THE CENTRE REPORTER. Eprror and Pror’r | FRED. KURTZ, paid in ad to previous TERMS: vance, Those terms, One year, $1 in arrears }, when subject Advertisements 20 cents per line for 3 inser ous, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. @ 21, 1888 Centre Harn, Pa, THURS, JUNE LOCAL ITEMS, —Mrs. Sallie Harpster is visiting at Petersburg. ; ——Millheim is to have a new Reform- ed church. - All vegetation in our county promising. Mrs, Wm. Kurtz home in Scmerset county. Mrs. D. J. Meyer and Mrs. H. ozer, are visiting in Lancaster city. Weather has been warm this wee ghower of looks is visiting her old B and every body sighing for a rain. Phi Dan Dougl of July. Henry Krumrine, of has recovered su ficiently to go home again, — Williamsport, Philipsburg have mad a big time on the ith. Why don't that boom go on, that : some [OiKe ipsburg thinks it Wi } erty to orate there on th Lock Haven and @ preparations for was to be? it would seem made up of gab and bat ble, — Miss Annie Keller, of this has been giving 1 ic 8 ir town, during the past — Jacob Bottorf, of College { has erected a new barn, Howard wan, of this town, d d the work, lesgOr nus spring was geen —A large bear township a few viewing t days ago } ne Corn about, doubt. - Emanuel 1 now livi 18 been place, Mills Weeks, ——We don't mind the oppres heat so much as the abominabie who is always inquiring if it enough for nus, ——Snavely's sawmtll, took fire on Saturday evening : for the early discovery of it, would bave down, uit ive hore 13 DO y near the cave, 133 Yor nila 5 i been burned mm LOZAnS change of nan and that anicen known as Loganton. rge Weaver's fine team f Miles tow He i AT 1, by anthor t boro will Li ity —(300 ple grays -the finest in was in town Monday. $600 for the span. —Yony Deininger is in front of his houses near the stati munch by a general ridding op, addition of & new fence. — There is complaint in Union e« tv that the wheat fields are not uj the usnal standard at this time year, and a short crop | ~Watermelons are coming already—get your beily-ache iy. New peaches are aiso 10 market, and CuK had refused very feared. Aare read §0 are new potatoes inbers, —{Tirich’s last week's Ton to think we have stirred up a sneak, ferring the Rerorrr's lit Guess he learned to know OO, ~The railroad co walks put down cver its grounds on | sides of the station. f it, thi pot an end to mud tramping ir weather, goes to tha wilt pany Glad — Horse thieving has become prevalent in Mifflin county. The th if canght, shou d treated in Western style by yy | telegraph pe he § 13 sueln ianging nearest aor tree [t's too bad —not a single cen on that “sympathy fand,” er }§ ing the names in the papers to get toriety for liberality. Pay over- 3 ap, don't be a miserable fraud, for a dol lar. Mr. Jacob Snook has returned to Millheim from the west, and we are formed is getting his financial matters io proper shape. We are told that advan- “i ie his relations with his creditors, — Another old and respected citizen has departed. Wm. Stover, of Spring. place, died on Tuesday. He =illi be interred at Centre — It is eaid that a party has selected a site for a paper mill, on the banks of Penns creek, iust east of Beaver tannel. Wood suited for making paper is said to be abundant in that section, Still another industry, ee [LX -Henator judge in Portland, Oregon, is in go county, this state, visiting his Mra, Crawford, Mr. Kelley is a valley man, and well-known to som the older readers of the RerorTen. ten years ago he represented Oregon the U. 8. Senate, eee Mensa, Alf Wieland. C, F, inger, and Wit McCormick left on James Kelley, Venan- sister, Penns Some in Dein- Tues. eastern points of interest. The Funeral Director's Association meets in Philadel phia this week of which Wit McCormick is a member and expects to attend pessions, ~-=It i# surprising at what low figures wagons, buggies and carriages can ten years ago, can sell a first-class top-buggy warrans $160. He showed us a large farm wagon, put up in first clgss style, Wagons like it formerly sold for 8175 to $225, wee Anong the