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Thursday Morning, August 7, 1879.
Cobbmpgiidkmcb, containing lui|*irUnt newa, aollclt>
••.I .'rout •!jr jmrl of the county. No t-umnttniollotii
lurt*! uiilM* cciiQi(itiilfil by tli rl uimv uf tha
writer.
Local Department.
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—Gen. Beaver is in Philadelphia.
—Miss Mary Crittenden is in Williams
port.
—The Lutheran conference met el Penn
Hall on Tuesday.
—Spring Mills has n string bund rum*
posed of seven members.
—Gregg township Is erecting a now
school house near the toll-gate.
Miss Sylvia Mayae, of Emporium, is
the guest of Miss Lizzie Morrison.
—Mine Host Houaeal, of the Brockerhoff
House, spent Sunday last in Tyrone.
—Lock Haven has so many old maids
she don't know what to do with them.
—Mr. John Royer, of Millhcim, is pre
paring for the erection of u new house.
—The houso of r. Jacob Frederick, of
Spring Mills, is approaching completion.
Rev. Laurie and Miss Mary Laurie
will spend -the nest three weeks at tho sea
shore.
—Wiiliainsport's learned legal light,
Judge Samuel Linn, was in town since our
last issue.
—Tho moon is now disappearing from
view. It will have reached its last quar
tcr on Saturday.
—George Hrow ha* Wen enjoying him
self at Krie, from where he returned a
day or two since.
—l'enns Valley Institute, under Prof :
Ilitner, is now in operation with a very I
encouraging attendance.
—Rig, yellow lemons, juicy and sour, j
were sold on Saturday last at the rale of
■'fifteen for a quarter."
—The residence of K. C. Humes, Esq., !
on Allegheny street, j* Wing externally
improved with fresh paint.
—Mr. William Colyer, of Centre Hall,
has a new house, erected lor him by Mr. I
A. P. Luse, the skillful carpenter.
—I. S. Frain, Esq., one of the substan- i
tial and intelligent farmers of Marion
township, called on us last Thursday after
noon.
—A choice little canary bird escaped
Irom it* cage and flew away from the resi- '
dencc of Mr. *saac Guggenheimer on Sun
day last.
—Mr. John A. Mull and wife, of Phil- !
ipaburg, have returned to their home* after
an extended tour to Halifax and tho Bay
of Fundy.
—The largest market of the season was
that of lat Saturday. Wagons loaded
with good things entirely surrounded the
Court House.
—Mr. Al. Dale arrived in town on Sat
urday night and has been spending the
past few days in company with his popular
legal brother Clement.
Mr. L. E. WeWr, principal of New
Washington Normal School, vu recently
chosen to one of the host positions in the
school* of Philipsburg.
—Mrs. R. A. Kinsloe, of Hugheaville,
daughter of Mr. James Rankin, has Wen
viiiting during the past week with her
friend* in this place.
—Two attractive young ladies from
Reading, Miss Lilly C. Oeiger and Mis*
K. L. Sehroeder, are tho guests of Mr*.
Col. Keller, of this place.
—Miss Birdie Switzer, of I'hilipsburg,
who has been suffering with her eyes, ha*
recently been much Wnefltted by consult
ing a Philadelphia occulist
—Dr. Rhone and lady returned home
last Friday from a pleasure trip to the
southern psrt of this State, after enjoying
an exceedingly pleasant time.
—Tho Pennsylvania Dental Association
will meet in this place in July of next
year—which information is almost enough
to give a fellow the tooth-ache.
—Two hush meeting* held near Pleasant
Gap on Sunday were each well attended.
One Evangelical whilo the other was
held by the Messiah church of Zion.
—Prof. Charles Bauer is swskening
great enthusiasm in the art of writing
among the residents of Unionville, and
they will soon W the champion penmen of
the county.
—A flag floating to the breeze in front
of the Grand Army of the Republic head
quarters last Saturday suggested the usual
meeting of Gregg Post, which was held in
the evening of that day.
