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MuxsoN, Ton J. RB. Sura, Qomnty Commisvioners, A. J Gres, Jo Worr, Jno. Hexognson. Oom missioners’ Clark, G6. W. RUMBERG RR, Short, W. Mires WALKER. Deputy Sheriff, Wu DUKEMAN. Prothonotary, Le A. BCHAKFFER. Preasurer, ORAS. SMITH Register and Clerk Orphaas’ C Recorder, Faayx EK. Bisiz, District Attorney, J. C. Maven, Serouver, Dr. 1H. K. Hey, Owunty Detective, Cap't A MroLLew, art, J. A MeCuarw, CHURCHES, Howard street. Rov. Wm. Laurie or Services every Sunday af 10804. andT » =m Sanday School (Chapel) at 230 ». x. Prayer MWeoeting (Chapel ] Wedneaday at Toe. x. M. E Church, Howard and Spring Streets, Rev. D, 8. Mouroe, Pastor, Services every Seoday at 10.30 4. and 7 v. ¥. Sunday School at 2-30 PF. N. Prager soting Wednesday at 7-30 ». u, 8.. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Lamb and Allegheny strosts, Rev J. Oswald Davis, Rector. Parvices every Sanday at 1080 a. x, sad TP X Prayer Meoting Wednesday and Friday evenings. $t John's Homan Catholic, Bast Bishop Street, Rav, B. MoArdie Pastor. Mass at & and services 16.30 A. x. aad Tr x Reformed, Linn and Spring streets, Rev. W. H, H. Snyder Pastor. Services ev ry Sanday at 10-30 4, W. and] ? %, Sunday Schoel at 3-30 0 Prayer Mesting Wednesday evening at 7-30. Lotheran, Bast High street, Rev. Chas. T. Steck, Pastor Services every Sunday at 10-30 4, w. and Tr. Sunday School at 2-50 ». %. Prayer Mooting at Wednesday evening. United Brothern, High and Thomas Streets,” Rey Wertman. Pastor, Services every other Banday at 30 4. %. and T px. Sooday School at § A. NX. Pray- ar Mesting Wednesday st 7-30 pr. ¥. A.M. E Church, West High Street, Rev. Norris, Pamir, Services every Sanday morning and evening ¥Y.M. C. A, Spring and High Streots. General Meeting and Services Sunday até rw. Library and Randing Room open from § A.M. 10 10 ». x, daily Presbyterian, —————————————————————— LODGES, § Baltefonts Lodge No. 8, A. Y. MM. meats on Trns. ot ghton or before every fall moon. Batis T's Chapter No, 341, meets on the first Fri sy ight of every month, Danstans Commandery No 33. K.T., wider bight of every m mth Contre Lodge No 153, 1. 0. 0. F. meat avery Lhurs- ny evening at Toclek at LO. OF Hall, oppowite Mast House Bellefonts Escampment No. 72. meats the second amd fourth Mondays of each month in the Hall op- posite the Bash Hoase. Rellafints Connell No. 270, 0. ot U every Tuesday evening In Bash Arcade Logan Branch Council No. 141, Jualor O NM. masts avery Friday svening. on the second n A.M. meets fer UL A Ballefonts Conclave No. 111,10. Fl. mests in Har | ris’ New Hulldieg the second and fourth Friday sve atug of each month {an embankment when | miles from the city. pletely destroyed. The lightning then ren out the door and entered the cellar throngh a briok wall, knocking the stones and mortar in ail directions. After playing havoc with the things there it burst through a window, snd finally disappeared down a well. Bix people were in the house at the time, but received no phymeal injury. A dispatch from Bloomington, Ill. says A storm remarkable for this sea- son raged here last night, lasting three hours, The electrical disturbance was great, the lightning being terrfic. It rained very heavily about two hours. Very heavy hail is reported from the northern part of the county. The storm was felt all over Central Illinois. It rained almost incessantly for a week and the streams are all high. A special from Fort Pierre, Dak, says: Another blizzard is ragivg sud trains are all abandoned. The snow is drifiing badly. The county board is being appealed to for aid by fami lies heretofore considered above want, It is a horrible winter for Dakota set. tlers, and the suffering canmot be penlized. > A — Bolsterous Winds. Dexver, Col, February 18 —The winds have been ragiog here. From a light gale the storm grew to a hurri- cane. It set in over the entire eastern portion of Calorado on Wednesday night sod its velocity steadily increas ed until yesterday afsernoon, when the gale reached sixty miles an hour. In Denver many buildings were Jun- roofed smoke stacks, chimoeys,, tele- phone and telegraph] poles were lev- elled to the ground, and plate glass windows broken, causing a damage of several thousand dol.ars. Outside of Denver the causalties re- ported are considerably greater than in the city. On the Denver and Rio Grande railway, four miles north eof Colorado Springs, every coach on the north-bound Salt Lake express, con- sisting of two sleepers, two passe ger coaches, baggage and mail cars were blown from