i i i { i TERMS: One yoar, $1.50, when paid in ad | -ance, Those in arrears subject to prev ers. Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 inser: | ons.and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion. | THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED. KURTZ, Eprron and Pror’r Centre Haru, Pa., Tuuss, Nov. 22, 1888. | LOCAL ITEMS. Ss — i — Agaronsburg is happy—has a mail | twice a day now. | — Potatoes retail at Bellefonte at 40 | cts. per bushel. | ——Mrs. Jonathan Musser, of Feidler, | visited A. S, Kerlin last week. ——Who is the oldest person in Philips- | burg ?— Journal. Mr. Elder, we guess. | — Bear seem to be unusually plenty | in our mountains, this season. There | may be a good deal of hugging 100. | ——A horse of J. J. Orndorf, in Haines | died a few days ago—makes the second, | in a little over two years. Sorry for John. | —1t snowed about 8 inches on Sun- | day night and melted the next day, | making about six inches of mud on our | street, —— Everything is lovely up Salt river. | Wool ia free, taxes low, clothing cheap, | and all can afford to wear new suits, and | smoke 5 centers. ——Ra'ph Spigelmyer and J. D. Long are likely to be applicants for the Spring | Mills post office. Go in boys, to the | victors belong the spoils. ~The western wheat crop looks far | better than last fall. All thro Centre, county, in fact all over our state, the vut- i look is very good just now. —— 8, D. Musser, Jerome Spigelmyer, | and Sam’l Gutilins, are among the sppiis cants for the Millheim post office. There is room for more in the kettle, —— Several young gentlemen of this place attended a leap yesr party at Belle- fonte on last Thursday night, and speak | highly of their treatment while there. ——T he plasterers are engaged at pres- ent on the new Presbyterian church, and will soon havs it ready fur the painters, | The church is getting handsomer every day. —— Mrs, Kline, the mother of James and Essic Kline, died in Lock Haven on | Wednesday. The remains were brooght | to Mt. Eagle, where the funeral occurred to-day. —The fellow makirg the longest sausage this season will ge! a premiom by reporting it, or bringing it, to the Reporter office. The latter would be the most appropriate, ——A carriage load from Bellefonte, composed of Misses Minnie Garman, Moilie Snyder and —— Maitland and Mr. Keeler, on their way to the eave stopped off a while in this place. — Joe Pick'es fel feet down a coal shaft at Kangiey, Ill, Monday. A} pool of water st the bottom saved his life. Had it been salt water there might | have been a pickled Pickle. — A German scientist hes discovered | a pew substitute for sugar, and far sweet- | er. If it is sweeter than our girls why | then it may prove a substitute for those | too, and that would just be too uiterly | utter, — Bro. Ulrich, of the Times, 28 we | 85 were erroneonsly informed is not c erk- | ing at Penn Hall, but will seek a larger field, in the west we believe. May Le prosper. We always bad a kindly feeling |! for him. — (George Nearhood is moving his house from the foot of the mountain, shove oor town, to a lot at the lower end of town, in the rear of A, 8 Kerlin. It's | a long tramp, but the habitation will, no doubt, get there. — Reed Alexander, who left Penn | township last spring snd moved to Come | berland county where he had an interest | in a plainiog mill, has disposed of his in- | terest and retorned to Milibeim. He | will occupy bis farm again next spring. | — Correspondents will confer a favor | on vs if they would send their commu nications in before Wednesday. That is always a busy day and ranvot do them | justice which they are entitled to; please | try and have your correspondence nailed | on Tuesday. —— Industrial edncation as advanced | by Professor Atherton would, in all | robability, prove benefici«l. Introduced | in the primary grades and distributed | through the common school course, | proper mechanical training woold give | the children joint use of hands and brain. — A scientist who made the exsmi- | nation with a microsope, figures that a | six pound ee! will produee § million egus. | If you don't believe if, éotint "em your self. According to that one eel would be enongh to stork Penns creek from the cave below Centre Hall to Belinsgrove, The egus consist