A THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED, KURTZ, Epiror and Pror'r CENTRE Hann, Pa, July 20, 1887. TERMS; VANCE, terms Advertisements 20 cents per line for 3 inser. tions, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion, One year, $1.50, when in arrears subject paid in ad- Fhose to previous A FEW SPECIALTIES. We have recently made an addition to our stock of summer goods and would call the attention of the ladies to some of them and offer them at rare bargains w—S UMM ER—~SHA DES We think we can show youn the finest line of Parasols to be found in the coun- ty. We have them in best quality of silk with deep lace trimmings and in different styles and colors. -SUMMER~GOO DS eee In this our stock is complete and have a line of the following goods adap- ted for summer wear: Seersackers, Batis- te, Satins, etc. We keep a complete as- sortment of Hamburg Edging and can show new and late designs, We can’t be beat in this line of goods and ask you to examine them for your own satisfacs tion, You should see ovr line of Oriental and Torchon laces. Theyare all the go this season and very pretty. The above articles are but a small por- tion of our stock and would respectfully invite all to come and see the new stock of summer goods at BARTHOLOMEW’'S STORE Centre Hall Pa LOCAL ITEMS. ——— Huckleberries are plenty at Sets, per quart, Esq. Houseman and David Henny, citizens of the south side, gave our sanc- tum a call. — Father Sweetwood, of valley, is still quite ill, with a age against him. —Will;Runkle le tend Prof. Hosterman’s select school Spring M:ls this summer. (reorges ripe old on Monday to at- —— Qur old Democratic friend, Benj. Kerstetter, of Coburn, spent an hour in our sanctum, Tuesday. of carpenters, will get to work on new house of W. L. Kurtz, near the tion, the best decorated on the Fourth, our rockets went up higher than others. Adam Winkelblech, one oldest citizens of Haines, now in his year, is not enjoying his accustomed XY gooa he th il. the REroRTER, it ‘1 ght, and never muz- —Subscribe for ontspoken for the vi ii opposite party. here- rail- —{ entre county tramps will after keep shy of the Willamsport road office. Lying ain't a success on a fool's errand. —1f the Republican put some good timber on folks want their er for commissioner, — Andrew Ocker's name among the announcements as a candidate for sheriff, Mr. Ocher is one of th ue true, Judge Walls, of Lewisbarg, up to 90, remarkable to tell, still is pos- sed all his natural teeth, minns one, 3 they are in excellent con- Be. and he tells r dition. At a meeting of the directors of the Bald Eagle Valley railroad company held in the city of Philadelphia on Tnes- day, the 12th inst. a semi aonual the company was declared, the 1. adividend? —Joshu T. Potter, 2 miles west bere, gets no wheat from his farm, year. This is the case with some others. of gives it as his opinion, that from the field« along the railroad, between place and Linden Hall, a distance of four miles, there will not be 100 bushels of wheat three and four weeks to harvest their grain. Then came the reapers and bind. ers and the work was done in less than a week, Now some of our farmers do their harvesting in a day, and some can do it in halfan hour, or no time even. Wonderful change! Centre Hall had 98 in the shade, on 16, and the previous few days showed the thermometer pretty near the throughout this county, so that we may IMPRESSIONS OF THE WEST, LETTER NO. 4 side tracked at McCook on Raturday, about 255 miles east of Denver. Our pars we put in the night on the sleeper, after meeting oar missionary, the Rev. J. W, Kimmel, and sending out a committee to secure boarding over the Babbath. The committee reported boarding at 25 cents a meal, (reduced rates,) and the report of the committee wes unanimously adopt e’ Some of our party evinced a uneesiness at the idea of sleeping on the prairie in a sleeper, but aiter a prayer by Dr. Conrad before going any and everywhere. On Sunday morn- ing Dr, Coarad preached for our mission at McCook from the text found in Ps. ve, 5-6, It was a most felicitous theme under the circumstances, and will the mission and the missionary a impetus in the work, A new church wi ed in the work. al addresses were made by our party the Young Peoples’ Aid Bociety in con- nection with the church. ing & very touching service was held at which 3 addresses were made. Our and we felt amply recompensed for our lay-over in McCook. the people of Pine Grove Boals- burg, and even all through Penns ley. I wished for all our “discontented preachers,” at McCook. Iknow if they could see what the hindrances and de. privations of our western ministers are, they would never again complain. In. deed those of us who did witness some- thing of these things, are wiser and bet- ter for it. Mondav at 7 a. m., we reach ed Denver, Col. We were up lv on board the cars to see the great Ame ican Desert. I dare say any of our tern farmers would never think of i. ing in Colorado. It isan almost barren stretch ofsand. And yet we saw cattle and horses in abundance grazing on those al- most barren sands, aud doing well at that. Huge hills of sand could be seen all along the line of railroad, —wave suc. Mills, 3 one great mass of sand. This has been the work of fierce winds. Prairie dogs by the hundred disported themselves as the Jack rabbits and ante- In one instance a rab- upright until almost an down, when he terned, and for two niles at least, it was a chase and engine, the rabbit holding desparately to the track. Finally he jomped aside and quietly viewed the lopes were seen. on the track of our engine r between have spoken, would have said, “Didn't 1 do it.” There is no such thing ps being neighborly in the country out in Kansas aud Colorado, at least not alone nur line of travel. Farms are so large, ..d the house consequently so far apart, mach un- cultivated. Gossip and the ROS&ipper must of necessity die oat there. nat Une of onght to send out a colony of its troublers into this great west, and plant one in eich distant homes. He thoaght wld be a succesafal cure. Cerlain is that there can be little or nothing retailing of small talk that we hear much of insome of our e: tern commau- nities. People are too far removed from each other to reader it possible to get to- gether often. Colorado gets very e rain duriog the vear. Near Denver City clever farms that ave been made so by irrigation. Wat r is channelled from tne Platte these farm, of ties h 0 o t5 the highest part of the and corn, it is allowed to run between the If the field be in wheat or oats. or other such crops, trenches of twelve to , made with the plow or shovel, are run from the highest one bundred feet apart. Ifthe slope of the field be not too great, thess trenches if tha slope be such as to cause the water to run too fast, the trenches are made di- agonally, so as to obtain a proper grade, or are made in rounding course, accord- ing to the contour of the ground. This water ia soon absorbed by the loose cul- tivated soil, until every trenches is moistened. If there receiving suffi cient water, the man who has charge of the irrigation, makes a small trench that part with his shovel, Two of three to five inches, are usually soficient for wheat, but never more than (liree ir. rigations are applied to it. This is the only method by which Colorado ean ev er be made a farmer's paradise, By this means Egypt became a very garden spot Inthe days of Confucius, the (Chinese 1 lands, and that the Aztecs of Mexico were familiar with the practice is one for a number of years. From all parts of the country come similar reports, and all chronicle Sunday, 17, as the hottest day for ten years. that at the part of Potter, there were nine distiller- ies in the district and three churches, Now there is no distillery and seventeen churches io the same territory. This is a good showing and speaks volumes for the Christian characier of the commun- ity embraced in the territory aforesaid. ~A party from Shamokin has pur chased a tract of timberland, in the 7 Mts., from John Decker, and will operate it to get out prop timber. The timber will be hauled to the station here and shipped by rail. We understand the will have 36 mules for wagoning, which looks like operations were tobeona large scale. Charles Bollinger has con- tracted for shoeing the mules, ~The boro school board has engaged Miss Hannah again for the primary school, she having tanght the same satis- factorily last term. Mr. 8 K. Emerick has been en 1 for the 20d grade, he is an old and experienced teacher, and will no doubt prove a good selection. The board is endeavoring to secure