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Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 24, i898.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - Epitor.
The Alger Whitewashing Job.
In view of an expected vindication by the
investigating committee ALGER is feeling
quite chipper. He knows that the mem-
bers of the committee, most of whom were
selected with the special object of making
a favorable report, have heen conducting
the investigation in a manner that will
suppress the facts in order that the charges
against him may appear to be unsuhstantial.
He has reason to believe that with the
committee presided over by DoDGE, whose
unsavory connection with the credit mobil-
ier scandal proved his quality, the white-
wash will not be sparingly applied. Both
he and McKINLEY are interested in having
it well laid on, and if the influence of the
administration is of any account in in-
fluencing the investigation, it will be the
neatest job of whitewashing ever exhibited
to the public.
jut the way this investigation has been
managed, to secure a favorable result for
McKINLEY and ALGER, is as much of a
disgrace to the American government as it
is an insult to the intelligence of the Amer-
ican people. The shame connected with it
can not be concealed when it is apparent
that every means is employed to produce a
false appearance. The witnesses called are
all under the authority of the man who is
accused, and it does not take them long to
understand how their interest may be ef-
fected by the kind of testimony they give.
One kind of evidence is suppressed and
another kind is drawn out to the fullest
extent. Promotion may be expected by
those who testify that everything in
ALGER’S management was all right, while
the mouths of others are closed by the fear
that they would get into trouble with their
superiors if they told too much of what
were actual facts. In the case of major
SEAMAN, who on his return from Porto
Rico reported that ninety per cent. of the
deaths in that army were the result of
neligence and ill treatment, he was brow-
beaten before the committee and forced
into silence by an intimation that if he
was not careful he would run the risk of
being court-martialed.
These are the expedients that are being
employed to clear ALGER and McKINLEY
of responsibility for the abuse and out-
rages to which our soldiers have heen sub-
jected by the unfit persons who were ap-
pointed to the most important army posi-
tions, for political reasons or through mo-
tives of personal favoritism. When to the
disgraceful work which the investigating
committee is assigned to do is added the
spectacle of the President of the United
States out on the road as McKINLEY was,
just prior to the election, doing all he could
in helping to whitewash himself and ALG ER,
the disgrace to the country is complete.
Two Opportunities for Quay’s Defeat.
Suppose, that after the organization of
the coming Legislature, that the 84 Demo-
cratic members of the Senate and House
go into caucus and select a candidate for
United States Senate, who would not be
acceptable to the anti-QuAy Republicans of
the two houses, as is possible may be done;
and then suppose that the 6 fusion Mem-
bers, and 37 other independent Republi-
cans, who are opposed to the return of
QUAY, should choose as their candidate for
the position some one whom the Democrats
would refuse to support, as is altogether
probable they will; and then suppose that
the QUAY forces rally round the boss and
determine to have him, whether the people
desire it or not, as they will do; and then
suppose, further, that each party is in earn-
est and show that earnestness by voting
day after day, during the session of the
Legislature, each for its own candidate.
Do you ask what would be the final result
or situation ?
Simply a failure to elect and Pennsyl-
vania, for the next two years, or until a
Legislature would meet and choose a suc-
cessor to Senator QUAY, would have but
one member of the United States Senate.
Governor ST0XE could not, as many
suppose, appoint a person to fill the place.
The Governor has the power to appoint a
Senator only in case a vacancy occurs when
the Legislature is not in session, and then
only to occupy the place until that body
meets and an election is made.
So that two opportunities are offered the
anti-QUAY Republicans and Democrats to
prevent the return of Mr. QUAY to the
United States Senate, and his longer mis-
representation of this State in that body.
The one is to agree on some candidate
and elect him; or failing in this, each one
to stick to their own candidate and in this
way refer the matter back to the people of
the State.
Either of these results would be accept-
able to a large majority of the voters of the
State, in preference to the success of Sen-
ator QUAY and five years more of the kind
of representation he gives them at Wash-
ington.
Unlikelier things than the defeat of Mr.
Quay have happened, and as the independ-
ent Republicans have abundant oppor-
tunities to accomplish that defeat, by sim-
ply being true to their own professions, it
is their bounden duty to do so.
——The name of HALL CAINE'S forth-
coming novel is “The Drunkard.” It re-
mains to be seen whether this work will
be as much of a success as his previous ef-
forts. Certain it is that the drunkard is
hardly a novel theme.
