THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED. KURTZ, Epnrror and Pror’r CenTRE Hani, Pa., August 3, 1887, TERMS \ vance werms Advertisements 2 Hons, and One year, $1.50, Arrears when sul in previous paid to those in yjoeot li for 3 inser quent insertion. conts per for each subse nts —G|0|O|D A|D|V|I|C|E| + + smn J mmo. 0.2 ~() ——1 KEEP COOL and buy at Bartholomews’ Store, Cheapest Store in Cen- tre County. L.LOCAL ITEMS. struck the is . A building boom has station. A little village springing up out there. — Rev. E. J. Wolf. D. D.. of Gettys- burg, gave our sanctum a call. Samuel Wise, farmer, of Gregg. ——Sherriff Spangler retnrned with fine drove of cattle on Saturday, brough in from the western part of the state, forget in a t ——Marchanta shonld not this is the time to slant an “ad” newspaper to bring in the fall trade. -The new Danberman’s, v's. Lee's and Kurtz's, all in the di- rection of the station, are fast approach- tion. honses, ing comple is showing huge proportions, like it was a little colony. and lo cupied — Many of our farmers, | bave to buy wheat who heretofore had bushels for sale. nbt, w the station this bread hundreds for and goed. 0 no d ill not be a calamity, Xl is like begin the new Presbyterian church, to be ected in this place. The grond ete., not | ng been completed, by the architect, has delayed operations, ~Mr. J.P. Shope, of Milesbarg, made us a short yisit on Mondav, and found him a live Democrate. Mr. Shope is candidate for Commissioner and a sf f todd :rvabile li y } y wd capabie of Hii } I Hallers lv |O0OND to rk man, 1 f stl n sition. f ele ber of Lentre 1st now, after eels other and to splash around in water generally. The crowd eonsists 8S. Harper, D.J. Mever, Jerry Miller, And. Reesman, Orris M'Cormic, And. Gregg and F. Kurtz, to be joined by others Coburn. — A pum at Paddy Mt. are and the 3 fish r at A new family has been added to Centre Hall, with the arrival of Mr. Fen- stermaker, wife and three daoghters, from Pittston, Pa., and formerly of Illi- nois, Mr. Fenstermaker will take charge of the roller mill in this place, as miller, in which capacity he bas had experience, — When we say that the road in our own was never in such a terrible condi- tion as at present we believe we are tell. ing the truth, The hill in town, from the Evangelical church to the mountain, is nothing else than a “stone batter” No grading or draining or repairing has been done for a long time. —There came near being a serious railroad accident near Lemont, on Mon- day afternoon, as the 2 p. m. train came along. A team wasona crossing, and in the Spring wagon were two gentle. men and woman and child. The whistle was blown and the horse began to plunge, and cleared the track; a Mr. Blair jomp- ed from the wagon, and alighting on his head was picked up unconscious, goon restored. The horses broke from ed. —We see by the Mifllinburg Tele- graph that the time for the Union ecoun- ty fair bas been fixed, it says the dent and members of the tural! Society met at the Baker Lewisburg, on Saturday last. protracted consultation indicated that antee a successful exhibition this year, Timelfixed for fair is Sept, 21st, 22d, 23d and 24th. Meanwhile, let farmers and others prepare for the big event. George Rupp and some boys, of Aaronsburg, had a queer experi- ence while in the mountains for huackle- berries, a few days ago. team at Mr. Haines’, near and from there, footed it into the moun- tains some 24 miles. In the afternoon a shower came on and the woods became darkened, and the party, as they thought, went towards the valley where they left their team in the morning, instead, how- came out at Cherry Ran, boarded the cars and Coburn, thence to Aaronsburg, and next day sent for the team, —fuggestions are made to continue the patrons’ pienic four days, instead of two. The Reronrer advised this two and three years ago, as worthy a trial, at least, since our county fair has become defunct. We want some annual gathers ing for all in general, 80 everyone can see everybody else, cither by a revival of the county fair or a kindred gathering. Our farmers, with scant crops and low prices may not feel in as cheerful a mood as formerly when the labor of the