the return of Prof, Mauger for the Grammar school, in which we trust they will suc- ceed, as he has rendered the utmost satisfaction heretofore, The board de- serves credit for the Lively interest it shows in bebalf of good schools, / . | the West” and the name is well applied. The streets are long and level, and on either side are rows of trees, watered by streams of running water,and throwing a generous shade npon mansion and oot- There is not a paved street in the city, nor one in which the natural road- bed has been in any way disturbed, and yet there is no other city so constituted that every thoroughfare is as smooth and solid as sshphalt. There is a rush In the city, and they take pride in the rush. Its population is 80 0, and being metro- politan, vigorous and pushing, there is a great future awaiting it Wyoming, of Utah, of Idaho, of Montana and of New Mexico must go to Denver for treatment, It he twoof the large smelting planta in the world, * 2» cli mate of Colorado is rless. And Don. ver, though on the plains, is almost with- in the shadow of the mighty his which protect it alike from the extreme of win. ter and summer. One hundred miles away we could see the snow crowned ks of the Rockies. Our first object of inter« ¢ t to visit was Clear Creek canon, the tourist's favorite gorge. The Colorado Central winds throagh this on a bed of blasted rock. We entered this gorge at Golden, about an hour's ride from Den- ver. As we entered it, I ht of rush- ing into the stony mouth of a horrid monster, It is a huge, gaping rent, with towering sides, ending in grotesque sculpture hundreds of feet above, A thundering saucy stream beats its foamy way down this gorge, ever and anon throwing its froth to the very car wheels, Idaho Bprings is soon reached. This is a favorite resort, The springs here are the great attraction, resting the wearied, bealing the sick, Hot and eaming they bubble and hiss from the ground, or natural cavern—hot as a Turkish bath Further on we reach Georgetown, lying in the very hr * a pupulation of 4,000—and looks like an animated gem in the setting of the Rockies, with its long, roomy, stoneless It has the ideal height of 8,000 feet above sea level. Fora number of years the rail- road stopped at this point, but an opea- ing was discovered beyond, and through way. Bo on we crawled. limit, Soon Georgetown, we reached This is where the road cross- necessary from the the Loop. es itself, rendered tain number of feet in a mile, and with all this circling about is rising almost to the limit, Tae bridge where this loop Is made is 300 feet long, S56 feet a sharp curvature. This feat of a railroad crossing itself is rare, the Andes of South America, and the Alps of Switzer- land. This one in the Rockies, as a specimen of skill and finish, I am told, exceeds them all. It is eight miles from (Georgetown to the end of the track at These eight miles, and nar- row guage at that, cost $405,000, At Gray Mont we were between nine and ten 5 Ie of of save Gray tood rarefied air—others got hemorrhage the nose. 1 felt no inconvenience that of a tightness in breathing. Mont ig covered with snow. As | there I took off my hat in the presence of the genius of that sublime solitude. In every direction spurs of the Rocky mountains bewilder the eye till remote ness swallows them up. Every step of the way in these regions is replete with irterest. There ing the checker~board primness the artist's hand, You find no policeman in brass and blue to say “Hands off” You are a child of the wild-wood now, and you exercise your un prerogative of liberty. We all longed to gel a atl the snow, but 5 { Of dive and it, with no means of crc sing The altitude here gives warmth with- out oppressive heat. The dryness, being FROM REBERSBURG, Der Ep I have not seen any items at Rebersburg this year, but we had a little jubilee of our own. When I talk of ith of July, my mind invariably carries me back some twenty years when would turn out to celebrate the nations’ { great holiday in a patriotic manner. In those times all the church were ringing when the last stroke of the clock announced the arrival of the 4th, This { custom was observed by all the churches in this section, except for two years when | 8 man by the name of Lewis Long, had charge of the United Brethern church. He moved here