at
Deora ld,
erms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
: Bellefonte, Pa., March 5, 1897.
P. GRAY MEEK, - r
Epitor.
The Contest for Sheriff Has Been Aban-
boned.
Abe Miller Has Given Up His Fight for an Office to
Which He Was not Elected.—The Contest Practic-
ally Ended.—8500 Thrown Away but it Might
Have Been More.—Only Gave up When the Last
Vestige of Hope Disappeared.
Any coward can make a blunder, but it
takes a brave man to acknowledge one af-
ter it has been made. Does this apply to
ABRAM MILLER, E. R. CHAMBERS, A.
O. FURST, etal?
The contest by which ABRAM MILLER,
of State College, hoped to squeeze himself
into the office to which sheriff W. M.
CRONISTER was regularly elected, last fall,
was formally abandoned, on Tuesday morn-
ing, when the following petition was pre-
sented to the court for action :
THE PETITION.
A. V. MILLER et al { In the court of Quarter
. | Sessions of the Peace in
YorSis jo for Centre county
W. M. CroNISTER | No. } January S. S. 1897.
To THE HON. THE JUDGES OF SAID COURT.
Petitioners for contest, with the consent of
the contestant, by their counsel, respectfully
represent to the court :
THAT on December 3rd, A. D., 1896, their
petition for contest in the above case was
filed :
THAT the facts set forth in said petition
were received from various sources through
out the county.
THAT a greater part of this information
was based upon affidavits furnished them by
election officers, this information your peti-
tioners believed to be true, and upon the
faith of which, and solely that the elections of
the people might be correctly ascertained and
maintained, this contest was instituted.
THAT the petitioners never intended that
this contest should extend to the investiga-
~tion of the separate and illegal votes such as
may have been cast by persons disqualified
under the law, for the reason that in such a
contest experience has shown that there are
about as many illegal votes on one side as on
the other, besides to wage a contest for such
purposes would largely increase the expenses
to the county, the purpose of the petitioners
being solely to determine the result of the
election by a recount of the ballots by the
court, in order to determine whether the
ballots were illegally counted and returned
or not. .
THAT the court ordered the opening of
various ballot boxes in various parts of the
county, and the ballots therein have been
counted by the examiner appointed by the
court, and under the supervision of the
court.
Your petitioners have discovered by the
recount that the information received by
‘them, and under which they filed their peti-
tion, was not correct and that parties making
the affidavits were mistaken in their recol-
lection. So far as your petitioners have been
able to learn the recount of the ballots shows
a small majority for Cronister for sheriff,
Your petitioners would further represent
that from the commencement of the contest,
up to the present hour, it has been their aim
to recount the ballots, establish the truth, to
the end that the man who was duly elected
should fill the office of sheriff, This being
the case, in their indgement, and with the
consent of the contestant, and by the advice
of their counsel, they believe that further
testimony ought not to be taken in this case,
and that the county should not be subjected
to any further expense. Having made a
careful recount of the ballots of the county
we are convinced that but few mistakes were
made in marking, and most of the people un-
derstand the ballots sufficiently well to ex-
press their will. We, therefore, cheerfully
bow to the sovereign will of the people, as
expressed by the independent voter, and ask
the court to dispose of this case upon the re-
port of the examiner without further testi-
mony. And in view of all the facts, and the
information, and the affidavits, which the
petitioners had, and upon which this case was
based, they would most respectfully request
the court, in disposing of the case, to certify
that there was probable grounds, sufficient to
warrant the contest, so that the costs may
be paid by the county. And in duty bound
they will ever pray, ete.
E. R. CHAMBERS,
A. O. Fuss,
Atty’s. for Petitioners.
The fact that the granting of licenses was
before the court made action on it impossi-
ble and nothing further will be done until
the regular April term, when it is under-
stood that the master’s report on the con-
test will be filed and then the court will fe
asked to hand down an opinion as to whether
there was sufficient ground for a contest.
