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Thursday Morning, June 19, 1879.
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County Convention.
Tli •lelogntwi rhiwen mi the Utli .>f Beptenihr le-t
In I lie UrnuK-nllc County Cnovsntlnn, el" request!*!
to ini'.'t ul thn Court lluuso, iu ItoiUfuiits,
On Saturday, Juno 21, 1870,
■lt one ..•clork, P. M., fur tho purpose uf selertliig two
Keprvwutatlee h-l-tsi™ in tli<> liriutu-rwtio Mote I "in
vrnUuii, lu In- tinl.l el llsrriahurs, ami Hires h.-us
torlsl Conferees, to •'lu*"!. • Senstorlel Ife-legatr I" the
same, sml to lI'I su,-ti other matter as may ha
l.miislit Iwfnra thn CttnveiUon. A full attau.Uma Is
urgently nv,usel*l. WIU , AM IUMII.TOM,
Omlrniun Co. Convention.
_)•* McOui, 9wrtor ,„
Juan bsvia, I
Local Department.
—Mr. ('barley Cromley was agnin in
town last Sunday.
—Rev. J. Boas will preach at Centre
Hall next Sunday.
—The teachers for tho public schools will
bo electod next Tuesday.
—Dr. It. L. Dartt has hauled tho lum
ber for his now residence.
—Tho roses on tbo premises of Mrs.
Lane are blooming luxuriantly.
—Mr. W. F. Mitlin, of the telegraph
office, is visiting relatives in Chester county.
—The Rev. William MeKcan, of Mif
tlinburg, preached last Sunday at Howard.
—Tho owner of that glove advertised
two weeks ago in this paper lias been found.
—The residence of our military editor,
on Linn street, is receiving a fresh coat of
paint.
—The discourse given by Rev. W. A.
Biggart lust Sabbath evening is said to
have been unusually ablo.
—Gen. James A. Beaver will give the
inhabitants of Sunbttry a taste of his pa
triotic eloquence on the Fourth of July.
—At tho Kpiscopal church, last Sunday
morning, both the i'eni/e and the 7V Drum
wero chanted to new and very beautiful I
tunes.
—Mr. Clarence Johnson, proprietor of
the National Hotel at Shamokin, is writ- ;
ing a history giving his experience in
Brar.il.
—Vacation days will soon roll around.— j
tfollulayxhurp Standard. Tell u* which
way they are coming, please ; we would
like to have a few.
—Judge John Irwin has been alrsejit in
Philadelphia for a week past. He was
telegraphed to return immediately, on the
death of Mrs. Thomas.
—ln consequence of tbo absence of the
Rector, Jev. John Hewitt, there wift bo no '
services in the Episcopal church, this place, !
on next Sunday morning.
—All who wish meat will now be able
to buy plenty of it, as most of our butchers
have been absent from town during the
week laying in a fresh supply.
— E. W. Walker, Goshen, Indiana, is
the name of a firm that have lately sold to
the Bush House an elegant co'-eyancc for
transporting trunks to and fro from the
depot.
—Mr. Jefferson B. Way, an aged and
respected citizen of Port Matilda, died at
that place on the Hth instant. Ho was for
fifty years a consistent member of the M. 1
E. church.
—Tho Centre Uall Reporter informs us
that Mr. Chafer, the supervisor, has de
voted his attention to tho public road
loading through Madisonburg, and as a
result it is much improved.
—Rev. D. P. Kline ,**y in the last
week's Millheim Journal that the cornsr
stone of Miller's Evangelical church, in
Bngar Valley, will bo laid on June 2*.', to
which the public are invited.
—This is the time of the year fur pic-nie ,
excursions. It is always in season for gen
tlemen to get up excursions to the clothing
sthro of J. Newman, Jr., who keep* on
hand a large stock of men's and boys'
clothing.
—Ex-Governor Curtin has consented to
orate before the Citizens' Park Association, '
of Clearfield, at thn Association grounds,
on the Fourth of July, The Governor
will deliver a fine address and attract a
large audience.
—Notwithstanding tho long drought *
which has visited this section this spring, j
our subscription list has flourished In an un- '
precedented manner. It is one of those
crops which is easily raised under all con- i
ditions of the weather.
