Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance. Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 28, 1898. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Eprtor. Democratic County Committee for 1898, Huen 8. TayLor, Chairman, Boyp A. MUSSER, J. W. KEPLER, J. K. JounsToON, Wu. D Zersy, Secretaries. Ass’t Secretaries. Precinct. Name. P. O. Address. Bellefonte N. W. Jno. Trafford Bellefonte S. WwW Ed. Brown, Jr. te “ W. W. Geo. R. Meek, ee Centre Hall Boro J. Dauberman, Centre Hall Howard 4 Abe Weber, Howard Milesburg ¢ Geo. W. Campbell, Milesburg Millheim $6 Sam’l Weiser, Jr., Millheim Unionville * L. P. Brisbin, Fleming Philipsburg 1st W. J. W. Lukens “ 2nd W. Ira Howe, $e. srd W. Howard Hysong t* State College Boro Dr. W. 8. Glenn, State College 8. Phjljpghin ‘ Henrys. Wilcox, Philipsburg Philipsburg Benner Twp. N. P. L. C. Rearick, Bellefonte . hy P Jou Ishies, il i Boggs Twp. N. P. Henry Heaton, ilesbur; B, E. P. John Kelley, Rolan $e W. P. D.F. Poorman, _Runville Burnside Twp. Wm. Hippies, Sr. Pine Glenn College bis L. W. Musser, State College Curtin £4 N. J. McCloskey, Romola Ferguson “ E.P. W. H. Frye, Pine Grove Mills hd ‘“ W. P. Sam Harpster, Jr., Gatesburg Gregg Twp. N. P. Geo. Weaver, Penns Cave * E. P. Jas. C. Condo, Penn Hall be W. P. Jno. Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W. P., Geo. W. Keister, Aaronsbur; * E. P. R. E. Stover, oodwar Half Moon Twp. Emory McAfee, Stormstown Harris oe Jas. A, Swabb, Linden Hall Howard . Geo. D. Johnston, Mt. Eagle Huston o Henry Hale, Julian Liberty “ 0. J. Stover, Blanchard Marion “ J. W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp. E. P. Dan’l W. Harter, Rebersburg $e W. P. Edward Miller, Centre Mills * M. P. C.J. Crouse, Rebersburg Patton Twp. D. L. Meek, Waddle Penn ¢ A. P. Zerby, Sober Potter “ 8.P. Jas. B. Spangler, Tusseyville $e * N P. G. H. Emerick. Centre Hall Rush “ N.P. Wm. Frank, Philipsburg “ ‘“ 8.Pt Michael Dempsey, Powelton Snow Shoe Twp. E.P Lawrence Reding Snow Shoe . $e W. P John Confer, Moshannon Spring Twp. N. P. Wm. Hepburn, Bellefonte * S. P. W. H. Noll, Jr., Pleasant Gap se W. P. P.F. Garbrick, Bellefonte Taylor Twp. A. P. Hoover, Hannah Union “ Chas. G. Hall, Fleming Walker Twp. E. P. Sol Peck, Nittany “ M. P. Harry McCauly, Hublersburg $¢ W.P. Wm. A. Royer, woo Worth ¢ A. J. Johnston, Port Matilda Boyp A. Musser, HUGH 8S. TAYLOR, Economy (1) In the Mail Service. There appears to be rather comtemptible cheese-paring going on in the post-office de- partment in the attempt to economize hy impairing the mail delivery service. The force of mail carriers is being reduced to an insufficient number in some of the most important commercial cities because it has been discovered that the amount of money appropriated for that purpose is deficient to about the comparatively insignificant amount of $150,000. It is a pity that when the government appears to have such vast resources that it can expend hundreds of millions of dollars in pension payments that are largely fraud- ulent, the comparatively trifling extra amount of $150,000 cannot be farnished to prevent the loss and inconvenience which great commercial communities must suffer from a deficient mail service. La ——In the investigation started at Co- lumbus to inquire into the bribery prac- ticed in the senatorial election the corrup- tionists who got away with the Senatorship for a consideration are playing a bluff game. To every question put to HANNA'S lieutenants and agents, who are charged with having handled the boodle, the in- variable response is: ‘I decline to an- swer.”” By such obstinate concealment of the part they took in this crime they may bluff the investigators, but their silence convinces the public that they had a hand in the deal by which HANNA'S seat in the Semate was bought. —Monday was the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of gold in California and they celebrated it with imposing ceremo- nies out on theslope. Fifty years from now what do you think they will be doing on the Klondyke ? Seven American Warships. They Will Soon be in Chinese Waters to Give Pro- tection to Yankee Interests. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.—Rear Admir- al McNair, who has been in command of | the Asiatic squadron from November, 1895 until January 3rd, when he was relieved and ordered home, and who has reached this country on his way to Washington says : “The feeling in China and Japan is one of uncertainty. The fleéts of the powers in Asiatic waters have been increased, un- til they are all represented by an unusual- ly heavily armed force, but what that may portend is something I do not know. We will shortly have a fleet of seven vessels there, the best of their class in the world, to protect American interests, and uphold, y necessary, the honor of the American ag. Pennsylvania Agriculture. — The State Board Holds its Twenty-first Session at Harrisburg. HARRISBURG, Jan. 26.