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Bema adpan
Bellefonte, Pa., June 29, i300.
Train Ran into Washout, Thirty-Five
Were Killed.
An Accident on a Railroad in Georgia on Saturday
Night—Every Person on the Train, Except the
Occupants of the Pullman Car, Perished. Not a
Member of the Crew Escaped. The Wreck Caught
Fire and the Entire Train, with the Exception of
Was Destroyed,
P. GRAY MEEK, - - Epiror
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We Live and Grow Wise.
We have long known that Marco Bo-
ZARUS the soldier was horn at Bingen
on the Rhine, that WASHINGTON was the
general who crossed the Alps and that BILL
SHOPE discovered America, but we never
did know that it was Mr. THOMAS
HARTER, of the Gazet’e, who elected DAN
HASTINGS Governor of Pennsylvania until
THOMAS opened his gas main and squirted
a few jets of the asphyxiating weriform fluid
into his Snyder county friends recently.
They came toa few days agoand this is
how the Selinsgrove Times tells of it.
“Editor Tom Harter, who is a mighty pow-
erin Republican politics in Centre county,
was a visitor at our county seat last week.
Tom says he was the real cause of Dan Has-
tings being Governor of Pennsylvania and
by making that mistake he lost the postoftice
of Bellefonte. Tom has our sympathy in
his losses because we know how it feels to
lose something you want badly.”
We had always been under the impres-
sion that it was the Adjutant General's of-
fice and Johnstown that made our former
Governor famous, but here comes anew
iconoclast to shatter those dreams and tell
us that it was ‘Me and Taisy and Tash”
what made HASTINGS famous already,
still yet.
A Platform That Fits the Candidate.
It is scarcely necessary for our Republi-
can friends to get into a quarrel, as they
seem to be doing, over what was put in or
what was left out of their National plat-
form. It may be ‘‘drivel,’”” just as the
New York Tribune says it is. It may
“mean nothing and promise nothing,’’ as
the Philadelphia Press alleges it does. It
may have had its ‘‘vitals taken from it,and
its vagueness extended until it is meaning-
less and without merit,’’ as is asserted hy
GROSVERNOR; hut still it fits the candidate
it was made for to perfection.
The people understand this administra-
tion exactly. They know that any promise
that would have committed it to any posi-
tive policy, or made for it pledges that
would require backbone to carry out,
would have been the boldest attempt at de-
ception. Such a platform would have focl-
ed no one. As it is, it represents McKIN-
LEY and McKINLEYism as no other expres-
sion could: Voluble, non-committal and
double faced on such subjects as it refers
to; silent, cowardly and evasive on others
of greater importance. Surely it suits Me-
KINLEY and McKINLEY'S purposes.
If these are served what isthe use of con-
tending about it.
Five Killed—Thirty-Four Hurt.
Excursion Train Ccllides With a Freight Near Green
Bay, Wis.
GREEN Bay, Wis., June 24.—A north
bound passenger train on tlie Chicago and
Northwestern road loaded with excursion-
ists bound for the Saengerfest in this city,
collided at 10.15 o’clock this morning with
a freight train at Deperee, five miles south
of here. Six persons were killed, one is
missing and thirty four were injured.
The dead are : Edward Kuskie, Fond du
Lac, Wis., druggist, aged 27; Lawrence
Plank, Fond du Lac, Wis., aged 25; Geo.
L. Lloyd, Eden, died on way to hospital;
Charles Mierswa, Oshkosh; Bart Ives, Osh-
kosh; man from Ashland, name unknown.
Missing : Edward Lawson, Neenah.
The accident happened as the passenger
train was pulling into the station. A
double headed freight was backing into a
side track to let the passenger by, but had
not cleared the main track. Those injured
were nearly all in the second coach. When
the two trains came together, the first car
which was a combination smoker and bag-
gage, was driven through the second coach,
where the loss of life occurred. The dead
were taken out of the wreck and to an un-
dertaking establishment at Depere. The
injured were first taken to the Depere high
school, which was convered into a tempor-
ary hospital, and later were brought to St.
Vincent’s hospital in this city. None of
the trainmen were injured, the crew jump-
ed in time to save themselves. Both engines
were badly damaged and two coaches brok-
en into kindling wood.
in Legal Terms.
From the Kansas City Journal.
