wy —— THE CENTRE REPORTER NNN NINN SNS NNN NNN Nl th Cextee Haut, Pa, Marcu 10, 1885, TerMs —§2 por year in advance, $2.50 when not in advance. Advertisements 20 cents per line {or three insertions, One colum per year $00—14 colum $45. par Hereaftor all subscribers paying their subscription in advance, will get a credit of two months additional as a pres mium on $2 in advance, . See our Don't come bosom. Il be pleased. ten styles in Curtin Poles, of stylish goods—Home Spuns, Satines, linen Another lot of Men's i ’ you wi Merchants Place, Bellefonte. yw become a settled fact, and Well, it is a settled fact our a8 know ne White Shirt, with or so line iin astise. Crinkled Seersuckers and Laces. ¥ i ices we will guarantee, town without cal 1 lled by any two stores in Bellefonte. jual e vou seen us in our New Quarters in Merchant Place? d to speak of have ne Tn Our INevr Quarters. things we 1V to This week we open an i : Laces can not be é« lay of Lace, Shirts—we sti I disy LOCAL ITEMS. cal column, ——Thomas Frank, of M:liheim, is se~ riously iil, o about town. James Smith has built an gion to his house, ble on his premisis, — —The “picter” was ‘round Monday. man Christian Association. — Headquarters for fish prices at J. D. Long Son's. Several lots have been sold at the depot for building purposes, ~All the best cough drops in the market at Murray's drug store. tf — Mr, George De surveyor, Bellefonte, died the other day. - (Good assortment of bird cages for sale at Murray's drug store. of —(Junite a lot of flitting will be done in Centra Hall on the 1st cf April. A full line of straw and bair lars, from $1 op, at D. A. Boozer's, —e We hear Chas, Bollinger will put up a blacksmith shop at the depot. at botlom ling ing, of atively cheap at Murrays Drug Store us soon. Miss Tace Museer, was a guest of Mr. Aaron Harter, last week, about ten days ago. on Sunday evening. Penns Valley and lowest prices—J. D. Long & Bon. ¢ oes tensnt on the William Harter firm uear Aaronsburg. F. Gramley, writes Kaneviile, lil, that bog cholera is rag ing in that neighborhood. Miss Lala Klinger, sister of Mrs, Simon Harper of this place, died at her pome in Bellefonte, on 26 uit, Spring work will soon begin with the farmers, bat they should firet purchas a new collar of D. A. Boozer, w——B. woman and child in the town. One day last week a cow belong- ing to Wm, Keller, a few miles above Centre Hall, waa killed by the cars. we Hon, John Walls, of Lewisburg, was taken seriously iil on the 24 ult, and is now lying in a critical condition, connty is fool's gold. in Centre county and no one gets excite d over it, ee Rev, Wm. McCool favored our sapctom wtili a call and pleasant chat, Will thinks of making Nebraska his home, ~The venerable Peter Wilson, of Spring Mills, is again ill, suffering from an affection of the heart, He is now 88 years of age, According to the columns of the Bellefonte papers every thing is doll at the county-seat except the arrival of “little ones.” wer, Van Valzab, of Spring Mills, was in town last Friday, and tells us there are a number of sick folks about that place, wee Horace Zerby left for Grant City, Mo., this morning, and of course sub- scribed for the RmreortEr. Wish you luck, Horace, we Jobin Rishel, jr., who has been in the employ of the droggist Harrie, Belle- fonte, intends going to Greensbug, Pa. 10 clerk in a drug store, we Mr, Geo, Baker and family, of pear Oak Hall, are preparing to flit to Osborne county, Kansas, where Mr. Ba~ ker will engage in farming. ~ Date romor has it that e Jones Fi Vn ee te ort, will start a on ok oh, or ponte tho hotel, wee Bibseribers who change lis ces this spring will please inform ue, ing the name of the ¢ffice they move yng as the new addrem. tf I Ba ST Se HS Read Garman’s new add at heal of lo- eal column, Based on the number of votes cast in the boro’ we have a population of near 500. Quite a handsome increase in about two years, when it was about 325, ~The stained glass for the new Luth, church arrived last week and is being put in place, It is expected to hold ser- vices