THE CENTRE REPORTER: FRED. KURTZ, November 17. 1887. £1.50, when ad subject paid in to -One year, TERMS i Arres Yance, terms Advertisements 20 cents per for 3 fons, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. nose In liv ine LOCAL ITEMS. Do you want to buy a good shot- Call at this office. Bromgard 18 from his last week's mishap. —Rev. W. K. Foster of was in town this week visiting friends. Johnny Kramer, formerly of Mil}-, heim, is in the music business at Altoona and he informs us is fiourishing. Parents should shut down on their voungsters smoking cigaretts, it will wreck the health of the future man. Read the interesting letter from ymberland, in this issue of the Re- recovering North! this section. We hear that our townsman D. C. next spring and will take charge of his farm below town. y be covered by snow precaution be allowed t the coming winter or some taken to prevent this? Levi Murray returned Altoona last week where working the last three months. mishaps. Stop all leakage and | provision to prevent freezing ter’s make al and you of water. he fly to the wheat fields this fall, 1d snaps are supposed to have kept sot down. Grain fields all have a ing appearance. as Yony Deininger yhnny Decker was elected com= missioner, he invited the hero to take dinner with him. Wonder whether Yony wants to be commissioner's clerk ? yOu & Weaver isthe rance firm In fonte. They bought Bond e and now represent the best and largest insurance companies in the country. Miss Laura Stroh leaves this ‘or Chicagoand w visit in the west; there must be | attraction for the young lady in tion as her visits are becoming name the ry i 1 some quite frequent of late. ilipsburg is to have a match giveemployment t Punilipsburg the citizens always neourage enterprises, and have ang to fig morning the ground yw, which was and it was white as and other ne no doubt, { to track those Frid ay was white with sn w the first of the season, usanal, Pap Smith, clerks, will put this The rabbit hunters, all that they wishe Il deliver a the benefit of oburn, treat, the rev- wi erend g lecturers in the state, Go and hs yourself admission price, ~—Frank Swab of orms us that our a hunt was badly mixed ted his adventares w Frank as we were not whether you nut the put th Linden Hall wount of the and ith bruin. there can't Well, Bay responsibility for truth and ve racity upon our ¢ to be acquainted with the facts, A in the will yr a deer hant they morning mountaing, where about a week. Mitchell of Selinsgrove and Joe Ladwig and Sam Leister of town composed the party. Leister isthe oaly man in the crowd who never shot a load from a gun and expects the buck fever at fl st sight. Whilst all the wheat fields in our county have a vet farmers with a fall crop can not look forward to there 1s toa paying price. It dont pay at $I per bushel and the chances are against it going up to 9 cents. Almost anything else will pay better in the east than this crop. coarsa grain, will put seven at present prices. draw it at certain hours, be used for outdoor sprinkling or wash ing pavements, Other towns are having a similar water famine, and in some sec- tions cattle are driven four and five miles to watering places, tunate, as we have water sufficient for all ened somewhat, ine their hydrants and if found leaking, should have them repaired at once, says: was sorely pressed for money, and pealed to the officers of the church for the money due him. One of the trus- tees who was patticalarly noted for his stinginess, exclaimed” “ Money? its mon ey you want, I thought you were preaching for souls!” “So I am” replied the preacher, “but I can’t eat souls, and if I conld it would take at least a thous- and sub as yours to make a meal.” wee'T'he rain of last Thursday morn- ing extinguished the mountain fires which prevailed so extensively through- out Centre, Clinton, Qlearfield and other adjoining counties. This forest confla- gration continued nearly two weeks, and the harm done to timber mast amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fires in many districts approached the homes of those living in the country, and many fences were eaten up by the fire, and it was only by untiring wateh- fulness that buildiogs coald be saved. We think the forest fires of this fall were more widespread and destructive than any that have yet raged in this section of the state, RECCOLLECTIONS OF EARLY BOYHOOD, | REMINICENCES OF MORE FIFT'Y YEARS AGO. THAN | Mg. Eprror: ! I recently visited Centre { Hall in compliance with a long desire to | visit some of the old play grounds of my early boyhood, and might add childhood, after a lapse of over a half century, The site upon which Centre Hall now with her two weekly | churches, three etores, hotel and t stands, papers, he | various branches of trade that m a thriving town, was at the time | refer to, occupied by an old log situated at the junction ofthe two roads, the Nittany | the main road leading to Fifty-eight