Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., June 26, 1896.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebprror.
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Democratic State Ticket.
FOR CONGRESSMEN-AT-LARGE.
JOHN M. BRADEN, .
Washington county.
BENJAMIN C. POTTS,
Delaware county.
FOR ELECTORS-AT-LARGE.
WILLIAM M. SINGERLY,
Philadelphia.
JAMES DENTON, HANCOCK,
Venango.
A. H. COFFROTH,
Somerset.
GEORGE W. GUTHRIE,
Pittsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS.
Samuel Dickson, John M. Carroll, -
Albert M. Hicks, Chas. J. Reilly,
John M. Campbell, J. P. Hoffar,
James J. Ryan, Lucien Banks,
John Hagen, A. J. Brady,
John H. Hickson, George W. Rhine,
John B. Storm, John C. Patton,
Thos. A. Haak, William Weihe,
Judson J. Brooks,
John J. McFarland,
C. H. Aikens,
Seymour S. Hackett,
Harry Alvin Hall.
Chas. F. Reninger,
€has. H. Schadt,
Thomas R. Philips, -
Charles F. King,
John K. Royal,
William Stahler.
Democratic County Ticket.
FOR CONGRESS,
J. L. SPANGLER.
Subject to the decision of the district conference.
: JAS. SCHOFIELD,
For Assembly— ! ROBERT M. FOSTER.
For Sheriff—W. M. CRONISTER.
For Treasurer—C. A, WEAVER.
For Recorder—J. C. HARPER.
For Register—GEO. W. RUMBERGER.
ForCommissioners— { DCL METER ay.
For Auditors— { ayy RISTER"
For County Surveyor—J. H. WETZEL.
For Coroner—W. U, IRVIN.
Their Political Balance Sheet.
The theory of the astute Republican poli-
tician on the result of Tuesday’s conven-
tion will evolve nothing but a portentious
condition and he is brought up, with an
abrupt turn, to confront a series of un-
fortunate occurrences that are enough to
make the ichor of the god of hope run cold.
It is not enough that allopathic doses of
harmony were smeared on chairman CRISss-
MAN so lavishly that he had to have a bar-
ber scrape him off before he could get into
his chair at all for the afternoon session,
but a swallow, that bird of ill omen, floated
grimly over the cadaverous looking assem-
blage ‘just about the time the real work
was to begin. The fact that CRISSMAN at
once divined the ‘‘horn swoggling’’ process
that was being worked on him, the bird,
and JOHN HAMILTON'S speech all combine
to make a thorny cushion for the Republi-
can reasoner who attempts to collect his
wits for a serious contemplation of the
ticket.
The first stumbling block is the Hon.
HARRY CURTIN, whose sycophantic trucu-
lence to the State administration will, led
him to vote for the MARSHALL coal-oil
bill, the pernicious WooDs water bill,
against the miner’s oil bill, for the out-
rageous judge’s pension bill and for every
treasury depleting scheme the guber-
natorial messengers whispered in his will-
ing ear. It was this gentleman from Cur-
+ tins Works who gave the endorsement of
the people of Centre county to the extrava-
gance of refitting the executive mansion at
a fabulous cost and it is this gentleman
who must now answer to his constituency
for his actions.
The Hon. little FILL-UP WOMELSDORFF,
of Philipsburg, is another peg with which
the deliberate thinker will hardly find
himself capable of plugging the next hole
in the climbing ladder. He it was who
became obdurate because the Governor
snubbed him and the only prominence he
enjoyed in Harrisburg was through a joke
as the notorious objector. His ‘‘no’’ be-
came so much of an anticipation at Harris-
burg that it was unnecessary to call for his
vote on any question, no matter how good,
as it was always ‘“‘no.’” In the Combine
fight he was with QUAY and, of course,
the Governor’s friends will forgive this
recalcitrant spirit and take him back into
the fold along with the willy-willy CURTIN.
ABRAM MILLER, the man whom “DR.
