_ mm ce 3 Bemorcalic: {Hata P. GRAY MEEK, - - -.-. The Democratic State Ticket, FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE A. JENKS, of Jefferson. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WILLIAM H. SOWDEN, of Lehigh. FOR SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATRICK DELACEY, of Lackawanna. FOR SUPERIOR JUDGE, CALVIN M. BOWER, of Centre. WILLIAM TRICKETT, of Cumberland. FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE, J. M. WEILER. of Carbon. FRANK P. IAMS, of Allegheny. Democratic District Ticket. For Congress, J. XK, P. HALL. For Senate, W. C. HEINLE, Democratic County Convention. (ROBT. M. FOSTER, State College. Assembly, | J "H, WETZEL, Belleforto. Prothonotary, —M. 1. GARDNER, Bellefonte. District Att'y,—N. B. SPANGLER, Bellefonte. County Surveyor,—H. B. HERRING, Gregg Twp. The closer we get to the election, and the more developments of the situation are made, the more certain seems the defeat of Congresman ARNOLD, and the election of his opponent, J. K. P. HALL, by an over- whelming majority. From Clarion, Forest and Elk counties, the information comes that the majority against ARNOLD, in those three counties, will not be less than 2,300. Clearfield is more likely to go for HALL than for ARNOLD, hut counting it a stand off, Centre can and should add 1,000 to the majority promised by the back part of the district. "This would elect Mr. HALL by + 3,300 votes and people who know and un- derstand the sitnation, look upon this as a conservative estimate. And why should it not be? This dis- trict has twice elected W. C. ARNOLD as its representative. Ie has had every op- portunity that man could have to do some- thing for the people, something for the benefit of the laboring classes, and some- thing for the credit of the district. And what has he done? Point to a single act of his, to a single vote cast by him or a word that came from his mouth in the in- terest of either, farmer, mechanic, or laborer. Most of the time he was drawing a Congressman’s salary and when the peo- ple’s interests demanded his presence, he was absent, as the boys would call it, hav- ing “‘a good time.” In fact the only thing he did, during the four years he pretended to represent the district, was to draw his salary aud spend the money. As he was useless as a Representative, so is he useless as a citizen. If there is any man in the entire district who knows of a single act that he has ever performed, a single in- dustry that he has ever heen connected with or an hour of time that he has put in for the benefit of any interest, enterprise or person he should make it known at once. He has never given an hour's em- ployment to labor; he has never, hy any industry or enterprise, made a market for a pound of any product that is raised with- in the State ; he has added not a penny to the wealth of his section, nor has he in any way aided in building up any business industries that furnishes labor to working- men or helps to bear the burden of tax- ation. How different with his competitor, Mr. HALL. He started with fewer oppor- tunities and less of this world’s goods than did Mr. ARNOLD. But by industry and enterprise, and push, he has beconie one of the foremost business men of the State. The means that he has accumulated by prudent business operations have not heen hidden in bonds to escape taxation but have been invested in enterprises that give em. ployment to over 3,000 laborers ; in tan- neries, in lumber operations, in rail-road building, and in mines; and ofall the army of laborers, who have heen employed, dur- ing the past twenty years, by either Mr. J. XK. P. HALL, or by the firm of HaLL and KAUL not a single one has heen allow- ed to suffer, if sickness or misfortune be- fell them. Their rule has been to take care of their men and their men’s families and during all these years, and with all these men in their employ, there has not been oneallowed to become a public charge, nor has there ever been a strike among their employees, growing out of differences with their employers or in demands for in- creased pay. What strikes the working- men of these firms have engaged in have been made in consequence of strikes existing in neighboring mines or jobs and were what is know as “‘sympathetic strikes, ’’ Such has been their treatment of their men that they never had cause of their own to inaugurate a strike and only joined in them when it was to force other firms to insure their men better pay or fairer treatment. What other extensive employer of labor can say as much? What other man or firm giving continuous labor to 3,000 work- ingmen has the proud