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Bellefonte, Pa., May 14, 1897.
P. GRAY MEEK, So - Ebp1TOR.
The Primary Election and County
Convention.
The Democratic voters of Centre county
will meet at the regular places for holding
the general elections, in their respective elec-
tion districts, on Saturday, June 5th, 1897,
to elect delegates to the county convention.
Under the rules of the party the election
will be opened at 3 p. m. and closed at 7
p- m. The delegates chosen at the above
stated time will meet in the court house,
in Bellefonte, on Tuesday, June 8th, 1897,
at 12 o'clock noon, and nominate one can-
didate for jury commissioner and one can-
didate for county surveyor ; elect five dele-
gates to the state convention to be held at
Reading at the call of the executive com-
mittee of the state central committee, and
a chairman of the county committee to
serve from January 1st, 1898, to January
1st, 1899 ; and, to transact such other busi-
ness as may appear before the convention
in the interest of the party.
APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES.
The number of delegates to which each
election district is entitled, as approved
and ratified by the Democratic county
committee on the 3rd day of May, 1897, is
as follows :
ELECTION DISTRICT. | VOTE FOR | NO. OF
PRESIDENT. | DELEGATES,
Bellefonte, n. w......... 2223000 Bllcenesss sr reeerses iris
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8. WwW.
Ww. Ww.
Centre Hall Boro...
Howard Boro...
Milesburg Bor
Millheim Boro....
Philipsburg, 1st
4 2nd
‘ 3rd )
South Philipsburg..... |.
State College Boro......|...... 33.
Unionville’ Bors.........|......
Benner,n. p...5........I.....
oy 8 p.
Ferguson, e. p.
fe Ww. p.
Gregg, n. p...
eon.
W, De.
Haines, ey
ts ow.pn.
Half Moon.
N=
Briehbbobfe bid
Liberty.
Marion...
tot
8. Pp.
Rush, n. p..
Hd
BES i £0 pe
, D..
Snow Shoe,
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et pd ed DO it pt
Total 4.459 89
OFFICERS FOR HOLDING DELEGATE ELECTIONS.
Bellefonte Boro....... John Trafford, Ch..... Bellefonte
4 N. W. W. Miles Walker £¢
5 John Dunlap te
£4 S. W. Ed. Brown, Jr. Ch. ‘
“ S. D. Gettig “
oo i Chas. Brown, Jr. “
i IW. WW. Geo RB Meek, Ch. s€
Louis McQuistion 4
. H. C. Crissman 4
Centre Hall Boro..J. Witmer Wolf, Ch..Centre Hall
W. A. Sandoe,
J. M. Goodhart
Howard Boro......... AheiWeber, Gh............. Howard
Le 4 Joseph D. Diehl
John H. Wagner
Milesburg Boro....Jas. B. Noll, Ch........... Milesburg
Ji George Noll ;
Wm. Essington
Millheim Boro...... Sam'l Weiser, Jr., Ch... Millheim
oo B. F. Kister
E. E. Knarr
Unionville Boro.....L. P. Brisbin, Ch.......... Fleming
¢ 4 H. R. Greist
Wm. Keatery
Philipsburg Boro.1st W. J. Lukens, Ch. Philipsburg
4 AY 2nd W. Ira Howe, Ch.
Albert Dress
3rd W. Albert Howe, Ch
State College Boro J. N. Krum ine, Ch State College
4 4 A. A. Miller
T. F. Kennedy
8. Philipsburg Boro Henry Wilcox, Ch Philipsburg
Benner Twp. N. P.L.C.Rerick, Ch......... Bellefonte
Benner Twp., 8. P....Jno. Ishler Ch....... Bellefonte.
. A. Wagner, ~
i Henry Noll,
Boggs Twp. n. P-. fonry, Heaton, Ch
- + € P...Jd. L. Neff, Ch....
Irvin Harvey,
Ezekiel Confer,
W. p....D. F. Poorman, Ch.... Milesburg.
Chas. Lucas,
Ellis Kohlbecker.
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Milesburg
..Roland.
Burnside Twp...Wm. ip Ch......... Pine Glenn.
: James Miller,
: A. V. Daugherty.
College Twp....J. A. Rupp, Ch................ Oak Hall,
Curtin Twp...N. J. McCloskey, Ch Romola,
Ferguson Twp. e. p.W. H. Fry, Ch. Pine Grove Ms.
a W. p...S. Harpster, Jr. Ch.Gatesburg
te Ellis Lytle,
$* D. H. Kusterborder
Gregg Twp. n. p....Geo. Weaver, Ch..... Penns Cave.
o e. p....J. C. Condo, Ch......... Penn Hall.
