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Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 2, 1896.
To CorRESPONDENTS.—NO communications pub-
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Several Bellefonters took in Bar-
num'’s circus, at Lock Haven, last Satur-
day.
——Sunday will be special rallying day
at the Methodist Sunday school in this
place.
No. 1501 drew G. L. Wiliams’ bi-
cycle. The holder of the coupon has not
been discovered as yet.
— ‘Sowing the Wind’’ is one of Froh-
man’s productions. That is enough to
guarantee its excellence.
——The Rev. Samuel Creighton, of Sa-
lona, preached two very excellent sermons
in the Methodist church here on Sunday.
——While Levi Brown, of Flemington,
was sitting at the supper table, on Tuesday
evening, he suddenly, expired. Deceased
was 66 years old.
——VWilliam Brown, with his wife, nee
Mary Noonen, and daughter, left for Cali-
fornia on Saturday morning. They will
locate at Los Angeles.
——Washouts along the main line af-
fected the time of arrival of .trains all day
Wednesday. The morning train from
Lewisburg was four hours late.
——The thirteenth annual session of the
women’s home missionary society of the
Huntingdon Presbytery met, in Philips-
burg, on Wednesday and Thursday.
——You may lose your vote if you don’t
at once attend to the payment of your taxes.
Saturday, Oct. 3rd, is the last day and
you don’t have many hours to spare.
——One of the most teriffic rain storms’
that has passed over Bellefonte for a long
time was that of Tuesday night. Spring
Creek had a three foot flood Wednesday
morning.
——The fine wood carving that is being
done for the remodeled Humes house, cor-
ner of Allegheny and Howard streets, is
being done at the Philipsburg furniture
company’s plant.
——DBenj. Williams expects to go to
Philadelphia soon. Once there he will en-
ter the medico-chirurgical hospital to
undergo an operation which he thinks will
make him a well man.
——The Philipsburg Journal reports the
silver meeting in that place, last Monday
night, the most enthusiastic one ever held.
Col. J. L. Spangler and Hon. D. IL. Krebs,
of Clearfield, addressed it.
Bellefonte’s town couneil having
purchased a stone crusher little dreams
that it has a labor crusher, as well. How
many poor people will that machine keep
from earning a pittance by doing work
they were accustomed to do on the streets ?
——The Bellefonte Central railroad ex-
tension has been pushed along so well that,
on Monday, the road will be open through
to Pine Grove crossing. The point is with-
in a mile of Pine Grove Mills and on and
after next Monday trains will run regular-
Iy to that point.
——Centre county has never been able
to get Mr. Wanamaker here at any time
when he has heen advertised. He has been
at the Sunday school convention, at Holli-
daysburg, this week. But holy John has
an opportunity to put in a few politi-
cal spokes in Blair county, while he is a Sun-
day schoolin’.
Bellefonte thought she did well in
the way of crowds for evangelists Weaver
and Weeden, hut if the Lock Haven pa-
pers tell the truth that town is far more
anxious to learn the gospel than Bellefonte
was, when the tabernacle was here. That
is possibly accounted for by the fact that
Lock Haven knows the least about it.
State College is going to have ice
building and loan association. At a meet-
ing held recently the following officers
were elected to carry out the project:
President, W. C. Patterson; 1st vice presi-
dent, A. I". Markle; 2nd vice president, L.
E. Reber; directors, W. S. Glenn, Thomas
F. Kennedy, J. O. Glover, John Harter,
William Frear, C. H. Foster; secretary, W.
S. Harter.
——At the annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Centre county, which closed its session here
last week, the old board of officers were re-
elected for the ensuing year, as follows :
President, Mrs. John P. Harris ; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. James Harris ; secretary, Miss
Eliza N. Thomas; treasurer, Mrs Isaac
Mitchell, all of Bellefonte.
Every theatre goer here remembers,
“Jane,” ‘‘Charley’s Aunt’ and *‘‘the
Witch.”” What charming plays they were
and what high class artists presented them.
