Until February 1st, 1899. Terms, 81.00 a Year, in Advance. Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 6. 1899. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Ebpiror. Quay Tries to Dodge the Law. The public was not unprepared for the charges made in the pending QUAY trial, inculpating the Republican boss and Sena- tor in the criminal use of state funds for which the law provides penitentiary punish- ment. In his arraignment before a court of justice the accused did not show the eagerness of an innocent man to clear his character by a speedy trial, but employed such methods of delay as may retard legal process and prevent a judicial determina- tion of his guilt or innocence. Two judges of the State’s highest tribunal have been so misguided in their action as to aid QUAY’s evasive purpose through the agency of writs that may prevent his case from being brought before a jury. To this interference by the higher court, enforced by a writ of certiorari, the State’s prosecut- ing officer, who is no other than the Re- publican district attorney of Philadelphia, makes answer in terms that have torn to shreds the flimsy plea upon which QUAY seeks to avoid the trial of the criminal charge against him before a court and jury. His petition for the immunity he may gain through a certiorari is answered by the averment of district attorney GRAHAM that he bas evidence supplied by QUAY’ own hand writing, and ready to be produced in the trial pending against him, which will prove that ‘‘the public funds of the State have been used by him for his private and unlawful gain;’ that he was allowed interest on state money deposited in the People’s bank, such interest having been passed to his private account and checked out as his own money, and that the books of the bank show that ‘‘hundreds of dol- lars of the public money deposited in the people’s bank were set apart for M. S. QUAY and were used by him,” the books showing, moreover, ‘‘that hundreds of thous- ands of dollars worth of stocks were bought for the said M.S. QUAY with this money.’’ This is the kind of evidence, ready for presentation to court and jury, which the incriminated Republican hoss endeavors to avoid by seeking refuge behind a friendly certiorari while arranging for his re-election to the United States Senate by servile sup- porters in the State Legislature. It was a well-known fact that the man- agers of the Republican machine were making improper use of the state funds by deposits in favored banks, but without such evidence as district attorney GRAHAM is prepared to produce it could scarcely have been believed that QUAY’S corrupt disposition; to misapply public money, would go so far as to use hundreds of thousands of the State’s funds as if they were his own. Will this arraigned culprit escape the punishment due him for what the law de- clares to be a criminal offense? Will there be such disregard for the law and miscar- riage of justice that he will have the sena- torial toga again fitted upon him instead of standing & trial for an offense which, upon conviction, would require him to be apparelled in the striped habiliments of the penitentiary ? The Passing of Our Historian. In the death of Hon. Joux BLAIR LINN this community has lost a man who has been of inestimable value to it. While his passing will be deplored hy all who realize the importance of the sphere he filled so admirably, yet it was not as if he had carried all the treasures of his rare mind with him into eternity. He has gone, but there remains a monument to him 1n his history of Centre and Clinton counties that will stand as long as time lasts. There are so few men gifted with the patience and persistent care that are the requisites of an historian that the passing of one is a matter of considerable moment. Even now, in the sincerest sorrow over Mr. LINN’s death, this community does not realize the enormity of the loss it has suffered. Time, alone, will impress that upon wus and in future years we will have reason to rejoice that though the dignified, learned gentle- man is no longer here he has left behind him a work such as had never been attempted before and is not likely to be improved upon in the future. GOVERNOR HASTINGS’ MESSAGE, Continued from page 1. tiles. The walls of the House of Repre- sentatives are finished with burlap stained garnet, and fastened to the rough brick walls, also made of tile and brick. Al- though the act of Assembly requires that the building shall be ‘made as vearly fire- proof as possible,’ the roof and most of the interior fittings are as combustible as pos- sible. Furthermore, I am advised by a competent and trustworthy builder, who has personally examined this building, that a fair estimate of the cost of the pres- ent structure would not exceed $225,000 as it now is. and that it will cost to complete the building according to the plans adopted not less.than $2,500,000. This estimate, 1 am informed, is a conservative one and may be relied upon. It is more than probable that it will require twice that sum to complete