Bellefont e, Pa., November 8. 1889. communication ed. by the real To CORRESPONDENTS. — No mablished unless accor same of the writer. Mr. M. H. Guisg, of Penn Hall, is the duly sathorized agent of the War sownship. —_— v THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY- HMAN for Gregg The diphtheria reports from Mill fall, published last week, appear to aave been greatly exaggerated. ev. Samuel Cornelius, terian clergyman at Philipsburg, pr od his farewell sermon at that he Sunday. [s-] ° 3 I pt ——The high price of potatoes is not keeping up, as train loads from the West are b doom. g brought in to The Centre Hall Repc party from that place with paving shot several deer in the Seven Hountains last week. litsa ——ZRev. Mr. Swengle. recently lo- cated at Lock Haven, and well known i this county, has gone to the South to secover his eee Nf 18. J gave a A. Woodcock, of th last Tuesday 5s unt of her lady tea-partv at which some Rev. J. Benson Akers is the ister that was buried in the Logan's ¥alley cemetery although that burying ground is a hundred years old. : ly for the Baptist congregation in Y. . A. Hall every Sunday morning 30a. m. Everybody invited. Of sixty-two members of Com- isos, belonging to the pany B, of this 5th Regiment, marksman, showing k: this respect than any other company in the Regiment. The says ad will take the place 1svlvania canal route— A aving pasted through P 1 Saturday last, making the preparatory to building a new rail- ——The Shilsh ch painted urch has been re- x ted, frescoed and otherwise improv- both interior and exterior, and will de reopened with appropiate services on Sunday morning at 10a. m., November 27th. Several le: ding clergymen will be present and assist in the cermonies. $i oy of oil being struck at turns out to be a joke. It The report Huntingdon was stated thatindrilling a well for wa- ser for the Gondola Tanning Works eopious flow of oil was developed. It appears that while the drillers were ab- sent the foreman poured some oil down > } 1 Tt "we the holeand hence the excitment. Elmer Solomon, a Williamsport plasterer, was halted on Washington turday night, He yielded dollar, which the then street in that city late on Sa and his money demanded. wp a quarter ofa imghwayman took and knocked Solomon down and departed to hunt more wealth-burdened victims. rerintendent Wolf is already preparing for the County Insti- tute, which will commence in this place County Su 3 on the 16th of December and continue eae week. Prof. Richie, of Philipsburg, Dr. Phil lips, of West Chester, and Dr. Maltby, of Millersville are among the edueators whose services have ready en ——William McPherson, of Wei- &ert's Station, Union county, on Thurs- day of last week was accidentally shot hunting rabbits. He 3 1 been al and killed wi asd set his gun down on the ground, gotten at the time that foaded and also cocked. In some way daving for it was she trigger was touched and the gun went oil, the shot entering Mr. McPher- son's face below the mght eve. He was found and taken home but died early Sor. The work, however, will be re- ly next Sprin h ion. By all we hope to see the shed and in actual & t ed & 1t n of this place, at the clay mine of the Saturday Sex Fire Brick Company = or William Bus in the mipe, and was being 2 ght other Bu rn. a elay car with th =X. t un § pi t rii- = t 3 ] they was lost i nped fron At & red Ed Bis \LY Bust $ s B Were se a> akd x { OF CENTRE DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED NATIVE Cou~Nty.—Col. John H. | Stover, a former Centre county resident, | county died at Aurora Spring, Missouri, on the 27th ult. we take from the The following account of his Versailles paper published in the in Missouri of which he was long a citizen. It is interesting as a record of one of the distinguished sons of Centre county : Col. Stover was born in Centre coun- ty Pennsylvania, in 1833, was educated at the public schools of Centre county career Statesman, a ; and at Central Academy, Juniata coun- | Curtin, raised Co. Infantry, same, ty. Pennsylvania. Was admitted to the bar in 1857 in Bellefonte. Pennsyl- vania, where he resided and practiced law until the firing on Fort Sumpter, at which time he enlisted in the 2nd Penn. nfantry for the three months service. He soon after, by the advice of Gov: B of the 10th Penn. and was made C Col. Stover was afterward ap- pointed Major of the 106th Pennsyl- vania Infantry. In 1864 he was ap- pointed Colonel of thh 184th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry. He was in the battles of Falling