A tp CENTRE REPORTER. iD, KURTZ, Epiror and Pror’s = | 20, 1887 | JENTRE Haun, Pa. September TERMS; —One year, $1.50, when paid in ad- | vance, Those in arrears subject to previous | terms. Advertisements 2 cents por line for 3 inser tions, and 5 cents tor each subsequent insertion, MURDERER SHOWERS CONFES- | SION NOT BELIEVED AS A WHOLE. Lebanon, Sept. 14.—~The confession | and trial of Murderer Showers, his plea of guilt of murder, the motion of his new | counsel to withdraw the plea and substi- through fear and intimidation, the evidence of witnesses, the testimony of Bhowers, the | applause of the excited people in the packed Conrt House, the denial by Betsy eral speculation as to her guilt or inno The confession was written in jail in the presence of Rev, J. M, Ditzler and | [vm | —G|0|0|D A|D|V]i|C| | r— I Omen (= tr ~-0 1 REEP COOL and buy at Bartholomews’ Store, F. Horick, Esq. Showers expresses him- relieved to-day since | having made his confession. He will be brought into court again next Monday, deter- Information was made last evening be- | Kreider charging Miss Betsy Sargent with being an accessory to the murder, but she has not yet been ar- rested. Her brother Jacob took her home, where she will remain until want. ed. The charge against her is not be- lieved by a majority who are aware of | Showers’ several confessions, Showers murdered two children—both nephews—by choking them to death with a cord, and* then buried them in 2 2 \, More persons than can be accommo- Cheapest Store in tre County. LOCAL ITEMS. Sharp frost on Monday morning last, —— The grain sown this fall is up and looks finely. ——Mr. Chas, Swartz, of Tusseyville, was one of our callers this week, Curtin can’t tell you what time it is, since the Centennial, — Band Friday and week. . H. D. Vanpelt shot three wild ducks on Red and Stone mill dams, Tues- day. w= Li. D. Kurtz, formerly of Aarons- burg, is erecting a new dwelling house at Mifflinburg. Ex Sheriff Rpangler has gone to the western counties for another lot of cattle, ee (FOV, Festival at Tusseyville on Saturday evenings of this Lutheran Synod at Mifflinburg, this week, and Women’s Miss. Society at New Berlin. —— Democrats won't be bulldosed this year—that's what makes the rads feel as though it was blue Monday. ~— Kennedy & Shires got the long pull on their Suyder county persecators, | and now will let them have a volley from their rifle pit. Landlord Brown, of Bellefonte, gince the sale of the Cummings house, has leased the Butts house, and willrona hotel there nextspring. ——F. A. Foreman, of this place, has moved to Miliheim, where be has taken | charge of one its schools. Millheim will find him an excellent teacher. —Jjohn Barefoot, of Fayette town. ship, Juniata county, hanged himself to an apple tree Wednesday. Financial embarrassment is given as the cause, The potato excitement is running high among dealers, who are now paying 65 cents per bushel. Look out, so that there is no break in a potato corner. —(30v. Beaver is having a good time | going around to centennials, celebrations, end soch, and seems to be making him- snubbed yet. —It is rumored that Chas. Bollinger sorry to see him go. studies in the Naval Academy. prospects of successfully completing the course, forsummer boarding. The location is healthy, with plenty of valley and ro- mantic mountain scenery, good, pure water, and other attractions, and prices of living cheap. In 8 conversation with Gov. Curtin the capitalists had their eye on this for the erection of a large summer hotel. He tel's us that a syndicate had thisenterprize in view, and the goveroor is giviog it every encouragement, and he thinks there not a more favorabl opening for sucha hotel than at this place We think Gov. Cartin is correct In addition to this we find that the erection of a permanent pic-nie ground » ’ 3 . in the woods near our town, is