in the Sunday school room in a few weeks, ———Demmy Tomlinson, son of Rev, John Tomlinson, formerly of Aaronsburg, was killed in the west by being knocked off of a railroad train, on which he was an employee, —{nion county thinks it has oil, and want's to dig down 2500 ft. to find it, Such a hole as that might come out at Shangbai and the ile ran over China in- stead of Union county. —Saturday and Sunday, last, were spring-like overhead, and thefonly fine days we had ia two months. The blue- bird is around and his warbling announ- ces the approach of spring. attended the Evangelical which convened at Millheim last week. On Sunday evening services were held in four churches under Evangelical rections. ly ill. of our townsman D, F. Jacob Faltz, of clerks in the Grenoble establishment ee Samuel Heese of near Pine ( one of the oldest citizens of that rarely —The freight traffi : l.. & T. We should jellefonte goes over the be AT MILLHEIM. CENTRAL EVANGELICAL CONFERENCE, Millbeim, Penn, March b.—~Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evan. elical Associetion met at Millheim to 10ld its 47th annual session, March 4. The session opened at 8.30 a. m,, Bishop Thomas Bowman, of Allentown, presid- ing. After the usual devotional exer cises the President appointed Rev, Swengle Secretary, who appointed Reva. E. Crumbling and J, C. Reeser assistants, After some preliminary business the Conference went into secret session, which ocoupied the forenoon session and part of the afternoon, when the public were invited to the conference room. Then the applications for Elders’ orders were had, and the following received or- ders : J.D, Stover, J. H. Welsh, J. R. Sechrist, J. D, Shortis, H, 8. Bason, A. W. Swengle, 8. M, Montz, H, A. Benfer. The following received Deacon's or ders: D. O, Goodling and T, A. Shortis. Rev. J. C. Hommel, an Elder of the M. { E. Church, South, was received into this Conference in the same relation. | The following received licences to | preach the Gospel: E. 8, Bollinger, Guy | Galleghan, F, 8, Norman, A. Williamson, | C.J. Dick, 8 D. Moore, J. Wommelsdor- { fer, M. F. Thomas Following is the report of the Station- ing Committee: YORK DISTRICT. i M J Carothers, P. K. ariisle, P W Group. i Bat lh ph tt dB 1 1. EBS Boll snd, H N Grenninger un, HT Searle, day. We are always glad to have pleasant callers. —(3eorce Darst’s sale, last Thorsd ty about a mile west of his farm, — An effort was made to have and the 4:40 This wonid accommodations, the train give us Years reached us at 12 p. m. by coach from Lewist mail, ' first class mall —Thos, H. Harter, esq, of the Mid- diebarg Pod, made a faw days stay with the family of the editor. Tom is a grad- uate of the Rerorren office, and i8 doing finely at the capital of Snyder county, where he prints a live paper. liam Mf iil : nt 1 | § § 9 i i f » » rinie, of Potters ¥ M rom Ness Of four b ywels, again. He eany Ht &, Dut months, f ulceration of the Hall fi fe haa no able 10 YIKES RB 8 is g siren gainio gth. wee Mr. Samuel Wise, one of farmers, Mr. [hey re in Homan, gave port the damaged in their soc gors of winter, erop as somewhat — Our old filend, Frank DB of Reck Spring, gave us a -cail, He had 50 acres and harvested in bushels from it, noch net, Mrs, Hannah Thompson died Mackeywiile, Ciinton county, on the moved to tbe home where she died, ee Ag the first of April draws near As the first of Apr i best goods for the money. J. tion. handsomest we have seen. Harpster, while on their way home from Boalaburg last Wedneaday night, with rather aserions accident ing the gentlemen to the ground, tanately a few broises and a shaft was all the damage done, Mills, is prepared to farnish, on short from a West Branch factory, at which will make it an object for parties side trimmings for houses a specialty. Plans and specifications furnished on application with estimate of cost. 3m3t wee Mf osare, Daniel Musser and J. C. Masser, of Wolf's Store, paid the metrop- olis of the valley a visit and chatted with us, when the former said: “In a few weeks 1 am going