VOL. LXVIII.
PROBABLE EXTRA SESSION OF
The President May Call One to Pass a Cur-
rency BUL—Cameron’s Presidential
Aspirations,
WasHiNagTON, Dec. 31.—President
Cleveland is the only man who has
the authority to call an extra session
of Congress, but that little fact, im-
portant as it happens to be, is
relieved the President of all trouble in
the matter and assumed his authority
without even saying, by your leave,
sir, and who are now busy arranging
all the details of the extra
President Cleveland has not said that
he would call an extra but
both he and Secretary Carlisle some-
time ago pointed out to leading Demo-
crats that some sort of relief must soon
session.
session,
{ being done to try to defeat this appro-
| priation, but those who know him
| best do not believe he would defeat the
| appropriation, if he could, although he
{ would gladly vote to repeal the income
| tax. But voting to repeal a law and
| voting to withhold an appropriation
| necessary to enforce a law are two very
| different things. Attorney General
| Olney is confident that the attempt to
{ have the income tax declared uncon-
| stitutional by the courts will fail,
i nc fp Mem
{
A Successful Entertainment.
The Christmas entertainment held
| by the United Evangelical Sunday
| school of Spring Mills, in the town
{ hall on Christmas eve, was a success
| beyond all expectation. Never before
{in the town was a programme so well
{arranged and so perfectly rendered.
{ The music was charming and the au-
| dience was spell-bound by the grand-
{eur thereof. The blended so
| sweetly, distinctly, and with such
voices
FREE VETERINARY SERVICE,
State College Offers to Treat Horses and
Cattle Free,
Doctor Leonard Pearson,
University of Pennsylvania, will again
give the instruction in Veterinary Sci-
ence to the classes In Agriculture at
ry 2d, 1895.
A free clinic will be held at the ex-
periment station barn at State College
urday morning, January 4th, when a
limited number of horses, cattle, sheep
ete., will be treated free of charge, to
give the students a better opportunity
to become familiar with the
and ailments of live stock.
Any one having an animal
disenses
which
nicate with the undersigned at the
earliest possible moment, giving a de-
scription and history of the case,
A WITCH STORY
| HOW :SNYDER COUNTIANS WERE |
TROUBLED.
Snyder County Farce Back in the
1820, ~Historian Linn Describes
the
Year |
Trouble.
During this year a remarkable farce |
of witcheraft was played in the family |
of a man named Kern, in Beaver town- |
ship. He had a wife and two daugh- |
ters, and followed the occupation of |
farming, In his immediate vicinity |
lived a man named
some unknown cause, became a hypo-
chondriae, and the
impression got
abroad that he was bewitched. Soon |
after this the milk in Kern's spring-
house became sour, within a few hours
This
red daily, until the farce was conclud-
after it was placed there, oceur- |
ed, which was in two or three weeks,
The next played was of a more re-
LIST OF JURORS, FOSTERS PREDICTIONS,
Came True in December and
Speaks for January,
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent from
27th to 31st, and the next will reach
the Pacific coast about Jan. 1, cross the
western mountain country by the close
of 2nd, the great central valleys from
ord to 5th and the eastern states about
the 7th.
The second storm wave of January
will reach the Pacific coast about the
| 7th, cross the western mountain coun-
| try by close of 8th, the great central
valleys from 9th to 11th and the
| ern states about the 12.
{ Warm waves will cross the western
| monntain country about 1st and 7th,
| the great central valleys about 3rd and
| 9th and the eastern states about 5th to
| 11th. Cool waves will cross the west-
{
|
Drawn for January Term of Court, Begin.
Monday, January 28th,
He Now
GRAND JURORS,
Jacob Bottorf, College.
Miles Taylor, Union,
J. W. Biddle, Huston.
Thonms Hockman, Millheim,
J. A. Crider, Boggs.
Michael Dempsey, Rush.
James Reeder, Howard.
H. H. Schreyer, Bellefonte,
J. Frank
J. K. Bitner, Gregg.
(i. VanPelt, Centre Hall,
W. W. Bigler, Rush.
Jacob Fiedler; Haines,
8. R. Pringle, Worth.
Daniel Eisenhuth, Penn.
tobert Musser, Philipsburg.
