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lows at Upton’s house, through the news-
papers, for the purpose of forming an Odd
Fellows’ Lodge. The meeting was held,
and Pennsylvania Lodge No. 1, was
formed. But four men residing in the
State was present, viz: John Pearce, who
was selected as noble grand ; James Day, as
vice grand ; John Upton, as treasurer; and
Samuel Croucher, as Guardian. Mr. Rob-
inson was selected as secretary until the
first member, Thomas Hepworth, was ad-
mitted and substituted as secretary, and
these five resident members canstituted the
first lodge formed in this State.
The lodge continued to meet at Upton’s,
and carried on its business in the original
convivial style of the English Lodges, un-
_.der the jurisdiction of the Manchester
wi
Unity. ;
They continued to meet and obtain
members without having authority from a
legal Lodge until June 1823, when having
increased greatly in membership, and feel-
ing the importance of some legal authority
for their acts, without which their ad-
vancement would be hampered, if not al-
together confined within narrow limits of
their own members, on June 6th, 1828, ad-
dressed a letter to the Grand Lodge of
Maryland and the United States, asking a
charter from that body, and on June 15th,
1823, the charter was granted, and twelve
days afterward, on June 27th, 1823, the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was consti-
tuted and opened, with Aaron Nichols as
grand master and Benjamin Daffin as
grand secretary.
The Baltimore brethren early endeav-
ored to bring the Odd Fellows of the var-
ious lodges above mentioned as existing in
New York State in connection with them.
In this they met with opposition such as
had not existed in the case of Massachu-
setts and Pennsylvania, for the reason that
the lodges in New York claimed to be of as
high authority as the Grand Lodge of
Maryland. Columbia Lodge, above re-
ferred to, especially claimed that its au-
thority was equal and even superior to that
of the organization which sprang from
Washington Lodge, because of the charac-
ter which it had received.
Thomas Wildey had been elected Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland
and the United States, and he took upon
himself the task of endeavoring to induce
the New York brethren to come into the
fold. In order to make this possible he
had conceived a plan, which was to consti-
tute each State in the Union a separate
Grand Lodge jurisdiction, with power to
institute lodges within the geographical
limits of each State respectively. By this
plan each Grand Lodge was to have exclu-
sive authority of the government and con-
trol of its own subordinates, and there was
to be a representative General Grand
Lodge to govern the whole.
He offered the charter which Washing-
ton Lodge of Maryland bad procured from
the Duke of York Lodge of Preston, Eng-
land, and which had at that time been
sanctioned by the ‘‘Manchester Unity,’’ as
the nucleus around which the whole of the
Order in the United States then in exist-
ence could concentrate.
This plan he submitted to the New York
brethren, but they refused to consider the
matter until it was decided whether the
charter which Columbia Lodge had re-
ceived was a valid instrument or not.
When Grand Master Wildey had perused
this document he found it to be more elab-
orate than the one received by Washington
Lodge from the Duke of York Lodge, and
that it had received the full sanction of the
District Grand Lodge, which quality was
lacking in the Duke of York Lodge dispen-
sation. He at once perceived the danger
of repudiating such a warrant, and recog-
nized the validity of the Columbia Lodge
dispensation.
This having been settled, Columbia
Lodge was induced to surrender its claim
of superiority and to make application to
the Grand Lodge of Maryland and the
United States for a charter for a Grand
Lodge in the State of New York, which pe-
tition was favorably entertained, and the
charter was granted to the Grand Lodge of
the State of New York, which was insti-
tuted June 24th, 1823.
Thus, the Grand Lodge of Maryland and
the United States had under its jurisdic-
tion the Grand Lodges of New York, Mass-
achusetts and Pennsylvania. The very ad-
mission of these Grand Lodges made it nec-
essary that some such plan as had been
suggested by Grand Master Wildey should
be carried into effect. ;
The scheme was accordingly submitted
® to the several Grand Lodges, with the re-
»
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y
ult that at the annual session held on the
nd of February, 1824, such a plan was
adopted and a Grand Committee was ap-
pointed to make arrangements for the or-
ganization of a Grand Lodge of the United
States.
