THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror'r TERMS: —One year, $1.50, when paid In ad vance. Those in arrears subject te previous | terms. Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 inser ons, and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. LOCAL ITEMS. —Get the RerorTer for the cams! paign; only 20 cents, ~Several wagons withgypsies passed | through here on Wednesday. ~—A photographer's establishment | has been opened at the station this | week, ——Miss Mollie Kennelly, of Lewis- | town, Pa., is visiting relatives in this | section. ——Huyett moved his upper sawmill | to the Tibbens tract, about four miles be- | low Centre Hall, Dr. Jacobs is a bad man to monk- ey with at present— he has got rheuma- tiem in the neck, | ~ Letter writers will have to address | their missils to*New Bellefonte,” as the | old town has just about burned out. Mrs. John Rishel, has gone to] Lancaster to visit her sons who recently | took charge of a large hotel in that city —At the present rate Ballefonte will soon be an entirely new town. The fire | fiend is systematically burning it up by | squares, —Farmers in Union county began to haul in grain last week. Corn and all other crops down there look remark ably fine, Will Kurtz and family who spent several weeks visiting among relatives at Ber in, Somerset county, reached home on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Jerry Miller, of this place, lefton Wednesday morning for Mill Hall, and Emporium, at which places she will visit relatives, Mr. Brown, of the Greensvalley | lnmber firm, will begin operations on | the Ripka lumber tract, inGeorgesvalley, | in a few days, baving moved his family | to that point this week. — Mrs. Reed, nee Miss Hillibish, with | her aunt Mrs. Bramgard, both of Pbila- | delphia, are visiting at Harry Kreamers, in our town, and also with friends in| tebersburg, their former home. i Joseph Bitner, of the Loop, whose | house and store burned the other night, | has about $300 insurance in an outside | company, on stock, goods aud building | and about twenty dollars in the Centre Hall company, on furniture, — Mr. John Goodhart, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Gregg township, died on the 7. Mr. Goodhart was a man of strict integrity and a de- vout member of the Presbyterian church. We did not learn his age, —We hear that 8, W. Smith, now | employed in the Democrat and Sensing, | Lewistown, expects to try farmiog next | year, as journalism does pot seem to | agree with his health. He will take | charge of their farm above town next spring. | — A number of our sports expect take their guns with them to Sober sta- | 0} tion on Saturday and try their hand at] wing shooting and get a few pointers | from the celebrated marksman who has | promised to give an exhibition for the benefit of the excursionists. i —Will the Centre Hall boro fathers adopt measures for extinguishing fires, | before anything happens? We have the best natural facilities in the world, and a | few dollars spent in this direction may save thousands. Fires come unexpected, | like a thief in the night. ~The National Regatta of Awmatenr QOarsmen which takes place at Sanbury, this week, on Wednesday and Thursday | will draw an immense crowd, as excur- | gion rates are sold on all roads to tha: ! point. A great many from this section will take in the principal races which | corae off to~day. ~The last contract has been award- | ed for the contemplated improvement to the State College, to the Cottage placing mill of Huntingdon. The tota! cost of | the improvements now contracted for and onder way will foot up some $80,000, | and the work will not be completed un- | til sometime next year. ~— Last Thursday evening some one | broke into Mr. Whiteman’s house, at the | lower end of town aod cleaned up the pantry. It evidently was a hung fel low, as he scooped up all the wy en and cakes, and victuals he could find. The next morning they were quite sar- prised to find things torn up, all to turvey and their grab gone. i excuse such a thief could offer, would be | that of hunger, ~The REPORTER was the first paper to give an early account of last week's fire at Bellefonte, —a few hours after the fire bad been arrested, The only item that we possibly omitted was that unbecom~ ingly related about our town, with the usnal snicker Dy swe retailer of it, an we are told, as to the manner in which the rood Jady of one of the burned out fam. ies, in the moment of fright, proceeded to dress self and little ones just awaken- ed from a midnight slumber, with flames around them. What a pity that some are born with mischievous tongue, and wanting in sense to spare friend or foe—given cons tinually to retailing private matters-—als ways having little things to relate about others