THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror’r EE ————— —} Cuxtee Hann, Pa. Truss, Man. 8, 1888 TERMS: —One year, $1.50, when paid in ad | vance, Those in arrears subject to previous | terias, i Advertise ments 20 cents per line for 8 inser | tions, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. | ET - i A A A nn a —————— ie HAAS ASIA LOCAL ITEMS. —Coming—bad roads, ~(3eorge Burkholder, of Ohio, is here on a visit, (ar esteemed friend, Mr, Benner at Old Fort, is on the sick fist, ’ ——Jobn Krumbine has fixed up a paint ebop on his property down town. ~The Methodist minister of Centre Hall charge will hereafter reside at Mill- heim, ~—We are glad to hear that 8. W. Bairfoot, of Bellefonte, is improving in health. Mrs. Harper, mcther of our towns- man Simon Harper, has been quite ill | for some time, i The funeral of Mrs, Jacob Wagner, at Tusseyville, last week, was one of the largest held there, — From the manner in which our physiciaas are on the go, there must be | considerable sickness in the country diss | tricts. —D. ©. Keller flitted to his farm, near this place, on Tuesday morning | W. P. Shoop will move into Mr. Keller's property. —We learn that the Bohemian oats | fellows are not far off, and moving this | way. Let’em alone. We bave enough | wild oats without importing more.— ! Lewisburg Chronicle. —Mra. John Rishel’s sale of live | stock and farm implements, near the Stone Mill, will take place on Batarday, | March 17, instead of Friday March 16, as | announced by others, ——Dave Ruokle’s menagerie left our | station for the City on Monday morning When he ships, bis car contains every- | thing in the line of live stock from a | banty rooster to a fat steer, ——If you want a cheap building lot, on easy payments, read advertisement in the Reporter. Tne best bargain ever | offered at Ceutre Hall, and not for speca- lation, but to induce improvement. ——L&t us have a real live land boom in and aroond Centre Hall, which would be far better than any body's presiden tial boom. boys. There's nothing like a boom. —A conference of railroad men was | held in Mifflintown last week, to take 10 to consideration the ~ontiouance of the Shade Gap railroad from that place to | Mifflin station, by way of the Tuscarora valley. ; —T. H. Harter, Esq., of the Middle- burg Post, visited here last week. Tom | is a graduate of the Rzrorrer office, | printing a spirited paper making mouey, | and fiads time to catch trout, shoot birds | and kitl deer. i ~—Mr. Whiteman commenced work | the other day for the erection of a dwel | ling house on the lot next to Daunber- | man's residence. When the weather | opens up we expect to sée quite a build- | jog boom at this place. The following officers were elected | for the Georges Valiey Lutheran Sgbbath | School for one year: John Coldren aod | Ira T. Barger, Supts. H. M. Cain, Jerry Zettie and Robert Sweetwood, Lib. | Sam’l Harter, Tres. J.D. Wagner, Pres | - = Prof, Mauger, of Dougalasville, Pa arrived last Friday at this place, for a short visit. He is looking pale and tearty and seems to be flourishing in Berks Co. He informs us that be has laid aside the trials and tribulations of a pedagogue and is devoting his time in tryiug to unravel the knotty problems of law, ~The announcement has been made that Rav. Thomas MeGovern, the new bishop of the Harrisburg Catholic diocese will be consecrated at Harrisburg on March 11. A huodred and fifty bishops and priests will participate io the cere- monies, Father MeGovern was formerly of Bellefonte, and a sabscriber of the Re- PORTER A farmer of Washington county, | Illinois, just before takiog a drove of hogs to market, gave them a lot of salt and thea all the water they could drink. | This was to increase their weight, Four- | teen of them died on the way to town, | and the smart farmer's little trick cost | him just $150, We trast it was not one of our Centre coanty farmers, that went | to Illinois; who did this ; ~—In Chester county, & few weeks | ago, Lizzie McCabe, a little girl, tell from | a log crossing a stream in Schuylkill town- | ship, and was injured very seriously. | Now then, heave her up, | Nec. | Her father threatened suit sgainst the | township anthorifies and offered to set i tle if they would pay the doctor's bill. i court there yesterday in the jury finding | for plasntiff a verdict of §1,025, we Mr, Jerome Bpigelmyer has been confined to the house for the,_past weok with heart trouble. On ednesday evening, after supper, he proceeded to the cellar w fetch a bucket of coal aod had hardly reached the room when a severe attack overtook him and he was obii to take his bed