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Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. Ii, 190L.
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Democratic County Committee for 1901.
Joun J. Bower, Chairman,
Ww. J. Singer, Secretary.
Assistant Secretaries.
Joux C. Rowe THOS. J. SEXTON,
Emery ZERBY.
Precinct. Name. P. O. Address.
Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford Bellefonte
‘ S W P. H. Gerrity. 5
* W W Geo. R. Meek, i
Centre Hall Boro J.D. Dauberman, Centre Hall
Howard £6 Abe Weber, Howard
Milesburg ** George Noll, Milesburg
Millheim se F. P. Musser, Millheim
Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens Philipsburg
££ 2nd W Ed. J. Jones, f
“ srd W A. J. Graham *
S. Philipsburg **
State College Boro
Unionville **
Harry C. Wilcox, Philipsburg
Jno. T. Robinson State College
Geo. W. Rumberger, Fleming
Benner Twp. N PJ. F. Grove, Bellefonte
" S P John Ishler, *
Boggs Twp. N PW. E. Brown, Yarnell
$6 E P J.H. Lyman, Roland
i W P Joseph W. Folmer. Milesburg
Burnside Twp. Maynard Meeker, Pine Glenn
College ge 1. J. Dreese, Lemont
Curtin ’ Thomas J. DeLong. Romola
Ferguson “E P Wm. H Fry, Pine Grove Mills
4 « W P Samuel Harpster, Gatesburg
Gregg Twp. N P Geo. F. Weaver, Penns Cave
+ E P Frank Fisher, Penn Hall
«WW P William Pealer, Spring Mills
Haines Twp. W P, Clymer H. Stover, aaronsburg
4 E P M. O. Stover. oodward
Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Loveville
Tris " R. 8. Ishler, Boalsbur,
Howard $e Robert Conter, Howar
Huston 5 John Murphy Julian
Liberty 5 E. W. Gardner, Blanchard
Marion or J. W. Orr, Walker
Miles Twp EP Wm. H. Zeigler, Wolfes Store
a M P Jno. N. Moyer, Rebersburg
ot W P Edward Miller, Centre Mills
Patton Twp. D. L. Meek, Waddle
Penn Austin B. Meyer, Coburn
Potter “ S P 8. A. McClintic, Centre Hall
o “ N P D.K. Keller, Centre Hall
Rush ¢“ N P Wm. Frank, Philipsburg
se « § P John J. Wayne, Osceola Mills
SnowShoe EP _ Martin MeLaughlin,Snow Shoe
'" W P Wm. Kerin, | = Moshannon
Spring Twp. N P Jas. 8. Carson, Bellefonte
Ho 8S P . James J. Corl, Pleasant Ga]
8 W P Bruce Garbrick, Bellefonte
Taylor Twp. J. T. Merryman, - Hannah
Union * Samuel Emerick, Fleming
Walker Twp E P 8. Peck, Nittany
5 M P JI. D. Miller, Hublersburg
“ W P Boyd Noll, : Zion
Worth * P. W. Young, Port Matilda
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Caucus Meetings.
The Democrats of Centre county will
hold their caucuses for the nomination for
borough, ward, township and precinct of-
ficers on or before the 26th day of January,
1901. The committemen- of the several
precinots and wards will take notice here-
of and fix the hour or time for the holding
of these caucuses. Instructions and
blanks will be received by committemen,
in due time.
JonN J. BOWER.
___ County Chairman.
How to Get Good Township Officials.
“ihe heaviest “burdens “of * taxation ‘are
those imposed for local purposes. Almost
eighty per cent of all the money that is
raised and needed for. public nses .goes to
maintain our public roads, our schools, our
poor and our county pays assessors and
other expenses: that can be: considered pure-
ly local. It is this fact that adds to the
mportance of spring elections.
It is at these that officials who have charge
of such matters our chosen, and so far as
the matter of the amount of money he
must pay as taxes is concerned the Febru-
ary election is of more importance to the
tax-payer than is the general election in
the fall
A sensible, discreet, up-to-date man on a
school board, as a supervisor, or as over-
seer of the poor, will do much to keep the
schools, or the roads, or the poor of his
district in the best condition for the very
least amount of money. Good judgment
in these matters will save many a dollar to
the tax-payer, insure to the public the
best that can be had, and services of which
there will be little complaint... A man
with a head for the business will make
more and better 10ads with a hundred dol-
lars than many. an other fellow would with
two hundred. And so in any other official
position. It is the man who is fitted for th
place, knows what ought to be done—how
to do it—and has the energy and independ-
enceand interest to go ahead and do what
he does right, who should be selected by
both parties for their local positions and
then, no matter which side wins, the
people will have’ good ‘service from their
public officials.