PorTER declared to be dead,” does'nt
prove a’ clarifier for the Republican soup
pot. He has a great war record, but it is
totally eclipsed by his propensity for pub-
lic office and official pap. Ever since he
came home from the war he has been suck-
ing the public teat until he now believes,
with JOHN HAMILTON, that the Republi-
can party owes him a living. Possibly it
does, but if such is the case it must deny
its “favorite son’ in this county the right
to be incensed at a man who fought him.
MILLER was bitter against HASTINGS and
it was MILLER’S friends who walloped
HASTING’S friends in the North ward on
Saturday. What conclusion can be drawn
from his nomination. Certainly not that
that the Governor is the leader in Centre
county. And if not the Governor, who?
AL. DALE or VICTOR GRAY ?
The Spring township bugaboo is enough
to keep the reasoner from falling into a state
-of coma over his reflections. A district
that gave less than a twelfth of the Repub-
lican vote in the county in 1894 practically
getting the three best places on the ticket
~ must surely make a horrible nightmare of
Mr. MicHAEL MUSSER and the contingent
from “the other side.” HARRISON KLINE
isa nice man but his free potato dodge
will prove the same Nemesis as befell a
would-be judge in this district a few years
§
ago. HARRISON doesn’t possess any more
qualifications than the law allows, but that
matters little as ‘‘brother JoHN will be
the treasurer, if he is elected.” MAT-
THEW RIDDLE, . the other product
of the Spring township hive, will be
very apt to be looking out for himself.
Away up in those convolutions of grey
matter he has stored away a memory of
of 1893 and the manner in which he was
traded in Potter township in that year will
prompt him to go in for RIDDLE, entirely
unmindful of his quiet, Quaker running
mate, who has never showed talent for any-
thing except squeezing the juice out of ap-
ples and making vinegar the gall of which
won’t be a circumstance to the bitterness
of his defeat in November. Tommy is said
to have an-original way of disposing of froz-
en apples, but such a trifling thing as that
won’t do for campaign argument.
J. E. RICARD, of Rush township, has not
been identified, but his triumph over a
large and influential family like the
Stuarts will give the political obituary
writer of his party a chance to tell the
people who he is after November.
Therest of the ticket is made up of what
a prominent Republican dubbed ‘‘nonen-
tities.”” It would require a long time to
tell the people who they are and why they
are on but they had to have places, even if
such men as Cap’t. GEo. BoAL had to be
set aside.
Republicanism is unique in the field it
occupies in Centre county. It does funny
things, but then who dares gainsay its
right to do just 2s it pleases.
The Cheeky Tariff Plank.
The tariff plank in the St. Louis plat-
form presents not only the old protection
platitudes, but also the old protection hum-
bugs. It is full of the fallacies, falsehoods
\| and sophistries of MCKINLEYISM, all of
which have been exposed by the actual
experience of the American people, and it
suggests the MCKINLEY brutality of tax-
ing the many for the benefit of the few,
against which the American people re-
belled in 1892. Th
It seems almost incredible that the Mc-
KINLEY managers should presume so
much upon popular gullibility as is in-
dicated by their assertions concerning their
protective system. They evidently believe
they are addressing a set of idiots when
they persist in claiming that the tariff tax
is not paid by the American people, but by
foreign importers. This is the impression
they intend to make when they say in
their platform : ‘‘Protection taxes foreign
products and encourages home industry ; it
puts the burden of revenue on foreign
goods.” The shopping women knew bet-
ter than this whep they rebelled against
the increased prices of goods caused by the
MCKINLEY duties.
