Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 20, 1896.
P. GRAY MEEK,
Ep1ToR.
the
Silver and Greenbacks People’s
Money.
The plutocratic combinations that have
succeeded in fooling, scaring and buncoing
the American people into endorsing their
-restrictive gold system of currency are not
satisfied with that means of contracting the
circulating medium and bringing it under
the control of the syndicates of bankers
and money lenders, but they now demand
further contraction by demanding the re-
tirement of greenbacks. With this object
steps are being taken to induce the next
Congress to repeal the act of 1878, which
directs that when the government legal
tender notes are presented to the treasury
for redemption they shall not be retired,
cancelled or destroyed, but shall be issued
and paid out again, and thus be kept in
circulation.
This beneficent arrangement has been of
incalculable service to the business interests
of the country, as it has supplied the peo-
ple with the very best of paper currencies,
without the expense of the national bank
circulation, which cost the government the
interest on the bonds which constitute the
security for that species of paper money,
besides incidental expenses. But itis pro-
posed to deprive the people of the advan-
tage of a paper circulation issued by their
own government, it being the design of the
bankers to substitute national bank notes
for it, thereby bringing the paper currency
as they have by means of the gold stand-
ard brought the metallic currency, more
completely within their control.
With this object in view preparations are
being made for the perpetration of another
financial crime. The first was committed
in striking down the people’s silver money,
and now the banking interest demands the
sacrifice of the people’s paper money. The
public is being prepared for this wrong by
the clamor of the interested parties that it
is time for the government to go out of the
banking business, and that its credit is
kept in a continual strain by its being
compelled to maintain a reserve of gold for
the redemption of its notes, which" is con-
stantly exposed to exhaustion by the pre-
sentation of those notes for payment.
But are there no other means of redemp-
tion than with gold? Where is the abso-
lute and exclusive necessity for a gold re-
serve for this purpose ? Are not the govern-
ment’s coffers overflowing with silver, and
is there any law that prohibits the use of
that kind of coin in the payment of the
government’s obligations ?
The goldbugs picture every variety of |
disaster as the result of silver payment by |
the government, but if, when the money
sharks come to the treasury with intent to
drain it of its gold by the presentation of
the government's paper, the authorities
should use their discretion in making pay-
ment in silver, which the law gives them,
an end would very soon be put to the
‘‘endless chain’’—about which so much is
dolefully spoken and written, and what
would be the financial effect of this policy ?
Nothing more than that the value of silver
would go up in the market, and a step
would be taken towards restoring the bi- |
metallism which is admitted to be a good
thing, even by the Republican platform,
and which must be restored if the country i
is to have substantial prosperity. There
must not only be a rehabilitation of silver,
but the people must not be deprived of the |
advantage of the greenbacks.
Quay’s Reform.
It is announced that QUAY has sent let- |
ters to the members of “his newly elected |
Legislature informing them that he will |
meet them in Harrishurg at the opening of |
| enson, just rec
Foolish Reproof.
A public man who shoots off his mouth
incontinently is liable to make a fool of
himself, and that is just what Governor
O’Farrell, of Virginia, is in the habit of do-
ing. Occupying a position of prominence
and elected as a Democratic executive, he
has not been as prudent with his tongue as
official d.zorum would require, when he
assumed, in a newspaper interview, to be
the censor of the southern Democrats, for
what he calls their dissolving their alliance
with the Democracy and. associating with
the Populist enemies of the Democratic
party.
The Virginia Governor evidently doesn’t
know what he is talking about, the gold-
bug influence appearing to have confused
his political comprehension. There was
but one thing in the recent political con-
test for true Democrats to do, whether in
the North or in the South, and that was to
support the nominees of the regular Dem-
ocratic convention, placed on a platform
that was thoroughly Democratic in every
one of its utterances. The small fraction
that withdrew to serve the money power,
were deserters and disorganizers and will
be treated, hereafter, as their conduet de-
serves. If the danger of plutocratic rule,
and the wrong that had been done the
constitutional currency of the country, im-
pelled the Populists to support the presi-
dential nominee of the Democratic party,
such an act of devotion to the common
good of the republic only made it the more
encumbent for the Democrats of the South
to give the candidate of their party the
support for which Gov. O’Farrell so fool-
ishly attempts to reprove them.