from Pennsvalley; was a | Republican and didn’t like to hear the 4th celebrated, so he locked the building and refused to allow the bell to be rung by any one on this oce ion. The young men of the town then went to work and got another key and rang the old bell in true patriotic style, This was too much for Long who immediately had the in traders numbering 26 sued at Millheim result was that Long lost the suit and had to pay forty dollars costs. When this church was built an article was in- serted in the constitution to the effect that the bell was to be rung every 4th of July, The same year the Evangelical bell was not heard but our old Demo- cratic friend, George Gramlsy immediate- ly came to town and soon its clear tones {| sounded through the ! This was done twenty years we four bells in o A single one announce the glorious fourth \g our patriotism? In the yroing the and marched through town and render- :d several patriot An abundance fire crackers day, rockets in the evening f program for the i off bells @ valle) a0. Now have ir town but 1 failed to hear birth of the this year, Are we loosin m } ¢ aire of ing the ad the i LA 14} 1 3 {| 4th at Kebersburg which pass fohn Gramiey who accom hildren moved me twenty Hey CA remember if the grain er not be equaled away from the mountains, a8 a health restorative, any point the searching individual yet discovered. Asthmati and sumptives have found pure air of Colorado, the medicine, and hundreds of i positively declared, have been made per- fectly well. Recurring again to the ( rado Central, that runs up this canon, let me say that there is a rise of 700 feet 1} miles abovs Georgetown. The ile shoe curve is a fill put on the road at cost of $75,000, and the curve is an gree curve, the sharpest in the w= The mountains above Georgetown thoroughly poactured by the seekers af ter gold and sil ] lonkey, is mountains the ete, for the interesting sight to look at a train of 25 or 3 of the little animals wendiog their circuitous way up the mountain si { feet above you fali upon you at every st g this road up the gorge to bay a box of ore from 1 v 111 one from an interesting little pleader for <>» cen'. It contained sam gold, copper, lead and iron 1s known as the Centennial mine, sold a few weeks before our visit Creorgetown for the handsome som $200,000 4 additional idea of grade of this road may be gotten when tell you that the distance from Golden, where we first entered the gorge, to the foot of Gray Mont is about 43 miles, an that in that distance the fireman shove into the fiery maw of the engine, 5 ton of coal. Coming down to Denver, the whole distance of 68 miles, there are on ly 500 pounds of coal consumed. w, zn. - > at has CH the Hight, very them, i “ ny Ver. used ROECORSArYy TIN » I 2 miners, itisan seat tle; children ie, rela Soores of lit Pplog piace a.0n ald ask i i hem. I be ding i ples of silver, What Was ore, 1 n i ~The hot spell broke on with a clouded day. —=Sulky plow, advertised in Ruron TER, can be bought at a bargain by apply- ng at this office, if, —— Carpets of everygrade, style and price, an entire new stock, largest and hnadsomest in the county, at 8, & A. Losbs. —— Joe cream every day ‘ad evening at Bhirk's ice cream parlor, ~A large assortment of fly nets suit- able for all classes of work st Barthol- | omew's store, —()il-clothe, every pattern and width new and beautiful stock, at 8, & A. Loebr, and very low in price, ~——Read what 8. U. Thompson has to | say of big bargains in another column. ~{30 to Loebs, if you want t> see the finest lot of dry goods in Central Penn'a. All the latest and most hand- | some styles—assortment complete, and can suit any taste. A special bargain of. fered in handsome dress goods at Loebs. ——All kinds of house faornishing goods, best assortment ever brought to Tuesday - | A. Loebs. fly nets before purchasing first class goods, at exceptions! by low prices, ~Thanks to the few brief notices which the RerorTeR graciously gave for | the 4th of gulee celebration andjthe extra . ba Gramley’s scho I alarge attendance h place are anxion have Cephas this winter and pre for bim and desperatels ATE Canad says were stolen from his field near tow: A number rd nag roasiingear seas 5 keh jay evening NA were sent FOO iH er, Fr Democrat , got the Rs reir for the campaign, it is not 8 