MILLER'S ATTORNEYS GIVE
FOR GOOD
IT UP
The Expensive 'nice About Over. The At.
torneys Present a Petition Acknowl
edging Cronister's Eleetion nod
Ask that the County for
the Fun They Had.
Fay
The Sheriff contest instituted
the defeated Republican
Abram V. Miller, is at an end, and his
attorneys acknowledge the election of
William M. Cronister, the man whom
by
candidate,
CENTRE HALLS NOOMs
Work That Told
2 New
Past and Present-—-Some
and More Ahead New Houses
Water Works, new Bank, «
had solid boom
years ago, from the fact of hi:
few men with a genuine spirit of
fe
Our town fu
Ving
| terprise and who didn’t scare at
and obstacles thrown in the way,
set examples worthy of imitation
to “how to boom a town’. After
first impulse for
ments there came a lull caused
creating
depression of business throughout
But within the last
has been waking up
country,
there
town that is giving it new growt
Yi
i
in «
h and
-
NTRE HALL, PA
i
w i
and 6 per ct., since they pay only 2 and
[3 for it, and on a great part of deposits
| pay nothing, This we have from ru-
There seem to
| be some useful ones lying back yet.
mor as what's to come,
A move was once made against stores
charged with averaging 15 to 30 per ct,
profit, yet few get rich at Moral ;
Don’t meddle too much.
it,
March
Weather prophet
eather,
Foster stands by
ing ltorecasts of the kind to
look for.
of the
continent
My last bulletin gave forecasts
wave to
3d to the &
storm Cross the
from the ith and the next
the county had been accused of count-
ing into office.
The majority of Cronister was 186,
and at once Miller filed petition to the
court asking for a re-count of the In
lots in a number of
gross irregularities, and that
four and five hundred votes for Miller
had been counted for The
Democrats in reply charged the use of
money and many illeg:
a number of districts.
Judge Love ordered the ballot boxes
to be opened, and appointed ( P.
Hewes, Esq., examiner; H. C. Brew
and R. F. Hunter, clerks.
The re-count gave Mr. Crouister
11, with 51 irregularly
marked ballots for the court to dispose
Mr. C
could have had a majority of 19,
the
il-
distric
between
Crounister,
ii Voies cast in
3
{18S
fl
majority of
of. Under one ruling ronister
and
court, his
majority would have been 5. This set-
tled the contest. The citi
zens who swore that the over four hun-
dred votes counted for
stead of Miller, began *
by a reverse ruling of
ten good
Cronister in-
thin
and are likely wondering where t
seein’ £8,
hey
got the idea, for only four such ballots
were found.
The costs of the contest have alre ady
who
them is causing the Rs publican peti-
litt There
prevailing sentiment over the
reached $500, and just will pay
tioners no le worry. Is a
county
that the county be relieved of this un-
that Miller,
petit i
be
soaked for the fun they had.
necessary expense, and
his attorneys, and the ioners
Tuesday morning Miller's attorneys
presented the following petition to the
and we print it
io Hon.
Petitioners for contest
court, in full
the the Judo
sent of the Contestant, b
nted the (
A. D
ntest in the
That the facts set forth
in said petition were received from va-
sel, respectfully represe
$e 15043
That on December
their petition for co above
case was filed.
the cour
rious sources throughout
of is informa-
That a greater part
ed them by election officers, this infor-
mation your petitioners believed to be
i
true, and upon the faith of which, and
solely that of the people
might
elections
be maintained, this contest was
instituted. That the petitioners never |
intended this contest should extend to |
the investigation of the separate and |
illegal votes such as may have
cast by persons disqualified under the
law, for the reason that in such a con -
test, experience has shown that there
are about as many illegal votes on one
side as on the other. B
a for purposes would
largely increase the expenses to the
county, the purpose of the petitioners
being solely to determine the result of
the election by a recount of the ballots
by the Court in order to determine
whether the ballots were illegally
counted and returned or not. That
the Court ordered the opening of vari-
ous ballot boxes in various parts of the
county, and the ballots therein have
been counted by the Examiner ap-
pointed by the Court, and under the
supervision of the Court,
Nour petitioners have discovered by
the recount that the information re-
ceived by them, and under which
they filed their petition was not cor-
rect and that the parties making the |
affidavits were mistaken in their ree-|
ollections. Bo far as your petioners
have been able to learn the re-count of |
the ballots shows a small majority for
Cronister for sherifl,
een
yesides to w age
contest such
good
citizens bail with pleasure and delight
and which the Reporter and all
with prospect of amounting to
thing same earlier boom.
