RURAL NOTES A SPECIALTY. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. VERYTHING QUIET AT WOODWARD Everybody Satisfied With The | Result. THE SHERIFF'S POSSE SPEAK. They do not Hesitate to Denounce the Course of the “Daily News" —It was an Unwar- ranted Attack--A Strong Statement Over their own Signatures—A Fitting Rebuke This Should end the Controversy. The excitement over the recent Ettlin. ger tragedy at Woodward has complete- ly subsided and everybody is going about attending to business in the custo- mary manuer. There are no alarming reports about the condition of the wound- | ed who will soon recover. The people of Woodward are treating Mrs, Ettlinger and her two children with all the kindness and respect that could be expected. There is an occasional one to be found who finds fault with the course | pursued to rid that community of the men, outlaw, but they are few and no notice is take The question of paying for the proper- ty, or who will be liable for the burning | of this home, remains as before. No de. mands have been made by the owner up. onthe county or any oue else for its pay- font. Since this occurrence at Wood- wird, some of the leading that place have given the writer an ex- tended account of the career of this man how he for many years ter- to arn property avd frequent attempts to un of their faultfindings. citizens of Ettlinger orized that community by threats ill different persons, who in some man- ner only displeased him. Sufficient was told to cause one to wonder why this man did not meet his doom long ago. . -— A Fitting Rebuke Last week the Daily News broke out in udicious assaults upon the citizens of Haines township, in 1 to their the i trouble is no use in discussing the that sheet, Good sense, decency, or even the truth, could not change their course. When the intelligence and honor of those people several more of its inj CgAT( conduct during There with Atlinger issue are put in question, against and the veracity of the iscussion 1s a waste common sense of the editor News, argument or d of words. There we leave it the On Wednesday which fully office We, following, x plains itself, was brought to our for publication the members of sheriff's m the posse who 1 that officer to the s tragedy, pre va of the the Bellefonte Daily News last week in accompanie { ene of the unfortunate Ettlinger hereby express our disap- sentiments expressed in reference to the actions of the people in their treatment of us { their support of the sheriff, ofVood ward and lesire to say further that in our opinion were unwarranted and They (nowledge, consent f We any of due to the uncalled the or endorsement of were made without us make this statement, believing it people of Wood- and request that we be not held of ward, responsible for the utterances all rresponsible parties H Tax Hexry H WirLiam Gans S. D Gerria J. M. Riguaryouvr Mavrice W H.J A. SB. GARMAN ALrreD Baum C. C. BELL. J. Le. DustLai JAMES CORNELY J.C. Meyer, Atty for Sheriff Ww. J. Sivan, Dist. Atty P, Coxno, Sheriff ~ LOR MoNTaOMERY Troxe JACKSON, Jxo .——— In Business From an announcement received by circular we notice that Mr. Ira D. Gar. man, a son of Daniel Garman of Belle foute, has engaged in business for him self. For ten years Ira, or more familiar. ly known ag “Dick”, held a good posit. on with the well knows firm of David F, Conover, & Co., jewelers, Chestnut street, Philadelphia. He now has opened a store of his own on No. 121 South 11th t3,, between Chestout and Walnut, where he has a complete line of goods belonging to that business. He extends an invitation to his many friends in this, his former home, to call upon him when in Philadel. phia -— Got a Position. Mr. I. W. Raven, who was crippled by an accident on the turnpike, from Mill. heim to Coburn several years ago and got damages for same, by trial in court, recently received a good position in the | customs house, at Oswego, N. Y., witha | salary of about $1,000 per year, He will | locate at that place at once. is | of any kind. list party is nothing but the free silver | | United States senate to-day | ed by insurance.” REPUBLICANS ARE RESPONSIBLE. THE republican press in defending the | failure of the republican congress to pass | their worthless measures make the silly declaration that the United States senate “controlled by an alliance of demo BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 186. ANOTHER WEEK OF COURT List of Traverse Jurors Drawn for the Third Week. crats, populists and a