also being loeation, conven- 18 e [18 central ience to the railroad, its extent and level sarface free from urder brush, and close proximity the Centre Hall water works, make this woods the choicest spot in the county for such purpose, to i“ - OUR CENTENNIAL Huntingdon and York, last week cele- brated their centennial. both with great pomp and eclat, lasting several days Other counties will follow suit, next year, and in subsequent vears, as the centennial may become ripe or reach 8 100 rung in the ladder of time Centre county was erected Feb, 13,1 80 we will have tn tarry a little spell yet before we can celebrate the 100 anniver- sary of the birth of our county. Our connty was taken from Northombers land, and many records pertaining to this section, deeds and other legal docu- ments, are on file in the courthouse Sanbury which once was our Sounty fa All papers of this nature, prior to 1800, are in the wanits of Northumberland 1 i il 18K) ' . Whenever we get 100 years old we will want old mother Northumberland to come up and join in the dance lellefonte can celebrate its centennial in 1895, - o_o UNITED BRETHREN CONVENTION The Allegheny Conference of the Uni. ted Brethren ehoreh convened in Orbis sonia on September 22 and adjourned on Sanday evening, Bishop E. B. Kephart, D. D., presided. The appointments for the Altoona District, are as follows D. Sheerer, P. E. Altoona~—T. P. Orner, Bellfonte—QGeorge Noden. Bigler—D. Ellis. Calvin—H. Brown. East ~alem~J. Landis. Huontingdon--J. A. Clemm. Juniata-—C., MeColloagh. Liverpool—J. B. Keedy. Millheim~C, Wartman. Philipsburg—C. W. Wasson. Port Matilda—F Tallhelm. South Williamsport—A. Davidson, Stormstown—G. W. Emiohize, Three Springs—FE. N, Somer, Toscarora—J. L. Baker, Tyrone—~H. F. Shope, _— DEATH OF COLONEL KAPP, Amos E. Kapp died at his home on his farm on the outskirts of Northumberland 22ad, after an ill- ness of less than a week, the centennial celebration at Philadel debts, is too thin, or else shows the | rogue. The BEroRTER pays its honest | debts, and don't try to get dishonest | money from the county. - There appears to he some dissatis~ | faction with the change of school books | in Potter district, as appears from a letter | by “Citizen,” If the writer will make | his complaint a little more clear, we will | give him a hearing in these colams, ~The great strike in the anthracite region, threatens to canse a rise in the | price of coal, Wonder whether these | strikes are pot connived at by the opera. | tors, sometimes, in order to have an ex~ | cuse for putting up prices? | A young gentleman living in the | vicinity of Tusseyville who of late has | made Dimself conspicuous as a correspon | dent to some of our county papers should | be more cereful in the foture, as his | scribbling is making him exceedingly unpopular. "eA collector will call upon whose names are upon the Lutheran church subseription books, for money due, in order to make payments doe to contractors, It is important that those who bave amounts unpaid prepare them- selves forthe collector, and lay by the sum doe, Five hundred and thirty-four pen. sioners from Centre county ve names on the pension rolls at Wash ton, who each qnarter draw $18,241, Th would make $72,964 distriboted among the soldiers and their widows yearly, ay- eraging nearly $137 wo each. Ba a to Dr. Atherton for a oany 0 te Co Catal , | . College is tonriating. hy rin Dr. Atherton ity success is mssared, notwithe standing under his first years’ control it met its fiercest opposition and mistenres. sentation. All has been fled and the college is rapidly gaining in students as well as in public fo . cold and thoroughly exhansted, Fever passed over the dark and silent river of death as quietly as a child sleeps, Col. Kapp yearsago was known through Lere ad a large stage proprietor, and at one time owned the Kine from Northum- berland