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BY P. GRAY
INK SLINGS.
—In another month the county fair
wil! be in full swing.
—The man who wasn’t hot enough on
Tuesday must have blood like a fish.
—Anyway that $2,500,000 forgery in
Paris couldn't have been pulled off on us.
—From the banks of Spring creek to
the banks of the Bald Eagle now the
hopeful fisherman wends his way.
—Have you forgotten the Chautauqua
already? If not, cling to the nobler
thoughts those meetings inspired in you.
—Every man is said to be in love;
either with a woman or with himself.
But that doesn’t account for all of the
bachelors.
—One of the curious things about the
ordinary sea shore crowd is, the shorter
a woman's bathing suit the longer it
takes to see it.
—Let us see, wasn't it only two weeks
ago that most persons were wondering
when it was going to get warm like sum-
mer ought to be.
—The automobile and the bathing re-
sort are running neck and neck in the
race to claim the most lives during the
mid summer months.
—The manner in which he wielded the
veto ax will lead the public to under-
stand that Governor TENER didn't quit
base-ball because of a glass arm.
—In nine cases out of ten the man
who boast of being a “progressive” is a
fellow who has always wanted and is
still on the look out for an office.
—Anyway the MULHALL fire works
have gone off and the public can expect
little that is illuminating or new in the
further effort Congress intends to make
to prolong that show.
—An exchange remarks that “the taste
of American women is undoubtedly im-
proving.” Come to think of it, we guess
it is. We haven't seen one with a pug
dog under her arm for weeks.
—Was it remorse or indifference that
prompted chairman KIMPORT to
say that he didn't’ care who represented
him at the meeting of the Democratic
state central committee last week.
~The government the European Pow-
ers contemplate constructing for Bulga-
ria and the other Balkan States gives
great promise of being a “Six Cylinder
Machine,” without any equal anywhere.
~—A fashion item in an esteemed con-
temporary states that a dress described
was slit “up to the minute.” That is
formed us to w
anatomy is “the minute.
——There is not likely to be any big
stick work in Mexico but reparation will
be demanded for the killing of an Amer-
ican official in Juarez and two American
engineers held under sentence of death
in Mexico will be released, “or else.”
—The fact that Senator THORNTON, of
Louisiana, forgot to put on his’ collar and
necktie on Monday, and made half a
dozen calls in that condition of dishabille,
probably didn't affect his ability to trans-
act public business a particle, but it did
cause a stir in Washington.
—Quite naturally Philadelphia is sore
at Governor TENER for cutting the ap-
propriations to the various institutions
and enterprises in that city. The Gov-
ernor replied most happily when he re-
marked: “The trouble with so many
Philadelphians is that they think that all
of Pennsylvania can be seen from the
City Hall tower.”
—Having accidentally discovered that
a ground hog can burrow under ground
faster than a man handy with a pick and
shovel can dig after it, one of Bishop
streets business men thinks he will give
up the grocery store and train
ground hogs~to dig ditches, sewers, etc.’
There would be millions in it if he should
succeed in training the rodents. ait
—Eariy last week the street depart:
ment put many loads of crushed lime-
stone along the gutters and crossings on
High street. One ‘storm followed and
practically all of the material promptly
floated away into Spring creek. It is no-
body's fault, ident is mentioned
merely in the way of explaining one of
the reasons that taxes are high in Belle-
fonte.
~It seems that only an ordinance of
council and a few arrests under it will
stop the useless and persistent opening of
automohjle mufflers on the streets of
Bellefonte. The increase of power se-
cured by opening a muffler is almost
negligible, but th : noise is getting to be
intols and if it requires legislation
to‘take the feet of some drivers off the
“cut-out” the sooner we have it the bet-
ter it will be for the nerves of the com-
~It is now stated that the government
contemplates the establishment of a lob-
ster farm at a very early date. Just the
thing for a Center county enterprise at
this time. We have scores of fellows
who were cock-sure of fat postions in
the Surveyor’s department of the Cus-
toms service, who, since the best of these
have been given to PENROSE agents, feel
that they were played for political lob-
sters and might be induced for a small
salary to “continue the business at the
old stand.”
