CIRCULATION 0 OVER 15060. rennet CHAS R KURTZ THE CONTEST MOVING of the ALONG Result Hearing on Last Saturday. MORE BOXES CALLED IN The Democrats and Republicans File Their “Bills of Saturday. Particulars Next Hearing on an Examiner— Pays the Bill, Petition for Game of Chance—County On Saturday afternoon the attorneys in the Miller-Cronister : had The attendance was large that the these progee lings sheriff contest another round before the court. *, indicating mi1hilin public interested in in hela ocaall proceedings were 100 was grante ssrs Henry 2 except those in South Potter Both sides m1 whi voters and residence, during Jast election, and all othe: irregular contained iu ther previous petitions. text Saturday each party will have an opportunity the allegations and the same will be argued, Edward Chambers Esq., counsel for Miller, presented a petitions asking the to file objections to court to appoint an‘examiver to recount the ballot cast for sheriff and make prop- er return. This petition was held over until Saturday, also the one open the ballot boxes. Mr. Cronister's petition contained the presented to names of over four hundred voters who voted at the late election, that were not properly qualified, by either not ha their tax paid, properly registered about forty names fort that were illegal the use of They also allege bribery and liquor in purchasing votes Taking a general view appears there republican pated. game of chance that when & are more the been antici irregular votes on ticket than had This contest is nothing but for Miller's benefit which the county pays all expenses The abo What the result wil Mr. neys will leave fend their Cronister office manner. e briefly tells theoroceedings 1 he to date. remains unsolved. Cromister and his attor- nothing undone to de In Mr is attending to the duties of his prompt case the meantime in a and business like -— A PROJECTED RAILROAD and Clearfield This Year. dispatch Pitts! cannot vouch The Bellefonte to Be The fi forite appeared in the Wi Belle rg papers lowing fron on Monday for its forrectness with the open he comme efonte and ( ame construct . 1 #10 1 line field railroad, a long, connecting this place Clearfield region by a direct route. The charter for this road was secured a year ago, and the survey made, when, owing to the uncertainiy prevailing in the money market, theymatter was allowed to rest, but now it §s stated on what is considered reliable puthority that the road will be built Rring the summer. The directors and Aockholders held a meeting in this place,and elected officers for the ensuing year § follows: Presi dent, Chas. Wilhelm lof Reading ; vice president, James Haris, of Bellefonte ; secretary, IL. T. Mugon, Bellefonte ; treasurer, Wilfred Hener, of Philadel. The building of this ine means more than the mere opening f a short line to the bituminous coal rygions., With its completion there will bino doubt of the building of the Watsontwn and Eastern | link, connectin cite regions to New Vek, making a much more direct route t that city than is now had from the cena! part of the State. There isalso the pomise that the line will continue as far wa as Pittsburg, thus shortening the distnce between New York and the westat least 100 miles. MY] In Lack. A report comes from Sugr Valley te the effect thata Greene towship farmer has been informed by attortys in Phila- delphia that he is one of th heirs to a fortune of $2,000,000. The faune comes to him through his connechn with a family named Baker.—Lockfaven Ex. | — with te Central rail- | road of Pennsylvania atMill Hall, and | extending northeast thragh the anthra- | Ihe Ed. and Prop. INDIA'S AWFUL TRAGEDY Al Europe Aroused to Possible Peril From the Plague. The I'he his- tory is being enacted in India under the The heart of Furope has been touched at last, greatest tragedy in modern double curse of plague and famine, and the universal sympathy is, perhaps, more keen because it is now tinged with apprehension. It would not be surpris. mg if within a month a genuine plague panic should spread throughout Christen. The taly has summoned an interna- A dom. great Powers have taken alarm, tional forthwith at conference, to meet Rome, to considur measures for dealing is little with that the response the danger. There doubt of the other Govern wil » favorable and all the ro ments sources of mod ily arraved agains known by responsibili Clon upon rats, ants ts by which houses are intected. : the and are germs oto dt water taps and sihks Thus the poison is diffused and i uot be eradicated except by fi explains the of efficacy of the old method cleansing by conflagration, and at the same of India are still the more horribl aAgue are those of ids. The gaunt, starv. lia are perishing at