Demorvatic; at Judge Ellis L. Orvis Hands Bellefonte, Pa., January 22, 1915. ! : | | Eomor | | i | | 1 1 P.GRAYMEEK, - - - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 2.00 Paid after expiration of year - sm ——Several children have been born in the White House but itis now for the | first time enjoying the experience of ! being a grand-daddy. i —The one sure thing about being perverts his oath of office. Down . | Strong Opinion on License Question. | Takes Issue With Judge Cresswell, of Venango County. Maintains Court is Com- pelled to Grant License Under Law. ing With Customers or at Own Bar. Landlords Must Quit Drink- Judge Ellis L. Orvis on Monday handed down one of the strongest and most lucid opinions on the granting of licenses that has been handed down by any judge in the State. He takes issue with Judge Cresswell, of Venango county, and states that the Superior court decision was grossly misrepresented by the press of the State. Judge Orvis maintains that it is as much the court’s duty to grant li_ cense to responsible parties who have met the full requirements of the Brooks | high license law as it is to sentence a criminal who has been convicted under the law, and any judge who fails or refuses to do so for purely sentimental reasons Judge Orvis admits that there was an improvement in the conduct of the ho- President of Mexico seems to be that | there is always one road left open over which a get-away can be made. ——That little scrimmage in the Bea- ver county Democratic committee the other day ought to serve as an admoni- | tion to the faction breeders in control of | the organization. ——Whatever else is in doubt with respect to the Governor's Cabinet BIGE- LOW has to go or BRUMBAUGH will be automatically fitted into the office of |. the Ananias club. ——It may not be a matter of any great importance to President WILSON, or of any value at all to the general pub- lic, but WOODROW certainly has Colonel WATTERSON entranced. ——The Montgomery County Manu- tels during the past year, and to bring about a better state of efficiency he re. quests that all applicants give a pledge not to drink with their customers or at their own bar, and to agree to see that their bar-tenders observe the same rule. They must also renew the pledges made last year, which in the main are as follows: Not to sell to any State College, Bellefonte Academy or any other student in the county. To observe Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial day and Good Friday as holidays. : Not to furnish liquor to card parties or other games, in hotel rooms. . And to close bars at ten o’clock p. m. : The court also reserves the right to hold over'two or three of the applications for further consideration and investigation, though no intimation is given as to what applications they are. The Judge's opinion in full is as follows: their customers or at their own bar. We are compelled to certify as to the sobriety |of the applicant and his agents. It is . manifest that the landlord can maintain ' the peace and good order of his house and be much more free to act if not ! drinking with his customers. In view of the record, the total lack of evidence, | and of the long-standing of the different licenses before us, we feel that we have no alternative but to grant the most of them, upon a renewal of the pledges : made a year ago, with the additional one just above referred to. We have reserved our right to hold over two or three for further consideration and investiga- | tion. By the Court, i ELLIS L. ORVIS, P. J. SHELDEN.—Following an illness of some months with a complication of diseases | Mrs. Ellen Honora Allen Shelden, died | at her rooms in the Bush house on Wed- i nesday morning at eight o'clock. Her i parents were Dr. William Henry Allen ' and Elfen Honora Curtin Allen and she , was born in Philadelphia on April 14th, | 1851, hence at her death was 63 years, 9 i months and 6 days old. Her father was rat one time president of the Farmer's | High school (now State College) and ! went from there to Philadelphia where | for years he was president of Girard Col- | lege. Her mother was a sister of An- | drew G. Curtin, Pennsylvania’s War Gov- iernor. She died when her daughter was but ten months old and her aunt, Miss {Julia Curtin, took charge of the Allen | household and had the responsibility of | raising Mrs. Shelden from childhood, and “Ordinarily, the record in this case would make it unnecessary for this Court to file an opinion were it not desirable to correct the profound misconception of the license law of Pennsylvania, caused disobeys the rules of law as laid down | has made her home with her ever since. by the appellste eur, is Same opi; On February 