“If I were to give you an orange,’’ said
Judge Foote, of Topeka, ‘‘I would simply
say, ‘I give you the orange,” but should
the transaction be intrusted to a lawyer
to put in writing he would adopt
this form : ‘I hereby give, grant and con-
vey to you all my interest, right, title and
advantage of and in said orange, together
with its rind, skin, juice, pulp and pits;
aud all rights and advantage therein, with
full power to bite, suck, or otherwise eat
the same, or give away with or without the
rind, skin, juice, pulp or pits; anything
thereinbefore or in any other deed or deeds
instruments of any nature or kind whatso-
ever to the contrary in any wise notwith-
standing.”
What it Has Given Us.
From the New York Verdict.
President McKinley has occupied the
White House a little more than three
years. For the same period of time the
government has been run by the miliion-
aire plutocrats of the White House syndi-
cate. The hump-backed taxpayer—broth-
er to the man with the hoe—can now take
stock and ascertain his condition. Three
years of McKinleyism have given this pa-
tient man with a hump a government that
costs about $250,000 an hour ; nearly $60,-
00,000 a day ; more than $40,000,000 a
week ; almost $150,000,000 a month ; in
the neighborhood of $2,000,000,000 a year
—and yet the patient man with eyes like
an ox is not wholly satisfied.
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NST ET
ATLANTA, Ga., June 24.—A passenger
train on the Macon branch of the Southern
railway ran into a washout one and a half
miles north of McDonough, Ga. last night
and was completely wrecked. The wreck
caught fire and the entire train, with the
exception of the sleeper, was destroyed.
Every person on the train except the occu-
pants of the Pullman car perished. Not a
member of the train crew escaped. Thirty
five people in all were killed.
TEN RESCUED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY.
Ten passengers were rescued without
serious injury.
The train left Macon at 7:10 and was due
in Atlanta at 9:45 last night. McDonough
was reached on time. At this point con-
nection is made for Columbus, Ga., and
here every night the Columbus train is
coupled on and hauled through to Atlanta,
Last night. however, for the first time in
many months, the Columbus train was re-
ported two hours late on account of a wash-
out on that branch and the Macon train
started on to Atlanta without its Colnmbus
connection.
Tremendous rains, of daily occurence for
the past two weeks, have swollen all streams
in this part of the South and several wash-
outs have been reported on the different
roads.
About a mile and a half north of MeDon-
ough the creek comes somewhat near the
Southern tracks and running alongside it
for some distance finally passes away under
the road by a heavy stone culvert. A cloud-
burst broke over that section of the country
about 6 o’clock last night and presumably
shortly afterwards washed out a section of
the track nearly 100 feet in length. Into
this the swiftly moving train plunged. The
storm was still raging and all the car win-
dows were closed.
WITHOUT AN INSTANT'S WARNING.
The passengers, secure as they thought,
and sheltered comfortably fro theinclem-
eut weather, went to deatr: without an
instant’s warning.
The train, consisting of a baggage car,
second class coach, first class coach and a
Pullman sleeper, was knocked into kind-
ling wood by the fall. The wreck caught
fire a few minutes after the fall and all the
coaches were burned except the Pullman
car.
Every person on the train, except the
occupants of the Pullman car, perished in
the disaster.
There was no escape, as the heavy Pull-
man car weighed down the others, and the
few alive in the sleeper were unable to
render assistance to their fellow passengers.
For a brief time there was silence.
Then the occupants of the Pullman car
recovered from the bewilderment and after
hard work managed to get out of their car
and found themselves on the track in the
pouring rain. ’ ’
The extent of the catastrophe was quick-
ly apparent. Flames were already seen
coming from that part of the wreckage not
covered by water. As the wreck began to
go to peices under the destructive work of
both flames and flood, human bodies float-
ed out from the mass and were carried
down stream by the swift current.
NO ABATEMENT IN STORM’S FURY.
The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes
of lightning added to thesteady glow of the
burning train and lit op the scene with
fearful distinctiveness.
Flagman Quinlan, who was oue of the
first to get out, at once started for the near-
est telegraph station. Making his way as
rapidly as possible, in the face of a blind-
ing storm, hestumbled into the telegraph
office at McDonough and, after telling the
operator of the wreck, fell fainting to the
floor. Word was quickly sent to both
Macon and Atlanta, but no assistance was
to be had, except in the former city, as the
interrupted track prevented the arrival of
any train from Macon.