at once, At this writing be is fairly well but his physi. gan advises great care and rest, —Jowr- nas, From Sanbury to lock Haven there are sixteen National backs, snd at the close of the 14th instant they had om deposit a total of $4,425,79052, This large sum represe ats the thrift and prosperity of the West Brasich Valley. There are very few, if any, districts the size of this int e United States that can exoel it in the wealth of its citizens, as shown by these bank statementa~Sanbary Daily. rt d men and two women 4 off within the same week, viz: ict. ol Musser and John Bright, of Asronsburg; John Delong, of Miles twp. and Ms. Jacoh hd aod Mre, Jacob Sou gier; of Tosseyville. Thos are the and marks dropping out, snd others fast crowding in, who, io turn, will also journey to that hours whence vo traveler returns. Heed the warning : Prepare to meet thy God, ~ee A. provision of the Brooks liquor license iaw generally overlooked is that 3 physician who shall 3 any intoxic liquors heve to ate habits shall be and, upon convic fine of not less than $5 obey $500 and an mt Flit and skip, will be the order of the —month—up to all-fool's day. Millbeim will be turned inside out by flitting around, we are told, and a new directory will have to be gotten out, to know who Centre Hall will have more pulling | than usual, and until all get fixed in | their new homes, there will be a lively time, and some will forget where their new homes are, and enter the wrong | house, and find their own folks not at | home, In the country districts, throughout the valley, there will be an unusaal scene of flitting. Many farms change hands and teams with flittings will make the roads lively from this on to April 1. The young folks enjoy these flittings, as they always afford an opportunity to have a good time and a tip of the light fantastic toe the first night at the new abode, and every feller is cute enough to have his best girl along, or get in with some other lassie. A flitting of this kind is a big thing in the line of enjoyment for the helps, but the opposite for the old folks who have stoves to place, with pipe to fit, and beds to put up, and farni- ture to place just where it suits, and the carpets to snit the rooms, and 80 on. Yes, flitting has its bright and its dark sides—depending upon the interest you have in the commotion, Some folks flit every year, and get used tolit, We have known families to change | hemes six times in one year, covering a distance, piecemeal, of forty miles, Then we have the gypsies, they flit all i fiit- ing game to flit. A common expression just now is: | ziegt onne des free Yore?' i “Fi, ich zieg noch der Eilestadt, wo | “Wei ich zieg nock Shiodletown, un - COBURN, On last Friday morning Mrs. Everhart | She bad been con- | fined to her bed for some time and suf | fered greatly. She was buried on Sun- | day forenoon at Aaronsburg, Rev, M. L. | Deitzler offeciating. Mrs, George Ramston died this morn | ing. She had been a great sofferer for several weeks, being unable to lie down Rhe was liked by everybody asd was On Monday evening the Millheim Their first call landlord, Althe Mr. Shaffer ia there #ay, Come again boys, you are always wel Two cars of walnuot logs were shipped | A Mr. Leng from Howard shipped a car of wheat for which he paid 0c, per bushel fair price for wheat, Dorie Cassler took a trip to Sanbury March 7, 1888, HOW TO HANDLE MINORS, The following we clip from the Lewis handling minora, We would advise our landlords to adopt the same plan and | protect themselves: John Miller, proprietor of the Union | House, in this place, has adopted a new mode of protecting himself from being | imposed upon by mioors, who seek drinks at his bar. It is a blank form to be signed by any person who applies for | liquor if 8 doubt exists in the mind of the bartender that theapplicant is not of age, certifying that he is 21 years old | and entitled to all the legsl privi eges ac. | corded to man. The sigoer also repadi ates any intention of obtaining liquor by | false statements, and assumes all respon~ sibility, if any arises, from the parchase | of liquor at that bar. This is witnessed by some one present. If the applicant | refuses to sign the blank, he gets no lig wor there, The idea is 8 good one for others to adopt. - Potters Mills : tory rthenmatism, debility, Tosseyville: Howard Lingle, Brighta | disease, Mrs. Frank Brown, attack of pueamonia. Mrs, Ed. Kline Mrs Geo, | Riter, pulmonary trouble, Mrs. Hen | Rossman, rheumatism, Mrs. Jacob | Smith. i Mrs. Burkhelder, old | Sallie Shirk, inflamma. Mrs, Walters, general Centre Hill - age and general debility. Child