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Bellefonte, Pa., September 9, 1904.
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Ebpitor
Democratic Presidential Ticket.
For President,
ALTON B. PARKER, of New York,
For Vice-President,
HENRY G. DAVIS, of West Virginia.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
Roperr WiLsoN IRwiN,
StaNLey W. DAVENPORT.
DISTRICT ELECTORS,
Ar-LARGE {
1. Harry Nicholls, 17. 8. Z. Hawbecker,
2. Jos. R. Wainwright, 18. Robt E. Weigley,
3. John M. Campbell, 19. L. D. Woodruff,
4, James M. Stewart, 20, Nevin M. Wanner,
6. H. Max Rowland, 21. T. E. Costello
6. Moses Veale, 22, Wm. T. Mechling,
7. Emil Holl, 23. Rockwell Marietta,
8. Benj. 8. Johnson, 24. Chas. H. Aiken,
9. W, Hayes Grier, 25. James P. Colter, .
10. William Craig. 26. M. F Coolbaugh,
11. John McGahren, 27. Alfred W. Smiley,
12. Charles F. King, 28. S. E. Walker,
13. Isaac Hiester, 29. Henry Meyer,
14. John Sullivan, 30. Thomas B. Foley,
15. Jno. B. Coulston, 31. George Heard,
16. Alphonsus Walsh, 32. Charles B. Payne.
State.
For Justice of the Supreme Court,
SAMUEL G. THOMPSON, of Philadelphia,
For Congress, .
CHAS. W. SHAFFER, of Cameron Co.
Democratic County Ticket.
For President Judge:
ELris L. Orvis Esq., of Bellefonte.
For Assembly:
J. W. KEPLER, of Ferguson Twp.
JOHN NoiLL, of Bellefonte.
For Prothonotary:
ARTHUR B. KIMPORT, of Harris Twp.
Fer District Attorney:
W. G. RUNKLE, of Bellefonte.
For County Surveyor:
J. H. WETZEL, of Bellefonte.
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Roosevelt's Absurd Order.
The President is sometimes amusing
though rarely instructive. He has been
amusing the world again by issuing an
order against pernicious activity in politics.
That is to say he has declared that em-
ployees of the Federal government muss
not participate in local political move-
ments, party conventions, or become mem-
bers of political committees. The obvious
purpose of this order was to restore him-
self in the confidence of the Civil Service
reformers. He has comehow got the
notion that this class of voters will cut
tome figure in the coming election.
Mr. ROOSEVELT doesn’t appear to notice
how absurd such on order must seem to
intelligent observers in view of the faot
that every member of his Cabinet who
can he prevailed on to abase himself suf-
ficiently is already on the stump and has
been for more than a year manipulating
politics in the interest of the president’s
ambition to succeed himself. He must
imagine that the people are exceedingly
stupid to be thus imposed on. If he be-
lieves in the Civil Service ideas expressed
in his recent order, common decency will
compel him to take SHAW and TAFT off
the stump, even though it should be neces-
sary to use a baseball bat to achieve the
resuls,
American people are about tired of the
demagogic horseplay. Mr. ROOSEVELT
has been giving us that sort of thing to
satiety from the beginning of his acci-
dental term of office. But wecounld stand
for bear claw dinners, sleeping in snow
drifts and wild rides in wretched weather
for such things only aspersed his own
character for intelligence, but when he
indulges in snch silly rubbish as issuing
Civil Service orders with respect to subal-
terns in the public service, while he per:
mits Cabinet officers to violate them, both
in letter and spirit, he insults ihe intelli-
gence of the American people.
Domestic Science as Part of a Col-
fege Course.
In the last issue of the WATCH-
MAN was published an outline of the
new course for women at The Penusyl-
vania State College. Domestic Science is
offered as one of the Junior year subjects
and that anything so practical should mow
be ranked with classics and the languages
ought to over-rule the objections usually
offered that college training unfits for do-
mestic lifc. Not only in the home but as
preparation for teaching is this a most val-
uable course, for although in the East it
has been introduced into but few of the
public schools, it is a feature of schools
‘West and has been so successful there that
there will soon be a demand for it in all
schools and for the women who can teach
it.