Nearly the entire male population of Me
Donough went to the scene, torender as-
sistance, but little could be done hy the
rescuers, as the fire kept them at a distance.
At daylight the bodies that had floated
from the gorge were gathered up. One
hody was found a wile from the wreck, and
many were seen along its banks.
A wreck train was started out from At-
lanta at midnight, but, owing to the burn-
ing wreckage, nothing could be done until
morning.
DOCTORS TAKEN TO THE SCENE.
A special train at 6 o’clock this morning
took doctors, ministers, railroad officials
and helpers to the scene, but nothing could
be done, save to gather up the bodies.
As the dead were found they were re-
moved to McDonough.
There are two undertakers there. Both
establishments were soon “filled with the
mangled remains of the passengers. Some
of the bodies were terribly burned, while
others were mangled heyond recognition.
The only meansof recognition in the ma-
jority of cases were letters and papers in
the pockets of the victims in the catastrophe
The bodies were prepared for burial as
fast as possible. Some may be buried at
McDonough. Others will be sent to their
homes as fast as their addresses can be as-
certained.
Only three women were in the train.
Two escaped. It is presumed that the oth-
er perished, but thebody has not been
found.
Besides the regular crew of the train sev-
eral conductors and other employes were
en route to Atlanta to spend Sunday. All
were killed. Conductor W. A. Barclay
was in charge of the train.
A section boss, with a gang of eight ne-
groes, occupied seats in the second-class
coach. They were on their way to repair
a washout on the Georgia Midland and
Gulf road. Not one escaped when the car
went down.
The South African War.
LoNDON, June 27.—The ‘‘Black Terror’’
may yet become a bloody feature of the
South African war. A dispatch from Ma-
seru, Basutoland, says that the Boers at-
tacked a hody of Basuto laborers, Killing
twenty and capturing 200. The natives,
their war with the British, are becoming
restless. Trouble with them may follow.
All signs indicate that a battle is im-
pending with Steyn and DeWet’s forces in
the Orange. The field marshal’s detailed
report of several attacks on his line of com-
munications this month are eloquent argu-
ments for the necessity of the movement
now believed to be in full swing. The
particulars of Saturday’s fight at Honing-
spirit shows that engagement to have been
one of the fiercest recently fought by the
British.
AA PR
——8St. John’s English Lutheran church
of Lock Haven will picnic at Hecla park
on Friday, July 20th.
believing that the Boers are gaining in.
News Grows Worse,
What the Relief Force Found on Entering Tien Tsin.
Men and Women Massacred. Their Bodies Found
Everywhere on the Streets of the City.
LoNDON, June 26.—The dispatch from
Che Foo giving Rear Admiral Kempff's
authoritative announcement of the relief of
Tien Tsin, June 23rd, remained for hours
the sole news of this occurrence. At about
1 o'clock the: Hong Kong and Shanghai
time Mr. Dawson, a delegate from Singa-
pore to the congress of the Association of
Chambers of Commerce of the United King-
dom, now in session here, informed his fel-
low delegates, amid loud cheering, that he
bad just received a dispatch from his son
announcing the relief of Tien Tsin.
The news reached Berlin later from the
German consul at Chee Foo, who announc-
ed that the relief column entered Tien Tsin
during the afternoon of June 23rd and
started again, June 24th, to rescue Vice
Admiral Seymour, who, with the foreign
ministers, was said to be occupying a posi-
tion twelve and a half miles from Tien Tsin
where he was surrounded and hard pressed
by a great force of Boxers and Chinese reg-
ulars. Possibly the Japanese report that
Seymour is a prisoner and that the minis-
ters had left Pekin guarded by Chines sol-
diers, is merely a distorted version of the
Berlin story. But, in any event, definite-
news may be expected speedily, and it is
confidently believed here that Seymour and
his companions will be safely delivered
from their plight.
According to the report of a Chinese ref-
ugee who has arrived at Shanghai the con-
dition of Tien Tsin is horrible.
where in the streets are the bodies of mas-
sacred men and women, Americans as well
as all other nationalities. The Hong Kong
and German banks, he adds, were both de-
Shanghai also reports that the America-
Russia relief force was so badly ambuscad-
ed that the forces were obliged to abandon
several field guns and much ammunition.
About 180 Russians and eleven Americans
were killed or wounded. 2
Pei-Ho river and raking, with machine
guns, the native villages on the river banks
which were filled with concealed ‘‘snipers.”’
Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the meeting of the National Edu-
cational Association at Charleston, S. C.,
July 7th-13th, the Pennsylvania railroad
company will sell excursion tickets from
all stations on its lines to Charleston at the
rate of one fare for the round trip, plus
82.00. Tickets to be sold July 6th to 9th,
inclusive, and to be good to return until
September 1st, inclusive. On the return
trip stop-over will be allowed at Wash-
ington on deposit of ticket with joint agent
aud on payment of fee of $1.00.
ADDITIONAL LQCALS.
——W. J. Carlin is closing out his mer-
cantile business in Rebersburg.
ete
——1It is estimated that the proposed
improvements to the Bellefonte furnace
will cost $35,000.
ADE IRIAN
——Private John E. Black, of Co. B,
5th Reg. N. G. P. has heen assigned to
duty with the regimental hospital corps.
——Frank Waring, a truck farmer near
Philipsburg, will have 18,000 heads of cab-
bage ready for the market next month and
is now setting out 20,000 for a late crop.
ee
——Mr. Harry Etters, of State College,
and Miss Anna A. Packer, of Roland, were
married at Benore on the 19th inst., by
the Rev. David F. Kapp, of the Methodist
church.
ill ape
——W. W. Swengle, of this place, has
in his posession a political history of France
that is 218 years old. It will be on exhi-
bition in the museum during the coming
Centennial. f
Sus
——John Gordon, a son of Hon. Cyrus
T. Gordon, is lying dangerously ill at his
home in Clearfield. He has appendicitis
and will he taken to a Philadelphia hos-
pital, if he gets able to travel. He was a
member of the class of 1900 at The Penn-
sylvania State College.
A meant
——The Rhoda Royal shows exhibited
here on Wednesday and while the claim
had not been made for them as being the
“largest on earth’”’ it must be acknowl-
edged that every advertised feature was
faithfully presented. The show was clean
and bright, with some acts that are un-
challenged by any circus enterprise in the
world, namely: The novel idea of the horse
fair, the acrobatic Eddy family, Prof. Barris
and his marvelous sixty three horse pyra-
mid act, and Madam Rhoda Royal, with
her cake walking horses. Everything was
orderly about the grounds. There were no
card sharks or fakirs to be seen and all
that the show needed to make it about as
delightful a tented exhibition as one would
care to see was a good band. The Rhoda
Royal is first class in every way but its
music and that detracts very materially
from its success.
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THE LUTHERAN LEAGUE.--The annual
meeting of the Lutheran League, of{Clin-
ton, Union and Centre counties, which
met at Boalsburg on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, was the most successful since its or-
ganization. Fifty delegates, ministers and
visitors were present and thirteen societies
were represented. The sessions were un-
usually interesting and well attended.
Tuesday evening Rev. D. E. Rupley, of
Lock Haven, addressed the convention.
Mis subject was “The Bible "ih the Public
Schools.’”” Rev. Charles Heisler, D. D., of
Susquehanna University, was the speaker
of Wednesday evening. His subject was
‘Young Lutherans for the 20th Century."
The officers elected for the ensuing year
were Clement Dale, of Bellefonte, presi-
dent; Rev. C. T. Aikens, of Pine Grove
Mills, and B. F. Homan, of Oak Hall, vice
presidents; W. W. Kerlin, Centre Hall, re-
cording secretary; Rev. W. M. Spangler,
Salona, corresponding secretary, and Miss
Sarah E. Klose, of Mifflinburg, treasurer.
bank’s London branch received confirma- |
tion of the news, and at about the same!
id ge
——The property of the Y. M. C. A. in
this place will not be sold as announced in
other papers. The rooms will probably be
opened soon, under the secretaryship of
Charley McClure.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phar’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, dur-
ing the past week :
Arthur M. Grove, of Potter township,
and Eveline Blanche Haugh, of Miles
township.
Frank N. Lucas, of Snow Shoe, and Sue
H. Weaver, of Moshannon.
Burton E. Hendricks, of Blanchard, and
Annie M. Rines, of Flemington, Pa.
James M. Kustenhorder, of Lemont, and
Annie Houser, of Houserville.
John Edgar Fryberger and Caroline Me-
Gaffey, both of Philipsburg.
Emmel T. Jordon and Maud Bollinger,
both of Colyer, Pa.