. It is at the primaries, that will be held
now within a very short time, that these
local officials will be chosen. And it is in
these that every tax-payer should take an
interest. Then is when the work of mak-
ing tickets is attended to. It is the most
important duty connected with the elec-
tion. Good men, named for official places
by both parties, insure good officials at the
election let whatever party may, win. A
poor ticket named at the primaries insures
a poor choiee at the election, no matter
how many may come out to vote, or how
much kicking and scratching is resorted
to. -
At the primaries you can take your
choice from all the voters of your district.
At the election your choice isnarrowed
down to the few who may be upon the
different tickets.
It is at the primaries then that you can
secure the best men for local places.
Therefore every citizen should attend
and see that only the best men are chosen.
—Could it be possible that those new
and strange illuminations that have been
discovered on Mars within the past few
days are the exultant demonstrations of
the Marsians over the news that QUAY has
organized the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Boggs Township Not to be Divided.
At a special election held in Boggs
township on Tuesday to decide whether
that township should be divided and anew
82 votes against the proposition. The in-
tention was to start the dividing line at
the northern boundary of the township,
then run south and east so as to make up
a new township from the eastern precinct
and part of the northern, leaving the bal-
ance in the old township.
Viewers were appointed on a petion filed
June 25th, 1900, as follows: S. D. Ray,
A. A. Scheck and W. F. Hall. They re-
ported in favor of a division of the town-
ship. Dec. 3rd the court issued a decree
directing a special election to be held on
Jan. 8th, 1901. It resulted as follows:
For Against
North precinct. ..c.cceves oeeneesd 66 0
East precinct. 7
West precinct 223
230
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Majority against division 82.
— The BURLEIGH bill, which passed
Congress on Tuesday, provides for the in-
crease of the membership of the lower
House fron: three hundred and fifty-seven
members to three hundred and eighty-six.
Just as if the country hasn’t about all the
Crongressmen it knows what to do with
now. Under this new bill, if the Senate
concurs and the President approves, no
State will lose any of its present represen-
tation, bus some will gain. Pennsylvania
will get two more.
——Mr. McKINLEY’s imperialistic idea,
efforts and purposes, are just now under-
going a period of innocuous 'desuetude.
For the present he is wrestling with a grip
that takes closer hold than he has on the
straggling Filipinos, and that tends more
strictly to the business it is after than do
his invading armies. It is to be hoped,
however, that the President’s illness may
P | be of but ehors duration, and that when he
does recover his ambition will turn to
other ends than subjagating and holding a
weak and helpless people. .
Real Estate Transfers.
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by re
corder N. E. Robb :
Jos. H. Long et ux to Edwin L. Year-
ick, Dec. 21st, 1900, 14 acres 100 perches in
Walker Twp. Consideration $292.50.
Jacob E. Stover’s Exrs. sto Thos. Har-
per, April 9th 1863, I5 acres in’ Haifies
Twp. Consideration $150.00.
Col. W. Fred Reynolds et ux to W. G.
Musser’ Dec. 22nd, 1900, lot in Bellefonte.
Consideration $800.00.
Jeremiah Hoy’s Exrs. to Sarah Rachau,
Jan. 5th, 1901, 10 acres in Gregg Twp.
Consideration $1080.00.
Wm. Vaugn to Susan Stine, Oct. 15th,
1900, lot in Worth Twp. Consideration
$214.35.
Wm. T. Fulton et baron to Catherine
Thomas May 9th, 1899,lot in _Milesburg.
Thomas May Bho, X 20h Ee a H: Runkle...
Sarah Fansey et al to Mary E. Sheffler
Sept. 29th, 1900, lot in Spring Twp.
Consideration $175.
Jacob E. Stover’s Exrs. to Thos. Harper,
March 1st, 1879, 100 acres 4 perches in
Haines Twp. Consideration $70.00.
