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BELLEFONTE BORO. |,
DEM. NOMINEES
An Exceptionally Strong Ticket in
the Field.
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THEY ARE ALL YOUNG MEN
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Well Known in this Community and are ex-
ceptionally well qualified—Brief biograph-
Who they are—Why
they deserve your support
ical sketches of each
(
pany
place.
dell .
Fellow 8S,
and perserveauce,
good tax collector,
and Prop.
ife M1 has always taken
ive part and at present is Captain of
B. G.P.
a prominent
Taylor
sth Regiment, N at this
In addition, he is
nember of the Logan fire company, Odd
Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Mr. Taylor is strictly a self-made young
nan who has forged his way to the front
)y virtue of his indomitable energy
He is pluck and am-
dition, and will succeed.
Mr. Taylor has made an exceptionally
His work has been
very satistactory and we know that most
of the taxpayers will want him retained,
because he is a good man for this import.
On next Tuesday, February 16th, the
regular spring election will be held, and
it will be for local offices ; for the select.
ion of men to regulate home affairs and
for that reason is of much importance,
probably more than state and national
affairs.
local affairs directly
of all ¢
While the democracy is in the
Bellefonte
forth their best efforts
Good officers, and economy, mm
aflects the interests
tir
118 4
ens and taxpayers,
minorit
mn boro.,
they
and
best men possible for their
1 this year is no excepti
and
following will
F. E. NAGINEY
excelient likeness of
For Burgess-
The
ene of Bellefonte’s popular young men,
F. E. Naginey, the Allegheny street furni-
tare dealer and funeral Mr
Naginey was born at Milroy, Pa., July
30, 1865 His
home. He attended the public schools in
that vicinity
p
Bloomsburg
above is an
director.
carly life was spent at
"
1d spent two years in the
in
a
Indiana, Pa., Normal
taught school for
ing salesman
Jan. 1888 ca
‘ellows,
and the Heptasopl
takes an active part
nasmany s
He
ellabie, un
genial disposition he
sonal frien
practical, thoroughly 1
ed in his integrity, fis
his convictions, all of
able
has, been nominated that
is extremely
jue
1s in town
and necessagy for the
we bh
sure to follow
election is
For Tax Collector HUGH S TAYLOR
The subject of this sketch is one of Belle-
foute’s prominent young men, who is well |
known and highly esteemed Hugh Stew-
ard Taylor. He was born in Bellefonte,
January 12,1868, In 1886 was graduated
from the Bellefonte High school. Spent
two years, from 1890-92 at Penna. State
College, entered the law offices of Orris
Bower & Orvis at once as a law student
and in 1594 was admitted to the practice
of law. In February 1894 Mr. Taylor
was elected Tax Collector, in this bor.
ough, overcoming a laige republican par-
“ty vote. In 1895 hie was elected superin-
tendent of the Bellefoute Steam Heat and
Gas works which he has very successfully
directed since. Mr. Taylor was pelected
as Chairman of Centre county democracy
on account of his ability, In military
glass WOKS
i
te has been emp
ant place.
o'cloc
house, and the alarm was soon sounded
that aroused the inhabitants of the town.
A bright li
court
§
JOHN TRAFFORD
hav.
ing secured empioyment in the Bellefonte
county in 1880,
During the past eight years
McCalmont &
at their works and has
able, Mr.
Trafford was twice elected Chief of the
logan fire company. He is a man of his
own mind, not swaved by others in the
discharge of lus duties. He has the am-
bition mn hima to make a good Overseer,
and one who would wipe out the notorious
practices aud abuses in that department
sce if he don’t
loved by
hreman
Co., as
proven faithful, re efh
et
ent
ey
m
Elect h
in past years
do it.
WILL CONLEY
Milesbury
arried to Mi
John Meese
}
m
v da igh i of Mr
, and then has
Meese he well
wnystreet, which
WOT AS
Mr
¢ business ot
KNOW mor
is one of our forenios ablishments,
For Borough Auditer—-0SCAR WETZEL.
