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Bellefonte, Pa., March 2, 1906.
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H. 8, TAYLOR,
County Chairman,
A Tombstone for “Warren'’
In all of the history of Bellefonte there
wae never such a character as Warren
Burnside. Afflicted as he was he was
possessed of a big heart and uomeasurable
kindoess. Since his death no stone of any
kind marks his last resting place and a
movement has been started to raise a fund
for the purpose of erecting a suitable tomb-
stone over his grave. Will you contribute
a small amount for this purpose? The
contributions to date are as follows :
Rev. Seore 1 BrOWR@.ccnrsiinrs sissse ine
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Rev. Hicks' Predictions for March,
March is going to be a very stormy
month if the predictions of Rev. lil B.
Hicks, the St. Louis weather prophet, are
borne out. Hicks says the munsh will be
a rough one, filled with cold, bleak winds,
blizzards, violent rains, thunder, lightning
and other conditions caloulated to keep the
blue hirds and robins away for a time.
Hicks’ predictions are as follows :
A regular stormy period is at im oentre
on March 1st, having ite preliminary stages
in western parts the last two days in Feb.
roary. The fist three to four days of
March will bring low barometer, higher
temperature, and wide areas of cloudiness,
rain and snow, all of which pass rapidly
from west to east across the country. Ris-
ing barometer and cold westerly gales will
up the rear of these storms, giving
cold, bleak weather to most parts from
about the third to the fifth.
Reactionary storms and atorm conditions
will be central on the 6th, 7th, and Sth, al-
most filling the days between the fires and
third storm periods with uowestled, shieat-
ening and very stormy weather.
The regular storm period covering the
10th to the 14th, central on the 12h, in
every probabilisy a Fuove ove of 2h
most tempestuous v storm .
ods of the month. As early as the 10th
the barometer will fal! to threateningly
love Jadines in western a ™m sec-
D1 temperature will rise, atm:
io conditions will become close and bomid,
and doriog the 11th, 12sh and 13th violent
storms of rain and thunder will sweep
over many of the country.
At the winding up of these storms, se-
vere blizzards, high harometer and a cold
ive ill rush down from me northwest.
reactionary storm period is central
the 17th, 18th and 19th. On and touching
the 18th and 19th, falling barometer, ris
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Monday’s blizzardy weather was
quite a contrast to she very spring-like
atmosphere of the three preceding days.
——Gentzel and Beezer received a car
load of western horses yesterday which
will be sold at the Haag house stables this
afternoon.
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— Rev. E. W. Rishel’s illustrated lec-
tare in the court house, last Thursday
evening, drew a good sized crowd and
proved quite interesting.
——Mrs. Travesick has brought euit
against the borough of Philipsburg for
$5,000 damages for injuries sustained ina
fall on a defective board walk.
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~— Miles Moore, a sixteen-year-old lad
of Julian, was brought so the Bellefonte
hospital yesterday. He was caught be-
tween two cars and his right side slightly
crushed.
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—We will make our predictions as to the
organization of council next week. The
work will bave been done by thas time and
it will be so much easier and absolutely
correct.
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——The Bellefonte Academy basket hall
team was defeated by the Lock Haven
Normal five, in an uninteresting game in
the armory, Saturday evening, by the score
of 42 to 18.
~The recently elected borough officers
will be sworn in next Monday morning,
session for the year. The new council will
bold its first meeting Monday evening.
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~———Miss Blanche Jacobs bas tendered
her resignation as stenographer in the of-
fice of E. R. Chambers, Ezq., to take effect
April 1st, for the purpose of accepting a
similar position at Pittsburg at an increas-
ed salary.
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——At their Washington's birthday
party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Howard Lingle, last Thursday evening,
the Woman's Guild of the Episcopal church
reaped the sum of $150 as the proceeds
thereof. The gathering was one of the
most delightful of the week. In addition
to an orchestra there were several phono-
graphs to furnish music for the entertain.
ment of the crowd present.
