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be no paper issned from the WATCHMAN
office on the week of July 4th. Readers
and advertisers will kindly bear this in
mind. The business office will be open
during the week,however, as usual, and all
orders will receive prompt attention.
The Climax of Political Recreancy.
The confirmation of REEDER, DURHAM,
EYRE, HAMILTON and others who comprise
Governor STONE'S recess appointments was
a fitting climax in the odious records of the
present Senate. These nominations were
held until the systematic work of debaunch-
ery, which has been in progress from the
beginning of the session, had been comple-
ted. On Tuesday the nominations were
sent in. That of FRANK REEDER for
Banking Commissioner was first considered
aud Senator HENRY, of Philadelphia, who
had been temporary receiver of the State
Insurance company, of which Mr. REEDER
was one of the wreckers, opposed confirma-
tion in an eloquent speech. He told of
REEDER’S perfidy in that institution and
declared that in the light of the knowledge
he possessed it was impossible for him to
vote for his confirmation.
Senator GRADY attempted to answer the
accusations of his colleague. The HENRY
family didn’t go to the: war, he said and
therefore the appointment of REEDER
ought to be confirmed. The Republican
Senate confirmed Lewis C. CAssIDY
though the press of the State was against
him, continued Mr. GRADY, and therefore
it is the bounden duty of Democrats in the
present Senate to vote for the confirmation
of REEDER and finally he declared that as
the chances are the next Governor will be
a Democrat, the Senators of that political
faith would better support the confirma-
tion of REEDER or else the Republican
Senators, two years hence, will oppose the
confirmation of his cabinet. It was a lame
and halting argument but appears to have
been persuasive for only two Democratic
Senators consistently voted against all the
nominees.
Thus the complete demoralization of the
Democratic party in the Legislature stands
revealed. J. HENRY COCHRAN, of Lycom-
ing and JOHN A. WENTZ, of Montgomery,
stand alone in the body as. the exemplars
of genuine and incorruptible Democracy.
They are the only two Democratic Senators
who had the consistency and courage to
vote against the endorsement of this gang
of machine manipulators.
Senator KEMERER, of Northampton, who
has been absent from his seat on account of
sickness since January was brought for-
ward to plead for REEDER. Feeble in body
and infirm in mind he probably didn’t
know what he was doing. The others sat
silent, and by that silence gave their ap-
proval of these appointments, or boldly and
shamelessly voted an endorsement of their
fitness.
Closing Legislation of Importance to
Centre County.
At the closing session of the Legisla-
ture yesterday the following bills in
which Centre county is directly interested
were passed and sent to the Governor :
Restoring the $1,000,000 cut from public
school appropriations by Gov. Stone in
1899.
Appropriating $86,000 to the general
maintenance of State College, $10,000 to
complete the equipment of the engineering
building and $50,000 to build a dairy
building.
Appropriating $10,000 for the Curtin
memorial to be erected at Bellefonte.
Placing Centre county in a congressional
district with MeKean, Cameron and Clear-
field. Elk, Congressman HALL'S county, is
placed with Mercer, Forest and Venango.
+ The district Centre is now in gave a ma-
jority of 5,583 for McKINLEY.,
Our judicial, legislative and senatorial
districts remain unchanged. :
——On Monday an effort was made in
the Senate to amend the general appropria-
tion bill, so as to secure to the school dis-
tricts of the State, the $1,000,000 out of
which they were kept by the veto of Gov.
STONE in 1899. The amendment was of-
fered by Senator RICE, of Bucks, and al-
though the representatives of both parties
stood pledged to provide this additional ap-
propriation for the public schools, only six-
teen Senators were ready to make good their
pledges, when the opportunity offered :
Those voting for the amendment were
Cochran, Herbst, Kemerer, Lee, Miller and
Wentz, Democrats ; Drury, Edmiston,
Henry, McKee, Martin, Rice, Stewart,
Weiss and Weller, Insurgents, and Snyder,
Stalwart Republican. Total, 16.