the building, and it has been so deliberately planned as to require continuing appropriations which, in my judgment, will last during the present gen- eration. In the condition that you find it at this time no one would hazard an opin- ion as to what the style of architecture will be in the end, whether colonial or otherwise. ‘“The only part of the structure to be commended is the foundation, which is ample to support any building, even the Capitol of the United States. This founda- tion has been se planned as to leave an ex- Sena, | tension on the outside surface of about ten { inches for the brick wall. It can hardly be supposed, however, that this elaboration of the foundation was made with the in- tention of inducing this or future Legisla- tures to hide the shameful appearance of the present brick walls by a veneering of marble or granite, because the commission- ers have sworn to the court that the struc- ture would be a complete building and within the limit of the present appropria- tion. The commissioners will not relieve them- selves from just criticism by alleging that the appropriation was too small. It was not for them to say what the appropriation should be. The judgment belonged to the legislative branch of the government. It was the duty of the commission to erect the building in accordance with the pro- visions of the act. One of the provisions limited the expense to $550,000. They distinctly averred before the courts that every provision of the act would be com- plied with and that a complete building for the Legislature, its officers and em- ployes, would be constructed within the limit of the appropriation. The commis- sioners had no right to determine that the appropriation was too small. The Legis- lature had already fixed the amount. They bad no right or power to ignore any pro- vision of the act. That is violation of law. BETTER TO TEAR IT DOWN. They had no right to foist upon the tax- payers of the Commonwealth an incomplete structure, which will require an expendi- ture of at least a million of dollars to make it habitable under their present plan and millions more to add the wings as set out in their drawings. They had not the right to expend the money appropri- ated in such a way as to compel the legislative branch of the government either to tear down and render compara- tively valueless all that has been done or to add millions of dollars to carry out their ultimate design. The commissioners were created by the Legislature to fulfill, in good faith, its solemn enactments, and it is in- sulting to the Commonwealth for the com- missioners to assume legislative power or to so administer their trust as to compel the taxpayers to take the hazard of expend- ing large additional sums for the consum- mation <f the unlawful purpose of com- missioners appointed by them to execute their sovereign will. The further plan of the commissioners to erect wings at the ends of the present structure, so enlarging it as to provide quarters for other departments of the state government, under one roof, as part and parcel of their general scheme, when viewed in the light of the act, savors of an usurpation of authority which is at once illegal, unjust and burdensome to the peo- ple of the Commonwealth. | I respectfully submit to your honorable bodies that it will be more economical and more business like to tear down everything above the foundation walls and sacrifice the money already expended rather than to continue the commission and accede to 1ts demands for future appropriations, which are certain to extend into millions of dol- lars. APPORTIONMENT. The last senatorial apportionment was made in 1874, twenty-four years ago, and the last representative and congressional apportionments in 1887. The mandate of the constitution requiring these apportion- ments to be made has been inexcusably neglected, and has resulted, in many in- stances, in denying to the people the repre- sentation to which they are by law entitled, and in others, by permitting a representa- tion in both Houses of the General Assem- bly to which, under the constitution, the people are not entitled. The growth of our population has been far from uniform, many localities having doubled their popu- lations in the past twenty years, while in others there has heen but little increase. The present senatorial apportionment is directly in conflict with the theory of repre- sentative government. It violates the ex- press mandate of the constitution, which requires that ‘‘the State shall be divided into fifty senatorial districts of compact and contiguons territory, as nearly equal in population as may be, and each district may be entitled to elect one Senator.”’ Several of the present senatorial districts do not contain more than one-third or one- fourth the population of other districts, each being represented by a single Sena- tor. While the two Congressmen-at-Large give Pennsylvania her full representation in the Congress, yet the people of the State who have the population are entitled to their representatives in their own localities. It is true, another census will be taken two years hence, but it cannot be com- pleted in time for the next session of the General Assembly to have the data nec- essary for making the apportionments. If the apportionments are not made at your present session, it will be impossible to make them until 1903, if they are to be made upon the basis of the next decennial census. This affords no excuse for failure to comply wish the plain mandate of the constitution. THE BALLOT LAW, Experience with the present ballot law has disclosed a number of imperfections. It is incomplete, inperfect and incom- petent in several particulars. The two methods provided for securing the right to an entire column rn the State ballot sheet deserve this criticism. When a column on the official sheet is given to each political party which at the last preceding election polled one-half of one per centum of the total vote of the State, and additional columns are given to those candidates who file nomination papers, then the door is opened for confusion and fraud. While the columns necessary to represent the sev- eral political parties voting at the last elec- tion are limited, the columns peeded to represent the tickets created hy nomination papers may he prolonged to an indefinite extent. Any body of citizens under the present practice obtaining the requisite number of signers can secure a separate column for the State ticket and that column is on the State ballot sheet. A party en- titled to a column on the State sheet should he a State party and not a fragment of a local or county party. It would undoubt- edly be better to collect in one separate group in a single column the names of all candidates for a partienlar office. Convening of the Legislature. Snyder of the Senate and Farr of the House to Pre side over their Respective Bodies. A Straight Re- publican Organization in Both Departments. Nothing so Far but the Ordinary Preliminary Business of completing the Organization. HARRISBURG, Jan. 3.—The opening ses- sion of the Senate was brief. Organization was effected at 2 o'clock and Secretary of the Commonwealth Martin appeared and presented to the Senate the returns of the recent election for Senators. These were read and then Judge Simonton, of the local court, administered the oath of office to the new Senators. The next formality was the election of a president pro tem. Senator William P. Snyder, of Chester, the choice of the Republicans was successful over H. W. Haines, Democrat, of York, by 34 to 12. Senator Snyder, upon assuming the chair made a brief speech counseling moderation and caution in the consideration of the measures that will come before the Senate for action. He favored economical appro- priations and sessions of the Legislature as brief as is consistent with the proper dis- position of the public business. These officers of the Senate were elected : Chief clerk, E. W. Smiley, Venango; jour- nal clerk, John M. Rhea, Cumberiand; reading clerk, A. J. Leeds, Philadelphia; sergeant-at-arms, S. B. Cochran. Arm- strong. A resolution providing for the details of the inauguration of Governor Stone was adopted and the chair appointed Senators Flynn, John B. Mitchell, McCarrell, Os- born and Haines as the inaugural commit- tee. IN THE HOUSE. HARRISBURG, Jan. 3.—There were the usual scenes and incidents at the opening session to-day of the House of Representa- tives. There was added interest owing to the occupancy of the new capitol. chamber occupied by the Legislators of the lower branch of the Assembly was a sur- prise for most of the Members. They expect de to meet in a barn-like uncomfortable hall without furnishings save those of the plain- est description, but instead the spacious hall is 11ot only attractive but comfortable. The decorations are not costly but they hide the bare walls and conceal the tem- porary finish of the big room. A liberal use of burlap, with temporary panels and pilasters, and gilt decorations with shields and flags, gave a cheerful, if not magnificent aspect to all the surround- ings. The desks of many Members were hidden by beautiful floral pieces, the gifts of admiring constituents. There were great floral baskets and magnificent horse shoes and all manner of flowers and the recipients of these tokens of esteem sat behind them out of sight. The galleries were crowded throughout the proceedings and there was a great interest in all that occurred. The House was called to order shortly after 12 o’clock by Chief Clerk Rex. Sec- retary of the Commonwealth Martin was introduced, after prayer by chaplain San- gree, and presented the certificates of election of the Members. The list was read and the roll called, after which the Mem- bers presented themselves at the har and were sworn in by Judge Biddle, of Carlisle. John R. Farr, of Lackawana. was nomi- nated for speaker by William T. Marshall, of Allegheny, and William T. Creasy, of Columbia, by George R. Dixon, of Elk. Mr. Farr was elected by the full Repub- lican vote of 127. Mr. Farr made a