RG oes Sim Bellefonte, Pa., January 22, 1904. Pf. GRAY MEEK, - - - Epiror Terms or Sussompmon.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid sufietly in advance........oueenees Paid before expiration of year . Paid after expiration of year............ EE Democratic County Committee for 1904. Precinct. Name. P. O. Address. Bellefonte NW J. C. Harper, Bellefonte SW P i Gerrity, “ 5 WW Geo. R. Meek, $e Centre Hall Boro W. F. Bradford, Centre Hall Howard Howard Moore, Howard Milesburg James Noll, Milesburg Millheim se Pierce Musser, Millheim Philipsburg 1st W Ira Howe, Philipsburg ec 2nd W J. W, Lukens = srd W Ed. G. Jones, +4 8. Philipsbur John Albert, i State College Boro Jno McCormick, State College Unionville ** P. J. McDonnel, Fleming Benner Twp. N P John Grove, Bellefonte Twp. Nb r mF. ont Yarnell Boggs Twp. Ira P. Confer, arne als E P G. Morrison, Roland id wp Ys Aikey, Wingate Burnside Twp. A, V. Dougl.erty, Moshannon College i IL J. Dreese, Lemont Curtin * Peter Robb Jr., Romola Ferguson ' x P Wm. H. Fry, Pine Groye Mills * «« WP T. D.Gray, Penna Furnace Gregg Twp. NP J.C. Rossman, Spring Mills %* iE P H.P. Herring, Penn Hall et WP John Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. wr Bar E. Stover, Aaronsburg EP Winkleblech, Feidler Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Stormstown Harris John Weiland, Boalsburg Jowara * A. M. Butler, Howard i; John Q. Miles, “Martha Eamon Twp. E P Benjamin Brown, Blanchard Liberty Twp, W P Albert Bergner, Monument Marion J. W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp ¥ P Font Wolfs Store M P Geo. B. Winters, Rebersburg *. YP a Ed. Miller, Rebersburg Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Waddle Penn W. F. Smith, Millheim Potter *“ 8 P Geo. Good hart, Centre Hall 4 + N P ‘Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall £ « Wp J.P Spangler, Tusseyville Rush « N P Wm. B. Frank, Philipsburg 5 « § P Jno'T. Lorigan, Osceola Mills Snow Shoe EP E.A. Humpton, Snow Shoe W P Wm. Kern, Moshannon Spring Twp. N P C. M. Yeisler, Bellefonte 8S P W. H. Noll, Pleasant Gap W P Jno. L. Dunlap, Bellefonte Saylor Twp. J. T. Merriman, Port Matilda Union ‘8. XK. Emerick, Fleming Walker Twp E P Solomon Peck, Nittany te MP D.A. Deitrick, Hublersburg se ‘W ‘P Albert Shaffer, Z ion Williams, Pont Matilda H. 8S. TAYLOR, County Chairman. Worth *¢ I. A. Somoiratte National Committee. Official -Call for duly Gen, 6th, 7.904, at St. Louis. WASHINGTON, D. Ce , Jan. 18, 1904.—The Democratic National committee, having met in the city of Washington on the 12th day of January, 1904, has appointed Wed- nesday, the sixth day of July, 1904, ae the time, and chosen St. Louis, Mo., as the place for holding the Democratic National convention. ‘Each State is entitled to rep- resentation therein equal to double the number of its Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and each territory, Alaska, Indian territory and the District of Columbia shall have six del- egates. All Democratic citizens of the United States who can unite with us in the effort for a pure and economical constitutional | government are cordially invited to join us in sending delegates to the convention. Signed JAMES K. Joxges, Chairman C. A. WELSH, Secretary. Will Try to Prevent Play. Women of Connellsville Cali Mass Meeting to stop Appearance of Mrs, Soffel. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 18.—When the bills for ‘A Daring Woman,’ in which Mrs. Kate Soffel, of Biddle fame, appears, went up this morning members of the Women’s Christian Temperance union were up in arms immediatey. Within a short time Mis. George D. Brown, president of the local union, sent out notices calling upon the ministers of the town and the public generally to meet in Carnegie hall Wednesday to protest against Mr. Soffel appearing on the Connellsville stage. The notice reads: ‘A momentous question faces Connells- ville. “Will we put a premiam on vileness and lawlessness? | ‘“The ministers of the town are request- ed to meet with the Women’s Christian Temperance anion at. 2:30 o’clock Wednes- day in Carnegie libyary hall to consider and if possible hinder, ‘the