CHAS. R. KURTZ, GETTING AT Secretary Alger Hears Some Plair [alk at Lexington stories of the achievements Ed. and Prop. of the h tor at Camp Thomas, where THE TRUTH |piacet us new army camp, 1 some 40,000 men fresh from The AC VY at Camp Thomas {ORSE-DOCTOR FOR THE SICK Accu The Soldiers Were ton sed Excessive D lepartments of t | and surgeon gener retary Alger, he s 1, Was Ct *quisitions whic ative ory water il water, Mr ers, and 1 made a requisition on Quarter. master General l No attention was paid to get any my grams, I sent hin I received a pr fe 3 Lee to 1pt reply, does water boilers. I bought them m; but much valuable time had been the seeds of disease had been sowed, Mr. Secretary, you have seen the res of this criminal egligence death reports which have from every camp in this These men in the partment can stand off an somebody else's fault not lost, and of Quartermaster Lee fault of Quartermaster Ludin standing right th Gen. Wiley also decl were worked led from five t When iter } 1184 1 and dril bot sun. stretchers or away, nor were there on hand in hundre« poor fellows were fo boiling sun without attents QUAY'S GREAT ARMY Doctor Huideko geon in the i pointment is and Senators Quay an oper, n rmy credited to have strongly dent COUrse made med nas, Chickamaug incapac dismal grave; much to know then comes 1 Huidekoper? Dr. Huidekope: school of medicine Pennsylvania, and early generation ago, he ticed a time His taste, practice, and his areer has been practically devoted to horses, cats and dogs, and not to human beings. The scene of his professional ex- loits is set forth in the annexed card, as read just before the war short however, ran veterinary entire professional Pp it HOSPITAL OF THE N. Y. College of Veterinary Surgeons NEW YORK. Rates of Board Horses, per day Dogs, per day Cats, per day Baths for dogs Small dogs ad Large and long-haired dogs. . . Medicated special, Professional charges according to nature of the case, PR. R. § HUIDEKOPER. DK. H. D. GILL. La 1.00 f (The above bustress card appeared fn an edi. | torial In Sunday's Pittsburg Post, If seems | almost incredible yet It has not been dis proven.) The army surgeons who will not be | : called to testify before President McKin- | ley’'s commissioners tell many queer Fire uv Tuesday at Boalshurg morning fire broke ut m John M. Wieland's coach shops at Joalsburg. When discovered the futer. ior of the blacksmith shop was a mass of flames. From there it spread to an ad. joining building containing a large sup- 2 5 ply of seasoned lumber This also was entirely consumed and so was James Hassen's stable. Some heroic work was done by the citizens in battling with the fire and they succeeded in confining it to these buildings which were entirely con. sumed with contents, Mr. Wieland's property was insured, yet his loss will be considerable —— A] —— Where Did 1t Come From? One day last week a pigeon flew into the barn yard of Elias Snyder, east end of Nittany valley, on one leg of which was ar aluminum ring. On the ring were inscribed ““N. A. 761.” Mr. Soy. | der took the ring off the bird's leg and 1s | seeking what information be can about | the new visitor, Will Resume Operations, been closed for some time, will this week resume operation. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, tose CANDIDATES NOMINATED of Three Conferences The Past Week HALL FOR CONGRESS our Hall » timately public Many of our appointed t the why it was different readers no doubt are dis. 8 hat Col. Spangler was got nony and are anxious to KNOow nee, The situation was simple. At no time way Col. Spangler It was within his grasp, for the support of seriously seeking the nomination Elk was with him and Forest only was needed, and they would have voted for Col tion Hall Spangler had be asked the nomina-. It was Col Spangler’s request that accept and be the candidate, .— ARNOLD WAS RENOMINATED For Congress at Ridgeway, Last Thursday It Was Not Unanimus, The Ridgeway Star, the leading re. publican paper of Elk county, contains the following account of the republican congressional conference that met at that place last Thursday and renominat- ed Wm. C, Arnold: Willie Can’'t.get-therethis-trip Arnold, of DuBois, was nominated for Congress toe. 25th district at the New Hyde | Ridgeway, on Ihursdse night, receiving The axe factory at Lamar, which has | twelve votes, to three for pelos Dolliver, the ¥lk county candidate. The conyention passed »ff as smoothly IGN, al)y as though oiled with Frazer’ Ade nominee starts out i re-election with {be toatl the ¢ a:i%0 1¢in § ree can go rda t or words to that effect ogies to make for anvihing ay done or left undone,” asserted noid Unio Pacific railroad s: and vole, slandering the President reputable postoffice appointments, pre pledges without number, et ably included His entire speech was the silliest, slope piest mess of twaddle perpetrated an egates ever on innocent and de Nowhere in the proceedings, or at any stage the game, was the President mentioned, the State ticket of ehdorsed or the usual concomitants of a gathering of this character indulged in Mr. Amold therefore stands squarely ou a platform of opposition to the Presi. dent, and his policy, is not ashamed of his disieputable record, glories in it, and doesn't ask for anything from Elk coun. ty. His overwhelming defeat is merely A question of numbers ——— OSBORNE NOMINATED On Tuesday evening the Republican Senatorial conference, in session at Philipsburg, after taking almost ome Continued oh page 8, unsuspecting set of 0c A PROMINENT CONTRACTOR THOMAS COLLINS contractors the Col homas I WOIrK as ins thers, Philis and Peter i made and lost several large fortunes, disastrous b was met Ame the Big three secures most ow South but the on Early in 1877 t ithe contract from the English government for building of the Madeira With a cargo of supplies, rail. and Mamore railroad, in Brazil road iron and several hundred workmen they left Philadelphia on the Metropolis, use, about the middie of the summer. When off Cape Hatteras the vessel encountered a vessel chartered for their a hurricane and was wrecked, going to the bottom with everything on board, few of the workmen and crew escaping to tell the tale of horror, By a merciful Providence the Collinses escaped, and nothing daunted by the severe loss sus. tained 'u the destruction of their vessel, the Collinses at once set about to carry out their contract. The Richmond, an. other large vessel, was chartered, and with ancther load of supplies and 437 | workmen on board, departure for the | south was made late in the fall of 1877. | One year or more was spent in the trop. lics of Brazil, a year depicted as one of untold sufferings by all, The work was | being pushed as rapidly as possible, "when the Buglish government refused roth vthing else, was a man who Oe knew def he Of gigantic ver Socialle, was esteemed by all who knew him stature and com. wanding figure, he was a man quick t attract, and once known never to be for gotten, ILaberal and broad-minded, with charity for quaintance he enlisted as a fmend, all, ac and had few, if As a man, be was anusual. every any, enemies rarely his achievements ly modest, talking of himself or For a man who bas been so prominently before the public all his life, there is less known about Thom. as Collins than any man in the country He was married early in life to Miss Ellen Murray, of Harrisburg, who died some twelve of fifteen years ago. They had no children. Mr, Collins was aged about 75 years, but possessed of such wonderful vitality that up until the time of his recent illness he did not look to be pear that age. He is the last but one of | the six brothers to pass across the silent river, Swmiviving him are Peter Collins, of Philadeiphia, and the sisters, Mrs. Ellen Shoemaker and Misses Elizabeth jand Sarah Collins, all of Bellefonte, | Though his life was filled with the fluc. | tuations of fortune, Mr, Collins was pos- | sesssed of considerable of this world's | goods at his death,
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