Those voting against the amendment
were Berkelbach, Burke, Cummings,
Emery, Fisher, Focht, Fox, Grady, Grans-
back, Kayser, Matson, Muehlbronner,
Scott, Sisson, Stineman, Stober, Vare,
Vaughan, Quail,- Washburn, Williams and
Woods, Republicans, and Boyd, Heinle,
Stiles, Neely, Democrats. Total, 26.
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Ballot Reform Postponed.
The false pretense of a purpose to enact
ballot reform legislation was kept up by
the majority in the present Legislature un-
til the last. Only last week the emascu-
lated GUFFEY bill was defeated in the
Senate and on Monday evening the VAN
DYKE primary election bill was reported
from the Senate committee of which Mr.
FocHT is the chairman with amendments
which took out of it all the merit it pos-
sessed. It was not intended that it should
be passed, even in the harmless form that
it was reported, but it was believed that.
it would fool the people.
Last fall, during the campaign in which
Senator QUAY realized that his political
life was in the balance, he made sacred
pledges that he would support ballot re-
form legislation. But though he was able
to command the obedience of his party in
every scheme to plunder the State he was
unable to keep faith with the public on
the vital question of the campaign. No
doubt he imagines that the people have
been deceived by this subterfuge. Proba-
bly he thinks that the average citizen is
unable to see through his thinly disguised
fraud. But in this he is mistaken. He
will learn in time that “you can’t fool all
the people all the time.”’
The result of this miscarriage should
admonish the people, however, that
pledges made by the QuAY machine or by
QUAY are worthless. If ballot reform is
ever to be secured it must be by defeating
the Republican party. It will be a diffi-
cult undertaking, with the present facility
for committing fraud, but itis possible,
nevertheless, and if all who believe in
honest government will unite in electing
members to the Legislature who can neith-
er be deceived nor cajoled, the result will
be achieved. To this end the energies of
good citizens should be bent.
—It Mr. JNo. K. THoMmpsoN did fail
in his expectations of heing made promi-
nent and important by his sell out to
Quay; if he didn’t get the appropriations
he was promised and expected ; if he wasn’t
accommodated with senatorial and congres-
sional apportionments to suit his aspiring
friends, and if he does come home a dis-
credited and despised Representative, he
will, at least, bring back with him a certif-
icate of membership of the committee to
count and make official announcement of
the vote for State Treasurer at the coming
election. It isa place of about the size
and importance that THOMPSON can fill.
The pay is in the neighborhood of $25.00,
and the work is done by the fellow the
committee will name as clerk. Our Re-
publican friends will be delighted, of course,
with the distinguished honors this Centre
county statesman will bring hack to his
admiring (?) constituency.
——The new congressional apportion-
ment that the Legislaturc has left in the
hands of the Governor, places Centre coun-
ty in a district with Clearfield, Cameron
and McKean—a district that gave McKIN-
LEY 5,583 majority. While it is a district
that may be considered almost hopeless for
the Democracy, it is one in which the in-
dependent Republicans, if they are so in-
clined, can give the other fellows more fun
and fewer successes than they will find in
any other district within the Common-
wealth. With EMERY at one end and
“Our DAN’’at the other, there will be some
people who will have to get down on their
knees before the machine that must daddy
this bill sends oue of its tools to Congress
from this district.
Scores Drowned !
Cloud Burst Devastates Part of West Virginia--Several
Towns Destroyed.
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. June 23.—This
entire section has just been visited by a
flood, the extent of which in all probabili-
ty will equal or exceed that of Johnstown
in 1889, so far as the loss of property is con-
cerned. Early yesterday morning, shortly
after midnight, a heavy downpour of rain
began, accompanied by a severe electric
storm and steadily increased violence until
10 o’clock a. m., then ceasing for several
hours and beginning with renewed vio-
lence. This continued throughout the en-
tire day and night. Many miles of the
Norfolk and Western railroad track, bridges
aud telegraph lines are entirely destroyed
and communication is entirely cut off west
of Elkhorn, so that it is impossible to learn
the fall extent of tie loss of life and prop-
erty, but officials of the coal operations lo-
cated in the stricken district have sent out
messengers to Elkhorn, the terminus of
both railroad and telegraphic communica-
tions; and bave received a report that a
conservative estimate as to the loss of life
will easily reach 200. Some of the drown-
ed are among the most prominent in the
coal fields.
