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Marines Landed on Isthmus.
Will Search for Colombia Troops Said to be Near
Panama. Rumors of Speedy Attack.
Colon, Dec. 15.—A company of ma-
rines from the United States cruiser
Prairie was landed here under the
command of Captain Smedley D. But-
ler, of West Chester, Pa., and imme-
diately started by train for Panama.
The destination of the marines is said
to be Yaviza, up the San Miguel gulf
and Tuira river.
It is believed that the decision of
the naval authorities to station ma-
rines at Yaviza may possibly be owing
to the reports that Colombian troops
have been seen in that direction, but
up to the present time there is no rea-
son to believe that any large force is
under orderg to march on Panama
from Cauca. The opinion seems to
prevail that the few Colombian sol-
diers seen were probably scouts who
were endeavoring to learn what pre-
ventive and protective measures were
being taken by the Republic of Pana-
ma, and that it was their presence
which gave rise to the exaggerated
rumors of a speedy attack by Columbia
on the Isthmus.
It is more likely that the movement
of marines to Yaviza is in conformity
with the policy of the naval authorities
to concentrate forces at points which
offer the best facilities for getting im-
mediate information of any movement
by Colombian troops towards Panama
and at the same time affording the ma-
rines some relief from their confine-
ment to the ships. The marines car-
ried with them all requisites for camp
life and also a number of machine
guns.
Want Panama to Assume $15,000,000.
London, Dec. 15.—The correspondent
of the Morning Leader at The Hague
says it is reported there that both Hol-
land and Great Britain insist that the
Republic of Panama shall assume lia-
bility for $15,000,000 of the Colombian
debt.
Army Officers Anxious to Assist.
Washington, Dec. 15.—The news of
the movement of marines southward
from Panama, based as it was on the
reported landing of Colombian troops
in that part of the isthmus, was re-
ceived with keen interest in army cir-
cles, where there has been exhibited
for some time a desire to participate
with the navy in any military move-
ments on the Isthmus. The general
staff gave the subject immediate at-
tention. There was, however, no out-
come in the shape of orders to troops,
though the arrival here of Brigadier
General J. Franklin Bell, superinten-
dent of the general staff college at
Leavenworth, was regarded as con-
firming the previous statements to the
effect that the army is making ready
to do its share at a moment’s notice.
General Bell was in consultation with
some of the members of the general
staff.
There are strong reasons to doubt
the truth of the report that Colom-
bilan troops have landed on Isthmus
territory. All previous reports to gov-
ernment officials have indicated that
no Colombian troops either have been
landed or will be landed until after
the result of General Reyes’ mission
to Washington is known. General
Reyes stated that he had given his
pledge to that effect to the state de-
partment. His counsel to the Colom-
bians to abstain from hostile acts until
he has ended his work in Washington
is well known.
Rear Admiral Coghlan cables that
the Mayflower has learned that two
Colombian gunboats, with troops
aboard, are dodging along the Colom-
bian coast near the Panama line, but
cannot learn that they landed men.
Coghlan’s cruisers are still searching
for traces of the party.
Captain Butler is a son of Congress-
man Butler, of West Chester. He left
school during the Spanish war and en-
listed in the marine battallion. In
1899 he was made a lieutenant of
marines and took part in the expedi-
tion to China for the relief of the lega-
tions. He was wounded at Tien-Tsin.
Shot Himself Before a Mirror.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Standing be-
fore a mirror to make sure aim, Jo-
seph Harnie Thibadeau, 61 years of
age, of Falls Church, Va, shot him-
self through the forehead in a local
hotel. He was formerly a clerk in the
paymaster general’s office. A letter
found on the bureau, believed to have
been written just before the suicide,
shows Thibadeau to have been in
financial straits and that he imagined
himself to be the victim of a con-
spiracy.
Brakeman Has a Charmed Life.
Allentown, Pa., Dec. 16. — Charles
Miller, a brakeman on a Port Richmond
freight train of the Philadelphia and
Reading railway, fell between two cars
while trying to uncouple his train at
East Penn Junction, and 17 cars passed
over him. He was rolled over and
over by the brake rods and air cylin-
ders, but did not touch the tracks, and
was picked up a mass of bruises. At
the hospital it is stated that he will
recover. (
——Why don’t you send. the WATCH-
MAN to some of your relatives who are liv-
ing at a distance, though still interested in
Centre county people and happenings. It
costs onlv a dollar a year and wonld make
as acceptable a Christmas gift as anything
you could send.’ -
ADDICKS FILES ANSWER
Bay State Gas Company Issued $75,
000,000 in Stock to Pay $1,500,000.