—The Pennsylva- nia state board of agriculture held its twenty-first annual session to-day. Forty members were present. Thomas J. Edge was re-elected secretary for the twenty- seventh consecutive term.® Col. Wibur F. Reeder, deputy attorney general, spoke on ‘‘Agricultural Laws; paper on grasses.” Will E. Powell, of Crawford ; Louis Pio- lett, of Bradford, and deputy secretary of agriculture John Hamilton also made ad- dresses This evening Governor and Mrs. Hast- ings tendered the society a reception at the executive mansion. McKinley Turned Dow. Ohio 8enate Demands Recognition of Cuban Bel- ligerents. CoLuMBUS, Jan 26.—The Senate this evening adopted a resolution demanding for Cuba the rights of belligerency by a vote of 35 to 4. Those voting against it were Senators Garfield and Williams, from President McKinley's own county, Rob- ertson (Dem.) and Wightman. The Re- publicans tiied to have an amendment adopted, indorsing President McKinley’s attitude toward Cuba, but it was voted ‘down. Senator Burke (Rep.) voting with the Democrats against it. ‘to the ground. The Battleship Maine Arrives in Havana Port. No Unpleasant Scenes, on the Reverse Everybody Appeared to Be Very Happy.—A Gust from Mad- rid.—The Imparcial Sees Things in a Pessimistic Light and Draws Some Awful Conclusions There- from.—There is no Need to Worry. HAVANA, January 25. — The United States battleship Maine, commanded by Charles D. Sigsbee, arrived here at 11 o'clock this morning and was saluted by the forts and war vessels. Consul General Lee said to-day that nothing unpleasant happened at the inter- view which took place yesterday between himself and Dr. Congosto, secretary gener- al of the government, when rumor had it a misunderstanding took - place. Shortly after the arrival here of the Maine, Lieu- tenant Albert Medrano, representing the captain of the port, and Vice Admiral Jose Pastor visited the United States battleship and extended the customary courtesies. The arrival of the warship caused much surprise and excited considerable curiosity. A naval lieutenant of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII, the Spanish flagship, visited the Maine early in the afternoon, as did also an officer of the German cruiser Gneis- enau, the school ship. Both visits were returned by Captain Sigshee, who at 6 o’clock called upon Rear Admiral Vicente Manterola, at the admiralty office and upon the Vice Admiral Pastor, after which he had a, prolonged conference with Consul General Lee. The consul general will re- turn Captain Sigshee’s visit to-morrow af- ternoon. He is arranging for a visit by Captain Sigsbee to Acting Captain General Parrado. The officers and sailors of the Maine will not go ashote at present, in order to avoid possible friction, and the United States squadron will remain at the Dry Tortugus, or in the vicinity. The Maine came to Havana to receive orders from General Lee, and will proba- bly remain here for some time. Captain Sigsbee has expressed himself as much gratified by the reception tendered him and the courtesy and cordiality shown. The Maine bears a peaceful mission. The American newspaper correspondents will give a banquet to Captain Sigsbee, Consul General Lee and a number of Spanish officers. It is reported at the palace that General Maximo Gomez had fallen back across the Moron Jucaro Trocha into the Camaguey district. MADRID, January 25.—The Imparcial expresses fear that the dispatch of the United States battleship Maine to Havana will provoke a conflict and adds : ‘‘Europe cannot doubt America’s atti- tude towards Spain, but the Spanish peo- ple, if necessary, will do their duty with honor. ”’ The newspapers enerally comment upon Secretary Long’s explanation of the (visit of the United States battleship to Havana and agree in expressing the opin- ion that her visit is ‘inopportune and cal- culated to encourage the insurgents.’ ‘‘It is announced that,”’ following Wash- ington’s example, ‘‘the Spanish govern- ment will instruct Spanish warships to visit a few American ports.’ HAVANA, January 25.