In order to avoid all questions of anthor-
ity, the Grand Lodge of Maryland and the
United States was invited to convey the
charter which it had obtained from Eng-
land to the Grand Lodge of the United
States, for the exclusive use of that body.
On the 15th of January, 1825, the first
constitution of the Grand Lodge of the
United States was adopted, and such
Grand Lodge became duly organized and
became the supreme authority of the I. O.
0. F. At that time it had under its juris-
diction in Maryland three lodges, in Mass-
achusetts two lodges, in New York one
lodge, and in Pennsylvania three lodges.
Looking back to that time from the con-
dition of the order of to-day, it seems al-
most absurd that there should have been
such great pretensions about so small a
membership, but the wisdom of the policy
there originated has been establisded by
the growth of the Order.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
was now fully established in this country
upon a plan which made it possible that
the Order should continue to extend
throughout the territory of the United
States without let or hindrance.
From time to time lodges were instituted
in other States and Grand Lodges estab-
lished to take charge of them.
Thus, the Grand Lodge of the District of
Columbia was instituted on the 24th of
November, 1828. The Grand Lodge of
Delaware was instituted on 27th of June,
1831. The Grand Lodge of Ohio was insti-
tuted in the month of January, 1832; the
Grand Lodge of Louisiana on the 5th of
March, 1832; the Grand Lodge of New
Jersey on the 3rd of August, 1833; the
Grand Lodge of Kentucky on the 14th of
September, 1836; and so on from time to
time, until in each and all of the States of
the Union and most of the territories there
existed a Grand Lodge which had been in-
stituted under the authority of the Grand
Lodge of the United States, the title of
which has since been charged to ‘The Sov-
ereign Grand Lodge.”’
In 1845 the Order had triumphantly
through the crucial period of its ex-
istence and had become a permanent insti-
tution in this land. It had been disrobed
of its swaddling clothes and assumed the
habiliments of youth and was entering into
the age of sturdy manhood. In its youth
it had bravely withstood the assaults of
fanaticism, under the guise of anti-Ma-
sonry, and was foremost among the secret
fraternities that repelled that crusade and
tolled the bell and sang the requiem over
its destruction, and was crowned with that
garland of victory which presaged its phe-
nomenal growth and prosperity.
The progress of the Order is unprece-
dented in the records of fraternal organiza-
tions. When the first lodge was instituted
April 26th, 1819, there were only five Odd
Fellows, which number had increased in
1840 to 11,166 from which time the mem-
bership grew steadily until the year 1855,
when it numbered 200,600 members. The
membership then gradually decreased,
mainly because of the financial depression
of that time and the coming on of the great
Civil War, until in the year 1863, when it
had reached the point of 133,269 members
on incomplete returns.
From that time until the present the
membership has steadily increased, until
on the 1st of January, 1895, in the United
States and British America alone it reached
the enormous number of 788,968. It will
be noted that in a period of thirty years,
to wit, from the first of January, 1865, to
the 1st of January, 1895, the net increase
in the Order in those two countries has
been 651,345, showing the enormous aver-
age advance of over 21,700 members per
year during that time. And this refers
only to the male members.
Plenty of Cases for the Quarter Sessions
Court.
A large Attendance at Court—Expensive Petty
Litigation for Centre County— Women in Abund-
ance and Some of them Should Have Been Asham-
ed of Themselves—Several Important Trials.
The regular April term of quarter sessions
court was notable for the number of wo-
men in attendance and, it must be said,
that some of them were grievously discred-
itable to the honor and decency of their
sex. The court convened with judge Love
on the bench. The morning session, Mon-
day, was given over entirely to the hearing
of petitions and the reports of constables.