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
State chairman MORRIS has named the
members of the committee, authorized by
the Democratic State Central committee,
at its recent meeting in Harrisburg, to
revise the rules of the party. The rules
need revision for various reasons. They
are incongruous, ungrammatical and
confusing. But those defects might have
been overlooked. Recent legislation,
however, made them not only worthless
but mischievous and it is proper and im-
perative that they should be made to
conform to the new conditions. There
will be no conventions in the future and
the burden of the existing rules related
to the conduct of conventions.
Chairman MORRIS has given us some-
what of a surprise, however, in the per-
sonnel of the committee he has named
to make the necessary revision of the
rules. He has nominated for this im-
portant work Mr. ARTHUR MCKEAN, of
Beaver county; Mr. BRUCE R. STERLING,
of Fayette county; Mr. WiLLiam T.
CREASY, of Columbia county; Mr. PARK
H. Davis, of Northampton county, and
Mr. JosepH O'BRIEN, of Lackawanna
county. These are, no doubt, capable
gentlemen, but like the executive com-
mitteemen, they represent a faction of
the party. They all belong to the PAL-
MER-GUTHRIE-MCCORMICK wing, if they
belong to the party at all. Some months
ago one of our esteemed Philadelphia
contemporaries made a poll of the State
to ascertain whether or not the Keystone
party ought to be perpetuated. Among
those it addressed was Mr. W. T. CREA- |
sy. Almost from the moment he attain-
ed his majority he had been kept in of-
fice by the Democratic party until 1910,
when he failed to get a nomination he
coveted. Then he bolted and in reply to
the inquiry above referred to declared
that the Democratic party was dead and
the Keystone party ought to be perpetu-
ated. What reason is there for invest-
ing a man with such a record with pow-
er to make rules for the Democratic par-
ty? Surely if Mr. CREASY was right
when he made that assertion, he is wrong
inthe mositicel hafman: )RRIS has ser
lected him to fill. Men who be there
is a Democratic party, and that there
should be one, are the kind who should
be chosen to make its rules and to pro-
vide for its future harmony and success.
——With former Governor PENNY-
PACKER on the Utilities Commijssion it
will be under suspicion no matter who
the other members happen to be. Mr.
PENNYPACKER'S record as a member of
the Board of Public Grounds and Build-
ings, during the period of treasury loot-
ing for capitol furnishings, never will be
obliterated from the public mind.
Veto of Appropriation Bills.
Governor TENER'S veto ax has made
sad havoc of some of the appropriation
bills. He has had no alternative, of
course, for the aggregate of the appro-
priations far exceeded the revenue possi-
bilities. A few measures have been al-
lowed to stand as they passed the Legis-
lature and a few others have been strick-
en out altogether. But the majority
have been cut in large or small ratio, ac-
cording to his judgment. Whether he
has cut wisely remains to be seen. He
was influenced more or less by the Board
of Public Charities and the gentlemen
who compose that organization ought to
know where such appropriations will do
the most good. But there ought to be a
better way for reaching conclusions.
In the first place the Governor has no
right to cut appropriations at all. That
is legislating and the constitution vests
all legislative power in the General As-
sembly. He has power to veto “any
item or items of any bill, making appro-
priations of money, embracing distinct
items,” but that exhausts his authority.
For example where an appropriation is
for $100,000 for an institution, $75,000 of
which is for maintenance and $25,000 for
improvements, he may veto one item or
the other and the one approved becomes
a law and that disapproved becomes void.
But to slice part off each item is a viola.
tion of the constitution and ought nct to
be thought of, much less tolerated.
The fault, however, is in the General
Assembly. Every Senator and Represen-
tative wants all he can get for his home
institutions and will enter into any sort
of agreement with others, who are influ-
enced by the same desire, to accomplish
his purpose. Thus JONES supports an
appropriation for a hospital in SMITH'S
district in consideration for SMITH'S sup-
port of a siniilar appropriation for JONES’
district and this log-rolling operation re-
sults in appropriations beyond the reve-
nues and necessitates the trimming
which follows in violation of the organic
law of the State. The remedy lies in the
election to the General Assembly of men
who will not violate their oaths of office
by such methods.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.. AUGUST 1, 1913.
NO. 30.
The Mexican Question.
| The Mexican situation is easily the
most annoying problem confronting the
| administration at Washington. The
| tariff matter is practically disposed
of and assurances are given that
| the currency bill will be passed during
| the present session. ,But the Mexican
' problem is both involved and perplexing.
