VOL. LXXII. JOHN BLAIR LINN. ONE OF BELLEFONTE'S PROMI NENT CITIZENS DEAD. Had Served Pahblie Office, A Several Works on Local History. uthor of in in for Over » Year, Hon. John Blair Linn, oue of Belle- fonte’'s most eminent and citizens, died at his home last afternoon. For more than a was suffering from respected hie the year a disease of spine and for some time past almost helpless. 2 months and 17 days. He was of an ancient family his an- cesters emigrating from Ireland (Chester county more than 100 ago. John B., Linn was a son eminent jurist, James F. Linn. was born in Lewisburg, October 1821. His early education was receiv- ed at the Lewisburg Academy, and he he His nge was 67 years, to Years of He cersburg, when seventeen years of age. Studying law under his father, Linn was admitted to the bar in 1551. Lewisburg. He went to Bellefonte in 1871. monwealth, under M. 5S. Quay, when the latter resigned in 15878, was commissioned his successor, ing under Hoyt. On recommendation of Governor ranft, Linn, with Dr. E Linn (tovernor gke, ives, a work, that was a great both. Subsequently he wrote published “The Annals of the lo Valley,”! Duke of Y “T.aws of the Provinee, ry of Centre and Clinton Linn was twice married, and Laws." x histo count 0 ork’s " gnd his first wife the wd son, a relative of the late Gov- having been Miss Pollock, So Miss Wil ernor Curtin. ren survive him. His wife and two ¢hild- HE The First Test, Monday evening, the first test was made of the fire apparatus recently purchased by the boro, the test was satisfactory. The fire hose was at- tachéd to the plug in of the rail- road depot and a stream was said to be thrown 180 feet. This plug er water pressure than any town, it being the lowest point on the mains. Laste tached to a plug in the diamond for about ten minute was thrown over far enough to easily cover ing in this part of the town. was satisfactory, and with plenty of water the boro will have first-class fire protection. The thaws and the rains recently, raised the springs, and there the first time the and front has vening the hose was at- aud 4 and ineh stream hundred feet, any build- one is now plenty of water, since last October, when accepted | the water mains, council % clip I. i # Received an Eacore From s Joliet, 1iL, paper, we the following from a report of a Christ- mas entertainment given bya M. EE chureh: ‘Little Candace Mersinger recited “Dickie’'s Christinas’ in charming s manuer, that the audience insisted on a recall, and the little girl | very graciously responded, reciting James Whiteomb Riley's, “Little Oe- phan Aunie,” in a natural manoer.” BO and is » sEsaan, Mersinger A. | ter of Philip grand-daughter of J. Centre Hall. sil nl ospiiin A Sanday Evening Wedding, On Sunday evening, Christmas day, a quiet wedding took place at the Mi- ehael home, about one mile west town, in which Mr. George A. Mi- Ada J. Long, of Millheim. The wed- diate friends and was performed Rev. J. M. Rearick., George is one of our valley's most industrious and en- ergetic young farmers, and his many friends will wish him and his bride a long life of unaloyed bliss. A MI oo A A A Naaghty Horse, On Tuesday night last, while the driver of the Standard oil wagon had his temin in Boozer's livery shed for the night, one of the oil team horses got loose by stripping the halter and getting to a stall where stood one of the livery horses he got in some ugly kicks on it, cutting a number of large gashes in the skin and flesh of the Boo- ger horse, which required stitehing t gether. iit ssniciumiis Death of a Little Boy, Ralph, the one-year old son of Mr. and mrs. O. F. Mader, died last Mon- day morning at the home of the par- ents at the southern end of town, after a two weeks illness from catarrhal fev. er, The remains of the little boy were taken to MifMlinburg by train this, Thursday morning, where they were interred in the family plot. A BANK CASHIER sUICIDES burg. O. Perry Jones, cashier of the at Philipsburg, mitted