—James Harris, Esq., is laying a new
pavement before his Spring street resi- j
dence. This Is a move in the right direc
tion, and it would not be in the least det
rimental to that street if new pavements
were laid its entire length.
—During the sudden thunder storm
which occurred on Hunday morning all the 1
windows In the Presbyterian church bad
to be tightly closed. This made it so dark
that the audience could not see one anoth
er, so they paid close attention to the ser-
BOD.
—Messrs. John 8. Hoy, of Marion town
ship, and Thomas E. Rwysr, of M ilea town
ship, each paid us agreeable calls this week
in our new sanctum, on the first floor of
the Bush House, just over our composing
room, where we ean BOW be found.
—Adam Rankin Esq., and lady, of Mon
ey, arrived in town last Thursday to visit
for a few days with the Doctor's brother,
Joseph Alexander Rankin, of this place.
Dr. Rankin U seventy-eight years of age
and an exceeding fine looking old gentle-
N man, and one of the most esteemed cUisen*
Of Muncy.
—Tom Thumb and wife drew n* large
a crowd Hi thoir entertainment last Wed
nusday evening as jieopio ul thoir small
siito could possibly desire.
—The mimlny-echool connected with the
Methodist church in Howard, will give an 1
exhibition on Saturday evening next. Wo !
undereUud liiot some weeks havo boon
*|ient in preparation, and that the pro.
prnmme i* „ vory good one. The proceed*
are to be devoted to the use of the church.
Mis Maggie Mull, a young lady who •
has resided for (ovcral week* past with the
family of O. I*. June*, ICiq,, of Philipsbnrg,
according to the Journal, will, on Saturday
next, tail for Kurope, to bo absent a year.
She will embark from New York with tho
family of Dr. J .muni*.
—The Churchman, of a recent date, con
tains a long obituary notice of Mrs. Lucy
Huston Sturdevnnt, wife of (ien. K. W.
Sturdovaul, of Wilkesbarre, l'a., whoso
decease we were recently called upon to
notice, and who was so well and favorably
known throughout Centre county.
-—Brother Deininger, of the Millheim
Journal, is erecting a handsome residence
in tho flourishing borough of Millheim. _
This is an evidence of prosperity that edit
ors cannot often givn to tho public. But
the editor of tho Journal deserves prosper
ity and wo hope he will live long to en
joy it.
—None of tho Clearileld county cases
have yet come up beforo the Supreme
Court at llarrisburg, but the attorneys are
making an effort to get them up this week.
—Haft.unan' Journal. The cases must bo
very "heavy or tho attorneys too weak. 1
Try some of our lawyers; they'll get them
up in a single day.
Mr. und Mrs. William Jones will cel
ebrate their Fourth of July in Columbia,
this State, the former home of Mrs. Jones.
They were married just before the close of
the war, and this will be the first time
they have visited the many friends of Mrs-
Jones in that place. Their oldest daughter
will probably accompany them.
—The receipt* of the Baptist festival
last week amounted to, betw>-en eighty
and ninety dollars. When the cx(>en*c*
are deducted from this it will leave thorn
a comfortable little sum, but not <|uite a*
large as was made last year. The op|>oi
tion entertainment at the Forge may have
served some in detracting from the usual
attendance.
—At the adjourned meeting of the
Huntingdon Presbytery at Orbisonia le-t
week a call was made by the church at St.
Clairsville for one-fourth of the pastoral
servi. et of Rev. Thomas McNinth, promis
ing him dollars per annum. It is to
be hoped that his other charges pay him
proportionately more, as otherwise his sal
ary would only amount to SIM per year.
Mrs. Christiana Reynolds, widow of
the late well-known John Reynolds, of
Rebcrsburg, has given to St. IVtor's Luth
eran congregation, of that place, a very
hand-ome ofa to adorn the pulpit of their
fine church. It is as lseautiful a piece of
workmanship as the fair donor, and tho
Millheim J umat calls upon other wealthy
persons to follow her commendable ex
ample.