of what is commonly called the “eel fat’ wee Adam Hart, the Lycoming county centennarian, polled the one hnndredth vote at the Clinton Twp. poll en Tues day, of last week, voting the Democratic ticket. He wag one hondred years old on the 6th of May last, The Cleveland and | Thurman cinb of Ciinton Twp. escorted the veteran to the polls, he bring hauled in & carriage drawn by four grey horses’ w The man who handles the local department of a newspaper learns, afer due experience, not to expect even briefly thanks for a column of pleas ant things but he knows a8 surely as comes the winter, that a single live in which there is an onintentional mi srep~ fesentation will cause some one to be heard from. —eThe editqr of an exchange very pointedly save: “Subscribers ought not to become offended at newspaper duns, If they are owing a conple of years subs scription they ought to consider that they have been favored by the publisher 8s no other business man would favor them. would not think of asking their grocer or other mercantile oreditors to ge them two or three years time on P FY sama of three or four dollars, nn ess they were professional dead beats” weet i8 said that a fortane-telliog prey woman bas caused a house at y Fan ¢ to be haunted, because she eould not play a kettle of gold game on the owner. The manifestations always ocenr with fall moon, as foretold by the bag. Fudge! fudge! | superstiti n. Kick the gypsies out every time~that is what the sen ible housewife is sind to have threatened in thig,cose at the time, as our informant says. When gypsies know where there is a kettle of go'd buried, will be the stufl themselves. ON COUNTER WITH A ROBBER. Sns—— The report of a desperate struggle be- Hawill, of Oak Hall, and a burglar who bad gained an entrance to ihe Rev’s residence one night last week reaches us, At about midnight, a kened by a noise in her room and found that some one was valuables, She gave a scream which had been kept burning during the night, When the Rev, stepped in the room, a man with bands and face blackened met him, and quick as a flash blew out the lamp. Rev. Hamill, who is well ad- aod the picture of robust health, drop vad the lamp and grappled with the un- nown intruder, They clinched in the darkness and in the tussle rolled down er by a desparate effort broke loose and made his escape through an open door exit in case he would be discovered- Rev Hamill received a number of bruises from the encounter bat nothing serious is apprehended therefrom. . le - GAME. Many hunting parties have been in the mountains in the last three weeks, having been killed they seem to be perhaps owing to the great glavghter last season. Quite a number of bears have been killed, and many more have been seen. Bruin seems to and acorn crop. out by hunters from other parts. Hunters from Daophin, Lancaster, Northumberland aod other distant counties have been visiting our mountains for the last ten help to thin out the game and depopu late our woods of it, said as regards our trout streams —foreigo fishermen come in We have seen Cenire ty is taken market. Parties should not be allowed to do this—it is against the law, i. carrying tront outof the county sold, lf - ITEMS FOR ALL, The Presbyterian church is receiving the last touches from the plasterers, The fae of the Republican party hence depends upon who areto be post masters at Cen're Hall and Bellefonte, At Bellefonte Dr. Dobbins holds over two years yetas P. M. Among the most active Democratic chairmen in this connty, wera Wit McCormick of our cinet; they did telling work. Bellefonte is unhappy over is new station—it arn't near big enoogh to put in it, ————————— ARMY DAY IN COUNTY. Tuesday, December 11, Centre county will have a Grand Army Day. Depart. Frank J. Magee, J. Stewart A.1A. G, P. D.C GRAND Thomas derslice and others will be present. The mesting for instruc. tion and Grand Army talk will be held in the Post room of No. 95 at 3 p. m, that day. A camp fire, of the very best kind, will be held in the Court House in the _ Alithe G. A. R. posts of the county are invited. so - —— A BOY'S FRIGHTFUL DEATH. A frightful accident oceurred at the rollir g mill of the Centre iron company Bellefonte, on Friday morning last. A boy named John Flack, employed as a rca er, started to shot the