The Probable Cabinet.
Slate Which It is Believed in Canton Will be Found
Correct.
CANTON, O., Nov. 16.—The following is
the latest cabinet slate suggested here for
President-elect McKinley. It is current
belief that at least four of the names will
be found on the list that will besent to the
senate by the major :
Secretary of state—Chauncey Depew, of
New York.
Secretary of treasury—Mark H. Hanna,
of Ohio. .
Secretary of interior—H. H. Kohlsaat,
of Illinois.
Secretary of war—Redfield Proctor,
Vermont.
Secretary of navy—Charles B. Boutelle,
of Maine.
Attorney-general—William R. Day, of
Ohio.
Postmaster-gzneral—H. Clay Evans, of
Tennessee.
Secretary of agriculture—Henry C.
Payne, of Wisconsin ; Jerry Rusk or Sena-
tor Mitchell, of Oregon.
of
England Preparing.
Every Weak Point Along ‘the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road to be Fortified.
VicToriA, B. C., Nov. 16.—Having
made Victoria and Esquimalt harbors im-
pregnable the British War Office is now
taking another step in making Esquimalt
otie of'the sdeongest strategic points in the
empire. In aletter from Admiral Steph-
a it was stated that
the ships in the No dacific squadron
would be soon replaced by modern war-
ships, among them being at least one of the
| first class, like the Powerful or Terrible.
Not only that, but it is intended to fortify
every pregnable point along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The North Atlantic fleet is also to be
greatly strengthened and the object of for-
tifying the railroad is to render co-opera-
tion between the two seaboards practically
certain in case of war. When the changes
! are complete 5,000 men will be in service
at this station.
Voorhees is Helpless.
The Indiana Senator Has Paresis and is Now
Almost Unconscious.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 16th.— A
friend of Senator Voorhees, who has just
' returned from Terre Haute, says the Sena-
tor is suffering from paresis, and for two
! months has not left his room at the Terre
Haute hotel. It has been known for sev-
eral months that Senator Vorhees was
failing in health, but his friends generally
believed that his ailment was rheumatism,
and that he would recover.
the next session to arrange for the reform | It now appears that his mind was already
Fs : 3 . . | considerably affected when he was taken to
legislation which he has promised to give | v :
= ? bro BIVE | moire Haute two months ago. He is under
the State. | the care of a nurse. and no one is allowed
Public curiosity is naturally cxcited to !
know what kind of reform can come from
such a source, and the general inclination
is to treat it as a joke. There can be no
question hut that there is plenty of room
for reform in the government of the State,
but the laugh comes in when the corrupt |
old Boss presents himself as the reformer.
If old Satan were to offer his service as |
superintendent of a Sunday School or lead- |
er of a Methodist class meeting, the effect
would not be more comical.
But if the old Boss really wants to act
the role of a reformer there is plenty of
work for him to do. He would find the
present ballot law a proper subject of re-
formatory action. The original intention
of the Australian system was a good
one. It was designed to place the
voter under the shield of impenetrable
secrecy and to prevent both intimidation
and fraud. But the rascals who shaped the
Pennsylvania law got it up in a way that
destroys the secrecy of the ballot and actu-
ally enables the party who sells his vote to
take the purchaser or his agent along with
him into the booth to see that his ballet is
marked according to contract.
There are other abuses which should
claim the attention of reformer QUAY, but
they are too numerous to particularize, for
the whole system of our state government
under the long continuance of Republican
rule has grown to be a conglomeration of
abuses. It appears to us that the Boss has
no idea of the extent of the job he has
undertaken, but if he finds it too much for
him he might make up with DAVE MAR-
TIN and secure the help of that eminent
reformer. HASTINGS could also render
valuable assistance in the work of reform.
to see him. He is now helpless, and al-
most unconscious of what is going on
around him. His mental condition has
steadily grown worse.
No Tariff This Session.
Senator Vest Says the Republicans Will Fail to En-
act Protection Laws. -
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Senator Vest,
of Missouri, to-day expressed the opinion
that it would be impossible for the Repub-
licans to pass the Dingley bill or any other
| tariff bill through the senate at the forth-
coming session. He says silver and gold
Democrats and silver Republicans will
stand together against any protection.