. H. B. Herring,
3 ry Fisher
LL W. p...Jno. Smith, Ch.....Sprin Malls.
“ C. E. Royer, s
0 Harry Grove,
Haines Twp. w. p...W. I. Winklebeck Ch... Coburn,
£8 C. N. Weaver,
A. F. Bower,
re e. p R. E. Stover, Ch...... Woodward
4€ Henry Reinhart:
Clair Kreamer,
Half Moon Twp,...E. McAfee, Ch.........Stormstown,
Harris Twp...J. A. Swabb, Ch............ Linden Hall.
s€ J. K. Page,
1 Philip H. Meyer,
Howard Twp...Robt. Confer, Ch.............. Howard.
se A. M. Butler t
. W. F. Leathers 4
Huston Twp...Henry Hale, Ch................... .Julioy,
a F. Craig,
£6 Geo. Campbell,
Liberty Twp... Alfred Bitner, Chr............ Blanchard.
Marion Twp...J. W. Orr, Ch...... Walker.
* F. Condo,
£6 H. 8, Yearick,
Miles Twp. e. p...Dan’l Harter, Ch...... Wolf's Store
$6 Jerome Meyer,
+6 Jerre Brumgard,
et w. p...Ed. Miller, Ch......... Centre Mills
b: J. A. Deatrick,
ot J. F. Kern,
te m. p...C. J. Crouse, Ch:...... Rebershuyyg.
a Elmer Bierly,
£8 H. A. Detwiler, Jr.
Patton Twp....D. L.-Meek; Ch................... Waddle
ee P. A. Sellers,
“ J. W. Biddle,
Penn Twp,.A. P. Zevhy, Ch,........................ Sober,
J. F. Garthoff,
A. R. Alexander,
Potter Twp. s* p...J. F. Sraith, Ch............,.. Colyer.
f€ n. p..G. H. Emerick, Ch....Centre Hall.
£¢ David Keller,
14d Thomas Moore,
“ W. W. Royer +e
24 J. B. Fortney £¢
Rush Twp. n. p...Wm, Frank, Ch........ Philipsburg,
F. E. Troy,
4s John Beck, .
se s. p...Sam’l Wayne,....
ve Patrick Hefferon
“t John Wayne,
Snow Shoe Twp. E. P..L. Re
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Snow S| ZJohn T. Lucas Ch
tS Daniel Flannigan
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YZ = John Confer
Spring Twp., N.P...L. H Wian, Ch... Bellefonte
¢6 ¢ J. 8. Yearick
fe i A. Hamilton
s¢ 8. P. W. H. Noll, Jr. Ch. Pleasant Gap.
t “ James Corl
£€ te J. Adam Hazel. . .
se ‘“ W. P. Phil F. Garbrick, Ch Bellefonte.
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Do mmick Judge
Abe Swigzer
Taylor Twp...... Vinton Beckwith, Ch...... Hannah
££ te Samuel Hoover
J. T. Merryman
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Union Twp...........Chas. G. Hall, Ch........... Fleming
£& £¢ S. K. Emmerick
cL WL Mark Hall
Walker Twp. E. P.......Sol Peck, Ch......... Nittany
“ M.P. D.M. Whiteman Hublershurg
£9 ‘“ W.P. Harvey Shaeffer, Ch Zion
Worth Twp.....A. J. Johnston, Ch....... Port Matilda
Nore.—The three chairmen of Walker township
will hold a township election this spring instead
of precincts. David M. Whiteman will act as chair-
man and the committeemen for the east and west
recinets, will assist in holding this election.
OYD MUSSER, ti. S. TAYLOR,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Probable End of the Hamilton Bill.
The doom of the HAMILTON road bill is
generally believed to have been sealed by
the action of the House, on Tuesday, when
the following amendment was - tacked
onto it :
Be it amended that this act shall not go in-
to effect until $1,000,000 has been appropria-
ted by the State, to be distributed in propor-
tion to the number of miles of public roads in
each township; that no township shall re-
ceive more state money than they raise by lo-
cal taxation, and that the money so appropri-
ated shall be expended in making and main-
taining public roads.
The bill was taken up for third reading,
‘when the House, by a vote of 99 to 78,
went into a committee of the whole to con-
sider it and the amendment was put on.
Leaving ic, as this would, dependent upon
an appropriation of so large an amount
of the bill, for even should it be passed the
Legislature would be slow to bring about
a condition that would make it operative,
by making the necessary appropriation.