As one of the six lines of progress made
by women since the Chicago exposition,
Mr. John Brisben Walker, in the Septem-
ber Cosmopolitan, classes ‘‘The removal of
the education of women from the field of
the namby-pamby and the ornamental to
that of the useful, beginning with house-
hold economy and extending into the high-
est branches of science.”” As a result of
this progress he says, ‘‘The man and wom-
an of 1910 will no longer be at the mercy
of the cook whose knowledge either is
crude or has been acquired in schools so
different from those to which one is accus-
tomed, that eating becomes four times ous
of five an unsatisfactory function instead of
a pleasurable feast that gives reward of
perfect digestion, with its complement of
bealth.”’ a : :
Still Awaiting Explanation.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Why we paid Spain $20,000,000 for what
we had won, why we bad paid Panama an
unnecessary $10,000,000 and why we swat-
ted the Filipino and kissed the Coban are
interesting ‘‘conundrums’’ for the spell-
binders.
No Longer “Eats Em Alive.”
From the Baltimore Sun.
After reading Secretary Taft’s eulogy of
Mr. Roosevelt one is almost convinced the
President is tame enough to eat ont of the
band.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,
——James B. McManigle, a Milroy
business man, in a fit of temporary in-
sanity, wandered away from home on
August 18th and for eight days was lost
in the seven mountains, during which
time he subsisted entirely on apples.
——The venerable Perry Steele, who for
many years has lived along the pike near
Axe Mann, departed Tuesday for Mill Hall
where he will make his home with his
grand-daughter, Mrs. Ed. Gehret. Mr.
Steele will be 89 years old on election day,
November 8th.
ares A meena.
——The report of the 20th annual con-
vention of the W. C. T. U., held this week
in Petriken hall, will be published in the
next issue of this paper. We had our own
report ready, but preferred to wait for the
one sent out by the society, asit will prob-
ably be more accurate.
Arete AU teem
VETERAN PICNIC TRAIN SCHEDULE.—
The schedule of trains over the Bellefonte
Central railroad for the veteran picnic to-
morrow is as follows : Leave Bellefonte for
park—6:30, 9:15, 10:30 a. m., 1:45, 3, 5
p. m. Leave Pine Grove Mills for the
park.—7:35 a. m., 12 m. 3:20 p. m. Leave
State College for park.—8:00a. m., 12:30
p.m. 4:45p. m. Leave Waddles for park.
—8:20 a. m: 12:50 p. m., 5:10 p.m.
a.
——Mr. and Mrs George Grimm cele-
brated their seventeenth wedding anniver-
sary on Wednesday evening at their home
on Thomasstrees. Seventeen were present
including the following guests: Rev. John
Wood, Jr., and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wag-
ner Geiss and son George, Mr. and Mrs.
James Barnhart, Mr. and Mrs. John Ole-
wine, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith and Dr.
Ward and wife. ?
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PHILIPSBURG’S BAND TOURNAMENT-—
Only six bauds attended the tournament
held in Philipsburg Monday and Tuesday,
but the crowd was large and : enthusiastic.
For the best rendered overture the awards
were as follows : First prize, $100, Sheri-
dan band, Tyrone; second prize, $40,
Kylertown band; third prize, $25, Mun-
son baud; fourth prize, $10, Barnesboro
band. The quickstep first prize, $15,
Sheridan band; second prize, $10, Barnes-
boro band.