—The Spanish forces, it is announced, have destroyed the camp of the insurgent leader, Juan Delga- do, near Manugua, province of Havana. The camp of the insurgent leader, Romero, is also reported to have been destroyed. In Spanish circles, it is said, a government force is reconoitering near Aguactr and Tapaste, this. province has-been engaged with the insurgent, General Aranguren, who was in charge of 130 cavalrymen. The Spanish are said to have killed many of the insurgents and to have captured the correspondence of Aranguren. The chamber of commerce met again last night to consider the proposed com- mercial treaty with the United States. Ginger Up, Mr. President, Ginger Up. From the Doylestown Democrat. Quite a flurry has been caused by the gov- ernment ordering the State of Maine, one of our battle ships, to Havana. Inasmuch as we are at peace with Spain, and Spain says there is no war in Cuba, and besides we are feeding her starving people, we can’t see why we may not send a war ship to Havana as well as Germany. There is no doubt about the custom of war ships of friendly nations passing in and out each others ports at pleasure. What we don’t like about, this little transaction is the humble explanation made to the Spanish minister. at Washington, almost humble enough to amount to an apology. There has, for a long time, been a lack of manly statesmanship in dealing with Spain. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. — — There will be a musicale in the new Christian church, at Howard, this evening. sme re ese— ——The store building owned by Robert Smith, in Spring Mills, caught fire early last Thursday morning and was burned It was occupied by J. Grollman as a clothing store. He had $1,000 insurance on his stock and Mr. Smith had $350 on the building. ——The home of Mr. George D. Blair, in Pittsburg, was robbed of $1,000 worth of jewelry last Thursday evening. The robbery was accomplished while the fam- ily were at supper. Mr. Blair was form- erly a resident of Tyrone and is well known in this place. —_——————— ——Francis Speer, who looks after the interests of the Philadelphia Inquirer in this locality, will undoubtedly make that jour- nal very popular in this community with his daily news budget. There will be one satisfaction for the Inquirer's readers in knowing that Francis’ reports will be reliable. : ee —In one of the city newspapers, this week, was published a sensational tale of Elmer E. Letterman being arrested and | languishing in jail at Emporium for biga- my, having married Miss Bertha Fulton, of Sinnamahoning, when he had a wife and child at State College. The tale has some truth to support it, in-as-much as Letter- man’s first wife, who was a Miss Lytle, is living at State College with her one child. She met Letterman at the College five years ago and married him, but when work became slack there he started off in quest of work. He found it and, also, another wife. The fact of there heing a No. 1 wife at State College finally leaked out and the young man was promptly jailed for biga- my. The Mrs. Lytle Letterman applied for an absolute divorce, in the Centre county courts, wo years ago, but the petition was not granted. ——John Bower has been home from Franklin & Marshall college fora week, nursing a case of measles. He is able to be out of the house now. es ——Commencing Monday evening, Jan- uary 31st, there will be a grand musical convention in the Methodist church at Pleasant Gap. It will be under the man- agement of H. N. Twitmyer. : SI -——The Lock Haven party of gold hunt- ers reached Seattle Tuesday morning. At Pittsburg they were met by John B. Myers, assistant United States district attorney, to wish them good-hye and good luck. Robert Myers is the leader of the party, all the members of which are hardy lumbermen. Robert is about 50 years old and is worth about $100,000. He i3 paying the expenses of the expedition. His brothers, John and. Thomas, have passed their 40th birthday. Thomas leaves a family of wife and 14 chil- dren, and hopes to bring hack enough gold to make a fortune for each one. Samuel Myers and John Gritner are about 25 years old each. Having spent all their lives in the lumber camps of Clinton county and its vicinity they are accustomed to hard- ship and fear not the cold and trials that beset the fortune seeker in the Klondyke. ei Lael SOME PROBLEMS FOR OUR MATHEMA- TICIANS.