——The Legislature has extended the
time for investigating the condition of
miners in the coal regions of the State until
June 1st. A committee is at work trying
to ascertain the cause of the impoverished
condition of the miners."
Turkey is Lenient.
Wants. No Indemnity and Favors a Withdrawal of
Troops.—S8ultan Desires to Deal Direct.—His Dis-
position Is to Deal Only with Greece and Thus
Pay Little Attention to the Big Powers.
LONDON, May 10.—Private advice re-
ceived in London from Constantinople de-
clares that the Sultan has expressed deep
sympathy for King George and the Greeks,
whose hands, in his opinion, were forced
by revolutionary agents at Athens and
Alexandria. The Sultan according, to
these advices, declines to claim a war in-
demnity and proposes ‘that a Turko-Greek
uation of Thessaly and Crete. Finally, it
said that the Sultan desires to deal direct
with Greece and not through the powers.
LARISSA, May 10.—The Greek fleet has
ish guardships remain. The town is quiet
and has been occupied by the Turkish
troops. A considerable number of the lat-
ter have taken up positions on the sur-
rounding heights. The bulk of the Otto-
man army, however, has been withdrawn
and is marching in another direction.
Quantities of arms, ammunition ‘and a
number of ambulances were captured by
the Turks at Volo. All the heights com-
manding Pharsalos are now occupied by
the Turks. Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
commander, all his generals and a number
of officers of lower rank have been decorat-
ed and many of the Turkish officers have
been promoted. A fresh division of Niza-
mi, armed with Mauser rifles, has arrives
here and will proceed to the front.
The Turks found a quanity of railroad ma-
terial at the Volo railroad station, but
they were unable to use the engines as the
Greeks had removed essential parts.
The French naval detachment saluted
the Ottoman troops and the latter respond-
ed
The Turkish officers complain of the non-
resistance of the Greeks and declare it is
not war, but merely a military promenade.
The opinion is expressed here that the
Greeks are avoiding a serious fight in order
to spare their troops, who may be needed
at Athens in the event of a revolution.
Affairs at Volo are fast assuming their
normal condition, but the inhabitants are
very indignant at the way in which they
were deserted by the Greek troops. It is
said that when the municipal authorities
asked the military commandant what they
were to do when the Turks arrived, he re-
plied : ‘‘Do what you like; it’s no con-
cern of mine.’
LoNDoN, May 10.—The Daily Mail's
Berlin correspondent says it is reported
there that the king of Greece has summon-
ed M. Delyannis, in view of a possible cab-
“inet crisis.
Mr. Stevens, the special of the Daily
Mail with the Turkish forces in Thessaly,
declares that the province has been lost
through rank cowardice. i
The correspondent of the Daily Mail at
Patrias says ; ‘‘Everything is ripe for a
serious political crisis for a revolution.
The army is disgusted and the army’s peas-
antry are discontented. The Greek Na-
tional society could not have a better op-
portunity.
ATHENS, May 10.—The recall of the
forces in Crete has been received with res-
ignation by the public. The Delyannis
organs attack the government bitterly for
appealing to Europe, but most of the pa-
pers accept this as inevitable, and violent-
ly attack the Ethnike Hetairia, asking it to
render an account of its action.
The Greek army now occupies all the
passes from Lake Xynias, south of Domos-
| kos, to Cura on the east, the latter point
| being occupied hy General Smolenski’s hri-
sade. Skirmishes have occurred at Plaka.
LARrIssA, May 10.—The Turks have no
doubt whatever as to the speedy capture of
| Domoskos, although the place is fairly well
| defended. Edhem Pasha and his staff have
| gone on to Pharsa los.
Settlement of Terms of Peace.
LoNDnoN, May 11.—The settlement of the
terms of peace threatens t6 be a long and
difficult business. The porte has begun
| by demanding everything in sight, as was
| to be expected. .
The powers are already realizing that
the process of securing Turkish consent to
such terms will be more dangerous to the
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peace of Europe than the present war. In
fact, the political perils of the eastern sit-
uation are only just beginning. The gen-
eral public, including the stock markets,
take, however, a most rosy view of the
future.
The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, an-
nounces the conditions under which Tur-
key has signified her willingness to con-
clude peace With Greece and comments
upon their sweeping character. These
conditions, the paper asserts, are the pay-
ment by Greece of a war indemnity of $15,-
000,000, the acquisition by Turkey of
frontier advantages at Prevosa, Damasi and
Milouna ; the abrogation of all special
treaties favoring Greek subjects, and the
cession to Turkey of the Greek ironclad
squadron.
