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Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 23, 1900.
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A Great Commonwealth.
The Census Fixes Pennsylvania's Population. at 6,-
302,115,—An Increase of 19.8 per cent.—8ixteen
Counties, of Which Centre is One, Showing a De-
crease.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Pennsylvania
increased over one: million in population
from 1890 to 1900. The exact figures, as
issued by the Census Burean to-day, are
1,044,101, or a total population of 6,302,-
115, as against 5,258,014 in 1890. This
makes the increase 19.8 per cent.
In 1880 the population was 4,282,891.
and the increase from 1880 to 1890 was |
975,125, or 22.7 per cent.
‘The returns show that fourteen counties
in the State have decreased in population.
since 1890. These are the counties of Cam-
eron, Centre, Clarion, Crawford, Fulton,
Green, Huntingdon, Juniata, Montour,
Pike, Snyder, Susquebanna, Tioga and
Union. Perry county gained only thirteen
inhabitants since 1890, and Susquehanna
lost fifty.
The following table shows the census
figures by counties for 1900 and 1890 :
Popula’n Popula’n
‘Counties 1900. 1890.
Adams 34,496 33,486
Allegheny. 775,058 551,959
Armstron 52,651 46,747
Beaver, 56,432 50,077
Bedtord 39,468 38,644
Berks. 159,615 137,327
Blair........ 85,099 70,866
Bradford 59,403 59,233
Bucks, 71,190 70,615
Butler 56,962 55,339
Cambri 104,837 66,375
Camero! 7,048 7
Carbon..... 44.510 38,624
Centre..... 42,804 43,
Chester 95,695 89,377
Clarion L283 ly
Clearfie 80,614 69,565
Clinton 29,197 28,685
Columbia 39,896 36,832
Crawford..... 63,643 65,324
Cumberland 50,344 47,271
Dauphin 114,443 96 977
Delaw. 94,762 74,683
Elk... 32,903 239
Erie . 98,470 86,074
Fayette 110,421 80,006
Forest..... 11,039 + 8,482
Franklin 54,902 51,433
Falton..... 9,944 10,137
Greene. 28,281 28,935
Huntingd 34,650 35,751
Indiana 42,556 42,175
Jefferson 59,113 44,005
Juniata........... 16,054 16,655
Lackawanna... 193,831 142,088
Lancaster. 159,241 149,095
Lawrence 57,042 37,517
Lebanon ,827 48,131
Lehigh 3,893 76,631
Luzerne.. 257,121 201,203
Lycoming... «75,663 70,597
cKean...... wee of 01048 46,863
eC IBTORT 55,744
23,160 19,996
21,161 20,111
138,995 123,200
15.526 15,645
99,687 84,220
Northumberland... 90,911 74,698
Perry.......... 26, 26,276
Philadelphi 1,293,697 1,046,961
Pike.... 8,766 9,41
Potter.. 30,621 22,778
Schuylkill... 172,927 154,163
Snyder........ 17,304 17,651
Somerset. 49,461 37,317
Sallivan.. 12,134 11,620
Sasqueh ,043 40,093
Tioga... 49,086 52,313
Union.. 17,592 17,820
Venango. 49,648 46,640
Warren....... 38,946 37,585
Washington... 92,181 71,155
Wayne........ 30,171 31,010
Westmorela 160,175 112,819
‘Wyoming... 17,152 15,891
York. 116,413 99,489
A Great Meeting of Stockmen.
That is What the Pennsylvania Breeders Will Have
at Harrisburg, Dec. 12th-13th.
The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Live Stock Breeders’ Association will be
held at Harrisburg, Dec. 12th-13th, 1900.
A splendid program has been prepared, in-
cluding addresses and discussions by such
men as Dr. C. D. Smead, the veterinary
editor of National Stockman and Farmer:
Prof. W. H. Caldwell, secretary of the
American Guernsey Cattle Club, Frank A.
Converse, superintendent of live stock at
the Pan-American Exposition; Prof. J. |.
Fremont Hickman, of the Ohio Experiment
Station; and Hon.
secretary of the American Shropshire Asso-
ciation. All of these men will discuss
matters of vital interest to breeders, their
snbjects covering a wide range. Dr. Smead
will speak of diseases of sheep and cattle,
especially of lamb and calf cholera, stomach
worms in sheep, and abortion in cattle.
Messrs. Caldwell and Converse will talk
about breeding dairy cattle, Prof. Hick-
man of feeding, and also of silage; and D.
Leonard Pearson, State Veterinarian of
Pennsylvania, will discuss the treatment
of milk fever in cattle.