—An Alumni association of the former
students of Pennsylvania Colb-ge, at Get
tysburg, has been formed, embracing in its
limits tho counliu* of Clinton, Lycoming, j
Centre, Union, Northumberland, Montour,
Columbia, Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata, Perry,
Dauphin, Huntingdon, Blair and Bedford.
Tho first A'lumrii convention will bo held j
at Lcwistown during the latter part of
next July, and Adam Hoy, Esq., of this
place, who graduated in the cla* ol IHSfI,
has consented to be one of the speakers on
that occasion.
IWth seemed to come with unexpect
ed suddenness, at least to his friends, when
but a few days ago it visited Mr. Levi j
Snook, of Miles township, whoso decease
we record among our death notice*. He
had, as usual, attended Sabbath-school ,
and church on Sunday week, when, on re- !
turning to hit home, tho inevitable m<**en
ger came and ushered him into that hap
py world where Sabbath la perpetual.
Miles township sustains a heavy b>s by
his decease, as ho occupied a place In tho
community not easily filled.
—The president of the Pennsylvania Re
serve Association, Hon. Andrew G. Cur- i
tin, has notified Major Chill. W. Han
sard, the corresponding secretary, officially,
that the board of control has determined
; to hold the usual annual reunion this au
! tumn at the timo and place hereafter to be
1 announced. He desires the secretary to
i givn the matter publicity, thus early, in
' order that Ihn veterans of the Did Guard
may antici|>ate a re-assvrnbling of the asso
ciation—an occasion whict in other years
proved a source of so much pleasure.—At
toona Call.
—Colonel Arthur Orabowikll, M. A. fl.,
Ph. I)., who has so acceptably fillesl the
; position of Professor of Modern Langua
ges at the Pennsylvania State College, has
been honored by an election to the position
of Profesaor of Agriculture in the Mary
land Agricultural College. It is a posi
tion which tho Colonel is eminently
well qualified to fill with credit to him
self and the institution in which he will
labor. Neil to his expected tour with the
Woodruff Hcienllflc Expedition, which of
courae has been abandoned, this will prove
a pleasant position for the Colonel.
J —Tho Millhritn Journal cori)|ilnin* with !
some cause of the fact that the annual fair
<if thia county incur* oil the same days t
that thu fair ot Union (suinty Is hold.
Rieiili-nts of that end of thy couhty cat) go
to LoWisbiirg easier tln liioy can comu
to Jlollribllto, and, althmigh n do-ire bi aid
their County sovlvty hy tbolr jiroannco
urge# llinui to oiinn to Bollufonte, cohvnn
iciice would load tlieni (o attend tho
I'D ion county fair. If the fair of Contra
, county could bo hold a woi k ourlivr it
would obviate tills uncertainty of mind
into which these loyal resident* of our
county are j,lunged IU bi which place they
aliall honor by their presence, it would es
cape the cold <>f ujijironchlng full, and j>or
f Imp* secure a largely-iliereaM<d attetidanee. .
Dr. Geiriuger, ('barley Fenstcrtnachcr
and Klli# L. Orvia are each quite jiroflcient
imse balliat*. Tliey arc jiructicing with the
i intention of becoming y< t more so, and the
! mialy future betokens a hot eonti-at between
u frehly-foruied combination and the Col
lege club which now crow* so lustily with ;
no ojijioaitlon. There will arise a David to
; -lay litis Goliath.
Oh. I. tit tVi*< hull* mi l l.nfa will fly
Ai tli* PkHtcmrtit naiN liltfti
The gH will hftiili* from Olympu*' height
tin thriM* licfHM |>Uying with inight.
The grnwl "rut" thut will k m<ln
Will throw m\\ other, in the •liwl#,
An<i the rlul* l>y Ylrt'rjf rownea|
ghell f •(*•*r reu VMi
—The Walcbman ha- pub)i*h<><l several
editorial article* recently In which the ed
itor endeavors to jirovn by statistic* tho
absurdity that tho more you urge a man
not to drink tho more he u ill drink, or
that ai! effort# toward prohibition only re
sult in causing a greater consumption of
liquor. Tho writer commence# wrong.
He should Ural establish thu fact that ali
inon are a# stubborn as mule#, and not in
the leaal oj-cn to moral suasion. He should
givu jiraclical illustration to Li# belief by
rofu-ing to drink whenever invited to do
#o, and by taking a copious draught when
ever warned against it.