eoming of the notorious Kate Soffel in our midst. Any- one who may have suggestion on tie nat- ter will be weleome. Let every member of our union rally. Remember our motto. ‘For God and home and Native Land.” . The hurgess and town council will be appealed to to prevent the opening per- formance of ‘‘A Daring Woman,”’ with Mrs. Soffel in the little 10le. Many of the ministers yesterday spoke to their congre- gations upon the play and appealed to them to stay away from it. Rev. John T. Burns, pastor ofthe Tmmaeculate - Concep- tion chuich, made a special appeal to parents to see that their children did not go. He cited the fact that another play of the same kind, had given a performance bere and that many of the younger element of the congregation had attended. He said that such performance worked an evil effect upon the minds of the young, Quay Gone to Florida Senior Senator Left Washington On Wednesday in Quest of health. WASHINGTON Jan. 18. = Sebstor Quay left here on Wednesday for Florida. He is to make another effort to regain his health, and he has announced that he will not re- turn until he has heen freed from his pres- ent attack of i insomnia. The Senator is anxious to ges .away, and said last night that he would leave Wed- nesday morning were it not for the fact that he has an appointment witli'the Presi- dent on Tuesday, He will leave as soon 3 he gets through his buisness at the White omse. . aah as the Senator is going away for an indefinite stay, it is inferred that he will try to settle with the President the appoiutments to be made in Pennsylvania, chief of which is the vacant ‘Appraisership at Philadelphia. Senator Quay is absoluely. satisfied with the political situation in Penosylvania and bas really nothing to keep hint in Wash- ington. It is probable he will | not return until next spring unless he is" called back to renew the effort to pass a “Statehood bill thrbugh the Senate. Even then he will be guided. by consideration for his begith. The Senator realizes that. be is in bad physicial condition, and that the utrhost care is needed to prolong his life: This fact was impressed upon him" duting: his visit to “Philadelphia a few day# While there he consulted a specialist, “w 5. 1 " - told him that the “rest-eareis washis. only hope, and ordered a dropping of all work and worry, the basement. KILLED WIFE AND HIMSELF Well-Known Philadelphia Chemist Commits Double Crime. Philadelphia, Jan. 16. —Rendered in- sane by illness, Edward K. Landis, a widely known expert chemist, shot and killed his wife, Emma, and then ended his own life with the same weapon. The tragedy was enacted in the Lan- dis residence, 4025 Spruce street. Mr. Landis had heen a sufferer from asthma for many years. Two months ago he was compelled to give up his laboratory work and had been con- fined to his bed for the past two weeks. Mrs. Landis, with her sister, Mrs. H. W. Potts, and Mrs. Patton, a dressmaker, were in the room adjoin- ing the apartment occupied by Mr. Landis. The sick man called to his wife, complaining that the ringing of the door bell annoyed him. She en- tered his room and had barely stepped across the doorway when Mr. Landis raised himself in bed and, reaching under the pillow, drew forth a re- volver. He fired upon his wife, the bullet taking effect in her breast. She screamed and fled to the adjoining room, her husband following. Mrs. Potts and Mrs. Patton attempted to disarm the frenzied man, but he brushed them aside. Grasping Mrs. Landis by the hair, he pulled her for- cibly backward and shot her through the temple. The woman died instant- ly, and Mr. Landis, brandishing the smoking revolver, returned to his room without bestowing a further glance on his victim. A moment later another report rang out, and the two women ran to the sick man’s apartment, to find him lying across the bed, with a bullet hole in his head. WOMEN DENOUNCE MORMONISM Mass Meeting Petitions U. S. Senate to Probe Charges Against Smoot. Philadelphia, Jan. 18.