These are only a few of the topics pre-
pared, but they are a specimen of what
the breeders who attend may expect to
enjoy. 'llorse, swine and poultry inter-
ests will not be neglected. An effort is
being made to have the secretaries of the
varions breeders’ associations present, so
that “breeders mav meet the “men from
headquarters.’’ . Representatives of the
Penn’a Experiment Station will be on
hand also, to meet the people who are in-
terested in their work. If you are inter-
ested in improved live stock, in better
fairs, in a great State Fair for Pennsyl-
vania, go to this meeting. Special rail-
road rates from Pennsylvania points, on
card orders east of Pittsburg, and cer-
tificates west of Pittsburg. For further
particulars apply to E. 8. Bayard, secre-
tary, East End, Pittsburg, Pa.
This Woman Had A Glimpse of Heaven.
While tn a Trance 8he Viewed the Glories of the
Hereafter.
MONTROSE, Nov. 21.—Mrs. Zilla Faller,
of Montrose, while sick with an attack of
fever, passed away, as was supposed, at
her home in the village. When the funer-
al preparations were well under way it
was discovered she was in a trance, and
after careful nursing she was revived.
Mrs. Faller is a devoted Methodist, and
when able to talk she described a glimpse
of heaven she had while in her trance.
She says it is a place filled with a sof
light that seems to penetrate the brain and
have a strangely exhilirating effect on all.
Through this golden haze she saw crowd-
ing towards her, as from a distance, ready
to extend greeting, long-forgotten forms of
relatives, but suddenly, instead of ap-
proaching, they gradually faded away as
she was restored to earth and consciousness
once more.
——Suberibe for the WATCHMAN.
Mortimer Levering, |
Americans and Filipinos Making Affairs
Very Lively.
Rainy Season Reported Ended. United States Troops
Undertaking a Series of Aggressive Movements,
Notably Upon the Island of Samar. A Rebel Strong-
hold Captured.
MANILA, November 18.—[First uncen-
sored news by cablegram since the Ameri-
can occupation.] Last. week witnessed a
very considerable increase in rebel and
American activity in the field. Many skir-
mishes occarred, and several small engage-
ments in Northern and Southern Luzon.
The termination of the rains permits a re-
sumption of operations on both sides.
The Americans are undertaking a series
of aggiessive movements against the insur-
gents, notably upon the island of Samar
against General Lukban, whose forces hold
the entire island with the exception of
three coast towns, each of which is garris-
oned by two companies of the Twenty-
ninth infantry and a platoon of infantry.
The rebels are continually shooting into
the garrisoned towns, and their forces have
not been sufficient to retaliate effectively.
Commerce in Amar has been at a standstill
and most of the influential inhabitants
| have departed. General Hare has arrived,
there with 250 men, he will bring eight
companies of the Second infantry from the
Island of Marinduque, as they may be
needed, and will proceed energetically to
crush General Lukban. Meanwhile Unit-
ed States gun boats will patrol the coast to
prevent the escape of the insurgent leader.
Lukban still holds three members of the
Forty third regiment prisoners.
The rifles which the party of Captain
Devereaux Shields, of company F, Twenty
ninth volunteer infantry, lost last Septem-
ber in Marinduque at the time of the cap-
ture have not yet been recovered from the
Filipinos. All the Marinduque garrisons
are heing continued.
The Fourteenth infantry, which recently
arrived from China, will relieve the Twen-
ty-first infantry from duty in Manila ; the
Thirty eight infantry will proceed to the is-
land of Panay to reinforce the troops
there.
The Twenty eighth infantry will rein-
force the garrisons in the Island of Min-
238 | danao, particularly at Kagayan, where an
armed truce between the rebels and
the Americans has existed for months
t.
General Wheaton, commanding in the
department of Northern Luzon, is sending
reinforcements to General Young's prov-
inces where the natives under General
Tinio and Aglipay, the ex-communicated
Filipino priest, are showing signs of rest-
lessness, deserting the domiciles they have
occupied during the rainy season, and join-
ing under compulsion of fear the insnrgents
in the war.
Notable among the week’s engagements
was General Grant’s advance, with Macab-
bee and American scouts, upon a rebel
stronghold thirty five miles north of Mani-
la, which was defended by 200 insurgents
armed with rifles. After skirmishing and
fighting for the greater part of the day and
night the enemy was dislodged from the
mountain fastnesses and immense qaantic’|
ties of rice and considerable ammunition
destroyed. Fifty Filipinos were killed and
many others injured. The Filipinos car-
ried off theirdead. The American losses
were eleven privates and one officer wound-
ed and one Macabbee killed.
