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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. : ;
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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