Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 10, 1900.
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Democratic National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ADLAI E. STEVENSON,
of Illinois.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
P. GRAY MEEK, Centre County.
FOR CONGRESSMEN-AT-LARGE,
HARRY E. GRIMM, Bucks County.
N. M. EDWARDS, Lycoming County.
Democratic County Ticket.
i J. H. WETZEL,
For Assembly— J. W. KEPLER,
For Jury Commissions
FREDERICK ROBB.
Alabama.
You have not heard the Republican
press give forth a sound on the Alabama
election, have you? We have not and we
have waited for it most patiently. Some
of them do not seem to know that there
was an election. Others, and but a few of
them, in the smallest type and fewest
words, bave made the announcement that
there was an election and that the Demo-
crats as nsual elected their ticket.
The truth is there was a big election and
a big Democratic victory in Alabama on
‘Monday. An entire new set of State Offi-
cers and Senators and Members of the Leg-
islature were elected, as well as the usual
county officers. Republicanism and Popu-
lism fused and made common cause against
the Democracy. Full tickets were voted
for in every district and a strenuous effort
was put forth.by the friends of McKINLEY,
to prove that the Republican party is
stronger in that section than it was before
he became President.
‘“‘Prosperity’’ and ‘‘expansion,’’the high
price of cotton and the opportunities for
young men to become famous as soldiers,
were exploited for all they were worth.
The good was squeezed out of them and
everyone asked to take and keep all that
he wanted. They were McKINLEY’S offer-
ings for support.
They didn’t seem to work.
The result shows a Democratic majority
of over 65,000 as against majorities of from
20,000 to 35,000 heretofore. Of the 133
ie of the Legislature the Democrats
secured all but 12 and of the seven coun-
ties that have heretofore given majorities
against the Democrats four went Demo-
cratic this time.
In place of the opposition to the Democ-
racy being stronger than at former elec-
tions there was a falling off of over 50 per
oent. in the Republican and Populist vote,
and a corresponding increase for the Dem-
ocracy.
Altogether it was an exceedingly bad
day for McKINLEY and McKINLEYism.
A Candidate Who Would Win.
In declaring for the nomination of Hon.
J. HENRY COCHRAN, of Williamsport, for
Congress the Clinton county Democrats
have done themselves great credit as well
as started a movement that promises to
wrest the 16th district from the control of
Republicanism and the state ring. It is
the general belief of those bes’ acquainted
with the condition of political affairs in
that district that Mr. COCHRAN can carry
it. We have this not from Democrats
alone, but have heen assured that such is
the case by intelligent and conservative
Republicans. He does not desire to be
made the candidate, that we know, but
there are few citizens like HENRY COCHRAN
—few men as loyal to the general welfare
of the public and to the demands of his
party as he is—aund for this reason we have
every faith that he will not refuse the
nomination, if it is thought best by the
Democracy of the district that he should
accept it. :
The difficulty in the way of Mr. CoCH-
RAN becoming a congressional’ nominee is
the fact that the State would lose his great
influence an: usefulness at Harrisburg. It
is men like him that the party needs and
should keep in the Senate, and it is a mat-
ter of serious douht as to whether the loss of
his services to the Democracy in this posi-
tion, would be compensated even by the gain
of a member of Congress. This is a matter
that needs the best political judgment to
determine.
——The Pitteon Gazette, which has the
distinction of being the oidest paper of con-
tinuous publication in the anthracite coal
fields, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on
Thursday with a special sixteen page edi-
tion that is highly interesting to the craft
because of its mechanical excellence and. 40
The
Gazette's fifty years have been fraught with
events of interest to the State, as well as died while on his way home on a leave of
| ahsence.
the public for its historical poipowrri.
to Luzerne county, and though the first of
them were fitful enough the field of that
journal has become fixed and it is now one
of the established institutions of that re-
It has been remarkable in the nam- | tv committee.
ber of able men who have heen connected
gion.
with it, but of thew all' none nade the suc-
cess of it that the present editor, Mr. THEO.
HART, has and the future must hold even
more in store for such energy and brains as
he pats into it.
Has Struck a Bad Streak.
His honor, Judge LOVE, must have got
his first view of the new moons of the past
few months over his left shoulder. “At
1cast luck seems to be running against him
of late at a great rate, or in his efforts to be
a political boss he is forgetting how to be a
Judge.
