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CHAS. R. KURTZ Proprietor.
HASTINGS AND
HARMONY
Around Recklessly on
Last Tuesday
Thrown
GOV. STONE WAS SNUBBED
General Hastings Boss of the Whole
Show and his Enemies Allowed to
Crawl in Under the Canvass
Harmony In Big Chuncks
One of the most amusing political con.
ventions held here for many years was
the republican assemblage on Tuesday.
harmony, as the Philipsburg
a big
which Hastings eat
There was
I
people say, with Hastings i
was a Love-feast, in
the fry
up the other fellow, and
bling to get in out of the
wade their
the
to crawl in unnoticed,
are
wet. humble
apol lowing false idols
others tryi
arc
but such a general scramble can only be
witnessed where there has been a com
plete defeat; and Dan. is diplomatic
enough to make the terms of reconcilia-
tion as easy as possible, just so that they
yee}
fall in line and “be good."
To call Tuesday's gathering a republi
can convention would be a misnomer
Hastings
and here and
were given sou
it was ratification meeting;
there fellows
feelings, sot he affair might assume
| "
some dignity in It was
an amusing who were
in attendance had to laugh as the pro.
ceedings progressed, and even the princi-
asiovally and
pals had to turn asi
trans.
The primaries on Saturday were bare
ly attended, the smallest vole was re-
corded in many At some
there were ouly enough to make out the
legate
showed
papers to send to the conven
tion. That
apathy at the way the roosters have been
there was general
using the party the past few years to ad-
their own interests
that
ute to have anything d
vance
knew there
Bell
Was oo u
ef
5 these manipu
Gil
if 4. After all
were comp
pecnrred when Gen. D
pd in his usual
announcement th
harmony’ —and
sappressed
bo. M.
vention
Ne room
on
eted th joke of the s«
H. Hastings arose
an tones
1e firs ason
stentor made
he interests
at
then he swallower
would nominate
of the
he
smile
Dale, Es chairman
The
and
1, as
joke passed through
everybody smiled, too,
even “Jack'’ himself, not forgetting the
time that he and Ed. Chambers soaked
it to the ‘‘old the
held a few prior in the opera
house, on which occasion he also pre
sided and Dan. and Reeder had to take
back seats and gave them a dose of worm-
wood and gall. “Jack’ yery modestly
accepted the honor conferred and upon
taking the chair was confronted with an
appeal for “‘sperch,” Lut he has been
under the Quay tutelage so long that he !
has learned that upon certain occasions
it is well to leave the other fellows do the
most of the talking, and announced that
they were for business and not
speechmaking W. Reese and W. EB
Gray as secretaries, and H. (
man’ at convention
years
there
G
Quigley
The
nomina-
reading clerk, were appointed
pext event of interest was the
tion of candidates for legislature which
resuited in the following on the first bal
lot: Wm. Allison, of Spring Mills, 82:
J. K. Thompson, of Philipsburg, 87;
Sam. Diehl, of The
first were declared the nominees
For Jury
five nominees and there
Bellefonte, 8 two
Commissioner there were
seemed to be a
It
fair, open fight for the honors took
five ballots to declare the result and it
wis close enough to make it real inter
esting throughout. At the conclusion the
pbhy men became
beir close victory, and broke loose in a
arwhoop, the first applause, heard dur.
jug the proceedings of the convention,
The following were in nomination : Wm, |
Robb, merchant, of Liberty township,
who is a brother of the democratic nomi.
nee for the same office ; John W. Decker,
enthusiastic over
of Potter;
Al. Bechdel
of Liberty,
ex county commissioner,
Mesh Williams, of Huston ;
of Liberty and And, Bowes
The following is the vote :
Robh
Decker
Williams
Bechdel
Bowes
13
The second joke of the season occur
red when Gen. Hastings arose and nomi
old (7) Clem
congress, with power to select his own
nated his friend Dale for
conferees, and everybody smiled again,
the the
smiled too, at the generosity of the
Dales in court room
“old
at a time when there was nothing
It
and all
man’
went through on schedule
in sight,
time
The third
Gray, who had
joke of the season was when
been
Wilbur |}
the
poor Billy
re-nominate his friend
airman County
Or {
» for the
nted time and sai little
* sat down remined one
thting cock with
M ~
his 51 rope.