Levi Burd et ux to Samuel Leitzel,
April 6th’ 1861, 80 perches in Haines Twp.
| Consideration $25.00.
Marion B. Bauer et baron to E. A.
Hampton, Dec. 21st, 1900, 2lots in Snow
Shoe.Consideration $120.00.
Annie E. Cooper to Lizzie M. Jacobs,
Nov. 10th, 1900, 7425 square feet in Har-
ris Twp, Consideration $450.00.
Victims Now Number Thirty. >
ROCHESTER, N. Y., January 9.—Two
additional deaths of the asylum fire. The
list of dead as a result of the terrible con-
flagration at the Rochester Orphan asylum
Thursday morning reach a total of thirty.
Two more of the unfortunate inmates died
to-day. Allen Bell, aged 2, died early
this morning at the city hospital. He was
terribly burned about the head and upper
part of the body. Miss Mary Brad, one of
the nurses in the hoepital ward, the thir-
tieth victim, died ‘at the Homceopathic
hospital at 9 o’clock to-night. Miss Brad,
when the alarm was given, hastily snatched
up two of her little children suffering
with diphtheria, but was overcome before
reaching safety. Miss Brad was frightfully
bruised all over the body and both of her
charges died. .
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A Walking Fern.
There is a fern which, by its peculiar
habit of growth, .may almost just lay
claim to the popular name of the “walk-
ing fern.”
The fronds arch over, and the fine,
slender points coming in contact with the
soil take root. New growth again pro-
| ceeds from the latter, which, in its turn,
roots also, so that the locale of the plant
is continually moving forward and sug-
gesting the idea of walking. ;
This peculiar fern is quite hardy and
succeeds well in a soil of peat, leaf mold
and sand, in a shady position which is
moist in summer and fairly dry in win
ter. The fronds are heart shaped, bright
green in color, 6 to 12 inches long.—Lon-
don Globe. earl
Willie’s Logic,
Willie—Pa, ma says you're the head of
the house. Is that so?
Pa—1It is if she says so.
Willie—And. pa, Uncle Harry says I'm
a chip off the old block. What's “the
old block.” ;
Pa-1 suppose that’s me. :
Willie—Well, then, pa, you're an old
blockhead, ain't you? — Philadelphia
Press.
Heard at Oxford University.
Professor Max Muller was greatly
amused by a young lady from America
to whom he was exhibiting the old world
attractions of Oxford. She stopped, en-
tranced, to gaze at Magdalen college un-
til an undergraduate suddenly appeared
at a window, when she “started like a
guilty thing,” exclaiming: “Oh, my! Are
these ruins inhabited ?”’—London Truth.
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The intemperate use of tea and coffee
produces results as real as those of
drunkenness. Total blindness is often
the result of excessive coffee drinking.
| tributed to him, was called to the atten-
one erected from it there was a majority of |
‘| roller process in the spring. He has rent-
Bright Light on Mars Excites Anion |
B omers.
BosTON, Jan. 7.—An announcement that
Mars had probably signaled . the world, at-
tion of Prof. Edward C. Pickering of the
Harvard . astronomical observatory to-
night. Wilfred Fonveille, of Paris,
through the European edition of the New
York Herald, declared that Professor Pick-
ering had given notice to astronomers that
a series of bright lights had been observed
on the Icarium sea by Prof. A. E. Doug-
lass at the Lowell observatory, in Flagstaff,
Ariz.
M. Fonveille said the nature of the
lights, which had proceeded geometrically,
indicated voluntary action, and gave color
to the belief that Marsians had endeavored
to attract the attention of the sister planet.
Prof. Pickering said the only thing that
could have suggested the idea was a tele-
gram on December 8th from Flagstaff say-
ing:
' “Mr. A. E. Douglass while observing
the planet Mars on December 7th saw a
projection on the north edge of Icarium
Mare, which lasted 70 minutes.’’
Prof. Pickering said the Icarium Mare
was one of the so-called seas observed on
Mars, and a projection observed there
would he an interesting occurrence if con-
firmed. It would, he thought, be a very
strained inference from the ‘‘projection’’
that it was a message or signal from inhab-
tants of Mars. :
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
———A movement is on foot to reorganize
the old Bellefonte Club.