Cn Ql en,
~— Residents of Pine Grove Mills are
all “sot up'’ over the fact that they are
going to bave a show in their town. It
will be given in the Odd Fellows hall, for
the benefit of that organization, on Fri-
day evening, March 9th, by the Keystone
Vaudeville company, an organization com-
posed of abous ball local talent and some
from away from there, under the direction
of Prof. Geo. E. King, of Harrisburg. The
price of admission will be bat 10 and 15
cents and everybody in that section will
naturally want to attend.
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~—8everal weeks ago Miss Ella Alters
was taken to Philadelphia for farther treat-
mens for necrosis. It appears that after
recovering from the operation she under-
went a year or more ago in which part of
the lower jaw hone was removed and hav-
ing been fitted with plates instead the dis-
ease, instead of heing overcome, has broken
out at another place in the lower jaw bone
and at two or three places in the upper;
avd the latest word from the hospital sar-
geons is that is will regniie constant watch-
falness and eare, and possibly another
operation to overcome the disease.
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——Jerome K. Jerome, the emivens Eng-
lish novelist, will lecture at The Pennayl-
vanta State College, on Friday evening,
March 9th. This is au opportunity not
often afforded the people of this community
aod in order that all may have a chance to
bear this distinguished man a special train
has heen arranged for as 50cts. the roand
trip to leave Bellefonte in the evening
abont 7 o'clock sud return after the leo
ture. Men like Jerome are not to he heard
every day and you should avail youreelf of
the chance. Go to Parrish’s drug store and
secure your seats so those arranging for the
train will be sure thas there will he enough
goiug to guarantee it.
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——Three months and six days intervene
until the date for the dedication of the
soldiers monument and the time is none
too long in which to make preparations
be made a memorable one:in the history of
the town and county. ‘Io addition to Hon.
Thomas J. Stewart and Col. A. K. Me- |
Clare, the speakers who will be here to
make she dedicatory addresses, there will
bea large number of other prominent
guests, among whom will be Governor
Pennypacker and etaff, Maj. Gen. Charles
Millerand staff and many othe. Isis
iutended to have a military snd eivie
parade which will eclipse anything of the
kind ever seen in Bellefonte. To accom-
plish all this will require the raising of no
little fond and vow is none too early to
begin.
~Charles Ghetto, av Italian who has
been making his home at Retort, was ar-
rested Saturday evening on the charge of
stealing a enit case belongiug to Hon.
James Kerr, of Clearfield, from a train on
the Tyrone and Clearfield road on Saturday.
The hoarding house where Ghetto stayed
was searched avd though the suit case re-
covered nearly all the contents were miss-
ing, among which were two certified bonds
of the Cential Railroad of Pennsylvania,
Nos. 157 and 158, for $50,000 each. It is
believed that Ghetto had an accomplice
who got away with the valuable stuff al-
though he refused to may anything as a
hearing before the justice of she peace as
Sandy Ridge, Saturday evening, and in de-
fauls of bail he was brought here on the
1:23 train Monday afternoon and lodged in .
jail for trial at the next term of court.
Lapigs AUXILIARY REPORT. — Under
date of February 220d Miss Adelaide
Merriman, secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Bellefonte hospital, makes the fol-
lowing report of what was dove during the
past year which, in itself, shows the good
work the ladies are doing better than we
can tell is, and the only hope is that their
report ; Jt
money spent. Among gifts gratefull
received was $50 from Mrs. Henry Mo.
Cormick, of Harrisburg, to be used as the
society chose. The amonut spent for hos-
piu} ommisning doring the year was
At Thanksgiving time two handred bags
wese sent ous to Beliefonte and sarronnd-
ing towns to be filled for the Thanksgiving
offering. They were returned generously
filled with supplies. The aid society from
Centre Hall sent in addition to this $5.00.
At the last meeting the use of gas in the
hospital was urgently laid before the so
ciety and ways and means discussed for
raising the money needed. On account of
the lack of gas the fine sterilizer in the
operating room cannot he used, and all
boiling water for ve work must be
carried by the nurses from the kitohen up
to the operating room on the second floor.