RURAL CARRIERS ORGANIZE.—The rur-
al mail carriers of Centre county held a
meeting in Bellefonte on Tuesday for the
purpose of forming an organization. All
the carriers in the county but two were
present. The officers elected were as fol-
lows : President, F. B. Weaver, State Col-
lege ; vice president, Jerry Stem, Roland ;
secretary, W. F. Thompson, State College;
treasurer, W. S. Gramley, Spring Mills;
executive committee, W. F. Keller, Centre
Hall ; Harry Rearick, Bellefonte, and J.
Hartsock, State College.
ef fpf see.
——O0Id soldiers or any other persons
wishing to attend the services of unveiling
of monuments of 45¢h P. V. V,, 50th P. V.
V., 51st P. V. V., 100th P. V. V,, 12th P.
V Cavalry and a number of 9 months regi-
ments. at Antietam, Sept. 17th, 1904, can
leave on 17th, and, if in Harrisburg before
11:55 a. m., you can arrive at Antietam on
the same day. If you take a later train
from Harrisburg you will arrive 80 as to re-
main all night in Hagerstown and arrive
at Antietam next morning at 8 o’clock
which will be plenty of time for the serv-
ices. Fare from Bellefonte $6.46. Good
from 16th to 23rd inclusive.
PHILIPSBURG’S BIG PROSPECTS.—In a
recent issue the Philipsburg Journal says :
We have it on good authority that one of
the leading mining corporations in this
country is now negotiating for the pur-
ohase of 5000 acres of coal lands in the vi-
cinity of Philipsburg, involving the largest
transaction that has ever taken place in
this part of the State. We are in position
to give ous much more than we dare at this
time, but suffice to say that if the deal
goes through it will mean the development
of the greatest body of coal ever secured hy
any one company in the Clearfield bitum-
inous coal region.
‘I'ne corporation has no superior in this
country in mining circles, and it is grasi-
fying to know that if negotiations are olos-
ed the company will put in several plants
near the town, which will mean great
things for Philipsburg.
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THAT CAMP-0UT AT HECLA.—On Mon-
day the crowd of jolly people from Nittany
and Salona who have been in camp at
Heola the past ten days, pulled up stakes
and departed for sheir homes, Daring
their outing they lived a veritable gypsy
life and were about as ‘delightful a crowd
as one could meet anywhere. The corn
roast in honor of the Bellefonte camp was
a great success, McEntire carrying away
the honors, Those who visited the camp
during the ten days were Dr. Shook and
wife, Chicago ; Miss Rase, MoGee’s Mills;
Mrs. W. Beck, Miss Lily MecCaleb, Pitts-
burg ; Mr. McCormick and wife, Hublers-
burg ; H. A. Clark, Montrose, Pa. ; Mr.
Rasser, Mill Hall, and Miss Anna Pines,
the beautiful soprano singer, of Lewisburg
Miss Winkleman, who was the first nurse
to graduate from the Lock Haven hospital,
chaperoned the crowd.
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD HERO. — Merle
Williams, a thirteen-year-old boy of Scotia,
is being lionized a hero for saving the life
of J. King Lytle, aged seven years. Master
Lytle was trying to catch a turtle at the
reservoir when he lost his balance and fell
into eight feet of water. The boy had sunk
for the third time when Merle Williams
and Mr. Lytle, the boy’s father, responded
to the call of a companion of the drowning
hoy. With rare presence of mind Wil-
liams dived into the water, found the boy
between two logs at the bottom of the res-
ervoir, gripped him by the clothes and
brought him to the surface and the shore.
The body was already limp but by strenu-
ous measures the boy was finally resusci-
tated.
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GOODMAN—HUNTER, — A pretty home
wedding ocourred recently at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hunter, in Storms.
town, when their daughter, Miss Maud
Hunter, was united in marriage to Clar-
ence N. Goodman, of Altoona. About thir-
ty guests were present to witness the cere-
mony which was performed by Rev. E. L.
Eslinger, of the Methodist church. Miss
Jessie May, a cousin of the bride, played
the wedding march. The bride has been
one of the most successful school teachers
in the connty while the groom is a cabinet
apprentice in the Altoona shops during the
summer and a student at State College the
remainder of the year. The young couple
departed on a honeymoon tour to eastern
cities.