The tariff plank of the platform goes
on to enumerate the customary excuses
for tariff spoliation, including, among
other claims, that ‘‘it upholds the Amer-
ican standard of wages for the Amer-
ican workingmen.”” How it upheld the
standard of wages was illustrated in
the two years under the MCKINLEY tariff,
between 1890 and 1892, when workingmen
were engaged in a continual fight against
their wages being reduced by employers
who were reaping the benefits of MCKIN-
LEY protection. If the shopping women
found out who paid the tariff duties by the
drain on their pocket-books in consequence
of the increased price of goods, the work-
ingmen of Homestead and other localities
where strikes prevailed, discovered how
the MCKINLEY tariff ‘‘upheld the standard
of wages.”
A High Tariff Job.
The whole business of furnishing the
Republican party with a presidential ticket
has been managed by intererests that pro-
pose to be benefited by tariff favoritism.
The trusts, monopolies and other parties
that expect to reap the profits of tariff rob-
bery took the contract of nominating Mc-
KINLEY and made a perfect success of the
job. : i)
They were thoroughly assured that they
had the right man for their purpose in the
individual whose name is associated with
the recent monopoly tariff. They have been
training him for the work they intend
him to do, having had him on th
road as a presidential candidate for
the last three years, furnishing him with
the means to push his campaign which was
commenced while he was still Governor of
Ohio. The ground having been thus pre-
pared beforehand, MARK HANNA, a mil-
lionaire manufacturer of Cleveland, who
owes his wealth to tariff favoritism, and
won notoriety by the success with which
he suppressed labor strikes, took hold of the
boom and rushed it through with all the
force that could be given it by the use of
unlimited money. The nomination of Mc-
KINLEY was a job that was taken hold of
and put through the same as any other en-
terprise that had millions in it for its pro-
moters, no other principle being involved
in it but the dollars and cents which the
class represented by MARK HANNA ex-
pects to make out of the restoration of a
monopoly tariff.
In this case we have an illustration of
the wretched and dangerous demoraliza-
tion in public affairs produced by the sys-
tem of so-called protection. It builds up
money interests that coolly takes charge of
presidential nominations and exerts its
power to place its own creatures in the
chief executive office.
—1It was a singular coincidence that
NAPOLEON MCKINLEY should have been
nominated for President by the Republi-
cans on the anniversary of the battle of
Waterloo. In a few days his WELLINGTON
will be named at Chicago.
. Extraordinary Gall.
In its general tone the Republican na-
tional platform appears to be predicated
upon the assumption that the American
people are a set of ediots. Particularly
does that part of it relating to the tariff
and the revenue have the appearance of
being an appeal to popular ignorance.
There could not be a bolder piece of ly-
ing than the attempted arraignment of the
CLEVELAND administration by this men-
dacious document. In general terms it
charges that administration with ‘‘in-
capacity, dishonor, and disaster,” and go-
ifig into particulars accuses it of ‘‘ruth-
lessly sacrificing indispensable revenue,
entailing an unceasing deficit, eking ou
ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money, piling up the public debt by $262,-
000,000 in time of peace, forcing an adverse
balance of trade, keeping a perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption fund,’
and other charges eyually false and equally
impudent.
These are nice charges, indeed, to be
brought by the rascals who, when they
| were ousted from power four years ago, left
the treasury in such a condition that this
Democratic administration has had the
greatest difficulty in warding off the ef-
fects of their vicious legislation and reck-
less mismanagement.
A nice set to talk about ‘‘sacrificing in-
dispensable revenues and entailing an un-
ceasing deficit,”” who passed a tariff bill
under which, in two years’ time, from
1890 to 1892, the revenues declined from
$229,000,000 to $177,000,000, dnd who,
during HARRISON'S administration, wiped
a previous Democratic administration and
reduced to a nullity an annual surplus of
nearly the same amount.
This was the condition in which affairs
were left when they were forced from
power, with an actual deficit existing,
which was prevented from appearing in the
balancing of accounts by using $50,000,000
of the bank redemption fund, and by other
temporary expedients employed to prevent
a loan before they got out of office, thereby
shoving the deficit upon the incoming ad-
ministration.
i It was on account of the crippled condi-
| tion of the treasury which they left, and
| the fihancial disorder caused by their cur-
rency legislation, that public loans were
made necessary, and if this Democratic
administration has piled up the public
debt $262,000,000, who does not know
that the issuing of bonds to that amount
was made necessary to protect the public
credit, imperiled by the vicious character
of a system of currency, established by the
Republican party ?
