BY PP. GRAY MEEK.
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Ink Slings.
—StrROHM went to Milesburg, but he
isn’t going to Harrisburg.
—Now watch the real improved O. I. C.
get its front feet back into the public
trough. ;
—MALIN’S cow market in Penn town-
ship didn’t turn out according to ‘“Me
Too’s”’ predictions. :
We haven’t much to be thankful for,
‘but we are very thankful for what we did
get.
~The Democrats didn’t get even a
#]00k in?’ in Clinton county. All the of-
fices went to the other fellows.
It bas been worse before
Manys’ the time
Manny's the time
—And they say EARLY-BIRD CHESTER-
¥IELD TUTEN saw the new moon over his
right shoulder the evening before the elec-
tion. 3
—Remember that the election closed
Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. .All your
little scraps should have ended with the
closing of the polls.
—The result in Centre county, no mat-
ter how it might have turned out, couldn’t
have pleased everybody. But everybody
will live on just the same.
—When we see what boodle accomplishes
in the adjoining counties of Clearfield and
Clinton, we can congratulate ourselves
that we are Centre county Democrats. -
“_If your neighbor called you a liar and
offered to smack your mouth before elec-
tion. Forgive and forget it and be thank-
ful that he didn’t carry out his threat.
—The scramble for the appointive offices
has begun. S. E. Goss, of Ferguson,
EpwARD HANCOCK, of Boggs, and J. H.
OLIGER, of Spring, would like to be com-
missioners clerk. ih
~-I¢ will bediscovered,before three years
go around, that Mr. HUMPTON can stand
his defeat for Commissioner much better
than the taxpayers, who allowed it to be
accomplished will.
—Phophecy and fulfillment are consid-
erably apart in Col. REEDER’S calculations
on results in Centre county. His claim
of 300 majority for PENNYPACKER turned
out to be more than that for the other
fellow.
—.Mr. LOWRY may not be quite as
wealthy as he was a few weeks’ ago but he
is evidently a wiser man. He, at least,
knows what it is to be a candidate for a
crowd that has other fellows it would rath-
er have win.
HENRY LOWRY has the Keystone
Gazelte to thank for a very largeslice of the
sentiment that contributed to his defeat,
while PHILIP MEYER should feel grateful
to it for the way it helped him to victory.
——— With PATTON’S majority run away
above 2,000 in Clearfield eounty the hope-
lessness of HEINLE'S fight becomes very
apparent. He made a grand one, how-
ever, and comes out of it with flying colors
though without the office.
—Now that itis all over and done Juve-
nile Jou x didn’t make such a bad showing
with his Republican after all. What he
did do was clean and fair and the public is
of the opinion that it had far more potency
than the up town dog-sheet.
—There seems to be a vast difference in |
the people of New York and Pennsylvapia.
In the former State it bas been discovered
that the country-folk do the cheating and
repeating at elections, while the city vote
is bon est.
reverse is the case.
— When SoLoMON DRESSER was here a
few weeks ago be boasted that he would
make Centre a Republican county. When
he returns and discovers the little that was
accomplished with all his blow and hoodle:
he may possibly revise his ideas —or try to
steal another patent.
'—1It is later on that the Democratic
voters of the county will discover the mis-
take they have made in allowing Governor
HASTINGS to boss the county assessments
and the county finances. It is then that
they will feel the effects of failing ‘to elect
so good a man as HuMPTON. We hope they
will all live to learn and mark this predic-
tion, that before two years go around three-
fonrths = of the people of Centre county
will feel like going out behind their barns
and kicking themselves for placing the
control of, the county finances in the hands
of those who, will manage these affairs
after the first of January next.
When It Will Come.
From the way they voted on Tuesday
last the people of Pennsylvania are evi-
dently contented ‘with the kind of govern-
ment they are having, and the kind ‘they
must surely know they will continue toget
from the robbers and rooters who control
the dominant party. And we pray the good
Lord they may get all they want of it.