—— A —
——A. Scott Harris is critically ill with
rheumatism at the home of his parents on
Linn street.
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——The dairy school at The Pennsylva-
nia State College has opened with a mem-
bership of forty pupils.
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——Miss Ella Switzer, of Philipshurg,
left, Monday, for Orlando, Fla., to visit her
sister, Mrs. Curtis, until March.
——The hardware firm of Potter & Hoy
tendered their employees a banquet at
Ceader’s last Thursday might. Seventeen
of the firm’s men were in attendance.
——There is more ‘‘Commercial expan-
gion,’’ for the ordinary business man, in a
keg of printer’s ink than in all the armies
a government can get together.
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——On Tuesday a notice was posted in
the Mill Hall ax works announcing cuts
of 25 and 12 per cent. in various scales of
than, accept the reduction.
employees in the works.
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There are 187
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» ——Clarence Hamilton gave a large par-
ty at his apartments in New York last
evening in honor of his sister Miss Mary
Hamilton, of this place, who has heen in
New York for soriie time visiting her broth-
ers and several school friends.
arm <A eee t—
——James W. Runkle, of Snyder coun-
ty, formerly of Potter township, has pur-
chased the Centre Hall hotel property from
will take charge as soon as he can get the
license transferred. The consideration
was $8,100.
meee Qn eee.
——Mrs. Maggie Hess, wife of Newton
Hess, of Pine Grove Mills, suffered by a
very painful accident at her home on Tues-
day night. She was passing the stove
when a vessel of boiling water was turned
feet very badly.
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——The Millheim and Coburn Pike Co.
held a meeting at Woodward on Tuesday
and elected the following directors :—A.
Harter, Coburn; 8. M. Cambell, Millheim;
and B. F. Rickard, Mifflinburg. A. J.
Harter was elected president and J. C. F.
Motz was made secretary and treasurer
——Newton W. Fredericks, head of the
firm of Fredericks, Monroe & Co., and in-
terested in the First National bank and
other Lock Haven enterprises, died at his
home on Main street, in that city, at a late
hour Wednesday night. He was born on a
farm near that city in 1820 and was re-
garded as one of Lock Haven’s foremost
citizens.
Gaus ho
——8. G. Rote has bought the old Ertle
mill above Coburn and will put in a new
‘ed the store in conjunction with it to E. C.
Finkle, of Madisonburg, and will try to re-
vive the place to something of its pristine
form as a commercial centre. There was a
‘time when that mill was one of the famous’
trading points in that locality.
ONLY ONE MARRIAGE LICENSE—Regis-
ter Archey has issued only one marriage
license since the last edition of the WATCH-
MAN was published. It was to Clyde E.
Shney and Della May Duey, both of
Benore. dG]
During the year 1900 363 licenses were
issued, which was one more than the 1899
record. The banner month was December,
when 54 were taken out. If business
would keep up like late every month in
the year there wonld be no danger of Cen-
tre county’s falling behind in population
when the 1910 census is heard from.
——
—— George L. Potter Post, 261, G.A.R.,
of Milesburg, held public installation cer-
emonies on Saturday night that attracted
a good crowd to the post rooms, as nearly
all such events in Milesburg do. James
Harris, of Bellefonte, was installing officer
and Col. Austin Curtin ‘was in charge of
the camp fire and that meant a good time
for everyone, of course, for the Colonel is a
veteran, not only in blue but in the knack
of promoting sociability. Among the
Bellefonters in attendavce were Rev. W.
P. Shriner, Col. D. F. Fortney, Senator
W. C. Heinle, Gen. J. I. Curtin, Chas.
wages. The men resolved to strike rather |.
over on her scalding her, lower limbs and |
‘this time-
‘esteemed - contemporary,
Times, is just now receiving wide dissem-
ical in Garman’s opera house on the night
of February 5th. If there is any organiza-
tion in the county that deserves the pat-
ronage of Bellefonte people it is this one.
They will give a fine concert and ought to
have a fine house.
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——Maully Snyder met with a hair-rais-
ing accident at McCool’s crossing, below
Spring Mills, one day last week. He stop-
ped a few feet from the railroad track to
wait until an approaching passenger train
would pass. He never dreamed that his
faithful old horse would scare but it did,
and Mully, wagon and all went tumbling
over an embankment. Nothing was hurt
but the wagon, which was demolished.