RELIEF AGENCIES AT WORK The relief movement is now apparently in full operation. The public consci nee i sympathy in this itry both have arou world to Oppose ages of hunger in Indi school teachers met in annual convention they passed resolutions y denot 1g the use of tobacco in any form the prohibiting the u teachers, law They the every and indorsed the of the same, that future superintendent enter, on also demanded in the county cerlibcate granted, whether or not the holder is a user of tobacco in any form, The directors are now quietly investiga. ting to find out how many of the teachers use tobacco, with a view of demanding that they either quit its use or resign | | to em bark | built a forge and held out inducements | | teaching. As a good many of the male teachers either chew or smoke when not | engaged in teaching, they are greatly | | alarmed, ———— - Parsons— McDonald. Mr. Ellery Parsons, of Unionville, and Miss Anna McDonald, of Pine Grove Mills, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, in the parlors of the Brocker- hoff House, on Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. Rev.]. W. Rue, of the Methodist church performed the cere. mony. —— I MSA Agriculturists Elect Officers, At a meeting of the Clinton county Agricultural Saciety at Mackeyville re. cently the following officers were elected: President, Joel A. Herr; Vice President, Dr. J. M. Dumm ; Secretary, J. R. Por. ter; Treasurer, W, H. Dornblaser ; Dele. gates to State College, A. L. Sweeley, 1, W. Dornblaser and W, H, Dornblaser, | dling clothes, | started overland in a wagon for Belle i = = “e by LE <] & or eafre Le BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1897, PECULIAR CASES OF LONGEVITY. Centre County Has a Woman of 107 With a Son Aged 82. BOTH STRONG AND ACTIVE, Mrs Life Pennsylvania Her Mountains of Phila Romance of Nancy Barger and Peaceful Central Among the From the delphia Press of Monday, n the County mntain the exact central a little yy ed uaintance ct gen y of friend her early have long passed away “Grandma,” as were, had to commence making friends all over again, and her friends throughout the county are numbered The “Grandma” by of reads iA inside the Yery history Barger like a fairy tale She born on Middle Ri a short d was dge, in Comberland County, below Harrisburg, Her father and Tate, wéré among the very first settlers of the community, stance on September 14, 1790 mother, William , after having cleared a small farm, rly day Nancy family an agricunilurisis Was the with George Bar in. [sem ge handsome, stalwart mean, i many excellent traits, but reason Nancy's lovers were seperat George drafted War supposed tl was and served io the Nancy's Idish love pare nis eh of their davehter was forever {f thei is } was forever Nancy. although { bh past, however, bided her ti » and she had many suitors for her hand, remained single, for she had promised George to remain tre to him, and her promise she de termined to keep ast the rebe ¢ returned hot full-fledged officer even hands han when be bh first shoulde i musket tod i efend his country He had come back to claim hi heart But Nancy's posed to the mateh parent wore st and although they could give no reason to the handsome young officer they would nol give their consent to their danghier's mar riage. Finally George and Nancy de- cided to run away and married This they did the mony being performed at the home of Nancy's sister, in Perry County. get next day, the cere- The elopement only served to deepen the anger in the hearts of her parents and two years later Nancy, after mak- ing asdast futile appeal for forgiveness, persuaded her husband to remove to Center County, who had come up from Chester County in the iron business, had for good workmen. With Samuel, then a babe in swad- and her husband she fonte. Three weeks later they reached that place and found a settlement of a dozen houses supporting three stores George found good employment in the Valentine works, and staid there unuil 1820, when Roland Curtin, Sr, the father of the war Governor, hired him to work at the new Eagle Works, which had just been built at Cartin, five miles below Bellefonte. Mes. Barger, during her stay in Bellefonte, saw many a pack train "start to Pitts. burg with its load of iron and the pro duet that was not disposed of at that market was shipped in arks down Spring Creek to Bald Eagle, thence to the Susquehanna River and Havre de Grace. She was at the old Washington Furnace the day James Monk, the see where the Valentines, | i ond murderer to y Arrested Center i County, was i ve { m novi to Curt Mill Ha again in smoved to Curtin s me until the present has been an occupant of the in which she now Ives husband died and she was grown-up fam y of