There is some times, a cure for vicious
habits in a surfeit of those things which
perverted tastes or base desires crave. Even
the stomach rebels against the éxcesses that
greed will stuff into it, and it may come to
this with the tax payers and people of
Pennsylvania. They may yet get enough
of franchise steals, of ripper measures, of
corporate control, of profligate ad ministra- |
tion and the private wrongs and public out-
rages they have voted to endorse and con-
tinue. : .
Until they do there is little hope for the
redemption of Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania the exact
VOL. 47
The Results of Tuesday's Voting.
If either party has reason to rejoice over
the result of the elections of Tuesday last
it certainly is not the party that seemingly
had the viotory. From Massachusetts to
Texas and from the Atlantic coast States to
| the Rocky Mountains, with the single ex-
ception of Pennsylvania, the elections
point to the beginning of the breaking up
of Republicanism. Even in this machine
shackled and repeater-ridden Common-
weal th there are indications that the peo-
ple are breaking away from the' machine
and that as soon as honest elections can be
had there will be an end to ring-rule and
Republican majorities within is. Over-
whelming as the vote for Pennypacker
appears to be it is not what the people of
Pennsylvania made it, but what the ballot
frauds in the two great cities of the State
were able to accomplish. There must be a
day of reckoning for this ballot fraud busi-
ness and when it comes Pennsylvania
will be Democratic. bel :
Beginning with Massachusetts the Dem-
ocrats succeeded in electing three of the
fourteen members of Congress and in re-
ducing the Republican majority on the
state ticket to less than one-half what. it
has” formerly been.
NEw HAMPSHIRE shows up with but
9000 Republican majority as against for- |
mer majorities from
thousand.
RHODE ISLAND, fgp the first time in
years and years, elects a Democratic Gov-
ernor, and secures one of the two members
of Congress.
NEW YORK, that has been considered
hopelessly Republican is at this writing in
doubt, both parties claiming the election
of their Governor. The delegation in Con-
gress from that State will be 18 Democrats
and 19 Republicavs while the Senate and
Legislature will be chosen. The results
puts New Yoik in the doubtful colamu for
the coming presidential election and gives
twenty to thirty
hope that “'the7end of imperialism ‘and’
trosts is in sight.
NEW JERSEY comes to the front with
decided Democratic gains in every district.
While there 'was no state ticket in the field
the contest was exceedingly spirited for
Congressmen and Legislators and every in-
indication gives color to the general belief
that that biith-place of corporate fran-
chises has surfeited of Republicanism and
is ready to return to the faith that so long
held it in the Democratic column.
DELAWARE for the first time in years
elects its Democratic Congressmen and a
Legislature that will secure to the Democ-
racy at least one member of the United
States Senate. A substantial gain.
MARYLAND, that has been considered
substantially Republican since 1896, makes
a Democratic gain of two Congressmen and
shows a clean Democratic majority on its
total vote.
Every State in the South, from the;Mary-
laud line to the Gulf of Mexico, comes up
smiling with its increased majorities for
their Democratic nominees and not in a
single instance is their any sign of waver-
ing or doubt as to conditions existing in
that section. It is still solidly Democratic.
Onro stizks to her Republican idols and
shows an increased Republican majority
for its state ticket. -Of the twenty-one
Congressmen elected but four are conced-
ed to the Demogracy.
INDIANA shows no decided victory for
either side. The Republican state ticket
bas about 20,000 majority, or ten thousand
less than usual, while the congressional
delegation will have the same as in the
present Congress, four Democrats and nine
Republicans. i
Towa has not: any encouragement for
the ‘Republicans; For the first time in|
eight years the Democrats succeeded in
electing one member of Congress, and were
able to reduce the majority of the Repub-
lican: state ticket to less than one-half what
it has formerly been.
MISSOURI'S: complete returns. from all
parts of the State show the election of the
Democratic state ticket, a safe Democratic
majority in the Legislature that will select
a successor to United States Senator G. G.
