OL. LXXVI
CENTRE COUNTY
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Se
148th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers,
GENERAL REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MI.
NOR EVENTS,
File
dotes sud Observations.
A.,
fevers of the Hank and Ance
Exper
er, Sergeant Co. 148th
be Coutinued
the ° last
», and it
’
Closed
day with our
was a sad day
th
3
wil
of
i
the caxion was more
realized as the day wore on, and
the hour of partiog was fast approach-
ing ; members of the company gather.
r, I't for the start ; Tuesday even-
z carpe, aud the dark, overhanging
ug heavily on the town
was no sleep in that town, on
morable, sad night, aud long
©
BUY
ud
pall was resti
here
that me
tinged the easter:
dium corps sounded
I loud aud
the reveille,
immediately
to emerge from the
tl house until the stree
was a surging mass of humanity.
I'wo-horse spring wagons drove in
after another till a quarter of a
ired stood in line beside a number
gle rigs, ready for the journey to
Lewistown ; the hour for the start had |
ail was hurry and commotion ;
now resonant with the
i { y from many who were
vielding their ali to thesacrifice on the
their country.
the drum corps
war music and
BRO funeral like,
Banners aud handkerchiefs
wave: we watched
turned their
put them
a numoer
for after shouting,
good bye ! good bye! Hurrah for the
Union ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! Millheim, |
reached;
AWayY, was
halted and w joined by
of our men mustered with
and quite a number of |
( » had joived some of the
sthe the regiment,
hese additions «4 OUr caravan
, making several hundred, in-|
friends who ae
wistown, which,
1 railroad
enlist-
An immense crowd had gath-
Potters
accident:
y lane *
DE, OLE
ors of every
pt seemed
come
ie air 8S
of agnt
altar ol
Again gave no
the long
started
did
our
salute until
out of
fleet- |
SLIITring
trai
out
not
frie
of w 0
cease to
ids and re
I
! KVOCHK
yw. Meanwhile
edd b IVE Tad ed
ti ville hills
vi Of
us
miles sO0D
ere we
wenty-!
lve
re
$ 1
t v
ar comp
other meu whe
ny,
7
I Compatiies ol
swell
relatives and .
List
ie
tis
companied us
in those days was ti carest
{
station » Lhe locality of our
ment.
ered at Millheim to see us off
Milis was reached without
i ais0 we joined by 8 number
of boys who were on their way to war
They were loudly enthusiastic under
the influence fightiog spirits
we halted on invitation
for ine id were feasted
delicaci d fine eating. Whether
these delectable viands, spread on tein.
rary OVE
Wi ing trees were laid out especially
for another gathering oun
have rgotten, but the
accompanied by
Iaclie + out and invited us |
in and eat.” This we
y for woany of us were
ally that we forgot eal
ad skipped several roeals We
avd when the host said,
boys, eat] we
He trembled with
tion aud rolled down his
ks as he made usa little patriotic
I'here were many of us
it did not take long to eat all
bh and it was a great supply, which
the whole communily must have joiu-
ed to furnish.
All i
1
Or were
ei Of
At this place
Hn ret
sho on |
¢ 5
Bi
7
i
tables in the cool shade « r-
Oar
I
owner of the pis
I Us,
$ 3 f
day i
several
fey were
si pa
lo
gia :
triot
and i
were
# ! ’
¢ FIERY
NULETY,
come boys,
promptly obeyed.
[eRrs
{ eal; eat,
ens
Cliee Rs
speech, “0
that
he
aii,
| aboard ! was shouted, and the!
sad partings commenced ; this can not
be described ; sentiments of hope and
pat » consolation were the general
themes ; but all knew that many a
hope here expressed would pever be
realized, and the tearless eyes were
few in that vast concourse of patriotic
and good rural people; hasty adicus
we spoken, and many were there
10 saw for the last time their loved
ones,
I'bis was the saddest and most mem-
orable day the beautiful valley had
ever seen. With the soldier boys all
was excitemuent and we had no time
yet to seriously ponder over what |
might be in store for us. In those!
days it signified something to go to!
war, and from our starting point it |
was only a matter of hours to reach
the front, where fighting and killing
were daily occurrences. But how did
he p srents, brothers and sisters and
wives of those soldier boys feel when
they returned to their homes that day,
desolate and empty, yet full of sorrow
certainly tried to make our going to
war pleasant for us.