husband- man was rewarded by great cro and paying prices. But let us hope for bet- ter things ahead, and throw off a8 much as possible the discouragement of the present, by imagining a bright fatare ahead at least. oe are glad then that the suggestion of the Rerorrter meets redponses in other quarters—we always £0 in for the good, comfort and pleasure of the masses, Here they | | IMPRESSIONS OF THE WEST. Pueblo has also three { largest in the world, producing bar lead, bullion gold and silver bricks. Four; lines of railroads run into the city, and three new lines are building. | are warm, summers are cool, It | daily newspapers, 7 weeklies, 0 banks, | flouring mills, planing mills, good schools and churches, ete. The Rio { and Arkansas river crossed on this of our route, are very pretty | streams, as is also the Kansas river, } 0 At many of them are employed in the interests of the city, At this were furnished with another good sleep- er, our agent, Mr. Stover, getting us. a sight of the snow-crowned peaks New Mexico. The distance to Kansas City from Pueblo is 610 miles, part of this was covered in the night, Early in the morning I was up to “see the country”. The southern portion of Kansas is evi- dently a garden spot, Corn was of a bla- incloging it. A remarkable thing that the farmers were still enltivating at that height, ern Kansas, and wondered why not cultivated. at 5.35 p. m. on Wednesday, June 15, get an 1dea of the stirin this city, it learned that the banking institutions Kansas City reported at the end of 1586 a surplus of 81,000,000, and the aggregate of deposits at the end of the year were $12,864,900, The total capital of 14 banks in 15386 was $3,005,000, an increase on the previons year of $335,000. The clearings of 1885 exceeded those for 1884 by near- ly forty-five and a-balf millioas. Thein- crease for 1886 was fully as marked. In education the west is everywhere awake and often in advance of the east. In 18585 the total amount expended by Kansas | City for school purposes, —bonds, inter- est, buildings, ete.,, was $305,121, The Board of Trade recently erected a build- | ing at a cost of $500,000, 36 papers and periodicals are published, including six dailies. It has a population of over 140 - When it is remembered that the 1ecessarily tributary to in ita infancy, it becomes forecaste the station | vet attain. At Topeko Doroblaser, pastor of urch in that city. He | looked bale and hearty and insisted on our laying off a day, but we could not. | We left Kansas City on the Hannibal & | St through central and northern Missouri en route for Chica- | RO. Missouri as the Lutheran ch 1} . eran Joe. railroad, r as seen was notjveryjan- like our own insylvania—being very broken in character, The soil is evidently productive along this route, as | the crops were in fine condition. Just Missouri river on this ri ies the bes i ity of Quincy. Here many of r lunched as there was | time enough given for that parpose, The wheat about Qui looked at its best, much of it be wn shock already. Tak- ing the state along this per route, as we now irned over it by i day, I must say that this part of it at 3 better than reports have made it. | across the ite antifal « our p ney ne ing 4 1 TE ] " of Illinois all 1D ret east, 18 | ver vihir deed. At ing car coupled to ou a first-class break fast. cago at 2.15 »p. on PRL W. & CC which we reached at a. m. Friday | morning, June 17. Here we got i | breakfast and soon were on our Tyrone, where we arrived at 12 and where we remained until 7 eveniv-, and left for Belle I'here your humble servent was to remain, but was hospitably with Howard Spangler over night. Early next morniag, before breakfast, H | D. Van Pelt was ready at the door with Topsy and a buggy and we drove over the breezy mountain for breakfast. Thus, after being absent from our good people for almost three weeks, and having travel- ed almost four thousand miles, we reach- ed beautiful Penns Valley—second in af- fection only to the place of our birth, Ijam | asked over and over again, “How do von like the West My reply thus far has been,—“Not as well as Pennsylvania’ When I speak of the west, I have partie lar reference to that portion west of the Mississippi. There