Terms or SusscriprioN.—Until further notice * this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance............ Paid before expiration of year.. Paid after expiration of year........... ... $1.00 1.50 2.00 Convocation of Scientists In Philadel- . phia, Discuss Duty on Wheat, At~ tack, the Beef Trust and Proph~- ; oy Great Things for Our 4 Future. Over a thousand scientists were in attend- ance at the meeting of the American Asro- ciation for the Advancement of Seience held last week at the University of Pennsylva- nia. It was the largest meeting of the . American Society ever held, as seemed fit- ting since it was in Philadelphia in 1840 that the notable beginning of this great agenoy for haman progress took place. There were more than twenty sections of the assooiation, all of which were in separate were read at the various meetings. Matters of importance to the whole country—pecul- iarities of brains, increase of adulterations of foods and drugs, hardships imposed on - workingmen by high prices extorted by the beef trust, the wheat situation in the Unis- ot ed States, the South as a centre for manu- +. - facture of cotton goods, child labor in the ‘South: and Pennsylvania, etc.—were dis- ~ cussed. The address of Dr. Spitka, of Co- lumbia University, on ‘‘Brains of Intellec- tual Persons and of Criminals’ was pro- - nounced an epoch making paper. In it he said: ‘The New World will furnish sci- ence with a new race, eventually, with big- ger and better brains than the past has seen—an American family. Nowhere in the world is the mixture of she races—ohiefly the Teutonic, Celto-Roman and Slavonic— going on so actively as in this country. If we may judge from the present indications of the formation of the American family of ~ the Aryan race the conditions governing the population of this continent seem to have been peculiarly advantageous to the preservation and restoration of the best types, characterized by greater energy and cultare.”’ He denounced as wrong the theory of a eriminal type. ‘‘Many criminals,” he said, ‘‘show not a single anomally in their physical or mental makeup, while many persons with marked evidences of morpho- logical aberration bave never exhibited the criminal tendency. [Every attempt to prove crime to be due to a constitution pe- ‘culiar only to criminals has failed signally. It is because most criminals are drawn from the ranks of the low, the degraded, the out- enst, that investigators were ever deceived into setting up a type of criminals. In crim- inals demonstrably sane in iife I bave failed to find any cerebral characteristic asorib- able to an alleged ‘criminal constitution’ . and I am confident thas, as heretofore, the “classification of criminals must rest upon _ the observation of each individual orim- inal.” Professor Walters, of New York, gave some interesting facts on the adulteration of foods , and . drogs, many of which are served up impure and not to. be © distinguished from the pure articles, even by experts. ~~ He said: “Pare olive oil is to be had only. from dealers of the highest standing, and cottonseed oil, sold wuder that name, is almost universal. . Cocoa is adulterated with an excessive amount of starch or with ground shells and sugar; ; ground coffee is duplicated by pow- _ dered hog’s liver and chicory, while even 4 ‘the whole coffee bean is replaced by an ar- : tificial one. Pure maple sugar is almost an unknown quantity. Mustard is loaded with flour; whiskey, gin and tincture of Jam- aica ginger are far from pure. One of the most baleful manifestations of the adultera- “tors i is in connection with drags d'medi- - cines and the failure of certain drags to act properly i is attributable to adulterations.”’ In his paper on the wheat situation, : Professor Williams eaid: “While there will probably be seasons in which a consid- erable surplus may be available for export, ~ there will be other seasons in which there will be no surplus, and in the event of an ~ unfavorable season wheat will bave to be imported to supply the demand in this voantry. It is not impossible that the ulti- |. - mate result of the operation of these tend- ; ‘encies will be to make the nited States a permanent ; importer of wheat under “normal conditions.” Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of La- bor at Washington, the retiring President of the Association, in bis address on ‘‘Sei- ence and Economics,’’ said that science as _ question, bus that it may and will much in modifying the extreme views either side that are held by economists, politicians aud statesmen, and that only “through soientifio methods and the appli- : cation of scientific principles to industry on a broad ecale,. will the condition of the people at home become more th 0; equalized. Git TX : 3 Ricaty Deserves a More Drastic Mazzier. We don’t see that there is either conrage or consistency in the Republican press of the State denouncing Governor PENNY- ~ PACKER [or his efforts in securing a more streduons. and effective libel law. That “ute”? on that subject there is no rs doutn, hut that the Republican’ news- papers of Pennsylvania deserve just what he would give them is equally certain. Wo years ago they went into conniption- over the passage of the present libel Taw. The politieal 1uin and 4 devastation Ha rR : they were going:to make among those who session, and ‘more than one hundred papers | haussion and nerve strain. sapported that measnre is not tellakle in a short article. months after its passage, every son-of-a- gun of them from the biggest dailies down to the most insignificant cros-roads at- tempt at a newspaper was whooping it up for BILL SNYDER who had voted for that bill, for Auditor General. éampaign not a single one of shem had the courage to oppose any fellow, for re-elec- tion who had heiped enact it into law. For supporting the present infamous | muzzier not a single Republican aspirant for the Legislature was either opposed or defeated by the Republican press after se- caring his re-nomination. Some forty - of the fellows who voted for is in defiance of the appeals, the warniugs and threats of these same papers are back in the House, ready to vote for any crooked matter that may be put forward. - And they know by experience that this same professed power that is blathering so vehemently again about the libel law, has neither the courage to attempt, nor the influence to injure their political prospects’ or purposes in anyway. Settles Oar Regrets. Eero 11 of Article 3 of the Conspitu- tion of Pennsylvania says: ‘No bill shall be passed giving any extra recompensation to any public officer, . em- ploye, agent, servant, or contractor after services shall have been rendered or con- tract made.’’ x “And SECTION 13 of the same “article says: “No law shall extend the term of any Dyblie office, or’ increase or diminish" his ary or emoluments after his election or appointment.”’ In spite of this plain and explicit lan-' guage of the Constitution Judge SAMUEL GUSTINE THOMPSON has handed down an opinion for the Supreme Court of the State to the effect that while the above prohibitions are “prohibitive of a decrease they have permission of an increase’’ and that judicial salaries and emoluments can be increased after their election or appoint- ment. This opinion will legalize the bill passed during the session of 1903 increasing the salaries of all the judges of this State, and should open the way for and the in- creased pay of every ‘‘officer, servant, agent or: employe of the Commonwealth,”’ notwithstanding the plain intent of the Constitution. The WATCHMAN sopported Judge THOMPSON last fall, honestly and earnestly for election to the position he now holds by appointment. It has now no regrets for his overwhelming defeat. A man who will juggle with, or can so misunderstand the English language has no business on any judicial bench when Constitutional amend- ments are expected to be enforced. Port Arthur Has Fallen at Last. Gen. Stoessel Said Further Fighting Was Useless and Asked For Terms. Jepan Will Treat Defenders Liberally. Fortress a Living Hell, a Great Hos- pital With 15,000 8ick and Wounded. Port Arthor bas sorrendered. Exhausted by months of almost constant fighting, dec- imated by disease and casualties, and hope- lessly sealed in its rocky fortress, the gal- lant garrison has yielded t0°its gallant be- siegers, and the end is now written of the oe dramatic war incident of modern times “At 9 o'clock Sunday night Gen. Nogi, commanding the Japanese