Six months ago it was his boast that he
had never been reversed by the Supreme
court. Some people thought it was luck
more than the knowledge of law that made
sach a record for him. What it was we do
not know. but whatever it might bave
been seems to have gone amiss. That ‘‘un-
reversed?’ record has two ugly blotches up-
on it now and both within the past six
month. The one, the Jackson bank case;
the other the case of David Bly vs. the
White Deer Mountain Water Company,
which was handed down last week. This
latter case was tried in the Union county
court, while Judge LOVE was presiding and
the State paying him $12.00 a day extra
salary.
We are sorry for Judge Love. We un-
derstand how these set backs grate upon his
ambitious soul, and appreciate how little
of success he will have to point to if HAsT-
INGS keeps on knocking the political con-
eeit out of him in the conuty and the Su-
preme court continues to emphasize his
inefficiency asa Judge, by reversing his
rulings and advertising how poorly he
applies the principle of law to such cases as
come before him.
Possibly if he could look at the new
moon from ome other position,or give less
thought as to how he can control the Re-
publican politics of the county and assist
QUAY within it, the streak would turn.
As it is both politics and the Supreme
court seem to be against him.
——If ““war is hell,” as General SHER-
MAN asserted it is, Republicans must have
hells to spare in nearly every section of the
State. Scarcely a county can be heard
from in which a war between the faztions
is not going on fiercely. And that they
may continue, even if it makes a hell of a
time for all of us, until those responsible
for the conditions that exist in Pennsylva-
nia politics, get completely singed. is the
honest desire of every good citizen.
—— Candidate ROOSEVELT, it is officially
announced, will ‘‘go forth to fight the
Democratic Philistines, beginning his cam-
paign on the 1st of September.”’ Strange
as it may seem, with all our boasted prog-
ress and improvement his weapon will be
the same as that used against the Phil-
istines of centuries ago—the jaw bone of
an ass.
Chinese Butchered by Soldiers of the
Czar
Women and Children Slain in Cold Blood at Tien Tsin
—City Looted by the Allied Troops.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 7.—A story of
Russian brutality in China is told by Mrs.
E. B. Drew, wife of the British Commis-
sioner of Customs at Tien Tsin, who arriv-.
ed from the Orient on the transport Logan.
She says : ‘‘During the bombardment we
lived most of the time in the cellar of our
house. Our house was partially wrecked
by big shells. Sleep was out of the ques-
tion most of the time, and so unstrung
were we that but little food satisfied us.
There was ever present the haunting fear
of the Chinese triumphing and slaughter-
ing every foreigner and convert.
*‘Some, probably all, of the women were
prepared to act in case the Chinese effected
an entrance. But, aside from the unpleas-
ant recollection, it appears that the allied
officers were prepared to act. Idid not
know it at the time, but learned later that
ten or twenty men had been detailed to
kill all the foreign women in case the Chi-
nese were the victors.”
Mis. Drew with much indignation then
spoke of atrocities committed by Russian
troops, saying: ‘‘They pillaged, looted,
tortured and murdered right and left,
There were many infants and children kill-
ed by hayonet thrusts. And many were
tossed from bayonet points only to be
caught and again tossed time and time
again. There is ample evidence of these
unspeakable occurrences.
“Out from Tien Tsin along the Pei Ho
and Yellow rivers, are numerous little vil-
lages. The Russians swept through the
villages, destroying life and property. The
Russians also drove women and children
into the Pei Ho and Yellow rivers, where
they were drowned.
“There was noattempt at concealing any
of the remarkably barbarous conduct. I
do not pretend to say how many women
and children were. butchered by the Rus-
sians. I never heard the number estimat-
ed save that a great number had been bay-
onetted and some shot.”’
Professor O. D. Clifford and his wife also
came home. They bring with them a baby
girl who was born in Tien Tsin. Dr. Clif-
ford, who was one of the last to leave the
besieged city, says :
‘Looting by the allied forces began as
soon as they got the upper haud. The Rus-
sians led in this and went to extremes.
They are naturally cruel and, expecting no
mercy they show none. I was an eye wit-
ness to eight cold blooded murders by them.
The victims were old and infirm Chinese.
| The Russians stole everything in sight,
looting the houses in the settlement as the
Chinese would have done.”’
Death of Consul Irwin Shaw.
Expires While En Route Home on Leave of Absence
from His Consulate in South America.
