Bellefonte, Pa., November 23, 1906. A SS————— P. GRAY MEEK, - - . Tesus or Sumscmrrion.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.........c....... $1.00 Paid before expiration of year.......... 1.50 Paid after expiration of year........... ADDITIONAL LOCALS, ~The old skating rink out by the Ardell lumber yard bas been torn down. ————— gy pp sn —— A new slate roof is heing put on the residence of James Harris on Spring street. se A mn— ——There will be services in the Luth- eran church at 10.30 o'clock Sunday morn- ing. nas ——J, 8. Carson bas decided to quit farming and will sell all his stock on De- cember 20th. > ~—Work has been begun oun digging the foundation for the annex to the Belle- fonte hospital. ——Mrs. J. A. Decker wen the first prize of a half dozen ice cream glasses at the euchre at St. John’s ball on Tuesday evening. > —Misa Henrietta Butts was off duty as stamp clerk in the postoffice a couple days this week on account of a very pain- ful boil on ber neck. ———— Ap mi —— Ambrose Ray, who three weeks ago was badly bitten by a dog while passing Rock View farm, is now able to be around on crutches, though he still has a pretty sore leg. ~ove ——The citizens of State College have decided not to trust to old Boreas for their ice supply in the future, hence have or- ganized a company and will build an ice plant just as soon as they can get a char- ter. Dr. Frear is president of the company, which is capitalized at eight thogsand dol- lars, i —— ——The first hunting accident happened near Osceola Mills on Tuesday evening when the gun of seventeen-year-old Harry Green was accidentally discharged by him slipping on a log, with the result that he received the fall charge of shot in his stomach. He died at 10:30 that night without regaining conscionsvess. ee ~— Lewis Miller, a son of the late Lew Miller who mes his death on the railroad at Nittany farnace several months ago, had two fingere cut off by a circular caw at Crider’s planing mill, Wednesiay morn- ing. He was passing the saw and nncon- sciously threw his hand in contact with the rapidly revolving disc with the above result. : ——The gravdchildren of the late ex- Governor Andrew G. Curtin have decided on a very fitting memorial fo sbeir grand- father and grandmother. The three chil- dren of Mr. and Mi». Sage, of Ithaca, N. Y., and the swo children of Mr. and Mrs. William Cartin, of Philadelphia, have con- tribote five hundred dollars each, while the rest of the grandchildren will also con- tribute according to their means, the fund to be spent in properly farnishiog and equipping the operating room in the Belle- fonte hospital. ——Mr. W. T. Dunnivg, son of Rev. Danning, of Osceola Mille, who so ably played the pipe organ io the Methodist church last Sunday, bas been engaged by the congregation as permauent organist to take charge the first Sunday in December. Mr. Dauoniog bas been organist in the M. E. charch at \Philipsburg the past year or so and is very highly spoken of. He plays with a masterful touch and bad an offer to go to Grace church, Harrisburg, bus because of his health he preferred coming to Belle- fonte ro avospted the offer of the Methodist congregation. ae —Centre Hall had quite a fire scare last Saturday night. It was shortly after mid- night when fire was discovered in a stable and the alarm sounded. The flames spread 80 rapidly that it wae impossible to check them with the facilities at hand and the re- sult was the entire destruction of the barns on the properties of Mis. Simon s Johu Spangler and Jerry Miller. No stock was burned and the loss in each instance was not very great. Bat it was very fortu- nate that the flames were extinguished be- fore they reached any of the nearby houses, or the conflagation would have been a most disastrous one. ~—If any of the hunters in the Seven mountains above Potters Mills notice a scarcity of game the past day or two it can easily be acconnted for in this way : A quartette covsisting of DeLaun Stewart, Al. Irvin, Horton Ray and Geo. Beezer drove to Potters Mills on Tuesday after- noon and made their headquarters at Reish’s botel. On Wednesday they wens buntiog and that evening they bad a big turkey supper at the hotel at which they were jioned by Dave Kelly, Toms Beaver and Harry Garber. The entire party returned to Bellefonte the same evening, reaching ~here about 10:45 o'clock and to prove they were hunting brought back with them eight rabbits and six pheasants. Of course they had all sorts of stories as to how plen- tiful game is, one of which was that one of the rabbits they got killed itself by jump- ing with its nose against the end of Horton Ray's gun barrel, and to prove the truth of the story they showed a rabbit without a shot mark on it. the death of Hon. Anssin O. Farst Belle- fonte and Centre county loses one of its most prominent and best known citizens, and the Centre county bar one of its bright- est and ablest members. His death, which ocearred at juss 12 o'clock noon on Mon- day, came after a period of illness extend- ing hack over two years. It is just about two years ago that he underwent an opera- tion in a Philadelphia hospital and, while he was thos afforded temporary relief, he never fully recovered and for the past six months gradually