THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Evrror and ProP'R | 100th ASSEMBLY. | The One Hundredth General Assen. | bly of the Presbyterian Church in the Uuited States of America will meet ia Centre Harn, Pa, Tuurs, Arnis 26, 1888 TERMS:~One year, $1.50, when paid in ad vance. Those in arrears subject to previous | terms. Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 inser tions, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. LOCAL ITEMS, phia, Pa., Thursday, May 17, 1888, at 11 a.m. The opening sermon will be preached | by the Moderator, the Rev, Joseph T.! D .D.8mith of Baltimore, | The Commissioners to the Assembly Rev. Robert Hamill, D. D,, Rev, D. Kerr | Freeman, DD. D., Hon, James A. Beaver | To this announcement the following | Clean up your yards, —Jce cream at Murray's every S urday evening. | ——The organ grinder has failed to | come around, ——An old friend J. B. Ream, of Gregg, gave our sanctum a call, ——(3raham & Brown at Pleasant Gap | advertise for fifty bark pealer: ——Mr. Henry Shadow of Tasseyville was a called at this office this week. ——Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Miller of] Spring Mills spent Sunday at this place. —8t. Paul was in favor of the cash system. He said: Owe no man any- thing. There was quitea large attendance | at communion in the Reformed chnreh, last Sabbath, — Assessor J. W. McCormick, distrib- uted the personal property blanks on Tuesaday morning. — Freight and passenger traffic on our railroad is perceptibly on the in~| crease, with each month, —Mr. Zettle tells us thatthe Georges | valley grain fields don’t look quite as well as in former vears. — Rav, CJW. Rishel. of Madera, Clear- field co. Pa,spenta few days of this week his home in this place. ~——Thus far the season was quite fa- vorable for tront—it was too o> and un- pleasant for catching them. Thanks to the few of our patrons who responded to billd sent them. Let the rest follow the good example. ——Next Saturday evening J. H. Bharp the ventriloquist will give an exhibition in Foundry Hall; admission 15 cts. — John Kindrey left on Monday moruing for a weeks visit to Philadeloh a, Reading, also Meyerstown his former | home. —— Mrs, Lonebarger and her infant girls, triplets, are getting along nicely. The little triplets are in good health aad | growing. ——8tock insurance business is being pushed rather lively in this section. It must be a paying business or there would | not be so many at it, —e Among our callers this week were Harvey Vonada of Penn Hall, and John Bare of Tusseyville who moves to near Bellefonte this week. ——A death occurred in township on Monday morning. It was thet of Mrs. Charles Snyder, of that place. She was about 67 years of age. — ft ia remarked that Walter Bav~ ard, Belleionte’s druggist and polis tician, is making his visits to this valley rather frequent, We have no objections. —A corn and cob crusher has been added to the Centre Hall roller mill for chopping corn in the ear, Many farm ers prefer to feed their corn to stock iu that way, and can now be supplied with hop of that kind. ——Tom Harter deserves the thanks of disciples of Isaac Walton. This is what he announces in his Middleburg | paper: The editor of the Poet will place 00 brook tront into Swift Ron, atTrox- elville, to-morrow, (Friday). They are secured from the State Fisheriea ; Through the care and watchfulnesas of engineer Cherry, a child was saved from being runover by the engine at Lewisburg, one day last week, The lit-| tle child had crawled on tbe track sud | would have been killed, had not the en gineer been quick to reverse his engine. ——The State Sanitary Association | will hold a Convention of Banitarians at Lewisburg, Pa, May 17th and 18th, un- der the auspices of the State Board of Health. Reduced rates will be given over all railroads, which may be had upon application to Wm. B. Atkipson, 1400 Pine street, Philadelphia Pa. ~The puddlers of the Beliefonte Nail works are ont on a strike because the company declared that aceording to the agreement made at the time of the inaugnration of the works they wonld re- ceive twenty-five cents less a ton for puddling than they had been receiving | up to April 16, i weaeyur old friend Joe Durst of Mifl- | linburg, aceompanied