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CALDERWOOD—SNYDER. — Edward E.
Calderwood, of Centre county, and Miss
Annie M. Snyder, of Tyrone, were married
last Thursday morning at the Columbia
avenue M. E. parsonage, Tyrone, by Rev.
W. R. Picken. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Snyder while the
groom is an industrious employee of the
Pennsylvania railroad. After a few days
spent among friends in the two counties
the young couple will go to housekeeping
in Tyrone.
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HANSAN-KRUMBINE. — On Thursday
Aug. 25th, Edward J. Hansan, of Atlanta,
Ga., and Miss Estie Krumbine, of Wash-
ington, D. C., were married at the home
of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
H: Krumbine, of Centre Hall, Rev. J. F.
Shultz . performing : the ceremony. The
couple left at once for their future home in
Atlanta.
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K1vpPorT-FRY.—Last Thursday evening
John G. Kimport, of Boalshurg, and Miss
Arabella C. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, were
married hy tbe Rev. William R. Pichen,
at the parsonage of the Columbia avenue
Methodist church, Tyrone.
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THE SOCIAL SEASON CLOSES MOST GAY-
LY.—The Golden Rod dance might better
be called the Swan Song of our summer:
for it is the expiring note of gayety—a
crescendo of the much mirth and merri-
ment usually crowded into a few days pre-
ceding the dance. We dream the summer
away planning and not til the fogs of early
September haze summer’s sun, are we
mindful of Lord Bolingbroke’s truth
‘‘wise men spend their time in mirth, ’tis
only fools who are serious,’ and rush into
gayeties sufficient to last until another
golden rod season.
The anti-golden rod dance gayeties this
week have been varied enough to show the
versatile genius of the many hostesses and
have included both the older and younger
sets.
Miss Brockerhoff entertained a few
friends on Tuesday evening at bridge.
The same evening Miss Thomazine Potter
gave a hurdy-gurdy dance at her home on
Linn street. !
Mrs. Molly Valentine entertained
guests for three tables of bridge on Wed-
nesday night and Miss Elizabeth Gephars
gave a chafing dish party at which Miss
Christine Merriman presided over one chaf-
ing dish, Miss Thomazine Potter over
another and James Furst over the third.
Thursday night Miss Mary Harris Weav-
er took a crowd on a straw ride to the Old
Fort and Laird Curtin had a cabin party at
his lodge along the Bald Eagle.
To-night Mrs. Calloway will give a din-
ner dance in honor of the guests of the
town at which ten covers will be laid."
THE ACADEMY FACULTY.—The Belle-
fonte Academy will open the fall term of
her centennial year on September 20th,
1904. The faculty will comprise Rev. Jas.
P. Hoghes, A. M. (Princeton). Principal
emeritus, mathematios and book-keeping.
James R. Hughes, A. M. (Princeton.)
Headmaster, English and oratory. {
Helen E. Canfield Overton, preceptress,
and principal of primary department.
Isabella S. Hill, Ph. B. (Wesleyan.)
English, rhetoric and literature.
Edward H. Myers, B. 8., (Penna. State. )
Higher mathematics and science.
William P. Wharton, A. B., (Trinity
and Columbia). History and ancient lan-
guages. :
Frederick C. Miller, A. B., (Princeton. )
Mathematics and oivics. b
Frank Clifton Smith, Ph. D., (Yale,
Harvard and Leipsic.) Modern lan:
guages. }
. Louis B. Hindman, A. B., (Washing-
ton and Jefferson.) Bible lectures.
. Rebecca Pugh Lyon, (pupil of Philip
Scharwenka, Berlin.) Pianoforte.
‘ Ruth H. Case, (Bellefonte Academy.)