brief address of thanks, in which he promised to be fair and courteous in his treatment of the Members. Jere. B. Rex, of Huntingdon, was re- elected chief clerk, and A. D. Fetterolf, of Montgomery, resident clerk. The other officers and employes will not be announced before next week. Committees were appointed to notify the Senate that the House is ready to proceed to business, to wait on the Governor and to formulate rules for the government of the House. A resolution was also adopted pro- viding for the concurrence by the House to the arrangements for the inauguration of the Governor-elect. The resolution pro- viding for final adjournment on April 20th, was adopted almost unanimously, after a motion to refer the resolution to the com- mittee on rules was voted down. After a very. short session on Wednesday at which the only business attempted was a trick to advance the interests of Senator Quay by naming the candidate for United States Senate, to be voted for hereafter but which failed to succeed, both Senate and House adjourned to meet again on Thursday Jan. 12th. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——Lock Haven trolley cars are to be furnished with vestibules by the furniture factory in that place. ——James Gower, who was married to Miss Ann Reynolds, of Buffalo Run, Nov. 26th, 1850, died at his home in Pittsburg on Dec. 23rd. ——The extremely cold weather necessi- tated the closing of the upper ax works at Mill Hall on Monday and Tuesday. re Thomas Mayes died at his home in South Philipsburg on Wednesday, Dec. 28th. He had been ill for some time with Bright’s disease. — Mining journals are predicting a general strike in the bituminous regions of Pennsylvania for April 1st, the time when the interstate agreement between miners and operators expires. Inf., will leave the barracks in Columbus, O., for Manila, going via the Suez .canal. John and Perry Simler, of Philipsburg, are members of the company. — oe ——Claude Wysotzsky, a son of Daniel Wysotzsky, formerly of Bellefonte, has been given a scholarship on hoard the school-ship ‘‘Saratoga.” The family are residents of Clearfield now. aaa ——The store of George Raup and Son at Lamar was burglarized on Tuesday night and between seventy and eighty pennies were taken from the money drawer. The larger coin had been locked up. Noth- ing else was disturbed. ee Miss Madge Krebs, daughter of for- mer judge David L. Krebs, of Clearfield, was married to A. M. Liveright Esq., a promising young attorney of that place, yesterday. The ceremony was performed at the bride’s home. ae ——James Noon, one of the popular bar keepers at the Bush house, is telling bigger tales than ever and getting more drinks mixed these days, all because a tiny little girl came to his home on Water street, on Tuesday morning. Both mother and daughter are doing well and Jim is sliding along as if on roller skates. aad —DFred A. Rall, one of Clinton coun- ty’s commissioners died at his home, in| Lock Haven, on Wednesday morning. He was 44 years old and died from the effects of stomach trouble. His death will necessitate the appointment of a commis- sioner to serve the unexpired term. Former mayor James Jeffries, of Lock Haven, is mentioned as a possible successor. The | | | ——Thirty-one new born babes in Clear- field county have been given the name of Dewey within the past six months. er — Beginning next Monday night the Wilson theatre company will open a week’s engagement at Garman’s at popular prices. A change of bill will be made nightly. ie ——At the annual meeting of the Logan engine company, Tuesday evening, the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: John Knisely, president; Harry Jackson, recording secretary; Geo. Knisely, financial secretary; James Seibert, treas- urer; Geo. Cunningham, chief; John T. Laurie, 1st assistant; Wm. Hogarth, 2nd assistant; R. A. Beck, 3rd assistant; Geo. Knisely, 4th assistant. Trustees—Thomas Shaughensey, James Harris and George Eberhart. ooo - ——Dr. George Thompson, a well known retired physician, died at his home at Mt. Union, at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. He was a son of John and Lydia Blake Thomp- son, and was born in Half Moon township, Centre county, May 16th, 1826, and hence was aged 72 years, 7 months and 19 days. The deceased’s education was begun in an old log school house on his father’s farm in Half Moon township, and later he studied for two years at Allegheny college, in Westmoreland county. During the civil war Dr. Thompson was assistant surgeon in the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers. *oo Mgrs. TONNER.—Mrs. Lydia Kreamer Tonner, widow of John Tonner, who was register and recorder of this county from 1839 to ’51 and widely known in Metho- dist circles, and mother of Mrs. H. P. Harris, died at her home in Canton, Ohio, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. She was 86 years old and for months her health had been failing. Of her family of six daughters and one son, Mrs. Henry P. Harris, Mrs. McClain, Mis. Underhill, Mrs. Charles Daugherty, Mrs. Brisben and Clark, survive her. I". H. Cora HAs RESIGNED.