few republicans.” | This cry of populist is the biggest hum- bug of the day. Tbere is no populist party. It has no national organization What is called the popu- wing of the republican party, and can- dor compels us to say itis a thriving bird. Ifit keeps on growing as fast in the next few months as it has since the present congress assembled, it will be big enough and strong enough to flap its | wings all over the St. Louis convention. It has already given notice to the moss. backs of the G. O. P. that it intends to | set up in business for itself if it can’t | { have its own way at the coming conven. tion, and when the tug of war comes, and the inevitable disruption takes place the party of free silver aud paternalism | will be so evenly rent in twain it will be | hard to tell wnich 1s the head and which is the tail. There is not a single member of the who was Every mother's populist i publican pure and simple. elected as a populist son of the lot dubbed Sa re elected by republican legislatures to represent republican states. They were republicans then, are now, and never were anything else Senator Carter is chairman of the na- tional republican committee, and will be very much in evidence at the St. Louis And yet the put him down as a populist. e convention, republicans Bosh! Sen- ator Cameroun, representing the free-sil- ver republican state of Pennsylvania, is booked to head the republican delega- tion to St, Louis. If Carter isa populist Senators Teller, Wal- Shoup, DuBois, Cannon, Brown, Warren, Pepper, Clark, Pritchard Mitchell, Pettigrew, Hansborough and s0 18 Cameron. wilt COAL, Mantel, Perkins are all free silver men and all | life-long republicans It must not be overlooked these that single one of so-called lican legislature. Some of them may have, as a blind for ducks, sailed in un- der other names, but they are republi- { cans all the same and were elected over Democrats. They will the of the f the attend cot 1 at St. louis. Some lead country, the stbmp, ashamed of their frees s and have the courage to say no, are not denon hem as popu however, what they are republicans republicans have a majority in 1 1 ie present senate and are responsible its legislation, just as the democrats were held responsible for the acts of the The the just as they please. last sevate. have republicans enough votes in sen now to do ate If they can’t agree among themselves, that is another thing The senate is republican, “almanacs’’ and party organs to the comtrary not withstanding. - -— - A Fake Report About two weeks article peared in a Pittsburg paper, having been ago an ap. sent from Bellefonte to the effect that the Commissioners of Centre county were conducting the sale of unseated lands upon a questionable basis, that bogus titles were being placed upon the list as | a source of revenue tothe county and for advertising in the county papers. | And that more unseated land was offer. ed than there was acreage in the county. On Monday Col staff correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, was in Bellefonte to investigate the matter. The Commissioners gladly gave him all the information he could desire | on this point and conclusively showed him that the report was not correct and the county officials were not conducting their office for the benefit of land sharks and swindlers. .-— A Bad Blunder It wasn't a Missouri editor but a Mise | souri printer's devil, who was going through bis first experience in “making | np forms.”” The paper was late and the boy got his galleys mixed. The first part of the obituary notice of 88 impecunious citizen had been dumped in the forms and the next one came from a recent | fire. It read like this: “The pall’ bear- ers iowered the body into the grave, and as it was consigned to the flames there were few if any regrets, for the old wreck had been an eye sore to the cout- | munity for years. Of course there was individual loss, but that was fully cover- The widow thinks the editor wrote the obituary that way because the lamented partner of her joys andsorrows owed him five years sub- scription. They were | not a | populists | was clected by any other than a repub- | George N. M'Cain, a | LARGE NUMBER of CASES. Makes it Necessary to Continue Court—There in Cen- The Jurymen, Names, Occupa- Must be an Increase of Litigation tre county tion and Residences. On Monday the jury commissioners met to draw a set of thirty-six traverse jurors for a third week of court, April term, commencing Monday, May 11th, 1866. to the large number of cases awaiting This is deemed necessary owing trial TRAVERSE JURORS IRD WEEK | R. H. Boal, farmer . . .Harris John Dolan, laborer .