ticket, at Selinsgrove rowing some at a fellow citizen of o mes to us from two ofthe , that the B. O. agent warned son against the oats and took in others that the rascality w int nal, makes a clear case against the agent s how. Wednesday 13. was day all over the country. We bad orders for trains for the glorious F { than we could 61] and that's why fellows didn't get any. How oi | same simpletons get on a wild chase, ire fe x big bricks it now victims them- support the enemy NOme i ir town BVH 18 As ent the h QUIT FROWING Bl MCK AT CENTRE HALI woe Times. J The broad-eared journalist, of Centre | Hall, formerly of this place, made his appearance on our streets, last week and when asked for a settlement of his ruins, remarked, “I will have you dismissed | from the mail service, on my arrival at Centre Hall!" IfT. Benton controls the Postmaster General now, what w '' he display at the beginning of Cleve- land's next term. Centre county had better an eye on him, as he isa con- trolling er. When a candidate for | Chief Burgess, in this place, he received seven votes, and for Chairman of Demo- | scratch, | & terror! Th { THE ACCIDENT AT Hoop ’er up, T. Benton, you are -——- | it was owing that & crowd was here at all. “We whipped the bear,” soo it? ~Rov,J. M, Reimensnyder, of the Lewistown Lutheran church, has receiv- ed a call to Milton. At the election the vote was almost unanimous in his favor, Shire being only three ballots against im. Chambersburg Public Opmion: B. F. Patterson, of Letterkenny township, has been very successful in keeping winter and even up to the present time. The plan is by no means a difficult one. They are simply kept in a warm room during the winter months, and in a cool room or place during the warm weather. we(Gov, Cartin thinks Centre Hall has the best system of water works of any town of its size in the country, that he know of, and, Shak it is one thing town can be truly proud, fo water fresh and pure and never failing . Kram | by a tree fallin upon him near Pive | Grove Mills, this county, on Friday last. | A number of men were cutting timber | for Huyette & Co., when one tree was lodged and another was cut to throw it to | the ground, It was too light to perform | the desired object, and sliding along the { tree fell to the ground, striking Mr. | Thomas and killing him instantly. ¢ | DEATH OF JUDGE DOPP. The venerable Judge Dopp, an ex-asso | ciate indge of Centre county, died So 0 | Monday morning 11, at 10 o'clock, { known, He lived in Curtin | and had a large farm, He was interred at Cartin’s works yesterday afternoon, His wife died some years ago. “ i Mp «eats, caps, boots and shoes, at §, & A. Loebs, now stock and very low. . LOCAL PEMCILINGS, -W heat in Philadelphia, 81 cents, en M 1, Runk of Spring Mills still con. tinues quite low, UU. B, Quarterly meeting ; at heim, next Sunday, Miil- — Mr, 1. GG. Girenoble, of Bpring Mills was in town this week. Meyer's hotel is threatened with a | shower of summer boarders, ~-Joseph Mauch, a native heim, died at Freeport, 111. of Mill- —- Brush valley Crop; 80 wil The il w i Vi will have a short ap- | Union county, Reformed M, 8, hold a festival, Bat. 50, ' pie of Aarons. burg, of Rev. Bouse and son Harry. Milesbuarg, were in town yesterday, —There was a heavy thunder show. welcomed by all, Or ga chance to make a vestiaent read ad. TER. in. Hes good of Cyrus Luse, in POR The Inth, Ladies’ Mis ety, af Kebersburg, will hold sat, 50, onary Boci- a festival, (tov. Beaver and wife ng through Erie and ern counties, A fire ten thousand ard travei- northwest- are other on Wednesday barrels of oil company, Miss Aallie Hoffer, of is spending a few destroy ed for the Stands Bel days in the town, vis. lefonte, r her cousin, Mies Aggie Murray. Insurance agents are # lice on & bull do t fury - Messrs accompanied a ted ing tne and party the cave . Chas isburg, and CIA™S ( f Buck: Ll "hey were pleas T i OW ents and 11 PARKES most While lawn J nnters respect here the ig ina game of tennis and gave oar boys n the popular game ROIe —The mention made in the Re- | PORTER, recently, of ies in the wel. ley, ne of our oldes t Presby- ferian cit mention the fact that a good many years back, Centre Hill had the only church of that denomination in this valley, and the congregation ex. tended as far down as Aaronsburg, Mem. bers