Bellefonte, Pa., March 25, 1304. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebprror —————————————— St I'erms oy SusscriprioN.—Until further notice shis paper will be furnished to subscribers at the Tyrone Had a $20,000 Fire. Flames Discovered Coming from Two Large Frame Buildings. Were Cause of Heavy Loss. By Hard Work on the Part of the Firemen They Were Con- fined to those Structures, About 5:20 o’clock Monday morning fire was discovered in the second floor of the large two-story frame building, corner Lo- gan avenue and Tenth street, owned hy Mrs. Nancy Crawford, and occupied on the Port Arthur is Again Bombarded. Admiral Togo’s Fleet Returns to Attack on Rus- sian Stronghold.—The Tcrpedo Boats Repulsed— Several Hours Later Fifteen Battleships Took Up Positions and Shelled the Town For Five Hours— Russian Commander Reports Five Killed and Nine Wounded. St. Petersburg, March 22. — Another aitack by the Japanese fleet on Port ju, entrenchments made by the enemy. Up to that date the enemy had not ap- peared at Yong Pyon (15 miles north- east of Anju). It is supposed that there is one Japanese division at Anju, and that the remainder of the first army corps is at Ping Yang. “In consequence of the report that two squadrons of the enen . Big Ice Gorge Breaks. WILKESBARRE, Ba., March 21.—The ice gorge north of this city bas broken and ice is moving slowly down the stream. danger is apprehended: The river is teen feet, six inches above low water m to-night. i : . ; pp ATLL - A. Fiedler, the teacher of Mann's ——The ‘Four Brothers’ is the name of a new cigar which the Knisely boys, John, George, Jacob and Andrew, are inéroduc- ing. The lable is illumed by very good | pictures of the brothers, who, by the way, | aggregate balf a ton in weight. -—The Milton Standard says: Nation- al Guard circles here are very much elated rived at Pak-Chon en re following rates : first floor by Edward Uhl, Jr., as a cigar | Arthur, beginning with operations by | of Anju), 200-6t ou were dis- = over a report from an authoritative source Paid strictly in advaBoe., scone $1.00 |store and pool room; Sprankle Bros’. meat | torpedo boats and ending with a bom- ibys ; "School at Romola, is preparing for quite an'| to the effect that state armories are now Paid before expiration of year......... L5ve market; C. C. Vanscoyoc & Co., cigars and | bpardment by battleships and cruisers | ipo eneme : observance of Atbor day on April 8th. In | practically assured. The stats armory Paid after expiration of year........... 2.00 tobacco, and on the second floor by Am- took place after midnight Monday. oy 15 adits “th Tab fe 1 Stal aich it is ah . 0 brose Miller, cigar and toby manufacturer. The emperor has received the follow- Ver. yalry' 4, 1 : addition to the planting of trees and a ; ’ Said, a though carrying Democratic County Committee for 1904. | At the same time flames were seen emanat- nese on the left ‘bank of the | 15;ge program by the scholars Capt. H. S. | on its work so quietly thas only its own Precinct. Name. P. O. Address. Bellefonte N W J. C. Harper, Bellefonte $e SW P. H. Gerrity, ‘ $ WW Geo. R. Meek, id Centre Hall Boro W. F. Bradford, Centre Hall Howard 4 Howard Moore, Howard Milesburg “ James Noll, Milesburg Millheim ¢* Pierce Musser, Millheim Philipsburg 1st W Ira Howe, Philipsburg $e 2nd W J. W. Lukens LL 4 srd W Ed. G. Jones, Li 6 8. Philipsburg State College Boro John Albert, Jno McCormick, State College ing from the second floor of the two-story frame building adjoining, being part of the large department store of Templeton & Co. and occupied by them on the first floor as the grocery department and on the second story, house furnishing goods, mattings,. ladies’ coats, etc. A large room on the first floor of this building was occupied by the millinery establishment of Misses Study & Bouse. The entire fire department responded ing telegram from Viceroy Alexieff: “Ijeutenant General Stoessel reports that at midnight of March 21 Japanese torpedo boats were discovered by our searchlights. Our guard ships and fort batteries opened fire upon them, the river, bu rithdrew towards Anju on the arrival of our detachment with- out fighting. The Japanese squadrons number about 190 each. “On the night of March 19 two dis- patch riders encountered a Japanese patrol between Kazan (about 50 miles north by west of Ping Yang) and Chenchu (about 12 miles north of Ka- zan). The patrol opencd fire, but our Taylor and Senator W. C. Heinle are ex- pected to be present to add their oratory to that of the others. vee MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is she list of mariiage licenses granted by or- phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during the week : Harry C. Fisher, of Blanchard,and Nellie members have known of its meetings, has made marked progress in its task of devis- ing a plan by which the State can acquire ownership of the quarters occupied by the various commands. A number of meetings have been held recently and it is believed a definite announcement of the policy to be pursued will be made at an early date. One plan which has beén under discussion Unionville, * P. J. McD 1, Flemi 1 : : Benner Twp. N P John Garey Bellefonte quickly to the alarm and by beroic efforts dispatch riders escaped unhurt. Daunkle, of Pittsburg. g . | provides for the purchase of the armories 3 ey t] ames CU. Go har re 3 . v . a 5 P Sines Hoyo vend confined the flames 5 the two hulidingy “According to a report, 3000 of the | J C. Goodhart, of Cevtre Hill, and | | oo bot will Hive saith compa A"P 2 BW. G. Morrison, Roland named, fortunately the adjoining siding enemy’s cavalry occupied Yong Pyon | Sarah M. Lee, of Linden Hall. $10,000 pany » EF lLewsathen | Wingste! On the ent A March 19, and material for pontoon | ;. . p yfiles and Blanche M. Ebberts,| Jinsice "Wp. 8. V. Pouguer ¥, Moghsiinen paremens of Templeton § Los was of solie bridges has been placed in readiness ohn B. Miles an a . y eee : Guth | BeterBaibur, oo Homols| Ok ave been more” destraotive, The north and south of Anju.” both ef MAIS. red EE rainwrite wie erguson ‘* m. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills . — . + % “ WP T. D. Gray, Penna Furnace | fire was notgot ander complete control until The advance of the Japanese shows We notice in the evening Pajoranian, ure show needs na recommendation in Bell Gregg Twp. N P J.C. Rossman, Spring Mills 0 ‘olock. when both buildings were that they are losing no time and that : i ER ellefonte, where it has been seen so often “ EP H. P. Herring Pern Hall | 2b0ut 8 o'clock, u & published at Watsonville, California, that : £ « WP John Smith, Spring Mills | badly wrecked and the bulk of their con- they are more rapid than the Russians k 'VanO { 3 Frank ae oh and with such marked satisfaction, but Haines Twp. W P_ Ralph E. Stover, Anronsburg | tents totally destroyed. The fire more than expected. Nevertheless, the fortifica- | F1avk VanOrmer, our former Frank, 18 B82 | juss to impress you with the fact that it is Half Moon ree Ip Sen inkle is Ih likely originated from the brick flue which tions of Anju shows the Japanese op- | president of The Farmer's Purglasivg and | cen better this year than ever before the Harris “ John Weiland, Boalsburg | i8 located on the dividing line ot the Craw- erations are accompanied by all proper Sales Agency, a new corporation that has following excerpt f iole i Howard “ Ld pun Howar ford and Templeton frame buildings. Short- military precautions lately opened an office in that place. His | or 5 pt from an article in the bid . . Miles, artha ) i . e e : o Theo Twp. E P Erin Gan, Hianchard ly before 5 o'clock Mr. VanScoyoc built A So far as the Russians are concerned company is incorporated to carry on a gen- | . oyo 6 Mass., Transcript, of Feb. 22nd, Liberty Twp. W P Albert Bergner, Monument fire in his store, the pipes of which portion s P is published: ‘The L. H. Howe movin Foy J. W. oy ’ Walker | of the building the fire was first discover- they have no intention of attacking An- | gq] exchange business with farmers in the | . t th Tas 8 Miles Twp EP Jerry Brungart, Wolfs Store | eq, ju, but the province of the 5000 or 6000 | Ji: iso of Watsonville by means of a wag- pictures at the opera house Saturday were “WP a ier, st The losses and insurance are as follows : cavalrymen under General Mistchen-| co gat will daily gather up their shows two laige hoses. Patton Twp. Thos, M. Huey, aids Mrs. Naney Crawford, $2,100 insurance on kow will be to harrass and retard the small produce and deliver at their doors without doubt the finest of the many shown enn“ /. F. Smith, illheim | the building, which will about cover the Japanese in every way possible. here, as the the pi Pot « 8 Geo. Goodhart, = Centre Hall ) : 5 ons , y were the pioneer of them all offer © SE deo Goode ais Hall loss; Templeton & Co., $2,000 insurance on The authorities here believe that it | any commodity they might need in lien of | 0 Holyoke. ‘Thepletutes wers early all sus «Ds Wen: BL Frenk, Priipsbats building $00.95000 on Stock tisiels jie will be only a matter of a