Lieutenant F. W. Alstaeter, of the engi-
2 | neers, who was captured by the insurgents
at Luzon last September, has sent with the
permission of his captors, a letter to Manila,
asking for food, money and clothing,
which will be forwarded to him by a native
ranner. His health is broken and his re-
lease is problematical.
General MacArthur has gone to Subig
bay with Admiral Remey on the United
States cruiser Brooklyn, for the purpose of
examining the locality. It is probable
that 1,800 marines, now in Philippine wa-
ters, will be used to relieve certain army
posts, rendering the relieved soldiers avail-
able for other and more urgent duties. It
is understood that General MasArthur is
considering the question of establishing
more marines in the vicinity of Subig. He
is expected to return here tomorrow.
Although news and corimercial messages
between Manila and points in America and
Europe are not subject to censorship, all
messages between the Philippines and the
Orient are censored as heretofore.
Macabolos Ready to Start.
In Pursuit of Aguinaldo, with 100 Picked Natives. Sup-
ported by American Troops.
MANILA, Nov, 20.—General Macabolos,
the former Filipino chief, is prepared to
start in pursuit of Aguinaldo with 100
picked natives, supported by American
troops. Other ex-rebel Filipinos will be
used in campaigningin the country. Their
offers have not heen formally made yet, but
they are ready. if the authorities will ac-
cept their services.
Aguinaldo, it is supposed, is in northern
Luzon, according to statements made by
ex-rebel leaders now in Manila, and con-
firmed from other sources. .
Algipay, a renegade native priest, long
an insurgent leader in northern Luzon, has
written to friends in Manila, asking for
election news and requesting to be inform-
ed whether a decision has been reached
concerning the relations between the
church and state and the disposition of
church properties. The replies sent him
1 contain the information that church and
state will be separate and that entire relig-
ious freedom will be allowed.
Volunteers to Come Home,
War Department Hopes to Replace Present Army in
Philippines with Permanent Force.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Adjutant Gen-
eral Corbin authorizes the statement that
it is the intention of the War Department
to bring home from the Philippines to the
United States every one of the volunteers
who cares to come and discharge them here
on or before the 1st of July next, when
under the law the volunteers must be mus-
tered out.
It is the expectation and hope of the War
Department that the coming Congress will
at au early period in its session enact legis-
lation which will enable the department to
replace the present volunteer force by a
permanent force of soldiers. In that case
such of the men in the ranks as care to con-
tinue in the service will be re-enlisted as
regulars, and any vacancies that may exist
through the muster out of the volunteers
will be supplied by original enlistments in
the United States. It is believed that
these enlistments can be made in time to
replace all the retired Philippine volun-
teers before the first of the next fiscal year
without causing any hiatus.
——Sam Baisor writes from Johnsonburg
to know what has happened in old Centre,
and well he might, for in the days when
Sam was active in polities up in Patton
township there were no such heart break-
ing returns from Centre county as were
heard on the 6th.
Many Are Dead in Path of Storm.
Terrific Tornado Sweeps Through Parts of Mississippi
Alabama and Tennessee, Doing Great Damage.
Hits Atlantic Coast and Lakes.
The terrific windstorm that swept over
Centre county on Wednesday afternoon and
evening seems to have been the end of a
very general storm that began in the South
on Tuesday.
From all parts of the county come ac-
counts of the big blow. While no real se-
rious damage was done anywhere there
were miles pf fence laid low and many
trees uprooted in some sections. A num-
ber of signs were blown down in Bellefonte
and the long bill boards on Water street
went over before a gale just an instant af-
ter a whole carriage load of country folk
had driven by.
The wagon shed on the Cons. Curtin
farm east of town was moved clear off its
foundation but did not topple over.
From many points in the United States
come reports of terrific storms, entailing
large losses of life and many thousands of
dollars in property.
The tornado, which began Tuesday in
Mississippi and swept through parts of
Tennessee and Alabama, from all accounts
split in half, part of it going to the north-
west and the other portion taking a route
up the Atlantic coast and sweeping down
the valley of the Great Lakes.
Aside from the great loss of life and
mense amount of destruction was caused
along the coast, and on the Great Lakes
shipping suffered severely. The storm is
now central west of the Mississippi river
and is headed for the Northwest.
Dispatches received up to late last night in-
dicate that Wednesday night’s storm, which
swept over Northern Mississippi and Cen-
tral and Western Tennessee, was one of
great severity. Advices by the Associated
Press and from special correspondents show
that the total loss of life in the territory
visited by the tornado already amounts to
64 and the number of injured to over 50.