—At a mass meeting held under the auspices of the leading women’s clubs of this city at Horticuitural Hall, resolutions were { adopted denouncing polygamy and Mormonism, and petitioning the Unit- ed States senate to investigate the charges made against Senator Reed Smoot. If the charges are found to be true, the resolutions ask that he be ex- pelled from that body. A half score of representatives of the Mormon church were present listening to the bitter de- nunciation of Mormonism. At the con- clusion of the meeting they handed around literature. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Joseph Swain, president of Swarth- more College, an institution dominated by the Quakers. Mrs. Frederick Schoff, of this city, president of the National Congress of Mothers, one of the speakers, explained why the wo- men of the country had taken up the fight against Senator Smoot, and said that 400,000 women are already engag- ed in the movement. “We have engag- ed Representative Taylor as our legal adviser,” she said, “and I was assured in Washington that had we women not done so, no objections would have been made to seating Mr. Smoot.” Among the other speakers were Rev. Charles Wood, of the Second Presbyterian Church, this city; Dr. Sarah J. Elliott, of New York city, a physician, who spent seven years in Utah villages and Salt Lake City, and A. T. Schroeder, also of New York. CANAL TREATY IN SENATE Heated Controversy Followed Favor able Report From Committee. Washington, Jan. 19. — While the Panama canal question has been be- fore the senate on general principles during the greater part of the present session, the Panama canal treaty was not reported until yesterday. It had no sooner heen reported favorably to ihe senate in executive session than it be- came the subject of heated controversy. Senator Cullom made the report in favor of the treaty, whereupon Senator Morgan, as a member of the cominit- tee, at once entered a formal protest against the acceptance of the report, on the ground that when the commit- tee decided to report the treaty an amendment was still under considera- tion, and that he had not had time to present an amendment looking to the striking out of article 22 of the treaty, in which Panama renounces her right to participation in the earn- ings of the canal when built, Senator Allison suggested that Dem- ocratie senators could offer amend- ments at any stage of the proceedings in the senate, and assured them that all such amendments would have fair and delfherate consideration. No action was taken on Senator ! Danie 2° resolution or Senator Morgan's protést, but Mr. Cullom gave notice that he would ask the senate to take ap the treaty tomorrow, and until dis- posed of to consider it from day to day to the exclusion of other business. Stray Torpedo Found On Beach. Newport News, Va., Jan. 18.—A tor- pedo, 14 feet long, with propeller, cap and all attachments ready for firing, was picked up on the hecash of the reservation of Old Point Comfort by Captain John Burns, of the steam Jaunch. Hygeia. Where the torpedo ‘came from is a mwstery, but it is sup- posed that it fel overboard from one of the torpedo boats which have been ‘manoeuvering hecreabouts for some time. . Howglong it had been afloat, or how near ‘it had come to blowing up ‘some of the many steamships plying in Hampton Roads, are matters ot con. Jecture. . To -— s ‘Cripple Eli "Frample. ‘Payton,’ 0; Jan. 19. — The Allen sehoot building; in North Dayton, was gutted by flames which originated in The. 408 pupils were ‘gotten out in safety, with the excep- tion of ‘12h Baum, a little cripple in the first grade, who was thrown down, trampled and, fatally injured in the anic. A-man at work in the basement 18 missing And’'{s believed to have been .burned to death. a 4 WEEK'S NEWS ¢ ; CONDENSED, Wednesday, day, January 13. The Persian government has recog- nized the independence of Panama. President Roosevelt has appointed Ezra B. Bailey collector of customs at Hartford, Conn. General Isaac Khan, the Persian minister, presented to President Roose- velt his letters of recall. The mother of Captain Richmond P, Hobson is dying at Boulder, Colo., and her son has been telegraphed to come. James Little Plume, who pleaded guilty at Heneha, Mont., of murdering seven Blackfoot Indians, was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment. Two men were killéd by an explo-- sion that wrecked the plant of the Buckeye Powder company, at Peoria, Ill. The shock wag felt for 16 miles. Thursday, January 14. Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl- vania, has reappointed John C. De- laney factory inspector. Mrs. Ruth Brown Thompson, daugh- ter of John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame, is dying at Pasadena, Cal. The office of the Pittsfield (Mass.) Gas company was blown to pieces by a gas explosion. No one was injured. Postmaster Albert Cashman, of Stahl, Mo., is under arrest for embez- zling government funds to the amount of $1000. The American Car and Foundry company, of St. Louis, has reduced its employes’ wages 10 per cent. About 8000 men are affected. Lawrence White was killed and three other miners injured by the ex- plosion of a box of dynamite at the Lytle colliery, near Pottsville, Pa. Friday, January 15. George F. Randolph has been elected first vice president and traffic manager of the B. & O. railroad. The Kentucky house of representa- tives has invited Senator Arthur P. Gorman to address them. Three unknown miners were drown- ed at Charleroi, Pa., while crossing the Monongahela river on the ice. Alll the wholesale grocery houses of Central West Virginia have consoli- dated, with a capital of $2,000,000. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Lee and her two daughters were burned to death in their home at Terre Haute, Ind. The building caught fire from an over- heated stove. Saturday, January 16. Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant has assumed command of the department of the lakes. General Lee, a negro, was lynched near Charleston, S. C., for attempting to criminally assault a white woman. ’ The three-story car barn and 50 cars of the Coney Island and Brooklyn rail road in Brooklyn were destroyed by fire. Loss, $125,000. William J. Bryan will publish a daily edition of his newspaper, The Com- moner, during the Democratic national convention in St. Louis. The boiler of a freight locomotive on the New York Central railroad ex- ploded at Syracuse, N. Y., killing the “engineer and brakeman and fatallly id- juring the fireman. Monday, January 18. All the steel mills at South Chicago have resumed, but at greatly reduced wages. Colonel John H. Bacon, former mayor of Colorado Springs, Colo., com- mitted suicide because of illness. William Niemaler was killed and three others fatally injured by a dyna- mite explosion at a lumber camp near Phillips, Wis. Charles Bonier, aged 74 years, was found guilty ot first degree murder at Buffalo, N. Y., for killing an old Ger- man couple for their money. Losing control of his sled while | coasting, Earl Bird, 10 years old, of Shamokin, Pa., plunged from a bridge 40 feet into a ravine, fatally ining himgzelf. Tuesday, January 19. The Mennonite Publishing company, at Elkhart, Ind.,, went into the hands of receivers. Assets, $156,000; liabili- ties, $60,000. The plate department of the Nation- al Tube Company, at Wheeling, W. Va., resumed, giving amployment to over 1500 men at reduced wages. A delegation from Miehigan has in- vited President Roosevelt to attend the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Republican party at Jackson, July 6. The state department has issued a warrant for the surrender to the Chil- ean authorities of Russell Beckett, now under arrest in Philadelphia. He is charged with forgery. ; ALL DANGER OF WAR ENDED At Least London Confirms Belief That Tension Is Greatly Relaxed. London, Jan. 19.