It was after the latter had all been present-
ed that the judge took occasion to make
some very opportune remarks on the
duties of constables in the matter of forest
fires. He stated that it was the duty of
every constable to organize a posse and ex-
ercise every available means to stop forest
fires whether they might be started in the
distriet.in which he has been elected to of-
fice or not, and that especially in the mat-
ter of ferreting out the parties who set out
such fires should they be vigilant. The
court left the constables to understand
that it will punish those guilty of setting
fires to forests with the severest of penal-
ties and urged on such officers the necessi-
ty of discovering every offender. ‘‘The
devastation of our forests,” said judge
Love, ‘‘is becoming far too serious for us to
pass over lightly and we will certainly
make examples of any persons found guilty
of setting fire to them.”
When the trial of cases was taken up
several that should never have found their
way into court were presented first. One
of them, in particular, was a sorry specta-
cle of womanly decency and the perfect
composure with which two girls sat on the
witness stand and testified to the vulgar
utterance whieh-ondiofghem had made was
such a sight as it might be hoped will nev-
er again be seen in a Centre county court.
The case that excited most interest was
that of the commonwealth vs Sherman and
McKinney brought by J. M. Bunnell, a
music dealer of Philipsburg. The promi-
nence of the men and the nature of their
offense were such as to arouse more than
usu.l interest and their predicament should
be ;a serious lesson to young men who are
prone to consider too lightly the responsi-
bility that is reposed in’'them by their em-
ployers. It was simply a case in which trifl-
ing short-comings grew to considerable
peculations and the old story of crime find-
ing its perpetrator out.
The cases were taken up and disposed
of as follows :
Commonwealth vs John Miller and Jos-
eph Miller. Charge, larceny; prosecutor,
Joseph Packer. Nolle pros.
Commonwealth vs Frank Wallace.
Charge betrayal by Martha Parsons. Noile
pros.
Commonwealth vs Arthur Yandes.
Charge, betrayal by Edith M. Gardner.
Continued. 4
Commonwealth vs Miller Gomer. Charge
larceny by T. B. Buddinger, of Snow Shoe.
Defendant plead guilty to larceny leaving
the second charge of receiving goods un-
prosecuted. Gomer stole goods from Bud-
dinger’s store.
Commonwealth vs Chas. Houser. Charge,
assault and battery by Isaac Thomas.
Nolle pros.
Commonwealth vs Willis 2 Witherite.
Charge, betrayal by May Estight. Continu-
ed to August session.
Commonwealth vs Harry Lutz. Charge,
rape by Dortha May Courter. Litigants
were from Marion township and prosecu-
trix swore that Lutz had, during the ab-
sence of the family visiting, broke the door
of the house open and assaulted her. The
defendant showed that he was not at the
Courter home that day, but was at his own
home during the morning and at Howard
in the afternoon. Verdict, not guilty.
Commonwealth vs Jacob S. Auman.
Charge, larceny by Chas. C. Auman. Bill
ignored and costs placed on prosecutor.
Commonwealth vs Bertha Jamison.
Charge, larceny by Chas. C. Auman. Bill
ignored and costs placed on prosecutor.
Commonwealth vs Benjamin Shaffer.
Charge, desertion and non support by Liz-
zie Shaffer. Settled.
i monwealth vs Mrs. Annie Stevenson.
arge, assault and battery by Alberta
Huey. Prosecutor testified that she and
her sister had been accosted on the streets
of Millheim by the defendant who charged
the sister with writing threatening letters
to her. The defendant said that unless it
was stopped someone would be arrested,
whereupon Alberta said to Mrs. Jamison,
‘‘arrest my 7? It wasa very vulgar
expression for so tidy a looking girl to use,
but she grinned and repeated it several
times on the stand without any evident
embarrassment. Mrs. Jamison then push-
ed her against a fence and ought to have
slapped her mouth, but she said she
didn’t. The jury found her guilty.
Commonwealth vs J. Al Sholl. Charge,
fornication and basterdy by Mary E. Funk.