Word has reached Clearfield to the effect
that Irwin Shaw, a prominent citizen of
Clearfield county and United States Con-
sul at Baranquilla, South America, had
Mr. Shaw was 39 years old. a lawyer by
profession and a leading member of the
Clearfield county bar. He served several
terms as chairman of the Republican coun-
Mr. Shaw was well known
to many of our citizens, his political and
legal duties frequently requiring a visit to
Bellefonte. ‘He was a ne ‘of Col. E.
A. Irwin, of Curwensville, and Hon w. C.
Arnold, of Du Bois. ' oF
——- Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
Clinton Democrats.
Indorse Cochran jcr Congress and Name County
Ticket.
Lock HAVEN, Aang. 7—James A. Smyth,
of Renovo, presided over the Democratic
! County Convention, held in the court-house,
J. Henry Cochran was nominated as the
county’s choice for Congress, and George:
A. Brown, James C. Quiggle and D. M.
May were appointed conferees to represent
the county in the Congressional Conven-
tion.
The county ticket nominated is as fol-
lows: Assembly, W. T. Young; Register
and Recorder, H. T. Jarrett; Associate
Judges, J. W. Bridgeus and R. C. Quiggle;
Jury Commissioner, J. D. Earon.
George A. Brown was re-elected county
chairman.
Last of the Season.
Reduced Rates to the Sea Shore. Last Low-Rate
Excursion to Atlantic City, Cape May, Etc., via
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania railroad company will
ran the last low-rate excursion for the
present season from Bellefonte, William-
sport, Sunbury, Shenandoah, Dauphin, and
principal intermediate stations (including
stations on branch roads), to Atlantic City,
Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City,
Avalon, Anglesea, Wildwood, or Holly
Beach, on Thursday, Aug. 16th, 1900.
Excursion tickets, good to return hy
regular trains within ten days, will be
sold at very low rates. Tickets to Atlantic
City will be sold via the Delaware river
bridge route, the only all-rail line, or via
Market street wharf, Philadelphia.
Stop over can be had at Philadelphia,
either going or returning, within limit of
ticket.
For information in regard to specific
rates and time of trains consult hand bills,
or apply toagents, or E. S. Harrar, division
ticket agent, Williamsport, Pa.
——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The moantains in the lower end of
Nittany valley were said to be burning
badly on Monday evening.
———————
The Reformed church at Salona will hold
an ice cream festival at the church tomor-
row, Saturday evening. The Mill Hall
band will furnish the nusic.
—
——We are really very much in need of
money just now and if yon owe us any it
would be a great favor to receive any or all
of the amount.
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—— About thirty guests attended a birth-
day party in honor of Mrs. J. L. Tressler,
at the Tressler home at Linden Hall, on
Saturday evening.
— Se
——Forty six persons are now employed
in the Millheim knitting factory and the
demand for the product is greatly in excess
of the capacity of the factory.
Sr
——Mr. John F. Hall and Miss Mary V.
Hall, both of Fleming, were married by
the Rev. P. A. Smith at the United Evan-
gelical parsonage in Milesburg on the 2nd.
—e.
The Repasz band of Williamsport
will produce its spectacular musical, “The
Spanish War’? at Philipshurg on Thursday
evening, August 23rd, during the conven-
tion of firemen in that place.
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——Washington Grange, P. of H., will
hold a harvest home picnic in Johnson's
woods near the Grange hall in Ferguson
township on Saturday, August 11th.
Everybody is invited to join in the festivi-
ties of the occasion.
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——Early last Friday morning the sam-
mer house on the farm of Orlando Hacken-
berg, about a mile west of Millheim,
caught fire and burned so rapidly that the
adjoining dwelling was ignited and burned
almost before any of its contents could be
saved. The loss is about $1,000, with an
insurance off set of $300 in the Annville
Co.
— et
———The alarm of fire wassounded about
11 o’clock Wednesday night and the entire
department was promptly turned out. The
fire was located at the Gingher home on
north Water street, where some clothing in
a closet had caught fire and threatened the
destruction of the house. A few bucket-
fulls of water put ont the flames before the
arrival of the firemen. Quite a lot of
clothing was burned, but no other damage.
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POMONA GRANGE MEETING.—Pomona
Grange will meet in the hall of Washing-
ton Grange, at Linden Hall, ou Tuesday,
August 21st, at 9:30 in the morning and
1:30 in the afternoon.