—Eighteen of the "Pinafore!tea" stop
ped at the Bush House, fifteen at the Brock
hoff House, and two with friends in town.
After the opera was over they all enjoyed
a pleasant hop at the Bush House.
—Mrs. Gray and daughter, of Milton,
were guest* of Mrs. N. Dare, of this place,
over last Sunday. Mr*. Gray once taught
school In this borough and consequently
met a host of old friends while here.
—The work of putting in the steam
pipes at the State College is gradually
progressing. Students can return at the
opening of nest term with the agreeable
thought that coal dust and ashes will no
longer invade their apartments.
—A new Hunday-*chuol was organized
on Sunday afternoon last in the Ironwork
ers' building near Valentines' Forges.
A full list of officers and teachers were
elected. Tho school started out with an
attendance of about fifty, which number,
now that tho school is organised to belter
meet their wants, it Is expected will soon
to doubled.
—Our friend, Mr. James H. Young, of
Philadelphia, arrived in Bellofonle, on
Monday, and opened liis notion snmples at
the Bush House, and we h<>|>e found lots of
trade.
Mr*. John Knowlcs sang "Just as I
am without one plea,'' on Sunday evening
in the Episcopal church. It wa* rendered
in a manner in accord with her former
fine efforts in tho sumo direction.
—Mrs. ex-Governor Curtin has been in
delicate health during most of the summer,
Weare happv to bear from Saratoga, wlieio
she with her daughter, Miss Kate, are
staying, that she is now convalescing.
—lt is now probable that Mr. \V. V.
Hughes, formerly of this place, will return
again to the county and nettle in Philips
burg, as ho has secured an interest in the
firm of Hoover, Harris A Co., of that
place.
—C. M. Bower, Esq., and family, reach
ed home on Tuesday morning, after a ten
days' pleasant trip to the North. They
visited Watkin's Glen and Niagara Falls
and greatly enjoyed tho wonders of both
places.
—"John Anderson, My Joe John," has
replaced the light broken by the entrance
of burglars, a couple of weeks ago, and it
has been painted a la restaurant by thut
skillful manipulator of the brush, John
Irvin.
—Tho Millhoim Journal says that five
of the six members of the family of Mr.
Levi Burd, residing two miles below
Aaronsburg, are prostrated with typhoid
fever. It is an unusually severe inslanco
of affliction.
—An opportunity is offered for every
body to visit the famous village of Snow
Shoe. Each Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day during this month there will to an
excursion from this place t<> Snow Shoe for
s!.*> the round trip.
Mr. Thomas (*. Houts, of Lcmont,
sje-nt about half an hour investigating the
mysteries of the "art preservative" in our
offico last Thursday. Wo hope he will
find time to sj>end many more half hours
in the same war.
—Mr*. Newton, a lady living in Al
toona, was burned to death on Saturday
morning last by attempting to revive a
slumbering fire by pouring oil on it from a
can containing about one gallon. Tho
particulars of her death were horrible in
the extreme.
—"Be sure you're right, then go ahead,"
is a well-worn hut true maxim. If gen
tlemen will put it into practice in tho mat
ter of buying clothes they will always go
to Newman, Jr. a, popular clothing hall,
where they can get the best goods for the
least money.
—Some fact* that we have received
about the State Dental Association which
is to meet in this place next year, and Pa
trick Henry's |>apor on "Mr. Haye* and
his Vetoes ' aro omitted this week because
of the crowded condition of our columns,
but will ap|>ear in our next issue.
—George Valentine, Esq., has broken
ground for the erection of a handsome
residence on the southern |K>rtion of the
lot surrounding the residence of Mr. Cha*.
MrCafTerty. When wo saw "handsome"
we wish to convey the full meaning of that
term, CJuito likely it will he even more
elegant than anything yet attempted in
Hellefonte.