Have Nothing to Say.
If there was any excuse that could he
offered for the robbing of the tax-payers by
the county commissioners, in the interest
of the Gazette, that paper would devote
columns of space in trying to present it
to the people. As there is none, and as
the charge the WATCHMAN has made is
undeniable, the word has gone out to ‘‘say
nothing more about it and the tax-payers
will soon forget.”” In abeyance of that or-
der both organs of the county commission-
ers—the Republican and the Gazette—are as
silent, as to the management of county af-
fairs and the way the tax-payers are being
fleeced, as if there was no commissioners to
speak for, or no county treasury to rob.
It is not the first time that those caught
in a shameful act have been anxious to
keep it quiet. It is not the first time that
those guilty of offences against the people
have attempted to belittle the wrong by
refusing to explain. But silent as this lit-
tle ring, composed of a board of county com-
missioners and two newspaper organs, may
keep it will not shorten the memory cf the
tax-payers for a moment, nor cause them
to forget the profligate, if not criminal, mis-
management of their county affairs.
If the founders of the Republic could
look back to this period they would he as
much astonished as alarmed by the im-
perial antics of the Republican land-grab-
bers who are pushing their schemes of
colonial expansion with a reckless disre-
gard as to consequences.
——The WATCHMAN this week gives up
considerable of its editorial space to an ar-
ticle from an unknown exchange, under
the head of ‘‘Whither are we Drifting,’
and to which it calls the sober and un-
biased attention of every one who reads this
paragraph.
—Evil thoughts are the guides that
lead men into evil acts.
Talk About the New Railroad.
Has the Bellefonte and Clearfield Been Abandoned.
Two Lines for the same Purpose Not Likely to be
Built.
Ever since the corps of engineers started
to work running a line for a rail-road from
Clearfield, along the river to Williamsport,
there has been exceptional interest mani-
fested in their work and numerous specula-
tions as te the outcome of it. To Belle-
fonte the enterprise is doubly interesting,
because it cannot but be looked upon as in
contest with the proposed Bellefonte and
Clearfield line, upon which J. W. Gephart
has been working so untiringly for several
years. Though Mr. Gepbart is still quite
sanguine of the building of the line in
which he is interested it is hardly probable
that both will be built, because they have
practically the same object to induce their
construction.
Very little is known of either line. Both
have been kept enshrouded in mystery,
but on Tuesday, A.V. Hoyt, of Philips-
burg, who is chief engineer of the West
Branch river road was in Williamsport
and gave out the following information
about the line
Mr. Hoyt has two crews of his engineer
corps working in close proximity to Wil-
liamsport. One is quartered at Jersey
Shore and the other at Linden. Their part
of the work on the new line is progressing
rapidly, and ere many more weeks roll
around the last stake will bedriven, the
direct route fixed and the survey complet-
ed. Then will come the letting of the con-
tracts, and the construction of the road.
Starting at West Clearfield, on the op-
posite side of the river from the main town,
the line will follow Shaw’s flats to the
mouth of Wolf run, a distance of three
miles over a tract of land as level as a floor.
Through that section no cuts will be neces-
sary, and only a few points will be found
where filling will be required. After
crossing Wolf run, Irwin and Fulton hills
are encountered.
There the first short tunnel will be built.
Passing through that the road will con-
tinue on the north side of the river, wind-
ing around mountain clefts, crossing deep
ravines, spanning streams of more or less
importance, until Karthaus is reached, a
distance of twenty-five miles by the old
stage route, but to which considerable
more are added by the short and many 8
like curves made by the Susquehanna as
she flows through the deep gorges of the
stupendous mountain fastnesses of that
wild and rhigged country. In many places
the mountain towers for hundreds of feet
almost perpendicularly above the water, so
high as to almost obliterate the light of the
noonday sun. Rocks and limbless trees,
underneath which are acres of impene-
trable and impassable laurel beds, are the
only scenes that greet the eye of the ven-
turesome raftsman as he pilots his rafts
over the only thoroughfare that at present
exists, the river.
At Karthause the road will cross the
river and keep the south side from that
point to Queen’s Run dam, above Lock
Haven, where it will recross to the north
side and keep that bank of the river until
it reaches its terminal at Williamsport.