by his bride, arriv- ed in town on Tuesday. and were treated | to aserénade by our band who are al- | ways on hand on such occasions. We | are told that Mr, Durst’s better half was a | Miss Strank, of Mifflin co. and is a most estimable and accomplished Iady. : —Mr. Barker, living on the Fowler | farm in Haines twp., thinks he has found | gome kind ofa mineral on it, The ore | producing a metal simi‘ar to lead, he in- | forms, us and thatthe hills aboat there | abound with it. Silver and lead go to- gether, and who knows but what we are right in a belt of these valaableores. ~— B. H. Arney, living near town, be- | lieves in keeping nothing bit high bred | stock on his farm. He bas 4 fine animal, “Ohio Boy " & Short horn ball call 21 | months old that tips the beam at 1330 pounds and is considered a very choice | anima! and a great improvement over | the ordinary stock found in this valley. | wwweMr. Buck, of Bellefonte, and a friend, tried their piscatorial skill vn | [eck and Breakneck rund, at Fowlers, on | Wednesday. If Bellefonite was not sup- | lied with trout this merning dont blame r. Buck, for. we know he fisted like a! good fellow. Dont make farther idqui-| ries into his fish basket. ween Sat. evening 28th an exbibi. | tion will be given in the Foundry Hall! by J H. Sharp, the worid renowned ven | trileqmst and commedian, The program | will consist of four acts and will eonciade | with a bie , amasing farce. This show has been. the public for many years and bas a first class rep- | ntatien, Admissiod 15 cts, " i ~Millheim’s centenvial -falls upon | 1888, The Raronres called atten to this fact about a year ago, and the Jour | nal is now taking op the matter and ad- | vocating a celeb . We bespeak a good time for our neighbors down re if they only will it, and tike hold of it with all toe townopride they are possess. ed of. Yes, we say, celebrate, jubilate and PIL le for ra rp § & Fergason i ¥ | Persons of known Presbyterian tend- | encies settled in New England as early | 88 1629. The oldest Presbyterian church | in the United States was founded by the | Denton brothers at Jamaica, L. I, 1656, | The first Presbytery was organized 1705 or 17068. The first Synod met at Phil- | This Synod was divided | being ealled the Synod of Philadelphia, | and the “New Side” being called the | Synod of NewYork. Thisseparation con | od was thereafter known as the Synod of | New York and Philadelphia. This Syo- | od, in regular session May 29,1758, adopt- byterian Church in the U, pointed the General Assembly to meet in Philadelphia the third Thursday of the Rev. John Witherspoon, 8. A,and ap- | preside until a Moderator was choscu, I'he General Assemby was convenad at the appointed time and place, May 21, | 1789, and Dr, Witherspoon (one of the signers of the Declaration of Imdepend- | ence) preached from I Cor. 3:7 In IR1Y, the Cumberland Presbytery withdrew because the Geueral Assembly | took exception to their act of ordaining persons who were not fally qualified for the ministry. Ibe first Theolegical established at Princeton Beminary was | in 1812—the schools, two of which are German and! two for colored students, i In 1837 various causes culminated in a | General Disruption, which resulted in the establishment of the “Old School” and | the “New School,” A Reunion of these, | however, was most happily consummst- | ed at Pitishurg, Pa, Nov, 12, 1869, The General Assembly of the “Presby terian Church in the Confederate Sates 1861: and mince 1865 this Church has been known as the “Presbyterian Church in the United States” And it is coutidently Northern and Southern celebrate jointly in the organization of tne First General As sembly in 1888, oa the 24th of May next The growth and work of the Church may be epitomized in the following statement hoped that the Assemblies will Philadelphia, Pa., | 178g 1530 1570 1 RT —— | hod 6%} oF 1%008 1491 17 fim fas Ministers €"h 5 hes 12% LN $4650 Gs 8 From 1789 to 1537, the total a dditions | wera 1,500 000, From 1789 tn 1887 the total eontribn. tions w ere $67 000 000, —of which amount $45,704 200 were given since 1870, J. H. K, -— La ICAL enevo.