army of invest- ment, received from the Russian comman- der, Gen. Stoessel, a note saying thas far- ther resistance was useless, and asking for a meeting to arrange terms of capitulation. The note was simple aud direct, and the Japanese General immediately named com- issioners to confer with fepresentatives of the Russian commander. They met at noon Monday to arrange the conditions of surrender. The nature of the terms agreed upon is not yet known, bus dispatches from Tokio indicate’ that they will be most magnanimous in character. | The Emperor of Japan himselt, through the Chief of the Emperial Staff, “has ea public declaration that ‘*Gen. Stoessel has rendered commendable service to his conn- try in the midst of difficulties,” and that it is his wish ‘‘that military honors be shown bim.”’ . A dispatoh from Tokio quotes military opinion as believing that the entire gar- rison will be'allowed to marolr out under arms and ‘may be sent to Russia on parole. Late dispatches from Japan have shown that the gallant defense of Stoessel and his men has nowhere been given a finer appre- ciation than in the land of his foes brace the opportunity to show her mag- naninity and admiration of the gallantry of Port Arthur's defenders by allowing them all the honors which war permite a jvislorious army to Ww upon the /Nan- quiShed THE STORY OF A SURVIVOR. ' CHIFU, Jan, 2.—Commander Kartzow of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Viastni in an interview to-night said: ‘Port Artbur falls of exlianstion-exhans- tion not only of ammunition, hut of men. The remnant of the garrison left had been | doing the work of heroes for five days and “yet bad done listle in solving the tariff | ve vights, but yesterday they reached limit of human endurance. *‘In the casementa of the forts one saw very where faces black with starvation, ex- them but they did not give answer, only staring dumbly. alone would not have suggested the seeking of terms. Scant ammunition bad long been common in the fortress and during | the past mouth many of the forts had noth- ing with which to return the fire of Hie enemy. BEPULAED BY BAYONETS. “The Russians sat in the cdsements firing not more than once to the 200 shots seit by the Japanese. When the assault came they repulsed the enemy with bayo- vets, But the men themselves, having ex- Listed for three months on reduced rations, were 80 worn shat it ie marvelous they stood the final strain so long. Yesterday General Stoessel would fight, His wound, whioh was recived early in the siege, has been bothering him. bat bis determination to fight while one man siands bad not been diminished. ‘ ‘But we cannot fight,’ said a General, {Our men cannot move, They sleep stand a | jug They 4 aaunoh see the bayonets. at Bat in less than three During the last | blood could do no more. | Russians the other. ‘and that the Japanese loss. as much again, making “men lost in action. , and it is more than likely that Japan will em- ication was shn ‘the edna aosil ‘the offer of sorrender “You spoke to The lack of ammunition do in _defe their. Treoots, We cau order, bat they can- : not ohey.’ ** ‘Then you Generals fight.’ said Stoes- gel, clenching hig fists. ‘‘He seemed fanatical on the subject; but finally he was brought to see reason hy the insistence of his subordinates, who some- times with broken voices urged the steps which all dreaded so long. “I am sure Port Arthur wonld have songht terms a month ago bad it not been for General Stoessel, who with bulldog ten- acity, steadily retused to permit such ac- tion to be taken. He bad told his Emperor that he would never surrender and he meant to keep his word. ‘General .Nogi has taken Port Arthur with his a iy and his tunnels. Hid rifle bullets were seldom found to be of any use. We constantly endured a bombard- ment fiercer than any in history. The Japanese periodically assaulted’ and then, if repulsed, they calmly resumed their bombardments. ; OUT OF AMMUNITION. We still have some ammunition and some guns on Liaoti mountain, but that mountain is nos adapt=d for the best de- fense from the main land side and the Jap- anese would find its capture easier than the other tasks they have attempted. Tigers Tail peninsula has to he similarly viewed, and