short time | cach. new to Holyoke. Among the best were “ « S P Jno T. Lorigan, Osceola Mills - : now when active land operations be- ore SNS lib 3 : : smoysnoe gor, EEL HUGE i sh ant Some MUSHY Lo Jo 0, SRT Ein, but at frst hese Wl tak the | Today heb leat he Ye Se | COR Ce anid Spring Twp. N PC. M. Heisler, Bellefonte | new spring millinery, etc. Their loss is a JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT IN WINTER oFF | form of skirmishes, as the main Rus- ] : a , ? : ’ e «8S P W. H, Noll, Pleasant Gap | geo) oho and will approximate $4,000 upon PORT ARTHUR. sian force remains in occupation of | On next Tuesday, the 20th, there will be | drop of water aud piece of cheese, the fish- « W P Jno. L. Dunlap, _ Bellefonte pp $4,000 up : Taylor Twp. J.T. Merriman, Port Matilda | which they carried $2,000 insurance. C.C. strategical points on the Yalu river. two others worth your notice. On the Ed- | eries on the north shore and the view of Ey | : firing lasting for 20 minutes. At 4 : : ’ i Union 8. K. Emerick, Fleming | VanScoyoe & Co. had $800 insurance; loss | , ward Poorman farm, 2 miles east of Clar- | the Giants’ Causeway.” The pictures Walker Twp E P Solomon Peck, Nittany | : o'clock in the morning the attack was Japan Holds Up General Allen. ne : o Fe tok is covered. Sprankle Bros. no insurance 11 sell all his stock | will be exhibited at G: 3 i ¥ ? n 2 Deities, Hublerstyirg and loss hard to get at; besween $500 and renewed Seoul, March 22.—The Japanese have ence, W. A. Jacobs will sell all his stoc e exhibited at Garman’s on the even “ Y, on I . : 3 . . : . Worth * J A. Williams, Port Matilda | $1,000. Edward Uhi Ir., $500 insurance, “At 6.30 o'clock in the morning four | stopped Brigadier General Henry T. and implements. On the same day, the | ing of April 30th, for the henefit of the H.S. TAYLOR : which will cover loss. Ambrose Miller, | of the enemy’s ships appeared from the | Allen, formerly chief of the Philippine 99th, D. G. Meek will havesale at his farm | Logan Eogine Co. RK Wan RT Toca costar. | Joss abons 83,000; being total, ape which | south, followed by the whole squadron | constabulary, and now United States | at Fairbrook, west of Pine Grove. While daa J. K. Jonxsrox PavL ForTNEM Secretaries. Democratic State Convention. Democratic State Committee Rooms, Harrisburg, Pa., March 8th, 1904. To the Democrats of Pennsylvania: In pursuance of the requirements of the rules governing the Democratic organization of the State, and the action of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee ata special meeting held in Harrisburg, on the 3rd day of March, notice is hereby given that the Democratic State Convention will meet in the Lyceum theatre at HARRISBURG, TUESDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1904, at 12 o’clock noon. The business to be trans acted will be the nomination of One candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. Two candidates for Electors at Large. Thirty-two candidates for District Elec- tors; vi iri } and to elect in. the manver provided by the rules of the party: Four Delegates at large to the National Democratic Convention. Sixty-four Dictrict Delegates to the Na- tional Democratic Convention, and to act upon such other matters, per- taining to the interest and success of the par- ty in Pennsylvania, as may be brought be- fore it. P. GRAY MEEK, Secretary. HALL, J. K.P, . Chairman. County Committee Meeting. The Democratic county committee of Centre county, will meet in the Arbitra- tion room in the court house on Saturday, the 9th day of April, 1904, at 11 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of transacting such business as may be presented for their.con- gideration, as will best further the interests of the county Democracy, and bring strength, unity and barmony to our party. H. S. TAYLOR, March 23rd, 1904, County Chairman’. County Convention, The delegates elected at the primaries on May 30th, 1903, to represent the Demo- cratic party of Centre county in conven- tion, will reassemble at the court house in the borough of Bellefonte, on Saturday, the 9th day of April 1904, at 11:30 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of electing two dele- gates to the Democratic state convention, 40 be held at Harrisburg, Pa., April 19th, 1904. ‘W. MILES WALKER, Chairman County Convention. H.S TAYLOR, County Chairman. American Ocean Liner Meets With two Mishaps. SOUTHAMPTON, March 20.