Frank Pennington, Patton.
Oscar Stover, Harris.
Jacob Dunkle, Walker.
J. H. Wagner, Haines.
learick, Gregg,
enst-
{ern mountain country about 4th to
10th, the great central valleys 6th and
{12th and the eastern states Sth and
W. J. Karstetter., Penn.
J. H. Holt, Snow Shoe.
markable character. Kern's tables
and kitchen furniture were to be seen
be had for the Treasury, and that if| gree of expression that Spring Mills
m :
er. . a Sis A : Sow 0 the owners of such animals as are
this Congress failed to provide it ne-| peed never blush for its musicians. To the € 1 Lis as
| 14th. January tétperature for the
cessity might compel the calling of an
extra session. The situation has not
changed. The calling of an extra ses-
sion depends largely upon the action
or non-action of the Democrats in the
present Congress,
The Republican leaders would
gard the calling of an extra session of
Congress as great misfortune for
their party, although of the
Ire-
a
some
ing about “what we'd do.” The lead-
ers know that just as soon as a finan-
cial bill is reported to the Republican
House, a situation not widely
House will at once be developed; that
marked in their own as in the Demo-
cratic party; hence their dread of an
extra session the year before a Presi-
dential campaign.
Although a large proportion of the
Democratic members of the House
have returned to Washington, there is
nothing in sight upon which to pre-
diet with any degree of certainty what
¢y reform bill. In order that there
might be no
that every Democratic member might
feel at liberty to propose amendments,
President Cleveland has allowed it to
j be perfectly understood that he is not
rency reform, but is ready
hinds with the Democrats
gress upon any plan that can be agreed
upon. When the House Wed-
nesday the discussion of the
bill will be resumed and continued for
the rest of this week.
that no definite programme has been
arranged.
to join
in
meets
ocratic caucus to consider the bill and
proposed amendments will be
this week and that something will be
decided upon.
Senator Cameron, of Pa., has just
shown that a man may have Presi-
dential aspirations—aspirations are all
guard his tongue:
eron was peculiarly interested in the
Mahone lot, and that it was
has for four years been able to prevent
for a new Government Printing Office,
has long been known in Washington.
But that did not prevent general sur-
prise when Senator Cameron made the
flat-footed statement that the Senate
would agree to the purchase of the
Mahone lot, and shat only. Not very
complimentary to the Democratic ma-
. jority of the Senate, eh ?
Secretary Gresham presented the
new Austro-Hungarian minister to the
President Saturday afternoon. It hav-
ing been reported that the new minis-
ter was under instructions to demand
on behalf of his government certain
tariff concessions with a notice that
retaliation upon American products
would follow a refusal on the part of
this government, he has seen and ask-
ed if the report was true. He stated
positively that his government had
given no such instructions, and that it
had taken no action whatever con-
cerning the new tariff. Hé added
that he did not anticipate any com-
mercial trouble between his govern
ment and the United States on ac-
count of the new tariff.
Senator Cockrell, of Mo., chairman
of the Senate committee on appropria-
tions, takes no stock in there being
any serious attempt made to defeat the
clause in the urgency appropriation
bill appropriating money to meet the
expenses of collecting the income tax,
notwithstanding reports which pre-
tend to give the details of a combina-
tion organized to defeat that appro-
priation in the Senate. Mr. Cockrell
says he intends to get the bill before
the Senate as soon as possible and that
he anticipates no trouble in getting it
passed. Senator Quay is said to be
preparing an endless speech which he
proposes to make against the bill, and
Senator Lodge is also credited with a
lesire to talk against it. Senator Hill
figures in all the rumors about what is
The addresses and recitations were
| rendered with such elegance that we
| can call them nothing short of perfec-
[tion. The children did not appear
| with the usual sing-song speech, but
{ spoke as orators, and to add to the
| spice of all, Miss Lillie M. Rice, of
Lock Haven, a well known and expe-
| rienced speaker, gave the audience the
{ benefit of one of her best orations.
| The listeners joined in commending
| Rev, Hertz for the excellent manner
| by which he arranged and conducted,
{ what all agree as being the best enter-
{ tainment ever held in the place,
py .