Wiimington, Del, Dec. 16.—In the
federal court here attorneys for J. Ed-
ward Addicks and the directors of the
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
filed an answer to the suit of George
Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia, re-
ceiver of the Bay State Gas Company
of Delaware, demanding the return of
$75,000,000 of the stock of the com-
pany which the receiver alleges was
fraudulently issued to Addicks. Ad-
dicks admits he was the organizer of
the Beacon Construction Company of
Pennsylvania, and that he turned over
to that company 4993 shares of the
Bay State Gas Company of Massachu-
setts. Addicks disposed of a large por-
tion of the stock of the Beacon Con-
struction Company until he owned enly
7500 shares of the 15,000 shares of that
company. The stock of the Beacon
Construction Company was put up as
security when several gas companies
in Massachusetts were being acquired
by the Bay State Company of Massa-
chusetts, and eventually passed inte
the control of the Bay State Gas Com-
pany of Delaware. No financial con-
sideration for the construction com-
pany’s stock was given, and the Bay
State Gas Company of Delaware de-
cided to pay $1,500,000 for the stock in
order to get a clear title. To pay this
$1,500,060 there was issued $75,000,000
of the stock of the Bay State company
of Delaware. .
Mr. Addicks denies there was any
fraud or that he was the sole owner
of the construction company.
UNEXPECTED FORTUNE TO EIGHT
Litwiler Family, of Bloomsburg, Pa,
Heirs to Philadelphia Property.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Dec. 15. — News
comes from Bloomsburg to the effect
that a large fortune has been left in
Philadelphia, in which the estate of
Mrs. Henry Litwiler, of Roaring
Brook, Columbia county, is directly in-
terested, which may result in leaving
a comfortable fortune for each of eight
children who survive her. It is said
that the first information that the fam-
ily had of this wealth came with a let-
ter from the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad company to Mrs. Henry Lit-
wiler, in which the railroad company
asked to release some property in Phil-
adelphia belonging to the Holicher es-
tate, of which Mrs. Litwiler was a lin-
eal descendant. The property in ques-
tion is located on Broad street, Phjla-
delphia, and is valued at $400,000. Mrs.
Litwiler died some time ago, and the
letter was opened by her son Edward,
who at once took steps to establish
rights to the property. It is expected
that their interests will be leoked af-
ter by ex-Governor Robert E. Pat-
tison. The probabilities are that
when their rights are established they
will not agree to releasing the land, |
but will insist upon a sale.
Together with the son Edward there
are the following brothers and sisters:
William, W., Frank H., Stephen L., |
Mrs. J. E. Blass, Mrs. Amanda Linder-
muth, Mrs. Jacob Turnbach, all of
Roaring Creek township. Their inter- |
ests are one-eighth of all the estate, |
which would bring to each the com-
fortable fortune of $62,500.
IN MEMORY OF BILL NYE
Movement Afoot to Erect Monument
Over the Humorist’s Grave.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 14.—The grave
of Bill Nye, the famous humorist, who
died nearly eight years ago and was
buried at Arden, near here, is unmark- |
ed, and a movement is afoot to have
a granite monument erected above his
resting place. The North Carolina divi-
sion of the Sunshine Society is raising
the fund.
When Nye passed away his devoted
widow placed a memorial window in
Calvary Episcopal Church, nearby, but
her plans for a more fitting memorial
were frustrated by the failure, soon
after Mr. Nye’s death, of banks in
which practicaly all the fortune left
by her husband had been deposited.
At present a little tree is growing at
the head of the grave, and some one
has laid upon the mound a rude piece
of stone picked up on the highway.
Other marks there are none. Mrs. J.
M. Ransier, president of the Sunshine
Society, Hendersonville, N. C., is the
active head of the memorial enter-
prise, and contributions are invited
from the friends of Nye throughout
the country. They should be address- |
ed to Battery Park Bank, Asheville,
N. C., custodian of the fund.
Wages of 30,000 Reduced.