Water, Va., al- ¢0 in the battles of Savage Station, Peach Orchard, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam; at the last named bat- tle he received seven odes holes through his clothes. He was at the first and second battles of Fredericksburg, Get- vsburg, Robinson's Tavern, Mine Run +1a {and in the battles before Petersburg. Captain of the | | notified, Mr. { He was present at the capture of Gener- | | i | | | al Lee. Col. Stover was in command of the 69th, 71st, and 72nd, Penn. Infan- | { says the Lock Haven Express, | engaged in making a survey for a new ries at various times. He ed out at the grand review at Washing- . in 1865 and was at the time in com- a the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division. He returned after the war to Pennsyl- vania, where he remained but a short ime, and then moved to Versailles, Morgan county, Mo. In 1868 he was elected to C In 1870 he receiv- ed the nomination of Secretary of State but owing to a split in the Repribiiean party Was muster- ‘ongress, was defeated. In { nominated by the Republicans for Lieu- \ P | the accident. Dr. W. tenant-Governor. In 1876 he was ap- pointed Commis to the Centen- nial Exposition, by Gov. Woodson, and the fall of the same year was again nominated by his party for Congress against his protest on account of il health, and was defeated by Gov. Crit- tenden. Col. Stover was a member of Samuel McClure Post, No. 145, G.A.R. department of Missouri, also a member of A. F. & A. M. He was married in Centre county, Penn., December 31st, 1865, to Miss!jMary Ellen Hoover.—He was a member of the Evangelical Luth- eran church. woner in A Boy AcCIDENTALLY SHooTs Him- SELF.—The Renovo News of Saturday, says that Calvin B. old boy, shooting accident was the unfortunate victim of a that morning at about 11:30 o'clock. Calvir revolver which ear 1n & cupboard at his home of Third the chambers calibre street, Ve log aed one of twenty-two i a which he on. The cylinder of the broken and rusted from long disuse, and the boy found it impossible to get the ge in its proper position at the barrel. He raised the trigger of the re- volver, however, and fired at the ground. The ball passed out at the sideof the b and struck the boy in the lower addomen. He cast the wea- and managed to reach the home of his aunt, Mrs. Flemming, who lives on St. Clair avenue, near Trinity I injured boy was about s walk of about two rmed his aunt of E. Hall was im- mediately summoned. The doctor yoed the wound in search of the bull attempt to The wound was dressed and ba: was unsuccessful in the remove it. the doctor &okici pais} no serious conse- juences unless react PEDDLERS. —A to the CLEARING UUT THE m Phlipsb na Tribune says that t d ai h fr the number of that and other neighborhood, and it was asures to nec the I eelves » Wl ting the a warrant would at once be issued and » person arrested. It is likel >: } } 1 1 Wi L iO ue i wield [ilo 3 he pack-ped- ilers w ina zo back og fr Ww oS \ can | work they are doing. 1872 he was | | through Lock Haven to Mill Hall.” Shearer, a 13-year | | a telegram wus received 1 procured an old | ] had been lying for more | | road at Genoa, N.Y. street and went to the bank | cartridge obtained from a young com- | a | weapon is | | mittee re | built up a great reputation for its Pure | Baily Malt Whiskey, has been compell- { on the 11th inst. move from it old stand ——An attempt was made Sunday morning to rob the house of Hiram H. Ulman in Williamsport by chloroform- ing the servants two of whom were made sick by the drug. But the attempt to rob was a failure. —— Among the numerous useful in- entions of Mr. George W. Rogers, of this place, is a self-closing hydrant, late- ly patented, that will not leak or freeze up. One of them has been placed at the foot of Lamb street where it can be seen in daily use. ——Some days ago at Jersey Shore junction a Miss Kable, aged about six- teen years, was thrown from a wagon, run over and probably fatally injured. She was in the act of getting into the wagon when her sister touched the! horses lightly with a whip, causing them tojerk suddenly. thrown forward under the wheel. She was taken home in an unconscious con- dition, and at last accounts was reported very low. John Kissel, who has been run- ning a canal boat for WW. L. Garverich Jersey Shore, committed suicide at Milton one evening last by taking a dose of aconite. He went to a drug store and asked for an ounce bottle of the deadly poison, saying that he want- ed it to kiil a worthless mule. Instead of giving it to the mule, took