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——Several very pleasant social events
were enjoyed during the week, even though
they were disguised under the designation
of “quiet little affairs.”’ Wednesday even-
ing Miss Mame Ceader gave a handsomely
appointed dinner of eighteen covers for ber
girl friends, and Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Thomas A. Shoemaker entertained a party
of ladies at lunch in honor of Miss Mary
Thomas, of Philadelphia, who is the guest
of Mrs. John M. Dale.
er $b
i ~— Homer Harry, the young Rebersburg
woodsman, who had his back broken while
working .ou.a lnmber job at Cross Forks,
Potter county, some time ago, still lives
and the report is current that he is getting
better. Such is hardly the case, however,
for while itis true that he can now ex-
perience feeling sensations in various parts
of his body his sister Annie, who has been
at his bedside for some time, writes that
his general condition is practically hope-
less.
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THE NEw U. B. CHURCH AT PHILIPS
BURG DEDICATED. — The new United
Brethren church in Philipshurg was dedi-
cated on Sunday, the Rev. Bishop E. B.
Kephart, baving officiated in a masterly
way at both morning and evening services.
Notwithstanding the recent heavy drain
on the resources of the community through
the remodeling of the Methodist church the
public took an enthusiastic interest in pay-
ing off the debt of $2,400. The amount
was raised with comparatively little effort.
The church was built at a cost of $4,500
and fills a Tong felt want in the community
in whieh it is located.
As you say - that you want all the news of
the county, I thought perhaps you would
like to hear from Milesburg. - Well, we
are. forging to the front. We have just
completed as fine a water system as there
is in the county on the gravity plan, with a
head at the reservoir of 400 feet, giving us
a pressure of 175 pounds to the inch, and a
reservoir containing over 200 thousand gal-
lous of the finest water. The plant was
put in by A. M; Thomas, of Lock Haven,
‘and we can’t give him ‘too.much- praise for.
excellent” work and material wsed and’the
energy with which he pushed the work.
He came on Nov. 1st to commence work
and by Dec. 1st he had more than 2 miles
of pipes’ 1aid ‘and water in some of the
‘houses and would have completed the work
in less than six weeks had he not been de-
‘layed by ‘want of pipes. ‘Now: we can en-
joy all the modern conveniences of the
times. CITIZEN,
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APROPOS OF THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
—The following story from the Washing-
‘ton Post, which would have been very
‘apropos in’ our issue;during the’ session of
the public school teacher’s institute, seems
still so'amusing’ that we give it space at
interesting paragraph in. an
the Maryville
_ A brief but
ination through the ‘medium of the press:
“John Lewis, a” lary man of thi -
Han and Laon Soa ig
teacher, were married last week.”
' There are several Maryvilles' in this
country, one in: Missouri, another in Ten-
nessee, and still others scattered about pro-
to school’ with dear little: white ‘lambs fol-'
lowing them, their tails all done up in rib-
bon. No wonder the raral poetic instinct |
turns impulsively to Maryville as a proper
designation for sweet bucolic villages im-
mersed in 'vet@ture and threaded hy parling
silver streams, We do not wonder. there-
fore, of the existence, of this particular
Maryville or the presence there, as part of.
the - population, of a Miss Jones. What
we do wonder at, though, is the coinei-
.denge that the . Miss Jones, in question,
should be @ long, hollow school teacher.
That one should. be long, under such mel-
low, pastorial circumstauces, we
lieve. Surrounded by trees, flowers, birds,
fed ‘upon rich milk, fried eggs, yellow-leg-
ged chickens, the toothsome. flapjack and
the far-reaching syllabub, it is easy to grow
long. ‘There are no midgets reared in the
rural istriots of Missouri aud Tennessee.
Under those bracing and productive infla-
ences men and women alike attain great’
size and stature. Nor do we see why Mise
Jones, or Miss Anybodyelse should not’
have undertaken the training of the youth-
ful mind. Itisa gentle and most deserv-
ing ocoupation, full of usefulness and hon-
or. ‘The youthful mind of Maryville needs
training, like the youthfal mind elsewhere,
and who is more likely to be ‘conpetent.
than a Jones, and a Miss Tda Jonesat that ?