to California, together with J. C. Musser, Dan Prutzman, who once lived in Centre Hall, and A. R. McCalob, of Mackeyville ; our wives and families will go with. us, making our company number ten. $42 will be the cost of landing the adults in Lassing Co , in the northern part of the state ; cheap, ain't it? When we find a big nogget of the gallos staf” we'll send you a piece, G bye.” wwe'The English sparrow is an early breeder. Under the eaves of the Witmer homestead, built on the spouting is a sparrow’s nest, from which already last week could be plainly heard the notes of a nest fall of young ones bred ont amid all the cold and storm of the last two pre~ vious woeks, As a prolific bird, the spatiow has been the wonder—hut ould it be n wonder when it rears a family of young amid mont bitter rigors of winter? This brood of little ones will be the parents of a new brood before it is three months old, and of still another before fail, to which will be eh Tt pk os Hab on | on whether school keeps or not, Lovers of w potple need have no fears erefore that the main ingredient to their favorite dish is going to be a short + A A Benfer i LU Yeakle Lewistows Me(d 4 a7 TA abner RDU wt Treverton Quarterly Con- tre Quarterly Confer Jusrieriy Lon HW liartman RrGoer H A Stoke oi Sashas Lt y wort, Market 82 Bennet 8¢ Cliren it, Weid alley, HW Gross, M fberty. J R Seschyist Libeity. d D Mover Grover, FR Vought { Highlands, E O Goodling | Wayland, 8 F Keller {| NeNeTa Falls, 7 Ho A Krause, member ww. Member of the Jersey Shore Quarterly onferente {| Jazo Takano, member of Tokis, Japan, Quarterly Conlerence ® WD Sofft suas FARMERS MILLS Mr. Dale, merchant, will leave here shortly and engage in store-keeping at | Centre Hall, The ! which he occupied ia one of the oldest in the valley, Maj. Fisher's mill, in charge of Mr, to. The grain fields bave been injared | gome by the winter storms. The cave hotel will be opened for nests in April. Jom, AP —— wweThe particulars of J. death, which we mentioned last week, He came to this | city accompanied by his son, on business | ponnected with procoring of his hotel | license, After registering at the Irvin Honse he called on his attorney, A. W. Brungard, Esq, at the latter's office on Water street, where a short conversation was indulged in by the two gentlemen. They then walked up to the residence of Judge Mayer, saw and talked to that gen- tleman and left, with the intention of re- tarning to Mr. Brungard's office. While near the Presbyterian chorch Mr, Cole partially turned toward Mr. Brungard, as if in the act of speaking when he threw up his hands, and w thout utter ing a sound and with a strange stare was about to fall when Mr. DBrungard, with the exclamation, “What is the matter with you, Cole?” caught and prevented him from falling to the pavement. —Lock Haven Dem, 4, | are about as follows : ABE BUZZARD A CHRISTIAN, Philadélphia, March 9 —At a meting of Methodist ministers yesterday, Rev, J. 8. Lame said he was satisfied t Abe Buzzard was converted before he sur. rendered to the anthorities, and that be- fore Jong a church would be erected within a stove’s throw of the Bugzard reidence, a cult. hi me DY PUBLIC BUILDING AT ALLEN- TOWN. Washington, March 9 «Senator Cam eron introduced a bill today for the erection of a public building at Allens town. It appropriates § for the Don't Read This. ‘x08 & roW aW ‘L11n)100deos Lio A ‘90H puY OwWo)) #01 08 Op 0] 1ap4o ul pue spood Juuds A Hol NERO ‘WO0J BLOW BARY Jo jo1 euy vw omoq Suuq 0) adxe op ‘#0 ud mor ABupucdseiion ju ‘iureved uy NO018 Iau paw ‘spmuqy eond mopeq Aemuw moayueyg dey pum peg ‘esiof ‘dn uo O% pae onr 0) 0g ‘08 03 001 ‘9g 0) 0g WOI] PIVDUPAI BPOOY) FBI] 0g smugiuiy) ‘0g 03 08 Woy PAONPI BODY #0 £31enb jug Lawl “mnjued 10d 0AyY «Ajuasxy 01 ue} wmosy epoos Auvw £104 vo eeo1xd peonpas eavy am spool Fauds Mal JO] ¥O0js JNO Jeo] 0) 18pio Of w- a AN EARLY SETTLER. Among the early settlers of the east ern section of this valley, were Andrew Harter and the Stovers. The Btovers, grand-fathers of the numerons families of