—About a year ago the WarcH- MAN published a series of catch questions for its readers to solve. They proved so interesting that hundreds of answers were received, every week, from all parts of the country, but the press of other work on ‘hand made 1t impossible to continue the series, which was continually involving more labor in the examination of answers. The requests to continue have been so many that we can no longer disregard the desires of such a large number of our read- ers and to usher in a new series we pre- sent a problem which has been sent by Mr. D. A. Kerlin, of Rudd, Iowa. Mr. Kerlin is a native of Centre county and states his poser as follows : THE PROBLEM. A certain farmer came to Bellefonte with a horse and buggy, he traveled at the rate of 8 miles an hour. He was 22) minutes in town, and in that time sold his buggy and horse, and then walked home at the rate of 3 and 1-5 miles an hour ; he was 6 hours and 30 minutes gone from the time he left home until he returned. How far did this farmer live from Bellefonte ? Answers to this problem will be received until February 8th. The correct one will be published in the issue of February 11th. ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU. If a merchant in your town was selling silk at $1 a per yard, how much would you have to spend to purchase 10 yards of the silk ? a et THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR BOROUGH OFFICES.—Both the Democratic and Republican primaries were held, last Saturday night, in Bellefonte and a lively interest was manifested in the various ward caucuses. In several cases there were hot fights on school director and in the bor- ough conference both aspirants for the nomination for overseer of the poor on the Democratic ticket were dropped and Dan- iel Eberhart was placed on the ticket. The Republicans turned down the present en- cumbent, Isaac Miller, who has given a very faithful administration and went be- fore them with an unblemished record, and took up Steele Hunter. The liveliest fight occurred at the North ward primaries where Henry C. Quigley Esq., defeated Isaac Underwood for school director and John Wagner's friends, arriv- ing at the eleventh hour, were not sufficient to make him the nominee for assessor. It seems that the Republicans were extremely short sighted in thus nipping John’s po- litical aspirations, for he hasa whole legion of coming voters who ought, necessarily, to be a little resentful of such treatment as was accorded their distinguished sire. Isaac Underwood doesn’t feel like throwing bouquets at his vanquisher, either, and blames the ‘‘Me-to’’ element for his down- fall. Isaac is accused of being too much of an objector to the way in which his fellow Republicans on the board have of ‘‘blowing in’’ the money and besides that it is ru- mored that Mr. Quigley expects to make school-law a specialty and wants to get where he can see the practical side of kid- catching and the art of making Chinese puzzles out of colored paper. Over in the West ward the Republicans had a great time greasing the plank that they had had, splinter-end up, on which to slide the veteran Sammy Williams dewn from the pinnacle of fame he had hoped to attain as a school director. But Sammy felt the splinters, even after they had put on the councilmanic grease, and has come out with a positive refusal to go back to coun- cil. It is too bad that he won’t run, for with him in council the Street committee always bas had a ride in that good-old spring wagon, wherever its offices were re- quired. THE MEN WHO WERE NOMINATED. BoroveH TicKET Democratic Office Republican Jas. K. Barnhart....... Treasurer......... Chas.’F. Cook Daniel Eberhart..Overseer of Poor...Steele Hunter William Howley......... Auditor......Cheney Hicklen Nort WARD J. C. Meyer......... School Director......H. C. Quigley L. T. Munson...........Council........... Harry Keller Geo. Eberhart...Judge of Election...Samuel Miller Harry Cowdri Inspector........H. B, Portius +ASSeSSOr.....c0e0 recone Sue AL Bell 3 Clement Dale C. M. Parrish Conferees W. L. Malin J. L. McCafferty John Knisely South Warp W. C. Heinle......School Director...Jas. I. McClure Martin Fauble ....Couneil.... J. W. Houser Orvis Gillen...... Judge of Elec! Grant Hoover Joseph McMahon.....Inspector.......And. B. Young James McCafferty... ASS@SSOT..........eunene Wm. Hart V. J. Bauer Jas. Alexander Thomas Moore J. 8. McCargar Conferees Henry Lowery Wm. Steele West Warp Wm. Parks......... School Director...Stewart Brouse Oscar Wetzel............ Council..........8. H. Williams A Lukenbach...Judge of Election....John Strayer W. T. Speer.... ..Inspector... Harry Diehl Chas. Koontz.. +o ABBOSSOL...cuvuurninnn James Rine James Schofie James Rine W. T. Speer Conferees < Harry Gerbérich 8. A. McQuistion Earle C. Tuten ONLY THREE DAYs OF COURT.