Golden hill bas been without smmy/ nition for three months. “Isis a simple story. Had the ammuni: tion held out the fortress would bave held ‘|-out indefinitely. For months we held Port Arthur by bayonets alone until flesh and When a man fell there was none other to replace him. Thus the garrison was gradually worn down. Two hundred and three Metre hill alone cost us 5,000 men. The capture of that hill was the beginning of the day. ‘ “In personal combat the Japanese was greatly inferior to the Muscovite. One Russian could take care of three Japanese in a bayoues fight, and some of our sol- diers have records yastly higher than that. The Japanese are good, brave soldiers, al- though I have little liking for them. h cost the Japanese 80,000 men to take the fortress, while some say they have lost 100,000. The number of our own dead is not known, even to the high officers. FIGHTING MERCILESS. “The fighting since August has been merciless. When Rihlung mountain. was taken 500 men occupying a casemate were nos able to emerge so quickly came the rush of Japanese. The Russians tried to emerge by the use of their bayonets in the face of machine gon fire. Thus every man died—trying to resist machine guns’ with bayonets alone. The Japanese did not give them a chance to become prisoners, hus the men would have preferred death anyway. ‘‘Realize this end! Picture a fort strewn with shells, and you have a picture of the end of Port Arthur! “*One peculiar incident of the siege was Fort No. 3, where for three months the Jap- anese o3cupied one pars of the fort and the hey fought ceaselessly, assaulting each other and mining and coun- ter-mining. ‘Once when a Japanese Pines was kill- ed the Japanese sent to negotiate a truce in order that they secure, the hody from the heaps of others which had long remained onbaried. The Russians received the en- voys courteously and in an easy manner, as if they had untold breweries working, ave them she last bottle of beer at Port rthur with the idea of creating an impres- sion of plentitude. Asa matter of fact, the only real rasion for three mouths has consisted of rice, which ultimately caused |' hundreds to fall sick of scorbut. This is the first potato I bave tasted for two months ; and is this really, troly steak 2’? THE FRIGHTFUL COST OF LIVES. LONDON, Jan. 2.—With the surrender to-day of Port Arthur to General Nogi mil- itary experts are figuring on the losses sus- tained by she two contending armies in the siege, and all agree that, in the matter of carnage, it was one - of the bloodiest sieges 1n the history of the world. They estimate that between 66 000 and 100,000 lives were loss. When the siege started General Stoessel had an army of 45 000 men to man the huge fortress, As | the surrender to-day it is said thas he had at his disposal only 8,000 men fis to fighs, while 15,000 were in the hospital, sick or wounded. This shows that as least 22.000 men succumbed to disease and the ‘bullets of the Japanese. Experts deciare thas for every man killed behind the breastworks and in the awful |= struggles that marked every step of the Japanese advance, at least two, and proba- | bly three men were killed among the be-. siegers, Ths would mean, av a minimum figure, a Japanese loss of 64.000 men. Bus all. military men agree this fignre is too lo probably total of Api This is regarded as a very oonsersative estimate of she total loss at Pors Arthur, from the time of the “beginning of the | siege on Feb. 8th, 1904, when Admiral Toga’s torpedo flotilla astacked the Russian ships off Port Arthur and damaged the Czarevitoh, Retvizan and Pallada. : OTHER NOTABLE SIEGES. Although one of the moss obstinately defended sieges in the annals of war, a comparison shows shat it has not been nearly so long protracted as others, al- though one of the most extended of modern shat all land commun- from Port Artbor so the northward. On June 1 she hesieging ‘army was 80 close. shat an attack upon the outworks began. Thus from the date of Wars. Is ‘was on Ma 13 of Stoess Januray 1 232 days elapsed. Only 20 days suffiosd to bring Cornwal- lis to surrender at Yorktown, and thus end the serions fighting of the American Revo: lation, siege of the Civil War, and fell in 79 days after the investments