satisfaction of know- ing that there has never been cause given for a strike and that of their own wages or conditions their workingmen have never had reason to complain ? The simple fact that W. C. ArNoLD, with equal opportunities, has never fur- nished a day’s labor for a workingman in his district, while J. K. P. HALL, has given constant employment to over 3,000 for the past fifteen years, should determine the vote of every workingman within the five counties on Tuesday next. Spurn the Trade. Information, which we have every reason to consider of a most reliable character, has reached this office, to the effect that in order to keep Congressman ARNOLD'S vote up to the balance of the Republican ticket, a trade in his favor is to be offered Demo- crats. In Bellefonte, Milesburg, State College, Spring Mills, Howard, Philips- burg and Snow Shoe, particularly, and at every other point where dissatisfaction ex- ists on account of post office appointments, friends of Mr. ARNOLD will seek personal friends among the Democrats and propose that in return for a vote for Mr. ARNOLD they will vote for some one on the Demo- cratic ticket. Ten days ago a former resident of Bald Eagle valley, (but now living in Clearfield, ) who is under obligations to Congressman ARNOLD, visited a number of points along the northern side of the county instructing the post masters at each place how to get in their work in the way indicated, and looking up Democrats who were willing to join in such a movement. What success he met with, is of course unknown, for work of this kind has to be done very sneakingly and quietly for fear of the re- action that is sure to follow an exposure of such acts. Theres are always some voters who are specially interested in the success of some one candidate upon the ticket. It is to this class of voters that this treasonable proposition is to be made, and it is to this class of voters that the WATCHMAN appeals at this time. Mr. ARNOLD is defeated now, and badly defeated if Democrats but do their duty. There is neither reason nor excuse for any trade. Every Democrat on the ticket, either district or county, will be elected if the Democratic vote is cast straight. The candidate, or the friends of any candidate, who will encourage any trading, or who will betray any part of the ticket, for his own individual benefit deserves the de- feat and contempt that is seen to follow such an effort. As Mr. ARNOLD has shown a willingness to sell out the rest of the Republican ticket for his own individual advantage, we leave it for the other men upon that ticket to determine how far that effort shall go, and how much of their sympathy and support he deserves. We appeal to all Democrats to spurn any proposition to trade. Vote the straight ticket, and there will be one of the grand- est Democratic victories to rejoice over that has ever encouraged the hearts of those struggling for good government and deserving nominees. Fleecing the Tax-Payers of the County. We can scarcely understand wh y it is that as soon as a Republican assumes charge of any public position in which he has the management or control of finances, belonging to the people, he becomes reck- less, improvident and careless as to the in- terests of those he was chosen to serve. We don’t know why this should be so, but that it is, is oue of the facts that no one can dispute. As individuals they may be entirely honest, and in their own matters be as close as the closest, but just as soon as a little authority is given them, or a lit- tle power to handle the taxes paid by other people is conferred upon them, they have no more regard for economy, or for the interests of the people, than if money grew on trees and the tax-payers delighted in beeing fleeced. An instance showing the truth of this statement is furnished by the Republican county commissioners in the printing of the election tickets that will be used next Tuesday. For these, Messrs. RIDDLE and FISHER are paying just seventy-four dollars more, of the tax-payer’s money, than was necessary. When this work was to be done the two Republican papers in this town, entered into competition for the work. The Gazette, which appears to be the organ of the commissioners, agreed to do the job for $200; the Republican, with equal facilities, and agreeing to furnish a bond that the work would be properly and promptly done, bid $126.00. bid and saving to the tax-payers the differ- ence, the commissioners, without excuse or hesitancy, awarded the work to the Gazette and will pay it seventy-four dollars MORE for the job than an equally reliable Re- publican office offered to do it for. This