THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED. KURTZ, Epyror and Pror'a TERMS One year, $1.50, when paid 'n ad vance, Those in arrears subject te previous terms, LOCAL ITEMS. —Flittings have about all flitted. ~— Wonder whether Millheim is dry in wet spells? bave come into Centre Hall. LUT. SHAFF HANGE HE CONFESSES ————— A A——— | THE DROP FALLS AT tI HIS NECK WAS BROKEN; PULSATION CEASED IN 18 MIN. yA + ay ried May next, ——Work has been resumed on “the new Presbyterian church, and will soon be completed, Miss Gertie Spiglemeyer of Spring friends at this place. hurt itself so seriously by getting on an ron bolt, is likely to recover. this place on last Saturday morning. —Mr. Whiteman and Mr. room, Oris McCormick and section boss some enjoyment ——The Sunbury Democrat says United didate for nomination for Judge in Mon- tour and Columbia district to Judge Elwell. —Easter in Centre Hall passed very quietly, the weather was a real taste of spring the evening by Rev Land. ——Rev, [. Heckman and the M. E. chareh, this week departure for Sionemahoning, Pa. family will be missed here, and they with the best wishes of all, of family The forth what a single cent was spent for as the law means it should. Looks as if —A lot of lawyers have been appoint to the 7 Mountains, We guess the rea- son alot oflawyers has b-en appointed is any thing about the matter. our best citizens moved to Halfmoon, on his wife's farm. Mr. Harlacher came to this town abouat 25 years ago. Of the cit D, Murray and J. O. Deininger. ~The banking honse of W. F. Ray new building is a model of arehitectoral design and is one of the most imp sing baildines in the town, The interior is handsomely furnished and is in every particular, his spring and will occupy the mings House, Bellefonte, Mr. Brown vacates the Cummings house and takes charge of the Old Butts honse oa the corner, Both of the above hotels will be new for. Bellefonte. leg, treated the wound with mud from the Ocala swamp, and found when removed the band«we that the wound was healed and that the leg had turned almost white. The result is that the negroes of the vicinity are flocking to the swamp and covering themselves with the mad, hoping that it will tarn them white. ~—Mr. Clark Gram'ey of near Rebers- burg, was a caller at this office this week. Mr. Gramiey has takenan agency for this county for the Buckeye Farm Inplements and inserts an advertisement in this is- sue. He expects to make a thorsugh canvass amoung farmers in this valley and can give them special inducements in the line of farm implementa, ~—The snow having passed away leaves the grain flelds ooking in fair condition. In fact we observe many wheat fields looking first rate —fresh, green and a fine set of wheat; other fields look a little worse from the recent wins and yield a good harvest. have every prospect for good crops. —eA small man with club feet was killed by a iarge man who wore a red Special to the Reporter Lock Haves, Tuesday, April 3.—On my way here, at the stations, in the cars | and at the hotels, the principal topic | conversation is in regard to the execu- tion of Luther Shaffer, which is to take | place to-morrow in the county jail. Ev. | ery one in this section of the state is quainted with the facts of the murder of Isaiah and ac doomed to pay the fall law. penalty of the The gallows to be used were ships { ped from Williamsport and have | set in place and tested by the sheriff in { order to have it work properly when the time arrives, been in use since 1889, and has heen | used in five previous execntions, and like a demon awaits another victim, who is guilty of the most diabolical deed the eategory of crime, —— svn f straps around his feet, then his knees, then passed a strap shove the elbows, and drew his arms behind his back and fluished by recuring his wrists with a pair of pickeled handcuffs. To the above | proceedings he paid no attention. he pever wavered, flinched or moved a mus- | cle; the rate cold, stolid and compoved expresvion of his face was maintained to | theend. Father Seibert kissed Lim fare- | well and the sheriff carefully adjust d | the noose, to whi h was attached a wt ite i hood, and drew the knot under che | man's ear, All then left the platform: | the sheriff stationed himself with hand on the fatal lever. Then there was pause | of a few seconds, and a painful silence prevailed , DROP FALLS AT 122 | | | P22 At 11.22 the trap was sprung, the hiag- | ed doors parted and Shaffer dropped | about § feet with a sickening thud, his! body swung between heaven and earth | In his dying agonies he repeatedly drew up his knees aad violently wrench ed his arms as if to break the fetters which bound him. He held a crucifix | which he clutched with an iron grip un | { til his quivering fingers became purple, | | then the muscles relaxed fora moment | { and it dropped to the ground. Father! | Seibert replaced the crucifix; stan ding { close I could see the blood oozing from | beneath his finger nails. The contor | tions of the body were