is much that attracts, I know, out there, but there is more that detracts, The heterogeneons character of its citizens,—and the consequent disre. gard of the Babbah and all holy associa- tions; the spirit of covetonsness which is | avery contagion, and which so many of our eastern people soon cateh; the very | marked absence of the uplifting and soft. | ening inflnence of our eastern social fah- ric, especially in the rural districts: dreadful atmospheric disturbances, and a score of other disadvantages: all put together, with especial emphasis on the irreligions aspect, renders living in | the west to an earnest, sober, conacien- tious Pennsylvania bred citizen, an ex- Iz L00K¢ Galesbu; we We rea hed ( m., line go } i 3 +} » then I am now speaking simply my own sen- | iments. All hail to the brave and no- ble men and women who have given | deep consecration to the work of chris tianizing this great western country, who | are enduring much for the sake of a | higher and better civilization. This | in the line of the truest missionary work and in accord with the most unselfish patriotism, and sacrifice that will bring to venture the assertion that nothing short of a pressing sense of duty has and women into the west. The bulk | there to better their own condition, which is supreme selfishness; the lover sense of duty, under the pressure of a would take me beyond the Mississippi’ No country, not utterly heathen, needs more the presence of godly men and re- fining christian infloenoes than does our great outlying west. With itafthousands upon thousands of acres of fertile prairie land, its inexhaustible mineral resources, its vast area of unoceupied land, ete., it offers inducements to millions of enter- prisiog, ambitous men, aad renders ponsi- ble the realization of the most extrava- gant dreams of the wildest enthusiast, There is, as it now is, great danger to the oung, conscientious, devoted christian, n the west. The whir and rush is to- ward mammon and away from God, If there is not a Seup-rooted christian prin. ciple, strengthed by scrupulous attention to the soul's higher needs that will hold # man on the virtuous course, it will not require the vision of a prophet to forsee | { his end. up by the irresistible tide and borne toward the rocks, where his helpless bark will be hopelessly wrecked. | tically it does not, for the mass of men Home Missions becomes very apparent when you consider all the facts referred to in these letters, especially as they late to the moral condition of ;the west- ern people. Only let the church of God got a footing amongst these yet uns churched people, and then you will soon see another state of things. Christ the Liberator of men. “Blessings abound where er he reigns; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains, { The weary find eternal rest, Aud all the sons of want are blest.” As I now sit and let my thoughts fly | over the wide stretch of land lying be- tween our beautiful little town and the Rockies to instinctively try to pass beyond the | Golden Gate, my heart hymn: Our father’s God to Thee, Author of liberty. To Thee we sing : Long may our land be bright, With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King, W.B F > BENEFITS OF ENTERPRISE, The erection of a roller mill here has | been productive of good to every farmer, namely, it has for two years been means of making the home market for wheat from 5 to 8 cents higher formerly as compared with the eastern market, by creating 8 home demand for wheat. At ti wheat for more money they could have had in New York. At present this is troe— at home wheat at in Philadelphia or other eastern mar- kets. It is improvements like the one good. Wheat is now quoted in the east- Without a home demand created by a roller mill, wheat could not be sold for much above 60 cents and whereas it readily brings from 78 to 83 right at home; better than eastern mar kets for the first time, and pretty all along since a roller mill has been operation in the valley. We whether this fact bas struck our farmers in this light, nevertheless any one will perceive at a moment's re- flection, and we think every well ing tiller of the soil will tothe enterprize for the realiz ed, which