cherished acquaintans ces whom it our pleasure to meet fre. quently, is our aged friend, Hon. 8. Gils liland. He is still well preserved mens tally and physically, an honored link be- tween the past and present generations, approaching the line of the octogena. rians. Mr. Gilliland has been a useful citizen in his life, identifying himself with all that tended to the general good. He along with Mr. Dan’l Hess, were the mainstays in the npper section of our ed the completion of our railroad. Mr. Gilliland was expecting a visit from his brother, Cols Jos, Gilliland, of Maryland who is now over 80 years of age, and is still hale’, SPORTSMEN IN THEIR GLORY. TOURNAMENT AT SMASHING BLUEROCKS SHOOTING SOBER. | Tuesday was a grand day for the markemen of Central Pennsylvania, Mr, Sober, the champion marksman of Amer ica. having invited his shootist friends to a trial of skill at his mountain home, 2 miles east of Spring Mills. The day was bright and a pleasant breeze prevailed, The morning train brought the follow- ing gentlemen, with their equipments B. F. Troxel, Northumberland; Dr. M'- Cleary, P.J. Christe, J. F. Gauger, T. C. Heinen, A. White, W. RB. Kramer, Ed. M'C eary, F. M. Kelley, Milton; Dr. Leis- | er, C. A. Sturgis, Dan, Gearhart, F. Don- ehower, Lewisburg; G. R. Hanley, A. G. Ber, Burt Sober, Irish Valley. L Troxel. neighborhood were including many ladies, The shooting began at 9 a. m,, on a | ground specially prepared, and coutinv ued to dinner time, the score being as follows: present, FORENOON SCORE RE : broke - ¢ IL. A. Troxel At noon the crowd rep ber's residence, where Mr. So- dinner i greeted his groaneaq with all the gt aud all made a the program. Dinner over, the guests spent oki , chatting and Is, hen f Mr. Sober, ) 1 14ay wa 1anship t of the « 1 ice cream staod or “birds” arksman in the counts He ean ran on the ground 3 $0 Listance of 18 feet, pick it up, and rocks with rarely a miss, The trained marksmen present were simply amazed at Mr. Sober’s the gun. it 8 hit ay nis the hiue | SRA usion of Mr Sober's exhi~ rega ar shooting, by aod was partic ' ¥ ire "ad 3 ™ el fit sa: We 8 Ot - Alt i leased th what we had seer ) le sd a A man fr Lhospl DUBOIS DESTROYED lestra in Pennsvivania Shortly n fire was ¢ Baker , De Rochester Pittaburg Kai‘road depot, A states that the losces will aggregate more 4 than two million five hm wired thousan g jollars. John E. Dubois, the young mil lionaire, has donated haifa million d lars for the fof ti sufferers I'he number of is now reported he thirty and the woonded six, Over fifteen hundred buildings were destroyed. No wind is stirring at this time and the fire has partiaily spent its fury. Only two stores are left in the town. They are the property J. E. Dubois and Bell, Lew. is & Yates. Three hotels remain out of seventeen and one drug store out of pine, Four thousamd people are homeless, It is now estimated that the loss will he between one and two million dollars, with very little insurance, as tl build ings were considered bad risks, The mos ive conflagration { the hi f Western surred at Dal on the 158Lt alter i aflterno fee 18801 iron sedows in th Honse and ot fy ab PET aie rep m the destroved town fs relie 1a dead to G60 iii ie FIRE. Omir borough anthorities should follow the example of all well regulat d towns in the United States and make provision for extingnishing fires. Our water works have all the head required to throw a | stream over any two-story house, and the needed plugs, hose, ete, wonld be a | trifle compared with the importance of guarding against a conflagration. In all towns this service is paid for ex- | train Philipsburg the borough pays the water company $15 per year for each ag, and other towns as high as £30 jut we have no doubt that the water company wonldgrive the water privilege | free of charge. The water company | heretofore was generous and found hose and Plogs, free of charge: the borough | should take steps to continue the precan- | tion against fires, Few towns bave ad. | ing against the spread of fires at so mode | nity is certainly a most unwise