ghastly to behold. | He drew his knees and clutched the eru- | cix several times thereafter, gradually | growing weaker, His bands had turned | white, nails and tips of his fiogers grew | dark blue, and his neck purple. | After hanging 18 minutes the doctors | in attendance found uo pulsations and at { 35 minutes was cut down and placed in charge of the undertaker. broken by the drop. Thus the mandates | out; the law | maintained and the brutal murderer of Isaiah and Nora Colby, has gone to meet | his God, from whom he must seek mer outsiders, who for months passed, have been admitted to see the convicre! men. Am told that Shaffer is in god health | circamstances. He does not have trial and confinement. A dispatch received this morning to the effect that Gov. Beaver refused to grant a respite, land Shaffer realizes that his | to facajthe trying orde 1 is soon at hand. His defiant, composed attitude “Vengeance is mine," thus saith to the home of in Lock Haven The body was taken his sister Mrs. Mosher and will be interred on Thursday morn. ing at 9 o'clock services will be held in the German Catholic church. During the afternoon many persons viewed the corpse, very little distorted, his neck was hidden | his spiritual wellfare, As we noted some time ago he has ac- cepted the Catnolic faith and spends much of his time reading and conversing with Father Seibert. of this city, whom i he selected as hisspiritnal adviser. Fath- | er Seibert thinks that Shaffer is siccere inthe matter, and that he has made Lis | peace with his Creator and God. Of late various rumors have been afloat in regard to Shaffer, When I arrived the first thing I heard wes that he made an attempt at suicide by pen an artery in the wrist; but like oth: er reports was untrue. Tha sheriff has been greatly | with applications for admission to ness the execution, and yesterday ‘lledjto close his office to get personal appeals, and cous ant an- voyance. All sorts of schemes are being worked; politicians are implored 10 nse their influences; ake persons al application sad any metnod at all to B ASS, This evening the prisoner was led into he jail yard and was shown the caliows, and afierwards taken to the sheriffs of fice, a «d was permi ted to see his ¢ Mi i Tnese had oo effect and ev { toimpress him of his fate , wit- was friends to nn pet get WEDNESDAY MORNING. A clearsky overhead and the genial Early in the marning people came pour. ing in from the surrounding country for many miles around, while many from a distance arrived on the morsing trains. Lumbermen, farmers. mechanics, young and old, turned out. Small groups gath- gaze upon the massive walls which con- iained one of the most depraved of man- kind; one guilty of the most diabolical crimes ever committed in a civilized community. SCHAFFER'S LAST NIGHT. He speut the early part of the evening ual advisers, permitted to remove his chains, Seibert remained with him. soundly until morning He ate heartiry at breakfast; mass was said and he then | was ready to receive his friends, A BAD PARTING. His father and two sisters called soon after to bid him farewell Their final | parting was touching in the extreme, | The heart broken father and sisters | wept bitterly as they withdrew and re- turned to their home. handspike. their names do not seem to be known. ven Express on Saturday. ~—Our young friend, Will Conley, we a8 an assistant in Meese's store, Belle fonte, on Alleghany st. This house is one of Bellefonte’s leading business es- tablishments and enjoys a large and lu crative trade. They carry a complete line of dry goods, fancy goods, ladies far- nishiog goods, and a complete line of fresh grec ries. Will has charge of the dry goods department which is complete in every particular, and contains every. thing in that line. To his friends in this section, he extends an invitation to call and see him, when in Bellefonte, ~The town council's finaneial report for last year, appeared on Wednesday Inst, three weeks later than the law di. rots and in as clear as mud, and not ruade ont itemized as the law directs, and so every tax payer can see what every cent was spent for. Not a single item of expeoditureds named This was done, no doubt, by the late council to hide their blunders, especially so that no one could tell whether money was spent for the board walk contrary to law. We defy a single man to tell fam the report what a single cont was spent for in the list of expenses of town council. They were afraid evidently to let the ait fzens know. Pottertownshipand a dozen other aporte from all sections are items ized an the law dires's but the Centre | Hall report dodges the thing. Brave v nv * THE TIME AT HAND, At 11 o'clock the sheriff's jury was ad- mitted and then all persons holding pass. | es from the sheriff were permitted to fol- low. A large crowd at the gae caased great annoyance and delay in entering, and many failed to get in. FROM THE CELL TO THE GALLOWS, The procession was formed with Sher- iff lb at the head, then came Shaffer, Fatvers