—Hobbeis ojeTute.] in Centre Hall a
couple of weeks ago and relieved Mr. John
Grove of #cv<-ral articles. For immediate
consumption they took some bread and
butter, and a bras# kettle for preserving
fruit, which ran be j>ut to good uo in a
few wi>ek*. They also took a jair of old
boot# for evcry-day wear, and a j.air of
new b-M,t# for dress occa-ions. That they
wish to kecj, clean is |>lain from the fact
that they atotrarted some towela froin the
summer house. The aays that
'.hey also stole some provision* from the
premise# of A!<x. Kerr and John lline
bach.
—-The I-ogan Fire Comj-any have come
to the unalterable determination to remain
at home on the Fourth of July. No in
ducement# will f-ersuade them to #'k tho
shade# of our gay State capital, or to visit
that little village nearer home called Pleas
ant Gap. Furthermore, they wi#h it to he
distinctly understood that they solirll no
invitations Ail this seems to lie extreme
ly sensible, and we shall be as glad to keep
them at home on that day a- if they had
been absent for a year.
Never before have we noticed the gen
tlemen so universaliy fallow the custom of
wearing bouquets in the hutton hole* of
their coat# Thi# i# not an evidence of
softening of the brain—oh, no. It means
that they hare begun to patronize the
clothing store of J Newman, Jr., and con
sequently are enabled to drost bettor than
ever before. Thi prove# n fining to the
taste and leada them to adopt thi* further
and easy mode of ornamentation.
—We hear that Mr John Mason Dun
can, the accomjilishcd instructor who la- '
b->red in our j-üblic schools last winter,
expect# to leave town some time during
the latter part of August A# we know
he would not dcjuirl from our town unless
it is greatly to hi* advantage to do so,
with the regret we feel incident to hi# de
parture there i* a mingling of pleasure at
the evidence of grwid fortune which thi*
move indicatee has come to him.
—lf a man pursue* hi* busines* in a
trrlly horo-st and straight-forward man- f
ner he will find that it will constantly in- !
crease in quantity. This may account for >
the groat success of S. A. Brew A Bon in
the grocery line. They find their trade
Increasing day by day, retaining their old
custom and ever gaining fresh patronage. •
People who deal with them are treated
well and are sure of full measure and good
goods.
—lt wa# quite cold Tuesday night, nev
ertheless the following day our ladin*
thronged to the exclusive dry-goods store
of J. 11. Bauland and continued buying I
fre#h summer goods. They know that
July and August are to be hot months and
thuy will need seasonable thin drosses.
—There will be no special celebration of
the Fourth in Bellefanle thi* year. Every
body 1# *o Intensely interested In the grand
tale* of ladle*' dress good# which are being
made hy tho "Bee Hive" exclusive dry
good* store, that they have forgotten ail
about "the day wo celebrate.''
—The member# of the Centennial Tern-
Iterance Club are requested to attend the
meeting next Monday evening. The oc
casion ia one of great importance to the
(Hub, a* the officer* for the ensuing yaar
will be selected.
—A new pavement i* In prog re#* before
the property of Dr. Curin'a heir*, corner of
Allegheny and High street*.
A* OCIOUKNAHIAN Goer—lt ir with
fooling# of regret thut thin week wo are
ngain Mmjiellud to record th> r|w*in f (in
aged and estimable Ji*<ly, Mrs. l'.lua M.
TBUMNE, who ha* BVM1 in our miifat while
generation aftor generation has gr>>wn up
around her HIHI egein have j.aa-cd two)'.
Like opii o| lite lirin tr*w we imiMininw
meet in the dci'ji fared., she stood the
rtnrm and ravage# of time, white vnnng
niul tender aapplmga have succumbed be
fore the rodi- blast*. An old landmark
ahe seemed, i remnant of the 1h1 <lr > nf' v ,
who .till hold on to lifo although n third
century was drnwing near to its opening.