that name in Haines aud Penn, set i tled cn the south side of the valley in ! Haines, because of the streams and | mountain springs in that quarter, | some of their descendants (the Btovers by their ownship. Harter, grand-father of the present generation of Harters, | still occupy the farms cleared | grand-parents in Haines t Andrew mn of the timber | more central portis valley, and | purchased a tract of land from now the fertile and well known farm be- longing to the estate of William Harter, south of | dec'd, one mile of | and a sprinkling with Indians who made settlers and i kept them in constant dread, incursions upon the early Mr. Harter's first work, with the aid of build hut. He aught with him a hired boy. Arriv- his wife, was (0 a log bir began, and at the family had a log hut up and and felling of trees night ready to give them shelter. | opening with a blanket hung before it keep out the storm. For windows re were opening left in the sides and wd paper stretched over these to give This hut was thus occupied by nily twelve years; sleeping amid iri hi ye noctt rowled arou : owling of the wolves that ithe hut, attracted, no loubt, by the smell of provisions, When enough land had been cleared { to raise a small crop, the surplus grain was haaled to Reading-—-not to Deérs- town or Coburn. There were no roads | like now, and Mr. Harter had } BETVe as #1 wry §F nen fl a guise 8 IssiDR way nk { that, you young re. Weavers, and NMovers, | Harte others of t day | same ordeal and t« amed to Reading with Andrew Harter! Mr. Harter often set on | lady to take care of the home and trem- ble when the wolves started their ox cert around the hut at night. leading would take with them their | cooking utensils and keep their own | tavern as they went on their weary trip | to Reading. When night came on the | halt was in the woods, their bed on the | wagon. A trip like this would take 6 to {8 days; and with the return were brought such goods and necessaries as their wants called for. { There are many interesting incidents | connected with the early settlers of this valley that will be interesting to relate | when Aaronsburg holds its Centennial, next summer. Many of the present gen vers, &o, can recall incidents | their grandfathers and grandmas, On Jaonary 4 Mrs, Steadman, post. mistress at Mifllinbnrg, sent a registered | letter directed to Harrisburg, contain. | ing 8264. Last week, thinking she had | received but mislaid the receipt for the money, she wrote asking that aduplicate | be sent her. Upon investigation it was fonnd that she had no credit for that amount on the books of the larnsburg | office. Postoffice lnspector Ables, of Philadelphia, was sent to make an inves- tigation, and found that the letter had been sent into the post office at Lewis burg, and that while there Catherman, | who was recently convicted of robbing a registered pouch at Lewisburg, now in the Sanbury jail, bad taken a letter, ris | fled its contents and spent a large pore | tion of the money in purchasing a watch, bracelet, and other articles of like chai- acter to adorn his lady love. Ustherman, on being accused of this, confessed it.— Harrisburg Telegraph. rr lil im— THE SOUTH PENN ROAD, Huntingdon, March 9.—Counsel for the South Pennsylvania Railroad Co. filed a writ of error yesterday to the de- cree made by Jadge Farst sobstitutiog the South Pennsylvania as a party de fendant in the case of the jadgement of W. McKninght Williamson against the Sherman Valley and Broad Top Railroad Co. The Sheriff left to levy on the property and franchises of the company, Jrocecding of the compa- il postpone the sale in- Rt MURDER OF TWO WOMEN, Pittsburg, March 9,~ A horrible double murder and robbery were committed Jutoray at the farm house of John T. rhart, near Lickiogville. A in the family, returning from 1, found Mrs, Everhart lying on the floor with her throat cut from ear to ear, aod her mother, Mra. Gilfallan, in the » Be with her thre do extinct. The bonss had been ravsacked $300 taken, John T. Everbart is well-to-do farmer um absent at he i ! i i ny's council w definitely. si ER Sn ANOS HATES S550 CALIFORNIA DUCHESS, a THE Her Former Luploite Among Yale College Juniors and Seniors. New Haven, March 2.