THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror'r Centre Harr , Pa. Trurs, May 24, 1888 TERMS: VANOe terms. when paid In ad previous One year, $1 hose in arrears subject to W, Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 inser. tions, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. LOCAL ITEMS. ——— town the other day. —=D. F. Luse is puttiog a coat of paint on the bank building. ——James Lingle farmer, place, is still on the sick list. Fresh paint is being used freely on alnumber of our dwellings this spring. ——The late frosts have not done any serious damage to fruit in this section, ——The “citizens organization” got another black eye, and that's about all that’s left of it. Jas. Coldren has made some ©Xx= tensive improvements about his mansion howe on church street. — —Sunbary is to have a national boat race on the river, in July. No town has a more beautiful sheet of water. Col. A. Wilson Norris is ill with nervous prostration at his home, in Phil- adelphia,and is thought to be dying. Prof. Joe Freerer, of Selinsgrove, was in town on Tuesday evening. near this up their band. unless there is a repetition, we still may fare well and have a good yield of fruit. troduced in this county, in 1878, centenial th 1978 —when there fime, —-Aaronsburg, Rebersburg and Mill of 18 will be a hello-of-a- the graves of dead heroes in their ceme- teries. plenty and handy, Centre county farmers bring their farms to the standard of Buf. falo valley. —W. A. Kinsloe was sentenced to two vears and six moaoths, and pay all costs. for the trouble he caused Miss Walker, at Osceola Mills. The charge of jail breaking was held over, Frank Ross, Geo. Bushman, Will and Chas. Kurtz, on Monday went to the 7 Mita, to have a whip at the speckled beauties. Whether tront will back their baskets will teil, Miss Maggie Rishel left for Madera, C'earfield co. where she will remain for some time Weare tod that she has a class of eighteen papils in in strumental music at that place. of the ast week —The infant danghter A. Rishel of Cataract, died Monday afters noon, after a long illness, aged 11 months She was Oak Hill cemetery, tev. R, J, Thomas officiating. — The three cent financial scabs will ever be getting innocent parties into money troubles, examples of the truth of this frequent rarréences. When will some folks learn to be wise? Much trouble would be avoided. batied ir are 4] - «Decoration Day at Spring Mills with more than the usual proceedings, and the citizens of the place will leave nothing undone to make the day one of the memorable events of the village, by an elaborate program. The coolness of May, thus far, has cansed the season to be backward for cornplanting, In the eastern end of our ‘alley the most of the corn is planted, In this neighborhood and west of here, there is much corn to plant yet, (ur former townsman, William Stover, now living at Spring Mills, is quite low of consumption. Mr. Henry Kramrine, another old and well-known citizen of Spring Mills, 18 also seriously ill of consumption and gangrene of the foot. ——()n Sunday morning the Lutheran congregation of Bellefonte, elected Rev. Edwin F, Hoshour, of Gettysburg Semin- ary, to be their pastor. It is expected that he will accept. He will graduate in June when he is to be ane of the orators of his class, —a]t is a precaution against danger in case of a railroad accident, to grasp the back of the seat in front of you firmly with both hands; By so doing, one is enabled the better to withstand the shock, and the chances of sustaining serious injuries are greatly decr eased. — Have you responded to oar request to pay up subscriptions due on Rerorren? if not please do not delay any longer, we need the money —it is a small sum for yon but the amount ount-standing in small amonuts to several thousand for us. Ther's the rub,—now act prompt ly, please, ~ From the amonnt of new farm im- plements sold in our valley this spring our farmers must be suro of good crops this summer. Self binders are rapidly taking the place of the reaper and in a fow years every farmer eg fo one of these improved harvesters. wet Tuesday night an attempt was made to fire M'Clain’s block, opposite the Bosh honse, The fire started nnder Smith's grocery, where considerable of his goods was damages. By the prompt appearauce of the fire companies the flames were arrested anda big coflagra- tion prevented. The faneral of the late John Bott orf occurred at the home of his parents in Boalsburg at 10 o'clock on Friday morning. It was attended by a ver large concourse of friends, There we eighty vehicles in the faneral procession. Rev. Trostle, pastor of the Lutheran church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Grow. The burinl was at Shiloh church.