The President believes that consideration
must be given to moral principles in
treating it. The Ambassador in Mexico,
an inheritance from the TAPT adminis-
tration, is of the opinion that expediency
should be the paramount question in
determining the matter. In other words
| he favors the recognition of the HUERTA
| administration in Mexico for the reason
that business interests are involved.
The HUERTA administration is based
upon murder and usurpation. It is the
result of a conspiracy which culminated
in the assassination of President MADE-
! RO. The recognition of it would imply
‘a condonation of that atrocity. Since
| that event, however, HUERTA has levied
| tribute upon the banking and other sub-
| stantial interests of the country and the
' validity of the claims for reimbursement
depends upon the permanence of the
HUERTA regime. That is to say if the
HUERTA government is not recognized
! money advanced to maintain it, whether
‘ forced or voluntary, will be lost. Am-
bassador WILSGN wants to protect the
money lenders. President WILSON de-
i desires to conserve the interests of the
Mexican people.
Of course the President's policy will
| prevail in the end and the surprise is
| that there was any dilly dallying on the
| subject. The Ambassador represents the
| dollar diplomacy of the TAFT adminis:
| tration which pays no regard to the
moral side of diplomatic questions but
adheres strictly to the commercial! aspect.
The country fondly hoped that with the
inauguration of a Democratic President
the dollar diplomacy had become a
thing of the past. But the obtrusion of
this Mexican question seems to have cast
a doubt upon this notion. hope
before many hours the Mexiean” Ambas-
sador who advances the discre
icy will be dismissed from office.
EE ——
—The Attorney General of Missouri
proposes to investigate an alleged con-
spiracy in the insurance industry con-
cealed in the “Pittsburgh-Philadelphia
agreement.” His theory probably is that
any agreement in which Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia are concerned must have
something the matter with it.
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Mr. Palmer Lacks Consistency.
In his speech accepting the chairman-
ship of the Democratic State committee,
the other day, Mr. ROLAND S. MORRIS
declared that the test of Democracy is
“supporting the ticket and fulfilling the
platform pledges.” On the same occa-
sion Hon. A. MITCHELL PALMER, ina
speech, said, “there is no disposition, I
am sure, on the part of any man, to read
any other man out of the party; there is
no disposition todo anything else than wel-
come to the party standard any man who
willdo two things: consistently support
the party's candidates and consistently
vote to carry out the party's pledges to
the people.”
Immediately following Mr. PALMER'S
speech before the State committee the
several division committee chairmen
were announced. There are nine of
them and they compose the executive
committee which is really the body that
manages the affairs of the party. Of the
nine gentlemen named to serve in this
important capacity only one, Dr. FRANK
K. WHITE, of Philipsburg, supported the
Democratic candidate for Governor in
1910. All the others were named at the
estion of Mr. PALMER and the sev-
eral gent ‘recreant that year, whe
1 have been favored with appointments
office by the President or are under obli-
gations to Mr. PALMER for the favor to |
them. i
In view of these facts, however con-
sistent Mr. PALMER may be in the mat-
ter of supporting Democratic candidates
and fulfilling party pledges, he is not
consistent in fixing standards and dis-
tributing rewards. Mr. GEORGE W. GUTH-
RIE, whom he first made chairman of the
Democratic State committee and subse-
quently promoted to the office of Ambas-
sador to Japan, opposed the Democratic
candidate for President in 1896, 1900 and
1908 and the Democratic candidate for
recommendation he has taken the biggest
and sweetest plum on the ‘Democratic
Governor in 1910, yet upon Mr. PALMER'S |
The New Cold Storage Law.
The new cold storage act which is
now a law makes “any artificially cooled
place where any food is held at 40 de-
grees Fahrenheit or under, thirty days
or more,” a cold storage warehouse.
Fresh meats and fresh products thereof,
fresh poultry, fresh fish, eggs and butter
are the articles affected. Unwholesome
food is not admissible to cold storage
and articles admitted must be labeled
“cold storage food,” and the date of en-
try stated on the label. When withdrawn
for sale at retail it must be similarly la-
beled and must be delivered in wrappers
containing the statement “in large type.”
Food withdrawn frcm cold storage for
sale cannot be re-entered under any cir-
cumstances.