is but one of many little jobs of the same kind that has helped to run the county expenditure up to the figures they are now at, since the present Republican board took charge of the commissioner’s office. If the tax-payers approve this kind of work ; if they enjoy being fleeced in this kind of a way, they know how to show their appreciation of it. Jim Hall Doesn’t Want to Shake It. In'its blundering frenzy to bolster up the lost cause of Congressman ARNOLD the Ridgway Advocate acknowledges that its candidate is an office huxterer. It says : Jim Hall couldn’t ‘‘shake the plum tree’ even if he were elected in this district. He is a Democrat and the administration is Republican. Hon. W. C. ARNoLD is the man.who can ‘shake the plum tree’ in this district, and if you did not get your plum, “whoop ’er up” for the party and try again. There are still blossoms and plums on the tree yet. Get into the band wagon. No, Jim HALL can’t ‘‘shake the plum tree,”’ nor would he do it if he could. He is not the kind of a. man who asks people to vote for him because he is a party to such criminal outrages as ‘shaking the plum tree.”” ARNOLD may buy votes on the strength of his ability to shake the tree, but if he can shake itso well why doesn’t he settle the Bellefonte post office fight. His men delivered the goods here. Why don’t he do his share ? Chances for a Big Victory. In thirty-five years the Republicans of this county have not been so badly broken up, divided and discouraged as they are at this time. The bitter factional fights rag- ing in their state politics, the disappoint- ments that the distribution of patronage created, the dictatorial manner in which the party management has been conducted by its new bosses, and the refusal of its legislative nominees to pledge themselves either for or against the re-election of Sen- ator QUAY, has brought political chaos to the party and threatens it with almost complete ‘annihilation in the county, if Democracy only has the spirit and deter- mination to take advantage of the situa- tion. In addition to the scores and scores of honest and disgusted Republicans who in- tend voting for the Democratic state and congressional candidates, there is, in every district in the county, prominent Repub- lican workers actively interested in the success of one or more of the Democratic county nominees. In fact there is not an election precinet within the county that is not more or less affected by the general demoralization that exists among the Re- publicans, and all that is needed is active and well directed work on the part of the Democrats to insure the most glorious victory that has crowned their efforts for years. A victory cannot be won, however, with- out work, but then when victory is so cer- tain, when those in opposition are so hope- lessly divided and discouraged and when our own people are so united, we ought to In place of accepting the lowest I do all the work that is necessary to win overwhelmingly. Democrats, just think of what the situa- tion would be if conditions were reversed. If we were broken, divided and wrangling as the Republicans are, every mother’s son of them would be up and at work. The doubtful voters would be seen ; those slow about coming out would be arranged with to be at the polls early or be brought out before noon ; every voter away from home would be communicated with and induced to be here on election day. In fact, not a stone would be left unturned, by them, to give us such a political walloping as we have not had for years. Let us do just as they would if condi- tions were different. Every opportunity is offered us to put the county back where 16 properly belongs in the Democratic col- umn by hundreds of a majority. Every indication places it in our own hands to have just such a result as we deserve. Shall we take advantage of the situation? It is for you, Democrats, to say. —Get ont the vote and yow’ll be sur= prised at the majority, Democrats. ———— Another Illustration ot Republican Pros- Perity—Miners Wages to be Reduced. { It is approaching winter and the ex- pense of coal and clothes will be added to the necessaries that the laboring man is compelled to purchase out of his scant | wages. But whether winter or summer the kind of prosperity that Republican rule is giving us goes marching on, and will not stop, even though it be but a few days until the election. Only last Saturday Scotia ore mines in the upper end of this county closed down, throwing out of employment ovef eighty workingmen. On Monday the operators of the Baltic mines at Osceola notified their men that they would be compelled to reduce the