« Marion Wm. Farber, engineer Patton A. J. Gorton, laborer | Scott Bailey, blacksmith James Uzzle, clerk Philipsburg Col Snow Shoe lege twp Samuel Irvin, blacksmith Ferguson Edward Bubb, lumbermaun...... Ferguson C.T. Fryberger, grain dealer, Philipsburg J. M. Buanell, music dealer... Philipsburg A.V. Hamil Henry Rothrock, farmer { J. B.Rockey, farmer ton, laborer.... Spring Spring «Patton Penn John Braucht, carpenter. | G. G Fink, farmer . Huston Robert Fry, painter | Andrew Hall, farmer. +++» Ferguson ..Union Elrey Henderson, farmer. ...Marion H. Q. Pletcher, farmer .. Howard Irvin B. Luse, painter, J. N. Schoonover, merchant. Philipsburg . Marion Curtin Howard Franklin Waite, laborer N. J. McCloskey, farmer Foster Dearment. laborer A. J. Swartz, gentleman, John Stewart, TW D. T. Raymond, laborer John D. Waguer, farmer, Samuel Garrick, farmer Spring coal dealer. College Davidson, miner Rush . Haines Worth Howard twp Perry Steele, stone mason Spring John Sheckler, farmer AM. R. Adams, Worth H. C. Crissman, clerk . Bellefonte Wm. Royer, pri » «++ ++» Bellefonte rinter Centre Hall Boggs farmer J. W. Henny, blacksmith ——— A Fine Attraction most notable attraction of is the production for the ¢ in this city of Willard Spencer's Opera "Princess Bon. Garman Opera House on y night, March 25. Theopera fonte with a great reputa of over 200 per- *iphia, and a recent engagement at the . at ve New York 1 11 3 1 i ul Theatr New York tw be presented roadway here with the original cast, entirely new scenery and costumes and with the same completeness of appoint. ments as in the Metropolitan production “Princess Bonnie'' The story of isa very interesting one. Briefly outlined it relates the finding of ""Boanie’’ adrift at sca when a child and her rescue by Capt. | Tarpaulin. of She is brought upon to sea- Maine, Bar into beautiful womanhood. coast near Harbor, and grows The arriva! of a Spanish man-of-war, under the command of Admiral Pomposo in search ofa long lost niece, discloses {the fact Princess. child to a Spanish Count, and is carried off to Spain to marry him. Her and after that Bonnie is a betrothed Spanish She was when a Ameri. {can friends follow, diverting incidents | united to her American sweetheart many she is rescued and The story is unfolded in a clear and interesting The noticeably clean and spontaneous, and there is no interpolating of horse-play for laughter making purposes. The music is exceedingly melodious, graceful and catchy, and of the sparkling kind that goes. The cast is a strong one and includes Miss Hilda Clark, a beautiful young girl, | who recently made her debut as Princess Bonnie with great success, She has a | charming presence, is exceedingly grace- ful and sings beautifully. Her voice is ia rich, soprano. Miss Goldthwaite, her original role of “Kitty Clover" the summer girl, Miss | Bessie Fairbairn, Richard Miller, the original “‘Shrimps’’ Robert Broderick, | Will M. Armstrong, Geo, O'Donnell, and { others, Remember atthe Garman Opera | House, Wednesday March 25th, 1806, manner, humor is clear Jennie m .——— Busy Firm, | Colonel Spangler reports coal busi. ile spends most of his time in Philadel. phia, where their main offices are locat. ed at 1414 South Penn Square, near the U, 8. Mint, and opposite the public build. ing. He is associated with Mr. Wm. { Duncan of Philipsburg, under the firm name of Duncan & Spangler. The Col, although a busy business man, takes pleasure in having his many friends call upon him when in Philadelphia. ness quite brisk and no lack of orders, | WHEN APRIL COMES. { It Now Takes Cunning to Lure the Wise Trout to the Fly. As fish man has grown more cunning, and has have grown | devised new schemes to outwit his prey. | ’ » 4 { Now, instead of fishing down streain, he | fishes up stream, that he may be below { and behind the fish and therefore less in sight, for fish, it always lie with must their Moreover, where he used to stand be now | kneels or crawls, be seen he woves horizontally heads upstream. , not ver. tically, as of old, and Le never, if he can avoid it, allows the point to extend over the water, That his line may be seen as little possible, he no longer searches the water as at haphazard but reserves his cast until the tion of a rising fish, or at any he has found and noted exact posi. : OF rate " i fish lying so near the surface as