First assistant in primary department;
second assistant in primary department to
be announced. ia
~The music instruotions will include
pleasant beginnings for children and clavier
instruction. -. 4
« Miss Lyon uses the very latest and most
advanced methods in her work. School
schedules arranged to suit railroad sched-
DEATH OF SENATOR A. E. PATTON.—
It was a severe shock to this community to
learn of the death of State Senator Alexan-
der E. Patton, which occurred at his home
in Curwensville Monday morning at 4
o'clock, of heart failure. When Senator
Patton was in Bellefonte last week attend-
ing the faneral of the late Col. Wilbur F.
Reeder, he looked the picture of health
and robust manhood. He was taken sick
at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. He attend-
ed a dinner party at the residence of R. D.
Swoope, esq., was taken snddenly ill and
remained all night at the Swoope residence.
Sunday he was feeling hetter and went to
his own home, two doors distant. The end
came very suddenly Monday morning when
medical aid could not restore him from a
final attack of heart failure.
Deceased is survived by his wife, who
prior to her marriage was Miss Mary Dill, of
Clearfield, and three children, H. J.,Edith
and Alexander E., Jr., and four brothers
and two sisters, as follows : Hon. John
Patton, of Grand Rapids, Mich.. an ex-
United States senator ; Charles E., Cur-
wensville; William F., Kansas City, and
Frank Patton, Reading ; Mrs. C. S. Rus-
sell, Curwensville, and Mrs. Edmund L.
Gros. of Paris, France. The latter is at
present at Curwensville on a visit.
As some of the family are in California
the funeral will not be held until tomorrow
afternoon at 1 o'clock. The following
State Senators have been appointed a com-
mittee to attend the obsequies : William
C. Sproul, Alexander J. Stewart, J. Henry
Cochran, Myron Matson, A. B. Roberts,
Jacob C. Stineman, A. E. Sieson and John
8. Fisher. :
Alexander Ennis Patton, of the Thirty-
fourth Senatorial district, comprising Clear-
field, Centre and Clinton counties, was born
in Carwensville, Pa., October 20th, 1852.
He was educated in the schools of his na-
tive town, Dickinson seminary, Chester
Military academy and Pbilips academy,
Andover, Mass. When 19 years old he
started to make hie own livelihood by going
%o Iowa and engaging in. the farming and
‘nursery business. Six years suhsequently,
in 1877, he returned to the place of his
birth and accepted a position in the Car-
wensville bank, He was also connected
with the Patton bank and largely identi-
fied with the development of coal, railway
and indupstrial interests. He helped to or-
ganize the Chest Creek Land and Improve-
ment company with a capital of $600,000
and became its secretary and treasurer.
The Patton Coal Co. was next formed with
a capital of $40,000 and Mr. Patton hecame
secretary and treasurer. The town of Pas-
ton was named by the son in honor of his
father, Hon. John Patton.
He was largely instrumental in building
the Clearfield & Mahoning railroad from
DuBois to Clearfield. He was made a di-
rector of that road and several others tra-
versing that section of country. November
7¢h, 1898, he secured a charter for the
‘West Branch Valley railroad, now in oper-
ation from Keating to Clearfield. Thesur-
vey of this line was made at his own ex-
pense and he afterwards interested the New
York Central in the enterprise and build-
ing of the road was undertaken by that
company. He took an active interest in
the affairs of common schoole, and was
twice president of the directors’ convention
of Clearfield county, was a trustee of Diok-
inson college and a director in Dickinson
seminary. He was actively identified with
the Republican party in his county and was
a delegate to county, State and National
conventions. In 1896 he was a Presiden-
tial elector-at-large and voted for William
McKinley for President of the United
States. In 1892 he was unanimously nom-
inated by the Republicans for Senator. He
had no ambition to-hold any political office,
but considered it his daty to accepts the
honor conferred on him because of the unan-
imity with which it wasgiven him. He
was elected by nearly 2,000 majority over
William C. Heinle, of this place, his pred-
ecessor in office.