¢ leit GAINED THE SUIT ANDA VERDICT, | Mr. Howard Homan, of Centre Hall, | has bad a suit in the Mifflin county | court, at Lewistown, this week . He sued Andrew Magee, of Ferguson valley, M.S. | flin county, for money due for building a | barn, of which be was the contractor, | His case was conducted by Flder & Sen, | of Lewistown, and by Chas. Hewes, of Bellefonte, If was given into the hands of the jary last night, Mr, Hewes making the argument, which was strong and elo~ quent. The jury remainded ont quite a loug time, bat at length determined on » | verdict of 8391 for Mr. Homan, of which he received notice this morning. —News We congratnlate Howard on his good lnck—he is a hardworking man. > -—— - OFF HIS BASE. The local editor of the Daily News, | Bellefonte, stated that a man from Cen- tre Hall had been placed in jail last week charged with a crime, the particulars of | which were not fit toappear in print We know of no one in Centre Hall be ing arrested and placed in the Bellefonte cooler, of late, and it seems that no one else is nequainted with the facta, Crim. | inal cases from this section as it is, are | entirely too nomerous in court and we | don’t wantany more notoriety in that | line than is pos tively necessary. The | arrest and imprisonment spoken of in| the News likely was 8 man by the name | of Andrew Tims of State College, charged | with an attempt at rape, ¢ osm A ~~ 00K BACK. -— It was unfortunate for Lot and his | wife that Mra. Lot looked back, for it! left Mr. Lot without a csok. Bat itisnot a bad thing to look back sometimes, as | well as ahead, which can be verified by | the experience. a few days ago of Mr. CO. Harper and wife, who left Centre Hall | for Bellefonte, in a spring wagon, on | whioh was a satehel, bag of potatoes and | other articles, Going up the mountain | the endgate of the wagon opened, and the articles moved in the direction of the | open passage, and out. Mr. Harper and | wife never “looked back” until they reached home, when they found the ar. | ticles non est. Whe found the goods ? i sss li { ~~ ITEMS OF INTEREST. Harry Kreamer, of Harper & Kreamer: bas gone to the city will have a of latest style goods here in afew i sto! dayw, Mrs Harper, the aged mother of oar | townsman Simon Harper, is able to walk | t the premises, Will Kurtz bas pat op a handsom o fence in front of his dwelling, Mr, Blanchard, the limeburner, has a special act before congress for a pension, | Our doctors are all on the go, showing that there is ocongiderable sickness around. . 4 / “ tn 5M ss cd 10 PAGES, rgular issue of the Rerowren for r weeks; has been ten pages ever issned pew d. for od v ng space in A ua to do this, and we are enabled to furnish our readers. w usoal gnantity of readin Le RerorteR circulates in best. and goes to every section of our. it in app a8 a good n nan en bo advertise in. The the past ¥ COURT. Court began Monday. Judges Furst, day there was quite a large attendance, Mr. P. Lucas, of Howard, was chosen foreman of the grand jury. John Cough, of Miles twp., charged with stealing a belt from a sawmill. Found guilty but acquitted on the ground of insanity. Tuesday a fellow from Milesburg, charged with being a tramp, was found guilty rape on a six year old daughter of Mr, on the testimony of Mrs, Collins. Joseph Gerbrick plead guilty of J and got six months, Iu the matter of Jacob Rable, larceny of Wm. rom and Will Bible's turkeys, and second to receiving the property - -_———— A FINE 8TOCK. Wolf & Son, of this place have been as busy as bees the last couple days packing their new goods complete in every particular and containe In calicoes every shade, pat domestic and imported; all kinds of dress goods, in new and tractive styles which will be worn this year, Tennis stripes is something new and when made up is ey very pretty. It would be impossible even to mention allthe new dress goods as their stock is large and contains every thing in that line, A latest styles which are now open for inspection. A special invitation is extended tothe ladies to A Ap MINOR LOCALS, x > en roller miil has put in a corn and cot crusher. Our stores are groaning with new goods, Centre Hall has not had » Millheim enters Now's the time 10 Pat your little onions in their beds and your ba- The rafters are now up on our new Presbyterian church. Eggs are 12 Andy Bell bosses