grew worse uutil death resulted. Deceased was born at Salona April 11th, 1832, and was thus 74 years, 7 months and 8 days old. His pareuts were John and Barbara Furst, who came to this country and located in what is now Lamar town- ship, Clinton county, where they became large land owners. The subject of this sketch got his early education in the pub- lic schools of that early day, then took a course in the Salona Academy. Under the personal direction of the principal, Prof. H. M. McGuire, he prepared for Dickioson Seminary, at Williamsport, which be entered when but eighteen vears of age, and from which institation he gradoated with honors in 1854. He then entered Dickinson College, at Car- lisle, for the purpose of taking a special scientific and classical conrse hut ill bealth compelled him to reliugaish his stodies and leave college. Having a natural de- Hox, Auvstix O. Fuusr. site for the law he later entered the law office of his brother, Cline G. Furst, of Lock Haven, where he was admitted to the Clinton coauty bar. Iu Jauvary, 1861, he moved to Belle- foute aud on the 28th day of the same month was admitted to practice at the Centre county bar. Here be lived ever since and iu his chosen profession rose to be nut only one of the leading members of the Centre o:unty bar but a lawyer whose talent was revognized all over the State to that extent thas he was frequently called upon 10 go to uther counties to try impors- ant cases. He was possessed of a remark- able wemory and gifs of discernment given only to the few. In the summer of 1884 he was given the Republican uvowination for President Judge in the forty-vinth jadicial district, composed of the counties of Centre and Huntingdon, and was elected over his Democratic opponent, the inte ex-Judge Adaw Hoy, by a fair majority. He served ou the bench bis full term of ten years bat was defeated for u re-nomination by ex-Judge JohnG. Love, In his career us a Judge upon the bench he mauifested an independence of character from the very first. This was especially exemplified in bis rigid enforcement of the liguor laws, notwithstanding the storm of protest from all over the county. Bat to his credit it can be said that be did his duty as he saw avd understood ir, regard- less of the consequences. While upon the beuch be gained for himself the repata- tion of heing an exceptionally able jurist. The very fact that in the ten years he was judge he suffered fewer reversals of judg- meat at the hands of the Sapreme court thao avy other President Judge in this district is evidence of not only his clear interpretation of the law but of constant hard work and persistent reseasch into the mysteries of his profession. On his retirement from the hench he resumed the practice of law aud the repu- tation he bad gained iu the previous years soon brought to him a large and lucrative practice, nos only at his own bar, but from clients in a number of surrounding coun- ties. The last case with which he was closely indentified in this place was as counsel for the defense of Green and Dillon, and the strenuous efforts he made to save the lives of the two young men are too well-remembered to need recalling here. In politics Mr. Farst was a Republican and alwaye took a very aotive interest in the welfare of his party. He was a mem- ber of the Bellefonte Presbyterian church daring all of bis residence in the town and served as an elder from 1863 until bis death. He manifested the same deep inter- est in the study of theology as he did in that of the law and his voice was frequent- ly heard in Presbyterian assemblages in this and other States. Early in life he was a sohool director in Bellefonte and from 1865 to 1874 served as president of the sohool board. “Judge Furst was twice married. His first wile was Miss Mary Frances Saader- son, of Lock Haven, and his second Miss Caroline Watson Chamberlain, of Milton. The latter survives with shiee children, namely: Jennie W., married to John Car- tin; James C. and Walter B. He also leaves two children by his first wife, Wil- liam 8,, of Philadelphia, and John 8., of Dears oF THE Hox. A. O. Furst.—In | Williamsport; as well as two brothers C. G., of Lock Haven, and J. B., of Fieming- ton. * Following the usual custom upon the death of a member a meeting of the Centre county bar was held on Taesday morning at which the various committees to arrange for attending the funeral, ete., were ap- pointed. Another meeting of the bar was held in the court house yesterday morning at 9.30 o'clock at which a enitable memories al on the life of the deceased wa< read by D. F. Fortiey Exq., and brief talks ecule- gistic of the life and character of the man made hy members of the Centre county bar as well as visiting members. The funeral services were held at the family bome en west Linn street as 11 o'clock yesterday m ruing. The officiat- ing ministers were Rev. J. Allisou Platts and Rev. William Lamie D. D., LL. D. There was a large attendance of friends as the house but the interment in the Union cemetery was private. : i i i MORRISON.