BY P. GRAY MEEK.
Ink Slings.
—If you were good during thé old year
try to be better during the new cone.
—Milk is gesting almost as high in the
cities as is was when the cow jumped over
the moon.
~—No doubt some of the new leaves that
were turned over are beginning to look sear
and yellow already.
—Some of the best people of the town
have heen seen with a skate on for the last
few nights ——ast the rink.
—Bellefonte had its share of noise as the
new year came in. Let us hope it will
have its share of the joys as well.
—A new Legislature is in session at Har-
risburg, Good, clean, impartial legislation
is promised. Don's take this as a biat to
bet on resulte, however.
—It 1907 brings nothing else for Penn-
sylvania the good old Commonwealth will
be thankful that the new year brings a suc-
cessor to PENNYPACKER.
—Bellefonte is paying less for her street
lights than ever before and from the effal-
gence of the lights it must be acknowledged
that she is getting less light than ever be-
fore.
—Governor PENNYPACKER quotes CON-
FUCIUS in his last message to the Legisla-
ture, which probably accounts for the con-
fasion of his ideas about she capitol rob-
bery.
~—What is the matter that the price of
milk bas been advanced #0 much in almost
every city in the land ? Can it be possible
that a shortage has been cansed by the
theatrical profession's gathering up all the
good calves.
~The great number of weddings that
were celebrated in all parts of the county
just before Christmas arouses the sus-
picion that some young men thoughts it
cheaper to marry than buy sweetheart
Christmas presents.
~The death of president A. J. Cassatr
of the Pennsylvania removes from the field
of railroad activities a man who undertook
and carried well toward completion the
most herculean tasks ever undertaken by a
carrying corporation,
~There are just a half a dozen lemons
and one postoffice to be handed out in
Bellefonte in March. There will be no
mistaking who got the lemons the day the
appointment is announced. The visages of
the six other applicants will tell thas.
—LINCOLN once said that ‘‘a man’s legs
ought to be long enough to reach to the
ground,” and this in face of the fact that
the great statesman was the daddy of a
brand new boy and knew that there are
times when a man can’t keep from walk-
ing on air.
—There is one thing very certain avd
that is when Judge TAFT jumps into the
pound of presidential possibilities he is going
to make a pretty big splash. It is not
probable, however, that the concentric
waves of public preference set agoing will
drown many of the other previons plung-
ers.
—J AMES McCREA has been eleoted presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad com-
pany and has already announced that be
intends following ous the policies inan-
gurated by the late president Cassarr.
This means, of course, that we will con-
tinue to buy mileage books, just like any
other travelers.
—The mayoralty vote of 1905 in New
York city is to be recounted, all because
Mr. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST wante
something he can’t have. Now if he had
been elected Governor of New York last
fall be would have forgotten all about the
possibility of his having been counted ont
for may or the year before.
—THoMAS DoNACHY, HUNTER KNisk-
LY, Isaac MILLER, HARRY KERNS, Jas.
RINE and SAMUEL GAULT are all reported
a8 being out for the Republican nomina-
tion for overseer of the poor. While the
old saying ‘‘the more the merrier” holds
good in some instances here is a condition
that will knock it into a cocked bat. Just
wait antil the day of the primaries and
then yon will see the amount of merriment
there will be among the sextet of gentle.
men who are all eager to serve the dear
people.
—Mark the prediction that Pennsylva-
nia’s legislature will be just as much a ma-
chine organization as it has ever been.
Things will not be conducted as openly de-
fiaus of public opinion as they bave been
in the past, but machine managers will be
at the helm all the time and machine meth-
ods and machine plans will carry. It will
be the same old game in a different way
and after it is worked off the people of the
State will be up in indignation until anoth-
er election comes round then they will do
she same thing again.
—EDMUND SCRIBNER STEVENS, the
Washington astrologiss, who has been
dreaming all kinds of direful things for
1907 must be histing the pipe pretty hard.