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FosTER’S WEATHER BULLETIN.—AbBout
the date of this bulletin a warm wave will
| slowly eastward and a warm wave will |
be in the great central valleys, moving
| then be in the Rockies of the northwest.
Every- |
Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m,
July 2nd will average below and rainfall
will be below normal east of the Rockies;
stroyed early during the hombardment. |
1
{ July that in them corn will be seriously |
The German gunboat Iltis and a Russian |
torpedo hoat destroyer are patroling the |
Reduced Rates to Charleston, S. C., via!
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| in right 10yal style.
| the reverse west.
| This fail will bring many local showers
(and these will determine where the July
j drouth will be most severe. Places missed
{by these June showers will beso dryin
— Miss Nancy Sparr, the wealthy Har-
ris township woman who died recently, |
bequeathed $500.00 to the Boalsburg ceme- |
| tery.
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THE BLooM FAMILY REUNION. — Fully
five hundred people gathered at the old
Bloom homestead in Ferguson township
| last Thursday to participate in the enjoy-
ment of a reunion of the descendants of
one of the county’s oldest and most honor-
able families. Of the crowd assembled
there on that auspicious ‘occasion fully two
hundred were direct descendants of Henry
| Bloom, who settled on that property sev-
|
enty-five years ago, when most of Ferguson
township was a wildernes-.
tions of them were present.
“The forenoon was pretty well taken up
in hand-shaking, greeting and becoming
acquainted, aud by the time the dinner
bour arrived all were in pretty good shape
to lighten the loads of the groaning ta-
bles. :
After an hour or so spent at the tables
the Bloom family settled in a general con-
versation concerning future gatherings and
the many little incidents of the past. The
family was then called to order and a gen-
eral council held which resulted in the or-
ganization of an association to be known as
“Henry Bloom Family
Then resolutions were passed that hereafter
the association should meet annually, some
day during the mouth of June in the Bloom
grove on tiie old homestead.
The officers for the ensuing vear were
then elected as follows :
President—D. L. Dennis.
Vice President—Harrison Bloom.
Secretary—B. F. Homan.
Five genera-
)
| Treasurer—Hen ry Bloom.
| After the election the secietary read the
minutes of the previous vear and the fol-
lowing history was reported :
The head of this family. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Bloom, settled in Centre county 75
“injured. .
This cool wave, expected to cross the
continent from 24th to 28th, will go near
the frost line in some of the highlands, of
the Northern States and Canada.
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| Tue FourTH AT STATE COLLEGE—State
| College is preparing to celebrate the Fourth
It is to be made a
gala day up there by the Alpha fire com-
pany. In the morning at six the national
salute will be fired, there will be a grand
civic parade at 10:30, then there will be
track and field sports open to all for prizes
a fantastic parade and fire works will be
the attractions.
The Bellefonte Central railroad has is-
sued the following low rates to and from
State College, that from Bellefonte, Morris,
Park and Fillmore being 40cts.
From Waddles and Lambourn 35ets.
From Pine Grove Mills and Bloomsdorf
| 25cts.
i Trains will leave Bellefonte at 6:30 aud
{10:30 a. m. and 4:15 and 6 p. m.
Trains will leave Pine Grove Mills at
7:35 a. m, and 1 and 5:15 p. m.
A special train will leave State College
for Bellefoute and Pine Grove Mills at 10
p. m. or after the display of fire works.
The citizens of the College are sparing
no efforts to make this a very enjoyable
day and all will be very welcome guests.
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A SUDDEN DEATH OF A STRANGER. —A
very sudden death occurred at the Bush
house in this place last Friday morning. It
was that of William Sloat, aged 31 years,
of Elizabethtown, Pa.
A great mauy rumors were afloat as to
the cause of the death, but it was not un-
til coroner Irwin had investigated that the
matter was finally cleared up. Drs. Hayes
and Klump made a post inortem examina-
tion in the presence of coroner Irwin and |
Dr. Harris, of this place, and Dr, Huff, of |
Milesburg. The autopsy revealed the fact
offered by the merchagts of the town, later |
vears ago, when there was nothing but for-
ests in that section of the county, locating at
a point now known as Bloomsdorf. There
were ten children born unto the family, all
; of whom have since been laid in their rest-
{ing place except Mrs. Sallie Moore, of
i Boalshurg, aged 83 years and two months,
| who, owing to her age, was unable to be in
| attendance.