—It was indeed quite u ur- prise to many people in Bellefonte when the anvouncement of the death of W. Galer Morrison was made last Friday even- ing. Though it was known quite general. ly that he was a victim of that diead dis- ease, consumption, very few of his fiends kuoew that bis condition was even bad, In fact he had heen confined 10 his hed only a few weeks. Deceased was a son of James and Sarah Jave Morrison and was horn at Port Ma- tilda November 15th, 1860, thus making his age just one day over forty-six years. He was «duocated in the public schools and bimsell tangbt school during the winter sessions for a number of years, devoting his summer months to acting as local agent for a school book publishing honse. In 1890 he was given the Democratic nomina- tion for recorder injthis county and after a spiritedjcampaign was elected over John F. Harter, the Republican nominee. He was re-elected in 1893 and served his two terms of three years each in a most credit- able mavner. After retiring at the end of his second term he took a rest of a4 few months until his marriage a year or so later to Miss Mabel Parker, of Roland, when he moved to the latter place and went into the mercantile business with his father-in-law under the firm name of Parker & Co., in which business he con- tinued until his death though during the past two years the firm had been changed to Morrison & Glenn. Daring his 1esi- dence at Roland he served one or more terms as justice of the peace of Boggs town- ship. His only survivors are his wife and one child. The funeral was held at 10 30 o'clock Monday morning, the remaine be. ing brought to Bellefonte for interment in the Union cemetery. I li ll GARNER.— Henry Garuer, ove of the old-time residents of Ferguson towuship, died at his home at Fairbrook at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon after an illness of ouly a few hours, his death heing caused hy an acute attack of gastritis. He had been in bis usual health on Saturday wheu he husked corn most all day. He atea hearty supper and went to bed. Daring the night he took violently ill and, though the docters in attendance did everything possible they could not stay the band of death. Deceased was born in York county al- most eighty years ago. When quite a young man he located at Shaver’s Creek where he learned the blacksmithing tiade. Filty years ago he came to Centre county aud located in Ferguson township. He was united in marriage to Mies Hattie Bloom, who died 11 years ago. Surviving bim are two sons and one daughter, name- ly, William and Jerry at the old home and Mrs. Mahalia Masterson, of Gates- barg. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Mon- day afternoon. Rev. R. M. Campbell offi- ciated at the services and interment was made in Meek’s cemetery. I l i BECHDEL.—A very sudden death in Liberty township was that, last Wednesday morning, of Jobn Bechdel. He was un- loading a load of corn on the bain floor when he dropped in the wagou hox, un- conscions and died in a very few minutes. Paralysis was supposed to he the canse. The faneral was held on Friday from his late home, the services being conducted by Rev. Aller, of the Methodist church. I i i McCoy.—William MoCoy, a native Cen- tre countian, died at his home in Cartrighs on November 12th, alter a long illness. He wat born at Milesburg in 1843, thus mak- ing his age 63 years. He is survived by bis wife and four children, as well as three brothers and three sisters, among the latter being Charles MoCoy, of Bellelonte, and Mrs. Estella Thomas, of Milesburg. i i ! 1 MITCHELL.— Mis. Maria Mitchell, widow of the late Dr. J. B. Mitchell, died in Washington, D. C.,on Monday of a com- plication of diseases. She was a sister of ‘Wm, P. Duncan, of Philipsburg,and at one time lived in Bellefonte. The funeral was held at ewig Shera. Ross.—John I. Ross died at the heme of his only son, James I. Ross, at Linden Hall, on Thursday of last week alter but a few days illness. He was aged eighty one years and was one of the best known resi- dents of Pennsvalley. The funeral was held on Saturday. ~—Charles F. Pennepacker, son of Rev. and Mrs. G. D. Pennepacker, was mar- ried to Miss Bessie H. Maxwell, of Win- burne, on Tuesday. » Showing where the shot struck Mr. Dale in the back. post-mort-m.—Theve pletures are published by conrtesy of the Centre Halt Reporter. From a photograph. taken after the No Derisite CLUE To Josian DaLe's MurDERER —Up to this writing the an. thorities have no definite clue to the cowardly a~sasein w ho shot Josiah Dale in the back and killed him last Monday night as be wa« driving f.om kis farm to Centre Hall. Reports have been 1ife ever since that the guilty man was not only under suspicion but was known and that Lis ai- rest would Le made a'miost any Lous, Bat day after day Las passed and there have been no arrests. And more than that, so far as known the authorities are in posses. gion of vo wure definite facts thau they were the day followivg the murder, when suspicion was directed to certain persons by the coufliciing testimony given at the coroner's iugnest. It is trae that the authotities have sev- eral persons un ler suspicion but they Lave no real cloe which would even iodicate that it was either one of them. They know that a murder was committed, for the very facts in connectivn with the tragedy preclule ibe possibility cf its baving been an accidental shooting in any way. It would be an utter impossibility