through Penns Valley to Water Street. > SAYS HE'S INNOCENT Several weeksago one of our corre. spondents down the val ey, in his letter published that a fancy poultry dealer had cut the eye teeth of Squire Rote, of Haines. r. Albert Sherman, of Littles- | town, Pa., the party referred to, writes us to contradict this, and say it is falge and that his dealings were fair and square, as he can verify. We give the gentleman the benefit of the above denial, not knowing anything about the facts. -———— - i Wide double width all wool Tri! cots, in all the new shades, at 50¢ per | yard, Wide double width all wool Checks | at Gc. | Wide double width all wool plain | Cloths at 50¢, | Our 81 25 fine Black Cashmere re. | duced to 90e, i LYON & CO. as - : A FINE MONUMENT, | and set in place in our cemetry, a five | monument over the grave of Jacob Ar- | ney. It wascat and finished in scotland | and was shipped direct to this place, It id a redish stone called Seoteh granite | and capable of a high finish. ! The monument is of ponderons pro- ortions and presents an imposihg ap. pearance, LIST OF JURORS. for the next term of court, beginning on the fourth Monday of November. GRABRD JURORS, J. Miles Green, Milesburg, C.D. Runkle, Centre Hall Jacob V. Thomas, Bellefonte Adam Felty, Harris township, Wm, MeClellan Jr, Bellefonte J. F. Montgomery. Howard township, Albert Hoy, Ferguson I. C, Johnson, Ph ipsburg James D. Turner, Huston J. H. Neldeigh, College township. James H, Potter, Bellefonts J. A: Roesman, Centre Hall Newton Brumgart, Miles township Wm. 1. Wilson, Half Moon Adam FPF. Heckman, Grogg Charles Grim, Miles, David Bartges, Gregg. BF, Thompson, Benner John Hamilton, College John Shively, Taylor Hiram T. Lucas, Howard boro E.R Wi ms, won township. John Gillllagd, Snow William Heckman, Potter township. TRAVERBE JURORB--FIRST WEEK S00 Eling Fetter he Frank E Well fohn iz, A Joh Hervey Vor W., H. Dorland, Philipsburg Bilas Reese, Philip Muns liams, if, Groege township nd, Harris ——— Wednesd AY rain Many sick with di ee | ¥ in Reronres, of -Tt business -Barth hundred Ix station Mr. Vance McCormick left for Altoona this week where he expects to work at his trade mi horaes Ww stemper. 1 want a i John recent | snap” has made 1e brisk among o al merchants many our shipping Matoes from isthe -I) estival in Hoster. man's grove at’ ille on next Satar~ day evening — Before you buy a stove you should see the beautifal Parlor Heaters at Hees. man's stove emporium, Centre Hall ee Fighermen are having a harvest of eels in the mountains along Penns creek this fall ome of them have been threatening to send the RuroRTen a mess —(jel your ready made e¢ lothing a the Philadelphia Branch, aud you will no! be imposed upon and save money besides. Lewins alwaysdeals fairly, and sells lowest in the county, ~—There is nothing more certain than this, that an ordinary potato crop, even at 30 cents per bushel, will pay far better than an average wheat crop. Cipher on it, farmers, Subscribe for the Reronren, and ed $1.50 per year in advance. Try it, at east for the campaign, with four names for 50 cents, and an extra copy for the one getting op the club, —QOur popular landlord, D.J, Meyer, has gone ons trip to Mercer county, | Duriog his absence Mrs, Meyer will IS, | tel, having quite a ran on fall suits. His compete with all. Remember Fleming's tailoring establishment if you wanta fine suit of clothes. All the late styles, Cider is selling at $2 per barrel, Apples at 30 to 40, according to quality. Potatoes are being bought up at 55 and by bayers for shipment. One farmer, by name of Wolf, near Aaronsburg, is said to have a crop of 1600 bushels, wwe Lock Haven markets: Potatoes 60 cents; apples 40 cents; peaches $1 to $2 r bu; chickens 50 to 60 cents per pair; utter, 20 to 22 conte; egen, 18 to 20; sweet corn, 10 to 15 cents per doz.; tomatoes, 80 cents