—One of the shortest sessions of court that has been held in Centre county in a long time was the first week of the January session. There was a small attendance and few cases of interest were tried. Through the courtesy of S. D. Gettig, Esq., we are able to present a thorough report of the doings of the court as fol- lows: Julia A. Brown vs S. Peck, executor of ete., of Henry Brown, late of Walker town- ship deceased. Verdict in one case for $354.46 ; and in the other for $1524.11, in favor of the plaintiff. Sophia 8. Rockey vs S. Peck, executor of Henry Brown, late of Walker township, deceased. Verdict in the one case for $258.- 60 ; and in the other for $206.96, in favor of the plaintiff. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, use of D. M. Lieb, guardian of Fannie Gregg, vs John Curtin and ‘H. L. Barnhart. Non suit entered. Com. vs Charles Linn, indicted for lar- ceny, prosecutor David Chambers. The defendant is charged with taking a shirt, a pair of cuff buttons and sixty-five dollars in money from Edward Burns, in Snow Shoe, on the night of December 3rd, 1897. Verdict not guilty on the three counts in the indictment. Com. vs Alf Huffman, indicted for open lewdness, . prosecutor W. J. Singer. The details in this case are not fit for publica- tion, and after the jury had been challeng- ed, the defendant -changed his plea from not guilty to that of guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, costs of prosecution and undergo imprisonment in the county jail fora period of seven months. Com. vs. Ardell Campbell, indicted : first count, larceny; second count, receiving stolen goods, knowing the same to have been stolen; prosecutor, Jacob Woodring. At November sessions, Edward Woodrirg plead guilty to driving away and selling to a Mr. McClain, at or near Bald Eagle sta- tion in Blair county, two cows, belonging to Jacob Woodring, of near Port Matilda, and is now serving time for the offense in the Reformatory at Huntingdon. Some time ago this defendant was arrested at Bellwood for being an accomplice in the taking of these cows, and at the trial of Campbell, Tuesday afternoon, Wood- ring who had been brought from the Re- formatory, testified that Campbell was implicated, and helped drive the cows away, and also named two others, and stated that all participated in the funds realized from the sale of the cows to Mr. McClain. Verdict of guilty on the first count of the indictment, and not guilty of the second count. EVANGELICAL CHURCH CONTEST John S. Dauberman and John H. Krum- bine, trading as Dauberman & Krumbine v8 O. L. Saylor, presiding elder of the Williamsport district of the Evangelical association; John H. Erdman, pastor at Centre Hall, of the Evangelical association and W. C. Farner, Wm. Boal and D. J. Tressler, trustees of the Evangelical asso- ciation at Centre Hall ; appeal, plea non assumpsit. And the case of A. P. Luse and C. W. Luse, tradingas A. P Luse & Son, against the same defendants and the same pleas. Both of these cases grow out of the trouble in the Evangelical church, between the Esher and the Dubbs’ factions, which finally resulted in a division in the church, one faction being known as the Evangelical association of North America aud the other as the United Evangelical church, now two separate and distinct church organizations. These cases were settled by the United Evangelical church buying the Centre Hall church and parsonage from the defendants, paying therefore four hundred dollars, and assuming the debts against the two proper- ties, and the defendants giving to United Evangelical church a quit-claim deed, and to give to the purchasers immediate pos- session of the church at Centre Hall, and give possession of the parsouage on the first day of April, 1898. This disposition of the cases avoided what might otherwise resulted in a long and tedious litigation, Jacob Detweiler vs A. E. Grove and C. H. Orwig, trading as Grove & Orwig. This case grows out of a lumber operation by the defendants on the lands of the plain- tiff, in Potter township, during the summer of 1896. The plaintiff suing for damages for use and injury to chestnut timber not included in the article of agreement, and for destruction of fences by felling trees on them. After the plaintiff closed their tes- timony on motion of counsel for defend- ants a compulsory non-suit was granted. REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY. To the Honorable Judge of the Court of Quarter session of Centre county. Your grand jury for January term 1898, beg leave to submit the following report : They have acted upon thirteen bills of in- dictment, ignoring five billsand finding eight