbago.
Number three at Jacob Harpster’s home, at
Tadpole, is a twelve pound girl just a week
old.
On the first of May overcoats were in de-
mand, but since it has been gradually getting
warmer.
D. G. Meek now handles the reins on a
fine Hambletonian recently purchased from
a western stock firm.
Dr. H. H. Miller, one of Rebersburg’s all
around Democrats, is making his yearly
rounds in his usual pleasant manner.
Some of our forenoon farmers have fin-
ished planting corn, while others continue to
plow. The weather continues dry and grow-
ing crops are at a standstill.
Samuel Moore and family, of State College,
Sundayed at the Dannley home, on Main St.
Sam used to come in a buggy but now it re-
quires a carryall for him and his. !
Mr. S. C. Miller hied himself to the state
capital last week, where he passed a credita-
ble examination in the Indian service. He
is now awaiting orders from the western
wilds. ” :
Corporal W. H. Musser, who is out of poli-
tics since he was a candidate for the Legisla-
ture, is working the insurance business quite
successfully. He spent some days about our
town this week. :
B. Frank Stover wants to take care of Cen-
tre county’s cash and was repairing his po-
litical fences in these parts this week. This
is Frank’s native home and of course he is
sure of the delegation from here, as well ag
the nomination.
Mrs. Alice Bowersox, of Altoona, who was
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mec-
Williams last week, took her father out driy-
ing and had the misfortune to have some one
run into the back of the buggy. The buggy
was almost wrecked and Mr. McWilliams was
very much frightened.
Hon. J. T. McCormick had quite a thril- :
ling experience last Sunday. While driving
home from church with his family one of the
bridle bits broke causing the horses to tear :
along at a frantic rate. After all the teams
on the road had been passed the team was
finally gotten under control and the under-
taker saved a job.
Wednesday of last week a surprise party
was given for Mrs. Michael Segner. It was
gotten up in honor of her 49th birthday. In
the early part of the day she was decoyed
away from home and upon her return she
was almost dumbfounded to find her house
filled with a host of neighbors. From far
and near they had come to help celebrate the
anniversary which had been planned with
the greatest secrecy. The feast prepared was
fit for the gods. Many pleasant recollections
were recalled by those who had the good
fortune to be present.