per bu; plants, b to 8 cents ,and other produce about as last quoted. ~ Mr. Dave Bible who speat. several this place left this week for Shamokin where he has secured a good position in 6 large merchant establishment nel Gettig, of Tuakeeyville, takes Bible's ition and ia wbleto fill it satisfactor- y. we Vigweérs for 4 private road, from James Duck's house to the road to Penn Hall, were on the ground, f fow days ago, and made a report grantibg the road, Theres was much feeling between the contending parties, This was a review against said road, FORWARD, GRAND ARMY. St. Louis, Bept, 26.--The Future City, as St. Louis was once eatirically called, is now a Fairy City, although the smoke is still bere. Everything is ready for Grand Army week and preparations have been made for the reception of 100,000 soldiers, These are beginning to arrive, und by Tuesaday the veterans will all be here to capture the city, which will surrender gracefully to them, The city parks will be a success CAIN DS 3000tents being geattored m of pictar esquely amoog the bricks and mortar of every day buildiogs, CAD ACCOM ~ modate 30.000 men, and the houses in the vicinity will furnish the mealsat a quarter of a dollar for each veteran's appetite. The markets are overflowing with the good things of the farms, gar dens and prairies, end the visitors will literally live off the fat of the land, Like New York, St. Louis is noted for being a boarding aggregation of humanity, « great proportion of the widows smart wives of the town keeping honse at 80 much per week, advance, This hitherto rule will be under a week, and no vest-strap instead Equare menl, Thess and Open in impregnable flag of truce this veteran buckle hi of partaking payable 1 Heeq of a Oar $1.06 Our 7H¢ Oar Hu Our 40 A splend One Flannel 15 to 10x Cashmere id quality of Remnants heavies 101 § owen g 1000 Remnants (1ood vards from 5 to; 6 FOR A CENTRE COUNTY ION-LABOR CONVENTION, Kentucky. He | ing Shoes from LYON & OO. A — POSTPONED. The Qoarterly services on Brush Val. ley cirenit that were to be held on Oet, Ist and 2nd have been postponed week, and will be held on the 8th Oth of Oct. The P. E., not be here on the previons date H. 8. Basom, Pastor --—— AND TO dread fal Indigestion IN BRIEF, Dyspepsia Hyver i8 misery. good nature, The human digestive apparatus is of the most complicated and things in existence, i of order, Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of dyspepties, lut Green's August Flower has done a 'avonderfal work in reforming this sad business and making the American | people so healthy that they can enjoy ! their meals and be happy | Remember:—No happiness without { health, But Green's Aungost Flower THE POINT. Disordered ina foe to one wonderfal It is easily put out | peptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle | Seventy five cents. a Se MARRIED. | By Rev.J. M, King, Sept. 17, 1587, at Evangelical parsonage Centre Hall, Mr. | Andrew Horner and Miss Carrie Fleishe | er, both of Tusseyville, Centre Co, Pa. | By Rev, J. M. King at same place, Sept, | 28, 1887, Mr. Jon A. Mann and Mim | Debie Gardner, both of Howard, Centre | Co., Pa. “On ths 156th of Beptember, at the Lu. theran parsonage, by Rev, M. I. Deitzler, Mr. Edward Swartz, of Millheim, and Miss Cora Stover, of Aaronsburg. «oo. White and red wheat, tye, shelled eorn otk and barley wan at the Centre on storage tf — adil “Sellers' Liver Pills” have been the standard, remedy for malaria, liver complaint, cotiveness oto, for fifty year, HERE AND THERE, Read Powers advertisement in an- other colnm, Had a cool wave Friday and Sab urday last, Mr. Eicenhart, proprietor of the Spring Mille Creamery, moved into the Runk mansion, this week, Arb Kathermean is keeping bach elors hall—his wife and family are AWAY visiting friends for Oh as well as for the coal regions, The price has up to 55 cents, Cool