true bills. They have examined the public buildings. At the jail they found all as neat and clean as possible. The grand jury would recommend the papering of the office and the main hall, and repair the front vestibule, and repair plastering in rear vestibule and such other repairs as the commissioners may deem necessary. As to the court house we would recommend that the commissioners make all the repairs that are needed. We further desire to tender our thanks to the honorable court and the district attorney for their courtesy and assistance rendered during our deliberations. C. P. Long, Foreman. All petit jurors were discharged on Wednesday forenoon after the empanelling of the jury in the case of Ethan Tierney and Annie Tierney vs the overseer of the poor of Boggs township, appeal plea non- assumpsit. The suit was brought for the keeping of Norman Tierney from ‘May 1st to Sept. 1st, at $7 per month. Mr. Tier- ney is suffering from Bright's disease since having been hurt at the ore banks some years ago and requires constant attention as the sores must frequently be dressed, the defendants alleging that they had se- cured a place where they could have Mr. Tierney kept cheaper than Mr. and Mrs. Tierney were keeping him for, but that the pauper refused to go and remained with the plaintiffs. Verdict on Wednes- afternoon in favor of the plaintiff for $28, with interest from September. David Rothrock, administrator of Henry Rothrock, deceased, vs Henry Rothrock, Jr., with notice to John Woods, George Garbrick, Sallie J. Kelley, William Kelley as terre tenants. Continued. Criminal cases entered to January ses- sions, and not heretofore reported were disposed of as follows : Com. vs Wilkinson Horner, charge be- trayal, presecutrix Sallie Ryan. Contin- ued. Com. vs Milford Stover, charge betrayal, prosecutrix Sallie Kleckner. Settled. Com. vs Ammon Gramley, charge be- trayal, prosecutrix Ella Johnson. Settled. Com. vs Thomas Witmeyer, charge be- trayal, prosecutrix Mazie A. Bower. Con- tinued. ; Com. vs J. 0. Mohn, charge aggravated assault and battery, prosecutor William Huey. Bill ignored. Com. vs Jacob E. Brickley, charge be- trayal, prosecutrix Mary Weaver. True bill. Com. vs Clyde Roper, Luther Roper and Jerry Condo, charge illegal fishing, re- turned by the constable of Gregg town- ship. Continued. Com. vs Charles Minich, charge betrayal, prosecutrix Susan Martin. Continued. Com. vs Ira Bartley, charge assault and battery, prosecutrix Lizzie Bartley. Set- tled. . : Com. vs Mary Boney, charge assault and threats, prosecutor J. K. Boney. Bill ig- nored and county to pay the costs. Com. vs Bellefonte Central R. R. Co., F. H. Thomas, superintendent, charge common nuisance, : returned by. the con- stable of Benner township. Bill ignored and the county to pay the costs. Com. vs Youngmanstown, Aaronsbirg and Old Fort turnpike Co., J. C. F. Motz, manager, charge neglect of duty, returned by the constable of Haines township. True bill. : Commonwealth vs Charles W. Smith, charge, assault and threats, prosecutor Geo. Bechdel. Settled. Commonwealth vs Isaac Midlam, charge cutting timber trees on lands of another, prosecutor J. H. Holt. Bill ignored and J. H. Holt to pay the costs. Commonwealth vs Wm, Carnes and Emma Zones. charge fornication and adultery, prosecutor John Zones. Bill ignored and John Zones to pay the costs. Com. vs A. A. Frank, F. O. Hosterman, Jacob Alter, J. H. Breon, G. W. Stover, Jerome Gephart, W. C. Catherman, Jona- than Harter and E. W. Mauck, borough council of Millheim, charge neglect of duty, returned by constable of Millheim. Bill ignored and ‘J. H.- Reifsnyder to’ pay COSts. A maldanG 0. oweeh ania 06 Gn Com. vs Joseph Kelley, charge betrayal, prosecutrix Myrtle Rankin. True bill. — Howard, 1 Burglars are getting their winter work in this vicinity. Miss Anna Jenkins, of Milton, is visiting H. T. Lucas and family, of Walnut street. Master Malcolm F. Schenck, son of our hardware dealer, A. A. Schenck, is very sick. Prof. E. S. Latshaw is conducting a com- mercial course in book-keeping. He has sev- eral students. Dr. L. R. Hensyl, who has been confined to the house by illness, is again able to be about and is caring for his patients in his skillful manner. Politics are red hot in Howard. The politi- cians of Howard are out in full force and nominees are as plentiful as flies in the sum- mer time. The following are the nominees on the Democratic, Prohibition and Repub- lican tickets : DEMOCRATIC. Judge of election, W. R. Gardner; in- spector, John Wagner; assessor, E. C. Dietz ; school