gates that stop on the coupling of the line shafting, was, belt on the coupling caught him in the stomach and tore out bis liver and entrails and wound tf Mc —— HAND MANGLED. On Friday last, as Lowell Meyer, near this place, was feedi- z a hay baling ma. chine at Jacob Bottort's, Lemont, he had had the fingers cut off, had he not al- most by saperboman effort pulled his stripped from the bones of fingers and the band terribly lacerated. It will be some time before Lowell will have the use of his hand again. A a oo ——— DEATH OF A PROMINENT MIN. ISTER. On Thurs night Rev. J Casper Bucher, D. D,, died at his residence in Lewisburg, He was 85 years of age, Dr. Bucher was the father of Judge J. C. Bueher, of the Tweutie'h judicial district. He was a prominent member of the German Re- formed church; was ordained asa min ister 60 years ago, being with one excs tion the o'dest living minister of the United States, a AAI MP OAK HALL STATION ROBBED. Last night Wednesday, thieves broke open the office of the station at Oak Hall, and stole aboot $30 in money. They gained entrance to the office by prying open an office window, and evidently were frightened away as they did not take all the money with them, A I Mn Ur 5 BIG YIELD OF CORN, Farmer Joho Kubin, of College lown-« ship, raised from thirteen and une-half acres, seventeen hundred bushels of corn thisseason, an average of ove hundred and twenty six bushels per acre. Who can beat that? Ec FALL AND WINTER. Get a new suit and overcost from Montgomery & Cy, Tailors, Bellefonte. They are so much cheaper then ready msde clothing. They have also » full nck of Hate, Cape, Umbrellas, umn : ‘& Cn A FORTUNE FOR BOME ONE. In the year 1855 one John Fenster macker, enlisted in the regular army at Wilkesbarre, Penn, He was discharged from the army October, 1858. At the time of his enlistment he was a young man probably not over 22 years of age. He has recesity’died, leaving a fortune and without any known heirs. At the tine of his death he was about 54 or bb ears old. Weight about 160 pounds, eight about 5 feet 8 inches, and heavy built, rather dark complexion; illiterate. 1 am of the opinion that he was born in Jefferson or Centre county, Penn. He was often heard to speak of “Easton cn the Delaware.” I am fully satisfied that his early life was spent in eastern Penn, and that in all propability he has re- lations living there now, 1 am tring to find his heirs, and if the press will assist me by giving these statements general publicity, I am inclined to think we may discover them. Should we discover willing to compensate us for our efforts in their behalf For more particular in- formation parties should write me at Edina, Missouri, L F. Correy. (Perbaps Mr. Fenstermacher, miller in Kurtz's roller mills, at Centre Hall, last ear, is the man wanted—he moved to ork state Ed.) BR SPL, ADDITIONAL LOC ALS. — All the popular novels at Murray's. ~ —There are several cases of measles in this place, —Mrs. Jacob Sankey, of Millheim is seriously ill, | at the Philad. Brauch, ~{j00rge Nearhood moved into the | boro last week | ~— James Coldren has built an addi- | tion to bis dwelling. | at the Phiiad. B ranch. ——Bartholmew pat up a large double { corn crib, at the station. | and icy—the coldest thus far, | Monday morniog, but no rabbits, ~The band was out ou | serenadiong on Tuesday eveniog. {i =—You wculd be surprised at me / . i | prices at which Faable sells clothing, { —Bogey whi | robes at Boozer's | Hall, | ~Trusses and shoulder braces, popu | lar makes and desigus, at Marray's Drog | dlore, IArDess rooms, | Michae! Musser, merchant, will | make sn push for the Aaronsburg post | office. fall and winter wear at Faable's, Belle | fonte, Ladies’ dress goods for fall and winter, at | Bellefoute. | ——And. Moyer, of Woodward, tails ia all styles Meese's sior | price $550, wwe Ladies’ dress goods { for fall and winter at | Bellefonte, {| =A large | blankets at Boozer's harness rooms, Cen- | tre Hall. ee A little daughter of Geo, Kister, of Aaronsburg, fell from & swing sad broke a leg. ~——You can get a suit made | by Fleming, the tailor, Beliefonte, at ass | tonishing low prices. in all styles Mewse's swre, | scribe for the paper, rates at Fauble's Rochester | House, Bellefonte. the last few months. ——Keep in style by