We will allude to the past specifi
y and ti the prospect
future has in store:
}, The
dwellings, a new and splendid water
works,
as our
ly wen take in
erection of two m
a fine newspaper estab
aud telling aid, material a:
£8]
INE, railroad
Hall,
other improvements, by the e
the
lay
Secure a It
contribut
and liberally
Reporter, with an actual casl
I
mainly g
of $30,000, the benefits
ing to home mechanics and laborer
Negotis
i an
1
il
tions for
lcient t
kind of
but
plant, su 0
that
concluded,
sired
Kurtz & Son's mill by fire and
quent heavy %, interfered
enterprize,
2, Close on
0. Deininger, 1
courage beyond scores
his
wiped the town by
times ment
i
£y
il
1
hau} ;
er hail dozer
siti
ings, two o
PArTARD Ee
His contribution to Centre
lier boom was perhaj # fully
In to
rovers
en, Beaver
iJ
thre
Lan
lodge r
ing was $5000,
4, The next enterprisis
who erect
use & Non,
afterwards enlargi
g it] ¢ 1 ¢
AI for tne m
They
1 of
umber, also 1
dwelling houses
would do credit to any town, and they
it either. We
contribution
imag
don't propose to qu
their
improvement,
ine
will
£15,006),
), The grangers pic-nie
clusive of land, received improvement
to amount of about $6000, with fu
improvemen's in prospect,
6, Wm. Col
the spirit of er
ver has given
terprize that |
ing
coal sheds, a large triple dwelling
him, by erect a
grain on
and
several single houses, also a aning
and saw mill, which was the n
bringing Poulson’s handle
Mr. olyer
We estimate his
fad
means t
our town, } erect
|
several more houses,
investments worth about £15,000
quite
Joob's wheel works, a
re-
think
14 ¢
iist of |
cent prosperous enterprise we
added no less than £5000 to the
business enterprises and he thinks he |
will be obliged to enlarge. |
8, Bartholmew’s dwelling and store |
combined, and grain house, wx
mate at $6000 planted by him.
The churches erected within the
above period, cost some £35,000 which
esti |
do not add them to the above men-
he
f 25th, great
west of Rockies coun
central val-
Mareh
wl y
MLE
3 weather bas much to do with
nany kinds of crops; ir. fact, nearly all
In the
much rains are
» affected by March weather,
hern states the
the nd
ifn
thern
fats
sinless Lie
—
Seeking Information.
-
hy 8 rier
zof being
ORTER a mem-
e walter company, I ask for in
formation Have se |
tened persons making
and some denying what is said as
ihe water company. Believing you’
answer these assertions truthfully, f
general informati
ber of th
veral times
s lis
tio
to ager
. I submit them
1. It is said the stock is watered
It Is said the tax is farhigher than
other {owns
Are earnings paying 12 p. et
What per ct. do other oe mpanies
i
get ?
5. Ia there law to make a water com-
pany do what is right
A CITIZEN.
the |
Ans: No. 1, Is utterly untrue,
No 2 Know of no town that charges
are not one half and doubly higher, |
on average, Bellefonte, Milton, Sha-|
mokin, Lewisburg, Myersdale, Lewis-
"HANNA THEIR IDOL.
| REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON
WORSHIPPING THEIR GOD.
He isthe Mast Popular Mun at the ( apitol,
and Is Shown More Deference than Me
Kinley. He is Getting a big Head
WasHING
son in Washington
March 1.
had
ing doubts about Mark
the
FON,
If any per-
any remain
Hanna
ng under the McKinley
3 ing
whole thi
administration, they must have been
disappointed since Hanvpa's arrive
ii
He attracts more deference—from Ji
publicans—than the four members of
McKinley's Cabinet who are in town
do combined, and aces
. 1 1 ’
and speaks with at
i
etorship, not only of
ministration bu
Congress,
DeECome t
$ ¢
iii
himself to
ali ou
ernment
I'reasury dey
tten cf have been
Department
mtent attor-
(srave wri n
with the P
ive Washington
udii
oat offioe
i
gent
Commissioner
g lemen who
the office
, against the firm known as
‘edderburn & Co., successors
he defunct Examiner Claims Bureau
i the Press Claims Co... in one sens
Na
publish-
seems not in all, and the
rder,
ed by the firm.