If the court, after considering the fifty or
more ballots that have been laid aside for
its inspection, rules that there was ground
upon which to base a contest the costs of
$500 or more will be placed on the county,
if not Mr. MILLER and his petitioners will
be liable for them. Itis the apparent pray-
er of the petitioners that the court rule to
place the costs on the county, but it is a
grave question as to whether such a ruling
would be justice to the tax payers. The
wording of the petition admits that the pe-
titioners were at fault in having instituted
this contest when it says ‘‘your petitioners
have discovered by the recount that the in-
formation received hy them * * * \yaq
not correct.” Now should the county be
held for costs in a case simply because a lot
of men let their political bigotry so warp
their minds that they saw things that had
never existed ? Should the tax payers be
forced to bear the burden of this expense
because a few men saw fit to make allega-
tions that could not be borne out by the
the fact, because our president judge per-
mitted the proceeding to go on without
having a single proof of irregularity to war-
rant it? The contest has been discredit-
able enough to its instigators and it re-
mains for the fastening of the costs where
they properly belong to bring whatever of
extenuation that can be had from such a
blundering action. |
This contest was instituted on Thursday,
Dec. 3rd, 1896, when attorneys E. R. |
CHAMBERS and A. O. FURST presented a
petition to the court signed by the follow-
ing gentlemen :
Robert V. Miller,
Simeon Haupt,
D. M. Glenn,
8S. Dunham,
L. E. Jodon,
G. H. Knisely,
Isaac Miller,
D. Rothrock,
A. P. Lueas,
John A. Daley,
W. H. Musser,
Geo. W. smith,
John L. Croft,
Thos. McCafferty, W. H. Stiver,
Wm. Knapp, Robert Valentine.
The prayer for the granting of the peti-
tion was based on stipulated irregularities,
at the last general election in the preceding
November, when Mr. CRONISTER was de-
clared elected, for sheriff, over ABE MIL-
LER by 16 votes.
The points set out in the petition were
that in a number of precincts persons hav-
ing no legal residence had voted, and that
many votes were counted that had been il-
legally marked. The principal cause in
the latter being ballots marked in the eir-
cle at the head of the Republican column
and then marked opposite Mr. CRONISTER’S
name. The petitioners claim that such
votes should not have been counted for
either candidate for sheriff. The precincts
in which the results were contested, with
the number of votes claimed to be illegal
in each, are as follows :
Howard Boro., 30 ; Howard Twp., 15 or
more ; Liberty 10 ; Marion 12 ; Patton 25 ;
Worth 40 ; Burnside 30; North Rush 15 ;
South Rush 20 ; Philipsburg 1st Ward 26 ;
2nd Ward 17; 3rd Ward 100 ; Benner 15 ;
East Gregg 5; West Ward Bellefonte 5 ;
North Boggs 15; West Boggs 20 ; East
Boggs 5; West Ferguson 15; Unionville
10 ; Huston 20 ; General 50.
The facts set forth in the petition were
sworn to by ROBERT V. MILLER, W. T.
NowLr, W. WoobpRING, H. H. ( )SMAN, and
W. H. MUSSER, before justice Jou B.
LINN, on November 24.
The court granted the petition and nam-
ed Saturday, Jan. 2nd, as the day on
which MR. CRONISTER was to make his
answer, notice being necessarily served on
him 20 days prior to that date.
The certificate of election was issued to
Mr. CroNISTER and he served with dignity
and fairness to all parties during the entire
time that the contest for his office was pro-
ceeding.
At the time appointed by the cours Mr.
CRONISTER made answer through his attor-
neys, Messrs. SPANGLER, Bower and
MEYER, but it was not deemed sufficient to
quash the proceedings so the petition was
granted and the contest was on. The first
thing done was the filing of bills of particu-
lars in which all manner of irregularities
were charged, then the court ordered the
impounding of the ballot boxes in 46 pre-
cincts in the county and appointed C. P.
HEWES Esq., as master to count the votes
and make a return to court.
The work of gathering up the boxes was
done at a cost of about $150, not counting
their return to the precincts, and the count
took the master and two clerks seven days,
at a cost not yet estimated The result of
the count has already been published
though it might ,be well to state that ac-
cording to Mr. CHAMBERS figures Mr.