The Pocohontas coal field is located in
a basin with high mountain ranges on
either side, with Elkhorn creek flowing
through the centre of the basin, which
ranges from one-fourth to one mile in
width. From Enis, W. Va., to Vivian
Yard, W. Va., a distance of ten miles,
miners’ cabins, coal company commis-
saries and coke plants lined this basin.
Elkhorn creek, being fed by numerous
small streams coming from the mountain
sides, rises very rapidly, and this water
spout came 8o suddenly that the entire
basin between the two mountain ranges
was flooded, and before the terror stricken
people realized what was upon them they
were carried down hy the flood which
swept evervthing in its path. The little
town of Keystone, with a population of
about 2,000, seems the greatest sufferer,
the entire town being washed away. This
town is the principal one in the Pocahontas
coal fields and is located near its centre.
Passenger train No. 4 of the Norfolk and
Western railroad which reached Vivian
about 8:30 a. m., met the flood and was
unable to proceed further. The waters
reached such a depth that the coaches had
to be abandoned, the passengers being res-
cued by means of ropes strung from the
windows of coaches to the tops of remain-
ing coke ovens some distance away. Be-
tween Elkhorn and Vivian Yard, a dis-
tance of ten miles, 100 cars are said to be
washed from the tracks and many of them
were carried down the streams. A rough
estimate places the number of bridges
washed away between Bluefield and Vivian
yard, a distance of twenty-eight miies, at
from fifteen to twenty, and from present
indications it will he impossible to get
trains through to Vivian and points west
of there under a week or ten days. This
will render it impossible to get relief into
the stricken district, and with those who
escaped with their lives, homeless and
without food, indescribable suffering is in-
evitable.
Not So Many Drowned as First Re-
ported.
Though Horrible in Its Effects the West Virginia
Flood Was Not as Destructive in Loss of
Life as at First Supposed.
By way of Roanoke, Va., under date of
June 14th we have received the following
telegraphic account of the catastrophe that
shows nearer the true state of affairs.
ROANOKE, June 24.—There has been
very little news received from the West
Virginia flood. One train came in this af-
ternoon but not much information could
be gained from the passengers. The trains
are running from Bluefield and Ennis,
which places are just outside the territory
visited by the cloudburst on last Saturday
morning. All day long to-day Roanokers
who have friends and relatives in the coal
fields, and the coal operators here who
have large financial interests in the devas-
tated strip, bave been lingering around
the railroad station waiting the arrival of
the belated trains. These people are mak-
ing inquiries concerning relatives and
property, have been besieging the railroad
men and the commercial telegraph offices
since early this morning. The wires all
being down west of Bloomfield save one
which goes through to Ennis, but
which is being used as a train wire pre-
vented the public from gaining any ad-
ditional particulars. How many are dead
is not definitely known ard it necessarily
will be several days yet before the exact
number can be given out as official, but
the various reports in circulation here are
that all the way from 50 to 200 persons
have been drowned. It is probably safe
to assume the former figures as being more
nearly correct than the latter. The dam-
age to property will amount to hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Miles of railroad
track are washed out and great gulches
have been created.
The devastated section covers an area of
about twenty miles west of Bluefield. It
it is a very narrow valley, not much wider
than a broad street in some places. Coal
mines are scattered all along the road.
Keystone, the town reported to have been
so greatly damaged and at first believed to
have been wiped out of existence, is a vil-
lage of between 2,000and 3,000 people and
is built along the narrow valley and on the
sides of the bluffs. All reports agree that
between 200 and 300 houses were swept
away in the Elkhorn valley, but of course
not all the occupants were drowned.
The railroad people are rushing material
and supplies to the Elkhorn. One hun-
dred and fifty laborers came in over the
Roanoke and Southern to-day on an extra
train and went west, and nearly all the
work traing on the road have been to the
Elkhorn vicinity.