policy, CENTENARY yi OF CHURCH, The Dreisbach Church, in the heart of Buffalo Valley, celebrated its centennial | anniversary on Friday 16th, The ad- | dress of welcome to visiting ex-pastors | was delivered by Rev. T. R. Dietz, and DREISBACH the historical address by Rev. J. A. Earnest, Memorial addresses were made Clutz, of Baltimore, The visiting mem- | qers present were: Rev. J. F. De Long, o i Lewisburg; Rev. W, LL. Helslér, of Dilla burg; Bev. E. Lenhart, of Rebersburg, | and Rev. 8. F, Greenhoe, of West Mil. | ton, i - . -—- CHEAP SUITS. Haits made to order at $15, $16, $17, $18, $19, $20. Moxraomeny & Co, Tatvons, Brrusvoxts, Pa. ! I i TUSSEY VILLE, Messrs G. W. Spangler Krumrine, brought home a and fine Adam | lot of week up in the Barrens, J. B, Fortney and W. A. Wagner were examined for provisional certificates, at Centre Hall, last Thursday. They are two of the best teachers in Potter town- ship, and will teach in this vicinity the coming winter, TheRetormed congregation of thisjplace will hold an election of officers on Sun- day, July 7th, as follows; one elder, two deacons and one trustee. The candi Felix Barkholder; for deacons John Runkle, Jacob Wagner, John H., Moyer and Levi Stump; and for trustee James and John Moyer. W. F. Rockey’s new house is about ready for the plasterers, and the old land mark, the old Luckenovach house’ wil ey will build bis barn on the old founda- tion Potato bugs and teachers very plenty in this section. Some of the teachersare | going away to teach, but it seems the bugs have come to stay and the only way to get rid of them is by picking them or giving them a dose of poison, Wm. Stover is having a new on his barn, ter! The serenada was 4 tame affair, roof put Dave Young is the contrac- ] 4 iABL Thursday eyening Old ree shot, went home last His home is in Millheim, broken last Friday near the and had the he Saturday, Spangler, who is g to school at , was home on Sun- day. P83 { ae ¢i8 to hecnme “school marm” i the n » coming winter, some rihern p rt of the urehall colleg ation, Mr. y ry IRROY VY y Shey, amont were J wed OK G8 Of holy 3 afternoor 1 five t er ar marr Orrespon len . COMMENCEMENT AT LEGE, fige ag Commencement exercises at vania slate ¢ begin June 24 0 Rev. a, Pennsy lege in Centre county w with a baccalaureate se B L. Agnew, D. D., On June 25, Rav. J. y, of Pittsburg, wi | address before the Association, didates for admission will be be a junior orato n by the Wa , artillery saln stees, alnmni mon by meeiing of ir n ¢ Ig OG LOeR, IAVID pernment drill dress before the of Phi aling exer mend delegates g the “tnt and al irner st wn building, sHlege cadets, exh of State { Annona ainmni, by Prof Bol oH, ladelphi= Inne ges of the class of 1888 Hon, Wi res ement ad Wallace, of ( eceptio ress hy sarfield and p ping from th TOW SRCADE fr if not fatally raiirond yw 4) part of the wagon loaded w Way hel which th prop timt letached fr oa drop di rom the oe and ¢ 0) nore wa ir, he came the load, and | thirew the ¥s one of the hinds Bg is, yn wh ! ¢ Foy 3 ’ LIE Epreac ag at logs crash The driver being thrown of! wagon, aone crushed o death and necessitated no it NE is, cal Ravea fom im i at - BURNED TO DEATH. Joseph Umbirich of Logan, Mifflin ( was engaged in gathering potato b lat Friday. He intended to cremate them in kerosine, but when he struck a maich the flames came in the oil can and it expioded. flames covered him and he to death, contact with he oil and was burned Myriads of grasshoppers have appears ed in many parts of Southeras Indiana and are devouring all vegetati they #0. They destroy meadows then the foliage of trees, and next corn, oats and garden vegetables, Thousands of acres of meadows have been devastated by them, "nas first, -o-—— - Our town might as well have been miles distant from railwavs and graphs for all the good these did us week in the way of the Democratic convention, saves the Lewisburg Journal. Well jnst | your town to Centre Hall, and vou { be op with the times. - SPECIAL EXAMINATION. There will be a special examination held in Bellefonte, [High School] Frie day, June 29, 1888, D. M. Worp, Co. Supt, ten last obtaining news of will i SAWMILL BURNED. The sawmill of Lonis Gelsweit, in Monday night, together with a lot shingles and lomber, .