Three short tunmels will be necessary,
the entire length of the three being from
4,200 to 6,000 feet. At Jersey Shore the
line follows the Fall Brook route, north of
the latter’s tracks about 500 feet to Linden,
where it passes through the main street
and interferes with many private resi-
dences. 5
There the line will have to be changed
very materially, or the aforesaid houses
moved to other locations. ‘We will
either make or break Linden,” Mr. Hoyt
stated in the way of parenthesis.
At Newberry the stakes as they have
been set, follow a line which goes behind
the ‘Old Homestead’ hotel, thence north-
east to a short distance east of the North-
ern Central railroad where Lycoming creek
is crossed. The line then goes down be-
hind the Demorest works and shortly be-
low, takes the alley to the north of High
street. The engineers got as far as Seventh
avenue Monday night. They proceeded
with the work yesterday morning. Mr.
Hoyt says that in the building of the con-
templated line, the new corporation ap-
pears to have the support of everybody.
It is going to be a big thing for both Clear-
field and Williamsport.
-——A little boy named Peter at a public
school saw his teacher faint and fall. In
the general confusion it was impossible to
keep so many curious heads cool and the
little ones flocked round the prostrate wom-
an and her sympathizing collegues. But
this small boy kept both his color and his
coolness. Standing on a bench and rais-
ing his hand, he exclaimed : ‘Please,
teacher, can’t I run home and tell father
to come? He makes coffins.’
Will Pay $20,000,000 for the Malay Indians, and Un-
clothed, Revolutionary Breeding, Half Breeds of
the Philippines.—We Ask no Indemnity for
War Losses or Costs and are Willing to Tax our
Own People for the Ignorance and Trouble that the
Annexation of the Philippines Will Bring.
PARIS, Nov. 21.—The Spanish and
American peace commission met in joint
session at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The
Americans declared the United States must
have the entire Philippine archipelago, and
for a treaty cession of the islands the
Americans tendered to Spain $20,000,000.
It is further declared that it is the purpose
of the United States to maintain the Phil-
ippine islands as an ‘‘open door’ to the
world’s commerce.
On the terms named the United States
proposes a mutual relinquishment of all
claims for indemnity, national or personal,
subsequent to the outbreak of the last Cu-
ban insurrection.
November 28th is fixed as the date on
which the United States commission de-
sires a definite response to to-day’s propo-
sitions and all other subjects in issue here.
It is also declared that the United States
desires to treat of the religious freedom of
the Caroline islands, as agreed upon be-
tween the United States and Spain in 1886,
and also of the acquisition of one of the
Caroline islands for an American naval
station and of cable landing rights at other
places in other jurisdiction, and the revival
of certain Spanish-American treaties as
heretofore in force.
The Americans also refuse to arbitrate
article 3 of the peace protocol, bearing upon
the future disposition and control of the
Philippine islands. The meeting then
adjourned until Wednesday.
Paris, November 21.—-The memorandum
of the American commission embodying
the above propositions is long and was not
read in full. The vital portions, however,
were communicated verbally to the Span-
ish commissioners in practically these
terms.
The fact was cited that the proposal pre-
sented by the American commissioners in
behalf of their government for the cession
of the Philippine islands to the United
States having been rejected by the Spanish
commissioners, and the counter proposal of
the latter for the withdrawal of the Ameri-
can forces from the islands and the pay-
ment of an indemnity by the United States
to Spain having been rejected by the Com-
missioners, the latter, deeming it essential
that the present negotiations, already
greatly protracted, should be brought to
av early and definite conclusion, now beg-
ged to present a new proposition embody-
ing the concessions which, for the sake of
peace, their government under the circum-
stances was willing to tender.
$20,000,000 OFFERED.
The government of the United States is
unable to modify the proposal heretofore
made for the cession of the entire archipel-
ago of the Philippines ; but the American
commissioners are authorized to offer to
Spain, in case the cession should be agreed
to, the sum of $20,000,000 to be paid in
accordance with the terms to be fixed in
the treaty of peace.
It being the policy of the United States
to maintain in the Philippines an open
door to the world’s commerce, the Ameri-
can commissioners are prepared to insert in
the treaty now in contemplation a stipula-
tion to the effect that, for a term of years,
Spanish ships and merchandise shall be ad- |
mitted into the Philippine ports on the |
same terms as American ships and mer-
chandise.