All fourth degree members are invited to
be present. As there will be important
business to transact all should be present.
GEO. DALE, Master.
D. M. Campbell, Secretary.
—
——The actual work ot relining the
Bellefonte furnace was begun on Wednes-
day and will be pushed to rapid comple-
tion. While the present condition of the
iron market is such that the furnace would
probably not go in blast immediately, even
if the repairs were completed, it is hoped
that by the time the work is done prices
will have stiffened up sufficiently to war-
rant resumption at once.
~—-~Professor William E. Smyser, son of
Rev. M. L. Smyser, Presiding Elde. of the
Altoona District, has resigned the chair of
English at De Pauw University, Greencas-
tle, Indiana, which he has held for a
number of years and has been elected to
and has accepted the chair of English at
the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,
Ohio. The Greencastle papers speak of
him as one of the most popular and pro-
gressive professors on the De Pauw faculty,
he being especially strong with thestudent
body." In early life professor Smyser was
a student in the Bellefonte schools. Penna.
Methodist.
DEATH oF AN HONORED CITIZEN.—
Centre county has produced no finer type of
honorable, dignified, true citizenship than
was John Barron Mitchell Esq., who pass-
ed away at his home at Pine Grove Mills
Tuesday ev ening at 10 o'clock. He had
been in bad health since lust September
and finally succumbed to a persistent case
of catarrh of the kidneys, though it was
not until last Sunday that his condition
was regarded as real serious and after that
time he was rational only at intervals.
He was born on the old Mitchell farm,
adjoining Pine Grove Mills, and spent all
of his life there, excepting the four years
he was a resident of Bellefonte and his res-
idence of retirement in Pine Grove,
February 27th, 1851, he was married to
Miss A. P. Murray, of Pine Grove Mills,
and their life together has been one of infin-
ite sweetness. Through all its long years
Mr. Mitchell has been as sturdy in his de-
votion to the Presbyterian church as he has
been courageous and inflexible in the right.
He was a man whose character could not
but have been for the good of any commu-
nity and while encouraging and upholding
all that made for the welfare of his fellows
he was ever at war with wickedness, wheth-
er it be in social, husiness or political
spheres. A giant in stature, he was a giant
in mind and courage of his convictions.
Such a man Centre county could ill af-
ford to lose and the wide spread sor-
row that followed the announcement of his
death is an attest of the general esteem in
which he was held.
In life he was active in all spheres; con-
sidering it his duty to serve the public
whenever called upon, and in the fall of
1873 he was elected Treasurer of the coun-
ty, being the last person to hold the office
under the two year tenure. He carried
the earnestness and integrity of his every
day life into the public office from which
he retired with a splendid record.
Surviving him are his widow and two
sisters, Mrs. Eliza Campbell. of Linden
Hall, and Mrs. C. H. Struble, of State Col-
lege.
Funeral services will be held this morn-
ing at 9 o'clock and interment will be
made in the old cemetery in Pine Grove
Mills. ;
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War. L. Kress.—The announcement of
the death of William L. Krebs on the 3rd
inst. was sad news indeed; coming, as it
did, while his brother Levi was lying dead
at Pine Grove Mills. William L. wasa
younger brother and died at his home in
Salem, Oregon, on the 17th ult; having
been buried in that city.
Deceased was the third son of Henry and
Catherine Krebs and was born at the old
homestead, just west of that place, Nov.
15th, 1838. At the ageof 22 he married
Miss Linie Benner, of Rock Forge. To
them eight children were born, five of them
survive and are all living in Kansas where
William moved in 1876. Fifteen years
ago his wife lost her life trying to save the
life of a grandchild by jumping from
a runaway wagon. Some years later
he married a Kansas lady. This union was
blessed with several children who survive
to mourn. the loss of a good husband and
kind father.
When he first went West he won cousid-
erable reputation as a contractor and farm-
er and became the owner of a fine farm,but
! reverses came when he drifted on west-
ward. He was a Methodist and a Demo-
crat and well known in Centre and Hunt-
ingdon counties and the announcement of
his death is received with deepest sorrow
by the friends of his boyhood here.
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Was ONCE A RESIDENT OF BELLE-
FONTE.—At 10:45 o'clock Wednesday
morning Mr. Henry Kabella died at the
home of hisdaughter, Mrs. Wm. DeArmitt,
in Altoona, of cancer of the throat. He
had been critically ill for two weeks, and
during that period was unable to partake
of nourishment.
