FRED. KURTZ, Epiror and Pror'n
TERMS;
vance, Those in arrears subject to
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Advertisements 20 cents per line for 3 inser
tions, and 5 cents for each subsoquent insertion.
LOCAL ITEMS.
~The coming lion of the day is the
dandy-lion.
——Our constable makes frequent vis-
its to Rising Springs.
——Dear Fiedler, what is your weight
gince the delegate election?
— Yuny Deininger has several front
treet lots for sale near the station,
— Angaline Tobwuas' sale of house
hold gonds, April 14, at 1
Centre Hall.
Hastings made a clean sweep and
the state administration is sustained in
Centre county.
raged by tramps in Clearfield county and
her tongue cut out, is not true.
around the Brockerhoffl house.
the lightoing rod agent, the tree man and
the book peddler will pay youa pleasant
call,
Philipsburg now has a daily paper,
aad it should be well supported.
1), F:
four week's western trip in
plation. Hope he will purchase it and
give us enough for a potato patch.
of landlord Mever's $150 license. The
balance goes to the county.
lucky.
~-—[,a8t year's town coonncil’'s list of
expenditures was put in such shape as
not to show what money was spent for.
How soon the boro got sick of the delec
table “citizens organization.’
——Mr. and Mrs, Bairfoot, of Belle-
in our town again.
——The smoke from the stacks of the
ing mill, at the station, now make that
locality look busivess like, added to
which are near a dozen of the
houses in this neighborhood.
Mr. Bechdol, livi near Eagle
ville, this county, took Rough on Rats
on Monday night and died before the
and prove efficacions. He has shown,
for some time past, that he was depressed
ia spints,
~The young folks of this place con:
template organizing a tennis club, and
are patiently awaiting for better weather
to commence practice. They nundonbted-
ly have the finest and best courtin the
county, tho the surroucdings might
be a little pleasanter.
we Unforinuate and fortunate seemed
to bave been ex~sheriff Spangler within
the last ten days: Uafortaate in losing
his pocket book po less than three times.
Fortanate ia finding it himself every
time. Unforfunate to lose a pair of val.
uable gold eyeglasses, Fortonate to have
them found by Will Kartz, minus a
glass, -
—Mr. Geo. Hoffer,
kept the old Juniata House in Alex:
andria, has taken charge of the Hallman
House, on corner of 3d and Mifllin streets,
opposite the jail at Hun'iogdon, and is
ready to occomodate regular cusiomers,
Mr. Hoffer was a former citizen and na-
tive of Centre Hall,
— (ur former peighbor, Mr. Smith,
now of Williamsport, son in-law of H
purchased Mrs. Whiteman's fancy dry-
goods store. Be lefonte will thas add a
pleasant and agreeable family to its
population, as well a8 an experianced
business man.
—The Presbytery
met at Bellefonte on Tuesday. This
Presbytery is one of the largest in the
Presbyterian church It includes in
territorial limits the connties of Bedford
It numbers 55 minise
9.700 communicants’
niata and Mifflin
ters, 73 churches,
whe thunder gust which set in last
ioned ome,
and the thaader loud and rolling.
shower continued most of the day with
other and heavier shower with ferce
effect on vegetation.
joyed it immensely. Mr,
braced the opportanity to wi'ness a big
buil-fight in rhe city of Mexico, but does
not wish to see another. They speak
highly of the fruits, flowers, ete,, of that
tropical country, with the most delicious
oranges which are as plenty as apples
here io the best season and rot on the
ground.
three weeks ago bad to pay a man $4000
for ivjuries sustained by a defecive
board walk, and if through a blander of
last year's council the board wal is sad.
dled on our boro, contrary to the coun
cil's ordi ances and oaths, then the boro
stead of negligent lot owners, to fall
back on—do thie ¢ zens know what dane
wee "1 js Nettie Zahn, an accomplish-
ed yonug lady, from Ere, Pa, who in
her travels, during the winter visited this
section, gives Beaty a col. cf a well writs
ten description of Bellefonte and its en
terprices, in the Erie Gazette, of March
81. The wmdy winds np her letter by pay-
ing he Reronrena bandsome compiis
ment:
“A description of Bellefonte would not
ba complete if mention of her many ex-
cellent newspapers were to be omitted.