J. W. Crotty, a fireman on the Norfolk
and Western road, who resides in this city,
received a message yesterday from Blue-
field that his father, mother, one sister,
two brothers and sister-in-law, with her
two children, were lost in the floods on
Saturday at Keystone. Mr. Crotty’s peo-
ple lived in the centre of the town.
The Western Union Telegraph officials
in this city says that the situation so far
are getting news from the territory west of
Bluefield is concerned is unchanged, and
they have nothing new to give out. E. H.
Stewart, a well known furniture dealer of
this city, was in the midst of all the storm
and traveled on foot nearly the whole of
the route devastated. Mr. Stewart had
been away on business and was returning
home on a train. When his train reached
Vivian, W. Va., about nine o’clock Satur-
day morning, the water covered a huge
portion of the yard, and the trainmen
knew that no farther progress could be
made. The train was placed at the highest
point on the yard. Rain was coming
down in torrents, and while in the train
Mr. Stewart saw about thirty cars washed
from the yard and carried away by the
rushing torrents, large trees uprooted near-
by, while houses, bridges and furniture
went whirling by in the water. As the
flood increased the water cut a channel on
the other side of the train, leaving it be-
tween two streams. It was decided to
take out those passengers who wished to
leave the train and a rope was attached to
the platform of one of the cars and to a
tree on the bank. Among the passengers
was a lady who, with the assistance of
several men, was gotten safely to the
bank. A number of men had narrow es-
capes from drowning in makisg the trip.
There was a let up in the rain and the
flood subsided about noon and at 1 o’clock
Mr. Stewart and another passenger left the
train and started to the next station. Key-
stone, five miles distant. Much of the
track and several bridges had been wash-
ed away and the trip was made with great
difficulty, a portion of the way on the
track and the balance on the bluffs along
the route.
Mr. Stewart says he saw a naomber of
corpses along the route, but does not think
more than forty people were diowned.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS
——Isaac Thomas, of this place, has been
granted an increase of pension. He will
now draw $10 per month.
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———While visiting at Spring Mills last
week, W. L. Collins, of Hollidaysburg, was
stung on the arm by a wasp. It swelled
up to twice its size and gave him consider-
able annoyance for several days.
Several of our correspondents will
please bear in mind that their contributions
should be on by Wednesday morning.
We were compelled to leave several out of
this issue, because they were not received
until yesterday morning.
ee.
—Seventy-two of his friends surprised
Jacob Harter, of Woodward, on the 12th,
by appearing at his house during his ab-
sence and remaining until he returned
home to celebrate his birthday anniversary
with them.
re QA ne ;
——The rains of the past season were
hardly in it with the circus tent on Tues-
day when it came to making thousands of
people wet. Why the wonder is that
some of the audience didn’t melt clean
away, it was so hot.
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McCULLOUGH—-LARIMER. — A pretty
home wedding was celebrated at J ersey
Shore Wednesday, which was of interest to
many of our readers, for the groom. Lee R.
Larimer, is one of our popular young men
who is succeeding and winning for himself
a place in the business world.
The marriage took place at.11:30 o’clock
at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mis. Robert McCulloagh, and was solemn-
ized by the Rev. Charles A. Bruce. About
fifty guests were present and a Williamsport
orchestra played the wedding march and
during the festivities. The bride, Miss:
Catharine Bortle McCullough, wore a beau-
tiful gown of white crepe de chene over
white taffeta and trimmed with real point
lace. Her bouquet was of bride’s roses.
Her attendants were Miss Grace Sallada,
the maid of honor, who wore white over
pink taffeta and carried pink carnations ;
and Miss Reba Jackey, of Philadelphia,
and Miss Bertha Chambers, of Punxsutaw-
ney, as bridesmaids. Charles E. Larimer,
of this place, the groom’s only brother, was
his best man and Homer Barnes and John
Humes were the ushers. A wedding
breakfast was served directly after the cer-
emony and the newly married couple left
on the afternoon train for Buffalo. Yester-
day they sailed from Erie for Duluth,
and before returning home will spend some
time at the Exposition in Buffalo. =
The groom, who is one of the firm of the
Gheen, Spigelmyer and Larimer store in
Jersey Shore, is the eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. V. Larimer, of this place, and his
bride is said to bea very charming young
girl.