to sug- | gest the strong probability that it is on watch for flies. Then instead of using two or three flies he selects one, imitat- ing as closely as may be in color and the natural ed on the water flies he has observ. This h that it shall fall on the water as lightly size ¢ deftly casts so as a flake of snow some fish and he eighteen inches or so above the and float with its wings erect allows it, without check or suspicious movement, to be car ried by the stream over the nose of the trout. At that instant, if fortune smiles, | he sees a bubble rise hears a faint sound like a baby's kiss, and the If the trout Was not quite accurately made, he lets the fish tug-of-war begins refuses or the cast wlow the so that the fly drift on far | ripple made in withdrawing it from the water may not disturb the trout and pro- ceeds to dry his fly by whipping it back and forward through the air until it 18 once more buoyant, He then tries again Shouid the trout refuse at the second time of asking, the avgler, if wise, will > his fish, making a mental note This sketch euable the reader to see the in caange wo ‘call again. sli will portance of closely imitating the flies on the water, and skill required in presenting the counterfeit to the fish. ~The Review ra CARLISLE FOR PRESIDENT for Chicago, Secretary Carlisle is a candidate the presidegtial nomination at and a public announcement to that effect will soon be made by tary’s close friends in This anno Mr fused to permi third term. Iti authority that the presi ted known his determina cided upon this course and it is expex that he will make tion within a short time That his rod may vot | al ‘RELIGIONS OF | THE PEOPLE Interesting Statistics Collected by the Independent more knowing, | AMERICANS ARE RELIGIOUS, be born in mind, Number of Ministers, Churches, Congregations, Communicants—Great Progress made in Some of Small Denominations the Past Year the Large and So far as their the Ameri ag a church affiliation: gO, can people may be set down religious people. There are about 70,000,000 population in the country, and of this istered number over 24,000,000 are as communicants with The makes a speciality of collect some church or other. New York “Inde pendent’ ing the religious statistics d it nearly tables are iry, an more accurate than the censu bulletius. The footings up are as This shows progress over nearly of the the figures go, but whether ’ whole religious counts arca far as American people are more genuinely re ligious this year than last cannot be de- denominational tables from to church membership are growth of but the figures are the of the spread of among the of the more powerful we y i 40 ] ve denominations we have >t 24,213,000 Church communicants in the 134 g1,000 United States, with 000 of the 176,000 churches, and over of the 128,000 minister r-Days Saints, or Mormons, different church or EE Although Secretary Olney's name has | ‘7 been considered with favor by democr ic ieaders in New England, s known that he does not hop nomin a tion Mr. port Carlisle's car has the Mr. Cle eveland close He will go before the conven. of and his friends tion as the representative sound His urge his nomination on that platform, Mr the mouey democrats riends already and that Cleveland of should be sound money - Coal Miners May Strike it is no secret thinks the great issue campaign Rumors are rife throughout the great bituminous coal district—-embracing the id, Cambri Westmoreland--that another big at The leaders of the miners are now busily en- counties of Clearfie and Centre, a strike of the miners is hand gaged in trying to induce the men to go out April 1, the leaders believe this to unknown reason be an oppor- tune time to go out on a strike, which For some they hope will include every miner in the Pennsylvania fields. The grounds of dissatisfaction among the miners, at present, is the wage schedule coal adopted some time ago and which is the lowest rate under which the men have yet worked. Three years ago they en. gaged in a long and bitter fight which practically stopped production for sever. al months, but in the end the miners had to yield, without bettering their condition to any considerable extent. Since then there has been considerable dissatisfac- tion and a good deal of talk of another strike in which all the coal miners north and south would participate, but nothing has come of it, - Tendens in His Leg Cut George Swartz’ of Loganton, who is 28 | years old, has ever since he was a child | been