The senator feels no apprehension over
the prospects of his own election, hut says
that with Blackburn and Voorhees, and
possibly other silver Democrats, practically
beaten for re-election, he fears the silver
men will havea very narrow margin, if
any, in the senate during the fifty-fifth con-
gress.
To Honor McKinley.
So,
Hastings Wants the Negtional Guard to Attend the
Inauguration.
HARRISBURG, November 16.—Governor
Hastings wants the Pennsylvania national
guard to attend the inauguration of Me-
Kinley, and Adjutant-General Stewart has
communicated with General Snowden, of
Philadelphia, as to the advisability of hav-
ing the troops attend.
No decision has been reached, but it is
probable that the entire guard will be
taken to Washington.
Pugh’s Successor.
E. W. Pettus Elected by Alabama Democrats as
U. 8. Senator.
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 16.—On the first
ballot in the Democratic caucus to-day E.
W. Pettus was nominated for United States
senator to succeed Senator Pugh.
Has Weyler Attacked Maceo t
Reports of Continued Fighting in the Pinar del Rio
District—For Three Days, it is Said in Jacksonville,
Firing Has Been Kept Up—Cuban General is Be-
lieved to Be Strongly Intrenched and Able to Hold
Weyler at Bay—Spaniard’s Original Plan a Failure?
His Recent Repulse by the Insurgents Said to Have
Induced Him to Materially Alter His Method of
Conducting the Campaign.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 16.—Rumors
are current here that there has been fight-
ing for three days in Pinar del Rio.
J. A. Huana. agent of the Junta, says
he has information that there has been
fighting, but has no definite news as to the
outcome.
Antonio Maceo, when last heard of, was
safely intrenched in the hills, and Cubans
here believe that he will be able to resist
any assault that Weyler may make.
Maceo is reported to have about 15,000
‘well armed men and plenty of ammunition.
Cuban leaders here claim to have reliable
information from Cuba to the effect that
Weyler’s original plan of campaign against
Maceo in Pinar del Rio, has utterly failed.
Weyler hoped to destroy everything
before him when he took the field, but the
unsuccessful attack on the Cuban entrench-
ment near Loma Rubi, in which General
Munoz was killed and General Echague
wounded, is said to have convinced the
Captain General that this plan was impos-
sible.
HAVANA FIREMEN ‘AS SOLDIERS.
Key WEsT, Fla., Nov. 16.—Three hun-
dred Cuban negro volunteer firemen from
the Havana Fire Department left Havana
Sunday for the Vuelia Abajo district,
under orders from General Weyler. They
arrived at Artemisa under command of
Colonel Antonio Gonzales Bora.
Leaving Artemisa, they proceeded to
Santana and Gabriel, where they remained
as a guard for those places, there being no
spanish troops there. General Weyler has
12,000 soldiers and fourteen pieces of artil-
lery at his command.
In the battle recently in the Rubi Moun-
tains, when Maceo was attacked, it is said,
there were 300 soldiers killed and several
petty officers wounded.)
No news has been received from Puerto
Principe since the 2d) inst.
BIG BATTLE EXPECTED SOON.
General Weyler, it is said here, has re-
turned to Artemisa, the principal point on
the trocha. Generals Maceo and Gomez
are believed here to be concentrating their
forces to attack the trocha in afew days,
when, it is expected the biggest battle of
this rebellion will be fought.
It is reported here that the officers and
crew of the Raleigh have been refused per-
mission to leave the ship after 2 o'clock
to-day. There is a strong feeling here that
prompt adtion may be necessary soon.
WEYLER SAYS, WAIT.
MADRID, Nov. 16.—The Cuban corre-
spondent of El Liberal has sent to his pa-
per the following interview with General
Weyler : :
“‘My only aspiration,”’ said the Captain-
general, ‘‘is to end the war soon. I enter-
tain the strongest hopes that, with the de-
velopment of the plan of campaign we have
just commenced to put in execution in Pi-
nar del Rio, that province will be shortly
cleared of insurgents.
“Let the impatient ones be quiet and
hopeful. Let them have confidence in the
bravery of the Spanish soldiers, and in the
efficiency of the plans adopted.