25th, 1873, Miss Allen ion goes further an eclares tha e | i § i Court commits error if it rules that the | Was united n marnage to Henry Shet word “necessary” must be synonomous den, a prominent lumberman of Philadel- facturers’ association appears to have | by a widely spread misrepresentation of been “hoist upon its own petard.” But | the Spiion of the Superior court in the : Eas now celebrat enango cases. those tariff-pampered blatherskites | There isno complaint or charge made brought it upon themselves. | against the applicant. In this respect TE 3 his application is not peculiar, for there Don’t worry about the boy who is is no complaint or charge against any | alleged to have mouth disease. Uncle ; applicant ied with 2uy of the other re- | it i | spective applications. ere are remon- Jos Canyon has had n in Bepravail | strances filed, but only against the appli- form, for more than sixty years, and he | ., 5 residing in the three boroughs of is not yet making any effort to be cured. | Bellefonte, Philipsburg, and Centre Hall. | There are no remonstrances filed against | any of the other applicants in the coun- I ty. The only basis for the remonstranc- i es filed is the allegation that there is no PROCEEDINGS OF BoroucH CouNCIL.— | necessity for the license asked for. This Seven members were present at the regu- i allegation is not supported by any testi- lar meeting of borough council on Mon- | mony or other evidence of any kind. In day evening. | the said three boroughs there is no dis- ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. with “indispensable,” or that the “public accommodation which the law is intend- ed to promote is to be ignored or treat- ed as of little importance as compared with the objectionable features of the business.” The said opinion finally closes with the following words which ought to throw clear light upon the whole situation. “It is not our province to discuss or determine the correctness of the result reached. As has been declared repeatedly, it is the discretion of the court of quarter sessions, not ours, that the law requires.” This opinion of the Superior court, in harmony with all other decisions of said court and the Supreme court, unhesitat- ingly expounds the present law to be in no sense prohibition or local option leg- islation but just the opposite. It is a | phia, and her short married life was spent in that city. After the death of | her husband she moved to Torresdale | where she lived until she came to Belle- fonte eight years ago. She is survived ' by one son, William Henry Allen Shel- "den, of Stamford, Conn.; a grand-son, ' Gregg Shelden, of Bellefonte; one sis- ter, Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, of Philadelphia, and her aunt, Miss Julia Curtin, of this place. Funeral services . will be held in St. John’s Catholic church {at ten o'clock this (Friday) morning, | after which burial will be made in the ' Simpson lot in the Catholic cemetery. i I | ' man, school director and auditor. John J. Bower was present and stated | that the Logan fire engine was in need : of some repairs, as in its present condi- tion it loses about twenty-five per cent. of its efficiency. The Street committee reported that the traffic ordinance signs had been put up at points where the committee deemed them most needed, and that as soon as possible arrangements would be made to | crimination, the remonstrants treating all .the applicants with equal impartiality, making no attempt even to allege that one is worse than another, or that any have infringed the law or violated the rules of this Court. | We are thus presented with a peculiar situation, namely, an urgent request to | declare hotel licenses unneccessary in : the three principal boroughs of the coun- ' ty, with the tacit acquiescence of all the temperance forces that in the smaller towns and country districts the remain- revenue raising measure largely exercis- | ed through the hotels of the Common- | . wealth, and its avowed purpose is to reg- | a resident of Bellefonte, died at the home Yale 2nd contro) hue Jot to destroy or of his daughter at Belleville at one prohibit the sale of intoxicants in Penn- | , i . sylvania. For this legislation and for | o'clock fast Friday afternoon. as the re this law the people’s representatives in 'Sult of paralysis. He was a son of Col- the Legislature are primarily responsible. | lum and Rose Ann Fox and was born at Under our system of government the law | Siglersville on May 12th, 1852, making his making power is vested exclusively in | the Legislature and the electorate. The | 28¢ Ezyears, S months pnd 1 days, When sole function of courts is to expound and | @ Young man he learned the trade of a enforce the law. Any attempt to ignore | shoemaker, which he followed all his life. Fox.