MARRIED AT PHILIPSBURG.—David A.
Foreman, well known in this place, as
deputy prothonotary underL. A. Schaeffer,
and one of the most prominent young men
of Potter township, was married in Phil-
ipsburg op Wednesday morning at 7
o'clock. The Journal of that place pub-
lished the following account of the
auspicious event.
The pretty home of Mrs. Beulah Smith,
on Cold Stream reservoir, was alive with
wedding festivity at an early hour Wed-
nesday morning, the ‘occasion being the
marriage of Miss Alta, the only daughter,
to David A. Foreman, of Centre Hill.
The rooms were beautifully decorated and
at seven o'clock the bride attired in virgin
white, was led by the groom into a floral
alcove in the parlor, where with the sol-
emn ring service of the Methodist ‘Episco-
pal church, Rev. T. L. Tomkinson spoke
the words uniting them in holy matri-
mony. The ushers were the brothers of
the bride, Frank and Wiliard Smith.
An elegant breakfast was served under
the direction of the latter. Many beauti-
ful and useful presents were received from
friends as mementos of the occasion. ‘
Mrs. Foreman has long been one of our
most highly esteemed public school teach-
ers, and the presence of a number of her
intimates among the ‘‘school marms’’ add-
ed to the zest of the occasion. The star-
ing placards on the bridal baggage bearing
legends—‘‘Pat us off at Buffalo’’—* Our
wedding trip,’’ ete., may be traced to the
nimble pens of some of them.
Amid a shower of rice and well wishes
they started on their journey from the
Pennsylvania R. R. station at 9:40, intend-
ing to take in the Pan-American exposition
and other points, after which they will set-
tle at Tusseyville, where Mr. Foreman is
superintendant of schools.
The bride will be greatly missed in Phil-
ipsburg, among her circle of friends, in the
schools and in the M. E. Sunday school,
where her work was much appreciated.
SPO ee
WEDDED AT SPANGLER.—An auspicious,
though small, wedding was celebrated Wed-
nesday evening at the home of Mr.and Mus.
J. A. McClain, formerly of this place but
now of Spangler, when their daughter Mary
Brown, was united in marriage to Harvey
8. Lingle. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Father Croxler O.S. V. and
only a few guests were present. The wed-
ding march was played by Miss Mary
Ceader, the bride’s intimate friend of this
place. The bride, who is a bright attract-
ive young girl, wore a stylishly made gown
of mouslin de soie, trimmed with lace, over
white taffeta. Her veil of Brussels net was
fastened with a spray of orange blossoms
and she carried a bouquet of Bride’s roses.
The ceremony was followed by a reception
and supper, after which the entire party ac-
companied the bride and groom on their
special train to Cresson, whence they
departed on a two weeks’ journey to the
Thousand Isles.
The bride and groom are both well
known here, where the former bad lived all
her life until the last few years. Mr.
Lingle is a son of the Hon. W. C. Lingle,
of Patton, and a nephew of Mrs. W. W.
Montgomery, Mrs. Edward Garman and
Howard Lingle, of this place.
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SHROM—AUCHMUTY. — Miss Clara B.
Shrom and Mr. David L. Auchmuty, of
South Williamsport, were married at the
home of the bride’s aunt, Mis. Margaret
Hoffer, on Pine street, at half-after eleven
on Tuesday morning. Rev. W. P. Shriner
of the Methodist church officiated and only
a few of the immediate friends and rela-
tives were present.
An informal reception followed the cere-
mony, then a wedding breakfast was
served aud the bride and groom departed
on the 1:20 train for a trip to the Pan-
American. Mr. Auchmuty is a machinist
and has a home for his bride at McKees-
port.
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——James Lowry, a son of contractor
Henry Lowry of this place, was married to
Mies Elizabeth Weidensale at Milesburg,
on Wednesday evening at half-after eight.