If there is ‘‘a perpetual menace hanging
over the redemption fund’’ it has its source
in a monetary system established by the
‘Republicans which has extended the re-
deemable currency far beyond the capacity
of the redemption fund. When to such a
cause of embarrassment is added the out-
rageously extravagant outlays of a Repub-
lican Congress, which has exceeded by a
hundred millions any previous effort of Re-
publican extravagance, the impudence of
the arraignment of the Democratic admin-
istration by the St. Louis platform strikes
the intelligence of the public as the most
extraordinary display of gall on record.
Absence of the Bloody Shirt.
It is observable that the bloody-shirt does
not make its appearance in the St. Louis
platform, and there is an entire absence of
sectional issues from that document. The
only thing that approaches that kind of
politics is the resolution that ‘‘we demand
that every citzen of the United States shall
be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted
ballot, and that such ballot shall be
counted and returned as such.
This is rather tame in comparison to the
bloody sectional appeals that used to ap-
pear in Republican platforms, and its mod-
eration may be ascribed to the fact that in
consequence of the defeat of force bills by
the Democrats the opportunity for section-
al deviltry, which at one time formed so
large a part of Republican campaign am-
munition, has been removed.
The doctrine that every American citizen
shall have the right to cast his ballot, free
and unrestricted, and that it should be-
counted and returned as cast, has always
been sustained by the Democrats who
every year are made to. suffer from the
practice of padding the list of voters, false
personations at the polls, ballot-box stuff-
ing and false election returns that are re-
sorted ‘to in such Republican cities as
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. ;
Suitably Matched.
The trust and syndicate influence that
nominated MCKINLEY had to have a suita-
ble running mate for him, and they got
one who matched him exactly when they
nominated HOBART for Vice President. -
The New Jersey nominee for second
place on the ticket has no claim, whatever,
to be considered a statesman, but what
answered the purpose better than any
statesmanship was the fact that he was a cor-
poration lawyer who has grown rich in serv-
ing the interest of trusts and tariff fed
monopolies.
HOBART, in his professional capacity of
corporation lawyer, is one of the “‘arbitra-
tors’’ of the national railroad pool, a com-
bination that carries on its operations in de-
fiance of law, and whose officers would be
in the penitentiary if the interstate com-
merce law was properly enforced.
What better recommendation could there
be for a nominee on a presidential ticket
that was made in the interest of monopoly
and represents tariff robbery ?
——ADDICKS gave Delaware to the Re-
publicans once, but he will hardly do it
.| again,
out a surplus of $100,000,000 left over from !
Bringing Its Own Punishment,
Some ugly Republican chickens, hatched
for a partisan purpose and intended to be
detrimental to the Democratic party, are
coming home to roost and are giving troub-
le to those who managed their incubation.
We refer to the silver States which, with-
out the qualifications for Statehood, have
been dragged into the Union with no other
excuse and for no other object than to in-
crease the number of Republican Senators,
Congressmen and presidential electors.
They were deficient in the population con-
stitutionally required to entitle territorial
districts to admission into the Union as
States, and at least one of them, Nevada,
after twenty years of Statehood, has not
enough imhabitants to constitutionally en-
title it to a single Congressman.