—Mre. Allie El- lis, otherwise known as the “California Duchess,” the confidence woman, who last week attracted attention in VW .sh- ington, has been shown to be identical with Mrs. M. B. C, Willie, who, in 188], victimized a number of Yale students and New Haven business men. She ap- | peared as a fashionable attired blonde of | 28 years, and engaged an expensive room | the acquaintance of wealthy students attentions, and valuable presents that were readily forthcoming, she successfully blackmail- ed her admirers in considerable amounts by threatening to inform the faealty and their parents of their escapades, Her vic. or classes. After impoverishing the sta | dents, Mrs, Willis turned her attention to certain solid business men, out of whom she managed to draw a great deal of money by the aid of an ill-favored in- dividual who posed as her husband When the mine was exhausted, Willis suddenly decamped, - - BIG FIRE AT LANCASTER | The Post-Office i - Loss Near $100,000 Juilding Badly Da nage d -A fire broke out o'clock this evening in the feed store a frame structure on Market street, and in a short time the | entire stracture was destroyed, With | contents, the rear Lavcaster, March 8, at J of Henry Fisher, its The flames communicated to of A. K. Keplar's store, a structure 300 feet long. The fire and it ie a total ruin, The flames next communicated to the Post-office build ing, next door, but the firemen snoceed.- ed in saving the building from destruc. tion, although it i* badly damaged. Mr, Thompson, a fireman, was seriously in- jored. The loss will be between $50,000 and $100,000, The hardware store and adjoining buildings are well insured. A —— Incredible—the manner in which ali | cases of catarrh yield to Keller's Catarrh {| Remedy. There is no medicine | market like it. Sufferers of bl eases should notiail to try | vertisement i in ihe John Balliett, « } | sonal property valued ai estate worth There are several who, under the law of Pennsylvania, cannot claim any of the estate, becauss { no will was made. ! - -_— - { Take Aver's Sarsaparilla in the sprin of the year to purify the 1 invigo rate the system, excite the liver to ac tion, and restore the health vigor of the whole ' as muck three \ children OOK] Fe hvsiral phys i Pennsylvania Railroas | organizing Assemblies o {| Labor all along the line for protection. There are now two at Al | toona and one at Tyrone, The Brother- | hood of Locomoti ngineers are als establishing new DBrotherhoods at vari {| ous points, : serve JOY emg h i £ i their ¢ Ye - -—- | use by intelligent people for over for i years. the very best known specific for all colds and coughs and pulmonary complaints. HORSE BALE. The undersigned will ofler at public sale Meyer's Hotel, at Centre Hall, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1888 16 HORSES, | All of choire sock, Percherons, Normans, &e ent Draft Horses, sages from begin et ie o'clock J. C RANKIN Sale March 8. Prax SALE «At the residence! the under. . dersigned, in Centre Ha on Thursday, March i828 One good mare with foal, one cow, J shoats, hotsehold furniture, 3 sk, and many other articles. Sale sl | o'clock p m WwW. R CAMP Bale March 18 Prec SALE. «At the residence of the under signed, 1 mile east of Boalsburg, Friday, March 1%, a1 1 p. in: One bay mare wilh foal, one black horse, 2 cows, Hehonts, 2 sete of tag | harnoms, set slugle harpess, sel fiynets, 2-horse wagon, 1-homse spring wagon, open buggy, sleigh, sled, hay rake, grain drill, 2 plows, harrow, hay fork and rope, cider mili, 20 acres of grain in the ground, 2 grain cradles, corn planter, dinner bell, riding saddle, fanning miil, bed stead, table, sink, forks, rakes, double trees, chains, lot bags, scoop shovel, set hay ladders, and suany other articles, Wm. Goheen, Auct. A. OSMAN Sale Mereh 20 UBLIC BALI. ~One-half mile east of Centre Hill, on the Barnet Wagner farm, on Saturday, March 20.811 p. m.: 2 good heavy farm mares, 4 cows, one fresh, heifer, 2 onives, 3 { head young cait’e, 1 bull 2 years old, 2 breeding | Bows, 7 pigs, 2 shoats, Chesterwhite boar, Cham | pion reaper and mower, Willoby grain drill, 1 south Bend plow, 2 Centre Hall plows, Centre Hall cornplanter, 2 harrows, single trees, evener, barrel cider vinegar, and household furniture MALCHIA CROTZER. D. R. Sweetwood, Auct. SALE MARCH 24 0 .