8 Jost NEWS : © LEAST MONEY CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. DISCUSSES COUNTY POLITICS A Spring Mills Writer Gives the Forecasts. MANY MEX WANT OFFICES. Who are Likely to win in Gregg township Candidates for Sheriff, Treasurer, Assem bly, etc. Our roads for the j year have been in a very excellent un, fully equal to the pike, andi » localities much better. This is owing to having a road supervisor who knew exactly what the traveling community required, and then did it McCool i supervisor, and no doubt will succeed Jacob is our present ITE himself for next year, as he has little or no opposition. The constabulary strife ine highly interesting mg aigaly mieresung 3 3 and rather excit ¢ » now five orsix candidate 1d, all i | democrats, anxious to be dressed up witl “brief authority.” Reuben Penn Hall, has been for more than a s 1S our present C« and has no objections to continu however, 3 i Wm Ream, Wm. Smith and the present in. the dear people. The contest, has down to favor the Mr cumbent, with chances in of Th was scarcely known in former. weeks ago Smith the apparently he had a ver ing. Butofl forces so admir st. doubt all tl A township is tantam draw. lemocrati the .y sh " "or oT vr 3 tae repubacan ng uo opposition. For over a month it has been 1 that C. P. Long, of « candidate before convention for treasurer of ( ty, and not until this wet mor positively confirmed a very popular Spring Mill and no doubt fu the duties might be republican He 18 well = and in this and somewhat infl these valleys a addition to that fortunately f in politics, so he may any rep nee, uo matier whom asurer of Centre county will ] ym this side mentioned very prominent gentlemen fro of the mountain for county treasur but it is only rumor, nite. The sheriffalty has been only slightly discussed here, as the nomination for that office, I believe, is conceded of the mountain. However, one republican gentleman here has announced that he would be a candidate nowithstanding, but it is mere bagatelle and of no couse quence. Sheriff Condo was ia our town last week, and in my cooversation with him he observed that he was rather glad the democratic majority in old Centre last November was so meagre, as it would force the democracy to bring out their full vote this fall, or in other words, put them on their mettie. By the way, the sheriff has disposed of his property here, and evidently does not intend re- turning to his residence in our town. he democracy, nothing very defi fo west I hear very little of the assembly tick- | et; several names have been mentioned, but nothing very reliable. Robert Fos- ter, of State College, I learn intends mak- | ing another effort, and the present re- publican representatives are seeking a renomination, but here in this section of | seconds, { minutes three-fifths the old and the new | the county both parties claim another | deal—want new men, but with what suc- | cess remains to be seen. - A BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY THE NATION Al soxvewniol. THE BOROUGH The have fixed Committee the Democratic National upon Chicago as the National 7 the time place for holding Convention, Will be Held To-morrow and Sat- urday Evenings. and July There was spirited struggle between the rival pl for the Couvention, and only de the which, twenty-nine ballots was the matter THE OFFICES TO) BE FILLED. cided. There was no coulest over time for holding the Convention, A Listof Tt Wi A880 1058 10584 ocrats do Your Duty Will be Held. Terms Expire—~Dem- |} after ali, 18 more Where the Caucuses piace The comiort should be in such ¢ now very for the near candidates for the several filled in the borough this ud been thought of when ¢ ist includes bore h tre This is about the hottest period of the rer, auditor, high constable, three sch year, whose tern in March r H The incumbents the dispensation in the Convention's | are treasurer Charles great swell 18 because th ¢ with first Mouday made a high Pontius, the time of the may now be 1 Canau chosen in { the South West Miller of the Ih, of the or overseer Isaac no eciection - r tax collector 3 all un that aii no u desire relief 3 i i from this of debt, the great bug-bear of high taxes, then make a change atthe ning spring election, Nominate and if the right i at the caucuses Sat- ¢ will be no trouble two twenty among one each for WHERE THE CAUCUSES WILL BE HELD, larceny, 1 and cruelty; ud place for the holding of for maliciot mischief, a coug the caucuses is as follows assault In the North ward, J. C. Harper com- | generzily make up pnticeman, business in the quarter and the in the court house, urday, Jan the Arbitration room in | he halk f > a - Lm wl 2 the bulk of SCH at 7 o'clock p. m., Sat- | sions. The forgery and larceny cases 2¢th rot Hl the :) po 1 hie are probably the only two iu which a Ir: the South ward, Joseph Wise com. | conviction might result in a sentence to the penitentiary be held in vrrolte ge 1a - The cruelty case is | pq Register's office in the court house, au action against a school teacher for , between the hours of 7 and g o'clock punishing a scholar. In the West ward, Geo. H. Harman, committeeman, the caucus will be held | in the Watchman office on Friday even. ing, January 24, at 7.30 o'clock. .