suicide last Friday night at his Early in the he took family to the opera house but did not the entertainment He returned to his home, When folks returned from the concert found his lifeless body the floor. He had his shirt, smoking jacket evening On ond ofl’ and RE taken auter collar and and then his ireast and the entirely down on back, shot bimself in the | and in balls passing I'he revolver was a 32 tilt i Lig Is mind was joth calibre, and when fi his clasped afterwards found. Why committed the will possibly never be known, in hand. bal vere he deed but it thought he had temporarily lost is His resson from overwork. He was a busy man and a hard worker, and his work was by it of kind. 8 nature fll enerva ting It is not unlikely that his mind the and committed dey strain, in this state he ble deed. He was the ora. in enterprises largely interested manufacturing was regarded con) and as one of the leading bus- iness men of the town. Bly BEDFORD'S SMALLPOX that spread Over the State Fears Eatertained the Disease May Th health are board ead e members of the State alarmed at the s small-pox in the vicinity and fear that the pt of Bs may Dr. Lee, sald the he { Philadelphia, 01 examination of the disease other parts of the state, ward, tkinson, | thorough sent Dr. A make existing conditions, to and that from his ared that the increasing in severity, and was being dis that litt uantry dod report it apps WHE WAS le done by the tors to prevent its spread. Dr. Atkiuson in his report he had hired through ti ix 3 a wagon and je i found a school akable to or had consnited denied t who had unmist signs of way school to doet who m the ths i the ot was smail-pox, and Dr. Atkinson had tdiffie pre going to school, The making building 1 any person who may have the disease, ity in venting the teach- er board of health arrangements to secure o ww ti 1 purpose of isolating i Liabilities of White a few Towaships' Nicholas Hofman, ship, town- Indiana county, days of 3075 against the feo obtained a verdict HE The road was seven ee 1 in an either side a short distance apart. Hoff 1 wae thro ‘er the other and from his wag Io our neig wn O10. hboring county of Blair, ut ie result of a defect Mrs, vie $2 highway, Bessie Davis and her brothers Ed aod Harry | Kocher, instituted against the township Lo recover damages for ioju- | ries sustained on a short | The three were | driving along the road in a carriage ward a suit a highway embankment. The jury awarded Mrs, sustained, and $20 to each of her broth- | ———— i —— Will try to Compromise formed by councilman Bradford, council and the contractors will try to come to gome agreement over the dis pute of the reservoir, #400 or £500 is withheld, and the reservoir is said to be leaking badly at the west side. The water mains and ditehing have been settled for by the boro, he also informs us, inci Married, At Milroy, Pa., Dee. 20th, 1898, by Rev. J. W. White, Lloyd L. Worral, of Linden Hall, and Miss Bella M. Biown, of Boalsburg, At the Lutheran parsonage, Centre all, Thursday evening, Dee, 20th, by Rev. J. M. Rearick, Mr Wm. Lingle, of Sober, and Miss Lizzie Jamison, of Georges valley, were united in mare riage, § nh Eatin. Mr. 8. A. Fackler, editor of the Mi canop (Fia.) Hustler, with his wife and J children, suffi fered ‘terribly from Grippe. One Minute Cou Cure | is ha the only rem t them. It acted YY Thousands | and of others use this in tuitiody ns a specific Fe i i i i i i JANUARY TRIAL LIST, 23, tinulog Two Weeks 1809, Con FIRST WEEK. R. Li. Pierce vi. Thos, Dr, ", Nev Byron. SF ding vs, Overseer nN, WwW. W, John P, Samuel Frantz, John Laird ve, Harris, M. use of, vs EE Charlotte C. Burd Elizabeth Burd, adm’x. (now Bahm) vs, EECOND WEEK. er. John Fhielman John Thiel L . rel i I Dale and da W alker vs Austin Swi Aman- 3 Mey Ir. John Bruss et ¢ Samuel swin . Kohu, 1} heim & Ca. Jesse ni Jesse miah 8 J. Vs 4 M.D M.D Lehigh Valley Oa 3 Mes H AL. First ve. Ja suyder Krumrine, 8.J.N red iy AR Krumrine, yy % Natio wo DV James Duck vs Charles MeCaflert hire Insurance Charles MeCat North America. First National A. M. Mell First Nation A. M. U ue C, Cook va, Shearer. Julia L. Hale = M Buck, ! Thompson el al. { seated lands Jt ir) Am y va, Uhas mierman Annie se Wo ly Heaped a Fortaase in Land Deal of Lhe hHigaest 6 4 deals in been com Tee sed if of gregating 3 net sum « y fone vf £1.55. 