the brick work on the Presbyterian church. Look out for the organ grinder and his monkev. Charles R Kurtz has registered ine me? The Clearfield Republican says that Clearfield county cao rejoice as no other the fact that toll bridges and toll roads have been extinguished withia our bors ders. It took about 55 years to accom plish this end. Well do we remember the policy of free bridges was in sagurated, how the stockholders remon strated against baving their property in bridges which was declaring from ten twenty-five per cent. in dividends confis tide arose higher and bigber, until now a good friends, having reinvested mouey in some more legitimate baosiness in which public opinion is not & factor. > —- = Millheim ia likely to have a aew Reformed church. wards on the end of Lis nose. ~= Brisbin & Bhirk have pot a large Ket, wee Joo cream at James Lohr's evening. Friday and Saturday last were raw and blustry with little snow squals mix ed in, ee When you come to town don't to atop in at Wolf & Bon's and see fai the — Samuel M. Campbell has opened a storeat Miilheim for the sale of roller and other flour, feed, ete. Building lots for sale, § mile east of the station, at Mikeenadoville, $45 to $75 per lot. Apply to F. Karta ~—8pring and summer stock of ready made clothing is being aopacked at toe Rochester clothing House, Bellefonte. Jd. Wes Henney and family left for Philadelphia on Monday morning aud will return the latter part of the week. —f3ince Howard Homsn won his Mifflin county lawsuit he looks six inch- os taller His attorney mast bé one whe Hewes to the line, Fleming the tailor, Bellefonte, bas will be wora this year and he has them in stock, eA young lady of Greene county, Pa. wrote upon a. egg that she was read receive proposals for marriage, and sent it to market with a lot of others, It hasn't hatched snything worth speaking of yet. ~ Yomker's Statesman. season thus far. It measured pearly 900 feet after going through the bandsaw, and the time taken to cut it was forty five minutes. Cant our friend Sober beat that? ~~ M. Fauble, proprietor of the cele brated Rocheser Ciothing House, in Reynolds new building Bellefonte, was in the city this week and brings back the finest line of ready made clothing and gents farnishing goods ever seen in this county, «There is still on the statute books in Rhode Island a law forbidding the smoking of a cigaron thestreets of any city in the Bate. This sumptoary law is not beeaase the people of little Rhody object to the odor ofa cigar, but because the amoks ofone healthy toby would raise a cloud over th who State and be injurious to agrical wes A Copnecticat sneak thief has ex« hibited eno! nerve and onteness to place him high up in the ranks of the al burglar. He walked ly a bank, took off his hat and cosas, hong them ona nail put on an office coat haogiog close by and walked into the rear room, which contains the vaults, Tove directors were ig A anc one sat in front of + block ing the p .. The th tel “him to move, wheo tor did so, 1h xed up ht, tov) By y od out with them, aod thief and gold were seen no more there. SUICIDE IN UNION CO, i IN THE On Friday eveniog, abont5 o'clock, | this community was startled by the an nouncement that the wife of Samuel | Huffnagle, living in West Buffalo town { ship, about two miles from town, had { killed herself, | Mr. Huffnagle was workingatO, I, 4 | Bhoemaker's and about 4 o'clock 8 shot | was heard in the direction of his resi- dence. In a short time his little girl, | about 4 years old, came running across the fields and told him that mamma had i shot herself. Taking the child on his | back, Huffnagle started for home, Upon arriving at the residence he | found the woman lyiog dead on toe North side of the smoke house, and near i her was a single barrelled rifle with | which she bad shot herself, She was { lying upon her back, with the head tur- | ned partly to the left, a wound in the | left eye and blood oozing from the wound | { and left ear. The eft hand was some | what burned and blackened by powder, and the right hand still grasped a piece fof switch or limb, abouta half inch in| diameter amd probably twelve inches in length, The indications were that she | was in a siting postare, the batt of