The Watchman, Keystone G1 zetbe, Dem
ocrat, Republican and Daily News, while
a few mi es sont of the city, in a town
of probut y Hix hncdied [utabiunt, is
printed us breezy a sneet as the country
TRIPLETS,
Last Sabbath night the wife of Mr.
| George Lonebarger, of this place, glad-
| dened her worthy spouse, with triplets
| Before the three little sisters wade
| their appearance, Mr. Loneberger’s fam-
ily counted seven childrensuow its a
| reach a bakers dozen. Triplets in a
family 18 rare, and therefore worthy of
| note as well as reward, We think that
the Governor of the Commonwealth
| should at once be informed of this extra-
| ordinary increase in our population, and
these dignitaries would no doupt give
the event proper recognition. Really
| Centre Hall is baving a boom. The Re
| PORTER trusts that Providence will take
| spe aal care of Mr. Loueberger and his
i family.
¥ @ dl»
| MURDERER SHAFFER BURIED.
| The body of murderer Shaffer, who
was executed for the killing of tne Colbys,
| of Cherry Run, was viewed by a large
{ nuwber of persons, The face of the dea
| man had no repulsive or distorted ap
| pearance, but bore a calm and peacefu
expression. The coffin plate bore the
words, “At Rest, Fraocis J. Shaffer.”
{ The deceased when in life, upon being
| baptised into the Catholic faith last Buu.
day, having adopted the name Francis,
with the rules of the church, At ®o'ciock
Thursday morning the body was takeo
to St. Agnes church where mass was cel-
ebrated for the repose of the soul of the
dead, aiter which the interment
| made in the Catholic cemetery.
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20 MURDER TRIALS.
A AAA HS 550 NBII INOS
IMPORTANT LITTLE THINGS,
The fellow who was in our railroad
station, on Sunday, (7) must have got in
a
keyhole.
Neighbor Kennedy had his toes se-
verely bruised by a ladder falling on
them at Coburn, Cobaorn is a dangerous
place,
derfali
er, ii |
fine,
Farmers are busy plowing and the
soil is in fine order.
Subscribe for the Reronrkr for the
campaign at 10 cents per month—send
us three names and you get a fourth
copy free,
The roller mill is about puitiog
corn breaker, for chopping corn in
cob, and will attach a large storehouse to
the mill to accommodate the increasing
trade.
tra straight, are among the best brands
of flour in the United States,
fieids everywhere look very
in
ywwiterian church, and Bro. Kerr wiil soon
see his edifice completed, the erection of
which is principally owing to his energy
and activity.
Landiord Meyer went to Heading last
week, and will see that
majority is swelled about 1000 next fall.
Sottero
SANTA FE SWITCHMEN QUIT.
Kansas City, April 2.—At 5 o'clock
Ihe company has been handling Burling.
that the execation of Shaffer was the
| Since its formation there have heen
| twenty trials for murder in the couoty,
er or accused muarderer has sn flered deat:
for his crime,
{| At the February session of Court 1864
!
i
murder of Robert Gaines and on May 20
| of the same year he was sentenced to be
| hanged. Upon motion a change of ven
ire was granted and the case removed to
Centre county, where Gaines was tried
and acquitted.
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WHILE MAKING
KY.
=Wilkesharre, Pa. April 9.—Mrs, Mary
BURNED
when the pot containing the same top-
pled over in the bot fire,
The
who
her were also burned and will die.
hasband and father, John Bharp,
was at work at the
have become insane.