—lt would be well if, when tho officers
of the Pennsylvania railroad are devising
excursion routes, they would consult the
want* of the people in the particular local
ities they propose to accommodate. It
would appear that from one mountain
scene to another I* not much of an object for
excursionist* and tourist* to spend time and
money upon in seeking pleasure ; hut from
mountain to ocean isa more decided change,
and would meet with a more hearty and
, liberal response than will, for instance, the
| excursion Just announced for Bedford on
the 'Uh instant. F rom what we can learn,
| tho tourist* and pleasure seekers of this
vicinity are decidedly in favor of excur
sions to the sea shore, with stoixofl' privi
leges at Philadelphia.
—Rev. John Hewitt preached an anni
versary sermon on Sunday evening. It
wa* the occasion of entering u|>on the third
year of his ministry over this parish. His
text wa* from St. Matthew 7 : 1, "Ye
; shall know them by their fruit#." From
the fact that hut fifteen had been confirmed
In the two years of hi* ministry, the rev
erend gentleman did not consider the work
accomplished as very satisfactory or en
couraging. The amount of funds raited
within those two years ha* exceeded the
contributions of any previous years, how
ever, reaching about s*,ooo in that time.
The discourse, whilo it congratulated the
congregation upon advances in usefulness
which had been made, also exposed many
faults and pointed out many avenue* for
further progress.
—The meeting in the room of the Y. M.
C- A., on Sunday last, was unusually in
structive and entertaining, and those who
concluded that the weather was too warm
to permit their attendance, missed one of
the best meetings of the season. Rev-
Wm. Laurie, of the Presbyterian church,
conducted it in bis customary energetic
manner. Short talk* were made by four
gentlemen from a distance, who fortunately
were present, among whom were Dr. Cal
der, President of State College, and Mr.
John Hswton, also of the College. Then
there was a Professor from Princeton
College and Dr. J. M. Peddlcord, of liar- j
risburg, who are visitors in town, and each
of whom participated in the exercises. It I
was certainly a meeting which benefited I
those who attended it.
—Mis* Ryder, daughter of M. O. Ryder,
Esq., of Alloonu, wax wooed Htid ulmoxl
won sotnotimo ago by Mr. Daniel (I. Hceh
tl, a young man at present employed ax
engineer •>• a New York railroad, with
headquarters at Buffalo. Hut pupa inter
|ioM>d, and the marriage wan indefinitely
jioxtjioned. I'apa wn* alxo unaware of the
fait that the rejected lover wax located
at Buffalo, and therefore offered no ob
jevtion when hi* dear daughter Sarah in
nocently proposed to visit her uncle, Cap
tain Thomas K. Walker, of that place.
Mix* Sarah departed on her vixit on Fri
day, the iHth of July, and the neat that
the father heard of hi* daughter wax a let
ter aigned hy Mr. nnd Mrs. 11. (i. Ih-chtel,
announcing that they hail been quietly
married according to the rule* and regula
tion* of St. Joseph'* Cathedral, Buffalo,
N. Y. The father wax indignant at first,
hut did the most Kinxihlo thing he could
under the circumstances, by forgiving the
runaway couple, and they are expected
in u few day* to visit papa's home, on
Eleventh A venue, above.Seventeenth street,
Alloonu, after which they will return to
Hutfulo, where the groom has a plea-ant
home prepared for his happy bride.
—Judge Or vis presided for Judgo Cum
min In the Court of Common Ph-a* of Ly
coming county in a case over which Judge
Cummin, l>y reason of having been coun
sel for the plaintiffs, had no jurisdiction.
While, le-ntx A White, of Williaius|H>rt,
hrouglit suit agaitot the Pennsylvania
Railroad company for failure to pay f-",<)00
previously subscribed by the board of man
agers towards the completing of a State
road from Nortli Point up Youngwoman'*
Creek toGermania. The opinion of Judge
tirvis in favor of the defendant*, on the
two pxiint* of law whether there *• any
legal authority in the Commissioners who
were con-tru- ling lite road to receive such
subscriptions and maintain suit to recover
the same and whether the board of mana
ger* of the railroad company had any au
thority to make sic h subscriptions, covers
thirty pages of manuscript, and i .|-ken
of a< one of those full, aide *nd • xhaustive
opinions |>eculiar with our learned Judge.