reach every farmer in the en- tire valley from this one venture alone There are 200.000 bushels of wheat raised in this valley, when the crop is fall, and with an extra b cents per bush- el on account of the demand by the roller mill, would make a bonus of 810, 00) to our farmers on their wheat of one year's crop. give due benefits OUR CK We can now give a fai th -_— - OPS somming ap The wheat one tenth of the crops in was not half a crop, and crop of that was damaged by rains, Hay crop was large and all barns in good condition, yt Outs crop is large but some of it dam. aged by being in shock in the flelds dar- ing the rains; moch, however was stand- ing daring the wet spell, Rye and barley are fair, but nota great deal of either put out; some of the barley was caught in the rains, after be- ing cut, and was slightly damaged. Corn looks fair, but will not be as A Crop as we med to principally owing to late planting, cool spring. Potatoes will be a large crop. Apples will not be plenty. full are aocnsts have, - HEAVY RAIN. On Monday afternoon there unusually heavy rain in the eastern end of Miles township, fields were fearfully washed, and much oats damaged, and Elk creek was bank full in a short time. On Tuesday night there was a very heavy rain in the vicinity of Millheim. Lightning struck three or four times in trees near buildings at Coburn, and shat- tered them, A —— ——— Synod meets Sept. 25 ee ANY in ne wishing to purchase a B. M. Greninger, in RerorTin, ng at this office, tf. new and beautiful stock, at Loebs, and very low in price, Rov, Oliver A. Kerr, of Borden- town, N. J., will preach at Centre Hill next Sabbath morning. = (Carpets of everygrade, style | price, an entire new stock, largest and hnadsomest in the county, at 8B, & A. Loebs. 8. & A for Altoona, where he secured work in a | carriage factory. Centre Hall is well represented at Altoona abont fifteen or twenty of our mechanics | place. ~All kinda of house goods, best assortment ever brought to | Centre county, and at a bargain, at 8, & A. Loebs, we Mr, J. Will Conly and his coz Miss Blanche Holmes of Milesburg, are spend- | ing a few days in this vicinity circulating sng friends and taking a little reorea« on. ~l30 to Loebs, if you want to see the finest lot of dry goods in Central | Penn’a. All the latest and most hand- some styles—assortment complete, and foan suit any taste A special bargain of- ered in handsoem. dress goods at Loebs. dtd —— AN END TO BONE SCRAPING, Edward Bhepherd, of Harrisburg, Ills says: Having received so much efit from Eleotric Bitters, I feel | my duty to let suffering humanity know it, Have A running sore on my leg for eight years; my doctors told me I would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen’s Arnica Halve, and my leg is now sound and well Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Backlen’s Arnica Salve at 260, per box by all Druggists, A LEWISBURG HERMIT DEAD. OLDEST UNMARRIED MAN PLACE AND A QUEER GENIT Of THE | Williamsport Breaktast Table, July 21 Just across the river, near the the bridge, for many years lived John Kinkaid. Some time ago his mother died leaving him anlorpbhan boy alone in | this cold, cruel world, Although Mr, | Kinkaid was over seventy years of age | he never felt inclined to desert the state | He was, beyond a | doubt, the oldest unmarried man in this | He owned FORTY FAT ACRES end of! for miles | After Mrs, Kin- | the | He { effects, | B. Packer, of Bunbury, her ap by mothes. John lived and loved by him- | self in the world. He did his own cook- ing, washing and farming, His place is estimated to be worth about $8,000 and | the bank, would have | dreamed that he was worth eight cents. | all the | country “vendues’ and buying up all | the ODDB AND ENDS in creation. His barn and outbuildings | are filled to overflowing with the great | ever saw 4a A few days ago Kinkaid fell Some of | junk-shop nis | hi ondition | at Lis wanted to render him assistance one | night, He drove them away. Next day the man of | physic told John he was dangerously ill, | and must be taken care of, Kinkaid re- | plied: “What an old granny you are, doctor. I don't need anybody to ‘tend | to me.” He died yesterday and will be buried