The time limit of foods in cold storage
is: Veal, three months; beef, four
months; pork, mutton and lamb, six
months; dressed fowl, drawn, five
eight months, and butter and fish, nine
months. The owner of unwholesome
food is held responsible but the ware-
houseman is required to exercise ‘rea-
sonable precaution in accepting food en-
tries.” At the expiration of the time
limit foods in storage are unsaleable and
the warehousemen must keep records of
the entries and withdrawals in order to
make periodical reports to the Dairy and
Food Commissioner at Harrisburg. The
penalties are $500 fine for first offenses
and $1000 fine and imprisonment for sub-
sequent offenses.
These facts are drawn from a state-
ment issued by Dairy and Food Commis-
sioner FOUST and are interesting to the
public because nearly every community
of considerable population has zold stor-
age facilities as interpreted by the Com-
missioner. Moreover there are some
features of the law which may prove em-
barrassing. For example western dress-
ed meat comes to the East in cold stor-
age and must be removed from the re-
frigerator cars for sale. Strictly con-
strued the law would forbid the entrance
Reid us cut off the meat supply, from
many communities. The law may not
actually mean that but the Dairy and
Food Commissioner says it does.
~—J. T. Gephart Jr., of Clearfield,
who has been assistant engineer of the
State Highway Department and superin-
tendent of the district of which Centre
county is a part, has been promoted to
engineer of maintenance. His territory
will be principally the western part of
the State, with headquarters in Pitts
burgh. Mr. Gephart made many friends
during the few months he was in charge
of the state road work in Centre county
end while all are sorry to see him go
they are glad of his deserved promotion.
Governor Tener on Saturday sign-
ed the bill aprropriating twelve thousand
dollars for maintenance of the Bellefonte
hospital for the next two years but cut
out the item of two thousand dollars for
a new laundry which the Legislature had
appropriated. The maintenance item is
all that was asked but the vetoing of the
item for a new laundry is generally re.
gretted, as it is a part of the institution
that is very badly needed.
~The new addition to the Bellefonte
Academy is now under roof and twenty
carpenters are at work on the interior
in order to get the institution completed
in the five weeks remaining until the
opening of school in September. The in-
terior of the old building will be remod-
eled to conform with the new and when
completed there will be ample accommo-
dations for one hundred boarding stu-
dents.
——The total attendance at the Chau-
tauqua during the week it was in Belle-
fonte was 11,140, according to those who
claim to know. This was an average of
791 for each afternoon and evening ses-
sion. The smallest attendance was at
the opening session and the largest the
night Judge Ben Lindsey was here. Six-
ty-two guarantors signed the agreement
for a return of the Chautauqua next
year.
statement that “there are paid liquor
agents in the Prohibition party.” He
probably banks on the business sagacity
of the liquor dealers.
——Republican Senators have given up
hope of breaking the solid Democratic
vote on the tariff measure. In other
words they have discovered that fulfill-*
ment of public obligation has become a
habit in Washington.
—The trout fishing season closed
yesterday and now the speckled beauties
can come up Spring creek into town
without having some pesky fisherman
dangle angle worms and minnows under
tree.
signed the appropriation fo on the
new in Benn nship it
is likely that something more definite in
the way of building operations will be
started in the near’ future.
months; undrawn, ten months; eggs, by
of such foods into the local warehouses | try have
in the Uni which
their nose.
Value of County Fairs.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger-
Much has been heard in
g0
the folks have been getti e
It would be well if Ph
ugh ;
best, most reliable and steadfast profits
are from the people of the counties.
Real Neutrality.
From the Harrisburg Star--Independent.
The best way to observe all neutrality
laws is to observe them, to enforce them
impartially. It cannot be said that the
United States have always done this.
Especially
in Mexico.
But hereafter it will be done,
with regard to disturbances
It is reported that President Wilson will
issue an order that no arms or ammuni-
tion shall pass from American territory
into the hands of either of the factions
that are now warring for office and spoils
in Mexico. ay
Heretofore the patriots on both sides
of a quarrel in any Latin-American coun-
obtained arms and ammunition
revolutionary juntas. Here rebell
and revolution have been n fos-
tered and financed and nited
States ports arms and ammunition have
been carried to most of the Latin-Ameri-
can Staves, Often Shia has been done
with the approval of people, especial-
ly in the wars for Cuban independence
and in the war against Diaz in Mexico.