“It will not be long before Maceo ‘is
driven into the interior, from the ‘coasts of
Pinar del Rio, and this will put an end to
the landing of filibuster expeditions in that
province. Once Pinar del Rig is cleared
of insurgents it will naturally ‘Cost us less
effort to drive them from the immediate
provinces of Havana, Matanzas and Las
Villas.
“Then the insurrection will be confined
to the eastern provinces, Puerto Principe
and Santiago de Cuba, and the ‘trocha’
from Jucaro to Moron will then play a most
important part in the pacification of Cuba,
as new invasions of the western provinces
will be prevented.
“This old ‘trocha’ has been recently
fortified, and is now in better condition
than ever. Ata distance of a kilometer,
new forts have been built, and other de-
fences made. It will be impossible’ to
cross 1t.
“It has been my ardent desire to direct
the operations in person at Pinar del Rio,
but in Havana I have more facilities to
direct the operations all over the inland.
“I must say again, ‘Let the impatient
ones have confidence in the army.” To
save the honor of the mother country in
this hour of trial we shall be worthy of the
sacrifices she makes.”’
TREASURY IS ACTIVE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—The Treasury
TOO.
Sa
long. General Lee has heen cautious in
his public statements regarding the Cuban
situation, but to his intimate friends he is
quoted as speaking very plainly and can-
didly. He is represented as doubting
whether Weyler will return from his pres-
ent expedition victorious, ‘and as hav-
ing advised the President to recognize
the belligerency of the Cubans. His sug-
gestions are supposed to carry much weight
at the White House, but at the State de-
partment the officials still insist that the
policy of the Administration will remain
unchanged.
. Hastings as Peacemaker.
Governor is Said to be Trying to Bring Quay and
Martin Together.
HARRISBURG, Nov. 16.—There is a story
current here that Governor Hastings, when
in Philadelphia last week, saw David Mar-
tin and again tried to patch up a peace be-
tween him and Senator Quay, and that it
is barely probable that the two leaders will
get together in Washington and have an
understanding. Governor Hastings left
Harrisburg, as it was understood here to
attend the Elkin dinner, but he was not
present at that function, and it is now said
that he was having a long conference with
Martin.
The week previous the Governor went to
‘Washington to meet Quay and held a con-
sultation with him. ‘Those who are good
at putting two and two together say that
the fact that Hastings saw both of the lead-
ers before they started to hook tarpoon in
Florida waters is very significant. It is all
for the purpose, according to the story, of
fixing up the Hastings fences for the United
States senatorship.
This programme, it is alleged, is to make
Hastings Senator, place Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Lyon in the Governor’s chair, which
would make president pro tem, McCar-
rell, of this city, Lieutenant Governor. In
this event Senator Kennedy, of Allegheny,
is to be made president pro tem.
Governor Hastings is exceeding reticent
on matters political, and never talks on
this subject.
Hil! Talks at Last.
Says He Saw Democracy Was Foredoomed to Defeat
So He Did Not Support It.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Senator Hill
has at last emerged from his shell and
sphynx-like silence. In a letter to a
political acquaintance, dated since the
election, the New York senator declares
that he saw the Democratic party was fore-
doomed to defeat on the Chicago platform,
which he could not bring himself to active-
ly or openly support. Such being the case,
nothing was left for him to do but remain
absolutely silent and inactive.
To the suggestion made in the letter
which drew the response from Senator Hill,
that active steps be at once taken to reor-
ganize the Democratic party on ‘‘historical
lines,”” the reply was made that such a
course would at present be impolitic ; that
no immediate necessity for reorganization
was evident, and that delay was advisable
to give time an opportunity to allay the
rancorous feelings, jealousies and discords
which the recent conflict had aroused.
Senator Hill expressed the opinion that
by the time the congressional elections of
1898 were on the Democratic party would
find enough material in the conduct of the
Republican administration and the legisla-
tion of the Fifty-fifth congress to give it a
common basis for action and a good chance
for success.
Bryan Coming East.