Vest, and ‘the election of 15 Democrats
out of ‘16 Congressmen. RICHARD BART-
HOLDT, who ‘was re-elected to Congress
from the Eleventh district, was the only
successful Republican candidate. The
Democratic majority in St. Louis on the
state and city tickets is 7,000. :
MINNESOTA, elects Governor VAN SANT
(Rep.,) who made a personal campaign
for an indorsement of his action in starting
the so-called anti-merger fight, by a plu-
rality of between 40,000 and 50,000. Eight’
ongressmen have been elected “by the
Republicans. In the Fifth district, half
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
the precincts give LIND (Dem.) over 600
the best of it, and his victory seems safe
by over 1000. J
- NEBRASKA Republicans have elected five
of the six Congressmen in Nebraska. The
Second district is the only one carried by
the Fusionists, Hitohoock: defeating Mercer.
It is now claimed thas Mickey, Republican,
is elected Governor by about 2,000 with the
entire Republican state ticket.
MICHIGAN revised returns show a total
vote for Bliss (Rep.) of 47,414 aud for
Durand (Dem. ), 17,650, giving Governor
Bliss a pluralty of 32,764. Governor Bliss
ran 11,870 behind Fred M. Warner (Rep.),
candidate for Secretary of State. In De-
troit, Mayor William C, Maybury (Dem.)
polled a total of 54,507, Dr. J. H. Corsten,
his Republican opponent. getting 21,812, a
plurality for Maybury of 2,695.
IN KANSAS the Republicans elect a good
majority of she Legislature, and all state
officers and a large part of the county
officers. ;
WISCONSIN is Republican by less than
*30,000 and one of its eleven members of
Congress is a Democrat.
UTAH elects its Republican ticket and
gives both brauvches of its Legislature to
that party, which will secure the election
of APOSTLE REED SMooT, of the Mormon
| chureh, to the United States Senate.
Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Wyom-
ing stick to Republicanism and will be rep-
resented in Washington by members of that
political faith. i
NEVADA. goes Democratic and will re-
turn a Democratic United States Senator
in place of Senator JONES, who was elected
as a Republican.
CALIFORNIA elects its state ticket by a
reduced Republican majority and shows a
gain of two Democratic members of Con-
gress.
The Result in Centre County.
While the result of Tuesday’s contest in
this county was not what the WATCHMAN
bad hoped it would be it. was not altogeth-
er a surprise. It has been evident for sev:
eral years that the margin of votes on which
the Democracy has had to build its hope
has been very small and this, coupled with
the old fashioned notion that many of our |
voters have in the large precincts thas the
county is safely Democratic and their votes
will not be needed, is the primary cause of
the loss of the offices of Commissioner,
Treasurer, Auditors and Coroner. Recog-
nizing the fact that the margin is small and
that every vote is needed it is readily seen
how easy itis to overturn the will of the
people by the corrupting influence of the
great floods of money that were poured
into this county through the candidacy of
Mr. DRESSER and Mr. PATTON. Both are
very rich men and a few thousand dollars,
placed where those most eager to take it
were to be located, was a matter of little
consequence. To offset this powerful per-
suader the Democrats had practically noth-
ing but the personalities of their nominees
and -it is surprising that more of them did
not go down.
There is nothing in the returns to indi-
cate that Centre is not a Democratic coun-
ty. While there was an increased poll of
from 1100 to 700 over the vote of 1899 the
increase is remarkably proportionate be-
tween the two parties. This develops the
fact that the Democratic strength is being
augmented, for while the increase in the
vote is confined almost exclusively to Re-
publican precincts there is an evident fall-
ing off of the vote in the Democratic dis-
tricts.
So far as estimating the relative strength
of the pasties from the vote on the head of
the ticket or that for auditors—as was the
| practice years ago—is concerned, conditions
are such now that a comparison would be
altogether unreliable. With a voter once
behind the curtain there is no accounting
for the strangely marked up ballot that is
made, so that the only fair estimate now-a-
days must be based on a comparative table
showing the average of the total votes.
The defeat of Mr. CARLIN is in no way a
reflection on that worthy gentleman. Al-
most every penny of the vast sams put into
the fightin the interest of DRESSER and
PATTON was made to serve the purpose of
HASTINGS to elect FOSTER at any price.