Seibert and Bheridan, with the deputy in the rear. Shaffer mounted the steps to the platform of tne galio ws with a firm step. He was dressed in a new black suit, wore a lay down collar, dotted necktie, He is about 23 years of age, medium weight and about 5 fect 9 inches in height. As he stood on the scafluld he was a little paler toan wal. He has a fall round face, promisent fore head, a rather wicked eye that does not impress you favorably; wears a heavy brown mustache curred upwards at the ends and is considered a» handsome young man. Oa his vest was pioned a small key with a crucifix boaeath; eo chin passed around his neck, attacted to it was another crucifix that rested on his breast. In his haud he heid another cruoifix and gazed steadly upon it while his advisers chanted prayers, ete., with him. He then knelt on the trap in pray. er with Pather Seibert,’ and when he arose he ste forward to the railing, deliberately looked over the wndience, and in a low, clear and unfaltering tone, said: “Gentlemen, I am going to die now, I bid,you all geod bye, and Lope to meet you in Heaven” i BOUND HAND AND FOO. The sheriff then a'epp-! forward and his arms and by passing During the time ofthe execution newspaper man of Williamsport tarned from the ghastly scene and fainted, the second time. Relic hunters were on hand to get screws from the scaffold. (Quite a number of Centre county folks witnessed the execotion., In the vard Walker, Squire Reifsnyder of Millheim, Commissioner Decker, aod others whom I cannot recall at present. Joe Fury, Photos of Bhaffer, gold by boys on the streets for 25 cents, had a large and were a fair likeness, While passing through the jail, saw Johuoson in his cell, he was standing at hia door smoking a cigar: the eo passed his door a few seconds sod he had a fall view nervous and deathly pale WT De viewed Atkin Father CO hy was present and the =xeention with cons tion of the villain who siew his 8:0 ard adopted danghter He says the naby | we ting along well and is growing: | has been sick the last few days lerabe C.R.K i 3 i -—— SHAFFER'S CONFESSION. From Rhaffer’'s confession sworn to be. | ore Alderman Darey, of Lock Haven { March 13, we make extracts .f the part tnat relates particularly to the murder, the other simply gives his wanderings aronod: Shaffer save, after speaking of the robberies committed in the morning I took a drink at the spring, I | went to the bridge croming Fishing Creek near Klines, on the narrows road and | | aloog in a one horse wagon. | demanded | his money, He threw it down for me {and passed on. I picked op his purse { and went on about a mite towards Tylers. | ville, where I met another man who { also dropped a sam of money for me. | then went to Cherry Run bridge near which 1 demanded the money of & man namey Glantz, This was just before day light, Bometime after sunrise Ellis | Fantz came along. [I demanded his money and his watch and got them beth, About Bor 9 o'clock, as near as [ can tell, I went to the house where Isaiah Colby lived. I went there $0 fut my break fast, i I did not know that Colby lived there | when I went there. Mrs, Colby was at some breakfast. She said I could, snd got me a warm breakfast, I ate it and paid her for it. I remained there about eleven o'clock. Bometime after | went there Isaiah came io. | tarked with them sometime. I explained to them bow I happened to be there by telling them that I had been out all night huntiog a pair of horses that bad run away from me. I told them my name was Wicox. I did not recognize them as people that had ever known before and did not think they recognized me. They did not intimate on this ocoasion that they knew me. Isaiah stayed till I lef}. When I left the bouse I went by their vrivate road to Cherry Ron bridge. Up to thistime I Lad formed no design of killing them, From a point up the monataio I could see the greater part of their farm, remained there till near 4, af ternoon, and saw Isaiah nearly all the time in the oatsfield. [then came down and concealed myself in the bushes near the run. . , . [ went to the house and asked Mm. Colby where her husband was, Bue said in the oatafield, and I went to him ; asked him about staying all night; he said it was all right. He asked me if I was not Luther Shaffer, I said I was not. Mrs, Coiby then came on the ground. .. . Boon he took his basket and said he was going to cut some grass for his cow, When he told me in the field that | looked like Luther Shaffer, | immediately determined to kill him, for I thought that through him the fact that 1 had committed the robberies would be found out. 1 aw dewermined shortly afterwards to kill the woman for the same reason, When he went for the gram | made up my mind that I would ao company him and kill him while he was cutting it, but then I thought he might make some outory and frighten his wife and that she might get away; 50 \ waited till he got back to the rum, ‘which i near the house, I then dropped behind him, and shot him once fo the back. He then . a%y