They were all Frohman attractions. Next
week another one of his shows, “Sowing
the Wind,”” will be here. It is a splendid
thing and should be given a full house.
Let Bellefonte encourage this class of at-
tractions and we will not be long in hav-
ing nothing hut the bust.
——On Tuesday we had the honor of
being a guest at dinner at the popular
Haag hotel, on Bishop street, where ex-
county treasurer D. C. Keller reigns with
such lavish hospitality. There were a great
many guests about the hotel, all of whom
seemed highly delighted with the treat-
ment they received. Mr. Keller's hotel is
a particularly desirable place for country
people to stop. They all like his open
handed way of doing things and the excel-
lent food his cooks prepare.
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THE CANTON PILGRIMS. —It seems like
a case of hauling coals to Newcastle for the
Republican managers to gather up crowds
in Pennsylvania and pilot them to Canton.
If they like to do it,and think there is any-
thing to be gained hy making such a pa-
rade, it is their business.
A pilgrim excursion left this place about
119’clock, Wednesday night, and arrived at
Canton the next morning about 11. There
were ten coaches on the train when it left
here and 246 tickets had been sold, so you
see the train was not crowded at all and
there was plenty of room for the enthusi-
asts from here to swell up just as much as
they felt like doing. A few were picked
up at stations along the Bald Eagle valley
and thirty-four Philipsburgers and two
Tyroners joined the party at Tyrone. Thus
there were in the neighborhood of 300 Cen-
tre countians at Canton to dazzle the Ma-
jor with their yellow hats and the big ban-
ner bearing the inscription : . “Centre, the
first county in Pennsylvania to instruct
for McKinley.’
It was significant that there wasn’t a
banner referring to the way some of the
leaders had worked to carry Quay instruc-
tions in this county. And it was an over-
sight on the part of the promoter, Mr. Ed-
ward Blanchard, that there wasn’t a ban-
ner telling the Major how Quay had carried
off the district delegation and had instruc-
tions voted for himself.
The party returned yesterday morning
and according to all acconnts had had a
pleasant time, barring two nights riding in
“straight backs’’ and stormy, ugly weath-
er every moment they were there. In jus-
tice to most of the pilgrims we must say
that it wasn’t a desire to see McKinley
that prompted them to go. There were
many men on the train who had never
been as far west as Pittsburg, and the op-
portunity to ride clear to Canton and hack
for $4 was too cheap an one to miss.
It rained all the day they were in Can-
ton and had rained the day before, so you
may imagine the condition the streets were
in and how disagreeable it must have been.
The party arrived here at 8:40 yesterday
morning looking a little broken up by the
trip, but in fairly good condition, as a
whole.
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JAMES H. MITCHELL.—Although Mr
James H. Mitchell had been an invalid for
years his death, on Tuesday morning, was
sudden and unexpected. For some weeks
he had been suffering with catarrh of the
stomach and bowels, but was able to be up
on Monday for his meals, and seemed no
worse than usual. On Tuesday morning
carly Mrs. Mitchell, shortly after-convers-
ing with him, noticed a change and sent
for a physician, but quietly and peacefully
he had entered into rest.
James Hutchinson Mitchell was born at
Pine Grove Mills, in this county, on Sept.
15, 1824. His father, David Mitchell, was
one of the early and influential settlers of
Ferguson township, and his mother, Sarah
Barron, a woman of rare intelligence and
much ability, was a grand-daughter of
Thomas Ferguson, after whom Ferguson
township was named. After the death
of his father and mother he made his
home on the old place, just north of
Pine Grove, until 1873, when he came
to this place and purchased the house on
Spring street which has since been his
home. An honest, upright man, of a kind
and generous disposition, the last years of
his life were retired and narrowed by years
of suffering. To his wife, who was Miss
Jane Baldridge, of Latrobe, and his daugh-
ter, Olive, a capable and much to be ad-
mired young woman, he leaves a comfort-
able income, and, what is of much greater
importance, the memory of a pure and
Christian life.