—— bn Had No Congregation. Last Sunday afternoon, Rev. Shortiss, pastor of the Evangelical church in Penns and Brush valleys, desired to hold | services in the church here, and had an- Eith- er owing to it not being generally known or nut having any sympathizersin Centre Hall with his side in the church fight, he had no audience, and not one turned out to hear him. The Esherites Horse Stolen. On the evening of Jan. 15, a fine Ma hogany bay mare, bands high, weight 1100, 4 years old last fall, had a little spot of white on forehead, mane on forehead about 4 inches long, is of styl. ish appearance, a good traveler and was shod with ‘Hold Fast” The full possession of the edifice, but not one | thief is a man about 25 to 30 years old, adherent in the congregation. Rev. |S feet 7 inches in height, weight 165 Goodling with his entire flock, worship | pounds, had a short sandy moustache, | in the Methodist church. Reporter. sandy complexion, wore a black slouch | hat and a dark brown overcoat. A re- | ward of $15 will be paid for information { leading to the return of the mare, and $10 will be paid for the capture of the | thief. new | hak <n 4 nounced two o'clock as the hour 1% now have | shoes .— Better Let Well Enough Alone. There is a talk of dividing the hour into 100 minutes and the minutes into 100 This would make the J. B. WINKLRRECK, Lewisburg, Pa. .——— : An Incipient Fire. i Just at half-past six o'clock on Wed- | i second a little more than one-third the | length of the old one. The object is to | express time by the decimal, but it is | No doubt the political cyclone of last | doubtful if this will ever happen, as the | nesday morning a slight fire was dis- | November will caution the democracy to | change would give a great annoyance in | covered in the basement of the Rey- | notes furmshed free with each set of nlls, circumspect in all their nomina- | bringing it into effect. Itis not likely | nolds residence, now occupied by Emil | be very tions. We must have absolutely clean candidates, men of intelligence, popular and influential, no drones nor men wed- | ded to dead or side issues will answer this year (nor any other time). True this is the presidential year, and thay question may dwarf the balance of the | history as a remarkable one iu respect | the fire is not known. ticket very materially, but nevertheless, m weather. We have passed the mid- let our county ticket be composed of men of character, ability and prominence, and na doubt Centre county will again roll up her old time majority. ~The State Board of Health has sent notice to all Philipsburgers who have stored ice cut from the Moshannon, that the same must be thrown away, as it is not considered a pure quality. | i | that our time-picce, or our spelling books | Josepeh and family, corner High and | will undergo any decided change during | Spring streets. Tle sounding of the | the lives of the present generation, | alarm quickly brought the fire companies | ————. op | tothe scene, and the flames were extin- A Remarkable Season guished without any damage worth The winter of 1895-66 will go down in mentioning being done. The origin of | .—— wan i Bids for Government Bonds, die of Jauuury, yet there has not been | py direction of (he postmaster general, sufficient seow as yet on which to run a | yotice has been posted in the postoffice sleigh, Cold we have had a few days | in this place calling for bids on the issue of, but no snow worth mentioning. | of honds about to be made by the gov- Many weatherwise people say there will | ernment. The terms and conditions up- be no snow until the drought is broken | o; which bids are to be made are fully by a thaw and long rain, In many set out in the notice. Persons desiring parts of the state residents are suffering | purchase government bonds cana ob- great inconvenience for actual want of | tain all necessary information by an ex- water. amination of the notice. i scx | Legal Imtelligence Gathered PRIMARIES Rn ne igewe Lash ef 3, 890. IN THE COURT HOUSE from Various MARRIAGE LICENSES. Ralph R. Adams isther Williams Worth twp Huston twp Altoona 8 Mills ne, : Bellef Dora Hummer Danville Huber Poe Mills ey Hoover, " Potter onte Trol fTohana Th John e111 Wall ICN WOOL Henry Gramley, § { Cora Hartman, REAL ESTATET "annie Cox, for Chas. F.C lol of ground in Spriug ! ook 1 James | & Son, oto | $863.92 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION To Catherine Armstrong, on the of James Armstrong, late of Phi deceased. Will proven. To Elizabeth Thomas, ou th Jane Barr, late of Philipsbury Will proven, - .— Higher Prices tor Wool The outlook for wool is somewhat bet. ter at primary points, and farmersin Washington and Greene counties, Pa., and in eastern Olio and the Panhandle of West Virginia, are feeling counsider- ably encouraged at the recent tone of the market. A Ww. Chaney, a wool buyer in Washington for Horkheimer Bros., of Wheel. few daysago GC county ’ ing, for which he paid 20 Under the Mckinley bill the same guali- ty of wool only brought 1oto 15 cents. Shortly after the passage of the Wilson bill the price advanced to 15 cents, Ja- | ter to 18 cents, and now it has reached 20, with prospects that it will advance still higher. Pittsburg Post. .