—The czar in re- ceiving the ministers in state at Tsar- koe-Selo, on Sunday, declared, says the Daily Mail’s St. Petersburg correspond - ent, that all danger of a conflict was now ended. All the special cablegrams from St. Petersburg published in this morning’s papers confirm the helief that the ten- sion has been greatly relaxed: but, ac- cording to the correspondent of the Paris edition of the New York Herald, there is a strong feeling in official quarters in St. Petersburg against the representatives of both Great Britain and the United States. The special cablegram from Tokio, on’ the other Lind, still reflects the belli- cose feeling of the Japanese press and people and suspicion of the Russian as- surances. The Standard’s Tokio COPrOSpOnATEe says that another conference of the elder statesmen is about to hs sum- moned. The Daily Mail's Pekin correspond- ent reports the arrival in Manchuria by railway. of four more Russian regi- ments and thinks that Russia intends to ‘wait until she has 800,000 men available. ———Suabseribe for the WATCHMAN. Russin Now Talking Peace. St. Petersburg, Jan. 18. — Emperor Nicholas’ pacific utterances made dur- ing the New Year's reception at the winter palace in St. Petersburg, Thurs- ‘comments of the foreign press, which ‘have been reproduced here, have creat: ed a splendid impression and have also had a good effect in perceptibly dimin- ishing the war talk in army and navy circles, which were quick to take their the throne. The newspapers, which have been discussing the Far Eastern situation with considerable freedom, have grown almost silent, and what they do say is commendatory of the improved pros- pects of peace. The czar continues to talk peace, and the dowager czarina, in conversation, remarked: “War is a horrible thing. There will not be war.” That the two countries are not so far apart may be fairly inferred from ‘the following statement made by Mr. Kurino, the Japanese minister: “War now would only be disastrous to both countries. Owing to the geographical situation an armed conflict would re- sult in a great drain of the men and ireasure of both Japan and Russia without being decisive. Besides I be- lieve it would not be worth while to go to war cn the questions still in dis- pute.” War Must Be Avoided. Tondon, Jan. 18.—The Russian cor- respondents of the Times hear that a special council presided over by the czar arrived at the conclusion that war should be avoided. The inference, they say, is that the speech of Pre: mier Balfour at Manchester, January 11, in which he said: “No one can con- template hostilities between two great civilized countries without feelings of misgiving and of depression,” declar- ing that Great Britain would carry out to the fullest extent all her treaty obligations, greatly influences this de- cisian. It is reported that as a result of this conclusion Russia intends to open tensions with regard to Corea, and possibly even not retain Port Arthur as a military stronghold. Big Coal Breaker Burned. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 18—The Olyphant breaker and washery of the Delaware and Hudson company, at Olyphant, were totally destroyed by a fire which broke out in the engine room of the breaker. A hot journel is supposed to have started the blaze. The breaker is one of the largest and most modern in the state, having a capacity of 2200 tons a day. It prepared coal from six openings. Upwards of 2500 hands will be thrown idle for two months or more. The company’s estimate of the direct loss to breaker and washery is $110,- 000. ADDITIONAL LOCALS ——TDighteen horses were sold at the Mill- heim sale on Tuesday at an average price of $160.03. ——— ee ~—Rev. W. J. Carson has resigned a8 pastor “of the Milesburg Presbyterian church. Shiindls weal iia -—County recorder John C. Rowe is trying to secure a house in Bellefonte into which to move. — lg gail ——The homes affected by scariet fever {at Martha Furnace are those of David { Gingery and Ellis Williams. ——Mr. Robert Cleveland Swisher and Miss Sarah Obeda Sones were married at the home of the bride’s parents at Julian on the 13th. Sees ro -—Fred Chambers, who was obliged to come home from school since the Christ: mas holidays on account of sickness,is able to be out of the house. EE —— While working on n the new N bridge east of Beech Creek last Friday, Harold Mano, of Tioga, fell and broke his right leg above the ankle. Oran ——The Reynoldsville husiness college has a new advertisement in this issue that might help some youug man or woman who is looking for employment. ve —— Andrew Cruse, who has heen located in Denver, Col., for several years bas been travsferred by his firm to Omaba, Neb., where he