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HIS OWN
SERMON,
PREACHING
Athens, Ga., April 8.~Two thousand
|
$
Toe men have no other
complaint and will go to work on the
handle “Q" freight.
HOTTEST
1888,
THREE DAYS
the
Gen.
In bis article on" Where to Spend
Summer,” in Scrinner’s for April
phesy as to the hottest days in the year
1888. The Detroit Journal, taking the
watter up, has offered a prize of $500 to
ithe person guessing correctly, before June
1st, what the 3 days will be. Gen. Greely
immediately telegraphed his guess to the
in accord with Lis reasons in
p>
LOCAL BQUIBS
is quite ill,
we), J, Mover took a tripto Berks
heard of in the history of Clark county.
tev. Dr. Bridges, 84 years old, preached
— Boozer keeps the very best kind
of harness oil, try it,
we Don't fail to visit Pearlstine’s new
—ed, W. Woll and family spent sever.
al days of this week in Williamsport,
- Dan Hess vows he'll not go fishing
ge :
wel,
country church six miles from here
had his erave dog and a cotlio made for
this occasion. He and his assistants sang
the first song, “Shall we gladly meet?”
He then gave his text, Second Cor.
vighth verse, and gave the large crowd a
short talk ia a very falteriog manner.
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
During the thunder gust on Tharsday
frywens
HR a
Earlystown |
set it on fire.
this week,
et Are you makiog garden?’-Daily
Well that's none of y
i's a private family affair,
—eeJack Dale, of Osceola, formerly of
this place, was here oa a flying visit and
our business
#nsbled the men to pus the fire out bes
fore it could get any headway The fire
started at a point on the shed quite ciose
to the barn
yu the farm.
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ENOUGH OF FLORIDA.
Robert and Mrs. Duncan, who moved
to Ariando, Florida, some two years ago,
, and kept 8 house for the eotertaioment
beauty a d ilowers, we are told wi | return
to goud oid Peausylvania again, and not
a8 We are so wont to hear.
| roses, 100, but pot without thorns,
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PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
The Prohebitionists of Centre co, will
meet ia convention mn the Coart House,
Bellefonte, on the 19th of April, for the
Oscar Emerick we hear will teach
select primary school at this place and
ill start in on Monday next,
wee WW, W, Mover hasopened a new
dry goods store at Bel efonte inthe room
—S pring and summer stock of ready
made clothing is being nopacked at the
Rochester clotuing House, Bellefonte,
——eSidney Bairfoot was well enough
0 reach Liere by train oa Monday. The
change will, no doubt, be for the betller
wee Lyon & Co. have unpacked an im
mwense line of 8; ring and summer goods
Our neighbor, Andy Reesman, is
not eujoyiog the best of bea th, aod bas
been cosfined 10 the house several days
aiready.
—Treeday morning brought a change
It was cloady, cool avd the
the night,
a sew paper published at Reading by
We have the first issue
wetop in at Flemings, fashionable
tailoring establishment, Bellefon: e, and
the state Convention which meets at
{ traosact such other business as may
properly come before them.
J. Zuiorxr,
Chairman,
I , .
GREAT LUMBER FIRE
{ IAMSPORT.
Williamsport, Pa, April 6.—Fire this
| evening gutted the lumber yard of Brown,
{| Clark & Howe, covering a territory of
| over five acres, Between 4,000,000 and
5,000,000 feet of pine and hemlock lum.
| ber and pickets were burned, involving
{a total loss of about $70,000; insurance,
| $65,000
AT WILL-
§ sani
ee
: $5 REWARD,
3
{ Any ove who can tell from the manner
i
| eitizens organization,” printed its 1ist of
| expenditures, bow much it paid for
sLioveling snow from the board walk, we
wiil owe him five dollars, for his ability
of seeing through mud. How much
who cau tell, for shoveling snow?
soni
LUMBER INTEREST BOLD,
Weare informed that the Nippenose
Jumber interests of Rev. J K. Miller,
dec'd, formerly of Centre Hall, og
of steam sawmill and timper tracts, have
been sold for 811,000, The estate still
owues a house in this town and timbers
land in the 7 mountains,
WI i
The long talked of new book introduced
by Rose E, Cleveland is beiog publish
ed by the Pub. St,
Louie, Mo.