for any man to mistake a moviog horse | gree. They are following up every clue so far obtained and constantly hunting for pew evidence, and there is no telling what a day may bring furth. The discovery of some little apparently unimportant fact uiay prove Lo be the missing link in a chain of evidence sufficiently strovg to indicate who the murderer is. Life is being Leld too lightly in Centre county there days. ls has only been a few wouths ego since Clyde Auman was thot fiom a chestuut tree in Penn town- ship and every circumstance pointe to the act as baviug been a deliberate one. And up to this time not a tiace of the boy's slayer bas been found ¢o o that taking the two cases together it is high time that eomething is being dove. Those of you citizens who feel inclined to censure the County Commissioners for failure to offer a reward for the capture and couviction of the wuiderers of the late Josiah Dale, should their souls in patience for a little while yet. These of- ficials, along with the District Attorney, are doing their full duty io this matter and bave every reason to believe that the erim- inal wiil be apprebeuded before the close of the present mouth. It is not best to make ppblic all that is known about the terrible affair, bot the WATCHMAN can as- he was shot, ee ————— and bogey fog wild animal of any kiud. And a+ to the suggestion that the fatal shot might have been from some unknown per. gou's gun who attempted 10 jamp onto the. rear of Mr. Dale's buggy aod the weapon in some way ace’dentally discharged, there isample evilence from the course of the gun s.a00 wound that such could not have been the case. lo such a bappeuiug the wounil would have coursed upward, while in the present case it was deflected down- ward, In face the physicians who per- formed the autopsy gave it as their opinion, jodging from the course of the wound, that the man who fired the shot was standing on a bauk to the left avd about twd feet higher than the roadway, while be could not bave been over twelve or filteen feet from the buggy. With the above knowledge in the posses. sion of the autborities there is no doubt at all as to its haviog been murder, and wur- der of the foulest aud most cowardly kind. Apd such being the case, the deed was committed by some one; and that some one wasa was who knew Mr. Dale gud his habits. No stranger could have fired the fatal shot, as there would have been no motive for bini so doing, inasmuch as there was no indication of any attempt at rob- bery. Aud if it was some one that House and Barn on the Hoffer farm on Nittany mountain, where Dale husked corn on the day sure its riaders thas the county offic'als are putting futh every effore in their power to uncover the criminal and in due 11me all the facts will be given to the publ ¢ when [it.oan Le done without eudargeiing the success of the work or prefifliciig the case in any way. — ry sun A SNAKE Story —Just to leak the monotony of hunting stories we herewith give the following snake stors, which of cours? is true, hecaose it came direct from Capt. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills. A few days ago a daughter of Geo. W- Juhinson, who lives on the John Ardery farm in Fer- guson township, complained to her father that there was something wrong with their organ; that some of the reeds were very much out of tane. Mr. Johnson decided to wake an examination avd upon opening the instrument was perfectly dumbfounded to see coiled among the reeds a five-foot black snake. The reptile was alive and apparently enjoying his cosy bed. Mr. Jobuson removed his snakeship with a pair of long tougs. The explanation of how the snake got in the organ is given as follows: Several weeks ago when the weather was quite warm the doors of the Johnson house were left open. Oue afternonn one of the children discovered a blacksnake inside the parlor door. Badly frighiteced she ion- formed her mother hut when a hunt was koew Mr. Dale, then it must bave been some one who had a motive for so do ing. But up to this time, while it has been found that Mr. Dale bad a number of people who were vot friendly to him, yet in no once at all have there been sufficient facts found to form a cham of circumstavces that would justify the arrest of any man for the commission of the orime, Of conse the authorities have not re- Scene in the road on Nittany mountain where the shooting ix supposed to have taken plice, wale for the reptile it could not be found and it wa« though: is had gone out and disappeared. Instead it had taken refuge in the argan by crawling up through the pedal opening and there it bad heen ever since. cee wee An orchestra dance will be given in Bosh Aacade hall Thursday night. > —— Mistress (to colored cook): ‘*Maria, is your little girl a hright child?” leased their vigilance in the slightest de. aria: ‘“ "Deed she am. Sometimes Ah think she’s a little too shiny.” ee —— Boyp STONERODE CoxvicTED. —Boyd A. Stonerode, formerly of Milesburg, this county, but who the paet few years bas been a resident of Coraopolis, Washington county. ‘He was tried and convicted at Washington Pa, on Saturday, for swindling the Bentieyville Natioval and other banks, aud was at once sentenced to pay a five of one thousaud dollars, costs