¢ mile west of Pine Grove Mills, at 9a. m., sha p. Horses, Mules, Cattie, Sheep, Farm Implements, and Household J. HALE ROS3, MUSICAL COLLBGE--The 2h Session of Six Weeks, opens Monday evening, April 36, for (he teaching and training of young ladies in vos) and instrumental music. Address, ¥, C. Moy BR, Musical Director, Freeburg, Pa. 2feblm Reger Bcnoot.—The undersigned will Spon a select school, in Centre Hall, be- ginning during April. Tuition from §2 to $4. C. M'c. Risnmr., wen Merchant tailoriog at the Phila delphia Branch, and satisfaction guaran. t Ab ex oversees this department. of we (Jorn meal grists will be ground at the Centre Hall roller mill, Tuesday and Saturday of each week. u @uvex Per Cont, Intenesr Spoon on first class Kansas and a . Apply to Lawns Kuvare, 0 Newton, Kas, we Whole pepper ground to order at Murray's drug store. u Womnrn Remeunmnino,—Hereafter su b scribers to the Reronren, who will remit one year's subscription in advance oan retain 20 Cents as a premiom for ad. vance pay. Any of our subscribers sending us the names of two new subscribers with the cash one year in advance, will get one Read Garman's new add at bead of lo- cal column, » crop at any time. purpose, | i , Fhilad Fowls, Boosie Ducks, straight, mixed crates Libis Ccrales per 1b Te... DRESEED VOULARY Turkeys, extra, young.. medi dry scaled Ducks - LIVE CALVES ARD SHEEP. Del & Md, prime Fair 10 good Common stol prime extra, Calves EBheep, THILADELPHIA MARKET. jelpl Feb'y 16.—Whicat iull and % lower with 87 1} { asked for Feb; BY¢ asked | 5] { March. Corn quiet i bis y iia, $2.4 : sg bid and was dull and, witl y. Oats were steady, with 39 {3 asked for Februay; 39 $0} asked for Mar. THE CATTI Beet -Extr dia dic, mex Sheep were in | Extra blabic, | Sa cattle a : mon 24a fos Ler 8 i" fair demand and 3abls good 43800C, COU imon £5 Lambs, at Sia7c. Hogs were inactive, at 6lafic, CENTRE HALL MARKETS. PRODUCE AT THE STORES, i6 Een i i Buller | Hams. Shoulders. ; Lard ——— - ¢ wanes Posies Mies Potatoes... GRAIN MRKETS. BREPORTED WEEKLY BY Prices sul to fluctuations of market { Wheat, Red § 8 | Whest, White 5 Eye Corn, shelled. $0 Barley No. i Wheat mixed with Rye bought at rye and prices, ’ fpr? KURT & \ & BON i UME. canons COAL. For Cash or Grain, snus 50 Baal] Btove.... 4 W Pea . 4 Bo 4 BO FLOUR AXD FEED. Fancy Pat. Flour. 160 Bran per ton. Best Koller Flour. § 1 9 Bran, retail, cw 24 Best Rolt'r Flour 1 28 Chop per ton Middlings per ton. 18 relall per cut | Ege Broken lLaanp Chestnut... sof. oh Prices at J.D. Long & Son's, SPRING MILLS, PA ve Cond $430 White & mixeds 40 Botwer..... 410 KEgus Smal? © Chestnut Egg Pers snsinninis ivi 265 snow Shoe...... s 2 so is Potatoes... ard... Pork... oe wie 5 NOTICE. Letters testamon- tary upon the estate of Wm. Kerr, deceased, laste of Hotter township, having been lawfully sted to the undersigned they would respectfully request all persons know. ‘ng themselves to be indebted 0 the estate to make immediate payment, and those having cl.ims against the same to present the same duly a athenticated for settlement G. 1. GOODHART, Bfebit 0. A. KERR, Executors, Centre Hill, Pa ST ELMO HOTEL, Nc. 817 & 819 Aveh Street, Philadelphia, Reduced rates to $200 per day. The traveling public will still ind at this Ho tel the same liberal provision for their comfort. Itis located in the immediate centres of business and places of amuses ment and different railroad depots, as well sa all parts of the city, are easily accessible by Street Uses constantly passing the doors. It offers special inducements to those visiting the city for business or pl re. Tour Pos: Wi PReER) roots