The. names of the children were John,
Catharine, Susanna, George, Henry, Han-
nah, Sallie, William, Elizabeth and Samu-
el. There were eleven grandchildren pres-
ent, namely, Mrs. Fye, Mrs. Mary Gates,
Mrs. Rebecca Gates, Mrs. Elizabeth Den-
nis and Henry Bloom, descendants of Mr.
and Mrs. John Bloom.
Mrs. Albert Hoy, descendant of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bloom.
Mrs. Margaret Danley and D. L. Dennis,
| descendants of Mrs. Susanna Bloom.
Adam Bloom, Harrison Bloom and Mrs.
Agnes Smith, descendants of William
Bloom.
Immediately after the meeting many of
the prominent friends who were in at-
tendance addressed the family in words of
highest praise. Principal among the speak-
ers were Rev. Aikens, of Pine Grove Mills,
and Revs. Lesher aud Black, of Boalsburg.
While the business session was being
held the younger members of the family
gathered in another part of the grove and
made that portion of the woods ring with
their merry laughter while they indulged
in the sports of the day.
About 4 o'clock the older ladies again
filled the tables with good things and once
more they gathered around and partook.
Then another hand-shaking, good-bye, and
well-wishes were extended, and those who
came from a distance departed, feeling that
this, the second annual reunion of the
Bloom family, was indeed a grand success.
The evening was in charge of the Y. M.
C. A. workers. who held a festival and had
a good time in general.”
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Spring Mills.
Wm. King, of Glen Iron, brother of the
well known and popular G. C. King, of our
place, was bitten on the thumb by a muskrat
a few weeks since, ending in blood poison
from which he died. Mr. King was well
known in Union county.
D. H. Ruhl. our village landlord not en-
joying very first rate health of late, has re-
tired from active duty, and his son Edwin
has taken charge of the hotel as manager.
He is no novice in the business, and guests
can rest assured that they will receive every
attention.
that his death had heen caused by an in-
ternal hemorrhage and the verdict of the |
coroner’s jury was in accordance with it. |
Sloat arrived in this place on an after- |
noon train on Thursday. He came up here |
from Milesburg to consult a physician, as :
he had been suffering from causes that were |
a mystery to him. He consulted Dr. |
Hayes, who advised him to go toa hotel |
where he could be treated. Sloat said he |
preferred getting back to Milesburg. where |
he was visiting his wife’s, Miss Swire’s, |
home. He started for the station and was
about to board the Snow Shoe train, when |
he became so much worse that he collapsed
and was carried to the Bush house. Dr.
Hayes was hurriedly summoned. He in-
vited Drs. Klump and Locke to see the case
and they agreed the man was suffering with
heart disease and other complications. He
sank rapidly until Friday morning, when |
he died. : \
The body was taken to the Harris under-
taking establishment, where it was prepar-
ed for burial. After the inquest the body
was sent to Hiab tw |
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Mrs. Jane Grubb, wife of John
Grubb, died at her home in Milesburg, on
Wednesday evening of last week. She is
survived by her husband and a number of
children. Interment was made in the Ad-
vent cemetery near that place on Saturday
afternoon.
I i i
Oscar MeCool died at the parental
home in Spring Mills on Wednesday of last
week. He was 32 years old and bad suf-
fered with yellow jaundice for some time.
Interment was made in George’s valley
Saturday morning.
I I I
——Richard Harris, more familiarly
known as ‘‘Dick’’ to those who remember
him as the boss roller at the old Valentine
iron works in this place years ago, was
found dead in Pittsburg a tew days ago.
I I I
——A seven year old son of Alex Camp-
bell died of lock jaw in Flemington Mon-
day night. It was caused hy one or both
of cuts on his foot and leg.
i rapid succession.
Sunday last was Children’s Day in the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches here.
The former in the morning, the latter in the
evening. The services in the Presbyterian
church were of an interesting character.
Music, recitations and addresses followed in
The program was quite
lengthy and every thing passed off in an ad-
mirable manner. The attendance was very
large.
In the Methodist church the ceremony was
likewise very interesting. The platform was
a profusion of flowers and spruce and pre-
sented a very beautiful scene. The little
speakers delivered their pieces exceedingly
well and entered into the spirit of the enter-
tainment with a dash and vim quite credit-
able. The singing of C C. Bartges was es-
| pecially fine, and the music grand. B. F.
! Kennelley, director, and Miss Ida Condo, or-
ganist. Of course with two such proficient and
skillful artists in charge it could hardly be
otherwise. Children’s day in our village was
a complete success.