CRONISTER still retained a majority of 11
votes over MILLER, with the fifty-two for
the court to pass on. As the ruling on how
these disputed ballots are to be counted
will have to be the same for all classes,
though two courses are possible, either one
will leave Mr. CRONISTER with a majority.
By the one MILLER’S attorneys admit that
his lead would be increased two votes,
while by the other they say it would be
cut down to 5.
In either case, however, he will still have
a clear majority and it is in the face of this
admitted fact that they have magnanimous-
ly (?) given up so that the dear (?) tax
payers will be saved further expense. The
magnanimity manifested in this course will
be best appreciated by those who know
these people well enough to believe that
they would still be hanging on if there was
but a straw for them to cling to.
However, a certain credit is due Messrs.
MILLER, CHAMBERS, FURST, et al, and
they are to be congratulated at this evi-
dence that they are not entirely bereft of :
reason. Belated though it was the people’
of Centre county will feel glad that they
have had the manhood to acknowledge
themselves defeated, even if it was the only
course open to them, and will antici pate a
similar display of good judgment in the
court’s placing the costs where they belong
—on the contestants.
(. W. Rees,
Edward Eckenroth,
H. H. Osman,
John Bilger, %-
W. S. Williams,
W. 8. Tripple,
W. Woodring,
Charles Eckenroth,
J. Irvin Morris,
John T. Fowler,
A. V. Hoyt,
Geo. L. Potter,
W. TL. Noll,
tr
——
An Echo From the Election. =~ “|
Editor WATCHMAN :—Although not a
resident of Bellefonte for many years, yet
I am a regular subscriber to and reader of
your excellent paper, and take great inter-
est in, the material and political warfare of
my native town. It was with great polit-
ical satisfaction that I read the result of
your local spring election and learn that
the former rock-ribbed Republican strong-
hold of Bellefonte has changed its opinion
regarding municipal office holders. Be-
tween the lines a careful observer can readi-
ly see that the Republican party is not as
harmoniously united as it was four, five,
six and eight years ago, when the Republi-
cans seemed to hold full sway not only in
Bellefonte but all over Céntre county, as
well, which was plainly shown by the fre-
quent electionof Republicans to important
county offices. What is wrong?
Can’t the Keystone Gazette keep the faith-
ful in line any more? What has become
of that man FIEDLER, who used to create
havoc in our ranks through his newspaper,
the Gazette? Isn’t his successor capable of
keeping up the warfare and winning ? How-
ever, as a rock-ribbed Democrat, I have
reason to rejoice that the political situation
is such as it is, only the complete change
proves sort of an anomaly to me.
Wishing the WATCHMAN continued suc-
cess, I am Yours truly,
L. A. G.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23rd, 97.
McKINLEY SWORN IN.
The Ohio Statesmen Takes the Reins of Government—
Imposing Street Pageant.—Twenty Thousand
Marchers Pass In Review.—Vice President Hobart
the First of the New Administration to be Inducted
Into Office—A Scene of Enthusiasm as the New
Ruler Appears at the East End of the Capitol—No
Fancy Maneuvers Permitted by Ambitious Marchers
in the Inaugural Parade.
WASHINGTON, ~~ March 4th — To-day,
admidst the plaudits of thousands of patri-
otic Americans, and the brightest of Vir-
ginia sunshshines, William McKinley as-
sumed the reins of government for the en-
suing four years, and Grover Cleveland re-
tires to his new home at Princeton, N. J.,
and to the practice of his profession in New
York city.
At 5 o'clock ex-President Cleveland
started south on a duck hunting trip once
more a private citizen after having twice
been President of this great Republic.
In the morning there was a brief meet-
ing of President Cleveland’s cabinet. No
business, of course, was transacted, and
the gathering was a formal affair for the
purpose of an official leave taking. The
meeting was dissolved in time to receive
President-elect McKinley and vice Presi-
dent-elect Hobart, who with the Senate
committee on arrangements reached the
White House at 10.30 o’clock. Carriages
were on hand to convey the party to the
Capitol.
President Cleveland and President-elect
McKinley walked out of the White House,
arm in arm, and entered the first carriage
together.