—Henry Fox, for a number of years | have them illuminated at night. Mr. ing licenses are necessary. In other Harris asked that the police be instruct- | words, while there is no dispute before ed to enforce the ordinance. the Court but that a hotel is necessary = : : ' in Howard, Rebersburg and Spring Mills, The Special committee reported that | the Court is.urged to hold, without gay they had conferred with superintendent | testimony or evidence of any kind that H. J. Thompson, of the State-Centre | licensed hotels are not necessary in the : oa 1; , county-seat. company, regarding the borough’s light | The argument in support of all re- bills for November and December and monstrances, illogical as it may seem, is had arranged a ten per cent. reduction as based upon the fact that Judge Cresswell a satisfactory adjustment of same. The! Tersed Poanses I hn : : i £0, an at in an - committee's action ' was, approved by | cial action the Superior court refused to council. { reverse him in a somewhat lengthy opin- The Water committee through borough | ion which as has been just said has been solicitor J. Thomas Mitchell presented | misconceived and profoundly misrepre- the statement of water taxes as collected by the late Wm. A. Ishler and also by J. M. Keichline. The statement was ap- proved by the Water committee and the borough auditors and showed a balance due the borough by Mr. Ishler of $21.02, for which a check was presented. The report was approved by council and the bond of Mr. Ishler discharged. The com- mittee then presented the bond of J. M. Keichline in the sum of $5,000, with the Bellefonte Trust company as surety, and the same was approved by council. Mr. Naginey then asked how much water tax was being paid by the Belle- fonte Academy. He was informed that according to the statement the Academy was assessed $13.00 each for the two Spring street houses and $8.00 for the residence at the Academy. Both he and Mr. Lyon protested very emphatically against furnishing the water for the Academy building, heating plant, etc., free of cost, and insisted that a meter be put on to at least find out the amount of water being used. President Walker finally told them that the question was not properly before council and until it was brought up reguiarly for discussion should be deferred. President Walker reappointed Jos. L. Montgomery a member of the board of health for a term of five years from January 1st, 1915. -Bills to the amount of $971.08 were ap- . proved and council adjourned. > ——If you always want to have the best take the WATCHMAN and you'll | P° have it. > BIRTHS AND DEATHS.—Miss Alice Tate, registrar of vital statistics for this dis- trict, reports a total of 272 births for 1914 as against 274 for 1913, while the deaths in 1914 were 163 as against 139 for 1913. The births and deaths for 1914 follows: : were as Births. Deaths, 101 105 30 13 89 29 38 1 1 5 272 163 ~——W. R. Shope & Son have decided to close cut their store in the Aiken block and the room has been rented by Max Kalin, of Ford City, who will open a shoe store there on March 15th. ~=—TFor high class Job Work the WATCHMAN Office. come to sented. : The fact is, that the Superior Court in | the Venango cases reaffirmed the law as | it has always been understood by intelli- | gent judges and lawyers, and reaffirmed | its principles in the most clear and con- | vincing language, so that any fair and unprejudiced mind can understand the | law as it always has and still is held. | The:present license legislation places i in the several Courts of Quarter Sessions | the exclusive jurisdiction and power to i grant licenses. Neither the Superior nor | Supreme courts can grant or refuse an | application. On an appeal from the ac- | tion of the court below, neither the evi- i dence nor the merits of the case go be- , fore the appellate court. No matter how arbitrary, unfair, and unreasonable may be the! action of the license court, there can be no relief or no reversal unless that court plainly puts upon the record that its action was controlled or guided by some principle that is not the law of the Commonwealth. In the Venango cases, Judge Cresswell placed upon the record that he had heard and considered the evidence and found that there was no necessity for that particular license. It is true that he filed a long opinion in which he hinted that there was a change of feeling in the county on the question of licenses, and it might be inferred that to a certain extent at least, he was con- i trolled by that feeling. This inference, however, was negatived by his plain statement to the