His only brother, ex-Treasurer John B.
Mitchell, of Pine Grove Mills, and two
sisters, Mis. Eliza Campbell, of Linden
Hally and Mrs. Sarah Struble, of Raymore,
Mo., survive him. Of Scotch-Irish parent-
age, his Presbyterianism was inherited
from a long line of ancestors. The funeral
services were held, Thursday afternoon, at
three o’clock, at his home on Spring street,
with Dr. Laurie, of the Presbyterian
church, officiating. Interment was made
in the Union cemetery.
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THE LUTHERAN MINISTERS IN SESSION.
—The Central Pennsylvania Synod of the
Lutheran church is now in session at Lock
Haven. It’s convention met on Wednes-
day evening and will continue in session
during the week. It embraces Centre,
Clinton, Union, Mifflin, Perry and Juniata
counties. »
The total number of congregations in the
district is 92: number of members about
9,000 ; estimated value of church property
about $425,000. There are 70 Lutheran
Sunday schools in the synod and 18 mis-
sion schools : total number of persons at-
tending these schools is 12,000, and the con-
tributions for last year were over $7,000.
The total contributions by the congrega-
tions were $54,247, of which $40,211 were
for local expenses.
Among the men of prominence who are
present are Rev. H. Louis Boucher, D. D.,
late professor of Greek in Pennsylvania
College ; Rev. J. R. Dimm, D. D., piesi-
dent of Susquehanna university ; Rev.
Charles Albert, D. D. editor of Augsburg
Teacher and Sunday School Helps; Rev. A.
H. Hartman, D. D., secretary of the board
of home missions ; Rev. George P. Gall,
Rev. Aug. Pohlman, M. D., missionaries to
Africa, and H. H. Weber, secretary of
church extension, York, Pa.
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FORMERLY OF BUFFALO RUN.—Mis.
Ruth Edmunson, who died at the home
of her son, Joseph, in Tyrone, last Thurs-
day afternoon, was a native of Centre coun-
ty. Her early life was spent on Buffalo Run,
where many of the older people will recall
her. She was 89 years old and was a mem-
ber of the Baptist church. Mrs. Bettie
Reese, of Julian, is a sister.
——Huntingdon is having a diphtheria
scare.
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——Congressman J. D.Hicks, of Altoona,
has secured the renomination, in his dis-
trict, after a long drawn contest.
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——The big elephant at Coney Island
was burned on Sunday night. This is a
bad year for elephants and the Republican
pachyderm will prove no exception.
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——Alfred McPherran, convicted at the
last term of court in Huntingdon for sell-
ing liquor without license, has been fined
$750 and sentenced to six months in jail.
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A house at Mill Hall, owned bya
man named Keener and occupied hy
Samuel Stiver, was completely destroyed
by fire, on Tuesday morning. Nearly all
of the contents burned.
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——Mrs. John Bigler, aged 34 years,
died at Abdera on Tuesday morning. Her
funeral will take place on Friday. Inter-
ment at Romola. Cholera morbus was the
cause of death.
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——Two hypnotic fakers ghve an exhi-
bition of their science at Clearfield last
week. They failed to hypnotize their sub-
jects, so chloroform was ‘used to put them
to sleep. The fellows came very near being
drummed out of town.
——
——Remember your taxes are not paid.
Remember you cannot vote unless you have
paid a state or county tax within two years,
and then remember that to-morrow, Sat-
urday, Oct. 3rd, is the last day you can
pay them, in order to vote.
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Tuesday night’s storm seems to have
been very wide spread in its ravages.
Down about Lock Haven many outbuild-
ings were blown over or collapsed. At
Steelton the passenger station was blown
over onto the railroad tracks and a train of
cars ran into it.