Centre Hall.
The Lutheran League convention, held at
Boalsburg, was well attended by members of
that faith in Centre Hall.
P. F. Keller, the baker, is gradually work-
ing up a good trade, by putting out first-class
bread, cakes, ice cream, ete. His bread, be-
sides being fine in quality, always has good
weight.
A festival will be held by the members of ¢
Reformed church tomorrow (Saturday) night
on the lawn at the church. The proceeds
will be used to purchase hymnals, which will
be 4siribaced through the church for the use
of all.
A drug not a drug on the market is paris
green, owing to the large crop of potato bugs
that are feeding on the potato vines. The
bugs seem to be present in. large numbers
everywhere in this locality, the dry season
‘ being favorable for hatching.
Grange Park isa lively place these days
not made so by farmers, however, but by one
of their enemies—the grasshopper. There are
thousands,and thousands of thousands of these
pests hopping all over the camp ground, that
at this writing are scarcely half an inch in
length and are not likely to do much damage
this season. At haying time the hoppers are
usually fully developed and are ready for the
young clover in the standing wheat, but this:
season they are two weeks behind time and
iin good growing weather will do little
arm. {
The Childrens day services held by the
various churches during this month have
been unusually good and much interest was
manifested by the young and old. The ex-
ercises held inthe Reformed church Sunday
night were no exception. The parts taken by
the little children were well acted and their
faces beamed with delight. The singing was
also of a high order, for which Professors
Smith and Crawford came in for a share of
praise. Miss Emily Alexander pleased the
audience by rendering a solo in elegant style.
Reunion.’ |
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3 Profs. Smith and Crawford, wlio tre musi-
cians by nature, will give instructions in mu-
sic every Friday night in the Evangelical
church.
Grace Crawford, daughter of F. NX. Craw-
ford, of this place, came near drowning in a
spring a Lamar, where she is visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Huff, with
her mother and baby brother. Grace, who is
ten years old, and another little girl several
years younger, went to the spring so well
known in that section for the many beauti-
ful trout that may be seen there at any time,
to wile away the time. Grace is not used to
being about water and the pretty liitle fish
in the spring greatly aitracted her attention
and while thus being amused she slipped and
fell into the water. Her little mate ssw her
predicament and went toa house nearby and
called another little girl and then the two
hastily went to the rescue. The water was
too deep for them to be of any serviceto the
struggling child and so they at once ran to
the post office for aid. When the postnaster
reached the scene Grace lay at the botiom of
the spring exhausted and apparently dead.
Plunging into five foot of water instantly the
man dida noble deed and recovered alittle
girl much loved in Centre Hall. The usual re-
suscitating methods under such circumstinces
were resorted to and it was soon found that
life was present and finally the effortswere
crowned with success. A few minutes ong-
er delay and this paragraph would havebean
in the greatest sorrow. {
Madisonburg.
Rev. A. H. Decerstler, of the Evangelical
church, isaway attending camp-meeting.
2 Mrs. Ellis Shaffer, who has been seriotsly
ill for quite awhile is much improved at this
writing. \
Joel King, of Penns Valley, has moved to
| Little Sugar Valley where he operates a aw
| mill.
Mr. Joel Herb, the Sugar Valley octoge-
narian, is visiting his son and acquaintante
in this place.
E. Bloomer Shaffer has returned fran
the Bloomsburg State Normal school, whee
he was a student the past term.
Henry Hockman is again seen in our
midst. He arrived in time to help his brotl-
er Frank through hay-making.
The employees of Long’s saw mill of thi
place had a little recreation while attending
an inverted wedding on Monday afternoon
: Mr. K. A. Miller and wife, Mrs. S. B|
Shaffer and Mrs. Ross Hockman spent part
of last week visiting friends at Mill Hall and
Lock Haven.
. Mrs. Eckenroth, of Pleasant Gap, is spend-
ing a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. E
H. Zeigler of this place. She is accompanied
by one ot her grand children.
_ The people of this place seem well pleased
in the selection of Messrs. Brungart and
Smull for our school teachers the coming
term. Mr. Brungart was one of the 1900
gaduaning class of the Susquebauna Univer-
sity.
Pine Grove Mention.
Haymaking is well on and the lightest crop
for many years is being harvested.
Many corn fields have a sickly appearance
on account of the grub and cut worms.