The Boy Orator Will Attend a Conference of Silver
Men in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—William Jen-
nings Bryan is coming to Washington with-
in another week. He is coming to attend a
conference of silver men, to be held under
the auspices of the Bimetallic Union. The
conference is intended to unite all of the
silver forces under Bryan’s leadership, and
is really to be the first big gun of the silver
men for 1900. It is understood that Sena-
|
!
|
ment, but itis already known that the
harmony of the conference will be marred
| by Senator Butler, of North Carolina, who
I"will insist upon Populist leadership for the
| free silver cause. Butler does not intend
| that Bryan shall continue his leadership
| unless he becomes an out-and-out Populist
| and leaves the Democratic party entirely.
Some of Bryan’s friends insist that he
| shall not attend this conference, but anoth-
| er conference later on, after the various
| elements have sifted down to their veal
| political status. But the Boy Orator wants |
to be in the fight and insists that he shall |
|
be here and nothing can prevent him from
| coming and mingling with the gathering.
tor Jones is the instigator of the move- |
department is taking a more prominent
part in the Cuban affair than is generally |
known, and much of its work will count | pejquare County Democrats. Think Bold Men. Should
for a good deal when the filibustering | pe puted Out—Bryan for President Again.
Unworthy%f the Party,
claims of Cuba are formerly presented. i
The department people insist that the
surveillance of the southern coast line hy
the revenue cutters has been thorough, and
that no expeditions, freighted with arms
and ammunition for the Cuban cause, have |
departed from any port between Charles-
ton and Pensacola. The officials have rea-
son to believe that most of the later
expedition have not departed from Ameri-
can ports. Many they say, have sailed
from Halifax, and it will be evidence to
this effect which will
fence of this country when the Spanish
government comes to push its indemnity
claim for damages from the filibusters.
There is arrattempt in some official quar-
ters to deny the significance of the recent
precautionary measures taken by the Navy
department, and to some extent, by the
War department, but it is undeniably true
that General Craighil made his recent trip
to see what might be accomplished along
the southern coast in the way of strength- |
ening the fortifications in case of an emer-
gency.
excellent condition, and that it is possible,
in the new event of trouble, to establish |
temporary means of defence which would
suffice for all threatened assaults.
Under the Navy department the activity
observable for the past fortnight is still
continued.
from the South Atlantic Station, and under
usual conditions, would have been placed
out of commission and generally over-
hauled. Instead, those officers and men
who have only a short period toserve before
their tour of sea duty shall be expired will
be replaced with others, and the vessel will
be kept on duty.
It has been decided to abandon the usual
winter cruise of the apprentice training
ships Alliance and Essex and to send both:
ships to Europe, instead. The state affairs
in the West Indies, where these ships have
gone each winter, has rendered it necessary
to change the programme for them.
Consul-General Lee was at the State de-
partment to-day and called on Secretary
Olney and Assistant Secretary Rockhil,
be presented in de- !
He found that everything was in |
The Castine has just returned |
; eounty Democratic
| passed unanimously the following resoln-
! tions to-night :
an was rightfully elected president of the
| United States, but on account of the lavish |
| and corrupt use of money and the treachery |
| of the so-called gold Democrats of the coun-
| try, especially those from this state, he was
| deprived of his right ; therefore, be it
‘Resolved, That we denounce the action
| of these gold Democrats and consider that
| they are unworthy of a place in the coun-
| cils of the Democratic party : and we de-
| sire to now reaffirm our belief in the prin-
| ciples of bimetallism and heartily indorse
| the nomination of William Jennings Bry-
an, of Nebraska, as the logical candidate of
| the Democratic party in 1900, and that a
| copy of these resolutions be sent to Will-
!'iam Jennings Bryan.
CHARLES CRAWFORD,
{ “Chairman Delaware County Ixecutive
Committee.
Sample of Prosperity.
Detroit Car Builders, Who Expected Plenty of Work,
Laid off by Hundreds.
DETROIT, Nov. 17.—Many of the em-
ployes of the Michigan car company stated
to-day that all of the 1,500 men employed
at the works six weeks ago have been laid
off, the number of workmen having de-
creased, beginning last week. The men
had anticipated plenty of work in the near
future. The officers of the company de-
cline to talk about the matter.
Kentucky’s Electoral Vote.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Not. 17.—Kentucky’s
electors stands 12 for McKinley and 1 for
Bryan. W. S. Mason is the McKinley
elector defeated by Smith, the Bryan elec-
tor. Mason received 215,261 votes, and
Smith 217,796. All the other Bryan .elec-
tors fell under Mason's vote.
CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 17.—The Delaware |
executive committee |
“Believing that William Jennings Dry- !
He Called on the President on Tuesday Afternoon.
—Left for Virginia Last Night. — General Lee
8ays he Has no Idea When He Will Return to
Havana—He Thinks That Weyler will be Back in
the Cuban Capital This Week—He Will Not
Make Public Any Views He May Have as to
Whether the Insurgents Will Win.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Consul Gen-
eral Fitzhugh Lee saw the president this
afternoon for the first time since he re-
turned to this city on Saturday. He only
spent a few moments with the president,
who had an engagement to go driving with
Mis. Cleveland at 4 o’clock, just about the
time General Lee called. The general says
he will go to Fredericksburg to-night to
Washington at the end of this week.
Asked when he expected to return to Ha-
vana, he took refuge in his favorite phrase,
‘Quien sabe,” and this was his informal
reply to all questions to-day. For fear of
misrepresentation, the sengrgl invariably
explains that this literally Teans ‘“Who
knows ?’' or rather in his own case, “I
have no idea.” In conversation to-day
General Lee appeared to attach considera-
ble significance to the report cabled from
Havana that General Weyler was expected
back in Havana this week and he was dis-
posed to think the report was accurate. But
the most thorough inquiry failed to develop
in just what direction the significance lay—
whether it might be taken as a positive
indication that Weyler’s return from the
field meant the failure of his campaign or
its partial success.
Whether. General Lee has given any
more definite opinion to the president or
Secretary Olney cannot be wrung from
him by his closest personal acquaintances.
It is however plausibly explained that
General Martinez Campos was severely
criticised for keeping the field during the
ten years’ war, and that General Weyler
could advantageously resume his head-
quarters at Havana if he had passed with
large bodies of troops through the insur-
gents’ stronghold and had been unable to
force a battle. In that event he would be
compelled to divide his forces into numer-
ous small contingents to operate against
the smaller bands of insurgents and in that
kind of warfare his immediate presence on
the field would not only be superfluous,
but unwise. In the field, under such cir-
cumstances, he could not keep in commu-
nication with all his forces, but from Ha-
vana he could telegraphically control his
troops throughout the island.
If it is true that Maceo, as predicted, has
declined to hold all his men in one .place
and given an open battle to the greater
Spanish forces, then it is claimed Weyler
was warranted in trusting the campaign to
subordinates. If, on the other hand, so
expert a tactician as General Lee, who ap-
pears from conversation to have acquired a
thorough geographical knoyledge of the
fighting ground, has concluded that Wey-
ler’s return shows that Maceo cannot be
conquered quickly, if at all, that the in-
surgents pgsition has been found impregn-
able and that further reinforcements must
be furnished from Spain, the situation loses
none of its gravity. There are good grounds
for believing that General Lee's reports to
officials on this point is not altogether dif-
ferent from the ‘‘Quien sabe’’ he vouchsaf-
ed to others, but on this point he is as non-
communicative as his superiors.
The Defenses of Quebec.
QUEBEC, Nov. 15.—The government has
ordered twenty new guns of the latest pat-
tern for the citadel, which “will make it
one of the strongest defenses in the world.
Virginia’s Official Vote.
RicHMoND, Va., Nov. 17.—The official
: vote of Virginia is as follows : Bryan, 155,-
988 ; McKinley, 135,361 ; Palmer, 2,216 :
Levering, 2,347 ; Matchet, 106.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The sheriff elect, W. M. Cronister,
treasurer Miles, recorder-elect Harper, Jos.
| Rightnour and several Pittsburg gentle-
men are on a ten days hunting expedition
in the mountains back of Port Matilda.
Mrs. Agnes Haddock, of Clarence,
has brought suit against the New York
Central & Hudson river railroad company,
the lessees of the Beech Creek system, for
$10,000 damages for injuries sustained in
an accident. Mrs. Haddock claims to have
suffered permanent injuries while in a
wrecked passenger train on that road about
| a year ago. .