Hut we arc reminded that humanity Is not
cupahlo of eternal existence while enclosed
in the casket of time, that lh Itiiinortal
must put on a fresh, pure end enduring
body to lant forever. Although life is
lovely and to bo deaired, eajM-cially in the
case of the .object of this notice, it* limit
must at length be rein bed, and the mn>t
.toady loet mual stop from the confine* of
ita existence into the fathomless sea of
eternity. Oh, how dark, how dreary, ia
tiiia to tome ; but how bright, what an
opening into the futurity of eternal blia* to
one n'ho can go enclosed in the anna of
her Beloved, guided straight in the narrow
way of life by the Sun of Kightouaneaa.
From a record given by a brother of the
deeeaacd we learn that Mra. Thomaa waa
born on the !Md day of September, 17'.'2.
Thia liglit which burned ao steadily went
out iaat Mon day at II r. v., which would
make her M yeara, 8 monlha and 24 days
of age, Truly a long time to live in the
changing aeenea of thla existence. Mra.
Thomaa waa the widow of Win. A. Thomaa,
a member of the Society of Prienda, and a
man of great prominence. She waa a aiater
of Mr. Isaac Miller, an cateeniod (Quaker
gentleman alill aurviving in our midat
She waa a niece of the elder George, Bond
Reuben and Abratn Valentine#. From
thia it can lie inferred what an extensive
connection ahe ba# in thia vicinity. The
only two of her children living, we believe,
are Jacob V. and Iaae Thomaa, who are
well-known citizen*. Win A Thomaa,
huahand of the deceased lady, at Ida death,
left an iminenae eatale, which ha# found ita
way through the varum* hranche* of the
family, making them all peron of promi
nence.
Of courae the death in que* lion vu ex
jiected, yet it La an exceedingly sorrowful
occurrence to the aurvivor#. It wa the
natural w< aring out of a noble life, hasten
ed perhapa by a stroke ,f paralvaia a few
year* ago. lltiCit imiit lie a consolation to
those who day# honor will
meditate on thi# occurrence, to know
that the subject enjoying the blia
•f eternity ; that and feeble no
longer, but ha# reneiWa that youth whuh
i# the part of th'iae who will quaff of the
living fountain a youth far-ver young.
An itmnenaa concourse of venerating
frienda will follow the dead oorpe to the
grave; but the a.ml, like nature, ia bloom
ing in an iin|iri*hahle garment of loveli
ness.
lIK *TU or A PanvivgxT CITI/K*.— ■ '
We referred a few week# ago to the iilnnss
of (ten. George Hut hps in, of Gregg town
ahip, and It wa with feeling# of sorrow
ttiat we, together with all hi* numeroua
friend*, looked forward to the time when
hi* life on thia earth, which bad been ao '
filled with usefulness, mint terminate.
Now that the ex looted denouement of hi#
death, on M onday week, ha* reached ua,
we sincerely condole with thoee who must
feci hi# loas #o acutely, and join with them
in admiring the warrior, the Christian and
the good citizen, who ha# in e*< h uf those
relet acted well hi# part, made hi# eighty
three year# of life sublime and worthy of
imitation. The Miliheim Journal |va a
graceful tribute to hi# memory in the jails
(■ration of the following diget of hi# life,
whiih it gives u * pleasure to copy :
"lly reference to our obituary column#
it will lm #cen that the venerable (ten.
George Hurhanan dejiarted thi# life, at hi#
rural home, near I'enn llall, at the ad
vanced age of nearly eighty-three year#
He had Iseen suffering from the effort* of a
paralytic *tr<ske and had bst hi* *j<eeh for
the la#t two year# of hi# life. Otherwie
he waa never idek.
(ten. Buchanan wa# of a verr illuatriou#
family. He wa a grandson of Gov. Thom
as McKean, brother of A<lmiral Hurhanan,
of the Confederate Navy, who wa# badly
wound.*! during the naval battle In Mis
bile Bay, Admiral Faragul commanding
the Federal Asset Ile wa* al#o the father
of Lieut. Kvan M. Buchanan, of the TJ. S.