it himself and | died half an hour afterward. On being | Garverich went down on the midnight train and brought the body to Jersey Shore. —A party of railroad engineers, are now railrcad ;which is to be located along the line of the Penn’a canal between this city and Williamsport. The en- gineer corps is working towards this city and were at Charlton last night. The surveyors are close mouthed and have but little to say in regard to the | It is reported in this city to-day that the survey is being made for the Reading Railroad Com- pany and that the line will cross the river east of the limits and pass E73 & 7; S. Perrine, im- porters of German Medicinal Water; Trinidad Bitters, and a house that has FEI, | ed to secure larger store rooms and will 37 North Front street, Philadelphia, to more commedious quarters at 33 North 3rd street. There is no firm anywhere whose reputation for honest, fair, square dealing is higher than the Messrs Per- ine, and it was made pure unadulterated public. by furnishing 1 5 only goods to the Thurdey AfTRoon of last week in this place stating that Geo. Munson, of Philips. burg, relative of Mr. L. L. Munson, of our town, had been killed on the rail- on which he was an employee. He was married and had one child. The of Friday last gave the following furth- er particulars of this sad occ “The corps» of George Munson was rought to Philipsburg last night and taken to the residence of | South Centre street. In consequ the mutilated state of the body the cask- | et was opened for the sake of identifica- | tior only. It would appear that the de- ceased was attending to a switch and ac- | cidentally caught his foot in the *‘frog” and fell backward, the over his body. He is ason Levi Munson, and was about hilipsburg Journal rence : sisters on | ene of train passing of age. He had been PI) but a few days only when the ac red. As we stated yesterday, the de- wife and child un- ——At a meeting « cil last Monday ev Harris inquired the cc water to run the elevator store of Harris & Co. horted the sewer on High st from corner of | { Spring creek comp { same place now dition. A new built over the borough engin nts on Will Lamb streets b for mIIxXLare L screenings 1 and Suy tor Ww to Hoover & Mill voles t t | while her being watched by | Q ) | au | $100,000 by Mr. T | Pennsylvania, | in the Gothi ic style. A CASE OF APPARENT INFANTICIDE —Quite an excitement was created in our town last Friday afternoon by the report that the dead body of a newly porn infant had been found along the road leading from the old Valentine forge to the farm of William Houser, and that the guilty mother had been seen placing it there. It appears that about 4 o'clock of that afternoona young woman, with a bundle wrapped in a newspaper under her arm, was seen pass- ing along that road, in the direction above mentioned, by members of the amily of William Saylor whose resi- dence she passed. She was seen to at- tempt to lay the bundle down stump, but from an evident apprehension that she was being watched, she moved on some distance further, where she put near a | the bundle on the ground and covered it Miss Kable was | as well as she could with dirt and leaves, placing a stone on top of it. All this suspicious movements were those After who saw her pass up the road. she had return- ed and gone out of sight, Alice and Bel- la Saylor went to the spot where she had concealed the bundle, and upon un- covering it found that it contained the dead body of a recently born infant. Upon making this horrible discovery they sent a younger sister to follow the woman so that her identity might be se- cured. She was followed to town where she stopped at the porch of the residence of Mr. George Potts, corner of High and Spring streets, stopping there to con- verss with some female acquaintances. In the meantime the little girl kept on her track met her father, Mr. Wm. Saylor, and told him what bad happened. Sheriff Cooke, who was also met, was likewise informed of the eir- cumstance, and he immediately got a warrant from John B. Linn, Esq., for her arrest on the charge of She, in the meantime. had gone to the Bush House, where she was employed as one of the help, and where she was taken into custody. Her name was Annie Justice Linn committed her to who infanticide. Kriner. jail to await the result of further pro- zs in the case. A coroner's jury proceeded tothe place where the body had been fcund and held an inquest. nation Dr. Harris gave it as his opinion that the child had been born alive, that it was probably two days old, and that its death had been caused by hemor- ceedir Upon a post mortem exami- rhage of the cord, either ignorantly or intentionally. The inquest was then adjourned. to be continued on Saturday morning at Squire Linn's office. Upon its ing at that time and place, the woman confessed to being the mother of the child. The jury in could not say what was the cause of its death. conven- young their finding The unfortunate woman has no neighborhood, her father living in Punxsutawny and her mother being dead. She was re- manded § jail for trail at the next term of court. relatives living in this LEWISBURG'S SPLENDID METHODIST { CHURCH.