What we do not understand is that Mary-
ville should have had a long, hollow school
teacher. ‘We have never heard of such a
thing before. fin 4 fp hee mh
Still we wish the young couple every
happiness in their now blended lives.
John Lewis could not content himself
with any other than a long, hollow’ school
teacher as the partner of hissorrows and
his joys, who, pray, has a right to criticise ?
Maybe that is just the kind of a bride he
wanted. Everybody doesn’t want a short,
stuffed girl for his sweetheart. Tastes
differ. Tt is all very well for the poet to
sing : i
2 Man wants but little here below.
Nor wants that little long. i
Perhaps John Lewis is not a poet. Per-
haps John Lewis knows his business. . Let:
Smith, Capt. Hugh S. Taylor and Clement
Dale Esq.
prayers.
— — The Coleville band will give a mus- |
_ MILESBURG FORGING TO THE FRONT.—
miscaously. The ‘name is an attractive |:
one, ‘suggestive of pretty little girls going |
| JouN J. Musskr’'s DEATH.—Jobn J.
Musser, a well known farmer who resided
about a mile and a quarter south of Belle-
‘fonte, in Spring township, died Monday
morning about 4:30 o'clock, after an illness
that had continued ever since last: spring.
While attending the funeral of Mrs. Pratt
he became overheated and later took cold,
that resulted in the grip ; stomach troubles
developed then and his health continued
to fail until four months ago he was com-
pelled to take his bed.
He was born in Penns-valley 72 yeas
ago. When only eight years old he moved,
with his family, to this vicinity and has
resided here ever since. He was first mar-
ried to Miss Nancy Baird, of Bellefonte.
She passed away about 20 years ago leaving
him with three children : Frank W., of
Shiloh ; Mrs. Eva Kirk, wife of Dr. M. A.
Kirk, of this place, and Mrs. Carrie Rhine-
smith, of Clearfield. Later he married
Sara Jane Miiler, also of this place, and
she also survives with the one daughter,
Catharine, born to their union.
Mr. Musser was essentially a farmer.
His entire life was spent in the peaceful,
profitable pursuit of agriculture. He was
devoted to his home and in it was always
all that a christian gentleman could be.
sought no preferment at the hands of his
party, though he did capably fill a number
of township offices.
Interment was made at 2 o’clock Wed-
nesday afternoon in the Union cemetery.
Rev. Dr. Laurie of the Presbyterian
church, of which deceased was a member,
officiated.
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Hr Was BORN IN CENTRE COUNTY.—
Jacob C. Smith who died at his home .in
Altoona, on Monday evening, from the
effects of brouchitis, was born in this coun-
ty September 10th, 1859.
years ago he moved to Altéona to aceept a
| position in the railroad shops and
sided there ever since. ' = i
« He was a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal church and was much. esteemed by
his friends. He is survived by his wife
and one son, Jacob P., at home, and one
daughter, Mrs Orville Loucks, of Bell-
wood. He is also survived -by one sister,
Mrs. Miller, of ‘Altoona. The funeral
took place Wednesday morning at 10
o’clock, services at the house. Interment
in Hutchinson’s cemetery.
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, =—Mre.' Elizabeth Calderwood, who
died in a Philadelphia hospital, on Friday
| evening, where she had gone. for. treatment
for cancer, from which she had suffered
nearly a year, was a native of Centre coun-
ty. Deceased was born in ‘the Bald Eagle
valley and was aged about 59..years. - She
was the daughter of Leonard and: Maria
Merryman, and was married to George
Calderwood in early life. Her husband
died at Pennsylvania Furnace about four-
teen years ago. . She had been a resident of
Philipsburg: the past. eight or, nine years.
Besides her two. children; L. F. and Edith
in Tyrone, one son, Harry’ Calderwood,
survives and resides at Pittsburg. One
brother and two sisters also survive and
reside in the Bald Eagle valley, namely, :
Thomas Merryman, Miss Josephine Merry-
man and Mrs. Joseph MoMonigle. ‘De-
ceased was a lifelong member of the Metho:
dist Episcopal church. The “remains were
brought up for interment in the Bald Eagle
cemetery. : ma 2 all
§ooctard inna
——David Krape, aged 81, died at the
home: of his daughter, ‘Mrs: Edward
Stump, at Aaronsburg, on Monday morn-
ing. For years he had resided in the vi-
cinity of Fiedler, but last spring, when his
health: failed, he moved:to: his daughter’s.