But Huerta is neither a patriot nor a lib-
erator, the rebels are no better than
bushwackers, and nothing better could
be done by the Washington administra-
tion than to order that the neutrality
laws be enforced aging the equally im-
e war-torn neighbor-
ing so-called republic.
f they cannot get any Supplies from
the t storehouse of munitions may-
be the combatants will have to stop fight-
ing for want of something to fight with.
At any rate, the Washington administra.
tion will have done its duty with the en-
forcement of the neutrality laws.
This Interests Women.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
The railroads have joined in the fight
to prevent the people from reaping the
full benefit of a parcel post law.
ape that under the recent Burleson
ruling lowering rates and increasing the
size of the that can be sent
they will lose Toney.
t appears that the express companies
have been dividing their loot with the
railroads. Consequently the railroads
protest against any attempt to deprive
them of their vested right to rob the
pany extortions. These are indeed hard
days for some corporations. It is a sad
state of affairs when government officials
begin trying to administer the laws in a
matter calculated to benefit the
Every housewife in the country uld
be interested in the Burleson ruling. If
the Postmaster General wins out in his
contention it will cost less to send more
tha a a a ia vet
of living . For years
unearned millions have been flowing into
the coffers of the express companies.
Postmaster-General Burleson proposes
to scale the unearned profits of the ex-
press tions and give the shipper
the t of the reduction. The ques-
tions at issue are of considerable moment
to the women. The fact that such ques-
tions come up y in politics proves
that women be in a position not
only to have their sayso but to record
that sayso at the ballot box.
Looks Like He Would Succeed.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal,
Possibly Mulhall is still in the employ
of the manufacturers and has contracted
to talk the session of into a
state of innocuous desuetude
Sunday School Times Please Copy.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
Evelyn Thaw now draws $4,000 a week
from a vaudeville manager, which proves,
of course, that it pays to lead a correct
and blameless life.
——A Philadelphia contemporary says
that “in Chicago women take babies to
the polls.” In Philadelphia they register
and vote dogs.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYS
~The first silk plush was made at the Clear-
field silk mill last week and the mill is rapidly
getting into shape for large operation. 3
—Angelo Hess is in the DuBois hospital and
Frank Richo is in the Clearfield county jail charg-
ed with stabbing him in a drunken quarrel. Hess
is likely to die.
—Four of the deaths that occurred in Johns
town last week were due to contagious diseases.
Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and
typhoid fever each claimed one victim.
—Five suits for damages will result from the
overturning of the auto bus in which the Greens-
burg Transportation company was taking the
Gypsy band, of that place, home from an outing
at Crabtree.
~Lying on a couch when a thunder storm came
that way, I. T. Lee, of Danville, had his socks
ripped from his feet, the soles of his feet burned,
his trousers torn to shreds and set afire, yet did
not suffer in the least froin shock.
~Eight-year-old Lawrence Clifford Ackerman,
of Williamsport, was drowned in the Central
Pennsylvania Lumber company’s mill pond at
that place. With several companions he started
to walk across the boom and slipped off into the
water.
—Alfred Laird, aged 46, residing near Alex.
andria, fell backward from a load of hay on his
barn floor, when the fork rope broke. He had
both arms broken and sustained a severe con-
cussion of the brain, with a possible cracking of
the skull,
~Hawn Run is excited over two robberies
Mrs. John Morris, whose husband is in England,
was in Philipsburg, when her home was robbed
of $65. Mike Boola is short $27, which disap-
peared at the same time a boarder at his home
left the vicinity.
~The 186th anniversary of the Mattern family
of America will be held in Stevens park, Ty-
rone, Pa., Thursday, August 7th. Many of the
family and friends from a distance are expected
to attend this reunion and the prospects are that
this gathering will surpass all previous ones.
—Nine Russians are prisoners in the Indiana
county jail, as a result of a fight at a christen.
ing. The constable had two prisoners taken
from him by a mob. The men escaped and the
constable left, to return later with help enough
. | to arrest the men charged with being in the mob.
—Charles V. Starr, the missing principal of the
Sagamore schools, has the charge of forgery
added to that of immorality at that place. One of
his close friends has found his name to several
notes which he did not sign, and has sworn out
warrants for his arrest. He is thought to be in
hiding within the bounds of the State.
—Robert Bowen, aged 17, fell from the tower
of the Church of the Brethren at Everett, forty
feet to the ground. He was bruised all over and
had a number of cuts, but no bones were broken
and it is hoped no internal injuries were sus-
tained. He was a helper to the brick layers and
was on a scaffold when a board broke and threw
him.