About everybody went to the band
festival lat Friday night, and then went
again on .Saturday night. There wa but
one opinion expressed in regard to it, and
now everybody agr--.-* that tho band < arr
get up a good festival as well as furnish
good music. Mi Annie li.-ian was the
successful competitor for a rhromo, and
Misses Teresa Ila/.le and Kate (urnr:i"
received a hand*otue cake. The luind re
turn thanks t" the ladies who lent their
attraction* and assistance to the aid of the
hand and to the many cili/.cns who patron
ised the festival. About sixty dollars were
realised and the member* of the band
will soon sport new hat* and belt*. May
they live long and play forever !
—Our friend*. 8. K. Faust and I*ra*l
Rockhouser, offspring Hank, accompanied
by their ladies, were on a pleasure jaunt
on Monday morning la*t Resides visiting
the State College and paying their respect*
to Bellefonte, they are alo said to have
tarried long enough at the famous hotel of
Mr (iottleib Ilaag, at Pleasant Gap, to eat
a large supper consisting of spring < hick-n.
and other good thing*. Mr. Faust is a
celebrated carriage builder and Mr. Rock
homer Is equally proficient as a farmer.
They seemed to enjoy themselves im
mensely, and we hope ail their journey
through life may be equally pleasant.
—At a congregational meeting of the
Lick Run Presbyterian church, held after
service on Sabbath last, Jacob McCauly
and Androw Martin, of Jacksonville, and
William Irwin, of the east end of Marion
township, were elected elder* for three
year*. We are please! to learn that there
arc sign* of a returning spirit of enterprise
in this church, and that there is now a fair
prospect of it* securing, in connection with
tho church at Huhlershurg, the services of
a pastor, and having regular services here
after.
Mr*. R. A. Patlerwon, the accomplished
lady Vice President of llinghamton Young
I-adir*' College, Hingiiamton, N. Y., was
a visitor in town on Thursday last. In
traveling she doe* much e(Tactual work for
the popular institution of learning which
she rnprcecnt*. While here she was taken,
by Mr. Kyle McFarlane, to his plca*ant
home in the country, where she was a
guest for a short time.
—Prof. John Hamilton, of Pennsylvania
State College, has returned from Florida,
where he had been spending some time
on account of ill health. Ho is now visit
ing hi* friend* about Lemnnt anil the Col
lege, where he wax kindly received by
those who eagerly awaited his return. Tho
Prof, look* much better for his trip and
it is hoped he may he able, at leswt in
part, to resume his former duties.
—Lile is real, life it earnest,
And the gravo is not it* goal ;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
IVsi not spoken of the soul.
But if you will go to llrew's store
And will always keep from strife,
You can buy the best of groceries
You ever tasted in your life.
—Mrs. Daniel Rjpiadx and family have
taken up a two week*' residence at Hnow
Hhoe, at which lofty height and among
whose refreshing breeitc# they are endeav
oring a* much as possible to dissipate the
beat and careoonsoquent upon this summer
weather. May the cooling winds add to
them increased health and strength.
Huaii House Hon am k Mr, Tuesday
evening Mr. Hoppe* gave another of his
delightful parlor sociables, litis time with
mora pretention than usual. The music
wax furnished by the Heilefoiito Orchestra,
of which our Jolly friend Fred Smith I* the
manager. Hellefonte, by the way, can he
congratulated on the posses ion of ucli an
eflieiont leader in music a* Mr. Smith.
The evening had a delightful close with
( vocal music. Miss Lyon, who won such
j plaudits as "Buttercup," first favored the
company with a solo, "(I Fond Dove," and
| then wax accompanied in a charming duo
by her sister.