Mr. Oscar Wetzel's name fittingly con.
] (Continued on page 8.)
An Attempt to Destroy The Tem-
WAS
The
lames
i have to be removed
oa COURT HOUSE
SET AFIRE
republicans try
vole of South Carolin
ple of Justice.
when
DISCOVERED IN TIME.
al
Prompt and Efficient Efforts of the Fire
Departments save the Building from De.
struction — Was
A Fiendish
the Work of an Incendi-
ary Deed.
wants to make an attack on the
On Monday morning, at about 2:3
k, fire was discovered in the court
room and in a few minutes the
were rising to the
WHing mauncr.
1
aden
i
irtments
heavy door that
The
tween
was about inches
and the
doors show that the fire
Six
fiat . »
GIStance
the same, inside of the
burned longer
between them than elsewhere, which in.
dicates where it originated. The pair
of swinging doors were almost burned
away and the frame work and
lerably charred
adjoining
windowsills were consi
The interior of the room is considerably
y
I smoked and some plastering will likely
The Prothonotary 's
gister and Recorder's
i 1
: CONSIGCT
Re
ofhces were soakes
office and the
ably and will
that oil was
there
The fire could have
under the
t door and thie
h was appli
re for probably a quar.
before gaining
headway to be discovered
atthe 1
hk ‘4
1GOWSIL 8
ir used to force up the sash and Ka
The ¢
the re
xit was made
an entrance
by way f ar hall
» furniture
: ant
og had a narrow
ction A fev
s would have eaten through
scape
minutes later
REL
and the fl
the door frame and after getting in the
wall would have reached the attic in an
instant and nothing could have saved it
Much credit is due our fire departments
tae and effective
for prompt response
work done. An efficient fire department
has prevented three serious conflagra-
tions of late. Their services are appre.
ciated by the public, and especially on
this occasion
. ———
Too Much Quinine.
On account of a bad cold and upon the
kindly advice of friends, Wm. H. Smith,
an employee about the Central hotel at
| Philipsburg came to his death from tak. |
{ ing too much of this remedy.
| taking quinine and whiskey on Sunday
| and Monday and the effect was that the |
{ drug soon made the man delirious and |
physicians could do little for him and he
He started
died from congestion of the brain. The
quinine killed him and not the whiskey,
— . o-——
Wilsen-—McCoy,
On Thursday evening of last week Mr.
Samuel W. McCoy, of Potters Mills, was
married to Miss Merab Clara Randall at
the residence of the bride's parents in
Williamsport, A number of guest were
present from a distance,
18 going to be made by
subject
augurated on the 4th of March, the
convention has got to count the
South Carolina.
tion of the state, it
other
than by endeavoring to prevent the count. | (
ing of her vote.
ght was seen in the rear of the |e
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY u, 18¢7
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Senator Tillman has got out hi
ork again, and he is going 10
to throw out the elect
i
On hey
rote
Murray, the
gro member of the House from that
the House and Senate meet this
week in joint session to count the «
Senator Tillman said on the
If McKinley
VOles.
Eg bre
1S g
oing to in-
joint
vole of
If the republican party
ons
tu.
must make it on some
ground or in some other
I wish to go furthen and
Mr
than to see
for
Seen Y
Xpress my preference mg
rather
exercised by
tor
anal bil
At ne
the bill had the slightest
gua (
fight.
sion has
time
of gett ough the House even
by
passed by the Senate notwithstand
ing thr
i
sed he Senate. It could
protests of Nicaragua, but it could only
have been done by a protracted fight
which would have resulted in preventing
action by the Senate upon other legisla
ton,
senator
against the ar
ng Post has been
Ary Morton it
* overlooked
gations to Hon.
ural Department is
is able to show that
this which is annoying to farmers
lue di
of the
financial question by irresponsible per
and adding to their mortgages is «
ly to the constant agitation
sons who do not agree with the present
administration.’