director, H. A. Moore; poor- over-seer, B.t Weber; justice of peace, S. F. Kilneand Thos. Butler ; town council, W. R. Wilson, 3 yrs.,, James W. Wike, 3 yrs., U. B. Henderson 1yr.; auditor, Wm. Loder ; town clerk, Wm. Wike. PROHIBITION. Judge of election, Jas. Hayes; inspector, Frank Smith ; assessor. W. E. Confer ; school director, W. H. Long ; poor-over-seer, Reu- ben Lucas; justice of peace, S. F. Kline, J Holter ; town council, Wm. T. Lucas, 3 yrs.; M. Miner, 3 yrs., George Long, 1 yr; auditor, Wm. Mayer ; town clerk, G. Sweyer. REPUBLICAN. Judge of election, Wm. Holter ; inspector, John A. Thompson ; asssssor, O. J. Allison; school director, Wm. Neff ; poor-over-seer, Wm. Leathers ; justice of peace, J. L. Holter: F.S. Dunham ; town council, J. L. DeHaas, 3 yrs.: Jas. Schenck, 3 yrs., Geo. Tipton, 1yr.; auditor, E. E. Holter: town clerk, Christ Pletcher. Centre Hall. Carpenter Aaron Thomas was up to. State College, Wednesday, to inspect the large new barn built for the college last fall. Mr. Thomas may re-produce the barn in some of its details in this vicinity. Rumor in Rebersburg has it that C. H. Meyer, of this place, will take charge of the hotel at that place after April 1st. Mr. Meyer was postmaster here for the past four years, and will, without doubt, make a good land- lord. The United Evangelical church has re- gained possession of the church in this place. Evangelical association held the church building as the property for some time. Dur- ing this period the other wing of the church worshiped in the Dinges’ store building. The United church people are much delighted that they again can meet in their old place of worship. The Democrats met in caucus Saturday evening and placed the following persons in nomination to fill the various town offices : council, Mr. L. Emerick, John Dauber- man, R. D. Forman ; school directors, John Dauberman, Sr., George Ocker ; assessor, D. A. Boozer ; treasurer, Miller Goodhart ; overseer-poor, Henry Emerick ; auditor, Walter Kerlin ; high constable, W. H. Run- kle. A good ticket. W. B. Mingle, Esq., and wife, on Wednes- day left for a visit to their daughter, Mrs. J. Emory Hoy, of Philadelphia. Mr. Mingle, will be absent for about a week and Mrs. Mingle for some longer period. During the absence of cashier Mingle, the Penns Valley Banking Company will have its interests looked after by assistant cashier C. F. Den- ninger and W. Gross Mingle. The latter young gentleman has been permanently in- stalled in the bank as clerk, for which posi- tion he is peculiarly fitted. Superintendent Malin, of the Bell tele- phone, was here the beginning of this week and made arrangements to place an exchange here, and connect Spring Mills, Millheim, Coburn, Rebersburg, with this line. Long distance instruments and metalic circles are to replace the old ones. This, in connection with the services contracted for by the Millheim telephone company, will give Centre Hall first-class telephone accom- modation. This exchange will be made in about thirty days. In the near future Lin- den Hall, Boalsburg, Pine Grove and State College and Lemont are to be added to this eXchange by the Bell company. The tax-payers in Potter township are to a unit seeking vengeance on the Republican board of county commissioners. The action is a mystery to them. In the first place the millage was raised from three to three and one-half mills, and then to make the land owner real mad and disgusted at Republican county management, many of the farm valuations were increased anywhere from $250.00 up. Township assessor W. N. Royer is considered abeut as level-headed and con- scientious an assessor as will be found any- where in the county. Iis experience equips him well for the business, but with all this the board of commissioners has raised many of his valuations. There will: be a general kick on the day of appeal, and when the present board of commissioners asks for re- election will be the land owners choice time to administer the remedy, i. e., vote for good and true Democratic candidates. LIFE, A GREAT JOURNEY. “Making request if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of Ged, to come unto you.” ROMANS 1:10, [Rev. A. D. Potts, Ph. D., of the Lutheran church, delivered a sermon at a series of meetings held by the Reformed congregation in this place recently, which is worthy of newspaper space, and through the columns of the Warcaman thou- sands of readers will be instructed by reading this exceedingly interesting discourse who have not had the pleasure to listen to one of Dr. Potts’ talks, personally. Dr. Potts is