getting yoar clothes from Fleming, the fashionable tailor, Beliefonte, ~Reesmen has the finest line of stoves in the county, and for cheapness cannot be excelled, _—lewisburg's two jolly drummers, Newt. Reber and Will Driesbach were in town oa Monday, ~Horse blankets from 85 cents on up according to quality, at Boozer's har- ness rooms, Centre Hail, wee Harry Swab bas moonted the Sa tanic Majesty's throne in our office, and will make a good “devil.” ~The Becker Washing Machine is one that will give entire satisfaction, We say 80 from a trial of it. (ne of Philipsburgh’s Republicans won eleven watches on the election of Harrison. He is watched, wef full live of the latest popular novels on sale at Marray's drug store— sent to any address for 20 cta, wweBartholomew saw it, tried it, and then bought it, the Backer washiog ma- chine. Ditto, Recorder Rupp. =You can save a days w time, by buying your hoots and shoes a: A. OC. Mingie's store, Bellefonte, —ewAlbert Mingle. of Bellefonte, is erecting a fine dwelling for himself, He kesps a first class shoes store w= w= Rochester Olgthing House in Reynold's building, Bellefonte, for cheap clotning snd gents farnishing goods, wweThe Milesburg band on their way to Spring Mills last Saturday, played several selections in this place, ween Novels by Beott, Goldsmith, Verne, Hoggard, Dutchess, Dora Thorne, Hugh Conway ete, on sale at Marrays Drug store, wee Render, if you get us a club of 4 new subscribers to the Rerorras, for one year, with the cash, we wili sead you a vopy one year free. Try it wePowers’ immense stock of boots and shoes and low prices is what makes bings lively at their store at Belle oute , wen Mra, Dr. Masser, of Akron, Ohio, nee Huston, late of Asronsburg has hands and arms full now, its twins, an 8 pound boy and b pound girl, we LOOK hore, fellow, if you want to be Oe dressed, " Toa clothes made by homing the Alor efoute, ilad, Branch othiog winter for your every opened up . An immeuse overcoats POTTERS MILLS. Willie M’Kinney, son of Perry McKia- | ney, is suffering from heart disease. | Willie was in a critical condition, but by | the careful and skilful treatment of Dr. | Thomas, is getting better, | 8. KE. A, Royer is happy; itis a boune- | fine grade of buckwheat flour which sold at wholesale and retail, and condition, which was swlen some time with wheat, was folded and laid in the barn, ago en mts, bought the old Alexander | the spring. Miss Mary Thomas, of Pine Grove, | visiting her brother, Dr. Thomas. i Mr. Morris, of Philad., is stopping at | Alex. McCoy's, i in the hunter and is trying his luck mountains. { Aco MADISONBURG, i | ; The all absorbisg question | town is the expediency of a | the parsonage to the lower end of our town. Let every onecontribuce liberally | to this important work. A newly married couple by the name | of Hartly from Hartleton, Pa, are guests | of Mr. and Mra. Joon Shaffer. They re | ceived the hearty reception of our calis { thampians Boys mock not the god Hymen, who knows how soon you too, i will bow before hitaitar. County Bupt, LM. Wolf, paid his an~ | nual visits to our ghools a few days ago. { Mise Exnma Bek ove off the bright {| young ladies of om town will leave In a | fuw days for Makeyville, Her many friends will be sprry 10 see her leave, A bear reluctantly ‘paid a visit 0 our { town a few days go and was slaughtered by John Fisher Hog cholera is ging. of this oo WALN'T GROVE, W. A. Lyon of Bellefonte made a fle | ing business trip firough bere last we k J J. Bhowa'tagwent to Union co, this | week, very sor’ to see so amiable a friend leave, Mre. John Fron was on hat sable 10 be ghoat, thesick list Miss Noll, of Buverton, iavisiting her i sister Celia Nal Misses Kate, Jenny and Samantha Rrefliey, of Asronsburg were vi-iting relsives in oar vicinity ti ¢ ast week, Jesse McoCledmn, home over Sundy and D. R. Smith th jovial traveliug sgent from Laurelton popped here on on Mon- day night. An ther “flitfhg" ot 4 2 3 f Boalsborg, was as iy us ever, Ji went into the Gap on Tuesday, bFsll sccounts they will soon have alifle town in there. Tue raslroad has mpe quite a boom. They are sending oulome fine prop timber at present, J. H. and CX, Meyer delivered sever i al fat cattle to Peasant Gap on Wednes- | day, parchasedlly Haag. To _———— SPRENG