The outrageous wrong of admitting such
rotten borough States to serve the political
needs of the Republican party, worked
very nicely for that reckless and corrupt
organization as long as they kept in the
party line and their representatives in Con-
gress and- the electoral college were sure of
carrying out the purpose for which those
burlesque States were admitted ; but the
evil involved in such a wrong has come
home to roost and those who hatched so
unclean a bird will suffer for it. It was
the Senators from these mining camp
States that blocked the business of the Re-
publican Congress during the recent ses-
sion, arrogantly declaring that there
should be no legislation unless it suited the
interests of their localities, and it was their
delegates that raised the banner of rebel-
lion against the ‘‘goldbug’” predominance
at St. Louis and, in the interest of free sil-
| ver, renounced their allegiance to the Re-
publican party. ; ;
It was thus that a great wrong, commit-
ted in defiance of constitutional provisions
in regard to the admission of new States,
brings its own punisment ; but if this pun-
itive result shall help to diminish the pow-
| er of a corrupt and dissolute party, it will
| not be an unmixed evil.
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| ——The young Tyrone insurance agent
| who has lately enlisted in the regular army
i must imagine himself sufficiently trained
| dt taking lives to make a good soldier.
| ——New York Democrats have declared
for bimetallism, while Ohio, Indiana and
{ Texas have all declared, unqualifiedly, for
| the white metal.
——The canard about the mad dog and
| cattle with rabies at Potters’ Mills, which
| the WATCHMAN exposed last week, is do-
| ing serious injuty to Mr. Alexander Mec-
{ Coy, a stock dealer at that place. The
story having been circulated in eastern
papers Mr. McCoy’s market has refused his
stock. In addition to this injury the
Williamsport Grit made the false state-
ment that he had been arrested for negli-
gence.
——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
Centre Hall.
Progress grange observed children’s day in
Grange park Saturday afternoon, and
wound up by holding a festival in the even-
ing, the proceeds of which go toward the
grange hall fund.
Messrs. David K. Keller and George
Krumbine are reading medicine with Dr, J.
F. Alexander. These young men are of ex-
cellent character and possessed of qualifica-
tions suited for the professions.
The land owners in and about Centre Hall
are taking advantage of the fence law more
and more every year. All cattle that are
turned out.are herded, which greatly re-
lieves the farmers of a much disliked pest.
The Republicans on this side the mountain
are mad—more mad than a little—and say
“Bellefonte did the business.” It looks as
though the Republican political sea was
somewhat troubled, and the little waves of
dissatisfaction bobbing up all along the line
on this side the mountain are likely to de-
velop into a mighty billow by the time it
strikes the Republican wigwam on election
day. Even our great and immaculate (?)
Jim Coburn could not handle the boys.
The Democratic horizon is clear, every-
thing is lovely. When the Republican con-
vention’s work was announced in Tuesday.
morning's Patriot the Democratic spirit was
put to rest and all felt sure of the safety of
the Democratic nominees. There are per-
haps a half dozen voters who still persist in’
claiming that the nominee for treasurer
should have been from this borough, and the
election returns will show the facts, unless
they conclude to change their minds.
The DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN is gaining
deserved favor hereabouts. It is always re-
liable in its views ; is the neatest printed pa-
per in the county by fifty per cent, and is al-
ways sound in politics. A knot of Republi-
cans, among whom was a Republican
candidate, were heard to express the
great need of a fearless and honorable
Republican journal in the county seat.
Well, well, well, but then Republican Presi-
dent Harrison was for the family first and
then the party’s good and why can’t a com-
mon county editor take care of his own fami-
ly connection.
W. W. Boob, the wheel manufacturer, is
not in the swim ; in fact, the water is so shal-
low that inside of thirty days he may have
to go with dirty face and.hands. And how
nice to boast of ‘‘clean hands!” Boob’s
wheel factory is one of the largest and” most
prosperous concerns in the town and gives
‘employment to a number of men at living
wages, but he can’t run his engine without
water. Water manager Daniel F. Luse is
quoted as saying that the head of the water
company went up to the reservoir and
turned the supply of water in the basin down
the hillside (probably to wash his hands)
which of course had an undesired effect upon
the supply for Boob’s engine. Manufacturer
Boob protested, and after a meeting of the
fifty-per cent profit-directors he was notified
that after thirty days he would have to spit
on hot iron for his steam. The whistle will
blow as cheerily as ever, however, after thir-
ty days and the old wheel factory will still
be making wheels. -
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All Through Brush Valley :
“Paroni” Wolf, near Wolf's Store, had |.
his leg broken last week.