was complete, It took only 70 days to starve Bazaine's big army into surrender when it was shut ‘within the strong fortifications of Metz in 1870. The name of Saragossa is typioal of |= all that is desperate and terrible in sieges, | for there Palafox and bis gallant soldiers "had the devoted support of even the women and children of the old Spanish eity in sheir resistance to the forces of Napoleon. The Russians showed what they oounld positions in the great straggle for Sel 1. The French, Eng lish and Turke sat down before the town in October, 1854. In the following June a | desperate but uneuccessful assauls was | made. Finally on Si ptember 10th, 1855 the town was stormed and captured. ——— ~The Setiohl Dieotor’s Asnoiation of Centre county will meet in annual conven | tion in the contt. ‘house, Bellefonte, on Thursday, Jan. 19h, for three sesgions— ‘morning, afternoon ard evening, State Sup’. Dr. Sehartler ‘will ~ Vicksburg stood the moss notable | ADDITIONAL LOCALS. NEW COUNTY OFFICIALS SWORN IN.— Monday, January 20d, the new county officials were sworn in and the event was made quite a momentous one by the large crowd of well wishers of the new efficiale who gathered to witness their induction into office. In fact so many people assem- bled that it was necessary to open the court room in order to accommodate the crowd which numbered over two hundred people. The naths of office were admin- istered by recorder Jobn C. Rowe. It was just 10.15 o'clock when Mr. Rowe took the floor and called the name of Ellis L. Orvis. That gentleman came forward and the oath was administered which legally made him President Judge of the 49th judicial district (Centre county) for a per- iod of the ensning ten years. In close succession she oaths were ad- ministered which made Wm. Grob Runkle courts of the céunty for a period of the ensuing three years. Immediately follow- ing the administration of the oathe of of- fice Judge Orvis ascended the rostium and made a brief speech in which he thanked those who had assembled to see him take the oath of office for their kindly interest in his bebalf.and, after dilating on the tremendous responsibilities of a judge in Pennsylvania asked the co-operation of all the members of the bar, as well as law abiding citizens in the county that his term raight be gne of unqualified success. At the close of Bis speech everybody pres- ent stepped forward and tendered their ‘heartiest congratulations to Judge Orvis. The new judge had not been sworn in but one day until he sat behind the bar presid-. ing over the January term of argument court, and he officiated with an ease of manner and grace as. if to the man- or born. As his first sitting the only ap- pointment made by Judge Orvis was that “of Wm. Dawson as tipstaff. As to the other officials Prothonotary Kimport entered at once on the duties of his office and he had not been in harness ‘fifteen minutes before he issued an order out the sheriff. The duties of the prothono- tary’s office are not new to Mr. Kimport ‘and as soon as he becomes a little acquaint- ed with the present routine he will be just as much at home as a duck is in water and as courteous and obliging as he was while deputy under W. F. Smith. 22 ——" SW. G. Runkle also entered into 'the duties pertaining to his office and from now on until the regular session of January court will have his hands full in the prep- 3 Sl * aration of the cases which go to make up the criminal list. Mr. Runkle will retain his present office in Crider’s Exchange, where he can at all times be found by any- body desirous of his assistance. ; A emir QQ rere . ~ B. Kimport i and olerk of the wads WORKMAN—KREAMER.