—Rev. G. W. Brooks, a field Sunday school
worker, and Elias Cummings, of DuBois, were on
their way from a campmeeting at Falls Creek to
DuBois a few nights ago when they were way-
laid and robbed by masked men as they were
passing through the tenderloin district of Falls
Creek. One of the men was relieved of $30. The
police were notified.
~'Squire Rupp, near Punxsutawney, heard a
law suit over a dog recently, that would have
puzzled Solomon. The dog was absolutely im |
partial and did all the tricks that either its pos-
sessor or claimant asked of it. It also answered
readily to the name bestowed by either. The
justice decided that possession was ten points of
the law this time and the costs were diyided.
~—John Long, a Somerset , is in
jail for the killing of Carl Phillips,
James Sampwell, who was a com of
Phillips, was wounded in the head by a shot from
Long's revolver when he tried to interfere. Long
says that Phillips fired at him first and that he
shot in self defense. Phillips had been charged
with paying unwelcome attentions to Long's
wife.
—Thirteen-year-old Myron Delaney was given
a reward of $10 for saving the Buffalo flyer from
being wrecked near Cook's Run on July 5th, A
heavy rain had caused a land slide and the boy
happened to think of the approaching train. The
track foreman started to investigate, but the boy
reached the scene first and attracted the atten
tion of thy. engineer in time to stop the train just
as the shise was derailed in the mass of earth
and rocks.
—Charles'Bardo, of Larrysville, took a bottie
of carbolic acid with himtoa berry patch when
he and his wife went out. He left it on the bugev
seat and forgotit. On the return trip he sat on
it and was so badly burned he became violently
insane. His wife drove as rapidly as possible
over the mountain roads, restraining her hus-
band with one hand. By the time she reached a
physician Mr. Bardo was unconscious and re-
mained so for some time.
—Former Judge A. F. White, his son, daugh-
ter and sister, of Fairfield, Adams county, had a
marvelous escape from death at St. Vincent's
crossing, near Greensburg, recently. They were
closely curtained because of the rain, and they
failed to see a heavy coke train coming down the
Whitney branch. The car was smashed to pieces,
but none of the four was dangerously injured, ail
being thrown clear of thetrack. The clock on
! the dashboard also escaped, never losing a min-
people under cover of the express com-
~The will of the late R. S. Seibert, president of
the East Broad Top railroad, has been probated
in Huntingdon county and the paper is regarded
as a marvelous document. To his wife he be-
queathed $25,000 outright and directs that she be
paid from his estate, $300 per month during her
life. To his sister he directs that $100 per month
be paid so long as she shall live, and to his broth-
er, Alexander, that the same sum shall be paid.
To his brother, McCune, he bequeaths $5,000 in
hand, and $100 per month during his lifetime. To
two cousins, Mrs. Wolfgang of Blairs Mills, being
one, he directs that $50 per month be paid so
long as they shall live, and to the Methodist
church of Mt. Union he gives $500 in cash and
the church to be a residuary legatee eventually to
receive $150 per month forever, the latter not to
be effective until after the death of some of the
above named legatees. Mrs. Seibert’'s maiden
name was Miss Gertrude Woodcock, daughter of
S. M. Woodcock, of Altoona.
—Paxinos, a town of 200 population in North-
umberland county, and owned by J. Warmer:
Mifflin, a brick manufacturer, is to be sold under,
the hammer in two weeks by E. M. Leader, of
Shamokin, appointed assignee by the North-
umberland county court. Only two properties in
the town are not owned by Mifflin. Bankruptcy,
the result of unsuccessful contracts, is the cause
forthe sale. The entise town was staked out by
engineers and an effort will be made to sell the
town as awhole. Otherwise individual sales will
be made.
~Leverett Bingman, l4.years-old, was elec-
trocuted at Lewistown Thursday evening. Stand-
ing on the wet pavement, he carelessly caught.
the end of an electric light wire that was swing
ing within his reach. [It was carrying 2,200 volts,
and the boy was thrown into the gutter at the
side of the street. His companion, Dewey:
Freed, ran two and a-half blocks to the plant to,
get the current turned off, while he was doing 50 .
scious form was a bundle of clothing lying there
smouldering. Death was instantaneous. Lua