$38 §¢
it ii
tional Reco a newspaper
The charges go into
detail and close by asking that the Na-
be shut of the
fraud, and that a re
tional Recorder out
fraud or
Wedderburn &
under
mails as a
der be issued against
Co. for obtaining money false
pretenses. In addition to the written!
charges, a personal hearing was given
by the Postmaster General toa Com-
mittee representing the Patent Attor-
nevs who signed the charges,
If either Mr. or Mr.
ney can extract any satisfaction from
the part they played in getting from
Cleveland Ol
order to head oft the adoption by the |
President to demand the immediate
Republican leaders, who have been ex-
pecting that the
allowed to reorganize the Senate at the
extra without any trouble,
Mr. DuBois told them plain and flat
that the silver Republicans would not
KeRsion
help them and that they would not be
to he
| soon be seen whether Mr
spoke for
ty of
ators,
allowed Henate., It
DubBo
authori-
organize t
Wii in
himself alone or Dy
Ser.
the other Republican silver
Bo
HECLA GAME PRESERVE
Large Haunting and Fishing Associa-
tion Formed,
aT
ganne
oposed
to California will leave new
Philadelphia March
Chi Denver,
stopping at Omaha,
Colorado Sprit
the
HICARO
ge and the “Garden of i
d Salt Lake City. Tou
] al »:3 11
by special train of Pull
Gods,’ ar
Te
5
ists will travel
man palace cars going, and return on
ithin
one-way «
Via any route ww
Regular
be
this tour in connection with a specia
nine iths,
moa
issued fi
round-trip tickets will
ticket covering Pullman accommoda
tions, meals,
going.
and other tour features!
The latter ticket will be sold at |
From New York,
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, or Altoona,
$60.00: Pittsburg, $58.00,
ticket agents, Tourist!
Jrondway, New York, or
Apply to
Agent, 1196
SPRING MILLS
| Items of Interest from Our Corre spondent
in this Flourishing Town
Commercial agents are
#
blackberries in summer
port business very lig
ery numerous,
We had quite a sno
Monday
out but it
ders not y
last
ast, and ¢
March snow
name for slush
About every
nour village ha
Head or a cou
A Perfect Tour to Perfect Florida.
Eysiem.
es il convey its patrons t
f health and auty.
of Pullman palace
Il conveniences aff
wossible don
season
York
urists
il
in-
both
accommodations
will leave New
id Philadelphia Mareh 9.
rn by regular trai
May 31, 18097. Excursion t
» Jacksonville
= unt
ickets,
transportat on
and Pullman
following rates: From
New York $50.00: Philadelphia, $45.00:
$52.85; Erie, $54.85;
Pittsburg, $53.00, and at proportionate
town, altho the larger the place, the
Your petitioners would further rep-
resent that from the
of this contest, up to the present hour, i
it has been their aim to re-count the!
ballots, establish the truth, to the end
that the man who was duly elected |
should fill the office of sheriff. This!
{
commencement |
being the case in their judgment, and |
with the consent of the contestant and
by the advice of their counsel, they be-
lieve that further testimony ought not
to be taken in this case, and that the
county should not be subjected to any
further expense. Having made a care-
ful re-count of the ballots of the coun-
ty, we are convinced that but few mis
takes were made in marking, and most
of the people understand the ballots
sufficiently well to express their will,
We therefore cheerfully bow to the
sovereign will of the people as express-
ed by the independent voter, gand ask
the Court to dispose of this case upon
the report of the Examiner without
further testimony. And in view of all
facts, and the information and the af-
fidavits, which the petitioners had,
and upon which this case was based,
they would most respectfully request
the Court, in disposing of the case, to
certify that there was probable grounds
sufficient to warrant the contest, so
that the costs nay be paid by the
county. And in duty bound they will
ever pray, ete.