Vice President-elect Hobart, with the
members of the committee on arrange-
ments, entered the second carriage.
The first officer of the new administra-
tion to take the oath of office was vice
President Hobart, the last act. performed in
the Senate of the present Congress being
the administering of the oath of office to
Mr. Hobart. This ceremony was perform-
ed by the retiring vice President, Mr. Ste-
venson, who bade farewell to the Senate
in a short speech expressive of his appre-
ciation of the courtesy shown him as pre-
siding officer of the Senate. At the siroke
of 12 vice President Stevenson declared the
Fifty-fourth Congress adjourned without
a day.
When the ceremonies in the Senate
chamber had been completed the whole
assemblage proceeded to the east front of
the capitol, where the oath of office was ad-
ministered. The procession proceeded to
the east portico of the capitol where Presi-
dent McKinley was sworn in by Melville
W. Fuller, chief justice of the U. S. su-
preme court. There were 40,000 people
crowded about the capitol and Penusyl-
vania avenue was alive with cheering hu-
manity when the parade of 20,000 march-
ers escorted the new President back to the
White House.
Canton’s God-Speed to McKinley.
Major McKinley bade farewell to Canton
and his Canton friends Monday night,
thousands of whom gathered at the station
to bid ‘*hail and farewell.”’
The closing scenes of the past history-
making twelve months, were simple and
tinged with general pathos. Market street,
which during the campaign rang with the
tread of nearly 700,000 enthusiastic Repub-
licans, was brilliantly illuminated. The
graceful and imposing arch of what is call- |
ed ‘McKinley Hill” ‘blazed with colored
lights and was luminous for the last time.
The Canton troop and two companies of |
the Ohio National Guard preceded by the
Grand Army band, an organization con-
taining more than forty musicians, escorted
the President-elect and Mrs. McKinley to
the station.
No lines weredrawn in the large con-
course of people which followed the Me-
Kinley carriage to the train and surrounded
the station to mingle their cheers in the
mighty round which re-echoed above the
din of the train as it disappeared in the
distance.
People of all social conditions touched
elbows and jostled each otherin the mighty
throng, each seeking some point of van-
tage for a last look at the speeding party.
Promptly at 6 p. m., the bands, military,
clubs and citizens began to organize in the
City Hall Square. . Captain Harry Frease,
who commanded the famous Canton Troop
during the campaign, was chief marshal.
The Canton troop wore military coats,
broad-brimmed hats, top boots, light col-
ored gauntlets, and were all mounted and
well drilled in cavalry tactics. The troop
left for Washington Monday night and par-
ticipated in the inaugural parade.
Following the troop came the Grand
Army band. This, in turn. was followed
by the Third Batallion, Eighth Regiment,
Ohio National Guard. This regiment was
to have been honorary escort to the Presi-
dent-elect on the trip to Washington and
from the Capitol station to the hotel, but
the failure to secure satisfactory railroad
arrangements prevented. ;
Three companies, a signal and a hospital
corps constitute the batallion. Then in
order named came the Canton Business
Men’s Association, Grand Army posts, old
soldiers, the First Ward Republican Club,
of which Major McKinley is a member 3
the Second Ward Republican Club, two
other clubs and societies and unorganized
citizens of Canton, Massillon and other sur-
rounding towns.
The train consisted of seven handsome
cars. The first car was a combination
smoking and baggage car; the second a
dining car ; the third the Pullman ‘‘Elk-
ton,’ which was occupied by members of
the press ; the fourth car a Pullman named
‘“The Arden ;” the fifth car also a Pull-
man called the ‘‘Delphos.”’
THE MAJORS TRAVELING COMPANIONS.
Then the private car, No. 505, occupied
by Major McKinley's mother, Mrs, Nancy
Allison McKinley ; Mrs. Abner Osborne,
mother of William M. Osborne ; Miss Hel-
en McKinley, asister of the President-elect;
Mr. and ‘Mis. George LE. Morse, of San
Francisco, Mrs. Morse being a neice of
Governor McKinley ; James McKinley, a
nephew of the President-elect, and Mrs.
Clarence Chaffey.