The Turkish government also demands
the estabishment of an autonomous govern-
ment for Crete, with certain restrictions
favoring the porte. ;
Now that the hostilities are virtually
over, attention is to the immense number
of innocent victims of the war. The desti-
tution in Thessaly is especially terrible.
Almost the entire population ~ of 35,000
persons have fled to the western mountains
where their sufferings from famine and ex-
posure are harrowing.
Government transports removed thous-
ands of refugees from Volo, Pharsala and the
eastern villages to the islands of Duboea
and Skiathos, but their position was not
bettered by going to those places.
The island authorities are begging the
government for assistance, and iflis impos-
sible to meet the needs of 45,000 ref ugees.
The villagers at Armyres are clamoring
for food, and there are distressing scenes in.
the vicinity of Arta among the peasantry,
whom the retreating in Greeks compelled to
abandon their homes Epirus. They lost all
their bélongings and are now starving along
the roadside.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH POWERS CONCLUDED.
« ATHENS, May 11.—The diplomatic pour-
| parlers, which have been proceeding all
lett Volo, but the French, Italian and Brit- |
the morning have been brought to a con-
clusion. Greese has formally adhered to the
preliminaries of peace, as agreed upon be-
tween the powers and the heads of the dif-
ferent legations have received positive assur-
ance, investing them with authority to
treat with Turkey. The negotiations at
Athens are regarded as concluded.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
MAY MEETING OF POMONA GRANGE.
—Pomona grange, No. 13, of Centre coun-
ty, will meet in the hall of Victor grange,
at Oak Hall, on Thursday, May 27th.
There will be two sessions : One at 10 a. m.
the other at 1:30 p. m. There will be con-
siderable business of importance to the or-
der transacted and a full attendance is de-
sired.
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A WET INSPECTION DAY.— The
annual inspection of the cadet corps
of The Pennsylvania State College was
made, yesterday, by Maj. J. P. Sanger, in-
spector general Of the U. S. army. He was
accompanied during the inspection by 1st.
Lieut. Geo. L. Jackson and 2nd Lieut
Chas. Taylor, Co. B, 5th Reg. N. G. P., and
by Dr. R. G. H. Hayes, 1st Asst. Surg. 5th
Reg. N. G. P. Though the weather was any
thing but propitious fora pleasant inspec-
tion the cadets showed themselves off to
the best possible ad vantage.
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REMEMBER MEMORIAL DAy.—Just
two weeks will elapse before this country
will be called upon to stop from the hurry-
skurry of business and the selfishness of
personal pleasure to give a thought to those
heroes who are gone, whose valor and mar-
tyrdom gave us the country that we prize.
Memorial day falls on Sunday, this year,
but in Bellefonte Saturday will be observed.
Gregg post, No. 95, G. A. R. will have
charge of the ceremonies here and they
will carry out the program as carefully as
they have done in the past.
William Jones and H. H. Montgomery
‘have been appointed the committee to so-
licit subscriptions to defray the expenses
of the day. The veterans never do things
extravagantly. All they want is merely
enough to place the stars and stripes that
they so bravely defended over the graves of
their dead. If they ask you for a
small contribution remember that the duty
is really more yours than theirs.
One part of the Memorial day program
that has always been splendidly carried out
is the collection of flowers by the children.
They seem so enthusiastic over the work
that the soldiers are calling on them again,
this year, and R. C. Irvin has been ap-
pointed chairman of the committee to look
after it. It is hoped that all the children
Jin the town will make an effort to collect
some flowers, no matter how few, and take
them to the post rooms, on West High
street, not later than 9 o'clock on Saturday
morning, ‘May 29th. There will be ladies
there to accept them and work them into
suitable decorative designs.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE CHILLY.—In
his latest prediction Mr. Foster forecasts
the weather for this week as follows :
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent from
10th to 14th and 15th to 19th.
The next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about the 20th, cross the
West of Rockies country by close of the
21st, great central valleys 22nd to 24th,
eastern States 25th.
A warm wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about the 20th, great cen-
tral valleys 23rd, eastern States 24th.
Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies
country about the 23rd, great central val-
leys 26th, the eastérn States 27th.
These disturbances will cover one of the
hot periods of the month and will be fol-
lowed by one of the greatest falls in temp-
erature that will occur in the month of
May. Very cool weather may be expected
immediately preceding this storm wave.