the track, aud] the mail car with contents, destroyed by fire. Had the accident happened while the train was on the high em- bankment a short distance ahead the loss of life would have been great. “ortunstely, however, the grouud was leveland no one was injured. A freight train of twenty cars side track- ed near by, waiting for the express to pass, was also derailed by the wind and the cars badly damaged. A passenger train of three Jeonches on the Denver and South Park road which left the Union depot at 8 o'clock for Morrison, was lifted from the trad) by the terriffic blast and buried d ADOUL tweisy One had a leg broken and several were badly burned, On the passenge the 8 #80 | road the Leadville express was hiow over a bridge and nearly all the pa - sengers and train men were severely A New Oil Gas. Roonesrer, N. Y, Feb. 18.-A dispatch from Bolivar, a small town in Allegheny county, in the oil region is as follows: “The litttle town of Bolivar has never been so famous as at present since the first discovery of oil in this region. The people reem to talk on nothing but the discovery of gas made from crude oil, by Will- ism A. Meyers.” A reporter visite: the little oil town to learn the true facts of the case, and found the town in sweat excitement. William A Meyers, the inventor, was found at the Clark House, and on being asked about the new light said : “I have invented a gas apparatus by which we can geoerate from one barrel of crude oil from 150,000 to 175,000 cubic feet of gas for fuel pur- poses, which will not cost more than two cents a thousand and will give gush a heat as to melt iron, steel or soy other metal. We can also gener- ate by the same process 8,600 cubic feet of carburetted hydrogen gas, forty-two candle power by actual pro- tometer test, for illuminating pur. purposes, which will enable us to give to the public fifty to seventy-five cent gas.” Upoa invitation of Mr. Mayer, the reporter, accompanied by several oth- or gentlemen, visited the office where the gas was being made on a smal] scale. The process is very simple, and it requires very little machinery. Mr. Meyers exhibited the gas, which gave a beautiful white light, said to be superior to water or coal gas “You see” said the inventor “that this process of manufacturing gas is very simple. We use Lima, Ohio, oil which costs twenty-five cents by the barrel, and we can make gas so cheap- ly that every poor family can afford touse it. Why, I can make out of two quarts of oil enough gas to furnish all the families in Bolivar.” Among the numerous gentlemen who expressed themselves highly pleased with the invitation are “far- mer” Dean, the grest oil producer from Lima, Ohio; 8. L. Newton, cashier of the state bank of Bolivar; Frank Hoover, oil producer of Boli- var; Edward Flaonigan, oil producer of Canada. “How did you get the idea of mak. ing gas 80 cheap?” asked the report er. “Well,” said Mr. Meyers, “sbout five weeks ago we were talking in the hotel of making money, and I said I can make gas out of crudeoil. 8. H. Altice, my partoer, said : "If you can make gas out of crude oll I will furnish you with the materials, 1 said it was a go, and now I have a process of making gas that will astonish every one. I have an application for the patent at Washington and expect it every day. I bave had many offers for an interest in this enterprise, but #0 far have declined them all.” Mr. Meyers is a man 60 years old, W.0. T U. "OLUMA, CHEW OT. 0. MEETS BEVERY THURSDAY AT 8 O'CLOCK INTHE ¥. M,C A. HALL, THE SALOON AND FAMILY. ——— tt There is no evil which operates so directly and wih such disastrous po tency against the family as the saloon. It is the direct enemy of domestic happiness, pority, and peace. Even in its mildest manifestations iL alien ates men from their homes; creates in them habits of selfish indulgence; gives them sensual interesis apart; nocent recreations of the home circle course, vulgar, aod amusements. lo its more pronouced operations, it stops at no such trifles asthe production of mere discom- fort, bat, proceeding without dis- guise, turns men into wild beasts, and then lets them loose upon their fami- lies. What -makes this especially shocking is that we are sll acquainted with the truth, yet that we have hith- erto tolerated it passively. The hor. rors to which drink exposes women are worse than those of slavery. capable of experiencing. We know this, yet we go on caimly in the en ought to be thus abused, or believ od that, though the matter was pitiful, no help eould be found for it. the alleged quickening of sensibility, dencies, the revolt against cruelty in all its manifestations. Is there not danger o f the moral atrophy engender- ed by self contest, when illusions so life we are living ? Familiarity with when we can seriously believe that we reached a real height of reform; that tion pure enough to be proud of; that there is no special need for concern because of the sins that do most easi- ly beset us.