Mr. Kabella was horn in Bavaria, Ger-
many, Feb. 11th, 1818, and came to this
country in 1836. He had resided in Al-
toona since 1880, but hefore that time had
lived in Bellefonte and Colorado. He was
an employe of the railroad company for
some years, working at his trade, that of a
moulder, but for some time past had lived
retired. His wife preceded him to the
grave, having died in Denver, Colorado,
in January last. He is survived by the
following children : Mrs. L. Shearer, of
Lancaster; Harry, | of Cripple Creek; Mrs.
Wm. DeArmitt, 0. A., J. J. and Edward,
of Altoona. The funeral will take place
on Friday morning, in St. John’s Roman
Catholic church, of which he was a mem-
ber, where mass will be celebrated at 9
o'clock. The interment will he made in
St. John's cemetery.
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Bor NEAR SPRING MILLS. —Mrs. Mary
Gift, relict of Daniel Gift, who died at the
home of her son ‘Thomas, in Altoona, at
half-past five o'clock Monday evening,
with consumption, was born near Spring
Mills, this county, July 12th, 1828. Her
husband died twelve years ago and two
years later she went to Altoona to make
her home with her son. She was a devout
Christian and a member of Christ’s Second
Lutheran church. She was mrch esteemed
| by a host of friends. {
The deceased is survived ny these ohil-
dren : Mrs. J. H. ‘Miller, of Windber; Mrs.
Daniel Bartges, of Hastings; John 8. Gift,
of Coalport; Thomas Gift, Miss Jennie Gift
and Mrs. C. L. Sorrick, of Altoona. She
is also survived by one brother and three
sisters : Benjamin Crawford and Mrs, Geo.
Weaver, of Nittany Hall; Mrs. George
Dunkle, of Spring Mills, and Mrs. Sarah
Treasure, in the East. The funeral took
place Wednesday morning. . Services were
ttt at the house at 10 o’clock. In-
terment in Oak Ridge cemetery.
GEORGE WARD.—The death of George
Ward, which occurred at his home helow
the McCalmout lime kilns abont half-past
eight Wednesday evening. was a sad ove
not only because it ended the life of a man
just in the prime, hut also. because it has
left a widow and nine children almost
destitute.
Nine days ago Mr. Ward was taken sick
with something like ' quinsy; later an
abscess developed and the poison from it
permeated his system causing death.
All of the children, except the oldest
danghter, who is Mrs. Herbert Miller, are
at home. Deceased was a hrother-in-law
of Cap’t. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 this
afternoon and burial will be made in the
Union cemetery. .
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WiLLiAM LEE'S DEATH.—William Lee,
a colored man who became very well
known in this place during his service in
the family of the late Geo. W. Jackson,
died in the Jefferson county hospital at
Punxsutawney on Friday evening from the
effects of an operation for appendicitis. He
was a native of Virginia and was 38
years old, but had made his residence in
this place for fifteen years prior to his de-
parture for Punxsutawney several weeks
ago.
He is survived by a widow, her maiden
name having heen Jane Miller.
The body was brought here on Monday |
and burial was made in the Union ceme-
tery next day.
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Ludwig died at her
home in Ebensburg on Wednesday from
the effects of two strokes of paralysis, both
of which she suffered last Saturday. Be-
fore her marriage she was Miss Elizabeth
Garner, a daughter of the late Samuel
Garner, and was born at Boalsburg, this
county, Jan. 25th, 1831. Surviving her
are her husband and several children, as
well as many relatives and friends in this
county who will be sorry to learn of the
death of such an estimable woman. In-
terment will be made at Ehenshurg this
afternoon.
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——~Grace Homan, aged 18 years, died
at the home of her father, Wm. Homan,
near the Old Fort, on Tuesday morning,
from the effects of diphtheria. She had
been ill only since Friday of last week and
ther death was a great shock, as she was a
very bright, winsome girl who was ad-
mired by all who knew her. Private inter-
ment was made at Farmers Mills next
morning. One of the little hoys of the
family is also ill with the disease, but the
story that was current to the effect that all
the members were down with it is with-
out foundation. >
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——-The Pleasant Gap band will hold a
festival tomorrow night at the Gap. Sev-
eral visiting bands and a lot of fantastics
are to he attractions in addition to the good:
things to eat that will be served.