The storm will develop increased en-
ergy not far from May 23rd to 24th, and
the weather about this time will go to ex-
tremes not usual for this generally quiet
month. Temperature of the week ending
May 15th will average below and rainfall
above normal. This applies to the whole
country as an average. In drouth districts
the temperature will be above the rainfall
below the normal, while in the rain belts
the temperature will be much below, the
rain above the normal.
A Busy WEEK AT COURT.—It was ate |,
last Saturday night when the business on Reg. N. G. P. of this place, will leave for
the civil list was finished up for the April
term of court and adjournment was made,
too late for jurors or witnesses in the Beck
—Bright case, that had occupied the time
on Friday and Saturday, to get home for
Sunday. Sessions were heid both Friday
and Saturday nights as it was, altogether,
the hardest working week of court that has
been held for some time. Inasmuch as
none of the important cases had developed
anything of interest up to the time of our
going to press with the last edition of the
WATCHMAN no report was made of the
proceedings. The following is a boiled
down statement of what was done :
J. T. Fowler, vs. Eve Sharer. Non suit.
Cqnrad Miller vs. N. W. Ream and J. B.
Ream. Verdict in favor of J. B. Ream,
one of the defendants, opening the judg-
ment as against J. B. Ream and the judg-
ments as against N. W. Ream.
Jacob Marks vs. J. W. Cook and S. M.
‘Buck, trading and doing business as Cato
Mining Co. Defendants confessed judg-
ment in favor of the plaintiff for $372.27.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Lucre-
tia Peters vs. W. H. Peters, Jas. D. Mec-
Kee, and W. Miles Walker. This action
of the defendants was served with process,
namely Mr. Walker. Verdict in favor of
the plaintiff in the penal sum of $1,000 and
amount due July 4, . 1896, $264,95 as
against Mr. Walker.
Joseph Ross vs.
Settled.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the
school district of Howard township, the
poor district of Howard township, and the
road district of Howard township vs. Jos-
eph Casselberry, J. K. Leathers, H. J.
Pletcher, and Jacob Robb. This is an ac-
tion on the official bond of Mr. Casselberry,
as tax collector of Howard township for the
Jeremiah Lckenroth,
year 1894, on which the plaintiffs seek to
recover against,the collector and his sureties,
the amounts shown to be due the several
funds by the auditor’s settlement for the
year 1894, in the spring of 1895. Verdict,
on Tuesday morning, in favor of the plain-
tiffs in the penal sum of $6,500, and assess-
ing the amounts due as follows: School
funds $350, poor funds $474.06, road funds
$82.93 ; subject to a question of law reserv-
ed by the court, viz: Whether or not the
auditor’s settlement of 1895, showing cer-
tain balances against the collector upon the
duplicates for poor and road tax for the
year 1894, and that showing balances found
against him for the year 1893, as per audi-
tor’s settlement of 1894, which are carried
over to the settlement of 1895 is conclusive
as against him and his sureties on his bond
for 1894, and whether under the evidence
the damages assessed against the defendant
upon the bond should be only for the bal-
ances found upon the duplicates of 1894,
against him, not including the balances
carried over from the settlement of 1894.
G. W. McDonald vs. G. 'W. Hoover and
J. P. Elkin, plea assumpsit. This action
is brought to recover salary as general man-
ager for the Clearfield and Cush Creek Coal
and Coke Co. This suit was brought for
$100,000 but the jury returned a verdict of
$1,800 for the plaintiff, after being out for
nearly a day.
Commonwealth vs. J. W. Porter, charge
vagrancy, Etc., prosecutor James Kreps.
After hearing the testimony the court dis~
down a very pleasant one.
‘hill at Penn Hall was reached, where some-
‘front.
charged the prisoner.
D. H. Weaver vs. C. W. Biddle. Dis-
continued. :
Catharine M. Resides vs. J. W. Cook, S.
M. Buck, the Saylor-Madill coal mining
Co., and the Beech .Valley coal iron Co.
Continued.
J. T. Lucas vs. J. A. Yeager, plea judg-
ment opened. Non suit. Two suits. Con-
tinued.
W. J. Thompson vs. Wm. Parker. Case
in ejectment to recover some land on Tussey
mountain, in Potter township. Verdict for
plaintiff, but allowing defendant the right
to redeem land within two years provided
he pays $60.
Josephine Williams’ administrators vs. J.
C. Henderson. A juror was withdrawn
and case continued at cost of plaintiff. The
case arose over a note for $200 given to
Mrs. Williams, before her death, on which
Henderson is claimed to have been an en-
dorser. Shortly after her death the note
mysteriously disappeared from the pro-
thonotary’s office. Henderson claims that
he never endorsed it and thas if his name
appears on it it is a forgery.