Charles Meyer, of Philadelphia, is
his Brush-valley friends.
Children’s day services under the direc-
tion of superintendent William Limbert in
the Reformed church, last Sunday were most
successful.
Prof. Harrison, of Bellefonte, who is work-
ing for a book concern during school vaca-
tion, was in Rebersburg, Monday, interview-
ing the directors. 4
Miss Goult, of Nashville, Tenn., the seat of
Vanderbilt University, is visiting Mrs.
Flora Burd, of Rebersburg. She is an accom-
visiting
plished woman with the proverbial pleasant
manners of the South.
The directors have selected the following
teachers for our schools. Hosterman, gram-
mar; Calvin Morris, intermediate; and Henry
Detwiler, primary. J. N. Moyer, Harter’s.
Harry Yearick, east end; and Mr. Limbert,
Wolf’s Store.
Hon. Willis Bierly, who is visiting his old
home a little north of Rebersburg, it is said
will shortly give an address’ on the silver
question. His acquaintances would very
much like to hear his views for he is a man
who knows what he is talking about.
The Rebersburg grange will shortly hold
several public meetings and in five or six
weeks a ‘‘granger’s picnic.” Our farmers
are beginning to realize the benefit of this
great organizatian and at every meeting pa-
pers are read and questions discussed that
open the eyes of the hearers and broadens the
views of the listeners.
Rev. William Scholl, who has been attend-
ing Dickinson seminary, at Williamsport,
came home last Tuesday evening. He will
shortly start out to deliver a series of lectures
on “The Genesis and Exodus of our Nations’
Perils,” at Williamsport, Renovo, Lock Ha-
ven., etc. Although Mr. Scholl is still a
student he has so far been a successful, self-
made man.
Last Thursday evening, with most impres-
sive ceremonies Rev. Moses N. George was in-
stalled pastor of Sugar gnd Brushvalley Re-
formed churches. The service took place in
the Rebersburg church and was conducted by
Rev. Eisenberg assisted by the Reverends
Dotterer, Brown, and Black. Rev. George,
who finished his theological course at Frank-
lin and Marshall college, is somewhat differ-
ent from his predecessor in as much as he is
Jjust beginning his ministerial career and 80
far has given us no long old fashioned sleep
inducing sermons.
: County superintendent Gramley held the
annual teachers examination in Rebersburg
Monday. Messrs C. Cares, E. J. Wolf, Har-
ry, F. Yearick, A. P. Weaver, J. N. Moyer,
Thomas Sutterbeck and Hoffer Dale all se-
cured their much desired certificates. The
examination questions were fair and reason-
able and Prof. Gramley is right in insisting
on a thorough knowledge of current events
for no man or woman is fitted to teach who
insists ‘‘that Shakespeare, the man who
wrote a play, is living in America.” ‘‘That
Pattison is still governor of Pa’ or that
“Harrison and Blaifit were opposing candi-
dates for President the same year.” Some of
_{ our would be teachers need to get a move on.
Spring Mills.
Our school closed on Friday last after a ses-
sion of ten weeks.
Commercial agents passing through our vil-
lage, report business sluggish, orders very
few and light.
We had a very severe storm here on Sun-
day last, accompanied with vivid lightning
and terrific peals of thunder. The lightning
struck in several places, but no special dam-
age was done in our neighborhood. It
rained in torrents for about an hour.
This morning, quite a fair number of the
faithful left our station for Bellefonte to be
present at the Republican convention. Some
are very anxious to see the nominees, be-
cause that is about the last they will see of
their position. No one thinks of electing
them, so They want to see how they look
when dressed up witha little brief authority,
and able to say ‘‘I am Sir Oracle and when I
ope my mouth let no dog bark.” This even-
ing disappointments will be as plenty as mul-
len stalks. :
The Republican primaries here and at
Aaronsburg, on Saturday last, assumed for a
time quite warlike proportions. In our vil-
lage the squabble was about the organization
and everything else. In the first place C, P.