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MARRIAGE LIcENses. — Following is
| the list of marriage licenses granted by
orphans’ court clerk, :.. W. Rumberger,
during the past week.
J. W. Glasgow, of Coburn, and Sallie J.
Stitzer, of Rebershurg.
George - (i. Craine, of Milesburg, and
Margaret M. Shaughensy, of Bellefonte.
John W. Whiteman, of Hublershurg,
and Aggie T. Bartholon w, of Coburn.
W. H. Carbill, of Allegheny county, and
| Mary C. Hall, of Union township.
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| THE NEW REFORMED CHURCH AT CEN-
I''RE HALL TO BE DEDICATED.—On Sun-
day, November 29th, the handsome new
brown stone Trinity Reformed church, at
Centre Hall, will be dedicated to the wor-
ship of God. Three services will be held
during the day. The regular dedicatory
sermon will be preached in the morning, at
10 o'clock, by Dr. John W. Bowman, pro-
fessor in tl.» Franklin and Marshall theo-
logical seminary, at Lancaster. Sunday
school at 2:30 and preaching in the even-
ing at 7 o’clock. E
Rev. Eisenberg, the pastor, will assist at
all the services.
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REARICK—SMITH.——A pretty
wedding took place Wednesday evening,
November 18th, at the residence of Mrs. J.
M. Smith, Coleville, the contracting par-
ties being her daughter, Miss Flora M.
Smith and Mr. Newton I. Rearick. Rev.
C. C. Miller, pastor of United Brethren
church, Bellefonte, performed the ceremony,
at 6 o’clock, in the presence of the imme-
diate friends. After congratulations the
party moved to the dining room, where a
tasteful supper was served. Mr. and Mrs.
Rearick left, on Thursday morning, on a
journey to Niagara Falls. They have a
large circle of friends who will join in ex-
very
-| tending congratulations.
visit his mother, but will come back to-
What a fortunate thing that some girls can
climb trees and even strike matches like
men can. In fact we believe the following
story will bear us out in the assertion that
it is every girl’s duty to be able to protect
herself, even if it does require her to be
proficient in the art of climbing.
This bear business is being worked pretty
hard but the Lock Haven Democrat tells
the story and we give it to you for what it
is worth :
Monday morning as Lucretia Ritter, a
pretty 19-year old school teacher in Sullivan
county, was on her way to the school house
near the Lycoming county line, she saw
ahead of her in the path in the dense woods
what she supposed was a calf. She shook her
lunch basket at the beast, expecting to see it
scamper away, when she found that the
anima! was not a calf but a full grown black
bear. Bruin shambled towards her with
mouth open. Miss Ritter made for a crooked
tree close by and managed to climb to a fork,
twelve feet above the ground. The bear fell
to eating the contents of her lunch basket,
while she screamed lustily for help. Having
devoured the lunch the bear demolished the
artificial roses and birds on the girl’s hat,
which fell to the ground during her climb.
In her frantic efforts to get higher, Miss Rit-
ter’s clothing stuck on abroken limb and
she could neither get up or down. The bear
made no effort to climb the tree, but held her
a prisoner in its branches for nearly three
hours, until farmer Shunk came along and
discovered the girl’s plight. He was com-
pelled to climb the tree and lift the frighten-
ed girl down. Once on the ground she faint-
ed and Mr. Shunk carried her in his arms to
the nearest farm house, a mile away, where
she was revived.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT THE SPECIAL
TERM OF COURT.—A special week of
quarter sessions court convened in this
place, on Monday morning, with judges
Love and Faulkner on the bench. On.
Tuesday Hon. John M. Bailey, of Hunt-
ingdon, arrived and assisted in the work.
On Wednesday morning all jurors except
those on the Reeser-Kelly case, which was
only given to the jury yesterday afternoon,
were discharged and went home.
The work done is comprehended in the
following :
Carrie E. Orvis and Ellis L. Orvis, ex-
ecutors of etc. of John H. Orvis, deceased,
vs. John I. Thompson, executors of ete. of
Moses Thompson, deceased ; plea assumpsit.
Verdict: in favor of the plaintiffs for
$1476.20.
Annie V. Lyon, executors of ete. of A.