All aboard ! and there was a rush for
our places in the wagouvs, and we were
again on the move,
The “Half Way House'' in the Bev.
en Mountains was reached, and the
caravan stopped; all got out and as-
sembled at the “Ion,” here we found
that the drivers were so awfully dry
that they could not drive any longer
and halted for “stimulation.” Out of
sympathy for the drivers, who were so
kindly assisting us in our efforts to get
to war, we joined them in their pas
time, ut our expense, pnd we also
Hatimuiated.” ‘his ioecrensed the
number of drivers so much that it took
some time to get “round and round’!
after which we again moved onward
to war, with rejuvenated spirits.
Lewistown was reached in the after-
poon and we stirred up the place
when our train of some forty wagons
gud over a mile long pulled into the
town and, in a manner, took
ession,
About miduight another company
of & hundred men came in from Belle-
fonte, and in the morning still anpther
full eompany, from Venango county,
met us at the station, making over
three hundred in all, for one train to
Hurrisburg, there to be unite rmed and
equipped.
riotic
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t
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FROM MICHIGAN
A Letter from Francls Fleisher
Well for His Stinte,
Fleisher, of Hinchman,
Michigan, under date of December 23,
writes: We are having fine weather
in Michigan, thesun isshining bright-
ly and little or no frost in the ground.
The weather had been pretty cold, but
little snow fell,
From the best
Npeaks
Francis
informa-
tion it may be said that the peach crop
in this section for 1903 is doomed. The
obtainable
| fall was long and warm which devel.
oped the buds, the cold,
froze the tender The pro-
longed warm weather was not without
later
growths
and
profit, however, for strawberry plants
developed und matured a crop of ber-
ries greater than ever before, which
in
! were shipped to murket Chicago.
| It is claimed by some that ocecasional-
ly nn apple tree developed second
crop, but I did n
i unusual cecurrence,
n
Ot
observe sucly an
Times bere are pretty fair, but if the
poor had plenty of money with which
to buy fuel, it would make some im-
provement
As to the Reporter, let me say, that
the changing of editors was good
readers, The paper one]
fiddle with but
string, on which you ean play, but al-
a
thing for its
time was like a one |
4 %
ways get the same music.
Genergl Assembly,
HALL, PA., TH
FOR RURAL PROTECTION,
RE
A Law That the Next Legisinture
Asked to Pass
Will be
legis
It is expected that the nex:
ture will be asked to pass a law
viding for the appointment of salaried
constabulary which shall, either by
#lu-
pro-
tion by the people, act in the districts
where petty crimes
many of the perpetrators
Hre
of
townships. Under the present system
the work of local
the part proven
This is mainly due to the
has for
trying.
that
constables are not salaried officers and
constables
most most
fact
are forced to depend in many cases
upou some other occupation for a live-
lihood. The fact frequently bas a tend-
ency to impair their usefulness and
to prevent them from
careful watch over transgressors
necessary to the preservation of ihe
peace and upholding of the dignity of
the commonwealth,
Keeping that
RO
The objections that may be raised to
the passage of such a law Dumer-
ous. In the first place it would require
a large number of these state
ure
peace
of
If
bles were to be appointed the proba
amount their salaries
would be enormous. these consta-
the selection, and
knows what that would
body
If they
every
ean.
Peu
Of
of
lNiesday
The General Assembly neyl- |
next |
week, being the first Tuesday the
Harry F. Walton, of Phil-
adelplia, will be selected speaker,
vania will organize
ol
new year,
wn of (jovernor
The inaugurati Pen-|
i
nypacker will take place 20th inst,
i
nel shirts and no costs, belts in which |
i
we carried little pocket pistols, calibre. |
pre-|
the ho |
22, and we ourselves
cousidered
pared to put down the rebellion.