Thelast car on the train was the private
car No. 38, which belongs to Superintendent
Miller, of the Panhandle Division of the
Pennsylvania road. Major McKinley has
used it on several occasions. It is a hand-
some car, beautifully" décorated, and built
with uncommon solidity.
M’KINLEY AT WASHINGTON,
President-elect McKinley, with his fam-
ily and a large party of friends, arrived
safely in the Capitol City a few minutes
before 11 o’clock Tuesday morning over the
Pennsylvania road. The weather was
cheerful and bright, with warm sunshine
over all, and a temperature, if anything,
too high to be seasonable.
A large crowd had assembled at the
Pennsylvania station long before the train
arrived, and it required the efforts of a con- |
siderable force of policemen to keep clear
the approaches of the station.
There was a good deal of disappointment
expreésed among the people over the ab-
sence of mili tary in the escort, but it was
by the special request of the President-
elect that such formality was dispensed
with on this occasion, so the crowd had to
be content with the sight of the magnifi-
cently attired staff of Governor Bushnell,
of Ohio, in place of the expected military
parade.
Notwithstanding the long journey and
the broken night, nearly all of the party
looked fresh and bright. The President-
elect, in particular, appeared to be in the
best of spirits, and those who gazed in his
face for the signs of illness, from which he
suffered recently, looked in vain for any
signs of distress or impaired vitality. It
was generally remarked by onlookers that
he was certainly stoutor and of better com-
plexion than when he was last seen in
Washington. Mrs. McKinley also appear-
ed to advantage. She was attired in a
dark traveling garb, and happiness beamed
from every lineation of her face as she
came forth into the bright sunshine on the
platform.
As he passed the head of the train, Ma-
jor McKinley did a graceful thing, which
was quickly appreciated by the crowd. He
paused, beckoned one of the party who
bore aloft a great bouquet of cut flowers,
and, carefully selecting from it some white
carnations of wonderful size, he handed
them to the engineer, all grimy and per-
spiring, who sat aloft in his cab.
At the Ebbitt house the crowd had
been gathering since early breakfast time,
pre-emptying doorways, carriage steps,
windows and other points of vantage.
During the hour and a half while they
waited, a strong detail of police gradually
accumulated itself in an unostentatious
way in and about the hotel.
The presidential party finally arrived
about 11.20 o’clock, and, by a clever coup,
the President-elect gained entrance to his
hotel without crowding and inconvenience.
M'KINLEY ENTERTAINED BY CLEVELAND.
The President fortunately recovered from
his rheumatic attack Tuesday evening suf-
ficiently enough to assist Mrs. Cleveland
at entertaining. This was purely an in-
formal domestic affair, to which no others
were bidden, and at half-past 7 o’clock the
four persons in whom the interest of the
entire United States is now centered sat
down to a beautiful repast in the small
private dining room of the executive man-
sion. The charming hospitality for which
the Clevelands have been noted was exem-
plified throughout the evening.
Quay Was Fooled.
Wanted to Reconsider the Confirmation of Post-
masters.
WASHINGTON, March 20d—It appears
Senator Quay did not understand that the
Pennsylvania postmasters were confirmed
for **keeps,’’ and that the official announce-
ment of the Senate’s action in executive
session would be made to the President and
the press. Senator Quay arose in the Sen-
ate, this afternoon, and, after getting unani
mous consent to talk openly about yester-
day’s executive session, complained that
the confirmations of postmasters had been
publically announced, although he had
given notice that he might want to ove a
a reconsideration of some of those from
Pennsylvania, because he expected to re-
| in this connection J. W. Maloy, nominated
for postmaster at Lansford, Carbon county,
rand J. Albert Walton, nominated at Phil-
ipsburg, against both of whom, he said, he
expected there would be charges affecting
their characters, on which he intended to
move a reconsideration of their confirma-
tion.
Senator Quay was assured by Senators
Hill and Chilton that the publication of
Yesterday's confirmations was according to
{ law and usage, and that the fact that a re-
| consideration of the cases might be moved
did not have any bearing on the matter.
Senator Quay had to be satisfied, and it is
altogether likely the Pennsylvania post-
masters will stay confirmed.