compelled to crawl on kis hands and knees, owing to the muscles in his legs being so contracted as to prevent his standing erect. A few days ago he was taken to the Wiiilamsport hospital, | where he was submitted to an operation | yesterday by having th» tendons cut. It is believed that Mr. Swartz will soon be able to walk Convention The of the Order Sons of America State executive commit. March 31 for the purpose of hearing cases and ap Weand says the number of applicants for mem. Patriotic meeting tee will be held at Wilkesbarre peals in that section. Secretary bership received during the year was 12,656; number of elections to member ship, 11 number of members initia 491 ted, 10,842; admitted by card, 209: re- instated, 1,221; total membership De cember 31st, 183%, $3,106; amount 811 B11 out for benefits during the year, $112 total during the year, $iss, 287 . receipts total expenditures, $308,317; total amount in subordinate camp treasuries, $151.518; invested in real estate, bonds, $539,837; value of paraphernalia, $200, 149; total valuation, $902,545 -— Fine Attraction March Garman expects to have 25th, the famous { opera, ‘Princess Bonnie’ rendered in | the Bellefonte opera house. It will be played by the original company and { will include a cast of 50 people. This he assures all will be the best attraction ever | played on this stage and he has gone to considerable trouble in securing it. { There has been a constant demand for | @ higher grade production here, and now | it remains to be seen whether the public | will give it the patronage it deserves. It is a rare opportunity. - He Knew Sarah An old man would not believe he could | hear his wife talk a distance of five miles by telephone. His better half was in a country shop several miles away, where there was a telephone, and the skeptic was also iv a place where there wasa similar instrument and on being told how to operate it he walked boldly up and shouted, “Hello Sarah!’ At that instant lightning struck the telephone wire and knocked the man down, and as he scrambled to his feet he excitedly cried, “That's Sarah, every inch," Wednesday Manager . VOL. 18. XO. 12. ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION WE have further evidence, Pittsburg Post of the says the of the disastrous results existing Democratic tariff on the industries of the country in an authoriz that the med the payment of di ividends after the lapse of wel ate ed statement from Chicago Illinois steel company has res three years. The balance sheet of De- 156G4, but that of cember 1g § 18,.86¢ showed net profits showed eficit of December 31, 1Bgs, of $1,233,266, leaving ideal vy { i . led profits of $914,401 after wiping af : deficit of the preceeding vear rity was year under the Wilson Tr years, when there ither wholly or The Was 50 prosperous it a rt. 4 McKinley law. 1 ou of the oo 3 4 1 ng McKinley year steel C r” - } tits] Ke . Company shipped 575.698 tons of finished materi In and wag: against 536,446 tons in 15¢4. any paid out in salaries as against $6 513, - 1 3 Oyedon an avearge ] a 1134 ipa ompared with 10, See what this Lepublicans have mon this some nierest Han them us, and takes iso warns his vi Vics le for arrest for ielping him along The New Hat and Bonnet From a fashion exchange w: leam that hats this spring are to be worn well over the forchead. This is another new Parisian fashion which American women 108 whether the hat is small or large, it must The regulation bonnet with the strings is no are supposed to adopt It matters reach very nearly to the eyebrows The new bonnets made re- gardless of shape and are so small as more are hardly to deserve a name. - Death at Centre Hall Mrs. William Lohr, of Centre Hall, died Wednesday morning after an illness of The deceased was aged years and was a well known which she lived. The funeral will be held from the late residence of the deceased on Friday morning fourteen years, about 68 resident in the community in - Lived Here Mrs. Rachael Minsker, a former resi dent of this place. but who left here about six years ago and made her home with her daughter Mrs Arvilla Bonnell, of Philadelphia, died at that place on Tuesday. The funeral will be held at Lock Haven on Thursday March 1g. The deceased was well known in Belle- fonte Formerly - No Ol or Gas. The gas and oil well that was being drilled along Anderson creek, Clearfield | county, has proven a dry bole. The drill went to a depth of 2,250 feet.
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