Rev. Wharton of the Methodist church per-
formed the ceremony in the presence of
several of the most intimate friends of the
young people who drove down with them.
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——County commissioner J . L. Boone,
of Clinton county, was stricken with con-
gestion of the brain while visiting one of
his farms on Tuesday. His condition is
precarious,
For THE HOME COMING OF THE 47TH.
—It is expected that the transport Thomas,
carrying the 47th U. S. Vol. Inf. will reach
San Francisco this week and as soon there-
after as possible that regiment of fighters
will be mustered out of the service and sent
to their homes.
The regiment is made ap largely of Cen-
tral Pennsylvania boys and as a number of
them are from Bellefonte and vicinity it is
proposed to make their home coming an
event in the history of the town.
The preliminary work of organization
has been gone through with and is as fol-
lows :
Chairman :—Gen. James A. Beaver.
Secretary :—Chas. R. Kurtz.
Parade :—Col. Austin Curtin, Ch.; Gen.
John I. Curtin, chief marshall ; Henry Tay- |
lor, chief of staff; Col. Amos Mullen, aid ;
and others will be appointed later. Assistants
to parade committee were appointed as fol-
lows :Dr. Locke, John Knisely, Bellefonte :
Dr. Christ, Dr. Harter, State College ; A. S.
Smith, James McMullen, Milesburg ; Capt.
Quigley, Eagleville ; Joshua Pheasant, How-
ard ; Geo. E. Parker, John Gowland, Phil-
ipsburg. To secure horsemen :—Fred Blan-
chard, Geo. Valentine, Maj. W. J. Singer,
and Serg. R. F. Hunter, of Bellefonte ; Jas.
Gregg, Oscar Miles, Milesburg; Wm. and
James Thompson, Lemont; Robert Cooke,
Norris Bogle, Howard; J. Harris Hoy, Ben-
ner Twp.; Capt. S. H. Bennison, Marion
Twp.; Laird Curtin, Boggs Twp.; A. V. Mil-
ler, Pleasant Gap and others.
Reception :—Burgess Edmund Blanchard,
chairman; James P. Coburn, Hon. John G.
Love, Col. George A. Bayard, Hon. D. H.
Hastings, George L. Potter. J. K. Johnston,
John Ardell, C. M. Bower, John Knisely,
John M. Shugert, Patrick Gerrity, F. W.
Crider, J. W. Gephart, Hard P. Harris.
Escort :—G. W. Reese, Ch.; Capt. H. S.
Taylor, Col. W. F. Reeder. Col. W. F. Rey-
nolds, Geo. F. Harris, John P. Harris,
Charles Smith, Ellis L. Orvis, W. E. Gray,
J. C. Meyer.
Fire Works :—S. B. Miller, Ch.; J. D. Sour-
beck, Samuel P. Smith, H. B. Pontius, Chas.
Eckenroth.
Speakers :—Col. D. F. Fortney, Ch. ; Col.
W. F. Reeder, W. Harrison Walker.
Music :—Capt. 8. H. Williams, Ch. ; Belle-
fonte ; Frank Clemson, Scotia; Henry Kline,
Zion ; P. F. Garbrick, Coleville ; William
Bilger, Pleasant Gap ; Harry R. Curtin,
Roland ; John F. Harter, State College ;
Jacob DeHass, Howard.
Finance :—James Harris, Ch. ; Jos. L.
Montgomery, Col. Geo. A. Bayard, J. Will
Conley.
It is proposed to have a great parade,
speeches and a banquet for the.boys. The
reception committee will go to Tyrone and
escort them home in triumph. Of course
the date is unsettled, because it is not
known just how their health will be when
landing and how long they will have to re-
main in camp before being mustered out.
The boys from this county who enlisted
in the 47th are Milton Reed, Samuel Solt,
George W. Sunday, Jesse Underwood,
James Vallance, William Runkle and
Edw. R. Taylor, of Bellefonte; Clyde Z.
Long and Frederick Tebbs, of Howard; and
Milton Robb and Samuel Sweitzer, of
Coleville.