Litigants were from Millheim and prosecu-
trix, a very prepossessing girl of 18, testi-
fied that she had had illicit relation with
defendant, as well as with others, not
naming them however. The defendant
swore that he was not the father of her
child and that his attentions toward her
during a year or more were entirely honor-
able. He discontinued his attentions,
however, when she swore that he had had
unlawful relations with her. Verdict of
not guilty and defendant pay all the costs.
Commonwealth vs G. C. Peifer. Charge,
false pretense by W. H. Korman, of Re-
bersburg. Defendant was formerly an im-
plement dealer in Lock Haven, but since
being sold out by the sheriff has lived with
his brother in Wilkinsburg. The charge
was that defendant had bought up a num-
ber of his brother Harvey’s notes, by giv-
ing his own for them on representations
that he was more responsible than Harvey,
when, as a matter of fact, G. C. was not
nearly as well off as Harvey, the former’s
notes proving absolutely worthless.
Commonwealth vs John Gilliland
Charge, betrayal by Fannie Fogleman.
Defendant plead guilty and went to jail in
lien of giving the usual maintenance bond.
Commonwealth vs John H. Taylor.
Charge, assault, indecent assault and as-
sault with intent to commit rape, by Mrs.
Annie G. Summers. Litigants were from
Potter township. Mrs. Summers lives on
the Treaster valley road in the mountains
beyond Potters Mills and according to her
statement Taylor, who is a huxster, came
to her home during the absence of others
of her family and committed the assault.
The principal defense set, up was that Mrs.
Summers gave conflicting stories to the jus-
tice as to the date on which the assault
was made. Verdict not guilty and defend-
ant 4 of the cost and prosecutor 3.
After panelling a jury for the next case
the court adjourned until Thursday morn-
ing.
When court reconvened on Thursday
morning the cases of the Commonwealth vs
A. J. Sherman and John D. McKinney, of
Philipsburg, were taken up. The men
were charged with embezzlement by J. M.
Bunnell, a Philipsburg music dealer, in
whose employ they had been. Sherman
plead guilty to larceny, leaving the count
of forgery untried. When the case against
McKinney was called the witnesses for the
Commonwealth were examined then he
changed his pleas to ‘‘guilty’’ on the count
of larceny and ‘‘not guilty’’ on the count
of receiving stolen goods. They will like-
ly be sentenced to-day. Numerously sign-
ed petitions were presented to the court
praying for clemency.
Commonwealth vs John and Reuben
Frantz. Charge, felonious arson, firing
buildings and burning barns, by Christian
Sharer. The grand jury returned a true
bill. Case continued.
Commonwealth vs G. C. Peifer. Charge
false pretense by A. W. Oliver, on imple-
ment manufacturer, was taken up after din-
ner yesterday.
——The engagement of Miss Edna B.
McClelland, of Beech Creek, to Lieut. Wal-
ter B. McCaskey, U.S. A. has been an-
nounced. Both were at one time students
at The Pennsylvania State College.
*0
——Our ‘‘Fancy Patent’’ is equal to the
best grades of spring wheat flour and costs
less. Muslin sacks. Try it. Phoenix
Milling Co.
hot
———Robert Valentines have leased their
house on Allegheny and Curtin streets to
Mrs. Merriman, of Yonkers, N. Y., for
three years. In forsaking their home here
for Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine are
not leaving Bellefonte for good, but simply
for a change and to be with their daughter,
Mrs. Bond, where Miss Emily has spent
most of her time for several years. Mrs.
Merriman is an aunt of Mrs. H. C. Quigley
and the widow of a prominent navy officer
and, with her family, will take possession of
the house at once.
Centre Hall.
Catharine Elizabeth Miller for many years
known by old and young as grandmother
Miller, died at the home of her son Jerre
Miller, on Church street, on Friday morning,
21st inst. The funeral took place on Mon-
day, Rev. Rearick, of the Lutheran church,
of which the deceased was a member of-
ficiating, theinterment being in the cemetery
at this place. Grandmother Miller's maid-
en name was Emerick and she was distant-
ly related to the Emericks in this valley.
She was born in Dauphin county, Pa., Aug.