and dumb to the blotches that ey are covered with, Shame! wee HoOp-0-la8, tra-la le<la,” were the words that our ears early one morning week, and made us believe that another bear show was in progress on the street. Like the rest, oor osl- ty galy Waa mtjalied when we saw two bears chaperone our s . Inzy fellows giving an entertainment on the street. ¢ of the party wanted fif. ty c-nts to wrestle the large black bear, and soon the necessary amount wa « rais- ed and the fellow tackled Mr, Bruin by boxing his ears, in up in fine style and after a considerable tussle won the first fall. The second was downed, which made him somewhat angry. The third hiten Ras an stoted, rotigh one as the bear hugged an ae the hilow in the ribs and when PICNIC EXCURSION TO SOBER, DAY OF PLEASURE FOR YOUNG AND OLD, A basket picnic for members of the Centre Hall Bunday schools, and all oth- ers wishing to accompany the excursion, will be held at Bober, next Saturday, 21, going by regdlar morning train which leaves Centre Hall at 6:40, and return by regalar evening train, which leaves Bo- ber at 3:20 p. m. Fare for round trip 36 der 6 years free, The grove is large and deeply shaded and cars stop at the ground. Penns creek, with a beautiful green bank fring- es the north sid » of the ground, where all, who desire to fish, can cast a book want to bathe can find plenty of water, only need a bath- Mr. Sober has kindly offered to have only take your ground coffee with your Mr. Sober also offers the boys his large shooting lawn for base ball, or other games, just over the creek, and only a farther treat will give a short exhibition of his wonderful skill as a marksman. A stream of fresh spring water gurgles close to the ground. POLECAT CITY DESTROYED FIRE. Polecat City, four miles, on a bee line, south of the Rerorrer office, in Potter township, had ao immense conflagration in smoke that ancient city. It consisted of a store and dwelling combined, once TUSSEY VILLE. The farmers here are cutting their grain, and find that it is & harvest com-~ pared with the couple of last years, bass drum and will be with the band | hereafter. Will Runkle is home on his vacation and is trying his hand at harvesting, | Will is a bright young man, and uo doubt | make his mark in this world some day. | FWill J. Wagner is canvassing the Story | of the Bible, in Virginia, and if success. | ful will not come home till the November | election, Will has chosen a southern | field and will no doubt benefit thereby, | Henry Stoner, who had somet similar to a heat stroke the other Sans | day, is agnin able to be about his work, Joseph H. Bitner’s house was burned | to the ground on Monday morning, and | everything was destroyed, but a little | household furniture. The dwelling and | store were in one building. This was | the old Mersinger stand in former years, | and later the firm of Glassgow & Philips did a big business there, but of late | years its custom has been comparatively emall when compared with that of form- er years, Mr, Bitner had an insurance, | Hefjthinks of the old 1 there had been fire in some { i KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE, Castle, No. 160, of Spring Mills, for the ensuing six months’ term: Past Chief, Dr. G. L. Lee; Noble Chief, J I. Condo; ADDITIONAL LOCALS, Flynets at ID, A. Boozer's harness ~-London purple ia large and small quantities at Murray's, ———Miss Laura Foulk, of Houtzdale, is visiting at the home of J. B, Bolt. in this placa, of light and heavy fers cheap. ~——Trusses and shoulder braces, popu. Store, -=London purple and Parig green Murray's Drug Btore. invitation to attend the Millheim tennial exercises, next week, ee Watermellons are much this year than generally—a should be declared upon the thing. — Miss Murray, oldest danghter her cousins and aunts in this place. glasses can be found at Bushman and the heard at Centre Hall last Wednesday night, fire, vicinity time | ings visited the cave on Tuesday ! ROO, — Dr. Oriady and wife, of Darand, atl present, Mra. Orlady is a sister of Esq of k Boal, t this place. 11 we A large and well selected line of The whole bosi- to be A fire, we The thing gone up now, and is such a loss as will make the impudent insurance company show decent respect gt least, even if it does bust the company. DISSATISFIED BELLEFONTE BUF- FERERS BY FIRE WORKING AGAINST THE CO'S. One of the latest and most novel boy- before the puoblic is that now being carried into effect Bellefonte against fire insurance panies 8, which destroyed Humes" Block, en- tailing a loss of $100.000, failed to have their insurance settled satisfactorily. The dispute waged hotly for a while, the re- in extent of the loss and condemning the and finally all companies interested de clared an advance of fifty per cent on all insurance placed