— Atlantic Monthly -— A TEMPERANCE —— a — ANECDOTE John Jones began at the age of fif- teen to build a monument, and finish- edit at fifty. He worked night snd day, often all night long and on the Sabbath. He seemed to be in a great hurry to get it done. He spent all the money he earned upon it-—some say $50,000, Then he borrowed all he could; and when no one would loan him any more he would take bis wife's dresses and the bed-clothes, and many other valuable things in his home, and sell them to get more money 10 finish that monument. They say he came home one day snd was about to take blankets that lay over his sleeping baby to keep it warm, and his wife tried to stop him ; but he drew back his fistand knocked brings into competition with the io- | extravagant | The | sufferings of the wives and daughters | of drinking men are more acute and | constant than mos. men are probably | all | Much | has been written of late years about | the enlargement of humanitarian tes- | evil must have blinded us alarmiogly | we have attained a stage of civiliza- AA SHA SHI St Foe have no home, and people would have enlled the asylum his mouument. But bere we are at the front door. It is a grand house! It is high and Large, wall great ha le and towers, and | velvet carpets, elegant mirrors, aod a | Piano, sud 1 know not what all—so | rich and grand | This ia Joh Jones’ monument! and {the man who sold John nearly all the | whiskey be drank lives here with his i family and they all dress in the richest and finest clothes. | : : | Do you unde ratand it ?7—Wit and Humor of the Age. George Withrow, after 18 months in jail awaiting trial, was at St. Louis ac- placing dynamite on the tracks of the Washington Avenue Street { Railway during the street-car strike of {| LWO Years ago, LENT, 1337p Yeminn oe rym ¥ nats quitted of ¥ S. JOHN'S CHURCH ellefonte, Pa. JAS, PSWALD PAVIS, Recron, old way, as if we either thoaght wom. : february 28 April 10. SERVICES. ASH WEDNESDAY. Morning Prayer, Litany and Sermon, 10.30 A. M g Prayer and Ad- flattering can co-exist with the actual | OTHER WEEK DAYS 10 A. M. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 5 PM 7.30 P. M. Morning Prayer— Daily, Ex ening Prayer | Wednesday and Friday, ] RE | Addresses ! Wednesday and Friday, 7.30 P.M wi | Bible Class— Thursdays, 47 M i he subject busing Font fall be Brbeation 0. SUNDAYS i Feb. 27, Mch. 13, 20 and 27. | Holy Communion, 8a Mm | Morning Prayer, Litany and i Sermon, ¥ Sunday School, . Evening Prayer and Sermon, 7 r i EE u— : March 6 and April 3. Morning Prayer, Litany and | Holy Communion. Sunday School, | Children's Service, | Evening Prayer and Sermon aos —— : HOLY WEEK. | ! | Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, i Morning Prayer, 10 A. M. | Ev'g Prayer and Address, 7.30 P. M. Bale Register. Tharsduy, Fels, 84%, 1687, Yas Kellerman e y | will #t wale ut his farm on the Vieasnot tap sod rod nent Plosssnt Gap, the foliowing i Thres head milch cows, 3 head of youn esttle, I Conklin wegon 1 tusk wagon, 1 Hight spring wagon snd one top bugiy, one good Buck Bye adil, corn planter, € vators, plows, barrows fanning mill, one set tn, harness, some light harness, alec household and other ariidies too camerous $6 mention, Asle comments stl p.m. when terms will bs made known. Sidusy Miller, sotiionesr, March 10 At his rewidence 4 wiles went of Bellefonte B.A Marshall will sell § work horses, 4 cows, —— won pier 3 seigh: al kinds of y an , sl Rlode farming utes, household furaiture, ke. Bale at 16 o'clock 8. mn. when terms will be taade known Jon. L. Nell, Auctionest, 3 EB. K. Emerick will nell, March 118%, 1987 v : , INET, ut buds vom dence, one mile ewst of Uniouville, cue sxoullent brood mare seven youre old now with fosl, 3 cows one now fresh and the other will be fresh by time of sale, 6 head young ostile, 2 good shests, | twos horse wagom | spring wagon, | paie hob i sleigh. 