has been given a much better position. eee — The total sums contributed to the giving collection in all the churches and, Sunday schools of Clinton county amount- ed to $330. : ——Mrs. Rebershburg 67 years and 9 months ago, died at Orangeville, Ill., this country with ber parents when ten yeas old and was married to Mr. Bair at Cedarville on May 6th, 1858. ann AA ——A freight wreck a wile west of. six cars, but hurt no one. As a result of it “the 4:44 mail west was blocked behind it’ after 4 o’clock Wednesday morning. arr ens ——The stage carpenter at Garman’s might lave picked up a few pointers in seene setting from the men with the ‘‘Miss Bob White’ company. Notwithstanding the orchestra was resting between acts and | there was no musio to help drown the usual’ | that reigns there when the curtain is down, not a sound was to be heard and the subses; quent raising of the cureain on a perfectly | transformed stage had ‘all the mort pleas- ure, because of ite unexpecteduess. a FIN day last, together with the favorable |* cue from the assurances coming from | ports in Manchuria, withdraw her pre- | Devotional Exercises—Rev. Dr. .Y.C. Look Haven hospital through a Thanks- | D. L “Bair, who was born in |- ° on the 8th. She left]. Howard on Tuesday afternoon smashed up |. and Qi pot pass through this place until | Zio. gtage pandemonium of voices and hammers’ : ——The coming marriage of Martin Reese, conductor on the Snow Shoe road, and Mrs. Gertrude Haynes, widow of the late R. J. Haynes, of Snow Shoe, has heen announced. ——During the fiscal year ending De- cember 31st, 1903, there were manufactur- ed in this internal revenue district 5, 433, 050 cigars. There were 5,518,890 cigars ‘sold, which yielded the government a rev- enue of $1,652,667. ini pid Sie ——The annual statement of the Farm- ers mntual fire insurance company appears in another column of this issue and cannot bus carry gratification to the policy hold- ers of the company, for it shows their busi- ness to have been most judiciously hand- led. Algesls ——On Monday evening a lot of foreign- ers employed about the Nittany furnace got away with too much booze and a fighg occurred. One of their number was very badly battered up; in addition to being robbed of $100—so he claimed. A number of arrests were made, but the trouble was settled up later and the prisoners dis- charged. ——G. W. Furey M. D., of the Uni- versity of Michigan, and Will’s Eye hos- pital, Philadelphia, has opened an office in Bellefonte. His practice is limited to dis- eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and chronic diseases of the alimentary canal. He can be consulted at the Brockerhoff house Saturday to Monday of each week. mmr Ql rer, ——Mrs. Harry Keller’s thimble party on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock was one of the most delightful of the many small entertainments given in the past few weeks. Mrs. Keller always does entertain charmingly and Wednesday was no ex- ception. There were twenty-five guests present and those who did not indalge in fancy work played cards. ean A mse eee -——B. Frank Hazel, who lives on the Brockerhoff farin below town, entertained the members of the Bellefonte Lutheran church right royally Wednesday evening. In addition to coming up to town with big sleds to baul them to his home he gave them a splendid oyster supper and the liberty of the house for an evening of amusement—and all for 25cts. ‘The mon- ey, of course; was for the church. eye THE COUNTY DIRECTORS IN SESSION HERE.—The extremely bad weather is probably responsible for the fact that only about one half of the two hundred and seven public school directors of Centre county arrived here yesterday morning to attend the annual meeting of their associa tion, which convened that morning and will continue in session to-day. All of the lecturers who were expeoted are here and the program is being carried out as published below, but the question uppermost in most minds is as to the con- struction to be placed upon the act of As- sembly providing for such meetings. To say the least, the law seems ambiguous. According to it the directors are allowed mileage and nothing else, though some construe it to mean ‘‘mileage’’ and ‘‘ex- penses.’’ There is another provision that directs the county treasurer to pay $1 from the treasury for each member in attendance, though not to exceed $100 in the aggre- gate, This money is elearly to be used in defraying the expenses of the meeting itself. : THURSDAY FORENOON. Devotional Exercises.............Rev. A. M. Sehmidt MUSIC. Perfecting Organization of “School Houses, tion.’ — Dr. T. 8. Christ, Dr. ers. Election of officers for the ensuing year and also five delegates to State Association. THU RSDAY AFTERNOON. H,. CG the Association, Grounds and Sanita- H. S. Braucht and oth- Hotlo- Way. . MUSIC. “Laws that Should Receive Special Attention’— Supt. Jas. M. Coughlin, of Wilkesbarre. “Education and Labor :’—Supt. J. M, Berkey, of Johnstown. AMUSIC, “Township High Schools and Consolidation; = William C. Heinle, J. H. Beck, N. T. Krebs and others. THURSDAY EVENING. Devotional Exercises.......... Rev. Dr. Wm. Laurie. MUSIC. “Co-operation of Educational Faetors:’—Supt. James M. Coughlin. MUSIC. Address by Supt. J. M. Berkey. FRIDAY MORNING, « Devotional Exercises...............Rev. George Israel Brown. u ) Music. “Compulsory Attendance Law sand How to En- foreé it :—G.'W. Rumberger, D. K. Keller, Col. Austin Ctirtin and others. “Business Management of Schools; "—by J. M. Berkey, City Superintendent of Johnstown Schools. “Responsibility of Schoo! Directors,” —€, T. Fryberger, Geo. W. Fisher, J. R. , Brungart and others. ? “What Ald Should " Directors Give Towards {School Libraries” —p.'F. Fortney, Dr. W. 8, Glenn, P. J. McDonnell and others: “Do the Public Schools Give to the Poople a prop er Return for the Money Kxpended "El F. Townsend, John T. Fowler, Dr. D. F, Bowersox and others. 2 Pine Grove Mention, = ° enti iat, J. B. Hebérling is visiting Matives in Bellwood this week. friends here this week. The venerable ¢. H. Strobe is visiting his” brother, who is ill at his “home at. Mr. and: Mrs. Samuel Glenn, of. the Branch, were here te attend the fatima} of Mrs. Gibson on Monday morning. "The venerable W. A. Tanyer, who’ My Bosh laid up for some days as a consequence of a fall, is able to limp around again. John Everhart Jr. and Harry Gates have leased the John P. Lyon place, known as the ‘‘old Tussey farm,’ Mr. and Mrs. Amos Koch, with their little daughter Ruth, are enjoying a visit amon g their friends about Penn Hall. Miss May Brown and Miss Nora Leech were entertained at dinner at the A. M. Brown mansion at Penna. Farnace on Thursday. While chopping wood on Wednesday, Green Gray, of Stormstowu, dislocated his left shoulder. Dr. Thompson reduced the dislocation. David Ross Gregory, with his boon com- panion Jobn Bumgardner, were here last week buying a car load of sheep and hogs for the New York market. On account of ill health Miss Bell Miller has resigned her position as teacher Of the Oak Grove school. John L. Dunlap is teaching the unexpired term. Mrs. Charles Decker, with her family, is here from the far west to visit Centre county relatives. Charley is booked to land here this week with a car load of horses. John Everhart and his daughter, Martha, came down from their Spruce Creek home to see his sister, Martha, who is very near death’s door because of heart trouble. Mrs. G. W. Campbell, with her baby daughter, who had been visiting the haunts of her youth in this county, left for her home in Harper county, Kansas, on Tues- day morning. Whew, but it’s cold. The mercury has been down to 22° below 0, the roads are all blocked up and there has been no trains for a week. The mail is carried to and from State College on runners. Surveyors are still northwest of our town surveying through the ‘‘big hollow’ and walking eastward. They lodge at the St. Elmo every night, but have guarded their secret jealously up to this time. John Gates is arranging to move to Illinois in the spring. He has been quite a success- ful farmer in Half-moon valley, bunt he thinks he can do better in the Sucker State, where he has a brother living. A sledding party came up from Boalsburg last Sunday to spend the day in our town. They