Long, candidate for the nomination for treas-
urer, asked the privilege of selecting his own
delegates. This request was accorded him
by a vote of 23 to-3. But the warlike minor-,
ity, not unlike the three tailors of Tooley
street, London, who headed their remon-
strance with? We the people of England,”
they in the meat a the voters of Gregg
township bitterly sed it, pronounced the
movement all wrong, contrary to law etc.
Although they professed great friendship for
Mr. Long (which few believed) yet they
insisted and demanded that the delegates
should be instructed, but according to the
vote no one else did. Baffled, they then
made an attack on the legality of the organi-
zation and threatened all sorts of direful
things, but. in this case they were likewise
defeated. Floored and upset on every point
they then made out a protest to forward to
Bellefonte, and again imitating the three
tailors, commencing their ‘protest_with “We
the people of Gregg township, ete., ete.”
But after the imvosing delegation of two,
possibly appointed by the remaining one,
reached Bellefonte with the formidable pro-
test, the matter was amicably settled by some
kind of a compromise. But what became of
the written protest is left to conjecture, some
say it was immediately thrown out of the
window for fear of spontaneous combustion,
at all events peace and good will now reign
again in the great Republican camp. At
Aaronsburg, the rumpus was of a similar
character, but whether it has been- patched
up ornot, I am not prepared to say. In
this squabble a prominent gentleman, of
Aaronsburg took an active part, and no
doubt with his usual skillful management,
the threatening storm, if any exists, will be
averted and a love feast follow. MecKinley-
ism down this way ‘is rather of a negative
character. The Republicans here, can hard-
ly understand his position on finance—
neither can anybody else for that matter.
They know him to be a silver bug, and why
he is placed on a gold Paton is the puzzle.
Possibly his letter of acceptance may en-
lighten them and possibly not. Mr. Hanna's
candidate has been dumb as an oyster for
months on the money question and is likely
to continue so.
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Pine Grove Mention.
J. B. Krebs closed a most successful term
of school, last Saturday, and now young
America is having a rollicking time.
Ira Hess and his chum came down from Al-
toona, last Saturday, on their bykes making
the trip in four hours. The crushed stones
lately added to our roads is not helpful to
wheeling,
The late showers have caused our farmer
friends to wear a broad smile with hopes of
good oats and corn erbp— Many corn fields,
however, have a sickly appearance on ac.
count of the worms,
Rev. Aikens is hustling over his pastoral
field preparatory to his summer vacation
which he will spend in Hanover. While
away he will attend the national convention
of the Christian Endeavor society at Wash-
ington D. C.
D. G. Meek and wife, slow as usual, failed
to make connection with the train and con-
sequently did not get to attend the great
christian rally at Hecla. However, they
had a good time at the College where they
spent the day. :
Last Saturday farmer C. M. Dale passed
through here en route for Altoona, accom-
panied by his little boy Henry to pay a visit
to his sister, Mrs. Harry McGirk and family,
who reside at Juniata where Mr. McGirk has
steady employment.
A number of the horses in this community
have died recently of various causes. A. M.
Brown lost a valuable one last week. John
T. Markle had one to.die for him. John
Behers and Messrs Brown and Kelly are all
mourning the loss of valuable horses.
Carriage maker Chas Smith is, this week,
entertaining his sister from Philadelphia,
who is delighted with old Centres broad and
fertile acres as well as the mountain scenery.
Before returning to her city home she will
visit in the Broad Top region for some
weeks.
Mine host J. A. Decker not only entertains
the traveling public royally but serves the
general public to the choicest steaks, roasts,
and chops from his butcher wagon, which he
has lately started. In his shop he has an ex-
cellent refrigerator to keep his meat in good
condition.