He bas the island of Manbattan dropping
into the sea in July, Philadelphia earth-
quaked in August, home rale for Ireland in
March and RAIsULI driving the French out
of Algiers in May. How seasonable his
times for the calamities : In July the water
will be fine for the Maohattanites to be
submerged. Philadelphia needs a good
shaking up. The Irish will all be wearing
the green in Maroh and Congress will be ad-
journed eo that TEDDY can help Ramsunr
again with his “big stick’ in May.
VOL. 52
The death of ALEXANDER JOHNSTON
CASSATT was a sad incident in the business
life of the Commonwealth and the country.
That it is an irreparable loss is not true,
however. One head of that corporation
has succeeded another and upon the death
of each there were those who said and be-
lieved, that it would be impossible to find
a successor equal to the requirements. Bus
it is neither invidious nor unjust to say
that of all the great men who bave occu-
pied the office between the time of EDGAR
THOMPSON'S successful administration and
that of the successor of Mr. CASSATT, the
lamented last president exhibited the
greatest talent for constructive and admin-
istrative railroading.
We are not able to coincide with the
opinions of some of the very enthusiastic
and too partial eulogists of M. Cassar,
however, in estimating the quality of his
greatness. Unquestionably he was a dis.
cerning and successful operator in trans.
poration enterprises, whether considered
from a finaccial or practical standpoint.
But the esteemed contemporary which
holds him up to public view as a martyr to
principle has bardly measured him acou-
rately. He was guided by personal and
corporate interests rather than by con-
science in his work as a citizen aod rail-
roader and principle had listle to do with
his movements. During the last few years
of his life he was the supply fountain for
the QUAY machine.
Nothing but good should be said of the
dead unless the moral interests of the liv-
ing are jeopardized by suppressing the
truth. When a man whose life bas nos
been exemplary is held up as a model of
virtue after his death, those who come
after are likely to be misguided and prob-
ably injured. Mr, CASSATT was successlal
as an administrator of the affairs of the
great corporation in which all Peonsylvan-
ians are interested. Bat he failed in the
fulfillment of his obligations as a citizen,
however faithful be was to his trust as
president of a great corporation. In other
words he sacrificed the public to the Penn-
sylvania railroad and gave us bad govern-
ments that it might pay big dividends.
The ¢“Easy Machine.”
The Republican machine never had a
smoother run than that it enjoyed as the
organisation of the Legislature on Taes-
day. Tbere was a false pretense of reform
in the atmosphere, and Speaker McCLAIN,
of the House, indulged in some platitudes
which contained the promise of bester
methods. Bat the SAM Rirps made open
declaration of their defiance of such things
and good and bad took orders with equal
complacency and obeyed them with like
alacrity. There was no opposition to any
candidate or measure. The pretenses of
Senator ELLIOTT ROGERS, of Pittsburg, to
leadership were bumped to some extent
but that only caused a ripple and didn’t
disturb the serenity of the gang.
There will be no material change in the
methods of the Legislators or the measures
of legislation during this session. Farmer
CREASY may nag the managers into the
passage of the trolley freight bill for which
he bas been contending #0 assiduously for
neatly ten years. Bat those who expect a
two-oent passenger rate are more than like-
ly to be disappointed. The propaganda
against that reform so earnestly promised
by the Republican State convention, has
already begun operations in the lobbies and
are pointing out the danger of such legis-
lation to the small railroads. The big con-
cerns can stand it, they say, bat the smaller
roads will be bankrupted.
Such talk is rubbish, of course, but it
will achieve its purpose unless the people
are alert and hold their representatives to
the pledges they have made. We don’t
believe that any of the collateral railroads
will suffer gravely by such legislation and
we do believe that the public will be great-
ly benefitted by it. There is as little like-
libood of ballot reform legislation, more-
over. The machine hus been encouraged
by recent events and the easy manner in
which it put its plans into operation at the
organization indicates that its nerve as well
as its strength has been restored. Still is
may be worth while for reformers to keep
up a vigilant wateh.