Several weeks ago he suffered a stroke of
paralysis, which was followed by other
ones, causing bis death, His only chil,
dren ‘are Mrs. Stamp and W. J. Krape, of
Fiedler, ‘Interment was made: in the Re-
formed cemetery at Aaronsburg yesterday
morning. Smog Say rion of
~ Couxern MEgts, Bur Doks LITTLE. —
‘President Gerberich and members Walkey,
Wetzel, Derstine, Gherrity and Knisely
were present at the meeting of council
Monday evening. Aside from the usual
routine very little was done, Several bad
pavements were reported and. the mayor
was ‘present to condemn the ‘elevated
boardwalk’’ on north Allegheny street.
' Aside from that and Mr. Treasurer Cook’s
complaint that Bishop street is made dan-
gerous by the excess ‘of drainage water on.
it there was notbing done but to show a
balance of $7,474.03 due the treasurer on
January 7th’ and’ approve the following
bills for payment : TID 1 nd
Defendant's bill of costs in Barnhart case $80.63
| A. Baum, hauling engine......ceeeeiecnniiiiinnee
Fred R. Miller Blank Book Co..
‘Bellefonte Gas Co........ccusmrenss 37.00
| E. E. Ill. Co., light public buildings 12.00
Ths. Bhanghensy, janitor .......... . 5.00
| Police pay roll.i..uiiucssinssusssonnnce 42.50
R. J. Sbad & Bros. repairing pipes .. 4.07
Potter and Hoy, supplies.....ccceevennne 1.14
P. B. Crider & Son, lumber... 1.00
B'fte Fuel & Supply Co., coal... 59.46
A. Allison, pipes and fittings 21.29
| L. C. Wetzel, repairing......... 8.35
R. B. Taylor, coal for W. Wienges osses 161.20
Ardell lumber Co., lumber for W. W......... 3.65
E. E. Ill. Co., light for water works... 2.70
"Water PAY TOI. c.oucuiuierereressmssnssssnnacs 129.00
Potter & Hoy, hardware for streets. 20.70
P. B. Crider & Son, Iumber......c...... 7.62
Street pay roll.......ivicieniiieniiinnes 32.30
E. E. ll Co., lighting streets in Dec 366.91
A. Allison, terra cota pipe...........eue. 15.20
James Schofield, reast......u.eimeee % 1.05
MecCalmont & Co., lumber for streets..... 17.13
R. B. Taylor, hauling engines to fires....... 12.00
$1058.19
ere App
——Tell your friends that the WATCH-
MAN costs only $1.00 a year when paid in
advance. It is always reliable and invari-
us give them both our blessing and ‘our:
ably a week ahead of its competitors in the
matter of important local news.
He was a Republican in palities, but.
Seventeen |
“bad re-:
THE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL TELE-
PHONE Co's. ANNUAL MEETING.—Thean-
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Central Commercial Teleplione company
was held in the offices of the company in
Temple Court on Tuesday. The meet-
ing attracted quite a number of gentlemen
to town and the conditions developed were
quite flattering to the new corporation.
The following men were elected directors,
namely, Ellis L. Orvis, Joln I. Olewine,
F. E. Naginey, Harry Keller, John T. Mc-
Cormick, William Thompson Jr., William
Pealer, H. T. Harvey and T. M. Stevenson.
The financial standing of the compauy
was very encouraging. The company now
has six exchanges in operation, with almost
eight hundred ’phones, five hundred and
eighty miles of copper aud iron wire, me-
tallic circuit, eight thousand two hundred
and ninety-two feet of cable, two hundred
and twenty-three miles of poles. A large
increase in ’phones is awaiting the com-
pany’s capacity to place them, while sev-
eral new important exchanges are in con-
templation for the early spring.
It is understood that when the newly
elected directors meet they will declare 2%
per cent. dividend on the stock: making
the second semi-annual dividend of that
amount. Inkaddition to this disbursement
among the stockholders there will be about
$10,000 net earnings to be set aside for im-
provements.