rates for mining five cents a ton. This, Friday morning, as the WATCHMAN goes out to its readers, a meeting of the miners of that section is being held at the Beech Creek Y, to determine if this reduction shall be accepted or if they will 1esist the effort and resort to a strike. A reduction means fewer clotkes, less to eat and greater misery among the thousands of men now employed in mining, throughout the Clearfield region, for if the rates go down at one mine they will go down at all. God knows there is enough of want and distress and misery among these workingmen now, without adding to it, by reducing the pittance now paid for their labor. To resist reduction means a strike and the suffering and want and destitution that follows. And yet these are the outlooks for the near feature of which so much was promised prior to the last election, if these workingmen would vote the Republi- can ticket. They accepted Republican promises. They voted the Republican tickets. They are tasting now of the bitterness of the deception that was practiced upon them and experiencing the hollowness of the hopes that were held out to them. Will they still be deceived or will pres- ent conditions open their eyes to the fact that Republican prosperity means pros- perity only for the MARK HANNAS, the great corporations apd Republican jobbers of the country, while to the working man it brings nothing but less labor, lower wages and the misery and distress that comes with unavoidable and overwhelming poverty. —— —Under any and all eircamstances see that every Democratic vote is polled. — —— What Democrat is there in the coun- ty who cannot insure..the polling of one doubtful or Republican vote for the Demo- cratic ticket? Think of what the result would be if each Democratic voter would undertake to accomplish this. Imagine what a majority old Centre would roll up for honest government and state reform. It won’t cost anything to try it Democrats, and it is worth the effort just for the sake of kncwing what you can do. Pick your man and land his vote straight. Arnold Resorting to False Affidavits. Read the Facts and Learn How Unprincipled a Can- didate Must be who will Induce Men to Swear to a Lie to Aid Him. In the Republican papers of the district this week will be found an affidavit by a fellow named TURNER, charging J. K. P. HALL, the Democratic candidate for Con- gress, with the arrest and imprisonment of his miners during the strike of 1894. That there was a strike is correct ; that a lot of miners were arrested and imprisoned is also correct, but the impression, that is attempted to be made, that these men were employees of J. K.P. HALL or of HALL & KAUL and that TURNER who makes the affidavit was one of them is as false as false can be. TURNER never WORKED a DAY Jor either HALL or any firm with which he is connected, nor was one of the employees of HALL, or of HALL & KAUL, arrested or imprisoned or discharged during the strike of 1894. They quit work during that strike, not in consequence of any grievance they had to complain of, but at the solicitation of the miners from adjoining counties who had cause to complain. On the part of the employees of HALL and HALL & Kauy, it was purely a sympathy strike and no troub- le whatever occurred between them and their employers. The facts are as follows : ‘On April 20th, 1894, at the time of the general strike throughout the soft coal re- gion, their men without giving any notice, or making any demands whatever, stopped work, and did not return until the early part of July. During these three months they never made a demand, but said, when pressed for a reason, that they had no grievances, but went out because the other miners had. On June 1st, following the time the min- ers quit work, the firm had about two miles from one of their openings, a large pile of slack which had lain where it was for about twenty years. As this would have been valueless at any other time than when there was a great scarcity of coal they concluded to load it up, and to do this, they started a crew of men, who were working at grading their railroad, to load it on June 3cd. As soon as it hecame known that the slack was being loaded a large number of miners Jrom the mines of another company in another county (Jeffer- son) marched in a body to the place where this work was being done and by threats and intimidations drove the men from their work. Immediately thereafter the proper authorities were applied to to protect the men from being interfered with by these outsiders, and the sheriff of the county with a number of deputies went to the place on June 3rd. On June 4th, upon