i of seven ch whom are living exc pL two in Clearfield Coun win brothers, Cons erved his conoptry ountry SHEET AO appearance Wo wd and 1% When he sald that he was 82 years old on the 17th of last September, the vis is faves be ot Me Vine hha “ tors Wook wiher look at the giant wagon y Mra Barger ce ebre iversary of her Post, G. A with Potter presented her the e sat for her picture twithstanding her Rr advanced age, hat IS evervyihing WU ndicate 1 Nancy Barger w me time n * homestead property rpreme Co Shuize, in connection with this said that she was well acquainted and tion WO suppress th Vy Fiot that arose when he was & tutor 1794. Her and at Dickinson College, in memory is her strongest faculty. she recalls dates and events in a man- per that surprises even the mos! ex pectant Her's bas been a life of use fulness, and, although it at all is simplicity times, and never has she been known to speak of her own doings, yet neighbors credit her with traits—a true religious two grand spirit and an everiastiog desire to help oth ers -— Caught in His Own Trap. Abe Westerhouse,of Slate Run, Lycom. i {ing county, went into the Black Forest | { recently to build a bear pen of logs. He seemed to have been new at the business, for when the pen was finished he set the trap and crawled into tie the bait to the spindle. In some manner the trap was sprung and Abe was a prisoner for five days subsisting on a sheep's bead during his imprisonment. He was released by a party of hunters who accidentally dis- covered the pen. A — A] — Karthaos Mines Abandoned, The Karthaus coal mines have been abandoned, and the operators are now renioving all the cars that were used in the mines. The mining of the coal at that place has become an unprofitable busi- ness, hence the abandonment. While the mines were in operation from ten to thirty car loads were taken out every day. . acta EVENTS AT THE a. NATIONAL CAPITOL What Will McKinley do for Suf fering Cuba? LEGISLATION IN Some of the Important Special Events that Attention — Bills that will Seon be Considered and Other Important Events jast sess wn ol 1 the vacan ; oh this matter it is likel be along the line of the bill which has been reported favor ably to the Senate, and which is now be ing considered by the House committee. It provides for a commission of cabinet officials with authority to settle the whole business. If the free homestead bill fails to get through, Speaker Reed will make num. erous western enemies who will be heard from if he is again a candidate for his party's presidential nomination. The bill when passed by the House only pro- vided for fiee homesteads in Oklahoma, but before the Senate passed it, amend. ments were added, extending the area of free homesteads. When the bill went the House, Speaker Reeder sent the bill back to the Committee on Public Lands, and its friends are whispering that be did it for the purpose of having the bill smothered, Representative and Senator.elect Mon- ey, of Miss., thus disposes of a sensation. al story sent from Washington : “There isnot a word of truth iu the story that I have the slightest misunderstanding with Consul-General Lee growing out of my letters on the Cuban guestion. General lee and I are the bestof friends, and PROSPECT. Attract WANTED Correspondents to in the news publish it WL PROMINENT ODD] of the Grand : Master, Amos H Deputy Grand Master Q Hall, W Warden, b Galer Thomas, of Scranton McKeever, Esau £ N Samael Grand of Philadelphia; Past Grand, West Chester ; Grand Master, Chas. Chall and M Richard Muckle, Philadelphia Past Grand Montgomery Loomas, of Past font, of and In the afternoon they visited State Col lege, where the new hall was dedicated In the evening the saunie officers came to Bellefonte and an important session was held to confer the Past Grand degree and give instructions in (he unwritten work of the order, About two huudred and fifty were present, delegations were | here from most every part of the county. back to the House, instead of allowing | the House to vote on the Senate amend. | ments so that the bill could be sent to | Conference, if they were not accepted by | oo After Them. During the past week Policeman Garis has been trying to capture two young chaps Jacob Meese and James Reed, of this place, on the charge of stealing eight pound of butter from C. M. Resides, a hukster, while his team was hitched at Gerbrick's mill. The boys divided the spoils and gave it to other boys to sell for them, Policeman Garis visited Reed's house but was unable to get his mau, When he left the house several shots were fired, whether at him he could not say, but they came in a manner that did not suit him and he may make further arrests,
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