Army, who gave hi# life for hi# country in
the War of the Rebellion, and Commander
Thomas McKean Hurhanan, who wa* kill
ed in a naval battle in Bayon Tcrhe, Louis
iana, during the late war. Both lhe#c
yisutbful heroea #leep their last slaop in the
beautiful cemetery at Bcllefonte. A daugh
ter, who had been married to a Mr. Ever
ett, from Massachusetts, Bee also buried
here. A third eon, ti. Lloyd Buchanan,
rest# in the graveyard at Spring Mill#. In
religion Ocn. Buchanan adhered to th*
Kpiacopal church; in politic* he wa* an
ardanl Whig until that once great party
wa* diao!vs>d, when he attackx-d to the
Demsscratic party, with which he acted up
to the time of hi* death.
He held the office of I'rothonotary of
Centre county for a time, by appointment
by the Governor. Ile al*n served for sev
eral torma a* Justice of the Peace in Gregg
township, where he had hi# home for many
year*.
A* a neighbor Gen. Buchanan wa* kind
and helpful. Many were hi* act* of char
ity in former year#, and he will be grate
fully remembered when gone. A# a Chris
tian he wa* broad and liberal In hi* view*,
active In the line of duty, lie wa* an ac
tive worker In and devoted friend of the
Sunday-school cauie.
Ile was human ; he had hla fault* ; but
hi# sterling virtue* completely hid them,
and hi* memory will be fondfy cheriahed
by th* community of which ha ao long waa
a leading cllinen and uaefal member. Ht
juitscat in pad.
A CBAMOK AHI> jMrnovKMKNT.—When
the public again have the opportunity of
paying a el'rt to the room* of Young
Men a Christian Association tbcv will find
that It ha* undergone a vast change. That
there wa# room for much improvement
there is no doubt, but tbst ita pre#nt osii
-1 ditlott will h<- equal to the bighc-t antici-
Jjation* of all is i arnostly believed and ox -
poet*>d. The walls and enUing have been
made jsiire and beautiful with a waali of
j lovely-tinted kalsomlne. The rich and
I elegant rag carjiCt, just fresh from the
aklllful blinds o r the weaver, I# glowing
and aoft and luxurious, reflecting in ita
wealth of Color tho kind heart# and goner
| <sus ajiirit* of tbi s#is who #o kindly donated
j the rag# for it* manufacture. It will be
spread on the- floor in a fs-w day#, and will
give hack no harsh round to the tread of
those who pa - a over it* smooth surface.
The r*gs were given by all the denomina
tions and by person# of no denomination,
but now all distinction# are lost in it#
thick, yielding bosom ; as it i# hojied will
be the ca#e with all who enter the room
that they will come with a desire to do
goie) unto ail men, and l>o willing to lay
aside other jsoculiaritiea of faith. The book
case and other furniture used merely for
the convenience of those who frequent the
reading room have been removed into an
aj.artment in the rear of tho Council
chamber, which is henceforth designed to
ho uaed as a library and reading room.
Tho accommodation for the Immense
crowds will now be more equal to the de
mand. Ilis believed that this will be an
agreeable change to all.
Bfaii HOOK BEAUTY.—This docs not
refer to the peculiar hcauty of tho habitw
of this hotel, but to the building itaelf.
Workmen have been cngag<-d during tho
pa#l w-ek in renewing the jminl on the ex
terior of the Hush House, and have boon
jx-rtoruiing lh-ir work at a dizzy h< igtb.
Paiaera-by cannot fail to have realized, as
they noticed the apparently frail scaffold
ing on which the men aPe-d to jiaint along
the eaves of the- building, what dread dan
ger# attend the occuj.atton. Itejo-atodly
boards have fallen, one doacending with
surh frightful velocity a- almost to crash
through the solid jdanks which sjian the
• r#-k at tho corner of yp hotel. The mod
est tpiaker-drah hue which the exterior
will assume, will be much more agreeable
to the eye than the flaring while which the
glaring sun now rerid-r# too intensely
tiright. That the management of the hotel
are realizing a substantial i..corne arid cx
jev t an increase in the future i# evidenced
by the elaborate improvements constantly
living made inside a# well as out. Fresh
fly-jiaji-r ha* fas-n put In the office and
dining rootn, and the latter apartment is
about receiving aw ash of k alsomine. I>ur
jng the torrid months of July and August
all who reside In the hotel can rrscline at
case in their pleasant apartment- and Ic
surrounded with a# much to render them
jeire, fresh, crwd and inviting as human in
genuity can devise.