- .- | =~—=Flynets at Boozer's, ing House Bellefonte, | ~London purple in large and small quantities at Murray's, wwe London purple will knock bugs— { Murray's Drug Store. » | ==Trusses and shoulder braces, popu: | lar makes and designs, at Marray’s Drug Store, i we A full assortment of # acles and lasses can be found at Bushman & reamer’s jewelry store, Centre Hall, we Call at the Centre Hall Tannery | when in want of plastering hair, leather {and ofl, Hides and bark taken in ex | change, and hides tanned on shares | Batisfaction guaranteed. a 7) 8m ww visit to Bushman & Kreamer's jewelry store, Centre Hall, will convince you that they keep as complete a line of foods ss can be found in the county. pecial attention given to repair work; terms reasonab : You au wth 3 pl" NG ull FB WHENTO BEE THE TRIPLETS, A TIRED MOTHER i Mrs, Della Loneberger, mother of the | triplets in our town, has been giving all | her time, for the last two months, to vise itors calling to see the three little girls, and in consequence bas béen unable to attend to “her domestic daties, Bho | therefore kindly asks that strangers post- | pone further visits until July 4 and 5, when she will be happy to entertain all. Those wishing to see the triplets will | have above days set apart for that pur pose, and be welcome, and no charge- the mother desiring to devote all other days to the demands of her household duties o-oo PERSONAL PENCILAINGS, Miss Maggie Rishel has retarned from an extended visit to her brother, Rev. | C. M. itishel, at Medara, Pa. Mis Lavra Strohm and her lowa cousin, are occasionally seen in town, ie, Lewistown’s i + Chas Derst best pho- | | tographer, with his brother Michael, are visiting their father and mother in this VAC, ¥ i # i returned and we are ty Cleve Dinges 9 from visit to Annapo learn from his his pleased to { wher Will, na- | caminatio rn that his val cadet, stands his 3 cred. i | itably, { Samuel Campbell, of Mill | geen in town, & few days ago. Miss lie McUlenathan spending a lew weeks in Tj Mrs, Wm. W port port. hie WaH | Midd Wm. Harts Aar ie at Middlebury, Pa hip \1 Yrs 11 Miles tow farmer, a8 visit tpuririan Rlertnaall, § Thermon 1 marked Mr, € green sale al nrine i friends 5 There is quite h oft Blew an which Bpread- Near 213 1, be cut to prevent ir il well selected line of he latest aud most approve ud finish for sale at Marray's top in at Flemings, fashionabie ! tailoring hment, Bellefonte, and see the new sivies .n gents « for spring and summer, Mopars, Ed. Shaffer and Walter Lembky, of Bellefonte, stopped off a short ime in thie place last week, while on their way down the valley. —Manude Stoffer, Gertrude Hensel and Julia Rossner, three young f estate jothing girls of Madera, Clearfield county, were drowned in Clearfield creek on Monday. Fleming the tailor, Bellefonte, has opened up his new stock for soitings, for spring and summer wear. New styles will be worn thie year and he has them in stock. -Brargess Spangler, of has ied his proclamation by which on- ly one fire cracker dare be fired at a rat~ ification meetigg of each of the two par- ties, Happy the boy who touches off | | that squib —we'd like to be him, : wene(3overnor Beaver yesterday reciev- | od a telegram from the burgess of Dua bois, Clearfield county, asking for relief | { and tents for the peovle made homeless | by the great fire. He asked for further | gently, | w==Harry Cohn,a peddier traveling | | through this section, while going up the | | mountain near here last Saturday, bad | his horse and wagon fall over the bank | | and roll down until they lodged against | some trees. The horse was badly skin- | ned up and the wagon wrecked. : wesMcFarlane's hardware store was | not burned in the great fire that occurrs | ed in Bellefonte several weeks * as | some people seem to think. The McFar- | lanes moved their store to Crider’s build- | ing several months ago and 