were in charge of John Fortney and his good wife. In the party were Mrs. Hess, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Chas. Segner and their children. Almost one hundred people, voung and old, gathered at the home of A. Stine Walk- er, on the Branch, on Thursday evening to enjoy the fun that usually accompanies a ‘pie social.”” About $3 in cash was realized for the H. M. S. Should the mercury remain long as low as it is the water question will become a serious one. Already all the small streams are frozen solid. Fairbrook below DD. G. Meek’s is dry and farmers are hauling or driving their cattle miles to it. Robert and William Gibson, of Pittsburg, arrived in town Friday evening, called here by the unexpected death of their mother. Mrs. Gibson was buried in the fold cemetery at 10 o’clock on Monday morning after ser- viceat the home of her sister, Mrs. A. P. Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Peters, with their baby girl, arrived from Downs, Kansas, last Friday to visit their parental homes in this county. Mr. Peters went west with his father when a lad of eight years. They were married only a few years ago and have since been living near Downs, where he is a very sucessful farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Sankey,of Potter’s Mills, broke through the drifts on Saturday and drove to this place to spend Sunday with post-master and Mrs, Hess. The latter and Mrs. Sankey are sisters. Mr. Sankey expects to quit the farm next summer to vis- it the St. Louis fair, afterwards going to Kansas to see his uncle Robert Sankey, his brother Asher and his sister. : Saturday will be caucus day at Centre schoolhouse. The meeting will‘open at 1:30 p. m. and a foll turnout of Democrats is looked for. The officers io be nominated are Justice, Justice Keller's time having expir- ed, the usual election board, assessor, two school directors to succeed J. C. Corl and Ellis Lytle, two supervisors, one overseer to succeed G. F. Miller, an Auditor and a town- ship clerk. Mouday, the 18th, was a red. letter day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Gray, at Marengo. It was the fiftieth anni versary of Mr. Gray’s birth and Mrs. Gray managed to have an old-fashioned turkey dinner that her husband knew nothing about until more than a hundred friends and neighbors gath- ered to partake of it. Such a fine time as they all had is 8 something to be remembered through life. . 3 The Lutheran church held its annual coun- cil at the parsonage on Monday evening, The auditing of the accounts showed = hal- ance of $40 in the treasury, . after the pay- ment of all bills. The following were placed in nomination for the various chureh officers : © For the unexpired ‘term of: elder, J. G. Fortney, Newton E. Hess and John M. Homan. ' D. C. Krebs and John Musser were named for the _éldership now Teld by Mr. | Musser, A, J. Tate and Daniel Mariz to sue- ceed A. J. Fortuey as deacon. The. election will be made by the congregation on the last Sunday in February. $ . The continuous gale that kept up on Fri. | day and Saturday of last week drifted the roads fence-high full of snow, As a result there was a vory small attendance at any of the churches on Sunday. Rev. Black was on time at Bethel chureh, but-Rev. Heckman could not get. through from State College to keep. his appointment at Meek’s. Rev Aikens. was due at Gatesburg: at 10 a.m. bug could not. get there. ; Rev. Walter Harnish had an experience he does not care to repeat soon. He left higchome at Porc Royal Sature day morning to drive “vin Lewistown and Samuel Felty, of "Altoona, is arecting old Mileoy to fill bis’ appointment here and at Lemont on Sunday. The roads being im- | passable he was obliged to's stop for the, night at the old Ruble farm. Sunday , Ire resimed his journey only to stick i in a big drift where + his horse broke the:gingle tree and ivalked ont“ of the harmess.: Jimmy: Swab and a Sock of'shoveélérs dug him rub and sent him * nto. @, Glands: hole #nd he: was too te Tor his evining se¥ tice it Lemont: He will ,move to Lemont as soowr an “possi- ble.
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