of John | Stivers. i Pleasant Gap : Mrs. Wm. Nol, inflam- | Kirt Taylor, | posumonia Mrs, Jas Kersterter pul. | monary trouble. Jobn Duankieberger, ainsy. i Linden Hall : Mrs, John Ross, pleari- | sy. Centre Hall: Edna Murray, poneumo- pia, Grandmother Wolf, affection of the heart. -o—— AWFUL RESULT OF A JOKE. Hillsboro, ©., Feb, 28-<8ix miles Southeast of here lives William Means, a wealthy farmer, Last Thursday night the young folks of the neighborhood met there at a merry-making. While the fun was at ita height two sisters named Sto- ver left the house and dressed ap ina ghostly fashion. They wrap them- selves in sheets, put on false faces made of dough and tuen burst suddenly in npon the go Four young Indies fainted at the sight of the apparitions Two were restored to consciousness with- ont trouble, but others, Dora E. Akins and Lizzie Chaney, were restored ouly 10 pags into a condition of frightfal de- lirinm, screaming and erying constantly, The physicians of the recovery of their reason. sn A - a OF INTEREST TO SHOEMAKERS, There is a great mivantage in buyin our leather at Powers shoe store Berle: onte. They have the Jurgen and com- pletest stock ever shown in Bellefonte and are offering the same at rates lower than Any, and na exception. We keep hand, 0 r first-class is select stock and DEATH OF JOHN DELONG, Mr. John Delong, who had his home on the Sugar Valley mountain, died on Ban- day, 26 ult, in the 96 year of his age. Mr. Delong was, no doubt, the oldest man in this section, apd altho’ pear the 100, seemed as hale and hearty as the best of men at 75. John Dglong was born in Straudsburg, Pa., on the 17th dey of Aug, 1792,~lived Came to Centre Co, Pa. in 1845, which has been his perma- nent home since, His parents were re- fuges from the Island of Ban Domingo velng French Hugnenots, second cousin of Lewisburg, and a grand uncle of Lieut, Delong of artic fame, The last several months of his life was spent in the bo- som of his family, The one remarkable thing about him was, that he did not show his great age, and his young appearance was only iu keeping with his vitality and activity. He was well known all thro’ Sugar, earlier years, and forty years ago, tangh' penmanghip in the vallies above named day, The writer was one of his pupils but, alas, never one of his imitators in fine chirography, He was genial, sociable, and honest In business, up to his end. : His remains were buried in Miles township, Tuesday following his demise. cos fo AP IAIN THE LAW ON BIDEWALKS, For the information of all interested, we copy the sections of the law bearing upon the matter of constructing side walks in boro's, The act of amsembly, work and materials, with twenty per ers,” &e., The above is from the act of 1851, the these powers, These acts of assembly are plain and the following ordinances . BORO ORDINANCE on apy of the streets of said Bection 2, of the ordinances, directa where the owners of such lots and all expense for same against the owner of grounds or lots, The conncil having sworn to obey the tors allow it if attempted? adidas "LICENSE COURT. of hearing remonstrances and testimony licenses, Judge Furst The conrt room was filled with spectas T. U. A great deal of interest was manifested by citizens generally, as indicated by the large attendance, silence of the andience proceedings. The ladies present must have number. ed some sixty, and their society waa present at the morning and afternoon ressions of court. What struck us especi- ally, and no doubt all others, was the beanty and loveliness of the sisters, with- nhomelinesas, We never saw a gathering of an equal number of the fair sex, in which uty was so generally diffused — and there were young and old dames, The ladies gave the proceedings their riv ited attention and displayed the most perfect decorum throughout the proceed in Bat the presence of beautiful women as an organized body to inflaence the court by their presence, is questionable in our opinion, and the law ia to be ob. served, women or no women. The court fixed upon Friday for granting the li- censes, , ss Mp IAP AIA GOING TO WILLIAMSPORT, The Gasetie and Bulletin of Williams. rt contains the following: “Rev. Chas, , Bteck, wbo has been stationed in Bellefonte for some time as the pastor of a Lutheran church in that place, will move to Bouth Williamsport on the first of Apt. He hiss ftired from the api iy for the purpose his fime to the lecture Mr. Bieck has given much time to the stud elocution, and his lectures are as bril. linnt as they are interesting and instroe- tive He is a native of Lycoming Sounty and reveral years ago resided in Wil