the! rifl# resting on the ground, he left hand grasping the muzzle and holding it close | to the eye, while the stick in the right hand was used to touch the trigger. The little girl, who, on being question ed, said that: “Mamma took the gan down and went out and shot herself.” On the margin of a piece of torn from a New York Weekly was written: Now when you come care of the rest of them. Bury me | where you please. This is my last.” i Ihe rifle was loaded with a hickory | {| plog instead of a bullet. Mrs. Huffnagle was the desughter Issac Zellers, of West Buffalo and was at | one time a resident of the Borough, be- ing employed as a domestic io the family | of Mr Eooch Kaoffman., She was about | | 24 years old.— M{flinbu rg Tunes. - a FRESENGE OF HER CHILDREN, paper, | Worid, | home take good : of GENTLEMEN FOR AN HOUR. | A Piidad. Italian bootblack polished | fifty pairs of shoes yesterday, at a gickie | i so pair, by 3 o'clock of tue afternoon, | iis eyes sparkled as he counte! over the | $2 050 which he had carved by plying his | { Sunday vocation, He packed up his | brushes and backing in Lis box, slong it over hisshoulder, tradged 10 lus garret, | pot ou his good clothes, and cslied oo a | Roman whom be bad invited to dine with | him, They weat to a high-toned Italian | restaurant, where they sat down toadol- | | lar dinner, in regular courses, witha fifty- | cent bottle of Marsala, discusse: the Abyssinian and Batienburg questions and ewjoyed life for four hours like Ven ition dogs. The Italian bootblack, cording to the boss of the restaurant, bas Jjast such a tithe every Saaday. On week days he works with his pick and shovel. | - Aac~ ANEW TRIAL FOR JOH} W. JOHN- | SON. Lock Haven, April 21.~1o the case of | John W. Johnson, convicted in Fehru- | ary of murder in the firs degree for com» | plicaty in the Colby murder. Jadge May- er to day granted a new ti for which will be de May tern. The action trial, the i upon at of the Court ae ia a Won | conduct of the jary, The fact that a lo | cal newspaper found its way into . | trying the case was | jor grattiog & new trial. - o-oo. + ! A PREACHER UGHLY 0 2D. New Charles P. Pittaley, of Westport Factory, roughly need at the bands of an angry crowd. He fled from the hands of ni i | boring house. Alleged indiscreet inti- macy with the woman was the cause, a Sanbury, Pa., April 19.—Major W Dewart, a prominent and wealihy citizen | of this place, (ied suddenly of heart dis. echse at 2 o'clock this morning, aged six. ty-eight years. Major Dewsrt was a prominent Democratic leader in this seo. tion and represented this dietrit in tha Fourty-ifth congress of the national convention wnich nated Pierce, Cleveland uomi- Buchanan, Dougiass and COLD WEATHER FAVORABLE TO : THE WHEAT FIELDS, This year the month of April has had rather cold «nd stormy weather and may reatilt in late crops, The effect of the | cold weather as claimoed by many of our | farmers, will be to kill the fly which has been 80 destructive to our crops the lest two or three years The grain fields are green and well set and promise fair crops | which are sadly needed. i ci A | MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILD REN IN TWO YEARS, Beymour, Ind, April 20.—8even obil- dren in less than two years is the record {of Mrs. Phoebe Lynch, who eighteen | months ago gave birth to triplets, aod | who to-day is the mother of two boys land two girls. All seven, with their mother, are alive and healthy. a NEW MILLINER SHOP, The nodersigned Las opened a millions er shop in Jacob Lee's house near the de- pot at Centre Hall, The patronage of the public is solic ted. All are invited. pe 19th Sapie BE, Grove. ANAM IW SH hos oit IT IS BECOMING THREADBARE, Why is it that we have not had a wild yell of bloody shirtistn from the vans quished Warmoth, of Louisiana? Is there no President {al campaign material in the Rupublican failere in the Pelican State? HAAN SPI MPAA II BLACKSMITH WANTED. A man who can do blacksmithing, and other work Shent the {pra indi, S40 find ; ge : ro) K Sonkr Centre Co., Pa. papi. io A AH | SPRING & SUMMER SEASON 1888, Full line of Camimere—8coteh and Worted Suitings ~Owmaren Tas Resoy COBURN. Some fifty tickets were sold at our sta- tion to persons that attended