—The Beaver Memorial Me- | thodist Episcopal Church at Lewisburg is rapidly approaching completion. i erected at a cost of . of Dan- {itorium, over Thomas Beaver the handsomest the State It is built of Ohio sandstone, It has a front of 120 feet, next sprin conneets with he church, is in course of erection. and th i composed of th as is in the chureh. | lev. D. elds, is sup- n, and ements made b will amount ‘to fourth annual The | | eron county jail is full to jail until court next not Supiis Yag parsonage. | rago, and will | ‘tainly find a talented and able preacher. KILLED oN THE RAILROAD—PROBA- BLE Svuicipe.—A fatal accident hap- pened on the railroad, last Wednesday evening, about nine o'clock, near the turn of the road between McCoy & Linn’s works and the Nail works. En- gineer Shope, who was in charge of the engine of the 8.57 train, which was some minutes late, saw three person, a man and two women, walking near the edge of the track coming towards town. When not more than a hundred feet from the party seen to step on the track asif her inten- | tion was to cross. The train was moving rapidly and could not be stopped. After crossing sheattempted to return bat the engine struck her with fatal effect, she being thrown to one side of the track by The train was immedi- one of the women we the concussion. ately stopped and those who had observ- ed the occurrence went back to see whether the who had been struck was dead or alive. She was found lying on her back near the track, with one side of her head crushed in and her left arm broken,. Her death must bave been instantaneous. Her Lody, together witn the man and woman weer woman who with her, were :put on the train and brought up to town. It was discovered that the unfortunate girl was Lydia Sanders, aged about 17, who for some years had been imployed as & domestic in various families in this At the time of her death she was living with the family of Dr. Van- Tries on Spring Street. When the ac- cident happened she was in company with Jefferson Hope, a puddler’s helper at the nail works, and a girl named Lee. The thoery 1s that she was induced by intent to get in front of the engine. The girl seemed to be in trouble. Itis said that two years ago she attempted to end her life in a simi- about six weeks aco place. suicidal lar way, and policeman Garis found her lying on the railroad track with evident suicidal in- tent and removed her from her peril- ons situation. Her parents are dead, and a sister who is the wife of Wm. Haines, lives in Bellefonte ——1TIt will not be quite as difficult for bosses HASTINGS, BRowN Jand CoBURN to diseover what struck them, as it is for the tax-payers to aoe out what became of the surplus left in the County treas- ury. ad the supplement in to-day's paper, then go to Lyons and make your purchases, Rev. Dr. MeGiyen, achieved some notoriety, is put down for a lecture in this place ing, the 17th inst. who has e on Tuesday even- Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, all fruits in season at Sechler & Co 1t is alreadv a session of be held on the 15th, 16th and 17th of January County Farmers, Institute will next. J. H. Long, chairman of the ments. of Flemington, is committe on ariabyge- ——Fine cheese, Hams, Bacon, Dried Beef, and Canned Meats at Sechler & Co.'s ——The Cameron Pres: says the Cam- overflowing | with prisoners, and application has been made to Judge Mayer for an eonvey some prisoners to Elk month. order to county eiiies Jams. Honey, Table Oil, and Ketchup Applebutter Ts Je Pickles, Olives, at Sechler & C: Rev. Charles Steck has moved his family to Shamokin where he has taken | charge of the Lutheran chureh. In Mr. the people of that town will cer- for the now received. | ral HL scount for early orders during | Our Fall stock will be ever shown. i nteed, r & Co., Tailors. Woolens, being dull Season. st we have d fit ona 3-1 r Me on the Altoona P for si ts I: ur town. { r of