Connellsville, Pa., Dec. 30.—A re-
duction in wages averaging 17 per
cent. and affecting 30,000 men in the
Connellsville coke regions has been
announced. The H. C. Frick Coke
Company takes the initiative in this,
the first reduction since the great
strike of the early nineties, and posted
notices at all their plants announcing
the reductions. Just a year ago an in-
creast of 10 per cent. was announced
by the company. Nothing but ad-
vance notices have been posted by
the companies of the soft coal region
since 1895, and the average advance
since February 1, 1904, has been 16 per
cent.
Chicago Gets Republican Convention.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The Republi-
can national convention will be held
in Chicago, beginning at noon on June
21 next, the Republican committee
reaching this conclusion and adjourn-
ing subject to call. Pittsburg and St.
Louis were rivals of Chicago for the
convention. Each city was well rep-
resented in oratory before the com-
mittee, and each also had cash offers
to make. Pittsburg offered $100,000,
Chicago $75,000 and a hall and St.
Louis $40,000 and a hall. The vote
stood 43 for Chicago, seven for Pitts-
burg and one for St. Louis. The work
of the committee was harmonious
throughout,
STEEL TRUST TO CUT WAGES
160,000 Men to be Reduced from 5 to
20 Per Cent.
was made by a leading official of the
United States Steel Corporation that
beginning January 1, 1904, about 90
per cent. of the employes of the cor-
poration will suffer wage reductions,
ranging from 5 to 20 per cent. This
reduction will affect about 150,000 work-
men in the various grades of the sub-
sidiary companies.
The remaining 10 per cent. of em-
ployes are members of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iren, Steel nd
Tin Workers, whose wage schedule
runs to July 1, 1904.
The finance committee of the steel
corporation has, it is understood, under
consideration the dismissal of many
high salaried employes, in addition to
those already discharged, but no state-
ment on this point was forthcoming.
It was asserted that, barring some
unforeseen technicalities, employes of
the corporation who participated in
the profit sharing plan will in the com-
ing month receive a $5 dividend on
the preferred stock to which they sub-
scribed at $82.50.
FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED
Two Engines and Train On B. & O.
Plunged Into Deep Ravine.
Piedmont, W. Va., Dec. 14—Five men
were killed and several severely in-
jured by the overturning of two en-
gines attached to a heavy Baltimore
and Ohio freight train on the “17 mile
grade,” near this city.
The dead are: KEngineer Ernest D.
Ervin, Cumberland, Md.; Engineer
| Emery Ervin, Tunnelton, W. Va.; Fire-
i man Walter B. Nine, Terra Alta, W.
| Va.; Fireman J. V. Carter, Cumber-
land, Md.; Brakeman John Hays,
Staunton, Va.
The more seriously injured were:
Engineer Michael J. Gibbon, Cumber-
land, Md., fatally crushed; Fireman E.
C. Buckler, Terra Alta, W. Va., arms
and head cut and bruised; Brakeman
B. F. Bolinger, Grafton, W. Va., seri-
ously crushed.
‘While descending the “17 mile
grade” the train, to which were at-
tached two engines, left the track. The
engires and nearly all of the 24 loaded
cars tumbled into a deep ravine, car-
rying the trainmen with them. The
tracks were torn up for nearly 100
yards.
SUIT FOR $500,000 DECIDED
Court Finds That Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Andrews Died First.
| New York, Dec. 16.—It was decided
{ by Surrogate Thomas that Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace C. Andrews died about 15
minutes before Mrs. Andrews’ sister,
Mrs. Gamaliel C. St. John, in the fire
which destroyed the Andrews home in
67th street on April 7, 1899. In this
the surrogate reverses the report of
the referee, who found that the three
| victims of the fire met death simulta-
| neously.
| Mrs. St. John was a beneficiary un-
der the will of Mr. Andrews for a lazge
| sum, being one of several relations
| among whom $500,000 was to be dis-
|
|
tributed, and had she lived would have
received a portion of the property of
Mrs. Andrews. The heirs of Mrs. St.
| John will now receive their respective
' portions of the inheritance.
Mr. Andrews, who was one of the
original standard oil men and at the
time of his death was president of the
New York Steam Company, left an
estate estimated at $2,000,000.
LAKE SUPERIOR SOLD
Assets of Concern Bought by Speyer
& Co. For $4,500,000.
New York, Dec. 16.—The assets of
the Consolidated Lake Superior Com-
pany, held by Speyer & Co. for a loan
of $5,050,000, were bought in at public
auction by Speyer & Co. for $4,500,000.
Theirs was the only bid. The sale was
held in spite of several protests by rep-
resentatives of other creditors.