.
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Incorrect Report
On Monday an announcement appear
ed in one of our papers to the effect that
had closed down
This is not cor.
Valentine's furnance
for an indefinite period.
rect, That plant is in full operation and
there is no tention or intimation that
anything of the kind is contemplated.
The blast was turned off on Sunday, for
a short time, in order to clean some flues
| and that may have caused the rumor
about closing the works.
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A Lot of Sheats Frozen,
Ten large shoats, belonging to Luther
| Geiswhite, of Coburn, froze to death dar.
ing Monday night's, 25th, cold weather,
The shoats were in the pen, says the
Journal,
~To cure a cough or cold, in one day,
take Krumrine's Compound Syrup of
Tar. If it fails to cure, money refund.
ed. tf.
Abuses
SOME VERY HEALTHY
The
matter | |
of this «
office
than that of s
law declare
SELECTION OF
SCHOOL TEACHERS
That Creep Into Our
Public School System
nor daughter
ADVICE
Public
School
Faveritism and Scheeming
Selected on Their Merit—The
Should be Careful in Selection of
Much
Teachers
Must
LE] Loo
Are
Public
Directors~ There
Remedy the Evil
The
deed of
EDITOR DEMOCRAT
nl! -
peopie of
1
ellefonte, and in section
ty, have no more
fill at the
un important
to election next week,
hoo! director The school
that ne
. ¥4 fe or f11
mecinng ©
ion of Centre coun
1
direcior from
lege bor read a very able
gh
esting ps k
IC question
teachers elected with a vie
the be
paring ti
st according to merit
se paper, Professor Jackson sent
oul about fifly letters to presidents
schools and others interested in the sub
i they con.
asked them whether
s th
he i
ct, and
sidered tha
were elect
reeIence
into the
Although
terial the
ing
i
another
few every member
board had a relative teaching, and sou
Years ago,
of these bits of girls 16 to 18 years of age
endured as wong as they
The people
could, and much too long,
of the children, and then elected a board
for the good
on the express issue that no relatives of
of the board wore to be made
I am that teachers
a place to begin but before
members
teachers. aware
must have
they get it they should have some practi
”
So we might go on quot.
They are near.
cal training.
ing from these answers,
all of the same tenor,
| Another evil, is that in so many dis.
tricts the board will only elect persons
| teaching from thelr own districts. This
| is especially a pernicious habit, It makes
| schools, school board and all, narrow and
| limited in their views. This is an evil
| that might be complained of as existing
to some extent in Bellefonte. Where
such habit does not exist the schools take
high grade and the whole community is
benefited accordingly.
Schools it should be remembered are
established for the benefit Gf the children
and not for the purpose of giving relativ-
ed
send
will
Correspondents to
in the news
publish it
we
honest an
IGT
fy 13 TS | y |
upon the district, TEACHER,
HELD THE
-
M AT BAY
Armed Desperadoes Terrorizing Soydy Coun
ty Citizens,
Intense excitement prevai
Pa.,
oy
action of agang of five de
at Center.
vilie Snyder county o
10 the teeth, whe
this
week
) nave
ing
114 » i
Hang on
and Allegheny streets. For
condusted tl Sy
WAC Syracuse
foward, Pa., and from there
Jearfield and engaged in the
msiness, which business he wa
1 at the time of his death
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Book Reception
On Monday February 220d the pupils
| of the Bellefonte High school will hold
| book reception and liter enterta
it
in
ary
ment in their building. The object is to
have each person bring a book on that
{occasion and in that way help to build
up their library. Accompanying each
invitation was a printed list indicating
| what books were most desired. Our
school library already bas a splendid
collection of choice literary works
a
Another Success,
The reproduction of Col. Weigle's fam.
ous play "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”
was greeted by large houses each eve-
ning. Although the play was given here
last spring many people came a second
and even a third night. The proceeds
of the four evenings will be divided be-
tween Company J, the Y. M. C. A,
and Gregg Post.