¥ ded
ped off close to the hilt
The next part of the proceedings was
’ ¥ 4
a bit more interestiug as report of
the Committee on Resolutions was to |
heard, and everybody was anxious
sce how much Daniel was ag ing
swallow ‘in the interests of harmony.’
the ¢
and
He was made the chairman of me
mitiee by prearrangement, every.
body wante see how far he would
step backward to countenance the Quay
Stone ga
his paper have been so bit
ng at Harrisb
ing the past
and you w
reso ulions
Adm
Here they
Slate
y re-affirm tl
and traditior
| the close of the
proof of sympathy with the
Me Kin La | Al |
) m the
what this country demanded
was offering to fight for then
perialistic and dangero wm to
stitutions
y of President it now
Tam that
and what he
is now im
American in
becomes” } 10 raise oe
hie convention is the heat evidence that
the Republican party of this eonnty. sink
ing all personal or factional differences is
now re-united and eager for the redemption
of Centre county from the control of free
traders, free silverites and spoilsmen
We enthusiastically the ticket
which this convention has placed in the
field and we pledge to each and every
candidate our united, hearty and enthasl
atic support to the end that
all be triumphantly elected in November
D. H. Hastixos,
AUsTIN CURTIN
ISAAC ARMSTRONG
C.W. Huoxren,
OM KLixa
During the reading of these resol ations
endor all
they may
there was occasiona applause from the
the
General read with good effect
convention at some of passages the
Follow.
ing this there were short speeches by
Reeder, Hastings, Ino. M. and Clem Dale
that had the effect of taking some of the
All claim.
with the
Hastings harmiony-lymph and bad con
chill out of the proceedings
ed 10 have been inocculated
fidence in a permanent cure being effect
ed, and at the same time reached down
their pant legs too make sure that they
had not lost their dirk. knives
Taken ak a whole, the convention was
an exceedingly humorous and, at times,
truly The farcial
play of the principal participants was so
noticeable that they could not conceal
the duplicity,
rediculous affair
NOTES BY THE WAY,
It seems that the Philipsburg
Continued on page §
BELLEFONTE, PA., THU
RURAL FREE
MAIL DELIVERY
To Be Given a Trial in Potter
Township.
IN EFFECT OCTOBER (ST
, 1000
Promises to Be a Saving as Well as a
Great Convenience to People resid.
ing in the Country —One
and Collection Per Day.
Delivery
Frank J. Taylor, special agent for the
tree mail delivery for the Postoffice
Centre Ha
wi
Department, was in lou Tues
day
in con
the
uitation
people townshiy
the J
themsels boxes to
inde
unacer
county
nis w
i
it from Ci
wr it will
partment of 3
for the new
tae former
half miles
lay alternoot
covered by Be
sidence of M1
July 6th
who di
who she was
all that night and the next day, ear
the morning, she straye AWAY
beside Mr
Houck, that they saw her on the 7th If
claimed by one or two men,
so, she have been while
her way to the
must sec on
mine where her dead
body was found. Her remains were dis.
covered about 300 feet in from the mine's
She had
ing as if to go to bed
eed
The was
Mrs. Keller had
been ailing for more than two years. and
opening rem her cloth
body
not much decom posed,
ber troubles at times affected her mind
* -
An Explosion
While in the process of casting a large
forge hammer for the Tyrone Iron com
pany at the Tyrone Foundry and Ma
chine company’s works Saturday after.
Boon at § o'clock the casting exploded,
in every
throwing molten metal direc
Fortunately no one was injured
The joside wood work of the roof of the
building was set on fire in several piaces
which caused the alarm at
the Tyrone
electric light depot to but
the
men at the works before the fire
be sounded
fire was soon extinguished by the
depart
ment arrived. The damage was s ight
-
Attempt fo Blow up a Safe
The Bald Eagle
tion at Mill Hall
week was visited by burglars,
Valley railroad sta
Thursday night of last
who made
a desperate attempt to blow
open the
safe, The burglars were two in number,
and were in the station about midaight
Four young men who were In a box cat
| near the station were Jocked im the Car
| by the burglars and by threats compel]
{ed to keep quiet. The young men re
mained imprisoned In the car until yes.
“terday morning.
——
RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,
1000,
STANDS BY BRYAN
This Action May Turn Ohio Over to the
Democrats
Mayor Sam Jones, who got more than
100,000 votes as a candidate for governor
for W.]
declined a congressional nomination
the hands of the
give his
This
Democracy.
has come out ryan.
al
Republicans and will
Mr
of Ohio
best ¢ lect Oryan,
for the
recently
means the State
Mr
statement in which he says.
Jones
"When I enter the booth to administer
the sacrament of my ball
ny 1 Veit t
my est endeavurs wo
in favor of
reme court he
Texas tha
trial by a jury of his
composed at
negroes, but I have not is
The supreme court has de
citizenized the negro and has nullified
the amendments to the constitution
I dont know what Mr. Bryan's views
are on the questions which affect the
pegro race, but [ believe that he is
¥ ’
a
man of sufficient honesty to use his in.
fluence in behalf of right and justice.