Just before the auctioneer asked ior
bids he was served with a notice that
suit had been begun in the State Su
preme Court to set aside the same.
James Speyer declined to say what dis-
position the syndicate contemplated
making of the collateral now owned
outright. Replying to further ques-
tions Mr. Speyer and Charles Tweed
said that to the best of their knowledge
the United States Steel Corporation
would have no interest whatever in
the property.
Girls Confess to Robbing Schools.
Washington, Dec. 16.— Two girls,
| giving the names of Celia Gilson, 16
years old, who said her address was
14 East 114th street, New York, and
Fannie Lewis, 18 years old, who said
she lived at 180 East 101st street, New
York, were arrested by Detective O'Day
and were lodged in the house of deten-
tion pending a hearing in the police
court. They confessed to an extensive
series of robberies, and acknowledge
having committed thefts in over 100
school houses, most of them in New
York. A number of local schools also
have been entered and ransacked.
Dowager Queen’s Marriage Denied.
Rome, Dec. 15.— The report tele-
graphed from Bologna that the Dowa-
ger Queen Margherita, during a recent
journey to Norway, had contracted a
morganatic marriage with an engineer
| 30 years old is authoritatively denied.
The engineer to whom the queen moth-
er is alleged to have been married is
named Tenerand. He is over 50 years
of age, and is employed as caretaker of
the numerous charitable institutions
which are supported by the queen.
Bank Defaulter Pleads Guilty.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 15.—James M.
Edge, the defaulting Paterson bank tel-
ler, pleaded guilty in the United States
District Court, and will be sentenced
next Monday. Edge was recently ar-
rested after an absence from Paterson
of nearly a year. His peculations
! amounted oH yearly $100,000.
New York, Dec. 15.—The statement |
A WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, December 10.
The eighth annual convention of the
American Anti-Saloon League was
held at Washington, D. C.
Fifteen buildings in the town of ‘Ab-
bott, Tex., were destroyed by fire, en-
tailing a loss of $100,06h.
Four men were drowned at Redding,
Cal.’ while attempting to cross the
Sacramento river in a wagon at an
unfordable point.
The Fortress Monroe Y. M. C. A.
building, donated to the soldiers by
Miss Helen Gould, of New York, was
dedicated in the presence of a large
assemblage.
Senator William A. Clark, of Mon-
tana, was operated on for an effection
of the ear, and wili be confined to the
house for several weeks. The oper-
ation was entirely successful.
Friday, December 11.
Austria-Hungary has formally rec-
ognized the independence of Panama.
In a colliery accident in the mine at
Kushu, near Victoria, B. C., 35 men
were killed.
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, re-
tired, died at his home in Stratford,
Conn., of diabetes.
A second explosion occurred in the
Euclid mines, near Greensburg, Pa.
killing Superintendent A. W. Sweeney
and fatally injuring two others.
The Comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Federal National Bank,
of Pittsburg, Pa., which closed its
doors October 21, to resume business.
Saturday, December 12.
Miss Rose Leo, of Petroskey, Mich.,
was found frozen to death in a snow
drift near her home.
Disturbances from outlaws in the
Philippines are dying out and less la- |
droneism ig reported than ever before.
One man was killed and seven oth-
ers seriously burned in a fire which
destroyed the Armstrong cork factory |
at Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Z. T. Hazen, wife of Judge
Hazen, of the United States district
court of Kansas, was fatally burned
in a gasoline explosion at her home in
Topeka.
Congressman J. S. Williams, leader
of the Democrats in congress, ad-
dressed the Democrats of Baltimore,
Md., and assailed the protective policy
of the Republican party.
Monday, December 14.
To escape arrest for stealing a horse
and buggy, John Harkett, of Elwood,
Ind., cut his throat.
Lewis Morse and wife, of West
Scranton, Pa., celebrated the 60th an-
niversary of their marriage.
Emperor William, of Germany, ac-
companied by the empress, attended
the military review at Potsdam.
Thomas Murray was killed and four
injured in a collision on the Pan Han-
dle railroad near Wheeling, W. Va.
Judge James Cheney, the wealthiest
man in Indiana, died at his home at
Fort Wayne, aged 86 years. His for-
tune was estimated at $25,000,000.
In a railroad wreck near Madrid,
Spain, 14 persons were killed and
many injured. The train was derailed
by the collapse of an embankment.
Tuesday, December 15.