-yard. wee], ¥, Creel, of Blaffton, Ga., has some specimens of the inseet creation which he fears may prove a blight to the crops. They are insects which have the appearance of both the grass-hopper and cricket, Mr, Creel says they infest his garden, where they are doing coosider- able harm. They attack cabbage and other tender plants in about the same manner as a cutworm, bu! are more ~ id in their destruction, They burrow in the ground from 8 to 10 in and re main there during the day, taking night to do their mischief. We ho this new invantion Wont find its way into outre county, un grass-hopper, fly an potato bye. bug, have glven us good. A PLUCKY GIRL. | i HOW CARRIE SANKEY CONTESTED FOR AND WON $150,000, | RerorTER readers, having been born and | raised in Millheim. Our readers will re | collect that some time ago the legality of the adoption of Carrie Sankey was tried before Judge Cummin and afterwards be fore the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania | on appeal, and sustained in both instan~ | ces, The San Francisco Chronicle has { this to say of the end of the litigation there: : | The testimony in the Sankey will con~ | test was closed yesterday afternoon, and, | without argument, the case was submit- ted. No sooner was this agreed to by the | attorneys than Judge Coffey rendered an | oral decision in the case, He went over { the testimony in a brief but general way, and this he said led him to the conclu~ ! sion that Samuel Sankey was not in his right mind when he made the will and for that reason the Court would refuse to admit it to probate, This decision, virtually gives to the contestant, Carrie Sankey, a girl of 18 or 19 years of age, the entire estate, which amounts to $150,000 and over. young contestant, who is rather a comely girl and more than usually bright, ap~ conclusion was reached she beamed a long and victorious smile on the Court and her eyes filled with tears, The history of this peculiar case was first published in the Chronicle soon after the beginning of the contest, Bamuel Sankey was a dealer in hides who lived | with his crazy wife in the Mission, He | went East, and there found this little girl, | his niece, In a home(in Lycoming county where she was poorly cared for by her ther relatives. He took her away with him, broaght ber here aud adopted her His wife died and he grad- as his « hild. na ly before Lis death. will be His wiil left the property to his | relatives, and ignored Carrie, | posed the probating of the willon t | gronnd of insanity when was made was also received Thursday that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had recogn; s adoption of Carrie by | Sankey as legal binding. This | asideyall question as to her right iaviog no other children > Fastern ~i whe op~ the 5 = News it { 8 | sets the {oO estate he - ND MORALS, 3 Nowgdays the chief aim of some men geems to be to cheat and overreach lowmen, and others join in aesist Io swindle aud cheat ounted while tue proper it i8 rascalily. men Are use honor and seilrespect in this regard, and wili even lay claim to rality. that sustaut denanciatios and paipit and exp guilty ones as well as the law where conviction can be reacue [he most openiaced swindiers an | cheats find constant backers and circle within wu'eh move, ini 100 many instances, We sider oueof the lowest villauies fur oue : the money and goods of a UNsSOU heir fee 10 them. by such term J f ost Lo all 18 ( is a8 smartness, > Some vs respectability and m ly ald weet yi LH press t ie lamentable eviis ir 10 shame of I With « sare ik sccountabilit to Y 1 i : apoio © th } Lit i i gists, in 1 i 0 obtaio ail «nd then turn around and refuse 10 pay an honest debt; and the backer and apol- gist of his dishonesty 18 just as OW & villain. Many seek to hide their truth lesness under the often succeed in deceiving the innocent I'bey try to fill positions in charch religious soci of words of St. Paal, and of the commands of the that which to from thy neighb - THE ORIGINAL TRAMP. Abe Lazy, the original American tramp, is now ao inmate of the Juniata county poorbouse., Abe was quiet a character, in his line, 15 to 25 years ago, wheni he tramped Centre, Union, Snyder, Mifflin and Juniaia counties; many of the Bepor- ter readers will recollect his vista, Abe Lazy was a character, we say. Big, fat, buriy and independent, he tramped bare- footed, always carrying a heavy stick. a aud a8, regardiess the ~ Avior Lo re store m hast wrongluily 5 taken ir, scaring them into setting square meal—none of your cold johnny cakes or such, would he accept. This was his conduct