An amusing feature of the matter is that
J. W. Maloy, the Lansford nominee. was in
Washington to-day and called on Senator
Quay to thank him, on the theory that the
Senator had somehow helped along his
confirmation.
The Rev. Dr. Swallow Sued for Libel.
HARRISRURG, Feb, 26.—The first of a
series of suits for libel was brought, to-day,
against Rev. Dr. S. C. Swallow, of this
city, editor of the Pennsylvania Methodist.
for charges of corruption and malfeasance
made against high state officials. The
suits are the result of repeated conferences
the past twenty-four hours at the executive
mansion between Gov. Hastings, Auditor
General Mylin, State Treasurer Haywood,
who constitute the board of public” build-
ings and grounds: State Senator J. P. S.
Gobin, of Lebanon, and Representative W.
F. Stewart of Philadelphia, representing
the Soldiers’ Orphans’ school commission :
Attorney General McCormick, Secretary
of the Commonwealth Reeder, and Capt.
John Delaney, superintendent of public
building and grounds. -
The charges were that old materials were
substituted for new articles purchased by
the State : that there was criminal careless-
ness, if nothing worse, in the recent burn-
ing of the capitol ; that the furnishings
and furniture for the State are dn use in
private houses, and that articles have been
furnished for Soldiers’ Orphans’ schools
that cost the State eightfold more than
reliable bidders were willing to furnish the
same articles for.
Capt. J. C. Delaney, Super intendent of
public buildings and grounds, is possessed
in one suit, Representative W. F. Stewart,
i of Philadelphia, in the other.
Hearing for Swallow.
He Renewed Bail for Trial at the Quarter Sessions,
on March 15.
HARRISBURG, March 2.—Dr. S. C. Swal-
low, editor of the Pennsylvania Methodist,
which paper published the sensational
charges of malfeasance in office against state
officials, was given a hearing before Mayor
Patterson this evening on two cases of
criminal libel, preferred by the soldiers’
orphans’ commission, through its secretary
and Captain S. C. Delaney, the superin-
tendent of public grounds and buildings.
Dr. Swallow waived a hearing, but
| Mayor Patterson decided to hear some of
| the testimony after District Attorney Gra-
| ham, of Philadelphia, senior counsel for
| the plaintiffs, said it was due those who
| were charged with such gross malfeasance
| to have an opportunity in open court to say
| to the public that they are innocent and
lask a suspension of judgment. Captain
| Delaney denied emphatically the charges
| of criminal carelessness at the capitol fire,
| and said there was absolutely no truth in
| the accusations against him as the agent of
| the board of public groonds and buildings
| in the purchase of supplies.
.
——Read the best and most reliable
news. It will be found in the WATCH-
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170 Men Killed.
Miners Asphyxiated in the Zacitecas Disaster.
Chicago, March 1st—A dispatch to the
Times Herald from the City of Mexico
says : There is no longer any doubt that
170 men perished in the mine disaster at
Zacatecas. The fire broke out in Sonamore
mine, one of the properties of the Sorn-
brerete companies, and communicated to
the San Francisco mine The principal
shaft in the former is 3,000 feet deep, and
rescuers went down to the bottom, but
were nearly suffocated by smoke. The
Cornish miners displayed unusual heroism
in attempting relief of imprisoned men.
Ten bodies have been taken out and all
show signs of asphyxiation.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
A TURN FOR THE BETTER.—The many
friends of Mr. G. H. Leyman, of Curtin
township, will be delighted to hear that
there was a turn for the better in his condi-
tion on Wednesday night. For the past
ten days he has been hanging between life
and death with inflammatory rheumatism.
His condition has been such that the physi-
cians dispaired of his life until Wednesday
night. Now they think he will recover.
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MARRIED IN THE NORTH-WEST.—The
following clipping, taken from the Devil’s
Lake, North Dakota, Inter-Occan, of the
19th ult., gives account of an interesting
event in the life of a girl who was born and
raised in Nittany valley, near Hublershurg,
this county. She is the daughter of Zach-
ariah Truckenmiller and is a sister of Will
Truckenmiller, the crippled poet and story
writer whose work has frequently delight-
ed readers of the WATCHMAN.