The American commissioners are also
authorized and prepared to insert in the
treaty in connection with the cession of
territory by Spain to the United States a
provision for the mutual relinquishment of
all claims for indemnity, national and in-
dividual, of every kind, of the United
States against Spain and of Spain against
the United States, that may have arisen
since the beginning of the late Cuban in-
sarrection and prior to the conclusion of
the treaty of peace.
MUST ANSWER BY MONDAY.
Next followed the terms nearest ap-
proaching to a formal ultimatum to Spain.
The United States commissioners expressed
the hope that they might receive from the
Spanish commissioners, on or before Mon-
day, the 28th inst., definite and final ac-
ceptauce of the proposals made as to the
Philippines, in connection also with the
demands as to Cuba, Porto Rico and other
Spanish islands of the West Indies and
Guam, in the form in which these demands
have been provisionally agreed to.
In this event it will be possible for the
joint commission to continue its sessions
and proceed to the consideration and ad-
justment of other matters, including those
which, as subidiary and incidental to the
principal provisions, should form part of
the treaty of peace.
It was at this juncture that the Ameri-
cans notified the Spaniards that they de-
sired to treat of the religious freedom of the
Caroline islands, as agreed to 12 years ago ;
also of the release of political prisoners now
beld by Spain in connection with the in-
surrections in Cuba and the Philippine
Islands ; also of the taking over of the
island Kusaie, or Ualan, in the Carolines,
for a telegraphic and naval station ; also of
of cable station rights at other points in
Spain’s jurisdietion, and also of the re-
newal of certain treaties previously in force
between the United States and Spain and
which may have lapsed or been vitiated by
war.
The commissions then adjourned until
Wednesday next.
On the Retired List.
Rear Admiral Miller is Now Out—A Place for Ad-
miral Dewey.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Rear Admiral
Joseph M. Miller, recently detached from
the command of the Pacific station, was
placed on the retired list to-day on account
of age. The vacancy thus created in the
highest grade of the navy will be filled hy
the promotion of Commodore H. L. Howl-
son, now commanding the Boston navy
yard. Capt. H.. F. Picking will be ad-
vanced to the grade of commodore and
other promotions will be made all along
the line. The naval orders to-day contain
an announcement of the retirement of
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, on the
20th proximo. Admiral Bunce is com-
mandant of the New York navy yard, gen-
erally regarded as the most important
shore command in the navy. Rear Admir-
al George Dewey will be the ranking ad-
miral in the navy upon the retirement of
Admiral Bunce next month. It is under-
stood that the President will recommend
to Congress the re-enaction of the office of ad-
miral or vice admiral for the special bene-
fit of Admiral Dewey, and there is not
much doubt that Congress will enact the
necessary legislation.
Commodore J. W. Philip, now in com-
mand of the North Atlantic station, is
mentioned as likely to receive the assign-
ment to either the command of the New
York navy yard, or the Boston navy yard,
both of which are shortly to be vacated hy
the retirement of the incumbent.
The Quays Indicted.
A Philadelphia Grand Jury Returns True Bills
Against Senator Quay, His Son and Ex-State
Treasurer Haywood for Conspiracy.
The grand jury for the county of Phila-
delphia on Monday, by unanimous agree-
ment, found true bills of indictment
against Senator Quay, his son, Richard R.
Quay, and ex-state treasurer Benjamin J.
Haywood, charging them with conspiracy
to unlawfully use the funds of the com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania and of the peo-
ple’s bank for their own purposes.
The Quays arrived in that city from
Florida almost simultaneously with the
presentation of the indictments against
them. Neither the defendants or their
counsel manifested any surprise at the find-
ings of the grand inquest, and all declare
that the sooner the cases are called for trial
the better they will like it. They plead
to the indictments on Wednesday, and
trial is expected to begin on Monday
next.
Owing to the findings of true bills in the
Quay cases without the evidence that was
expected to be produced by cashier Wil-
liam Montgomery, of the Allegheny na-
tional bank, and by cashier Stephen B.
Stone, of the Beaver deposit bank, the at-
tachment proceedings against Montgomery
and Stone for refusal to obey subpoenas
were discontinued, and the two bank offi-
cers will be subpeenaed as witnesses in the
trial.
Counsel for the bank officers agreed with
District attorney Graham to produce the
desired bank books in court when the case
is called, and to submit to the court the
question of their admissibility as evidence.
—1IIf you want fine work done of every
description the WATCHMAN office is the
place to come.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,
A total eclipse of the moon is dated
for December 27th.