turned his face Wwards we as be wes falling snd I hot him in the eye. 1 cannot account for only one would being found on him as 1 eannot be lieve 1 missed Lim the first time 1 fired. The firet 1 saw of Mrs, Colby eer this was when 1 looked away from him snd started towerd the house, She had got to the opposite bank of the stream and was tiandin till m to Where: J wed was very shallow; she passed oe in 1 the run going in the direction of her I and, 1 that caused her death house, took for Lock Haven, I tock the gun both mys if at long range in case of pursuit, 1 left | the usual route, taking the private road to Cherry public road. I found a light in the I went through Clintondale and Ouse when I went in. down the Fishiog Creek road foward Lock Hay en, Hhaffer then closes by pronouncing Johnson nocent, -— COBURN. Monday John Wiebly moved into the house vacated by Capt Vanvalin, Tuis finishes the moviug, except Joel Ker stetter, who moved on Tuesday to the farm that J. F. Forbert bought at Wood- ward; Dory Cas-ler moved his family to Union county last Thursday. Sorry to see Dory leave. We lose a good neigh- bor and cirizen, and no doubt the will miss him, as he was and had a kind word for everybody. Bome of our citizens,are getting a lit. ed big tracts of land. Guess it did’ ‘ake very much capital to lease all they Ifitdoes amount 10 any. thing, there are parties that have it pnd can drive the business on, and investi - gate it thoroughly, and see if there suythiog in it. Hope it will pan out be worth working, as itwould bea efit to the place, Monday we had license again and ev- erything passed off quieily, if we had | bock beer to commence on. 8, BR. King is Mr. Bhaffer's bar tender. Very guod selection, and no doubt he will do his | duty and will treat his customers with courtesy. Simon has wany friends in | this section. Mr. Shaffer keeps 8 good ivery and bis charges are liberal. The { traveling community will find it to their interest to gle him a call, is to ben- { Monday you could see the demiis | brigade marching to the still house. | | it appears they didn't have any out boud, so they couldn't sell any. Guess we wont bear anyihing more about traveling bar that some of the Belief { people talked about lest fall, We | that has quit traveling, or ought to | should have long ago. buat of thie ile think and Billy Kerstetter foals proud. He {it is a bonocing girl, Val. Kerstetter has concluded to help his father on the farm, so Bob is minus a good clerk. We noticed Andy Btover or on Saturday, for the first time for three | months, Giad to see him out again . Mrs W. H. Kreamer received a tele | gram on Sanday evening that her moth- { er was very sick, and she left on Monday morning's train, R. F. Whitmer, of Sunbury, Monday evening oa ! Bays 1 our streets CAINe Unies, | up oun Bellefonte. professional WAN us - Attorney Keeder, of here, we suppose, on HS i . 4 y : Business has been | vely here for some i time but will vot be so moving time is ] E. Los, and Alexander Monday ver 5% #13 " # dddesl Lhiedr They wili move to Fairvies OK. - {i It is a common belief among people that missing a train is an omen; but look, misfortune and mauy smmilar thingsare supposed to be likely to befall them. Sach how ver was not | the case with the four young gentlemen of Spring Mills who a short time packed their tranks and started for F ori ida, At Washington the party had wait several hours and made use of their time in taking in the many interesting | sights of the National capitol and when any evil ow = ago toy southern bound train they were greatly disappointed to find that it bad pulled away and was on its journey to the iand of sunshine and flowers. The result was | they had to lay over considerable time in | Washington, The next day their feel | ingso disappointment were changed as | they read in the morning papers that the | train they had missed the day be‘ore, was the one that was wrecked at Biack- shear, Ga, March 17, and many lives | were lost, others badly isjured. The young men feel as though in their dis. appointment the guiding hand of provi dence was with them. a A WARNING TO GIDDY WOMEN. The man in Columbus, O., who had | been arrested afier marrying, robbing { and deserting 10 wives in succession, | ought to be a warning to every giddy damsel who is in danger of being decoy- | ed by a man of whom she knows little or nothing. The fact that such a scoun - drel as Chaplin, alias Barton, alias Baker, shonld have been able, within a few years to marry 10 respectable women, | maidens and widows, one after the oth- er, is evidence that all these swindled women were as regardless of their own selves as he was of their honor, SUMMER SCHOOLS, The spring session of the Penns Valley institute opens at this place Monday, 9th. Prof. Little informs us that a large nam- ber of students from a distance contem- plate attending and there will be a large number also from this vicinity, During the winter term our directors found in Prof. Little an able instructor, and one who was