contrary in his final ac- tion in each case. The disappointed ap- plicants, however, attempted to reverse the Venango court on the theory as stat- ed by the Superior court in the follow- ing language. “Does a license judge abuse his judicial discre- tion where he refuses all applications on the sole ground of non-necessity, based and conside exclusively upon the conclusion that there is a growing sentiment against the liquor traffic gen- erally, and that the granting of liquor licenses in int of public economics, morals, law and onder is detrimental to the communities aff Upon this question the Superior Court rules as follows: “If we could agree with the learned counsel that this is the question presented by the records or by the opinion, we should unhesitatingly agree with them that there was a tion by that court of the nature and extent its dis. cretionary power and of the legal principles gov- erning its exercise, and the enforcement that erroneous view, by its action, was not the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, but would be justly characterized, as a determination not according to law but outside of law an fore not a legal j ent but the exercise of an itrary will. A decree made arbitrarily, or in violation of law, it is our plain duty to set_ aside. For example, if a judge a license, because in his opinion the law Suthorizing Ii- censes is a bad law, or if he should grant all li. censes use he believed the law wrong as tending to confer a privilege on a few, in either case there would be no exe: of judicial discietion; but would be th. mere despotic as- sertion trary will by one in power, that sort of lessnase wisic] which js least excusable and i i of law] excites most in The Superior court then proceeds to state that they could not determine from the way Judge Cresswell disposes of each case that he acted upon this principle, and leaves it to the conscience of the li- cense judge whether or not he obeys or there- | is a logical goal to be reached, or deny legislation or to legislate cially would manifestly be judicial usurp- ation. A judge that knowingly and con- sciously violates our present High License Act and ‘the construction of our. higher Ly courts thereupon, could not consisten impose sentence upon prisoners after be- ing convicted of violating other legisla- tive statutes of the Commonwealth. This legislation requires the courts to hear the testimony and pass upon the merits of each license application. It is, therefore, unthinkable for one to pledge himeslf in advance out of deference to some supposed moral sentiment to re- fuse all licenses when he must take an oath that requires him to impartially hear each case and dispose of the same in accordance with the principles iaid down by the appellate courts. Recently, this court as well as others, have been urged to follow the example of one or two of the judges of the State, who are alleged to have refused all licenses in the county because of their high moral sense or of deference to the same sentiment in the community and it has been urgently argued that because these judges can so act we have the same arbitrary power. We cannot force ourselves to believe that there is any judge so lost to his sense of judicial responsibility as will allow him to pass upon the legal rights of peti- tioners in his court for license through motives contrary to the law. The judges quoted, themselves deny the statement of their admiring friends and are care- ful to place upon the record that their action in each case is controlled by the evidence and after a fair hearing and in accordance with the well recognized prin- ciples of the law. Even if we were con- vinced that these judges against their own judicial declarations acted in the license cases for reasons that they did not dare put upon the record, it should not be a precedent for our action. As well might we ask all jurors to disregard all evidence and the rules of law laid down by the court, because we might suspect some jurors to have done so in a single case. ; The fact is, that our temperance work- ers are so hostile to the present scheme of license legislation, that they are not willing to recognize it or for the most part to ‘aid and enforce its provis- ions. For this reason more than any other, this Court feels the lack of intelligent co-operation with such forces in the enforcement of the law. With ered | Such co-operation, all landlords unfit for license would soon be driven out of the county, and the character of our licens- ed houses markedly improved. As it is, however, the Court receives the benefit of no such co-operation, no evidence is given bearing upon the relative charac- ter, qualification and sobriety