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—Austin Meyer, of Coburn, shot a
401b bear on White Deer mountain.
—— coe
——John Noll is talking about purchas-
ing the property of Mrs. Barbara Rankin
at the corner of High and Thomas streets.
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——John Bittner, of Lock Haven, has
-Jocated in Bellefonte and is in the employ
of W. T. Twitmire, on High street.
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——The State College foot ball team de-
feated Dickinson college, at Williamsport,
yesterday, by the score of 34 to 0.
Hope liital
——Harry W. Flack, of Spring town-
ship, and Miss Annie Kiefe, of this place,
were married in St. John’s Catholic church
yesterday morning at 8 o’clock.
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Samuel M. Motz and Miss Effie M.
Eberhart, both of Woodward, were mar-
ried at that place last Thursday afternoon,
by Rev. H. H. Romig.
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Poor-overseer Daniel Eberhart is
carrying his right hand in bandages owing
to a painful splitting of his thumb while
at work on one of the machines in the
Beaver lumber company’s mill in this
place.
The Bellefonte Academy foot-ball
eleven swamped the Lock Haven team, on
the glass works field here, yesterday after-
noon. The visitors were completely out-
classed and suffered defeat by the score of
27 to 0.
-~——The Johnstown board of trade is
moving to have the Legislature erect a new
county out of parts of Cambria, Westmore-
land, Somerset and Indiana counties. A
committee of thirty business men of Johns-
town has been appointed to promote the
project.
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At the Union Thanksgiving service
in the Reformed church. yestesday morn-
ing, Dr. Holloway, of the Lutheran church
preached an excellent sermon, and good
music was furnished by the Reformed
choir, but strange to say no thanksgiving
collection was lifted.
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——The annual Thanksgiving assembly
given by the Undine fire company, in the
armory of Co. M, proved the success that
was claimed for it. There was an agree-
able party in attendance and the dancing
continued until a late hour, without a sin-
gle untoward feature to mar the pleasure
of it. About three hundred tickets were
sold.
.
-—A black and white spotted pony has
displaced the ‘‘Rocky-mountain canary’?
that has furnished amusement for Col.
Reynolds’ children and music (?) for the
whole town for some time. The departure
of the burro was quite pathetic. From the
way it resisted being pulled out Water
street yesterday afternoon it was quite
evident that it didn’t fancy wasting its
sweet voice on the desert air about Rock-
view.
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——You all want to buy some nice lit-
tle presents for those you love and want
to please, for Christmas. You ean find just
what every one enjoys and what the chil-
dren in particular will be doubly thank-
ful for, at Sechler’s. No one knows what
a nice, big, fresh, stock he has until they
see it, and in an other part of the WATCH-
MAN this week he [gives you an earnest
invitation to come and take a look, even if
you on’t buy, whenever you are in town.
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FRED KURTZ T0 BE MARRIED.—J. Fred
Kurtz Jr., of Centre Hall, is to be married
on Thursday, Dec. 1st. His intended is
Miss Emily Swartz, a very charming Beth-
lehem girl. The wedding is to be celebrated
at the bride’s home and after a tour of
several weeks Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz will re-
turn to make their home in Centre Hall.
Fred is managing editor of the Reporter and
is well-known in this place, where he has
hosts of friends who will extend their
hearty congratulations.
——County treasurer Jameson, of Clin-
ton county, was a member of a hunting
party that was on Rattlesnake run last
week. They brought in twelve deer and
three bear.
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Samuel Miles, of Milroy, has leased
a tract of land along the pike, between
Centre Hall and Pleasant Gap, and is tak-
ing out building stone from a quarry he
has opened on it.
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Looks PROUD IN A NEW DREss.—An
np town contemporary, the Gazette, is 1ook-
ing smart as a bride in the new dress that
it has donned. Prosperity is fairly beam-
ing out of every line in the paper and we
are glad to see it manifested in snch a laud-
able way.
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—On Monday night about sixty mem-
bers of his congregation pounded Rev. B.
J. Hummell, at Runville. They stormed
him with all kinds of vegetables, fruits and
jellies. After the parson and his wife got
over the onslaught there was a musical by
way of entertainment.
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——At the meeting of the Clinton county
Medical society, which held its regular
session in Lock Haven on the 18th inst.,
Dr. J. Y. Dale, of Lemont, read a paper on
asthma which was highly complimented by
the physicians in attendance, as well as by
the newspapers of that city.