—The resig- nation of F. H. Cota, general secretary of the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. for years, hav- ing been accepted at a recent meeting of the association, took effect on New Years day. Early in the fall Mr. Cota asked to be released from further service, hut the board of directors was so loath to part with him that action was deferred from time to time with the hope that probably some- thing would intervene to detain him in the work in Bellefonte. While the severance of his relations with the local organization by no means implies that the work is to be discontinued, yet it is a serious loss to Bellefonte that such a man as Mr. Cota has proven himself to be must go out of the town and out of the field where such work as he is capable of doing is so sorely needed. Bellefonte has herself to blame for the misfortune—it can” be viewed in no other light——for the in different support given the Y. M. C. A. in this place has been enough to paralyze the work of any man, however courageous or hopeful. As head of our Association Mr. Cota has probably accomplished more lasting, praise worthy results than had ever been done through those rooms before. We need not cite cases. You know them well enough. The memory of the pure life of the late Emanuel Markel, after his connection with the Association, would be laurels enough, but there are many more. In his departure every parent of Bellefonte will lose a friend who labored zealously for the eleva- tion of morals among the young people of the town. Charley Case has been placed temporarily in charge of the rooms and will keep them in a hospitable condition until such a time as a permanent selection can be made. *do NECROLOGY OF CENTRE COUNTY FOR 1898.—The record of the births and deaths that occurred in Centre county during the past year is a matter in which we are all more or less interested. From the returns of the assessors in the various precinets it will be seen that the population of the county is slowly increasing. The table below covers the returns by precincts from Dec. 1st, 1897 to Dec. 1st, 1898. It will be interesting to look over the widely divergent rates of mortality in the various precincts. North ward Bellefonte, - South ward West ward. Centre Hall borough Milesburg borough Millheim borough. Howard borough....... (First ward .. Second ward. Third ward...... £ South Philipsburg boro............... i 5 State College Berough i 6 Unionville borough oo ny : township L Northern precinet..| senner township ¢ go, thern precinct. | 16 1 Northern precinct... Boggs township, - Eastern precinet.. ...| ) Western precinct. Burnside township College township Curtin township. Philipsburg borough, — T — — TTR XT Ferguson township } Western hii Northern precinct... Eastern precinct....... | 2 Western precinat.. Toi : Jastern precinct. Haines township ) (ion Det Halfmoon township...... Harris township..... Howard township.. Huston township.. Liberty township .. Marion township... Gregg tow siph i nstern precing Miles township ~Middle precinct | Western precin Patton township. i Penn township... rtownhiin LC Potter township © oo thorn precinet I Northern precinct... J Southern precinct 1 Eastern precinct... ) Western precinct. Northern precinct. Southern precinet... : Western pfecinct.....| 3 Taylor township... ; Union township... Walker Twp. LM. P.. NV. P i S =I =F Tr Tray Rush township — Snow Shoe Twp. Spring township ( pi TT ~1zia1 Worth township.. Total omniniain, veers] 100g] 456 | ——Henry McCloskey, aged abont 80 years, died at Potter’s Mills last Friday and his remains were buried at Sprucetown on Monday. ee Mrs. Richard Gunsallus died at her home at Mackeyville on Wednesday morn- ing. She was 70 years old and is survived by a husband and five children. —r et ——Frank Wallace, of Milesburg, the member of Co. B, who was so seriously hurt by falling from the regimental train while coming home from camp at Lexing- ton, wasin this place yesterday for the first time since he was brought home. It was at first thought his injury would prove fatal. K. G. E. OFFICERS ELECT.—The follow- ing officers have been elected to serve Bellefonte castle, No. 357, K. G. E. for the ensuing six months: Past chief, H. D. Gehret; noble chief, Jos. Garbrick J r.; vice chief, B. D. Gates; high priest, William Ott; venerable hermit, Jas. Schofield; master of records, E. E. Ardery; clerk of exchequer, W. H. Taylor; keeper of exchequer, L. H. Wian; sir herald, W. Harrison Walker; worthy bard, A Lnkenbach; worthy cham- berlain, Wm: Fishburn; ensign, Geo. Hol- lobaugh; esquire, Roy Johuson; first guardsman, Ed. Gehret;second guardsman, A. V. Hamilton; trustee, John Noll; repre- sentative to the grand castle, James I. Mec- Clure. ee A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. —It is seldom that such a difficult undertaking is made by any of the Bellefonte church choirs as was that of the choir in St. John’s Re- formed church to render the beautiful cantata ‘ “The Coming