——1I¢ is just fonrweeks today since the
big fall of rock in the quarry of the Ameri-
can Lime and Stone company which killed
three men and up to this writing the bod-
ies of George Bovango and Steve Biancol
have not yet been recovered. The com-
pany bas worked all the men they conven-
ientiy could in the guarry aud are now
pretty close to where it is thought the
bodies of the men must be, so that their
discovery is likely to be made within a few
days.
~—~Candidates for borough officers are
beginning to sprout. The first in the field
are Samuel Gault, H. B. Kerns, and Hun-
ter Koisely, in the North ward; Isaac
Milfer and Robert B. Montgomery, in the
South ward, and James Rine, in the West
ward’ all candidates for overseer of the
poor on the Republican ticket.
A Lame Excuse.
Governor PENNYPACKER'S reply to As-
toiney General CARSON'S inquiries in re-
spect to the Palace of Graft is hardly up to
bis standard in humorous literature and
yet it cannot be considered in any other
light thao that of humor. He evades the
important questions and inadequately an-
swers those which are unimportant. That
is the method of the court jester and is fits
the absurd Governor. Bat his answer is
not altogether in a humorous strain either.
In one place he quotes a part of the Act of
Assembly which authorizes the Board of
Public Grounds aod Buildings to expend
money in furnishings for the capitol bus
neglects to include the provision which
forbids the Board from completing the
building. That was the act of a knave
rather than a fool.
In another feature the rougue is again
revealed. The Governor alleges that a part
of the money which the Board of Pablic
Grounds and Buildings is accused of hav-
ing unlawfully expended is the $550,000
expended for the erection of a capitol build-
ing during the HAsTING®' administration.
As a matter of fact that money was ine
ed in the expenditures of the Luilding cos A Jie
mission and bad nothing whatever to do
with the expenditures of the Board of Pab-
lic Buildings and Grounds. In fact the
legislative debate on the bill appointing
the building commission clearly reveals
that fact for the question of the disposal of
the temporary building was fully discossed.
Obviousiy, therefore, the Governor intend-
ed to deceive the pablic by that citation.
Governor PENNYPACKER knows, if he
knows anything at all, that every dollar
expended by the Board of Pablic Grounds
and Buildings toward the completion of
the building was in violation of the con-
stitution and the statutes. It may be claim-
ed that the Board bas authority to alter or
improve a building belonging to the Sate.
But the new capitol building was not a
part of the property of the State at the
time the expenditures in question were
made. The building was not the property
of the State until on the occasion of the
dedication it was formally given over to
the State by the building commission. In
fact there is vo valid reason for the action
of the Board of Public Grounds and Baild-
ings and the Governor can summon no
supbistries to support it.
The Mystery Cleared.
Oar old friend Captain “Jorn C. DE.
LANEY, chief factory inspector, bas solved
the problem of the per foot rule in buying
furniture and the per pound standard in
purchasing chandeliers. A modest man,
Captain DELANEY was probably relnctant
to ‘own the soft impeachment.” But
what could he do under the circumstances ?
When WASHINGTON was caught with the
goods on him what did he say ® “‘Father,”
he sobbed, “is was I. I did it with my
little hatchet?’ Captain DELANEY was
simiiarly situated and be was equal to the
emergency. ‘‘Dear CARSON,”” he wrote
substantially, *‘I invented the per foot sys-
tem. I connot tell a lie.”
But DELANEY wasn’t altogether to
blame. He was encouraged in the discovery
and application of this system of loot by
others to whom he freely refers. His wit.
nesses are all dead and can neither affirm
nor deny his allegation, but that only
proves the vastness of the resources of the
Captain. There area great many people
dead who might have been quoted as enthu-
siastic supporters of the per foot system, so
that the fact that only a few have been
pamed can be regarded asan evidence of
modesty rather than an absence of con-
sciousness. Dead men tell no tales and
contradiot no siatements, so that DELANEY
will not be disputed even if he isn’t ocor-
roborated.