—Tuesday even- ing of last week Harvey E. Workman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Workman, of Hecla, and Miss Alice M. Kreamer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Kreamer, of Mill Hall, ‘were married at the home of the bride's parents, Rev: R. H. Colburn performing the ceremony. Miss Mabel Kreamer, a sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, and the groom’s brother, Wm. Workman, was best man. Mrs. Ellery Snyder played the wedding march. The groom, is employed as an extra fireman on the Central Rail- ‘road of Pennsylvania and the young couple will make their home in Bellefonte. GARBRICK—WEIBAND. — Mr. John Mitchell Garbrick and Miss Winifred . Weiland were married at her home at Lin- | den’ ‘Hall, at 11 30 o'clock on Wednesday, December 28th, by Rev. A. A. Black, of Clara Genztle, of Bellefonte, and Catharine Meyer, of Boalsburg. Miss Rebecca Moyer, | of Spring Bank, was maid of bonor. The | best man was George Garbrick, a brother of the groom, aad the ushers Messrs. R. L. Shaffer, of Fleetwood, and William Moth- ershangh, of Boalsburg. Miss Dora Meyer, of Bellefonte, ‘played the wedding march ‘while the bride wae given away hy her brother, Mr. ‘Scott Weiland. After a sumptuons wedding breakfast Mr. and ‘Mrs. Garbrick departed ‘on the afternoon train for Fleetwood, where the former ie principal of the schools. ! : Manrz—Jonas Edgar Martz, a track died suddenly the early pars of last week. | Deceased was a native of Centre county, ‘having been born at Tusseyville. Heis survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Martz; of Tusseyville; one daughter, Eduoa; thiee sisters, Mis. Wm, Smith, of Huntingdon; Sarah and" Annie, at home, and three brothers, Wm. of Tasseyville, and 8. C. and Dilman, of Altoona. Slr TE - DUFFY.—Mrs. Margaret A. Duffy, wife of Mr. James Duffy, died at her home in Ty- rone, on Thursday, Deo. 29th. Debeased’s maiden name was Margares A. Crane, and | she was born at Penna. Furnace in 1840. The Duffys moved to Tyrone four years ago. . Mrs. Duffy is survived by her hus- band and the following brothers and sisters. David B. Crane, of Charlottesville; Wil- son Crane, of Altoona; Mis, Lather Miller, of Pennsyl ania Foripge, and Miss Jane | were held at the late home of the ‘deceas- ed on Friday evening ‘and on Saturday the remains were taken to Graysville for burial. LR | —— Miss Jane Furst, Messrs, John Car- tin, Thomas Beaver and Edwaid L. Hoy ‘attended the Holiday cotillion in Wil- )liamspors Monday night, 2 i Sama eee pere— # ——The’ “Moonghiner’s 's Daoghter” will he the attraction as Gar au’s, Toerds : yemiog: Jan, 10st District Attorney of the county and Arthur | {lar of Pennsylvania, to succeed the late | Col. Wilbur F. Reeder. Mr. Munson bas | ‘Boalshurg. The ‘bridesmaids were Misses J ‘stantial in accordance with the taste of ‘Mr. Kurtz. ments in the Lewistown cemetery: v Popular Employee contest offered by the {drug store, by the vote of 50.668 as against foreman at the freight shop in Altoona, | recently sent to W. Harrison Walker Crane, of Warriorsmark. Fuuveral services | i: fall on Christmas eve. —— Bowp BAND oF Boy Bose Eo some time prior to the middle of ber some person or persons were — atically robbing the Brockerhoff house bar room and wine cellar, until iron bars and bolts and locks had been so plenti- fully supplied that it was impossible for anyone to get into either. On the night of December 21st some person broke into the Bash house barroom and stole a couple gallons of whiskey, Bat the climax came when, on the night of December 22nd the clothing store of Montgomery & Co. was broken into and robbed of $8.00in cash, several suits, two overcoats, some ‘sweaters and underclothing, eight Ingersoll watches and some collars, neckties, cuff buttons, eto.,a total of perhaps $100 worth in value. On the same night the hardware store of George Miller was broken into and though Mr. Miller could not tell exactly * what was stolen be stated that to the best of his knowledge eight watches, (cheap ones), six revolvers, six razors and sever- al bundred cartridges were missing, a loss of about $75. Saturday morning, Devember 24th, county detective J. W. Rightnour arrest- ed Milton Cowher and Charles Nighthart, two young men about 19 years of age, on the charge of having broken into the Bush house and stealing whiskey. The boys confessed to being impliohted in stealing the whiskey butdenied that they had any hand in the robbery of either of the two stores on Thursday night, "December | 220d. They did state, however, that these robberies were committed by ‘‘Bucky’’ Bathurst and Joe Wolt, two boys of about the same age, but when the police went to look for Bathurst and Wolf it was found tbe birds had flown. They had exchanged their old clothing for the new they had stolen in a stable