——While undertaker Daniel Morris, of
Loganton, was driving his hearse to a fu-
neral at Nippenose, the other day, two
springs broke, the hearse upset and the un-
dertaker was dumped into the creek.
Fortunately there was nothing in the
hearse.
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During the recent big storm in
Washington, D. C., Nelson A. Lucas, for-
merly of this place, narrowly escaped seri-
ous injury by being hit by a falling awning
pole. It struck him on the arm, severely
bruising it. If the blow had fallen on his
head it is possible he would have heen
killed.
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ToMORROW’S FooT BALL GAME—State |
made such a strong showing against Gettys- |
burg, last Saturday, that it is only natural
to suppose that she will win tomorrow’s
game from the Western University of Penn-
sylvania. The contest will be a spirited
one, however, as ‘General’ Hoskins,
State’s former trainer, will be apt to work
everything out of them that can be gotten.
The game will be called at 3 o’clock
sharp, on Beaver field, at the College.
Admission will be 50 ects.
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‘‘SowING THE WIND.”’—The opening of
the theatrical season for ’96-97 will be
made at Garman’s, on Saturday evening,
October 10th, when our people will have
an opportunity of witnessing one of Charles
Frohman’s excellent plays, ‘Sowing the
Wind,” which had a run of 400 nights at
the empire theatre in New York city. The
play is one of Mr. Frohman’s best and his
name at the head of the cast is sufficient
guarantee that the performance will be
first-class in every respect.
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THE GLASS WORKS WILL PROBABLY Go.
—In our last week’s edition we gavea full
aocount of a plan that will possibly result
in the early blowing in of the Bellefonte
glass works. The WATCHMAN was the
first paper to mention it and results since
have borne out every statement made.
Unless difficulties, unforseen, arise the
plant will soon be made ready for work
and once more Bellefonte will see the prof-
itable business of making glass in full
swing.
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AN AMERICAN CITIZEN Now.—Peter
Jacobs, the man who has heen brewing
such delicious beer out at the old Haas
brewery, was a very happy fellow on Tues-
day. He went downto Lock Haven and
procured his final naturalization papers, so
that he is now a fuli-blown citizen of the
United ‘States.
Peter has been in this country for six
years. He staggered the court down there
when in answer to the question : ¢‘Can you
read and write the English language ?’ he
replied that he could speak four languages.
The fact that he got his papers is an ad-
ditional satisfaction to him, since several
Bellefonte politicians were trying to keep
them from him.
Peter’s wife and three sons will be here
from Germany, some day this week.
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STATE WoN EASILY.—After the kick
off there was never a question as to what
team would win the game on Beaver field,
last Saturday afternoon, when the Gettys-
burg boys lined up against State. About
four years ago State gave Gettysburg her
first lesson in foot ball and Charley Aull,
captain of the champion team of ’92, organ-
ized their team for them. According to
Saturday’s result it is still apparent that
the blue and white can give them lessons:
on the game.
Though no one expected State to do
much, in her present form, she surprised
everyone and fulfilled the Watchman’s pre-
diction that just when least was expected
of her the most was very apt to be done.
Twenty-minute halves were played ;
State scoring a point for every minute of
play. The score was 40 to 0.
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THE CoNDUCTOR WAS DUCKED.— While
the special train of ten coaches was waiting
for the Canton pilgrims to get together, last
Tuesday night, William Snyder, of Tyrone,
conductor on the division, was hustling
about the train seeing that everything was
in proper shape before he should start it
off. A train of ten coaches is a pretty long
one and when the engine had backed up
far enough to clear the High street crossing
the last coach was well on its way toward
the old car shops.
In such a position it was right along the
banks of the stream so that when conduc-
tor Snyder ran out onto the rear platform,
with that little flourish such officials are
wont to cultivate, and jumped off, he
jumped right into the muddy water of
Spring creek.
He was bewildered for a moment, but
soon scrambled out. He was wet all over.
A nice, cold, unpleasant wet it Avas. He
got dry clothes, however, and started off
with his train when the right time came.