But we are glad that Captain DELANEY
bas revealed the truth in this matter.
Others who ought to have known all about
it side-stepped the inquiry and we were be-
ginning vo dispair of a solution of the prob-
lem, important as it is. But DELANEY
bas settled it all. The evil cost the people
immense sums of money and the inventor
of it stood to harvest a great amount of
popular execration. But DELANEY knows
that ‘‘bread cast upon the waters,” brings
good returns at times and if he is not fitly
rewarded for this act of devotion to the
party then Republicans will indeed be un-
grateful. DELANEY wili soon be ofit of a
job.
—— About a month ago Miss Mary A.
Cole, daughter of architect Robert A. Cole,
who is studying for a trained nurse in the
Bellefonte hospital, cut her hand slightly
while putting things to rights in the oper-
ating room. She thought nothing of it at
the time and the cut apparently healed up,
bat about a week later a lump appeared on
her side and it finally became apparent
that blood poison had developed and since
that the attending physicians bave had a
bard battle to save her life. Her condi-
tion pow is gravely critical, though when
the WATCHMAN went to press yesterday
the doctors thought her slightly improved.
No man can read the message of Gover-
nor PENNYPACKER to the Legislature
patiently. Itis the most marvelous mix-
ture of sense and wvonsense that bas ever
been designated as a state paper and the
regret is that the absurdities predominate.
Even that which is commendable is tar-
nished by the egotism revealed in almost
every line. For example, he praises the
work of the game commissioners, the fish-
eries department, the forestry department,
the health department and all other de-
partments for the obvious purposes of in-
ferentinlly adding that his own virtues are
reflected in the work of all these public
officials.
In his observations upon the coal and
iron police the Governor strikes the only
true note in bis entire message. ‘‘It is an
entirely improper system,” he says,
“‘since it puts at the disposal of one of the
parties to a controversy an authority which
ought to be exercised only by the Common-
wealth.”” No greater truth could be ut-
tered but there is no perceptible difference
be! ween the operations of the coal and
iron police and the state constabulary ex-
pt that the State pays the constabulary
‘and the coal operators were compelled to
pay their policemen themselves. We
dely the Governor or any one else to show
a single instance in which the constabulary
exerted an effort to protect the individuals
against the corporations. .
The Governor reaches the limit of ab-
surdity, however, in his falsome praise of
the new state capitol. ‘‘In the comple-
tion of the capitol at Harrisburg,’ he
writes, ‘‘“The Commonwealth bas accom-
plished a difficult and complicated task
in a manner which will reflect credit on
her for ages to come.’ Ts it creditable
that the Governor violated the fundamen-
tal law of the State which he had solemn-
ly sworn to obey? Is it creditable that
$9,000,000 were stolen from the treasury
to feed the rapacity of corrupt gralters
while the insane and otherwise helpless
wards of the State were suffering for the
necessaries of life? Ifso PENNYPACKER is
right.
2. New Colomel to Bo Elected.
As announced exclusively in this paper
two weeks ago the Fifth regiment will not
be disbanded and a new colonel will be
elected to take the place of Col. Rufus C.
Elder, resigned. An order to this effect
was issued last week by Brigadier General
Wiley and later by Lieut. Col. H. 8,
Taylor for a meeting of the line officers of
the regiment to be held as the Logan house
in Altoona, on Thursday, January 10th,
for the purpose of electing a new colonel.
Col. W. E. Thompson will conduct the
election, There is no donbt whatever
that Lieat. Col. H. S. Taylor, of this
place, will be the man chosen to command
the regiment. He is right in line for the
promotion and in fact comld have been
elected a year or 30 ago whenCol. Elder was
chosen had he wished the office. Col.
Taylor's selection will naturally carry
with it rome changes on the colonei’s staff
as well as in several of the other depart.
ments of the Fifth, all of which will likely
give Centre county more prestige with the
regiment if not a better representation.