of trial and ten vears in the Riverside penitentiary. That same afternoon he was taken to the penitentiary and was compelled to undergo the greater humiliation of being handcuffed toa vegro during the trip from Washington to Riverside, It will be remembered by readers of the WATCHMAN that Stonerode was accused of swindling avomber of banks in the wess- ei part of the State by means of forged drafts. He operated under the name of Samuel G. Fletcher. The discovery of hie aliexed guilt was one of the sensations of the week and the case againet him bas been one of the hardest contested in the history of ; Washington county. At his first trial the jury disagreed and the case went over. Stonerode’s defense consisted iv the, plea of an alaBi but he wasfuot able to prove ‘it sufficiently clear and full to outweigh the preponderance of evidence of wuilt against him. ————— THANKSGIVING DAY OFFERING FOR BELLEFONTE HosPITAL.—The Beilelonte hospital authorities have distributed a large number of bags for the customary Thanksgiving day donation, and it is hoped that every person who received one will setarn it filled to the top. Of course everybody is not confined to any particular thing. The hospital is in need ‘of and can use anything in the line of groceries, vege- tables, finit, canned goods, butter and all such supplies and whatever you [eel in- olined to give, or can give, will be thank- folly received and duly appreciated. But whatever yon do, give something. And one point in particular we wish to call your attention to, not only residents of Bellefonte bus all over Centre county. It in the distribution of the bags the commit- tee failed to leave one with you, don’t take it as meaning that you should not contribute something. Get a bag yourself, fill it up and send is in. Your donation will be just as welcome as if sent in na hag furnished by the hospital. Last year’s Thanksgiving day donation was a most generous one. See that this year’s will be equally so. THE WEALTH OF A VAGRANT. —There is a class of carious beings in New York of whom the general public outside of New York knows nothing. It is the professional vagrant. Not the lazy, idle tramp of the country roads, but the sharp witted, alert haman birds of prey that infest the rity streets. Begging is usually their sii ..-i- le occupation, but in reality, itis ouly a ruse to conceal their real character. Thiev- ing, swindling, higliway robbery and even worse crimes may i. laid at their doors and it is n face that eoiie of the most wretched lookirg beggars on the street corners are worth thousands of dollars obtained by this means. An example of this phase of hu- manity, avd one which is taken from life, is seen in the character of Mother Cantwell in the production of ‘“New York Day by Day,’ at Garman’s, Monday evening, De- cember 26th. Mother Cantwell is a typical hag of the streets, whining, bypoeritical, crafty, cruel and pitiless. The scene show- ivg her den on the East river front givesa good insight into the lower side of life, and the police annals of New York prove that the character is no mere creation of the author's brain. Don’t fai) to see this play. —— PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY UNION.—Prof. H. E. VauNorman, president of the Penn- sylvania Dairy Union, announces that the plans for she forth coming convention at Harrisburg, January 220d to 25th, 1907, have so far matured thas it can he said the program will include ev-Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, Chief Webster, of the Dairy Division at Washington, or some rep- resentative of that department; and other men prominent in the different branches of dairy work. Prizes will be offered for exhibits of hutter, obeese, and probably milk. Space has been secured for an ex- hibit of dairy machinery and apparatus, and correspondence indicates that the var. ions supply firs will make this an inter- esting and profitable feature of the conven- tion. It is expected thas milking machines in operation will be a feature of the exhib- it. The exhibit rooms are locaced close to the meeting room and easy of access, so that exhibitors may be sure of getting the attention of those in attendance at the con- vention. A———— A — Sxow SHoE MAN Kinnep, — Milton Housknecht, of near Snow Shoe, was in- stantly killed at the plant of the Hayes Run Fire Brick company, last Thursday afternoon. He was employed as a driver of a horse and cart and was hauling cinder. In crossing the bridge over Hayes run he drove too near the edge and in his endeav- ors to keep the horse and: cart from going over the side of the bridge was himself thrown into the stream. He fell a dis- tance of ten or $wenty feet, alighting on his head on some large stones, causing al- most instant death. The horse and cart were also precipitated into the stream but escaped serious injury. The man was rescued from the stream in a few minutes by fellow workmen but it was found thas he was already dead. He was aged about thirty-five years and un- married. The funeral was held on Sunday and was in charge of the Snow Shoe Lodge, I.O.O.F. ———Theodore Green,colored, who threat- ened to shoot his sister on Tuesday, was arrested yesterday morning.
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