resuming the loading of the slack, fully one thous- and men marched from Jefferson county, he- ing the same persons who had been there previously, and were told by the sheriff that they could not interfere with the men working, and when they continued todo so, a number of them were arrested, but were afterwards released without any penalty, at the instance of J. K. P. HALL and HALL and KAUL ; not one of whom, however, were employed by them, but were all from an- other county and employed by other compa- nies. Their men were notallowed to re- turn to work until about a month later than this, notwithstanding the company agreed to give them an advance, and they expressed themselves as being satisfied to return to work had they been allowed to do so. Since then there have been two strikes among the miners in that region, and their men have ‘continued to work, knowing that the company had and would treat them with the utmost consideration and pay them as high wages as the price of coal would admit of ; and they have never put any more men in the mines than they had employment for, which is proven hy the fact that the average number of days worked by all of the men in 1896, was two hundred and seventy-nine, and in 1897, two hundred and eighty-one days. In addition, they have advanced the wages twice in the last four years without solicitation upon the part of the miners. This, too, when the tendency has been to decrease wages among their competitors. As to the statement in regard to the men being sent to the penitentiary :— There were seven men employed by another company, who, in June, set fire to and destroyed a tipple at one of the mines of HALL and KAuUL ; they bored holes in chunks of wood and filled them with powder ; took car wheels and filled them with powder and put them under the miners houses and set them off, doing much damage. Upon being arrested some five months later, they PLEAD GUILTY to the charges brought against them and were sentenced by the court to different terms of imprisonment, the same as any other malefactor would have received.’ These are the facts and from them the unbiased reader will thoroughly under- stand all the basis there is for the lying af- fidavit that is being circulated, and for the signing and swearing to of which, TURNER is to be taken care of by ARNOLD. —————— rman Won't Say What they Will Do. This is the last week before the election and up to this'time no voter has heen as- sured, by either JOHN A. DALEY or ELI TOWNSEND as to whom he shall vote for for United States Senate, if elected, or how he will cast his ballot on the hundreds of steals that [the boss henchmen will in- troduce. Both Messrs. FosTER and WEITZEL have publicly pledged themselves on these questions. They have declared that under no circumstances will they vote to return QUAY to the United States Senate, and they have just as publicly and as positively pledged their votes against every thieving measure that may be presented. The voters of the county know exactly where the Democratic candidates stand on every important question that will be be- fore the Legislature. They do not know where DALEY or TOWNSEND will be on anything. Which of these candidates then deserve the support of the honest people of the county ? It should not be hard to decide. —Democrats, don’t vote for SWAL- LOW. Thousands of honest, hopeful Re- publicans are going to help elect Mr. JENKS, but their co-operation will be fruitless if you throw your votes away on a nominee who has no chance of election, re—— i ——— The Bard of the Coenogaguinet Takes Up His Pen for Jenks. The Spanish will not settle up With our Commissioner Day ; The Colonel says they never will If the people down boss Quay. They think they own our army The red, the white, the blue ; And dear old Bill McKinley And Santiago too. Stone talks of Grant and Lincoln Good men we all will say ; But they would be no company For Penrose, Stone and Quay. They would get too infernal lonesome With men that’s fair and true; That traveling combination Would not know what to do. You had better stop your hollow talk About the administration ; The people's verdict yon will hear Both in the State and Nation, Old boss your time has come to go Your end we plainly see ; Your specuiation here must stop For we’ll own the old plum tree, * Election Jenks is at his post And John Wanamaker too ; Turn on more light their patrons ery Forall you say is true. Dear parson, let them kick and squirm Your dose they’re bound to swallow ; Colonel, don’t you hear the preacher sing ? And yet there are more to follow. So, by Jenks, we'll save the State Thousands for public