between Spring and Allegheny streets, near Lamb, throwing their old clothing in the rear of Dr. Sei- bert’s lot. Two of the revolvers and some cartridges were also found in the stable. Cowher and Nightbart were each held in $500 bail for trial at court. Bond was given for Nighthart’s appearance and Cowher was put in jail. So far no trace has been secured of the whereabouts of Bathurst and Wolf. : Sl eet ——The Philipsburg Journal pays the following compliment to one of Bellefonte’s young attorneys: ‘John J. Bower, of the Yaw firm of Gettig, Bower ‘& Zerby, of Bellefonte, was a business visitor to the burg today. John is one of Centre coun- ty’s most able young attorneys. Although | young in years he is climbing ‘ap the ladder of fame right along. He has many friends in this place who are always glad to sake him by the Shand. This is oue of the strongest law firms in Central Penn- sylvania.”’ Nir ~The body of a young man found in the Maurice river, New Jersey, on Wed- nesday of lass week, was identified as that of Donald Haus, a nephew of Mr. G. R. Spigelmeyer, of this place, and who was known in Bellefonte from having spent a year here with his unole while attending school. The young man disappeared about two months ago and whether bis death was by accident or Hitough sicide has not been discovered. rr Gp tre ——Grand Commander Wilson I. Flom ing announces the appointment of Mr. L. T. Munson, of this place,as Grand Marshall of the Grand Commandery, Knights Temp- been a member of Constans Commandery, Bellefonte, for more than thirty-five years and well merits the honor the: late appoint. ment confers upon him. i ———— ee lp fp ten. We have recently learned that Mrs. Kurtz has placed a handsome monument in the Episcopal cemetery, of Lewistown, | to the memory of her late husband, John L. Kurtz. The design is plain but sub- Is is made of mill sé point: gravite and isone of the handsomest mona- %. feof erm——— 3 Mr ‘Chriss D. Young, a young mab in the employ of Sechler & Co., won the Republican | and Daily News over Mr. Maurice B. Runkle, a clerk in Parrish’s 43,654. A free trip to Washington is the prize in store for the lucky winner. Sen Ar n— Sir. ‘R. J. Dreese, treasurer of the Spring Creek Presbyterian Sunday school, treasurer, the sum of $4 79 for the Belle fonte hospital, the amount raised by a col- lection taken in ‘that Sunday Sehool on Christmas day, aR : ———— Bovars—LuoaAs.—A quiet wedding was celebrated at the United Brethren par- sovage, in this place, Thursday of lass week, when Mr. Edward Lyman Bovars, of Philipsburg, and Mrs. Annie Lucas, of Wingate, were united in marriage by Rev. A. Davidson. el Ll Le, —— Charles R. Shatzer, of Tewistibe, and Miss Daisy M. ‘Henry, of Alfaretta, came to Bellefonte, Thursday of lass week, and were quietly war | fied at the M. E. Parsonage by Rev. Joby, A. Wood, Jn ; — The winning ticket of the silver tea : set chanced off by John 'D Sounrheok was No. 1104, and was held by Si dos Keller, of Pleasant Gap, : iM Mary G Kurs, of posh Alle-| gheny street, is recov ing nicely from a islocated shoulder ‘sus alned through a a {on the 3 who isa guest of the. ¢ Blanchards i SMALLPOX I IN CENTRE County. Dur ing the past two weeks a number of new oases of smallpox have developed in Cen- tre conuty, the largest number, perhaps, in the vicinity of Carin ssastion, bus so far every case is directly traceable to the one soarce that as yet there seems no cause for general alarm over the. situation orany fear for a general spread of the dread disease. The new cases af Curtin are Mrs. Barger and daughter, a Miss Duokeman, a son of Abner Shultz and William Wantz. Station agent Brooks also has the disease, but he is at his home about two miles from the station. The report was current that the town had been quarantined and that no trains stop there. It is true that passenger trains do not stop, under an order abolisking the station for the present, but mails are received and sent from the place as is also freight matter. There is one new case in Boggs township, a Mr. Johnson] who came home from Tyrone, where he worked, sick with the disease. i In Bellefonte there are three new cases, Mr. and Mrs. Stine, the parents of Ellis Stine, who was ill with the first case de- veloped Here, and Win Love, a brother of | George Love, who also had the disease. Ellis Stine has recovered, but is still in quarantine owing to his parents’ illness but George Love is well and ont of quarantine. i ————— A A ree me. A HAPPY REUNION.