Telegraphic communication to regions
visited by the cyclone is interrupted and it
is feared that when full details are known
the list of the dead will be lengthened.
Mr. Kruger Landed Wednesday.
His Arrival at Marseilles Will be the Occasion for
a Great Popular Demonstration.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 20.—Former Presi-
dent Kruger will probably land here
Thursday, instead of to-morrow. Bad
weather is reported from the Mediterran-
ean and the Dutch cruiser Gelderland, on
which he is a passenger, may hug the coast
of the gulf of Genoa in preference to
heading direct for Marseilles, so as to avoid
the cross seas. Every preparation, how-
ever, has been made for Mr. Kruger’s pos-
sibe landing to-morrow. The police and
militia are held in readiness aud the
Boer reception committee has not made
.any change in the arrangements for the re-
ception. Workmen have been busy erect-
ing flagstaffs along the water side at La
Joliette and at the outer dock, where the
steam launch with Mr. Kroger on board
will land.
It is certain that Mr. Kruger’s arrival
here will he the occasion for a great popu-
lar demonstration along the route from
the dock to the hotel, which is situated on
the principal boulevard, known as the
Cannebiore. If is equally certain that the
formal proceedings, receptions. ete., will
not be invested with great importance,
| owing to the abstention from them of tire
prefect, mayor and other functionaries in
their official capacity.
A surprise came to-day in the shape of
the arrival here of Eloff, Mr. Kruger’s
private secretary. who left the Gelderland
at Port Said and came ahead on the French
steamer Laos.
Eloff left Mr. Kruger in perfect health
and spirits. The former president occu-
pies three cabins, situated in the stern of
the Gelderland. His dining room is deco-
rated with portraits of the Dutch royal
family, a picture of Queen Wilhelmina
having the place of honor.
The Boer delegates, Messrs. Fischer,
Wessels and Grobler, who have also ar-
of the Associated Press their earnest wish
.| to. have the American people with them in
their efforts to secure a termination of the
war. They said they knew that Mr.
Kruger also appreciated American sympa-
thy, and still hoped it would’ lead to prac-
tical results, favorable to the cause of the
country. ?
The delegates, however, were unable to
say exactly what Mr. Kruger will decide
todo after the landing in France.
After landing in France he will probably
look around before issuing a declaration.
There is much talk in Marseilles to the
effect that a counter demonstration will
occur or that anti-English outeries will be
raised, which might result in street dis-
orders, But neither the prefect. nor the
mayor, nor the English nor the American
consulates, attach the slightest importance
to these rumors.
Might be a Reduction.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage Thinks that Reve-
nues May be Reduced $30,000,000.
‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—.Serretary Gage
and Commisssioner Wilson, of the internal
revenue bureau, were before the Republi-
san members of the Ways and Means Com-
mittee for some time this afternoon. The
Secretary told the committee that in his
opinion there might be a reduction in
revenues of $30,000,000. The war revenue
act now realizes about $100,000,000. Com-
missioner Wilson went over the schedules
with the members of the committee and
both he and Secretary Gage were ques-
tioned as to where reductions could be
made to the best advantage from the
treasury viewpoint. :
taken up on schedule B, which taxes
medicinal and proprietary articles and
preparations, perfumery, cosmetics, chew-
ing gum, wines, ete. There was also dis-
cussion of stamp taxes.
The discussion indicated that the com-
mittee favored quite a change in this fea-
ture of the law and reductions wherever
possible. The committee also desires to
eliminate the taxes on conveyances, of
which there has been a great deal of com-
plaint. ’
It can be stated that in a general way it
the most burdensome taxes and to grant
relief from stamp taxes as far as possible.
The committee late in the day called
upon the President to obtain his views on
the proposed reduction. The committee
will meet again to-morrow,
After there has been a general inter-
change of opinion on the proposed reduec-
tion, it is quite likely that a sub-commit-
tee will be appointed to draft a measure.
The measure, after it has been agreed
upon by the Republicans, will be sub-
mitted to the Democrats of the committee.
damage to property inthe South, an im- |.
rived here, expressed to the representative
A considerable part of the discussion was
will be the aim of the committee toabolish | to
The Historical Significance of the Cen-
tennial Loan Exhibition.
A Rare Collection of Curios Gathered Together for
Centre County's One Hundredth Anniversary—
The Bellefonte Chapter D. A. R. Arranged the
Exhibition and Carried it to a Highly Successful
Conclusion.—Some of the Special Features Told of
By the Chapter’s Historian.