weather 18 selling in and you want a fall overcoat, To get one cheap gt to lewins, at the Philad. Branch, -A strike took place in Centre recently. $4 Have Lo sen Potatoes are in demand O gone Hall Wil , ext time 4d for 101 guess Master Powderl “yy Y, bust, Fhe “Royal Princess’ | of those beantiful sold by And getting one, E(jaare parior sinan. Every bod Rev, Fischer left Wed, mn for Mifflinb to attend the Luth- Synod which convenes at tl week, QL no Gor uryg ail £ ial pla thi f ryt oe fon was for what he CEs Las 1 HKTER per redict a next Nov. Pl, A, Walke n of 4 Walker, the latter living in Clint and the t his left ] d ng little Sugar Va former at the gi pike opposite, had weeks or svi} Arm iw Ze rokes ag umber at Zeig § BAW H In ley. He was walking ap a plank with a soantling in his arms when the plank slipped off and he fell to the ground, the scantliog falling on his arm. . ——- -Please eall f and examine our large | stock of cloths and cassimeres suitable {for any garment in Men's wear—a fall assortment of Overcoats “READY MAD he largest line of Hate, Caps and Furnishing Goods in the county—all work guaranteed to fit or no sale” Moxraomenry & Co | Brockerhoff Row & Humes Block. BT } PRE The last hope of Jacob Sharp, the New York bribe giver, is dead. The supreme court has aflirmed his sentence and he will be sent to Sieg Bing on Friday vext { The leading opinion was written by | i | opinions filed in the case. The court { tonclusion that no error prejudicial to | that the jary was justified by the evi- | room in the heart of almost every one | for a sincere pity for thisaged man who | ran his course of fraud long before pun- | ishment overtook him, and while there | can be nothing but admiration for the devoted eonduct of his faithful wife, still nogood citizen can lielp but rejoice that justice has not miscarried in this case. ibd lg From Italy, the cholera returns for the past 24 hours are: Messing, 118 new cases and 49 deaths; Catania, 6 new new cases and no deaths; Palermo, 3 new cases and 3 deaths, ——————— SI ora The Gualvis publishes a report, with stolen valides nod scattered to the winds. Napoleon's ashes scattered to the winds ought to raise a breeze, at least, i | i AN OLD MAYS CRIME WILLIAM KILLED HI HOWENS CONTE $ TWO LITTLE G1} wrt ¥¥ Jilin} Lebanon, Pa., Sept, 23 ers, the aged murderer of 3 nis was brought oto court at 9 this morning to be tried NOI dine withesses, all residents n vicinity of Annville, where the war comtnitted, were "in court $ Beltzer, eaq., counsel for Shower fined to his room, seriously K Attorney { ages Of IGgRl Oa Sowers confesses that he k ve, as charged in the tw Indge McPherson rn SEXTON WANTED aled proposals from per tas sexton for the | mitre Hal 2 ANEV for the em W. E. Fis : n, toesday Oct 4 1 T TAIRA . Ey BALESMEN WXATI canvass for f Steady empl RY AND EX $39 ir the PENS zag Bi esta oe THES i As A BARGAIN. A Fine Farm in fonir miles south of Centre Hall, vb 3 vey id at a low price. For particul dress nx TnoMrsox Ju, Truster, Lemont Centre Co. Pa: saseplim., LEWISBURG, PA, First-class house in every 1st floor Buss to aod from all trains THOMAS HARPER 1 PIRTL TOE 0 sey GRAIN. REPORTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & Prices subject to 8 pes of market, Wheat, red wl er § Whest, white Corn, shelled........ “wr Barley No. 2, mixed withoonts, bought at oats weight and price, #4 + Wheat mixed with RypBbought at rye weigh a FLOUR AND FEED, Fanoy Pat. Flour. 1 ¢&& Bran per ton Bett Roller Flour. 81 85 Rean, retail, owt 2d Best Rold’t Flour 135 Chop per ton Middlings per ton. 18 50 retail per cat 5 N. § ¥. No. 1... a4 Es ER The above prices are for cash or grain only KURT 2 & BON When Baby was sick, we gave har Castoria, When she was a Child, she ered for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
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