A High Priced Calf.
The famous Jones county calf case,
{ involving the ownership ofa $2 calf,
{| which has been in the courts of Iowa
|since 1878, is still in litigation, the
| latest phase of the suit having been
| the decision by the Supreme Court of
| that State by which the costs of $2886.-
| 84 having been charged to the defen-
{dants. The original parties in the
| dispute have long since
!
|
passed
yond earth's pastures, and the original
{ calf has doubtless contributed its skin
| to cover many of the law books array-
{ed in the controversy. Nevertheless,
furnished sustenance
for one generation of attorneys, and,
the animal has
er.
lays of the law-—good enough to be
| stuffed as an object lesson .
Wp
New Year Squibs.
{ 1895 came in as bright and smiling
i as a silver dollar.
| Bleighing is good, and it has been
{ cold enough to prevent a thaw,
The Teachers’ Institute was a suc.
and a credit to superintendent
| Gramley and all participants.
Newt. Spangler, esq., with the be-
| ginning of the year became the Demo-
{ cratic County Chairman.
Geo. Benner, merchant at the sta-
tion, will skip to Bellefonte next April
Css
house rooms,
There is very little sickness in any
{ part of the valley at this time. Pity
the doctors.
The prospect for an ice crop is good
and some of the crystalized water is
already being housed.
Such of our patrons who kindly re-
sponded to our requests to square up
arrears before close of the old year,
have our thanks and an extra wish
for a Happy New Year. Now let the
rear come up too.
A Valuable Wood.
Black walnut is scarce wood thése
days, but old farms about Philadel-
phia still afford to the cabinet maker
noble specimens of the tree. It is said
that a black walnut 100 years old will
fetch in that region $100. Ro says a
news note. It would bring more than
$100 if only half as old. Walnut of
any kind is valuable, and he is the
wise man who plants his waste land
in that kind of wood or lines his way-
side fences with such trees, Ifa young
farmer does so he will live to reap a
fortune.
———————
Carlton Cornwell, foreman of the
Gazette, Middletown, N, J., believes
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
should be in every home. He used it
for a cold and it effected a speedy cure,
He says: “It is indeed a grand reme-
dy, I can recommend to all. I have
also seen it used for whooping cough,
with the best results.”” 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring
Mills, and 8B. M. Swartz, Tusseyville.
AL Mi
Died at the Age of 93,
Miss Emily L. Gerry, daughter of
Elbridge Gerry, one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence and
vice president of the United States,
died at her home in New Haven,
Conn., Saturday night, 93 years,
She has been for many ou the sole
remaining child of any of the signers
of the declaration.
accepted, ample notice will be given
of the date on whichsuch animals will
be treated,
Address all communications
cerning the matter to H. J. WATRES,
Professor of Agriculture,
State College, Pa.
Wo py
Selling Mard Clder
The owner of a cider mill in Bedford
county recently disposed of of
the surplus stock which had become
“hard.” Subsequently he was charg-
ed with violating the law to the
sale of intoxicants and convicted. In
expounding the law the judge said the
act of assembly in prohibiting the sale
of liquor without license, ete., makes
no mention of cider, but prohibits the
sale of liquors that are spirituous or
vinous, and those that are malt
brewed. Cider being neither malt
brewed, must be classed as
or vinous, or it would not
with the act. Judge Peck charged in
substance that if fermentation had
taken place to such an extent that the
{ sugar in the apple juice had
charged into alcohol, the cider
then vinous and within the
matter how small percentage
alcohol might be, and the fact that the
cider intoxicating, if
would be good evidence of the fact
sOHme
as
and
or
be classed
become
Was
act, no
of
the
was
that
alcohol was present in the cider, and
i therefore vinous. This case is
i tant for the reason that it will settle a
HI por-
{ doubt in the minds of a large number
{ of persons who make cider as to their
| making themselves criminally liable
| for the sale of it.