V, Lyon, deceased vs. George L. Potter and
Julia Gregg, administrators of etc. of
Margaret Gregg, deceased, and Andrew
Gregg, Annie I. Gregg, Julia Gregg, Susan
P. Gregg, Andrew Gregg, Jr., Edith Myers
Irvin Gregg, heirs at law of Margaret
Gregg, deceased ; plea scire facias judge-
ment. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$1692.50.
S. Ohnmacht vs. Caroline Warner, L. E.
Essington and C. K. Essington, plea reple-
vin, for one organ replevined in September,
oh verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
James R. Alexander, Margaret T.- Alex-
ander, J. W. Alexander, H. C. Yarington,
and Robt. Yarington, vs. Bald Eagle Valley
R. R. Co., and the Pennsylvania R. R. Co.,
plea ejectment. Settled.
John F. Potter and R. J. Potter, vs.
Samuel Page, plea replevin. Continued.
William Thomas, vs. Thos. P. Asheroft,
and Martha Ashcroft, plea assumpsit. Con-
tinned.
G. W. McDonald, vs. G. W. Hoover,
and John P. Elkin ; plea assumpsit. Con-
tinued.
John L. Russler vs. Isaac Underwood,
plea feigned issue. This litigation grows
out of excutions issued by the plaintiff,
who is a merchant at Milroy, Mifflin coun-
ty, on two several judgments in the court
of common pleas of Centre county, against
Perry Hassinger and J. C. Hassinger some-
time in September, 1895, by virtue of which
execution the sheriff levied upon a shingle
mill, engine and boiler then operated by
the Hassingers:- in Potter township near
Potter’s Mills. Verdict on Tuesday after-
noon in favor of the plaintiff for the engine
and boiler and in favor of the defendant
for the shingle mill.
Michael Canavan vs. Orin L.
ver, tresspass. Continued.
George Switzer vs. Andrew Brockerhoff,
administrator of etc. of Rose A. McCartney
owner or reputed owner and contractor,
plea scire facias sur mechanics lien.
brought to recover for carpenter work done
and performed on house built by Mrs. Mec-
Cartney, during her lifetime. Verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for $28.63.
Thomas Barnes vs. L. O..Brinton, plea
tassumpsit, Settled.
{John L. McNitt, who survived James W. -
| MeNitt, late trading as John L. and James
W. MeNitt, now for the use of J. H. Tay-
lor vs. James A. Lingle. Continued and
i not to be put on trial list again without
| the permission of the court.
James E. Scott vs. Dr. W. A. MeGee-
i han, plea trespass. Continued and not to
| be put onthe trial list again without the
{ permission of the court.
i F. E. Naginey vs. M. C. Brockerhoff, A.
| Brockerhoff and Henry Brockerhoff, trus-
tees, and M. C. Brockerhoff, A. Brockerhoff,
Henry Brockerhoff, Joseph Brockerhoft and
Mary Brockerhoff. Non-suit.
iL. C. Brinton vs. Thomas Barnes and
| William P. Duncan; plea assumpsit.
| Settled.
{Thomas Collins vs. John L. Kurtz ; plea
| assumpsit. Defendant confessed judg-
{ ment in open court in favor of the plaintiff
lin the sum of $1200.00
| F. Imboden use of Abraham Frank vs.
! Richard C. Duncan, administrator of ete.,
| of James Duncan, deceased. Verdict in
i favor of the plaintiff for $241.50.
Abraham Frank vs. Richard C. Duncan,
administrator of ete., of James Duncan,
| deceased, plea scire facias sur judgment.
| Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $275.87.
| George M. Reeser vs. Michael Kelley
| and Harry Kelley ; plea assumpsit. The
| plaintiff was the lessee for a farm in Snow
! Shoe township from the Valentine and
| Thomas heirs, upon which farm the de-
| fendants had a prior coal lease. The plain-
i tiff alleges that the defendants would tear
! down his fences and thus permit stock to
! trespass on the farm and destroy his crops,
land drive over the farm, for which the
| plaintiff seeks to recover damages. The
i case was given to the jury on Thursday af-
ternoon and after being out one hour and a
| half returned a verdict for Reeser for $375.
i He asked for $800. .
Court adjourned immediately after the
conclusion of the Reeser-Kelly case. The
| regular term will begin next week.
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