———80 many persons called at the
WATCHMAN office during the Holiday sea-
son and so many wrote pleasant letters o}
congratulation that we have been quite
overwhelmed. In fact from the stand. | 2°
point, purely, of renewals and new sub-
seribers it was the best period in the his-
tory of the paper. While we appreciate
the money, for every one knows we need
it, the kindly words and expressions of
gratification over the excellence of the
WATCHMAN were most encouraging.
Newspapers, as a rule, are not prolific
money makers and their publishers ocou-
PY a position very similar to that of men
engaged in the educational fields: None
of them receive full compensation in mon-
ey for their efforts, but the greater good
they do for humanity is the incentive that
retains them in such avocations, when, in
all probability the same talents and energy
devoted in purely business spheres would
bring greater recompense. We have al- | gratio
ways tried to make the WATCHMAN a mod-
el country newspaper, fearless, frank and
truthful and it is a great pleasure to know
that so many people regard it as such. In
fact one old friend down at Mt. Eagle
wrote thas ‘‘is is next to the Bible in truth
and ahead of them all in the kind of coun-
ty news we want to read and edited in a
way that makes the reading have an edu.
cational value.” After reading such notes
a8 these can you blame us for being pleased
and don’t you realize how sorry we are
that we haven't the space to quote from
them all.
~The mailing list of this paper has
been corrected this week and those who
have paid their subscriptions lately should
note whether the tabs on their papers cor-
respond with the receipts already sent them.
~—Subsoribe for the WATCHMAN,
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The Phantom Guest,
At the Altar a pale-faced bride,
A lordly bride-groom at her side,
A brilliant company await
The binding words thet seal her fate,
The man of God in solemn tone
Repeats the words that make them one.
Or one in soul or only name,
The pastor lays on God the blame.
In that gay company is one
Who is unseen and quite alone—
A phantom lingering by her side,
Whom God had meant should be her bride.
Invisible he lingers near,
Betrayed by neither sigh nor tear.
Unseen except by her alone—
The silent king on her heart's throne,
She treads life's way devoid of blame,
The wife of one only in name,
Her heart's pain hidden by a smile,
Her phantom soul-mate near the while.
—M. V. Tuomas,
Prosperity’s Other Side.
From the Pittsburg Post.
It is evident that
ous its drawbacks.
have gone up. It is true shat the
a large number of
om
as the increase of prices.
that, there is a numerous class of
disposed to feel far from en
be-
cause of the abounding prosperity of which
they hear so much bas Jagerience uo little,
or nothing, and which in
condition worse.
who are the victims of
that because the National treasury will ex:
bibit an unexpectedly large surplus for the
ourrent fiscal year this fact will be acoept-
ed as sufficient reason for Congress not en-
acting any legislation to relieve their bur-
dens. This surplus, it is olaimed, will
afford sufficient warrant for not maki
any revision of the tariff and also for fail-
ing to enact any inheritance tax law. If
this excuse should be acceptable to the ma-
jority of our National lawmakers, then in-
deed will there be another striking exhibit
of the reverse of the ty shield.
One means of relief for those who are
compelled to pay higher prices while de-
nied a ing inorease in their in-
come would be a revision of the tariff,
which would curb the combinations to un.
daly enhance the cost of commodities.
Another relief would be afforded by the
Lon 5 dhe burdens of i 80
great w would pay Jrope:
share. This might be accomplished to a
considerable degree by the enactment of a
proper inheritance tax law or an ingome
tax. Bus the staudpatters in ess are
now declared to be joyfnl because the treas-
ury sarplus will be so large that they say
there will be no good reason for revising
the tariff or Jn Yonéug an inheritance or in.
come tax. If they can persuade a majority
of their colleagues that this ie the correct
position to assume, then the outlook for
many purine is a gloomy one, indeed, de-
spite the
great and abounding prosperity
which is so loudly proclaimed to exist.