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Mes. SusAN ELLENBERGEE.— One of
Half Moon township’s most venerable wom-
en in the person of Mrs. ‘Susan Ellenberg-
er, widow of John Ellenberger, who died
sixteen years ago, died at her home at Mar-
engo at 9:43 o'clock Sunday night, of dis-
ease incident to old age, being 84 years, 4
months and 12 days old. The deceased was
born and spent all her life in the Half Moon
valley. ‘She is survived by three sons and
two daughters, namely : James R., of El-
dorado; George W., of ‘Marengo ; David
W., of Dungatvin; Mrs. Elizabéth’ Powley
and Mrs. Jennie Barto, of Marengo. The
late Robert N. Ellenberger, of Tyrone, was
also a son, The funeral was held at her
late home at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon,
Rev. W. L. Eslinger, of the Methodist
church, conducting the services. Inter-
ment was made in the Ross church ceme-
tery.
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SMETZLER. Le Hannah = Smetzler
died near Egg Hill, Centre county, Aug.
24th, 1904, aged 73 years, 4 months and 26
days. Mrs. Smetzler had been a member
of the Evangelical church 39 years. She
was the mother of eleven children, 6 girls
and 5 boys, all of whom are living. Her
funeral was attended by a large cirdle of
friends and acquaintances. Services hy
Si
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ei tier
her pastor, Rev. J. F. Shultz. :
HENRY WiILCcOoX.—Monday evening, at
bis home on south Centre street, Philips-
burg, Henry Wilcox died from the effects
of the injuries received last Wednesday
by falling from a trestle which Le was
building near Hountzdale, when three ribs
were broken, one of which penetrated th
lungs. As the time the acident occurred
very little hope of recovery was entertain-
ed and death at 6 o’clook Monday even-
ing brought his sufferings to an end.
The deceased was born in Tioga county,
New York, and was aged 73 years, 11
months and 6 days. He came to Philips-
burg about 50 years ago, following the
occupation of a teamster. He afterwards
learued the carpenter trade, which he con-
tinued up until the time of his death.
He was married September 4, 1859, to
Miss Esther Waltermire, of Indiana county,
to whom vine children were born. Be.
sides his wife three sons and two daught.
ers survive, viz: Mrs. Lemael Gearhart,
Chester Hill ; James, Steubenville, Ohio;
George, Braddock, and Mary and Charley
at home. He served his courtry four
years in the war of the rebellion, having
been a member of Co. D, 53rd regiment,
most of the time, but for a ‘little while
belonging to another regiment.
The funeral occurred on Wednesday
afternoon.
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LEADER.—Carl Leader, fireman, was in-
stantly killed in a freight wreck that oc-
curred at La Colle, on the Pittsburg divis-
ion, just west of New Florence, last Satur-
day afternoon. He was born at Bald Eagle,
Centre county, May 27th, 1877. Ten years
ago he came to Altoona, where he has since
ber of the fire department, working as a
horseman, driver of the hose wagon. Two
years ago he resigned the latter position
and entered the service of the railroad com-
pany as a fireman. He was esteemed by
his fellow-railroadmen, by the firemen of
the city department and a wide circle of
friends. He was a single man, but was
shortly to have been warried. Interment
was made in Tyrone on Tuesday.—Altoona
Evening Gazette.
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JAMISON.—Spring Mills lost one of its
oldest and most respected citizens in the
person of Mr. J. J. Jamison, who died
there on Tuesday night, after a long ill-
ness with dropsy, st the advanced age of
65 years. Mrs. Jamison died a number
of yearsago but the deceased is survived
by one son, George Jamison, and four
daughters, Mrs. Sarah J. Lingle, Mrs.
Lizzie B. Lingle, Mrs.Margaret Auman
and Miss Bertha Jamison, at home. The
funeral will be held this morning at 10
o'clock. ' Rev. Rearick will conduct the
services and interment will be made in
the Georges valley cemetery.