4th, 1811. In 1831 she married John Miller,
which event took place in Millerstown. Her
husband preceded her to the grave twenty-
three years ago. Prior to 1842 the couple
moved to Roopsburg, thence to Brush valley.
Hecla, Spring Mills and finally, twenty-four
years ago, to this place.
Deceased was the mother of seven children,
thirty-two grand-children, and about as
many great grand-children. Those of her
children who survive her are Jonth. Miller,
Bellefonte; Mrs. A. B. Earhard, Gerard,
Kan.; John H. Miller, Erie Soldier's Home;
Jerre Miller, Centre Hall; and Mrs. P. J.
Leitzell, Gerard, Kan.; Mrs. Jacob Ripkah,
of this place, and Augustus Miller, of Mill
Hall, are dead.
The deceased was highly respected by all
who knew her. She was a conscientious
woman, a thorough christian and devoted
much of her time in reading the pages of an
oddly shaped German Bible.
Pine Grove Mention.
Rain is sadly needed as many cisterns are
empty and the crops are drying up.
Miss Susan Greenawalt, a sister of Mrs.
Jacob Keller, is down from the Mountain
City on a week’s visit.
Last week Miss Anna Musser’s opening of
spring millinery attracted a goodly crowd.
Solomon, in all his glory, was never more
gorgeous than some of her hats and her prices
too are most reasonable,
While J. Clayton Corl was preparing to
sow oats, on last Wednesday, his team took
fright and was soon out of sight. Several
parties tried/to stop them without avail and
they did not slow up until they had run a
mile—scattering the wagon and contents all
along the road, but fortunately not hurting
anyone.
Jerry and William Garner recently bagged
seven foxes and now pose as the champion
hunters of this section. They had spied the
mother fox lugging them to new quarters the
day previous and as they were digging for
the prize she made a cunning dash for liberty
and escaped. They will likely ship them to
McClure’s menagerie in Bellefonte.
Mr. and Mrs. Evey, of Altoona, were guests
at Mrs. Julia Musser’s pleasant home, on
Main street, this week.
Mrs. Clem S. Fortney and her little daugh-
ter Tillie, drove up from Tusseyville and
enjoyed Sunday with O. B. Krebs and family.
Barber Frank Smith reports number three
—a fine big boy. The last one he named
Wm. J. Bryan so this one should be Schley.
On last Friday while stacking logs at the
saw mill at the Junction Isaac Harpster was
struck on the side by a log and seriously
hurt.
Mrs. R. M. Illingworth with Henry and
Ruth are in from Fairview, Erie county, to
spend several months at grandfather Sny-
der’s.
Soap making and house cleaning are now
in order and the next thing needed is cleaner
streets. Won’t you turn in and help beautify
the town.
Mrs. E. C. Fye and her two daughters were
the guests at the parsonage Tuesday of aunt
Mary Gitt, who will return to her home in
Hanover next week.
Constable Decker and a large force of men,
after fighting forest fires on Tussey moun-
tains for several days, succeed in getting the
flames under control last Friday.
Mrs. Anna Sausserman, of Altoona, is here
for a few days on her way home from Odd
Fellows day, where she viewed her big hus-
band at the head of the column of the Al-
toona Patriarchs Militant.
J. Calvin Markel and his wife, of Grazier-
ville, visited his aged parents just west of
town this week. Uncle Jake and aunt Eliza
as they are known by the young people are
almost four score years.
Mrs. Olie Bowersox and her aunt Mary
Jane Stewart, are making their annual spring
visit at the old McWilliams home, near Fair-
brook. Mrs. Bowersox is much better than
she was but her health is yet a source of
anxiety to her family.
For the first time since their marriage, last
summer, S. Cooper Miller and his accom-
plished wife visited the Miller home the fore
part of the week. Cooper is now teaching in
the Lock Haven Normal and his family are
very much pleased with their son’s choice.
While driving home from Lemont last
Tuesday, Dan’l A. Grove had a frightful
shaking up. The harness broke and the
frightened horse started to run and kick.