80 escaped | the fire. They are live, active business | men, have a large trade, sell cheap and | “don't you forget it.” i Our respected townsman, and re | | tired farmer, John HH. Keller, shows his | | interest in the railroad and improve. | ments in the locality of the station, by | frequent visits to it, Mr. Keller was one of tue liberal helpers in the railroad pro- | i i did and gave, and wo are glad that he | lived to see the accomplishment of an | improvement and its great bene t for Which be and many of us labored so earn- y. THE GEHKMAN RULER PABSES | PEACEFULLY AWAY, wT bia atl URTIL ABOUT FIFTEEN BEVORE HE DIED of thie regard to the An hour { TEs Postdam, June 15, ~8Some deta) are becoming Known iu last hours of the emperor, ter midnight the empress dismi the members of the imperial fami their apartments and prepared her pass the night in watching in a roon joining the sick chamber, At this U the emperor was in full possession of bis faculties, Shortly after 1 o'clock he wrote on a slip of paper, the fullowing questions «hich he handed to Dr. Horell pulse? Are He then wrote satisfied something paper 14 words, De his breath ing became terribly labored, and some i ir, alter spasms and great distress became evident that Cprees cansed Lhe be summoned Atl it Is You jg?” the hree o'clock oct nating with As soon as it ti § royal family to ment by Dr, Persins and even fifteen minutes before his de peror appeared quite CODRCIOUNA showed by the expression and his movements of the recognized w bedside, The bit 30 Bil the CM peros h at Pots wiil be tol teen days su ant churel Berlin, Jun of the ac sent 101 y abros WOO] i within the Wii o Lunes % Never afterward struggle JERGIY OOn ihe proceedin niversary rouder Lille £7 ging { ments designatiz commands during the battle The presence and participation of the prominent gens ral era of both ar- mies Dress parade of veterans every e ning, followed by a military concert. I'he camp to be illuminated by electric whi # { Vir. Special religions services in Nal Cemetery on Sanday morning. A number of special features for Indes sendence Day, conclading with a grand display of firewor:s in the evening Exciigion tickets will be sold June 28 ath, and 30th, July Ist, 2nd, and 3rd, good to return until July 6th, 1888, n- clasive, from all principal stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad system east of Pittshurgh and Erie, at a single fare for the round trip Foll wing are the rates, Lock Haven, Pa, $5 04; Bellefonte, Pa., £5 83: Oak Hall, Pa., $5 05; Rising Spring, Pa. $4 65; Coburn, Pa., #4 45; Lewisburg, Pa., § 40, onal --——— BARGAINS IN GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Mr. C. F. Montgomery desires us to call attention to the fact that the large stock & Co. are combined, rendering it too large. The goods are not damaged, but at a bargain. Call at once, jou - -—— MARRIED. At the Lutheran parsonage, Boalsburg, on 14th; by Rev. W. A. Trostle, Henry FP. Shuey a Centre co, a La AR 400 GRAIN. REPORTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & BON, Prices subjeet to Buctuations of market, Wheat, red ......o..8 05 ORI. Wheat, white . 9 Rye... "- Corn « B52 Bariey.No law ly sseben Pv ew FLOUR AND FEED, Pat. Flour. 1 48 Bran perton... retail, owl, 2m Chop il. Fa Bost ’ ir Middlings per ton. a A. M. Doyle, of Columbia, OWH ex , 1K the AAA inant Ga, sos “From Sellen’ Liver Pills mn 0 in vse,” cure walara, eto POTTEL: The centen d on July istory of th will be MLLI 4d lay evenis the ea hing and tray young iadies in nd ins music. Address F.C. Mos Musical Director, Freebo 2ijunim Moesicar Cora Ihe f6 Weeks, OH i i Wy, for I KREWORKS! ae Just received at the —~ GREAT CENTRAL GUN WORK we BELLEFONTE, PA ce S—— EN A very large stock of Q FANCY FIREWORKS, ¢ TORPEDOES, LANTERNS, AMPAIGN TORCHES, w GC i to examine stock before purcharing elsewhere 1 * my Ammunition, Razors Pocket Mu sical Tnstraments, and Sport Gung, Revolvers, Nejssors, Enives, ing Goods Generally. Bend THEODORE DESCHNER, Alleghany St., Bellefonte,
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