JfxTIoXAI. GvtKD IXTtl.ltDirri. —
From our exchanges we glean that Gen.
James A Heaver, commanding the Fourth
Brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania,
has issued his order# in regard to the semi
annual insj-eclion of the Fifth regiment
Colonel Hurchflrld i and hhertdan iro->pof
Tyrone (Caj lain J<-ne', with the request
that the lime of inspection be fixed subse
quent to the 10th instant. In compliance
with command, Colonel Burchfb Id ii-d < n
tho following date#, some of which have
already lieen held : Company C, at Ifollt
daysburg, last Monday; Comjiany IT, at
Wilmore, and Comjiany A, at Kbensburg,
last Tueadav ; Comjiany G. at Lcwistown,
yesterday; Comj'*ny K. at Philijwburg,
to-day, at 10 A. M. ; Comjiany H, this
jilace, to-morrow, at 2 o'clock p. m.; and
Comjiany I), at Huntingdon, and Conij-a
ny I, at Bedford,on Saturday next. C->r..
|>any commander# are exjw* tod to prej>are
rejiort# of the strength of their 'r-p*etive
comjianics, and field and staff officer* will
be pre*cntat these inajiectiona.
Tn* AKIXVAI. CUMMKWCCMKVT. —' Tho
usual commencement exercio* will begin
at Pennsylvania State College on Sunday,
June 22, at fl p. m , with the Baccalaur
eate *-rmon, by President Calder. The
tame day at H p. H., the aritiiversarv of
the Y oiing Men'* Chrittian Association
will lm celebrstol with an addroe* by
Prof. John F. Ibiwney, M 8.. C. 8.; *ub
jort, "Martin Luther.'' On Monday a
"Muy| Hoiroe" will be held at dr. M.
An addroa* will be delivered before the
Alumni of the College on Tunmlay at H
P. M., by Prof. A. 11. Tuttle, class of
IHflfl. The exercise* on Wednesday will
consist of an artillery salute, at tt A. m. ;
the annual meeting of trustees, at 10 A.
m. ; Alumni dinner, at 12 m. ; the meet
ing of 4plegato* and Alumni to elect
trustees, at 2 p. H. ; review and drill of
cadet*, at 4 P. M. ; and Junior contest for
the Kaine prize, at fl p. M. On Thurs
day, the rioting day, the graduation exer
cise* will be held at 10: 80 A. M., and the
President's levee at 8 P. M
FESTIVAL AT PHMIIWHIHO —Our neigh
boring town of Philipsburg seems to be
very prolific of fair* and festivals. Among
those appointed fbr the near future we no
tice, by the .WW, that the Reading
and Orchestral Association will bold ona
to-morrow and Saturday evening* ; the
Baptist denomination of that place have
arranged for one on the evening* of the
Sd, 4th and 4th of July; and the Phil
ipeburg Cornet Band will celebrate the
immortal Fourth by inviting their friend*
to partake of cake and ice cream for
their benefit on that evening.
If* CHE*M.— It i* mi t often that a per
! *on can be found vi morbidly conatituted
. or so dyspeptically Inclined a* not to par
, take of ic ortiim with pleasure, e#pM.'ially
at thntlwt'if tiirM day*. To
do go and at the tame time to benefit lutnn
, one ly the act should impart a new and
delicious flavor to the cream tbwlf and In
crease our pleasure in eating it. Thi* all
will have another opportunity of doing on
the evening* of the 4th and .'th of July,
which favorable time the United Hretl ren
congregation, of thi* place, have chosen to
hold a festival in the vacant room In Mo
' la'n * lllock, Die Fourth i* "the day
we celebrate,' and we will hare greater
satisfaction and enjoy oureelve* more If we
| *U*p in and eataorna United Brethren ice
cream and cake, and having gone once we
will be aur to go again on the following
evening.