Paul Fortuey is taking on a coat of tan in
his uncle Jim’s big hay fields on the Baneh.
Druggist H. D. Meek a nd family, of State
College, enjoyed J. B. Heberling’s hospitali-
ty last Sabbath.
John Gilliland Miller has shelved his
Blackstone at Dickinson College for the
summer and is developing his muscles farm-
ing.
Mrs. Henry C. Campbell and her daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Meek, drove up trom State
College on Tuesday for a short visit at Amos
Koch's, at Fairbrook.
Mrs. Athalia Aikens is home again from a
visit among Harrisburg and Hanover friends.
She brought with her, her aunt Mary Girt,
who will spend the summer at the parsonage.
Charley Kuhn, an up to date farmer on the
| branch, is improving the surroundings of his
{ home and beautifying it with a new front
porch the entire width of the house.
George Bailey Goheen is home from the
University in Philadelphia to recreate on hi
father’s J. B. Goheen's,farm. He will gradu
ate from the medical department next yea
A. M. Brown shipped a car load of fre
cows tu the eastern market on Tuesday.
will tarry a few days at his beautiful farm ’
Kishacoquillas valley, where he has god
crops this year. f
Levi Krebs, who has been confined to ld
for some weeks past, is not improving. hn
Wednesday morning he took a sinking sgll
that gave the family great alarm. At
this writing he is some better.
.W. D. Port, our village blacksmith, hare-
signed his position at Patton and is at lome
on Main street, with a fresh supply ot‘heu-
matism and some knowledge of the
fallacy of the report of big money aw good
positions about a coal camp. f
Daniel H. Koch has returned tron Pitts-
burg where he has been working in fie steel
mills for some months. He is not suck on
the high wages and prosperity of he iron
centres and is at home perfectly sassfied to
spend the rest of his days on a fam, where
he is more independent and comtojable.
Horace Dale, a former Centre coytian who
is visiting his old home and fries, was in |
town last week with his father, Gorge Dale. |
Time has smiled very kindly of Mr. Daler,
since he drifted westward and /uccess has®
been with him since he entered he banking
business in Rushville, Neb., were he has
full and plenty. f
Now it is Dr. Bailey: Our /oung friend
Frank W. Bailey, of this pice. has just
graduated from the dental deyrtment of the
Pennsylvania University wid a splendid
record, and will swing his sjngle in West
Milton next week. Frank isfully equipped
to do first class work in fillig, bridging and
manufacturing grinders. | :
The real estate of the latdeter Keichline,
consisting of a farm near Airbrook, known
as the old Everhart farm, Ad the house in
this place was offered to te public for sale:
on last Saturday. Forme sheriff’ Ishler, of.
Bellefonte, was the augoneer and G. W, -
fox
McWilliams bought thetown property for “i
Ii
nine hundred dollars. The farm was not
sold. /
At the Bloom reunj, last Thursday, at
Bloomsdorf, among tijmany members of the
family who were presit was Adam Bloom,
of Lock Haven, andhis son Andy Porter
Bloom, one of the pld Eagle valley rail-
road’s pleasant, gefal and well kept em-
ployes. We, had yt seen Andy for forty
years and he was kpt busy all day greeting
friends of his bogbod. His auburn locks
are only sparsely inkled with grey while
many of his associ/es have no locks of any
color.
H. C. Clemenste, the Baileyville cream-
ery man, spent St
tre Hall, where,fis rumored, he has selected
someone to presg over his hearthstone. In
i achinery balked and re-
fused to go unt lot of the pipes had been
uncoupled andA eel about a foot long found
quietly reposiyin one of the joints. This
is the third onthat has caused them trouble
gave them cause for forget-
ting their reljon so it is about time they
would go a fiing.
The weddg of Walter Henry Weaver and
Miss Minni¢larkle, on Saturday evening,
was somewl of a surni-¢, but love will al-
ways find aay. The wedding took place
at Lemont qd the ceremony was performed
by the ReyMr. Summers, after which the
happy coyé drove to Half Moon where a
wedding Apper and reception was given
them at t home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs/- I. Markle, who reside on Capt.
Hunter’/arm. The bride has been trained
in housold affairs under one of the most
capable! mothers and is well fitted to run
a home her own. The groom is the second
son of terchant ID. H. Weaver who now
holds fth at the Sample corner. He is an
indusous young man and will do his part
as a bad earner.
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