J. Hebert,
Kira reputation of dine Ros
Clevelnnd as a» ritor 1s
anes n luge sly for
wich ag 10 gars
anything eoming
fing her peo, Pau # offer a
de
spring and summer.
wee A, C, Mingle has somsthing to say
in another column in regard 10 bo sts and
shoes, Don't fail to visit Mingle's shoe
~ ~Btover & Mott, the marble men, at
gellefonte, received recently a car load
tombstones
and monaments at redoced rates,
we'T'he trog concerts will soon begin
—free to all for the entire season-—music
begins at dusk. Crickets and katydids
will join the frog troupe in the fall.
wee Fleming the tailor, Bellefonte, has
opened up his new stock for suitings, for
spring and summer wear. New styles
will be worn this year and he has them
in stock,
= Mr. Sidney Bair foot suffering trom
consumption, seems to be failing fast,
and is confined 10 Lis bed; if not too ily,
he wiil be brought over from Bellefonte]
his home in this town.
~~ Young man if you want to keep
up with the styles siop buying second
hand cheap clothing and go to, Fleming,
the tailor Bullefonte, for a fine fittin
sait, Keeps only the ‘atest styles ao
the best workmen. Give him a trial and
have the latest,
~=[{ you waot a good article in the
way of dress boots and shoes at the
lowest pr om, call at Granam's shoe store
Bellefonte, They have au elegant line
of all kinds, pricea to sait every body.
The best gents $3 00 fine shoe in Bele
fonte, you will find at Graham's shoe store
A better and finer quality If desired.
Remember the place, corner store Brock.
erhoff Row,
ww Migsos Emma and Mollie Bayder
tr ha ER
selection and stock ¢
linery ever,
tes coun
AARONSBURG,
| Jerome Stambach has moved his fame |
i ily to Mrs. Robes house and has gone |
| back to Bomerset Co. to take charge of
a steam saw mill.
John H. Musser is tearing down the |
old Kurtz shop and George Bright is re- |
moving his old shop, two old land marks |
| that have stood for many years,
Miss Mary Fry, who had gone to Read
ing with H. G. Shaffer has retarted and
!{ with her mother will go to Williamsport
{ where they expect to make their home
| in the future,
{ Andrew Immelbas moved into
| Homan’s house, latety purchased of Fry,
| where he keeps “bachelors hall” and cars
{ ries the mail.
| Oscar Wolf and his brother John, last
week lef for Kansas City, Migwouri Osc rv
expects to follow his trade, that of a
| blacksmith, while Jehn will work on a
{ farm,
{ BSamnel Diehl will in a few days take
{ the road to Clearfield with a lot of bran
new buggies,
George Homan sold his Clydesdale colt
| to Mr, Schrack of Sugar Va ley who has
| one to mate it in every particular,
i Mrs. T. J Kister starts for Seranton
his week, where her husband has charge |
i of a printing office,
Frederick Reager sold one
| squares to (3. M. Kapp for £200.00,
| D. H. Dentler and D. H, Rote are each |
! running an iscabator and raising their |
| ebicks in brooders. i
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NEW GOODS AT THE STONE MILL.
A. 8B. Kerlin is in Philadelphia this
week selecting a stock of goods for the |
spring and summer seasons’ and will be
opened up at Arthur Kerlios store at the
Stone Mill io a few days. out for |
the new goods,
i
of his
Look
-
{ —M. Fauble, proprietor of the cele-
| brated Rochester Clothing House, in
Reynolds new building Bellefonte, was
in the city this week and brings back the
finest line of ready made clothiog and
gents furnishing goods ever seen io this
county.