court. © J. Meyer and Benj Kerstetter wore the A wonder; there were not more. W. H. Kreamer took in Bellefonte and Snow Shoe, Tuesday, on a business trip. R. F. Whitmer of Bunbury, isspendiag a few days here looking after lomber business, J. P. Gephart, of Bellefonte, will spend Dinges and Cantner have been pros pecting for mineral of some kind their land, and they are going to take a trip over the ground to-day for investisa- tion. It is reported they are lease the land Hope they may be cessful, Esq. J. F. Garthoff is clerking for Vonada. F. 11. SCHREYER, BISHOP ST., i on? —~ & Ch Bellefonte, stetter's house, Now the houses are all W. W. Bear! isgtill in the jockeying (Gi. J. Meyer is making preparations to when finished it will make a fine John Wiebly purchased a Waterloo « gan of agent C, M. Gephart Now can expect to have plenty of music Water st. News scarce this week, re 0. K. .— PARENTS AND FOUR OTHER CHILDREN DYING * Lancaster, Pa., April 23. f § The family o ta branch of the Reading and Columbia tailroad, residing in West Hempfi-id been terribly afflicted 4 In order te our Big Spring Ntoel: av 4 caget are OHCring & (ends, etc, at Greatly Re- \ duced Prices. taken ill 8B and years, were taken ill and died within day of each other. They were buried yesterday Now the four remaini children, three wollegrown sons and danghter, are dying, and the father and il uo id i i x7’ 1 Ve nave carpets as - - Weather this week was clear. only A little ¢ —i{300. H. Stover, of Penn is on the : : sich list, 0). eee [)m’t fail to visit Pearlstine’s stare when in Bellefonte, James Lohr will open his new Horses in Nittany valley are » fering from a disease similar to « per, —Tha ad d1sbtem~ mother of Mrs. Bamuel J good at that, | cents per vard Ci gO0 cheaper than ever, —Have you seen Wolls new oy fine line and what they say, i & Co. have unpacked an im- ring aod summer goods on same in another enl- —eLyon & C menses line of S and quote prices umn nal le d or Fleming=, fash inent, Bellefonte, at see the new styles n gents clothing ————lOP 10 al eatabilisl of Danville, uncle i present le of Lewisharg =» we Thomas Beaver, $ peop worship, which will to the Methodis new honge of tent enn NEW GOODS. The most careful andj well selected at Harper & Kreamer'sstore, Contre Hall, or we all hike to get the worth of our mn -——— “Dir, Seller's Cough Syrup.” Without except on tion. Our readers give 11 a trial Price 25¢. a bolt ag t =z 0 x Xx 0 OF INTEREST TO ALL. We wish to call your attention to a few facts which are of importance to every one. The first praciva economy is to exercicre the greatest care in making your purcheses of the ne=oes- saries of life, such as food, clothing, shoes, ete. In jucicigus shopping you seve money and get what you want, and to apply this we would say if you want to buy a certain article go to that store which handles those goods only. We keep a complete boot and shoe store only, and that is all. Boutin our line we bave every thing—all grides, qualities and styles, of boots and shoes. We are off-r- ing our goods at rates that defy com peti~ tion. We would eall your attention to our stock of plow shoes and work shoes which are the best and cheapest ever shown in Bellefonte. THE REASON WHY. Many ask us the reason why oor goods are much cheaper than any where else, In reply we would say that we have been in the business for years, know how to buy, we handle large quantities and get better commission than many others and hence can sell our gon cheaper. We think you will find it to your interest to buy your boots & shoes at principle in Powsns Sion Srong, BrrigrosrTi. AL A $18 Ie mais $18: SALESME RY CAND EE 1 Than oan with us ao ; a: a ry eg thie paper.) THERE, Rocneeren MN, ¥. ' We have just received a lot of the celebrated Davisand New Home sowiaf machines, which we are offering at row bottom prices, we gt an invi a s to all to co and see these machin. WA with ol onion $ _ BROWN 28 per Moxraomeny & Co, TAILORS, BELLAFONTE, Pa. - in the mar &K WALL PAPER Ing Having Just purchased largest stock of wall paper er brought to Central Penn th Lida sylvania, at such prices cannot be manufactured for. We are ready to sel ware il a } equally low prices sucl as astonish you when you se them. . BISHOP ST.,