Miss Clara Ward. who has been presiding
over-her brother J. Herbert's home for some
years, is happily spending a few weeks at her
family have been having a continuous re-
union ever since the return of their big
brother from Kansas.
Our school board officers recently elected
are C. B. Hess, president, Jacob Harpster,
secretary, and J. G. Fortney, treasurer.
They were all interested enough in the re-
cent teachers examination to attend and
were rather surprised that nearly half of the
applicants failed. *
We are exceedingly sorry to note the ill-
ness of one of our former towns women, Miss
Alma Zimmerman, who has been suffering
with iritis for some months. She is going
this week to the Wills eye hospital in Phila-
delphia, where it is hoped something can be
done to spare her sight. 2
Mr. A. E. Schull, of Williamsport, is this
week making his summer visit to his patrons
exchanging goods for wool. Mr. S. has built
up a large business in Lycoming, Union,
Huntingdon, Mifflin and Centre counties.
As he handles the best of goods he has the
confidence and esteem of everyone who
transacts business with him.
With the beginning of the hot summer sea-
son the famous old camping ground a few
miles east of this place, is again a favorite
rendezvous with campers, who have to visit
our town occasionally for provision and nec-
essaries. These gypsies enjoy all the lux-
uries of the land without telling fortunes
peddling baskets or trading horses.
Mr. Elmer Bowersox, a student at State Col-
lege, passed a favorable examination last
week and was admitted to the regular army
as a bugler. On last Thursday he said good-
bys to his friends here and started for San
Antonio, Texas, where he will be mustered
in for three years. Elmer is every inch a
soldier and we hope to see him return with a
a captain’s commission.
Last Thursday afternoop, Ed. D. Tyson
and his best girl ‘Miss Anna M. Ewing, of
State College, drove over to have Rev. C.
T. Aikens perform the marriage ceremony
after which the young lovers took their de-
parture with the pastor's and his wife’s best
wishes. Ed is one of our sturdy farm boys
and can well support the charming young
wife he was fortunate enough to get. We
wish the young couple all possible happi-
“ness. ; .
Tax-collector Port is not a complete wreck;
but came very near being so. Last Monday
afternoon while making his rounds behind
his spirited horse it suddenly turned off the
bridge landing in the stream below head fore-
most. The Fortney family ran at once to as-
sist and were finally able to get the horse un-
tangled. With the exception of a few
scratches the beast was not hurt but the bug-
certainly frightened.
Last Sunday morning the Lutheran church
here was filled to overflowing with an au-
dience anxious to enjoy Children’s day.
Rev. Aikens as usual had it done up brown.
mention. The church was elaborately deco-
rated, the music was excellent and the entire
program interesting. The day was a busy
orfe for the pastor for he had charge of the
childrens exercises at Baileyville in the
absence of Rev. Ermentrout, and in the even-
ing he presided at Children’s day exercises
at Gatesburg, which although last were by
no means the least of the day.
Last Saturday evening brought a full turn-
out of our Republican friends. The lieuten-
ants were on the ground early. Mr. Harmon
was on deck looking after his chances; but
the old office hunter Abe Miller carried of
the instructions as did Curtin and Womels-
dorf. For treasurer the vote was so evenly
divided between Burket, Bricker and Stover
that no one received instructions. Boal re-
ceived 3 votes and C, P, Long one. Harry
Stewart was not forgottoy while candidate
Fisher, of Unionville, led our home candi-
date by several Votes, In this we were dis-
appointed as every true*Republican should
have cast his vote for Mr. Bailey. Before an
adjournment many minor points were dis-
cussed. The St. Louis platform was well
ventilated and from what we heard many of
our friends—the enemy—believe the silver
men have rights as well as the Eastern ban-
kersand brokers.
old home on Main street, where the Ward .
gy was pretty badly broken and Port was
Everyone who took part deserves special .