Twiski.k, Litti.e Stahm.— Jupiter still
occupies the post id' honor as morning star,
though he ix not without rivuls. lie is
, now quite conspicuous and will he rnoxt
brilliant at the close of August, when ho is
in Ooppositiun" and pns.es tho meridian at
midnight. Tito changing operations of hi*
four moons will al ways excite tho curiosity
of tho observer, and may bo seen quite
easily in even a email telescope. Kast of
Jupiter, in the order of distance, are Sat
urn, Mar* and Neptune. Saturn is in the
constellation of The Fishes, and bis rings
are more favorable for observation now
than they will he again this year. The
earth is bel"W the piano of the rings, .o
that it i- their under side which is visible.
Saturn will l in conjunction with Un
moor, to-day, and in opposition to tin- sun
or, October Still further to the Ks.t in
The itnni i- Mars, which is rapidly Hearing
the earth, and consequently increasing in
brightac. He Is in conjuclioli with the
moon on August with Neptune on Aug
ust I I, and in opposition on November 12
when hi brilliancy is greatest.
THi HfTE. —We are pleased to ropy, from
the ('.litre Hail /f'/x-rfer, the following
tribute of r-|<vt to the memory of the
lat'- Michael Hettinger, of George'* Val
ley, who met with such a sad death about
a fortnight ago, in being thrown from hi*
runaway team and killed
Inasmuch a It ha* pleased Almighty
Qi i to eaH Ml eh as I Hettinger from our
midst, we, the George'* Valley Union Sab
bolh-whool, ipt last tribute of re
[*Tl t" bun and family.
/(" (re./, That w>- sustained a )■•* bv
his -l nth ; during the many year# he w*.
with us he filled the vari.- . p -situ n- that
were required of him, and at lux d>-th ho
leaves a rln* to tnourn hi* loss
RtmArrtl, That we sympathise with lbs
ta-reaved family; t!,e has lost an af
fectionate husband, the children a loving
father, and the neightx-rhood a kind (nigh
■r, that we direst th<- be'<-aved family to
Christ who <an sustain them in their*be
reavement
(J 11 M Coot.,
Ommittee. W. H Khaik,
111 M.Cai.v
C'AtifUTti-vs OJI 7IIK WaTER Qt tx
7ir,v.— The following proposition* and cal
cuiutions were submitted to council at its
lat meeting ly (,<-<>rge XV Rodger*, en
gineer at water work*
To raise hank* and wails around spring
so as to raiac head of water in spring to
seven and one-half feet, and by l.ioiking
some of the issues in wheel to retain the
head of water at that height. This could
ie done at an ejjense not exceeding one
hundred dollars, and would very materially
increase the pumping capacity of the pres
ent whes-1 and pump, a* the following cal
culations will show; Amount of water
available for u*o on water wheel, l.(*Xl
cubic ft. per minute. This multiplied by
•>'J—number of pound* in cubic f-e-t of
water—give# as follows: 1,000(02- 62,-
000; this multiplied by the fall (7}ft.)
givas 62,000x7| 465,(i00; this divides] by
horse power (63,000) gives 14 1-10 horse
power. From this deducting 20 (s-r cent,
for friction, leave* 11 5-1Q horse power
available for use.
Now to ascertain what amount of water
a horso power will deliver into reservoir
j>er minute, divide a horse power (3-1,000
lbs.) by perpendicular height of reservoir,
which is 1'.2 ft. to mouth of delivery pipe,
which gives 172ib*. j-r minAtc. Dividing
by 6 to reduce to gallons and we have 21 j
gallons. Deducting 2<t j-r cent, for fric
tion, leave* 17 2-10 gallon*. Multiplying
this by the II 2-10 horse power give*
11.2x17.2 = It<2 6-10 gallon* per minute.
The water wheel i* now pumping into rs
-•-rvoir-140 gallons per minute. Ih-ducting
thi* from 102 gallon* giv— a* the increased
capacity of wheel and putn| -12 gallon* p*r
minute.