temporarily located here, and occasionally fills the local pulpits and is always greeted with a full and appreciative house. Hear what he says :—Cor.] Chance and simple fatuity have no place in the destined careers of men. God rules and that wisely and well. That, man’s ways and actions often run counter to the plans of Divinity is true and must be readily ad- mitted, but such a digression in no manner shuts out the truth that a Divinity of un- limited power shapes the true affairs of life. Prosperity will never ‘crown’ the strongest efforts of men unless God wills the result. On the other hand, we have reason to believe that even the most adverse things of life can be made useful and comfortable if God so determines. His power has turned wrath into praise ; his mercy has bridged over the chasm be- tween offence and punishment; his love has reconciled the guilty and the guiltless, and his grace inand through Christ Jesus has redeemed the alienated children of earth. Tremendous results must follow true designs. Unless God moves before us we only move blindly. Omniscience can certainly scan the untricd future better than the bedimmed vision of the creature. Life, in this particu- lar, has its antipodes. We cannot truly reach the ideal good unless God makes our course prosperous. The apostle Paul recognized this truth when he. wrote our text. He wanted to come unto the Corinthian brethren and said that “I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God.” Above and back of human purpose must be found God’s purpose. All our purposes and desires ought to be conditioned by the fact,” if the Lord will.” Life is best carried to completion when it links itself to the directions of the author of life. Beyond divinely prescribed limits humanity can never go. Travel as we may, journey as rapidly as we can, life—earthly life—has an end. “Our journeys are prosperous or otherwise, accord- ing to the will of God ; comfortable or not, as he pleases.” Buf, certain as this is it must be admitted that He allows usthe exercise of privileges while He directs and controls. ‘He never shuts us up within confines where we are to be simply automatons. From us He never takes the exercise and scope of free agency. He may restrict this inherent power of ours, but He never destroys it. That He meant it to be used in reaching the highest, noblest, and sublimest ends we do not hesitate to say. Mind, you know, has taken excursions into nature’s realm and discovered things that have startled the inhabitants of climes and ages. This fact comes prominently to the front when we think of and examine the great railways that thread our populous states like the net-work of a spider’s web. Human skill and the reduction of prin- ciples toa system have harnessed fire and water together so beautifully that the ‘iron horse,”’ nerved by a volume of steam, draws humanity and its cargoes of property along the iron thoroughfares with almost lightning rapidity. And thus we might compare life with the railway and show that its journey compares somewhat minutely with the pecu- liarly constructed device. Life has its dif- ferent phases and its distinct characteristics. It is truly great if we chose to make it such ; little, if we make it so. In comparing life and the railway let us note in the first place. THE RAPID MOVEMENT. I. Some railway journeys, like life's journeys, are not remarkably rapid. The rate of speed is often determined by the peculiarity of the constructed road and the limited character of the rolling stock. Wken plenty of time is afforded and frequency of stops is not necessary do we find a compara- tively slow rate of speed. Different, how- ever, is it when we come to examine the main routes, their requirements, and their objects. Here the order is reversed. Speed, high speed, supplants slowness ; here poorly constructed road-bed and ma- chinery can find no Place Destinations must be reached as quickly as possible and a record of time must be kept. These two phases of mechanical arrangement compare not unfavorably with the journeys of man- kind. Humanity is moving slowly or swiftly to its destination. The child regards life as tedious and monotonous. A single year means to him almost an age. - He thinks the day will hardly ever come when he shall occupy his individual sphere as matured humanity. His few cares, his few aspira- tions, and his few aims help to make time appear heavy and slow. But, ’twill not al- ways be thus for when the child reaches the exacting periods of manhood and woman-
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