in Bellefonte. This enraged the sufferers interested and they have now enlisted the sympa- thy of some of the best and most exten sive business men in the town and are employiog the local and ndsiog all the means in their power to boycolt and i i i 3 Philip Frank; Es- joire, J L Grenoble; First Thomas Kennelley; Second Guardsman, Trustees, D H Ruhl; The membership is 63. -——— OBITUARY. Goodbart, and cut down the aged grand. father, John Goodhart, who like a shock § i garner. After the tossings of complicating weaknesses daring seven weeks’ confinement to the voted children were arrested by the ap He was born in Perry county, March 1800; spent part of his earlier life at remain- Shortly after the death of bis wife, (Martha Gregg McEwen, a beautifal christian mother, ) the 21st of June, 1884, he ceased the active duties of life. More than 42 years he served the mas Sinking Creek Presb. church, and «8 his own rec his remains were interred by the side of metry adjoining wo —— PRESIDENT CLEVELAFDTO VISIT WILLIAMS GROVE. Col, R. H. Thomas. manager of the Williamsgrove picnic, has visited Presi- dent Cleveland, accompanied by leading grangers, with a view to have him visit the next annsal picnic at Williamsgrove. Colonel Thomas, on behalf of the delega- tion and the grangers of the United Staten, invited the President and through him, on behalf of the ladies of the grangers, Mrs. Clevelard, to visit the exhibition, co Tuesday, Auguat 27. Col, Thomas was followed by addresses from Col, Maish and the other members the delegation. The president said then Their children were five, Mary, Wil of whom died a few months ago. It is worthy of mention that a parent is rarely honored with the privilege of seeing three sons elected to the office ruling-elder in their respective churches, The words of the old patriarch, “Behold. I die; but God shall be with yon,” thoogh prophetic, would seem to be already largely faifilled, J. HK. a OF Eight years ago R. C. Parson quarreled with his relatives in Indiana abou! prop erty, and went to New Mexico, vowing that he would not return to his old home until he was worth as much money all his relatives put together, He bes ed and opeved a splendid White Qaks. mine near He received aa offer of prop- erty and refused it. Then $150000 was offered him for a half interest, also refused, saying that he must have - CHEAP RATES, heard of for some time was on a car load Iadiana. He couldn’t get the $500,000, and so, therefore, killed. himself, dying The mine which will readily sell for $300,000, the Indiana relatives with bin. 0. railroads bave been cutting rates to shipper is entitled to a free ticket, which would have cost as mach as the freight on the car of cattle. A fellow traveling take a car load of cattle along as it costs no more, ————————— FIVE HUNDRED MINERS BELIEV ED TO HAVE BEEN BURNED TO DEATH. London, July 12-—A despatch from Cape Town, Africa, says that Debeer's coal mine, at Kimberly, caught fire yes. terday evening. Fight hundred men are entombed. The work of rescue, which began at once, still continues, but it is believed that five hundred persons have perished, including Lindsay, the manager of the company, Many of the victims imprisoned in the mine are white people. A WHOLE TOWN GOVERNMENT ARRESTED. Chief Burgess Waltz, the town Council of Sunbury, and a merry-gosround pro- ristor, have been arrested by Jasper aymaker, and notified to appear be ore the Attorney General at Phe Slaymaker olaims the Council had no right to rent the river bank opposite his residence to the flying horse man, and that he will fight it to the end. He bas retained Wm. A. Bober as connsel, SL MY A] MERCHANTS COMBINED AGAINST PEDDLERS, The merchants of 8p formed thamtires ysis Sounds hat and will either compel peddlers to pay the mercantile license or stop selling in the county. For Some time past this "0 hatdquarteis Lave on in NEW RATES ON DRESSED BEEF. The cotting in freight rates is still be ing made ov the different trunk lines. New rates have gone into effect on the Pennaylvania system between Chicago and New York. The rate on dressed beef is reduced to 20 cents, on catt'e to 11 - -- WILL GO TO ROCHESTER. Lewisburg, Pa July 9.