An entertainment is being discussed to he
given in the spring for the purpose of rais-
ng money, and in the early fall the so-
ciety p to have a country store, sell-
ing clothing and numerous articles. All
those interested in the hospital are asked
to put hy any winter clothing or other
articles they may have to give away which
will be called for and thaokfally received
by the society in the fall. when they decide
upon the date of sale. The present officers
aud members of the board are as follows :
Mrs. D. H. Hastings, presidents ; Mrs, M.
B. Garman, treasurer; Miss Adelaide
Merriman, secretary ; Mrs. Joseph Ceader,
Mre. Fauble, Mrs. Crider, Mrs. Amos
Mullen.
Any gilts or legacies for the hospital will
be gratefully accepted and no doubt put
into immediate use as the needs are many
and constant. The society extends thanks
to the press for printing notices and to all
who have helped them in any way and
h the interest may not flag and shat
help will continue in the work of the com-
ing year.
Mes. D. H. I{AsTINGS, Pres.
ADELAIDE MERRIMAN, Secy.
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Work vs. Casi Roap Tax.—That the
farmers of Centre connty are against abolish-
ing the work taxand substituting a cash
tax for road purposes was very fully demon-
strated at the election last week. Through
accepting as a fact a statements given out at
the prothonotary’s office the WATCHMAN
was in error last week in statiog that Gregg
township was the only township in the
county voting in favor of the substitution
of a cash tax. The substitution was lost in
that township by a vote of 157 to 181.
Rush township, possibly the one with the
smallest acreage of farm land in the county,
was the only one to vote in favor of a cash
tax substitution, the movement being car-
ried there by a total vote of 112t0 81. In
all eleven townships, with a total of twenty-
foar vosing precincts, voted on the question
and it might be interesting to note the vote
by townships, which was as follows :
TOWNSHIVS FOR
Total vote
From the above it will be seen that Rush
863 412
township is the only township now in the
county entitled to receive the State allow-
ance of fifteen per cent. on its total as-
sessed road tax.
DENIES SALE OF CENTRAL RAILROAD
OF PENNSYLVANIA.— Every few months
a rumor gaivs circulation that the New
York Central railroad company hae pur.
chased the Central Railroad of Pennsyl-
vania between Bellefonte and Mill Hall,and
daring the pass week an item to this effect
has heen printed in most of our nearby ex-
changes ; some even going so far as to state
thas the change in management will take
place April first. When seen in regard to
the trath of the story General Superinten-
dent W. W. Gephart stated to a WATCH-
MAN representative that he kuew nothing
whatever of any such deal having been
made. That the story printed in the news-
papers is simply a revival of what goes the
rounds once or twice a year and that there
is no truth in it. From other sources it is
learned that N. Y. C. officials at Avis say
that they bave no knowledge of any such
transaction having taken place.
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Tae Carronr CoMrpy Co.—Ion Car-
roll and his comedy company will be as
Garman’s all of next week, opening their
eogagement here on Monday night with
the play *‘One Night in June.” They will
ANOTHER FARMER'S TELEPHONE LINE.
—Perbaps in wo other county in the State
bave the farmers been awakened to the
numerous advantages of the telephone as a
convenient business medium as well a
means of promoting social intercourse in
raral communities as they have in Centre
county. Already all she farming com-
munity contiguous to Bellefonte has heen
: | connected by telephone and varions sec-
tions in other parts of the county bave
either bad the service extended through
their midst or are arranging to do so,
One of the last lines to be put up was
elect- | that of the Farme:’s Branch Raral Tele-
phone company, which extends from State
Coliege to the White Hall road and then
through that section of the county known
as the Branch, connecting at State College
with the Commercial telephone company’s
exchange and service. The subscribers
along the line, begioning at State College,
are as follows :
Aodrew J. Lvtle, Mrs. Alice Corl, W.
K. Corl, G. W. Homan, Alvin Corl, J. O.
Stover, Al. Witmer, C. M. Dale. W. Cal.
Meyers, Everhart Brothers, Wallace Mus-
ser, Frank Lohr, E. W. Hess, E. C. Mus-
ser, N. E. Hess, J. M. Homan and Charles
Foster's farm. Another branch line to
Houserville has as subscribers G. W. Kel-
ler, J. O. Clark, Daniel Houser and 8S. M.
Houser.