The latter has been identified with the
HASTINGS faction all his life and the re-
ward of his fealty is shown in the result
emphasizing the pre-election assertions of
the WATCHMAN that the fight would be
strenuous for Treasurer because of the ad-
ditional incentive of having the county
funds at the disposal of the HASTINGS
bank.
Mr. HUMPTON’s defeat was purely acei-
dental. He was recognized in every quar-
ter as being a desirable man for the office of
Commissioner and it was generally believed
that he would be elected under any condi-
tion. Acting upon this belief there was an
extraordinary effort pus forth in behalf of
his running mate, upon whom the entire
brunt of the fight had settled, with the re-
sult that the failure to properly distribute
the work compassed HumproN’s downfall.
He is young, however, and has the good
sense to accept the outcome gracefully and
it will be found, ere long, that a great mis-
take was made in defeating him... smn
BELLEFONTE, PA., NOVEMBER 7, 1902.
‘Enforce the Constitution.
The anthracite coal strike is ended and
apparently on terms that will be juss to the
misers. In other words Commissioner CAR-
ROLL D. WRIGHT announced the other day
thas it it. is deterinined by the tribunal to
alfow the miners a raise in wages the
obange would date from November first.
‘There can hardly be a doubt of the tribu-
pal agreeing to an increase. The expenses
of living ‘have advanced greatly since the
last adjustment of wages and the price of
coal has gone up considerably since. Une
der the circnmstances there ought to be
some increase in the wages of the miners.
1 It is to be hoped that they will also receive
other concessions.
Bat the obligations of the authorities
won’t end with increasing the wages of the
miners. They are entitled to justice in
dealings with their employers. That is
when they mine a ton of coal they are en-
titled to the wages agreed on for mining a |
ton, instead of a trifle more than half, as has
been the custom and they are entitled to
the supplies which they use in mining the
coal at a just price at the company stores
or the privilege of buying it at any other
store which keeps it in stock. If those.
things are gained the miners will have lit-
tle to complain of with respect to ‘their
greatest grievance. But the people still
have grounds for complaint. Le
When the President intervened to stop
the strike he said there was a third party
in interest, which was the public. “Even if
the miners get all they ask, therefore the
accounts will not be settled until the com-
plaints of the people are satisfied. The
people have a right to demand the complete
fulfillment of the laws. The coal trust has
been violating the constitution of Pennsyl-
vania every day since it was organized. Ib
is the duty of the authorities to enforce the
provisions of tke constitution against the
trust. Senators QUAY and PENROSE pre-
tended a great concern for the mimers re-
cently. If they will enforce the organic
law of the State the miners will be secure
in their rights. ~
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One Surprising Feature.
One of the singular features of the late
campaign in this State was the apparent in-
difference of what may be justly called the
myral element to the result. Tere and
there a preacher reverted to the subject of
morality in politics, but it-was something
like a passing notice or casual observation
and made no more impression on the public
mind than the traditional water on a duck’s
back. Yet it may be assumed that if the
clergy had taken hold of the matter in earn-
est and pressed it toa finish they would
have been able to make themselves felt in
the vote. “Atleast we may be permitted to
hope such is the case.
There never has been greater reason for
considering that feature of the contest. Ib
was a campaign which brought that ques-
tion into bold relief. On one side the
campaign was notoriously corrupt. The
candidate had been nominatéd by the most
open bribery and corruption. The head of
the machine, himself, notorionsly and fla-
grantly defiant of the laws of morality took
command and put all the evil forces in mo-
tion to compass the success of his plans and
with the infrequent and unimportant ex-
ceptions referred to the clergy remained si-
lent. It would seem that ballot box stuf-
fing and other forms of political venality
give them no concern. y
Even the probibitionists took no notice
of the palpable obligation which was upon
them and it was even suspected by many
during the campaign that some of the offi:
cials of that organization were on the pay
roll of. the machine. The fact that they
| work so assiduously to take votes from
PATTISON who is, morally speaking, a model
in order to make mare certain the success
of the QUAY machine would justify the
suspicion that there was something wrong.
In the campaign all the moral forces onght
to have heen moving together to beat the
atrocious machine but as a matter of fact it
was“every fellow for himself and the devil
take the hindmost. ! ;
Quay’s FPecullar Case.