It may bo ald that to raie the *pring it
might probably find another cour*e. In
answer to this I would state that at the
time the firt Turbine wheel wa* put in
the spring was raised two feet and it still
remains the same. Another fact: twice
every day when stopping tho steain pump
and starling water wheel the spring is al
lowed to raise to seven feet and yet it ha*
never taken any other course.
Pxrxn Hbrdio at White St truea
Srnixoa, N a.—Virginia paper* announce
the arrival of Peter llerdic, at the White
Sulphur Spring* in company with the
Hons. Simon Cameron and J. I). Cameron,
Hon. J. M. Fbrster, James Duffy and
Jacob Tome. These gentlemen rusticate
two thousand fo#t above tide in the midst
of an hundred springs, whoee healing vir
tue* have gone out to suffering humanity
for an hundred years. Tho popular hotel
at the White Sulphur is 400 feet long, and
ha* a dining room 316 feet by 00. The
hotel own* 7,000 acre* of land, in which
stand five hundred cottages wkicb, wo
are assured, are nearly all filled by people
from the various Bute*. The White Sul
phur Spring* are to the overworked men
of tho Boutb, what the White Mountains
are to the rest-seekers of tho Northeast. *
DKATU or DK POTTER —Dr. George L.
j Potter, whose death occurred in H-dlefotite
on Haturday evening August 2, at 10:16
e. vt., stood deservedly high in the ranks
of his profession both as a physician and
surgeon. His remarkable ability, coupled
with great /.enl and hard study, gave him
If rent success in battling with disease; and
hi* promptness in responding to calls from
all, no matter how poor or lowly, his kind
; "ess in the sick chamber, have left their
: indelible impressions u|>ii the hearts of the
ntllieted and their friends in this com
| munity.
lie wa* te>rn at Potter's Mills irt this
county in February, 1823, and was a great
grandson of General James Potter, of
Revolutionary memory. His mother,
Maria Wilson, who died when the Iks-tor
was hut three years old, wax a -laughter of
General William Wilson, of ChillLquaque
Mills, Northumberland county, lie was
called for his uncle, George Latimer Pot
ter, K*q., who practiced iaw at Danville,
Pa., ami gave promise of great distinction,
when tut off in early lile by the great
Reaper.
Dr Potter secured his academic educa
tion under that ablest of instructors, Prof.
James McClune, lab- of tin- Philadelphia
High School, then master of the Acade
j mi--* at L- wixhurg, an-J subsequently at
Mitilinburg in I'nion county. After read
ing medicine with the late Dr. J. M. M- -
Coy, who not long since preceded his pupil
to the eternal world, he was graduated al
the University of Pennsylvania in the
spring of 1847, and immediately xettb-d
i down into the active duties of medical
| practice here.
, When the war broke out hi* ability was
I recognix- J by Governor I'urtin in hi*
appointment a. surgeon to the 45th Penn
sylvania Regiment. He re|K>nded to his
j country t - all, hut* after nearly a year's
■ service in that regiment resigned his posi
. ti'-n, August 1, 1x.2. .Shortly after, Sep.
tember 12, 18(12, be was aj-pjintnl surgeon
to IGo 14-xth Pennsylvania Regiment, in
which lie served until the close of the war,
i* ir.g mustered out May 81, 1806. During
a js-rti--n of this time he was senior sur
geon of the brigade and acted as brigade
surgoon.
Hi* funeral took place fr-m th- Presby
terian chureh Monday August 4at 2 M ,
and wa. attended by a large concourse of
friends and by hi* furviving army com
rade* in a body, and with the solemn scr
vice* of the Grand Army of the Republic
his remains were sorrowfully committed to
earth. Hi* age was aix.nl 66 years.