when no men were about the premises, Work he would not, neither for love nor for a meal. A gun brought in nis presence with a threat to shoot him, started Abe on a 2.40 run. An old black snake wagon whip created a mortal fear in him. He usually slept in school-houses and often lpft them in bad condition. Abe lazy can pose as the original American tramp—kinrg of the clan. - oo» DECORATION DAY. Decoration day, the most celebrated of our national holidays, will have a larger observance, this year, in our county,thao ever before, judging from the reporig we have from all localities, Bellefonte, Boalsburg, Miliheim, Centre Hall, Bpring Mills, Milesburg, Philipsbarg, Pot. Mills, Sprucetown, and in Yact at every ceme- tery, in the county, the beautiful cere. mony of decorating the graves of fallen heroes with fragrant flowers, will be ob- served with other befiting exercises, We trust the weather will be propitious. -——— n LEGAL NOTES The Supreme Court on Monday ren- dered decisions affirming the following Common Pleas cases from this county. Borough of Milesburg ve, Green Holmet, Moyer's Appeal, Grenninger vs. Gepbart & Masser, Dale et al, vs. Elder; and Shires & Kennedy vs. Commons wealth in the Quarter Session, . n Friday last testimony waa taken be- ore Esq. Harshbarger in the case of a note obtained by the Penna Val, bank from Mrs, R. Murray. —“- a a RELIGIOUS. Next Sabbath morning, Rev, Fischer will administer the lord's supper in Centre Hall Lutheran church. weThe attendance, last Sabbath, at Communion services, in the Reformed church, at Boalsburg, was quite large " Classis havirg been in session there lent additional interest to the exercises, we'The Lutheran conference is now holding its sessions at Millheim. The Twenty-First Annual Convention of the Susqaehanna Synod of the Evan gelical Charch will be held io the Luth- eran church, Lewisburg, commencing Wednesday eteniag, Jane 18th, wef 00 cream at Murray's every Bat. urday evening. AMONG OUR EXCHANGES, I i | | | M Es, INFRS LOSE THEIR i | TWO UNFORTUNATE i On Monday afternoon about three | o'clock, three miners, father and two { sons, named Rickett, were warned of the danger they were in, and of the roof be- ing bad, bot their presistent efforts to de- | rive all the benefit possible from their | day's labor ended with fatal results. i rock came down upon them, killing one | instantly, The futher called for help twice and then died beside his son, under the | pile of earth and rocks. The bodies were unearthed as soon as possible and borne | to the weary home. The third son was | but slightly injured, as he had just step- | ped to the front end of the car, to fix the end gate, when the awful accident oceur- | red. Had he been a moment later the three would have been burried. This family had been in this country but a year, having come from France last | summer, This sad occurrence leaves an | old mother with a young son and daug | ter alone in America, withoyt friends or | means~—Karthaus Times, h- AN HONEST MAN, A case of rewarded charity came to our notice this week. A few weeks ago a young German came to Middieburgh and applied to Prof. Billhart for assist- ance, The young man introduced hims self as a fresco painter, ont of work and out of funds. He was an honest appear- { ing, intelligent looking young { and Mr. Billhart advanced him enough mons ey to pay his way to Shamokin. He had heard nothing of him ant Tuesday when he re-appeared bat in a different i garb and under different circumstances, | He reported that he had made his way 1 | Shamokin where he had been re mended to the kind consideration of Mx { Hamilton, lesse of Thomas Gellespie's Hotel, The young man stated his cumstances to Major and he referred him o the owner House w - 10 MAKE a ie roon 1 . eli OW i i! l= { te ir of the no req te design i the young German | for {res t ng one of t § did and it was 80 strikingly appropriate i that he at once employed bim | every r in the Ho -8 J brought £300 in soli ash : Ive Si eXDenses, { Toesday, sod paid back | money with interest i an old-fashioned dlebarg FP } i to {resco bh which ver and £51 Ii WM JH i £1 in Him here rroowed Ri He Cate the | i and gave the Pr ‘posellogk eit.” — Mid agar Valley J i was unlucky on As he will remember thes il him on that day about two o'clock i was engaged with flown trees ip, ne f his ¥ { nole Rit 1 i fo i A 3 t » \ n entting in Greene tow i arper, | dd him to tn nuh * vbr ase FW De Dy Is i } © was struck by t ging ofanother uj the ground and ero £3 his skal above four ribs, In gt inwardly n the man and i. Mr. } witnessed 3 hi ear with © broke connect rin im More or ess, tron fell pinned him © gr » Ba men nur