—The Ameri- can line steamship New York, Captain Young, from New York, March 12th, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southampton, met with two mishaps to-day, grounding off Cape La Hague, France, in the early morning and later coming into collision in the English channel with the peniosular and Oriental steamship Assaye, under con- tract to the British government and used as a troop ship bound for Bombay with 500 soldiers on hoard. The New York grounded while approaching Cherbourgh at 2:30 o'clock this morning, during a fog. The sea was smooth, however, and the tide was on the flood and within an hour and a half the vessel was floated without assistance. Daring the voyage up the channel a dense fog descended. When off Hurst Castle, Eog., the Assaye suddenly appear ed and it was found impossible to avoid a collision. The New York’s bow crashed into the Assuye’s starboard bow, tearing a great gap in that vessel. The New York’s bowaptit and figurehead were carried away and the latter was smashed into fragments. There was great excitement, but no panic on either vessel. The boats of the Assaye were lowered and the troops were mustered but the bulkhead of the troop- ship saved her. Both vessels were able to enter Southampton and the New York was docked at 4:30 o'clock for temporary re- pairs, be had $275 insurance. The insurance losses are in companies represented in the agencies of Howard B. Calderwood, Wil- liam H. Flenner, William F. Hiller and Peter A. Reed, the larger amounts with the two first named. The several tenants have been put to great inconvenience owing to the scarcity of rooms suitable in which to get in a new supply and immediately resume business. They were hustling all day Monday, with what success we did not learn. The elder Bennett, of the New York Herald, remark- ed that a good fire generally improved a town. Plenty of room is now presented in this destruction, with all due respect to the opinions of the owners of the destroyed buildings and the ordinances relating to the erection of new buildings. The big fire of 1860 in Tyrone came from the northeast portion of town and was checked at Temple- ton’s brick store. This one came from the northwest and stopped at the same build- ing. Penned in Lonely Cave With Big Catamount for Companion. wirs’y WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., March 21.—While exploring a cave in a wood, James Skin- ner, of Munoy Valley, ran across a full- grown catamount, which snarled at him, but which did not dare approach because he carried pine torches. Hurrying back to the mouth of the cave, Skinner found, to his astonishment, that a dead tree, under which he had crawled to get into the cave, had slid a few feet down the side of the mountain and effectually blocked the entrance. His utmost strength failed to move it, and he became thorough- ly frightened. For three hours he kept his torches burning and thus prevented an at- tack from the catamouns. Finally, when his available firewood had almost gone, it happily occurred to him to build a fire un- der the tree. He acted at once, and the blaze had been going less than balf an hour when the tree broke and Skinner was able to crawl from his prison, nearly chok- ed by the smoke. Quay Smokes 15-Inch Cigars. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21.—Sena- tor Quay likes to smoke cigars. He usu- ally bas one in his mouth when he is not in the Senate chamber and sometimes he then chews an unlighted one. A week or so ago his dootor told him he must stop smoking, ‘I can’t,’’ said the Senator. ‘‘But you must,’’ insisted the doctor. ‘‘Can’t I smoke at all ?’’ asked the Sena- tor plaintively. . ‘‘Yes,”’ the doctor replied, as if he was conferring a great favor, ‘‘you may smoke .a.half of one cigar each day, but no more.”’ “Well,” said the Senator to-day, as he sat in his committee room, ‘‘it is now time for me to have my daily smoke.’ He opened a drawer in his desk and took out a cigar 15 inches in length, and lit it and smoked it with relish. Labor Scarce in the Philippines. Business Suspends Because of Unreasonable Rates Demanded by Help. VICTORIA, B. C., March 20.—William Swarthout, editor of the Manila Times, president of the Merchants’. Publishing company, of the Far Eastern Press club,and of the Manila Press club, was a passenger on the steamer Shawmut, arrived here to-day, bonnd for Washington to lay the griev- ance of certain white residents before Con- gress. He says the great question now is the extreme scarcity of labor, the Filipinos declining to work at any price. Mr Mac- Culloch, head of the biggest printing and publishing firm in the islands, was also on his way to San Francisco, to consult with regard to the supply of labor. His business bas been practically suspended owing to the impossibility of obtaining labor at rea- sonable rates. World’s Finest Big Gun Practice. American Battleship Kearsarge’'s Crew Leads all Records. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21.—An of- ficer on board the battleship Kearsarge sends to the Navy Department the follow- ing remarkable record made by that battle- ship in her target practice off Pensacola : One 13-inch gun made six hits out of seven shots in five minutes and 20 seconds; an 8-inch gun, 10 hits ous of 10 shots in five minutes and 20 seconds; 5-inch gun, 18 hits out of 18 shots in two minutes. This record is declared to be the best ever made by an American war ship, and, as far as the officials know, it has not been equaled in any foreign navy. of 11 ships and eight torpedo boats. Our squadron left the roadstead 10 meet the enemy. “At 9 o'clock the enemy’s battleships opened fire on Liaotishin, after which they took up a position behind the rocky eminence of Liaotishin and bom- barded Port Arthur.” Viceroy Alexieff adds that he is wait- ing for details. A later dispatch from the viceroy to the emperor says: “According to a supplementary re- port from Lieutenant General Stoessel, the enemy’s fleet consisted of six bat- tleships and 12 cruisers. About 9 o’clock in the morning the fleet divided, the battleships and torpedo boats taking up a position between Liaotishin and’ Golubinaia bay (Pigeon bay), while the cruisers formed up in two divisions to the south and southeast of Port Ar- thur. : “At 9.20 the battleship Retvizan opened fire over the crest of Liaotishin’ against the enemy’s battleships, which replied by firing on the town, Mean- while our fleet formed up in line in the outer roadstead. “About 11 o’clock in the morning the cannonade slackened, and the Japa- nese fleet, reuniting, drew off slowly to the southeast, and at 12.30 had disap- peared. “During the bombardment five sol- diers were killed and nine were wound- ed. One soldier on the shore was bruised.” \ Another telegram from Viceroy Alexieff to the emperor gives Vice Ad- miral Makaroff’s report as follows: “At midnight of March 21 two of the enemy’s torpedo boats approached the outer roadstead, but were discovered by the searchlights of the batteries and fired upon by the forts and by the gun- boats Bobr and Otvazuy. They were obliged to retire. “A second attack was made at 4 o'clock in the morning by three tor- pedo boats, which also were repulsed. “At daybreak three detachments of the enemy's fleet, consisting of six bat- tleships, six armored cruisers, six sec- ond and third class cruisers and eight torpedo boats, approached from all sides. At 7 o’clock our squadron com- menced to leave the inner harbor, the cruisers leading, with the Askold flying my flag, at their head, and the battle- ships following. 5 “The enemy’s battleships approached Liaotishin and fired 100 shells from their 12-inch guns at Port Arthur and 108 shells at the environs of the town. “Our shells, fired at a range of 80 cables, were well placed. About 10 o'clock a Japanese battleship was struck by a shell and retired. : “We lost no men during the bom- bardment, which ceased at 11 o'clock, when the enemy’s ships reassembled, and after passing along the outer road- stead, drew off without attacking our fleet.” Port Arthur Bottled Up. London, March 23.—A correspond- ent of the Times at Tokio, under yes- terday’s date, cables that it is rumor- ed that the Japanese have succeeded in blockading the entrance to Port Ar- thur. ; News is received from Newchwan that a south wind is dispersing the ice points, which means the beginning of active operations that at last will re- veal the carefully concealed Japanese plan of campaign. . JAPS' ARMY ADVANCING Russian General Reports Occupancy of Yong-Pyon By the Enemy. St. Petersburg, March 23.—The fol- lowing dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22: “General Mistchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Cheng-Cheng river, opposite An- military observer with the Japanese army at Ping Yang, requesting him not t2 proceed neared their outposts. CHINA WORRIES RUSSIA Believes Her Neutrality Depends On Result of First Heavy Land Battle. St. Petersburg, March 22.