Soon the buggy was a total wreck and Mr.
Grove was thankful that he escaped alive.
The horse has since died of its injuries and
pharyngitis.
On Thursday the 20th Miss Sarah Allanda
Markel and James Milton Keller were united
in marriage by the Rev. Bergstresser at
Grazierville. The wedding, which was to
have taken place on March 16th and had
been postponed on account of the groom’s ill-
ness, was celebrated at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Markel. A
reception was given them on Saturday even-
ing, the 22nd, at the groom’s parents and the
young couple will eventually go to house-
keeping in Pittsburg, where the groom will
engage in carpentering. He is the oldest son
of squire Keller and a well to do young man,
who has our best wishes for his success and
happiness.
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Spring Mills.
Some wheat fields in this valley, present a
decidedly unhealthy appearance—very like
a total failure.
William Pealer has added greatly to the
appearance of his handsome residence by the
addition of a story to the back building.
A party of twenty ladies and gentlemen of
our village, have made arrangements for a
moonlight bicycle trip on Thursday or Fri-
day evening next. Destination Millheim.
Candidates are running to and fro very
frequently of late, in fact many come like
shadows and so depart. W. T. Speer, of
Bellefonte, and H. A. Moore, of Howard,
both Democratic candidates for the nomina-
tion for treasurer, were here on Wednesday
last, seeking old friends and making new
ones.
The coal excitement in our village still
continues. A day or two since a barrel of
water was pumped out of the well, and dur-
ing the night a greasy substance had collected
on the surface which coming in contact with
a stick or piece of paper, gave it the appear-
ance of having been painted with gold paint
—a very beautiful shade of bronze. People
here are wondering if we have also discover-
ed a gold mine. A geologist would pronounce
the sulphurous character of the water an
indication of coal, although it might be lo-
cated very deep—say within a few miles of
China.
Hiram Durst has thoroughly remodeled
the residence he recently purchased in our
village, and formerly owned by John Swarm.
The whole interior of the dwelling has been
changed and a number of conveniences in-
troduced. The exterior is decidedly improv-
ed with new modern windows and a very
commodious I shaped portico west and south
of the building, also a similar porch back of
the dwelling. Mr. Durst also intends plac-
ing in front a handsome railing. The build-
ing will be handed overto the painters in a
few days, and when finished Mr. Durst will
have a home for beauty and comfort second
to none in the village.
The extensive building recently erected by
J. C. Condo the carriage builder of Penn
Hall is a very imposing structure. His pri-
vate residence adjacent, is also being re-
modeled and an handsome portico is be-
ing erected and the building will soon be in
the hands of the painters. These are
decided improvements to the entire neigh-
borhood. The new business: building has a
depth of over one hundred feet and a width
of thirty-three feet. The ground floor is
divided into four departments by large slid-
ing doors for wareroom, finishing room, paint
room and stock room, in the basement is the
general truck department, all the rooms are
fitted up with every modern convenience.
The finishing room is almost as air tight as
the finishing department in a piano factory
to keep all varnished work while drying
perfectly free from the slightest dust. In
connection with this extensive establishment,
Mr. Condo has a large blacksmith depart-
ment where the workmen are constantly
employed shoeing horses, sharping irons,
tires etc., for vehicles. His working force
consists of from four to six men. Of course
Mr. Condo is doing a large business.
Announcements.
We are authorized to announce Boyd A. Musser,
of Bellefonte, as a candidate for the office of
recorder, subject to the decision of the Demo-
cratic county convention.*
New Advertisements.
ANTED.—Pulp Wood Stumpage easy
distance to railroad. Address A. M.
HOOVER, Bellefonte, Pa. 44-17-3t*
ANTED.—A good house keeper.
Middle aged woman preferred. Address
box 16, Howard Centre Co. Pa. 44-17-4t
J. H- GROSS,
FINE MERCHANT TAILORING.
High 8t., next door to Centre ccunty Bank
Building,
BELLEFON TE, PA.