0060 i ' 1 Wi ated 1 nh sioner's sale of unseated lands in J : slaer Sims, « Vail, and for the n thirty tee 1802, J atid Theod were pres if Troy, itladelph ominal su: rg nt, n of $267 purchased with an aggreg r nial deeds secured for and Commissions n same placed on investors It gucoeed- were atl onee record, the belpg not more than this land that they ed in placing the above entire cost to the SAN), ia on have just mortgages as Centre county unseate d lands offer a wide field for anecuintors, It been a score of vears since a of New York and other of tit Was posed to be unseated lands hereabouts, has not investors pur- lo lew to what sti p- WASHINGTON LETTER. INTEREST AGAINST | HOLDING THE PHILIPPINES. The Vence Treaty will he fied, Hizes Promptly Rati and then the Question of What shail be Done with the Islands 2.~Mr. the Senate treaty of broach Senalers him at the New Year reception at the White House to day. Itis the of have Jan, for the occasion WASHINGTON, ley promptly ratify that bh is 80 anxious pence e look fo the t to shook hands with st Die a pumber of Aguinaldo, Hpanish which antics believed to both and are He were CRlis~ told tied, Ciermuan i ing Mr, i $ spiration, McKinley anxiety. his hands he territory already troops, until the treaty Democratic opposition y mocratic Op posi- the Phil s to be jnoere asing. : that reaching a vote {0 116 MN : nators that otitside of OCCU- pled by our til tidied. Was ra to the treaty itsell disap has alinost entirel I pines Present indi whatever delay there may be | 3 § il on the t which will go 10 § i ro » Hale Demo- wr not from Hoar, the should will come stich as Pi rkit . Carly al crits say that ie treaty ana promptly ratified because it does commit this county to hilippines, : i keeping the and delay may result in of War pped # hint that Denby, Colonel th Demo § cratic men Investigat- 1, dro r somel ody when on is of four weeks, ‘Shen they make $1 & . d- that all fair have min they isClencionsly uch of a whitle- many persons mgnates of th RCAre told thei ; embalmed” Porto and p by ben trying LO Ever since COmMIIssinl bf wrt t 24a sent CO Was uss eX press. that of unforced eating of { CH § much of not to. As General but the sickness, but they have wae i #0 the dropped when Gen, y urt of law was pre- the bee! fo pel a" se} 1 Wiis t “embalme ,W ar Department, B d Armour & Co., members of the beef trust, have sent long 1111 iii telling how Was ons to the on nission, » beef was that eral officers, HOW has Miles and other f vi 1d an ex-Sergeant of volunteers, of the commission, by testifying that to Cuba and eaten by his of the muster made to admit that a lot of beef issued to his regiment was condemued by tried to qualify the hat he didn't matter ith of Survey, mploy overdone the thing the beef sent regiment was better than most mien have had sin ed out. oe they were This same witness was cians, but admis. sion by saying t ey the Board any- the Com pos. thing beef, A three quarters of a million dollars mortgages on the same, the most | which, on investigation, simply wildeat titles, value with no lf fy - Marriage EAoenses. The following marriage licenses Harry C. Gill, Pleasant Gap,* and Wm. N. Fishburn and Margaret | Struble, Bellefonte, Hazel Strunk and Blanchard, Geo. A. Michael, Centre Hall, Ada J. Long, Millheim. John MeCummons Gallagher, Howard. Geo. M. Peters, Osceola, and Clara E. Barton, Union twp, Lloyd L. Worral, Linden Hall, Bella M, Brown, Boalsburg. John Kelly, Spring twp, and Mary MeGinnis, Punxsutawney. Emmon H. swartz, Altoona, aud Elizabeth May Walters, Unionville, Lamah