—In gov- ernment circles there exists a strong belief that the question as to whether China will observe her neutrality un- dertakings will depend largely on the result of the first heavy land fighting. A big victory by the Russian army, it is believed, will insure the quiescence of the Celestial empire, but there are grave fears as to what might nappen in the event of a signal Japanese suc- cess in the early stages of the land operations. * The recent naval success of the Japa- nese has not greatly impressed the Chinese, but if the Russians should sustain a really disastrous defeat on land the Chinese might suddenly be aroused, whether with the connivance or even with the consent of the Japa- nese, against Russia and perhaps against all foreigners. Russia’s present plans are based on the appreciation of the supreme im- portance of the first land battle, and no fighting on a large scale will take place, if it possibly can be avoided, un- til the Russians feel morally certain that they can deal the enemy a crush- ing blow. Captain William V. Judson, United States military attache to the embassy here, has arrived and will proceed to the front as soon as possible to ob- serve the military operations for his government. Philadelphia, March 22.—The New York railroads having met the latest cut in ex-lake freight rates from Buf- falo, the railroads entering this city have announced a further cut of four mills to go into effect next Saturday. This applies only to wheat, flaxseed and barley. A cut of four mills on corn, rye and oats would have placed these grains on the free list. The new rates are as follows: Wheat and fiax- seed, 2 mills; corn and rye, 3% mills; barley, 1 mill, and oats, 4 mills. Earthquake In New England States. Boston, Dec. 21. — An earthquake this morning caused a tremor through- out the entire eastern section of New England. Beginning at St. John, N. B., the seismic vibrations traversed the state of Maine, causing some slight damage to buildings in Augusta, ‘Bangor and Portland. The shock was felt plainly as far south as Taunton in this state. At Augusta, Me. lamp chimneys were broken and crockery was smashed. The vibrations lasted several seconds. ; wo SAAN Mr. Meek’s implements and equipment will be found to be in good condition, his cattle will be the special feature of this He has always made a specialty of them and has some of the finest Guernseys sale. and Holsteins in the county. —ee GO — —On Tuesday evening as the Lewis- burg freight was near Pleasant Gap and running at a high rate of speed a set of car wheels that were in a box car on the train were started to rolling by the swing of the They rolled through the door to the side of the track, then rolled back onto the rails, knocking the tracks out from under the caboose and letting it fall to the track, where it slid along until the train could be stopped. There were several of the train crew in the caboose at the time, but they jumped and car in rounding a curve. were not hurt. i E —_— ete Tug EpiTor HAD DUNS, ALSO.—AnD exchange says that a subscriber once re- ceived a dun throngh the post-office, and it made him mad. He went to see the editor about is, and the editor showed him a few duns of his own—one for paper, one for type, one for fuel, and several others. “Now,” said the editor, *‘I didn’t get mad when these came, because I knew that all I had to do was to ask several reliable gen- tlemen like you to come and help me out, and then I could settle all of them.” When the subscriber saw how it was he relented, paid up and renewed for another year. pri ——As 1904 is a leap year all the holi- days for the year take a jump of one day. Election day will occur as late as possible in November, falling on the 8th day of the ‘month. Memorial day and Fourth of July Labor day will be on Sept. 5th. Thanksgiving day will be on! Nov. 21th, the earliest date possible for Christmas will fall on The Lenten season was ushered in on Feb. 16th, a trifle earlier than last hoth fall on Monday. the observance. Sunday. year. It will close on Easter Sunday, April 3rd. Palm Sunday will occur on March 27th and Good Friday on April 1st. The Advent season will commence on Nov, 27th. HL ee am —— Mueller Bros., who bad been doing business in Philipsburg under the firm name of the Central Produce Co. for nearly a year, mysteriously disappeared from that place early Monday morning. In addition to ruening a green grocery store in the Pierce building they bad a bakery on Pine street, Last week they sold the stock in both places practically . to depletion and early Monday morning loaded their person- al effects and furniture onto their own de- livery wagon and drove to Tyrone, where they took an early train for somewhere. The Philipsburg Ledger says they owed everyone with