—President Da- vid J. Hill, of Bucknell universaty, will of Rochester, with leave of absence to study philosophy and institutions io Ea- rope for one year, with expenses paid. GREAT INDUCEMENTS. As the doll season approaches, extra inducements are offered in fine tailoring. Suits and overcoats made to order from new Fall goods at very low prices Moxteomery & Co,, Tailors, Bellefonte. i 5 3550 MARRIED. On the 3d inst, at the bridegroom's Br enbarger, of Penn tow Miss Minnie Duck. danghter of Hi. FE. Duck, Eaq., of Millbeim: On the 8th, at lereville, Rev. Jd. rig ie Grenni Dy er nod Miss Arabella omeledorf, bot of Tylersville. «Paris green, Mu rray's Drog Store ~London purple will knock bogs— Murray's Deck Sve, po ~wwlondon purple, the new vermin destroyer at Murray's, Flynets at Boozer's, ue Row, OU, F, Deini died on Monday, Rev. brother of Jonathan Dei r,of York, Pa., i Dr ig store, | spent several weeks am MIE this place returned to home, on Monday last, [| Fred | brother of Lancaster, passed { town the other day, taking a Pitsburg, through tei irip NG -- - | | & i | ; : : We are now reducing our immense stock of | summer goods, to prepare for our Fall purchases, and having that purpose in view, we have made 0-SWEEPING REDUCTIONS-0 IN ALL LINES OF GOODS. 65 Summer Suits, all wool, we cut down to 4, 5.00 were $10,, 8 Seersucker Coats and Vests for 1.5 Cassimere Pants, ie i ”~ 5 J} and 1.00 now 3.50 ii fi Ladies Walking Shoes, Hl i ft Ladies Shoes, Yard Wide Embroic fi & leries, Black Silk Mitts, Cold Silk Gloves, French Satines, we Mr, H. W | 1 . 800 of Fred Seltzer, ded Ad, of { twp, is here on a visit to his old hb and friends, Mr, Seltzer left t | for the west some 20 years ago. iitzer, of Victoria and India Linen, it | flour, now in market manufactured in | the United States, are the Cream patent and Calls Lily (extra straight, from the Centre Hall roller mi nrands B. { ~The Evangelical churches of Mil. ton, Lewisharg and Buffalo Valley hold a campmeeting on the same gr as last year, { Rah!’s Grove) near Baffalo Cross Roads commencing August and continue eight days Tlie Farmers Mills band will hold a festival in Grove's woods, begining on Friday eve, Ang. J and continoe 10 Sat urday evening4. Refreshments, music and amusements are the program. Bev. eral bands | invited The Snyder county Tribus pigins it in this way 8 one who takes his paper first { before sending his orders to distant pla ces. The anti-protection man is he who supports his | paper by borrowing from his i. will Tr § ave Leen £ 0X home — neigh bh id shman & ore, Centre Hall, will « you that they keep as comple te a found | Special atiention given to terms reasonable i A vist to Bao ewe rv Be mvince : line of ROOiA 8&8 oan he repair work; i —The best and cheapest line of la- | dies’ and children’s shoes in Also an ellegant stock of men's fine and coarse shoes, We won! be undersold: it will pay vou to call and examine oor | stock, Corner store, Brockerbhoff Bow. E. GranaM & Sox, ——Atidrew J. Mattern lives in an ele] gaol mansion on Washington avenue, | Tyrone, and on Saturday morning, at three o'clock, Wm. Anderson, a Pitts | burgh burglar, tried to get into a bay window. Mattern met him half wav and mashed his head with a ire shovel The burglar was removed to the holis daysbtirg jail in & dangerous coadition. weeThe dutechman who writes us oct Nt a a a a PPP NIN PP Pi » above goods meniion only a small se stock of goods we have. You to buy, much more varied and complete stock to buy from th other store in the county. BELLEFONTE 4 < 4 YUL VL A LYON & (0, EE & BRO. 111 env wri Ivo her Will save money by comi nere ry Ha PENNA. HARDWARE ! BELLEFONTE, HARDWARE ! NOTICE, to the General Public! AIR lanes hardware store, in his last | establishment fearing we might lose our We having purchased the entire stock { found that the bhaif bad not been told | get anything you want in the line | hardware and stoves, $ | to have conveyed to you the least itgsmplicity and convenienes, * ~The loss and insurances in last week's Bellefonte fire, are given by the | Watchman as follows: words to describe it, it is “simply grand” in every particular and should be seed C.M. Bower.....couiab i vu wena ov 4.000 Pr. Dorworth.... 6,400 Lutheran Congregation; .......... G00 A.C. Mingle. ........» A psimpn in wa 1,000 M. Grabam. .....;..... eimeas anes OOD D. Mallory site + ums wamins DOO On other properties. ....u..c.....16000 $43.5 The insarances as faz 4 ascertain are Garman, 84000; Bower, $3000; Dorworth, 83700; Lutheran con. regation, $5000; Ms 1 about $300; ingle sufficient to cover loss. We have not Jean, what,if any, was the iosurs ance on the smaller properties. The im. pression is beso conviction dia ’ tive most a ir of inoen- ¥ put down as the cham. ist of the United States, have ng no than eleven husbands. Well, we are glad there is n as othing eo bad thet within ten miles of Centre Hall. After she had found the man of her DREr Was a of this town, and of B, 0. of Mill. heim, He was pastor of the E Milibei 8 ™ and good will of K, HICKS & BRO, are now ready and hope to reteive your pa- a tronage. Our intéhtions are to do business fairly and treat everybody alike, and do not intend to be undersold. We carry the LARGEST=ST OO and have added largely to the present stock. Call and see us and we will treat you well, H A. church, at SE,
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