The showing of the Commercial is most,
gratifying and reflects great credit on the
business sagacity of the men who have been
directing it. For the most part they were
entirely unacquainted with the telephone
business when the local organization was
effected but by dint of hard work and con-
stant investigation have proven themselves
thoroughly competent to handle such busi-
ness, fo Erik dais
Those who were in attendance at the
meeting were : E. L. Orvis, J. P. Aikens,
‘Sol: Peck, Ernest Hipp, Franeis§. Rhoads,
D. G. Meek, G. R. Spiglemeyer, A. Alli-
‘son, Wm. Allison, M. M. Musser, T.B.
Buddinger, T. M. Stevenson, Jno. I.
‘Thompson Jr., John J. Bower, G. L.
Strohecker, W. K. Alexander, Robt. F.
Hunter; Wm. Pealer, C. C. Shuey, Daniel
Heckman, Philip 8. Dale, J.T: Lucas, H.
Meyer, F. E. Naginey, M. I. Gardner, W.
E. Tate, Lewis Nichols, Jno. Bilger; N. E.
Robb, N. H. Yearick, Geo. A. Beezer and
-| Ine. I. Olewine.
' A DEER STORY THAT 18 A DEER STORY.
—Recently the Daily News published a
deer.story that was sent out from the re-
gion of Snow Shoe and, no doubt, there
are lots of people who did not believe it:
Bat if all had been personally acquainted.
with the prowess of the principals in the
story as deer slayers it would ‘have been
accepted ‘as gospel. No finer gentleman
ever lived, or truer sportsman, than the late
Robert Haynes and if any one in Centre
county can name a character who can beat
Jobn Uzzle we'll make ib good: ~~
These are the two principals in the News’
story and on that account we believe it.
John G. Uzzle, proprietor of the Wash-
ington house, Snow Shoe, has a pair of
deer antlers which have a history. The
proud animal that wore them was shot by
Robert Haynes in 1853, at Rolling Stone,
‘half; way between what was then known
as Salt Lick and Battermilk, now Cataract
and’ Belford, in the Susquehaura. ‘The pe-
culiar part of its history is that the ani-
mal was shot while swimming down the
river with a small black and tan hound in
his horns. Wash Wasson was the “‘start-
er,’”’ and this was one of his hounds which
had ventured too close to the buck and he
promptly pinned. him through with his
horns, and then, being unable to shake
‘him off, started for the river, where he was
shot as above described. - The antlers are a
magnificent specimen and the object: of
‘admiration by all hunters. "Mr. Uzzle was
‘one of the ‘‘watchers’” when the animal
‘was killed and is very proud of his relic,
as it reminds him of ‘the good old days
when deer were plénty and the mountains
were a dark glen under the towering tim-
ber before the woodmen had ‘robbed them
of their beauty and splendor. ' =»
> {re £3 Gad
Pine Gr ove Mention,
| L.'M. Kimport, of 'Boalsburg,
6, of tarried
awhile in our town Monday. Hy
. Mrs. J, B. Piper is under Dr. Wood's care
at, her Main street home.
A splendid new picket fence new ‘encloses
‘the grounds of J. W. Miller on Main street.
The venerable Wm. Brouse spent Sunday
with his son-in-law, Ross Grove, at Fair-
brook. > sii asd ”
Mrs. Harry Gates, of Guyer, with her
bright little boy was a Branch ‘visitor last
week, ; : ads
Wm. Thomas, of Ironton, Union county,
is visiting his former Centre county home
here. ' 5 4
Mr. Jacob Bottorf and wife of Lemont, en~
_joyed merchant O. B. Krel's hospitality on
Tuesday. a0
Mrs. George Y. Meek, of Tyrone, has gone
to Pittsburg to enter a hospital for treat-
ment, ” :
Fred Bottorf, our broad gauged and well-
known miller, is laid up with sciatica with
no improvement in the last ten days.
From what we can learn the bidding will
be quite spirited at the Collins farm sale
just east of town. The farm is to be sold on
the 26th at the court house in Bellefonte.
Robert Meek, a life long resident of this
| community and one who stood high in its
church, political commercial and social life,
for he is big and splendid in body and soul
and whose father, grandfather and great-
grandfather were important personages in
the township's growing and developing days,
is seriously ill at his home in Altoona. He
is suffering from a stroke of paralysis which
affected his mind and left side. He has im-
proved, however, sufficiently to give his
family some encouragement,