tantly Fort over the rough school house, valley road crosses 0 \ I SEL where efonte, years ago, I was led reluc- hand from to this now, the by a sister's pike house, and as I reflect arises where did the children com along the mountai: | as the val | sparsely settled. There were 1} | houses in sight, theold F | at the foot of Felmely tavern the mountain, and the farm hoase of Wm. Pennington, My recollec- father he tion of Pennington, as he was called, is familialy much respected for his many Chris that he wasa virtues, and stood in the same re ! Methodist | the Christian religion. +} ne church as St, Pau { THE OI RI i { “T love the garden and | The meadows my footst And the stately oaks In the lap of ti MARY i BAIR LORE vir gentle Y } In visiting the home of my i hood, I found, as I expected, m | ges, but sti marks left tc {ago. T | is still still there were many « {| branches are ms into history. the flowing i amp main, and are ! early recollectio ness of Mr. | through the old i trundle bed room w pleasant t + a8 weil 8. i . . i THE OLD 1 { i I visited uouse the site of that 51 vod in { hill, now | evidently haye cust is f | growth of timbe ack oak, and a ection at deep into have been buried fo thie occurrenca o i and never be suggested bs the early ino i 8CHiO 31 and reminiscen | mates that have lt rales [ was | girl and pinne« | and giving ve sobs and tears, I cite short this little girl. nt his incident reference to the fatare Years after, as she up into womanhood, for and intelligence she became | nized belle of Centre wife gha connty, and § of a Governor and Co ruled asa leading se Harrisburg and Washington, a ed with disti nection, th representative st. as ew minister, the Petersburg. I wonder w | her thoughts ever between pontooned the and the ol school house at the Old Fort? these heights POTTERS MILL Fifty years ago was a lively business place, the home of James and Johan Pot- These two brothers owned the en. tire place, every foot of ground. The various branches of industry were including store, woolen factory, tannery, distillery, grist mill and clover mill. Spring Mills was the nearest store for miles as the crow flies. The entire product of Penns | valley and surrounding country, centerd | at this point, and the wealth of had no boundry. Their real estate consisted of square miles of rich, fertile land. The Mills was a ionable resort, for the wealth and aristoc- racy of Lewistown and Bellefonte. After. the failure of the Potters, community wasever left so entirely help less and dependent. They had allowed ter. dwelling, and every represented { two brothers fash~ no ters, to dwarf their energy and sink their individuality to such an extent that their brains became moss covered, boyhood tracks, but found no one who knew the place fifty years ago. the old Tan yard, one of the buildings is | and where I had spent many lonely it would do no damage. The old log school house at the long bridge, a mile and a half distant, was the only school house ina radius of five miles, foot of Nit- | mountain, Potters Fort and Long The tany school houses at the architect in aocordance with plans and specifications issued by the Continental congress—the regulation long desks f 11 facing the wallson tw: end, with two inch t for the bacl The + Ali ippor HK, with je rg pa i Al there were umpba seen ou Kiel has convincing pr ah ve was ng tant 1 nader th witl cow track t that the O broke Northumberl: nailing, A EATAL ACCIDI] We that a few dave age Jn Wm. Krebs, L ronaway team wiey county, Kan n returning from 2 family reunion to their homes Mr, Kreba's team became frightened the pole of the carriage running through the neck yoke and Mrs, K, seizing a grand- child made an effort to leap from the | carriage bot fell between wheels breaking both lower limba and receiv- ing a fatal fiacinre of the skull No one elae seems to nave been hurt, Mr. Krebs was a former resident of Centre county, Pa., and in the year 1875 removed to Kansas, His wife was about 49 years of age, learn Krebs's sister-in-law, Mra was instantly killed near Arkansas City, Co It seema that up oy Bam, 33 ne NEW INSTRUMENTS. Our band at their last meeting decided to purchase new instruments io place of old ones that have been in use for Oar boys thus far have been making rapid progress only they have been ata disadvantage on account of | poor horns. They have supported the new organization by their own econtriba- | tions and asked no one for a cent, and expect to hold a large festival at this | place during the coming holidays and | in this manner realize enough to enable | them to get the new instruments. Hope every one will give them the proper en courageneat and that their efforts will be crowned with success, i the | yoars, PARSONS, SPIES, FISCHER AND EN- GEL MEET THEIR FATE. THE TRAP FALLS PROMPTLY, the Chicago Jalil, Same Scaffold in th RMED ARD READY, Miles Around ARS. PARSONS FALLS A FAINT, Fverything Quiet and Ne Fear of an Cut- break Apprehended..The Four Con demned Anarchists Meet The!r Death Bravely sud Betrayed No Sigus of Woak- ening ~The Hroken and Neck of Each They Die Wich But Little Struggling. was werfal Parsons lio was Case imor to forget enti die withi ho bec leath watch, an roly niwelve me in his He ut anarchy, the nd his wife aud children, ii he roached this su SOTFOW OF Io; interested did rangue the it socialism, ab nifested any reg the more he talked sult it the more wi hoe beohine About 11 o'clocs Parsons went 10 sleep and at 2o0'clock ho was sleeping as soundiy as he aver did in his jife, Fischor ¥ 80 men, though he aa choorfu. 