schools i And equalize the taxes For Jenks is no man’s tool. Ww. s — Get Out the Vote. It the Democratic vote of the county is polled next Tuesday the majority for the state and county ticket will be much larger than is generally supposed. As Democrats we never had a better opportunity of win- ning a most signal and glorious victory. Hundreds of honest Republicans stand ready to help us. They want usto be in earnest ourselves and see that every Demo- cratic vote is polled in order that they can make their protest against bossism and ma- chine politics more effective. It is to you, Democrats of the county, that the party must look to have this work done. You are not asked for any money to help bear the expense of the campaign. That is con- tributed by the candidates and by men who have the good of the country at heart. You are equally interested, however, with them in the result. You want honest rep- resentation, fit officials and good govern- ment. Can’t you give one day in the year to accomplish this? That is all that is asked of you, and if Democratic success is worth anything it ought to be worth that much of your time. Many of yon have teams. Get them out on election day and haul your neighbors, who have none, to the polls. Tt costs you nothing in money and it is worth much in votes. It shows that you are in earnest. It proves that you have faith in the cause, It is the sure and only way to win. Get out every Democratic vote. ——Get out the vote and every man on your ticket will be elected, Democrats, ——Congressman ARNOLD found he was still in the political frost belt when he struck a Bellefonte audience last night. re ————— ADDITIONAL LOCALS. C—1Tt required two extra telegraph op- erators in the Bellefonte office Saturday night, owing to the great quantity of spec- ial telegrams that had to be sent to differ- ent newspapers of the State on the Jenks meeting. *ve— MORE RAIL-ROAD SPECULATION.—The latest agitating rumor that has been sprung in railroad circles was published by the Lock Haven Democrat on Wednesday. It reads as fellows : ““The corps of nineteen engineers have reached Westport, and, instead of going up Kettle creek, have followed the river. One gang is now at Westport and the other is at a point opposite North Bend on the south side of the river. This course indicates that the line which they are running from Clearfield will not be a con- nection for the Goodyear road at Cross Forks, bat is destined for another road. It is now rumored that the survey is being made for the Lehigh Valley railroad, and that possibly it might be intended for the road that is to run through Sugar valley from Washington Gap or at some point near Mill Hall. The engineers are dumb as oysters when questions are put to them as to their ultimate destination.’ Now don’t get to thinking that this means the end of the Bellefonte and Clear- field line. EPL PA IRGIN Drep From His INJURIES. — Wesley Henney, superintendent of the water works in course of construction at Centre Hall, fell into the reservoir on last Thursday and sustained injuries from which he died on Saturday. Deceased was a highly respected citizen and is survived by a widow and one son. He was 45 years old. Funeral services were held on Wednesday. I I I STATE VS BUCKNELL.— On Saturday next the State College and Bucknell foot ball teams will meet at Athletic Park, Williamsport, Pa., for their annual con- test and a close, fierce game is looked for by the players and their friends. The State team and its enthusiastic followers will go to Williamsport, Saturday morn- ing, leaving Bellefonte at 8:45 by special train via the Central R. R. of Pa. Return- ing, a special train will leave Williamsport at 10:45 p. m., thos giving those who de- sire to attend the theatre an opportunity to do so. The exceptional low rate of $1.00 for the round trip from all points on the Central R. R. of Pa., has been issued, good only on the special train. ——Helen, one of the twin babies of | Mr. and. Mrs. Andrew Reeser, of Snow Shoe, died on Monday of cholera infantum. The body was brought to this place on | Wednesday and taken up to the Meyer's. cemetery near Fillmore, for hurial. The twins, a hoy and girl, were the only chil- dren Mr. and Mrs. Reeser had. fi ll fl DIED IN PuUNXSUTAWNEY.—B. B. Kreamer, an old Centre county hotel man, died in Puanxsatawney on Sunday, after several months suffering with eancer of the throat. At the time of the Democratic: state convention in Altoona he started for: Philadelphia, not knowing the nature of his trouble, but a specialist there told him how serious it was and his death proves: the diagnosis. Mr. Kreamer was at one time proprietor of the hotel at Lemont, thence he moved to. Philipsburg and from there he went to: Punxsutawney, where he was getting along nicely as proprietor of the Waverly house. He was 55 years old. ll I I HENRY T. RYMAN DEAD.