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——An alarm of fire was rung in from
the South ward, on Wednesday evening.
A cabin which Jim Mayhew, a colored boy
had built in an alley at the rear'of Nagi-
ney’s furniture store caught fire and burned
down. It was in a dangerous locality, but
the flames did not spread.
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——Forrest Ocker, of Millheim, and
Miss Orpha Bierly, of Rebersburg, were
married on Sunday evening at 6 o'clock at
the home of the bride’s parents. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Stover and
was strictly private. On Monday the
bride and groom departed for a short tour
to eastern cities.
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——To-night the Seniors will give their
regular Thanksgiving assembly at The
Pennsylvania State College. The Fisk
orchestra from Williamsport will furnish
the music. A special train will leave this
place at 7 o’clock in the evening returning
immediately after the dance. Regular ex-
cursion rates will be given.
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—— The new Fairview Christian Union
house of worship, 3 miles north of Curtins,
will be dedicated on Sunday, Dec. 4th,
1898. Services to begin at 10:30 o’clock,
a. m., Rev. J. Zeigler, of Messiah’s church
and Rev. B. F. Hummel, of the U. B.
church, will officiate. Services morning and
evening. Everybody is invited to attend,
and give a helping hand.
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——On Tuesday morning a tenant house
owned by Henry Detweiler and located in
the gap south of Kreamerville, was totally
destroyed by fire. Emanuel confer lived
in the house and nearly all of his personal
effects were burned. Mr. Confer had
gotten up and started to cook breakfast for
the children who were up stairs. They
discovered the fire and warned their father
aoe
——It is reported from Millheim that
prothonotary W. F. Smith has been setting
out many fruit trees on the new farm that
he recently bought in that vicinity, but,
unfortunately, his neighbors have discover-
ed for him that the trees are bur-oaks and
not fruit trees. Can it he that William is
nothing more than an excellent prothono-
tary, a fine auctioneer and a successful
farmer. There is certainly evidence that
he knows nothing about fruit trees.
——George Dellett, Centre Hall’s fine
looking soldier boy has re-enlisted in his
old command, the 17th U. 8. Inf., and has
gone to barracks at Columbus, Ohio. It
will be recalled that he came home after
the Santiago campaign, in which he served
with distingunishment, and said that he had
had enough of the army, but a few month’s
rest led him to change his mind and he
is once more wearing the blue with his old
regiment.
——The negro giant who marched at
the head of Martin’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Co. parade in this place, on Tuesday, was
married on the stage in Williamsport last
evening. The giant’s name is Tom Brock-
man and for some time he had been sweet
on Daisy Croyle, one of the little creole
dancers in the company. He secured a
license at Altoona and his eight feet of
anatomy was made happy all over last
night.
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RECEIVED IN HONOR OF THE YOUNG
NAVAL HERo.—The arrival of Ensign and
Mrs. Roland I. Curtin in town, on Mon-
day, was an event of more than usual
moment, since the young naval hero's
name is one that has been given much no-
toriety since his unprecedented exploit at
Ponce, Porto Rico. They came to spend a
few days at the home of Ensign Curtin’s par-
ents, Gen’l. and Mrs. John I. Curtin, on
Linn street, and to introduce Mrs. Curtin
to home friends. She was Miss May Ran-
dolph Hammersly, of New York, before
her marriage on the 9th.
In honor of their coming Mrs. Catharine
Curtin, widow of the late Andrew G. Cur-
tin, gave a reception for them at her home,
on High street, on Tuesday evening.
Though the night was anything but propi-
tious there was a large party of people there
and the reception proved a very delightful
function.
They will remain in Bellefonte until
this morning, when they return to New
York. Roland has only three week’s shore
leave and will have to go back to the Mas-
sachusetts to which he has been assigned.
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——The county commissioners are bound
to find some excuse for putting in time at
the expense of the tax payers and for the
past ten. days they have been standing
round watching the workmen re-lay the
steps in front of the court house.
——The suit which Mrs. Mary Fox in-
stituted against the Pennsylvania rail-road
company for $10,000 damages for the loss
of her husband’s life, is on the calendar for
the November term. It will be remember-
ed that Mr. Fox lost his life last November
on the siding into the Bellefonte Fuel and
Supply Co’s. yards, on Race street.