7
Jn Tuesday evening two young men
py
A Contemptible Trick
i
| this place. Arriving here they
| their horse in front of the bank build-
i
men when coming to the place where
| they had left their horse and sleigh,
:
:
| but they were unable to find them.
| Ateleven o'clock the young men
| concluded to start on their way home
walking, thinking the horse might
have broken loose and started home,
and they might oveatake him. The
the foot of the mountain. It is sup-
posed the horse had been driven by
some one during the evening and then
taken up there, where it was left stand-
ing all night without any covering.
This was a most concemptible trick
and if the parties who did it could be
found they should be severely punish-
ed. It was a young horse and might
There is good reason for the popular
ity of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Davis & Buzard, of West Montery,
Clarion Co., Pa., say: “It has cured
people that our physicians could do
nothing for. We persuaded them to
try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and they now recommend it
with the rest of us.” 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring
Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville.
tel nti
Madeline is After Willie,
It is said on good authority that the
attorneys for Madeline Pollard con-
template following Congressman
Breckinridge on his lecturing tour
throughout the country in an effort to
attach the receipts in payment of Miss
Pollard’s verdict for breach of promise.
This will be done, it is said, by filing
a transcript of the judgment had in
Washington in each place the Col. lee-
tures and basing a creditor's bill upon
that,
New Landlord,
D. C. Keller, of Turbotville, will re-
turn to this county again the coming
spring. He will locate at Bellefonte,
and mine host of the hotel
now by Gottlieb Haag, known as
the Cummings house,
flying in all directions, thrown, it was
by . supernatural means.
forks, ladles,
never remained more five
supposed,
Knives, ele,
min-
spoons,
than
utes on the dresser, after having been
placed there, but were thrown in va-
rious directions about the house: and
as the more believing portion of the
neighbors asserted, it was no uncom-
mon thing to see them thrown through !
the solid wall of the
leaving any mark of their passage in
house, without
all!
the purpose of trading some of his no-
the w A peddler who stopped for
tions to Kern, asserted that he had not
min-
utes before his hat and dog were thrown
through the wall of the kitchen.
t It not to
presumed that was influenced
propagating this story by the hope
assembling a crowd around his wagon. |
been in the house more than ten
into |
is be
he adjoining yard.
he in
of
During these transactions, Kern had
a numerous crowd daily at his house,
and on Sundays there was a gathering
at his door, such as the most eloquent
divine would have failed to assemble.
I
oa
Of these, the major part came prepar-
ed to believe all they saw, and all the y
Of course, there
I'he
of the visitors—a
might hear. Was no
lack of true stories. unbelieving
portion very small
men of
kept
and readily discovered
number, for sense generally
staid their
th
the daughters
at home eyes open,
the old
were the
ft
woman and
witches, and threw the knives, forks.
who
Called,
A witch doctor was
with
il wg
and mysterious rites were performed,
exorcizsms were chanted, and of
Seripture nailed to door
window in the house. The
however, set the doctor at naught, and
baffled all his schemes. At length a
party of young men, residing in New
Berlin, resolved to try their skill at
taking evil spirits. One of them hav-
ing procured a mask,
pair of furred gloves, and other neces-
sary apparatus, set out with the rest,
in the afternoon, and arrived at Kern's
{early in the evening. At their request
ete.
proceeded, great solemnity, to ex-
HH
pel the ev rit. Divers magical |
texts
every and
witches,
a flaxen-wig, a
hour. At
{ length, when all the visitors, except |
| satisfaction, until a late
to commence
operations. They desired to see how
the witches acted stairs, and
were accordingly conducted up the
ladder, accompanied by the whole fam-
ily. In the meantime, one of the par-
ty, who had a remarkably hoarse and
deep-toned voice, and who was to act |
the part of the devil, was notified by a |
preconcerted signal—for he had not!
entered the house—to prepare for ac-|
tion. He accordingly put on his wig |
and mask, which he rubbed with phos- |
phorus, and wrapped himself in a buf- |
falo-skin. The party upstairs were |
well provided with squibs. One of
them had a piece of phosphorous, with
which he wrote on the wall such words |
as “‘devil,” “hell,” ete., in a number of |
places. The signal being given, the |
candle was extinguished,’ the squibs
distributed most copiously, and the
horrid words on the wall shone out in
liquid fire. The barrels and furniture
in the room were trundled about the
floor, and an astounding uproar was
kept up for some minutes. Presently
a terrific roar was heard from below.