to-morrow. He wasa queer ge- nus, P. OF H. PIC-NIC, The rext annual pic-nic of the patrons Mountain, near Centre Hall, Sep. 14 15. No more central can be found in the county grand View always attracting hundreds The Committee has made to accommodate visitors lodging and shelter nightand day, which will be at the command of all applicants. The different granges of the county, usaal, will lend all their aid to picnic & success, Opportunity will articles on exhibit and many will , suitable place the or alone an he 100, 8a embrace th ] iasire lo exhibit afforded exhibitor. BAries NAL. Stereoptican views of the battle ground will be given free of f ml 4} ki to please and (iettyeb ry narge, re will be other features to please the gto bring t find an abundan: as} CAr ner # of refresh. own y : : DasKels will ments and eatab ies n ti ground wlantia @ sraer Perle tL « Wii bu RCT req oe. Applications for exhibiting stock or machinery, camping privileges and such be made to Leonard chairman of Commitiee, and for boarding and refres! ike to be Hhone, a ations nent stands to Brigbin. i nit Vy .——— A LONG Under the above title the Dem i relates the fol Raturday night Elmer Weaver and drove from Rebersburg to Jacksonville, to a festival. Th consisted of two NA Lock Haven wing “itn Centre eir team a which was tied near where in progress. About frightened and horses attached to team broke a hall morning runnin al and a ir and lay team inver, About two o'clock on Bu the police here found a around the city withoot a once canght them and took them Smith's livery stable, not knowing whom they belonged. There they we taken care of until Mr, Weaver found them on Sunday forenoon, The horses were not injured, but the wagon tongue | or x t to 3 t re BIG PIC-NIC. Members of all the Bunday Schools and Churches of Mifflinburg are completing Lens tre Hall on Thursday of next week, Ang. Will go and return by train. Fare, round trip, 75 cts. for adults; children half price —provided, the sale of 400 tick- | ets is guaranteed. Leave on regular train at 6.33 A. M,, and return on special train, (ilad to see our Mifflipburg friends, with the selection they have made for the pie-nie, and know it will be an en- | joyable aflair, --——— SPECIAL TRAIN FOR PENNSVAL-.| LEY DEMOCRACY. An effort is being made by Chairman run on next Taesday evening from Bellefonte to Coburn, in order to accommodate per- sons on this side who wish to attend the Democratic convention, Exeursion rates Particulars will be given later in the week. | a CHARLEY WOLF GOING Hon. Chas, 8. Wolf and wife have been making an extensive trip through te western States, Tey retarned on Monday of this week, By the way, we have heard it stated that Mr. Wolf has some thought of locating in one of the western States or Territories, probably Dakota, if he can find a place snited to his taste. In the growing west, Mr. Wolf would soon build up a jucrative practice and take a prominent position. n— WEST | we AL 11 30 o'clock Wed. marvin r R. G. H. Hayes, a popular young physi. cian of this place, was united in mar riage to Miss Sallie M, Hoffer, the cere. mony being performed by Rev, W. H. H. Sant er, pastor of the Reformed church, at the residence of the b mother, The groom is a worthy, prominent gen. tleman, with a promisiog before bim. The bride is waotifal and accom- plished, acknowledged 10 be one of the of Bellefonte, The happy doaple p.m, train journey LOCAL SQUIBS. Ice cream every day od evening al Bhirk’s ice eream parlor, ~The passenger travel on our rail — Hats, caps, boots and shoes, at 8B. & A. Loebs, new stock and very low. —The organgrinder and gypsies paid our town a visit this week. — Quite a fair peach crop seems be in prospect in this county this year. Dress goods, seersuckers, flannel, muslin and dress lining—Garmans, ajt Or a chance to make a in- Re good PORTER. ee Mr, I8ane Bmith and son Cl Williamsport, are spending a this section. Shirk left Miss Carrie this friend, Our former neighbor, Mr. Emith, it, and gave our sanctum a call, ~The First National Bank of Renovo authorized to begin business with a capital stock of $50,000, ~Mra, 1 1¢ 10 Javid Stuart at Boalsburg on Thursday Her age was 75 years. Hon Ou In Texas on were killed