—The best fence wire ever used in
| the county is the link barb wire sold at
McFarlaol's mammoth hardware store,
| Crider's Block, Bellefonte. A heavy
| s1ock of this wire has ast been received
i and will be sold at prices to suit. It is
thie easiest put up and the nicest to han-
{ die. Don't forget, Crider’s Biock, Beile-
i fonte, Look for the
| roof,
Please call and examine our larg
stock of cloths and cassimeres suitab e
for any garment io men's wear—a fall
assortment of overcoats “mEapy Mapp.”
The largest line of bafs, caps and furs |
nisbing goods ia the county
guaranteed to fit or no sale”
Moxraomeny & Co
i 3rockerboff Row & Homes Block,
: -The Mifflinburg
Mr. Wm. Young,
i pow of Phila, gels a ver
adelphia Courts for $30.3
Ek
5 days
Young
f “The Pennsylvavia Graphite
nd Manufacturing Co”
{ h be claimed that
deceived and defrasded out
| and brought suit therefor
iI & Yer {ict as above stated
“Hardware” on
fil Ww
formerly of that
s trie
ith 4%
against
trying Lhe case
'
i
fe
£53
chased 490 » ff 1
pres of
se why
Mining
he |
of b
ir
oe
Ih
vered
in
PR
au
Houghto
fenly on Sa
icaving his bed in the morni
{ a slight pain on his
{ this was nothing
of leawishurg,
day Alter
he feit
shoulder, Dot
unasnal, had
been rheumatic for vears, Otherwise,
be was in fair health. When he
down to breakfast he was eating the we
ond egg, when his wife saw his head
droop, and be rested it on his plate, She
called her son, J. W. Houghton,
who lives in the SAIN e
house, who raised his father's head
| He gasped several times and died.
| had evidently been 8 ricken with am at
| tack of neuralgia of the heart, He was
in his 78th year. Chr
A wonderful interest has heen shown
throoghout the West in Prof. James
| Baldwin's paper, “The Centre of ‘he Re-
i puolic,” in Scribner's Magazine for April,
It is an inepiring accoan: of the rise and
progress of the Onio Valley, suggested by
the Centenuialcelehration soon to fase
pace at Cincinnati, Prof Baldwin's ac
count of what hes been accomplished
produces a }
his readers prond of ‘heir birthright,
A
The soft con! miners in the mountain
between Gallitzin and Soath York, 4000
{to 5000 in number have decided not to
accept a redaction of ten per cent on the
paying price of 45 cents per ton net, and
a strike is expected. The overators say
that they cannot enmpete with the coke
producers aboat Pittsburg, and that the
| action and subsequent break of the Con-
| nellsville Coke Syndicate reducing coke
{ to §1 per ton means rain to them at pres-
i
| ent rater. The cokers at Coalport, Iroona
| and Punkentawney are now idle, involv
ing 2200 ovens and 4000 men, and the
situation is serious,
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MARRIED
Oa April 5, by the Rev. J. Horner
Kerr, Mr. Mich«e! N. Miller and Miss
Lide A. McEiroy.
-J ales
died very sad
Me
left
ge Le
Bal
§
nicie
It was at the home of the bride's cons.
in, Miss Emily Alexander, whose grace-
fal hospitality has cheered maoy hearts,
where the yedding bells hal called a
namber of guests to share the festivities
of the marriage
After the handsome couple were tied,
all were welcomed to the tables loaded
with riebly prepared and bonntifully
provided v.ands A postprandial was
aronished by the town band, whose mem
bers are always ready to do the agre-as
ble on important occasions,
After a few days’ absence in the east,
the happy couple wili return, when her
fixed ess of priaclple and hi+ habit of
industry will combine to revder thém a
valued acqaisition to Spring Mills sucie-
ty. MS,
AA A
DIED.