All parties ran to the stair<door, and
saw, at the foot of the ladder, His
Grim Majesty, in all the terrors of
flames, flax, fur, and horns. Satan
made an appropriate speech on the ocea-
sion, and then retired. His address
was followed by a most edifying ex-
hortation, by the wag of the party, on
the sin of deceiving. and the danger of
another visit from old Nick, if the
present practices should be persisted
in. The terrified witches made a full
confession, and so ended the enchant-
ment,
resolved
above
A IS ol in
Gov. Hastings is about ready now to
move to Harrisburg, and is negotia-
ting for a freight train to transport his
majority. 3
4
Thomas McCann, Snow Shoe,
(i. H. Yarnell, Walker.
TRAVERS]
J. A. Rowersox, Penn.
Christian Holter, Liberty.
Fmanuel
ITRORS—18T WEEK.
oan, Benner,
James Dumbleton, Rush.
Wm. Hosband, Union.
Morris Fitzgerald, Rush.
J. H. Miller, Ferguson.
James W. Clark, Liberty.
John T. Hoover, Philipsburg.
Wm Hunter, Spring.
Geo, W. Long, Liberty.
James K. Barnhart, Bellefonte.
Michael ¥. Hazel, Benner.
A. H. Hosterman, Harris,
J. W. Tress
Isaac Thomas, lefonte,
James Harris, Bellefonte.
P. R. Gorman, Rush.
James A. Quigley, Liberty.
Irvin G. Watson, Snow Shoe twp.
Wm. Hettinger, gi
W. L. Malin, Bellefonte.
Wm. Bible, Harris,
E. C. Eckenroth, Bellefonte.
Edward Kline, Potter.
8. W. McCoy, Potter
Emanuel Corman, Spri
ar, College,
del
Cregg.
ng
Samuel Diehl, Marion.
W. H. Neff, Howard boro.
W. M. Biddle Philipsburg.
Thomas Pilkington, Philipsburg.
Snyder Tate, Spring
James Corl, Spring
(i. Weston, Worth.
Geo, M. Homan, Haines,
Thomas Askey, Rush,
John W. Eby, Walker.
(i. K. Fishburn, Benner.
W. 1. Fleming, Bellefonte.
J. K. Rider, Ferguson.
Benner.
lowan, Huston.
NS. A. MeQuistian, Bellefonte,
John C. Mulfinger, Spring.
Thomas Harper, Haines.
A. G. Gorton, Philipsburg.
John Ardell, Jr., Bellefonte.
Moses Montgomery, Bellefonte,
Amos Koch,
(100,
TRAVERSE JURORS —2ZND WEEK.
Elmer Ross, College.
Henry Stoner, Potter.
A. A. Pletcher, Walker.
John T. MeCormick, Ferguson.
Frank Leitzell, Spring.
P. H. Haupt, Milesburg boro.
Robert Strunk, Spring.
G. WW, Williams, Worth.
J. 8. Smith, Snow Shoe.
I.. B. McEntire, Benner.
Jacob E. Snyder, Liberty.
Joseph Grossman, Potter.
E. P. Barton. Union.
Abram Luckenbach, Bellefonte.
John A. Dorman, Walker.
John MecKelvy, Huston.
Thomas E. Smith, Haines,
N. B. Fredericks, Union.
Geo. B. Haines, Miles,
Wm. Limbert, Miles.
Lincoln River, Rush.
8S. H. Kunes, Liberty.
Geo, R. Meek, Bellefonte.
H. C. Thompson, Worth.
J. Shannon Boal, Centre Hall.
John C. Eaton, Liberty.
Wm. Woodward, Howard twp.
Charles Wetzel, Spring.
Alfred Wasson, College.