of the several landlords; or the quality and value of the service to the public in their respective inns or taverns. Rather than to aid in improving the hotel service and of | raising the standard of licensed places, our temperance friends seem to make their slogan, “noae or all.” While this it can only properly be reached through legis- lative channels and not through judicial. As the law now is, we cannot be con- trolled by our personal wishes or by the sentiment and standards of the commu- nity. Where our present laws may be wrong, let them be changed through the intelligent action of of the electorate and its representatives at Harrisburg. Many representations have come to us that have convinced us that the pledges taken by the applicants a year ago have somewhat bettered conditions in this county. We will ask all applicants to add one additional promise, namely, not to drink or let bar-tenders drink with judi- | During his residence in Bellefonte he | worked at his trade in Mingle’s shoe | store. He was married to Miss Margaret { Tomlinson, who died about, two years | ago, but surviving him are the following | children: Mrs. Ella Kennedy, of Belle- i ville; Mrs. Rose Gibboney, of Trenton, IN. J.; Mrs. Sarah McDonald, of Belle- i ville; James Fox, of State College, and Mrs. Charles Brachbill, of Bellefonte. He also leaves one brother and one sister, Michael Fox, of Belleville, and Mrs. F. S. Steinkirchner, of Newton, Kan. Funeral services were held at the Kennedy, home at Belleville on Monday afternoon by Rev. C. S. Bottiger, after which burial was made in the Belleville cemetery. | I NEESE.—Mrs. Elizabeth Neese, of Spring Mills, was stricken with apoplexy while sitting at the breakfast table last Thursday morning and died before she could be removed from her chair. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Braucht and was born at Coburn on April 25th, 1840, hence was 74 years, 8 months and 19 days old. She was a member of the Reformed church all her life. Mr. Neese died less than a year ago but surviving the deceased are two chil- dren, John and William, both of Gregg township. She also leaves one brother, John Braucht, of Coburn. Rev. Donat had charge of the funeral services which were held on Monday morning, burial being made in the Heckman ceme- tery. 1 ! SHONTZ.—Mrs. Mary Shontz died quite unexpectedly in Philadelphia on Satur- day. She had been a sufferer with rheu- matism for quite a while but had recov- ered and none of her friends here knew of her illness until they learned of her ‘death. She was a daughter of George and Harriet Livingstone Pifer and was born in Bellefonte. She went to Phila- delphia with her parents when a young woman and it was there she married and spent all her wedded life. Her husband died some years ago but surviving her are two daughters and two adopted daughters. Burial was made on Tues- day. I | ERTLE.—MTrs. Frances Ertle, wife of Ja- cob Ertle, of Milesburg, died at the Belle- fonte hospital on Wednesday afternoon of cancer of the liver. Her maiden name was Frances Sharp and she was about sixty-five years of age. Surviving her are her husband and two brothers, George Sharp, of Bellefonte, and Winton Sharp, of Lancaster. The funeral will be held this (Friday) afternoon, burial to be made at Curtin, I | RoBB.—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Robb, of Blanchard, are mourning the death of their eight year old son Glenn, who died on Saturday after a brief illness with tonsilitis and croup. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon, burial being made in the Fearon cemetery. Eppy.—Though it was not unexpected ! the death of Lyman T. Eddy, at his home in Milesburg, shortly before mid- night, was cause for general sorrow and regret among his many friends in that place and Bellefonte. Mr. Eddy became ill about a year ago with what was be- lieved to be stomach trouble but about six months ago his ailment developed into an incurable malady and from that time he grew constantly worse until the end. Deceased was a son of Thomas H. and Sarah M. Eddy and was born at Miles- burg on January 30th, 1841, hence he was within fourteen days of being seven- ty-four years old. His father operated an axe factory at Milesburg but several years after Lyman’s birth he moved to Lamar. There it was that the latter grew to manhood and received his early education by attending school during the winter and working on the farm in the summer. At the age of sixteen years he began teaching and during a period of five years he taught school and attended Williamsport Dickinson Seminary during parts of several terms. He then entered the employ of the Washington iron works at Lamar when he remained