of the King’’ for the Christmas service. And a more pronounced success has never before been made of such a musical effort. From an artistic stand- point the cantata is a splendid work and displays, magnificently, the master-hand of the composer, Dudiey Buck. The choir at St. John’s had been trained by Mr. Charles M. Guthrie, organist at Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, and though handicapped by the illness of Mr. J. E. Lawrence, the leading tenor, the service was inspiring and delightful. Rev. Thomas LeVan Bickel, the pastor, sang the tenor numbers so effectively that none knew a change had been necessary. “The Coming of the King’’ is the story of Christ’s birth and discovery in the lowly manger told in chorus, solos and duetts set to music that is peculiarly sweet. The service was repeated on New Year's night, when the church was crowded and the choir made a repetition of their Christ- mas day success. soe THE COUNCIL IN SESSION.—All of the members but two, Messers Keller and Madisonburg. J. E. Smith spent last week in our neigh- borhood. Harry Miller and wife spent Monday with her parents. K. A. Miller has returned home from his visiting tour to Lewisburg and other places. Warden and Thomas Ruhl, of Mill Hall, spent the last few weeks in and about town. An oyster supper was held in the hall by the United Evangelical church recently with success. While returning from an entertainment at Rebersburg on Christmas night the axle on Herbert Swartz’s buggy broke, emptying the occupants, consisting of two ladies besides himself, onto the walk. The gentleman and the horse were not injured but the ladies re- ceived several deep cuts in the faces and bruises which required medical attention. Some of the committees for the Farmer's Institute to be held at this place are holding meetings. Centre Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Mader have the sympathy of the people of this community in the loss by death of their little daughter, aged about one year. Death claimed the little one on Mon- day last. Interment took place Thursday at Mifflinburg. C. H. Meyer, wife and little daughter Meriam, have been the guests of D. J. Meyer and G. M. Boal. Mr. Meyer has been engaged in the livery business at Millerstown since last fall, and this is the family’s first visit to the old folks at home. Mrs. Cordelia Benner died on Monday morning and was buried Thursday in Lock Haven, her old home. An infant son a few days old and several sisters, who came on to the funeral from Baltimore and Salona, sur- vive her, Her maiden name was Chatham. A fire department was organized last week with J. C. Shaffer as chief and D. A. Boozer assistant. Some twenty-eight others have volunteered their services—fourteen at the north and fourteen at the south end of town. Each have a hose cart and hose, and in a short time the town will, no doubt, have an efficient department to battle with the flames when their services are needed. Monday night the south division experimented with the hose and the pressure the new plant fur- nished. Two of the volunteers tightly grip- ped the nozzle end of the hose and the plug was opened half way, which was sufficient to upset the boys and caused the hose, with its one and one-quarter nozzle, to do the snake dance until the force was turned off. A later effort, however, proved successful, and the water was forced from an inch nozzle the dis- tance of near two hundred feet. Properly managed the fire appliances at hand should prove effective should the town be so un- fortunate as to have occasion to use them. Later, a test was made of the force on the Diamond, and the exhibition of the pressure was far beyond expectations, and this with: out the use of the reservoir, the water merely flowing from the springs directly into the Tripple, were present at Monday night's ! session of council. The business taken up was disposed of as follows: Upon inquiry of Wm. Runkle Esq., it was learned that no action has been taken on the claim for damages presented by Miss Maggie Miles, daughter of former county treasurer John Q. Miles. About a year | ago she fell on the ice on the pavement in front of the home of Daniel Garman, on High street, breaking her arm. Her de- mand was simply for a sum sufficient to cover the physician’s expenses. The committee reports were of compara- tively no interest except one matter pre- sented by the Street committee. It was an offer made by A. G. Morris, owner of the Pike quarries, to fill the pike from the borough line to Frank MecCoy’s residence on east Linn street to a given grade. The committee recommended the acceptance of the offer and council acted favorably. The cow ordinance was presented as advertised, but was referred to the solicitor for inves- tigation and report at the next meeting. The question of borough lighting was again taken up and a very argumentative session was the result. It appeared that those in favor of a borough plant had been fortifying themselves for a controversy and produced a list of 28 towns in Pennsylva- nia, using