1 Q. P. French vs. D. M. Bilger, Nelson
Bilger, Chas. Bilger, Alport Bilgerand Mrs.
Georgiana Parker. A case of ejectment for
a tract of land in Rush township. Verdict
for defendants.
J. A. Mann vs. Geo. Deitz, R. J. Mann
and J. R. Fye. Plaintiff sued to recover
damages to his household goods by being
set out in the rain by defendant and his
agents while they were ejecting him from
his house in Curtin township. Verdict for
defendants. :
C. L. Beck vs. Dr. J. W. Bright. Suit
to recover $5,000 for an eye which Dr.
Bright removed in May, 1892. Plaintiff
claimed that Dr. Bright had taken the eye
out for cataract, when there was really no
necessity for it, and then had improperly
packed it so that it was impossible to insert
a glass eye. Expert testimony was pro-
duced to show that the doctor’s method of
filling the socket with ijoto-form gauzeis"
just as frequently practiced as that of pack-
ing the gauze on top of the lids, after such
an operation. The jury was out only a few
minutes and returned a verdict for the de-
fendant.
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A RUN TO MILLHEDI.—Eighteen Belle-
fonte wheelmen rode to Millheim, on Sun-
day, to eat up a trout dinner that hotel-
man W. S. Musser had prepared for them
in’ that place. The boys found the trip
From Centre
Hall to Millheim they {rode in file with
Harry Gerberich setting the pace until the
thing went wrong (?) with his rear wheel
bearings and Johuny Teats was pushed up
He led the boys a stiff chase from
there in. The trout dinner was a little
shy of trout, but there were plenty of suck-
ers, eels and cat-fish and Billy Musser’s
open-hearted way of doing things left noth-
ing for the boys to wish for. They came
home in squads, all praising Millheim
folks in general and land-lord Musser in
particular.
—— A eet.
——Col. Austin: Curtin, superintendent
of the soldiers’ orphans schools at Chester
Springs, will be chief marshall of the big
Memorial day parade they intend having
at Pheenixville: Certain it is that they
could fitd no better horseman, nor more
is on a bond of maintenance, but only one |
capable manager for just such a function
than Col. Curtin.
OFF FOR PHILADELPHIA.—Co. B, 5th
Philadelphia this morning at 9:53, where
they will take part in the ceremonies in-
cident to the unveiling of the Washington
equestrian monument in that city. In the
erftire division there will not be a com-
pany that will make a finer showing than
our own B. The men are young, the offi-
cers are young and all are ambitious to
take high rank in the Guard.
It has been very noticeable that the dis-
cipline and drilling of the company has
taken great strides upward within the past
few months and we are sure the men will
comport themselves with a dignity becom-
ing the town they represent.
They will return on Monday morning.
The annual summer encampment of the
Guard will be made by brigades, this year.
The second, to which our company belongs,
will encamp at Conneaut Lake, Crawford
Co., from July 10th to 18th. -
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——The production of ‘‘the Mikado,”
at Lock Haven, by talent of that town,
Williamsport and Sunbury, last week, is |
reported to have been a great success.
Centre Hall. |
Mrs. Pile, of Williamsport, is the guest of |
the D. B. Brisbin family. Mrs. Pile’s hus- |
band holds a professorship in the Dickinson
college. She is accompanied by her family. |
Mrs. Catharine Miller is seriously ill at the |
home of her son, Jerry Miller, on Church |
street. Mrs. Miller is well up in the eighties,
and is a highly respected lady. |
Philip Durst, one of Potter townships most |
progressive farmers, is about finishing an ex- |
tensive addition to his farm house east of |
town. Mr. Durst lives on one of the finest
farms in this locality. |
Henry Boozer, whose illness with consump- |
tion has been mentioned heretofore in these |
columns, is in a very critical condition at
present. His stomach is giving him serious
trouble, not being able to retain any nourish- |
ment.
D. F. Luse, general manager of the Centre |
Hall water company, is laying tiling to
drain the waste water from the Ripka prop-
erty, lately purchased by that company. Mr.
Luse believes in taking the best of care of |
property, which should be done by all.
Among many others who stopped at the
Centre Hall hotel from a distance the past
week were: A. C. Mayes, Philadelphia ;
W. J. Auman, Gettsyburg ; James B. Fisher,
Middleburg; J. B. Meyer, Danville ;
Henry Frick, Lewisburg; J. W. Poster. |
mail clerk between New York and Pittsburg; |
Samuel Hirshman, Philadelphia ; John ®
Colt, Northumberland ; James M. Roat,
Hornellsville, N. Y.; Fred J. Wolfert,
Allentown ; James A. Straub, Hernden ; J.