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AN OLD VETERAN GONE.—Robert Mec-
Neil, who died in this place last Friday
morning, after an illness with heart trouble,
was a veteran in two causes: that of the
abolition of slavery and a veteran in Dem-
ocracy. He was one of the best known
characters in town and there isn’t a doubt
in our minds—if Robert got what he
thought he was getting from this paper,
since he always called it his bible and read
it regularly—that he is in heaven now,
where he'll not be troubled more about
pensions or things mortal.
He was about 65 years old and had a
record as a soldier, entering the service in
September, 1861, as a member of company
C, 47th Pennsylvania regiment, Captain
Gobin, and serving in this same military
organization until the close of the war.
He leaves a wife and several children to
mourn their loss ; also a brother and sister.
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——A cow owned by F. B. Herman, of
Penn township, was killed by lightning, on
Brush mountain, some time ago.
News Purely Personal.
—Murs. G. M. Ross, of Tyrone, is visiting friends
in this county.
—dJohn P. Harris, Jr., of Tyrone, spent Sunday
at the home of his parents at this place.
—Miss Lulu T. Rote, of ‘his place, is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. H. O. Harnden, in Altoona.
—J. Mitchell Gardner is entertaining his aged
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gardner, of
Howard, at his cosy home on north Spring street.
—John Bauer, of this place, is spending a few
along with him, so you can his
mission is.
imagine what
—Murs. George L. Potter and hex danghter, Mar-
guerite, left, Tuesday, for Philadelphia, where the
latter will enter Miss Marshall's school on North
Broad street.
—Lee B. Woodcock left for Philadelphia, on
Tuesday morning. He went to resume his stud-
ies at tne Medico chirurgical college. His
mother, Mrs. J. W. Woodcock, is visiting
in Altoona.
—'Squire A. G. Archey, of Pine Grove Mills, was
in town, on Monday. Between that new railroad
up there and the free silver agitation the squire
hardly knows where he is at, so fully is his tithe
“taken up in talking the two great questions, ©
—Broker George Kirk, who has resided with
his family, in this place, for a year or more left
for Pittsburg, on Tuesday. The Kirks will locate
there permanently. While residents of Belle-
fonte they have made many warm friends who
are sorry that business compelled their departure.
—DBellefonte will be well represented at the
schools in and around Philadelphia this winter.
On Tuesday Mrs. A. O. Furst took her daughter,
Jane, down to see her comfortably settled at Miss
Baldwin's attractive school out at Bryn Mawr.
May Crider, who will attend the same school,
will not leave until next Tuesday.
—Hon. George W. Zeigler and his daughter,
Mrs. Bella Keefer, of Sunbury, are visiting S. A.
MecQuistion. Mr. Zeigler was a member of the
Legislature when Mr. Tom Collins and men of his
calibre did honor to the State in the legislative
halls and is still honored and esteemed in North-
umberland county for it. His son, Walter, was at
one time in business in this place.
—Franecis Musser, of Fillmore, is home for a
short visit to his aged father who is seriously ill.
Francis has been in the vicinity of Chicago for 18
months. He went there to work for the Deering
harvesting machine company, for which he had
been local agent, but he soon changed and went
into the employ of Fraser and Chalmers manu-
facturers of mining machinery.
—On Tuesday morning conductor Reamer’s
train carried a number of our young people to
Philadelphia. The Misses Jean and Kate Shu-
gert to visit, Grace Mitchell for her second year at
the Misses Shipley’s school at. Bryn Mawr, Sa-
rah A. Meck for a twoor three months stay,
Eloise Meek to enter the Woman’s Medical school,
and George D. Green to take the medical course
at the University of Penn.
—Among the excursionists Tuesday night who
were willing to brave the falling rain and the in-
convenience of being up all night to see the
“Man of Destiny” (?) were Mrs. W. Tripple, Mrs.