— . PUBLIC SALE REGISTER. bought 30,000 pounds at Clay sville, cents per pound Persons having their sale bills printed | at this office will receive a free notice of | game under this heading, until time of sale. This office has an entirely new outfit for printing bills, consisting of | type, all kinds of cuts, etc., and our pri- ces are reasonable. If you want the best, neatest and most attractive sale | bill, have it printed at this office. Sale WeDNEEDAY, Marcu 11-John W. Eby will sell 4 work horses—one match team of greys; | 5 cows, some will be fresh time of sale; young cattle, full blooded Short Horn bull, 5 br | sows, Poland China boar, 18 shoats, new Deer. | ing binder, mower, Fan drill, hay tedder, | Henoh cultivator and corn planter, ete. also | some household goods, on his premises, 3; mile | west of Zion, along main road, Saleat¥a. m, J. L. Neff, avet. .-_—— Leg Broken. On Friday afternoon James Shea, a young man employed on the Bald Eagle valley work train, while at work on the Snow Shoe branch, the train gave a lurch, Shea lost his balance, jumped to save himself but the momentum of the train threw him against the embankment with such force that he sustained a brok- | en limb. He was taken to his home in | Tyrone where Dr. Gimmell rendered | the necessary surgical attendance, | feet board measure. { nine 32 feet long, feet long, scaled 2,200 feet. | which are controlled by | nia company. Te Lipmocy TEACHERS’ LOCAL INSTITUTE To be Held at Port Matilda, Feb- ruary 7th and 8th. FOLLOWING IS THE PROGRAM. of Livi Teachers Which Includes a Number Able [ssues for Discussion by Free for All ugh falls ¢ 8 to get the to the riv- B. Quigley, r of lock Haven, CK Jas weil known | week five t us which he says will be the st that ever came down rafls are being made for the Lecont estate and the five scaled 340,000 feet board meas are The largest stick in the lot is in Jength and is 18 inches at the top end, and 205 of the sticks measured 205,000 The length of the 104 feet | platforms will be as follows: one So feet; one 72; one 64; three 48; three 40 and One of the sticks, 32 Mr. Quigley states that the quality of the timber that 1s being made for next spring's market is much better than last year .-— Pennsylvania Trackage The annual report of the trackage of the “Pennsy’ shows the miles of track between Jersey City and Pittsburg and Erie to be 8,073 is of the first track, 1,171 of the second, | 349 of third, 234 of fourth track and 2,233 | | of company’s sidings. there was five miles of additional first | track laid, 25 miles of second, third and | fourth, and 34 miles of company sidings, making a total new trackage of 64 miles, The mileage given above does not in. ! clude any of the lines west of Pittsburg the Pennsylva. Transplanting Trees. During the past week Joshua Folk did some of the largest tree transplanting probably ever done in Bellefoute. The large stump in front of Mr. L. T. Mun son's residence on Alleghery street was dug out and two of the handsome shade trees were brought there from along the ipiscopal church property on Lamb street. ‘The trees transplanted are fully ten inches in diameter, and their care. ful removal, without injury, from one place to the other was no small under. taking. ' i —————— Fifty different kinds of the finest taffies you ever saw; always on band at Sourbecks. — — L. Of this mileage 4,084 | | cities and protect milk from contaming- Daring last year | | inspection was extended to the purensss RURAL NOTES A SPECIALTY. VOL. 18. XO. 4. DO NOT FALL TO READ THIS. The who ha noted M. Salm, in the trent es of both sexes, diseases, may the Breck 25th, and er on the same ition free. been ss nie at vith some ose from ed fromm ruise of March 7th, th, leave Kingston, Ja 2 sland the Car 1st go tuto Florida they ex day «of 1annel ship are (renage ‘hit years by the then anna our own State, in the near juture, the Legislature, at iis next session, should take proper steps to organize = Of course st cost money, a good deal of it, aud the work will have to be done gradually as our railroads were built; reduction madein the products to market wi system of road betterments will but every of hauling save momecy to cost 11 i | the farmer and other produce classes. - Live Stock Sanitary Beard. At Harrisburg Thursday, the stage | live stock sanitary board was organized by the election of Governor Hastings as president; Secretary Edge, vice presi dent, and State Veterinarian Pearsom, as secretary. The work of the board is to control and suppress contagious dis CASES among It has power 3o quarantine and destroy animals, if sech MEASUres are necessary to prevent the spread of disease. It also has authority to inspect the milk supply of towns asd animals. tion. It would also be a good thing if the of the milk, as well. Not the Man District Attorney W. J. Singer has investigated the report of the ex-convict that the murderer of Harry Waterhouse was now an inmate of the Western Pema tentiary, and finds that it is not correct. The individual in question is one Will. jam Phelps, of Allegheny county, and at the time the murder was committed su Bellefonte, in September, 150, ht was an inmate in the Columbus, O., penilen- tiary. a — "sn From February to June. Old soldiers in Centre county willmo doubt beglad to learn that the time for the holding of the spring cncampsmest ofthe G. A. R. has been change! Pros February to June. When heid into former month, it was generally about worst weather during the eotine year, while June is the loveliest mo th wm the year. The encampmentavili he held in Chambersburg,
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