town- « teen dollars, with i= rooms and no Philipsburg Pickings, A Batth of Interesting Written By Our Own Speial Correspondent. News Collected and The election passed off quietly, The new Adams’ ready for occupancy. Express office is 4) H. A. Mitchell, we understand, has resign, d as local editor of The Ledger, Presqueile street from Front down to the rail. road has been graded, which has been quite an improvement. | Hope Fire company, No. 2, cleared over ty { hundred and fifty dollars at their festival on It was a grand wy. last Saturday evening. | cess, | William Tregoning, of South Philips! died of asthma and heart disease, on T} day of last week in his sixtieth year. A and four children survive him. A protracted meeting isin progress at the Old Union church, conducted by Rev. 0, Berlin, of the free Methodist church of 2 ville. The meetings are growing in interes; | and are largely attended. The Baptist Congregation will give a concert and entertainment in the Opera house, on the Saturday evening preceeding Thanksgiving and a dinner in the Reliance hall on Th: giving day for benefit of the church. The chancing off of the handsome gq) 1 watch and gold headea cane of the Hope Fire company, came off on last Saturday eve ning, T he watch was won by Jesse Fallstick, and tie cane by R. B. Freeman. } A Mrs. Drans who resides at Boyntor flag station on the T. & C. railroad while in the act of w l,near Osceola, ing across the railroad on ast Thursday, was and had a leg broken, ternal injuries. struck by an eng beside receiving i The contest for a meerschaum pipe, for be fit of the Catholic ehh of this place, between H. R. King, of Phi and f Powelton 1e form Th opponent re 860. The elock was won hy Miss Maggie Coffy, of Blue Ball, aud the erayon portrait of Father Kumerant by Frank Huffman, Tyrone. A new schedule will go into effect an the Beech Creek railroad next Sunday, 10th. The east bound trains instead « at 6: west bound instead of leavir will leave at 19:35 and November Je aving 35 and 5:35, will leave at 7:05 and 4:30; the from the east at 11:45 and 8:3 t 7:50 and 5:25. Rev. S. A. Cornelius preached for the last time in this place on last Sunday morning and evening. The Presbyterian church was crowd- ed to its utmost capacity, and we doubt if there was one person present who did not regret those were the last sermons that the reverend gentleman would deliver in shurg. He eft the early part of this week for his new field of labor in California, We notice several new tenement houses ly- ing vacant for want of occupants, T as it should be, isis just apd we trust there will be many more vacant houses for want of tenants Rents are just about double what they should Philipsburg. If there were more vacant dwellings it w ld donbtless have the tenden- A house that rents for nine- cy to lower r outbuild- ings, should remain vacant until the rent is reduced one half. Tribute ef Respect. ar meeting of Gregg Post No. artment of Penna. G. A. R. heid on M« vening October 21st,18849. Comrade Austin B. Snyder, of the 51st Regi- ment Pi a. Vol. announced the death of Comrade Major General John F. Hartranft. under whose command many of the comrades of the 1 Post had served, and moved thea ment of a committee to draft a s to be entered upon t The ( point- e records of the Pos cinted Comrades Au and John B. ig in Ne wrist t. 17th, 1839, and we > of agallant and ¢ I a most estimable man » y front rank in servi unteer soldiery of t we sincerely leceased Coming the family of o at 1 i transmi Jonx L Jonx 5 Co J Married. STRUBL E— NOLL—A: the residence of Ja cob Shultz, C Edwin 0 St Centre county Bellefonte Grain Market. Jassson & Co following are the quotat to six Thursaay evening, when our paper Corrected weekly by Gr Go. W. 1) % +3 . per bt 1she = 1, per bust + ew, per bushel. 2 , per bushel Ed nckwheat per bushe ——— 0 Cloverseed, per bushel. oto $6 0 Gronnd Plaster, per ton. ime 3/00 ms ————y Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co Potatoes per bushe 54 Eggs, per dozen.. pa Lard, per pound.. 3 CountrysShoul 3 1 14 Friday annum er age is paid, except at the oj \ i not be sent out of Centre county 1d i forin ad vane ral dis At is ade 10 persons adver: by the quarter, half year, or year, as fol SPACE OCCUPIED. 3m fm ly ne $5 $38 $12 - | Two inch 7:10 15 Three ir 10 13 20 t 121 9 30 2035 58 5 55 100 ory kind done The Warcanax oft 1 Power Presses ing in the printing | r tic mannerand at Terms—CASH. stters should be sddressed to P. GRAY MEEK, Proprietor.
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