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AIN UNNECESSARY IN CHILD-
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Shoes Etc
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WHEN FIXING UP THE
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and we were never better prepared
than now to supply them. Papers are
up in price a little bit, but you can
still be suited out of our immense
stock at a price that will be satisfac-
tory.
Never before have we been in a
position to decorate interiors as suc-
cessfully and artistically as now.
The lincrusta-walton, burlap, plas-
tico and stucco designs are charming
and can be used to such good effect
and so inexpensive that they are prov-
ing very popular.
We have all grades of paper, the
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Now is the time of the year when
a little fresh paint or varnish put on
by good mechanics does more than
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In picture and room mouldings
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-
REMEMBER
We are in the decorating and paint-
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Jor it.
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Bellefonte, Pa.
44.15-3m
High St.
New Advertisements.
MONEY TO LOAN on good security
and houses for rent.
J. M. KEICHLINE,
Att'y at Law.
OUSE FOR RENT.—House occupied
by D. 8. Mechtly, opposite Methodist
church, on Howard street. Inquire of W. P.
HUMES. 44-11-tf
$4-14-1yr*.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of sundry writs of Levari Facias sur
mechanics lien and Fieri Facias issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Centre Co., Pa. and to
me directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale,
at the Court House, in the borough of Belle-
fonte, Pa.,
SATURDAY APRIL 29th, 1899,
at 10:30 o'clock, the following described real es-
tate, to wit:
All that certain tract of land situate in Fergu-
son township, Centre county, Pa., beginning at a
post, thence by land of John Glenn, and others,
north 68 degrees east 76 5-10 perches to stones,
thence by land of John Campbell south 29 degrees
east 732-10 perches to a post in centre of Great
Road, thence north 72 degrees east 31 perches
and 4-10 to Doss centre of said road; thence by
land of said Campbell south 30 degrees east 200
perches and 4-10to stones, thence by said lands
south 60 degrees west 109 perches to stones, at
Black Oak; thence by lands of the estate of
James Glenn Esq., north 29 degrees west 280
perches and 5-10 to place of beginning. Contain-
InZ 162 acres and 72 perches more or less, and
allowance. Thereon erected a two story brick
house, bank barn and other out-buildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property ef Samuel McWilliams.
Terms: —No deed will be acknowledged until
purchase money is paid in full.
W. M. CRONISTER,
4-15 ; Sheriff,
Papering and Painting.
Wik PAPER
ROOM MOULDING,
PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER
HOUSE PAINTING,
GRAINING
-—AND—
PAPERING.
—AND—
Everything Pertaining to
the Business at the Lowest
Prices for Good Work.
ECKENROTH and MONTGOMERY,
High street, Bellefonte, Pa.
Crider’s Stone Building. 44-9-3m
Montgomery & Co.,
PUNE SEED
DISTRIBUTED FROM
OUR STORE ROOM
AT ANY TIME.
Second Annual Contest inaugurated
by Montgomery & Co., the Clothiers.
Get in the
—PUSH—,
and win a Suit or Overcoat
A $10.00 SUIT OF CLOTHING
——OR—
AN OVERCOAT
is a prize worth working for—Open to
everybody in Centre county—No one
barred—Everyone invited to enter—
This Suit or Overcoat will be awarded
to the person who shall grow the
HEAVIEST PUMPKIN.
A few interesting conditions.
1st. Contest tobe decided Oct. 14th,
3 p. m., precisely.
2nd. To submit the weighing and
judging to an impartial committee at
the time of the decision Oct, 14th.
3rd. The first prize will be the
choice of a Suit of Clothing or an Over-
coat, which sell for $10.00.
A second prize—A Suit of Clothing
or an Overcoat which sells for $5.00.
Winners to take their choice. No loss
of any kind to competitors—This is mo~
joke, nora lottery, but a bona fide busi-
ness offer—any needed information
gladly furnished at our Store.
Please call and get a package of
Pumpkin Seed.
MONTGOMERY & CO.
Progressive Clothiers.
44-12 BELLEFONTE, PA.