John Sourbeck, Mrs. Tom Moore, Mrs. George
Beezer and Mrs. Mart Garman. Mrs. Tripple went
on to Milwaukee to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. D.
Geisinger, and the others returned home on the
special train Thursday morning.
—J. C. Sauers Exq., of State College, and A. A.
Miller, who runs a boarding club up there, drove
down yesterday morning and spent a few hours in
town talking politics. State College has a live
free silver club in which the people up that way
are all interested. There are eighty members
who meet every Saturday night and the oftener
they get together the more enthusiasm there
is among them.
—Mrs. R. J. Schadd, her two children
nurse, start for thei: new home, at Niagara, to-day.
They will spend Sunday with friends at Mill Hall
and take the longer journey on Monday. Ru-
dolph has been there for several months and the
business outlook is so bright that he has pur-
chased a property and is having a house built
with the expectation ¢f making it his home, while
he will still retain his interest in the business
here. So far his integrity and energy have been
crowned with success and may it continue al-
rays.
and
—Frank Brown, of Eagleville, was in town, on
Monday, getting a line on the political situation
in the county. He is one of those kind of fellows
who would sooner talk politics than eat, but he is
head of a gang of men who are getting out prop
timber away up on Eddy Lick run and he doesn’t
hear much up there in the woods.
Frank is beginning to see some sunshine again
too. After a fire burned up everything he owned
things looked pretty blue for him, but they are
brightening up now.
days in Philadelphia. He took a marriage license !
‘than the bankers.
All Through Brush Valley.
Charles Haines, who is ill with typhoid
fever in Lexington, Ky., is improving
rapidly.
The Lutherans of Rebersburg are worship-
ing in the Esherite church until their own
church is remodeled.
If any one hag been over-looked oris in
need of silver literature let him make his
wants known to H. Elmer Bierly.
Anyone should at once catch a Democratic
gold-bug for his private museum if he wishes,
for they are fast vanishing and will soon be
exterminated.
Luther Frank, the merchant that sells
‘‘graduated sugar as a Sugarvalley customer
of his called it the other day, is willing to bet
all he has that Bryan will be elected.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bower spent
Sunday with Jas. K. Moyer, Centre Mills,
Mr. Bower knows the politics of the county
well and is one of the most effective and in-
fluential politicians in the county.
Rebersburg will furnish the following teach-
ers for the following places: Luther Miller,
near Coburn ; Stewart Weber, Marsh Creek ;
Calvin Ziegler and Harry Musser, near
Unionville ; I. A. Ziegler, Milesburg ; Thos.
Auman, Woodward ; and Miss Sarah Moyer,
Millheim.
The Spring Mills creamery company, which
has a branch at Kreamervillg, is one of the
best and most reliable in the valley. Some
of our farmers after trying every other
creamery fad in the market have been glad
to come back but experience is usually the
best teacher.
What does it mean when our lumber man
says that he could have listened a ‘‘whole
half day to Bryan’’ after listening for sev-
eral hours? It seems no more political meet-
ings Democratic or Republicans in the
school house. Does this sudden conversion
say that “Bryan will be elected anyhow and
there is no need of more political meetings?’
Mrs. James L. Parks, sister of Mrs. Lydia
Stover, her son, and Miss Keller, all
of Selinsgrove, visited Reuben Stover’s
the latter part of last week. Miss
Keller, the accomplished daughter of Mr.
Wallace Keller, is a graduate of the Sus-
quehanna University in Selinsgrove. Mr.
Parks, who is connected with the Selins-
grove Times and a staunch advocate of the
silver cause,is an expert with a gun. He spent,
with the Stover brothers, a few hours in the
woods and came out with quite a num-
ber of squirrels.
Our Republican brethren will hold a meet-
ing in Rebersburg on the coming Thursday.