Married, on Thursday, the 18th inst.,
Otto Newman, of Noonan township, and
Miss Nellie Truckenmiller, of Morris town-
ship. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Harbaugh and occurred at the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. George Dixon.
*oe
—H. A. Gripp, the proprietor of the
Tyrone art studio for instruction in enlarg-
ing photographs, was appointed aid-
de-camp to General Horace Porter, grand
marshall of the McKinley inaugural parade.
The business that this man is doing has
excited the attention of men in all parts of
the country. It was started on a most un-
pretentious plan and has grown so exten-
sive that he is said to receive bushels of
letters in every incoming mail. His plan
is to instruct people by mail how to do
crayon eviargements of photographs ; his
studio being located in the handsome old
Stewart homestead below Tyrone. The
man is said to be getting very rich at the
business.
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His Horses JUMPED OVER THE
BrIDGE.—While Jonathan Rhule, of Sugar
Valley, was crossing the bridge at the Cen-
tral railroad of Pennsylvania tracks at
Washington Furnace, last Friday, a freight
his frightened horses hecame unmanage-
able. In their wildness they leaped over
one of the abufments and horses, wag-
on and driver fell in a heap into the water,
8 ft. below.
One of the horses had its leg broken
and had to be killed, while Mr. Rhule
was thrown forward onto the tongue,
but did not seem to be hurt much. After
the excitement had worn away he began
to suffer severe pains in his back and is
now in a critical condition at his home.
The unfortunate man follows huckster-
ing in the lower end of Nittany valley.
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MARRIAGE LicENses.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted hy or-
phans’ court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week.
Andrew Kerns and Armintie Shirk, both
of Philipsburg.
Howard Vail, of Philipsburg, and Canra
Jones, of Hawk Run, Pa.
Frank Barner, of Tylersville, and Lizzie
Oberdorf, of Madisonburg.
Albert Weisley, of Tyrone, and Carrie E.
McDonald, of Avoca, Pa.
Ira H. Seigler, of Milroy, and Henrietta
J. Crotzer, of Centre Hall.
Irvin Fravel and Rosie DeHass, both
of Eagleville.
Verner Grater and Elsie Kunes, both
of Eagleville.
M. C. Schade, of Livonia, and Helen B.
Schreckengast, of Spring Mills.
John H. Barnhart, of Spring township,
and Clara Ellen Cole, of Bellefonte.
* Luther J. Heaton and Mary Lucas, both
of Boggs township.
John C. Fravel, of Nittany, and Laura
Ellen Lee, of Colyer.
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AN AFTER LENT BALL.—The Un-
dine S. F. E. Co., members are already
alert making arrangements for an after
lent ball that they intend giving. The
date has been fixed for Monday night, April
19th, and the ball will be held in the
Arcade.
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ROBERT SOMERVILLE MARRIED. —Rob——
ert Somerville, of Winburne, Clearfield
county, was married to a Miss Critchon, of
Syracuse, N. Y., on Wednesday of last .
week. He wiil be remembered, in Belle-
fonte, as one of the twin sons of Mr. James
L. Somerville, formerly of this place.
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HAvEe THEY ELOPED >—Harris township
is all in a furor over the reported elopement
of a married man and a married woman of
that place. Since Wednesday of last week
the talk has been the one topic; ‘‘Have
John Harris and Mrs. Kline run away ?”’
John Harris located in Boalsburg about
six years ago. He went to that place when
the Meck & Naugle lumber operations were
begun in the Bear Meadows. Having
comported himself with becoming dignity
and being a boss on the work® he was
looked upon as one of the ‘‘good’” men of
the community. He bought the old Wil-
liam’s property, in Boalsburg, and had
seemingly settled down to a happy, com-
fortable life with his wife and children.
Rumor has it, however, that during the
many trips he had to make over the narrow
gauge road to the log wharf, near Linden
Hall; he met a Mrs. Kline of whose charms
he was speedily enamored. The woman
requited his illicit love, so it is said, and
their clandestine meetings resulted in what
is now reported as an elopement.