Viola Sands Hazard, aged 105 years,
the oldest woman in Rhode Island,
died at her home in Wakefield.
W. H. Ennis, a former Brooklyn po-
liceman, was electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison, N. Y., for wife murder.
Miss Helen Gould declined to ac-
cept the presidency of the lady man-
agers of the St. Louis World’s Fair.
John H. Fisher dropped dead when
his name was called in a Chicago
court. He was a witness in a bogus
check case.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, aged 83
years, of Boston, has been elected
chaplain of the United States senate.
He is a Congregationalist.
Wednesday, December 16.
Two men were found dead and .a
third dying, in New York, from drink-
ing wood alcohol.
The Pennsylvania rolling mills, at
Lancaster, Pa., employing 4060 hands,
have shut down indefinitely.
The Virginia legislature has passed
a bill appropriating $10,000 for a state
building at the St. Louis fair.
William J. Buchanan, the first Unit-
ed States minister to the Republic of
Panama, sailed from New York for
Panama to take up his new duties.
General Benjamin Viljoen, a Boer
commander, who comes to arrange for
an exhibition of Boer life at the St.
Louis fair, has arrived in New York.
Wife Murderer Hanged at Media, ra.
Media, Pa., Dec. 16.—Henry, alias
“Kid” Jones, colored, was hanged in
the county jail yard here for the mur-
der of his wife in Chester on March 8
last. His neck was broken and he was
pronounced dead in six minutes. The
condemned man, who had been surly
since his conviction, became pacified
some time ago, and he went calmly to
his doom.
Newspaper of 160 Pages.
St. Louis, Dec. 15.—The twenty-fifth
anniversary of the publication of the
. Post Dispatch was celebrated by the
issuing of an edition a single copy of:
which weighed two pounds and con-
tained 160 pages. Ten street cars and
more than 60 wagons were required to
distribute the paper in St. Louis. Al-
though 260,000 copies were issued, the
supply was soon exhausted. .
late Cardinal Herrero y Espinosa con-
tains, according to a special despatch
from Madrid, the extraordinary be-
quest of $10,000 to the “first Spanish
general landing in United States terri-
tory with an army sufficiently strong to
avenge the defeats of Cuba and the
Philippines.” Pending the happening
of this event the legacy is to remain
deposited in the bank of Spain.
I.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following 1eal estate transfers have
been recorded daring the past week by
Recorder John C. Rowe:
W. Harrison Walker [rustee to Thos.
E. Griflith, dated Dec. 8 1903, laud in
Bouys twp; consideration $3200
William Cclyer ot ux to W. F. Brad-
ford et al, dated July 21903, land in
Cenwre Hall Boro consideration $150
A.M. Hoover Trostee to William E.
Fisher, dated Dec. 8 1903, land no Bogg
t #p; consideration $300
H. T. Thompson etux «¢t al to John A.
Way, dated Nov. 27 1903 land in Half
Moon; consideration $650
Mary A. Mattern to David Bryant, dat-
ed Avg. 11 1903 47 A in Scath Philips-
burg; consideration $259
N. 3eerly et ux to hus. E. Griffith,
dated March 28 1895 tract in Boggs twp;
consideration $700
Michael Evert et ux to Thos. A. Hos-
terman, dated Mareh 27 1901, land in
Penn twp; consideration $220
Logan Iron and Steel Co, to William
Whitmer and Sons Co., dated Nov. 5
1903 12nd in Centre and Huntingdon
Co. consideration $3066.25
J. B, Irish et al to John Lorsar, dated
Nov. 51902 lot in Rush twp; considera-
tion $95.80
M. L. Becket ux to Wm. B. Irwin,
dated Dec. 1 1903 tiouse and lot in Wal-
ker twp; consideraticn $600
John W. Dale et nxto Bepnjemin F.
Hoy, dated Dec 12 1903 land in College
twp; consideration 355.95
John W, Dale et ux to Chas. H. Wil-
liane, dated Dec. 12 1903 land 1n College
twp; consideration $234 32
W. M. Cronisier Sheriff toC. M, Bower,
dated Aug. 31, 1899, land |, Huston twp;
consideration $25
H. 8. Taylor Sherif to Brinton H.
| Miver, dated Nouv. 30 1908. land in Tay-
| lor twp; consideration $45 00
—— Mince meat—our own make—fine as
it can be made at Sechlers.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is
the list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during
the week:
Francis Joseph Motler and Estella John-
ston, both of Philipsburg.