Old Time Salaries.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Chicago antiquary has discovered that
Colambas received asalary of $320.
«ion that found America was about
John Knox received a salary of $220, and a
leading lawyer in the time of Edward IV
was content with a fee which amounted to
$1 in our money. A sumptuous Christmas
dinver could be bought then for seventeen
cents. A dollar wens a long way in those
days, but the salaries of professional men
and the wages of labor seem absurdly
| meagre when compared with the best-paid
ability and skill in these modern days.
The good old times would present no at-
tractions to those who imagine there was a
time when labor was much better rewarded
than it is today.
in former times. In 1820a man who had
$20,000 was accounted rich, and such men
were very scarce. A competence of that
amount does not excite comment now.
An Object Lesson.
From Bryan's Commoner.
The Democratio vote in Illinois in 1900
the party
stood for a positive and progressive Demoo-
was 503 061. That was when
rosperity is not with-
chi of the boom
in business the prices of many commodities
wages of
bave also been
bat not as a rule in the same atio
persons
whose incomes bave remained the eame,
while prices have soared. It is therefore
not strange that there are many who are
thusiastio
makes their
It is not encouraging therefore to those
to hear
He
estimates that the whole cost of the i-
Despite the monopolies
and the trusts, a moderate fortune can be
uired now more readyily than it could
racy. In 1902 Mr, Hopkins was chairman
of she state committee and conducted the
campaign. The Demooratio vote shat year
was only 360,925. In 1904 Mr. Sallivan
became a member of the national commit-
tee, and be aud Mr. Hopkins controlled
the state organization, year the
Democratic vote fell to 327,606 notwith-
atanding tha fact that it was a presidential
campaign. In 1906 Hopkins-Sullivan in-
flaence still controlled, and she Demo-
tic vote fell to 281,984. Here was a
falling off of 231,077 in six years-- -a loss of
cent. Query: How long
Ee ———
Spawis from the Keystone.
—Fourteen head of valushie cows belong-
ing to Joseph Wood, of Jersey Shore, were
killed last week by veterinary surgeon E. E,
Shel». They were afflicted with tubercalo-
—Leroy Haines, a traveling salesman of
Williamsport, was held up by two highway-
men along a lonely road near Pottstown and
relieved of $50 in cash and a gold watch val-
ued at $100,
—Elias Hartz, the venerable weather
prophet of Reading, whose proguostications
with the goose bone have made him famous,
has entered the Friends home at Frankford,
Mr. Hartz is 92 yoars old and is quite feeble.
~The incresse in wages in various indus-
tries which went into effect with the new
year will increase the monthly pay rolls in
the Pittsburg district about $2,000,000 and
the amount that will be paid to wage earners
will sum up about $385,000,000 for the ensu-~
ing year.
—Fraok 8. Russell, of DuBois, stenogra-
pher in Jobn DuBois’ general office for a
number of years, went to Pittsburg and on
Sunday, December 23rd, committed suicide
at the Hotel Henry. The suicide left a letter
to his wife announcing his intention to end
his life and praying for forgiveness for his
rash deed.
—The Lackawanna Steel company, it is
stated, has purchased the J. W. Ellsworth
Coal company properties in Washington
county at a price reported to be $7,000,000.
The property consists of 16,000 acres of the
best coal lands in the county, on which there
are four mines in operation and 387 coke
ovens.
—George W. Vernes, the well known rail-
road detective, has been reappointed deputy
for the Royal Arch chapter of the eleventh
district, which embraces Lycoming, Clinton,
Tioga, Cameron, Ciearfield, Elk, Centre and
Bradford counties. The appointment was
made on St. John’s day at the Masonic Tem-
ple, in Philadalphia.
~During the month of January a large
colony composed chiefly of Dunkard people
from Mifflin and the western section of Sny-
der counties, will leave Lewistown for the
purpose of colonizing the Butte valley, in
California. The colony will be under the
leadership of Rev. John Mohler and his
brother-in-law, Oliver Rothrock, of Mait-
land, Mifflin county.