We extend to them a cordial welcome in as
much as they have not held a meeting here
since 1888. We sincerely hope they will be
able to furnish us new light besides the
Hanna-McKinley-Depew series of English
“confidence,” fossilized high tariff, Sherman
“facts,” Vanderbilt panics, Tom Reed's bor-
rowing-of-still-more foreign capital, etc., ete.,
especially so since some new light of the
Whitehead sort became so intense as to push
out the Furst man through the window at
the granger picnic.
You should have seen Uncle Sam gather
up the National Democrats under his arm,
last Monday, at the Rebersburg postoffice and
start for the Centre county bank in Belle-
fonte. Indeed it was sad and bad that
this fatherless paper, claiming to ad-
vocate Jeffersonian and Jacksonian prin-
ciples, should find itself in such an unfavor-
able community. It is quite evident that
the Singerly brotherhood has sadly over-
looked the most fundamental and important
of Jefferson’s teaching and that the fagmer
is a better student of finance and Democracy
Yes, isit not very dis-
couraging indeed when the student knows
more than the teacher ? This paper has the
usual Philadelphia tone, appearance and
hollow dogmatism of the fraternity.
PoriTicAL MEETINGS.—The meetings at
Madisonburg and Brumgarts, last Saturday
evening, were great successes. The Madison-
burg town hall was not sufficient to hold all
the people who came to hear. Harry Walker,
who is a graduate of Dickinson College
was the first speaker. He is a pleasant and
impressive talker and with much ability
reviewed and defended the Chicago plat-
form, showed good practical knowledge of
the financial question and answered well the
usual Hanna-McKinley points. Cal. Meyer,
the second speaker, was the orator of the
evening, with his pleasing address, command
of many rich political jokes, and his knowl-
edge of the principles of true Democracy.
He isa favorite speaker in the valley and
made many telling points in his address. He
especially emphasized the fact that the silver
question was an undividual and nota partisan
issue. The music furnished by the violin,
guitar and mandolin club was of its usual
high standard and the applause was frequent
and enthusiastic.
The meeting at Brumgart’s was the great-
est in the history of that place. Many of
our energetic Rebersburg Democrats attend-
ed. The speaker of the evening was Calvin
Bower, of Bellefonte, who always has much
influence in this valley. Within two hours
he had cleared the political view of threat-
ening Hanna clouds atter having been
somewhat stimulated by a McKinley flash
on the hind seat and by a pumpkin crash.
The political out look from a silver stand
point is very bright: in this valley. Every-
body attended the meetings irrespective of
political creed thus fostering a true con-
ception of the duties of citizenship which
we are in so great a need in the present
campaign.
Pine Grove Mention.
Dr. Brown, of Harrisburg, is visiting his
brother-in-law J. N. Bell in the Glades.
George Bell, whose life was despaired of
the early part of this week, is, we are glad to
say, slowly improving. ]
The track on the new railroad is completed
to the Pine Grove road at the old Jacob
Weaver farm one mile north of town.
D. W. Meyers, Esq., one of our Boalsburg
straight Democrats, Sundayed with relatives
here and of course talked silver a little bit.
Ex-treasurer, J. B. Mitchell, who has been
conflned to bed with stomach and bowel
trouble, is slowly and, we trust, surely im-
proving.
H.C. Myers and J. B. Krebs, both well
known as school teachers and both good ex-
amples of what industry and ambition will
do, started to Philadelphia where they will
study medicine at the University of Penn-
sylvania.
The early part of the week Andy Egleston,
Esq., a most pleasant, jovial fellow to
meet, enjoyed his brother-in-law, Will
Myers, hospitality for the first time in six
years. Mr. E. is representing the Meck and
Naugel mill machinery company.
The parsonage is closed this week Mrs.
Aikens and Mrs. D. G. Meek are delegates to
the woman’s home and foreign missionary
convention at New Berlin. Rev. Aikens is
attending Lutheran synod at Lock Haven.
He is accompanied by lay delegate John W.
Fry. *
On last Wednesday evening a tremendous
railroad meeting was held at McAlevy’s Fort
for the purpose of securing the right of way
and the necessary funds to continue the rail-
road across the mountain at this place to
Huntingdon via of Stone creelgand Evans-
ville.