It is to be hoped that the threatened
prosecution of Senator QUAY for violation
of the civil service laws will not be aban-
doned now that the election is over. . The
charges are that the Senator, as chairman’
of the Republican state committee solicited
contributions to the Republican campaign
fund from federal officers. That is-a
crime if committed by any one. If a Sen-
ator or Representative in Congress does it
a double crime is committed. That is to
say it is a crime to ask an officer of the
federal government to contribate ard it is
equally criminal for a Senator to ask any
one. QUAY has publicly admitted that he
violated both provisions of the law.
Soon after QUAY had collected all the
money that he could hope to get he pub-
lished a letter withdrawing the request for
contributions alleging at the same time
that he didn’t know until then that it was
against the law. A week later the Attor-
ney - General Sharply rebuked the Sena-
tor in report to the President and the
President condemned the action in an order |
‘incumbent.
directing the United States Dirsricé Attor-
ney for the Eastern District of Pennsyl-
vania to investigate and in the event. the
facts justified the action to begin proceed-
ings. The District Attothey, who is a QUAY
adherens, hasn’t begun proceedings as yet,
and there ate reasons to fear that he won’t
know that the election is over. ©!
The President can hardly afford to' allow
this affair to drop out of sight in that way.
He is under obligations to enforce the laws
against all sorts of offenders. - Infact’ it is
infinitely more fmportant that so glaring |
a case as QUAY’S should be proseented than
that sume obscure criminal should be pun-
ished for passing counterfeit money, eon-
ducting an illicit still or using a cancelled
postage stamp. If either of those. crimes
had been committed the punishment would
have been swift and severe. ‘The ;authori-
ties can’t endure that kind of crime. But
it looks as if they looked with lenient eyes
on crooks in high lite and that QUAY will
go Soni free, though his guilt stands con-
essed. ;
Rhode Island.
& 74 vo :
PROVIDENCE, R. I. November 5.—Sub-
stantial gains for the Democrats are shown
by the complete returns for the state ticket,
They elected their candidate for Governor
and Lieutenant, Governor and. their con-
gressional candidate in the first district.
Besides, they cut down the Republican
lead in the lower House of the Legislature
by securing thirty-six members as against
a like number for the Republicans. - The
Senate, however, remains overwhelmingly
Republican, with a representation of 28 to
37 members.
The Republican majority in the generai
assembly on joint ballot gives that party
control of the appointive state and county
offices. Mayor D. L. D. Granger (Demo-
crat), of Providence, was elected congress-
man in the East district over Melville Ball
(Republican), of Newport, the present
In the Segond district, A. B.
Capron (Republican), was re-elected by a
plurality of 800 against 4,000 two years
agn.
The vote cast was the largest in: the
State,
California.
Sax Fraxcisco, November &5.—Com-
plete returns from San Francisco and. par-
tail returns from all over tlie State indicate
that George C. Pardee, the Republican
candidate for Governor. is elected ‘by a ma-
jority of 2,000 to 3,000. The plurality of
9,000 given by San Francisco to F. K.
Lane, the Democratic nominee, has ' been
almost wiped out by Republican majori-
ties in the interior counties.» The Republi-
can votes for Pardee in Seuthern California.
undoubtedly have elected him. :
The Legislature, which will choose a
United States Senator, is largely Republi-
can on joint ballot. The Republicans have
lost wo Congressmen, Kahn, in the Fourth
and Loud, in the Fifth.
The First and Second. districts are still
undecided, with Democratic leaning.
Next House Will be Republicans.
WASHINGTON, November 5.—The latest
returns recieved up to 10.30 o’clock tonight
show that the Republicans (including in
the description the fusionists elected from
the Pittsburg-Allegheny district in Penn-
gylvania) will control the next house by a
vote of 204 Republicans to 179 Democrats,
with one district, the Eight Tennessee,
and two California districts so much in
doubt that the official returns will be
needed to decide the result. The totals
given are believed to be correct, although
there are a few districts,such as two in Col-
orado and one in Minnesota where the Rep-
ublican and Democratic party managers,
respectively, do not concede defeat, bunt
the general result could not be affected
even should their claims prove well found-
ed.