—— Rev. George Israel Browne and fam-
ily were tendered an informal reception at
the parish house in Harrisborg, their new
home, on Tuesday evening. Bishop Dar-
lington presided and among the hundreds
of citizens of Harrisbarg who called to wel-
come the new pastor and bis family were
all the ministers in the city. Rev. Browne
held his first sarvice in the St. Luke church |
Wednesday morning.
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-~—Both Mrs. Simon Neyhart and Mrs. |
Joseph Folmar, who have been euffering
for some time from paralysis are lying very
oritically ill at sheir howes in Mileshurg.
Pine Grove Mention,
Measles are prevalent in the Pine Hall
neighborhood.
Mrs. Henry Bloom is laid up with an at-
tack of tonsiliiis.
E. C. Musser and wife spent Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Fortney at Tusseyville.
N. C. Hess and wife spent Tuesday at
the bome of Jacob Meyers down Penns
valley.
Mrs, Mary Dale,on the Branch, entertained
a party of a dozen of her lady friends at tea
yesterday.
Barbara Krebs is on the sick list and Miss
Effa Glenn is keeping the larder supplied
for the boys.
Col. John W. Stuart is breaking ground
for a new house on his farm just south of
State College
Mrs. Hearietta Dale and daughter Anna
were visitors at the well known Lytle sisters
kome on Saturday.
Thos. A. Frank, mine host of the Red
Lyon hotel at Baileyville, transacted busi.
ness here on Monday.
Harry Bloom will move to near Milroy
where he will till the broad and fertile acres
on the Naginey farm after April 1st.
James Potter, of Bellefonte, with his right
bower F, P. Crawford were doing up our
merchants in the hardware business on Mon
day.
David Ross Gregory,one of the best known
farmers in Shavers Creek valley was bere
in quest of feeders last week,but found them
scarce,
Mr. and Mrs. Sharp came down from the
Mountain city to take advantage of cut prices
at J. B. Heberling’s big furniture ranch on
Main street,
Capt. J. M. Kepler is making his aonual
winter, visit to the Hot Springs, in Arkansas,
from where he writes that he is enjoying
the best of health.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Garbrick took advant-
age of the summer-like winter, Saturday,
toenjoy a drive down Pennsvalley on a
visit to relatives about Spring Mills.
For the first time in fifteen years David
Rhoads, of Lewistown, is greeting old time
friends here about with headquarters at the
home of his nephew, S. A. Dunlap, on Chest-
nut street.
On Saturday evening quite a number of
neighbors and friends swooped down on the
Newt C. Neidigh home to wish Mrs. Nei-
digh joy and happiness on her arrival at the
40th milestone of life’s journey.
On Monday evening about eight o'clock
Mrs. G. E. Corl, while seated sewing just
inside the window, was startled by the re-
port of a gun and the whizzing of a bullet
which hit the house nearby, causing consid-
erable alarm.
Bert Musser, while on his way to town
Saturday evening and handling the ribbous
loosely, collided with a big gate that stood
oven in the road wrecking his runabout.
After adjusting matters he continued his
Fred, Lester, Gilbert and Etta Marshall
are ill with measles.
Mrs. C. H. Heckman made a flying trip
to Bellefonte, Monday.
Miss Emma Henderson is visiting her
sister, Mamie, of Altoona.
Boyd Krape, who has been sick for a few
days, is able to be out again.
Mrs. Ellis Corman and Mrs. Jacob Lutz
spent Friday in Bellefonte shopping.
Rev. Harnish will hold services in the
Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Mrs. J. B. Rowan and Mrs. J. W. Kelley
spent a few days this week with friends at
State College.
Miss Eva Bathgate took her. school to
Bellefonte and had a picture taken, then
went to Sourbecks and purchased all the
corn crisp be had.
—A new Sun in Pistshurg ought to let a
little more lighs through the smoke out
there.
Prohibition wa Socialism.