“Mr. McKinley has done nothing for
the
BERIo except to appoint a few of
them to office,”
-
Another Warning
Tyrone Herald says : Saturday at the
shoe repairing shop of George W. Giffin,
G. W. Curtin
that M1
when a load was accidentally discharged
WAS examining a revolver
Giffin proposed to sell him,
from the weapon, the ball entering the
second finger of Gifila's right hand at
the knuckle and coming out at the second
Mr
against his
doubtiess prevented the ball from enter
i
have proved very
hand
the
joint, Gifhin's was resting
breast at time, which
his body Fortunately was a
ing
glancing shot or may
Mi
y sore but he is able to work
serious Gifiin's hand is
anyhow
tH
i
pre
-
Milton Fair
1 be he 1
pre
in ita history
The Milton Fair wi Octo
4 and ss and from sent indi.
i
ber 2, 3
cations wi w the best
Greater and better exhibits in every line
ly
arranged so that trials for speed will be
especially interesting $2,200 being of
fered for speed alone. All railroads
| will sell excursion tickets to Milton, Pa.,
"on Oct, 25, at reduced rates,
:
The speed program has been careful
He has
PATRONS’
EXHIBITION "
In Full Blast at Centre Hall this
Week
WILL DISCUSS OLEO TODAY
I'he Attendance Not as Large as Former
Years--Cool, Dry Weather
on Wednesday
he Week
Crowd
Events of t
SCS
Grange Addr
ie by Past Master Isaac Frain
~ and A » ] - : Weave |
rR. 1a the
entertainment by
u cven
ng
there was an the
Aldrama
Wedne w
there was a meeting of the Centre Coun
|
i ty
]
| the speakers were
Company, of Williamsport
YY morning atl 10 Oo clock
Pomona Grange. In the afternoon
Hon. W. F. Hill, of
worthy master of the
T
of the State
| Crawford county,
State Grange and Hen. J Allman, of
Juniata county, secretary
Grange
Thursday is Oleomargarine day and
there will be some strong speeches
| against the business that Gov, Stone and
John Hamilton have been protecting,
-
Gash Two Inches Long
M1
Thompson and Mr, Overdorf, two Jersey
| Last Friday evening while
butchers, were engaged in skin.
ning a beef at Pine, the former's knife
slipped, cutting a gash two mches long
back of Mr. Overdorf’s hand
an Dr,
for,
across the
severing, artery Corson, of
was
the
weak
Charlton, who
Mr
loss of blood,
Express. This
we think refers to Amos Overdorf, who
sent pul six
stitches in wound Overdorf
WAS very the
The above is from. H
from
formerly resided near Nittany, Pa
¢ School House Burned
Munson sta
the
boundary, caught fire from a clearing
Wednesday 12th at 4
o'clock and was burned to the ground,
The building contained a £15 Franklin
library, which was also destroyed to.
gether with all the furnishings of the
roots. The loss I about $700, with S400
insurance on the building, and $100 on
"the contents,
The Gem school house Jt
tion on the Centre county side of
moming Sept,
FACT, FUN AND FANCY
t Sparkling Paragraphs---Selected
and Original.
McKINLEY
ently
lischarge of
ot of
she
then when
wear it she
geting it
ds a
which
around to
spe nds a OL OTe money
altered up-to-date,
The crowing of a hen indicates dis.
aster. Ooe morning early in July Farmer
Jones heard a hen crowing lustily and
immediately reminded his
She
wife that it
lavghed at
ternoon her
cousin from the city arrived to spend the
summer accompanied by four children,
4 nurse, a soreeyed poodle and three
big trunks
Sing a song of penitence, a fellow full
of rye, four and twenty serpents dancing
in his eve ; when his eve was opened he
shouted for his life; wasn’t he a pretty
chump to go before his wife? His hat
was in the parlor underneath a chair,
his boots were in the hallway.
betokened misfortune
his foolish fears but that af
his coat
in the
kitchen, his collar on the shelf, but he
hasn't any notion where he was himself
when the morn was breaking, some one
was on the stair, his trousers
beard him call, his bead was in the ice
box, which was the best of a!
A brother editor is re sponsible for this
sublime outburst : Our heart is swelling
with gratitude and our voice is choked
with emotion like a muley cow ith a
The world is, after
one, and as we gaze from
turnip in her throat
all
the window of our
a happy
editorial monastery
at the sun kissed landscape, jsweet vis.
ions of milk and hosey, thumming birds
and molasses dance before a circus pro
cession. Last Saturday one of our sub.
scribers came up and paid injoold cash
and cold blood three yearsin arrearages
and two years in advance,
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a
cold in one day. cure, no pay. asc