—On Monday fol- lowing Christmas Sunday a happy re- union of the Wetzel femily was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Harper, on south Thomas street, where all present enjoyed one of Mrs. Harper's famous Christmas dinners. Naturally, the guests of honor for the day were Mrs. Harper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wetzel. ‘Others who were present were Rev. Frank Wetzel, wife and child, of Rebers- burg; Clyde Wetzel and daoghter : Oscar Wetzel, wife and two children ; Charles Wetzel, wife and three children ; Hon. Henry Wetzel, wife and five children ; Rev. Ambrose Schmidt and family ; Mrs. Corman, of Boalsburg, and Mrs. Walz, of Pleasant Gap. Bic BARN BURNED.—About 4 o'clock ‘| Friday afternoon of last week, fire broke out on the Miles G. Gray farm, near Pine Hall, occupied by George W. Hoy, and with no one at home but Mrs, Hoy and a boy, the building with all its contents was burned to the ground, as well as dll the adjoining out-buildings. The house was on fire several “times but was saved from destruotion by neighbors who had hastily gathered. Mr. Hoy lost 400 bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of oats, 400 bushels of corn, all his wagons and farm implements {is about $3,500, with only a partial in- suranoe. ——The people of Ferguson sownibip especially and nomerous friends in other parts of the county will be interested in knowing that Mr. Robert Lytle Gardner made his advent into this world on Nov. 4th lass. It was a great event in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gardoer, in Pitts- burg, and if that yonngster don’t know all there is to know about electricity and electrical supplies, before the average boy | bas finished trying out the innumerable varieties of infant foods that is the un- bappy lot of modern newcomers, it will ‘not be for wang of enthusiam or Wide a on the side of his pater familias. Arcade on the first of April and ‘move their where their coal yard is located near the only enable them to do away with an | enormous annual expenditure for rent, eto., necessary to have an extra set of clerks aé | thie coal yard office a5 exeryiiing will be io ved ran from the one office. | ee pin 4 —— One. of the most perfect likenesses ‘shown of anyone in an oil painting is that of Gordon Montgomery, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Montgomery, which is now on exhibition in the window : of F. P. Blair & Co's jewelry store. The painting is the work of Antrim & Landsy and the blending of colors is most har- | monious, making the Disture look exoced- i | ingly life-like. = —— rn ——On Monday, Jannary 19th, Col. and by Mr. and Mis. William McCormick, the quartette proceeding to New York where, : they will sail for a three month's trip t Tough s southern France and : | aly; : ta having a bad fall on High street, evening, by which be bad a le broken. etday 'usnal and bas ‘been around ever since. > er ein Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramsey, of Pleas : marriage of. their daughter, Miss Mary R. to Mr. Harry Tshler, of near Rock View, on Thursday, January 12th, at twelve oolock. —— imi ~——Miss Elsie Bible, of Centre Hall, has acoe pted the position in Oesterriok’s photo- graph ‘gallery made, vacant by the resig- nation of Mies Blauche Shaughensey. A 5 — Mire. ‘W. Fred Reynolds entertained a ridge. party on Saturday ‘evening. Is was in honor of Miss Duval, of Lancaster, and a call and three pigs. The total loss ra rend 26 vend ~——MoCalmont & Co. bave decided to Co give up their present location in the Bush store and entire headquarters down to old glass works site. This move will not bus will be an economy in the matter of - the clerical force as it will not then be Mrs. J. L. Spangler will leaye Bellefonte ; for Philadelphia where they will be joined | ~—Mr. A. A. Dale was imi in ah ribs Though pretty badly used ‘uphe ; 0 made his appearance the next day as ant Gap, have issued invitations for the
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