Wm. McDowell, Marion.
John Kern, Penn.
W. C. Patterson, College.
Harris Poorman, Boggs.
Jacob Kelly, Howard twp.
O. P. Jones, Philipsburg.
John J, Ocker, Miles,
———— A —
Many stubborn and aggravating
cases of rheumatism that were believ-
ed to be incurable and accepted as life
legacies, have yielded to Chamber
lain’s Pain Balm, much to the sur
prise and gratification of the sufferers,
One application will relieve the pain
and suffering and its continued use in-
sures an effectual cure. For sale by
Wm. Pealer, Bpring Mills, and 8 M.
Swartz, Tusseyville,
~~<We are selling overcoats fit for a
king at prices Sat cuties Sur Rompe
tors excruciating pain. one
| whole United States will be above the
{ average, and rainfall about an average,
| while some localities will go above and
| others below the average.
| For weather purposes eastern states
| include the Atlantic coast east of the
| Alleghenies, including Maine to Flor-
|ida. In that weather division Janu-
{ary temperature and rainfall will be
| above the normal in the north part,
| average in central and below normal
{ in southern part.
Crreat central valleys include all the
{country from Canada to the Gulf of
| Mexico and between the summits of
tocky and Allegheny mountains, In
{that division the temperature and
| rainfall for January will be about nor-
{ mal, rainfall increasing to above nor-
{ mal toward the southeast and to
{low normal toward the northwest.
| Temperature will increase to above to-
{ ward the northwest and to
| ward the southeast.
On the Pacific slope the tempera-
ture and rainfall for January will be
above on the north and gradually de-
be
below to-
| creasing to below normal on thesouth-
ern part. The Ohio valley and Ten-
nessee and the lower lakes will have
an average temperature and rainfall in
January, the upper lakes inclined to-
ward warm gulf cold
tempera
and dry, east
{and wet, west gulf average
| ture and rainfall.
cf costs
COBURN
Interesting Items as Given by Our Corres.
pondent.
We now write it
new resolutions,
Miss Griffeth, of Philadelphia, after
spending several weeks at the home of
John Hoffa, departed for her home in
the city of Brotherly Love on Monday
i preceding Christmas.
| H. 8. Braucht, a student in Jeffer-
son Medical College of Philadelphia,
is spending the Christmas vacation un-
der the parental roof.
A. J. Campbell, who is now located
on Beech Creek, spent Christmas with
| his family.
| Miss Tammie Weaver, of Fiedler,
circulated among friends at this place
| Saturday and Sunday.
William C. Sheesley wearsa very
| broad smile and says it's a girl.
John Hoffa and wife spent a week in
| Union county visiting friends: they
returned on Saturday.
| The heavy snow delayed trains on
| the railroad several hours last Thurs.
| day.
Prof. James E. Harter and wife took
|a weeks’ jaunt to Altoona and spent
| their holidays visiting friends in the
| Mountain City.
| Luther Guisewite and family and J.
| F. Garthoff and family spent their
| Christmas with friends at Rebersburg.
Mr. William Herman has purchased
the Krader homestead from Daniel
Krader and Mrs. James Musser: con-
sideration $500.
People are busy harvesting their
crop of ice at present from the dam
here. It very seldom freezes over so
early in the season: but the cold weath-
er of the last few days has produced a
very excellent quality of ice.
The entertainments given in the
Lutheran and Reformed churches at
| this place on Saturday and Sunday
evenings respectively were well attend.
ed and both were well rendered. The
one on Saturday evening was a canta-
ta entitled “Santa Claus Boys; the
one on Sunday evening was a song
service entitled “Prince of Peace.’
Both churches were crowded to their
utmost capacity.
Mr. Platt has been confined to the
house for some time by a complica-
tion of diseases, but at ihis writing is
somewhat better, :
Mr. Glasgow, our hustling merch-
ant had a large new sign put up in
front of his place of business one day
Inst week.
There seems to be a steady improve-
ment in the lumber business at this
place; the shipments being unusually
heavy for this season of the year; a
500d 81g Yaak batter times ave in store
us,
1895, for
Time
w