The couple are supposed to have left on
Wednesday of last week and no one knows
where they are. Mrs. Kline took her only
child with her.
Harris enjoyed a good reputation in the
vicinity of Boalsburg. In fact it was so
good that a number of peoplé who trusted
him are fearful lest they should lose snug
sums. Several notes have been entered
against him during the last few days and it
is reported, on good authority, that a Lin-
den Hall merchant is a loser of $100 or
more unless Harris comes back and sets
things right.
SEE How NEAR HE Hits IT.—It is a
matter of interest to many to follow the
work of weather prophets and see how
close they come to foretelling the kind of
weather we will have at any given time.
Here is Mr. Foster's latest prognostication.
Compare it with nature, if you care to.
The next storm will reach the Pacific
coast about the 27th, cross the west of
Rockies country by close of 28th, great
central valleys March 1st to 3rd, eastern
States March 4th.
The warm waves will cross the west of
‘Rockies country about 27th, great central
valleys March 1st, eastern States March 3rd.
Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies
about March 2nd, the great central valley
4th, eastern States 6th. This disturbance
will occur near the turn from the high to
the low temperature storm period and, as
announced in last bulletin, low tempera-
ture may be expected about this time, the
lowest since the last of January.
The temperature may, however, réach the
lowest point from 26th to 28th or March
3rd to 6th. This disturbance will also
bring heavy rains south and snows north,
and, as the greatest amount of precipitation
occurs near the high point of high temper-
ature storm periods, and as these periods
turn toward the low temperature periods,
this disturbance will conclude the heavy
rains and snows for the present.
Drier weather will follow the above dis-
turbance and many places will experience
a fear of drought till the next high temper-
ature period is reached, not far from March
24th.
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LICENSES GRANTED AND HELD Up.—
The regular sitting of license court, on
Tuesday, excited little interest about the
court house as it was known that no fights
were to be made on any of the applications
and then judge Love wanted to hurry the
business through so that he could get off to
Washington to see his friend, President
McKinley, inaugurated. You know the
judge and the President were class mates
at the Albany law school.
Thirty-nine applications were taken up,
thirty-three having been granted as follows :
Names, Residence. Kind of License.
J. M. Neubauer...... Bellefonte, 8. W........... Tavern
D. C. Keller...... . s* 4 ot $8
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1. C. Yeager. oe 0 41
W. L. Daggett......... 4 WwW. Ww. os te
A.S. &C. N Garman ¢ 8S Wernsnii.s 4
R. Newton Shaw...... Philipsburg, 2nd W, £
Joseph Pickering... ft st £8
Jas. Passmore......... fe tL At
Dorsey P. Meyers... £2 £€ fe
Tempest Slinger 44 £€ 28
W. S. Musser
John M. Rei
R. O. Braucht
Edwin Ruhl
D. H. Ruhl.
J. A. Gramley
J. L. DeHaas,
A. Kohlbecker..
Geo. B. Ukzle.
Jno. G. Uzzle...., ue
Lawrence Redding... tH so
Isaac A. Shawver...
James S. Reish..........
WHOLESALE BEER.
Philipsburg, 2nd ward.
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‘Boggs Twp...
.Snow Shoe Twp... ie
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Geo. E. Lamb
Samuel Rodg
Wm. Riley...
John Anderson
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Bellefonte, W. ward.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR
W. R. Haynes..... cen. SnOW Shoe Twp.
G. E. Chandler ...Philipsburg, 2nd ward.
Orin Vail hE 4
WHOLESALE LIQUOR, AS BREWER OR MANUFACTURER.
Tous Dolli........... dni ha, Benner Twp.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR, AS DISTILLER.
J. C. Mulfinger.... Spring Twp.
N. W. Eby, aines Twp.
The six that were held over until next
week were Wm. R. Charles, Frank Mose-
barger, John A. Erb and Emma S. Leister,
all taverns, of Philipsburg ; O. J. Stover,
tavern, of Eagleville, and M. M. Robinson,
bottler, of Philipsburg.
The application of Emma S. Leister was
only held over owing to an uncertainty as
to whether she will continue in charge of
the Potter house.