At the home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Potter, a pretty September
wedding was solemnized on the 23rd at three
o'clock, when their daughter, Mary E., was
united in marriage to Mr. Gilbert Rice. The
ceremony performed by Rev. C.T. Aikens
was witnessed by sixty guests. Miss Nancy
the bride’s sister was bridesmaid and J. K
Mosel was best man. After the wedding sup-
per the young couple left for a visit in Union
county.
The new cemetery, at this place, was con-
secrated under the name of the ‘Pine Grove
Cemetery’’ and set apart as a place of burial
last Sunday at 3:30 o'clock. A large assem-
blage witnessed the services which were in
charge of the Rev. C.T. Aikens assisted by
the Rev. Welch, of Clearfield. The new city
of the dead consists of four acres of ground
directly north of the town. It is enclosed
with a neat iron fence and laid out in three
hundred and thirty lots with sufficient walks
and roads slated. The petition asking for
the reopening and improving of the old
cemetery has been forwarded to the board of
health who will no doubt act favorable for
the many signers. The petition favors the
reopening of the cemetery for the burial of
those who wish to be interred by the side of
loved ones, and is in accord with the wishes
of many of our older people.
THE BRYAN AND SEWALL MEETING—At
Baileyville, last Friday evening, was largely
attended irrespective of party affiliation. H.
C. Campbell was chosen chairman, A. D.
Tanyer, vice president and W. H. Fry, secre-
tary. Mr. Campbell made a first class presid-
ing officer and in a telling, neat speech ac-
knowledged that it was the first time he had
presided over a political meeting, that he did
not object to being called a Democrat, when
it was for such a cause, and defined his posi-
tion clearly in favor of the people’s rights
rather than the few millionaires. He called
attention to the scarcity of money per capita
since the demonetization ot silver; the con-
stant drain out of the country of our surplus
cash by travelers, this year it is estimated
that $30,000,000 was taken out in that way,
to say nothing of the money that is sent out
as interest to’ English and foreign capitalists;
the small amount minted since the repeal of
the Sherman act and the havoc wrought in
wages and prices by the single gold stand-
ard. He said the question of finance should in-
terest every laborer, producer and voter of the
country and if they would but look about
them and see the necessity of bi-metallism
they would waken up every man of them to
their duty. Ira C. Mitchell, of Bellefonte,
was introduced and for an hour and a half,
clearly and comprehensibly explained the
principles on which bi-metallism rests
He cited the prosperity of the coun-
try during the many years that
gold and silver were minted at the
established ratio; the increase in the value
of gold and the decrease in the value of farms
and produce; under the present conditions
taxes are increasing as well as mortgages and
debts; London and New York capitalists
grow richer while the masses are without
work or food and that legislation should be
made in favor of the people instead of the
Wall street bond bidders. Unless there is
concerted action taken on the question, labor
will find itself in the same straight as it is in
Europe. Hon. James Schofield and R. M.
Foster responded to loud calls for speeches,
but confined tHemselves to local politics. At
this point the breeding of some of the Bailey-
ville toughs showed up in fine style. Bailey-
ville is known for its missionary workers and
law abiding citizens who evidently need to
get in a little work at home. The action of
the loud mouthed boys, who were led by sev-
eral notorious characters, showing both ill
breeding and like manners was neither a
credit nor honor to the place.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Geo. W. Jacksons & Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
Dress :
Red wheat
Rye, per bushel
Corn, shelled, pe 3
Corn, ears, per bushe
Oats, per bushel, old
Oats, per bushel, ne
Barley, per bushel..
Ground sean er
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushe
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel 15
ONIONS ...ovsersrssnine 40
Eggs, per dozen 12
Lard, per pound... 6
Country Shoulders 6
Sides.... 6
Hams... 10
Tallow, per poun 3
Butter, per pound 18
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