The one hundredth anniversary of Centre
county was celebrated on July 25th and 26th
of the present year.
History says the first settlers came here
previous to the Revolutionary war. The
country endured the hardships which natur-
ally fall to a newly settled country, but it
steadily pushed forward until to-day it is
crowned with luxuries and prosperity. It
has furnished Pennsylvania with seven Gov-
ernors, and few counties can boast of more
historic and important personages.
The Bellefonte Chapter D. A. R. is com-
posed of an exceedingly intelligent and en-
ergetic body of women, so, when it was de-
cided that the county would hold a
Centennial, the interest of the daughters was
at once aroused to contribute towards its
success. Mrs. Mitchell, the very capable
Regent, was appointed chairman of the com-
mittee and with a corps of able assistants
had soon developed a plan that later on was
to win many words of compliment and
praise.
The Historical Art and Loan Exhibition
was the outcome of these efforts. It was
held on the first floor of the commodious stone
building of the public schools and proved
to be one of the most interesting and attrac.
tive features of the centennial program. The
display of rare, unique, beautiful and valua-
ble articles was one that will long be treasured
up in the minds of the visitors, because of
the pleasure and gratification it gave them.
This paper can merely touch on the minor
portion of the exhibit, but it hopes to give
the reader a glimpse of a very remarkable
collection of hundreds of historical relics.
The arrangement and display of the treasures
was artistic, and showed that not only in-
telligent and interested parties, but artists as
well, had the work in charge. Too much
cannot be said in praise of those who so un-
tiringly gave their time and efforts to make
the affair a success, historically as well as
financially.
Directly opposite the entrance of one of the
rooms the portraits of seven Governors, who
had served our grand old State so loyally,
graced the walls, and were studied with
pride and admiration. American tapestries,
valuable for their age. were draped upon the
walls and served as a background for the
pictures and ornnaments of like age and
beauty. Valuable coins, jewelry, laces,
china, and an almost unlimited number of
relics excited the admiration, surprise, and
in some instances, the envy of the interested
observers. Dzeds and letters signed by
Washington, Penn and Lord Howe, quite
reverently preserved, were there to be appre-
ciated. Among the many articles of historic
value were work tables, a wine cooler, con-
taining the complete set in cut glass, a knife
case and a foot stool.
A representation of a bride of one hundred
and fifty years ago, richly garbed in her
gown of silk, poke bonnet and veil, was cer:
tainly the ‘‘observed of all observers.”
Near her hung a piece of bed spread under
which Martha Washington slept during the
encampment at Valley Forge, and further cn
stood an old lard lamp used by an old slave
in Virginia, over one hundred years ago. A
sugar-loaf, grown brown with age, attracted
the attention of every passer-by. A black
and gilt chair, claiming an age of two hun-
dred and fifty years, was not without in-
terest, and in the same room hung swords,
scarfs aud coats worn during the Revolution-
ary and Civil wars. An old mantle, taken
bodily from a house built in 1794, occupied a
large space on one side of the room.
One could have spent hours in looking at
the fine collection of books. A book of ser-
mons preached before Parliament in Crom-
well’s time, and another dating back two
hundred and fifty years, were included in
the collection. Old German literature books
bearing the date 1302, fastened with iron
clasps, and a German Bible published in 1726,
enlisted the interest of every one. ‘A New
History of the Holy Bible,” published in
1733, contained the ravages of the book
worm. A dictionary bore the date of 1794.
With the pictures, as with the books,only a
few can be mentioned, and out of such a rare
collection it is difficult to decide which ones
to select. One entitled ‘Girl and Pigs” was
one hundred and seventeen years old, and
another was that of the assassinators of Pres-
ident Lincoln, including pieces of rope with
which they were hanged. An unique piece
of work was a Dutch painting on wood over
four hundred years old, and one which in-
terests particularly the Bellefonte people,
was that of Prince Alexander Gotchakoff.
Chancellor of the Russian Empire, member
of the council of the Empire and committee
of ministers, etc., under Alexander II,which
was presented to Governor Curtin by the
Russian government at the Centennial in
Philadelphia. A painting from the Von
Ursel gallery, Brussels, was presented to one
of the prominent families in 1820 by Baron
Von Ursel. General Beaver owns the ‘‘Gov-
ernor’s Guards,” a portrait which was en-
graved and colored by hand, about the Jerid
of the last war with Great Britain. It was
in the 4th Ward museum, New York, for a
long term of years, and was presented to ex-
Governor Beaver by the Ancient and Honor
able Artillery Co., of Boston on the occasion
of their visit to Philadelphia in 1890. A
painting of Penn's treaty with the Five Na-
tions is over one hundred years old, and me-
dallions and miniatures of Madonnas from
the hands of those who so love to paint that
subject, date back to 1518 and were brought
from Rome. Language is inadequate to do
justice to the invaluable china over four
hundred years old, some of which was used |
in the Bonaparte family. The exquisite
work of Rembrandt Peal was shown in a
brooch and portrait. An onyx snuff box
three hundred years old was carefully guard-
ed, as were also two spoons two hundred
years old that vere buried in an iron pot for
safe keeping during the Revolutionary war.