G. Linn, Carlisle ; C. W. Haslet, Mifflinburg ;
J. L. Rieh, Philadelphia ; J. B. Winters, |
New Berlin ; M. E. Yeater, Lewistown.
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After an absence of ten years J. Herbert
Ward and his little girl, of ten summers, are
comfortably located in the old Ward home-
stead on Main street. A few years ago his
wife died and as our town was in need of a
Jewelry store and restaurant he has come up
from Shamokin, where he was in the jewelry
business to start a first class establishment
here.
On last Friday near Franklinville Mrs. Mary
Jane Campbell died at the home of her son-
in-law, John Everhart, in the seventieth year
of her age. She was a daughter of Alex
Glenn and was born and raised on the Branch.
She was first married to a Mr. Kennedy and,
after his death, toa Mr. Campbell who died
some years ago. Shortly before the Johns-
town flood one of her sons was drowned in
theKanawa and another one was lost in the
Johnstown disaster. "She never fully recov-
ered from the shock and last winter took a
heavy cold which culminated in consump-
tion. On Monday she was taken to the
Branch and buried in the cemetery there
with Revs. Ermintrout and Hepler officiat-
ing. She had been a member of the Presby-
terian church from childhood.
A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. —It is said that
“in the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love’ but Henry Musser
Krebs has been tkinking of it for several
springs and on Wednesday his thought ma-
terialized with a pretty wedding. Just at
noon at the comfortable home of Mrs. Sausser-
man, on Main street, amid flowers and
blossoms, Rev. C. T. Aikens pronounced the
ceremony which united Miss Ada Sausser-
man and H. M. Krebs in marriage. The
wedding was quiet and without any ostenta-
tion and after an excellent wedding break-
fast the young people left on the afternoon
train for Milton, where they will visit rela--
tives. The bride is the youngest daughter of
the Sausserman family and is one of the most
popular girls in the town. The groom, the
eldest son of the late John F. Krebs, isan
energetic hustler in the carriage business and
together they will have a happy life. Upon
their return they will go to housekeeping in
the Meyers’ house, on Main street.
Spring Mills.
T. C. Gramley, of our village, has just com-
pleted a very substantial walk in front of his
residence and grounds, a distance of about
200 feet. This is a decided improvement.
Now for an extension of the good work, who
will be next ?
Michael Shirer, one of our prominent citi-
zens, has disposed of his interest in the Johns-
town Fire escape company, for a good round
sum and will now devote 4ll his time to the
insurance business. Mr./S. has been engaged
in insurance (life and five) for many years.
On Thursday last, the infant daughter of
H. B. Frankenburger, of our village, a child
14 months old, quietly crawled out of the
second story window and fell to the ground,
a distance of about 15 feet, sustaining only a
slight injury to ome of its limbs. It was
a remarkable escape.
On Monday May 17th, the Spring Mills
Normal institute will open for a session of
six weeks. The latest advanced ideas in
methods of teaching piano, organ, violin and
all stringed instruments will be introduced,
including methods of voice culture, harmony
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and the practical principles of the same.
In order to educate the pupils in self con-
fidence public concerts will be given each
week, which will enable them to appear be-
fore an audience without embarrassment.
A Bap RUNAWAY. —On Friday evening
last, Henry Sankey, of near Potters Mills,
met with a serious accident, While driv-
ing home from our village in company
with his daughter Miss Mabel. who is one of
; our school teachers, the horse suddenly be-
came unmanageable and dashed off at a
furious rate of speed, throwing the occupants
out of the buggy, both of whom received ser-
ious injuries. The buggy was badly damaged,
but the horse was no worse for his wild
dash.
The Junior base-ball club of our village,
had their first contest of the season with a
mixed team at Rebersburg, on Saturday last,
the score being 12 to 16 in favor of Brush
valley. This was hardly a fair contest, the
Spring Mills team’ expected, and it was so
understood that they were to measure their
skill with the regular juniors of Rebersburg,
but instead were confronted with a nine care-
| fully selected from several neighboring clubs.
Of course the Spring Mills team knew they
were defeated before the game commenced,
but being lads of undaunted metal they
played boldly and bravely, notwithstanding
the odds were strongly against them.
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All Through Brush Valley.
Mrs. Jacob Gephart, of near Rebersburg, is
seriously ill.