whom they bad. done busi- ness and the only available assets will not amount to $50. >> ——Judge Love was in: Clearfield last week hearing testimony in the railroad case in which O.L. Schuonover, James Pass- more, Charles H. Rowland and J.G. Plats, are the defendants and the Altoona & Phil- ipsburg Connecting railroad company is the plaintiff. The plaintiff was represent- ed by J. W. Newlin of Philadelphia, Gor- don & Boulton and Smith V. Wilson, and the defendants by A. L. Cole, D. L.Krebs, Ex-Judge McEnally and W, 8. Hammond, of Blair county. The case attracted con- siderable attention because that road, though running only from Philipsburg to Ramey, has been a constant source of liti- gation ever since it was built. The de- fendants have a controlling interest in it and are determined to make it a road of some account if there is a possible way of doing so. THE PuPILS OF ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL ENTERTAIN.—Because of their many suo- cesses in the past the pupils of St. John the - Evangelist’s schools in this place are look- ed upon as juyenile actors from whom much can be expected. That is probably one of the reasons that such a nice audi- ence was at Garman’s for their entertain- ment last Thursday night. And it is only justice to say that they haveadded another to their long list of trinmphs. To particularize would require saying something about each individual who had a part, all were so good, but we cannot re- sist alluding to the’litéle play in which the boys carried off the stellar honors and to the pupil’s orchestra. The latter was cer- tainly very fine and more than pleased those who were there. The entire entertainment was up to the standard of St. John’s excellence and the nicety with which even the tiniest tots per- formed their parts was a glowing testimo- nial to the patient, gentle hands that coached them. —ten GP SOME ONE APPRECIATES IT.—For sev- eral weeks the WATCHMAN has been de- voting a column or more, weekly, to a dis- cassion of the International Sunday school lesson. It is edited by one of the ac- knowledged Bible authorities in the world and was secared with the hope that it would be of use to Sunday school teachers, advanced scholars and other christian workers. We have asked several times for some expression as to whether it is needed or ap- preciated.and had just begun to feel that WATCHMAN readers had no use for such information when along comes a card from G. B. Snyder, from Pittsburg, containing the following : “In the matter of expositions upon the Inter- national Sunday school lessons, {wo Sunday school teachers in heathen Allegheny county are getting much good from the copy coming in my name and trust this valuable feature of your most excellent paper may be continued.” We appreciate Mr. Snyder’s response and hope that others who may find the feature helpful to them will advise us, when an opportunity presents. eee A ts APRIL CHANGES. — Possibly because April 1st happens to be Good Friday the moving fever seems to have struck the town a week earlier than usual. J. Kyle McFarlane is now located in Monroe Armor’s house on east Linn street. Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, Miss McCalmont and Miss Annie Shortlidge moved into the ‘Dagget$ house on the same street on Mon- day. E. H. Richard has taken possession of the Orvis house and Will Chambers is moving into the house vacated by the Richards. Mrs. Tanner has moved her boarding house from Bishop street into the Brew property on Spring street. Frank Frain’s are now housekeeping in the Shortlidge house on Thomas street, and Oscar Peters is moving into the Morrison house on Spring street which the Frains vacated. Paul Sheffer is leaving the Pot- ter honse on north Spring street to reside for the summer with his parents on Curtin street. Mrs. William Dawson has rented the John Wagner property on Spring street but will not get possession of it until after the sale. John H. Meyer has moved from the McQuistion house on west High street into one of the Stitzer houses opposite the court house. Ex-sheriff Brangart has mov- ed from Bishop street to Centre Hall, Mrs. ‘Brungart’s old home, Mrs. Margaret Brach- bill is leaving the Aaron Williams prop- erty on Howard street and has taken rooms in the Rush Larimer house on east High street. Mr. and Mis. Frank Stover and their family are going to Altoona next week and Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Smith have shipped a lot of their goods to Howard.
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