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NELSON.—Hon. John Nelson died at bis
home in Cessna, Bedford county, Monday
afternoon, after an illness of several monthe,
The deceased was 85 years old and one of
Bedford county’s most prominent citizens,
an ex-judge, and almost a life-long mem-
ber of the Methodist church. He was a
native of Centre county, having been horn
at Spring Mills, and moving to Bedford
county when a roung man 18 or 20 years
of age. His ie the first death to ocour in
the family, his aged wife and thirteen chil-
dren surviving him. C. C. Nelson, a son,
and Mis. Clara Hoover, a daughter, reside
in!Philipsburg. ‘
fii efron pes dpe
——Mrs. Sarah Ramels, of Shingletown,
who was so badly burned last Friday
by her clothes catching fire while she was
trying to make a fire in the cook stove,
died Wednesday evening at 6 o’clovk. She
is survived by three sons, John, at home,
and George and William in Ellsworth,
Nebraska. The funeral will be held this
afternoon. The services will be conduct-
ed by Rev. Black, of the Boalsburg Re-
formed church, of which deceased was a
member. Interment will he made at
Boalsburg. i
fsiioll vial
——Col. William Dorris, of Huntingdon,
well-known to many of our people, died of
paralysis last Saturday morning. He was
the oldest active member of the Hunting-
don bar and was for many years connsel for
the Pennsylvania railroad company and at
the time of his death was president of the
First National bank. He is survived by
his second wife and the following children :
William, John, Annie, and Mrs. Herbert
Miller.
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HERRING.—Miss Caroline E. Herring
died at her home in Spring Mills last Fri-
day, of consumption, aged 62 years. Two
brothers, M. B. Herring, of Spring Mills,
and J. P. Herring, of Altoona, and one
sister, Eliza, wife of Rev. S. G. Shannon,
survive. The funeral was held on Tues-
day. |
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GovLp.— William C., eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter C. Gould, of Beech Creek,
died last Friday after a month’s illness
with typhoid pneumonia. Deceased was
born in Bellefonte in 1856 and is. survived
by his| parents, one brother, Harry, of
Barneshoro, and a sister, Mrs. Edward R.
Reed. \ y ;
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—— Miss Elsie MeCaskey, only daughter
of Dr. J. P. McCaskey, of Harrisburg, died
on Sunday morning of rheumatism of the
heart. She was a sister of Lieut. McCas-
key, former commandant at State Col-
lege. {
——The Masonic camp along the Bald
Eagle, which has been providing so much
entertainment and recreation for the Ma-
sons of this place for the past two weeks,
>on
was closed on Wednesday night,
resided. He was for several years a mem-
OLD SoLpIERS MEET.—The forty-third
annual reunion of the survivors of Com-
pany E, 45th regiment, P. V. I., was held
last Friday at the home of Lient. A. W.
Harper, in Philipsburg. , Comrade Harper
proved a very agreeable host. All the
morning he was kept very busy receiving
the charge of the enemy and, though he
fought valiantly he was finally overpower-
ed aud compelled to snirender body, home
and all. But even in captivity he proved
himself such a pleasant entertainer that the
oppusing forces eventually withdrew after
completely demolishing a most sumptuous
repast, leaving comrade Harper in full poe-
session of the battlefield.
The actual warfare hegan promptly at
12:30 when the old veterans sat down to a
table filled to overflowing with the very
kind of ammunition a soldier likes. Fol-
lowing an invocation by J. G. Heberling
comrade W. H. Musser took command and
directed the charge. When everybody was
on the verge of exhaustion the charge
ceased and the entire body fell back on
the dru m corps which revivedthe wearied
soldiers with some inspiring martial music.
Concluding to bivouac on the battlefield
for the time being Capt. C. T. Fryberger,
in a very cheerful address of welcome, or-
dered the lighting of a campfire and good
sized logs of memories of the days of 61 to
’65 were heaped on the blazing fire by com-
rades W. H. Musser, J. G. Heberling, John
R. Lemon and J. R. Pheasant.
In a very neat speech Capt. W. H. Fry,
on behalf of the survivors of the company,
|. presented to Lieut. Harper a beautiful sil-
ver headed cane, appropriately inscribed.