7 them Latirse he sat on the edge of the oot in his wil puffing at a cigar. He spoke rarely AboLrn riscnen. Behaumbeig, way Onoee Behaumberg said to him: “Fischer, how can you bejcheerful whon removed 1 “How can 1 die?’ the avarchist asked, an ho looked full at his questioner, «i will tell you.” he said. “I de willingly in the first place, because 1 believe it will help the cause I espoused the greater part of my life, and which I love better than {ite itself, that of the laboring man. Be Just and legal” The only thing that made him foel sorry leaving his wife and children behind him, for nowrly an hour in the most affectionate | “The assoctation—my coms | children | rados— will ses that she and her About 10.80 o'elock Fischer and ten minutes later 80 and regular were convinced asisep Engel was cheerful and contented att tty. late a the denth w +t on the thre gell, ving him, Enge of the si ny down, his breathing was that the watchers that he was at last sound neavy and night when i of his 1LOs even wi BCH eslin eft his lips it. and Mra, he hard st 3 wern immediatel thrown Was i carried inside tue R r rifies and Applied Lor she rocovered she bogan the an irog ped thiol which was wo minules breath a few hor first affecting appeal her riunate bh As kindly and as genlie as possible she was informod that it was impossible to grant hor request, and wilh tears ¢ rs ing down her cheeks sod welling sobs al most choking her, she left the wont to her children at home. THE MASSACRE AND TRIAL The massacre of May 4 was, therefore, uo sudden irruption of viclenos, no spas- uprising HI1BOUS, w 0 S00 unf us band of n TO ELMER E. GORMAN, §10n Sunday morning, shortly after 2 o'clock, Elmer E. Gorman met with accident which resulted is death. He was a yard ployed on the Pittsburg and Railroad, and the accident farred at C arter’s £4 tion, The Pittsburg C ron - Felegraph on Mouday, said of t Orin Wan only recent company. Hei 1 home is at Bellefonte, wrtuna an his en « Lake Frie soon Awitvhman py, i § an v fry thi te man relght cars when the ¢ i his aden with old rails SF sk $4 War atis] car which was ap i ar of the rails struck hir penetrated y fracturing hi realler t Centre Hiall Severs RK The tan and of the Larnt La ower end own, > MARRIED. 4 DO YOU WANT v Pair of B« ? O0ts Go to Power's. A Pair of i «iil O14 Fine Shoes ? Go tO Power's. sr» { hildron # Vy OUl C hild: cil { Go to Power's. If you are in need of anything 0es, Nii in the line of Boots, Sh ¢ . pers, Overshoes, or anything lin the shape of foot wear, Go to Power's Shoe Store for it. The hour and of a deliberate determined design the upon sasassin with bomb and the came. be fairer than that awarded these ao oossorios of the sep wplemurder. Every protection which im partial justice throws about “erimlioal for kis pro tection was theirs. They were denied nc hanos to explain or to justify, and the FIRLDEN. great record was written with impartial hand, nothing extenuated and naught set down in malice The utmost ingenuity of learned counsel was used in their interest. Kvery- thing was done to draw the ayes of justios from the real issue, and for the simpier question of murder to elsim that it was legitimate warfare, a political struggle, a clash of factions, a rebellion for principle and right. The prisoners were compared to the [riah leaguers, to the llussian strug. glors against despotism, Yo the roundbeads, tw the Romans under Brutus and Cassius, to the band of Orsini, to the soldiers of the confederacy. Convicted and sontenoed, heaven aod earth wore moved in tha bee (continued on inside page.) signal REL Because it is the Best and Cheapest Shoe Store in Cen tre county. GRAIN. REPORTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & SON, | Prices subject to fluctuations of market, | Wheat, 16d cond 80 OBBR.cocvnmcrirvrsion en § | Wheat, white .... 75 R¥@usrapmrcisronns i Corn, shelled..... 4 Barley No. 1... 5 Barley No. 2, mixed with oats, bought at oats wight and price, Wheat niixed with Rye bought at rye weigh and price, 2% FLOUR AND FEED, Faney Fat, Flour. 1 45 Bran per ton ‘ Best Roller Flour. $ 1 35 Bran, retail, owt, 24 Best Roli'r Flour 1 25 Chop per ton, Middiings per ton. 12 ®0 retail per owt COAL MARKET, Broken ..... SIOVE oon Small Stove... Sha. Chesil womens Woodland... 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