Nearly forty years ago my political efforts
were joined with the party of Prohibition,
When that party split on free silver my lot
was cast with Bryanism. Fourteen years
ago the Socialist cloud, like a man’s hand,
began to rise. Already the Debs vote out-
numbers that of Prohibition, and the mana-
gers of the anti-salocn organ seem to be
frantic over the outlook. Recently their na-
tional organ, the New Voice, declared the
election of Berry as boss of our State Treasu-
ry to be a most wonderful Prohibition victo-
ry. The New Voice also took to task some of
our most independent thinkers, such as Bry-
an and Hearst, for not being strictly partisan
and too socialistic. They seem to be alarm-
ed lest Socialism, by eliminating profits, will
kill the saloon system without saying aught
against it. But the Voice Co. capped the eli-
max by declaring that ‘whiskey, not mon-
ey, ‘is the root of all evil.’ ”’ After the Voice
Co. took this ridiculous position I at onee
sent a protest. They reiterated their thrusts
at Bryson and Hearst without publishing my
protest. I agaiu protested, but instead of
printing what I said they sent me the follow-
iog letter:
Da. isaac Guess:
In nothing doe-« the so called Socialist
exhibit his lack of sincerity than in his per-
sistent ignorance of the exact meaning of ¥t.
Paul's words “The love of money is a root of
all kinds of all evil.” Paul never sald, never
meant to say, that the love of money is the
root of all evil. When Socialists begin to
quote correcily and to concede the possibility
of sense and scholarship and sincerity to those
who differ from them, they may win respect
of thinkers. Personally I will forfeit all claim
to sincerity and scholarship it I have mis
tra: slated St, Paul. As to elimination of love
of money by suppression of profit, the so-
called Socialist has never yet shown how prof-
it as remuneration of service rendered by the
entrepreneur, Even if the State or Common-
wealth, by agents, performs that service it
seems to me that it mast fairly receive re-
muneration—i, ¢, profit, Yours,
Haxuzun,
In the first part of the above letter, refer-
ence is, in a boasting way, made to his own
translation of Paul to Timothy. Bat, does
his translation change the sense of the pass-
age, or only the wording? Does it prove
that I am in error or not sincere? Does it
prove, as printed in the Voice, that whiskey,
not money, should be regarded as the root
of all evil? Where is there aught in his de-
fense but a boast of ability to translate Scrip-
ture? How are common mortals to know the
way in which to walk if learned translators
may change the meaning of the guide for our
weary leet?
**A root” may mean asmall or a large one.
“The root” is more likely to signify the
main or top root. Apart from this, his
translation strengthens rather than weakens
my contention that, “The love of money is
the root of all evil.”” Technicality is not ar-
gument. His sentence with the big word,
“‘entrepreneur,” is entirely meaningless as
worded. If, however, the word as be chang-
ed to is, and “entrepreneur” defined we will
get the sense of the writer, but it will not be
truth, for the very good reason that remun-
eration and profit are not the same, as ho
tries to make out. Perhaps Mr. Hammell
has also translated his dictionary. By con-
founding the words remuneration and profit
be would wipe from under Socialism its very
foundation. As associate editor of a nation.
al paper he is certainly inexcusable for such
plain perversion of plain English. In doing
a thiog at cost the doer is remunerated but
does not get a profit. Profit is that which is
over and above remuneration.
In carrying letters at two cents each Uncle
Sam is remunerated but gets no profit. With
government railroads letters could be carried
at one cent each and make ends meet. Fifty
some years ago letter postage was twelve
times the present rate. What private enter.
prise bas thus reduced its rates? Sugar in
the bands of trusts and under reciprocity
costs about as much as it did fifty years ago.
Who would want cur public schools, streets
and roads in the hands of private companies
for profit and poor families be deprived of an
education. Itis bad enough to be farmed
on echool books as we now are, by private
companies for gain. The old toll gate sys-
tem would indeed be a disgrace to present
day progress.
If, instead of falsely representing remuner-
ation and profit as meaning the same, the
New Voice Co. would write on municipal
ownership and general cooperative efforts at
cost they could hope much sooner to sup-
press the profits on intoxicants so that no
one in our loved land would be vile enough
to put the bottle to his neighbor's lips. And
if for medicine, etc., the stuff had to be sold
at cost, the drug and patent medicine trade
in articles containing intoxicants could be
much more readily regulated.