KOHHEKT i.w MUM TOWNSHIP. —In
view of the many robberiea and thieving
depredation* which are being committed
throughout the county, it certainly be
hooves all to ! nervate the u*ual vigilance
exercised again. t them. Kvery night one
. occur* in *ome jnrtion of the county, and
we have not heard of the capture of any of
these miscreant* for some time. In addi
| tion U> thoe which occurred at Centre
Hall, we harn that one night lat week
the autnmer hou*e of Jobn Hubler, of +.
Miloa town.hip, wa. vi.itcd and a large
amount of choice provltion taken. They
!eo entered hi* huuae and took two valua
ble watches, the pjroperty of Mr. Hubler.
j There fellow* teem to be con.lanlly grow
ing bolder, and it aecin* tbat their appre-
I benaiori and capture, or the vi.itation of a
few ounce* of cold lead will be neceaanry
| to dampen their ardor.
ANOTHER AOTIIIKXT NV A FALLIVO
THEK —lt seems to u* that the J>eoplo of
Millheim are inclined to be (lightly too
vonluri-aome when engaged in felling tree*,
a* it i* at bet a dangerous ojieration.
The Journal record* another accident
from thi* source. Meur*. Thomas Noil
and A.J. Campbell were engaged on Mon
day week in removing a large but umigbt
ly tree from before the residence of I>r.
Mingle. When the tree wa partly cut
through Mr Campbell climbed it to fas
tcri a rope in order to draw it in a desired
direction. While in lite tree it commencetl
falling, cauting Mr. Campbell to jump.
He alighted on a large flag klone injuring
himaelf aeverely, but it it bojwd not dar. -
geroutly.
—Our e.teemed contemj-irary which is
sued yeaterday morning .how. lamentably
the departure of iu former intelligent
*-*+■ ~ late editor, the decline in ability even
exceeding what we apprehended. In re
gard to iu remark, about u— well, really,
life i. too brief and too fuii of pleasure to
►ay anything disagreeable In reply, and if
we have nnwittingly offended iu dignity
we tru.t it will "forgive and forget.'' But
it remain, to bo demonstrated that a ma
j rity of lite jteople of thi. county prefer "
phraee* of uch sjuestionable elegance a*
"whoop'er up," and .undry other px-t
expressions which appear in that publica
tion, to those which *. UM. When they
do we will .umtnon the competent aid
which the Rrpukh-can alone can give, a*
we confess ourselves unequal to the emer-
JttfN
—The p. nn.lv vania Kail road Company
ha. had in contemplation the erection of
an elegant pa.M i,g< r depiot over the race.
Now that the bridge i. widened, and that
part of the town is receiving some attention
from the town council, it aeem. a very
au.picion. time for the company to com
mence the depot. Cannot the railroad
company be induced to t4iink so, too?
—A correspondent from Mile# town*hip
complain, with considerable warmth that
the n hool director* of tbat town.hip have
confined themselves to their own rela
tive* in .electing teacher* for the public
whooW. We do not know bow thi* may
he, and it i a matter in which we can take
no p>art. But nepvli.m in public affair* ii
never commendable.
j —The Clinton Prmnrral inform* u that
Messrs K 11. Bridgen* and George S,
Hood, two of Lock Haven * live citizen.,
have gone to California, Washington
county, on the Monongahela river, for the
purpose of grading and ballasting five
i mile# of railroad for the Penn.ylvania
I Company.
—The Rlon Cornet Hand will give a
pic-nic next Saturday which promise# to
I be an event in the history of the band.
Prof. Phlllippi, the celebrated aeronant,
will giTe bit aid in attracting a crowd by
making a balloon ascension.
—Grasshopper# are hopping about in
great number* thi* rummer. They hava
an affinity for grain field#, and farmer* in
the uppier end of Penn. Valley are unoer- 0
tain which predominate In their field*—the
grain or the grasshopper*.
—Mi* Bella Rankin, of Boaltburg, and
Mlia Kate Green, of thi. place, were aroong
the flair ladle* who honored the Mountain
Seminary at Birmingham by their preaence
during the commencement e* ere lee#.
—An interesting game of ba# hall will
be played on the fair ground on Saturday
a iter noon neat between n nine from the 6
Logan and n nine from the Undine Fire
oompeniea.
—Prof. Ittan, of State College, preached
in the M R. church, at Centre Hall, last
Sunday, at feM p. M.