The collection further included a candle cup
of the seventeenth century, antique coffee
pots, balance and weights made in Germany
for the purpose of weighing jewelry and dia-
monds, hair jewelry, a reversible cameo pin,
a carved Irish cocoanut mounted beautifully
in silver; a wine. glass from New Castle, Ire-
land, bedspreads, candelabra, blue satin. pet-
licoats, spinning wheels, a razor, flax and
hackle, inlaid tables, cradles, chairs, hat
boxes, a Bagatella violin, an imported carved
fan, large round tortoise shell combs, white-
satin square-toed slippers, wedding vests of
white brocaded satin, veils, laces, bonnets,
silk dresses, warming pans and a wine glass
that once belonged to Sir Robert Peel, all
highly prized by their possessors because of
their age and associations.
Occupying a corner in a glass case were a
watch, amethyst earrings of peculiar style,
and a magnificent pearl necklace, which was
buried during the Civil war, and the only
part of the family possessions not captured
or destroyed. A small, but interesting relic,
was a piece of wood taken from vhe Treaty
Elm. Conspicuous in this famous collection
was the handsome silk British Royal Gren-
adier flag which was captured by the Ameri-
cans at the battle of Monmouth, Another,
our own red, white and blue, was one that
hung over Governor Curtin’s private resi-
dence in Harrisburg during the Civil war.
From a piece ot wood of the U. 8. steamer,
Merrimac, alias Virginia, a book was made
and presented to Mrs. Curtin by H. Forrest,
master joiner cf U. 8. navy yard at Washing-
n.
Capt. William Wilson's certificate of mem-
bership to the society of Cincinnati, signed
by Washington, was given a prominent place
in the line of exhibits. General attention
was called to the artistically carved chessman
and board presented by the members of the
Japanese government to Evan Miles Buchan-
an while secretary to Col. Buchanan, who
was sent out by the first embassy to Japan in
1860. The work alone makes them valuable.
As we turned from admiring this interesting
piece of work a feeling of patriotism and love
for humanity thrilled us as we looked upon
the compass which had been used to run the
famous Mason and Dixon line in 1820. We
temple.
were told that three generations have made
use of this compass in surveying. We next
noticed a gavel made from wood of the War
Department at York, Pa., in 1777, a carved
powder horn which was carried in the French
and Indisn war, a letter written to Gen. Jas.
Potter by George Washington, a handsome
screen of Berlin work on silk canvas and
very old pinhole portrait. 3
A fine collection of relics showed the char-
acter of weapons with which our ancestors
fought for their freedom, and called forth
expressions of surprise and wonder that
means of defense so harmless looking, com-
pased with what we have to-day,should have
rought about such grand results. Other in-
teresting exhibits were a silver cup and
spoon from the “Old Curiosity Shop,” Wil-
liam Penn’s signature and a turnkey used in
extracting teeth one hundred years ago.
Passing along looking, admiring and ex-
claiming, we were impressed with the
| thought that such an exhibit should be open
to the public for weeks instead of days. The
outcome of this display was most satisfactory,
resulting in the handsome sum of one hun-
dred and fifty dollars being secured as the
Daughters’ contribution towards the Soldiers’
Monument for the county. A bronze statue
of Gov.Cnrtin will surmount this monument
which will be erected in the near future.
HELEN E. OVERTON,
Chapter Historian.
Odd Fellows Meet in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—The semi-
annual meeting of the grand lodge of Penn-
sylvania, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, was held to-day at the Odd Fellows
The meeting was the last of its
kind, as hereafter only annual sessions will
be held.
, To-morrow every lodge in the State will
begin to work under the new code of rules
adopted at the last annual meeting.
At the meeting to-day 1,118 lodges were
represented. Two important propositions
were discussed. One was to consolidate
the four orphanges maintained by the
order. These are now located at Sunbury,
Meadville, Ben Avon, near Allegheny
City, and one in this city. It was sug-
gested that a farm be purchased near the
center of the State. The matter was finally
referred to a committee with directions to
report a plan at the annual meeting in
May.