Twice during the war it was the fortune
of one of the (dit- rs of this j -urnal, when
• trii k- n with wounds, to lie placed under
the temp- rary rare of Dr. George I. p..t
ter for such treatment as could i- gi--n in
the field hospitals --f the army. We could,
if it were necessary to do so in this com
munity, where Dr. Potter's prominent
• haractcrbtics as a physician were known
s • well and appreciated so highly, bear
sin- ere and grateful testimony to those kind,
geniak, ib<- rful at.d symjathetlc qualities
1 <<f mind and heart that made him so great
a favorite with all to whom he wax called
u|>on to admintxter in suffering and sick
ness during the period of his professional
career of nearly a third of a century. We
knew him well for many year* under wide
ly varying < ircumstam<•* and surroundings,
—ax a schoolmate, a* a comrade in war, a*
i lib patu-nt and as a friend. A more
amiable, a more kindly hearted man
j never lived, and now that he ha* left
u# to try the unseen realities of another
world we cannot forbear to lay this personal
tribute, slight though it be, upon hi* newly
made grave.
Mkktixuoe Ai.t.Mm.—At the Alumni
meeting of the student* of Pennsylvania
College, which met at Lcwistown, on
Wednesday of last week, the member* who
attended from Centre county seemed to
carry off a large share of the honor. Rev.
S. K. Furst, who was in attendance, wa*
made a member of the committee to nomi
nate |<crmancnt officer#. Our eloquent
friend, Adam lloy, would have won fresh
honor* in the delivery of an essay which
he wsw requested to prej-arc had he, unfor
tunately, not been detained at home by
sicknes*. Among the |>ermanent officer*
Clement Dale, Esq., of the- lass of 1874,
wa* chosen Secretary, and Rev. W. K.
Fisher, of the claw of 1872, one of the Vice
President*. Mr. Ihtle al*o replied to a
toast that wa* very appropriately assigned
to him on "Gur l-awyors." Of the five
memlier* of the standing committee ap
pointed, three are from thi* county, vix .
Clement Dale and Adam Hoy, Esq's, and
Rev. W. E. Fisher. There are eight or
nine former members of the Alumni resi
dent in thi* county, several of whom were
present and took part in the proceeding*.
Hellefonte was al*o selected for the next
place of meeting, which will be held on
the last Wednesday of July, 1880.
—Commissioner Swab brought with him
to town on last Monday a few specimen* of
apple* and pears of thb year's growth that
prove him to be a very superior fruit grower
In the division of the lot, we received a
splendid apple—large, juicy and of deli
cious flavor—for which the worthy Com -
mbsloner will please accept our thank*.
—Mr. William Foster, of College town
ship, gave u* a call this week. Mr. Fos
ter's farm adjoins the BteU- College, and
he is treating himself and family to an el
eganfhnew house thi* summer, which he
expecU to have completed in a short time,
lie ix a good citixen and deserve* to live in
a good house.
ITKMK IN AMI* ABOUT LIKBKHMIIN'I
Farmer* have finished taking In imU. Po
tato*** and corn look very promising.
Preaching next Sunday at 2 P. M. by
Rev. i -audit, In tin, evening by Rev. All'
rand.
—Workmen are buily engaged in put
ting up the new *U-am raw mill in Mel*
cbior Bierly's wood*, al>out half a mile
from thlt plate. No doubt thia will make
things lively.
It ia certain that miatakea do happen
and will happen arid in fact did hap|icri,
ana we would only advise some of our
young g<%illcinri who are in the habit of
aeeing their fair onea borne from church to
try arid get the right one. Of courae thia
occur* otice in a while, and ia more apt to
occur in iaiuiliu* where two are ao near
alike.
—1 he infant CIAM of the licberaburg
iin ion Sabbath -school held their first pic
nic of the year on Saturday August 2, in
K reamer * drove about half a mile south
of town. At 7:30 A. M. the bell wa* rung,
and in lew than half an hour aorrie fifty of
these young and noble worker* bail gath
ered themselves together at the Sunday
tehool room, and at K o'clock procc-dnd to
the grove where arrangement* had been
made. Tbi* band of young Sunday
tcbool worker* occupy a room in the T.ase
merit of the Kvangelical Lutheran church
entirely to themselves, where they are in
structed every Sabbath by their faithful
teacher*, Mr*. Aorand and Mr*. Corbin.