1 Roos remper, | Wood mower as good as pew, hay rake, cuttiog box, Harpoon bay fork, one sot double tug barnes, hey by the ton Tye, ole Sade st] pon. Jou L. Neff auctioneer, i ; March 144h Goorge 1. Jobnson will sell : , st bi . dence, 134 wiles north west of Me. Eagle, r hii large mules, cows, young cattle, Leicestor heey dor. Sof rad boss, Acs barrow, mowing machine, defi, 2-horee wagon, spring wagon , plows, barrows, sed many other nrilcles not necessary Lo mention. Sale atl o'clmk p.m. J. L Neff, Auctionesr, March 17th, ot 10 o'clock a. m., Wm, XN Shafer Hativw ow Dabip, wit sell horses, cows, young oat «, pigs, wagons, buggies, arming tosplen ko Jon. L. Nuff, Avctiones, Ing ip smamiay fu. Mureh 18th at 1 o'clock w 5 pom, Nathan Gro ball mile north of Lemont, wil} well Rumi con young eattle’ farming implements | grain in the ground, be, Robert Goliees, Anctionesr, March 19th, ot 10 o'clock p, wm. Gee. W. Bui *) ¥ ot . Beith, mils east of Moshannon, will sell Drew —— Joung suits, ne Plows, barrows’ enltivators bug- ok, sleds, Dock whent, corn, houseluid . Db. HH. Yasors, Aucti Bort, nflutd sh ws, March 19Mrs. Loft will sol, at her redid . i why ry Ridge 8.3 stoves, soln, sok, 26 yards sping carpet, # and bedding, and many other ] James Derr, Auctioneer, ’ i ye, March 284, 1887, Jon, Norris will sed] at publi bis residence in College township Arie Four work horses, one two yeur-oid colt six milch cows 10 head young osttle, ¥ bead sheep, 5 shone, 1 brood sow, 1 fourdiorm wagon, 1 two borse wagon, Zbaggies, one new sicigh, | double sled 2 thrwhing mm inet and bores power, | fanuing mill, resper snd mower, grain drill, hay rake two hay forks oorn planter, plows, barrows, haroes aod other articles too numerous 0 wentio ©. Also fifty sores grain in ground, Tews made knows on day of sale. Wm Gobeen, snc tionser, March 260k, »t ] o'clock p.m, DD. Z. "Kline, Oomumit. toe, will sell ot the late reeidence of Marthe Sem. uel, cn Logan Breet, Boliefonte, a Jot of bousebold farniture, J.C. Derr, Avctionewr, - i ——— W AI— ~Spring and summer season, 1887, We are now showing full lines of sea- sonable woolens, Leave your order now, Moxreoxery & Co. Tailors, i — A —— She Beat The Boys Two sons of 8 prominent farmer near Norristown, Pa, went to Phils. delphia the other day. While there they witnessed the performance of a contortiogist in a variety show, They were $0 much impressed with the acts of the performer that on returning home they repaired to the barn to try some of his feats themselves: The thing that pleased them mos: was the way the contortionist wrapped his legs around his neck, and this accom- plishmeat the boys tried for an hour to acquire on the barn floor, but had to give it up. Living in the farmer's family was a pretty young woman 18 vears old. A couple of hours after the boys bed giv en up all bope of wrapying their legs around their necks it remarked that nothing was seen of the girl for sometime. Was As she was constantly bu. sying herself at somethiog about the bouse the family became alarmed at her absence. Different of the family started in all directicns to look for her. She was called loudly by name and the barn snd out build- ings were searched, Finally a milk house near the house was entered. The missing girl lay flat on the ground with both of her heele resting on her neck, from which position she was un- able to move them. She was released members i : : .. | he ith | : and was born in Philadelphia. He is ber down, and then went away Wilh | gy. jy wounded and the coaches badly wreck. the son of Abraham Meyers, one of | the blankets and never brought them | All morning trains on the var Bailafonts Fencibles Co, “BY Sh Reg. N. G. P. mests in Armaory Hall every Fnday evening. ed. : Holy Communion, 7.30 A. M. | prom her predicament with difficulty, Lightning and Rain Btorm. Thunder, Cuicaco, February 18-—The in. habitants of South Chicago, and their hopes for a diminution of the flood, which the bright weather of Wednes- day promised, were dampened by yes- terday's rain, and itis feared consider- able damage will be done, should the water rise much higher. The streets and sidewalks in the northern part of the town are invisible and the cellars completely filled with water. The water in the yards of some houses in several feet deep, and at one house the ious roads are five to ten hours late ou account of the storm. a — Boston Corbett Insane — Torexa, Kan., Feb. 17.