—One of’ Milesburg’s oldest residents died late Mon- day night, when the venerable Henry T. Ryman passed away after being confined which he was bed-fast. He was born in this place April 28th, 1814, in a house that stood near where the: armory now stands. From boyhood he- had followed the milling trade and worked at it up to his 71st year. July 25th, 1839, he married Sarah Jane Parkhurst to which union three children were born. The two surviving are James, of Missoula, Montana 5 and Josie C., at home. Deceased had been connected with the Methodist church since 1848 and had passed his golden anniversary as an Odd Fellow. The order will have charge of the funeral this afternoon at 2:30. Revs. King and Wright will officiate and interment will be: made in Milesburg. ll I ll CENTRE COUNTY’S OLDEST RESIDENT IS DEAD.—At half-past one o'clock Tues- day morning Centre county’s oldest resi- dent, Mrs. Nancy Barger, died at her home: at Curtin’s Works. Nine weeks ago, on Monday, she fell and dislocated her hip: while walking about in her garden and ever since had been failing rapidly. Her extreme old age made the injury far more serious that it would have been under other circumstances, but everything possible was: done to save the life that had been pre- served for more than 107 years. Burial was made in the Eagle cemetery yesterday morning. Services were held at the house at 10 o'clock and a great con- course of people followed the remains to the grave. The history of this remarkable old wo- man is fraught with many interesting in. cidents, since most of her life has been spent in a community in which many of the State’s most prominent men find an- cestral distinguishment. Next week we will publish an extended sketch of this remarkable old lady. ll ll I AN OLD CENTRE COUNTIAN DIED Ix KANSAs.-—Andrew Shaver Davidson, who was born near this place Nov. Gth, 1828, died at his home in Abilene, Kansas, on Saturday night, Oct. 22nd. He had been ill a long time and yielded to disease in the autumn of a useful life. He was decended from the Scotch Irish Covenanters who came to America from the north of Ireland after the Revolutionary war, settling in Centre county, Pa. July 4th, 1861, he was commissioned first Lieut. of 49th Regiment Pennsylvania volunteers Co. A. by Pennsylvania’s war Governor, Andrew G. Curtin ; promoted to captain of the company May 12th, 1862, in which capacity he served with distinction until compelled to resign on account of failing health. Later, he joined the navy and served therein until the close of the war. He went to Kansas in October, 1866, set- tled on a homestead 1} miles southeast of Enterprise, and remained there 5 years, moving to Abilene at the expiration of that time. Gov. Crawford commissioned him a Justice of the Peace while yet on the farm ; took census of Dickinson county in 1870, served as deputy sheriff under C. L. Murphy, was elected clerk of the district court in 1872, taking the office January, 1873, and serving 14 years ; was elected mayor of Abilene in 1881, besides holding other minor offices of trust. Wasa charter member of Abilene post, G. A. R. No. 63 and is the second charter member to die— was a member of Damon lodge, No. 6, K. of. P. He is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Mary Davidson, of Chicago, formerly, of this place, two’ sisters, his wife and a ' ‘son and a daughter. : ; TT ——— Pine Grove Mention. Get out the vote and vote straight. The hallow-eeners got in their usual amount of work. Milt Walker is suffering from a number of Job’s comforters. John and Michael Bressler have gone to Barnesboro, in Cambria county, to mine coal Mrs. D. 8. Erb has moved into H. C. Campbell’s new house at State College while J. D. Hubler has moved into her old home. Ed Myers and his chum Michael Spiker came over from Alexandria Saturday to help swell the crowd and get a glimpse of our next Democratic Governor. Farmer Wm. H. Goss, who fell down his barn steps last week and broke several of his ribs, beside sustaining other serious injuries, is improving us well as could be expected. D. A. Crotzer, one of Butler's solid busi- ness men and battle scarred veteraus; a mem- ber of the 148th P. V., is spending a week with Hon. J. T. McCormick and looking after some business that annually needs his attention. to the house for three years, the last of’ a
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