The other proposition came from lodges
in the western part of the State and pro-
vided for the establishmen$ in Allegheny
county of a home for the aged. This mat-
ter also was referred to a committee,
Nominations for officers of the grand
lodge, to be voted for by the past grand
masters, were made as follows:
Grand master, Wm. K. Mohr, of Allen-
town; deputy grand master, Edwin L.
Ritter; grand secretary, Jas. B. Nicholson;
grand treasurer, M. Richards Muckle;
representative to the sovereign grand lodge,
George Hawks. For the office of grand
warden there were fourteen nominees, as
follows : W. Hockersmith, J. Calvin
Meyer, Melville E. Chulbuck, M. D.
Wiley. 8. C. Stambaugh, Wm. H. Guthrie,
S. W. Jefferis, W. H. Sowden, S. A. Steel,
P. J. Jenkins, Freeman Hendricks, Geo.
F. Young, Grant McClathery and Wesley
B. Beyer.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following Teal estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by re-
corder N. E. Robb: :
County Commissioners to M. I Gardner,
June 23rd. 1900, 2 tracts of land in Mar-
ion. Consideration $4.
County Commissioners to M. I. Gardner,
June 29th, 1900, 20 acres in Walker.
Consideration $4.60. §
. J. Q. Miles, county treasurer to Ellis L.
Qrvis, Sept. 4th, 1894, 433 acres, 153 per:
‘ches in Rush Twp. Considération $52.60.
' Maria H. Shimell to Isaac V. Gray, Nov.
8th, 1900, lot in Philipsburg. Consider-
ation $300. 3
. Thos. Irwin et ux to Emeline Hugg,
Nov. 12th, 1900, lots in Philipsburg. Con-
sideration $1800.
Catherine Johnson et baron to Joseph
Hoy Sr., Nov. 12th, 1900, 8-88 acres in
Ferguson. Consideration $444.
Jeremiah Cooper et ux to Jacob Sea-
sholtz et al. July 2nd, 1866, 375 acres in
Miles Twp. Consideration $1.
Wm; M. Rockefeller et ux to Jeremiah
Cooper, Sept. 10th, 1859, 375 acres in
Miles. Consideration $1,000.
iF. J. Weaver's Exr. to A. D. Weaver,
April 17th, 1900, 40 acres 2 perches in
Haines Twp. Consideration $1799.62.
Geo. Weymouth et nx to A. C. Hopkins,
Nov. 14th, 1900, 4 tracts in Burnside Twp.
Consideration $1.
Mary Crust to Robt. Corl Jr., Oct. 27th,
1900, 96 perches in Benner Twp. Consid-
eration $270.
Geo. Garbrick et ux to A. M. Rishel,
Nov. 17th, 1900, strip of land in Spring
Twp. Consideration $6.
S. D. Ray et ux to Chas. F. Cook, July
28th, 1900, lot in Bellefonte. -Considera-
tion $1,000.
Rachel Marshall et al to Jos. W. Mar-
shall, Oct. 18th, 1900, 84 acres in Benner
Twp. Consideration $560.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
———Fifteen acres of laud near Colyer
yielded 1,700 bushels of corn for John L.
Runkle. Lh
——Theodore Hosterman has finished his
sawing contract on the Wetzel tract near
Fiedler and is ready to move his mill.
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———A chicken and waffle supper will be |
served in the Evangelical church at Nis-
tany on Thanksgiving evening.
——The Grangers intend giving a chick-
en and waffle dinner and supper in the
Arcadia at Centre Hall on Thanksgiving.
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——Next week the Moshannon murder
trial will lend additional interest to the
thirty-nine other criminal cases to be tried
at court.
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——There will be no services in the Re-
formed church Sunday evening, owing to
the contemplated absence of the pastor,
Rev. Bickel. :
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———Music and recitations will make up
the program of an entertainment in the
Preshyterian church at Centre Hall this
evening.
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——Charles Arney, of Centre Hall, shot
an 181b. wild turkey on Tuesday and
Charles Bilger, of Pleasant Gap, killed two
the same day. = Sa
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——The great reduction in clothing
prices at Faubles is exciting unusual in-
terest among. economical buyers, It is
certainly a great opportunity for Centre
county people to dress well for very little
money. Lgin ! !
——Union Thanksgiving services will
be held in the Presbyterian church in thie
place at 10:30 on Thanksgiving day morn-
ing. Rev. T. Levan Bickel, of the Re-
formed church, will preach the sermon.
lr
——The prices that clothing is being
sold for -at Faubles breaks all previous
records. There is no occasion for any man,
no matter how poor, to go poorly clad
‘while the present prices are in force.