MILLS, 8. D. Gettig, tne of Hain teachers was Le Satturdas The band | Was a The prizes woo by the contestan's were | Mi-s Katie Mol, haogiog emp; Miss Baedie Breon, potograpt album; Frank { Long, clock. Te Milesborg bad furs | pished masic § the occasion. Jas. Miller apl wife have gone to 111, where they Bill make tueir fulure | home, Miss Flora Het visited ick this week Miss Ocker, of Madisonburg, was guest of T. M.Bramley’s last week. Henry Krudrioe is on the sick list, Miss Arabelk Slack, of Tusweyville, | visited Miss Ulmyra Hetuinger, last - -——- | week. > A Figher is slowly | from his recelt accident. i arm has bealp! #0 far ak to enable him {to nse it somewhat, The most serious | trouble is wit his injured knee, which i at first seem to be only slighty hart, but has caceed him more trouble of late than his arn The physicians inform us that there #e now indications of im- provement in the knee, and that with proper care &d good nursing ne will nave the uses! bis log again io a jew weeks, He lis thus as will beseen, been uoable § visit his congregations and fill his aghointments, thoogh toere | is hope that he will soon be able to do | #0 at which the commanity in general, | and his flockin particular, will greatly | rejoice, ass ps A SPIN 53555 — IN THE PROSPECTUS which we receeiied recently from The Youlh's Companion office we notice an armay of noted | Contributors whith promises unusual excellence | for the coming Velume, First among them is | $ LWP, BChiooi BUNTCr Re, Frank Rear the » improving His broken the Right Honorglle W. BE. Gladstone, affection. | ately called the "“Srand Old Man,” the grealest of | living stateswerk who writes on “The Future of | the English Spediing Races.” Then Genwal | Lord Wolseley, will tell of his strange Jen ; sonal adventu in the fleld with the British | armies, Theo Pifesor Tyndsll, and Justin Me. | Carthy, who Ww of Leaders in the house of | Lords,” Archde Farra, on “Musicians and Their 5 lon,” dod Professor Huxley, Among | American Contrilitors we find such well-known names as Lioutenlist Schwatka, who writes of | “Tight Pinches idihe Arctic,” Andrew Carnegie | on “Rits of Ad¥oe to Young Men,” Dr. Austin Flint, Judge Oller Wendell Holmes, Jr. on “Young Men in tk Law,” Admins! Luce, Colonel Thomas W. Knox, lames Parton and at least one hundred others | ! The Companion & a welcome visitor weekly in | more than 400,000 funilies, and has won a place in home life by ns other publieation The wonder is any family can do witaoul it. The publishers noe that any ew subseri- ber who sends $1.8 now, can have The Cumpas fon free every Wask to January 1, 1580, and jor a full year from that date, nA SYP MARRIED. On 25th, by Rev. W. H. Groh, Mr Jpcob8 Herman aud Mrs Ellen Miller, both of Lemont, On 15 h by the game, Mr John D Girts of Houserville ind Miss Lizzie Bheres of Baffalo Run. 17 MEN KILLED, By an explosion in a mine at Cook's ran, near a few days 17 wen were killed and a number ry Tovestigation shows that cireiess use of d te caused the explosion. A A I MP Rl elt Minis She aie, Bellefonte an n : y : and od aythime 10 De oe oo dross § . A com- you never BELLE Ni H—H FONTE A Stock. est line of } i 3 sive Dry Goods store in town. in the town. RIE MATIRMIS ¢ Shum De Nothing but Dry Goods, No tions, Dress Trimmings, anc Furnishing Goods. memes J mesmmon—— figures, and sold at one price. 1 Bl cn ne JISIEST PLACE IN TOWN and are busy re New goods come every day gone the next, ane keeps us ples ing stock, Our live of Fall and Wiater Goods. here snd more coming ladies’ Dress Go ds, Dry Goods, Ladies’ Coats, full line of Men's, Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear, Woolen Blankets, Robes, Clothing, Overcoats, just received. We have the nicest --R A G CARPET, ever brought to the town. Full line of Lumbermen’s Boots and Shoes; best as- sortm=nt of Cook S:oves, with reversible cross-piede 00 the top iB Our MoTTO: Quick Sales and Small Profits. duce at E KE N TRE, AL L XN TRE | AL LL, DEALERS IN ALL KINDS innit i Bed Suits, Parlor Suits, steads, A eA AAS AAO On to have the our new line of gonds, r line of Fancy Plads, Tricots, Fall Prints, Woolen of new and All Cashimeres; bargaing we are joes lower than ever, Gossamers, Gum Con's, is Comeand
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