A. Cole, Clearfield county, and Julia Viola Hazzard, Suow Shoe. Wm. H. Lingle, Penn twp. and Lizzie A. Jamison, Gregg twp. Win Crawshaw and Jennie Naper, Morrisdale Mines, When you esnnot sloop ing take Chamberlain's dy. Italwa i ipdisiba h an rdh ex ny, relieves the lun vents ny tendency rowan Pheutuonia: sale by J. H. Ross, Ein Anna B. Bec del, and Hannah and and for coughs Cou gives prompt relief, It i Ligate the beef, both canned and refrigerated, farnished the army. Senator Mason, Republican Senator to declare He said: but 1 think the ratified at this sessiom, | ent i to be settled later on. The subject i. too big to be passed upon hastily. admit that popular sentiment seems to be in favor of the expansion idea at present, but later I look fora change. The people apparently do not compre- hend just what expansion means," The announcement from New York that Mr. Croker had selected Repre- sentative Sulzer as a candidate for Speaker of the next House, and conse quently the leader of the Democrats in that body, was not received any too pleasantly by Democrats in Washing- ton. There is no personal objection to Mr. Sulzer, who is extremely well lik. ed, considering the short time he has been in Congress, but resentment is expressed towards Mr. Croker for try- ing to meddle with this matter, There has been more or less talk among Democrats about this or that man be ing selected to All the place in the next Congress that Representative Bailey, of Texas, does in the present House, bat, according to Mr, Bailey's friends, he will be the Repre- : 1899. { House, He has pledges and assurance | the time cornes will get more than 100 votes, Outside of about i men he is the second for local of all candi cholee other % on account of considera Pressure upon the was strong enough to net to the cabi- Hay to Company, cause instruct Secretary Cable right exercising his to disapprove concession for cable this Government of a monopo the of f10PH- iI to Sar thi wanted this obtained by company from Hawall, #ix months from the The six months This is the « inside date of co sion. expire company that stibsidy Government to grant it £100. 000 a for (we tha Fle ie cab a year uty enough to build { use of the cable fi from Califor wail, - > wy Westher Outlook My last bullet sglorm wave the 27th to ti to cro we 31 reach the Pacific 1, eross the west of close of January 3d to 5th, Warm wave will leyn eastern Rockies count central valley Cool wave ies cougtry al S¥s Te mipera January average ab bu Witt n norinal east of ckies and Jow west, Rainf » HRIne wiil 2 TEV central Cool wave Willi aver | > : age about normal Hockies LD Th pt in Maine, the up valley and Canads jes Lemp rature I'he first half last half, if taken the av and will ROOvVe 1 erage ies, but 10 days will average Temperature will not go very high BUATY a9 Ja s. but the average of 24th to #1 i i Vem if irst half of during the an AVerag: the the A general ti the bulletins for gene temperature. Precipitation of 31st will be very high mw will oe last week of January so 1 ral details Jan normal in the southern UAry above or about s'ates and in the northern parts of Pa- normal in | northern | parts of} cific slopes, and below mountain o Canada and locky winiiries, atules, southern Pacific slope. During the warm wave will be last week in January the i by id weather, followex severe y 1s, story izzards and ¢ ES A Great Daily i I'he Pittsburg Dispatch is one of the great journals of this country, and ev- i er reliable upon The Dispatch treats all pub- | and with! which makes it a fa-| all subjects and hap- lie questions conservatively A fine feature is its Home Study Cir- | bringing a good school right to! | your evening fireside. Its news-gath- | ering is not surpassed and covers the i globe. While The Dispatch gives the | tion, it is no less National in ite grasp. for the | Right. Its pages run from 12 to 20, as oconsion demands, to do full justice to what is going on all over the world each day. wien tlm