Their enlistment dates from July 1st,
1899, and all of them were taken to Camp
Meade by the late Lieut. Geo. L. Jackson,
who was on recruiting service here. So
far as is known all of the boys are well.
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——There has been so much inquiry as
to the corps of instructors at the Bellefonte
Academy for the next academic year that
Prof. James R. Hughes, associate principal,
has furnished us with the following list of
those who will be found on the staff when
the Academy opens next fall. The prin-
cipals,Rev. J. P. Hughesand J. R. Hughes,
will continue to do the same work they
bave done for years in mathematics and
classics, respectively. Mr. Arthur H. Killen,
a graduate of Yale, an honorman in his
class, a member of his class crew and an
athlete generally—in short, a leader among
Yale men, will assist in taking charge of
the higher mathematics and the sciences
and will superintend the athletic life of the
school. Miss Elizabeth Hill, of Connecticut,
a graduate of a leading Academy and Nor-
mal school of her State and also of Wesley-
an University, a woman of seven years
most successful experience in teaching and
disciplining, will assume charge of the
young ladies room; teaching the English
branches belonging to all departments from
the intermediate through the college pre-
paratory year. The modern languages and
history will be in charge of Miss Kate
Davis, a Pennsylvanian by birth, who
traveled and studied in France and Ger-
many and has taught with remarkable suc-
cess since in preparing for Bryn Mawr and
other prominent colleges. The primary de-
partment will be under the charge of Miss
Helen E. Overton, who bas.during the past
five years held its work up to the highest
possible standard of interest and proficiency.
She will again be ably assisted by Miss
Margaret Thomas. :
——Please bear in mind the fact that the
Union county soldiers and sailors monu-
ment will be dedicated or unveiled on July
4th, 1901. All who contemplate going
(which it is hoped will be many) take the
6:40 a. m,, train that day for Lewisburg.
An arrangement will be made for a special
to return all who wish to return that night.
Pine Grove Mention.
Walter Woods is home from Lafayette for
his summer vacation.
Wm. H. Roush who is carpentering in Al-
toona, spent Sunday at his home here.
Walter Thomas, son of Hon. L. C. Thomas,
of Latrobe, is here for a two weeks’ outing.
James Roush, of Penn Hall, and his wife
visited his brother-in-law, Amos Koch,Satur-
day.
Rev. W. C. Noble, though on crutches, fill-
ed his regular appointment at Fairbrook on
Sunday.
Hannah Miller, wife of Charles D. Miller,
of Rock Springs, has been seriously ill at her
home for weeks.
Stewart Kauffman, an optician of Sunbury,
and his wife are visiting at the Howard Goss
home on the Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. McCracken were in Belle-
fonte the beginning of the week, though of
course they did not go down for the show.
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Bella Piper, the 13 year old daughter of J.
B. Piper has been promoted into the A grade
of the Grammer school at Alexandria.
Samuel Elder lost a valuable young mare
on Monday from the effects of brain fever
and tetanus which resulted from a sun stroke.
Professor George C, Butz, of State College,
has been rusticating here for several days,
enjoying the hospitality of the Lutheran
parsonage,
William H. Sausserman and his son Ed-
ward rode down from Altoona recently on
their bicycles and had a Jolly good time here
at their old home,
| Katharine and Ella Dale came up from
Oak Hall a few days ago to visit their aunt,
Mrs. George A. Keichline, who is really much
better than they expected to find her.
\W. E. Meek hasso far recovered from his
recent illness that he was in town Tuesday
for the entire day. His daughter Miss Bertie
spent the day in Bellefonte at the show.
S. R. Palmer, who has been John P. Lyon’s
right band man on the farm at Pennsylvania
Furnace for several years, has moved to Mil-
roy whare he expects the dollars to roll in
rapidly.
Our n3w burial place is being improved
with some necessary buildings. A pavilion
is being erected in the centre which will be
furnished with comfortable seats and water
from the pring is being piped to it.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kachir, of Erie, were
the guests of Rev. Illingworth at the Snyder
home last week. They were down trying to
induce hin to return to his former charge at
an increased salary.