We were divided up among
thenceforth
d out-doors
in-doors that
blanket on the
tituted
night one |
groun con- |
» and bed in|
# our resting places
' +!
t
summer's heat or # cold
It I
time sel LY our
wWinte
WHS HOW iursday morning, the |
festive
iustering-in |
Lew
’
ilettlenant, snd we were istown
be lv d
at
Seat
every man pre
aud ready to
on to war,"
Wi rid
train at the statio
to
reached + that tl}
re was
ty
i Aa
i ' REE Us
Fall
iM
Harrisburg ia) Wane
}
obeyed by ith
We formed our | of two hundred
men and wade our first move io mili
il
tary order, in a route step march, to
I'he pr ople of L
nd
n
women and
the station. wistlown
gave us a gratifying s ofl : tley
turned out en masse men,
Iren and hed with us to the
nar
]
ahile
station, arogud
Juiniug ng,
shouting and waviog flags snd band.
kerchiefs, sud the
kept ringlog while we marched.
Pace il us ; me
iN our songs, others chieer
church bells were
Mar- |
hooted |
tial music was wanting, so we |
and cheered and sang with tremendous |
volume, ** The Red, White and Blue,”
Unum,” Enthusi- |
asm certainly not lacking, and |
yet many marched quietly with
that morning, deeply moved and in
“ Epluribus ete
ARS
us |
We reached the silation in prime
order, halted and * broke ranks. 1
inquired of a railroad official, a fellow
importance, where our train
was : he pointed toan empty freight
train of box cars and said ; there you
are! I inquired, where are the seats ?
He seemed surprised aud said : funny
soldiers if you expect to be sent to war
on cushions, and walked away.
Here we waited for orders and meap-
while inspected our trains. The cars
were ordinary freight cars, very dirty
and without seats, one had recently
carried cattle, one green hides, a third
soft coal and so on. At Potters Mills
they told us nothing was too good for
us ; here anything was plenty good
enough; changes henceforth came
rapidly snd always getting worse un-
til we imagined that a general opinion
prevailed that nothing wag too rough
or too tough for the soldiers,
The very engine of our soldier train
seemed to take on a warlike spirit
sped the storied steed all panoplied in
iron and brass, that snorted and paw-
ed the earth as he smelled the battle
afar. Yes, she sneezed and snorted
with seeming eagerness to take us
with the greatest of speed, Onward
to War.
We finally boarded our train, about
thirty toa car, all standing and pot
half of the men could get light or air,
The train had the big link coupling
giving about a foot of slack to each
ear ; the engineer took up the slack of
the train on un run and gave the cars »
Jolt now and then that would land us
wn heap in the end of the pars | the
heat was so {ntense that several of the
men fainted; we knocked the siding
of the ears out to get air, This, surely,
was the great car-ride of our lives; such
Jolting and rolling of the cars and
3
of great
We were a funny looking gang of
boys : most of us wore po lot red fian-
such tumbliog and falling inside.
$1
th
A
were to be
counties a
elected by
heavy
€ respeclive
would
That better
burden te
for rural communities is
§
i
ful if the state constabulary plan o
1
be ap
emergency, will 8
proved by the tax-payers
- ye
Marriage Licenses
James G. Longwell, Philadelphia
Margaret B. Miller, Lemout.
Winfleld Lose, Clearfield.
Anna McKinley, Milesburg
Andrew D, Bmetzler, Pleasant Gap
Gertrude E. Keller, Milesburg.
Bitner, Blanchard
Edith Guunsallus, Snow Shoe,
Thomas I
4,
James Lloyd Watking, Howard,
“ila Miller, Howard.
Geo. N. Fisher, Boalsburg
Nellie B. Ryan, Bellefonte
H. Clayton Poorman, R
Mable C, Beightol, Walker
{John B. Wert, Tusseyviile.
Bertha GG. Rossman, Tussey ville,
Clyde Beck, Loveville,
Elizabeth Fisher, Loveviile,
nola,
Edward Wyre, Lovevilie
Ilena Kreps, Fleming,
F. A. Holderman, State College,
Mary A. Smith, Tyrone,
James McCloskey, Blanchard
Fannie Thompson, Howard,
James E. Parker, Will sms port,
Rhoda A. Ling, Williamsport
Joseph. F. Herr, Beech Creek,
Essie 8. Bchenk, Howard.
Boyd Williams, Lemont,
Alice Mease, Pleasant Gap.
Geo, H. Bechrist,
Jennie C
Northumberland, |
Kerstetter, Coburn,
David Richard, Julian
Esther Bpotts, Julian.