Arner two who the unfortunate 5H, and (roond i iat, to at KR and al He is now , Barner Dr. W Lead 11 end lving not able to } al 18 Pearson, keeper o le back of the National ho with one of Mr. ying he would be back Wednes r evening. When he rea i fall he tried to pass off ndeavored to have a che dollars cashed, but | pawned the nig for { cents. Mr. Yearick recovered ‘and boggy and Are¢ now here, but Pearson { secured, This ia the same | a couple years ago was put is spendiog money Landlord Le | sent with | to be deposited in i Lewistown (ra i i Tuesday morning hed Centre i lo i i ‘ fo i } 8 ih they stable hina MON sells John Emerick w.a considerably bruis | ed by a fall from a ladder wi ile paintin | last week failing vearly twenty { however no bones broken. We hope to see him at work soon. —~Karthaos Times He was formerly of near this now at Karthaus, Cleartieid Co to hear of John's misfortune. - > LOCAL SQUIBS Trout fishing does not well, this season, The Bellefonte pail works strike 1s still on. State College has a larger number of students just now than ever. > Sorry town Monday eve, The Presbyterian chuorch wroaching completion. is fast (reo, Uecker, Ap ne are doing the carpenter work, ty porch to his new residence, The Louth. conference has attracted many visitors to Millheim. Frank Bradford was up the other even caught near the tannel. - SPRING GOODS, We would respectfully announce to onr many patrons in Centre co, that we | have received an immense line of spring and summer goods, We were in the have opened np the same for your inspec. tion. We have an unusually large and complete line of suitings for our merchant tailoring department Altogether new styles in cloth will be worn for spring and summer and can be seen at our store. Remember that if yon want a fine spring suit, You can get it much cheaper now than when there jaa rush. Our line of ready made clothing complete and low- or in price than ever, Come and see the now styles just received at Puirap, Bravon. mis PI MP: DOTS. Parties are prospecting for coal in Miles township-hope they'll find the black dia- monds, The Loganaville bakery was destroyed by fire, one day last week. Last Tuesday morning's freeze was heard of from all parts of the state, Last Friday was wet capping the as a tremendous rain evening night. eli- and A MMI AI RR yeubies Belletunte for cheap cloth - THE HIGH WATERS GOING BACK. | | { i TERRIBLE DEVASTATION WROUGHT BY THE FLOODS, Quincy, Ill, May 21-The great flood in the Mississippi, which will be remember. ed us without a precedent in the destruc- | tion and suffering created, is slowly abat- | ing, and it ie thought that the worst of | the high water is passed, A trip throngh the submerged regions shows that the stories of loss and suffering already pub lished have not been exaggerated in the least, From the northern end of Adams the southern end of Pike county, the land on the Illinois side of the river was protected by a system of le vees, the region embracing 250,000 acres, | the soil being the richest in the state, All the region is now one vast lake, from six to ten feet in depth, Along the blofls on the eastern edge of the sub- | merged district hundreds of families are | camped, living in tents, huts and the | open air. Before the fivod most of these | people were well-to-do, prosperous far | mers, but now they have little or noth~ | ing. Much sickness prevails among the | in fortunates owing to want and expo- | sure, but prompt measures have been | | taken to alleviate their sufferings. The | | inundated regions are full of desolation - A STRIKE AFFECTING The slate-pickers at Henry Clay shaft struck on morning of 21. © A foreman it 8 said, struck a lad for some fanit, when ao inder boss interfered and was discharg- for interference. The vickers, numbering 300, then struck he discharge of the foreman the reinstatement of the under boss. In consequence of the strike the Peerless, Henry Clay and Sterling Collieries, own | ed by the Reading Company, are affected, {and 30600 men are When { men mast go on a strike because und a map have a fal -ont, the housand can’t be very hard ap if they | Kick at such a goat. + 5] 000 MEN. | af ‘ iL i slate. Bid for eid his i the i oH 1 1 boy die, i“ three | —-—- JACOB ZIEGLE er, Pa, May pa it 10 o'clock Hon iariy known th Lid Jake, sank Pp *Apearanoe 5 On birthday, n's farewe ourt ad the in Some weeks Ago rch and was hanse 1: is HON. Bat sorning fam} DEAD Yesterday Ziegler 1 ¥ atv BS pea His ¢ A851 pUHIK # Wien ort 5 Fen i address boot vy Alii 4 in the Le le Sundays he re BOrvices church. d in the « PIBOG DA t ¥ D ¥ ii sanel Rglit « y nL cont in # born in Gettysl er 10th, 18138, ’ Aegier., was arg, - fercautla 313 Effa wil Alles mer En onder m ae FAITH i ur 5 Farmers she IrORe to AD Ar1 ’ ante} 4 net + ing ¢ y 1 Wd 3 n arm above the -——— Paria green, Murray's Drug Store Stem ie bu hose 1 $ ier Crat- London purple in large and quantities at Murray's, ne n't fail to visit Pearlstine's yen in i efonte. rest bread and yeast ann at Murray's bakery. M. Reeser, and broke an arm $ new D store wl je F constantly i oo } Allen. son of Geo. Snowshoe, fel The slaters the roof Trusses and shoulder braces, popu on have begun work of the new Preshvterian church, § Mtore. Rochester Clothing house in Rey- | nolds new bailding Bellefonte, M. Fau- | ble proprietor. i at Witliame Grove. ss es: R——— nH A A 15 EA A A SON NEI DIED ON HIS KNEES AT PRAYER, The first regular service of the German Baptiet conference of the United States was held at North Manchester, Ind, Satuaday. Immediately after the open- ing sermon in the great tabernacle that afternoon Elder James Quinter, editor of the Gospel Messenger, of Huntingdon, this gtate, and president of the Normal college at that place, who is well known in this county, led in prayer. While upon his knees on the rostrum in the centre of the tent, surrounded by an audience of 3,000 persons, he was stricken with apo- plexy and died almost instantly, While praying it was observed that he grew in- coherent. and as he uttered the words “we are glad to meet again” he expired. Elder Quinter was probably the most prominent man in the church. He was born in Schuylkill eonnty, Pa, in 1816, and entered the ministry at 20 years of age. To Tunnel the Detroit River. Derrorr, May formed tot po of ite has Deen rir il a 4 Bn i + 1 London purp destroyer at Murray Lon Lh of the & 3 4 00 75 pe DIED. In New York City, on the 14th of May, wy, Dr. James D. Wilson, formerly of Spring Mills, aged 52 years, | month and ’ > ~ ’ 4 days. 21 wi RING & Ful Wors 11 AAAI. ere ass wd HEA line ted * MARRIED Harter—Orndorf.—At the VR Nittany, Pa. Mav 1 yw Rev. John Brubaker, Mr. C. M Harter Amanda M. Orndorf, both of lefonte, Pa I ¢ fatheran g ri +} We we BEE, 7th, 1 J } near Bel \ — - V »r GO WEST. for making where ease in Tr her In 1 Pass, Agent Ie H EREAD AND YEAST ~At MureaY's Baxery, Centre Hall.— i 1 i Firat class fresh bread an “01 itly on y Ves 1 3 # £ yur patron « hand, most reasonab ‘ : 1 is g6 18 BOLICILe Bond 90 ole lox pam gle Waondias Be A for8 POT Cash & KURTZ & BON sn A H. A. McK i i i | i BELLEYONTE. NOTICE, to the Muarray's Drag Store, -A full assortment of spectacles and can be found at Bushman & {| Kreamer's jewelry store, Centre Hall, wJohn H. Orvis was chosen as dele | gate from this, 28th district, to St. Louis, No better selection could have been | made, eA large and well selected line of | trusses of all the latest and most approv- i asses | &1 designs and finish for sale at Marray’s | Drug Store, wwe The district stewards of the Metho- dist church have fixed the salary of Pre giding Elder Foster at $2,100, the same as last year. —Btop in af’ Flemings, fashionable tailoring establishment, Bellefonte, and | soe the new styles in gents clothing for | spring and summer. | w= Jacob Snook and family, of Mill | heim, will leave on Monday for Kansas, | for an extended visit, and for the benefit | of Mr.Snook’s health, wm Miss Carrie, daughter of Rev, 8. G. | Shannon, of Suobary, was married a few days ago to Alfred Bays, telegraph oper: aor at Rotherford, N. Y. . ~The Contre county delegates, to the Dem. state convention, now in session at Harrisburg, are, A, Sternburg, J. Miles Walker, A. Walters dnd B. Weber. We are told that Dr. and Mrs. Alex- ander left Los Angelos, Cal, on the six teenth of this month and expect to reach heir home at this place by the first of ane. « «The delapidated appearance of our school house and broken fences around it do not reflect much credit upon the town. Have the property putin decent shape at onoe, Fleming the tailor, Bellefonte, has opened up his new stock for saitings, for spring and summer wear, New will be worn this year and he has them in stock, we A visit to Bushman & Kreamer' jewelry store, Centre Hall, will éonvince you that they keep as complete a line of ) 88 vA bo fund in the Sounty pocial attention given to repair wor, terms ressonabl e. ' . We and good will of ~ HK HICKS & BRO, are now ready and hope to receive your pa tronage. Our intentions are to do business fairly and treat everybody alike, and do not i intend to be undersold. We carry the ARGEST=STOCK, and have added largely to the present stock. Call and see us and we will treat you well, H. A. McKEE & BRO, 500, BELLEFONTE, k
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