Hamaport.” OIGARETTES KILLED HIM. James Co employed in Clev SHAFFER AS A WITNESS, HE SAYS THAT HE ROPBED THE MARKET PEOPLE. In the tiral of James and Essie Kline, at Lock Haven, on the charge of rob bing severul market people last August, near the scene of the Colby murder in Clinton county, Luther J. Bhaffer, now under sentence of dejth, was called as a Witness. He testified as follows : SHAFFER'S EVIDENCE, When Shaffer was called there was a general craving of necks to catch a objectad to the witness being allowed to | testify, for the reason that he is under sentence of death for marder, Objections overruled by the Court, Shaffer was then sworn, and said he remembered the night the robberies were committed; was in the narrows part of the night; did not know the people at the time he robbed them, went in thedi- i Kline's house; met (Glantz at Cherry Run; told him I wanted his money; he said he | bad no money; told him to drop his mon- but did not hit me; told him he would meet fonr or five more men down the narrows; told him to wave his hand and | more men in the narrows; James Kline and Essic had nothing to do with the robberies: did not come here to tell who was there, but Jim Kline and Essic were not there; threw the pocketbook over the fence, CROSS EXAMINED! Have given the conversation I had the Narrows about 2 o'clock a, m.; do i not krow what time it was when I rob. | bed Bhule; bad a coat on; had side whis- | | ville; took me about a half hour to walk i | ler at 2:30 a. m.; heard Bressler testify; af- { ter | robbed Bressler went up the road, {saw Glantz about ten steps | Tyleraville from Cherry i took my coat off and laid it across the fence at Cherry Ban bridge; took coat off because | was too warm; when I walked I put my coat on, when [ stopped I took it off; only took my cont off once; robbed time I robbed Glantz; think it was before roboed Glantz; knew Glantz last winter; Rbuole is my cousin; did not ses him for wight or nine year ; knew Bressler; had { supper the night before the robberies; fonte on Thursday; ate some before 1 got to the Narrows: went past Kline's house; did not know Klines lived there; stopped i and looked in: saw no One: SAW DO One the house; was 22 years od last June, and taken back to jail THE KLINES CLEARED turned a verdiet in the case | Kline of “not guilty.” | been discharged during the afternoon on | the ground of “insufficient evidence.” | Klines, - A. APPOINTMENTS OF PREACHERS OF CENTRAL PENN'A QONFER~ EXCE, 1888, CEXTRE DISTRICT 1 Lewistown McClure N. Young £4 { 8. Aorand Middleburg {WL Beaumont J. D Stover KR. W. Raoyan (3 Josepha W. H, Stover J. Bhamback A Rearick 1. M. PINES. FP. E. 8. FP. Remer Port Treverton New Berlin Millmont Centre Spring Mills 9 Brush Valley h, Rear a 5 tai} . M. King an 10 Nittany Vailey } sapply J. M. Brader J. L. Miller H. H. Trumpheller. {| 11 Bogar Valley i212 Centre Hall 13 Milesbarg terly Conference; 8, Yearick, member of | Brosh Valley Quarterly Conference; A. | E Gobble and 8, 1. Shortiss, members o M. Swengle, memper of Middieburgh Quarterly Conference. yp - LAW FOR AMERICA. who believes in blowing up England with | dynamite, talked for two hours last night to 200 men of the Ninth ward at 388 Hudson street. Amoag the many things | he said were: This is a fairly represent. | ative governmert. England ie the worst on God's footsool. 1 was asked to take | part with the United Labor party in jomp: ing upon the other two parties. sal i no. Said I, ‘The trouble does not come | from the number of cornor lots a man i No. You must vote intelligently and | wigely for your best interests. It is our laws that are out of gear. It is you who made them. Yon just keep voting every year for honest legislators. Be manly and frugal and honest and your success will be correspondingly great.” vinnie SPRING MILLS. Latest-—cold and blustery, Mr. McClellan, of Madisonburg, will become a citizen of our town. by spring, and will occupy Crawford's house, Geo Haney of Asroaburg will move to Penn Hall and work for Mr. Moyer. Let some enterprising Prof. have our summer school so that it will be a real ization of facts, to this place, The Times is coming from Centre Hall to-day. We hope it mav be successful. Will locate in Prof. Krise's hall, We are about to loose four of our ine dusterious young men, vis: Steven Soars Wm. FAover, Chas. Wood! ing and Edward Jordan who by next week will start for Okala, Florida, near to our old citizen, R. Duncan, May they be successful is the wish of the correspondent. sale of the “Green” to Geo. Rearick moved to town Tuesday. APPOINTMENT. Conrad D. Burrell has been appointed to solicit money for