Arthur A. Bedrint, Corning, N. Y.
Bessie M. Poorman, Runville,
Charles E. Confer, Howard
Cora E. Gardoer, Howard.
Laird Walker, Yarnell,
Nora Barrett, Bellefonte,
John 1. Miller, Edendale.
Jennie Greek, Rush Twp.
Levi Wance, Aaronsburg,
Lizzie Btover, Rebersburg.
M. N. Garver, Centre Hall.
Annie G. Sommers, Centre Hall.
William E. Hall, Fleming.
Terotha H. Way, Fleming.
Theodore Catherman, Milesburg.
Mary E. O. Bhope, Milesburg.
Fred L. Schleifer, Millheim,
Chestie Beck, Miles Twp,
Albert Weaver, Philipsburg.
Alminda Adams, Philipsburg.
Barton Lorrab, Bnow Shoe.
Laura E, Hampton, Snow Shoe.
Elmer Scholl, Houserville,
Minoule Lutz, Bellefonte
A SAAS
LOCALS,
Late arrivals, long and short sleeve
corset covers ; knitted light gauze
underwear, very desirable—Garman’s,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Foreman, of
this place, spent last week in Tyrone
among friends and relatives, the former
returning to Bellefonte for institute
Mouoday,
Earl Fleming, of Munson Station,
Clearfleld county, is at home at pres.
wut vu a vacation, He is principal of
the publie schools at that place, and is
doing good work, all of which is a
credit to the Lock Haven State Nore
mal Behool of which institution he is
a graduate ,
S———— A
Japanese and Hudson tablets—extra
quality, 5 cents—Garman’s,
EET
#10,000 FIRE AT = tg,
H. F., Rossman’s Store in Ashes
| PROPERTIES WILL BE REBUILT IM-
MEDIATELY,
Mr. Rossman Will Open His Store in Tem
porary Quarters,
A very destructive fire occurred here
{on Monday night, or rather Tuesday
| morning 23rd inst. shortly after mid-
night, which for a time threatened the
lows : H. F. Rossman stock of goods,
furniture and wearing apparel $7,000;
(insurance, $4,500. Wm. Pealer, store
2,000, insurance $1,000: J. F.
bicycle building and acety-
lene gas fixtures $1,000, no fusurance,
Wm.
Musser, bicycle stock $500, insurance,
&2
Sr
’
building §
Rearick,
occupied second floor as office,
3
of
discovered
The origin the fire
first
is unknown,
back
which
there had been no fire since the previ-
had
the
part of the bicyele building, in
It was in
ous Bsturday, and
gained very
able headway previous to be-
covered,
ter
iv]
or
KE
ai Ap alarm was imme-
diately sounded but so rapid was the
| before anything could be done
bullding was enveloped in flames
I speedily communicated to the
DEATHS
MRS, “HOPE,
Mrs} Eva Bhafler Bhope,'wifelof*Bar
| iubas Shope, died at (her: home tea
Roland ;Bunday morning,’
[* aged seventy-nine years,
EVA
Dece mb
Tr
Mrs. Margare
late George Wantz, died on Wednes
MRS!MARGARET:WANTZ
+ TE
t Wantz, widow of the
She was a good christian woman, and
is well known in Howard,
lived there most of her life.
Bhe is survived by
Alice, at whose home she died, and
two sons, John and
county.
i
Ki
MRS, WM. J. BINGER
December 21st Mrs, Binge r, of Bel
fonte, was called to rest, after a short
illness of typhoid fever. She
before her marriage
Clark Traflord.
was Mies
Interment took place
husband and two children
Edward survive,
John
MES
Mrs. Hasson,
of Boalsburg, wu
A ME
# buried in the Uniot
tO
iding occupied by H. F. Ross- |
eneral His entire
‘ih was largely increased fo;
ny sepson, together with
Id efles
ii OO
2 lore,
his
s and wearing apparel,
sumned, he saved nothing.
made such rapid strides that
family bad
illding, aod some members
#0 by wading through
the creek in their
othes, the only avenue of es-
had. In a few moments
lumes of smoke and flame is-
from every window and door, and
ir became a reging furnace,
Mice and shoe storeof C. A.
J.