N
Jummeyvidle, on March 18th, Mrs,
Ada Li. Lee, wite of John Lee, aged 28
years and 27 days,
When Baby wae sick, we gave her Oastoria,
When she was & Child, she oried for Castaria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Casters,
i
MRE, CONKLING VERY TLL.
A CRITICAL OPERATION PERFORMED ON
THE EX-BENATOR'S HEAD,
Roscoe Conkling, who has beeh suffer
ing for several days with an abscess of
the ear and inflammation of the mem-
brane of the brain, became delirious on
Sunday, Dr. Fordyce Baker and Dr. D, |
Hayes Agnew wore hastily summoned; |
also Mrs, Conkling burried from Utica |
New York, April 9. —Ex-8Benator Ros- |
coe Conkling is lying to-night very aear
death’s door and slight hopes are enter-
tained of bis recovery. An operation
was performed by makiog an incision in |
the squamous portion of the temporal |
bone aod raising the base of the brain |
by the aid of a mallet and chisel. About |
an ounce of pus flowed out. The pa-
tient was under the iofluence of ether |
bat he rolled and tossed so that it was
only with difficulty thst the operation |
was performed. Dr. Barker said that |
while the recovery of the patient is not |
assured, he stands a much better chance
than before, Afier Mr.
Conkling arose, walked into an adjoining
room and return
the operation
a
Now is the time to buy a cheap pisto]
Mis,
to make room for new go A 22 cals
ibre revolver for 81 25 and ap, 32 calibre
as low as $2 25
Brsumax & Kneaven.
‘Dr. Beller's Co
hae given salisfn
Druggists keep it
COMMISSIONERS" SALE OF UN-
SEATED LANDS
pursuance of an
ny of March
SILETE
SVE YORIS OF 07%
res Per
J nhaver
James Allison...
Copenhaver & Witoome
Jas Nelson (Est owner)
f lyeee Greaves
Dn Lewis...
Jacob Wetzel
Richard Malone
Jas Toner
Wm Gray...
Philip Eherman
i ry Vandyke
fohn Brackbill shah
John Copenbaver.......
David Lewis...
Richard Malone.
Charles Lucas
John Spear
Andrew Allison
Joseph Welch
John McOommon
Robt Rainey ....ooomens
Richard Malone...
Robert King.
A Beighant SO A
Henry Plokerton........
John Copenhaven...
Hugh MceEntire.......coomme
Robert Kin
Bei
gay Lot
Iw
Wm P Mite
D Carskadden...........
Jeremiah Parker... =
George Parker...........
Sarah Melanahan....
Sarah Mclanahan....
Lewis Lewis —
Richard Jones...
rah Becigtail....ccne i"
enry Toole... Spr
John L. Kurth... comes od
Michael Weidner. ..........Taylor
Mishael Weidner........ hy.
Thos MeCommon.,..
jdam A
Boyoe Davis...
Baer BA... ooo. WALROE
Robt Camphill... ove Worth
Apriihat
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We have jost received a new lot of the
celebrated Davis and New Home sewin
machines, which we are o at
bottom prices, We extend an invi ation
to all to come aud see these machines
and be convinced that they are the best
When she ad Cliidoon, she gave the Oustoniay
|
I. 0. SCHREYER,
BISHOP ST.
Bellefonte, Fa.
0
CARPETS
In order to make room for
are ofiering some
3
ends, etc, at Greatly Re-
low
We have carpets as
er] crass
Vara and
3
oOd
WwW
cents per yard up. We
so headquarters for heavy
draperies, curtir
.
li eg ht
Lies
WALL PAPER
Having Just purchased the
of wall oaner eo
largest stock of wall paper ev-
. 3
er brought to Central
sylvania, at such prices that it
cannot be manufactured for.
We are ready to sell at
equally low prices such as will
astonish you when you see
them.
Come and let us give
prices.
B
Remember, the prices
give on carpets are only
ends and such patterns as
carried over from last year.
I. 1 SCHREY
BISHOP ST.,
Bellefonte, Fa.