Preshyterian Services. Services next Sabbath, at Centre Hill at 10:30 a. m.. and at Centre Hall at 700 p. m. Protracted services will be held in the Presbyterian church st this place, begining Sunday evening, January 15th. A cordial juvitation is extended to all. ly Headache for Forty Yenrs. For forty years | suffered from sick headache. About a year ago I began using Celery King. The result was gratifying and surprisivg, my bead- aches leaving at once. The headaches used to return every seventh day, but | one headache in the last eleven mouths, I know that what cured me N. NO. 1 LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. Problems Dey took en treed de "possum Des "bout de break er day # tree fall on de hunter, Eu do possum got away ! Is De rabbit went ter meetin’ — Dey biled him, en dey fried ; De blacksnake bit de preacher, Eu den de blacksnake died ! Dey sent de missionary Tr whar de heathen stay Vey chopped hiw into mincemeat Kn eat him up dat day ! It's trouble, trouble, trouble I danno what ter say Fer when you runs de rabbit He g uther way ! OeR de § ania The barking cur +Lhal's ever at your heeis He's none other but Oe who lies, chieats s and steals, 1.0 KE was granted a pension, § the Ma rget to pay dues on Re 1 lites: » i 4a or JRE IRE A spring thaw to-day. Hizabeth Sellers, of BStormstown, 2.” and don’t porter. Remember fe . ice from his Perry Breon fury 1 for a two-t field on load. Kate, of Henry Penn, died on 27 ult. az iishes ponds, at § daughter Breon, of of consumption, ed 25 years, The Ninth Ward school has been closed on account of at district, of Altoona diptheria inth from four Bleiging obtained a new lease ast Saturday's snow-—makes weeks ot #le ighing thus far. i llefonte Creamery ablish i15 sep Arators, Mills, has appraiser, and is well qualified for the position. Company t 1c a branch . a 1 : mercantile iro ring bee #1 appointed A bi Monday Toesd ob Kerstetter of y swing around was that from morning's intense cold to ay night's rain and thaw. bought the Kerstetter, E000, has John price § report Ed. Nearhood in- d leaving town is not correct and he is one of our best his father, «i, near Coburn, } that tends told gis y i glad we are, 1780s, Sune Hall, 10 a m. ; Tusseyville, learick’s appointments, 8: Centre = Pp. Jan. ng Mills, m. ; 7 A. Wi died at . ‘riday evening, aged ood poisoming caused “he widow of site, iutor Cl or i dale, 74 years, from b by a boil. H. M. Schwenck, one of the citizens of Sugar valley day oldest , died on Thurs- of last week, aged 78 years, I months and 9 days. Our three weeks’ sleighing had bas Iv reached rock bottom until the last of the year fixed it up sgain with about 5 inches of the beautiful. Paul Greninger, a veteran of the late war, died Sunday of last week, at his home in Loganton, aged 00 years: he 49th reg. P. V. Alexander, of Penn, Reed having It is said that after the inauguration of (Gov. Stone and until the completion of his remodeled home in Bellefonte, Gov. Hastings and family will reside in New York city. At Altoona, a few nights ago, bur- mer in bed by pointing a revolver at Mr. Stephen Bonsal will contribute to McULURE's for January some “‘sto- battle,” striking personal incidents of the battle of Caney and San Juan. In the same number, Mr. Hamlin Gar nnd ‘will contribute a true story of Ri sing Walf, the “Ghost Dancer.” A decision of the McKean county eourts, that the Commissioners must refund the §3.50 per day they each re ceived for expenses while attending the State convention, as well as other moneys paid them for railroad fare and hotel bills while away from the county seat on official business, will have a far-reaching effect. The court stated that the law does not er. for such expenses, and, while the sta only act in fulfillment of the law, Cyrus Brungart purchased two steers at Bible's, near this place, a short time ago, and while being driven to Spring Mills to be ugha, = eae of the
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