’
i
hardly time to escape
tn the
ie family di
icy waters of
ht el
pe they
the
I'h
Kreps
Fin
it
tere
ej
is directly opposite, and CC.
rs a few steps
builuings were continu-
DRIER genes giOre
i
Ve These
ng drenched with water, but at
destruction seemed in-
uge flames leaped across
a mad fury, and the heat
tense that it was utterly im-
the devastation. For-
the wind suddenly changed,
t
Li
to stay
Yours
Of
* were again renewed and
ngs were finally saved with
und biistered fronts
of the
hie old barn and
west store building
stable owned
Wm. Allison, this building was on
3 and as speedily
I'he heat here became so
intenss the burning buildings,
that the firemen were forced to retire.
In the barn was stored plank, flooring
nicl bu spparently the barn was
and the men commenced re-
¥ everythiog from the building.
Immediately upon the first alarm of
W. P. Alexander one of the em-
oyes of the mill, quietly removed a
quantity of dynamite stored in
He and
Allison, another employe of the
by others, worked like
the conflagration and
flames from spreading
they knew if the fire once start-
ed in the barn the destruction of the
large flouring mill of Allison Bros. aud
the adjoining property would be cer-
tain to follow. About this time a fire
extinguisher owned by C. P. Long
was brought into requisition, and after
hard work and by its use the fire was
finally subdued and the barn saved.
This was the most disastrous fire
ever experienced by Bpring Mills. Ow-
ing to the lateness of the hour, very
few persons reached the fire in its in-
cipiency, and many knew nothing of
it until next morning. The heavens
were brillinntly illuminated and the
light wae witnessed for miles in the
surrounding country.
Wm. Pealer will rebuild as soon as
the weather permits and will erect a
handsome two-story building seventy
five by twenty-two feet, which will
again be occupied by H. F. Rossman
when completed. Mr. Rossman will,
however, resume business at once in
temporary quarters in the neighbor-
hood. It is uncertain whether J. F.
Rearick will rebuild ar not. Mr. Mus-
ser, if current reports are correct, will
resume the bieyele business on the
“hill”
ire FEVER fithes
Lhe
from
f
ards;
doomed
movin
‘
5
M
nenisted
eroes In stay
the
west
at ———
LOCALS,
Foreman & Smith will receive a oar
load of coal today.
Miss Bertba Wolf spent Christmas
week at Rebersburg.
Miss Grace Lee is attending teach-
ers institute in Bellefonte,
Mra. David R. Foreman, of Colyer,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Foreman this week, while ner hus.
band is attending institute,
A A SA ——————
Ladie's Fleece lined hose, with light
that pl
niaily
cemetery at
became mie
years ago and was sent
asylum at Danville,
w here
Christmas day. Bhe was
i
: .
resident of that place, and was a mem-
Hes
ber of the Presbyterian church
Hepler, her pastor, conducted the
vice,
WM. E. MEEK
Saturday night, December 20, at
age of sixty-eight years
ed had tx
the
The decens- |
n ill for some Inter.
ment took place Monday of last week,
Rev. Hq of the
church officiating. The deceased was |
devoted to the farm uring his entire
life. He wasa brother of D. G, Meek,
Fairbrook, and Mrs. P. Gray Meek, |
Bellefonte. One daughter, Miss Bir-
die, is the only survivor of the family.
time,
ler,
MES. LEVIRA BT
BREAKER
The death of Mrs. Levina Stopebrak- |
er, at Potters Mills, called to rest
of the oldest residents of Poller town-
ship. Her death occurred
morning at the residence of her daugh-
ter, who is the wife of Thomas Pal-
mer. Her age was eighty-four years,
Interment took piace this (Thursday
forenoon in the Sprucetown cemetery,
Rev. W. T. Haven officiating.
Mother Btonebraker was a member
of the Methodist church
years. Her maiden
son, and she was a native of Bedford
county. Her husband, David Stone-
braker, died about twelve years ago, |
but she leaves to mourn her death the
following children : Mrs J. A. Dow-|
er, Titusville; Mrs. Thomas Palmer,
Potters Mills; W. Scott Stonebraker, |
Green Springs, Ohio. John M. Stone-
braker, Coburn; Mrs. Theodore Tice,
Phillipsport, New York.