It might be well for this New Voice man to
study the meaning of common English
words instead of boasting as to bis superior
wisdom while betraying his ignorance and
waut of logic as he does in his letter and in
the Voice he pretends to edit. Iam glad if I
shall be thus permitted to defend truth and
condemn error, but sorry as I am barsh in
discharging what seems to me a duty.
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Hublersburg.
D. Loyd Markle spent Sunday with bis
parents at this place.
John Gentzel, who has been on the sick
list for the past few weeks, is improving
slowly.
Miss Pearl Hoy was entertained atthe
home of her friend, Miss Nellie Rathmal,
of Lamar, on Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Spayd and daughter Madaline
spent a few days with the former's sister,
Mrs. Clem Walker, of Salona.
Mrs. Mable Bartley and daughter
Rath, of Lock Haven, spent a few days with
her sister, Mrs, Fred Yocum,
Mre. Gertrude Luts returned to Pittsbuig
on Wednesday after spending some time
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dei-
trick.
.
Miss Verna Allison, of Nittany, accom-
panied by Miss Helen Schaeffer and Miss
Elsie Rankin, of Bellefonte, were pleasant
callers at the home of L. E. Swartz on Sun-
day afternoon.
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s very impolite for a young man to shrow
@ Jiss at a Joung lady; thadibe should al.
ways deliver is in person.
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Spring Mills.
Public sales are becoming quite numerous
and well attended. Of course the big din-
per is a drawing card,
The Penn Hall postoffice, a small village
less than a quarter of a mile below here, will
be discontinued on the 15th of March.
The election here wasa very tame and
quiet affair. No one seemed to take any in-
terest in it and of course the vote was
light.
Within a month of moving time and mak-
ing changes and we are short of dwellings.
Some families will be puzzled where to move
without doubling up, and that's not always
very pleasant.
J. Best Krape,the able manager of the stock
and grounds of Dr. Braucht, left on Satu r-
day last for Johnstown on a vacation of a
week or two. He will also attend to some
private business,
Merchant Bruce W. Ripka, who was injur-
ed on Monday last by bis horse becoming
frightened while crossing Sinking creek
and wrecking the wagon a short distance
above the bridge, is mending quite rapidly.
No bones were broken but he hada very
narrow escape.
C. P. Long left on Friday morning last
for Ohio, to be absent possibly a week or ten
days. Mr. Long's large business operations
keeps him almost continually on the move
superintending his planing mill and exten-
sive business at his general store. Fortunate-
ly Mr. Long has an employe in David M.
MeCool, who bas charge of the store, a man
of large experience in mercantile affairs, per-
fectly reliable, always affable and pleasant,
who in fact, as a mansger and salesman has
few equals and no superior in Center county,
Mr. Long contemplates considerable building
this summer. The planing mill which shut
down a month since for repairs will resume
operation in about two weeks.
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Lemont.
William H. Mokle is reported down with
pneumonia,
The measle cases are getting better and no
new ones reported.
For some reason there seems to he lots of
dead fish in Spring creek of late.
Mrs. Alice Williams is spending a few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Homer Long:
well, of Philadelphia.
Clayton Etters,Oak Hall's hustling miller,
is busy filling orders for his many customers
at Altoona and also looking after his trude,
February 21st was to make or break ice,
but it was warm, an indication of breaking,
while Tuesday of this week was very cold.
The beautiful weather of Saturday and
Sunday brought the robin-red breast and
butterflies around to remind us that spring
is fast approaching.
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WILL PRO-Z RAILROADS
Ownership of Ccal and Oil Properties
to Be Investigated.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Preceded by
a debate which indicated no hesitancy,
the house agreed without Sprosiug
to the Tillman-Gillespie resolution
recting the interstate commerce eom-
The resolution was not in
In which it passed the senate
go back to that body for its
action.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, character
fzed it as a rebuke to the recent
“puerile” report which had been made
to a certain railroad official. Mr. Gil
andage of today put entirely in the
shade the hold-up man of the frontier
days. Mr. Townsend (Michigan), who
Great Sea Fighter Will Be Interred
‘With Imposing Naval Display.
bassador, M. Jusserand.
It was decided to make the display a
purely naval one, except that the var-