Augustus Emel, of Bellefonte, and Alice
E. Ebert, of Spring Mills.
hoth of Bellefonte.
——Cranberries—never go fine. Olives,
olive oil, ketchups, flavoring extracts.
Sechlers.
The Meanest Criminal.
From the Altoona Tribune.
The special report of Assistant Postmas-
ter Genera) Bristow in connection with the
postal frauds which have hamiliated the
country was made public yesterday. It isa
very interesting document, but as it covers
twenty-seven printed pages, and as the
demands upon our space this morning are
urgent, we bavesimply been able to give
the concluding words, together with a few
suggestive phrases from’ the accompanying
paper by President Roosevelt. We ob-
serve that Perry S. Heath has become
wildly excited, indulging in language thas
will go a long ways toward convincing
many sober citizens that the public service
might have profited if he had never bhe-
longed to it. A careful reading of the
Bristow report fails to show anything but
a somewhat monotonous recital of dreadful
facts, all going to show that the govern-
ment of the United States was the victim
of an understanding between some of its
employes and certain contractors. Every
honest man in the country will indulge
the hope that the guilty men will be con-
victed and properly punished. The mean-
i est criminal the world contains is the man
wbo betrays a free country which has
trusted him.
——Florida oranges, malaga grapes,
bananas, grape fruit and pomegranates.
Sechlers.
They Can Always Fight.
From the Pitisburg Post.
Is is harrowing to note that a National
Suffrage convention in Washington of
negroes required the attention of the police
before proceeding far in their profound de-
liberations. One faction, headed by a
fanctionary of the Pennsylvania league,
sought to indorse Mr. Roosevelt for ap-
pointing a few negroes in the South, whom
the Senate would not confirm, while
another faction upheld Booker Washing-
ton’s view that depriving the negro of the
elective franchise conduces to his intel-
ligence, thrift and character. It disengorges
him of that uncomprehended piece of
stuffing which makes the southern negro
rely upon his voting privilege for a living,
and instills false ideas of his importance
as a presiding elder in the congregation of
the people.
——California beats the world on fine
walnuts and almonds. We have them
and‘all other nuts. Sechlers.
Displays His $5,000 Ear.
A reporter was permitted to view at
New York on Wednesday Dr. L. Nelden’s
celebrated patient, upon whom he has
grafted a ‘living?’ ear from the head of a
man who sold hie ear for $5,000. Dr. Nel-
| den was in his residence on East Twenty-
ninth street, and the man was lying in the
operating chair with the grafted ear ex-
# Except for a single swelling and inflam-
mation the ear had a. perfectly normal ap-
pearance. It adheres to the head.
Forceps Left in Side Killed a Physician.
Dr. I. B. Washburn, of Rensselaer, Ind.,
is dead at a private hospital at Valparasio,
Ind., asthe result of a ourious blunder
made during an operation performed two
years ago.
He had complained of his side ever since
the operation, but did not know the cause
of the trouble, and recently decided on a
second operation.
Dr. Loring operated on Dr. Washburn,
and was amazed to discover in the pa-
tient’s side, near the liver, a steel forceps
about five and three-fourths inches in
length. The forceps had become rusty.
Dr. Washburn died a few hours after the
operation. His son, who also isa a doctor,
says the forceps caused death.
John C. Cherry and Rena E. Black:
Pine Grove Mention.
Ice ten inches thick is being housed.
The mercury registered 5° below 0 Mon-
day.
Davy George Reed, of Bellefonte, was here
on business last week.
Mrs. Thomas Allen is ill with pneumonia
at her home in Boalsburg.
Prof. A. W. Hunter, of State College, was
shaking hands here last Saturday.
Station agent J. H. Ward spent the Sabbath
among relatives at Greenwood Furnace.
A Christmas entertainment will be held in
the Lutheran church here on Christmas eve.
The Leitzel-Weiland wedding is set for the
22nd inst., at the bride’s home near Linden
Hall.
Miss Catharine Reed, of Benore, is visiting
her friend, Mrs. Clyde Shuey, at State Col-
lege.
D. G. Meek and wife came up from State
College to the old farm home on Friday to
stir pon-haus.
Penns valley lodge 276, will hold their
fifty-fifth annual banquet in their new hall
on the evening of the 22nd inst.
Rev. Walter Harnish the newly installed
pastor will preach in the Presbyterian church
here Sunday evening at 7 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Scott Bailey are
putting their house in order to held their
wedding anniversary on the 23rd.