Much credit and honor ought to be be
* towed on their teacher* *ni the Su|*rin-
Icndent of the < hool for tbeir patience
and kind labor and the many truth* which
they are planting in the heart* of the little
larnb*. Ojs< JJ IK A Wuitt.
—Tho counsel f<ir.Mr. Peter Herdic in
hi* approaching trial before tin- Quarter
SeMiori* of tbi* county will be Senator!'.
T. Aleiander, Kdmund lllancbard, and .1.
L Spangb r. "rtie commonwealth and Mr.
Reynold* will !• represent**] by l>itrict
Attorney Forlney, lien .larn<- A. Beaver,
and A.u. Fur*t. The defendant will no
doubt be ready for trial, and the cae will
come up at the term which commence* on
the fourth Monday <>f tin* month. From
the well rnrogmxnd ability of the counsel
on both tide*, there will likely be keen en
counter* of wit, *barp *j.rring and bard
blow* togiv. and take between them.
—"Paint,' 'paint, ' "paint,' i* the *ign
uo%' At every wjtrunc* 4 to the (iirnikn
House; but the workmen will finish in
about one week, when the sign* will I*'
removed, aid that |*opular old bouc will
thine forth in ail the beauty ireab paint can
give. Mr. Garmsn it never behind in
adapting hi* \aluable hotel property to the
want* of hi* numcrou* patron*. He know*
"how to keep a bote!,' ha* always com
inanded a Urge *hare of custom, and,
judged by lII* deserts, will doubliea* in
crease bis hu*inea with the improve*] ap
pearance of hi* house.
A daughter ol Mr. Klia* Mu**er, of
Millheim, who live* with Mr*. Christopher
Mover, above the toll gate near that plate,
wa, on Wednesday the 23d ultimo, the
victim of a diagre-able and jHooibly *eri
ou act ident. She wa standing on a chair
at work on a grape vine. When thorough
with her occupation, *be te| [•] bark ward
on the teeth of an iron rake lying on the
ground near the chair. Two of them j*en
••trated and inflicted a painful wound on
her fuok Wc hope the result will not
t*e aeriou*.
Dr. M Valentine, the learned and
popular President of Pennsylvania Col
lege, of Gettysburg, wai a visitor in our
town on Friday night last. Immediately
on hi* arrival, be was taken in charge by
several of the former student* of the insti
tution, and conducted on a visiting tour
among hi* many friend*. The esteem and
favor in which be i held by Iboee who
enjoy hi* acquaintance wa increased by
hi* brief intercourse with them.
—On iait Thursday morning a* Mr.
Daniel Shuey, of near Lemont, went to tbo
field, t bring his horse from pasture, ho
found the animal in a field adjoining the
one in which he had put him with one
bind leg completely fractured jut ahoro
the knee. No clue could tie obtained as to
the manner in which the accident occurred
and it is strongly supposed by some that
it * the malicious work of some ill-dis-
I >*l*l |rson.
i —The Millheim Journal came to u* last
week with a patent outside and with IU
inside pages, which are devoted to homo
new* end editorial advice, much improved
|in appearance and content*. It is now all
printed in Knglish and deserve* a place
among our full-fledged Anglo-Saxon ex
change*. If the people In that vicinity
will subscribe for the DEMOCRAT and Jour,
nal their stock of happiness will be com
plete.
—Lewisburg ha* arranged to hold a
grand "Harvest Home" picnic on Thurs
day, the 21*t of thi* month. An immense
attendance is certain, but peahaps the Mill
heim Journal I* "stretching R" a little
when it think* that two thousand persons
will attend from this county.
—A meeting will be held et Pleasant
Gap on Saturday week, the 14th instant, to
make arrangements In regard to the ap
proaching re-unton of Centre county sol
dier* which will meet at that place.
MAMHAOa.
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