—~Boston Cor- bett, the slayer of John Wilkes Booth, | created a sensation in the Kansas House of Representatives Wednesday. At the commencement of the session, of the Legislature Corbett was ap- pointed assistant doorkeeper. Yeos- terday he strapped on two revolvers and took with him a box of cartridges. Then, with a drawn weapon, he drove a negro attendant from the representative hall, Sergeant-at-arms Norion at tempted to expostulate with him, when Corbett cocked one of his revolvers, water résches the level of the first | nq pointing it directly at the officer, floor, compelling the occupants to move. The river was several inches higher than on Wednesday and was still rising last night. In the neigh- porhood of Cummings the water was much deeper yesterday. The track of the Delt Line railroad is at least six inches under water, and the rails of the Rock Island are parti- ally sobmerged. In One Hundred and Sixth street the water is from six to eighteen inches doep. A severe thunder and lightning storms prevaiied ast evening, during which the house of E.T. Martin, in told him to travel. Corbett then searched for Speaker Smith, and on meeting 8 member who somewhat re- sembled him, was about to fire, when the member threw up his hands and said he was not the Speaker. The member was then permitied to moye on, Corbett then took possession of the Speaker's gallery and walking in front of the doors held it during the entire morning session, refusing to allow any one to come near him. The city policemen were called, but they would not venture into the dark orridor, and the slayer of Booth held At 12 o'clock he sent word the oldest gas engineers in the United States. His father butlt the first gab works in this country. Mapisox, Wis, Febuary The following circular was issued to- day from the beadquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic, signed Commander in Chief Fairchild: “In view of the recent veto of the Depend- ent Pension bill and of the verry great importance of that measure many of eur disabled comrads who need and are justly entitled to help, it is recommended that Posts and com rads evrywhere, by resolutions and let- ters, immediately inform members of Con who are entitled to, and will gladly recieve, these expressions of opinion of their approval or diss proval of the Jrindple involved the vetoed bi rades are re quested to move at once, without waiting for the printed circular”, 14 | | back, and the poor baby sickened snd |died from the exposure. At last there was not any thing left in the house. The poor, heart-broken wife | soon followed the baby to the grave. more at the menument. I saw him when he was about fifty years old, The monument was nearly done ; bat he had worked so hard at it that I hardly koew him, he was sO worn; his clothes were all in tatters, and his bands and face, indeed bis whole body were covered with scars which he got in laying up some of the stones. And the wretched .nan had been so little in good society all the while that be was building that he bad about forgotten how to use the English language; Lis tongue had somehow become very thick, and when he tried to speak, out would come an oath. That may seem strange; but I have found out that all who build such monuments as Jone's perfor oatlls to any other word! Now come with me and I will show things in a cemetery. But Joha had Yet John Jones kept working ali the | his own way, and put it op one of the ! i 10 A. M. 7.30 P. M. Morning Prayer, Ev'g Prayer & Address, i | Good Friday— Morning Prayer, Litany and { Sermon, 10.30 A. M. | Ev'g Prayer & Address, 7.30PM. Easter Eve'n- Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Feb, 24.-Feast of S. Matthias, March Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. 28. Holy Communion, 7.30 A. M. OH! MY BACK Ey attacks that weak back wonrly and it was some time before she could use her legs. When asked for an ex- plapation she said that che bad seen the boys through a koot hole in the barn trying to put their feet behind their beads, and believiog that she could do it herself, went to the milk house to try. She succeeded in doing the feat, but found that try as she might she couldn't get her feet back again. “And [4 have died,” she said, “be- fore I'd called for help." — Lancaster Intelligence, ir l— Ax Exo to Boxs Sczarixe.—Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, Ill, says: “sying receival so much benefit from Eleetric Bitters, | feel it my daty to let suffering humanity know it. Have had # running sore on my leg for «ight years; my doctors told me | would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputats ed. 1 used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Back- len's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound and well” Electric Bitters are sold at fifiy cents a bottle, and Buok- Jen's Arnica Salve at 25¢. per box by J. Zeller & Son.
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