Coe
——The Ladies Aid Society of the Unit-
ed Brethren church will hold a festival on
the lawn opposite Gerberich’s mill on
Thomas street, Saturday evening, Aug.
11th. The public is cordially invited.
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——The people interested in the new
Union chapel at ‘‘the red school house’
are going to hold a festival on Saturday
evening, Aug. 25th, and they promire
something out of the ordinary in the way
of refreshments and amusements. Watch
for their program, because it will be an
affair you shouldn’t' miss.
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——Miss Phoebe Hoover, the Philips-
burg girl who went to the Klondyke two
years ago vo seek her fortune, found it on
July 17th, when she was married to Harry
Lucas, a young man from the vicinity of
her home. He is clerking in a store at
Dawson and she is teaching school.
——Constable George Mensch, of Mill-
heim, arrested George Young, of Scotia, at
Coburn station on Saturday and delivered
his prisoner to sheriff Brungard at Spring
Mills later ‘in the day. Young was want-
ed for deserting his wife. Sheriff Brungard
had traced him from Tock Haven to Madi-
sonburg, thence to Millheim, where he or-
dered Mensch to apprehend him.
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——Miss Weldon entertained a driving
party at ‘The Moorings,”’ her home below
Howard, last evening, in honor of her
guest, Miss Pauline Kerin, of New Orleans.
In ‘the party were Mis. M. D. Barnett. the
Misses Betty Breese, Helen Hastings, Ellen
Valentine, Margery Knowles, Miss Me-
Gary, Rebecca Blanchard, Patty Lane and
Messrs. John Blanchard, Edmund Blanch-
ard, Frederick Blanchard, Dr. George
Green, Robt. Morris and Thomas Beaver.
all eve
INTERESTING COUNTY STATISTICS. —Aec-
cording to the return by the Commission-
ers of Centre county to the Secretary of
Internal Affairs, on July ‘31st, 1900, the
statistics of the county are as follows: ;
TRXADILS.. ccoceirraivrrismesssssisisimisssinssssanens 12,346
Cleared land . . - 197,712
Timber land... . 142,253
Value of real ‘htate.. $12,470,000
Value of real estate i
TAHIOD; , devsvessasensnsadsasassssssis sail 616,620
Value Yor real estate taxable, ss iusistisgteins as Hrgas. 480
Number of horde mares, geldings and :
‘mules ‘over the age of four yours, } 3
7900, value of same ........ccuiiiiii oY 204,424
Number of meat cattle over. “the it
4 years, . value of same .. 119,681
‘Value of ‘salaries ‘and emoluments of He
offices, posts of profit, professions, a
trades’ an 4, occupations ov arassassnnarsensine 483,086
Aggregate value of all property taxable
or county purposes at the rate of 3 :
mills on the dollar ... ones . 11,751,471
Aggregate amount of HS
sessed at the rate of 3 mills on hs i
SAONAY. Lili idan idnnaii eins iiss bo 30 4 35,264
Amount of money at interest including TT
mortgages, judgments, bonds, n es,
stocks, ete. 2,619,197
Value of stages, pny
cabs ete. : 8,560
A Tegate velue of property taxable for ;
te purposes at four mills on the
dollar, including money at inte terest,
stages, ‘omnibus, hacks, cabs ete...... 2
Debt areo amount of tax assessed.;
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GRANGE ENCAMPMENT AND INTER-
CouNTY FAIR.—The twenty-seventh an-
nual encampment and inter-county fair of
the Patrons of Husbandry will be held at
Grange Park, Centre Hall, September 15th
to 21st, under the auspices of the Centre
county Pomona Grange.
The patrons and farmers of the county
are greatly interested in the enterprise and
grange gathering. It has Leen a great suc-
cess in former years and promises to be
even better this year. Extensive prepara-
tions aré heing made by the managers, and
the people throughout the county appear
to be more interested than ever in this
farmers’ outing, which has become one of
the fixed institutions of the county.
The men and women at the head of the
county Grange, who originated the grange
encampment, are among the best and most
enterprising farmers and citizens of our
county; they have biought careful and
energetic business mc thods into every de-
partment of the county organization, and
deserve public encouragement.