Capt. Fry! erger accepted the gift for Lieut
Harper. A group photograph of those
present was taken,after which it was voted
to hold next year’s reunion at the home of
John R. Lemon, in Gatesburg. W. H.
Fry, J. G. Heberling and John R. Lemon
were appointed a committee to draft mem-
orial resolutions on the: deaths of comrades
Capt. Henry Stevens, Sebastian Fisher avd
D. A. Kennedy, all of which oconrred dur-
ing the year. :
Company E went to the front in 1861
one hundred men strong. Two years later
it was recruited to 190 men. At the re-
union last Friday just fourteen old com-
rades were present, as follows : A. W. Harp-
er, J. R. Lemon, J.-C. Heberling, Wm. El-
lenberger, J. R. Pheasant, Jacob Barto,
W. H. Musser, Joseph Meyers, I. M. Min-
gle, George C. Defers, Perry Cupp, James
Dennis, T. A. Jackson and W. H. Fry. A
number of comrades’ wives were also pres-
ent, as were some other guests.
Among the engagements in which the
Company took part during its four and
one-half years service were James Island,
Fort Pedaski, South Mountain, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Jackson, Jamestown,
Vicksburg, Cumberland, Beaver Springs,
Campbell Station, Knoxville, Wilderness,
Spotteylvania, Petersburg and Lee’s sur-
renider. nh FALE skal a
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REV. HICKS ON SEPTEMBER WEATHER.
Rev. Ira Hicks makes the following prog-
nostications for September :
From about September 5th to 17th, to
an annual period in which the earth passes
a maximum or electrical disturbances. As
early as the 7th look for growing warmth
and falling barometer and other dreaded
indications of approaching storms. About
the 7th to the 10th wide reaching and se-
vere storms of rain, thunder and wind will
travel over most of the country. This isa
time when dangerous equinoctial gales and
hurricanes are more than probable in all
the gulf and South Atlantic coast regions.
Very warm weather will precede and at-
tend these storms, and tornadic develop-
ments may be expeoted over very many
inland sections. At the winding op of
these disturbances, a rushing high barom-
eter and cold, northwesterly gales will
come out of the northwest attended with
frost in northerly sections. In every prob-
ability some of the moss general and vio-
lent storms of the month will transpire
within forty-eight houis of noon on the
24th. Thisis a time when danger from
high tides and equinooctial hurricanes
should be apprehended along all seas and
coasts most exposed to such visitations.
The last stages of these distuibances from
the northwest will bring touches of early
snow with high barometer, cold winds and
frosty nights.
September will come to its close grow-
ing decidedly warmer, the barometer will
be falling in she western states, with areas
of cloudiness and rain gathering and mov-
ing eastward. By the 30th well defined
storms will be noted in the wesf, which
will advance eastward over the country
during the 1st and 2nd days of Oot.
A NEW CATTLE DISEASE. — The new
disease which has broken out among the
cattle of Woodring and Kelly, on the Alle-
gheny mountain back of Port Matilda, is
defined as a strange and exceedingly fatal
one. The disease is confined mostly to
yearlings. The first symptom is a bleed-
ing at the nose which is soon followed by
a general drooping then death. Experts
from State College and the State Veterin-
ary deparsment have examined the cattle,
but so far have been baffled in finding a
| remedy or even a name for the disease.
The State College experts define it as a
mountain disease and very fatal.
——It the horsemen are to be believed
there will be more horses than ever at the
fair next month. W. B. Larimer and M.
B. Garman, who have been following the
races at Lewistown, Newport, Huntingdon
and other places, say that all of the owners
of good strings are preparing to ship to
Bellefonte for the fair here.
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