Maryland. lx
BALTIMORE, November: 5.—Complete
returns from city and State show that Mary-
land’s representation in the next house
will be four Republicans and two Demo-
crats—a gain of two seats for the Demo-
crats. Except in city two districts—the
Third and Fourth—the candidates were
elected by comfortable pluralities. Wach-
ter, Republican, in the Third, bas 159 plu-
rality, with one precinct in dispute, which,
when counted, it is thonght, will swell his
plurality over Meyer, Democrat, to 200.
Denny, Democrat, in the Fourth, has 395
pluralitity over Schirm, Republican.
Two loan ordinances for munieipal im-
provements in this city were endorsed by
nearly 30,000 majority. ;
Idaho.
Boiks, 1da., November 5.—Returns from
the state confirm figures 'sent out last
night showing the election of the entire
Republican state and congressional ticket.
A Republican majority on joint ballot seems
assured and W. E. Corang probably will
succeed Senator Heitfelt in the Senate.’
Democratic State Chairman Dounelly
concedes the election of the entire Repub-
lican ticket, but claims that the Republi-
cans will have one less than:a majority on
joint ballot in the Legislature. Republi-
can leaders claim their majority will be
thirteen. » :
Congressional
tion. \
Pennsylvania's Delega-
PHILADELPHIA, November 5—Of the
thirty-two Pennsylvania Congressmen elect-
ed yesterday twenty-eight Republicans and
four Democrats, the latter being George F.
Howell, Tenth district: Marcus C. Kline,
Thirteenth district; Charles H. Dickerman,
Sixteenth district, and Joseph H. Skull,
Twenty-sixth district. : :
Kansas.
TOPEKA, November 5.—The Republican
victory in Kansas is complete. ‘A good
majority of the Legislature, all the state
offices and a large part of the county offices
were taken by the Republicans.
Spawls from the Keystone,
—A twelve-year-old child of Alexander
Heckman, residing near Temple, Berks cou n-
ty, was accidentally shot and killed by a
younger brother Saturday afternoon. The
father, who had been hunting, left his gun
standing in the kitchen.
—Marshall Johnson, of Cross Forks, who
was struck on the back of the head by a fiy-
ing log four weeks ago, his skull being split
from the base to the nose, is still alive.
Physicians said that he could not live more
than a few hours, and have repeated the
assertion at every visit since.
—Pennsylvania railroad stock was placed
upon a full six per cent. basis on Saturday
by action of its directors in declaring a semi-
annual dividend of three per cent. for &
year. The dividend declared is payable on
and after November 29th, to stockholders of
record at the close of business on November
5th.
—Hearing a man trying to unlock her
front door, and ‘discovering that her house
was surrounded during the absence of her
husband Friday night, Mrs. J. H Anderson,
of Sharon Hill, near Chester got a revolver,
opened a window and fired. Three men
soon scampered down the road and thére was
no burglary. a ;
—The Altoona hospital during the past
year has been crowded, and there is hardly a
time that its fifty-two beds are not occupied.
During the month of October there were 925
patients treated at the hospital. At the pres-
ent time the regular quarters are too small to
accommodate -the patients and extra cots
have been placed in the sun parlors. 7
—H. F. Dellot, a farmer of Fulton conaty,
recently plowed up a bottle containing one’
hundred $50 bank notes and $5 gold pieces.
The money when spread out.and connted al-
most took his breath, and he ran at once to
his home, a mile distant: Itis supposed to
have been'buried by Lewis, a high-wayman,
who operated in that section fifty years ago.-
—In West Altoona late Monday night.
while a party became hilarious at the home
of Mrs. Rachael Lingenfelter, they became
annoyed at the actions of a crowd of boys:
who congregated on the outside. A shot was
fired from within, which took effect in the
neck of 15 year old Ambrose Gehl. He died
shortly after. Blaine and Berry Dodson
were arrested charged with the crime.