about the same light as Belle- fonte, that pay from $35 to $75 a light. The average of the whole is $64 per light per year, whereas the price paid in Belle- fonte is $105. This uaded Mr. Shaffer i that it would be the fight thing to intro- | duce a motion, offering the Edison company | $75 a light per year for 50are lights, which | he did. The motion was carried unani- mously and it was announced as council’s ultimatum. Some of the councilmen who voted for this motion had in mind the doing away with all the small lamps and using nothing but ares. At present there are 27 ares and 53 incandescent lights in use at an annual cost of $3,895. Under the new proposition there would be only 50 arcs in use at an annual cost of $3,750. There are only fifty- seven street intersections in Bellefonte, where lights could be used at all, so it will be seen that the fifty ares would come very near covering the town. When seen relative to what that com- | pany would probably do one of the heaviest stock-holders in the Edison Co., stated that the proposition would be rejected. | The report of the Finance committee was | made as follows: Bal. due Treasurer Dec., 93 81,366.51 Boro orders paid...... we $590.85 Water t¢ « we 030.75 Interest. .r..lin. i 225.00 1,346,60 2,713,11 Rec'd acct.line fence (Cur- HOEY ernie rsiiienneiin 3.00 Ree’d acet, Water Com....... 9.73 12.73 Bal. due Treasurer Jan. 2, "09 $2,700.38 Bilis were approved as follows and or- dered paid: Water Works Pay Roll..........c.ooeeunuaa, 216s) 63.65 James Harris & Co., Hardware supplies. 32.47 Jas. Harris & Co.. supplies Water Works 67.12 Police pay rol 35.00 Street pay rol 44 19 Isaac Mitchell, 1 mo. as clerk... 12,50 Abe Baum, hauling Undine engine.. 2.00 $266.93 main. Rebersburg. Sleighing is excellent at present. The thermometer registered twenty degrees below zero on Monday morning. Miss Belle Webner, of this place, left, Mon- day morning, for Birmingham, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. James Markle, of Wall, Pa., who were here attending the funeral of their brother, Emanuel, have returned home. J. H. McAuley and wife are off on a visit- ing tour. They are at present at Danville, Pa., taking in the sights, and expect to re- turn home this week. Ellis Gramley, son of James J. Gramley, is in from the West visiting his relatives and friends. The West seems to agree with him with the exception of the cyclones. He says fhey have blown nearly all the hair off his read. The members of song service in the Re- formed church elected their officers for the ensuing term, on Sunday evening as follows: Rev. J. M. Runkle, president; J. A. Miller, vice president; Harry Clevenstine, secretary; Miss Sophia McEwen, treasurer; Miss Regina Hubler, organist; and Miss Ida Fisher, as- sistant organist. The subject for their next meeting is “The personal call of Christ.” J. F. Best will lead the meeting, Mrs. J. Ww. Lee is speaker. Everybody should take an interest in these meetings. The entertainment on Christmas evening in the Reformed church was a grand success. The church was filled to overflowing. The attendance has been estimated at about five hundred people. The children and others who participated under the instruction of Mrs. J. M. Runkle performed their parts in a most excellent manner. An entertainment of this rank and character should surely be an incentive to parents to send their children to Sunday school, and have them take part in such entertainments. The program con- sisted of recitations, exercises, male qu artetts, solos, ete. Pine Grove Mention. On Monday morning the thermometer | registered 30 degrees below zero. Miss Lizzie Rosecrans, of Loveville, is visit ing Tnez Krebs. Misses Nancy and Mary Bailey are in Phil- adelphia for a month’s visit. Cyrus Woods, one of Greensburg's legal lights, is visiting his brother Dr. Woods. Wm. H. Sausserman, one of Altoona’s tall men, visited his aged mother this week. Newt. Hess and his little son Samuel spent the holiday season in Altoona sight seeing. Boalsburg has a new butcher as Peter Ish- ler has decided to take that little son into partnership. Brakeman Frank Kaup is laid up with a broken arm and anincomplete fracture which | is causing him much trouble. Edward Rider, who was taken to Danville some time ago, is not improving and his friends will bring him home soon. Mrs. Catharine Woods, mother of Dr. Woods is seriously ill from a partial stroke of paralysis which affected her entire left side. J. B. Ard has been confined to his room for several weeks with a sprained foot from ! which he has suffered greatly and at this writing it is not much improved. Prof. Rothrock, of Millheim, and J. C. Wil- liams were in town last Saturday interview- ing our school directors as to the former's chance for the county superintendency next June. The genial superintendent of public in- struction of Clearfield county, G. W. Weav- er, was here during the holidays. His friends are always glad to see his smiling face here. CoA Aaaly
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