As the grange encampment has become
an annual important event in Centre coun-
ty, the farmers and patrons should now he-
gin to arrange their farm work so that they
may be able to take this grand outing
together with their families, and receive
the benefit of the important lectures and
choice entertainments given daily hy some
of the most gifted men and women.
There are no admission fees charged at
the gates aud the meetings and entertain-
ments in the anditorium are also free.
Tents will be arranged so that they can
be grouped when desired to suit camping
parties. Where such an arrangement is
desired it would be well to make applica-
tion in advance, so as to enable the com-
mittee to make suitable arrangements.
The 1ental of tents, it is stated, does not
exceed three dollars for the week.
Those desiring information should write
to the chairman.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following isthe
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, dur-
ing the past week :
William A. Rhoads and Rebecca Allen,
both of Bellefonte.
Miles E Osmer aud Eliza M. Lieb. both
of Bellefonte.
George H. Black and Susannah A. Dale,
both of Bellsena, Clearfield county, Pa.
Edward F. Brown, of Axemann, and
Effie Z. Miller, of Spring township.
William L. Burchfield and Sarah Alice
Filer, hoth of Philipsburg.
Romain Godisart Jr., and Emeline Par-
eaty, both of Hawk Run, Pa.
Edward E. Rine, of Punxsutawney, and
Sarah R. Gessuer, of Bellefonte.
iia SA pei :
--—The Granger's picnic at Centra Hall
will be from the 15th to the 21st of Sep-
tember. The time settled upon will be the
dark of the moon which will make it all
the better for the night illuminations with
acetylene gas, which is to be one of the
features at Grange park this encampment.
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——B. F. Stover has purchased the Geo.
Shafer farm in Haines township and will
occupy it in the spring. He paid $4,150
Pine Grove Mention.
C. M. Fry is this week enjoying a sight
seeing trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Rev. John C. McCracken is spending his
vacation at his parental home in the Glades.
Dale Musser, of Bellefonte, and his sister
Mary Jane, are enjoying Dr. Wood’s hospi-
tality on Main street.
A lawn sociable is billed for the evening of
August 16th at the parsonage. A literary
program, refreshments and good music are
promised.
Our young friend George O'Bryan is visit-
ing relatives at Detroit, Mich. Should he
succeed in getting a clerical position he will
stay there.
Rev. D. E. Hepler is wp! in the Bay State
recreating. Consequently there will be no
preaching i in the Presbyterian church here
next Sunday. :
Walter Weaver and his bride have gone to
house keeping in the old Keichline home
where ‘they are comfortably fixed op to re-
ceive their friends.
Newton Titos Krebs is nursing “the fore
finger on his right hand, which was. unjoint-
ed by a base ball during last Saturday's game
on the Bailey field.
Mrs. Agnes Krebs, widow of Tov! Krebs.h has
moved to her parental home at Lemont. O.
B. Krebs has moved into the parsonage va-
cated by the death of his father and will at-
tend the wants of his aged grandmother,who
has had her home with Levi for years.
Miss Annie, the accomplished daughter of
Wm. Collins, of Centre Furnace, and Miss
Etta, daughter of Dr. Thomas, Republican
nominee for Legislative “honors in West-
moreland Co., are being entertained at, the
Gates: home on, Church street... Lived
“Special” ‘trains will be provided for’ the
Sunday schools of this place, Pine Hall and
State College. go to Hunt rs Park , Thurs
day, August 16th, to hold a union picnic.
Everybody is invited to take a day off and
have a. good. time among the little ones,
“Mrs. Susan, wife of 'W. H. Goss, took sud-
denly ill while attendi 1g the ‘Krebs funeral
last Saturday morning so that she had to be
carried to a neighboring house and Dr.
Woods summoned. Her trouble ‘was due to
heart disease, from ‘which she is . recovering
hut slowly. : 3 3p dim
And still’ thigy" comr On Saturiiy, Atigust,
18th, the annual hary esl nome picnic ‘will be
held in the grove near Penna, Furnace.
freshments will be served by the P.
A.boys.. A fat man’s race, bicycle race aad
horse trots ave billed. The Baileyville band
“All are invited.
‘Washington Grange P. of H.,at Pine Hall,
will hold their annual harvest home festival
on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon
and evening August 10th and 11th. Picnic
all day long on Saturday. Everybody is in-
vited to attend and enjoy a good time. Re-
1 | freshments will be served, as well as excel-
lent music by the State College band.