the monument at Gebiysbu 48 All be to his . LOCAL BRIEFS, wee{ 4 slyles in ruchings,— Glarmans, wee Kidd glover and ruchings. mans, is still quite ill, been mude a new post office, ~ ~Mpr., Ulrich annoucces that his Mills, this week. { iously ill for over a week, township, recently a graduate of State College, is quite ill of consumption. Mii, BISHOP ST. Bellefonte, Pa. with little snow squals throughout the | day. | =——Mr. Jas, Keller bad to kill one of { his horses, the other day, the animal | having had a leg broken iy a kick from | another horse, Btover & Mott, the marble men. a CARPETS. | and monuments at reduced rates, — On April 11, the venerable Samuel | Hess, of near Pinegrove Mills will, enter { his 90th year. Hope he will be spared { to put in another Democratic vote for | President. | Bellefonte buy their marble in car load lots and can put out their work for lees | money than anyother firm in this coun ty. Mr. John Righel, Jr. arrived home on Tuesday from Philadelphia where be bas been sttendivg the University of Penneyivania. He graduates this year in the school of Pharmacy in that iosti- tution. Seymore Royer, of Bellefonte, a | son of our former townsman, Geo. Royer, | while jumping on a train in motion, near {the glass worke in that place, had In order to make room for . ¥ + *. Ct our Big Spring Stock we are offering some pattern 3s Greatly Re- duced Prices. ends, etc. at the left leg crushed s0 badly as to neces | sitate amputation.~Journal, mored that about the first | through passenger trains will be run be- tween Lewicbarg and Scranton.” It also will be put to work daring the summer { on the Bunbary division to l+y 8 double track. It will not require very much rack. as long sidings are the rule on this { division.” we Please call and examine our large i stock of cloths and cassimeres soitab e {for any garment io men's wear—a fall assortment of overcoats “mREaDY Mag.” | fhe largest line of hats, caps snd fare We have carpets as low as 20cts. per yard--and | good at that, right Rac carpet 25 cents per yard up. We are al- so headquarters for heavy and light draperies, curtin poles, j elC. { guaranteed to fit or no sale.” Moxrooxeny & Co. Brockerboff Bow & Humes Block. The council passed | and swore 10 obey it, that owners of lots Wilt they obey their cath 7 | They swore also to {sembly in the same marter—wiil | live up to the oath and the law ? | We print the law and ordisance io | another column, | What wiilthe auditors say about it, they i | walk 7 wee L he largest and | Co. North West of the diamond, | der’s new stone bailding, in Cn Their assort~ | ‘8 more complete than ever {in the market, | their stock. They have lately received | ete. This ware is far saperior to wooden ware for all purposes for which soch ar effect it, and there are no hoops to drop | off, A Mp MARRIED. On the 12th, uit, by Rev. J. Dotterer, Mr. Franklin H. Shultz, of Rebersburg, to Miss Maggie E. Weagley, of Madison burg On the 25th, ult, by Rev. Z A, Yearick, at the home of the bride, Mr. Thomas J. Kister, of Scranton, Pa., to Miss Emma N. Edmonds, of Aaronsburg. a BUILDING LOTS. A limited pumber of building lots, a | fered at private leat from $40 10 $50 PER LOT, On easy terms. Apply to Fro Kuntz, ee... Si]; td {| 111 bad any skin or biood disease, like tetter | itoh, wonld bead pimples, sore eyes, scrofula, ete. | 1 would take “Dr. Lindsey's Blood searcher sure ‘WALL PAPER : We have the Largest Stock of Wall Paper ever brought to Bellefonte, at prices lower than ever before. BROWN BACKS %¢, WHITE BACKS 120, PATENT BACKS 100, WHITE BACKS 12, BATINS and MICAS 1%, GOLD from 15 to 450. Empossed Golds and Flocks from 4 cents to $1.75 per plece. COLOR BORDERS-8 band 12¢, 5 band 15 conta, band 25 cents, 3 band 85 cents, 2 band 4 cents, 75 cents, GOLD EMBOSSED BORDERS 2 cents, 25 cents, 3 band 45 cents, 2 75 cents, $1.00 to $2.50, Having Just purchased the largest stock of wall paper ev- er brought to Central Penn- sylvania, at such prices that it | cannot be manufactured for. We are ready to sell a equally low prices such as wi astonish you when you see them. + . 1 ix Come and let us give prices. Remember, the prices we give on carpets are only for ends and such patterns as we carried over from last year. TU SPECIAL FRICES POR FURN : PAPER OX THE WALL PE SEERA ISHING ; rs —— i, WINDOW SHADES AND FIXTURES. We have ‘good Painters and Paper Hangers o Stanly in our "- ploy. pre to execute work on Mert otios and in a workmanlike manner. Call and examine our stock Tele phone Connection. . S. H. Williams, I. Il SCHREYER, BISHOP ST., ’ *
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