E. R. CrAMBERS,
A. QO.
Atturuvys
|
i
5
for Petitioner.
tioned. Nor do we include the imple-
having been established in the early
days of the town. Then we omit the
erection of individual dwellings, confi.
prising eflorts. The list above is what
made the town, and it is a pleasure
to mention that all are on deck yet
full of the same spirit, not a taint of
envy and jealousy within them to in-
terfere with such as work to build up
the town. The following is a re-
capitulation to show the aggregate of
their laudable work :
Gen, Beaver & Co,
W. H. Bartholmew,
The Grange,
W. W. Boob,
Wm. Colyer,
A. P. Luse & Bon,
J. O. Deininger,
Fred, Kurtz,
Total,
£8000
6,000
6,000
5,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
30,000
civ is $100,000
The next move in enterprise will be
more of a philanthropic nature, sub
rosa, yet : to establish water works to
rnish water at $1.00 per year and a
k that will bring down the loan
more can be supplied from same main
One who has belonged to the
company gives it as his opinion that
G
ihe
profitable investment.
cent, never bothered making inquiry.
position,
ts 5 fs -
One Way to be Mappy.
mew, Centre Hall, and G. H.
Large sizes 50c. and 25¢.
n money from 10and 19 per ot. to §
Thee RACP—onis of
to Ira ©, Korman, Onk Hall, Pa.
AL cong roi
{and unconditional release of SBanguily,
The
sentiment in Congress was pretty near-
hey should be allowed to do so.
1
i with Spain: “Oh, what welcome
| dent of oursin the White House, who
| for two years has been down on his
| hunkers before Spain. How joyous
| his honest and noble American heart
| must be, and in what transports of joy
| must be his magnificent person, when
he hears that by a combination be-
tween the crown of Spain and the
President of the U. 8. they have drag-
ged out of a poor creature a confession
which enables them to escape the dan-
ger of paying damages and gives them
the liberty of sleeping and snoring
like sluggards, while Americans suf
fer I"
It is a matter for all around congrat-
ulation that the Senate Committee on
public lands quickly investigated the
matter and unanimously arrived at
the conclusion that the land patent to
Mr. Perrine, the husband of Mrs.
Cleveland's mother, was regularly and
Tognily ined.
dd hd nm
*
Broad Sireet Station,
tats estas
Dangers of the Grip.
The greatest danger from La Grippe
is of its resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable care is used, however, and
all danger will be avoided. Among
the tens of thousands who have used
this remedy for la grippe, we have yet
to learn of a single case having result-
ed in pneumonia, which shows con-
clusively that this remedy is a certain
preventive of that dread disease. It
will effect a permanent cure in less
time than any other treatment. The
25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by J. H.
Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tus-
seyville; Wm. Pealer. Spring Mills;
R. E. Bartholomew, Centre Hall.
a ns A M8 A530
Oyster Sapper,
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Uni-
ted Evangelical Church will hold an
oyster supper in their room in the
Dinges building on Saturday afternoon
and evening, March 6th. The Pro-
owwids for the Venellt of the ehureh.
rates from other stations,
Apply ticket
to agents, Tourist
Geo, W. Boyd, Assistant General Pase-
enger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia. mard-2t
A pi
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Resolutions unanimously
by the Session of the :
Presbyterian church.
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty
God to call home the Senior member
of this body, Brother Elder George P.
Rearick, :
Resolved, That our fellow-laborer
was ever faithful to duty in upholding
the hands of his pastor, in giving wise
counsel to his brethren, in seeking the
welfare of the church universal, and in
unceasingly pouring forth effectual
and fervent prayers for his unsaved
friends and neighbors.
Resolved, That while we deeply re
alize our loss as a Session, church, and
community, we bow in submission to
*esoived, That we
' tf we. extend our
heartfelt sym to the sorrowing
Audis in | i Jeren 3
Resolv these resolutions
spread on the Sessional record, a
faintly, axd ao bo pubiben ioe
. in t
CENTRE pu te ;
By ender of Sewion.
/522 .
adopted
Sinking Creek