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About thirty-five of her friends sur-
prised Mrs. Lucy Ann Cox, of east Logan
street, on Wednesday, by dropping in on
her for dinner. The surprise was in celebra-
tion of the lady’s fifty-seventh birthday
and was arranged by her daughter, Mrs.
Chas. Koontz. Only the relatives of the
family were invited and representatives of
the following branches were there : the
William Derstine, Jesse Cox, George L.
Marshall, and Chas. W. Koontz.
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—— With our court dockets back two or
three years, and litigants demanding action
on their cases, it is to be hoped that next
week’s court will get down to business and
try to clear up a little of its long neglec ted
work. It has been a long time since we
have had a full week of court at one time,
although the tax-payers are saddled with a
full week’s expense every time a jury is
drawn, And its about time that things
were changing in this line.
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——Schuylkill Herald says of the Pensyl
entertainment company that comes to
Garman’s “next Thursday night for the
benefit of the memorial bell fund : *‘The
program consisted of war scenes, as well
as a series of comics, all the latest produc-
tions. The pictures were thrown on a
screen by the wargraph or kinetoscope.
The opera house was crowded and all were
pleased with what they saw. We can well
afford to say that this was one of the best
entertainments over given here of this
kind. The selections on the phonograph
were excellent. Prices 10, 20 and 30cts.
——The beneficial effects of stone crush-
ers are beginning to be seen on the roads in
many of the townships throughout the
county. In a number of townships the
main roads now are equal in condition to
what our pikes were a few years ago, and
in some of them even better. Of course
there are many roads that have not been
touched yet, and it will be years before all
of them can be improved to the extent that
some have already been, but the general
result of the liberal use of the crusher has
shown it to be of such material advantage
that it will be but a few years until every
district will have its crusher, and every
locality roads that will prove a pleasure to
drive over.
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——The Children’s Aid society of Belle-
foute have sent, within the past week,
their second barrel of necessaries, as a
Thanksgiving offering to the Industrial
home at Indiana. This institution is a
private home where incorrigible children
are sent for reformation. It is still in its
infancy, as it is only entering upon its sec-
ond year. The building, which was at one
time a private residence, was purchased by
the ladies of the Children’s Aid, and re-
modeled at the cost of $500.00. The home
is now well equipped with beds, library,
parlor, organ, and many articles attractive
for the unfortunate little ones. All this
was donated by the ladies, save a small
sum from a few gentlemen.
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A CREDITABLE APPOINTMENT FOR CEN-
TRE HALL.—On Wednesday Mr. George
M. Boal was appointed postmaster at Cen-
tre Hall to succeed D. B. Brisbin, resigned.
The appointment of Mr. Boal is one that
people of that place, as he is a very estima-
ble gentleman and competent to direct the
business efficiently. We do not know
whether there were any other applicants,
but if such were the case they will have the
satisfaction that always is to be had when
one sees in a successful competitor a gen-
tleman worthy of his success.
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THE FAMOUS SMITH SISTERS. — The
third attraction in the People’s popular
course entertainments is to be the famous
Smith sisters who will appear here Friday
night, December 2nd. Of them John
Demotte says:,
“The especial requisites of a useful career
upon the concert stage are natural richness
of voice, backed by the highest, purest type
«of personal character. The Ariel Sextette
possesses both in a remarkable degree. They
are an ideal mixture of what Dr. Hawes calls
“Music and Morals.” Their concerts always
leave a sweet refrain in your ear, and a
nobler ambition is given the heart. If you
haven’t heard them, you ought.”
At Garman’s opera house Friday night,
Dec. 2nd. Course tickets $1, single ad-
mission 50cts.
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A SWELL COLORED ASSEMBLY.—The
elite of the Afro-American colony in Belle-
fonte put on their ultra manners and ap-
parel last night at the assembly that was
given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Green. Dancing began at nine o'clock and
continued for twenty-four numbers. Mrs.
Green’s long reign as the belle of colored
society in Bellefonte made her the bright
particular dgure of the event and she bore
her honors with a grace and dignity only
begotten by a familiarity with such func-
tions.
The patronesses were Mrs. L. C. Green,
Mrs. A. C. Pifer, Mrs. J. Carter, Mrs. J.
Thompson and Mrs. Tamazine McDonald.
The committee that so tactfully managed
the affair was made up of Mrs. Mary Miller,
Miss Bertha Thomas, Geo. W. Freeman
and Frederick Thompson.
will prove eminently satifactory to the °