—Helen Stack, aged 22 years, was burned
to death and her brother, Patrick, was pain-
fully burned in a fire which destroyed their
home two miles from Bradford early Mon-
day morning. Several farm hands had nar-
row escapes. They found safety by jumping
from upper windows. = A lamp exploded in:
Miss Stack’s room and the flames quickly:
spread, destroying the home before aid could
reach the spot.
—Edgar W. Hunt, aged 19 years, an em-
ploye of the York Bridge company, through
a wound received by the discharge of his gun
Friday afternoon, died at the York jhospital
that evening.. He and a friend were on &
hunting expedition and stopped at Highland
park for a rest, taking a seatfon the back of
a bench. Upon attempting to step down, his
foot or pantaloons caught the trigger, dis-
charging the gun. ' , : 4 Fatt
. —Rev. Isaac Krider has heen elected as
pastor of the Hartleton charge, same to take
effect on Dec. 1st. Rev. Krider has been
pastor of the Lutheran church at Duncans-
ville for the past twelve and one-half years.
During that time he married 120 couples,
officiated at 233 funerals, baptized 291 per-
sons and received 418 persons into church
| fellowship. ‘In pastoral work during that
period he’ traveled over 20,000 ‘miles, and
raised for all objects and salary $15,000.
—By the death of Hiram Augustus Corson,
a bachelor farmer of Linden; a number of
charitable institutions in Williamsport ‘and
Linden have received bequests. = To the
Williamsport Home of the Friendiess he’ be -
queathed $500, Dickinson Seminary $300, :
Y. M. C. A. $300, Newberry and Linden
M. E. churches each $600 to be used in help-
ing young men to prepare for the ministiy
and the balance to the Memorial Baptist and
Linden Methodist Episcopal churches. :
—The Blair county banking company, a
financial institution organized in Tyrone in
1874, will shortly be merged into the Blair
county National bank, a new concern re-
cently organized with the following list -of
officers : President. Alexander G. Morris;
vice president, James N. Thompson ; cashier,
Thomas J. Gates; directors, A. G. Morris,
H. L. Sholley, A. B. Gillam, H. M, Gray, J.
N. Thompson,S. E. Stewart and W. L. Hicks.
It is expected that it will be ready to open
Dec. 1st next with a capital of $100,000 aud a
surplus of $25,000. :
—G. H. Walters, known to thousands of ,
Atlantic City visitors as “Prof.” Walters, an
eccentric boardwalk character, is dyingina *
cottage on North Vermont avenue: from
pneumonia. He is now under the care of
the city authorities. Walters’ home is in
Westminister, Md., but he has been a char-
acter in Atlantic City for ten years or more.
He claims that he is a college graduate and
that be studied to become a pharmacist, but
was forced to give it up on acconnt of im-'
paired health.
— Fifteen Birmingham boys who observed :
Hallowe'en rather enthusiastically, found
themselves defendantsin a suit before Justice
J. M. Stonerode last Saturday, the prose- :
cutor, William Hamer, charging ‘the lads '
with destroying his fence, window panes and
other property to the damage of about $8.
Joseph Madison told the tale for the vrose-
cutor, and Edward Crowell Jr., talked
eloquently for the young defendants, tracing:
the privileges accorded on Hallowe'en in,
Birmingham since that village was founded
more than a century ago. The ’squire fined”
edch of the boys 44 cents, and the result was
| hailed as'a victory for lawyer pro tem Cro-
well. :
—Leo Monaghan, aged 15 years, of Lock
Haven, and a boy named Wilson, were hunt-
ing on'the mountain at Wetham. They had
shot a pheasant and a squirrel and while
walking along saw the fresh tracks of a bear.
A short distance away Leo saw something
black in the bushes. He stepped over into a
clump of bushes that was ahead of the ani-
mal. Leo waited and when the hear was
within about six feet of him he shot it. He
only had No. 6 shot in his gun, but the bear
got the full charge. The animal bellowed
loudly, 'whereupon Leo shot it again, this
time killing it. ' He'and his companion dyag-
ged the bear down the mouutain to the river
and had it taken home. The bear weighed
about 150 pounds.