from that locality, the Fosters, Dun- cans, and others, would go to Centre Hill, two ser. mons were had on the same day, and then only about one Sabbath every month. This was appointed in order to the members every possible benefit the distance traveled, and they brought their lunch with them, which was eaten between the morning and afternoon service, If our Presbyterian bretheren would hold an anniversary, something like that of the Methodists, two weeks ago, many points of interests could be gathered, con- nected with the history of has caused « zens to y i give we) wners of timberland in our coun- | ty, and throughout this state, will be in- | terested to know that at last the law | steps in and commands what good citis | all many years ago. It calls a peremptory hait in the wanton destruction of growing tim- ber, and it offers a proper incentive to all t> begin the good work of restoring our forests, Hereafter all who plant forest irotect cut forest lands to enable them to a new forest, will be | paid for their labors by the abatement ! of ninety per cent. of all the taxes assess. | an abatement of eight per cent. for the next ton years and an abatement of fifty per cent, for the third ten years. The only limitation is that the abatement shall not exceed forty-five cents per acre | the full percentage named in the law. ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, White and red wheat, rye, shelled com onts and barley wan at the Centre Hall Rol er Mill-—for which the highest market prices will be paid, Grain >" on i EE Sms FOR ONE DOLLAR. Parties desiring bills printed for nics, festivals etc, can get them done at this office in fine style and at ex low prices. We print quarter sheet bi same size 24 a page of the Reron one dollar, and other sizes accor pee quarter sheet bill printed this week for the Potters’ Mills Drum Corps. Send manuscript containing dates and import. ant items, and we will attend to d We are prepared to execute all kinds job work in first class style and at notice, {710 iri ceding anlay of shiort DREUM CORPS FESTIVAL On Friday and Saturday of this w the dram corps recently organized at J tere’ Mills, will hold a each day and evening. will be held on same gronnda on day to which all are invited to pate, in all forms will be served, and an program of amusements and sports be carried out. Music will be fur: by a brags band, orchestra corps, A desirable grove on Pine has been arranged for the occasion, a royal good time will be in store { For particulars see posters, fentiva A basket Wwireshments gh ry i ntere and - > LOST A golden seal was | chain, by Gov. Curtin, and 8B, the finder, by orTER office, or returning 7. Cartin, will | puitan ost from bet Eaving ween ¥ { TON Lost in Centre week, a will be ladies rewarded JAMES GORDON The srdon, of Bellefonte gad news comes 1 wa express at Wilmerdine ( iay near Johnstown, and 1n 'be young man went MARRIED. y Rev ver, § On thi in Da . Shoemaker, Mr. W Azzie Shoemaker, ergyman, - DIED. mn tha “4 : aged -y. 4 On ti Margaret St and /i days PARGA INS —— JARGAINS ~IN Sil .- - ow Owing to the fact that we have a large stock on hand, and rather than carry it over, we have decided to make up suits for the pext thirty days at about cost, These prices will be for CASH ONLY. To those in need of clothing this is an opportunity not to be missed, We mean just what we advertise. Dont miss this chance you money we can save Also hats, shirts, etc, at greatly reduc Next door to post-office, S. U. THOMPSON. BELLEFONTE, PA. CENTRE HALL MARKETS, PRODUCE AT THE ETORES, Butter... 10 Eggs... Ham........ we 12 Bides.... Shoulders . 3 Potatoes. GRAIN. REPORTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & SON, Prices subject to finctostions of market, Wheat, red ......nd 80 OBB ncnciiinncin ss Wheat, white . . RPO..conmusssose Corn, shelled.......... 0 Barley Ne. 1... Barley No. 2, mixed with oats, bought at oats weight and price. Whea t mixed with Rye bought at rye weigh and price, FLOUR AND FEED, 2 « 145 Bran ton 8 1 85 Bran detail cet, r 1% wn « 22 00 Middlings per ton. 18 50 Mi por owt 1 2 TO 35 be —— na. —— 1O0AL MARKET, AEE ad ER ee AA wavs a 5. od 550 5.50 AS 8.40 40 75 FEE PIR SA Ee SE FER CER REA TERI EE ear Ett tt ttt tte FEE ER YE SR The above prices are for cash or grain only. KURTZ & SON