flash came from 1st, by a cloudless sky. George Krumbine lef logton City, on Monday morning he will work at his trade as a carpente at irday morning, longing to Harry piace, Lo 1 die — Jn last 5 1abie mare be of thig fthis afternoon. JE COC, ar ~The peo; 1 hold a Harve (1r OWE! rot Pic Nic in | Ye, one mil west ¢ 11 ‘ sumin from TO of the survivors LWas eld in i Whe Mise Margaret Miss Margaret " ius of Jolet BOs are visiting at the hom f } Wolf this p vivac young Misses and ing Centre tial bo : he escape of the vear old i Hye that fell marvelous. Eleven ATH prostrate little figure t. It was the child of » resides at Snow Shoe. aurt at all, and it Nn “} > A Lt Dhow DOE wneath 3 i ——A house owned hy Yearick, near Bellefonte John Yearick and family destroved by fi hn Yearick's furniture was all burned, and there was no insurance. We do not know whether the building was insured or not. Adam itirely ng. Mr as his Was un Friday eveni 8 WAS re HEAVY Mifflinburg friends announcing the hold. f a a ’ ing of a picnic here, and hoping to see a good the Rxronrer force, for whom different parties you are coming- the warmest kind Thanks—very Centre Hall offers { welcome, Of glad ~A Nittany Valley farmer states extent, and many hogs are dying The warm, wet aggrevates the disease, and far have been powerless to with farmers check 80 the cholers to prevail at this season of the year. STRIKES AT BELLEFONTE. MCAILMONT & CO. A FACTION ON A I From the Daily New lowing: On liast Friday a number of employes of MeCalmont & C went We have not learned Mr. Wi profe i ter WORKME? AT rv HEN + AE we take the nanager look upon it asa satisfactor trate, He states that on Pennsylvania Railroad Con pan ed him that they would need stone, hence it was his intentior fairness to them. Bome of the employes of ¥ there was a total absence of cool weather following any of the many thunder gusta that we have had, The atmesphere always remained warm after the rains, have a cooler atmosphere, to follow near- number of days. This has been the case for many years; this summer has been an exgeplion to the rule. Quite an interesting game of lawn ennis was played by Messrs, Howard and James Wilson of Spring Mills, against Will Rankle and Isaac fia of this place. Spring Mills boys opened with a dash and took the first set in short order. After that our boys braced and did better playing and won the sec: ond and third sets. The game was an interesting and at times an exciting one ~The law prohibiting the killing a calf before it has attained the proper age, is very stri t, It provides that “any person who kills or causes to be killed, with intent to sell the meat there. of for family use, a call less than four weeks old, or knowingly sells or hae in his possession such meat, with the in- tent to sell the same for such use to foreign maith, hall be imprisnad not more than mouths or more than $300,” ion between him and the Kni bor. Mr. Mann consider works belong to him, he » in his own The difficulty at the works of niata Mining Com ed and the me Mra. Green ley, died on Friday Decker Owing to the fact that stock on hand, and r: over, we have decided ton for the next thirty days at al These prices will be for ( in need of clot} not to be missed, em just what we advertise, We 1 ust what we a ortis ean j Dont miss this chance: we can save you money. A Iso ed prices, hats, shirls, ¢ Next door to post-office, S. U. THOMPSON. BELLEFONTE, PA. CENTRE HALL MARKETS, PRODUCE AT THE ETORESR 10 Egys 12 Sides Potaloos Butter. Ham... Shoulders, GRAIN. REPORTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & SON, Prices subject-to Suctoations of market, Wheat, red ........§ 80 Osis Thoat, white ec. 0 BPO. y orn, shelled... .... 0 Barley No. 1... a6 Batley No. 2, mized with oats, bought st a» wpa . 2% als eat mixed with Rye bought at rye weigh snd price. Sen FLOUR AND FEED, ancy Pat. Flour, 1 4 Bran per ton Best Roller Flour. 8 1 85 Hean, retall, owt, ABest Rol'r Flour 13 Chop per ton... Middlings por ton. 18 80 = retall per owt [COAL MARKET, CREE Broken .. Ball Bove... Chestnut ovine Woodland... heed hie mutant brah The above priow are for cash or grain only. KURTZ & BON
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