LOCALS, i
Monday
for many |
name was Robe- |
who was seriously injured by being
kicked by a vicious horse, has recover-
ed sufficiently to be able to be about
again,
Henry Frederick, of Boalsburg, Mou-
day returned from a brief visit to his
daughter, the wife of Prof. H. C. Roth-
rock, of Catawissa. On his way home
he stopped with friends in Mifiinburg.
Mrs. Emma Underwood, of Seneca
Falls, New York, and Mre. Linnie Ru-
ble, of State College, have been guests
of Mr, and Mrs. B. D. Brisbin for sev-
eral days. Mrs, Underwood will spend
the winter at State College with Murs,
Ruble,
Rev. H. 8. Eisenberg, of Millersburg,
formerly pastor of the Reformed
church in this place, on his way to Al-
toona stopped among his former par-
ishioners Tuesday between trains.
Rev. Eisenberg some time ago resign-
ed as pastor of the Millersburg charge.
The Culps having about finished
cutting the timber on their extensive
tract in the Beven Mountains, have
sold their land to the state for a forest
reservation. This will not, however,
prevent hunting nor fishing as the for-
estry commissioner has posted notices
stating that the commission favors
lawful huating, fishing aod camping
on the state's land,
Samuel 8B. Brown, proprietor of the
Duncan House at Milroy, has sold that
popular hotel to a party from the coal
regions, who will assume charge about
the first of March. Mr. Brown will
ocoupy the new house adjoining the
hotel, which he built two years ago, to
accommodate the increasing patron.
age of his hotel. This latter property
colored feet—Garman’s,
N(). 1
TOWN AND "COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Bleighs'and sleds made their ay pear-
ance Monday, aft
bw J
I
I
er havin
nm week,
# been stored
"Mrs. Gray,
- » { 1 ..¢
(iray, Keq., of Bellefonte.
BOT ATE Be riously ill with typhoid
i
beta
Cassidy i
Hint
hie Repube-
ana Fdmune
iy Fisq., are aspiran {
| ican nominations for tax collector of
| Be
Br
Hefonte
alns on the Lewi
raliroad for the nat
3 J
Let 8 where from
bour aud a half lat
Miss KEmiliefAlexa
ried from a week's"
where she +
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ph
Anite”
A
ig,
¢
rmerly «
&
Al f
Perry Alters, foreman
fer department of the
Railroad
Company
{
i
salisfaclory
been spendi
i
GAY sen
MJ 1]
ria}
Is
vi
“1s
iemen
as
jeezer
a nein
says, th
3 i
the 1st of
January
Adolf Lore:
BUTg«
Zz,
Ol Wilh sol
the subject of a ver
in Lie
It is a story that will ix many
thavkfal parents r
ti
hearted benefactor
the
country over 4 great
a por
John G, King, of this place, recent
ly had the misfortune to badly cut his
hand with a drawing knife. The cut
between the second and
third fingers, and extended for fully
an Mr. King attempted to sew
up the gash, but after makiog
stitch concluded to eall on Dr.
Alexander, who dressed the
The flow of blood was unusually
strong. :
Boyd A. Musser, who for the past
three years hus been clerk to the coun-
ty commissioners, has purchased the
inturance business of John
tie children,
r farmer lad
was made
Hen,
one
J. F.
wound,
Miller,
editor of the Bellefoute Daily News,
and accordingly opens his office today
{ New Years Mr, Musser will add
a general live of insurance to that of
his predecessor, which was exclusively
fire insurance. Mr. Musser is a young
man of rare tact and ability, and po
doubt will make the lusurauce busi
ness & profitavle ove 10 himself and
his patrons
i
Daniel W. Poorman, formerly of
this place, but now of York, is having
the experience of being a member of a
bosse-ridden county poor board. Mr.
Poorman is serving bis third year as
poor director of York county, and sce
cording toa time-honored custom, he
should have been elected president of
the board. During his two years of
service, Mr. Poorman was instrament
al in reducing the expenses of main
taining the poor department, by pre.
ventiog favored ones securing cone
tracts at fabulous figures, and thus
earned the contempt of his unfaithful
associates on the board who downed
him for the presidency. Mr. Poor
man's courcientious service to the
county of York will no doubt be recog
party