for a period of ten years, filling the position of book-keeper, salesman and manager. On November 1st, 1872, he became book- keeper and manager of the McCoy & Linn Iron company, at: Milesburg, and had been with that company continuous- ly until his late illness. Mr. Eddy was a member of the Meth- | odist church of Milesburg and one of the greatest church workers in the State. He served as steward, trustee, secretary : to the board of trustees, president of the ! Epworth League, class leader, superin- | tendent of the Sunday school, organist and choirister, and in addition taught a class in the Sunday school. He was a vocalist of considerable ability and music was one of his great delights. He was a faithful christian gentleman, and his greatest happiness was in doing good unto others. : During his entire life in Milesburg Mr. Eddy was prominently connected in one way or another with thé business and political interests of the town. He filled various borough offices, such as council- He was a member of Bald Eagle Lodge No. 410, I. O. O. F., in which he passed all the chairs. He lived beyond the allotted three score and ten, but every year was freighted with good deeds well done. On August 10th, 1862, Mr. Eddy was united in marriage to Miss Margaret E. Walker, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman, of Milesburg. ! One son died at the age of one year. Funeral services were held in the Miles- burg Methodist church at 12.30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon by his pastor, Rev. H.'K. Ash, assisted by’ ‘other ‘resident ministers. Burial was madé in the Union cemetery, Bellefonte. | 1 SHERRY. — Mrs. Anna Mary Sherry, widow of Anthony Sherry, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Deck- er, of Decker’s Hollow, near Tyrone, on Sunday morning, of general debility. | She was born in Germany and was al-! most ninety-one years of age. She came ' to this country when fifteen years of age and a few years later was married to Anthony Sherry. They made their home in Bald Eagle valley until the death of Mr. Sherry since which time Mrs. Sher- ry made her home with her daughter. She is survived by six children, as fol- lows: Mrs. Jennie Decker, at whose home she died; Mrs. Caroline McAvoy, of Kane; George Sherry, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Anna Scholl and Anthony Sherry, of St. Mary’s, and Mrs. Peters, of Ty- rone. . Funeral services were held in St. Matthew’s Catholic church, Tyrone, at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning by Rev. ! Father J. F. Looney, after which burial was made in Oak Grove cemetery, Ty- rone. | | MEYERS.— Mrs. Mary Rosetta Meyers, wife of Joseph Meyers, died very unex- pectedly on Wednesday morning, after only a day’s illness with uramric poison- ing. She was a daughter, of Oliver H. and Anna Weaver Wolf and was born at Wolf's Store on May 8th, "1872, hence was in her forty-third year. She was married to Mr. Meyers about fourteen years ago and he survives with three young children, namely: Ethel, Rebecca, and John, all at home. She also leaves her mother and twin brother, E. R. Wolf, both of Wolf’s Store. She was a mem- ber of the Lutheran church since girl- hood. The remains will be taken to Boalsburg where the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. Revs. J. I. Stone- cypher and S. C. Stover will have charge of the services and burial will be made in the Boalsburg cemetery. 1 | RUNKLE.—MTrs. Lucinda Geary Runkle, widow of Hon. John K. Runkle, died at her home at Spring Mills on Wednesday of last week of paralysis, aged 88 years and 11 months. Her husband, who was at one time associate judge of Centre county, died thirty-two years ago but surviving her are the following children: C. D. Runkle, of Pittsburgh; Jacob Run- kle and Mrs. Amelia Ruble, of Oklaho- ma; A. N. Runkle, of California; J. H. Runkle, of Centre Hall; Dr. S. C. Run- kle, of Philadelphia; Rev. J. M. Runkle, of Newport; Miss Sarah R. Runkle, at home; Mrs. W. A. McClellan, of Rock- wood, and Mrs. John B. White, of Altoo- na. The funeral was held on Saturday morning, burial being made at Tussey- ville. 5 Norris.—Charles Comley Norris died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Emily Norris Bogle, at the Forge House, on Sunday morning, following an illness of some weeks with diabetes. He was a son of John and Lucy Com- : ley Norris, and was born at Milton on July 17th, 1840, making his age 74 years and 6 months. His parents were de- scended from the Judge Brown family, at one time owners of the iron works at Burnham. When Mr. Norris was a boy his parents moved to Danville where he grew to manhood and got his first busi- ness experience clerking in a department store. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted as second lieutenant of Compa- ny A, 132nd regiment Penna. Vols. on August 15th, 1862. He was promoted to captain of his company on November 1st, 1862, and was mustered out of serv- ice in May, 1863. In June, 1863, he re- enlisted as lieutenant of Company E, 28th emergency infantry and served with the Army of the Potomac during the campaign in Virginia. He was in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain and Chancellorsville, as well as a number of minor engagements. Returning from the war he located at Danville but later went to Philadelphia and i as a member of the firm of S. I. Comley & Co., engaged in the grain and commis- sion business. He was a member of the i Commercial Exchange, the Union League and the Loyal Legion. He was married ' to Miss Jane McCarty, who died three years ago. About eighteen months ago he came to Bellefonte and has since made his home at the Forge House. Sur- viving him is one son, Charles Comley Norris Jr.. an attorney-at-law, of Phil- adelphia; also two sisters, Miss Sara Nor- ris, who spends most of her time in Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Emily Norris Bo- gle, of Bellefonte. The remains were taken to Milton on Tuesday afternoon for burial in the family lot. I 1 STONER.—John Stoner, the oldest resi- dent of Millheim and for a number of years president of the Millheim Banking . company, died on Thursday of last week of general infirmities, aged 95 years. He was born in Germany but came to this country when twelve years old. When a young man he engaged in farming in Penn township and for many years had been a resident of Millheim, where he engaged in various business pursuits. | He was twice married, his first wife be- ing Elizabeth Lingle. She died twenty- four years ago leaving the following children: Mrs. Lavina Walters, of Spring Mills; Henry, of State College; Mrs. Susan Long, of near Potters Mills; Mrs. W. S. Mayes, of Millheim; William, i of Ellwood, Ill.; Mrs. Francis Smith, of Freeport, Ill.; Reuben, of Centralia, Cal.; , David and ‘Mrs. George Zerby, of Tus- seyville. His second wife was Mrs." Ma- ry Snook, who survives with one daugh- | ter, Elizabeth. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning in the Reform- | ed church, by Rev. W. D. Donat, after which burial was made in the Millheim cemetery. i I BROWER.—John Martin Brower, a well known resident of Benner township, died at his home near Valley View at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning of last | week, after a prolonged illness with Bright's disease. Deceased was a son of ! John and Elizabeth Brower and was born ! at Williamsburg, Blair county, on January | 27th, 1833, hence was within fourteen | days of being eighty-two years old. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the i 149th regiment and when an organization ‘was effected at Carlisle his fine pen- manship attracted the attention of his | officers and he was detached from the j ranks and made a clerk. Mr. Brower { had been a resident of Centre county for | many years. ‘His wife, who before her ( marriage was Nancy A. Glenn, died two years ago but he leaves an adopted daughter, Jennie Brower, and a nephew, W. C. Kesser, with whom he made his home. Funeral services were held at his late home at ten o'clock last Saturday | morning by Revs. E. H. Yocum and C. C. Shuey, after which burial was mad in the Union cemetery. ! | | BLAND.— Cornelius Bland, a former resident of Bellefonte but whe for some years had made his home with his son Wilbur, at Centre Hall, died shortly be- fore noon last Friday. On Wednesday he was out walking in the woods above the house when he was stricken with paralysis, lingering in an unconscious condition until his death. Deceased was a native of Centre coun- ty and was born on July 22nd, 1831, making his age at death 83 years, 5 | months and 15 days. During the Civil war he served as a member of Company D, Forty-fifth regiment. After the war he located in Bellefonte and lived here for many years. His wife, whose maiden name was Miss Eliza Ort, died thirteen years ago, since which time he made his home with his son and only surviving child, Wilbur Bland, at Centre Hall Funeral services were held at his late home at 2.30 o’clock on Monday after- noon by Rev. Kurtz, of the Lutheran church, after which the remains were brought to Bellefonte for interment in ‘the Union cemetery. ——Daddy—No, yer mother never drest the way you girls do today to catch a husband. - Daughter—Yes, but look at what she Pe £0 ~——They are all good enough, but the | WATCHMAN is always the best, :
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