Alfred Musser and his wife, who have been
visiting friends here and at Spring Mills, re-
turned home Thursday. Alfred isa stenog-
rapher and book keeper for a large coal firm
in Clearfield.
urt was held at Squire J. H. Mill-
er’s lastiSatarday at which Ross Ellenberger
rded $13 for sheep killed. The
canines |were from Huntingdon county to
which they were followed and killed.
Dr. Flank Bailey, of Milton, has been up
here rufticating for a few days with his
many fiends, and while here he improved
the shining hours by taking a dozen impres-
sions. e grinders, of course, are to come
on later.
A. M. Brown is adding an addition to his
already hig barn. He recémtly moved one of
his saw ills to Reedsville where he is oper-
ating on a tract bought of the Reed estate
and which will take him several years to
clear off.
H. C. Réthrock, of Millheim, in company
with Jess¢ Fredricks, of Boalsburg, was in
town last yeek looking up a farm, which in-
dicates thit he means to change his occupa-
tion from jeaching to farming. There are
several go¢d farms about here for sale and
this surely |s the garden spot of Centre coun-
ty.
Jeremiah Ewing, happy and aleru as ever,
with his
mountains faturday to enjoy a few days
with his Jerry
is an old bafle scarred veteran, having been
wounded sij times, and he says he cannot
get along without the WATCHMAN.
The Tyrole authorities were scurrying
around here jn Tnesday evening in quest of
a horse and lggy which had been traced to
Stormstown ind from thence here. It was
in charge ofh man purporting to be from
Philadelphia Yho was about 35 years of age.
All traces of the turn out, which was a small
black mare hiched to a black buggy with
Bailey hangers were lost here.
On Wednesddy of last week while Samuel
Elder and fam|ly were at dinner in their
summer kitchey they smelt smoke and be-
came alarmed. {Upon opening the door to
the main house they discovered a couch al-
most burnt up dnd the wood work of the
room on fire. Only the combined efforts sav-
ed the house which had just been erected and
on which there way only a small insurance.
Jos. B. Erb, of Elkins, W. V., formerly one
of the best known men in this section spent
last week here in the interest of his brother,
Wm. who has a suit nding in an Illinois
court for alimony to| his first wife, Mary
Harper, now of Philipsburg. Mr. Erb is
quite brisk for one almost four score years
and in that time has hdd many adventures.
He is now an extensive lumberman as well as
an oil magnate. He left for home Monday
morning and as the saying goes is well healed.
ROMO, A.
As our little place has x been heard from
through the columns of the WATCHMAN for
a long time, we will endeavor to let the many
readers of this paper, and especially those
who formerly lived here but who are now
among strangers, know what happens in our
little country village. We will try to report
everything that happens’ around here, and
although we may digress once in a while,
and write something that seems foolish,
please think of this little stanza before you
condemn us too harshly.
“My son, these maxims make a rule,
And lump them ay thegither;
The rigid righteous is a fool,
The rigid wise anither:
The cleanest corn that e’er was dight
May hae some pyles o’ chaff in:
So ne’er a fellow creature slight
For random fits o’ daffin,
Mrs. Hall Carries and children, of Sum-
merville, are visiting Mrs. Hannah Brickley,
of this place. :
Miss Mamie DeLong, who had been visit-
ing her friend, Miss Grace Vallimont,of Pine
Glenn, returned home on Monday. .
Miss Maude L. Brickley, who graduated
from the Lock Haven Normal at the recent
commencement, is expected home on Thurs-
day.
Miss Alta Robb and Miss Ella Brickley,
both of this place, departed on Tuesday to at-
tend the graduating exercises at the Lock
Haven Normal.
Lewis Boone raised his new barn last Fri-
day. There were quite a number of people
there to help, and all report a good time, as
well as a good dinner.
Harry Young arrived home on Saturday
from Glen Union. He left on Sunday for
the upper end of Marsh Creek toshake hands
with his many friends up there.
Conrad Miller, of Bellefonte, who has the
contract for building the stone bridge below
Howard, is busily engaged in getting stone
above;Mr. Harvey Young’s.