Edward Mateer, one of Mifflin county’s
prosperous farmers, is visiting his father,
Joe Mateer, in the Glades this week.
For careful attention to her mother while
sick with fever Miss Bessie Marts was re-
warded with a $30 gold watch and chain.
Walter Woods, a student at the Penna.
University Medical Department at Philadel-
phia, is home laid up with bronchial trouble.
Miss Ella Ripka enjoyed her first car ride
last Thursday when she went to spend a
week or two among relatives at Spring Mills.
We were wrongly informed last week when
we noted the illness of Mrs. Sarah Gardner,
when it was really her daughter Mary who
was ill.
Chas. H. Marts came home from Lewis-
town, where he has a good job in the iron
works, to see that his little family have the
necessaries for cold, cold winter.
Mrs. J. A. Goheen, of Tyrone, was in town
Saturday as the guest of Mrs. J. G. Bailey,
on Main street. Little Ruth, who has been
visiting here for some time, went home along.
Hess and Musser threshers pulled home
last week after a season’s run of 85 days ;
having hulled out 51,540 bushels of the
golden grain. This is the best tally they
ever made.
In this section Charley Kuhn holds the
belt having killed the heavy weight porker
that dressed 5301hs. J, H. Weber fol-
lowed close with one that weighed 523 lbs.
His two hogs tipped the beams at 1028 lbs.
The venerable Chas. Snyder and his
daughter Marie have taken rooms with Geo.
W. Potter, who is a tenant on one of his
farms at White Hall ; better known to most
of the WATCHMAN readers as the David
Krebs farm. f
George R. Meek, of Bellefonte, came up
Monday evening to destroy what little game
was left at the heels of the hunt. Hon. J.
Will Kepler showed him the lay of the land
and where the cotton tails abound but are
not so easily found. :
For the next two weeks the Pine Grove
High school will be closed and the young
Americans will have a full holiday romp.
Next week Prof. Deibl inteuds visiting his
old home at New Castle and the week follow
ing he will be at institute. :
On Monday evening the parsonage was all
aglow. It was a pleasant social event and none
but the church crowd were bidden to the
feast that had bees prepared on the sly by his
‘shane frau, to remind Rev. Aikens of his
42nd birthday anniversary. :
G. W. Homan attended the sale of the
Tressler farm near Linden Hall last Friday.
He stood to the back of his brother Henry
who was a bidder for the farm, but it was
knocked down to J. J. Tressler at $47.60 per
acre. It isthe old home farm, and Jonathan
is to be congratulated on his purchase.
John E. McWilliams son of W. E. Mec-
Williams, of Rock Spring surprised his fam-
ily and friends by taking unto himself a wife
in the person of an Ohio lady. The cere-
mony was said last Thursday. John is a
sturdy, industrious young man and is bound
to succeed. For some years he has been
associated with a civil engineer corps mak-
ing big money ; sufficient to keep the wolf
from the door this zero weather. His many
friends here join in extending congratula-
tions. '
Lemont.
Jared Maye’s child is getting better slowly,
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were the
coldest of the season thus far.
John H. Williams and wife spent Friday
at the home of B. F. Homan, of Oak Hall.
The new Presbyterian minister was in-
stalled Tuesday, and the reception will be
to-day.
The Methodist protracted meeting is still
being held and thus far there have been four
at the altar.
The first sleds and sleighs were seen
Thursday, of last week, but the roads were
quite rough.
Harrison K.. Whitehill is home for a few
days rest and he enjoyed the last few days
of the hunting season.
+ The surprise .party. held for Mrs. William
Hoy was well attended and everyone hada
pleasant time and lots of oysters.
Noll Bros. shipped a car of fine lumber
from this place Friday; it being the first
shipment from the Schreck tract.
A young son of 8. C. Bathgate is quite ill
from vaccination as he took cold in the sore
aud it is feared that it may prove fatal.
Jesse Klinger is getting his ice dam re-
paired, for when he thought everything was,
in readiness the dam sprung a leak. But he
will soon have it in readiness again so that
he can fill his many orders for ice.
Jacob Ray and wife went to Selinsgrove;
Thursday of lust week to wisit her brother,
the Rev Thomas C. Houtz, whe has been,
quite ill of Jate with stomach trouble. Lytest
reports wero to the effect that he is improv-
ing.
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