Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-04

RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR BELLE
FoNTE.-Tuesday's Harrisburg Pdtri-
OF saws that engine No. l6 hauling a
train empty coal cars from the
Snow-Shoe Intersection to the Snow
Shoe Coal Mines, on the Bellefonte and
Show-Shoe Railroad, OH Monday after
noon. jumped the track at Fountain
Station and went oyer a 2O-foot en-
bankmtnt, killing Conductor McMul-
lin and Fireman Little and seriously
iniuring Engineer Jerry Nolan. The
grade at this point being very heavy an
engine was used to push the train, and
before the pushing engine learned OF
the accident to the engine in front III
cars had been pushed over The embank-
ment.
LECTURE AT REBERsBURG. Rev.
Chas. T. Steck. of Bellefonte, will de-
liver his great lecture on "lleroism,
Recognized and Unrecognized," IN the
Lutheran church Of said place next
Thursday evening, Feb. llth. Rev.
Steck's fame as a lecturer is becoming
wide spread and every journal in this
state and other states speak of his ora
torical powers In the highest terms.
The Centre Democrat Of last week, in
an article treating on Rev. Steck's
"Problem of Success" another of his
great lectures, which he delivered in
Bellefonte quite recently, closes AS fol-
lows:
Want of space will not permit an out
line of his lecture suffice iJ to say 1t
was both "A delight aud an Inspiration
to every hearer. We have no desire TO
exagerate, oar aim is to d. simple JUS
tice. From the opportunity we have
had in Chicago, Philadelphia aud New
York, to hear and see the very princes
Of the rostrum we have this 10 say ::
Taking both literary merit, and deliv
cry into account, il MIR. Stcck has any
superior on the American platform we
do not know who he is.
The lecture AT LRebersburg will doubt
less be one of the richest treats ever
heard in these valleys and We would
advise everybody to turn out and hear
it. The proceeds will be for the bene
fit of the.Women's Missionary Society,
a good cause which should be literally
supported. Have your % cents ready
for next Thursday evening".
The board Of revenue commission :
ers, consisting OF w. s. Stenger, secre-
tary of the state w. Livesy, state
treasurer Jerome b. Niles, auditor
general, held a meeting the other day
to determine upon the following an
swers to frequent questions about
articles which may andmay not be tax
ed, since the passage of the new state
tax law, which seems to confuse many
OF the taxpayers
Are bauk deposits not hearing inter-
est but subject to check on sight. and
money in hand not invested, included
IN the article, "all other moneyed capi.
tai 7" No.
Isa dover on real estate taxable
No.
Are deposits bearing interest in na
tional banks, saving banks and private
banks taxable ? No.
Are musical instruments, pictures
books, &c, TO be regarded as house
hold furniture ? No.
Are mortgages owned by beneficial
associations taxable : Yes.
Ale mortgages, Judgments, bonds
notes, etc., not bearing interest, taxa
BILE ? Yes.
Are bonds issued by school district:
taxable in the hands of the owners
Yes.
Is the stock of corporations, paying
tax on capital stock to the state through
the companies, taxable in the hands o
the owners +? Yes.
Is the stock of the New York Cen
trail railroad and other foreign corpora
tions, owned in this state, taxable il
the hands of the owners ? Yes.
Can a taxable person deduct debt
from the amount of his moneyed in
veslments, and only pay tax on the ne
sum thus shown? No.
If A borrows money from B on
note and lends it to G on note, ar
both notes taxable u? Yes.
DIED