—Miss Helen Elkin, daughter of Justice
and Mrs, John P. Elkin, had a narrow es-
cape from death by asphyxiation Friday
morning. On retiring Thursday night she
left a gas jet burn and it is supposed the
wind from an open window blew out the
DE | gas. She was discovered unconscious at ten
o'clock in the morning and did not revive
until two o'clock in the afternoon.
—Before fully 2,000 guests, Harry W.
Botts and Miss Elsie Smith, of Williamsport,
were married on the stage of the Lycoming
opera house in that city. The wedding had
been well advertised and was used as a
special feature of Friday night's performance
of the Earl Burgess company, a repertoire
company that played there last week. The
bride received a present of $25 from the
manager of the company.
—The Pittsburg & Clearfield Railroad
company, of which James Kerr, of Clearfield,
is president, has been granted a chatter to
build a line 142 miles long, from Pittsburg to
Clearfield, where it will connect with the
Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern, recently
formed out of several smaller roads. The
capital stock of the new company is $1,500,~
000, said to be controlled by Joseph Ramsey
Jr., late president of the Wabash.
—Williamm H. Albright, of Morgan Run,
not far from Philipsburg, rejoices in the ar-
rival of his nineteenth child, born last week.
The family consists of a dozen fine, hand-
some boys and seven girls—all of them pret.
ty. Several of the sons and daughters are
married and the latest arrival has a number
of nephews and nieces. Mr. Albright is still
on the sunny side of fifty-five, and his wife
carries her years remarkably well.
—While passing through the woods in
Leidy township, Clinton county, Friday
afternoon, with bis gun over his shoulder,
Albert Calhoun came upon a small cave, and
peering in, saw an animal move. Stepping
back his curiosity was soon satisfied, for a
large black bear came shambling out towards
him. Calhoun raised his gun and put a ball
through bruin’s head, and followed it up
with a second shot, which brought the big
denizen of the forest to the ground.
~Joseph Hayes, the well known Mackey-
ville farmer, and his son, while on their way
to market in Lock Haven at 3.30 o'clock
Saturday morning in a spring wagon, had a
narrow escape from being killed or injured.
While driving over the railroad tracks at
Bellefonte avenue, the locomotive of a west
bound fieight train suddenly loomed up out
of the fog. The rear of the wagon just
cleared the track as the big engine thunder-
ed past. Mr. Hayes says it was an exceed-
ingly close call, aud that at. no time was he
ever more ‘‘skeered.”
—John F. Hoover, a young civil engineer
of Milwaukee, and Miss Mahala Ling, of
Johnstown, met for the first time on a Penn.
sylvaria railroad train last Thursday morn.
ing, and were married within several hours.
Hoover was going to Chambersburg where
he has accepted a position, and Miss Ling
was traveling east to visit friends. When
Harrisburg was reached Miss Ling was per-
suaded by Hoover to wait for another train,
and while the two were looking about the
almost 50
will it take that sort of party management
the rank and file of the party to bring the
Illinois organization into harmony with
the Democratic voters ?
Must Attend to Details.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Those
forget to bave themselves
the act of climbing a steam v
congressmen who are down
to Panama to see the canal Son's want to
—— Daring the year 1906 there were just
183 deaths and 254 births in distriet No.
337, composed of Bellefonte, Spring, Ben-
ver, Walker and Marion townships, ac-
cording to registrar 8. A. Bell. Of the
deaths recorded nineteen were bodies ship-
ped into the district from a distance for
burial.
city the young man proposed marriage, and
Miss Ling accepted. A patrolman directed
the pair to the marriage license office, and
an hour later they were married by Alder
~James McCoy, a freight conductor on the
Tyrone branch, fell from his train Saturday
evening, December 22nd, near VanScoyoc,
and met instant death. His absence was not
discovered until the train reached Tyrone
when an engine was sent back and the life-