T— i
——Rain began falling in all parts of
the county on Monday evening and con-
tinued in gentle showers until Wednesday,
but the downfall was not nearly sufficient
to replenish the wells and streams that
have been dried up by the long drouth.
——Johu J. Musser, of Spring township,
who has been soill fer weeks with a gen-
eral break-down of the system that one of
his children has been with him constantly,
was very much better this week. Charley
‘Runkle, whose recovery seemed impossible
several weeks ago, is also improving and
was able to sit up.
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——The stereopticon reproduction of
Tissot’s paintings of the life of Christ, in
the Court house Wednesday night, was
good enough but it would have been very
much better if the screen could have been
fifty or seventy five feet further from the
audience. The pictures have heen go en-
larged that a too near view spoils their ef-
fectiveness, but they are exact reproduct-
ion in color and outline. To those who
have never seen the original pictures they
must have been surprising and impressive,
even though so many of the more remark-
able ones were not shown. The audience
was surprisingly big, too, so that the Pet~
riken hall fund ought to be fairly well
started.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, dur-
ing the past week :
Benner Fry and Mary Eckley, both of
Bellefonte.
| Bruce W. Rossman, of Penn Hall, and
Lizzie Koch, of Fairbrook.
Samuel G. Snyder and Ida M. Snavely,
both of Coburn.
Joseph E. Edmiston, of State College,
and Annie E. Gregg, of Centre Hall.
William Morgan, of Clearfield county,
and Verna L. Marks, of Philipsburg.
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‘‘THE VILLAGE POSTMASTER.’’—‘‘The
Village Postmaster,’’ will be the attraction
at Garman’s on next Monday evening,
Nov. 26th.
The story of this famous play is to the
point.
The play opens in a village store and
post-office, which changes to the village
green on General Training Day, a day
when all ‘the law abiding citizens were:
compelled to turn out to drill. This con-:
stituted the militia of the villages when
Franklin Pierce was President, back in the
fifties. The village hand appears and en--
livens the festivities, speech making, a
dance by- the village girls and general
jollification which ends with a sudden
shower of rain, driving all to shelter. The
‘| second act shows a country minister’s sit-
ting room, with a big fire in the fire-place
and the snow and sleigh bells outside of
the window. This is the scene of the min-
ister’s donation party and every one comes
to give the minister something and have
some music and fun. In this scene there
are some old fashioned tunes sung by the
members of the village choir and a general
‘old fashioned gathering which will awaken
old memories. The third act is the farm
yard and threshing day on the farm and
the fourth act is the interior of the village
church with the interrupted wedding.
The company that will appear in this
famous New England play includes twenty-
five capable artists.
HE FouGgHT WITH THE BOERS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.—Among a group of six native
Americans and forty-five Irishmen who
landed in New York Thursday evening
from a South African port, was J. Norton
King, a son of Harry King, of Philipsburg.
They had all come fresh from the Velds,
where they had been fighting for the Boers.
King went to South Africa as an engineer
long before the war broke ont and natar-
ally took sides with the Dutch.
All of the men were honorably discharg-
ed and their fares paid to this country.
In a story of their landing, the New York
Reporter had the following to say about
King. Lad
“The most interesting American was:
J. N King, called “Dynamite Dick’’ and
the ‘Lion Tamer,” He has curly gray hair
that falls down on his shoulders, and he:
looks like the scout of the old fashioned
picture books. King had charge of the
dynamite train of the Boers, and blew up
bridges by order of his superiors. He also
liad charge of the destruction of 27 guns
captured from the Bi irish. King says that.
the Boers he was with were the finest
fighters and best shots he ever saw.
‘‘They are a God-fearing people,” he
said. ‘Their laagers on Sundays remind-
ed me of an American campmeeting. ’
There was nothing but praying and bymn
singing, with an occasional exhortation.”
“The Irishmen in the party wont go to
Ireland, as they fear imprisonment. All
were with Blake’s Irish Brigade.”’
Pine Grove Mention.
William Yarnell, of Canton, Ohio, is here,
for a two weeks’ visit looking prosperous.
and well. ls
*! The district Sunday school convention will
be held in the Reformed church at Pine
Hall, Dec. 6th.
Freight agent John Miller, of Altoona, and.
his new wife visited his uncle D. L. Miller
at White Hall last week. i
John Meese, of Spring Mills, spent several
days in this section adjusting cream separa-
tors that had gotten a little out of order.