fully competent for the position, His past work is a sufficient guarantee to all who expect to prepare for teaching or for college, that they can find no betier place than Centre Hall to attend school, SAA I ISAS, SI SPRING. March, ugly, raw and boisterous, wound up with a sudden swing aroun! to calm, mild and pleasant spring, startiog buds and vegetation. The change began last Friday and continued to the present time, : are dry again, and the souw has disa od. Everybody hails the shange With delight and hopes it will HORSE WANTED, A draft horse, waight about 1100, whl df Price, ste, to . BORGER A wa 1A MH JA L BOL Ji BS, ~~ Boozer keeps the very best kind of harness oil. try it, wee) ive Meyer has a new scheme to troublesome. — There is talk {the turnpike from county vacated —The old M E. chur h Mills will be used as a town | the erection of a new chureh, ot Old wont ng Fort to to have Union at = hail, ring «108 i lev, 8. G. Bhannon’s new Luth, | church, at Bunbury, will be one of the | finest in its interior finish in the state, ~~ Spring and summer stock of ready | made clothing is being nopacked at the Rochester clothing House, Bellefonte, —Mre, Judge Divens has been ape pointed post mistress at Hublershn rg, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Goodhart, ~Stop in at Flemings, fashionable tailoring establishment, Bellefon e, and see the new styles n gents cl for spring and summer. ~Btover & Mott, the marble men. at fiellefonte, received recently a car load of marble and are offering and monuments at reduced rates. i i | othing | 'os and can put out their work for less ty. apened up his new stock for gnitings spring and summer wear. New styles will be worn this year and them in stock, | =—=—Correspondents will | their communications to th | later than Wednesday morning. | { observe this and by so doing will oniige us Mr Bober's saw mill, he has nlease not lease greatly is office Geo Ioneburger, sawyer at moved into the he IRE, expects to make this place his nert home, — Jacob Pennington, one of the ol est citizens of Clearfield connty. d his home in Chest township a few day ago, He was married three times was the father of twenty nine chil quite a respectable namber. died at g i ana ~— Young man if yon want to ap with the styles stop buying se hand cheap ¢ othing and go to, Filem ng the tailor, Bellefonte, for a fine fi suit. Keeps only atest styles the best workmen, have the latest, the LE | —Why is the financial statement the boro withheld in nt er violat law? Is there anything the con last year do not wish the people know? According to law the statemen have been published should weeks ago, several brated Rocheser Ciothing in t} ln 4 HOeET 1e city this week and brings back the line of ready made clothing and gents fornishing goods ever seen this county. in Please call and stock of and cassimeres garment io men's wear for any assortment of overcoats “BREanyY Mane" { hats caps and {he largest ine of nist goods in the connty—all fit or no sale” MosTeoMERY kerhoff Rw & Humes Blo - -_— » MARRIED. f examine our larg cloths a fall fir ing Work giarantesd ta & ( & £ Br K. d 1 4 ¥ Rev aires the Refs rR nage Thos hy Misa ie arch 29, by and wv a —— DIED Near Tusseyville, on March 18:4 Ada Li Lee, wile of John Lee. aged vears aud 27 days « Mra n BUCKEYE IMPLEMENT AGENCY, REBERSBURG, To the Farmers : I have taken the agency for Centre Co for the sale of the Celebrated Back. eve Farm Implements, manufactared by C. Anitman & Co., Canton, Onio, whose machines are coosidered the very best made in the conatry. BINDERS The light Backeye Folding Binder challenges the world for darability perfection of work and lightness of drafv It folds so as to pass through any com- mon gate, men | pesmsmnsn {Ds sss hss ssi BUCKEYE MOWER Is considered the best in the market. sms mses J med) ems REAPERS, «= we TWINE, EEAPERS, ee TWINE ee BTEAM ENGINES, eee we STEAM ENGINES, «eee wee NEW MODEL THRESHER, wee NEW MODEL THRESHER., <= I can give you better machines and for less money than any. Call on or address CM. GRAMLEY, Rebersburg, Pa. - = Pa. apiim a —— BISHOP ST. =a Bellefonte, ™ Ty i ii In order to make room for sSOme atte rne il FALL HD are ofiering ends, etc, at Greatly Re- duced Prices. + LS We have carpe as low vard._ and rcv) vard--and rigit per Are Cad WALL PAPER such prices that syivania, at manta rtir slialiUuiali ld 3 1 1 A fr it be CQ 10T. Cann " We are ready to sell . 1 p- » a or we equally low prices such wv » astonish you when you them. Come and let us give you prices. Remember, the prices we give on carpets are only for ends and such patterns as we carried over from last year. 0 t 0-W-A-L-L-:0:-P-A.-P-E-R-0 cman (smn. | ssn (rn WM. WOLF & SON have received a new stock of Wall Paper, soras beau tiful patterns, and at prices about fifty per cent. less than heretofore. See their styles before you buy. Re- member they are only half the price of last year, Wall Paper. I. Hl. CHREYER BISHOP ST. Bellefonte, Fa.
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