Frank Burd, of Aaronsburg, spent Sunday
with friends in this vicinity.
John Harter, one .of the new merchants
of Rebersburg, is seriously ill.
All the so-called wide-awake farmers of
our valley are done planting corn.
Mrs. Susan Long, of Towa, will stay with
her father, Thomas Royer, of Rockville,
until fall.
A number of our people were obliged to
take part in the law suit between Dr. Bright
Hon. W. R. Bierly, of Rebersburg, left for
Philadelphia last week. The length of his
stay is unsettled.
Mr. and Mrs. Jared Kreamer and daughter,
Marie, are visiting their many friends at
Rebersburg.
Two more new houses will be built this
summer at the West end of Rebersburg by
Cyrus Erhard and Scott Kerstetter.
Messrs. Chas. Stover, and Al. Sayger, both
of Salona, were callers among their friends
at Rebersburg and Kreamerville over Sun-
day.
WANTED.—A guide book for Rebersburg.
There is some demand forsuch a publication.
Our young people want to locate Henrys-
burg, Rebersburg, East Rebersburg and West
Rebersburg and can’t find them on the map.
Clyde Erhard, of Clyde, Ohio, who was a
witness for Charles Beck, at Bellefonte, last
week, was at home over Sunday. By the ap-
pearance of Mr. Erhard his new Ohio home
must be very well adapted to him. He re-
turned on Monday.
The base-ball game, which was played at
Rebersburg, last Saturday afternoon, between
the Rebersburg and Spring Mills clubs, re-
sulted in the score of 12 to 6in favor of Re-
bersburg. The Spring Mills boys were not
very jolly when leaving Rebersburg. Keep
up your courage Rebersburg and keep your
record up this summer.
DEATH.—About 9 o'clock last Tuesday
morning, Mrs. William Walker, of Rebers-
burg, closed her eyes in the last sleep of
death. The cause of her demise is not known,
though at the advanced age of seventy-five
she had lived more than the allotted time.
Rev. Mumma will conduct the funeral ser-
vices over her remains to-day.
CONFERENCE AT COBURN.—The sessions
of the northern conference of the Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of Central Pennsylvania
were concluded at Coburn last evening. The
conference had been sitting in the Lutheran
church, in that place, since Tuesday evening,
and very interesting meetings they proved to
be. Among those who were present and took
part. were Revs. C. Y. Aikens, W. M, Spang-
ler, J. C. Mumma, J. I. Stonecypher, W. H.
Schock, W. K. Deihl, Geo. S. Bright, C. B.
Genver, S. F. Greenhoe, C. D. Russel, G. W.
Leisher, J. M. Rearick, F. Aurand, John
Earnest, and E. E. Hoshour.
Mileshurg.
Mrs. M. Ellen Eddy has gone to Lamar
to visit her aged mother.
Al. Blowers, of Osceola, was the guest of
Miss Emma Jones on Saturday.
Eli Hall, of Osceola, was the guest of Mrs.
John Miles, his sister, on Saturday.
William R. Quick left for Bradford on
Thursday last to work in the oil field.
Millard McKinney and wife, of Winburne,
spent Sunday with her mother and brother.
Mrs. Geo. Moore, of Erie, is visiting her
parents, George Noll and family in this place.
Wm. Shawley is once mbre a papa as a son
came to his place recently. Arthur Proud-
foot is also rejoicing over a little son.
Wm. B. Miles & Son have added an annex
to their place of business, 16x60 ft. that they
may make a better display of their goods to
the public.
Thomas M. Kessinger, of Mill Hall, an old
foundryman who worked in Green’s foundry
many years, ago, was here on business
Wednesday last.
Do not forget the S. S. entertainment on
Friday, the 14th, and Saturday, the 15th.
Admission 5 and 10 cents. Come, every-
body. Follow the crowd and you will get
there.
Mrs. James Hamilton, Mrs. Margaret
Miles, Mrs. Sarah Satterfield and Miss Carrie
Noll, of Bellefonte, were guests of Mrs.
Morris and daughter Julia, of Water street,
on Saturday. .
L. C. Bullock started to the Medico-
Chirurgical hospital, in Philadelphia, with
his brother, Forest Bullock, for treatment,
on Monday morning. He expects to see
Coney Island and New York before coming
home.
Wm. Potter, son of John F. Potter, is now
busy making a bust or statue of Napoleon
Bonaparte, that is 20inches across the breast,
and 36 high. When complete it will
look as natural as life. He has a picture
for his guide. The material used, is brick’